[newbie] Updating with RPM drake

2005-04-06 Thread Owen
My installation is straight forward. Aside from updates from the mirror no other software has been installed or modified. For a few months I did not touched my Mandrake box. Now when I attempt to use RPM drake for updates I get messages with the error that the packages have bad signatures.

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2005-01-24 Thread Owen
Config Tool It was with the Config Tool I somehow destroyed my system. Please, how do I proceed from this point? Is there very detailed instructions available on line? Owen

[newbie] External USB hard drive

2005-01-24 Thread Owen
Config Tool It was with the Config Tool I somehow destroyed my system. Please, how do I proceed from this point? Is there very detailed instructions available on line? Owen

[newbie] Apology

2005-01-23 Thread Owen
I would like to apologize for not responding to those who recently me offered help or advise. I screwed up my system so bad that it would no longer boot up therefore I had to reinstall and subsequently lost all my e-mail messages. Owen

[newbie] External USB hard drive

2005-01-23 Thread Owen
and Run Config Tool It was with the Config Tool I somehow destroyed my system. Please, how do I proceed from this point? Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] Window sizing problem

2005-01-19 Thread Owen
with screen resolution and font size. Some of the menus still disappear below the screen. I'm not very computer literate but it seems a solution would be a customized screen resolution menu. I wonder if a video card would offer a solution. If you find an answer please let me in on it. Owen

Re: [newbie] Fonts too small to see

2005-01-19 Thread Owen
At 10:43 AM 1/14/2005, Anne wrote: I presume this is in Konqueror, so I'd go to kcontrol (Configure Your Desktop) Look and Feel Fonts and experiment there with ... Thanks Anne, I did what you advised. I think the problem lies with the video card. Any suggestions for a replacement? Owen

[newbie] USB external hard drive

2005-01-16 Thread Owen Berio
? The box recognizes my USB mouse and printer automatically. Any suggestions/ Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] Fonts too small to see

2005-01-14 Thread Owen
All About Mandrake Linux Mandrake soft offers a comprehensive range... It is this last line I have problems with. The font is too small . I have a 20 inch LCD monitor so the problem isn't screen size. Is there a solution or am I just stuck? Owen

[newbie] Wizards

2005-01-09 Thread Owen
I just completed a new installation of Mandrake version 10.1 power pack. While trying to establish a internet connection the documentation mentions wizards I can't seem to find them on my installation. Did I miss something while installing? Or are wizards a add on feature? Thanks, Owen

Re: [newbie] Wizards

2005-01-09 Thread Owen
Thanks Dan, That did it. It also solved my connection problem. Owen At 11:13 AM 1/9/2005, you wrote: On January 9, 2005 01:30 pm, Owen wrote: I just completed a new installation of Mandrake version 10.1 power pack. While trying to establish a internet connection the documentation mentions

[newbie] Security Update Woes

2004-04-18 Thread Owen Berio
the system. Security updates somehow made my system so secure I could no longer use it. Please, what can I do? I want to keep my system current with the necessary updates. Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[newbie] Security Update Woes

2004-04-16 Thread Owen Berio
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[newbie] Icon for connecting to server

2004-04-15 Thread Owen Berio
have it nor can I find anyway of connecting except by using root to configure your computer each time I need to dial my provider. There has to be another way, but how? Thanks, Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Icon for connecting to server

2004-04-15 Thread Owen Berio
Thanks Job, That was what I was looking for. Somehow it didn't get installed on my reinstall. Owen * On Thursday 15 April 2004 01:01 pm, Marc wrote: On Thursday 15 April 2004 10:55 am, Owen Berio wrote: I

Re: [newbie] xD card reader

2004-04-10 Thread Owen Berio
Thanks, I did navigate to /mnt/removable which was defined as a locked directory. When I attempted to open it I got this message, file:/mnt/removable doesn't seem to exist anymore Any suggestions on how I should proceed? Thanks, Owen

[newbie] xD card reader

2004-04-09 Thread Owen Berio
Partition Location / (devices). What do I do now in order to access the images on the chip? Thanks Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] Boot problem with 9.2 upgrade

2004-03-10 Thread Owen Berio
Please resend! My providers server was down from March 8th till this morning. All mail sent to me during this period was lost. Sorry for the inconvenience but please send me or repost any help sent during this time. Thanks, Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft

[newbie] Boot problem with 9.2 upgrade

2004-03-07 Thread Owen Berio
failsafe When I chose linux I get the following: Booting the system Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (Five Star) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-mdk on an i686 /tty1 local host login: (I login with my root ID owen) Last login Sun Mar7 1223.51 on VC/1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] owen]$ Help! how do I get the nice graphic login

