Re: [newbie] Re: ark & rar

2005-04-09 Thread Q.H. Wang
Many thanks Anne. I really don't realize it's the problem of replying posts directly to me, not the list. I thought it has caused some other problems. Now I'm clear. Bests, Q.H. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to htt

Re: [newbie] Re: ark & rar

2005-04-09 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 09 Apr 2005 11:52, Q.H. Wang wrote: > > Q, if you delete your "reply-to" address, it would be easier for > > people on the Mandrake/Mandriva lists to respond to your posts. > > Hi Miark, > > Many thanks for your suggestion. Now I have removed my address from the > "reply-to". In fact I

[newbie] 10.1 and Skype.

2005-04-09 Thread Simon
Hi all, does anyone have Skype running on 10.1? If so could you help me get my microphone working? Thanks, Simon. -- Linux Counter number 359744. http://counter.li.org/ GnuPG Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xE94E2292 W

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-04-09 Thread Q.H. Wang
> Are you running KDE 3.4, Miark? Cannot it be caused by KDE 3.4? Well, > it is just a suspicion, because I think I have tried everything to get > the Acrobat Reader plugin working, but with no luck. > Hi Paul, I guess your doubt might be sound as I use KDE 3.2 and AR 7.0 does work well with m

[newbie] Re: ark & rar

2005-04-09 Thread Q.H. Wang
> > Q, if you delete your "reply-to" address, it would be easier for > people on the Mandrake/Mandriva lists to respond to your posts. > Hi Miark, Many thanks for your suggestion. Now I have removed my address from the "reply-to". In fact I don't realize that. What problem does it cause? Best

Re: [newbie] Problems with streaming audio/video in Xine

2005-04-09 Thread Graham Watkins
Graham Watkins wrote: Hi again, Just installed Xine in the hopes of overcoming the limitations i seem to have with Kaffeine. However still no sound with .mov files. Also, when I try to connect to radio stations, I get the following error: Error loading library: cook.so.6.0 These libraries are ins

[newbie] Problems with streaming audio/video in Xine

2005-04-09 Thread Graham Watkins
Hi again, Just installed Xine in the hopes of overcoming the limitations i seem to have with Kaffeine. However still no sound with .mov files. Also, when I try to connect to radio stations, I get the following error: Error loading library: cook.so.6.0 These libraries are installed in /home/graham

Re: [newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive

2005-04-09 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 9, 2005 5:02 AM, Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I do not know why, but now I cannot use my flash drive, getting the > > > following error: > > > > > > Could not mount device. > > > The reported error was: > > > mount: only root can mount /dev/sda1 on /media/usbdisk > > > > Pau

Re: [newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla

2005-04-09 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 9, 2005 3:38 AM, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so > > > /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.5/plugins/nppdf.so > > > /home/chris/.mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so > > > /root/.mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so > > > > > > It automatically installed in ~/.mozilla/plugins/ when I used

[newbie] No Sound in Kaffeine with Mary Gauthier video

2005-04-09 Thread Graham Watkins
Hi folks, This music video (which is Quicktime - I think) gives me pictures but no sound when played in Kaffeine. Sound is OK with other music vids and CDs. Is there some add-on that I need to download, or any way of tweaking the program? Any pointers would be appreciated. -- Graham Watkins It

Re: [newbie] Web page hints?

2005-04-09 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 08 Apr 2005 23:47, et wrote: > have you installed drakwizard? just run the apache web server wizard from > mcc, and when it asks you to put in the root, just change it > to /var/www/html/Design. > > or are you asking about editing /etc/www/httpd/conf/httpd2.conf? as root > and restarting

Re: [newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive

2005-04-08 Thread Dennis Myers
On Friday 08 April 2005 09:52 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > On Thursday 07 April 2005 04:13 pm, Paul Smith wrote: > > Dear All > > > > I do not know why, but now I cannot use my flash drive, getting the > > following error: > > > > Could not mount device. > > The reported error was: > > mount: only roo

