Re: [newbie] access denied - Tip

2004-02-22 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:46:46 -0500 Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try going into a terminal, and typing 'su', then your password. Then, > from the terminal, open whatever program you were using to move the > files(i.e. if you were using konqueror, type 'konqueror'.) This is a > root ve

Re: [newbie] Installing 9.2 with the latest and greatest (stable)

2004-02-21 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 22:19:07 -0500 Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: install. > > 10.0 will have 2.6.3 in it as default and 2.4.25 for those that still > want to run a 2.4 series. > -- > /g > > Just as a side note, does anyone know if iptables will be working for the 2.6 kernel? Jerry

Re: [newbie] Switch Window Managers

2004-02-17 Thread Jerry Barton
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 00:03:07 -0600 Job Evers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am debating changing from KDE/Gnome to some other, lighter, window > manager. If you ever wanted a chance to brag up your favorite window > manager now is the time. I don't know what options exists, nor do I > know th

Re: [newbie] How to clear autologin

2004-02-11 Thread Jerry Barton
On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 09:27:03 -0600 "Hoyt Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried ctl-alt-F1, F2, Delete, Backspace. No response just that ugly > green screen with two white bars and a watch. > Regards; > Hoyt try booting into failsafe and at the prompt type: init 3 then it'll run a few th

Re: [newbie] ICS-everything works but www

2004-02-07 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 04:38:28 -0700 Jerry Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Nevermind shorewall won't even start under 2.6 now :-/ -- If you use Microsoft Windows you do not have permission to add this address to your address book. If I am in your address book, please remove me.

[newbie] ICS-everything works but www

2004-02-07 Thread Jerry Barton
mkd 10 beta 2. I have Internet Connection Sharing pretty much working except for one thing. The internal network computers can access everything but the WWW. Yahoo, winmx, irc, email, etc. all work, but the internal computers cannot access the web. I've always used an iptables rc.firewall to do

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 Beta2 and KDE3.2

2004-02-07 Thread Jerry Barton
On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 20:35:59 + Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jerry, I like your signature. Can I use it too, please ? > > Kaj Haulrich. Sure, feel free. -- If you use Microsoft Windows you do not have permission to add this address to your address book. If I am in your address

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 Beta2 and KDE3.2

2004-02-07 Thread Jerry Barton
On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 08:39:04 -0500 "Lanman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jerry; Don't bother using the DrakGW package, but instead, > use the Shorewall Modeule in Webmin. That way you can do > your firewall and ICS at the same time. Just watch out for > the RouteStopped section as that will shut d

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 Beta2 and KDE3.2

2004-02-06 Thread Jerry Barton
On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 18:53:56 -0500 "Lanman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This thing SMOKES! Granted it's lacking a lot of the normal > things, but WoW! Is it fast! I can hardly wait for this to > go to final release! Microsoft - Take note! There's a new > desktop in town, and you just became histo

Re: [newbie] Hyperterm app

2004-01-27 Thread Jerry Barton
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 08:56:36 +0100 Anders Lind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello friends, > > I am looking for a hyperterminal similiar app for Unix...and so far I > haven't found anything, but I am very sure that something must be out > there. > > Cheers > Anders > > is something like minic

Re: [newbie] Fun and Totally useless.

2004-01-18 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 17:49:12 -0500 JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just discovered this, apologies if it's old news. > > Do: > > urpmi cowsay > > Now, in a term, type: > > cowsay > You can also have lots of different "cows" as the character. they're in /usr/share/cows and the com

Re: [newbie] audio stream: mms: unregisterd protocol

2004-01-17 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 00:28:50 -0500 Rick Kunath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you have the mplayer plugin installed in your /usr/lib/mozilla > directoty, it will open mplayer. > > Not all Windows formats are supported. > thanks, had the old version installed upgraded, and now i at least get a

Re: [newbie] audio stream: mms: unregisterd protocol

2004-01-17 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 21:10:10 -0500 Rick Kunath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 17 January 2004 07:06 pm, Jerry Barton wrote: > > I'm trying to listen to an audio stream on > > http://www.crienglish.com/radio/index.htm > > > > The link to t

