Re: [newbie] LimeWire Problems

2003-02-18 Thread Chuck Burns
need to add these lines to your /etc/profile, assuming java is in : /usr/java/j2re1.4.1_01/ -- PATH=PATH$:/usr/bin/java/j2re1.4.1_01/bin export PATH then log out and log back in for changes to take effect.. viola! your java interpreter is now in your path. -- Chuck Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want

Re: [newbie] HD

2003-02-17 Thread Chuck Burns
accordingly. If you intend putting a /swap partition on this harddrive, then it's size ought to be 1 1/2 to 2 times physical memory. GACK! *clue* You can have MORE than one swapfile! make the other partition a SECOND swapfile.. done.. -- Chuck Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Konquerer basic question...

2003-02-16 Thread Chuck Burns
- Behavior, and uncheck previews for sound files. -- Chuck Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Fun discussion question for the list

2003-02-14 Thread Chuck Burns
On Friday 14 February 2003 3:09 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: I thought this would be a fun question to discuss. How can you tell you are not a Newbie anymore? When you stop asking questions like this on the mandrake-newbie list. :) -- Chuck Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] If I have to have MSIE...

2003-02-13 Thread Chuck Burns
every time I want to test my work, or run multiple versions of MSIE in an emulator. Thoughts? Argh! The pain and agony! If you need to use MS Internet Excommunicator, you should check out wine. -- Chuck Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] connection sharing using static ip

2003-02-12 Thread Chuck Burns
will be assigned IPs AND default gateways via the router (read: box with 2 nics or real router) they WILL be able to get out of the subnet and onto the internet. -- Chuck Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] HP Computers

2003-02-12 Thread Chuck Burns
it's shared vga memory, and might even actually disable the onboard video like it's supposed to. -- Chuck Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Detect badsector in floppy disk

2003-02-10 Thread Chuck Burns
building the file system. so fsck.ext2 -c /dev/fd0 -- Chuck Burns Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Mail Client for the CLI

2003-02-08 Thread Chuck Burns
reinstalled Mandrake (and I am recompiling the kernel again). However, just in case I can not get X started, is there any nice MUA for the CLI? TIA Pine, Mutt.. mutt is my fav cli mail client -- Chuck Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] HTML e-mail client

2003-02-08 Thread Chuck Burns
mail! You forgot something. Some people have friends that like to change their font styles, sizes, and colors (colours for you brits out there). And txt mode email doesnt allow that at all. -- Chuck Burns Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Thank you for the estimate on downloading LM9.0

2003-02-07 Thread Chuck Burns
.. and I can download a 700M CD image in less than an hour, with favorable network conditions. For some of the hokier dsl services, that offer 400kbps and 800kbs, you can just about double, to quadruple that.. -- Chuck Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] What's in YOUR wallet?? Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie]

2003-02-06 Thread Chuck Burns
, and the fixate closes the disc. -- Chuck Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pithy Comment #25434 - Chuck Burns Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] all-in-one mb thread (kinda rant)

2003-02-04 Thread Chuck Burns
, you're buying a whole new motherboard. onboard sound is usually decent, as well as onboard ethernet.. but I try to stay as far away from onboard video, as I can. -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---===--- Foolproof Operation: No provision for adjustment

Re: [newbie] GLX gears

2003-02-04 Thread Chuck Burns
P4 1.6G, GeForce2 MX 32M 576M ram. -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---===--- QOTD: She's about as smart as bait. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] OT?, help convince my b/f running as root is bad!

2003-02-03 Thread Chuck Burns
On Mon, February 3 2003 2:20 pm, Brandon Vanderberg wrote: *snip* : : ARGH, cats! : : rm -rf /dev/kitty : : ;) Uhm, wouldnt that actually be 'rm -f /usr/bin/cat' ? heh -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---===--- History repeats itself. That's one thing wrong

Re: [newbie] HELLLLPPP!!, small OT how to repair FS's other than Ext2/3

2003-01-29 Thread Chuck Burns
, and repairs it.. The only time I have had it work incorrectly, was when the filesystem was pretty much beyond repair anyway.. -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---===--- There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again

Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Problem (long, sorry!)

