Re: [newbie] means of administrating mandrake

2005-04-05 Thread Mr. Geek
Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 04 April 2005 05:22 pm, Mr. Geek wrote: Isaak, Get your hands on the latest version of webmin at www.webmin.com I thought that Mandrake changed the location of so much stuff that the default webmin was basically unusable for server administration. Am I wrong about

Re: [newbie] To su or not to su

2005-04-05 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 01:57, Robert Yu wrote: If I try to install a WIndows program with Wine, should I su to root before doing so? NO Read the documentation at http://www.winehq.org to learn how to install Windows programs. http://www.frankscorner.org/ can help you get some specific

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 01:11, Bryan Phinney wrote: So, when someone suggests that a Linux app be coded to provide the same false sense of security to users, when there are myriad choices of real firewalls as well as methods to lock the system down that are not trivially bypassed, some of us

[newbie] XF86Config settings for LG Studioworks 700S

2005-04-05 Thread WauloK
Hi. I'm trying to set up my XF86Config. I've tried entering the data from a Modelines generator website, but it doesn't seem to be using the entered info. If I look at the OSD of the monitor at the moment it says: 44.1kHz / 55.0Hz It's in 1152x864 The Horizontal Freq range: 30 - 70 The Vertical

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 04:49, Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 01:11, Bryan Phinney wrote: So, when someone suggests that a Linux app be coded to provide the same false sense of security to users, when there are myriad choices of real firewalls as well as methods to lock the

[newbie] KDE /K3B problem

2005-04-05 Thread Russell Butler
Hello all I have Mandrake 10.1 on 2.6.8.1-12mdk win4Lin kernel installed (dual boot with Win) and mostly use KDE. since a recent re-install I had been using the graphical login page, and I noted that it would not retain the faces settings. Trying to run k3b I would end up with a zombie process

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 11:13, Bryan Phinney wrote: I think what people really want is something like a dialogue box on any dial-out from an application that gives the option of this session always never so that they can block automatic dial outs but allow genuine ones. An app

Re: [newbie] KDE /K3B problem

2005-04-05 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 11:16, Russell Butler wrote: Hello all I have Mandrake 10.1 on 2.6.8.1-12mdk win4Lin kernel installed (dual boot with Win) and mostly use KDE. since a recent re-install I had been using the graphical login page, and I noted that it would not retain the faces

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 06:26, Anne Wilson wrote: An app that knows the difference between these two things? That's not asking for much now, is it? If I could build such a thing, nobody on this group could afford it, Cisco and the other router manufacturers would be in a bidding war to

Re: [newbie] XF86Config settings for LG Studioworks 700S

2005-04-05 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 19:26, WauloK wrote: Hi. I'm trying to set up my XF86Config. I've tried entering the data from a Modelines generator website, but it doesn't seem to be using the entered info. If I look at the OSD of the monitor at the moment it says: 44.1kHz / 55.0Hz It's in

Re: [newbie] XF86Config settings for LG Studioworks 700S

2005-04-05 Thread riccardo
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 10:59 am, Stephen Khn mentioned: The Horizontal Freq range: 30 - 70 The Vertical Freq range: 50 - 160 Any cluebats? __ ~ maybe FrameBuffer mode helps? best rgds Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 11:57, Bryan Phinney wrote: Well, I did suggest that they pay someone to develop such an app as I didn't think that there would be a big Linux audience for it. (The fact that there is not a current project for such a thing, to my knowledge, would tend to bear that

Re: [newbie] KDE /K3B problem

2005-04-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 11:33, Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 05 April 2005 11:16, Russell Butler wrote: Hello all I have Mandrake 10.1 on 2.6.8.1-12mdk win4Lin kernel installed (dual boot with Win) and mostly use KDE. since a recent re-install I had been using the graphical login

[newbie] Acrobat Reader 7

2005-04-05 Thread Pablo Ortuzar
Hello, Since I installed Acrobat Reader 7, KGhostView no longer works (hangs forever). I've just downloaded KPDF: doesn't work either (*very* strange characters). Has anyone had the same problem? -- Pablo Ortúzar Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] Acrobat Reader 7

