Re: [newbie] Okay, MDK10 COMMUNITY/PowerPack finally downloaded, burned, installed :-)

2004-03-09 Thread Chuck Mattsen
On Tue, 2004-03-09 at 23:38, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Wednesday 10 March 2004 12:30 am, Chuck Mattsen wrote: > > So, /two/ annoying things ... maybe just one, but possibly two. > > > > First, some fonts seem a little odd ... just slightly off, like the > > kerning is set incorrectly. My eyesight's n

Re: [newbie] Okay, MDK10 COMMUNITY/PowerPack finally downloaded, burned, installed :-)

2004-03-09 Thread Marc Lijour (Professeur d'Informatique)
Funny (almost!) I upgraded a Pentium 133MHz with a S3 video card and it keeps telling errors about libeecrypt!? urpmi won't even run on the machine. A bunch of missing PERL modules. I'm lost. Anyone with this kind of oddity? (I'm not in a hurry to upgrade my other machines...) Le 10 Mars 2004

Re: [newbie] Okay, MDK10 COMMUNITY/PowerPack finally downloaded, burned, installed :-)

2004-03-09 Thread Greg Meyer
On Wednesday 10 March 2004 12:30 am, Chuck Mattsen wrote: > Well, it took about 4-1/2 days via BitTorrent, but the download of the 5 > PowerPack discs for 10 Community finally finished earlier this evening, > so they're burnt and installed (did an upgrade rather than fresh install > ... yeah, I kno

Re: [newbie] Community release

2004-03-09 Thread Dobrescu Mihai
Hi! Thanks for a feedback! I installed/tested/mixed/scrambled etc... I would like to have the latest original bunch as the makers thought and intended to be and I wish to make a fresh install. I also can't use anything else than http because of my Internet provider policy. That's my problem! -

[newbie] Okay, MDK10 COMMUNITY/PowerPack finally downloaded, burned, installed :-)

2004-03-09 Thread Chuck Mattsen
Well, it took about 4-1/2 days via BitTorrent, but the download of the 5 PowerPack discs for 10 Community finally finished earlier this evening, so they're burnt and installed (did an upgrade rather than fresh install ... yeah, I know, I can hear you already ;-) Anyway, on a positive note, now tha

[newbie] ** Welcome to Newbie **

2004-03-09 Thread newbie
This is an automated weekly message mainly intended for people new to Mandrake's Newbie List. = In This Message = 1. General Mailing list info 2. Leaving the list 3. List news 4. List Etiquette 5. Twiki 1. Gene

Re: [newbie] Fwd: Study your bible

2004-03-09 Thread Greg
The LORD is Good Gregson wrote: >> Sorry, I didn't mean for this to go to the list. >> Dan >> >> >> On Monday 08 March 2004 11:38 am, Daniel Anderson wrote: >> >>>-- Forwarded Message -- >>> >>>Subject: Fw: Study your bible >>>Date: Monday 08 March 2004 09:15 am >>>From: "Geo

Re: [newbie] SA-Stats

2004-03-09 Thread Chris
On Tuesday 09 March 2004 06:24 am, Chris wrote: > On Tuesday 09 March 2004 05:48 am, Bryan Phinney wrote: > > On Monday 08 March 2004 10:31 pm, Chris wrote: > > > I'd like to use sa-stats however I get the below error when trying to > > > run it. I find no mention of sa-stats in the archive, anyon

Re: [newbie] mandrake community

2004-03-09 Thread Troy Thomas Hall
Dennis Myers wrote: On Tuesday 09 March 2004 12:56 am, John Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On March 8, 2004 11:18 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: The problem is _unaware_USERS_ that refuse to read bittorrent documentation, FAQ's, and take suggestions (the archives of the M

Re: [newbie] 10.0 sound problems

2004-03-09 Thread Scott Mazur
On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 18:38:48 -0600, Marc wrote > On Tuesday 09 March 2004 05:33 pm, Scott Mazur wrote: > > On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 17:11:51 -0600, Marc wrote > > > > > On Tuesday 09 March 2004 01:48 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > > > > Marc wrote: > > > > >I am using the ?VT8233 [AC97 Audio Controller]

Re: [newbie] Another creative spam technique to get by the filters

2004-03-09 Thread Miark
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 00:22:54 -0500, Greg wrote: > Check out this new spam technique, use the ascii escape sequences in the html > body, within a bunch of innocuous quotations. These guys are certainly > clever, it's too bad they can't apply themselves to more useful endeavors. ... > Ooffice XP,

Re: [newbie] Linux and power on notebook?

