Re: [newbie] Palm OS vs Windows CE

Haha.. well... The reason why I can put up staring at that hour glass is because palm systems have that black area at the bottom of the screen... Which really really bothers me... because it doen't look nice. BUT, I ordered one that runs on palm os already neways... I'd rather put up w/ the

Re: [newbie] Palm OS vs Windows CE

actually.. i ordered sony clie n760c already. i can't resist sony and the cute clie headphone and remote. (i'm a big sony fan - their designs are too cute.) shane wrote: try the visor, much nicer. love mine Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Palm OS vs Windows CE

I posted a message a while ago asking if anyone knows when the consumer version of Sharp Zaurus will come out. (The developer's version comes out in this month.) That was the only Linux pda that I liked. But after comparing that with clie.. I decided on clie, since I really like their design

Re: [newbie] AVI files

I find xine that came with Mandrake able to play all the media files I encoutered so far.. including avi and asf files and it's pretty good too. Ronald J. Hall wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey group, Does anyone know of a good avi player for Linux? Xmovie and xmms doesnt seem to

[newbie] Palm OS vs Windows CE

I'm planning to buy a PDA. I'm wondering which is easier to setup w/ linux, Palm OS or Windows CE? Or, is Windows CE even able to be setup for syncing? Thanx. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Sharp's Zaurus SL-5000D Linux/Java PDA

Does anyone know when the consumer version of Sharp's Zaurus SL-5000D Linux/Java PDA will come out? Has anyone heard of its latest developements? Thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] xawtv recording

Streamer gave me a segmentation fault. (1/10 programs I run gives me segmentation fault.) L.V.Gandhi wrote: On Tuesday 13 November 2001 10:53, Valerie Cheng wrote: Hi, Has anyone tried recording with xawtv? I tried recording to avi file... But it's always sound-less. I'm playing w/ xine

Re: [newbie] xawtv recording

It still doesn't work.. I raised IGain and no help... And I raised everything in the mixer setting.. Nothing seemed to help. Frans Ketelaars wrote: This might just be a mixer settings problem. When recording make sure the correct audio recording source is selected and the 'input gain level'

Re: [newbie] xawtv recording

Yes, I do hear sound. I've been using xawtv to watch tv for a while already and there is sound. There is also sound when it's recording, just the avi file has no sound. Mohammed Arafa wrote Valerie, did u hear the sound output before u began recording? if not did u check to see the sound

[newbie] xawtv recording

the sound... Does anyone know what's going on? Thank you. -Valerie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] TO: Column In Email Readers

In fact, both Kmail and Netscape does have a TO: field to use to filter. Maybe you didn't really look that closely, because you *believed* that it didn't. But I dun get you when you say there's no TO: field. I can see the TO: field for all my emails. Do you mean when it's listing the emails

[newbie] Tv-Tuner Recommendation/Suggestion

Hi, I want to get a Tv-Tuner for my box. I'm using MDK 8.0. I hope to get some recommendations on which one to buy. I want one that is easy to setup, inexpensive, and guaranteed compatibility with linux. Thanx. Valerie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Tv-Tuner Recommendation/Suggestion

What about installation? Is it easy to setup? Where do I find the drivers? Thanx. I'm settling for the Happauge WinTV-GO PCI... I'm just nervous everytime I have to setup something in Linux. Valerie Jose M. Sanchez wrote: Any of the BT8x8 tuners work fine if you do NOT have an ALiMagik

Re: [newbie] help~ lilo is gone~

can't install lilo since boot.b is missing... So there's no way to install the files for /boot? I'm using MDK 8.0... technically, if I didn't change anything, I could copy my boot files from my laptop (also MDK 8.0) to my desktop? Valerie Onur Kucuk wrote: Hi Valerie, How could you boot

Re: [newbie] help~ lilo is gone~

Thanks everyone for helping me out. :) My lilo is back alive. :) (and I'm never gonna touch ms windows again...) Valerie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] help~ lilo is gone~

Hi, Please help me... My LILO disappeared.. and when I run lilo to install it, it says that /boot/boot.b is missing... I checked is /boot and it's empty... what do I do??? *sniff sniff* Any help is appreciated~ Valerie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Sylpheed ( was Netscape 6)

Hi Paul, I gave Sylpheed a try.. Well, I like it and all.. but.. the newsgroup crashes when I click on it. So, basically means I can't use the newsgroup.. Do you have any idea of what's going on? Thanks. Valerie On Thu, 18 Oct 2001 12:56:47 GMT Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sylpheed

[newbie] ICQ Java

Hi, I succesfully installed ICQ Java. However, when I run it, it gives me exception in main thread. Does anyone know why this is happening and how can I fix it? Thank you. Valerie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] anti-virus program

