Re: [newbie] Dual layer DVD recommendations?

2005-02-07 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 07 Feb 2005 01:06, Bryan Phinney wrote: 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

Re: [newbie] Dual layer DVD recommendations?

2005-02-07 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 07 Feb 2005 02:56, Marek Pawinski wrote: 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

Re: [newbie] Installation problem - ?disc not being read

2005-02-07 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Monday 07 February 2005 04:40, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Kaj Haulrich wrote: happens. I rebooted with disc in situ and get the window with the two options press F1' and enter to install Looked at F1 and then pressed enter. It appeared to start installing but then the monitor went

Re: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - dvd burners

2005-02-07 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 07 Feb 2005 05:01, 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

Re: [newbie] Minor irritation

2005-02-07 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Minor irritation Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 20:01:37 -0700 On Sunday 06 Feb 2005 22:28, Paul wrote: On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 19:12, Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED

Re: [newbie] speedtouch suite

2005-02-07 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 07 February 2005 02:37, Kenneth Rhodes wrote: 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 I performed an install for a

RE: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - dvd burners

2005-02-07 Thread gary
On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 16:01 +1100, 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, and am having

Re: [newbie] Minor irritation

2005-02-07 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 07 Feb 2005 03:01, mike wrote: Open up a xterm(or what ever you prefer) su to root and type [root]# kcontrol SystemLogin ManagerUsersUser Image Source and select (User) or (User,Admin) apply settings and you should be good to go.

[newbie] File undelete utility?

2005-02-07 Thread cervixcouch
In the process of trying to set up an external hard drive, I misread the Seagate setup instructions and accidentally destroyed the partitions on my laptop so badly that using 'rescue' from the installation CD couldn't do good. (all my partitions were gone) I've since reinstalled Linux and tried

[newbie] Test

2005-02-07 Thread Christophe
Sorry, But I have t rubble sending messages to the list. Christophe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] 64 bit hardware selection

2005-02-07 Thread Russ Kepler
Is there a list of motherboards, etc. that the 64 bit version of Mandrake is known to run on? I'm thinking it's about time to start putting together a new box and am considering going whole hog. My system is currently host to a couple of mailing lists and is also used as a development and

Re: [newbie] Test

2005-02-07 Thread Arys P. Deloso
On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 17:07:10 +0200, Christophe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, But I have t rubble sending messages to the list. Christophe No need for sorry! =) Arys Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[newbie] Flashplayer problem

2005-02-07 Thread Kaj Haulrich
When trying to open shockwave flash apps, I can get the movie but no sound. The error says : There was an error loading the module Netscape plugin viewer. The diagnostics is: Library files for libnsplugin.la not found in paths ??? - I don't have Netscape installed, only Mozilla, Firefox,

Re: [newbie] Flashplayer problem

2005-02-07 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Monday 07 February 2005 07:03 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: When trying to open shockwave flash apps, I can get the movie but no sound. The error says : There was an error loading the module Netscape plugin viewer. The diagnostics is: Library files for libnsplugin.la not found in paths ??? -

Re: [newbie] Flashplayer problem

2005-02-07 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 07 Feb 2005 14:58, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Kaj, here its in: [EMAIL PROTECTED] darklord]$ locate libnsplugin.la /usr/lib/libnsplugin.la It looks like kdebase-nsplugins-3.1.3-79.2.92mdk.rpm provides it here, under v9.2. If you're running

Re: [newbie] Flashplayer problem

2005-02-07 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Monday 07 February 2005 21:09, Anne Wilson wrote: On Monday 07 Feb 2005 14:58, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Kaj, here its in: [EMAIL PROTECTED] darklord]$ locate libnsplugin.la /usr/lib/libnsplugin.la It looks like kdebase-nsplugins-3.1.3-79.2.92mdk.rpm provides it here, under v9.2. If

Re: [newbie] how to change the default font?