Re: [newbie] Sylpheed-claws - slight problem

2004-01-17 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 18:06:31 -0700 jason pearl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So can someone tell me is there really a difference between claws and > the regular version...??? i dont want to change if its the same.. i > was comparing what file descriptions say and they have the same > thing... cla

Re: [newbie] Sylpheed-claws - slight problem

2004-01-17 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 16:34:18 +0200 Johan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I was running sylpheed. > I read about sylpheed-claws and installed that. > Now in folders Inbox -- CLUG -- Newbie shows in blue they have > files...but click on that and nothing shows. > There may have been files in

[newbie] audio stream: mms: unregisterd protocol

2004-01-17 Thread Jerry Barton
I'm trying to listen to an audio stream on http://www.crienglish.com/radio/index.htm The link to the stream is: mms://218.244.243.30/roundtheclock and the player it wants is Windows Media Player 9 (the "download player" on the front page is the WM9 installer). Is there a way to get this to work w

Re: [newbie] OT - CD repair kits-do they work?

2004-01-12 Thread Jerry Barton
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 20:51:52 -0500 Todd Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My daughter got to one of my CD's and scratched it all up. I've got it > as a low-quality ogg, but I definitely want to preserve the CD. Has > anybody tried those kits that are supposed to repair scratched CD's? > Do they

Re: [newbie] SCO goes after Google

2004-01-10 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 19:32:30 -0500 JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From what I've read, the business community, and I can assume > investors as a subset, are not taking SCO's shenanigans very > seriously. The lure of investing in a huge potential like Google I'm > sure will overcome any FUD

Re: [newbie] boot messages

2004-01-10 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 12:50:10 -0800 Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I ran kcontrol as root, and it seemed to feel that everything was > configured. We'll see if it happens next time, and if so, i'll look > into lisa some more. > > What did you do to fix it? > > thanks for the info, > eric

Re: [newbie] boot messages

2004-01-10 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 10:21:41 -0800 Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > /var/log/boot.log probably... > > > > > > I checked in both of those, but neither one has the list of OK > > > and FAILED services. > > > > > Are you sure it isn't in boot.log? You may have to scroll around > > a bi

Re: [newbie] midi files, Kmid and Sound Blaster Live (solved)

2004-01-10 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 18:33:45 + Peter Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Where did you find these sound fonts? Which cd? A Mandrake one? There are also a lot of them at http://www.sf2midi.com/ -- _||_ Registered linux user #300600 (o_ Registered linux machine # 185855 //\

Re: [newbie] Internet Via Comcast

2004-01-09 Thread Jerry Barton
On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:25:55 -0800 "John S. Chalice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey there everybody.. > > Thanks in advance for any help with this. I searched the archive, but > couldn't quite find the answer to my query... but if anyone can help > me by merely pointing out the right entry, ple

Re: [newbie] uses an invalid list file

2004-01-04 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 20:00:44 + Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think > rm /var/lib/urpmi/list. > is what you are looking for. > > derek Yep that's what fixed mine. -- _||_ Registered linux user #300600 (o_ Registered linux machine # 185855 //\at V_/_ http://

Re: [newbie] Realplayer Probs

2004-01-04 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 01:05:58 -0800 "E. Hines" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm thinkin' there be sumthin strange about the way 9.2 is handling > Mozilla plugins. I just put 9.2 on a test machine, and I could not > get the Flashplayer 6 plugin to appear. Both files were installed in > the plugins

Re: [newbie] Anyone else used MJPEGTools?

