[newbie] Remember the GPL?

2003-09-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, What does the GPL say about the following? "Next ISOs of Mandrake 9.2 Download Edition will be available for Club Members and all people who have contributed to the new version (including developers and translators), prior to retail packs and public download release." Is this in conforman

Re: [newbie] Kicker?

2003-09-27 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 27, 2003 10:58 pm, Lance Cummings wrote: [..] > Thanks Charlie. I did indeed figure out that .xxx meant hidden, and > set Konqueror to show them all, as I run the same way in Windows. > As you probably read in my other response though, renam

Re: [newbie] Exploits (Was: keep password broken?)

2003-09-27 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 27, 2003 11:20 pm, Lance Cummings wrote: > Good to know, thanks. I will be tempted to run as root someday I'm > sure, as I run as "administrator" (but renamed for security) in > WIndows. But that would be quite some time from now, and may

Re: [newbie] nasty upgrade surprise

2003-09-27 Thread Lance Cummings
On Sunday 28 September 2003 01:17, Derek wrote: > Get Texstar defined as a urpmi source by following the url in my > sig, and then use your Mandrake Software Installer to install the > msfonts and msfonts-style packages. > Thats it Done! Okay . . . download accomplished. Root did many things, fe

Re: [newbie] XFCE 4 is released

2003-09-27 Thread Anders Lind
> Ah, FreeBSD ain't good fer nuthin' anyways...might as well chuck it out > and install OS/2, mate...just send me the installation CD's and I'll > take care of 'em for ya... Mouhahahahahahahahaha...I install via FTP, but I can send you the FTP over email ;P, besides ports beats RPM everytime ;P /

Re: [newbie] nasty upgrade surprise

2003-09-27 Thread Lance Cummings
On Sunday 28 September 2003 01:17, Derek wrote: > On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 6:42 am, Lance Cummings wrote: > > On Saturday 27 September 2003 14:02, yankl wrote: > > > On Saturday 27 September 2003 12:27 am, Lance Cummings wrote: > > > > I put Cooker RC2 over my Bamboo last night, and I'm pretty > > >

Re: [newbie] XFCE 4 is released

2003-09-27 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 15:15, Anders Lind wrote: > > We're sitting back waiting for Todd Slater-gator to whack together this > > world-famous Texas style RPM's! > > Heh...when downloading the tar-balls and compiling takes so little time? ;o) > Oh well, to each his ownof course RPM's doesn't wor

Re: [newbie] Exploits (Was: keep password broken?)

2003-09-27 Thread Lance Cummings
On Sunday 28 September 2003 01:35, Derek wrote: > On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 1:13 am, Lance Cummings wrote: > > y> Bad idea, If your computer connected to the Internet. Even > > though, the number y> of viruses/trojans for LINUX is miniscule > > it not 0. Given all user root y> rights will increase ch

Re: [newbie] XFCE 4 is released

2003-09-27 Thread Anders Lind
> We're sitting back waiting for Todd Slater-gator to whack together this > world-famous Texas style RPM's! Heh...when downloading the tar-balls and compiling takes so little time? ;o) Oh well, to each his ownof course RPM's doesn't work all that good on FreeBSD ;P /Anders Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] nasty upgrade surprise

2003-09-27 Thread Lance Cummings
On Sunday 28 September 2003 01:56, yankl wrote: > On Saturday 27 September 2003 05:10 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 6:42 am, Lance Cummings wrote: > > > That is *not*, however, something one expects > > > of an upgrade routine. > > > > Lance, anything on Cooker is not at relea

Re: [newbie] Kicker?

2003-09-27 Thread Lance Cummings
On Sunday 28 September 2003 01:38, yankl wrote: > The gear icons you see means that system could not find an icon > for specific file. Think you are right, sir. No need to keep that icon around at all then. Lance Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrake

Re: [newbie] Kicker?

