Re: [newbie] I'never seen this before

2005-03-06 Thread Al
- Original Message - From: Randall D. Hobbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 7:58 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] I'never seen this before On Sunday 06 March 2005 12:01 am, Aron Smith wrote: I have 2 systems both running Mdk 10.1 there is one

Re: [newbie] urpmi query

2005-03-06 Thread SnapafunFrank
Graham Watkins wrote: Hi Y'all, Recently, while attempting to 'urpmi' a new program, I got the following message at the command line: unable to access hdlist file of eslrahc, medium ignored I presume this means that a source has become messed up somehow. What do I have to do to get it put

Re: [newbie] urpmi query

2005-03-06 Thread Graham Watkins
JoeHill wrote: On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 07:35:28 + Graham Watkins disseminated the following: I presume this means that a source has become messed up somehow. What do I have to do to get it put right? Well, this may not be the 'best' sol'n, but try removing and adding the source again. I had to

Re: [newbie] Un-suspend and non-working USB devices

2005-03-06 Thread SnapafunFrank
Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 04 March 2005 23:07, Paul Kaplan wrote: Is it possible to set this for different message classes? That is, can I leave it as my address for personal e-mails, but change it for messages sent to the list? P PS - When sending to the mailing list, please do not

Re: [newbie] I'never seen this before

2005-03-06 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-03-06 at 20:23, Al wrote: I also have a KVM switch. I use CTRL CTRL F2 to switch between computers. CTRL CTRL F1 sets auto scan and it switches every 4 seconds for me too. To switch off auto-scan, I just have to hit CTRL CTRL HTH Al I have a strange feeling that Mr. Aron

Re: [newbie] Finally, Denmark gets it right

2005-03-06 Thread JoeHill
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 18:53:40 +0100 Paul disseminated the following: Kaj ... ... that is really really good news, I would be proud too Luckily most of the government here in the netherlands agrees also, that brussels should not push the software patent issue through despite all

Re: [newbie] I'never seen this before

2005-03-06 Thread Dennis Duffner
At 12:01 AM 3/6/2005, you wrote: I have 2 systems both running Mdk 10.1 there is one monitor connected with a KVM switch. tonight it started flipping from one computer to the other on a 4 sec cycle any body seen this before? Want to buy your

[newbie] 754 vs 939

2005-03-06 Thread Smiley
Hello, I'm going to upgrade my system and I have to decide if *currently* (I'm not looking at 2007 or later :) choosing a socket 939 based pc should increase performance enough to justify a 80-100 euro difference; does somebody has any experience aout this matter? Thank you! -- Smiley

Re: [newbie] No sound suddenly (fixed)

2005-03-06 Thread Alejandro R. Estrada
--- Frans Ketelaars [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 04 March 2005 08:46, Alejandro R. Estrada wrote: I have MDK 10.1 Community and I love it. Just recently, actually today I tried to play my reggae streams from http://www.bigupradio.com as usual with amarok, and it played fine,

[newbie] workgroup

2005-03-06 Thread Michel Leunen
I've shook up my little network at home and changed the workgroup name my machine belongs to. But I can't find in the mcc where to change this name in my mandrake. Michel Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Strange error when booting

2005-03-06 Thread Henriette Holm
That worked like a charm. Thanks. -Henriette On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 17:11:34 +, Dick Gevers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 16:47:46 +0100, Henriette Holm wrote about Re: [newbie] Strange error when booting:

Re: [newbie] I'never seen this before

2005-03-06 Thread Aron Smith
On Sunday 06 March 2005 01:23 am, Al wrote: - Original Message - From: Randall D. Hobbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 7:58 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] I'never seen this before On Sunday 06 March 2005 12:01 am, Aron Smith wrote: I have

Re: [newbie] I'never seen this before

2005-03-06 Thread Aron Smith
On Sunday 06 March 2005 04:20 am, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sun, 2005-03-06 at 20:23, Al wrote: I also have a KVM switch. I use CTRL CTRL F2 to switch between computers. CTRL CTRL F1 sets auto scan and it switches every 4 seconds for me too. To switch off auto-scan, I just have to hit CTRL

Re: [newbie] I'never seen this before

2005-03-06 Thread Aron Smith
On Sunday 06 March 2005 07:27 am, Dennis Duffner wrote: At 12:01 AM 3/6/2005, you wrote: I have 2 systems both running Mdk 10.1 there is one monitor connected with a KVM switch. tonight it started flipping from one computer to the other on a 4 sec cycle any body seen this before?

