Re: [newbie-it] Avvio di Linux

2003-10-12 Thread tuxlander
Alle 01:09, domenica 12 ottobre 2003, Nevermind ha scritto: Dunque, appena installato linux mi apriva, dopo aver fatto il boot, una finestra con i nomi degli utenti e la possibilità di selezionare con quale utente partire. Ora invece mi esce, sempre in modalità grafica, un riquadro che mi

Re: [newbie-it] Rippare video DVD con K3b

2003-10-12 Thread Nevermind
Alle 22:49, sabato 11 ottobre 2003, Michele (emmepielle) ha scritto: K3b non puo montare . Per piacere esegui le Impostazioni di K3b. Il mio problema è questo perchè mi da questo errore anche perchè con Michele, premesso che io sono un newbie più newbie di tutti, però a me questo errore me

Re: [newbie-it] Gaim 0.71

2003-10-12 Thread tom
On Sunday 12 October 2003 13:16, Nevermind wrote: Dove trovo quello che mi ha installato della 0.71? da console-shell digiti il nome-programma e dovrebbe partire. alle volte però è seguito dalla numero di versione.. quindi in genere io faccio cosi: apro una shell e dgto g+TAB o G+TAB ti

Re: [newbie-it] Gaim 0.71

2003-10-12 Thread francesco.melo
Alle 14:48, domenica 12 ottobre 2003, tom ha scritto: On Sunday 12 October 2003 13:16, Nevermind wrote: Dove trovo quello che mi ha installato della 0.71? da console-shell digiti il nome-programma e dovrebbe partire. alle volte però è seguito dalla numero di versione.. quindi in genere

Re: [newbie-it] Rippare video DVD con K3b

2003-10-12 Thread francesco.melo
Alle 13:21, domenica 12 ottobre 2003, Nevermind ha scritto: Alle 22:49, sabato 11 ottobre 2003, Michele (emmepielle) ha scritto: K3b non puo montare . Per piacere esegui le Impostazioni di K3b. Il mio problema è questo perchè mi da questo errore anche perchè con Michele, premesso che io

Re: [newbie-it] Avvio di Linux

2003-10-12 Thread francesco.melo
Alle 01:09, domenica 12 ottobre 2003, Nevermind ha scritto: Lo so che faccio domande che possono sembrare stupide, ma per me che mi avvicino ora a Linux non lo sono... Dunque, appena installato linux mi apriva, dopo aver fatto il boot, una finestra con i nomi degli utenti e la possibilità di

Re: [newbie-it] Rippare video DVD con K3b

2003-10-12 Thread emmepielle
Capisco che chi vuol prendere 2 lepri, si dice dalle mie parti, una fugge ed una scappa... Sono daccordo in parte con te Francesco. Il fatto è che con K3b nello spazio di poco si è fatta molta strada. Non sto qui ad elencare i pregi gia assagiati quasi tutti. Ma le cose analoghe con Nero che

Re: [newbie-it] Gaim 0.71

2003-10-12 Thread Nevermind
Alle 14:48, domenica 12 ottobre 2003, tom ha scritto: da console-shell digiti il nome-programma e dovrebbe partire. alle volte però è seguito dalla numero di versione.. Ho fatto come mi hai detto, ma l'unico gaim che mi chiama è la versione 0.67, e non la 0.71. Non ci sono altri

Re: [newbie-it] Avvio di Linux

2003-10-12 Thread Nevermind
Alle 16:31, domenica 12 ottobre 2003, francesco.melo ha scritto: per quanto riguarda l'impossibilità di vedere il draghetto con le 3 opzioni è un bug conosciuto Risolto tutto, si vede anche il draghetto quando termino la sessione ;) Grazie anche a te Francesco. -- //

[newbie-it] K3b 0.90

2003-10-12 Thread Nevermind
Ho scaricato ed installato come avevo promesso di fare... a parte il piccolo scomodo (relativo) che è in inglese invece che in italiano (anzi, qualcuno sa se esiste una distro in italiano?), ho provato a mettere dentro un DVD ma le tracce video non me le vede proprio, anzi, non mi vede proprio

Re: [newbie-it] Gaim 0.71

2003-10-12 Thread Nevermind
Alle 16:25, domenica 12 ottobre 2003, francesco.melo ha scritto: scusami ma dove hai trovato l'rpm di gaim 0.7.1? Sul sito ufficiale di gaim, sotto sourceforge, c'è anche l'rpm per Mandrake... l'url se lo vuoi è questo: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gaim/gaim-0.71-1.src.rpm?download Me

[newbie-it] Tariffe kppp

2003-10-12 Thread Luigi Beltramini
salve, sapete dove e' possibile scaricare le tariffe telefoniche aggiornate per kppp?

