Re: [newbie] mandrake 9.2 freezes so often

2003-12-21 Thread E. Hines
With 9.1, I haven't had any problem with the Nvidia drivers, but my cards are all at least a year old, so I can't guarantee what happens with the newest hardware. I've been using the proprietary Nvidia drivers for a couple of years now, with cards from the old TNT to GeForce (depending on

[newbie] firebird nukes bookmarks

2003-12-21 Thread Eric Huff
Anyone else experience this? Every so often, i'll notice that firebird has nuked a bunch of my bookmarks. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Mozilla Flash problem

2003-12-21 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Saturday 20 December 2003 8:55 pm, Brian Parish wrote: Two 9.2 boxes. Both running Mozilla as included in the distro. Both have the flash files in /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4/plugins On one, help about plugins shows flash and it works. On the other help about plugins shows no flash and of

[newbie] What video player software?

2003-12-21 Thread Ivn Velamazn Gonzlez
What do you prefer to play DVD and those MPEG and those Windows Media files sometimes comes by eMail: Mplayer, Totem, Xine, Ogle? What is more multimedia capable? My thought: .- Totem: I still didn't tested it, but good references on it. .- MPlayer: The best references, but I have NEVER could

Re: [newbie] printer recognized, not working

2003-12-21 Thread John Richard Smith
Steve Hammond wrote: Hey, I'm new to linux entirely and thus this listserv, too. Here's the problem: Mandrake 9.2 recognizes my printer (and it's functional scanner too), correct brand, driver, and all, yet everything fails to print. I've gone into the printer control center and made sure the

[newbie] X font server

2003-12-21 Thread John Richard Smith
Anyone know anything about how the X font server works ?? take a look at, /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/XftCompat.h /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] What video player software?

2003-12-21 Thread robin
Iván Velamazán González wrote: What do you prefer to play DVD and those MPEG and those Windows Media files sometimes comes by eMail: Mplayer, Totem, Xine, Ogle? What is more multimedia capable? My thought: .- Totem: I still didn't tested it, but good references on it. .- MPlayer: The best

Re: [newbie] speedtouch 330 usb on mandrake 9.1

2003-12-21 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 21 Dec 2003 3:25 am, S N A K E wrote: how can i support speedtouch 330 usb on mandrake 9.1 STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* You need to install the mgmt.o binary library from Alcatel and then you will be able to use the wizard in Mandrake

Re: [newbie] mandrake 9.2 freezes so often

2003-12-21 Thread robin
E. Hines wrote: With 9.1, I haven't had any problem with the Nvidia drivers, but my cards are all at least a year old, so I can't guarantee what happens with the newest hardware. I've been using the proprietary Nvidia drivers for a couple of years now, with cards from the old TNT to GeForce

Re: [newbie] Ownership changes on its own

2003-12-21 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday 20 December 2003 07:16 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Here's where msec comes in : I always wonder why the Mandrake default is standard.  First thing to do after a new install/upgrade is to set security level to high.  But that is only a matter of keeping  the users privacy, not the

[newbie] The Bat! vs M2 from Opera 7.23

2003-12-21 Thread The Other
12/21/03 To Melissa and other The Bat! users. I'm looking into Opera 7.23 (web-email-news program), a Linux program available at www.opera.com in free download or $35USD version to remove the small banner ad. As far as I know, there is no other difference between the free and purchased

[newbie] XMMS acting up

2003-12-21 Thread C. Tresenriter
I've been unable to figure out why xmms will sometimes load a directory (/mnt/cdrom1) and sometimes it won't. There seems to be no rhyme or reason for it. Has anyone dealt with this behavior? -- Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot

[newbie] security update problem

2003-12-21 Thread John
Xfree doesn't work due to latest update on 9.1 box. Is there a way to reload from the installation cd or another way to fix this? Would appreciate any help in getting computer back up and running. I have gotten familiar with the mandrake GUI and would prefer not to use xp. Thanks john Want to

Re: [newbie] mandrake 9.2 freezes so often

2003-12-21 Thread et
On Sunday 21 December 2003 11:41 am, robin wrote: E. Hines wrote: With 9.1, I haven't had any problem with the Nvidia drivers, but my cards are all at least a year old, so I can't guarantee what happens with the newest hardware. I've been using the proprietary Nvidia drivers for a couple

Re: [newbie] Ownership changes on its own

2003-12-21 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 21 December 2003 14:15, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Saturday 20 December 2003 07:16 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Here's where msec comes in : I always wonder why the Mandrake default is standard. First thing to do after a new install/upgrade is to set security level to high. But that is

[newbie] Guarddog (was: Ownership changes on its own)

2003-12-21 Thread Dick Gevers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 08:15:36 -0600, Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [newbie] Ownership changes on its own: If I were to criticse Mandrake, it would be for not installing iptables by default when a lan and/or Net connection is

[newbie] GIMP on 9.2

2003-12-21 Thread Kaj Haulrich
When trying to print from the GIMP, it starts spitting out papers like a machine gun, each paper with only a few lines of gibberish on it. Only way to stop the madness, is to power the printer down. May I add, that all other applications print flawlessly. Never had this problem on 9.1, same

Re: [newbie] firebird nukes bookmarks

2003-12-21 Thread Sharrea Day
On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:17, Eric Huff wrote: Anyone else experience this? Every so often, i'll notice that firebird has nuked a bunch of my bookmarks. Using tarball version of firebird 0.7 and haven't lost any bookmarks. Perhaps firebird is crashing? thus losing any info for that session you

Re: [newbie] What video player software?

