Re: [newbie] Konsole won't open

2005-03-26 Thread John Wilson
On March 26, 2005 09:42 am, eric jackson wrote: On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 09:33:30 -0800, John Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip No, that's all it says. Any one know if it's possible to uninstall and re-install Konsole? Eric Jackson Follow the menu System|Configuration|Packaging|Remove

Re: [newbie] Editing files as SU with Kword

2005-03-26 Thread Simon
On Saturday 26 Mar 2005 17:53, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 26 Mar 2005 15:51, Simon wrote: I cannot open files in order to edit them when I am in Konqueror as SU. I get an error message :KDEInit could not launch 'kwrite' I do have Kwrite installed. Any ideas

Re: [newbie] Mail cron job output.

2005-03-26 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 23:35, Simon wrote: I am running the following cron job: /usr/bin/rkhunter -c | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s Rkhunter Check 21 I get the following message : Output from command /usr/bin/rkhunter -c | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s Rkhunter Check 21 .. /bin/sh: line 1:

Re: [newbie] Mail cron job output.

2005-03-26 Thread Simon
On Saturday 26 Mar 2005 22:33, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 23:35, Simon wrote: I am running the following cron job: /usr/bin/rkhunter -c | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s Rkhunter Check 21 I get the following message : Output from command /usr/bin/rkhunter -c | mail [EMAIL

[newbie] USB Mouse, Browser, Log on/Off, etc

2005-03-26 Thread Jason Oakley
Howdy. I've just installed 10.1 I've not used MDK before, but have experience with Solaris and FreeBSD. I'm trying to learn how MDK does everything via gui. Every time I boot my computer (whether as root or a normal user) my USB mouse doesn't work. I have to use TAB and cursor keys and ENTER to

[newbie] Kmail will not run

2005-03-26 Thread Aron Smith
system acting weird again kmail comes up then terminates with fatal error so i started it in a terminal got this message [EMAIL PROTECTED] aron]$ kmail QObject::connect: No such signal KMHeaders::itemAdded(QListViewItem*) QObject::connect: (sender name: 'headers') QObject::connect: (receiver

Re: [newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture

2005-03-26 Thread Erylon Hines
On Friday 25 March 2005 12:09 pm, Paul Smith wrote: | Dear All | | I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a | picture. Any suggestions? | | Thanks in advance, | | Paul May I suggest ImageMagik? It is on your disks, has lots of features (resize, crop, sharpen, color

[newbie] df table file

2005-03-26 Thread SnapafunFrank
unable to do this when I'm NOT within the system: So, is there a file on the system that could simply give me this info by simply reading it ? -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User

Re: [newbie] Updating your Free Mandrakelinux

2005-03-26 Thread Greg Meyer
%^$#*^$ing gmail users :p On Saturday 26 March 2005 08:55 am, Robert Yu wrote: What's a good way of updating your free version of Mandrake? I've only thought of two: - using a higher version of a Mandrake CD - updating through updating programs - others? My favorite way is to change my

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-26 Thread SnapafunFrank
another thread df table file . If you get a chance, see if you can assist with this one please. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213

Re: [newbie] Kmail will not run

2005-03-26 Thread JoeHill
On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:56:59 -0800 Aron Smith disseminated the following: system acting weird again No, KDE is acting normally. Fer fsck's sake, man, yer a rebel, a 'don't take no shit' Southern man (I think), start acting like one and use a different freakin' WM! Sheesh. Have you ever, even

Re: [newbie] Kmail will not run

2005-03-26 Thread Aron Smith
On Saturday 26 March 2005 04:44 pm, JoeHill wrote: On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:56:59 -0800 Aron Smith disseminated the following: system acting weird again No, KDE is acting normally. Fer fsck's sake, man, yer a rebel, a 'don't take no shit' Southern man (I think), start acting like one and use

Re: [newbie] Kmail will not run

2005-03-26 Thread Aron Smith
On Saturday 26 March 2005 03:56 pm, Aron Smith wrote: system acting weird again kmail comes up then terminates with fatal error so i started it in a terminal got this message [EMAIL PROTECTED] aron]$ kmail QObject::connect: No such signal KMHeaders::itemAdded(QListViewItem*)

