[newbie] Playing dvd movies on a computer

2005-04-01 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I do not have a dvd player, but I have heard that it is possible to use the computer dvd recorder to play dvd movies. Could somebody here please give me some directions? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Looking for Azureus 2.2.0.2_MOD for Linux

2005-04-01 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 1, 2005 12:14 AM, Aron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 31 March 2005 11:23 am, Paul Smith wrote: > > Azureus > http://rpms.mandrakeclub.com/search.php?query=Azureus Thanks, Aron. Non-members of MandrakeClub can get it from: http://mandrakeclub.nl/sources/official/10.1/i586/a

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-04-01 Thread Q.H. Wang
> > http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html Ya, basically I always go there first to seek pointers for new plugins. It's nice to know it's working now! Enjoy it. Q.H. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.man

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

2005-03-31 Thread cervixcouch
ding [much] assistance. Maybe gently nudging those FAQ-type questions to a FAQ page/site would be good, but I wouldn't want to see uber-newbie questions simply greeted with a response of "RTFM!!" Want to buy your Pack or Servic

Re: [newbie] gwenview

2005-03-31 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Friday 01 Apr 2005 01:17, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 30 Mar 2005 10:12, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > Anne > > > > Just wanted to say I am enjoying getting to use gwenview. I also updated > > gimp to 2.2 and it seems easier to use than v2.0 which I used in windows. > > Glad you're enj

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-03-31 Thread Erylon Hines
On Thursday 31 March 2005 05:11 pm, Chris wrote: | On Thursday 31 March 2005 05:32 am, Q.H. Wang wrote: | Finally got it to work, first followed the directions in this link: | | http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html#Acrobat | | which I found in the newsgroup, netscape.public.mozilla.unix, howeve

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

2005-03-31 Thread Lorin Pino
On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 16:05 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 31 Mar 2005 15:17, Mr. Geek wrote: > > > > Anyway, it seems rhetorical at this point, since the majority of the > > feedback concerning the idea was not positive. It seems that other > > assessments were right on this. No one would

Re: [newbie] cron syntax question ?

2005-03-31 Thread RickSisler
frengoGorgia ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Il ven, 2005-04-01 alle 02:19, RickSisler ha scritto: [.snip.] > * 0-23/2 * * * /home/ricks/bin/sigfile > /home/ricks/.signature > > seems to run the command every minute (the first *) > > you should put at least a minute of the hour (choose one below) > >

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

2005-03-31 Thread Hugh Dixon
> -Original Message- > From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 1 April 2005 1:05 AM > To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com > Subject: Re: [newbie] To Twiki Editors, Welcome to Newbie > Manager and List-Members. > > > On Thursday 31 Mar

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-03-31 Thread Chris
On Thursday 31 March 2005 05:32 am, Q.H. Wang wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I also recently updated to Adobe Reader 7.0 and have enjoyed it for about > one week. I got no luck in my first try after installing it. It directly > went AReader 5.0 plugin I had previously installed. I went to the "plugins" > d

Re: [newbie] cron syntax question ?

2005-03-31 Thread frengoGorgia
Il ven, 2005-04-01 alle 02:19, RickSisler ha scritto: > Hi All, > I have a bash script to generate a ~/.signature file that gets added > to outgoing emails, as many do. I want it to run every 2 hours, but > this runs it every minute, for some reason. I checked the man page for > crontab(5) and it s

Re: [newbie] RPM query

2005-03-31 Thread WauloK
Dang. The Yahoo protocol problem is fixed in 0.8.4 but KDE 3.2 only comes with kopete 0.8.3 and nobody has done an RMP for KDE 3.2 yet that I can find .. On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 06:32:03 -0500, Dan Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On March 31, 2005 06:04 am, WauloK wrote: > > If I wish to install

[newbie] cron syntax question ?

