Re: [newbie] various issues

2005-02-28 Thread Charlie
I just happen to like Mandrake. Just can't use it on the net at the moment. Just enjoy, don't sweat it, this is not an all or nothing situation. Be well, Charlie. -- Though night after night. The moon is stream reflected, Try to find where it has touched. Point even to a shadow. - Ta

[newbie] Life............

2005-02-08 Thread Charlie
A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, "how heavy is this glass of water?" Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g. The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it." "If I hold

Re: [newbie] cdrom busy....not umounting

2004-10-31 Thread Charlie
ference. HTH Kaj Haulrich. lsof /dev/hdc will tell you what is holding onto the device and more than likely it will be fam kill it and you will get back control of you CDROM I have disabled fam on my systems, because it oversteps the mark. Charlie __

Re: [newbie] login as root?

2004-09-29 Thread charlie
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:05 pm, javier garcia thought these things and wrote: > Hi all; > I've just installed Mandrake Linux 9.1. In my old version (8.2) when I > installed it I had the possibility to enter as root in the X11 interface, > but now I just can login as one of the additional user I've cr

Re: [newbie] Laptop Easy one Silver again

2004-08-31 Thread charlie
On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 08:30 am, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > On Tuesday 31 August 2004 03:01 pm, charlie wrote: > > I couldn't get the win modem to work because 9.2 didn't supply > > a kernel source and I am in very slow dial up. That is the problem with > > that lappy, no

Re: [newbie] Laptop Easy one Silver again

2004-08-31 Thread charlie
st the mouse configuration with the 2.6 kernel. No matter what I have tried, and commands are passed to the kernel, it won't get past that point. Charlie. -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 --- He who distinguishes the true savour of his food can never be a glu

Re: [newbie] Existential Linux Question

2004-08-28 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 28 August 2004 13:23:01, Greg Meyer wrote: > I figure this one ought to keep the conversation going for a while. > > I have been going through a Linux from Scratch build just for the learning > experience, and something has just dawned on m

Re: [newbie] Hard Drive Question

2004-08-27 Thread Charlie Mahan
lmost as often as the weather in Edmonton. It's just what's here now, by morning it will be different/more complex/more and larger drives etc. BJ, read the following until one of the _smart_ regulars shows up to give you *good* advice: http://www.linuxplanet.com/lin

Re: [newbie] Hard Drive Question

2004-08-27 Thread charlie
On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 07:26 am, BJ Tracy wrote: > Hello All, > > Thanks Hoyt for responding to my questions. > > Not sure if you are going to see my responses, I tried to respond and > Kmail went nuts and crashed the first time and rebooted itself the second > time. > > What is up with that ??

Re: [newbie] Hardware problem. Keeps rebooting/freezing.

2004-08-27 Thread charlie
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 04:22 pm, Dale Kosan wrote: > Power Supply? > > On Aug 27, 2004, at 1:46 AM, charlie wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:55 pm, Paul Rodriguez wrote: > >> A couple of months ago, we had a power surge at our house that harmed > >> the computer

Re: [newbie] Hardware problem. Keeps rebooting/freezing.

2004-08-26 Thread charlie
ve heard of something similar and it was the cabling that was damaged. Again because of a power outage. Might not be the case with your machine though, but worth a check just the same. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 --- At the same time that we are earn

Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP

2004-08-26 Thread charlie
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 07:58 am, Lanman wrote: > Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > On Thursday 26 August 2004 16:35, charlie wrote: > >>On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:11 pm, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > >>>On Thursday 26 August 2004 06:23, Lanman wrote: > >>>>Hoyt Bailey wrote: >

Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP

2004-08-26 Thread charlie
> it may be somewhere else. Something strange happened to me this morning as I was downloading mail into Kmail. I deleted one of Lanman's mails and the Kmail desktop locked up solid, my CPU usage went into the 100% and stayed there. But nothing was happening

Re: [newbie] W32.Netsky -> Linux really better protected than windows? [way OT]

2004-08-21 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 21 August 2004 11:30:11, Vincent Voois wrote: > Stephen Kühn wrote: > > On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 02:03, Charlie Mahan wrote: > >>On the third hand (Moties anyone? ); A question, does anyone know why > >> the l

Re: [newbie] W32.Netsky -> Linux really better protected than windows?

