Re: [newbie] Getting Xine to play .avi files

2005-04-11 Thread Paul Smith
when I double click on the .avi file xine launces and then it gives me an unrecognizable fuzzy picture that is majority blue color and without sound. Lovell, Try urpmi xine-win32 and then use totem. Not 100% guaranteed, but worthy to give a try. Paul

Re: [newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive

2005-04-10 Thread Paul Smith
. I understand HAL is a good thing, but it's really annoying if you're not expecting its changes. The good news is that after installing Thac's KDE, you can uninstall HAL without uninstalling everything else KDE. Actually, it is not a big deal to mount manually the flash drive. Paul

Re: [newbie] cant unsubscribe

2005-04-10 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 10, 2005 10:06 PM, Positive Negative [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everytime i try i get an error no email from the mandrake site can you please un sub me You can unsubscribe to list by sending an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe newbie in the body of the message. Paul

Re: [newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla

2005-04-09 Thread Paul Smith
application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml Acrobat XML Data Packagexdp Yes application/vnd.adobe.xfd+xml Adobe FormFlow99 Data File xfd Yes You assume it correctly, Chris. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive

2005-04-09 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 9, 2005 5:02 AM, Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not know why, but now I cannot use my flash drive, getting the following error: Could not mount device. The reported error was: mount: only root can mount /dev/sda1 on /media/usbdisk Paul, I was having

Re: [newbie] Email and Firefox

2005-04-09 Thread Paul
, and there point the service to thunderbird. Good luck! Paul -- What part of 'no' don't you understand? Is it the 'N', or the 'Zero'? http://www.nlpagan.net/linux.php Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Email and Firefox

2005-04-09 Thread Paul
don't know where it is installed on your machine, so 'locate thunderbird' might give you a clue. Adding the %s will add the e-mail address of the person to whom you are sending e-mail that is in the link. Paul -- What part of 'no' don't you understand? Is it the 'N', or the 'Zero'? http

Re: [newbie] Using the rm command

2005-04-09 Thread Paul Kaplan
then please share. TIA Wouldn't a pipe do the trick? As in: locate string | rm string I suspect I don't have the syntax correct so you might want to test it a little before you blame me for hosing your system. Paul Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive

2005-04-08 Thread Paul Smith
and afterwards an icon appears on the desktop. Then, I click on the icon and soon that message shows up. To answer Greg: I am not running at all Mandrake 10.2; I am using Mandrake 10.1 and KDE 3.4. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive

2005-04-08 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 8, 2005 10:12 AM, Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This has me stumped. If you did not try to mount the drive as a user, then you should not have gotten the error message. The standard hotplug settings will mount a flash drive on /mnt/removable unless it things the drive

[newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla

2005-04-08 Thread Paul Smith
the application. You can download Adobe Reader 7.0 for Unix from www.adobe.com Any ideas? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla

2005-04-08 Thread Paul Smith
you have. Thanks, Kaj. I had already done that before asking for help. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla

2005-04-08 Thread Paul Smith
to /usr/bin/acroread to insure it's in my PATH. Or check http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html, you may find something useful there. Thanks, Q.H.. AR 7.0 can be launched correctly from the command line and which acroread gives me /usr/bin/acroread. Any further ideas? Paul

Re: [newbie] ark rar

2005-04-08 Thread Paul
Op Fri, 8 Apr 2005 20:06:25 +0100 schreef Q.H. Wang: Or is there some other good tool for rar? Many thanks for any help. http://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-3.5.b1.tar.gz :-) -- A weapon? Isn't that an extension of your fear? - Loesje http://www.nlpagan.net/linux.php Have you visited

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-04-08 Thread Paul Smith
, unfortunately. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-04-08 Thread Paul Smith
running KDE 3.4, Miark? Cannot it be caused by KDE 3.4? Well, it is just a suspicion, because I think I have tried everything to get the Acrobat Reader plugin working, but with no luck. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft

Re: [newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla

2005-04-08 Thread Paul Smith
in the environment. If the problem persists, please reinstall the application. You can download Adobe Reader 7.0 for Unix from www.adobe.com Paul, I remember I had a similiar problem after installing 7.0. I solved it by copying the nppdf.so file to the below after running the plug-in install

[newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive

2005-04-07 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I do not know why, but now I cannot use my flash drive, getting the following error: Could not mount device. The reported error was: mount: only root can mount /dev/sda1 on /media/usbdisk Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Paul Want

Re: [newbie] Site for testing JVM

2005-04-06 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 6, 2005 3:44 AM, Alberto Omar Rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some site for testing whether one's installed Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is working fine? Try this http://java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml Thanks to all who answered my question. Paul

[newbie] Site for testing JVM

2005-04-05 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Is there some site for testing whether one's installed Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is working fine? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

[newbie] source build problem

2005-04-05 Thread Paul Kaplan
-1.0.2/chrome/rc.d/generate-chrome.sh are -rwxr-xr-x Can someone please explain what the problem is and how to solve? TIA Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] Looking for some site for free web-publishing

2005-04-04 Thread Paul Smith
/Free/Personal/ Actually, what I am wanting it is a site for publishing a HOWTO pass/forward ports for my modem/router. Since my modem/router has not any manual and there is no available HOWTO, I thought that writing myself the HOWTO would help some people. Paul

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-04 Thread Paul Smith
.) ** Paul, shorewall can do what you desire. Go to; mcc security firewall, and click on the advanced radio button on the bottom. That will open up an area where you can specify special ports to open. Unfortunately, Angus, it is not true: http://shorewall.net/Shorewall_Doesnt.html

[newbie] amaroK does not see xine

2005-04-04 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I have just installed amaroK 1.2.3, but it does not list xine as an usable engine, contrarily to the previous version. Is this normal? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

[newbie] Re: amaroK does not see xine

2005-04-04 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 4, 2005 11:01 AM, Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just installed amaroK 1.2.3, but it does not list xine as an usable engine, contrarily to the previous version. Is this normal? Well, it does see xine if one installs amarok-xine Paul

Re: [newbie] Looking for some site for free web-publishing

2005-04-04 Thread Paul Smith
will probably pick it up for others that find it useful. Good idea to use TWiki! Thanks, Anne. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] Excluding a certain package of begin installed

2005-04-04 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Is there some way of excluding a certain package of begin installed with urpmi --auto-select Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] Excluding a certain package of begin installed

2005-04-04 Thread Paul Smith
-1.2.3-1.101mcnl.i586 # Any ideas? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Excluding a certain package of begin installed

2005-04-04 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 4, 2005 10:21 PM, Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 4, 2005 9:25 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some way of excluding a certain package of begin installed with urpmi --auto-select To always skip it, enter the package name in /etc/urpmi

Re: [newbie] Excluding a certain package of begin installed

2005-04-04 Thread Paul Smith
-2.norlug.i586 amarok-1.2.3-1.101mcnl.i586 # Yes. Take the version numbers off. /abiword/ /lyx/ /amarok/ Thanks, Derek. It works! Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-04 Thread Paul Smith
.) ** Paul, shorewall can do what you desire. Go to; mcc security firewall, and click on the advanced radio button on the bottom. That will open up an area where you can specify special ports to open

[newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-03 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Is there some firewall (working through iptables) able to open selectively a port for a specific program and not to all programs installed? (Shorewall is not suitable for that purpose.) Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack

[newbie] Looking for some site for free web-publishing

2005-04-03 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Is there some site for free web-publishing? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Looking for some site for free web-publishing

2005-04-03 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 3, 2005 4:28 PM, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some site for free web-publishing? If you mean blogging http://www.blogger.com/start Sorry, I was not clear enough. I wanted to mean a free site for storing my own web-page. Paul

Re: [newbie] Looking for some site for free web-publishing

2005-04-03 Thread Paul Smith
of them http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=free+website+hostingbtnG=Google+Search Thanks, Aron. With so many choices, is there some recommendations? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Installation on sata disks

2005-04-03 Thread Paul
Isak Lyberth wrote: Is it possible to install mandrake on a computer using sata disks? Regards Isak Yes. Well I have, had some trouble with the first release candidate of 10.0 (I think it was) - had to install sata_sil module at boot to install - but no problems since then.

