Re: What is a Gateway? - WAS Re: [newbie] Internet Problems and [expert] wuftp server is unresponsive

2001-09-05 Thread Charles Punch
George Petri wrote: Hello again! As you may be aware, a few months ago, I sent a message to the newbie list concerning how my internet connection could not resolve host names. A big thank you to those many people who sent responses to my call for help. But unfortunately, none of the

Re: [newbie] 9 gmc's on the KDE desktop

2001-09-04 Thread Charles Punch
"D. Hoyem" wrote: Somehow I now have 9 gmc's on my desktop and to remove them I go to the bottom of the screen and delete them one at a time. I'm using Mandrake 8.0 on a Dell 5450 Lpatop. What do i need to do to stop this from happening. Thanks. Don Are you running it from GNOME.

Re: [newbie] 9 gmc's on the KDE desktop

2001-09-04 Thread Charles Punch
I'm sorry! I asked a stupid question in my last response as a result of not paying attention to the title. In KDE you can still XKill them as I stated in the last post, but you have to take the "restore session" option when logging out. You also may want to go into GNOME and see if it does the

Re: [newbie] RAM: How much is enough?

2001-09-04 Thread Charles Punch
"Arthur H. Johnson II" wrote: I would recommend 128 Megs. You may be able to get away with 64 on the k5. Arthur H. Johnson II On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Warren Post wrote: I will be installing LM8.0 on two PCs as soon as I finish downloading it. I know I need to get more RAM, but how

Re: [newbie] sane and Mustek scanner

2001-09-03 Thread Charles Punch
I second that emotion! I've got a Mustek 1200 UB and I am having similar problems. I found a driver on the SANE website and folowed the instructions, but couldn't get GIMP to read it. Wish I had an answer for you. If I find anything in my search, I'll definitely post it. Good luck. ShalomOut

Re: [newbie] Praise for Mandrake

2001-09-03 Thread Charles Punch
skinky wrote: On Thursday 30 August 2001 18:17, you wrote: I just wanted to send a little thanks to the Mandrakesoft team. I I've got an out of the box, Linux system and it came with Soundblaster live, which I got them to upgrade to Platinum. It's an awesome sound system and I have since

Re: [newbie] Floppy distro

2001-09-01 Thread Charles Punch
pronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Namens Charles Punch Verzonden: zaterdag 1 september 2001 6:13 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: [newbie] Floppy distro Anyone know where I can find a Linux distro that will fit on a floppy. It seems like I h

Re: [newbie] GRUB stage 1, freeze

2001-09-01 Thread Charles Punch
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: howdy. got a bit of a problem, . i was using 7.2 and GRUB on this same box before -- only differences: 1. / was ext2 not reiser (but the reiser booted fine at first, could that be the problem?) It seems that I remember Civileme saying something

Re: [newbie] Linux, Borders, and social consciousness

2001-08-31 Thread Charles Punch
jennifer wrote: Please keep this off list. Again, respond to me if neccsary, and Isaac off list. This is not the appropriate place to expounde your moral beliefs. This is a linux help list. You didn't hesitate to post *your* moral beliefs to the group, so why is it that you don't

Re: [newbie] icons and sounds

2001-08-31 Thread Charles Punch
Robert MacLean wrote: Hi Is it possible to use windows icons (.ico) in KDE and is it possible to change things like startup sounds and shutdown sounds? Thanx Robert I am not sure about your questions, but GNOME is a lot more configurable than KDE and you can change various sound

[newbie] Floppy distro

2001-08-31 Thread Charles Punch
Anyone know where I can find a Linux distro that will fit on a floppy. It seems like I heard about this somewhere, but can't seem to find one now. Even the Peanut Linux I checked our required a cd rom. I just got a 486 with no cd rom. I would prefer a free one that I can download, but have not

Re: [newbie] Linux, Borders, and social consciousness

2001-08-30 Thread Charles Punch
Isaac Curtis wrote: Bryan Tyson wrote: On Wednesday 29 August 2001 21:32, Ron wrote: Isaac, My gast has been well and truly flabbered... Ron. (Feeling a little sadder after reading your post). Ron's right. This guy is making a mockery of both the Linux community and "social

Re: [newbie] Linux, Borders, and social consciousness

2001-08-30 Thread Charles Punch
Isaac Curtis wrote: Charles Punch wrote: Isaac Curtis wrote: Bryan Tyson wrote: On Wednesday 29 August 2001 21:32, Ron wrote: Isaac, My gast has been well and truly flabbered... Ron. (Feeling a little sadder after reading your post). Ron's right. This guy is making

Re: [newbie] Linux Lunacy....

