[newbie] Re: Where's my mail?

2003-12-10 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
There are no junk controls set. I have uninstalled and reinstalled all the mozilla companents from the CD's since this problem occured. I have just managed to use my parents Windows machine to read my email via webmail. After reading it, I decided to download the odd 4x messages I had selected

[newbie] where are my messages???

2003-12-09 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
I have just spent 15 minutes connected to te net to download my 147 messages of which I was expecting an important reply on one of the earlier sent ones. When I click on Inbox under Mozilla 1.3 it gives me no unread messages and even if I look at the subfolders I have creatred I cannot see the

Re: [newbie] Mozilla mail filters

2003-12-08 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Margot wrote: Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: Mozilla 1.3 email filters I have Mozilla 1.4 (upgraded from 1.0 on Mandrake 9.0 then reinstalled on Mandrake 9.2) and have no problem with the filters. Is there any particular reason why you are running Mozilla 1.3? Could you upgrade to 1.4? I

Re: [newbie] I'm baaaaaaacccckkkkk!

2003-12-07 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Lanman wrote: So, to make this easy on Joe, who has obviously become the List Nazi of the day, I will explain. Istop explanation... Since I have about 250 clients who rely on me to stay in contact with them, this was a priority for me, at least until my DNS server settings were updated with

Re: [newbie] scrolling in mozilla/firebird eats up cpu

2003-12-05 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Todd Slater wrote: On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 08:30:45AM +, John Richard Smith wrote: Todd Slater wrote: Scrolling up/down a lengthy web page in Mozilla quickly eats up my cpu usage. Running top I see that it's both Mozilla and X (moreso X) that's utilizing the cpu. The machine becomes

[newbie] Lilo start entries

2003-12-05 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi, Just wanting to improve my linux knowledge and so When I boot I use LiLo to display as I also have a Win95 OS HDD in one of the IDE chains. Lilo presents me with the following listing: Linux Linux-nonfb failsafe dos floppy I know that selecting the linux entry will boot my normal linux,

[newbie] Mozilla Mail filters

2003-12-05 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
I am using Mozilla 1.3 and was previously using Mozilla 1.0. I created many email filters under 1.0 that where consequently imported the 1.3 install. No problem so far..but I am unable to view/change the details of any of the filters or even add a new one. I can click on new but I cannot

Re: [newbie] GMC on Mdk 9.0?

2003-01-21 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 00:02, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: Hi, Is GMC available on MDK 9.0 software control centre? As in Gnome Midnight Commander ? Yep. It was THE file manager I have got used to after coming from a windows environment. Someone commented

[newbie] GMC on Mdk 9.0?

2003-01-19 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi, Is GMC available on MDK 9.0 software control centre? -- Hylton Conacher - Registered Linux user # 229959 Using Linux Mandrake 9.0 with KDE 3 on a 2.4.19-16mdk kernel Licenced Windows user

Re: [newbie] OT's on this list

2003-01-09 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Charlie wrote: On January 6, 2003 06:55 am, Robin Turner wrote: snip If people remember to put OT in the header, yes. However, I'm not sure how you do it client-side to prevent the message from being downloaded in the first place, which is the real problem for people with low (and maybe

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

2003-01-09 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Todd Franklin wrote: hmm. did u not see the OT in the subject line? OT or no OT in the subject, I, possibly like many others, do not mind the odd OT message or two but when it becomes an ongoing OT discussion of politics, Star Trek and the like, which are NOT even linux related, I feel that

Re: [newbie] backup what???

