Re: [newbie] IP refresh command?

2005-02-01 Thread solly
On Tuesday 01 February 2005 09:32 pm, Hugh Crissman wrote: HI, You can use the service network restart command, its the same as my laptop i if plug onto my network then i have restart before i could connect. I hope this will help u cheers> I have searched high and low but can't find the command t

[newbie] KPPP fail in Mdk 9.1

2005-02-01 Thread Miroslav Skoric
Gentle folks, I use KPPP to dial-in my ISP. Whenever I dial-up for the first time (after the system boot up), the link gets broken and the next time the link is fine. Of course, using the proper username and password both tries. Is there any reason why it doesn't accomplish the negotiation wit

[newbie] USB drive floppy image

2005-02-01 Thread Miark
I want to install 10.1 onto a laptop from a USB hard drive. I've read there is a hdcdrom_usb.img or some such thing, but it's not in the install directory. Where is it? Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://ww

[newbie] Snapshot of video

2005-02-01 Thread Miark
If I pause video using mplayer and take a screenshot, the video still is replaced with solid blue. Is there a way around this? Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http:/

[newbie] How to downgrade gcc version?

2005-02-01 Thread Vathsala Devi
Dear All Mandrake Users,   I am using Mandrake Linux 9.1 to do my Master degree research project with University of Malaya, Malaysia...   My problem is, I have to install a network simulator called NS2 version ns-2.1b9 on my Linux platform but the Linux gcc 3.2.2 would support my ns-2.1b9...The pro

Re: [newbie] MDK 10.1 and ViaVoice

2005-02-01 Thread David
On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 06:00:52 -0500 et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: #On Monday 31 January 2005 11:29 pm, David wrote: #> On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 13:36:31 +1300 #> David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: #> #> a big snip #no bother, just hoping you keep us informed as to how it all works, and what #you did (a

[newbie] Cannot find libmp3lame.so

2005-02-01 Thread Aron Smith
I am having trouble with audacity specifically it needs libmp3lame.so although I have grip and lame installed on my system I am unable to find that file any help appreciated Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www

Re: [newbie] To Chris Lane

2005-02-01 Thread Eric Huff
> > > > Hey, bud, when you get back in your office, could you > > > > remember to *never* set an out-of-office auto-reply for an > > > > account you use on a mailing list? > > > > If it's a big problem, i can unsub the address. He'll get a > > note saying he was unsubbed. But he'll still see this

Re: [newbie] Mandrakelinux Mailing List Etiquette

2005-02-01 Thread Eric Huff
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:39:29 + Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 30 Jan 2005 16:58, JR wrote: > > Would someone clarify this for me please? > > > > "If you use Reply but change the subject, you are hijacking." > > > > Does this mean if you change the 'subject' field, or the t

Re: [newbie] To Chris Lane

2005-02-01 Thread Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 01 February 2005 09:40 pm, Eric Huff wrote: > > > Hey, bud, when you get back in your office, could you remember > > > to *never* set an out-of-office auto-reply for an account you > > > use on a mailing list? > > > > > > Many thanks! > > > > I rang their contact number this morning, the

Re: [newbie] desktop app at kde-look

2005-02-01 Thread Glenn
On Tue February 1 2005 12:00, Bill Winegarden wrote: > Hi, > I was checking out kde-look today and I saw a screenshot of a 'gkrellm > like' computer monitoring application. However it is full size, transparent > and very cool. Does anyone know the name. I'm sure it must be available for > Mandrake

Re: [newbie] To Chris Lane

2005-02-01 Thread Eric Huff
> > Hey, bud, when you get back in your office, could you remember > > to *never* set an out-of-office auto-reply for an account you > > use on a mailing list? > > > > Many thanks! > > I rang their contact number this morning, they can't switch it off > as it is "company policy" to have this switc

[newbie] desktop app at kde-look

2005-02-01 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi, I was checking out kde-look today and I saw a screenshot of a 'gkrellm like' computer monitoring application. However it is full size, transparent and very cool. Does anyone know the name. I'm sure it must be available for Mandrake and that someone on the list is already using it. The scree

Re: [newbie] Hardward Compatability Question

2005-02-01 Thread Amy
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 23:46:53 +, Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yep I've used that one. It works fine in Linux. It uses the Atmel chip set. > The driver required depends on whether you get a v2.6, or v2.8 version. > It should work in Mdk 10.1 without any issue. > Take a look at th

Re: [newbie] To Chris Lane

2005-02-01 Thread jallan6977
That's a drunk stuttering and staggering as he asks for another bottle:>) On 31 Jan 2005 at 22:37, Julie Sloan wrote: > > On 31 Jan 2005 at 12:52, JoeHill wrote: > > > > > >>On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:24:27 -0500 > >>Carroll Grigsby disseminated the following: > >> > >> > >>>Don't the list

Re: [newbie] IP refresh command?

