Re: [newbie] Installing updates from Mandrake Online

2004-03-28 Per discussione Derek Jennings
1 line) Then you can install karamba using the Software Install GUI To learn more about urpmi and installing software take a look at the TWiki in my signature. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] Reinstalling bad programs

2004-03-25 Per discussione Derek Jennings
it was in previous releases. 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] Problem with MK10 cd1

2004-03-25 Per discussione Derek Jennings
with some CD drives. The solution is to boot from CD2 and switch back to 1 when prompted. 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] dialup networking problem

2004-03-24 Per discussione Derek Jennings
will reassign the route. 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] (no subject) xmms

2004-03-24 Per discussione Derek Jennings
in as. And what do you mean by choke If you start xmms from the command line do you see any error message? Which driver are you using?, which xmms output plugin? derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 -- Excellent...but...

2004-03-23 Per discussione Derek Jennings
10.0 might be a bit smarter. Apparently it isn't :-( The workaround is to edit /etc/shorewall/interfaces by hand to correctly identify the correct interface. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Reinstalling bad programs

2004-03-23 Per discussione Derek Jennings
anacron is required) 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] Reinstalling bad programs

2004-03-23 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 23 Mar 2004 12:31, Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 23 Mar 2004 12:05, Hoyt Bailey wrote: I have some programs XMMS, kmail, konqueror that apparantly have some bad config files. I have reinstalled them but they are still not good. How can I reinstall and clear everything

Re: [newbie] cd install failed

2004-03-23 Per discussione Derek Jennings
. _ Consigue aquí las mejores y mas recientes ofertas de trabajo en América Latina y USA: http://latam.msn.com/empleos/ Try booting from CD2 http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3#bootinstall derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Successful boot yet failure to find CD-ROM files

2004-03-22 Per discussione Derek Jennings
this is the Community edition which means there are still bugs to be ironed out before 10,0 Official is released. Having said that, my own experience is that 10.0 is very solid and stable. I hope you like it :-) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] Are the iso's limited?

2004-03-22 Per discussione Derek Jennings
to choose a 'main' Cooker source you will be able to install them using either the GUI or urpmi from the command line. There is a guide to using urpmi on the Mandrake Twiki. Follow my sig. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] installing openoffice quick launch...Not finish!

2004-03-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Sunday 21 Mar 2004 04:40, rhein wrote: Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 19 Mar 2004 14:50, rhein wrote: Alaa The Great wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:14:41 +0200 rhein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I tried to install openoffice quick

Re: [newbie] Don't get the signature think...

2004-03-21 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: Fw: [newbie] File Sharing

2004-03-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
, then all the dependencies will be installed at once. You may find the fasttrack (Kazaa) plugin is not recognised until you use Advanced settings to point to the location of the fasttrack plugin. Read the config file to find which firewall ports you should open. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net

Re: [newbie] is there an easy way to samba ?

2004-03-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
), and your KDE control Centre will contain a samba server configuration panel. I would not recommend using SWAT to set up samba because it will erase and replace the existing samba configuration file together with all the helpful comments which are embedded in it. HTH derek

Re: [newbie] is there an easy way to samba ?

2004-03-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Sunday 21 Mar 2004 17:47, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 21 March 2004 17:27, Derek Jennings wrote: Samba should work virtually out of the box The only thing you normally have to change is the Workgroup name, and add your Windows passwords. If you install the drakwizard RPM then your

Re: [newbie] installing openoffice quick launch...New message

2004-03-19 Per discussione Derek Jennings
X is installed, so it must mean it needs 'XFree86-devel' Install that then try 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

Re: [newbie] To Clarify urpmi Errors

2004-03-18 Per discussione Derek Jennings
sylpheed you might like to try Charles Edwards' version. It is newer than the one in contrib http://www.eslrahc.com/ It can be set up as a urpmi source. (Good job Charles) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] installing openoffice quick launch

2004-03-18 Per discussione Derek Jennings
: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH What does it say in english??? :-) Bye Christophe It means you do not have a C compiler installed Install gcc derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] 10.0 online rpm repositories

2004-03-18 Per discussione Derek Jennings
up, I have upgraded two systems from 9.2 to 10.0 by urpmi from Cooker, and it took about 2 hours. You can use Cooker, but the last install I did was from Mandrake-devel/stable folder. It worked great. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Fed up.....

