Re: [newbie-it] pannello kde

2003-08-27 Per discussione pagis
Alle 00:14, mercoledì 27 agosto 2003, freefred ha scritto mh, dovrebbe aprirsi una finestra di configurazione. a destra hai 3 scelte (in inglese): layout appearance taskbar nella seconda c'e' lo sfondo. (altrimenti puoi usare Panelshademanager, che trovi a kde-look.org) bye A me era

Re: [newbie-it] script per shell problematico

2003-08-27 Per discussione Andrea Celli
Alle 22:58, martedì 26 agosto 2003, Giorgio Griffon ha scritto: Ciao a tutti, ho un problema un po' complicato: devo preparare numerose pagine web e, poiché sono simili tra loro, ho deciso di usare il php in modo da ottenere bell'e pronto il codice html, al variare di un paio di parametri.

Re: [newbie-it] alsa e audio integrato

2003-08-27 Per discussione Emiliano La Licata
Alle 19:51, martedì 26 agosto 2003, zang ha scritto: Scusa mi sono espresso male! Non è possibile entrare nel menu di Alsa per ricompilarlo, credo ci sai un bug!! Cambia driver, passa ad OSS e vedi che succede... per scegliere un driver OSS lancia da root draksound e poi scegli un driver

[newbie-it] OT: Mozilla 1.4

2003-08-27 Per discussione Emiliano La Licata
Avete provato Mozilla 1.4 ? Sono sconvolto dalla velocità con la quale carica le pagine web? Qualcuno sa qualcosa in merito? Ciao

[newbie-it] brevetti software [OT]

2003-08-27 Per discussione pagis
Forse se ne era già parlato di questa nuova proposta americana cmq date un occhiata qui www.pcimprover.it ciao

Re: [newbie-it] OT: Mozilla 1.4

2003-08-27 Per discussione artasersec
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 15:50:03 +0200, Emiliano La Licata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Avete provato Mozilla 1.4 ? Sono sconvolto dalla velocit con la quale carica le pagine web? Qualcuno sa qualcosa in merito? Ciao Non mi fare invidia, sto aspettando mandrake 9.2 per provarlo. Ho cercato di togliere

Re: [newbie-it] script per shell problematico

2003-08-27 Per discussione Arwan
Deve aver avuto molto sonno, perche' il martedì 26 agosto 2003, alle 20:58, Giorgio Griffon ha scritto: Snippone Qualcuno sa darmi un suggerimento a questo proposito? Forse si' (ho detto _forse_): telefonami! Arwan -- There's so many different worlds So many different suns And we have

[newbie-it] Audio bmp

2003-08-27 Per discussione Luigi Beltramini
salve, mi hanno prestato un cd di mp3 contenente anche file audio con estensione .bmp; sapete se c'e' qualche plugin che ne consente l'ascolto sotto linux?

Re: [newbie] How to get rid of old Windows Drive Mounts

2003-08-27 Per discussione Brant Fitzsimmons
Stephen Kuhn wrote: Does the noise in my head bother you? ROTFLMAO! I needed that. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 |

Re: [newbie] Re: WineX -- Update!

2003-08-27 Per discussione Heather/Femme
On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 14:56, Kaj Haulrich wrote: snerp Femme Thanks Femme, but somehow I feel disgust by having MicroSCOft to live in the same *house* as Linux. Kinda having Osama in your closet. Anyway - she has her own account on my CLEAN Linux box now and can use it when things get

Re: [newbie] Transferring songs from cassette

2003-08-27 Per discussione Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 26 August 2003 04:04 am, Michael Adams wrote: On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 16:44:44 -0500 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Cool. Is there a way to do this to albums also? I could put the cassette deck on record and run the RCA plugs from tape deck monitor to the line-in

Re: [newbie] Really great site for how-to's and a lot more

2003-08-27 Per discussione Harv Nelson
Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 26 Aug 2003 6:22 pm, Frankie wrote: Has anyone considered getting a $6 dollar domain name from godaddy like mandake-newbies.com and using godaddy's redirect facility to redirect to put it to the wiki?? that address is too hard to remember and I am not always at

Re: [newbie] Holy Crap! (SMS Thing)

2003-08-27 Per discussione Aron Smith
On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 19:03:17 +0300 Anarky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eric Huff wrote: I just took a look at my filter logs, it is *filled* with these bloody SMS bounces! This has got to be stopped, but how? I have tried in the past to email the address listed in the welcome

[newbie] How to upgrade apache to 2.0?

