Re: [newbie] Thunderbird mail client

2005-01-26 Thread Andy Yankovich
On Tuesday 25 January 2005 07:26 pm, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 11:17, Andy Yankovich wrote: On Tuesday 25 January 2005 03:24 pm, Avi Schwartz wrote: huge snip 2) Install thundirbird urpmi mozilla-thunderbird

Re: [newbie] locked directory

2005-01-26 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 25 Jan 2005 23:38, RickSisler wrote: you can also type: $ urpmi --help to give you the usage of the command gives you all the switches, that goes for the rest too. urpmf, urpmq, urpmi.addmedia .. or almost all commands, beats going to

Re: [newbie] [Fwd: Setting up urpmi sources]

2005-01-26 Thread Charles Lee Ying
Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 25 January 2005 03:01, Charles Lee Ying wrote: I've recently joined the list and noted in the past few days a lot of references to setting up urpmi sources. So I tried it as well and was not successful SNIP If you have trouble with an online source the

[newbie] updates

2005-01-26 Thread Dave Needham
i have just done an update through the madrake control center.3 lists security bux fixes normal updates theres a list as long as your arm but which do i need to install or do i need all of them. -- Many Thanks To All That Help Best Wishes Dave

Re: [newbie] updates

2005-01-26 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 26 Jan 2005 09:18, Dave Needham wrote: i have just done an update through the madrake control center.3 lists security bux fixes normal updates theres a list as long as your arm but which do i need to install or do i need all of

Re: [newbie] Thunderbird mail client

2005-01-26 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 11:39, Andy Yankovich wrote: Hi Stephen, Before the file installed a message said it hd bad signatures. I clicked install anyway. (1) should I have not gone ahead with installation? (2) what does bad signatures mean? Andy You'll be right mate. Don't worry about

Re: [newbie] updates

2005-01-26 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 20:46, Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 26 Jan 2005 09:18, Dave Needham wrote: i have just done an update through the madrake control center.3 lists security bux fixes normal updates theres a list as long as your arm

[newbie] CD playing on Upgraded KDE 3.3.2 broken.

2005-01-26 Thread steve.goodey
Hello, I wonder if someone could help me with a broken KDE 3.3.2 please. The story is that a working 10.1 Official with KDE 3.2 was upgraded using Konstruct to KDE 3.3.2 which appeared to go ok. Before the upgrade kaudiocreator, Amarok and cd playing worked ok. However after the upgrade these

Re: [newbie] need help patching kernel

2005-01-26 Thread Mike Chalmers
(I cleaned up the post to make it easier to read. From, Mike) To answer this question and the similar question from Bill Mudry :- For a given Mandrake release MandrakeSoft will support a specific kernel. For Mandrake 10.0 that is 2.6.3 , and for 10.1 it is 2.6.8.1 So you will not find any updates

Re: [newbie] Thunderbird mail client

2005-01-26 Thread Rick Kunath
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 11:39, Andy Yankovich wrote: Hi Stephen, Before the file installed a message said it hd bad signatures. I clicked install anyway. (1) should I have not gone ahead with installation? (2) what does bad signatures mean? Andy The bad signature error is

Re: [newbie] Modifying the KDE menu

2005-01-26 Thread Lanman
Margot wrote: Did you remember to run update-menus -v as root, after installing or uninstalling software and before running menudrake? Or, update-menus -n if you're not interested in seeing the output, but as you're having problems the -v option would probably be more useful. Also, in

Re: [newbie] Modifying the KDE menu

2005-01-26 Thread Lanman
Hmmm, Possibly another clue for general consideration; Whenever you add a new user to a Linux powered system, a home folder is created for the new user, at which point, the contents of /etc/skel are copies to the that user's home folder. But that's as far as this process goes. Until the new