2004-03-09 Thread Marc Resnick
rhein wrote: Hello, I don't have it... This is the message written: Your computer doesn't have the Linux APM (Advanced Power Management) or ACPI software installed, or doesn't have the APM kernel drivers installed - check out the Linux Laptop-HOWTO document for information on how to install APM

Re: [newbie] Linux and power on notebook?

2004-03-09 Thread fajarpri
Quoting Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > rhein wrote: > > > Hello, > > That's now the second time that my notebook shuts down because I'm not > > able to see the level of my battery. Good thing I didn't have to start > > all over because I saved my work a few minutes before. > > Is there a wa

Re: [newbie] Linux and power on notebook?

2004-03-09 Thread Marc Resnick
rhein wrote: Hello, That's now the second time that my notebook shuts down because I'm not able to see the level of my battery. Good thing I didn't have to start all over because I saved my work a few minutes before. Is there a way to have the battery indicator under MDK 9.2? (by the way I thin

[newbie] Message to Remote Host

2004-03-09 Thread JoeHill
Is there any way to send a message to a host on the 'Net by IP? You know, those hosts that are spewing Code Red and Nimda and shite? -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 20:32:21 up 33 days, 8:14, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveSta

[newbie] Bittorrent hints

2004-03-09 Thread Glenn
If anybody is still having problems with Bittorrent, maybe some of the hints at this site might help: http://knowbuddy.dyndns.org:81/torrent/btclientconfig.html -- 18:19:15 up 3 days, 1:42, running Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (Community) for i586, kernel 2.6.2-3mdk Registered Linux user #324

Re: [newbie] mandrake community

2004-03-09 Thread Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 09 March 2004 06:36 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > On Tuesday 09 March 2004 12:56 am, John Wilson wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On March 8, 2004 11:18 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > > The problem is _unaware_USERS_ that refuse to read bittorrent > > > d

Re: [newbie] 10.0 sound problems

2004-03-09 Thread Marc
On Tuesday 09 March 2004 05:33 pm, Scott Mazur wrote: > On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 17:11:51 -0600, Marc wrote > > > On Tuesday 09 March 2004 01:48 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > > > Marc wrote: > > > >I am using the ?VT8233 [AC97 Audio Controller] and my sound is very > > > > choppy. I had the same probl

Re: [newbie] mandrake community

2004-03-09 Thread Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 09 March 2004 12:56 am, John Wilson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On March 8, 2004 11:18 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > The problem is _unaware_USERS_ that refuse to read bittorrent > > documentation, FAQ's, and take suggestions (the archives of the > > Ma

Re: [newbie] man-10

2004-03-09 Thread Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 09 March 2004 08:29 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Monday 08 March 2004 10:28 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > > On Monday 08 March 2004 04:12 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > > > On Monday 08 March 2004 04:36 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > > > > Anybody know where I can find Xkill? it seems to be missing > > >

Re: [newbie] 10.0 Community available to club members...

2004-03-09 Thread Patrick Dempster
On Friday 05 March 2004 16:50, Tom Brinkman wrote: >Search the archives for this list or expert. Many includin > myself have explained how to limit upload bandwidth. Hint: you > need to reserve some of your upload width, in order to download > at full speed. Would someone please post the optim

[newbie] Fixes CD

2004-03-09 Thread Ron Joordens
Title: Fixes CD Good Afternoon, I bought the Fixes cdrom along with Mandrake 9.2 but can't figure out how to use it. Anyone? Ron Melbourne

Re: [newbie] samba is not accessible

2004-03-09 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 09 Mar 2004 03:15, David Sexton wrote: > can any one tell me why I cant access my samba server I keep getting the > followingerror below. I also will put in my smb.conf file. thanks > > David > > > \\testserver is not accessible You might not have permission access this > network r

Re: [newbie] Community release

2004-03-09 Thread Glenn
On Tuesday 09 March 2004 09:15, Dobrescu Mihai wrote: > > Anyway, if they are not club embers, you could provide > them the regular pack - the 3 CDs that they would have > from public mirrors later. > > Restrict the totally passive people that wait for the > final release only! > > I am not experi

Re: [newbie] 10.0 sound problems

2004-03-09 Thread Scott Mazur
On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 17:11:51 -0600, Marc wrote > On Tuesday 09 March 2004 01:48 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > > Marc wrote: > > >I am using the ?VT8233 [AC97 Audio Controller] and my sound is very > > > choppy. I had the same problem with 9.2 and 9.1. > > >Does anyone know how to fix this ? Have