[newbie-it] Palm e linux

2003-10-12 Thread Luigi Beltramini
salve, come posso con linux convertire un file di testo ascii in un formato leggibile dal palm?

Re: [newbie-it] Gaim 0.71

2003-10-12 Thread promotux
Alle 17:06, domenica 12 ottobre 2003, Nevermind ha scritto: Alle 14:48, domenica 12 ottobre 2003, tom ha scritto: da console-shell digiti il nome-programma e dovrebbe partire. alle volte però è seguito dalla numero di versione.. Ho fatto come mi hai detto, ma l'unico gaim che mi chiama

Re: [newbie-it] Gaim 0.71

2003-10-12 Thread tom
On Sunday 12 October 2003 17:06, Nevermind wrote: Non ci sono altri richiamabili. Posso provare a disinstallare e reinstallare l'rpm? E se si, come si fa a deinstallarlo? non ricordo bene quale sia il modo di gestire gli rpm della mdk, egli rpm nn mi sono mai stati molto simpatici e nn ricordo

Re: [newbie-it] Rippare video DVD con K3b

2003-10-12 Thread Piero Piutti
On Saturday 11 October 2003 22:49, Michele (emmepielle) wrote: Salute a tutti, sto cercando di rippare video DVD con K3b 0.9. Se proprio non riesci con K3b puoi sempre provare dvd::rip (http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/). Ti rippa un dvd e ti fa la conversione/masterizzazione in SVCD in pochi

Re: [newbie-it] K3b 0.90

2003-10-12 Thread tom
On Sunday 12 October 2003 17:15, Nevermind wrote: Suggerimenti e/o consigli, a parte quello di cambiare programma come già detto qualche mail prima? piu che un consiglio è una tracciama nn ne sono neanche sicuro,inquanto nn ho a che fare con dvd e dvd-r probabilmente k3b non ha i programmi

Re: [newbie-it] Palm e linux

2003-10-12 Thread tuxlander
Alle 19:10, giovedì 9 ottobre 2003, Luigi Beltramini ha scritto: salve, come posso con linux convertire un file di testo ascii in un formato leggibile dal palm? Installa Kpilot e penso che sia possibile, anche se devo dire che non avendo un palmare non ho mai provato il pgm e non mi sono

Re: R: R: R: [newbie-it] MySQL Problema avvio o installazione

2003-10-12 Thread toto
Fabio Manunza ha scritto: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alle 07:38, sabato 11 ottobre 2003, carlo_canepa ha scritto: Grazie per il tuo interessamento. Sì mysql è installato bene, visto che l'ho installato e disinstallato parecchie volte, sia come sorgente, sia come binario sia

[newbie-it] mandrake 9.2 pre order

2003-10-12 Thread NIC
Ho visto che sul sito mandrake store si può già ordinare la 9.2,ma i pagamenti si fanno solo con carta di credito? Grazie a tutti NIC -- ...siate sempre capaci di sentire nel+profondo qualsiasi ingiustizia commessa contro chiunque,in qualsiasi parte del mondo.è la qualità+bella di un

Re: [newbie-it] Tariffe kppp

2003-10-12 Thread Fabio Manunza
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alle 15:23, domenica 12 ottobre 2003, Luigi Beltramini ha scritto: salve, sapete dove e' possibile scaricare le tariffe telefoniche aggiornate per kppp? ...fai prima a fartele da solo.. E'facilissimo: prendi come esempio quella che si avvicina di