2005-02-01 Thread Miark
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 14:32:36 -0500, Hugh wrote: > I have searched high and low but can't find the command to > refresh my dhcp configured ip address. Often I find myself > moving from one network to the next and I don't want to reboot > my laptop every time I want to acquire a new ip on the new

[newbie] OpenOffice builds

2005-02-01 Thread Paul Kaplan
I have MDK10.1 on two different systems. They're set up similarly, but not identically. The X and KDE environments however are the same. OpenOffice 1.1.4 runs fine on both, but I wanted to test 1.9.74 (the current 2.0beta). On one box it runs fine while on the other it constantly crashes and

Re: [newbie] Hardward Compatability Question

2005-02-01 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 01 February 2005 23:25, Amy wrote: > Hey guys! > > My boyfriend's house has a wireless network, and everyone over there > runs windows. I want to be able to have my computer hop on their > network to connect to the internet if I drag my computer over there, > and I was looking at the wir

Re: [newbie] Frozen blue screen after upgrading kernel

2005-02-01 Thread Lanman
Bill Mudry wrote: At 05:56 PM 2/1/2005, you wrote: Bill Mudry wrote: At 01:02 PM 2/1/2005, you wrote: I waited for some time actually. There is always some chance that I should have waited longer but I have doubts. Meanwhile, I went back into XFdrake and was able to up the resolution to 1280 x

Re: [newbie] Looking for Mr. Good-boot!

2005-02-01 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 01 February 2005 23:17, Lanman wrote: > Hey Folks. I'm wondering if someone can walk me through a few issues > regarding booting systems using PXE? Having sorted out my Mandrake menu > concerns it works but I still need to test it a few times), I'm now > looking at how I can boot new PC'

Re: [newbie] Looking for Mr. Good-boot!

2005-02-01 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Lanman wrote: Hey Folks. I'm wondering if someone can walk me through a few issues regarding booting systems using PXE? Having sorted out my Mandrake menu concerns it works but I still need to test it a few times), I'm now looking at how I can boot new PC's to start the installation process. An

[newbie] Hardward Compatability Question

2005-02-01 Thread Amy
Hey guys! My boyfriend's house has a wireless network, and everyone over there runs windows. I want to be able to have my computer hop on their network to connect to the internet if I drag my computer over there, and I was looking at the wireless B usb adapter from linksys. I can get it from work

[newbie] Looking for Mr. Good-boot!

2005-02-01 Thread Lanman
Hey Folks. I'm wondering if someone can walk me through a few issues regarding booting systems using PXE? Having sorted out my Mandrake menu concerns it works but I still need to test it a few times), I'm now looking at how I can boot new PC's to start the installation process. Any help would b

Re: [newbie] Frozen blue screen after upgrading kernel

2005-02-01 Thread Bill Mudry
At 05:56 PM 2/1/2005, you wrote: Bill Mudry wrote: At 01:02 PM 2/1/2005, you wrote: I waited for some time actually. There is always some chance that I should have waited longer but I have doubts. Meanwhile, I went back into XFdrake and was able to up the resolution to 1280 x 1024. Its what I pref

Re: [newbie] Frozen blue screen after upgrading kernel

2005-02-01 Thread Lanman
Bill Mudry wrote: At 01:02 PM 2/1/2005, you wrote: On Tuesday 01 Feb 2005 16:36, Bill Mudry wrote: > This past week I worked on updating my Mandrake box from 10.0 to 10.1. > Most of the application programs went well. The change over of the kernel > took a bit more coaching for me from another Lin

Re: [newbie] Frozen blue screen after upgrading kernel

2005-02-01 Thread Bill Mudry
At 01:02 PM 2/1/2005, you wrote: On Tuesday 01 Feb 2005 16:36, Bill Mudry wrote: > This past week I worked on updating my Mandrake box from 10.0 to 10.1. > Most of the application programs went well. The change over of the kernel > took a bit more coaching for me from another Linux person but I got

Re: [newbie] Proxy on Command Line

2005-02-01 Thread Troy Davidson
> 2005. február 1. 15.08 dátummal Troy Davidson ezt írta: >> How do you set a proxy for commandline connections? I need to use http >> access here at work and everything goes through a proxy. I can't get to >> the http mirrors for urpmi. I assume it is my proxy not setup for >> commandline comm

Re: [newbie] IP refresh command?

