Re: [newbie] Urpmi update problem.

2005-04-03 Thread Mr. Geek
Simon wrote: On Saturday 02 Apr 2005 20:52, Mr. Geek wrote: Simon; You have to uninstall libMagick7.8.1 = 6.1.8.9-0.1010.1plf and possibly ImageMagick-6.1.8.9-0.1010.1plf before you can install the newer version of both packages using; urpme ImageMagick-6.1.8.9-0.1010.1plf which should also remove

Re: [newbie] Urpmi update problem.

2005-04-03 Thread Simon
On Saturday 02 Apr 2005 20:52, Mr. Geek wrote: > Simon; You have to uninstall libMagick7.8.1 = 6.1.8.9-0.1010.1plf and > possibly ImageMagick-6.1.8.9-0.1010.1plf before you can install the > newer version of both packages using; > > urpme ImageMagick-6.1.8.9-0.1010.1plf > > which should also remo

Re: [newbie] urpmi adding resources

2005-03-20 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Monday 21 Mar 2005 01:31, Mr. Geek wrote: > Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > I looked at the Twiki for instructions how to add resources and followed > > them, but failed to add Thacs RPMs. I'm wondering if I have used the > > command incorrectly. > > > > urpmi.addmedia nameofmedia http://rpm.n

Re: [newbie] urpmi adding resources

2005-03-20 Thread Mr. Geek
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I looked at the Twiki for instructions how to add resources and followed them, but failed to add Thacs RPMs. I'm wondering if I have used the command incorrectly. urpmi.addmedia nameofmedia http://rpm.nyvalls.se/10.1/RPMS/ with ../base/hdlist.cz Am I supposed to n

Re: [newbie] urpmi can't locate URPM.pm

2005-03-16 Thread Graham
Steven Carrie wrote: Hi everyone, this is my first cry for help on the newbie list. I was tinkering with mandrake 10.1 and decided to upgrade to the cooker source. Can't locate URPM.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/i3

Re: [newbie] urpmi can't locate URPM.pm

2005-03-15 Thread Mr. Geek
Steven Carrie wrote: Hi everyone, this is my first cry for help on the newbie list. I was tinkering with mandrake 10.1 and decided to upgrade to the cooker source. So I updated my urpmi sources and began to install. Shortly into the process the power failed because my PSU has gone dodgy. Now wh

Re: [newbie] urpmi firefox

2005-03-15 Thread Julie Sloan
On Tuesday 15 March 2005 08:49 am, Smiley wrote: > On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 22:06:29 -0800 > > Amy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can find information and directions on > > how to set it up on the site: http://www.eslrahc.com/ > > > > He also offers RPMs for stuff like gaim, and other popular progra

Re: [newbie] urpmi firefox

2005-03-15 Thread Julie Sloan
On Tuesday 15 March 2005 01:06 am, Amy wrote: > On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:47:00 -0500, Julie Sloan > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > when I urpmi firefox it wants to give me -0.8 instead of the new > > -1.0.1. > > > I'm not sure how you can make the source you're trying to use work, > but I can dire

Re: [newbie] urpmi firefox

2005-03-15 Thread Smiley
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 22:06:29 -0800 Amy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can find information and directions on > how to set it up on the site: http://www.eslrahc.com/ > > He also offers RPMs for stuff like gaim, and other popular programs > that don't get updated very frequently on the official m

Re: [newbie] urpmi firefox

2005-03-14 Thread Amy
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:47:00 -0500, Julie Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > when I urpmi firefox it wants to give me -0.8 instead of the new -1.0.1. > I've been to the website and looked at the 1.0.1 rpm, which gives its > location as > http://ftp.kddilabs.jp/Mozilla/firefox/releases/1.0.1/linu

Re: [newbie] urpmi: command not found PROBLEM SOLVED

2005-03-13 Thread joe
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: The directoryies /sbin, /usr/sbin and /usr/local/sbin are not normaly in a user's path. They are in root's path when you log in as root, or when you "su -" to root. Normaly, when you do "su" instead of "su -", you keep the same path. But in Mandrake 10.1, when ever roo

Re: [newbie] urpmi: command not found

2005-03-13 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
joe wrote: RickSisler wrote: joe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: bascule wrote: have you checked your path? echo $PATH try the full path to urpmi /usr/sbin/urpmi glabels [EMAIL PROTECTED] echo $path Joe, the variable name is declared with Capital letters, so type:: #> echo $PATH I am work

Re: [newbie] urpmi: command not found

2005-03-13 Thread RickSisler
joe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > RickSisler wrote: > >did you try what bascule mentions: > >>>try the full path to urpmi > >>>#> /usr/sbin/urpmi glabels > >>> > > I did, and like magic, urpmi worked. > > The question I have, is why is /usr/sbin no longer in my $PATH, and/or > how should I edit my b

Re: [newbie] urpmi: command not found

2005-03-12 Thread joe
RickSisler wrote: joe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: bascule wrote: have you checked your path? echo $PATH try the full path to urpmi /usr/sbin/urpmi glabels [EMAIL PROTECTED] echo $path Joe, the variable name is declared with Capital letters, so type:: #> echo $PATH I am working on

Re: [newbie] urpmi: command not found

2005-03-12 Thread RickSisler
joe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > bascule wrote: > > >have you checked your path? > >echo $PATH > >try the full path to urpmi > >/usr/sbin/urpmi glabels > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] echo $path Joe, the variable name is declared with Capital letters, so type:: #> echo $PATH /sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:

Re: [newbie] urpmi: command not found

2005-03-12 Thread joe
bascule wrote: have you checked your path? echo $PATH try the full path to urpmi /usr/sbin/urpmi glabels [EMAIL PROTECTED] echo $path [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/sbin/urpmi urpmi version 4.5 Copyright (C) 1999-2004 Mandrakesoft. This is free software and may be redistributed under the terms of the GNU

Re: [newbie] urpmi: command not found

2005-03-11 Thread JoeHill
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 20:47:16 -0700 joe disseminated the following: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] home]# urpmi glabels > bash: urpmi: command not found Did you try 'urpmi urpmi'? ...just kidding :-))) -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 14:16:52 up 18 days, 16:20, 2 users, load average: 0

Re: [newbie] urpmi: command not found

2005-03-11 Thread Adrian Coman
maybe you su from one user ... try "su - ", urpmi is not available for normal users. joe wrote: Anyone have an idea why urpmi stopped working? Mandrake 10.1 official. Been using it sucsessfully for quite a while now. urpmi shows up in rpmdrake, I apparently sucessfully (re)-installed it. Yet

Re: [newbie] urpmi database blocked

2005-03-11 Thread SnapafunFrank
Aron Smith wrote: On Thursday 10 March 2005 10:56 pm, Tahir Abdullah wrote: Thanks Aron When I tried to follow the three steps on the web-site following error comes urpmi database locked WHat is this problem. a reboot will fix this (inelegent and there is probably a better way) The seco

Re: [newbie] urpmi database blocked

2005-03-11 Thread Margot
Tahir Abdullah wrote: Thanks Aron When I tried to follow the three steps on the web-site following error comes urpmi database locked WHat is this problem. This usually happens after failed or interrupted download/installation. To cure it, as root in terminal: rm /var/lib/urpmi/.

Re: [newbie] urpmi database blocked

2005-03-10 Thread Aron Smith
On Thursday 10 March 2005 10:56 pm, Tahir Abdullah wrote: > Thanks Aron > When I tried to follow the three steps on the web-site following error > comes urpmi database locked > WHat is this problem. a reboot will fix this (inelegent and there is probably a better way) > The second problem is whene

Re: [newbie] urpmi: command not found

2005-03-10 Thread Fajar Priyanto
On Friday 11 March 2005 12:02 pm, bascule wrote: > have you checked your path? > echo $PATH > try the full path to urpmi > /usr/sbin/urpmi glabels > > bascule > > On Friday 11 Mar 2005 03:47, joe wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] home]# urpmi glabels > > bash: urpmi: command not found Also try locate i

Re: [newbie] urpmi: command not found

2005-03-10 Thread bascule
have you checked your path? echo $PATH try the full path to urpmi /usr/sbin/urpmi glabels bascule On Friday 11 Mar 2005 03:47, joe wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] home]# urpmi glabels > bash: urpmi: command not found -- The kraken stirs. And ten billion sushi dinners cry out for vengeance. -

Re: [newbie] urpmi --fuzzy downloads without asking!

2005-03-06 Thread Margot
JR wrote: when I do urpmi --fuzzy , it sometimes downloads the package anyway, without giving me a choice. Am I misunderstanding this switch? I expected to be asked regardless how many similar packages there were (even if there was only one) Jarlath urpmi --fuzzy *does* automatically download

Re: [newbie] urpmi --fuzzy downloads without asking!

2005-03-06 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Sunday 06 March 2005 3:25 pm, JR wrote: > when I do urpmi --fuzzy , it sometimes downloads the package > anyway, without giving me a choice. Am I misunderstanding this switch? I > expected to be asked regardless how many similar packages there were (even > if there was only one) If there is onl

Re: [newbie] urpmi query

2005-03-06 Thread Graham Watkins
JoeHill wrote: On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 07:35:28 + Graham Watkins disseminated the following: I presume this means that a source has become messed up somehow. What do I have to do to get it put right? Well, this may not be the 'best' sol'n, but try removing and adding the source again. I had to

Re: [newbie] urpmi query

2005-03-06 Thread SnapafunFrank
Graham Watkins wrote: Hi Y'all, Recently, while attempting to 'urpmi' a new program, I got the following message at the command line: unable to access hdlist file of "eslrahc", medium ignored I presume this means that a source has become messed up somehow. What do I have to do to get it put ri

Re: [newbie] urpmi query

2005-03-05 Thread JoeHill
On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 07:35:28 + Graham Watkins disseminated the following: > I presume this means that a source has become messed up somehow. What > do I have to do to get it put right? Well, this may not be the 'best' sol'n, but try removing and adding the source again. I had to do this a l

Re: [newbie] URPMI help

2005-03-04 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Friday 04 March 2005 09:58 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Friday 04 March 2005 14:48, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Did you click the "Proceed to step2" button before selecting your sources? Hmm, I thought that I did - maybe I got in a hurry and missed it (multiple times - shaking head at self). I'

Re: [newbie] URPMI help

2005-03-04 Thread Paul
On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 16:48, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Well, I just had occasion to (re)use the Easy URPMI site at: > > http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ > > and I'm having problems with it. I can go through the 3 steps, but no matter > how many times I do it, or what browser I use, or which site I use,

Re: [newbie] URPMI help

2005-03-04 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 04 March 2005 14:48, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Well, I just had occasion to (re)use the Easy URPMI site at: > > http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ > > and I'm having problems with it. I can go through the 3 steps, but no > matter how many times I do it, or what browser I use, or which site I use, >

Re: [newbie] URPMI help

2005-03-04 Thread Dan Gordon
On March 4, 2005 09:48 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Well, I just had occasion to (re)use the Easy URPMI site at: > > http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ > > and I'm having problems with it. I can go through the 3 steps, but > no matter how many times I do it, or what browser I use, or which > site I use, it

Re: [newbie] urpmi backups to disk?

2005-02-23 Thread Julie Sloan
On Wednesday 23 February 2005 07:02 pm, Fajar Priyanto wrote: > On Thursday 24 February 2005 06:56 am, Aron Smith wrote: > > > Use the --noclean switch. The rpms will be in /var/cache/urpmi/rpms. > > Oh boy, I wish I knew it before :( Me too. Only 952Mb to go at 56Kbps Julie -- _

Re: [newbie] urpmi backups to disk?

2005-02-23 Thread Fajar Priyanto
On Thursday 24 February 2005 06:56 am, Aron Smith wrote: > > Use the --noclean switch. The rpms will be in /var/cache/urpmi/rpms. Oh boy, I wish I knew it before :( -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | http://linux2.arinet.org 07:01:32 up 7:26, Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Official) fo

Re: [newbie] urpmi backups to disk?

2005-02-23 Thread Aron Smith
On Wednesday 23 February 2005 12:35 pm, N. B. Day wrote: > On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 15:15 -0500, Julie Sloan wrote: > > Hi all, > > is there a way I can save a copy of my urpmi updates to disk, so that if > > I need to reinstall / I can also reinstall the updates without having to > > download for hou

Re: [newbie] urpmi backups to disk?

2005-02-23 Thread Julie Sloan
On Wednesday 23 February 2005 03:35 pm, N. B. Day wrote: > On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 15:15 -0500, Julie Sloan wrote: > > Hi all, > > is there a way I can save a copy of my urpmi updates to disk, so that > > if I need to reinstall / I can also reinstall the updates without > > having to download for hou

Re: [newbie] urpmi backups to disk?

2005-02-23 Thread N. B. Day
On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 15:15 -0500, Julie Sloan wrote: > Hi all, > is there a way I can save a copy of my urpmi updates to disk, so that if I > need to reinstall / I can also reinstall the updates without having to > download for hours? > > thanks > Julie Use the --noclean switch. The rpms will

Re: [newbie] urpmi advice needed (1)

2005-02-06 Thread Stuart R. Fuller
On Friday 04 February 2005 11:22 am, Paul wrote: > I'm having some problems installing gimp 2 on a 10.2 beta system. > > Urpmi tells me it is installed when I try to install, urpme tells me its > not there when I try to remove. Slocate doesn't find it. > > I've rebuilt the rpm database (twice), wit

Re: [newbie] urpmi advice needed (1)

2005-02-04 Thread Paul
On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 14:10, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Friday 04 February 2005 04:47 pm, Paul wrote: > > On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 18:27, Aron Smith wrote: > > > On Friday 04 February 2005 08:22 am, Paul wrote: > > > > I'm having some problems installing gimp 2 on a 10.2 beta system. > > > > > > > > U

Re: [newbie] Urpmi advice needed (2)

2005-02-04 Thread Paul
On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 18:35, Avi Schwartz wrote: > Paul wrote: > > >After looking at the wiki, I found the command rpm -Va and applied it. > >Part of the output is as follows (to provide an example only) > > > >S.5T /usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives/fonts.cache-1 > >missing/usr/X11R6/lib/

Re: [newbie] urpmi advice needed (1)

2005-02-04 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Friday 04 February 2005 04:47 pm, Paul wrote: > On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 18:27, Aron Smith wrote: > > On Friday 04 February 2005 08:22 am, Paul wrote: > > > I'm having some problems installing gimp 2 on a 10.2 beta system. > > > > > > Urpmi tells me it is installed when I try to install, urpme tell

Re: [newbie] urpmi advice needed (1)

2005-02-04 Thread Paul
On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 18:27, Aron Smith wrote: > On Friday 04 February 2005 08:22 am, Paul wrote: > > I'm having some problems installing gimp 2 on a 10.2 beta system. > > > > Urpmi tells me it is installed when I try to install, urpme tells me its > > not there when I try to remove. Slocate doesn'

Re: [newbie] Urpmi advice needed (2)

2005-02-04 Thread Avi Schwartz
Paul wrote: After looking at the wiki, I found the command rpm -Va and applied it. Part of the output is as follows (to provide an example only) S.5T /usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives/fonts.cache-1 missing/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/encodings.dir S.5T c /etc/hotplug/blacklist .M

Re: [newbie] urpmi advice needed (1)

2005-02-04 Thread Aron Smith
On Friday 04 February 2005 08:22 am, Paul wrote: > I'm having some problems installing gimp 2 on a 10.2 beta system. > > Urpmi tells me it is installed when I try to install, urpme tells me its > not there when I try to remove. Slocate doesn't find it. > > I've rebuilt the rpm database (twice), wit

Re: [newbie] urpmi agony still

2005-02-01 Thread Paul
Kaj wrote: >If you don't use a GUI, then (as root) urpmi.removemedia [name] Thanks for the pointer, I had already tried this. I just got lost on the [name] part... >On Tue February 1 2005 07:55 am, Paul wrote: > >In mcc use the software manager (beside updates) to remove >"update_source", then

Re: [newbie] urpmi agony still

2005-02-01 Thread Alan Ianson
On Tue February 1 2005 07:55 am, Paul wrote: In mcc use the software manager (beside updates) to remove "update_source", then the next time you run updates you'll need to choose a new mirror. > Hi everyone, > > The urpmi source called > ftp://ftp.fh-wolfenbuettel.de/pub/os/linux/mandrakelinux/o

Re: [newbie] urpmi agony still

2005-02-01 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 01 February 2005 16:55, Paul wrote: > Hi everyone, > > The urpmi source called > ftp://ftp.fh-wolfenbuettel.de/pub/os/linux/mandrakelinux/official >/updates/10.0/RPMS is still not working. Can someone tell me how I > get rid of that resource? Can't you just remove it in System-->Config

Re: [newbie] urpmi locked

2005-01-28 Thread et
On Wednesday 26 January 2005 12:07 pm, Paul wrote: > On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 14:27, Dave Needham wrote: > > -- here we go again.can some one help me unlock urpmi datebase as it is > > locked. > > su > > ps -A > > kill (replace ?s with number of urpmi or whatever) > > is the long way, can't thin

Re: [newbie] urpmi locked

2005-01-26 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 26 Jan 2005 17:07, Paul wrote: > On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 14:27, Dave Needham wrote: > > -- here we go again.can some one help me unlock urpmi datebase as it is > > locked. > > su > > ps -A > > kill (replace ?s with number of urpmi or w

Re: [newbie] urpmi locked

2005-01-26 Thread Paul
On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 14:27, Dave Needham wrote: > -- here we go again.can some one help me unlock urpmi datebase as it is > locked. > su ps -A kill (replace ?s with number of urpmi or whatever) is the long way, can't think of the short way at the moment __

Re: [newbie] urpmi

2005-01-25 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 25 January 2005 08:45, Dave Needham wrote: > just out of curiosity when you set up urpmi for updates do i have to check > once a wekk or does it do it itself automaticali.ive set it up and works > 100% but what next please. > > dave If you are using 10.1 every time you open

Re: [newbie] urpmi and putting disks on HD

2005-01-24 Thread Kevin B. O'Brien
At 10:23 AM 1/24/2005, bascule said something remarkably like (but somehow subtly different from): do you have the latest version of mandrake, previous ones had cdroot/ /Mandrake/ /base/ /RPMS/ or just cdroot/ /Mandrake/ /RPMS(N)/ th

Re: [newbie] urpmi and putting disks on HD

2005-01-24 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 24 Jan 2005 15:23, bascule wrote: > do you have the latest version of mandrake, > previous ones had > cdroot/ > /Mandrake/ > /base/ > /RPMS/ > > or just > cdroot/ > /Mandrake/ > /RPMS(N)/

Re: [newbie] urpmi and putting disks on HD

2005-01-24 Thread bascule
do you have the latest version of mandrake, previous ones had cdroot/ /Mandrake/ /base/ /RPMS/ or just cdroot/ /Mandrake/ /RPMS(N)/ the latest ones seem to have cdroot/ /media/ /main/ /media_

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-23 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 16:32, Julie Sloan wrote: > Stephen Kühn wrote: > > Julie Sloan lied: > >> > >>[sorry - anything further I'll post to the OT list] > >> > > > > Down the mighty Mississip, into the Gulf, through the Panama Canal, head > > directly SSW and don't stop till you smack into Windang

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-23 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday 22 January 2005 04:38 pm, Julie Sloan wrote: > Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Saturday 22 January 2005 10:32 am, Julie Sloan wrote: > >>I copied /home to a CD, will reinstall 10.0, and hopefully > >>during the reinstall will set up a storage partition or two. > >>I'm dualbooting WinXP and M

Re: [newbie] URPMI

2005-01-23 Thread Johan
On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:13:56 +0100 Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 23 January 2005 15:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > NEED THE URL OF THE URPMI UPDATES PLEASE > Be root and create and run this script..works for me..MDK 10.0 official..call it

Re: [newbie] URPMI

2005-01-23 Thread Dan Gordon
On January 23, 2005 09:53 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > NEED THE URL OF THE URPMI UPDATES PLEASE Ok don't yell at us please :-) http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sun Jan 23 10:16:18 EST 2005 10:16:18 up 14:37, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.01, 0.01 America is the country wher

Re: [newbie] URPMI

2005-01-23 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 23 January 2005 15:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > NEED THE URL OF THE URPMI UPDATES PLEASE Here's is one, for a start : ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/updates/ You didn't mention your Mandrake version, so just scroll down to the one you have. On the other hand,

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-23 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 23 Jan 2005 15:52, Paul wrote: > > ResierFS is a file system, not a partition - like the windows NTFS, > FAT32. You can choose which file-system your linux partitions use > ReiserFS, Ext3, etc To some extent the choice of file system is a pe

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-23 Thread Paul
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 00:02, Julie Sloan wrote: > Paul wrote: > > Julie Sloan wrote: > >>Tom Brinkman wrote: > >> > >> > >>>In the > >>>re-install, make a separate /home dir this time ;) Also, IME, > >>>one real big /stor dir is better than many. > >> > >>>BTW, when you re-install I recommend Re

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-23 Thread Graham Watkins
Margot wrote: Nooo! I think we'd better transfer any further 'goat' discussion to the OT list... Yup, before you get everybody's goat :-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Cl

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Stephen Kühn wrote: Julie Sloan lied: [sorry - anything further I'll post to the OT list] Down the mighty Mississip, into the Gulf, through the Panama Canal, head directly SSW and don't stop till you smack into Windang Island. Else, ship the goats to Knott County, KY and a mate of mine will git'em

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Aron Smith
On Saturday 22 January 2005 05:21 pm, Paul wrote: > On Sat, 2005-01-22 at 23:03, Stephen Kühn wrote: > > On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 09:42, Julie Sloan wrote: > > > > Goats are accepted in lieu of cash, Margot. > > > > > > Pssst, Margot - - my nextdoor neightbors are raising goats and wouldn't > > > miss

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Aron Smith
On Saturday 22 January 2005 11:44 am, Stephen Kühn wrote: > On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 06:35, Julie Sloan wrote: > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 16:31, Julie Sloan wrote:consider Stephen's > > > advice > > > > > >>Gonna

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 11:26, Julie Sloan wrote: > Stephen Kühn wrote: > >Julie Sloan wrote: > >>Stephen Kühn wrote: > >>> > >>>My barbie is primed up and ready. > >>> > >> > >> > >>MMMmm. I'm rowing. Expect me sometime in March.. > >> > >>Julie > > > > > > Dunno if anyone's ever rowed from

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 11:02, Julie Sloan wrote: What about a ReiserFS? Or is that something else, not a type of partition as I thought? thanks, Julie Let's make it as simply put as possible. Create the partitions: /boot (ext3) / (ReiserFS) SWAP /home (ReiserFS) Bear in mind

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Stephen Kühn wrote: Julie Sloan wrote: Stephen Kühn wrote: My barbie is primed up and ready. MMMmm. I'm rowing. Expect me sometime in March.. Julie Dunno if anyone's ever rowed from the west coast of the US to the east coast of Australia before...interesting thought, but. Hmmm... down Trip

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 11:02, Julie Sloan wrote: > Stephen Kühn wrote: > > > Goat steak, goat stew, goat pie, goat cheese, goat ala mode, goat ala > > carte, goat burgers, goat kebabs, goat gyros, goat sausages, goat > > patties, goat casserole...the list goes on. > > > > My barbie is primed up an

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 11:02, Julie Sloan wrote: > What about a ReiserFS? Or is that something else, not a type of > partition as I thought? > > > thanks, > Julie Let's make it as simply put as possible. Create the partitions: /boot (ext3) / (ReiserFS) SWAP /home (ReiserFS) Bear in mind that

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Margot
Julie Sloan wrote: Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 09:18, Margot wrote: Can I sign up for a 'support contract'? Goats are accepted in lieu of cash, Margot. Pssst, Margot - - my nextdoor neightbors are raising goats and wouldn't miss a couple! J Please send 2 nice goats direct to Lanma

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Paul wrote: Julie Sloan wrote: Tom Brinkman wrote: In the re-install, make a separate /home dir this time ;) Also, IME, one real big /stor dir is better than many. BTW, when you re-install I recommend ReiserFS. And make a separate /boot partition (~50mb's, ext3). Ratio of '/' to '/home' wi

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Stephen Kühn wrote: Goat steak, goat stew, goat pie, goat cheese, goat ala mode, goat ala carte, goat burgers, goat kebabs, goat gyros, goat sausages, goat patties, goat casserole...the list goes on. My barbie is primed up and ready. MMMmm. I'm rowing. Expect me sometime in March.. Julie --

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Lanman
Stephen Kühn wrote: HAD sentimental value. All gone now. -- stephen kuhn Had? Hmmm. Take Care Stephen. G'Night! -- Lanman Registered Linux User #190712 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 10:38, Lanman wrote: > Stephen Kühn wrote: > > On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 07:59, Lanman wrote: > > > > > >>Damn Stephen! Did you have to list every one of our flaws? There's > >>honesty and then there's Brutal honesty! Nest thing you know, women will > >>be dating their hard dr

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Lanman
Stephen Kühn wrote: It's quite alright. On THIS list, women are allowed to choose top or bottom. -- stephen kuhn OK, Now! See? That was funny! Especially when taken out of context! Good On Ya Mate! -- Lanman Registered Linux User #190712 Want to

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Lanman
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 07:59, Lanman wrote: Damn Stephen! Did you have to list every one of our flaws? There's honesty and then there's Brutal honesty! Nest thing you know, women will be dating their hard drives, Sigh! Well, maybe I can just increase my support contracts inst

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Lanman
Paul wrote: On Sat, 2005-01-22 at 23:03, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 09:42, Julie Sloan wrote: Goats are accepted in lieu of cash, Margot. Pssst, Margot - - my nextdoor neightbors are raising goats and wouldn't miss a couple! J Goat steak, goat stew, goat pie, goat cheese, goat ala

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Paul
On Sat, 2005-01-22 at 23:03, Stephen Kühn wrote: > On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 09:42, Julie Sloan wrote: > > > > > > Goats are accepted in lieu of cash, Margot. > > > > > > > > > Pssst, Margot - - my nextdoor neightbors are raising goats and wouldn't > > miss a couple! > > > > > > J > > Goat stea

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Lanman
Margot wrote: Lanman wrote: Damn Stephen! Did you have to list every one of our flaws? There's honesty and then there's Brutal honesty! Nest thing you know, women will be dating their hard drives, Sigh! Well, maybe I can just increase my support contracts instead! Grin! Way to go! Now the secre

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 10:09, Margot wrote: > > Nooo! I think we'd better transfer any further 'goat' discussion > to the OT list... Speaking of the OT list - what the heck ever happened to those that initially screamed for an OT IRC channel - which exists, but no one on this list ever goes

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Margot
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 09:42, Julie Sloan wrote: Goats are accepted in lieu of cash, Margot. Pssst, Margot - - my nextdoor neightbors are raising goats and wouldn't miss a couple! J Goat steak, goat stew, goat pie, goat cheese, goat ala mode, goat ala carte, goat burgers, goa

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Paul
On Sat, 2005-01-22 at 22:38, Julie Sloan wrote: > Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Saturday 22 January 2005 10:32 am, Julie Sloan wrote: > > > >>I copied /home to a CD, will reinstall 10.0, and hopefully > >>during the reinstall will set up a storage partition or two. > >>I'm dualbooting WinXP and Mandr

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 09:42, Julie Sloan wrote: > > > > Goats are accepted in lieu of cash, Margot. > > > > > Pssst, Margot - - my nextdoor neightbors are raising goats and wouldn't > miss a couple! > > > J Goat steak, goat stew, goat pie, goat cheese, goat ala mode, goat ala carte, goat bu

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 09:18, Margot wrote: Can I sign up for a 'support contract'? Goats are accepted in lieu of cash, Margot. Pssst, Margot - - my nextdoor neightbors are raising goats and wouldn't miss a couple! J -- Wa

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Tom Brinkman wrote: On Saturday 22 January 2005 10:32 am, Julie Sloan wrote: I copied /home to a CD, will reinstall 10.0, and hopefully during the reinstall will set up a storage partition or two. I'm dualbooting WinXP and Mandrake; have the Win on the original harddrive and Mandrake on its own, se

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 09:18, Margot wrote: > > Can I sign up for a 'support contract'? Goats are accepted in lieu of cash, Margot. -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alter

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Margot
Lanman wrote: Damn Stephen! Did you have to list every one of our flaws? There's honesty and then there's Brutal honesty! Nest thing you know, women will be dating their hard drives, Sigh! Well, maybe I can just increase my support contracts instead! Grin! Way to go! Now the secret's out of the

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday 22 January 2005 10:32 am, Julie Sloan wrote: > > If /home's not on a separate partition now, and you > > have enough diskspace on a storage partition, just copy your > > entire /home directory to that partition.  Then copy it back > > in after a re-install of 10.0, overwriting the insta

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 07:54, Julie Sloan wrote: > Stephen Kühn wrote: > > > > Difference between a hard drive and a man: > > > Thanks for the explanation! > > > BTW, sorry for my earlier top-posting, I'd forgotten it is preferable to > bottom-post on this list? > > > Julie It's quite alrig

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 07:59, Lanman wrote: > Damn Stephen! Did you have to list every one of our flaws? There's > honesty and then there's Brutal honesty! Nest thing you know, women will > be dating their hard drives, Sigh! Well, maybe I can just increase my > support contracts instead! Grin! >

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Lanman
Julie Sloan wrote: Stephen Kühn wrote: Difference between a hard drive and a man: Thanks for the explanation! BTW, sorry for my earlier top-posting, I'd forgotten it is preferable to bottom-post on this list? Julie Kinda like the difference between top-feeding and bottom-feeding, but way differ

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Lanman
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 07:38, Julie Sloan wrote: Well, after sleeping on the harddrive I am confusing the two ;) Stephen Kühn wrote: Linux causes you to tear out hair? Are you sure you're not confusing linux with men? Men causing you to tear your hair out I can fully unders

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Stephen Kühn wrote: Difference between a hard drive and a man: Thanks for the explanation! BTW, sorry for my earlier top-posting, I'd forgotten it is preferable to bottom-post on this list? Julie -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from Ma

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 07:38, Julie Sloan wrote: > Well, after sleeping on the harddrive I am confusing the two > ;) > > > > Stephen Kühn wrote: > > > Linux causes you to tear out hair? Are you sure you're not confusing > > linux with men? Men causing you to tear your hair out I can fully >

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Well, after sleeping on the harddrive I am confusing the two ;) Stephen Kühn wrote: Linux causes you to tear out hair? Are you sure you're not confusing linux with men? Men causing you to tear your hair out I can fully understand, but linux? Nah. Easier to control. Much more so than men. Ask M

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 06:35, Julie Sloan wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 16:31, Julie Sloan wrote:consider Stephen's advice > > > >>Gonna start from scratch. I've burned just about all of ~/ onto a CD > >>and shoul

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Julie Sloan
Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 16:31, Julie Sloan wrote:consider Stephen's advice Gonna start from scratch. I've burned just about all of ~/ onto a CD and should probably wait a day before I reinstall, to see if I think of anything else I n

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 16:32, Julie Sloan wrote: > > I copied /home to a CD, will reinstall 10.0, and hopefully during the > reinstall will set up a storage partition or two. I'm dualbooting WinXP > and Mandrake; have the Win on the original harddriv

Re: [newbie] urpmi update, kdebase problems

2005-01-22 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 16:31, Julie Sloan wrote:consider Stephen's advice > > Gonna start from scratch. I've burned just about all of ~/ onto a CD > and should probably wait a day before I reinstall, to see if I think of > anything else I need to sav

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