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

ty file, and so on, to see if it behaves. > > > > > > No problem Anne... send it > > Thanks to both et and Tony. I have sent both a copy, and will now wait for > their findings. > > Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

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

t risk. You would need to open it, navigate it a bit, copy and > > paste to an empty file, and so on, to see if it behaves. > > > > > > No problem Anne... send it > > Thanks to both et and Tony. I have sent both a copy, and will now wait for > their findings. > >

Re: [newbie] 3 CD -> 7 CD version

On Wednesday 22 January 2003 09:23 am, robin wrote: > Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > Okay, I've got the 3 CD download edition of Mandrake 9.0 installed. Whats > > the best way to upgrade to the 7 CD version? I know I can keep partitions > > and filesystems, but should I just do a complete reinstall, or

Re: [newbie] 3 CD -> 7 CD version

On Wednesday 22 January 2003 08:27 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Okay, I've got the 3 CD download edition of Mandrake 9.0 installed. Whats > the best way to upgrade to the 7 CD version? I know I can keep partitions > and filesystems, but should I just do a complete reinstall, or is there a > better w

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

what did you put for "gateway".. I use 0.0.0.0 On Wednesday 22 January 2003 08:39 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 1:09 pm, Margot wrote: > > I'm a very newbie running Mandrake 9 and I can't get it to connect to the > > internet. > > > > My ISP is eurobell. I've set up the con

Re: [newbie] RPM : Accessing Installed Packages

my guess is theese were not *MDK*.rpm, and you may have to either add them to the menu (menudrake) or you can try starting them from the command line (but it would be a "good thing" to know where the *.bin file is (as root; "locate Macaulay2") or once you know where they are and that they run, y

Re: [newbie] GMC on Mdk 9.0?

this is linux... if you want to download the source and compile it (and all the depends), you can run stuff from all kinds of places. if you have an older version, you can even very often add that disk to the software sources and install what ever was on that disk... I still use ViaVoice that wa

Re: [newbie] why china likes linux

On Tuesday 21 January 2003 01:17 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: > et wrote: > >>hmwhat-er-ya trying to say et? you don't think they can read > >>english er somthin? > > > > or they are less likely to give a $hit than my cat > > yeah...i guess you&#x

Re: [newbie] why china likes linux

> hmwhat-er-ya trying to say et? you don't think they can read > english er somthin? or they are less likely to give a $hit than my cat Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] why china likes linux

On Monday 20 January 2003 02:56 pm, daRcmaTTeR wrote: > On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Wednesday 15 Jan 2003 5:29 am, Robin Turner wrote: > > > Richard Babcock wrote: > > > > Interesting article in my local paper. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/35828

Re: [newbie] non-profit??

> On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 14:40:51 -0500 > > et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sunday 19 January 2003 02:33 pm, Miark wrote: > > > On 17 Jan 2003 14:40:33 +1100 > > > > > > Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Mayb

Re: [newbie] non-profit??

On Sunday 19 January 2003 02:33 pm, Miark wrote: > On 17 Jan 2003 14:40:33 +1100 > > Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maybe, if non-profit is the way to go - why not create a religion around > > all of this - really! > > > > If L.Ron Hubbard can write a newspaper column describing just h

Re: [newbie] using lilo to customize login

consider passing the runlevels to the kernel in a lilo.conf stanza On Sunday 19 January 2003 12:49 am, Adolfo Bello wrote: > > Maybe we can control the start of the graphical interface within the > > script that start it at the proper run level Just a [y/n] question. > > can't we? > > > > If this

Re: [newbie] using lilo to customize login

sure you can make a stanza in lilo.conf for that, or you can hit "TAB" and type "lilo 3" with out the quotes for no startx On Saturday 18 January 2003 10:20 pm, Adolfo Bello wrote: > > Being that "graphical login" and "text login" pertain to different > > system runlevels, it would be tricky at

Re: [newbie] direct connect

On Saturday 18 January 2003 11:11 am, Ralph Slooten wrote: > On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 11:03:30 -0500 > > et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > are you talking about connecting two computers in the home via a > > serial or LPT? > > No, Direct Connect (neo-modus.com) is a p2