2003-01-29 Thread Chuck Burns
would suggest that you, at the (EEK!!) command line, su to root, type ipchains -F, then ipchains -L and see what the default policies are.. INPUT and OUTPUT should be allowed.. If they are, then we have another problem, but it's a start. -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Thread Chuck Burns
clips :). Are there specialist fans that are lighter weight? And see.. this is why I spent the extra 20 bucks and bought a Pentium IV 1.6, instead of the Athlon 1800 (which runs at 1400mhz I think) -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---==--- To err is humor. Want to buy

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Thread Chuck Burns
temperature overload, and prevents the core temp. from reaching critical levels.. (Not to mention the 400-533mhz cache speeds, compared to athlon's measly 200mhz.. :p) -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---==--- You will pass away very quickly. Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Thread Chuck Burns
100% usage for like 20 minutes.. -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---==--- The time was the 19th of May, 1780. The place was Hartford, Connecticut. The day has gone down in New England history as a terrible foretaste of Judgement Day. For at noon the skies turned from

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Thread Chuck Burns
means protecting the cpu from itself, thermal management on a Pentium IV just keeps the CPU from slowing down.. -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---==--- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. -- Thomas Edison Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] newbie qustion on ISO images

2003-01-26 Thread Chuck Burns
prior to initiating the process of *snip* ... ROFLMFAO! Too funny! The sad thing is.. what he said, while being quite tongue-in-cheek, very closely resembles what MS would, indeed, have said to the question.. God I hate beauracracies(sp?)... -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED

[newbie] WINE or something similar??

2003-01-25 Thread Chuck Burns
Here's the deal.. I have a pure Mandrake 9.0 system on this box.. No windows partition at all.. now.. lets say I wanted to make a disk image inside my current linux setup, and run win apps.. and I want it to be opensource.. NOT vmware. -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] KDE Panel Customization questions

2003-01-24 Thread Chuck Burns
There is NO properties. -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---==--- I know you're in search of yourself, I just haven't seen you anywhere. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] KDE Panel Customization questions

2003-01-24 Thread Chuck Burns
it. -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---==--- Let me take you a button-hole lower. -- William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] KDE Panel Customization questions

2003-01-24 Thread Chuck Burns
the checkmark next time you log out. Anne It does do that.. But.. It's not quite how I want it. Yes.. it does open it, yes, I can delete stuff by draggin to it.. BUT.. I can't empty it, and if I remove the trash off the desktop, it no longer works.. -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] KDE Panel Customization questions

2003-01-24 Thread Chuck Burns
.. But that still doesnt solve my issue with changing the icon for the KDE Menu itself.. and I'm beginning to think this may be an expert-list problem. -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---==--- The moon may be smaller than Earth, but it's further away. Want to buy

Re: [newbie] alsa ? or sound (OSS?)

2003-01-24 Thread Chuck Burns
I run ? what are de advantages of one over another ? Thanks. I would run the ALSA script, because the latest alsa supports something OSS Compatibility, so even apps that don't use the ALSA driver, will still work with the 'standard' oss driver included with the ALSA stuff. - -- Chuck Burns

Re: [newbie] Mozilla

2003-01-23 Thread Chuck Burns
the deleted items folder in mozilla-mail, and also see if there's an options somewhere to compact folders or something similar-sounding. -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---==--- Bones: The man's DEAD, Jim! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] KDE Panel Customization questions

2003-01-23 Thread Chuck Burns
that cant be changed by the normal means) -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---==--- genius, n.: Person clever enough to be born in the right place at the right time of the right sex and to follow up this advantage by saying all the right things

Re: [newbie] Wheel mouse in applications

2003-01-22 Thread Chuck Burns
, so that might be what is misleading you. -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---==--- Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Spontaneous re-boots

2003-01-22 Thread Chuck Burns
On Wed, January 22 2003 6:06 am, Anne Wilson wrote: *snip* OK - I've tied it down a bit more. It always happens if I highlight more than a few lines. Does that suggest anything? *insert smart-aleck remark* Well.. you could always only highlight one line at a time. :) -- Chuck Burns, Jr

[newbie] KDE Panel Customization questions

2003-01-22 Thread Chuck Burns
visible, the one on the bottom left is just a taskbar, and it also autohides. -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---==--- I've enjoyed just about as much of this as I can stand. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] KDE Panel Customization questions

