Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 2nd disk install

2004-10-19 Thread Q.H. Wang
On Tuesday 19 October 2004 07:34 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 19 Oct 2004 18:45, Marek Pawinski wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have a machine here with an Aopen cdwriter which refuses to take the > > second disk during installation. It just ejects and asks for the second > > disk again. The disk sh

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 2nd disk install

2004-10-19 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 19 Oct 2004 18:45, Marek Pawinski wrote: > Hi > > I have a machine here with an Aopen cdwriter which refuses to take the > second disk during installation. It just ejects and asks for the second > disk again. The disk should be good as i have installed from it before. > > Anyone seen thi

[newbie] Mandrake 10 2nd disk install

2004-10-19 Thread Marek Pawinski
Hi I have a machine here with an Aopen cdwriter which refuses to take the second disk during installation. It just ejects and asks for the second disk again. The disk should be good as i have installed from it before. Anyone seen this before ? Marek __

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 "startup folder"

2004-09-28 Thread Greg Meyer
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 11:26 pm, Aidan Holmes wrote: > Sorry about the windows terminology but I cant think of any other way of > describing it. Does anyone know how to set an application to run on > startup like dragging the shortcut into the startup folder in Winblows? > > I like the volume

[newbie] Mandrake 10 "startup folder"

2004-09-28 Thread Aidan Holmes
Sorry about the windows terminology but I cant think of any other way of describing it. Does anyone know how to set an application to run on startup like dragging the shortcut into the startup folder in Winblows? I like the volume control that used to sit in the system tray (is this correct ter

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 and Dell Inspiron 8500

2004-09-06 Thread Jeb Barger
It's a laptop, and I don't have another drive. I will have to look around at work and try to find one that fits. David T Battler wrote: Jeb Barger wrote: I have been trying to installing MDK10 on my inspiron 8500. Things go fine except when it asks for the second cd. It will tell me that it

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 and Dell Inspiron 8500

2004-09-06 Thread Q.H. Wang
I also run into similar situation. Sometime my Mandrake 10 asks me for 2nd cd when it's there. Luckily after retrying one time or two by rotating the cd, my system can find it. HTH. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 Mount Problem

2004-07-03 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Jeb Barger wrote: I have a problem that I'm not sure how to fix. I messed up when I created the mount disk size. ie, \var\www\html is only 6gigs and \home is 20gigs This is now causing a problem because I am running out of space on the web side. How can I resize \var\www\html or how do I move

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 Mount Problem

2004-07-02 Thread Matt Warden
On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 00:45:39 -0500, Jeb Barger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have a problem that I'm not sure how to fix. I messed up when I > created the mount disk size. > > ie, \var\www\html is only 6gigs and \home is 20gigs > > This is now causing a problem because I am running out of

[newbie] Mandrake 10 Mount Problem

2004-07-02 Thread Jeb Barger
I have a problem that I'm not sure how to fix. I messed up when I created the mount disk size. ie, \var\www\html is only 6gigs and \home is 20gigs This is now causing a problem because I am running out of space on the web side. How can I resize \var\www\html or how do I move it? I changed

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 and a Scanner

2004-06-13 Thread John Layt
Quick answer: Hook up the scanner, go into the Mandrake Control Center (MCC), choose Hardware, then Scanner, and follow the prompts to auto-detect your scanner, if it is supported. Then look in the menu under "Other Applications/Multimedia/Graphics" for the programs XSane or Kooka and you're a

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 and a Scanner

2004-06-13 Thread PM
On Mon, 2004-06-14 at 00:08, SME Admin wrote: > Hiya > > I've a flatbed parallel port scanner that I'd like to use with Mandrake 10 > that I've got installed here. > > Installing it shouldn't be a problem, but if there is you'd know about it > here :) Any suggestions?! You don't say what mode

[newbie] Mandrake 10 and a Scanner

2004-06-13 Thread SME Admin
Hiya I've a flatbed parallel port scanner that I'd like to use with Mandrake 10 that I've got installed here. Installing it shouldn't be a problem, but if there is you'd know about it here :) Any suggestions?! I was wondering what sort of programs anyone here would reccomend for getting the

