Re: [newbie] System locks up every 10days

2004-08-31 Thread jon fuller
I can't even seem to load the program from the disks I bought is there any driver issues with my hardware?  It haults and asks me to reboot when I'm loading the packages. Specifically when it gets to Fonts.   mandrake 10 64 version   athlon 64 3000 asus K8V 2 raptors 70 gigs apiece 9600XT sony CDRW

Re: [newbie] motherboard advice.

2004-05-31 Thread Jon Jennings
rd RAID controller. If you ARE going to go this route then my recommendation would be to grab a copy of mdadm and do it in Linux... but I know that isn't what you want to do :-) Another advantage of doing it in Linux is that you can use RAID-5 which the motherboard RAID chipse

Re: [newbie] Googling

2003-10-20 Thread jon remener
It works fine for me. Try 216.239.39.99 to get to it. If this works, you can add it too /etc/hosts as 216.239.39.99 www.google.com to always connect. It could be some problem with the dns servers at your isp not resolving the name for some odd reason. I would try contacting them.

Re: [newbie] tar > CD

2003-10-17 Thread jon remener
You can make one big archive and then use the split command(split -b 700m filename). You can then use cat to put them back together. Michael Adams wrote: Does anyone have a one liner that will tar.bz to CD sized volumes. TIA -

Re: [newbie] New hard drive

2003-07-05 Thread Jon
o Windows). Hope that makes sense. Jon. On Saturday 05 July 2003 02:16 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Sat, 2003-07-05 at 11:18, Jon wrote: > > HI, > > > > One of my hard drives is starting to bite the dust and I'll be replacing > > with a newer hard drive. Since the

[newbie] New hard drive

2003-07-04 Thread Jon
t sequence in formatting the hard drive? If this is covered in a FAQ somewhere then please just point me in the appropriate direction. Thanks. Jon. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Kmail - when I upgrade?

2003-06-13 Thread Jon Vahlberg
I do make the move)? Thanks. JOn. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Comparing CDs - whats the best way of doing it?

2003-06-13 Thread Jon Vahlberg
e's a better way of doing it. Thanks. Jon. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Low volume sound

2003-03-05 Thread Jon
Hi,   I have a sound blaster card that Mandrake 9.0 has detected. Whilst the sound is coming through the volume level is very low. How can this be changed? Thanks.   Jon.  

[newbie] Pinnacle Studio PCTV USB and Linux

2003-03-02 Thread Jon
ities like xawtv don't seem to sense it. I have checked the web and seem to get links that don't seem to help.   Jon.      

RE: [newbie] OT Adobe

2003-02-04 Thread Jon Biddell
Haven't heard of anything, which doesn't necessarily mean anything... I know I can do it using OmniPage on the 'doze box...:-( Jon > > I have several utilities to convert to .pdf and use them with > success when > I'm not sure which wp the recipient is using.

[newbie] Installing Mandrake 9.0 - what should I back up first

2003-01-13 Thread Jon
home directory but is there anything else that should be done as well. Is there anyway of getting system information (such as monitor settings, sound card, etc.) and saving to file too? Thanks.   Jon.  

[newbie] subscribe

2002-12-15 Thread Jon Holstrom
 

Re: [newbie] 9.0 believed to be out (in mild disguise)

2002-09-26 Thread Jon
number of files & same size on the second ISO so I'm assuming that nothing's changed in there... Jon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] giving up the ship?

2002-09-21 Thread Jon
ad ONE dodgy access & that was someone attempting to use me as a proxy! Now people just access my website as http://www.domain.com:81/page.html rather than http://www.domain.com/page.html I live in peace once more :-) Jon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] 120Gb Maxtor 4G120J6 - Mandrake hangs on boot

2002-09-11 Thread Jon
Realtek 8139 based) which HardDrake hangs on trying to configure, but I'll wait for LM9.0 to come out & do a fresh install before I worry too much about that. Jon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] harddrive ???