2004-03-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
with ../hdlist.cz (all on 1 line) Like Cooker 'stable' changes frequently so do an 'urpmi.update -a' often, and use 'urpmi --auto-select' to update to the latest version. derek BTW: Could you remove the Reply To in your Thunderbird settings please See the list etiquette page in the Wiki for why

Re: [newbie] Fed up.....

2004-03-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
The command to set up stable as a urpmi source is For example urpmi.addmedia stable ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake-devel/stable/i586/Mandrake/RPMS with ../base/hdlist.cz derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] p2p software search

2004-03-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
/10.0 with hdlist.cz urpmi.addmedia stable ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake-devel/stable/i586/Mandrake/RPMS with ../base/hdlist.cz Any help would be appreciated. -=Thinker derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Zoomed display in GUI

2004-03-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
correctly. 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] DHCPCD On boot and on ifup rather than dhclient?

2004-03-15 Per discussione Derek Jennings
, and then test for an alternate client if it is missing 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] no CD audio

2004-03-14 Per discussione Derek Jennings
Alsamixer and Kmix and everything appears to be fine, nothing appears to be muted. Any ideas? Thanks for any help you can give! Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Try playing CDs with Totem It uses the IDE interface instead of the audio cable. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Problems with MDK 10- scanning

2004-03-14 Per discussione Derek Jennings
report on it. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] kontact newsticker

2004-03-14 Per discussione Derek Jennings
. The news ticker plugin is present and can be configured, but the settings do not stick. Any suggestions? TIA derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] How to upgrade versions with CLI?

2004-03-13 Per discussione Derek Jennings
I got. Thanks Chad http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/UsingUrpmi http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/UrpmiUpgrade 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] MS Messenger

2004-03-13 Per discussione Derek Jennings
changing their protocol to lock out non MSN clients. Charles Edwards maintains nice up to date versions here http://www.eslrahc.com/ Follow the (urpmi) instructions and you can use your Mandrake Software Install GUI to install them derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] samba is not accessible

2004-03-09 Per discussione Derek Jennings
server you must open a root terminal in Lux and enter smbpasswd -a user_name where user_name is the name of a user with a Linux AND a Windows identity when prompted give the **Windows** password for that user. HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy

Re: [newbie] Problem with sharing ADSL on mdk 10

2004-03-07 Per discussione Derek Jennings
/interfaces file should show eth0 as 'net' and eth1 as 'loc' , and your masq file should reference eth0. Perhaps someone who uses pppoe could comment on that. (Sorry about my bad English skills ;)) Your English is just fine. (Where is domain .ee ? ) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http

Re: [newbie] Spamassassin - Cannot create lockfile

2004-03-07 Per discussione Derek Jennings
permissions, or else create a ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs file in each users home. The advantage of doing this is that each user will have customised spamassassin settings and their own Bayes database. Refer to the Postfix guide on my home page for suggestions of how to set it up. derek

Re: [newbie] Spamassassin - Cannot create lockfile

2004-03-07 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Sunday 07 Mar 2004 21:13, Chris wrote: On Sunday 07 March 2004 02:53 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: The solution is to either put the line bayes_path /path/to/file in the /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf file where the path points to a directory with 666 permissions, or else

Re: [newbie] Spamassassin - Cannot create lockfile

2004-03-07 Per discussione Derek Jennings
and there is no problem. If you want to learn more about msec check this out http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/msec.php derek Ok Derek, does this look any better? If not I guess maybe I'd just better go bury my head somewhere. bayes_path /home/chris/.spamassassin bayes_file_mode

Re: [newbie] New Linux User - Need Help with Sound in New 9.2 Install

2004-03-06 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Saturday 06 Mar 2004 01:22, David B. Carter wrote: Derek Jennings said: The modprobe snd-cs-4236 loads the driver. But it will not load on the next boot unless you configure /etc/modules.conf. That is what alsaconf is supposed to do for you, but for some reason alsaconf is unable

Re: [newbie] 'URPMI auto-select' while logged in to KDE?

