Re: [newbie] test

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 19:53:06 -0800 Eric Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To unsub from the list, send an email to sympa at linux-mandrake dot com and put unsubscribe newbie in the subject This is nuts. If i put the above paragraph in the welcom letter, it gets rejected by sympa (with no bounce

Re: Out of Office AutoReply: [newbie] How did 9.2 get here ?

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 01:49:20 -0500 Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 08:15:09PM -0800, Eric Huff wrote: Well, what do people think? Is this offense enough for a temporaryset newbie nomail command? Do you have control over the list now? I am able to sub

Re: [newbie] help with bash command

are definitely the bash-man! I swear i even had that typed in once, but was sure it would make the subject be $command. Thanks for the help, eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] ** Welcome to Newbie **

-supported help page, and can be found here. Our Twiki contains some good help on newbie etiquette and general good manners that can be found here. People don't know what Twiki is? :) Good point. I'll make some adjustments. Thanks for the feedback, eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More

Re: Out of Office AutoReply: [newbie] How did 9.2 get here ?

? eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] ** Welcome to Newbie **

in the subject hoping everyone would notice the post. I guess they did! eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] ** Welcome to Newbie **

This is an automated weekly message mainly intended for people new to Mandrake's Newbie List. Eric: Looking good, buddy. Thanks. A suggestion: How about a topic-of-the-week? Interesting idea. I'm open to it. How would we pick the topic? If we discuss it on the list, it'll become

[newbie] mail help: host not found

cleanup recently ? thanks, eric Begin forwarded message: Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 08:15:19 +0100 (CET) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mail Delivery System) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender This is the Postfix program at host

Re: Out of Office AutoReply: [newbie] How did 9.2 get here ?

autoreply. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] ** Welcome to Newbie **

Eric Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: stuff) QUIT SPAMMING ME Funny that this is the 2nd email to come in on this thread, when this thread started with a post containing How do i stop this info. Originally, i tried to put in a line explicitly stating how to unsub, but simpa kept

Re: [newbie] LG CDRoms

that the programers know they suck? eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] mail help: host not found

the bounces. What is wierd is it seems like all of a sudden, many sites went offline... eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Fw: MDKA-2003:021 - Updated kernel packages problems with LG-based CD-ROM drives

For those not on the update list: Begin forwarded message: Date: 28 Oct 2003 05:41:13 - From: Mandrake Linux Security Team [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MDKA-2003:021 - Updated kernel packages problems with LG-based CD-ROM drives -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash:

Re: [newbie] Where to post on reply

to us. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] help with bash command

PROTECTED] -body works fine, so i know it is in the $command part... Thanks for any help, eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: Out of Office AutoReply: [newbie] How did 9.2 get here ?

we go again. Another filter gets set up. Well, what do people think? Is this offense enough for a temporary set newbie nomail command? I could turn off the mail and send him another explaining the problem? Or just send a warning and wait a day or so? eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More

Re: [newbie] twiki, etc, was LG CDRoms

On Monday 27 October 2003 01:33 am, Eric Huff wrote: Mandrake Club is not available to newbies looking into Mandrake. Not so. While some parts of the Club site are only accessible to members, many portions -- including some of the forums -- are open to the public. -- cmg Ok, i'll have

Re: [newbie] twiki, etc, was LG CDRoms

Eric: My quibble was with not available. Yeah, i was obviously wrong there. (well, it wasn't obvious to me until i tried harder :) I strongly agree about the difficult to use part -- but then I am not a fan of forums. Yeah, me either. I don't really feel the need when i have newbie

Re: [newbie] digest mailings

Is there some way to receive this list as a daily or twice daily list? I feel overwhelmed by the amount of mail pouring in. Yep. If you look in the headers of the emails we get, there are instructions to get the help file. Here is what you get back: SYMPA -- Systeme de

Re: [newbie] twiki, etc, was LG CDRoms

, but it sure isn't for everyone. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] lost root password

