Re: [newbie] Odd experience

2005-01-12 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 12 January 2005 06:33, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Tuesday 11 January 2005 02:31 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Sounds like something with bittorrent. What did the error message say ? What torrent were you downloading/uploading ? Did you set your firewall to open for torrents ? Kaj

Re: [newbie] Odd experience

2005-01-12 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 12 January 2005 17:26, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Wednesday 12 January 2005 03:27 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Just a guess : the message bad info on file + shorewall stopped could mean you have been compromised somehow. On other file-sharing networks like kazaa it's common to find

Re: [newbie] Error retrieving (update) packages

2005-01-12 Thread Kaj Haulrich
(that is, addmedia configures the source, but every attempt to use urpmi after that complains about it). Other than that, no problems. Here's another one : http://www.linuxfordummies.org/addmedia/ Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running

Re: [newbie] Difference in full package Powerpack v. disks only purchase

2005-01-12 Thread Kaj Haulrich
at youself in the mirror - sign up as a Mandrake Club member. That way you'll become a respected member of the community and a supporter of Open Source. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8

Re: [newbie] Thunderbird flew away??

2005-01-12 Thread Kaj Haulrich
or standard Mandrake programs that come with the disks?? No. I did order the full MandrakeStore package with manuals, but manuals are four days away yet. Thank you for your considerable help. Well, what do you expect from a 70 year old! Andy You are welcome. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from

Re: [newbie] Quick Update Question

2005-01-11 Thread Kaj Haulrich
be the new one. On Linux a reboot is only needed if you install (never update) a new kernel and want to run it right away. But that's another, completely different story. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1

Re: [newbie] Odd experience

2005-01-11 Thread Kaj Haulrich
, which has been ultra-reliable here, couldn't handle whatever happened to my home directory. Thanks guys! :-) Sounds like something with bittorrent. What did the error message say ? What torrent were you downloading/uploading ? Did you set your firewall to open for torrents ? Kaj Haulrich

Re: [newbie] kde/urpmi mess

2005-01-11 Thread Kaj Haulrich
command : urpmi.update -a;urpmi --auto-select and this semicolon shouldn't be there. Instead it is : urpmi.update -a urpmi --auto-select My suggestion : try again if your update is older than one day. You might be able to get all the new stuff as of today. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from

Re: [newbie] Gates: 'Yer a bunch o' Commies'

2005-01-11 Thread Kaj Haulrich
of Europe. An attempt to allow software patenting within the EU was halted last month by a Polish veto Well done Poland. Indeed. We can all show our gratitude here : http://thankpoland.info/ Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net

Re: [newbie] konqueror and info

2005-01-08 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Saturday 08 January 2005 19:01, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 06 Jan 2005 23:48, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Thursday 06 January 2005 20:48, Anne Wilson wrote: snip For some strange reason I can't type *anything* into a konqueror address line under 3.2.3. Is this a problem of my

Re: [newbie] konqueror and info

2005-01-08 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Saturday 08 January 2005 20:08, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 08 Jan 2005 18:28, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Welcome back, Anne. Thanks - but I could have done without this minor heart-attack :-) First thing I would do : boot your install CD into rescue mode, mount your hd and go to /home

Re: [newbie] batch res reduction

2005-01-07 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 07 January 2005 08:14, Lee Wiggers wrote: On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 22:01:33 +1100 John Layt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ImageMagick is your friend. Try : man convert. It's a little awkward, but works. Kaj Haulrich. Or if you prefer a GUI, apps like Digikam, Kimdaba

Re: [newbie] ASCII characters

2005-01-06 Thread Kaj Haulrich
nations have more than 24 characters and lots of funny accents etc.. - So Mandrake installs UTF and some iso-charsets as default ? Anyway, an easy way to check what charsets are installed is : Open a browser, i.e. Firefox. Select View --Character Encoding. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100

Re: [newbie] ASCII characters

2005-01-06 Thread Kaj Haulrich
in Arabic ? Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

Re: [newbie] konqueror and info

2005-01-06 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 06 January 2005 20:48, Anne Wilson wrote: snip For some strange reason I can't type *anything* into a konqueror address line under 3.2.3. Is this a problem of my system, or do others have the same problem? /snip No. I can type anything in K's address line (3.2.3 here). Kaj

Re: [newbie] batch res reduction

2005-01-06 Thread Kaj Haulrich
. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