2005-03-31 Thread RickSisler
Hi All, I have a bash script to generate a ~/.signature file that gets added to outgoing emails, as many do. I want it to run every 2 hours, but this runs it every minute, for some reason. I checked the man page for crontab(5) and it states to do it this way. Heres what I used: * 0-23/2 * * * /hom

Re: [newbie] Looking for Azureus 2.2.0.2_MOD for Linux

2005-03-31 Thread Aron Smith
On Thursday 31 March 2005 11:23 am, Paul Smith wrote: > Azureus http://rpms.mandrakeclub.com/search.php?query=Azureus Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclu

Re: [newbie] SSL and Apache

2005-03-31 Thread DAN WALKER
Excellent. Thanks guys. Bryan Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 30 March 2005 07:15, DAN WALKER wrote:> I have not heard of that before. Could that do it for just one page? mod_rewrite basically takes any traffic string that comes in and rewrites it as another string. So, if a request

[newbie] Looking for Azureus 2.2.0.2_MOD for Linux

2005-03-31 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I am looking for Azureus 2.2.0.2_MOD for Linux. Could someone here please give me some directions? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http:

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

2005-03-31 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 31 Mar 2005 15:17, Mr. Geek wrote: > > Anyway, it seems rhetorical at this point, since the majority of the > feedback concerning the idea was not positive. It seems that other > assessments were right on this. No one would have the time. > Time is always of the essence, isn't it? . I

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

2005-03-31 Thread Mr. Geek
ed suggestions to help us. As for the drop in new posters to the newbie list, it seems to have been roughly in proportion to the increase in complete newbies posting to the expert list. Not wanting to put a damper on anyone's ideas :-) Anne Anne; No damper 'taken'. After all, it

Re: [newbie] SCSI module change from 2.6 to 2.4

2005-03-31 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 04:21 pm, Malcolm Candlish wrote: > Does anyone know a good way to check for IRQ > conflict or have any other suggestion a to why it crashes. Hi Malcom. Just do a "cat /proc/interrupts" and you'll get the output that should help you determine if there is an IRQ conflic

Re: [newbie] gwenview

2005-03-31 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 30 Mar 2005 10:12, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > Anne > > Just wanted to say I am enjoying getting to use gwenview. I also updated > gimp to 2.2 and it seems easier to use than v2.0 which I used in windows. > Glad you're enjoying it. You've enough problems with other things :-) Ann

Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK

2005-03-31 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 18:53, Noel McG. wrote: > Hello Anne, > > Why is it all of a sudden over the last few days, that your messages do not > load but are shown as attachments each time? > Because you are using Outlook Express. I don't know why it happens, but I have been told by others that mes

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

2005-03-31 Thread Anne Wilson
e find something that isn't in the obvious place. Improvements are always welcome, but we need suggestions to help us. As for the drop in new posters to the newbie list, it seems to have been roughly in proportion to the increase in complete newbies posting to the expert list. Not wanting t

RE: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - Digital TV Tuner

2005-03-31 Thread Hugh Dixon
Thank you all. I am having a look at MythTV at the moment, and have got myself into sql problems, and have run out of time to look at it. I will pursue this further over the weekend, Thanks again, Hugh <> Want to buy your Pack or Services f

Re: [newbie] RPM query

2005-03-31 Thread Dan Gordon
On March 31, 2005 06:04 am, WauloK wrote: > If I wish to install RPMs not in the standard MDK update sites, I > guess I need the version written for my specific KDE version ? (3.2 > which comes with 10.1). > > I probably could not install: > kdenetwork-kopete-3.4.0-4.mdk10.2.thac.i586.rpm > > I wan

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-03-31 Thread Q.H. Wang
Hi Folks, I also recently updated to Adobe Reader 7.0 and have enjoyed it for about one week. I got no luck in my first try after installing it. It directly went AReader 5.0 plugin I had previously installed. I went to the "plugins" directory of firefox, removed the old (5.0) one and manually c

[newbie] RPM query

2005-03-31 Thread WauloK
If I wish to install RPMs not in the standard MDK update sites, I guess I need the version written for my specific KDE version ? (3.2 which comes with 10.1). I probably could not install: kdenetwork-kopete-3.4.0-4.mdk10.2.thac.i586.rpm I want the latest version of kopete, but cannot find one for

Re: [newbie] USB Mouse Problems

2005-03-31 Thread WauloK
Setting the Security to different levels did nothing, so I'm still left with selecting my mouse type by hand with cursor keys and tab and enter... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the

Re: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - Digital TV Tuner

2005-03-31 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 31 March 2005 11:09, Frans Ketelaars wrote: > On Thursday 31 March 2005 02:51, Hugh Dixon wrote: > > Does anyone know anything about using/installing Digital TV Tuners > > under mandrake 10.1. I can find nothing on the mandrake site (Am I > > looking in wrong place?). > > There are gen