Re: [newbie] direct connect

On Saturday 18 January 2003 10:55 am, fifner the dragon wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know of a good direct connect client for linux? Or a way to run > dc++ under linux? > > Thanks in advance, > Fifner are you talking about connecting two computers in the home via a serial or LPT? Want to buy you

Re: [newbie] Its official.... :-(

boy no wonder they say Holland is the sex tourism capital of Europe. (LOL) > > > > You better get started on those cookies though. :) > > Ummh, > > Where'd the nude guy with 'the 3 fingered salute' and the 'held-up' cd go? > Now there's a money maker!=;o) > > Don't say he never made it through the

Re: [newbie] DeCSS

Thank you Lanman On Saturday 18 January 2003 07:22 am, Lanman wrote: > J.R.S. - Instead of Xine and the heavy CPU load it puts on a systems > resources, why don't you try Video Lan Client? It's much lighter, handles > a variety of source inputs including Satellite, and runs smoother. I've >

Re: [newbie] Which file system?

as i recall the problem had to do with reiser being a module and not compiled into the kernel, On Thursday 16 January 2003 01:03 pm, Charlie wrote: > On January 16, 2003 08:44 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > > > I suspect XFS kernel support is iminent. I vaguely recall that > > it's out for no

[newbie] non-profit??

As I understand it, in some states at least, just "not making a profit" is not enough to quailfiy as a "non-profit". this is generally to prevent companies from being able to claim "non-profit" and still be competing with companies that are required to make a profit ( some might even claim "unfa

Re: [newbie] Its official.... :-(

I think I will go and buy a bunch of stuff at the Mandrake store, cause if it helps, great, and if they (we) disappear, it will be a good collectable. > On Wednesday 15 Jan 2003 5:37 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > > Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > >Mandrake has filed for bankruptcy... > > > > > >Follo

Re: [newbie] Its official.... :-(

$hit. On Tuesday 14 January 2003 11:30 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Mandrake has filed for bankruptcy... > > Follow this link... :-( > > http://lwn.net/Articles/20061/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Financial Problems

On Wednesday 15 January 2003 08:14 am, Marc wrote: > 1/14/03 8:51:57 PM, et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Boy, Carroll Grigsby do you _Like_ to be the bearer of ill > > tidings? > > > > I don't know if this is what I would call ill tidings or not. > N

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Financial Problems

Boy, Carroll Grigsby do you _Like_ to be the bearer of ill tidings? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Trouble innstalling Mandrake 9.0

also, as i remembe,r the cutoff for the ram limit for the "regular" kernel is right around there, so you might try the "enterprise" kernel (advertised as for more than 1 gig ram,and/or more than one CPU) or passing a lower amount of ram to the installer Kernel (f1 instead of enter, type without

Re: [newbie] Install Mandrake 9.1 problem

and how old, (how many speed read) On Tuesday 14 January 2003 01:38 am, Birger wrote: > On 14 Jan 2003 09:38:01 +1100, Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The jumpers are set propely, The installation begins > And just ends like tere are no cd in the drive > > /birger > > > On Tue, 2003-01

Re: [newbie] A HowTo for Everything

On Saturday 11 January 2003 07:02 am, DAVID.W.BEAN wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 11:54 AM > Subject: [newbie] A HowTo for Everything > > > I seem to have lost Stephen's original post on this

Re: [newbie] checking file systems when rebooting without unmounting

I would consider converting my ext2 filesystem to ext3, since the journal feature just about eliminates the need to ext2fsck On Saturday 11 January 2003 05:33 am, Pupeno wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Friday 10 January 2003 02:26, Jerry wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Jan 2

Re: [newbie] CD-ROM drive on Laptop

On Friday 10 January 2003 09:03 pm, Noah A Hicks wrote: > I have a problem with my cd-rom drive on my dell latitude ls-400. If I > boot with a cd in the drive the system hangs during boot. This is just a > regular data cd with some picture files on it. If I boot with the cd > drive empty and pla

Re: [newbie] linux terminal on windows?

