[newbie] The clipboard and the command line.

2005-03-30 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, I want to manipulate the clipboard from a script. Where is the clipboard (Klipper) stuff? Specifically, I want to have a script to take a URL, and encase it in A HREF/A for use in posting. I might then even make a Klipper 'action' do this automatically. With an

Re: [newbie] Halt/Reboot buttons not available at Login Screen

2005-03-26 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, I had a similar problem when, by accident, I switched to automatic login of one user (Mandrake Control Center (type mcc) Boot Autonlogin). - JHM On Friday 25 March 2005 8:53 pm, Russel Dains wrote: I have just installed Mandrake 10.1. I am unable to reboot or shutdown the

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-26 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, I lost count of the number of times my blind experimentation (along with sheer stupidity (like the time I uninstalled the package installer DOH!). Do not be afraid of this. However, the best advice I ever got on this list was to mount your /home directory on a seperate

[newbie] Multimedia.

2005-03-22 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, While the primary reason that I do not get a broadband Link is that I'm too cheap (poor), a strong second is the best thing about more bandwidth is getting streaming vid, and it's been my experience that Linux has problems with web video. Is this impression outdated? -- JHM

[newbie] Auld lang syne.

2005-03-21 Thread James Henry Maiewski
of least resistance and suffered. So, if anybody out there besides myself does not know about the tutor, try using 'vimtutor.' Sincerely, James Henry Maiewski Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Auld lang syne.

2005-03-21 Thread James Henry Maiewski
On Monday 21 March 2005 2:35 pm, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: On March 21, 2005 10:41, Duncan Anderson wrote: ... Learning to use vi never killed anybody. ... No, it just made them wish they were dead! 8^} It certainly isn't as powerfull, or intuitive, as any GUI editor, but for things

Re: [newbie] src.rpm headaches.

2005-03-20 Thread James Henry Maiewski
On Saturday 19 March 2005 3:50 pm, Tom wrote: Now, James, when you installed the system did you select Development ? Without those additions to your system you probly can't compile anything. Other questions: are you just doin all this as an exercise? an why don't you just use

[newbie] src.rpm headaches.

2005-03-19 Thread James Henry Maiewski
? With an advance of thanks, James Henry Maiewski Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] src.rpm headaches.

2005-03-19 Thread James Henry Maiewski
that the package is at fault and will look for another source. Another question I have, is why I urpmi --install-src yield nothing. Thanks, JHM On Saturday 19 March 2005 1:59 pm, Tom wrote: Greg Meyer wrote: On Saturday 19 March 2005 10:05 am, Tom wrote: James Henry Maiewski wrote: Hello

Re: [newbie] src.rpm headaches.

2005-03-19 Thread James Henry Maiewski
On Saturday 19 March 2005 3:12 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: What happens if you run rpm --checksig kdeutils-3.2.3-28.3.101mdk.src.rpm? This will check the package. Mikkel kdeutils-3.2-18.1.100mdk.src.rpm: (SHA1) DSA sha1 md5 (GPG) NOT OK (MISSING KEYS: GPG#22458a98) oh oh spaghetti-o!

[newbie] 10.0 (and I hear 10.1) right hand side alt key.

2005-03-16 Thread James Henry Maiewski
be executed upon kde startup, hopefully without needing to recompile anything, but anything that is required. With an advance of thanks, James Henry Maiewski 20 Plain Road East South Deerfield, Massachusetts Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] 10.0 (and I hear 10.1) right hand side alt key.

