Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Margot
Julie Sloan wrote: BTW I've located my mailboxes - all with weird names but oh well, I can get the data out of them now - - but where is my KMail addresbook? All I've found so far is recently used addresses, which is nicely more than I had a few hours ago but still not the entire mailing list,

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 04:35, Julie Sloan wrote: There should be a text file with that info in your ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/addressbook or something like that I don't use kmail. Open it in a terminal and you should have your info. thank you

Re: [newbie] What happened to KWord and KSpread?

2005-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 00:36, Jerry Lapham wrote: In Mandrake 8.2, I was able to use both KWord and KSpread. They seem to be missing in 10.1. KDE Help Center shows blank pages for Word Processor and Spreadsheet. The kde team have split up the

Re: [newbie] Install third-party commercial software

2005-01-22 Thread Daniel Anderson
On Tuesday 18 January 2005 02:50 pm, Elwyn wrote: On Tuesday 18 Jan 2005 19:13, Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 18 January 2005 17:41, Andy Yankovich wrote: I would like to install 2 third-party commercial software items. One is Forte-Agent 2.0 from an internet download; the other is an

Re: [newbie] I just love it

2005-01-22 Thread jallan6977
OK! It seems like more than one of you are suggesting I substitute something for the a. I guess if I can see it then cp is the better route. If it works it shows some of our instructors need to go back to school or something. culatr2da = see you later today See I can get cryptic

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Lanman
Anne Wilson wrote: The folder is called kabc and the file is probably std.vcf Anne Julie; Margot asked me to drop in and lend a hand if possible. I've had a quick look at the thread in order to catch up. If I understand things clearly, you were trying to do a 10.0 update, but accidentally did an

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 12:41, Lanman wrote: Don't forget to save your .Mail folder as well as your std.vcf file, documents and any other media or data you'd like to save. If you need help setting up a second hard drive on this PC, just holler

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Lanman
Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 12:41, Lanman wrote: Don't forget to save your .Mail folder as well as your std.vcf file, documents and any other media or data you'd like to save. If you need help setting up a second hard drive on this PC,

[newbie] I just love it

2005-01-22 Thread jallan6977
Still doesn't work. GR! This is exactly what I see as the path to the file. root mnt windows temp scanModem.gz I tried in super user mode and logged on as root. It still won't work.

Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-22 Thread Duncan Anderson
There should be no problem. The lady in question is a computer newbie. She will most likely want to use email and word-processing initially, so there should be absolutely no issue, since all such programs are standard on Mandrake at no extra charge. Most importantly, she will not have to

Re: [newbie] I just love it

2005-01-22 Thread et
On Saturday 22 January 2005 08:43 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Still doesn't work. GR! This is exactly what I see as the path to the file. root mnt windows temp scanModem.gz I tried in

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 21 January 2005 04:13 pm, Julie Sloan wrote: What is your choice? (1-4) 4 To satisfy dependencies, the following 556 packages are going to be installed (1088 MB): I am on dialup.  22Mb takes an hour and a half.  Do I need 1088 additional Mb?? It's not 1088 'additional'

Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-22 Thread JR
On Saturday 22 January 2005 09:38 am, Duncan Anderson wrote: There should be no problem. The lady in question is a computer newbie. She will most likely want to use email and word-processing initially, so there should be absolutely no issue, since all such programs are standard on Mandrake at

Re: [newbie] What happened to KWord and KSpread?