Re: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - Digital TV Tuner

2005-03-31 Thread Frans Ketelaars
On Thursday 31 March 2005 02:51, Hugh Dixon wrote: > Does anyone know anything about using/installing Digital TV Tuners > under mandrake 10.1. I can find nothing on the mandrake site (Am I > looking in wrong place?). > There are generic Linux articles about needing the 2.6.11 kernel. > > Does anyo

Re: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - Digital TV Tuner

2005-03-31 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 31 March 2005 09:36, Hugh Dixon wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Derek Jennings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, 31 March 2005 5:48 PM > > To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - Digita

RE: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - Digital TV Tuner

2005-03-31 Thread Hugh Dixon
> -Original Message- > From: Derek Jennings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 31 March 2005 5:48 PM > To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com > Subject: Re: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - Digital TV Tuner > > > On Thursday 31 March 2005 01:51, Hugh Dixon wro

Re: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - Digital TV Tuner

2005-03-30 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 31 March 2005 01:51, Hugh Dixon wrote: > Does anyone know anything about using/installing Digital TV Tuners under > mandrake 10.1. I can find nothing on the mandrake site (Am I looking in > wrong place?). > There are generic Linux articles about needing the 2.6.11 kernel. > > Does anyo

RE: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - Digital TV Tuner

2005-03-30 Thread Hugh Dixon
> -Original Message- > From: riccardo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 31 March 2005 4:16 PM > To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com > Subject: Re: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - Digital TV Tuner > > > On Thursday 31 March 2005 12:51 am, Hugh Dixon wro

Re: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - Digital TV Tuner

2005-03-30 Thread riccardo
On Thursday 31 March 2005 12:51 am, Hugh Dixon wrote: > Does anyone know anything about using/installing Digital TV Tuners ___ ~ maybe, someone on one of these Lists, could guide you:- .. From: linuxtv-listserve

Re: [newbie] Quicktime video

2005-03-30 Thread Teddy Widhi
Hi, the hotkeys is "o" just type your character "O" on your keybord. Thank Teddy Widhi L. Penguin Power On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 23:15:49 -0500, Miark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:52:33 -0500, JoeHill wrote: > > > On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:20:30 -0800 > > Aron Smith disseminate

Re: [newbie] Quicktime video

2005-03-30 Thread Miark
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:52:33 -0500, JoeHill wrote: > On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:20:30 -0800 > Aron Smith disseminated the following: > > > anyone know of an RPM to let you play quicktime video ? > > depends on whether yer talking about a stream or a file. If > it's a stream, you can snag the mplayer

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-03-30 Thread Erylon Hines
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 06:35 pm, Adolfo Bello wrote: | On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 20:20 -0600, Chris wrote: | > Yes, mine did the same, Mozilla shows the plug-in installed, however, | > clicking on a .pdf file withing Mozilla nets some drive action, but the | > .pdf never loads. Any ideas? | | I don'

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-03-30 Thread Chris
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 09:42 pm, Rick Kunath wrote: > On Wednesday 30 March 2005 07:54 pm, Chris wrote: > > Thanks Rick, and where did you obtain this from? > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi acroread-nppdf-7.0.0-1mdk.i586 > > no package named acroread-nppdf-7.0.0-1mdk.i586 > > Add the Mand

Re: [newbie] The clipboard and the command line.

2005-03-30 Thread mike
James Henry Maiewski wrote: > Hello, > > I want to manipulate the clipboard from a script. Where is the > clipboard (Klipper) stuff? /usr/share/config/klipperrc /home/user/.kde/share/config/klipperrc > > Specifically, I want to have a script to take a URL, and encase it in > for

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-03-30 Thread Rick Kunath
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 07:54 pm, Chris wrote: > > Thanks Rick, and where did you obtain this from? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi acroread-nppdf-7.0.0-1mdk.i586 > no package named acroread-nppdf-7.0.0-1mdk.i586 > Add the Mandrake Club testing urpmi source. Rick _

Re: [newbie] The clipboard and the command line.

2005-03-30 Thread Chris
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 09:28 pm, Rob Blomquist wrote: > On Wednesday 30 March 2005 4:40 pm, James Henry Maiewski wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I want to manipulate the clipboard from a script. Where is the > > clipboard (Klipper) stuff? > > I guess it runs without having an icon in the toolbox

Re: [newbie] The clipboard and the command line.

