ystem wouldn't boot. Lost
> whatever I didn't have already backup'd to CDr's.
Thanks for everyones help. I shall now sit and wait for it to fail!
Cheers,
Jord
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I thought I could see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it was just some
b*stard with a
s on using:
quotaon -vgu /dev/hda5
I get this error:
quotaon: using /home/aquota.user on /dev/hda5: Invalid argument
I've read the mini-HOWTO and it doesn't mention this error :(
Can anyone help me please?
Thank you,
Jord
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If you treat the pe
Hi everyone,
I just upgraded to KDE 3.1 which went suprisingly well (Thanks for eberyones
advise). One problem though. I now don't have anti aliased fonts. It's turned
on in the KDE control center, but it doesn't work. How can I turn it on?
TIA,
Jord
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Put the key
heme, and new icons; and I really dig tabbed browsing in
> > Konq.
> >
> > Another nail in M$'s coffin, I think.
>
> How easy is this install for a newbie, Miark?
I'd be interested too. I downloaded the rpms and then lost my nerve :)
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The office is lik
Thanks Damian,
> Remember, your first try is very likely to fail. Don't worry, after
> some (repeated) attempts, you'll get it right. And make sure
> you are familiar with your hardware.
I thought that may be the case :)
Thanks for the info,
Jord
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You hav
e graphics kernel
stuff and don't want to loose what I have already got :)
Cheers,
Jord
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When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by
reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?" --
David Brent (The Office)
would be good as
well.
Thanks for any info,
Jord
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confirm what I think. -- David Brent (The Office)
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it's really not
> hard to get a buffer underrun...
>
> If you are absolutely in love with this method, try lower speeds and always
> make sure the original CD is in good condition.
Yeah. I'll probably try a make an iso with mkisofs first in future. Is that
the proper way of do
e CD under windows. Copied what I wanted to fine.
Obviously software, as you said above. Nevermind.
Cheers,
Jordan
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an hdparm
> or hdparm --help
I'll take a look throught the archive as well. It's definately been raised
here before.
> What help? :-)
Sometimes, just talking it over with someone else helps :)
Cheers,
Jordan
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Process and Procedure are the last hiding place of peop
nable that? Which drives the dvd rom and the cd writer?
Thanks for you help,
Jord
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There's no 'I' in 'team'. But then there's no 'I' in 'useless smug colleague',
either. And there's four in 'platitude-quoting i
ecause the data is not being read quick enough to pipe throught to
cdrecord?
Is this a DMA issue? I read some posts here before regarding turning on DMA
with hdparm. Could this help?
Thanks for any help,
Jordan
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Remember the 3 golden rules: 1. It was like that when I got here. 2
Hi,
> Jordan Elver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Fatal server error:
> > Caught signal 11. Server aborting
> >
> > Does any one know how I can add support for GLX and DRI back?
>
> Have you tried using XFdrake to re-set your video card.
Not yet, bi
86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) [GLX]: Initializing GLX extension
Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11. Server aborting
Does any one know how I can add support for GLX and DRI back?
Thanks for any help,
Jordan
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Remember that age and treachery w
x27;t suppose you know how to put back the
original GLX and DRI extensions/modules? :)
Cheers,
Jord
On Friday 10 Jan 2003 9:07 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 23:43, Jordan Elver wrote:
> > Hi again,
> >
> > > Doesn't sound stupid at all - but t
On Friday 10 Jan 2003 9:07 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 23:43, Jordan Elver wrote:
> > Hi again,
> >
> > > Doesn't sound stupid at all - but the question is how did you install
> > > the ndvidia drivers beforehand? Did you have the rpm
ve the issue with UT looking for /cdrom - !!
>
> Cheers!
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either. And there's four in 'platitude-quoting idiot'. Go figure. -- David
Brent (The Office)
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On Thursday 09 Jan 2003 10:55 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 09:50, Jordan Elver wrote:
> > Hi Stephen,
> >
> > > If after you've installed the GF4 you're trying to boot into a
> > > graphical login, that is your problem. You're goin
Hi,
After the installation of my Geforce 4, my system now hangs for no aparent
reason. Does anyone know where I should start looking for the problem? Is
this likely to be hardware or software related?
Thanks for any help,
Jord
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Jordan Elver
You don't have to be mad to work here! In fa
so
> the labelling in the text file is reflected here - use "yanc" and you'll
> be right.
Thats strange though, I've never had a Geforce 2, why would it show that?
Thanks for your help :)
Jordan
P.S. Does anyone know how to get xine to UPDATE packages using urpmi? It n
tering in the stream.
