[newbie] Using the rm command

2005-04-09 Thread SnapafunFrank
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Re: [newbie] comparing mandrake based linux distributions

2005-04-09 Thread SnapafunFrank
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Re: [newbie] PATH Oops

2005-04-04 Thread SnapafunFrank
the command wrong in konqueror? Anne Someone might have already answered to this later in the thread but I think want you need is: Open a new tab or page in konqueror and in the address bar type: Man:iptables Enjoy. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small

Re: [newbie] can't find /udev/hdc in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

2005-03-29 Thread SnapafunFrank
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: My /dev/hdc is a symlink to /udev/hdc and /udev lists /hdc so that is loaded. Yet when I go : # mount /dev/hdc or # mount /udev/hdc I get the above message My fstab entry for this is: none /mnt/dvd-rw supermount dev=/dev/hdc,fs=auto,exec,--,umask

[newbie] can't find /udev/hdc in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

2005-03-28 Thread SnapafunFrank
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Re: [newbie] re: newbie df

2005-03-28 Thread SnapafunFrank
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Monday 28 Mar 2005 17:09, SnapafunFrank wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Warnings well heeded. I am almost too scared to do anything in Mandrake now - no just kidding. [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]# fdisk /dev/hda The number of cylinders for this disk

Re: [newbie] df table file

2005-03-27 Thread SnapafunFrank
RickSisler wrote: SnapafunFrank ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: When within my system I issue the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# df FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 966M 714M 203M 78% / /dev/hda1 966M 14M 903M 2% /boot /dev/hda6

Re: [newbie] Booting in I mode - attn Mikkel/Frank - originally USB card reader thread

2005-03-27 Thread SnapafunFrank
already. Rosemary The new entry is within lilo.conf and I may have mentioned it before ~ it involves the devfs=nomount append parameter. Get back with you later. Awaiting some updated copies of some config files. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small

Re: [newbie] df

2005-03-27 Thread SnapafunFrank
' q ' ( Q for quit ) and press Enter to get out of fdisk. ] AND as stated above ~ don't go looking around with this command ~ it could land you in trouble. If you are not happy with my warnings here then please call me. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-27 Thread SnapafunFrank
a text file at the location ( path ) you choose. An extension of this is to use two greater than symbolsand this will add to the text file rather than overwrite it. Hope this becomes a useful tool for you to use. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-27 Thread SnapafunFrank
? Now back to sorting the rest. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-27 Thread SnapafunFrank
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Monday 28 Mar 2005 14:47, SnapafunFrank wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Hello Frank Thanks for that vote of confidence! No joy with df ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ /home/rosemary/Desktop/df.txt bash: /home/rosemary/Desktop/df.txt: No such file

Re: [newbie] df table file

2005-03-27 Thread SnapafunFrank
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: RickSisler wrote: SnapafunFrank ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: When within my system I issue the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# df FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 966M 714M 203M 78% / /dev/hda1

Re: [newbie] re: newbie df

2005-03-27 Thread SnapafunFrank
and let me know what those errors are. ] # cd /mnt/hda6 # ls Look at any directories listed here ( other than lost found ) and tell me what they are please. Not trying to crowd you so will stop here and await your replies. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-27 Thread SnapafunFrank
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Monday 28 Mar 2005 15:00, SnapafunFrank wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Hello Frank Thanks for that vote of confidence! No joy with df ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ /home/rosemary/Desktop/df.txt bash: /home/rosemary/Desktop/df.txt: No such file

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-26 Thread SnapafunFrank
At present, I take it that you cannot even get to the login screen ? -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want

Re: [newbie] OT - OOo in Windows

2005-03-26 Thread SnapafunFrank
ToolsOptionsOpenOffice.orgExternal Programs Set things here and you are able to browse to your preferred program .exe files. Enjoy -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213

[newbie] df table file

2005-03-26 Thread SnapafunFrank
unable to do this when I'm NOT within the system: So, is there a file on the system that could simply give me this info by simply reading it ? -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-26 Thread SnapafunFrank
another thread df table file . If you get a chance, see if you can assist with this one please. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213

Re: [newbie] df table file

2005-03-26 Thread SnapafunFrank
mike wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: When within my system I issue the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# df FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 966M 714M 203M 78% / /dev/hda1 966M 14M 903M 2% /boot /dev/hda6 9.4G 5.1G 4.0G

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-23 Thread SnapafunFrank
and take her step by step through the commands she needs to get us the relevant info. ~ your thoughts ? ] But I reiterate ~ /mnt should not be a partition on it's own ? Your thoughts here also please. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge

Re: [newbie] OT: How to mount a Windows partition ~ OOps ~ error ~ tar clf - . | ( umask 0; cd /mnt2; tar xvf - )

2005-03-23 Thread SnapafunFrank
riccardo's commands to see what I can learn from them. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-22 Thread SnapafunFrank
at a time. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Fixing an application--?

