[newbie] update installation

2004-09-04 Thread john
Hello I am updating md10 and keep getting a conflict message for the cups printer file and the printer utilites file. When trying to install together or indivually, the message says that installation failed due to one conflicting with the other. Since neither has installed, I don't see how

Re: [newbie] linux utility to fix partition table

2004-09-04 Thread SnapafunFrank
Asa Rossoff wrote: PM wrote: On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 23:56, Johan Sch wrote: Hi, While rsyncing data to my second drive for backup it went into forever . the disk light stayed on and the box hanged. The only recourse was to press the reset switch. So to be on the safe side I booted with the cdrom

Re: [newbie] KDE - KPPP

2004-09-04 Thread SnapafunFrank
John Rye wrote: On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:04:36 +1200 SnapafunFrank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David wrote: I've just recently upgraded to MDK 10 Official and have upgraded all my kde files. Since installing 'kdenetwork-kppp-3.2-17.1.100mdk.i586.rpm' I've experience problems with the dialler.

Re: [newbie] linux utility to fix partition table

2004-09-04 Thread Vincent Voois
SnapafunFrank wrote: Asa Rossoff wrote: PM wrote: On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 23:56, Johan Sch wrote: Hi, While rsyncing data to my second drive for backup it went into forever . the disk light stayed on and the box hanged. The only recourse was to press the reset switch. So to be on the safe side I

Re: [newbie] Okay, one more on SP2...

2004-09-04 Thread et
On Friday 03 September 2004 00:15, Carroll Grigsby wrote: My parents taught me that I should never ever laugh at the misery of others. But then they knew nothing of Microsoft. that's a sig if there ever was... -- linux counter #167806 Want

Re: [newbie] Update site for Mandrake 10 official

2004-09-04 Thread Al James
snip Many thanks, have gone with the download all optionI love this broadband stuff..Wish it was available in New Zealand :(:(:(:( Regards Al I'm wondering how mant CD's were required? -- Regards: Hoyt Not including Mandrake itself. 12 cds for Main,PLF,Contrib and Updates. after

RE: [newbie] update installation

2004-09-04 Thread Bill Shirley
urpmi cups-drivers printer-utils HTH, Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of john Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 7:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] update installation Hello I am updating md10 and keep getting a

Re: [newbie] System locks up every 10days

2004-09-04 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 03 September 2004 04:06 pm, Chris wrote: 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

Re: [newbie] System locks up every 10days

2004-09-04 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 03 September 2004 04:06 pm, Chris wrote: Sep  3 14:18:21 cpollock sensord:   SYS Temp: 40.0 C (limit = 49.7 C, hysteresis = 39.9 C) Sep  3 14:18:21 cpollock sensord:   SBr Temp: 26.0 C (limit = 65.4 C, hysteresis = 59.9 C) I forgot to deal with this in my last reply. For your

Re: [newbie] IMAP server?

2004-09-04 Thread Peter Davis
Tony S. Sykes wrote: I've been using e-mail for over 2 decades, and even though I haven't saved everything, I have several Gb of mail stored up in various formats (basically MH or mbox). I continue to get hundreds of messages a day, and after killing the spam, I keep maybe half of what's

Re: [newbie] Modem needed for UK Broadband

2004-09-04 Thread John Richard Smith
Much has been written on this thread about, Speedtouch 330 USB DSL modem Netgear DM602 router/modem but a preliminary search on some uk suppliers this afternoon suggests the Netgear DM602 router/modem is no longer available here in the uk. The model most often suggested is the, NETGEAR DG834

[newbie] Disk Space Left?

2004-09-04 Thread Steve
Hi, I'm using Mandrake 10.0 with KDE. Where Can I find how much disk space I have left? Thank you, Steve

Re: [newbie] Update site for Mandrake 10 official

2004-09-04 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Saturday 04 September 2004 08:21 am, Al James wrote: snip Many thanks, have gone with the download all optionI love this broadband stuff..Wish it was available in New Zealand :(:(:(:( Regards Al I'm wondering how mant CD's were required? Not including Mandrake itself.

Re: [newbie] Disk Space Left?

2004-09-04 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Saturday 04 September 2004 17:34, Steve wrote: Hi, I'm using Mandrake 10.0 with KDE. Where Can I find how much disk space I have left? Thank you, Steve In a terminal : df Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux

Re: [newbie] Disk Space Left?

2004-09-04 Thread Ian
On Saturday 04 Sep 2004 16:34, Steve wrote: Hi, I'm using Mandrake 10.0 with KDE. Where Can I find how much disk space I have left? System/Configuration/KDE/Information/Sorage Devices works here :-) I'm sure there will be a quicker way...if its just your Home dir.right click and

Re: [newbie] Disk Space Left?

2004-09-04 Thread Johan Sch
On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 08:34:45 -0700 Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm using Mandrake 10.0 with KDE. Where Can I find how much disk space I have left? Thank you, Steve *** Try.. df -h. All mounted partitions will be shown with usage and what is left. -- Johan

Re: [newbie] Modem needed for UK Broadband

2004-09-04 Thread PM
On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 18:35, John Richard Smith wrote: Much has been written on this thread about, Speedtouch 330 USB DSL modem Netgear DM602 router/modem but a preliminary search on some uk suppliers this afternoon suggests the Netgear DM602 router/modem is no longer available here in

Re: [newbie] Modem needed for UK Broadband

2004-09-04 Thread Richard Urwin
On Saturday 04 Sep 2004 4:35 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Of course this equipement isn't only a router/modem but also a 4 port 10/100 LAN switch. I could just about cope with a 4port put this leaves me with no room for expansion. I already have a DES1008D 8 port D-link . Is it then possible

Re: [newbie] Completely out of space - major problem!

