Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-03-30 Thread Rick Kunath
Chris wrote: Works great on stand-alone .pdf's. Looking at the mozilla plugin it seems to only have v5 of AdobeReader. How would one get mozilla to work with v7? Install the Mozilla plugin rpm. acroread-nppdf-7.0.0-1mdk.i586 The plug-in has always been a separate install. Rick Kunath

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-03-30 Thread Rick Kunath
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 07:54 pm, Chris wrote: Thanks Rick, and where did you obtain this from? [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi acroread-nppdf-7.0.0-1mdk.i586 no package named acroread-nppdf-7.0.0-1mdk.i586 Add the Mandrake Club testing urpmi source. Rick

Re: [newbie] package manager for 10.1

2005-03-25 Thread Rick Kunath
Bill Winegarden wrote: Is there a build for 10.1? I went looking and when I tried to install an older version I entered the 'dependency' loop. Yes, there is a version for 10.1 It's called kdeadmin-kpackage, and you can urpmi it or install it from MCC. Rick Kunath

Re: [newbie] package manager for 10.1

2005-03-25 Thread Rick Kunath
Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, Thanks Rick et al. I tried to urpmi kdeadmin-kpackage and I got 'no package named kdeadmin-kpackage'. I haven't changed any urpmi settings (that I can recall). I also checked in mcc and it can't find it in the software install or remove utilities. hmm.anything

Re: [newbie] nvidia graphics

2005-02-26 Thread Rick Kunath
On Saturday 26 February 2005 08:17 pm, john wrote: Put nvidia in etc/modprobe.preload Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] k3b autostarting on DVD insertion help?

2005-02-05 Thread Rick Kunath
getting called. I am trying to discover where k3b intercepts the DVD insertion. I've checked kdeglobals, but found no references to any devices there. I'd sure appreciate a pointer to where k3b is getting called on DVD insertion. Thanks in advance, Rick Kunath

Re: [newbie] nvidia card

2005-02-05 Thread Rick Kunath
and above) ONLY # for old kernel use /etc/modules nvidia via-agp -- You may not have the via-agp part, but you need the nvidia entry. Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

[newbie] MDK 10.1 supported high-end soundcard?

2005-02-01 Thread Rick Kunath
It looks like I'll pull my Audigy 2 Value and look for a good high-end sound card that is supported in Mandrake 10.1. I'd sure appreciate some recommendations of cards that work well and are decently supported. I don't want to pick up another non-usable card again. Many thanks in advance, Rick

Re: [newbie] Audigy 2 not recognized 10.1

2005-01-31 Thread Rick Kunath
no compatible card. Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Audigy 2 not recognized 10.1

2005-01-31 Thread Rick Kunath
Frans Ketelaars wrote: Support for Audigy 2 Value was added only recently and is not in your alsa 1.0.6. Upgrade to newer alsa. Ah, excellent, thank you. It looks like I'll be attempting to compile and install Alsa tonight. Rick Want to buy your

[newbie] Tips on installing Alsa 1.08 on MDK 10.1

2005-01-31 Thread Rick Kunath
forward, but I am wondering if there are any gotchas? I see 10.2 has Alsa 1.08 installed, but I need sound prior to the Official 10.2 release. Thanks in advance, Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

[newbie] Audigy 2 not recognized 10.1

2005-01-30 Thread Rick Kunath
, but this one has me stumped. Ideas and thoughts will be greatly appreciated. Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Thunderbird mail client

2005-01-26 Thread Rick Kunath
system under the guise an official or trusted one. It doesn't sound like you did any damage. Just be sure of the source of any rpm you decide to install, and evaluate the risks from there. Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Playing god with friends new laptop (Moral question)

2005-01-22 Thread Rick Kunath
at is getting a recovery disk set for the new laptop. That way, should something go wrong, at least you'll be able to restore the original setup. I always get them for machines I have, and had to use them but once, for a non-Linux related issue. Rick Kunath

[newbie] Media sources setup - PLF updated packages not listed as updated?