Re: [newbie] Re: FireFox speedup

2005-01-06 Thread Kaj Haulrich
tell any difference. Besides, my conscience forbids me to send 30 request to a server in order to get one page. There's enough clogging the net already. But that's just me... Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux

Re: [newbie] ASCII characters

2005-01-05 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 05 January 2005 22:25, David Reynolds wrote: On Tuesday 04 January 2005 12:37 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Tuesday 04 January 2005 17:58, Miark wrote: On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 00:34:26 +0100, Kaj wrote: In KMail I've set the charset to iso-8859-15. But then again, I don't use

[newbie] Rootkit ?

2005-01-04 Thread Kaj Haulrich
deleted Checking `scalper'... not infected Checking `slapper'... not infected What is this sniffer thing and does it matter ? TIA Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8

Re: [newbie] Rootkit ?

2005-01-04 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 04 January 2005 15:07, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Tuesday 04 January 2005 08:20, Kaj Haulrich wrote: When doing a chkrootkit everything looks fine except this : Checking `asp'... not infected Checking `bindshell'... not infected Checking `lkm'... Checking `rexedcs'... not found

Re: [newbie] Rootkit ?

2005-01-04 Thread Kaj Haulrich
could get one, but maybe I'll have to think again ? Please re-read my previous email, but if you prefer, also check the following: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/01/msg05013.html Avi /snip Thanks, Avi. Now I have calmed down again. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft

Re: [newbie] ASCII characters

2005-01-04 Thread Kaj Haulrich
) characters indicate you have iso-8859-1 installed. If you absolutely want to see (Euro), you must have iso-8859-15 or UTF8 / UTF16. Everything Euro is crap, anyway. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel

Re: [newbie] Browser Encoding

2005-01-04 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 04 January 2005 18:24, OOzy Pal wrote: snip I can not write my complete site in ASCII as quot etc. The site is not in english. Can any one help /snip What language then ? - My guess is that one of the iso-8859-x will cover it. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free

Re: [newbie] Browser Encoding

2005-01-03 Thread Kaj Haulrich
it as : *oslash;*. A quotation mark is *quot;* and so on and so forth. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] ASCII characters

2005-01-03 Thread Kaj Haulrich
want in my own charset and when done, I use the editors search replace. Voilá. - Can be viewed correctly in any browser on the planet. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8

Re: [newbie] ASCII characters

2005-01-03 Thread Kaj Haulrich
-strings : if I'd embedded this post in htmlbodythis message/body/html you wouldn't. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* Want to buy

[newbie] Happy new Year

2004-12-31 Thread Kaj Haulrich
...to all and everyone on this fine list Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft

Re: [newbie] udev for my user usb storage device

2004-12-27 Thread Kaj Haulrich
} 3, 'umask=0022' = $opts{security} 4, to 'umask=0' = $opts{security} 3, 'umask=' = $opts{security} Worked for me, but as usual YMMV. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8

[newbie] Open Source Beer

2004-12-22 Thread Kaj Haulrich
Don't say we Danes can't celebrate Christmas in a decent way : http://www.voresoel.dk Merry Christmas, y'all. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8

Re: [newbie] Open Source Beer

2004-12-22 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 22 December 2004 11:31, et wrote: On Wednesday 22 December 2004 04:06 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Don't say we Danes can't celebrate Christmas in a decent way : http://www.voresoel.dk Merry Christmas, y'all. Kaj Haulrich. were you already enjoying a few when you typed

Re: [newbie] Open Source Beer

2004-12-22 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 22 December 2004 12:18, you wrote: On Wednesday 22 December 2004 11:31, et wrote: On Wednesday 22 December 2004 04:06 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Don't say we Danes can't celebrate Christmas in a decent way : http://www.voresoel.dk Merry Christmas, y'all. Kaj

Re: [newbie] Open Source Beer

2004-12-22 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 22 December 2004 16:20, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Wednesday 22 December 2004 04:06 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Don't say we Danes can't celebrate Christmas in a decent way : http://www.voresoel.dk Merry Christmas, y'all. Kaj Haulrich. Sorry, but I don't read Danish. Do I

Re: [newbie] OT - Secure (ish) Win XP Setup

2004-12-21 Thread Kaj Haulrich
-mandrake.com/msg165375.html But my conclusion was : Never - ever - connect a Windows box to anything except - maybe - the power outlet. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8

