Re: [newbie] Re: unreal tormanament install saying something about 'sh'

2003-08-25 Thread manolis
in XP the game uses directx 9 technology that gf3 is not capable with :( well the 20fps was an average I got from 16-17 to 30 fps in almost high detail . ( not full though ) As I recall there was some minor improvement with EAX set to off. If you numbers are correct then I will surelly give it

Re: [newbie] [OT] DVD Player for *all* formats

2003-08-25 Thread HaywireMac
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 17:36:06 -0400 Bryan Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > VCD is about the quality of VHS. SVCD is about twice as good, just > shy of DVD, the frame rate is about the same but vertical resolution > is 480 instead of 720. Well, if I snag that player you pointed out to me o

Re: [newbie] [OT] DVD Player for *all* formats

2003-08-25 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 09:13, HaywireMac wrote: > On 26 Aug 2003 07:51:17 +1000 > Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > Yes. > > ah, Stephen, I luv ya so... > > do you own one personally? What brand, make, model, serial number, > dimensions, colour, etc.? Does it play those I Love Lucy

Re: [newbie] DrakConnect forgetfull

2003-08-25 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 25 Aug 2003 9:14 pm, Sabin, Matthew wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Derek Jennings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 10:17 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [newbie] DrakConnect forgetfull > > > > On Monday 25 Aug 2003 2:43 pm, Sabin,

RE: [newbie] Hostname

2003-08-25 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 02:05, Frankie wrote: > Well what can I say, we Aussies don't have a lot going for us.. and we read > kinda slow, so maybe that helped me catch the discrepancy.. :-) > > rgds > > Franki I have to state that I don't think Aussies are slow - just observant - and they take th

Re: [newbie] Odd email in list

2003-08-25 Thread HaywireMac
On 26 Aug 2003 08:08:29 +1000 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > Just ignore'em. They'll eventually go away. Just like your teeth? -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little

Re: [newbie] Odd email in list

2003-08-25 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 05:22, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Guys, I've gotten like 5 of these in the last 24 hours - maybe the list > personell need to be told? Just ignore'em. They'll eventually go away. -- Tue Aug 26 08:05:00 EST 2003 08:05:00 up 21:51, 1 user, load average: 2.14, 1.25, 0.89

Re: [newbie] [OT] DVD Player for *all* formats

2003-08-25 Thread John Richard Smith
HaywireMac wrote: Ok, so this is waay offtopic-day for me, but I wonder if I can get some feedback on this. I got some b-day money, and I want to buy a DVD player, but I want it to be able to play almost anything I throw in it, especially divx movies that I have on CD. It should also be able t

RE: [newbie] Hostname

2003-08-25 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 03:21, Lanman wrote: > Hey Guys! Sorry I wasn't paying attention,...Did you two say > something significant? I was busy doing one of those "canuck" things! What- eating a jelly donut? -- Tue Aug 26 08:05:00 EST 2003 08:05:00 up 21:51, 1 user, load average: 2.14, 1.25, 0.

Re: [newbie] wishing for mandrake 2.6 test3 kernel

2003-08-25 Thread Anarky
Charles A Edwards wrote: You have added a 'cooker' source but are not running cooker. what is a 'cooker'? I don't really understand the system. Isn't cooker simply the newest stuff? You are forcing urpmi to validate all the actual and relative provides for both the pkgs you have installed and t

Re: [newbie] [OT] DVD Player for *all* formats

2003-08-25 Thread julian
On Monday 25 Aug 2003 3:13 pm, HaywireMac wrote: > Ok, so this is waay offtopic-day for me, but I wonder if I can get > some feedback on this. > > I got some b-day money, and I want to buy a DVD player, but I want it to > be able to play almost anything I throw in it, especially divx movies > t

[newbie] Another Test

2003-08-25 Thread Aron Smith
The gremlin's got to my E-Mail package Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] [OT] DVD Player for *all* formats

2003-08-25 Thread HaywireMac
On 26 Aug 2003 07:51:17 +1000 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > Yes. ah, Stephen, I luv ya so... do you own one personally? What brand, make, model, serial number, dimensions, colour, etc.? Does it play those I Love Lucy episodes with the pr0n? "Lucyyy, you got some @&[EMA