Re: [newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive

2005-04-08 Thread Dennis Myers
On Thursday 07 April 2005 04:13 pm, Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All > > I do not know why, but now I cannot use my flash drive, getting the > following error: > > Could not mount device. > The reported error was: > mount: only root can mount /dev/sda1 on /media/usbdisk > > Any ideas? > > Thanks in adv

Re: [newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla

2005-04-08 Thread Chris
On Friday 08 April 2005 09:20 pm, Paul Smith wrote: > > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so > > /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.5/plugins/nppdf.so > > /home/chris/.mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so > > /root/.mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so > > > > It automatically installed in ~/.mozilla/plugins/ when I used the (2) > > opti

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-04-08 Thread Miark
On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 00:37:14 +0100, Paul wrote: > On Apr 9, 2005 12:26 AM, Miark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Oooops, man, you got a very hard bone to tackle. > > > Good luck. > > > > Him and I both. I've tried copying the file manually and > > using the install script, and although Firefox

Re: [newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla

2005-04-08 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 9, 2005 3:03 AM, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am trying to use the Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla. However, I get the > > following error message, in spite of having Acrobat Reader 7.0 > > installed: > > > > Could not launch Adobe Reader 7.0. Please make sure it exists in PATH > > var

Re: [newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla

2005-04-08 Thread Chris
On Friday 08 April 2005 04:54 am, Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All > > I am trying to use the Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla. However, I get the > following error message, in spite of having Acrobat Reader 7.0 > installed: > > Could not launch Adobe Reader 7.0. Please make sure it exists in PATH > variabl

[newbie] mkisofs - data cd's with directories

2005-04-08 Thread David E. Fox
You know, this should be simple. Nearly everybody does it, right? ;) Yet I am having trouble with mkisofs getting it to replicate a directory sstructure so that I can just continually go from one directory to the other (it is an audio book set of mp3s) without having to jump all over the resulti

Re: [newbie] ark & rar

2005-04-08 Thread Tom
Q.H. Wang wrote: Many thanks gangs. I've just installed unrar, it's working perfectly. Thanks again. Bests, Q.H. Now 'urpmi parchive2' and you'll be able to use it (par2) to repair corrupted or missing .par's if you also have the par2 files for the archive. Another hint: 'urpm

Re: [newbie] comparing mandrake based linux distributions

2005-04-08 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
is rare on technical mailinglists. Yes the people here are very warm-hearted and helpful. I've experienced some rather nasty comments as a newbie on other lists. > Ubuntu for example advertises "humanity onto others" > while encouraging a gang mentality on their mailing lists. > di

Re: [newbie] weird frozen bubble problem

2005-04-08 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Friday 08 Apr 2005 20:59, Aidan Holmes wrote: > Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > >I've just installed frozen bubble to have a play but can't actually get it > > to do anything. Used urpmi frozen-bubble and install seemed okay, get > > the frozen bubble display up but cursor disappears when I try

Re: [newbie] comparing mandrake based linux distributions

2005-04-08 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Saturday 09 April 2005 01:38, Aron Smith wrote: > On Friday 08 April 2005 03:53 pm, Philippe Landau wrote: > > hello > > > > i like PCLinux, i like Sam, i like PLF (not a distro) > > but i have very little experience with them. > > and most of all, i like the Mandrake mailinglists: > > there are

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-04-08 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 9, 2005 12:26 AM, Miark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oooops, man, you got a very hard bone to tackle. > > Good luck. > > Him and I both. I've tried copying the file manually and using > the install script, and although Firefox tries to open Reader, it > gives me that same PATH complaint.

