Re: [newbie] Double Posting

2004-04-04 Thread Graham Watkins
JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 17:02:15 +0100 Graham Watkins disseminated the following: Nobody replied so I can't be sure if anyone saw it but me. A glitch in the list software perhaps? Be interesting to see if I get a bounce on this one. I've been receiving these messages recently even when

Re: [newbie] Mozilla desktop icon dosent work

2004-04-03 Thread Graham Watkins
wrong? At last a question that I actually know the answer to - I think mozilla 1.6 is installed in a different part of the folder forest to 1.4. Change the execute properties of the link to : /usr/local/mozilla/mozilla and all should be well thereafter. Cheers, Graham Watkins

Re: [newbie] Good news for Linux, bad news for Mandrake.

2004-03-25 Thread Graham Watkins
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 06:18, Graham Watkins wrote: Allen/Gore/SlackWareWolf wrote: Hey! I'm Irish! I don't drink beer or lager anyway. I like Cognac...That's about it for booze. Nowt wrong with Bushmills 12 Yr Old. C'mon - I can think of a few better than Bushies

Re: [newbie] Good news for Linux, bad news for Mandrake.

2004-03-25 Thread Graham Watkins
your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word relationship.(Kinky

Re: [newbie] Good news for Linux, bad news for Mandrake.

2004-03-25 Thread Graham Watkins
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 06:39, Graham Watkins wrote: There may be some as good ... but better? You'd better tell me in case I'm missing something. Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Balvenie, Bowmore... stephen kuhn - owner If we're looking at scotch, I'd have to disagree regarding

[newbie] Firewall blocks off virtual network

2004-03-08 Thread Graham Watkins
of little beyond the ability to switch it on and off. Could some of you good folks suggest what I need to do to enable the network without letting any intruders in from elsewhere. Thank y'all. -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word

Re: [newbie] Possibly OT: CD Writer Drive Failure: Hardware Problem or Software Glitch?

2004-03-07 Thread Graham Watkins
John Richard Smith wrote: Graham Watkins wrote: Hi folks, My CD writer cannot read Data CDs any more. It either causes Konqueror to freeze or the entire system to lock up (with Num Lock and Caps Lock lights flashin) requiring a hard reboot. What has changed lately ? Did you change anything

[newbie] Possibly OT: CD Writer Drive Failure: Hardware Problem or Software Glitch?

2004-03-04 Thread Graham Watkins
. I'm running 9.2 -- Graham Watkins Penguins are so sensitive to my needs Lyle Lovett Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Possibly OT: CD Writer Drive Failure: Hardware Problem or Software Glitch?

2004-03-04 Thread Graham Watkins
Josenildo Marques wrote: On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 17:25, Graham Watkins wrote: Hi folks, My CD writer cannot read Data CDs any more. It either causes Konqueror to freeze or the entire system to lock up (with Num Lock and Caps Lock lights flashin) requiring a hard reboot. Please notice

Re: [newbie] HP Scanner 4400C

2004-03-01 Thread Graham Watkins
scanner on installation without my even having to ask. First time I've ever had a scanner working under Linux. -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word relationship.(Kinky Friedman - Greenwich Killing Time) Registered Linux user number

Re: [newbie] XCDRoast goes belly up!

2004-02-04 Thread Graham Watkins
? anyway, in a terminal, cat /etc/lilo.conf cat /etc/fstab cat /etc/modules.conf cdrecord -scanbus and report. It was the last command you listed that showed me I was then running an experimental version of cdrecord and this put me on the right track. Thanks for the advice folks -- Graham Watkins

[newbie] XCDRoast goes belly up!

