Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall

2005-03-28 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:58:38 +1200 Rosemary McGillicuddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > I've been looking at the Twiki for issue relating to reintalling. someday, you will look at "reinstalling" a thing of the past! I know, I was once there. >I don't seem to find my way around there pa

Re: [newbie] Updates

2005-03-18 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 22:33:21 -0500 Miark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I install sylpheed-claws2, will I be able to use my > current Claws mail and configuration without any hiccups? when I installed claws2, it first removed my previous sylpheed install, then after installing the new version, a

Re: [newbie] Syslogd

2005-03-12 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 06:50:12 -0500 "Mr. Geek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do I prevent syslogd from showing events on the screen? Is it not > normal to simply pass these events to the correct log file in /var/log > ? question, can you confirm that any of the messages being displayed on the

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

2005-02-09 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:24:04 +1300 SnapafunFrank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dumb question time - Is this lilo.conf you are working with on > > the second hard drive? Was the drive /dev/hdb when you > > installed Linux on it, or did you just have the drive with > > Linux on it in the machine

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

2005-02-08 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 23:42:49 +1300 SnapafunFrank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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

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

2005-02-08 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 23:42:49 +1300 SnapafunFrank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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

Re: [newbie] File undelete utility?

2005-02-07 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 17:12:46 -0600 "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >have you tried the ultimate boot cd? > >http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ > > > >not sure if it has anything you need, but it has alot on it. The > >web site list all the programs on it, you might find something >

Re: [newbie] Bootloader

2005-02-07 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 11:39:20 +1300 Rosemary McGillicuddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > During the install is it quite safe to allow the windows boot > loader to be overwritten with GRUB or LILO? > > When I tried Linux a few years ago I had some problems with boot > loader and ended having to do

Re: [newbie] File undelete utility?

2005-02-07 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 09:33:32 -0500 (EST) "cervixcouch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the process of trying to set up an external hard drive, I > misread the Seagate setup instructions and accidentally destroyed > the partitions on my laptop so badly that using 'rescue' from the > installation CD

Re: [newbie] partition

2005-01-16 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 14:59:40 +0100 Martin Hardie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve > > I tried it with MCC but I only have the one partition set up (eg > swap home and /) so I think I need to resize it with the boot disk > to start with -NO? you are correct, I was unaware of what number and or

Re: [newbie] partition

2005-01-16 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 14:14:09 +0100 Martin Hardie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > other than my unasnwered kword problem ... what is the ebst way to > resize a partition and make another one? Martin, You can use MCC to setup your partitions. Open up Mandrake Control Center, Mount Points, Partitions

Re: [newbie] easyurpmi site gone

2004-12-18 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 11:36:34 -0600 Dennis Duffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Boy did I hose THAT post up. > > Try http://urpmi-addmedia.org Thanks Dennis I was thinking there had to be another site because they called it a mirror - just didn't know how to find out what site they mirrored. -

Re: [newbie] easyurpmi site gone

2004-12-18 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 08:41:17 -0600 Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ > > easyurpmi website is no longer mirrored here. > They are having to many issues and the hassle isn't worth it even > after I complain and ask for a better way to sync. just seen it myself and am t

Re: [newbie] Apache2

2004-09-13 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 22:06:16 -0400 JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 19:44:12 -0500 > Steve Jeppesen disseminated the following: > > > > > Hmm- thread hijack. > > > > > > It was?? Showed up as a new post for me...weird. Other

Re: [newbie] Apache2

2004-09-12 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 16:56:03 -0400 JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 15:41:16 -0500 > Dennis Myers disseminated the following: > > > Hmm- thread hijack. > > It was?? Showed up as a new post for me...weird. Otherwise I woulda > been *all over that shite* ;-) showed up as a

Re: [newbie] Apache

2004-09-10 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 21:57:48 -0400 (EDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > there is an file "index.html" at http://www.mysite.org/mypage and it > loads fine without the trailing "/" > > There is also an "index.php" file under /mypage. > When I type in http://www.mysite.org, the browser appends a "/" in

Re: [newbie] looking for print server distro that runs off floppy

2004-08-26 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:52:17 -0600 evolt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to run it from a floppy on an old pentium. I need to share a > printer with a bunch of windows boxes (samba I suppose). Is this > possible? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I am > determined to use OSS in s

Re: [newbie] Can't get out of X Video Test in Installation

2004-08-26 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:26:49 +0100 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anybody have the problem of the X Graphical Server test freezing > in the installation. This used to happen to me every time I would install a new version of MD. Live and learn after x number of times (probably 10 for me) a

Re: [newbie] FQDN's preventing me to connect to Todd's site?