2003-09-27 Thread Lance Cummings
On Sunday 28 September 2003 00:28, Charlie M. wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > September 27, 2003 05:23 am, Greg Meyer wrote: > > On Saturday 27 September 2003 02:06 am, Lance Cummings wrote: > > > Got this new little app-launch button on the taskbar after > > > upping

Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] more refresh and modeline fun & follies

2003-09-27 Thread Lance Cummings
Hi Richard On Saturday 27 September 2003 21:23, you wrote: > Resending this, as it hasn't shown up and KMail had no email From > email address set. > > Phew! I'm back again. I just had a very nasty disk crash taking / > and /home away to the filesystem in the sky. I even *considered* > doing a ba

Re: [newbie] Kicker?

2003-09-27 Thread Lance Cummings
Hi Greg On Saturday 27 September 2003 20:23, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Saturday 27 September 2003 02:06 am, Lance Cummings wrote: > > Got this new little app-launch button on the taskbar after > > upping to RC2. Looks kind of like a little gear. Clicking it > > produces an error window: > > > > Una

Re: [newbie] Radio Control Sims

2003-09-27 Thread Aron Smith
On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 20:59, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 00:13, Aron Smith wrote: > > Anybody know of a linux port of a R/C trainer system ? There are several > > on the market but they all use Win$ux %-0 > > Crashing this Helicopter is getting expensive. > > Mebbee ya oughta learn

Re: [newbie] Workgroup change

2003-09-27 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 08:29, Lee Wiggers wrote: > Well, that didn't turn out so good. > > I changed workgroup to home workgroup to match the other boxes and > it interfered with the samba being run by the VMware windows thing. > > I probably was supposed to reconfigure vmware to fix that, but I

Re: [newbie] Radio Control Sims

2003-09-27 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 00:13, Aron Smith wrote: > Anybody know of a linux port of a R/C trainer system ? There are several > on the market but they all use Win$ux %-0 > Crashing this Helicopter is getting expensive. Mebbee ya oughta learn hows t'fly it first b'fore crashin' it. stephen kuhn - owne

Re: [newbie] XFCE 4 is released

2003-09-27 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 07:10, Miark wrote: > Anybody venture to guess when a Mandrake-specific RPM will be available > of this? > > Miark We're sitting back waiting for Todd Slater-gator to whack together this world-famous Texas style RPM's! stephen kuhn - owner == ill

Re: [newbie] Workgroup change

2003-09-27 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 00:45:15 +0100 Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 11:29 pm, Lee Wiggers wrote: > > On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 20:15:12 +0100 > > > > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 6:19 pm, dlwiggers wrote: > > > > I know someone t

Re: [newbie] Who uses AC97?

2003-09-27 Thread yankl
On Saturday 27 September 2003 08:15 pm, Margot wrote: > Dennis Myers wrote: > > On Saturday 27 September 2003 05:37 pm, Margot wrote: > >>Dennis Myers wrote: > >>>On Saturday 27 September 2003 02:11 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > Margot is having a problem. If you use AC97 on-board sound, will you >

Re: [newbie] MCC thinks I have a Sound Card

2003-09-27 Thread Michael Adams
On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 13:21:27 +0100 Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 1:11 pm, Margot wrote: > > Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > > On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 21:10, Margot wrote: > > >>I used to get sound, but I had to reinstall Mandrake some months > > >> ago to get the internet

Re: [newbie] Who uses AC97?

2003-09-27 Thread Nigel Wilkinson
I have an AC 97 soundcard on 2 of my boxen and both work fine. Hardrake reports the following Soundcard ICH4 845G/GL Chipset AC'97 Audio Controller Module i810_audio Alternative drivers snd-intel8x0 Mandrake 9.1 automatically found and configured sound on both boxen without my help. Don't know

Re: [newbie] Workgroup change

2003-09-27 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 11:29 pm, Lee Wiggers wrote: > On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 20:15:12 +0100 > > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 6:19 pm, dlwiggers wrote: > > > I know someone told me how to do this a couple of weeks ago, but > > > I just can't find my notes. > > > >

Re: [newbie] Who uses AC97?

2003-09-27 Thread Margot
Dennis Myers wrote: On Saturday 27 September 2003 05:37 pm, Margot wrote: Dennis Myers wrote: On Saturday 27 September 2003 02:11 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: Margot is having a problem. If you use AC97 on-board sound, will you please tell us what HardDrake calls your card, and what driver it is usin

Re: [newbie] Who uses AC97?

