Re: [newbie] mplayer homepage

2003-08-30 Thread John Richard Smith
tents since we didn't here in the USA. No vote no nothing, just got patents on software shoved down our throats by big business. So do I , this is a hasty piece of badly worked out legislation that will only have to be repealed. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want t

Re: [newbie] SCO reversal

2003-08-30 Thread John Richard Smith
ing to sue non-commercial users, ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls

2003-08-29 Thread John Richard Smith
Frankie wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Richard Smith Sent: Friday, 29 August 2003 9:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls HaywireMac wrote: On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 20:10:43 +0800 "Fr

Re: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls

2003-08-29 Thread John Richard Smith
that do let you sho without enabling cookies. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls

2003-08-29 Thread John Richard Smith
cookies ? you know, from the security point of view ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls

2003-08-29 Thread John Richard Smith
cookies ? you know, from the security point of view ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-26 Thread John Richard Smith
for the pixel to turn off and back on again, the system does not refresh in the same sense as a crt). There is no flicker on tft's like crt's so don't worry about that. I think they are a lot better (less power hungry too). Thanks, Tony. -Original Message- From: John Ri

Re: [newbie] [OT] DVD Player for *all* formats

2003-08-25 Thread John Richard Smith
ology.com/templates/side.asp?level=1&pid=412#top> <http://www.kiss-technology.com/templates/side.asp?level=1&pid=411> /(c) KiSS Technology A/S 2003 - Legal/ Search KiSS Technology A/S · Slotsmarken 10 · 2970 Hørsholm · Denmark · Tel. +45 4517 · Fax. +45 45170060 --

Re: [newbie] TEST

2003-08-25 Thread John Richard Smith
Two sticky stars and a free beer. John James R. McKenzie wrote: Did I pass the test? What doo I get. I want the gold star. T H A N K Y O U James R. McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "John Richard Smith" <[EM

[newbie] Problems posting to Newbie List

2003-08-25 Thread John Richard Smith
Started having problems getting through, here is the latest return message , [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is no such user (newbie). isn't something ending .ru a rusian address ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-25 Thread John Richard Smith
ay for telling if a box is going to give you problems as well...(or for doing forensic research on a box) (grin) You know that is a very good idea, I've got a knoppix Cd as well , so I might try that . John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-25 Thread John Richard Smith
Heather/Femme wrote: On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 13:07, John Richard Smith wrote: Thanks, You know it's so much more reassuring to hear first hand from people with experience with equipement new to oneself. I think I'm going to wait till the right offer for a 19" 1280x1024 at mayb

[newbie] Bash Script to change file prefix

2003-08-25 Thread John Richard Smith
nd run it from there, dunno though . Possible ? Also out of pure curiosity why does the file names all end in " * " ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] TEST

2003-08-25 Thread John Richard Smith
This is a test , having problems posting to list. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17"Flat Screen

2003-08-23 Thread John Richard Smith
Alex Weiss wrote: On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 10:45:54 +, John Richard Smith wrote: Alex Weiss wrote: I've got a samsung 191T at 1280 x 1024 it goes for $749 before a $100 rebate I like it alot see it here: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1051384581717&skuId=480

Re: [newbie] having problems installing a program

2003-08-22 Thread John Richard Smith
ike your GCC compiler, or complains you haven't got one installed, do this, [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# rpm -qa | grep gcc gcc-c++-3.2.2-3mdk gcc-cpp-3.2.2-3mdk libgcc1-3.2.2-3mdk gcc-3.2.2-3mdk to see what gcc compiler you have installed. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wan

Re: [newbie] Restore Xwindows setting from boot

2003-08-21 Thread John Richard Smith
ed tharp wrote: On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 15:46, John Richard Smith wrote: ed tharp wrote: On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 14:09, John Richard Smith wrote: How do I restore xwindows monitor and video settings on bootup. There is some way by typing XFdrake , but how , I think with CD1 ? John

Re: [newbie] Restore Xwindows setting from boot

2003-08-21 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 21 Aug 2003 8:46 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: ed tharp wrote: On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 14:09, John Richard Smith wrote: How do I restore xwindows monitor and video settings on bootup. There is some way by typing XFdrake , but how , I think with CD1