Re: [newbie] [OT] DVD Player for *all* formats

2003-08-25 Thread HaywireMac
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 17:15:12 -0400 Todd Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > PITA, I think. Did you click the search button under all those > checkboxes, or above it? I did with the one on the bottom and got > several. > The only one that comes up for me, when I do as you say, is the Rimax. Now,

Re: [newbie] Odd email in list

2003-08-25 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 08:57, HaywireMac wrote: > On 26 Aug 2003 08:08:29 +1000 > Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > > > Just ignore'em. They'll eventually go away. > > Just like your teeth? Hey, I resemble that remark! (Nah, really!) -- Tue Aug 26 09:10:00 EST 2003 09:10:00 up 2

Re: [newbie] Odd email in list

2003-08-25 Thread Aron Smith
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 18:57:47 -0400 HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 26 Aug 2003 08:08:29 +1000 > Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > > > Just ignore'em. They'll eventually go away. > > Just like your teeth? My teeth left a long time ago (Courtsy of a biker with a pool cue)

Re: [newbie] [OT] DVD Player for *all* formats

2003-08-25 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 01:43, HaywireMac wrote: > Does anyone out there *personally* own a DVD player that will reliably > play avi/divx movies on CDROM? Yes. -- Tue Aug 26 07:50:00 EST 2003 07:50:00 up 21:36, 1 user, load average: 0.15, 0.53, 0.76

Re: [newbie] kernel & deps

2003-08-25 Thread Anarky
Frans Ketelaars wrote: http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=kernel-2.6.0-0.test3&submit=Search+...&system=&arch= says it's a Mandrake Cooker package. You shouldn't try to use cooker packages in ML9.1 but only in ... ?? 9.2 ? or where? from my knowledge cooker package simply

Re: [newbie] TEST

2003-08-25 Thread John Richard Smith
Two sticky stars and a free beer. John James R. McKenzie wrote: Did I pass the test? What doo I get. I want the gold star. T H A N K Y O U James R. McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "John Richard Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> T

Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-25 Thread Heather/Femme
On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 11:40, John Richard Smith wrote: > > >Refresh rates for TFT's are behind the curve unfortunately to some > >degree... so waiting for an 85hz refresh might be a year or so John. > > > >But worth the wait... :) > > > >Femmeley > > > > > > > Is that so, then what is your curre

Re: [newbie] LiLo Boot

2003-08-25 Thread HaywireMac
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 20:28:51 + Dick Gevers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > If you are able to run lilo as something other than root you should be > shot`cause that means you`ve got a very serious security problem. I always add "as root", because if not there is the inevitable reply, "I ran 'li

Re: [newbie] Fw: Short Message delivery report

2003-08-25 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 24 Aug 2003 11:47 pm, HaywireMac wrote: > I'm gettin' em too, it's kinda like a "out of office" response. > Just added it to my famous/infamous filter... > > Just some luser who's technology is ahead of his brainpower. > > If he ever does post here, he's gonna get an earful, that's fer >

RE: [newbie] DrakConnect forgetfull

2003-08-25 Thread Sabin, Matthew
Title: RE: [newbie] DrakConnect forgetfull > -Original Message- > From: Derek Jennings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 10:17 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] DrakConnect forgetfull > > > On Monday 25 Aug 2003 2:43 pm, Sabin, Matthew wrote:

Re: [newbie] Funny responses from linux commands

2003-08-25 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 24 Aug 2003 11:52 pm, ed tharp wrote: > On Sun, 2003-08-24 at 17:16, HaywireMac wrote: > > On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 23:26:04 +0300 > > > > manolis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > I think on this group someone posted a list of commands for > > > linux that give funny answers... > > > I don't

RE: [newbie] Americas' Army extraction problem

2003-08-25 Thread Duron . Davis
Are you talking about the quagmire in Iraq? -Original Message- From: Ronald J. Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 1:49 PM To: Newbie List Subject: [newbie] Americas' Army extraction problem Anyone have this running? I d/l'ed the file (504 megs), set it to be ex