Re: [newbie] 10.0 sound problems

2004-03-09 Thread Marc
On Tuesday 09 March 2004 01:48 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > Marc wrote: > >I am using the ?VT8233 [AC97 Audio Controller] and my sound is very > > choppy. I had the same problem with 9.2 and 9.1. > >Does anyone know how to fix this ? > > > > TIA > >Marc > >KM5KW > > This is your onboard sound

Re: [newbie] Problem with installing Windows fonts

2004-03-09 Thread Paul Smith
I am trying to install my MS Windows fonts, by using drakfont. (I have got a dual machine - with MS Windows and Mandrake.) However, I get the following errors. Could somebody here please help me? Paul, did you solve your problem? Some time ago I also tried to import the fonts from my Windows 2

Re: [newbie] Linux and power on notebook?

2004-03-09 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Tuesday 09 March 2004 07:26 pm, rhein wrote: ->Hello, ->That's now the second time that my notebook shuts down because I'm not ->able to see the level of my battery. Good thing I didn't have to start ->all over because I saved my work a few minutes before. ->Is there a way to have the battery in

Re: [newbie] Linux and power on notebook?

2004-03-09 Thread Robert Walker
Wednesday, March 10, 2004, 3:00:36 AM, you wrote: > Hello, > I don't have it... This is the message written: > Your computer doesn't have the Linux APM (Advanced Power Management) or > ACPI software installed, or doesn't have the APM kernel drivers > installed - check out the Linux Laptop-HOWTO d

RE: [newbie] Multi-boot with LILO and Mandrake

2004-03-09 Thread Ron Joordens
Title: RE: [newbie] Multi-boot with LILO and Mandrake Brian, I tried your suggestion last night and it had no effect. However when I added the line 'prompt' Voila! A menu! Then I just had to rearrange the order of the OSs in lilo.conf and comment out the ones I didn't want to appear. I

Re: [newbie] Linux and power on notebook?

2004-03-09 Thread rhein
Hello, I don't have it... This is the message written: Your computer doesn't have the Linux APM (Advanced Power Management) or ACPI software installed, or doesn't have the APM kernel drivers installed - check out the Linux Laptop-HOWTO document for information on how to install APM. when I clic

Re: [newbie] 10.0 sound problems

2004-03-09 Thread John Richard Smith
Marc wrote: I am using the ?VT8233 [AC97 Audio Controller] and my sound is very choppy. I had the same problem with 9.2 and 9.1. Does anyone know how to fix this ? TIA Marc KM5KW This is your onboard sound chip , so what did you do when you solved the problem in M9.1+M9.2 ? John -- John

Re: [newbie] OT xcdroast

2004-03-09 Thread John Richard Smith
LtCdData wrote: On Tuesday 09 Mar 2004 H:45, John Richard Smith wrote: xcdroast... create cd/dvd write track click on the iso track and add it.. it will then move over to the other side (tracks to write) change tab form layout tracks to write tracks click write tracks... thats it!!) this assumes

Re: [newbie] Linux and power on notebook?

2004-03-09 Thread Mark Kirschner
On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 19:26:00 -0500 rhein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > That's now the second time that my notebook shuts down > because I'm not able to see the level of my battery. Good > thing I didn't have to start all over because I saved my > work a few minutes before. Is there a way t

Re: [newbie] OT xcdroast

2004-03-09 Thread Ron Stodden
John Richard Smith wrote: Best to use cdrecord, In a terminal, cdrecord -scanbus scsibus1: 1,0,0 100) 'PIONEER ' 'DVD-ROM DVD-116 ' '1.22' Removable CD-ROM 1,1,0 101) 'MITSUMI ' 'CR-48X9TE ' '1.0C' Removable CD-ROM to determin where your writer is, and then, cdrecord -v spee

[newbie] Linux and power on notebook?

2004-03-09 Thread rhein
Hello, That's now the second time that my notebook shuts down because I'm not able to see the level of my battery. Good thing I didn't have to start all over because I saved my work a few minutes before. Is there a way to have the battery indicator under MDK 9.2? (by the way I think the battery

[newbie] 10.0 sound problems

2004-03-09 Thread Marc
I am using the âVT8233 [AC97 Audio Controller] and my sound is very choppy. I had the same problem with 9.2 and 9.1. Does anyone know how to fix this ? TIA Marc KM5KW -- Composed on a 100% Microsoft and windows free computer using Mandrake Linux 10.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from M

