Re: [newbie] no sound in 9.1

2003-12-24 Thread Aaron
I would search the alsa users mail list archives for your sound card and or your problem and see if someone else had the same trouble. I find the alsa group to be most helpful Aaron Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] probing hdc, hdd, hde failed

2003-12-24 Thread moey tony
Rob, i shut down either from KDE or using the halt command and it seems ok, everything is unmounted properly before i get the power down message. but i do have multiple boots on both c:(Win2k Server) and d:(WinXP Pro).Both are NTFS. LILO is residing in hda(C:). Any ideas? Thx and Rgds -

Re: [newbie]

2003-12-24 Thread moey tony
Installation should be a breeze ! You can always post your questions here, just like any other Linux mailing list. So far, i have learnt everything from such lists, the ppl involved in Linux really stick to the open-source principles and they have been wonderful help, always. Rgds, Tony

Re: [newbie] Desktop Icons

2003-12-24 Thread moey tony
have u tried configuring from the Control Center in KDE? - Original Message - From: David [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 19:20:20 +1300 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Desktop Icons Hi all, i'm new to the list so if this has been addressed before please so so. I've

Re: [newbie] XF86Config-4 question

2003-12-24 Thread Richard Urwin
On Tuesday 23 Dec 2003 6:30 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: BTW Richard, do you use an Nvidia card? Yes, but I haven't installed the drivers yet since upgrading to 9.2. The Nvidia--nv change was the only one I made when restoring the file. I'm wondering since the virtual use is with the file

Re: [newbie] Desktop Icons

2003-12-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 06:20, David wrote: Hi all, i'm new to the list so if this has been addressed before please so so. I've looked in the archives but could not find anything there on the subject. That does not mean its not there if it is its just I didn't find it. My problem is a

Re: [newbie]

2003-12-24 Thread et
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 06:22 am, Steven Nelson wrote: Am new to Linux. Worked with Linux for about 5 months. I've studied computers for a while. Can understand computers pretty good. Need help configuring Linux though. Will somebody assist me with installing and configuring Linux?

Re: [newbie]

2003-12-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 06:22, Steven Nelson wrote: Am new to Linux. Worked with Linux for about 5 months. I've studied computers for a while. Can understand computers pretty good. Need help configuring Linux though. Will somebody assist me with installing and configuring Linux?

Re: [newbie] probing hdc, hdd, hde failed

2003-12-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 08:36, moey tony wrote: Rob, i shut down either from KDE or using the halt command and it seems ok, everything is unmounted properly before i get the power down message. but i do have multiple boots on both c:(Win2k Server) and d:(WinXP Pro).Both are NTFS. LILO

[newbie] CD-ROM with scsi emulation

2003-12-24 Thread Sergey Berezka
I want copy from cd-rom to cdwriter in K3B. I append to lilo.conf line like this hdd=ide-scsi. Now I may copy from cd on the fly, or create image, but I can't read any cd disk on the cdrom. Sergey Berezka Sorry for my English.

[newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread John
I need help getting use of my cdrom. I asked last week and didn't have time to make changes to the fstab file that I received from Anne and another before installing the xfree security update. Xfree was removed and now I can't use the cdrom either. I have md 9.2 coming any day now and this seemed

[newbie] A seasonal blast from the past

2003-12-24 Thread Richard Urwin
From the SunOS4.1 cookie file: better !pout !cry better watchout lpr why santa claus north pole town cat /etc/passwd list ncheck list ncheck list cat list | grep naughty nogiftlist cat list | grep nice giftlist santa claus north pole town who | grep sleeping who | grep awake who | egrep

Re: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 14:28, John wrote: I need help getting use of my cdrom. I asked last week and didn't have time to make changes to the fstab file that I received from Anne and another before installing the xfree security update. Xfree was removed and now I can't use the cdrom

RE: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread John
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anne Wilson Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 9:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] cd-rom On Wednesday 24 December 2003 14:28, John wrote: I need help getting use of my cdrom. I asked last

Re: [newbie] CD-ROM with scsi emulation

2003-12-24 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 24 Dec 2003 2:03 pm, Sergey Berezka wrote: I want copy from cd-rom to cdwriter in K3B. I append to lilo.conf line like this hdd=ide-scsi. Now I may copy from cd on the fly, or create image, but I can't read any cd disk on the cdrom. Sergey Berezka Sorry for my English.