Re: [newbie-it] Rippare video DVD con K3b

2003-10-12 Thread kudega
il consiglio è quello di scaricare e installarti Gmencoder dal sito plf.zarb.org io con un click rippo e comprimo in divx5 i miei dvd fa tutto lui ottimo parere personale ... k3b vuole fare molto cose e le fa male! per masterizzare ti consiglio gnome toaster ... se aggiungi il lettore

Re: [newbie-it] Rippare video DVD con K3b

2003-10-12 Thread promotux
Alle 00:38, lunedì 13 ottobre 2003, kudega ha scritto: il consiglio è quello di scaricare e installarti Gmencoder dal sito plf.zarb.org io con un click rippo e comprimo in divx5 i miei dvd fa tutto lui ottimo parere personale ... k3b vuole fare molto cose e le fa male! per

Re: [newbie] Problems with a web site...

2003-10-12 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 23:52:18 -0400 Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A friend of mine who uses Mozilla is having trouble with a web site: http://www.qx.net so I told him I'd try it out. Like him, I can access the main page, but clicking something like the DSL link immediately

Re: [newbie] getting rid of ads on the web

2003-10-12 Thread robin
Heather/Femme wrote: On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 00:03:11 -0600 Jerry Barton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip popups weren't the problem it was the other ads. F Use /etc/hosts (like the windows HOSTS file. HTH Jerry. pls be more specific. your answer is (atm) very unhelpful.

Re: [newbie] wallpaper

2003-10-12 Thread Heather/Femme
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 12:26:24 +0200 Liechti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi does anybody know where to downlaod this wallpaper? http://images.mandrakesoft.com/img/screenshots/mdk91-scr2.jpg remo try digital blasphemy.com or google for the site. Ceiling Art - Title: The View From the

Re: [newbie] wallpaper

2003-10-12 Thread Thorsten von Plotho-Kettner
Am Sonntag, 12. Oktober 2003 10:55 schrieb Heather/Femme: On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 12:26:24 +0200 Liechti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: does anybody know where to downlaod this wallpaper? http://images.mandrakesoft.com/img/screenshots/mdk91-scr2.jpg try digital blasphemy.com or google for the

Re: [newbie] annoying alarm on standby.

2003-10-12 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 18:34:36 +0800 Aidan Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 11 October 2003 11:33 pm, Charlie M. wrote: Thanks Jerry and Charlie for your responses. I am very new to linux, and so I wouldn't have a clue how to see if I have gkrellm and lm_sensors running, but I'll

Re: [newbie] wallpaper

2003-10-12 Thread HaywireMac
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 12:26:24 +0200 Liechti [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: hi does anybody know where to downlaod this wallpaper? http://images.mandrakesoft.com/img/screenshots/mdk91-scr2.jpg Deviantart.com will either have it or a very reasonably facsimile. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user

Re: [newbie] getting rid of ads on the web

2003-10-12 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 04:35:12 -0400 Heather/Femme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: pls be more specific. your answer is (atm) very unhelpful. rtfm/point by point step by step instructions/google Me...whatever... but your answer doesn't do me any good as it stands. sorry... :) The Lone Stoned

Re: [newbie] wallpaper

2003-10-12 Thread Björn Olsson
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 12:26:24 +0200 Liechti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi does anybody know where to downlaod this wallpaper? http://images.mandrakesoft.com/img/screenshots/mdk91-scr2.jpg remo http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/222899/ Björn Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] wallpaper

2003-10-12 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 12:26:24 +0200 Liechti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi does anybody know where to downlaod this wallpaper? http://images.mandrakesoft.com/img/screenshots/mdk91-scr2.jpg remo Oh crud i used to have that wallpaper and totally forgot where i got it. It was in either

Re: [newbie] getting rid of ads on the web

2003-10-12 Thread Merlin Zener
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 07:46, Kaj Haulrich wrote: [...snip] Femme, in Mozilla : Edit -- Preferences -- Privacy Security -- Popup windows -- Block unrequested popup windows. FWIW, in my version of Mozilla it's in a different place: edit--preferences--advanced--and then unclick allow

Re: [newbie] Problems with a web site...

