Re: [newbie] cups problem in 8.2

2002-05-02 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Thursday 02 May 2002 08:26 am, you wrote: Well 8.2 does almost everything better than 8.1, but not with regard to my printer. I have a Canon S450, which worked faultlessly under 8.1, but under 8.2 the test page and anything else I print comes out double width. i.e. I only get the left

[newbie] Changing defaults in a distribution rpm

2002-04-14 Thread Andre Dubuc
Using Apache + PHP + PostgreSQL from the LM8.2 distribution, register_globals defaults to on. After building my prototype db-driven website with globals on, I decided to switch to $_SESSION: I had to turn globals=off. I edited the php.ini file and changed register_globals to off.

[newbie] Changing mouse actions in MC in LM8.2?

2002-04-02 Thread Andre Dubuc
Is there anyway to change the default mouse actions in Midnight Commander in LM8.2? My Logitech Optical wheel mouse worked fine in LM8.0 in MC -- the scroll function is very addictive. I miss it! So far, in my search through the docs, I've been unable to discover how to affect/effect changes

[newbie] Apache + PHP - htdocs?

2002-04-01 Thread Andre Dubuc
Having upgraded from LM8.0 to LM8.2, I've switched from source to the pre-compiled editions of Apache and PHP. For the life of me, I can't figure out where my htdocs (the php/html files I've created) should go in LM8.2, and what owner/group they should be listed under. I would greatly

Re: [newbie] Adding Text Input in a SELECT drop-down list

2002-03-24 Thread Andre Dubuc
yourself the greif and follow the usual method, or not :) Michael other New Zealand Andre Dubuc wrote: I have written, in an html form, a drop-downlist that uses SELECT: i.e. SELECT NAME=state OPTION SELECTEDState OPTIONAL OPTIONAZ

[newbie] Dual Booting: LM8.0 LM8.2?

2002-03-23 Thread Andre Dubuc
I plan to add LM8.2 to my system and keep LM8.0 for daily use until I'm sure everything works. My LM 8.0 is on hda a 20 gig hd) and I use LILO to boot. I plan to purchase a new 40 gig hd, and devote that entirely to LM8.2. -- the new drive would be hdc. My questions: Preserving the setup,

[newbie] Adding Text Input in a SELECT drop-down list

2002-03-23 Thread Andre Dubuc
I have written, in an html form, a drop-downlist that uses SELECT: i.e. SELECT NAME=state OPTION SELECTEDState OPTIONAL OPTIONAZ OPTION// and so on I would like a text input as the last option so that a user

[newbie] Re: error message on boot up

2002-03-23 Thread Andre Dubuc
Hi Song, As a quick reply, if I remember correctly, the error disappaeared once I made a directory: mkdir /initrd The problem went away once I did that (I checked my archive on that one) Hth, (If not, give me a bit more info to work with) Regards, Andre On Saturday 23 March 2002

Re: [newbie] pdf printing trouble

2002-03-05 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Tuesday 05 March 2002 19:38, you wrote: I searched the archive and found that many people seem to have this problem, but I did see a good answer Most involved try this or that prog One mentioned xpp which I tried as well So my problem is I can't print pdf I have to go to xpdf and

[newbie] Ext2fs to ext3fs conversion in LM8.0?

2002-03-03 Thread Andre Dubuc
The area where I live has numerous power failures. I'm using LM8.0 ext2fs filesysytem and . . . I'm getting tired of having to re-install when the files system get so messed up that fsck won't fix it. Is it possible, with LM8.0, to switch over to the ext3fs -- the one that's jouranlized?

Re: [newbie] 3 cheers for Linux

2002-03-02 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Saturday 02 March 2002 13:07, you wrote: I'm not usually the cheerleader type, but here goes. One of the things that prevented me from making the jump to an all-Linux machine was that I assumed I would have problems downloading pictures from my digital camera to my computer (10 minutes on

Re: [newbie] 3 cheers for Linux

2002-03-02 Thread Andre Dubuc
Hi Todd, Sorry about that empty reply -- hit the wrong button. (Maybe I need more sleep?) Anyway, a wonderful article on Imagemagick that hepled me discover its potential: http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/July2001/article211.shtml Actually, anything on that site is well worth reading.

