Re: [newbie] cdrom busy....not umounting

Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Sunday 31 October 2004 20:34, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, I'm running LM10 Community on an Inspiron 9100. A fresh install is working 98%. However, the cdrom does not seem to want to let go of any cdrom once I view it's contents in Konq. As root, I get the error umount:

[newbie] Test subjects needed

At the moment I am approaching '3 sheets to the wind', but be that as it may. I have 2 new pkgs yet to build, which I will do tomorrow, and I am looking for 2 or 3 users who would like to test xfce-4.1.91 (4.2 Beta 2) There is a criteria which should be met: 1)You are familiar with xfce 2)You a

Re: [newbie] Squeaky wheels and the Daily Show

JoeHill wrote: First off, disregard my question about updating mplayer and all that. Forgot I don't have to remove it first, just urpmi'd everything and it went swimmingly. Updated mplayer, the win32 codecs, and the mplayer plugin. Still no go on the Daily Show, so I tried the other one I wanted w

Re: [newbie] cdrom busy....not umounting

On Sunday 31 October 2004 20:34, Bill Winegarden wrote: > Hi, > I'm running LM10 Community on an Inspiron 9100. A fresh install > is working 98%. However, the cdrom does not seem to want to let > go of any cdrom once I view it's contents in Konq. > As root, I get the error > > umount: /mnt/cdro

Re: [newbie] cdrom busy....not umounting

On Sunday 31 October 2004 20:34, Bill Winegarden wrote: > Hi, > I'm running LM10 Community on an Inspiron 9100. A fresh install is working > 98%. However, the cdrom does not seem to want to let go of any cdrom once I > view it's contents in Konq. > As root, I get the error > > umount: /mnt/cdro

[newbie] cdrom busy....not umounting

Hi, I'm running LM10 Community on an Inspiron 9100. A fresh install is working 98%. However, the cdrom does not seem to want to let go of any cdrom once I view it's contents in Konq. As root, I get the error umount: /mnt/cdrom: device is busy It seems that supermount may not be operating co

Re: [newbie] Command deleting one of two equal lines in a file

Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi. > > Does it exist a linux command (or a sequence of commands) > that looks into a file > and delete one line if there are two equal? Todd Slater replied: >uniq is the closest thing I know, but it requires lines to be sorted. > >Todd Björn Lundin repied: >If you

Re: [newbie] What is mandrakelinux-release-10.1-1mdk.i586.rpm?

On Sunday 31 October 2004 12:43 pm, Sevatio wrote: > The only file in the 10.1 OE's update folder is: > mandrakelinux-release-10.1-1mdk.i586.rpm. What is that rpm used for? > To update the file /etc/mandrake-release -- /g Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] digital cam software/help needed

On Sunday 31 Oct 2004 16:38, Angus Auld wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Angus Auld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] digital cam software/help needed > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 12:26:57 -0300 > > > Greetings, I am still waiting for my new laptop from Dell

[newbie] Re: Command deleting one of two equal lines in a file

Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi. > > Does it exist a linux command (or a sequence of commands) > that looks into a file > and delete one line if there are two equal? > > Thanks, > Rodolfo If you don't mind having your original file sorted, then cat input_file | sort | uniq > result_file would give yo

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

Alexander Ruoff wrote: 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

Re: [newbie] (OT) Reguarding reply-to and the gmail address

My friend was actually ranting on and on about the whole being lazy and the list messing with the reply-to field, and things of that nature, then eventually threw this link at me explaining why we shouldn't be worrying about it in the first place because we should have the reply-to set for the pers

[newbie] Re: Sound Level Settings Keeps Going Back to Mute

Sevatio wrote: > For some reason, Mdk10.1ce's audio level settings keep going back to > mute everytime I log back into KDE. How do you make it remember your > settings? > > Thanks, > Sevatio On my 10.0, it Kmix that muted the sound at each Kde start. -- /Björn

[newbie] Persistant "Authentication Indicator" window

This question was asked by Neben Kabon July 2003, no answer was ever received. I have the same problem. He was running 9.1, I'm running 10 Official, fully upgraded. As soon as I open any app the window pops up, if I'm running anything as root (MCC etc) a key appears in it. Close it, it opens ag

[newbie] What is mandrakelinux-release-10.1-1mdk.i586.rpm?