Re: [newbie] Internet Radio on Linux Mandrake 10.1

2004-12-21 Thread Kaj Haulrich
with Firefox (will not support Netscape error). What alternatives are there that work with Firefox/Linux? I guess this will be handy for my w*XP box, too, as I'd prefer not to use Internet Exploiter. Walders All my browsers work fine with : http://www.shoutcast.com HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent

Re: [newbie] More about file permissions

2004-12-18 Thread Kaj Haulrich
and write or neither that file or directory. is it possible to do so only in graphic mode or also, and how?, from command line? Certainly. In fact it's easier. Three commands : chmod chown chgrp The man pages are easily readable, just type : man chmod And so on. Good luck Kaj Haulrich

[newbie] Two Shorewall questions

2004-12-17 Thread Kaj Haulrich
. I've tried webmin, but every attempt here ends up with my system unable to connect to anything. And, yes, I do a service shorewall restart after each attempt. 1. Does it matter having port 113 (IDENT) blocked ? 2. If eyes, how to do it ? TIA Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free

Re: [newbie] Two Shorewall questions

2004-12-17 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 17 December 2004 13:18, Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 17 December 2004 12:09, Kaj Haulrich wrote: When checking my ports at Shields Up (www.grc.com), my port 113 shows blocked. I would prefer stealthed. Now, I know that somewhere in /etc/shorewall/foo it should be possible

Re: [newbie] win- linux

2004-12-17 Thread Kaj Haulrich
forit is Linux on a CD... /anders By looking at the Knoppix site, there are 3 servers in the US, but the one in Virginia seems down. You can try : http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/knoppix/ which isn't a torrent site, but offers ftp + http. Good luck Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100

Re: [newbie] digikam Sony P73 set up

2004-12-14 Thread Kaj Haulrich
found the usb problem on the bug report site (anthill) but it is marked as solved or fixed, which it obviously is not. As far as I remember Anne had a similar problem with a similar camera, maybe she's got another solution. In the meantime, lets hope 10.2 gets it right. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent

Re: [newbie] urpmi update database

2004-12-12 Thread Kaj Haulrich
to update your urpmi database how do I do that?? Try (as root and without the quotes) : rpm --rebuilddb Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8

Re: [newbie] How to block users in their home directory?

2004-12-12 Thread Kaj Haulrich
system files, but not other users stuff. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-11 Thread Kaj Haulrich
, but merely opinions and experiences. Nevertheless they provide tremendous help for most newbies, especially when somebody like you are willing to inject some corrections and wisdom. Your above quoted words are a proof of just that. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem (update)

2004-12-11 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 12 December 2004 06:01, Keith Powell wrote: snip Also, there are no Newbie archives for December. So I can't check there. /snip Keith, there are more than one archive. Try here : http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/maillist.html Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100

Re: [newbie] Screen image does not cover all the monitor

2004-12-11 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 12 December 2004 00:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip There is an X utility for tweeking the screen size, and position, but I can not remember the name. /snip xvidtune Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Kaj Haulrich
. Remove it completely or set it to apic=ht or noapic. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 10 December 2004 21:47, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Friday 10 December 2004 08:53 am, Keith Powell wrote: In /etc/lilo.conf try editing the append-line, especially the apic thing. Remove it completely or set it to apic=ht or noapic. HTH Kaj Haulrich. Thanks, Kaj

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 10 December 2004 15:48, Margot wrote: snip Kaj, I think you're mixing up apic and acpi! /snip Yes. Sorry. Never came to grips with this alphabet-thingy. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1

Re: [newbie] Win 2000 install.

