Re: [newbie] Java VM Problems

2004-12-26 Thread Simon Roberts
in a terminal: cd to the directory that has your java install; change to the subdirectory "bin"; type "./java -version" If that doesn't run java and tell you stuff about it, it's either not executable (which suggests you did the install wrong, or not as root perhaps) or really screwed up. Havin

Re: [newbie] Internet connection issue.

2004-12-26 Thread Simon Roberts
/etc/resolv.conf is a configuration file, not an exectutable. What is in it? -Original Message- From: Collin White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Dec 26, 2004 9:31 AM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet connection issue. On Saturday 25 December 2004 01:20 pm, [EMAIL P

Re: [newbie] Help for MrPostman : Java Problem!

2004-12-21 Thread Simon Roberts
You don't have a java problem, you have a path problem. Modify your path to point at the directory that contains the java binaries (probably something like /j2sdk1.4.2_06/bin or similar) and you'll be in business. Cheers, Simon -Original Message- From: Hemal Detroja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [newbie] How to compare two files?

2004-12-17 Thread Simon Roberts
diff compares text files, cmp compares binaries. Cheers, Simon -Original Message- From: Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Dec 17, 2004 2:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] How to compare two files? Hi. Suppose that a large text file has been slightly modified by anoth

Re: [newbie] /bin/sh: bad interpreter

2004-12-13 Thread Simon Roberts
[newbie] /bin/sh: bad interpreter On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 20:42:47 -0700 (GMT-07:00), Simon Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bad interpreter is the error bash gives when the script isn't executable. > > Do > > chmod +x LinxuxInstaller.bin > > and it'll pro

Re: [newbie] /bin/sh: bad interpreter

2004-12-12 Thread Simon Roberts
Bad interpreter is the error bash gives when the script isn't executable. Do chmod +x LinxuxInstaller.bin and it'll probably be happy. (Anyone know why it does this strange thing?) Cheers, Simon -Original Message- From: Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Dec 12, 2004 9:52 AM To:

Re: [newbie] Sound system compatibility

2004-12-11 Thread Simon Roberts
re is a USB/MIDI howto, but I'm not into MIDI, I want to record "live" sound) Thanks again -Original Message- On Friday 10 December 2004 23:49, Simon Roberts wrote: ... > I would like to use a USB sound system on MDK 10.1. Are these systems > built to a standard, such tha

[newbie] Sound processing: Center removal

2004-12-10 Thread Simon Roberts
Can anyone tell me which (if any) of the many sound processing tools can do "center removal" under MDK? My daughter wants to sing Karaoke to some stuff, and I'd like to get the lyrics out. Cheers, Simon Want to buy your Pack or Services fro

[newbie] Sound system compatibility

2004-12-10 Thread Simon Roberts
Sorry to ask this, as it's probably in the HW compatiblity lists if I only knew what to look for. I would like to use a USB sound system on MDK 10.1. Are these systems built to a standard, such that "any" USB sound card will work, or does each have it's own proprietary driver protocols, such th

[newbie] Windows "Security"

2004-12-02 Thread Simon Roberts
> From: "H.J.Bathoorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... > On Thursday 02 December 2004 10:26, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > Maybe I'm paranoid, but after that experience we don't allow her > > Windows box contact with anything outside her room. > You are;) Confined to the LAN can't really hurt can it, especially

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-01 Thread Simon Roberts
Build him a firewall out of a $150 PC (P-III 400 or similar), or use one of those router/switches that includes NAT. The D-Link ones, with an 802.11b wireless thing and NAT are about $50, and will probably keep a lot more out (leave the wireless disabled unless you really want it) than you'll be

[newbie] Thanks Re: Where are the compilers etc.?

2004-12-01 Thread Simon Roberts
Thanks again to all, Simon -Original Message- From: Björn Lundin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Dec 1, 2004 11:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Re: Where are the compilers etc.? Simon Roberts wrote: > Many thanks for input received, I've moved forward some. (I had ent

Re: [newbie] Where are the compilers etc.?

2004-12-01 Thread Simon Roberts
Many thanks for input received, I've moved forward some. (I had entirely missed the urpmi tool; very useful.) I've now installed gcc-c++, kernel sources of the correct version, gtk+2, and all the dependent things that urpmi added to the list. When I say: urpmi glib or urpmi glib2 I'm told

[newbie] Where are the compilers etc.?

2004-12-01 Thread Simon Roberts
Greetings all, I have probably missed something obvious, as I fear this is a really simple question: I've installed Mandrake 10.1, and was attempting to build some software on it that demands glib.h. I can see that glib2 is installed, but there's no header file for it anywhere on the system. I