2005-01-22 Thread SOTL
On Saturday 22 January 2005 05:21 am, Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 00:36, Jerry Lapham wrote: In Mandrake 8.2, I was able to use both KWord and KSpread. They seem to be missing in 10.1. KDE Help Center shows blank pages for Word

Re: [newbie] I just love it

2005-01-22 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Still doesn't work. GR! This is exactly what I see as the path to the file. root mnt windows temp scanModem.gz I tried in super user mode and logged on as root. It still won't work. Maybe I should rename the file frustration.xxx:) I will

Re: [newbie] openoffice segfaulting

2005-01-22 Thread JR
I downloaded OOo 2.0 beta, and it works fine for me. Thanks to all who helped. Jarlath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-22 Thread Rick Kunath
On Saturday 22 January 2005 03:42 pm, JR wrote: I think what I'll do is make her windows environment as linux-like as possiblel firefox, thunderbird and so forth. Then I'll install linux (she has plenty of disk space) and show her how easy it is. She will always have the choice - but she

Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-22 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: JR [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:42:12 -0500 On Saturday 22 January 2005 09:38 am, Duncan Anderson wrote: There should be no problem. The

Re: [newbie] openoffice segfaulting

2005-01-22 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Saturday 22 January 2005 22:00, JR wrote: I downloaded OOo 2.0 beta, and it works fine for me. Thanks to all who helped. Jarlath Out of curiosity : did you compile it yourself or install a rpm ? As far as I can see, there's only rpms for RedHat ? Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100%

Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-22 Thread JR
On Saturday 22 January 2005 11:15 am, Angus Auld wrote: - Original Message - From: JR [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:42:12 -0500 On Saturday 22 January 2005 09:38

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sat, 2005-01-22 at 15:38, Julie Sloan wrote: when I run rpmdrake I get this: generous snip IF it were me, at this stage, I would backup what I could, and format the HD and start fresh. I came to the same conclusion after sleeping on it. Thankfully K3b still works!

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 04:35, Julie Sloan wrote: There should be a text file with that info in your ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/addressbook or something like that I don't use kmail. Open it in a terminal and you should have your info. thank you Mike, but no, no addrbook in that

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Margot wrote: Julie, I suggest you start new threads for each new problem you encounter - I can't help with Kmail addressbook as I've never used Kmail, and I don't even use KDE - but if you start a thread marked lost Kmail addressbook I'm sure that someone here will be able to help you find it.

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Lanman wrote: Julie; Margot asked me to drop in and lend a hand if possible. I've had a quick look at the thread in order to catch up. If I understand things clearly, you were trying to do a 10.0 update, but accidentally did an update using 10.1 sources and now several things are broken. Hi

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 12:41, Lanman wrote: Don't forget to save your .Mail folder as well as your std.vcf file, documents and any other media or data you'd like to save. If you need help setting up a second hard drive on this PC, just holler back to the list or to me off-list.

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Tom Brinkman wrote: On Friday 21 January 2005 04:13 pm, Julie Sloan wrote: To satisfy dependencies, the following 556 packages are going to be installed (1088 MB): I am on dialup. 22Mb takes an hour and a half. Do I need 1088 additional Mb?? It's not 1088 'additional' mb. MOF, it's not

Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-22 Thread JR
On Saturday 22 January 2005 11:05 am, Rick Kunath wrote: On Saturday 22 January 2005 03:42 pm, JR wrote: I think what I'll do is make her windows environment as linux-like as possiblel firefox, thunderbird and so forth. Then I'll install linux (she has plenty of disk space) and show her how

Re: [newbie] openoffice segfaulting

2005-01-22 Thread JR
On Saturday 22 January 2005 11:24 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Saturday 22 January 2005 22:00, JR wrote: I downloaded OOo 2.0 beta, and it works fine for me. Thanks to all who helped. Jarlath Out of curiosity : did you compile it yourself or install a rpm ? As far as I can see, there's

Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-22 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: JR [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 16:28:46 -0500 On Saturday 22 January 2005 11:15 am, Angus Auld wrote: - Original Message - From:

[newbie] Mandrake and Tungsten T5

2005-01-22 Thread Jason Riker
Hello All, Has anyone been able to sync a Tungsten under Mandrake? If so, which model and can you provide the steps you took to get it working? Thank you. Jason Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Lanman
Julie Sloan wrote: I came to the same conclusion after sleeping on it. Thankfully K3b still works! Ouch! You slept on your hard drive? Didn't that hurt? Grin! thanks, Julie -- Lanman Registered Linux User #190712 Want to buy your Pack or