On Saturday 11 January 2003 03:00 am, - netmaniac - wrote: > I'm currently using two machines: one with apache and the other with > windows, because I still like the photoshop, dreamweaver and other web > design tools. But don't like to switch between computers every time I want > to make a change

Re: [newbie] ATI TV Wonder VE/xawtv-SOLVED

I just remembered "gatos" for ATI tv cards, have you tried "gatos" On Saturday 11 January 2003 04:34 am, Trevor Rhodes wrote: > Jerry, > > > Sh_t...can you send me yer sample .xawtv? > > Can I have a copy of the file too please? Still having trouble setting it > up here on my sons machine. > > Re

Re: [newbie] Influence and help LM91 NOW

Thanks, with this dialup connection, it ought to be early next week befor I get the first ISO burnt On Friday 10 January 2003 02:38 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 12:03, et wrote: > > On Friday 10 January 2003 11:39 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > > Take note:

Re: [newbie] Influence and help LM91 NOW

OK, so what mirrors are showing 9.1 cooker? On Friday 10 January 2003 01:52 pm, Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote: > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lyvim Xaphir > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 10:40 AM > To: NewbieMandrake-List > Subject: [ne

Re: [newbie] Influence and help LM91 NOW

On Friday 10 January 2003 11:39 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > Take note: LM91 beta 1 is now out on some mirrors. Now is the time to > start testing YOUR hardware and configurations. It's a prime > opportunity for you to make 9.1 friendly to your own personal hardware, > and in so doing a real world

Re: [newbie] Sort of OT - language

On Friday 10 January 2003 10:50 am, Todd Slater wrote: > On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 10:10:33AM -0500, et wrote: > > > > > > > Cuba, from what I understand, is pretty multi-racial, too. Most other > > > Latin countries seem to have a "clasismo" like the

Re: [newbie] Sort of OT - language

On Friday 10 January 2003 05:47 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 10 Jan 2003 12:03 am, Can Baytan wrote: > > Femme say few & join the Others, > > Am EN speaking ppl is more understandable than En EN or Au EN speakers on > > the street at least to me, eg. a scottish sounds likes a chinese to me. >

Re: [newbie] LM9 Boxed Set

http://www.mandrakestore.com On Thursday 09 January 2003 10:13 am, Rob Lindsay wrote: > Will be back in the UK in February. > > Where should I go to get the latest Mandrake Boxed Edition? > > TIA > > Rob http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Slow Boot-up

On Thursday 09 January 2003 12:25 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 09 Jan 2003 1:40 pm, et wrote: > > are you running hard drake each boot? > > I don't know. What should I check? I have usb devices plugged in > constantly. Do I need it for that? > > Anne As I u

Re: [newbie] Sort of OT - language

On Thursday 09 January 2003 09:42 am, Adolfo Bello 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) :) > > > > Wahur > > Is Joyce's Ulyse

Re: [newbie] Slow Boot-up

very kwel, thanx On Thursday 09 January 2003 08:15 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Thursday 09 Jan 2003 11:52 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > Recently I have experience slow boot-up times. Since I rarely re-boot, I > > have no idea when the problem started. Undoubtedly it is because of > > something th

Re: [newbie] Slow Boot-up

are you running hard drake each boot? On Thursday 09 January 2003 06:52 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > Recently I have experience slow boot-up times. Since I rarely re-boot, I > have no idea when the problem started. Undoubtedly it is because of > something that I have changed, but it could have been

Re: [newbie] 9.0 installation problems

thank you Charles On Wednesday 08 January 2003 05:44 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On Wed, 8 Jan 2003 16:39:29 -0500 > > et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the NOapic option is one of a few switches that can be passed to the > > kernel durring install or bootup. if th

Re: [newbie] 9.0 installation problems

> Thanks et. If we are simply talking about irq control/handling, it > shouldn't be a problem, should it? Neither 8.2 nor 9.0 get beyond the > faintly lit blank screen that I have seen described somewhere, so I don't > think I have much to lose. > > Anne I think it i

Re: [newbie] 9.0 installation problems

it is slight changes in the way the BIOS (and chipset) "talks" to the CPU. On Wednesday 08 January 2003 05:39 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > et wrote: > >APIC= Advanced Programable Interrupt Controller. is must have for SMP > > systems, and it's implmetation in si

Re: [newbie] 9.0 installation problems

On Wednesday 08 January 2003 05:00 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 08 Jan 2003 9:39 pm, et wrote: > > the NOapic option is one of a few switches that can be passed to the > > kernel durring install or bootup. if this Mother Board has onboard video, > > that will also ca