2003-08-27 Per discussione Kurniawan Mitchell
Hi, I try to upgrade to apache 2.0 from 1.3 I use command rpm -qa | grep apache to see all apache packages. Then rpm -e apache apache-manual ... etc. One of the files that I tried to remove have dependency with perl and it not allow me to remove it, unless I remove the other dependency. 1. Is

[newbie] XFS Mount

2003-08-27 Per discussione Brant Fitzsimmons
Hello, How do you get an XFS drive mounted when it doesn't want to? I had two storage drive running rieserfs. I reformatted them to XFS through the Mandrake Control Center. It asked me if I wanted to save my changes to fstab and I said yes. It did and worked wonderfully until I had to shut

Re: [newbie] XFS Mount

2003-08-27 Per discussione Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 10:57, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Hello, How do you get an XFS drive mounted when it doesn't want to? I had two storage drive running rieserfs. I reformatted them to XFS through the Mandrake Control Center. It asked me if I wanted to save my changes to fstab and I

[newbie] gui video capture program in linux

2003-08-27 Per discussione L.V.Gandhi
I was capturing using v4l devices in commmand line with programs like lavrec, mencoder etc. Is there a gui program to capture video in linux using v4l device. I know kino can capture using dv devices. -- L.V.Gandhi 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay colony, Visakhapatnam, 530017

[newbie] XFCE4 rc3

2003-08-27 Per discussione Ken Rhodes
Alright! I am delighted to find that XFCE4 rc3 is out. Now can any one tell me if the redhat 9.0 rpm tarball with all the goodies will install on Mandrake 9.1? Just call me Casper Milquetoast. :) -- __ Sign-up for your own personalized

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Dissecting the SCO amended claim

2003-08-27 Per discussione Carroll Grigsby
On Tuesday 26 August 2003 06:54 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: For clarity's sake, take a moment to read this. You'll begin to understand the sleight of hand that SCO is attempting to utilise in gaining a win in this battle...and hopefully, the judge(s) will be smart enough, well researched enough to

Re: [newbie] XFS Mount

2003-08-27 Per discussione Brant Fitzsimmons
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 10:57, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Hello, How do you get an XFS drive mounted when it doesn't want to? I had two storage drive running rieserfs. I reformatted them to XFS through the Mandrake Control Center. It asked me if I wanted to save my

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Dissecting the SCO amended claim

2003-08-27 Per discussione Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 11:50, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Tuesday 26 August 2003 06:54 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: For clarity's sake, take a moment to read this. You'll begin to understand the sleight of hand that SCO is attempting to utilise in gaining a win in this battle...and hopefully, the

Re: [newbie] XFS Mount

2003-08-27 Per discussione Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 12:02, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Well this is nice. The response gets to the list before the question. I can't mount it manually or automatically. I get wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdg1, or too many mounted file systems. Any further

Re: [newbie] Paraniod - start worrying

2003-08-27 Per discussione Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 26 August 2003 02:54 pm, Michael Adams wrote: Any paranoids out there? Start worrying! http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100558.htm The rest of us will read this, shrug, and carry on as per normal aware that slim threats do exist on linux. No flames for scare mongering please. I

Re: [newbie] XFS Mount

2003-08-27 Per discussione Brant Fitzsimmons
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 12:02, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Well this is nice. The response gets to the list before the question. I can't mount it manually or automatically. I get wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdg1, or too many mounted file systems. Any

Re: [newbie] XFS Mount

2003-08-27 Per discussione Miark
It's possible the old mount setting in fstab is still active. Have you checked mtab to make sure the partition isn't already mounted? Miark On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 22:27:49 -0400, Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I did mount -t xfs /dev/hdg1 /drive2. This is the correct drive

Re: [newbie] XFS Mount

2003-08-27 Per discussione Brant Fitzsimmons
Miark wrote: It's possible the old mount setting in fstab is still active. Have you checked mtab to make sure the partition isn't already mounted? Miark There are no entries for either drive in mtab. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Re: WineX -- Update!

