[newbie] Re: WARNING Destructive Software on multiboots, Jetway

2002-06-21 Thread mike cola
now that was all nice till you got to the PS and then fronted your opinion exactly the same way you told others not to (or not to listen to).. or did i misinterpret? linux: (the community as a public vocal group) is (from what i have observed as a longtime lurker on sites/forums/lists and

[newbie] KDE/Gnome broken in 8.2 for me

2002-03-31 Thread mike cola
tryed 2wice now to install 8.2 on my box that was previously running 8.1 no problems at all (and 8.0) before that, and it all goes smoothly enough until i get to restarting and logging in.. kde gives me a error saying the dcop server is not running, and gnome just returns to the login instead o

[newbie] back orofice for unix flaw discovered in solaris and mandrake 8.0/8.1

2002-03-18 Thread mike cola
there is apparently a back orifice flaw in the way mandrake deals with remote X sessions.. the report is here http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/24447.html the flaw and its solution are detailed here http://www.procheckup.com/security_info/vuln_pr0208.html apologies if this has already be

[newbie] scsi drive install

2002-03-13 Thread mike cola
okay i installed a scsi card into my mandrake 8.1 box and it detected the new card no dramas but how i do i get it to show the new hdd i attached to said card? i had a nose around with hard drake but it didnt show there and i cant seem to find diskdrake..im sure i installed it but it doesnt run

RE: [newbie] can we play cracked games with the new wine

2002-01-12 Thread mike cola
umm since thats a shady question, then i suspect you wont get an answer here.. feel free to try but its up to you to support warez..after all if this was windows list you wouldnt ask for help with pirated shiznit.. im dont have much against warez per se but im not gonna help either...and i reck

RE: Re: [newbie] OK my own first question

2001-12-18 Thread mike cola
nope i use gaim. i tried jabber and didnt like thye interface so its Gaim fer me. mikecola > shane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: [newbie] OK my own >first questionDate: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 07:14:46 -0800 >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >errr, don't you mean jabber? not gaim? or am i c

RE: [newbie] OK my own first question

2001-12-18 Thread mike cola
>Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 22:45:49 -0700 > FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Hopefully my last one too :) > >I have Mandrake 8.0. I bought it being a newbie not knowing how to use >ISO files & didn't feel like d/ling it. I've since d/led 8.1 but want >to practice on 8.0 for a bit first > >So my que

RE: [newbie] 3d tools...?

2001-10-19 Thread mike cola
try blender. you can find it at www.blender.nl > "Damian G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sat, 20 Oct >2001 06:33:35 + >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [newbie] 3d tools...? > >Hi list. What's up? > >i was wondering if there are any 3D modeling/rendering tools available >for linux..

RE: [newbie] What is i386, i586, i686?

2001-10-19 Thread mike cola
> >> > I'm totally newbie in linux. >> > ¿What's the meaning of i386, i586, i686, scr? I want to download rpm >> > files, but the extensions of the files that i found for the same program >> > were .i386.rpm, .i686.rpm, .scr.rpm >> >> Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote on Mon, 27 Aug 2001 01:28:21 -0

Re: [newbie] Still Yurik

2001-10-18 Thread mike cola
>Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 16:45:41 -0400 (EDT) > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Cc: ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Re: [newbie] Still YurikReply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Hi, > >I never did receive any bounced messages, and I don't think it is fair to >remove the guy from the list. Also, it is obvi

[newbie] bigpond adsl + evolution

2001-10-18 Thread mike cola
hi hoping someone on the list in australia can help me im just trying to replace my web based email address (this one) with my email address from big pond and use evolution but i have added the line search vic.bigpond.net.au to etc/resolve.conf as per the excellent tutorial on getting c

[newbie] making bootable cd to install 8.1

2001-10-02 Thread mike cola
just dloaded the iso's to install 8.1 but where do i get an image from to put into gcombust to make a bootable cd? i've burnt cd 2 & 3 but i really cant do much with those without this one being bootable. alternatively can i boot from my 8.0 rescue disk and if so how do i start the install scri

[newbie] newbie] Any Linux Software To Burn audio cds from mp3s? & a gcombust problem

2001-09-22 Thread mike cola
how about it.. now i have a burner im trying to burn cds to listen to my mp3s in the car etc.. i have tried gcombust but i get a cd full of white noise when i try? do i need to convert them to wav files first for combust to work? what do other people use? and while i can burn cds when logged i

[newbie] new linux drivers for nvidia cards Version: 1.0-1512

2001-09-05 Thread mike cola
the new linux drivers Version: 1.0-1512 for nvidia cards are out now at http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=linux .. im getting my geforce2mx next week so anyone already running these drivers? any feedback? thanks mikecola "...Who's the big winner tonight...? Mikey! Mikey wins! Mikey's th

[newbie] re: disk information now mdk 8 cd version?

