Re: [newbie] Dillo, was Kmail won't let me send email at all!?

2003-08-20 Thread Eric Huff
://clevername.homeip.net/mdk/ If you try it, goto ~/.dillo/dillorc put the line external_browser=mozilla (or whatever) there. HTH, eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Digest setting for Linux Newbie

2003-08-20 Thread Eric Huff
I don;t know the answer, but if you looke at the full header for mail from the list, there are a bunch of goodies like List-Help: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Maybe this will have the answer... eric On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 18:40:52 -0500 Dow Mathis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, Does the Linux

Re: [newbie] mozilla update and plugins

2003-08-20 Thread Eric Huff
to. If that doesn't work, see below for the hard way from the sun site: Tester: http://java.sun.com/openstudio/applets/clock.html Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Eric Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here we go again. Never been able to get Java plugin installed. Tried

Re: [newbie] Blaster worm

2003-08-19 Thread Eric Huff
Here's an article on the ms email: http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-5065494.html Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow, I have been getting email with the blaster worm attached by the bucket full. All addressed to the business email address or saying that my send failed to soandso because

Re: [newbie] Kmail won't let me send email at all!?

2003-08-19 Thread Eric Huff
You're gonna end up trying them all and getting frustrated and switching to Mutt like me. It just works, baby! Todd Todd... the irony of your statement isn't falling on deaf ears... I'm actually looking at Mutts docs (which are badly edited btwsigh) to see how to configure it

Re: [newbie] Kmail won't let me send email at all!?

2003-08-19 Thread Eric Huff
Well, if you really are trying out other progs, sylpheed is great. Fast, light, not buggy. :) I *think* my isp is causing my email problems! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Kmail won't let me send email at all!?

2003-08-19 Thread Eric Huff
Well, if you really are trying out other progs, sylpheed is great. Fast, light, not buggy. If Kmail defeats me its next on the hit list Eric. Thx I forgot to post the link for the rpm: http://www.eslrahc.com/ A big thanks to Charles for making these for us! And for making such a Dillo

[newbie] mouse sensitivity

2003-08-17 Thread Eric Huff
have also noticed that going from resolution of 199 to 200 makes a huge difference. Do i need to tweak Sampling rate ? I saw it mentioned while googling, tried to google more about it, but never really got a good explanation. Thanks, eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] mouse sensitivity

2003-08-17 Thread Eric Huff
in there... thanks, eric Eric if you use KDE you can go to the KDE Control Centerperipheralsmouse and make adjustments in there. Travel speed, click speed etc. I use 4x for cursor travel and it works well. HTH Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] mouse sensitivity

2003-08-17 Thread Eric Huff
. Oh well. Ice was just my backup anyway. I use xfce for that now.. So there's probably a gtk mouse setting i messed up. For now, resolution 200 is working ok, but i'd still like to figure out a user way to change it... eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] mouse sensitivity

2003-08-17 Thread Eric Huff
. XFCE is definitely way cool, but i have a strange personality, and pek fits it. eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Installing downloaded rpm packages

2003-08-17 Thread Eric Huff
Signature Verification Error The signature of the package Fax2SendComplete -2.1-13.i386.rpm is not correct. No GPG signature in package It probably means that you do not have the GPG signature from that site loaded on your machine or your machine was expecting a sig and didn't get

Re: [newbie] sylpheed and rox: dragging attachments into rox

2003-08-14 Thread Eric Huff
great, work is super busy, and it hot as h*ll here, so i spent a little time installing a window ac. Decided to run an extra circuit (i don't trust these 60 years old wires for use when i am not home...) eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] popfile with sylpheed rocks!

2003-08-14 Thread Eric Huff
it to seperate any email out: work, personal, spam, good pr0n, bad pr0n, etc... It does have some sort of white-list ability, but i haven't experimented with that yet. eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] OT: circuit design software

2003-08-14 Thread Eric Huff
one page schematics and 2 layer boards. (most home projects would qualify). Also, it will work just fine for the wiring diagram of my house... :) There were some others that are just being worked on, so not really ready. Any one have a favorite? Thanks for any info, eric Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Installation query: Passing multiple arguments toinstaller routine

2003-08-14 Thread Eric Huff
On Sat, 2003-08-09 at 19:56, ed tharp wrote: if you are installing 9.1, there is no expert mode, like there was in 7.0-9.0, but in some sections (like configuring the network) you can chose an expert mode. FFS... thx Ed. Btw whats the link to that mailing list archive you troll for

[newbie] java in MozillaFirebird 0.6.1

2003-08-14 Thread Eric Huff
gone to the java tester page http://java.sun.com/openstudio/applets/clock.html and netscape happily offered to install the plugin for me, but it didn't install the right version for 0.6.1 Anyway, maybe someone will find this usefull... eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

[newbie] home architecture and PCB schematic software: any favorites?

