Re: [newbie] To Twiki Editors, Welcome to Newbie Manager and List-Members.

2005-03-30 Thread julie
the "experts" live > I think that there is a natural ebb and flow that follows the release cycle ... lots of list traffic after each release. Also, some listers have switched to the OT list. Then, too, I imagine there to be a number of lurkers. Julie Owens, Pacific Northwest

Re: [newbie] OT - OOo in Windows

2005-03-26 Thread julie
week ago. It is, indeed, a nuisance when all you want to do is correct a typo or some such and have the browser pop up. Julie Owens Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Firefox not playing nice with slashdot

2005-03-25 Thread Julie Sloan
seem to be ok > > > > Running 1.0.0. and I have no problems with it. ?? ditto. running 10.0 and no problems on slashdot either. -- Julie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Games recommendation

2005-03-23 Thread Julie Sloan
gt; game station >> and from there you're on your own :) -- Julie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Kpnqueror wouldn't launch in Mandrake 10.1

2005-03-23 Thread Julie Sloan
after I'd fiddled with the Konqueror-as-browser settings - got a spinning hourglass in the panel for thirty seconds and then nothing. I can't tell you exactly what I did to fix it (it is fixed now) but the fiddling with the browser settings is definitely what caused the

Re: [newbie] ADSL.

2005-03-22 Thread Julie Sloan
On Tuesday 22 March 2005 06:39 am, Malcolm Candlish wrote: > Dear Julie, > > Apologies for the Sir! > > I am certainly contacting your provider and thank you for your tip. Dear Malcolm, Apology not necessary and I in turn apologize for my grumpiness. Must have had a low

Re: [newbie] Games recommendation

2005-03-21 Thread Julie Sloan
ahtzee. I think some of these are in the "KDE games package" and or the "Gnome games package." have fun -- Julie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] ADSL.

2005-03-21 Thread Julie Sloan
extra charges for heavy downloads. > > Can Linux work with any provider as in the case of dial up. > Not a sir, but I am having no problem connecting with earthlink dialup regardless. -- Julie Want to buy your Pack or Services fro

Re: [newbie] Useful URL for newbies

2005-03-21 Thread Julie Sloan
On Monday 21 March 2005 03:04 am, Duncan Anderson wrote: > Hello > > I found this URL to be useful for beginners who have some knowledge, but > need a bit of guidance. > > http://freeengineer.org/learnUNIXin10minutes.html > > The CLI is not something to be feared. > > cheers > Duncan cool; and it

[newbie] OpenGL stuff error messages

2005-03-20 Thread Julie Sloan
hi all. when I try to run OpenGL stuff (in this instance a screensaver, but other stuff too), I get a message like this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] julie]$ xscreensaver-demo xscreensaver-gl-helper: /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1: no version information available (required by xscreensaver-gl-helper) Loading

Re: [newbie] Updates

2005-03-18 Thread Julie Sloan
the mash :) So, since I have lots of room and empty partitions and all that, would it be feasible, practical, educational, destructive, or just plain stupid to have both 10.0 and 10.2 running on this box (along with nasty old WinXP) ? -- Julie __

Re: [newbie] KDE 3.4

2005-03-18 Thread Julie Sloan
On Friday 18 March 2005 07:30 pm, Leaf wrote: > On Friday 18 March 2005 18:09, Julie Sloan wrote: > > On Friday 18 March 2005 05:37 pm, Leaf wrote: > > > On Friday 18 March 2005 16:13, frengoGorgia wrote: > > > > Il ven, 2005-03-18 alle 22:45, Pablo Ortuz

Re: [newbie] Updates

2005-03-18 Thread Julie Sloan
On Friday 18 March 2005 08:22 pm, Stephen Kühn wrote: > On Sat, 2005-03-19 at 11:20, Julie Sloan wrote: > > On Friday 18 March 2005 07:02 pm, Stephen Kühn wrote: > > > On Sat, 2005-03-19 at 11:00, Charles A Edwards wrote: > > > > Updated and new rpms for Mdk 10