2005-03-30 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 4:40 pm, James Henry Maiewski wrote: > Hello, > > I want to manipulate the clipboard from a script. Where is the > clipboard (Klipper) stuff? I guess it runs without having an icon in the toolbox now. I was able to find Klipper on the Kmenu under Utilities/More P

[newbie] Hardware compatibility - Digital TV Tuner

2005-03-30 Thread Hugh Dixon
Does anyone know anything about using/installing Digital TV Tuners under mandrake 10.1. I can find nothing on the mandrake site (Am I looking in wrong place?). There are generic Linux articles about needing the 2.6.11 kernel. Does anyone know anything about this? (I did a search for "TV Card" on

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-03-30 Thread Chris
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 07:00 am, Rick Kunath wrote: > Chris wrote: > > Works great on stand-alone .pdf's. Looking at the mozilla plugin it > > seems to only have v5 of AdobeReader. How would one get mozilla to work > > with v7? > > Install the Mozilla plugin rpm. > > acroread-nppdf-7.0.0-1mdk

Re: [newbie] Quicktime video

2005-03-30 Thread JoeHill
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:20:30 -0800 Aron Smith disseminated the following: > anyone know of an RPM to let you play quicktime video ? depends on whether yer talking about a stream or a file. If it's a stream, you can snag the mplayer plugin for moz/firefox here: http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.n

[newbie] The clipboard and the command line.

2005-03-30 Thread James Henry Maiewski
Hello, I want to manipulate the clipboard from a script. Where is the clipboard (Klipper) stuff? Specifically, I want to have a script to take a URL, and encase it in for use in posting. I might then even make a Klipper 'action' do this automatically. With an advance of tha

Re: [newbie] SSL and Apache

2005-03-30 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 07:15, DAN WALKER wrote: > I have not heard of that before. Could that do it for just one page? mod_rewrite basically takes any traffic string that comes in and rewrites it as another string. So, if a request comes in for http://site.domain.name/login.cgi, you can re

Re: [newbie] SCSI module change from 2.6 to 2.4

2005-03-30 Thread Malcolm Candlish
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 20:49, Malcolm Candlish wrote: > On Wednesday 23 Mar 2005 23:16, Derek Jennings wrote: > > On Wednesday 23 March 2005 19:38, Malcolm Candlish wrote: > > > Hi , > > > > > > Is it possible to successfully change the kernel on Mandrake 10.1 64 > > > bit from 2.6 to 2.4. > > > >

Re: [newbie] xmms and sound

2005-03-30 Thread Rafał Kamraj
Paul Kaplan wrote: Any ideas why I can't get any sound out of xmms but realplayer, totem, and the system sounds work fine? TIA Paul Howdy propably you simply don't have permission to use audio :-) Go to System->Configuration->Other->UsersAdministration(not sure of exact names, i have Polish v

Re: [newbie] Quicktime video

2005-03-30 Thread frengoGorgia
Il mer, 2005-03-30 alle 06:31, Teddy Widhi ha scritto: > Teddy Widhi L. > Penguin Power cause you are a gmail user, put this simbols <> in the Reply-To fields and read this too : archived thread http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-newbie&m=11082223

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

2005-03-30 Thread julie
ers to their questions in the mail archives or in the > Twiki, so not needing to ask on the list > - People incorrectly posting newbie-style questions to the expert list, > in the mistaken belief that the newbie list is populated entirely by > newbies and that the expert list is where

Re: [newbie] Quicktime video

2005-03-30 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 11:20 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > anyone know of an RPM to let you play quicktime video ? Aron, you've got PLF setup (both free and non-free) as sources, right? If not, do it. Then just: urpmi mplayer urpmi mplayer-gui and all the dependencies will be taken care of. --

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-03-30 Thread Rick Kunath
Chris wrote: Works great on stand-alone .pdf's. Looking at the mozilla plugin it seems to only have v5 of AdobeReader. How would one get mozilla to work with v7? Install the Mozilla plugin rpm. acroread-nppdf-7.0.0-1mdk.i586 The plug-in has always been a separate install. Rick Kunath

Re: [newbie] SSL and Apache

2005-03-30 Thread DAN WALKER
I have not heard of that before. Could that do it for just one page? I want this login page to only be accessable via https. Could I use PHP to find the url and see if it is using https or http. Would that work as that would be easier.Bryan Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tuesday 29 March 200

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

2005-03-30 Thread et
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 08:07 am, Mr. Geek wrote: > I would think that a small initial group of members could be asked to > take up the challenge and others would be able to contribute on a > voluntary basis. > > -- > Mr. Geek I volunteer Mr. Geek then... (just joken) -- linux counter #167806 (ht

Re: [newbie] Konsole won't open

2005-03-30 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 07:34, eric jackson wrote: > On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:43:36 -0800, John Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > On March 26, 2005 09:42 am, eric jackson wrote: > >> On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 09:33:30 -0800, John Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> wrote: > > > > > > > >> No, that

[newbie] gwenview

2005-03-30 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
Anne Just wanted to say I am enjoying getting to use gwenview. I also updated gimp to 2.2 and it seems easier to use than v2.0 which I used in windows. Thanks for the info Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[newbie] Any XyMTeX users out there?

