On Thursday 07 April 2005 06:33 pm, Leroy Britton wrote:
I have also tried
fdformat /dev/fd0 and that gives me No such device or address.
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~ maybe, stick in a floppy
then, as root, command :-
mkfs.minix /dev/fd0
or
mkfs.ext2 /dev/fd0
best rgds
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 10:59 am, Stephen Khn mentioned:
The Horizontal Freq range: 30 - 70
The Vertical Freq range: 50 - 160
Any cluebats?
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~ maybe FrameBuffer mode helps?
best rgds
Want to buy your Pack or
On Saturday 02 April 2005 06:11 pm, David Anderson wrote:
I know how to update software using the Control Centre and Software
update, but how would I go about doing this from the command-line?
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~ maybe, there are lots of ways
. . . you could download an rpm
then, say,
On Saturday 02 April 2005 03:11 am, Josenildo Marques wrote:
that a seemingly stupid message can bring out good
memories
~ likewise, i too have best memories of TRS80
~ it had terrific Manual , with interesting illustrations and great
teaching method.
best rgds
On Thursday 31 March 2005 12:51 am, Hugh Dixon wrote:
Does anyone know anything about using/installing Digital TV Tuners
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~ maybe, someone on one of these Lists, could guide you:-
..
From:
On Monday 28 March 2005 08:58 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
My main question is: will the boot loader (Lilo) maintain windows
access.
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my LILO.CONF [ /etc/lilo.conf ] is like this :-
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# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sat Sep 28 02:21:33 2002
On Monday 28 March 2005 11:50 am, Steve Jeppesen wrote:
someone else could give a go here - I use just the basics. just
/, /home and one for swap (3 total)
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~ maybe, it handy, to have complete Reserve system on another Partition
. . . kept up-to-date by a cron job to run rsync
On Monday 28 March 2005 07:43 pm, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
This may relate to the other problems I am having.
~ maybe, if the 'learning curve' seems a bit steep . . . you might
consider running a system entirely off CD
. . . someone recently had good experience with 'Feather Linux'
best
On Sunday 27 March 2005 03:36 am, OOzy Pal wrote:
I am using Athlon 1.3 GHz and I would like to upgrade
to Celeron 2.4 GHz. Is it worth it. I mean will I see
a difference. Someone said the the 1.3 will perform
better with Linux do to the Cache
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~ someone with deep
On Friday 25 March 2005 12:07 am, DAN WALKER wrote:
making my machine hard to hack etc. It is connected to
a 34Mbit connection to the net so someone would love
to abuse it.
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~ trouble with books, is, that they tend to be out-of-date by the time
they are published
~ also, not
On Friday 25 March 2005 04:27 pm, DAN WALKER wrote:
Now I am bit curious.
In 1999 ~ made the switch
. . . no sweat . . . there is an Linux/Unix equivalent for almost
everything ~ as good, or, better
No 'blue screens of death' . . . terrific stability
No 'Registry'
On Wednesday 23 March 2005 06:13 pm, Dennis Myers wrote:
It is an mail list without borders.
~ the SuSE list is on-a-parity
best rgds
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On Tuesday 22 March 2005 06:22 pm, David Anderson wrote:
I want to be able to mount hda1 and sda1 and copy files from one to
the other
~ if, I get the drift . . . you have booted from CD and neither hda1
nor sda1 are mounted?
So ~ make an extra mount
On Monday 21 March 2005 06:44 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson's email resulted:
0.6 RATWR10_MESSID Message-ID has ratware pattern
(HEXHEX.HEXHEX@) 0.1 HTML_60_70 BODY: Message is 60% to
70% HTML 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message
6.1 T_RATWARE_OOPS_05 BODY: Spammer
Remark
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although my system is very old and out-dated,
I mention this because of Mandrakes recent new relationship with
Brazilian 'Connectiva'
. . . several times, in the past, i have updated my KDE using
Connectiva's APT package management tool
~ First Class :))
best rgds
On Saturday 19 March 2005 07:49 pm, Paul Smith wrote:
how to get a screen-shot of the current window?