Re: [newbie] 9.2 Beta 2

2003-08-25 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 25 Aug 2003 6:02 pm, Lanman wrote: > HaywireMac; No knickers to worry about! You might be right about > the hijack, under the conditions you specified. I didn't see a > hijack happening, because my thread was under a different name. > Just so you know, I've never even seen any list of rul

Re: [newbie] Thanks to all

2003-08-25 Thread dlwiggers
The good looking guy in the middle. (Between the women, of course.) Lee On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 18:18:36 +0100 Richard Urwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 25 Aug 2003 1:22 pm, HaywireMac wrote: > > On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:52:34 -0400 > > > > Lee Wiggers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > (C

Re: [newbie] Bash Script to change file prefix

2003-08-25 Thread Paul
On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 20:35, Todd Slater wrote: > > Also out of pure curiosity why does the file names all end in " * " ? > > I believe it means they are executable. You believe correctly. -- To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he i

Re: [newbie] Nvidia 'no screens found' error

2003-08-25 Thread Julien Sobrier
Gareth Qually wrote: I have just install the Nvidia drivers, whcih I had working on my system before I reformatted the hard drive and got a new MB (a MSI). I now get a 'Fatal Server: No screens found error'. I also noticed further up the page it mentions, that it found screens but did not find a

Re: [newbie] [OT] DVD Player for *all* formats

2003-08-25 Thread HaywireMac
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 14:16:17 -0400 Todd Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdplayers. Strange, it has a checkbox for divx in the search engine, but not one result came up that showed it played divx. However, I did notice that there is a section on converting divx to v

Re: [newbie] Re: unreal tormanament install saying something about 'sh'

2003-08-25 Thread manolis
what is your crummy old machine? I am curious ... I haven't tried to install it in linux but on XP I got about 20FPS in 800x600x32 in PIII933Mhz with 640MB and ASUS GF3-64MB Στις Δευ 25 Αυγ 2003 21:50, ο/η Anarky έγραψε: > > > > > > > > WoooWww ... > I'm totally excited & impre

[newbie] Odd email in list

2003-08-25 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Guys, I've gotten like 5 of these in the last 24 hours - maybe the list personell need to be told? -- From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Aug 25 14:46:02 2003 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from madlen.mts.ru ([212.44.140

Re: [newbie] [OT] DVD Player for *all* formats

2003-08-25 Thread Todd Slater
On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 02:49:47PM -0400, HaywireMac wrote: > See, now here's the thing. I sent this hours ago, and I still don't see > it coming through, but I see your reply... > > This has somehow got to be the fault of Microsoft. And I've seen your original post 3 times! I was having the same

Re: [newbie] Re: unreal tormanament install saying something about'sh'

2003-08-25 Thread Anarky
WoooWww ... I'm totally excited & impressed ... It worked. I had to download a new version of the update & install it from a non-windows partition .. and it worked .. I can't believe how smoothly though ... and now I've got Unreal Tournament running at full detail at 1024*768, 32 bit .

Re: [newbie] [OT] DVD Player for *all* formats

2003-08-25 Thread HaywireMac
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 14:16:17 -0400 Todd Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > Don't know of any that play divx, but my jvc plays s/vcd. Check out > http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdplayers. See, now here's the thing. I sent this hours ago, and I still don't see it coming through, but I see your reply..

Re: [newbie] Transferring songs from cassette

2003-08-25 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Monday 25 August 2003 01:33 pm, Cornerstone Community Farm wrote: > On Sunday 24 August 2003 11:48 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > > Try the regular line out on the Cassette player instead of mic. You will > > have to get a special chord from someplace like radio shack, it has two > > rca audio plugs

Re: [newbie] Bash Script to change file prefix

2003-08-25 Thread Todd Slater
On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 03:10:45PM +, John Richard Smith wrote: > OK, so this is a tipical download via my smart card reader, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cd /root/sane2 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] sane2]# ls > dsci0001.jpg* dsci0007.jpg* dsci0013.jpg* dsci0019.jpg* > These are digital camera pix ,