2003-08-14 Thread Eric Huff
it (and what i've already done). thanks, eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] popfile

2003-08-14 Thread Eric Huff
addys get different types of legit email. I don't plan to do it, but it sure is a good feature both on the part of popfile and sylpheed. Thanks for the help! eric To make it work, make sure that each instance uses a different POP3 listen port and web port which you can effortlessly change

Re: [newbie] popfile

2003-08-14 Thread Eric Huff
Sylpheed somehow to use a non-default port in the proxy. And i need to go dig up port info to make sure i am not using a used one... Thanks, eric pop3_port 110 pop3_secure_port 110 On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 09:23:43 -0400 Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 23:34:15 -0700, Eric Huff

[newbie] sylpheed and rox: dragging attachments into rox

2003-08-14 Thread Eric Huff
Can it be done? If i try i get this error: uri_list_to_glist: Incorrect or missing line break in text/uri-list data --- Error getting file list: No URIs in the text/uri-list (nothing to do!) It works fine with xftree, and fine if i drag from rox to sylpheed... Thanks, eric Want to buy your

[newbie] popfile

2003-08-14 Thread Eric Huff
. But it seems that this is a progam that can't be used by groups, since all mail is readable by everyone. Am i missing something? Is there some way to run it as user with seperate config directories? If i understood the website FAQ properly, you can't. thanks, eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] single account, multiple users:

2003-08-14 Thread Eric Huff
Not entirely sure i know the problem, but check to see if there is another header like X-Apparently-To or something like that. eric FSCKING undisclosed recipients HEADERS!! Of course, procmail filters messages based on it's headers. But how can i filter messages that do not say where

Re: [newbie] OT: Wheelchair inventor no friend of Windows

2003-08-14 Thread Eric Huff
A good friend (and now a coworker) used to work for Dean Kamen. He is an amazing guy. The segway's a little strange, but... On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 20:21:09 -0400 Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My wife was telling me about this remarkable inventor who invented a wheelchair that stands up on

Re: [newbie] home architecture and PCB schematic software: anyfavorites?

2003-08-11 Thread Eric Huff
*** Vari-Cad is on the 9.1 distro commerical apps CD. Thanks, i'll give that a look. eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] subscribe

2003-08-11 Thread Eric Huff
of approving the send, you would figure out how to subscribe... eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] OT: circuit design software

2003-08-09 Thread Eric Huff
last winter I spent some time doing research into the state of Linux CAD software. The best single source that I've found is: http://pfrostie.freeservers.com/cad-tastrafy/ Excellent! That is a great site. It actually answers both my ?'s (EDA and architect). thanks! eric Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] [hijacked] java plugin, was Mozilla and my bank

2003-08-01 Thread Eric Huff
! eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] NT Domain help.... (SOLVED!!)

2003-08-01 Thread Eric Huff
a lot of those boxes over the years... There's some more funny ones here: (see the hidden settings) http://rita.thegourmet.com/computers.html This one makes me laugh every time. eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Mandrake 9.1 on Dell Inspiron 5150

2003-07-30 Thread Eric Fesler
to recompile without APM and without APIC but then the PC reboot after having loaded the kernel Any ideas how I can solve those issues. Issue 1 is the most important up to now. Thanks --ERic Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] How do I start the GUI from a command line?

2003-07-30 Thread Eric Fesler
? __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com You should try: startx --Eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] OT: ad blocking

2003-07-29 Thread Eric Huff
There s a simple solution to adverts actually from known sites. This will not block everything concerning adverts, but it will block everything from these advert sites. Edit your /etc/hosts file as root, and add lines like: 127.0.0.1 doubleclick.com This was actually the topic of the

Re: [newbie] emacs has bash builtins

2003-07-27 Thread Eric Huff
EMACs ? you are hard core : ) Kinda funny, i guess. I probably only use .01% of it's ability, but i love it. I learned emacs way back in undergrad: it was available on the vax in physics where i worked and the hp unix machines in EE where i studied. Plus, the local computer guru was an emacs