2004-09-04 Thread Terence Golightly
On Mon, 2004-08-30 at 11:28, Derek Jennings wrote: Install 'fsv' from a contrib mirror and you will be able to visualise where all your drive space is being consumed. (Fsv is like the scene in Jurassic Park where the little girl says This is Unix. I can use this! and then flies through a

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

2004-09-04 Thread Terence Golightly
On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 16:28, Kaj Haulrich wrote: 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

[newbie] Can't log in

2004-09-04 Thread Aron
How do I recover my password (user) I have the root password? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Completely out of space - major problem!

2004-09-04 Thread Richard Urwin
On Saturday 04 Sep 2004 2:56 pm, Terence Golightly wrote: On Mon, 2004-08-30 at 11:28, Derek Jennings wrote: Install 'fsv' from a contrib mirror and you will be able to visualise where all your drive space is being consumed. (Fsv is like the scene in Jurassic Park where the little girl

Re: [newbie] Can't log in

2004-09-04 Thread Richard Urwin
On Saturday 04 Sep 2004 5:47 pm, Aron wrote: How do I recover my password (user) I have the root password? Unless you want to run a cracker program, you don't. It's a one-way encryption. Far easier to change it. See man passwd On second thoughts, that is far too obscure. (Who writes those

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

2004-09-04 Thread Aron
On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 07:00, Terence Golightly wrote: On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 16:28, Kaj Haulrich wrote: 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

Re: [newbie] Can't log in

2004-09-04 Thread Aron
On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 09:51, Richard Urwin wrote: On Saturday 04 Sep 2004 5:47 pm, Aron wrote: How do I recover my password (user) I have the root password? Unless you want to run a cracker program, you don't. It's a one-way encryption. Far easier to change it. See man passwd On

Re: [newbie] Modem needed for UK Broadband

2004-09-04 Thread John Richard Smith
PM wrote: On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 18:35, John Richard Smith wrote: Much has been written on this thread about, Speedtouch 330 USB DSL modem Netgear DM602 router/modem but a preliminary search on some uk suppliers this afternoon suggests the Netgear DM602 router/modem is no longer available here

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

2004-09-04 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Saturday 04 September 2004 19:14, Aron wrote: 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 meters, try it. It is spectacular and gives you a warm, inner joy.

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

2004-09-04 Thread aron Smith
On Saturday 04 September 2004 11:33 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Saturday 04 September 2004 19:14, Aron wrote: 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 meters, try

Re: [newbie] update installation

2004-09-04 Thread Martin Foster
On Saturday 04 Sep 2004 12:25, john wrote: Hello I am updating md10 and keep getting a conflict message for the cups printer file and the printer utilites file. When trying to install together or indivually, the message says that installation failed due to one conflicting with the other.

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

2004-09-04 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Saturday 04 September 2004 02:45 pm, aron Smith wrote: On Saturday 04 September 2004 11:33 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Saturday 04 September 2004 19:14, Aron wrote: snip We just finished a 3 month shutdown of our range You wouldnot believe the amount of lead we recovered especially from the

Re: [newbie] update installation

2004-09-04 Thread Margot
Martin Foster wrote: On Saturday 04 Sep 2004 12:25, john wrote: Hello I am updating md10 and keep getting a conflict message for the cups printer file and the printer utilites file. When trying to install together or indivually, the message says that installation failed due to one conflicting with

Re: [newbie] Re: Specific software to write FAQs

2004-09-04 Thread Paul Smith
Björn Lundin wrote: Is there some specific software to write FAQs? I think docbook has a questions and answers set I thank you, Björn, and all people who answered my question. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[newbie] Looking for a WYSIWYG DocBook editor

2004-09-04 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Could you please advise me a good WYSIWYG DocBook editor? 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] Can't log in

2004-09-04 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 02:47, Aron wrote: How do I recover my password (user) I have the root password? Login as root. Once done, su to your user account: su aron (it won't ask for a password) Once done, type: passwd Enter a new password (or the old one) twice Exit from su, exit from the

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

2004-09-04 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Saturday 04 September 2004 01:14 pm, Aron wrote: On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 07:00, Terence Golightly wrote: On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 16:28, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Friday 03 September 2004 20:54, Vincent Voois wrote: I thought they where a good serve as a cup-placemat. snip Using Win CDs

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

2004-09-04 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Saturday 04 September 2004 07:07 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Saturday 04 September 2004 01:14 pm, Aron wrote: On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 07:00, Terence Golightly wrote: On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 16:28, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Friday 03 September 2004 20:54, Vincent Voois wrote: I thought

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

2004-09-04 Thread JoeHill
On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 20:07:00 -0400 Carroll Grigsby disseminated the following: I thought they where a good serve as a cup-placemat. snip Using Win CDs for target practice is not good destroys the environment (the M$ crap not the target practice) ;-) What's wrong with the

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

2004-09-04 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 20:30, JoeHill wrote: On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 20:07:00 -0400 Carroll Grigsby disseminated the following: I thought they where a good serve as a cup-placemat. snip Using Win CDs for target practice is not good destroys the environment (the M$ crap not the

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

2004-09-04 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Saturday 04 September 2004 07:30 pm, JoeHill wrote: On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 20:07:00 -0400 Carroll Grigsby disseminated the following: I thought they where a good serve as a cup-placemat. snip Using Win CDs for target practice is not good destroys the environment (the M$ crap

Re: [newbie] Completely out of space - major problem!

2004-09-04 Thread Eric Huff
Install 'fsv' from a contrib mirror and you will be able to visualise where all your drive space is being consumed. (Fsv is like the scene in Jurassic Park where the little girl says This is Unix. I can use this! and then flies through a 3D visualisation of a file system.) That is