2004-08-21 Thread Charlie Mahan
t; PR kit. A Win32 "Linux Virus?" Yeah right. http://www.z-virus.com/Eng-virus-HTM/bagle-x.htm http://enterprise-linux-it.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=23837 I once had a lot more respect for Security Focus and the writers that contribute there, with a few notable exceptions. On th

Re: [newbie] Screenshots

2004-08-21 Thread Charlie Mahan
ake a try? I'm fairly sure most of us have felt the exact levels of frustration you do in our past. But as more than one list member has stated; "If Microsoft ever got serious about security and stability I'd have to go to work for a living." Or words to that effect. (-:

Re: [newbie] boot log...

2004-08-18 Thread charlie
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 03:19 am, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am doing my best to locate the log with all the messages > > appearing during the boot sequence, but I couldn't find it > > in... /var/log/ > > Where can I read again what was printed on the screen during > > the bootup sequence?

Re: [newbie] Scanning from GIMP2

2004-08-17 Thread charlie
anted to change a shape from /_\ to straight | _| sided and the reply was to:- Double click on the rotation icon etc. select perspective and then you can change things. I have never taken the time to look at the options allowed by double clicking on the icons. But

Re: [newbie] DVD +/-RW / +/-R drives

2004-08-15 Thread Charlie Mahan
, and is upgradeable (firmware) when the dual layer media are finally available. The price is in Canadian $ at a retail shop locally, so multiply by .75 to convert to U.S.$. Close enough anyway. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.6.8-0.rc2.2md

Re: [newbie] Downloads and Installs

2004-08-15 Thread Charlie Mahan
/www.onlamp.com/linux/cmd/ Anything at O'Reilly Books. Play here for a while: http://safari.oreilly.com/ I'd even look at the local public library or any nearby tech schools/colleges or universities for the tiles on the pages. You may be surprised at what's been traded in at any local us

Re: [newbie] [OT] Dumbest question ever asked

2004-08-14 Thread CHARLIE M
- Original Message - From: Bryan Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, August 14, 2004 3:11 pm Subject: Re: [newbie] [OT] Dumbest question ever asked > On Saturday 14 August 2004 01:20 am, Charlie Mahan wrote: > > > Personal experience as of 42 minutes 38 s

Re: [newbie] [OT] Dumbest question ever asked

2004-08-14 Thread Charlie Mahan
. So much for his Windows only box. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Beta 1) for i586 kernel 2.6.8-0.rc2.2mdk 22:55:41 up 4:02, 2 users, load average: 0.36, 0.36, 0.77 Microsoft should switch to the vacuum cleaner business where peopl

Re: [newbie] Error 255

2004-08-11 Thread charlie
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 07:15 pm, Roy Babin wrote: > Can anybody tell me what "Unknown error 255" is when using K3B? > Thanking anyone who may tell me.Roy Not certain about this, but when k3b can't umount the drive so that it can burn. Had something like this when I still had fam running and

Re: [newbie] OT: F@H/BOINC was: Starting folding at home automatically... Charlie

2004-08-11 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 11 August 2004 19:13:07, BJ Tracy wrote: > On Wednesday 11 August 2004 04:02 pm, Charlie Mahan wrote: > > On Wednesday 11 August 2004 13:51:01, C. Tresenriter wrote: > > > > > > Charlie > > SNIP > &g

Re: [newbie] OT: F@H/BOINC was: Starting folding at home automatically... Charlie

2004-08-11 Thread Charlie Mahan
headaches are big enough thanks. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Beta 1) for i586 kernel 2.6.8-0.rc2.2mdk 13:56:34 up 6:07, 2 users, load average: 0.20, 0.14, 0.16 Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are a

Re: [newbie] Connecting Apollon to other networks

2004-08-10 Thread Charlie Mahan
and find the line to enable the gnutella link. It may work, but it may not. I'd be inclined to just install gtk-gnutella from the same (PLF) source (PLF) that you found apollon should I desire to access that network. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mand