Re: [newbie] Restore Xwindows setting from boot

2003-08-21 Thread John Richard Smith
ed tharp wrote: On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 14:09, John Richard Smith wrote: How do I restore xwindows monitor and video settings on bootup. There is some way by typing XFdrake , but how , I think with CD1 ? John as root, XFdrake should give you the ability to setup your display and monitor

[newbie] Restore Xwindows setting from boot

2003-08-21 Thread John Richard Smith
How do I restore xwindows monitor and video settings on bootup. There is some way by typing XFdrake , but how , I think with CD1 ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Twinview and output to TV

2003-08-21 Thread John Richard Smith
an output mode and it should pump the picture out via your tvout. Will send you the file off list. think it originally came form sourceforge. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] GE Wireless Optical Mouse H097990

2003-08-19 Thread John Richard Smith
as either a PS/2 or usb mouse using the standard MD drivers. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Missing libraries in M9.1

2003-08-19 Thread John Richard Smith
HaywireMac wrote: On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 16:13:47 + John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: Cannot make sense of things. Try running as root "ldconfig" and see if it will establish the correct paths. Also, do a "locate" on the supposedly missing files

[newbie] Missing libraries in M9.1

2003-08-19 Thread John Richard Smith
der-png.so: libpng12.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory at /usr/lib/libDrakX/ugtk2.pm line 529 Cannot make sense of things. Why cannot I launch these apps ? What should I do to correct things ? By the way I've no interent connection on this machine(winmodem) John

Re: [newbie] M8.1 Shutdown fails

2003-08-15 Thread John Richard Smith
what does this mean , or is it something else really ? John ed tharp wrote: On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 09:38, John Richard Smith wrote: My wife's M8.1 gets to , Stopping Kheader, and Hangs, no cursor, no keyboard, nothing. Have to crash the OS and restart. do the numlock lites work

[newbie] Mozilla 1.4, tetex, and security additions

2003-08-14 Thread John Richard Smith
ion, and make connection difficult in the first place. What is the likelyhood of the problem being the modem, and how much of the problem is due to lousy ISP equipement facilities ? Any opinions ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] hdd copying VERY slow

2003-08-14 Thread John Richard Smith
Anarky wrote: John Richard Smith wrote: Anarky wrote: you know ... turns out this slowdown only happens when copying from fat32 to fat32 ... when copying from fat32 to linux partition it's constantly at about 9mb/second. Still, acording to your huge test results my hdds might be so

Re: [newbie] hdd copying VERY slow

2003-08-14 Thread John Richard Smith
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 21:42, John Richard Smith wrote: My 40 g Maxtor gives, hdparm -tT /dev/hda Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.56 seconds =228.57 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.67 seconds = 38.32 MB/sec John ...show off...(g

[newbie] Eastern Script emails

2003-08-14 Thread John Richard Smith
Mozilla1.4 For quite some time now my emailer insists on downloading Chinese scripted emails. These I have no chance of reading. Anyone know how to stop it. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Mozilla 1.4, tetex, and security additions

2003-08-14 Thread John Richard Smith
Richard Urwin wrote: On Monday 11 Aug 2003 5:00 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Michael Lothian wrote: Yes that's true but the cost is considerably more, the quality of service improvement not that much higher, and in my case I have to buy 4 new modems just to get started.

Re: [newbie] Mozilla 1.4, tetex, and security additions

2003-08-14 Thread John Richard Smith
t a serial port job? If so I guess it has it's own powersupply, or possibly they are usb devices ? Also I note Netgear do a wireless job as well, are they a NO, No ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] hdd copying VERY slow

2003-08-14 Thread John Richard Smith
Tom Brinkman wrote: On Monday August 11 2003 02:21 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: yes, I think I experienced this when we went through my own configuration with you a while back, and the conclusion I came to was that overdoing anything the makers recomend is a zero sum game to the degree to

Re: [newbie] Mozilla 1.4, tetex, and security additions

2003-08-14 Thread John Richard Smith
ut no, we can obtain ADSL at a price, but the quality of improvement over the cost increase isn't worth it anyway. Mike John Richard Smith wrote: Personally , I think it's mostly due to a lack of equipement to cater for demand by my ISP, , Freeserve anytime, but I have to be awar

Re: [newbie] Mozilla 1.4, tetex, and security additions

2003-08-14 Thread John Richard Smith
ed tharp wrote: On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 12:00, John Richard Smith wrote: Michael Lothian wrote: I have 3 computer, and my wife has hers and several of my daughters each have computers that float in and out according to presence in the family.I don't propose upgrading them, but the 4