2005-04-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 12:38, Pablo Ortuzar wrote: Hello, Since I installed Acrobat Reader 7, KGhostView no longer works (hangs forever). I've just downloaded KPDF: doesn't work either (*very* strange characters). Has anyone had the same problem? I haven't heard people complaining that kpdf

[newbie] Mandriva

2005-04-05 Thread Josenildo Marques
It seems our favourite distro is going to change its name to _Mandriva_ (i.e., Mandrake+Conectiva), according to an article I have just read. The article says Mandrake bought the domains Mandriva.com and Mandriva.net. Conectiva bought the domain mandriva.com.br And the latest newsletter says

Re: [newbie] Acrobat Reader 7

2005-04-05 Thread Q.H. Wang
I don't find any problem with KghostView after installing AR 7.0. It wroks as good as it used to. How did you install your AR 7.0? I just downloaded the RPM from adobe.com and made no other effort to install it. Q.H. Want to buy your Pack or

[newbie] Re: KDE /K3B problem

2005-04-05 Thread Russell Butler
Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 05 April 2005 11:16, Russell Butler wrote: Hello all I have Mandrake 10.1 on 2.6.8.1-12mdk win4Lin kernel installed (dual boot with Win) and mostly use KDE. since a recent re-install I had been using the graphical login page, and I noted that it would not retain

Re: [newbie] Acrobat Reader 7

2005-04-05 Thread Miark
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 13:38:36 +0200, Pablo wrote: Since I installed Acrobat Reader 7, KGhostView no longer works (hangs forever). I've just downloaded KPDF: doesn't work either (*very* strange characters). Has anyone had the same problem? No problems here. Miark

Re: [newbie] Re: KDE /K3B problem

2005-04-05 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 13:59, Russell Butler wrote: Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 05 April 2005 11:16, Russell Butler wrote: Hello all I have Mandrake 10.1 on 2.6.8.1-12mdk win4Lin kernel installed (dual boot with Win) and mostly use KDE. since a recent re-install I had been using

[newbie] pci-express support

2005-04-05 Thread Isak Lyberth
does mandrake-linux or linux in general support pci-express? Regards Isak Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] back to Windows

2005-04-05 Thread Aron Smith
On Monday 04 April 2005 09:16 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: On April 2, 2005 05:26, Daniel Anderson wrote: On Friday 01 April 2005 04:49 pm, Erylon Hines wrote: On Friday 01 April 2005 12:40 pm, Daniel Anderson wrote: | I'm going back to my TRS80 model 4. | | Dan

Re: [newbie] Mandriva

2005-04-05 Thread Greg Meyer
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 08:45 am, Josenildo Marques wrote: And the latest newsletter says Mandrake is going to incorporate elements of technology from Conectiva, particularly in the area of the smart package management software and some of Conectiva's kernel enhancements. I think that means

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10.2

2005-04-05 Thread Miark
On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:44:42 -0400, JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 17:38:47 +0100 Elwyn York disseminated the following: As far as your mail, it's stored in your home dir, which during even a clean install is not formatted, at least not by default AFAIK. This should go for most if not

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10.2

2005-04-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 15:37, Miark wrote: On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:44:42 -0400, JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 17:38:47 +0100 Elwyn York disseminated the following: As far as your mail, it's stored in your home dir, which during even a clean install is not formatted, at least not by

Re: [newbie] Mandriva

2005-04-05 Thread Tom
Josenildo Marques wrote: It seems our favourite distro is going to change its name to _Mandriva_ (i.e., Mandrake+Conectiva), according to an article I have just read. The article says Mandrake bought the domains Mandriva.com and Mandriva.net. Conectiva bought the domain mandriva.com.br whois

Re: [newbie] back to Windows

2005-04-05 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Aron Smith wrote: On Monday 04 April 2005 09:16 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Do you really want to start comparing who has the oldest hardware sitting around? I think there is a lady on this list that has us all beat. (Especial after I junked the model 33 teletype last year.) An ASR 33? I would

Re: [ml] [newbie] Which kernel?

