[newbie] Urpmi Strange Behavour

2004-02-11 Thread Aron Smith
When I try to do a urpmi .update -a it hangs like this [EMAIL PROTECTED] aron]$ su Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] aron]# urpmi.update -a computing md5sum of existing source hdlist (or synthesis) examining MD5SUM file examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.main.cz] computing md5sum o

Re: [newbie] install mysql with Mandrake CD's

2004-02-11 Thread song
The errors was that all depencies of mysql was conflicting with mysql-4.0.15.2mdk.. Now that's was weird. By the time you will read, I've already installed mysql with the source tarballs. I'm satisfied by the way I did it but it works. In my case, it seems that I have to start mysqld_safe with a

Re: [newbie] Spamassassin resistance

2004-02-11 Thread Erylon Hines
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 08:45 am, Olivier Esser wrote: > Hello, > > Spamassassin is installed in the central server where I receive mail. I > have not installed it locally. Almost no spam are caught anymore; all > spams seems to have understand the trick and to hide somehow the > significant

Re: [newbie] UPS prog called bulldog?

2004-02-11 Thread Dennis Myers
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 09:18 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Wednesday 11 February 2004 09:27 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > > Someone posted a message about getting bulldog into a rpm so that their > > belkin UPS would work in auto mode. I lost the message somehow and would > > like to see if it

Re: [newbie] PowerPC 5500/225 Mandrake Install?

2004-02-11 Thread Chris Ruzin
I've successfully setup Yellow Dog, Mandrake, Gentoo and Debian on my Powerbook Pismo, so it's certainly worth trying to put Mandrake on your old tower. The PPC versions of the distros are a little behind the x86 versions, but they are certainly useable. The only thing that is a pain in the b

Re: [newbie] konqueror 3.2 fonts

2004-02-11 Thread Paul Kaplan
Thanks. Regarding the K...There are several resolutions of menuk-mdk.png - that's the star. You will also find several versions of kmenu.png. Find the one for your theme and over-write the menuk-mdk.png files using the appropriate resolutions. Paul On Wednesday 11 February 2004 02:27 pm, robi

[newbie] How to go about creating a new partition.

2004-02-11 Thread Marc Resnick
Last time I tried to make a partition to give Linux more hard drive space, I completely screwed up Linux. Here's my plan for doing it this time. If there's anything I might screw up by doing this, please tell me. 1. Use Partition Magic in windows to resize my NTFS Windows Partition. 2. Boot Lin

Re: [newbie] UPS prog called bulldog?

2004-02-11 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 09:27 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > Someone posted a message about getting bulldog into a rpm so that their > belkin UPS would work in auto mode. I lost the message somehow and would > like to see if it will work on an offbrand UPS. Could you repost the link > to your pack

Re: [newbie] Matrix screensaver

2004-02-11 Thread Shawn Protsman
On Wednesday, Feb 11, 2004, at 17:06 US/Central, Lexx wrote: On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 22:50, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Wednesday 11 February 2004 23:49, Lexx wrote: Before I go ahead and wipe Debian off my laptop and replace it with MDK I'd like to know if I can use the rather nice Matrix screensaver

[newbie] UPS prog called bulldog?

2004-02-11 Thread Dennis Myers
Someone posted a message about getting bulldog into a rpm so that their belkin UPS would work in auto mode. I lost the message somehow and would like to see if it will work on an offbrand UPS. Could you repost the link to your package? Thanks, -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your

[newbie] Appgen Mybooks

2004-02-11 Thread Dave Ashmore
I'm just venting here because all my attempts to reach both the Mandrakestore and Aggen on software I purchased 0n 02/07/04 all have went unanswered. They got my $100 bucks but no deliver software... ;( Can anyone else relate their experience with purchase of this software? I assume I will get to

Re: [newbie] How to clear autologin

2004-02-11 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 12 February 2004 00:17, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > The complete Command Line and response. > [root @localhost root]# rpm -qa | grep auto > autofs-4.0.0-0.19mdk > autoconf-2.13.19mdk > automake-1.4-23.p6.mdk > > Hope this helps. Yep it isn't there, soedit the /etc/inittab file..hang i