2003-09-27 Thread Dennis Myers
On Saturday 27 September 2003 05:37 pm, Margot wrote: > Dennis Myers wrote: > > On Saturday 27 September 2003 02:11 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > >>Margot is having a problem. If you use AC97 on-board sound, will you > >>please tell us what HardDrake calls your card, and what driver it is > >>using? T

Re: [newbie] Who uses AC97?

2003-09-27 Thread Trevor Rhodes
Anne, > Margot is having a problem. If you use AC97 on-board sound, will you > please tell us what HardDrake calls your card, and what driver it is > using? Thanks I use the onboard sound for our daughters computer and the setting are as follows. It wouldn´t work either till we changed the se

Re: [newbie] Re: Modem help for a M$ refugee

2003-09-27 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Saturday 27 September 2003 07:08 pm, Björn Lundin wrote: > > OK Ed, his modem is a serial one, external. It is connected > > to ttsy1. - (I guess ttys0 is occupied by his original > > winmodem) > > The winmodems i used, occupied com4 and above, ie no physical > device. > > Make sure the /dev/mod

Re: [newbie] Who uses AC97?

2003-09-27 Thread Margot
Dennis Myers wrote: On Saturday 27 September 2003 02:11 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: Margot is having a problem. If you use AC97 on-board sound, will you please tell us what HardDrake calls your card, and what driver it is using? Thanks Anne I have AC97 on-board running and it uses snd-via82xx as the

[newbie] Re: Modem help for a M$ refugee

2003-09-27 Thread Björn Lundin
> OK Ed, his modem is a serial one, external. It is connected to > ttsy1. - (I guess ttys0 is occupied by his original winmodem) The winmodems i used, occupied com4 and above, ie no physical device. Make sure the /dev/modem symlink points to the correct tty ttyS0 for Com1 Many dial up pro

Re: [newbie] Workgroup change

2003-09-27 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 20:15:12 +0100 Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 6:19 pm, dlwiggers wrote: > > I know someone told me how to do this a couple of weeks ago, but > > I just can't find my notes. > > > > How do I change workgroups so komba2 will see my 9.2 cooked box

Re: [newbie] cursors - global

2003-09-27 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 27, 2003 01:55 am, Russ wrote: [..] > Hi Charlie, > > This was actually my third attempt at trying to change the cursors. This > computer is totally Linux now and I donot miss Win at all. However, even > though I love Linux, I really didn't c

Re: [newbie] Who uses AC97?

2003-09-27 Thread Dennis Myers
On Saturday 27 September 2003 02:11 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > Margot is having a problem. If you use AC97 on-board sound, will you > please tell us what HardDrake calls your card, and what driver it is > using? Thanks > > Anne I have AC97 on-board running and it uses snd-via82xx as the driver Min

Re: [newbie] deleting loads of small files

2003-09-27 Thread Anarky
Richard Urwin wrote: On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 12:14 pm, Anarky wrote: Richard Urwin wrote: On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 11:10 am, Anarky wrote: any way to give some kind of command to delete all files smaller than a specified size in a certain path recursivelly? A quick "man fi

Re: [newbie] Who uses AC97?

2003-09-27 Thread Margot
ed tharp wrote: On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 17:28, yankl wrote: On Saturday 27 September 2003 04:58 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 9:55 pm, yankl wrote: On Saturday 27 September 2003 03:11 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: Margot is having a problem. If you use AC97 on-board sound, will you ple

Re: [newbie] Who uses AC97?

2003-09-27 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 10:31 pm, Margot wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 9:55 pm, yankl wrote: > >>On Saturday 27 September 2003 03:11 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > >>>Margot is having a problem. If you use AC97 on-board sound, > >>> will you please tell us what HardDrake calls

Re: [newbie] Who uses AC97?

2003-09-27 Thread Margot
yankl wrote: On Saturday 27 September 2003 05:31 pm, Margot wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 9:55 pm, yankl wrote: On Saturday 27 September 2003 03:11 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: Margot is having a problem. If you use AC97 on-board sound, will you please tell us what HardDrake call

Re: [newbie] Who uses AC97?

