[newbie] Off Topic?

2004-09-28 Thread Stephen Kühn
Anyone know the address for re-addressing the off-toping crud? -- stephen kuhn __ mobile 0410.728.389 GNU/Linux, GPL and OpenSource alternatives for the public __ *

Re: [newbie] Off Topic?

2004-09-28 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 06:42, Stephen Kühn wrote: Today 06:42:36 Anyone know the address for re-addressing the off-toping crud? -- stephen kuhn Gee, it was so quiet over here I thought the list was down ...own own ..own! Judging by the echo, this hall of fame is has just been

[newbie] 10.1 sound volume 'problem'

2004-09-28 Thread Azrael
I just did my first fresh install of 10.1 (keeping my former /home), and everything is working well, except for an issue with the volume. In xine, or mplayer, when I try to change the volume, the volume does not get quieter or louder. If I use the gnome volume panel applet, ditto, can't change

[newbie] Looking for a converter from WMV to MPG

2004-09-28 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I am looking for a converter from WMV to MPG. Any ideas? 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] Off Topic?

2004-09-28 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Monday 27 September 2004 23:42, Stephen Kühn wrote: Anyone know the address for re-addressing the off-toping crud? /dev/null or spam folder. -- Regards; Hoyt Registered Linux User #363264 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or

[newbie] OT - Mac OSX anyone?

2004-09-28 Thread Todd Slater
Anyone on the list use a Mac with OSX? I'm about to get one at work and was wondering how easy it is to use the FreeBSD under the hood--such as for installing apps I'm accustomed to like vcdimager, instiki, and others. Todd -- Name that tune #7: A lot of people don't have much food on their

[newbie] shorewall samba

2004-09-28 Thread Paul Kaplan
Since I installed shorewall, I am unable to get to administer samba through samba-swat (http://localhost:901). The error I get says the browser could not connect to host localhost (port 901). Any ideas? TIA Paul Want to buy your Pack or

[newbie] Verbatim USB Drive 512MB

2004-09-28 Thread Phil Savoie
Hi All, I can't seem to get the USB drive/stick to be writable. the fstab entry for this is: none /mnt/removable supermount dev=/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1,fs=ext2:vfat,exec,--,umask=000,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,dev,codepage=850,suid,kudzu 0 0 The umask is set to 000 but when I

[newbie] OpenOffice language problem

2004-09-28 Thread Russell W. Behne
I just tried to use OpenOffice for the first time in a long time. When I opened a .doc file OpenOffice started up in German. I prefer to use it in English, but can't find how to switch it to English. How do I do this? -- Mit freundlichen Gren, Russ. Visit my nursery:

RE: [newbie] Strange diff check ?

2004-09-28 Thread Bill Shirley
When in doubt: rpm -ql /usr/bin/lbp660 HTH, Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 8:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Strange diff check ? -Original

Re: [newbie] Off Topic?

2004-09-28 Thread M.Schild
is 10.1 really that good? -- yep 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] Problems mounting CD/DVD

2004-09-28 Thread Erylon Hines
On Monday 27 September 2004 01:40 am, Alexander Ruoff wrote: | Hi Bryan, | | thx for the help, but somehow it didn't solve the problem. I also got a | problem with my usb-stick, of which I have now 3 registered in fstab... | every time I insert the stick, it's getting a new registry in fstab. |

Re: [newbie] 10.0 official gremlins not seen before - SOLVED

2004-09-28 Thread Brian Parish
On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 01:34, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Tuesday 21 September 2004 16:34, Brian Parish wrote: Things work nicely overall except... Probably you've got old KDE .rc files (and such of the same for a few other apps). Rename your .kde file in your home directory and logout and in

Re: [newbie] Verbatim USB Drive 512MB

2004-09-28 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Monday 27 September 2004 18:43, Phil Savoie wrote: The umask is set to 000 but when I try to write as a user or as root I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED] removable]# pwd /mnt/removable [EMAIL PROTECTED] removable]# cp /etc/fstab . cp: cannot create regular file `./fstab': Read-only file system

RE: [newbie] Club iso vs. Download iso

2004-09-28 Thread Jamie Kerwick
Hi there, I would hazard a guess that the mandrake club CDs have slightly different splash screens during the installer (ie the static images that are displayed while installation is being done.) and also I would guess that there are hdlists for CDs 4-5 aswell. Perhaps these small differences

Re: [newbie] Off Topic?

2004-09-28 Thread Paul
Op Tue, 28 Sep 2004 08:29:48 -0400 schreef Lyvim Xaphir: What's off-toping crud? An anagram for off-topic ngrud. -- American beer is like making love in a canoe. It's f*cking close to water. http://www.nlpagan.net/linux.htm Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?