[newbie] Problems with Ipw2200 BG

2005-03-06 Thread Henriette Holm
Hi. You've probably all seen a question like this before, but here goes I have a laptop running MDK 10.1. I'm trying to get my wireless adapter to work. I've been looking through different mailing lists, forums etc. but what I really need is a step-by-step guide getting this to work. I can see

[newbie] urpmi --fuzzy downloads without asking!

2005-03-06 Thread JR
when I do urpmi --fuzzy package, it sometimes downloads the package anyway, without giving me a choice. Am I misunderstanding this switch? I expected to be asked regardless how many similar packages there were (even if there was only one) Jarlath

Re: [newbie] urpmi --fuzzy downloads without asking!

2005-03-06 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Sunday 06 March 2005 3:25 pm, JR wrote: when I do urpmi --fuzzy package, it sometimes downloads the package anyway, without giving me a choice. Am I misunderstanding this switch? I expected to be asked regardless how many similar packages there were (even if there was only one) If there is

Re: [newbie] workgroup

2005-03-06 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Sunday 06 March 2005 9:22 am, Michel Leunen wrote: I've shook up my little network at home and changed the workgroup name my machine belongs to. But I can't find in the mcc where to change this name in my mandrake. You don't Linux does not use workgroups. I assume that you are running Samba

Re: [newbie] urpmi --fuzzy downloads without asking!

2005-03-06 Thread Margot
JR wrote: when I do urpmi --fuzzy package, it sometimes downloads the package anyway, without giving me a choice. Am I misunderstanding this switch? I expected to be asked regardless how many similar packages there were (even if there was only one) Jarlath urpmi --fuzzy package *does*

Re: [newbie] workgroup

2005-03-06 Thread Michel Leunen
Rob Blomquist wrote: You don't Linux does not use workgroups. I assume that you are running Samba somehow, as Samba uses workgroup names to meet Windows networking conventions. The default samba workgroup is 'mdkgroup',that's what I wanna change. The Windows machines on a network need to have a

Re: [newbie] Problems with Ipw2200 BG

2005-03-06 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 06 March 2005 18:23, Henriette Holm wrote: Hi. You've probably all seen a question like this before, but here goes I have a laptop running MDK 10.1. I'm trying to get my wireless adapter to work. I've been looking through different mailing lists, forums etc. but what I really

Re: [newbie] workgroup

2005-03-06 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 06 March 2005 20:11, Michel Leunen wrote: Rob Blomquist wrote: You don't Linux does not use workgroups. I assume that you are running Samba somehow, as Samba uses workgroup names to meet Windows networking conventions. The default samba workgroup is 'mdkgroup',that's what I

Re: [newbie] workgroup

2005-03-06 Thread Greg Meyer
On Sunday 06 March 2005 03:11 pm, Michel Leunen wrote: Rob Blomquist wrote: You don't Linux does not use workgroups. I assume that you are running Samba somehow, as Samba uses workgroup names to meet Windows networking conventions. The default samba workgroup is 'mdkgroup',that's what I

[newbie] Looking for program to organize quotations

2005-03-06 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I am looking for a program to organize the quotations I am getting from my readings. Is there such a software? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the

Re: [newbie] Looking for program to organize quotations

2005-03-06 Thread riccardo
On Sunday 06 March 2005 09:08 pm, Paul Smith wrote: looking for a program to organize the quotations I am getting from my readings ~ maybe, it is positive to elaborate 'how' 'what' you wish to organize? ~ do you seek a Database ~ a Spreadsheet ~ a word=processor with

Re: [newbie] Looking for program to organize quotations

2005-03-06 Thread Paul Smith
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 21:35:06 +, riccardo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: looking for a program to organize the quotations I am getting from my readings ~ maybe, it is positive to elaborate 'how' 'what' you wish to organize? ~ do you seek a Database ~ a Spreadsheet