2003-01-09 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Aaron wrote: The question is. I want to retain my ximain evolution mail settings, ny internet settings (I use a provider with a unique setup), and my mozilla bookmarks. My urpmi remote directories etc. This is just a sample of what I know. What directories, files should I backup to insure that

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

2003-01-06 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
james Mellema wrote: On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 11:49, walt wrote: Actually the only thing republicans are doing is creating an unnecessary war but that has nothing to do with linux.. besides, Linux users must be left wing liberal Democrats because they don't follow the norm.. Walt Whose is

Re: [newbie] Re: Archives

2003-01-06 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Chris wrote: On Saturday 04 January 2003 11:21 am, Todd Slater decided to hunt and peck on the keyboard and typed: The list does not provide that feature. Todd So, if I'm looking to see how to access my new Sony MVC-CD250 digital camera I have to search through the entire archives?

Re: [newbie] OT - Star Trek Nemesis

2003-01-06 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Steve Jeppesen wrote: I had heard a cast member was going to be killed off...from the looks of it Will was going to be it. LOL I actually cried when that cast member was finished off! Did you notice who made guest appearances? Odd I must say the least and one of them did not even have any

[newbie] Re: Archives

2003-01-04 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Todd Slater wrote: On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 08:14:40AM +, Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 03 Jan 2003 7:37 am, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: Mark Weaver wrote: Hi there, I wish I had a dollar, (accounting for the current rate of inflation), for every time I've seen this need

Re: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-03 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Smiley wrote: Hi, I know this topic isn't exactly new :) but I need help in order to allow a friend of mine to get rid of W2000 :-D What I need is to know how he can resize (avoiding re-installation) of W2000 without losing any datas... I know diskdrake can't do that... So, any suggestion

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

2003-01-03 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Matthew Dunaway wrote: Hello, I have Mandrake 9.0 Power Pack (boxed set) It installed without a hitch. I was able to connect to my ISP and surf and do e-mail. When I was done, I disconnected from my ISP. When I went back on-line, nothing. Mandrake would connect to my ISP, but that's all. I

Re: [newbie] Mozilla Mail on 9.0, where's it etc 1/2 solved

2002-12-26 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 24 Dec 2002 10:30 am, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: Hi Anne, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 22 Dec 2002 11:31 am, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: I have just installed LM 9.0 on a dualboot Win95/linux box. I would like to copy (and not move/cut

Re: [newbie] More OO woes

2002-12-25 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
robin wrote: After migrating to another box, I found OO would open for all users but only root could print (see previous post). After trying various remedies unsuccessfully (deleting ~/.openoffice, rerunning setup, trying with a brand new user etc.) I uninstalled the OO rpms and reinstalled

Re: [newbie] Mozilla Mail on 9.0, where's it and HOWTO install?

2002-12-24 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi Anne, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 22 Dec 2002 11:31 am, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: I have just installed LM 9.0 on a dualboot Win95/linux box. I would like to copy (and not move/cut!!) the Windows Netscape 4.77 mail and settings into Mozilla Mail. I am however unable to find

Re: [newbie] Mozilla Mail on 9.0, where's it and HOWTO install?

2002-12-24 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 22 Dec 2002 12:15 pm, David Robertson wrote: On Sunday 22 Dec 2002 11:31 am, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: I have just installed LM 9.0 on a dualboot Win95/linux box. I would like to copy (and not move/cut!!) the Windows Netscape 4.77 mail

[newbie] Mdk 9.0 preorders

2002-12-19 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi all, For those of you interested I have just received my Power Pack 9.0. I will be installing it on my test system this weekend. -- === Hylton Conacher - Registered Linux user # 229959 Licenced Windows user Using Linux

[newbie] restarting Dead mice

2002-12-17 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi all, I have two machines, a Win95 and mdk 8.0 machine networked together via UTP cables and sharing a monitor, keyboard and mouse through a switch box. Sometimes, after working on my linux box I need to use I switch on my Windows machine and switch the switch box across to enable the mouse,

Re: [newbie] Have you got your LM90 preorders?

2002-12-14 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi Dale, Dale Huckeby wrote: On 13 Dec 2002, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: Is there anybody on this list that has NOT recieved their LM90 preorders? Besides me? I ordered three sets of technical manuals in October and I have not seen them yet. Anybody else going thru this? I pre ordered

[newbie] Workgroups in linux?

