Re: [newbie] Automatically mount a USB drive

2004-04-23 Thread Adolfo Bello
On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 07:03, Alexandre Aractingi wrote: Le jeu 22/04/2004 à 12:47, Adolfo Bello a écrit : Out of curiosity, I just plugged the USB pen and went to a cli without clicking the desktop icon. It was automatically mounted. Argl, that's what I'd like to have!! This is the

Re: [newbie] Automatically mount a USB drive

2004-04-23 Thread Adolfo Bello
On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 06:47, Adolfo Bello wrote: In my previous post the /etc/fstab line was wrong. The line that is created in my /etc/fstab is: none /mnt/removable supermount dev=/dev/scsi/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part1,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,kudzu,codepage=850 0 0 I

[newbie] SoundScheme KDE not sound

2004-04-23 Thread Budhi Astiyadi
Hai, I use Mandrake 10 Community and everything just fine before. But after several crash (I overclock my machine), sound scheme KDE is not sound. It just quite. What should I do to fixed it? -- ()-() Makacih, | Even experienced users ( 'o' ) Budhi mbUdh Astiyadi|

[newbie] Burning CD image question

2004-04-23 Thread Inhabitant of Zion
Hi Anybody here know of a Linux program that does the same job as Alcohol 120% in Windows (i.e. can handle and use *cough cough* .MDF and .MDS file extensions). :-) -- John Willby Registered Linux user number 321644 ICQ: 92791912 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: vicarofwibley Jabber:

[newbie] PHPGroupware

2004-04-23 Thread Stephen Kuhn
Damn I've RTFM the whole shebang and can't still seem to get PHPGroupware up and running - and there's such a cryptographic means by which the dox are written...anyone with a less fuzzy brain that might be able to lend a hand here ay wot? stephen kuhn - owner ==

[newbie] Apollon

2004-04-23 Thread Ian Urie
Anyone know if Apollon automatically updates the hosts file...or if it has to be done manually? I've got problems getting connected to Fasttrack and it looks like it is going through the hosts list.and failing to get onto any of the servers. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Broadband for Doon Valley

RE: [newbie] PHPGroupware

2004-04-23 Thread Tango Echo
-Original Message- From: Stephen Kuhn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 9:23 AM To: Mandrake Newbie Subject: [newbie] PHPGroupware Damn I've RTFM the whole shebang and can't still seem to get PHPGroupware up and running - and there's such a cryptographic means by

Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux?

2004-04-23 Thread Rory Gleeson
Ogg is difficult to support on digital audio players, since it's such a resource hog and a battery drain. The Xiph foundation really hasn't focused on it being a portable format yet, which is hindering adoption on the portable player market. iRiver has had a lot of problems integrating it.

[newbie] Laptop

2004-04-23 Thread Marco Terzuoli
Hi, I am due to buy a laptop computer, but I know that linux mandrake (and probably other distros as well) have problems working on certain laptops. Do you have any suggestion about which model I should buy? Thanks, Marco Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Laptop

2004-04-23 Thread PM
On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 17:36, Marco Terzuoli wrote: Hi, I am due to buy a laptop computer, but I know that linux mandrake (and probably other distros as well) have problems working on certain laptops. Do you have any suggestion about which model I should buy? Thanks, Marco You might want

Re: [newbie] Laptop

2004-04-23 Thread frankieh
PM wrote: On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 17:36, Marco Terzuoli wrote: Hi, I am due to buy a laptop computer, but I know that linux mandrake (and probably other distros as well) have problems working on certain laptops. Do you have any suggestion about which model I should buy? Thanks, Marco I have a

Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux?

2004-04-23 Thread Stephen Reynolds
On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 03:44 am, Rory Gleeson wrote: If you have an iPod, I would suggest ripping in MP3 LAME rather than AAC, I own an iPod and I use MP3's ripped to alt--preset-standard. Probably the best ripper is EAC http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ which is free, but sadly not available for

Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux?

2004-04-23 Thread Greg Meyer
On Friday 23 April 2004 04:03 am, Stephen Reynolds wrote: On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 23:36:20 -0400, Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Why would you do that?  Ogg is way better and is fully supported under Linux.   Ogg is NOT way better than any moder codec. It's better cause it's free (as in

Re: [newbie] Laptop

2004-04-23 Thread Kevin Ferguson
frankieh wrote: PM wrote: On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 17:36, Marco Terzuoli wrote: Hi, I am due to buy a laptop computer, but I know that linux mandrake (and probably other distros as well) have problems working on certain laptops. Do you have any suggestion about which model I should buy? Thanks,

Re: [newbie] Laptop

2004-04-23 Thread Q.H.Wang
Hi people! My one is Compaq presario 2815. I have run Mandrake 9.1 for about one year since last April, I don't encounter any problem. I guess what you need to do is, just buy a new one and then install Mandrake (maybe) 10. You will not find any problem. QingHua