2005-03-16 Thread James Henry Maiewski
the Keyboard layout control module, not fix the problem immediately? The module's manual says that Xkb options are property of X and are not handled in any way by kxkb - it just sets it up. It was because of this that I went looking for Xfree86. With many thanks, James Henry Maiewski

[newbie] [Installation] Error on booting from cd - Unable to mount root fs

2005-02-15 Thread James Nunnerley
Hi all, Ive just tried to install Mandrake 10.1, but it keeps coming up with the following: (this is the last three lines of the output) RAMDISK: Compress image found at block 0 Invalid compressed format (err=2) Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(1,3)

[newbie] 10.2 Beta 1 and IPW2200 Wireless

2005-02-03 Thread James Helsby
on). Harddrake does see the device, and gives me the option to configure it. However, that leads me to the same point, manually loading the module. Any advice? Its on a dell 600m. Cheers, JH begin:vcard fn:James Helsby n:Helsby;James email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] tel;cell:801-652-9774 x-mozilla-html:FALSE

Re: [newbie] 10.2 Beta 1 and IPW2200 Wireless

2005-02-03 Thread James Helsby
Apparently the simplest answers are the easiest. Works just fine now. Thanks! Derek Jennings wrote: On Thursday 03 February 2005 17:26, James Helsby wrote: All, I am having the same problems in 10.2 that I was having under 10.1. It seems that the Intel IPW2200 driver is installed

[newbie] Mozilla Thunderbird Signature

2004-12-05 Thread James Hill
with Kmail Sylpheed. Any ideas? Thanks, James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Update site for Mandrake 10 official

2004-09-04 Thread Al James
snip Many thanks, have gone with the download all optionI love this broadband stuff..Wish it was available in New Zealand :(:(:(:( Regards Al I'm wondering how mant CD's were required? -- Regards: Hoyt Not including Mandrake itself. 12 cds for Main,PLF,Contrib and Updates. after

Re: [newbie] Linux Meetups

2004-07-13 Thread James Hudspeth
As of yet there does not seem to be one in Amarillo. On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 19:29:07 -0500, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 12 July 2004 06:41 am, Lanman wrote: Just in case someone hasn't heard of this yet, I thought I'd post a link for Linux Meetups. Meetups are very informal

RE: FW: [newbie] can not go through the NAT router

2004-06-25 Thread james fei
talbe because there is not network connection. and then restart it again. and put on your cable. the network will work again. My suggestion is the first one. anyway,it will deal with this problem clearly. Wish this will help someone. James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto

FW: [newbie] can not go through the NAT router

2004-06-24 Thread james fei
the resolv.conf? could you give me a list of setting file of this problem? thank you! James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mikkel L. Ellertson Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 1:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] can not go through the NAT

Re: [newbie] Rusty Morse.

2004-06-13 Thread James Hill
On Sunday 13 Jun 2004 13:09, Hoyt Bailey wrote: On Sunday 13 June 2004 04:31, Keith Powell wrote: Are there any radio amateurs on the list? After many years of being inactive, I want to get back into amateur radio and brush up my *VERY* rusty Morse. http://radio.linux.org.au/ Hope

Re: [newbie] Another Sound Issue (with 10.0 Official)...

2004-06-10 Thread James Henry Maiewski
On Tuesday 08 June 2004 05:47 pm, Travis Crook wrote: Hi All, I've been following the other sound problem threads and can't solve this little problem. Hello, I believe that sound modules which one wishes to use with ALSA have a snd- prefix. Try using this instead. JHM.

[newbie] Laptop and sound(card?).

2004-06-08 Thread James Henry Maiewski
, James Henry Maiewski South Deer field, Massachusetts Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Problems with USB modem

2004-06-05 Thread James Hill
On Saturday 05 Jun 2004 07:13, Sergey Boyarchik wrote: USB-APL-1-0.1-0.1.0.0-RH-7.2.tar.gz, Have you tried entering the full filename into google in this format? USB-APL-1-0.1-0.1.0.0-RH-7.2.tar.gz if that file is anywhere on the web, google should pick it up! JRH -- Sent using Kmail, on

Re: [newbie] Problems with USB modem

2004-06-05 Thread James Hill
On Saturday 05 Jun 2004 07:13, Sergey Boyarchik wrote: Hi! I have same problems to instoll my Dynamode USB modem on Mandrake 9.2. I now, that need file USB-APL-1-0.1-0.1.0.0-RH-7.2.tar.gz, for it, but I can't find it. Can You help me? Maybe You Try this page:

Re: [newbie] dvd drive won't exit

2004-06-01 Thread James Hill
On Tuesday 01 Jun 2004 20:58, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Just a guess - automount (or equivlent) has the CD or DVD mounted, and the drive locked.  Try using the eject command and see if that works. If you have any programs that are accessing the drive, it will not work. If not, try right

Re: [newbie] 10.0 and laptop modem [soundcard].