2005-02-01 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 01 February 2005 20:35, JoeHill wrote: > On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 14:32:36 -0500 > > Hugh Crissman disseminated the following: > > I have searched high and low but can't find the command to refresh my > > dhcp configured ip address. Often I find myself moving from one network > > to the next a

Re: [newbie] IP refresh command?

2005-02-01 Thread JoeHill
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 14:32:36 -0500 Hugh Crissman disseminated the following: > I have searched high and low but can't find the command to refresh my dhcp > configured ip address. Often I find myself moving from one network to the > next and I don't want to reboot my laptop every time I want to ac

Re: [newbie] Frozen blue screen after upgrading kernel

2005-02-01 Thread Ian
On Tuesday 01 Feb 2005 16:36, Bill Mudry wrote: > This past week I worked on updating my Mandrake box from 10.0 to 10.1. > Most of the application programs went well. The change over of the kernel > took a bit more coaching for me from another Linux person but I got it to > work (as far as I can te

Re: [newbie] IP refresh command?

2005-02-01 Thread Lanman
Hugh Crissman wrote: I have searched high and low but can't find the command to refresh my dhcp configured ip address. Often I find myself moving from one network to the next and I don't want to reboot my laptop every time I want to acquire a new ip on the new network. What shell command will do

Re: [newbie] Modifying the KDE menu

2005-02-01 Thread Lanman
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Sorry for taking so long to respond - I kind of forgot about this one. One way you can stop an item from apreaing in the menu is to delete the file for that item in /usr/lib/menu. But when you upgrande the package, it will probably be back. You could try creating an em

Re: [newbie] Proxy on Command Line

2005-02-01 Thread Siposs Attila
2005. február 1. 15.08 dátummal Troy Davidson ezt írta: > How do you set a proxy for commandline connections? I need to use http > access here at work and everything goes through a proxy. I can't get to > the http mirrors for urpmi. I assume it is my proxy not setup for > commandline communicati

[newbie] IP refresh command?

2005-02-01 Thread Hugh Crissman
I have searched high and low but can't find the command to refresh my dhcp configured ip address. Often I find myself moving from one network to the next and I don't want to reboot my laptop every time I want to acquire a new ip on the new network. What shell command will do this for me? Thanks

Re: [newbie] Modifying the KDE menu

2005-02-01 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Lanman wrote: 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.

Re: [newbie] urpmi agony still

2005-02-01 Thread Paul
Kaj wrote: >If you don't use a GUI, then (as root) urpmi.removemedia [name] Thanks for the pointer, I had already tried this. I just got lost on the [name] part... >On Tue February 1 2005 07:55 am, Paul wrote: > >In mcc use the software manager (beside updates) to remove >"update_source", then

Re: [newbie]

2005-02-01 Thread jdow
From: "Igor B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I want to get a code of all Linux including terminal with shell and graphic environment In a technical sense there is no way to do this. You can approximate it many ways. The source for Linux itself can be obtained from www.kernel.org with a complete record of

Re: [newbie] Emoticons etc. In Thunderbird

2005-02-01 Thread Alan Dunford
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Anne Wilson wrote: | On Monday 31 Jan 2005 21:08, Alan Dunford wrote: | | >Apologies for the earlier question - the answer lies in Thunderbird | >itself. | | >To access emoticons, fonts, underlining, bold text and so on set:- | | >Edit - Preferences - C

Re: [newbie] urpmi agony still

2005-02-01 Thread Alan Ianson
On Tue February 1 2005 07:55 am, Paul wrote: In mcc use the software manager (beside updates) to remove "update_source", then the next time you run updates you'll need to choose a new mirror. > Hi everyone, > > The urpmi source called > ftp://ftp.fh-wolfenbuettel.de/pub/os/linux/mandrakelinux/o

Re: [newbie] No 192_168_1_1 yet

2005-02-01 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
SnapafunFrank wrote: Brought myself a Linksys WAG54G Gateway/Router and having got the info I need from my ISP decided to give it a go. Basically I get " Page not available - or some such " when within Mozilla I go for the 192.168.1.1 address. Here's what I've done to date. Using MCC>Hardware>H

Re: [newbie] urpmi agony still

2005-02-01 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 01 February 2005 16:55, Paul wrote: > Hi everyone, > > The urpmi source called > ftp://ftp.fh-wolfenbuettel.de/pub/os/linux/mandrakelinux/official >/updates/10.0/RPMS is still not working. Can someone tell me how I > get rid of that resource? Can't you just remove it in System-->Config

[newbie] Frozen blue screen after upgrading kernel

2005-02-01 Thread Bill Mudry
This past week I worked on updating my Mandrake box from 10.0 to 10.1. Most of the application programs went well. The change over of the kernel took a bit more coaching for me from another Linux person but I got it to work (as far as I can tell). However, on the X system, all I get is a blue scree

Re: [newbie] A little light in the EU darkness

2005-02-01 Thread julie sloan
On Tuesday 01 February 2005 11:01 am, Paul wrote: > On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 03:43, Julie Sloan wrote: > > Paul wrote: > > > On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 16:39, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > >>On Monday 31 January 2005 18:59, Paul wrote: > > >>>On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 14:52, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > > > > > > > > A

Re: [newbie] Isn't ~/.bash_profile sourced only at login ?