[newbie] Migrating W2K web to MDK 9.1

2005-03-06 Thread Miroslav Skoric
Gentle folks, I want to migrate my company's intranet web site from Windows platform to Linux. At the moment I run that web on a W2k server and administer it from a W2k client (using MS FrontPage for editing HTM pages and Visual InterDev for ASP). I authenticate my users with a logon.asp page

[newbie] CD sound

2005-03-06 Thread Teilhard Knight
After a lot of struggling with alsamixer and other programs, I was able to get sound from 3 computers. I was all happy until I decided to listen to a CD. No sound. I have looked everywhere I can see and see no problem. Also, when one goes to configure your desktop-sound-sound system, there is a

Re: [newbie] Migrating W2K web to MDK 9.1

2005-03-06 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sunday 06 March 2005 04:15 pm, Miroslav Skoric wrote: Gentle folks, I want to migrate my company's intranet web site from Windows platform to Linux. At the moment I run that web on a W2k server and administer it from a W2k client (using MS FrontPage for editing HTM pages and Visual

Re: [newbie] CD sound

2005-03-06 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sunday 06 March 2005 04:23 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: After a lot of struggling with alsamixer and other programs, I was able to get sound from 3 computers. I was all happy until I decided to listen to a CD. No sound. I have looked everywhere I can see and see no problem. Also, when one

Re: [newbie] Problems with Ipw2200 BG

2005-03-06 Thread Julie Sloan
On Sunday 06 March 2005 03:35 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: download the correct .tar.gz file To uncompress the file just click on it with konqueror. You will need to be root user to do that so open up a root copy of konqueror with Alt+F2 and type 'kdesu konqueror' in the box. kdesu

Re: [newbie] Looking for program to organize quotations

2005-03-06 Thread riccardo
On Sunday 06 March 2005 09:55 pm, Paul Smith wrote: i.e., with the possibility of browsing by topic, by author, etc __ probably, a database like MySQL would suit. You could use a Spreadsheet [like OpenOffice]:- _ 1st column : site URL 2nd Column : content

Re: [newbie] CD sound

2005-03-06 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 06 March 2005 23:23, Teilhard Knight wrote: After a lot of struggling with alsamixer and other programs, I was able to get sound from 3 computers. I was all happy until I decided to listen to a CD. No sound. I have looked everywhere I can see and see no problem. Also, when one goes

Re: [newbie] Problems with Ipw2200 BG

2005-03-06 Thread riccardo
On Sunday 06 March 2005 10:49 pm, Julie Sloan referred: download the correct .tar.gz file To uncompress the file just click on it with konqueror. _ as root, you can command :- tar xzvf filename best rgds _

Re: [newbie] Problems with Ipw2200 BG

2005-03-06 Thread Julie Sloan
On Sunday 06 March 2005 06:00 pm, riccardo wrote: On Sunday 06 March 2005 10:49 pm, Julie Sloan referred: download the correct .tar.gz file To uncompress the file just click on it with konqueror. _ as root, you can command :- tar xzvf filename

Re: [newbie] Problems with Ipw2200 BG

2005-03-06 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 06 March 2005 22:49, Julie Sloan wrote: On Sunday 06 March 2005 03:35 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: download the correct .tar.gz file To uncompress the file just click on it with konqueror. You will need to be root user to do that so open up a root copy of konqueror with Alt+F2

[newbie] Playing Quake I singleplayer

2005-03-06 Thread Miark
Despite a lot of Googling, and I cannot figure out how to install and play the original Quake. The documentation I found at QuakeForge, DrakPlaces, and other sites is so useless, it may as well read, Bing, tittle, tittle, bong. Can anyone help? Miark

[newbie] floppy error

2005-03-06 Thread Chris
I know the floppy is an old media, however, thats the easiest/cheapest way for me to transfer files from home to work, especially when the file is 640k. Anyway, if I take disk preformatted for dos I can copy files to it. however, if I try to format a disk either with Kfloppy or Floppy

Re: [newbie] Looking for program to organize quotations

2005-03-06 Thread Miark
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 22:49:55 +, riccardo wrote: On Sunday 06 March 2005 09:55 pm, Paul Smith wrote: i.e., with the possibility of browsing by topic, by author, etc __ probably, a database like MySQL would suit. A straight text file/flat database would also work.

