Re: [newbie] weird frozen bubble problem

2005-04-07 Per discussione Derek Jennings
to previous problems. That's because Frozen Bubble is controlled by the keyboard, not the mouse. It does not use a cursor. Navigate using the up/down arrows on your keyboard. WARNING: Frozen Bubble is seriously addictive and has a gazillion levels to work through. derek

Re: [newbie] min spec's for 10.1

2005-04-07 Per discussione Derek Jennings
. It will not boot with the standard kernel. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Mandriva

2005-04-07 Per discussione Derek Jennings
the name is not important, they may as well change it if only to get that magician off their backs. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] kernel with support for sata raid

2005-04-06 Per discussione Derek Jennings
- driver. That is in the kernel too. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] To su or not to su

2005-04-05 Per discussione Derek Jennings
Windows apps working. Alternatively pay for a commercial version of Wine from www.codeweavers.com or www.transgaming.com if you do not want to work out all the problems yourself. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] KDE /K3B problem

2005-04-05 Per discussione Derek Jennings
. Mandrake Control Centre SystemDisplay Manager Select the 'KDM' display Manager derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

Re: [newbie] Re: KDE /K3B problem

2005-04-05 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 13:59, Russell Butler wrote: Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 05 April 2005 11:16, Russell Butler wrote: Hello all I have Mandrake 10.1 on 2.6.8.1-12mdk win4Lin kernel installed (dual boot with Win) and mostly use KDE. since a recent re-install I had been using

Re: [newbie] Lost XWindows

2005-04-05 Per discussione Derek Jennings
to a text console temporarily. It will not affect any future boot. If your computer will only boot to text then you have screwed it up in some other way. (Ctl+Alt+F7 will bring you back to X from a text console) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Excluding a certain package of begin installed

2005-04-04 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Monday 04 April 2005 20:40, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All Is there some way of excluding a certain package of begin installed with urpmi --auto-select Thanks in advance, Paul Put the package name in /etc/urpmi/skip.list derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] means of administrating mandrake

2005-04-04 Per discussione Derek Jennings
it later once you are working. When you are done reboot with shutdown -r now derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

Re: [newbie] Excluding a certain package of begin installed

2005-04-04 Per discussione Derek Jennings
. There doesn't apear to be a command line way to specify a single package to be excluded. (--excludepath excludes files, and not packages...) Thanks, Mikkel and Derek. For me, it does not work. # more /etc/urpmi/skip.list # Here you can specify the packages that won't be upgraded automatically

Re: Adobe Acrobat Spying on Users (Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-04-02 Per discussione Derek Jennings
tried out the patch. It seems to work. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: Adobe Acrobat Spying on Users (Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader

2005-04-02 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Sunday 03 April 2005 01:13, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sun, 2005-04-03 at 09:50, Derek Jennings wrote: It seems that by disabling Javascript in acroread and applying this patch we can stop acroread spying on us. Of course a better solution is to stop using acroread. I tried out

Re: [newbie] Where is the DrWeb Antivirus Directory in Mandrakelinux 10.0

2005-04-01 Per discussione Derek Jennings
mailservers such as ClamAV which are open source and totally free. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - Digital TV Tuner

2005-03-31 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Thursday 31 March 2005 09:36, Hugh Dixon wrote: -Original Message- From: Derek Jennings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 31 March 2005 5:48 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - Digital TV Tuner On Thursday 31 March 2005

Re: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - Digital TV Tuner

2005-03-31 Per discussione Derek Jennings
, but the kernel-multimedia-2.6.10-3mm kernel in cooker contrib *does* derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] Hardware compatibility - Digital TV Tuner

2005-03-30 Per discussione Derek Jennings
with a set of RPMs of the latest version compiled for Mdk 10.1. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] xmms and sound

2005-03-29 Per discussione Derek Jennings
-alsa or xmms-arts packages first. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] USB Cable modem

2005-03-29 Per discussione Derek Jennings
' and look for the boot messages concerning your usb network interface and tell us what they are. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] extracting cd audio files

2005-03-26 Per discussione Derek Jennings
there is a neat command line utility called 'sox' Install the sox package and then enter #sox in the url line of konqueror for instructions. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] Mail cron job output.