2004-02-01 Thread Graham Watkins
, is apparently sound under Windows and until a couple of days ago it did the business under MDK 9.2 Any ideas? Cheers, -- Graham Watkins The notion that university is primarily about getting a qualification that will generate cash to enable you to pay back your fees and loans and spiralling debts

[newbie] Mozilla and Junk Mail

2004-01-21 Thread Graham Watkins
Hi folks, How do I stop Mozilla marking *all* mail, including everything on this list as well as whatever is sent by me, as junk mail? -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word relationship.(Kinky Friedman - Greenwich Killing Time

Re: [newbie] Mozilla and Junk Mail

2004-01-21 Thread Graham Watkins
robin wrote: Graham Watkins wrote: Hi folks, How do I stop Mozilla marking *all* mail, including everything on this list as well as whatever is sent by me, as junk mail? It's a heuristic system, so you have to train it. If it marks something as junk and you unmark it, it won't normally marl

Re: [newbie] Setting up a web page

2004-01-02 Thread Graham Watkins
. Other people have found it useful. Re the other stuff, there are lots of resources e.g. pre-written scripts that you can insert in your pages. http://www.scriptsearch.com/ looks like a good place to start. -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used

Re: [newbie] Video Progs Don't Work

2004-01-02 Thread Graham Watkins
crashes the entire system - I've rebooted more often today than I usually do in 6 months. Plus KDE started throwing fits so I got nervous and restored acpi=ht. At least that seems to have settled down now. -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used

[newbie] Video Progs Don't Work

2004-01-01 Thread Graham Watkins
often does that happen?). Xine worked well under 9.0 but won't do a thing for me now. Ideas anyone? Cheers -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word relationship.(Kinky Friedman - Greenwich Killing Time) Registered Linux user number 265254

Re: [newbie] Epson printer C44/C64

2003-12-30 Thread Graham Watkins
problems The Epson C44 appears to be supported. http://www.turboprint.de/english.html -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word relationship.(Kinky Friedman - Greenwich Killing Time) Registered Linux user number 265254 http

[newbie] Mozilla in 9.2 - Tendency to Crash or Freeze

2003-12-20 Thread Graham Watkins
version? (Which looks like rather a lot of hassle unless it's the only way.) Cheers, -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word relationship.(Kinky Friedman - Greenwich Killing Time) Registered Linux user number 265254 http

Re: [newbie] Scannerdrake doesnt save config

2003-12-13 Thread Graham Watkins
be as well to install the updates first as I think it has been mentioned that there is some kind of bug in harddrake as supplied on the disk. Cheers, -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word relationship.(Kinky Friedman - Greenwich Killing Time

Re: [newbie] Realplayer Stillborn Under 9.2

2003-12-12 Thread Graham Watkins
Ronald J. Hall wrote: My question is, what is the deal with arts??? Half my games and apps have to be started like this now - why was it changed? :-( Over to you Bryan. -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word relationship.(Kinky

Re: [newbie] Realplayer Stillborn Under 9.2

2003-12-11 Thread Graham Watkins
a workable solution on alt.os.mandrake. Start Realplayer with the following command: [EMAIL PROTECTED] artsdsp usr/local/RealPlayer8/realplay This will stop arts from conflicting with the player. I have now edited my KDE desktop shortcut to use that command and it seems to work. -- Graham Watkins

Re: [newbie] realplayer

2003-12-11 Thread Graham Watkins
not be installed in the same folder as mine. If so, adjust the command accordingly. -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word relationship.(Kinky Friedman - Greenwich Killing Time) Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org

[newbie] Realplayer Stillborn Under 9.2

2003-12-10 Thread Graham Watkins
when I start it from the command line (whether as graham or as root), so I don't know what's causing it. Tried downloading a new .rpm from Real but the result was the same. I know it's not a unique problem because I found some discussion of it in another forum but no-one had come up

Re: [newbie] Sound Problems on 9.2 Install

2003-12-07 Thread Graham Watkins
On Sat, 2003-12-06 at 21:32, Graham Watkins wrote: I'm going to give up for tonight, log into windows and listen to Andy Kershaw on the beeb. Tomorrow is another day Unfortunately, it's just like the last one. Still no sound. Anyone got any more ideas? cheers, Graham Watkins Normal