[newbie] Americas' Army extraction problem

2003-08-25 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Anyone have this running? I d/l'ed the file (504 megs), set it to be executable, then ran it as root (I also tried my normal user account). It gives this error: [EMAIL PROTECTED] darklord]# sh armyops190-linux.bin Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing America's Army: Operations

Re: [newbie] [OT] DVD Player for *all* formats

2003-08-25 Thread Todd Slater
On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 10:13:05AM -0400, HaywireMac wrote: > > Ok, so this is waay offtopic-day for me, but I wonder if I can get > some feedback on this. > > I got some b-day money, and I want to buy a DVD player, but I want it to > be able to play almost anything I throw in it, especially

Re: [newbie] 9.2 Beta 2

2003-08-25 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Tom Brinkman wrote: On Sunday August 24 2003 01:56 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: How, specifically, are you adjusting your time zones? With ntpd? Just pick a time server in your zone. For syncing your software clock to your hardware clock see 'man hwclock'. EG, hwclock --systohc' My c

Re: [newbie] Bash Script to change file prefix

2003-08-25 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Monday 25 August 2003 03:10 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > OK, so this is a tipical download via my smart card reader, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cd /root/sane2 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] sane2]# ls > dsci0001.jpg* dsci0007.jpg* dsci0013.jpg* dsci0019.jpg* > dsci0025.jpg* > dsci0002.jpg* dsci0008.

Re: [newbie] 9.2 Beta 2

2003-08-25 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday August 24 2003 01:56 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > How, specifically, are you adjusting your time zones? With ntpd? Just pick a time server in your zone. For syncing your software clock to your hardware clock see 'man hwclock'. EG, hwclock --systohc' -- Tom Brinkman

Re: [newbie] TEST

2003-08-25 Thread James R. McKenzie
Did I pass the test? What doo I get. I want the gold star. T H A N K Y O U James R. McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "John Richard Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NEWBIE 1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003

Re: [newbie] Thanks to all

2003-08-25 Thread Richard Urwin
On Monday 25 Aug 2003 1:22 pm, HaywireMac wrote: > On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:52:34 -0400 > > Lee Wiggers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > (Criticism encouraged) > > Could be my browser (Galeon), but the formatting could use some work. > The links are covered up by the "carpet". Same in Mozilla. The c

[newbie] [OT] DVD Player for *all* formats

2003-08-25 Thread HaywireMac
What's up with this list? I sent this hours ago...i'll try this one more time. > Ok, so this is waay offtopic-day for me, but I wonder if I can get some feedback on this. I got some b-day money, and I want to buy a DVD player, but I want it to be able to play almost anything I throw in it, esp

RE: [newbie] Hostname

2003-08-25 Thread Lanman
Hey Guys! Sorry I wasn't paying attention,...Did you two say something significant? I was busy doing one of those "canuck" things! LOL! Lanman *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 8/26/2003 at 12:05 AM Frankie wrote: >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAI

[newbie] Problems posting to Newbie List

2003-08-25 Thread John Richard Smith
Started having problems getting through, here is the latest return message , [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is no such user (newbie). isn't something ending .ru a rusian address ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http:

Re: [newbie] Transferring songs from cassette

2003-08-25 Thread Cornerstone Community Farm
On Sunday 24 August 2003 11:48 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > Try the regular line out on the Cassette player instead of mic. You will > have to get a special chord from someplace like radio shack, it has two rca > audio plugs into one mic jack. This gives you preamp and filter so you > should have a

Re: [newbie] 9.2 Beta 2

2003-08-25 Thread Lanman
HaywireMac; No knickers to worry about! You might be right about the hijack, under the conditions you specified. I didn't see a hijack happening, because my thread was under a different name. Just so you know, I've never even seen any list of rules, didn't even know they existed until now. When I

Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-25 Thread John Richard Smith
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sun, 2003-08-24 at 05:38, Tom Brinkman wrote: FWIW, I wouldn't buy one on specs. You need to see it in a store's showroom. Then get the model number an buy it online after checking for Linux compatibility and performance. The one's you see in a store are runnin Wins

