[newbie] OT: Port Scan?

2004-02-10 Thread Chris Ruzin
I've got a D-Link DI-604 router for my small home network. I have it automatically send me the log file when it reaches a certain size. In the last few days, I've been getting a copy of a the log file several times a day. And it's always the same thing: Feb/09/2004 22:06:32 Drop TCP packet

Re: [newbie] How to update to 10b2

2004-02-10 Thread anton
Is there a way to updtae do mandrake 10, without burning the iso? My cd-r is broken... Can I download the 10b2, and install? Hi there, There certainly is! All you have to do is save it to harddrive and then mount it as though it were a normal cd. Unfortunately, I am not skilled enough to tell

Re: [newbie] OT: Port Scan?

2004-02-10 Thread Raffaele Belardi
You read it like this: for example the first line is telling you that a machine with ip address 66... is trying to connect to your machine (ip address 162) on TCP port 8980. The firewall is applying a default behavior of denying the connection. The log file shows several ICMP packets,

[newbie] 9.2 ProSuite - confusing mismatch of CDs and rpmdrake media

2004-02-10 Thread Chuck Lutz
Hi folks, I've recently received my 9.2 ProSuite and generally was able to install a basic system without too much hassle. However, things get odd when I try to install new packages. rpmdrake's All packages, by medium repository listing shows these entries (sorted by me by cdromx): Install

Re: [newbie] OT: Port Scan?

2004-02-10 Thread Chris Ruzin
Wow! Thanks for the quick response and great advice. I've changed my router to drop the packets instead of deny them. Hopefully that will deter future things like this from occurring. As an aside, one thing I've also noticed in the last few days with my network is that my DSL has gone from

[newbie] Gnome and Evolution - Broken

2004-02-10 Thread Job Evers
Awhile back I upgraded to 9.2. Everything worked for awhile and then I somehow broke Gnome and Evolution. I didn't have time to fix it so I started using KDE and have been checking my mail through ssh. I now have time to fix it, but I can't even remember what I did that may have broke it.

Re: [newbie] Help! Linux won't boot! --Even more info. Please help!

2004-02-10 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 03:11, Marc Resnick wrote: Well I tried booting with the MDK cd 1. I booted from cdrom and chose the upgrade option. As soon as I got to partitioning, I got the error 'Could not mount hda5', and I could do nothing about it. Please tell me I'm not going to have to

Re: [newbie] Help! Linux won't boot! --Even more info. Please help!

2004-02-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 02:11, Marc Resnick wrote: Well I tried booting with the MDK cd 1. I booted from cdrom and chose the upgrade option. As soon as I got to partitioning, I got the error 'Could not mount hda5', and I could do nothing about it. Please tell me I'm not going to have to

Re: [newbie] ldm_validate_partition failed

2004-02-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 05:50, Todd Slater wrote: Anyway, when I try to boot, I get endless ldm_validate_partition failed messages. I do a hard reset and boot into nonfb or secure and everything seems normal. Any ideas on how to fix the normal boot? Todd, this is a

Re: [newbie] Solved: No sound with onboard VIA VT8233 sound card

2004-02-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 03:08, Littlefish Operator wrote: http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc proved to be the ticket. Afer more than a year of poking this MSI KT3 Ultra on board sound, I now have glorious sound at regular volumes. Scott - this could help many others. Could you please

Re: [newbie] any nice person out there with the kde 3.2 for mdk9.2 rpms

2004-02-10 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 06:18, Greg Meyer wrote: The package structure was changed significantly with 3.2 so that a straight upgrade from 3.1.3 will not be possible. For instance, kmail moved from kdenetwork to kdepim, so you cannot upgrade kdenetwork-kmail to kdepim-kmail. Try removing

Re: [newbie] OT: Port Scan?

2004-02-10 Thread Allen/gore/SlackWareWolf
Hmm, you should have this DROP packets. Denying allows them to see you're at least up. dropping keeps them guessing. I have this same router. You should set it up for dropping packets insted of denying. :) -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com

Re: [newbie] Microsoft: Research shows DRM won't work.

2004-02-10 Thread Allen/gore/SlackWareWolf
You know, Gates may have money, but his reputation is about as good as Osama Bin Laden's. Both crash more than they need to. I say we lock both in a cage and gas it. ;) Please do not take offence to my odd sence of humor. -- __ We Are 138

Re: [newbie] OT: Port Scan?

