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 don't recall any

[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

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

2004-11-14 Thread Merlin Zener
On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 10:16, evolt wrote: [...snip] I would reccomend mldonkey, it can access many different p2p networks like fastrack a.k.a kazaa, edonkey/emule, gnutella/gnutella2, soulseek, direct connect, open napster, and bittorent. Go to urpmi.org, use easyurpmi to help you set up

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 doesn't work

[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

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 to gmail users

[newbie] Evolution broken :(

2004-10-03 Thread Merlin Zener
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. Can anyone tell me how to fix this? TIA, -- Merlin Zener

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 9.0 to 10.0] Now when

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 before you click next and you'll

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 drives? No, just the existing / and maybe /usr partitions

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 should [or should | not] do to ensure

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 calculations are correct

[newbie] pre upgrade questions [9.0 to 10.0]

2004-09-30 Thread Merlin Zener
...] Is there a Linux equivalent of the registry that I should back up? [and would it work with 10.0 anyway?] Anything else I should be aware of? Any gotchas? Something maybe that you guys have come across and dealt with before me? TIA for all advice [as usual:) ] -- Merlin Zener Piano

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 I should [or should not] do to ensure a smooth

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 history back? [...snip again] Sorry. I'm late

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

2004-09-30 Thread Merlin Zener
installing Mandrake 10.0? And, I seem to recall there's something about NTFS that makes it so Linux and Windows can't access the same files - so should I take the opportunity and redo Windows in FAT32 or something? TIA, again :) -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. ...if my calculations

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

2004-09-30 Thread Merlin Zener
do I know which one I'm using - they're both there. I don't now what kind of video card is in there, but I can't imagine it's anything special:) Cheers;) -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. ...if my calculations are correct... Want

Re: [newbie] Mozilla crashing sometimes...

2004-09-28 Thread Merlin Zener
on CD which I'd be happy to send to you if you mail me off-list with your address. thanks for the kind offer, Margot [and once again thanks again to Kaj, too] but by good fortune I found a place that has the CDs today. I'll start a new thread about the upgrade process next... -- Merlin Zener

Re: [newbie] Mozilla crashing sometimes...

2004-09-26 Thread Merlin Zener
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 package named firefox [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]# hm -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. ...if my calculations

Re: [newbie] Mozilla crashing sometimes...

2004-09-26 Thread Merlin Zener
. If it works now, you can always copy back your mail and whatnot. 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 history back? -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. ...if my calculations are correct

Re: [newbie] Mozilla crashing sometimes...

2004-09-26 Thread Merlin Zener
get them back? And, of course, Konqueror doesn't have tabbed browsing that I like... TIA, -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. ...if my calculations are correct... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

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... [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]$ su Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin

Re: [newbie] Mozilla crashing sometimes...

2004-09-22 Thread Merlin Zener
/XFree86.1x.bz2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]$ locate fontconfig [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]$ -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. ...if my calculations are correct... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

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: snip -replies within fontconfig seems to be missing... That's definitely a problem. [...snip again] So should I try and find, download and install fontconfig from somewhere

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: snip 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 installer as opposed to a rpm. Judging

Re: [newbie] Mozilla crashing sometimes...

2004-09-20 Thread Merlin Zener
message: Fatal error [-618]: Couldn't open xpistub library What to do about this? -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. ...if my calculations are correct... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

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 some https:// : sites (Seems like when

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

2004-02-07 Thread Merlin Zener
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:) -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

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

2004-02-04 Thread Merlin Zener
Hi Anne, No, I'm using 9.0 - and it didn't work; it said No command specified. Must be some new addition I guess. -- 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
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

[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] Here is what's in /etc

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 set to root DCOPServer up and running

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

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 static IP address and give your ethernet card

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

2004-01-23 Thread Merlin Zener
to explain a problem that I don't really understand in broken Thai to some local kid who's never heard of Linux? It would be easier to buy a plane ticket to Singapore and then pay the duty on the router on the way back... -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number

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

2004-01-08 Thread Merlin Zener
in Dutch [or something...] Do you know where/how I could download those docs you suggested, as a set? 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] Help - I broke it!!! [was: unable to ping to/from windoze box]

2004-01-07 Thread Merlin Zener
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] Help - I broke it!!! [was: unable to ping to/from windoze box]

2004-01-07 Thread Merlin Zener
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 get there. -- Merlin Zener Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

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

2004-01-06 Thread Merlin Zener
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

2004-01-06 Thread Merlin Zener
NETMASK=255.255.255.0 ONBOOT=yes [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]# Thanks for your help, Adolfo. -- 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

2004-01-06 Thread Merlin Zener
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, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user

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

2004-01-06 Thread Merlin Zener
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

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

2004-01-05 Thread Merlin Zener
* 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 00 lo default nas-cbilf2.loxi 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 ppp0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]# -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618

[newbie] kPackage error messages

2004-01-05 Thread Merlin Zener
of vnc-3.3.7-1 conflicts with file from package tightvnc-1.2.5-2mdk RESULT=1 Nothing else. I've done a search on tightvnc and tight - neither seems to exist on my system. Any ideas? TIA -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack

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

2004-01-05 Thread Merlin Zener
of ethernet interface is this? I've got no idea. Probably something cheap and Chinese... If I *have* to, I suppose I could open up the case and look... Thanks again, -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from

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

2004-01-05 Thread Merlin Zener
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, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user

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

2004-01-04 Thread Merlin Zener
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft

[newbie] confused by Samba

2003-12-28 Thread Merlin Zener
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 Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

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

2003-11-30 Thread Merlin Zener
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 user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from

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 any export menu item anywhere in Evolution

Re: [newbie] Connecting From 9.2

2003-11-26 Thread Merlin Zener
modem tab? I hope these attachments get through to the list; if they don't, let me know and I'll upload them to a web site you can retrieve them from... anyhow, three pics - they should tell the story better than a thousand of my words :))) -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand

Re: [newbie] Connecting From 9.2

2003-11-26 Thread Merlin Zener
worry about it - I'd already sent the message with the pics to the list before I saw this message. No matter, they were only 8 - 10 K each anyway. -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Connecting From 9.2

2003-11-25 Thread Merlin Zener
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

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

2003-11-22 Thread Merlin Zener
] 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] trouble upgrading Kino from 0.51 to 0.64

2003-11-22 Thread Merlin Zener
... 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 makes any difference. TIA -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer

Re: [newbie] ** LIST ISSUES **

2003-11-21 Thread Merlin Zener
, I was unsubbed too - I just resubbed yesterday. I think I was off for about 3 or 4 days - did I miss much? g -- 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 http

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

2003-11-13 Thread Merlin Zener
/0,39001153,39130270,00.htm http://www.google.co.th/search?q=bmw+minister+thailandie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8hl=enbtnG=Google+Searchmeta= -- 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? Installing Xine gives me problems with MD5 signs

[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
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 again from scratch each time? -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand

Re: [newbie] dependencies - what to do?

2003-11-10 Thread Merlin Zener
... 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
the command urpmi.addmedia --distrib cdrom removable:///mnt/cdrom Thanks Derek, that did the trick. :) Now to go and get mplayer... cue Jaws background music:) -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[newbie] dependencies - what to do?

2003-11-09 Thread Merlin Zener
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
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 access again. -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your

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

2003-10-26 Thread Merlin Zener
, 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

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

2003-10-26 Thread Merlin Zener
? 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... Cheers, -- Merlin Zener Piano

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

2003-10-25 Thread Merlin Zener
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 user number 328618

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

2003-10-19 Thread Merlin Zener
existing partitions or directories to it? 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] encrypted email to/from windows/linux howto?

2003-10-18 Thread Merlin Zener
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. registered Linux user

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

2003-10-12 Thread Merlin Zener
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 missing something obvious and basic here

Re: [newbie] newbie trouble with installing a program

2003-10-10 Thread Merlin Zener
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 LICQ, nothing about dia-0.91. Should I post it here? -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand

Re: [newbie] newbie trouble with installing a program

2003-10-10 Thread Merlin Zener
] with text in them, and lines and arrows going from the boxes to other boxes. Like: source --- preamp --- EQ --- line mixer +--- out 1 | +--- out 2 etc. Can anyone offer any suggestions? -- Merlin Zener Piano

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 rpmdrake or urpmi from the command

[newbie] newbie trouble with installing a program

2003-10-08 Thread Merlin Zener
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
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

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... -- Merlin Zener Piano

[newbie] Linux on a Thinkpad?

2003-10-08 Thread Merlin Zener
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 MandrakeSoft

[newbie] USB not hot-swappable in Linux?

2003-10-01 Thread Merlin Zener
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

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 Security window. That way you will be alerted

[newbie] should I upgrade?

2003-09-29 Thread Merlin Zener
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] How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files

2003-09-28 Thread Merlin Zener
, 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] installing anacron - newbie question...

2003-09-24 Thread Merlin Zener
and use? 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
-- alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and fat. sigh. 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] mailwasher style filter/spam stopper for Evolution?

2003-09-24 Thread Merlin Zener
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

2003-09-23 Thread Merlin Zener
? Thanks to all those who give freely of their time and expertise on this list, and also, sorry once again to Charlie... :) -- 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
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] Re: This SMS message thing is pissing me off

2003-09-16 Thread Merlin Zener
[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
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, Synthesizer Thailand. Want to buy your Pack

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 Services from MandrakeSoft

Re: [newbie] importing contacts into Evolution?

2003-09-13 Thread Merlin Zener
. -- 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
to import the .CSV file [assuming you put it some place Netscape can get to it] :) In my case, Evolution doesn't import .CSV files, hence my questions here about the csv2vcard function... -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

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

2003-09-12 Thread Merlin Zener
. 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

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 not resolving

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 you have not used it before su to root and then # updatedb

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 seems to be when it get to the /mnt part of the search

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

2003-09-12 Thread Merlin Zener
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] OT: dad got blaster on 1st day with new xp computer!

2003-09-10 Thread Merlin Zener
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

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

2003-09-10 Thread Merlin Zener
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 buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

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