Hi, Yup. I found what I was looking for. Thanx. :) Valerie Mark David Hamilton wrote: On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 01:02:40PM -0400, Valerie Cheng wrote: does anyone know a free good anti-virus program for linux? Valerie, Did you get what you were looking for? If not, you might take

[newbie] Xmms Can't Play VCD in Fullsreen

anyone know a solution for this? Thank you!! Valerie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] giFT and Xnap

on giFT and Xnap. Thanx. Valerie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] giFT and Xnap

Xnap is working now.. but... Xnap says that it can't find server file .xnap/host. Where can I get the file? Thanx. Valerie Cheng wrote: Hi, I installed giFT and Xnap. I started xnap and then ran gift. It just keeps printing out things like: Connection 76 changed from ClOSED to NULL

[newbie] sony memory stick floppy adapter

i lost my usb cable, and decided to go for the floppy since it's less of a hassle to use. does the sony memory stick floppy adapter(MSAC-FD2MA) work like any floppy? linux would be able to read it if i put it into the floppy drive right? Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] netscape 6 printing options?

So.. there's not even a file that I can edit to change the options? When will N6.2 be released? Unfortunately thats a bug in N6.1 - I'm not sure whether they've corrected it in Mozilla 0.9.4 but I think they will have sorted it out for N6.2. Regards Gordon Want to buy your Pack

[newbie] incoming telnet connection

how do i allow my box to allow incoming telnet connection? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] StarOffice in KDE menu

While playing around w/ my menu... I found out that the StarOffice links are actually installed. It's just don't show up if Madrake costumization is enabled. Once I disabled it, I see the StarOffice links. and... sorrie... I lost the link for printing in staroffice. ^^;; can someone give it to

Re: [newbie] LILO and welcome screen

Hi, I also want to get rid of the blue welcome bitmap. If you find a solution off-list, could you please tell me? Thanx. Hi there. I've been quietly testing 8.1 since the first beta. This is the first linux distro I've tried in many years of dabbling that I feel is compelling enough to

[newbie] Can't find StarOffice in KDE menu

I installed StarOffice.. and it tells me it is installed into the KDE menu. I restarted my KDE. But it's still not in the KDE menu. How can I make it appear? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] can't set up SB Live! 5.1

I changed the PCI slot of my sound card and it's working now. Ok.. I checked w/ /sbin/lsmod... no OSS/free driver loaded... PNP is off (turned it off long time ago when I was tyring freebsd). and... my modules.conf: alias net-pf-4 ipx pre-install pcmcia_core

Re: [newbie] can't set up SB Live! 5.1

module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/misc/snd-card-emu10k1.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/misc/snd-card-emu10k1.o failed So, am I supposed to change the IO or IRQ? How would I do that? Thanx. Valerie Ummm, I'm using the ALSA 0.5.10b

Re: [newbie] can't set up SB Live! 5.1

Ok.. I checked w/ /sbin/lsmod... no OSS/free driver loaded... PNP is off (turned it off long time ago when I was tyring freebsd). and... my modules.conf: alias net-pf-4 ipx pre-install pcmcia_core CARDMGR_OPTS=-f /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start alias usb-interface

[newbie] can't set up SB Live! 5.1

hi. i am using Mandrake 8.0 and i'm using alsa 0.5.11 for my SB Live! 5.1. but it gives me the following message during modprobe: /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/misc/snd-card-emu10k1.o: init_module: No such device Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including

Re: [newbie] bash: java: command not found

did you set PATH correctly after you insatlled the jdk? hi there, sorry about this again, i know there has been some traffic on this subject before but none of it seemed to do anything for me. everything used to work fineon my puter until i mucked up the system badly and decided to reinstall

[newbie] viewing pdf in mozilla

how to i make mozzila handle pdf properly? i want to be able to click on a link and view the file w/o having to download and open w/ xpdf. thanx. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] viewing pdf in mozilla

Paul - i set up netscape before using application/pdf w/ xpdf %s and it worked. but it didn't work w/ mozilla. nothing happens when i try to open a pdf file. If the config is anything like Netscape, you should add an application to the helper-applications in the preferences, type probably

[newbie] Sound Card recommendation

Right now, I use Riptide and there is no driver for linux. I am considering to change my sound card. However, I need a PCI 2.2 compliant sound card that is supported by linux. All the ones I found are PCI 2.1 compliant. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanx you. Valerie

[newbie] Idconfig Failed Message during installation.

I tried installing Mandrake 8.0 several times (and still trying). It keeps on giving me the message idconfig failed half way through installing the packages. What does that mean? What am I supposed to do? Thanx. ~Valerie