2004-06-01 Thread James Henry Maiewski
anything other than reply that the modem is busy is when I select /dev/ttyS2 as the device. I notice that there are many, many other options, could this be a clue? With an advance of thanks, James Henry Maiewski On Monday 31 May 2004 05:09 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: You

[newbie] 10.0 and laptop modem [soundcard].

2004-05-31 Thread James Henry Maiewski
256AV results in No soundcards found during boot. suggestions? With an advance of thanks, James Henry Maiewski Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] K3B

2004-04-30 Thread James Hill
Right, I'm gonna give it another try.. This Time, I have removed the letter K from every filename in the list I want to burn... (and for those of you that know Kevin Bloody Wilson, he has a hell of a lot of K's in his song titles!) :-) It took a bit of doing, but lets see what

[newbie] Shutdown/Reboot

2004-04-23 Thread James Hill
I have a problem... If I use the Shutdown/Reboot GUI in either KDE or Gnome, the screen goes black, and the computer just hangs, and does not shut down. Turn it on again, and the HDD has to be checked before it boots up. However, Open up a terminal, type poweroff or reboot, and things

[newbie] Knotify and Soundcard

2004-04-21 Thread James Hill
An interesting one this I finally found the route to a stable(ish) 10 community, buy installing 9.2 and upgrading, as opposed to a clean install of 10. I've always had some driver issues with the soundcard (C Media CM8738), but nothing that was not easily sorted. Until today. Boot

Re: [newbie] Update sites.....

2004-04-19 Thread James Hill
On Sunday 18 Apr 2004 19:29, Lee Wiggers wrote: http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php Proxad was slow this morning. I switched to strasbg and flew. Lee Can confirm, Strasbourg is doing the business for me.. 60+K/s, so mustnt grumble! JRH

Re: [newbie] Update Mirrors

2004-04-19 Thread James Hill
On Monday 19 Apr 2004 20:12, Greg Meyer wrote: It's a new directory structure.  Have you changed your urpmi sources to accomodate the new structure? Err. nope! what do I have to modify? and how? Any ideas appreciated! JRH Want to buy

Re: [newbie] Update Mirrors

2004-04-19 Thread James Hill
On Monday 19 Apr 2004 20:33, Kaj Haulrich wrote: 3. As a last resort, if you can't get into it, return to this list, and I'll send you the needed commands. Cant get into anything at all. be it urpmi.org or PLF or any of the mandrake update mirors. Everyone must have the same idea as

Re: [newbie] Update Mirrors

2004-04-19 Thread James Hill
On Monday 19 Apr 2004 21:21, Kaj Haulrich wrote: But proxad is in France, so if you wait a few hours most europeans have gone to bed, which supposedly opens a window for you. I've managed to get into Strasbourg, at around about 60k/s, so reasonable by my standards! I've done the

[newbie] Update sites.....

2004-04-18 Thread James Hill
I know the update mirrors are shot to bits for some reason.. Somebody earlier posted an alternative URL, and mentioned something about using proxad. Trouble is, I have since deleted the email, and want to try the address... can anyone help with the URL? Many thanks, JRH

[newbie] Getting VNCSERVER to start at boot?

2004-04-02 Thread James S. Hardin
Been a while since I've used linux, just to find out that init.d was replaced with xinit.d I need to remotely access the desktop on my MDK10 server. I've installed the tightvnc package, and it shows up in the rc.d directories, but until I run the command line vncserver command, I cannot connect

[newbie] Sound Card Problem

2004-04-01 Thread James McDaniel
I recently installed mandrake 10.0 on a dell dimension 4100. I replace the crap sound card they packaged with the box with a soundblaster live! mp3 (not the 5.1). after I installed Mandrake and started KDE the sound card when nuts and then just started make a high pitched squeal. It never

Re: [newbie] Looking for a picture viewer

2004-03-13 Thread James Henry Maiewski
On Monday 08 March 2004 09:11 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Paul, if you're using KDE then I would recommend Kuickshow. It lets you click on the first picture in a directory then use the wheel on your mouse to scroll thru every picture there. I love it. Its very fast too. Hello, Thank you

[newbie] Wherfore art thou $PATH?