2003-01-22 Thread Chuck Burns
? -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---==--- It is either through the influence of narcotic potions, of which all primitive peoples and races speak in hymns, or through the powerful approach of spring, penetrating with joy all of nature, that those Dionysian stirrings

Re: [newbie] KDE Panel Customization questions

2003-01-22 Thread Chuck Burns
On Wed, January 22 2003 9:01 pm, Chuck Burns wrote: *snip* Well.. ksensors wants QT2, and I'm using QT3.. in the configure script, it complains about not having QT =2.2.2, and I do believe QT 3.1.0 is higher than 2.2.2. :p any suggestions here? I've also found about half a dozen programs

[newbie] Native Linux app Comparable to Quickbooks pro?

2003-01-21 Thread Chuck Burns
I wish to see about converting a friend of mine to linux, but he uses quickbooks pro, and I don't know the names of any comparable *nix applications, that would also read his current quickbooks stuff. Anyone have any suggestions? -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] Kernel compiling takes 80 minutes on P4 1.8 machine

2003-01-20 Thread Chuck Burns
processors for both desktops and laptops are Apples. So, in answer to your question, no, there's probably nothing wrong with your hardware other than the fact it's a Mobility CPU, hooked to the cheapest components the maker of that laptop could find. -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] Usability [was: Re: Mandrake Financial Problems]

2003-01-20 Thread Chuck Burns
. The only computer I use that has windows is my fiancee's. -- Chuck Burns, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---==--- Cogito ergo I'm right and you're wrong. -- Blair Houghton Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] GNOME login quirk

2003-01-19 Thread Chuck Burns
On Sun, January 19 2003 3:31 pm, Russ wrote: Hi All, When I login to GNOME I get this error message before it loads; *snip* Add the following line to your /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 whateveryourcomputerhostnameis like.. assume your computer is Factoid.. 127.0.0.1 Factoid -- Chuck Burns

[newbie] Printing Woes

2003-01-19 Thread Chuck Burns
. They both print fine under windows. Both printers have tri-color cartridges AND black cartridges, loaded at the same time. Does anyone have any idea what could be going on here? -- Chuck Burns - Grand Bay, AL Man = Mars = 4th planet from Sun = 4 Woman = Venus = 2nd planet from Sun = 2

Re: [newbie] Install Mandrake 9.1 problem

2003-01-14 Thread Chuck Burns
the size of a molecule trail on it. - -- Chuck Burns - Grand Bay, AL Man = Mars = 4th planet from Sun = 4 Woman = Venus = 2nd planet from Sun = 2 Man - Woman = -2 = Man divorce wife = less than he started with -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE

[newbie] Removable Media Icon in KDE

2003-01-14 Thread Chuck Burns
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 How do I get rid of this annoyance, I delete it, but every time I log out, and back in, it's back! - -- Chuck Burns -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+JLvXjcin0YVe4sERAn0EAJ9bnjI/6sa1GwaDk97NjkzQk7dWOACfb0kG

Re: [newbie] This is personal!

2003-01-12 Thread Chuck Burns
, AND that config is a non-root user, you should be able to do a clean install of 9.1beta and keep your fluxbox settings, if you choose keep current partitions and don't format your /home partition -- Chuck Burns - Grand Bay, AL Man = Mars = 4th planet from Sun = 4 Woman = Venus = 2nd planet from

Re: [newbie] Is it possible to have a system with no monitor?

2003-01-10 Thread Chuck Burns
On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 12:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But can I take out the video card? That depends on your motherboard, as most, if not all motherboards do a check to see if the video card is there, and if not, it wont even boot. -- Chuck Burns - Grand Bay, AL Man = Mars = 4th planet

Re: [newbie] Play CDs Digitally - How?

