Re: [newbie] leaving linux again

2003-11-26 Thread anton
Just when I lose all hope in Americans I always get a slap back to reality... Why do we see so little of it? I wonder. Anton HaywireMac wrote: On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 12:41:56 +0200 Void lon iXaarii [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but my tv tuner didn't work (not even one channel detected) ...

Re: [newbie] My First Test :-)

2003-11-26 Thread Vitaliy Matytsyn
P.S. Why do people still bother to read test messages?! That's nothing! Some people actually reply to them:-) That's right :-) Vitaliy Matytsyn Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: Crossposting (wasRe: [newbie] How to stop Auto connect internet on boot?SOLVED)

2003-11-26 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 25 Nov 2003 12:41 pm, Bob Read wrote: Thanks Anne. I'll try not to let it happen again. Bob It took a while for us to realise that this was a problem. This and other useful info about posting is given at http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette Anne

Re: [newbie] Kmail: Address book import

2003-11-26 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 25 Nov 2003 10:38 pm, Charlie wrote: On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 07:04 pm, many eyes noted that Melissa Reese wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I saw in the address book import options in Kmail that .vcf files could be imported. So...I went to my Windows

Re: [newbie] Visio-like software for Linux/Mandrake?

2003-11-26 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 25 Nov 2003 8:12 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Tuesday 25 November 2003 02:57 pm, Mark Kirschner wrote: Sorry if this is repeat, got a bounce from sympa that the original was Interpreted to contain a command. OK, I'll admit I'm just jumping a step and going right to those who

Re: [newbie] CD Player

2003-11-26 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 25 Nov 2003 11:25 pm, Margot wrote: Adam wrote: Tuesday, November 25, 2003, 3:45:42 PM, Greg Meyer wrote: On Tuesday 25 November 2003 01:19 pm, Adam wrote: Does Mandrake have a CD player? There is about 80 of them. Where did you look? Applications, Multimedia, Networking,

Re: [newbie] CD Player

2003-11-26 Thread Frans Ketelaars
On Tuesday 25 November 2003 22:12, Adam wrote: Tuesday, November 25, 2003, 4:14:48 PM, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Tuesday 25 November 2003 19:19, Adam wrote: Does Mandrake have a CD player? Do birds fly? How did you install I downloaded Mandrake 9.2 last week. And today, I stick in

Re: [newbie] Kmail: Address book import

2003-11-26 Thread Melissa Reese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 25 November 2003 11:36 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: Sorry for rambling on - just thinking aloud and hoping that something here gets you on the right lines. Not terribly helpful, I'm afraid, except to say that importing does work, once you

Re: [newbie] leaving linux again

2003-11-26 Thread JoeHill
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 19:59:43 +1300 anton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just when I lose all hope in Americans I always get a slap back to reality... Why do we see so little of it? I wonder. I'm Canadian, d00d! -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage:

[newbie] long delay before xdm starts

2003-11-26 Thread Raffaele Belardi
In my 9.2 installation at home I experience a long delay (20sec) between the end of the initialization scripts and the start of xdm. In the meantime, the screen shows the text only login prompt. Same happens when from within an IceWM session I press logout: it takes 20sec to get back to the

[newbie] Mgetty help requested

2003-11-26 Thread Thomas Ewald
Title: Message I just installed Mandrake 9.2 on my system last night, dual-booting with Windows XP for Home. I "installed" mgetty, mgetty-voice, etc., afterwards, going through the KDE interface to do so. Now the questions: Where are they, and how do I use them? I'm sure there is setup to

[newbie] Fonts

2003-11-26 Thread Marco Verheul
Hi again, Sorry, but I seem to have deleted the answer given to my question about having newly installed fonts available at startup. My question was: I installed new fonts recently in /usr/X11R6/bin/X11/fonts. What should I do to make the fonts available when I start my PC? Do I need to

Re: [newbie] My First Test :-)

2003-11-26 Thread Aron Smith
On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 22:55, Vitaliy Matytsyn wrote: P.S. Why do people still bother to read test messages?! That's nothing! Some people actually reply to them:-) That's right :-) and argue about them ;-) Vitaliy Matytsyn Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine

Re: [newbie] Fonts [SOLVED]

2003-11-26 Thread Jerry Barton
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:24:54 + Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 26 Nov 2003 3:29 pm, Marco Verheul wrote: Joe, see http://lli.linux-bangalore.org/ttfonts.php. This page explains howto install fonts with Mandrake Control Center. It appearantly takes good care of all