[newbie] Black background in Konqueror

2002-02-27 Thread Andre Dubuc
Often when I move to a new page in Konqueror while on the web, the page originally displays with a solid black background, that sometimes changes to white (as it does in Netscape 6.2). Frequently, it stays black and I cannot read the text. Is there any way of changing this to a default white

[newbie] Printing with Ghostview or PS/PDF Viewer Possible?

2002-02-27 Thread Andre Dubuc
Sigh. Is there a secret to getting any pdf file to print? Both gs and ps/pdf refuse to print pdf files. The 'print command: lpr' doesn't work even if I change the command to the printer name 'laser'. At one point it worked, but for the life of me, I can't recall the magic I had to perform to

[newbie] Adding user: with no icon at login

2002-02-24 Thread Andre Dubuc
I would like to add a user, say Trial, that would not be displayed at login (i.e. as an icon named 'Trial'). I've tried all the options in `man useradd', but I end up with a user and an icon. What I'm trying to achieve is end up with a user like 'postgres' in the LM 8.0 rpm of PostgreSQL.

[newbie] Apache + PHP + PostgreSQL

2002-02-20 Thread Andre Dubuc
I've hacked away and actually got a working copy of Apache + PHP + PostgreSQL to install on my disk: Apache and PHP from source, and the rpm'd version of PostgreSQL 7.0.3 mdk. I have followed a tutorial from www.newbienetwork.net entitled Beginning PHP and PostgreSQL that included an

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6.2 Installation

2002-02-17 Thread Andre Dubuc
Hi Chuck, The big question: did you keep Netscape 6.2? Is it worth the trouble? -- I'm developing a website and I'm just curious to see how it compares to the Netscape 4.xx that came with LM 8.0. I use Konqueror almost exclusively. (I'm not fond of all the clutter in Netscape.) Regards,

[newbie] Attempt to fake stamp??

2002-02-17 Thread Andre Dubuc
Meanwhile back at the ranch . . . Seems like I'm getting all sorts of bounced mail again through newbie. The latest returned mail included one that was from: nobody @localhost with Subject: Re: A few changes; From: ert [EMAIL PROTECTED]. [Never heard of him] I checked the logs and saw that

Re: [newbie] cd burning trouble

2002-02-17 Thread Andre Dubuc
Hi Todd, First off, if there are any errors in this, it's because I had to copy it from the archive. Sigh . . I think your problem is that you've no entry for the /dev/scd0 in fstab. I've tried xcdroast and others, and have found tha gtoaster works the best and is the easiest to set up.

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6.2 Installation

2002-02-16 Thread Andre Dubuc
Hi Mark, Now that's my kind of install! :) I've no intention of letting Netscape do the M$ thing. I'd rather not have it on my disk, thank-you very much! (The last time I let M$ do an upgrade, they generously passed on a virus that had infected the file! After searching their Knowledge

[newbie] Netscape 6.2 Installation

2002-02-14 Thread Andre Dubuc
Maybe I'm paranoid, but to install Netscape using NetscapeInstaller involves downloading from the net. I've no problem with that, but I do take issue that, in order for the install to succeed, the files must go into /usr/local/netscape. Now, unless I'm mistaken /usr/local has root:root

Re: [newbie] Retry timeout exceeded?

2002-02-14 Thread Andre Dubuc
Thanks Mark, That's probably what did it. Just after the 7th my IP changed providers, and with it, of course DNS addresses. I've had to change a few things at this end. Then I noticed the mail slowed down, and stopped entirely from N@L-M. Good to know, in hindsight. Nice to be back though!

[newbie] Retry timeout exceeded?