2005-03-21 Thread SnapafunFrank
be to check whether or not your problem is user specific or not. Can you log in as a different user and see if you still have the same problems ? -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User

Re: [newbie] FAT question

2005-03-19 Thread SnapafunFrank
Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Friday 18 March 2005 11:39, SnapafunFrank wrote: H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Friday 18 March 2005 09:47, SnapafunFrank wrote: Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Kaj Haulrich wrote: I've just got my hands on a 160 GB external USB hard disk. Now

Re: [newbie] FAT question

2005-03-18 Thread SnapafunFrank
as root : # cat /etc/fstab | grep sd And post it back here. Be sure the device is plugged in first. TIA -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213

Re: [newbie] Tux Magazine

2005-03-18 Thread SnapafunFrank
) At least we can control sheep, ever seen those aussies control their roo's never laughed so hard, so at least they are great entertainers, but what's with feeding babies to crocs on TV yet ? -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge

Re: [newbie] FAT question

2005-03-18 Thread SnapafunFrank
H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Friday 18 March 2005 09:47, SnapafunFrank wrote: Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Kaj Haulrich wrote: I've just got my hands on a 160 GB external USB hard disk. Now, this thing comes preformatted with a FAT32 (vfat) file system. When I unmount the thing I can't

Re: [newbie] A question about RPMDrake

2005-03-18 Thread SnapafunFrank
files only available to root. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Automount USB devices

2005-03-17 Thread SnapafunFrank
for getting me started. I've never come to grips with this.U(seless) S(illy) B(ugger). Kaj Haulrich. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213

Re: [newbie] USB Printer : HP 3550 Problem

2005-03-17 Thread SnapafunFrank
in there. You usually sign in as root and you need the admin password to be able to configure things properly. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213

Re: [newbie] Kernel 2.6.11 upgrade.

2005-03-17 Thread SnapafunFrank
will need it for the driver . -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft

Re: [ml] [newbie] Strange host name

2005-03-16 Thread SnapafunFrank
: $ dmesg or $ dmesg dmesg.txt [ To print your dmesg to a text file within the directory you are in. ] And if'n that doesn't work then try it as root. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux

Re: [ml] [newbie] Strange host name

2005-03-16 Thread SnapafunFrank
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: et wrote: On Monday 14 March 2005 06:01 pm, Aron Smith wrote: On Monday 14 March 2005 02:51 pm, Dave Ashmore wrote: Aron Smith wrote: When booting up I got this message host brian.cede.psu found Checking the etc/host.allow dosn't show

Re: [newbie] devfs and udev

2005-03-15 Thread SnapafunFrank
Tom wrote: Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: Thanks again Mikkel, it's going to take some absorbing on my part to understand what you have said above, so for now I need to do that and correct my system accordingly. Will let you know how I get on. Oh, and thanks for the link. One

Re: [newbie] devfs and udev

2005-03-14 Thread SnapafunFrank
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: The current actually working is that I can plug in a flash drive - wait a moment - and the files become accessible to and from it. That is sometimes! At other times I'm sure I'm doing damage because the device appears to be unmounted

Re: [newbie] devfs and udev

2005-03-14 Thread SnapafunFrank
SnapafunFrank wrote: Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: The current actually working is that I can plug in a flash drive - wait a moment - and the files become accessible to and from it. That is sometimes! At other times I'm sure I'm doing damage because the device appears

Re: [newbie] devfs and udev

2005-03-14 Thread SnapafunFrank
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: The current actually working is that I can plug in a flash drive - wait a moment - and the files become accessible to and from it. That is sometimes! At other times I'm sure I'm doing damage because

Re: [newbie] devfs and udev

2005-03-14 Thread SnapafunFrank
frengoGorgia wrote: Il lun, 2005-03-14 alle 11:23, SnapafunFrank ha scritto: Er I tried reading man: fstab and that made no sense, searched for 'fstab howto' and 'fstab samples' and only got enter into fstab the following so does anyone know of any online howto ~ explanations

