Re: [newbie] urpmi: command not found

2005-03-10 Thread bascule
have you checked your path? echo $PATH try the full path to urpmi /usr/sbin/urpmi glabels bascule On Friday 11 Mar 2005 03:47, joe wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] home]# urpmi glabels > bash: urpmi: command not found -- The kraken stirs. And ten billion sushi dinners cry out for ven

Re: [newbie] Home directory

2005-02-20 Thread bascule
eleted in the first place, what mandrake ver. are you? and what was the program you were trying to install when it all went pear shaped? bascule On Sunday 20 Feb 2005 11:31, john wrote: > Message 1: "Could not read network connection list. > //.DCOPServer_localhost_0."  Message

Re: [newbie] Home directory

2005-02-19 Thread bascule
x27;ve had problems starting it i'm confused regarding your references to the old home dir having two users in it but the new one having only one, by home directory for a user i mean /home/user, perhaps you could give some paths to make this clear? bascule On Saturday 19 Feb 2005 21:32, joh

Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?

2005-02-17 Thread bascule
you'll need to install drakxtools-newt to get XFdrake on your system, use urpmi (as root) to ensure you get all its dependencies bascule On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 19:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > typed XFdrake, got "bash: XFdrake: command not found" -- And the child had a

Re: [newbie] modem problem (still!)

2005-02-14 Thread bascule
perhaps i missed it in previous threads, but we are talking about an external serial port modem and not an external usb modem? i have read of usb modems that are effectively external winmodems (never actually come across one) bascule On Monday 14 Feb 2005 07:50, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote

Re: [newbie] urpmi and putting disks on HD

2005-01-24 Thread bascule
/ /media_info or cdroot/ /media/ /contrib/ /media_info i can't say for certain that the new cds are laid out as above, im just going by the directory structure under the i586 tree but i'm guessing you've got older instructions but the newest dist

Re: [newbie] Is sending remote bash commands across LAN possible?

2005-01-14 Thread bascule
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] bascule]$ ssh watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] bascule]$ as you can i sat at mycroft and issued a command to ssh to watson, my console then showed a prompt as if i was sat at watson, any commands i issue now at the promt are executed on watson a

Re: [newbie] xmms-infopipe

2004-12-31 Thread bascule
sounds like you might need xmms-devel? bascule On Monday 27 Dec 2004 2:18 am, Chris wrote: > checking for XMMS - version >= 1.0.0... no > *** The xmms-config script installed by XMMS could not be found. > *** If XMMS was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in > *** your p

Re: [newbie] Download the rpm directly instead of urpmi

2004-12-08 Thread bascule
info regarding dependencies that might not be met bascule On Wednesday 08 Dec 2004 1:24 pm, Fajar Priyanto wrote: > Hi folks, > Can I download the rpm directly from Mdk's update repository and then > install it manually instead of using urpmi? -- "Oh no, not again." -- A bowl o

Re: [newbie] help on NFS!

2004-11-07 Thread bascule
sometimes problems with nfs occur because the same username on two machines have different uids this causes the machine that is trying to access the files not recognising the owner of the dir/files you try to access bascule On Sunday 07 Nov 2004 6:39 am, Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas

Re: [newbie] Setting up broadband.

2004-10-20 Thread bascule
e tulip driver, which you will already have bascule On Wednesday 20 Oct 2004 10:12 pm, Keith Powell wrote: > For information, the card is an SMC1255TX-PF, and the router is an > SMC7204BRA - which Derek recommended as working well with Linux. (I > want to "play safe" and n

Re: [newbie] FSTab

2004-10-18 Thread bascule
s your cd drive > /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto > umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec 0 0 and this is your swap, which you should have > /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 > bascule -- "I used to think that *I* was stupid

Re: [newbie] Re: Re: Installing USB flash drive

2004-10-01 Thread bascule
i always run 'sync' before unplugging my usb drive, a manual umount will do this but if you are using supermount then you don't getto issues mount/umount commands bascule On Friday 01 Oct 2004 10:18 pm, BjÃrn Lundin wrote: > > Thanks. Is there some way of safely disconne

