Re: [newbie] Strange boot options

2004-06-02 Thread Kaj Haulrich
> trying to find a parallel when it comes to the user interface. I > posted on the newbie list because I looked at the Discuss list > and couldn't understand most of what I read, questions or > answers! > > Brian. On this list you'll meet

Re: [newbie] dvd drive won't exit

2004-06-01 Thread Kaj Haulrich
button, nothing happens. > > Any idea what is causing this problem? > > Eric Jackson > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Probably you will have to unmount it first. In a terminal,cd /etc/mnt, su to root, type "umount cdrom" or whatever it is named in your /etc/fstab. HTH

Re: [newbie] Did I miss anything?

2004-05-31 Thread Kaj Haulrich
t 5 days! Phew! Now that Mandrake's > back in, all is well once again. > > Let that be a lesson to the feint-at-heart! Stick with what > works! > > So,What have I missed? > > Lanman Welcome home, Lanman. Please tell us where you've been : CP/M ? , DOS ? ,

Re: [newbie] Trashed Laptop

2004-05-28 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Saturday 29 May 2004 00:32, Drew Martin wrote: > Any hows this for a bright idea,Dawn has only one file she > realy care about,would in be possible to plug my cable modem into > the laptop and email the file or FTP it to online account,such as > Lycos,which she can access from XP if and

Re: [newbie] Trashed Laptop

2004-05-28 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 28 May 2004 21:12, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > LAN. > Maybe I'm just lucky enough to have a LAN here; no dial-up > necessary - just an extra cable plugged into the router/switch. You lucky bastard ;-) Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer *

Re: [newbie] Trashed Laptop

2004-05-28 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 28 May 2004 20:15, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Sat, 2004-05-29 at 04:05, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > Maybe I'm a little too simplistic here, but if there is enough > > space on her laptop, you could try to install - at least a > > minimal - Mandrake on it. I think

Re: [newbie] Trashed Laptop

2004-05-28 Thread Kaj Haulrich
e remaining space. From there, you could burn (it has a burner, right?) the personal files to CD. Finally, reinstall the WinXP, or dump it altogether. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * http://www.haulrich.net * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10

Re: [newbie] Just installed Mandrake 10.0 official...

2004-05-27 Thread Kaj Haulrich
Thanks, > > .:Thinker Go here : http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * http://www.haulrich.net * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * Want t

Re: [newbie] Opera and my bank

2004-05-27 Thread Kaj Haulrich
y lost a customer, and I would never humiliate myself by letting my browsers pretend to come from the dark side. Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * http://www.haulrich.net * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * ___

Re: [newbie] Login Manager Shutdown Settings

2004-05-25 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 25 May 2004 08:57, Video 4Linux wrote: > Correct. I have sucurity level higher (though that that was wise > to do as a newbie). Is it recommended to set it to high? > > Bas > > >From: Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > &

Re: [newbie] Login Manager Shutdown Settings

2004-05-24 Thread Kaj Haulrich
. > > Anybody who had the same problems and know the solution to this? > > Bas My guess is, that you have set your security level to "higher" or even "paranoid". If so, try to set it to "high". For an explanation, type (in a console) : man msec HTH Kaj

Re: [newbie] Opera

2004-05-23 Thread Kaj Haulrich
; > derek I think it's possible to do that under the Tools --> Preferences --> Programs and paths where one can uncheck "enable mail and chat" Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * __

Re: [newbie] Strange Activity

2004-05-22 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Saturday 22 May 2004 16:30, JoeHill wrote: > On Sat, 22 May 2004 12:20:59 +0200 > > Kaj Haulrich disseminated the following: > > > How about you, Kaj? You need any money? :) > > > > Sure, but if someone feels an obligation to pay a little dough, > > I sug

Re: [newbie] defraging

2004-05-21 Thread Kaj Haulrich
d and called it NTFS. And nowadays, when I'm called upon to fix my daughters WinXP - and that's about weekly - I notice heavy fragmentation, even after few hours of work. So much for MicroSCOft "improving" things. We penguinistas have the best of all worlds : freedom. K

Re: [newbie] defraging

2004-05-21 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Saturday 22 May 2004 00:13, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 16:35, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > On Tuesday 18 May 2004 22:15, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > > On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 06:07, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > > > On Tuesday 18 May 2004 21:12, PM wrote: > &g

Re: [newbie] Why does my eth0 show failed?