2003-10-12 Thread Ralph Slooten
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 23:52:18 -0400 Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: anyone have any ideas? Stop using that site ;-) ... Usage of crap Java is asking for problems... just like we have on this site. Yes it crashes here too (Phoenix cvs)... Greetings Ralph -- http://axljab.homelinux.org/

Re: [newbie] Problems with a web site...

2003-10-12 Thread Douglas Bainbridge
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 09:40, Aron Smith wrote: Crashed me On Sat, 2003-10-11 at 20:52, Ronald J. Hall wrote: A friend of mine who uses Mozilla is having trouble with a web site: http://www.qx.net so I told him I'd try it out. Like him, I can access the main page, but clicking

Re: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?

2003-10-12 Thread Douglas Bainbridge
Hi Franki and Mac, On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 11:30, HaywireMac wrote: On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 15:48:23 +0800 Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: If we all tell ten people, and make them feel as strongly about it as we do, they will spread the word also. Are you kidding me? I gotta try to

Re: [newbie] wallpaper

2003-10-12 Thread Liechti
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/222899/ thanks! :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Phoenix bios

2003-10-12 Thread John
The newbie mail has provided a lot of info. for me over the last 2 months. Being new, there is a lot to learn even from the OT mail. Example: I have been trying to install md9.1 on a gateway 1450se with xp and phoenix bios. I made the suggested changes in the bios and loaded the cd.

Re: [newbie] gaim-0.71

2003-10-12 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 00:14:33 -0600 Jerry Barton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still seem to be having trouble acessing the archives of the newbie list.. What is your site again See the last last in my sig Charles -- Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Re: [newbie] annoying alarm on standby.

2003-10-12 Thread ed tharp
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 07:03, Jerry Barton wrote: On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 18:34:36 +0800 Aidan Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 11 October 2003 11:33 pm, Charlie M. wrote: Thanks Jerry and Charlie for your responses. I am very new to linux, and so I wouldn't have a clue how to see

Re: [newbie] gaim-0.71

2003-10-12 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 15:46:30 -0400 Heather/Femme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: will gaim allow you to communicate with icq clients on pvcy mode? If by pvcy mode you mean encrypted, then yes. These rpms will allow you to load the encryption-plugin. Anyone wishing to read must then have the key.

Re: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?

2003-10-12 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Sunday 12 October 2003 01:38 am, Barry Premeaux wrote: On Saturday 11 October 2003 06:54 pm, HaywireMac wrote: Palladium requires computers to have a special chip, which both Intel and AMD have already agreed to incorporate. http://aaxnet.com/editor/edit029.html#mspath My eyes must

Re: [newbie] ksysguard loses connection to local host TOP Segfaults

2003-10-12 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday October 11 2003 01:16 pm, Heather/Femme wrote: help? i've never seen this before am at a loss as to what to do or where to look... my system was OCed till last night..but vid problems are forcing me to look at this issue further... i was running Ksysguard to keep an eye on a

Re: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?

2003-10-12 Thread Douglas Bainbridge
Further to my last post .. Do you have a Consumers Association or similar body in the US that could get fired up about this? http://aaxnet.com/editor/edit029.html#mspath I'm going to try to agitate the UK one. DougB I've written to the Consumers' Association in the

Re: [newbie] getting rid of ads on the web

2003-10-12 Thread Aron Smith
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 01:47, Heather/Femme wrote: On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 11:37:15 +0100 Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Snick Privoxy www.privoxy.org RPM is in contrib. Just set your browser proxy settings to port 8118 By default privoxy will block pop ups, and block

[newbie] urpmi: how to tell where i got an rpm?

2003-10-12 Thread Eric Huff
Is there any to tell where a particular rpm came from (or where it is available now)? I know i could un install it, and then select reinstall and that would tell me, but that's a bit excessive. Usu i need to do this when someone asks me where i got a particular program from... Likewise, how

[newbie] Mandrake 8.2 urpmi sources

2003-10-12 Thread Kristjan
Hi there Are there any ftp sites online that still have the sources for Mandrake 8.2 I got the PLF Still need the contrib and the update sources I browsed some of the Manrake mirrors but from those the 8.2 has been dissapeared. Anybody knows of some place still online ? Kristjan Want to

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.2 urpmi sources

2003-10-12 Thread Eric Huff
Are there any ftp sites online that still have the sources for Mandrake 8.2 I got the PLF Still need the contrib and the update sources Anybody knows of some place still online ? It looks like http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php has setups for them. Did you try those and they

Re: [newbie] Lightwave 3D / 3d artwork / Blender

2003-10-12 Thread John Richard Smith
Anarky wrote: John Richard Smith wrote: modelling, animation, texturing, workflow rendering. Could you kindly define for this rank newbie 3d modeler, what each of the 5 subject headings mean. okie :P Modelling, I guess making a 3d outline. well ... this is about making the shape of

Re: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?