Re: [newbie] Booting from hard drive

2004-09-13 Thread bascule
really know what this is for, it seems to be for a way to install mandrake, but i never came across the need to modify a floppy image for a hard disk install this way before, have i missed a huge thread or something? :) bascule On Monday 13 Sep 2004 11:25 pm, othman El Moulat wrote: &g

Re: [newbie] USB flash drive with Mandrake 10.0 CE

2004-09-06 Thread bascule
27; my 'usbdrive-script' reads: #!/bin/bash # #usbdrive-script # sleep 5s # echo /home/bascule/scripts/unmountusbdrive > $REMOVER chmod u+x $REMOVER # /home/bascule/scripts/usbdrive i use the sleep command to allow the device to be fully setup by the drivers, the $REMOVER is a variable t

Re: [newbie] The Linux virus myth

2004-07-26 Thread bascule
ee the future, or at least one possible iteration of it, and getting those habits down now, before they become necessary, can't hurt any :) bascule On Monday 26 Jul 2004 8:05 pm, Stephen KÃhn wrote: > The simple fact of the matter is that a virus cannot run in a secure > environment;

Re: [newbie] Konqueror Error

2004-06-27 Thread bascule
have you tried saving your session once you've closed down all the extraneous windows? look in k>configuration>kde>components>session manager bascule On Sunday 27 Jun 2004 5:51 pm, Dmitri wrote: > Hello. > > I clicked on a URL shortcut created by Windows and Mandrake

Re: [newbie] Konqueror autocomplete forms

2004-05-27 Thread bascule
the file that stores them is ~/.kde/share/apps/khtml/formcompletions bascule On Thursday 27 May 2004 10:25 pm, Frank Bax wrote: > I cannot find the place in Konqueror to clear the forms autocomplete > "history". -- "For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a s

Re: [newbie] Konq's gone weird

2004-05-21 Thread bascule
unless the router is also a dns server i don't see how konq is supposed to resolve addresses bascule On Friday 21 May 2004 8:48 am, Steve Mansfield wrote: > I have made a few config changes recently, the most significant probably > being the resolv.conf file which now says: >

Re: [newbie] Setting up a 2nd user - Getting there

2004-05-10 Thread bascule
directory, you will need to do the same for files in /dev/snd there are files outside these directories but there are symlinks and you shouldn't have to touch them for audio stuff bascule On Monday 10 May 2004 5:15 pm, Peter wrote: > f you can let me know how to change permissions on the a

Re: [newbie] Setting up a 2nd user

2004-05-10 Thread bascule
;t need to be changed for another user to log on, how does that work? bascule On Monday 10 May 2004 9:36 am, Peter wrote: > I have added a 2nd user (dominic), and am having a problem allowing > 'dominic' to use sound. > > It says 'permission denied', do I need to

Re: [newbie] modem problem

2004-05-08 Thread bascule
i think you want ttyS3 note the upper case 's' bascule On Sunday 09 May 2004 4:57 am, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: > 4, which I assume is /dev/ttys3. When I look in the /dev directory ttys3 > is linked to pty/s51. I suppose that's why my comm and fax programs -- Bishops move d

Re: [newbie] Sasl Authentication for Postfix

2004-05-04 Thread bascule
have you used saslpasswd2 to create users and passwords? bascule On Tuesday 04 May 2004 9:12 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > How do you configure /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd to work with sasldb ? > If I set SASL_AUTHMECH= sasldb I get > > # service saslauthd start > Starting saslauthd

Re: [newbie] mldonkey makes swap memory too low.

2004-04-07 Thread bascule
known issue, its a memory leak, at least the mlgui had that, when i started using a browser to look at localhost:4080 my swap problems went away, there was a reference to this on the mldonkey site, maybe it's fixed now bascule On Thursday 08 Apr 2004 3:41 am, otavio augusto viegas

Re: [newbie] Mldonkey

2004-04-07 Thread bascule
did you start 'mlnet'? bascule On Wednesday 07 Apr 2004 4:52 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Well, I've always used Mldonkey with no problems but just recently > I did the urpmi --auto-select thing and got a newer version of Mldonkey. > Flashy, nice gui...and not worth a d

Re: [newbie] shorewall: how to open high port

2004-03-31 Thread bascule
t range of ports oin the firewall for incoming connections now it may be possible to configure an 'active' setup to only connect back on certain ports, i wouldn't know, but the above solution was the one profferred to me a few years ago bascule On Wednesday 31 Mar 2004 2:24 pm,

Re: [newbie] Belkin USB SDcard reader? Gphoto?

