Re: [newbie] Get the word out!

2004-09-03 Thread Vincent Voois
JoeHill wrote: A further disadvantage, Koetzle adds, is the perception that the company may not be as committed as some of its powerful competitors to providing Linux server products. Mandrakesoft is seen in the marketplace as always focusing on making a usable desktop Linux, leaving the Linux

Re: [newbie] Modem needed for UK Broadband

2004-09-03 Thread Poogle
On Thursday 02 Sep 2004 20:31, Margot wrote: Bryan Phinney wrote: On Thursday 02 September 2004 09:27 am, John Richard Smith wrote: OK then I bow to experience. Only I found in the device easy enough, but the with the network MCC still asks a lot of questions you don't know the answers to,

Re: [newbie] Modem needed for UK Broadband

2004-09-03 Thread Margot
Margot wrote: I've managed to track down what looks to be an ethical and reasonably-priced Broadband provider - www.thephone.coop - they assure me that their service will work with Linux (and their tech support didn't scream in horror when I asked!). They don't supply a modem. Can anyone

RE: [newbie] Modem needed for UK Broadband

2004-09-03 Thread Tony S. Sykes
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Brinkman Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 9:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem needed for UK Broadband On Thursday 02 September 2004 02:31 pm, Margot wrote: Bryan Phinney

[newbie] Specific software to write FAQs

2004-09-03 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Is there some specific software to write FAQs? Thanks in advance, 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] Modem needed for UK Broadband

2004-09-03 Thread John Richard Smith
Aron Smith wrote: On Thursday 02 September 2004 04:39 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Aron Smith wrote: . So then I need to network my other computers via this 8-pot 10/100Mbps switch DES-1008D, the so called D-Link, that is not so easy ? from each computer run the D-Link software

Re: [newbie] Modem needed for UK Broadband

2004-09-03 Thread Margot
Tony S. Sykes wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Brinkman Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 9:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem needed for UK Broadband On Thursday 02 September 2004 02:31 pm, Margot wrote: Bryan

Re: [newbie] Specific software to write FAQs

2004-09-03 Thread Margot
Paul Smith wrote: Dear All Is there some specific software to write FAQs? Thanks in advance, Paul Where do you want to publish them? If you want them on a website, you could try Mozilla Composer (part of the standard Mozilla package) - you can write your own HTML in it, or use the WYSIWYG, so

Re: [newbie] Modem needed for UK Broadband

2004-09-03 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Friday 03 September 2004 04:14, Margot wrote: Margot wrote: snip Can anyone recommend any books or online resources on hardware? VERY basic level please - along the lines of 'how not to ruin a perfectly good computer by sticking a screwdriver in the wrong place'! Many thanks to all who

Re: [newbie] Modem needed for UK Broadband

2004-09-03 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Friday 03 September 2004 05:14 am, Margot wrote: lotsa snipping I need to develop some hardware expertise. I've signed up with the local Adult Education Centre for 2 short courses designed for hardware 'newbies' - one on PC Upgrade and one on Home Networking. Good plan. By December, I

[newbie] Re: Specific software to write FAQs

2004-09-03 Thread Björn Lundin
Paul Smith wrote: Dear All Is there some specific software to write FAQs? Thanks in advance, Paul I think docbook has a questions and answers set /Björn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP

2004-09-03 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 03 September 2004 20:54, Vincent Voois wrote: I thought they where a good serve as a cup-placemat. J or M Montgomery wrote: On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:04:39 +0200 Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: am. Fifthly, some years ago she used some Windows-installation CDs for rifle

Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP

2004-09-03 Thread Vincent Voois
Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Friday 03 September 2004 20:54, Vincent Voois wrote: I thought they where a good serve as a cup-placemat. Windows-CDs absorb coffee, Coke and beer almost as bad as wisdom. On the other hand, if you've never seen one of those CDs take a hit from a 7,62 mm rifle at 300

[newbie] Trouble installing 10.1

2004-09-03 Thread Aron Smith
down loaded 10.1 RC2 but caint get it to install I get the message Kernal panic No INIT found Has anyone had this problem before TIA smitty Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club

Re: [newbie] System locks up every 10days

2004-09-03 Thread Chris
On Friday 03 September 2004 09:50 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: SYS = SBr On most all boards the SB temp is from a thermistor at or very near the boards main chipset. The warmest part of your motherboard. Usually taken from a pin on the chipset. Normally around 40C, should stay under 45C,

[newbie] Can only run mozilla as root

2004-09-03 Thread Scott Wagner
Hi I downloaded mozilla RPMs on my daughter's computer into her /home directory and installed them with rpmdrake. libnspr4-1.6-12mdk.i586 libnss3-1.6-12mdk.i586 mailcap-2.0.4-12mdk.noarch mozilla-1.6-12mdk.i586 I can only start the browser from the konsole if I su to root. The permissions of

Re: [newbie] Can only run mozilla as root

2004-09-03 Thread Paul
Op Fri, 03 Sep 2004 17:18:10 -0400 schreef Scott Wagner: I can only start the browser from the konsole if I su to root. The permissions of the executable are, When you run mozilla from a prompt as regular user, what messages do appear, if any? That might shed some light. Paul -- My Dad used

[newbie] recent updates

2004-09-03 Thread Charles A Edwards
Recently updated for Mdk 10.0 abiword-2.1.6-0.1mdk.i586.rpm abiword-plugin-abicommand-2.1.6-0.1mdk.i586.rpm abiword-plugin-abigimp-2.1.6-0.1mdk.i586.rpm abiword-plugin-aiksaurus-2.1.6-0.1mdk.i586.rpm abiword-plugin-babelfish-2.1.6-0.1mdk.i586.rpm

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.2 Update to GTK 2.4

2004-09-03 Thread Eric Huff
I have been meaning forever to see where to go to figure out how to get files to drag and drop out of sylpheed. For some reason, claws doesn't work in or out, but in regular sylpheed, you could put files in as an attachment, but still not out... A point of order!! If you are using

Re: [newbie] M$ has beaten Linux?

2004-09-03 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 16:22, Fajar Priyanto wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 http://www.forbes.com/enterprisetech/2004/08/31/cz_dl_0831msft.html F.U.D. -- stephen kuhn - proprietor __ illawarra computer

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.2 Update to GTK 2.4

2004-09-03 Thread Eric Huff
Oooh, tell us more. I use rox all the time, but haven't sent much time on the extra goodies. If you install ROX as a regular user, ie. from the source tarball, it automagically creates an ~/Apps and a ~/Choices dir, where you can drop all those handy and kewl apps for easy access, I get