2004-02-08 Thread James Henry Maiewski
using 9.1. With an advance of thanks, James Henry Maiewski 20 Plain Road East South Deerfield, Massachusetts Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Update Files

2004-01-22 Thread James Henry Maiewski
it? Could I possible get one for 9.1? Sincerely, James Henry Maiewski Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] [OT]Fwd: EPIC Alert 11.01/Palladium

2004-01-16 Thread James Henry Maiewski
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: EPIC Alert 11.01 Date: Wednesday 14 January 2004 06:36 pm From: EPIC News [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] === E P I C A l e r t

Re: [newbie] Hurray for Michael Doyle!

2004-01-15 Thread James Cammarata
Who the hell is Michael Doyle, you ask? That is NOT good news for anyone. This is a company (of 2 people) suing over an overly broad patent they weren't using for anything themselves. The implications for all software of this nature (embedded plug ins) is very far-reaching and could impact

Re: [newbie] Hurray for Michael Doyle!

2004-01-15 Thread James Cammarata
this guy stands by his word or not is irrelevant. I do not like the idea of suing over patents in this method. This URL (posted on /. today) illustrates this point perfectly. http://news.com.com/2100-1038-5141810.html?tag=nefd_hed -- James Cammarata [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.sngx.net home: 314-835

[newbie] reinstall sound

2004-01-11 Thread James Cammarata
this is not a solution I am interested in. And no my sound is NOT muted. /dev/sound is empty. My Specs: Dell 400SC (brand new) running Mandrake 9.2. Sound is the onboard AC'97. Any help is appreciated. James Cammarata [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.sngx.net home: 314-835-1122 work: 314-872-2426 cell: 314-409-0583

Re: [newbie] reinstall sound [SOLVED]

2004-01-11 Thread James Cammarata
At 04:01 AM 1/12/2004 +, you wrote: On Monday 12 Jan 2004 2:10 am, James Cammarata wrote: I posted this earlier, didn't get any help on it so I'm posting it again. I lost every device out of my /dev/sound folder due to some freak Mandrake snafu, so I have no sound in Gnome. Can someone

Re: [newbie] hardware issues after installing a new vidcard

2004-01-10 Thread James Cammarata
thanks for the pointer on my video problem, i figured that wouldn't be too hard to solve. My main issues is with my lack of sound. I have absolutely no idea how to fix this and can't find any help via Google. James Cammarata [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.sngx.net home: 314-835-1122 work: 314-872-2426

[newbie] hardware issues after installing a new vidcard

2004-01-09 Thread James Cammarata
to correct the problem automatically. 3) Disabling the sound card, starting Linux, rebooting, and then re-enabling the sound card (through BIOS, it's an onboard AC'97 sound system). Thought maybe Linux might detect it as new hardware, but nope. Thanks in advance for any help. James Cammarata

Re: [newbie] Logitech Wingman Digital Extreme Joystick

2003-10-26 Thread James Conner
On Monday 27 October 2003 12:26 am, Scott Naylor wrote: How exactly would I go about installing a Logitech Wingman Digital Extreme Joystick. It would be really helpful if I had step to step instructions if you can please. Make sure the kernel-doc package is installed and take a look here:

Re: [newbie] grub lilo

2003-10-26 Thread James Conner
On Sunday 26 October 2003 08:33 pm, Heather/Femme wrote: I've heard grub is experimental .. but RH uses it almost exclusively and alot of ppl say its better than LILO. True? False? I'd search google for a site detailing the differences Pros/cons of each but I don't kow where to start... I

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Microsoft critic loses job over report

2003-09-26 Thread James Conner
Here's a link to the article that the MS critic helped write. http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=44741 Jim On Friday 26 September 2003 06:49 am, Charlie M. wrote: I'd like a copy, please. Charlie - -- -- 2:01am up 8 days, 18:58, 3 users, load

Re: [newbie] First Steps Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-23 Thread James Conner
Well, I found it on my MDK9.0 system. Yes, it's in a gui. Mandrake makes it a hidden part of the KDE Control Center. It's called kxconfig. If you type: kdesu -c kxconfig and supply your root password it will show up. Please backup /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 before you do this so you have a way

Re: [newbie] Did I lose my NTFS partition?

