Re: [newbie] KWallet question

2005-04-04 Thread John Michael Schneiderman
On Monday 04 April 2005 10:55, Anne Wilson wrote: I've saved a wrong login in kwallet. How can I get to edit the wallet? I'm probably overlooking the obvious, but I can't find it. Anne Go to Configure your desktop-Security-Launch Wallet Manager Double click on your wallet. Then you can

[newbie] Display problem

2005-04-04 Thread Michael Hahn
I've been working on setting up a new system at work, using an older Linux box. The only trouble is the display settings for xwindows are not correct for the new monotor, and as a result, when I run startx, I get nothing but lots of moving horozontal lines. I found xorg.conf, but I'm not sure

Re: [newbie] KGPG

2005-03-01 Thread John Michael Schneiderman
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 17:09, Nigel Wilkinson wrote: --On Tuesday, March 01, 2005 22:53:34 + Nigel Wilkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --On Monday, February 28, 2005 16:30:51 -0600 John Michael Schneiderman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have created a gpg key, but sometimes when I see

[newbie] KGPG

2005-02-28 Thread John Michael Schneiderman
I have created a gpg key, but sometimes when I see one of my E-mails in a post, it says that my signature wasn't valid. I have posted my keys on-line. -- Injustice is happening now; suffering is happening now. We have choices to make now. To insist on absolute certainty before starting to apply

Re: [newbie] linux books

2005-02-22 Thread John Michael Schneiderman
On Monday 21 February 2005 23:55, Aron Smith wrote: On Monday 21 February 2005 09:35 pm, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 22 Feb 2005 18:33, Aron Smith wrote: On Monday 21 February 2005 08:30 pm, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Hi all Just wondering if there is any

Re: [newbie] which word processor

2005-02-21 Thread John Michael Schneiderman
On Monday 21 February 2005 11:32, Julie Sloan wrote: On Monday 21 February 2005 03:53 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 18:19, Dennis Myers wrote: Rosemary, in my OO.org if I click on the bullets icon on the tool bar after hitting enter to start a new paragraph, the

[newbie] Why does ps shows uid for dbus-daemon-1, but user name for all other processes?

2005-02-20 Thread Michael Woinoski
On Mandrake 10.1 Community, when I run ps -ef, the UID column shows the user name for the owner of all processes except the dbus-daemon-1 process owned by uid 72. The line for that process shows the numeric uid instead of the user name. /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /etc/group all have an entry

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Michael Hahn
From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 05:10, Derek Jennings wrote: That NIC is very common and usually just works. Before you start worrying about drivers you should check out some of the more obvious causes of network problems. 1/ In

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Michael Hahn
From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can you try choosing a static address just to eliminate any issue with the DHCP server? Pick a unique address on the same subnet as the router. There should not be any need to alter your router configuration. It will not care if you use a static address.

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Thread Michael Hahn
From: joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michael Hahn wrote: First, thanks for the advice about how to get a shell instead of a KDE session. Worked like a charm. Second, the box I'm planning to use as a server is a HP pavilion 503n, which has a RTL8139 Nic included in the motherboard. I've been trying

[newbie] login in to shell as default

2005-02-16 Thread Michael Hahn
Sorry for such a basic question - but I installed Mandrake 10.1 last night ona server I'm setting up, and I wanted it to default to the shell, rather than KDE, on boot. I can't seem to figure out how to bypass the very pretty, but unnessary, to even get it to just the shell.

[newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-16 Thread Michael Hahn
First, thanks for the advice about how to get a shell instead of a KDE session. Worked like a charm. Second, the box I'm planning to use as a server is a HP pavilion 503n, which has a RTL8139 Nic included in the motherboard. I've been trying to get the machine up on the network, but each time I

[newbie] Mandrake Off-topic

2005-02-10 Thread Michael Davis
Can somebody give me a link or something to sign up to the Off-topic list? :-/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] Sorry KDE Panel error message when opening Kontact

2005-01-14 Thread Michael Francis
after upgrading to Mandrake 10.1 official when I go to open Kontact I get a Sorry-KDE Panel window with this mesage: KDEInit could not launch 'kontact-kmail.sh' on closing the window Kontact and components seem to work fine.. I have googled the error and find nothing of use any clues? some