2002-12-14 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Have sort of sorted out a dual PC, 1 dual boot linux and Win and the other linux, connection problems. Both are networked together and provided I am using linux on both machines I get positive feedback from the ping command. On checking the hostname on both machines I can confirm there are no

Re: [newbie] Has anyone had trouble

2002-11-29 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Anthony Abby wrote: Finding out the status of their order for a boxed set of Mandrake 9.0? I have tried contacting them four times via email now, and even placed a phone call yesterday and left a message. Never received a response, nor have I received my boxed set even though they charged

Re: [newbie] transparent users

2002-04-12 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Paul Rodríguez wrote: Is there a way to see what commands a remote user is running on my system? Ctrl-Escape? Hylton Conacher on KDE 2.1.1 on kernel 2.4.3-20mdk#1 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] New silly Question. ;) Recommend good file manager?

2002-04-10 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Femme wrote: I need a semi-decent one. KDE uses Konqueror, and I tried GWC?... for enlightenment. I hated GWC *or whatever its called*. Any ideas? :) How about XWC under K-Apps-File Tools? Thx Femme -- === Hylton

Re: [newbie] Specifying a hostname

2002-03-30 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Aaron Winters wrote: What are the rules when giving a machine a hostname? The machine in ? does not have an external IP and there is no real hostname to give, as in mandrake.com or something like that I am just going to use it as a learning box for setting up web, ftp, Samba, etc. So can I

Re: [newbie] Re: Script

2002-03-30 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Jesse Angell wrote: Thanks, that did just what I wanted. Does anyone on the list have a URL to a guide on how to script? I ask as I am interested in doing many things automatically and can't ask you guys to right the scripts for me. Thanks --

Re: [newbie] Linux User Groups

2002-03-29 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi Bill, I am a little far away to attend your LUG being in South Africa but I would like to make some suggestions. I would suggest setting up two mailing lists, one to be a lesson distribution one and the other to be a chat one for the lessons i.e. the students cannot post to the lesson

Re: [newbie] Package question

2002-03-28 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Barry Michels wrote: ok, I finally got drakupdaterobot installed and setup, but every time I run it, it says: Segmentation fault (core dumped) Not that I need the seg faults but is this drakupdaterobot available on Mdk 8.0 as a GUI or is it only available as a cmd line tool? --

Re: [newbie] To Femme

2002-03-28 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
FemmeFatale wrote: -- Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert You have just made my week Femme, THANKS -- ===

Re: [newbie] kpackage help needed to solve dependencies

2002-03-28 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
bascule wrote: hi, did you mount the cd on /mnt/cdrom when adding it as a source? and did you define it as a 'removable source'? I seem to not need to mount after I insert a CD as it auto mounts. How do I mount the CD once I have loaded the CD in the drive via a GUI please but I'll accept

Re: [newbie] Uptime in signature?

2002-03-26 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Spencer Collyer wrote: If you use Sylpheed-claws you can use scripts in the sigfile. That's what I'm using right now. You just have to add a pipe '|' character to the start of the sigfile name and it will get executed rather than copied-in. I use Netscape Messenger at the moment. Surely

Re: [newbie] kpackage help needed to solve dependencies

2002-03-26 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
bascule wrote: i haven't used kpackage for a while, sticking to 'urpmi' on the command line or 'software manager' in gui mode, both of these will fetch rpms from online and fetch dependencies but you will need to correctly set up the 'source' for these, i suggest using 'software manager'

Re: [newbie] Powerdown problem

2002-03-23 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
My PC is a Compaq Presario 7990 There's your problem, it is a Compaq. :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Powerdown problem

2002-03-23 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
My PC is a Compaq Presario 7990 There's your problem, it is a Compaq. :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Uptime in signature?