Re: [newbie] Sound Problems on 9.2 Install

2003-12-07 Thread Graham Watkins
Graham Watkins wrote: On Sat, 2003-12-06 at 21:32, Graham Watkins wrote: I'm going to give up for tonight, log into windows and listen to Andy Kershaw on the beeb. Tomorrow is another day Unfortunately, it's just like the last one. Still no sound. Anyone got any more ideas? Just to let you

Re: [newbie] Mysteries of the Scanner

2003-12-07 Thread Graham Watkins
et wrote: On Sunday 07 December 2003 12:52 pm, Graham Watkins wrote: Hi again folks, I briefly managed to get my scanner working through Mandrake control centre (first time ever!) - long enough to do a test scan which was successful. However the next time I tried to use it, Xsane could

[newbie] Sound Problems on 9.2 Install

2003-12-06 Thread Graham Watkins
is CM8738 PCI card using the driver module snd-cmipci. (Using the cmipci module doesn't help) I hope you kind and knowledgeable people can point me in the direction of a solution, otherwise it's back to 9.0 for me. -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom

Re: [newbie] My First Test :-)

2003-11-25 Thread Graham Watkins
messages?! That's nothing! Some people actually reply to them:-) -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word relationship.(Kinky Friedman - Greenwich Killing Time) Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org Want to buy

[newbie] Testing (No Mail From List For 48 Hours)

2003-11-22 Thread Graham Watkins
Waits with bated breath ... -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word relationship.(Kinky Friedman - Greenwich Killing Time) Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Have i been unsubbed ***** Eric?

2003-11-22 Thread Graham Watkins
newbie : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following subject : CONFIRM 221bcbeb59ez3dd7de34f7ba32975b09 Which I have done. I am now waiting with bated breath to see if the mail starts flowing again. -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women

Re: [newbie] Have i been unsubbed ***** Eric?

2003-11-22 Thread Graham Watkins
Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Saturday 22 November 2003 05:34 am, Graham Watkins wrote: Michael Adams wrote: Anyways, i stopped receiving mail from newbie, should i resubscribe? Hmm i'll perhaps have to read your reply on the archives. I got no mail from the list for 48 hours. Sent a test message

Re: [newbie] KDE and my printer M9.1

2003-11-11 Thread Graham Watkins
CUPS to LPR/LPRng. KDE programs now print for me. Can't guarantee that it will work for you, but it's probably worth a try. -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word relationship.(Kinky Friedman - Greenwich Killing Time) Registered

Re: [newbie] 9.2 questions

2003-11-04 Thread Graham Watkins
thing for which I need Windows. Has anyone tried it yet. Does it work or is it still in development? -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word relationship.(Kinky Friedman - Greenwich Killing Time) Registered Linux user number 265254

Re: [newbie] list nazi: hijacking

2003-10-16 Thread Graham Watkins
the number of eyes that might read that mail and amount of brains that might answer a question. That's because that mail gets counted as part of the thread, even though it's a totally different topic. I don't get worked up about it but it *is* bad manners. -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred

Re: [newbie] Can't find a file

2003-10-16 Thread Graham Watkins
192.168.0.255 Hasn't slocate tracked it down? -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word relationship.(Kinky Friedman - Greenwich Killing Time) Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie]

2003-10-16 Thread Graham Watkins
. -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word relationship.(Kinky Friedman - Greenwich Killing Time) Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

[newbie] Internet connection problems with 9.1 and Open Office Writer won't start.