[newbie] 10.1 Installation Error

2005-01-03 Thread Michael Hahn
Ok, on the advice of several people from this list, I downloaded the 10.1 ISO files, and burned them to CD. Initially the installation seemed to be working fine, until I reached the end of Partitioning step. I set up the partitioning, and selected next. I then received an Internal Error: no kernal

Re: [newbie] 10.1 Installation Error

2005-01-03 Thread Michael Hahn
I found the problem. The Md5 checksums of the files I downloaded don't match up the correct checksums. Back to waiting for a download. - Original Message - From: Michael Hahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 6:54 PM Subject: [newbie] 10.1

Re: [newbie] 8.2 Instilliation crashes On Partition check

2005-01-02 Thread Michael Hahn
From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Saturday 01 Jan 2005 22:58, Michael Hahn wrote: I recently needed to replace the hard drive in my M5305 notebook, and decided to install my old copy of Mandrake Linux (8.2) on it. However, when I tried to install, it reached Partition Check: hda (my new

Re: [newbie] 8.2 Instilliation crashes On Partition check

2005-01-02 Thread Michael Hahn
From: Richard Urwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sunday 02 Jan 2005 1:53 pm, Michael Hahn wrote: I choose 8.2 because I already had the OS, and I can't really afford to pay for a new OS as well as a new hard drive. Fair enough. Download 10.1, it's GPL - you don't have to pay. It would be nice

[newbie] 8.2 Instilliation crashes On Partition check

2005-01-01 Thread Michael Hahn
I recently needed to replace the hard drive in my M5305 notebook, and decided to install my old copy of Mandrake Linux (8.2) on it. However, when I tried to install, it reached Partition Check: hda (my new hard drive, a Hitachi HTS424040MSAT00 40 GB) it freezes. It is accessing the HD, but

[newbie] Package installation freezes during Mandrake 10.0 instal

2004-11-10 Thread Michael John Coates
I am trying to install Mandrake 10.0 on a Dell Latitude 505 laptop. The installation proceeds without problems until it starts to install the selected packages. It loads a couple of packages but then just stops. The mouse still tracks but the hour-glass cursor is displayed, and the machine

[newbie] Need some help with updating.

2004-10-26 Thread Michael Theel
I am running Mandrake Community 10 and I'm having a problem when I try to do updates from the Mandrake Control Center. No matter with mirror I goto it says that the hdlist has failed to download. Why is this? Thanks in advance for your help. Mike

RE: [newbie] re: Allowing SSHD to accept outside connections

2004-10-09 Thread Michael Viron
no as the default (as part of the comments, uncommented values change the defaults. Michael -- Michael Viron Founder, mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

RE: [newbie] unable to mount/read floppy

2004-10-09 Thread Michael Viron
. As of 10.0 it was still in there, so it is a good bet that it is still part of 10.1 CE. Try adding yourself to floppy and see if that works. Michael Viron Founder, mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

RE: [newbie] Partitioning new HD

2004-10-09 Thread Michael Viron
to partitioning, it really depends on what you are going to use the system for. With a server, you typically separate /boot, /var /home, /tmp, /, and /usr to separate partitions. With a desktop, most people will only set up a / and /home partition (possibly adding /boot). Michael -- Michael Viron Founder

Re: [newbie] Re: 9.1 PPC configure sound ??

2004-09-19 Thread michael higgins
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 12:23, michael higgins wrote: Thanks for your replies. Still, no luck. The oddest thing is that every test, but for actually using the sound, shows that everything is loaded and ready to go. Mandrake Control Center under Hardware doesn't show any sound

Re: [newbie] Re: 9.1 PPC configure sound ??