2004-02-10 Thread Allen/gore/SlackWareWolf
Damn, sorry. Didn't see someone already told you to just drop them. Oh well, it's almost 6 AM and I'v had a whole 5 ours sleep in 3 days. -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/

Re: [newbie] Help! Linux won't boot! --Even more info. Please help!

2004-02-10 Thread Marc Resnick
- Original Message - From: H.J.Bathoorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 4:46 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Help! Linux won't boot! --Even more info. Please help! On Tuesday 10 February 2004 03:11, Marc Resnick wrote: Well I tried booting with the

Re: [newbie] OT Humor - - Fwd: Re: IE Phishing flaw has been fixed with a good twist (Humor)

2004-02-10 Thread Allen/gore/SlackWareWolf
Does anyone else just get a kick out of how they fix one thing but break another with their patches? -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net

Re: [newbie] Help! Linux won't boot! --Even more info. Please help!

2004-02-10 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 12:37, Marc Resnick wrote: Well I now realize what I did, which is a start. And I do remember the sizes and names. At the start of the extended partition was hda5. It was about 5 gb, and was my main partition for Linux. Next came my swap. It was pretty small,

Re: [newbie] Help! Linux won't boot! --Even more info. Please help!

2004-02-10 Thread Ron Stodden
Anne Wilson wrote: If youi haven't already tried it, boot from CD1. When you get to the screen where you can select install or upgrade, don't choose either. I can't remember whether it's Esc or F1, but one of them will take you to a text screen where you can select rescue. There's an option

Re: [newbie] OT Humor - - Fwd: Re: IE Phishing flaw has been fixed with a good twist (Humor)

2004-02-10 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 13:07, you wrote: I love tux Racer Lol, I play Unreal Tournament, Doom, Quake, and Tux Racer. Not a gamer but I love those games! They all work in Linux so I don't have to use my Windows box much. I've got the Loki version Kohan and mindrover running as

Re: [newbie] Help! Linux won't boot! --Even more info. Please help!

2004-02-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 12:13, Ron Stodden wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: If youi haven't already tried it, boot from CD1. When you get to the screen where you can select install or upgrade, don't choose either. I can't remember whether it's Esc or F1, but one of them will take you to a

Re: [newbie] Microsoft: Research shows DRM won't work.

2004-02-10 Thread JoeHill
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 06:34:38 -0500 Allen/gore/SlackWareWolf disseminated the following: You know, Gates may have money, but his reputation is about as good as Osama Bin Laden's. Both crash more than they need to. I say we lock both in a cage and gas it. ;) Please do not take offence to my

Re: [newbie] ldm_validate_partition failed

2004-02-10 Thread Todd Slater
On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 10:05:57AM +, Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 10 February 2004 05:50, Todd Slater wrote: Anyway, when I try to boot, I get endless ldm_validate_partition failed messages. I do a hard reset and boot into nonfb or secure and everything seems normal. Any

Re: [newbie] ldm_validate_partition failed

2004-02-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 13:13, Todd Slater wrote: Anne, I'm on 9.1. Thanks and I'll try unplugging the device and removing the line from /etc/fstab. The problem is the why is still annoying me--why all of a sudden did this start happening when I've been running it for quite a while

Re: [newbie] Whats happinging

2004-02-10 Thread Daniel Anderson
On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 01:28, Lee B. wrote: Daniel Anderson wrote: Hi, I wonder if you can help me figure out how to use ipcop with a verizon dsl connection. I'v tried twice to sub to the ipcop list, but haven't got a confirmation. The modem is a westell b90-210015-04. I'm currently using

Re: [newbie] Microsoft: Research shows DRM won't work.

2004-02-10 Thread Todd Slater
Well, if there's a buck to be made, Bill will be there. I suppose that's why M$ and another top-10 MEC (most evil corporation), Disney, have teamed up to wreak havoc on the digital entertainment industry. I can't wait to see what these two powerhouses of consumer rights have planned for us next!