2005-04-05 Thread JR
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 01:38 am, Cameron MacDonald wrote: Now I feel even sillierI remembered uname but forgot the switch!! For any command you dont know the switches for (but you do know the command), just type 'uname - -help'. Replacing 'uname' with whatever command is torturing you at

Re: [newbie] Mandriva

2005-04-05 Thread JR
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 01:45 pm, Josenildo Marques wrote: It seems our favourite distro is going to change its name snip That would be a pity, I always thought Mandrake was a great name. And the two suggested ones are awful (maybe it's my Irish accent?). Jarlath

[newbie] Opportunity to plug OOo at interview

2005-04-05 Thread JR
I have an interview coming up in a few weeks. One of the minor requirements would be skills with MS word and excel. I was thinking of using this as an opportunity to say but I've also started to use OOo more often because I find I am more productive and it does x y z. Can anyone give me a few

[newbie] pdf text

2005-04-05 Thread Q.H. Wang
Hi folks, I have some problem when using the feature of select text of Adobe reader 7.0. For some pdf documents, the texts I selected are ok. But for some others, the texts I slected are kinda mess when I put them into OO writer. Does any one have similar experience? Bests, Q.H.

Re: [newbie] Opportunity to plug OOo at interview

2005-04-05 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 18:10, JR wrote: I have an interview coming up in a few weeks. One of the minor requirements would be skills with MS word and excel. I was thinking of using this as an opportunity to say but I've also started to use OOo more often because I find I am more productive

Re: [newbie] Opportunity to plug OOo at interview

2005-04-05 Thread Aron Smith
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 09:49 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Tuesday 05 April 2005 18:10, JR wrote: I have an interview coming up in a few weeks. One of the minor requirements would be skills with MS word and excel. I was thinking of using this as an opportunity to say but I've also started to

Re: [newbie] Opportunity to plug OOo at interview

2005-04-05 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 19:14, Aron Smith wrote: It's better at opening *some* Word files than Word is OOo and Word treat whitespace differently.whatch out for that on large docs.pdf is the solution. -- Good luck, HarM Want to buy

Re: [newbie] Opportunity to plug OOo at interview

2005-04-05 Thread Christopher Taylor
On Apr 5, 2005 1:21 PM, H.J.Bathoorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 05 April 2005 19:14, Aron Smith wrote: It's better at opening *some* Word files than Word is OOo and Word treat whitespace differently.whatch out for that on large docs.pdf is the solution. -- Good luck,

Re: [newbie] back to Windows

2005-04-05 Thread jdow
From: Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday 04 April 2005 09:16 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: On April 2, 2005 05:26, Daniel Anderson wrote: On Friday 01 April 2005 04:49 pm, Erylon Hines wrote: On Friday 01 April 2005 12:40 pm, Daniel Anderson wrote: | I'm

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread jdow
From: Bryan Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tuesday 05 April 2005 06:26, Anne Wilson wrote: An app that knows the difference between these two things? That's not asking for much now, is it? If I could build such a thing, nobody on this group could afford it, Cisco and the other router

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 19:37, jdow wrote: So you simply block all ports for AcroRead. That's as easy as only blocking port 80. The cute problem is when you want to read a pdf file in your browser. It is probably better to save the pdf file and only allow AcroRead to access local files. I

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10.2

2005-04-05 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:55:24 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 15:37, Miark wrote: On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:44:42 -0400, JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 17:38:47 +0100 Elwyn York disseminated the following: As far as your mail, it's stored in your home

Re: [newbie] pdf text

2005-04-05 Thread Miark
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 17:52:15 +0100, Q.H. wrote: I have some problem when using the feature of select text of Adobe reader 7.0. For some pdf documents, the texts I selected are ok. But for some others, the texts I slected are kinda mess when I put them into OO writer. Does any one have similar

Re: [newbie] Opportunity to plug OOo at interview

2005-04-05 Thread Miark
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 17:10:03 +0100, JR wrote: I have an interview coming up in a few weeks. One of the minor requirements would be skills with MS word and excel. I was thinking of using this as an opportunity to say but I've also started to use OOo more often because I find I am more

Re: [ml] [newbie] Which kernel?

