Re: [newbie] Problem with detecting modem, ScanModem

2004-10-06 Per discussione Derek Jennings
install the package: pciutils How to install this package? What else shoud I do to make my modem work under linux! Open your Mandrake Control CentreSoftwareSoftware Install type pciutils in the search box. derek BTW: There is no point following the advice in my other post about mplayer

Re: [newbie] Problem with installing Apollon

2004-10-04 Per discussione Derek Jennings
It will be installed along with the giFT server it depends on. 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] Updating the system after install

2004-10-01 Per discussione Derek Jennings
it will refresh your database and automatically upgrade your installed packages to the latest available. You will find the Mandrake Update GUI does nothing because that is intended for 'Official' when packages will be on the update servers. HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http

Re: [newbie] netpbm

2004-10-01 Per discussione Derek Jennings
if nothing appears there are no updates needed. As for libnetpb9-static-devel Any package ending in 'devel' is only needed while you are compiling a package which depends on it. If you are not compiling then you do not need it. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] mounting windows filesystem

2004-09-29 Per discussione Derek Jennings
to it instantly. 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] MKD 10.1

2004-09-28 Per discussione Derek Jennings
for people who use the download edition to contribute something back to the people who produced it. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] MKD 10.1

2004-09-28 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 19:17, Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 28 September 2004 17:36, Drew Martin wrote: Hi All, I've just done a fresh install of 10.1 Com.It when very well,but I have a few questions. 1 Does anyone know off any update

Re: [newbie] [HAB] Can't go to https site with either Netscape, Firefox, Opera

2004-09-24 Per discussione Derek Jennings
traffic. 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] Strange diff check ?

2004-09-24 Per discussione Derek Jennings
of my neck. Anyone seen this before ? Regards, Dan Gordon Did you just upgrade your printer-filters package? That file is a Canon printer driver. Not an obvious target for a compromise :-) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Permissions

2004-09-22 Per discussione Derek Jennings
in the appropriate line in /etc/fstab Setting umask=0 will force all files to have 777 permission. If you prefer diskdrake can set that option for you be selecting the fat32 partition Advanced options. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] 17inch Widescreen TFT Monitor

2004-09-22 Per discussione Derek Jennings
1280 768 EndSubsection then restart X If you still have problems then the log at /var/log/XFsomething or other will give clues as to what is wrong. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] TightVNC Server... wassup??

2004-09-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
if it was 9.1 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://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Sigmatel 4200 IRDA to USB

2004-09-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
SigmaTel device irda0 It has been registered as /dev/irda0 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] Sigmatel 4200 IRDA to USB

2004-09-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 21 September 2004 14:36, Lanman wrote: SNIP Thanks Derek. All this time I thought I had to look for a USB device, and there it was right in front of me. Can you say Dufus? DoH! Now for the big question,...How do I associate that with a program for data transfers? Do I mount it like

Re: [newbie] Adding media to MCC Media Manager.

2004-09-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
=no and set your hostname to be as you want it in /etc/sysconfig/network with HOSTNAME=myhostname.localdomain derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Sigmatel 4200 IRDA to USB

2004-09-20 Per discussione Derek Jennings
.. If you try telling us what the errors are and maybe the name of the driver you might get a meaningful reply. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Sigmatel 4200 IRDA to USB

2004-09-20 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 21 September 2004 03:41, Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 21 September 2004 00:08, Lanman wrote: Dear List, As the subject mentions, I have an IRDA dongle which connects to my USB port. The Infra-Red unit is used to transfer pictures from a Casio digital camera to the PC

Re: [newbie] Sigmatel 4200 IRDA to USB]

2004-09-20 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 21 September 2004 04:47, Lanman wrote: Quick update for you Derek. The stir4200 driver module is now installed after a quick reboot, but I still don't know which usb device-port it's connected to. Right now, usbview says that it's connected to /proc/bus/usb/devices which I believe

Re: [newbie] Sigmatel 4200 IRDA to USB]

2004-09-20 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 21 September 2004 04:54, Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 21 September 2004 04:47, Lanman wrote: Quick update for you Derek. The stir4200 driver module is now installed after a quick reboot, but I still don't know which usb device-port it's connected to. Right now, usbview says

