Re: [newbie] security - should I be worried? ["Your internal IP should be hidden"]

2004-11-22 Thread Merlin Zener
On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 08:02, JoeHill wrote: [...snip] > The question is, is Merlin using a dedicated firewall/router/NAT of some sort > or > not? not that I know of. It's a single machine connected to the net by dialup; I just installed Mandrake 10.0 straight off the CDs. I do

[newbie] security - should I be worried? ["Your internal IP should be hidden"]

2004-11-21 Thread Merlin Zener
Hello, someone sent me this site http://www.auditmypc.com/ so I thought I'd have a look; I did the first firewall test and they said: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Notice! Our system detects your internal IP address as 203.172.36.52 and your external addr

Re: [newbie] Am I right in thinking..

2004-11-14 Thread Merlin Zener
then I tried the following: > then as root type: > urpmi mldonkey-gui > and got: [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]# urpmi mldonkey-gui no package named mldonkey-gui [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]# hmm... I wonder how many headers it was *supposed* to find in the cache??? ___

[newbie] how to edit modules.conf - permission problem...

2004-11-10 Thread Merlin Zener
Hello, I'm running 10.0, having recently upgraded from 9.0. I'm trying to get my USB card reader to work, and I went to the Apacer site and they say to edit my modules.conf file. But when I try to save the edited file it complains I don't have permission. So I'm guessing I need to be root to do i

Re: Fwd: [newbie] A short notice to gmail users

2004-11-10 Thread Merlin Zener
On Tue, 2004-11-02 at 09:48, Chris wrote: > On Monday 01 November 2004 08:41 pm, David Johnson wrote: > > > > > You should be able to make your replyto: field blank. I was able to. > > Now, I can't vouch for whether or not it actually works, but I was > > able to set it to "". > > > > Nope, it d

Re: [newbie] A short notice to gmail users

2004-11-03 Thread Merlin Zener
On Tue, 2004-11-02 at 09:49, Amy wrote: > On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 18:41:20 -0800, David Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -- Forwarded message -- > > > > > > From: David Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 18:40:45 -0800 > > Subject: Re: [newbie] A short notice t

Re: [newbie] Evolution broken :(

2004-10-03 Thread Merlin Zener
On Sun, 2004-10-03 at 15:25, Merlin Zener wrote: > Well last night I sent off a happy email telling of my success... > This morning I log on to find that Evolution won't start up :( > > [For those who were not followwing the earlier thread, I just upgraded > from Mandrake 9

[newbie] Evolution broken :(

2004-10-03 Thread Merlin Zener
.0' Cannot activate component OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_Summary_ShellComponent : The error from the activation system is: Unknown CORBA exception id: 'IDL:omg.org/CORBA/INV_OBJREF:1.0' And then Evolution starts, but there's nothing to do. It says "(Not folder displayed)" in an empty screen

Re: [newbie] pre upgrade questions [9.0 to 10.0] SUCCESS!!!! :)

2004-10-02 Thread Merlin Zener
On Sat, 2004-10-02 at 05:01, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Friday 01 October 2004 23:06, Merlin Zener wrote: > > - wish me luck! > > You don't need luck, you've got Linux...you need a clear head and a slow mouse > hand. > Read everything carefully and check the options

Re: [newbie] pre upgrade questions [9.0 to 10.0]

2004-10-01 Thread Merlin Zener
Thanks to Paul, Erylon, Margot, Eric, Harm, Haj [and anyone I've missed:)] for the advice so far. I'll be doing the new install on Sunday - wish me luck! LOL -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. "...if my calculati

Re: [newbie] pre upgrade questions [9.0 to 10.0]

2004-10-01 Thread Merlin Zener
On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 10:16, Erylon Hines wrote: > On Thursday 30 September 2004 12:24 am, Merlin Zener wrote: > | Hello all, > | > | I've just got hold of 4 Mandrake 10.0 CDs; I'll be upgrading from 9.0, > | and I wanted to ask if there's anything particular I sh

Re: [newbie] pre upgrade questions [9.0 to 10.0]

2004-10-01 Thread Merlin Zener
On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 05:41, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Friday 01 October 2004 00:19, Merlin Zener wrote: > > On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 00:21, Stephen Kühn wrote: > > > Two words: > > > > > > CLEAN INSTALL > > > > so that would involve reformatting both

