Re: [newbie] Vi vs Emacs... Not a flamewar!!! Any flames will be ignored

2003-02-10 Thread et
On Monday 10 February 2003 08:14 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 16:36, Robert Wideman wrote: > > >> OK... so whats the real diff between those 2 editors & which > > >> > > >> one is more > > >> > > >> newb friendly? If neither is newbie friendly, well name > > >> > > >> som

Re: [newbie] Dual boot: pre-setup question

2003-02-10 Thread et
On Monday 10 February 2003 09:18 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Adolfo Bello > > Sent: Sunday, 9 February 2003 00:49 > > To: MDK Mandrake > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual boot: pre-setup question > > >

Re: [newbie] quick and dirty local mail server

2003-02-10 Thread et
On Monday 10 February 2003 07:47 am, Brian Parish wrote: > On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 21:36, Brian Parish wrote: > > I need to set up a mail server based on Mdk 9.0 tomorrow to serve local > > mail only. i.e. Just to be a pop server for W$ client machines on the > > LAN. No relaying outside the networ

Re: [newbie] This fellow needs help. His mails are being rejected.

2003-02-09 Thread et
On Sunday 09 February 2003 01:01 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 09 February 2003 12:51 pm, et wrote: > > the answer is that Adolfo uses his ISP mail serrver to route his outbound > > mail thru, and Greg is tring to have

Re: [newbie] This fellow needs help. His mails are being rejected.

2003-02-09 Thread et
the answer is that Adolfo uses his ISP mail serrver to route his outbound mail thru, and Greg is tring to have his mail server send it right out to the internet On Sunday 09 February 2003 11:24 am, Adolfo Bello wrote: > On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 11:17, Greg Meyer wrote: > > Thanks for jumping in he

Re: [newbie] Saving wallpaper to a folder

2003-02-09 Thread et
On Sunday 09 February 2003 12:04 pm, Russ wrote: > Hi All, > > I am trying to save different wallpaper images in a folder that everyone > can get to so I do not want it in my home folders. I tried creating a > folder called "more" in "/usr/share/wallpapers/" but I cannot save any > images there. An

Re: [newbie] Compiling chkroot

2003-02-08 Thread et
mind if I ask why the rpms are not good enough? On Saturday 08 February 2003 04:11 pm, Dan Cox wrote: > I'm having problems compiling chkrootkit. When I try and make I get the > following errors: > > gcc -static -o strings strings.c > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lc > collect2: ld returned 1 exit s

Re: [newbie] Problem Running 9.0...

2003-02-08 Thread et
On Saturday 08 February 2003 04:26 pm, Julian Templeman wrote: > et said... > > >if you went with the "linux 3" then the mode your computer should be in is > >text mode (25x80) and I am pretty darn sure the monitor supports that. > > what may be happening is that

Re: [newbie] Mail Client for the CLI

2003-02-08 Thread et
mutt, elm, pine, (what happens if you type "mail" without the quotes?) On Saturday 08 February 2003 12:08 pm, Adolfo Bello wrote: > Today I couldn't start X after upgrading the kernel and the only way > that I had to get to this list was booting XP (Outlook frozen up 4 times > in less than 1.5 hou

Re: [newbie] RAM Questions

2003-02-08 Thread et
On Saturday 08 February 2003 11:47 am, Gregory K. Meyer, CPA wrote: > On Saturday 08 February 2003 11:38 am, Gregory K. Meyer, CPA wrote: > > On Saturday 08 February 2003 11:24 am, Russ wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I understand that the swap partition should be about twice that of your > > > ph

Re: [newbie] Faulty memory for the second time

2003-02-08 Thread et
I agree about "why the heck to get new stuff" thought,,, I see folks going backwards these days, not so worried about a 3 gig cpu ("this board has an 850 via cpu and it is so quiet" type stuff) heck, even win types are bitching about M$ not supporting win2k. but on the other hand, I sure could

Re: Re: [newbie] I can't install anything !!!