Re: [ml] [newbie] Strange host name

2005-03-14 Thread SnapafunFrank
installed and that is a time server? now that you mention it there is mention of ntp on the start up screen BTW any way to read them after startup? In a terminal do: # dmesg -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-13 Thread SnapafunFrank
Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 13 Mar 2005 02:35, SnapafunFrank wrote: rikona wrote: Hello SnapafunFrank, Saturday, March 12, 2005, 3:21:26 PM, SnapafunFrank wrote: S I switched back to the cheap ones and burned at speed = 1.0 and S they then worked. Did you ever try a compare or verify

Re: [newbie] /etc/hosts

2005-03-13 Thread SnapafunFrank
Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 13 March 2005 05:53, SnapafunFrank wrote: Some time ago I got this working OK and only recently discovered that the /etc/hosts file has been re-written ~ possible still more stuff left over from the corruption of my .ICEauthority. Here's what I posted to assist

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-12 Thread SnapafunFrank
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: Back again. Everything seemed to burn OK and I can see the whole file structure when I mount the dvd disc. However, I am unable to open any files. They are listed OK, but as user or root I cannot open them. I get the error message re: An error

Re: [newbie] How to install Xaw3d?

2005-03-12 Thread SnapafunFrank
confuse. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-12 Thread SnapafunFrank
rikona wrote: Hello SnapafunFrank, Saturday, March 12, 2005, 3:21:26 PM, SnapafunFrank wrote: S I switched back to the cheap ones and burned at speed = 1.0 and S they then worked. Did you ever try a compare or verify to make sure they actually have good data? To be honest - no ~ but the files

Re: [newbie] How to install Xaw3d?

2005-03-12 Thread SnapafunFrank
at times but something is making it unreliable. I suspect that devfs is still in there somewhere and I have learnt elsewhere that udev and devfs do not work side by side. Let us know how you succeed as I'm sure you will. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big

[newbie] keyboard numbers no go

2005-03-12 Thread SnapafunFrank
with ) but switching between these two and leaving them set until the next reboot ( I need to save power here ) makes no difference. Any ideas anyone ? -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User

[newbie] devfs and udev

2005-03-12 Thread SnapafunFrank
://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Flash-Memory-HOWTO.html#linux-2.6 to install udev - it's quite conclusive.) -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User

[newbie] /etc/hosts

2005-03-12 Thread SnapafunFrank
. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] urpmi database blocked

2005-03-11 Thread SnapafunFrank
through them and you'll find that there are many here that will always assist, especially is you give details to your problems. Hope this helps. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux

Re: [newbie] scribus users, pls help. pasting text longer than 1 page.

2005-03-10 Thread SnapafunFrank
, but the same result. Any ideas anyone ? -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] file size limit

2005-03-10 Thread SnapafunFrank
that should work. (I stand to be corrected, though.) I wonder if KDE imposes some limits? I'm running kde and the limit is unlimited ~ so not kde. I don't use it. I use WindowMaker. cheers Duncan -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires

Re: [newbie] scribus users, pls help. pasting text longer than 1 page.

2005-03-10 Thread SnapafunFrank
SnapafunFrank wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 09 Mar 2005 08:06, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Wednesday 09 March 2005 05:40, Fajar Priyanto wrote: Hi all, I tried to make an article using Scribus. First I typed the article in text editor, then copy paste it in scribus. The article is kind

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-10 Thread SnapafunFrank
SnapafunFrank wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 08 Mar 2005 10:42, SnapafunFrank wrote: On Friday 04 Mar 2005 09:54, SnapafunFrank wrote: Just a possibility I've found while vivisimo~ing ( another other than google ), Apparently, I need

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-08 Thread SnapafunFrank
Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 04 Mar 2005 09:54, SnapafunFrank wrote: Just a possibility I've found while vivisimo~ing ( another other than google ), Apparently, I need to turn off all the goodies I got running on my system - that is, supermount

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-08 Thread SnapafunFrank
Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 08 Mar 2005 10:42, SnapafunFrank wrote: On Friday 04 Mar 2005 09:54, SnapafunFrank wrote: Just a possibility I've found while vivisimo~ing ( another other than google ), Apparently, I need to turn off all

Re: [newbie] urpmi query

2005-03-06 Thread SnapafunFrank
USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club

Re: [newbie] Un-suspend and non-working USB devices

2005-03-06 Thread SnapafunFrank
, in the case of list mails that will be the list. . and you usually. SnapafunFrank Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-04 Thread SnapafunFrank
SnapafunFrank wrote: Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable I have read the threads at k3b on this matter but am still unable to use k3b with confidence. Have 4 dvd-r coasters already. So hopefully someone here can assist in getting me to burn dvd's ? I'm running Mandrake 10 official

