[newbie] partition

2005-01-16 Thread Martin Hardie
Hi other than my unasnwered kword problem ... what is the ebst way to resize a partition and make another one? I have parted and started it up and got this message: (snip: GPL junk) Using /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc Error: The partition table on /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc

Re: [newbie] partition

2005-01-16 Thread Martin Hardie
koffice (lib kofficecore): WARNING: /usr/lib/libkofficeui.so.2: undefined symbol: _ZN9KIconView22contentsDragEnterEventEP15QDragEnterEvent Martin On Sunday 16 January 2005 14:49, Steve Jeppesen wrote: On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 14:14:09 +0100 Martin Hardie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: other than my

[newbie] list cop

2005-01-16 Thread Martin Hardie
On Sunday 16 January 2005 14:49, Steve Jeppesen wrote: I do not recall seeing your kword post, but if it was like this one, and you hijacked somebodies else's post, well your question made it to probably 50 percent or even less of the list members. Steve I dont think i hijacked anyones post -

Re: [newbie] list cop

2005-01-16 Thread Martin Hardie
On Sunday 16 January 2005 15:30, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 16 Jan 2005 14:01, Martin Hardie wrote: On Sunday 16 January 2005 14:49, Steve Jeppesen wrote: I do not recall seeing your kword post, but if it was like this one, and you hijacked somebodies else's post, well your question

Re: [newbie] kword part of thread hijacking

2005-01-16 Thread Martin Hardie
On Sunday 16 January 2005 16:32, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 16 Jan 2005 15:16, et wrote: On Sunday 16 January 2005 09:52 am, Steve Jeppesen wrote: my kword request was I downloaded it and installed it but it wont open Sorry about this one Martin, use Sylpheed-Claws myself.

Re: [newbie] kword part of thread hijacking

2005-01-16 Thread Martin Hardie
On Sunday 16 January 2005 17:04, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 16 Jan 2005 15:36, Martin Hardie wrote: what happens if you in a console, as user type (without the quotes) kword And - when you say it won't open - is there any error message, or just an apparent attempt to open

Re: [newbie] kword part of thread hijacking

2005-01-16 Thread Martin Hardie
On Sunday 16 January 2005 06:57 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 16 Jan 2005 17:08, Martin Hardie wrote: On Sunday 16 January 2005 17:04, Anne Wilson wrote: i used urpmi and got all the dependencies it wanted. But i suppose i could just uninstall and try again No, not yet. Part

[newbie] .freesoftwaremagazine.com

2005-01-16 Thread Martin Hardie
Forwading this coz maybe some people like this sort of proaganda! /snip ... /unsnip Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Issue 1 Volume 1 of this new magazine has just hit the (cyber)stands. And, don't be too surprised, you're free to download a copy too of this 78-page publication. Some of

[newbie] kword

2005-01-14 Thread Martin Hardie
Hi I urpmied koffice in my quest for a pdf translation method. it installed ok so it seems but when i try to start it via the icon i see it staring up on the task bar and nothing more happens. if I try from the shell this is the result (ie it doesnt work either.) I have tried the various

[newbie] pdf editing

2005-01-08 Thread Martin Hardie
Hi All I want to copy from pdf files ... i recall that in Abode Acrobat I could do this sometimes but with KGhostView I cannot at all. Are there and pdf programs out there that let me copy and paste into other formats or is there a way to save as into another format? I see that I can download

[newbie] spam

2005-01-04 Thread Martin Hardie
Hi All I have been getting a load of mail with docs attached such as: xx.pif It is prompting me to consider some spam filter like spamassassin but i have no idea where to start any suggestions? Martin --

Re: [newbie] Any 'Wine' expert out there?

2005-01-02 Thread Martin Hardie
On Sunday 2 January 2005 14:43, Anne Wilson wrote: When my sin-in-law Anne I hope this was a freudian mother in laws slip! :-) Martin a son in law himself -- the riddle which man

Re: [newbie] Digikam

2005-01-01 Thread Martin Hardie
On Saturday 1 January 2005 21:29, Edward Holcroft wrote: Hi all Can anyone tell me how to get Digikam to be the default app when I plug in my USB camera? At the moment gtkam pops up on my desktop when I connect it. Thanks ed Ed, well i cant because i cant even get my camera/usb to be

[newbie] You may want to update your urpmi database

2004-12-31 Thread Martin Hardie
Happy new year, prospero ano novo e urte berri on and how do I do this?? Installation failed, some files are missing: ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/linux/mandrakelinux/official/10.0/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/ LinNeighborhood-0.6.5-5mdk.i586.rpm You may want to update your urpmi database Martin --

Re: [newbie] You may want to update your urpmi database

2004-12-31 Thread Martin Hardie
eskerek asko zorionak eta urte berri on thanks both of you - paul and anne i am doing it just now but encountrering some errors but i will come back with those whent he update is complete martin On Friday 31 December 2004 14:18, Paul Smith wrote: On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 12:59:38 +, Anne

Re: [newbie] You may want to update your urpmi database

2004-12-31 Thread Martin Hardie
built hdlist synthesis file for medium plf found 0 headers in cache removing 0 obsolete headers in cache write config file [/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg] On Friday 31 December 2004 14:40, Martin Hardie wrote: eskerek asko zorionak eta urte berri on thanks both of you - paul and anne i am doing