Hi, I was recently hospitalized and I didn't use my computer for awhile. During that time I forgot my password for root and I forgot where I wrote it down. Can I find that password somewhere on my system? Will I have to do a total reinstall? Thank you for any help you can give. Eric

Re: [newbie] lost root password

it came up in resue mode, I chose console and then entered, chroot/mnt. I got an error. bash no such file or directory I got help for chroot. It says, chroot NEWROOT [options] or chroot command. Chroot gives me an error, no such directory as NEWROOT Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Eric (mandrake

Re: [newbie] lost root password

Lyvim Xaphir wrote: No luck with this. When the system boots and you get the boot prompt, type in linux single. I get an error that says no such file as linux. Any ideas. Eric That will put you into single user root mode where you can execute the passwd command and change your root password

Re: [newbie] lost root password

select go to console and I type passwd, I get an error again. I can't remember if it was no such file or no such command. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Eric Continue with Franki's instructions. Sharrea Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] Prepare for 9.2 - partitions backups

Before upgrading I normally backup on CD-RW and use diff to verify the burning process. (diff is a command line program that compares two files or directories. I'm sure KDE or Gnome have graphical equivalents) I usu make a tar file of what i want backed up, then burn that. Only works if you

Re: [newbie] Prepare for 9.2 - what have I got now?

As for the old lilo scripts they can be upgraded as with an upgraded OS, or reinstalled as with a fresh new install. If upgraded, then when on desktop you can wipe the old linux part of the boot script. If you choose to reinstall , then lilo will be renewed completely. So making a

Re: [newbie] Prepare for 9.2 - partitions backups

Eric Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: some snippage nice --18 mkisofs -r $FULLPATH.tar | cdrecord -v -eject fs=6m speed=2 dev=0,0,0 -data - This should be one line. Sure, make us all look like bloody dumbass amateurs... ;-) :) I am still learning bash, so it took some time... I

Re: [newbie] best way to upgrade (apt or urpmi)

|I have recently found that I need to desperately upgrade my |Mandrake 9.0 installation. I noticed a few discussions on this urpmi seems to be the method of choice for most Mandrake users - Also, have a look at: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/UrpmiUpgrade eric -- Mandrake

Re: [newbie] Upgrade or Install

the none mandrake apps I had installed. Even the spell checker in KMail is better. Roly I compiled a bunch of mails regarding upgrading at: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/UrpmiUpgrade I haven't *used* the instructions yet, so please comment or edit if necessary. eric -- Mandrake

Re: [newbie] How long to create a large tar.gz

I want back up a directory to an archive for my upcoming big wipe for 9.2. The directory is about 630MB, and I left it going for 4.5 hours creating a tar.bz2, still wasn't done when I got up this AM. Is it faster (but less compression) just to do tar.gz? YMMV, but i have heard people

Re: [newbie] Welcome to Newbie

This is an automated weekly message mainly intended for people new to Mandrake's Newbie List. Welcome to Mandrake! I like it as it is, Eric. Nice job on this and the Etiquette TWiki page. If you ever find a need to move onto something new in your career-life, try being a legalese

Re: [newbie] Welcome to Newbie

If this one makes it, it means that simpa just doesn't like seeing it's name in print. This is the second version I've seen... coming through fine here. Thanks for taking the time and trouble to do this Eric. I sent about twenty of them! The first one you saw was ultra truncatated

[newbie] test

test Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] testing postfix

before the if the sympa address was in the body of the mail, it would cause problems. I'll have to figure out which line is the issue (probably the one that says how to unsubscribe newbie. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] postfix: delete queue?

Ok, i turned off nagios until i can figure out how to configure *which* services it checks. The author was correct when he said nagios is not easy... eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] urpmi question

Try urpmi -q packagename.rpm where packagename is the name of the rpm your looking for Cool. I got some help on expert, and will post a twiki when i get the chance. thanks for the tip. I have been forgetting about rmp and only using urpm too often... eric From: Eric Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] md9.1-command line mode

, but i have never installed an rpm i didn't have in my local-rpms directory.. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] postfix: delete queue?

properly... Thanks for any help, eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] postfix: delete queue?