2003-02-08 Thread et
On Saturday 08 February 2003 11:51 am, Pupeno wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Friday 07 February 2003 09:44 pm, civileme wrote: > > 3. rpm -ivh (the directory and name of the rpm--note that TAB causes > > completion of the name at each branch of the path) > > > > If

Re: [newbie] Dual boot: pre-setup question

2003-02-08 Thread et
On Friday 07 February 2003 08:03 am, Merlin Zener wrote: > G'day all, > Because of weight restrictions in my baggage allowance when > I recently moved from Australia to Thailand, I was forced to > sell off my old computers and bits etc - so now I don't have > the luxury of having a whole computer I

Re: [newbie] OT javascript gurus?

2003-02-07 Thread et
On Friday 07 February 2003 06:54 pm, Michael Adams wrote: > On Sat, 08 Feb 2003 10:03, Todd Slater wrote: > > I need to develop a template for a self-correcting javascript quiz. > > > > 1. 3 radio button responses per question > > 2. on submit, validate that all questions have been answered > > 3.

Re: [newbie] ? Howto get files in winblowz

2003-02-07 Thread et
I like Michael's idea better than mine,,, I just leave a cd in the drive, it finds it much quicker than if it is empty On Friday 07 February 2003 06:16 pm, Michael Adams wrote: > On Sat, 08 Feb 2003 07:23, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Thursday February 6 2003 02:08 pm, mbot wrote: > > > Thanks, Dam

Re: [newbie] d4x

2003-02-07 Thread et
On Friday 07 February 2003 04:41 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > et wrote: > >I have just started to try/use "d4x", mainly cause I heard it resumes > >downloads. I just had 27% of a iso downloaded, when I had to restart (had > > to get some info out of a winfax fax

Re: [newbie] A small doubt about Dual processor.

2003-02-07 Thread et
On Friday 07 February 2003 04:25 pm, Lucio_Costa wrote: > Greetings All. > > I bought a Dual Athlon MP box and some guys told me > something about problems during the installation, or > kernel problems!!! > > What I need to do to install MDK 9,0 in this box? > Do I need to change something in kerne

[newbie] d4x

2003-02-07 Thread et
I have just started to try/use "d4x", mainly cause I heard it resumes downloads. I just had 27% of a iso downloaded, when I had to restart (had to get some info out of a winfax fax view file, so I "had" to reboot into win). anyway, when I restarted d4x, it had saved the info about the ISO file i

Re: Re[2]: [newbie] ? Howto get files in winblowz

2003-02-07 Thread et
On Friday 07 February 2003 01:23 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Thursday February 6 2003 02:08 pm, mbot wrote: > > Thanks, Damian. Although it's not what I really mean, still ... it > > helps a lot. Thanks again. > > Btw, there's a little problem. Why my computer always hang (so I > > must use Xkill)

Re: [linux] Re: [newbie] Faulty memory for the second time

2003-02-07 Thread et
On Friday 07 February 2003 09:12 am, Vaessen, E.M.J. (Ed) wrote: > > in the "screw me once, same on you, screw me twice, shame on > > me" vein, why in > > the name of fsck would you be going there a third time? > > Since I spent over 3000 EURO there in 2.5 year... > > And the fact that I once conta

Re: [newbie] Problem Running 9.0...

2003-02-07 Thread et
next time, when it tries to start, when you have the chance to chose between windows and linux, hit tab, then type without the quotes, "linux 3". this will cause the GUI (XFree86) to not start. login as your root user, and type "XFdrake' (note the caps, very important in *nix). this will bring u

Re: [newbie] Faulty memory for the second time

2003-02-07 Thread et
On Friday 07 February 2003 08:19 am, Vaessen, E.M.J. (Ed) wrote: > > As a general principle, viruses don't propagate on a linux > > system unless you > > connect as root. A few exploits exist to put in trojan > > worms, but if you > > stay updated you can avoid those. Portsentry is an intrusion >

Re: [linux] Re: [newbie] Faulty memory for the second time

2003-02-07 Thread et
On Friday 07 February 2003 08:37 am, Vaessen, E.M.J. (Ed) wrote: > > -Oorspronkelijk bericht- > > Van: Richard Urwin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Verzonden: vrijdag 7 februari 2003 14:10 > > Aan: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Onderwerp: RE: [linux] Re: [newbie] Faulty memory for the second time

Re: [newbie] Searching 101

2003-02-07 Thread et
On Friday 07 February 2003 08:11 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Marc Oestreicher > > Sent: Tuesday, 4 February 2003 13:40 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Searching 101 > > > > [..