2002-09-11 Thread Jon
ut personally I wouldn't be buying either... or even accepting them as a free gift - see below. >I,ve heard IBM is going out of the harddrive >business.Are they OK ? Are is there a problem? Put "ibm gxp drive failure" into Google & make your own mind up. I used to buy alm

[newbie] Error

2002-09-05 Thread Jon-Eirik Pettersen
When I trying to instal Mandrake Linux I get an error message: "cannot uncompress second stage ramdisk" or somthing like this. What is wrong?

Re: [newbie] 120Gb Maxtor 4G120J6 - Mandrake hangs on boot

2002-08-27 Thread Jon
On Tue, 27 Aug 2002 22:12:15 +0100, Jon wrote: >H - gotta think about where I go next. >Seems to be something special about this controller & this drive in >combination that upsets Mandrake. Although I know that the combination >will work cos Win2000 installs OK there... >

Re: [newbie] 120Gb Maxtor 4G120J6 - Mandrake hangs on boot

2002-08-27 Thread Jon
t. Seems to be something special about this controller & this drive in combination that upsets Mandrake. Although I know that the combination will work cos Win2000 installs OK there... Time to think some more. Jon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] 120Gb Maxtor 4G120J6 - Mandrake hangs on boot

2002-08-26 Thread Jon
y booting Mandrake & the 120GB drive on that. I can't SEE that there can be a limitation on the existing system, but this'll at least remove that from the equation. Regards Jon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] 120Gb Maxtor 4G120J6 - Mandrake hangs on boot

2002-08-25 Thread Jon
estion is: what's Windows 2000 doing that Mandrake isn't and how can I steer Mandrake in the right direction? I really don't want to run Windows 2000 on this machine. Regards Jon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] USB CD Burner

2002-08-17 Thread Jon
u can fool Linux so that it appears to be a SCSI burner? Is that correct, has someone done it and how have they done it? Thanks.   Jon.  

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread Jon Doe
On Sat, 8 Jun 2002 10:13:05 -0500 "Dan W. Dooley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Something doesn't have to be "just like" something else to work the > same way. What I mean by "work the same way" is, to be an environment > within which I can run the applications I need to run to fulfill my > reaso

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread Jon Doe
On Sat, 8 Jun 2002 08:39:28 -0500 "Dan W. Dooley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I like the full featured aspect of KDE and though I haven't examined > Gnome that closely, it looks interesting. I would not want to go to > something severely stripped down. Not if I'm ever going to think in > terms

Re: [newbie] What is openfind?

2002-05-31 Thread Jon Doe
On Sat, 01 Jun 2002 08:04:56 -0500 mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > found these websites < > http://home.sina.com.hk/service/about/press/article45.html > > < LOL, highest quality Chinese websites? My site is 100% english. Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandr

Re: [newbie] OT: National security and M$

2002-05-16 Thread Jon Doe
> On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 05:12, civileme wrote: > > > Ummm, Miark, in august 1999, cryptonym corporation was examining a > > Service pack release of NT4 from which microsoft had inadvertantly > > forgotten to strip the data tags. > > > > Microsoft has (or had) in Win9x and WinNT cruyptographic

Re: [newbie] Re:OT

2002-05-02 Thread Jon Doe
> On Thursday 02 May 2002 09:21 pm, Nick Andriash wrote: > > On Thursday, May 02 2002 at 05:17 PM PDT, you wrote: > > > A fool and his money are soon using Windows. > > > > I am/was beginning to experiment with Linux using Mandrake 8.2 but am > > disheartened to see signatures such as yours. How

[newbie] (in desperation, I repost) 52MB limit

2002-04-21 Thread Jon Dowd
might be saying I could use a "ramdisk" but I don't know what that is or how to set one up. I've included some of the README below. Maybe you can help me. Thanks, Jon ***

Re: [newbie] What would be the standard document format?