2005-01-20 Thread Rick Kunath
the security updates via the Mandrake security email list, so I knew to look for the updates. When I used the MCC Install utility, there the packages were, and I installed them without a hitch. Is there some way to get these PLF updated packages to show up as updates? Rick Kunath

Re: [newbie] Media sources setup - PLF updated packages not listed as updated?

2005-01-20 Thread Rick Kunath
what I was looking for. I didn't know that option was there! I'll not be adding the update source as you suggested, seeing what gets listed this way, the various other packages that I don't want showing up in Updates. Thanks again, Rick Want

Re: [newbie] Install third-party commercial software

2005-01-18 Thread Rick Kunath
mirror setup in urpmi, then install it from MCC. Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] nearly newbie - problem installing 10.1

2004-12-17 Thread Rick Beton
Hi all, I've used Mandrake on and off for a while, and I decided to use it more. So I joined the Mandrake Club and downloaded 10.1 ISOs. I also upgraded my PC hardware - new hard disk, new mobo/processor (Asus A7N8X Athlon processor). It runs Windows XP very well. When I came to re-install

[newbie] Soundblaster Live! 24-bit supported in 10.1?

2004-12-09 Thread Rick Kunath
and considered this card. I know the Live! 5.1 card works with the emu10k chipset, but these don't seem to be available any more. Other recommendations and advice welcomed? TIA, Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] Soundblaster Live! 24-bit supported in 10.1?

2004-12-09 Thread Rick Kunath
Dan Gordon wrote: I am using the live value as it was called from about 6 or 7 years ago without any problems. I have that same card in another machine and it's based on the emu10k chipset. It works great. As far as i know the live cards should work without problems under 10.1 Aside from

Re: [newbie] How do you get rid of enigmail from thunderbird?

2004-11-15 Thread Rick Kunath
it after the reinstall, just removed it. It wouldn't retain it's configuration entries for me. Maybe someone else can recommend an alternate method to uninstall the extensions. Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] RSS feeds reader

2004-10-22 Thread Rick Kunath
Adolfo Bello wrote: BottomFeeder looked pretty rough for me here on Linux. Any advantage over RSSowl ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/rssowl/ ) ? I've been using RSSowl and find it works well. Sage an add-on for Firefox, Mozilla, or Thunderbird also does the job. Rick Kunath

Re: [newbie] KDE 3.3 (without removing 3.2)

2004-10-20 Thread Rick Kunath
at XOSL and let me know what you think, you've got osl2000 experience and I don't. Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] KDE 3.3 (without removing 3.2)

2004-10-19 Thread Rick Kunath
this scheme attractive. When you change your Linux distro, it never writes to the MBR and can't foul up your M$ OS. It works across multiple drives, too. I've also done a lot of dual-boot installs using lilo as the bootloader and not had issues either. Rick Kunath

Re: [newbie] Re: Telnet

2004-10-12 Thread Rick Kunath
. Is the telnet to the standard port? If not this will do the trick telnet 123.456.789.123 200 (The space and 200 tells telnet to use port 200.) Change the port as appropriate. I don;t think that this your issue if telnet is not being seen as a valid command. Rick Kunath

Re: [newbie] Telnet

2004-10-11 Thread Rick Kunath
as a decent talker client. I like the separation of incoming and outgoing text, though it's probably not worth installing unless you do a lot of telnet stuff. You didn't mention what you were intending to do. Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] IRC Client

2004-09-18 Thread Rick Kunath
package dependencies when you read the output of the ./configure command the forst time you get ready to compile, but with urpmi sources set up it isn't difficult. And the CVS version is worth the extra work. Rick Kunath Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] Laptop Easy one Silver again

2004-09-01 Thread Rick Kunath
M.Schild wrote: Updates I dont think 9.1 gets updates anymore. Yes, it does. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] Unable to update 5-15 Drak* updates

2004-05-15 Thread Rick Kunath
from the community distro directory or what may be wrong? Rick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] Community updates in distro directory or not?