Re: [newbie] Boot problem with 9.2 upgrade

2004-03-07 Thread Owen Berio
below. At 02:26 PM 3/7/2004 -0500, you wrote: Owen Berio wrote: With 9.1 I had no problem booting with the graphic format. I just did what I think was a correct upgrade using three disks to version 9.2 But instead of the usual screen for logging on I get the following. A menu listing

[newbie] HP scanner with SCSI card

2004-03-06 Thread Owen Berio
installation the scanner is still not listed as installed. In the simplest of terms, can some one please tell me how to install the scanner? Thank You, Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] formating Kmail

2004-02-26 Thread Owen Berio
Am I missing something with Kmail ? It seems that Kmail does not offer formating such as hi-light, bold, underline or other facets of modifying text. Should I change to different e-mail software if I want those functions? Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Kmail weirdness

2004-02-26 Thread Owen Berio
something to do with the identities in the Settings/Configure Kmail. I don't know how to fix it. I go in, look at the settings and then save. It keeps reoccurring. Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Flatbed Scanner

2004-02-26 Thread Owen Berio
Thanks everyone. That is what I was afraid of. I have a old HP Illc. If I can find a SCSI card that works I can use this one and leave the Cannon for my MS box. Owen On Thursday 26 February 2004 10:41 am, you wrote: On Thursday 26 Feb 2004 18:39, Owen Berio wrote: I have a Canon 8000F

[newbie] Flatbed Scanner

2004-02-26 Thread Owen Berio
I have a Canon 8000F scanner that utilizes a USB port and is TWAIN software driven. Is there any reasonable (make that simple) way of using this scanner with Mandrake 9.1 or 9.2 ? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] USB external hard drive

2004-02-11 Thread Owen Berio
hope has a more recent BIOS. Then I will probably be back to impose once again. My objective is for two partitions one for Mandrake and the other for a NTFS . Is this doable? Again thanks for your help and patience. Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

[newbie] Resuming down load

2004-01-17 Thread Owen Berio
I have terrible dial up phone service. More often than not when down loading a file of several megs or more the phone will disconnect. Are there any Mandrake compatible packages that will allow resumption of the down load when I reconnect to my server? Thanks, Owen Want to buy

RE: [newbie] Formatting External Hard Drive

2004-01-13 Thread Owen Berio
is terribly slow and requires about three to four nights to install the updates. Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Formating External Hard Drive

2004-01-12 Thread Owen Berio
. On my desktop there is a icon identified as Hard Disc (hdc1) (not mounted When I activate this icon I get the following message: Error-kio-devices-mounthelper Mount: wrong fs type bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc1. or too many mounts on file system Owen

[newbie] Journalised

2004-01-12 Thread Owen Berio
I have run across the term Journalised and Journalised FS.ext3. Would someone please tell me what they are and how they are used? Thanks, Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Formating External Hard Drive

2004-01-11 Thread Owen Berio
system so this is where I get stonewalled. Help! All I want to do is prepare half the Disk for Mandrake back up and the other half for MS back up. Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Getting Mandrake's attention

2003-06-26 Thread Owen Berio
At 11:24 AM 6/25/2003 -0700, you wrote: Owen Berio wrote: At 09:23 AM 6/25/2003 -0700, Alan Shoemaker wrote: http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/contact/address I used the other number. The dates called are today, yesterday (Tue.). Mon. and I may have called last Thur. I also sent two e

Re: [newbie] Getting Mandrake's attention

2003-06-25 Thread Owen Berio
At 09:23 AM 6/25/2003 -0700, Alan Shoemaker wrote: http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/contact/address Thanks Alan, The phone # at this site is the one I referred to. What you get is a recorded message asking for your phone #. In my case they have never called back.

[newbie] KMail enhancements

2003-03-28 Thread Owen Berio
I'm presently using KMail but I can't find any way to enhance text such as hi-lighting, underline, italicize, etc. Am I missing something or is this the nature of the software? Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] stalled on installing CD burner

2003-03-23 Thread Owen Berio
I downloaded downloaded k3b.0.8.1 from the sourceforge. During the installation I got the following message. I aborted the installation at that point deciding to inquire about the message and weather I should proceed or not? On Sunday 23 March 2003 10:08 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 23

[newbie] stalled on installing CD burner

2003-03-22 Thread Owen Berio
. This is what I can find: Properties: CD_ROM TypeDestop config file Location: /home/owen/Desktop/Removable media Permissions user read wirte Owenership owen Group owen URL /mnt/cdrom Harddrake2 version 1.1.8 CD/DVD burners /dev/scd0