The author is really helpful as well. I have contacted him on several
occasions.
HTH,
Jordan
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I thought I could see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it was just some
b*stard with a torch, bringing me more work. -- David Brent (The Office)
Want
> Perhaps the most stupid solution, but it works:
> readcd for retrieving whole cd image
> md5sum img
Thats a good idea. But I suppose calculating md5sum for each disk and
comparing could take a little time depending on your machine?
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Thanks for suggestions, I'll try them out :)
Cheers,
Jord
On Sunday 01 Dec 2002 3:10 am, Anthony Abby wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 13:59, Jordan Elver wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Is there a command to compare the contents of two cds?
> > So, I put one cd in my cdburner,
On Thursday 28 Nov 2002 7:42 pm, John Richard Smith wrote:
> Jordan Elver wrote:
> >Hi,
> >Is there a command to compare the contents of two cds?
> >So, I put one cd in my cdburner, one in my dvd drive. Can I compare that
> > they contain exactly the same files?
>
Hi,
Is there a command to compare the contents of two cds?
So, I put one cd in my cdburner, one in my dvd drive. Can I compare that they
contain exactly the same files?
TIA,
Cheers,
Jord
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"Unix? What's that? Is that like Linux?"
W
On Tuesday 26 Nov 2002 7:36 pm, Franki wrote:
> Stick with postfix, its far easier them m4's and the like...
>
> you might find postfix easier if you use webmin..
>
> generially yes, postfix should have a domain name..
>
> you may be able to get it sort of functioning without it.. but its a good
>
t goes.
Thanks for the help. The thing is, when I had sendmail installed ages ago,
that worked fine. But, sendmail is not working either and the configuration
files look very scary :-/
Cheers,
Jord
> rgds
>
> Frank
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
Can anyone tell me how to remove the MySQL rpms without KDE disapearing with
it? When trying to remove, it also wants to remove the various KDE rpms?
TIA,
Jord
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"Press any key to continue or any other key to quit..."
Want to buy yo
On Thursday 14 Nov 2002 11:46 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote:
> On Thursday November 14 2002 04:50 pm, Jordan Elver wrote:
> > I was trying to install Video-DVDRip with urpmi and it said:
> >
> > Installation failed:
> > perl-Event is needed by Video-DVDRip-0.47-0.10.1pl
On Thursday 14 Nov 2002 9:18 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 04:45, Jordan Elver wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > When trying to install something I am asked for a particular file or
> > shared object. How can I find out which package contains that file? I
> > know
Hi All,
When trying to install something I am asked for a particular file or shared
object. How can I find out which package contains that file? I know of
rpmfind and I use urpmi.
TIA,
Jord
--
Jordan Elver
http://www.jordanelver.co.uk
"Well, let's just say, 'if your VCR is still
lder, as in this case, that's what the
> provider intended and the only way you are going to get past this it to
> hack the site or see if you can get permission to acquire the file.
>
> I hate bumping into this, too, but...
>
> T
>
>
> - Original Message -
>
Yep, I can find the file it downloads, but like Todd said, it only downloads a
place holder image while the actual movie does not.
I'll try and find a fix,
Cheers,
Jord
On Wednesday 13 Nov 2002 8:15 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 04:32, Jordan Elver wrote:
> > Hi,
;;
AUTOPLAY=TRUE controller="FALSE" border="0" CACHE="FALSE"
pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/indext.html";
target="myself">
On Tuesday 12 Nov 2002 7:03 pm, Todd Slater wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 05:32:3
|'. `\ | |
>
>;"""/ / | |
>smk ) /_/| |.---.|
>' `-`' " "
> !!
> ! s.m.kuhn!
> ! kuhn media australia - kma.0catch.c
goes to download, says it has finished and nothing is saved?
Am I being stupid or what?
Thanks for any help, Cheers,
Jord
--
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"Save it for my unauthorized autobiography." --- Larry Wall
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und?
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Jord
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street." - Doug Linder
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the event of a problem, then it is probably not a good idea to try this.
>
> Tex's forum thread is here
> http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Forums&file=viewto
>pic&topic=265&forum=7
>
> derek
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Thanks for you help :-)
On Wednesday 30 Oct 2002 4:44 pm, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Saturday 26 Oct 2002 8:08 pm, you wrote:
> > On Saturday 26 Oct 2002 1:08 pm, Jordan Elver wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I have a partition on my drive which is purely for all my mp3s,
> >
On Tuesday 29 Oct 2002 7:16 pm, Serge wrote:
> in the expert list i saw that to make users write to the vfat partition,
> you need to add quiet in the fstab
Where exactly in the line do I add "quiet" ?
