Re: [newbie] Teaching Spamassassin

2004-08-11 Thread SME Server Admin
On Wednesday 11 Aug 2004 03:26, Chris wrote: On Tuesday 10 August 2004 03:44 pm, SME Server Admin wrote: Now, I've got SpamAssassin working and it seems to handle the spam at the moment, but I need to get this learn bit sorted, so would appreaciate some assitance in getting this working as

Re: [newbie] Teaching Spamassassin(offtopic)

2004-08-11 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Tuesday 10 August 2004 10:28 pm, Erylon Hines wrote: My #kmail --version Qt: 3.1.2 KDE: 3.1.3 KMail: 1.5.3 With 9.2. #/~/Mail directory isn't hidden. For what reason would the developers hide it? So that we don't have to look at it every time we look into our home directory? --

Re: [newbie] Video Software

2004-08-11 Thread Frank
AL wrote: Hi! Is there an equivalent software like DVD2SVCD for Mandrake 10? Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Full install with Mandrake 10?

2004-08-11 Thread Frank
Dennis Myers wrote: On Tuesday 10 August 2004 10:27 am, Thomas Wilkowski wrote: There is not an option for total install and if you have one of the power-packs it would be a pretty huge install indeed. I would suggest choosing Select Individual Packages as you mentioned and then press the next

Re: [newbie] WAY OT - From the And you thought YOU were a newbie dept.

2004-08-11 Thread Margot
Charles A Edwards wrote: On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 22:17:17 -0700 (PDT) J Latham wrote: 2) Carefully pull the tray out and remove the CD CD? What the Hell has a bank note got to do with a cup holder? Charles I used to work in banking, handling safe custody of CDs and other securities - it

Re: [newbie] folder looses read/write permissions after each reboot....

2004-08-11 Thread Harald T ZIPKO
Either put the shared directory in a directory off of /home, say: No, because it's easier to generate a backup-cronjob of only one folder and its contents (= /home/*) change msec. Although it's not recommended: that's exactly what I did... ;-) To Bill Shirley: Thank you for your hints and

[newbie] Problems with sound

2004-08-11 Thread M.Schild
I installed 10 PowerPack without problems but I don´t have any sound. Aumix is installed. The Kmix icon on my desktop is crossed out and when I try to config the KDE sound, I get: device /dev/dsp can´t be opened (Permission denied) What do I do next, please? TIA Maryse

[newbie] Auto-completion for the command line

2004-08-11 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Is there some program to provide auto-completion for the command line (bash)? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

[newbie] Replies to Some Problems Last week.

2004-08-11 Thread Hoyt Bailey
I appologise for not replying to those who were kind enough to answer some questions last week. I noticed that there were 6 messages in my outbox that I could not send. When I tried to back up my mail file I simply could not do it, finally I decided to reinstall and found that my CD would

Re: [newbie] Replies to Some Problems Last week.

2004-08-11 Thread Lanman
Hoyt Bailey wrote: I appologise for not replying to those who were kind enough to answer some questions last week. I noticed that there were 6 messages in my outbox that I could not send. When I tried to back up my mail file I simply could not do it, finally I decided to reinstall and found

Re: [newbie] Auto-completion for the command line

2004-08-11 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Paul Smith wrote: Dear All Is there some program to provide auto-completion for the command line (bash)? Thanks in advance, Paul What exactly are you looking for? There is built in auto-completion in Bash already. Type part of a command, file name, or directory name, and hit Tab. It will

Re: [newbie] Replies to Some Problems Last week.

2004-08-11 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Wednesday 11 August 2004 09:18 am, Lanman wrote: Hoyt Bailey wrote: I appologise for not replying to those who were kind enough to answer some questions last week. I noticed that there were 6 messages in my outbox that I could not send. When I tried to back up my mail file I

Re: [newbie] Auto-completion for the command line

2004-08-11 Thread Paul Smith
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Is there some program to provide auto-completion for the command line (bash)? What exactly are you looking for? Thanks, Mikkel. I looking for a way of getting auto-completion according to history. For instance, one types ftp ftp.in.nowhere.com and when, afterwards,

Re: [newbie] Replies to Some Problems Last week.

2004-08-11 Thread Lanman
Hoyt Bailey wrote: On Wednesday 11 August 2004 09:18 am, Lanman wrote: Hoyt Bailey wrote: I appologise for not replying to those who were kind enough to answer some questions last week. I noticed that there were 6 messages in my outbox that I could not send. When I tried to back up my mail

Re: [newbie] Auto-completion for the command line

2004-08-11 Thread Todd Slater
On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 03:47:26PM +0100, Paul Smith wrote: Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Is there some program to provide auto-completion for the command line (bash)? What exactly are you looking for? Thanks, Mikkel. I looking for a way of getting auto-completion according to history.