2005-03-26 Per discussione Derek Jennings
: mail: command not found Any ideas how to get the mail command to work? TIA, Simon. Try /usr/bin/rkhunter -c | /bin/mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s Rkhunter Check 21 If that does not work check the mail package is installed. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Mail cron job output.

2005-03-26 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Saturday 26 March 2005 14:38, Simon wrote: On Saturday 26 Mar 2005 14:15, Derek Jennings wrote: Try /usr/bin/rkhunter -c | /bin/mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s Rkhunter Check 21 If that does not work check the mail package is installed. Derek I tried that but it failed with : /bin/sh

Re: [newbie] LDAP server

2005-03-26 Per discussione Derek Jennings
at. Thanks. Install the drakwizard package and then start Mandrake Control Centre There will be a new server section. In there is a wizard to set up LDAP for you. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy

Re: [newbie] changing host/user name???

2005-03-26 Per discussione Derek Jennings
, then your ISP is doing it via DNS. To stop it, edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (or whatever) and add the line NEEDHOSTNAME=no Then restart networking and your hostname will revert to that set up in MCC. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] configuring advx (apache) on Mandrake

2005-03-25 Per discussione Derek Jennings
www.myvirtualhost.net ServerName www.myvirtualhost.net ServerAlias myvirtualhost.net *.myvirtualhost.net #ServerPath /domain DocumentRoot /var/www/html/myvirtualhost /VirtualHost then restart the httpd service. Done! Naturally the virtual hostname must resolve to your IP address. derek

Re: [newbie] VNC Server startup script

2005-03-25 Per discussione Derek Jennings
a Window Manager. To start in KDE for example in your /home/myusername/.vnc/xstartup file put startkde To start fluxbox put fluxbox to start IceWm put icewm HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy

Re: [newbie] VNC Server startup script

2005-03-25 Per discussione Derek Jennings
do not need the 'exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc' line if you have the 'startkde ' line derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

Re: [newbie] VNC Server startup script

2005-03-25 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Friday 25 March 2005 15:07, Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 14:51, DAN WALKER wrote: I did as you have suggested but I am still getting nowhere... This is what my xstartup now says (so you can trust I have done it right): #!/bin/sh # Mandrake Linux VNC session

Re: [newbie] package manager for 10.1

2005-03-25 Per discussione Derek Jennings
. It is in kdeadmin-kpackage rpmdrake also allows you to view the file list. Press the 'Maximum Information' radio button derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] Getting packages...

2005-03-24 Per discussione Derek Jennings
can get the src RPM from here ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake-devel/cooker/SRPMS/main and instructions for compiling a src rpm from here http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-newbiem=110751580509076w=2 derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Getting packages...

2005-03-24 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Thursday 24 March 2005 09:51, Madhusudan, R wrote: Hello Derek, Could you please point me to the update server from where I could pull down the samba kit? Thanks, Madhu SNIP It is on all the update servers. All you have to do is define an update urpmi source and then run the Software

Re: [newbie] Getting packages...

2005-03-24 Per discussione Derek Jennings
not have the Cooker GPG signature on your keyring. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] Getting packages...

2005-03-24 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Thursday 24 March 2005 12:51, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Thursday 24 March 2005 07:38 am, Derek Jennings wrote: First you should be installing as a user not root. Derek, I'm confused about this - no normal user on any of my systems has the right to install or delete (system) software

Re: [newbie] Getting packages...

2005-03-24 Per discussione Derek Jennings
the src.rpm (as a user) it will unpack the source code into ~/rpm/SOURCES After compiling the src.rpm (with 'rpmbuild -bb samba.spec'), a compiled rpm will appear in ~/rpm/RPMS/i586 If those directories do not exist installing the src.rpm will fail. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http

Re: [newbie] SCSI module change from 2.6 to 2.4

2005-03-23 Per discussione Derek Jennings
driver you will have to compile it for each kernel version (using the correct kernel-source) My own scanner does not work with the 2.6 kernel so I have to boot with 2.4 whenever I want to use it. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Fixing an application--?