2001-08-27 Thread Charles Punch
Dennis Myers wrote: On Sunday 26 August 2001 15:57, you wrote: Just curious - anyone going on the Linux Lunacy 7 day cruise in the Caribeaan? (sp?). Its in October, and my fiance' and I are going to use it for a honeymoon, -'Nix- style! Somebody congratulate me, the date is

Re: [newbie] Odd printer action....

2001-08-27 Thread Charles Punch
"Ronald J. Hall" wrote: Every so often (not consistent) from a cold start, my HP Deskjet 694c will do the flashing orange light thingy, where you have to push it to continue, and then it ejects 1 sheet of paper. I had something similar happen on a HP Deskjet 632C and I traced it back to

Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID

2001-08-27 Thread Charles Punch
Robert MacLean wrote: heres my personal stand on M$. If you think of every one of M$ products with the exception of the OS's, and imagine all the products ran on a decent OS's (eg Linux :) then think how good M$ really is. There downfall is that they have a 2 bit OS and they charge too

Re: [newbie] Sharp electronic organizer

2001-08-27 Thread Charles Punch
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sharp will bring a new Zaurus modell out this fall (in the US) and next spring in europe) This modell will have linux installed from scratch, a Java engine and a AmigaDE virtual sandbox. Thanx muchly for the info. A few questions; 1.)What is AmigaDE Virtual Sandbox?

Re: [newbie] religion in linux

2001-08-24 Thread Charles Punch
chris swain wrote: If linux has many christian influences. What religion is microsoft? I think Linux is diverse in it's religious influences, not specifically Christian. MS is probably in danger of worshipping the false God, Mamon (Money). 16:9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by

Re: [newbie] just wondering

2001-08-23 Thread Charles Punch
Tom Brinkman wrote: On Thursday 23 August 2001 07:49 pm, Matt Greer escribi: This list is doing a good job cracking down on html, now if only we could do the same for top posters. What is the problem with top posting. It seems to me that usually it is the only way to keep the message in

Re: [newbie] religion in Linux?!

2001-08-15 Thread Charles Punch
Thanx (err, I mean thanks). I stand corrected. However, I think you may have missed my point. With all due respect to Mr. Bourne and Mr. Webster, my point was not about the history of Linux, nor about the technical aspects of spelling in regard to that noble end. Even though this is a newbie

Re: [newbie] reiser vs.ext2

2001-08-15 Thread Charles Punch
I second that vote of thanx to Sridhar. I am going to use reiser when 8.1 comes out. I am running too stable and smooth to mess with my system at present, but I'm keeping my ears open, so that I will be as informed as I can be, when I'm ready to take the plunge. Oh yeah, I picked up some good

Re: [newbie] religion in Linux?!

2001-08-15 Thread Charles Punch
Torvalds." One more thing and then I'll hold my peace, (true) Christianity should not be confused with religion. I did not for one minute mean anything like that. ShalomOut Chal Elder PCUSA Registered Linux user # 217118 Mark Johnson wrote: -Original Message----- From: Charles

Re: [newbie] HEY, NO SPAMMING

2001-08-15 Thread Charles Punch
Jesse Hepburn wrote: Now here's something that I find amusing. The guy who actually spammed This thread is starting to sound like the Monty Python sketch that someone mentioned earlier. All spam and no mail make Jack a dull newbie. ShalomOut Chal Elder PCUSA Registered Linux user # 217118

Re: [newbie] religion in Linux?!

2001-08-15 Thread Charles Punch
One more thing and then I'll hold my peace, (true) Christianity should not be confused with religion. I did not for one minute mean anything like that. Yeah, we could quibble with words, but I think I understand what you are a getting at. My whole point was "don't read too much

Re: [newbie] Printing envelopes from Mandrake on a Deskjet

2001-08-13 Thread Charles Punch
Both Star Office and Word Perfect8 can print envelopes from an envelope slot. I use them both on a HP 632 deskjet. K word seems like it may be nice in the future, but it lacks a few desirable abilities. ShalomOut Chal Elder PCUSA Registered Linux user # 217118 "Dr. Evil" wrote: I have a