Re: [newbie] hdd copying VERY slow

2003-08-14 Thread John Richard Smith
Tom Brinkman wrote: On Monday August 11 2003 03:50 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Tom, Why does your previous example so much faster everything, what is it and how you configure that makes the difference ? John Well, I'm reading this thread and seein the suggestions to use h

Re: [newbie] Mozilla 1.4, tetex, and security additions

2003-08-14 Thread John Richard Smith
ally will be one of the key spurs to a meaningful economic recovery around the world.It's one of the key drivers that is holding the world back. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Mozilla 1.4, tetex, and security additions

2003-08-14 Thread John Richard Smith
for £30 which was a hub and 2 network cards. I assure it is worth it and makes life a lot easier (it also works with windows if anyone's actually silly enough to use it) I'm also sure if you search arround on ebay.co.uk you;ll find an even cheeper solution. Mike John Richard Smith

Re: [newbie] Mozilla 1.4, tetex, and security additions

2003-08-11 Thread John Richard Smith
er, and in my case I have to buy 4 new modems just to get started. 147008089933265 147008089916163 147008089916001 in kppp. Say your saw the other day Stephen Kuhn's ducktape wonder bus, meet my blue phunk modem, John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] <>Want to

Re: [newbie] Mozilla and my bank

2003-08-06 Thread John Richard Smith
y from their sales dept rang to ask why we were not using their account facilities as organised, and I politely told them how use of MS java script makes linux customes at a disadvantage when visiting their website. I know it struck home. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.2 Beta 1 Released

2003-08-04 Thread John Richard Smith
Dennis Myers wrote: On Sunday 03 August 2003 10:04 am, ed tharp wrote: On Sun, 2003-08-03 at 11:15, John Richard Smith wrote: === Mandrake 9.2 Beta 1 Released. Mandrake Linux 9.2 Beta 1 has arrived to offer you the opportunity of

Re: [newbie] xcdroast reboots my computer (Fixed - partially)

2003-08-04 Thread John Richard Smith
man cdrecord for all the other options, device, speed, etc etc. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.2 Beta 1 Released

2003-08-03 Thread John Richard Smith
Dennis Myers wrote: On Sunday 03 August 2003 10:04 am, ed tharp wrote: On Sun, 2003-08-03 at 11:15, John Richard Smith wrote: === Mandrake 9.2 Beta 1 Released. Mandrake Linux 9.2 Beta 1 has arrived to offer you the opportunity of

[newbie] Mandrake 9.2 Beta 1 Released

2003-08-03 Thread John Richard Smith
to report , mandrake have gone on to bets2 or beta3 releases. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] xcdroast reboots my computer

2003-08-02 Thread John Richard Smith
I often use cdrecord. If another writer programme is interfering , maybe, consider removing them,you can always reinstall. -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Mozilla and my bank

2003-08-01 Thread John Richard Smith
-8.0.3-5tex.i586.rpm from texstar website and install the lot and you won't have any more problems. Have to say though , never yet heard a radio station on my any of my linux boxes. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Is it time to talk scanners again?

2003-08-01 Thread John Richard Smith
Richard Urwin wrote: On Friday 01 Aug 2003 4:18 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 01 Aug 2003 4:59 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: I do not think so, I think Anne Wilson has an epson 1260, it might be worth askking how she gets on, but I suspect it may be a driver selection and configuration

Re: [newbie] Is it time to talk scanners again?

2003-08-01 Thread John Richard Smith
een doing only possible with the 2450? I can't get the slide scanner to activate with the 1260--all I get is one flash and that's it. The function doesn't recognize that I have a transparency loaded instead of a 2 dimensional print, so no joy. The Windows software recognizes the

Re: [newbie] mplayer configuration

2003-07-31 Thread John Richard Smith
Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Thursday 31 July 2003 12:15 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: magnet wrote: I can only start mplayer up in full screen. I have checked the konsole messages during start-up for references to files accessed and have checked the contents of

Re: [newbie] mplayer configuration

2003-07-31 Thread John Richard Smith
Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Thursday 31 July 2003 12:15 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: magnet wrote: I can only start mplayer up in full screen. I have checked the konsole messages during start-up for references to files accessed and have checked the contents of those config files for any

Re: [newbie] mplayer configuration

2003-07-31 Thread John Richard Smith
work well with it. Just a guess. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] cd-rw error