2003-10-13 Thread Graham Watkins
might contain info about this? Your views and any suggestions would be appreciated. It's the first time I've managed to convince someone else to run a Linux box and I'd hate to see them turned off the idea because of these basic problems. Cheers, -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats

Re: [newbie] archives search

2003-10-13 Thread Graham Watkins
C. Tresenriter wrote: Has anyone been able to search the archives this past weekend? Did it last night - no problems. Even turned up something useful. -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word relationship.(Kinky Friedman - Greenwich

Re: [newbie] ATA drives in A7N8X deluxe with mdk 9.1

2003-09-29 Thread Graham Banks
acpi=off quiet did /sbin/lilo -v. Still I get udma 2 only. What to do? I found that I had to install the Nvidia chipset driver - Linux nForce Driver Version: 1.0-0261 to get higher than udma2 for my Maxtor ATA133 hard drive HTH Graham -- Proudly powered by GNU/Linux Mandrake-9.2 (Cooker) kernel

Re: [newbie] ATA drives in A7N8X deluxe with mdk 9.1

2003-09-28 Thread Graham Banks
significantly. HTH Graham -- Proudly powered by GNU/Linux Mandrake-9.2 (Cooker) kernel 2.4.22-10 KDE 3.1.3 Registered Linux User #309089 Machine #195076 A7N8X XP2700+ 512RAM Gf4Ti4600 80Gb Audigy2 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Nvidia Tweak Utility

2003-09-28 Thread Graham Banks
Richard Hackwith wrote: I remember seeing something once about a utility program for adjusting nvidia cards, but can't remember the name. Can anyone remember, and know where to find it? yanc Graham -- Proudly powered by GNU/Linux Mandrake-9.2 (Cooker) kernel 2.4.22-10 KDE 3.1.3 Registered Linux

[newbie] Test

2003-09-27 Thread Graham Watkins
Changed my e-mail address to escape spam so re-subscribed. Just checking I did it right. No need to reply to this (though there's generally at least one who can't resist it) -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word relationship.(Kinky

Re: [newbie] Possibly OT - Returned Mail Messages of Unknown Origin

2003-09-21 Thread Graham Watkins
spammers are based in Florida. I suggest we start drawing up invasion plans :-) I'm still completely mystified by this - if I'm not being hacked and there's no virus attached, then what on earth is the point of these things? -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom

Re: [newbie] [Fwd: have I been hacked??]

2003-09-21 Thread Graham Watkins
it another way, if I'm being hacked, what should I expect to see? -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word relationship.(Kinky Friedman - Greenwich Killing Time) Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org Want

[newbie] Possibly OT - Returned Mail Messages of Unknown Origin

2003-09-20 Thread Graham Watkins
understand it enough to fiddle with it) and Clam Anti Virus shows no infections. The group's advice would be much appreciated. -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word relationship.(Kinky Friedman - Greenwich Killing Time) Registered Linux

Re: [newbie] Trolltech (was opera)

2003-09-01 Thread Graham Banks
as a community need to consider the overall scenario and not get over-emotional or over-react. The facts speak for themselves - no need to cut off your arm just because you injure your finger. Graham -- Proudly powered by GNU/Linux Mandrake-9.2 (Cooker) kernel 2.4.22-0.5.2tmb Kde 3.1.3 Registered Linux

Re: [newbie] Lost New Mozilla

2003-09-01 Thread Graham Banks
a symlink in /usr/bin to the executable in /usr/local/mozilla(-version) that way the K menu entry will work. HTH Graham -- Proudly powered by GNU/Linux Mandrake-9.2 (Cooker) kernel 2.4.22-0.5.2tmb Kde 3.1.3 Registered Linux User #309089 Machine #195076 A7N8X XP2700+ 512RAM Gf4Ti4600 80Gb Audigy2

Re: [newbie] cool games?

2003-09-01 Thread Graham Watkins
can't figure out how to play it successfully. -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word relationship.(Kinky Friedman - Greenwich Killing Time) Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] nvidia chipset in ASUS A7N8X deluxe motherboard- soundnvidia.o

2003-08-28 Thread Graham Banks
(i810_audio) succeeded. I suggest changing i810_audio to nvaudio. snip I have the same motherboard and changing i810_audio to nvaudio worked just great HTH Graham -- Proudly powered by GNU/Linux Mandrake-9.2 (Cooker) kernel 2.4.22-0.5.2tmb Kde 3.1.3 Registered Linux User #309089 Machine #195076 A7N8X