2004-04-29 Thread Rick Kunath
not? Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] Recent Updates not available for Community?

2004-04-29 Thread Rick Kunath
. Shouldn't these updates have appeared in the Community distro directory? Previously updated files have been available for Community in the distro directory. That does not appear to be the case this time for some reason. Any idea as to what's up? Rick Kunath

Re: [newbie] 10 Updates not showing?

2004-04-21 Thread Rick Kunath
. No such luck on 10. There isn't any reason I can think of that the updates shouldn't show up in Mandrake Update. This one has me stumped. Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] 10 Updates not showing?

2004-04-21 Thread Rick Kunath
anything. Rick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] 10 Updates not showing?

2004-04-20 Thread Rick Kunath
all of the Mandrake distros I ever used. Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Kernel 2.6.3-8 marked as not available in mirror?

2004-04-15 Thread Rick Kunath
is there on these kernels. I'd like to know if these are valid kernels, were they released as bug fixes, and why they are described as unavailable. There is something strange about these kernel packages. Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Kernel 2.6.3-8 marked as not available in mirror?

2004-04-15 Thread Rick Kunath
is processed) from a terminal as root after installing the new kernel, to write the new lilo to disk? If you didn't do the above, and a stanza was properly added to your lilo.conf file when you installed the kernel, that's why it didn't show up in your lilo list of installed kernels. Rick

[newbie] Kernel 2.6.3-8 marked as not available in mirror?

2004-04-14 Thread Rick Kunath
in Mandrake Update. It appears these are in the Update directory for 10, but are not available for installation for some reason. Any ideas why? Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Kernel update woes

2004-04-07 Thread Rick Kunath
to boot as a default. As root, open a terminal and issue lilo -v That's all there is to it. Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Today's cooker updates and KDE 3.2.1 (bye bye)

2004-04-06 Thread Rick Kunath
development? TIA, Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Today's cooker updates and KDE 3.2.1 (bye bye)

2004-04-06 Thread Rick Kunath
) evolving CE? If I read correctly, Mandrake is planning a rock solid Official 10 release, a continually evolving 10(.x?) CE release with major and minor stable updates moved over from cooker, and a bleeding-edge cooker (10.1?) release. Am I even close to understanding this correctly? Rick

Re: [newbie] Instant Messaging with MSN

2004-04-03 Thread Rick Kunath
, but eventually it did connect, and Yahoo works now. Kopete didn't have any problems connecting. My personal preference is Kopete. Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie]

2004-03-24 Thread Rick Kunath
an extended partition can foul up other logical partitions inside the extended partition. The data in a primary partition is much safer. Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

Re: [newbie] After installing 10.0 Partition Magic from XP says that the partition di damaged

2004-03-22 Thread Rick Kunath
-working Linux installation. I believe the utility to access the Linux ext2 and ext3 file systems from Windows is still included with Paragon, if you have a need for such access. Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] After installing 10.0 Partition Magic from XP says that the partition di damaged

2004-03-22 Thread Rick Kunath
into these pre-partitioned locations. I agree with other advice eariler in the thread, use some other utility without the limitation. Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] One question, one desperate plea for help.

2004-02-08 Thread Rick Kunath
the Internet? Does DNS work? Are you authenticated to the wireless network? Can you surf? Rick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] audio stream: mms: unregisterd protocol

2004-01-17 Thread Rick Kunath
for mozilla (1.0 pre2) will start mplayer from the web page. Rick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] adding menu entry for .pl file?

2004-01-17 Thread Rick Kunath
entries I tried. TIA. Rick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] adding menu entry for .pl file?

2004-01-17 Thread Rick Kunath
On Saturday 17 January 2004 11:53 pm, Todd Slater wrote: On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 10:46:57PM -0500, Rick Kunath wrote: I have an app that needs to be started from a terminal with a command like ./somefile.pl How do I enter this into the command line so I can create a menu item to start

Re: [newbie] enabling ide-scsi emulation

2004-01-10 Thread Rick Kunath
drive is. Just add it to whatever is there, the example is my own entry line, just as an example. Rick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Gateway config???