[newbie] unreal tormanament install saying something about 'sh'

2003-08-25 Thread Anarky
I get this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] game stuff]# ./ut-install-436.run bash: ./ut-install-436.run: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied what does it mean? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Transferring songs from cassette

2003-08-25 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Monday 25 August 2003 12:48 am, Dennis Myers wrote: > Try the regular line out on the Cassette player instead of mic. You will > have to get a special chord from someplace like radio shack, it has two rca > audio plugs into one mic jack. This gives you preamp and filter so you > should have a

Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-25 Thread John Richard Smith
Heather/Femme wrote: On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 13:07, John Richard Smith wrote: Thanks, You know it's so much more reassuring to hear first hand from people with experience with equipement new to oneself. I think I'm going to wait till the right offer for a 19" 1280x1024 at maybe 85Hz? is that

RE: [newbie] Hostname

2003-08-25 Thread Frankie
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stephen Kuhn >Sent: Monday, 25 August 2003 8:07 PM >To: Mandrake Newbie >Subject: RE: [newbie] Hostname > > >On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 21:08, Frankie wrote: >> Stephen you putz.. you cut out a step and then added

Re: [newbie] wishing for mandrake 2.6 test3 kernel

2003-08-25 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 17:16:14 +0300 Anarky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >woow ... I wanted to update the kernel and thought I could download > > the files I needed manually ... did a test urpmi just to see how many > they could be ... and this is what I got. Is this right You have adde

Re: [newbie] 9.2 Beta 2

2003-08-25 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday August 24 2003 02:23 pm, David E. Fox wrote: > That's all done and running properly. 'date', xclock, what have > you, all show the correct time. There was one time recently when > the time was about 20 minutes off but I fixed it. It's the *KDE* > clock display that's wrong. Right now it's

[newbie] Bash Script to change file prefix

2003-08-25 Thread John Richard Smith
OK, so this is a tipical download via my smart card reader, [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cd /root/sane2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] sane2]# ls dsci0001.jpg* dsci0007.jpg* dsci0013.jpg* dsci0019.jpg* dsci0025.jpg* dsci0002.jpg* dsci0008.jpg* dsci0014.jpg* dsci0020.jpg* dsci0026.jpg* dsci0003.jpg* dsci000

[newbie] TEST

2003-08-25 Thread John Richard Smith
This is a test , having problems posting to list. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] [OT] DVD Player for *all* formats

2003-08-25 Thread HaywireMac
Ok, so this is waay offtopic-day for me, but I wonder if I can get some feedback on this. I got some b-day money, and I want to buy a DVD player, but I want it to be able to play almost anything I throw in it, especially divx movies that I have on CD. It should also be able to play mp3, but t

[newbie] [OT] DVD Player for *all* formats

2003-08-25 Thread HaywireMac
Ok, so this is waay offtopic-day for me, but I wonder if I can get some feedback on this. I got some b-day money, and I want to buy a DVD player, but I want it to be able to play almost anything I throw in it, especially divx movies that I have on CD. It should also be able to play mp3, but t

[newbie] Re: unreal tormanament install saying something about 'sh'

2003-08-25 Thread Anarky
Anarky wrote: I get this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] game stuff]# ./ut-install-436.run bash: ./ut-install-436.run: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied what does it mean? I tried again ... and this time I got a different error (disabled supermount & mounted cd): ===

[newbie] wishing for mandrake 2.6 test3 kernel

2003-08-25 Thread Anarky
woow ... I wanted to update the kernel and thought I could download the files I needed manually ... did a test urpmi just to see how many they could be ... and this is what I got. Is this right I mean do I really need all this stuff in order to try out a new kernel? I mean it sounds like

Re: [newbie] DrakConnect forgetfull

2003-08-25 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 25 Aug 2003 2:43 pm, Sabin, Matthew wrote: > So I'm happily surfing away and my 'net conenction slows to a crawl. > Then is stops entirely. > > After many attempts to make bits flow (even checked the cable to see if the > cat had eaten through again) I've concluded that the via-rhine on b

Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-25 Thread Heather/Femme
On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 13:07, John Richard Smith wrote: > > Thanks, > You know it's so much more reassuring to hear first hand from people > with experience with equipement new to oneself. > > I think I'm going to wait till the right offer for a 19" 1280x1024 at > maybe 85Hz? > is that about rig

[newbie] DrakConnect forgetfull

2003-08-25 Thread Sabin, Matthew
Title: DrakConnect forgetfull So I'm happily surfing away and my 'net conenction slows to a crawl. Then is stops entirely. After many attempts to make bits flow (even checked the cable to see if the cat had eaten through again) I've concluded that the via-rhine on board LAN has turned to sla

Re: [newbie] Unreal Tournament GOTY Install

2003-08-25 Thread Michael Lothian
Try using either the multimedia kernel or the tmb kernel it has the patch for supermount that actually make it work!! Mike Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: HaywireMac wrote: On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 21:41:18 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: If you want it ba

Re: [newbie] SCO Site Down

2003-08-25 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 22:17, HaywireMac wrote: > On 25 Aug 2003 22:01:42 +1000 > Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > Don't know how to DoS? Hmmm...methinks you need to read up at: > > > > www.astalavista.com > > > > ...learn something new every day mate! (g) > > Actually, way back i

Re: [newbie] Thanks to all

2003-08-25 Thread HaywireMac
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:52:34 -0400 Lee Wiggers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > (Criticism encouraged) Could be my browser (Galeon), but the formatting could use some work. The links are covered up by the "carpet". If you can tell me how you created that animated gif, I'd be much obliged, good wor

Re: [newbie] 9.2 Beta 2

2003-08-25 Thread HaywireMac
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:57:18 -0400 "Lanman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > Excuse me? I thought this was a thread about Mandrake 9.2 Beta2? What > did I hijack? Please define a hijack for me, so I can avoid it. > Besides, isn't this a List about Mandrake Linux? It has been since I > joined 4 ye

[newbie] Funny for the day...

2003-08-25 Thread HaywireMac
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/13/1726241 -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ We have reason to be afraid. This is a terrible place. -- John Berryman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] laptop install problems

2003-08-25 Thread HaywireMac
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:41:42 -0400 Todd Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > Some of us with older hardware might not be able to boot from cd. I > don't know if it's a function of BIOS or cd drive or both, but I know > mine won't boot from cd. Especially Comcrap, from personal experience. You ca

Re: [newbie] kernel & deps

2003-08-25 Thread Frans Ketelaars
On Monday 25 August 2003 12:25, Anarky wrote: > well, I understood in mandrake kernel update was painless & cool, > so I thoguht I'd try it. I wanted kernle 2.6.test3 I'd love to use > urpmi ... but I don't, because i've got a limited download quota ... > so what I would really love would be i

Re: [newbie] SCO Site Down

2003-08-25 Thread HaywireMac
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:08:03 -0500 Curt Tresenriter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > SCO hangs themselves... > > http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2003-08-24-001-26-NW-CY-LL Well, I don't even know *how* to launch a DOS, except to post a link on Slashdot... :-D -- HaywireMac Registered

Re: [newbie] SCO Site Down

2003-08-25 Thread HaywireMac
On 25 Aug 2003 22:01:42 +1000 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > Don't know how to DoS? Hmmm...methinks you need to read up at: > > www.astalavista.com > > ...learn something new every day mate! (g) Actually, way back in the day (for me, anyway) when I was running Black Ice on Win98, I

Re: [newbie] Hostname

2003-08-25 Thread HaywireMac
On 25 Aug 2003 17:48:48 +1000 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > Pppft! ;) Shite, mate, open a window before you do that! -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ There are no accidents whatsoever in the universe.