2004-03-27 Thread bascule
location for an 'updates' directory, which will usually have update files for all the current releases of mandrake bascule On Saturday 27 Mar 2004 9:31 am, Paul wrote: > I am not going to venture into this any deeper, I think. I will just > wait for the cardreader to arrive and g

Re: [newbie] Belkin USB SDcard reader? Gphoto?

2004-03-26 Thread bascule
ah, install gtkam, that will give you a gui, from the drop down list you can select generic ptp class camera, i imagine you can do this with the other frontends for libgphoto(2) as well bascule On Friday 26 Mar 2004 8:06 pm, Paul wrote: > As I would not know how to do that, I am sure I h

Re: [newbie] Belkin USB SDcard reader? Gphoto?

2004-03-26 Thread bascule
well that suggests that your camera does not support usb-storage, not all cameras do, have you tried adding your camera to gphoto as a generic ptp device? bascule On Friday 26 Mar 2004 7:50 pm, Paul wrote: > I looked at all odds and ends, but nowhere something like /dev/sd* is to > be

Re: [newbie] Belkin USB SDcard reader? Gphoto?

2004-03-26 Thread bascule
i'm jumping in late but have you checked to see if there are any new device files on your system with the camera plugged in, i find that usb-storage will create a scsi device for the camera, in my case /dev/sdb because i already have a scsi drive but if you don't look for /dev/sda b

Re: [newbie] URPMI oddity

2004-03-26 Thread bascule
ry is altered new files are made, it seems that for some reason this hasn't been done, or that you can't access it, a good idea would be to try a different mirror, or at least to delete that source and recreate it bascule On Friday 26 Mar 2004 9:50 am, Inhabitant of Zion wrote: > una

Re: [newbie] adding win boot to boot loader

2004-03-16 Thread bascule
the table entry there should be /dev/hda not /dev/hda3 if you are running a recent mandrake the mcc should allow you to add the windows partition using its gui bascule On Wednesday 17 Mar 2004 12:53 am, et wrote: > Ive tried that, but it cant find the file... > > > I put > &g

Re: [newbie] Kmix setting doesn't stick?

2004-03-15 Thread bascule
have you saved the 90% setting as the default volume in kmix, i believe that the 'save session' doesn't save kmix volumes, it starts with its default volumes bascule On Monday 15 Mar 2004 10:10 am, Fajar PRiyanto wrote: > Hi all, > I'm still using mdk92 on my note

Re: [newbie] User permissions

2004-03-14 Thread bascule
his shows up in winxp i'm afraid that apart from this i'm all out of ideas bascule On Monday 15 Mar 2004 2:28 am, acid wrote: > OK it list 4 partitions and they all say: > "partition has differnet physical/logical beginnings (non-linux?)" > "Does not end on cylinder b

Re: [newbie] User permissions

2004-03-14 Thread bascule
actually that should read: fdisk /dev/sda sorry about that, assuming that sda exists then you can press 'p' and get a list of partitions on sda and see what filesystem it thinks is on there bascule On Monday 15 Mar 2004 2:06 am, acid wrote: > fdisk command not found--using bash

Re: [newbie] User permissions

2004-03-14 Thread bascule
if you formatted it in winxp is it ntfs? what does: fdisk /dev/sda4 give you? bascule On Monday 15 Mar 2004 1:47 am, acid wrote: > i used: mount -t vfat /mnt/zip > the zip drive actually tried to read the disk, the little light came on and > I could hear the drive read head spin( i

Re: [newbie] User permissions

2004-03-14 Thread bascule
i've read of some devices that require the mounting of just the plain /dev/sda though i'd try that with 'ro' as an option for safety's sake bascule On Monday 15 Mar 2004 12:14 am, acid wrote: > /dev/hde1 /mnt/windows ntfs ro,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 > none /m

Re: [newbie] User permissions

2004-03-14 Thread bascule
well my old cdrom line looked like this (all one line): none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=udf:iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-15 0 0 if that's any help bascule On Sunday 14 Mar 2004 11:49 pm, acid wrote: > Ok the cdroms are set and work fine, but my floppy and zip in /ect/fst