Re: [newbie] Updates

2005-03-18 Thread Julie Sloan
On Friday 18 March 2005 07:02 pm, Stephen Kühn wrote: > On Sat, 2005-03-19 at 11:00, Charles A Edwards wrote: > > Updated and new rpms for Mdk 10.1 > > > > Charles > > Dang...nothing ever for 10.0 again, eh Charles? >

Re: [newbie] linux command tutorial

2005-03-18 Thread Julie Sloan
On Friday 18 March 2005 06:51 pm, Stephen Kühn wrote: > On Sat, 2005-03-19 at 10:49, Julie Sloan wrote: > > On Friday 18 March 2005 06:15 pm, JoeHill wrote: > > > On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:37:32 -0500 > > > > > > Julie Sloan disseminated the following: >

Re: [newbie] KDE 3.4

2005-03-18 Thread Julie Sloan
On Friday 18 March 2005 05:37 pm, Leaf wrote: > On Friday 18 March 2005 16:13, frengoGorgia wrote: > > Il ven, 2005-03-18 alle 22:45, Pablo Ortuzar ha scritto: > > > Hello, > > > > > > KDE 3.4 is out. There are SuSE, Fedora and Conectiva packages > > > available, but no Mandrake rpms. Is there any

Re: [newbie] linux command tutorial

2005-03-18 Thread Julie Sloan
On Friday 18 March 2005 06:15 pm, JoeHill wrote: > On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:37:32 -0500 > > Julie Sloan disseminated the following: > > > > They started after you left :) > > > > Hey! You know why in Alabama they don't teach ...oops, wrong list. > > >

Re: [newbie] another urpmi query

2005-03-18 Thread Julie Sloan
On Thursday 17 March 2005 10:11 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Julie Sloan wrote: > > > > > > Yokay, thanks, I will remove rpm --rebuilddb command from my list and > > jsut do [rpm --updatedb && update-menus -v && ldconfig], right? > > You s

Re: [newbie] 'nother optic mouse question

2005-03-17 Thread Julie Sloan
left corner. :) this won't break the habit though, no -- Julie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] linux command tutorial

2005-03-17 Thread Julie Sloan
On Thursday 17 March 2005 05:32 pm, Stephen Kühn wrote: > On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 09:27, Julie Sloan wrote: > > > Dang. Didn't know they taught reading in Kentucky. > > > > > > (http://linuxfordummies.org) > > > > They started after you left :) >

Re: [newbie] linux command tutorial

2005-03-17 Thread Julie Sloan
On Thursday 17 March 2005 04:52 pm, Mr. Geek wrote: > Julie Sloan wrote: > > I found a new-newbie oriented tutorial at http://www.linuxcommand.org/ > > which everyone here probably already knows about. But just in case > > some lurker doesn't, there's the link.

[newbie] linux command tutorial

2005-03-17 Thread Julie Sloan
I found a new-newbie oriented tutorial at http://www.linuxcommand.org/ which everyone here probably already knows about. But just in case some lurker doesn't, there's the link. I may not be pestering y'all with questions for a while. I'm busy

Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut

2005-03-17 Thread Julie Sloan
gt;>> > >>>Ah, but Grasshopper - are you TRULY happy...? > >> > >>Ah well - as Carl Sandburg says " ... and sometimes you weep". > >> > >>But I AM happy that I got the icon sorted :-) > >> > >>

Re: [newbie] Possible alternative format for forum

2005-03-17 Thread Julie Sloan
negative infinity. Heh. I went from 36.6Kbps in a major US city to 56Kbps in a minor US town and consider myself blessed. It'll be twenty years before we get DSL. :-\ -- Julie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft

Re: [newbie] Possible alternative format for forum

2005-03-17 Thread Julie Sloan
ot Mandrake 10.0 and WinXP. It wasn't terribly expensive - about US$40 I think -- Julie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Possible alternative format for forum

