Re: [newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-08 Thread David G Stevenson
RickSisler wrote: [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 ../ What you see there is

[newbie] 2 Questions regarding evolution

2005-02-08 Thread Alexander Ruoff
Hi all, I do have two questions regarding the evolution 2.0.3 and I haven't found an answer on the mailinglist or faqs yet. 1. Kmail has the option to set up various smtp settings independently for the mail accounts. Pmail (Pegasus) offers the same option but in evolution I have to change the

[newbie] Back to the forgotten beginning ~ lilo

2005-02-08 Thread SnapafunFrank
Basically, I have two hdd's with the now slave having suffered my first attempts at Linux and of course, the last 9x going [ WinMe }. I can boot into WinMe without any hassles whatsoever but am unable to get lilo.conf right to boot into the old linux9.1 OS I have also installed on that hdd.

Re: [newbie] Back to the forgotten beginning ~ lilo

2005-02-08 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 23:42:49 +1300 SnapafunFrank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Basically, I have two hdd's with the now slave having suffered my first attempts at Linux and of course, the last 9x going [ WinMe }. I can boot into WinMe without any hassles whatsoever but am unable to get

Re: [newbie] Back to the forgotten beginning ~ lilo

2005-02-08 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 23:42:49 +1300 SnapafunFrank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Basically, I have two hdd's with the now slave having suffered my first attempts at Linux and of course, the last 9x going [ WinMe }. I can boot into WinMe without any hassles whatsoever but am unable to get

[newbie] Evolution and Mandrake

2005-02-08 Thread Andrewd
Does anyone know if there are any RPMs for Evolution 2 available? Thanx Andrew D Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Evolution and Mandrake

2005-02-08 Thread Paul Smith
On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 00:00:11 +1100, Andrewd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know if there are any RPMs for Evolution 2 available? Yes. Type, as root, urpmi evolution Regards, Paul PS: Since I am a GMail user, please be sure that you reply to the list.

[newbie] SM56 Motorola - modem problem

2005-02-08 Thread Mohammed Badran
Hi all I have a SM56 Motorola modem and I can't make it work at Mandrake 10.1 official, I have downloaded the driver of mandrake 10 from http://www.motorola.com/softmodem/driver.htm And done the following commands [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# insmod sm56 insmod: can't read 'sm56': No such file or

Re: [newbie] SM56 Motorola - modem problem

2005-02-08 Thread Elwyn
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[newbie] SM56 Motorola - modem problem

2005-02-08 Thread Mohammed Badran
Hi all I have a SM56 Motorola modem and I can't make it work at Mandrake 10.1 official, I have downloaded the driver of mandrake 10 from http://www.motorola.com/softmodem/driver.htm And done the following commands [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# insmod sm56 insmod: can't read 'sm56': No such

Re: [newbie] SM56 Motorola - modem problem

2005-02-08 Thread David G Stevenson
Mohammed Badran wrote: Hi all I have a SM56 Motorola modem and I can't make it work at Mandrake 10.1 official, I have downloaded the driver of mandrake 10 from http://www.motorola.com/softmodem/driver.htm And done the following commands [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# insmod sm56 insmod: can't read

Re: [newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I mounted the macos disk: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# df -h FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda112.9G 2.3G 430M 85% / /dev/hda108.2G 7.9G 266M 97% /mnt/macos is -la /mnt/macos produced the info below. nb - Notice the date Jan 1904! I checked

Re: [newbie] Back to the forgotten beginning ~ lilo

2005-02-08 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
SnapafunFrank wrote: Basically, I have two hdd's with the now slave having suffered my first attempts at Linux and of course, the last 9x going [ WinMe }. I can boot into WinMe without any hassles whatsoever but am unable to get lilo.conf right to boot into the old linux9.1 OS I have also

Re: [newbie] File undelete utility?