2005-03-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
/share/config or maybe in ~/.kde/share/apps If you delete the user config file a new one will be automatically created next time you run it with default configuration. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy

Re: [newbie] Attempting upgrade to 10.2 beta

2005-03-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
this is a **beta** there **will** be things wrong with it. Some things that currently work fine may stop working. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] MySQL File Location

2005-03-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Monday 21 March 2005 22:31, SOTL wrote: On Tuesday 15 March 2005 11:21, Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 15 March 2005 14:42, SOTL wrote: Hi All I have created a partition on one of my computer to store critical system data files called /System_Data. I am trying

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Move question...

2005-03-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
://www.pclinuxonline.com/pclos/index.html See the FAQ for booting with USB key. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club

Re: [newbie] A question about RPMDrake

2005-03-18 Per discussione Derek Jennings
of {}in the file /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg That makes the default behaviour for both urpmi and rpmdrake to save packages in the cache. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Compatabiltiy - Printers, scanners

2005-03-18 Per discussione Derek Jennings
'Add' uncheck the 'printer auto detect' box and pick an interface. You will then see a list of supported printers If your printer is not listed try a driver for a similar model. Also check out www.linuxprinting.org derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] A question about RPMDrake

2005-03-18 Per discussione Derek Jennings
/urpmi.cfg and insert the text 'no-clean' between the braces. Enter #urpmi.cfg in the URL line of konqueror to learn about the urpmi.cfg file. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] A question about RPMDrake

2005-03-18 Per discussione Derek Jennings
will have a nice GUI from which you can enter admin mode and configure samba. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club

Re: [newbie] A question about RPMDrake

2005-03-18 Per discussione Derek Jennings
and unpleasant as possible to try to discourage you. Anything you need to do as root you can do with kdesu or su in a terminal as I described. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] networking two mandrake 10.1 PC systems

2005-03-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
? Thanks in Advance Carlton There are a number of ways you can network them together. (This is Linux you just knew there had to be more than one :-) Samba is one way. Other ways are NFS and Fish The simplest IMO is fish. I have a page on it here http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/kio_fish.html derek

Re: [newbie] printer recognition.

2005-03-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
is supported by Mandrake so it should find it. You did run the printer GUI in Mandrake Control Centre didn't you? derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Enlarging / partition

2005-03-15 Per discussione Derek Jennings
or some other liveCd distro and delete them. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] MySQL File Location

2005-03-15 Per discussione Derek Jennings
desire. BTW: In Linux /var is the default directory to hold data so why do you need to define a different one? derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] --noclean

2005-03-15 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 15 March 2005 05:38, Julie Sloan wrote: how would I go about making the --noclean option default for urpmi'ing, so I don't have to remember to add it each time I d/l a program? ty In /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg add the line noclean between the first set of {} (or is it no-clean ?) derek

Re: [newbie] Enlarging / partition

2005-03-15 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 15 March 2005 17:40, Paul Smith wrote: On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:01:31 +, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I enlarge the / partition? diskdrake in MandrakeControlCentreMountPointsPartitions can resize a Linux partition, but that assumes that you have

Re: [newbie] /etc/hosts

2005-03-13 Per discussione Derek Jennings
://www.snapafun.con then your computer will immediately translate that as http://127.0.0.1 Thats all the /etc/hosts file does. You would most commonly use the hosts table to identify the other computers in a small local network with static addressing. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http

Re: [newbie] devfs and udev

2005-03-13 Per discussione Derek Jennings
. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Can't find win32-codecs

2005-03-13 Per discussione Derek Jennings
or something, not as in you have to pay) Win32 codecs are in nonfree ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/linux/plf/mandrake/non-free/10.1/i586/win32-codecs-1.6-3plf.i586.rpm derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] Permissions