Re: [newbie] pre upgrade questions [9.0 to 10.0]

2004-09-30 Thread Merlin Zener
ard settings or so, it might wise to make a copy of /etc/X11/XF86Config > or /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (whichever you're using) to your home directory as a > reference. How do I know which one I'm using - they're both there. I don't now what kind

Re: [newbie] pre upgrade questions [9.0 to 10.0]

2004-09-30 Thread Merlin Zener
gt; What kind of backup should I do first, just in case anything goes > wrong? I'm guessing, simply copy anything that's in /home/merlin, but > where else are things kept that I need to back up? What about Mozilla, > Pan and Evolution - where do they keep their files? Is there a

how to get my bookmarks and passwords back? [was: Re: [newbie] Mozilla crashing sometimes...]

2004-09-30 Thread Merlin Zener
On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 04:58, Merlin Zener wrote: > On Sun, 2004-09-26 at 19:34, SnapafunFrank wrote: > > [...snip] > > >I don't use Mozilla for mail [I use Evolution] so I'm not worried about > > >that. But how do I get all my bookmarks and passwords and h

Re: [newbie] pre upgrade questions [9.0 to 10.0]

2004-09-30 Thread Merlin Zener
On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 17:41, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Thursday 30 September 2004 09:24, Merlin Zener wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I've just got hold of 4 Mandrake 10.0 CDs; I'll be upgrading from 9.0, > > and I wanted to ask if there's anything particular

[newbie] pre upgrade questions [9.0 to 10.0]

2004-09-30 Thread Merlin Zener
t, just in case anything goes wrong? I'm guessing, simply copy anything that's in /home/merlin, but where else are things kept that I need to back up? What about Mozilla, Pan and Evolution - where do they keep their files? [Oh, btw, I still didn't get any answer about how to get my bookm

Re: [newbie] Mozilla crashing sometimes...

2004-09-28 Thread Merlin Zener
On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 06:28, Margot wrote: > [...snip] > > Merlin, I see you are still using Mandrake 9.0, which is rather old! > Even 9.1 is no longer supported by Mandrake (since last week, when > 10.1 Community was released). You'd probably be better off > installin

Re: [newbie] Mozilla crashing sometimes...

2004-09-26 Thread Merlin Zener
On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 01:56, Margot wrote: > Merlin Zener wrote: > > > > Well I'm going back over the answers here trying again; I too have > > Mozilla but not Firefox atm just like the above poster. But it didn't > > work for me... > > > > [EMAI

Re: [newbie] Mozilla crashing sometimes...

2004-09-26 Thread Merlin Zener
. How, exactly do I "feed back" my old bookmarks, passwords and history? btw while looking around for some clue I did find my old bookmarks in a plain html file in /home/merlin/.old_mozilla - and clicking on those links opens up those pages in Konqueror! So at least I can browse most

Re: [newbie] Mozilla crashing sometimes...

2004-09-26 Thread Merlin Zener
On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 15:46, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > [...snip] > try the following : > In your home/merlin direcory, rename the entire /.mozilla directory > to i.e. /.old_mozilla. Then log out and back in, restart Mozilla. > If it worked earlier, this procedure should reload defa

Re: [newbie] Mozilla crashing sometimes...

2004-09-26 Thread Merlin Zener
s > opposed to to random .tar.gz files. > Well I'm going back over the answers here trying again; I too have Mozilla but not Firefox atm just like the above poster. But it didn't work for me... [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]$ su Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]# urpmi firefox no pack

Re: [newbie] Mozilla crashing sometimes...

2004-09-22 Thread Merlin Zener
On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 15:46, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Wednesday 22 September 2004 08:17, Merlin Zener wrote: > > > > > fontconfig seems to be missing... > > That's definitely a problem. > > [...snip again] > > So should I try and find, download

Re: [newbie] Mozilla crashing sometimes...

2004-09-21 Thread Merlin Zener
t, I wonder if it's possibly more productive to address the original problem - my Mozilla is still crashing on certain pages that used to load just fine before. What could cause it? How could I fix it? Could I have been hacked in some way? How would I tell? Do you think it would be easier to try

Re: [newbie] Mozilla crashing sometimes...

2004-09-21 Thread Merlin Zener
On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 17:12, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Monday 20 September 2004 22:53, Merlin Zener wrote: > > > > > Actually I don't know, Merlin. This problem is very strange as > Firefox is supposed to come as a complete package, i.e. with its > own

Re: [newbie] Mozilla crashing sometimes...