Re: [newbie] OT xcdroast

2004-03-09 Thread LtCdData
On Tuesday 09 Mar 2004 H:45, John Richard Smith wrote: xcdroast... create cd/dvd write track click on the iso track and add it.. it will then move over to the other side (tracks to write) change tab form layout tracks to write tracks click write tracks... thats it!!) this assumes you have put the

Re: [newbie] OT xcdroast

2004-03-09 Thread John Richard Smith
JoeHill wrote: On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 12:45:44 + John Richard Smith disseminated the following: cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=0,1,0 -pad -data -eject -ignsize /pathto/.iso Shouldn't that be: cdrecord -v -eject speed=?? dev=?,?,? -dao ? It don't really matter which order they come in

Re: [newbie] man-10

2004-03-09 Thread Aron Smith
On Tuesday 09 March 2004 06:29 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Monday 08 March 2004 10:28 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > > On Monday 08 March 2004 04:12 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > > > On Monday 08 March 2004 04:36 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > > > > Anybody know where I can find Xkill? it seems to be missing > > >

[newbie] Community release

2004-03-09 Thread Dobrescu Mihai
Hi! I've found a lot of attitudes regarding the availability of the Cooker - Community release. I think that the club members should have some advantages - financil basically because they pay a regular amount of money. I think that people that helped - as much as they could - should be rewarded ev

Re: [newbie] mandrake community

2004-03-09 Thread Aron Smith
On Tuesday 09 March 2004 05:40 am, Brian West wrote: > you can download 10.0 rc1 here > ftp://ftp.esat.net/pub/linux/mandrake-iso/i586/ > -Brian > > On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 12:31, Olivier Esser wrote: > > frankieh wrote: > > > Olivier Esser wrote: > > >> Does anyone know when community 10.0 will be a

Re: [newbie] Problem with installing Windows fonts

2004-03-09 Thread Troy Thomas Hall
Paul Smith wrote: I am trying to install my MS Windows fonts, by using drakfont. (I have got a dual machine - with MS Windows and Mandrake.) However, I get the following errors. Could somebody here please help me? Paul, did you solve your problem? Some time ago I also tried to import the fonts

Re: [newbie] Upgrade Question

2004-03-09 Thread Travis Crook
On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 16:56, et wrote: > [SNIP]> > > Got it. > > > > > this ain't winders... > > > > Nope... > > > > > __ > > > > Travis Crook > > Visions Beyond > > I should say also, if you can, you 'ought' to wait the weeks nee

Re: [newbie] man-10

2004-03-09 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Monday 08 March 2004 10:28 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > On Monday 08 March 2004 04:12 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > > On Monday 08 March 2004 04:36 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > > > Anybody know where I can find Xkill? it seems to be missing > > > in MDK 10.0 > > > > Right, you have to Star symbol was K>system

[newbie] Citrix bug in Community 10.0?

2004-03-09 Thread Tango Echo
Hi all, This may be better addressed to the cooker list, but since I'm such a newb to cooker and it appears that cooker only applies to mdk packages, I'll start here. I'm running the latest version of cooker which I presume is community 10.0. The problem I am experiencing is with the latest Linu

Re: [newbie] mandrake community

2004-03-09 Thread Brian West
you can download 10.0 rc1 here ftp://ftp.esat.net/pub/linux/mandrake-iso/i586/ -Brian On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 12:31, Olivier Esser wrote: > frankieh wrote: > > Olivier Esser wrote: > > > >> Does anyone know when community 10.0 will be available for free? > >> > >> Isn't that a little stupid that it

Re: [newbie] Adding entry to lilo.conf

2004-03-09 Thread Jason Greenwood
Dunno if you had this answered yet or not, please see below: Trey Sizemore wrote: I currently have both Windows and Mandrake 10 RC-1 installed on my HD using lilo to dual boot. I have added Arch Linux 0.6 to the mix and want to be able to boot this from lilo. Before I hose something up, I just w

[newbie] Lexmark X215 MFP

2004-03-09 Thread Jason Greenwood
Hi All, Anyone gotten this printer to play nice with mandrake/Linux (any Laser MFP's for that matter)? If so, how?? Their product PDF shows a Penguin but I could find NO info re using it with Linux anywhere (Google or otherwise). And, there is no driver that I could see in MCC for it. Product

Re: [newbie] OT xcdroast

2004-03-09 Thread JoeHill
On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 12:45:44 + John Richard Smith disseminated the following: > cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=0,1,0 -pad -data -eject -ignsize > /pathto/.iso Shouldn't that be: cdrecord -v -eject speed=?? dev=?,?,? -dao ? -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.or