2002-02-13 Thread Andre Dubuc
I haven't received messages from newbie since Sunday. I've received four failed mail deliveries ( returning message to sender, indicating it's a permanent error) with the message above. I can receive/send messages to other lists. What should I do to correct this? All other lists work. What

[newbie] Re: Looking for a site . . .

2002-02-13 Thread Andre Dubuc
Thanks Derek, That's the one I was looking for! Btw, excuse the impersonal reply . . . I still cannot get any newbie mail in . . . have to view it via the mail archive (what a pain). Wish I knew how to fix that! Sigh . . . Regards, Andre -- Please pray the Holy Rosary to end the holocaust

Re: [newbie] Permissions: Nobody in Apache + PHP

2002-02-12 Thread Andre Dubuc
- From: Andre Dubuc [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Kevin Old [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 10:25 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Permissions: Nobody in Apache + PHP Kevin, My tmp directory was set to drwxrwxr-t -- I changed it, as well as the graffiti.dat in /htdocs. The file

Re: [newbie] Permissions: Nobody in Apache + PHP

2002-02-10 Thread Andre Dubuc
User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Alumni Representative, Online Operations Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 03:14 PM 02/09/2002 -0500, Andre Dubuc wrote: Finally, I have working copies of Apache 1.3.22 and PHP 4.1.1 on my LM8.0 box. Apache has been set up

[newbie] Permissions: Nobody in Apache + PHP

2002-02-09 Thread Andre Dubuc
Finally, I have working copies of Apache 1.3.22 and PHP 4.1.1 on my LM8.0 box. Apache has been set up with nobody' permissions, and I write test scripts as root and place them in /home/web/apache/htdocs. I can read scripts from this directory, but I've tried to use: . . . excerpt . . .

Re: [newbie] Permissions: Nobody in Apache + PHP

2002-02-09 Thread Andre Dubuc
as.) As I said, this is just my opinion and someone else can probably provide a better answer. :) Hope this helps, Kevin - Original Message - From: Andre Dubuc [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 2:14 PM Subject: [newbie] Permissions: Nobody

[newbie] Switching partitions?

2002-02-03 Thread Andre Dubuc
My / partition (/hda5) is too small (only 243MB) and is currently running at 87.1%. I want it to be at least 1GB. Another partition /var (/hda9) is 1.1GB and only has 10% usage. I would like to switch partitions -- i.e., copy contents of /hda9 to my unused /hdc which is only a one 1G

Re: [newbie] Starting Apache + PHP

2002-02-01 Thread Andre Dubuc
, Andre Dubuc wrote: The problem with my LM8.0 configuration for Apache is that it doesn't have those lines AddType in any of the .conf files! I wondered what they were talking about -- and I have checked them all! In desperation, I finally decided to go source. I d/l the binary from Apache

Re: [newbie] Starting Apache + PHP

2002-01-29 Thread Andre Dubuc
recommend you go into software manager, select flat-listing and enter apache in the search box. Install anything which is shown. -Original Message- From: Andre Dubuc [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 8:21 PM To: Todd Slater Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] Starting Apache + PHP

2002-01-28 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Saturday 26 January 2002 10:27, you wrote: On Saturday 26 January 2002 09:53 am, Andre Dubuc wrote: I've installed (in LM 8.0) all the appropriate Apache programs and modules, and all the PHP related stuff. In the LinuxConf - Service Control, I notice that apache is not listed, and both

[newbie] Starting Apache + PHP

2002-01-26 Thread Andre Dubuc
I'm not even sure how to ask this: that's how abysmal my knowledge of servers. I would like to learn scripting in PHP, and I need to run an Apache server to test the code. I've installed (in LM 8.0) all the appropriate Apache programs and modules, and all the PHP related stuff. In the

Re: [newbie] Starting Apache + PHP

2002-01-26 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Saturday 26 January 2002 10:27, you wrote: On Saturday 26 January 2002 09:53 am, Andre Dubuc wrote: I've installed (in LM 8.0) all the appropriate Apache programs and modules, and all the PHP related stuff. In the LinuxConf - Service Control, I notice that apache is not listed, and both