Ksnapshot will do fine
~ thus . . . Alt F2 [will open a 'Run' menu] enter: Ksnapshot . . .
hit Enter
best rgds
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On Tuesday 15 March 2005 08:12 pm, Michel Leunen wrote:
mean when telling me to try xfdrake? What is it?
i do not know ~ but, taking a wild guess
. . . maybe, Mandrake's tool for setting up X-windows { XFree86 or
X-Org } [ my Linux presently is SuSE ] ?
best rgds
On Tuesday 08 March 2005 07:28 pm, Paul Greene wrote:
because Mac OSX is Unix under the hood
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the web page :
http://www.macwindows.com/emulator.html
has stuff about: Running Mac OS on other Platforms
..
the emulator BOCHS may be
On Tuesday 08 March 2005 12:00 am, h k Ball wrote:
gotten me back to
KDE
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~ just guessing . . . had one Hit: Ctrl+Alt+F4 . . . one might have
Logged-In as Root
the, Edited /etc/inittab to change level 5 to level 3 ?
best rgds
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On Tuesday 08 March 2005 12:21 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote:
Dutch EU politician Bolkestein up front
taking care of their rights...
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~ corrupt as Hell? . . . Frits 'Bolkers' helped UK Govt cover up Pounds
8 Billion Insurance Fraud? [ he also betrayed sold Dutch Victims down
the
On Sunday 06 March 2005 09:08 pm, Paul Smith wrote:
looking for a program to organize the quotations I am getting
from my readings
~ maybe, it is positive to elaborate 'how' 'what' you wish to
organize?
~ do you seek a Database ~ a Spreadsheet ~ a word=processor with
On Sunday 06 March 2005 09:55 pm, Paul Smith wrote:
i.e., with the possibility of browsing by topic, by author, etc
__
probably, a database like MySQL would suit.
You could use a Spreadsheet [like OpenOffice]:-
_
1st column : site URL
2nd Column : content
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 :-
tar xzvf filename
best rgds
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On Friday 04 March 2005 09:25 pm, Paul Smith wrote:
The path /usr/src/linux/include is not an existing directory
_
~ maybe, you need to install the kernel source + headers?
best rgds
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On Thursday 03 March 2005 09:26 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
For those I make a copy called smb.conf.orig before I do
anything with them, but use the '.bak' method after that, so that I
can always re-read the comments of the original file.
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~ maybe, it is handy to note
On Thursday 03 March 2005 07:41 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
How necessary is virus protection in linux
_
Ones purpose may be prophylactic [ greek word for 'preventive' ]~ to
prevent accidental transmission of virus, perhaps, by inadvertently
'forwarding' an infected
On Thursday 03 March 2005 12:01 pm, Christopher Taylor wrote:
nice not to have to re-install and loose all the data.
_
~ guess it is un-neccessary to lose any Data . . . ever :-O
. . . have CRON Daemon do frequent backups of /home directory, using
RSYNC script . . . like
On Thursday 03 March 2005 04:52 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
If you don't like using vim, you can set EDITOR to your editor of
choice
_
JOE [joe] is nice ~ similar to WordStar, i believe.
best rgds
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On Thursday 03 March 2005 04:58 am, Dennis wrote:
Where can I download a free antivirus software for MandrakeLinux
10.1?
_
for home, non-commercial use : F-PROT
www.f-prot.com
made in Iceland ~ very good :)
best rgds
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 07:59 am, Julie Sloan wrote:
Which is why I'm on my fourth
reinstall.
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~ maybe, it is handy, to have entire duplicate system, on a spare
partition . . . a matter of moments, with RSYNC
best rgds
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 :-
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.
#!/bin/sh
#
# use rsync to backup / to /dev/hdb6 on Sunday
#
mount -t
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 08:54 pm, Julie Sloan wrote:
in vi mode reflexively.
