Re: [newbie] Shockwave - What's Up With It?

2000-07-01 Thread laurent . duperval
the shockwave site (shockwave.com?) L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are here have failed it." Phone: (514) 282-8484 ext. 228 -Doug Camilli mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Penguin Power!

Re: [newbie] PCMCIA Modem-card recommendation

2000-06-30 Thread laurent . duperval
On 30 Jun, Eunice Thompson wrote: > > Laurent go to the following site: > http://pcmcia.sourceforge.org/ftp/SUPPORTED.CARDS > It has all the info you need > Cool, thanks! L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U

Re: [newbie] imake and xmkmf

2000-06-30 Thread laurent . duperval
Install the development tools for X. L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are here have failed it." Phone: (514) 282-8484 ext. 228 -Doug Camilli mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Penguin Power!

[newbie] PCMCIA Modem-card recommendation

2000-06-27 Thread laurent . duperval
Hi, Can any one (not) recommend a PCMCIA modem card to use with Mandrake (or Linux in general). I know about WinModems so I want to know what PCMCIA modems have caused problems and what modems have worked fine. Thanks, L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters a

Re: [newbie] Shockwave - What's Up With It?

2000-06-23 Thread laurent . duperval
playing "Whassup!" over and over again for the next few hours. I just put it on mute and this morning it seems to be ok (maybe because I closed the lid of my laptop). L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center

Re: [newbie] About to give up.

2000-06-15 Thread laurent . duperval
On 15 Jun, Mark Weaver wrote: > "Michael H. Collins" wrote: >> >> My fetchmail does not need a cron job, one can set the interval for >> checking in fetchmail itself. > > How does one accomplish this? fetchmail -d fetchmail -help is

Re: [newbie] Automatic Email?

2000-06-15 Thread laurent . duperval
). Thanks. > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > fetchmail does that. Although I don't think it does the dialout part. A little script will help. L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are a

Re: Compiling source, was RE: [newbie] Make errors

2000-06-14 Thread laurent . duperval
le exists. If the code says: #include "xpm.h" You need the path as specified above. If the code says #include "X11/xpm.h" /usr/X11R6/include should be enough. If I remember correctly, all X11 stuff is supposed to be stored in /usr/X386. In that case, it *may* be

Re: [newbie] E-mail Clients

2000-06-14 Thread laurent . duperval
way from the gnome folks. For now, you have > balsa, and maybe CSCmail > > If it doesn't have to be gtk, just easy on the eyes, > mahogany isn't too bad. I had some issues w/ it not > wanting to work for me. YMMV. > I use tkrat. It's a Tk app. It isn

[newbie] Info pages in gnome help viewer

2000-06-12 Thread laurent . duperval
Hi, Anyone know how to make HElix gnome's Help Browser uderstand bz2 files? L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are here have failed it." Phone: (514) 28

Re: [newbie] Wine problems

2000-06-09 Thread laurent . duperval
rror. > > Invalid path c:\windows\Profiles\adminustrator for profile directory > cant find users.dat > Uhm... Administrator or is that a typo? L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we

Re: [newbie] Explaination on SUID

2000-06-05 Thread laurent . duperval
e is located. When you send mail with sendmail, sendmail will actually write data in that directory on your behalf, by running as root. You can also do the opposite: suid a program to restrict priviledges when it is run but I haven't seen that much. L -- Laurent Duperval &qu

Re: [newbie] Sound card support

2000-06-05 Thread laurent . duperval
eal.linux.com > It isn't supported by Mandrake, but on this website are the drivers you > need. > The 3D-stuff isn't implemented yet... > > > Reinder > That's http://linux.aureal.com. L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an

Re: [newbie] rpm broken?

2000-06-05 Thread laurent . duperval
On 4 Jun, David B. van Balen wrote: > > > > > My question involves rpm, possibly the file system, and not gnome... > And FWIW, I d'l it from helix and it installed and works fine. L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence

Re: [newbie] Roman: xv

2000-06-05 Thread laurent . duperval
ps out. In that case, the GIMP works. But I couldn't get it to save a window with a popup menu in it... -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are here have failed it." Phone: (514

Re: [newbie] Keyboard applet under Helix-GNOME 1.2

2000-06-05 Thread laurent . duperval
can toggle between them by clicking on the applet. In the newwer version, it looks like you can have more than one keyboard defined. L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are here have faile

Re: [newbie] XDM, how do I get it to load something other than KDE!

2000-06-05 Thread laurent . duperval
On 4 Jun, tal wrote: > > why gnome > Why not? L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are here have failed it." Phone: (514) 282-8484 ext. 228

Re: [newbie] A question for Mandrake gurus?

2000-06-05 Thread laurent . duperval
vern > > My guess is that they use special compiler switches for that. > such as -mpentium. L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are here have failed it." Phone: (514) 282-8484 ext. 228 -Doug Camilli mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Penguin Power!