2004-05-21 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 21 May 2004 19:26, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 11:55, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > On Friday 21 May 2004 17:16, David A. Ferguson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Why does my eth0 show failed? > > > > > > When Mdk10oe bo

Re: [newbie] Opera

2004-05-21 Thread Kaj Haulrich
e have any feeling on it? > Can't speak for mail, but the Opera browser beats everything I've seen. Version 7.50 especially. Way back, around version 6, I threw a little dough their way, got rid of the advertising, and I'm more and more happy with it. Kaj Haulrich. -- *

Re: [newbie] Strange Activity

2004-05-21 Thread Kaj Haulrich
Bernstein's Tcpserver > program, available on Vincent Danen's site, rpmhelp.net. No > vulns that I'm aware of have ever been detected either in vanilla > qmail or tcpserver. > LX Lyvim, as everything coming from your keyboard : excellent ! Right now, I've stopped xine

Re: [newbie] O(T)Virus

2004-05-20 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 21 May 2004 01:16, Derek Jennings wrote: If a site does not work with Mozilla tough.. ...then this site is run by fools, who shouldn't have acces to the internet in the first place..... Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * running Linux kernel 2.6

Re: [newbie] O(T)Virus

2004-05-20 Thread Kaj Haulrich
t; > Lee OK... I'll confess : I've hijacked yours. I get about 10 per week, but until now I haven't been able to get one running on my box. And I double-click the attachments, I single-click them and I try to run them in various applications, but to no avail. What kind of oper

Re: [newbie] defraging

2004-05-18 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 18 May 2004 22:15, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 06:07, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > On Tuesday 18 May 2004 21:12, PM wrote: > > > On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 15:03, Michael Tienhaara wrote: > > > > Thanks for the reply. Now I'm curioushow?

Re: [newbie] defraging

2004-05-18 Thread Kaj Haulrich
system to MS dos ( in its > various forms), and doesn't fragment files (not so you'd notice, > anyway) so there's no need to defrag. ...which is not entirely true, though. In filesystems like ext2, ext3, ReiserFS and XFS there is no need whatsoever to defrag, but in IBM'

Re: [newbie] How to trouble shoot 'eth0 FAILED'?

2004-05-17 Thread Kaj Haulrich
econds > you are connected to the network. > The downside of hotplugging is that there are a few devices which > will get confused and end up in the wrong mode, and some devices > do not support it at all. Hence the ability to disable it. Derek, I don't know your professsional occupati

Re: [newbie] More on MS buying Ireland

2004-05-16 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 16 May 2004 05:57, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Sun, 2004-05-16 at 10:43, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > On Sunday 16 May 2004 02:26, JoeHill wrote: > > > > > > > > > Ya, Jim, we're all idiots. > > > > > > It's just a biiig

[newbie] Stomping at the Savoy.....eh,.. Opera.

2004-05-15 Thread Kaj Haulrich
I am in no way, manner, shape or form connected to opera.com but I like people who releases software for Linux, even if you have to throw a little (very little) dough their way (to get rid of the ads, that is). Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * running Linux ke

Re: [newbie] lost display manager in 10.0

2004-05-14 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 14 May 2004 19:54, Ed Chadwick wrote: > On Thursday 13 May 2004 15:24, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > On Thursday 13 May 2004 21:14, Ed Chadwick wrote: > > > Thanks, but I already checked that, and it's set to 5 as it > > > should be. > > > > >

Re: [newbie] lost display manager in 10.0

2004-05-13 Thread Kaj Haulrich
ike : > > > > id:3:initdefault: > > > > Change 3 to 5, save, exit and reboot. > > Well, have you tried the K menu : System --> Configure Your Computer --> System --> Display Manager ? Kaj Haulrich. And Ed, please remove your "reply to" setting in your

Re: [newbie] lost display manager in 10.0

2004-05-13 Thread Kaj Haulrich
stanza like : id:3:initdefault: Change 3 to 5, save, exit and reboot. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] Translation Assistance!