Re: [newbie] OT: ad blocking

2003-07-27 Thread Eric Huff
haven't installed any spam stuff yet. Will probably do it soon. Still trying to figure out which is best for me. Did i misunderstand? eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Bin files

2003-07-27 Thread Eric Huff
I just noticed that this never made it to newbie because tsyko has a reply-to set, so I am forwarding it now for future reference. After i gave up trying to tell everyone about this, i realized that kmail sylpheed (at least) have a way to get around this. I set kmail to reply to list with my

Re: [newbie] mbr question

2003-07-27 Thread Eric Huff
Here was a response i got about this awhile ago. Doesn't help you too much, but it's a data point. Hopefully someone else will have a better answer. eric I have also run XP in another partition, and crashed it often, then reinstalled it, and it has never reworked the MBR, just put itself

Re: [newbie] OT: ad blocking

2003-07-27 Thread Eric Huff
I use the hosts file to block ads during web browsing. I'd be interested in this - do you have a URL where I can RTFM? http://7deadlysins.ath.cx/files.php#hosts is where i got it from. More similar lists http://www.smartin-designs.com/ Here's the notes that came with the one i got

Re: [newbie] OT: ad blocking

2003-07-27 Thread Eric Huff
is running. Also, it's nicer to read pages w/o the ads cluttering it up. eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Reply-to list was [Bin files]

2003-07-27 Thread Eric Huff
I had just found a reply-to list button myself in the kmail toolbar configurator thingamagiggie (is that technical enough terminology for the newbie list?). I didn't use it in this case, but I had already added it to my toolbar. When i was using kmail, i actually mapped it to the normal

Re: [newbie] Intro

2003-07-27 Thread Eric Huff
BTW a shrimp on the barbie --why would you put shellfish on a doll ; Shrimp is stephen's pet name for ken. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] aumix not working

2003-07-27 Thread Eric Huff
alsamixergui might save you. If not, i'm not sure what to do about aumix not running. Maybe delete ~/.aumixrc ? Anyway, once you get that sorted out, here is what i did to make my sound work for my first install (the second time i installed it worked from the start...): 0. Run and save kmix 1.

Re: [newbie] IEfavorites to Mozilla (or any browser) bookmarks

2003-07-26 Thread Eric Huff
into windows again. :) HTH, eric On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 21:08:45 -0400 Bill Winegarden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've searched for this seemingly simple question and I have yet to find an answer. Is there a way to convert IE favorites to Mozilla bookmarks

[newbie] emacs has bash builtins

2003-07-26 Thread Eric Huff
I just stumbled on this: If you are editing a shell script (ie if it starts with #!/bin/sh) in emacs (gnu 21.2), it has helper sections for inserting for loops, if statements, etc. (insert menu) Could be useful when you're getting started with scripts. So far i have just been starting with

[newbie] OT: ad blocking

2003-07-26 Thread Eric Huff
I have been trying out a technique for ad-blocking i saw on slash-dot: someone made a huge list of common ad-sites and made a hosts file where the names get sent to 0.0.0.0 So now, almost always, i am spared the flashes, pictures, etc of ads. Less download time and less eye clutter. I'll send

Re: [newbie] Re: Robotics

2003-07-24 Thread Eric Huff
What section is Nuts Volts in? I havn't seen it in any chapters stores in the areas. And it isn't my thread, it everyones. Jim. As far as I know you will not find it in the stores. You have to I am pretty sure i have seen it at Frys electronics, but that only helps if you're

Re: [newbie] Re: Robotics

2003-07-22 Thread Eric Huff
for third party stuff. The cheapest route (other than programming inassembly) is PicBasic, but there are C compilers. anyway If it peaks your interest, i can give you a list of my favorite starting pieces. But i usu do it for work, so i have the luxury of designing a PCBA to plop it in. eric Want

Re: [newbie] xfce4-rc2 rpms that Todd wrote.

2003-07-21 Thread Eric Huff
4 that had to be installed in order, so don't forget to do those first (if that's still a rule.) eric On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 02:21:28 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, Joe, if you're still up, I need your help. I downloaded the rpm packages for xfce4-rc2 that Todd was kind enough to create

[newbie] bash script to send files to tar from rox-filer

2003-07-20 Thread Eric Huff
, since they come in with full paths, and to find the path of the files (since pwd is ~/). Thought this might be of interest to some, and any bash(ing) comments are welcome! eric - #!/bin/bash #xmessage $@ FILEPATH=`pwd` #will be reset to files' path if needed

Re: [newbie] [OT] Nostalgia (was US propose jail for KaZaA users.)