2004-01-02 Thread Jerry Barton
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 16:44:58 -0500 JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I use this package as part of a script which converts DivX to SVCD. > The process takes about 24 hours for a 700MB DivX file. > > I've been told that if mjpegtools is built when the 'nasm' package is > present(MMX/SSE optim

Re: [newbie] Sylpheed

2004-01-01 Thread Jerry Barton
On Thu, 1 Jan 2004 05:04:20 + Ted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am currently using Sylpheed and wish to upgrade to Sylpheed-claws.. > Will I have to remove Sylpheed before I urpmi sylpheed-claws ?? urpmi should take care of it automatically if it does. -- _||_ Registered linux user #3006

Re: [newbie] medium "92_contrib" uses an invalid list file:

2003-12-26 Thread Jerry Barton
On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 11:02:34 + et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Copy and pasted from cooker;;; > " > The well known message: > > medium "92_contrib" uses an invalid list file: > mirror is probably not up-to-date, trying to use alternate method > > is due to a bug into urpmi.addmedia which c

Re: [newbie] KDE Kmenu list of programs

2003-12-21 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:05:39 -0500 Trey Sizemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But if I use a distribution other than Mandrake, this will not be the > case. For example, if I want to mimic the KDE menu currently in use > on my Mandrake box on a Debian box or Fedora box. I want to recreate > the o

Re: [newbie] Restarting the internet connection

2003-12-17 Thread Jerry Barton
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 20:34:06 +0200 robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What does HTH mean? "Hope That Helps" :-) -- _||_ Registered linux user #300600 (o_ Registered linux machine # 185855 //\at V_/_ http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: [newbie] ??? ????????? 3COM 3C940 ? Mandrake 9.2

2003-12-17 Thread Jerry Barton
> On Wednesday 17 December 2003 02:44 am, Genady Oliash wrote: > > ?? . > > > > ? 3COM 3C940 network card ? Mandrake 9.2. ??? > > ?? ?? ? Asus P4P800. ? ?? ??? ? > > Linux, ??? ???-?? ??? ??, ?? ???. > > > > ??

Re: [newbie] Can't boot after erasing unneeded disk

2003-12-17 Thread Jerry Barton
> Would you also be able to do this by booting to rescue mode with the > MDK install disk or by booting to single-user mode? Just wondering > here if there may be an easier route since I may be encountering this > same problem as well. Thx > > Jerry. Nevermind, Raffaele answered my question fu

Re: [newbie] Can't boot after erasing unneeded disk

2003-12-17 Thread Jerry Barton
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 23:09:03 -0800 Rob Blomquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am going to assume that it is reading about /dev/hdb1 from fstab, > and so you have to remove it there. > > I would try to boot and do it interactively, so then when fstab is > read, you can stop it from trying to get

Re: [newbie] How do I remove the gui boot screen ?

2003-12-15 Thread Jerry Barton
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 03:41:07 + Jerry Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm a bit late on this thread but... have you tried running mcc, going > to boot/Drakboot then "advanced" and in the dropdown menu selecting > "lilo with text menu" inst

Re: [newbie] How do I remove the gui boot screen ?

2003-12-15 Thread Jerry Barton
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 09:25:47 + John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's just recently after replacing the deleted kernel that it has gone > back to that sqashed into a small white window on blue background > boot screen , and I don't like the presentation it's too small , too > cr

Re: [newbie] fstab digits 0 1 2

2003-12-14 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 21:48:46 +0200 Johan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > Please inform me what the last two digits mean in an fstab entry. > I have read it somewhere through the years and don't seem to be able > to find it again. > Thanks from tuxfiles.org: "The 5th column in /etc/fstab is

[newbie] How to apply pateches (was bittorrent installation)

2003-12-13 Thread Jerry Barton
>> When i extracted the rpm other files were extracted other than >> BitTorrent-3.3.tar.bz2, >> BitTorrent-3.3-maketorrent-1.2.patch.bz2 >> BitTorrent-3.3-man.tar.bz2 >> BitTorrent-3.3-nonag.patch.bz2 >> and 3 icons >> >> do i need to install these also? there is nothing in the install >> readme fr

Re: [newbie] make partition/dir r/w dor all

2003-12-12 Thread Jerry Barton
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:43:38 +0200 Johan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > /dev/hdg8 /mnt/backup ext3 rw,users,exec,auto,suid 0 0 > > What else need I put in this line to make it rw for all, Please. > I do not like to change to su every time I want to write something > there. > Looking in