2003-09-05 Thread James R. McKenzie
Have you tried the ranish Partition Manager. I've never used it but I've been monitoring the e-mail supported listserv for about 3 years and it seems to get very high marks in fixing things no one else can even find. Just a thunk. T H A N K Y O U James R

Re: [newbie] OT, Where to find a SUSE ISO ?

2003-08-31 Thread James R. McKenzie
, Heather/Femme wrote: ty all for the answers.. If I have no luck James I may take yu up on that offer. Femme Wawazat? He's offering to give you a SaUSagE ? Gads... (g) -- Sat Aug 30 17:20:00 EST 2003 17:20:00 up 5 days, 7:06, 3 users, load average: 0.87, 0.81, 0.57

Re: [newbie] OT, Where to find a SUSE ISO ?

2003-08-30 Thread James R. McKenzie
Good Enough. 8-{ - Original Message - From: Heather/Femme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 9:46 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] OT, Where to find a SUSE ISO ? On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 09:49, James R. McKenzie wrote: Fem, I have version 8.2

Re: [newbie] OT, Where to find a SUSE ISO ? HIJACKED!

2003-08-30 Thread James R. McKenzie
, Where to find a SUSE ISO ? HIJACKED! On Friday 29 August 2003 11:49 am, James R. McKenzie wrote: I'd like it more if it saw my modem but then again Mandrake can't either. Only Redhat (since RHL 7.2) can see it. I've basically tried all of the distros and even Free BSD. Can do spit

Re: [newbie] OT, Where to find a SUSE ISO ?

2003-08-29 Thread James R. McKenzie
basically tried all of the distros and even Free BSD. Can do spit with Free BSD. ;-{ Oh well, if you are interested lemme know. Back into lurker mode. T H A N K Y O U James R. McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Heather/Femme [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] TEST

2003-08-26 Thread James R. McKenzie
very much. I'll take the beer, but you can skip the sticky stars. -- cmg On Monday 25 August 2003 07:58 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Two sticky stars and a free beer. John James R. McKenzie wrote: Did I pass the test? What doo I get. I want the gold star. T H A N K

Re: [newbie] TEST

2003-08-25 Thread James R. McKenzie
Did I pass the test? What doo I get. I want the gold star. T H A N K Y O U James R. McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NEWBIE 1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 1:55 PM

Re: [newbie] Linux saves MS's butt.

2003-08-16 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, It seems to me that this is an insolubale problem. The 'Joe six pack' crowd will never be able to outhack someone who is au currant and deals with networking day in and day out, even if they understand the need for protection. As they say, 'where there's a will there's a way.'

[newbie] Linkskys, anyone?

2003-08-14 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, This Sunday paper came with a flier of Amazon.com (is it just me, or does that seem weird? regardless, it seems to have worked on me). At any rate, in it are a few Linkskys wireless gizmos (I know I live under a rock, but I'd never heard of Linskys, what a cool name).

Re: [newbie] saving live-stream

2003-08-01 Thread James Henry Maiewski
On Friday 01 August 2003 05:04 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi toghether is it possible to save a live stream in xmms? or any other application? - this is in swiss-german and only for swiss-people(if there are any in here): i wönsche euch allne e schöne 1. auguscht und tüend nöd zwild

Re: [newbie] DVD writing software

2003-07-30 Thread James Henry Maiewski
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 04:30 am, Haywiremac wrote: On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 01:39:00 -0400 Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: you can't do a 1 to 1 copy of commercial DVDs but with 4.x gigs of data, Even if you could, a blank DVD costs almost as much as the one you want to copy, no?