2003-07-20 Thread Eric Huff
. I gave away the Spectrum, but I still have the ZX-81 in the loft. Yeah, he has his ZX-81 also, but i don't think it ever gets pulled out. I think we wore out one of the shift keys to where you had to pull up on it with tape to use it! (remember the membrane keyboard?) eric Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] [OT] ZX-81

2003-07-20 Thread Eric Huff
The one and only, Dungeon Master! :-) Dragons Bane! That's what we played on the Sinclair. Actually, i thik it was a spectrum only game, and my dad plopped a specrum rom in... eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] bash script to send files to tar from rox-filer

2003-07-20 Thread Eric Huff
[ and when you need [[ ... eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] bash script to send files to tar from rox-filer

2003-07-20 Thread Eric Huff
I don't know if `basename` will help you with that or not. Yes! That's way better. That's the area where i will have to learn the most: what functions are out there. It's fun to learn the hard way, too, though... Thanks for the command, eric Here's the basename version

Re: [newbie] OT - Spyware

2003-07-20 Thread Eric Huff
-newbie.sunsite.dk/index.html Newbie guide: beginning talks about linux http://loll.sourceforge.net/linux/links/billions of links http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/WebHome Hope this helps! eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Gnome vs. KDE

2003-07-20 Thread Eric Huff
is the only prog i have that appears to need the old version. Or maybe 9.2 will finaly move forward? I'm planning on seeing if all my efforts to find fast apps (pekwm, xfce, sylpheed, dillo) will make my old computer usable. I'll probably just use it as a file server anyway, but... eric Want

Re: [newbie] Creating a directory

2003-07-19 Thread Eric Huff
That didn't work for me. I did figure it out by doing: [EMAIL PROTECTED] todd]$ datedir=`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`; [EMAIL PROTECTED] todd]$ echo tomcat$datedir tomcat20030718215657 You are using the backticks (the shift+tilde) and not the single quote? Using bash? Works here, too. (on my

Re: [newbie] sending mail to the list

2003-07-19 Thread Eric Huff
This is weird: i used to see that same error, and others did too, so i just made a filter to delete it. Since then though, i switched to sylpheed and only made filters as needed. Now i realize that i no longer get that error. I wonder if someone has a spam filter running that bounces mail back

Re: [newbie] URPMI Possible BUG in M9.1 ?

2003-07-19 Thread Eric Huff
This doesn't really solve the cd problem, but if rpm is the only thing having trouble with it, and you have a high speed connection, you can go here http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php and add a 'main' source. Then you'll never have to do the Dance Of the CD rpms again... eric Want

Re: [newbie] how do i setup mandrake to read my shared folder inwin2k ?

2003-07-19 Thread Eric Huff
i was prompted to reboot after changing the workgroup. the sharing was done by right clicking and share this folder with default directory naming conventions. i assume its sharing with full access. both computers are linked through a home broadband router and dhcp. I haven't been in

[newbie] tar: how to extract first specific file then stop?

2003-07-19 Thread Eric Huff
If i do a command like this tar -xv home/huff/a/home.htm -f /mnt/cdrom2/cudaback.tar it will find the file in an early directory, but then keep looking. Since i know there is only one home/huff/a/home.htm, is there any way to make it stop after the first hit? thanks, eric Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] [OT] US propose jail for KaZaA users.

2003-07-19 Thread Eric Huff
to get farther along in a game. Dad and i used to program that thing together. Ahhh, Anne, thanks for the nostalgia again. For my dad, it's not just nostalgia: he still uses that computer every once-in-ahile. eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Broken KDE

2003-07-19 Thread Eric Huff
I don't use kde, but it seems when other people have trouble, a common solution is to rename the .kde dir and let kde start over. hopefully the mail filters, etc, in the .kde dir can be copied... I've broken KDE somehow,I've lost the ability to install RPM's from

Re: [newbie] libraries: more strangeness

2003-07-17 Thread Eric Huff
grabbed the source and am checkinstalling as we speak... After messing the the cli efax, though, i realize i misread a web post about opening the company efax's .efx files. I don;t think it will work. eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Standard Out Redirecting

2003-07-17 Thread Eric Huff
in it... Unix standard is to output banner-type stuff to stderr. Then it doesn't confuse any following programs trying to parse its output. That makes sense. Thanks for the info. eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] libraries: more strangeness

2003-07-16 Thread Eric Huff
root 21 Jul 13 17:13 libgdkmm.so - libgdkmm-1.2.so.1.1.2* Thanks, eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Standard Out Redirecting

2003-07-16 Thread Eric Huff
Odd. That worked. I just sent it out via 2 and I got the info. Never would have thought of that. Thanks. The only reason i thought of it is because i run startx that way, and happened to notice that stdout is often empty, but stderr always has the same non-error looking info in it...