Re: [newbie] User permissions

2004-03-14 Thread bascule
ses read times on my cdroms to intolerable levels bascule On Sunday 14 Mar 2004 11:07 pm, acid wrote: > How do I let regular users access the cdrom and floppy dive etc. > I tried User Admin with no success. -- "You can't trample infidels when you're a tortoise. I mean, all you co

Re: [newbie] K-mail settings

2004-03-14 Thread bascule
i think you'll find that currently kmail does not compose in html but in plain text only if you meant to ask how to compose in html then you'll have to specify an external editor but if that is the case please reconsider if html is necessary bascule On Sunday 14 Mar 2004 6:49 pm,

Re: [newbie] GAIM

2004-03-14 Thread bascule
hi, somewhere out there is an rpm called: gaim-0.75.yahoo-3.i386.rpm this fixes the yahoo problem, i've had no troubles since i installed it i can't remember where i found the pointer to it, i'm sure it was someone on either this or the expert list bascule On Sunday 14 Mar 2004

Re: [newbie] Copying Files from CDROM

2004-03-10 Thread bascule
or, for an inplace solution, alt-f2, 'kdesu konqueror' provide password :) bascule On Wednesday 10 Mar 2004 2:46 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 10 March 2004 13:11, Weiers Coetser wrote: > > I remember the superuser file manager in 9.1 and I did wonder what > >

[newbie] regarding winex in the uk

2004-03-08 Thread bascule
a note to all uk users who may be considering trying out winex for games, the current exchange rate makes the minimum three month subscription much more of a worthwhile experiment, only £8.97 www.transgaming.com bascule -- One day a tortoise will learn how to fly. (Small Gods) Want to buy

Re: [newbie] synching with Sony usb palm pilot pda

2004-03-03 Thread bascule
/dev/usb, if you see a file called /dev/usb/tts/1 or /dev/usb/tts0 then try creating /dev/pilot as a link to one of those: ln -s /dev/usb/tts/1 /dev/pilot, or try linking to any other files that seem to be created when you press the hotsync button bascule On Wednesday 03 Mar 2004 3:24 am, g w

Re: [newbie] chmod?

2004-03-03 Thread bascule
christophe, to recursively change perms use: chmod -R bascule On Wednesday 03 Mar 2004 12:30 pm, rhein wrote: > Thanks for the trick. > > Since I'm the only one using the machine and soon will remove XP... I > thing there is no problem to open the win_c drive. > When I red t

Re: [newbie] formating Kmail

2004-02-26 Thread bascule
is based on the fact that html rendering email progs seem to support the whole gamut of web technoloy, it might not be a bad idea for linux to take a lead in establishing just what html features are reasonable i.e. font's, colours, layout. bascule On Friday 27 Feb 2004 1:34 pm, Charlie

Re: [newbie] Logitech USB Headset

2004-02-22 Thread bascule
are you sure about that /dev/dsp, if the headset is a second audio device in your system then have you tried /dev/dsp1 and dev/mixer1 ? bascule On Sunday 22 Feb 2004 3:09 pm, Jonas Claesson wrote: > It seems that the USB Headset works through /dev/dsp, still confused > though? > >

Re: [newbie] How to clear autologin

2004-02-11 Thread bascule
27;! i'm not sure, i think if you press esc when you get the list of boot choices you will be able to access a prompt bascule On Wednesday 11 Feb 2004 3:27 pm, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > I tried ctl-alt-F1, F2, Delete, Backspace. No response just that ugly > green screen with two white bars

Re: [newbie] Update-gaim,,,,New-k3b

2004-02-05 Thread bascule
7;t work though the latest win client does i have read that one can do clever stuff with tunnelling via ssh and a machine beyond such a proxy but i don't have access to such bascule On Friday 06 Feb 2004 4:00 am, Charles A Edwards wrote: > Now available for 9.2 > > Updated: > &

Re: [newbie] module.conf & loading joystick drivers question ?

2004-01-31 Thread bascule
ok, you got me, i'm not sure, here are my two files: [EMAIL PROTECTED] bascule]$ cat /etc/modules scsi_hostadapter emu10k1-gp ns558 analog joydev the ns558 is for a second gameport so you don't need this, you will need the sidewinder module but you already have that listed [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] module.conf & loading joystick drivers question ?

