Re: [newbie] Using Midnight Commander

2004-10-14 Thread Aron Smith
On Thursday 14 October 2004 05:38 pm, Amichai Rotman wrote: > What kind of an answer is that ?! > > Someone invests some time sending a legitimate question and you don't have > the decency to show some respect ?! > > If you have nothing to say - don't say it !! > > And now for the answer: > > It is

Re: [newbie] Default Terminal

2004-10-14 Thread Miark
On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 06:23:13 +1000, Stephen wrote: > On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 00:52, JoeHill wrote: > > Okay, I've tried google.ca/linux, the list archives, and the Twiki (perhaps not > > aggressively enough) > > > > Anyone got a quick answer as to how to change the default terminal, globally > > an

Re: [newbie] ProFTPD?

2004-10-14 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 15:47, Miark wrote: > On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:41:20 -0500, Eric wrote: > > > I want to set up my /var/www/html directory with limited FTP access. I > > can't figure out or find howtos on the webmin module for proftpd, and > > apparently I don't know how to work the /etc/pro

Re: [newbie] Graphical interface and choosing mount points

2004-10-14 Thread JoeHill
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:10:53 -0700 st disseminated the following: > The monitor is competely black, looks the same way it does in standby mode > in Windows. The buttons don't work (they did before in Linux when I had > graphical interface and they still do in Windows). There is no command line

Re: [newbie] Using Midnight Commander

2004-10-14 Thread Amichai Rotman
What kind of an answer is that ?! Someone invests some time sending a legitimate question and you don't have the decency to show some respect ?! If you have nothing to say - don't say it !! And now for the answer: It is possible to change the colors, but it will require some reading of the Mi

Re: [newbie] Using Midnight Commander

2004-10-14 Thread Aron Smith
On Thursday 14 October 2004 02:56 pm, et wrote: > On Thursday 14 October 2004 17:09, Aron Smith wrote: > > I like MC except for that horrible color scheme any simple way to change > > it to one with higher contrast? > > yes so enlighten me i rtfmed now i'm just confused ___

Re: [newbie] Graphical interface and choosing mount points

2004-10-14 Thread st
At 03:55 PM 13/10/2004, you wrote: On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 11:19:45 -0700 st disseminated the following: > Using either Gnome or KDE the screen left unused a strip of about one inch > on the left side of the screen. I tried solving this by changing the > graphical interface configurations. I experiment

Re: [newbie] Default Terminal

2004-10-14 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 06:46, JoeHill wrote: > On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 06:23:13 +1000 > > > > Okay, I've tried google.ca/linux, the list archives, and the Twiki (perhaps > > > not > > > aggressively enough) > > > > > > Anyone got a quick answer as to how to change the default terminal, globally > > >

Re: [newbie] Using Midnight Commander

2004-10-14 Thread et
On Thursday 14 October 2004 17:09, Aron Smith wrote: > I like MC except for that horrible color scheme any simple way to change it > to one with higher contrast? yes -- linux counter #167806 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

[newbie] Using Midnight Commander

2004-10-14 Thread Aron Smith
I like MC except for that horrible color scheme any simple way to change it to one with higher contrast? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com __

Re: [newbie] Default Terminal

2004-10-14 Thread JoeHill
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 13:38:48 -0700 John Wilson disseminated the following: > > Ya are jokin, ain't ya? > > > > set $TERM = whateveryouwant > > > > -- > > stephen kuhn > > that's too damn simple. Complexity! He wants complexity and endless > scripting dammit!:) LOL! Ya, when 'set default termi

Re: [newbie] Default Terminal

2004-10-14 Thread JoeHill
On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 06:23:13 +1000 > > Okay, I've tried google.ca/linux, the list archives, and the Twiki (perhaps > > not > > aggressively enough) > > > > Anyone got a quick answer as to how to change the default terminal, globally > > and/or per-user? > > Ya are jokin, ain't ya? Sadly, no...I

Re: [newbie] Default Terminal

2004-10-14 Thread John Wilson
On October 14, 2004 01:23 pm, Stephen Kühn wrote: > On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 00:52, JoeHill wrote: > > Okay, I've tried google.ca/linux, the list archives, and the Twiki > > (perhaps not aggressively enough) > > > > Anyone got a quick answer as to how to change the default terminal, > > globally and/o

Re: [newbie] Default Terminal

2004-10-14 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 00:52, JoeHill wrote: > Okay, I've tried google.ca/linux, the list archives, and the Twiki (perhaps not > aggressively enough) > > Anyone got a quick answer as to how to change the default terminal, globally > and/or per-user? Ya are jokin, ain't ya? set $TERM = whateveryou

Re: [newbie] Excluding RPMs

2004-10-14 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 14 October 2004 21:43, Miark wrote: > Is there a way to configure urpmi to ignore certain > RPMs when I do a "urpmi --auto-select"? > > Miark Yes with the --skip optiondo "urpmi --help" and you'll see the options on offer and after that "man urpmi" for more indepth infoit'

Re: [newbie] ProFTPD?

