Re: [newbie] Has anybody attempted to re-add their 10.1 distro sources?

2004-11-20 Thread John Layt
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 10:52, Glenn wrote: > Using "urpmi.addmedia --distrib removable://mnt/cdrom" to add my 10.1 > sources, the CD numbers get screwed up (11, 21, 31, 32, 33, 41, 51, 61, > etc.) Anybody run into a fix for this? > > Glenn I'm not getting that problem, but something is borked in add

Re: [newbie] Has anybody attempted to re-add their 10.1 distro sources?

2004-11-20 Thread Glenn
On Saturday 20 November 2004 17:03, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Sunday 21 November 2004 00:52, Glenn wrote: > > Using "urpmi.addmedia --distrib removable://mnt/cdrom" to add my 10.1 > > sources, the CD numbers get screwed up (11, 21, 31, 32, 33, 41, 51, 61, > > etc.) Anybody run into a fix for this?

Re: [newbie] Initial login very slow (10.1 Official)

2004-11-20 Thread s . aura
> On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 14:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Ok, apologies for pressing send on my email program too soon (see previous > > message). And million thanks to everyone who contributed with their ideas. > > > > The problem is now solved (wait, there is the next problem). I followed the

Re: [newbie] Interview with X.org honcho

2004-11-20 Thread JoeHill
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 13:14:44 +1100 Stephen Kühn disseminated the following: > > > Sounds like exciting changes in the works. Eat this, Windows. > > > > > > http://arstechnica.com/etc/linux/index.html > > > > Does this mean we can officially stick a fork in the XFree86 project? If > > yes, > > I

Re: [newbie] Initial login very slow (10.1 Official)

2004-11-20 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 14:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, apologies for pressing send on my email program too soon (see previous > message). And million thanks to everyone who contributed with their ideas. > > The problem is now solved (wait, there is the next problem). I followed the > strategy

Re: [newbie] Initial login very slow (10.1 Official)

2004-11-20 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 14:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have NO idea what comments you made in this... -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free - R

Re: [newbie] Initial login very slow (10.1 Official)

2004-11-20 Thread s . aura
Ok, apologies for pressing send on my email program too soon (see previous message). And million thanks to everyone who contributed with their ideas. The problem is now solved (wait, there is the next problem). I followed the strategy of disabling services and re-enabling them. Now I found the off

Re: [newbie] Initial login very slow (10.1 Official)

2004-11-20 Thread s . aura
[SNIPPED]> On Sat, 2004-11-20 at 07:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Once more thank you for your answers (for all who contributed). I do > appreciate > > them, but I have not been able solve this. Let me try to be more clearer > > what > > the problem seems to be: > > > > I have the verbose

Re: [newbie] Interview with X.org honcho

2004-11-20 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 12:52, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Saturday 20 November 2004 08:24 pm, JoeHill wrote: > > Very interesting reading: > > > > "Originally based on a fork of the original XFree86 code, X.org's first > > "monolithic" release was embraced by many distributions. Version 6.8, which > > is

Re: [newbie] Interview with X.org honcho

2004-11-20 Thread Greg Meyer
On Saturday 20 November 2004 08:24 pm, JoeHill wrote: > Very interesting reading: > > "Originally based on a fork of the original XFree86 code, X.org's first > "monolithic" release was embraced by many distributions. Version 6.8, which > is due next week, will be the last of its kind, as X.org tran

[newbie] Interview with X.org honcho

2004-11-20 Thread JoeHill
Very interesting reading: "Originally based on a fork of the original XFree86 code, X.org's first "monolithic" release was embraced by many distributions. Version 6.8, which is due next week, will be the last of its kind, as X.org transitions to a more modular architecture." Sounds like exciting

Re: [newbie] Has anybody attempted to re-add their 10.1 distro sources?

2004-11-20 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Sunday 21 November 2004 00:52, Glenn wrote: > Using "urpmi.addmedia --distrib removable://mnt/cdrom" to add my 10.1 > sources, the CD numbers get screwed up (11, 21, 31, 32, 33, 41, 51, 61, > etc.) Anybody run into a fix for this? Personally, I make a habit of messing up my distro sources or k

[newbie] Has anybody attempted to re-add their 10.1 distro sources?