2003-12-27 Thread Rick Kunath
the interface I wish to use from the main menu of KDE. Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] urpmi/update problems

2003-08-14 Thread rick
I cannot use urpmi to update. When I use the software management in MCC I get an error message there is an error while adding the update medium via urpmi, may be due to a broken or temp.unavailable mirror. This is repeated on all mirrors. If I attempt to updtae via software sources manager,

Re: [newbie] Boot error

2003-06-24 Thread rick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 If you don't mind, please send to the lists at linux-mandrake, not mandrake-linux. I've not taken the time to setup my filters to catch everything (to anyone reading this with the full regexp string to catch the variations this list passes, I'd be

Re: [newbie]

2003-04-03 Thread rick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've got a system running Mandrake 8.0. Support for the 8.0 version was just discontinued and I'd like to keep security updates current. If you really don't want to upgrade your distro, you could strip the install down to the bare essentials and

Re: [newbie] Changing host?

2003-04-03 Thread rick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, c0ldfusi0n wrote: Hey. I have a stupid newbie question again. Here's the prefix of my bash console: [EMAIL PROTECTED] c0ldfusi0n]$ Is there anyway to change the 'localhost' part (and i don't mean changing $PS1)? Thanks

[newbie] install repair help

2002-11-03 Thread Rick Bailey
appliance, I don't have a cd rom or floppy drive. Any suggestions on how to tackle this? Thanks, Rick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] looking for hands-on help

2002-10-15 Thread Rick Friedman
Since you're in the NY/NJ area, I would suggest that you get in contact with the New York Linux Users group (NYLUG). You can get a lot of help and learn quite a bit from joining a LUG (Linux Users Group). The website is: http://www.nylug.org Rick On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 11:20, Joe Harkins wrote

RE: [newbie] backup system

2002-09-25 Thread Rick Friedman
Might I suggest you take a look at Mondoarchive? Check out the website at http://www.mondorescue.com. With it, you can run differential backups as well as incremental. Rick On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 17:45, Schwenk, Jeanie wrote: There are literally hundreds of solutions out there ... a quick

[newbie] samba config

2002-08-12 Thread rick
have a netnowork setup appartenly). Is this fixable so that I can get out using my little router? Or should I try to go back to the way it was before setting up samba? Thanks Rick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] samba config

2002-08-12 Thread rick
On Tue, 13 August 2002, mike wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: gt; gt; I have a cable modem and a small 4 port router hub. I gt; just plugged the cat5 from my lm8.2 machine, into the gt; router/hub and mandrake was able to go one without a gt; hitch (much easier than the win2k machine).

[newbie] failed on bootup lm 8.2

2002-07-16 Thread Rick Henderson
that be the problem. I am using the usb on my cable modem. Do I need process acounting? Maybe I should just turn it off. Any suggestions? Thanks Rick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Getting and installing packages

2002-03-17 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
their upto 2 months behind current versions for somethings, (except for security updates) -- Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037 PGP Public Key http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ? NOW what for?

2002-03-14 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
as wine gets into a knot with the daft palette/tool thingies and spends 90% of its time redrawing them. -- Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037 PGP Public Key http

Re: [newbie] network

2002-03-13 Thread rick
Have a look at vnc. It come with md8.1. It lets you take control of the desktop of one from the other. Great tool. And it is free. You will have to download the version for the win machine. Rick On Wed, 13 March 2002, quaylar wrote: At 18:59 12.03.2002 +, you wrote: Hello all

Re: [newbie] Answers to the Geek vs the rest dilemma.

