Re: [newbie] pdf text

2005-04-06 Thread Q.H. Wang
you could also open the pdf in kWrite. this will import the text too. the pdf format is proprietary and often weird. text can therefore come out mangled and out of sequence. Many thanks Philippe. I also notice the problem of KWord to import pdf file. For some pdf files, they're readable

Re: [newbie] pdf text

2005-04-06 Thread Q.H. Wang
Not much to it, really. I just type 'pdftotext filename.pdf' which generates filename.txt. Feel free to e-mail me the file offlist if you'd like me to take a crack at it. Many thanks Miark. I tried it again this morning but I have no luck. For certain pdf documents, pdftotext could work. But

[newbie] [OT] usb electric shock while connecting is shutting down computer

2005-04-06 Thread Philippe Landau
when i plug in my new Data-Tec D350U USB 2 external harddisk, i see a small electric flash which can cause my PC to shutdown instantly. i know USB is powered, carrying a small voltage, so the flash is not unexpected. also as it is used to send control signals i can understand that it powers down

Re: [newbie] [OT] usb electric shock while connecting is shutting down computer

2005-04-06 Thread Joe Mecklin
from your description it would appear you have a grounding problem with your pc, or a defective hard drive. the electric flash as you plug it in (before the system can recognize/initialize it) should not be a control signal per se, but rather is likely extraneous current that improper grounding

Re: [newbie] [OT] usb electric shock while connecting is shutting down computer

2005-04-06 Thread Philippe Landau
Joe Mecklin wrote: from your description it would appear you have a grounding problem with your pc, or a defective hard drive. the electric flash as you plug it in (before the system can recognize/initialize it) should not be a control signal per se, but rather is likely extraneous current that

Re: [newbie] [OT] usb electric shock while connecting is shutting down computer

2005-04-06 Thread Joe Mecklin
assuming (i know that's a dangerous practice) the case/motherboard/power supply are all properly designed, the grounding will be builtin such that you really don't have to worry about it, but here are some things to look for: the power supply will have a black wire as part of its wiring harness

[newbie] New Kernel installation.

2005-04-06 Thread Gonzalo Mdk
Hi all, i'm new to this list (I usually use the expert) because i think this Q doesn't qualify for the expert list. I have a laptop (doesn't have a brand, is assembled in a place here in Chile) that has ACPI support, but when i recompile the kernel with acpi support (i have 2.6.3-7mdk-i686-up-4GB)

Re: [newbie] Playing dvd movies on a computer

2005-04-06 Thread Tom
Robert Yu wrote: Anne, why uninstall Xine? Shouldn't I just be able to update it? The Mandrake versions of mplayer and xine are not compiled to take advantange of the 'unfree' codecs and apps that they can't distribute for legal reasons. Anne's advice was correct, uninstall the Mdk versions

Re: [newbie] New Kernel installation.

2005-04-06 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 01:10, Gonzalo Mdk wrote: Hi all, i'm new to this list (I usually use the expert) because i think this Q doesn't qualify for the expert list. I have a laptop (doesn't have a brand, is assembled in a place here in Chile) that has ACPI support, but when i recompile the

Re: [newbie] [OT] usb electric shock while connecting is shutting down computer

2005-04-06 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Philippe Landau wrote: when i plug in my new Data-Tec D350U USB 2 external harddisk, i see a small electric flash which can cause my PC to shutdown instantly. i know USB is powered, carrying a small voltage, so the flash is not unexpected. also as it is used to send control signals i can

Re: [newbie] [OT] usb electric shock while connecting is shutting down computer

2005-04-06 Thread Miark
On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 14:23:03 +0200, Philippe wrote: when i plug in my new Data-Tec D350U USB 2 external harddisk, i see a small electric flash which can cause my PC to shutdown instantly. i know USB is powered, carrying a small voltage, so the flash is not unexpected. also as it is used to