Re: [newbie] Installation on sata disks

2005-04-03 Thread Paul
Isak Lyberth wrote: how do i go about getting to install a sata module during the installation? i have an intel 82801 SATA controler, its a raid thing. Regards Isak Paul wrote: Isak Lyberth wrote: Is it possible to install mandrake on a computer using sata disks? Regards Isak Yes. Well I have

[newbie] eMule for Mandrake

2005-04-02 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Where from can I get eMule for Mandrake. I have already tried urpmi emule but it gives nothing. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake

2005-04-02 Thread Paul
Op Sat, 2 Apr 2005 12:32:39 +0100 schreef Paul Smith: Dear All Where from can I get eMule for Mandrake. I have already tried urpmi emule Have a look at http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/sourceforge/a/am/amule/aMule-1.2.8-1mdk.i586.html. That is perhaps what you seek. Paul also Paul ;-) -- When

Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake

2005-04-02 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 2, 2005 1:04 PM, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where from can I get eMule for Mandrake. I have already tried urpmi emule Have a look at http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/sourceforge/a/am/amule/aMule-1.2.8-1mdk.i586.html. That is perhaps what you seek. Thanks, Paul. I have already

Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake

2005-04-02 Thread Paul
Op Sat, 2 Apr 2005 13:51:41 +0100 schreef Paul Smith: Thanks, Paul. I have already installed aMule. However, when I try to connect to a server, I get the following error: NG : Your 4662 port is not reachable. Please review your network config. I guess it is the firewall (I use the default

Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake

2005-04-02 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 2, 2005 2:19 PM, Pablo Ortuzar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul. I have already installed aMule. However, when I try to connect to a server, I get the following error: NG : Your 4662 port is not reachable. Please review your network config. I guess it is the firewall (I use

Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake

2005-04-02 Thread Paul
Op Sat, 2 Apr 2005 14:29:55 +0100 schreef Paul Smith: Configure your computer Security Firewall Advanced. Thanks, Pablo. It is not nothing related with the firewall, as if I deactivate the whole firewall, the problem remains. It seems to be a iptables problem. Ah. In that case find your

Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake

2005-04-02 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 2, 2005 2:40 PM, Philippe Landau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul. I have already installed aMule. However, when I try to connect to a server, I get the following error: NG : Your 4662 port is not reachable. Please review your network config. I guess it is the firewall (I use

Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake

2005-04-02 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 2, 2005 10:04 PM, Philippe Landau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul. I have already installed aMule. However, when I try to connect to a server, I get the following error: NG : Your 4662 port is not reachable. Please review your network config. but there are providers blocking port

Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake

2005-04-02 Thread Paul
On Sat, 2005-04-02 at 14:29 +0100, Paul Smith wrote: On Apr 2, 2005 2:19 PM, Pablo Ortuzar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul. I have already installed aMule. However, when I try to connect to a server, I get the following error: NG : Your 4662 port is not reachable. Please review

Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake

2005-04-02 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 2, 2005 11:05 PM, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul. I have already installed aMule. However, when I try to connect to a server, I get the following error: NG : Your 4662 port is not reachable. Please review your network config. I guess it is the firewall (I

Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake

2005-04-02 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 2, 2005 11:43 PM, andrewd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul. The problem is not the firewall; the problem is on my modem - I have to allow pass/forward for 4662 port. I do not know how to do that, as my ethernet modem has not any manual. What type of modem/router is it? Andrew

Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake

2005-04-02 Thread Paul Smith
configuration menus, I was able to forward the 4662 port! Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Looking for Azureus 2.2.0.2_MOD for Linux

2005-04-01 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 1, 2005 12:14 AM, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 31 March 2005 11:23 am, Paul Smith wrote: Azureus http://rpms.mandrakeclub.com/search.php?query=Azureus Thanks, Aron. Non-members of MandrakeClub can get it from: http://mandrakeclub.nl/sources/official/10.1/i586

[newbie] Playing dvd movies on a computer

2005-04-01 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I do not have a dvd player, but I have heard that it is possible to use the computer dvd recorder to play dvd movies. Could somebody here please give me some directions? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Playing dvd movies on a computer

2005-04-01 Thread Paul Smith
. Install them in the usual way and you should be fine. Thanks, Anne and Ian. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] Looking for Azureus 2.2.0.2_MOD for Linux

2005-03-31 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I am looking for Azureus 2.2.0.2_MOD for Linux. Could someone here please give me some directions? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] I'm confused about java

2005-03-29 Thread Paul Smith
be found at: http://mandrakeclub.nl/sources/official/10.1/i586/j2re-1.5.0-2.101mcnl.i586.rpm Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] way of deleting the history of bash commands

2005-03-29 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Is there some way of deleting the history of bash commands? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] way of deleting the history of bash commands

2005-03-29 Thread Paul Smith
, edit it. If you are using Kde just left click on the file and it will open with Kwrite allowing you to edit it as you wish. Thanks to all. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

[newbie] xmms and sound

2005-03-29 Thread Paul Kaplan
Any ideas why I can't get any sound out of xmms but realplayer, totem, and the system sounds work fine? TIA Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-03-28 Thread Paul Smith
--nodeps AdobeReader And everything works well. Thanks a lot, Pablo, for the link. In my case, urpmi was able to install Acrobat Reader 7, without any problem. Does somebody know whether Acrobat Reader 7 has the watch file feature? Paul Want

Re: [newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture

2005-03-26 Thread Paul Smith
hints: Use the cut tool, either by selecting it in the main window (the knife icon) or by just typing Sift-C. Arrange the selected area as you need. Then click within the selected area to do the cut. Save the image, or better save as Thanks to all for your help. Paul

[newbie] Package with the Acrobat Reader fonts

2005-03-26 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Is there some package with the Acrobat Reader fonts? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] package manager for 10.1

2005-03-25 Thread Paul
or remove utilities. I think 'urpmi kdeadmin' is enough... Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture

2005-03-25 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a picture. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture

2005-03-25 Thread Paul Smith
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:59:14 -0800, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a picture. Any suggestions? Gimp or quick and dirty ksnapshot Thanks, Aron. Paul Want to buy your

[newbie] extracting cd audio files

2005-03-25 Thread Paul Kaplan
Can anyone recommend a program for copying individual tracks from an audio cd to a hard drive? What about file format for storing the files in? What about converting between audio file formats? TIA Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] Firefox not playing nice with slashdot

2005-03-24 Thread Paul
Op Thu, 24 Mar 2005 16:35:23 -0800 schreef Aron Smith: Firefox will not open a link on slashdot has anyone else had this problem other sites seem to be ok Running 1.0.0. and I have no problems with it. ?? Paul -- At the end, it's not the words of our enemies that you will remember

Re: [newbie] KDE3.4 cannot shutdown

2005-03-22 Thread Paul Smith
know this? You can check it out doing the following: MCC -- System -- Display Manager Thanks Paul, After I change it from mdkkdm to kdm, I can shutdown normally again. If you, Fajar, prefer mdkkdm, select it and use the command halt in a console. Paul

Re: [newbie] KDE3.4 cannot shutdown

2005-03-22 Thread Paul Smith
save my KDE sessions, do you think so? I cannot tell you, Fajar, as I start always with an empty session. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] KDE3.4 cannot shutdown