2004-12-04 Thread Kaj Haulrich
) with ZoneAlarm active on my daughters PC. After downloading SP2 from Microsoft her box was severely compromized once again. In short : No Windows box should never - ever - be allowed on any network. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-03 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 03 December 2004 10:50, Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 03 Dec 2004 00:16, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Thanks Dennis. I just spent a few hours surfing around my local (Danish) resellers, found hundreds of USB sticks, but no one - that is NO ONE - specified anything but Windows or Mac

Re: [newbie] Basic Questions

2004-12-03 Thread Kaj Haulrich
which comes with its own installer. It installs all its files in one directory. You can choose where, but if you have a multiuser system, it it wise to install it under /usr/local. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread Kaj Haulrich
2. make him known as a Netterrorist.. keep his Windows box completely insulated from everything, except maybe the power outlet - although I'm not sure about that either. Kaj Haulrich. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 02 December 2004 10:10, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Thursday 02 December 2004 09:57, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Now, my daughter uses her Windows box completely disconnected from everything.  When she wants something from the net, she uses her account on my Mandrake box and transport it via

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 02 December 2004 16:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 02 December 2004 10:10, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: BTW : Do you know a USB memory stick (about 512 MB) that works with Linux ? Kaj Haulrich. There are at least 3 brands that work listed on http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Windows Security

2004-12-02 Thread Kaj Haulrich
politician. They were caught thanks to their ISP's logs AND information from MicroSoft Americaunbelievable in all senses! /snip Agreed. At last Microsoft did something good. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux

Re: [newbie] Windows Security

2004-12-02 Thread Kaj Haulrich
something good. I'd have to disagree. It is a rather large invasion of privacy, which is a larger topic, but we should move this to the OT list and not add clutter here. See you there? OK - where do I subscribe ? Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 03 December 2004 00:53, you wrote: On Thursday 02 December 2004 03:26 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Thursday 02 December 2004 10:10, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Thursday 02 December 2004 09:57, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Now, my daughter uses her Windows box completely disconnected from

Re: [newbie] digikam Sony P73 set up

2004-11-30 Thread Kaj Haulrich
priviliges in my box ? HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] digikam Sony P73 set up

2004-11-30 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 30 November 2004 09:53, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Tuesday 30 November 2004 09:48, Kaj Haulrich wrote: So maybe there is some ghost with root priviliges in my box ? yep, supermount is...unless you disable it. You knew that didn't you?;) Damnthought I had busted that specter long

Re: [newbie] Netbios-ssn connections?

2004-11-11 Thread Kaj Haulrich
) and port 113 (ident) are closed, but not blocked. In shorewall I've disabled all services. The same result shows when trying http://www.grc.com Question : how to block ports in shorewall and what is the downside of blocking those ports ? TIA Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft

Re: [newbie] urpmi - file not found

2004-11-10 Thread Kaj Haulrich
--rebuilddb. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] USB Camera

2004-11-05 Thread Kaj Haulrich
it back in, it does not mount. I can go to mcc and mount anything config screens and it then mounts without me doing anything else. This only rates as a small pita, but I'm curious. Please post your /etc/fstab file, maybe we can find something. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft

Re: [newbie] USB Camera

2004-11-05 Thread Kaj Haulrich
remember from my 9.2 days, that supermount was not 100% trustworthy. IIRC setting it to auto instead worked for me. You could try , as root : supermount -i disable and reverse that with supermount -i enable, if it doesn't work either. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free

[newbie] USB Camera problems - Almost solved

2004-11-04 Thread Kaj Haulrich
the CPU doesn't go bezerk anymore.. Life is good. Have a nice week-end, all Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] cdrom busy....not umounting

2004-10-31 Thread Kaj Haulrich
. But recently I had a mount problem, found something on the net and removed the noatime. Worked fine since then. Theoretically the noatime option should improve speed and I/O operations, since access time stamps are seldom needed, but I can't see any difference. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from

Re: [newbie] Installing 10.1 Official without ISO cds

2004-10-30 Thread Kaj Haulrich
Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* --- -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux

[newbie] A short notice to gmail users

2004-10-30 Thread Kaj Haulrich
a signature, something like this : I use gmail, so if you reply, please take a look at the To field Just a suggestion ? Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8

Re: [newbie] Installing 10.1 Official without ISO cds

2004-10-30 Thread Kaj Haulrich
, so the download of exactly 302 packages took about 15 minutes, at a server uploading at about 400 kB/sec (average). But YMMV. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8

Re: [newbie] HELP...HELP...

2004-10-30 Thread Kaj Haulrich
heads upwards), and the quota for zinging Joe is 10 zings per week for the list as a whole, remember ? Ref.: The list etiquette. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8

Re: [newbie] HELP...HELP...