2003-01-09 Thread Chuck Burns
On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 05:03, Derek Jennings wrote: xmms can do it using the IDE interface. Just like WMP :) There is a guide on my homepage. Sweet, thanks.. that's exactly what I was hoping for: an XMMS plugin. woohoo! -- Chuck Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Sort of OT - language

2003-01-09 Thread Chuck Burns
On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 08:03, Vahur Lokk wrote: Thats easy to explain - compared to other languages english has no grammar whatsoever, thus being easy to learn for foreigners (who have already grammar experience with their mother tongue) :) Actually.. English is one of the HARDEST

Re: [newbie] Altering an interrupt

2003-01-09 Thread Chuck Burns
the IRQ of a PCI device is to move it into a different slot. -- Chuck Burns - Grand Bay, AL Man = Mars = 4th planet from Sun = 4 Woman = Venus = 2nd planet from Sun = 2 Man - Woman = -2 = Man divorce wife = less than he started with Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

[newbie] Play CDs Digitally - How?

2003-01-08 Thread Chuck Burns
I currently use a digital audio cable to connect my cdrom to my sound card (emu10k [SB Live]). However, even when I turn the volume control all the way up, I cannot get the CD to play through my speakers. Yes I adjusted the volume of the CD line in the mixer, nothing. I need a program that

[Fwd: Re: [newbie] Play CDs Digitally - How?]

2003-01-08 Thread Chuck Burns
I had to get a new driver for the em101k in order to get proper usage from the card - for whatever reason. Worked fine under RH, but under MDK it was freaky at best... After downloading/compiling the driver, though, I can't complain about the sound or CD playing... I've also been using

Re: [newbie] Play CDs Digitally - How?

2003-01-08 Thread Chuck Burns
On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 11:18, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Hi Chuck. I've got a SoundBlaster Live that I've used in 3 different comps now, with version 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2 and finally 9.0... All comps and versions have allowed me to play CD audio. I used a 4 connector audio cable (not

Re: [newbie] IBM Deskstars in Mandrake 9.0 server

2003-01-07 Thread Chuck Burns
On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 05:28, Anne Wilson wrote: I like Maxtor drives - and I especially like the fact that they are the cheapest offered by my vendor as well as being utterly reliable in my experience. Maxtor? Bad Juju for me. Probably one of the loudest hard drives I've ever used. I've

Re: [OT]: U.S. politics in Linux? Was: Re: [Fwd: Re: [newbie] Whichi s better:KDE or Gnome?]

2003-01-07 Thread Chuck Burns
(I'm not getting into this.) Damian: I'm with you. We can debate less filling vs great taste. Indeed! Every non-moron knows it's LESS FILLING! :p OTOH, If we were talking about coffee, then I would have to say TASTES GREAT! -- Chuck Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] OT: Linux sys admin salaries in US

2003-01-05 Thread Chuck Burns
On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 22:04, Miark wrote: Hi all, What kind of salary would a Linux sys admin with little experience be able to pull in the U.S.? What kind of range? *little* experience?? You'd be lucky to even BE sys admin with just a little experience.. No.. you'd need to get a degree

RE: [newbie] Which is better:KDE or Gnome?

2003-01-04 Thread Chuck Burns
*snip* I vote for: KDE, libertarian, mechanist, Alaskan ANWAR oil exploration. *endsnip* Well.. at least your mostly right. About everything except the KDE bit :p I'm a bit of a mis-gnomer myself.. but I like everything else you said. Chuck Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Konqueror and javascript

2003-01-03 Thread Chuck Burns
BEGIN message-with-ugly-HTML-stuff snipped=quote Kristjan: Did you point Konq to the correct path? Mine is: /usr/java/j2re1.4.1_01/bin/java Suerte. Pilagá Jep, i did, nothing happened /snipped I have also gotten the same problem, easily solved by just not using

Re: [newbie] script help

2003-01-01 Thread Chuck Burns
Here's the rub, by type ./HW you are telling bash to run it in the current directory. Also, path's are NOT recursive, so when you put it inside a second folder inside the ~/bin directory, it will not see it. Put the HW script directly into your ~/bin directory, then then type just HW (NOT ./HW)

Re: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-01 Thread Chuck Burns
On Wed, 2003-01-01 at 19:05, erylon hines wrote: snip previous-reply It is o.k. to use diskdrake IF the W2k partition is FAT. If it is NTFS you shouldn't try it. Partition Magic will work, but it will only do ext2, and be careful--it can mess up your partition table (for sure--it