2003-08-27 Per discussione Carroll Grigsby
On Tuesday 26 August 2003 12:15 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: yada, yada, yada She want me to install Linux alongside this crap as a dual boot system, but I'm afraid it won't survive repartitioning etc And I don't want to spend more dough on the box like buying Partition Magic and whatnot to

Re: [newbie] Paraniod - start worrying

2003-08-27 Per discussione Todd Slater
On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 09:26:17PM -0500, Dennis Myers wrote: horse to water... Anyone seen any other indications that somebody thinks one of the virus or worms was getting into linux? Wasn't there a worm recently that exploited mySQL? Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Reinstalling WinMe and Grub

2003-08-27 Per discussione Erylon Hines
On Tuesday 26 August 2003 03:04 pm, HaywireMac wrote: On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 14:45:05 -0400 (EDT) Mark Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Can someone walk me through the safest way to proceed with this? Well, I would 1st off recommend doing both, ie. reinstall ME (yucko magnifico), and then do a

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Dissecting the SCO amended claim

2003-08-27 Per discussione Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 18:54, Stephen Kuhn wrote: For clarity's sake, take a moment to read this. You'll begin to understand the sleight of hand that SCO is attempting to utilise in gaining a win in this battle...and hopefully, the judge(s) will be smart enough, well researched enough to chuck

Re: [newbie] Paraniod - start worrying

2003-08-27 Per discussione Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 12:26, Dennis Myers wrote: Anyone seen any other indications that somebody thinks one of the virus or worms was getting into linux? JoeHill/Haywiremac uses linux - is that the same thing? He's a worm and he's into linux (bad bad joke)(big big grin) -- Wed Aug 27

[newbie] Converting sound files? (recording from cassette, pt2)

2003-08-27 Per discussione Ronald J. Hall
Okay, I borrowed a friends boom-box, and tried to record some of the old cassettes I've got. I did manage to record a few. I don't know whether its my setup or whether the box's line out is not actually that, but I wound up with .wav files that all seem to be concentrated into the left channel.

Re: [newbie] Holy Crap! (SMS Thing)

2003-08-27 Per discussione Inhabitant of Zion
yer gonna get another one in a few minutes, ya reckon? Yep! I've added it to spam assassin on the server so lets see if I get another! -- John Willby Registered Linux user number 321644 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 92791912 07:10:17 up 5 days, 18:25, 2 users, load average: 3.00, 3.00,

Re: [newbie] Converting sound files? (recording from cassette, pt2)

2003-08-27 Per discussione Brant Fitzsimmons
Ronald J. Hall wrote: Okay, I borrowed a friends boom-box, and tried to record some of the old cassettes I've got. I did manage to record a few. I don't know whether its my setup or whether the box's line out is not actually that, but I wound up with .wav files that all seem to be concentrated

Re: [newbie] Paraniod - start worrying

2003-08-27 Per discussione Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 13:35, Todd Slater wrote: On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 09:26:17PM -0500, Dennis Myers wrote: horse to water... Anyone seen any other indications that somebody thinks one of the virus or worms was getting into linux? Wasn't there a worm recently that exploited

Re: [newbie] Converting sound files? (recording from cassette, pt2)

2003-08-27 Per discussione Richard Urwin
On Wednesday 27 Aug 2003 7:13 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Okay, I borrowed a friends boom-box, and tried to record some of the old cassettes I've got. I did manage to record a few. I don't know whether its my setup or whether the box's line out is not actually that, but I wound up with .wav

Re: [newbie] [Fwd: defragmentation]

2003-08-27 Per discussione Eric Huff
A few days ago I ordered Linux for PPC 9.1 and Norton's Utilities 8.0 My plan is to split the 40GB hard drive on my PowerBook G4 into equal partitions. You have no reason to defrag a linux file system. Send Norton back. I htink maybe he wants to dual boot with the mac os? Does

Re: [newbie] How to get rid of old Windows Drive Mounts

2003-08-27 Per discussione Eric Huff
this is Haywiremac (alias SchmoFill) Man, how many aliases does this guy have? :) There does exist the possibility that he has an infinite amount of aliases - and the probability that everyone on this list aside from me is actually he - is quite high. You've figured me out! Does

Re: [newbie] How to get rid of old Windows Drive Mounts

2003-08-27 Per discussione Brant Fitzsimmons
Eric Huff wrote: this is Haywiremac (alias SchmoFill) Man, how many aliases does this guy have? :) There does exist the possibility that he has an infinite amount of aliases - and the probability that everyone on this list aside from me is actually he - is quite high.