2004-05-05 Thread Kaj Haulrich
nish! > > Many thanks, > > JRH You can send it to me as an attached file. I'll do my best. Kaj haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * Want to buy your Pack or S

Re: [newbie] problems with Kontact mail

2004-05-02 Thread Kaj Haulrich
e settings, I have > not idea what that might be. Thanks, Michael Michael, what happens if you click "file" -->"Send queued Messages" or some such ? - It is a setting somewhere in Kmail. Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * running Linux kernel 2

Re: [newbie] Screen Grabbing

2004-04-30 Thread Kaj Haulrich
alled Ksnapshot. You can make a complete screendump or just a window. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandrake

Re: [newbie] Installed Mandrake 10.0 Official

2004-04-29 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 30 April 2004 00:35, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: > On April 29, 2004 15:36, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > ... > > > > So was 10.0 CE using KDM by default? Or did MdkKDM have this > > > option and they took it out for the official release? > > > > No, no, and

Re: [newbie] Installed Mandrake 10.0 Official

2004-04-29 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 29 April 2004 23:05, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: > On April 29, 2004 14:52, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > On Thursday 29 April 2004 21:08, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: > > > > > > > > > o No longer any option to login to X as root. I know they > > > disc

Re: [newbie] Installed Mandrake 10.0 Official

2004-04-29 Thread Kaj Haulrich
ou like, and destroy whatever Murphy's law dictates. To change your display manager, go to System --> Configuration --> Configure your computer --> System --> Display Manager. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free c

Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...

2004-04-27 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 27 April 2004 21:22, Todd Slater wrote: > On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 11:59:51AM +0200, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > On Tuesday 27 April 2004 00:40, Todd Slater wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 11:25:18PM +0200, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > > > Just discovered th

Re: [newbie] Automatically mount a USB drive

2004-04-21 Thread Kaj Haulrich
a little piano-sonata : + + r + s + e + i + u + b (Mnemotech : Raising Skinny Elephants Is Utterly Boring) This sequence performs a clean reboot, including sync. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * _

Re: [newbie] 10 Updates not showing?

2004-04-21 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 21 April 2004 17:32, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Wednesday 21 Apr 2004 13:55, Rick Kunath wrote: > > On Wednesday 21 April 2004 08:28 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > > Me too. Have you tried (as root) : urpmi --auto-select ? > > > > Yes. > > > > U

Re: [newbie] 10 Updates not showing?

2004-04-21 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 21 April 2004 14:55, Rick Kunath wrote: > On Wednesday 21 April 2004 08:28 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > Me too. Have you tried (as root) : urpmi --auto-select ? > > Yes. > > Urpmi wanted to do an update, but I aborted it because I had no > idea as to what it wa

Re: [newbie] 10 Updates not showing?

2004-04-21 Thread Kaj Haulrich
r info. No such luck on 10. > > There isn't any reason I can think of that the updates shouldn't > show up in Mandrake Update. > > This one has me stumped. Me too. Have you tried (as root) : urpmi --auto-select ? Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free co

Re: [newbie] 10 Updates not showing?

2004-04-21 Thread Kaj Haulrich
seems that all the updates go into "main". I guess that's why Mandrake Update doesn't work. Now, if you have defined "main", "contrib" and "plf", try this : In MCC remove "updates". Then, go to at root command-line and type urpmi --auto

Re: [newbie] Updated... continued

2004-04-20 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 20 April 2004 18:10, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Tuesday 20 April 2004 17:57, JRH wrote: > > Have just restarted (as is the MS norm), and things have gotten > > 10 times worse! > > > > Before, the letter double spacing was confined to Kmail, and > > notifi

Re: [newbie] Updated... continued

2004-04-20 Thread Kaj Haulrich
tart menu, the lot. > > Humph. > It seems you are using monospaced fonts. Could be a hangover from a previous install. Go into Settings --> Configure KMail --> Appearence, edit fonts to something proportional. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * running Li

Re: [newbie] Update Mirrors

2004-04-19 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Monday 19 April 2004 22:55, JRH wrote: > On Monday 19 Apr 2004 21:50, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > Hmm... Maybe you already are "uptodate" ? > > I shouldnt be, as I have only just re-installed after Windows > quite successfully demolished my Linux install (dont ask!).

