Re: [newbie] File Systems

2004-10-29 Thread Brian Parish
On Sat, 2004-10-30 at 14:42, Greg wrote: > Is there a way to choose which one you want when you do a clean install I am > getting ready to replace my old 9.0 so I want to use the best one if posible >Just a little note Some people think better after 2 or 3 beers Or was that > five or

Re: [newbie] Updates for 10.1

2004-10-29 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 06:41:53 +0200 Marek Pawinski wrote: > Do these updates work for Community and Official or are they for > Official only ? They should work with either. Charles -- "Can you program?" "Well, I'm literate, if that's what you mean!" -- Mandrake Linux

Re: [newbie] File Systems

2004-10-29 Thread Greg
Is there a way to choose which one you want when you do a clean install I am getting ready to replace my old 9.0 so I want to use the best one if posible Just a little note Some people think better after 2 or 3 beers Or was that five or six Greg Stephen Kühn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

Re: [newbie] Updates for 10.1

2004-10-29 Thread Marek Pawinski
Charles A Edwards wrote: Updated rpms for Mdk 10.1 now available Charles Do these updates work for Community and Official or are they for Official only ? Marek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrake

[newbie] tar error when building root filesystem

2004-10-29 Thread Russell W. Behne
I'm trying to follow the instructions in http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/NFS-Root-3.html to build a root filesystem for a pair of boxes. Under ``3.2 Creation of the root filesystem'' it says to do ``tar cClf / - | tar xpCf /tftpboot - '', but I get this error message: tar: Cowardly refusing t

[newbie] Experiences Updating a 10.0 Box to 10.1 Using URPMI

2004-10-29 Thread Greg Meyer
I just went through an upgrade of my 10.0 desktop machine to 10.1 and learned a lot, and I thought I would post my experiences for anyone that might benefit from them. I used urpmi to make the upgrade over the network, and everything is up and running stable now, but I did have a few troubles.

Re: [newbie] First time posting for advice.

2004-10-29 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sat, 2004-10-30 at 13:34, JoeHill wrote: > On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 11:52:16 +1000 > Stephen Kühn disseminated the following: > > > Although I have many MANY window manglers/desktops installed, > > BTW, Waimea's back: > > http://freedesktop.org/software/waimea > > Can't build it, though, I'm way

Re: [newbie] First time posting for advice.

2004-10-29 Thread JoeHill
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 11:52:16 +1000 Stephen Kühn disseminated the following: > Although I have many MANY window manglers/desktops installed, BTW, Waimea's back: http://freedesktop.org/software/waimea Can't build it, though, I'm way behind on 9.2 methinks. Looks pretty cool. -- JoeHill / RLU #2

Re: [newbie] First time posting for advice.

2004-10-29 Thread JoeHill
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:49:34 -0700 Aron Smith disseminated the following: > Oh you just ran moaning goat monitor ;-) ? -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 23:16:55 up 86 days, 23:07, 6 users, load average: 0.33, 0.09, 0.03 +++ "If the Nuremberg laws were a

Re: [newbie] First time posting for advice.

2004-10-29 Thread Aron Smith
On Friday 29 October 2004 07:25 pm, JoeHill wrote: > On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 11:52:16 +1000 > > Stephen Kühn disseminated the following: > > Well pt! > > > > I hate things starting up without my expressly starting them. > > ...like when you start KDE? ;-) That was my point, .xinitrc, or whatever >

Re: [newbie] First time posting for advice.

2004-10-29 Thread JoeHill
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 11:52:16 +1000 Stephen Kühn disseminated the following: > Well pt! > > I hate things starting up without my expressly starting them. ...like when you start KDE? ;-) That was my point, .xinitrc, or whatever script is what allows you to do just that: be in total control.

Re: [newbie] First time posting for advice.

2004-10-29 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sat, 2004-10-30 at 10:20, JoeHill wrote: > On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:53:42 +1000 > Stephen Kühn disseminated the following: > > > > Got the message "Can not open display. Your DISPLAY Variable currently is > > > set > > > usename @computername username $" > > > > > > > > > What did I do wrong?

Re: [newbie] Hardware Question... broken Laptop case

2004-10-29 Thread Dennis Myers
On Friday 29 October 2004 06:20 am, Alexander Ruoff wrote: > Am Fr, den 29.10.2004 schrieb Dennis Myers um 2:24: > > On Thursday 28 October 2004 04:03 am, Alexander Ruoff wrote: > > > Hi all > > > > > > the laptop of my mum suffered a bit and now the case is broken in the > > > back where the scree

Re: [newbie] First time posting for advice.

