Re: [newbie] 10.0

2004-04-29 Thread Rory
ter and i was thinking of trying out 10.0 is it worth it > or should i wait i tried to download and burn the cd but i cant get it to > work right so i was thinking of buying the cd thanks greg -- ~Rory Want to buy your Pack or Services fro

Re: [newbie] install button not active in rpmdrake

2004-04-27 Thread Rory
By the way, yes, I'm actually checkmarking the packages to download. :) "Intall" box still remains greyed out. On Tuesday 27 April 2004 11:22 pm, Rory wrote: > When I browse software install packs in rpmdrake, if I select packages to > download, the "install"

[newbie] install button not active in rpmdrake

2004-04-27 Thread Rory
info about each pack and then select multiple ones to donwload at once. Any ideas? Thanks, ~Rory Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] APT for Mandrake

2004-04-25 Thread Rory
K would be perfect. As an aside, it's nice to be able to actually compare these distros and see strengths and weaknesses, between them. I could never do that with XP. Rory On Sunday 25 April 2004 8:57 am, Keith Powell wrote: > I have downloaded APT from Mandrake10 Contrib, and have

Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux?

2004-04-23 Thread Rory Gleeson
could tell the difference between them and Ogg at circa 200bits. The problem with WMA and AAC is they lock you in (Steven Jobs and Bill Gates just can't seem to find a new song to sing after all these years), which is why I avoid them. Rory At 11:51 PM 22/04/2004, you wrote: On Thurs

Re: [newbie] Calgary gets smart!

2004-04-17 Thread Rory
rketing strategies. Wouldn't surprise me if some of the other big > companies started a class-action suit against M$ if they tried to give > Windows away. > > Still, Windows would finally be priced in direct relation to it's actual > value! > > Lanman -- ~Rory __

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-17 Thread Rory
On Saturday 17 April 2004 9:53 am, Ian MacGregor wrote: > I have been using a "download" edition which I purchased from > almostfreelinux.com about 3 months ago for $10.00 US. I'm familiar with almostfreelinux.com. Are there other CD-purchase sites people can recommend? ___

[newbie] MDK 10 DVD w/ Linux Magazine

2004-04-17 Thread Rory
There's an MDK 10 DVD with Linux Mag for May. Does anyone know which version of MDK? I'm assuming it's Official, of course. But, does anyone know if it would be the MDK Powerpack or MDK Powerpack+, etc? http://www.linux-magazine.com/is

Re: [newbie] Yet another mdk 10.0 sound problem

2004-04-16 Thread Rory
hen upgrading an OS Absolutely. The help of people on these forums has been most impressive, though. I've search MDK Bugzilla and haven't really found a bug filed that fits this problem, so it may not be seen by the developers as a priority. ~Rory _

Re: [newbie] No ADSL after upgrade

2004-04-16 Thread Rory
never had this volume of issues installing any OS before. But, I must say, MDKMove seemed to have a better handle on things. By the way, I believe there are some acknowledged issues with the 2.6 kernal when it comes to ADSL that they've been sorting out during the last couple o

Re: [newbie] soundcard woes

2004-04-16 Thread Rory
heck carefully. Aumix > causes or cures (not sure which )a lot of problems. No, aumix wasn't installed by default. Just installed it now. Still, no luck. [EMAIL PROTECTED] rory]# aumix -q vol 59, 64 pcm 64, 64 speaker 64, 0 line 64, 64, R mic 64, 0, P cd 64, 64, P igain 64, 64, P line1

Re: [newbie] soundcard woes

2004-04-16 Thread Rory
iver is the OSS driver. I've tried the alternate ALSA driver with no luck, though.Humph > On Thursday 15 April 2004 09:46 pm, Rory wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > No luck on other venues I've tried, so I'll give newbie@ a shot. I'd > > love if s

[newbie] soundcard woes

2004-04-15 Thread Rory
CI 128 default driver: OSS1371 **which works on MDKMove but not on 10.0** alternate driver: ALSA snd-ens 1371 **I've tried this but it didn't work** I also tried the debugging options (I'm doing my best to be self-reliant when solving Linux problems) available un

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

2004-04-15 Thread Rory
Here's the output. No luck. [EMAIL PROTECTED] rory]# uname -a Linux 192.168.0.3 2.6.3-4mdk #1 Tue Mar 2 07:26:13 CET 2004 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] boot]# ls boot.0200 initrd-2.6.3-4mdk.img message-text boot.0301 initrd-2.