2005-03-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, all the listers. I wish to use the XyMTeX package to type chemical structures, but am having difficulties. 1) The source file has the extension .lzh, which I've never seen. How do I unpack and install it? 2) I'm a plain TeX user, whereas XyMTeX is said to be called within LaTeX files. I

Re: [newbie] xmms and sound

2005-03-29 Thread Duncan Anderson
Paul Kaplan wrote: Any ideas why I can't get any sound out of xmms but realplayer, totem, and the system sounds work fine? TIA Paul If you right-click on the xmms console, go Options ->Preferences and then see the first tab, "Audio I/O Plugins". At the bottom of the box, see "Output Plugin".

Re: [newbie] Quicktime video

2005-03-29 Thread Miark
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:31:25 +0700, Teddy wrote: > > anyone know of an RPM to let you play quicktime video ? > > install MPlayer or Xine. you can play the QuickTime video file > using those application. dont forget install quicktime codec. Set up PLF free and non-free urpmi sources, and then 'ur

Re: [newbie] Quicktime video

2005-03-29 Thread Teddy Widhi
Hi, install MPlayer or Xine. you can play the QuickTime video file using those application. dont forget install quicktime codec. Teddy Widhi L. Penguin Power On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:20:30 -0800, Aron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > anyone know of an RPM to let you play quicktime video ? > >

[newbie] ** Welcome to Newbie **

2005-03-29 Thread mandrake
This is an automated weekly message mainly intended for people new to Mandrake's Newbie List. = In This Message = 1. General Mailing list info 2. List Archives 3. Leaving the list 4. List news 5. List Etiquette 6.

Re: [newbie] USB Cable modem

2005-03-29 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 02:32, Tim wrote: > Hello all, > > My 10.1 system has developed a strange problem. > > I have to set up a new modem connection every time i reboot, it just > seems to forget that i set one up, but if i go into "Manage connections" > its there but i can't do anything with

[newbie] Quicktime video

2005-03-29 Thread Aron Smith
anyone know of an RPM to let you play quicktime video ? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] xmms and sound

2005-03-29 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 00:44, Dennis Myers wrote: > On Tuesday 29 March 2005 05:27 pm, Paul Kaplan wrote: > > Any ideas why I can't get any sound out of xmms but realplayer, totem, > > and the system sounds work fine? > > TIA > > Paul > > Have you tried resetting it to the arts output plugin?

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-03-29 Thread Chris
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 08:35 pm, Adolfo Bello wrote: > On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 20:20 -0600, Chris wrote: > > Yes, mine did the same, Mozilla shows the plug-in installed, however, > > clicking on a .pdf file withing Mozilla nets some drive action, but the > > .pdf never loads. Any ideas? > > I don'

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-03-29 Thread Adolfo Bello
On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 20:20 -0600, Chris wrote: > Yes, mine did the same, Mozilla shows the plug-in installed, however, > clicking > on a .pdf file withing Mozilla nets some drive action, but the .pdf never > loads. Any ideas? I don't know. I just closed Mozilla (1.7.6), started it again and w

Re: [newbie] How do I...

