Re: [newbie] 400MHz enough video power?

2005-04-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 10 Apr 2005 00:02, JoeHill wrote: I think it depends a lot on your video card/chipset. You cannot play DVD's at all without hardware acceleration, IIRC, no matter your system resources (though yours are definitely on the low end anyhow). I'm not sure this is true, Joe. My Matrox

Re: [newbie] Using the rm command

2005-04-10 Thread Björn Olsson
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 10:29:32 +1200 SnapafunFrank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi ~ the following is in reference to Acrobat Reader only. I have been reading about Acrobat5 and Acrobat7 and am looking at installing the later. I understand that I need to remove all of Acrobat5 and that is OK

Re: [newbie] 400MHz enough video power?

2005-04-10 Thread Sebastian Martin
Hi, I remember playing DVDs on a 466Mhz Celeron with a 4MB Matrox Millenium. I suppose it sould at least play (if not smooth) on your Machine. Regards *Sebastian Martin* Heinrich - Heine - Str. 2c 35039 Marburg a.d. Lahn Deutschland / Germany

Re: [newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive

2005-04-10 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 9, 2005 11:51 PM, Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On my system, a stock 10.1, with the standard upgrades, but not with KDE upgraded to a newer version, plugging in a flash drive results in it being mounted on /mnt/removable, and I am able to access it without problem. But people that

Re: [newbie] harddrake not detecting mouse (uses adaptor)

2005-04-10 Thread JR
On Sunday 10 April 2005 02:25 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: JR wrote: On Saturday 09 April 2005 12:21 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: JR wrote: I put mandrake10.1-Official on my friends desktop. His mouse doesnt work. It doesn't show up in harddrake (the gui tool). In fact, there is no

Re: [newbie] 400MHz enough video power?

2005-04-10 Thread et
On Sunday 10 April 2005 05:10 am, Sebastian Martin wrote: Hi, I remember playing DVDs on a 466Mhz Celeron with a 4MB Matrox Millenium. I suppose it sould at least play (if not smooth) on your Machine. Regards *Sebastian Martin* Heinrich -

[newbie] Citrix ICA Client 32bit on 64bit mozilla

2005-04-10 Thread Tony
Hi, I'm running MDK AMD64, and using Mozilla 64 bit also, can anyone tell me if I can use the Citrix ICA 32bit client with this setup ? Regards, Tony. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] 400MHz enough video power?

2005-04-10 Thread Tom
JoeHill wrote: On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 18:34:33 -0400 Miark disseminated the following: I have a Toshiba Tecra 8000 with a 400MHz processor, 192MB RAM, and DVD drive. From within XFCE (i.e. a lightweight enviro) I tried to play a DVD last night with mplayer, and totem, but nothing seems to work. Is

[newbie] ASUS 54 Mbps 802.11g LAN PCI Card + wifi + MDK 10.1

2005-04-10 Thread Alexis Cothenet
Hi all, I wanted to create a wireless connexion under linux mdk 10.1 having the 54 Mbps 802.11g LAN PCI Card but i don't succeed in doing that. In fact, someone has indicated me the web site http://linux_wless.passys.nl/ According to this site, it is not supported by linux :-( Does someone knows

[newbie] mandriva quickstart guide + faq

2005-04-10 Thread Philippe Landau
after installing Mandrakelinux 10.1 Official DVD i am a bit lost. the installation went fast and fine, but i need thunderbird, firefox, gaim, amule. can i install them through the software management interface ? after configuring konqueror and the screen resolution, installing firefox and

Re: [newbie] 400MHz enough video power?

2005-04-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 10 Apr 2005 16:28, Tom wrote: mplayer will more often play problem DVD's than xine. BUT, every once in a while I've encountered DVD's that xine will play and mplayer won't. Those are the players I would recommend, not totem Side-issue, but interesting. I have one disk that

Re: [newbie] aMule (was: eMule for Mandrake

2005-04-10 Thread Philippe Landau
Paul wrote: Have a look at http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/sourceforge/a/am/amule/aMule-1.2.8-1mdk.i586.html. That is perhaps what you seek. i can't install it on my fresh mandrake 10.1 due to a dependency: libcurl.so.2 what is the best way to install that ? as i understand it we are two class

Re: [newbie] 400MHz enough video power?