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

2004-04-15 Thread Rory
ay. Everything seemed to go fine. But now, I can't find 2.6.3-8. I don't know where it installed to and it hasn't appeared as an option in my boot configuration. Rory Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeS

Re: [newbie] No sound

2004-04-13 Thread Rory
fficial so close, is this something that Mandrake has acknowledged and is trying to sort out? I imagine it must be a pretty simple fix, given MDKMove was fine. Rory On Tuesday 13 April 2004 6:10 pm, Per-Olof Litby - Reg'l Mgr Nordic/Baltic - Java System Software - Sun Microsystems wrote:

Re: [newbie] updates mdk 10

2004-04-11 Thread Rory
dates), right? ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/mandrake/Mandrakelinux/devel/cooker/contrib/i586 Apologies for the basic yet particular questions. Just trying to figure out my way around and what I should be adding. Thanks, Rory Want t

Re: [newbie] updates mdk 10

2004-04-11 Thread Rory
when I checked the Community branch or does this seem right to people? Rory Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] updates mdk 10

2004-04-11 Thread Rory
Thanks, Ronald. On Sunday 11 April 2004 3:15 pm, Ronald wrote: > Op zondag 11 april 2004 19:28, schreef Rory: > > SInce easyurpmi doesn't have updated mirrors and I'm new to this urpmi > > thing, I just want to confirm: > > > > Would this be the path to t

[newbie] Challenge/Response Spam Black

2004-04-11 Thread Rory
and which spammers always find workarounds for. I had found a very good one for XP, but have been out of luck on Linux, so far. Thanks, ~Rory Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the C

Re: [newbie] updates mdk 10

2004-04-11 Thread Rory
orward. And I assume what I'd enter in to the console would be: urpmi.addmedia main ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/mandrake/Mandrakelinux/official/current/i586/Mandrake/RPMS with ../base/hdlist.cz Wasn't there a layout of the new mirror structure released somewhere. I&

Re: [newbie] Crappy Sound, only on Linux

2004-04-10 Thread Rory
What version of LAME are you running? It should be > 3.9X. What app are you using to encode? Rory On Saturday 10 April 2004 5:50 pm, John Wilson wrote: > On April 9, 2004 10:35 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: > > I ripped some music off my CDs and encoded it with LAME at 160 > >

Re: [newbie] Wal-Mart music downloads

2004-04-10 Thread Rory
s I test products for a Digital Audio Player company and need to test in an Windows environment. So, that part of my computer experience won't be migrating over to Linux with me. :( ~Rory Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeS

Re: [newbie] urpmi strategies

2004-04-10 Thread Rory
Rory wrote: > > > Secondly, I'm still deciding if I'm going to stay with Stable or > > > Community when the mirrors are back up next week. In the short term, > > > is it prudent just to update everything from "stable/official" first? > > >

Re: [newbie] Multimedia in 10.0

2004-04-10 Thread Rory
> > > which kernel do you boot to? > > > > I don't know if you were asking Rory or me. I'm using 2.6 - 2.6.3 ~Rory Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrak

[newbie] urpmi strategies

2004-04-09 Thread Rory
se? Any other suggestions or tips for a newbie? Thanks, ~Rory 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 verify that urpmi installed?

2004-04-09 Thread Rory
I'm trying to establish if urpmi actually installed the updates that it downloaded. I've checked the urpmi.log, which appears to have every other detail but no confirmation of actual install. Can anyone point me to the right log/file/area? Than

Re: [newbie] Multimedia in 10.0

2004-04-09 Thread Rory
system and needs a dirty reboot. > > Sir Robin -- ~Rory Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Any update site that works?

2004-04-09 Thread Rory
On Friday 09 April 2004 5:47 pm, Ronald wrote: > Op vrijdag 9 april 2004 23:31, schreef John Wilson: > > On April 9, 2004 08:44 am, Schwartz Avi wrote: > > > Since the switch to the new mirrors hierarchy I am unable to find any > > > sites that actually carry the MDK 10 Community updates. Anyone h

Re: [newbie] Wal-Mart music downloads

2004-04-09 Thread Rory
The poor guy working at WalMart for next to no money simply is just mouthing was the sales pitch is and just doesn't know any better. He's not trying to mislead anyone, WalMart is. http://musicdownloads.walmart.com/catalog/servlet/TourServlet;jsessionid=A3ICp8GCZkSFea38f5CTunzjBJApRROBLXzjevu

Re: [newbie] Wal-Mart music downloads

2004-04-09 Thread Rory
when > I asked a rep, he said they're at 128 kbps. > > Is it me, or is that "CD quality" wording a total crock of > Shiite? I've used ogg for so long, I dunno how good the MP3Pro > format sounds. But last I listened, a 128 original MP3 sounded > much worse than