2002-03-23 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Is there not a hack to get the output from a normal text line in a email signature file? I would like my signature file to look like : -- === Hylton Conacher on KDE 2.1.1 on kernel 2.4.3-20mdk#1 Registered Linux user #

Re: [newbie] Uptime in signature?

2002-03-23 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Is there not a hack to get the output from a normal text line in a email signature file? I would like my signature file to look like : -- === Hylton Conacher on KDE 2.1.1 on kernel 2.4.3-20mdk#1 Registered Linux user #

Re: [newbie] Multimedia- V,LOW sound volume?

2002-03-22 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Carroll, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Thursday 21 March 2002 07:41 am, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: Comments as I currently have sound but at a VERY LOW volume? Hylton: There's a jumper on some sound cards to select/deselect the card's internal amplifier. I don't know

Re: [newbie] Getting and installing packages

2002-03-22 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
daRcmaTTeR wrote: Hylton, From what I've read already here on the lists that can be done with urpmi. Check the man pages for correct usage. Oooo, RTFM time :) Given my non usage of urpmi I would like to confirm the command options I would use on a single line as one command for the

Re: [newbie] Getting and installing packages

2002-03-22 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
daRcmaTTeR wrote: Hylton, From what I've read already here on the lists that can be done with urpmi. Check the man pages for correct usage. Oooo, RTFM time :) Given my non usage of urpmi I would like to confirm the command options I would use on a single line as one command: urpmi

Re: [newbie] dial-up access on network

2002-03-21 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Nick wrote: I recently reinstalled 8.1 and the dial-up access was working fine, but the NIC was not installed. When I installed the NIC, the dial-up access stopped responding. It will dial in and connect, but it is as if the computer is trying to send the internet traffic somewhere

Re: [newbie] OT: saving the power supply unit

2002-03-21 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
FemmeFatale wrote: *S* old debate...don't stir up the old hardware geeks :P IMHO, leave it on. Less stress on the HW. I'd leave it on as each time you power down you are causing the components in use to cool and shrink. When you power up again they expand again and of course heat up. The

[newbie] Uptime in signature?

2002-03-21 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
How do I get the signature to show the total uptime of the system as well as how many users there are? I would assume with the uptime command but do not know the syntax to use from reading the uptime man page. TIA -- ===

Re: [newbie] Multimedia-v.low sound volume?

2002-03-21 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
daRcmaTTeR wrote: On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, skinky wrote: Just a guess, but shouldn't the speakers be plugged into the green socket with the speaker next to it? skinky skinky, As a matter of fact you're correct. the line out for the speakers should be placed in the green plugin on

Re: [newbie] how to create a logout message?

2002-03-18 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi Todd, Todd Slater wrote: I have edited the file /etc/profile so that users get a message when logging in. What file would I edit so that all users receive a bye-bye message when they log out? I can do it per individual user, but is there a universal file like /etc/profile? Gracias,

Re: [newbie] Getting and installing packages

2002-03-17 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Paul wrote: On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 18:20:59 -0800 rob wrote: Is there a semi-automated way to fetch packages? I used to use SuSe Linux, and they had Yast which would go out and get the rpm's. I'm told there is something similar in Mandrake, but I didn't find it after fooling around for an

Re: [newbie] Key correspondent to degree celsius character

2002-03-10 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Michael wrote: Try 176 for degrees and 191 for inverted question mark. If these work see the HTML character encoding list here: http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/sgml/entities.html Holding down Alt and then pressing Shift and then typing 176 doesn't work, any other ideas? If not (i can't get

Re: [newbie] Network card configuration

2002-03-07 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Frans Ketelaars wrote: The first thing I would check is if HardDrake recognizes your NIC. It should It is detected under the Mandrake Control Centre (MCC) correctly. Next step? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Printing from a windowz thing

2002-03-06 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Paul wrote: On 04 Mar 2002 11:41:24 +1100 Brian wrote: Well, I turned it on and it looked promising. But from the win2k machine I get a notice that logging into the account is refused? More data: user on win2k box: Paul user on linux box: paul Isn't Linux case sensitive i.e. user

[newbie] Network card configuration

2002-03-05 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
I would like to connect my Win box to my current Linux box as the win box has all my documentation on it I have a NIC (Realtek 8139) in in each machine and a cross-over cable connecting them The win machine is running Win95 and the Linux one is on Mandrake 8 I get an error when starting Linux

Re: [newbie] full Distribution on a floppy disk?