The only file in the 10.1 OE's update folder is: mandrakelinux-release-10.1-1mdk.i586.rpm. What is that rpm used for? Thanks, Sevatio Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] Squeaky wheels and the Daily Show

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 10:07:16 -0700 John Wilson disseminated the following: > I guess this means that I get to listen to Dave, Morely and all the rest on > they Vinyl Cafe while reading the lists? :) Oh, the joy! Right now though I'm laffin' my ass off at Stephen Colbert... -- JoeHill / RLU #28

Re: [newbie] digital cam software/help needed

On Sunday 31 October 2004 07:26 am, Angus Auld wrote: > Greetings, I am still waiting for my new laptop from Dell (Inspiron 1150), > but my free digital cam has arrived (Kodak CX6445). > > Could anyone suggest some software to be used under KDE on my Mdk10.0? > When I plug the cam in, I am not seei

Re: [newbie] Squeaky wheels and the Daily Show

I guess this means that I get to listen to Dave, Morely and all the rest on they Vinyl Cafe while reading the lists? :) ttfn John -- *** Composed on a 100% Microsoft Free Computer Guaranteed Virus Free Mandrake Linux 10.0 OE Registered Lin

Re: [newbie] digital cam software/help needed

- Original Message - From: "Angus Auld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] digital cam software/help needed Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 12:26:57 -0300 > > Greetings, I am still waiting for my new laptop from Dell (Inspiron 1150), but my > free digital cam has arrived

Re: [newbie] Which distro do you use? (humor)

On October 31, 2004 05:04 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > :-) > > http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/30/137 I love it! Now where is my beret and striped tshirt? :) ttfn John -- *** Composed on a 100% Microsoft Free Computer

[newbie] Updating MPlayer

I've seen that the version of MPlayer on the PLF repository is way ahead of mine. I'm currently running 9.2, and what I would like to do is upgrade to the latest version of *everything*, ie. all the codecs, etc. When I originally installed mplayer way back when, it automagically installed all the

[newbie] digital cam software/help needed

Greetings, I am still waiting for my new laptop from Dell (Inspiron 1150), but my free digital cam has arrived (Kodak CX6445). Could anyone suggest some software to be used under KDE on my Mdk10.0? When I plug the cam in, I am not seeing any entry appear under /mnt that will allow me to mount th

[newbie] Squeaky wheels and the Daily Show

First off, disregard my question about updating mplayer and all that. Forgot I don't have to remove it first, just urpmi'd everything and it went swimmingly. Updated mplayer, the win32 codecs, and the mplayer plugin. Still no go on the Daily Show, so I tried the other one I wanted working, cbc.c

Re: [newbie] (OT) Reguarding reply-to and the gmail address

> I do sort my mail into folders but I don't have the list parameter > set, and the L key works just fine. (KMail 1.5.4 under KDE 3.1.4) I think all the "good" mailers grab info from headers like this: List-Post: eric -- Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki

[newbie] make fails cpp sanity test

Greetings All, I'm using Mandrake 10.1 community release. GCC 3.4.1-4mdk When I endeavor to compile some files it aborts with: checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check I also seem to be stuck with gcc3.4.1-4mdk becau

Re: [newbie] (OT) Reguarding reply-to and the gmail address

On Sunday 31 October 2004 09:24 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Sunday 31 Oct 2004 14:04, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > > FWIW, I use Kmail and simply tapped the 'L' key to reply to > > the list. The 'R' key would've replied only to you Amy. If I > > chose to use a mail client without this simple fea

Re: [newbie] Installing 10.1 Official without ISO cds

> > > KMail has a reply-to-list feature. Just hit the L key, or you > > > can set up a toolbar icon. Useful for keeping my blood > > > pressure under control.-- cmg > > > > I knew about the reply-to-list, but not the L key. Thanks for > > the tip.-- > Actually, I didn't know about the L key thi

Re: [newbie] (OT) Reguarding reply-to and the gmail address

On Sunday 31 October 2004 08:24 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Sunday 31 Oct 2004 14:04, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > FWIW, I use Kmail and simply tapped the 'L' key to reply > > to the list. The 'R' key would've replied only to you Amy. > > If I chose to use a mail client without this simple featur

Re: [newbie] (OT) Reguarding reply-to and the gmail address

On Sunday 31 Oct 2004 14:04, Tom Brinkman wrote: > FWIW, I use Kmail and simply tapped the 'L' key to reply to > the list. The 'R' key would've replied only to you Amy. If I > chose to use a mail client without this simple feature, the > responsibility to reply properly is still mine. > The

Re: [newbie] Which distro do you use? (humor)

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 08:04:39 -0500 "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > :-) > > http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/30/137 "Debian users take pride in the fact that their distribution is always several releases behind the latest version of the kernel, but makes up for

Re: [newbie] (OT) Reguarding reply-to and the gmail address

On Saturday 30 October 2004 03:50 pm, Amy wrote: > Then I suppose it's time to bug the gmail team. Very weird > though, considering it's let me select a blank field for the > replyto address. Oh well, I'll bug them about it now. Thanks > for checking for me though. ^_^ Well, I replied to the

Re: [newbie] Command deleting one of two equal lines in a file

On Sunday 31 Oct 2004 09:47, SnapafunFrank wrote: > Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >Hi. > > > >Does it exist a linux command (or a sequence of commands) > >that looks into a file > >and delete one line if there are two equal? > > > >Thanks, > >Rodolfo > > Or simply deletes strings within several files wit

Re: [newbie] Which distro do you use? (humor)