2005-03-16 Thread Julie Sloan
sorry nicole, I thought I was sending this to the list. :) -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [newbie] Possible alternative format for forum Date: Wednesday 16 March 2005 11:23 am From: Julie Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thursday 17 March 2005

Re: [newbie] Possible alternative format for forum

2005-03-16 Thread Julie Sloan
s and a mail client that does proper message threading > can't be beat and I will very rarely visit a web forum. > > Just my 2 cents. Mine also. -- Julie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] another urpmi query

2005-03-16 Thread Julie Sloan
On Wednesday 16 March 2005 08:27 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Julie Sloan wrote: > > > rpm --rebuilddb etc > > Not normaly needed. This is only if your database of installed RPMs gets > corrupted. > > > urpmi.update -a > > urpmi --auto-select > >

Re: [newbie] another urpmi query

2005-03-15 Thread Julie Sloan
On Tuesday 15 March 2005 11:51 am, Tom wrote: > Julie Sloan wrote: > > On Tuesday 15 March 2005 10:37 am, Tom wrote: > >>Julie Sloan wrote: > >>>Sorry for the very long (what follows), but I've been at this point > >>>three times now, and each time

Re: [newbie] Fwd: [linux-aktivis] [JOKE] The Creation (Microsoft Style)

2005-03-15 Thread Julie Sloan
On Tuesday 15 March 2005 12:01 pm, Fajar Priyanto wrote: > The Creation (Microsoft Style) excellent! -- Julie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : h

Re: [newbie] md5sum question

2005-03-15 Thread Julie Sloan
On Tuesday 15 March 2005 11:47 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Julie Sloan wrote: > > Somebody suggested that I add the --no-md5sum tag to urpmi.update -a > > and I don't remember what the reason for this is. > > > > Will someone explain? > > > > ty &g

Re: [newbie] --noclean

2005-03-15 Thread Julie Sloan
On Tuesday 15 March 2005 11:28 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Tuesday 15 March 2005 05:38, Julie Sloan wrote: > > how would I go about making the --noclean option default for urpmi'ing, > > so I don't have to remember to add it each time I d/l a program? > > >

Re: [newbie] another urpmi query

2005-03-15 Thread Julie Sloan
On Tuesday 15 March 2005 10:37 am, Tom wrote: > Julie Sloan wrote: > > Sorry for the very long (what follows), but I've been at this point > > three times now, and each time I go to easyurpmi.zarb.org and start > > over with urpmi.removemedia, (then get the new sour

Re: [newbie] another urpmi query

2005-03-15 Thread Julie Sloan
On Tuesday 15 March 2005 10:07 am, Mr. Geek wrote: > Julie Sloan wrote: > > (I am on Mdk10.0-official and I do have Charles Edwards set up as a > > media source.) > > > > what seems the course to take is rm the cups-drivers and the > > kdelibs-common files f

Re: [newbie] urpmi firefox

2005-03-15 Thread Julie Sloan
for stuff like gaim, and other popular programs > > that don't get updated very frequently on the official mirrors. > > Currently in Charles mirror there's Firefox 1.0, but > another great unofficial urmpi repository is http://norlug.org/?op=rpms > in which y

Re: [newbie] another urpmi query

2005-03-15 Thread Julie Sloan
On Tuesday 15 March 2005 09:34 am, Smiley wrote: > On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:29:26 -0500 > > Julie Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's not happening here. > > Sorry for the very long (what follows), but I've been at this point > > three times now, a

Re: [newbie] urpmi firefox

2005-03-15 Thread Julie Sloan
On Tuesday 15 March 2005 01:06 am, Amy wrote: > On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:47:00 -0500, Julie Sloan > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > when I urpmi firefox it wants to give me -0.8 instead of the new > > -1.0.1. > > > I'm not sure how you can make the sour