Re: [newbie] Matrix screensaver

2004-02-11 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 12 February 2004 00:06, Lexx wrote: > I'm using i586, will that matter? > Cheers > Lexx No, it means i386 and up whereas the i586 means not downwards compatible Good luck, harM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's & more: http://tw

Re: [newbie] How to clear autologin

2004-02-11 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: "H.J.Bathoorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 16:46 Subject: Re: [newbie] How to clear autologin > On Wednesday 11 February 2004 23:42, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > "rpm qa | grep auto" on the commandline. > > that s

Re: [newbie] Adsl-setup

2004-02-11 Thread Marty Phee
I didn't have any problems with SBC global. I'm using ppoe. What problems are you having? Marty On Wednesday 11 February 2004 04:52 pm, Paul Smith wrote: > > I instaled the beta version of mandrake 10, ans adsl-setup is not even a > > command... I did the normal instalation... what should I do

Re: [newbie] Matrix screensaver

2004-02-11 Thread Lexx
On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 22:50, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Wednesday 11 February 2004 23:49, Lexx wrote: > > Before I go ahead and wipe Debian off my laptop and replace it with MDK > > I'd like to know if I can use the rather nice Matrix screensaver that is > > in KDE, if not where can it be found? > >

Re: [newbie] Adsl-setup

2004-02-11 Thread Paul Smith
I instaled the beta version of mandrake 10, ans adsl-setup is not even a command... I did the normal instalation... what should I do? I wish you good luck! I tried a million of ways to get my Speedtouch Adsl modem connected to the Internet and none has succeeded. I shall wait for an improvement

[newbie] Differences between linux-secure and linux

2004-02-11 Thread Marty Phee
What is in the secure kernel that isn't in the linux kernel? I know that grsecurity is. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Matrix screensaver

2004-02-11 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 23:49, Lexx wrote: > Before I go ahead and wipe Debian off my laptop and replace it with MDK > I'd like to know if I can use the rather nice Matrix screensaver that is > in KDE, if not where can it be found? It's called cmatrix and is available as i386.rpm Its on rpmf

[newbie] Matrix screensaver

2004-02-11 Thread Lexx
Before I go ahead and wipe Debian off my laptop and replace it with MDK I'd like to know if I can use the rather nice Matrix screensaver that is in KDE, if not where can it be found? I seem to have a rather basic graphics card and it can't handle most of the screensavers in kdeartwork. I downloa

[newbie] StarDict

2004-02-11 Thread Josenildo Marques
I have stumbled upon StarDict, a multilingual dictionary. I'm asking myself why it didn't happened before because it is great ! The number of languages available is amazing, too. -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net registered linux user #341648 * "The sure

Re: [newbie] How to clear autologin

2004-02-11 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 23:42, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > "rpm qa | grep auto" on the commandline. that should've been "rpm -qa | grep auto"...sorry HarM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's & more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want

Re: [newbie] How to clear autologin

2004-02-11 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 23:03, Hoyt Bailey wrote: snipped... > Once in there you can run "mcc" (mandrake control center) by typing just > that > on the command line and see if you can reset the boot options from there > > HB: I couldnt. You have to be root i.e. "su" to be able to do that

Re: [newbie] How to create a boot floppy in Windows

2004-02-11 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 22:17:35 + Lexx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks to you, I was able to find full instructions. I've included > them here for anyone who needs to know: For a second method with Mandrake cd 1 in the drive boot using a Win98 boot disk, being sure to load the cdrom drivers,

Re: [newbie] Sound error in artsmessage

2004-02-11 Thread Lexx
On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 07:11, Lexx wrote: > 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! > I've never had sound on this box and it may be down to not > having a sound

Re: [newbie] Adsl-setup

2004-02-11 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 12 February 2004 00:07, Caio wrote: > I instaled the beta version of mandrake 10, ans adsl-setup is not even a > command... I did the normal instalation... what should I do? Well for 1 don't use HTML, I just "rescued" you from the "spam-bin". 2)How about simply installing it??? Check