Re: [newbie] Teaching Spamassassin

2004-08-09 Thread Charlie Mahan
ltering is probably superior, but in an account where the Spam load is very light (289 out of the past 54,000+) and the machine running the spam filters isn't high powered, for my needs bogofilter is the right solution. But I still swiped your script! Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada Use

Re: [newbie] Teaching Spamassassin

2004-08-09 Thread Charlie Mahan
point hiding those is there, they live in a hidden directory. The rest of what you advised is probably accurate. I wouldn't know and don't intend to discover since spamassassin and I have never been more than coldly cordial to one another. I use bogofilter, far less horsepower required

Re: [newbie] Can't install jpackage sources

2004-08-09 Thread Charlie Mahan
ent. Hold on: In the directory containing the rpms, I would do: genhdlist ./ I suppose that's the best I can do for now, sorry again. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Beta 1) for i586 kernel 2.6.8-0.rc2.2mdk 20:21:53

Re: [newbie] Can't install jpackage sources

2004-08-09 Thread Charlie Mahan
/i586/media/contrib with media_info/hdlist.cz urpmi.addmedia jpackage ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrakelinux/devel/cooker/i586/media/jpackage with media_info/hdlist.cz urpmi.addmedia plf ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/linux/plf/mandrake/cooker with hdlist.cz The reason I

Re: [newbie] How to determine that Firestarter is running?

2004-08-09 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 09 August 2004 16:29:04, Thereidos wrote: > Dnia pon 9. sierpnia 2004 22:14, Charlie Mahan napisaÅ: > > I would wonder too. Are you using Firestarter because you had good > > results with it somewhere else or just becaus

Re: [newbie] How to determine that Firestarter is running?

2004-08-09 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 09 August 2004 13:50:01, Thereidos wrote: > Dnia pon 9. sierpnia 2004 21:18, Charlie Mahan napisaÅ: > > That's about all I know about the software, sorry. It's also probably all > > I'll ever know about it for

Re: [newbie] KDE won't open folders but Gnome will

2004-08-09 Thread Charlie Mahan
en. lol > thanks for your help.Right now I'm in command-line culture-shock, > but luckily I don't have a deadline to get comfortable with it. > > J I wish I'd been of some help Julie. You're welcome anyway. For that culture shock I recommend intensive therap

Re: [newbie] How to determine that Firestarter is running?

2004-08-09 Thread Charlie Mahan
all I'll ever know about it for the simple reasons that I have a radically edited set of rules that I use for iptables that is specific to my environment, and the only "Fire Wall" I even try to use is shorewall. That's just because it's the default in Mandrake installs and

Re: [newbie] [OT] Oooooh! That's gotta hurt!

2004-08-09 Thread Charlie Mahan
't think Apple will use this guy in their switch campaign): http://www-edlab.cs.umass.edu/~ahelblin/misc/mac.html Warning: Requires Flash plug-in, contains vulgarities (coarse language but that phrase may be copyright someone or other) and violence towards what appears to be a Macintosh tower an

Re: [newbie] How to determine that Firestarter is running?

2004-08-09 Thread Charlie Mahan
s another interfering wrapper available now called drakfw for this purpose that is intended to wave the baton for the whole parade. I'd do the drakxservices thing. It's the simplest graphically. If drakfw is on the list you may want to check that as well. Charlie Hmmm... A passing

Re: [newbie] Multifunction time again

2004-08-09 Thread Charlie Mahan
27;d make. I have no argument with it: http://www.linuxprinting.org/suggested.html Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Beta 1) for i586 kernel 2.6.8-0.rc2.2mdk 10:58:36 up 3 days, 23:52, 1 user, load average: 0.02, 0.06, 0.08 Certainly t

Re: [newbie] When clicking on CD ROM icon Cervisia starts, not konqueror

2004-08-08 Thread Charlie
a ? > John I only just nabbed this, but you might have to go to file associations and remove Konqueror from that. I once had it associated to inodes. Don't know how? I had a quick look but couldn't find cervisia in my quick chase. Maybe I am wrong, but something to look for. Charlie. -- Regi