RE: [newbie] Dell TFT 17Flat Screen

2003-08-27 Per discussione Tony S. Sykes
John, The way I understand it, is that it only changes the pixel if it needs it. It does not refresh at all in the same way as a crt. As you say the crt beams all the lines one after another, the tft only changes a pixel when it needs changing. If I remember correctly Tom's Hardware has an

Re: [newbie] [Fwd: defragmentation]

2003-08-27 Per discussione Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 16:26, Eric Huff wrote: A few days ago I ordered Linux for PPC 9.1 and Norton's Utilities 8.0 My plan is to split the 40GB hard drive on my PowerBook G4 into equal partitions. You have no reason to defrag a linux file system. Send Norton back. I

Re: [newbie] How to get rid of old Windows Drive Mounts

2003-08-27 Per discussione Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 16:33, Eric Huff wrote: this is Haywiremac (alias SchmoFill) Man, how many aliases does this guy have? :) There does exist the possibility that he has an infinite amount of aliases - and the probability that everyone on this list aside from me is

Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17Flat Screen

2003-08-27 Per discussione stormjumper
hi John, er, just a slight correction here. a typical basic specfication for a crt is the vertical refresh rate. i believe that is what u're referring to when you mentioned 85. it should probably read as 85hz, ie 85 cycles per second. a typical recommended comfortable value for most pp is 75,

[newbie] Compaq is just plain weird

2003-08-27 Per discussione HaywireMac
I thought I would create a seperate P2P server using that infamous old Compaq POS I got for free, so I installed MLDonkey, and set it running. 1. The Compaq will not respond to ssh or vnc unless I hit the any key. 2. Even MLDonkey seems to stop running or downloading unless I hit the any key.

Re: [newbie] How to get rid of old Windows Drive Mounts

2003-08-27 Per discussione HaywireMac
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 03:01:26 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Now you're just freaking me out. Ok, we can check that one off the to-do list. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ The final delusion is the belief that one

Re: [newbie] Compaq is just plain weird

2003-08-27 Per discussione Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 22:01, HaywireMac wrote: I thought I would create a seperate P2P server using that infamous old Compaq POS I got for free, so I installed MLDonkey, and set it running. 1. The Compaq will not respond to ssh or vnc unless I hit the any key. 2. Even MLDonkey seems to

Re: [newbie] Converting sound files? (recording from cassette, pt2)

2003-08-27 Per discussione The Other
08/27/03 The left channel is by default the LEFT/MONO channel. If all your music showed up in the left channel only, then you weren't using a stereo cable somewhere in your connections to the IN jack on the computer. Check again to make certain the Left and Right OUTs on the boom box are going

[newbie] Toshiba Sat. 330CDS Laptop

2003-08-27 Per discussione Lee Wiggers
Just had one of these fall out of the sky. Anyone using it dual boot with mdk 9.1? HD is wiped so I guess I pull out PartMagic first unless there's a better way? Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Compaq is just plain weird

2003-08-27 Per discussione HaywireMac
On 27 Aug 2003 22:29:21 +1000 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Does it appear as though it's going to sleep - as it were? Exactly. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ Once you've tried to change the world you find it's a whole

RE: [newbie] Compaq is just plain weird

2003-08-27 Per discussione Bill Spatz
Have you tried using F10 during boot to access the bios? Later Compaqs use that rather than the configuration floppy. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of HaywireMac Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 6:02 AM To: Mandrake Newbs Subject:

Re: [newbie] Converting sound files? (recording from cassette, pt2)