2004-09-20 Thread Merlin Zener
On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 20:18, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Monday 20 September 2004 14:47, Merlin Zener wrote: > > On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 16:29, Stephen Kühn wrote: > > > On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 17:55, RAT wrote: > > > > :( I've got similar problem when accessing s

Re: [newbie] Mozilla crashing sometimes...

2004-09-20 Thread Merlin Zener
. unzipped it, and clicked on the "firefox-installer" file; got this error message: "Fatal error [-618]: Couldn't open xpistub library" What to do about this? -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. "...if my calculations are correct..." __

Re: [newbie] clock doesn't keep accurate time

2004-02-07 Thread Merlin Zener
n "date & time", then click on "time zone". When you're selected your time zone it will ask you if your hardware clock is set to GMT; I had to click on "no" - your case may be different: just try one and reboot, see if that fixes it. If not, try the other:) --

Re: [Fwd: Re: [newbie] unable to ping to/from my windoze box]

2004-02-04 Thread Merlin Zener
ernet doesn't work. And I haven't even got to the stage of getting Samba sorted yet... -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [Fwd: Re: [newbie] unable to ping to/from my windoze box]

2004-02-04 Thread Merlin Zener
On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 04:29, Anne Wilson wrote: > [...snip] > I'm not sure what's gone before, Merlin, but here's my thoughts. > Assuming you're using 9.2? Try > kdesu > That brings up konqueror with root priveleges, I believe. You should > then be able

[Fwd: Re: [newbie] unable to ping to/from my windoze box]

2004-02-03 Thread Merlin Zener
-Forwarded Message- From: Merlin Zener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Newbie - Mandrake Linux list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [newbie] unable to ping to/from my windoze box Date: 03 Feb 2004 17:45:13 +0700 On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 21:49, Anne Wilson wrote: > [...snip] > &g

Re: [newbie] unable to ping to/from my windoze box

2004-01-27 Thread Merlin Zener
On Sat, 2004-01-24 at 20:57, Bryan Phinney wrote: > On Friday 23 January 2004 06:02 pm, Merlin Zener wrote: > > > so I tried that, and this is what I got: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]# kedit /etc/hosts > > _KDE_IceTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.ICE-unix should be

Re: [newbie] unable to ping to/from my windoze box

2004-01-24 Thread Merlin Zener
On Sat, 2004-01-24 at 06:00, Erylon Hines wrote: > You might find this useful: > > http://dennis_caparas.tripod.com/samba_test.html > Bad Gateway The following error occurred: The host name was not found during the DNS lookup. Contact your system administrator if the problem is.not found by retr

Re: [newbie] unable to ping to/from my windoze box

2004-01-23 Thread Merlin Zener
that would be Linux aware. And knowing my luck I'd spend all day and the equivalent of a month's rent here on a router and for some reason it wouldn't work... Can you imagine trying to explain a problem that I don't really understand in broken Thai to some local kid who's never he

Re: [newbie] unable to ping to/from my windoze box

2004-01-23 Thread Merlin Zener
On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 06:13, Bryan Phinney wrote: > On Tuesday 06 January 2004 05:42 pm, Merlin Zener wrote: > > On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 20:26, Bryan Phinney wrote: > > > [...snip] > > > You should run the wizard DrakConnect again and make sure that you choose > >

Re: [newbie] Help - I broke it!!! [was: unable to ping to/from windoze box]

2004-01-08 Thread Merlin Zener
on my system. Indeed, /usr/share/doc/HOWTO doesn't exist. These are the only "howto"s I can find: [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]# locate howto /usr/share/doc/initscripts-6.91/ipv6-6to4.howto /usr/share/doc/initscripts-6.91/ipv6-tunnel.howto /usr/share/doc/vim-common-6.1/doc/howto.txt /u

Re: [newbie] Help - I broke it!!! [was: unable to ping to/from windoze box]

2004-01-07 Thread Merlin Zener
re* to look; last night I was trying "man this" and "man that" and not geting anywhere. I wish there was a "man troubleshooting" ... :) Thanks a lot for those links you gave me; I'm on my way home now, so I'll print your email out and go looking when I ge

[newbie] Help - I broke it!!! [was: unable to ping to/from windoze box]