Re: [newbie] MP3 players

2004-04-08 Thread Rory
iRiver or iPod? They're based on FAT32 systems, I believe. On Thursday 08 April 2004 4:44 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > I just bought an mp3 player GTX 2GB Mdk can see the hard drive but I cannot > write to it it uses a vfat format any one else have _Any_ experience with > mp3 players

Re: [newbie] Unpleasant stigma on Mandrake users

2004-04-07 Thread Rory
Isn't it great that the Linux community can build camps around distros, bad mouth other distros and talk about how there's is the best and why??? Over in the MS OS community that I just left two weeks ago, there's none of this talk because... there's no choice. Rory

Re: [newbie] MDK 10.0 installed 2.4 Kernel. Why?

2004-04-02 Thread Rory
dency so I could install the MDK Online Wizard. After I did a big install, I noticed that the last item that follows was added to my boot options. [EMAIL PROTECTED] rory]# lilo Added linux * Added linux-nonfb Added failsafe Added floppy Added 2425-2 So, it added a login option of 2425-2, which is the

Re: [newbie] MDK 10.0 installed 2.4 Kernel. Why?

2004-04-02 Thread Rory
could there be unintended consequeces by doing this? Thanks, Rory Greg Meyer wrote: I would suspect you chose an LSB install, which forces the 2.4 kernel because 2.6 is not LSB compliant yet. On Friday 02 April 2004 08:33 am, Rory wrote: Hi folks, Well, I just discovered that when I installe

Re: [newbie] sound in mdk 10

2004-03-30 Thread Rory
Something does appear to be funky with sound card recognition in 10.0. My card is found and listed in 10.0 but no sound. However, when I pop in the Mandrake Live CD, it always activates sound. Hmm... Rory On Tuesday 30 March 2004 6:06 pm, Wayne Petherick wrote: > Stevie, > I wis

Re: [newbie] Internet stopped working

2004-03-29 Thread Rory
ll of an RPM: "Some package requested cannot be installed: mdkonline-1.0-1mdk.noarch (due to unsatisfied perl(Gtk2::TrayIcon)) do you agree ?" I can't seem to find the right package for perl(Gtk2::TrayIcon to download). If anyone can point me in the direction of the specific package

Re: [newbie] Installing updates from Mandrake Online

2004-03-28 Thread Rory
Okay, I just installed a tonne of stuff from development tools. No luck. Can anyone recommend specific packages I should run to get this thing going? Thanks, R. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakes

Re: [newbie] Installing updates from Mandrake Online

2004-03-28 Thread Rory
ired part of the install? Rory On Sunday 28 March 2004 9:28 am, Rory wrote: > Okay, I'm looking through the development tools right now. I was just > going to install the whole package, but a number of them give you a choice > of which tool for a sub-group. > > Any sugg

Re: [newbie] Installing updates from Mandrake Online

2004-03-28 Thread Rory
Okay, I'm looking through the development tools right now. I was just going to install the whole package, but a number of them give you a choice of which tool for a sub-group. Any suggestions? I must have missed an option during install, I guess. R. On Sunday 28 March 2004 9:19 am,

Re: [newbie] Installing updates from Mandrake Online

2004-03-28 Thread Rory
look now but don't see anything. Does installing the Mandrake RPM and the superkaramba program both need gcc? Thanks, ~Rory Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Installing updates from Mandrake Online

2004-03-28 Thread Rory
Hmm... interesting... I keep getting error. At least it's working for someone: "Some package requested cannot be installed: mdkonline-1.0-0.6mdk.noarch (due to unsatisfied perl(Gtk2::TrayIcon))" The file says owner: rory group: rory Could this be a privilege/access issue I&

[newbie] Installing updates from Mandrake Online

2004-03-28 Thread Rory
However, during the process for each one I got the following error: "Some package requested cannot be installed: mdkonline-1.0-0.6mdk.noarch (due to unsatisfied perl(Gtk2::TrayIcon))" Does any know why? Thanks, Rory Want to buy

[newbie] need bootloader each time I start-up - how to stop?

2004-03-27 Thread Rory
loader each time I start-up?   Any help would be greatly appreciated. By the way, I'm brand new to Linux, so talk to me like I'm a Windows Lemming.... because I am!     Thanks, -- ~Rory Want to buy your Pack or Serv

[newbie]

2004-03-26 Thread Rory Gleeson
-- ~Rory Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com