2004-01-31 Thread bascule
u not find that they are loaded automatically when X starts? there should be no need in a typical setup to specify the graphics driver, that is done in the config file for X and should be loaded from that reference, try it and see! bascule On Saturday 31 Jan 2004 7:52 pm, RickS wrote: > O

Re: [newbie] module.conf & loading joystick drivers question ?

2004-01-31 Thread bascule
you need to list the modules in /etc/modules lines like: alias char-major-13 analog go into /etc/modules.conf i'd try without adding that line alias... line first, just to check if it's necessary, i don't have it for loading the analog module on my machine bascule On Saturday 3

Re: [newbie] Camera Card Readers

2004-01-30 Thread bascule
ue floppy or a mandrake install cd so that if this does happen you can copy your backup of /etc/modules back! :) bascule On Friday 30 Jan 2004 6:57 pm, Maurice O'Connor wrote: > I have an older digital camera (Olympus c2000Z). I can connect to it > through gphoto, but it is a serial

Re: [newbie] Cant get a joystick for SBlive Sound card gameport working ..

2004-01-27 Thread bascule
i note also that there is a 'sidewinder' module listed in /lib/modules/2.../kernel/drivers/char/joystick/ perhaps for your joystick you also need this? try modprobe sidewinder as root, if this creates the device files then you will need to add this module to /etc/modules bascule On

Re: [newbie] Cant get a joystick for SBlive Sound card gameport working ..

2004-01-27 Thread bascule
the ns558 is for the standard gameport which is on my motherboard), note that for me /dev/js0 is a symlink to /dev/input/js0 bascule On Wednesday 28 Jan 2004 4:53 am, RickS wrote: > so i did a > $jstest input > Joystick (Unknown) has 2 axes and 2 buttons. Driver version is 0.8.0. > Testi

Re: [newbie] MOHAA Linux Client

2004-01-27 Thread bascule
rick, on my machine i use a cyborg3d attached to a the gameport on the motherboard, this requires the following modules in my /etc/modules: joydev analog ns558 for the gameport on my sblive i have to add emu10k1-gp, bascule On Wednesday 28 Jan 2004 3:15 am, RickS wrote: > > that way.

Re: [newbie] Message during startup

2004-01-27 Thread bascule
colour me 'talking tosh' but my guess is it's to do with stuff like hibernation, bascule On Tuesday 27 Jan 2004 11:35 pm, Steve Kaufman wrote: > During boot when I hit the esc key to see what is happening I get a message > that says SWSUSP - 103 Missing or invalid swap parti

Re: [newbie] Got NTP installed, ntpd is running...

2004-01-25 Thread bascule
anne, ntpd is a service running continously, it can be stopped/started with: service ntpd stop/start if it is installed bascule On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 10:37 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > Bascule - so is ntp on the server then running continuously, or is it > called by a cron job? &g

Re: [newbie] Got NTP installed, ntpd is running...

2004-01-25 Thread bascule
f i'm right ntpdate is a one off time setter, it won't keep the time correct and it won't calculate the 'tick' of the local machine compared to the time server so that if the timeserver goes down local time is still counted reasonably accurately at least i think ntpd does that

Re: [newbie] shutdown

2004-01-18 Thread bascule
su to root and run 'visudo' this opens the file in a mode of vi that will check for errors on the file upon closing you will need to read the man pages for 'sudo' and and 'sudoers' but as an example i added the following to my /etc/sudoers to allow me to run urpmi

Re: [newbie] Master HDD won't mount in dual-boot system

2004-01-10 Thread bascule
have you lost the link to the drive if you are using devfs? i don't remember the earlier posts but if you have 9.2 and are using devfs then you will find that /dev/hda etc are symbolic links, i.e.: [EMAIL PROTECTED] bascule]$ ls -l /dev/hda lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 32 Jan 9

Re: [newbie] 9.2 good now?

2004-01-06 Thread bascule
i just ran tuxracer to check and it was fine, though i did think that the screen seemed a litle flickery, as though the refresh rate went down, i'm using the driver installed using the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run package from nvidia, bascule On Tuesday 06 Jan 2004 2:00 pm, Tango

Re: [newbie] 9.2 good now?