Re: [newbie] XFontsel

2003-12-12 Thread Jerry Barton
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 16:59:49 -0500 JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm looking for xfontsel, which apparently comes with XFree86-tools, > but I cannot find a Mandrake package with urpmi or even rpmfind.net. > > Anyone know where I can snag this? urpmi X11R6-contrib hth Jerry -- _||_ R

Re: [newbie] Reading PDF attachments from Mozilla containing spaces in the title

2003-12-12 Thread Jerry Barton
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 12:24:13 -0800 Adrian Kuepker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We're having trouble opening PDFs directly from Mozilla(mdk9.2) that > contain a space in the file name. put %20 in place of the space like%20this%20for%20example.pdf -- _||_ Registered linux user #300600 (o_

Re: [newbie] Allow users to mount/umount the floppy

2003-12-11 Thread Jerry Barton
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:18:46 -0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > When I disable "supermount" the floppy icon on KDE disappear. I really > need a way to the non-root user umount the floppy. > > Roberto This may be a helpful link for you: http://esm2.imt-mrs.fr/~staffelb/guide_linux/part1/fsta

Re: [newbie] Samba help please?

2003-12-06 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 17:51:28 +1300 "Al & Destiny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have MDK 9.1 setup on an old box to link with my XP box. > > Samba seems to work great as a server...I can browse my home dir from > the XP box. > > But I cannot see any files on the XP box from Linux. >

Re: [newbie] I'm baaaaaaacccckkkkk!

2003-12-06 Thread Jerry Barton
Plonk. Plonk. Fizz. Fizz. O! What a relief it is. -- _||_ Registered linux user #300600 (o_ Registered linux machine # 185855 //\at V_/_ http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] gtk debugging libraries

2003-12-06 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 12:59:06 -0800 Dimitar Haralanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Still no luck finding anything on this. I would be nice if > Mandrake had > these libraries somewhere... > > Any help? glibc-debug -- _||_ Registered linux user #300600 (o_ Registered li

Re: [newbie] strange process (at least to me) ?

2003-12-05 Thread Jerry Barton
On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 21:28:54 -0500 Dan Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok makes sense, my wm is xfce and i do run kde apps. I guess i was > worryed when i saw suicide in there lol. thought maybe the os was > going to check out on me hehehe. Wait until you see one of those kernel cookies like

Re: [newbie] strange process (at least to me) ?

2003-12-05 Thread Jerry Barton
On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 14:22:31 -0500 Dan Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I noticed this process when i looked in gnome system monitor > kdeinit: dcopserver --nosid --suicide > Anyone know what this means specially the suicide part ? > Mandrake 9.2 I get those when running a kde ap from outside o

Re: [newbie] Linneighborhood not showing linux machines

2003-12-03 Thread Jerry Barton
On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 22:55:18 -0400 Adolfo Bello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I *guess* that LN will show only machines that it can connect to. > Again, I might be wrong. > Actually, I'm pretty sure that's correct. If there's no server running it would not detect a machine, nor list it. LN j

Re: [newbie] Library Path Environment Variable

2003-12-03 Thread Jerry Barton
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 22:01:51 -0600 The Other <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 12/03/03 > > The Library Path Environment Variable What's it called in > Linux? > > LIBPATH worked in Windows IIRC, what's it called and how do I set it > in Linux? > edit /etc/ld.so.conf then run ldconfig -- _||

Re: [newbie] Update won't Update-Again

2003-12-01 Thread Jerry Barton
On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 14:58:36 -0500 Langsley T Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all and thanks for all the help. > > However I'm still unable to update my installation of 9.2. Clicking on > the Mandrake Update Icon in software management still tells me: Open the Mandrake Control Center.

Re: [newbie] 9.2-xawtv nosound.

2003-11-30 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 20:59:23 + "L.V.Gandhi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > xawtv works for me ok in 9.1 in the same machine. but in 9.2 I don't > get any sound. Whether it has something to do with alsa sound which is > default in 9.2. if so how to solve it. > Or it has anything to do with arts.