2002-04-21 Thread Jon Dowd
- Original Message - From: "Carroll Grigsby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 5:01 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] What would be the standard document format? > On Sunday 21 April 2002 07:19 pm, Lee wrote: > > On Sunday 21 April 2002 06:28 pm, you wrote:

[newbie] Install on laptop no cdrom, 48MB RAM Net install error 52MB RAM needed

2002-04-20 Thread Jon Dowd
might be saying I could use a "ramdisk" but I don't know what that is or how to set one up. I've included some of the README below. Maybe you can help me. Thanks, Jon ***

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

2002-04-08 Thread Jon Doe
how about filerunner? Not sure if its on the mandrake CD's or not. I am using SuSE right now, just type fr in a console and you'll know if its in there! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] pan trouble

2002-04-08 Thread Jon Doe
On Mon, 08 Apr 2002 15:26:46 -0400 "Jose M. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well it's neither a problem with 8.2 or PAN. > There is a new encoding scheme that is getting pretty hot and well used on usenet called yenc. Older versions of pan arnt' able to decode this method, one of the

[newbie] bash script to enter su password?

2002-04-06 Thread Jon Doe
I am looking to make a script that can be run as a normal user in su mode with out having to enter su password. Basically I want to be able to mount my usb digital camera without having to log in as root. Any suggestions? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.

[newbie] mkisofs and boot.catalog?

2002-03-31 Thread Jon Doe
How do I make a boot catalog with mkisofs? I can't seem to get it do what I want. I am trying to make bootable win98 CD. I made a boot.img from a win98 floppy with: dd if=/dev/fd0 of=boot.img But everytime I try to burn it with the win98 CD in Xcdroast I just keep getting an error saying that

Re: [newbie] adding date to tar.gz file?

2002-03-26 Thread Jon Doe
or my bookmarks and a couple other things, not an entire system or home directory backup. I'm sure there are plenty of better ways to accomplish this also. This just happens to be one that I figured out on my own (aside from the date thing :)) #!/bin/sh backupname="backup-$(date +%m-%

Re: [newbie] adding date to tar.gz file?

2002-03-26 Thread Jon Doe
Thanks! Thats exactly what I was looking for! Reading man date right now :) Sheesh, been using linux for over a year now and still feel like a newbie...lol. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] adding date to tar.gz file?

2002-03-26 Thread Jon Doe
I have a script I use to backup some important files in my home directory. It works fine but I would like it to add the curent date to the file name IE: backup-03-26-02.tar.gz instead of just backup.tar.gz Any suggestions on how to do this? I looked in the tar man and tar howto but couldn't fin

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread Jon Doe
On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 10:48:30 -0500 Hanan Shargi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why dont we people post in what part of the world r we ?? Findlay, Ohio USA We haven't seen winter for several years now...lol. -- /} @###{ ]:: LinuxGeek :::> \} Want to

[newbie] boot.img to floppy?

2002-02-21 Thread Jon Doe
How would copy a boot.img file to a floppy? Not just copy, but so it would work to boot my PC. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] par for linux?

2002-02-17 Thread Jon Doe
does anyone know where I can find the parchiver utility? I had it before but I can't find it now. It rebuilds rar files that are missing. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Linux Video and Pinnacle Systems

2002-02-15 Thread Jon
Hi,   Has anyone got the Pinnacle System TV Capture module (on USB) working with Mandrake 8.1?   Jon.  

Re: [newbie] NVIDIA rpm

2002-02-11 Thread Jon Doe
On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 20:23:17 -0500 "Terry S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does anyone have any other suggestions to get this to work properly? > > Thanks! > > Terry Yep, go here: http://www.evil3d.net/articles/linux/howto/nvidia/mandrake8/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft

Re: [newbie] avifile

2002-02-10 Thread Jon Doe
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 23:47:32 -0200 Rodrigo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to play avi files, so I installed avifile by rpm. My problem > is, what do I do to make it work ? I don't find any executable called > avifile or playavi or something alike. I only found a script > avifile-config,

[newbie] in runlevel 3 - screen goes blank after a time

2002-02-10 Thread Jon Dowd
he subject talk about changing the value for xset in xinitrc. Thanks, Jon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Software for avi files?