Re: [newbie] Kmail will not run

2005-03-26 Thread Bambang Gunawan
On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:44:43 -0500, JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:56:59 -0800 Aron Smith disseminated the following: system acting weird again No, KDE is acting normally. Fer fsck's sake, man, yer a rebel, a 'don't take no shit' Southern man (I think), start

[newbie] Linneighborhood

2005-03-26 Thread Jason Oakley
Hi. I've installed Linneighborhood on my MDK 10.1 installation. I can't find any icons for it in my MD-K-DE menu so I don't know how to configure it. It'd be nice to use for setting up connections to Samba shares on my FreeBSD server. TIA

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-26 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
SnapafunFrank wrote: Hi Mikkel: Rosemary has sent me directly some info which I think you ought to be privy to. Her lilo.conf gives the devfs=nomount append only on the one she appears able to boot with. ( albeit that it stalls at ALSA later ) Her append lines also include resume=/mnt/hda8

[newbie] [HAB] Should I upgrade?

2005-03-26 Thread OOzy Pal
Dears 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. Please help. Regards, OOzy What is the purpose of life?

Re: [newbie] df table file

2005-03-26 Thread mike
SnapafunFrank wrote: When within my system I issue the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# df FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 966M 714M 203M 78% / /dev/hda1 966M 14M 903M 2% /boot /dev/hda6 9.4G 5.1G 4.0G 57% /usr

Re: [newbie] df table file

2005-03-26 Thread SnapafunFrank
my task a little easier. Again, greatly appreciate your input. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy

Re: [newbie] [HAB] Should I upgrade?

2005-03-26 Thread Tom
OOzy Pal wrote: Dears 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. Please help. Your AMD 1.3 vs. a Celery is a toss up in synthetic

Re: [newbie] Linneighborhood

2005-03-26 Thread Jason Oakley
Thanks to all whom answered. Got this one solved now! Jason Oakley wrote: Hi. I've installed Linneighborhood on my MDK 10.1 installation. I can't find any icons for it in my MD-K-DE menu so I don't know how to configure it. It'd be nice to use for setting up connections to Samba shares

Re: [newbie] [HAB] Should I upgrade?

2005-03-26 Thread Erylon Hines
On Saturday 26 March 2005 09:32 pm, Tom wrote: | OOzy Pal wrote: | Dears | | 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. Please help. |

Re: [newbie] [HAB] Should I upgrade?

2005-03-26 Thread riccardo
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 _ ~ someone with deep

Re: [newbie] [HAB] Should I upgrade?

2005-03-26 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Saturday 26 March 2005 19:36, OOzy Pal wrote: Dears 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. Please help. Yeah, I would move to a

Re: [newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture

2005-03-26 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:08:01 -0800 Erylon Hines [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 12:09 pm, Paul Smith wrote: | Dear All | | I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a | picture. Any suggestions? | | Thanks in advance, | | Paul May I suggest

Re: [newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture

2005-03-26 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 27 Mar 2005 03:58, Lee Wiggers wrote: Members have been talking about Gwenview. May be what you need. If you go for GwenView, read the TWiki page first - you need the latest version of some packages. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited

Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK

2005-03-25 Thread riccardo
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. __ ~ trouble with books, is, that they tend to be out-of-date by the time they are published ~ also, not

Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK

2005-03-25 Thread DAN WALKER
Thanks. I now have one of t'internet. I shall stick to my magnetic version, and save a tree or two!Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 24 March 2005 04:07 pm, DAN WALKER wrote: Are there any good reasonable priced courses, books or similar in the UK that I may attend? I want to learn

Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK

2005-03-25 Thread DAN WALKER
Thats what I currently do. My work will pay for a course, but as we are a school, the budget could be spent on better things like getting a real pet hamster instead of the stuffed glove with sequins as eyes.riccardo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 12:07 am, DAN WALKER wrote:

Re: [newbie] Security updates for new MD10.1

2005-03-25 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 24 Mar 2005 23:49, DAN WALKER wrote: That worked a treat. Thank you very much. I can't believe that this is not documented and easy to find somewhere. I looked all over the place but found the answer here thanks to you, anne. Dan, you can find lots of help on the Community TWiki -