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.2 - Lost my open windows applets on Gnome panel on my Desktop :-)

2003-11-30 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 12:31:07 + (GMT) Robert Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Its annoying have to switch between apps using ALT-TAB!! > > How do I get the Applets back? Is it in one of the .gnome config files > in my home directory or something? Robert, Right-click on the panel and choos

Re: [newbie] Trouble?? with 9.2

2003-11-29 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 15:14:29 + Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What are you playing around for? I finished that job almost a > > > year ago! Which reminds me - what could I do with an > > > external Ditto tape drive that takes tapes that only Iomega made, > > > and only for a s

Re: [newbie] Unninstalling packages

2003-11-28 Thread Jerry Barton
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 14:47:15 -0800 Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How do I unninstall packages that were installed from the source? > > If you're lucky, there's instructions, or an option in the makefile. > > Otherwise, you just have to delete all the files it installed. > > I don't k

Re: [newbie] Bad signatures in 9.2

2003-11-28 Thread Jerry Barton
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 15:15:57 + Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You will get that error if you are not using ../base for your contrib > source. > > The /contrib/i586/ contains a synthesis.hdlist2.cz and the > rpms can be installed using such, But, it does not contain a list or

Re: [newbie] ssh + X forwarding to Windows

2003-11-27 Thread Jerry Barton
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 16:57:46 -0800 (PST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David E. Fox) wrote: > vnc server is where? I have vnc installed on the Windows side, and I'd > have to do the setup remotely. urpmi tightvnc-server HTH -- _||_ Registered linux user #300600 (o_ Registered linux machine # 185855

Re: [newbie] Fonts [SOLVED]

2003-11-26 Thread Jerry Barton
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 19:01:09 + Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry, Jerry. There's just too much in there now to keep track, so I > have to settle for reminding people often that knowledge acquired is > good, but knowledge shared is better :-) > > Anne I understand completel

Re: [newbie] Installing Java 1.4.2.x

2003-11-26 Thread Jerry Barton
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:23:43 -0600 Doug Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On a related topic, how does one edit the Path statement directly? I > have been through some of the man pages and the Running Linux book and > have not spotted any way to directly edit the Path statement, like > edit

Re: [newbie] Fonts [SOLVED]

2003-11-26 Thread Jerry Barton
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:24:54 + Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 26 Nov 2003 3:29 pm, Marco Verheul wrote: > > > > Joe, see http://lli.linux-bangalore.org/ttfonts.php. This page > > explains howto install fonts with Mandrake Control Center. It > > appearantly takes good car

Re: [newbie] KDE Menu issue revisited

2003-11-25 Thread Jerry Barton
On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 01:21:59 -0800 Melissa Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now on to other things... like why I can't use the "Delete Article" > option in Knode (option is there, just disabled). Like et said.. yeah that's for articles you post. (to cancel your post) set up your filters to ca

Re: [newbie] usb iomega cdrw

2003-11-25 Thread Jerry Barton
On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 20:06:53 -0500 Dooggie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello > > i am having trouble installing my cdrw drive. when i plug it in and > start the computer, it halts at "finding dependencies". > i am running mandrake 9.0 with kernel 2.4.21.0.13mdk. > > thanks > > > My box alw

Re: [newbie] How to stop Auto connect internet on boot?

2003-11-24 Thread Jerry Barton
On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 02:50:11 -0500 Bob Read <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anyone tell me how to discontinue the automatic connection > to the internet on boot? This is a machine that was originally > Mdk 8.1 then updated to Mdk 8.2. If it fails to connect for > any reason, it just keeps tryin

Re: [newbie] No sound, no pictures

2003-11-23 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 20:56:37 -0800 Melissa Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 23 November 2003 05:20 pm, I wrote: > > > Also, there's no sound. My sound card (nvidia GeForce2) was > > recognized during installation. > > Oops! That's

Re: [newbie] No sound, no pictures

2003-11-23 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 18:28:03 -0800 Melissa Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a program > ("kiconedit" perhaps?) that only displays a picture file without all > the editing options being brought up as well? there are quite a few. To name a few: ee gqview xzgv kwickshow (the package

Re: [newbie] video file conversions

2003-11-13 Thread Jerry Barton
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:19:16 +0200 Anarky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what would you recomend for converting video files in > Linux? > I know of avidemux .. but I'm having problems with it .. what I want > to do right now is take an avi with divx & raw wave and convert it

Re: [newbie] Macromeida flash plug-in installation on mozilla - I did something wrong !!