Re: [newbie] Problem with ppp

2004-02-10 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 07:23 Subject: Re: [newbie] Problem with ppp On 02/07/2004 02:06 PM, Hoyt Bailey wrote: #/etc/ppp/*pap*-*secrets* You need to create all the files that are not there. Best

Re: [newbie] Problem with ppp

2004-02-10 Thread ben moretti
hi hoyt i had the same issue - i struggled with it for a few days writing scripts and using wvdialer or whatever it was called - and then i installed kde and used kppp. much better! cheers ben On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:21 pm, Hoyt Bailey wrote: - Original Message - From: Paul [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] ftp install how-to

2004-02-10 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Monday 09 February 2004 7:43 pm, Walt Frampus wrote: could someone point me to a site that tells how to do a ftp install without using a floppy drive? The problem is, my friend doesn't have a floppy drive to make a boot image disk. Or can he do an

Re: [newbie] ftp install how-to

2004-02-10 Thread Walt Frampus
On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 10:39, Charlie Mahan wrote: Walt Don't worry that everything below seems to be about cooker Walt. It was written (mostly) before Mandrake 9.2 became fact and applies to that more than a current cooker install anyway. Excerpt below from the page:

Re: [newbie] any nice person out there with the kde 3.2 for mdk9.2 rpms

2004-02-10 Thread Dan Gordon
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:18:35 -0500 Greg Meyer wrote: The package structure was changed significantly with 3.2 so that a straight upgrade from 3.1.3 will not be possible. For instance, kmail moved from kdenetwork to kdepim, so you cannot upgrade kdenetwork-kmail to kdepim-kmail. Try

Re: [newbie] How to update to 10b2

2004-02-10 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 04:00 am, anton wrote: Is there a way to updtae do mandrake 10, without burning the iso? My cd-r is broken... Can I download the 10b2, and install? Hi there, There certainly is! All you have to do is save it to harddrive and then mount it as though it were a

Re: [newbie] Solved: No sound with onboard VIA VT8233 sound card

2004-02-10 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Monday 09 February 2004 10:08 pm, Littlefish Operator wrote: whack http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc proved to be the ticket. Afer more than a year of poking this MSI KT3 Ultra on board sound, I now have glorious sound at regular volumes. Here's what I did (Some or all of these

[newbie] Will any thing change with mandrake

2004-02-10 Thread David Sexton
I just want to know what every one thinks, what is going to happen to Mandrake. Since Redhat is no longer going to support and release Redhat and instead have Fedora as a replacement. Douse that mean Mandrake is going to be based off Fedora? Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] OT: Port Scan?

2004-02-10 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 03:19 am, Chris Ruzin wrote: As an aside, one thing I've also noticed in the last few days with my network is that my DSL has gone from an average speed of 75k/sec to 150k/sec.  That's T1 speed just about, isn't it?  I haven't upgraded my subscription or anything,

Re: [newbie] Will any thing change with mandrake

2004-02-10 Thread Alastair Scott
David Sexton wrote: I just want to know what every one thinks, what is going to happen to Mandrake. Since Redhat is no longer going to support and release Redhat and instead have Fedora as a replacement. Douse that mean Mandrake is going to be based off Fedora? It certainly started off being

Re: [newbie] Problem with ppp

2004-02-10 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: ben moretti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 08:30 Subject: Re: [newbie] Problem with ppp hi hoyt i had the same issue - i struggled with it for a few days writing scripts and using wvdialer or whatever it was

Re: [newbie] ftp install how-to

2004-02-10 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tuesday 10 February 2004 8:48 am, Walt Frampus wrote: On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 10:39, Charlie Mahan wrote: Walt Don't worry that everything below seems to be about cooker Walt. It was written (mostly) before Mandrake 9.2 became fact and applies

[newbie] No screensavers in KDE?