Re: [newbie] Faulty memory for the second time

2003-02-07 Thread et
while I would have to say "anything is possible," I have not yet heard of a linux virus or trojan that could cause that kinda damage, and I would be looking for heat, or strain on the cables, or a case that was bent or kicked around. I would also STRONGLY suggest that when you open the case, mak

Re: [newbie] Vi vs Emacs... Not a flamewar!!! Any flames will be ignored

2003-02-06 Thread et
On Thursday 06 February 2003 09:21 pm, Robert Wideman wrote: > Wouldnt they just be called Canadians? Thats what i have always heard > reference to until this mailing list. > Rob > next you will want me to quit calling them damn Bonapartests frogs... next. > >> -Original Message- >

Re: [newbie] Vi vs Emacs... Not a flamewar!!! Any flames will

2003-02-06 Thread et
On Thursday 06 February 2003 06:56 pm, civileme wrote: > On Thursday 06 February 2003 01:55 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > > At 09:28 AM 2/6/2003 -0900, you wrote: > > >On Wednesday 05 February 2003 08:13 pm, David E. Fox wrote: > > > > > matter which machine I'm on in the future (be it a friends with >

Re: [newbie]

2003-02-06 Thread et
I noticed in my book from EZ cd Creator 5 Platinum, it says a bunch about "udf v1.5" and also "multiread CDroms", it mentions that it installs a UDFv1.5 reader and unless the computer has this reader it can not read multiread CDroms. On Thursday 06 February 2003 01:30 pm, civileme wrote: > On T

Re: [newbie] mgetty+send fax configure

2003-02-06 Thread et
On Thursday 06 February 2003 09:48 am, William R. Nash wrote: > Hello, > I'm trying to set up mgetty to work as a answer machine and fax > machine. I have the following hardware. > > Hayes accura external v.90 fax/voice modem > This modem also has integrated voice mail > linux mandrake 9.0 with m

Re: [newbie] 9.1 beta 3 and dual processors

2003-02-06 Thread et
better ask on Cooker for beta stuff, on my dual p3, running 9.0, I have to select the smp image in lilo on boot, (but it was the default on install) but ain't linux sexy on a dual cpu box (compared to a M$win product)... On Thursday 06 February 2003 09:44 am, Ross Ferson wrote: > Hello! > > I ha

Re: [newbie] OptimalJ a Java IDE

2003-02-05 Thread et
On Wednesday 05 February 2003 11:12 am, David Seuferer wrote: > /home/seuferer/OptimalJ-PE/install.log is that the file you are quoteing from? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] I am braindead

2003-02-05 Thread et
On Wednesday 05 February 2003 10:42 am, Anders wrote: > My problem is solved and I am gonna let you laugh a bit at my > expense, I took the wrong bootdisk, no wonder it complained about > not finding An Ext2-partition. > > I wish I could go to bed and just go between the sheets and sleep > > Cheers

Re: [newbie] Installing,, also Re: [newbie] I am braindead

2003-02-05 Thread et
On Wednesday 05 February 2003 08:30 am, et wrote: > On Wednesday 05 February 2003 07:53 am, Anders wrote: > > Hello folks, > > > > I have a bit of a dilemma, I want to install Mandrake on a box > > where I have a UFS-filesystem from an old BSD-system, does anyone &g

Re: [newbie] GLX gears (wanna see BAD?)

2003-02-05 Thread et
On Wednesday 05 February 2003 10:06 am, Sabin, Matthew wrote: > I have an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink motherboard and can't always tell > if my video issues are hardware, software or operator problems. > > This test is hardly telling, but it will give me another data point. > > glxgears won't r

Re: [newbie]

2003-02-05 Thread et
On Tuesday 04 February 2003 06:36 pm, Len Lawrence wrote: > OK, time to learn how to burn CDs. 40x 80 min CDRs. I have tried out > gcombust, gtoaster, and looked at eroaster and settled for GNOME > toaster. A clear, friendly interface, apart from the drag-and-drop > feature for selecting directo