Re: [newbie] configuring advx (apache) on Mandrake

2005-03-25 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 25 March 2005 02:45, Joe wrote: Dear all, is there anyway i can configure ADVX on Mandrake easily without going through it's many conf files and without using webmin? is there a gui based, wizard based or something??? i have a problem setting up vitual host (name host not ip

Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK

2005-03-25 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 25 Mar 2005 08:13, DAN WALKER wrote: Thats what I currently do. My work will pay for a course, but as we are a school, the budget could be spent on better things like getting a real pet hamster instead of the stuffed glove with sequins as eyes. Where are you, Dan? The suggestion of

Re: [newbie] Security updates for new MD10.1

2005-03-25 Thread DAN WALKER
That is great! All good so far.Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 24 Mar 2005 23:49, DAN WALKER wrote: That worked a treat. Thank you very much. I can't believe that this is not documented and easy to find somewhere. I looked all over the place but found the answer here thanks to

Re: [newbie] configuring advx (apache) on Mandrake

2005-03-25 Thread Joe
thanks greg thanks derek On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:32:53 +, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 02:45, Joe wrote: Dear all, is there anyway i can configure ADVX on Mandrake easily without going through it's many conf files and without using webmin? is

Re: [newbie] configuring advx (apache) on Mandrake

2005-03-25 Thread Joe
cool website there Derek... dynamic DNS eh? cool stuff... On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:32:53 +, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 02:45, Joe wrote: Dear all, is there anyway i can configure ADVX on Mandrake easily without going through it's many conf files

Re: [newbie] mp3s to wav/cd burning

2005-03-25 Thread rnmscott
Quoting Duncan Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Otherwise, you can use various methods via the shell. One that I always used to use was this: for FILE in *.mp3 do FILE=`echo $FILE | sed s/.mp3//g` mpg123 -s $FILE.mp3 $FILE.raw sox -r 44100 -w -s -c 2 $FILE.raw $FILE.wav

Re: [newbie] Problem with openssl installation [solved]

2005-03-25 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina wrote: in order to install w3m in my system (Mandrake 10.1 Community) I'm trying to install the package openssl-0.9.7e.tar.gz, with: $ ./config $ make $ make test $ make install as suggested in the install file, but during the '$ make' step the following message went on

Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK

2005-03-25 Thread DAN WALKER
there is one where I am - milton keynes. would it be full of bearded men who drive austin allegros? a bit scared of going. --- Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 Mar 2005 08:13, DAN WALKER wrote: Thats what I currently do. My work will pay for a course, but as we are a

Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK

2005-03-25 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 25 Mar 2005 13:19, DAN WALKER wrote: there is one where I am - milton keynes. would it be full of bearded men who drive austin allegros? a bit scared of going. The ethos of a group is unpredictable - some are academic, some are bearded men who drive austin allegros, most are very

[newbie] VNC Server startup script

2005-03-25 Thread DAN WALKER
My vnc server now sort of works! I set the password, edited hosts.allow and my pc side now asks me for a password and presents me with a red screen. The problem I have is that it looks as though it has nothing to do when it opens the window. It sits there with the X style (not kde or gnome) watch

Re: [newbie] VNC Server startup script

2005-03-25 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 25 March 2005 13:34, DAN WALKER wrote: My vnc server now sort of works! I set the password, edited hosts.allow and my pc side now asks me for a password and presents me with a red screen. The problem I have is that it looks as though it has nothing to do when it opens the window. It

Re: [newbie] VNC Server startup script

2005-03-25 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 13:34, DAN WALKER wrote: My vnc server now sort of works! I set the password, edited hosts.allow and my pc side now asks me for a password and presents me with a red screen. The problem I have is that it looks as though it has nothing to do when it

[newbie] KOrganizer Busy/Free

2005-03-25 Thread SOTL
Hi All Little bit by little bit I am beginning to make an operational system so many thanks to all who have provides such excellent advise. To refresh everybody I have 2 Mandrake 10.1 systems networked in a LAN with internet access through a router. The desktop system I built using an MSI