2003-09-27 Thread ed tharp
On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 17:28, yankl wrote: > On Saturday 27 September 2003 04:58 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 9:55 pm, yankl wrote: > > > On Saturday 27 September 2003 03:11 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > Margot is having a problem. If you use AC97 on-board sound, will > > > >

Re: [newbie] Modem connects OK but apps can't locate hosts

2003-09-27 Thread Joe Janzen
> On Friday 26 September 2003 09:52 pm, Joe Janzen wrote: > > My modem is U.S. Robotics 56K FAX INT V5.0.0. I've also tried > with/without > > 'Use lock file' checked in KPPP's device options. Right now KPPP is set > to > > PAP authentication, to obtain dynamic IP (per ISP's instructions), > defa

Re: [newbie] Who uses AC97?

2003-09-27 Thread yankl
On Saturday 27 September 2003 05:31 pm, Margot wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 9:55 pm, yankl wrote: > >>On Saturday 27 September 2003 03:11 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > >>>Margot is having a problem. If you use AC97 on-board sound, will > >>>you please tell us what HardDrake c

Re: [newbie] Who uses AC97?

2003-09-27 Thread Margot
Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 9:55 pm, yankl wrote: On Saturday 27 September 2003 03:11 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: Margot is having a problem. If you use AC97 on-board sound, will you please tell us what HardDrake calls your card, and what driver it is using? Thanks Anne Anne At some

Re: [newbie] Who uses AC97?

2003-09-27 Thread yankl
On Saturday 27 September 2003 04:58 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 9:55 pm, yankl wrote: > > On Saturday 27 September 2003 03:11 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > Margot is having a problem. If you use AC97 on-board sound, will > > > you please tell us what HardDrake calls your card,

Re: [newbie] MCC thinks I have a Sound Card

2003-09-27 Thread Margot
Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 9:09 pm, Margot wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 6:53 pm, Margot wrote: I didn't see a button saying "Let me pick any driver" or "Troubleshooting" - just "Help", "OK" or "Cancel". Tried help, and it told me the difference between OSS an

Re: [newbie] MCC thinks I have a Sound Card

2003-09-27 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 9:09 pm, Margot wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 6:53 pm, Margot wrote: > >>I didn't see a button saying "Let me pick any driver" or > >>"Troubleshooting" - just "Help", "OK" or "Cancel". Tried help, > >> and it told me the difference between OSS and A

Re: [newbie] XFCE 4 is released

2003-09-27 Thread Miark
Anybody venture to guess when a Mandrake-specific RPM will be available of this? Miark On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 10:20:17 +0200, Anders Lind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > if you have not noticed XFCE 4 is now released in a sharp version. > > Cheers > Anders > > > Want to buy

Re: [newbie] ATI 8500DV AIW video drivers

2003-09-27 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 9:38 pm, Kelly McCormick wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 3:50 am, Kelly McCormick wrote: > >>Hello everyone, > >> > >>Is there anybody out there with some experience with this card > >>under ML9.1? At a minimum, I would like to get the 3D > >> acceler

Re: [newbie] Who uses AC97?

2003-09-27 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 9:55 pm, yankl wrote: > On Saturday 27 September 2003 03:11 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > Margot is having a problem. If you use AC97 on-board sound, will > > you please tell us what HardDrake calls your card, and what > > driver it is using? Thanks > > > > Anne > > Anne > >

Re: [newbie] Who uses AC97?

2003-09-27 Thread yankl
On Saturday 27 September 2003 03:11 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > Margot is having a problem. If you use AC97 on-board sound, will you > please tell us what HardDrake calls your card, and what driver it is > using? Thanks > > Anne Anne At some point some one suggest for her to run soundconfig what ch

Re: [newbie] cursors - global

2003-09-27 Thread yankl
On Saturday 27 September 2003 03:55 am, Russ wrote: > Hi Charlie, > > This was actually my third attempt at trying to change the cursors. This > computer is totally Linux now and I donot miss Win at all. However, even > though I love Linux, I really didn't care for the black cursor. I found > the f

Re: [newbie] MCC thinks I have a Sound Card

2003-09-27 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Saturday 27 September 2003 04:09 pm, Margot wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 6:53 pm, Margot wrote: > >>I didn't see a button saying "Let me pick any driver" or > >>"Troubleshooting" - just "Help", "OK" or "Cancel". Tried help, and > >>it told me the difference between OSS

Re: [newbie] ATI 8500DV AIW video drivers

2003-09-27 Thread Kelly McCormick
Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 3:50 am, Kelly McCormick wrote: Hello everyone, Is there anybody out there with some experience with this card under ML9.1? At a minimum, I would like to get the 3D acceleration and the TV tuner functions working. It is my understanding that the ATI driv

Re: [newbie] Who uses AC97?