2003-10-12 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Sunday 12 October 2003 10:52 am, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: Further to my last post One of the things that I would ask everyone who accesses the IT 2003 and Beyond article is that some of the interpretations of the author are just that, interpretations. Without being privy to MS's actual

Re: [newbie] urpmi: how to tell where i got an rpm?

2003-10-12 Thread yankl
On Sunday 12 October 2003 10:55 am, Eric Huff wrote: Is there any to tell where a particular rpm came from (or where it is available now)? I know i could un install it, and then select reinstall and that would tell me, but that's a bit excessive. Usu i need to do this when someone asks me

Re: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?

2003-10-12 Thread ed tharp
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 11:47, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Sunday 12 October 2003 10:52 am, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: Further to my last post One of the things that I would ask everyone who accesses the IT 2003 and Beyond article is that some of the interpretations of the author are just that,

[newbie] PCI - USB conflict ?

2003-10-12 Thread john
My partner brought her PC home from work as her printer had died and She needed a new one setting up. It was USB only and her old PC did not have any USB ports, so installed a PCI-USB card and got the printer a Lexmark z25 (I Know !!) working after some struggling. Then while checking that

Re: [newbie] annoying alarm on standby.

2003-10-12 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 12, 2003 05:52 am, ed tharp wrote: [..] just a guess, the fan is spinning down to save power, but the CPU is not going all the way to sleep. (zombies?) You beat me to that one Ed. (-: He said he's a total noob though so you may want to

Re: [newbie] annoying alarm on standby.

2003-10-12 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday October 12 2003 06:52 am, ed tharp wrote: On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 07:03, Jerry Barton wrote: On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 18:34:36 +0800 Aidan Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 11 October 2003 11:33 pm, Charlie M. wrote: Thanks Jerry and Charlie for your responses. I am

Re: [newbie] Phoenix bios

2003-10-12 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 12, 2003 05:44 am, John wrote: The newbie mail has provided a lot of info. for me over the last 2 months. Being new, there is a lot to learn even from the OT mail. Example: I have been trying to install md9.1 on a gateway 1450se with xp

Re: [newbie] Genius Wireless Mouse and Keyboard

2003-10-12 Thread Stormjumper
maybe you can tell us wat you tried, and what errors you got, and hopefully someone here can help you out. fwiw, i plugged a (Chicony brand) wireless keyboard and mouse set that's on 1 usb port, and it worked outright. and that's under mandrake 8.2. are you sure your usb is already working?

Re[2]: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?

2003-10-12 Thread rikona
Hello Franki, Sunday, October 12, 2003, 12:48:23 AM, you wrote: F Just be sure as many people know that we are not gonna stand for F it.. even die hard windows users should not stand for it. I have had some success with win users. Few have converted to Linux, but all have stopped using M$

Re[2]: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?

2003-10-12 Thread rikona
Hello Douglas, Sunday, October 12, 2003, 7:52:19 AM, you wrote: DB Here's a copy of the letter - we'll see what happens. Nice letter. I hope you would not mind if I use it as a basis for letters here in the US. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your

[newbie] how to configure Mozilla as my default browser ?

2003-10-12 Thread Flávio Henrique
Hi I was using Konkeror as internet browser, but I can't install java plugin for Konkeror... So, I downloaded Mozilla and install... but when I hit Alt+F2 and type www.yahoo.com, e.g., the Mandrake opens the webpage in Konkeror... How to configure to the open the pages in Mozilla ?? Thanx in

Re: [newbie] how to configure Mozilla as my default browser ?