Re: [newbie] [OT] usb electric shock while connecting is shutting down computer

2005-04-06 Thread jdow
From: Philippe Landau [EMAIL PROTECTED] when i plug in my new Data-Tec D350U USB 2 external harddisk, i see a small electric flash which can cause my PC to shutdown instantly. i know USB is powered, carrying a small voltage, so the flash is not unexpected. also as it is used to send control

Re: [newbie] [OT] usb electric shock while connecting is shutting down computer

2005-04-06 Thread Philippe Landau
Miark wrote: Try connecting the USB cable _before_ you plug in the external drive's power supply. thanks a lot for all the expertly advice, Joe, Mikkel, Miark and jdow. it looks like the external case is leaking power to USB, because it happens even when its power switch is off, but so far not

Re: [newbie] New Kernel installation.

2005-04-06 Thread Tom
Gonzalo Mdk wrote: Hi all, i'm new to this list (I usually use the expert) because i think this Q doesn't qualify for the expert list. Actually it does, but you'll probly get better answers here, an less nags to add to the(ir) community twiki ;) I have a laptop (doesn't have a brand, is

Re: [newbie] PS2 wheelmouse

2005-04-06 Thread Lee Wiggers
Thanks all for the input. I'll try Russ's fix first with my fingers crossed. Charles, I had to smile about yours. I feel lucky I had an old mouse kickin' around. Lee On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:51:13 -0700 Russ Kepler [EMAIL PROTECTED] eng.com wrote: On Tuesday 05 April 2005 04:09 pm, Charles A

Re: [newbie] PS2 wheelmouse

2005-04-06 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 06:15:51 +0100 Elwyn York [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a MS wireless optical mouse. It used to be plugged into the PS2 port then I needed the adapter for the notebook, so it's now in USB. Does yours burn holes in your desk? Lee

Re: [newbie] PS2 wheelmouse

2005-04-06 Thread Aron Smith
On Wednesday 06 April 2005 02:20 pm, Lee Wiggers wrote: On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 06:15:51 +0100 Elwyn York [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a MS wireless optical mouse. It used to be plugged into the PS2 port then I needed the adapter for the notebook, so it's now in USB. Does yours burn

Re: [newbie] [OT] usb electric shock while connecting is shutting down computer

2005-04-06 Thread Aron Smith
On Wednesday 06 April 2005 01:10 pm, Philippe Landau wrote: Miark wrote: Try connecting the USB cable _before_ you plug in the external drive's power supply. thanks a lot for all the expertly advice, Joe, Mikkel, Miark and jdow. it looks like the external case is leaking power to USB,

[newbie] Re: KIOSlave and Bluetooth phone

2005-04-06 Thread WauloK
The other problem is, every second time I click on the (K) bluetooth icon in the system tray, the program crashes. Pairing is not working either and TFM instructions don't fix it. On Apr 6, 2005 1:17 PM, WauloK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone set up KIOSlave to connect to a Bluetooth phone?

[newbie] Updating with RPM drake

2005-04-06 Thread Owen
My installation is straight forward. Aside from updates from the mirror no other software has been installed or modified. For a few months I did not touched my Mandrake box. Now when I attempt to use RPM drake for updates I get messages with the error that the packages have bad signatures.

Re: [newbie] Updating with RPM drake

2005-04-06 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Owen wrote: My installation is straight forward. Aside from updates from the mirror no other software has been installed or modified. For a few months I did not touched my Mandrake box. Now when I attempt to use RPM drake for updates I get messages with the error that the packages have bad

[newbie] [Newbie] No control centre

2005-04-06 Thread Les Thomas
I have mandrake 10.1 , some how the control centre has dissapeared , I must have done something to either hide it or delte it . I think it must be deactivated but dont know where to look or how to get it back up Les Want to buy your Pack or

[newbie] Compiling the 2.6.11 Kernel ?