Re: [newbie] VNC Server startup script

2005-03-25 Thread DAN WALKER
--- Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 13:34, DAN WALKER wrote: My vnc server now sort of works! I set the password, edited hosts.allow and my pc side now asks me for a password and presents me with a red screen. The problem I have is that it looks as

Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK

2005-03-25 Thread DAN WALKER
--- Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 Mar 2005 13:19, DAN WALKER wrote: there is one where I am - milton keynes. would it be full of bearded men who drive austin allegros? a bit scared of going. The ethos of a group is unpredictable - some are academic, some are

Re: [newbie] Start again: VNC Server startup script

2005-03-25 Thread DAN WALKER
I have KDE installed, but when I start my vncviewer from my pc (tightvnc of course) i just get a red screen. *Here is the log: 25/03/05 14:50:41 Got connection from client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:50:41 Protocol version 3.5 25/03/05 14:50:41 Ignoring minor version mismatch 25/03/05 14:50:43

Re: [newbie] VNC Server startup script

2005-03-25 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 25 March 2005 14:51, DAN WALKER wrote: I did as you have suggested but I am still getting nowhere... This is what my xstartup now says (so you can trust I have done it right): #!/bin/sh # Mandrake Linux VNC session startup script exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc startkde You

Re: [newbie] VNC Server startup script

2005-03-25 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 25 March 2005 15:07, Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 14:51, DAN WALKER wrote: I did as you have suggested but I am still getting nowhere... This is what my xstartup now says (so you can trust I have done it right): #!/bin/sh # Mandrake Linux VNC session

Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK

2005-03-25 Thread Duncan Anderson
DAN WALKER wrote: On Friday 25 Mar 2005 13:19, DAN WALKER wrote: there is one where I am - milton keynes. would it be full of bearded men who drive austin allegros? a b I shall indeed try it out. Once won't convert me to bearded life. All that hinding behind hair! Dan,

Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK

2005-03-25 Thread Aron Smith
On Friday 25 March 2005 05:19 am, DAN WALKER wrote: there is one where I am - milton keynes. would it be full of bearded men who drive austin allegros? a bit scared of going. Buy a geek a pizza and a beer ,tell them that you are learning about linux and..you will have to shoot them to

Re: [newbie] VNC Server startup script

2005-03-25 Thread DAN WALKER
I removed the line you suggested and all is fine. I can now sit downstairs, mess with the machine upstairs while looking after my little baby boy, thanks to all you guys. Thanks.Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 15:07, Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005

Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK

2005-03-25 Thread DAN WALKER
All that sounds good to me. I think I should go and come out of the closet as a linux user. I have crossed from being a straight microsoft user. Now I am bi curious.Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 05:19 am, DAN WALKER wrote: there is one where I am - milton keynes.

Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK

2005-03-25 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 25 Mar 2005 16:11, Aron Smith wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 05:19 am, DAN WALKER wrote: there is one where I am - milton keynes. would it be full of bearded men who drive austin allegros? a bit scared of going. Buy a geek a pizza and a beer ,tell them that you are learning

Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK

2005-03-25 Thread Aron Smith
On Friday 25 March 2005 08:32 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 25 Mar 2005 16:11, Aron Smith wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 05:19 am, DAN WALKER wrote: there is one where I am - milton keynes. would it be full of bearded men who drive austin allegros? a bit scared of going. Buy a

[newbie] package manager for 10.1

2005-03-25 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi, Can anyone recommend a package manager for 10.1 that allows me to look inside the rpm file to view folders and files. I liked kpackage in the older versions but I can't find it's equivalent. tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] package manager for 10.1

2005-03-25 Thread Aron Smith
On Friday 25 March 2005 12:42 am, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, Can anyone recommend a package manager for 10.1 that allows me to look inside the rpm file to view folders and files. I liked kpackage in the older versions but I can't find it's equivalent. QUERYING AND VERIFYING PACKAGES:

Re: [newbie] package manager for 10.1

2005-03-25 Thread Ian
On Friday 25 Mar 2005 08:42, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, Can anyone recommend a package manager for 10.1 that allows me to look inside the rpm file to view folders and files. I liked kpackage in the older versions but I can't find it's equivalent. Does Kpackage do this? I know it lists