Re: [newbie] 9.0 installation problems

APIC= Advanced Programable Interrupt Controller. is must have for SMP systems, and it's implmetation in single CPU boxes is not unversal, so there are sometime problems with it. you need either PIC or APIC as a method of controlling interrupts to the CPU On Wednesday 08 January 2003 04:27 pm,

Re: [newbie] 9.0 installation problems

the NOapic option is one of a few switches that can be passed to the kernel durring install or bootup. if this Mother Board has onboard video, that will also cause a freeze in about the same place if the mem=xxx (with xxx being the amount of system memory minus the "shared" video memory so that

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

shit,,, some one slap me ...I cannot resist, maybe if I get slapped it will knock the toungue back out of my cheek > The greatest monster I know is the American government. Really? I thought Dragons were a much greater monstor tha

Re: [newbie] IBM Deskstar news

you gotta love the "Hitachi's new five-layer patented "Pixie Dust" media. I wonder if the "Pixie Dust" works the same in the Northern Hemisphere as it does in the Southern Hemisphere, or does it require a "Pixie Dust Adaptor" On Wednesday 08 January 2003 09:38 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > Guys and g

Re: [newbie] IBM Deskstars in Mandrake 9.0 server

> I'm in the school that turns stuff off. I'm very uncomfortable with the > idea of comparing a hard drive with a short circuit. I'm more amiable > to thinking of a hard drive as having "miles", like a car; which is a > much closer analogy. It's closer because of bearing surfaces; the > number

Re: [newbie] which server to use?

any linux is good if it is properly configured. Naturally we all are pretty damn sure the very best linux server and/or desktop is the current version of Mandrake. A lot more accurate question might be what is the best version of Apache to use as a web server. the numbers lately seem to show th

Re: U.S. politics in Linux? Was: Re: [Fwd: Re: [newbie] Which is better:KDE or Gnome?]

On Tuesday 07 January 2003 08:38 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 18:04, Dennis & Sue wrote: > > Well, Dennis & Sue, all I can say is that you've got your shite > together. You got's my vote, I'll be watching email from this address > much closer in the future. > > Btw, see what you

Re: [newbie] resolution in console

as root, XFdrake On Monday 06 January 2003 03:14 pm, Andrew Scotchmer wrote: > > > how to change resolution in console ?? > > > for eg. i want to have 800x600 > > > vga=? > > Well I've been away from linux for some time now (the last system was Mdk > 7) and just installed v9.0 > > To change res in

Re: [newbie] Mouse

as root, in a text console (ctrl+Alt+f3) without the quotes "mousedrake", see how the "logitek mouseman+" works On Monday 06 January 2003 03:58 pm, Can Baytan wrote: > Howdy doody all, > > My first mail!, intro is at: www.baytan.org, > > Installed 9.0 yesterday. I was gonna ask kppp question but

Re: SV: SV: [newbie] OT - Star Trek Nemesis

On Sunday 05 January 2003 12:59 pm, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 04:25:20PM +0100, Anders Lind wrote: > > LOL, the woman is not even good looking IMO, anyway those shallowness > > aside, > > I've been meaning to ask this for a while now. Lust what does "LOL" mean? > > -- [EMAIL PR

Re: [newbie] OT - Star Trek Nemesis

On Saturday 04 January 2003 11:00 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Sunday 05 January 2003 03:29 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Sunday 05 Jan 2003 2:15 am, Steve Jeppesen wrote: > > > I had heard a cast member was going to be killed off...from the looks > > > of it Will was going to be it. LOL I actua

Re: [newbie] resolution

On Saturday 04 January 2003 05:46 pm, brak23 wrote: > On Saturday 04 January 2003 02:56 pm, brak23 wrote: > > I have Mandrake 9.0 and problems with resolution :-P. Actualy it is > > 800x600 > > > but i want 1024x768. I tried to change it in Gnome Control Panel with no > > effects (it returns to 80

Re: SV: [newbie] OT - Star Trek Nemesis

On Sunday 05 January 2003 01:54 am, Anders Lind wrote: > > I had heard a cast member was going to be killed off...from the looks of > > it Will was going to be it. LOL I actually cried when that cast member > > was finished off! Did you notice who made guest appearances? Odd I > > must say the l

Re: [newbie] DSL Configuration - How?

