RE: RE: [newbie] Compiling the 2.6.11 Kernel ?

2005-04-07 Thread Hugh Dixon
My idiot sheet says: make clean bzImage modules to build the kernel make modules_install install to install the kernel. Hopefully this this put the new kernel in your bootloader, and set it to the default next time you boot. I have had occasional trouble with the default bit. Hopefully it

RE: [newbie] Compiling the 2.6.11 Kernel ?

2005-04-06 Thread Hugh Dixon
From: Pete Moscatt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 7 April 2005 11:10 AM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: [newbie] Compiling the 2.6.11 Kernel ? I am trying to compile my first kernel (2.6.11) using the source. The distro this is for is Mandrake 10.0. I have had

RE: [newbie] back to Windows

2005-04-01 Thread Hugh Dixon
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RE: [newbie] back to Windows

2005-04-01 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: Stephen Kühn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 2 April 2005 4:00 PM To: Mandrake Newbie Subject: RE: [newbie] back to Windows On Sat, 2005-04-02 at 15:56, Hugh Dixon wrote: [JDOW] April Fools has existed since the days of the Roman Empire

RE: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - Digital TV Tuner

2005-03-31 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: Derek Jennings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 31 March 2005 5:48 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - Digital TV Tuner On Thursday 31 March 2005 01:51, Hugh Dixon wrote: Does anyone know anything

RE: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - Digital TV Tuner

2005-03-31 Thread Hugh Dixon
Thank you all. I am having a look at MythTV at the moment, and have got myself into sql problems, and have run out of time to look at it. I will pursue this further over the weekend, Thanks again, Hugh winmail.dat Want to buy your Pack or

RE: [newbie] To Twiki Editors, Welcome to Newbie Manager and List-Members.

2005-03-31 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 1 April 2005 1:05 AM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] To Twiki Editors, Welcome to Newbie Manager and List-Members. On Thursday 31 Mar 2005 15:17, Mr. Geek wrote: Anyway, it

RE: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - Digital TV Tuner

2005-03-30 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: riccardo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 31 March 2005 4:16 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - Digital TV Tuner On Thursday 31 March 2005 12:51 am, Hugh Dixon wrote: Does anyone know anything

[newbie] Hardware compatibility - Digital TV Tuner

2005-03-30 Thread Hugh Dixon
Does anyone know anything about using/installing Digital TV Tuners under mandrake 10.1. I can find nothing on the mandrake site (Am I looking in wrong place?). There are generic Linux articles about needing the 2.6.11 kernel. Does anyone know anything about this? (I did a search for TV Card on

RE: [newbie] To Twiki Editors, Welcome to Newbie Manager and List-Members.

2005-03-29 Thread Hugh Dixon
As someone who reads, and feels enlightened, by much of the stuff on this list I'd appreciate this greatly. As with many things though, does someone have the time to organise it? Hugh winmail.dat Want to buy your Pack or Services from

RE: [newbie] To Twiki Editors, Welcome to Newbie Manager and List-Members.

2005-03-29 Thread Hugh Dixon
You might want to think about adding a mailing list just for tips. That way, the people that are interested could subscribe, and the people that for what ever reason are not interested will not have to filter out extra messages. A weekly/monthly 'tips' newsletter, if it is easy to

RE: [newbie] Access replacement

2005-03-17 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: Smiley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 18 March 2005 3:27 PM To: newbie Subject: [newbie] Access replacement Well, I know it's OT, since I'm looking for an open source replacement for Access *for Windows*, but I hope you can help me since

[newbie] ?Conflict ? with video applications in KDE

2005-03-14 Thread Hugh Dixon
I suspect this may be a KDE problem, but... I am running under the latest mdk 10.0 with kde. The applications I'm running are kdetv and kaffeine. My problem is that after running kaffeine I cannot get video to appear in kdetv without restarting KDE. I suspect there is a conflict or something