2003-08-27 Per discussione Anarky
Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Ronald J. Hall wrote: Okay, I borrowed a friends boom-box, and tried to record some of the old cassettes I've got. I did manage to record a few. I don't know whether its my setup or whether the box's line out is not actually that, but I wound up with .wav files that

Re: [newbie] Converting sound files? (recording from cassette, pt2)

2003-08-27 Per discussione David E. Fox
Okay, I borrowed a friends boom-box, and tried to record some of the old cassettes I've got. I did manage to record a few. I don't know whether its my setup or whether the box's line out is not actually that, but I wound up with First off, was the cable a stereo one? Male to male 1/8

RE: [newbie] Toshiba Sat. 330CDS Laptop

2003-08-27 Per discussione Tony S. Sykes
What are you dualing it with w2k? Tony. -Original Message- From: Lee Wiggers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 2:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Toshiba Sat. 330CDS Laptop Just had one of these fall out of the sky. Anyone using it dual boot with

Re: [newbie] Compaq is just plain weird

2003-08-27 Per discussione HaywireMac
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 06:33:05 -0600 Bill Spatz [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Have you tried using F10 during boot to access the bios? Later Compaqs use that rather than the configuration floppy. ya, bin there, done that. This is an old junker, like I say, a P233... -- HaywireMac Registered Linux

RE: [newbie] Compaq is just plain weird

2003-08-27 Per discussione Bill Spatz
Have you tried using F10 during boot to access the bios? Later Compaqs use that rather than the configuration floppy. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of HaywireMac Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 6:02 AM To: Mandrake Newbs Subject:

[newbie] Sitescooper

2003-08-27 Per discussione HaywireMac
Has anyone got sitescooper to work (website converter for PalmOS)? I see on the cooker lists that there are some probs with the currently available version (sitescooper-3.1.2-1mdk.i586.rpm) because it was not finding modules that *are* definitely installed: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL

RE: [newbie] Compaq is just plain weird

2003-08-27 Per discussione Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 23:00, Bill Spatz wrote: Have you tried using F10 during boot to access the bios? Later Compaqs use that rather than the configuration floppy. Bill Haywiremac/JoeHill might have too much problem hitting the F10 when he sees the blinking cursor in the upper part of the

Re: [newbie] Help with installing video drivers.

2003-08-27 Per discussione d2ci1fj
Would you send it in text and not an attachment? Thanks. - Original Message - From: Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 9:40 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Help with installing video drivers. Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] Help with installing video drivers.

2003-08-27 Per discussione Charles A Edwards
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 05:18:33 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need help installing a video card driver for a radeon 9800 in mandrake. What the problem is is after I install it ask me to generate a customized kernel module What version of Mandrake are you running and which of the ATI drivers

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Dissecting the SCO amended claim

2003-08-27 Per discussione Carroll Grigsby
On Tuesday 26 August 2003 11:42 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 18:54, Stephen Kuhn wrote: For clarity's sake, take a moment to read this. You'll begin to understand the sleight of hand that SCO is attempting to utilise in gaining a win in this battle...and hopefully, the

Re: [newbie] Compaq is just plain weird

2003-08-27 Per discussione HaywireMac
On 27 Aug 2003 23:48:53 +1000 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Haywiremac/JoeHill might have too much problem hitting the F10 when he sees the blinking cursor in the upper part of the screen prior to the actual boot process...I reckon it takes about, er, what, 5 seconds? That might be

Re: [newbie] Help with installing video drivers.

2003-08-27 Per discussione Charles A Edwards
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 09:46:34 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would you send it in text and not an attachment? Thanks. Since he will also get this as a attachment with crappy OE, Stephen would you mind explaining to him about PGP, which I do not intend to stop using, and possible send to him

Re: [newbie] Help with installing video drivers.

2003-08-27 Per discussione d2ci1fj
Would you send it in writing so that when I open the email I can read it instead of in an attachment? Thanks. - Original Message - From: Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 10:12 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Help with installing video

Re: [newbie] XFS Mount

2003-08-27 Per discussione Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday August 26 2003 09:54 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Miark wrote: It's possible the old mount setting in fstab is still active. Have you checked mtab to make sure the partition isn't already mounted? Miark There are no entries for either drive in mtab. mtab is generated from

Re: [newbie] Toshiba Sat. 330CDS Laptop

2003-08-27 Per discussione Lee Wiggers
Yes win2k and mdk9.1 Just finishing win2k looking forward to driver chasing. Lee On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 14:40:03 +0100 Tony S. Sykes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are you dualing it with w2k? Tony. -Original Message- From: Lee Wiggers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [newbie] Re: WineX -- Update!