Re: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 15:14, John wrote: quote Anne I don't have the gui,only command line. I had tried hardrake as you suggested last week. It recognized the cdrom but the files had changed. Harddrake listed: new devfs device: /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/cd; old device file:

Re: [newbie] Gnome 2.2 Documentation System broken

2003-12-24 Thread The Other
On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 13:28:30 -0200, Josenildo Marques [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I switched to Opera 7.23 as my web browser, I removed the other HTML reading programs such as Mozilla, Netscape, Evolution, and Galeon(spelling?). Now when I use the Gnome 2.2 menus and try to open the HowTo's

Re: [newbie] CD-ROM with scsi emulation

2003-12-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 15:19, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 24 Dec 2003 2:03 pm, Sergey Berezka wrote: I want copy from cd-rom to cdwriter in K3B. I append to lilo.conf line like this hdd=ide-scsi. Now I may copy from cd on the fly, or create image, but I can't read

Re: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 14:28, John wrote: I need help getting use of my cdrom. I asked last week and didn't have time to make changes to the fstab file that I received from Anne and another before installing the xfree security update. Xfree was removed and now I can't use the cdrom

Re: [newbie] CD-ROM with scsi emulation

2003-12-24 Thread Sergey Berezka
- Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 5:28 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] CD-ROM with scsi emulation On Wednesday 24 December 2003 15:19, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 24 Dec 2003 2:03 pm, Sergey Berezka

RE: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread John
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 14:28, John wrote: I need help getting use of my cdrom. I asked last week and didn't have time to make changes to the fstab file that I received from Anne and another before installing the xfree security update. Xfree was removed and now I can't use the cdrom

Re: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread ronald
Op woensdag 24 december 2003 17:28, schreef John: I tried the vi fstab. It came up as a new file. I must have done something wrong. I also tried urpmi xfree86 incorrectly. I am lost when it comes to the command line. Will keep trying anything suggested. Sorry for the confusion on the email

Re: [newbie] Merry Christmas!

2003-12-24 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 14:55, Lanman wrote: The subject says it all Folks! Have a great one! Don't Drink and Drive! You might hit a bump and spill your drink! Grin! Best Wishes Gang! Lanman Same to you my friend. May your stockings be hung with care! I'm off to get the the Gold

Re: [newbie] Merry Christmas!

2003-12-24 Thread Lanman
All the Best Lyvim! Don't eat too much. Don't forget that you'll have be able to reach the keyboard afterwards! Lanman *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 12/24/2003 at 11:45 AM Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 14:55, Lanman wrote: The subject says it all Folks! Have a great

RE: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread John
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 11:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] cd-rom Op woensdag 24 december 2003 17:28, schreef John: I tried the vi fstab. It came up as a new file. I

Re: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 16:28, John wrote: On Wednesday 24 December 2003 14:28, John wrote: I need help getting use of my cdrom. I asked last week and didn't have time to make changes to the fstab file that I received from Anne and another before installing the xfree security update.

Re: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 17:04, John wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 11:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] cd-rom Op woensdag 24 december 2003 17:28, schreef John:

Re: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 24 Dec 2003 4:35 pm, ronald wrote: Op woensdag 24 december 2003 17:28, schreef John: I tried the vi fstab. It came up as a new file. I must have done something wrong. I also tried urpmi xfree86 incorrectly. I am lost when it comes to the command line. Will keep trying anything

Re: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 17:14, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 24 Dec 2003 4:35 pm, ronald wrote: Op woensdag 24 december 2003 17:28, schreef John: I tried the vi fstab. It came up as a new file. I must have done something wrong. I also tried urpmi xfree86 incorrectly. I am

Re: [newbie] Merry Christmas!

2003-12-24 Thread robin
Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 14:55, Lanman wrote: The subject says it all Folks! Have a great one! Don't Drink and Drive! You might hit a bump and spill your drink! Grin! Best Wishes Gang! Lanman Same to you my friend. May your stockings be hung with care! I'm off to get the

Re: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread Richard Urwin
On Wednesday 24 Dec 2003 3:26 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: It should be possible to change the fstab with vi. I'm no expert, but you can get by in emergencies with only a very few commands. Launch it with vi fstab (you'll need to be root, of course) To go to edit mode you can choose a - for

Re: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 24 Dec 2003 5:19 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 24 December 2003 17:14, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 24 Dec 2003 4:35 pm, ronald wrote: Op woensdag 24 december 2003 17:28, schreef John: I tried the vi fstab. It came up as a new file. I must have done something

[newbie] Update question

2003-12-24 Thread Kaj Haulrich
For the last few days I've been fighting with GIMP. When trying to print, it spits out papers with only a few lines of gibberish on them. Well, I uninstalled the thing and reinstalled. Now funny things happened : My Control Center disappeared completely. Had to reinstall drakxtools, drakconf

Re: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 17:35, Richard Urwin wrote: On Wednesday 24 Dec 2003 3:26 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: It should be possible to change the fstab with vi. I'm no expert, but you can get by in emergencies with only a very few commands. Launch it with vi fstab (you'll need to

Re: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 17:33, Derek Jennings wrote: Ah.. well in that case I would suggest :- Log in as root and then type urpmi mc That will install midnight commander an easy to use text based file manager with an easy built in editor. Launch it with 'mc' IMO vi is totally

Re: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread Eric Huff
Log in as root and then type urpmi mc That will install midnight commander an easy to use text based file manager with an easy built in editor. Launch it with 'mc' That's good to know when helping new users. IMO vi is totally newbie hostile. (After 3 years of using Linux I still only

Re: [newbie] Update question

2003-12-24 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 24 Dec 2003 6:40 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: For the last few days I've been fighting with GIMP. When trying to print, it spits out papers with only a few lines of gibberish on them. Well, I uninstalled the thing and reinstalled. Now funny things happened : My Control Center