I am looking forward to some day soon being able to say the same
thing. :)
_
your 'puter may have vimtutor' already installed.
vimtutor' . . . the tutor for VIM
best rgds
On Monday 28 February 2005 09:31 am, Keith Powell wrote:
I know that hard drives are cheap, but I don't want to have to go to
the trouble and expense of buying a new one unless I have to. Also,
it means salvaging all the data from it.
_
~ on the other hand, data
On Monday 28 February 2005 07:32 pm, Paul Smith wrote:
to make it my master disk
_
a Jumper Settings diagram will be on the side of the disk.
Cable Select is probably OK provided your other disk is set the same.
best rgds
On Monday 28 February 2005 09:30 pm, Paul Smith wrote:
would like to have the smaller disk with MS Windows and the
second (bigger) disk with Mandrake.
~ a couple of remarks :
MS Windows may need to be in front end of disk
MS Partition/format may not respect other folks
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 06:19 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
to use Kmail rather than ~
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Kmail . . . one of the Best :)
best rgds
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
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On Sunday 27 February 2005 05:45 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
Unfortunately I had email problems and lost a whole lot of
information.
__
nothing is lost, while it is on the list archive :)
The stuff you seek can probably be quickly recovered by doing a Search
at
On Thursday 24 February 2005 07:47 am, Duncan Anderson wrote:
but all Computer books are out of date by the time they are published
most are not page-turners/good bedtime reading
. . . thus, a Google Search is more likely to turn up the goods :)
best rgds
On Wednesday 23 February 2005 08:34 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
Is it good for the computer to leave it on all the time?
~ maybe, it is stopping starting that puts most wear on PC
. . . best leave puter on 24/7
[ sometimes have puter running for a month without a shutdown
On Wednesday 23 February 2005 12:25 pm, Fajar Priyanto wrote:
change it from KDE to Gnome?
~ maybe :- startx --gnome
- otherwise, edit file in users home directory : .xinitrc
best rgds
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On Wednesday 23 February 2005 03:48 pm, Derek Jennings wrote:
Effectively there are no Linux viruses
perhaps it is no bad idea to install rootkit hunter, and have it run
every night, by cron job :-
http://www.rootkit.nl
.
whereas most Virii are aimed at M$
On Wednesday 23 February 2005 02:51 pm, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
The housekeeping gets done automatically, or do I need to set
something up?
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On my PC one can see the housekeeping that in done by cron, in file
/etc/cron.daily [ my system is very old . . . yours will
on SuSE list, noticed a tiny bash script which is handy :-
...
#!/bin/sh
#
# kill process/program
#
while true
do
kill -9 `ps aux | grep -i $1 | awk '{ print $2 }'` sleep 2
done
...
remember +x - it needs chmod +x to make script executable.
On Wednesday 23 February 2005 07:11 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
defference between doing this script, and using the killall command?
~ a glance at man killall suggests that killall is the cadillac
of killing :))
best rgds
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On Thursday 24 February 2005 03:39 am, Chris wrote:
just can't start a new message, fwd, or reply to one.
_
~ maybe some kmail process got stuck?
~ as root, command : killall kmail
then , as user, re-start kmail . . . maybe that has fixed it ?
best rgds
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On Sunday 20 February 2005 05:11 pm, Arys P. Deloso wrote:
Q2: How do you use the cp command to copy everything like tar
does by default
(i.e. for copying exact duplicate of a directory tree without
tarring)?
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~ alternatively, without compressing, tar can be handy to copy all
On Sunday 20 February 2005 09:38 pm, Paul Kaplan wrote:
What is the syntax for startx on tty2 in order to start a 2nd X
session when X is already running on tty1?
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startx -- :1
best rgds
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On Tuesday 15 February 2005 10:25 am, Derek Jennings wrote:
Installing from RPM packages is much easier ~
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~ to install, prolly as root, command :-
rpm -Uvh /path/package-name.rpm
.
