Re: [newbie] I have HAD IT!!!!!

2001-12-20 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday 19 December 2001 03:11 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: civileme wrote: Hmmm, where did this 80/15/5 rule come from? My experience is that 93% of the time my computer has a problem, the problem has its hands on my keyboard. Civileme, The 80/15/5 rule hails from the venerable Tom

Re: [newbie] I have HAD IT!!!!!

2001-12-19 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Perhaps we need to remember that we are all on this list as USERS?? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/17/01 11:45:00 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: lets remember something here. it's the famous 80/15/5 % rule. 80% of computer problems are user

Re: [newbie] I have HAD IT!!!!!

2001-12-19 Thread civileme
On Tuesday 18 December 2001 09:19 pm, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: Perhaps we need to remember that we are all on this list as USERS?? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/17/01 11:45:00 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: lets remember something here.

Re: [newbie] I have HAD IT!!!!!

2001-12-19 Thread Mark Weaver
civileme wrote: Hmmm, where did this 80/15/5 rule come from? My experience is that 93% of the time my computer has a problem, the problem has its hands on my keyboard. Civileme, The 80/15/5 rule hails from the venerable Tom Brinkman of Texas. But I'll by yours too. Tom's is a bit more

Re: [newbie] I have HAD IT!!!!!

2001-12-19 Thread Mark Weaver
On Wed, 19 Dec 2001 08:19:14 +0200 Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: Perhaps we need to remember that we are all on this list as USERS?? Not me! I'm god of my network. I own the joint. -- daRcmaTTeR Registered Linux User 182496 Mandrake 8.1

[newbie] I have HAD IT!!!!!

2001-12-17 Thread Newbie
When is this damn useless compiler going to work? I have Mdk 8.1 and the default compiler is useless, 2.96 is a piece of trash, so I took it off and put on gcc3, again TRASH, so I try to put on 2.95 and all it can give me is the same bullshit over and over WHEN IS THIS STUPID ASS THING going to

Re: [newbie] I have HAD IT!!!!!

2001-12-17 Thread Ed Tharp
I Strongly recomend theat you, (not anyone else, just you) go BACK TO REDHAT!!! typos and all. then any problems you have will not be the fault of MAndrake, it will be REDHAT's. not yours, not mine, but Redhat's. so you are right, a lot better than RTFM, go to redhat. and after you get there,

Re: [newbie] I have HAD IT!!!!!

2001-12-17 Thread David ..
Why not boot up the ML CD's and selection the option for UPGRADe then select the Developer packages. From: Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] I have HAD IT! Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 13:42:47 -0500 you know...at this point I

Re: [newbie] I have HAD IT!!!!!

2001-12-17 Thread Randy
On Monday 17 December 2001 01:50 pm, Ed Tharp wrote: I Strongly recomend theat you, (not anyone else, just you) go BACK TO REDHAT!!! typos and all. then any problems you have will not be the fault of MAndrake, it will be REDHAT's. not yours, not mine, but Redhat's. so you are right, a lot

Re: [newbie] I have HAD IT!!!!!

2001-12-17 Thread Mark Weaver
you know...at this point I think I would go back and reinstall the system and this time I would do the developer install if you didn't happen to do that the first time. I'm really sorry you're having such a hard time with it, but I've never experienced any of the troubles you're having with the

Re: [newbie] I have HAD IT!!!!! OT now, w/snip

2001-12-17 Thread Ed Tharp
yep, I did recognize the kittypuss address. not really a problem, heck if I had better stuff going on in MY life, I would not have bothered to reply, my delete key works GREAT!!! On Monday 17 December 2001 14:36, you wrote: Ed, Don't you recognize Vic? I didn't realize at first it was him

Re: [newbie] I have HAD IT!!!!! OT now, w/snip

2001-12-17 Thread Ivan Offalich
Isn't kittypuss the name of Bill Gates machine? ;) Maybe he's just trolling cause he knows people are losing interest in Windoze. hehe At 02:51 PM 12/17/01 -0500, you wrote: yep, I did recognize the kittypuss address. not really a problem, heck if I had better stuff going on in MY life, I would