On Friday 03 January 2003 10:33 pm, Damian Gatabria wrote: > On Saturday 04 January 2003 02:10, you wrote: > > > adsl-setup > > > > got "adsl-setup: command not found" > > > > > urpmi rp-pppoe > > > > get "adsl-setup: command not found" > > > > Any other way to get it? > > > > Jody > > i don't get

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

lightly these days to avoid a crucifixion. > > landmines, landmines... :-) > > > Well, the thread was worth it anyway; after all it got ET out of the > > woodwork. That usually means it was halfway interesting. > > Yeah, you know - when that guy gets quiet... :-) I had a moterc

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

But my how we have grown up, This thread (if started durring say the days when 7.0 was new) would have had at least some mention (and I could not resist) of how much better emacs is compared to vi. On Friday 03 January 2003 05:24 pm, Ralph Slooten wrote: > > > I would just like to add off befo

Re: [newbie] 8.2 Installation Hangs (during Partitioning, CD 1)

On Friday 03 January 2003 06:45 pm, NeueZiel wrote: > I'll post the hardware I've got first, so I can get that out of the way: > > Cognac + Mainboard > Intel Celeron 667 mhz Processor > 256 mb PC 133 Sdram (SimpleTech) > 10 GB 5400 RPM Seagate HD > LG Electronics 40x12x40x CD-RW > Nvidia Riva TNT2

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

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ronald J. Hall > Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 3:30 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Which is better:KDE or Gnome? > > On Thursday 02 January 2003 11:09 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > K

Re: [newbie] Have a look at this. Thanks Gavin!

On Friday 03 January 2003 04:54 am, Lanman wrote: > Interesting Story. > > http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2103462,00.html > > Lanman > Dan LaBine > President > Maximum Lans > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (514) 489-7825 > 6915 Fielding Ave. > Suite # 228 > Montreal, Quebec, > H4V 1P4 you do realize t

Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Upgrade

> >Do not mess around...BACK UP important files/folders > > > >On Thursday 02 January 2003 08:49 pm, Mark Mitchell wrote: > >>I have a machine running windows 2000 server and Mandrake 8.0 > >>I want to upgrade to Mandrake 9. Is there anything I should beware of > >>before upgrading a dual boot

Re: [newbie] Sound Problem

On Thursday 02 January 2003 03:51 pm, erylon hines wrote: > On Thursday 02 January 2003 04:21 am, you wrote: > >I have 9.0 installed as a dual boot installation with windoze 98. The > > sound is working ok in windoze but I sant get a thing from it in ML9.0 > >Hard Drake is deticting a VT82

[newbie] 9.0 scanner problem

I half way remember a thing about a typo that prevented scanners using an snapscan interface from working. the scanner I need to get running again is an Acer Prisa 340U (usb) after doing a fresh install of 9.0 since I had been running with the download version and now loaded up the Powerpack (ma

Re: [newbie] IRQ conflict help

you might consider if there is a place in the BIOS to move the onboard sound . My cat /proc/interrupts lists a few sharing IRQs and so far, while I cna say I can create plenty of problems, I ain't chased any down to these particulre sharings (wintv and Nvidia gf4 ti4200 on 10;, usb-uhci, usb-uhc

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.0 Installation Error

On Tuesday 31 December 2002 09:29 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm a Linux newbie, and I'm installing Mandrake 9.0 PowerPack Edition on a > Sony Vaio FX170 Laptop. > > During the IDE/SCSI detection early in the installation, I get the > following error message: > > insmod'ing

Re: [newbie] Router/firewall

set eth0 to be the outside and eth1 to be the inside? On Tuesday 31 December 2002 12:41 pm, Tom wrote: > 192.168.1.50 > 255.255.255.0 > 192.168.1.1 > > But if these were set wrong, then I should not be able to ping either nic > on the Mandrake router, and I can ping both of them, just cannot ping

Re: [newbie] help with installing external USB CD-burner needed

; Kudzu is not longer in Mandrakethat was a RedHat config tool and is > now not compatible sice the advent of the Mandrake config tools... > > Cheers > > Jason > > PS, it's too bad in a way because in some things Kudzu is > superior...like detecting hardware