[newbie] Shutdown/Reboot

2004-04-23 Thread James Hill
I have a problem... If I use the Shutdown/Reboot GUI in either KDE or Gnome, the screen goes black, and the computer just hangs, and does not shut down. Turn it on again, and the HDD has to be checked before it boots up. However, Open up a terminal, type poweroff or reboot, and things

[newbie] SOUND with MD9.1 and the NVIDIA nForce2MCP2 southbridge chip

2004-04-23 Thread John Richard Smith
SOUND with MD9.1 and the NVIDIA nForce2MCP2 southbridge chip I ran, drakesound and chose the nvaudio sound driver,and, ali5455 (ALI 5455 audio support) is what it did. my /etc/modules.conf now looks like this, #above snd-via82xx snd-pcm-oss ( I hashed this , was my old driver) alias sound-slot-0

[newbie] Shutdown/Reboot

2004-04-23 Thread JRH
I have a problem... If I use the Shutdown/Reboot GUI in either KDE or Gnome, the screen goes black, and the computer just hangs, and does not shut down. Turn it on again, and the HDD has to be checked before it boots up. However, Open up a terminal, type poweroff or reboot, and things

Re: [newbie] Shutdown/Reboot

2004-04-23 Thread M.Schild
I have a problem... If I use the Shutdown/Reboot GUI in either KDE or Gnome, the screen goes black, and the computer just hangs, and does not shut down. Turn it on again, and the HDD has to be checked before it boots up. Mine does just the same ( 9.1) However, Open up a terminal,

Re: [newbie] Laptop

2004-04-23 Thread Job Evers
On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:36:11 +0200 Marco Terzuoli wrote: Hi, I am due to buy a laptop computer, but I know that linux mandrake (and probably other distros as well) have problems working on certain laptops. Do you have any suggestion about which model I should buy? Thanks, Marco Using a

Re: [newbie] SOUND with MD9.1 and the NVIDIA nForce2MCP2 southbridge chip

2004-04-23 Thread Travis Crook
On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 10:58, John Richard Smith wrote: SOUND with MD9.1 and the NVIDIA nForce2MCP2 southbridge chip I ran, drakesound and chose the nvaudio sound driver,and, ali5455 (ALI 5455 audio support) is what it did. {SNIP} Anyone with nvidia sound chipe and driver got any ideas how I

Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux?

2004-04-23 Thread Marc Resnick
- Original Message - From: Rory Gleeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 2:14 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux? Ogg is difficult to support on digital audio players, since it's such a resource hog and a battery

RE: [newbie] PHPGroupware

2004-04-23 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 00:09, Tango Echo wrote: Stephen, I wish I could help you. But just out of curiosity, have you researched any other packages such as OpenGroupware? OpenGroupware doesn't seem to have as slick an interface as PHPGW but I believe it can be customized. The reason I

[newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.

2004-04-23 Thread JoeHill
Contorer wrote that end users stuck with Windows, despite the operating system's shortcomings, based on the high costs of abandoning heavy investments already made in APIs. 'The Windows API is so broad, so deep and so functional that most ISVs (independent software vendors) would be crazy not

Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.

2004-04-23 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 06:40, JoeHill wrote: 'It is this switching cost that has given the customers the patience to stick with Windows through all our mistakes, our buggy drivers, our high TCO (total cost of ownership), our lack of a sexy vision, at times, and many other difficulties,' the

Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.

2004-04-23 Thread Lanman
Stephen Kuhn wrote: I'm sure the humourless bastards and bastardettes in the MS forums are going to love ya... (g) stephen kuhn - owner Or Maybe Not? Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.

2004-04-23 Thread Ian MacGregor
So, let's all just stick with Windows and *CONTINUE* to pay for what would otherwise be free with Linux That is the dumbest concept I have ever heard. Can't believe a human being actually thinks that way. I would much rather switch to something, knowing I lost money, if it would keep me from

Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.

2004-04-23 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 07:06, Ian MacGregor wrote: So, let's all just stick with Windows and *CONTINUE* to pay for what would otherwise be free with Linux That is the dumbest concept I have ever heard. Can't believe a human being actually thinks that way. I would much rather switch to

[newbie] Apollon Part 2

2004-04-23 Thread Drew Martin
Hello All, If anyone is interested I have managed to get Gnutella to work with Apollon.I'll post talk though,anyone wants it. It may not be the most consise,walk though ever,but I'm willing to give it ago. Cheers,

Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux?