[newbie] ?Conflict ? with video applications in KDE

2005-03-14 Thread Hugh Dixon
I suspect this may be a KDE problem, but... I am running under the latest mdk 10.1 with kde. The applications I'm running are kdetv and kaffeine. My problem is that after running kaffeine I cannot get video to appear in kdetv without restarting KDE. I suspect there is a conflict or something

RE: [newbie] Microsoft to patent XML

2005-03-14 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: Fajar Priyanto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 15 March 2005 11:00 AM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Microsoft to patent XML It is *only* word-processing document stored in a single XML file. (I've been working on a system

RE: [newbie] Cleaning optical mouse

2005-03-13 Thread Hugh Dixon
I have had a Microsoft optical trackball for about 18 months, and find that all I need do is remove the 'gunk' that builds up on the three rollers/bearings that hold the ball in place. I have had no need to do anything with the optics Hugh -Original Message- From: Chris

RE: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-03-03 Thread Hugh Dixon
Thanks for that Anne. My experience of windows is going through the registry and ini files changing c: to d:. It makes sense that with the linux file structure fstab would be all that is required (plus the boot loader, which I think of as being 'linux support' rather than linux proper.) Hugh

RE: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-03-02 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 02-Mar-05 22:24 To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Cc: Subject:Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 02 Mar 2005 11:00, Paul Smith

RE: [newbie] kernel 2.6.8.1-24mdk and Nvidia don't work

2005-03-02 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: SnapafunFrank [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 02-Mar-05 21:32 To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Cc: Subject:Re: [newbie] kernel 2.6.8.1-24mdk and Nvidia don't work Dennis Myers wrote: On Tuesday 01 March 2005 01:52 pm, Ron Hunter-Duvar

RE: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-03-02 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 2 March 2005 11:32 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 02 Mar 2005 12:13, Hugh Dixon

RE: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk

2005-03-02 Thread Hugh Dixon
Method 2 - Hit F2, then type rescue at the prompt. I would use Method 2. I would also leave boot=/dev/hda alone. This will install the boot loader to the new Master drive. You will need this, unless your BIOS will let you boot from IDE1. But change all the root= statments to use

RE: [newbie] Resumption of DSL Connection

2005-02-24 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: SOTL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 25 February 2005 12:54 AM To: Mandrake Newbie Subject: [newbie] Resumption of DSL Connection Hi All I have Mandrake 10.1 using an eathernet RJ45 DSL input. If I am connected to the internet and the

RE: [newbie] Linmodem-kernel source headers

2005-02-21 Thread Hugh Dixon
Melissa asked (paraphrased..) But where are the headers? 30 seconds, and I've already misfiled the original e-posting - D'Oh. The linux source is installed by default into a directory /usr/src/linux. Under this there is a tree, that I am not overly familiar with. The question becomes

[newbie] compiling/installing problem

2005-02-20 Thread Hugh Dixon
Not sure if this really belongs on this list, but here goes. I have downloaded the mandrake 2.6.8.1-24mdkcustom source, and tried to build a kernel - just for fun (am I too warped?) so made no changes to the config that I would expect to cause problems. The source does not link. I get an

RE: [newbie] compiling/installing problem

2005-02-20 Thread Hugh Dixon
to it. OR go to kernel.org get the latest source and compile it from vanilla source. i have better luck compiling from vanilla Hugh Dixon wrote: Not sure if this really belongs on this list, but here goes. I have downloaded the mandrake 2.6.8.1-24mdkcustom source, and tried to build a kernel

RE: [newbie] Linmodem-kernel source headers

2005-02-20 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: Melissa Allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 21 February 2005 12:24 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: [newbie] Linmodem-kernel source headers On Feb 15, 2005, at 6:07 AM, Bryan Phinney wrote: Never hurts to learn something. Well

RE: [newbie] compiling/installing problem

2005-02-20 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: RickSisler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 21 February 2005 3:42 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] compiling/installing problem Hugh Dixon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: From: black starfish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [newbie] modem problem (still!)