Re: [newbie] Kind of worried

2003-11-26 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 26 Nov 2003 3:50 pm, Rosario Balboa wrote: Thanks for your second try. I didn't get the first e-mail. I don't have a zip drive, but I was wondering whether the floppy could cause that error. What do you think? Rosario I wouldn't have thought so, but SmartMedia readers,

Re: [newbie] Installing Java 1.4.2.x

2003-11-26 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tuesday 25 November 2003 8:13 pm, Doug Roberts wrote: snip If your system is like mine, and you used Mandrake's rpm, then it should be ready and waiting for you. try typing java in a console. that should show you the error message that java

Re: [newbie] Installing Java 1.4.2.x

2003-11-26 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 26 November 2003 18:01, Charlie Mahan wrote: Tuesday 25 November 2003 8:13 pm, Doug Roberts wrote: snip If your system is like mine, and you used Mandrake's rpm, then it should be ready and waiting for you. try typing java in a console. that should show you the error

Re: [newbie] Installing Java 1.4.2.x

2003-11-26 Thread Doug Roberts
- Original Message - From: Rob Blomquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 10:46 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Installing Java 1.4.2.x tried that and got backbash: java: command not found the command java --version also returnsbash: java:

[newbie] sylpheed-0.9.7claws

2003-11-26 Thread Charles A Edwards
The 9.2 rpms for sylpheed-0.9.7claws are now avaiable from my site. Charles -- You think Oedipus had a problem -- Adam was Eve's mother. - Mandrake Linux 10.0 on PurpleDragon Kernel-2.4.22-21.tmb.2mdkenterprise http://www.eslrahc.com -

[newbie] Whence Mozilla/Galeon Realplayer plugins?

2003-11-26 Thread JoeHill
Can't seem to find Mozilla Realplayer plugins in Contrib or Main, maybe I'm looking under the wrong name? Tried: urpmq mozilla-realplayer urpmq mozilla-real even urpmq plugin gave me a long list of plugins but no Moz or realplayer... Cheers mates! -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered

Re: [newbie] Fonts [SOLVED]

2003-11-26 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 26 Nov 2003 9:39 am, Jerry Barton wrote: On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:24:54 + Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 26 Nov 2003 3:29 pm, Marco Verheul wrote: Joe, see http://lli.linux-bangalore.org/ttfonts.php. This page explains howto install fonts with Mandrake

Re: [newbie] Installing Java 1.4.2.x

2003-11-26 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Wednesday 26 November 2003 10:33 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Wednesday 26 November 2003 18:01, Charlie Mahan wrote: Tuesday 25 November 2003 8:13 pm, Doug Roberts wrote: snip If your system is like mine, and you used Mandrake's rpm, then it

Re: [newbie] Bad signatures in 9.2

2003-11-26 Thread Dick Gevers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 14:18:48 +, Keith Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [newbie] Bad signatures in 9.2: I installed the download edition of 9.2 from magazine cover disks, but KPPP did not install. So I installed it from the CDs using MCC.

[newbie] Uninstall

2003-11-26 Thread Adam
Tuesday, November 25, 2003, 6:06:33 PM, JoeHill wrote: And today, I stick in a music CD, wait awhile, and nothing happens. Red Hat played the CD. OMFG! I would *immediately* uninstall Mandrake, there's obviously something wrong when your OS doesn't read your mind! ;-) I didn't know a

Re: [newbie] Whence Mozilla/Galeon Realplayer plugins?

2003-11-26 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 26 November 2003 19:24, JoeHill wrote: Can't seem to find Mozilla Realplayer plugins in Contrib or Main, maybe I'm looking under the wrong name? Tried: urpmq mozilla-realplayer urpmq mozilla-real even urpmq plugin gave me a long list of plugins but no Moz or

Re: [newbie] Uninstall

2003-11-26 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Wednesday 26 November 2003 12:50 pm, Adam wrote: Tuesday, November 25, 2003, 6:06:33 PM, JoeHill wrote: And today, I stick in a music CD, wait awhile, and nothing happens. Red Hat played the CD. OMFG! I would *immediately* uninstall Mandrake,

Re: [newbie] Whence Mozilla/Galeon Realplayer plugins?