Re: [newbie] Installing

2003-02-05 Thread et
On Wednesday 05 February 2003 07:53 am, Anders wrote: > Hello folks, > > I have a bit of a dilemma, I want to install Mandrake on a box > where I have a UFS-filesystem from an old BSD-system, does anyone > know of a way around this without having to use FIPS or so. > > Cheers Anders start (boot) fr

Re: [newbie] Anne, and others

2003-02-05 Thread et
On Wednesday 05 February 2003 07:59 am, Lanman wrote: > Not me Anne! I prefer to have bad weeks! Seems to work, too! At least I > can schedule it now! LOL! > > Lanman weeks,,, heck I just thought this was a bad lifetime, and the next one should be better > On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 07:26, Anne Wilso

Re: [newbie] Sound Card SB16

2003-02-05 Thread et
On Wednesday 05 February 2003 01:06 am, omnimodeus wrote: > i have sound blaster 16 isa and i dont know how to > install it...please help > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com I tak

Re: [newbie] NFS after MDK9 reinstall/update

2003-02-05 Thread et
ehhh.. I am the only one allowed to be holier-than-thou,,, and if you don't believe me,,, just wait till my wife gets up and she will tell you the same thing. On Wednesday 05 February 2003 07:05 am, Robert Wideman wrote: > This was NOT a holier-than-thou attitude. I just dont feel right doing

Re: [newbie] GLX gears (wanna see BAD?)

2003-02-04 Thread et
On Tuesday 04 February 2003 07:26 pm, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > On Tue, 04 Feb 2003 17:07:25 -0700, Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday 04 February 2003 04:38 pm, et wrote: > > > a post a few days ago got me to thinking, I would like to see what > >

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

2003-02-04 Thread et
On Tuesday 04 February 2003 06:50 pm, Chuck Burns wrote: > On Tue, February 4 2003 11:38 pm, BCSoft wrote: > : Greetings, > : Just bought (on impulse -- damn) an Athalon K7SEM mb by some generic > : vendor at a recent computer show. It's working (dual boot W98/ML9) but > : not without some trials.

[newbie] GLX gears

2003-02-04 Thread et
a post a few days ago got me to thinking, I would like to see what scores different video cards and chipsets and mem give on glx gears my Geforce 4, Nvidia drivers from the club, dual P3 1000, 512 mem 4721 frames in 5.000 seconds = 944.200 FPS 4738 frames in 5.000 seconds = 947.600 FPS 4556 fra

Re: (Fwd) Re: [newbie] Laptop external modem problems

2003-02-04 Thread et
thanks for lettings us know what it was and how it was fixed, much better than never hearing from you again >PROBLEM SOLVED The whole problem was caused by the odd way the MOBO and > bios is setup on this machine. Things in the bios can be adjusted a very > limited amount and the MOBO does s

Re: [newbie] jerky DVDs

2003-02-04 Thread et
On Tuesday 04 February 2003 10:15 am, Len Lawrence wrote: > Apologies for the length of this post. A little while ago somebody > recommended my setting the DVD/CDROM for DMA operation to eliminate > jerkiness when viewing DVDs. I got hold of hdparm and tried it out, > without much apparent succes

Re: Re: [newbie] modprob

2003-02-04 Thread et
On Tuesday 04 February 2003 01:48 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 04 Feb 2003 5:37 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi Filipe. I have not come across this before. I used my Epson 1650 > > > with iscan under 8.2, and use it with the supplied drivers under 9.0. > > > I did not have to set up

Re: [newbie] KDE 3.1

2003-02-04 Thread et
On Tuesday 04 February 2003 09:27 am, Gary Montalbine wrote: > Installed KDE 3.1 from Mandrake Club. No > major problem with the installation. > However I lost my volume control icon on > the taskbar and cannot find a way to get > it back. Any suggestions? > > Also whenever I close Konquror I get a

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

2003-02-04 Thread et
I guess "man su could be our friend"... As I understand it, it is the pathes and folders,, if you log in just su, then you have the path of the user you were, where as su- gives you the default path for root On Tuesday 04 February 2003 08:06 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Monday 03 Feb 2003 5:13 pm

Re: [newbie] Webcams

2003-02-03 Thread et
On Monday 03 February 2003 12:11 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Monday 03 February 2003 12:02 pm, et wrote: > > really, your cam doing a lot of other stuff? it does not require the > > tape, nor does it require a lot of setup, depending on what sort of > > connections it has,