2005-04-06 Thread Pete Moscatt
I am trying to compile my first kernel (2.6.11) using the source. The distro this is for is Mandrake 10.0. I have had a look through the README file but reading this has me unsure on the correct process. Firstly I untar'd it an placed it in '/usr/src' From there I ran 'make configold' as

Re: [newbie] XF86Config settings for LG Studioworks 700S

2005-04-06 Thread Andras Keszei
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 15:49, WauloK wrote: Yes! Definitely! Thanks :) On Apr 6, 2005 2:40 PM, Andras Keszei [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and run at 1152x864 I get about 70Hz when the maximum is 75Hz. Any cluebats? I also have an LG studioworks 700S, I did nothing out of the ordinary

Re: [newbie] Mandriva

2005-04-06 Thread Ivo Perich
I think Mandriva is awful... El Martes, 5 de Abril de 2005 11:57, JR escribió: On Tuesday 05 April 2005 01:45 pm, Josenildo Marques wrote: It seems our favourite distro is going to change its name snip That would be a pity, I always thought Mandrake was a great name. And the two suggested

RE: [newbie] Compiling the 2.6.11 Kernel ?

2005-04-06 Thread Hugh Dixon
From: Pete Moscatt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 7 April 2005 11:10 AM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: [newbie] Compiling the 2.6.11 Kernel ? I am trying to compile my first kernel (2.6.11) using the source. The distro this is for is Mandrake 10.0. I have had

Re: RE: [newbie] Compiling the 2.6.11 Kernel ?

2005-04-06 Thread Pete Moscatt
Thanks Hugh, That would be great. I downloaded the source from www.kernel.org Pete Hugh Dixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Pete Moscatt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 7 April 2005 11:10 AM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: [newbie] Compiling the 2.6.11 Kernel

Re: [newbie] [Newbie] No control centre

2005-04-06 Thread WauloK
Try: mcc On Apr 7, 2005 10:45 AM, Les Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have mandrake 10.1 , some how the control centre has dissapeared , I must have done something to either hide it or delte it . I think it must be deactivated but dont know where to look or how to get it back up Les

Re: [newbie] XF86Config settings for LG Studioworks 700S

2005-04-06 Thread WauloK
I'll give it a go and let you know! On Apr 7, 2005 11:47 AM, Andras Keszei [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- -- http://www.BangRocks.com/ - the Bangrocks network. http://Shop.BangRocks.com/ - download and buy software for linux, macos, windows, pocketpc, palmos and symbian

Re: [newbie] kernel with support for sata raid

2005-04-06 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 06 April 2005 11:49, Isak Lyberth wrote: i have a Fujitsu-siemens server (primergy Econel 50) with a Intel fw82801fr chipset, that supports some raid settings. I have seen on a debian install that it worked with a 3ware driver, but couldn't get it to work with this on mandrake.

Re: [newbie] means of administrating mandrake

2005-04-05 Thread Mr. Geek
Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 04 April 2005 05:22 pm, Mr. Geek wrote: Isaak, Get your hands on the latest version of webmin at www.webmin.com I thought that Mandrake changed the location of so much stuff that the default webmin was basically unusable for server administration. Am I wrong about

Re: [newbie] To su or not to su

2005-04-05 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 01:57, Robert Yu wrote: If I try to install a WIndows program with Wine, should I su to root before doing so? NO Read the documentation at http://www.winehq.org to learn how to install Windows programs. http://www.frankscorner.org/ can help you get some specific

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 01:11, Bryan Phinney wrote: So, when someone suggests that a Linux app be coded to provide the same false sense of security to users, when there are myriad choices of real firewalls as well as methods to lock the system down that are not trivially bypassed, some of us

[newbie] XF86Config settings for LG Studioworks 700S

2005-04-05 Thread WauloK
Hi. I'm trying to set up my XF86Config. I've tried entering the data from a Modelines generator website, but it doesn't seem to be using the entered info. If I look at the OSD of the monitor at the moment it says: 44.1kHz / 55.0Hz It's in 1152x864 The Horizontal Freq range: 30 - 70 The Vertical