2005-04-05 Thread Miark
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 01:38 am, Cameron MacDonald wrote: Now I feel even sillierI remembered uname but forgot the switch!! uname -a Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] PS2 wheelmouse

2005-04-05 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 07:04:18 -0400 Lee Wiggers wrote: Is anyone else having trouble with the logitech optical mouse in 10.1? I have used it, and am using it now on 4 boxes through a Belkin kvm switch. Mine exhibits the same behaviour. The workaround I use is that each time I change to a

[newbie] Lost XWindows

2005-04-05 Thread Charles Rodgers
I foolishly entered control alt F1 and now my machine will only boot to the command screen. What is the command to get from the command screen back to XWindows ? Your help will be much appreciated. Charles -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version:

Re: [newbie] PS2 wheelmouse

2005-04-05 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Charles A Edwards wrote: On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 07:04:18 -0400 Lee Wiggers wrote: Is anyone else having trouble with the logitech optical mouse in 10.1? I have used it, and am using it now on 4 boxes through a Belkin kvm switch. Mine exhibits the same behaviour. The workaround I use is that each

Re: [newbie] Lost XWindows

2005-04-05 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 08:13, Charles Rodgers wrote: I foolishly entered control alt F1 and now my machine will only boot to the command screen. What is the command to get from the command screen back to XWindows ? Your help will be much appreciated. Charles ctrl-alt-F7 or ctrl-alt-F8

Re: [newbie] Lost XWindows

2005-04-05 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Charles Rodgers wrote: I foolishly entered control alt F1 and now my machine will only boot to the command screen. What is the command to get from the command screen back to XWindows ? Your help will be much appreciated. Charles This is strange. I use the Ctrl-Alt-F1 to change to the command line

Re: [newbie] Lost XWindows

2005-04-05 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 23:13, Charles Rodgers wrote: I foolishly entered control alt F1 and now my machine will only boot to the command screen. What is the command to get from the command screen back to XWindows ? Your help will be much appreciated. Charles Ctl+Alt+F1 only moves you

Re: [newbie] Lost XWindows

2005-04-05 Thread Charles Rodgers
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 08:13, Charles Rodgers wrote: I foolishly entered control alt F1 and now my machine will only boot to the command screen. What is the command to get from the command screen back to XWindows ? Your help will be much appreciated. Charles ctrl-alt-F7 or ctrl-alt-F8

Re: [newbie] Lost XWindows

2005-04-05 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 08:27, Charles Rodgers wrote: On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 08:13, Charles Rodgers wrote: I foolishly entered control alt F1 and now my machine will only boot to the command screen. What is the command to get from the command screen back to XWindows ? Your help will

Re: [newbie] XF86Config settings for LG Studioworks 700S

2005-04-05 Thread WauloK
Hey Yank! :) Nah didn't manage to resolve it. As I said, for some reason the OSD says 44.1kHz / 55.0 Hz. I *know* it's not 55 Hz cos that'd be sooo flickery it'd drive me nuts! Usually the OSD on the monitory also displays the RESOLUTION of the desktop (ie 1152x864) but at the moment, it's only

Re: [newbie] PS2 wheelmouse

2005-04-05 Thread Russ Kepler
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 04:09 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 07:04:18 -0400 Lee Wiggers wrote: Is anyone else having trouble with the logitech optical mouse in 10.1? I have used it, and am using it now on 4 boxes through a Belkin kvm switch. Mine exhibits the same

Re: [newbie] pdf text

2005-04-05 Thread Q.H. Wang
Although I have Acrobat 7, I still use pdftotext to convert from one to the other. Try that instead and see if it does any better. Many thanks Miark. I tried to use pdftotext to convert one or two pages of two pdf files into text files, but I got no luck. What I got in the text files are

Re: [newbie] Opportunity to plug OOo at interview

2005-04-05 Thread WauloK
Hence, it's the first naive Word processor! On Apr 6, 2005 7:38 AM, Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 17:10:03 +0100, JR wrote: * It exports to PDF naively Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Connecting a video camera