2005-02-08 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Anne Wilson wrote: -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

[newbie] Problems starting M10.1 - it freezes

2005-02-08 Thread Fernando Arturo Gómez Flores
Hello all. Yesterday, after a long week, I received from France my Mandrake 10.1 Powerpack copy. Finally I can upgrade from my old Red Hat 9 copy! Anyway, although it was rather late and I was sleeping, I decided to install Mandrake. Finally, after a long wait, it ended. The installer told me to

Re: [newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-08 Thread David G Stevenson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I mounted the macos disk: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# df -h FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda112.9G 2.3G 430M 85% / /dev/hda108.2G 7.9G 266M 97% /mnt/macos is -la /mnt/macos produced the info below. nb - Notice the

Re: [newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'd forgotten to edit my email 'to' in the header. Hope this is now corrected. As regards the permissions problem - What is really needed is a command that tells all my macos files to forget _all_ their file permissions. Then perhaps I can start again...? Reverting or resetting doesn't seem

RE: [newbie] SM56 Motorola - modem problem

2005-02-08 Thread Mohammed Badran
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David G Stevenson Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 5:41 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] SM56 Motorola - modem problem Mohammed Badran wrote: Hi all I have a SM56 Motorola modem

Re: [newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I tried chmod +wx * ( you did mean * =/mnt/macos?) It didn't unlock any files,I'm afraid... n. On Tuesday 08 February 2005 09:52 am, David G Stevenson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I mounted the macos disk: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# df -h FilesystemSize Used Avail Use%

Re: [newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-08 Thread David G Stevenson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd forgotten to edit my email 'to' in the header. Hope this is now corrected. As regards the permissions problem - What is really needed is a command that tells all my macos files to forget _all_ their file permissions. Then perhaps I can start again...? Reverting or

Re: [newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-08 Thread David G Stevenson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried chmod +wx * ( you did mean * =/mnt/macos?) It didn't unlock any files,I'm afraid... n. su cd /mnt/macos chmod +rx * locked = not writable (or executable) permisions ? Just checking we have the correct terminology :-) On Tuesday 08 February 2005 09:52 am, David

Re: [newbie] Problems starting M10.1 - it freezes

2005-02-08 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 08 Feb 2005 19:44, Fernando Arturo Gómez Flores wrote: Hello all. Yesterday, after a long week, I received from France my Mandrake 10.1 Powerpack copy. Finally I can upgrade from my old Red Hat 9 copy! Anyway, although it was rather

Re: [newbie] File undelete utility?

2005-02-08 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 08 Feb 2005 17:32, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Ok - I will add it to my ToDo list. I guess I had better do it in OO first, so it can check my spelling! LOL - well, I know you're bored, and have nothing to do ;-) I read your list of jobs

Re: [newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I can't think of a 'Linux' solution to the problem. I'll try to find a mac applescript that batch unlocks files. I did downloaded a 'drag and drop' file program but unless I can unlock (by hand I suppose) part of the mac OS it won't work. hmm... On Tuesday 08 February 2005 10:47 am, David G

Re: [newbie] unlocking files?

2005-02-08 Thread David G Stevenson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't think of a 'Linux' solution to the problem. I'll try to find a mac applescript that batch unlocks files. I did downloaded a 'drag and drop' file program but unless I can unlock (by hand I suppose) part of the mac OS it won't work. hmm... On Tuesday 08 February

Re: [newbie] Dual layer DVD recommendations?

2005-02-08 Thread Ron Hunter-Duvar
On February 8, 2005 00:30, Anne Wilson wrote: ... I meant the Community TWiki :-) Look at http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/DVDDriVes. That page is a child page of http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/Hardware Compatibility, which you might also want to look at (use the tree link

Re: [newbie] Problems starting M10.1 - it freezes

2005-02-08 Thread Ron Hunter-Duvar
On February 8, 2005 12:44, Fernando Arturo Gómez Flores wrote: ... Anyway, although it was rather late and I was sleeping, I decided to install Mandrake. ... Proves that Mdk is so easy to install you can do it in your sleep! 8^} -- Ron ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net Opinions

Re: [newbie] Problems starting M10.1 - it freezes

2005-02-08 Thread Ron Hunter-Duvar
On February 8, 2005 12:44, Fernando Arturo Gómez Flores wrote: ... It loaded all Linux, and led me to a blue screen with the Mandrake logo. After that, it didn't happen anythig. It actually does not freezes, because I can move my mouse, and if I press the shut down button of my laptop, it

Re: [newbie] SM56 Motorola - modem problem

2005-02-08 Thread David G Stevenson
Mohammed Badran wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David G Stevenson Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 5:41 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] SM56 Motorola - modem problem Mohammed Badran wrote: Hi all I have a SM56

Re: [newbie] Dual layer DVD recommendations?