[newbie] Mandrake 10 CE & O

2004-06-12 Thread Marek Pawinski
Hi If i am am using Mandrake 10 Community but have updated all 400 megs or so of the updates am i actually now sitting with the Official version ? This comes off the linuxiso.org : NOTE: The 10.0 Community Edition release is not a final release of 10.0. The official release will be available for

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 10 + Diva Server card problems

2004-06-07 Thread Jamie Kerwick
t: 04 June 2004 23:01 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 + Diva Server card problems On Friday 04 June 2004 13:38, Jamie Kerwick wrote: > Hi there, > > A collegue of mine is attempting to install & use a Diva server > (ISDN) card using Mandrake 10 official. > The

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 and USB pens

2004-06-05 Thread Richard Gelling
On Saturday 05 June 2004 03:06, Dennis Myers wrote: > On Friday 04 June 2004 07:27 am, Richard Gelling wrote: > > Hi > > > > I at present am running Suse 9.1 on my desktop PC. I am having a few > > problems with it, which I don't seem to be able to solve. So I am hoping > > to install Mandrake 10 P

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 and USB pens

2004-06-04 Thread Dennis Myers
On Friday 04 June 2004 07:27 am, Richard Gelling wrote: > Hi > > I at present am running Suse 9.1 on my desktop PC. I am having a few > problems with it, which I don't seem to be able to solve. So I am hoping to > install Mandrake 10 Powerpack which I have ordered form Amazon. I was > wondering if

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 + Diva Server card problems

2004-06-04 Thread Frans Ketelaars
On Friday 04 June 2004 13:38, Jamie Kerwick wrote: > Hi there, > > A collegue of mine is attempting to install & use a Diva server > (ISDN) card using Mandrake 10 official. > The devices (3 of them) are found by Mandrake Device Manager, but we > are so far unable to load the Diva server drivers fro

[newbie] Mandrake 10 and USB pens

2004-06-04 Thread Richard Gelling
Hi I at present am running Suse 9.1 on my desktop PC. I am having a few problems with it, which I don't seem to be able to solve. So I am hoping to install Mandrake 10 Powerpack which I have ordered form Amazon. I was wondering if anyone has had problems with USB pen drives with Mandrake using the

[newbie] Mandrake 10 + Diva Server card problems

2004-06-04 Thread Jamie Kerwick
Hi there, A collegue of mine is attempting to install & use a Diva server (ISDN) card using Mandrake 10 official. The devices (3 of them) are found by Mandrake Device Manager, but we are so far unable to load the Diva server drivers from their website (www.eicon.com). As they didn't have any mandr

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 and apache2

2004-06-03 Thread Klemens Arro
On Wednesday 02 June 2004 12:11, Derek Jennings wrote: > There is a bug in libapr0 that causes this error with certain processors. > Via C3 and K6-II in particular seem to be affected. > There is an update available on the update mirrors. It worked for me. > Hopefully it will work for you too. > >

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 and apache2

2004-06-02 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 02 Jun 2004 10:04, Klemens Arro wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install apache on my router. When I compiled a new apache > from source, it worked perfectly. But I want to use Mandrake rpm's (next > time is easier to update). When I install apache rpm's and try to run it > ("httpd2 -k

[newbie] Mandrake 10 and apache2

2004-06-02 Thread Klemens Arro
Hi, I am trying to install apache on my router. When I compiled a new apache from source, it worked perfectly. But I want to use Mandrake rpm's (next time is easier to update). When I install apache rpm's and try to run it ("httpd2 -k start"), it said nothing, but I found this from error_log:

[newbie] Mandrake 10 - two IP addresses on one NIC?