2004-02-10 Thread Lexx
Is this a known issue? I had no screensavers in Look and Feel/Screen Saver after installing 9.2. After updating all my programs with known patches I then got just three. Blank screen Mandrake Slide Show Random Only Random also appears to be a blank screen! Is there anywhere I can obtain the

Re: [newbie] ftp install how-to

2004-02-10 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 20:04, Charlie Mahan wrote: Plus if one wants to jump the gun on Mandrake 10 there's always the full ftp or hard drive install available by downloading the boot.iso image from any cooker mirror. I know it works for a hard drive install because I cooked my

Re: [newbie] hanging box

2004-02-10 Thread RichardA
On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 08:32:33 -0500, JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm firing up the Tom Brinkman Signal as we speak ;-) Hmmm, what *would* the Tom Brinkman Signal look like anyway? Easy. A Penguin shape projected onto the clouds. HTH. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: [newbie] any nice person out there with the kde 3.2 for mdk9.2 rpms

2004-02-10 Thread robin
Dan Gordon wrote: On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:18:35 -0500 Greg Meyer wrote: The package structure was changed significantly with 3.2 so that a straight upgrade from 3.1.3 will not be possible. For instance, kmail moved from kdenetwork to kdepim, so you cannot upgrade kdenetwork-kmail to kdepim-kmail.

Re: [newbie] Help! Linux won't boot! --Even more info. Please help!

2004-02-10 Thread Ron Stodden
Anne Wilson wrote: Seems I've always misunderstood this, then. I thought that using the CD1 to restore lilo detected all OSs on the disk and set up lilo to use them. Ah well Anne So it does. My point was that it only does so for the /etc/lilo.conf in the first-encountered Linux

Re: [newbie] Will any thing change with mandrake

2004-02-10 Thread robin
frankieh wrote: Sure, its fine as a server... It has a fine record as a server.. I've been using it for mail/dns/file/web etc servers for myself and a number of my clients for many years.. in fact it has some handy server oriented aspects.. for one thing, chroot postfix for the mail. advx

Re: [newbie] Will any thing change with mandrake

2004-02-10 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 10 Feb 2004 6:58 pm, hugenots wrote: well there is one question maybe going same direction MD is fine for desktop PC, but is it wise to chose it as any kind of sever? what I mean is ftp, mail, web!? force, my friend, is violence! hugenots

Re: [newbie] Sound error in artsmessage

2004-02-10 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 10 Feb 2004 7:13 pm, Lexx wrote: This is my first email from my (now online) Linux machine! w00t! w00t! Anyway, I've never had sound on this box and it may be down to not having a soundcard, (which I haven't checked yet). Lately I've been getting this error when I open KDE: Error

Re: [newbie] any nice person out there with the kde 3.2 for mdk9.2 rpms

2004-02-10 Thread Lanman
Try logging into Gnome to delete your old KDE packages and to install the new ones. It worked perfectly for me. Lanman *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 2/11/2004 at 12:34 AM robin wrote: Dan Gordon wrote: On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:18:35 -0500 Greg Meyer wrote: The package structure

[newbie] logrotate tool for stout

2004-02-10 Thread Søren Neigaard
Im not 100% sure this is the right place for this question, but I guess if I where not a newbie, I would know if souch a tool exists or not, so therefore the question here ;) I have an application where I pipe its stout into a file, but the file grows huge over time. So I was thinking if there is

Re: [newbie] any nice person out there with the kde 3.2 for mdk9.2 rpms

2004-02-10 Thread John Drouhard
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:07:37 -0500 Dan Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:18:35 -0500 Greg Meyer wrote: The package structure was changed significantly with 3.2 so that a straight upgrade from 3.1.3 will not be possible. For instance, kmail moved from kdenetwork to

Re: [newbie] any nice person out there with the kde 3.2 for mdk9.2 rpms

2004-02-10 Thread Dan Gordon
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 18:04:20 -0500 Lanman wrote: Try logging into Gnome to delete your old KDE packages and to install the new ones. It worked perfectly for me. Hm ok I will give that a try, when I have some time. I had been trying from XFce4. I had a similar problem and solved it

Re: [newbie] any nice person out there with the kde 3.2 for mdk9.2 rpms

2004-02-10 Thread Dan Gordon
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 17:52:31 -0600 John Drouhard wrote: To make aterm keep a whole bunch of lines, execute aterm like this: aterm -sl 5000 If you run it from the Mandrake menu, edit /usr/lib/apps/Mandrake/Terminals/ATerm/AppRun to include that option. Thanks I'm writing that one

Re: [newbie] hanging box

2004-02-10 Thread Aron Smith
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 02:28 pm, RichardA wrote: On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 08:32:33 -0500, JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm firing up the Tom Brinkman Signal as we speak ;-) Hmmm, what *would* the Tom Brinkman Signal look like anyway? Easy. A Penguin shape projected onto the clouds. But

[newbie] How to clear autologin

2004-02-10 Thread Hoyt Bailey
I have myself in a pickle. I set the system to automatically log me in. This was ok, the only problem I was loged into the last session. Now the last time I was loged in was to gnome. So I was in gnome gnome has a logout problem (takes 30 sec to 1 min to get logout panel). I waited untill

Re: [newbie] No screensavers in KDE?