Re: [newbie] Installing on Compaq Presario 900 laptop

2004-08-11 Thread Todd Slater
On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 06:02:19PM -0700, Jason Riker wrote: Todd, I've had success installing Mandrake on both the Presario 710 and 2110. The only problem I had was ACPI and MDK10 has corrected that nicely, although Fedora has slightly better ACPI support (fans respond more to system) for

Re: [newbie] Auto-completion for the command line

2004-08-11 Thread Clint Harshaw
Todd Slater wrote: [...] Thanks, Mikkel. I looking for a way of getting auto-completion according to history. For instance, one types ftp ftp.in.nowhere.com and when, afterwards, one types ftp ftp.i the mechanism of auto-completion should write ftp ftp.in.nowhere.com for you. Is it clear now?

Re: [newbie] Auto-completion for the command line

2004-08-11 Thread Paul Smith
Todd Slater wrote: Is there some program to provide auto-completion for the command line (bash)? What exactly are you looking for? Thanks, Mikkel. I looking for a way of getting auto-completion according to history. Contol+r start typing command will search bash history and autocomplete for

[newbie] setting up midi

2004-08-11 Thread Thereidos
Hi folks! Can anyone here reffer some good text on setting up midi? I have an integrated sound card (VIA's AC97 Audio Controller). I've tried running TSE3 but I've got : TSE3 error detected: Failed to create the MIDI scheduler Running playmidi gave that there's no /dev/sequencer (I believe TSE3

[newbie] Mandrake 10.0 reboot hanging up

2004-08-11 Thread Q.H. Wang
Hi Folks, Recently I notice that each time when rebooting, my Mandrake 10 box always hangs up there. More specifically it hangs up there after messages such as 0„20„20„20„20„20„20„20„2md: stopping all md devices 0„20„20„20„20„20„20„20„2 md: md0 switch to readonly mode

Re: [newbie] Problems with sound

2004-08-11 Thread Frans Ketelaars
On Wednesday 11 August 2004 16:11, M.Schild wrote: I installed 10 PowerPack without problems but I don´t have any sound. Aumix is installed. The Kmix icon on my desktop is crossed out and when I try to config the KDE sound, I get: device /dev/dsp can´t be opened (Permission denied) What do

Re: [newbie] Problems with sound

2004-08-11 Thread M.Schild
With 'ls -l /dev/dsp' you can see the permissions for /dev/dsp . lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root What's the output of '/sbin/lsmod | grep snd-' ? snd-seq-oss31232 0 snd-seq-midi-event 7552 1 snd-seq-oss snd-seq51024 4 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event snd-pcm-oss

Re: [newbie] Problems with sound

2004-08-11 Thread Frans Ketelaars
On Wednesday 11 August 2004 19:30, M.Schild wrote: With 'ls -l /dev/dsp' you can see the permissions for /dev/dsp . lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root Oh, that's a link to /dev/asound/dsp. Try 'ls -l /dev/asound/dsp'. Have you run Mandrake update yet? System - configuration - packaging - Mandrake

[newbie] Problem after installation of gtk2-devel

2004-08-11 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I have just installed gtk2-devel from the Cooker. However, after that, all programs that use GTK look uglier. How to repair it? I have already done urpme gtk2-devel but I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED] xchat-2.1.1]# urpme gtk2-devel unknown package: gtk2-devel [EMAIL PROTECTED] xchat-2.1.1]#

Re: [newbie] Problem after installation of gtk2-devel

2004-08-11 Thread Paul Smith
Paul Smith wrote: I have just installed gtk2-devel from the Cooker. However, after that, all programs that use GTK look uglier. How to repair it? I have already done urpme gtk2-devel but I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED] xchat-2.1.1]# urpme gtk2-devel unknown package: gtk2-devel [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10.0 reboot hanging up

2004-08-11 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Wednesday 11 August 2004 12:03 pm, Q.H. Wang wrote: Surely before this everything is unmounted or stopped.  Thus I have to shut it down manually and then turn it on.  There is no any problem at all when directly shutting it down. I use a Compaq presario 2811, installed just with Mandrake

Re: [newbie] OT: F@H/BOINC was: Starting folding at home automatically... Charlie

2004-08-11 Thread C. Tresenriter
On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 18:11:58 -0700 Roland Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have they got a Boinc client yet? The Seti group are going to the Boinc Boinc client in order to share the many pc's that currently run Seti. Roly Did a bit of research and found this. Similar aims as [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Auto-completion for the command line

2004-08-11 Thread Josenildo Marques
Em Qua, 2004-08-11 s 11:06, Paul Smith escreveu: Dear All Is there some program to provide auto-completion for the command line (bash)? Thanks in advance, Paul urpmi bash-completion HTH -- Josenildo Marques ICQ 289971493 +++ Homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net usurio Linux registrado