Re: [newbie] Paraniod - start worrying

2003-08-28 Thread Graham Banks
from my estate - behind all of my other creditors). In the last week there are now 3 more *nix converts in my circle of aquaintences who are amazed that they no longer have continual problems with intrusions to their boxes. - vive la penguinistas!! Graham -- Proudly powered by GNU/Linux Mandrake

Re: [newbie] Twinview and output to TV

2003-08-21 Thread Graham Banks
more at the moment. Graham -- Proudly powered by GNU/Linux Mandrake-9.2 (Cooker) kernel 2.4.21-0.25 Kde 3.1.3 Registered Linux User #309089 Machine #195076 A7N8X XP2700+ 512RAM Gf4Ti4600 80Gb Audigy2 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] CUPS and OOo

2003-08-14 Thread Graham Banks
Miark wrote: How do I get CUPS to work with OOo? Miark I set the OOo print command to kprinter and let KDE print manager handle things. works very well for me with a Kyocera-Mita FS1000 and an Epson Stylus Photo 830. HTH Graham -- Proudly powered by GNU/Linux Mandrake-9.2 (Cooker) kernel 2.4.21

Re: [newbie] CUPS and OOo

2003-08-14 Thread Graham Banks
to create a new printer and entered kprinter as the print command, then set the new printer as default. Works like a charm in OO-1.03 and OO- 1.1 rc2. Graham -- Proudly powered by GNU/Linux Mandrake-9.2 (Cooker) kernel 2.4.21-0.25 Kde 3.1.3 Registered Linux User #309089 Machine #195076 A7N8X XP2700+ 512RAM

Re: [newbie] You guys all owe SCO $1399 for your Mandrake

2003-08-10 Thread Graham Banks
The scumbags at SCO will need more than that by the time IBM finishes with them... IBM have filed a counter suit with an interesting twist thrown in by Novell - http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-5060965.html Graham -- Proudly powered by GNU/Linux Mandrake-9.2 (Cooker) kernel 2.4.21-0.25 Kde

Re: [newbie] VMware and Samba Passwords -possibly a bit OT

2003-08-02 Thread Graham Watkins
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 19:21, Graham Watkins wrote: Hi Y'all, Having a bit of trouble with file sharing on the windows 98 guest on VMware. Although the passwords for windows login and Samba are the snipped I prefer to NOT use the VMWare Samba - so that the guest

[newbie] VMware and Samba Passwords -possibly a bit OT

2003-08-01 Thread Graham Watkins
with the built-in Samba running Windows 98 as guest. I've tried setting password level to 8, and using unencrypted passwords (although I might be doing that wrong). Please advise or point me at a useful source, life is passing me by while I'm bogged down in this. Cheers, -- Graham Watkins For me

Re: [newbie] Running Windows programs on Mandrake

2003-08-01 Thread Graham Watkins
- some may think otherwise. I've never used it so I don't really know. Hope this helps. A google search will turn up loads of info on all these. Good luck. -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm body curled up next to me is a cat. (Kinky Friedman - Frequent

[newbie] Strange Behaviour by File Manager (Superuser) - Repost

2003-07-29 Thread Graham Watkins
Homepage even though most of the links displayed on it didn't work. I'm sure this isn't supposed to happen. Anyone ever seen anything like this ? I'm using mdk 9.0 -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm body curled up next to me is a cat. (Kinky Friedman

Re: [newbie] Strange Behaviour by File Manager (Superuser) - Repost

2003-07-29 Thread Graham Watkins
Todd Slater wrote: On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 12:50:02PM +0100, Graham Watkins wrote: Graham Watkins wrote: Hi Y'all, I opened Konqueror as superuserthe other day with the intention of moving some files from my user directory to my windows drive to which the user does not have write permission

