Re: [newbie] (no subject) xmms : groups and permissions

2004-03-24 Thread Tom
Tom wrote: Hey all, I have just recently gotten a 10 community system up an running and have a question about groups and permissions/software installs. When I add software as a user it works ok, but when I add it as root I then have trouble using it as user. I was having trouble with xmms-

Re: [newbie] (no subject) xmms

2004-03-24 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 24 Mar 2004 14:56, Tom wrote: Hey all, I have just recently gotten a 10 community system up an running and have a question about groups and permissions/software installs. When I add software as a user it works ok, but when I add it as root I then have trouble using it as user.

Re: [newbie] (no subject)

2002-08-27 Thread Charlie M.
On Tuesday 27 August 2002 7:16 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am downloading Mandrake linux 9.0 beta 4, and its a 717000 KB file... I have 700 MB ( 80 minute) CDs to burn... Will it fit on my CD? Or do i need 750 or what... ~~~ The betas

Re: [newbie] (no subject)

2002-08-27 Thread jbarron201
I had some that were 700 and CD1 wouldn,t fit ,I went and bought some cheap CD-R at Frys and they hold 703 they worked fine CD1 was 701 MB CD2 was 699 . JOE On Tuesday 27 August 2002 7:16 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am downloading Mandrake linux 9.0 beta 4, and its a 717000 KB file... I

Re: [newbie] (no subject)

2002-08-27 Thread Charlie M.
On Tuesday 27 August 2002 8:04 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had some that were 700 and CD1 wouldn,t fit ,I went and bought some cheap CD-R at Frys and they hold 703 they worked fine CD1 was 701 MB CD2 was 699 . JOE snip I've used three different brands in the past couple of weeks, and so

Re: [newbie] (no subject)

2002-08-27 Thread Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 27 August 2002 08:16 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am downloading Mandrake linux 9.0 beta 4, and its a 717000 KB file... I have 700 MB ( 80 minute) CDs to burn... Will it fit on my CD? Or do i need 750 or what... You should have no problem with a 700MB. The confusion runs rampant

Re: [OT] Re: [newbie] (no subject)

2002-08-25 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 25 Aug 2002 2:34 am, you wrote: I'd change your mail address if I were you - I was just about to use Mozilla's Create filter from message function! And, while you're at it, please switch off the html for mail - I need a magnifying glass to read your posts :-) Anne Want to buy

Re: [newbie] no subject

2002-04-05 Thread Damian
El jue, 04-04-2002 a las 19:43, Alberto escribió: Salve a tutti. Ho riscontrato dei gravi problemi con iptables sotto manndrake 8,2 realise. In sintesi dopo n'istallazione pulita partendo da disco formattato il servizio iptables non si avvia. Ho cercato tra i servizi attivi e non ci sta. Ho

Re: [newbie] (no subject)

2000-09-17 Thread Mark Weaver
Dennis, Not sure about the first one. Going to have to think about that one for a bit, but the second is easy. The file that controls what Netscape does is the preferences.js file that is located in the .netscape dir in your home directory. -- Mark

Re: [newbie] (no subject)

2000-09-17 Thread romeo
Dennis Myers wrote: I have a puzzle to solve. Whenever I shut down the computer and then later reboot, the lists show "swap not configured". I have to go to diskdrake and format and mount the swap partition. Also the home page in Navigator doesnt hold and I can't find where it points to on

Re: [newbie] (no subject)

2000-09-09 Thread Paul
On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Erik Hallsten wrote: unsbuscribe newbie Amazing with what new ways to write it some people come up with... Paul -- Q: What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back? A: A stick. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21

Re: [newbie] (no subject)

2000-09-09 Thread WarmFuzzy
Paul wrote: On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Erik Hallsten wrote: unsbuscribe newbie Amazing with what new ways to write it some people come up with... Paul I thought this list is supposed to be a help resource. I don't remember Erik asking for ridicule. Fuzz

Re: [newbie] (no subject)

2000-06-17 Thread flupke
You could read the smb-HOWTO and the different samba commands manual pages (smbmount, smb.conf, smbclient, nmblookup, ...) And there are more docs at www.samba.org. HTH Flupke On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Dennis Myers wrote: Something is not working correctly. I am trying this again after

Re: [newbie] (no subject)- help sources

2000-06-17 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, you wrote: Something is not working correctly. I am trying this again after receiving a missent message. I am try to set up Samba. Using Sams teach yourself Linux-Mandrake in 24 Hours is useless. "Running Linux" is ok if you understand the C language or are

Re: [newbie] (no subject)- help sources

2000-06-17 Thread Dennis Myers
Tom Brinkman wrote: On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, you wrote: Something is not working correctly. I am trying this again after receiving a missent message. I am try to set up Samba. Using Sams teach yourself Linux-Mandrake in 24 Hours is useless. "Running Linux" is ok if you understand the C

Re: [newbie] (no subject)- help sources

2000-06-17 Thread Dennis Myers
Tom Brinkman wrote: On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, you wrote: Something is not working correctly. I am trying this again after receiving a missent message. I am try to set up Samba. Using Sams teach yourself Linux-Mandrake in 24 Hours is useless. "Running Linux" is ok if you understand the C

Re: [[newbie] No subject was specified.]

2000-05-01 Thread Michael Scottaline
Motoko Kusanagi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Now comes my really dumb question...where's kppp? I looked in the K menu but couldn't find it On the K menu, go to internet. You should find it there. Mike "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."

Re: [newbie] No subject was specified.

2000-04-30 Thread kenny
kppp is in the knetwork...you need to install it. Ok download WVDIAL it'll sovle your problem I had problems such as yours until i got wvdial. Its great :-) I'm going ot attach it here if its allowed. Hopefually those who want it can use it. - Original Message - From: "Motoko Kusanagi"

Re: [newbie] (No Subject)

2000-04-11 Thread Grendel
I've been on this list for two days, and I've had to delete about 170 mail messages thus far. Isn't there a nice newbie newsgroup somewhere, where there are threads you can sort through and not hafta clutter up your mailbox? You could subscribe to comp.os.linux.mandrake or comp.os.linux.help

Re: [newbie] (no subject)

2000-03-28 Thread Anthony Huereca
I use a Linksys card, not sure what kind though, but it is Linksys. There is CD burning support, but I haven't tried any out yet, as my CD-RW has something screwy with it (hardware problem, not software). There is technically DVD support, but it's not really that refined, and apparently hard to

Re: [newbie] (no subject)

2000-03-28 Thread root
Thanks!! I use a Linksys card, not sure what kind though, but it is Linksys. There is CD burning support, but I haven't tried any out yet, as my CD-RW has something screwy with it (hardware problem, not software). There is technically DVD support, but it's not really that

Re: [newbie] (no subject)

2000-03-28 Thread Jon
root wrote: Hi, Has anybody used Linksys cards for cable modem and/or network(home use). While I am writing, is there cd burning and DVD support for Linux. I am using Mandrake 7 and am new. The only thing I can get to work is the modem, external,I had to buy it. This system

Re: [newbie] (no subject)

2000-02-03 Thread Audrey Beck
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi my name is dan i was just wondering how you get into that setup thing in dos where you can change your display settings I'm assuming that you are referring to the console prompt in Mandrake. Enter XF86Setup when you are logged in at root.

Re: [newbie] Off Subject

2000-01-03 Thread bluebottle
Thanks Steve - even used this service myself as well as forwarding it. John the Nadger http://mklinux.cjb.net - Original Message - From: Steve Leseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 5:03 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Off Subject Try

Re: [newbie] Off Subject

2000-01-02 Thread Ryan Sumstad
John: Try http://internic.net there are tons of links to domain registry services and some of them have really cheap web services after you pay the registration fee ($15-70). :o) Ryan On Sun, 2 Jan 2000 17:37:45 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone in USA help me with a question.

Re: [newbie] Off Subject

2000-01-02 Thread Alan Shoemaker
JohnI used to have one for my bbs to handle email, it was ccorner.riverside.ca.us and was free as long as I had it (maybe 3 years). I gave it up almost a year ago when I closed down the bbs. I registered it with internic via email. I requested by email, they sent back an ASCII form I

Re: [newbie] Off Subject

2000-01-02 Thread bluebottle
Hi Alan Many thanks for the info which has been forwarded. On Sun, 02 Jan 2000, you wrote: JohnI used to have one for my bbs to handle email, it was ccorner.riverside.ca.us and was free as long as I had it (maybe 3 years). I gave it up almost a year ago when I closed down the bbs. I

Re: [newbie] Off Subject

2000-01-02 Thread Etien VanDenBroecke
bluebottle wrote: Can anyone in USA help me with a question. A girl I email in California has asked about free domain names. We can get them in UK but have to dial in here. Any suggestions would be most welcome. John the Nadger http://mklinux.cjb.net I believe its www.internic.org from

Re: [newbie] (no subject)

1999-06-21 Thread Anonymous
On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, you wrote: Does anybody know if I can import my Windows Netscape address book to my future Linux one? I mean: I start Linux, open Netscape and will Netscape be able to do that? Thanks in advance, bzsolt! Two ways to do this: 1) save out your address book to a floppy and

Re: [newbie] (no subject)

1999-06-21 Thread Rodrigo F Oliveira
Boda Zsolt wrote: Does anybody know if I can import my Windows Netscape address book to my future Linux one? I mean: I start Linux, open Netscape and will Netscape be able to do that? Thanks in advance, bzsolt! Yes, you can.

Re: [newbie] (no subject)

1999-04-17 Thread Anonymous
On Sun, 18 Apr 1999, you wrote: Cheapbytes has Mandrake with 3 CD Winter 99 Archive. Anyone know what Winter 99 Archive is? Thanks Jerry Smith It's the archive of sunsite. Quite a lot of linux software on there - I bought it, it seems quite good if a little dated. Certainly worth a look