2004-05-28 Thread Mike Coppins
How do I configure a NIC to have two IP addresses? The GUI-based configuration system only allows one per adapter seemingly. -- Mike Coppins [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mikeymike.org.uk/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-19 Thread et
On Monday 19 April 2004 02:33 pm, Keith Powell wrote: > On Monday 19 Apr 2004 6:45 pm, RichardA wrote: > > On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 13:17:08 +0100, Keith Powell > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If I remember correctly, it was mentioned on the list some time ago > > > that the download edition wi

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-19 Thread Keith Powell
On Monday 19 Apr 2004 6:45 pm, RichardA wrote: > On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 13:17:08 +0100, Keith Powell > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I remember correctly, it was mentioned on the list some time ago that > > the download edition will have adverts which will pop up at any time. This > > inconvenienc

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-19 Thread RichardA
On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 13:17:08 +0100, Keith Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is one thing, which I am hoping that you, or anyone else with a > greater knowledge of Mandrakesoft than I, can answer. > > I assume that the "cheap" CDs I would buy from, for instance, The > Libranet Emporium, wou

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 Upgrade Sites?

2004-04-18 Thread Phil Savoie
On April 18, 2004 14:06, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Sunday 18 April 2004 17:25, Phil Savoie wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Just installed M10C this morning at 6:30. I have been trying > > since then to upgrade using the gui tool. However, every site I > > choose doesn't work and craps out. I have trie

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 Upgrade Sites?

2004-04-18 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 20:06:43 +0200 Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 18 April 2004 17:25, Phil Savoie wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Just installed M10C this morning at 6:30. I have been trying > > since then to upgrade using the gui tool. However, every site I > > choose doesn't w

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 Upgrade Sites?

2004-04-18 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 18 April 2004 17:25, Phil Savoie wrote: > Hi All, > > Just installed M10C this morning at 6:30. I have been trying > since then to upgrade using the gui tool. However, every site I > choose doesn't work and craps out. I have tried all the american > ones and the french ones as well. An

[newbie] Mandrake 10 Upgrade Sites?

2004-04-18 Thread Phil Savoie
Hi All, Just installed M10C this morning at 6:30. I have been trying since then to upgrade using the gui tool. However, every site I choose doesn't work and craps out. I have tried all the american ones and the french ones as well. Anyone have any idea as to where I should be going? Thanks

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-17 Thread Keith Powell
On Saturday 17 Apr 2004 6:42 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Saturday 17 April 2004 17:09, Keith Powell wrote: > > In the past and, I assume for version 10, an individually burnt CD > > with all the updates/bug patches to the date of ordering it, has

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-17 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 17 April 2004 17:09, Keith Powell wrote: > > In the past and, I assume for version 10, an individually burnt CD > with all the updates/bug patches to the date of ordering it, has been > available from: > > www.linuxemporium.co.uk > Th

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-17 Thread Mike Adolf
On Saturday 17 April 2004 12:29 pm, Rory wrote: > On Saturday 17 April 2004 9:53 am, Ian MacGregor wrote: > > I have been using a "download" edition which I purchased from > > almostfreelinux.com about 3 months ago for $10.00 US. > > I'm familiar with almostfreelinux.com. Are there other CD-purcha

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-17 Thread Rory
On Saturday 17 April 2004 9:53 am, Ian MacGregor wrote: > I have been using a "download" edition which I purchased from > almostfreelinux.com about 3 months ago for $10.00 US. I'm familiar with almostfreelinux.com. Are there other CD-purchase sites people can recommend? ___

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-17 Thread Keith Powell
On Saturday 17 April 2004 1:17 pm, Keith Powell wrote: > > I assume that the "cheap" CDs I would buy from, for instance, The Libranet > Emporium, would be the download edition. Whoops! I meant to type "The Linux Emporium". Sorry!! Keith Wa

[newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-17 Thread Keith Powell
Thanks to all who replied. Here is a composite reply instead of wasting bandwidth with individual ones. Hope no one minds! Anne suggested waiting a couple of weeks for the "Official" download edition to be available. I'll do that, Anne. Thanks for the information that there are not the pop-up