2004-10-29 Thread JoeHill
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:53:42 +1000 Stephen Kühn disseminated the following: > > Got the message "Can not open display. Your DISPLAY Variable currently is > > set > > usename @computername username $" > > > > > > What did I do wrong? > > Install Xtart One prob with that route, at least when it

Re: [newbie] ISP question Century Tell

2004-10-29 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Friday 29 October 2004 10:06 am, Marc wrote: > Is any one else on the newbie list using Centurytel as a ISP with dsl service? > If so are you having problems with DSL and ML 10.1? > After ongoing problems for 2 weeks I am trying to track down if it is a local > or a wide spread problem. Ever

Re: [newbie] First time posting for advice.

2004-10-29 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sat, 2004-10-30 at 06:11, Pedro Blom wrote: > On Friday 29 October 2004 16.02, JoeHill wrote: > > On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:28:10 +0100 > > > > Derek Jennings disseminated the following: > > > (Yes Joe I know pekwm is better, but its not so easy to install) > > > > If he could build Fluxbox he coul

[newbie] Updates for 10.1

2004-10-29 Thread Charles A Edwards
Updated rpms for Mdk 10.1 now available dillo-0.8.3-0.1010.1mdk.i586.rpm gaim-1.0.2-0.1010mdk.cae.1.i586.rpm gaim-devel-1.0.2-0.1010mdk.cae.1.i586.rpm gaim-encrypt-1.0.2_2.32-0.1010.1mdk.cae.i586.rpm gaim-festival-1.0.2-0.1010mdk.cae.1.i586.rpm gaim-gevolution-1.0.2-0.1010mdk.cae.1.i586.rpm gaim

Re: [newbie] First time posting for advice.

2004-10-29 Thread JoeHill
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:28:24 -0400 JoeHill disseminated the following: > > What did I do wrong? > > In your home dir, create create a file called '.xinitrc'. > > edit the file like so: > > exec pekwm > > Save it, make it executable (chmod +x .xinitrc) > > then when you log in: > > 'startx'

Re: [newbie] First time posting for advice.

2004-10-29 Thread JoeHill
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 22:11:55 +0200 Pedro Blom disseminated the following: > What did I do wrong? In your home dir, create create a file called '.xinitrc'. edit the file like so: exec pekwm Save it, make it executable (chmod +x .xinitrc) then when you log in: 'startx' -- JoeHill / RLU #2820

Re: [newbie] First time posting for advice.

2004-10-29 Thread JoeHill
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:00:03 +0100 Derek Jennings disseminated the following: > > If he could build Fluxbox he could build Pekwm. > Yes he built it, but it didn't work. I got the impression the only problem was that it was not showing up in the login manager, maybe I misunderstood. > > I'm n

Re: [newbie] First time posting for advice.

2004-10-29 Thread Pedro Blom
On Friday 29 October 2004 16.02, JoeHill wrote: > On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:28:10 +0100 > > Derek Jennings disseminated the following: > > (Yes Joe I know pekwm is better, but its not so easy to install) > > If he could build Fluxbox he could build Pekwm. However, Pek is nowhere > near as easy to conf

Re: [newbie] First time posting for advice.

2004-10-29 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 29 October 2004 15:02, JoeHill wrote: > On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:28:10 +0100 > > Derek Jennings disseminated the following: > > (Yes Joe I know pekwm is better, but its not so easy to install) > > If he could build Fluxbox he could build Pekwm. Yes he built it, but it didn't work. > Howe

Re: [newbie] Internet Configuration

2004-10-29 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 29 Oct 2004 17:58, Kevin Ferguson wrote: > > Hi Mate > > Have you looked your /etc/resolv.conf what does it say in there? From > the command line type cat /etc/resolv.conf In there you should find the > DNS servers of your Internet Service Provider but I suspect its not > there. You sho

Re: [newbie] How to save a KDE session?