Re: [newbie] questions on 10.1

2004-09-18 Per discussione Derek Jennings
a stable product then wait for 10.1 official. derek For those interested in the 'nasty' problems, they are :- X forwarding of gtk applications (like mcc) does not work from a remote machine to a 10.1 device. (If someone could confirm that I would be grateful) If you pass folders between

Re: [newbie] Nvidia drivers

2004-09-14 Per discussione Derek Jennings
authority or .DCOPserver (new ones will be created on next login) As for your sound. In the 2.6 kernel the driver file is modprobe.conf not modules.conf which is the file for the 2.4 kernel. You might like to refer to the suggested configuration for your sound card at www.alsa-project.org derek

Re: [newbie] HHGTTG - Tertiary Phase

2004-09-13 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Monday 13 September 2004 09:38, John Layt wrote: On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 02:13, Derek Jennings wrote: Marvellous new for all HitchHiker fans is the broadcast of a new radio series based on the last three books starting on 21st Sept http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/ Now

Re: [newbie] kernel-265 or later

2004-09-12 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Sunday 12 September 2004 07:17, Johan Sch wrote: On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 23:35:04 +0100 Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 11 September 2004 23:04, Johan Sch wrote: On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:13:09 +0100 Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 11 September

Re: [newbie] download and install MDK 10

2004-09-12 Per discussione Derek Jennings
will (hopefully) install. I hope that works. As I say I have never tried it. Good luck 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] download and install MDK 10

2004-09-12 Per discussione Derek Jennings
better. But if you do not have one of those then you could just use a browser and right click as you suggest. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] download and install MDK 10

2004-09-12 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Sunday 12 September 2004 22:49, othman El Moulat wrote: Hi derek and thanks a lot for helping; Actually i have the Core Ftp lite program that servs for file transport but i have problems to connect to the site for distributions what are the informations i should input to connect

Re: [newbie] kernel-265 or later

2004-09-11 Per discussione Derek Jennings
the proprietary nvidia driver you will need to install kernel-source to match the new kernel and recompile the driver or else X will not work when you boot the new kernel. HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] kernel-265 or later

2004-09-11 Per discussione Derek Jennings
later than 2.6.3 The mirrors for 10.1 have 2.6.8 kernels which may run OK in 10.0 but it cannot be guaranteed they will. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] Accessing MySQL

2004-09-11 Per discussione Derek Jennings
the phpMyAdmin page is not visible from the internet 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] kernel-265 or later

2004-09-11 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Saturday 11 September 2004 23:04, Johan Sch wrote: On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:13:09 +0100 Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 11 September 2004 08:24, Johan Sch wrote: Hi, Need to update to the latest kernel for mdk10.0. Please any site where latest kernels

Re: [newbie] Adding New Stuff

2004-09-10 Per discussione Derek Jennings
the Twiki (follow my sig) for information on urpmi and software sources. 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] LAN Question

2004-09-09 Per discussione Derek Jennings
. Ports 137,138,139 need to be open for 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 : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] enable sendmail/postfix without official domain name

2004-09-09 Per discussione Derek Jennings
-name, but the user name _root_ is obviousely causing problems on my main pop-account (rejected due to security reasons...) Anyway, Derek, thank you for your support! -- (o Best regards //\Harald T ZIPKO V_/_ please no html - mails -- Sorry I do not know how to change

Re: [newbie] Sending AT commands programmatically

2004-09-08 Per discussione Derek Jennings
that's the problem. Ta, Jamie SNIP - Enormous mail disclaimer echo text message /dev/modem or echo text message /dev/ttyS0 should do the trick. You might also like to read up on 'chat' It will allow you to automate a 'conversation' with your modem. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Control Center Missing and unable to install RPMs

2004-09-02 Per discussione Derek Jennings
]# mcc bash: mcc: command not found [EMAIL PROTECTED] dog]# thats all i get :-( Then reinstall drakconf In a root terminal urpmi drakconf If urpmi itself is missing then go to your install CD and find the urpmi RPM and install it with rpm -ivh urpmi.blah.blah.rpm derek