Re: [newbie] package manager for 10.1

2005-03-25 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi, Kpackage is exactly what I'm looking for. Is there a build for 10.1? I went looking and when I tried to install an older version I entered the 'dependency' loop. Thanks, Bill W. On Friday 25 Mar 2005 16:55, Ian wrote: On Friday 25 Mar 2005 08:42, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, Can anyone

Re: [newbie] package manager for 10.1

2005-03-25 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 25 March 2005 08:42, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, Can anyone recommend a package manager for 10.1 that allows me to look inside the rpm file to view folders and files. I liked kpackage in the older versions but I can't find it's equivalent. tia, Bill W. kpackage is still available.

Re: [newbie] package manager for 10.1

2005-03-25 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, Can anyone recommend a package manager for 10.1 that allows me to look inside the rpm file to view folders and files. I liked kpackage in the older versions but I can't find it's equivalent. tia, Bill W. I use Mignight Commander (mc) for this. Mikkel -- Do not

Re: [newbie] package manager for 10.1

2005-03-25 Thread Rick Kunath
Bill Winegarden wrote: Is there a build for 10.1? I went looking and when I tried to install an older version I entered the 'dependency' loop. Yes, there is a version for 10.1 It's called kdeadmin-kpackage, and you can urpmi it or install it from MCC. Rick Kunath

Re: [newbie] package manager for 10.1

2005-03-25 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi, Thanks Rick et al. I tried to urpmi kdeadmin-kpackage and I got 'no package named kdeadmin-kpackage'. I haven't changed any urpmi settings (that I can recall). I also checked in mcc and it can't find it in the software install or remove utilities. hmm.anything else? Thanks, Bill W.

Re: [newbie] package manager for 10.1

2005-03-25 Thread Paul
Op Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:54:53 + schreef Bill Winegarden: Hi, Thanks Rick et al. I tried to urpmi kdeadmin-kpackage and I got 'no package named kdeadmin-kpackage'. I haven't changed any urpmi settings (that I can recall). I also checked in mcc and it can't find it in the software install or

Re: [newbie] package manager for 10.1

2005-03-25 Thread Rick Kunath
Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, Thanks Rick et al. I tried to urpmi kdeadmin-kpackage and I got 'no package named kdeadmin-kpackage'. I haven't changed any urpmi settings (that I can recall). I also checked in mcc and it can't find it in the software install or remove utilities. hmm.anything

Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK

2005-03-25 Thread riccardo
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'

[newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture

2005-03-25 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a picture. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

Re: [newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture

2005-03-25 Thread Aron Smith
On Friday 25 March 2005 12:09 pm, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a picture. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Gimp or quick and dirty ksnapshot Paul Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture

2005-03-25 Thread Paul Smith
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:59:14 -0800, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a picture. Any suggestions? Gimp or quick and dirty ksnapshot Thanks, Aron. Paul Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture

2005-03-25 Thread John Layt
On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 07:09, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a picture. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Paul There's always the Gimp, but for something easier try KolourPaint. John.

Re: [newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture

2005-03-25 Thread Aron Smith
On Friday 25 March 2005 02:19 pm, Paul Smith wrote: On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:59:14 -0800, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a picture. Any suggestions? Gimp or quick and dirty ksnapshot Thanks, Aron. Paul Gimp has a big

Re: [newbie] Firefox not playing nice with slashdot

2005-03-25 Thread Julie Sloan
On Friday 25 March 2005 01:27 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Thursday 24 March 2005 09:40 pm, Paul wrote: Op Thu, 24 Mar 2005 16:35:23 -0800 schreef Aron Smith: Firefox will not open a link on slashdot has anyone else had this problem other sites seem to be ok Running 1.0.0. and I have no

Re: [newbie] Firefox not playing nice with slashdot

2005-03-25 Thread Aron Smith
On Friday 25 March 2005 03:38 pm, Julie Sloan wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 01:27 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Thursday 24 March 2005 09:40 pm, Paul wrote: Op Thu, 24 Mar 2005 16:35:23 -0800 schreef Aron Smith: Firefox will not open a link on slashdot has anyone else had this problem