Re: [newbie] another urpmi query

2005-03-15 Thread Julie Sloan
On Tuesday 15 March 2005 02:24 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 15 Mar 2005 05:31, Julie Sloan wrote: > > On Tuesday 15 March 2005 12:01 am, Smiley wrote: > > > On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 23:44:05 -0500 > > > > > > Julie Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

[newbie] md5sum question

2005-03-15 Thread Julie Sloan
Somebody suggested that I add the --no-md5sum tag to urpmi.update -a and I don't remember what the reason for this is. Will someone explain? ty -- Julie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[newbie] urpmi firefox

2005-03-14 Thread Julie Sloan
efore Mozilla) as an urpmi medium I got five minutes of 0% of 0 at speed 0. What did I do wrong? Do I need to d/l the -0.8 and then upgrade to the -1.0.1 or d/l the -1.0-1 rpm or is there another way? ty -- Julie Want to buy your Pack or Ser

[newbie] --noclean

2005-03-14 Thread Julie Sloan
how would I go about making the --noclean option default for urpmi'ing, so I don't have to remember to add it each time I d/l a program? ty -- Julie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrak

Re: [newbie] another urpmi query

2005-03-14 Thread Julie Sloan
On Tuesday 15 March 2005 12:01 am, Smiley wrote: > On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 23:44:05 -0500 > > Julie Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > when a normal update gets interrupted the partial > > downloads seem to get stuck in /var/cache/urpmi/partial, > > and then the p

[newbie] another urpmi query

2005-03-14 Thread Julie Sloan
when a normal update gets interrupted the partial downloads seem to get stuck in /var/cache/urpmi/partial, and then the packages won't install because of these "missing" partials. What's the preferred way of dealing with thi

[newbie] krecipes

2005-03-11 Thread julie
Has anyone tried using krecipes? Julie Owens, Oregon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] various issues

2005-03-10 Thread Julie Sloan
On Tuesday 08 March 2005 10:21 am, Josenildo Marques wrote: > On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 15:54 -0500, Julie Sloan wrote: > > On Tuesday 01 March 2005 03:17 pm, Duncan Anderson wrote: > > > Editing text files is particularly irritating because my fingers > > > operate in "

Re: [newbie] Problems with Ipw2200 BG

2005-03-06 Thread Julie Sloan
On Sunday 06 March 2005 06:29 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Sunday 06 March 2005 22:49, Julie Sloan wrote: > > (Alt-F2 does nothing on my box - is this a keyboard problem?) > > I was assuming KDE was the Window Manager. Alt+F2 in KDE gives you a "Run > box" to enter

Re: [newbie] Problems with Ipw2200 BG

2005-03-06 Thread Julie Sloan
On Sunday 06 March 2005 06:00 pm, riccardo wrote: > On Sunday 06 March 2005 10:49 pm, Julie Sloan referred: > > > download the correct .tar.gz file > > > To uncompress the file just click on it with konqueror. > > _ > > as root, you can command

Re: [newbie] Problems with Ipw2200 BG

2005-03-06 Thread Julie Sloan
27; in the box. > kdesu konqueror! how cool! this is handy to know. (Alt-F2 does nothing on my box - is this a keyboard problem?) -- Julie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakest

Re: [newbie] pagemaker like program???

2005-03-05 Thread julie
wsletter and convert to *.pdf so that I can distribute a soft copy. Is > that possible? Scribus is your best bet. The biggest difference I've noticed so far is that you need to draw a text-box before placing the text ... just the reverse of PageMaker. HTH

Re: [newbie] various issues

2005-03-01 Thread Julie Sloan
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 10:06 pm, Russ Kepler wrote: > On Tuesday 01 March 2005 07:21 pm, Julie Sloan wrote: > > On Tuesday 01 March 2005 05:01 pm, Russ Kepler wrote: > > > As long as you don't invoke the dreaded emacs you're all right with > > > me. (There&