Re: [newbie] Funny responses from linux commands

2003-08-25 Thread HaywireMac
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 23:35:12 +1200 Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > You need to set a "cron" job to run a script. > > + > #!/bin/bash > echo Michael > sig > echo >> sig > fortune -s >> sig > + > > Use the bit between the +'s. For more options "man" is your friend. > > +++

RE: [newbie] Hostname

2003-08-25 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 21:08, Frankie wrote: > Stephen you putz.. you cut out a step and then added one.. > > how is that better?? :-) > > my way does not entail restarting the network interfaces. > > Alternatives are always good however.. :-) > > rgds > > Franki I can't believe you're the O

Re: [newbie] SCO Site Down

2003-08-25 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 03:46, HaywireMac wrote: > On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:08:03 -0500 > Curt Tresenriter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > SCO hangs themselves... > > > > http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2003-08-24-001-26-NW-CY-LL > > Well, I don't even know *how* to launch a DOS, excep

Re: [newbie] Funny responses from linux commands

2003-08-25 Thread Mark Annandale
On Sunday 24 Aug 2003 10:16 pm, HaywireMac wrote: > > type "man fortune" for more. > > there are a lot more than just funny ones, that's how I and many others > generate our sig. Please explain how to incorporate fortunes into ones signature. Thanks Mark A Want to buy your Pack or Services f

Re: [newbie] lilo config

2003-08-25 Thread Mark Annandale
On Monday 25 Aug 2003 4:34 am, Russ wrote: > Hi All, > > I originally set this computer up as a dual boot with the Windows as > default (for my daughter). I no longer have the Windows partition but I > cannot figure out how to remove that link from lilo. > > Could someone point me in the right dire

RE: [newbie] Hostname

2003-08-25 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 16:17, Frankie wrote: > open a terminal window, su - to become root.. > > then type: > > hostname my.new.hostname > > Then edit the file /etc/sysconfig/network > > edit the line: > > HOSTNAME .. > to reflect the new hostname. > > Then edit /etc/hosts file to

RE: [newbie] Hostname

2003-08-25 Thread Frankie
open a terminal window, su - to become root.. then type: hostname my.new.hostname Then edit the file /etc/sysconfig/network edit the line: HOSTNAME .. to reflect the new hostname. Then edit /etc/hosts file to make sure that it resolves your new hostname properly. Done... easy huh

[newbie] hang in NEC VE500j/8 bilingual BIOS

2003-08-25 Thread jono kop
My new installed mandrake 9.1 system hang when first booting,with the last message something like "devfs=boot_options:0x1".No problem during installation.I use 12GB as mount point and 1GB of HDD as a swap partition. computer spec: (NEC VE500J/8), Pentium III500Mhz,320MB RAM,Savage4 8MB,HDD 13GB,C

Re: [newbie] Transferring songs from cassette

2003-08-25 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sunday 24 August 2003 01:21 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > I've got some older cassettes that I'd love to transfer into OGG. Does > anyone know of a good "how to" that literally walks thru the process step > by step? (we're talking handholding here!) > > I grabbed an old cassette player, plugged a

[newbie] lilo config

2003-08-25 Thread Russ
Hi All, I originally set this computer up as a dual boot with the Windows as default (for my daughter). I no longer have the Windows partition but I cannot figure out how to remove that link from lilo. Could someone point me in the right direction? Thanks Russ Want to buy your Pack or Service

Re: [newbie] List Probs

2003-08-25 Thread Eric Huff
> Anyone know the emoticon for the single finger peace sign? | / That's the best i can do... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] List Probs

2003-08-25 Thread yankl
On Sunday 24 August 2003 23:17, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Sunday 24 August 2003 10:06 pm, yankl wrote: > > On Sunday 24 August 2003 20:32, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > > > On Sunday 24 August 2003 08:11 pm, Eric Huff wrote: > > > > > > ya, I know my posts tho are getting thru in many cases, because >

Re: [newbie] Lilo config

2003-08-25 Thread Jason Greenwood
Here we go again, since you seem to have missed it: Yes, there are 2 ways to do this. Go into the Mandrake Control Center and change boot options. Boot>DrakBoot>Lilo/Grub Mode (Configure)>Then ok at the first dialog, then you can delete entries and set a new default. OR Go into /etc/lilo.conf in

