Re: [newbie] Firefox and Thunderbird aren't playing nice!

2004-06-27 Thread Chuck MATTSEN
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Amy wrote: [...] | Both programs do the same thing, they act like they're loading up, then | poof, all gone. [...] | However, I figured I'd run it past you guys and see | if anyone had any ideas if there was something else I could check on to | see

Re: [newbie] Mirror recommendations for urpmi?

2004-06-27 Thread Margot
Amy wrote: Okay, so my friend has me running a cooker install of Mandrake, architecture i586, and I need reliable mirrors. I've used http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php to set up my mirrors so far, but the ones I pick seem to either be really super slow, or really weird about how they update

Re: [newbie] Firefox and Thunderbird aren't playing nice!

2004-06-27 Thread Paul
Op Sun, 27 Jun 2004 06:54:01 -0500 schreef Chuck MATTSEN: There's been a thread on the Cooker list about problems with 0.7 and 0.9 Thunderbird and Firefox, respectively ... seems many are having problems. I have not encountered the 'run as root only' problem. I did upgrade to firefox 0.9 (binary

Re: [newbie] Mirror recommendations for urpmi?

2004-06-27 Thread Chuck MATTSEN
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Margot wrote: | When selecting mirrors, it makes no difference where you live - you just | need to find one that works for you. The proxad mirrors in France are | generally reliable, but of course if everybody starts using a particular | mirror it will

[newbie] Share Mail Linux/W98 - T'Bird 0.7

2004-06-27 Thread Betti Ann Preston Smith
Hi! I want to be able to share my mail/profile between W98 and Mdk 10.0 version of Thunderbird 0.7. I followed the procedure found at http://texturizer.net/thunderbird/share_mail.html and succeeded,in Mdk, to be able to read the details of each of the accounts used in W98. But I can not get

Re: [newbie] Firefox and Thunderbird aren't playing nice!

2004-06-27 Thread Chuck MATTSEN
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paul wrote: | Op Sun, 27 Jun 2004 06:54:01 -0500 schreef Chuck MATTSEN: | |There's been a thread on the Cooker list about problems with 0.7 and |0.9 Thunderbird and Firefox, respectively ... seems many are having |problems. | | I have not encountered

[newbie] Hostname

2004-06-27 Thread Piero
Where are the hostname and domainname stored in Mandrake (9.2)? I tried to edit file /etc/hosts butnothing changed, even after rebooting . Thanks. -- Piero Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Problems here.

2004-06-27 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Saturday 26 June 2004 06:36 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: -Ron, did you try swapping out the ram? Sometimes windows will run on faulty -ram but linux does not. Been there before. HTH Nope - not sure I have any extra Ram of that spec for his machine - of course I could try any Ram as long as the MB

Re: [newbie] Problems here.

2004-06-27 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Saturday 26 June 2004 06:45 pm, Hoyt Bailey wrote: -Has there been a windows update, say about 2 weeks ago? -You might want to do an erase disk and reinstall a mandrake system. Hmm, we've got fast cable-modem service here, but I don't think *I've* updated it in a while. I'll have to ask my

Re: [newbie] Hostname

2004-06-27 Thread Paul
Op Sun, 27 Jun 2004 14:38:33 +0200 schreef Piero: Where are the hostname and domainname stored in Mandrake (9.2)? I tried to edit file /etc/hosts butnothing changed, even after rebooting . Thanks. Try /etc/sysconfig/network. Paul -- Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I

Re: [newbie] Problems here.

2004-06-27 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Saturday 26 June 2004 06:41 pm, Dan Gordon wrote: -I would definitely try another hard drive first, thats what it sounds like to -me. I just bought a brand spanking new P4 3ghz 512mb ram 120 gb hard drive -several months ago, within the first week the hard drive went very similer

Re: [newbie] Problems here.

2004-06-27 Thread Lanman
Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Saturday 26 June 2004 06:36 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: -Ron, did you try swapping out the ram? Sometimes windows will run on faulty -ram but linux does not. Been there before. HTH Nope - not sure I have any extra Ram of that spec for his machine - of course I could try any

Re: [newbie] Problems here.

