Re: [newbie] Mandrake for novice users?

2004-11-22 Thread Keith Powell
Debian based distros? I suggest Libranet, a very user friendly version. It's available as a free download. Keith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

Re: [newbie] Lost Mandrake Omline Service Update Icon

2004-11-22 Thread Phil Savoie
On November 19, 2004 05:01, Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 19 Nov 2004 02:57, Phil Savoie wrote: Hi All, How do I restore this icon in the system tray? I used to be able to determine when updates were available by the icon changing colors. Now I don't have an icon. Not sure what I did

Re: [newbie] ClamAV error, help pls?

2004-11-22 Thread Wojciech Podgrni
Uytkownik Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas napisa: I started do get this message after a period of use and just after a freshclam command! Any help? I didnt find anything in the docs or the faqs! = LibClamAV Error: cl_loaddbdir(): Can't open directory

Re: [newbie] security - should I be worried? [Your internal IP should be hidden]

2004-11-22 Thread Merlin Zener
On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 08:02, JoeHill wrote: [...snip] The question is, is Merlin using a dedicated firewall/router/NAT of some sort or not? not that I know of. It's a single machine connected to the net by dialup; I just installed Mandrake 10.0 straight off the CDs. I don't recall any

Re: [newbie] Problem with kino and /raw/dev1394 UPDATE

2004-11-22 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sunday 21 November 2004 05:43 pm, Peter Watson wrote: I recently posted a question about a problem using kino in capture mode because I do not have a /dev/raw1394, as I had no replies I have been fiddling about and made some progress. Something I have done is causing my box to use devfs

[newbie] [lp.general] mozilla won't print

2004-11-22 Thread Q.H. Wang
Hi folks, Would anyone please help me with this not so serious problem? My mozilla just doesn't print any web pages. It reproted me that [lp.general] mozilla won't print. But if I print these pages into files and print them using XPP or Kprinter, there is no problem. Also, there is no problem

Re: [newbie] [lp.general] mozilla won't print

2004-11-22 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 22 Nov 2004 12:37, Q.H. Wang wrote: Hi folks, Would anyone please help me with this not so serious problem? My mozilla just doesn't print any web pages. It reproted me that [lp.general] mozilla won't print. But if I print these pages

[newbie] btdownloadcurses syntax error

2004-11-22 Thread Fajar Priyanto
Hi folks, I'm trying to run btdownloadcurses.py with this, but errored: btdownloadcurses.py --max_upload_rate 5 Ragnarok-The-Animation.torrent These errors occurred during execution: [21:46:39] error: Too many args - 0 max. run with no args for parameter explanations What is the correct syntax to

Re: [newbie] [lp.general] mozilla won't print

2004-11-22 Thread Q.H. Wang
On the Mox print page there is a button opposite 'Printer' that's called Properties. Open that, delete the entry there and enter 'xpp'. I think kprinter can be used the same way. You should then find that the xpp (or kprinter) screen pops up when you start the print. Many thanks, Anne.

[newbie] Fixing QT libraries

2004-11-22 Thread job evers
I think my qt libraries are screwed up but I don't know how to reinstall the rpm $urpmi qt Everything already installed But if I try to remove the libraries I'll have to remove a bajillion packages because of dependencies. Thanks in advance, Job

Re: [newbie] Problem with kino and /raw/dev1394 UPDATE

2004-11-22 Thread Peter Watson
On Monday 22 Nov 2004 12:12, Dennis Myers wrote: On Sunday 21 November 2004 05:43 pm, Peter Watson wrote: I recently posted a question about a problem using kino in capture mode because I do not have a /dev/raw1394, as I had no replies I have been fiddling about and made some progress.

Re: [newbie] security - should I be worried? [Your internal IP should be hidden]

2004-11-22 Thread Dennis Duffner
At 09:06 PM 11/21/2004, you wrote: On Sunday 21 November 2004 08:02 pm, JoeHill wrote: whack I understood that internal addresses were never observable due to the nature of internet addressing. Somebody enlighten us if I'm wrong. I was gonna say somethin', but I try not to embarass myself

[newbie] streaming wmv, ogg and amarok

2004-11-22 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi, Has anyone managed to get the amarok player to play the streaming wmv from cbc canada? It does do the streaming ogg but there are only 2 available streams and I would prefer listening to CBC Vancouver. Any other players out there that will decode their wmv streams? Thanks in advance, Bill

[newbie] Help

2004-11-22 Thread Gilligan
I am having a major problem installing Mandrake. I have an ASUS A8V-Deluxe WiFi MB and an ATI AIW 9800Pro video card. When the install starts it hangs as soon as I hit enter. Screen shows the moving bar and then screen goes black. If I try hitting F1 (after rebooting) and do a text

Re: [newbie] Mandrake for novice users?