Re: [newbie] Strange Behaviour by File Manager (Superuser) - Repost

2003-07-29 Thread Graham Watkins
Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: OK, no. Did you by any chance save that page in your home directory? Todd Yup. After reloading the page, the location bar showed /home/graham/index.html. I had saved the page with this name although I don't remember when or why. From the regular user Konqueror, I

Re: [newbie] Strange Behaviour by File Manager (Superuser) - Repost

2003-07-29 Thread Graham Watkins
Anne Wilson wrote: I never noticed that one. It could be really useful, I guess. Your own html index page with your most used links on and off the 'net. Cool! Anne Yes, but how would you get to your files? -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm body

Re: [newbie] Intro

2003-07-29 Thread Graham Banks
Aron Smith wrote: On Monday 28 July 2003 04:50 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 09:20, Aron Smith wrote: On Monday 28 July 2003 03:34 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 09:58, Eric Huff wrote: BTW a shrimp on the barbie --why would you put shellfish on a doll ; Shrimp

[newbie] Strange Behaviour by File Manager (Super User)

2003-07-24 Thread Graham Watkins
my user directory, the window displayed a web page - the UK Mirror Service Homepage even though most of the links displayed on it didn't work. This never used to happen. Anyone know what's going on? I'm using mdk 9.0 -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm

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

2003-07-21 Thread Graham Watkins
a sense of shame. It can, however, afford more and better legal help than the average regular person. -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm body curled up next to me is a cat. (Kinky Friedman - Frequent Flyer) Registered Linux user number 265254 http

Re: [newbie] web site displays source instead of HTML

2003-07-19 Thread Graham Watkins
Curt Tresenriter wrote: On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 13:28, Graham Watkins wrote: Curt Tresenriter wrote: I'm trying to access a web site - an audio archive - but it's only displaying the code. Konq, Galeon,Opera - doesn't matter. I would have suspected the web site itself, but for other folks

Re: [newbie] Recommended A4 Scanners for MDK91?

2003-07-18 Thread Graham Banks
with the install and configuration of the scanning software but NOT with mdk. I also have an Epson Stylus Photo830 (usb), and Kyocra FS1000+(lp0) printer(s) with which I have not had a single problem. Graham -- Proudly powered by GNU/Linux Mandrake-9.1 kernel 2.4.21-0.22 Registered Linux User #309089

Re: [newbie] web site displays source instead of HTML

2003-07-18 Thread Graham Watkins
right? What could it be? thanks, Curt Give us the URL then we can all have a look - might be able to give you an opinion that's worth something then. -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm body curled up next to me is a cat. (Kinky Friedman - Frequent Flyer

Re: [newbie] Mozilla 1.4

2003-07-09 Thread Graham Banks
Mike Larson wrote: snip Anyone know of a Mandrake RPM for Java 1.4.2 (I think that is the version needed for Moz 1.4)? Mike snip I've downloaded and installed sun's java 1.4.2 and it works great with the mozilla-1.4 tarball install. Graham -- Proudly powered by GNU/Linux Mandrake-9.1 kernel

[newbie] Window$ free -follow -up

2003-07-04 Thread Graham Banks
$ anywhere. Ain't it grand... Graham -- Proudly powered by GNU/Linux Mandrake-9.1 kernel 2.4.21-0.18 Registered Linux User #309089 Machine #195076 A7N8X XP2700+ 512RAM Gf4Ti4600 80Gb Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] acroread won't print

2003-07-03 Thread Graham Banks
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com My system prints well with the acroeaed printer command set to kprinter Graham -- Proudly powered by GNU/Linux Mandrake-9.1 kernel 2.4.21-0.18

Re: [newbie] Dual Booting the same OS

2003-06-30 Thread Graham Banks
confident enough to eventually install mdk9.2 (when released) with mdk9.1 on the same drive in one computer. Graham -- Proudly powered by GNU/Linux Mandrake-9.1 kernel 2.4.21-0.18 Registered Linux User #309089 Machine #195076 A7N8X XP2700+ 512RAM Gf4Ti4600 80Gb Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Boot error message

2003-06-22 Thread Graham Banks
puzzled about what drive is in error. Any one seen this before? Advice? Guesses for grabs. I had that error come up last week after installing a new CDRW on my A7N8X mobo, turned out I had dislodged the floppy drive cable and when I reconnected it the boot up message disappeared. HTH Graham

Re: [newbie] Installing new hard drive...how?