2004-08-22 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 16:57:08 +0100 Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By putting '192.168.1.15 steve.homeip.net steve' in your hosts table > you are claiming that the domain homeip.net is on the subnet > 192.168.1.x so whenever you try to visit Todds site it will be > looking on 192.168

Re: [newbie] FQDN's preventing me to connect to Todd's site?

2004-08-22 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 01:15:54 +1000 Stephen Kühn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 00:28, Steve Jeppesen wrote: > > this relates to the link Todd S. posted to which I cannot connect > > to; http://clevername.homeip.net/2004_08_21-00_33_35.png > >

Re: [newbie] Screenshots

2004-08-21 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 13:06:23 -0400 Todd Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm, may have been something temporary, everything seems OK here now? for some reason I am still getting that cannot connect message. I checked my hosts file to be sure your web address wasn't listed (one of those bloa

Re: [newbie] Finally - an ad we can enjoy.

2004-07-23 Thread Steve Jeppesen
anybody find the mp3 file? I gotta get that one! Wonder how long before someone starts whining about it! On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 15:33:42 -0400 Bill Winegarden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I think that Linspire is just trying to open some doors. > > Bill > > On Friday 23 July 2004

Re: [newbie] MDK 10.0 + Multimedia keyboard

2004-07-23 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 15:29:39 +1000 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 06:28, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > Hey y'all. > > I'm getting dead tired of "relearning" how to type here; MDK 10.0 > > surely isn't treating my keyboard nicely; I can either choose UK, US > > or US Inte

Re: [newbie] Noob question of the day

2004-07-21 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:20:10 -0500 Hoyt Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok now I know more than I did do you know of a reference that lists > all ports and their use? check /etc/services it doesn't go into great detail, but it's a starting point. -- Linux user #280097 Machines #162480 #191

Re: [newbie] visual linux

2004-07-15 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 22:10:47 +1000 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just bear in mind that unless you can reconfigure the source code, > you're not going to get it installed properly on MDK 10.0; I've done > my trying for the alloted 10 minutes with no go...so I have only fond > memories

Re: [newbie] visual linux

2004-07-15 Thread Steve Jeppesen
File System Viewer (fsv) - displays your files system as "3d blocks"...not sure if it is the same program that was mentioned b4. On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 21:22:47 -0700 Aron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anybody remember a program that gave a visual representation of your > system IIRC it was abo

[newbie] testing...no mail coming thru

2004-07-12 Thread Steve Jeppesen
sympa down again? -- Linux user #280097 Machines #162480 #191825 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com __

[newbie] test

2004-07-05 Thread Steve Jeppesen
ignore -- Linux user #280097 Machines #162480 #191825 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com _

Re: [newbie] allow users to halt from comman line

2004-06-10 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Sorry Eric, just woke up and didn't read thru your post completely. Never mind. > Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How do you allow users to halt from the command line? > > > > I've seen the click box a million times, but now i can't find it! > > > > Or, where is the config file? > >

Re: [newbie] allow users to halt from comman line

2004-06-10 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do you allow users to halt from the command line? > > I've seen the click box a million times, but now i can't find it! > > Or, where is the config file? > > I just did a fairly minimal install on a box with ML 10.0, and it > doesn't allow user halt by

Re: [newbie] Samba / Shorewall

2004-04-29 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:23:41 +0300 Klemens Arro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > whats with samba and shorewall? I cant use samba server or Smb4K (guess that > shorewall blocks it). When I take the whole firewall down "Everything (no > firewall)" then samba works perfectly, but then I can't share my

Re: [newbie] Wizdrake, where is it?

2003-06-04 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 19:07:03 + KVPSTAFF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to find wizdrake...I thought I installed everything I > needed for configuring things...but I happened to caLL up the > server_conf_guide.pdf on the docs of mandrakes site...and it says to > install wizdrake , so t

Re: Fw: Re: [newbie] collisions reported by ifconfig

2003-06-01 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Sat, 31 May 2003 16:03:41 -0600 FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 04:33 PM 5/31/2003 +0100, you wrote: > >On Saturday 31 May 2003 2:17 pm, Steve Jeppesen wrote: > > > Right, these ARP requests are being directed to my external > > > interface, eth0,

Fw: Re: [newbie] collisions reported by ifconfig

2003-05-31 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Sorry, meant to send this to the list as well Begin forwarded message: Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 20:52:38 -0500 From: Steve Jeppesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Richard Urwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [newbie] collisions reported by ifconfig On Thu, 29 May 2003 13:05:28 +

Re: [newbie] Microsoft Linux Distro, thoughts on...O.T.?

