Re: [newbie] win32 badtrans worm.

2001-11-28 Thread Manuel Drake
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, g wrote: > Manuel Drake wrote: > > > I think it's the 4.08 netscape navigator that you use, and yes, it's > > available for linux too, as I use it now. > > actually, i am using 4.06. or are you refering to what is avaiable > for li

Re: [newbie] win32 badtrans worm.

2001-11-28 Thread Manuel Drake
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, g wrote: > Ed Tharp wrote: > > > > if you read in linux, then the viri ain't your problem, if you are a M$ user, > > look for a file called setup.pif. > > thank you, ed. > > i use both linux and ms, but do email in ms. i like early version, 4.07, > of netscape, and it is not

Re: [newbie] upgrading 8.0 to 8.1

2001-11-28 Thread Manuel Drake
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > Grant Fraser wrote: > > > > I give up trying to upgrade a piece at a time. When trying to upgrade to KDE > > 2.2.2 I found that it wanted me to install "setup" which conflicts with > > "bash" and I cant force it. > > > > Is there an 8.1 upgrade disk?

Re: [newbie] See what MSN.com has done?

2001-10-26 Thread Manuel Drake
> Microsoft did an about-face Thursday by opening the redesigned > MSN.com Web site to some third-party browsers. > > http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5098823,00.html?chkpt=zdnnp1tp02 Supposedly, but the article stated it would work late last night, well... Mozilla still fails to bro

Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] shift causes beep?

2001-10-04 Thread Manuel Drake
On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Steve Borrett wrote: > > >I don't think that is it, well, didn't, until I tested that theory while I > > >was responding to this post... which crippled my keyboard. Doh. > > *grin* Yea, shift, as you said, is not supposed to be typematic! > > >Any thoughts on how I can un-m

Re: [newbie] Speed up bandwidth for Apache?

2001-10-03 Thread Manuel Drake
Totally correct, as do the rates that you describe, except it's kBps on both. My cable, and I'll just go out on a limb and guess you have cable, is nearly exactly that rate down, but only 35KB/s up, and I hate it. I understand that there are several cracks available to beat this, but I've not be

RE: [newbie] attachments in every message??

2001-10-03 Thread Manuel Drake
procmail mailing list doesn't, and can most likely tell you how to remove it :) On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Mark Johnson wrote: > yup. it sucks don't it... > > > -Original Message- > > From: Carl Lafferty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 1:46 PM > > To: [EMAIL PRO

Re: [newbie] shift causes beep?

2001-10-03 Thread Manuel Drake
I don't think that is it, well, didn't, until I tested that theory while I was responding to this post... which crippled my keyboard. Doh. Any thoughts on how I can un-map shift as a typematic? I do indeed have a strange keyboard though, a "micro inovations" keyboard with a built in touchpad, w

Re: [newbie] Nimda virus

2001-09-25 Thread Manuel Drake
> The Javascript method is only a problem if you use any IE version below > 6. Of course, the media seems to think the whole world uses IE too. =) And sadly, my server logs say they're right. Sheep, meet cliff... jump. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.m

Re: [newbie] Nimda virus

2001-09-25 Thread Manuel Drake
> BTW, I did write to the author suggesting he may want to tell his > readers that an alternative to Windows exists (Linux). He wrote back to > say such an article is already in the works and may be out early next > week. I'd love to agree with this assessment, but as I'm not exactly a moron, an

Re: [newbie] kapm-idled?

2001-09-21 Thread Manuel Drake
On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, s wrote: > On Friday 21 September 2001 10:46 pm, Manuel Drake wrote: > > What the heck is this and why is it always sucking so much of my CPU? > > Please do a search, this has been discussed to death on all the forums. Ok, read up... Hrmm, so I gue

Re: [newbie] What program for news ??

2001-09-21 Thread Manuel Drake
> > error: failed dependencies: > > libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.3) is needed by pan-0.10.0-1 > > > > And when I tried to upgrade glibc, it fought me, and I just don't have the > > time to update everything... I got work to do :) > > > > Good luck, pass back a success story! > > Assuming that you're tr

Re: [newbie] why won't panel KEEP mandrake launchers from menu

2001-09-21 Thread Manuel Drake
nning "update-menus -v". > > On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 20:02:35 -0700 (PDT), Manuel Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yea, save session was my very first thought. > > > > As I said, this ONLY happens with launchers that come from the "mandrake > >

Re: [newbie] why won't panel KEEP mandrake launchers from menu

2001-09-21 Thread Manuel Drake
Gnome, actually, and yes, you're probably right... once I figure out what's what with versions. On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Joseph Braddock wrote: > If you are using KDE 2.1, then this is a bug. 2.2 (and 2.2.1) fix it. > > On Friday 21 September 2001 08:44 am, you wrote: > > I can add a launcher to my

Re: [newbie] why won't panel KEEP mandrake launchers from menu

2001-09-21 Thread Manuel Drake
re in GNOME or KDE. > > > ShalomOut >Chal > > Elder PCUSA > Registered Linux user #217118 > > The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact > mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows. > - Frank Zappa > > >

Re: [newbie] Need to install all the developers packages

2001-09-21 Thread Manuel Drake
> On Friday 21 September 2001 18:45, Robt. Miller wrote: > > When I did the install I left out the developers packages. Is there a way > > to install all of them without screwing up my system? > > urpmi *-devel-* Hrmm, thought it might help me too, but no such luck... seems upgrades elsewhere d

Re: [newbie] What program for news ??

2001-09-21 Thread Manuel Drake
> > Thanks! > > IMHO, PAN is the best for this. I agree wholeheartedly, PAN (Pimp Ass Newsreader) is the best, but mandrake has thusfar fought me in installing the latest version. There's a built in older version in Mandrake 8 if you installed it, just type 'pan' Now to figure out why I couldn'

[newbie] kapm-idled?

2001-09-21 Thread Manuel Drake
What the heck is this and why is it always sucking so much of my CPU? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] letting computer run overnight without overheating

2001-09-20 Thread Manuel Drake
> But at the same time if the extra cost isn't that much, it'd be great to be > able to ssh into my computer from work, schedule stuff with cron, etc etc. I got cable to have a *constant* connection to the net, what's the point of having to wait for a PC to boot. I've got two (well, now three) l

Re: [newbie] How can I share files with linux and windows 98

2001-09-20 Thread Manuel Drake
SAMBA is the key to all this, and probably worthwhile to join that mailinglist as the instructions probably go beyond the scope here. If you go it alone, here's a good troubleshooter: http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/samba.htm I've got Samba happily connecting 98/95 and linux, and although

Re: [newbie] panel resets every time I reboot

2001-09-20 Thread Manuel Drake
> I had this problem pop up from out of nowhere when I was using the GNOME from > Mandrake 8.0. The problem went away after upgrading to Ximian GNOME. Ha, great. I'd love a solution now and again that wouldn't force me to upgrade though!! Currently I'm looking at a forced upgrade of XFree.

[newbie] panels get worse!

2001-09-19 Thread Manuel Drake
Little help please, having trouble with my Gnome panels, they won't save changes I make. When I logged in last, I just got duplicates of my panels, and when I removed the dupes, and logged back in, I lost one of the two. Still not saving any changes I *mean* to make either. Sorry for my stupidi

[newbie] panel resets every time I reboot

2001-09-19 Thread Manuel Drake
Hi - not too new to Gnome, but a bit clueless. I add apps launchers to my Gnome Panel, to make life easier on me. Everytime I reboot, I lose *nearly* all of my additions, though for some reason, a couple of hanged on. Any ideas appreciated! I tried saving the session before I reboot, perhaps i