Re: [newbie] various issues

2005-03-01 Thread Julie Sloan
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 05:01 pm, Russ Kepler wrote: > On Tuesday 01 March 2005 01:54 pm, Julie Sloan wrote: > > On Tuesday 01 March 2005 03:17 pm, Duncan Anderson wrote: > > > Editing text files is particularly irritating because my fingers > > > operate in "vi

Re: [newbie] various issues

2005-03-01 Thread Julie Sloan
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 03:17 pm, Duncan Anderson wrote: > > Editing text files is particularly irritating because my fingers operate > in "vi" mode reflexively. I am looking forward to some day soon being able to say the same thing. :) --

Re: [newbie] various issues

2005-03-01 Thread Julie Sloan
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 12:16 pm, Kirschner, Mark wrote: > Julie Sloan claimed: > > But I never broke windows so badly I had to reinstall it! > > Julie > -- > > Um, you need to boot the computer for it to break  ;-) Maybe I never broke it or got so virus'd up I coul

Re: [newbie] various issues

2005-03-01 Thread Julie Sloan
it for a few days! !!!DAYS mhhmmmp. You're not as addicted as I am. Julie-- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] various issues

2005-03-01 Thread Julie Sloan
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 03:30 am, riccardo wrote: > On Tuesday 01 March 2005 08:19 am, Julie Sloan referred: > >> handy, to have entire duplicate system > > ~ for example . . . have cron daemon, once-a-week, run script :- > Thanks riccardo, I will add this and your "r

Re: [newbie] various issues

2005-03-01 Thread Julie Sloan
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 03:28 am, l_duvall wrote: > >> Julie Sloan wrote: > > > > [...like changing file names -- do you know, in windows, you can't > > "move," that is to say, "drag and drop" a file with the .exe extension? > > When yo

Re: [newbie] various issues

2005-03-01 Thread Julie Sloan
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 03:11 am, riccardo wrote: > On Tuesday 01 March 2005 07:59 am, Julie Sloan wrote: > > Which is why I'm on my fourth > > reinstall. > > ___ > > ~ maybe, it is handy, to have entire duplicate system, on a spare > partition .

Re: [newbie] various issues

2005-02-28 Thread Julie Sloan
On Monday 28 February 2005 09:26 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Julie Sloan wrote: > > On Monday 28 February 2005 12:06 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > >>Now, what I would like to see sometime is changing from Windows 98 to > >> XP compaired to changing from 98 to Lin

Re: [newbie] various issues

2005-02-28 Thread Julie Sloan
On Monday 28 February 2005 09:39 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > On Monday 28 February 2005 06:16 pm, Julie Sloan wrote: > > On Monday 28 February 2005 12:06 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > > Now, what I would like to see sometime is changing from Windows 98 to > > > XP compa

Re: [newbie] various issues

2005-02-28 Thread Julie Sloan
I was waiting for my linux CDs to arrive. Now I make a little "pin money" troubleshooting XP systems in my neighborhood, but the only time *this* *here* computer boots into Window$ is when I need to print something. That was today, and ...two or three

Re: [newbie] urpmi backups to disk?

2005-02-23 Thread Julie Sloan
On Wednesday 23 February 2005 07:02 pm, Fajar Priyanto wrote: > On Thursday 24 February 2005 06:56 am, Aron Smith wrote: > > > Use the --noclean switch. The rpms will be in /var/cache/urpmi/rpms. > > Oh boy, I wish I knew it before :( Me too. Only 952Mb to g

Re: [newbie] urpmi backups to disk?

2005-02-23 Thread Julie Sloan
On Wednesday 23 February 2005 03:35 pm, N. B. Day wrote: > On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 15:15 -0500, Julie Sloan wrote: > > Hi all, > > is there a way I can save a copy of my urpmi updates to disk, so that > > if I need to reinstall / I can also reinstall the updates without >

[newbie] urpmi backups to disk?