2003-02-01 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Sat, 1 Feb 2003 07:55:47 -0600 "Robert Wideman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone heard of http://www.mslinux.org/ > I have known about this site for about 2 years now and the date keeps > changing. I havent looked at it for over a year and i remember that > it did not have a date o

Re: [newbie] sluggish dial-up

2003-02-01 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On 01 Feb 2003 12:30:29 + "Douglas B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A second request from a very ignorant newbie - how do I search the > Newbie Mailing List Archives for author, or subject, or message > content? Then I won't have to bother you with a lot of silly questions > that I know have b

Re: [newbie] problem - file/directory permissions using samba AND nfs SOLVED

2003-01-29 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Please, anybody reply if they know of problems that could arise out of this "fixed" premission problems. What I ended up doing, is to set create mask and directory mode to 0777 (even with public = yes) for the samba side and for NFS, I (big gulp here) ran the command umask 000 from my p.c. - what

Re: [newbie] problem - file/directory permissions using samba AND nfs

2003-01-29 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 12:04:36 + Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes, that thought came to mind recently about not using smbusers as a name for a group but then again alot of things have passed thru my mind and am sort of feeling overwelmed about all this! When I create smbusers group on

Re: [newbie] problem - file/directory permissions using samba AND nfs

2003-01-28 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 08:56:26 + Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know anything about nfs really, but I just wondered if this > suggestion would help. Why not make a group for those users and make > your default group to be that one? I would have thought that all of > them would

Re: [newbie] Documentation

2003-01-28 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Thank you for the reply! sort a thought maybe your filter/s might have run wild and tossed it! about the only thing different was I did not have a write list. I have sinced moved the printer upstairs since nobody wants to come downstairs into the realm of an alt. O.S. domain...actually they do m

Re: [newbie] problem - file/directory permissions using samba AND nfs

2003-01-27 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On 27 Jan 2003 16:25:43 +1100 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you want a truly open/public share, you can do like this: > > [ddrive] > comment = D Drive > path = /mnt/d-drive > read only = No > public = Yes I changed that share to this; [shared] writa

[newbie] problem - file/directory permissions using samba AND nfs

2003-01-26 Thread Steve Jeppesen
I have just searched thru about a year and a half worth of posts concerning this subject, but have not found a simple way of fixing this. We have a "trusted" home network, 3 Win98 clients, 1 WinME client, 1 MD 9.0 client and a MD 9.0 server/router/firewall setup. You can guess whom the MD 9.0 cli

Re: [newbie] OT

2003-01-26 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Scroll down to the bottom, hit the back button and you will see what this is all about LOL On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 17:48:36 -0800 Rob Blomquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 26 January 2003 09:40 am, Lee wrote: > > http://w3.one.net/~sunlion/linuxriot.html > > This appears to be a bullsh*t

Re: [newbie] Lilo got sick

2003-01-26 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Not to correct you Stephen, but isn't it something like fdisk -mbr or something? Hate to see somebody run fdisk without that mbr option and ruin their current setup.. OTH Steve On 27 Jan 2003 05:55:24 +1100 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 03:15, Russ wrote: > >

Re: [newbie] Video Card

2003-01-24 Thread Steve Jeppesen
I have the same exact card and it has no problems what so ever in linux. And I too purchased it for T2...but now I am addicted to Bzflags! LOL Follow the instructions on the nvidia site for installing the drivers for it and you shouldn't have any problems. If you do, write back and we can help y

Re: Sylpheed filter on color, was Re: [newbie] Commands for the Newbie List

2003-01-24 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Thanks Todd, will check it out this weekend. This will be my chance to config with spell checking to! Steve On Fri, 24 Jan 2003 17:45:44 -0500 Todd Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 22 Dec 2002 08:52:45 -0600 > Steve Jeppesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: [newbie] Internet security Mandrake 9.0

2003-01-23 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 10:58:28 +0100 "Vaessen, E.M.J. (Ed)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I installed Mandrake 9.0 on my PC, that is connected to my internet > provider via an ADSL USB modem. > I don't have a network, just a simple PC. > The security level was put to 'high' during installation, but I

[newbie] msec level 4 and samba help

2003-01-21 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Howdy list members, I recently merged our home firewall/router and fileserver into one computer using mandrake 9.0 (with latest updates). Because I am not sure if I should use a lower level of msec, I set it to 4 because of the recommendations given during the install stating that was level to ch

Re: [newbie] what do I need to do to get rc.firewall loaded upon bootup?