Re: [newbie] comparing mandrake based linux distributions

2005-04-08 Thread Aron Smith
On Friday 08 April 2005 03:53 pm, Philippe Landau wrote: > hello > > i like PCLinux, i like Sam, i like PLF (not a distro) > but i have very little experience with them. > and most of all, i like the Mandrake mailinglists: > there are warm-hearted people here, > which is rare on technical mailingli

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-04-08 Thread Miark
On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 23:23:26 +0100, Q.H. wrote: > Oooops, man, you got a very hard bone to tackle. > Good luck. Him and I both. I've tried copying the file manually and using the install script, and although Firefox tries to open Reader, it gives me that same PATH complaint. Miark _

Re: [newbie] harddrake not detecting mouse (uses adaptor)

2005-04-08 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
JR wrote: I put mandrake10.1-Official on my friends desktop. His mouse doesnt work. It doesn't show up in harddrake (the gui tool). In fact, there is no mouse section at all, and it's not under peripherals. His mouse is a PS/2 mouse, but it is connected to a COM port via an adaptor. Can anyone

[newbie] comparing mandrake based linux distributions

2005-04-08 Thread Philippe Landau
hello i like PCLinux, i like Sam, i like PLF (not a distro) but i have very little experience with them. and most of all, i like the Mandrake mailinglists: there are warm-hearted people here, which is rare on technical mailinglists. Ubuntu for example advertises "humanity onto others" while encoura

Re: [newbie] Web page hints?

2005-04-08 Thread et
On Thursday 07 April 2005 02:35 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > I have a small amount of web space, and need to separate a part of it. A > subdirectory call Design will be under the index page. I want to make it > appear the root, but I can't remember how it's done. Nor can I find > anything in either

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

2005-04-08 Thread Philippe Landau
Aron Smith wrote: On Wednesday 06 April 2005 01:10 pm, Philippe Landau wrote: Miark wrote: Try connecting the USB cable _before_ you plug in the external drive's power supply. thanks a lot for all the expertly advice, Joe, Mikkel, Miark and jdow. it looks like the external case is leaking power to

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-04-08 Thread Q.H. Wang
Oooops, man, you got a very hard bone to tackle. Good luck. Q.H. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com _

Re: [newbie] ark & rar

2005-04-08 Thread Q.H. Wang
Many thanks gangs. I've just installed unrar, it's working perfectly. Thanks again. Bests, Q.H. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] harddrake not detecting mouse (uses adaptor)

2005-04-08 Thread JR
I put mandrake10.1-Official on my friends desktop. His mouse doesnt work. It doesn't show up in harddrake (the gui tool). In fact, there is no mouse section at all, and it's not under peripherals. His mouse is a PS/2 mouse, but it is connected to a COM port via an adaptor. Can anyone tell me ho

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-04-08 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 8, 2005 5:06 PM, Q.H. Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are some posts discussing exactly your problem at > > http://www.linuxforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=136543&st=15&#entry596612, > > But I don't know whether that's gonna solve your problem. Thanks, Q.H.. It did not help,

Re: [newbie] ark & rar

2005-04-08 Thread Miark
On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 20:06:25 +0100, Q.H. wrote: > I have tried to use ark to extract a rar file but failed. It > reported something like "the file compressed using x-rar- > compress" and then failed. Ark will complain because it doesn't think x-rar-compress = rar but if you specify rar in the dia

Re: [newbie] ark & rar

2005-04-08 Thread Miark
On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:26:53 +0200, Paul wrote: > Op Fri, 8 Apr 2005 20:06:25 +0100 schreef Q.H. Wang: > > >Or is there some other good tool for rar? > > http://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-3.5.b1.tar.gz Even easier: urpmi unrar Miark Want t

Re: [newbie] ark & rar

2005-04-08 Thread Paul
Op Fri, 8 Apr 2005 20:06:25 +0100 schreef Q.H. Wang: >Or is there some other good tool for >rar? Many thanks for any help. http://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-3.5.b1.tar.gz :-) -- A weapon? Isn't that an extension of your fear? - Loesje http://www.nlpagan.net/linux.php Have you visited http

[newbie] ark & rar

2005-04-08 Thread Q.H. Wang
Hi Folks, I have tried to use ark to extract a rar file but failed. It reported something like "the file compressed using x-rar-compress" and then failed. At that moment I used the ark along the Mandrake 10 & KDE3.2. I remember its version is 2.4.x or so. Then I downloaded an ark-3.4-x RPM from

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-04-08 Thread Q.H. Wang
Hi Paul, There are some posts discussing exactly your problem at http://www.linuxforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=136543&st=15&#entry596612, But I don't know whether that's gonna solve your problem. Bests, Q.H. Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla

2005-04-08 Thread Q.H. Wang
Hi Paul, Are you sure that the nppdf.so in your $mozilla/plugins is the 7.0 one. I didn't use the script to install the plugin, instead I manually did that. I am not sure what's your problem because I installed the AR 7 through RPM, but after the installation when I opened some pdf files embed

Re: [newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla

2005-04-08 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 8, 2005 12:18 PM, Q.H. Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could the AR 7.0 itself be launched? If not you might need to reinstall it. Or > I guess you didn't import it into your PATH. What will a "which acroread" in > command line say? I remember I made a symbloic link ../AR7.0/bin/acroread >

Re: [newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla

2005-04-08 Thread Q.H. Wang
HI Paul, Could the AR 7.0 itself be launched? If not you might need to reinstall it. Or I guess you didn't import it into your PATH. What will a "which acroread" in command line say? I remember I made a symbloic link ../AR7.0/bin/acroread to /usr/bin/acroread to insure it's in my PATH. Or che

Re: [newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla

2005-04-08 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 8, 2005 11:27 AM, Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am trying to use the Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla. However, I > > get the following error message, in spite of having Acrobat > > Reader 7.0 installed: > > > > Could not launch Adobe Reader 7.0. Please make sure it exists in > >

Re: [newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla

2005-04-08 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 08 April 2005 11:54, Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All > > I am trying to use the Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla. However, I > get the following error message, in spite of having Acrobat > Reader 7.0 installed: > > Could not launch Adobe Reader 7.0. Please make sure it exists in > PATH variable i

Re: [newbie] Creating a website with video

2005-04-08 Thread et
On Friday 08 April 2005 04:42 am, Aidan Holmes wrote: > Sorry this is a little off topic, I have a friend that wants to add some > video to a website he has and wants me to help - but I've never done > this before. So far I have been using Mozilla to edit his site and I've > got no html knowledge a

[newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla

2005-04-08 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I am trying to use the Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla. However, I get the following error message, in spite of having Acrobat Reader 7.0 installed: Could not launch Adobe Reader 7.0. Please make sure it exists in PATH variable in the environment. If the problem persists, please reinstall th

Re: [newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive

2005-04-08 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 8, 2005 10:12 AM, Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This has me stumped. If you did not try to mount the drive as a user, > > then you should not have gotten the error message. The standard hotplug > > settings will mount a flash drive on /mnt/removable unless it things the > > dri

Re: [newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive

2005-04-08 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 8, 2005 4:12 AM, Mikkel L. Ellertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This has me stumped. If you did not try to mount the drive as a user, > then you should not have gotten the error message. The standard hotplug > settings will mount a flash drive on /mnt/removable unless it things the > dri

Re: [newbie] weird frozen bubble problem

2005-04-08 Thread Aidan Holmes
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I've just installed frozen bubble to have a play but can't actually get it to do anything. Used urpmi frozen-bubble and install seemed okay, get the frozen bubble display up but cursor disappears when I try to hover over any of the buttons. I can see it in the blue

[newbie] Creating a website with video

2005-04-08 Thread Aidan Holmes
Sorry this is a little off topic, I have a friend that wants to add some video to a website he has and wants me to help - but I've never done this before. So far I have been using Mozilla to edit his site and I've got no html knowledge at all. Is there someone who can point me in the right dire

Re: [newbie] min spec's for 10.1

2005-04-07 Thread Greg Meyer
On Friday 08 April 2005 12:25 am, Rob Blomquist wrote: > On Thursday 07 April 2005 15:14, Tim wrote: > > Where can i find earlier versions of Mandrake Linux suitable to work on > > a Pentium 233 with 80 MB ram. > > Why not use Gentoo, where each package is compiled on the fly for the > processor in

Re: [newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive

2005-04-07 Thread Greg Meyer
On Thursday 07 April 2005 11:12 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details If you have this in your /etc/fstab, you can't be running 10.1 , since this is provided by hal and that is a feature in 10.2, and is non-existent in 10.1. Are

Re: [newbie] min spec's for 10.1

2005-04-07 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Rob Blomquist wrote: On Thursday 07 April 2005 15:14, Tim wrote: Where can i find earlier versions of Mandrake Linux suitable to work on a Pentium 233 with 80 MB ram. Why not use Gentoo, where each package is compiled on the fly for the processor in question? I have a Pentium 266 laptop with 1

Re: [newbie] min spec's for 10.1

2005-04-07 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Thursday 07 April 2005 15:14, Tim wrote: > Where can i find earlier versions of Mandrake Linux suitable to work on > a Pentium 233 with 80 MB ram. Why not use Gentoo, where each package is compiled on the fly for the processor in question? I have a Pentium 266 laptop with 144mb, that runs 1

Re: [newbie] min spec's for 10.1

2005-04-07 Thread Erylon Hines
On Thursday 07 April 2005 03:14 pm, Tim wrote: | Hello all, | | | Please forgive this basic question, I couldn't find the minimum | requirements for MD 10.1 anywhere. the worst part is I'm actually | running 10.1 on this pc. | | Also, | | Where can i find earlier versions of Mandrake Linux suitable

Re: [newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive

2005-04-07 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Paul Smith wrote: On Apr 7, 2005 11:59 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks, Mikkel. Dumb question time - did the flash drive get mounted automaticly on /mnt/removable? This is what usualy happens when you plug one in. If you plug in a second one, it gets mounted on /mnt/remov

Re: [newbie] win modem Lucent...!!!

2005-04-07 Thread Erylon Hines
On Thursday 07 April 2005 09:55 am, Domingo Abrego wrote: | hi, i am using a winmodem on my computer for windows, is that possible to | use that same modem for linux, mandrake community edition v.10 ?... i did | some reseaches about win modems and linux and what i read in all this | websites is

Re: [newbie] Mandriva

2005-04-07 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 08 April 2005 01:14, RafaÅ Kamraj wrote: > Aron Smith wrote: > >On Thursday 07 April 2005 07:51 am, Miark wrote: > > > >Agreed its horrible corrupted to Mandrivel too easy Marketing wise this > > is a bad move > > Well, maybe there is a method in this madness. Anyone knew anything > abou

Re: [newbie] Error with KDE apps; octet-stream

2005-04-07 Thread frengoGorgia
Il ven, 2005-04-08 alle 00:58, Cameron MacDonald ha scritto: > Off-topic: Are you a cyclist?? No, I don't think everyone in Italy > rides a bicycle, but Just thought I'd check. I ride a Fondriest. > I'm not a "cyclist", i only ride bicycle in my spare time , and for little travel too . Mau

Re: [newbie] Mandriva

2005-04-07 Thread Rafał Kamraj
Aron Smith wrote: On Thursday 07 April 2005 07:51 am, Miark wrote: Agreed its horrible corrupted to Mandrivel too easy Marketing wise this is a bad move Well, maybe there is a method in this madness. Anyone knew anything about thouse trademark lawsuit with Hearst Corporation? Rafał

Re: [newbie] Error with KDE apps; octet-stream

2005-04-07 Thread Cameron MacDonald
frengoGorgia wrote: Il gio, 2005-04-07 alle 23:42, Cameron MacDonald ha scritto: I have done what others before have done: mucked about in file associations and screwed something up. Brian McKee apparently did the same thing in January: When I try to open KDE apps, I get an error message: "Could