2002-02-10 Thread Jon Doe
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 16:06:25 -0300 Carlos Jimenez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is the best software for avi files? > > Well I might as well chime in also, I prefer avifile. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] 8.2 beta, :) very impressed

2002-02-04 Thread Jon Doe
Well I installed the mandrake 8.2 beta last night. Why is it called beta? It installed on a test computer that has never been liked by mandrake. Could never get any version installed on it before 8.2. Kudos to the mandrake team! My i810 chip works great! I have only found one problem so far(gran

[newbie] Fw: Video mode

2002-02-02 Thread Jon
systems module (via USB) so has anyone done it and if so, is there a particular set of instructions I should be looking at? TIA   Jon.  

[newbie] Apache problems

2002-01-12 Thread Jon Doe
Still having apache permission problems. I can't find the messages that were just sent to the list on how this was fixed. I am not even sure if its a permission problem, everytime I type in my webaddress it changes to 192.168.0.3 which I thought was how my windows box connected to the network,

Re: [newbie] File spliter?

2002-01-09 Thread Jon Doe
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 09:16:44 -0500 "Anuerin G. Diaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> grumbled this: > > there was a post in the mandrakeuser.org/mub/ (tips and tricks section or others, >not sure) about this and i think the poster found some windows app that can put back >the splitted files. you can sear

Re: [newbie] File spliter?

2002-01-09 Thread Jon Doe
On Wed, 09 Jan 2002 17:57:13 -0500 Randy Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> grumbled this: > Miark wrote: > > Well, there is the "split" program ;-) Check out the man page. > > It's a very easy program to use. As for putting it back together > > again on a Windows machine, I dunno. There must be a simple

[newbie] File spliter?

2002-01-09 Thread Jon Doe
I am looking for a program or instuctions on how to split up a 750mb home movie file. I tried to use rar but can't seem to figure out how to split it in half. Is there a way to do this platform indepedent? My father uses Widnows and he will want this home movie. I did a search on freshmeat but di

Re: [newbie] Can I connect to netzero from my linux box???

2002-01-08 Thread Jon Doe
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 16:21:00 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] grumbled this: > hmm, i didn't think you could use ICS with a dial-up connection. u know? w/ > something like net zero. can this really be done? > > > joe > Yup, you can use ICS regardless of connection speed. -- 01010101001001011100100

Re: [newbie] Can I connect to netzero from my linux box???

2002-01-07 Thread Jon Doe
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 19:44:02 -0800 (PST) Roberto Armenteros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> grumbled this: > I was trying to do that my windows networking > experiences are not that great. By any chance do u > know how to to setup internet sharing from windows, > and then what equipment should I need to conne

Re: [newbie] Can I connect to netzero from my linux box???

2002-01-07 Thread Jon Doe
On 06 Jan 2002 23:45:18 -0500 Noah Swint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> grumbled this: > You can dialin and view only netzero pages but they have configured the > dns servers to only work with their software to prevent users from > getting around it. and they use an encrypted password too. > > > > > On

Re: [newbie] ES1989 sound card

2002-01-03 Thread Jon Doe
On 03 Jan 2002 16:03:23 -0500 Noah Swint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> grumbled this: > http://www.clearwater.com.au/pcm-9574/index.php?page=journal.html > > > The kernel does seem to have driver support for the ESS1989 audio chip > set, via the maestro3 module. The source code identifies it as "ESS > M

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

2002-01-03 Thread Jon Doe
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002 01:26:42 -0800 "RCN Mail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> grumbled this: > I need to do a project for my statistics class and thought this place would > be perfect for it. I need 50 people to answer this and it would be greatly > appreciated. > 1. How many hours a week do you spend online

[newbie] RPM or just a script?

2001-12-30 Thread Jon Doe
I am trying to make some sort of package for a friend who is new to linux. Basically I want replace the KDE splash screen with different screens. I made a script that will move the default png's to a new folder called old. This is as far as I got, I wasn't sure how an rpm worked, if it reads a

[newbie] OT: OpenBios?