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Control Center Missing and unable to install RPMs

2004-09-02 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Thursday 02 September 2004 13:19, warren wrote: Derek Jennings wrote: Then reinstall drakconf In a root terminal urpmi drakconf If urpmi itself is missing then go to your install CD and find the urpmi RPM and install it with rpm -ivh urpmi.blah.blah.rpm Thanks Derek, I now

Re: [newbie] Modem needed for UK Broadband

2004-09-02 Per discussione Derek Jennings
just put DSL in for my sister using Pipex, and they are not Linux hostile like some other ISPs. (Good prices too) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Modem needed for UK Broadband

2004-09-02 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Thursday 02 September 2004 22:10, PM wrote: On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 00:05, Derek Jennings wrote: Margot I can confirm the Alcatel Speedtouch does work with Mandrake. I do not have one myself, but I have set one up for a friend. It IS more complicated to get a USB Speedtouch working

Re: [newbie] Strange message

2004-09-01 Per discussione Derek Jennings
job which produces an output will send you an email. There is nothing wrong here just ignore it. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Problem with MandrakeUpdate

2004-08-29 Per discussione Derek Jennings
As I understand it recent versions of rpmdrake checks the checksum of the hdlist.cz files on the remote server and only fetches them if they have changed. Presumably if there is a new update available you want to know about it. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] host name changes (sometimes...?)

2004-08-29 Per discussione Derek Jennings
by which computers in the network may be identified. Putting an entry in /etc/hosts does not set the hostname. What do you have in /etc/sysconfig/network ? That is where the hostname is defined. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] GZIP/GUNZIP

2004-08-28 Per discussione Derek Jennings
GUI. All dependencies will be sorted out for you. 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] permission changes

2004-08-28 Per discussione Derek Jennings
enough in KDE hit Alt+F2 then type 'kdesu konqueror' in the box to get a root copy of konqueror, then right click on the home folders and select properties to change the ownerships. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] [HAB] Small Network at Home

2004-08-26 Per discussione Derek Jennings
directly to each other. They will normally connect to a hub, switch, or router. If you want to connect computers together directly you need to get yourself a crossover cable. There is usually a little green light by the Ethernet socket that will light up when it is connected correctly. derek

Re: [newbie] kde dead and gone

2004-08-26 Per discussione Derek Jennings
with the --update switch to only use the security update server. 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] Laptop Easy one Silver

2004-08-26 Per discussione Derek Jennings
. I believe in the future all Linux distros will install like this. 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] Printing

2004-08-26 Per discussione Derek Jennings
computers on the net, then install Samba after setting up the printer, and then Samba will make the printer available to Windows users. The only problem you might have is if you have a firewall running on either machine. If the firewall is in place you will need to open port 631. derek

Re: [newbie] Mandrake/WIndows file sharing, etc.

2004-08-26 Per discussione Derek Jennings
: There are GUIs for doing all this stuff, but its quicker to explain by editing the text config files. ) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Real newbie stuff

2004-08-25 Per discussione Derek Jennings
site. He has up to date spamassassin and other stuff. (Really good quality) http://www.eslrahc.com/ It is a good idea for a newbie to stick to RPMs made for the distro you are running. Have fun derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Real newbie stuff

2004-08-25 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 23:48, Peter Davis wrote: On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 11:08, Derek Jennings wrote: Welcome I hope you have fun with your new experience. Thanks! I'm having fun so far. Pull up userdrake from the Mandrake ControlCentreSystem to choose the login shell for your user

Re: [newbie] Need definitive help in building installing from source

2004-08-23 Per discussione Derek Jennings
compiled code the RPM database has no way of knowing what you have installed by tarball, and can start to get screwed up. But then screwing your system up, and then working out how to fix it is a great learning experience :-) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] rescue disk probs

2004-08-23 Per discussione Derek Jennings
/lilo.conf (or something like that) I think in rescue mode you only get 'vim' not the full 'vi' When you have edited the lilo.conf file write it to the boot sector with the recue menu entry to rewrite lilo. Hope that works derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] FQDN's preventing me to connect to Todd's site?