[newbie] dwnloads

2005-01-22 Thread dave needham
hi all,hopeing some one can help me please.im a new user to linux migrating from winxp and i will not be going back.im using the official mandrake linux 10.0. i need to learn the best way to dwnload soft ware to my pc.i mean where is the easiest place on the pc to put them and i also whant to

Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 03:02, JR wrote: My landlady gave me her laptop for the weekend to setup for her. It's 2.8 Ghz but runs slower than my 800Mhz machine - I'm assuming it's all the virus scanners, adware removal daemons and so on. I'm

Re: [newbie] dwnloads

2005-01-22 Thread Paul
Op Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:12:49 + schreef dave needham: hi all,hopeing some one can help me please.im a new user to linux migrating from winxp and i will not be going back.im using the official mandrake linux 10.0. i need to learn the best way to dwnload soft ware to my pc.i mean where is the

Re: [newbie] dwnloads

2005-01-22 Thread Dave Ashmore
dave needham wrote: hi all,hopeing some one can help me please.im a new user to linux migrating from winxp and i will not be going back.im using the official mandrake linux 10.0. i need to learn the best way to dwnload soft ware to my pc.i mean where is the easiest place on the pc to put them

Re: [newbie] dwnloads

2005-01-22 Thread john
On Saturday 22 January 2005 17:12, dave needham wrote: hi all,hopeing some one can help me please.im a new user to linux migrating from winxp and i will not be going back.im using the official mandrake linux 10.0. i need to learn the best way to dwnload soft ware to my pc.i mean where is the

Re: [newbie] dwnloads

2005-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 17:12, dave needham wrote: hi all, Hi, Dave, and welcome. hopeing some one can help me please.im a new user to linux migrating from winxp and i will not be going back. im using the official mandrake linux 10.0. To some

Re: [newbie] dwnloads

2005-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 17:39, Paul wrote: Op Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:12:49 + schreef dave needham: hi all,hopeing some one can help me please.im a new user to linux migrating from winxp and i will not be going back.im using the official mandrake

Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-22 Thread JR
On Saturday 22 January 2005 12:33 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 03:02, JR wrote: My landlady gave me her laptop for the weekend to setup for her. It's 2.8 Ghz but runs slower than my 800Mhz machine - I'm assuming it's all the virus scanners, adware removal daemons and so

Re: [newbie] dwnloads

2005-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I see that John has pointed you to UsingUrpmi. That is the command-line interface for Software Installer. They do the same thing, so it's completely a matter of choice whether you prefer the command line or the GUI. His comment did remind me,

Re: [newbie] dwnloads

2005-01-22 Thread dave needham
On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 17:47, john wrote: On Saturday 22 January 2005 17:12, dave needham wrote: hi all,hopeing some one can help me please.im a new user to linux migrating from winxp and i will not be going back.im using the official mandrake linux 10.0. i need to learn the best way to

Re: [newbie] dwnloads

2005-01-22 Thread dave needham
On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 17:49, Anne Wilson wrote: easyurpmi.zarb.org thanks anne for your info dave Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] help

2005-01-22 Thread dave needham
[EMAIL PROTECTED] id1davewp]$ su Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] id1davewp]# urpmi.removemedia the entry to remove is missing (one of update_source, Installation DVD (cdrom1)) [EMAIL PROTECTED] id1davewp]# urpmi.removemedia the entry to remove is missing (one of update_source, Installation DVD

Re: [newbie] help

2005-01-22 Thread Margot
dave needham wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] id1davewp]$ su Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] id1davewp]# urpmi.removemedia the entry to remove is missing (one of update_source, Installation DVD (cdrom1)) [EMAIL PROTECTED] id1davewp]# urpmi.removemedia the entry to remove is missing (one of update_source,

Re: [newbie] dwnloads

2005-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 18:02, dave needham wrote: an avid user from on winxp.i dwloaded it to my desktop but from there i dont no what to do.its dwnloaded as tar gz i can extract it using ark but i have trouble locating the dir and open a