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 04:49, Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 01:11, Bryan Phinney wrote: So, when someone suggests that a Linux app be coded to provide the same false sense of security to users, when there are myriad choices of real firewalls as well as methods to lock the

[newbie] KDE /K3B problem

2005-04-05 Thread Russell Butler
Hello all I have Mandrake 10.1 on 2.6.8.1-12mdk win4Lin kernel installed (dual boot with Win) and mostly use KDE. since a recent re-install I had been using the graphical login page, and I noted that it would not retain the faces settings. Trying to run k3b I would end up with a zombie process

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 11:13, Bryan Phinney wrote: I think what people really want is something like a dialogue box on any dial-out from an application that gives the option of this session always never so that they can block automatic dial outs but allow genuine ones. An app

Re: [newbie] KDE /K3B problem

2005-04-05 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 11:16, Russell Butler wrote: Hello all I have Mandrake 10.1 on 2.6.8.1-12mdk win4Lin kernel installed (dual boot with Win) and mostly use KDE. since a recent re-install I had been using the graphical login page, and I noted that it would not retain the faces

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 06:26, Anne Wilson wrote: An app that knows the difference between these two things? That's not asking for much now, is it? If I could build such a thing, nobody on this group could afford it, Cisco and the other router manufacturers would be in a bidding war to

Re: [newbie] XF86Config settings for LG Studioworks 700S

2005-04-05 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 19:26, WauloK wrote: Hi. I'm trying to set up my XF86Config. I've tried entering the data from a Modelines generator website, but it doesn't seem to be using the entered info. If I look at the OSD of the monitor at the moment it says: 44.1kHz / 55.0Hz It's in

Re: [newbie] XF86Config settings for LG Studioworks 700S

2005-04-05 Thread riccardo
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? __ ~ maybe FrameBuffer mode helps? best rgds Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 11:57, Bryan Phinney wrote: Well, I did suggest that they pay someone to develop such an app as I didn't think that there would be a big Linux audience for it. (The fact that there is not a current project for such a thing, to my knowledge, would tend to bear that

Re: [newbie] KDE /K3B problem

2005-04-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 11:33, Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 05 April 2005 11:16, Russell Butler wrote: Hello all I have Mandrake 10.1 on 2.6.8.1-12mdk win4Lin kernel installed (dual boot with Win) and mostly use KDE. since a recent re-install I had been using the graphical login

[newbie] Acrobat Reader 7

2005-04-05 Thread Pablo Ortuzar
Hello, Since I installed Acrobat Reader 7, KGhostView no longer works (hangs forever). I've just downloaded KPDF: doesn't work either (*very* strange characters). Has anyone had the same problem? -- Pablo Ortúzar Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] Acrobat Reader 7

2005-04-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 12:38, Pablo Ortuzar wrote: Hello, Since I installed Acrobat Reader 7, KGhostView no longer works (hangs forever). I've just downloaded KPDF: doesn't work either (*very* strange characters). Has anyone had the same problem? I haven't heard people complaining that kpdf

[newbie] Mandriva

2005-04-05 Thread Josenildo Marques
It seems our favourite distro is going to change its name to _Mandriva_ (i.e., Mandrake+Conectiva), according to an article I have just read. The article says Mandrake bought the domains Mandriva.com and Mandriva.net. Conectiva bought the domain mandriva.com.br And the latest newsletter says

Re: [newbie] Acrobat Reader 7

2005-04-05 Thread Q.H. Wang
I don't find any problem with KghostView after installing AR 7.0. It wroks as good as it used to. How did you install your AR 7.0? I just downloaded the RPM from adobe.com and made no other effort to install it. Q.H. Want to buy your Pack or