2003-11-26 Thread G_REEPER
Texstar's realaudio 9.1 rpms work fine in 9.2. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/mandrake/9.1/rpms/ G_REEPER On Wednesday 26 November 2003 02:21 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Wednesday 26 November 2003 19:24, JoeHill wrote: Can't seem to find Mozilla Realplayer

Re: [newbie] Installing Java 1.4.2.x

2003-11-26 Thread Jerry Barton
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:23:43 -0600 Doug Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On a related topic, how does one edit the Path statement directly? I have been through some of the man pages and the Running Linux book and have not spotted any way to directly edit the Path statement, like editing

Re: [newbie] Fonts [SOLVED]

2003-11-26 Thread Jerry Barton
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 19:01:09 + Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, Jerry. There's just too much in there now to keep track, so I have to settle for reminding people often that knowledge acquired is good, but knowledge shared is better :-) Anne I understand completely :-)

Re: [newbie] leaving linux again

2003-11-26 Thread Aron Smith
On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 11:59, anton wrote: Just when I lose all hope in Americans I always get a slap back to reality... Why do we see so little of it? I wonder. Anton HaywireMac wrote: On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 12:41:56 +0200 Void lon iXaarii [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but my tv tuner

Re: [newbie] Connecting From 9.2

2003-11-26 Thread Merlin Zener
On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 09:14, Langsley T Russell wrote: Hi Merlin. You said: in the gui, click on setup, then the Modem tab, you'll see a horizontal slider named Modem Volume. Slide it all the way to the right. Just where in the GUI does one find the setup on which to click and it's

Re: [newbie] Uninstall

2003-11-26 Thread Adam
Wednesday, November 26, 2003, 4:44:48 PM, Charlie Mahan wrote: How is it you run a Mandrake program, to wipe Mandrake off the system entirely? Can you explain? When running from the first CD you can access the same tools to remove the distribution as you would use to install it in the

Re: [newbie] Whence Mozilla/Galeon Realplayer plugins?

2003-11-26 Thread JoeHill
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 14:31:41 -0600 G_REEPER [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Texstar's realaudio 9.1 rpms work fine in 9.2. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/mandrake/9.1/rpms/ excellent! thanks! I wonder about Todd Slater's XFCE4 RPM's... ;-) -- JoeHill ++ ICQ #

Re: [newbie] Connecting From 9.2

2003-11-26 Thread Merlin Zener
On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 19:59, Langsley T Russell wrote: Hi again Merlin. It wasn't until I logged off last night that I realized that you were referring to the kppp connect dialog. I feel rather stupid but thanks for the heads up and forcing me to think for myself a little. ;~) Oh. Don't

Re: [newbie] Uninstall

2003-11-26 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 26 Nov 2003 9:44 pm, Adam wrote: Wednesday, November 26, 2003, 4:44:48 PM, Charlie Mahan wrote: How is it you run a Mandrake program, to wipe Mandrake off the system entirely? Can you explain? When running from the first CD you can access the same tools to remove the

Re: [newbie] Uninstall

2003-11-26 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Wednesday 26 November 2003 2:44 pm, Adam wrote: whack When running from the first CD you can access the same tools to remove the distribution as you would use to install it in the first place. It saves you having to buy proprietary software

Re: [newbie] Uninstall

2003-11-26 Thread robin
Adam wrote: Wednesday, November 26, 2003, 4:44:48 PM, Charlie Mahan wrote: How is it you run a Mandrake program, to wipe Mandrake off the system entirely? Can you explain? When running from the first CD you can access the same tools to remove the distribution as you would use to install it in

[newbie] trouble with libcrypto.so.2

2003-11-26 Thread obun dra
I'm trying to install vtun-2.6-1.RH80.i386.rpm under mdk 9.2 but the install fails. It wants libcrypto.so.2.I've googled and found that this file is provided by openssl. Now the newest openssl is installed and I'm having no luck installing the vtun package. I've tried the rpm query -

[newbie] Apache question, blocking outside links?