2004-10-14 Thread Miark
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:41:20 -0500, Eric wrote: > I want to set up my /var/www/html directory with limited FTP access. I > can't figure out or find howtos on the webmin module for proftpd, and > apparently I don't know how to work the /etc/proftp.conf file because > the changes I make seem to

[newbie] Excluding RPMs

2004-10-14 Thread Miark
Is there a way to configure urpmi to ignore certain RPMs when I do a "urpmi --auto-select"? Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] ProFTPD?

2004-10-14 Thread Todd Slater
On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 10:41:20AM -0500, Eric Scott wrote: > Heya. I have a server at work running Mandrake 9.2. I'm administering > it remotely through webmin/vnc/ssh and all that fun stuff. Here's the > problem: > I want to set up my /var/www/html directory with limited FTP access. I > can

[newbie] ProFTPD?

2004-10-14 Thread Eric Scott
Heya. I have a server at work running Mandrake 9.2. I'm administering it remotely through webmin/vnc/ssh and all that fun stuff. Here's the problem: I want to set up my /var/www/html directory with limited FTP access. I can't figure out or find howtos on the webmin module for proftpd, and ap

[newbie] Default Terminal

2004-10-14 Thread JoeHill
Okay, I've tried google.ca/linux, the list archives, and the Twiki (perhaps not aggressively enough) Anyone got a quick answer as to how to change the default terminal, globally and/or per-user? -- JoeHill RLU / #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 10:44:46 up 71 days, 10:33, 8 users, load average

Re: [newbie] Dual booting with XP [Solved]

2004-10-14 Thread Johan
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:24:22 +0100 Keith Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you all for your suggestions regarding not being able to install > Mandrake on a hard drive which already had XP on it. When trying to install, > the machine just rebooted into XP. > > It was solved by starting t

Re: [newbie] partition mounting

2004-10-14 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 14 Oct 2004 12:27, Thereidos wrote: > W liÅcie z czw, 14-10-2004, godz. 12:47, kress pisze: > > Dear members, > > thanks alot for your help, Iam very happy now that I got the right > > mount line to be put in the /etc/fstab which is > > /dev/hda6 /partition vfat umask=0,iocharset=utf8,c

Re: [newbie] partition mounting

2004-10-14 Thread Thereidos
W liście z czw, 14-10-2004, godz. 12:47, kress pisze: > Dear members, > thanks alot for your help, Iam very happy now that I got the right > mount line to be put in the /etc/fstab which is > /dev/hda6 /partition vfat umask=0,iocharset=utf8,codepage=852 0 0 Remember that I think this _should_ work

[newbie] Too much RAM/Too much free time

2004-10-14 Thread Paul Kaplan
It looks like I should be able to run a screensaver as my desktop background under kde 3.2.  How would I specify a particular screen saver module?  What about a module for XScreensaver?  Any idea if I could specify different modules for different screens under Xinerama? TIA Paul ___

Re: [newbie] partition mounting

2004-10-14 Thread kress
Dear members, thanks alot for your help, Iam very happy now that I got the right mount line to be put in the /etc/fstab which is /dev/hda6 /partition vfat umask=0,iocharset=utf8,codepage=852 0 0 thank you very very much. Love from, askress2009Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thursday 14 Oc

Re: [newbie] partition mounting

2004-10-14 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 14 Oct 2004 09:09, Thereidos wrote: > W liÅcie z czw, 14-10-2004, godz. 08:08, kress pisze: > > Dear members, > > Can any one tell me how to mount a partition under mandrake 9.0 to be > > read as isocharset utf8, and I want to know the full mount form to be > > put in the /etc/fstab > >

Re: [newbie] kdetv

2004-10-14 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 14 October 2004 06:11, Joseph Gregory Croes wrote: > I have > P4 2GHZ Processor > 358 MB RAM > Geforce 3 500TI > Wintv Theater tuner card > Mandrake 10.0 > > And my problem is that I can get Kde tv working. I supose that mandrake > has a new kernel and the modules comes build in mandra

Re: [newbie] partition mounting

2004-10-14 Thread Thereidos
W liście z czw, 14-10-2004, godz. 08:08, kress pisze: > Dear members, > Can any one tell me how to mount a partition under mandrake 9.0 to be > read as isocharset utf8, and I want to know the full mount form to be > put in the /etc/fstab What type of partition? Let's say it's a FAT on /dev/hda6 t

Re: [newbie] Dual booting with XP [Solved]

2004-10-14 Thread Keith Powell
Thank you all for your suggestions regarding not being able to install Mandrake on a hard drive which already had XP on it. When trying to install, the machine just rebooted into XP. It was solved by starting the Mandrake installation with Disk2. When asked which CD drive to use for installatio