Re: [newbie] KDE Weirdness, logout button without the dragon

2003-07-30 Thread James Henry Maiewski
On Tuesday 29 July 2003 06:45 pm, Heather/Femme wrote: Other small problem... I like that little dragon that pops up gives me options on how i want to logout when I hit the Logout button on the kicker. It seems to not be there anymore...yet was there when I first loaded 9.0/.1. Where is he

Re: [newbie] aumix not working

2003-07-30 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, There have been numerous warnings concerning SBLive cards that say that have the emu10k1 chip but, in point of fact, do not. The mere fact that this is possible, makes the SBLive an unatractive option for Linux. Jim On Tuesday 29 July 2003 10:05 pm, Mike Adolf wrote:

Re: [newbie] MS in trouble, sorry it's kinda OT

2003-07-29 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, Now that we have the record industry suing the parents of those who download copyrighted songs, I shiver to think what the lawers at Micro$oft might come up with. Jim On Tuesday 29 July 2003 11:34 am, Miark wrote: On 29 Jul 2003 01:20:06 -0400, Lyvim Xaphir [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] GMO foods

2003-07-29 Thread James R. McKenzie
Here, Here! Podunks of America UNITE T H A N KY O U James R. McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Cornerstone Community Farm [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 10:13 AM Subject: Re

Re: [newbie] mbr question

2003-07-28 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, You might want to look at the Linux+Win9x+Grub HOWTO. I have been trying to use a CD that seems to offer the promise of installing Window$ NT (mostly to see if it would work). Since I already have ML9.1 installed and don't really want to mess it up, I decided to carve out a

Re: [newbie] cannot log in as root in 9.1

2003-07-28 Thread James Henry Maiewski
On Monday 28 July 2003 01:25 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: On Monday 28 July 2003 11:12 am, fifner the dragon wrote: Hi all, I have my mandrake 9.1 setup to automaticly log user in at startup. When I logout user I get a small box giving me three alternatives: halt, reboot and a user icon.

[newbie] IEEE 1394 (FireWire/i.Link) and DVD-RAM/CD-RW

2003-07-27 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, My Creative Audigy soundcard has an IEEE 1394 connection, and something about it is detected when I boot [ML9.1]. www.linux1394.org (as well as Xconfig) tell me that the IEEE 1394 module is experimental, and the list of device drivers seems far from exhaustive (although this

[newbie] Kmix, ALSA and saving levels.

2003-07-24 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, I'm fairly certain that this has been covered by this lidt, but I can't seem to find it in the archives. My card is a SoundBlaster Audigy, and I'm running Mandrake 9.1 with KDE 3.1.0. I'm also sorry that this sounds so confusing. First, I get XMMS playing.

[newbie] Linux analog to iTunes BuyMusic.

2003-07-24 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, Perhaps a bit off topic, but I've gone to Apple's iTunes (must have a Mac) and BuyMusic (must have IE read: M$). I do not support Linux in general and Mandrake in particular because it is cheaper (which it is), but because I like the product and wish to support open source.

[newbie] DiskDrake: Unmounting /dev/dha6 aka /home.

2003-07-24 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, I've been trying to create an new partition on my only hard drive. According to the directions, I need to unmount the partition, but clicking unmount in DiskDrake has no effect. 'umount /dev/hsa6' tells me that the device is busy. How do I procede? Jim Want to buy

Re: [newbie] Re: Robotics

2003-07-23 Thread James Henry Maiewski
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 07:49 am, Marc O wrote: On Wednesday 23 July 2003 12:00 am, SoloCDM wrote: On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Cody Harris wrote: Hm...i can say i want to start into electronics/robotics. My techie friend said that i should buy an 8 bit controller that i can download a

Re: [newbie] Find the Source!

2003-07-20 Thread James Henry Maiewski
On Wednesday 16 July 2003 09:46 pm, Pilagá wrote: Your Spanish is splendid, Jim, don't worry. I'm using aRts and rezound without problems. Wich is, exactly, your problem? Is your card correctly configured? Can you play CDs, oggs, wavs, mp3s, DVDs...? Also, check the card settings

Re: [newbie] Compact flash disk reader.