2004-09-18 Thread michael higgins
Jonesy wrote: On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 18:04:24 +1000, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 13:30, michael higgins wrote: I was hoping anyone might help me get the sound going on my g-3 macdrake machine. I did a text install, and it's going well. But I don't have any sound. I just urpmi'd

Re: [newbie] HHGTTG - Tertiary Phase

2004-09-13 Thread michael higgins
Derek Jennings wrote: Marvellous new for all HitchHiker fans is the broadcast of a new radio series based on the last three books starting on 21st Sept http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/ Now the question is. How can I record a real audio stream? RealPlayer 10 plays the preview stream OK,

Re: [newbie] Number of occurrences of each word in a text file

2004-08-19 Thread michael higgins
Todd Slater wrote: On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 11:29:22AM +0100, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All Does somebody know about a program for giving us the number of occurrences of each word in a text file? Thanks in advance, Paul I don't know of a program that does it--perhaps it's built in to a word

Re: [newbie] Number of occurrences of each word in a text file

2004-08-19 Thread michael higgins
Paul Smith wrote: michael higgins wrote: Does somebody know about a program for giving us the number of occurrences of each word in a text file? Well, this sounds like a good job for perl... perl -e 'open F,$ARGV[0];for(F){for(split /\W/,$_){$t{lc $_}++}}for(sort keys %t){print $_, = , $t

[newbie] install 9.1 ppc... mac won't boot from CD1

2004-07-22 Thread michael higgins
Just grabbed the 9.1 ppc disks. Burned the ISO images. Trying to boot the machine (beige desktop g3) from the CD fails miserably. Booting by holding the 'c' key after the chimes works fine with my os9 CD, so booting from the cd is possible. Anyone have a success story they'd like to share?

[newbie] odd behavior with Evolution

2004-07-12 Thread Michael Tienhaara
column, and, either the message list OR message text. I cannot simultaneously view the message list and the text of the highlighted message. I've tried making changes in the view menu but nothing works. Help. Michael Want to buy your Pack

RE: [newbie] odd behavior with Evolution

2004-07-12 Thread Michael Tienhaara
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Tienhaara Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 11:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] odd behavior with Evolution Hi, I've been using Evolution since installing Mandrake 10. Tonight

Re: [newbie] odd behavior with Evolution

2004-07-12 Thread Michael Tienhaara
On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 01:57, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 08:39, Michael Tienhaara wrote: Hi, I've been using Evolution since installing Mandrake 10. Tonight the screen configuration suddenly changed. Before the change I could view a column of folders on the left

Re: [newbie] Won't play MIDI

2004-07-12 Thread Michael Davis
David E. Fox wrote: On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 19:57:51 -0400 Michael Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My computer refuses to play MIDI files on the internet, and I can't figure out why. With which application and which sound card? I'm having some problems making it work here too with rosegarden

[newbie] Won't play MIDI

2004-07-10 Thread Michael Davis
My computer refuses to play MIDI files on the internet, and I can't figure out why. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] I guess I am a real newbie

2004-07-08 Thread Michael
ok I have just downloaded the first cd in the mandrake 9.1 ppc set, I have tried to install it directly by holding down c at startup and also by using the script thing in the BootX folder of the cd. The only way I was able to get Mandrake to install was using a text install after holding down

[newbie] TV Card recommendation

2004-07-07 Thread Michael Adolf
I am ready to purchase a TV Card Requirements: Include cable ready tuner have s-video in/out accept antenna or cable PCI TVWin (TV-PVR-350) does everything I want. Is this the one to get. Any cheaper available. Recommendations?? Mike

Re: [newbie] Noob question of the day

2004-07-07 Thread Michael Holt
- From Virgin Radio UK Virgin Radio Classic Tracks - The original classic rock station -- Michael Holt 163 Pine Ave Snohomish, WA (360)568-8229 - LAMP - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. Want to buy

Re: [newbie] Noob question of the day

2004-07-07 Thread Michael Holt
. Live - From Virgin Radio UK Virgin Radio Classic Tracks - The original classic rock station -- Michael Holt 163 Pine Ave Snohomish, WA (360)568-8229 - LAMP - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP

Re: [newbie] DVD decoder

2004-06-30 Thread Michael Adolf
On Tuesday 29 June 2004 10:05 am, Yves Arsenault wrote: Hello, I was wondering if there is a DVD decoder for Mandrake 10. Is there such a beast? Thanks, Yves google for dvdrip. It is a GUI that uses transcode and others. Runs well on 10.0. Mike