Re: [newbie] List Probs

2003-08-25 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Sunday 24 August 2003 10:06 pm, yankl wrote: > On Sunday 24 August 2003 20:32, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > > On Sunday 24 August 2003 08:11 pm, Eric Huff wrote: > > > > > ya, I know my posts tho are getting thru in many cases, because > > > > > people are replying to them, but I never actually *see

[newbie] Lilo config

2003-08-25 Thread Russ
Hi All, I originally set this computer up as a dual boot with Lilo booting to Windows by default (for my daughter). I now only have Linux here but I can't figure out how to remove the Windows boot from Lilo. Can anyone point me in the proper direction please (I know it can be done because I did i

Re: [newbie] Hostname

2003-08-25 Thread Dick Gevers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 16:47:26 -0400, Lee Wiggers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about [newbie] Hostname: >How do I change the hostname, with or without webmin. I believe it is in /etc/sysconfig/network. But you can also do it via MCC > Network & Inte

Re: [newbie] SCO Site Down

2003-08-25 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Sunday 24 August 2003 08:57 pm, John Wilson wrote: > On August 24, 2003 04:58 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > > On Sunday 24 August 2003 01:08 pm, Curt Tresenriter wrote: > > > On 24 Aug 2003 11:38:27 +1000 > > > > > > Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > |On Sun, 2003-08-24 at 06:25, Chri

Re: [newbie] List Probs

2003-08-25 Thread yankl
On Sunday 24 August 2003 20:32, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Sunday 24 August 2003 08:11 pm, Eric Huff wrote: > > > > ya, I know my posts tho are getting thru in many cases, because > > > > people are replying to them, but I never actually *see* my post > > > > > > > > weird... > > > > > > Check

Re: [newbie] Fwd: Short Message delivery report

2003-08-25 Thread yankl
On Sunday 24 August 2003 18:47, manolis wrote: Yes it look like city of Kaluga telephone company (mts- Ministry of telephone comunication) in Russia and it is a phone message (sms). > I'm getting this too.. > > Στις Δευ 25 Αυγ 2003 01:36, ο/η Chris έγραψε: > > Damm, I just got the same thing, are

Re: [newbie] Unreal Tournament GOTY Install

2003-08-25 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: HaywireMac wrote: On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 21:41:18 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: If you want it back just do supermount -i enable. That should do it. Duh, I know, I thought of that while I was just taking a shower. You know yer a geek when yer

Re: [newbie] Unreal Tournament GOTY Install

2003-08-25 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
HaywireMac wrote: On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 21:41:18 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: If you want it back just do supermount -i enable. That should do it. Duh, I know, I thought of that while I was just taking a shower. You know yer a geek when yer not...you know...in the s

Re: [newbie] Unreal Tournament GOTY Install

2003-08-25 Thread HaywireMac
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 21:41:18 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > If you want it back just do supermount -i enable. That should do it. Duh, I know, I thought of that while I was just taking a shower. You know yer a geek when yer not...you know...in the shower, yer thinking abo

Re: [newbie] Nvidia 'no screens found' error

2003-08-25 Thread Pilagá
El Dom 24 Ago 2003 22:03, Gareth Qually escribió: > I have just install the Nvidia drivers, whcih I had working on my system > before I reformatted the hard drive and got a new MB (a MSI). I now get > a 'Fatal Server: No screens found error'. I also noticed further up the > page it mentions, that i

Re: [newbie] Unreal Tournament GOTY Install

2003-08-25 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
HaywireMac wrote: On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 16:21:33 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: God doesn't hate you; He loves you. Supermount hates you. http://pgshopping.com/mdkxp/?c=ttrls/utinstall Well, anyway, it worked, thanks so much, this has been driving me nuts for months.

Re: [newbie] Unreal Tournament GOTY Install

2003-08-25 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
HaywireMac wrote: On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 16:21:33 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: God doesn't hate you; He loves you. Supermount hates you. Does God hate Supermount? ;-) http://pgshopping.com/mdkxp/?c=ttrls/utinstall Now, he says to disable supermount (this BTW

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