Re: [newbie] KDE won't open folders but Gnome will

2004-08-08 Thread Charlie Mahan
d an to > drunk to be sold anymore )-: > > > > Charles I have one you can have for free Charles. If you like Molson Canadian. In the "Tall Boy" cans. Think mini keg. How drunk does one need to be to turn *that* down? Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963

Re: [newbie] Trying to reinstall

2004-08-08 Thread Charlie Mahan
t eloquent, and profoundly polysyllabic gentleman that ever verbally slashed a friend's throat. In public. Beer me! Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Beta 1) for i586 kernel 2.6.8-0.rc2.2mdk 16:46:55 up 3 days, 5:40, 1 user, l

Re: [newbie] Do I need to start over

2004-08-08 Thread Charlie Mahan
ler. Or the BIOS. Or both. But _not_ from me! No, never that...much. I've done it myself a couple times over the last 10 years. Exhausted brain fart mode. > Thanks again, > You are a very appreciated resource. > bj You are welcome, but I thought a resource was defined as something valu

Re: [newbie] KDE won't open folders but Gnome will

2004-08-08 Thread Charlie Mahan
thought that only affected Gnome. As for the character limit, what application? Or do you mean everywhere? I don't do Ximian. Sorry. If none of that helps scream for help and someone that knows what they're on about may take a swing at it. (-: OK? Charlie - -- Edmonto

Re: [newbie] Do I need to start over

2004-08-08 Thread Charlie Mahan
Reiser (moving target) or XFS (this ain't a "mainframe") JFS is IBM's technology and it works exceptionally well, seems completely stable, and is fast. I'd use it for everything. The other drive or drives, depending on how many you keep in the box, are up to you to cho

Re: [newbie] Trying to reinstall

2004-08-07 Thread Charlie
rly > > onto another CD after copying them to the hard drive? > > > > Or are you having a lend of me? > > > > Charlie > > Run K3b click on Tools>CD>Burn CD image. Thank you. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++

Re: [newbie] Trying to reinstall

2004-08-07 Thread Charlie
On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 10:02 am, Stephen Kühn sent these thoughts: > > Or are you having a lend of me? > > > > Charlie > > Generally, I use either Arson or K3b to open the ISO image for burning; > it is a simple mistake that can be made...mostly by Californians, &

Re: [newbie] Trying to reinstall

2004-08-07 Thread Charlie
arvo; mistakenly copying ISO's to a CD instead of burning them > properly...wonder if he's in Winders whilst doing this exercise... > > stephen kuhn - proprietor What does one do to properly burn them? This is probably very stupid question

Re: [newbie] Do I need to start over

2004-08-07 Thread Charlie Mahan
this. > Please advise > bj Yeah. It's a tad longer now, isn't it? (-; Post the answer, give details of the system and what you intend to do and someone with a brain will definitely jump in and correct me. Assuming I have a chance for another reply. (lol) OK? Regards; Charlie P.S.

Re: [newbie] Alt sysreq keys

2004-08-07 Thread Charlie Mahan
or E) would be the way to go. > > Thanks, > Paul Close Paul. I'll quoute Tom Brinkman here; "Raising Skinny Elephants Is Utterly Boring Sort of an easy way to remember it. Google; magic sysrq keys; http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&q=magic+sy

Re: [newbie] Starting folding at home automatically... Charlie

2004-08-06 Thread Charlie Mahan
ession so there may be differences there as well as the fact that I'm running cooker. I wonder if KDE Auto-Start would handle it. I'll do some more research when i have a few minutes. For now you may want to use the script Paul posted. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at h

Re: [newbie] Starting folding at home automatically... Charlie

2004-08-06 Thread Charlie Mahan
ory it lives in. It starts all over again and clutters the home directory. Maybe because I didn't register a user name and have been doing the units anonymously. Use the script I think. I don't like surprises. Could you tell? Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://coun

Re: [newbie] Starting folding at home automatically... Charlie

2004-08-06 Thread Charlie Mahan
w if I trust the software enough to run it "invisible." yet. I'm talking specifically of the protein folding from http://folding.stanford.edu so I don't know about any others. I'll find out when it finishes the work unit that it's doing. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,C

Re: [newbie] How to determine that Firestarter is running?