Re: [newbie] Starting Apache + PHP

2002-01-26 Thread Andre Dubuc
will pop up Ed Kasky Los Angeles, CA ~~~ Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. ~ Albert Einstein On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, Andre Dubuc wrote: I'm not even sure how to ask this: that's how abysmal my knowledge of servers. I would like to learn scripting

[newbie] Starting/Using PHP in Apache

2002-01-26 Thread Andre Dubuc
After the kind (and quick!) help from the list, I discovered that Apache was already running on my system. However, it refuses to load PHP. This is despite what I see at the top of the Welcome screen for Apache (aka httpd): Running version Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/1.3.19

Re: [newbie] LILO

2002-01-17 Thread Andre Dubuc
A very rough (and probably poor translation) but this seems to be the gist what he is asking: I use Mandrake 7.2 and made one small partition for windows, and because of installing windows, I can't reconfigure my lilo because of the errors that are written from the windows partition. It seems

Re: [newbie] USB Modems

2002-01-16 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 04:19, you wrote: I'm considering an USB hardware modem [AOpen FM56-RU] to replace my AOpen FM56-ITU/2 hardware ISA modem. I'd like to free up the ISA slot for an old scanner. I've checked LM Hardware database using my ISA modem and it declares my

Re: [newbie] CDPlayer - cdrom2 no disc

2002-01-15 Thread Andre Dubuc
, I'm missing something here! On Tuesday 15 January 2002 09:13, you wrote: Andre Dubuc wrote: My cdwriter is /dev/cdrom, and my CDROM is /dev/cdrom2. Andre, try to change those to /dev/scd0 and /dev/scd1 respectively. For a more in-depth explanation, read on : I can play audio cd's, using

Re: [newbie] CDPlayer - cdrom2 no disc

2002-01-15 Thread Andre Dubuc
wrote: Andre Dubuc wrote: My cdwriter is /dev/cdrom, and my CDROM is /dev/cdrom2. Andre, try to change those to /dev/scd0 and /dev/scd1 respectively. For a more in-depth explanation, read on : I can play audio cd's, using CDPlayer in KDE, using only cdrom. If I change

Re: [newbie] CDPlayer - cdrom2 no disc

2002-01-15 Thread Andre Dubuc
on the icon and you should be able to work out how to edit it) derek On Tuesday 15 January 2002 15:19, Andre Dubuc wrote: Hi derek, Well, I did what Kaj suggested, and checked my kdsdrc file and it's already set to /dev/scd1 -- still get ejected on the display. Somehow, I think

Re: [newbie] CDPlayer - cdrom2 no disc

2002-01-15 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Tuesday 15 January 2002 10:46, you wrote: Andre Dubuc wrote: Hi Kaj, Thanks for the info. I added the additional append. My cdwriter is set in lilo, but I'm not clear how to set either to /dev/scd0 and /dev/scd1 respectively. From my understanding, the cdwriter already

Re: [newbie] O.T. Modem Lecture

2002-01-14 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Monday 14 January 2002 10:40, you wrote: HI All, I am hoping that someone can help me out. I have been asked to give a talk on Modems this Friday morning to the Edmonton Freenet/Community Network volunteer help desk. This is a charitable not for profit group that attempts to provide

[newbie] CDPlayer - cdrom2 no disc

2002-01-14 Thread Andre Dubuc
My cdwriter is /dev/cdrom, and my CDROM is /ev/cdrom2. I can play audio cd's, using CDPlayer in KDE, using only cdrom. If I change the preferences in the CDPlayer to /dev/cdrom2, I get ejected - no disc. (I've also tried it Gnome -- same thing.) However, I can start and play the audio cd

[newbie] KPrint: cannot change default A4 paper size

2002-01-14 Thread Andre Dubuc
Ever since I've installed LM8.0, I've had this problem - no matter what I change it always defaults to A4 -- aargh!. During the support period, they told me it was a bug. I'm using cups 1.1.7-11 mdk. Have any else had this problem? Is it cups that causes the problem, or qtcups the interface?