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 16:31, Julie Sloan wrote:consider Stephen's advice Gonna start from scratch. I've burned just about all of ~/ onto a CD and should probably wait a day before I reinstall, to see if I think of anything else I need to save,

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 16:32, Julie Sloan wrote: I copied /home to a CD, will reinstall 10.0, and hopefully during the reinstall will set up a storage partition or two. I'm dualbooting WinXP and Mandrake; have the Win on the original harddrive

Re: [newbie] help

2005-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 18:28, dave needham wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] id1davewp]$ su Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] id1davewp]# urpmi.removemedia the entry to remove is missing (one of update_source, Installation DVD (cdrom1)) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] help

2005-01-22 Thread dave needham
On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 18:38, Margot wrote: dave needham wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] id1davewp]$ su Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] id1davewp]# urpmi.removemedia the entry to remove is missing (one of update_source, Installation DVD (cdrom1)) [EMAIL PROTECTED] id1davewp]# urpmi.removemedia

Re: [newbie] Mandrake and Tungsten T5

2005-01-22 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Jason Riker wrote: Hello All, Has anyone been able to sync a Tungsten under Mandrake? If so, which model and can you provide the steps you took to get it working? Thank you. Jason I haven't don the T5, but from what I have read on the jpilot mailing list, you should not have any problems. You

Re: [newbie] help

2005-01-22 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 06:13, dave needham wrote: hi margot i think it was john or sumone to goto http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ follow instructions which was copy and paste txt which i did but i found some small print which said urpmi.removemedia -a if you had broadband which i have but i did

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 16:31, Julie Sloan wrote:consider Stephen's advice Gonna start from scratch. I've burned just about all of ~/ onto a CD and should probably wait a day before I reinstall, to see if I think of anything else I

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 06:35, Julie Sloan wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 16:31, Julie Sloan wrote:consider Stephen's advice Gonna start from scratch. I've burned just about all of ~/ onto a CD and should probably wait

Re: [newbie] Mouse Over Multiple PC's

2005-01-22 Thread Sevatio
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Sevatio wrote: Hi Everyone, I am looking for the name of the application that allows me to use one mouse over different PC's. I thought I saw the RPM at one time but now I can't recall the name of that application. Merci d'avance, Sevatio Is x2x what you are looking

Re: [newbie] help

2005-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 19:26, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 06:13, dave needham wrote: hi margot i think it was john or sumone to goto http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ follow instructions which was copy and paste txt which i did but i

Re: [newbie] Mandrake and Tungsten T5

2005-01-22 Thread David Little
On Sat, 2005-01-22 at 08:52 -0500, Jason Riker wrote: Hello All, Has anyone been able to sync a Tungsten under Mandrake? If so, which model and can you provide the steps you took to get it working? Thank you. Jason I couldn't get j-pilot or kpilot to work more than occasionally on

[newbie] first linux install: double clicking 'home' doesn't do anything

2005-01-22 Thread Michaël Van Dorpe
I just removed Windows XP pro from my Dell Inspiron 5100 (PIV 2.4, 512MB ram) and installed Mandrake 10.1 'powerpack'. The 'starter guide' said I would find Mozilla in Internet/Browsers, but that is not the case. So, I tried to launch Konqueror from the, uhm, (*looks in manual*), oh yes, the

[newbie] turn off computer?