2003-01-19 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 19:03:04 +1300 Sharrea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > # chkconfig --add /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall > # chkconfig --level 345 /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall on > > the 2nd line starts your firewall in run levels 3, 4 and 5. HTH > > Sharrea Something isn't right here; [root@internet steve]#

Re: [newbie] what do I need to do to get rc.firewall loaded upon bootup?

2003-01-19 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On 18 Jan 2003 16:42:23 +1100 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...or you can link the script to the rc.local - so after the rc.local > fires up, it'll fire up the rc.firewall as well (I tend to put > everything I want started in my rc.local as it's all in one place, > easily found, and ea

Re: [newbie] Documentation

2003-01-10 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 14:15:25 + Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know I have seen some documentation on sharing a printer with > Windows, but I can't find it. I have the printer set up in samba, and > it is seen on the windows box OK. Now I need to know what to do at > the win98 end

Re: [newbie] ximian red carpet

2003-01-09 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On 10 Jan 2003 14:53:41 +1100 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Being that the Mandrake menu system - for all WM's installed - > excluding XFCE - are all attempting to make it so that you don't have > to edit menus, you MAY loose something there - but editing a menu > ain't all that hard,

Re: [newbie] ximian red carpet

2003-01-09 Thread Steve Jeppesen
I tried it back when I had Mandrake 8.2, and at first it was ok, till I noticed it completely wiped out the stock menu entries for Gnome. At the time there wasn't a fix for it, so I did a complete reinstall to get rid of it. Things may have changed since then. I for one will never give it anothe

Re: [newbie] Selective download of mail/filtering on server

2003-01-09 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Dunno where I'd be without ya Todd! Am filing this away as a keeper! Thanks for finding this out, I too am using the same version of Sylpheed. Steve On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 21:45:52 -0500 Todd Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I lost the thread where this was being discussed, but I was poking > a

Re: [newbie] Kaspersky Anti-Virus

2003-01-08 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Anne, As root, did you do a updatedb in a terminal afterwards? Somebody else had asked this, but you did not mention it here. Haven't tried Kaspersky myself. Steve On Wed, 8 Jan 2003 11:08:14 + Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone installed this? I have their windows versio

Re: [newbie] OT - installing mdk rpm's

2003-01-04 Thread Steve Jeppesen
>From Minnesota (still) here, I have considered the prospect of moving "down under" but seems there are some strict rules in place in which Aussies will only allow certain people to move there - something about the technical (or lack of) jobs. Not counting the cost! On Sun, 05 Jan 2003 17:49:46 +

Re: [newbie] OT - Star Trek Nemesis

2003-01-04 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Sorry David and Stephen (and any other list members who are interested in seeing it) I was one of those people who went the first night it was released here in the states...and when I got the chance I checked to see if anything had been posted on the web. I realized that nobody wants to hear abou

Re: [newbie] Msec security configuration

2003-01-03 Thread Steve Jeppesen
e what you want. Perhaps > a python eggspurt may jump in here. > > On Fri, 03 Jan 2003 18:01, Steve Jeppesen wrote: > > hehe, I was just attempting to do something like this, but from what > > I was reading tonight, you need to create > > /etc/security/msec/level.lo

Re: [newbie] Msec security configuration

2003-01-02 Thread Steve Jeppesen
hehe, I was just attempting to do something like this, but from what I was reading tonight, you need to create /etc/security/msec/level.local which would contain PROMISC_CHECK=yes then restart msec by typing msec in a terminal I may be wrong in that level.local might be for a higher security lev

Re: [newbie] getpix script with Fuji digital camera

2003-01-01 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 14:08:59 + Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hehe, we're all newbies here (at least almost all). Perhaps others > with chip in with ideas that you could try for me, but for the moment, > could you please run > > cdroast --scanbus > > and post up the output? It ma