Re: [newbie] Update Mirrors

2004-04-19 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Monday 19 April 2004 22:38, JRH wrote: > On Monday 19 Apr 2004 21:34, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > Congatulations ! - Now, the easy way to update is to go to > > system --> Configuration-->Packaging-->Mandrake Update. > > Nope.. > > It's still brining

Re: [newbie] data loss - what's happening

2004-04-19 Thread Kaj Haulrich
t some crucial > data in the process. What am I doing wrong? > > Weiers I can't answer about Open Office, but you can always find a file if you can remember at least its partial filename : become root and type : "updatedb". When finished, become user again and type : &qu

Re: [newbie] Update Mirrors

2004-04-19 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Monday 19 April 2004 22:25, James Hill wrote: > On Monday 19 Apr 2004 21:21, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > But proxad is in France, so if you wait a few hours most > > europeans have gone to bed, which supposedly opens a "window" > > for you. > > I've manag

Re: [newbie] Update Mirrors

2004-04-19 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Monday 19 April 2004 21:38, James Hill wrote: > On Monday 19 Apr 2004 20:33, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > 3. As a last resort, if you can't get into it, return to this > > list, and I'll send you the needed commands. > > Cant get into anything at all. be it u

Re: [newbie] ATI Radeon 9000Pro

2004-04-19 Thread Kaj Haulrich
or do I need the retail version? > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, unless they have to > do with installing Windows! Grin! > > Lanman Don't know if this helps, Lanman : http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon

Re: [newbie] Security Update Woes

2004-04-18 Thread Kaj Haulrich
;high" in case you accidentially have "higher" or "paranoid". You can use msec 2 as well, but I don recommend it if you have more then one user. By the way : it is wise to restrict your questions to one at a time or one for each thread. Otherwise things get messed

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 Upgrade Sites?

2004-04-18 Thread Kaj Haulrich
the french ones as well. Anyone have any idea as to > where I should be going? > > Thanks in advance, Last I looked, you can go here : http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php and choose proxad. Seems to work OK now. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * runnin

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-17 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 18 April 2004 01:57, Dennis Myers wrote: > On Saturday 17 April 2004 05:55 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > On Sunday 18 April 2004 06:54, robin wrote: > > > > > > > > > The best thing the company could do, IMHO, is have someone > > > hang out

Re: [newbie] Calgary gets smart!

2004-04-17 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 18 April 2004 01:29, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Sun, 2004-04-18 at 08:51, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > BTW, Stephen, what fine cars do you build down under ? > > > > ;-) > > Kaj Haulrich. > > Well, like in the US the Aussies constantly whinge and fight ove

Re: [newbie] Calgary gets smart!

2004-04-17 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Saturday 17 April 2004 21:35, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Sun, 2004-04-18 at 05:25, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > On Saturday 17 April 2004 21:07, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > > > > > I do believe that we will gradually win > > > people over, but the batt

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-17 Thread Kaj Haulrich
me such) in Alaska. Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the

Re: [newbie] Calgary gets smart!

2004-04-17 Thread Kaj Haulrich
dy changes over ? - Or, to rephrase : when everybody scuttles their Volkswagens and drive Ferraris, what joy do I have with my Ferrari ? ;-) Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 *

Re: [newbie] Calgary gets smart!

2004-04-17 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Saturday 17 April 2004 20:30, Anne Wilson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Saturday 17 April 2004 19:21, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > On Saturday 17 April 2004 19:47, Guy Rouillier wrote: > > > > > > > > > So when you

Re: [newbie] Calgary gets smart!