Re: [newbie] Cannot create bootdisk reprise

2004-02-11 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 22:44, Lexx wrote: > Excellent. Many thanks. > Lexx Try using smart boot manager for funny boots, i.e. recalcitrant BIOS'es. I always keep a floppy handy...you never know. It's a fine rescue disk for hosed mbr's and such too:) I've got mine from the Slackware9.1 CD

[newbie] How to create a boot floppy in Windows

2004-02-11 Thread Lexx
On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 21:34, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Wednesday 11 February 2004 22:06, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > > > Lexx > > > > That's because the boot image is too big for a floppy...use the install CD > > for that or make a boot CD for your specific system. > > > > Good luck, > > HarM > > Sorr

Re: [newbie] How to change font setting for man pages

2004-02-11 Thread Olivier Esser
Wojciech Podgórni wrote: Olivier Esser wrote: Wojciech Podgórni wrote: Hi everyone, I have been searching for the answer of this question for a some time and I staill cannot find the answer: how do you change font setting for man pages to ISO8859-2 coding? TIA Wojciech Podgórni Where are you

Re: [newbie] unison

2004-02-11 Thread Nigel Wilkinson
I haven't actually done this but if you have a profile "default" then unison -ui text -batch will run unison in text mode and the batch option means "do not ask any questions" so any conflicts will not be copied. However it still asks for the password for the remote system. To get round that yo

Re: [newbie] 2.4.22 kernel source rpm

2004-02-11 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Wednesday 11 February 2004 2:58 pm, Allen/gore/SlackWareWolf wrote: > > Shall we try to keep the confusion to a minimum? Thanks. > > > > Charlie > > Sorry, I didn't know they used a different numbering scheme. > I thought they all used a similar kernel

[newbie] Adsl-setup

2004-02-11 Thread Caio
I instaled the beta version of mandrake 10, ans adsl-setup is not even a command... I did the normal instalation... what should I do?

Re: [newbie] How to clear autologin

2004-02-11 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: "H.J.Bathoorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 09:54 Subject: Re: [newbie] How to clear autologin Well that about only leaves the "failsafe" boot option doesn't it:) If you didn't leave failsafe in the lilo menu;

Re: [newbie] 2.4.22 kernel source rpm

2004-02-11 Thread Allen/gore/SlackWareWolf
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 04:53 pm, Charlie Mahan wrote: > Wednesday 11 February 2004 2:13 pm, > Allen/gore/SlackWareWolf wrote: > > > I thought the new kernel with all security fixes was > > 2.4.24 ? That's what I'm using on here. It's Slackware > > Linux 9.1. > > The new kernel with all the

Re: [newbie] 2.4.22 kernel source rpm

2004-02-11 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Wednesday 11 February 2004 2:13 pm, Allen/gore/SlackWareWolf wrote: > I thought the new kernel with all security fixes was > 2.4.24 ? That's what I'm using on here. It's Slackware > Linux 9.1. The new kernel with all the security fixes may be 2.4.24

Re: [newbie] Cannot create bootdisk reprise

2004-02-11 Thread Lexx
> On Wednesday 11 February 2004 22:06, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > > > Lexx > > > > That's because the boot image is too big for a floppy...use the install CD > > for that or make a boot CD for your specific system. > > > > Good luck, > > HarM > > Sorry I didn't get the gist of your question the fir

Re: [newbie] Cannot create bootdisk

2004-02-11 Thread Lexx
> On Wednesday 11 February 2004 20:06, Lexx wrote: > > I'm trying to make a boot disk so that I can put MDK on my old laptop. > > However it appears the total size of the files exceeds 1.44MB! > > It's a brand new floppy so I don't know what I'm doing wrong - please > > help! > > > > Here's the er

Re: [newbie] Cannot create bootdisk reprise

2004-02-11 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 22:06, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > Lexx > > That's because the boot image is too big for a floppy...use the install CD > for that or make a boot CD for your specific system. > > Good luck, > HarM Sorry I didn't get the gist of your question the first time: You need to m