How can i delete the messages in the queue? Better yet, use postsuper with the -d flag. Much safer then the above. Make sure to read the postsuper manual first. Cool. Thanks, eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services

[newbie] smpt / sendmail help

/twiki.txt both run w/o erros, but no mail comes. What should i use/setup? I'm not even sure mail or mhmail try to use sendmail... thanks, eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] list nazi: hijacking

you send using mail? i.e., mail -s ler [EMAIL PROTECTED] file.txt Same result: no errors, but no mail either. So, do you have any mail programs running that would let smtp work? Or does mail/mhmail just work for you? thanks, eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] smpt / sendmail help

that's what you folks have running... thanks, eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] weird webmin problem: possible invader?

every once in awhile, if i go to webmin (which i have bookmarked as https://localhost:1/ i get http://www.netbreakthroughs.com/ Eric Aren't you one of those that put lists of adware sites in your /etc/hosts lists as aliases for localhost http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL

Re: [newbie] list nazi: hijacking

command from the command line. (it'll compose, and send, but you have to queue manually...) eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] urpmi question

. Is there a line (or lines) for urpm* that i can use? Thanks, eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Not seeing my posts but..

I sent a couple of posts the past 2 to 3 days and I am not seeing my posts to the list but I am seeing the replies. Any idea? It happens to all of us. The list server is cranky. (other people have harsher comments). eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

[newbie] weird webmin problem: possible invader?

are. What could it be? chrootkit doesn't show up anything. Well, i looked thru all the lines of it. If there was a problem, would it epeat the problems at the end? I am worried quite a bit... thanks, eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] list nazi: hijacking

or ostfix before... thanks, eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] list nazi: hijacking

it was there) and now i get no errors, but no mail either... ~ $ mhmail -subject Ler -from wre [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/huff/twiki.txt ~ $ thanks for any help, eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] weird webmin problem: possible invader?

smart browsing. This helps. So, i'm ok, but, man, that verisign sucks... eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] weird webmin problem: possible invader?

Don't know if it is any help, but go here for a listing of ports - http://www.google.com/search?hl=enie=ISO-8859-1q=portsbtnG=Google+Search gives a complete list and what they are for. HTH Thanks for the tip. I do plan to figure out what those ports are, now, even though the other thing is

[newbie] upgrading on twiki

Recently there was a flurry on expert on how to upgrade, so i compiled it and put it here: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/UrpmiUpgrade If i got anything wrong, please let me know or fix it. (i plan to use the page when i get around to upgrading!) eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More

Re: [newbie] Good Article on Linux Filesystems

One thing I just noticed: This article is excerpted from the recently published book Linux Power Tools So it's not Newsforge at all we should be concerned about. Yeah, Newsforge said to ask the publisher for permission. That's about when i got lazy... -- Mandrake HowTo's More:

Re: [newbie] tax software?

they had NO interest in a linux version. IF M$ does not buy them out, and pushes a competing product, the linux version might start to look a lot better to them. At least turbotax did listen to the backlash about the spyware they installed. They even have a way to uninstall last years... eric

Re: [newbie] Bounces from newbie

Is anyone getting bounces from users on the list when posting? Aaron is getting a bunch, but i am not getting any. I assume most people aren't or there'd be more grousing... thanks, eric Aaron is but Aron isn't Well, i emailed one of the people Aaron gets bounces from, and sure

[newbie] [OT] Bounces from newbie

the Return-Path: is set? eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Good Article on Linux Filesystems

be happy to do it. (it'll be my 1st time attaching a file in wiki...) Or, i guess we could save the html? What are the legal issues with this sort of thing? eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] sensitive materials

would have to work hard to get it, which they're not likely to do... Just because i am paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] printing to pdf w/o using kprinter

Anyone know how to print to pdf (from all programs, well specifically mozilla) w/o using kprinter? kprinter (which is also where qtcups links to) is s slow to start up... I know i can print to ps, then ps2pdf. Hmmm i wonder if i could get a bash script to do it... thanks, eric