Re: [newbie] min spec's for 10.1

2005-04-07 Thread Al
- Original Message - From: "Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 10:14 AM Subject: [newbie] min spec's for 10.1 > Hello all, > > > Please forgive this basic question, I couldn't find the minimum > requirements for MD 10.1

Re: [newbie] min spec's for 10.1

2005-04-07 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 07 April 2005 23:14, Tim wrote: > Hello all, > > > Please forgive this basic question, I couldn't find the minimum > requirements for MD 10.1 anywhere. the worst part is I'm actually > running 10.1 on this pc. > > Also, > > Where can i find earlier versions of Mandrake Linux suitable to

Re: [newbie] Error with KDE apps; octet-stream

2005-04-07 Thread frengoGorgia
Il gio, 2005-04-07 alle 23:42, Cameron MacDonald ha scritto: > I have done what others before have done: mucked about in file > associations and screwed something up. Brian McKee apparently did > the same thing in January: > When I try to open KDE apps, I get an error message: > "Could not find m

[newbie] min spec's for 10.1

2005-04-07 Thread Tim
Hello all, Please forgive this basic question, I couldn't find the minimum requirements for MD 10.1 anywhere. the worst part is I'm actually running 10.1 on this pc. Also, Where can i find earlier versions of Mandrake Linux suitable to work on a Pentium 233 with 80 MB ram. Its for my mother, w

[newbie] Error with KDE apps; octet-stream

2005-04-07 Thread Cameron MacDonald
I have done what others before have done: mucked about in file associations and screwed something up. Brian McKee apparently did the same thing in January: When I try to open KDE apps, I get an error message: "Could not find mime type application/octet-stream". I followed Brian's thread, made a c

[newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive

2005-04-07 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I do not know why, but now I cannot use my flash drive, getting the following error: Could not mount device. The reported error was: mount: only root can mount /dev/sda1 on /media/usbdisk Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to

Re: [newbie] [Newbie] No control centre

2005-04-07 Thread Margot
LES wrote: On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 19:49, Margot wrote: Les Thomas wrote: I have mandrake 10.1 , some how the control centre has dissapeared , I must have done something to either hide it or delte it . I think it must be deactivated but dont know where to look or how to get it back up Les Which contro

Re: [newbie] Lilo on floppy

2005-04-07 Thread riccardo
On Thursday 07 April 2005 06:33 pm, Leroy Britton wrote: > ÂI have also tried > fdformat /dev/fd0 and that gives me ÂNo such device or address. ___ ~ maybe, stick in a floppy then, as root, command :- mkfs.minix /dev/fd0 or mkfs.ext2 /dev/fd0 best rgds ___

Re: [newbie] Lilo on floppy

2005-04-07 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Leroy Britton wrote: I am using mandrake 10.1 and need to prepare a floppy for lilo. I found instructions and they say to use fdformat /dev/fd0H1440, however this gives me a error of No such file or directory. I have also tried fdformat /dev/fd0 and that gives me No such device or address.

[newbie] KDE 3.4 and 10.2

2005-04-07 Thread xxx
Well, did they finally put the new KDE in there Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] win modem Lucent...!!!

2005-04-07 Thread Brett Lyon
appropriate driver here: http://www.heby.de/ltmodem More good instructions for newbie here: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~mert1313/ltmodem.html I have tried the SV92P (listed as incompatible) and it does, in fact, not work. Good luck Brett --- Domingo Abrego <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, i

[newbie] Web page hints?