2004-01-05 Thread bascule
ig/khotkeysrc no longer work either? i also appear to be alone in the universe in this also :) so, if your reason for upgrading is to fix a problem that you couldn't find an answer to (like i did) then i suggest spending more time on the original problem first, before upgrading, because i

Re: [newbie] gotmail is not working

2003-12-04 Thread bascule
i get it too, i guess microsoft changed things again, with luck there'll be a fix soon, (oh the arrogance of a mere user, just assume some soul will fix it! :) ) bascule On Thursday 04 Dec 2003 1:44 am, Adolfo Bello wrote: > Hi there: > > In the past two days I haven't been

Re: [newbie] test

2003-12-01 Thread bascule
thanks eric, i resubbed on expert, thanks to those who replied direct as well bascule On Tuesday 02 Dec 2003 3:38 am, Eric Huff wrote: > On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 22:23:14 + > > bascule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > either no-ones posting, the lists are down, or i've

Re: [newbie] [newbie-hi] Welcome Message for Hindi Users : newbie-hi

2003-11-15 Thread bascule
able to see the Hindi contents, means your -cut- is the reference to iso-8859-1 supposed to be there? seeing as how you want readers to render the hindi contents? bascule On Saturday 15 Nov 2003 3:05 pm, Dhananjaya Sharma wrote: > f you are able to see the Hindi conte

Re: [newbie] Repairing Perl (was many perl things broken)

2003-11-13 Thread bascule
[EMAIL PROTECTED] downloads-linux]$ bascule On Friday 14 Nov 2003 2:24 am, Richard Babcock wrote: > here) > After a little time with 'man rpm' I tried to query the package. > #rpm -q perl-5.8.0-19mdk.i586.rpm > package perl-5.8.0-19mdk.i586.rpm is not installed. > Ok, fine.

Re: [newbie] Mail Problem

2003-11-07 Thread bascule
kat, what i do with gotmail (fetches hotmail mail) is to specify a directory in my home directory (just create one) and then setup kmail with another receiving account that fetches mail from that directory, bascule On Friday 07 Nov 2003 11:09 am, kat wrote: > I did a fresh install of Mandr

Re: [newbie] why I can't insert a new OS in my LILO menu ??

2003-10-09 Thread bascule
? bascule > image="/dev/hdd1" > root="/dev/hdc6" > > image="/dev/hdd1" > root="/dev/hdc6" > > image="/dev/hdd1" > root="/dev/hdc6" > >

Re: [newbie] Palm USB sync

2003-09-18 Thread bascule
n with the pam in but when you did that the hotsync fialed because util then it couldn't 'see' the cradle, how this works now i don't know cos i just put up with the slow serial link bascule On Friday 19 Sep 2003 1:08 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > *Here's what a l

Re: [newbie] ssh question

2003-09-18 Thread bascule
wild guess - is the clinet trying to do a password login but the other one doing key exchange? bascule On Friday 19 Sep 2003 12:15 am, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > Hello there, > > I hope someone can help me with this. > > I'm having a hard time connecting to a friend&#x

Re: [newbie] Bash Script to change file prefix

2003-09-05 Thread bascule
were created, i copy them to a temp directory using 'cp -a' and then run the attached one-liner in that directory, if you only have files with the one suffix of course then you won't need the bit about storing the suffix in varaible! i guess what i'm saying is look at the &#x

Re: [newbie] fstab, windows folders and permissions

2003-08-14 Thread bascule
are they really spaces in the umask? and have you tried without? bascule On Monday 04 Aug 2003 1:59 pm, The Other wrote: > 08/04/03 > > >>>>I have uid=501 and umask=0 2 2 for windows folders in fstab. though I > >>>>get owner as 501 user, permission

Re: [newbie] KDE Session management on logout

2003-08-11 Thread bascule
i have 'save session' at the bottom of my 'k' menu, is that what you mean? plus i have kmenu>config>kde>components>session manager is it that you do not have these things? bascule On Sunday 10 Aug 2003 6:09 am, Heather/Femme wrote: > On Sat, 2003-08-09 at 23

Re: [newbie] Installing new hardware

2003-07-10 Thread bascule
ut to be) to your start up files, that would either be /etc/modules with a line: pegasus or /etc/modules.conf with a line: alias usb0 pegasus i'm not sure if both would work and if so which is better form for how wrong i am with this advice wait for others to comment! :) bascule