Re: [newbie] sensitive materials

Just because i am paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me. How about spraying the keyboard and mouse with some kind of killer spray you yourself are immune to? Hmmm..., that might work... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] OT: Mad Russians (sms) and list issues

for +### with identification ### has been delivered on 2003-10-14 at 08:57:41. Well, i'd say that's a cel phone Anyway, if anyone has trouble subing or unsubing, i can help with that now. (unfortunately, i have no power over the sympa issues...) eric Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] printing to pdf w/o using kprinter

is in there... Thanks Derek, eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] OT: Mad Russians (sms) and list issues

There is someone sub'd as [EMAIL PROTECTED] which looks like it might be the cel phone number. (actual numbers witheld to protect the guilty) I deleted that address. I guess this email will be my first test to see if that was the culprit... (ie, will i get an sms response? :) eric

Re: [newbie] Good Article on Linux Filesystems

and I'm not comfortable using a proprietory format on Twiki. Would that be a problem? People have pdf's on sites all the time. It may be proprietary, but not so much so that it can't be shipped with mandrake. Just curious. For now, i just linked to it. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http

Re: [newbie] Permissions solution

(Man, half the e-Mails I'm getting today are bounces from the list. Sheesh. Some of these people prob. need to be unsub'd) The only ones i saw were the sms ones (which should have stopped now). Would you mind forwarding a bounce to me (headers and all) ? thanks, eric -- Mandrake HowTo's

Re: [newbie] sensitive materials

the Saturday Night Live 'Chameleon XL ! eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Good Article on Linux Filesystems

Eric: Speaking of growth, the second article in the series has been posted: http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/10/08/1416248.shtml?tid=23 It covers file and filesystem recovery. Second? it turns out it's the fourth! Thanks for the heads up. I added all three. They do make for good reads

[newbie] tax software?

link you have to flounder to to get to feedback mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] urpmi: how to tell where i got an rpm?

that at the cli? Commands like urpmf --description a2ps kind of help, but only if the name is in the description, and it's still only part of the answer. Thanks, eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.2 urpmi sources

and they didn't work? eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] urpmi: how to tell where i got an rpm?

Is there anyway to get that at the cli? Commands like urpmf --description a2ps kind of help, but only if the name is in the description, and it's still only part of the answer. Thanks, eric $rpm -qi name_of_pakage will give you a lot of information on this subject. Make sure

Re: [newbie] MNF

On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 14:16:50 +0200 iceman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hallo Ich hoffe es hat einige die deutsch sprechen :-) Ich spreche nur ein bischen deutsch. Sie wollen: http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/flists.php3 Support Lists oder mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] getting rid of ads on the web

it in awhile, but it blocks most ads i would run across. http://www.smartin-designs.com/ has links to a bunch of hosts files. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Problems with a web site...

A friend of mine who uses Mozilla is having trouble with a web site: http://www.qx.net so I told him I'd try it out. Like him, I can access the main page, but clicking something like the DSL link immediately crashes Mozilla and Galeon hard. Konqueror works fine. This is with the stock

Re: [newbie] Windows Must be Stopped

, write their own virus that would plug the hole. Of course, this would cause all kinds of legal problems and accusations. :) eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] grepping root?

to contact ed-tharp.is-a-geek.org Or are you just pulin' our legs? :) eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] something like autoexec.bat

Many thanks to the respondents in this matter. Many ways to kill a cat?? Yep, and a whole lotta cats ... -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] User Drake

or /etc/gtmp exist. Thanks for any help on this. john I think this means that since it crashed, the lock files were in place, and you should delete them. If no one else pipes in, check them first to make sure they aren't empty and back them up if they aren't. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More

Re: [newbie] grepping root?

i have this one for a desktop http://ed-tharp.is-a-geek.org/rootme.jpg; Hey, nice penguin! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] needing to be taken of mailing list