2003-10-12 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 14, 2003 10:30 am, Flávio Henrique wrote: Hi I was using Konkeror as internet browser, but I can't install java plugin for Konkeror... So, I downloaded Mozilla and install... but when I hit Alt+F2 and type www.yahoo.com, e.g., the

Re: [newbie] how to configure Mozilla as my default browser ?

2003-10-12 Thread Flávio Henrique
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 15:36, Charlie M. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 14, 2003 10:30 am, Flávio Henrique wrote: Hi I was using Konkeror as internet browser, but I can't install java plugin for Konkeror... So, I downloaded Mozilla and install... but

Re[2]: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?

2003-10-12 Thread rikona
Hello Bryan, Sunday, October 12, 2003, 8:47:49 AM, you wrote: BP The technical plans have already been published, but as with all BP things, those can be perceived in a favorable light or BP unfavorable light. Given the past history, it might be a good idea to assume the worst, at least as a

Re: [newbie] how to configure Mozilla as my default browser ?

2003-10-12 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 14, 2003 10:46 am, Flávio Henrique wrote: [..] Just add mozilla to the command. re: mozilla www.yahoo.com enter doesn't work... The Mandrake can't execute the command... what now ? Flávio Henrique It works for me. On my own

Re: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?

2003-10-12 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Sunday 12 October 2003 01:53 pm, rikona wrote: Given the past history, it might be a good idea to assume the worst, at least as a start. As long as you keep in mind that making such assumptions automatically colors any opinions that you form. We always need to differentiate our opinions

Re: [newbie] urpmi: how to tell where i got an rpm?

2003-10-12 Thread Eric Huff
Is there anyway to get that at the cli? Commands like urpmf --description a2ps kind of help, but only if the name is in the description, and it's still only part of the answer. Thanks, eric $rpm -qi name_of_pakage will give you a lot of information on this subject. Make sure

[newbie] mozzilla mail

2003-10-12 Thread Walt Frampus
I am trying to bring over my mozilla email and contacts from my windows hard drive to my linux box. what is the file extention and location of my person mail etc.? Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] mozzilla mail

2003-10-12 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sunday 12 October 2003 01:40 pm, Walt Frampus wrote: I am trying to bring over my mozilla email and contacts from my windows hard drive to my linux box. what is the file extention and location of my person mail etc.? Walt You should find it in a hidden folder such as this:

Re[2]: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?

2003-10-12 Thread rikona
Hello Bryan, Sunday, October 12, 2003, 11:15:57 AM, you wrote: BP On Sunday 12 October 2003 01:53 pm, rikona wrote: Given the past history, it might be a good idea to assume the worst, at least as a start. BP As long as you keep in mind that making such assumptions automatically colors BP

Re: [newbie] gaim-0.71

2003-10-12 Thread Heather/Femme
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 07:54:36 + Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 15:46:30 -0400 Heather/Femme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: will gaim allow you to communicate with icq clients on pvcy mode? If by pvcy mode you mean encrypted, then yes. These rpms will allow

[newbie] exporting directories via Samba or NFS?

2003-10-12 Thread Thinker
Hello All, I finally got my old hard drive with mandrake 9.0 in a new machine and back on the network. Now, I need to take most of the files in my home directory (including /evolution ) and move them to my Win2k Machine for archiving and to my SuSE 8.2 Machine for use. Someone on the SuSE list

Re: [newbie] gaim-0.71

2003-10-12 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 19:07:59 -0400 Trey Sizemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and screem 0.8.2 installed and working great. Just an addendum on screem. With the 0.8 branch screem switched to using the gtksourceview .lang files to provides syntax highlighting. Currently gtksourceview does not

Re: [newbie] gaim-0.71

2003-10-12 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 13:59:36 -0400 Heather/Femme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I meant when they are in privacy/invisible mode... Not ignoring you femme, that might be dangerous to my health. Gaim does allow you to switch between varying privacy modes. I have an irc account but have never used it,

Re: [newbie] gaim-0.71

2003-10-12 Thread Heather/Femme
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 20:41:19 + Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 13:59:36 -0400 Heather/Femme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I meant when they are in privacy/invisible mode... Not ignoring you femme, that might be dangerous to my health. Gaim does allow you