2003-08-27 Per discussione Kaj Haulrich
As Femme and Carroll suggested, I intend to throw in an additional harddisk. My daughters PC came with this *OS* (WinXP) preinstalled, and although there is plenty of room on the hda I can't get the damned thing (XP) to moderate itself. I tried this *defragging* exercise twice, but it seems

Re: [newbie] Odd email in list

2003-08-27 Per discussione Cornerstone Community Farm
On Monday 25 August 2003 08:05 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: How do you get the caps off of the bottles? -- cmg Thought you did not like OT discussions on Newbie list. Or only discussion you disagree with? Keith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Re: WineX -- Update!

2003-08-27 Per discussione Lyvim Xaphir
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 13:40, Kaj Haulrich wrote: As Femme and Carroll suggested, I intend to throw in an additional harddisk. My daughters PC came with this *OS* (WinXP) preinstalled, and although there is plenty of room on the hda I can't get the damned thing (XP) to moderate itself. I

RE: [newbie] Compaq is just plain weird

2003-08-27 Per discussione Albert Charron
I think your problem is power management in the BIOS. The way Compaq do power management is a pain in the ass even on Loosedows. To download the boot disk, here is a link to Compaq support page http://www29.compaq.com/falco/sp_list.asp Just choose what family (deskpro), series (written on a

Re: [newbie] Re: WineX -- Update!

2003-08-27 Per discussione DrewMartin
Hi All. I had this problem with XP,it's caused by XP producing/seeing non-existent files,The only way I could dual-boot was to shink the drive with PM8,and then install Mandrake to free space. I have no idea if this will work for you,due to your daughter have a pre-installed

Re: [newbie] Re: WineX -- Update!

2003-08-27 Per discussione Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 27 August 2003 03:53 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: So had you tried Win4Lin? ;) Nope, Lyvim. It told me that I had to own a copy of something called Windows 9.x in order to let it work. I don't have such a thing anymore, because my daughters - years ago - used those CD's for rifle

Re: [newbie] Re: WineX -- Update!

2003-08-27 Per discussione Lyvim Xaphir
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 11:58, DrewMartin wrote: Hi All. I had this problem with XP,it's caused by XP producing/seeing non-existent files,The only way I could dual-boot was to shink the drive with PM8,and then install Mandrake to free space. I have no idea if this will work for

Re: [newbie] Re: WineX -- Update!

2003-08-27 Per discussione Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 27 August 2003 04:05 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 11:58, DrewMartin wrote: The saftest method will to put a 2nd drive(but will this invaladate any warrities you have?)I you look in the arkives from a few months ago,you will see the sad sorry story.

Re: [newbie]How to Defrag XP Properly, WAS - Re: WineX -- Update!

2003-08-27 Per discussione Heather/Femme
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 11:40, Kaj Haulrich wrote: snip So my fatherly pride is unhurt, even if she has to live with a contaminated PC. Thanks a lot for good advice, all ! Kaj Haulrich. Heres a small edumacation in M$hit: They contracted a company (Executive software) to make them a

Re: [newbie] Re: WineX -- Update!

2003-08-27 Per discussione Heather/Femme
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 09:53, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: Snicker In order to get around this, you should install a third party defragger like Norton Utilities Speed Disk or something similar. Speed Disk does allow you to put everything at one end of the drive. snack! I'd like to hear more on this

Re: [newbie] Toshiba Sat. 330CDS Laptop

2003-08-27 Per discussione Heather/Femme
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 09:34, Lee Wiggers wrote: Yes win2k and mdk9.1 Just finishing win2k looking forward to driver chasing. Lee Snip Use PM 8+..otherwise you will be sorry. Femmeknowstoomuchaboutwinsux Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] wishing for mandrake 2.6 test3 kernel

2003-08-27 Per discussione Michael Lothian
If you were wanting to play arround with kernels try the tmb ones what's 'tmb' It's the initial of the guy who compiles it Thomas Buckland Just update your kernel-utils and possibelyou init scrips from the cooker rpms (from memory that is - on my win doze box atm) could you please give

Re: [newbie] Re: WineX -- Update!