Re: [newbie] Webcams

2003-02-03 Thread et
On Monday 03 February 2003 11:33 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Monday 03 February 2003 08:57 am, et wrote: > > I don't use a "webcam" but if you have a winTV card, you can use it and a > > regular video camera, has by far the best color and picture of any > &

Re: [newbie] Laptop external modem problems

2003-02-03 Thread et
On Monday 03 February 2003 09:35 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I tried the extra string and it man no > > > > difference. > > > > > >Marc > > > > I knew that, since that perticular string is for v92 > > modems, but the point was, on the USRobotics website > > they might have a lot of

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

2003-02-03 Thread et
On Monday 03 February 2003 08:52 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Monday 03 Feb 2003 1:40 pm, Todd Slater wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 07:40:05AM -0500, et wrote: > > > I think (and am pretty sure) that allowing him to run as root will > > > teach it's own lesson

Re: [newbie] installing software and sound

2003-02-03 Thread et
one of the "neatest" things I happen to love about GNU-linux is auto-complete at the command line, so if I wanted to start any program I am allowed to start, I can just type the first couple of letters and let "autocomplete" finnish by hitting the tab key, so if I wanted to start Opera, at the c

Re: [newbie] Laptop external modem problems

2003-02-03 Thread et
> > I tried the extra string and it man no difference. > >Marc I knew that, since that perticular string is for v92 modems, but the point was, on the USRobotics website they might have a lot of info about the model number of that modem and if it requires any "special" init settings. have yo

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

2003-02-03 Thread et
I think (and am pretty sure) that allowing him to run as root will teach it's own lesson,,, kinda like how long it takes to figure out that rubbing your nose on the sidewalk will make your nose hurt aka it is a "self-evident universal truth" also calll "sink or swim" learn to swim before y

Re: [newbie] Laptop external modem problems

2003-02-02 Thread et
On Sunday 02 February 2003 09:05 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 1 Feb 2003 at 22:19, civileme wrote: > > On Saturday 01 February 2003 05:33 pm, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 31 Jan 2003 at 9:32, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I just got a different > > laptop IBM thinkpad 770E 266 > mh

Re: [newbie] Laptop external modem problems

2003-02-02 Thread et
ehhh is this a typo? "Dev tty S0 and got a message saying KPPP can not find /dev /tty/ S0." should be "/dev/ttyS0" and not "/dev /tty/ S0". no spaces On Saturday 01 February 2003 09:33 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 31 Jan 2003 at 9:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I just got a different lap

Re: [newbie] Comparison question

2003-02-01 Thread et
On Saturday 01 February 2003 12:50 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Friday 31 January 2003 04:02 pm, civileme wrote: > > glxgears is DEPENDENT on size of screen for performance. Make sure both > > screens have the same resolution and color depth, then run glxgears from > > an Eterm and full size the

Re: [newbie] HD

2003-02-01 Thread et
my opinion is you can use this drive "OK" as long as you are not all that concerned with hard drive speed, fine as a print server and a backup server, but if you are building this box to do video or sound capture, forget it. (but I would most often suggest uwscsi2 at the least for video or sound

Re: [newbie] Comparison question

2003-02-01 Thread et
On Saturday 01 February 2003 12:47 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Friday 31 January 2003 03:57 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > > > As usual, thanks for all the advice, Tom! > > >I've got a Gef2-64mb (Abit), 167mhz memory, 200mhz core (oc's to > > 185/225 with ease). Altho I use it with the Xfree d

Re: [newbie] Replacement for MS ACCESS ?

2003-02-01 Thread et
ohhh... i like this... On Saturday 01 February 2003 07:30 am, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > On 01 Feb 2003 10:54:23 +0100, Bela Markus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am looking for a tool to manipulate SQL databases, generate reports, > > etc. like MS ACCESS. ACCESS compatibility (.mdb

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Off Topic list

2003-01-31 Thread et
I don't think it is going to work for folks on Earthlink-MindSpring, they won't allow anyone with a dynamic IP use there own mail server, unless they use the smpt server of their ISP as a gateway, or so it seems On Friday 31 January 2003 02:36 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Friday January 31 2003