Re: [newbie] Will any thing change with mandrake

2004-02-11 Thread Allen/gore/SlackWareWolf
> I have never understood why people think Mandrake is a > desktop distro, and RedHat is a server distro. > All the server apps you could possibly want are included, > mostly with sensible defaults already set up in their > configuration fiiles. Mandrake also gives you several > choices. For exampl

Re: [newbie] 2.4.22 kernel source rpm

2004-02-11 Thread Allen/gore/SlackWareWolf
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 01:02 pm, GV wrote: > many thanks for your valuable help. > > On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 13:40, Angus Auld wrote: > > - Original Message - > > From: GV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 11:32:54 +0100 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [newbie] 2.4.

Re: [newbie] Cannot create bootdisk

2004-02-11 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 20:06, Lexx wrote: > I'm trying to make a boot disk so that I can put MDK on my old laptop. > However it appears the total size of the files exceeds 1.44MB! > It's a brand new floppy so I don't know what I'm doing wrong - please > help! > > Here's the error: > Unable t

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

2004-02-11 Thread robin
lanman wrote: On Wednesday 11 February 2004 12:00, Dan Gordon wrote: On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 16:22:25 +0200 robin wrote: I think removing 3.1.3 automatically removes k3b because of dependency's, IE kde needs to be there before k3b. Yes, the problem was that it wouldn't reinstall afterwards because o

Re: [newbie] USB external hard drive

2004-02-11 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 19:05, Owen Berio wrote: > Thanks Guys, > Before I impose on you further I am going to simplify the > situation. First, as someone suggested I am going to upgrade to 9.2 > Second, the BIOS on my Microsoft box is limiting the ability to > format my 160 gig hd without u

Re: [newbie] USB external hard drive

2004-02-11 Thread Owen Berio
Thanks Guys, Before I impose on you further I am going to simplify the situation. First, as someone suggested I am going to upgrade to 9.2 Second, the BIOS on my Microsoft box is limiting the ability to format my 160 gig hd without using overlay software. I am changing the motherboard with one I

[newbie] Cannot create bootdisk

2004-02-11 Thread Lexx
I'm trying to make a boot disk so that I can put MDK on my old laptop. However it appears the total size of the files exceeds 1.44MB! It's a brand new floppy so I don't know what I'm doing wrong - please help! Here's the error: Unable to properly close mkbookdisk: Formatting /dev/fd0... mount: /de

Re: [newbie] updated and new

2004-02-11 Thread Wojciech Podgórni
Charles A Edwards wrote: 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 Thank you, Charles. Wojciech Podgórni smime.

Re: [newbie] How to change font setting for man pages

2004-02-11 Thread Wojciech Podgórni
Olivier Esser wrote: Wojciech Podgórni wrote: Hi everyone, I have been searching for the answer of this question for a some time and I staill cannot find the answer: how do you change font setting for man pages to ISO8859-2 coding? TIA Wojciech Podgórni Where are you reading the man pages. Yo

Re: [newbie] Spamassassin resistance

2004-02-11 Thread Beppe
I use annoyance filter and it works great too, it's another bayesian filter and you can find a complete howto on making it work on http://www.newsforge.com/software/03/10/24/2046238.shtml?tid=74 and http://www.newsforge.com/software/03/10/27/1533240.shtml?tid=74&tid=82 have fun :) Beppe --

Re: [newbie] How to clear autologin

2004-02-11 Thread Jerry Barton
On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 09:27:03 -0600 "Hoyt Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried ctl-alt-F1, F2, Delete, Backspace. No response just that ugly > green screen with two white bars and a watch. > Regards; > Hoyt try booting into failsafe and at the prompt type: init 3 then it'll run a few th

[newbie] Access control violation /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start failed - help

2004-02-11 Thread Marco Baiotto
Buongiorno a tutti, scusate per l’ignoranza, qualcuno conosce per quale ragione riavviando il sevizio di un server samba con Service smb restart ottengo l’avvio dei demoni smb e nmb e i relativi ok di conferma, mentre se lo faccio tramite webmin ottengo il messaggio “Access control violat