2004-06-27 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Sunday 27 June 2004 09:10 am, Lanman wrote: -Ronald; Windows is renown for their so-called memory manager and it is -often the reason for system crashes. Due to the way it operates, it -could easily be quite some time before a flaw in your RAM could have -been missed. If one module of RAM on a

Re: [newbie] Mandrake OT

2004-06-27 Thread JoeHill
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 08:48:23 +0100 Margot disseminated the following: Come and join us - we need new blood ;-) ...very misleading Margot; when you say the list needs 'new blood', you should clarify that you are speaking *literally*. -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.orderinchaos.org 09:19:55 up 9

Re: [newbie] Mandrake OT

2004-06-27 Thread JoeHill
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 02:22:51 -0400 Dan Gordon disseminated the following: Have not seen it yet, but thanks Carroll I'm now subscribed. I'll pray for you. -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.orderinchaos.org 09:22:03 up 9 days, 14:45, 7 users, load average: 2.10, 1.90, 1.66

[newbie] Change Owner

2004-06-27 Thread EE
How can I change an owner of drive, dir, or file Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] firefox 0.9 moved my cheese

2004-06-27 Thread Todd Slater
The move to firefox 0.9 was a bad idea. I downloaded the .tar.gz from mozilla.org. Besides much of the UI and shortcuts being different, now my script to open links in a new tab if there's a running window is broken. In fact, I can't even get the -remote to work at all: it does not recognize that

Re: [newbie] Change Owner

2004-06-27 Thread Todd Slater
On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 04:50:37PM +0300, EE wrote: How can I change an owner of drive, dir, or file chown user.group file man chown for more. Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Change Owner

2004-06-27 Thread Paul
Op Sun, 27 Jun 2004 16:50:37 +0300 schreef EE: How can I change an owner of drive, dir, or file see man chown (CHange OWNer) -- Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws. - Amschel Mayer Rothschild, banker http://www.nlpagan.net/linux.htm Have you

Re: [newbie] Change Owner

2004-06-27 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Sunday 27 June 2004 08:50, EE wrote: How can I change an owner of drive, dir, or file chown filename. I doubt you can change the owner of the HD that contains the system. -- Regards; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] firefox 0.9 moved my cheese

2004-06-27 Thread RickS
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 09:41:14 -0400 Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The move to firefox 0.9 was a bad idea. I downloaded the .tar.gz from mozilla.org. Besides much of the UI and shortcuts being different, now my script to open links in a new tab

Re: [newbie] firefox 0.9 moved my cheese

2004-06-27 Thread RickS
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 09:41:14 -0400 Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The move to firefox 0.9 was a bad idea. I downloaded the .tar.gz from mozilla.org. Besides much of the UI and shortcuts being different, now my script to open links in a new tab

Re: [newbie] firefox 0.9 moved my cheese

2004-06-27 Thread Todd Slater
On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 10:53:41AM -0400, RickS wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 09:41:14 -0400 Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The move to firefox 0.9 was a bad idea. I downloaded the .tar.gz from mozilla.org. Besides much of the UI and

Re: [newbie] Change Owner

2004-06-27 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Hoyt Bailey wrote: On Sunday 27 June 2004 08:50, EE wrote: How can I change an owner of drive, dir, or file chown filename. I doubt you can change the owner of the HD that contains the system. You can chown the device for the drive. But this is mainly usefully for removable drives. For

[newbie] Mandrake 10.0 - How to configure Speedtouch 330 USB Modem??

2004-06-27 Thread Dave Girt
Hi Mandrake 10.0 states that the Speedtouch 330 modem is certified hardware, but I keep getting the message that it only supports kernel version 2.4 above. I'm running 2.6, why do I get this message? If anyone can offer any advice about getting broadband access working I would be

Re: [newbie] weird df output

2004-06-27 Thread mike
Frank wrote: Yeah, it is the way the kernel actually sees the drives or some such mumbo jumbo. So much simpler crunched the old way. Try: # fdisk -l [Note-as root] Regards Frank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User #

[newbie] Konqueror Error

2004-06-27 Thread Dmitri
Hello. I clicked on a URL shortcut created by Windows and Mandrake asked me what program to use and if i'd like to use it to open all similar files with this program. I selected Konqueror and checked yes. Now, every time i log in, between 20 and 40 instances of the program (konqueror) open.