Re: [newbie] help with installing external USB CD-burner needed

On Monday 30 December 2002 09:47 am, ET wrote: > what does, (as root, without the quotes) "lsmod" say about usb (mass > storage, uhci, etc) I have one of these burners but have not set it up with 9.0 (it's on the kids box now) but have used it since 7.2. did you run ku

Re: [newbie] before I quit

On Sunday 29 December 2002 02:04 am, Aaron wrote: > Thanks for the response, > sorry I didn't respond back sooner but I changed email programs and just > now finished updating all the threads. > > I now sorta have the drives working. The problem was that in my fstab I > had scd0 and scd1 but when I

Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage (Watts?) of a P/S

> > Hehe, but I like the experiment! It sounded fun! :( Party pooper... K > > i'll play safe & look where you suggest... Sigh... Can I at least play in > > my room Dad? >Try eggs in a microwave then - safeish but VERY messy *G* > Best if you paint faces of Bill M$ on them first. I thought i

Re: [newbie] Mice Issues and comments (rant?)

> As a newbie trying linux for the first time, I find it very very > frustrating. Nothing is intuitive, and even basic text editors like vi or > emacs are difficult to use. I found myself wishing for good old MS-DOS > edit. I suggest you install "jed" then, for your text editor > As an exper

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

On Saturday 21 December 2002 12:18 am, jmarcom wrote: > I had good luck with Earthlink when I was on dial-up, and still > have it > for broadband. Following are my notes for dial-up: > connection name: Earthlink jmarcom > authenticationPAP IP address (provided) > Login

Re: [newbie] Re: mailbox

Email is pop3, > smtp and mx (whatever that is). > > Anne that is Mail Exchange (like DNS for the web, it points to the primary and secondary Mail eXchanger server to handle mail, as in MX numbers Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] just a comment

On Thursday 12 December 2002 04:12 pm, Franki wrote: > pardon me, but what has this to do about linux?? > > Its sad, the same reason we help people is often the same reason that we > end up in intellectual pissing matches like this... > > a feeling of superiority > > so we end up in discussions

Re: [newbie] just a comment

> But absolutely every act > of every human being in History, including all the moving ones of > self-sacrifice, are for the actor's benefit. I'm not being cynical here. > this is THE MOST cynical statement possible. you are _clearly_ in denial. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft

Re: [newbie] ML9 boots only in text mode

On Monday 09 December 2002 03:02 pm, Jones, Robert wrote: > XFDrake? I'm a brand-new-to-this-newbie... where the heck do I find > XFDrake? Note the cap letters; "XFdrake" > Robert > > > -- > > From: ET > > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] ML9 boots only in text mode

I find > XFDrake? > > Robert > > > -- > > From: ET > > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, December 9, 2002 3:06 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject:Re: [newbie] ML9 boots only in text mode > > > &

Re: [newbie] ML9 boots only in text mode

On Monday 09 December 2002 10:23 am, Jones, Robert wrote: > I've gone through hell to get ML9 installed on a 4.5GB hard drive I had > going spare. > > Tried it first on a Pentium I 90Mhz with 64MB RAM using every floppy disk > image in the book... no dice. > > Then tried it on a Pentium II 266MhZ w

Re: [newbie] Linux meetups anyone?

On Saturday 07 December 2002 03:15 am, Lanman wrote: > Talk about being a mushroom Stephen! No wonder I've seen so many posts > to the list by you! You must have one massive callouse on your typing > finger by now! This Meetup thing might be a good opportunity for you to > get some vitamin D (a.k.a

Re: [newbie] unreadable files? :-/

did you happen to open and save them in a M$windows application? On Tuesday 03 December 2002 12:20 pm, Stormjumper wrote: > running Mkd9.0. > message-text is Ascii text file. > message-graphic is a binary file. > - Original Message - > From: "Angus Auld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL

Re: VB: [newbie] Sndconfig probs SOLVED

On Sunday 01 December 2002 02:59 pm, Anders Lind wrote: > Well, it took a long time but finally it found what it was looking for and > now the sound is running smooth > > /Anders well why don't you tell everyone what it was, and then someone else with the same problem will be able to search the ma