2004-02-10 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: Lexx [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 16:08 Subject: [newbie] No screensavers in KDE? Is this a known issue? I had no screensavers in Look and Feel/Screen Saver after installing 9.2. After updating all my programs

[newbie] Menu Config

2004-02-10 Thread Marc Resnick
I remember once, with mdk9.2, before I reinstalled it today, I used a program that searched for stuff that wasn't on the KDE menu, but could be. I don't remember what it was called, where it was located, or anything. It's not menudrake, I know that, but I can't remember the name of it. Anyone

Re: [newbie] Menu Config

2004-02-10 Thread RickS
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 09:20 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: I remember once, with mdk9.2, before I reinstalled it today, I used a program that searched for stuff that wasn't on the KDE menu, but could be. I don't remember what it was called, where it was located, or anything. It's not menudrake,

[newbie] updated and new

2004-02-10 Thread Charles A Edwards
For 9.2 Updated: dlume-0.2.0-0.1mdk.i586.rpm New: dvd+rw-tools-5.16.4.8.5-0.1mdk.i586.rpm *Used by k3b for on-the-fly dvd writing mozilla-firefox-0.8-1.2mdk.i586.rpm mozilla-firefox-devel-0.8-1.2mdk.i586.rpm Charles -- QOTD: Lack of planning on your part doesn't consitute an

Re: [newbie] Menu Config

2004-02-10 Thread mike
Marc Resnick wrote: I remember once, with mdk9.2, before I reinstalled it today, I used a program that searched for stuff that wasn't on the KDE menu, but could be. I don't remember what it was called, where it was located, or anything. It's not menudrake, I know that, but I can't remember the

Re: [newbie] No screensavers in KDE?

2004-02-10 Thread Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 04:31 pm, Hoyt Bailey wrote: - Original Message - From: Lexx [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 16:08 Subject: [newbie] No screensavers in KDE? Is this a known issue? I had no screensavers in Look and Feel/Screen

[newbie] terminal server:libwrap refused connection from tftp

2004-02-10 Thread Joe
this is what tail -f /var/log/messages tells me: xinetd[8966]: libwrap refused connection to tftp from 192.168.0.3 Googling has proved fruitless so far. A little help please. TIA. Joe. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] kde screensavers

2004-02-10 Thread Paul Kaplan
The kde 3.2 environment created with konstruct generated several dozen screen saver modules, many of which appear to have been derived from Xscreensaver, while the 3.2 environment created with the Mandrake rpms created only about a dozen vanilla screen savers. What files do I have to copy from

[newbie] konqueror 3.2 fonts

2004-02-10 Thread Paul Kaplan
Why are the fonts under konqueror 3.2 SO BIG!!? I am using the same font setting as under 3.1.4 on the same installation. How can I get them back to normal? TIA Pauln Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] System tray(s)

2004-02-10 Thread Paul Kaplan
Under mandrake rpms for kde 3.1.x and 3.2, once you add a system tray to a panel, you can't add one to a child panel (at least I haven't been able to under M9.2). The command to add a tray under Panel MenuConfigure Panel is greyed out and unavailable once a tray is present on the master panel.

[newbie] K menu icon

2004-02-10 Thread Paul Kaplan
The mandrake rpms for kde 3.2 that recently appeared changed the K-menu icon from a K to a mandrake yellow star. Where is the icon for this panel button located? I'd like to either re-use the K or create my own. TIA Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[newbie] kde context menus

2004-02-10 Thread Paul Kaplan
How can one add text to a (right-click) context menu under kde3.2? How about adding a new command to the context menu? TIA Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Menu Config

2004-02-10 Thread Marc Resnick
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 09:43 pm, mike wrote: Marc Resnick wrote: I remember once, with mdk9.2, before I reinstalled it today, I used a program that searched for stuff that wasn't on the KDE menu, but could be. I don't remember what it was called, where it was located, or anything.