2005-02-23 Thread Julie Sloan
Hi all, is there a way I can save a copy of my urpmi updates to disk, so that if I need to reinstall / I can also reinstall the updates without having to download for hours? thanks Julie -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Default Browser

2005-02-22 Thread Julie Sloan
and move > > Mozilla to the top of the list. > > > > Anne > > Thanks Anne > That would have taken me a while to find! > Mike Yes, thanks, Anne! I had given up. Julie -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] which word processor

2005-02-21 Thread Julie Sloan
On Monday 21 February 2005 03:53 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 18:19, Dennis Myers wrote: > > > > Rosemary, in my OO.org if I click on the bullets icon on the tool bar > > after hitting enter to start a new paragraph, the bullet that it > > creates at the empty paragraph di

Re: [newbie] mouse

2005-02-20 Thread Julie Sloan
all the time. I want to try optical. A4 NB30 optical mouse (USB) was > recommended in a local store so I bought it home to try it out but > mandrake seems to hate it! > I'm using a Kensington#72127 PS-2 optical with Mandrake 10.0 Julie -- ___

Re: [newbie] which word processor

2005-02-20 Thread julie
t allow me to go back to > original margins. After you have completed typing your bulleted list and you hit _enter_ to start the next paragraph, hitting the _enter_ key again returns the cursor to the original margin. HTH Julie Owens Want to buy

Re: [newbie] Thunderbird preview pane

2005-02-15 Thread Julie Sloan
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 01:53 pm, Julie Sloan wrote: > Now I have a Thunderbird question. > > In the "preview pane" of messages I don't get the whole message. If I > open the message separate (like, double-click it) then in the new window > I can scroll and see

[newbie] Thunderbird preview pane

2005-02-15 Thread Julie Sloan
he new window I can scroll and see the whole message, but not in the preview pane. Weird. IIRC when I was using TBird in Windows XP this never happened. I'm using Mandrake10.0 and all my urpmi updating is current to 12 February. Julie W

Re: [newbie] Nice Howto site

2005-02-04 Thread Julie Sloan
On Friday 04 February 2005 09:58 am, Lanman wrote: > Julie Sloan wrote: > > On Friday 04 February 2005 05:15 am, et wrote: > >>On Thursday 03 February 2005 09:16 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > >>>On Thursday 03 February 2005 12:48 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > >>>

Re: [newbie] Nice Howto site

2005-02-04 Thread Julie Sloan
On Friday 04 February 2005 05:15 am, et wrote: > On Thursday 03 February 2005 09:16 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > > On Thursday 03 February 2005 12:48 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > > On Friday 04 February 2005 12:32 am, Aron Smith wrote: > > > > On Thursday 03 February 2005 02:33 pm, Lanman wrote: > > >

Re: [newbie] A little light in the EU darkness

2005-02-01 Thread julie sloan
On Tuesday 01 February 2005 11:01 am, Paul wrote: > On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 03:43, Julie Sloan wrote: > > Paul wrote: > > > On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 16:39, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > >>On Monday 31 January 2005 18:59, Paul wrote: > > >>>On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 14

Re: [newbie] Linux commands.......????

2005-01-31 Thread Julie Sloan
et wrote: On Monday 31 January 2005 09:46 am, Julie Sloan wrote: Hi teguh - - here is the external modem I bought last summer; it works well for me: http://www.bestdata.com/product.asp?pid=41&catID=4 I think I have the same setup as you - - dual booting Mandrake-10.0 and WinXP. The call-wai

Re: [newbie] A little light in the EU darkness

2005-01-31 Thread Julie Sloan
Paul wrote: On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 16:39, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Monday 31 January 2005 18:59, Paul wrote: On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 14:52, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > A tool that we could use. Which politician, after receiving 5 or 10, 000 mails regarding something he knew nothing about, wouldn't have a twi

