Re: [newbie] Security alert [thanks everybody]

with a bit less worry. -- Chris Spackman Tue Oct 15 07:38:15 JST 2002 random quote Being ugly isn't illegal. Yet. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] gcombust not working after cdrecord upgrade

, they updated cdrecord to fix a problem with xcdroast or one of the other gui burning programs, only to introduce what might be a new one for gcombust. -- Chris Spackman Sat Oct 5 20:23:56 JST 2002 random quote vacation, n.: A two-week binge of rest and relaxation so

Re: [newbie] Can anyone recommend a good media player?

to .mplayer/ in your home directory (notice the . in front of the name) -- you may have to make the directory if it doesn't exist. -- Chris Spackman Sat Oct 5 20:23:56 JST 2002 random quote vacation, n.: A two-week binge of rest and relaxation so intense

Re: [newbie] japanese characters input Mandrake 9.0

that jserver is running in the services section of the mandrake control center. -- Chris Spackman Fri Oct 4 21:15:44 JST 2002 random quote Hi! I'm Larry. This is my brother Bob, and this is my other brother Jimbo. We thought you might like to know the names of your assailants

Re: [newbie] cut big files into smaller chunks

) and automatically cuts it into pieces that fit on cd and can later restore the original in a place that I specify? sorry, cannot help here. One was to unsplit files is to use `cat'. cat file1 file2 new_big_file or cat file2 file1 -- Chris Spackman Thu Oct 3 21:00:47 JST 2002 random quote

Re: [newbie] help please, keyboard rreeppeeaattiinngg

at least 7.2 and I've never had a keyboard problem before. -- Chris Spackman gpg: 9B6B 860E 7C06 787F 366F 5D3E 7152 DCB2 FC51 51B9 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Mouse problem

laptop and this solved it. Hope it works for you too. -- Chris Spackman gpg: 9B6B 860E 7C06 787F 366F 5D3E 7152 DCB2 FC51 51B9 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] help please, keyboard rreeppeeaattiinngg

or something first? Any ideas? Could it be a hardware problem? I have found that it is less likely to happen if I pound the keys (imaging typing on an old, non-electric typewriter). Needless to say, that solution is almost as bad as the problem. tia -- Chris Spackman gpg: 9B6B 860E 7C06 787F 366F 5D3E

Re: [newbie] Segmentation fault???

set outside of kde. Maybe this is a similar problem? (of course, normally you should almost never log in as root, but since we are bug-hunting here, it might be okay. just be sure to log out and log back in as your regular user before playing games or surfing the net. :-) -- Chris Spackman gpg

[newbie] thanks: usb smartmedia reader

Thanks all, for the advice on usb smartmedia readers. The selection wasn't nearly as broad as I expected, so I got a no-name brand smartmedia-only reader/writer and it works just fine. -- Chris Spackman gpg: 9B6B 860E 7C06 787F 366F 5D3E 7152 DCB2 FC51 51B9 Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Japanese Input

docs. since emacs can handle japanese input all by itself, without needing kinput or jserver, it is a good way to do the occasional japanese letter or report. but if you need to search the net in japanese or share japanese language spreadsheets, it isn't gonna help any. hope this helps, -- Chris

Re: [newbie] compact flash card usb reader

is causing problems. just a thought. -- Chris Spackman gpg: 9B6B 860E 7C06 787F 366F 5D3E 7152 DCB2 FC51 51B9 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Re: Mencoder Commands

i read the mplayer / mencoder manpage. What is demuxing? What is deinterlacing? What is a vrc_strategy? Do i need that? That sort of stuff. So, thanks for the simple straight-forward command and explanation. -- Chris Spackman gpg: 9B6B 860E 7C06 787F 366F 5D3E 7152 DCB2 FC51 51B9 Want to buy

Re: [newbie] mandrake 8.2 + usb-mouse hotplugging

modules? Can someone tell me how to do it?) Have you tried running mousedrake from the console (as root)? tell it about the usb mouse after you plug it back in, and you should be good to go. -- Chris Spackman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] 8.2 install gone awry

On Monday 03 June 2002 08:37 am, someone wrote: No, it's just copied as a DOS file. Worked fine for me. You aren't using a boot disk, are you? i tried to copy the patch to the bootdisk, but of course there wasn't enough room. -- Chris Spackman random quote Dave Mack

Re: [newbie] Thrown off the list ?

of people from posting. -- Chris Spackman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Creating cds using gcombust from ISO image?

i can think of that would cause what you describe. -- Chris Spackman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] StarOffice

code that sun didn't own and didn't have permission to open source (i think this in stuff like spell check or thesaurus, but am not sure). Otherwise, yeah they are almost exactly the same. -- Chris Spackman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com