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-17 Thread Greg Meyer
On Saturday 17 April 2004 09:48 am, Ian MacGregor wrote: > From what I understand, the majority of the problems are a result of > "upgrading" rather than formatting the hard drive and doing a clean > install. I would agree. upgrades are for people that really know what they are doing and can clea

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-17 Thread Lanman
Ian MacGregor wrote: From what I understand, the majority of the problems are a result of "upgrading" rather than formatting the hard drive and doing a clean install. I never upgrade for this very reason. Doing a clean install aleviates many headaches. Upgrading should not even be a consideration

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-17 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 17 April 2004 14:48, Ian MacGregor wrote: > From what I understand, the majority of the problems are a result of > "upgrading" rather than formatting the hard drive and doing a clean > install. I never upgrade for this very reason. Doing a

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-17 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 17 April 2004 13:17, Keith Powell wrote: > > I assume that the "cheap" CDs I would buy from, for instance, The > Libranet Emporium, would be the download edition. They will be the download edition - for the moment, of Community, but in a

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-17 Thread M.Schild
> Here's a suggestion though. Have you considered joining a Linux User's > Group? They usually have a high-speed connections available, and someone > should be able to burn the updates for you. I hadn´t thought, good idea > > It would also give you an opportunity to learn more, and to contribute

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-17 Thread Ian MacGregor
I have been using a "download" edition which I purchased from almostfreelinux.com about 3 months ago for $10.00 US. I have never seen any adverts. And, I have never had any of the problems reported by others on theis list. On Saturday 17 April 2004 5:17 am, Keith Powell wrote: > On Saturday 17 A

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-17 Thread Ian MacGregor
From what I understand, the majority of the problems are a result of "upgrading" rather than formatting the hard drive and doing a clean install. I never upgrade for this very reason. Doing a clean install aleviates many headaches. Upgrading should not even be a consideration. On Saturday 17 Apr

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-17 Thread Lanman
M.Schild wrote: Alternatively, I could buy the download edition on cheap CDs, and use that as a test to see how things are beforebuying the boxed set. - From Mandrake's point of view, buying the cheapies and subscribing to the club is much better than buying direct from MandrakeSoft. They get all

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-17 Thread M.Schild
> > Alternatively, I could buy the download edition on cheap CDs, and use > > that as a test to see how things are beforebuying the boxed set. > > - From Mandrake's point of view, buying the cheapies and subscribing to > the club is much better than buying direct from MandrakeSoft. They get > all

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-17 Thread Walt Frampus
On Sat, 2004-04-17 at 08:17, Keith Powell wrote: > I assume that the "cheap" CDs I would buy from, for instance, The Libranet > Emporium, would be the download edition. If I remember correctly, it was > mentioned on the list some time ago that the download edition will have > adverts which wil

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-17 Thread Keith Powell
On Saturday 17 April 2004 8:47 am, Philip Cronje wrote: > On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 08:27:00 +0100, Keith Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Reading through the recent posts, it appears that many on the list who > > have broadband (lucky lot!!) and have downloaded version 10(CE) or > > version 10 (Of

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-17 Thread Keith Powell
On Saturday 17 April 2004 9:19 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 17 April 2004 08:27, Keith Powell wrote: > > Reading through the recent posts, it appears that many on the list > > who have broadband (lucky lot!!) and have downloaded version 10(CE) > > or version 10 (Official) are having proble

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-17 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 17 April 2004 08:27, Keith Powell wrote: > Reading through the recent posts, it appears that many on the list > who have broadband (lucky lot!!) and have downloaded version 10(CE) > or version 10 (Official) are having problems. There seem

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-17 Thread Philip Cronje
On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 08:27:00 +0100, Keith Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Reading through the recent posts, it appears that many on the list who have > broadband (lucky lot!!) and have downloaded version 10(CE) or version 10 > (Official) are having problems. There seem to be many "bugs" stil

[newbie] Mandrake 10

2004-04-17 Thread Keith Powell
Reading through the recent posts, it appears that many on the list who have broadband (lucky lot!!) and have downloaded version 10(CE) or version 10 (Official) are having problems. There seem to be many "bugs" still in them. My question, and it is a serious one, is: When the boxed sets come o