2004-08-06 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 06 August 2004 09:08:09, Paul Smith wrote: > > > > Absolutely and without question Yes. Just a matter of the right Rules > > used for NetFilter. > > Thanks, Charlie. I wish I knew what rules I should set on... and I

Re: [newbie] How to determine that Firestater is running?

2004-08-06 Thread Charlie Mahan
sted ports were STEALTH, - NO unsolicited packets were received, - NO Ping reply (ICMP Echo) was received. Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Beta 1) for i586 kernel 2.6.8-0.rc2.2mdk 08:12

Re: [newbie] seti@home install/setup

2004-08-06 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 06 August 2004 04:42:04, C. Tresenriter wrote: > On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 01:16:11 -0600 > > Charlie Mahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for reminding me! I totally forgot to turn the protein > > folding back on

Re: [newbie] seti@home install/setup

2004-08-06 Thread Charlie Mahan
nger than two hours. > > The [EMAIL PROTECTED] link is http://folding.stanford.edu Thanks for reminding me! I totally forgot to turn the protein folding back on when I switched to the new machine. Woops. Two weeks lost. Thank {Deity} the old system is still chugging away. Charlie - -- Edm

Re: [newbie] tools for partitioning and formatting hard drive(diatribe alert)

2004-08-05 Thread Charlie Mahan
d less than the dust beneath his training wheels. To the rest of the list members; my humble apology for the diatribe. To Thomas Tudja; if I want your opinion I'll damned well give it to you first. You'd probably still screw it up though. Regards; Charlie Let the "zings" beg

Re: [newbie] tools for partitioning and formatting hard drive

2004-08-04 Thread Charlie Mahan
but probably not. Sure I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid _enough?_ I've also used Knoppix or PCLinuxOS (livecd distributions) to do the deed when I was in a hurry. Lots of tools, just pick what's easiest for you. Good luck; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://coun

Re: [newbie] Re: Bad signatures

2004-08-03 Thread Charlie Mahan
st, foliage, ski > and mud) ... but we're not allowed to shoot the tourists :) BTW, I *like* your signature. But I was aware of the original it's exerpted and paraphrased from too. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Bet

Re: [newbie] Re: Bad signatures

2004-08-03 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On August 3, 2004 17:53:05, et wrote: > On Tuesday 03 August 2004 01:09 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 16:52:17 + (UTC) > > > > Jonesy wrote: > > > We only have 3 seasons: Hunting, Ski, Tourist. > > > > On our recent trip to Co

Re: [newbie] After running chkrootkit

2004-08-03 Thread Charlie Mahan
7;s what I get for keeping a system as my own that I built for a customer, but then he should have paid me. :) I hadn't connected the old box to act as a local mirror/file server yet and the drives in the new box were pristine/virgin. Seems it was a "man in the middle" exploit. Charl

Re: [newbie] After running chkrootkit

2004-08-03 Thread Charlie Mahan
uot; it seems. But I have been a victim couple of times in the past. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Alpha 1) for i586 kernel 2.6.8-0.rc2.2mdk 13:14:46 up 3:21, 1 user, load average: 0.20, 0.41, 0.32 There is Jackson standing like a

Re: [newbie] After running chkrootkit

2004-08-03 Thread Charlie Mahan
big deal. I just formatted the drive and started over. The best part was the duplicate drive (USB) was clean so I didn't lose anything. Good luck, you may need it. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Alpha 1) for i586 kernel 2.6

Re: [newbie] Sceduling Automatic Reboots

2004-08-02 Thread Charlie Mahan
r the reboot to run a new kernel, that may change in the near future too. There's a project (can't recall the name off hand, sorry) underway to make starting a new kerenl without a reboot possible. As soon as I recall what the project is called I'll post it. Charlie - -- Edmonton,A

Re: [newbie] 9.2 Torrent

2004-08-02 Thread Charlie Mahan
get fast transfer rates from a sever in Paris? ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake/official/iso/9.2/i586/Mandrake92-cd1-inst.i586.iso Good luck; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Alpha 1) for i586 kernel 2.6.8-0.rc2.