2003-11-13 Thread Jerry Barton
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 10:13:49 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Dear Friends , > > I dowloaded macromedia flash plug-in from Macromedia's site and > installed it. Eveything seems fine with the installation. Plug - in > was installed in myusername/home/.mozilla/ . But when I enter a site > includ

Re: [newbie] Reality or Urban Legend

2003-11-12 Thread Jerry Barton
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:40:52 -0500 Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is 9.2 being difficult to install really true, or is it just an urban > legend? My personal experience is that it is a piece of cake, but I > leave open the possibility that others have had significant problems. > > I hav

Re: [newbie] Audio recording levels

2003-11-01 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 01:08:20 +1100 Brian Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What you need to concentrate on then is setting the initial level so > that it's well below distortion on the peaks, but not too far. > rezound or audacity include meters for displaying the record levels, > so using

Re: [newbie] Audio recording levels

2003-10-31 Thread Jerry Barton
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:47:01 -0500 HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 16:26:54 -0500 > "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > Hmm, I'd level them all out first. Otherwise you wind up with some > > louder than others. Can be annoying once you burn it to CD...

Re: [newbie] Hostname in 9.2

2003-10-31 Thread Jerry Barton
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 10:02:07 - > I can't make my hostname stick at localhost, my IP is dynamic. > I've edited various files (see below) and thought I'd solved it but > then I > rebooted and it changed back to "public1-derb2-3-" > The edited files :- I ran the network setup wizard in

Re: [newbie] XADMIN

2003-10-29 Thread Jerry Barton
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 12:56:06 -0500 Heather/Femme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > wtf is Xadmin??? Is in the drakservices menu, but hit the info button > thers no info. Try "man xadmin" no such file...nothing under help or > info... I was just looking at that today as well, Femme. Lemme know if ya

Re: [newbie] ** Welcome to Newbie **

2003-10-29 Thread Jerry Barton
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 23:41:34 -0800 Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: . > > People don't know what Twiki is? :) Yep... I didn't know what a Twiki was until recently. Once I figured out what everyone was talking about I found it quite useful and have even contributed to it. :-) I think an

Re: [newbie] OT optical mice

2003-10-22 Thread Jerry Barton
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 03:30:50 +1300 Sharrea Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So can anyone tell me if your optical mouse causes a delay before the cursor > moves? TIA. My logitech optical mouse (usb with ps/2 adapter) works great Jerry. -- _||_ Registered linux user #300600 (o_ Registered

Re: [newbie] I'm goin' mobile....

2003-10-21 Thread Jerry Barton
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 11:17:02 -0700 "Grant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'll be traveling off and on for the foreseable future, and I > > don't want to > > > bring a laptop. What I'd like is some kind of a setup that allows me to > > > connect to a remote machine that I've set up and use m

Re: [newbie] I'm goin' mobile....

2003-10-21 Thread Jerry Barton
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 09:54:24 -0700 "Grant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll be traveling off and on for the foreseable future, and I don't want to > bring a laptop. What I'd like is some kind of a setup that allows me to > connect to a remote machine that I've set up and use my apps through ther

Re: [newbie] gaim-0.71

2003-10-12 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 07:49:25 + Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 00:14:33 -0600 > Jerry Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I still seem to be having trouble acessing the archives of the newbie > > list.. What is

Re: [newbie] wallpaper

2003-10-12 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 12:26:24 +0200 Liechti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi > does anybody know where to downlaod this wallpaper? > http://images.mandrakesoft.com/img/screenshots/mdk91-scr2.jpg > > remo > > Oh crud i used to have that wallpaper and totally forgot where i got it. It was in eit

Re: [newbie] getting rid of ads on the web

2003-10-12 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 04:35:12 -0400 Heather/Femme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > pls be more specific. your answer is (atm) very unhelpful. > > rtfm/point by point step by step instructions/google Me...whatever... > > but your answer doesn't do me any good as it stands. sorry... :) > > The Lo

Re: [newbie] annoying alarm on standby.

