RE: [newbie] MDK 10 and Drakconnect

2004-03-22 Thread andrew . lundy
If you have problems try it this way... - Firmware (mgmt.o) in /usr/share/speedtouch/ (ALREADY DONE) - Run through dragconnect wizard and put all your ISP details in (PROBABLY ALREADY DONE) - Goto command line and type: /usr/share/speedtouch/speedtouch.sh start -

[newbie] To Clarify urpmi Errors

2004-03-18 Thread andrew . lundy
Hi all, I've been reading around the Internet about these errors I've been getting while using urpmi, and the general feeling is that it's a bug in Mandrake 9.2. Anyway, I'd just like to clarify this before I do anything stupid... Basically, I've installed MDK 9.2 from the discs one and two,

RE: [newbie] To Clarify urpmi Errors

2004-03-18 Thread andrew . lundy
Excellent. Thanks Derek, I'll check that out. -Original Message- From: Derek Jennings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 March 2004 11:17 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] To Clarify urpmi Errors On Thursday 18 Mar 2004 10:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I've been

[newbie] Software Recommendations MDK 9.2

2004-03-15 Thread andrew . lundy
Hello people, There is an abundance of software available for Linux, which is great, but I don't have time to look through it all at the moment. So I was hoping you could recommend me some of the best (or THE best) software for the following things for MDK: - Movie player. - MP3 player.

RE: [newbie] Software Recommendations MDK 9.2

2004-03-15 Thread andrew . lundy
That's because Gnome wins hands down. Heheheheh. By the way, what is the best text editor? Chuckle... -Original Message- From: JoeHill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 March 2004 14:20 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Software Recommendations MDK 9.2 On Mon, 15 Mar 2004

[newbie] RPM Package Installation Issue

2004-03-12 Thread andrew . lundy
Hi, I recently updated all my links for the MDK 9.2 software packages and updates to the UK Canterbury FTP site using urpmi. However, when I try to install some of the packages on the list it gives me an error like The following packages... ... have bad signatures, continue to install? I was

[newbie] Mandrake Control Center Down

2004-03-11 Thread andrew . lundy
Hi, When I go to start Mandrake Control Center or click Configure My Computer it prompts me for the root password and after that it just hangs on the splash and just says Loading... please wait at the bottom, but never actually loads. It had worked fine previously. I'm not sure this has anything

RE: [newbie] Fixes CD

2004-03-11 Thread andrew . lundy
Ah, interesting. Is there a way to specify that Mandrake gets normal software from the web as opposed to the installation CDs, because my installation CDs have ceased to work. Could anyone give me specific details/servers to input if so? Thanks. -Original Message- From: Brian Parish