[newbie] Mandrake OT

2004-06-26 Thread Michael Davis
How do I subscribe to the mandrakeot list? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] cd mount problem

2004-06-14 Thread Michael Adolf
On Saturday 12 June 2004 10:44 pm, David E. Fox wrote: If you're using 10.0 (which seems likely) you want to use the ATA device for the cdrom, not the scsi device. You'll want to prefix your device with ATA: (i.e., cdrecord -dev=ATA:1,0,0). try cdrecord --scanbus -dev=ATA, see what it

Re: [newbie] DVD Movie making

2004-06-12 Thread Michael Adolf
On Friday 11 June 2004 01:06 pm, Travis Crook wrote: Hi All, This might be a little off-topic, but does anyone know of a good DVD authoring package? With menu creation? Thanks! Have you looked at: http://dvdauthor.sourceforge.net Mike

Re: [newbie] Kbear FTP problems

2004-06-01 Thread Michael Tienhaara
Thanks ZBrandon. I'll try your suggestion. I did look at gftp. The interface is indeed obscure. Michael I had the same problems when trying to connect to my FTP service which is hosted on a WinXP box. You might try turning of passive ftp for that site to see if that helps

Re: [newbie] Kbear FTP problems

2004-06-01 Thread Michael Tienhaara
between directories in seconds. Obviously I'm encountering a Linux issue when communicating with the site. I will try tech support at the hosting site to see if they have any suggestions. Thanks, Michael Have you tried just using Konqueror? You can bookmark ftp server connections (password

Re: [newbie] Kbear FTP problems

2004-06-01 Thread Michael Tienhaara
Hi, Are you going through a proxy? I'm not sure I know what that means. I checked the configuration for Konquerorunder proxy I have connect to the Internet directly checked. Michael I have a terrible time using ftp in Konqueror while going through my Squid proxy. I have to bypass

Re: [newbie] Kbear FTP problems

2004-06-01 Thread Michael Tienhaara
Thanks again, I'm not going through a LAN. My computer connects to the internet directly through the modem. Michael That means that you are not intentionally going a proxy server on your way to the Internet? If you are on an office LAN you may still be going through one. I can't

[newbie] Kbear FTP problems

2004-05-31 Thread Michael Tienhaara
the word reading and below it 0%. After a wait of about 4 minutes the file system on the website appears. However, it takes another 3 to 4 minutes to open any directory. Every directory change requires another 3 minutes. Why would Kbear run so slowly? Michael

Re: [newbie] defraging

2004-05-19 Thread Michael Tienhaara
Thanks to everyone for all the replies. Regards, Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] defraging

2004-05-18 Thread Michael Tienhaara
Hi, I'm a new Mandrake 10 user. What do most of you use to defrag your hard drives? Thanks, Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] defraging

2004-05-18 Thread Michael Tienhaara
Thanks for the reply. Now I'm curioushow? Does it defrag on the fly? Or, at set times? Michael I'm a new Mandrake 10 user. What do most of you use to defrag your hard drives? Thanks, Michael Shouldn't be necessesary to defrag with linux. It does it by itself

Re: [newbie] Modem installation

2004-05-15 Thread Michael Tienhaara
Had the same problem. Bought a ZOOM external serial modem for less than $60. Works great in Linux or Windows. Michael But externat hardware controlled serial port modems don't cost a busting fortune why not treat yourself to one and they work well in both linux/windblows. John

Re: [newbie] monitor configuration gamma and brightness

2004-05-07 Thread Michael Tienhaara
Thanks Derek. I now have a couple choices. Michael On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 04:58, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 05 May 2004 16:55, Michael Tienhaara wrote: Hi, I need to switch back and forth between Mandrake 10 and Windows. In Windows I use Adobe Gamma to set up my monitor

Re: [newbie] monitor configuration gamma and brightness

2004-05-06 Thread Michael Tienhaara
Thanks for the link. Much appreciated. Michael On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 02:19, Josenildo Marques wrote: On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 12:55, Michael Tienhaara wrote: Hi, I need to switch back and forth between Mandrake 10 and Windows. In Windows I use Adobe Gamma to set up my monitor brightness