If, later, you wish to see what version you have installed,
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 01:01 pm, James Nunnerley wrote:
Can anyone assist with what the problem is likely to be?
___
~ maybe a module. such as Reiser file system is not loading?
best rgds
Want to buy your Pack or
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 07:07 pm, h k ball wrote:
have not been able to get out of the dos mode and into the
windows mode, namely KDE ... how do I do that ??
__
~ maybe, log-on as User [ your personal user name ]
[ not as root ]
then, as User, execute command :-
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 06:45 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
suggest a simple route for downloading minicom suitable
for use in ML 8.2
_
~ maybe, go to www.google.com
then, insert in Search Box :- Minicom + download
best rgds
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On Tuesday 15 February 2005 07:47 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you never hear from me again it means the darn thing blew up and
I was killed in the explosion:)
please, be careful:-O
~ maybe you need minicom for a special reason
. . . wvdial works a charm, and
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 07:47 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Something flashes on the screen and dissappears before I see it,
almost.
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~ maybe if you give the run command in a Console window, then you will
be able to read that elusive message?
or,
maybe, try run-command
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 08:36 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
xauth: error in locking authority file /root/.Xauthority
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~ try deleting that .Xauthority file
best not to use KDE to log on to Internet
Log on to internet only as User.
Have you yet set up X-windows using XF86 ,
On Monday 14 February 2005 07:24 am, Eric Huff wrote:
have been playing with bochs, but haven't been able to get XP
installed. I guess i'll try to install win98 1st, and see if xp
will go in after that.
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after several hours of head-breaking, gave up in despair, but am left
On Monday 14 February 2005 02:45 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
downloaded Firefox and need to know how to launch from terminal, as
cannot see it anywhere so far.
_-
~ probably, if you type in the terminat, 'which firefox' , or, 'whereis
forefox' . . . it may show you the path to
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 03:45 pm, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
Download manager says
thunderbird was downloaed. What has happened?
___
~ perhaps, it is handy to install :
findutils-locate
. . . that way, you could command : updatedb
and, then, command :
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 05:00 pm, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
Which download manager did you use?
Mike
The one in mozilla
a look at the default settings, might reveal the default destination of
downloaded files?
best rgds
On Friday 04 February 2005 08:00 pm, NE MASANGANE wrote:
Mandrake 7.1 and I want to install the operating system but now I
use windows xp pro ( NTFS ) I need both operating systems in one
machine. 1.. How to install the operating system in these situation
? 2.. How to do partition on the
On Saturday 05 February 2005 01:39 pm, Marc wrote:
I am using KDE with Mandrake Linux 10.1 and I have a similar
configuration on 2 separate machines. On one of the machines every
thing works fine however on the second machine Konq wont start.
_
~ maybe, if you open
Dear List,
as I do not have a CD, is it possible to download an ISO Image, and,
them Boot from a virtual CD ?
thanks
best rgds
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On Friday 04 February 2005 10:53 pm, Aron Smith wrote:
It looks like it is possible
http://www.linuxlookup.com/html/totw/2000/october.html
Terrific ~ thanks a ton :)
, The article says :-
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With one simple mount command:
mount /tmp/suse-7.0.iso
Ciao ragazzi!!!
Ho risolto il problema. Doveva inserire la riga
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
nella sezione Mouse,
ciao a tutti.
Riccardo
On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Eh, io l'ho impostato anche il MouseManPlus direttamente nel file di
config di Xfree4... beato te che ti funziona!
Che dipenda forse dal fatto che uso l'enlighment? Ma non direi, visto
che
come dici, funziona anche sotto KDE.
Ma hai anche
On Sat, 09 Sep 2000, Varotto Riccardo wrote:
Salve a tutti!
Ho da qualche settimana installato la nuova distribuzione Mandrake
Linux 7.1 e
lo
scelta come
mia installazione principale dopo aver usato da tempo la RedHat6.2 .
Qual'รจ il problema? NON RIESCO A FAR FUNZIONARE la comoda
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