I passed your email to Charles, and he should be able to delete you. email back if it doesn't happen in a day or so. eric On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 12:31:00 +1000 drewbek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ive sent several emails following the instructions on your site biut to no avail , im still receving

Re: [newbie] command for rebooting in win

I use rebootin windows as root. See man rebootin. Hey! That's bloody brilliant, Mr. Olsson! I've never even known about that command! Dang! Learn something new every day! Holly sh*t! That's a real command. I thought for sure he was joking... -- Mandrake HowTo's More:

Re: [newbie] Some MS Propaganda for ya (Funny)

. (even if the same code is in a server, the # of comps is still higher...) eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Why so many reboots ?

However, once you finally get Windows up and running, you have none of the above other than the notorious Explorer malware transport system. Um, that would be *virus* transport system... -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] XFce 4.0

XFce and Pekwm, huh? Man, now i have to go and try stuff again. How's the latest CVS doing? Am i gonna have to change my config files? (I have sorta paid attention, but now very well..) -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services

[newbie] cool quoting feature in sylpheed

message. If i just hit return, it only quotes the message, not the attachment. But if i seletc the test in the attachment (and probably the message), it includes both in the reply. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Microsoft critic loses job over report

Some of the former M$ users may already be dead, with no surviving family to claim their share, and some might not claim because they'd feel too embarrassed at being outed as M$ users, so the shares of the money that could not be applied to rightful owners would go to the charity! And

Re: [newbie] an apology, WAS: Ford Motor Co. opens arms to Linux!

that this apology for slamming an off topic thread has generated another, much longer one. I love this list! eric PS (just to make sure: no sarcasm was used in the creation of this email) -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Rant: The man pages, slight OT hijack..sorry!

others do though I always type use halt eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Damn newbie user!

Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Three weeks ago the south-eastern coast of Australia was hit with winds that blasted us in excess of 140kph - causing damage and panic, loss of power and utilities, homes, a few lives - how come y'all don't hear a damn thing about that back in Yankland?

Re: [newbie] partitioning for Mandrake 9.1

linux there. 20GB should be plenty. I am happily using 10GB right now, but i may not download as much as others... eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Procmail / twiki

a new twiki word and clicking the '?' ? eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Damn newbie user!

We all get that. No one knows who it comes from (they aren't subscribed, but must have forwarded the list mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]). You'll just have to filter it... eric There are ways the list managers can find out which email is the offender and remove that email. To do so

Re: [newbie] Sylpheed and sylpheed-claws

Mdk 9.1 rpms for sylpheed-0.9.6 and sylpheed-0.9.5claws are now avaiable from my site. Thanks! -- You will be dead within a year. Hmmm... -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Microsoft Junk Mail - Virus?

Huh? Windows was designed to keep the idiots away from Unix so we could hack in peace. Let's not break that. -- Tom Christiansen LOL! That's saved inmy one-liner list... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] xcdroast error

of any problems. IIRC i googled a lot, and other people get that, too. Hopefully someone here has a better answer eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Damn newbie user!

from (they aren't subscribed, but must have forwarded the list mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]). You'll just have to filter it... eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: top v. bottom, was Re: [newbie] installing x86 update

However, lack of pruning/snipping is infuriating. There was a post on expert today where ~50% of the lines looked like this: I'm glad the person quoted all those intermixxed blank lines -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] XFree Update and hard lockups

-static-libs-4.3-8.2mdk ~/cvs/pekwm/src $ ./pekwm --version pekwm: version 0.1.3 Built on Fri Jul 11 07:59:00 PDT 2003 --- eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] URPMI again

What are you using to display the system status in the upper right corner of that screenshot? GKrellm. Joe, that poor fella is gonna go and type it in and not get it to run... ( gkrellm , no caps) -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] Re: This SMS message thing is pissing me off

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:15:14 -0400 HaywireMac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 15:53:59 -0600 Heather/Femme [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: It clogged sylpheed enough it couldn't d/l my email. Finally had to make a rule so sylpheed won't even try to retrieve the fucking

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