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

2004-02-11 Thread lanman
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 12:00, Dan Gordon wrote: > On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 16:22:25 +0200 > > robin wrote: > > > I think removing 3.1.3 automatically removes k3b because of > > > dependency's, IE kde needs to be there before k3b. > > > > Yes, the problem was that it wouldn't reinstall afterwards

Re: [newbie] 2.4.22 kernel source rpm

2004-02-11 Thread GV
many thanks for your valuable help. On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 13:40, Angus Auld wrote: > - Original Message - > From: GV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 11:32:54 +0100 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] 2.4.22 kernel source rpm > > > Hi there, > > > > where can I find a

Re: [newbie] updated and new

2004-02-11 Thread Job Evers
--- Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 Awesome, Thenks for the firebird/firefox update.

Re: [newbie] Spamassassin resistance

2004-02-11 Thread Ralph Slooten
On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 16:45:46 + Olivier Esser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Spamassassin is installed in the central server where I receive mail. > I have not installed it locally. Almost no spam are caught anymore; > all spams seems to have understand the trick and to hide somehow t

Re: [newbie] How to change font setting for man pages

2004-02-11 Thread Olivier Esser
Wojciech Podgórni wrote: Hi everyone, I have been searching for the answer of this question for a some time and I staill cannot find the answer: how do you change font setting for man pages to ISO8859-2 coding? TIA Wojciech Podgórni Where are you reading the man pages. You have to change to encod

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

2004-02-11 Thread Dan Gordon
On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 16:22:25 +0200 robin wrote: > > > > I think removing 3.1.3 automatically removes k3b because of > > dependency's, IE kde needs to be there before k3b. > > > > Yes, the problem was that it wouldn't reinstall afterwards because of > conflicts. > Thats a bummer, have you had

Re: [newbie] Spamassassin resistance

2004-02-11 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 11:45 am, Olivier Esser wrote: > Hello, > > Spamassassin is installed in the central server where I receive mail. I > have not installed it locally. Almost no spam are caught anymore; all > spams seems to have understand the trick and to hide somehow the > significant

Re: [newbie] How to clear autologin

2004-02-11 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: "H.J.Bathoorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 09:54 Subject: Re: [newbie] How to clear autologin On Wednesday 11 February 2004 16:27, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > I tried ctl-alt-F1, F2, Delete, Backspace. No response j

Re: [newbie] Spamassassin resistance

2004-02-11 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 16:45, Olivier Esser wrote: > Hello, > > Spamassassin is installed in the central server where I receive > mail. I have not installed it locally. Almost no spam are caught > anymore; all spams seems to have understand the trick and to hide > somehow the significant wor

[newbie] Spamassassin resistance

2004-02-11 Thread Olivier Esser
Hello, Spamassassin is installed in the central server where I receive mail. I have not installed it locally. Almost no spam are caught anymore; all spams seems to have understand the trick and to hide somehow the significant word (writing v.ia.gr@ for example). Has anyone experienced this pro

Re: [newbie] How to clear autologin

2004-02-11 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: "bascule" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 09:47 Subject: Re: [newbie] How to clear autologin > then you need to start your system with init level 3 to avoid X coming up, > now on traditional lilo setups there is i

[newbie] How to change font setting for man pages

2004-02-11 Thread Wojciech Podgórni
Hi everyone, I have been searching for the answer of this question for a some time and I staill cannot find the answer: how do you change font setting for man pages to ISO8859-2 coding? TIA Wojciech Podgórni smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature

Re: [newbie] Boot from floppy, install Mandrake from Internet

2004-02-11 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 16:18, ejdodds wrote: > The objective is to install Mandrake on some older machines I've donated to > an elementary school in Berkeley, California. They have no CD-ROM drive > but are connected full time to the Internet via Ethernet throughout the > whole school. I'm

Re: [newbie] How to clear autologin

2004-02-11 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 16:27, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > I tried ctl-alt-F1, F2, Delete, Backspace. No response just that ugly > green screen with two white bars and a watch. > Regards; > Hoyt Well that about only leaves the "failsafe" boot option doesn't it:) If you didn't leave failsafe in the

Re: [newbie] No screensavers in KDE?