2001-08-16 Thread mike cola
the list said >>> >Switching to ReiserFS requires making a backup of all your data, reformatting >the partition and restoring your data. I suggest that you do a fresh install >of Mandrake (Freq 3 was just released so now is a good time), using the >installer to format your partition as ReiserFS

RE[newbie] WAP browser for Linux?

2001-08-01 Thread mike cola
two options that were mentioned in the juky 2201 issue of linux magazine were Yospace smartphone... and a web based service called the wapalizer (www.gelon.net). havent tried or seen either but there you go... mikecola > Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "

RE: [newbie] buying Domain Name from Yahoo

2001-07-24 Thread mike cola
there are cheaper places, and it pays to have a look around... > "Tuan Duc Tran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Tue, 24 Jul >2001 22:26:59 -0700 > [newbie] buying Domain Name from Yahoo >Hi all, >I am going to buy a Domain Name (registered Domain) for my Web Server. I >have a plain

RE: Re: [newbie] ok im online.. now for some security..

2001-07-22 Thread mike cola
.. (i even find myself getting annoyed when tab+ other key combinations dont work using IE based intranet sites at work.. less mousework the better).. or at on the other side where under linuxconf is it located? mike cola >Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 12:52:45 -0400 > Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTE

[newbie] ok i´m online.. now for some security..

2001-07-22 Thread mike cola
i tried typing InteractiveBastille at the console... how do i start it? i´m online so i wanna be smart and get it locked down mike cola "...Who's the big winner tonight...? Mikey! Mikey wins! Mikey's the big winner...!"- Trent "D

[newbie] adsl/ethernet adapter... (more problems with the NIC now)

2001-07-21 Thread mike cola
gt; set it up using the terminal adsl-setup but i always timed out and i > >>> didn't know where to go to see why. what logfile do i check out and > >>> does anyone know what setting it may have been that needed to be > >>> changed? > >>> &g

RE: Re: [newbie] adsl/ethernet adapter.

2001-07-21 Thread mike cola
drake's ADSL connection tool. > >Nev > >------ > > >mike cola wrote: > > > i'm rapidly trying to get adsl (bipond in australia)setup before my flatmate > > leaves taking his windose box with him that i currently use to connect > > and while i had my

[newbie] adsl/ethernet adapter.

2001-07-21 Thread mike cola
to go to see why. what logfile do i check out and does anyone know what setting it may have been that needed to be changed? TIA mike cola "...Who's the big winner tonight...? Mikey! Mikey wins! Mikey's the b

[newbie] reiser fs query

2001-07-15 Thread mike cola
will i need to get over the loss of the home partition (most stuff is backed up on cd) and do it all over again??? thanks mike cola "...Who's the big winner tonight...? Mikey! Mikey wins! Mikey's the big winner...!"- Trent &q

RE: [newbie] Getting the network to work

2001-05-31 Thread mike cola
nuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO.html i have a card ISA based on the same chipset and it took a bit of playing around and i can't remember what i did but it works now. mail me off list if you need the dos program and can't find it.. mike cola >From: Edward Barrow <[EMAIL PROTECT

RE[newbie] java. why doesn't it go? (still no joy)

2001-05-19 Thread mike cola
thanks to everyone who has helped me with this. i've now managed to extract the tar file but the instructions say to add the location of the sdk to the PATH settings. Where do i find path to modify it? i'm slowly but surely getting the hang of this. Looking forward to getting this up and runn

RE[newbie] java. why doesn't it go? (still no joy)

2001-05-16 Thread mike cola
he command line? how do i just start a prog from a menu browser (like to say run an .exe in windose from file manager when there is no icon/menu entry)? >Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 15:44:09 -0700 (PDT) >From: Todd Flinders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >SUBJECTTo: mike cola <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [newbie] java. why doesn't it go?

2001-05-16 Thread mike cola
don't know what they are. thanks >Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 13:59:22 -0700 (PDT) >From: Todd Flinders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >SUBJECTTo: mike cola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Okay, first of all, Mandrake comes installed with >kaffe which is basically a clo

[newbie] java. why doesn't it go?

2001-05-16 Thread mike cola
i'm currently attempting to study java at college but whn i try to compile i get the message "error: Cannot find type 'javax/swing/JOptionPane'". is this due to LM 7.2 using an old JDK ? what version of the JDK is standard in 7.2? i've tried to upgrade to ibm's jdk 1.3 but i think the download