Re: [newbie] installing Pekwm

2003-11-07 Thread JM5379
it would appear to mean you don't have GCC or any other compiler installed that they have in some internal list. --- Original Message --- From: Josenildo Marques <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] installing Pekwm >Hello ! >I've downloaded Pekwm from cvs and got the mess

[newbie] web radio broadcasts

2003-11-06 Thread JM5379
i like to listen to radio web broadcasts at work but some of the stations i prefer only use windows media player format. i've talked to them in the past about adding realplayer accessability and was told it's a matter of cost. i can use media player in my vmware session but the volume controls se

Re: [newbie] MSN Messenger + Linux clients

2003-10-20 Thread JM5379
--- Original Message --- From: kat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] MSN Messenger + Linux clients >On Monday 20 October 2003 03:47 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: >> Anne was asking recently about having trouble using her kopote IM client >> with MSN. >> However I could n

Re: [newbie] Use the Shift Key, Go to Jail

2003-10-10 Thread JM5379
--- Original Message --- From: "H.J.Bathoorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Use the Shift Key, Go to Jail >On Friday 10 October 2003 15:14, HaywireMac wrote: >> On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 15:02:17 +0200 >> >> "H.J.Bathoorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: >> > They can sue

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-09 Thread JM5379
>> i've been using sbc dsl for 3-4 years now (since before pppoe) >> and have never had any trouble other than the infrequent hardware >> problems in their network. i've been using linux with it since >> day 1. i'm not sure what problems tom is having with his and i >> don't know what they told

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-09 Thread JM5379
--- Original Message --- >> It's a damn shame the only DSL connection I can get is SBC- >> Yahoo. Yahoo sux, but they handle my mail and I'm stuck with that. >I had been meaning to ask you about that SBC DSL connection I inquired >at SBC about DSL and when I said Linux ... Well I'm not gon

Re: [newbie] MS is target because of market share? WRONG.

2003-10-03 Thread JM5379
>> i'll offer a slightly different take... i believe we will in time >> see more efforts at virii for linux/os x/ >> as they become more popular simply because there are those who >> enjoy seeing what holes they can find or simply enjoy destroying >> for destruction's sake. but i believe it will

Re: [newbie] MS is target because of market share? WRONG.

2003-10-03 Thread JM5379
--- Original Message --- From: HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] MS is target because of market share? WRONG. >On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 10:08:38 -0500 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: > >> >> i'll offer a slightly different take... i believe we will in time >> see

Re: [newbie] MS is target because of market share? WRONG.

2003-10-03 Thread JM5379
including >ones who work for anti-virus companies. Jack Clarke, European product >manager at McAfee, said, "So we will be seeing more Linux viruses as the >OS becomes more common and popular." > >Mr. Clarke is wrong." > >Source: > >http://securityfocus.com/columnists/188 > >-- i'll offer a slig

Re: [newbie] Ford Motor Co. opens arms to Linux!

2003-09-25 Thread JM5379
so many helpful suggestions and directions, seems a pity i was only interested in the "F...G" newbie list as compared to the virgin list *g* --- Original Message --- From: Aron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [newbie] Ford Motor Co. opens arms to Linux! >On

Re: [newbie] Ford Motor Co. opens arms to Linux!

2003-09-25 Thread JM5379
i just wonder if the newbies only receive or get to contribute, or is contributing only allowed after a certain amout of exposure and experiance gained? sounds like a list with possibilities, regardless --- Original Message --- From: Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [n

Re: [newbie] Strange Message

2003-09-23 Thread JM5379
--- Original Message --- From: Nadger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Strange Message >Only just re-subbed to list of a long absence. > >Just got this sms message from sms.kaluga.mts > >There is no such user (newbie) > >Putting address into google suggests that this ma

Re: [newbie] Rant: The man pages

2003-09-23 Thread JM5379
--- Original Message --- From: Aron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [newbie] Rant: The man pages >On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 03:47, HaywireMac wrote: >> On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 23:43:33 -0700 >> John Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: >> >> > In fact any OS should b

