Re: [newbie] how do I open....

2004-05-27 Thread M.Schild
> Are you sure this is an Excel file? IF it is really an Excel file, > it should open with OpenOffice, BUT the .exe file extension is *not* > an Excel file - it is a Windows executable (program) file! I suggest > you double-check with the sender before attempting to open it... Ye it is an Excel f

[newbie] postfix as local, firewall and rejected messages... long?

2004-05-27 Thread Terence Golightly
List, Where do I begin? First was having no local mail delivery. I thought I'd install Postfix. So I went to Derek Jennings web site. Nice, but I just have a standalone machine with an ADSL connection. I read some of the docs setup some aliases for root and no go. I no get mail. My log files sh

Re: [newbie] aac audio with MDK 10.0 O

2004-05-27 Thread g2
hi folks, i just wanted to put out another request for info. Please see my previous message here. I have yet to resolve the problem and would greatly appreciate any advice. Thanks. Gideon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] Boson 10 compile errors

2004-05-27 Thread Kevin Ferguson
Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: On May 26, 2004 02:13, Kevin Ferguson wrote: Hi Guys I"m using mandrake 10 CE, 2.6.3-13mdk kernel, Nividia Ge-force 2 mx 400 card, 20Ghd, scsi cd writer, DVD-drive. I"ve down loaded the source for boson. ./configure, make, and make install. On the make install it fails,

[newbie] sigmatel mp3 player

2004-05-27 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi, I was wondering if there has been progress on mounting these usb mp3 players. In that other os mine is identified as sigmatel mscn usb device. A google on that term reveals another player using the same systema Transcend JetFlash. In their literature they suggest a simple mount command

Re: [newbie] Opera and my bank

2004-05-27 Thread David B. Williams
On Thursday 27 May 2004 11:44 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: > On Thu, 27 May 2004 10:54:19 -0600 > > Ron Hunter-Duvar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On May 27, 2004 03:05, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > > On Thursday 27 May 2004 05:34, rikona wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Compounding the problem is the wides

[newbie] Network security settings

2004-05-27 Thread Chris
I just changed my network security settings from the defaults to other options. Do I need to restart to have this take effect or does it take effect whenever I close out MCC? -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 6:09pm up 6 days, 23:31, 2 users, load average: 1.24, 1.12,

Re: [newbie] Help can't get root access - am I buggered now??!! :-(

2004-05-27 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Robert Walker wrote: Hello all, I was trying to increase the security of my Linux box (famous last words). I am running Mandrake 9.2 set for console login (run level 3). I was reading an article about stopping root logins for Red Hat Linux (v8.0)... Decided to follow the suggestions. This turned ou

Re: [newbie] Remote Kontact

2004-05-27 Thread Klemens Arro
On Thursday 27 May 2004 08:02, Marc Lijour wrote: > Le May 26, 2004 12:35 pm, robin a écrit : > > Klemens Arro wrote: > > > Hy, > > > > > > I was wondering if there is a way to use my Kontact over web. So I > > > could read my mail, check my appointments, view my contacts, read notes > > > etc. ove

Re: [newbie] Konqueror autocomplete forms

2004-05-27 Thread Frank Bax
Thanks - that did the trick... At 05:45 PM 5/27/04, bascule wrote: the file that stores them is ~/.kde/share/apps/khtml/formcompletions bascule On Thursday 27 May 2004 10:25 pm, Frank Bax wrote: > I cannot find the place in Konqueror to clear the forms autocomplete > "history". ___

Re: [newbie] Konqueror autocomplete forms

2004-05-27 Thread bascule
the file that stores them is ~/.kde/share/apps/khtml/formcompletions bascule On Thursday 27 May 2004 10:25 pm, Frank Bax wrote: > I cannot find the place in Konqueror to clear the forms autocomplete > "history". -- "For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued

Re: [newbie] Help can't get root access - am I buggered now??!! :-(

2004-05-27 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 27 May 2004 21:22, Robert Walker wrote: > Thursday, May 27, 2004, 8:31:22 PM, you wrote: > > On Thursday 27 May 2004 20:14, Robert Walker wrote: > >> Hello all, > >> > >> I was trying to increase the security of my Linux box (famous last > >> words). I am running Mandrake 9.2 set for co

[newbie] Konqueror autocomplete forms

2004-05-27 Thread Frank Bax
I cannot find the place in Konqueror to clear the forms autocomplete "history". Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com __

Re: [newbie] recommended way of installing Firefox/Thunderbird?

2004-05-27 Thread Brian Long
Thanks for the explanation!  :)Guy Rouillier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, 27 May 2004 11:42:37 -0700 (PDT)Brian Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:> What do those mean -- GTK, GTK2 + XFT?GTK = GIMP Tool Kit. Gnome is written using GTK, as are apps that runon Gnome.XFT: http://www.xfree86.org/curre

Re: [newbie] recommended way of installing Firefox/Thunderbird?

2004-05-27 Thread Guy Rouillier
On Thu, 27 May 2004 11:42:37 -0700 (PDT) Brian Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do those mean -- GTK, GTK2 + XFT? GTK = GIMP Tool Kit. Gnome is written using GTK, as are apps that run on Gnome. XFT: http://www.xfree86.org/current/fonts1.html#2 XFree86 includes two font systems: the cor

Re: [newbie] Help can't get root access - am I buggered now??!! :-(

2004-05-27 Thread Robert Walker
Thursday, May 27, 2004, 8:31:22 PM, you wrote: > On Thursday 27 May 2004 20:14, Robert Walker wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I was trying to increase the security of my Linux box (famous last >> words). I am running Mandrake 9.2 set for console login (run level 3). >> >> I was reading an article about

Re: [newbie] Windows type domain with Mandrake 10

2004-05-27 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 21:53, Yves Arsenault wrote: > Hello, > > I was wondering if it was possible to run a Mandrake 10 server as a windows > type domain controller for a local network? > > Yves Not that version matters, but my system here, a MDK 9.1+ setup with Samba 2.2.8a is an NT domain cont

Re: [newbie] Opera and my bank

2004-05-27 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Thu, 27 May 2004 10:54:19 -0600 Ron Hunter-Duvar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 27, 2004 03:05, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > On Thursday 27 May 2004 05:34, rikona wrote: > > > > > > > > > Compounding the problem is the widespread need to lie about > > > browser type. This simply adds to the st

Re: [newbie] Virus scanner for linux (no I havenn't lost my mind)

2004-05-27 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 12:55, Aidan Holmes wrote: > Does anybody out there know of/use/recommend a virus scanning package > for linux? I'm hoping to use one to scan clients hard drives without > having to leave mandrake and boot into Winblows XP. > > I use a removeable HDD bay for this purpose as

Re: [newbie] Just installed Mandrake 10.0 official...

2004-05-27 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 27 May 2004 21:05, Thinker wrote: > I haven't done anything since removing disk 3 and rebooting. What > should I do now to make sure that I have the latest and greatest > stable security fixes and programs? How do I keep up to date with > new releases? > > > Thanks, > > .:Thinker Go he

Re: [newbie] Boson 10 compile errors

2004-05-27 Thread Ron Hunter-Duvar
On May 26, 2004 02:13, Kevin Ferguson wrote: > Hi Guys > > I"m using mandrake 10 CE, 2.6.3-13mdk kernel, Nividia Ge-force 2 mx 400 > card, 20Ghd, scsi cd writer, DVD-drive. > > I"ve down loaded the source for boson. ./configure, make, and make > install. On the make install it fails, this is t

Re: [newbie] how do I open....