Re: [newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture

2005-03-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Am Samstag, den 26.03.2005, 10:03 +1100 schrieb John Layt: On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 07:09, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a picture. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Paul There's always the Gimp, but for something easier

[newbie] extracting cd audio files

2005-03-25 Thread Paul Kaplan
Can anyone recommend a program for copying individual tracks from an audio cd to a hard drive? What about file format for storing the files in? What about converting between audio file formats? TIA Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] extracting CD audio files

2005-03-25 Thread Aron Smith
On Friday 25 March 2005 04:51 pm, Paul Kaplan wrote: Can anyone recommend a program for copying individual tracks from an audio cd to a hard drive? What about file format for storing the files in? What about converting between audio file formats? TIA Paul Grip or ripper-x for ripping the

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

2005-03-25 Thread Russel Dains
I have just installed Mandrake 10.1. I am unable to reboot or shutdown the system from the login screen. The only available option is to type reboot or halt in a command line. Any suggestions? Thanks for your help. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo!

Re: [newbie] extracting cd audio files

2005-03-25 Thread Greg Meyer
On Friday 25 March 2005 07:51 pm, Paul Kaplan wrote: Can anyone recommend a program for copying individual tracks from an audio cd to a hard drive? What about file format for storing the files in? What about converting between audio file formats? Even though I am a KDE user, I swear by grip,

Re: [newbie] Firefox not playing nice with slashdot

2005-03-25 Thread Philippe Landau
Aron Smith wrote: Firefox will not open a link on slashdot has anyone else had this problem other sites 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. Which leads me to believe that there is something wrong with my system

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-25 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
This is strange. You are mounting hda6 on /mnt, and then the CD-ROM is mounting on /mnt/cdrom. It is not normal proactice to mount anyting on /mnt, as you normaly have mount points for removable devices in this directory. In your case, your CD-ROM is mounted there, as well as your Windows

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

2005-03-25 Thread Teilhard Knight
- Original Message - From: Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 6:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Kpnqueror wouldn't launch in Mandrake 10.1 On Tuesday 22 March 2005 05:26 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: Hello: This is a simple question

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

2005-03-25 Thread Teilhard Knight
- Original Message - From: Julie Sloan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 11:25 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Kpnqueror wouldn't launch in Mandrake 10.1 On Tuesday 22 March 2005 06:26 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: Hello: This is a simple question

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-25 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
, I think it should be /data instead of /mnt. I am not sure how to explain about what would be going on here - it is not a newbie topic, as the logic is a bit hard to follow. The things is, you can use ANY directory as a mount point for another file system. If there is something in the directory

Re: [newbie] Assistance from newbies needed

2005-03-25 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
rikona wrote: Hello newbies, I'd appreciate comments regarding the utility of the following: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/EmerGencies Is it helpful? Is it understandable? What else would be most helpful to a newcomer? [given the VERY limited space available] What do you think?

[newbie] Getting packages...

2005-03-24 Thread Madhusudan, R
Hi, I have a system running Mandrake 10.1. I tried installing samba 3.0.11 on the system, but it failed as follows: # urpmi samba samba-3.0.11-1.i386.rpm Some package requested cannot be installed: samba-3.0.11-1.i386 (due to unsatisfied liblber-2.2.so.7) Can anyone tell me how and from where I

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-24 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
, I think it should be /data instead of /mnt. I am not sure how to explain about what would be going on here - it is not a newbie topic, as the logic is a bit hard to follow. The things is, you can use ANY directory as a mount point for another file system. If there is something in the directory

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-24 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
SnapafunFrank wrote: Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Frank suggested I install explore2fs and post the fstab file. Here it is /dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda9 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda6 /mnt ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto

Re: [newbie] Getting packages...

2005-03-24 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 24 March 2005 08:52, Madhusudan, R wrote: Hi, I have a system running Mandrake 10.1. I tried installing samba 3.0.11 on the system, but it failed as follows: # urpmi samba samba-3.0.11-1.i386.rpm Some package requested cannot be installed: samba-3.0.11-1.i386 (due to

Re: [newbie] Getting packages...