2005-02-08 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 08 Feb 2005 21:09, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: On February 8, 2005 00:30, Anne Wilson wrote: ... I meant the Community TWiki :-) Look at http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/DVDDriVes. That page is a child page of

[newbie] URPMI Issue??

2005-02-08 Thread Hugh Crissman
When I try to install something via urpmi I get the follwoing error? error: failed to stat /home/data_on_wxps1: Input/output error Now, /home/data_... is an old local directory that I had a rpm dir. mirrored to. Since then I have changed the dir where I rsync rpms to. I also updated all the

RE: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - dvd burners

2005-02-08 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: gary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 7 February 2005 11:25 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: RE: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - dvd burners On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 16:01 +1100, Hugh Dixon wrote: -Original Message-

[newbie] Task Manager

2005-02-08 Thread Fernando Arturo Gómez Flores
Hello all. As a old Windows user, I find really useful the Windows' Task Manager utility, where I can close applications, check resources, etc. I actually don't know if there is a similar application already developed, but I'm willing to make one, based on the /proc files and kernel stuff.

Re: [newbie] Task Manager

2005-02-08 Thread JoeHill
On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 19:03:34 -0800 Fernando Arturo Gómez Flores disseminated the following: As a old Windows user, I find really useful the Windows' Task Manager utility, where I can close applications, check resources, etc. I actually don't know if there is a similar application already

Re: [newbie] Task Manager

2005-02-08 Thread Dan Gordon
On February 8, 2005 10:03 pm, Fernando Arturo Gómez Flores wrote: As a old Windows user, I find really useful the Windows' Task Manager utility, where I can close applications, check resources, etc. I actually don't know if there is a similar application already developed, but I'm willing to

[newbie] renice command

2005-02-08 Thread Chris
I'm still trying to remove the 'skip' in XMMS when getting streaming audio. I've got it set to a renice value of -20, Kmail to a setting of 15, firefox to a setting of 19, mozilla 19 and my two gkrellm stacks are set at 19 each. I'm still getting the 'skip'. In the snip from man renice, it

Re: [newbie] Task Manager

2005-02-08 Thread JoeHill
On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 20:28:00 -0500 Dan Gordon disseminated the following: I like gnome-system-monitor although I am sure there are others as well. Like the ROX app 'System': http://rox.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php/System ...and I just did a 'urpmq --fuzzy rox', and it's available

[newbie] Life............

2005-02-08 Thread Charlie
A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, how heavy is this glass of water? Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g. The lecturer replied, The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it. If I hold it

[newbie] ** Welcome to Newbie **

2005-02-08 Thread mandrake
This is an automated weekly message mainly intended for people new to Mandrake's Newbie List. = In This Message = 1. General Mailing list info 2. List Archives 3. Leaving the list 4. List news 5. List Etiquette 6. Twiki

Re: [newbie] Task Manager

2005-02-08 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Dan Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Task Manager Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 20:28:00 -0500 On February 8, 2005 10:03 pm, Fernando Arturo Gómez Flores wrote: As a old Windows user, I find really useful the Windows'

Re: [newbie] Task Manager

2005-02-08 Thread Trevor
On February 8, 2005 10:03 pm, Fernando Arturo Gómez Flores wrote: As a old Windows user, I find really useful the Windows' Task Manager utility, where I can close applications, check resources, etc. I actually don't know if there is a similar application already developed, but I'm

Re: [newbie] SM56 Motorola - modem problem

2005-02-08 Thread Erylon Hines
On Tuesday 08 February 2005 02:51 pm, David G Stevenson wrote: | | Your kernel and the kernel the proprietary closed source driver was | compiled against are different. Maybe different enough to cause problems | hooking the code to the newer kernel. In the first instance I would | email Motorola

Re: [newbie] Task Manager

2005-02-08 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Tuesday 08 February 2005 8:48 pm, Trevor wrote: On February 8, 2005 10:03 pm, Fernando Arturo Gómez Flores wrote: As a old Windows user, I find really useful the Windows' Task Manager utility, where I can close applications, check resources, etc. I actually don't know if there is

[newbie] Amarok, Audacity and streamtuner

2005-02-08 Thread rikona
Hello newbie, I'm trying to get some sound up on a box recently updated to 10.1. Using Amarok to play an mp3 file results in severely distorted sound, but xmms and Audacity seem to do OK. If I try to use another 'engine' in Audacity it crashes. Tried adjusting levels everywhere, but can't get