[newbie] Re: KDE /K3B problem

2005-04-05 Thread Russell Butler
the faces settings. Mandrake Control Centre SystemDisplay Manager Select the 'KDM' display Manager derek Thanks for the suggestion Derek, but still the same behaviour. Is there any way to edit an .rc file or something, or at least debug what is happening? I am not entirely a newbie, but have

Re: [newbie] Acrobat Reader 7

2005-04-05 Thread Miark
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 13:38:36 +0200, Pablo wrote: Since I installed Acrobat Reader 7, KGhostView no longer works (hangs forever). I've just downloaded KPDF: doesn't work either (*very* strange characters). Has anyone had the same problem? No problems here. Miark

Re: [newbie] Re: KDE /K3B problem

2005-04-05 Thread Derek Jennings
, or at least debug what is happening? I am not entirely a newbie, but have not learnt my way around debugging. k3b --help doesn't seem to offer a verbose mode and no help from k3bsetup. Russell KDM configuration is in /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc It is well commented. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net

[newbie] pci-express support

2005-04-05 Thread Isak Lyberth
does mandrake-linux or linux in general support pci-express? Regards Isak Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] back to Windows

2005-04-05 Thread Aron Smith
On Monday 04 April 2005 09:16 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: On April 2, 2005 05:26, Daniel Anderson wrote: On Friday 01 April 2005 04:49 pm, Erylon Hines wrote: On Friday 01 April 2005 12:40 pm, Daniel Anderson wrote: | I'm going back to my TRS80 model 4. | | Dan

Re: [newbie] Mandriva

2005-04-05 Thread Greg Meyer
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 08:45 am, Josenildo Marques wrote: And the latest newsletter says Mandrake is going to incorporate elements of technology from Conectiva, particularly in the area of the smart package management software and some of Conectiva's kernel enhancements. I think that means

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10.2

2005-04-05 Thread Miark
On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:44:42 -0400, JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 17:38:47 +0100 Elwyn York disseminated the following: As far as your mail, it's stored in your home dir, which during even a clean install is not formatted, at least not by default AFAIK. This should go for most if not

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10.2

2005-04-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 15:37, Miark wrote: On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:44:42 -0400, JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 17:38:47 +0100 Elwyn York disseminated the following: As far as your mail, it's stored in your home dir, which during even a clean install is not formatted, at least not by

Re: [newbie] Mandriva

2005-04-05 Thread Tom
Josenildo Marques wrote: It seems our favourite distro is going to change its name to _Mandriva_ (i.e., Mandrake+Conectiva), according to an article I have just read. The article says Mandrake bought the domains Mandriva.com and Mandriva.net. Conectiva bought the domain mandriva.com.br whois

Re: [newbie] back to Windows

2005-04-05 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Aron Smith wrote: On Monday 04 April 2005 09:16 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Do you really want to start comparing who has the oldest hardware sitting around? I think there is a lady on this list that has us all beat. (Especial after I junked the model 33 teletype last year.) An ASR 33? I would

Re: [ml] [newbie] Which kernel?

2005-04-05 Thread JR
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 01:38 am, Cameron MacDonald wrote: Now I feel even sillierI remembered uname but forgot the switch!! For any command you dont know the switches for (but you do know the command), just type 'uname - -help'. Replacing 'uname' with whatever command is torturing you at

Re: [newbie] Mandriva

2005-04-05 Thread JR
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 01:45 pm, Josenildo Marques wrote: It seems our favourite distro is going to change its name snip That would be a pity, I always thought Mandrake was a great name. And the two suggested ones are awful (maybe it's my Irish accent?). Jarlath

[newbie] Opportunity to plug OOo at interview

2005-04-05 Thread JR
I have an interview coming up in a few weeks. One of the minor requirements would be skills with MS word and excel. I was thinking of using this as an opportunity to say but I've also started to use OOo more often because I find I am more productive and it does x y z. Can anyone give me a few

[newbie] pdf text

2005-04-05 Thread Q.H. Wang
Hi folks, I have some problem when using the feature of select text of Adobe reader 7.0. For some pdf documents, the texts I selected are ok. But for some others, the texts I slected are kinda mess when I put them into OO writer. Does any one have similar experience? Bests, Q.H.