2004-03-06 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Saturday 06 Mar 2004 21:02, Thinker wrote: I am following the advice given by Derek Jennings for updating 10.0rc1 to full 10.0 release status. My question, before I 'urpmi --auto-select' is this.. I am currently logged in to KDE and I am sure several other things are running. Should I

Re: [newbie] Problem with sharing ADSL on mdk 10

2004-03-06 Per discussione Derek Jennings
addresses of your ISPs DNS servers in the DNS configuration of your Windows clients. BTW: By default shorewall inhibits 'ping' so do not be surprised if you cannot ping the Linux box from your Windows clients. HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy

Re: [newbie] New Linux User - Need Help with Sound in New 9.2 Install

2004-03-05 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Friday 05 Mar 2004 09:20, David B. Carter wrote: Derek Jennings said: On Friday 05 Mar 2004 01:58, David B. Carter wrote: Hi all, I just subscribed to the list today in hopes of finding some help with my problem. I'm a new Linux user who's only been playing with it for a couple

Re: [newbie] New Linux User - Need Help with Sound in New 9.2 Install

2004-03-05 Per discussione Derek Jennings
then it may be already installed. Or else maybe you only have 1 CD (I am not sure which one it is on) If you cannot locate it just go here using konqueror ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.2/i586/Mandrake/RPMS and click on alsa-utils and it will install. derek Yes your

Re: [newbie] making 10.0rc1 into 10.0 release via cooker.

2004-03-05 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Friday 05 Mar 2004 14:52, Thinker wrote: On Mar 5, 2004, at 4:07 AM, Derek Jennings wrote: If you cannot wait a few weeks then use urpmi to bring your system up to the current Cooker, and you will have 10.0 So.. you are saying that I can reinstall with the 10.0rc1 disks I made a few

Re: [newbie] New Linux User - Need Help with Sound in New 9.2 Install

2004-03-05 Per discussione Derek Jennings
to http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Cirrus+Logiccard=CS4236chip=CS4236module=cs4236#modp You will see an example modules.conf configuration for your driver. You could try copying this into your /etc/modules.conf derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http

Re: [newbie] Unable to mount root fs

2004-03-04 Per discussione Derek Jennings
better than 8.0, and supports journalled file systems such as ext3 reiserfs and xfs. 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] Real Newbie question

2004-03-04 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Thursday 04 Mar 2004 01:13, JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 00:08:02 + Derek Jennings disseminated the following: Erm the lines I am extremely new to Linux and have tried to install GLib ring alarm bells in my head. The Glib library is one of the most fundamental libraries

Re: [newbie] 2 Problems with my firefox navigator

2004-03-03 Per discussione Derek Jennings
-Firefox ( and I assume Mozilla) has the User Agent Switcher extension you can install http://texturizer.net/firefox/extensions/ Unfortunately sometimes it is still not possible to persuade a site to let you use it. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] Real Newbie question

2004-03-03 Per discussione Derek Jennings
are using. There are gazillions of them. You will not get bored. Have a read of the Twiki site in my sig and learn about using urpmi to install apps on line. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Default Versus Flat Lists On Download CD's - Was Scribus

2004-03-02 Per discussione Derek Jennings
number since you may have a higher version than required. If they were *required* then they would have been installed along with the scribus RPM (if they were not already) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] Spamassassin..... (help!)

2004-03-01 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Monday 01 Mar 2004 05:23, Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas wrote: On Sunday 29 February 2004 16:55, Derek Jennings wrote: Tks, Derek! but ONE more question! (see below, pls) On Sunday 29 Feb 2004 19:40, Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas wrote: Hi! I've been using

Re: [newbie] Strange sound problem

2004-03-01 Per discussione Derek Jennings
muted. If no luck plz provide details of your sound card, and which driver you are using. 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] How do I backup KMail filters/settings?

2004-02-29 Per discussione Derek Jennings
/share/config/kmailrc It looks like you did not include hidden files in your backup. A convenient way to do a backup to CD or ftp/ssh is drakbackup It is in the drakxtools RPM (get the latest version of the updates mirror) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want

Re: [newbie] shorell setup

2004-02-29 Per discussione Derek Jennings
connect via DSL (ppp over atm), or dial up, then replace eth0 with ppp0 If you are not doing internet connection sharing then you do not need the second line. Then restart shorewall with 'shorewall restart' in a root terminal HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Spamassassin..... (help!)

