Re: [newbie] Typing in different language

2005-02-06 Thread Paul
Op Sun, 6 Feb 2005 22:14:31 -0500 schreef Roger Bird: >I have 10.1 official on an AMD k6-2 350 running KDE 3.6 . >In AbiWord I want to be able to type documents in French Canadian with >accents etc. My default language is US-en. > >How do I get the accents? For this I have switched my keyboard

Re: [newbie] nvidia problems w/kernel 2.6.8.1-24

2005-02-06 Thread Graham
RickSisler wrote: I haven't had any problems with the nvidia drivers since 9.1 when I started using Mandrake, but I need some advice here. I upgraded the kernel to 2.6.8.1-24mdk and rebuilt the nvidia driver with version 6111 from nvidia website. At first it didn't install because of the kernel sou

Re: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - dvd burners

2005-02-06 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sunday 06 February 2005 11:01 pm, Hugh Dixon wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Hugh Dixon > > Sent: Monday, 7 February 2005 3:38 PM > > To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com > > Subject: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - dvd burners > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm looking to get a DVD burner,

RE: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - dvd burners

2005-02-06 Thread Hugh Dixon
> -Original Message- > From: Hugh Dixon > Sent: Monday, 7 February 2005 3:38 PM > To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com > Subject: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - dvd burners > > > Hi, > > I'm looking to get a DVD burner, and am having trouble > sourcing things from the Mandrake hardware c

[newbie] Hardware compatibility - dvd burners

2005-02-06 Thread Hugh Dixon
Hi, I'm looking to get a DVD burner, and am having trouble sourcing things from the Mandrake hardware compatibility list. Does anyone know how up to date this list is? Am I correct to think that anything that conforms to the IDE spec should be OK? Does anyone have stories of things to avoid? Than

[newbie] Typing in different language

2005-02-06 Thread Roger Bird
I have 10.1 official on an AMD k6-2 350 running KDE 3.6 . In AbiWord I want to be able to type documents in French Canadian with accents etc. My default language is US-en. How do I get the accents? -- --- Roger Bird Burlington, Ontario [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

Re: [newbie] Minor irritation

2005-02-06 Thread mike
Angus Auld wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com > Subject: Re: [newbie] Minor irritation > Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 21:56:07 + > > >>-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >>Hash: SHA1 >> >>On Sunday 06 Feb 2005 22:28, Paul w

Re: [newbie] Laptop Overheating OT

2005-02-06 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Greg wrote: "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Greg wrote: Lanman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Greg wrote: Hi Everyone I have a HP Pravilian ZE 1230 laptop that is shuting down after it runs for awhile I have found out it is overheating I

Re: [newbie] Dual layer DVD recommendations?

2005-02-06 Thread Marek Pawinski
Mike Adolf wrote: Any recommendations (or horror stories) for a dual layer DVD drives? I am looking at the Sony DAU 710A ($90 - $100) and the LiteOn SOHW-1213S. ($80). Mike The Sony DRU-710A works fine on MDK 10.1 and burns double layer no problem with k3b. Takes about 45 minutes to burn 8.5 Gi

Re: [newbie] Laptop Overheating OT

2005-02-06 Thread Greg
"Mikkel L. Ellertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Greg wrote: > >>Lanman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >>>Greg wrote: >>> >>> Hi Everyone I have a HP Pravilian ZE 1230 laptop that is shuting >>>down after it runs for awhile >>> >>>I have found out it is overheatin

[newbie] speedtouch suite

2005-02-06 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
>From time to time people have inquired about speedtouch adsl modems. I noticed an announcement for this driver installation suite on Freshmeat today: http://s1x.homelinux.net/projects/speedtouch_suite -- Kenneth Rhodes 100% MicroSoft Free W

Re: [newbie] Dual layer DVD recommendations?