Re: [newbie] getpix script with Fuji digital camera

2002-12-31 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 30 Dec 2002 4:32 am, Steve Jeppesen wrote: > > Ok, > > my problem was that instead of /dev/sda1, it needs to be listed in > > fstab as /dev/sdb1...discovered that by accident after doing a > > cdrecord-scanbus with the

Re: [newbie] getpix script with Fuji digital camera

2002-12-29 Thread Steve Jeppesen
2002 01:00:32 -0500 Todd Slater wrote: > Steve- > comments mixed in. > > On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 22:21:40 -0600 > Steve Jeppesen wrote: > > > Thanks for the update Todd, > > > > tried the previous script out last night and it works great! 'Cept > >

[newbie] synaptic apt-get reports conflict between iptables and ipchains

2002-12-25 Thread Steve Jeppesen
I recently installed apt-get after reading about it through the list here. Great program, but I have not attempted to even fix the things it is reporting as broken. The main one I am concerned about is that it states there is a conflict between ipchains and iptables - which I would have thought w

[newbie] howto configure synaptic apt-get to run as user?

2002-12-25 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Merry Christmas list members, I am running Fluxbox windowmanager with Roxfiler filemanager (using a panel launcher for common apps) and my question is, how can I configure something like synaptic apt-get to run from a icon on the panel as a user? Apt-get requires root priv's to run. The icon I h

Re: [newbie] Digital cameras

2002-12-24 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Anne, Sorry if you had posted this and/or noticed something like this but did you try and plug the camera into a usb slot and reboot? I had set up my fstab according to the instructions I believe Todd posted (create a fstab entry with /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera vfat noauto,owner,ro,user 0 0) and th

Re: [newbie] Scanjet 3200c almost working...

2002-12-22 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Sun, 22 Dec 2002 20:34:34 +0100 Smiley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, no need, anymore: two years after my first attempt, IT WORKS! > :-D Now, apart from just one thing I can't avoid using $windows$ > for... I'll be happy if there's a way to scan whitout root permission; > of course Xsane p

Re: [newbie] Commands for the Newbie List

2002-12-22 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Sun, 22 Dec 2002 15:01:00 + Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Another filter I would like to use is something like, if I have not > > marked (right now, by color marking) a message, I would like it to > > be deleted after a week has gone by since the message was received. > > Does

Re: [newbie] Commands for the Newbie List

2002-12-22 Thread Steve Jeppesen
I filter the entire list into one folder called "Newbie" (orig. huh? LOL) but filter threads within? Is there another filter which can be put in place? All I do is click the subject "button" above all the emails, and it sort of filters by subject - not very effective though. Using Sylpheed 0.8

Re: [newbie] getpix script with Fuji digital camera

2002-12-20 Thread Steve Jeppesen
s were still on the camera afterwards. Thanks again, Steve On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 21:53:31 -0500 Todd Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 06:41:47 -0600 > Steve Jeppesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks Todd, > > > > Sorry, I shou

Re: [newbie] getpix script with Fuji digital camera

2002-12-19 Thread Steve Jeppesen
er <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 21:03:11 -0600 > Steve Jeppesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have searched the archives and cannot locate who sent this script. > > I have a question about the part of the script which mounts

[newbie] getpix script with Fuji digital camera

2002-12-18 Thread Steve Jeppesen
I have searched the archives and cannot locate who sent this script. I have a question about the part of the script which mounts the camera... CAM="/mnt/camera" # Mountpoint for your camera (this used to read CAM="/mnt/fuji" I think) and later in the script it mounts the camera (i t

Re: [newbie] Digital cameras

2002-12-15 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Sun, 15 Dec 2002 22:29:22 + Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: comments in-line > dmesg seems to see it, it certainly lists enough devices, but doesn't > seem to know much about them. The 4-port hub has printer, scanner, > LS120 drive and now camera. Sorry I cannot help you here,

Re: [newbie] Digital cameras

2002-12-15 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Anne, for what it is worth, this is what I did in order to get the .jpg and .avi files off my Fuji FinePix A303 (early x-mas gift for the family!) All I had to load was usb-storage, the same other two you have loaded; usb-uhci and usbcore were already loaded - I have no idea about usb-scsi and wh

Re: [newbie] O.T. - Looks like somebody is making a buck off selling Mandrake

2002-12-06 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Fri, 6 Dec 2002 14:32:00 +0100 Anders Lind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nope...if I have understood GPL correct, you can charge money for > burned copies, unless of course Mandrake has some kind of copyright > rules that might in that case breach GPL. I might also misunderstand > what you are