[newbie] Family Tree 4.0

2003-03-09 Thread Owen Berio
Has anyone had any experience installing / running Legacy Family Tree 4.0 genealogy software Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

RE: [newbie] installing java

2002-12-25 Thread Owen Berio
At 08:10 PM 12/24/2002 -0800, you wrote: X86 / 9.0 (Dolphin) / Installation Q I have down loaded java j2re-140-03 from Sun Microsystems download page. It now resides in /home/owen/dlsoftware. (dlsoftware is a folder I created). Now how do I go about installing it? Please explain step by step

[newbie] ver. 9 virus protection

2002-12-13 Thread Owen Berio
I have bumbled my way through installation. Now I'm concerned about virus protection and a firewall. Any help or suggestions for a fellow with a very log fog index would be appreciated. Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Kmail/Konqueror

2002-11-08 Thread Owen Berio
Im just getting started and have run into this problem. When I receive a email that contains a URL I want to see, Kmail takes me to Konqueror and displays the URL automatically. My problem is that sometimes I want to add this URL to my bookmarks, but there isn't icons or file choices on the

[newbie] Changing screen resolution

2002-11-06 Thread Owen Berio
I'm using a A-B switch box between two computers. One is dedicated to WIN2000, the other is dedicated to Mandrake 8.2. The box allows me to utalize the same monitor, keyboard and mouse. Even though the monitor resolution is set the same for both boxes, some of the menue boxes run off the

[newbie] screen/menu resolution problem

2002-11-06 Thread Owen Berio
I'm using a A-B switch box between two computers. One is dedicated to WIN2000, the other is dedicated to Mandrake 8.2. The box allows me to utalize the same monitor, keyboard and mouse.   Even though the monitor resolution is set the same for both boxes, some of the menue boxes run off the

[newbie] Defrag?

2002-11-05 Thread Owen Berio
After two weeks of trial and error I began to wonder about defraging my Mandrake dedicated box. I have version 8.2 with a standard installation. Does this version have a defraging utility? TIA, Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] trojan horses

2000-10-10 Thread KRITZBERG DAVID OWEN
I went to http://boxnetwork.net on mistake--there was a black page with a hand with an eye on it, and no links. Do you happen to know what that page is? - David Owen Kritzberg (david.kritzberg-at-colorado.edu) Department of Economics

[newbie] default editor in tin

2000-09-25 Thread KRITZBERG DAVID OWEN
? - David Owen Kritzberg (david.kritzberg-at-colorado.edu) Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder Campus Box 256, Boulder CO 80309-0256 Tel: 303-492-7709 Fax: 303-492-8960

Re: [OT] Who uses Linux? (was RE: [newbie] Mandrake...too many apps?)

2000-09-20 Thread KRITZBERG DAVID OWEN
I'm a economics phd student--I write in LaTeX and do some light programming so Linux is nicer than Windows for me. - David Owen Kritzberg (david.kritzberg-at-colorado.edu) Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder

[newbie] mouse initialization

2000-09-18 Thread KRITZBERG DAVID OWEN
the ps-2 cable into my linux box, the mouse pointer was frozen on the screen. The system is working normally otherwise. Is there a way to re-initialize the mouse from a terminal, or must I reboot the system to get the mouse back? - David Owen

[newbie] New For 2000

2000-01-01 Thread Owen
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Re: [newbie] Which is the best distribution? aka holy wars

1999-07-15 Thread Owen aka 01
Sunsite Linux archives ( 4 cds! ) for like $14, which included shipping. It's a great deal, I suggest you go there to get you started. Owen Owen aka 01 aka electr01

RE: [newbie] Installing Mandrake Upgrades

1999-05-13 Thread Owen Evans
luck, Owen

[newbie] Problems with X

1999-04-18 Thread 01 aka Owen
Well, I finally got X working with my SiS 6326 video card. I had to add: option "sw_cursor" option "no_bitblt" X starts fine, but only displays in 320x200. The hotkeys to change the resolution don't work either. I have a Viewsonic E641

[newbie] re: probs with x

1999-04-18 Thread 01 aka Owen
Thanks everyone who helped me with my prob. X now properly works, except for some small prob. I had to install the latest XFree86 to get everything to jive, except when I did that, 'startx' no longer loaded KDE. I used 'rpm --upgrade --force *.rpm' where *.rpm was all the latest xfree86

Re: [newbie] booting error

1999-04-09 Thread Owen Evans
that ELF binary support is hardwired as well, otherwise your kernel _still_ won't work, even after sorting out the filesystems. Cheers, Owen