2002-03-12 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 11:26, Dimitris Ioannou wrote: I hope that this poisoned letter of yours ... Well, you were the one who posted in HTML :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Re: ximian gnome

2002-03-11 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
I've started to agree Shane. Gnome just keeps pissing me off. for me its the other way round, gnome is perfect duck -- Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037 PGP Public Key

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
docs to anything more than the most basic standard. -- Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037 PGP Public Key http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x231E1CEA

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
quake who cares right) Besides PC's make expensive game stations, better to buy a PS2 (etc) and buy games matched perfectly for your hardware. -- Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
So (beat me with a stick) I have to have a Windows box right here next to my Linux box. VMWare :) -- Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037 PGP Public Key http

[newbie] network md8.1 w/ w2k for lan and internet

2002-03-11 Thread rick
and with a crossed cat5 to my w2k machine (no hub). I want for the w2k machine to be able to get to the internet. With very little knowledge on the subject, what should I do. Thanks Rick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-11 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
(Linus said the very best thing he has going for him is that he is not Bill Gates) Linus also said 'I am you're God' .. -- Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037

Re: [newbie] Voodoo5 How-To for RH 7.x

2002-03-10 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
On Sun, 2002-03-10 at 04:38, FemmeFatale wrote: I think this might work for Man. 8.x. Try reading it. I post this for the persona asking about voodoo 5 cards. http://www.evil3d.net/articles/linux/howto/3dfx/redhat7/ Great, that worked a treat - thanks! -- -- Rick Kitty5 WebDesign

Re: [newbie] programs running on wine

2002-03-10 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
you could run max in vmware, but seriously, who would want to - dual boot and replace your windows shell with max :) -- -- Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037 PGP

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-10 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
is king of the hill. Gimp!=Photoshop by any stretch of the imagination -- Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037 PGP Public Key http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op

[newbie] Hardware 3D (Voodoo5) ?

2002-03-09 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
, blue masks:0xf800, 0x7e0, 0x1f significant bits in color specification:6 bits -- Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037 PGP Public Key http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371

Re: [newbie] How to change X resolution

2002-03-06 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
- on the keypad as well. No good for laptops sorry. that also sort of works on Xinerama Rick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Viewing Linux partition from Windows

2002-03-06 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
for windows (just dont hold your breath) Rick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] profile_bash

2002-02-24 Thread Rick Henderson
are created. How would one over come this problem? Thanks Rick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] logout of kde - screen hangs

2002-02-24 Thread Rick Henderson
I have m8.1 and go to a console. startx works fine. But I can't get back to a console screen (ctrl alt F1 or F2 etc) while kde is running. Even loging out, the screen just hangs. Now, interesting enough is that shutdown and reboot works just fine. Any suggestions? Thanks Rick Want

Re: [newbie] Linux machine in an NT environment

2002-02-22 Thread Rick
Let me ask... Using Samba, is it possible to have a Linux box, dial into, and logon to, an NT domain? And, once having logged on, is it then possible to browse the NT network? How is this done? Thanks, Rick -- Rick Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email (212) 894-3753 x1212 - voicemail/fax He's

Re: [newbie] NVidia RPMs for LM 8.1

2002-02-08 Thread Rick
different). Yet, if I enter rpm --rebuild (with no package mentioned) I receive the message: rpmb: no packages files given for rebuild This seems to imply that the --rebuild option does, indeed exist. So... will this create a binary build RPM from a SRC RPM?? Thanks, Rick -- Rick Friedman

Re: [newbie] Building a PC.

2002-02-07 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
or confirm this for the moment at least, having more than 512mb mem is overkill for most activities, image editing perhaps (either huge images, or a large undo buffer), or rendering\raytracing. perhaps a ram drive Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http

Re: [newbie] Mandrake and Laptops

2002-02-06 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
=navclientq=linux+viao http://groups.google.com/groups?q=linux+viaonum=100hl=ennewwindow=1sa=N; tab=wg Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037 PGP Public Key http://pgpkeys.mit.edu

Re: [newbie]

2002-02-05 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
Can anyone recommend a good Howto site? I'm looking to set up an anonymous ftp (proftpd) and my samba server. you may have all the doc's installed anyhow - have a look in /usr/share/doc Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270

[newbie] Moving Linux to a larger HD

2002-02-05 Thread Rick
the new drive as /dev/hda. Would this work? Or is there something special I have to do? Thanks, Rick -- Rick Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email (212) 894-3753 x1212 - voicemail/fax He's dead, Jim. You get his wallet. I'll get his tricorder