2004-01-07 Thread Merlin Zener
t the idea of the problem. I have no time left now; I'll try and find another net cafe in a few hours or so. In the meantime, any suggestions will be appreciated... -- Merlin Zener Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] unable to ping to/from my windoze box

2004-01-06 Thread Merlin Zener
he /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > that Adolfo has asked you about. here's the contents of that file: DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp NETMASK=255.255.255.0 ONBOOT=yes Thanks again for your help:) -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618

Re: [newbie] unable to ping to/from my windoze box

2004-01-06 Thread Merlin Zener
stingly, since I ran that wizard, now it stalls for quite a long time on booting, when it hits the line "bringing up ETH0", then it eventually says "failed" and [thankfully] continues booting. It never used to do that before. TIA for your help:) -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synth

Re: [newbie] unable to ping to/from my windoze box

2004-01-06 Thread Merlin Zener
On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 20:39, Adolfo Bello wrote: > [...snip] > > First of all, let's find out whether Mandrake is loading your NIC > driver. For this, enter the command: > lsmod | grep 8139too > [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]# lsmod | grep 8139too 8139too

Re: [newbie] unable to ping to/from my windoze box

2004-01-06 Thread Merlin Zener
tion-specific DNS Suffix. . : Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.115.144 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : C:\> Thanks again for your help :) -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] unable to ping to/from my windoze box

2004-01-05 Thread Merlin Zener
to the net [via modem] so I'm assuming the ISP assigns one to me. I didn't think I needed an IP address to get my local network running - I thought that was only to connect to outside web pages etc? How would I find out what Linux *thinks* it's using? TIA -- Merlin Zener Piano, Sy

Re: [newbie] unable to ping to/from my windoze box

2004-01-05 Thread Merlin Zener
On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 16:32, Derek Jennings wrote: > > Well it tells me that you only have a dial up connection. Your Eth0 interface > is not there. > Have you tried going through the wizard in drakconnect? heh - no, but here goes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]# drakconnect modprobe:

[newbie] kPackage error messages

2004-01-05 Thread Merlin Zener
Hi, I saw VNC mentioned on another mailing list and so I thought I'd try it; so I downloaded it and then clicked on the downloaded file. kPackage opened up and offered to install it, so I said yes and told it my root password. But then: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] unable to ping to/from my windoze box

2004-01-05 Thread Merlin Zener
box is not > configured correctly, or because your route table is incorrect. > > What do you see if you do > 'ifconfig' and 'route' > Thanks [yet again] for your answer, Derek. Here's the results: I must confess it means *nothing* to me... [EMAIL

[newbie] unable to ping to/from my windoze box

2004-01-04 Thread Merlin Zener
ey both came with when they're both running windoze... What do I have to do in Linux to make the network work? [btw it connects to the internet just fine via the modem] TIA for any help [again] :) -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Wan

[newbie] confused by Samba

2003-12-28 Thread Merlin Zener
mba doesn't help much, for example! LOL]. Before I go any further I thought I'd better check in with you guys - to get back to the question at the top of this email: am I using the wrong tool? [or trying to...] TIA for your advice, -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered L

Re: [newbie] Eleven days...some thoughts

2003-11-30 Thread Merlin Zener
On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 05:09, JoeHill wrote: > On 01 Dec 2003 03:39:22 +0700 > Merlin Zener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Does anyone know if there's a way to transfer all existing messages and > > folders from Evolution over to Sylpheed? I don't see a

Re: [newbie] Eleven days...some thoughts

2003-11-30 Thread Merlin Zener
way to transfer all existing messages and folders from Evolution over to Sylpheed? I don't see any "export" menu item anywhere in Evolution, and as far as I can see, Sylpheed only imports "mbox" format... TIA, -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux

Re: [newbie] Connecting From 9.2

2003-11-26 Thread Merlin Zener
On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 19:59, Langsley T Russell wrote: > Hi again Merlin. > > It wasn't until I logged off last night that I realized that you were > referring to the kppp connect dialog. I feel rather stupid but thanks > for the heads up and forcing me to think for myself a

Re: [newbie] Connecting From 9.2

2003-11-26 Thread Merlin Zener
On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 09:14, Langsley T Russell wrote: > Hi Merlin. > > You said: > > > in the gui, click on "setup", then the "Modem" tab, you'll see a > > horizontal slider named "Modem Volume". Slide it all the way to the > &g