2005-03-13 Per discussione Derek Jennings
the partition then ToggletoExpertOptions Select umask=0 That will force the permissions to 777 for all users. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Network Card Not Working in Full Duplex Mode

2005-03-10 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Thursday 10 March 2005 03:16, Amy wrote: On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 00:58:43 +, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The command modinfo 3c59x lists the options for that driver, and we can refer to this page for a description http://www.scyld.com/vortex.html To force this driver

Re: [newbie] Network Card Not Working in Full Duplex Mode

2005-03-10 Per discussione Derek Jennings
in the thread if this doesn't stick if/when I have to restart next. Thanks for all your help! mii-tool is the other way of forcing full duplex. It will not survive a reboot you will have to run it every time you restart networking. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Bittorrent setup

2005-03-10 Per discussione Derek Jennings
giving) In your firewall open ports 6881to 6889 and 6969 If you have an external firewall then forward those ports to your Linux computer. See http://www.bittorrent.com/introduction.html derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] E mail server

2005-03-10 Per discussione Derek Jennings
if someone can provide me a tutorial, docs, etc, on what I need for making this stuff work (I'm looking at postfix.org docs 'cause Postfix seems to be reliable, but the material there is rather confussing...). Thanks for your time. Best wishes, Fernando Gómez. Follow my signature derek

Re: [newbie] xmms

2005-03-09 Per discussione Derek Jennings
are compiling xmms and not just installing the RPM package? derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] Strange occurance with Firefox install

2005-03-09 Per discussione Derek Jennings
when you did the reinstall you will have a different UID from last time and you will not 'own' the files you backed up from CD. You will have to be root user to change the ownerships derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] NTL Cable modem problems in MDK10.0 install

2005-03-09 Per discussione Derek Jennings
) He should then be able to run the connection wizard and access the net. He has nothing to lose but his chains. Of course if he LIKES viruses, trojans, spyware, DRM derek On Wednesday 09 March 2005 15:13, Davage, Marcus wrote: Where do I set it to use DHCP? Marcus The second page

Re: [newbie] Strange occurance with Firefox install

2005-03-09 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 09 March 2005 14:53, Christopher Taylor wrote: On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 14:12:17 +, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 09 March 2005 13:28, Christopher Taylor wrote: I had to re-install Mandrake 10.1 due to some stupidity on my parrt. Before I did I backed

Re: [newbie] xmms

2005-03-09 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 09 March 2005 16:39, Gica wrote: On Wednesday 09 March 2005 01:23 am, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 09 March 2005 08:00, Gica wrote: hi, I'm trying to install xmms for mandrake 9.2 in kde, but I have this error message. Can somebody told me what's wrong and what do I

Re: [newbie] Network Card Not Working in Full Duplex Mode

2005-03-09 Per discussione Derek Jennings
physical, a dodgy connector maybe, or a hardware fault. It is possible to force half or full duplex in most Linux drivers. It is just a matter of putting an option line in /etc/modprobe.conf If you let us know which driver you are using I can show you how to do that. derek

Re: [newbie] Network Card Not Working in Full Duplex Mode

2005-03-09 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 09 March 2005 23:45, Amy wrote: On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 23:34:13 +, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Selection of half/full duplex is autodetected by the card itself. If it was working before, and now it isnt, then that would suggest something physical, a dodgy

Re: [newbie] Network Card Not Working in Full Duplex Mode

2005-03-09 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Thursday 10 March 2005 00:26, Amy wrote: On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 23:55:30 +, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 09 March 2005 23:45, Amy wrote: On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 23:34:13 +, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Selection of half/full duplex

Re: [newbie] Networking

2005-03-08 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 08 March 2005 11:27, SOTL wrote: On Monday 07 March 2005 19:05, Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 07 March 2005 22:21, SOTL wrote: Hi All The good news is that I am able to connect from either of my computer to the other by fish. The bad fish news is that I do

Re: [newbie] Networking - OpenOffice

2005-03-08 Per discussione Derek Jennings
trusted network. NFS is also VERY particular about file attributes. If a file does not have public permission (777) then the UID (User) and GID (Group) numbers of users on the two computers must match or else you will not be able to read the file. For example on this computer my username is derek

Re: [newbie] Using Mandrake 10.1 as DHCP Server

2005-03-08 Per discussione Derek Jennings
will describe port forwarding. You can still use dynamic DNS (which is what I assume you mean by dynamic dhcp) by using ddclient to update dynamic DNS servers with the external IP address of the Linksys. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] NTL Cable modem problems in MDK10.0 install

2005-03-07 Per discussione Derek Jennings
the connection wizard and access the net. He has nothing to lose but his chains. Of course if he LIKES viruses, trojans, spyware, DRM derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Script for iptables

2005-03-07 Per discussione Derek Jennings
iptables scripts unnecessary. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Networking

2005-03-07 Per discussione Derek Jennings
this? Thanks Frank Spelling Correction The bad fish news is that I do not understand how to log off [out of] the fish's connection to the other computer. Just close the window derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Problems with Ipw2200 BG

2005-03-06 Per discussione Derek Jennings
and the firmware should load and you should be able to run through the new connection wizard in MandrakeControl Centre. I hope I got that right since I do not actually own one of those. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] workgroup

2005-03-06 Per discussione Derek Jennings
workgroup is I can *always* connect to the MSHOME workgroup? It seems to be the case but... Thanks. Michel Install ksambaplugin and your KDE control Centre will have a nice little GUI in which you can configure Samba including the workgroup name. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http

Re: [newbie] Problems with Ipw2200 BG

2005-03-06 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Sunday 06 March 2005 22:49, Julie Sloan wrote: On Sunday 06 March 2005 03:35 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: download the correct .tar.gz file To uncompress the file just click on it with konqueror. You will need to be root user to do that so open up a root copy of konqueror with Alt+F2

Re: [newbie] CD sound

2005-03-06 Per discussione Derek Jennings
many computer manufacturers omit the audio cable. The advice Kaj gave is good install xmms-cdread and configure xmms to read audio CDs through IDE See my page here http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/audio_cd.html derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Forum - OT - backups

2005-03-05 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Saturday 05 March 2005 11:23, Paul Smith wrote: On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 21:25:53 +, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DJ As usual Mandrake has a nice newbie friendly tool to do backups DJ for you. DJ Make sure drakxtools is installed then, DJ Mandrake Control

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Forum - OT - backups

2005-03-04 Per discussione Derek Jennings
CentreSystemBackups It will back up your /home and /etc folders to CD, ftp, rsync, webdav or ssh automatically at regular intervals. You can configure drakbackup to do a full backup, or an incremental backup from the previous one. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] URPMI help

2005-03-04 Per discussione Derek Jennings
it and it works. BTW: The page is quite pretty now isn't it? derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Forum - OT - backups

2005-03-04 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Friday 04 March 2005 20:30, rikona wrote: Hello Derek, Friday, March 4, 2005, 1:29:09 AM, Derek wrote: DJ As usual Mandrake has a nice newbie friendly tool to do backups DJ for you. DJ Make sure drakxtools is installed then, DJ Mandrake Control CentreSystemBackups DJ It will back up

Re: [newbie] Un-suspend and non-working USB devices

2005-03-04 Per discussione Derek Jennings
that will be the list. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Suggestions for replacement applications

2005-03-03 Per discussione Derek Jennings
they are as good as the Quicken I use under Crossover. As for a Dreamweaver alternative, I have never used it and do not know its capabilities. I make my web pages with Quanta (its on your CDs). Open Office also does a decent job of generating HTML. HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net

Re: [newbie] Suggestions for replacement applications

2005-03-03 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Thursday 03 March 2005 23:50, Derek Jennings wrote: On Thursday 03 March 2005 20:04, hackhound wrote: I am slowing making the transition from W2K to Linux. Two of the applications that I miss the most are MS Money and Macromedia Dreamweaver. I am looking for a good Linux alternative