2004-04-17 Thread Kaj Haulrich
, phone-home....? ;-) Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the

Re: [newbie] howto addmedia

2004-04-17 Thread Kaj Haulrich
Notice how many times you have to go up. Now, be sure to find a file in the base directory called hdlist.cz. Go back to your root command line, and append to your previous line : with ../../../base/hdlist.cz (where the ../ represents one directory up). Finally, run the command. Repeat those

Re: [newbie] updates

2004-04-16 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 16 April 2004 10:14, Thujan wrote: > Kaj Haulrich kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika perjantai, 16. > huhtikuuta 2004 > > 11:00): > > On Friday 16 April 2004 09:50, Thujan wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I just installed mdk10.0 C and I can&#

Re: [newbie] updates

2004-04-16 Thread Kaj Haulrich
se? > Can one download official 10.0 somewhere? > > Thanks > > best rgd In order to define sources, including updates, you can go here : http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php It is recommended to clear your previous sources first, by as root : "urpmi.removemedia -a" (

Re: [newbie] Kernel 2.6.3-8 marked as "not available" in mirror?

2004-04-15 Thread Kaj Haulrich
finished, I edit lilo.conf, run lilo, done. If everything then works, I urpme the old kernel to save some space. Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * Want to buy you

Re: [newbie] Kernel 2.6.3-8 marked as "not available" in mirror?

2004-04-15 Thread Kaj Haulrich
tion in my boot > configuration. Rory, in a terminal, type "uname -a" or take a look inside the drectory /boot. Better yet, edit (as root) your /etc/lilo.conf where you can change the default line to your new kernel. Don't forget to run lilo when done. Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent fro

Re: [newbie] Re: Floppy problem

2004-04-14 Thread Kaj Haulrich
in my days, since 7.0, did I have to reboot, so I'm just curious ? -- How did you do it ??? Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * Want to buy your Pack o

Re: [newbie] Re: Floppy problem

2004-04-14 Thread Kaj Haulrich
Hardware --> Floppy Formatter. Or some such. Linux is about discovery. Eventually, if you are totally lost, type : "man fdformat". HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 *

Re: [newbie] Re: Floppy problem

2004-04-14 Thread Kaj Haulrich
conn, decide for yourself and feel good, disable it. Just my opinion. Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to h

Re: [newbie] Kernel 2.6.3-8 marked as "not available" in mirror?

2004-04-14 Thread Kaj Haulrich
pe : "urpmi kernel"(and now hit TAB) 4. If the output from that shows your desired kernel version, hit enter. 5. Enjoy all the hashes. 6.When the command prompt shows again, you are done. 7. If you want the new kernel as default, edit your /etc/lilo.conf (by changing the the "default

Re: [newbie] Re: Floppy problem

2004-04-14 Thread Kaj Haulrich
including other distros, and I ain't going > back to Windoze > > Ian MacGregor The "Official" release is out. Of course there are problems. Consider the huge variations in hardware combinations and it would be a miracle if Mandrake (or any other OS) installed without a hiccup

Re: [newbie] URPMI mirrors broken?

2004-04-14 Thread Kaj Haulrich
attach my urpmi script. Open it in a text editor, copy and paste it into a root command-line. Went fine for me. Normally I wouldn't give such advice in order not to overrun the server, but I guess we are so few here that it doesn't matter much. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100

Re: [newbie] No sound

2004-04-13 Thread Kaj Haulrich
> Regards, In KDE, K-->Multimedia-->Sound-->KMix | Alsamixer-GUI Or : from a CLI : aumix. Or : from a CLI : sndconfig Assuming, of course, that you have those rpm's installed. I guess it's best to run as root. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent

Re: [newbie] My browsers suffers from Altzheimer

2004-04-13 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 13 April 2004 18:07, Andrew Archibald wrote: > On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 15:08, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > magazines are, displays articles from march 15.th ! - Only when > > I reload the page it seems to get updated. Funny. Do any of you > > have > > Hmm, on check

Re: [newbie] My browsers suffers from Altzheimer

2004-04-13 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 13 April 2004 17:51, Andrew Archibald wrote: > On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 16:05, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 00:39, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > > Well Stephen, how do you view web pages without a browser ? > > > > links or lynx > > Sorry to