2004-02-29 Per discussione Derek Jennings
lock file. Hope that is clearer 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] Four Desktops

2004-02-29 Per discussione Derek Jennings
just as you want it right click in the bar and select AdvancedStoreWindow Settings, then it will always appear just like that and on that specific desktop. HTH derek (BTW: I am using KDE 3.2 on Mdk10.0 your KDE 3.1 might be slightly different. ) -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http

Re: [newbie] wirless net working

2004-02-27 Per discussione Derek Jennings
in linux. Walt This http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/?PHPSESSID=2a116bc17aa48d67d656227ebf3aecd9 will enable you to use your Windows drivers under Linux. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Printing Problems HP 5L - Open Office Calc

2004-02-23 Per discussione Derek Jennings
Or in any browser http://localhost:631 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] DrakeConf is uninstalled

2004-02-23 Per discussione Derek Jennings
and rpmdrake as well depending on how much you have barfed of your system 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] Printing Problems HP 5L - Open Office Calc

2004-02-23 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Monday 23 Feb 2004 22:25, Steve Kaufman wrote: Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 23 Feb 2004 20:52, Weiers Coetser wrote: Hi, I am as newbie as can be. I set up a sizeable spreadsheet with Open Office and neglected to toggle print selected sheet only option. Ended up printing 8 copies

Re: [newbie] Who tried Thunderbird 0.5?

2004-02-22 Per discussione Derek Jennings
get with other applications. 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] My daily question ... this time, re spamassassin

2004-02-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
modification) Thats it! Hope it works derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] My daily question ... this time, re spamassassin

2004-02-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 11:33:48 + Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 21:24:15 -0600 Chuck Mattsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, I'm tearing my hair out and I have little enough to spare, so hope someone can point me in the right direction. I simply want

Re: [newbie] My daily question ... this time, re spamassassin

2004-02-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 11:33:48 + Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 21:24:15 -0600 Chuck Mattsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, I'm tearing my hair out and I have little enough to spare, so hope someone can point me in the right direction. I simply want

Re: [newbie] My daily question ... this time, re spamassassin

2004-02-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
'non zero' to the spam folder. BTW: This will not work if your Evolution is set up to read mail from IMAP folders, for the simple reason that with IMAP the mail stays on the remote host. To use SpamAssassin with IMAP you should be looking at putting it on the remote mail server. derek Want

Re: [newbie] building a binary from source rpm

2004-02-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
to the Microsoft Museum today? I hear their going to have a live demonstration of the Blue Screen of Death! The wax dummy of Bill Gates is supposed to be finished! Hasn't the 'rebuild' function been moved out of rpm into the 'rpmbuild' package? See man rpmbuild. derek Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] PC locks up solid. NOT FIXED HELP PLEASE can't survive in LINUX this way

2004-02-19 Per discussione Derek Jennings
memory test. You should be able to run that test all night long without a single error. Any failures, then start looking at your Bios settings. HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] PC locks up solid. NOT FIXED HELP PLEASE can't survive in LINUX this way

2004-02-19 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Thursday 19 Feb 2004 21:25, Steve Kaufman wrote: Thanks Derek. I hope I'm always open to learning new things. Now Iall I have to do is figure out how to load and run the RPM. Have to switch back to Linux and try. It's on your install CD. Just search for it using the Mandrake Software

Re: [newbie] Setting up printers

2004-02-18 Per discussione Derek Jennings
happened. Nothing comes out from the printer. (The USB port works fine a USB Flash memory) Any ideas? Thank you Christophe Did you run the Printerdrake GUI in Mandrake Control Centre? derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10 RC1 !

2004-02-18 Per discussione Derek Jennings
are toast! Let the downloading begin! Lanman And if anyone wants to join in the bittorrent the link to the torrent file is here http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/torrent/ If you do not know what bittorrent is see here http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/download.html derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net

Re: [newbie] Install and than no desktop Why???

2004-02-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 17 Feb 2004 6:11 pm, Christophe Rhein wrote: Le Lundi 16 Fvrier 2004 12:13, Derek Jennings a crit : On Monday 16 Feb 2004 9:42 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I installed some packages from the Mandrake 9.2 discovery pack and then most of my desktop is gone

Re: [newbie] Witch package to update???

2004-02-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
Christophe Like I said. It was the package called 'rpm' Yes its confusing I know, but there is an RPM package called 'rpm' 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] error message with rpmdrake

2004-02-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
file manager will run as root. To edit a file right click and select kedit to open the file in a text editor. 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] error message with rpmdrake

2004-02-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
it, it will become as bad as the others. 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] No rpm package in my list

2004-02-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 17 Feb 2004 10:28 pm, Christophe Rhein wrote: Hello. Well I'm sorry to go back with this but I have no rpm package on my list in rpmdrake What shall I do? Bye Christophe Then you have already installed it. No problem derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http