2005-01-22 Thread Andy Yankovich
Hi guys, My computer is used only by me. Never by another person. I have a cable connection that is always on. 1. Is the recommended procedure to turn computers off at least nightly or keep them on all the time? 2. Should I install some type of firewall for security reasons? I do not have any

Fwd: [newbie] first linux install: double clicking 'home' doesn't do anything

2005-01-22 Thread Michaël Van Dorpe
Logging out/in didn't help. So, now I'm going to try your other suggestion: updates. I did get some updates from the internet during the installation, if I remember correctly. If that is not what you mean, then there is more: in the control center I can choose 'updates'. All security updates are

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Well, after sleeping on the harddrive I am confusing the two ;) Stephen Kühn wrote: Linux causes you to tear out hair? Are you sure you're not confusing linux with men? Men causing you to tear your hair out I can fully understand, but linux? Nah. Easier to control. Much more so than men. Ask

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 07:38, Julie Sloan wrote: Well, after sleeping on the harddrive I am confusing the two ;) Stephen Kühn wrote: Linux causes you to tear out hair? Are you sure you're not confusing linux with men? Men causing you to tear your hair out I can fully

Re: Fwd: [newbie] first linux install: double clicking 'home' doesn't do anything

2005-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 20:26, Michaël Van Dorpe wrote: Logging out/in didn't help. So, now I'm going to try your other suggestion: updates. Top-posting is frowned upon, on the list. Read

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Stephen Kühn wrote: Difference between a hard drive and a man:snip Thanks for the explanation! BTW, sorry for my earlier top-posting, I'd forgotten it is preferable to bottom-post on this list? Julie -- Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Lanman
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 07:38, Julie Sloan wrote: Well, after sleeping on the harddrive I am confusing the two ;) Stephen Kühn wrote: Linux causes you to tear out hair? Are you sure you're not confusing linux with men? Men causing you to tear your hair out I can fully

Re: [newbie] turn off computer?

2005-01-22 Thread Eric Huff
Andy Yankovich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My computer is used only by me. Never by another person. I have a cable connection that is always on. You'll get a lot of suggestions, but here is what i do: 1. Is the recommended procedure to turn computers off at least nightly or keep them on all

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Lanman
Julie Sloan wrote: Stephen Kühn wrote: Difference between a hard drive and a man:snip Thanks for the explanation! BTW, sorry for my earlier top-posting, I'd forgotten it is preferable to bottom-post on this list? Julie Kinda like the difference between top-feeding and bottom-feeding, but way

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 07:59, Lanman wrote: Damn Stephen! Did you have to list every one of our flaws? There's honesty and then there's Brutal honesty! Nest thing you know, women will be dating their hard drives, Sigh! Well, maybe I can just increase my support contracts instead! Grin!

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 07:54, Julie Sloan wrote: Stephen Kühn wrote: Difference between a hard drive and a man:snip Thanks for the explanation! BTW, sorry for my earlier top-posting, I'd forgotten it is preferable to bottom-post on this list? Julie It's quite alright. On

Re: [newbie] turn off computer?

2005-01-22 Thread Avi Schwartz
Andy Yankovich wrote: Hi guys, My computer is used only by me. Never by another person. I have a cable connection that is always on. 1. Is the recommended procedure to turn computers off at least nightly or keep them on all the time? This is really up to you. I keep mine on all the time (1)

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday 22 January 2005 10:32 am, Julie Sloan wrote: If /home's not on a separate partition now, and you have enough diskspace on a storage partition, just copy your entire /home directory to that partition.  Then copy it back in after a re-install of 10.0, overwriting the install

[newbie] test

2005-01-22 Thread Simon
test -- Linux Counter number 359744. http://counter.li.org/ GnuPG Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xE94E2292 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

Re: [newbie] test

2005-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 22:00, Simon wrote: test passed! - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4

Re: [newbie] 10 to 10.1 upgrade kernel panic

2005-01-22 Thread Paul
On Sat, 2005-01-22 at 00:47, Erylon Hines wrote: On Friday 21 January 2005 05:51 pm, Paul wrote: | When upgrading to 10.1 Official from 10.0 Official, I keep getting a | 'kernel panic suggest passing init= error. | | If I make a new install with the same discs, there's no problem. | | Any

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Margot
Lanman wrote: Damn Stephen! Did you have to list every one of our flaws? There's honesty and then there's Brutal honesty! Nest thing you know, women will be dating their hard drives, Sigh! Well, maybe I can just increase my support contracts instead! Grin! Way to go! Now the secret's out of