Re: [newbie] slow after 9.0 install

2003-01-31 Thread et
On Friday 31 January 2003 12:58 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Friday 31 January 2003 12:53 pm, iggy wrote: > > anyother ideas would be greatly appreciated. > > -iggy > > Make sure you don't have a hostname conflict somewhere. That wil definitely > slow your system down. > > Also, you can get KDE t

Re: [newbie] YP Server

2003-01-31 Thread et
On Friday 31 January 2003 11:03 am, Brad Grissom wrote: > Origionally stood for Yellow Pages. Its a network information system, that > allows information to be hosted on a server and accessed from the clients > on the network. An example is a lab in a school where you log onto any > machine and s

Re: [newbie] Comparison question

2003-01-31 Thread et
On Friday 31 January 2003 10:50 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 31 Jan 2003 2:59 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > Okay, I've got 2 systems here I'm looking at: > > > > Shuttle MBSoyo MB > > 384 megs Ram 384 megs DDR Ram > > 900

Re: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel

2003-01-31 Thread et
On Thursday 30 January 2003 09:30 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > Having been to the archives and checking my /etc files for the proper > configuration on the mouse, I am still unable to use the wheel as a wheel > or third button. Has anyone an idea of what makes the little bugger work? > TIA for any sug

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

2003-01-31 Thread et
or maybe because it restarts a bunch of servicces that have been reconfigured but not restarted. On Friday 31 January 2003 05:02 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 31 Jan 2003 2:05 am, Larry Williams wrote: > > On Thursday 30 January 2003 14:24, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > As root edit /etc/sysconfi

Re: [newbie] slow after 9.0 install

2003-01-30 Thread et
> > > > I would suggest you turn of DNS, caching name server, named, routed and > > yp services and other YP services (unless you need them and understand > > how to correctly configure them > > seems that named (a DNS) would be the only one i need of the ones you > mentioned as i am attempting to

Re: [newbie] slow after 9.0 install

2003-01-30 Thread et
On Thursday 30 January 2003 11:42 am, Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote: > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of iggy > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 10:08 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] slow after 9.0 install > > On Thursday 30

Re: [newbie] Sharing printers via SAMBA

2003-01-30 Thread et
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ITS > Internal Extension : 5806 > Direct Dial: 0870 754 5806 > > > -Original Message- > From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 29 January 2003 18:56 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Shari

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

2003-01-29 Thread et
if I su to root, and type fs and hit tab, autocomplete gives me these (among others); fsck, fsck.minix, fsconf, fstobdf, fs2xbm, fsck.ext2, fsck.reiserfs, fsinfo, fstopgm, fsbrowser, fsck.ext3, fsck.xfs. so Iwould bet, fsck.xfs would be the tool to repair xfs filesystems. On Wednesd

Re: [newbie] Very slow loading KDE and gnome

2003-01-29 Thread et
the problem was not a matter of playing QT. I had observed that after a failed attempt to install QT via crossover demo, I had observed a symptom simaliar to what the complaint was , which was, long (1.10 min) delay in startup between kde login and kde being up and running. it seemed to me that

Re: [newbie] Sharing printers via SAMBA

2003-01-29 Thread et
After hijacking this (i think) thread the other day with my own "print from windows" problems I guess I might pipe in and offer some of what i have discovered in the last day seems (in my case anyway) the problem has to do with the fact that the drivers from the windows side are not Postscri

Re: [newbie] Very slow loading KDE and gnome

2003-01-29 Thread et
I wonder if either of you have installed "crossover plugin demo"? and did you install Quicktime? I noticed this after I killed a failed install of quicktime via the plugin, but only as root. On Wednesday 29 January 2003 10:37 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Wednesday 29 January 2003 02:28 pm, Fre

Re: [newbie] Server config problem

2003-01-29 Thread et
On Wednesday 29 January 2003 07:22 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 29 Jan 2003 1:15 am, Pascal Goguey wrote: > > Hello! > > Hello, Pascall. Comments in-line - > > > I have a problem configuring the network on one machine that > > should act as a bridge between a 10 machines LAN and the rest

Re: [newbie] SNMP

2003-01-28 Thread et
On Tuesday 28 January 2003 11:53 am, gcobb wrote: > Is SNMP difficult to set up? Does it run independantly of any other > service from Mandrake without having to subscribe somewhere? And is > there any newbie style docs that can help get it set up? > > Thanks! > Greg as a newbie, you might be bet