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"A good messenge
> gave an warning (something I asked here the other day).
>
> Hmm...strange...how does the line in /etc/fstab for the vfat-partitions
> look? Can you write to the partition as root?
>
> I am almost new to the list so I did not see your earlier message
>
> /Anders
--
Jordan E
gt; If memory serves me right only root has the right to write to a vfat
> partition, it has been like that for me in any dist of Linux I have used. I
> am not sure if any changes in /etc/fstab would help you and if so I have no
> clue what it would be.
>
> Best Regards,
> Anders
?
Although I can copy stuff to the partition as any user, it complains about not
being able to change the permissions of the file I am copying. Is there
anyway that I can mount the partition as the user I normally use? Is that a
good idea?
Thanks for any help,
Jord
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http
Thanks for everyones replies. I think I will backup. If I have problems you'll
probably here from me again ;-)
Cheers,
Jord
On Thursday 24 October 2002 7:57 pm, Gavin Rollins wrote:
> On Friday 25 October 2002 03:23 am, Jordan Elver wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I am about to install 9
Hi,
I am about to install 9.0 on my current 8.2 box. I want to keep my /home
partition intact. Will any of .kde directories affect the operation of the
new KDE installation? I'd like to setup KDE from scratch. Or shall I just
rename the directories and then re-install?
TIA,
Jord
--
J
Thanks, but I think I copied this message to the wrong list! Doh!
Cheers,
Jord
On Wednesday 18 September 2002 3:50 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote:
> On Wednesday 18 September 2002 08:10 am, Jordan Elver wrote:
> > Hi,
> > There was a thread here the other day regarding a problem simi
1
> 19:01:56 pppd Warning - secret file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets has world
> and/or
> group access
> 19:01:56 pppd Modem hangup
> 19:01:57 pppd Connection terminated.
>
> Smoothwall section of Log:
> ==
> 19:01:55 smoothwall PPP has gone down on ppp0
>
>
> -
> ___
> gpl mailing list
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://lists.smoothwallusers.org/mailman/listinfo/gpl
>
> SmoothWall Stash - Buy Our Stuff! http://cafepress.com/smoothwall
>
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; Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 12:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] FTP Server
>
> On Thursday 08 August 2002 18:52, Miark wrote:
> > Jord,
> >
> > I run one using ProFTP. I started using it because it was more
> > secure than the WU server and because it is easi
ome/Paulding
>
>
> I restarted Apache and I get a error when I try to goto www.wrnash.net you
> do not have permission when I try www.paulding-linux.com same error when I
> delete the lines I added a get my web site back.
>
> any help on this thanks Bill Nash.
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Hi,
Is it possible to start a program from the command line and get it to open on
a different virtual desktop to the one I am currently using?
Like:
/path/to/program :2
To start it on desktop 2?
Thanks for any help,
Jord
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"640K ought to be e
I want to run, but I would like to know how to start other
> things as well?
>
> TIA,
> Cheers,
> Jord
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Hi,
Bit of simple one. How can I start/run scripts at boot?
It's Apache that I want to run, but I would like to know how to start other
things as well?
TIA,
Cheers,
Jord
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"Well, let's just say, 'if your VCR is still blinking 1
nd - xfs
>
> All other processes are run under login "root" or then under my login.
> That one is not and makes me worried or curious.
>
> any hints ?
>
>
> Klemm
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"I think I'll side with the pissheads on this
s,
Cheers, Jord
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" ... when men were men and wrote their own device driver ..." --- Linus
Benedict Torvalds
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Hi,
I need to load a kernal module in order to get my webcam working properly,
but doing this each time can be tedious. If I want to load it at boot, where
should I put the line (or script). It has to be run as root (you probably
already knew that :)).
TIA,
Jord
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http
parent -A.jpg http://www.server.com/dir/
> etc.
>
> Cheers,
> J.
>
> On Tuesday 02 July 2002 22:03, Jordan Elver wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Could anyone advise me how to use wget?
> > I am trying to download a whole directory of images, but directory
> brwosing
> >
Hi,
Could anyone advise me how to use wget?
I am trying to download a whole directory of images, but directory brwosing
is turned off :-( So wget can't follow them, does anyone know of any good
sites that I can look at?
I know wget *can* do this!