2004-04-23 Thread Marc Resnick
- Original Message - From: Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 11:36 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux? snipzor Make sure dma is on on your optical drives. hdparm is the utility you want to help check

Re: [newbie] SOUND with MD9.1 and the NVIDIA nForce2MCP2 southbridge chip

2004-04-23 Thread John Richard Smith
Travis Crook wrote: On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 10:58, John Richard Smith wrote: SOUND with MD9.1 and the NVIDIA nForce2MCP2 southbridge chip I ran, drakesound and chose the nvaudio sound driver,and, ali5455 (ALI 5455 audio support) is what it did. {SNIP} Anyone with nvidia sound chipe and driver got

Re: [ml] [newbie] Apollon Part 2

2004-04-23 Thread Dave Ashmore
Drew Martin wrote: Hello All, If anyone is interested I have managed to get Gnutella to work with Apollon.I'll post talk though,anyone wants it. It may not be the most consise,walk though ever,but I'm willing to give it ago. Cheers,

[newbie] Re: Mozilla fonts

2004-04-23 Thread Miroslav Skoric
Paul Smith wrote: Why do not you consider installing the xft version of mozilla? http://www.scottbolander.com/mozilla-xft.html I did it right now and that version finally appeared ok (as fine as the 'original' v 1.3). According to the site, it has something related to anti-aliasing enabled

Re: [newbie] Re: Mozilla fonts

2004-04-23 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 09:16, Miroslav Skoric wrote: Anyway, thanks for suggestions. Case there is a solution for other similar installations (like Netscape or like) for KDE, any pointer would be apreciated. Misko Why not just use MozillaFirebird instead? Looks beautiful mate. stephen

Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.

2004-04-23 Thread Aron Smith
On Friday 23 April 2004 01:52 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 06:40, JoeHill wrote: 'It is this switching cost that has given the customers the patience to stick with Windows through all our mistakes, our buggy drivers, our high TCO (total cost of ownership), our lack of a

Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.

2004-04-23 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 10:06, Aron Smith wrote: Joe Pill on a u$ux forem? gGG I wanna see that. I could see him trying to port Pek(er)WM to WindowsXP and getting into heated political debates concerning Redmond, illicit substances, software piracy, capitalism, hacking, pr0n, family moral values,

Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux?

2004-04-23 Thread Greg Meyer
On Friday 23 April 2004 06:40 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: Err...Does that involve recompiling the kernel? No If not, can you give a brief explanation on how it's done? I'm using Kernel 2.6.3-4 by the way. (Mandrake RPM version) Do you have a scsi or ata cdrom? If ATA, what is the device ie

Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.

2004-04-23 Thread Charlie
On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 07:06 am, many eyes viewed Ian MacGregor's words:- So, let's all just stick with Windows and *CONTINUE* to pay for what would otherwise be free with Linux That is the dumbest concept I have ever heard. Can't believe a human being actually thinks that way. I would much

Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.

2004-04-23 Thread JoeHill
On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 17:06:18 -0700 Aron Smith disseminated the following: Joe Pill on a u$ux forem? gGG I wanna see that. I dropped in over at Neowin.net a while back actually. Got them all ...worked up... Heh. -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [newbie] Help! I Killed Samba

2004-04-23 Thread shaz
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 01:30, Amichai Rotman wrote: Sounds like your TCP/IP is corrupt. Try removing, rebooting and re-insatlling the XP Network settings (Remove all protocols) then re-run DrakConnect to reset the network settings on the LinuxBox. I would switch the IP #s between them. IMHO,

Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.

2004-04-23 Thread JoeHill
On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 06:52:59 +1000 Stephen Kuhn disseminated the following: 'It is this switching cost that has given the customers the patience to stick with Windows through all our mistakes, our buggy drivers, our high TCO (total cost of ownership), our lack of a sexy vision, at

Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.

2004-04-23 Thread JoeHill
On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 09:22:58 +1000 Charlie disseminated the following: So, let's all just stick with Windows and *CONTINUE* to pay for what would otherwise be free with Linux That is the dumbest concept I have ever heard. Can't believe a human being actually thinks that way. I would much

Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.

2004-04-23 Thread JoeHill
On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 10:33:48 +1000 Stephen Kuhn disseminated the following: Joe Pill on a u$ux forem? gGG I wanna see that. I could see him trying to port Pek(er)WM to WindowsXP and getting into heated political debates concerning Redmond, illicit substances, software piracy, capitalism,

Re: [newbie] Re: Mozilla fonts

2004-04-23 Thread JoeHill
On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 09:32:33 +1000 Stephen Kuhn disseminated the following: Anyway, thanks for suggestions. Case there is a solution for other similar installations (like Netscape or like) for KDE, any pointer would be apreciated. Misko Why not just use MozillaFirebird instead?

Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.

2004-04-23 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 12:10, JoeHill wrote: Puh-lease, listen, like you I have to deal with fscking XP a *lot* for work, and it's like driving an old, half dead Toyota (G). Oooouchgot me there matey. Must admit, I don't know much about the Office shit, but this one blew me away.

Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux?

2004-04-23 Thread Marc Resnick
Greg Meyer wrote: On Friday 23 April 2004 06:40 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: Err...Does that involve recompiling the kernel? No If not, can you give a brief explanation on how it's done? I'm using Kernel 2.6.3-4 by the way. (Mandrake RPM version) Do you have a scsi or ata cdrom? If