2005-02-15 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: Bryan Phinney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 15-Feb-05 22:07 To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Cc: Subject:Re: [newbie] modem problem (still!) On Monday 14 February 2005 20:55, Melissa Allen wrote: I have located the download page for

RE: [newbie] modem problem (still!)

2005-02-15 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: Bryan Phinney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 15-Feb-05 23:44 To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Cc: Subject:Re: [newbie] modem problem (still!) On Tuesday 15 February 2005 06:57, Hugh Dixon wrote: Just a remark for others to comment

RE: [newbie] Mandrake Off-topic

2005-02-11 Thread Hugh Dixon
to this question? I cannot see it in my mail list (or have I deleted something...) Hugh Dixon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

RE: [newbie] Mandrake Off-topic

2005-02-11 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: rikona [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 12 February 2005 2:40 PM To: Hugh Dixon Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake Off-topic Hello Hugh, Friday, February 11, 2005, 6:09:21 PM, Hugh wrote: -Original Message- From: Marek Pawinski

RE: [newbie] Mandrake Off-topic

2005-02-11 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: Stephen Kühn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 12 February 2005 2:44 PM To: Mandrake Newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake Off-topic On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 14:39, rikona wrote: Hello Hugh, Friday, February 11, 2005, 6:09:21 PM, Hugh

RE: [newbie] Mandrake Off-topic

2005-02-11 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: Aron Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 12 February 2005 3:57 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake Off-topic On Friday 11 February 2005 08:08 pm, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 14:55, Hugh Dixon

RE: [newbie] Mandrake Off-topic

2005-02-11 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: Stephen Kühn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 12 February 2005 4:14 PM To: Mandrake Newbie Subject: RE: [newbie] Mandrake Off-topic On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 16:06, Hugh Dixon wrote: Naw hes an ozzie same difference except for the sheep

RE: [newbie] Mandrake Off-topic

2005-02-11 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: Stephen Kühn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 12 February 2005 5:41 PM To: Mandrake Newbie Subject: RE: [newbie] Mandrake Off-topic On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 16:36, Hugh Dixon wrote: I tend to go emu, local tucker, not that foreign muck

RE: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - dvd burners

2005-02-08 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: gary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 7 February 2005 11:25 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: RE: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - dvd burners On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 16:01 +1100, Hugh Dixon wrote: -Original Message- From

[newbie] Hardware compatibility - dvd burners

2005-02-06 Thread Hugh Dixon
? Thanks, Hugh Dixon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

RE: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - dvd burners

2005-02-06 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: Hugh Dixon Sent: Monday, 7 February 2005 3:38 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - dvd burners Hi, I'm looking to get a DVD burner, and am having trouble sourcing things from the Mandrake hardware

RE: [newbie] Isn't ~/.bash_profile sourced only at login ?

2005-01-31 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: Siposs Attila [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 1 February 2005 3:40 AM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Isn't ~/.bash_profile sourced only at login ? 2005. január 31. 07.21 dátummal Hugh Dixon ezt írta: -Original

RE: [newbie] Isn't ~/.bash_profile sourced only at login ?

2005-01-31 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: RickSisler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 1 February 2005 10:53 AM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Isn't ~/.bash_profile sourced only at login ? Hugh Dixon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: -Original Message

RE: [newbie] Isn't ~/.bash_profile sourced only at login ?