2004-10-29 Thread Rodolfo Medina
>Hi Rodolfo > >if you change the settings you will see in the kde menu just on top of >the option "log out" and "lock screen" the 'new' option "safe session". >This option is only visible to my knowledge of you change the session >management. > >Alex Thanks: your suggestion was right. From the kde

Re: [newbie] Internet Configuration

2004-10-29 Thread Kevin Ferguson
Anne Wilson wrote: And I forgot to point out your reply-to, which causes problems with list traffic. You don't need it - to understand more, please read http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette Anne

Re: [newbie] How to save a KDE session?

2004-10-29 Thread Alexander Ruoff
> Thanks, Alex: > > I know that option, but just for that I'm asking the question > of how to save a KDE session. > I mean, suppose I choose the second possibility, > i.e. to restore manually a saved session: > suppose I want to save the present session > to start with it at the next login: >

Re: [newbie] How to save a KDE session?

2004-10-29 Thread Rodolfo Medina
>> On my PC I have Mandrake 9.1, and I use KDE as graphical enviromnment. >> Does anybody know how I can save a KDE session? >> >> Thanks indeed, >> Rodolfo >Hi Rodolfo > >Under "Configure your Desktop" there is an option which is called >"Components / Session management" a

Re: [newbie] How to save a KDE session?

2004-10-29 Thread Alexander Ruoff
Hi Rodolfo Under "Configure your Desktop" there is an option which is called "Components / Session management" and there you have the option if you want to restore the previous session, a manually saved session or with a fresh session. Alex Am Fr, den 29.10.2004 schrieb Rodolfo Medina um 15:24

[newbie] ISP question Century Tell

2004-10-29 Thread Marc
Is any one else on the newbie list using Centurytel as a ISP with dsl service? If so are you having problems with DSL and ML 10.1? After ongoing problems for 2 weeks I am trying to track down if it is a local or a wide spread problem. Everything works fine with older ML distros and windoze but t

Re: [newbie] First time posting for advice.

2004-10-29 Thread JoeHill
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:28:10 +0100 Derek Jennings disseminated the following: > (Yes Joe I know pekwm is better, but its not so easy to install) If he could build Fluxbox he could build Pekwm. However, Pek is nowhere near as easy to configure I'll give you that, and of course once it's installed

[newbie] How to save a KDE session?

2004-10-29 Thread Rodolfo Medina
On my PC I have Mandrake 9.1, and I use KDE as graphical enviromnment. Does anybody know how I can save a KDE session? Thanks indeed, Rodolfo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandra

[newbie] experience with booting from an external USB HDD

2004-10-29 Thread Alexander Ruoff
Hi all, I think of getting an external HD and use it to 'test' and 'play' with other distributions or to play around with an unstable version without loosing the running system on my laptop. I checked if my Inspiron can boot from USB but when I changed the bios option to USB all which turns up in

Re: [newbie] Why is Open Office Writer so slow?

2004-10-29 Thread Alexander Ruoff
> I'm running 224Mb ram which I would have thougbt was enough. Although > vid memory is probably a bit light at 16Mb Hi Graham, since the OO problem is solved I just got one question... you got a 16 MB graphic card (which shouldn't be a problem... used 8 MB and 16 MB until very recently with bo

[newbie] 'Already in UTF8 mode' message appearing

2004-10-29 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Hi, all. When I log into my system (Mandrake Linux 9.1) as root, the following message appears: Already in UTF8 mode , and some latin characters, such as à, è, ù, etc, are not displayed. Any suggestion about how to work this problem out? Thanks, Rodolfo ___

Re: [newbie] Hardware Question... broken Laptop case

2004-10-29 Thread Alexander Ruoff
Am Fr, den 29.10.2004 schrieb Dennis Myers um 2:24: > On Thursday 28 October 2004 04:03 am, Alexander Ruoff wrote: > > Hi all > > > > the laptop of my mum suffered a bit and now the case is broken in the > > back where the screen is attached to the case. Since the hardware is > > still fine I just

Re: [newbie] For all with usb problems

2004-10-29 Thread Alexander Ruoff
> 10.1 official is out, bittorrent is running reasonably fast, have fun. Don't know, I always have troubles using bittorrent. I really do prefer ftp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

Re: [newbie] Always ending up IceWM

2004-10-29 Thread Alexander Ruoff
Am Fr, den 29.10.2004 schrieb Erylon Hines um 4:02: > On Thursday 28 October 2004 11:16 am, emir limar wrote: > | Hi people, > | I installed MDK 10.1 to my HP Vectra Pentium 133 MH. 64 RAM, 1.2 Gig Box. > | Problem is i am not able to see any program except IceWM and some useles > | 3-4 programs wh

Re: [newbie] CLI client for MSN?