2005-03-29 Thread Greg Meyer
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 06:46 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > look at the "maillists" site where you first subscribed it will tell you > how to unsub. HTH The headers of any list message gives unsubscribe info too. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Se

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-03-29 Thread Chris
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 08:11 pm, Adolfo Bello wrote: > > I just tried and it worked. The entire session was: > > = > $ cd /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/ > $ ls > Browser_Plugin_HowTo.txt install_browser_plugin* intellinux/ > $ ./install_browser_plugin > This will install the

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-03-29 Thread Adolfo Bello
On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 08:51 +0700, Teddy Widhi wrote: > Hi, > > in README.txt file i found this... but i not yet to try it. > > === > Installion of the Browser plugin (not done by default): > - To install the browser plugin, you would need to execute the script

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-03-29 Thread Teddy Widhi
Hi, in README.txt file i found this... but i not yet to try it. === Installion of the Browser plugin (not done by default): - To install the browser plugin, you would need to execute the script "/Browser/install_browser_plugin". Before doing so, please go t

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-03-29 Thread Chris
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 07:26 pm, Chris wrote: > > Works great on stand-alone .pdf's. Looking at the mozilla plugin it seems > to only have v5 of AdobeReader. How would one get mozilla to work with v7? Disregard, looking around I see no AdobeReader plug-in for V7.0. Guess I'll just have to d

[newbie] USB Cable modem

2005-03-29 Thread Tim
Hello all, My 10.1 system has developed a strange problem. I have to set up a new modem connection every time i reboot, it just seems to forget that i set one up, but if i go into "Manage connections" its there but i can't do anything with it. I've tried deleting all connections and make a fresh

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-03-29 Thread Chris
On Monday 28 March 2005 12:45 pm, Paul Smith wrote: > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:01:35 +0200, Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Adobe Reader 7 rpms can be found here > > > > > > ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/7x/7.0/enu/ > > > > Yes, but installing with urpmi gives an error, some

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

2005-03-29 Thread Hugh Dixon
7; newsletter, if it is easy to subscribe to it at the same time as to the newbie list, would seem good to me. Broadening this a bit, I don't subscribe to the expert list, but could such a newsletter be done so as to cover matters of interest to all levels of expertise? i.e.. Mandrake Newbie M

Re: [newbie] SSL and Apache

2005-03-29 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 17:28, DAN WALKER wrote: > I have the extranet version of Apache installed. Is there a way that I can > ensure that a certain page can only be opened through https:// than http:// You could use mod_rewrite to rewrite all the requests that come is as http to https. That s

Re: [newbie] How do I...

2005-03-29 Thread Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 07:32 pm, Fernando Arturo Gómez Flores wrote: > Hello, > > how can I unsubscribe from the list? > > Regards, > Fernando Gómez. > > P.S. Sorry that I didn't include in the subject something like "How do I > unsubscribe", because when I did, the email server thought it was a

Re: [newbie] xmms and sound

2005-03-29 Thread Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 05:27 pm, Paul Kaplan wrote: > Any ideas why I can't get any sound out of xmms but realplayer, totem, and > the system sounds work fine? > TIA > Paul Have you tried resetting it to the arts output plugin? or one of the others say alsa plugin if that is what you are runn

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

2005-03-29 Thread Margot
7;n' Tricks', I'd like to suggest a different approach to delivering some of the "Giga-Quads' of data stored in our collective memories (whether that memory be gray matter, text or stored digital data) to all List-members. What I propose is a series of repeating emails sen

[newbie] How do I...

2005-03-29 Thread Fernando Arturo Gómez Flores
Hello, how can I unsubscribe from the list? Regards, Fernando Gómez. P.S. Sorry that I didn't include in the subject something like "How do I unsubscribe", because when I did, the email server thought it was a command or something and returned me an error message =S ...

[newbie] xmms and sound

2005-03-29 Thread Paul Kaplan
Any ideas why I can't get any sound out of xmms but realplayer, totem, and the system sounds work fine? TIA Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.co

[newbie] SSL and Apache

2005-03-29 Thread DAN WALKER
I have the extranet version of Apache installed. Is there a way that I can ensure that a certain page can only be opened through https:// than http:// Thanks, DanSend instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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

2005-03-29 Thread Ron Hunter-Duvar
ml emails and reply-to's set incorrectly (other than for gmail users, where we know it's a problem) that are addressed in the intro email. Perhaps they would actually read it and apply it if they knew they were going to get quizzed. Of course mistakes happen, but it seems that too man

Re: [newbie] Failed logins and access

2005-03-29 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Leroy Britton wrote: Yes that will log failed logon attempts, now can you tell me how to log failed access attempts? I need to log any access attempts that result in Permission Denied. Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Leroy Britton wrote: I am new to Linux. I have Mandrake 9.1 running and would like

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

2005-03-29 Thread Christopher Taylor
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:38:20 -0500, Mr. Geek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Over time, like others, I have been copying/pasting a variety of tidbits > of info and useful command fragments from this list, into a text file, > which I keep handy for reference purposes. Many are items which I only > need