2004-08-22 Per discussione Derek Jennings
in the internal network, so you must put entries in the hosts table. 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] Mdk 9.1 and hostname change with dhcp ?

2004-08-22 Per discussione Derek Jennings
the hostname through dhcp. To get rid of it edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (or whatever your interface is called) and remove the line :- NEEDHOSTNAME derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy

Re: [newbie] Notebook X Problem

2004-08-19 Per discussione Derek Jennings
the line DefaultColorDepth 8 to something more sensible. 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 samba problem

2004-08-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
find it less confusing if you make them the same. 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] Downloads and Installs

2004-08-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
the package at all, or for some reason you have a key missing from your keyring. Packages produced by MandrakeSoft should be signed with Mandrake's signature, but that 'rute' package was not made by MandrakeSoft and is not signed. It is quite OK to say 'Install anyway'. derek

Re: [newbie] Scanning from GIMP2

2004-08-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 17 Aug 2004 08:44, Kaj Haulrich wrote: In GIMP 1.2 one could invoke xsane from the menu : File -- Acquire That option is missing in my GIMP2. Solutions ? Regards Kaj Haulrich. urpmi xsane-gimp derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club

2004-08-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
distro. 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] .mov sound

2004-08-16 Per discussione Derek Jennings
server:- If you use KDE open KDEControlCentreSoundSoundSystem Select Alsa instead of auto detect. (KDE seems to select OSS even if Alsa is available) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] Spell-checking in Thunderbird

2004-08-16 Per discussione Derek Jennings
. Then in Thunderbird - Tools-Options-Extensions Press the 'Install' button and select the previously saved spell checker. :-) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Spell-checking in Thunderbird

2004-08-16 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Monday 16 Aug 2004 14:46, Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 16 Aug 2004 14:06, Keith Powell wrote: I have been trying Thunderbird - a very nice program, and the spam filter works well. However, I can't get it to spell check in GB English, only American English. I have downloaded

Re: [newbie] My last attempt at pixieplus...

2004-08-16 Per discussione Derek Jennings
, which sorta works if you install an old ImageMagick from 9.2 Have you tried an alternative? Digikam is very nice if you want to organise pictures. http://digikam.sourceforge.net/ I have some rpms on my download page which I hope will work for you. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http

Re: [newbie] Spell-checking in Thunderbird

2004-08-16 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Monday 16 Aug 2004 21:01, Keith Powell wrote: On Monday 16 Aug 2004 15:07, Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 16 Aug 2004 14:46, Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 16 Aug 2004 14:06, Keith Powell wrote: I have been trying Thunderbird - a very nice program, and the spam filter works well

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club

2004-08-16 Per discussione Derek Jennings
of the next edition (10.1) several weeks before they are available for public download. To be honest silver and gold membership do not give many more benefits. They simply enable you to pay more money in gratitude. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Spell-checking in Thunderbird

2004-08-16 Per discussione Derek Jennings
://dictionaries.mozdev.org/installation.html You will need it for the correct spelling of 'dunny' or 'chunder' derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Update to mdk 10 from 9.1-done it

2004-07-31 Per discussione Derek Jennings
? thank you Maryse KDEControlCentreLookNFeelBehaviourDevice Icons 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] MP3 to WAV in K3b?

2004-07-31 Per discussione Derek Jennings
, what is a good alternative? Cheers, Marco Just create an audio project then drag and drop your mps3s into the lower pane. They will be automatically converted to wav files when you burn the CD. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] MP3 to WAV in K3b?

2004-07-31 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Saturday 31 Jul 2004 13:16, Marco Verheul wrote: On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 13:33, Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 31 Jul 2004 12:16, Marco Verheul wrote: Hi all, I seem to remember that I read on this list that it is possible to convert mp3 files to wav with K3b. In K3b I don't see

Re: [newbie] How does one print man pages.