Re: [newbie] HTML Validation

2003-09-11 Thread JM5379
you don't have a closing ">" on the DOCTYPE statement --- Original Message --- From: HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] HTML Validation >On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:19:12 +0200 >Ralph Slooten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > >> No, it's probably something in ther

Re: [newbie] This is just sickening

2003-09-11 Thread JM5379
--- Original Message --- From: HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] This is just sickening >On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 22:24:28 -0700 (PDT) >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David E. Fox) uttered: > >> n***gg*** > >this is unacceptable, even with the *'s. > >lose the racism or ge

[newbie] default email client

2003-09-10 Thread JM5379
i'm currently using fluxbox as my desktop and thunderbird as my mail client. when i use programs such as kaddress to send an email to a contact, they find evolution as the default email client for the system. mcc only allows me to choose between kmail and mozilla. can anyone tell me the cli or

Re: [newbie] Just bragging.

2003-09-09 Thread JM5379
it is now *g*. went through 4 power hits with an avg of about 85 days between before i finally broke dpwn and did that, though... effectively up for about 2.5 years w/o any downtime other than power hits. --- Original Message --- From: HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject

Re: [newbie] Just bragging.

2003-09-09 Thread JM5379
since we're bragging: 1:14pm up 487 days, 7:26, 1 user, load average: 1.02, 1.01, 1.00 --- Original Message --- From: Richard Urwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Just bragging. >I'm just bragging, because I'll have to shutdown to move the computer >sometim

Re: [newbie] Blue Bash

2003-09-09 Thread JM5379
just a wild guess from looking at what you have listed, it appears that the part \w>$[\0[0m\]" may have mismatched or misaligned "\" since they don't follow the exact same escape sequences as what comes before. man bash should cover this pretty good, if i remember correctly. hth. joe

Re: [newbie] MSN Messenger sutff

2003-09-02 Thread JM5379
>*** >Hi folks, I'm using gaim v0.66 w/msn plugin. It seems to be working OK, e= >xcept for the past couple days I've been getting this message from messen= >[EMAIL PROTECTED]: >"(13:43:47) [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You are running a version of messeng= >

Re: [newbie] OT, Where to find a SUSE ISO ?

2003-08-29 Thread JM5379
i've seen mldonkey referenced but have no idea what it actually is --- Original Message --- From: HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] OT, Where to find a SUSE ISO ? >On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 07:42:45 -0500 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: > >> the last i heard, S

Re: [newbie] OT, Where to find a SUSE ISO ?

2003-08-29 Thread JM5379
the last i heard, Suse doesn't distribute their distro for free, other than the eval cd... you want it, you will buy it. though i do seem to vaguely remember that you can get older releases here and there. good luck. joe --- Original Message --- From: Heather/Femme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Newb

Re: [newbie] Microsoft vs GM

2003-08-20 Thread JM5379
sorry to disappoint you... it has been --- Original Message --- From: Inhabitant of Zion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Microsoft vs GM >Hope this has not been kicking around for ages: > >Microsoft vs. GM > > >At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill

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

2003-08-14 Thread JM5379
--- Original Message --- From: "Frankie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [newbie] You guys all owe SCO $1399 for your Mandrake >Lanman said: > >>And we may make the >>stuff for Americans, but it's not as strong as the beer we have >>here. It's thinned out for Americans. >

RE: [newbie] killin'

2003-08-14 Thread JM5379
as noted in the prior emails, kill or killall with the -9 argument will kill just about any process, period. the only exception i know of is a "zombie" process. what the -9 option does is kill the process with (as they say) extreme prejudice, i.e. it doesn't allow the process to close all filehan

Re: [newbie] GMO foods

2003-07-28 Thread JM5379
or perhaps the announcement of OSE (open source edibles) --- Original Message --- From: Cornerstone Community Farm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] GMO foods >> With all due respect, but what does that have to do with Mandrake Linux? >> This is a linux list. > >1.