2004-10-30 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 31 October 2004 01:04, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 09:53, Kaj Haulrich wrote: JoeHill error: unable to locate any screams. (g) /snip Careful, Stephen. The week is just 1 hour old (at least here, where we carry our heads upwards), and the quota

Re: [newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-29 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 29 October 2004 10:34, Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 29 Oct 2004 08:53, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Erylon, you are absolutely right. I did exactly that. But now, I just made a comlete shutdown/restart, logged directly into gnome and connected the camera. As in KDE it immidiately

Re: [newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-28 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 28 October 2004 09:42, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Thursday 28 October 2004 00:21, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Well H.J. my palm are WET.  I know the feeling of messing around in /boot and lilo ! Right now I installed the 2.6.8.1-10 kernel, with no evident errors. But the camera still

Re: [newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-28 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 28 October 2004 11:18, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: replies within On Thursday 28 October 2004 10:54, Kaj Haulrich wrote: However, I can retrieve my photos by booting into runlevel 3, mount the camera as /dev/sda1 and copy the files over.  Then reboot to cool down the CPU

Re: [newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-28 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 28 October 2004 12:15, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Thursday 28 October 2004 11:52, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Thursday 28 October 2004 11:18, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: replies within On Thursday 28 October 2004 10:54, Kaj Haulrich wrote: However, I can retrieve my photos by booting

Re: [newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-28 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 28 October 2004 11:12, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 28 Oct 2004 09:54, Kaj Haulrich wrote: That doesn't stop me from wondering, however, why the good folks at Mandrake don't know the good, ole rule : if it ain't broke, don't fix it. In my experience, every new release fixes

Re: [newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-28 Thread Kaj Haulrich
of the reader device, that's pretty much the reader's job the deal with the media. /snip Well Stew, stopping hotplug doesn't make any difference. But maybe the solution is closing in, please see my last post. Thanks Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http

Re: [newbie] For all with usb problems

2004-10-28 Thread Kaj Haulrich
be qualified as a Microsoft Certified Engineer, what with the about 40 reboots I made today... Cheers, all. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8

Re: [newbie] For all with usb problems

2004-10-28 Thread Kaj Haulrich
. Of course I could edit inittab, but, honestly, I'm too tired now and after all, I have a job to attend to. Let us all pray for a happy Nov. 1.st. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8

Re: [newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-27 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 27 October 2004 00:26, Aron Smith wrote: On Tuesday 26 October 2004 01:14 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Tuesday 26 October 2004 21:40, Rob Blomquist wrote: On Tuesday 26 October 2004 12:13 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: H.J. - Now I dared to connect my camera, but with the usual

Re: [newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-27 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 27 October 2004 10:18, John Layt wrote: On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:13, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Even in runlevel 3 i can see the process going on (in /var/log/messages). The system connects/disconnects its USB device until hell freezes over or I reboot. As a last resort I re

Re: [newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-27 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 27 October 2004 10:18, John Layt wrote: On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:13, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Even in runlevel 3 i can see the process going on (in /var/log/messages). The system connects/disconnects its USB device until hell freezes over or I reboot. As a last resort I re

Re: [newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-27 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 27 October 2004 14:13, Stew Benedict wrote: On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Kaj Haulrich wrote: As a last resort I re-installed 10.1 CE from scratch, copied nothing back from my backup CDs, updated available rpms and tried anew. Still staring at my runaway box. I have

Re: [newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-27 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 27 October 2004 14:29, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Wednesday 27 October 2004 14:13, Stew Benedict wrote: On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Kaj Haulrich wrote: As a last resort I re-installed 10.1 CE from scratch, copied nothing back from my backup CDs, updated available rpms and tried

Re: [newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-27 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 27 October 2004 17:39, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 27 Oct 2004 13:56, Kaj Haulrich wrote: I have the feeling this is a kernel bug. Now, I have to reboot again :-/ After a few days' break I came back to this long thread. Out of curiosity I plugged my FujiFilm FinePix S304

Re: [newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-27 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 27 October 2004 19:29, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 27 Oct 2004 17:33, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Although I feel sorry for you, Anne (being unable to use your camera) I'm somehow conforted that I'm not alone ! ;-) It's not a big problem - yet! I don't need the camera

Re: [newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-27 Thread Kaj Haulrich
. I've got a hunch the 'camera' problem is similar. Just a suspicion tho /snip Tom, do you have any idea as to where I can fetch kernel 2.6.8.1-10 ? I tried kernel 2.6.3, but it completely borked my ReiserFS. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http