2003-07-31 Thread John Richard Smith
nfriendly application that tries to access the drive while cdrecord is working. Jörg and, Seems like you have two programmes trying to seek the same device and cdrecord is loosing. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] two Mandrakes on two harddrives

2003-07-30 Thread John Richard Smith
s and add lines in fstab to mount them. Dead handy to have these spare partitions. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Screens

2003-07-30 Thread John Richard Smith
drivers Just wondered -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] two Mandrakes on two harddrives

2003-07-30 Thread John Richard Smith
Dennis Myers wrote: On Tuesday 29 July 2003 07:32 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Dennis Myers wrote: On Tuesday 29 July 2003 02:57 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 5:29 am, Dennis Myers wrote: On Monday 28 July 2003 10:46 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On

Re: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-07-30 Thread John Richard Smith
currently, I can buy them for around £3/4 mark each, though the price is coming down all the time. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] two Mandrakes on two harddrives

2003-07-29 Thread John Richard Smith
the second hdb . I always put mine in as the frist partition on hda, but I don't think it's imperative anymore. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-07-29 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 5:43 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 1:04 pm, Ralph Slooten wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 20:54:59 +0100 Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes, this shouldn't be a problem, just don&#x

Re: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-07-29 Thread John Richard Smith
esting for the viewer, however I strongly dissagree. How many videos did you ever watch with al those extras? Not one. Anne Those other programmes you mentioned, are they videotaped ptogrammes? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Mozilla1.4 packages

2003-07-29 Thread John Richard Smith
g an awful lot of failed web lookups today. They cannot all be down, I suspect something has changed in regard to the signature stuff and in some way it's also refusing to enter websites for some reason. Don't know why. Suggestions welcomed John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] two Mandrakes on two harddrives

2003-07-29 Thread John Richard Smith
easily change it back to the other OS's lilo.conf by booting to that OS and running /sbin/lilo from the command line. Two Mandrake OS's on separate hard drives is immaterial. Just adjust your boot scripts to suit. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Mozilla1.4 packages

2003-07-28 Thread John Richard Smith
f and reinstalled it and not I've spellchecker, don't know why it didn't take the first time around though. probably something to do with the order of install which was entirely manual. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandr

Re: [newbie] Mozilla1.4 packages

2003-07-28 Thread John Richard Smith
rpm blowed if I can find it , any suggestions ? John Miark wrote: Fire up rpmdrake, search for mozilla-1.4 and read through the descriptions of the results. You'll probably want plugger and firebird. Miark On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 11:36:59 +, John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [newbie] Mozilla1.4 packages

2003-07-28 Thread John Richard Smith
3 11:36:59 +0000, John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Restored Mozilla 1.4 with a complete headlist and urpmi update reinstall. This time I downloaded the lot first then installing them to build the package. Texstar has, mozilla-1.4-1mdk.i586.rpm mozilla-flash-1.4-1tex.i586.

Re: [newbie] update packages

2003-07-28 Thread John Richard Smith
Marco Verheul wrote: On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 14:26, John Richard Smith wrote: Aron Smith wrote: On Monday 28 July 2003 06:50 am, Marco Verheul wrote: Hi, I downloaded the latest Evolution form Tekstar and i want to update my current version withthe new rpm. It's in my dow

Re: [newbie] Bad Signutures

2003-07-28 Thread John Richard Smith
Dennis Myers wrote: On Monday 28 July 2003 08:29 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 28 Jul 2003 6:19 am, Dennis Myers wrote: On Sunday 27 July 2003 09:51 pm, Aron Smith wrote: On Sunday 27 July 2003 05:03 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: On

Re: [newbie] update packages

2003-07-28 Thread John Richard Smith
#x27;s not that obvious how your supposed to do that in MCC. But cannot you simply cd to directory in a terminal and then proceed to urpmi ,enter> I guess not ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Bad Signutures

2003-07-28 Thread John Richard Smith
Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 28 July 2003 09:29 am, John Richard Smith wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# gpg --import pubring.gpg gpg: can't open `pubring.gpg': No such file or directory gpg: Total number processed: 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# I tried cd to directory ,gpg-keys,and di

Re: [newbie] Bad Signutures

2003-07-28 Thread John Richard Smith
x27;t work. Iwould guess that the keys have to go somewhere not stipulated, and then run the command, but if so where ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Mozilla1.4 packages