Re: [newbie] Acrobat reader from Adobe's site

2000-06-05 Thread laurent . duperval
uring the font server would be appreciated, unless it belongs in the [expert] list. Exactly where does [newbie] end and [expert] begin? L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are here have f

Re: [newbie] Acrobat reader from Adobe's site

2000-06-05 Thread laurent . duperval
e source of my problem is explained in that message. -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are here have failed it." Phone: (514) 282-8484 ext. 228 -Doug Camilli ma

Re: [newbie] DON'T just say "Help!" (fwd)

2000-06-05 Thread laurent . duperval
: Help!! not: > Help with XFree86 3.3.6 > The same for people who sent messages with no title. I figure, when they've received this message once too many times (maybe make the message become larger and larger if the culprit doesn't learn), they'll learn good habits. L -

[newbie] Support for Dell Sound card

2000-06-05 Thread laurent . duperval
Hi, Does anyone own a Dell Inspiron 3500? What driver did you use for the sound card? T'anks, L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are here have failed it." Phone: (514) 28

[newbie] Keyboard applet under Helix-GNOME 1.2

2000-06-03 Thread laurent . duperval
error: Error loading new keyboard description Any ideas? THanks, L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are here have failed it." Phone: (514) 282-8484 ext. 228

Re: [newbie] XDM, how do I get it to load something other than KDE!

2000-06-03 Thread laurent . duperval
. I had to do a partial reinstall because of a LILO problem and when I boot, the xdm windows allows me to choose what desktop env. I want. I would eventually like to revert to GNOME only (like it was when I did my first install). L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are a

Re: [newbie] LILO boot time

2000-06-03 Thread laurent . duperval
s a petty issue but it has become a bit of an obsession with me > now. Well, messing with the timeout value is the right way to do it. Did you install new information afterwards? Just changing the values isn't enough, I think. But I don't remember what the exact command to write o

Re: [newbie]Plug-in for .mov

2000-06-03 Thread laurent . duperval
ed it. > Hmmm... with my standard 7.0 installation, xanim is used as a plugin for .mov. L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are here have failed it.&

Re: [newbie] What happend to Print Screen?

2000-06-02 Thread laurent . duperval
On 31 May, Romanator wrote: > Thanks Paul > > I will check it out. > xv does that also. And it'll happily save JPG's. L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are

Re: [newbie] XFree86 v4.0

2000-06-02 Thread laurent . duperval
with the distro. Any help would be appreciated. > Also, does it support these fancy mice with a little wheel in the middle to scroll HTML docs in Netscape? L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are

[newbie] Setting Domain Name properly

2000-06-02 Thread laurent . duperval
Hi, How do I set my domain name properly so that I don't have to type the FQDN of a machine to reach it in my domain? Right now, if I do: ping ahost it doesn't work. But doing ping ahost.mydomain.com works fine. Any ideas? T'anks, L -- Laurent Duperval &q

[newbie] setting MANPATH when launching GNOME

2000-06-02 Thread laurent . duperval
ader. When I launch it from the GNOME panel, it fails to start saying that there is no MANPATH set. So how come it's not set if my .login has that? Where am I suppposed to configure this? Thanks, L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U

[newbie] Test again

2000-06-01 Thread laurent . duperval
Sorry. Hopefully this is the last test... L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are here have failed it." Phone: (514) 282-8484 ext. 228 -Doug Cami

[newbie] Test email address

2000-06-01 Thread laurent . duperval
Sorry... -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are here have failed it." Phone: (514) 282-8484 ext. 228 -Doug Camilli mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Penguin Power!

[newbie] Acrobat reader from Adobe's site

2000-06-01 Thread laurent . duperval
Hi, When I try to read a PDF file using Acrobat reader, I get segfaults and this error message: Exited with error code: 0x400e0009. Anyone know why this happens? I'm using Mandrake 7.0. Thanks, L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence tes

Re: [newbie] GNOME question

2000-05-31 Thread laurent . duperval
On 30 May, To: Mandrake Newbie List wrote: > > Hi, > > This is a real newbie question: how do you configure the GNOME log out > button to ask/not ask for confirmation when logging out? This is for October > and/or 1.2. > > L > Found it! L -- Laurent Duperval

[newbie] Test

2000-05-31 Thread laurent . duperval
Test -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are here have failed it." Phone: (514) 282-8484 ext. 228 -Doug Camilli mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Penguin Power!

Re: [newbie] Text to image

2000-05-31 Thread Laurent Duperval
Corrado / Prometheus The Gifter wrote: > > Thanks, never had to do with such a matter, before! Can you tell me where > can I find those decoders, please? > Do a search for uudeview. Isn't this installed with the distro? If not, add it as a request. L begin:vcard n:Duperval;Laurent tel;work:(

Re: [newbie] offline news reader

2000-05-31 Thread laurent . duperval
t; Claus. > Pan for GNOME? http://www.superpimp.org/ I've also had some success with tin. L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are here have failed it." Phone: (514) 282-8484 ext.

[newbie] GNOME question

2000-05-30 Thread Laurent Duperval
Hi, This is a real newbie question: how do you configure the GNOME log out button to ask/not ask for confirmation when logging out? This is for October and/or 1.2. L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center

[newbie] Question and suggestion

2000-05-30 Thread Laurent Duperval
installation? Where do I need to change my config to set my machine up as a client? I'm using Mandrake 7.0. My suggestion is for all the client stuff to be installed when initialising the system. Thanks, L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Fo

[newbie] Floppy problem

2000-05-30 Thread Laurent Duperval
me slot and only one can be in there at a time. Thanks, L -- Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, U|Force - Java Center and we who are here have failed it." Phone: (514) 282-8484 ext. 228