Re: [newbie] Problems with sound

2004-08-11 Thread M.Schild
Oh, that's a link to /dev/asound/dsp. Try 'ls -l /dev/asound/dsp'. ls: /dev/asound/dsp: no such file or directory Have you run Mandrake update yet? System - configuration - packaging - Mandrake update. Maybe after all updates have been installed the problem goes away. No. My phone line has

Re: [newbie] OT: F@H/BOINC was: Starting folding at home automatically... Charlie

2004-08-11 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 11 August 2004 13:51:01, C. Tresenriter wrote: whack Did a bit of research and found this. Similar aims as [EMAIL PROTECTED] and is on BOINC Still in alpha-test stage. http://predictor.scripps.edu/ Thanks for the info. Since I'm

Re: [newbie] Auto-completion for the command line

2004-08-11 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday 11 August 2004 09:06 am, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All Is there some program to provide auto-completion for the command line (bash)? Thanks in advance, Paul 'urpmi bash-completion'(??) Adds back in funtionality that those that are smarter than us think is useless

[newbie] Error 255

2004-08-11 Thread Roy Babin
Can anybody tell me what Unknown error 255 is when using K3B? Thanking anyone who may tell me.Roy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Problems with sound

2004-08-11 Thread Frans Ketelaars
On Wednesday 11 August 2004 22:10, M.Schild wrote: Oh, that's a link to /dev/asound/dsp. Try 'ls -l /dev/asound/dsp'. ls: /dev/asound/dsp: no such file or directory Have you run Mandrake update yet? System - configuration - packaging - Mandrake update. Maybe after all updates have been

Re: [newbie] KDE won't open folders but Gnome will

2004-08-11 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Monday 09 August 2004 12:50, Julie Sloan wrote: On Monday 09 August 2004 12:30 pm, Charlie Mahan wrote: On Sunday 08 August 2004 21:52:09, Julie Sloan wrote: That was my fault. When I install a system one of the first things I do is change the display manager from mdkkdm to kdm.

[newbie] Scream!

2004-08-11 Thread SME Server Admin
There are some days I want to scream at this setup! I've got Mandrake 10 and Windows XP They'd both been rebooted recently, and setup the shares again in LinNeighbourhood. Fine. Linux saw the XP drives, so I copied a file over, checked, it was there. So I moved 400mb of documents and some

[newbie] Some cool shots of X.org

2004-08-11 Thread JoeHill
Is this stuff implemented in the current version of x.org?! Either way, very nice eye candy! http://freedesktop.org/~keithp/screenshots/ -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 18:26:58 up 7 days, 18:09, 9 users, load average: 1.65, 1.45, 1.33 +++ Saddam

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10.0 reboot hanging up

2004-08-11 Thread Jason Riker
On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 10:52, Bryan Phinney wrote: If I had to make a guess, I would say that you are having problems with either ACPI or lack of ACPI on the box. I'll second this thought. I have the Presario 2110US with ACPI enabled (you have to enable it on the last page of the install

Re: [newbie] OT: F@H/BOINC was: Starting folding at home automatically... Charlie

2004-08-11 Thread BJ Tracy
On Wednesday 11 August 2004 04:02 pm, Charlie Mahan wrote: On Wednesday 11 August 2004 13:51:01, C. Tresenriter wrote: whack Charlie SNIP Hey Charlie, Thanks for all your help. Got Mandrake re-installed and think everything is ok. Had to do it a couple of times due to all my hard disk

[newbie] test....please ignore

2004-08-11 Thread John Drouhard
testing a mail setup.. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] OT: F@H/BOINC was: Starting folding at home automatically... Charlie

2004-08-11 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 11 August 2004 19:13:07, BJ Tracy wrote: On Wednesday 11 August 2004 04:02 pm, Charlie Mahan wrote: On Wednesday 11 August 2004 13:51:01, C. Tresenriter wrote: whack Charlie SNIP Hey Charlie, Thanks for all your help. Got

Re: [newbie] Error 255

2004-08-11 Thread charlie
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 07:15 pm, Roy Babin wrote: Can anybody tell me what Unknown error 255 is when using K3B? Thanking anyone who may tell me.Roy Not certain about this, but when k3b can't umount the drive so that it can burn. Had something like this when I still had fam running and

[newbie] Mounting an external usb dvd-writer?

2004-08-11 Thread NabilM
Can some one please guide me through the mounting process? I had a USB flash drive, and Mandrake 9.2 used mount it automatically. For some time, it has also stopped doing that. Thats perhaps because I tried to un-mount it once and messed its auto-mount system. Not sure though. Is there

Re: [newbie] Problems with sound

2004-08-11 Thread M.Schild
Oops, sorry, that should have been 'ls -l /dev/sound/dsp'. I thought so...later this is what I get: crw--- 1 ms audio 14, 3 Jan 1 1970 /dev/sound/dsp all double dutch to me :-) Maryse Want to buy your Pack or Services from