2003-07-28 Thread John Richard Smith
mozillafirebird-0.6-3tex.i586.rpm mozilla-irc-1.4-1mdk.i586.rpm mozilla-js-debugger-1.4-1mdk.i586.rpm mozplugger-1.3.0-1tex.i586.rpm Can I just install them , won't break anything will it ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandrak

Re: [newbie] Bad Signutures

2003-07-28 Thread John Richard Smith
does one put texstar signature on file ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Mozilla and Java

2003-07-27 Thread John Richard Smith
Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 27 Jul 2003 5:37 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Having installedMozilla1.4 off the texstar site how does on get the full pluggins as well especially Java ? John Open your Mandrake software manager and type mozilla in the search box. Now you have texstar

Re: [newbie] Rosegarden install and Yamaha .mid file load

2003-07-27 Thread John Richard Smith
Very many thanks Richard, Richard Urwin wrote: On Sunday 27 Jul 2003 3:59 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: I used urpmi to install rosegarden from contrib. There were a number of additional issues I think I resolved successfully though I'm not entirely sure. However on first use I get, [

Re: [newbie] urpmi.addmedia mozilla

2003-07-25 Thread John Richard Smith
now . But , pray, tell this newbie , what is a "contrib", What's the difference between the various RPM, RPMS,and I already know SCRPM is source code rpm's , and any others. I find the various long list of rpm types confusing. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] urpmi.addmedia mozilla

2003-07-25 Thread John Richard Smith
H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Friday 25 July 2003 21:52, John Richard Smith wrote: Isn't there some way I can just find out what packages I need, download them using a download programme line d4x , stick the packages in a directory all by themselves, cd to the diesctory sources, and urp

Re: [newbie] urpmi.addmedia mozilla

2003-07-25 Thread John Richard Smith
of a command line. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK you want mozilla 1.4 Mozilla 1.4 is in Texstars urpmi repository. How do I know? Because I looked in http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/mandrake/9.1/rpms/ If you have already defined Texstar as a

Re: [newbie] urpmi.addmedia mozilla

2003-07-25 Thread John Richard Smith
Robin Turner wrote: John Richard Smith wrote: Derek Jennings wrote: On Thursday 24 Jul 2003 11:27 am, John Richard Smith wrote: OK, but, now what is wrong ? [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi.addmedia mozilla ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/sunsite.uio.no/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake/Mandrak e/9.1

Re: [newbie] urpmi.addmedia mozilla

2003-07-25 Thread John Richard Smith
Derek Jennings wrote: On Thursday 24 Jul 2003 11:27 am, John Richard Smith wrote: OK, but, now what is wrong ? [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi.addmedia mozilla ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/sunsite.uio.no/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake/Mandrak e/9.1/contrib/RPMS with hdlist2.cz added medium mozilla

Re: [newbie] urpmi.addmedia mozilla

2003-07-24 Thread John Richard Smith
H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Thursday 24 July 2003 11:58, John Richard Smith wrote: Why does this fail ? [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi.addmedia mozilla ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/sunsite.uio.no/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake/Mandrak e/9.1/contrib/RPMS with hdlist.cz added medium mozilla examining

[newbie] urpmi.addmedia mozilla

2003-07-24 Thread John Richard Smith
synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.mozilla.cz] problem reading synthesis file of medium "mozilla" unable to update medium "mozilla" [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# when headlist for source main was only updated last night. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy yo

Re: [newbie] WE R @ it again.......my humblest apologies..

2003-07-23 Thread John Richard Smith
, and as soon at you feel the need happening, just transfer it with a note saying as such.It's not difficult to repost it to the newbieOT list. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] OT address?

2003-07-22 Thread John Richard Smith
Cornerstone Community Farm wrote: Please re-post the OT address for all to benefit! Thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] more supermount stuff

2003-07-20 Thread John Richard Smith
s not work then it's a case of automount instead. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] more supermount stuff

2003-07-19 Thread John Richard Smith
n -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Can't install packages using CD writer

2003-07-19 Thread John Richard Smith
you. --AD Is the drive mounted at the time ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Compact flash disk reader.

2003-07-19 Thread John Richard Smith
ssue of device detection without a media card inserted. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] URPMI Possible BUG in M9.1 ?