2001-12-30 Thread Jon Doe
I know nothing about BIOS, but my question would be can openBios be installed on any computer? -- 010101010010010111001101001110001110010100 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Agfa Snapscan Touch scanner

2001-12-29 Thread Jon Doe
Does anyone have one of these scanners working? In LM8.1 it shows up when I plug it in. Xsane even pops up an icon on my desk when I plug it in, but it just says it cant open /dev/usb/scanner. Has anyone got this working? Can anyone explain it in newbie terms? -- 010101010010010111001000

[newbie] Two apache questions

2001-12-16 Thread Jon Doe
I know I have asked these before but I can't seem to find them in the archives and I have somehow lost them. 1. How do I setup a password protected site? The .htaccess file goes in the directory you want protected? What goes in the .htaccess file? What goes in and where does the .htpaswd file

Re: [newbie] How to execute .jar files on LM 8.1

2001-12-04 Thread Jon Doe
On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 12:49:47 -0500 "Anuerin G.Diaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what version of java do you want to use? im using the one from sun and its working >fine. > > classpath is defined in the .bashrc (single person) or in the /etc/profile (all >users). my .bashrc entries look like t

Re: [newbie] How to execute .jar files on LM 8.1

2001-12-03 Thread Jon Doe
#x27;t have anything to do with this particular file, I get this error for any .jar file: [jon@linuxgeek jon]$ java -jar JAP.jar Internal error: caught an unexpected exception. Please check your CLASSPATH and your installation. java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: JAPView at java.

[newbie] How to execute .jar files on LM 8.1

2001-12-03 Thread Jon Doe
How do run .jar files on Mandrake 8.1? I still have not figured it out. -- Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch it to be sure. -Murphy's Law Want to buy your Pack

[newbie] How to view html requests?

2001-12-02 Thread Jon Doe
I am not sure what its even called, but I have seen/used programs on windows that kinda sits between the net and your browser and you can watch live what webpages are sending and getting from your browser. Is there a simple way to do this in linux? -- Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in

Re: [newbie] questions! TWO of them!! sort of...

2001-11-30 Thread Jon Doe
On Sat, 01 Dec 2001 03:56:54 + "Damian G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi..! how ya doin' ? ;oP > > > this time these are my questions.. > > i've noticed that when i log into windoze ( yes unfortunately i still use > it, however less and less often ) my zonealarm firewall logs > repeat

Re: [newbie] XFree upgrade question

2001-11-30 Thread Jon Doe
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 23:52:59 -0500 Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 22:23:36 -0500 > Jon Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 21:37:35 -0500 > > Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > &

Re: [newbie] XFree upgrade question

2001-11-29 Thread Jon Doe
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 21:37:35 -0500 Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 17:32:21 -0500 > Jon Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What packages from cooker do I need to upgrade? What is the best way to do the >upgrade? > > >

[newbie] XFree upgrade question

2001-11-29 Thread Jon Doe
What packages from cooker do I need to upgrade? What is the best way to do the upgrade? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Help, XP uptime is greater than my linux

2001-11-29 Thread Jon Doe
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 11:59:42 + Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > so which version of mandrake are you using, and what are you doing at the > time? Using mandrake 8.1 and KDE. I don't run any screensavers. I don't run Auora either. I'm going to try the XFree upgrade that Mr. Edward

[newbie] Help, XP uptime is greater than my linux

2001-11-28 Thread Jon Doe
Help! I'm tired of this computer freezeing! My XP box never freezes, my Mandrake box freezes multiple times a day. I know mandrake is better than this. I am pretty new to linux and don't know where to start checking, but somthing has to be done, I can't rely on this linux box anymore. I was thin

Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs

2001-11-20 Thread Jon Dowd
m away and boot your computer and be online ! Jon Dowd - Original Message - From: "Harry Ablejoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs > Hi Newbie > I use ca

newbie@linux-mandrake.com

2001-11-20 Thread Jon Dowd
is *not* housed in a case. As you may know you can run a computer with all the components scattered about on a table... My web server is suspended from the ceiling as a breeze catching mobile ! Dangling and clanking... :-) Jon Dowd, www.jondowd.com - Original Message - From: "A

Re: [newbie] crash on exit all the time...