Re: [newbie] 10.1 missing icons

2005-01-26 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday 25 January 2005 09:58 pm, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 11:21, Mike Adolf wrote: I was doing the QT designer tutorial, it directed me to browse to locate an icon called tabwidget.png. This icon and others used in the tutorial are not in my installation of 10.1,

[newbie] urpmi locked

2005-01-26 Thread Dave Needham
-- here we go again.can some one help me unlock urpmi datebase as it is locked. Many Thanks To All Who Reply Best Wishes Dave Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

Re: [newbie] Modifying the KDE menu

2005-01-26 Thread Lanman
Hmmm, Looks Like I may have found what I'm looking for. It would seem that Mandrake essentially uses a dynamic menu system, which makes a lot of sense when you think about it. Other ways of getting your menus updated would probably be clunky and cumbersome at best. In order to make life

Re: [newbie] Modifying the KDE menu

2005-01-26 Thread Lanman
Lanman wrote: Hmmm, Looks Like I may have found what I'm looking for. It would seem that Mandrake essentially uses a dynamic menu system, which makes a lot of sense when you think about it. Other ways of getting your menus updated would probably be clunky and cumbersome at best. In order to

Re: [newbie] urpmi locked

2005-01-26 Thread Paul
On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 14:27, Dave Needham wrote: -- here we go again.can some one help me unlock urpmi datebase as it is locked. su ps -A kill (replace ?s with number of urpmi or whatever) is the long way, can't think of the short way at the moment

[newbie] re unlock urpmi

2005-01-26 Thread Dave Needham
-- thanks paul for your help.will give it ago... Many Thanks To All Who Reply Best Wishes Dave Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] urpmi locked

2005-01-26 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 26 Jan 2005 17:07, Paul wrote: On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 14:27, Dave Needham wrote: -- here we go again.can some one help me unlock urpmi datebase as it is locked. su ps -A kill (replace ?s with number of urpmi or whatever)

Re: [newbie] Opera and Konqueror

2005-01-26 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 25 January 2005 19:54, Andy Yankovich wrote: Am I correct in thinking that, even tho I use Opera (or Firefox) as my primary web browser, Konqueror remains my primary (only?) file manager? Andy In the Linux world you have a lot of choice. Konqueror is the file Manager supplied with

Re: [newbie] need help patching kernel

2005-01-26 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 26 January 2005 03:48, Mike Chalmers wrote: SNIP To install a kernel from an ftp mirror, simply navigate to the mirror using konqueror and click on the kernel you wish to install. For example, go here for Cooker :-

[newbie] easyurpmi mirrors that get never updated - security risk

2005-01-26 Thread Philippe Landau
hello can mandrakesoft please remove the uk mirror from it's lists, it was never updated this year and using it puts users at risk of loosing their personal data all while believing all is fine as they regularly update their system ... kind regards philippe --

Re: [newbie] need help patching kernel

2005-01-26 Thread Paul
On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 15:32, Derek Jennings wrote: I had already given instructions on how to install the Mandrake 2.6.8 kernel. Just click on the link above using konqueror, find the kernel you want to install and click on it. That will invoke 'gurpmi' which is a little graphical

[newbie] Checking RAM size

2005-01-26 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All How to check one's computer RAM size? Thanks in advance, Paul PS: Since I am a GMail user, please be sure that you reply to the list. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the

Re: [newbie] 10.1 missing icons

2005-01-26 Thread Mike Adolf
On Wednesday 26 January 2005 09:22 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Tuesday 25 January 2005 09:58 pm, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 11:21, Mike Adolf wrote: I was doing the QT designer tutorial, it directed me to browse to locate an icon called tabwidget.png. This icon and others

Re: [newbie] 10.1 missing icons

2005-01-26 Thread Mike Adolf
On Wednesday 26 January 2005 09:22 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Tuesday 25 January 2005 09:58 pm, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 11:21, Mike Adolf wrote: I was doing the QT designer tutorial, it directed me to browse to locate an icon called tabwidget.png. This icon and others