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 09:18, Margot wrote: Can I sign up for a 'support contract'? Goats are accepted in lieu of cash, Margot. -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Tom Brinkman wrote: On Saturday 22 January 2005 10:32 am, Julie Sloan wrote: I copied /home to a CD, will reinstall 10.0, and hopefully during the reinstall will set up a storage partition or two. I'm dualbooting WinXP and Mandrake; have the Win on the original harddrive and Mandrake on its own,

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 09:18, Margot wrote: Can I sign up for a 'support contract'? Goats are accepted in lieu of cash, Margot. Pssst, Margot - - my nextdoor neightbors are raising goats and wouldn't miss a couple! J --

Re: [newbie] turn off computer?

2005-01-22 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
On Sat, 2005-01-22 at 15:15 -0600, Avi Schwartz wrote: Andy Yankovich wrote: Hi guys, My computer is used only by me. Never by another person. I have a cable connection that is always on. 1. Is the recommended procedure to turn computers off at least nightly or keep them on all

Re: [newbie] dwnloads

2005-01-22 Thread Paul
On Sat, 2005-01-22 at 18:57, Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 18:02, dave needham wrote: an avid user from on winxp.i dwloaded it to my desktop but from there i dont no what to do.its dwnloaded as tar gz i can extract it using

Re: Fwd: [newbie] first linux install: double clicking 'home' doesn't do anything

2005-01-22 Thread Michaël Van Dorpe
You need Security and Bug Fixes. It's a bit download, that first time, but it won't ever be as big a that again. So I downloaded the 191 files or 691MB... unfortunately one of those files was corrupted or something, and I tried to install (and download) those security and bug fixes in batches

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 09:42, Julie Sloan wrote: Goats are accepted in lieu of cash, Margot. Pssst, Margot - - my nextdoor neightbors are raising goats and wouldn't miss a couple! J Goat steak, goat stew, goat pie, goat cheese, goat ala mode, goat ala carte, goat burgers, goat

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Paul
On Sat, 2005-01-22 at 22:38, Julie Sloan wrote: Tom Brinkman wrote: On Saturday 22 January 2005 10:32 am, Julie Sloan wrote: I copied /home to a CD, will reinstall 10.0, and hopefully during the reinstall will set up a storage partition or two. I'm dualbooting WinXP and Mandrake; have the

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Margot
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 09:42, Julie Sloan wrote: Goats are accepted in lieu of cash, Margot. Pssst, Margot - - my nextdoor neightbors are raising goats and wouldn't miss a couple! J Goat steak, goat stew, goat pie, goat cheese, goat ala mode, goat ala carte, goat burgers,

Re: [newbie] turn off computer?

2005-01-22 Thread JoeHill
On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 13:00:09 -0800 Eric Huff disseminated the following: 1. Is the recommended procedure to turn computers off at least nightly or keep them on all the time? I turn mine off to save power, but there is little or no need to do it for stability. Once you've stopped using

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 10:09, Margot wrote: Nooo! I think we'd better transfer any further 'goat' discussion to the OT list... Speaking of the OT list - what the heck ever happened to those that initially screamed for an OT IRC channel - which exists, but no one on this list ever goes

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Lanman
Margot wrote: Lanman wrote: Damn Stephen! Did you have to list every one of our flaws? There's honesty and then there's Brutal honesty! Nest thing you know, women will be dating their hard drives, Sigh! Well, maybe I can just increase my support contracts instead! Grin! Way to go! Now the

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Paul
On Sat, 2005-01-22 at 23:03, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 09:42, Julie Sloan wrote: Goats are accepted in lieu of cash, Margot. Pssst, Margot - - my nextdoor neightbors are raising goats and wouldn't miss a couple! J Goat steak, goat stew, goat pie,

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Lanman
Paul wrote: On Sat, 2005-01-22 at 23:03, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 09:42, Julie Sloan wrote: Goats are accepted in lieu of cash, Margot. Pssst, Margot - - my nextdoor neightbors are raising goats and wouldn't miss a couple! J Goat steak, goat stew, goat pie, goat cheese, goat

Re: [newbie] 10 to 10.1 upgrade kernel panic

2005-01-22 Thread Lanman
Paul wrote: Still, if I didn't like a challenge I'd be sat in front of a windows box with a noose round my neck. Paul I suppose that's always an option Paul. But knowing the problems you'd have with Windows, why not skip the Windows part and go straight to the noose part! At least it wouldn't be

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Lanman
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 07:59, Lanman wrote: Damn Stephen! Did you have to list every one of our flaws? There's honesty and then there's Brutal honesty! Nest thing you know, women will be dating their hard drives, Sigh! Well, maybe I can just increase my support contracts

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Lanman
Stephen Kühn wrote: It's quite alright. On THIS list, women are allowed to choose top or bottom. -- stephen kuhn OK, Now! See? That was funny! Especially when taken out of context! Good On Ya Mate! -- Lanman Registered Linux User #190712 Want to

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 10:38, Lanman wrote: Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 07:59, Lanman wrote: Damn Stephen! Did you have to list every one of our flaws? There's honesty and then there's Brutal honesty! Nest thing you know, women will be dating their hard drives, Sigh!

[newbie] Updates

2005-01-22 Thread Charles A Edwards
Updated rpms for Mdk 10.1 abiword-2.2.3-1.1010.1mdk.i586.rpm abiword-plugin-abicommand-2.2.3-1.1010.1mdk.i586.rpm abiword-plugin-abidash-2.2.3-1.1010.1mdk.i586.rpm abiword-plugin-abigimp-2.2.3-1.1010.1mdk.i586.rpm abiword-plugin-abipsion-2.2.3-1.1010.1mdk.i586.rpm

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Lanman
Stephen Kühn wrote: HAD sentimental value. All gone now. -- stephen kuhn Had? Hmmm. Take Care Stephen. G'Night! -- Lanman Registered Linux User #190712 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

Re: [newbie] turn off computer?

2005-01-22 Thread Paul
On Sat, 2005-01-22 at 23:15, JoeHill wrote: On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 13:00:09 -0800 Eric Huff disseminated the following: 1. Is the recommended procedure to turn computers off at least nightly or keep them on all the time? I turn mine off to save power, but there is little or no need

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Stephen Kühn wrote: Goat steak, goat stew, goat pie, goat cheese, goat ala mode, goat ala carte, goat burgers, goat kebabs, goat gyros, goat sausages, goat patties, goat casserole...the list goes on. My barbie is primed up and ready. MMMmm. I'm rowing. Expect me sometime in March.. Julie --

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Paul wrote: Julie Sloan wrote: Tom Brinkman wrote: In the re-install, make a separate /home dir this time ;) Also, IME, one real big /stor dir is better than many. BTW, when you re-install I recommend ReiserFS. And make a separate /boot partition (~50mb's, ext3). Ratio of '/' to '/home'

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Margot
Julie Sloan wrote: Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 09:18, Margot wrote: Can I sign up for a 'support contract'? Goats are accepted in lieu of cash, Margot. Pssst, Margot - - my nextdoor neightbors are raising goats and wouldn't miss a couple! J Please send 2 nice goats direct to

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 11:02, Julie Sloan wrote: What about a ReiserFS? Or is that something else, not a type of partition as I thought? thanks, Julie Let's make it as simply put as possible. Create the partitions: /boot (ext3) / (ReiserFS) SWAP /home (ReiserFS) Bear in mind that MS

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 11:02, Julie Sloan wrote: Stephen Kühn wrote: Goat steak, goat stew, goat pie, goat cheese, goat ala mode, goat ala carte, goat burgers, goat kebabs, goat gyros, goat sausages, goat patties, goat casserole...the list goes on. My barbie is primed up and ready.

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