2004-05-27 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 27 May 2004 18:44, M.Schild wrote: > I received an Excel .exe attachment. I know it is safe. How do I open it, > please? I have Mk 9.1 > Thanks > Maryse " urpmi openoffice" as root good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] how do I open....

2004-05-27 Thread Margot
M.Schild wrote: I received an Excel .exe attachment. I know it is safe. How do I open it, please? I have Mk 9.1 Thanks Maryse Are you sure this is an Excel file? IF it is really an Excel file, it should open with OpenOffice, BUT the .exe file extension is *not* an Excel file - it is a Windows

[newbie] security updates

2004-05-27 Thread Thujan
Hi, Is there only one source of security updates for both Community & Official? And if so can Community use that security updates too? best rgds ~tt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the

[newbie] recommended way of installing Firefox/Thunderbird?

2004-05-27 Thread Mike Coppins
Hi, I've just installed Mandrake 10 from the 3 downloadable CD ISOs, and so I have a cut-down install of Moz 1.6. I'm new to Mandrake (I have little bits of experience with various Linux distros and FreeBSD), I couldn't find either bit of software in the 'Control Centre' (software updating tool

Re: [newbie] how do I open....

2004-05-27 Thread Johan
Hi, First you must save the file to disk..say in Documents..then you can double click on it while in konqueror..or..right click and see what choices you have to open with..maybe the needed software is already installed. Johan Sch On Thu, 27 May 2004 12:51:05 -0400 Paul Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [newbie] how do I open....

2004-05-27 Thread Paul Kaplan
koffice 1.3 - free openoffice.org 1.1 - free or if you need more general MS Office compatibility you can use Wine (free) or Codeweaver's wine (free demo, but $), Netraverse ($) VMWare ($$$) and run Excel natively. On Thursday 27 May 2004 12:44 pm, M.Schild wrote: > I received an Excel .exe attac

[newbie] how do I open....

2004-05-27 Thread M.Schild
I received an Excel .exe attachment. I know it is safe. How do I open it, please? I have Mk 9.1 Thanks Maryse Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Mandrake like a windows domain server?

2004-05-27 Thread Greg Meyer
On Thursday 27 May 2004 10:32 am, Yves Arsenault wrote: > Hello, > > I was wondering if it was possible to run a Mandrake 10 server as a windows > type domain controller for a local network? > > Yves Yes, you need Samba. Lot's of resources on how to set it up as a domain controller exist already.

Re: [newbie] rar

2004-05-27 Thread JRH
I'm running ARK on KDE, and it seems to handle .rar very well. I havent actually tried to create a rar archive with it yet, but I know it works ok for opening! JRH -- Sent using Kmail, on Mandrake Linux 10CE "In a world without walls, we dont need Windows and Gates" Registered Linux User

Re: [newbie] rar

2004-05-27 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 27 May 2004 08:31 am, PM wrote: > On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 13:03, Paul Kaplan wrote: > > What program can be used to unpack .rar archives and where > > might I find it? Paul > > unrar > > can be used with file-roller You'll need to cp, link or rename the binary first. I just 'cp /usr

Re: [newbie] rar

2004-05-27 Thread Alan Carbutt
Paul, You can also try http://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-3.3.0.tar.gz . The guys at rarlabs have a linux command line version that works well with .rar files. The website indicates it's a trial version, but you could say that I'm still trying it out. If that doesn't help, WinRAR works well wit

[newbie] Windows type domain with Mandrake 10

2004-05-27 Thread Yves Arsenault
Hello, I was wondering if it was possible to run a Mandrake 10 server as a windows type domain controller for a local network? Yves Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

[newbie] Mandrake like a windows domain server?