2005-02-01 Thread Ron Hunter-Duvar
On January 31, 2005 16:53, RickSisler wrote: ... > > I'm not sure if I'm hijacking this thread, but, for my interest, could > > someone who does know explain what this script does/how it works? > > > > (It's the stuff in the [*] that isn't obvious to me...) > > > > Thanks, > > I'll take a stab at

[newbie] urpmi agony still

2005-02-01 Thread Paul
Hi everyone, The urpmi source called ftp://ftp.fh-wolfenbuettel.de/pub/os/linux/mandrakelinux/official/updates/10.0/RPMS is still not working. Can someone tell me how I get rid of that resource? I am trying to get gdk-pixbuf2 installed for the GTK2-port of Sylpheed, but wolfenbuettel won't hand

[newbie] MDK 10.1 supported high-end soundcard?

2005-02-01 Thread Rick Kunath
It looks like I'll pull my Audigy 2 Value and look for a good high-end sound card that is supported in Mandrake 10.1. I'd sure appreciate some recommendations of cards that work well and are decently supported. I don't want to pick up another non-usable card again. Many thanks in advance, Rick

Re: [newbie] MP3 jukebox application

2005-02-01 Thread Greg Meyer
On Tuesday 01 February 2005 02:50 am, John Layt wrote: > On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 15:07, Kevin B. O'Brien wrote: > > In Windows I have used Musicmatch Jukebox. Is there something comparable, > > or something you would recommend, to play MP3's in Linux? > > > > Thank you, > > Woah!  Let the flamewars begi

[newbie]

2005-02-01 Thread Igor B
I want to get a code of all Linux including terminal with shell and graphic environment Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term'

Re: [newbie] No 192_168_1_1 yet

2005-02-01 Thread Lanman
SnapafunFrank wrote: Brought myself a Linksys WAG54G Gateway/Router and having got the info I need from my ISP decided to give it a go. Basically I get " Page not available - or some such " when within Mozilla I go for the 192.168.1.1 address. Here's what I've done to date. Using MCC>Hardware>H

Re: [newbie] No 192_168_1_1 yet

2005-02-01 Thread Lanman
SnapafunFrank wrote: Brought myself a Linksys WAG54G Gateway/Router and having got the info I need from my ISP decided to give it a go. Basically I get " Page not available - or some such " when within Mozilla I go for the 192.168.1.1 address. Here's what I've done to date. Using MCC>Hardware>H

Re: [newbie] not receiving anything

2005-02-01 Thread magnet
On Monday 31 Jan 2005 07:39, Simon wrote: > On Monday 31 Jan 2005 07:07, Maureen wrote: > > I have reregistered for the newbie list twice and I am still not > > recieving anything from the list. I rely on the list for answers to > > problems and just look forward to others opinions. I don't under

[newbie] No 192_168_1_1 yet

2005-02-01 Thread SnapafunFrank
Brought myself a Linksys WAG54G Gateway/Router and having got the info I need from my ISP decided to give it a go. Basically I get " Page not available - or some such " when within Mozilla I go for the 192.168.1.1 address. Here's what I've done to date. Using MCC>Hardware>Hardware>Ethernetcard>

[newbie] Proxy on Command Line

2005-02-01 Thread Troy Davidson
How do you set a proxy for commandline connections? I need to use http access here at work and everything goes through a proxy. I can't get to the http mirrors for urpmi. I assume it is my proxy not setup for commandline communications. Thanks. Troy Davidson Linux User #311107 +++

Re: [newbie] A little light in the EU darkness

2005-02-01 Thread Paul
On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 03:43, Julie Sloan wrote: > Paul wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 16:39, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > >>On Monday 31 January 2005 18:59, Paul wrote: > >>>On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 14:52, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > > > > > > A tool that we could use. Which politician, after receiving 5 or

Re: [newbie] MDK 10.1 and ViaVoice

2005-02-01 Thread et
On Monday 31 January 2005 11:29 pm, David wrote: > On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 13:36:31 +1300 > David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > #On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:57:25 +1300 > #David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > # > ##Back in Nov 04 a thread titled "Mandrake Linux not yet ready for > primetime" ##discussed amou