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 destroying Windows XP boot

2004-04-09 Thread Dennis Myers
On Friday 09 April 2004 08:57 pm, Owain Sutton wrote: > JoeHill wrote: > > On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 15:15:34 +0100 > > > > Owain Sutton disseminated the following: > >>Ho-humnow Mandrake claims that the FAT is corrupted, and won't do > >>any partitioning without wiping the lot. Windows is still OK,

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 destroying Windows XP boot

2004-04-09 Thread Owain Sutton
JoeHill wrote: On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 15:15:34 +0100 Owain Sutton disseminated the following: Ho-humnow Mandrake claims that the FAT is corrupted, and won't do any partitioning without wiping the lot. Windows is still OK, though. Any more ideas? Did you get rid of the FAT32 partitions (3

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 64-bit Beta 1 SATA questions

2004-04-09 Thread Cotton
Anyone?? Cotton wrote: I have an AMD64 box with a MSI *K8T Neo-FIS2R* * that has 2 SATA / SATA RAID controllers, the VIA on the 8237 southbridge, as well as the Promise 20378. I have 2 80GB SATA drives th

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 destroying Windows XP boot

2004-04-09 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 23:55, et wrote: > so is this a fork, or just the new name for the 2.6.x kernel version of the > drity old MANdrake version? Nah - it's a "phourk". stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0ca

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 destroying Windows XP boot

2004-04-09 Thread JoeHill
On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 15:15:34 +0100 Owain Sutton disseminated the following: > Ho-humnow Mandrake claims that the FAT is corrupted, and won't do > any partitioning without wiping the lot. Windows is still OK, though. > Any more ideas? as an absolute *last resort*, and this in not the 'reco

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 destroying Windows XP boot

2004-04-09 Thread JoeHill
On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 15:15:34 +0100 Owain Sutton disseminated the following: > Ho-humnow Mandrake claims that the FAT is corrupted, and won't do > any partitioning without wiping the lot. Windows is still OK, though. > Any more ideas? Did you get rid of the FAT32 partitions (3 and 4) in XP

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 destroying Windows XP boot

2004-04-09 Thread Owain Sutton
Owain Sutton wrote: JoeHill wrote: On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 12:42:52 +0100 Owain Sutton disseminated the following: That's pretty much what I did, although I didn't describe it well. I had four partitions, with Windows in the first and windows programs and stuff in the second. The third and fou

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 destroying Windows XP boot

2004-04-09 Thread Owain Sutton
JoeHill wrote: On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 12:42:52 +0100 Owain Sutton disseminated the following: That's pretty much what I did, although I didn't describe it well. I had four partitions, with Windows in the first and windows programs and stuff in the second. The third and fourth were empty FAT32s

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 destroying Windows XP boot

2004-04-09 Thread et
On Friday 09 April 2004 02:42 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 16:14, JoeHill wrote: > > Whatever happened to that Mandrake-based pr0n distro we were going to put > > out, you know, the one that comes on like 4 DVD's (hmmm, poor choice of > > words there). > > > > I always thought th

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 destroying Windows XP boot

2004-04-09 Thread et
On Friday 09 April 2004 02:14 am, JoeHill wrote: > On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 15:25:14 +1000 > > Stephen Kuhn disseminated the following: > > And pr0n. > > Well, that goes without saying doesn't it? 'Sides, Linux, and Mandrake in > particular, are highly optimized for pr0n, esp with the low latency kernel

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 destroying Windows XP boot

2004-04-09 Thread JoeHill
On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 12:42:52 +0100 Owain Sutton disseminated the following: > That's pretty much what I did, although I didn't describe it well. I > had four partitions, with Windows in the first and windows programs and > stuff in the second. The third and fourth were empty FAT32s. I booted