Re: [newbie] 10.1 sound volume 'problem'

2004-09-28 Thread John Richard Smith
Azrael wrote: I just did my first fresh install of 10.1 (keeping my former /home), and everything is working well, except for an issue with the volume. In xine, or mplayer, when I try to change the volume, the volume does not get quieter or louder. If I use the gnome volume panel applet,

Re: [newbie] Off Topic?

2004-09-28 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 00:42, Stephen Kühn wrote: Anyone know the address for re-addressing the off-toping crud? What's off-toping crud? LX Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the

[newbie] Databases

2004-09-28 Thread SME Server Admin
Hiya Folks I'm after a basic database program for Mandrake 10. It only needs about 5-10 fields but records wise could stretch on to several thousand records, and needs to allow imports from CSV files? Only for personal use... I've got Cross Office running MS Office 97 for access but it's slow

Re: [newbie] shorewall samba

2004-09-28 Thread kevin ferguson
Paul Kaplan wrote: Since I installed shorewall, I am unable to get to administer samba through samba-swat (http://localhost:901). The error I get says the browser could not connect to host localhost (port 901). Any ideas? TIA Paul

RE: [newbie] DNS Problems affter upgrade

2004-09-28 Thread Bill Shirley
Are you running bind? (The daemon is named). It sounds like your are if you are using rndc. When I upgraded from 10.0 OE to 10.1 CE my /etc/rndc.conf and my /etc/named.conf got massaged for me. rndc wouldn't work until I un-massaged it. Check if bind is running: ps aux | grep named Please post

[newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-28 Thread Sevatio
How does Real Player 10 compare with Helix Player? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] 10.1 sound volume 'problem'

2004-09-28 Thread Azrael
John Richard Smith wrote: Azrael wrote: I just did my first fresh install of 10.1 (keeping my former /home), and everything is working well, except for an issue with the volume. In xine, or mplayer, when I try to change the volume, the volume does not get quieter or louder. If I use the gnome

[newbie] Club iso vs. Download iso

2004-09-28 Thread Paul Kaplan
I noticed that the 10.1CE club isos (CDs 1-3)have different md5sums than the public download isos. Does anyone know what the differences are? Do the club isos contain different packages or have the public download isos been updated from the club isos? TIA Paul

Re: [newbie] OpenOffice language problem

2004-09-28 Thread Ron Hunter-Duvar
On September 27, 2004 18:53, Russell W. Behne wrote: I just tried to use OpenOffice for the first time in a long time. When I opened a .doc file OpenOffice started up in German. I prefer to use it in English, but can't find how to switch it to English. How do I do this? I just had the same

[newbie] quick question........

2004-09-28 Thread Ian
How do I convert an .ogm file to vcd? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Mandrake 10 Microsoft Free Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] shorewall samba

2004-09-28 Thread Brian Parish
On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 20:16, Paul Kaplan wrote: Since I installed shorewall, I am unable to get to administer samba through samba-swat (http://localhost:901). The error I get says the browser could not connect to host localhost (port 901). Any ideas? TIA Paul

Re: [newbie] MKD 10.1

2004-09-28 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 17:36, Drew Martin wrote: Hi All, I've just done a fresh install of 10.1 Com.It when very well,but I have a few questions. 1 Does anyone know off any update mirrors that are working? 2 Does anyone know off any base

Re: [newbie] 10.1 sound volume 'problem'

2004-09-28 Thread John Richard Smith
Azrael wrote: John Richard Smith wrote: Azrael wrote: I just did my first fresh install of 10.1 (keeping my former /home), and everything is working well, except for an issue with the volume. In xine, or mplayer, when I try to change the volume, the volume does not get quieter or louder. If I

Re: [newbie] OpenOffice language problem

2004-09-28 Thread Russell W. Behne
Today at 10:58, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: On September 27, 2004 18:53, Russell W. Behne wrote: I just tried to use OpenOffice for the first time in a long time. When I opened a .doc file OpenOffice started up in German. I prefer to use it in English, but can't find how to switch it to

Re: [newbie] Verbatim USB Drive 512MB

2004-09-28 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 00:43, Phil Savoie wrote: Hi All, I can't seem to get the USB drive/stick to be writable. the fstab entry for this is: none /mnt/removable supermount dev=/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1,fs=ext2:vfat,exec,--,umask=000,

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-28 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 12:59, Sevatio wrote: How does Real Player 10 compare with Helix Player? Neither one of them hold a candle to Mplayer. LX Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

Re: [newbie] Off Topic?