2004-10-29 Thread Anders Lind
> Comand Line Interface. > > My english is better all ready. God morning everybody. Best wishes from > Sweden. Another swede I see hehehe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

Re: [newbie] CLI client for MSN?

2004-10-29 Thread Anders Lind
> Sorry, didnt read the question to carefully. > What does CLI stand for? Command Line Interface Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com _

Re: [newbie] CLI client for MSN?

2004-10-29 Thread Pedro Blom
On Friday 29 October 2004 11.59, Pedro Blom wrote: > On Friday 29 October 2004 11.55, Pedro Blom wrote: > > On Friday 29 October 2004 11.04, Anders Lind wrote: > > > Hello friends, > > > > > > does anyone know about a CLI client for MSN. > > > > > > Cheers > > > Anders > > > http://swedebear.blogsp

[newbie] CLI is... (was CLI client for MSN?)

2004-10-29 Thread Paul
Op Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:59:28 +0200 schreef Pedro Blom: >What does CLI stand for? Command Line Interface. This is the prompt you use in an x-term. Paul -- Tact, n.: The unsaid part of what you're thinking. http://www.nlpagan.net/linux.htm Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? __

Re: [newbie] CLI client for MSN?

2004-10-29 Thread Anders Lind
> amsn > kmerlin > kopete > gaim Thanks, but they are X-clients /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com __

Re: [newbie] CLI client for MSN?

2004-10-29 Thread Pedro Blom
On Friday 29 October 2004 11.55, Pedro Blom wrote: > On Friday 29 October 2004 11.04, Anders Lind wrote: > > Hello friends, > > > > does anyone know about a CLI client for MSN. > > > > Cheers > > Anders > > http://swedebear.blogspot.com > > amsn > kmerlin > kopete > gaim Sorry, didnt read the que

Re: [newbie] CLI client for MSN?

2004-10-29 Thread Pedro Blom
On Friday 29 October 2004 11.04, Anders Lind wrote: > Hello friends, > > does anyone know about a CLI client for MSN. > > Cheers > Anders > http://swedebear.blogspot.com amsn kmerlin kopete gaim /Pedro Want to buy your Pack or Se

Re: [newbie] CLI client for MSN?

2004-10-29 Thread Anders Lind
> I have seen one mentioned on freshmeat.net a few days ago. You should be > able to find it there. > Paul I found msnre there, but it didn't work on my box for some reason well, I should keep on looking, thanks /Anders Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] CLI client for MSN?

2004-10-29 Thread Paul
Op Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:04:49 +0200 schreef Anders Lind: >does anyone know about a CLI client for MSN. I have seen one mentioned on freshmeat.net a few days ago. You should be able to find it there. Paul -- Tact, n.: The unsaid part of what you're thinking. http://www.nlpagan.net/linux.htm Hav

[newbie] CLI client for MSN?

2004-10-29 Thread Anders Lind
Hello friends, does anyone know about a CLI client for MSN. Cheers Anders http://swedebear.blogspot.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com __

Re: [newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-29 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 29 October 2004 10:34, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 29 Oct 2004 08:53, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > Erylon, you are absolutely right. I did exactly that. But now, > > I just made a comlete shutdown/restart, logged directly into > > gnome and connected the camera. As in KDE it immidiately >

[newbie] source code

2004-10-29 Thread Kassem Nasser
HI all, I wanted to see the code for the command used on the shell and the code for the kernel (fork,and other system calls) but I did not found them. Anybody knows where can I found them on my system, by the way I install the kernel source code from the CD's. Best Regards, -- --Kassem Nasser--

Re: [newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-29 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 29 Oct 2004 08:53, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > Erylon, you are absolutely right. I did exactly that. But now, I > just made a comlete shutdown/restart, logged directly into gnome > and connected the camera. As in KDE it immidiately started to fill > up my screen with an infinete amount of s

Re: [newbie] Internet Configuration

2004-10-29 Thread Dobrescu Mihai
Mine works, but after the modem (in my case) chosing, a list with providers appears. I live in Romania, but it is not in the list of MDK Control Center. If I use kppp, it has Romania and I can customize the providers. --- Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 28 October 2004 17: