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

2005-03-29 Thread Hugh Dixon
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 <> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? G

Re: [newbie] Ping ogo user

2005-03-29 Thread Mr. Geek
Lee Wiggers wrote: On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:06:08 -0500 "Mr. Geek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Lee Wiggers wrote: On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:50:11 -0500 "Mr. Geek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: et wrote: On Monday 28 March 2005 12:51 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: I would sure like to talk or chat with someone w

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

2005-03-29 Thread Mr. Geek
, 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 sent to the list in

Re: [newbie] Ping ogo user

2005-03-29 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:06:08 -0500 "Mr. Geek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lee Wiggers wrote: > > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:50:11 -0500 > > "Mr. Geek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>et wrote: > >> > >>>On Monday 28 March 2005 12:51 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: > >>> > >>> > I would sure like

Re: [newbie] Ping ogo user

2005-03-29 Thread Mr. Geek
Lee Wiggers wrote: On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:50:11 -0500 "Mr. Geek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: et wrote: On Monday 28 March 2005 12:51 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: I would sure like to talk or chat with someone who has an OpenGroupware server running successfully. Lee let us know how it goes... Lee; I wen

[newbie] Browsing Symbian phone (A1000) Kbluetooth a'la Motorola suite

2005-03-29 Thread Jason Oakley
Has anyone had luck browsing a phone like this? I can see OBEX Object push but I don't seem to have the (kioslave I think??) service to allow me to view the directory structure of the phone via Kbluetooth. I can search for the phone and find it. I can check services and find a few, but none tha

Re: [newbie] 10.2 on Dell d610

2005-03-29 Thread Mr. Geek
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 is t

Re: [newbie] starting slmodem automatically as root

2005-03-29 Thread et
On Monday 28 March 2005 09:54 am, 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 put the command you use to start it in /e

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

2005-03-29 Thread SnapafunFrank
check that supermount is working ? eg. is there some way to log it's efforts so as to get some clues for troubleshooting ? ) -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213

[newbie] 10.2 on Dell d610

2005-03-29 Thread Andre LABBE
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 is the same problem. I

Re: [newbie] Ping ogo user

2005-03-29 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:50:11 -0500 "Mr. Geek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > et wrote: > > On Monday 28 March 2005 12:51 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: > > > >>I would sure like to talk or chat with someone who has an > >>OpenGroupware server running successfully. > >> > >>Lee > > > > let us know how it g

[newbie] starting slmodem automatically as root

2005-03-29 Thread erik
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandrake

Re: [newbie] I'm confused about java

2005-03-29 Thread Paul Smith
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:35:22 +0200, Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I tried to view a website today that needs java to display > > properly. I used the 'install software' part of mcc and searched > > for java - the (monsterous) list has left me very confused. Can > > anyone tell me what

Re: [newbie] I'm confused about java

2005-03-29 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 09:38, Aidan Holmes wrote: > Hi list, > I tried to view a website today that needs java to display > properly. I used the 'install software' part of mcc and searched > for java - the (monsterous) list has left me very confused. Can > anyone tell me what package I need to in

[newbie] I'm confused about java

2005-03-28 Thread Aidan Holmes
Hi list, I tried to view a website today that needs java to display properly. I used the 'install software' part of mcc and searched for java - the (monsterous) list has left me very confused. Can anyone tell me what package I need to install to view a website with java - I'm using firefox if t

Re: [newbie] USB Mouse problem

2005-03-28 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Monday 28 March 2005 07:36, Jason Oakley wrote: This all makes it look like the system is totally ready for the mouse: > Mar 28 16:27:54 starbug kernel: usbcore: registered new driver hiddev > Mar 28 16:27:54 starbug kernel: input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Macally > Peripherals  Evoluent Optical U

Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall

2005-03-28 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Monday 28 March 2005 00:58, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > Hello > Maybe I should also ask: recommended partitions? Suppose it needs a new > thread. It all depends on what you are doing. For me: / gets 6 Gb 35% free /home gets 13 Gb 94% free /swap gets 500 Mb and it never fills up. I use a

Re: [newbie] HD Failure

2005-03-28 Thread Duncan Anderson
SOTL wrote: There were 3 failures each slightly different all occurred while I was using MC under very heavy load. HD Failure # 3 At the time of the last failure I had decided to use MC to transfer files as previous transfer had been by root so root permission was required to move directory st

Re: [newbie] Ping ogo user

2005-03-28 Thread Mr. Geek
et wrote: On Monday 28 March 2005 12:51 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: I would sure like to talk or chat with someone who has an OpenGroupware server running successfully. Lee let us know how it goes... Lee; I went a few rounds with OpenGroupware and couldn't get it to work. I switched over to Egroupware

Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working

2005-03-28 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 13:33, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 11:01, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > > On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 09:39, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > >>Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > >>>On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ell

Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working

2005-03-28 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 11:14, Mr. Geek wrote: > Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > >> On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 09:39, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > >>> Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > Easy fix. As root, run

Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working

2005-03-28 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 11:01, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 09:39, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > >>Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > >>>On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Easy fix. As root, run "mkdir /mnt/cdrom". All wi

Re: [newbie] Wlan pcmcia cards, cardbus cards

2005-03-28 Thread Mr. Geek
Dennis Myers wrote: Oh what the heck, here is the URL that I used to get my wireless card. I am not affiliated nor otherwise connected with this company or persons. Hope this helps someone. http://stores.ebay.com/DataAlliance_W0QQssPageNameZl2QQtZkm Thanks Dennis. I'll have a look. -- Mr. G

Re: [newbie] Failed logins and access

2005-03-28 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Leroy Britton wrote: I am new to Linux. I have Mandrake 9.1 running and would like to know how I can log failed logins and failed file access attempts. Failed logins will show up in /var/log/auth.log, along with other security information. If you run, as root, "touch /var/log/btmp", then you c

[newbie] Wlan pcmcia cards, cardbus cards

2005-03-28 Thread Dennis Myers
Oh what the heck, here is the URL that I used to get my wireless card. I am not affiliated nor otherwise connected with this company or persons. Hope this helps someone. http://stores.ebay.com/DataAlliance_W0QQssPageNameZl2QQtZkm -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 ___

[newbie] Failed logins and access

2005-03-28 Thread Leroy Britton
I am new to Linux. I have Mandrake 9.1 running and would like to know how I can log failed logins and failed file access attempts. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http:/

Re: [newbie] Ping ogo user

2005-03-28 Thread et
On Monday 28 March 2005 12:51 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: > I would sure like to talk or chat with someone who has an > OpenGroupware server running successfully. > > Lee let us know how it goes... -- linux counter #167806 (http://counter.li.org/) website="http://ed-tharp.kicks-ass.org"; _

Re: [newbie] Um, Cardbus Wireless recommendations

2005-03-28 Thread Dennis Myers
On Monday 28 March 2005 05:10 pm, Mr. Geek wrote: > Can someone suggest a good Cardbus wireless card for me? I'm hoping to > get a Wireless "G" card for my HP laptop, especially now that I found > the cardbus slot! > > As I understand it, wireless G will allow me to connect to 802.11 'B' & > 'G' en

Re: [newbie] associations lost in KDE: incomprehensible!

2005-03-28 Thread Andras Keszei
On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 05:20, Ivo Perich wrote: > I can't save the file associations in KDE. when i associate a type of file to > a executable, it works fine until i reboot. After that the association the > file is opened with the default program. I thought that may be some kind of > problem rela

Re: [newbie] Um, Cardbus Wireless recommendations

2005-03-28 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Mr. Geek wrote: Can someone suggest a good Cardbus wireless card for me? I'm hoping to get a Wireless "G" card for my HP laptop, especially now that I found the cardbus slot! As I understand it, wireless G will allow me to connect to 802.11 'B' & 'G' enabled networks with speeds up to 54Mbps, s

Re: [newbie] HD Failure

2005-03-28 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
SOTL wrote: On Monday 28 March 2005 12:30, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: What file system were you using? How is the power source the systems are connected to? The laptop is battery powered but was plugged into the wall. The MSI box is not currently connected to a UPS. I have one location that I h

Re: [newbie] USB Wireless - Solved!

2005-03-28 Thread Mr. Geek
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Mr. Geek wrote: Miark wrote: On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:16:23 -0500, Mr. wrote: Has anyone had any success getting a USB Wireless adapter to work? I'm considering buying one for my HP laptop because the reception would stink if I bought the Mini-PCI card that HP can provide.

Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working

2005-03-28 Thread Mr. Geek
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 09:39, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Easy fix. As root, run "mkdir /mnt/cdrom". All will be good. I broke this when I had you change how

[newbie] Um, Cardbus Wireless recommendations

2005-03-28 Thread Mr. Geek
Can someone suggest a good Cardbus wireless card for me? I'm hoping to get a Wireless "G" card for my HP laptop, especially now that I found the cardbus slot! As I understand it, wireless G will allow me to connect to 802.11 'B' & 'G' enabled networks with speeds up to 54Mbps, so this is prefer

Re: [newbie] USB Wireless - Solved!

2005-03-28 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Mr. Geek wrote: Miark wrote: On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:16:23 -0500, Mr. wrote: Has anyone had any success getting a USB Wireless adapter to work? I'm considering buying one for my HP laptop because the reception would stink if I bought the Mini-PCI card that HP can provide. I have a Syntax USB-400 t

Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working

2005-03-28 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 09:39, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Easy fix. As root, run "mkdir /mnt/cdrom". All will be good. I broke this when I had you change how /dev/hda6 got mounted. It m

Re: [newbie] USB Wireless - Solved!

2005-03-28 Thread Mr. Geek
Miark wrote: On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:16:23 -0500, Mr. wrote: Has anyone had any success getting a USB Wireless adapter to work? I'm considering buying one for my HP laptop because the reception would stink if I bought the Mini-PCI card that HP can provide. I have a Syntax USB-400 that I bough new

Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working

2005-03-28 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 09:39, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > >>Easy fix. As root, run "mkdir /mnt/cdrom". All will be good. > >> > >>I broke this when I had you change how /dev/hda6 got mounted. It may > >>hav

Re: [newbie] USB Wireless

2005-03-28 Thread Miark
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:16:23 -0500, Mr. wrote: > Has anyone had any success getting a USB Wireless adapter to > work? I'm considering buying one for my HP laptop because the > reception would stink if I bought the Mini-PCI card that HP > can provide. I have a Syntax USB-400 that I bough new for l

[newbie] USB Wireless

2005-03-28 Thread Mr. Geek
Has anyone had any success getting a USB Wireless adapter to work? I'm considering buying one for my HP laptop because the reception would stink if I bought the Mini-PCI card that HP can provide. HP built a Mini-PCI adapter slot into my laptop (accessible from the underside of the laptop), but

Re: [newbie] HD Failure

2005-03-28 Thread SOTL
On Monday 28 March 2005 14:12, Duncan Anderson wrote: > SOTL wrote: > >You missed the point. > > > >I was doing NOTHING with the root file system. > > > >I was simply coping data files [5 gb worth] from one directory to another. > > OK. I misunderstood. Were the two directories on the same hard dis

Re: [newbie] HD Failure

2005-03-28 Thread Rafał Kamraj
Just terrible. But i really don't believe that using any program(not only mc) could do such harm to hardware. I suppouse that problem is rather technical not software by nature. Are you using UPS? Bad electricity often causes strange hardware failures. Check your power, maybe it falls below or go

Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working

2005-03-28 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Easy fix. As root, run "mkdir /mnt/cdrom". All will be good. I broke this when I had you change how /dev/hda6 got mounted. It may have broke a couple of other things. The reasion is that the mount points for other

Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working

2005-03-28 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > Yesterday I noticed I could not access packages on CD1 while in konsole > > doing urpmi. This is a new problem. I put the CD in, heard the > > whirring, but as soon as I pressed 'enter' it stopped. Didn't

Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working

2005-03-28 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > Yesterday I noticed I could not access packages on CD1 while in konsole > > doing urpmi. This is a new problem. I put the CD in, heard the > > whirring, but as soon as I pressed 'enter' it stopped. Didn't

Re: [newbie] Editing files as SU with Kword

2005-03-28 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 26 Mar 2005 17:53, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: The reason has to do with X server security. Normally, only the user that "owns" the current X secession can have programs "connect" to it. Starting an X based program requires that it connect to an X server. Now, the user

Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working

2005-03-28 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Yesterday I noticed I could not access packages on CD1 while in konsole doing urpmi. This is a new problem. I put the CD in, heard the whirring, but as soon as I pressed 'enter' it stopped. Didn't get any message I think. In Konqueror - attempted to mount a CD to

Re: [newbie] sylpheed-claws 1.9.6

2005-03-28 Thread Miark
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:16:00 -0500, Lee wrote: > Thanks all. Trick was rename .sylpheed to .sylpheed-gtk2. Right--when you said "1.9.6" I was thinking you were using Claws, not Claws2. That "1.9" naming convention still throws me for a loop! Miark _

Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working

2005-03-28 Thread riccardo
On Monday 28 March 2005 07:43 pm, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > This may relate to the other problems I am having. ~ maybe, if the 'learning curve' seems a bit steep . . . you might consider running a system entirely off CD . . . someone recently had good experience with 'Feather Linux' best

Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working

2005-03-28 Thread Ian
On Monday 28 Mar 2005 20:43, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > Yesterday I noticed I could not access packages on CD1 while in konsole > doing urpmi. This is a new problem. I put the CD in, heard the whirring, > but as soon as I pressed 'enter' it stopped. Didn't get any message I > think. > > In K

[newbie] CDROM no longer working

2005-03-28 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
Yesterday I noticed I could not access packages on CD1 while in konsole doing urpmi. This is a new problem. I put the CD in, heard the whirring, but as soon as I pressed 'enter' it stopped. Didn't get any message I think. In Konqueror - attempted to mount a CD to look at photos (which I've be

Re: [newbie] Konsole won't open

2005-03-28 Thread eric jackson
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's all it says. Any one know if it's possible to uninstall and re-install Konsole? Eric J

Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall

2005-03-28 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
ing off alsa and sendmail will let you boot into Linux without > having to use the "I" option. It will make life a bit easyer for you. > Chancesa re, you do not need Sendmail running anyway. It is for more for > people that have their own domain name, and want to run their own m

[newbie] associations lost in KDE: incomprehensible!

2005-03-28 Thread Ivo Perich
I can't save the file associations in KDE. when i associate a type of file to a executable, it works fine until i reboot. After that the association the file is opened with the default program. I thought that may be some kind of problem related with chmod or chown, i did a "chmod -R 755 ." in my

Re: [newbie] HD Failure

2005-03-28 Thread Duncan Anderson
SOTL wrote: You missed the point. I was doing NOTHING with the root file system. I was simply coping data files [5 gb worth] from one directory to another. OK. I misunderstood. Were the two directories on the same hard disk or what? cheers Duncan

Re: [newbie] HD Failure

2005-03-28 Thread SOTL
On Monday 28 March 2005 12:30, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > SOTL wrote: > > Hi All > > > > Over the weekend I lost my 3rd HD using MC under Mandrake 10.1 in 2 > > different computers. > > > > In each case MC was being used to search or move a directory that had > > over 100 data files with over 2 G

Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall

2005-03-28 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
o run their own mail server. It both accepts incomming mail from the Internet, and will send mail from your system ether directly to the mail server of the person you are sending to, or relayed through another email server, depending on how you set it up. (Setting up Sendmail in not a job fo a ne

Re: [newbie] HD Failure

2005-03-28 Thread SOTL
On Monday 28 March 2005 11:15, Duncan Anderson wrote: > SOTL wrote: > >Hi All > > > >Over the weekend I lost my 3rd HD using MC under Mandrake 10.1 in 2 > > different computers. > > > >In each case MC was being used to search or move a directory that had over > > 100 data files with over 2 GB of da

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-03-28 Thread Paul Smith
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, something with curl > being in the way. Instead, use this : > > #

Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall

2005-03-28 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 06:01, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 04:12, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > >>Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > >>>Hello > >>> > >>>I've been looking at the Twiki for issue relating to reintalling. I > >>>don't seem to find my

Re: [newbie] sylpheed-claws 1.9.6

2005-03-28 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:04:36 -0500 Miark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:36:48 +, Lee wrote: > > > I have had claws (0.9.10) running on my 9.2 box and now want > > to move the folder tree to the 10.1 box. > > You have to copy the mail folder _and_ the .sylpheed folder. >

Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall

2005-03-28 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Monday 28 Mar 2005 23:33, riccardo wrote: > On Monday 28 March 2005 08:58 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > My main question is:  will the boot loader (Lilo) maintain windows > > access. > > ___ > > my LILO.CONF [ /etc/lilo.conf ] is like this :- > ___ > > # M

Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall

2005-03-28 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 04:12, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Hello I've been looking at the Twiki for issue relating to reintalling. I don't seem to find my way around there particularly well. My main question is: will the boot loader (Lilo) m

Re: [newbie] sylpheed-claws 1.9.6

2005-03-28 Thread Chuck MATTSEN
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:54:06 + Lee Wiggers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:04:36 -0500 > Miark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:36:48 +, Lee wrote: > > > > > I have had claws (0.9.10) running on my 9.2 box and now want > > > to move the folder t

Re: [newbie] re: newbie df

2005-03-28 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 04:49, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > SnapafunFrank wrote: > > Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > >> Warnings well heeded. I am almost too scared to do anything in > >> Mandrake now - no just kidding. > >> > >> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]# fdisk /dev/hda > >> > >> The number

Re: [newbie] sylpheed-claws 1.9.6

2005-03-28 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:04:36 -0500 Miark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:36:48 +, Lee wrote: > > > I have had claws (0.9.10) running on my 9.2 box and now want > > to move the folder tree to the 10.1 box. > > You have to copy the mail folder _and_ the .sylpheed folder. >

Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall

2005-03-28 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 04:12, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > Hello > > > > I've been looking at the Twiki for issue relating to reintalling. I > > don't seem to find my way around there particularly well. > > > > My main question is: will the boot loader (Lilo) main

Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall

2005-03-28 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Monday 28 Mar 2005 23:50, Steve Jeppesen wrote: > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:58:38 +1200 > > Rosemary McGillicuddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello > > > > I've been looking at the Twiki for issue relating to reintalling. > > someday, you will look at "reinstalling" a thing of the past! I know,

Re: [newbie] sylpheed-claws 1.9.6

2005-03-28 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:04:36 -0500 Miark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:36:48 +, Lee wrote: > > > I have had claws (0.9.10) running on my 9.2 box and now want > > to move the folder tree to the 10.1 box. > > You have to copy the mail folder _and_ the .sylpheed folder. >

Re: [newbie] HD Failure

2005-03-28 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
SOTL wrote: Hi All Over the weekend I lost my 3rd HD using MC under Mandrake 10.1 in 2 different computers. In each case MC was being used to search or move a directory that had over 100 data files with over 2 GB of data. In the last instance Saturday morning I was transferring a directory with

Re: [newbie] re: newbie df

2005-03-28 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Okay - first up: during the install, I selected the partitions that Mandrake preselected - which is what I was advised to do, probably at linuxquestions or another forum, or possibly on the installation process itself. These were: hda5 (5.8Gb, /, ext) hda6 (368Mb, /m

Re: [newbie] re: newbie df

2005-03-28 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
SnapafunFrank wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Warnings well heeded. I am almost too scared to do anything in Mandrake now - no just kidding. [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]# fdisk /dev/hda The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 4865. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger

Re: [newbie] HD Failure

2005-03-28 Thread Duncan Anderson
SOTL wrote: Hi All Over the weekend I lost my 3rd HD using MC under Mandrake 10.1 in 2 different computers. In each case MC was being used to search or move a directory that had over 100 data files with over 2 GB of data. In the last instance Saturday morning I was transferring a directory with

Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall

2005-03-28 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Hello I've been looking at the Twiki for issue relating to reintalling. I don't seem to find my way around there particularly well. My main question is: will the boot loader (Lilo) maintain windows access. Maybe I should also ask: recommended partitions? Suppose i

Re: [newbie] Location of a driver for a softmodem?

2005-03-28 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Teilhard Knight wrote: Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Teilhard Knight wrote: The Alsa distribution contain a module which is the driver for my laptop (soft)modem. It was in the form "snd-atiixp-modem.ko.gz" in the directory /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdksmp/kernel/sound/pci. Now, I decompressed it and put

Re: [newbie] cd into file

2005-03-28 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Sunday 27 March 2005 03:57 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Did you create that "Linux Stuff" directory in Konqueror ? If so, the command shell probably won't see it. The shell doesn't like spaces in file names. You could try to rename that directory to i.e. "Linux_Stuff" or some

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

2005-03-28 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
SnapafunFrank wrote: My /dev/hdc is a symlink to /udev/hdc and /udev lists /hdc so that is loaded. Yet when I go : # mount /dev/hdc or # mount /udev/hdc I get the above message My fstab entry for this is: none /mnt/dvd-rw supermount dev=/dev/hdc,fs=auto,exec,--,umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,s

Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall

2005-03-28 Thread Dennis Myers
On Monday 28 March 2005 05:50 am, Steve Jeppesen wrote: > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:58:38 +1200 > > Rosemary McGillicuddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello > > > > I've been looking at the Twiki for issue relating to reintalling. > > someday, you will look at "reinstalling" a thing of the past! I

Re: [newbie] MC erases all data during copy (HD Failure

2005-03-28 Thread Philippe Landau
hello Frank really bad bug there ... great you have backups. do i understand you right that there is no harddisk failure involved but you loose all content while using Midnight Commander (MC) ? kind regards philippe -- SOTL wrote: Hi All Over the weekend I lost my 3rd HD using MC under Mandrake

[newbie] HD Failure

2005-03-28 Thread SOTL
Hi All Over the weekend I lost my 3rd HD using MC under Mandrake 10.1 in 2 different computers. In each case MC was being used to search or move a directory that had over 100 data files with over 2 GB of data. In the last instance Saturday morning I was transferring a directory with over 5 GB

Re: [newbie] USB Mouse problem

2005-03-28 Thread Ivo Perich
El Lunes, 28 de Marzo de 2005 11:37, Jason Oakley escribió: > Ivo Perich wrote: > >What happened in the Mandrake installation? Did the mouse work? > >If so, I had exactly the same problem with a ps/2 mouse. In the > > instalation, it worked fine. After the reboot, it didn't. I used the > > cursor k

Re: [newbie] Attempting upgrade to 10.2 beta

2005-03-28 Thread Smiley
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:26:52 + Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Boot from CD1 and select 'Upgrade' > It will not touch the contents of your /home > > But be aware this is a **beta** there **will** be things wrong with it. > > Some things that currently work fine may stop working.

Re: [newbie] Location of a driver for a softmodem?

2005-03-28 Thread Teilhard Knight
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Teilhard Knight wrote: The Alsa distribution contain a module which is the driver for my laptop (soft)modem. It was in the form "snd-atiixp-modem.ko.gz" in the directory /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdksmp/kernel/sound/pci. Now, I decompressed it and put it in /lib/modules/2.6.

Re: [newbie] sylpheed-claws 1.9.6

2005-03-28 Thread Miark
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:36:48 +, Lee wrote: > I have had claws (0.9.10) running on my 9.2 box and now want > to move the folder tree to the 10.1 box. You have to copy the mail folder _and_ the .sylpheed folder. Miark Want to buy your Pack

[newbie] sylpheed-claws 1.9.6

2005-03-28 Thread Lee Wiggers
I have had claws (0.9.10) running on my 9.2 box and now want to move the folder tree to the 10.1 box. I thought that the last time I did this I copied the /home/lee/Mail directory to the new box and I was done. So I renamed the existing directory xMail and copied the old Mail directory to the ne

Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall

2005-03-28 Thread riccardo
On Monday 28 March 2005 11:50 am, Steve Jeppesen wrote: > someone else could give a go here - I use just the basics. Âjust > /, /home and one for swap (3 total) ___ ~ maybe, it handy, to have complete Reserve system on another Partition . . . kept up-to-date by a cron job to run rsyn

Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall

2005-03-28 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:58:38 +1200 Rosemary McGillicuddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > I've been looking at the Twiki for issue relating to reintalling. someday, you will look at "reinstalling" a thing of the past! I know, I was once there. >I don't seem to find my way around there pa

Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall

2005-03-28 Thread riccardo
On Monday 28 March 2005 08:58 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > My main question is: Âwill the boot loader (Lilo) maintain windows > access. ___ my LILO.CONF [ /etc/lilo.conf ] is like this :- ___ # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sat Sep 28 02:21:33 2002

[newbie] Ping ogo user

2005-03-28 Thread Lee Wiggers
I would sure like to talk or chat with someone who has an OpenGroupware server running successfully. Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com __

Re: [newbie] re: newbie df

2005-03-28 Thread SnapafunFrank
e you can see my point. I read recently - on the local LUG mailing list I think - "that some prefer to wrestle with linux, than actually use their system" I *don't* fall into that category. I really am deeply appreciative of your efforts to help, and of other lister

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

2005-03-28 Thread SnapafunFrank
the above resolved could someone tell what the " - - " in the mount options mean and also what the " none " at the beginning actual does and of course how is it over~ridden. All the reading I have done hasn't explained these two points to me as yet. -- Newbie Seeking

Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-03-28 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Monday 28 March 2005 10:32, Pablo Ortuzar wrote: > Hello, > > 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, something with curl being in the way. Instead, use this : # rpm -i --nodeps AdobeReader

[newbie] questions about reinstall

2005-03-28 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
Hello I've been looking at the Twiki for issue relating to reintalling. I don't seem to find my way around there particularly well. My main question is: will the boot loader (Lilo) maintain windows access. Maybe I should also ask: recommended partitions? Suppose it needs a new thread. Tha

Re: [newbie] re: newbie df

2005-03-28 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Monday 28 Mar 2005 17:09, SnapafunFrank wrote: > Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > >Warnings well heeded. I am almost too scared to do anything in Mandrake > > now - no just kidding. > > > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]# fdisk /dev/hda > > > >The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 4865.

[newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-03-28 Thread Pablo Ortuzar
Hello, Adobe Reader 7 rpms can be found here ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/7x/7.0/enu/ -- Pablo Ortúzar Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrake

Re: [newbie] cd into file

2005-03-28 Thread Graham Watkins
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I am feeling particularly stupid and frustrated just now. I downloaded some files in preparation for installing gwenview. I saved them to /home/rosemary/Linux Stuff/rpms - now I can't cd into it, tells me no such file or directory. Thought I would rename it, but s

Re: [newbie] cd into file

2005-03-27 Thread Duncan Anderson
aron smith wrote: On Sunday 27 March 2005 12:42 pm, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I am feeling particularly stupid and frustrated just now. I downloaded some files in preparation for installing gwenview. I saved them to /home/rosemary/Linux Stuff/rpms - now I can't cd into it, tells me no such

Re: [newbie] Log Off/Reboot/Halt

2005-03-27 Thread Jason Oakley
Jason Oakley wrote: When I want to log off, the only option I have is LOG OFF. There's no Reboot or Halt option. Randomly (it seems) I get the dragon "log off/reboot/halt" menu, but not very often. I can go into the settings and set SHUTDOWN to EVERYONE (after logging back in as root. That is,

Re: [newbie] USB Mouse problem

2005-03-27 Thread Jason Oakley
Ivo Perich wrote: What happened in the Mandrake installation? Did the mouse work? If so, I had exactly the same problem with a ps/2 mouse. In the instalation, it worked fine. After the reboot, it didn't. I used the cursor keys and enter the tab, changed the mouse to anything, then PS/2 and it wor

Re: [newbie] USB Mouse problem

2005-03-27 Thread Jason Oakley
Rob Blomquist wrote: mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice usbcore: registered new driver usbhid drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB HID core driver usbcore: registered new driver usbmouse drivers/usb/input/usbmouse.c: v1.6:USB HID Boot Protocol mouse driver Those lines are sho

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