2005-02-07 Thread John Wilson
On February 5, 2005 02:25 pm, Alan Ianson wrote: snip It might. :) It's the console I want to change to make it easier to read what's on the screen. I did actually scoop the answer from someones post in expert yesterday although it still needs a tweak or two but I'm getting there. Cool! I

[newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I was trying to change the permissions of my macintosh OS 9 partition and I inadvertently locked all the mac files. I've unlocked the majority of files again,by hand,but I was wondering if there was a mandrake konsole command that would unlock every file on that partition,just incase I've missed

Re: [newbie] Flashplayer problem

2005-02-07 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Monday 07 February 2005 08:19 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: I'll fiddle with it until I bork the box...;-) Kaj Haulrich. Box-borker...hmm, I think you've just coined a new, politically (in)correct label... grin Seriously, I hope you get it fixed soon. --

Re: [newbie] Flashplayer problem

2005-02-07 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Monday 07 February 2005 17:15, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Monday 07 February 2005 08:19 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: I'll fiddle with it until I bork the box...;-) Kaj Haulrich. Box-borker...hmm, I think you've just coined a new, politically (in)correct label... grin Seriously, I hope you

Re: [newbie] Minor irritation

2005-02-07 Thread Paul
On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 13:48, Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 07 Feb 2005 03:01, mike wrote: Open up a xterm(or what ever you prefer) su to root and type [root]# kcontrol SystemLogin ManagerUsersUser Image Source and select (User) or

[newbie] Bootloader

2005-02-07 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
During the install is it quite safe to allow the windows boot loader to be overwritten with GRUB or LILO? When I tried Linux a few years ago I had some problems with boot loader and ended having to do fresh install of windows. Thanks Rosemary

Re: [newbie] Installation problem - ?disc not being read

2005-02-07 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Monday 07 February 2005 23:25, you wrote: Sometimes it refuses to boot from CD1, in that case try CD2, it'll prompt you to change disks later on. BTW two things : 1. please don't post in html. Most people here filter html-messages out before they get read. 2. please remove your

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

2005-02-07 Thread RickSisler
Graham ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: 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

Re: [newbie] File undelete utility?

2005-02-07 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 09:33:32 -0500 (EST) cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the process of trying to set up an external hard drive, I misread the Seagate setup instructions and accidentally destroyed the partitions on my laptop so badly that using 'rescue' from the installation CD

Re: [newbie] Bootloader

2005-02-07 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: During the install is it quite safe to allow the windows boot loader to be overwritten with GRUB or LILO? When I tried Linux a few years ago I had some problems with boot loader and ended having to do fresh install of windows. Thanks Rosemary Yes, it is safe. The

Re: [newbie] Bootloader

2005-02-07 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 11:39:20 +1300 Rosemary McGillicuddy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: During the install is it quite safe to allow the windows boot loader to be overwritten with GRUB or LILO? When I tried Linux a few years ago I had some problems with boot loader and ended having to do fresh

Re: [newbie] File undelete utility?

2005-02-07 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Steve Jeppesen wrote: On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 09:33:32 -0500 (EST) cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the process of trying to set up an external hard drive, I misread the Seagate setup instructions and accidentally destroyed the partitions on my laptop so badly that using 'rescue' from the

Re: [newbie] File undelete utility?

2005-02-07 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 17:12:46 -0600 Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: have you tried the ultimate boot cd? http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ not sure if it has anything you need, but it has alot on it. The web site list all the programs on it, you might find something useful, if

Re: [newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-07 Thread David G Stevenson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was trying to change the permissions of my macintosh OS 9 partition and I inadvertently locked all the mac files. I've unlocked the majority of files again,by hand,but I was wondering if there was a mandrake konsole command that would unlock every file on that

Re: [newbie] Bootloader

2005-02-07 Thread David G Stevenson
Steve Jeppesen wrote: On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 11:39:20 +1300 Rosemary McGillicuddy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: During the install is it quite safe to allow the windows boot loader to be overwritten with GRUB or LILO? When I tried Linux a few years ago I had some problems with boot loader and ended

[newbie] kernel flavor differences ??