2005-01-30 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: JoeHill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 31 January 2005 10:47 AM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Isn't ~/.bash_profile sourced only at login ? Change the script so that it is only run if fetchmail is *not* already running. Here's

[newbie] [newbie] software install - Couldn´t open file

2005-01-21 Thread Hugh Dixon
After changing plf mirror, the download went fine. Is this just part of life, or are there net admins that are interested in these sorts of problems? Hugh Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[newbie] software install - Couldnt open file

2005-01-20 Thread Hugh Dixon
I am trying to install Video-DVDRip through the software install option in mcc. I get the error message: The following packages have bad signatures: Video-DVDRip-0.52.0-1plf.i586.rpm: Missing signature (Couldnt open file) Do you want to conmtinue installation? Couldnt open file implies to me the

RE: [newbie] Fonts too small to see

2005-01-14 Thread Hugh Dixon
I also have had problems with text size, and have been impressed by the number of applications for which ctrl ++ (control +) enlarge the view. I frequently use the control key with + or - to 'zoom' in or out, depending upon how I'm going on the day :) (this is mostly konqueror, kmail and gimp...)

FW: [newbie] RE: nVidia

2005-01-10 Thread Hugh Dixon
I have recently had a lot of trouble with an nvidia card - I think the problem has been with the card, not the linux drivers. However one think I have observed is the dissatisfaction with nvidia on their linux site. I have noticed the same with matrox (the other card manufacturer I have dealt

RE: FW: [newbie] RE: nVidia

2005-01-10 Thread Hugh Dixon
-Original Message- From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon 10-Jan-05 22:16 To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Cc: Subject:Re: FW: [newbie] RE: nVidia -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 10 Jan 2005 11:10, Hugh Dixon wrote: I have recently had a lot

RE: FW: [newbie] RE: nVidia

2005-01-10 Thread Hugh Dixon
, Hugh Dixon wrote: I have a dual head G450 and it is excellent, but, from the web sites it appears that matrox development for linux has stagnated (the linux drivers are beta, and have been that way for over a year..) My problems with nvidia - I hope are mostly hardware, rather than driver

RE: [newbie] RE: nVidia

2005-01-10 Thread Hugh Dixon
Thanks for this post. I dont have my card at the moment, but will keep this for if (when) I get it back. A set of clear instructions are near essential for me, and I couldnt find/discover anything that worked for me from the nvidia site. (I now think the problem is hardware, so this is not a

RE: [newbie] open GL development - QT

2004-12-30 Thread Hugh Dixon
December 2004 2:01 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] open GL development - QT On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:45, Hugh Dixon wrote: Hi, I'm a windows developer wanting to investigate OpenGL programing under linux. I am using Mandrake 10.1, but have been having trouble with graphics

RE: [newbie] Webcam Advice!

2004-12-27 Thread Hugh Dixon
Hi, I have a Logitech quickcam pro. I spent a fair bit of time and effort trying to get it to work on Mandrake 10.0, and failed miserably... Mandrake 10.1 auto detected it, installed Gnome meeting, and it all just happened! Checking the Hardware compatibility list sounds like a good idea...

[newbie] open GL development - QT

2004-12-27 Thread Hugh Dixon
Hi, I'm a windows developer wanting to investigate OpenGL programing under linux. I am using Mandrake 10.1, but have been having trouble with graphics cards. I currently have a system running, and have looked through the KDeveloper tutorials. I now want tostart on OpenGL. I gather QT is

RE: [newbie] Re: The effect of

2004-12-19 Thread Hugh Dixon
Another option is to run midnight commander (mc) from the terminal, after su ing. Not as pretty as Konqueror though Hth hugh -Original Message- From: Erylon Hines [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 20 December 2004 4:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Re: The

RE: [newbie] Re: The effect of

2004-12-19 Thread Hugh Dixon
of On Sunday 19 December 2004 09:40 pm, Hugh Dixon wrote: | Another option is to run midnight commander (mc) from the terminal, | after su ing. Not as pretty as Konqueror though | | Hth | | hugh | | That will work--and mc looks like the old Norton Commander from DOS days. It will require you to urpmi mc

RE: [newbie] Virus laden e-mail

2004-12-15 Thread Hugh Dixon
What's the IP address? I fit the profile, and as our windows admin is not around, I cannot check the status of our antivirus software... hd -Original Message- From: Greg Meyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 16 December 2004 11:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie]