Re: [newbie] downloading Firefox

2004-10-06 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Wednesday 06 October 2004 06:46, M.Schild wrote: Here is a dumb question. I would like to download the latest Firefox.. I don´t want to make a mess of it because my connetcion is painfully slow and it announced it would take about one hour! How do I do it and install it? Step by step

Re: [newbie] downloading Firefox

2004-10-06 Thread John Richard Smith
M.Schild wrote: Here is a dumb question. I would like to download the latest Firefox.. I don´t want to make a mess of it because my connetcion is painfully slow and it announced it would take about one hour! How do I do it and install it? Step by step please. Do I have to log in as root to do

Re: [newbie] downloading Firefox

2004-10-06 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Wednesday 06 October 2004 07:30, John Richard Smith wrote: M.Schild wrote: Here is a dumb question. I would like to download the latest Firefox.. I don´t want to make a mess of it because my connetcion is painfully slow and it announced it would take about one hour! How do I do it and

Re: [newbie] downloading Firefox

2004-10-06 Thread M.Schild
How do I do it and install it? Step by step please. Do I have to log in as root to do it? I use MKD 10 Thanks Maryse There are several ways 'urpmi firefox'  select the packages from the list that will be provided. Click on the star flag on the desktop then on configuration (lower

Re: [newbie] downloading Firefox

2004-10-06 Thread John Richard Smith
Hoyt Bailey wrote: Thank you John by the way 'urpmi D4X' works also(If you have contrib defined). Quite right, and as it's not a very big download , not much risk of being cut off. Although, urpmi generally isn't much use for someone on modest download speed capability like Maryse. John

Re: [newbie] downloading Firefox

2004-10-06 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Wednesday 06 October 2004 10:47, John Richard Smith wrote: Hoyt Bailey wrote: Thank you John by the way 'urpmi D4X' works also(If you have contrib defined). Quite right, and as it's not a very big download , not much risk of being cut off. Although, urpmi generally isn't much use for

Re: [newbie] downloading Firefox

2004-10-06 Thread M.Schild
Although, urpmi generally isn't much use for someone on modest download speed capability like Maryse. so what do you suggest? Maryse Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

Re: [newbie] downloading Firefox

2004-10-06 Thread Adam Messinger
Maryse, I recommend getting the download offered at the Firefox home page, www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/. I've tried both, and I find the "official" version from the Mozilla Foundation much better for a few reasons. First, it's a smaller file and therefore a faster download. The

Re: [newbie] downloading Firefox

2004-10-06 Thread shaz
On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 04:47, John Richard Smith wrote: Hoyt Bailey wrote: Thank you John by the way 'urpmi D4X' works also(If you have contrib defined). Quite right, and as it's not a very big download , not much risk of being cut off. Although, urpmi generally isn't much use for someone

Re: [newbie] downloading Firefox

2004-10-06 Thread John Richard Smith
M.Schild wrote: Although, urpmi generally isn't much use for someone on modest download speed capability like Maryse. so what do you suggest? Maryse D4X Easy gui, reconnect, and resume download where download was cut off. John Want to

Re: [newbie] downloading Firefox

2004-10-06 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Wednesday 06 October 2004 12:32 pm, M.Schild wrote: Although, urpmi generally isn't much use for someone on modest download speed capability like Maryse. so what do you suggest? Maryse Maryse: 1. Upgrade to some form of broadband service. (Yes, I'm still on dialup, but one of these

Re: [newbie] downloading Firefox

2004-10-06 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Carroll Grigsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 22:35:39 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] downloading Firefox On Wednesday 06 October 2004 12:32 pm, M.Schild wrote: Although, urpmi generally isn't much use for someone on modest

Re: [newbie] downloading Firefox

2004-10-06 Thread M.Schild
1. Upgrade to some form of broadband service. (Yes, I'm still on dialup, but one of these days...) In these mountains, it will have to be satellite... 2. If there is a local Linux User Group someone there may be able to do it for you. Take a look here: http://lugww.counter.li.org/ I think

Re: [newbie] downloading Firefox

2004-10-06 Thread M.Schild
http://norlug.org/~chipster/rpm_handler/cat2/mozilla-firefox-0.10.1-4.norlu g.i586.rpm It comes in at about 10.5MB. You can install the package with Software Installer by right clicking and choosing Software Installer from the context menu. Just enter your root password when asked and you

Re: [newbie] Downloading ISO problem

2003-11-17 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Sunday 16 November 2003 05:03 pm, a large portion of the List wrote: snip Thanks to all who replied - guess I'll try gftp or something like that. Although, I think I will try Konq (just out of curiosity) to see if it does better than Mozilla on large d/l's. Thanks again to everyone! :-)

Re: [newbie] Downloading ISO problem

2003-11-17 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Monday 17 November 2003 6:16 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Sunday 16 November 2003 05:03 pm, a large portion of the List wrote: snip Thanks to all who replied - guess I'll try gftp or something like that. Although, I think I will try Konq (just

Re: [newbie] Downloading ISO problem

2003-11-17 Thread Dennis Myers
On Monday 17 November 2003 07:16 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Sunday 16 November 2003 05:03 pm, a large portion of the List wrote: snip Thanks to all who replied - guess I'll try gftp or something like that. Although, I think I will try Konq (just out of curiosity) to see if it does better

Re: [newbie] Downloading ISO problem

2003-11-16 Thread Sharrea Day
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:34, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Hey guys - I've got something strange going on. I'm trying to download the 9.2 ISOs from the US/Indiana mirror, and I can't quite get it to work right. I'll start the download with Mozilla, check the box for the download dialog box to stay open

Re: [newbie] Downloading ISO problem

2003-11-16 Thread David E. Fox
Hey guys - I've got something strange going on. I'm trying to download the 9.2 ISOs from the US/Indiana mirror, and I can't quite get it to work right. I'll I had a different type of issue with mozilla, but I would go to the ftp site directly with ncftp.

Re: [newbie] Downloading ISO problem

2003-11-16 Thread Jason Greenwood
I HIGHLY suggest you use gFTP or another ftp client instead of Mozilla. Browsers were never designed to download large files Cheers Jason Sharrea Day wrote: On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:34, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Hey guys - I've got something strange going on. I'm trying to download the 9.2

Re: [newbie] Downloading ISO problem

2003-11-16 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sunday 16 November 2003 2:34 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Hey guys - I've got something strange going on. I'm trying to download the 9.2 ISOs from the US/Indiana mirror, and I can't quite get it to work right. I'll start the download with Mozilla,

Re: [newbie] Downloading ISO problem

2003-11-16 Thread Russ
Try Konquerer, it does large files just fine and even resumes a failed download. Just a thought Russ Jason Greenwood wrote: I HIGHLY suggest you use gFTP or another ftp client instead of Mozilla. Browsers were never designed to download large files Cheers Jason Sharrea Day wrote: On

Re: [newbie] Downloading files

2003-09-23 Thread John Richard Smith
Curt Tresenriter wrote: I'm trying to get some xmms skins but every time I hit the link to d/l, the browsers download dialog box doesn't open - a new page does and it begins filling with code. What needs configuring to get the file downloaded? TIA Curt Have you tried d4x downloader. John

Re: [newbie] Downloading files

2003-09-23 Thread Stormjumper
- Original Message - From: Curt Tresenriter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 02:06 Subject: Re: [newbie] Downloading files On Monday 22 September 2003 12:56 pm, Stormjumper wrote: |have you tried right clicking the link and doing a save

Re: [newbie] Downloading files

2003-09-22 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 23:10, Curt Tresenriter wrote: I'm trying to get some xmms skins but every time I hit the link to d/l, the browsers download dialog box doesn't open - a new page does and it begins filling with code. What needs configuring to get the file downloaded? TIA Curt Have

Re: [newbie] Downloading files

2003-09-22 Thread Curt Tresenriter
On Monday 22 September 2003 08:22 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: |On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 23:10, Curt Tresenriter wrote: | I'm trying to get some xmms skins but every time I hit the link to | d/l, the browsers download dialog box doesn't open - a new page does | and it begins filling with code. | What

Re: [newbie] Downloading files

2003-09-22 Thread rluchor
On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 09:10, Curt Tresenriter wrote: I'm trying to get some xmms skins but every time I hit the link to d/l, the browsers download dialog box doesn't open - a new page does and it begins filling with code. What needs configuring to get the file downloaded? TIA Curt Try

Re: [newbie] Downloading files

2003-09-22 Thread Curt Tresenriter
On Monday 22 September 2003 08:47 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 09:10, Curt Tresenriter wrote: | I'm trying to get some xmms skins but every time I hit the link to | d/l, the browsers download dialog box doesn't open - a new page does | and it begins filling with code. | What

Re: [newbie] Downloading files

2003-09-22 Thread Stormjumper
- Original Message - From: Curt Tresenriter [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday 22 September 2003 08:22 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: |On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 23:10, Curt Tresenriter wrote: | I'm trying to get some xmms skins but every time I hit the link to | d/l, the browsers download dialog box

Re: [newbie] Downloading files

2003-09-22 Thread Curt Tresenriter
On Monday 22 September 2003 12:56 pm, Stormjumper wrote: |have you tried right clicking the link and doing a save as? |or you can tell us the address of the page so that others can try. | |regards, Jim Thanks for the reply Jim. Yes, tried that and it only saved the link as:

Re: [newbie] Downloading files

2003-09-22 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 22, 2003 12:06 pm, Curt Tresenriter wrote: [...] Thanks for the reply Jim. Yes, tried that and it only saved the link as: download_component.jhtml;$sessionid$QNUI42FTYJBQPTN241GRCZI I went back later and tried again for the 4th or 5th

Re: [newbie] Downloading a huge file - burning an ISO

2003-09-13 Thread Eric Huff
Anyway, how do I burn an ISO image in Linux? You could use one of the gui's, but here is my favorite way (a la Tom Brinkman) If you burn a lot of iso's, make an alias: alias biso='cdrecord -v -eject speed=2 dev=0,0,0 -dao' then biso file.iso You'll have to change speed and dev=x,x,x to

Re: [newbie] Downloading a huge file - burning an ISO

2003-09-13 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Saturday 13 September 2003 03:38, Russ wrote: Anyway, how do I burn an ISO image in Linux? Thanks Russ install gcombust or k3b if you prefer gui. Or use cdrecord on the commandline. Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Downloading a huge file - burning an ISO

2003-09-13 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Saturday 13 September 2003 05:51, David E. Fox wrote: FWIW I just use ncfto :). No problems thus far. Browsers usually make poor file downloaders, but it seems to be all right most of the time IME. Not konq, I even use it for sftp on and to my lan. .very nifty. Works perfectly and is in

Re: [newbie] Downloading a huge file

2003-09-12 Thread HaywireMac
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 21:27:00 -0700 Russ [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I am trying to dl Knoppix so I can try it on a laptop we have. However, it gets to about 20 secs left to go then tells me that there is not enough disk space left. I am dl it to my home directory which is 19gigs (mostly free),

Re: [newbie] Downloading a huge file

2003-09-12 Thread Liechti
try wget. Or read the topic picture download tool: wget -r -l1 --no-parent -A,jpg http://SiteWanted'sAdress without the quotes. for gif's or png's change appropiately. It'll create it's own directory structure. remo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Downloading a huge file

2003-09-12 Thread Heather/Femme
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 22:40:32 -0700 Eric Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to dl Knoppix so I can try it on a laptop we have. However, it gets to about 20 secs left to go then tells me that there is not enough disk space left. I am dl it to my home directory which is 19gigs (mostly

Re: [newbie] Downloading a huge file

2003-09-12 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Friday 12 September 2003 06:27, Russ wrote: Hi All, I am trying to dl Knoppix so I can try it on a laptop we have. However, it gets to about 20 secs left to go then tells me that there is not enough disk space left. I am dl it to my home directory which is 19gigs (mostly free), the file

Re: [newbie] Downloading a huge file

2003-09-12 Thread David
On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 11:39, John Richard Smith wrote: Russ wrote: Hi All, I am trying to dl Knoppix so I can try it on a laptop we have. However, it gets to about 20 secs left to go then tells me that there is not enough disk space left. I am dl it to my home directory which is

Re: [newbie] Downloading a huge file

2003-09-12 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Friday 12 September 2003 12:27 am, Russ wrote: Hi All, I am trying to dl Knoppix so I can try it on a laptop we have. However, it gets to about 20 secs left to go then tells me that there is not enough disk space left. I am dl it to my home directory which is 19gigs (mostly free), the

Re: [newbie] Downloading a huge file

2003-09-12 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
David wrote: On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 11:39, John Richard Smith wrote: Russ wrote: Hi All, I am trying to dl Knoppix so I can try it on a laptop we have. However, it gets to about 20 secs left to go then tells me that there is not enough disk space left. I am dl it to my home directory

Re: [newbie] Downloading a huge file - burning an ISO

2003-09-12 Thread Russ
The answer to this is yes. It downloads it to a tmp directory in /. I only have 691 megs of free space there and the file is 694. I couldn't figure out how to bypass the temp file transfer. I remember someone saying something about Konquerer being able to act like a file transfer over the net

Re: [newbie] Downloading a huge file - burning an ISO

2003-09-12 Thread David E. Fox
I'm able to download the .iso files without any trouble using Mozilla. See the screen shots. What am I doing differently? FWIW I just use ncfto :). No problems thus far. Browsers usually make poor file downloaders, but it seems to be all right most of the time IME.

Re: [newbie] Downloading a huge file

2003-09-11 Thread Eric Huff
I am trying to dl Knoppix so I can try it on a laptop we have. However, it gets to about 20 secs left to go then tells me that there is not enough disk space left. I am dl it to my home directory which is 19gigs (mostly free), the file is only 650megs. Can anyone tell me why this won't let

Re: [newbie] Downloading MD ISOs

2003-06-01 Thread Joan Tur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Es Dissabte 31 Maig 2003 18:37, en KVPSTAFF va escriure: I have tried to download the 2nd CD iso of 9.1 on the ftp server, of all the mirros.. the file size says: 649.72mg but after you finish downloading the file... the size is not that,

Re: [newbie] Downloading MD ISOs

2003-06-01 Thread Greg Meyer
On Saturday 31 May 2003 12:37 pm, KVPSTAFF wrote: I have tried to download the 2nd CD iso of 9.1 on the ftp server, of all the mirros.. the file size says: 649.72mg but after you finish downloading the file... the size is not that, BUT:667.723mg after, the which...when i try to burn the

Re: [newbie] Downloading MD ISOs

2003-06-01 Thread FemmeFatale
At 04:12 PM 5/31/2003 -0400, you wrote: Snips some catnip for hte poor wiskerless kitty wandering around hte list Second, to make sure the iso is good before you try to download it again, there is a file on the mirror called md5sum. in there is a checksum from a program called md5sum. You can

RE: [newbie] Downloading MD ISOs

2003-06-01 Thread KVPSTAFF
, 2003 4:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Downloading MD ISOs On Saturday 31 May 2003 12:37 pm, KVPSTAFF wrote: I have tried to download the 2nd CD iso of 9.1 on the ftp server, of all the mirros.. the file size says: 649.72mg but after you finish downloading the file

RE: [newbie] Downloading MD ISOs

2003-06-01 Thread KVPSTAFF
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of FemmeFatale Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 6:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Downloading MD ISOs At 04:12 PM 5/31/2003 -0400, you wrote: Snips some catnip for hte poor wiskerless kitty wandering around hte list Second, to make sure the iso is good

RE: [newbie] Downloading MD ISOs

2003-06-01 Thread KVPSTAFF
PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Downloading MD ISOs At 04:12 PM 5/31/2003 -0400, you wrote: Snips some catnip for hte poor wiskerless kitty wandering around hte list Second, to make sure the iso is good before you try to download it again, there is a file on the mirror called

RE: [newbie] Downloading MD ISOs

2003-06-01 Thread FemmeFatale
At 06:19 PM 5/31/2003 -0400, you wrote: I downloaded md5sum.exe...but it looks as if md5summer is still not reporting correctly , from what info is isted on their site, so i didn't bother to download it. Get mdsummer to make you MD5's from your ISO's. Create them using MDSummer itself. Then

Re: [newbie] Downloading MD ISOs

2003-06-01 Thread Greg Meyer
On Saturday 31 May 2003 06:16 pm, KVPSTAFF wrote: geez...it looks to me,,,if I'm using md5sum.exe correctly.. that the number in the file called: md5sums.91.asc is not the same as the file downloaded... this is ridiculous...that mandrake would allow mirrors that would mess up there

Re: [newbie] Downloading MD ISOs

2003-06-01 Thread Dennis Myers
On Saturday 31 May 2003 05:16 pm, KVPSTAFF wrote: geez...it looks to me,,,if I'm using md5sum.exe correctly.. that the number in the file called: md5sums.91.asc is not the same as the file downloaded... this is ridiculous...that mandrake would allow mirrors that would mess up there

RE: [newbie] Downloading MD ISOs

2003-06-01 Thread KVPSTAFF
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dennis Myers Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 6:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Downloading MD ISOs On Saturday 31 May 2003 05:16 pm, KVPSTAFF wrote: geez...it looks to me,,,if I'm using md5sum.exe correctly.. that the number in the file called: md5sums.91

RE: [newbie] Downloading MD ISOs

2003-06-01 Thread KVPSTAFF
] Behalf Of Greg Meyer Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 6:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Downloading MD ISOs On Saturday 31 May 2003 06:16 pm, KVPSTAFF wrote: geez...it looks to me,,,if I'm using md5sum.exe correctly.. that the number in the file called: md5sums.91.asc

RE: [newbie] Downloading MD ISOs

2003-06-01 Thread KVPSTAFF
that sort of thing...it would make mandrake look bad... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of FemmeFatale Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 6:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Downloading MD ISOs At 06:19 PM 5/31/2003 -0400, you wrote: I

Re: [newbie] Downloading MD ISOs

2003-06-01 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 31 May 2003 11:18 pm, KVPSTAFF wrote: I already KNOW how to use nero correctly...I did the first CD fine...and without any problems at all...it's just the stupid 2nd cd iso...i'm having problems with... and yes i'm using a CDRW the last couple of times...sick of wasting cd-r's

Re: [newbie] downloading and temporary file

2003-04-03 Thread Michael Viron
The other way, of course, would be to make /tmp a ln to a tmp folder on a larger partition. Michael At 01:32 PM 3/27/2003 +0100, you wrote: A browser is probably not the best way to download big files. I use a command line ftp front end, quite flexible once you get familiar with the options.

Re: [newbie] downloading and temporary file

2003-03-27 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:32:08 +0100 Raffaele Belardi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A browser is probably not the best way to download big files. I use a command line ftp front end, quite flexible once you get familiar with the options I use opera all the tome to dl ISOs. It for me is faster than

Re: [newbie] downloading and temporary file

2003-03-27 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 22:43, Vahur Lokk wrote: Trying to download 9.1 isos. It does not work because it appears my / is almost full. I have plenty of room on some other partitions where I am actually saving the isos. Problem is probably that it attempts to create some temporary file and

Re: [newbie] downloading and temporary file

2003-03-27 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 00:23, Charles A Edwards wrote: I use opera all the tome to dl ISOs. It for me is faster than straight ftp, allows for multiple dls, dl directory is easily configurable and it doesn't make use of /tmp as do mozilla and galeon. Charles FASTER THAN FTP?

Re: [newbie] Downloading packages.

2002-11-19 Thread Keith Powell
On Monday 18 November 2002 6:51 pm, Michel Clasquin wrote: On Monday 18 November 2002 14:34, Keith Powell wrote: Should I have been connected to the Internet when I first entered the sources in the command line? Yes, and running console or xterm as root. Thanks Michel. I thought that the

Re: [newbie] Downloading packages. [Solved]

2002-11-18 Thread Keith Powell
Hello Tony. Thanks for your reply in answer to my problem that I could not get urpmi or the Control Panel Software Management to recognise the new sources I had entered. I removed the old ones, and entered them again when connected to the Internet, as you said I should. It now works - at

Re: [newbie] Downloading packages.

2002-11-18 Thread Michel Clasquin
On Monday 18 November 2002 14:34, Keith Powell wrote: Should I have been connected to the Internet when I first entered the sources in the command line? Yes, and running console or xterm as root. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Downloading Quicktime Files

2002-11-14 Thread Technoslick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Downloading Quicktime Files Yep, I can find the file it downloads, but like Todd said, it only downloads a place holder image while the actual movie does not. I'll try and find a fix, Cheers

Re: [newbie] Downloading Quicktime Files

2002-11-14 Thread Jordan Elver
Subject: Re: [newbie] Downloading Quicktime Files Yep, I can find the file it downloads, but like Todd said, it only downloads a place holder image while the actual movie does not. I'll try and find a fix, Cheers, Jord On Wednesday 13 Nov 2002 8:15 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Wed, 2002-11

Re: [newbie] Downloading Quicktime Files

2002-11-13 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 04:32, Jordan Elver wrote: Hi, This is a bit of a stupid question, but...how can I download quicktime movs from apple.com/quicktime or wherever without a plugin. All I want is the actual file, I don't want to stream it or anything. I tried looking at the HTML source,

Re: [newbie] Downloading Quicktime Files

2002-11-13 Thread Jordan Elver
Yep, I can find the file it downloads, but like Todd said, it only downloads a place holder image while the actual movie does not. I'll try and find a fix, Cheers, Jord On Wednesday 13 Nov 2002 8:15 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 04:32, Jordan Elver wrote: Hi, This is a bit

Re: [newbie] Downloading Quicktime Files

2002-11-12 Thread Todd Slater
On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 05:32:37PM +, Jordan Elver wrote: Hi, This is a bit of a stupid question, but...how can I download quicktime movs from apple.com/quicktime or wherever without a plugin. All I want is the actual file, I don't want to stream it or anything. I tried looking at the

Re: [newbie] Downloading Quicktime Files

2002-11-12 Thread Jordan Elver
This is an example. How else could I download these files? I know of the crossover plugin, but I really would like a pay free laternative. Also, I want to watch the movs offline. Jord OBJECT CLASSID=clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B WIDTH=400 HEIGHT=236

Re: [newbie] Downloading Quicktime Files

2002-11-12 Thread Todd Slater
On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 07:20:28PM +, Jordan Elver wrote: This is an example. How else could I download these files? I know of the crossover plugin, but I really would like a pay free laternative. Also, I want to watch the movs offline. Jord You want the second link (the href= part of

Re: [newbie] Downloading Quicktime Files

2002-11-12 Thread Miark
You can copy it out of your cache while it's still open in QuickTime. Miark On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 15:17:59 -0500 Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You want the second link (the href= part of the embed). The problem is I can't download it directly, either. I can open it as a url in

Re: [newbie] Downloading Quicktime Files

2002-11-12 Thread Todd Slater
On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 03:25:03PM -0500, Miark wrote: You can copy it out of your cache while it's still open in QuickTime. Miark I've seen temporary Internet files in Winblows, but where do you find the cache on Linux (never had a reason to check it). Like for instance, Mozilla or Phoenix?

Re: [newbie] Downloading Quicktime Files

2002-11-12 Thread Miark
I don't know exactly, but since you usally know the size of the QuickTime movies you download, it's easy enough to perform a find . -size +nk in your home directory where n is the size in kilobytes. Choose a number on the low side and this command will find everything that size and larger.

Re: [newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake

2002-10-14 Thread alex
First things first.do you have high speed internet like DSL? If not, don't even think of of downloading Mandrake. It takes many many hours at ordinary modem speeds. Mike Eastaugh wrote: Hi'ya Am completly new to this, so could someone help me here. I'm just looking to download a

Re: [newbie] Downloading Mandrake 9

2002-10-07 Thread Hesham Khonji
Use a download manager and leave it downloading overnight. That is what I did. You can resume interrupted downloads. Here is a nicedownloader: http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo/download.php3 Hesham From: Mike E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: [newbie] Downloading Mandrake 9

2002-10-07 Thread Sevatio
Doesn't the new Mozilla have a download manager built-in? Hesham Khonji wrote: Use a download manager and leave it downloading overnight. That is what I did. You can resume interrupted downloads. Here is a nice downloader: http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo/download.php3 Hesham From:

Re: [newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake

2002-10-06 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sunday 06 October 2002 10:29 am, Mike Eastaugh wrote: Hi'ya Am completly new to this, so could someone help me here. I'm just looking to download a copy of mandrake from the FTP site and install it by booting from CD. Can someone please tell me what I need to download. Any help much

RE: [newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake

2002-10-06 Thread Mike Eastaugh
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Myers Sent: 06 October 2002 16:53 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake On Sunday 06 October 2002 10:29 am, Mike Eastaugh wrote: Hi'ya Am completly new to this, so

Re: [newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake

2002-10-06 Thread Scott B
No, the ISO images are a special kind of file. They contain all of the data and directory structure needed to write a whole CD. That's why the files are usually bigger than a CD will hold. You will need to find where it says 'create CD from iso image' in your CD burner software and choose

Re: [newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake

2002-10-06 Thread Todd Flinders
Go to: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3 Assuming you are using an Athlon or a Pentium, click on Mandrake 9.0/i586 ISO Image. Choose a mirror closest to you and then download: README md5sums.90 Mandrake90-cd1-inst.i586.iso

Re: [newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake

2002-10-06 Thread Todd Flinders
bootable then? Many thanks again, Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Myers Sent: 06 October 2002 16:53 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake On Sunday 06 October 2002 10:29 am, Mike

RE: [newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake

2002-10-06 Thread Mike Eastaugh
Ahhh, excellent. Thanks Scott. Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Scott B Sent: 06 October 2002 18:18 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake No, the ISO images are a special kind of file

Re: [newbie] downloading updates

2002-08-02 Thread Brendan
On Friday 02 August 2002 06:56 pm, Chris Pollock wrote: I seem to suddenly have a problem downloading security updates. When using the source I have currently setup, no files are shown, when trying to add a new source, Mandrake comes back with error adding this source. I've tried all the

Re: [newbie] Downloading proper Nvidia driver file

2002-01-11 Thread James Bear
Fromt that terminal window, just type kudzu. It should just tell you it will configure your new card. It should give you a generic driver. - Original Message - From: Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 2:58 PM Subject: [newbie] Downloading

Re: [newbie] Downloading proper Nvidia driver file

2002-01-11 Thread Admin
James: Thanks, worked like a charm. Dexter - Original Message - From: James Bear [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 2:09 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Downloading proper Nvidia driver file Fromt that terminal window, just type kudzu. It should just

Re: [newbie] Downloading proper Nvidia driver file

2002-01-11 Thread Miark
if present Okay, that should do it. Miark - Original Message - From: Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 2:25 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Downloading proper Nvidia driver file You could use the nv driver, but setting up nVidia's drivers

Re: [newbie] downloading installing

2001-09-26 Thread Sleeper N
Hello; When you installed your Linux did you include the development tools? When you download the software I found that you must have a fast and reliable connection. Then you need to make sure that you download inst.iso (the installer) and the ext.iso (the extensions for the development).

Re: [newbie] Downloading Updates

2001-02-17 Thread Tim Holmes
There should be an icon on most 7.2 updates, in KDE and GNOME that is, that says Updates. It's an update program that will query a server for most recent updates and then can download and install them for you. I've gotten the update files via previously, but where I'm not exactly sure

Re: [newbie] Downloading with Netscape

2000-11-14 Thread Dale Kosan
Could be,that I cant answer.I just know I can download all Linux programs with IE 5.5 just by left clicking.On my Linux box with Netscape I have to right click,save as.When I left click,all the code scrolls by,have never seen this happen with IE

Re: [newbie] Downloading with Netscape

2000-11-14 Thread Anthony
That only happens with rpm packages. .tar.gz packages, and mp3 files, and everything else work just fine on Netscape. Could be,that I cant answer.I just know I can download all Linux programs with IE 5.5 just by left clicking.On my Linux box with Netscape I have to right click,save as.When I

Re: [newbie] Downloading with Netscape

2000-11-14 Thread Philomena
Shortcut - in Netscape, hold down the Shift key when you click on a file to download - you'll get the "Save as" dialog box regardless of the type of file you are downloading. Philomena At 10:24 PM 11/14/2000 +, you wrote: That only happens with rpm packages. .tar.gz packages, and mp3

RE: [newbie] Downloading newer kernel and header file

2000-09-06 Thread Romanator
files. Everything is working fine. Thanks for the link. It helped. Roman Registered Linux User #179293 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Patti Wavinak Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 8:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie

Re: [newbie] Downloading newer kernel and header file

2000-09-04 Thread Patti Wavinak
Roman -- What type of hard drive do you have? Is is IDE or SCSI? If it is SCSI then you need to append additional information into Lilo or Grub and you also have to make an initrd file for the new kernel. I just upgraded my kernel to 2.2.16 -- the first time I did it I couldn't bring Linux up,

Re: [newbie] downloading

2000-08-31 Thread Jason Ashman
Dear Mandrake users, I am a poor PhD student trying to download Mandrake 7.1. I am using windows 2000 an IE5.5 and am having difficulties with the ftp server resetting the connection (5 minutes seems to be about the maximum I can hope for) and downloading the link

Re: [newbie] downloading

2000-08-31 Thread M Thompson
Be sure to add SH on top of that price. From: Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] downloading Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 21:45:19 -0400 (EDT) by far your best bet is order the CD's from Cheapbytes for $3.99. Depending upon where you

Re: [newbie] downloading

2000-08-30 Thread Adam
PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 4:54 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] downloading Dear Joan Tur, Could you please let me know what a 'Getright-type program' is? Best, Vincent -Original Message- From: Joan Tur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 200

Re: [newbie] downloading

2000-08-30 Thread Joan Tur
l Message- From: Joan Tur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 10:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] downloading "Nijs, Vincent" escribió: Dear Mandrake users, I am a poor PhD student trying to download Mandrake 7.1. I am

RE: [newbie] downloading

2000-08-30 Thread Paul
On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Nijs, Vincent wrote: Dear Joan Tur, Could you please let me know what a 'Getright-type program' is? Best, Vincent GetRight is a windows program that supports resume-downloads when the server can handle that. There are several of those around, also for Linux. Paul --

Re: [newbie] downloading

2000-08-30 Thread Anthony
And if still are looking for that perfect downloader, I suggest Download For X. http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo/ GTM - Gnome Transfer Manager http://gtm.sourceforge.net/ That's one of em, I'm sure there are many many out there though. and also I hope this helps, if not...just let

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