Re: [newbie] Phoenix bios

2003-10-12 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Sunday 12 October 2003 06:40 pm, robin wrote: Bryan Phinney wrote: On Sunday 12 October 2003 02:22 pm, Erylon Hines wrote: On Sunday 12 October 2003 07:44 am, John wrote: The newbie mail has provided a lot of info. for me over the last 2 months. Being new, there is a lot to learn even from

Re: [newbie] gaim-0.71

2003-10-12 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 07:49:25 + Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 00:14:33 -0600 Jerry Barton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still seem to be having trouble acessing the archives of the newbie list.. What is your site again See the last last in my sig

Re: [newbie] Making Mozilla the default browser in KDE

2003-10-12 Thread Flávio Henrique
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 20:45, Jamie Taylor wrote: Sorry for not replying to the correct thread but I beleive someone wanted to know how to do this. I wanted to do the same thing as I like the feel of Mozilla better than Konqueror. After much thrashing aroud on the web I found out that this

Re: [newbie] getting rid of ads on the web

2003-10-12 Thread Aron Smith
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 11:02, Heather/Femme wrote: On 12 Oct 2003 07:51:30 -0700 Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP (god did I just mangle my native tongue! GAH!) You're from Texas? Stoned out Froggy Femme rofl! no dear, canada! :) i'm french

Re: [newbie] Making Mozilla the default browser in KDE

2003-10-12 Thread Joeb
Flávio Henrique wrote: On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 20:45, Jamie Taylor wrote: Sorry for not replying to the correct thread but I beleive someone wanted to know how to do this. I wanted to do the same thing as I like the feel of Mozilla better than Konqueror. After much thrashing aroud on the web

[newbie] Plex86

2003-10-12 Thread Russ
Has anyone here used plex86 http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/plex86 Thanks Russ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Easy way to update Gaim to 0.70?

2003-10-12 Thread Guy Rouillier
Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 05 Oct 2003 4:06 pm, Trey Sizemore wrote: I'm running Mandrake 9.1 with Gaim 0.68. I want to update to 0.70 but don't see this as an option currently in the Cooker mirrors I use. Installing the Mandrake 9.1 RPM from the Sourceforge site fails on some needed

Re: [newbie] grepping root?

2003-10-12 Thread Chuck Stuettgen
On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 06:28, ed tharp wrote: i have this one for a desktop http://ed-tharp.is-a-geek.org/rootme.jpg; Nice! You must not be married, or else you have a very open minded spouse! __ -- Chuck Stuettgen

Re: [newbie] annoying alarm on standby.

2003-10-12 Thread Aidan Holmes
Thank you all for your help with this issue. I can now confirm that it's definately CPU overheating due to the fan stopping. I left the case off, and then left the computer 'till I heard the alarm again. Upon my return, the cpu fan had stopped, and the heatsink was too hot to touch for more

Re: [newbie] getting rid of ads on the web

2003-10-12 Thread Heather/Femme
On 12 Oct 2003 19:40:00 -0700 Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 11:02, Heather/Femme wrote: On 12 Oct 2003 07:51:30 -0700 Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP (god did I just mangle my native tongue! GAH!) You're from Texas?

Re: [newbie] Easy way to update Gaim to 0.70?

2003-10-12 Thread Todd Slater
On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 11:08:14PM -0400, Guy Rouillier wrote: whack I don't use urmpi, but rather the Mandrake GUI, so I added these directly to the Software Sources Manager. Then I went into Install Software, and searched for gaim - no hits. Why aren't I seeing gaim 0.70? Do I need to

Re: [newbie] gaim-0.71

2003-10-12 Thread HaywireMac
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 20:41:19 + Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I have an irc account but have never used it, no buddies )-: How does that work? For IRC, you don't need a password or anything, right? Just a server to connect to? It defaults to irc.freenode.net, so will

Re: [newbie] Easy way to update Gaim to 0.70?

2003-10-12 Thread HaywireMac
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 23:08:14 -0400 Guy Rouillier [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I don't use urmpi, but rather the Mandrake GUI, so I added these directly to the Software Sources Manager. Then I went into Install Software, and searched for gaim - no hits. Why aren't I seeing gaim 0.70? Do I