2001-11-20 Thread Jon Doe
On Tuesday 20 November 2001 04:13 pm, you wrote: > Greetings, > > Mdk 8.1 is up and working (from what I can tell) correctly for the most > part. However, it crashes (hangs really) on exit. The last thing I see on > the screen is that the eth0 is shutting down (and stays that way until I > reset

[newbie] Set PATH and CLASSPATH?

2001-11-15 Thread Jon Doe
How do I setup the path and classpath for java? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] ogg to cd format?

2001-11-04 Thread Jon Doe
I like the ogg vorbis media format but is there a way to convert the ogg files to a format read by a normal cd player(car stereo)? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Question about accessing windows mount

2001-11-03 Thread Jon Doe
I finally got my brother-in-law installed with linux. He is dual booting Linux and WindowsXP. For some reason linux didn't automatically pick up the windows NTFS partition. How do I go about setting up the mount point for his windows partition? I'll have to talk him through it on the phone so u

Re: [newbie] Question about kernel update

2001-10-29 Thread Jon Doe
On Monday 29 October 2001 01:56 pm, you wrote: > That's the update for the 2.2 series of kernels. You're using an 2.4 > series. Generally bad news to try to go backwards like that. =) > Updated kernels for 8.1 are in the works, just be patient. There was > another problem discovered after the

Re: [newbie] Named and internet connection sharing question

2001-10-26 Thread Jon Doe
On Friday 26 October 2001 09:54 pm, you wrote: > Doing this would prevent named/DNS from getting responses back on it's > queries to other servers. > > If you want to prevent "inbound" queries you need only avoid defining > the internet side interface, for named to use. > > -JMS Thanks for your r

[newbie] Named and internet connection sharing question

2001-10-26 Thread Jon Doe
I have port 53 open for some reason. I want to close it, but I can't seem to use the built in firewall on mandrake 8.1 to close it. If I shut off named the port closes but I no longer can access the internet with my window box. Is there a way to solve this and have connection sharing and port 53

[newbie] Question about kernel update

2001-10-26 Thread Jon Doe
I am using kernel 2.4.8-26mdk, what kernel am I supposed to update too? The kernel22-2.2.19-19mdk.i586.rpm? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Mandrake 8.1 freezes again!

2001-10-25 Thread Jon Doe
Ok, I did a new fresh install of mandrake 8.1 and again today I got the full blown windows freeze. The computer was not doing anything at the time of freeze, well I wasn't doing anything that is, I tried the ctrl-alt-backspace and ctrl-alt-F[1-6] and got nothing. Actually I take that back, I wa

[newbie] Where did Shred go?

2001-10-23 Thread Jon Doe
Where did shred go in KDE 2.2.1? Did they take this feature out or do I need to enable it somehow? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Xwidnows or KDE problem

2001-10-23 Thread Jon Doe
I am all sorts of problems with either the xserver or KDE, not sure which. At times it just decides to freeze and I mean full blown windows freeze. I have to power down to get out of it. Then sometimes if I open konqueror file browser the scroll bar just goes crazy and no files show up, have to

[newbie] Can't run any GUI from root shell?

2001-10-22 Thread Jon Doe
What would cause this? If I open a terminal window, su to root and type say kpackage, I get this error: Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server kpackage: cannot connect to X server :0.0 Happens with nmapfe and any GUI program. I can't ev

[newbie] Can't run any GUI from root shell?