Cheers,
Jord
--
Jordan Elver
I have looked on Mandrake site and no mention of 8.3, I assume you mean the
latest cooker from one of the mirrors?
On Sunday 23 June 2002 12:27 am, you wrote:
> On Saturday 22 June 2002 03:06 pm, Jordan Elver wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Been searching the net for info on Mandrake 8.3 i.e
Does anyone know of any good dvd ripping tools or resources about dvd ripping
etc?
TIA,
Jord
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street." - Doug Linder
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Hello,
Does anyone know if there is a tool (with docs) similar to the windows
program teleport pro? Its used to download website to disk or to grab certain
types of file from websites.
TIA,
Cheers,
Jord
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"Press any key to continue or any othe
Hi,
Does anyone know how to play QuickTime (mov) under Mandrake?
Also, is there a plugin available for mozilla?
Cheers,
Jord
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The InternetOne UK Ltd
I also use a Plextor and it works fine.
Jord
On Tuesday 19 June 2001 16:59, you wrote:
> It was Tue, 19 Jun 2001 15:52:30 -0500 when Carlos Cifuentes wrote:
> >I want to buy a cd writer for linux but i dont
> >know what machine work in linux
> >
> >Can some person help me?
>
> Any decent CD-RW w
ght have an idea
Blender - www.blender.nl for 3D animation
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Hi,
Does anyone know where the icons for the menu items in KDE are stored?
I keep trying to add items to the menus and then can't find the icon in the
list. But I can find the icon manually. So, I need to know where to copy the
icon too?
TIA, Cheers,
Jord
Hi,
Me again ;-)
How can I check to see if my computer is currently dialled out or not?
TIA,
Jord
On Friday 08 June 2001 13:43, you wrote:
> Try and grep out the information you need from the command /sbin/ifconfig.
>
> If you're root, all you need is ifconfig, since it's in your path name,
> h
Hi,
I'm trying to write a bash script which needs the current IP address that I
have been assigned by my ISp at any particular moment. How can I do this?
TIA,
Jord
Hi,
I'm using KDE 2 thats comes with MDK 8.0 and I'm using Icon Zooming for the
icons on my panel. But, some of the icons don't zoom, does anyone know why or
how to fix it?
Cheers,
Jord
need to the get the 1,0,0 stuff in. Mine starts with Scsibus 0, Target 6,
> Lun 0, because it thinks it is going to burn a CD on the Zip drive :-). If
> I click the detect SCSI drive button, it changes to Scsibus 1, Target 0,
> Lun 0. That means it's going to work. When you do a b
nal Message-----
> > From: Jordan Elver [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 2:45 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject:[newbie] CD Writer
> >
> > Hello,
> > I've just got a cd writer after all your wonderful advice last week
Hello,
I've just got a cd writer after all your wonderful advice last week ;-)
I have it installed and working. But not as a cdwriter. it works as a cdrom
and Mandrake found it, but what now.
All the tutorials that I have found refer to using lilo and using modprobe
etc, but I'm using grub, no
Hi,
I am going to buy a cd writer soonand I was just wondering if anyone has any
suggestions or good experiences to share?
Thanks,
Jord
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while (!asleep()) sheep++;
Hi,
If I want to backup KMail including Mail, Config, Filter Rules etc. Which
locations/files need to be backed up. I think that all the Mail is kept in my
home directory as Mail but I don't know where anything else is?
Any ideas?
TIA,
Jord
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Thanks everyone. Gonna track that alias down somewhere ;-)
Cheers,
Jord
On Wednesday 02 May 2001 13:01, you wrote:
> They do have an alias. I don't remember where it's
> defined, though.
>
> Until you find it, you can do rm -f, but please be
> careful.
>
> ---
Hi,
How do I remove stuff i.e. rm -r folder/ without having to type yes to every
file in the folder?
I thought there might be an alias in .bashrc but I can't see anything in
there?
Any ideas?
TIA, Cheers,
Jord
Hi,
How can I mount my zip disk as another user other than root?
Or, how can I change the ownership of files on the zip disk, at the moment it
says 'Operation Not Permitted' even as root?
TIA,
Cheers,
Jord
On Monday 16 April 2001 14:33, you wrote:
> What language is used by most linux programmers?
> Any Pros & Cons about different languages?
C seems to be a favourite and Perl, PHP.
Hi,
I'm newish to Linux. I've got Mankdrake 7.2 installed and working fine apart
from a little permissions problem. I'm using my workstaton as a web server as
well for local development. I also use my workstation at work for the same
thing and in order to keep current copies of everything I'm w
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