2004-05-27 Thread Yves Arsenault
Hello, I was wondering if it was possible to run a Mandrake 10 server as a windows type domain controller for a local network? Yves Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] Remote Kontact

2004-05-27 Thread robin
Marc Lijour wrote: Le May 26, 2004 12:35 pm, robin a écrit : Klemens Arro wrote: Hy, I was wondering if there is a way to use my Kontact over web. So I could read my mail, check my appointments, view my contacts, read notes etc. over web? I think you need an LDAP-enabled server. There's something a

Re: [newbie] rar

2004-05-27 Thread PM
On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 13:03, Paul Kaplan wrote: > What program can be used to unpack .rar archives and where might I find it? > Paul > unrar can be used with file-roller -- Linux number 312953 June 1995 http://counter.li.org. Want to buy yo

Re: [newbie] rar

2004-05-27 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 06:03, Paul Kaplan wrote: > What program can be used to unpack .rar archives and where might I find it? > Paul > The fully functional RAR program is available from Vincent Danen's site. He has the rpm available for multiple versions of Mandrake, for instance rar for mdk9.2

Re: [newbie] Samba server not working

2004-05-27 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 27 May 2004 12:00, Video 4Linux wrote: > Can you read/write on a EXT2 FAT with a Windows machine connected to Samba? > I thought that FAT32 was required for that? But maybe I'm confused with > sharing a partition with a dual boot machine with Win and Linux (which I > don't have). > > Ba

RE: [newbie] Samba server not working

2004-05-27 Thread Video 4Linux
Can you read/write on a EXT2 FAT with a Windows machine connected to Samba? I thought that FAT32 was required for that? But maybe I'm confused with sharing a partition with a dual boot machine with Win and Linux (which I don't have). Bas From: "Bill Shirley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] rar

2004-05-27 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Thu, 27 May 2004 06:30:35 -0400 Bryan Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 27 May 2004 06:03 am, Paul Kaplan wrote: > > What program can be used to unpack .rar archives and where might > > I find it? > Unrar > > http://freshmeat.net/projects/unrar/ > > -- > Bryan Phinney > Softwa

Re: [newbie] rar

2004-05-27 Thread frankieh
Paul Kaplan wrote: What program can be used to unpack .rar archives and where might I find it? Paul didja try: urpmi unrar ? -- rgds Frank Hauptle (aka Franki) For free scripts, online webmaster tools, HTML, XHTML, Perl & PHP tutorials and stuff, visit: http://htmlfixit.com Free

Re: [newbie] error dumping and restoring mysql

2004-05-27 Thread Fajar Priyanto
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 27 May 2004 01:21 pm, Fajar Priyanto wrote: Got answer from mysql list: OPTION is a reserved word in MySQL: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Reserved_words.html Use backticks to quote column names: `option`. - -- For technical

Re: [newbie] rar

2004-05-27 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Thursday 27 May 2004 06:03 am, Paul Kaplan wrote: > What program can be used to unpack .rar archives and where might I find it? Unrar http://freshmeat.net/projects/unrar/ -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Ser

[newbie] rar

2004-05-27 Thread Paul Kaplan
What program can be used to unpack .rar archives and where might I find it? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com ___

Re: [newbie] Opera and my bank

2004-05-27 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 27 May 2004 05:34, rikona wrote: > Compounding the problem is the widespread need to lie about > browser type. This simply adds to the statistics favoring IE, and > make them LESS likely to change when they look at the numbers. > Some have told me less than 1% of users are non-IE! May

OT- Re: [newbie] Opera and my bank

2004-05-27 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 27 May 2004 04:20, rikona wrote: > Hello Greg, > > Wednesday, May 26, 2004, 8:13:40 AM, you wrote: > > GM> I occasionally run into this and have found that sometimes it is > GM> because of the site designer writing the code to IE, and although > GM> the site doesn't block you because o

Re: [newbie] Sylpheed messages not readable in MS Outlook?

2004-05-27 Thread Asa Rossoff
From: "Lanman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Just thought I'd throw in some suggestions for you both. Mozilla > Thunderbird is an excellent stand-alone email program which can be used > in Windows and also in Linux. An additional benefit is that you can > configure your copies of Thunderbird to use the exa