2003-07-19 Thread James Henry Maiewski
On Saturday 19 July 2003 05:31 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 19 Jul 2003 12:14 am, manolis wrote: Anyway... Although I didn't figured out what is going on I also want to ask related to the this problem: Any time that I plug in my USB reader it gets another name in the /dev tree for

[newbie] Found the Source!

2003-07-18 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, Maybe somebody can help me understand this. When I clicked on the src.rpm icon for the package (on a mounted CD), I was having problems (I can't remember what they were exactly now [I know, I get an F for clarity]), so I copied the RPM to disk then clicked it there,

Re: [newbie] Find the Source!

2003-07-16 Thread James Henry Maiewski
On Tuesday 15 July 2003 09:20 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: Whenever you install a src file, it lives under: /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES Hello, Thant's what I thought, but es nada (¡no tengo Suerte!). I found the file [kdemultimedia-3.1-10mdk.src.rpm] on my 9.1 CD Installation Source

[newbie] Find the Source!

2003-07-15 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, I'm trying to install the source code for Krec (K - Multimedia - Sound - Krec), which I believe is in kdemultimedia-3.1-10mdk.src.rpm. I've done this and haven't the foggiest idea where it was installed (if, indeed, this was the source). grpmi tells me that everything was

Re: [newbie]

2003-07-08 Thread James R. McKenzie
I don't get this one Stephen. - Original Message - From: Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 5:16 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 01:08, Chris Miller wrote: subscribe newbie cigarette roll -- Wed Jul 9

Re: [newbie] Kvirc

2003-06-26 Thread James Conner
For MDK 9.0 it's here: ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/Mandrake/9.0/contrib/RPMS/ Just scroll down till you find it, download and install with rpm -ivh kvirc*.rpm For MDK 9.1 it's here: ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/Mandrake/9.1/contrib/RPMS/ Just do the same as above. Then you

Re: [newbie] testing

2003-06-23 Thread James R. McKenzie
did you say something? 8-{ - Original Message - From: Damian Gatabria [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 2:09 AM Subject: [newbie] testing ignore me :o/ -- --

Re: [newbie] No response on questions

2003-06-23 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, I see your diaeresis (what is it called in Swedish?). Please do not spell your name any other way than the way it's spelled. Sincerely, Jim. Postscriptum: My spellchecker likes Bjorn better, I've taught it the error of it's ways. On Monday 23 June 2003 04:56 pm,

Re: [newbie] aRTS-less question.

2003-06-17 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, I've read that there should be one and only one artsd running. I have two right off the bat, and playing a file gives me more (with more than one saying that they're using the processor. Can this be good news? In any event, /sbin/fuser -v /dev/dsp gives nothing even when a

Re: [newbie] USB Flashdrive

2003-06-17 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, Try...I can't seem to find it in the archives, but it may be that you need to add multi-lun capability. enter: echo scsi add-single-device R C T L/proc/scsi/scsi where: R=scsi control number (see /proc/scsi/scsi) C=channel number (always 0)

[newbie] aRTS-less question.

2003-06-16 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, After some more blind (and deaf [let's leave dumb out of this]) fumbling with the sound system [SB Live! 5.1, ML 9.1, KDE], I've discovered that, unlike 9.0, the command /sbin/fuser -v /dev/dsp gives no responce at all. In 9.0, I got: /sbin/fuser -v /dev/dsp

[newbie] Fwd: Re: [Galeon-user] Using Kmail w/ Galeon.

2003-06-14 Thread James Henry Maiewski
---BeginMessage--- On Saturday 14 June 2003 06:21 am, you wrote: On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 13:16, James Henry Maiewski wrote: Hello, Having just installed Galeon 1.3.3, I have run into a problem trying to use a Kmail composer when I click on a mailto: thingy. In Gnome control center I

[newbie] Halfway home w/ Galeon and mailto:

2003-06-09 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, I am trying to coax the Galeon browser to use the Kmail composer when I click a mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] thingy. Thanks to this list I got to the gnome control center; thence: advanced-file types and programs-internet services-add file type. I then typed mailto into the

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: UK councils dump Windows for Linux

2003-06-08 Thread James R. McKenzie
- Original Message - From: Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 12:56 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: UK councils dump Windows for Linux On Sun, 08 Jun 2003 01:09:35 +0300 Robin Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stephen Kuhn wrote: Please

Re: [newbie] Where should I go first?