2004-11-20 Thread Glenn
Using "urpmi.addmedia --distrib removable://mnt/cdrom" to add my 10.1 sources, the CD numbers get screwed up (11, 21, 31, 32, 33, 41, 51, 61, etc.) Anybody run into a fix for this? Glenn -- 16:46:10 up 4:11, running Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Official) for i586, kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk Regist

Re: [newbie] constant reboots

2004-11-20 Thread JoeHill
On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 17:28:46 -0500 alex disseminated the following: > i have run knoppix and freesbie on this machine and had now problems. > it happens anytime i go into the mandrake config and try to change the > boot or add a user, always happens in these spots then ramdomly like i > said b

Re: [newbie] constant reboots

2004-11-20 Thread Ian
On Saturday 20 Nov 2004 23:06, Stephen Kühn wrote: > On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 09:28, alex wrote: > > i have run knoppix and freesbie on this machine and had now problems. > > it happens anytime i go into the mandrake config and try to change the > > boot or add a user, always happens in these spots th

Re: [newbie] constant reboots

2004-11-20 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 09:28, alex wrote: > i have run knoppix and freesbie on this machine and had now problems. > it happens anytime i go into the mandrake config and try to change the > boot or add a user, always happens in these spots then ramdomly like i > said before It might not necessa

Re: [newbie] constant reboots

2004-11-20 Thread alex
JoeHill wrote: On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 17:04:43 -0500 alex disseminated the following: i can cause the reboot whenever i want but it also happens on its own sometimes. Spontaneous reboots are almost always a result of a faulty power supply or MoBo, usually the former. Try booting from a Live C

Re: [newbie] constant reboots

2004-11-20 Thread JoeHill
On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 17:04:43 -0500 alex disseminated the following: > i can cause the reboot whenever i want but it also happens on its own > sometimes. Spontaneous reboots are almost always a result of a faulty power supply or MoBo, usually the former. Try booting from a Live CD and see if the

[newbie] constant reboots

2004-11-20 Thread alex
i have installed mandrake on a dual processor machine with only one processor. the machine reboots on a constant basis. I thought that the fact it was using the smp kernel was causing the problem. however it happens without the smp kernel also. i can cause the reboot whenever i want but it

Re: [newbie] Looking for Mr. 'Boot-Guru"

2004-11-20 Thread SnapafunFrank
Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Saturday 20 November 2004 10:02 pm, Lanman wrote: The only reason that I'm suspecting the motherboard is because the very first drive I had in this system ended up with disk errors, and then this problem appeared. The M/Board doesn't have any mention of BIOS anti-virus p

[newbie] Programs won't start in mdk 10.0

2004-11-20 Thread Vegard Lundby Rekaa
Hi list, yesterday I installed mdk 10.0 with Gnome Desktop and kernel 2.6.8, and I've been experiencing some problems with starting programs. Everything works fine just after I rebooted the windowmanager, but after a while after login I can't start new programs. Not from the menu's and not from com

Re: [newbie] TWiki recovery update

2004-11-20 Thread rikona
Hello Anne, Friday, November 19, 2004, 11:52:52 AM, Anne wrote: AW> Over the past few days some of us have worked very hard to get the AW> TWiki back. Thanks, to you all. AW> While we're on the subject of registering, please do not register AW> an anonymous name. There has to be trust in a TWi

Re: [newbie] POP3? (Was Sendmail Setup?)

2004-11-20 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 20 November 2004 08:33, Eric Scott wrote: > On Friday 19 November 2004 2:55 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > > On Friday 19 November 2004 21:18, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Friday 19 Nov 2004 15:17, Eric Scott wrote: > > > > Am I supposed to define a "mail.mydomain.org" or something? I trie

Re: [newbie] 10.1 installer & the license

2004-11-20 Thread Greg Meyer
On Saturday 20 November 2004 01:12 pm, Nikolaj Uzunow wrote: > hi folks! > > just a question - is the Mandrake Community aware that in the text > version of the installer it's possible to perform the installation > without accepting the terms of the license agreement? > you can just press the F12 k