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 destroying Windows XP boot

2004-04-09 Thread Owain Sutton
JoeHill wrote: On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 10:56:30 +1000 Stephen Kuhn disseminated the following: I installed Mandrake 10 onto spare space on my main hard drive, which has XP in the first partition. Everything went fine on the Linux side - but choosing Windows from the boot options caused a freeze,

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 destroying Windows XP boot

2004-04-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 16:14, JoeHill wrote: > Whatever happened to that Mandrake-based pr0n distro we were going to put out, > you know, the one that comes on like 4 DVD's (hmmm, poor choice of words there). > > I always thought that was a great idea, all you need is the kernel, XFree, video > an

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 destroying Windows XP boot

2004-04-08 Thread John Wilson
On April 8, 2004 05:17 pm, Owain Sutton wrote: > Extreme newbie here.. > > I installed Mandrake 10 onto spare space on my main hard drive, which > has XP in the first partition. Everything went fine on the Linux side - > but choosing Windows from the boot options caused a freeze, with a > flas

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 destroying Windows XP boot

2004-04-08 Thread JoeHill
On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 15:25:14 +1000 Stephen Kuhn disseminated the following: > And pr0n. Well, that goes without saying doesn't it? 'Sides, Linux, and Mandrake in particular, are highly optimized for pr0n, esp with the low latency kernel :-D Whatever happened to that Mandrake-based pr0n distro we

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 destroying Windows XP boot

2004-04-08 Thread Troy T. Hall
eHill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 21:30 Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 destroying Windows XP boot > On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 10:56:30 +1000 > Stephen Kuhn disseminated the following: > > > > I installed Mandrake 10 onto

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 destroying Windows XP boot

2004-04-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 12:30, JoeHill wrote: > > EZiest way - DELETE XP. > > Can't argue with that. > > However, if you really must keep XP around, do the install by booting from the > Mandrake CD *after* you have XP installed (leave some unpartitioned space, at > least 5 or 6 GB). Sounds from wh

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 destroying Windows XP boot

2004-04-08 Thread JoeHill
On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 10:56:30 +1000 Stephen Kuhn disseminated the following: > > I installed Mandrake 10 onto spare space on my main hard drive, which > > has XP in the first partition. Everything went fine on the Linux side - > > but choosing Windows from the boot options caused a freeze, with

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 destroying Windows XP boot

2004-04-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 10:17, Owain Sutton wrote: > Extreme newbie here.. > > I installed Mandrake 10 onto spare space on my main hard drive, which > has XP in the first partition. Everything went fine on the Linux side - > but choosing Windows from the boot options caused a freeze, with a

[newbie] Mandrake 10 destroying Windows XP boot

2004-04-08 Thread Owain Sutton
Extreme newbie here.. I installed Mandrake 10 onto spare space on my main hard drive, which has XP in the first partition. Everything went fine on the Linux side - but choosing Windows from the boot options caused a freeze, with a flashing cursor on black screen. The XP recovery console c

[newbie] Mandrake 10 64-bit Beta 1 SATA questions

2004-04-08 Thread Cotton
I have an AMD64 box with a MSI *K8T Neo-FIS2R* * that has 2 SATA / SATA RAID controllers, the VIA on the 8237 southbridge, as well as the Promise 20378. I have 2 80GB SATA drives that I want striped for per

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 CE and smp kernel

2004-04-07 Thread et
On Wednesday 07 April 2004 09:38 am, Dan Gordon wrote: > On April 7, 2004 01:46 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 07:27, et wrote: > > > just out of curiosity, which CPU do you have??? > > Looks like i did not get ed's post so it the question was for me its a > Intel P4 3.0C 800Mz F

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 CE and smp kernel

2004-04-07 Thread et
On Wednesday 07 April 2004 01:46 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 07:27, et wrote: > > just out of curiosity, which CPU do you have??? > > Just out of curiosity, Ed, what made you send me those disks? > > NOT that I'm complaining, it was a great great gift, mate. Nice to come > home

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 CE and smp kernel

2004-04-07 Thread Fajar Priyanto
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 07 April 2004 06:02 am, Dan Gordon wrote: > > You hit it right on the head Pabio, I was wondering about that and now > i know why winxp shows two cpu load monitors in taskmannager. > > Thanks will boot into it now and see what happens. >