Re: [newbie] Standard Out Redirecting

2003-07-15 Thread Eric Huff
You could try java -version 1 test 2 test.error to see if for some reason it sends the info to stderr eric I am trying to redirect the version output of Java on a computer. I run the command: java -version test The commandline will then print out the version of Java and test will have

Re: [newbie] sylpheed-0.9.3claws rpms

2003-07-15 Thread Eric Huff
Hi Charles, This never made it to the expert list. It's a bug in the mandrake server, so the only wayt to cross post is to send sep emails. eric On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 08:00:35 -0400 Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For any who might be interested the following Mdk-9.1 rpms

Re: [newbie] ACPI on MDK 9.0

2003-07-15 Thread Eric Huff
On my computer, i can turn acpi on or off t will, but when it is on, my parallel port goes away. Maybe you have some other conflict that is keeping acpi from turning on? I never figured out what my conflict is, so maybe when you solve your prob, it will help me as well... eric I am trying

Re: [newbie] OT: favorite spyware seeker for windows: Thanks forthe info

2003-07-15 Thread Eric Huff
Why not just install Mandrake without telling 'em ;p Good one! :) Thanks for all the responses, folks. eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] How to get into BIOS on Compaq Deskpro [solved]

2003-07-11 Thread Eric Huff
of shite, it'll work on anything! Yeah, i'll never get one of these again. (this wasn't free, but was cheap) It worked (as good as anything else) with windows, but it seems these things were designed specifically for windows... eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

[newbie] ARTICLE: Linux for the desktop

2003-07-11 Thread Eric Huff
http://www.osafoundation.org/desktop-linux-overview.pdf Particular thanks go out to Waldo Bastian, Liu Bo, Jurgen Botz, Joseph Cheek, Laura DiDio, Matthias Ettrich, Nat Friedman, Dwight G., Jody Goldberg, Joseph Hill, ... Is this our joe? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: [newbie] CD Drive REFUSES to work

2003-07-10 Thread Eric Huff
Close out of everything else first, in case it causes a crash, but then type cdrecord --checkdrive dev=0,0,0 at the command line and report back. eric On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 00:51:32 -0400 Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto 0

Re: [newbie] CD Drive REFUSES to work

2003-07-10 Thread Eric Huff
says makes sense, though: it looks like a bare bones device. You should be able to get it to read though. eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] MoreOn: Unable to update PATH variable

2003-07-09 Thread Eric Huff
the docs say, you could set your path in .bash_profile (like i do) and it would work. But, it won't change for new xterms w/o logging out or runing bash, etc. eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] spammer warning

2003-07-07 Thread Eric Huff
(Exim 3.33 #1) id 19Zj4R-0006UJ-00 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 07 Jul 2003 20:23:11 -0700 Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 20:22:12 -0700 From: Eric Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References

Re: [newbie] spammer warning

2003-07-07 Thread Eric Huff
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg) wrote: Lets tar and feather him greg Would that be tar -f chris ? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] dummies books

2003-07-06 Thread Eric Huff
The best book that I have found so far is The Rute Users Tutioral and Exposition BTW it is on your (.0 and 9.1 CDs or you can doenloadit from http://wwwacs.gantep.edu.tr/linux/rute/ also the hardcopy is remarkably inexpensive I also like this book. Didn't know it was on the cd's! Want to

Re: [newbie] How cool!

2003-07-06 Thread Eric Huff
They get winter down there? Hah! The natives in southern california say there's winter here, too! The only seasons i can make out are big surf and small surf... Actually, in Pasadena we do get a summer season: it's much warmer than Spring (which is the other 9 months of the year). Want

Re: [newbie] dummies books

2003-07-06 Thread Eric Huff
I also like this book. Didn't know it was on the cd's! look for rute Already done! It's nice having it all in a searchable pdf, instead of the html that came with the book... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] recognizing Windows

2003-07-06 Thread Eric Huff
differences: 1st time mine was /mnt/win_c, next time /mnt/windows eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] mounting CD drive