2005-02-06 Thread Bruce Ellison
On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 11:22:00 -0500, Mike Adolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any recommendations (or horror stories) for a dual layer DVD drives? I am > looking at the Sony DAU 710A ($90 - $100) and the LiteOn SOHW-1213S. ($80). > > Mike > I am happy with my LG 4120 12x dually. Also surprisin

Re: [newbie] Laptop Overheating OT

2005-02-06 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Greg wrote: Lanman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Greg wrote: Hi Everyone I have a HP Pravilian ZE 1230 laptop that is shuting down after it runs for awhile I have found out it is overheating I beleive the cooling fan inside has quit working Is it possible to change the fan and is it

Re: [newbie] Laptop Overheating OT

2005-02-06 Thread Greg
Lanman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Greg wrote: >> Hi Everyone I have a HP Pravilian ZE 1230 laptop that is shuting >down after it runs for awhile > >I have found out it is overheating > >I beleive the cooling fan inside has quit working > >Is it possible to change the fan and is it hard to chan

Re: [newbie] Dual layer DVD recommendations?

2005-02-06 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Sunday 06 February 2005 16:57, Anne Wilson wrote: > Is dual-layer supported already? I thought it was still to come. This little line is from one of the k3b support sites: dvd+rw-tools - The DVD+RW-Tools are used to burn and format DVD+R(W) and DVD-R(W) media. For DVD+R Double Layer burning

Re: [newbie] Dual layer DVD recommendations?

2005-02-06 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Sunday 06 February 2005 16:57, Anne Wilson wrote: > > I have the Sony DW-D22A and it works just fine. > > Is dual-layer supported already? I thought it was still to come. According to posts, double layer media is supported by Linux and K3B. I have not burned to a double layer disk since they

Re: [newbie] Minor irritation

2005-02-06 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Minor irritation Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 21:56:07 + > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 06 Feb 2005 22:28, Paul wrote: > > On Sun, 2005-02-06

[newbie] Installation problem - ?disc not being read

2005-02-06 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
Hi I am attempting to install Mandrake 10.1 on an AMD Athlon 2000+ running WinXP. I've been to hardware devices list but little detail as it was a 'pre-packaged' system. Display adapter VIA/S3G, legacy audio drivers. I put the first disc in and the options highlight when I hover the cursor.

Re: [newbie] what video mode?

2005-02-06 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] what video mode? Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 10:09:23 -0600 > > Angus Auld wrote: > > Greetings, I am trying out various Linux Live CD's, Ubuntu Live > > Release being the

Re: [newbie] what video mode?

2005-02-06 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] what video mode? Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 13:21:40 + > > On Sunday 06 February 2005 08:03, Angus Auld wrote: > > Greetings, I am trying out various Linux Live CD's, Ubuntu

Re: [newbie] Dual layer DVD recommendations?

2005-02-06 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 06 Feb 2005 20:10, Bryan Phinney wrote: > On Sunday 06 February 2005 11:22, Mike Adolf wrote: > > Any recommendations (or horror stories) for a dual layer DVD drives? I > > am looking at the Sony DAU 710A ($90 - $100) and the LiteOn SOHW-121

Re: [newbie] Minor irritation

2005-02-06 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 06 Feb 2005 22:28, Paul wrote: > On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 19:12, Anne Wilson wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > My users can't change their icons in the login screen. As I understand > > it, any user should be

Re: [newbie] Laptop Overheating OT

2005-02-06 Thread Lanman
Greg wrote: Hi Everyone I have a HP Pravilian ZE 1230 laptop that is shuting down after it runs for awhile I have found out it is overheating I beleive the cooling fan inside has quit working Is it possible to change the fan and is it hard to change the fans I have built many desktop computers b

Re: [newbie] Minor irritation

2005-02-06 Thread Paul
On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 19:12, Anne Wilson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > My users can't change their icons in the login screen. As I understand it, > any user should be able to do this for their own account, but when they try > they get a message that the administra

Re: [newbie] Dual layer DVD recommendations?

2005-02-06 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Sunday 06 February 2005 11:22, Mike Adolf wrote: > Any recommendations (or horror stories) for a dual layer DVD drives? I am > looking at the Sony DAU 710A ($90 - $100) and the LiteOn SOHW-1213S. ($80). I have the Sony DW-D22A and it works just fine. -- Bryan Phinney __

[newbie] Laptop Overheating OT

2005-02-06 Thread Greg
Hi Everyone I have a HP Pravilian ZE 1230 laptop that is shuting down after it runs for awhile I have found out it is overheating I beleive the cooling fan inside has quit working Is it possible to change the fan and is it hard to change the fans I have built many desktop computers but ne

[newbie] Minor irritation

2005-02-06 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 My users can't change their icons in the login screen. As I understand it, any user should be able to do this for their own account, but when they try they get a message that the administrator has disabled it. What needs changing? Anne - -- Regi

Re: [newbie] Dual layer DVD recommendations?