Re: [newbie] printer - yext not printing as preview shows

2005-03-04 Thread SnapafunFrank
it. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Forum - OT

2005-03-04 Thread SnapafunFrank
or would you care for an instructing for vim ? -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services

[newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-03 Thread SnapafunFrank
messing up. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] kernel 2.6.8.1-24mdk and Nvidia don't work

2005-03-02 Thread SnapafunFrank
. As I said, just a thought. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft

Re: [newbie] various issues - apology

2005-03-01 Thread SnapafunFrank
is that I don't ever lose my internet conection in linux. I don't know whether that is the hardware modem or the OS, but it's a big improvement on before. Anyway thanks all. I'm not giving up. Rosemary -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small

Re: [newbie] various issues - apology

2005-03-01 Thread SnapafunFrank
SnapafunFrank wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Hello listers, Thanks to all who replied to my post. I'm sorry - I was pretty unreasonable on reflection. I have been frustrated at one or two things, and also on night duty, which does nothing for my tolerance! I do aplogise for sounding

Re: [newbie] various issues - apology

2005-03-01 Thread SnapafunFrank
et wrote: Travis Crook wrote: On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 06:50 -0500, Kenneth Rhodes wrote: On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 23:45 +1300, SnapafunFrank wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: Hope you got Mozilla handy 'cause I'm not sure if Firefox can handle this site but have I got it easy for you Go

Re: [newbie] various issues

2005-02-28 Thread SnapafunFrank
app you want. Coffee fix required me thinks. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] Re: various issues

2005-02-28 Thread SnapafunFrank
. No typo's: Now this example is only a exercise and I leave it to you to find the many uses it has when you are within the CLI. Enjoy, man, isn't Linux fun at times. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve

Re: [newbie] Beware, Firefox is a spyware :)

2005-02-26 Thread SnapafunFrank
Fajar Priyanto wrote: Not really surprising? :) http://www.techimage.net/files/antispyware.png Very so so micro$oft Tell me, what do you see when you click on the link Learn more about this threat ... -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small

[newbie] Keyboard mayhem

2005-02-19 Thread SnapafunFrank
USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

Re: [newbie] NTP

2005-02-18 Thread SnapafunFrank
on. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] GwenView

2005-02-18 Thread SnapafunFrank
to wait for the TWiki posting to find out what the traps are 'cause the home site seems devoid of Documentation at present. ( Or I haven't looked hard enough yet.) -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve

Re: [newbie] GwenView

2005-02-18 Thread SnapafunFrank
SnapafunFrank wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 08:26, Anne Wilson wrote: After my moaning on the expert list about having to use win4lin to print photos, Angelo pointed me at GwenView. At first sight this is yet another album-creating photo management application

Re: [newbie] Web Page Design Software

2005-02-17 Thread SnapafunFrank
are a complete novice regarding html, Mozilla Composer may suit you better. If you installed openoffice then do: Alt+F2 Type ooffice ( without the quotes ) - select Run and once OOo is up and running go File New Html Document . Enjoy -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big

Re: [newbie] Web Page Design Software

2005-02-16 Thread SnapafunFrank
WYSIWYG html editor - no need to worry about syntax. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] supposed thunderbird download

2005-02-15 Thread SnapafunFrank
, including my dual booted WinMe, is to use slocate -u to compile / update the database. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213

Re: [newbie] easyurpmi

2005-02-15 Thread SnapafunFrank
urpmi installation. Get the urpm.. tool working and there'll be not stopping you. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213

Re: [newbie] Installing programmes

2005-02-14 Thread SnapafunFrank
Noel McG. wrote: - Original Message - From: SnapafunFrank [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 6:58 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Installing programmes Noel McG. wrote: Hello, I am trying to install a programme called Mambo http

Re: [newbie] importing keys

2005-02-13 Thread SnapafunFrank
hv6fKYUWuE2wQHeeyzpiynI= =7JD4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- You seem to be 'double' posting at the moment Anne ? -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213

Re: [newbie] Installing programmes

2005-02-12 Thread SnapafunFrank
to be spelled out step by step. Thanks for any help. I don't mean to over simplify things believing you are unaware of the procedure, it's just that it is easier to include the lot whilst I got the time. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small

[newbie] 64.136.24.185:http ESTABLISHED

2005-02-10 Thread SnapafunFrank
that if this is a vunerabilty then maybe I should, with your help, deal with it now ? TIA -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213