Re: [newbie] Wireless PCMCIA Card

2004-06-27 Thread Glenn
On Tuesday 22 June 2004 22:41, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: I will probably get flamed for saying this, but the Microsoft MN-520 works with Mandrake 9.2, and I would think 10.0 I think it also works with XP. ;) On the other hand, it doesn't exactly work 'out of the box' in Linux. You have to

[newbie] mouse wheel issue

2004-06-27 Thread Jason Kretzer
Hello list, I have mouse a wheel problem. It won't scroll up or down. Here is the entry in the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option Protocol IMPS/2 Option Device /dev/mouse Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection This should be

Re: [newbie] Mirror recommendations for urpmi?

2004-06-27 Thread David E. Fox
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 01:12:13 -0700 Amy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was hoping that you guys might be able to recommend some mirrors for me to try? I'm located in the SF bay area, CA, USA, so if possible, I'm also in the SF Bay area, but I've mostly used European mirrors, especially in the

Re: [newbie] mouse wheel issue

2004-06-27 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 10:35:57 -0700 (PDT) Jason Kretzer wrote: I have mouse a wheel problem. It won't scroll up or down. Here is the entry in the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option Protocol IMPS/2 Option Device /dev/mouse

Re: [newbie] Mirror recommendations for urpmi?

2004-06-27 Thread David E. Fox
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:44:08 -0500 Hoyt Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suspect you problem has more to do with cooker than the mirrors. It takes a chef to use cooker. OK. In that case, I am pretty good when it comes to whipping up a box of macaroni cheese. :) Regards; Hoyt --

Re: [newbie] mouse wheel issue

2004-06-27 Thread Jason Kretzer
--- Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 10:35:57 -0700 (PDT) Jason Kretzer wrote: I have mouse a wheel problem. It won't scroll up or down. Here is the entry in the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse

Re: [newbie] weird df output

2004-06-27 Thread Eric Huff
Did anyone ever come up with a solution to the screwy df output? Heres a script I found in a forum post by Paul Morgan (I lost the original post). Might need some work to line things up a little but works ok. Cool, that's what i was looking for. thanks, eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More:

Re: [newbie] rosegarden - no sound

2004-06-27 Thread Frans Ketelaars
On Sunday 27 June 2004 05:49, David E. Fox wrote: On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 21:01:11 +0200 Frans Ketelaars [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Playmidi -v says the -a option is for output to awe32 wave synth. If you have that card you have to load a soundfont with asfxload or sfxload from the awesfx rpm.

Re: [newbie] mouse wheel issue

2004-06-27 Thread Cezary Morga
Dnia nie 27. czerwca 2004 20:03, Charles A Edwards napisa: /dev/mouse is a universal setting that is supposed to work with all ps2/usb units but as with most things there always prove to be exceptions which require usage of the explicit designation of psaux. I have it set as /dev/mouse and

Re: [newbie] weird df output

2004-06-27 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Sunday 27 June 2004 02:37 pm, Eric Huff wrote: - Did anyone ever come up with a solution to the screwy df - output? - - Heres a script I found in a forum post by Paul Morgan (I lost the - original post). Might need some work to line things up a little - but works ok. - -Cool, that's what i was

[newbie] partition suggestions?

2004-06-27 Thread John Drouhard
I got a new hard drive today. (yay!) It is 160 GB Maxtor and I don't know how to chop it up. Currently I have a 40 GB: /dev/hda1 275 MB /boot /dev/hda5 6.44 GB / /dev/hda6 8.64 GB /usr /dev/hda7 400 MB swap /dev/hda8 11.06 GB

Re: [newbie] Konqueror Error

2004-06-27 Thread bascule
have you tried saving your session once you've closed down all the extraneous windows? look in kconfigurationkdecomponentssession manager bascule On Sunday 27 Jun 2004 5:51 pm, Dmitri wrote: Hello. I clicked on a URL shortcut created by Windows and Mandrake asked me what program to use and

[newbie] Lame mp3x

2004-06-27 Thread Cezary Morga
I've found the lame-mp3x package along with lame's rpm. What is it? -- Cezary Morga ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) GG# 169903 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

Re: [newbie] Purchase enquiry

2004-06-27 Thread Terence Golightly
On Sat, 2004-06-26 at 11:26, David E. Fox wrote: On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 17:50:52 -0400 Terence Golightly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Dave, For what it's worth, I've had very good use from a Toshiba SD-1312 combo DVD/CD-RW drive. Thanks for the input. I'll check it out. Terry Terry

[newbie] Additional drivers floppy

2004-06-27 Thread Teilhard Knight
I am trying to install Mandrake 10.0 Official in a Toshiba laptop and the installation program asks me to insert the Additional Drivers Floppy. Where do I get it?, or what does it mean? Teilhard - This mail sent through CWMail:

[newbie] Additional drivers floppy

2004-06-27 Thread Teilhard Knight
I am trying to install Mandrake 10.0 Official in a Toshiba laptop and the installation program asks me to insert the Additional Drivers Floppy. Where do I get it?, or what does it mean? Teilhard Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[newbie] Sorry ...