Re: [newbie] An elemental doubt

2003-01-28 Thread et
On Tuesday 28 January 2003 02:12 pm, Fabián Reyes Prieto wrote: > Please, tell me if Mandrake 9.0 can be installed for Windows 2000. The kind > of files system installed in my PC is FAT 32. Thank you very much. windows 2000 is an operating system. Mandrake-Linux is also an operating system. they d

Re: [newbie] Logitech MX700 Cordless Optical Mouse on Mandrake 9.0+?

2003-01-28 Thread et
dard logitech > corded optical, I can not "flick" my mouse nor play > games such as Q3 that require it for fast 180 degree > turns. The MX700 seems have this under control. > > Still, the idea of spending $80+ on a mouse seems > immoral to me. Ok, maybe I'm just ol

Re: [newbie] Theme Manager errors

2003-01-28 Thread et
On Tuesday 28 January 2003 08:21 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 28 Jan 2003 12:17 pm, Angus Auld wrote: > > I went to Theme Manager (via KDE Control Center), and attempted to make > > the changes there. > > Angus - under 9.0 I've never found the KDE Control Centre. I can get all > the bits fr

Re: [newbie] Re:Back to Basics

2003-01-28 Thread et
On Tuesday 28 January 2003 02:28 am, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 13:30:24 -0500, et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sunday 26 January 2003 12:51 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > > On Sunday 26 January 2003 12:34 pm, et wrote: > > > > > >

Re: [newbie] Logitech MX700 Cordless Optical Mouse on Mandrake 9.0+?

2003-01-27 Thread et
On Monday 27 January 2003 04:17 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 12:20:50 -0800 (PST) > > T E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am considering a new mouse. It is the Logitech > > MX700 Cordless Optical Mouse. I would like to know if > > it is compatible with Mandrake 9.0 or highe

Re: [newbie] xawtv config and recording

2003-01-27 Thread et
On Sunday 26 January 2003 12:55 pm, Jerry Barton wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 12:19:42 -0500 > > et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on xawtv, right click for the menu, at the bottom there is a setting for > > capture, the choices on mine are "overlay" "

Re: [newbie] xawtv config and recording

2003-01-27 Thread et
on xawtv, right click for the menu, at the bottom there is a setting for capture, the choices on mine are "overlay" "grabdisplay" or "off". and I am pretty sure it has to do with your video cards capabilities as well as the software installed. On Sunday 26 January 2003 12:15 pm, Jerry Barton

Re: [newbie] cups problems

2003-01-27 Thread et
damn that was stupid of me I hijacked someone elses thread... so sorry please disreguard my reply On Monday 27 January 2003 12:10 pm, et wrote: > On Monday 27 January 2003 09:04 am, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > On Sunday 26 January 2003 08:36, Colin Jenkins wrote: > > > I have 2

Re: [newbie] Canon printer not printing from win2k

2003-01-27 Thread et
On Monday 27 January 2003 12:06 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Monday 27 Jan 2003 5:01 pm, et wrote: > > I don't doubt that this is a win2k problem, and not a MDK problem, but > > heck this is still the best place I know and for this problem STFW-google > > just has so

Re: [newbie] cups problems

2003-01-27 Thread et
On Monday 27 January 2003 09:04 am, Damian Gatabria wrote: > On Sunday 26 January 2003 08:36, Colin Jenkins wrote: > > I have 2 linux boxes (mdk9) both using 2 printers on an NT box. > > on one box, trying to delete a print job with cups, no problems, on the > > other box, I get 'client-error-forbi

[newbie] Canon printer not printing from win2k

2003-01-27 Thread et
I don't doubt that this is a win2k problem, and not a MDK problem, but heck this is still the best place I know and for this problem STFW-google just has so much info to sift through maybe someone has seen something about this and can shove me in the right direction I just was attempting to

Re: [newbie] Re:Back to Basics

2003-01-27 Thread et
h more than 512 megs mem. On Monday 27 January 2003 10:27 am, robin wrote: > et wrote: > >just so you know, "virtual memory" means different things to differnet > > people and different OSs, so if you are reading about cpu registers and > > mem pages, that is one thin