2003-06-22 Thread Graham Banks
improvement in transfer rates for my hard disk. This may or may not be relevant but I just thought to comment on this for consideration and/or comment from the more learned folks on the list. I like to learn and appreciate info from others. Graham -- Proudly powered by GNU/Linux Mandrake-9.1

Re: [newbie] Install - no sledge....CD Drive is.....

2003-06-16 Thread Graham Banks
winblows adds strange extensions to d/loads if the extension of the downloaded file is not in the winblows registry as a valid extension. This confused the hell out of my friend but he now knows why some of his downloaded winblow$ files try to open with acrobat. HTH Graham -- Proudly powered by GNU

Re: [newbie] great tool for dual-booters

2003-06-12 Thread Graham Watkins
partition is. -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm body curled up next to me is a cat. (Kinky Friedman - Frequent Flyer) Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Booting mdk/w98/dos

2003-05-28 Thread Graham Banks
being a member of this list. A big thankyou to you all Regards Graham -- Proudly powered by GNU/Linux Mandrake-9.1 kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk Registered Linux User #309089 Machine #195076 A7N8X XP2700+ 512RAM Gf4Ti4600 80Gb Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Booting mdk/w98/dos

2003-05-28 Thread Graham Banks
Graham Banks wrote: snip FemmeFatale wrote: IF he wants partition hiding all the fun usefulness of running DOS/Win98/XP/Linux/another Linux Distro all at once, Use XOSL say fuck LILO. Cause frankly, it sucks for this kind of thing. How do I know? There was an article about it in Maximumpc

[newbie] Scanner Configuration Driving Me (In)Sane

2003-03-30 Thread Graham Watkins
Xsane cannot see it. I've never had any luck with Scanners under Linux - this is the third one I've tried. It's keeping me shackled to Windoze when I really don't want to be. I'm running Mandrake 9 with the Sane 1.0.9 rpm installed -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize

Re: [newbie] packetCD

2003-03-20 Thread Graham Watkins
. This is a shame because it's one of the very few things that forces me to keep Windoze on my system - well, that and lack of support for my scanner. -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm body curled up next to me is a cat. (Kinky Friedman - Frequent Flyer

Re: [newbie] CUPS doesn't list my printer under MDK9

2003-03-15 Thread Graham Watkins
Derek Jennings wrote: Try Turboprint It is free (as in beer) for personal use and is said to work well with Canon printers. http://www.turboprint.de/english.html derek Installed it - did the business - thanks -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm

Re: [newbie] Took the plunge - CUZ I HAD TO

2003-03-11 Thread Graham Banks
performance gain keep up the good work Graham Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] CUPS doesn't list my printer under MDK9

2003-03-06 Thread Graham Watkins
the one I'm using? Thanks guys, -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm body curled up next to me is a cat. (Kinky Friedman - Frequent Flyer) Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft

Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - need help installing Mandrake 9.0

2003-03-06 Thread Graham Watkins
be wrong about this and there are plenty of people on this list who know more than me. -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm body curled up next to me is a cat. (Kinky Friedman - Frequent Flyer) Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org

Re: [newbie] easy to use HTML editor?