Re: [newbie] Opportunity to plug OOo at interview

2005-04-05 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 18:10, JR wrote: I have an interview coming up in a few weeks. One of the minor requirements would be skills with MS word and excel. I was thinking of using this as an opportunity to say but I've also started to use OOo more often because I find I am more productive

Re: [newbie] Opportunity to plug OOo at interview

2005-04-05 Thread Aron Smith
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 09:49 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Tuesday 05 April 2005 18:10, JR wrote: I have an interview coming up in a few weeks. One of the minor requirements would be skills with MS word and excel. I was thinking of using this as an opportunity to say but I've also started to

Re: [newbie] Opportunity to plug OOo at interview

2005-04-05 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 19:14, Aron Smith wrote: It's better at opening *some* Word files than Word is OOo and Word treat whitespace differently.whatch out for that on large docs.pdf is the solution. -- Good luck, HarM Want to buy

Re: [newbie] Opportunity to plug OOo at interview

2005-04-05 Thread Christopher Taylor
On Apr 5, 2005 1:21 PM, H.J.Bathoorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 05 April 2005 19:14, Aron Smith wrote: It's better at opening *some* Word files than Word is OOo and Word treat whitespace differently.whatch out for that on large docs.pdf is the solution. -- Good luck,

Re: [newbie] back to Windows

2005-04-05 Thread jdow
From: Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday 04 April 2005 09:16 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: On April 2, 2005 05:26, Daniel Anderson wrote: On Friday 01 April 2005 04:49 pm, Erylon Hines wrote: On Friday 01 April 2005 12:40 pm, Daniel Anderson wrote: | I'm

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread jdow
From: Bryan Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tuesday 05 April 2005 06:26, Anne Wilson wrote: An app that knows the difference between these two things? That's not asking for much now, is it? If I could build such a thing, nobody on this group could afford it, Cisco and the other router

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 19:37, jdow wrote: So you simply block all ports for AcroRead. That's as easy as only blocking port 80. The cute problem is when you want to read a pdf file in your browser. It is probably better to save the pdf file and only allow AcroRead to access local files. I

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10.2

2005-04-05 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:55:24 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 15:37, Miark wrote: On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:44:42 -0400, JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 17:38:47 +0100 Elwyn York disseminated the following: As far as your mail, it's stored in your home

Re: [newbie] pdf text

2005-04-05 Thread Miark
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 17:52:15 +0100, Q.H. wrote: I have some problem when using the feature of select text of Adobe reader 7.0. For some pdf documents, the texts I selected are ok. But for some others, the texts I slected are kinda mess when I put them into OO writer. Does any one have similar

Re: [newbie] Opportunity to plug OOo at interview

2005-04-05 Thread Miark
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 17:10:03 +0100, JR wrote: I have an interview coming up in a few weeks. One of the minor requirements would be skills with MS word and excel. I was thinking of using this as an opportunity to say but I've also started to use OOo more often because I find I am more

Re: [ml] [newbie] Which kernel?

2005-04-05 Thread Miark
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 01:38 am, Cameron MacDonald wrote: Now I feel even sillierI remembered uname but forgot the switch!! uname -a Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] PS2 wheelmouse

2005-04-05 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 07:04:18 -0400 Lee Wiggers wrote: Is anyone else having trouble with the logitech optical mouse in 10.1? I have used it, and am using it now on 4 boxes through a Belkin kvm switch. Mine exhibits the same behaviour. The workaround I use is that each time I change to a

[newbie] Lost XWindows

2005-04-05 Thread Charles Rodgers
I foolishly entered control alt F1 and now my machine will only boot to the command screen. What is the command to get from the command screen back to XWindows ? Your help will be much appreciated. Charles -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version:

Re: [newbie] PS2 wheelmouse

2005-04-05 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Charles A Edwards wrote: On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 07:04:18 -0400 Lee Wiggers wrote: Is anyone else having trouble with the logitech optical mouse in 10.1? I have used it, and am using it now on 4 boxes through a Belkin kvm switch. Mine exhibits the same behaviour. The workaround I use is that each

Re: [newbie] Lost XWindows

2005-04-05 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 08:13, Charles Rodgers wrote: I foolishly entered control alt F1 and now my machine will only boot to the command screen. What is the command to get from the command screen back to XWindows ? Your help will be much appreciated. Charles ctrl-alt-F7 or ctrl-alt-F8

Re: [newbie] Lost XWindows

2005-04-05 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Charles Rodgers wrote: I foolishly entered control alt F1 and now my machine will only boot to the command screen. What is the command to get from the command screen back to XWindows ? Your help will be much appreciated. Charles This is strange. I use the Ctrl-Alt-F1 to change to the command line

Re: [newbie] Lost XWindows

2005-04-05 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 23:13, Charles Rodgers wrote: I foolishly entered control alt F1 and now my machine will only boot to the command screen. What is the command to get from the command screen back to XWindows ? Your help will be much appreciated. Charles Ctl+Alt+F1 only moves you

Re: [newbie] Lost XWindows

2005-04-05 Thread Charles Rodgers
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 08:13, Charles Rodgers wrote: I foolishly entered control alt F1 and now my machine will only boot to the command screen. What is the command to get from the command screen back to XWindows ? Your help will be much appreciated. Charles ctrl-alt-F7 or ctrl-alt-F8

Re: [newbie] Lost XWindows

2005-04-05 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 08:27, Charles Rodgers wrote: On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 08:13, Charles Rodgers wrote: I foolishly entered control alt F1 and now my machine will only boot to the command screen. What is the command to get from the command screen back to XWindows ? Your help will

Re: [newbie] XF86Config settings for LG Studioworks 700S

2005-04-05 Thread WauloK
Hey Yank! :) Nah didn't manage to resolve it. As I said, for some reason the OSD says 44.1kHz / 55.0 Hz. I *know* it's not 55 Hz cos that'd be sooo flickery it'd drive me nuts! Usually the OSD on the monitory also displays the RESOLUTION of the desktop (ie 1152x864) but at the moment, it's only

Re: [newbie] PS2 wheelmouse

2005-04-05 Thread Russ Kepler
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 04:09 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 07:04:18 -0400 Lee Wiggers wrote: Is anyone else having trouble with the logitech optical mouse in 10.1? I have used it, and am using it now on 4 boxes through a Belkin kvm switch. Mine exhibits the same

Re: [newbie] pdf text

2005-04-05 Thread Q.H. Wang
Although I have Acrobat 7, I still use pdftotext to convert from one to the other. Try that instead and see if it does any better. Many thanks Miark. I tried to use pdftotext to convert one or two pages of two pdf files into text files, but I got no luck. What I got in the text files are

Re: [newbie] Opportunity to plug OOo at interview

2005-04-05 Thread WauloK
Hence, it's the first naive Word processor! On Apr 6, 2005 7:38 AM, Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 17:10:03 +0100, JR wrote: * It exports to PDF naively Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Connecting a video camera

2005-04-05 Thread Peter Watson
On Saturday 02 Apr 2005 14:52, Auke Jan Kroon wrote: Hi, I installed Mandrake 10.0 on my aunt's computer (can be upgraded to 10.1 if necessary) and she bought a Sharp VL-Z1S video camera with DV/IEEE1394/Firewire output. I don't have a video camera, so my knowledge about this is close to

[newbie] Site for testing JVM

2005-04-05 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Is there some site for testing whether one's installed Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is working fine? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread frengoGorgia
Il mar, 2005-04-05 alle 21:05, Anne Wilson ha scritto: On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 19:37, jdow wrote: The cute problem is when you want to read a pdf file in your browser. It is probably better to save the pdf file and only allow AcroRead to access local files. I do tend to view the pdf in