Re: [newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-27 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 27 October 2004 23:20, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Wednesday 27 October 2004 22:59, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Tom, do you have any idea as to where I can fetch kernel 2.6.8.1-10 ? I tried kernel 2.6.3, but it completely borked my ReiserFS. Kaj Haulrich. http://ftp.surfnet.nl/ftp

Re: [newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-27 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 27 October 2004 23:41, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Wednesday 27 October 2004 03:59 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote:     I know reverting to 2.6.8.1-10 from -12mdk solved boot up problems checking (Reiser) FS's after I added an SATA drive into a mix of IDE drives a few weeks ago

Re: [newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-27 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 27 October 2004 23:50, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Wednesday 27 October 2004 23:39, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Therefore, I wanted to follow Tom's advice and install the 2.6.8.1-10 kernel. Can't find it anywhere, though. Even rpmfind.net doesn't come up with it. Maybe I should try

Re: [newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-27 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 28 October 2004 00:06, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Wednesday 27 October 2004 23:56, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Wish me luck. Kaj Haulrich. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you...as it sounds like a mess on your box right nowsweaty palms et all, heh?:) Don't uninstall/re-install too

[newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-26 Thread Kaj Haulrich
? Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

Re: [newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-26 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 26 October 2004 19:58, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Tuesday 26 October 2004 14:13, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Hello friends... Until I installed 10.1 CE my Olympus C740UZ worked like a charm : Just plugging it into an USB port popped up a harddisk icon on my desktop (be it KDE or Gnome

Re: [newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-26 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 26 October 2004 19:58, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Tuesday 26 October 2004 14:13, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Hello friends... Until I installed 10.1 CE my Olympus C740UZ worked like a charm : Just plugging it into an USB port popped up a harddisk icon on my desktop (be it KDE or Gnome

Re: [newbie] Digital camera kills MDK 10.1

2004-10-26 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 26 October 2004 21:40, Rob Blomquist wrote: On Tuesday 26 October 2004 12:13 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: H.J. - Now I dared to connect my camera, but with the usual result : my system went completely bezerk. Here I the output from /var/log/messages : Oct 26 21:05:45 0x50c63c55

Re: [newbie] Security maniac ?

2004-10-24 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Saturday 23 October 2004 18:15, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Friday 22 October 2004 06:30 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: I just followed Tom's advice and upgraded to the present cooker, including the (separate) install of the new kernel. Everything seem to work perfectly. So, now I supposedly run

[newbie] Security maniac ?

2004-10-22 Thread Kaj Haulrich
updates. OK. But when comparing those update versions to my cooker versions, mine seems to be newer. Can anyone explain ? - Tom ? Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8

Re: [newbie] KDE 3.3 (without removing 3.2)

2004-10-19 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 19 October 2004 23:17, Jack wrote: snip Perhaps a power-user like you can make it recognize my Canon D760 printer/copier but I can't, especially when there is no driver *anywhere* for it. /snip Have you tried Turboprint ? http://www.turboprint.de/english.html HTH Kaj Haulrich

Re: [newbie] Does Epson Perfection 2480 Photo work with Linux?

2004-10-17 Thread Kaj Haulrich
://www.epkowa.co.jp/english/linux_e/dl_scan.html I tried one of those drivers, but it insisted on device busy or some such, so I did'nt bother, but use xsane as my default driver. A 100 % pleasure. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net

Re: [newbie] Does Epson Perfection 2480 Photo work with Linux?

2004-10-17 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 17 October 2004 21:04, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Sunday 17 October 2004 20:53, Björn Olsson wrote: snip Carroll, No, I haven't asked Epson yet. Asking the manufacturer och vendor is always the last resort, isn't it? ;-) However, I have gone over their website without finding

Re: [newbie] Where are the archives?

2004-10-06 Thread Kaj Haulrich
period is the gap? It is from nov 2003 until a few days ago when it was started up again. For that time period, we need to use the other sources... like : http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie%40linux-mandrake.com/maillist.html HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-05 Thread Kaj Haulrich
into a terminal logon session. In previous versions it was terminal from the start. 'Any ideas? Sometimes it helps to edit /etc/lilo.conf and change the 788 (or whatever) mode to 792. Gives a nicer screen on 1024x768 too. Don't forget to run lilo after editing. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100

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