Re: [newbie] USB Scanner not seen

2002-01-13 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Sunday 13 January 2002 12:31, you wrote: At 10:31 PM 1/12/02 -0500, Andre Dubuc wrote: I hope I can help: I have an Epson 1240U, and had similar problems with LM 8.0 (I haven't upgraded yet.) First place to check: cat /proc/bus/usb/devices For my machine the vendor # is 0x04b8

[newbie] StarOffice: Hyphens Spelling

2002-01-13 Thread Andre Dubuc
I've finally completed my novel. To my horror, SO5.2 absolutely refuses to hyphenate properly. It drops words like I'll rendering them as I NextLine'll. Most often it drops one letter or two, and in particular, anything with an apostrophe. The spelling check gives me OK for everything -

Re: [newbie] [OT Humor] - ASSISTED COMPUTING

2002-01-12 Thread Andre Dubuc
Gee, Tom -- do you think I could apply? One month, I installed W98 over 100 times, before realizing that my had motherboard died. So, I bought another one, but this time I plugged it in, and it had Linux on it! Btw, I'm still waiting for my refund from MS. Hopefully yours, Andre --

Re: [newbie] Wine Caesar 3

2002-01-12 Thread Andre Dubuc
Thanks Derek, I downloaded winex CVS source last night. Everything went smoothly except for the final make install where I got an error message: Could not find wine config [Drive x] entry for current working directory. Invalid path `C:2\windows' for windows directory: does not

Re: [newbie] Wine Caesar 3

2002-01-12 Thread Andre Dubuc
Thanks for asking . . . I just dumped the mess I had created. Everything went fine until I got the error: Could not find wine config [Drive x] entry for current working directory. Invalid path `C:2\windows' for windows directory: does not exist Figured out it had to be the

Re: [newbie] USB Scanner not seen

2002-01-12 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Saturday 12 January 2002 21:47, you wrote: OK, I thought this was going to be an easy one. Apparently I was wrong. I have an Epson Perfection 1650 USB scanner chosen partially because it is supported by SANE under Linux. I am running Mandrake 8.1 which has USB support. But the scanner

[newbie] USB Modems

2002-01-11 Thread Andre Dubuc
I'm considering an USB hardware modem [AOpen FM56-RU] to replace my AOpen FM56-ITU/2 hardware ISA modem. I'd like to free up the ISA slot for an old scanner. I've checked LM Hardware database using my ISA modem and it declares my present moidm unsupported! Do any usb modems function with LM8

[newbie] Wine Caesar 3

2002-01-11 Thread Andre Dubuc
The only program that I use Win98 partition is Caesar 3. I'd like to wine it, and run it within Linux. So far, I've managed the get the splash screen with an empty dialogue box, and it hangs. I'm aware that the game needs the cd running, and therein lies my problem. How do you write the

Re: [newbie] OpenOffice build 641c

2002-01-11 Thread Andre Dubuc
That's what I thought. Thanks. Andre On Friday 11 January 2002 21:50, you wrote: It took only like 5 minutes for me to install 641c. It works fine for me. Though I prefer staroffice. They are the same. Really sucks that Staroffice 6.0 beta is gone. On Fri, 2002-01-11 at 21:38, Andre

Re: [newbie] OpenOffice build 641c

2002-01-11 Thread Andre Dubuc
2002 21:38:02 -0500, Andre Dubuc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've ordered my cd for OpenOffice, and before I get it, I would like to know how easy is it to install. Reading the FAQ in OO, they mentioned that the build takes 20 hrs on a standard setup. Now, I'm not too clear: do they mean 20

[newbie] Kernel 2.4.8-31.2mdk (error messages on bootup)