Re: [newbie] RTCW on linux (well, Mandrake to be more specific)

2003-06-19 Thread JM5379
it's a k6-3 700mhz, had 256mb, now has 512mb. i believe i've run 3d, i may try 2d and see if that helps. i also moved the video from 24- to 16bits (nvidia geforce 2 w/64mb + the new drivers). that seems to have helped some, but this system has always had one problem or another. thanks for the a

Re: [newbie] RTCW on linux (well, Mandrake to be more specific)

2003-06-19 Thread JM5379
my sons and i also play D2 LOD; i've tried to find out if blizzard was ever going to port to linux and was told that for all intents and purposes, Diablo is a dead end. whoever bought blizzard is intent on focusing on the other games and isn't putting any effort at all into diablo any more other t

Re: [newbie] CD's have arrived!!

2003-02-11 Thread JM5379
2 questions: are the newest gnome and kde installed with the 9.1 beta, and has anyone heard of the status of preparing rpms for those for 9.0? --- Original Message --- From: et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] CD's have arrived!! >On Tuesday 11 February 2003 01:18

Re: [newbie] against the war!

2003-01-31 Thread JM5379
Lanman, I interpreted his disparagement to apply to the UN rather than to us. Still, clarity is a good thing when insulting randomly and in a public forum (or amy discourse in any forum, for that matter). --- Original Message --- From: Lanman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: R

Re: [newbie] Sort of OT - language

2003-01-10 Thread JM5379
h... so y'all is a genetic reality for the south, no matter which south... laughing. btw, here in texas we use y'all too *g* --- Original Message --- From: et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Sort of OT - language >On Friday 10 January 2003 05:47 am, Anne Wils

Re: [newbie] Sort of OT - language

2003-01-09 Thread JM5379
on the contrary, english does have grammer, syntax and a recognized structure; it`s simply that wiht the vast mixture we ahve from so many cultures, many don`t learn the "proper" way to use english or they consciously revamp it, making some form of it thier own. i may be wrong having never loooked

Re: [newbie] Sort of OT - language

2003-01-09 Thread JM5379
Agreed, Anne. Being American, I'm equally amazed that many who speak something other than english as a primary language can converse in english so much better than many who are raised with it as their only language. Those who can - and do - show such desire to be "global" have my deepest respect

Re: [newbie] What happened?

2003-01-07 Thread JM5379
i believe the newest release of mdk defaults to slocate updating the db (updatedb) weekly rather than daily now. as root run updatedb and see if those programs show up with locate after. --- Original Message --- From: Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] What h

Re: [newbie] Personal database use

2003-01-07 Thread JM5379
sadly, i rather glossed over some of the details of your question so my answer wasn't as relevant as i'd hoped. never mind... sigh. --- Original Message --- From: Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Personal database use >On Tuesday 07 Jan 2003 5:45 pm, P

Re: [newbie] Personal database use

2003-01-07 Thread JM5379
Anne, the physical location of the different components are irrelevant. the database (Mysql) is the server and the client (mysql cli client, myphpadmin, perl/cgi/html webpage, whatever) is the client. they can easily be on the same pc or different ones; i use them in both scenarios. likewise th

Re: [newbie] about to give up

2002-12-06 Thread JM5379
the 2 were the next 2 lines... what they say and what they do *g* took me a bit to figure it out, too --- Original Message --- From: Todd Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] about to give up >On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 04:41:03PM +0100, Paul wrote: >> In reply to

Re: [newbie] OT: dlink dp-601m replacement

2002-11-15 Thread JM5379
i've never played with networking the PCs, didn't even think of that. i've already found another product and ordered it, though. thanks for the idea, something to check out for the PCs i do have at my place. --- Original Message --- From: Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] S

Re: [newbie] Modem & Ethernet

2002-11-14 Thread JM5379
thanks, derek. something i've often wondered about as a nice addition, but obviously never explored. --- Original Message --- From: Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem & Ethernet >Yes. (In linux the answer is always 'yes' ) > You have to learn t

Re: [newbie] Modem & Ethernet

2002-11-14 Thread JM5379
what i'd like is to be able to have both active simultaneously and determine as necessary which one to use for agiven function/connection. is that possible? --- Original Message --- From: Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem & Ethernet >On Thursday

Re: [newbie] staaarting databases

2002-11-11 Thread JM5379
don't know about postgresql, but it sounds like you didn't set up either db server to start automatically at boot. for mysql (probably as root), type service mysql start that should get the db server running, allowing you to use the mysql client to connect. --- Original Message --- From: Aaron

Re: [newbie] Accessing Win-My Documents

2002-11-07 Thread JM5379
i believe the easiest way will be (as root) to cp all the files from the windows mount to the desired directory, then chown . in the new location. you may have to also modify the file permissions since they may all be "r" only, and only for the user. --- Original Message --- From: Langsley T

Re: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo?