Re: [newbie] Asus A7V8X

2004-07-31 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On July 30, 2004 22:55:10, Lee Wiggers wrote: > Can't find the on board 10/100 ethernet driver. > > Used the same mb on 9.2 so I know it's here someplace. > > Anyone save me from the trek through the multitude? > > Lee I cheat. Somebody else already d

Re: [newbie] Package list help.

2004-07-30 Thread Charlie Mahan
all the rpms required are > download to this folder, urpmi then installs from that location. > > What I'm actually looking for is a detailed list of the rpms which would > be currently installed on a system, not every package or rpms that was > ever installed on a system.

Re: [newbie] Package list help.

2004-07-30 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On July 30, 2004 15:57:03, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > On Friday 30 July 2004 14:30, Charlie Mahan wrote: > > On July 30, 2004 12:44:12, Lanman wrote: > > > To: Our Gang; > > > > > > Is there a command that will provide m

Re: [newbie] mplayer xvideo adapters

2004-07-30 Thread Charlie Mahan
video codecs. In a terminal as super user paste this: urpmi.addmedia plf ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/linux/plf/mandrake/10.0 with hdlist.cz and strike the Enter key. Then do urpmi mplayer [Enter] Or even: urpmi --auto-select [Enter] to do it all at once but be careful with that one! There

Re: [newbie] Switching from SuSE to Mandrake.

2004-07-30 Thread Charlie Mahan
may find the "Community Encyclopedia" useful when searching for Mandrake specific answers: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Enjoy! Charlie P.S.: If you think 10.0 is good wait 'til you see what they're doing to 10.1. C. - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Ma

Re: [newbie] Package list help.

2004-07-30 Thread Charlie Mahan
#x27;m looking for an updated list. > > Is it possible to extract the list from the RPM database? ideas? > suggestions? > > > TIA > > Lanman /var/log/rpmpkgs should show you what you want. It's plain text so it may just be easier than all the grepping and diffing.

Re: [newbie] A little guidence

2004-07-30 Thread Charlie Mahan
opening a terminal, typing su then strike the Enter key to become super user and providing the root password when prompted, then type mandrake-doc and strike the Enter key. Have fun! KLG, please lose the "Reply To:" in your mail client for list posts? Thanks. Regards; Charli

Re: [newbie] How does one print man pages.

2004-07-29 Thread Charlie
On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 03:56 am, Hoyt Bailey sent these thoughts: > There has to be a better way to print man pages than to use copy/paste. > Please give me a clue? man | col | lpr -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++ The Brahman Dona saw the Buddha sitting under a

Re: [newbie] A little guidence

2004-07-29 Thread Charlie Mahan
encyclopedia, also known as a "TWiki." http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org While I'm making recommendations, install rute from the disks. You'll want to read that one through multiple times so pack a lunch. You could read rute without installing, it's available on the &#

Re: [newbie] Manual kernel upgrade - the result

2004-07-29 Thread Charlie Mahan
witched from the phone company (DSL) to cable. This would be one example of why: 2004-07-29 12:01:40 EST: 2449 / 455 Your download speed : 2508636 bps, or 2449 kbps. A 306.2 KB/sec transfer rate. Your upload speed : 466083 bps, or 455 kbps. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://

Re: [newbie] LAN problems ...