Re: [newbie] Installing new hardware

2003-07-10 Thread bascule
wade, to do things manually (is there a specific reason for that by the way?), you'll need to specify the hardware you have installed so that folk can tell you what needs to be done - assuming we know! bascule On Thursday 10 Jul 2003 6:05 am, Wade Waldron wrote: > I would like to

hitch hikers guide... WAS: Re: [newbie] Window$ free -follow -up

2003-07-05 Thread bascule
and for those who never played: http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/infocomjava.html bascule On Saturday 05 Jul 2003 8:15 am, Anders Lind wrote: > > (where's my towel???) > > You always need to know where your towel is... > > /Anders -- "`The best way to get

Re: Re[4]: [newbie] [Fwd: [Mandrake Off Topic] LICQ/Dynamically opening ports in Linksys router]

2003-06-16 Thread bascule
hen you could just monitor 'netstat -ct' for new lines, perhaps some expert knows of something really basic built into X that can be utilised in a script? bascule On Monday 16 Jun 2003 11:32 pm, rikona wrote: > > > I also see several listening ports with no app name. Is ther

Re: [newbie] Network question

2003-06-16 Thread bascule
a windows prog that can be a ssh client, then i suggest 'putty' it's small and you can run it standalone on a windows box bascule On Monday 16 Jun 2003 10:04 pm, Patrick Coffey wrote: > Hello, > I have a quick question, I just recently got rid of my cable modem > a

Re: Re[2]: [newbie] [Fwd: [Mandrake Off Topic] LICQ/Dynamically opening ports in Linksys router]

2003-06-16 Thread bascule
show both listening and connected , the 'p' will show associated pid/program name but you might have to be root to see all that particular info :) netstat --help for more info bascule On Monday 16 Jun 2003 9:22 pm, rikona wrote: > > Sine there doesn't seem to be a linux app-awa

Re: [newbie] Where should I go first?

2003-06-09 Thread bascule
o the following when (as root) you do 'lsmod': [EMAIL PROTECTED] bascule]# lsmod Module Size Used byTainted: P sr_mod 15096 0 (autoclean) (unused) ide-cd 28712 0 (autoclean) cdrom 26848 0 (autoclean) [sr_mod

Re: [newbie] Using Grip

2003-06-04 Thread bascule
it seems that under the config>'mp3' section you haven't got a valid mp3 encoder selected, you may need to install one, try 'notlame' available i believe from the plf repository bascule On Wednesday 04 Jun 2003 5:18 am, Aron Smith wrote: > Have been trying to r

Re: Re[2]: [newbie] *Fast* file contents search tool?

2003-05-27 Thread bascule
#slocate --help shows that '-r ' is probably what you want bascule On Wednesday 28 May 2003 12:49 am, rikona wrote: > > I just tried this - works OK, and is fast, but gives me too much. Is > there a way to use more complex search expressions (or regex?) to nail > down exac

Re: [newbie] Booting mdk/w98/dos

2003-05-27 Thread bascule
=/dev/hda1 set=DOS16_big_hidden partition=/dev/hda2 set=NTFS_normal snip--- i can't remember my particular need for this as i don't have it in my current config but 'man lilo.conf' will give an explanation of what you need bascule

Re: [newbie] can't eject cd after burning

2003-03-19 Thread bascule
have you tried: #cdrecord -reset bascule > How do I turn the recorder off and on again? cdrdao says it has finished > the burn successfully. > > Thanks, > Todd -- "One's never alone with a rubber duck. " Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Low volume sound

2003-03-06 Thread bascule
y be nothing 'wrong' with your system :) bascule On Thursday 06 Mar 2003 7:04 am, Jon wrote: > Hi, > > I have a sound blaster card that Mandrake 9.0 has detected. Whilst the > sound is coming through the volume level is very low. How can this be > changed? Thanks. > >

OT: Re: [newbie] What the sHell is foo ? ;-)

2003-02-27 Thread bascule
it's my understanding that it's originally a services term, probably air force bascule On Wednesday 26 Feb 2003 4:15 am, Warren Post wrote: > El lun, 24-02-2003 a las 04:59, Josenildo Marques escribió: > > And why is it used so much in examples ? > > The story as I'

[newbie] cd players?