2003-09-27 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: Margot is having a problem. If you use AC97 on-board sound, will you please tell us what HardDrake calls your card, and what driver it is using? Thanks Anne Which sound chip ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from Ma

Re: [newbie] MCC thinks I have a Sound Card

2003-09-27 Thread Margot
Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 6:53 pm, Margot wrote: I didn't see a button saying "Let me pick any driver" or "Troubleshooting" - just "Help", "OK" or "Cancel". Tried help, and it told me the difference between OSS and ALSA, but not how to delete a phantom sound card! Margot - botto

Re: [newbie] Who uses AC97?

2003-09-27 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 27, 2003 01:11 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > Margot is having a problem. If you use AC97 on-board sound, will you > please tell us what HardDrake calls your card, and what driver it is > using? Thanks > > Anne Hi Anne; I pasted a whole whack o

Re: [newbie] cursors - global

2003-09-27 Thread Russ
Hi Charlie, This was actually my third attempt at trying to change the cursors. This computer is totally Linux now and I donot miss Win at all. However, even though I love Linux, I really didn't care for the black cursor. I found the flat white ones (ya, the ones from Win) on kdelook.org and fo

Re: [newbie] MCC thinks I have a Sound Card[length alert]

2003-09-27 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 27, 2003 12:35 pm, Margot wrote: [..] > > classic bug sound tester: > > > > "lspcidrake -v | fgrep AUDIO" will tell you which driver your card use > > by default > > snd-emu10k1 : Creative Labs|SB Live! (audio) [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO] > (vendo

Re: [newbie] Clock set to UTC instead of EDT

2003-09-27 Thread Trey Sizemore
Do you then have to relogin or restart for this to take effect? I just copied the Eastern file from the US folder in timezones and renamed both the file and the original localtime folder (called it 'localtime2' and the Eastern file 'localtime'). Thanks. On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 16:12, Derek wrote:

Re: [newbie] an apology, WAS: Ford Motor Co. opens arms to Linux!

2003-09-27 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 27, 2003 12:04 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Saturday 27 September 2003 04:15 am, Charlie M. wrote: > > Tickle Yvette? > > Liked that one! > > > Don't you ever sleep either? > > > > C. > > Guess its a night shift thing - I work 12 hour shif

Re: [newbie] an apology, WAS: Ford Motor Co. opens arms to Linux!

2003-09-27 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Saturday 27 September 2003 04:15 am, Charlie M. wrote: > Tickle Yvette? Liked that one! > Don't you ever sleep either? > > C. Guess its a night shift thing - I work 12 hour shifts, 7pm-7:30am so even on my nights off I'm daylight challenged. It drives my wife nucking futs. :-))) --

Re: [newbie] 9.2 flawless install

2003-09-27 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 13:26:59 -0400 Lee Wiggers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Spent the past few hours dl and installing/updating 9.2. > > I picked the Australian mirror for the update at 8 AM Fla time > cause I knew they were all out partying about then. > > Best urpmi experience ever. > > VMwar

Re: [newbie] Modem help for a M$ refugee

2003-09-27 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Saturday 27 September 2003 05:43 pm, ed tharp wrote: > On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 15:07, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > His problem is modem related. It is an E-Tech 56K Flex V.90. > > Extern hardware modem. It seems to come with a Rockwell > > chipset. When running drakconnect, he can go as far as to >

Re: [newbie] MCC thinks I have a Sound Card

2003-09-27 Thread Margot
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 23:42, Margot wrote: Sorry Stephen, maybe my brain just isn't working today, I'm sure that's really good advice but I just don't understand what to do where/when! Could you explain in very simple newbie terms for this very simple newbie please? ;-) Ma

Re: [newbie] Modem help for a M$ refugee

2003-09-27 Thread ed tharp
On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 15:07, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > My son-in-law just dumped his Windows2000 after the latest attack > from virus, worms and BSODs. I talked him into trying MDK 9.1. > Everything seemed to go well until he tried to connect. That's > why it is a little difficult for me to help hi

Re: [newbie] Exploits (Was: keep password broken?)