Re: [newbie] Checking RAM size

2005-01-26 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 26 Jan 2005 17:00, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All How to check one's computer RAM size? Thanks in advance, Paul PS: Since I am a GMail user, please be sure that you reply to the list. Kcontrol Information Memory Anne - --

Re: [newbie] Checking RAM size

2005-01-26 Thread Paul Smith
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:09:48 +, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How to check one's computer RAM size? Kcontrol Information Memory Thanks a lot, Anne. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[newbie] Connecting a Linux computer to a MS Windows network

2005-01-26 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Is it straightforward to connect a Linux computer to a MS Windows network, allowing this Linux computer to have access to shared disks and printers on the MS Windows? If so, where to get information how to do that? Thanks in advance, Paul PS: Since I am a GMail user, please be sure

Re: [newbie] Connecting a Linux computer to a MS Windows network

2005-01-26 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 26 January 2005 17:38, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All Is it straightforward to connect a Linux computer to a MS Windows network, allowing this Linux computer to have access to shared disks and printers on the MS Windows? If so, where to get information how to do that? Thanks in

Re: [newbie] Connecting a Linux computer to a MS Windows network

2005-01-26 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Wednesday 26 January 2005 12:38, Paul Smith wrote: Is it straightforward to connect a Linux computer to a MS Windows network, allowing this Linux computer to have access to shared disks and printers on the MS Windows? If so, where to get information how to do that? Paul, certainly not to

[newbie] sound problem in 10.1

2005-01-26 Thread paul marwick
I recently installed Mandrake 10.1 official on my IBM T23. Overall, I'm impressed. The install was better than any other version of Mandrake I've tried since 6.1, and the end result is fast and seems quite stable. I'll have to compile the Lucent drivers, but other than that, most of what I want

[newbie] Thanks for help with Mozilla

2005-01-26 Thread Julie Sloan
Thanks to everyone who helped with my recent Mozilla problem (under the header locked directory). ...for the record, Mozilla-1.7.5 _will_ run under Mandrake 10.0.The urpmi sources I found for this version of Mozilla were all Mandrake 10.1 specific, so I found it easiest to download the

Re: [newbie] Thanks for help with Mozilla

2005-01-26 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 26 January 2005 21:28, Julie Sloan wrote: Thanks to everyone who helped with my recent Mozilla problem (under the header locked directory). ...for the record, Mozilla-1.7.5 _will_ run under Mandrake 10.0. The urpmi sources I found for this version of Mozilla were all

[newbie] the easy way?

2005-01-26 Thread Ian
Since the list is convinced that Home is better if it is in a separate partition, what is the best and easiest way to accomplish this. At present, Home is in the same partition as the rest of the distro (standard install). How do I ensure if I move the contents of Home to a new partition that

Re: [newbie] the easy way?

2005-01-26 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 26 January 2005 22:43, Ian wrote: Since the list is convinced that Home is better if it is in a separate partition, what is the best and easiest way to accomplish this. At present, Home is in the same partition as the rest of the distro (standard install). How do I ensure if I

[newbie] Re: new MDK installs get to reboot in rw mode then PERMISSION DENIED

2005-01-26 Thread Joe(theWordy)Philbrook
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It would appear that on Jan 24, et did say: On Monday 24 January 2005 02:01 pm, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote: http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?String=exactAcronym=msecFind=Fi nd listed two likely meanings... message security, or

Re: [newbie] the easy way?

2005-01-26 Thread Ian
On Wednesday 26 Jan 2005 22:48, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 26 January 2005 22:43, Ian wrote: Since the list is convinced that Home is better if it is in a separate partition, what is the best and easiest way to accomplish this. At present, Home is in the same partition as the rest

[newbie] Re: Re: upgrade 8.2 to 10.1: Error, some other host already uses address 127.0.0.1.