Re: [newbie] My browsers suffers from Altzheimer

2004-04-13 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 13 April 2004 17:16, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Tuesday 13 April 2004 10:08 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > Ever since I installed MDK 10.0 CE all my browsers seem to be > > somewhat nostalgic : whenever I click my bookmark to the > > Mandrake Homepage (www.mandrakeli

Re: [newbie] My browsers suffers from Altzheimer

2004-04-13 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 13 April 2004 16:16, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 00:08, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > Ever since I installed MDK 10.0 CE all my browsers seem to be > > somewhat nostalgic : whenever I click my bookmark to the > > Mandrake Homepage (www.mandrakelinux.co

[newbie] My browsers suffers from Altzheimer

2004-04-13 Thread Kaj Haulrich
march 15.th ! - Only when I reload the page it seems to get updated. Funny. Do any of you have the same sort of "time-machine" ? Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * ___

[newbie] The SUNset on Microsoft - slightly OT

2004-04-07 Thread Kaj Haulrich
Dear list members, this article in FORTUNE clarifies matters : http://www.freehills.com/CA256AD900137BAA/page/Listing-ait-Open+source+software: +What+is+it+and+how+does+it+work%3F00201A46?opendocument&1=50-Publications~&2=~&3=~&REFUNID=~undefined Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a

Re: [newbie] menu items disappeared

2004-04-05 Thread Kaj Haulrich
se fails, you can go here : http://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/ and download the missing packages, i.e. the "drakes". Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * running

Re: [newbie] menu items disappeared

2004-04-04 Thread Kaj Haulrich
o more activity is seen, just press enter). 2. as root, run "menudrake", edit and save. 3. if fluxbox is installed, uninstall it (there is a bug). HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * _

Re: [newbie] Automatically disconnecting

2004-04-04 Thread Kaj Haulrich
ere is it, please? > > I have Googled for it and can only find tarballs, not any > binaries for Mandrake. I would rather use a binary than a > tarball. > > Many thanks. > > Keith Keith, try "rpmfind.net" : http://rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/mandrake/9.2/i586/Mandrake/RP

[newbie] Test - please ignore

2004-04-02 Thread Kaj Haulrich
Test - please ignore. Kaj Haulrich -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] 2nd try on DVD Burner

2004-03-26 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 26 March 2004 23:31, Glenn wrote: > After some initial problems getting things to work, my Plextor > PX-708A is now working beautifully. Interesting. What initial problems ? - Can you specify,please ? Reason for asking : I'm into buying a DVD burner too. Kaj Haulrich. --

Re: [newbie] FStab lines in M9.1

2004-03-26 Thread Kaj Haulrich
. Actually the were some people here, including myself, suggesting that any programmer who made alterations to fstab should be taken out and shot. On the other hand, if you aren't as lazy as I am, why not use the "Tom Brinkman method" : the command line ? A few days ago he p

Re: [newbie] 10 CE Shutdown

2004-03-24 Thread Kaj Haulrich
- my power never switched off. When the shutdown procedure reads "Power off" I can hear a tiny click inside the case, but the beast won't die. I just unplug the thing and all is well. No harm done. Same thing on the new kernel 2.6.4 from Thomas. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from

Re: [newbie] MDK 10? Hmm.....

2004-03-21 Thread Kaj Haulrich
Display Manager. Here somewhere you can choose to show root on the startup screen as well as other users. But it IS a very bad idea, IMHO. Much safer to learn the CLI way, the command "chmod" isn't that hairy. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer* * ru

Re: [newbie] Re: Some positive reviews for 10.0 Community

2004-03-21 Thread Kaj Haulrich
JRH. I just finished installing RealPlayer8 - and some 9-codecs as well - Flashplayer and Acrobat Reader 5.0.8. Everything without a hiccup. Have all the commercial vendors become Linux-friendly all of a sudden ? Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer* * running Linux kerne

Re: [newbie] They needed to do a study?