2005-03-21 Thread Paul Smith
, then the logon screen appears again. Is this a bug? How can I fix it? I remember you that you can shutdown your computer running the command halt in a console. Are you using kdm or mdkkdm, Fajar? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] KDE3.4 cannot shutdown

2005-03-21 Thread Paul Smith
can check it out doing the following: MCC -- System -- Display Manager Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] configuring update source

2005-03-20 Thread Paul Kaplan
thac rpm in the parent directory and all it's sub-directories. How can I configure update to look only in the kde-3.4.0 sub-directory? TIA Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club

Re: [newbie] configuring update source

2005-03-20 Thread Paul Smith
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 07:13:59 -0500, Paul Kaplan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to configure mandrake update so as to grab Thac's kde 3.4 rpms. The relevant files are in: ftp://mirror.aca.oakland.edu/pub/linux/rpm.nyvalls.se/10.1/RPMS/kde-3.4.0 But this directory does not contain

Re: [newbie] digikam update

2005-03-20 Thread Paul
On Sun, 2005-03-20 at 11:48, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: After mucking about most of the day, and thinking I had installed the newer package I get this after checking to see what version I have - digikam-0.6.2. What am I doing wrong? Rosemary Nothing, the latest stable version is

Re: [newbie] KDE 3.4

2005-03-19 Thread Paul Smith
I do not know what is wrong, but after having added Thac as a media, when I run urpmi --auto-select nothing happens. Does the same happen with you? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] KDE 3.4

2005-03-19 Thread Paul Smith
dependencies, none was. BTW, did you do a previous urpmi.update? Thanks, Pablo. Yes, I did a previous urpmi.update. Did it take a long while to complete your urpmi --auto-select ? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

[newbie] Checking the Internet activity

2005-03-19 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Is there some way of seeing the Internet activity, i.e., the number of the connections and the implied programs? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

Re: [newbie] Checking the Internet activity

2005-03-19 Thread Paul Smith
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 06:07:22 +1100, Stephen Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some way of seeing the Internet activity, i.e., the number of the connections and the implied programs? urpmi iptraf ...also trafshow, etherape, ethereal, nessus... Thanks, Stephen and Mikkel. Paul

[newbie] Getting a screen-shot of the current window

2005-03-19 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Could somebody please tell me how to get a screen-shot of the current window? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] Getting a screen-shot of the current window

2005-03-19 Thread Paul Smith
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 20:39:54 +, riccardo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how to get a screen-shot of the current window? Ksnapshot will do fine Thanks, Anne and Riccardo. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[newbie] Turn off computer only ends the session

2005-03-19 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All After having installed KDE 3.4 (which works fine), when I select turn off computer, it only ends the session. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Getting a screen-shot of the current window

2005-03-19 Thread Paul Smith
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 18:03:50 -0500, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could somebody please tell me how to get a screen-shot of the current window? try ksnapshot Thanks to all who have answered. Paul Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Compatabiltiy - Printers, scanners

2005-03-18 Thread Paul
On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 11:35, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Friday 18 Mar 2005 22:24, Noel McG. wrote: Hello, I am running Mandrake 10.1 Can anyone tell me if the following might be compatible and run OK. Scanner. Cannon 4200F Printers. HP 7762, or HP1100D Thank you.

[newbie] Program to combine words

2005-03-18 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I am looking for a program to do the following: extract all the combinations of two words from a given set of many words. Is there such a software? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] Program to combine words

2005-03-18 Thread Paul Smith
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:14:56 +, Q.H. Wang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this link providing what you wanna, man? http://www.searchengineforums.com/apps/webmaster.forums/action::thread/thread::1090443783/forum::googleadwords/ Thanks, Wang. That is what I was looking for. Paul

Re: [newbie] KDE 3.4

2005-03-18 Thread Paul Smith
into runlevel 3 or a different Desktop Environment before installing KDE 3.4, since it will replace your existing KDE in the process. If you remain in KDE whilst updating it, you're asking for trouble. And which packages should one start installing? Paul

Re: [newbie] KDE 3.4

2005-03-18 Thread Paul Smith
I have just installed KDE 3.4. The login panel has changed afterwards. How can I get the previous one? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] KDE 3.4

2005-03-18 Thread Paul Smith
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 01:12:31 +, Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just installed KDE 3.4. The login panel has changed afterwards. How can I get the previous one? I found the solution meanwhile: urpmi mdkkdm Paul Want to buy

[newbie] How to configure mdkkdm?