RE: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread John
did you become root john? and did you cd to /etc before vi fstab? HTH and Merry Christmas! ronald ronald thanks for response. I had changed to root but not to /etc. Did as you suggested.Came up with the following: /dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0

Re: [newbie] Update question

2003-12-24 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 17:48, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 24 Dec 2003 6:40 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: For the last few days I've been fighting with GIMP. When trying to print, it spits out papers with only a few lines of gibberish on them. Well, I uninstalled the thing and

Re: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 17:56, John wrote: did you become root john? and did you cd to /etc before vi fstab? HTH and Merry Christmas! ronald ronald thanks for response. I had changed to root but not to /etc. Did as you suggested.Came up with the following: /dev/hda1 /

Re: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 24 Dec 2003 5:44 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 24 December 2003 17:33, Derek Jennings wrote: Ah.. well in that case I would suggest :- Log in as root and then type urpmi mc That will install midnight commander an easy to use text based file manager with an easy

RE: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread John
ronald thanks for response. I had changed to root but not to /etc. Did as you suggested.Came up with the following: /dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 none/mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,

Re: [newbie]

2003-12-24 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Tuesday 23 December 2003 10:22 pm, Steven Nelson droned on: Am new to Linux. Worked with Linux for about 5 months. I've studied computers for a while. Can understand computers pretty good. Need help configuring Linux though. Will somebody assist me with installing and configuring Linux?

Re: [newbie] A seasonal blast from the past

2003-12-24 Thread Rob Blomquist
Absolutely lovely! I have not seen this before, but it is beautiful! Rob On Wednesday 24 December 2003 6:56 am, Richard Urwin droned on: From the SunOS4.1 cookie file: better !pout !cry better watchout lpr why santa claus north pole town cat /etc/passwd list ncheck list ncheck list

[newbie] Good Updates to Poor Updates

2003-12-24 Thread Ken Green
Anne Wilson wrote: I think it's time to take it to the expert list. At least you will double your chances of it being read by someone who recognises the problem. Sorry I wasn't much help Anne Anne: IIRC, I saw your or someone else tread last week whereas some updates deleted some of the

Re: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 24 Dec 2003 6:22 pm, John wrote: ronald thanks for response. I had changed to root but not to /etc. Did as you suggested.Came up with the following: /dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 none/mnt/cdrom

Re: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread Rob Blomquist
Chage /dev/scd0 to /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/cd Anne Hi Changed file and saved according to earlier instuctions. Tried to mount cdrom and got the message can't find cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab. Thanks john John, did you say you were running 9.1? I've never

Re: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread E. Hines
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 10:22 am, John wrote: Everyone has been helpful. Yes I am running 9.1. Everything had been working great with no indications of problems. Then the cdrom wouldn't work. I have 9.2 hopefully getting here today and I would like to install this. I thought the cdrom

RE: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread John
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of E. Hines Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 2:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] cd-rom On Wednesday 24 December 2003 10:22 am, John wrote: Everyone has been helpful. Yes I am running

Re: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread Aron Smith
On Wed, 2003-12-24 at 09:33, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 24 Dec 2003 5:19 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 24 December 2003 17:14, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 24 Dec 2003 4:35 pm, ronald wrote: Op woensdag 24 december 2003 17:28, schreef John: I tried the vi fstab.

Re: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread Eric Huff
He's lost X, Derek, due to the upgrade. Anne Ah.. well in that case I would suggest :- Log in as root and then type urpmi mc That will install midnight commander an easy to use text based file manager with an easy built in editor. Launch it with 'mc' IMO vi is

Re: [newbie] cd-rom

2003-12-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 18:10, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 24 Dec 2003 5:44 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 24 December 2003 17:33, Derek Jennings wrote: Ah.. well in that case I would suggest :- Log in as root and then type urpmi mc That will install midnight

Re: [newbie] Good Updates to Poor Updates

2003-12-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 18:41, Ken Green wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: I think it's time to take it to the expert list. At least you will double your chances of it being read by someone who recognises the problem. Sorry I wasn't much help Anne Anne: IIRC, I saw your or someone

[newbie] Mandrake move proceeding please wait...

2003-12-24 Thread Anguo
hello, I just tried Mandrake move. It boots (part 1,2,3...) but then the screen becomes black and I have a message at the bottom saying: proceeding, please wait. I then fail to notice anything happening. I am supposed to wait how long? Augustin -- Quote of the day: [SCO] appears to

[OT] Re: [newbie] Merry Christmas, people!

2003-12-24 Thread _nasturtium
Hi all! Merry Christmas and have a happy new year! On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 03:37 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A wish for all to enjoy thier tradition's winter holiday/festival. :-) Regards, _nasturtium Currently slowly roasting in Australia :-) (summer down in the

[newbie] Mandrakemove and Quanta

2003-12-24 Thread Trevor Rhodes
Hi Peeps, Has anyone here noticed whether MM has Quanta? I use it and would love to be sure it is in MM before I purchase. It is the main thing I would need. Comments on other editors not needed or solicited. :^) Regards Trevor Rhodes ===