[newbie] monitor configuration gamma and brightness

2004-05-05 Thread Michael Tienhaara
either in Mandrake or with some 3rd party application? Thanks, Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] modem recommendations

2004-05-02 Thread Michael Tienhaara
You're right...it's an excellent modem. And it does work great in Windows. Now I just need to learn how to get the most out of Mandrake. I've been away from Unix for 10 years. Things have changed. Michael On Sat, 2004-05-01 at 17:55, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Saturday 01 May 2004 08:04

[newbie] problems with Kontact mail

2004-05-02 Thread Michael Tienhaara
gone into settings and have tried everything I can think of but the problem remains. I'm sure that I'm overlooking the obvious, but, after hours of fooling with the settings, I have not idea what that might be. Thanks, Michael Want to buy

Re: [newbie] problems with Kontact mail

2004-05-02 Thread Michael Tienhaara
On Sun, 2004-05-02 at 11:37, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Sunday 02 May 2004 08:29, Michael Tienhaara wrote: Michael, what happens if you click file --Send queued Messages or some such ? - It is a setting somewhere in Kmail. Kaj Haulrich. When I send I get the message failed to send some

Re: [newbie] problems with Kontact mail

2004-05-02 Thread Michael Tienhaara
a bug in the Mandrake 10 distribution? Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] problems with Kontact mail

2004-05-02 Thread Michael Tienhaara
On Sun, 2004-05-02 at 18:19, Jason Jesso wrote: Wow. I had this same problem today. I removed all config and reconfigured. Now it works. Weird! I tried what you did. No success. Same problem. Michael Want to buy your Pack

[newbie] Wheel Mouse

2004-03-29 Thread Michael Risley
Hello, I installed Mandrake about 2 weeks ago, and while I've been able to fix my sound card issues I cant fix the functionality of the scroll wheel of my mouse. The mouse is standard 2button/scroll wheel, black with Dell on it that a friend gave me (the scroll works fine under Windows on

[newbie] WheelMouse

2004-03-29 Thread Michael Risley
Hello, I installed Mandrake about 2 weeks ago, and while I've been able to fix my sound card issues I cant fix the functionality of the scroll wheel of my mouse. The mouse is standard 2button/scroll wheel, black with Dell on it that a friend gave me (the scroll works fine under Windows on

Re: [newbie] Wheel Mouse

2004-03-29 Thread Michael Risley
Thanks, I'll try that out. Apologies for the double post. Cheers, Mike Bill Echols wrote: This is how I got mine to work. http://linuxquestions.org/questions/history/157510http://linuxquestions.org/ questions/history/157510 Bill -Original Message- From: Michael Risley [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Gateway BURN IN HELL!! RANT Kind of long

2004-03-20 Thread Michael Holt
://www.mandrakeclub.com -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net (/)_ (/)_ V_/_ www.mandrakelinux.com ** * 59. Wonder what *this* command does

[newbie] Mandrake 9.2 Updates

2004-01-30 Thread Michael Begin
Hello, Sorry for the stupid question: I am unable to update my Mandrake 9.2 install. Here is the error message: Unable to update medium, it will be automatically disabled. Errors: retrieve of source hdlist (or synthesis) failed no hdlist file found for source update_source problem reading

Re: [newbie] Epson C44 arrived: /dev/usb/lp0 does not exist?

2004-01-07 Thread Michael Holt
On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 08:12, Paul wrote: Hello all, I got my new printer in. Epson C44 USB. Hooked it up, and I can see in the logs that it is recognised as a USB bidirectional device: Jan 7 16:44:16 nwyfre kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x4b8/0x5) is not claimed by any active

Re: [newbie] Epson C44 arrived: /dev/usb/lp0 does not exist?