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 CE and smp kernel

2004-04-07 Thread Pablo Vitoria
ordon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 3:46 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 CE and smp kernel | On April 6, 2004 07:02 pm, Dan Gordon wrote: | | > | > You hit it right on the head Pabio, I was wondering about that and | > now i kn

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 CE and smp kernel

2004-04-07 Thread Dan Gordon
On April 6, 2004 07:02 pm, Dan Gordon wrote: > > You hit it right on the head Pabio, I was wondering about that and > now i know why winxp shows two cpu load monitors in taskmannager. > > Thanks will boot into it now and see what happens. > It boots fine but i can see no real benefit, also i can

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 CE and smp kernel

2004-04-07 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 07:27, et wrote: > just out of curiosity, which CPU do you have??? Just out of curiosity, Ed, what made you send me those disks? NOT that I'm complaining, it was a great great gift, mate. Nice to come home to after a week of working for someone else... Just wondering. ste

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 CE and smp kernel

2004-04-06 Thread Dan Gordon
On April 6, 2004 03:13 pm, Pablo Vitoria wrote: > Hi, > > I don´t know if it is normal, since I am still using 9.2, but if > your CPU is a Pentium 4 with HyperThreading, you need the smp kernel > to use HT. > You hit it right on the head Pabio, I was wondering about that and now i know why winxp

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 CE and smp kernel

2004-04-06 Thread et
On Tuesday 06 April 2004 01:08 am, Dan Gordon wrote: > Ive just noticed that i have two kernels installed the regular 2.6 > kernel and a linux-smp kernel. At least thats whats listed in lilo, i > have not tryed the smp kernel. Is this normal for a default install > on a single procesor machein? >

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 CE and smp kernel

2004-04-06 Thread Pablo Vitoria
País Vasco (UPV/EHU) Aptdo. 644 48080 Bilbao (Bizkaia) Tfno. 94 6015992 Fax. 94 4648500 - Original Message - From: "Dan Gordon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 7:08 AM Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 10 CE and smp kernel | I

[newbie] Mandrake 10 CE and smp kernel

2004-04-05 Thread Dan Gordon
Ive just noticed that i have two kernels installed the regular 2.6 kernel and a linux-smp kernel. At least thats whats listed in lilo, i have not tryed the smp kernel. Is this normal for a default install on a single procesor machein? TIA Regards, Dan Gordon -- Tue Apr 6 01:03:37 EDT 2004 0

Re: [newbie] mandrake 10 community ISO problem

2004-04-03 Thread Frank
Alternatively, make a boot floppy and start form that as I had to for my system. Please keep this thread going as to your installation problems so that I, and possibly others, get to understand the problems this distro may have 'cause I seem to be having heaps of things go awry that didn't hap

[newbie] Mandrake 10 (kernel 2.6) Broadcom 4401 problem

2004-04-03 Thread Alexandre Dubois
Hi, I've downloaded the Mandrake 10 yesterday. Installed it with a 2.6 kernel: #uname -r 2.6.3-4mdk the default driver (module b44) doesn't work. I searched a bit and found that most of the people got away by installing the bcm4400 module provided by Broadcom. Downloaded linux-3.0.7.zip from

Re: [newbie] mandrake 10 community ISO problem

2004-04-02 Thread John Wilson
On April 2, 2004 06:36 am, Pete Doak wrote: > When I popped the CD-1 in the CD drive and restarted my computer I found > that the computer would not boot off the CD. Just to make sure I had the > computer configured right I put CD-1 from the 9.2 version, and it booted > right up into the installer

[newbie] mandrake 10 community ISO problem

2004-04-02 Thread Pete Doak
Hi: I've downloaded the three ISO's for Mandrake Community 10, and burned them to CD's. I followed the same procedure as I have with other linux ISO's, including Mandrake 9.2, 9.0 and etc. When I popped the CD-1 in the CD drive and restarted my computer I found that the computer would not boot of

[newbie] Mandrake 10 Community installation problems ...