2005-03-18 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Does somebody here know how to configure mdkkdm? In particular, I am interested in configuring it to use anti-aliasing fonts. Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] linux command tutorial

2005-03-17 Thread Paul
On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 00:53, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Thursday 17 March 2005 04:35 pm, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 04:23, Julie Sloan wrote: I found a new-newbie oriented tutorial at http://www.linuxcommand.org/ which everyone here probably already knows about. But just in

Re: [newbie] making USB connection permanent

2005-03-16 Thread Paul
On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 15:33, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Paul wrote: I have a Zaurus PDA, which I connect via usb to PC, running 10.1. Whenever I disconnect the connection is lost (of course) and have to reset IP whenever I re-attach. What I want is to make this connection permanent, so

[newbie] kmail - delayed send

2005-03-15 Thread Paul Kaplan
Is there any way to have kmail send a message at some defined time in the future? I often write a message that I don't want sent until a specified time.  MS Exchange allows a message not to be sent before a specified time, but I haven't found a similar feature (yet) in kmail. TIA Paul

Re: [newbie] Enlarging / partition

2005-03-15 Thread Paul Smith
or some other liveCd distro and delete them. Thanks, Derek. Probably, I was not clear enough: I have a 80GB hard disk with 5GB for /, 1GB for the Swap partition and the remaining for /home. What I am wanting is to have 10GB for /, stealing 5GB from /home. Paul

Re: [newbie] Enlarging / partition

2005-03-15 Thread Paul Smith
process of it, I will choose a / partition of 10GB. No, no, my 80GB disk is only used for Mandrake. I have a second disk of 20GB for MS Windows. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

[newbie] making USB connection permanent

2005-03-15 Thread Paul
I have a Zaurus PDA, which I connect via usb to PC, running 10.1. Whenever I disconnect the connection is lost (of course) and have to reset IP whenever I re-attach. What I want is to make this connection permanent, so that whenever I re-attach Zaurus everything is ready. To do this I assume

[newbie] Enlarging / partition

2005-03-14 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All How can I enlarge the / partition? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] Which package contains GTK+ 1.2 or higher in 10.1

2005-03-14 Thread Antony Paul
the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the *** full path to gtk-config. configure: error: Cannot find GTK: Is gtk-config in path? I searched for gtk-config in Browse Avaliable Software from Packaging menu. I have GNOME installed. Which package contains this ?. -- rgds Antony Paul http://www.geocities.com

Re: [newbie] Hard disk led light synchronized with dvd recorder activity

2005-03-13 Thread Paul Smith
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 19:50:04 +0100, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul and Mikkel. Can I then be sure that there is no bad consequences for my computer? I think you should be fine. Thanks, again, Paul and Mikkel. Paul Want to buy

[newbie] Can't find win32-codecs

2005-03-13 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Could someone please tell me where can I find win32-codecs? I have tried several plf mirrors but with no success. Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

Re: [newbie] Can't find win32-codecs

2005-03-13 Thread Paul Smith
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 16:07:04 +0100, Pablo Ortuzar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could someone please tell me where can I find win32-codecs? I have tried several plf mirrors but with no success. http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/ Thanks to all who have answered. Paul

[newbie] Changing the fonts of the menus of Abiword

2005-03-13 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Is there some way of changing the fonts of the menus of Abiword? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] How to use DVDs+RW?

2005-03-12 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I have just bought a DVD recorder and I would like to know how to use DVDs+RW. Can I overwrite files on there? If so, how? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

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