Re: [newbie] Compaq Pressario and Mandrake 9.2

2004-07-01 Thread Ariestao1
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 01:54 am, John Rye wrote: > On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 09:50:42 +0200 > > RAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, I'm totally new in Linux and kind of lost :) > > > > 1st - the modem in my laptop doesn't work. Ok, it's WinModem, but I > > search several forums and find some solutions. I'

Re: [newbie] Compaq Pressario and Mandrake 9.2

2004-07-01 Thread Ariestao1
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 11:44 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 05:50 pm, RAT wrote: > >> Hi, I'm totally new in Linux and kind of lost :) > >> > >> 1st - the modem in my laptop doesn't work. Ok, it's WinModem, but I > >> search several forums and find some

Re: [newbie] Compaq Pressario and Mandrake 9.2

2004-07-01 Thread Ariestao1
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 10:11 pm, David Robertson wrote: > On Thursday 01 July 2004 14:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have three download mandrake 9.2 CD's sent to me by a friend, and there > > is no kernel source that I am able to find. Kernel doc, yes. Do you doubt > > this? > > > > I attempted to

Re: [newbie] Log-In Screen

2004-06-30 Thread Ariestao1
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 08:31 am, Steve wrote: > I created 3 logins for our Mandrake 10.0 computer ( 2 users and root) but, > only one of them is now showing on the login screen? How do I get the other > two back (including the root user)? > > Thanks, > Steve -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 ---

Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?

2004-06-25 Thread Ariestao1
On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:14 am, Randall D. Hobbs wrote: > If you want to vote for Mandrake Linux, this link will do it: > > http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1135§ion=index&aid=7 did it Don't know what it proves though? -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 --- I am sor

Re: [newbie] NTFS Partition slaughter

2004-06-22 Thread Ariestao1
On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 12:43 am, Lord Storm wrote: > > > > Storm, old china plate, Windows ALWAYS needs to be installed FIRST - no > > matter what - it's a Microsoft thing - it will rewrite your partition > > tables no matter what - and if you hose up your Windows installation > > after mucking aroun

Re: [newbie] Win partition write perm

2004-06-16 Thread Ariestao1
On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 04:35 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Wednesday 16 June 2004 19:12, martin brandt wrote: > > Arg! This is hell. > > I have been trying to obtain write permission on my windows > > storage partition. I have tried chown-ing in a console (in su), i > > have tried changing via properti

Re: [newbie] Link htdocs in Linux to htdocs in windows in the same computer

2004-06-11 Thread Ariestao1
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 10:52 pm, Marc Hultquist wrote: > It depends on what windows you have installed, if its a windows that uses a > fat32 file system then you are fine, however if you are using a windows > that uses ntfs such as XP or 2000 etc, you wont really be able to do what > you want, as Linu

Re: [newbie] A friend with sympa problems

2004-06-08 Thread Ariestao1
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:37 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 19:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 05:07 am, JRH wrote: > > > I'm still getting the delivery failure notifications > > > > > > I post to the group, and my message comes through, and is on the group.

Re: [newbie] A friend with sympa problems

2004-06-08 Thread Ariestao1
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 05:20 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > robin wrote: > > I received this from Christophe - does anyone know what the problem > > is? > > > >> Hello, I tried again to sign up for the newbie list and every time > >> I get this error message... Do you know what to do? Thank you > >>

Re: [newbie] A friend with sympa problems

2004-06-08 Thread Ariestao1
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 05:07 am, JRH wrote: > I'm still getting the delivery failure notifications > > I post to the group, and my message comes through, and is on the group. > > Then 10 minutes later, I get a delivery failure message. > > What is up? > > JRH Happens to me all the time. I

Re: [newbie] Modem detected but not supported

2004-06-08 Thread Ariestao1
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 12:31 am, M.Schild wrote: > > There are _some_ internal modems that work quite well with Linux -- > > without drivers. The tricky bit is finding them. > > Maybe but if you are new to Linux and proudly want to install it on a new > machine you get stuck. What would your next move