2004-09-28 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 15:00, M.Schild wrote: is 10.1 really that good? -- yep Maryse OK, started downloading as of today:) -- Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] MKD 10.1

2004-09-28 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 19:17, Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 28 September 2004 17:36, Drew Martin wrote: Hi All, I've just done a fresh install of 10.1 Com.It when very well,but I have a few questions. 1 Does anyone know off any update

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-28 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 20:05, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 12:59, Sevatio wrote: How does Real Player 10 compare with Helix Player? Neither one of them hold a candle to Mplayer. LX I second that. Mileage varies on other players, mplayer always just works on all sorts

[newbie] Re: Databases

2004-09-28 Thread Björn Lundin
SME Server Admin wrote: Hiya Folks I'm after a basic database program for Mandrake 10. It only needs about 5-10 fields but records wise could stretch on to several thousand records, and needs to allow imports from CSV files? Only for personal use... I've got Cross Office running MS

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-28 Thread Sevatio
So, you use Mplayer to play Real codecs? Sevatio H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Tuesday 28 September 2004 20:05, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 12:59, Sevatio wrote: How does Real Player 10 compare with Helix Player? Neither one of them hold a candle to Mplayer. LX I second that. Mileage

Re: [newbie] OpenOffice language problem {SOLVED}

2004-09-28 Thread Russell W. Behne
Today at 15:16, Russell W. Behne wrote: Today at 10:58, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: On September 27, 2004 18:53, Russell W. Behne wrote: I just tried to use OpenOffice for the first time in a long time. When I opened a .doc file OpenOffice started up in German. I prefer to use it in

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-28 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 21:42, Sevatio wrote: So, you use Mplayer to play Real codecs? Sevatio Frankly, they haven't crossed my path for the last 2 years. So I don't knowI doubt it. IIRC I did see them being used for TV over internet and used mozilla (with plugins) to view them.

Re: [newbie] MKD 10.1

2004-09-28 Thread Drew Martin
On Tuesday 28 Sep 2004 20:27, Derek Jennings wrote: MKD Thanks Derek, Sorted updates now and the URMPI stuff,it turns out that I had my soucres set for the mirrors in the UK which had not been update to the 10.1 tree. I will try the Nvidia install in

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-28 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 15:42, Sevatio wrote: So, you use Mplayer to play Real codecs? Sevatio Correct, and use the plf version of mplayer also. That will give you the best functionality. LX Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: Re: [newbie] Verbatim USB Drive 512MB

2004-09-28 Thread dennis
From: H.J.Bathoorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2004/09/28 Tue PM 12:56:10 CDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Verbatim USB Drive 512MB On Tuesday 28 September 2004 00:43, Phil Savoie wrote: Hi All, I can't seem to get the USB drive/stick to be writable. the fstab entry for

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-28 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 16:39, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Tuesday 28 September 2004 21:42, Sevatio wrote: So, you use Mplayer to play Real codecs? Sevatio Frankly, they haven't crossed my path for the last 2 years. So I don't knowI doubt it. Yes, I just played some cspan stuff today.

[newbie] gDesklets

2004-09-28 Thread Thereidos
Hi folks. I'm stuck with this one. I'm trying to make gdesklets work 'round here. I've tried gdesklets' 0.26 rpms for mdk 10.0 and when I tried to start gdesklets server it hanged. I've tried 0.30 and server did work but sensors' didn't (0.30 is for 10.1). Now I've compiled 0.26.2 and I've

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-28 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 22:57, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: Sounds like a wierd configuration was the culprit. It always is in my case, if mozilla and plugins are part of the recipe:) Anyhow my 10.0 is a mess so I'll give 10.1 a go tonight:) -- Good luck, HarM

Re: [newbie] Databases

2004-09-28 Thread John Layt
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:19, SME Server Admin wrote: Suggestions please? TIA Elwyn Some suggestions onthe frontend: rekall - probably your best bet knoda - also good kexi - still in early developement but very promising While most db frontends on Linux require a db server in the

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-28 Thread John Layt
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 02:59, Sevatio wrote: How does Real Player 10 compare with Helix Player? Helix Player only plays open codecs, RealPlayer 10 plays the proprietory Real codecs. As players, there's not much to either of them. As others have mentioned, MPlayer and Xine both play Real if you

Re: [newbie] .xsession-errors

2004-09-28 Thread Chris
On Sunday 26 September 2004 10:39 am, JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 09:35:33 -0500 Chris disseminated the following: Isn't that the purpose of 'logrotate'? Not to be picky or anything ;-) But would that take care of my .xsession-errors file thats located in my /home dir? It

Re: [newbie] MKD 10.1

2004-09-28 Thread John Wilson
On September 28, 2004 12:27 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 28 September 2004 19:17, Derek Jennings wrote: snip 1/ and 2/ There are no update mirrors for Community. Updated packages go into the main tree. Go here http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ to select an online source for 'main'

RE: [newbie] gDesklets

2004-09-28 Thread dgordon8
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thereidos Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 5:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] gDesklets Hi folks. I'm stuck with this one. I'm trying to make gdesklets work 'round here. I've

Re: [newbie] 10.1 sound volume 'problem'

2004-09-28 Thread Azrael
John Richard Smith wrote: Azrael wrote: John Richard Smith wrote: Azrael wrote: I just did my first fresh install of 10.1 (keeping my former /home), and everything is working well, except for an issue with the volume. In xine, or mplayer, when I try to change the volume, the volume does not get

[newbie] iso

2004-09-28 Thread Melvin M
Can anyone help me with an iso file?..i downloaded mandrake 10.1 and got all three disks but i dont know how to open them or instal Is there a difference in iso files or am i doing something wrong?..Hhhhep...Melvin

Re: [newbie] Off Topic?

