Re: [newbie] How do you network 2 pc´s using crossovercable???

2003-05-31 Thread James Dawson
On Friday 30 May 2003 10:24 pm, Mark wrote: I have two pc´s running 9.1 how do I network them using a crossover cable? Cheers Mark * Connect the two computers using the crossover cable * Make sure both network cards are set to the same port speed/duplex (or 'Auto') * Set the IP addresses on

[newbie] DNS problem

2003-05-30 Thread James Dawson
I'm running DNS on a Mandrake 9.1 server with a Mandrake 9.0 workstation (I've been too busy to upgrade the workstation...) The problem is that DNS lookups on the workstation sometimes fails to resolve names on the first attempt, but if I try again immediately it works fine. (about once every

[newbie] MandrakeClub Renewal

2003-02-27 Thread James Dawson
I have a couple of questions regarding renewing my MandrakeClub membership. My finances are rather tight right now so I don't know if I can afford to renew at Silver level but I can't find an option online to renew at Bronze level. Second, is it possible to renew paying on a month-to-month

[newbie] DVD+RW Support in Linux

2002-12-23 Thread James Dawson
Does anyone know if DVD+RWs are supported under Linux? I've seen some reasonably priced DVD+RW drives recently but the only drives I see listed as being compatible with Linux are DVD-RW drives. Also, DVD-RW drives seem to becoming harder to find lately. Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] .....S.....l.....o.....w..... Printing in The GIMP

2002-12-22 Thread James Dawson
I found the problem! It seems that the printer was set up to use CUPS+GIMP Print, rather than GhostScript+GIMP Print as I thought. I switched it to GS+Gimp and it works fine now. On Thursday 19 December 2002 10:35 pm, Erik Farnsworth wrote: On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 21:58, James Dawson wrote

Re: [newbie] .....S.....l.....o.....w..... Printing in The GIMP

2002-12-21 Thread James Dawson
I managed to get it to work by printing through KPrinter. Everything seems to be working fine now. On Thursday 19 December 2002 10:35 pm, Erik Farnsworth wrote: On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 21:58, James Dawson wrote: On Thursday 19 December 2002 12:39 am, Erik Farnsworth wrote

Re: [newbie] .....S.....l.....o.....w..... Printing in The GIMP

2002-12-19 Thread James Dawson
or marginal, will make a huge difference in the output have you turn mtink in a terminal window (as superuser) to make sure all is set correctly there? Yes. Everything is fine save for some minor head cloging... On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 22:09, James Dawson wrote: Help! I am trying to print

[newbie] .....S.....l.....o.....w..... Printing in The GIMP

2002-12-18 Thread James Dawson
Help! I am trying to print a picture in The GIMP but there are two problems. First is that the printing is unberably slow. It takes something like 3 hours (no exageration!) to print out the 2x3 picture I'm working on. Second, when the printout is finally complete it is so washed out that it is

Re: [newbie] palm pilot

2002-12-08 Thread James Dawson
On Sunday 08 December 2002 08:46 am, walt wrote: Anyone manage to get a palm pilot to sync in mandrake 9.0? Walt I've manged to get my palm to sync using both j-pilot and evolution under Mandrake 9.0. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com