2002-01-08 Thread Andre Dubuc
I just installed kernel 2.4.8-31.2 to upgrade from 2.4.3-20. Later. I tried to install kernel 2.4.17.1-1 which did not install, because of failed dependencies. On reboot, I noticed a few error messages during boot-up. I wonder what they mean, and whether they're serious:

Re: [newbie] Kernel 2.4.8-31.2mdk (error messages on bootup)

2002-01-08 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Tuesday 08 January 2002 22:48, you wrote: Andre Dubuc wrote: I just installed kernel 2.4.8-31.2 to upgrade from 2.4.3-20. Later. I tried to install kernel 2.4.17.1-1 which did not install, because of failed dependencies. On reboot, I noticed a few error messages during boot-up. I

Re: [newbie] SecurityUpdates and Kernel 2.4.8-31.2mdk

2002-01-03 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Thursday 03 January 2002 01:02, you wrote: At 09:44 PM 01/02/2002 -0500, Andre Dubuc wrote: Well, I finally got SoftwareUpdate to work again. Browsing through the updates I notice the new kernel 2.4.8-31.2mdk. Now, I vaguely recall Civileme or someone else warning against updating

Re: [newbie] Question - school related so ignore if you want.

2002-01-03 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Thursday 03 January 2002 04:26 am, you wrote: I need to do a project for my statistics class and thought this place would be perfect for it. I need 50 people to answer this and it would be greatly appreciated. 1. How many hours a week do you spend online? 2. What is your age? 3.

[newbie] OpenOffice and StarOffice

2002-01-03 Thread Andre Dubuc
Just a quick question: can OpenOffice and StarOffice co-exist on the same drive in LM 8.0? I plan to try OO, but I really don't want to remove SO, until I'm sure it'll do the job and not mess up the work I've already done in SO. Why I ask: from my cursory glance at OO, it seems to use the

Re: [newbie] OpenOffice and StarOffice

2002-01-03 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Thursday 03 January 2002 22:24, you wrote: Works for me. I have both in my /home directory in their own subdirectories and have detected no problems or conflicts so far. Rob Thanks Rob, That's what I wanted to hear! Regards, Andre On Thu, 3 Jan 2002 22:05:16 -0500 Andre Dubuc

Re: [newbie] Update problem in 8.0

2002-01-02 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Wednesday 02 January 2002 14:29, you wrote: Barbara Pfieffer wrote: I have Mandrake 8.0 installed on a Dell Inspiron 2500. I run Mandrake Update, and setup a security update site. As soon as I do that (and I've reinstalled Mandrake just to check it) it starts filling the trees and

[newbie] SecurityUpdates and Kernel 2.4.8-31.2mdk

2002-01-02 Thread Andre Dubuc
Well, I finally got SoftwareUpdate to work again. Browsing through the updates I notice the new kernel 2.4.8-31.2mdk. Now, I vaguely recall Civileme or someone else warning against updating the kernel through Update. I'm of the school If it ain't broke, don't fix it! -- is this update really

Re: [newbie] RE: Office Suites

2002-01-01 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Tuesday 01 January 2002 19:23, you wrote: On Tue, 1 Jan 2002 09:12:25 -0500 Ed Tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: On Tuesday 01 January 2002 01:38, you wrote: On 31 Dec 2001 20:05:55 -0500, Michael Leone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think Civileme's point

Re: Open Source (was Re: [newbie] Recommended office suites? Now OT)

2001-12-25 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Tuesday 25 December 2001 20:08, you wrote: This is an interesting discussion. I agree with some of your points, but am not convinced by others. For example, if a company hires a dozen programmers and they spend a year creating and tweaking and debugging code, even if you think the company

[newbie] MandrakeUpdate problems

2001-12-21 Thread Andre Dubuc
I would like to get the latest Security Update, especially for glibc, but I'm having problems (again) actually getting MU to work. The ftp site I've used in the past was ftp://ftp.ciril.fr but it seems to have gone bye-bye (i.e., nothing happens when the source lists are loaded). Yet, ciril

Re: [newbie] Accounting software for Linux

2001-11-23 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Thursday 22 November 2001 19:04, you wrote: Hi Guys, I'm currently looking for accounting software for linux. Does anyone know of any? or any open source groups currently attempting to develop these types of products? Thanks, Nelson Hi Nelson, I don't know whether you want a

[newbie] Creating or Modifying PS files?