2003-12-21 Thread Sharrea Day
On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 21:32, Iván Velamazán González wrote: What do you prefer to play DVD and those MPEG and those Windows Media files sometimes comes by eMail: Mplayer, Totem, Xine, Ogle? What is more multimedia capable? My thought: .- Totem: I still didn't tested it, but good references on

Re: [newbie] GIMP on 9.2

2003-12-21 Thread Josenildo Marques
On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 16:26, Kaj Haulrich wrote: When trying to print from the GIMP, it starts spitting out papers like a machine gun, each paper with only a few lines of gibberish on it. Only way to stop the madness, is to power the printer down. May I add, that all other applications

Re: [newbie] firebird nukes bookmarks

2003-12-21 Thread Eric Huff
Anyone else experience this? Every so often, i'll notice that firebird has nuked a bunch of my bookmarks. Using tarball version of firebird 0.7 and haven't lost any bookmarks. Perhaps firebird is crashing? thus losing any info for that session you wanted saved?? What happens is i'll

Re: [newbie] firebird nukes bookmarks

2003-12-21 Thread Eric Huff
Anyone else experience this? Every so often, i'll notice that firebird has nuked a bunch of my bookmarks. Using tarball version of firebird 0.7 and haven't lost any bookmarks. Perhaps firebird is crashing? thus losing any info for that session you wanted saved?? Sorry. I am using 0.7

Re: [newbie] GIMP on 9.2

2003-12-21 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 21 December 2003 17:52, Josenildo Marques wrote: On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 16:26, Kaj Haulrich wrote: When trying to print from the GIMP, it starts spitting out papers like a machine gun, each paper with only a few lines of gibberish on it. Only way to stop the madness, is to power

Re: [newbie] firebird nukes bookmarks

2003-12-21 Thread Sharrea Day
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 06:54, Eric Huff wrote: Anyone else experience this? Every so often, i'll notice that firebird has nuked a bunch of my bookmarks. Using tarball version of firebird 0.7 and haven't lost any bookmarks. Perhaps firebird is crashing? thus losing any info for that

[newbie] Can't make xscreensaver

2003-12-21 Thread Warren Post
I've decided I just can't live without the xmatrix screensaver. I download the latest xscreensaver tarball from http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/, unpack it, and follow the INSTALL and README. ./configure goes fine, but make dies thus: [EMAIL PROTECTED] xscreensaver-4.14]# make (big snip)

[newbie] PCMCIA Problems, Mandrake 9.2.

2003-12-21 Thread Job Evers
Is this a question better asked on this list or the expert list? I just purchased a Blitzz BWP612B NetWave Point PC 802.11b 11Mbps Wireless LAN Cardbus PC Card. The product claims to support Linux Red Hat 8.0, so I would assume that it would work with Mandrake 9.2, but I don't know what I

Re: [newbie] Trouble mounting HDC

2003-12-21 Thread John Schofield
Thanks for the quick reply! HarM: Yes, it's cabled as master. I always welcome idiot-checks. {smile} derek: It's ide-scsi. Which I don't really understand, since it's a standard ATA CD-ROM, but I commented-out the line anyway, which didn't make a difference after reboot. Symptoms

Re: [newbie] PCMCIA Problems, Mandrake 9.2.

2003-12-21 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Sunday 21 December 2003 23:02, Job Evers wrote: Is this a question better asked on this list or the expert list? I just purchased a Blitzz BWP612B NetWave Point PC 802.11b 11Mbps Wireless LAN Cardbus PC Card. The product claims to support Linux Red Hat 8.0, so I would assume that it

Re: [newbie] Trouble mounting HDC

2003-12-21 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sunday 21 December 2003 3:25 pm, John Schofield wrote: whack Thanks for the quick reply! HarM: Are you sure it would be /dev/hdc and not /dev/hdc1? The HD is partitioned into several volumes. (I have tried mounting /dev/hdc, /dev/hdc1,

Re: [newbie] mandrake 9.2 freezes so often

2003-12-21 Thread Ramin M
--- et [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 21 but back to the problem in the subject line. turn off 'plug and pray aware' OS in BIOS. Sorry, is this in reply to my problem? Why should i turn off this in BIOS? Regards, Regards, Ramin

Re: [newbie] Trouble mounting HDC

2003-12-21 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Sunday 21 December 2003 23:25, John Schofield wrote: Thanks for the quick reply! HarM: Yes, it's cabled as master. I always welcome idiot-checks. {smile} You're welcome (grin) derek: It's ide-scsi. Which I don't really understand, since it's a standard ATA CD-ROM, but I