2005-03-24 Thread Mohammed Badran
On Thursday 24 March 2005 10:52 am, Madhusudan, R wrote: Hi, I have a system running Mandrake 10.1. I tried installing samba 3.0.11 on the system, but it failed as follows: # urpmi samba samba-3.0.11-1.i386.rpm Some package requested cannot be installed: samba-3.0.11-1.i386 (due to

[newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-24 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
Thought I'de better add this - Lilo options - linux, linux-nonf b, windows, 2681 -12, failsafe. 2681-12 is what gets me into Mandrake 10.1, or did. Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

RE: [newbie] Getting packages...

2005-03-24 Thread Madhusudan, R
Hello Derek, Could you please point me to the update server from where I could pull down the samba kit? Thanks, Madhu -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Jennings Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:05 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com

Re: [newbie] Getting packages...

2005-03-24 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 24 March 2005 09:51, Madhusudan, R wrote: Hello Derek, Could you please point me to the update server from where I could pull down the samba kit? Thanks, Madhu SNIP It is on all the update servers. All you have to do is define an update urpmi source and then run the Software

RE: [newbie] Getting packages...

2005-03-24 Thread Madhusudan, R
? Thanks, Madhu -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Jennings Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:05 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Getting packages... On Thursday 24 March 2005 08:52, Madhusudan, R wrote: Hi, I

Re: [newbie] Which Kernel For 10.1 ?

2005-03-24 Thread Mr. Geek
Pete Moscatt wrote: Thanks Mr Geek (I like the name...), Pete Nice of you to notice. I got fed up with being called a 'Geek' all the time, so I decided to add the 'Mr' in the hopes it might make people respect me more. Unfortunately, it hasn't helped much, but at least it brings a smile to a

Re: [newbie] Getting packages...

2005-03-24 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 24 March 2005 11:00, Madhusudan, R wrote: Hello, I downloaded the samba source RPM, and when I tried to install it on my system, it resulted in an error: # rpm -i samba-3.0.11-4mdk.src.rpm error: samba-3.0.11-4mdk.src.rpm: V3 DSA signature: BAD, key ID 26752624 error:

Re: [newbie] Getting packages...

2005-03-24 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Thursday 24 March 2005 07:38 am, Derek Jennings wrote: First you should be installing as a user not root. Derek, I'm confused about this - no normal user on any of my systems has the right to install or delete (system) software - this is a root privilege, (rpm group?), from my

RE: [newbie] Getting packages...

2005-03-24 Thread Madhusudan, R
, 2005 6:08 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Getting packages... On Thursday 24 March 2005 11:00, Madhusudan, R wrote: Hello, I downloaded the samba source RPM, and when I tried to install it on my system, it resulted in an error: # rpm -i samba-3.0.11-4mdk.src.rpm error

Re: [newbie] K Mail question

2005-03-24 Thread SOTL
On Wednesday 23 March 2005 23:35, Aron Smith wrote: k Mail is opening ok but when you shut it down there is a pop under that tells you KDEInit could not launch kontact-kmail.sh OK so whats wrong? You open Kmail by opening Kmail. You did not open Kmail by opening Kcontact first. If you do

[newbie] MP3 player half capacity

2005-03-24 Thread Christophe
Hello, I have a small mp3 player with 254 mb storage. But I can only use half of it 124 mb. I checked for hydden files or so but with no success. I tried to format the device but also no changes. Did some one have the same problem? Thanks Christophe -- Rhein Christophe Ankara - Turquie [EMAIL

[newbie] win4lin

2005-03-24 Thread Christophe
Hello, Since I can not watch dvds on my laptop ( and I tried...) and I need Asymetrix Toolbook to create educational material. How can I install win 98 ( I have the cd for it) on my machine who is completely dedicated to MDK 10.1 community. I saw a win4lin kernel, what is the purpose of it? Is

Re: [newbie] MP3 player half capacity

2005-03-24 Thread Aron Smith
On Thursday 24 March 2005 06:23 am, Christophe wrote: Hello, I have a small mp3 player with 254 mb storage. But I can only use half of it 124 mb. I checked for hydden files or so but with no success. I tried to format the device but also no changes. Did some one have the same problem? Thanks

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