Re: [newbie] Upgrading KDE

2005-03-03 Per discussione Derek Jennings
. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Setting up virtual IP address

2005-03-02 Per discussione Derek Jennings
shorewall: /etc/rc5.d/S10shorewall: line 89: 1697 Terminated /sbin/shorewall check rc: Starting shorewall: failed How to fix it ? rgds Antony Paul Google is my friend See Example 7 at http://www.shorewall.net/Documentation.htm#Interfaces derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http

Re: [newbie] SpamAssassin startup

2005-02-27 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Sunday 27 February 2005 06:51, Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas wrote: On Saturday 26 February 2005 22:29, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Sunday 27 February 2005 01:24 am, Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 26 February 2005 16:06, David Anderson wrote: Hi, I am following Derek

Re: [newbie] postifx not receiving outside mail

2005-02-26 Per discussione Derek Jennings
want to read your mail via POP3 while travelling. If you do not need that, then close the port. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] SpamAssassin startup

2005-02-26 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Saturday 26 February 2005 16:06, David Anderson wrote: Hi, I am following Derek Jennings' excellent Postfix mail server configuration document, and have got stuck in the SpamAssassin part. The doc says that you need to install the RPM, and then start the spamassassin service in Mandrake

Re: [newbie] Networking

2005-02-25 Per discussione Derek Jennings
. How do I set them up? The user name is the login name. derek Thanks for the help Frank HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Networking

2005-02-25 Per discussione Derek Jennings
/kde3/kio_fish.la libkdebase4:/usr/lib/kde3/kio_fish.so derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] connecting to another computer

2005-02-24 Per discussione Derek Jennings
here http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:D2iGdSh6vZQJ:www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/openssh.php+mandrakesecure+making+most+sshhl=en Then only users whose private security key is known to the host can make an ssh connection. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Installing PHP

2005-02-24 Per discussione Derek Jennings
them, then restart apache from MandrakeControlCentreSystemServices restart the httpd service. Thats it done! To administer MySql the phpMyAdmin package is very useful. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want

Re: [newbie] connecting to another computer

2005-02-24 Per discussione Derek Jennings
www.dyndns.org, install ddclient from contrib, edit /etc/ddclient.conf with your dyndns account details. Every time his IP address changes ddclient will inform the dyndns server and you can reach him using his domain name. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Networking

2005-02-24 Per discussione Derek Jennings
derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] How do you stop urpmi from cleaning download cache?

2005-02-24 Per discussione Derek Jennings
be greatly appreciated, as I would like to install Mandrake on my wife's machine and do not fancy downloading all the files again on a 56k modem. Thanks Mark Did you try no-clean ? The manual does not explicitly mention it, but other commands can be negated with 'no-' See man urpmi.cfg derek

Re: [newbie] logging off

2005-02-23 Per discussione Derek Jennings
from infection. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Does CUPS automatically detect network printer

2005-02-23 Per discussione Derek Jennings
a firewall in place then you will need to open the appropriate port. 631 for CUPS servers 9100 for print server. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] email problems

2005-02-23 Per discussione Derek Jennings
ComponentsFileAssociations put html in the search box select the html type, and in the right hand panel move konqueror to the top of the application preference order. By the way. What file precisely does kmail/konqueror say it cannot find? derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Courier-imap in xinetd (was Bad gateway)

2005-02-22 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 22 February 2005 05:54, Paul wrote: SNIP Derek wrote: In squirrelmail did you set $domain = 'cp143764-a.mill1.nb.home.nl'; That is what I tried last night, and that at least got me to the loginscreen of Squirrelmail. From there I got the problem

Re: [newbie] DHCP, Firewall and Proxy

2005-02-22 Per discussione Derek Jennings
. For the Firewall use the Mandrake GUI for the initial setup, but then use the shorewall firewall module in Webmin for more detailed setup. (Install webmin, then start the webmin service in MandrakeControlCentreSystemServices, then point your browser to https://localhost:1 ) derek

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