2003-02-11 Thread Graham Watkins
have the 1.4 virtual machine. The guy's philosophy is interesting also - see his careware licensing terms and also his damning critique of Windows XP. Go to http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/ to find out more. Hope this helps -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize

[newbie] Re:Back to Basics

2003-01-27 Thread Graham Pohle
when I finally get to know what I'm doing. See you soon. Graham Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Re:Back to Basics

2003-01-26 Thread Graham Pohle
After beating my head against a brick wall for quite some time now, I've realised that I have to go back to basics to fully understand the concepts and mechanics of the Computer and how the various Operating Systems communicate with the hardware and then I might be able to learn the various

[newbie] Re:gcc Trouble

2003-01-20 Thread Graham Pohle
a program from the command line, but at the moment, I can't even configure the damn things. configure:error:acceptable cc not found in $PATH or something to that affect. Anyway, I have to go for tea now, I should be back around 8.30-9.0pm, I'll pick your message up then. Bye for now Graham Want

Re: [newbie] KDE Start up tune

2003-01-19 Thread Graham Watkins
to play the tune so I know it is still there but why won't it play at start up? Trivial I know but I miss it Russ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Graham Watkins

[newbie] Re:gcc Trouble

2003-01-19 Thread Graham Pohle
of it is, that apart from the helpful hints from message boards like this one, I'm the only one that can make it work, which is a very daunting thought. Graham Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] A Marketing Method

2003-01-15 Thread Graham
Mandrake in a real way. As it stands I will have to continue 'freeload' until I can save enough to do both. I sincerley hope that Mandrake can find a way out of the current situation as I believe Mandrake to be the closest to a desktop replacement for M$. Graham Banks Want to buy your Pack

[newbie] Re:Setting up any program

2003-01-06 Thread Graham Pohle
I realised when I was setting up Scanssh, that I required a gcc cc. I found the gcc but haven't opened it up yet, but after doing some reading on cc, it appears that my mandrake 9.0 didn't have a compiler. This cc is required for all the programs. In most of the programs that I've tried to

[newbie] Re:Printing

2003-01-06 Thread Graham Pohle
each time I boot up, the job starts up again. At the moment I have to keep my printer turned off, if I want to run linux. I really needs some help on this one. Graham Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Re:Setting up Scanssh

2003-01-04 Thread Graham Pohle
I've got Mandrake 9.0 installed and I'm trying install and run Scanssh. Now with this Program I got to the ./configure stage and it requires libpcap to install and run. So I downloaded libpcap-0.7.1.tar.gz and got that to the configure stage and this is what it told me After typing in #

[newbie] Re: [newbie) Becoming a Linux hermit

2003-01-03 Thread Graham Pohle
After Todd told me how to unpack an archive file, my partner can't get me out of my study. I still have a load of questions, but half the fun is trying to make things work. It's only when we totally loose our patience that I turn to asking someone, I think that's what linux is about...discovery!!

[newbie] Re: Installing running Programs/Scripts/Code

2003-01-02 Thread Graham Pohle
I've been downloading tar.gz files from the net, but for the life of me I can't get them to work.I've run the tar -x command but it doesn't work, and I've tried quite a few others, but they don't work. It's not just the tar.gz files either, I'm having trouble running any program. My name is graham

Re: [newbie] Unable to surf and do e-mail

2003-01-02 Thread Graham
of the files from the download archive to /etc/shorewall. Worked like a charm with no further problems. HTH Graham Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.0 installation hangs

2002-12-16 Thread Graham
not be the problem but just sharing my experience with the list. HTH Graham Marc wrote: I replaced it with a different model and manufactuer cd drive. Also it does make it to the second level part of the installation. The first part where I am asked to select language and type

[Fwd: Re: [newbie] Problems with corrupt file system or partitiontable]

2002-12-14 Thread Graham
but I managed to recreate the problem and the steps above fixed it. HTH Graham John Richard Smith wrote: Dennis Reynolds wrote: I have a Pentium III with 2 small hard disks, and CD ROM and a CD RW drives which I have recently loaded exclusively with MDK 9.0. It has been interesting

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9 firewall question

2002-12-13 Thread Graham
YOUR ENTRIES BEFORE THIS ONE -- DO NOT REMOVE snip Works great for me HTH Graham Andrei Raevsky wrote: Hi, When I launch my firewall configurator in the Mandrake Control Center, I get the following message: make sure you have configured your Network/Internet access with drakconnet before

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