2003-11-26 Thread John Retermeyer
Greetings. Please excuse this post, as I was not able to find anything in the faq which mentions script that would either block outside links from one's own server. Take such as a link from an offencive or pornographic website that linked one's web server to its front page. Is there a way to

[newbie] usb iomega cdrw

2003-11-26 Thread Dooggie
Hi I finally got Mandrake 9.0 to recognize the drive(I don't know how). What can I do to prevent it from not recognizing it again? Also, do I need to mount the drive so I can start using it? Thanks Dooggie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Fonts [SOLVED]

2003-11-26 Thread Charlie
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 06:01 am, many eyes noted that Anne Wilson wrote: Sorry, Jerry. There's just too much in there now to keep track, so I have to settle for reminding people often that knowledge acquired is good, but knowledge shared is better :-) Anne Knowledge acquired is lost, knowledge

Re: [newbie] USB iomega cdrw

2003-11-26 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Wednesday 26 November 2003 4:44 pm, Dooggie wrote: Hi I finally got Mandrake 9.0 to recognize the drive(I don't know how). What can I do to prevent it from not recognizing it again? Also, do I need to mount the drive so I can start using it? It all depends on whether you are using

Re: [newbie] Uninstall

2003-11-26 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Wednesday 26 November 2003 11:21 pm, robin wrote: whack the contentious stuff Actually, some motherboards will let you play a CD without booting an OS. I noticed this feature in the BIOS of my new mobo, but never bothered to try it out. Sir Robin Sounds of flushing toilets heard from

Re: [newbie] USB iomega cdrw

2003-11-26 Thread Dooggie
I am new to linux and I don't know how to use supermount. I am trying to convert from windows to linux, but very frustrating. Thanks in advance. Dooggie On Wednesday 26 November 2003 08:25 pm, Rob Blomquist wrote: On Wednesday 26 November 2003 4:44 pm, Dooggie wrote: Hi I finally got

Re: [newbie] usb iomega cdrw

2003-11-26 Thread E. Hines
On Wednesday 26 November 2003 04:44 pm, Dooggie wrote: Hi I finally got Mandrake 9.0 to recognize the drive(I don't know how). What can I do to prevent it from not recognizing it again? Also, do I need to mount the drive so I can start using it? Thanks Dooggie Open the MCC and under the

[newbie] XP/Linux modem

2003-11-26 Thread Mike Adolf
Anybody know of a modem that works with XP and linux? mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

RE: [newbie] XP/Linux modem

2003-11-26 Thread Thomas Ewald
Mine does. Or at least Intel says it will. It's got the Intel 586EP chip set. I put a message on here, asking about getting mgetty to work, but haven't heard from anyone yet. But Intel says specifically that it works with Linux as well as XP. Tom Ewald -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] XP/Linux modem

2003-11-26 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Wednesday 26 November 2003 7:09 pm, Thomas Ewald wrote: Mine does. Or at least Intel says it will. It's got the Intel 586EP chip set. I put a message on here, asking about getting mgetty to work, but haven't heard from anyone yet. But Intel says specifically that it works with Linux as well

[newbie] Printer problems

2003-11-26 Thread Ronald J. Hall
(repost from the expert list - sorry for duping!) I've got an Epson C62 Stylus, via USB that has worked great with v9.1 but now with my 9.2 install, nada... The KDE and Mandrake control centers find it, identify it, set it up with Cups but whenever I actually try to print, via drag 'n drop

[newbie] Trouble?? with 9.2

2003-11-26 Thread aron
I have went back to 9.1 for the time being after installing 9.2 4 times my system was penetrated within about 2 days (4 hours last install (security paranoid level) Is it possible that there is an exploit in the cds or in the urpmi upgrade ? Am still running 9.2 on my laptop since it isn't

[newbie] Firewall

2003-11-26 Thread Cenora
How do I configure a powerful firewall in 9.2? I never know what to block. I use mozilla, gtk-gnutella, mozilla-mail and Licq. Thanks Carrot, The Warrior Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Uninstall

2003-11-26 Thread anton
hey guys, go easy, eh! Not everyone on this list has extensive experience... In the words of the great Tree Now, now, young Hobbits, don't be so hasty 8^-2 Anton Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] USB iomega cdrw

2003-11-26 Thread Charlie
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 01:42 pm, many eyes noted that Dooggie wrote: I am new to linux and I don't know how to use supermount. I am trying to convert from windows to linux, but very frustrating. Thanks in advance. Dooggie On Wednesday 26 November 2003 08:25 pm, Rob Blomquist wrote: On

Re: [newbie] XP/Linux modem

2003-11-26 Thread Charlie
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 12:01 pm, many eyes noted that Mike Adolf wrote: Anybody know of a modem that works with XP and linux? mike Maestro Woomera external voice/fax modem. -- Though night after night The moon is stream reflected, Try to find where it has touched, Point even to a shadow. -