2003-02-20 Thread bascule
that windows has always had - at least up to win9x anyway, also, how does one get xmms to play cds, the plugin is installed, configured and enabled but how do i use the gui to play the cd? bascule -- "...[Arthur] leapt to his feet like an author hearing the phone ring..." -- Who

Re: [newbie] Unauthorized link.

2003-02-19 Thread bascule
i see those all the time, sometimes however i get something that pops up and has a url typ thing of c:/// or something similar in it, always when i click on an otherwise innocent looking link bascule On Thursday 20 Feb 2003 1:31 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 12:14, basc

Re: [newbie] Unauthorized link.

2003-02-19 Thread bascule
was it a link? i get those every now and then i think its some attempt to get you to run some applet or other to access your 'c' drive :) i could be talking from below of course bascule On Wednesday 19 Feb 2003 6:52 pm, Seedkum Aladeem wrote: > Hi, > > I was surfing some w

Re: [newbie] Anyone tried out the official Radeon 9700 PRO drivers from ATI?

2003-02-14 Thread bascule
mandrake 9.0, radeon 9000 (powered by ati) using the ati drivers no problem, i can't remember the install itself since it was a while ago but i may have had to do a --force in the rpm upgrade as i think is mentioned in the documentation, bascule On Thursday 13 Feb 2003 2:47 pm, Kim Beck

Re: [newbie]

2003-01-21 Thread bascule
one of the reaons that can happen is if you have subscribed with an email address different to the one you are sending with bascule On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 5:29 am, Robert Wideman wrote: > Why am i getting emails from Sympa requiring me to email a reply??? > I am getting this on all em

Re: [newbie] Spontaneous re-boots

2003-01-21 Thread bascule
the system logs will be under /var/log/ bascule On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 2:07 am, Greg wrote: > I had the same trouble with my system just once Where are the system logs > so I can check them Thanks Greg > -- A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that

Re: [newbie] LAN/firewall setup

2003-01-01 Thread bascule
d knees behind my desk!) so perhaps you could clarify your setup, also when you say that your computers work fine i assume you mean with each other but not with the internet? otherwise there's something i'm missing here! bascule On Wednesday 01 Jan 2003 11:11 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: >

Re: [newbie] [Newbie]I have a sticky situation/installation issue, Triple booting WinXP, Win2K & MDK

2002-12-21 Thread bascule
just a comment, when i installed winxp pro corp it left the mbr alone lilo was already there it was there afterwards, all i had to do was alter lilo.conf to add an entry for winxp and run /sbin/lilo bascule > Problem: It is a logical partition and is on a totally different > drive.

Re: [newbie] /dev/sound/* owner set to my username. should that be?

2002-12-05 Thread bascule
at's all i did, let us know if that works bascule On Friday 06 Dec 2002 12:10 am, Marty McFly wrote: > Hey all, another question. The things in /dev/sound (files or what?) are > all owned by my user, and part of the "audio" group. I can use sound when > I log in, but whe

[newbie] font size in konqueror

2002-11-19 Thread bascule
over my head, is it just that 11 point in one font can be a lot smaller than 11 point in another? bascule -- 'They were myths and they were real,' he said loudly. 'Both a wave and a particle.' (Guards! Guards!) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] resetting setserial

2002-11-18 Thread bascule
teh rc.local is just a script, edit in vi or whatever and add the line you use at the cli to the end of the file, save and on reboot everything should be done bascule On Tuesday 19 Nov 2002 1:18 am, David Farrington wrote: > Having hacked my way into using my Archtek Smartlink 5634

Re: [newbie] JPilot

2002-11-18 Thread bascule
alter the permissions of ttyS0 to allow your user to read/write to it, assuning that isn't already the case that should do the trick bascule On Monday 18 Nov 2002 8:55 pm, Matt Harrison wrote: > > Nevermind, I had to run it as ROOT in order to get it to work. Seems odd > to m

Re: [newbie] KNewsTicker

2002-11-11 Thread bascule
the should be a small 'up' arrow at the edge of the list of running progs, right click on that, follow the 'remove' path bascule On Monday 11 Nov 2002 3:06 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > How does one remove knewsticker from the task bar > I don't seem to ha

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