2002-03-02 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
shane wrote: have a look at http://dmozorg/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Linux/Distributions/Tiny/Floppy_Sized/ Tnx Also would a minimalist GUI also be able to be included? gui? good luck there perhaps something like the old DOS gui's used to look like and nothing as fancy as

[newbie] full Distribution on a floppy disk?

2002-02-28 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi all, I am wanting to find out if there is a distribution available that will fit on a floppy disk but still be able to send email without having to use the host machines MTA ie just use the Internet connection but not any software on the machine? Also would a minimalist GUI also be able to

Re: [newbie] profile_bash

2002-02-25 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Rick Henderson wrote: Well, i know a little about sco. .profile runs when a user logs in. What does the same type of thing as that or profile_bash, when using an xterm. I have a modifed PATH etc. Another question - is the alias. How is it set for an xterm? Under Mdk Linux you edit a

[newbie] where to configure keyboard mapping?

2002-02-24 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi all, I would like to use 'Shift-Insert' as the paste command as it stems from its use in my Windows days. Where can I find the option to configure key combinations to use for the paste action under KDE? I would assume to enter the Mandrake Control Centre from the taskbar after being logged

Re: [Fwd: Re: [newbie] Reboot..how often]

2002-02-01 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
How come many of you have server up times of many days and even months? I find that after approx. 2-3 days I need to reboot my MDK 8 box else the modem will not respond when I use kppp and the Software Manager only partially displays. I have 64 Mb of RAM and a separate 32 Mb video card. What's

Re: [newbie] Setting mouse movement speed in Enlightenment

2002-01-31 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Robin wrote: I know I may get a few RTFM on this one, but I have been looking left and right with no answer. As the subject explains, I am looking for the control for mouse movement speed. Helps if you look forward when RTFM :) --

[newbie] Multimedia-v.low sound volume?

2002-01-26 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi all, I am having a very weird problem with my sound running a AMD K7 onboard sound card, the Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI The problem is that even though the volume is at 100% on the controls the audio coming out of the speakers can only just be heard. I have been able to determine that there is

Re: [newbie] OT: Windows format command

2002-01-11 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Paul wrote: I would first try to make a backupmake sure the backup script is working. You mean I have a backup script somewhere too. When did I develop that. :) try to delete the problemfiles that way. The files can't be deleted so far using 'del' and 'deltree'. Good luck Plenty is

[newbie] receipts

2002-01-11 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Please will all members of the mailing list ensure that any messages that they send to the list do not have the receipt function enabled. It is a real pain! Tnx -- == Hylton Conacher Registered Linux user # 229959 Licenced Windows user

Re: [newbie] OT: Windows format command

2002-01-10 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Dave Sherman wrote: I have a bit of a corruption problem on my drive where I store all my documents and netscape backups. The Netscape backups are copies of the originals from C:. There is no backup of the documents. What are the file attributes on those files? Archive? Read-Only?