2004-07-28 Thread Charlie Mahan
ows you can download any drivers from NVidia that you may require. http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/nforce/1.0-0256/ReleaseNotes_Linux_nForce_1.0-0256.html That article is an old one and the driver versions aren't current but the information is still valid. Good luck; Charlie - -- Edmon

Re: [newbie] Current scanners

2004-07-28 Thread Charlie
On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 06:05 am, Lanman sent these thoughts: > Dear List; I'm looking to buy a new flatbed scanner which will work > seamlessly with Mandrake 9.2 and 10.0. If anyone on the list has > recently purchased a new scanner and had an easy time setting it up, > could you please let me know? I

Re: [newbie] Manual kernel upgrade - the result

2004-07-28 Thread Charlie Mahan
ests your connection to various web sites nationally or internationally. The URL is: http://www.numion.com/ You can also test your website if you like. Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Alpha 1) for i586 kernel 2.6.8-0.rc2.2mdk 19:5

Re: [newbie] rpm build/checkinstall errors (solved)

2004-07-25 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On July 25, 2004 20:24:08, Angus Auld wrote: > Thanks for the feedback Charlie. I have managed to get apollon > working on my system. I told you could do it! Good on ya Angus. > The sticker for me was the Gnutella plugin. I compil

Re: [newbie] Spammassassin: spamd consuming 90%+cpu time

2004-07-25 Thread Charlie Mahan
unning. I gave up on SA completely since it would slow my old system so much it was nearly unusable. Bogofilter is nicely integrated into Kontact now, takes very little teaching (I knew there was a reason I hadn't cleared that spam directory) and is almost invisible in operation. I can he

Re: [newbie] rpm build/checkinstall errors (solved)

2004-07-25 Thread Charlie Mahan
irectory and clicked on giftd.conf? Or started apollon from a terminal with the -v (verbose) flag? If you haven't done either take a look and post the results. I have Apollon starting at the moment but I keep getting time outs on the nodes during connection. I may have the security wound

Re: [newbie] Mandrake10 Community

2004-07-25 Thread Charlie Mahan
It would still be quicker (maybe) than a full FTP install of 10.1 though. There should be another Alpha, or possibly a Beta snapshot soon anyway. Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Alpha 1) for i586 kernel 2.6.8-0.rc2.2mdk 12:03:

Re: [newbie] MDK 10 download - no torrents?

2004-07-22 Thread Charlie Mahan
it would help you I'd start a torrent for 10.0 Official but that doesn't seem as helpful as it sounds. I'd set the ISOs as part of my shared files on OpenFT (Apollon) if I had time to work out the kinks that cause it to refuse to connect at the moment. Ah, the joys of cooking! Regar

Re: [newbie] 10.1A install

2004-07-21 Thread Charlie Mahan
every little bit will help in the long run. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Alpha 1) for i586 kernel 2.6.8-0.rc2.1mdk 18:36:59 up 1 day, 1:40, 2 users, load average: 0.04, 0.11, 0.17 Win98 is called Win98 because it is 98%

Re: [newbie] 10.1A install

2004-07-21 Thread Charlie Mahan
n/cookermirrors.php http://www.acert.pt/~fribeiro/mirrorwatch/ It's strange that the torrent was so slow. I had it running in upload only mode for 2 days. Set for 25 kilo-bytes upload limit. Oh well... the next alpha or a beta will probably be along in a bit anyway. Charlie - -- Edmonton,

Re: [newbie] 10.1A install

2004-07-21 Thread Charlie Mahan
rors lately for rsync or for installs. I'm getting the best results for rsync from the Irish mirror and proxad for ftp installs. Btw, everything is working fine here, barring a few glitches that have already been reported. Good luck and have fun! Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244

Re: [newbie] Partition Magic 7 for Linux Native Partitions (bad partition table)

2004-07-21 Thread Charlie
l runs, but it is best to have Windows at the front of the drive in the first partition. Charlie. -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++ A man's real possession is his memory.In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor. _Alexander

Re: [newbie] LG HL-DT-ST GCE-8525B

2004-07-19 Thread Charlie Mahan
r; Murphy was a bloody _optomist!_ Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (Official) for i586 kernel 2.6.3-15mdk 05:36:12 up 9:14, 0 users, load average: 0.25, 0.34, 0.33 It's never too late to have a happy childhood. -BEGIN PGP SI

Re: [newbie] dual layer DVD writing.