2004-02-11 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 02:05 am, Lexx wrote: ->How would I know? Can I wildcard a search, or search for it using ->rpmdrake? -> ->Cheers ->Lexx Easy. Open up the Mandrake Control Center, go to Software Management, pick remove software, all packages, type in "kdeartwork" in the search box

Re: [newbie] How to clear autologin

2004-02-11 Thread bascule
then you need to start your system with init level 3 to avoid X coming up, now on traditional lilo setups there is instant access to a boot prompt, at which you would type: linux init 3 assuming your kernel was called 'linux' with this new fangled 'ooh look its a pretty blue'! i'm not sure, i thin

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

2004-02-11 Thread robin
Dan Gordon wrote: 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 so

Re: [newbie] kappfinder?

2004-02-11 Thread mike
Lexx wrote: 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

[newbie] installing 9.2 on Dell latitude

2004-02-11 Thread Dominiek Reynaerts
Hi I am trying to install 9.2 on a dell latitide CPt 466 Mhz celeron. The following happens The system boots from CD, I just choose the standard installation mode The system is enabling PCMCIA devices The system is accessing the linux installation disc in my cdrom drive (toshiba cd-r

Re: [newbie] 2.4.22 kernel source rpm

2004-02-11 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: GV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 11:32:54 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] 2.4.22 kernel source rpm > Hi there, > > where can I find and download the 2.4.22 kernel source rpm? > > Thanks > ** Oo

Re: [newbie] 2.4.22 kernel source rpm

2004-02-11 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: GV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 11:32:54 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] 2.4.22 kernel source rpm > Hi there, > > where can I find and download the 2.4.22 kernel source rpm? > > Thanks > Hi,

Re: [newbie] How to clear autologin

2004-02-11 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: "ben moretti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 21:15 Subject: Re: [newbie] How to clear autologin > > i had this too - go to the drak boot utility in your > configuration menu and choose your own account from > the

Re: [newbie] KDM 3.2 still bites...

2004-02-11 Thread Lanman
DUDE! Try using DM instead of KDM or GDM or AnyOtherDM ! It just works. You also might wanna consider cutting WAY back on the coffee ! Grin! Lanman *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 8/30/2008 at 10:03 PM anton wrote: >Big hairy things! >ARGGGH! My one real wish with 3.2 was to pu

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

2004-02-11 Thread Lanman
So! You're moving to Canada then? Grin! Lanman *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 2/11/2004 at 4:47 PM anton wrote: >> 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 >mont

[newbie] 2.4.22 kernel source rpm

2004-02-11 Thread GV
Hi there, where can I find and download the 2.4.22 kernel source rpm? Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

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

2004-02-11 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 22:35, Ron Stodden wrote: > 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

[newbie] KDM 3.2 still bites...

2004-02-11 Thread anton
Big hairy things! ARGGGH! My one real wish with 3.2 was to put the KDM blues (having to use GDM) behind me. Alac, alas, not to be! The piece of )*(&)*^ still doesn't work (for me)! It will log me into a desktop now (before, with 3.1.3, not even that), but only Ice. No KDE, no Gnome. What? Wh

[newbie] time zones

2004-02-11 Thread hugenots
Haiz newbie, I have time set to Wed Feb 11 10:34:09 EST 2004 EST is USA time zone I guess, but where can I find other time zones :) sound silly, but I have only remote access to my linux machine, so I have to do it through SSH! but there I cannot get any clue... :) hope you will under

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

2004-02-11 Thread anton
In the meantime. Do I need to uninstall kde 3.1.3 first, or can I just go straight for the urpmi *? Cheers It had to go anyway, so I just uninstalled it. This is being written from kde 3.2. Good stuff, though I will be changing the ugly MDK star back to the K as soon as I can be bothered! Cheer

Re: [newbie] No screensavers in KDE?

2004-02-11 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 04:52, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Do