2003-10-12 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 18:34:36 +0800 Aidan Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 11 October 2003 11:33 pm, Charlie M. wrote: > Thanks Jerry and Charlie for your responses. > I am very new to linux, and so I wouldn't have a clue how to see if I have > gkrellm and lm_sensors running, but I'

Re: [newbie] Problems with a web site...

2003-10-11 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 23:52:18 -0400 "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A friend of mine who uses Mozilla is having trouble with a web site: > > http://www.qx.net > > so I told him I'd try it out. Like him, I can access the main page, but > clicking something like the DSL link immediat

Re: [newbie] getting rid of ads on the web

2003-10-11 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 17:53:44 -0400 Heather/Femme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 00:46:34 + > Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Saturday 11 October 2003 08:32 pm, Heather/Femme wrote: > > > in windows i used zonealarm pro. > > > > > > in linux what can i do? s

Re: [newbie] annoying alarm on standby.

2003-10-11 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 20:09:29 +0800 Aidan Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anybody tell me what the annoying (and constant) dee-dah dee-dah dee-dah > sound my computer is making is caused by??? I used to get that. I replaced the fan on my CPU and found that it doesn't do it anymore. Try

Re: [newbie] Using K3B & making an ISO

2003-10-02 Thread Jerry Barton
On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 18:47:11 -0400 Heather/Femme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > Trying to make an ISO with K3B... > > its not working though...I tell it to burn the image (ISO) to K3B's temp > dir...and the dir isn't full but it just sits there..no cd activity or > anything... > > I looked

Re: [newbie] hints on mp3 CD!

2003-09-18 Thread Jerry Barton
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:28:37 -0400 "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 15 September 2003 11:02 am, Miark wrote: > > Use Grip to rip and encode them to MP3 or Ogg. If you're playing them > > on a computer, I recommend OGG; if you're going to play it in a > > portable MP3 player,

Re: [newbie] how do i release the ipnumber with dhcp

2003-08-14 Thread Jerry Barton
On 06 Aug 2003 07:17:05 -0400 ed tharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 22:38, Jerry Barton wrote: > > On 05 Aug 2003 18:15:42 -0400 > > ed tharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > ifconfig eth0 down >

Re: [newbie] how do i release the ipnumber with dhcp

2003-08-14 Thread Jerry Barton
On 05 Aug 2003 18:15:42 -0400 ed tharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ifconfig eth0 down > Just curious because I come across this from time to time and that's how i've been doing it.. would service network restart work as well? Just thinking of a way to do it in one command. Jerry -- _

Re: [newbie] Program for joining files together

2003-08-06 Thread Jerry Barton
On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 21:41:26 -0300 Guilherme Cirne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Are there any good programs for joining files together under linux? More > specifically I want to join some .avi files into one big file. What is > the easiest way to do this? > If you're used to someth

Re: [newbie] Time Setting

2003-08-04 Thread Jerry Barton
On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 08:03:34 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I know this has been covered here before, but all of a sudden my time > setting resets every time the computer boots or reboots. I've used the > KDE control panel, the Mandrake control panel and the command line to > reset the time to

[newbie] LinPopUp cannot receive msgs from Win2k box

2003-08-04 Thread Jerry Barton
I've installed LinPopUp on the main box (this one...) and have Windows 2000 Professional on a secondary box. LinPopUp successfully sends messages to the Win2K box but does not receive messages from it. I have the message command in my smb.conf as follows: message command = /usr/bin/LinPopUp "

Re: [newbie] Thanks to all

2003-08-04 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 22:07:22 -0700 Erylon Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Next time (will there be a next time??), rid your home directory of the .kde > hidden directory and restart kde. You'll lose all your settings (including > kmail settings!), but 90% of the time the problem, whatever it

Re: [newbie]Konqueror Crashes on changing Viewing Mode

2003-08-01 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 00:02:53 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I upgraded to 3.1.3 a couple of days ago as well. Unfortunately I did have > >problems. After about 2 hours (sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less) > >it locks up the entire machine. The screen goes

Re: [newbie] How do I start the GUI from a command line?