Re: [newbie] Trouble mounting HDC

2003-12-21 Thread John Schofield
Thank you, Charlie. Yes, BIOS detects it no problem. Schof On Dec 21, 2003, at 2:32 PM, Charlie Mahan wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sunday 21 December 2003 3:25 pm, John Schofield wrote: whack Thanks for the quick reply! HarM: Are you sure it would be /dev/hdc and not

Re: [newbie] Trouble mounting HDC

2003-12-21 Thread John Schofield
HarM: Are you sure it would be /dev/hdc and not /dev/hdc1? The HD is partitioned into several volumes. (I have tried mounting /dev/hdc, /dev/hdc1, /dev/hdc2, etc. with no change.) Plus DiskDrake still doesn't show me any tab for /dev/hdc. Yes, I'm sure...that way you mount the whole disk i.e.

Re: [newbie] What video player software?

2003-12-21 Thread Lanman
Actually, you might want to give VideoLan Client a try. Have a look at their site; http://www.videolan.org Lanman *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 12/22/2003 at 6:42 AM Sharrea Day wrote: On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 21:32, Iván Velamazán González wrote: What do you prefer to play DVD and

Re: [newbie] mandrake 9.2 freezes so often

2003-12-21 Thread et
On Sunday 21 December 2003 10:36 pm, Ramin M wrote: --- et [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 21 but back to the problem in the subject line. turn off 'plug and pray aware' OS in BIOS. Sorry, is this in reply to my problem? Why should i turn off this in BIOS? Regards, Regards,

[newbie] KDE Kmenu list of programs

2003-12-21 Thread Trey Sizemore
Is there a file that I can go to (and better yet print) that shows the structure/hierarchy of programs in my KDE menu? I want to make sure that I can replicate this structure in future installs (Mandrake other). -- Cheers, Trey --- There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers

Re: [newbie] Trouble mounting HDC

2003-12-21 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 21 Dec 2003 10:25 pm, John Schofield wrote: Thanks for the quick reply! HarM: Yes, it's cabled as master. I always welcome idiot-checks. {smile} derek: It's ide-scsi. Which I don't really understand, since it's a standard ATA CD-ROM, but I commented-out the line anyway, which

Re: [newbie] KDE Kmenu list of programs

2003-12-21 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 21 Dec 2003 11:58 pm, Trey Sizemore wrote: Is there a file that I can go to (and better yet print) that shows the structure/hierarchy of programs in my KDE menu? I want to make sure that I can replicate this structure in future installs (Mandrake other). The structure of your

Re: [newbie] KDE Kmenu list of programs

2003-12-21 Thread Trey Sizemore
On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 19:27, Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 21 Dec 2003 11:58 pm, Trey Sizemore wrote: Is there a file that I can go to (and better yet print) that shows the structure/hierarchy of programs in my KDE menu? I want to make sure that I can replicate this structure in future

Re: [newbie] KDE Kmenu list of programs

2003-12-21 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 22 Dec 2003 12:44 am, Trey Sizemore wrote: On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 19:27, Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 21 Dec 2003 11:58 pm, Trey Sizemore wrote: Is there a file that I can go to (and better yet print) that shows the structure/hierarchy of programs in my KDE menu? I want to

Re: [newbie] KDE Kmenu list of programs

2003-12-21 Thread Trey Sizemore
On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 19:54, Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 22 Dec 2003 12:44 am, Trey Sizemore wrote: On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 19:27, Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 21 Dec 2003 11:58 pm, Trey Sizemore wrote: Is there a file that I can go to (and better yet print) that shows the

Re: [newbie] KDE Kmenu list of programs

2003-12-21 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:05:39 -0500 Trey Sizemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But if I use a distribution other than Mandrake, this will not be the case. For example, if I want to mimic the KDE menu currently in use on my Mandrake box on a Debian box or Fedora box. I want to recreate the

[newbie] XF86Config-4 question

2003-12-21 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Under versions of Mandrake/XFree before 9.2, I used to always set alternate resolutions in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 so all my games could access them. Usually, I would just stick in 800x600, 640x480, 640x400, and 320x200 in the file where my default bootup settings were. If I do this now, here:

Re: [newbie] The Bat! vs M2 from Opera 7.23

2003-12-21 Thread Melissa Reese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi The Other, On Sunday, December 21, 2003, at 6:25:55 AM PST, you wrote: Has anyone familiar with The Bat! looked into M2 and Opera 7.23? I'm in Windows at the moment, but I don't suppose the Opera package would look and behave much differently

Re: [newbie] The Bat! vs M2 from Opera 7.23

2003-12-21 Thread jason pearl
On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 22:47, Melissa Reese wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi The Other, On Sunday, December 21, 2003, at 6:25:55 AM PST, you wrote: Has anyone familiar with The Bat! looked into M2 and Opera 7.23? I'm in Windows at the moment, but I don't