[newbie] XMMS CDs

2002-02-04 Thread Rick
OK... I'm sure the answer to this is so simple that it is staring me in the face. How do I get XMMS to play an audio CD? For the life of me, I can't figure it out. I assume that it can do so since you can set it to check CDDB. Someone make me feel stupid and tell me how! :) Rick -- Rick

Re: [newbie] Windows CE and Linux

2002-02-04 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
why not try it and find out? Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037 PGP Public Key http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x231E1CEA Want to buy your Pack

[newbie] networking internet woes...

2002-02-02 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
. disbable eth0 and dns suddenly works any ideas? Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.comPOV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.ukTEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037 PGP Public Keyhttp://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x231E1CEA

Re: [newbie] Zip drive Access

2002-02-02 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
might be an idea to make sure the drive works under windows, and the disk your trying is not a duff. zip drives are not the most reliable beasties Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.comPOV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.ukTEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105

Re: [newbie] networking internet woes...

2002-02-02 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
of the site. i can ping my internal lan (on eth0) fine etc. disbable eth0 and dns suddenly works any ideas? disable routing. you have the default route set to eth0 and not PPP0 and I do that in which file? Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk

Re: [newbie] installing 8.1

2002-01-27 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
i only have about 1gb which is nowhere near enough. is there not a way of installing Linux manually a floppies worth at a time? I would also be interested if there is as I am getting a old laptop soon (read no cd at all!) Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources

Re: [newbie] mozilla for mdk ?

2002-01-23 Thread Rick
Kenn, You can try the RPMs for Mozilla 0.9.7 that are in Cooker. The exact path to the RPMs is: ftp://ftp.wayne.edu/linux/mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/ Rick -- Rick Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email (212) 894-3753 x1212 - voicemail/fax He's dead, Jim. You get his wallet. I'll

Re: [newbie] boot disk doesn't work

2002-01-17 Thread Rick
found that if I open a terminal I can create a boot disk that works fine, simply by using the mkbootdisk command as follows: mkbootdisk 2.4.8-26mdk I also had the problem with the boot disk made during the installation as well as by using Drakfloppy. Rick -- Rick Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED

[newbie] Soundcard not working

2001-12-29 Thread Rick
but Mandrake does?? Rick -- Rick Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email (212) 894-3753 x1212 - voicemail/fax He's dead, Jim. You get his wallet. I'll get his tricorder. __ FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com

[newbie] Booting From Floppy

2001-12-28 Thread Rick
as EXT2 in order to use a boot floppy? Thanks in advance, Rick -- Rick Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email (212) 894-3753 x1212 - voicemail/fax He's dead, Jim. You get his wallet. I'll get his tricorder. __ FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one

Re: [newbie] The problem with Linux

2001-11-25 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
in that way. Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037 PGP Public Key http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x231E1CEA Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] The problem with Linux

2001-11-25 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
be user friendly (or at least a little less newbie painful) Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037 PGP Public Key http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x231E1CEA

Re: [newbie] The problem with Linux

2001-11-25 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
, no definite direction or purpose, forcing users to have both the super GUI and the Unix installed at the same time as neither do everything 100% Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037

Re: [newbie] The problem with Linux

2001-11-25 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
Rick, you remind me of a child of say,,sixteen, who believes the world they have seen is it, and views the universe as beeing all from their (limited) perspective. M$winders is not how _I_ think the world should look, _I_ want to decide, and I am willing to allow that one mans cluster f#ck

Re: [newbie] Re: [expert] Extras in the DVD release

2001-11-25 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
I guess I'll just go and please myself.. that's a little more information than we needed Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http://Povray.co.uk TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037 PGP Public Key http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371

Re: [newbie] OT M$ Win and RAM

2001-11-18 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
Rant over... thanks for listening and be warned... you would be better using win2000 for dual booting, as it really is a very different beast compared to the 9x series, and as a result will give you fewer headaches Rick Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com POV-Ray News Resources - http

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