Re: [newbie] SCSI module change from 2.6 to 2.4

2005-03-29 Thread Malcolm Candlish
On Wednesday 23 Mar 2005 23:16, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Wednesday 23 March 2005 19:38, Malcolm Candlish wrote: > > Hi , > > > > Is it possible to successfully change the kernel on Mandrake 10.1 64 bit > > from 2.6 to 2.4. > > > > I do know that 2.4 modules run my scanner whereas the 2.6 will no

Re: [newbie] way of deleting the history of bash commands

2005-03-29 Thread Paul Smith
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:48:55 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there some way of deleting the history of bash commands? > > > Yes, just look in /home and you will see file called .bash_history - note > the . it's a hidden file, open it with the editor of your choice and we

Re: [newbie] can't find /udev/hdc in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

2005-03-29 Thread aron smith
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 09:04 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > SnapafunFrank wrote: > > I added udev by urpmi sometime after my initial clean installation > > because I was after flexibility for my flash drives. I actually followed > > a Flash USB howto that appeared to work in that particular ses

Re: [newbie] Failed logins and access

2005-03-29 Thread Leroy Britton
Yes that will log failed logon attempts, now can you tell me how to log failed access attempts? I need to log any access attempts that result in Permission Denied. Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Leroy Britton wrote: I am new to Linux. I have Mandrake 9.1 running and would like to know how I can lo

Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK

2005-03-29 Thread Noel McG.
Hello Anne, Why is it all of a sudden over the last few days, that your messages do not load but are shown as attachments each time? Thanks. - Original Message - From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 2:27 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] L

Re: [newbie] can't find /udev/hdc in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

2005-03-29 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
SnapafunFrank wrote: I added udev by urpmi sometime after my initial clean installation because I was after flexibility for my flash drives. I actually followed a Flash USB howto that appeared to work in that particular session but afterward it just got to be confused so I resolved to sort it ou

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

2005-03-29 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Mr. Geek wrote: Having something like a newsletter would also allow people to compile their own libraries on a variety of technical topics, which can be reviewed offline at their leisure, while cutting back on some of the redundant posts to the list. Following along this line of thought, would

Re: [newbie] starting slmodem automatically as root

2005-03-29 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
erik wrote: I'm using the slmodem driver but the problem is that I always have to start it as root (using su from terminal) to be able to dial-up. Is there a way to start this program automatically? TIA Erik If this is a module you have to load, then putting it in /etc/modprobe.preload works wel

Re: [newbie] 10.2 on Dell d610

2005-03-29 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Andre LABBE wrote: Hi IT boots from the cd fine, then it tells me that there is no cd. I have tried alt1 with or without option. I went on the ftp to get extra boot floppy image (I do have an external usb floppy) same thing. Anyway to get 10.2 to find the CDrom. I have tried with 10.1 and it i

Re: [newbie] way of deleting the history of bash commands

2005-03-29 Thread poogle
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 15:24, Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All > > Is there some way of deleting the history of bash commands? > > Thanks in advance, > > Paul Yes, just look in /home and you will see file called .bash_history - note the . it's a hidden file, open it with the editor of your choice a

[newbie] way of deleting the history of bash commands

2005-03-29 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Is there some way of deleting the history of bash commands? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

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

2005-03-29 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:38:20 -0500 "Mr. Geek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just a suggestion. > -- > Mr. Geek > Registered Linux User #190712 > Sadly, I have seen this list drop from nearly 150 per day to less than 20. I enjoy the traffic and "meeting" new people. This has always been a frien

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

2005-03-29 Thread Philippe Landau
7;n' Tricks', I'd like to suggest a different approach to delivering some of the "Giga-Quads' of data stored in our collective memories (whether that memory be gray matter, text or stored digital data) to all List-members. What I propose is a series of repeating emails sen

Re: [newbie] Ping ogo user

2005-03-29 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:39:23 -0500 "Mr. Geek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks, I'm looking at them. OpenCRX deserves a shot too. I think > > it is closer to ogo and appears to be open source, although not gpl. > > > > Lee > > Let me know how it goes Lee. Will do. _

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

2005-03-29 Thread Mr. Geek
Hugh Dixon wrote: As someone who reads, and feels enlightened, by much of the stuff on this list I'd appreciate this greatly. As with many things though, does someone have the time to organise it? Hugh I can see where this would take some effort, but it seems to be a worthwhile addition to the

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