Re: [newbie] Back to the forgotten beginning ~ lilo

2005-02-09 Thread SnapafunFrank
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: Basically, I have two hdd's with the now slave having suffered my first attempts at Linux and of course, the last 9x going [ WinMe }. I can boot into WinMe without any hassles whatsoever but am unable to get lilo.conf right to boot into the old

Re: [newbie] Back to the forgotten beginning ~ lilo

2005-02-09 Thread SnapafunFrank
Steve Jeppesen wrote: On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:24:04 +1300 SnapafunFrank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mikkel Big SNIP to focus on problem- made by Frank #other=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part2 # label=linux90 # table=/dev/hdb # image=/boot/vmlinuz # root=/dev

[newbie] Back to the forgotten beginning ~ lilo

2005-02-08 Thread SnapafunFrank
over the wrist for being dump here somewhere? -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] KwikDisk

2005-02-04 Thread SnapafunFrank
by Mandrake 10.1~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** I second you Angus. It defaults to the task bar. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires

Re: [newbie] No 192_168_1_1 yet

2005-02-03 Thread SnapafunFrank
. Tip: set the start IP to 192.168.1.101 if you have apache installed. Now for some downloading fun. Frank. SnapafunFrank wrote: Brought myself a Linksys WAG54G Gateway/Router and having got the info I need from my ISP decided to give it a go. Basically I get Page not available - or some

[newbie] Monitors

2005-02-03 Thread SnapafunFrank
close - if I ever do. Any suggestions? -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[newbie] No 192_168_1_1 yet

2005-02-01 Thread SnapafunFrank
:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) /SNIP My Windows option is WinME and though I have it working OK, it also failed on this same point. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires

Re: [newbie] man, man, man

2005-01-24 Thread SnapafunFrank
must be a better way, no? Ok if you are asking what i think just simply hit the Q key Regards, Dan Gordon And if you simply type man: in konq you will start out with a linked index to all things 'man' -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small

Re: [newbie] Sorting out fstab

2005-01-23 Thread SnapafunFrank
but have no idea where to start looking. Please keep the great feedback above a-coming - greatly appreciated and is helping me learn. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213

[newbie] Sorting out fstab

2005-01-19 Thread SnapafunFrank
here? -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Re: OpenOffice question

2005-01-18 Thread SnapafunFrank
At least I find this way for this old salt works. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] udpate KDE using urpmi?

2005-01-13 Thread SnapafunFrank
Ben Miller wrote: On Wednesday 12 January 2005 12:42 am, SnapafunFrank wrote: Is it possible to update KDE using URPMI? I've searched and haven't found the syntax fo do that. Thanks, Ben  I have done this but two things. 1. Do it from within init level 1 (? the text only

Re: [newbie] udpate KDE using urpmi?

2005-01-13 Thread SnapafunFrank
Ben Miller wrote: On Wednesday 12 January 2005 12:42 am, SnapafunFrank wrote: Is it possible to update KDE using URPMI? I've searched and haven't found the syntax fo do that. Thanks, Ben  I have done this but two things. 1. Do it from within init level 1 (? the text only

Re: [newbie] kde/urpmi mess

2005-01-13 Thread SnapafunFrank
Tom Brinkman wrote: On Wednesday 12 January 2005 12:20 am, SnapafunFrank wrote: Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Tuesday 11 January 2005 19:44, Brett Lyon wrote: After a recent routine update (urpmi.update -a;urpmi --auto-select), I get this when calling K3B (from anywhere): [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] kde/urpmi mess

2005-01-11 Thread SnapafunFrank
USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] udpate KDE using urpmi?

2005-01-11 Thread SnapafunFrank
USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

Re: [newbie] Problems with ./configure (2)

2005-01-09 Thread SnapafunFrank
have their own search tools. I just did a search on www.rpm.pbone.net for gconf-2.0.pc and the very first item of three pages was in fact libGConf2_4-devel Enjoy -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment

[newbie] kernel-source-2.6-10

2005-01-05 Thread SnapafunFrank
already installed the full sources. I thought they were part and parcel of the bz2 file and as yet had to be installed. Lost - braindead - BOTH. Any one want to do the rear seat kicking here? -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires

Re: [newbie] Any 'Wine' expert out there?

2005-01-03 Thread SnapafunFrank
, and you will find heaps less movement . A little more fiddling with having to merge cells, etc, but you will be able to find your drawings at least close by, most times - right where they should be. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge

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