[newbie] modem errors-Solved 'partly'

2002-01-09 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Thanks to all the people who posted about my modem errors. I am now not receiving errors when I connect up although there are a few things listed at the bottom of this email I would appreciate you looking into, if anyone feels like helping there. The solution was obtained from the cmd 'cat

Re: [newbie] Copy Paste

2002-01-05 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
SKLIM wrote: I need help to know the key how to copy and paste in vi command ? Can someone help me on this issue I'll offer to help a bit. From my VI quick ref next to the desk I see that following commands are possibly the ones you should play with: :yy copy(:5yy would copy the next 5

Re: [newbie] Question - school related so ignore if you want

2002-01-04 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
I need to do a project for my statistics class and thought this place would be perfect for it. I need 50 people to answer this and it would be greatly appreciated. 1. How many hours a week do you spend online? less than 10 2. What is your age? 29 3. Sex? M/F M 4. What type of Internet

[newbie] mandrake-update

2001-12-23 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Where can I find the button under KDE for mandrake update as it doesn't seem to appear on the software manager? -- Signature for Hylton Conacher follows: Registered Linux user # 229959 Mandrake 8.0 on AMD Athlon at 1 Ghz on a K7 Want

Re: [junk] Re: [newbie] mandrake come from red hat

2001-12-23 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Can we please end this thread. Harm Bathoorn wrote: On Saturday 22 December 2001 04:51, you wrote: ROTFL! Good one! I grew up with Happy as a clam at high tide It's at least cleaner than pigs in poop!. :) Cheez, over here in Holland we grow up with: Happy as a louse on a sore head.

Re: [newbie] Winmodem or not?

2001-12-23 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Frans Ketelaars wrote: May be my fault, everything is normally my fault so you are OK here. :) but I don't understand what the problem is? I cannot get the modem to work under LM8. I hope you don't mind that this on list :) It seems to me your modem is working and I think that if it works

Re: [newbie] detecting an internal ISA modem

2001-12-23 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Wes Gregg wrote: I think this is a must in general? Yep and done considering the version of the OS. Turns out those jumpers for configuring the USR Sportsters make the modem conform to the ISA Plug Play Standard when we pull them off. Arrggghhh!! So its s l o

[newbie] Winmodem or not?

2001-12-22 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
I have a sneaking suspicion that my modem might be a Winmodem even though I managed to send a test email using it from a LM8 box. I have a US Robotics ISA modem which according to the AT1 or ATI command under modem query results (the first one) is a model 5601. I have been unable to find any

Re: [newbie] I have HAD IT!!!!!

2001-12-19 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Perhaps we need to remember that we are all on this list as USERS?? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/17/01 11:45:00 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: lets remember something here. it's the famous 80/15/5 % rule. 80% of computer problems are user

[newbie] system rescue disk/s

2001-12-17 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
I would like to create a rescue disk that can give me a very similar interface, Lilo wise, to my current system as well as all the other necessary files on a system disk. I am thinking from a Windows background where having a rescue disk was 9.9 times out of 10 needed. Is the same needed under

[newbie] StarOffice FYI

2001-12-15 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Just picked this link up and knew it would be of interest. Sun Considers Charging for StarOffice http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D1884%2526a%253D19928,00.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] detecting an internal ISA modem

2001-12-11 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Just enquired on the price of an external USR modem and was quoted about R800. Before I end up having to fork out this dough I wondered how to make the system detect new hardware i.e. the ISA USR modem, eventhough it doesn't display it under the Mandrake Control Centre when I am logged as as

Re: [newbie] dev/hda6 was not cleanly unmounted

2001-12-09 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Dennis Myers wrote: On Sunday 09 December 2001 10:10, you wrote: Hi Ed, 1. from the prompt (not in any windowing system) I type exit. this takes me to a promp asking me for a login. 2. i turn the computer off There in lays the problem. When you exit from a kterm, you have to be

Re: [newbie] conflict between USR modem and Com 2?

2001-12-08 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Less see... take two aspirins, no more caffeine for 10 hours, No More caffeine for 10 hours, are you SICK! Someone also said I should see a doctor after a headache lasted a week so I quit Aspirin and am now waiting for the doctor to have an open appointment :) post the output of (in a

[newbie] conflict between modem and Com 2?