On Sunday 31 Oct 2004 13:04, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > :-) > > http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/30/137 LOL - loved it. The only comment of note was the one saying "Linux Users Highly Strung & Humourless Lot" - from the tone of the other comments. BTW, I once did one of those qu

Re: [newbie] Command deleting one of two equal lines in a file

On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 09:40:00AM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi. > > Does it exist a linux command (or a sequence of commands) > that looks into a file > and delete one line if there are two equal? uniq is the closest thing I know, but it requires lines to be sorted. Todd -- Name that tun

[newbie] Which distro do you use? (humor)

:-) http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/10/30/137 -- /\ Dark< >Lord

Re: [newbie] Command deleting one of two equal lines in a file

On Sunday 31 October 2004 11:49, SnapafunFrank wrote: > Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >>>Hi. > >>> > >>>Does it exist a linux command (or a sequence of commands) > >>>that looks into a file > >>>and delete one line if there are two equal? > >>> > >>>Thanks, > >>>Rodolfo > >> > >>Or simply deletes strings

Re: [newbie] Command deleting one of two equal lines in a file

Rodolfo Medina wrote: Hi. Does it exist a linux command (or a sequence of commands) that looks into a file and delete one line if there are two equal? Thanks, Rodolfo Or simply deletes strings within several files within a directory? [ Similar to Find and Replace only across multiple doc

Re: [newbie] Importing Lotus123 data.

On Sunday 31 Oct 2004 10:11, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Sunday 31 October 2004 10:45, John Layt wrote: > > I find it strange nothing in Linux does booklet printing, that's just > > criminal!  It's just the sort of thing DTP was created for. > > "ps2book" might just be what you're looking for;) > It's

Re: [newbie] Importing Lotus123 data.

On Sunday 31 Oct 2004 09:45, John Layt wrote: > > I run Win4Lin for 1 reason only, and that's the Genealogy program I use, > none of the Linux programs come close to the features I need. I > occasionally mess around with designing a KDE replacement for it, I have a > database schema and some scree

Re: [newbie] Importing Lotus123 data.

On Sunday 31 October 2004 10:45, John Layt wrote: > I find it strange nothing in Linux does booklet printing, that's just > criminal!  It's just the sort of thing DTP was created for. "ps2book" might just be what you're looking for;) It's a little script that came with some other package that I do

Re: [newbie] Command deleting one of two equal lines in a file

>>Hi. >> >>Does it exist a linux command (or a sequence of commands) >>that looks into a file >>and delete one line if there are two equal? >> >>Thanks, >>Rodolfo >Or simply deletes strings within several files within a directory? [ >Similar to Find and Replace only across multiple documents at t

Re: [newbie] Command deleting one of two equal lines in a file

Rodolfo Medina wrote: Hi. Does it exist a linux command (or a sequence of commands) that looks into a file and delete one line if there are two equal? Thanks, Rodolfo Or simply deletes strings within several files within a directory? [ Similar to Find and Replace only across multiple documents

Re: [newbie] Importing Lotus123 data.

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 19:16, Anne Wilson wrote: > In that case, it's scream-worthy. I run win4lin for just three purposes - > the most important one is to exchange documents with my daughter, who has > her thesis in wordpro format. > > Apart from that, the other two are big conveniences that I can't

[newbie] Command deleting one of two equal lines in a file

Hi. Does it exist a linux command (or a sequence of commands) that looks into a file and delete one line if there are two equal? Thanks, Rodolfo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join th

Re: [newbie] Importing Lotus123 data.

On Sunday 31 Oct 2004 07:17, John Layt wrote: > On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 21:10, Anne Wilson wrote: > > I don't think you will get > > it to work under wine - I looked into that a couple of years ago, and it > > was said that it was well-nigh impossible. > > Hmmm. When I worked for IBM in about 2002 the

Re: [newbie] HELP...HELP...

On Sunday 31 October 2004 12:02 am, ali tig wrote: > dear carroll, my system is below. > > Asus K8V deluxe motherboard > AMD 64 processor > ATI Rodeon 9800 pro > 1 GB ram > 2*120 GB SATA harddisk(one of them for windows xp pro) The other thing that we need to see is what happens at boot to stop X

Re: [newbie] HELP...HELP...

dear carroll, my system is below.   Asus K8V deluxe motherboard AMD 64 processor ATI Rodeon 9800 pro 1 GB ram 2*120 GB SATA harddisk(one of them for windows xp pro)Carroll Grigsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Saturday 30 October 2004 05:48 pm, ali tig wrote:> hello everybody,> i'm very newbie abou

Re: [newbie] Importing Lotus123 data.

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 21:10, Anne Wilson wrote: > I don't think you will get > it to work under wine - I looked into that a couple of years ago, and it > was said that it was well-nigh impossible. Hmmm. When I worked for IBM in about 2002 there was an internal version of Wine that supposedly suppo