2003-09-27 Thread Derek
On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 1:13 am, Lance Cummings wrote: > > y> Bad idea, If your computer connected to the Internet. Even though, the > number y> of viruses/trojans for LINUX is miniscule it not 0. Given all > user root y> rights will increase chance for getting your box compromise. > > Along that

Re: [newbie] nasty upgrade surprise

2003-09-27 Thread yankl
On Saturday 27 September 2003 07:15 am, robin wrote: > Lance Cummings wrote: > >On Saturday 27 September 2003 14:02, yankl wrote: > >>On Saturday 27 September 2003 12:27 am, Lance Cummings wrote: > >>>I put Cooker RC2 over my Bamboo last night, and I'm pretty > >>>unhappy that I did so. > > > >---8

[newbie] 9.2 flawless install

2003-09-27 Thread Lee Wiggers
Spent the past few hours dl and installing/updating 9.2. I picked the Australian mirror for the update at 8 AM Fla time cause I knew they were all out partying about then. Best urpmi experience ever. VMware also flawless install. Win2k easier this way by far. Came with the RC4 Open Office, too

[newbie] Workgroup change

2003-09-27 Thread dlwiggers
I know someone told me how to do this a couple of weeks ago, but I just can't find my notes. How do I change workgroups so komba2 will see my 9.2 cooked box as part of the windows workgroup? Lee -- User #223705 Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandrak

[newbie] Modem help for a M$ refugee

2003-09-27 Thread Kaj Haulrich
My son-in-law just dumped his Windows2000 after the latest attack from virus, worms and BSODs. I talked him into trying MDK 9.1. Everything seemed to go well until he tried to connect. That's why it is a little difficult for me to help him out, 'cause we are 400 kilometes apart. So - until fur

Re: [newbie] nasty upgrade surprise

2003-09-27 Thread yankl
On Saturday 27 September 2003 05:10 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 6:42 am, Lance Cummings wrote: > > That is *not*, however, something one expects > > of an upgrade routine. > > Lance, anything on Cooker is not at release status, and you install at > your own risk. > > Anne My

Re: [newbie] keep password broken?

2003-09-27 Thread robin
Derek wrote: On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 12:25 pm, robin wrote: What I'd like to do is a little less drastic than previous posts. I use korganizer to access a calendar stored on a remote server, but this means that whenever I login, KDE presents me with a password request. The KDE Control Centre (

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Microsoft critic loses job over report

2003-09-27 Thread Eric Huff
> > Some of the former M$ users may already be dead, with no > > surviving family to claim their share, and some might not claim > > because they'd feel too embarrassed at being "outed" as M$ > > users, so the shares of the money that could not be applied to > > rightful owners would go to the char

Re: [newbie] Kicker?

2003-09-27 Thread yankl
On Saturday 27 September 2003 11:28 am, Charlie M. wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > September 27, 2003 05:23 am, Greg Meyer wrote: > > On Saturday 27 September 2003 02:06 am, Lance Cummings wrote: > > > Got this new little app-launch button on the taskbar after upping to

Re: [newbie] keep password broken?

2003-09-27 Thread Derek
On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 12:25 pm, robin wrote: > What I'd like to do is a little less drastic than previous posts. I use > korganizer to access a calendar stored on a remote server, but this > means that whenever I login, KDE presents me with a password request. > The KDE Control Centre (or Konque

Re: [newbie] cursors - global

2003-09-27 Thread yankl
On Friday 26 September 2003 11:28 pm, Russ wrote: > Hi All, > > I was finally able to figure out how to change my cursors (didn't really > care for the black arrow). However It only works when I am logged in as > me. How can I get it to work globally? When someone else is logged in or > when I am l

Re: [newbie] MCC thinks I have a Sound Card

2003-09-27 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 27, 2003 09:47 am, Anne Wilson wrote: [..] > > I'm not sure I know what you mean by "running" HardDrake - I've had > > a look at MCC Sound section, which goes into great detail about the > > sound card that I haven't got, but there doesn't se

Re: [newbie] Clock set to UTC instead of EDT

2003-09-27 Thread Derek
On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 3:09 pm, Trey Sizemore wrote: > Having a problem with timezones...for some reason, my clock in KDE is > displaying time in UTC instead of EDT (America/New York). When I > attempt to change the timezone via the KDE clock, I get an error saying > 'error setting new timezone'.

Re: [newbie] cursors - global

2003-09-27 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 26, 2003 09:28 pm, Russ wrote: > Hi All, > > I was finally able to figure out how to change my cursors (didn't really > care for the black arrow). However It only works when I am logged in as > me. How can I get it to work globally? When some

Re: [newbie] Bootable

2003-09-27 Thread Derek
On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 12:37 pm, Mr. George K John wrote: > Hi, > > > I am new to linux. I have a linux server with Mandrake 9. I have a folder > called Mandrake8.2 with all the instalation files. I would like to do > remote installation in my client. How can I create a bootable floppy? > > > Geo

Re: [newbie] keep password broken?

2003-09-27 Thread robin
RichardA wrote: On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 14:25:27 +0300, robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What I'd like to do is a little less drastic than previous posts. I use korganizer to access a calendar stored on a remote server, but this means that whenever I login, KDE presents me with a password request.

Re: [newbie] GTKam cannot contact my fuji mx 2900

2003-09-27 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 4:58 pm, Michael.Adolf wrote: > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote .. > > > On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 12:42 am, Mike Adolf wrote: > > > I am pretty sure mine has a serial (non USB) connection. The > > > connector is not a small rectangle like the standard USB. The > > > c

Re: [newbie] GTKam cannot contact my fuji mx 2900

2003-09-27 Thread Michael.Adolf
Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote .. > On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 12:42 am, Mike Adolf wrote: > > > > I am pretty sure mine has a serial (non USB) connection. The > > connector is not a small rectangle like the standard USB. The > > camera is found on /dev/ttys0 (COM1). > > > > Anyway, I took yo

[newbie] cool quoting feature in sylpheed

2003-09-27 Thread Eric Huff
If you want to only include a little bit of a previous message in you reply, you can hilite it first, then hit reply. I knew this already, bt i just discoverd something really cool: If i am in the preview pane, and someone has attached a text file, it shows me that file below the senders messag

Re: [newbie] Co-Founder of Caldera on SCO lawsuit

2003-09-27 Thread robin
HaywireMac wrote: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1300723,00.asp Interesting article, though it's hard to take someone with a name like Ransom Love seriously - makes him sound like a Bond girl. Sir Robin -- "I can say: 'Thank these bees for their honey as though they were kind people who

Re: [newbie] MCC thinks I have a Sound Card

2003-09-27 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 1:51 pm, Margot wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 1:11 pm, Margot wrote: > >>Stephen Kuhn wrote: > >>>On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 21:10, Margot wrote: > I used to get sound, but I had to reinstall Mandrake some > months ago to get the internet connec

Re: [newbie] Clock set to UTC instead of EDT

2003-09-27 Thread Richard Urwin
On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 2:09 pm, Trey Sizemore wrote: > Having a problem with timezones...for some reason, my clock in KDE is > displaying time in UTC instead of EDT (America/New York). When I > attempt to change the timezone via the KDE clock, I get an error saying > 'error setting new timezone'.

[newbie] cursors - global

2003-09-27 Thread Russ
Hi All, I was finally able to figure out how to change my cursors (didn't really care for the black arrow). However It only works when I am logged in as me. How can I get it to work globally? When someone else is logged in or when I am logged in as root (never do unless I am told I have to to f

Re: [newbie] subscribe

2003-09-27 Thread ed tharp
On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 22:59, John Bevington wrote: > subscribe Hey john, you have a virus... try no longer using M$ until you get that fixed hey? > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://

Re: [newbie] Kicker?

2003-09-27 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 27, 2003 05:23 am, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Saturday 27 September 2003 02:06 am, Lance Cummings wrote: > > Got this new little app-launch button on the taskbar after upping to > > RC2. Looks kind of like a little gear. Clicking it produces an

Re: [newbie] keep password broken?

2003-09-27 Thread RichardA
On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 14:25:27 +0300, robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I'd like to do is a little less drastic than previous posts. I > use korganizer to access a calendar stored on a remote server, but > this means that whenever I login, KDE presents me with a password > request. The KDE Co

Re: [newbie] MCC thinks I have a Sound Card

2003-09-27 Thread ed tharp
On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 08:21, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 1:11 pm, Margot wrote: > > Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > > On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 21:10, Margot wrote: > > >>I used to get sound, but I had to reinstall Mandrake some months > > >> ago to get the internet connection working, and I t

[newbie] subscribe

2003-09-27 Thread John Bevington
subscribe <>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] MCC thinks I have a Sound Card

2003-09-27 Thread Russ
Hi Margot, My sound worked perfectly from instillation in MD9.0 but when I reinstalled MD9.1 I got no sound. I was told then (can't remember by who though) that most sound problems are because it is muted. I was told to run Aumix and adjust the settings. I did and it worked. I have since insta

[newbie] Clock set to UTC instead of EDT

2003-09-27 Thread Trey Sizemore
Having a problem with timezones...for some reason, my clock in KDE is displaying time in UTC instead of EDT (America/New York). When I attempt to change the timezone via the KDE clock, I get an error saying 'error setting new timezone'. I can go into MCC and make changes there, but that throws t

Re: [newbie] MCC thinks I have a Sound Card

2003-09-27 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 23:42, Margot wrote: > Sorry Stephen, maybe my brain just isn't working today, I'm sure that's > really good advice but I just don't understand what to do where/when! > Could you explain in very simple newbie terms for this very simple > newbie please? ;-) > > Margot Ok.

Re: [newbie] MCC thinks I have a Sound Card

2003-09-27 Thread Margot
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 22:11, Margot wrote: Result: [EMAIL PROTECTED] margot]# /usr/sbin/sndconfig bash: /usr/sbin/sndconfig: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] margot]# Now what? Where did I go wrong? I don't see that I should need to buy a sound card - this thing,

Re: [newbie] MCC thinks I have a Sound Card

2003-09-27 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 22:11, Margot wrote: > Result: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] margot]# /usr/sbin/sndconfig > bash: /usr/sbin/sndconfig: No such file or directory > [EMAIL PROTECTED] margot]# > > Now what? Where did I go wrong? > > I don't see that I should need to buy a sound card - this thing, >

Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] Do you have a 17' LCD monitor (or 15' one)?

2003-09-27 Thread Richard Urwin
On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 12:27 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > Have you put it on the Compatibility List yet? Oooh! My first telling-off from Anne. I have *arrived*. (It's on there now.) -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Co-Founder of Caldera on SCO lawsuit

2003-09-27 Thread HaywireMac
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1300723,00.asp -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ Kindness is the beginning of

Re: [newbie] deleting loads of small files

2003-09-27 Thread Richard Urwin
On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 12:14 pm, Anarky wrote: > Richard Urwin wrote: > >On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 11:10 am, Anarky wrote: > >>any way to give some kind of command to delete all files smaller > >>than a specified size in a certain path recursivelly? > > > >A quick "man find" shows that find can

Re: [newbie] MCC thinks I have a Sound Card

2003-09-27 Thread Margot
Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 1:11 pm, Margot wrote: Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 21:10, Margot wrote: I used to get sound, but I had to reinstall Mandrake some months ago to get the internet connection working, and I think I messed up somewhere as I hadn't a clue what

Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] Do you have a 17' LCD monitor (or 15' one)?

2003-09-27 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 1:21 pm, Richard Urwin wrote: > Sending agin, with KMail setup right > > On Friday 26 Sep 2003 5:10 pm, Anguo wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Do any of you use a 17' LCD monitor? > > Which one? > > If not, do you have a 15' one? > > Which one? > > Have you been able to configure a

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