Re: [newbie] Connecting From 9.2

2003-11-25 Thread Merlin Zener
gui, click on "setup", then the "Modem" tab, you'll see a horizontal slider named "Modem Volume". Slide it all the way to the right. -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] trouble upgrading Kino from 0.51 to 0.64

2003-11-22 Thread Merlin Zener
of Makefiles... no checking for gnome-config... no checking for gnomeConf.sh file in /usr/local/lib... not found configure: error: Could not find the gnomeConf.sh file that is generated by gnome-libs install Can anyone tell me what to do about this? I'm using KDE, not Gnome, if that

Re: [newbie] xmms won't play songs consecutively

2003-11-22 Thread Merlin Zener
m the top is the one you want: "No Playlist Advance". [otherwise known as "DJ mode"] You'll want to have this option UNCHECKED to have the playlist advance normally. HTH -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] internet phone software??

2003-11-21 Thread Merlin Zener
Hi, does anyone know of any internet phone software that's something like http://www.callserve.com/Homepage.asp that works in Linux? TIA, -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] ** LIST ISSUES **

2003-11-21 Thread Merlin Zener
better > just FWIW, I was unsubbed too - I just resubbed yesterday. I think I was off for about 3 or 4 days - did I miss much? -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] VCD programs

2003-11-13 Thread Merlin Zener
On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 16:12, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 12 Nov 2003 7:10 am, Merlin Zener wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 04:19, Tadimeti Keshav wrote: > > > Hi > > > does the download edition of MDK 9.1 come with > > > programs that can play VCDs? >

Re: [newbie] OT Windows crashes BMW's?

2003-11-13 Thread Merlin Zener
asia.cnet.com/newstech/systems/0,39001153,39130270,00.htm http://www.google.co.th/search?q=bmw+minister+thailand&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&meta= -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Linux in Thailand

2003-11-12 Thread Merlin Zener
http://www.linuxinsider.com/perl/story/32110.html just thought a few ppl here might be slightly interested :) -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] dependencies - what to do?

2003-11-10 Thread Merlin Zener
> > To put your CD sources back in use the command > > urpmi.addmedia --distrib cdrom removable:///mnt/cdrom > Thanks Derek, that did the trick. :) Now to go and get mplayer... :) -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] dependencies - what to do?

2003-11-10 Thread Merlin Zener
will be automatically disabled". Now Konquerer sees no files on the CD... TIA for your thoughts/suggestions ;) -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] dependencies - what to do?

2003-11-10 Thread Merlin Zener
to tell you yet if it works or not - the download just failed again for the 5th time in a row. Not having a lot of luck staying connected for the [estimated] 55 minutes in a single session to download a 6.5M file. I don't suppose there's any way to make it resume, instead of starting

[newbie] dependencies - what to do?

2003-11-09 Thread Merlin Zener
ems I've got two programs saying they need each other, but neither will install first... What should I do next? TIA for your help... :) -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] broadband and stopping connection to internet at will

2003-10-30 Thread Merlin Zener
machine/printer/scanner/etc gadget would kill his ADSL connection anytime he tried to send or receive a fax on that same line. It would then require a call to the "helldesk" [which often involved more than 30 minutes on hold...] to get them to "reset" his username so he could get net

Re: [newbie] using old ICQ number and contacts database etc in LICQ or similar?

2003-10-26 Thread Merlin Zener
rning your old account? > Hi Ronald, please see my other reply to Paul on this topic. I want to import my old messages and files transferred so I can "carry on where I left off" after switching from windoze - just like I did with importing my old messages from Outlook into Evolution

Re: [newbie] using old ICQ number and contacts database etc in LICQ or similar?

2003-10-26 Thread Merlin Zener
a way to import that database file into LICQ, or some other ICQ-type program for Mandrake 9.0. -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] using old ICQ number and contacts database etc in LICQ or similar?

2003-10-25 Thread Merlin Zener
Can anyone tell me how to import my old ICQ database into LICQ [I looked in their FAQ, it wasn't there] or suggest another ICQ program that will work with Mandrake 9.0 that will import my old ICQ database? TIA, [again:)] -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux use

[newbie] adding a new HDD to a dual boot system

2003-10-18 Thread Merlin Zener
tween the partitions and the naming scheme? For example, if I look at my HDD in Konquerer, I see a bunch of directories but no way to see the partitions [aside from /mnt/cdrom]. But when Googling I found somewhere that told me to type ls /dev/hd*, which gives me this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]# ls /d

[newbie] encrypted email to/from windows/linux howto?