2004-01-07 Thread Michael Holt
On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 21:55, Paul wrote: Hi Mike, I know, I remember your post. But since Turboprint looked so promising, I decided to order the printer. One should expect that it works when support through software/driver is there. There is something weird with the USB hookup... I tried

Re: [newbie] Epson printer C44/C64

2003-12-30 Thread Michael Holt
if you can get a slightly older model. -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net (/)_ (/)_ V_/_ www.mandrakelinux.com ** * 69. ``Why is my rm *.o

Re: [newbie] Epson printer C44/C64

2003-12-30 Thread Michael Holt
On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 14:08, Anne Wilson wrote: Michael - have you tried the driver from http://www.epsondevelopers.com/epijs.jsp ? Anne Hi Anne, No, I hadn't, but just took a look. It might be something worth investigating further - I haven't had much extra time lately to mess

Re: [newbie] MS Project equivalent in Linux?

2003-12-20 Thread Michael Holt
appreciated. Cheers Ed Smits (a true newbie) mrproject? -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net (/)_ (/)_ V_/_ www.mandrakelinux.com

[newbie] System mail

2003-11-23 Thread Michael Thompson
server using fetchmail. Is there just a settting I can set to say use this address as a SMTP Server? -- Best regards, Michael ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Sign on a clothing store - Come inside and have a fit. http://www.thompsonmike.co.uk/ PGP KeyID := 0xA9547E32 'To see a world in a grain

Re: [newbie] general opinions about file servers and firewalls

2003-11-18 Thread Michael Adams
is the standalone to have on a seperate box. -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Have i been unsubbed ***** Eric?

2003-11-18 Thread Michael Adams
on but the address is secretish and thus spam free. Anyways, i stopped receiving mail from newbie, should i resubscribe? Hmm i'll perhaps have to read your reply on the archives. -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] RAID under Mandrake

2003-11-15 Thread Michael Adams
really annoys me. The manufacturers are so jealous of their bogus IP that they won't provide enough info for us to be compatible. Civileme /quote Civileme (whose word was once gospel on this list -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] LG has posted Firmware Fixes for Bum Drives

2003-11-15 Thread Michael Adams
. So I don't know, maybe the thing is really dead or I am doing something else wrong. If anyone gets it to work on a dead drive please post what you did. Thanks, -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Your win98 boot floppy loads CD-ROM drivers? not sure of relevance. -- Michael Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] Dialup connection

2003-11-09 Thread Michael Adams
, and if it covers your place plug it in the phone line, get her ISP account details, (for security she can change the password first) then set it up from mcc. -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] TO STOP AUTOMATIC STARTX FOR A WHILE - TO STOP X-SERVER FOR A WHILE

2003-11-07 Thread Michael Adams
say it all really. In my understanding all systemV, thus all linux versions, use init. -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] web radio broadcasts

2003-11-07 Thread Michael Adams
sound, don't care about video. thanks, joe -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] source rpms

2003-11-07 Thread Michael Adams
/SOURCES and /usr/SRC/RPM/SPECS. and that's where I'll find a normal rpm? Unless you make changes they build the standard RPM's anyways. So if you know how to make changes go ahead else no advantage gained. -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] OT Qcad

2003-11-06 Thread Michael Adams
snip Right now I need to figure out how to get a line more than 1 pixel wide. Makes for hard reading. Lee http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad/manual_reference/layers.html Figure 16, 2/3 of the way down the page. HTH -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] gotmail for yahoo?

2003-11-02 Thread Michael Holt
*** Today, Paul jumped up and screamed: *** I have a yahoo.com free mail account on which I can't use pop or forward. Google for fetchyahoo.pl; I use it, works great. -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED](o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net

Re: [newbie] Damn these spammers! : ISP ip-ranges [slightly OT]

2003-10-31 Thread Michael Adams
the greens have about 5% of our vote and this one smokes dak (hence has a hard time getting treated seriously). -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Password Expiration

2003-10-30 Thread Michael Holt
Matt Winer mused: I am running my Mandrake 9.1 in msec level 4. I want to keep it in level 4 because I love all of the other security features. But how do I prevent password expiration system wide without changing msec levels? Thanks! man chage Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[newbie] TightVNC