Re: [newbie] Site for testing JVM

2005-04-05 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 09:42, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All Is there some site for testing whether one's installed Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is working fine? Thanks in advance, Paul Why not something fun? http://speculativevision.com/arcade/tailgunner/tailgunner.html -- stephen kuhn

Re: [newbie] Playing dvd movies on a computer

2005-04-05 Thread Robert Yu
Anne, why uninstall Xine? Shouldn't I just be able to update it? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Site for testing JVM

2005-04-05 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 4:42 pm, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All Is there some site for testing whether one's installed Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is working fine? www.java.com -- Linux User #183693 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your

[newbie] X getting killed by viewing text document

2005-04-05 Thread mike
I know this is actually a no...no... but sometimes I get these emails meant for a windows box with attachments like joker.exe or whatever. Anyways I dont open the attachments, but I view the message source just to see what it looks like. I know :-| killed the cat. I did not ever have a

Re: [newbie] X getting killed by viewing text document

2005-04-05 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 10:30, mike wrote: I know this is actually a no...no... but sometimes I get these emails meant for a windows box with attachments like joker.exe or whatever. Anyways I dont open the attachments, but I view the message source just to see what it looks like. I know :-|

[newbie] Re: [Wine]To su or not to su

2005-04-05 Thread Robert Yu
h:\ maps to your home drive. Or, mine does. I used winetools-2.1.0-jo to set up wine. See what else is in ~/.wine/dosdevices. -- Charles Curley /\ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ /Respect for open standards and/or writing?

Re: [newbie] Opportunity to plug OOo at interview

2005-04-05 Thread Miark
On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 08:59:07 +1000, WauloK wrote: Hence, it's the first naive Word processor! On Apr 6, 2005 7:38 AM, Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 17:10:03 +0100, JR wrote: * It exports to PDF naively :-) Since moving to Sylpheed 1.9.6, the spell check has gone

Re: [newbie] pdf text

2005-04-05 Thread Miark
On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 00:03:33 +0100, Q.H. wrote: Although I have Acrobat 7, I still use pdftotext to convert from one to the other. Try that instead and see if it does any better. Many thanks Miark. I tried to use pdftotext to convert one or two pages of two pdf files into text files,

Re: [newbie] back to Windows

2005-04-05 Thread Aron Smith
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 11:04 am, jdow wrote: From: Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday 04 April 2005 09:16 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: On April 2, 2005 05:26, Daniel Anderson wrote: On Friday 01 April 2005 04:49 pm, Erylon Hines wrote: On Friday 01

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread jdow
From: frengoGorgia [EMAIL PROTECTED] Il mar, 2005-04-05 alle 21:05, Anne Wilson ha scritto: On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 19:37, jdow wrote: The cute problem is when you want to read a pdf file in your browser. It is probably better to save the pdf file and only allow AcroRead to access

Re: [ml] [newbie] Which kernel?

2005-04-05 Thread Cameron MacDonald
JR wrote: On Tuesday 05 April 2005 01:38 am, Cameron MacDonald wrote: Now I feel even sillierI remembered uname but forgot the switch!! For any command you dont know the switches for (but you do know the command), just type 'uname - -help'. Replacing 'uname' with whatever command is

Re: [newbie] X getting killed by viewing text document

2005-04-05 Thread mike
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 10:30, mike wrote: snip I'm scrolling it in mozilla browser and it kills X again. What is happening? is viewing the text document in browser executing some kind of java exploit? Should I report this to Source forge? Or am I compromized, I ran

Re: [newbie] X getting killed by viewing text document

2005-04-05 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 12:30, mike wrote: Ahh... thanks Steven. Never happened to me before at least since I been using Linux. I guess I thought I was safer than I really was. Not sure how to turn that off in mozilla will look around. Again thanks, Mike Not quite sure in Mozilla Mail

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