2004-07-29 Per discussione Derek Jennings
$ man -t | lpr or see http://www.schweikhardt.net/man_page_howto.html#q10 pm Thanks for the refrence. LPR isnt quite right yet. An easy way to print man pages is to enter #command_name in the URL line of konqueror, and then print from konq. derek

Re: [newbie] How does one print man pages.

2004-07-29 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Thursday 29 Jul 2004 22:19, Hoyt Bailey wrote: On Thursday 29 July 2004 14:17, Derek Jennings wrote: On Thursday 29 Jul 2004 19:18, Hoyt Bailey wrote: On Thursday 29 July 2004 13:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 29 Jul 2004 at 12:56, Hoyt Bailey wrote: There has to be a better way

Re: [newbie] Ogle RPM not installing

2004-07-12 Per discussione Derek Jennings
for Windows, not one of which had any sort of protection like this. If you open MandrakeControlCemtreSoftwareMediaManagerManage keys you should see that the key associated with PLF is caba22ac while these packages are signed with caba22ae derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http

Re: [newbie] ms messenger

2004-07-12 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Sunday 11 Jul 2004 09:23, Lee Wiggers wrote: I have a friend in Pretoria bugging me about getting on messenger. What's the easiest answer besides bug off? I've been using that one for a year now. Lee If he is a friend, then he will not mind installing Gaim or Psi for Windows so he can

Re: [newbie] Semi-Off Topic: Spam Assassin marks list emails as spam!

2004-07-12 Per discussione Derek Jennings
, no? Thanks in Advance. ^_^ Is the server running procmail? If so in the ~/.procmailrc file put in a recipe like this before spamassassin gets called. :0 : * ^Sender: newbie-owner $DEFAULT where DEFAULT is a variable pointing to your mail folder derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http

Re: [newbie] Fw: mailserver

2004-07-12 Per discussione Derek Jennings
your account with a wild card, then anything.aeis.tv resolves to the same address (66.176.44.56), so it does not matter what you put in there. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] Postfix - Mail Sending Relay Problem.

2004-07-12 Per discussione Derek Jennings
is a local network and then it will agree to relay mail for that subnet. In /etc/postfix/main.cf set mynetworks = 192.168.1.0/24, 127.0.0.0/8 and comment out any mynetworks_style parameter you might have. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Port 113

2004-07-12 Per discussione Derek Jennings
to the internet. The line 'net all DROPinfo' in the file /etc/shorewall/policy makes all connections from the internet stealthed. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Problem login mandrake 10.0 offical Power Pack

2004-07-12 Per discussione Derek Jennings
to the other display when X starts. 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] ETH01 Failure

2004-07-09 Per discussione Derek Jennings
anything in the 'collisions' counter, then your connection is trying to work half duplex. In that case come back with details of the ethernet card and driver you are using, and I will show you how to force half or full duplex. HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Need to change desktop manager from KDE at startup/command line

2004-07-07 Per discussione Derek Jennings
it. Deleting your ~/.kde directory may enable you to log into KDE again 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] ip id

2004-07-07 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 07 Jul 2004 10:03, Lee Wiggers wrote: In my lan can I assign a fixed ip to one box and leave the others on dhcp? Lee Yes, but make sure that IP is outside the range being offered by the dhcp server. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Changing hostname without cardiac arrest

2004-07-06 Per discussione Derek Jennings
into IceWM, went back to mcc and replaced the divots. I know, there are probably 10 better ways to do that, but it worked anyway. Question is, What do I have to do to change my hostname on this box without crashing? TIA Lee Put HOSTNAME=black.aeis.tv into /etc/sysconfig/network derek

Re: [newbie] DNS Server

2004-07-04 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Sunday 04 Jul 2004 18:29, Mark Rogers wrote: Hi Team Im new to Linux and Mandrake and was wondering what you would reccomend for a DNS service (BIND for example), just to host 3 domains we have (and just the main internet accessable systems - i.e. 3 IPs/Names). Prefer to have a GUI if

Re: [newbie] Best POP Server?

2004-07-04 Per discussione Derek Jennings
will need squirrelmail which itself depends on an Apache web server with php. All of these things are on your CDs. You can have months of fun trying to get your head around it :-) HTH derek Note: There is a page on my website about setting up a mail server. -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http

Re: [newbie] Postfix crashed, Have I been hacked?