2001-11-20 Thread Andre Dubuc
I have two questions regarding an existing ps and pdf file: 1. Are there any programs that would allow me to modify an existing ps file, in particular, a file that includes a graphic in tiff format? 2. Since I've already converted a copy of this ps file to pdf, is there any possibility I

Re: [newbie] Creating or Modifying PS files?

2001-11-20 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Wednesday 21 November 2001 21:30, you wrote: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ I remember I had used it with windows a while back and with it I could modify read only pdf files On November 20, 2001 04:31 pm, you wrote: I have two questions regarding an existing ps and pdf file: 1.

Re: [newbie] Web page design

2001-11-15 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Thursday 15 November 2001 15:34, you wrote: Hello, What program is the best to design web pages without knowing now to program. I have been using frontpage 2000. I'm trying to get away from windows and just use linux. next i need to change over my hp joranda 450 to use under linux

Re: [newbie] postgres - postgres user password?

2001-11-13 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Tuesday 13 November 2001 01:41, you wrote: i'm trying to create a new user in postgres (createuser [user]), but when logged in as root or any other user, i get permission denied. i tried to su postgres, but it prompts me for the password, which seems to have been set by default by

Re: [newbie] postgres - postgres user password?

2001-11-13 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Tuesday 13 November 2001 13:18, you wrote: hi andre! thx very much for the advice! it worked! :) out of curiosity, are you using postgres as mandrake pre-installed it (in /var/lib/pgsql/data) or have you changed the location and create your own db/installation? thx again! :) At

Re: [newbie] postgres - postgres user password?

2001-11-13 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Tuesday 13 November 2001 01:41, you wrote: i'm trying to create a new user in postgres (createuser [user]), but when logged in as root or any other user, i get permission denied. i tried to su postgres, but it prompts me for the password, which seems to have been set by default by

Re: [newbie] postgres - postgres user password?

2001-11-13 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Tuesday 13 November 2001 18:53, you wrote: hi andre! thx for the DISPLAY warning. can you explain why this was necessary? thx! :) good luck with the creating the tables! my next step too... :) At 14:05 01/11/13 -0500, you wrote: Hi tek! Nope. I'm using the pre-installed

Re: [newbie] running wine ?

2001-10-27 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Saturday 27 October 2001 18:43, you wrote: Joan, I've never been able to get the wine that comes with Mandrake going; however, Codeweavers wine has run great for me. You can get it at http://www.codeweavers.com. HTH! On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Joan Tur wrote: Hallo! Does any of you know

Re: [newbie] See what MSN.com has done?

2001-10-27 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Saturday 27 October 2001 21:27, you wrote: This is complete crap. Almost all of the browsers they blocked out support enough HTML 4.0 to make the site perfectly viewable. I find it hard to believe that MS even cares about W3C standards as there are a lot of proprietary HTML tags

[newbie] A program that will print thumbnails?