2003-08-27 Per discussione Lyvim Xaphir
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 12:21, Heather/Femme wrote: On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 09:53, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: Snicker In order to get around this, you should install a third party defragger like Norton Utilities Speed Disk or something similar. Speed Disk does allow you to put everything at one end

Re: [newbie] Converting sound files? (recording from cassette, pt2)

2003-08-27 Per discussione Ronald J. Hall
On Wednesday 27 August 2003 02:47 am, Richard Urwin wrote: Did you use a stereo cable? If it's a jack plug then it should have three seperate conductors on it. A mono plug has two. I did use a stereo (2 band) 1/8th inch mini-plug. It went from the boxs' headphone out to mic on my Soyo Dragon

Re: [newbie]How to Defrag XP Properly, WAS - Re: WineX -- Update!

2003-08-27 Per discussione Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 27 August 2003 04:18 pm, Heather/Femme wrote: snip I have DiskKeeper (E.S.'s proprietary but very very good defragger they sell for $50/USD). It will defrag anything keep it that way. Guaranteed. If you want it, let me know offlist. I will tell you now, using the M$

[newbie] MDK91 - OpenOffice network printing

2003-08-27 Per discussione Frank Bax
How do I make a network printer defined via printerdrake, the default printer for OOo? http://www.linuxprinting.org/distribution-printing-faq.html#q_4_2 When I double-click the printer there is no option to update OpenOffice? When I try to print from OpenOffice, printers defined via

[newbie] Opinions on Software required

2003-08-27 Per discussione Michael Lothian
Hi everybody! (Sound like that guy from the simpsons) I was just wondering what the best software (preferably one with a nice gui) to do the following things... Convert CDs into Ogg files Convert DVDs to DivX (or something similar) Play N64 Roms Play GameBoy (Advance) Roms Oh yes and whats

Re: [newbie] Transferring songs from cassette

2003-08-27 Per discussione Michael Adams
On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 18:06:11 -0500 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 26 August 2003 04:04 am, Michael Adams wrote: On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 16:44:44 -0500 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Cool. Is there a way to do this to albums also? I could put the

Re: [newbie] Really great site for how-to's and a lot more

2003-08-27 Per discussione Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 27 Aug 2003 12:44 am, Harv Nelson wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 26 Aug 2003 6:22 pm, Frankie wrote: Has anyone considered getting a $6 dollar domain name from godaddy like mandake-newbies.com and using godaddy's redirect facility to redirect to put it to the wiki?? that

Re: [newbie] Help with installing video drivers.

2003-08-27 Per discussione Charles A Edwards
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 13:21:04 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, What is init 3? How do I drop to it? How do I switch back to init5? Just for this post to you I have turned-off PGP so this should appear in OE as a simple text message, I would refer to keep it on at all times because of

[newbie] Open Source rides North

2003-08-27 Per discussione Kaj Haulrich
Hello list. A little good news : Today the Nordic Council announced a common web ressource for OS applications. This council is a common forum for the governments and parliaments from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Greenland, The Faroe Islands and Denmark. The site is still very basic, but

Re: [newbie] Really great site for how-to's and a lot more

2003-08-27 Per discussione Richard Urwin
On Wednesday 27 Aug 2003 9:47 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 27 Aug 2003 12:44 am, Harv Nelson wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 26 Aug 2003 6:22 pm, Frankie wrote: Has anyone considered getting a $6 dollar domain name from godaddy like mandake-newbies.com and using godaddy's

Re: [newbie] [Fwd: defragmentation]

2003-08-27 Per discussione Tomas Taylor
Eric, Yes, I do want to dual boot from a PowerBook G4. Doesn't Mandrake Linux require contiguous blocks to load into? Or is it magic enough to pick random blocks to load into? Eric Huff wrote: A few days ago I ordered Linux for PPC 9.1 and