2002-11-01 Thread JM5379
i've used both lilo and grub; grub has many advantages, though an intuitive understaqnding of their syntax is not necessarily one of them *g*. one of the best benefits i've discovered is that with grub as your bootloader it will *safely* overwrite the mbr on an ntfs system, allowing for dual-boot

RE: [newbie] Why file privileges changing?

2002-10-28 Thread JM5379
"man msec" should give you the details. --- Original Message --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Katherine Richmond) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Why file privileges changing? >Can you tell me how to set the security to "normal". > >Thanks, >Kathy > > > >--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I s

Re: [newbie] Why file privileges changing?

2002-10-28 Thread JM5379
i don't know, honestly. you might try commenting that out, see what happens. also, perhaps run msec to change the security to a lower level and see what results you get. either allows for a quick recovery if necessary, i would think. --- Original Message --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Katherine

Re: [newbie] Why file privileges changing?

2002-10-28 Thread JM5379
i've seen the same problem. no answer, but i'm thinking it's one of the deamons associated with security levels/permissions/authorizations. possibly msec, since it does run a cron job if installed and running. check "ps ax | grep msec" as root to verify. --- Original Message --- From: [EMAIL P

Re: [newbie] .bin

2002-10-24 Thread JM5379
also, make sure you have the execute permission set for yourself for that file, since it most likely will not have that set by default when downloaded. since it's most likely an install script of some sort, chmod 700 (rwx--) if you want only yourself to do anything at all with it, otherwise, w

Re: [newbie] Windblows

2002-10-11 Thread JM5379
Fear Uncertainty Doubt IBM was the king of it early on, but MS has been the champion for the last decade or so. It's a way of causing customers to hold off purchasing the competition, instilling questions about "their" ability to solve your problems/needs/fantasies/... --- Original Message ---

Re: [newbie] Boot Floppy for 700Mb ISO's

2002-10-10 Thread JM5379
go into your PCs BIOS and make sure the boot sequence looks for the CD as one of the first boot options. there should be a blurb during bootup telling you which key(s) to hit to get into Setup. --- Original Message --- From: Paul Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subj

Re: [newbie] volume control

2002-10-09 Thread JM5379
perfect answers. thanks to all who replied. --- Original Message --- From: Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] volume control >Of course there is. Only the default KDE desktop does not put the icon in the >quickstart bar. Here is how to do it. > >Ope

[newbie] volume control

2002-10-09 Thread JM5379
is there an overall volume control for the speakers, such as that other "OS" has? some of the sounds with flash, etc. can be a bit loud for an office environment *g*. it shouldn't be relevant for this, but i'm using 9.0. thanks, joe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go t

RE: Re: [newbie] can't copy to A:

2002-10-09 Thread JM5379
transgaming also has a warning about running supermount while installing/running games from CD on 9.0. apparently supermount has problems beyond any specific mountpoint for now. --- Original Message --- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re: [newbie] can't copy to A:

Re: [newbie] preparing to install 9.0

2002-10-04 Thread JM5379
i would suggest installing fresh; upgrading has yet to work for me on a few tries. and yes, you can safely keep your user info in /home/username. i always use expert mode even though expert is definitely a relative phrase here *g*. i'm not sure if "recommended" will give you the option of selec

Re: [newbie] 9.0 problem with shorewall and internet connection sharing

2002-10-03 Thread JM5379
only semi-related... i installed 9.0 where 8.2 was loaded prior... under 9.0 the NIC refuses to allow me to talk to the world (3c905c-tx) and the mouse also has problems (generic 2-button with scroll wheel). both work perfectly under 8.2. it appears 9.0 isn't as clean as we'd hoped. --- Origi