2003-07-05 Thread Eric Huff
for you, but you might check it. If i run dmesg at the cli, the section for the cdrw is scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices Vendor: SAMSUNG Model: CD-R/RW SW-408B Rev: M300 which does tell me the firmware revision. (this worked even before i updated it) eric Want

Re: [newbie] mounting CD drive

2003-07-05 Thread Eric Huff
, thanks to anyone that can help! People say great things about those 2. eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] mounting CD drive

2003-07-05 Thread Eric Huff
answer way better than me, but another thing is to make sure the jumper is set to master on the cd writer. It might be helpful if you run dmesg in a terminal and copy all the sections that refer to your cd rw and hdc and post back. eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] mounting CD drive

2003-07-05 Thread Eric Huff
it into the editor window, which would let you search for errors, the word cd, etc. eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Mandrake juice, anyone?

2003-07-04 Thread Eric Huff
your desktop! (their example icon fires up nautilus). Actually, it happens in pekwm, too. It is nice being able to drag files to the desktop, though. Don't like to keep them there, but when i'm just messin around, it's handy to stick 'em there... eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Mandrake juice, anyone?

2003-07-04 Thread Eric Huff
weeks of using linux. Now when i go into work, i find windows is even worse than i realized. It proved to me that i really do like linux/unix better, and not just that i was used to unix (as was suggested by work mates). eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Password Protection?

2003-07-04 Thread Eric Huff
But can a user belong to more then one group? Yeah. At cli, userdrake, then edit -- groups Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] rox sendto trick

2003-07-03 Thread Eric Huff
if an app works... eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] acroread won't print

2003-07-02 Thread Eric Huff
file. Acroread's printing to ps is screwed, too... (pdf2ps doesn't do it either.) I know it's a long shot... thanks! eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] acroread won't print

2003-07-02 Thread Eric Huff
you ask? eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] acroread won't print

2003-07-02 Thread Eric Huff
, it will print my borked file. Acroread's printing to ps is screwed, too... (pdf2ps doesn't do it either.) I know it's a long shot... thanks! eric Try setting your print command to 'qtcups --stdin' I get this error when i print that way: kbuildsycoca running... Mutex destroy

Re: [newbie] neat trick: man completion

2003-07-02 Thread Eric Huff
Cool. You're using bash, right? Yep, but I think the Esc twice is probly a good idea. I've since tested Tab on other apps besides 'cdrec' and it doesn't always work. So I guess I've learned somethin new ;) Funny, because Esc twice doesn't work here! I gotta Esc ! What a strange

Re: [newbie] neat trick: man completion

2003-07-01 Thread Eric Huff
[EMAIL PROTECTED] huff]$ man pk here i hit ESC ! pk2bm pkg-config pkill pktogf pktopbm pktype and it gave all the solutions. This is straight out of the ML 9.0 Command line manual (p19). eric Hey Eric. Just curious, I have to hit esc twice here

Re: [newbie] neat trick: man completion

2003-07-01 Thread Eric Huff
I tried man che and returned cheatmake, checkinstall, and checkXML. I tried man checkinstall and it said no manual entry for checkinstall. So this little trick isn't perfect! :/ Oddly, none of the three che files had man pages! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[newbie] sylpheed: max # recipients limited by isp

2003-06-30 Thread Eric Huff
have too many firends that like to come to parties... (anyone list members in the pasadena, CA area?) thanks, eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] when the servers go down:

2003-06-30 Thread Eric Huff
Hi Folks, Test emails don't bug me at all, but if you really want to see if it's you or the server, you can check the archives (mandrake's, not mail-archive). They're usu just a small amount behind. If you have trouble with the timestamp (i do) you can just compare your most recent to it's

Re: [newbie] Splitting a file across floppies

2003-06-30 Thread Eric Huff
I was going to suggest using tar, but it's a Windows machine - crickey. Doesn't winzip recognize tar files? Maybe not splitting, though... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] sylpheed: max # recipients limited by isp

2003-06-30 Thread Eric Huff
pretty much have everything else set up now (wm, desktop, sylpheed, etc) so maybe postfix is my next project... eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] coupla web sites

2003-06-30 Thread Eric Huff
http://clevername.homeip.net Love the windows screenshots! eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Filters in kmail

2003-06-30 Thread Eric Huff
. For example: file:/home/user-name-goes-here/.kde/share/config/kmailrc The address book is ~/.kde/share/apps/kabc/std.vcf Your best bet, in case there's other stuff jammed into strange places, is to save the entre dir, if you're not saving your entire ~/ to begin with. eric Want to buy your

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