2005-04-10 Thread JoeHill
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 10:28:12 -0500 Tom disseminated the following: That just isn't so. I have a GeF4, I use the 'nv' driver, I've never used the proprietary nvidia driver, DVD's and any other kind'a movies play jus' fine. DVD's, or any videos for that matter, _do not_ require

[newbie] kde 3.4 install

2005-04-10 Thread john
Hello Installed kde 3.4 and applications disappeared on menus. I installed through mandrake control center and everything installed ok per message. I ran update-menus -v and the following message came up. -- ** (process:7390): CRITICAL **: file eggdesktopentries.c: line 2223

Re: [newbie] 400MHz enough video power?

2005-04-10 Thread Ian
On Sunday 10 Apr 2005 19:26, JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 10:28:12 -0500 Tom disseminated the following: That just isn't so. I have a GeF4, I use the 'nv' driver, I've never used the proprietary nvidia driver, DVD's and any other kind'a movies play jus' fine. DVD's, or any

Re: [newbie] 400MHz enough video power?

2005-04-10 Thread JoeHill
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 14:26:16 -0400 JoeHill disseminated the following: That just isn't so. I have a GeF4, I use the 'nv' driver, I've never used the proprietary nvidia driver, DVD's and any other kind'a movies play jus' fine. DVD's, or any videos for that matter, _do not_

[newbie] Poor graphics driver

2005-04-10 Thread JR
After installing mandrake 10.1 O on a friends pc, I've noticed that his graphics preformance is a little poor. Its a little noticable when moving windows - very noticable when playing mpeg / wmv etc. Is there anything that can be done to improve this? The specs are below. Identification

Re: [newbie] Dual Booting with Multiple Linux Distros (Mandi, Debian)

2005-04-10 Thread Philippe Landau
Philippe Landau wrote: if i install Mandi, what options should i choose to preserve the current grub entries ? or to copy them over to lilo (whatever mandrake 10.1 uses). last time i tried my superblock and its 7 backups were destroyed. (i have no idea what that is.) now that i installed mandrake

Re: [newbie] aMule (was: eMule for Mandrake

2005-04-10 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 20:13:28 +0200 Philippe Landau wrote: http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/sourceforge/a/am/amule/aMule-1.2.8-1mdk.i586.html. That is perhaps what you seek. i can't install it on my fresh mandrake 10.1 due to a dependency: libcurl.so.2 what is the best way to install that ?

Re: [newbie] Dual Booting with Multiple Linux Distros (Mandi, Debian)

2005-04-10 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Philippe Landau wrote: Philippe Landau wrote: if i install Mandi, what options should i choose to preserve the current grub entries ? or to copy them over to lilo (whatever mandrake 10.1 uses). last time i tried my superblock and its 7 backups were destroyed. (i have no idea what that is.) now

[newbie] Installation (program) problems

2005-04-10 Thread Elwyn York
Hiya Was planning to do the upgrade today but I loaned my car out and left the 10.2 CDs in there :( Doh! Anyway, Tried to install Crossover Office and it didnt like it... [EMAIL PROTECTED] elwyn]$ su Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] elwyn]# '/home/elwyn/install-crossover3.sh' bash:

Re: [newbie] Installation (program) problems

2005-04-10 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Elwyn York wrote: Hiya Was planning to do the upgrade today but I loaned my car out and left the 10.2 CDs in there :( Doh! Anyway, Tried to install Crossover Office and it didnt like it... [EMAIL PROTECTED] elwyn]$ su Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] elwyn]# '/home/elwyn/install-crossover3.sh' bash:

Re: [newbie] Installation (program) problems

2005-04-10 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 21:05:57 +0100 Elwyn York wrote: Don't undestand where I've gone wrong :( use # sh /home/elwyn/install-crossover3.sh Charles -- But officer, I was only trying to gain enough speed so I could coast to the nearest gas station. - Mandrake

Re: [newbie] 400MHz enough video power?