2001-12-06 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
I have recently purchased a new machine and have had to take it back to the store as the modem is giving me hassles. The machine is an AMD Thunderbird 1Ghz with what I believe, or have been told is, a Creative modem 56kb/s in it. I have paid for the machine but feel that as they knew it was

Re: [newbie] Video cards for P I 100 Mhz with 48 Mb RAM

2001-09-25 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
OK. Tnx Franki for giving me a smack around the ears for trying to put a monster graphics card in an old machine. Randy, the main reason is that eventhough I am running 800x600 on a 17 monitor and can see the whole screen perfectly, the full graphics under X do not display of the Mandrake

[newbie] Video cards

2001-09-24 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Am just about to get myself an updated video card. I currently have a Trident Tgui 9440 1 Mb card running on a P I 100 Mhz and it just doesn't cut it in most cases. I am looking at either getting a Geforce 3 or Voodoo 3 32 Mb card and I wonder if there was any preference to either one as I

Re: [newbie] Video cards

2001-09-24 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Franki, wish I was joking. Unfortunately I am unemployed right now and the only machine I have besides a 486 is this P I I got 5 years ago. The software manager is not being displayed completely under this video card and I therefore want to increase my video card. I figured the Voodoo 3 would

[newbie] A bit of foward thinking?

2001-09-20 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
In the year of the new century and nine months, some wanker will make up stuff that I didn't actually say - Nostradamus 1654 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] [Fwd: [List-A-Day.com's] Listaday Review: USAttacked]

2001-09-14 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
I am sorry and my thoughts go to those affected by the WTC air plane crash but will the people who want to discuss the attacks please take their chat to another forum i.e. like the one below: Original Message Subject: [List-A-Day.com's] Listaday Review: USAttacked Date: Wed, 12

Re: [newbie] Attention for everybody

2001-09-14 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
On a last and final note I think it is more than likely LA as it is Los Angeles which means, I think, Without Angels. Greg G wrote: no it is not the city of god __ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief

Re: [newbie] USA this and USA that,w here did the newbie list go?

2001-09-14 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
I will agree on the fact that some families will not be complete again and that Linux will still be there but... In the circle of life all life has a lifespan. In this case those people on the planes was their time. No matter how bad it is, shit happens and we will just have to live with it. In

[newbie] USA this and USA that,w here did the newbie list go?

2001-09-12 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Considering this is a Linux newbie list and I have managed to delete over 150 email regarding the US TERROR ATTACK can we please drop the subject on this list. some of us do have limited email space which we pay for! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[newbie] FAQ was re: Uninstall Linux ?

2001-09-09 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Please post a link to the faq on 'completion'? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Accessing NT networked printer from Linux

2001-09-07 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Could it be the / or \ problem? Jamie Kerwick wrote: How do i access a networked printer via Linux. The printer is on an NT print server. Its a HP Deskjet 850C, under NT its name is \\scotty\itcolour. I have tried adding the printer through the cups webmin as both an SMB printer using,

Re: [newbie] Linux not loading

2001-09-07 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hylton's 0.02c Make sure Me was installed first as if it is after Linux it will overwrite the MBR and therefore it will not give you Lilo as a bootloader to select Linux. Tell us what distro you are installing as well. Paul Chandler wrote: Hi, i have installed linux and winMe at the same

Re: [newbie] Accessing NT networked printer from Linux

2001-09-07 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Could it be the / or \ problem? Jamie Kerwick wrote: How do i access a networked printer via Linux. The printer is on an NT print server. Its a HP Deskjet 850C, under NT its name is \\scotty\itcolour. I have tried adding the printer through the cups webmin as both an SMB printer using,

[newbie] Movement of Windows Netscape files to Linux

2001-08-27 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
I have managed to set-up Netscape under Linux and wonder if I start using it if I can add messages to existing folders and more folders by copying them from Windows mnt directory without overwriting the existing contents of the folders that are there i.e. I currently have 26 items in my sent