2005-01-26 Thread Joe(theWordy)Philbrook
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It would appear that on Jan 24, Mikkel L. Ellertson did say: I would like to see the output of route -n and ifconfig and ifconfig -a. Something is definitly strange here. Mikkel [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination

Re: [newbie] upgrade 8.2 to 10.1: Error, some other host already uses address 127.0.0.1.

2005-01-26 Thread Richard Urwin
On Sunday 23 Jan 2005 4:26 pm, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I upgraded a working MDK 8.2 installation to MDK 10.1 (powerpack) The new 10.1 gives me some error messages during the boot process that I don't understand. One of them is: Error,

Re: [newbie] the easy way?

2005-01-26 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 26 January 2005 23:10, Ian wrote: On Wednesday 26 Jan 2005 22:48, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 26 January 2005 22:43, Ian wrote: Since the list is convinced that Home is better if it is in a separate partition, what is the best and easiest way to accomplish this. At

Re: [newbie] Re: Re: upgrade 8.2 to 10.1: Error, some other host already uses address 127.0.0.1.

2005-01-26 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It would appear that on Jan 24, Mikkel L. Ellertson did say: I would like to see the output of route -n and ifconfig and ifconfig -a. Something is definitly strange here. Mikkel [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# route -n Kernel

[newbie] Latest security updates not listed

2005-01-26 Thread Chris
I've got sources installed for main, updates and contrib. I received quite a few security update messages this morning and when going to MDK update they don't seem to be listed. Should I remove the source I currently have for updates and install another one or wait a bit to see if they show

Re: [newbie] Thunderbird mail client

2005-01-26 Thread Andy Yankovich
Andy, you can install any software on your system using Mandrake Control Center. The same dialog you used for changing the resolution but this time it's on the Software Management tab. But before you do read these following links: Here is a really good intro to installing software on

[newbie] Hope for mandrake 10.2 include QT 3.3.4

2005-01-26 Thread Teddy Widhi
Hi, I wish on the next release of Mandrake 10.2 including QT 3.3.4. its the bug fix and backward compatibility for QT 3.3.x. Ok Thank you. Teddy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the

Re: [newbie] Latest security updates not listed

2005-01-26 Thread Dan Gordon
On January 26, 2005 07:23 pm, Chris wrote: I've got sources installed for main, updates and contrib. I received quite a few security update messages this morning and when going to MDK update they don't seem to be listed. Should I remove the source I currently have for updates and install

[newbie] Removing KDE removes...everything?

2005-01-26 Thread JoeHill
I thought to myself, 'hey, I don't use KDE, why don't I just remove it?'. Well, according to MCC, that means uninstalling most of my system, including seemingly most of Gnome and it's associated lib's as well. WTF? -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 21:54:03 up 24 days, 10:33,

Re: [newbie] Mandrake and Tungsten T5

2005-01-26 Thread Glenn
On Saturday 22 January 2005 06:52 am, 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 A little late getting to you, but I've had no trouble using

Re: [newbie] Latest security updates not listed

2005-01-26 Thread Chris
On Wednesday 26 January 2005 08:01 pm, Dan Gordon wrote: On January 26, 2005 07:23 pm, Chris wrote: I've got sources installed for main, updates and contrib. I received quite a few security update messages this morning and when going to MDK update they don't seem to be listed. Should I

Re: [newbie] Hope for mandrake 10.2 include QT 3.3.4

2005-01-26 Thread Greg Meyer
On Wednesday 26 January 2005 08:48 pm, Teddy Widhi wrote: Hi, I wish on the next release of Mandrake 10.2 including QT 3.3.4. its the bug fix and backward compatibility for QT 3.3.x. Ok Thank you. Then you should post this message to cooker where the devs hang out, not in newbie where the,

Re: [newbie] need help patching kernel

2005-01-26 Thread Mike Chalmers
From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] need help patching kernel Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:32:28 + On Wednesday 26 January 2005 03:48, Mike Chalmers wrote: SNIP To install a kernel from an ftp mirror,