2001-10-22 Thread Jon Doe
What would cause this? If I open a terminal window, su to root and type say kpackage, I get this error: Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server kpackage: cannot connect to X server :0.0 Happens with nmapfe and any GUI program. I can't ev

Re: [newbie] Firewall Testing

2001-10-20 Thread Jon Doe
On Saturday 20 October 2001 10:04 am, you wrote: > On Saturday 20 October 2001 2:48 pm, you wrote: > > OptOut's site is one of the best. > > Thanks for that. There is no longer support for OptOut. > > I am really looking for something that can try and hack me, and give me an > unbiased result, as

[newbie] veiwable file names in Apache

2001-10-05 Thread Jon Doe
Ok, I have a direcotry with files in it, the file names are kinda long and don't completely show up. What file do I have to configure to lengthen what is shown as the file name? I know you can do it with webmin, but everytime I use webmin, apache seems to break...lol. So I would like to just ed

Re: [newbie] Speed up bandwidth for Apache?

2001-10-03 Thread Jon Doe
On Wednesday 03 October 2001 12:43 pm, you wrote: > Pay for more bandwidth. > > Are you sure you have a problem though? How many concurrent hits do you get > on your site - maybe you'd benefit from increasing the number of server > threads running. I only have 3 users that do any downloading. One

Re: [newbie] found in apache logs

2001-10-02 Thread Jon Doe
On Tuesday 02 October 2001 10:46 pm, you wrote: > On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Jon Doe wrote: > > Is this some kind of worm? I found this in httpd access logs: > > It's more of the microsoft webserver junk. No need to worry. Thats a relief, thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Servic

[newbie] Speed up bandwidth for Apache?

2001-10-02 Thread Jon Doe
Is there a way I can speed up downloads for people on my apache webserver? Or is this controlled by my ISP? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] soundrecording

2001-10-01 Thread Jon Doe
On Monday 01 October 2001 11:36 pm, you wrote: > Dear All, > > I have LM8 and I use KDE. I would like to use my microphone to record my > voice and to playback. I am practicing for a public appearance and would > like to try this approach for practice. What software would I need to use > to sing i

Re: [newbie] Download accelerators for Linux?

2001-10-01 Thread Jon Doe
I personally havn't tried Downloader for X, I have always used and been happy with Aria. Any one out there that has used Aria? How does it compare with Downloader for X? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.1

2001-09-30 Thread Jon Doe
I think overall it is a great improvment. I'm having some Kmail and password problems but that is just a small problem. I think the thing I like the most about it is the fact that it comes with htmldoc. I used this program for my .pdf creations up till the 8.0 version when I had problems gettin

Re: [newbie] LimeWare Install issue

2001-09-29 Thread Jon Doe
On Saturday 29 September 2001 10:58 pm, you wrote: > I finally got it installed and working, but a tip to everybody real quick. > > Make sure, if you're running the script as a user, that you have the > correct permissions on the directory that you chose to house the downloads. > > Running it as r

[newbie] YES! LimeWire 1.7 on LM 8.0 OT?

2001-09-25 Thread Jon Doe
I finally did it! I got LimeWire 1.7 installed and working on LM 8.0! Just had to tell someone about my accomplishment! Sorry for OT Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] apache question

2001-09-15 Thread Jon Doe
Ok, at one time I had apache up and running and serving pages. For some reason now I always just get a: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /index.htm on this server. Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/1.3.19 Server at 127.0.0.1 Port 443 error. What am I doing wrong? I want to setup SSL an

[newbie] CD info question

2001-09-14 Thread Jon Doe
Ok, in windows you just right click on a cd and you get the info such as : CD title, CD publisher and all that good stuff. How do I do this in linux? -- "They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither safety nor liberty." -- Benjamin Franklin h

[newbie] MS PowerPoint reader for linux?

2001-09-14 Thread Jon Doe
Anything availible in linux to read MS PowerPoint presentations? -- "They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither safety nor liberty." -- Benjamin Franklin http://home.woh.rr.com/thecraig/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft

[newbie] Save Realplayer stream?

2001-09-13 Thread Jon Doe
Ok, I am haveing some problems streaming realplayer video. If I can download the video, it plays fine on realplayer. So my question is, is there a way, or utility that can find the link for the java scripts that open the realplayer? If I use the right click menu it usually just saves a javascrip

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