2003-07-19 Thread John Richard Smith
ia -f --distrib removable://mnt/cdrom then, happy URPMI :) Because you removed all entries from package source manager, next time you'll run MandrakeUpdate, you'll have to choose a source (like you did the first time). Hope this will solve your issue like it solved mine! Thank

Re: [newbie] Chris, Charlie, John, and G - CD-RW drive help

2003-07-19 Thread John Richard Smith
estion, but I mention it just the same, as I suspect the whole question of how the system allocates addresses to the bus for each and every device is still a matter for refinement. Yes, it is another issue ,but a related issue and requires attention. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] more supermount stuff

2003-07-19 Thread John Richard Smith
mebr what they are. Maybe Tom Brinkman can jog our memories. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] URPMI Possible BUG in M9.1 ?

2003-07-18 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 18 Jul 2003 7:16 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: none /mnt/cdrom2 dev=/dev/scd1,fs=auto,rw,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,umask =0 0 0 none /mnt/cdrom My burner line is none /mnt/cdrw supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-15

Re: [newbie] URPMI Possible BUG in M9.1 ?

2003-07-18 Thread John Richard Smith
John Drouhard wrote: On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 17:28:03 + John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: About those # experiments, try changing the above 5 lines to read like this: #/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 #/dev/scd

Re: [newbie] Recommended A4 Scanners for MDK91?

2003-07-18 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 18 Jul 2003 3:55 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: I know I'm nagging, but PLEASE add it to the TWiki page http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/WebHome?topic=HardwareC om patibility It's in everyone's interest to build a good

Re: [newbie] URPMI Possible BUG in M9.1 ?

2003-07-18 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 18 Jul 2003 2:45 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 18 Jul 2003 11:37 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 18 Jul 2003 7:10 am, John Richard Smith wrote: John, I understand your frustration, but I

Re: [newbie] Recommended A4 Scanners for MDK91?

2003-07-18 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 18 Jul 2003 12:59 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 18 Jul 2003 10:50 am, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 21:23, John Richard Smith wrote: To that end my epson perfection 2400 phot is excellent. John

Re: [newbie] URPMI Possible BUG in M9.1 ?

2003-07-18 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 18 Jul 2003 11:37 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 18 Jul 2003 7:10 am, John Richard Smith wrote: I don't think 9.1 is broken per se, or we would all have the problem. However, I think it may well be breakable I used to

Re: [newbie] URPMI Possible BUG in M9.1 ?

2003-07-18 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 18 Jul 2003 7:10 am, John Richard Smith wrote: I don't think 9.1 is broken per se, or we would all have the problem. However, I think it may well be breakable I used to have this problem with 8.2, and I'm pretty certain that it was the connection bet

Re: [newbie] Recommended A4 Scanners for MDK91?

2003-07-18 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 18 Jul 2003 10:50 am, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 21:23, John Richard Smith wrote: To that end my epson perfection 2400 phot is excellent. John Also Epson Perfection 1240U DougB I know I'm nagging, but PLEASE add it t

Re: [newbie] URPMI Possible BUG in M9.1 ?

2003-07-18 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 18 Jul 2003 7:10 am, John Richard Smith wrote: I don't think 9.1 is broken per se, or we would all have the problem. However, I think it may well be breakable I used to have this problem with 8.2, and I'm pretty certain that it was the connection bet

Re: [newbie] URPMI Possible BUG in M9.1 ?

2003-07-17 Thread John Richard Smith
Richard Urwin wrote: On Thursday 17 Jul 2003 3:46 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: I have both dvd and writer scsi-emed, and automounted. urpmi asks for a M9.1 CD in /dev/scd0, no problem, but when I give it the relevent CD, it keeps on rejecting it. it says please incert CD2 in /dev/scd0

Re: [newbie] Sound mixer and manipulation programmes

2003-07-17 Thread John Richard Smith
Richard Urwin wrote: On Thursday 17 Jul 2003 6:47 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Richard Urwin wrote: Install rosegarden off your MDK disks. I downloaded all the suggested files on that web site Obviously doing something wrong ? I thought I installed off the CDs. Since I

Re: [newbie] Recommended A4 Scanners for MDK91?

2003-07-17 Thread John Richard Smith
I tend to agree. On the sane website there are lists of so called "supported" scanners, but I have found from a limited degree of experience , it's personal recommendation that really counts. To that end my epson perfection 2400 phot is excellent. John -- John Richard Sm

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