2004-03-21 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 21 March 2004 14:17, JoeHill wrote: > On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 22:13:36 -0800 > > David E. Fox disseminated the following: > > US should make a law making purchasing from a spammer a > > criminal act. > > What *isn't* a criminal act in the US these days

Re: [newbie] Re: Some positive reviews for 10.0 Community

2004-03-21 Thread Kaj Haulrich
ctory, just with higher version numbers. Haven't browsed that many mirrors, though. Although I'm a Club Silver Member, I haven't been able to get my hands on Acrobat Reader or RealPlayer, but I can live with that. All in all : what a nice experience ! Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100

Re: [newbie] MS: 'We're very sorry'

2004-03-18 Thread Kaj Haulrich
n and Microsoft settles : Microsoft allows certain non-Microsoft software into consumer PC's. Microsoft admits misconduct and pays a 10.000 ¤ fine". Of course - as every EU citizen knows - the whole case is nothing but a stunt to augment Monti & Co's bribes. Do I sound misan

Re: [newbie] 9.2 Power Pack is here

2004-03-16 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 16 March 2004 15:29, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > Dang newbies... G'day mate ! - Nice to have ya back. Kaj Haulrich. -- ** Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer ** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] RPM Package Installation Issue

2004-03-12 Thread Kaj Haulrich
ot;plf" sources and not from the main distro. As long as the md5sum is OK (it should say so) you can safely ignore the message about signature. I always do with no problems whatsoever. There is a method to get rid of this message, though : something with getting a key. Others here will

Re: [newbie] CA Blasts SCO, Disputes Linux License Claim; SCO Sues Two Linux Users, Warns About Further Action

2004-03-10 Thread Kaj Haulrich
604.html the essence of which is : money rules. Kaj Haulrich. -- ** Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer ** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] mounting windows hard drive

2004-03-01 Thread Kaj Haulrich
of that line, try to insert "umask=0", something like : /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hd vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 Of course, adjust it to your liking, but "umask=0" should fix it. It's equivalent to "chmod 777", but easier. (I suppose you know how to edit this file as "root" - if not, ask again). HTH Kaj Haulrich -- ** Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer ** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Photo of the year ?

2004-02-20 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 20 February 2004 21:07, Dan Gordon wrote: > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 21:28:27 + > > Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040220131626966 > > > > Kaj Haulrich. > > -- > > ** Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free comput

Re: [newbie] Problems with wine

2004-02-19 Thread Kaj Haulrich
othing about CAD, but on my box I find this drawing app, capable of doing 3D animations, viewing and drawing strange figures and whatnot : Its name is "Blender". HTH Kaj Haulrich. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] framebuffer image viewer

2004-02-07 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Saturday 07 February 2004 21:24, Wojciech Podgórni wrote: > Hi everyone, > I am looking for an image viewer for CLI. Is there any? > TIA > Wojciech Podgorni ImageMagick. Kaj Haulrich. -- ** Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer ** Want to buy your Pack or Services from

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

2004-02-06 Thread Kaj Haulrich
signature. Can I use it too, please ? Kaj Haulrich. -- ** Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer ** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Poetry

2004-01-30 Thread Kaj Haulrich
IT execs are staring out the window into the eye of a giant penguin. Kaj Haulrich. -- ** Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer ** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Newbie Request

2004-01-29 Thread Kaj Haulrich
you want to use, with the added benefit of being able to share files between the two systems. > I hope you folk won't mind helping out. No we won't. We enjoy it and bid you welcome in our community. Kaj Haulrich. -- ** Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer ** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE

2004-01-28 Thread Kaj Haulrich
up. To remedy this, open a console, become root and type : "update-menus -v". Watch the text scroll by and relax. When the process stops, you probably won't be returned to a prompt. Ignore, and just press Enter, then exit twice. Now, you are in business. In general : the Update-t

Re: [newbie] Saving Totem playlists

2004-01-27 Thread Kaj Haulrich
mtuner-0.10.0-1mdk.i586.html Kaj Haulrich. -- ** Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer ** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Saving Totem playlists

2004-01-27 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 27 January 2004 20:52, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > Hm Mine is streamtuner-0.10.0-mdk and that works excellent in > my 9.2 environment. Are you on 9.2 ?? > > And maybe there an issue with dependencies if you install from > "raw" rpm (rpm -ivh streamtuner

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