2003-08-01 Thread Jerry Barton
On 31 Jul 2003 11:26:58 +1000 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 03:38, Aaron Burke wrote: > > After I initially installed Mandrake 8.2 (it's the only version I have > > access to), I must have chose somewhere along the line to automatically > > start with the KDE Inte

Re: [newbie]Konqueror Crashes on changing Viewing Mode

2003-08-01 Thread Jerry Barton
On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:18:04 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Got KDE 3.1.3 for 9.1 from Texstar last night. No problems yet. > I upgraded to 3.1.3 a couple of days ago as well. Unfortunately I did have problems. After about 2 hours (sometimes a little more, sometimes a

Re: [newbie] OT: ad blocking

2003-07-29 Thread Jerry Barton
On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 14:25:02 +0200 Ralph Slooten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This will confuse your browser into thinking that these sites, like > doubleclick.com lives on your own computer, and not somewhere on the internet. > There were large lists on the internet of all big / known sites for

Re: [newbie] 2.6-test kernel rpms available?

2003-07-29 Thread Jerry Barton
On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 08:56:59 -0500 Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >If you get the kernel-source rpm (47.5mb), or the vanilla kernel > from kernel.org, it'll most likely refuse to compile. Get the docs, > as the compile steps are very different for 2.6 > ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub

[newbie] 2.6-test kernel rpms available?

2003-07-28 Thread Jerry Barton
Hello! I finally got all the kinks worked out with the conversion of attbi to comcast and everything's finally settled in. It was kinda strange being off the list. I've been trying to keep up by reading the archives while working everything out but I've missed a lot. Good to be back. That s

Re: [newbie] OT - PCLO offline because of SCO!

2003-04-01 Thread Jerry Barton
On Tue, 01 Apr 2003 09:09:36 -0300 Damian Gatabria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > www.pclinuxonline.com > > > PCLinuxOffline > > > Due to our active boycott of SCO, > > SCO has filed a temporary court > > injunction forcing our website offline. > > > We apologize for any inconvenience

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.1 Installation Problem

2003-04-01 Thread Jerry Barton
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 10:14:09 +0100 "Sendak, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wrote earlier that under Mandrake 9.0 I had a message "Kenel panic : No > init found" at boot-up. > Thanks to Stephen Kuhn, dfox and Leonardo Diciolla for your advice, but I > lacked the confidence and knowledge to fo

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.1 WINE, Gamma adjust

2003-04-01 Thread Jerry Barton
On Tue, 01 Apr 2003 20:53:33 +1200 "freestyle.design" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -I was wondering where WINE was buried in mdk 9.1 > > -Also, my monitor is so dark the in-monitor controls canĀ“t compensate > for its darkness enough. In Windows I used Adobe Gamma to adjust it, is > there a Linu

Re: [newbie] looking for a tv card for Linux

2003-03-28 Thread Jerry Barton
On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 07:47:27 -0500 Jim Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > I am looking for a good TV Card to use with Mandrake 9.0. I plan to upgrade to > 9.1 next month. I have searched a few web sites and so far have found a > Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350 but it is a bit pricey for my b

[newbie] ftp install success

2003-03-23 Thread Jerry Barton
Just wanted to report a success story for anyone new thinking of installing via ftp :) Since cooker's gone 'production' I decided to try it out. I used the cooker mirrors to install today since I'm too impatient to wait for the ISO's (LOL) and it all went VERY smoothly. The new installer is q

Re: [newbie] problem with Linuxconf 'Help' window height

2003-03-16 Thread Jerry Barton
WOW COOL! I wasn't having such an issue with the linuxconf help window but when i'd start xchat it'd place the window half way off the top of the screen (so i couldn't grab the titlebar) making it (i thought) unusable unless i switched to iceWM which will let me place the window with my mouse w

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