2003-10-18 Thread Merlin Zener
yone point me to a set of basic instructions I can send to my Windoze friends so they can install whatever is needed on the "other side" to read/write encrypted email from Outlook? Oh, and btw: should I put my public key in my .sig? TIA, -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. r

Re: [newbie] getting rid of ads on the web

2003-10-12 Thread Merlin Zener
eferences-->advanced-->and then unclick "allow scripts to: open unrequested windows". I'm using Mozilla ver 1.1. -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] newbie trouble with installing a program

2003-10-11 Thread Merlin Zener
On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 17:35, ed tharp wrote: > On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 04:21, Merlin Zener wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 08:22, Greg Meyer wrote: > > > On Wednesday 08 October 2003 06:41 pm, Merlin Zener wrote: > > > > I'm guessing I'm probably missi

Re: [newbie] newbie trouble with installing a program

2003-10-10 Thread Merlin Zener
On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 08:22, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Wednesday 08 October 2003 06:41 pm, Merlin Zener wrote: > > I'm guessing I'm probably missing something obvious and basic here, but > > There is a prebuilt package for dia in the Mandrake distribution. Just use >

Re: [newbie] newbie trouble with installing a program

2003-10-10 Thread Merlin Zener
On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 06:35, Derek Jennings wrote: > [...snip] > > Merlin > If you want to install dia just Open your Mandrake Control > Centre>Software>Management>Software Install > and type dia in the search box . > > You will find it is already on your CDs &g

Re: [newbie] newbie trouble with installing a program

2003-10-10 Thread Merlin Zener
m? What about the "gcc", "cc" and "cl" - are they programs I have to install too? And those last 2 lines make me wonder too: does Mandrake come with a "C compiler" already installed? I had a look in config.log but as far as I can see it only has some entries about

[newbie] Linux on a Thinkpad?

2003-10-08 Thread Merlin Zener
I've never needed the preload stuff so I was wondering about deleting it and putting Linux on there and set it up as a dual boot like my desktop now. Good idea? TIA -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from Ma

Re: [newbie] newbie trouble with installing a program

2003-10-08 Thread Merlin Zener
On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 05:41, Merlin Zener wrote: > Hi, > [...snip] sorry about the duplicate. I had the half-finished version in the outbox, edited it then sent it, but then it seems it [Evolution] didn't delete the original version... ??? It's been that kind of day... -- Me

[newbie] newbie trouble with installing a program

2003-10-08 Thread Merlin Zener
, I just can't think of them atm. btw when you download something and then [try to] install it, where are you supposed to install it to? TIA -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] newbie trouble with installing a program

2003-10-08 Thread Merlin Zener
ROTECTED] dia-0.91]# whereami bash: whereami: command not found [EMAIL PROTECTED] dia-0.91]# [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]# cron bash: cron: command not found [EMAIL PROTECTED] dia-0.91]$ urpmi bash: urpmi: command not found [EMAIL PROTECTED] dia-0.91]$ path bash: path: command not found and there

[newbie] USB not "hot-swappable" in Linux?

2003-10-01 Thread Merlin Zener
t powering down the computer first? TIA, -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] should I upgrade?

2003-09-29 Thread Merlin Zener
27;s", like possibly screwing up my mail or bookmarks or saved docs etc? TIA :) -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Exploits (Was: keep password broken?)

2003-09-29 Thread Merlin Zener
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 15:37, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Monday 29 Sep 2003 1:43 am, Merlin Zener wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 23:35, Derek wrote: > > > [...snip snip] > > > > > > 3/ Make sure you enter an email address in the Mandrake control Centre > &g

Re: [newbie] How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files

2003-09-28 Thread Merlin Zener
tions, with "all packages" selected, search results (none). TIA, -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] "mailwasher" style filter/spam stopper for Evolution?

2003-09-24 Thread Merlin Zener
them before I get them from my POP server? Something automated like the Bayesian idea would be nice :) TIA -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Rant: The man pages

2003-09-24 Thread Merlin Zener
ss all four essential food groups -- > alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and fat. . If only the Thais understood coffee, the place would be almost perfect... :) -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] installing anacron - newbie question...