2005-04-07 Thread Anne Wilson
I have a small amount of web space, and need to separate a part of it. A subdirectory call Design will be under the index page. I want to make it appear the root, but I can't remember how it's done. Nor can I find anything in either of the books I have. Can anyone either point me at suitable

[newbie] Lilo on floppy

2005-04-07 Thread Leroy Britton
I am using mandrake 10.1 and need to prepare a floppy for lilo. I found instructions and they say to use fdformat /dev/fd0H1440, however this gives me a error of No such file or directory. I have also tried fdformat /dev/fd0 and that gives me No such device or address. Any help would be app

Re: [newbie] [Newbie] No control centre

2005-04-07 Thread LES
On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 19:49, Margot wrote: > Les Thomas wrote: > > I have mandrake 10.1 , some how the control centre has dissapeared , I > > must have done something to either hide it or delte it . > > I think it must be deactivated but dont know where to look or how to > > get it back up > > Les >

Re: [newbie] Mandriva

2005-04-07 Thread Philippe Landau
Aron Smith wrote: On Thursday 07 April 2005 07:51 am, Miark wrote: On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 22:33:40 -0400, Ivo wrote: I think Mandriva is awful... Me too. But it's official now: http://www.mandriva.com/company/press/pr?n=/pr/corporate/2551 Miark Agreed its horrible corrupted to Mandrivel too easy Marke

Re: [newbie] weird frozen bubble problem

2005-04-07 Thread Aron Smith
On Thursday 07 April 2005 02:38 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > I've just installed frozen bubble to have a play but can't actually get it > to do anything. Used urpmi frozen-bubble and install seemed okay, get the > frozen bubble display up but cursor disappears when I try to hover over any >

Re: [newbie] Mandriva

2005-04-07 Thread Aron Smith
On Thursday 07 April 2005 07:51 am, Miark wrote: Agreed its horrible corrupted to Mandrivel too easy Marketing wise this is a bad move > On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 22:33:40 -0400, Ivo wrote: > > I think Mandriva is awful... > > Me too. But it's official now: > > http://www.mandriva.com/company/press/pr?

Re: [newbie] win modem Lucent...!!!

2005-04-07 Thread JR
On Thursday 07 April 2005 05:55 pm, Domingo Abrego wrote: > hi, i am using a winmodem on my computer for windows, is that possible to > use that same modem for linux, mandrake community edition v.10 ?... i did > some reseaches about win modems and linux and what i read in all this > websites is

Re: [newbie] win modem Lucent...!!!

2005-04-07 Thread Ian
On Thursday 07 Apr 2005 17:55, Domingo Abrego wrote: > hi, i am using a winmodem on my computer for windows, is that possible to > use that same modem for linux, mandrake community edition v.10 ?... i did > some reseaches about win modems and linux and what i read in all this > websites is that

Re: [newbie] win modem Lucent...!!!

2005-04-07 Thread Domingo Abrego
hi, i am using a winmodem on my computer for windows, is that possible to use that same modem for linux, mandrake community edition v.10 ?... i did some reseaches about win modems and linux and what i read in all this websites is that it is not possible!!! but i found a driver for LTwinmodem (

Re: [newbie] weird frozen bubble problem

2005-04-07 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Thursday 07 Apr 2005 21:45, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Thursday 07 April 2005 10:38, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > I've just installed frozen bubble to have a play but can't actually get > > it to do anything. Used urpmi frozen-bubble and install seemed okay, get > > the frozen bubble displa

Re: [newbie] weird frozen bubble problem

2005-04-07 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Thursday 07 Apr 2005 22:13, Peter Watson wrote: > On Thursday 07 Apr 2005 10:38, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > I've just installed frozen bubble to have a play but can't actually get > > it to do anything. Used urpmi frozen-bubble and install seemed okay, get > > the frozen bubble display up

Re: [newbie] Mandriva

2005-04-07 Thread Miark
On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 10:51:11 -0400, Miark wrote: > On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 22:33:40 -0400, Ivo wrote: > > > I think Mandriva is awful... > > Me too. But it's official now: > > http://www.mandriva.com/company/press/pr?n=/pr/corporate/2551 Here's one tidbit that makes the change a bit more palatable:

Re: [newbie] Mandriva

2005-04-07 Thread Miark
On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 22:33:40 -0400, Ivo wrote: > I think Mandriva is awful... Me too. But it's official now: http://www.mandriva.com/company/press/pr?n=/pr/corporate/2551 Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] samba wizard

2005-04-07 Thread Christopher Taylor
On Apr 7, 2005 8:54 AM, Isak Lyberth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Where do i find the samba wisard that is shown on the screenshots on > mandrakelinux.com? > http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/10.1/features/8.php3 > i can't seem to find it. > > Regards Isak > > > ___

Re: [newbie] kmail problem

2005-04-07 Thread Q.H. Wang
Many thanks for both of your answering. I'm gonna got it cracked soon. Bests, Q.H. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com ___

[newbie] samba wizard

2005-04-07 Thread Isak Lyberth
Where do i find the samba wisard that is shown on the screenshots on mandrakelinux.com? http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/10.1/features/8.php3 i can't seem to find it. Regards Isak Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http:

Re: [newbie] kmail problem

2005-04-07 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Thursday 07 April 2005 07:52, Q.H. Wang wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Recently I got a problem that I could frequently receive emails, which, I > guess, are supposedly sent to my colleague. Although most of those emails > are spam mails, I believe, it's kinda annoying. Because I don't know > whether th

[newbie] kmail problem

2005-04-07 Thread Q.H. Wang
Hi Folks, Recently I got a problem that I could frequently receive emails, which, I guess, are supposedly sent to my colleague. Although most of those emails are spam mails, I believe, it's kinda annoying. Because I don't know whether this problem comes from? Could anyone tell something by anal

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

2005-04-07 Thread Hugh Dixon
My "idiot sheet" says: "make clean bzImage modules" to build the kernel "make modules_install install" to install the kernel. Hopefully this this put the new kernel in your bootloader, and set it to the default next time you boot. I have had occasional trouble with the default bit. Hopefully i

Re: [newbie] weird frozen bubble problem

2005-04-07 Thread Peter Watson
On Thursday 07 Apr 2005 10:38, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > I've just installed frozen bubble to have a play but can't actually get it > to do anything. Used urpmi frozen-bubble and install seemed okay, get the > frozen bubble display up but cursor disappears when I try to hover over any > of th

Re: [newbie] weird frozen bubble problem

2005-04-07 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 07 April 2005 10:38, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > I've just installed frozen bubble to have a play but can't actually get it > to do anything. Used urpmi frozen-bubble and install seemed okay, get the > frozen bubble display up but cursor disappears when I try to hover over any > of

[newbie] weird frozen bubble problem

2005-04-07 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
I've just installed frozen bubble to have a play but can't actually get it to do anything. Used urpmi frozen-bubble and install seemed okay, get the frozen bubble display up but cursor disappears when I try to hover over any of the buttons. I can see it in the blue area above and use it the m

Re: [newbie] PS2 wheelmouse SOLVED

2005-04-07 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:51:13 -0700 Russ Kepler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I solved the same problem by adding "psmouse.proto=bare" to the append in the > lilo.conf. After remember to 'lilo' to reset the boot things worked with the > KVM. Pardon the shout, but fixes excite me. (I lead a borin

Re: [newbie] [Newbie] No control centre

2005-04-07 Thread Margot
Les Thomas wrote: I have mandrake 10.1 , some how the control centre has dissapeared , I must have done something to either hide it or delte it . I think it must be deactivated but dont know where to look or how to get it back up Les Which control centre is missing? Mandrake control centre, or

Re: [newbie] PS2 wheelmouse

2005-04-07 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:51:13 -0700 Russ Kepler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I solved the same problem by adding "psmouse.proto=bare" to the append in the > lilo.conf. After remember to 'lilo' to reset the boot things worked with the > KVM. Well, that works, except that then the wheel doesn't sc

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

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

Re: [newbie] [Newbie] No control centre

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

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

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

RE: [newbie] Compiling the 2.6.11 Kernel ?

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

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