Re: [newbie] Laptop choice

2004-06-06 Thread Ariestao1
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 06:49 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > Thanks Mikkel, I see that there is a RPM for the modem on Mandrake > > Club, but I am not a member so didn't look further. > > > > I am not a club member because it is too difficult to transfer money > > overseas > > > [ credit card is not

Re: [newbie] Laptop choice

2004-06-06 Thread Ariestao1
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 07:21 am, Erylon Hines wrote: > On Sunday 06 June 2004 02:32 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > | On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 04:36 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > | > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > | > > Acer 1350, with 9.2, can't get the winmodem to work, because I don't > | > > have the kerne

Re: [newbie] dvd/cdrw

2004-06-05 Thread Ariestao1
On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 07:02 pm, Lee Wiggers wrote: > Ok, flame if you want.I haven't rtfm'ed. > > I'm switching my cdrom in the laptop, Dell 1100 w/ 10.0mdk this > afternoon to a dvd/cdrw. > > I have every confidence that config will go aces. > > XCDroast has worked well for me in 9.2 for

Re: [newbie] dvd drive won't exit

2004-06-02 Thread Ariestao1
On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 06:17 am, eric jackson wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Kaj Haulrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 3:59 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] dvd drive won't exit > > > On Tuesday 01 June 2004 21:35, eric jackson wrote: > > > Hi,

Re: [newbie] Info Info

2004-05-25 Thread Ariestao1
On Wed, 26 May 2004 01:05 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > The Other wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > Anybody else been struggling working through the Info and Man pages, > > trying to figure out how to navigate them? > > > > I'm still not sure how to browse the Man pages with anything other than > >

Re: [newbie] Floppy under 10CE]

2004-05-16 Thread Ariestao1
On Sun, 16 May 2004 10:43 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, 2004-05-16 at 08:05, John Richard Smith wrote: > > >I am coming in late here but remove supermount might be the answer, so > > > it has always been in my systems. On some it works on others it > > > doesn't. > > > > > >HTH > > > > Eas

Re: [newbie] Floppy under 10CE]

2004-05-16 Thread Ariestao1
On Sun, 16 May 2004 10:05 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >On Sun, 16 May 2004 07:34 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>On Sat, 2004-05-15 at 12:38, David A. Ferguson wrote: > >>>Well I am a new user myself. So, I am not sure what all the parameters > >>>mean. > >>>But, he

Re: [newbie] Floppy under 10CE]

2004-05-16 Thread Ariestao1
On Sun, 16 May 2004 07:34 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, 2004-05-15 at 12:38, David A. Ferguson wrote: > > Well I am a new user myself. So, I am not sure what all the parameters > > mean. > > But, here is a copy of my floppy fstab line and some comments. > > > > MINE none /mnt/floppy supe

Re: [newbie] Jpilot or Kpilot

2004-05-04 Thread Ariestao1
On Wed, 5 May 2004 11:02 am, David B. Williams wrote: > I have tried both Jpilot and Kpilot after I installed 10.0 and can't get > either one to sync and had both working on 9.1 > I have chmod 666 /dev/ttyS0 and did a link to dev/pilot > I have made sure that the Palm Vx is set to 9600 baud as wel

Re: [newbie] OpenOffice.org reacquires ownership on file format

2004-04-29 Thread Ariestao1
On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 09:09 pm, Miark wrote: > Certainly it is the slowest program to kick in on my > > > machines. 4 seconds by my watch if nothing else is being loaded as well. > > This machine has 512 MB RAM, but I just timed it on the one with half as > > much, 256 RAM and it is the same. I don't

Re: [newbie] OpenOffice.org reacquires ownership on file format

2004-04-29 Thread Ariestao1
On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 07:41 pm, Miark wrote: > Not to lose sight of your question, but I've been pretty > annoyed lately with OO because of its slowness. I seem > to remember it starting, loading and saving files, and > other operations being faster when my 9.2.1 was fresh. > But it could be my imagi