2004-06-27 Thread Teilhard Knight
... for the duplicate message (winblows). Teilhard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] Installing OS 10.0 Problem

2004-06-27 Thread Dmitri
I've run into the same problem continuously when trying to install 10.0. Here's the situation: Downloaded ISO img of mandrake 10.0 disk 1 and burnt to disk. Restarted computer with cd in drive and it boots into the installer. A few seconds into the install (right after it finishes detecting

[newbie] Inspiron 500m

2004-06-27 Thread Piero
Has anybody installed Mandrake 9.2 on a Dell Inspiron 500 m? Are there known problems? Are there known solutions? Thanks -- Piero Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

Re: [newbie] Additional drivers floppy

2004-06-27 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Teilhard Knight wrote: I am trying to install Mandrake 10.0 Official in a Toshiba laptop and the installation program asks me to insert the Additional Drivers Floppy. Where do I get it?, or what does it mean? Teilhard At a guess, I would say it is asking if you have a floppy containing additional

Re: [newbie] Installing OS 10.0 Problem

2004-06-27 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Dmitri wrote: I've run into the same problem continuously when trying to install 10.0. Here's the situation: Downloaded ISO img of mandrake 10.0 disk 1 and burnt to disk. Restarted computer with cd in drive and it boots into the installer. A few seconds into the install (right after it

Re: [newbie] Lame mp3x

2004-06-27 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Cezary Morga wrote: I've found the lame-mp3x package along with lame's rpm. What is it? Try rpm -qpi package name. At a guess, I would say it is a mp3 encoder. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!

Re: [newbie] partition suggestions?

2004-06-27 Thread robin
John Drouhard wrote: I got a new hard drive today. (yay!) It is 160 GB Maxtor and I don't know how to chop it up. Currently I have a 40 GB: /dev/hda1275 MB/boot /dev/hda56.44 GB/ /dev/hda68.64 GB/usr /dev/hda7400 MBswap /dev/hda811.06 GB

Re: [newbie] partition suggestions?

2004-06-27 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 02:02:44 -0400 robin wrote: You might want to have another partition for /etc No, do not do that. The configuration files in /etc must be avaiable during boot and should always remain as part of / Charles -- You cannot use your friends and have them too.

Re: [newbie] Wireless PCMCIA Card

2004-06-27 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Glenn wrote: On Tuesday 22 June 2004 22:41, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: I will probably get flamed for saying this, but the Microsoft MN-520 works with Mandrake 9.2, and I would think 10.0 I think it also works with XP. ;) On the other hand, it doesn't exactly work 'out of the box' in Linux.

Re: [newbie] Wireless PCMCIA Card

2004-06-27 Thread Glenn
On Sunday 27 June 2004 17:23, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Glenn wrote: In /etc/pcmcia/config, in the Wireless network adapters section, add: card Microsoft Wireless Notebook Adapter MN-520 1.0.3 version Microsoft, Wireless Notebook Adapter MN-520, , 1.0.3 bind orinoco_cs The

Re: [newbie] partition suggestions?

2004-06-27 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Charles A Edwards wrote: On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 02:02:44 -0400 robin wrote: You might want to have another partition for /etc No, do not do that. The configuration files in /etc must be avaiable during boot and should always remain as part of / Charles Normaly, you need /bin, /sbin, and /etc

[newbie] remote login delay

2004-06-27 Thread Levent Aksu
After I upgraded to 10 from 9.2, telneting to my Mandrake became somewhat problematic. I have to wait for like 10 seconds before it sends me the login prompt. This is happening for ssh as well. How could I tweak it Levent Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] partition suggestions?

2004-06-27 Thread John Drouhard
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 18:30:51 -0500 Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Charles A Edwards wrote: On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 02:02:44 -0400 robin wrote: You might want to have another partition for /etc No, do not do that. The configuration files in /etc must be