2005-04-05 Thread Peter Watson
On Saturday 02 Apr 2005 14:52, Auke Jan Kroon wrote: Hi, I installed Mandrake 10.0 on my aunt's computer (can be upgraded to 10.1 if necessary) and she bought a Sharp VL-Z1S video camera with DV/IEEE1394/Firewire output. I don't have a video camera, so my knowledge about this is close to

[newbie] Site for testing JVM

2005-04-05 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Is there some site for testing whether one's installed Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is working fine? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread frengoGorgia
Il mar, 2005-04-05 alle 21:05, Anne Wilson ha scritto: On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 19:37, jdow wrote: The cute problem is when you want to read a pdf file in your browser. It is probably better to save the pdf file and only allow AcroRead to access local files. I do tend to view the pdf in

Re: [newbie] Site for testing JVM

2005-04-05 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 09:42, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All Is there some site for testing whether one's installed Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is working fine? Thanks in advance, Paul Why not something fun? http://speculativevision.com/arcade/tailgunner/tailgunner.html -- stephen kuhn

Re: [newbie] Playing dvd movies on a computer

2005-04-05 Thread Robert Yu
Anne, why uninstall Xine? Shouldn't I just be able to update it? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Site for testing JVM

2005-04-05 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 4:42 pm, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All Is there some site for testing whether one's installed Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is working fine? www.java.com -- Linux User #183693 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your

[newbie] X getting killed by viewing text document

2005-04-05 Thread mike
I know this is actually a no...no... but sometimes I get these emails meant for a windows box with attachments like joker.exe or whatever. Anyways I dont open the attachments, but I view the message source just to see what it looks like. I know :-| killed the cat. I did not ever have a

Re: [newbie] X getting killed by viewing text document

2005-04-05 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 10:30, mike wrote: I know this is actually a no...no... but sometimes I get these emails meant for a windows box with attachments like joker.exe or whatever. Anyways I dont open the attachments, but I view the message source just to see what it looks like. I know :-|

[newbie] Re: [Wine]To su or not to su

2005-04-05 Thread Robert Yu
h:\ maps to your home drive. Or, mine does. I used winetools-2.1.0-jo to set up wine. See what else is in ~/.wine/dosdevices. -- Charles Curley /\ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ /Respect for open standards and/or writing?

Re: [newbie] Opportunity to plug OOo at interview

2005-04-05 Thread Miark
On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 08:59:07 +1000, WauloK wrote: Hence, it's the first naive Word processor! On Apr 6, 2005 7:38 AM, Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 17:10:03 +0100, JR wrote: * It exports to PDF naively :-) Since moving to Sylpheed 1.9.6, the spell check has gone

Re: [newbie] pdf text

2005-04-05 Thread Miark
On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 00:03:33 +0100, Q.H. wrote: Although I have Acrobat 7, I still use pdftotext to convert from one to the other. Try that instead and see if it does any better. Many thanks Miark. I tried to use pdftotext to convert one or two pages of two pdf files into text files,

Re: [newbie] back to Windows

2005-04-05 Thread Aron Smith
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 11:04 am, jdow wrote: From: Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday 04 April 2005 09:16 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: On April 2, 2005 05:26, Daniel Anderson wrote: On Friday 01 April 2005 04:49 pm, Erylon Hines wrote: On Friday 01

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread jdow
From: frengoGorgia [EMAIL PROTECTED] Il mar, 2005-04-05 alle 21:05, Anne Wilson ha scritto: On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 19:37, jdow wrote: The cute problem is when you want to read a pdf file in your browser. It is probably better to save the pdf file and only allow AcroRead to access

Re: [ml] [newbie] Which kernel?