2004-07-19 Thread Charlie Mahan
layer burner. > > Anyone have any ideas? > > regards > > Franki I think it's going to be a "wait for wide spread availability of media" then instant support as usual Franki. I vaguely recall reading about a project recently so I don't think it will be a

Re: [newbie] cdrom4 woes

2004-07-18 Thread Charlie Mahan
rvative > > 18x on an A-Open 52x24x52, read for install in a new LG HL-DT-ST > > GCE-8525B. > > > > The new LG was trash. It happens. > > Hey Charlie, thanks for the info. I just noted what you say > to be the case indeed. I was trying to install eslrahc.com's

Re: [newbie] cdrom4 woes

2004-07-18 Thread Charlie Mahan
in a new LG HL-DT-ST GCE-8525B. The new LG was trash. It happens. Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (Official) for i586 kernel 2.6.3-15mdk 09:14:33 up 7:00, 0 users, load average: 2.00, 2.00, 2.00 If you don't care where you

Re: [newbie] new monitor, starting X causes no signal

2004-07-16 Thread Charlie Mahan
l reset all the devices that are plaguing you, plus you'll learn which Mandrake tools to use to correct future woopsies. *All* the Mandrake tools. XFdrake was the correct tool, something doesn't seem right if that didn't work. Welcome, and good luck! Charlie -- Edmonton,AB,Canada

Re: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 10 withou internet conection

2004-07-12 Thread Charlie Mahan
ndrake Update" in either case. If you use the rpmdrake graphical interface just keep it set to show "all files by update availability." Any new versions will be listed there. It's even easier from a terminal, urpmi -a -c -f && urpmi --auto-select Good luck; Charlie -

Re: [newbie] incorrect smp installation on laptop

2004-07-12 Thread Charlie Mahan
ulti processor to the installer, because of the hyper threading capabilities.. Or that's probably the case anyway. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I meant: I don't think you need do anything Bill. Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org M

Re: [newbie] Re: Re: switching from fedora core, need some advice

2004-07-12 Thread Charlie Mahan
8 MB. A CD-RW current for the version of Mandrake wanted is all that's needed. That and knowing where the tree is on the drive. It's the quickest and easiest method since you don't have to wait for network slowdowns or switch disks or put up with speed bumps from optical

Re: [newbie] Ogle RPM not installing

2004-07-12 Thread Charlie
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 08:43 pm, Craig Bowyer sent these thoughts: > Charlie wrote: > >On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 05:42 pm, Craig Bowyer sent these thoughts: > >>I've been trying to install Ogle for viewing DVD's. > >>However, whenever I've tried to install of the R

Re: [newbie] Ogle RPM not installing

2004-07-12 Thread Charlie
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 05:42 pm, Craig Bowyer sent these thoughts: > I've been trying to install Ogle for viewing DVD's. > However, whenever I've tried to install of the RPM PLF lists, I get the > following from Rpmdrake: > > "The following packages have bad signatures: > > libdvdcontrol9-0.9.2-1plf.i

Re: [newbie] How to decypher dialupscript

2004-07-12 Thread Charlie
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 07:44 pm, John Richard Smith sent these thoughts: > Martin Foster wrote: > > However, I don't think that's what causing the problems. > > Have you had a look at my other suggestions yet? > > Can someone help me understand something. > > In KPPP under modem, there is a line termi

Re: [newbie] xmms (further damage)

2004-07-10 Thread Charlie Mahan
a 48>96 hour "day." I am not often "tickled" about the results though. Or about the time to fix my (frequent) brain [EMAIL PROTECTED] I keep the arts disable set to 0 or 1 second most times. It doesn't get in the way as much then. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User

Re: [newbie] xmms

2004-07-10 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On July 10, 2004 09:22, Lee Wiggers wrote: > On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 08:52:13 -0600 > > Charlie Mahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We at least seem to have made some progress. <-: > > > > Charlie > > - -- &g

Re: [newbie] Port 113

2004-07-10 Thread Charlie Mahan
mp (echo) requests. It's over 10 kbytes so I'd rather it happen off list. Let me know, OK? Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Cooker) for i586 kernel 2.6.7-1.sds.16mdk 10:48:45 up 20:21, 1 user, load average: 0.34, 0.15, 0.13 L

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