2004-04-02 Thread J Tandl
Hi, I am a REAL newbie (as you will see): I have installed Mandrake 10 Community from 4 CDs I bought from a linux vendor in Sydney. Before that, I had resized the C:drive, which was the whole hard drive and has W2K, and added a FAT32 partition (for sharing files between W2K and linux) and an u

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 -- Excellent...but...

2004-03-23 Thread Ronald
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Op dinsdag 23 maart 2004 08:23, schreef John Wilson: > The second issue is more troubling.  When setting up internet connection > sharing the wizard fscks all networking.  I can always reach the internet > before I set it up but not after. Hallo John,

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 -- Excellent...but...

2004-03-23 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 23 Mar 2004 07:23, John Wilson wrote: > The second issue is more troubling. When setting up internet connection > sharing the wizard fscks all networking. I can always reach the internet > before I set it up but not after. I admit I haven't had the time yet to > look too deeply into

[newbie] Mandrake 10 -- Excellent...but...

2004-03-22 Thread John Wilson
First of all I have to say that MDK 10 is very pleasing eye candy. It's fast with the 2.6 series kernel and it's a pleasure to use it. The download via Bittorrent went smoothly and I continued to share it for a couple of weeks. (I'll get it back up soon once I get something here fixed :-) ).

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 audio related crash

2004-03-18 Thread workshop
this was no step by step instruction. If u using mandrake, goodluck. Oh and I never said hotswap it iether. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.man

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 audio related crash

2004-03-18 Thread azrael
Quoting workshop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Using xp? Er...? No.. I'm using mandrake 10.0 I can't quite work out how Mandrake would crash/hang if I was using windowsXP.. > With platinum unpluging sends voltage through the card. Never unplug or > replug in windows. Reinstall the drivers after u have

[newbie] Mandrake 10 Community and DVD Data Disks

2004-03-14 Thread Bryan Phinney
Is anyone else that has Mandrake 10 loaded been able to access a data DVD disk? I keep getting a message "wrong medium type" when trying to mount the drive with a data dvd in it. fstab is /dev/hda /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0022,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec 0 0 -- Bryan Ph

Re: [newbie] mandrake 10 torrent

2004-03-08 Thread Greg Meyer
On Monday 08 March 2004 12:15 pm, Marlon Matias wrote: > Where can i get the torrent file for mandrake 10? or could someone send it > to me pls. > > Thanks The torrent right now is being hosted by the Club and MandrakeSoft has an authentication mechanism that only allows the torrent to work from t

[newbie] mandrake 10 torrent

2004-03-08 Thread Marlon Matias
Where can i get the torrent file for mandrake 10? or could someone send it to me pls. Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Mandrake 10 RC2?

2004-03-01 Thread Sweeney, Stephen
Hi, Is there any news on when RC2 might be available or when the community release is happening? Cheers, Stevie :) -- This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) na

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 10 RC1 !

2004-02-20 Thread Tango Echo
-Original Message- From: Greg Meyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 11:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 RC1 ! On Thursday 19 February 2004 10:09 am, Tango Echo wrote: > Territory, etc, stuff that requires 3d? Any ideas >

KDE 3.2.6 ??? What about Kmail? Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 RC1 !

2004-02-19 Thread Anguo
On Wednesday 18 Feb 2004 11:15 pm, Lanman wrote: > Everything in KDE ( 3.2.6! ) is working as advertised, > and actually does what it's supposed to do. No glitches, > crashes You say KDE 3.2.6? I just had a look at http://www.kde.org/download/ and they only offer 3.2 to download with a kmail pat

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 RC1 !

2004-02-19 Thread David E. Fox
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 15:57:15 + "adam.halesworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've only just got Mandrake 9.2 installed *Rolls eyes* Is it possible > to do an 'update,' as it were? Theoretically possible. I've gone from release to release once or twice in the past by just using urpmi --auto-

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