2004-11-22 Thread JoeHill
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:14:09 + Keith Powell disseminated the following: Debian based distros? I suggest Libranet, a very user friendly version. Yep, forgot about that one. IIRC, it's a Canuck outfit, no? -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 14:49:49 up 1 day, 5:58, 7

Re: [newbie] Mandrake for novice users?

2004-11-22 Thread Keith Powell
On Monday 22 November 2004 7:50 pm, JoeHill wrote: On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:14:09 + Keith Powell disseminated the following: Debian based distros? I suggest Libranet, a very user friendly version. Yep, forgot about that one. IIRC, it's a Canuck outfit, no? Yes. It is a mixture of

Re: [newbie] Fixing QT libraries

2004-11-22 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 03:05, job evers wrote: I think my qt libraries are screwed up but I don't know how to reinstall the rpm $urpmi qt Everything already installed But if I try to remove the libraries I'll have to remove a bajillion packages because of dependencies. Thanks in

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

2004-11-22 Thread Ron Hunter-Duvar
On November 20, 2004 08:02, Lanman wrote: ... But the fact that something is preventing me from writing to the MBR has me very curious too. This is the first time I've ever seen this at all in about 10 years, and re-doing the BIOS would usually kill any TSR or other virus embedded onto the

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

2004-11-22 Thread Lanman
Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: On November 20, 2004 08:02, Lanman wrote: ... But the fact that something is preventing me from writing to the MBR has me very curious too. This is the first time I've ever seen this at all in about 10 years, and re-doing the BIOS would usually kill any TSR or other virus

Re: [newbie] ClamAV error, help pls?

2004-11-22 Thread Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas
On Monday 22 November 2004 09:18, Wojciech Podgrni wrote: Uytkownik Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas napisa: Tks! But I doesnt seem to be the problem (permissions) The error indicates a non-existing directory! And clamav was fully operational until a update through freshclam! Ive tried to

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

2004-11-22 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Monday 22 November 2004 23:38, Lanman wrote: Either it's a jumper, it was never there in the first place or Asus forgot to include it in subsequent BIOS updates. As previously mentioned, I am keeping a large hammer nearby in case of emergency or extreme frustration. Heh, try formating and

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

2004-11-22 Thread Lanman
H.J.Bathoorn wrote: Heh, try formating and writing to MBR whilst having the thing perched on the top story window-sill...It's been known too work;) A:\Format C: /fear /s ? OK, Will give it a try. Ya never know! Might be a hidden switch? -- Lanman Registered Linux User #190712

Re: [newbie] Mandrake for novice users?

2004-11-22 Thread Aron Smith
On Sunday 21 November 2004 05:10 pm, JoeHill wrote: On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:55:57 +1100 Stephen Kühn disseminated the following: so there are flavours of Slack with package management now? If so, that's sweet. Ya ever hear of slackget?:) Never used it, though. I prefer

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Linux not yet ready for primetime

2004-11-22 Thread Aron Smith
On Sunday 21 November 2004 12:31 pm, David E. Fox wrote: On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:42:19 -0800 Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually windows will not be secure as long as .exe .com and .dll files can automatically run as root, despite microsoft trying to patent the sudo technology,

[newbie] Help requested getting Apache virtual servers going

2004-11-22 Thread Bill Mudry
Could someone help me find out why I cannot get some virtual hosts going on Apache. I know my Apache is running ok since I can access it via localhost. I am running Mandrake 10.0. It also responds with [ok] for apachectl start and stop. Could any of you give suggestions on how I can get some

Re: [newbie] TWiki recovery update

2004-11-22 Thread rikona
Hello Anne, Sunday, November 21, 2004, 10:31:15 AM, Anne wrote: AW On Sunday 21 Nov 2004 18:10, rikona wrote: It might be OK to use it in both places. But I might, for other reasons, decide to adopt a new identity for my Twiki participation. If this new person contributes to the group, and

[newbie] teach me

2004-11-22 Thread rabellan
whats up, does anyone here used to watch VCD movie with TOTEM player directly from a source CD? i mean without saving it first in the hard drive. please teach me... thanks... tats of philippines Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] teach me

2004-11-22 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Tuesday 23 November 2004 12:50 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: whats up, does anyone here used to watch VCD movie with TOTEM player directly from a source CD? i mean without saving it first in the hard drive. please teach me... thanks... tats of philippines Have you tried Mplayer or

Re: [newbie] Help requested getting Apache virtual servers going

2004-11-22 Thread Todd Slater
On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 11:17:32PM -0500, Bill Mudry wrote: Could someone help me find out why I cannot get some virtual hosts going on Apache. Bill, How about letting us know what happens when you try to access a virtual host (in the browser)? Any errors in /var/log/httpd/access_log or