[newbie] 10.1 installer & the license

2004-11-20 Thread Nikolaj Uzunow
hi folks! just a question - is the Mandrake Community aware that in the text version of the installer it's possible to perform the installation without accepting the terms of the license agreement? you can just press the F12 key instead of the 'Accept' button, and you're there! if this solution

Re: [newbie] TWiki recovery update

2004-11-20 Thread Greg Meyer
On Friday 19 November 2004 02:52 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > While we're on the subject of registering, please do not register an > anonymous name.  There has to be trust in a TWiki, and doing this indicates > bad faith. Anyone abusing is likely to be removed from the list when it is > noticed.  The e

Re: [newbie] Looking for Mr. 'Boot-Guru"

2004-11-20 Thread Fajar Priyanto
On Saturday 20 November 2004 10:02 pm, Lanman wrote: > The only reason that I'm suspecting the motherboard is because the very > first drive I had in this system ended up with disk errors, and then > this problem appeared. The M/Board doesn't have any mention of BIOS > anti-virus protection which h

Re: [newbie] M$ using pirated software

2004-11-20 Thread JoeHill
On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 23:42:52 -0800 Aron Smith disseminated the following: > careful they also hold the patent on chutzpah ROFL! -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 10:49:04 up 2 days, 15:19, 6 users, load average: 1.44, 1.36, 0.96 +++ "When the going gets

Re: [newbie] Looking for Mr. 'Boot-Guru"

2004-11-20 Thread Lanman
Thanks everyone for your responses and suggestions so far. I started by taking Fajar's advice about taking a break - and several hours of sleep, one pot of coffee, half a pack of cigarettes and two downloads later, I'm back. I downloaded UltimateBootCD and BootIT and will be trying those later

Re: [newbie] POP3? (Was Sendmail Setup?)

2004-11-20 Thread Eric Scott
On Friday 19 November 2004 2:55 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Friday 19 November 2004 21:18, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Friday 19 Nov 2004 15:17, Eric Scott wrote: > > > Am I supposed to define a "mail.mydomain.org" or something? I tried > > > what I could find in the TWiki, the only thing that lo

Re: [newbie] M$ using pirated software

2004-11-20 Thread Eric Scott
On Friday 19 November 2004 11:42 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > On Friday 19 November 2004 10:16 pm, John Layt wrote: > > On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 11:07, Stephen KÃhn wrote: > > > But now, since Ballmer the Bouncing Bimbo has gotten into IP legalaties > > > to fight the GPL/OSS world, they better do something

Re: [newbie] Looking for Mr. 'Boot-Guru"

2004-11-20 Thread Fajar Priyanto
On Saturday 20 November 2004 08:31 am, Lanman wrote: > Stephen Kühn wrote: > > On Sat, 2004-11-20 at 11:52, Lanman wrote: > >>Never let it be said that I don't bring interesting problems to the > >>list! This time, the problem makes no sense, unless someone has written > >>a boot-sector virus and i

[newbie] Xdesktopwaves...

2004-11-20 Thread Ronald J. Hall
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=124346 If you've not seen this yet, give it a glance. Its pure "eye candy" but pleasing, none-the-less... :-) --

Re: [newbie] POP3? (Was Sendmail Setup?)

2004-11-20 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 19 November 2004 21:18, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 19 Nov 2004 15:17, Eric Scott wrote: > > Am I supposed to define a "mail.mydomain.org" or something? I tried what > > I could find in the TWiki, the only thing that looked like it might be > > very useful to me was a dead link (Or Ko

Re: [newbie] M$ using pirated software

2004-11-20 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Saturday 20 November 2004 01:07, Stephen Kühn wrote: > But now, since Ballmer the Bouncing Bimbo has gotten into IP legalaties > to fight the GPL/OSS world, they better do something about the skeletons > roving around in THEIR own closet... Yep, I always say: Give 'em enough rope and they'll ha

Re: [newbie] Looking for Mr. 'Boot-Guru"

2004-11-20 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Saturday 20 November 2004 01:52, Lanman wrote: > Never let it be said that I don't bring interesting problems to the > list! This time, the problem makes no sense, unless someone has written > a boot-sector virus and included it on the Mandrake 10.1 Community CD's. > and they haven't helped at