2004-09-28 Thread et
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 11:13, Paul wrote: Op Tue, 28 Sep 2004 08:29:48 -0400 schreef Lyvim Xaphir: What's off-toping crud? An anagram for off-topic ngrud. hey. I resemble that remark... [EMAIL PROTECTED], -- linux counter #167806

Re: [newbie] Databases

2004-09-28 Thread SME Server Admin
On Tuesday 28 Sep 2004 01:19, SME Server Admin wrote: Thanks Björn Lundin and John Layt for your suggestions, I'll be looking into this now over the commming weeks to get it all running. Cheers, Elwyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] iso

2004-09-28 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 20:12, Melvin M wrote: Can anyone help me with an iso file?..i downloaded mandrake 10.1 and got all three disks but i dont know how to open them or instal Is there a difference in iso files or am i doing something

RE: [newbie] gDesklets

2004-09-28 Thread Dan Gordon
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have had this running before, im not at my computer atm but I think the first time you run gdesklets you have to tell it to run a display as well something like gdesklets

Re: [newbie] iso

2004-09-28 Thread Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 07:12 pm, Melvin M wrote: Can anyone help me with an iso file?..i downloaded mandrake 10.1 and got all three disks but i dont know how to open them or instal Is there a difference in iso files or am i doing something

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-28 Thread JoeHill
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:31:48 +0200 H.J.Bathoorn disseminated the following: I second that. Mileage varies on other players, mplayer always just works on all sorts of distro's and plays almost anything you throw at it. I'd be way pleased if you or anyone could tell me why this isn't

Re: [newbie] iso

2004-09-28 Thread Marc
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 07:12 pm, Melvin M wrote: Can anyone help me with an iso file?..i downloaded mandrake 10.1 and got all three disks but i dont know how to open them or instal Is there a difference in iso files or am i doing something

[newbie] Does anyone have a Canon Printer

2004-09-28 Thread Greg Meyer
that uses the T018 color ink cartridge. I have an 880C that uses the T020 and I bought a T018 by accident. I didn't realize it until I opened the package and tried to install it. It's brand new unused, just unsealed from the package for a few days. I'll offer it to one of my Mandrakelinux

[newbie] Adventures in 10.1

2004-09-28 Thread John Wilson
Hi all, There's an amazing lack of screaming about 10.1 CE which is very promising indeed. I've downloaded it and shared out till I've had the time to update which is today. The installation went very smoothly with everything setting up beautifully with the exception of a networked printer

[newbie] Mandrake 10 startup folder

2004-09-28 Thread Aidan Holmes
Sorry about the windows terminology but I cant think of any other way of describing it. Does anyone know how to set an application to run on startup like dragging the shortcut into the startup folder in Winblows? I like the volume control that used to sit in the system tray (is this correct

[newbie] ** Welcome to Newbie **

2004-09-28 Thread newbie
This is an automated weekly message mainly intended for people new to Mandrake's Newbie List. = In This Message = 1. General Mailing list info 2. List Archives 3. Leaving the list 4. List news 5. List Etiquette 6. Twiki

Re: [newbie] Helix vs. Real Player?

2004-09-28 Thread Eric Huff
I'd be way pleased if you or anyone could tell me why this isn't working: http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/thedailyshowwithjonstewart/ When I try to view a clip, I get 'loading movie...', but that turns out to be a damned lie! ;-) I either get what you got (new window, but no

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 startup folder

2004-09-28 Thread Greg Meyer
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 11:26 pm, Aidan Holmes wrote: Sorry about the windows terminology but I cant think of any other way of describing it. Does anyone know how to set an application to run on startup like dragging the shortcut into the startup folder in Winblows? I like the volume

Re: [newbie] Mozilla crashing sometimes...

2004-09-28 Thread Merlin Zener
On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 06:28, Margot wrote: [...snip] Merlin, I see you are still using Mandrake 9.0, which is rather old! Even 9.1 is no longer supported by Mandrake (since last week, when 10.1 Community was released). You'd probably be better off installing 10.0 or 10.1 - I have 10.0 on