Re: [newbie] I have HAD IT!!!!! OT now, w/snip

2001-12-17 Thread Ed Tharp
Roflmao On Monday 17 December 2001 14:58, you wrote: Isn't kittypuss the name of Bill Gates machine? ;) Maybe he's just trolling cause he knows people are losing interest in Windoze. hehe At 02:51 PM 12/17/01 -0500, you wrote: yep, I did recognize the kittypuss address. not really a

Re: [newbie] I have HAD IT!!!!! OT now, w/snip

2001-12-17 Thread Mark Weaver
nah, its poor Vic and I think he's really got his pickle in a tight spot this time. ooops...pardon the pun. Mark Ivan Offalich wrote: Isn't kittypuss the name of Bill Gates machine? ;) Maybe he's just trolling cause he knows people are losing interest in Windoze. hehe At 02:51 PM

Re: [newbie] I have HAD IT!!!!! OT now, w/snip

2001-12-17 Thread David McGlone
On Monday 17 December 2001 02:04 pm, you wrote: nah, its poor Vic and I think he's really got his pickle in a tight spot this time. ooops...pardon the pun. I have to agree, Linux is very fustrating at times and people need a way to vent, I think Vic is only asking for an ear to listen.

Re: [newbie] I have HAD IT!!!!!

2001-12-17 Thread Darwin Gottfried
On Monday 17 December 2001 11:31, you wrote: When is this damn useless compiler going to work? I have Mdk 8.1 and the default compiler is useless, 2.96 is a piece of trash, so I took it off and put on gcc3, again TRASH, so I try to put on 2.95 and all it can give me is the same bullshit

Re: [newbie] I have HAD IT!!!!!

2001-12-17 Thread skidley
On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Newbie wrote: When is this damn useless compiler going to work? I have Mdk 8.1 and the default compiler is useless, 2.96 is a piece of trash, so I took it off and put on gcc3, again TRASH, so I try to put on 2.95 and all it can give me is the same bullshit over and

Re: [newbie] I have HAD IT!!!!!

2001-12-17 Thread Skippipix
In a message dated 12/17/01 11:45:00 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: lets remember something here. it's the famous 80/15/5 % rule. 80% of computer problems are user 15% are software and... 5% are hardware problems. I know that that isn't something

Re: [newbie] I have HAD IT!!!!!

2001-12-17 Thread Ed Tharp
bubba, it IS the user, if it installs 7.2, but not 8.1, it is something that is different between they way the 2.2.x kernel handles stuff and the 2.4.x kernels handles the same stuff, so if the USER could PROPERLY cofigure the machine, it would not be a software problem would it? did that guy

Re: [newbie] I have HAD IT!!!!!

2001-12-17 Thread Mark Weaver
On Mon, 17 Dec 2001 21:39:07 -0500 Ed Tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: bubba, it IS the user, if it installs 7.2, but not 8.1, it is something that is different between they way the 2.2.x kernel handles stuff and the 2.4.x kernels handles the same stuff, so

Re: [newbie] I have HAD IT!!!!! OT now, w/snip

2001-12-17 Thread Mark Weaver
On Mon, 17 Dec 2001 16:33:16 -0600 David McGlone [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: On Monday 17 December 2001 02:04 pm, you wrote: nah, its poor Vic and I think he's really got his pickle in a tight spot this time. ooops...pardon the pun. I have to agree,

RE: [newbie] I have HAD IT!!!!!

2001-12-17 Thread Franki
: Re: [newbie] I have HAD IT! On Mon, 17 Dec 2001 21:39:07 -0500 Ed Tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: bubba, it IS the user, if it installs 7.2, but not 8.1, it is something that is different between they way the 2.2.x kernel handles stuff and the 2.4.x