Re: [newbie] O.T. - Looks like somebody is making a buck off selling Mandrake

2002-12-06 Thread Steve Jeppesen
make a bundle selling on ebay.. they can > do that too.. given a choice I would then (if I was going to) buy from > Mandrake via ebay rather than nameless-person via ebay. > > > > On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 13:00, Steve Jeppesen wrote: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl

[newbie] O.T. - Looks like somebody is making a buck off selling Mandrake

2002-12-06 Thread Steve Jeppesen
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2076592341 Check out this sellers other items using the "view sellers other items" link on that page Is this a person associated with Mandrake or did this person download the free thing (or even buy one set of disks) then make copies and is s

Re: [newbie] 5 stars but ...

2002-11-29 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Sorry, forgot to include the version of tar files I used: Version: 1.0-3123 on both the GLX and kernel files. -- Linux user #280097 Machine #162480 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] 5 stars but ...

2002-11-29 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Fri, 29 Nov 2002 19:57:57 -0500 "Rainer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > by all means send the xconfig-4 script and the exact version of the > tar file you used. thanks Hope this helpsGood Luck! # File generated by XFdrake. # *

Re: [newbie] using MS fonts in Mdk

2002-11-06 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Sorry for not including this earlier, but my Type1 directory is empty, ttf is full of ttf fonts (is that repetition? LOL) and my /drakfont/tmp/ contains various types of fonts, not all ttf. I suspect the import process did not complete itself. Not sure. On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 23:29:32 -0600 Steve

Re: [newbie] using MS fonts in Mdk

2002-11-06 Thread Steve Jeppesen
When I go back into Mandrake control center-system-fonts, they do not show up thru there. I do have the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/ttf and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/Type1 directories, and I was able to choose the new fonts in Gedit. Is there another place where I could check? Just

Re: [newbie] using MS fonts in Mdk

2002-11-06 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Ok, I took my own suggestion and attempted importing the windows fonts. After some trial and error, I was able to import the fonts (and after reading your message Derek, I discovered I do not have perlftlib installed???) but now I have a /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/tmp directory which appear

Re: [newbie] Sylpheed again

2002-11-02 Thread Steve Jeppesen
I am using Galeon as my web browser, and have this; galeon '%s' in my config for launching an external web browser. >From what I understand, "galeon" launches the web browser, and "'%s'" adds the link you click on. Hope this works! Myself, am using Sylpheed claws version 0.8.5 As for your add

Re: [newbie] Problems Installing NVIDIA drivers on a DELL laptop

2002-11-01 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Go to step 2. on this page, http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_display_1.0-3123 and you will find all instructions needed for either src.rpm or tar.gz formats. And it is explained in detail easy enough for a NooB like me to understand! In fact, I bookmark that web page so I can refer to i

Re: [newbie] blocking popup windows using Guidescope or Junkbusters

2002-10-26 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Thank you for your help Dave, I now have Privoxy up and running and so far so good! I did have to update chkconfig and install rpm-helper in order to install the privoxy rpm you sent me. I just have to figure out a way of using privoxy without hampering my daughters web creation process! I do n

[newbie] blocking popup windows using Guidescope or Junkbusters

2002-10-26 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Hello list, I am curious if anybody is using either of these programs to block popups on a firewall/router? I am currently using MD8.2 as a firewall/router to share our cable connection with clients running MD 9.0, Win98se2 and WinMe and would like to know if anybody has any prefs or things to wa

[newbie] install problems of either Rox filer 1.3.3 and 1.3.4 on MD 9.0

2002-10-09 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Hello list, I made the jump up to 9.0 hoping that I would be able to install rox with no problems...however that is not the case. I downloaded both rox-1.3.3-1mdk.src.rpm and rox-1.3.4-1mdk.src.rpm (1.3.4 being a cooker package). First I ran rpm --rebuild rox-1.3.3-1mdk.src.rpm (and also tried

[newbie] MD 9.0 installed without a hitch!!!