[newbie] Fwd: nettime Tsunami updates... from BytesForAll list

2004-12-31 Thread Martin Hardie
i am one of the moderators of the nettime lista nd i thought i should pass this on for everyones info - prov¡bably just to show our linux colelgues in south asia are active right now martin -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: nettime Tsunami updates... from BytesForAll list

Re: [newbie] sihp1000.img and the HP Laserjet 1000

2004-12-13 Thread Martin Hardie
On Monday 13 Dec 2004 08:57, Len Lawrence wrote: BIG SNIP I suppose this is what I have to do: be sure to put the *img file in the /etc/printer as printerdrake says to do ... http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_1000 It looks like the .img file is

Re: [newbie] digikam Sony P73 set up

2004-12-13 Thread Martin Hardie
10:35, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: -Original Message- From: Martin Hardie Date: 30.11.04 10:14 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subj: Re: [newbie] digikam Sony P73 set up On Tuesday 30 Nov 2004 09:45, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: tail -f /var/log/messages HJ I did the tail and then turned the camera

[newbie] urpmi update database

2004-12-12 Thread Martin Hardie
Hi I have been trying for days to install mplayer and kmplayer using the rpm drake without luck - always bad signatures etc on files needed. so I tried urpmi and it tells ema fter failign i need to update my data base: You may want to update your urpmi database how do I do that?? Martin #

Re: [newbie] urpmi update database

2004-12-12 Thread Martin Hardie
Mikkel, Derek and Kaj Thanks I got it going and now can watch my vcd's! Thanks again Martin On Sunday 12 Dec 2004 17:38, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 12 December 2004 11:00, Martin Hardie wrote: Hi I have been trying for days to install mplayer and kmplayer

[newbie] sihp1000.img and the HP Laserjet 1000

2004-12-12 Thread Martin Hardie
Ok next problem with this mandrake set up is getting the HP Laserjet 1000 going. I need to find the firmware sihp1000.img But I am having trouble locating it. Any ideas? Thanks Martin -- :: http://auskadi.tk + 34 665757391 + 34 944668670 ::

Re: [newbie] sihp1000.img and the HP Laserjet 1000

2004-12-12 Thread Martin Hardie
On Sunday 12 Dec 2004 19:50, Aron Smith wrote: On Sunday 12 December 2004 10:07 am, Martin Hardie wrote: Ok next problem with this mandrake set up is getting the HP Laserjet 1000 going. I need to find the firmware sihp1000.img But I am having trouble locating it. Any ideas? Thanks

Re: [newbie] sihp1000.img and the HP Laserjet 1000

2004-12-12 Thread Martin Hardie
On Sunday 12 Dec 2004 20:11, Aron Smith wrote: On Sunday 12 December 2004 10:37 am, Martin Hardie wrote: On Sunday 12 Dec 2004 19:50, Aron Smith wrote: On Sunday 12 December 2004 10:07 am, Martin Hardie wrote: Ok next problem with this mandrake set up is getting the HP Laserjet 1000

Re: [newbie] sihp1000.img and the HP Laserjet 1000

2004-12-12 Thread Martin Hardie
On Monday 13 Dec 2004 05:45, Aron Smith wrote: On Sunday 12 December 2004 08:07 pm, Martin Hardie wrote: On Sunday 12 Dec 2004 20:11, Aron Smith wrote: On Sunday 12 December 2004 10:37 am, Martin Hardie wrote: On Sunday 12 Dec 2004 19:50, Aron Smith wrote: On Sunday 12 December 2004

Re: [newbie] sihp1000.img and the HP Laserjet 1000

2004-12-12 Thread Martin Hardie
On Monday 13 Dec 2004 06:02, Aron Smith wrote: On Sunday 12 December 2004 08:32 pm, Martin Hardie wrote: On Monday 13 Dec 2004 05:45, Aron Smith wrote: On Sunday 12 December 2004 08:07 pm, Martin Hardie wrote: On Sunday 12 Dec 2004 20:11, Aron Smith wrote: On Sunday 12 December 2004

[newbie] Re: Wifi

2004-12-02 Thread Martin Hardie
Hi I have just installed M 10. I am heading to Mozambique soon and when i get there I want to set up a wifi network in our apartment. We have two laptops a toshiba and a compaq both running windows xp (the toshiba is mine and old and small - i dont know if i could put mdrake on it in a

[newbie] digikam Sony P73 set up

2004-11-30 Thread Martin Hardie
Hi I have just migrated from RH9 to Mandrake 10. Now at least I can install digikam!! I am having trouble setting up my camera, a SonyP73. I have selected it as a mass storage usb as it is not listed as a supported camera I have made a /mnt/camera but I dont think the fstab setting I found in

Re: [newbie] digikam Sony P73 set up

2004-11-30 Thread Martin Hardie
On Tuesday 30 Nov 2004 09:45, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: tail -f /var/log/messages HJ I did the tail and then turned the camera on but nothing happened hmmm Martin -- :: http://auskadi.tk + 34 665757391 + 34 944668670 ::