2004-07-04 Per discussione Derek Jennings
which is a block belonging to an ISP in Korea. It does not seem likely that someone in the US would use a Korean ISP, but how is that line getting into your email headers? It looks like your Postfix config file may have been tampered with to turn you into a spam relay. derek

Re: [newbie] Displaying certain resolution @ certain frequency

2004-07-03 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Saturday 03 Jul 2004 00:17, Eric Scott wrote: Yo; I have a Panasonic E15 monitor attatched to an old Pentium 1 box running Mandrake 9.1. The default setup in the Mandrake Control Center for this particular monitor doesn't function right, so I have it set at a generic 800x600 screen @

Re: [newbie] Switching from Postfix to Sendmail

2004-07-03 Per discussione Derek Jennings
be crazy to prefer sendmail...mutter) 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] Club Downloads

2004-07-03 Per discussione Derek Jennings
got mine from ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake-devel/testing/Mandrakeclub/10.0/i586 without any problem (and without having to use --wget ) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] Menudrake config file(s)?

2004-07-03 Per discussione Derek Jennings
update-menus to create a new menu list for each Window Manager. So regardless which Window Manager you are using your menus should appear consistent. The exception is XFce which is not currently included in this scheme. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Opera 7.51 Menu font is tiny

2004-07-02 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Friday 02 Jul 2004 13:54, EE wrote: Guys/Gals The opera menu font such File, etc is super tiny and hard to read. Anybody? BRgd ToolsPreferencesFontsInterfaceMenusChoose Make sure the font you select is present on the computer derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http

Re: [newbie] Help: serial port on thinkpad ultrabay

2004-07-01 Per discussione Derek Jennings
the apic and acpi features which are the most common cause of hardware detection issues. If that works try again individually to see if it is acpi or apic at the root of the problem. HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Acerfirm installed OK

2004-06-25 Per discussione Derek Jennings
which one you want to boot with lilo. Just type kernel in the Software Install GUI for a list of available kernels. The lilo entry will be made automatically. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] Privoxy service won't start on reboot/startup

2004-06-23 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 23 Jun 2004 01:03, Terence Golightly wrote: On Tue, 2004-06-22 at 17:44, Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 22 Jun 2004 21:57, Terence Golightly wrote: snip Privoxy runs as user daemon, but your log file is owned by root, so privoxy can only access the log file when you run

Re: [newbie] x-windows based encryption software

2004-06-22 Per discussione Derek Jennings
create a new partition you have the option to select Encrypted File System as one of the partition types. A quick Google reveals lots of pages on encrypted file systems such as http://koeln.ccc.de/archiv/drt/crypto/linux-disk.html derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Menu

2004-06-22 Per discussione Derek Jennings
had it happen to me. Can someone enlighten me? 9.2 on kde tmb enterprise kernel TIA Lee There are mailing list archives http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-newbier=1w=2 derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Privoxy service won't start on reboot/startup

2004-06-22 Per discussione Derek Jennings
runs as user daemon, but your log file is owned by root, so privoxy can only access the log file when you run as root. Change the ownership of /var/log/privoxy to daemon and you will be OK. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Proxim Orinoco gold a/b/g card

2004-06-20 Per discussione Derek Jennings
detect the card. (dmesg in a terminal will show you the boot messages. You should see references to it in there) Then go through the networking wizard in Mandrake Control centre to configure it. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] nVidia driver and 10.0

2004-06-19 Per discussione Derek Jennings
/nvidia* nvidia 5/ Finally in /etc/security/console.perms you should have the line dri=/dev/nvidia* /dev/3dfx* derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Good Practice

2004-06-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
quite easily. There is a guide to compiling src RPMs here http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/RpmHowTo derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Good Mandrake Linux Book

2004-06-15 Per discussione Derek Jennings
/mdkinc/index.php?PAGE=tab_0/menu_3.phpid_art=405LANG_=en#GOTO_405 Also refer to the Community Wiki to learn lots of useful stuff derek -- http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

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