2001-10-26 Thread Andre Dubuc
I'm looking for a program that will print thumbnails of jpg images. So far, I've tried Pixie (which is great) on LM 8.0 but it doesn't seem to have a print function once the thumbnails are generated. Same thing happens in Gqview. ElectricEyes doesn't seem to be able to generate them. I've

Re: [newbie] HTML: Links Anchors

2001-10-03 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Wednesday 03 October 2001 02:17, you wrote: At 12:28 AM 10/03/2001 -0400, you wrote: On Tuesday 02 October 2001 23:41, you wrote: Gidday Andre It's not really an Html help site so I'll send the details direct This is the main page !doctype HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN

Re: [newbie] HTML: Links Anchors

2001-10-02 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Tuesday 02 October 2001 23:41, you wrote: Gidday Andre It's not really an Html help site so I'll send the details direct This is the main page !doctype HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN html head title(Type a title for your page here)/title meta name=Generator content=Program You

Re: [newbie] cd writing howto

2001-10-01 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Monday 01 October 2001 16:59, you wrote: Wasn't there a Mandrake specific cd-writing howto somewhere? -Paul Rodr?guez Paul, The best HOWTO I found (that got me up and running quickly with my LITE-ON 16x10x40) was: CD-Writing with an ATAPI CDR Mini-HOWTO (Issue 57 of Linux Gazette)

Re: [newbie] PS, HMTL and Web page design

2001-09-19 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Wednesday 19 September 2001 00:42, you wrote: On Tue, 18 Sep 2001 16:49:34 -0400, Andre Dubuc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have produced five booklets of 56 to 100 Postscript pages that I would like to place on a website, with the intent that persons could download them, or view them

[newbie] PS, HMTL and Web page design

2001-09-18 Thread Andre Dubuc
I have produced five booklets of 56 to 100 Postscript pages that I would like to place on a website, with the intent that persons could download them, or view them. The pages are heavily formatted (I used Ventura 4.11 in my Windoze days). I'm a total newbie in Web page design. Prior to

Re: [newbie] Updating

2001-09-04 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Tuesday 04 September 2001 18:39, you wrote: On Tuesday 04 September 2001 4:35 pm, Scott Thurmond wrote: I have LM 8.0 installed and everything is working beautifully. My question is this: There are some updates out there that I want -Evolution being one of them. I opened the

Re: [newbie] CD Writer

2001-09-03 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Monday 03 September 2001 21:01, you wrote: xcdroast On Monday 03 September 2001 16:35, you wrote: Hello everyone Some one know of a robust application to write CDs R-RW? (I'm using BlackBox-0.61.1 and Mandrake 8.0) Thanks Lionel gtoaster is another excellent choice. It's easy

[newbie] Floppy entry for LILO?

2001-09-02 Thread Andre Dubuc
I'd like to have the ability, on bootup, of choosing Floppy. Unfortunately, I had deleted the original entry in lilo.conf for LM8. After an extensive search on the Net, I can't seem to find an example of how to do it. I don't want to mess up Lilo another time. Would anyone have this entry in

[newbie] USB device node registration failure

2001-08-24 Thread Andre Dubuc
I have three USB devices connected: Canon S450 printer on bus1/1; Epson 1240U on bus1/2, and a Logitech USB Optical Wheelmouse on bus 2/1. All were working fine on LM8. When I wanted to use the printer this week, I saw that Status: Stopped. I tried restarting using service usb restart, and

[newbie] DCOP server error message??

2001-08-22 Thread Andre Dubuc
I received this error message as KDE was loading: Could not read network connection host. -- /home/andre/.DCOP server_localhost.localdomain_:0 I had checked, during my original installation of LM8, Network Computer (client)' and chose what then seemed to be a few appropriate items (I thought

[newbie] VIA bug?

2001-08-19 Thread Andre Dubuc
I have followed this thread carefully since I have had some minor problems with sound. Xmms and cdplayer work fine. I've updated my BIOS after reading about the VIA problem. Epox 8KTA2 Motherboard, VIA KT133A + VT82C868B, Duron 800, 256 RAM, 20G WD HD WD hardrive (lucky me - I had even

Re: [newbie] VIA bug?

2001-08-19 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Sunday 19 August 2001 21:45, you wrote: On Sunday 19 August 2001 07:32 pm, Andre Dubuc escribió: Dmesg excerpt: via_audio: ignoring drain playback error -11 Before update: This message is repeated 3 times in a row, with three separate occurrences of it. After update: Four