2005-04-05 Thread Cameron MacDonald
JR wrote: On Tuesday 05 April 2005 01:38 am, Cameron MacDonald wrote: Now I feel even sillierI remembered uname but forgot the switch!! For any command you dont know the switches for (but you do know the command), just type 'uname - -help'. Replacing 'uname' with whatever command is

Re: [newbie] X getting killed by viewing text document

2005-04-05 Thread mike
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 10:30, mike wrote: snip I'm scrolling it in mozilla browser and it kills X again. What is happening? is viewing the text document in browser executing some kind of java exploit? Should I report this to Source forge? Or am I compromized, I ran

Re: [newbie] X getting killed by viewing text document

2005-04-05 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 12:30, mike wrote: Ahh... thanks Steven. Never happened to me before at least since I been using Linux. I guess I thought I was safer than I really was. Not sure how to turn that off in mozilla will look around. Again thanks, Mike Not quite sure in Mozilla Mail

Re: [newbie] Site for testing JVM

2005-04-05 Thread Alberto Omar Rodrigues
On Apr 5, 2005 8:42 PM, Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear All Is there some site for testing whether one's installed Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is working fine? Thanks in advance, Paul Try this http://java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml -- Bye Alberto Omar Rodrigues

[newbie] KIOSlave and Bluetooth phone

2005-04-05 Thread WauloK
Has anyone set up KIOSlave to connect to a Bluetooth phone? I have a Motorola A1000 which I'd like to upload/download images, documents and other files with. My KDEBluetooth can detect the phone and connect to it, but I only get the options of OBEX-Push and a couple other things, but not

[newbie] source build problem

2005-04-05 Thread Paul Kaplan
I am not an expert in rebuilding rpms from src.rpms, but I have done it from time to time.  I am now trying to build rpms for firefox 1.0.2 using the src rpm from cooker.  However the process aborts after about 20 minutes with the following message: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.77790: line 96: fg: no job

[newbie] ** Welcome to Newbie **

2005-04-05 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] XF86Config settings for LG Studioworks 700S

2005-04-05 Thread Andras Keszei
and run at 1152x864 I get about 70Hz when the maximum is 75Hz. Any cluebats? I also have an LG studioworks 700S, I did nothing out of the ordinary (not actually having the skills), and I have the desktop at 1152x864 @ 75Hz as per the OSD display on the monitor. I have Mdk10.0 and a Geforce2

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10.2

2005-04-05 Thread Elwyn York
On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 20:46, Lee Wiggers wrote: On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:55:24 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 15:37, Miark wrote: On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:44:42 -0400, JoeHill wrote: In that case, the whole /home directory, including mail and any saved

Re: [newbie] PS2 wheelmouse

2005-04-05 Thread Elwyn York
On Monday 04 Apr 2005 12:04, Lee Wiggers wrote: Is anyone else having trouble with the logitech optical mouse in 10.1? I have used it, and am using it now on 4 boxes through a Belkin kvm switch. I've got a MS wireless optical mouse. It used to be plugged into the PS2 port then I needed

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread frengoGorgia
Il mer, 2005-04-06 alle 04:11, jdow ha scritto: From: frengoGorgia [EMAIL PROTECTED] Il mar, 2005-04-05 alle 21:05, Anne Wilson ha scritto: On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 19:37, jdow wrote: The cute problem is when you want to read a pdf file in your browser. It is probably better to

[newbie] Re: KDE /K3B problem

2005-04-05 Thread Russell Butler
Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 05 April 2005 13:59, Russell Butler wrote: Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 05 April 2005 11:16, Russell Butler wrote: Hello all I have Mandrake 10.1 on 2.6.8.1-12mdk win4Lin kernel installed (dual boot with Win) and mostly use KDE. since a recent re-install I had

Re: [newbie] XF86Config settings for LG Studioworks 700S

2005-04-05 Thread WauloK
Yes! Definitely! Thanks :) On Apr 6, 2005 2:40 PM, Andras Keszei [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and run at 1152x864 I get about 70Hz when the maximum is 75Hz. Any cluebats? I also have an LG studioworks 700S, I did nothing out of the ordinary (not actually having the skills), and I have the

Re: [newbie] USB Mouse problem

2005-04-05 Thread WauloK
oh ok. on top like we used to do with windows way back On Apr 3, 2005 5:35 AM, Ivo Perich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try installing without formatting anything... it works El Sábado, 2 de Abril de 2005 01:50, WauloK escribió: Ack! Too much configuring since installation to go back to the