2003-09-24 Thread Merlin Zener
s includes an updatedb every day. Sorry, I don't know where to go next from here... I got slocate installed ok but not anacron: [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]# urpmi anacron no package named anacron [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]# locate anacron /etc/sysconfig/apm-scripts/resume.d/8anacron Interestingly

Re: [newbie] Rant: The man pages

2003-09-23 Thread Merlin Zener
ve to bother with such things, unless he/she is a programmer already. All I'm saying is, from the newbie's perspective, a lot of this stuff is hard work. And to truly understand it will take a LOT of time investment, which is something not everyone can afford. I wonder, is the

Re: [newbie] which kernel version

2003-09-16 Thread Merlin Zener
, the fact that I'm typing this means it wasn't taken in the spirit it was meant. [If you have to explain the joke, then it isn't one...] Sorry, once again. > [...snip]. In > this instance,,, I think no real harm done... > I hope so :) -- Merlin Zener Piano

Re: [newbie] Re: This SMS message thing is pissing me off

2003-09-16 Thread Merlin Zener
> FWIW, I just checked in Evolution [1.0.8]. Forwarding isn't one of the options. :( -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] which kernel version

2003-09-16 Thread Merlin Zener
-DEL [I thought it would bring up a log in screen, like before] rebooted the computer without any warning or any chance to stop it. So I lost an 8M download, which [of course] was about 90% done... -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] importing contacts into Evolution?

2003-09-13 Thread Merlin Zener
rt export to file next comma separated values [dos] next select "contacts" folder next select where you want to save it to, and the name. then Netscape should be able to import the .CSV file [assuming you put it some place Netscape can get to it] :) In my case, Evolution doesn't i

Re: [newbie] importing contacts into Evolution?

2003-09-13 Thread Merlin Zener
On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 17:04, RichardA wrote: > > [...snip[ed lots of useful info - thanks, Richard] > > > > chmod: failed to get attributes of `/home/merlin/cvs2vcard.pl': No > > such file or directory > > Puzzled. Is the script in /usr/bin or your home?

Re: [newbie] how to find out the speed the modem connects to the ISP at?

2003-09-13 Thread Merlin Zener
On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 09:05, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > [...snip] > Adding ATW2 as the secondary initialization string in the kppp modem setup > works here. ... and it worked here, too :) thanks a lot. -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. Want to buy your Pack or Serv

[newbie] how to find out the speed the modem connects to the ISP at?

2003-09-12 Thread Merlin Zener
t know what word to search for TIA< again :) -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] how to "find files" and look everywhere except /mnt?

2003-09-12 Thread Merlin Zener
On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 04:06, Charles-Roberts wrote: > Merlin Zener wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I wonder if it's possible to make the "find files" look everywhere > > *except* in the /mnt directory? I notice that it takes ages to find > > anything, and it

Re: [newbie] how to "find files" and look everywhere except /mnt?

2003-09-12 Thread Merlin Zener
On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 04:17, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On 13 Sep 2003 03:50:36 +0700 > Merlin Zener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I wonder if it's possible to make the "find files" look everywhere > > Try using slocate instead of find > > If

Re: [newbie] importing contacts into Evolution?

2003-09-12 Thread Merlin Zener
On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 02:13, Merlin Zener wrote: > > [...snip] Hello all, I've been offline for a few days, due to a monumental lack of communication between my domain name registrar, my old web hosting provider, my new web hosting provider, and myself - resulting in my domain name no

[newbie] how to "find files" and look everywhere except /mnt?

2003-09-12 Thread Merlin Zener
re's no disk in either. I just thought is might speed things up a bit if I could tell it not to even try... TIA, -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] a printing problem which leads to a Samba problem...

2003-09-10 Thread Merlin Zener
CTRL-ESC shows that Samba is running, but I kinda think there should be some form of diagnostic output somewhere, if only I knew what to look for, and where... Any help, anyone? [Even just a starting point, to get me going from there...] TIA -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. Want to b

Re: [newbie] OT: dad got blaster on 1st day with new xp computer!

2003-09-10 Thread Merlin Zener
ticular drug company GIVES the doctors the laptops loaded with their own particular software that ONLY suggests their own drugs... hmm - conflict of interest, anyone? -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

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