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.0 & Nvidia

not to sound like a commericial for the Mandrake Club, but I never could get the NVidia drivers working on my dual CPU w/a Gforce4, Ti4400, until the Mandrake club RPMs, and after downloading and running the drivers from the club, I am smoking. if I start glX gears from a command prompt, 18111

Re: [newbie] lilo nopnpbios

On Friday 08 November 2002 03:58 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > I have read from the Linux-Mandrake site that it is a good idea to > > put into lilo this line linux nopnpbios if you have the via chipset > > and

Re: [newbie] 9.0 Shipped

> Anyone know when it will hit the stores in the USA Don't know why I > would want to buy it though, can't get 9.0 to install on my computer > anyway..have a conflict that I can't find...have no problems with 8.2. > Tried installing redhat 8.0 and the installation stopped at the same > point a

Re: [newbie] Dog-slow networking

have you swapped the cables around? On Sunday 03 November 2002 01:37 pm, Miark wrote: > > what is the network card in the desktop? > > Allied Telesyn AT-2500TX (RTL-8139/8139C). > > > and have you tried swapping ports on your hub/switch??? > > Yes--no change. > > Thanks, Frank. > > Miark > > > ---

Re: [newbie] [OT?] Thanks M$ but no thanks.

a Charlie, you are ever the optomist. it is my bet that the only thing not to change is entropy. ET On Friday 01 November 2002 05:06 pm, Charlie wrote: > On Friday 01 November 2002 02:26 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 15:09, Charlie wrote: >

Re: [newbie] Win98 / Mandrake8.2 dual boot question

On Friday 01 November 2002 01:48 pm, Michael wrote: > After 4 years of trying to get my wife to try Linux, I finally have the > chance. Her Win98 box is hosed and she can't even get in in safe mode to > fix it because of some security login feature she installed. I told her if > she had Linux on

Re: [newbie] clock help

On Friday 01 November 2002 08:59 am, Bob Read wrote: > Sounds like the system clock is set for 50Hz power line frequency, > and you are using 60Hz power line. > > Bob if this were to happen,,, first time I ever saw a system clcok using line voltage, most every one I ever saw used mother board vol

[newbie] test... ignore as OT, is list working?

to let me know. thanks ET Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] wondering about 9.0 pre-orders

has they been shipped? anyone got theirs? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Drake 9 don't do video

don't mount the music cd On Sunday 27 October 2002 12:51 am, Nick Adams wrote: > Erik wrote: > >On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 17:37, Nick Adams wrote: > >>Nick Adams wrote: > >>>Spencer wrote: > On October 26, 2002 08:36 am, Jimmy Montague wrote: > >Hi, Everybody: > > > >I downloaded the i

Re: [newbie] HP ScanJet 3200C

On Saturday 26 October 2002 06:30 am, Alice Lafox wrote: > On 26 ïËÔÑÂÒØ 2002 13:00, Maarten Vanraes wrote: > > I scanned before in mdk8.2 (i had to be root), but since I installed > > mdk9, i can't scan anymore. > > > > I configure it in mandrake control center, but when I use XSane, it says > > s

Re: [newbie] XBOX media player and the GPL

I know I "hate" MEtoo, but,, Well said Todd. I think you expounded my thoughts as fast as I could type them, and just because 30 other list members do not add their .02$, I think you can count on a number of; "me too, Todd Flinders". On Tuesday 08 October 2002 08:33 pm, you wrote: > On Tuesday

Re: [newbie] Wierd happenings

Anne, are you using a "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" email address? I think this is crap from a virus, and it is my bet the virus is on hte mail server for tiscali.it and it is fakeing address from all over, and it includes some file that is a real file from the server. I have recieved a _lot_ of virus la

Re: [newbie] mandrake 8.2

On Tuesday 23 October 2001 02:21 am, you wrote: > Is there a site or a ftp that I can download 8.2 off of. I'm more > comfortable with it. you need to have a slew of updates too... don't forget Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] LM 9.0 hangs on shutdown

On Monday 07 October 2002 10:25 am, you wrote: > Hey everybody! > > > I have a problem with my LM 9.0... > When I shutdown, It hangs on NFS... > > This is the message: > > > Unmounting NFS filesystem: Cannot MOUNTPROG RCP: RCP: Program not > registered. > unmount2: Device or resource busy > unmoun

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