Re: [newbie] To Chris Lane

2005-01-31 Thread Julie Sloan
> On 31 Jan 2005 at 12:52, JoeHill wrote: > > >>On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:24:27 -0500 >>Carroll Grigsby disseminated the following: >> >> >>>Don't the list rules require that Mr. Lane send a case of good stuff to each >>>of who received an out-of-office message? >> >>Case? I'm thinkin' Zip-Loc bag, b

Re: [newbie] To Chris Lane

2005-01-31 Thread Julie Sloan
JoeHill wrote: On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:26:09 -0500 Julie Sloan disseminated the following: It's "just me" too... Oh jeez, just what this list needs. Posts about the World Social Forum and Zip-Loc baggies...heh, we're gonna get along just fine :-) Oh, I'll just blab anythi

Re: [newbie] To Chris Lane

2005-01-31 Thread Julie Sloan
Margot wrote: Julie Sloan wrote: JoeHill wrote: On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:24:27 -0500 Carroll Grigsby disseminated the following: Don't the list rules require that Mr. Lane send a case of good stuff to each of who received an out-of-office message? Case? I'm thinkin' Zip-Loc bag,

Re: [newbie] To Chris Lane

2005-01-31 Thread Julie Sloan
JoeHill wrote: On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:24:27 -0500 Carroll Grigsby disseminated the following: Don't the list rules require that Mr. Lane send a case of good stuff to each of who received an out-of-office message? Case? I'm thinkin' Zip-Loc bag, but that's just me... It's "just me" too... ___

Re: [newbie] Archives

2005-01-31 Thread Julie Sloan
@linux-mandrake.com/maillist.html I prefer: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-newbie&r=1&w=2 Oh, WOW that's a nice database. Thank you for the link. Julie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.man

Re: [newbie] Linux commands.......????

2005-01-31 Thread Julie Sloan
teguh wrote: Hi, Thank you Julie for asking Making New Connection cause I have the same problem since I live in Asia (Indonesia). I don't know which provider should I choose. Beside that I have problem with my connection so i'll work on building connecting first then ask that questio

[newbie] interesting news story

2005-01-30 Thread Julie Sloan
On the AP today: Activists Urge Free Open-Source Software http://tinyurl.com/5hezf Julie -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Linux commands...???

2005-01-29 Thread Julie Sloan
Pablo Ortuzar wrote: On Saturday 29 January 2005 19:06, Julie Sloan wrote: If you are connecting with a modem rather than LAN then you don't use the eth0. I *think* eth0 referes to LAN. If you are connected despite the "FAILED", then you don't need the eth0 to start at bo

Re: [newbie] Linux commands...???

2005-01-29 Thread Julie Sloan
menu, whatever it's called, near the top and select eth0. Below are tabs: TCP/IP, Options, Information. Under "Options" disable (uncheck) "start at boot." HTH Julie Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Thanks for help with Mozilla

2005-01-27 Thread Julie Sloan
Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Wednesday 26 January 2005 21:28, Julie Sloan wrote: Thanks to everyone who helped with my recent Mozilla problem (under the header "locked directory"). Congratulation, Julie. -- Just a few remarks : You did the whole process as root, which isn't nece

[newbie] Thanks for help with Mozilla

2005-01-26 Thread Julie Sloan
as root but instead logged out and logged back in as user to set up the mozilla account.) please see: http://www.mozilla.org/docs/end-user/guide/get-started.html for more explanations and FAQ. hth someone, sometime. Julie -- "...but the learning curve is like, straigh

Re: [newbie] locked directory

2005-01-25 Thread Julie Sloan
I disabled my "reply to " option in webmail but it's magically re-enabled itself. Please adjust your replies, since I can't seem to... -Original Message- From: Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Jan 25, 2005 5:26 PM To: Julie Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

[newbie] Re: [Newchix] locked directory

2005-01-25 Thread Julie Sloan
Margot wrote: >Julie wrote: >> Mozilla won't let itself be uninstalled either - - I urpmi'd Mozilla and got >> the old 1.6 browser instead of the new 1.7.5 which is why I'm making this >> new mess today. I'll just complete the mess by instlling the