2003-10-28 Thread Michael Lothian
Hi Does anyone know if it's possible to set vnc up so that the desktop I see on my pc is the same as the one I see on VNC Currently the only solution is having to seperate X servers running I use the following command: vncserver :1 -httpd /usr/share/vnc/classes to get vnc up and running

Re: [newbie] grub lilo

2003-10-28 Thread Michael Adams
to prefer lilo so I use that now days. Strangely, grub was their choice for non-expert install on my first Mandrake distro 7.1. -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Children Programs and Linux

2003-10-26 Thread Michael Holt
://www.linuxforkids.org/ -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED](o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net(/)_ (/)_ V_/_www.mandrake.com ¨For we are God´s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do

Re: Spare install - was Re: [newbie] Newbie Etiquette

2003-10-25 Thread Michael Adams
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 10:31:34 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 24 Oct 2003 5:41 am, Michael Adams wrote: On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 14:28:38 -0400 Heather/Femme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really need to setup a fuck me! OS beside my normal install of linux. sigh

Spare install - was Re: [newbie] Newbie Etiquette

2003-10-23 Thread Michael Adams
to Tweak as soon as, and then to Stable after a week or so. If the update breaks any configs i can figure it out in Tweak first. Try that with windows update, even HFNetCheck(Shavlik Technologies) isn't that flexible for updating. -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] best way to upgrade (apt or urpmi)

2003-10-23 Thread Michael Adams
that there are a large number and that you should do the updates in init 3 or console mode as KDE/X tends to bork its updates if running. -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Ballmer: Win more secure that Lin

2003-10-23 Thread Michael Adams
think to question it. -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] multivolume tar

2003-10-22 Thread Michael Adams
while there's a perfectly good Corvette in the driveway. Not my fave analogy, the vet would stay tucked in the garage, and the wifes lexus -- lada would be kept running get the groceries ;) (range from a lexus to a lada) -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] MSN Messenger + Linux clients

2003-10-21 Thread Michael Lothian
Either in hte console put a after the comand ie amsn Or press alt + F2 and type in amsn in the window that appears Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why is it that after I start aMSN via the terminal the terminal session that I used to start aMSN is dead. Meaning, I can't do anything with that

Re: [newbie] kopete upgrade

2003-10-20 Thread Michael S
im just new to linux also but sounds like u need to install db and gdbm Robert Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I cannot find a specific Mandrake upgrade for Kopete (so that I can use the MSN plugin post October 15) I tried to compile from source.I downloaded and extracted kopete-0.7.2.tar.bz2

Re: [newbie] tar CD

2003-10-18 Thread Michael Adams
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:51:00 +0100 Tony S. Sykes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael, This depends on how you want to use the tar files. You can tar and then use split. Tony. -Original Message- From: Michael Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 10:29 AM

[newbie] tar CD

2003-10-17 Thread Michael Adams
Does anyone have a one liner that will tar.bz to CD sized volumes. TIA -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Help with memtest and errors. (a little long)

2003-10-16 Thread Michael Adams
that memory. Has anybody done anything like this? If not too involved I would like to try it before I buy new. snip Terry If its old RAM more failures will be coming your way. If its new stuff, take it back where you bought the box/sticks. -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Use the Shift Key, Go to Jail

2003-10-10 Thread Michael Holt
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mused: [snip] so many necks, so little time badump-bump -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED](o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net(/)_ (/)_ V_/_www.mandrake.com

[newbie] MP3 to OGG converter

2003-10-09 Thread Michael Lothian
What's the best way to make my MP3s into OGG files? Thanks Mike PS I really like GUIs Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] MP3 to OGG converter

2003-10-09 Thread Michael Lothian
Todd Slater wrote: On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 08:50:44PM +, Michael Lothian wrote: What's the best way to make my MP3s into OGG files? Thanks With the caveat that you're going from one lossy format to another--can you live with that? One way would be to use XMMS with the diskwriter

Re: [newbie] Patenting of Software Code ATTN Anne!!!

2003-10-08 Thread Michael Adams
with a min-TWiki to hone our arguments for future use! DougB Now thats a good idea. A Linux/Open Source political issues Twiki page. When these issues hit New Zealand i want my arguments ready and be fully versed. -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

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