2003-06-07 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, attached are the output from the troubleshooting suggestions. mcc descibes the card as SB Live! (audio). -Jim. On Friday 06 June 2003 03:06 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 06 Jun 2003 8:03 am, James Henry Maiewski wrote: Hello, I really, really, wish you hadn't said

Re: [newbie] Where should I go first?

2003-06-06 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, I really, really, wish you hadn't said that. My SoBLive!(5.1) has given me naught but static. SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 Works without any real mucking around, and they're cheap (but good quality) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Mozilla problem

2003-06-05 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, So. It sounds like you know what I would like to know about Galeon and config files. I would like to run in KDE, but use the Galeon browser. In 9.0, I can set Galeon (1.2.5) in Settings-Preferences-Handlers-Programs to use the Kmail composer when I click a mailto:

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: SCO's CEO says buyout could end Linux fight

2003-06-02 Thread James R. McKenzie
-{ T H A N K Y O U James R. McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: walt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 6:33 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] ARTICLE: SCO's CEO says buyout could end Linux fight

Re: [newbie] How do you network 2 pc´s using crossovercable???

2003-05-31 Thread James Dawson
On Friday 30 May 2003 10:24 pm, Mark wrote: I have two pc´s running 9.1 how do I network them using a crossover cable? Cheers Mark * Connect the two computers using the crossover cable * Make sure both network cards are set to the same port speed/duplex (or 'Auto') * Set the IP addresses on

[newbie] DNS problem

2003-05-30 Thread James Dawson
I'm running DNS on a Mandrake 9.1 server with a Mandrake 9.0 workstation (I've been too busy to upgrade the workstation...) The problem is that DNS lookups on the workstation sometimes fails to resolve names on the first attempt, but if I try again immediately it works fine. (about once every

Re: [newbie] Movie making.

2003-03-27 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, This project called 'operation get cinelerra to run' has raised several questions. The two separate Cinelerra's I downloaded insisted that I have 'libpng.so.2' (and possibly 'libstdc++.so.3' as well). I have 'libpng.so.3' and 'libstdc++.so.5.' I tried to download some

Re: [newbie] Movie making.

2003-03-22 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, My mcc software installer (9.0 powerpack 7 disks) comes up with several RPMs [e.g. mplayer-0.90-pre7.4mdk] when I search, but I can't find them in the lists, and if I try to install them, it tells me they are all ready installed 'should this even be happening?' Apart from not

Re: [newbie] Fuji finepix 2200 camera

2003-03-22 Thread James Henry Maiewski
On Saturday 22 March 2003 05:20 pm, James Henry Maiewski wrote: Hello, again I just realised that the line in /etc/fstab might be better written as: /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera auto auot,user,noauto,ro 0 0 the ro is read-only. The manual for my camera warnes about trying to load from

[newbie] Placement of PCI cards and upgrading ALSA.

2003-03-20 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Cards: Creative Labs|SB Live! 5.1 Us Robotics.3Com|56K FaxModem Model 5610 OS: Mandrake 9.0 Board: ASUS A7V Hello, In my further effort to play sound files (I am rewarded with crackling and static whenever I unmute Pcm in KMix, with added static when I attempt to play a

Re: [newbie] How to get rid of Web Url Action

2003-03-20 Thread James Henry Maiewski
On Thursday 20 March 2003 09:53 pm, Preston-Campbell wrote: KDE doesn't have the paperclip but OO Writer has that [EMAIL PROTECTED] lightbulb. What's that about? Brian Here Here! The lightbulb is the worst! As an added attraction, all the fonts look rink-e-dink on my screen. I use Kwrite,

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