Re: [newbie] locked directory

2005-01-25 Thread Julie Sloan
-Original Message- From: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Jan 25, 2005 5:31 PM To: Julie Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [newbie] locked directory On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 20:19, Julie Sloan wrote: > suddenly I have a padlock icon on my/root directory. The con

[newbie] locked directory

2005-01-25 Thread Julie Sloan
m making this new mess today. I'll just complete the mess by instlling the new one despite the old one still in residence (which mozilla.org says not to do) - - I can always start again from scratch Help? Julie MS is to OS as AOL is to ISP __

Re: [newbie] easyurpmi 10.0 d/l says 10.1 - quick question

2005-01-23 Thread Julie Sloan
Answering my own question... and replacing it with a followup question: --- From: Julie Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Jan 23, 2005 6:40 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: [newbie] easyurpmi 10.0 d/

Re: [newbie] What is urpmi?

2005-01-23 Thread Julie Sloan
ing to find all the "extra" files you need to make those programs run. You "URPMI" an entire package instead of one file at a time. That's the quick answer. Someone who knows more will have to take it from here... Julie

[newbie] easyurpmi 10.0 d/l says 10.1 - quick question

2005-01-23 Thread Julie Sloan
one media I installed before I noticed?? I'm posting from webmail, which doesn't allow me to change the "reply to" field. Please do adjust your "to" header accordingly. thanks! Julie MS is to OS as AOL is to ISP

Re: [newbie] KMail addressbook question

2005-01-23 Thread Julie Sloan
from Dennis M: >Julie said: > >> In ~/.kde/share/apps/kabc/ I found not only one ./std.vcf, but also >> ./std.vcf2, ./std.vcf3, etc, on up to -7 or -8. Why? And do I only need >> to keep the one without a number appended, or the one with the highest >> numb

[newbie] KMail addressbook question

2005-01-23 Thread Julie Sloan
Hi (I'm bck) In ~/.kde/share/apps/kabc/ I found not only one ./std.vcf, but also ./std.vcf2, ./std.vcf3, etc, on up to -7 or -8. Why? And do I only need to keep the one without a number appended, or the one with the highest number, or all of them? thanks, Julie (is i

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Stephen Kühn wrote: Julie Sloan lied: [sorry - anything further I'll post to the OT list] Down the mighty Mississip, into the Gulf, through the Panama Canal, head directly SSW and don't stop till you smack into Windang Island. Else, ship the goats to Knott County, KY and a mate of mine w

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 11:02, Julie Sloan wrote: What about a ReiserFS? Or is that something else, not a type of partition as I thought? thanks, Julie Let's make it as simply put as possible. Create the partitions: /boot (ext3) / (ReiserFS) SWAP /home (ReiserFS) Be

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Stephen Kühn wrote: Julie Sloan wrote: Stephen Kühn wrote: My barbie is primed up and ready. MMMmm. I'm rowing. Expect me sometime in March.. Julie Dunno if anyone's ever rowed from the west coast of the US to the east coast of Australia before...interesting thought, but. Hm

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Paul wrote: Julie Sloan wrote: Tom Brinkman wrote: In the re-install, make a separate /home dir this time ;) Also, IME, one real big /stor dir is better than many. BTW, when you re-install I recommend ReiserFS. And make a separate /boot partition (~50mb's, ext3). Ratio of '/&#

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Stephen Kühn wrote: Goat steak, goat stew, goat pie, goat cheese, goat ala mode, goat ala carte, goat burgers, goat kebabs, goat gyros, goat sausages, goat patties, goat casserole...the list goes on. My barbie is primed up and ready. MMMmm. I'm rowing. Expect me sometime in March..

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 09:18, Margot wrote: Can I sign up for a 'support contract'? Goats are accepted in lieu of cash, Margot. Pssst, Margot - - my nextdoor neightbors are raising goats and wouldn't miss a couple! J -- Wa

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