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-27 Thread et
On Monday 27 January 2003 04:04 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Sunday 26 Jan 2003 11:12 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > On Sunday 26 January 2003 06:06 pm, Chuck Burns wrote: > > > Well.. for starters, P4's have MUCH better thermal resistance, not to > > > mention a thermal diode that can regulate the c

Re: [newbie] Re:Back to Basics

2003-01-27 Thread et
just so you know, "virtual memory" means different things to differnet people and different OSs, so if you are reading about cpu registers and mem pages, that is one thing, but the way M$ products handle memory is so different from other OSs and in some books the wording looks as if the M$ way o

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-27 Thread et
On Sunday 26 January 2003 06:12 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Sunday 26 January 2003 06:06 pm, Chuck Burns wrote: > > Well.. for starters, P4's have MUCH better thermal resistance, not to > > mention a thermal diode that can regulate the core CPU temperature if the > > fan happens to fail, or if t

Re: [newbie] Re:Back to Basics

2003-01-26 Thread et
On Sunday 26 January 2003 12:51 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Sunday 26 January 2003 12:34 pm, et wrote: > > > > > consider yopa. it is a new distro for th desktop, > > and while I have not yet had a chance to check it out, > > it comes highly recomended by folks I

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Thread et
On Sunday 26 January 2003 02:43 am, Paul wrote: > In reply to g's mail, d.d. Sun, 26 Jan 2003 00:56:31 +: > >knowledge of your back broke desktop/tower contents would be helpful. > > > >if it is still running, i would suggest 3 possible problems to go after > >first. > > > >#1 = power supply: >

Re: [newbie] Re:Back to Basics

2003-01-26 Thread et
I think asking questions here is about the best way to learn what ever you don't know about computers and OSs, no question too dumb to be answered by more questions. I would stay right here, and if one day we disappear (heaven forbid) instead of debian or RH (they seem, to me anyway, to be not a

Re: [newbie] Installation fault

2003-01-25 Thread et
what program were you trying to install? On Saturday 25 January 2003 09:05 am, Keith Powell wrote: > I have just spent about two and a half hours downloading a package and all > its dependencies, using MCC Install Software. > > When it tried to install the packages, it couldn't, saying that ther

Re: [newbie] Firewire e.g. 1394

2003-01-25 Thread et
On Saturday 25 January 2003 08:16 am, Benjamin Jeeves wrote: > Hi all > > Has anyone get firewire to work on mdk9.0 I have look at and read > www.linux1394.org and done what it says to do but still not work > > anyone help > > sorry for the spelling have a problem and can not spell what it is > > C

Re: [newbie] Searching 101

2003-01-25 Thread et
> > Ok, you guys brought up good points. > NM then, hehe. > > But then again there are those emails like the one for Java...me and 5 > others replied with www.sun.com or sun.java.com. These are the type of > things that is kinda "look for yourself and come back and tell us what you > found" type

Re: [newbie] libc.so.6 issue

2003-01-24 Thread et
a search on google for "libc.so.6 issue (aka;lost in the ether)" came up with; Index of /linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/SRPMS ... 1.1.2-1mdk.s..> 06-Nov-2002 14:47 324k glib-1.2.10-6mdk.src..> 25-Jun-2002 12:15 347k glib2.0-2.2.0-1mdk.s..> 31-Dec-2002 14:00 1.4M glibc-2.3.1-7mdk.src..> 22 ... f

Re: [newbie] Searching 101

2003-01-24 Thread et
On Friday 24 January 2003 06:29 am, Robert Wideman wrote: > I am seeing a lot of posts of where to find programs. Yes i personally ask > occasionally myself but that is b/c i have searched about 50 different > sites. The main sites for finding apps i use are search engines and i KNOW > how to use

Re: [newbie] Star Office beats me

2003-01-22 Thread et
On Wednesday 22 January 2003 01:39 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 6:22 pm, et wrote: > > probly not mem,,, prolly the file itself, and might be "fixed" by sending > > as e-mail... off list I sent it back to you with the name changed > > slight

Re: [newbie] Star Office beats me This is off list now

2003-01-22 Thread et
S Sorry everyone...this should not have gotten back ON list Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

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