2005-04-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 10 Apr 2005 19:26, JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 10:28:12 -0500 Tom disseminated the following: That just isn't so. I have a GeF4, I use the 'nv' driver, I've never used the proprietary nvidia driver, DVD's and any other kind'a movies play jus' fine. DVD's, or any

[newbie] cant unsubscribe

2005-04-10 Thread Positive Negative
Everytime i try i get an error no email from the mandrake site can you please un sub me -- AIM: FucPsSht Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] cant unsubscribe

2005-04-10 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 10, 2005 10:06 PM, Positive Negative [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everytime i try i get an error no email from the mandrake site can you please un sub me You can unsubscribe to list by sending an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe newbie in the body of the message. Paul

Re: [newbie] mandriva quickstart guide + faq

2005-04-10 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Sunday 10 April 2005 19:12, Philippe Landau wrote: after installing Mandrakelinux 10.1 Official DVD i am a bit lost. the installation went fast and fine, but i need thunderbird, firefox, gaim, amule. can i install them through the software management interface ? after configuring

Re: [newbie] kde 3.4 install

2005-04-10 Thread frengoGorgia
Il dom, 2005-04-10 alle 20:33, john ha scritto: Hello Installed kde 3.4 and applications disappeared on menus. I installed through mandrake control center and everything installed ok per message. I ran update-menus -v and the following message came up. -- ** (process:7390): CRITICAL

Re: [newbie] mandriva quickstart guide + faq

2005-04-10 Thread Philippe Landau
H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Sunday 10 April 2005 19:12, Philippe Landau wrote: after installing Mandrakelinux 10.1 Official DVD i am a bit lost. the installation went fast and fine, but i need thunderbird, firefox, gaim, amule. can i install them through the software management interface ? is there a

[newbie] installed perl modules

2005-04-10 Thread Chris
Is there a list somewhere of perl modules installed such as for rpms in /var/log/rpmpkgs which I assume is a listing of rpm packages I've installed. -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 18:34:39 up 20:41, 1 user, load average: 0.21, 0.32, 0.33 Mandrake Linux 10.1

Re: [newbie] 400MHz enough video power?

2005-04-10 Thread Tom
Ian wrote: On Sunday 10 Apr 2005 19:26, JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 10:28:12 -0500 Tom disseminated the following: That just isn't so. I have a GeF4, I use the 'nv' driver, I've never used the proprietary nvidia driver, DVD's and any other kind'a movies play jus' fine. DVD's, or

[newbie] Installing new monitor

2005-04-10 Thread Carroll Grigsby
I bought a new monitor today -- 17 inch LCD -- to replace an aging 14 inch CRT on my backup machine running Mandrake 9.1 (yeah, I know). The video card is a Matrox G200 Millenium. How do I get the video resolution to run any higher than 800 x 600? -- cmg

Re: [newbie] Installing new monitor

2005-04-10 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Carroll Grigsby wrote: I bought a new monitor today -- 17 inch LCD -- to replace an aging 14 inch CRT on my backup machine running Mandrake 9.1 (yeah, I know). The video card is a Matrox G200 Millenium. How do I get the video resolution to run any higher than 800 x 600? -- cmg Run drakxconf

Re: [newbie] installed perl modules

2005-04-10 Thread frengoGorgia
Il lun, 2005-04-11 alle 01:36, Chris ha scritto: Is there a list somewhere of perl modules installed such as for rpms in /var/log/rpmpkgs which I assume is a listing of rpm packages I've installed. for an alphabetic list of module with full path you can try this script the author page is

Re: [newbie] Installing new monitor

2005-04-10 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Sunday 10 April 2005 08:02 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Carroll Grigsby wrote: I bought a new monitor today -- 17 inch LCD -- to replace an aging 14 inch CRT on my backup machine running Mandrake 9.1 (yeah, I know). The video card is a Matrox G200 Millenium. How do I get the video

Re: [newbie] installed perl modules

2005-04-10 Thread Miark
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 18:36:52 -0500, Chris wrote: Is there a list somewhere of perl modules installed such as for rpms in /var/log/rpmpkgs which I assume is a listing of rpm packages I've installed. rpm -qa | grep -i perl Hope that helps, Miark