2005-02-07 Thread RickSisler
Hi All, As I am upgrading the kernel, I noticed these new kernel flavors.. There used to be a webpage for the different kernel descriptions for Mandrake, but I can't seem to find it now .. I checked the wiki, google, club and cooker but had no luck .. We have these kernels now .. standard kernel

Re: [newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think chmod (and chown) got me into this problem to begin with ;-) I wish I could remember exactly what I did. chmod -R -w dirname Would this make the mac files readable and 'executionable' (ie unlocked) on the mac partition if I were to boot up (not from Mandrake) the Mac OS ? Or,would it

Re: [newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-07 Thread RickSisler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I think chmod (and chown) got me into this problem to begin with ;-) I wish I could remember exactly what I did. IIUC, you were root when you did this ? Check root's /root/.bash_history to see it is still in there, it may not be, but it's worth a

Re: [newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I checked my .bash_history and I did two things: 1)chmod 4755 /mnt/macos 2)chmod 666 /mnt/macos I tried chown but didn't get it to work. On Monday 07 February 2005 05:03 pm, RickSisler wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I think chmod (and chown) got me into this problem to

Re: [newbie] File undelete utility?

2005-02-07 Thread cervixcouch
Steve Jeppesen wrote: On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 09:33:32 -0500 (EST) cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the process of trying to set up an external hard drive, I misread the Seagate setup instructions and accidentally destroyed the partitions on my laptop so badly that using 'rescue' from the

Re: [newbie] File undelete utility?

2005-02-07 Thread cervixcouch
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Steve Jeppesen wrote: On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 09:33:32 -0500 (EST) cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the process of trying to set up an external hard drive, I misread the Seagate setup instructions and accidentally destroyed the partitions on my laptop so badly that

Re: [newbie] File undelete utility?

2005-02-07 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
cervixcouch wrote: Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Steve Jeppesen wrote: On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 09:33:32 -0500 (EST) cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the process of trying to set up an external hard drive, I misread the Seagate setup instructions and accidentally destroyed the partitions on my

Re: [newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-07 Thread RickSisler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I checked my .bash_history and I did two things: 1)chmod 4755 /mnt/macos 2)chmod 666 /mnt/macos Why did you use 4 ?? This is the setuid bit, I don't think you want to do this do you ? I tried chown but didn't get it to work. Could you post the

Re: [newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Could you post the output of: # ls -la /mnt/macos It gave this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# ls -la /mnt/macos total 8 dr--r-x--x 2 root users 4096 Jan 8 18:03 ./ drwxrwxrwx 6 root root 4096 Jan 8 11:20 ../ btw.. if you didn't know.. you could take a look at the info pages for chmod in

Re: [newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-07 Thread RickSisler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Could you post the output of: # ls -la /mnt/macos It gave this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# ls -la /mnt/macos total 8 dr--r-x--x 2 root users 4096 Jan 8 18:03 ./ drwxrwxrwx 6 root root 4096 Jan 8 11:20 ../ OK, that doesn't seem right ay,

Re: [newbie] Dual layer DVD recommendations?

2005-02-07 Thread Mike Adolf
On Monday 07 February 2005 03:42 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Monday 07 Feb 2005 02:56, Marek Pawinski wrote: 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

Re: [newbie] File undelete utility?

2005-02-07 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 08 Feb 2005 03:07, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Boot with the Ultimate Boot CD, pick the partition recovery option, and let the program restore the partition table. As long as you have not created new partitions, chances are good that it

Re: [newbie] DVD-R playback on Linux - slightly OT

2005-02-07 Thread Len Lawrence
On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 09:48:42 + David G Stevenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Len Lawrence wrote: Does anybody know if it is possible to play finalized DVD-R disks with mplayer/xine/ogle? I have just installed a Panasonic DVD recorder and DVD media is by far a complex topic when

Re: [newbie] Dual layer DVD recommendations?

2005-02-07 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 08 Feb 2005 03:47, Mike Adolf wrote: On Monday 07 February 2005 03:42 am, Anne Wilson wrote: Could you put an entry into the HardwareCompatibility page, Mike? And perhaps add Bryan's bit about the tools version being important?