2002-09-30 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Sorry for wasting bandwidth, but just wanted to yell from the tallest building around...NO PROBS installing MD 9.0! And that was on a computer which I built from scratch a few yrs back (which I might add, I tried RH back then and could not get that working) It is a P2, 400Mhz, 128 megs - and wil

Re: [newbie] 9.0 Mirror (d/l file size limit using MD 8.2?) (SOLVED...sort of)

2002-09-27 Thread Steve Jeppesen
I ended up using LinNeighborhood and sharing my wifes hard drive I was able to copy the last two iso files to my computerstill interested as to any suggestions to my problems though! I am thinking there might have been a timeout setting in my samba which prevented copying the files from her

Re: [newbie] 9.0 Mirror (d/l file size limit using MD 8.2?)

2002-09-27 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Well, I did try InteractiveBastille (of which I never ran before - nor do I have a firewall on my computer) and noticed it never did ask me about limiting a file size. However I did find out (thru InteractiveBastille) that /etc/security/limits.conf might be what is limiting file size. I changed a

Re: [newbie] HOWTO compile kernel FAQ's for Mandrake on the web?

2002-09-27 Thread Steve Jeppesen
After reading up I decided not to mess with something that already works just fine ;) Thank you for that pointer Tom. Steve On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 09:12:44 -0500 Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday September 24 2002 06:54 am, Steve Jeppesen wrote: > > Hello

Re: [newbie] 9.0 Mirror (d/l file size limit using MD 8.2?)

2002-09-26 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Does anybody know if there is a setting in MD 8.2 which limits file size when downloading? I have used Galeon and Gftp, and they both make it up to approx. 102,400,000 bytes then they just "crash" or exit. I have attempted CD1 and CD2 thru a couple of different mirrors - including this one provi

[newbie] HOWTO compile kernel FAQ's for Mandrake on the web?

2002-09-24 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Hello all, in preparing for MD 9.0, I am looking for any howto's, faq's or anything that lists all the steps needed for compiling a kernel specifically for Mandrake on the web (or is the howto already on my system?) I have found some links, but it seems each one contains different steps/comman

Re: [newbie] trouble receiving email....

2002-09-10 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 17:12:30 +0200 (CEST) Ralph Slooten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Maybe their reply got sent to /dev/null like all the missing posts ;-) Didn't think of that one! LOL -- Linux user #280097 Machine #162480 http://counter.li.org. Want to buy your Pack or Services from M

Re: [newbie] No luck for linux

2002-08-29 Thread Steve Jeppesen
What did you use (exact name of program) to download those two .iso files? Wouldn't surprise me if AOL has something to do with it. What is the exact wording or the errors you get - including the exact name of ? Buying it doesn't sound like it will provide you a solution, other than using their

Re: [newbie] I want to be a dialup server

2002-08-18 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Sun, 18 Aug 2002 13:06:20 -0400 Isaac Curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm not interested in getting in any trouble (and > certainly not in losing my cable internet!) so I won't do anything too > rotten. Still, most every ISP, broadband or otherwise, explicitly bars one > from sharing the

Re: [newbie] error message received from Cron Daemon (FIXED)

2002-08-17 Thread Steve Jeppesen
back to M$ Windblows! On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 18:36:46 -0500 Steve Jeppesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For the past two days, I have received this message from Cron Daemon > with the subject title "Cron nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.daily"; > > error: syslog:22 duplica

[newbie] error message received from Cron Daemon

2002-08-16 Thread Steve Jeppesen
For the past two days, I have received this message from Cron Daemon with the subject title "Cron nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.daily"; error: syslog:22 duplicate log entry for /var/log/syslog run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1 I remember a couple of nights ago, whi

Re: [newbie] Low-profile graphics cards

2002-08-09 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Fri, 9 Aug 2002 13:00:14 +0100 Alastair Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a Dell Optiplex GX150. It's a good machine - quiet, fast, uses only > 145W at full tilt with the flat panel, runs Mandrake effortlessly - but its > sole weakness is the onboard i815 graphics chipset, which has

Re: [newbie] dell inspiron 8100 with ATI Mobility Radeon 7500

2002-08-01 Thread Steve Jeppesen
Try setting up X with "known" values that should work ;) and do not test it during the install. That has happened to me before with various computers - when attempting to test the graphics, the screen goes blank and never recovers. If one of the values does not work after completing the instal

Re: [newbie] how to disable eth0 in PROMISC mode

2002-07-23 Thread Steve Jeppesen
> On Sat, 2002-07-20 at 15:30, Steve Jeppesen wrote: > > As you can see, eth0 is in promisc mode. I have tried ifconfig eth0 -promisc > > to turn off promisc with no luck. msec level is set to 4, and I am running > > prelude (which I noticed civilmee stated in anoth

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