Re: [newbie] CD sound

2005-03-06 Thread Teilhard Knight
From: Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] CD sound On Sunday 06 March 2005 04:23 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: After a lot of struggling with alsamixer and other programs, I was able to get sound from 3 computers. I

[newbie] Locked Myself Out

2005-03-06 Thread Christopher Taylor
I feel sort of foolish, but I don't know what to do. I inadvertantly did a chmod 777 recursive on the whole system while logged into a root console. Now I cannot log in to the control center or a root console as it says that my root password in incorrect. How can I fix this mess I made? My

Re: [newbie] CD sound

2005-03-06 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 07 March 2005 00:03, Teilhard Knight wrote: The wiring is OK in the three computers. I can listen to CD music in other OSs. Teilhard That is not proof the wiring is OK Windows does not need the analogue cable since it reads audio CDs using the IDE interface. So to save money

Re: [newbie] floppy error

2005-03-06 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Sunday 06 March 2005 3:42 pm, Chris wrote: Mar 6 17:35:17 cpollock kernel: VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev fd0. Mar 6 17:35:17 cpollock kernel: FAT: invalid media value (0xf6) Mar 6 17:35:17 cpollock kernel: VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev fd0. Mar 6 17:35:17

Re: [newbie] Problems with Ipw2200 BG

2005-03-06 Thread Julie Sloan
On Sunday 06 March 2005 06:29 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 06 March 2005 22:49, Julie Sloan wrote: (Alt-F2 does nothing on my box - is this a keyboard problem?) I was assuming KDE was the Window Manager. Alt+F2 in KDE gives you a Run box to enter a single command. Yes, KDE is my

Re: [newbie] CD sound

2005-03-06 Thread Teilhard Knight
From: Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] CD sound On Sunday 06 March 2005 23:23, Teilhard Knight wrote: After a lot of struggling with alsamixer and other programs, I was able to get sound from 3 computers. I was

Re: [newbie] Locked Myself Out

2005-03-06 Thread Christopher Taylor
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 19:52:11 -0500, et [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 06 March 2005 07:23 pm, Christopher Taylor wrote: I feel sort of foolish, but I don't know what to do. I inadvertantly did a chmod 777 recursive on the whole system while logged into a root console. Now I cannot log

Re: [newbie] Program to manage an archive of books

2005-03-06 Thread Dave Williams
Paul Smith wrote: I have at home dozens and dozens of books and when I want to find a specific book, sometimes I hard... Is there some program to manage our personal books? What's wrong with KEdit or GEdit? Or vi, for that matter? -- == Dave Williams == [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] floppy error

2005-03-06 Thread Chris
On Sunday 06 March 2005 06:32 pm, Rob Blomquist wrote: On Sunday 06 March 2005 3:42 pm, Chris wrote: Mar 6 17:35:17 cpollock kernel: VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev fd0. Mar 6 17:35:17 cpollock kernel: FAT: invalid media value (0xf6) Mar 6 17:35:17 cpollock kernel: VFS: Can't find

Re: [newbie] Locked Myself Out

2005-03-06 Thread Christopher Taylor
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 20:15:52 -0500, et [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 06 March 2005 08:09 pm, Christopher Taylor wrote: On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 19:52:11 -0500, et [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 06 March 2005 07:23 pm, Christopher Taylor wrote: I feel sort of foolish, but I don't know

Re: [newbie] Playing Quake I singleplayer

2005-03-06 Thread Miark
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 18:36:12 -0500, Miark wrote: Despite a lot of Googling, and I cannot figure out how to install and play the original Quake. The documentation I found at QuakeForge, DrakPlaces, and other sites is... useless Okay, I figured it out: 1) Install cvs if it's not already:

Re: [newbie] workgroup

2005-03-06 Thread Duncan Anderson
Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 06 March 2005 03:11 pm, Michel Leunen wrote: Rob Blomquist wrote: You don't Linux does not use workgroups. I assume that you are running Samba somehow, as Samba uses workgroup names to meet Windows networking conventions. The default samba workgroup is