2005-02-06 Thread Anders Lind
On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 11:22:00 -0500 Mike Adolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any recommendations (or horror stories) for a dual layer DVD drives? > I am looking at the Sony DAU 710A ($90 - $100) and the LiteOn > SOHW-1213S. ($80). I cannot say anything about those two or any other Dual Layer DVD a

[newbie] Logo in Login Manager

2005-02-06 Thread teguh
Hi, I have problem with my Mandrake 10.0. I changed something in Login Manager (Users tab), if I'm not mistaken, I uncheked Enable passwordlessblahblah...blah.(it's in upper left of Users tab). And I changed the logo (the K logo) but forgot to edit the new logo into suitable measu

Re: [newbie] what video mode?

2005-02-06 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 06 February 2005 08:03, Angus Auld wrote: > Greetings, I am trying out various Linux Live CD's, Ubuntu Live Release > being the latest. For some reason, it's unable to detect what video mode my > laptop requires, and presents me with a list of "mode" options from which I > am supposed to

[newbie] Dual layer DVD recommendations?

2005-02-06 Thread Mike Adolf
Any recommendations (or horror stories) for a dual layer DVD drives? I am looking at the Sony DAU 710A ($90 - $100) and the LiteOn SOHW-1213S. ($80). Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.co

Re: [newbie] BIOS password on a Compaq Presario 1275

2005-02-06 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Saturday 05 February 2005 07:59 pm, Deep Thinker wrote: >>> snip > Yep. I ended up having to take the thing apart. Talk about a pain in > the @55! I have one very small screw and one somewhat small screw in > the top drawer of my desk. No idea where they are/were supposed to go, > but I can ge

[newbie] Any good detailed references on custom kernel compile options?

2005-02-06 Thread Paul Greene
Is there any good references available that describe in detail the different options you can choose when creating a custom kernel compilation? (beyond the standard help files themselves, which are often kind of limited and don't describe the implications of choosing certains options) Thanks Pa

Re: [newbie] urpmi advice needed (1)

2005-02-06 Thread Stuart R. Fuller
On Friday 04 February 2005 11:22 am, Paul wrote: > I'm having some problems installing gimp 2 on a 10.2 beta system. > > Urpmi tells me it is installed when I try to install, urpme tells me its > not there when I try to remove. Slocate doesn't find it. > > I've rebuilt the rpm database (twice), wit

[newbie] nvidia problems w/kernel 2.6.8.1-24

2005-02-06 Thread RickSisler
I haven't had any problems with the nvidia drivers since 9.1 when I started using Mandrake, but I need some advice here. I upgraded the kernel to 2.6.8.1-24mdk and rebuilt the nvidia driver with version 6111 from nvidia website. At first it didn't install because of the kernel source being /usr/sr

Re: [newbie] what video mode?

2005-02-06 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Angus Auld wrote: Greetings, I am trying out various Linux Live CD's, Ubuntu Live Release being the latest. For some reason, it's unable to detect what video mode my laptop requires, and presents me with a list of "mode" options from which I am supposed to choose the correct one. My question, how d

Re: [newbie] mandrake 10.0 firewall settings..

2005-02-06 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 06 February 2005 11:56, r_if wrote: > hi.. > through MCC-Security-Firewall I configured the firewall for my home desktop > Mandrake10.0 system. Now how can i b sure that its working right & prevent > intrusions from net while i connect to internet through 56k modem? how to > find that out

[newbie] mandrake 10.0 firewall settings..

2005-02-06 Thread r_if
hi.. through MCC-Security-Firewall I configured the firewall for my home desktop Mandrake10.0 system. Now how can i b sure that its working right & prevent intrusions from net while i connect to internet through 56k modem? how to find that out? pls tell me. thankx. Get Your Private, Free E-mail f

[newbie] what video mode?

2005-02-06 Thread Angus Auld
Greetings, I am trying out various Linux Live CD's, Ubuntu Live Release being the latest. For some reason, it's unable to detect what video mode my laptop requires, and presents me with a list of "mode" options from which I am supposed to choose the correct one. My question, how do I determine w