Re: [newbie] K menu icon

2004-02-10 Thread Russ
I was told to do it on a per user basis then this is the one to replace: /home/user name/.kde/share/icons/theme/size/apps/kmenu.png I did this and it works. I changed mine, but the rest are still the default. Notice also that /.kde is a hidden directory. This is suppose to change it globally:

Re: [newbie] updated and new

2004-02-10 Thread JoeHill
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 21:42:34 -0500 Charles A Edwards disseminated the following: mozilla-firefox-0.8-1.2mdk.i586.rpm mozilla-firefox-devel-0.8-1.2mdk.i586.rpm Thanks Charles :-) -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 22:12:38 up 5

Re: [newbie] How to clear autologin

2004-02-10 Thread ben moretti
i had this too - go to the drak boot utility in your configuration menu and choose your own account from the gui. it should have an option for auto login, which is set to on by default. set that to off and log out - you should be ok then. that's the general gist anyway, it is from memory. the

[newbie] install mysql with Mandrake CD's

2004-02-10 Thread song
Hi All, I tried to install mysql that come with the CD but I get conflict errors. I did it with rpmdrake GUI (Install Package from the menu) on my mandrake 9.2. Did someone have this problem? TIA Song Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Installing perl modules from CPAN - missing files

2004-02-10 Thread B McKee
I tried to install Getopt:Simple via CPAN on my new Mandrake 9.2 (download edition) box. I get this Error: Unable to locate installed Perl libraries or Perl source code. It is recommended that you install perl in a standard location before

Re: [newbie] any nice person out there with the kde 3.2 for mdk9.2 rpms

2004-02-10 Thread anton
ftp://ftp.maximumlans.com Log in as newbie with password newbie Cheers Heaps I seem to have them all. It only took 12-13 hours! Yippi! In two months I leave this dark hole to the light of telco competition (in a foreign land)! Hurraaah! Cheap broadband! In the meantime. Do I need to

Re: [newbie] Will any thing change with mandrake

2004-02-10 Thread Greg Meyer
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 01:58 pm, hugenots wrote: well there is one question maybe going same direction MD is fine for desktop PC, but is it wise to chose it as any kind of sever? what I mean is ftp, mail, web!? You seem to be implying that it is not a good choice for a server. Why would

Re: [newbie] ldm_validate_partition failed

2004-02-10 Thread Guy Rouillier
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:50:11 -0500 Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 10:56:20PM -0500, Guy Rouillier wrote: On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 19:39:05 -0500 Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had something funky happen, probably related to a cd-burning/cache-clearing

Re: [newbie] Menu Config

2004-02-10 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 09:20 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: -I remember once, with mdk9.2, before I reinstalled it today, I used a program -that searched for stuff that wasn't on the KDE menu, but could be. I don't -remember what it was called, where it was located, or anything. It's not

Re: [newbie] No screensavers in KDE?

2004-02-10 Thread Ronald J. Hall
- From: Lexx [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 16:08 - Subject: [newbie] No screensavers in KDE? - - Is this a known issue? - I had no screensavers in Look and Feel/Screen Saver after installing - 9.2. After updating all my programs with known patches

Re: [newbie] No screensavers in KDE?

2004-02-10 Thread Lexx
From: Lexx [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is this a known issue? I had no screensavers in Look and Feel/Screen Saver after installing 9.2. After updating all my programs with known patches I then got just three. On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 02:52, Dennis Myers wrote: Only thing I can think of is do

Re: [newbie] Sound error in artsmessage

2004-02-10 Thread Lexx
On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 22:54, Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 10 Feb 2004 7:13 pm, Lexx wrote: This is my first email from my (now online) Linux machine! w00t! w00t! Anyway, I've never had sound on this box and it may be down to not having a soundcard, (which I haven't checked yet).

[newbie] kappfinder?

2004-02-10 Thread Lexx
On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 03:01, Marc Resnick wrote: On Tuesday 10 February 2004 09:43 pm, mike wrote: Marc Resnick wrote: I remember once, with mdk9.2, before I reinstalled it today, I used a program that searched for stuff that wasn't on the KDE menu, but could be. I don't remember what