Re: [newbie] Looking for a program similar to Hotmail Popper

2004-02-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
not use Windows Applications under Windows, and Linux applications under Linux? Gotmail works just fine for me http://sourceforge.net/projects/gotmail/ derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Switch Window Managers

2004-02-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
://www.jennings.homelinux.net/modules.php?set_albumName=linux05id=pekwmop=modloadname=Galleryfile=indexinclude=view_photo.php 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] Looking for a program similar to Hotmail Popper

2004-02-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
applications under Linux? Gotmail works just fine for me http://sourceforge.net/projects/gotmail/ Derek, Because, it seems that Gotmail does not allow to send e-mails from Hotmail accounts. It only allows Hotmail mail download. Am I right? Paul True, but you can always create a hotmail

Re: [newbie] Spamassasin questions

2004-02-16 Per discussione Derek Jennings
', then spamd is not used and you can safely stop it. The difference is that spamd is written in C and will be faster for a high volume mailserver than 'spamassassin' which is written in perl. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Spamassasin questions

2004-02-16 Per discussione Derek Jennings
of a score may be a bit radical for anyone else, but it works for me. I'd also like to give a special thanks to Derek Jennings: http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/modules.php?name=Sectionsop=viewarticle; artid=15 for his Bayes rules example, which is what I use in my own /user_prefs as well, plus

Re: [newbie] Need help upgrading from Mandrake 9.0

2004-02-16 Per discussione Derek Jennings
sources, then the signatures will get imported automatically. HTH 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] Looking for Derek Jennings!

2004-02-16 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Monday 16 Feb 2004 12:20 pm, lanman wrote: Hey Derek; I was just looking at your sire for the interesting info you had about the Atmel wireless setup. Do you have any info on PCMCIA gear and how to configure them? I'm looking at adding a wireless card to my Asus Delgatto laptop ( what

Re: [newbie] Looking for Derek Jennings!

2004-02-16 Per discussione Derek Jennings
means you need to mess about with configuration utilities like lvnet which are not supplied with Mandrake despite the driver being installed by default. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Spamassasin questions

2004-02-16 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Monday 16 Feb 2004 7:57 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Monday 16 February 2004 05:48 am, Derek Jennings wrote: -If in kmail you pipe through 'spamc', then you must have the spamd daemon -running. - -But if you pipe through 'spamassassin', then spamd is not used and you can -safely stop

Re: [newbie] Network down

2004-02-16 Per discussione Derek Jennings
drakconnect and your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 file lost its Wireless parameters. It looks as if the same thing has happened again since wlan0 appears to have encryption disabled. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] Desktop shortcuts

2004-02-15 Per discussione Derek Jennings
' In the 'Execute' tab provide the command to start the app, and fill in the other boxes as you think fit. If you click on the 'gears' icon you can select an icon for the link. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] Erased mounting points of my IDe devices

2004-02-15 Per discussione Derek Jennings
to create them again and have a link at the dektop? I was thinkong in re-installing (over the old installation), but I invested some pain to configure my wireless internet access with the guidance of Derek, and I am fearful to screw it. What do you advise me to do? Teilhard

Re: [newbie] How to setup sending the mails in Kmail

2004-02-12 Per discussione Derek Jennings
If that does not work you either have entered the name of the server wrong, or your DNS lookups are not working in which case you will not be able to browse the Internet either, and I am sure you would have mentioned it if you couldn't. HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.1 on a 64MB RAM box

2004-02-12 Per discussione Derek Jennings
libraries which will slow you down quite a lot. There are fast light weight alternatives for most applications yoou might need. HTH derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Will any thing change with mandrake

2004-02-10 Per discussione Derek Jennings
which is more secure than the Sendmail RedHat defaults to. (Sendmail is included too) derek ___ -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Sound error in artsmessage

2004-02-10 Per discussione Derek Jennings
KMenuMultimediaSoundalsamixergui Set your mixer levels and save them Thats 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

Re: [newbie] Mail Config?

2004-02-09 Per discussione Derek Jennings
PROTECTED]/msg148384.html (You will need to install perl-Mail-Spamassassin) BTW: Charles Edwards has some lovely up to date RPMS for both Spamassassin and Sylpheed-claws at http://www.eslrahc.com/ If you have not already done so, then add him as a urpmi source. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net

Re: [newbie] Mail Config?

2004-02-09 Per discussione Derek Jennings
setting up kmail to use SpamAssassin. 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] Connecting a network

2004-02-08 Per discussione Derek Jennings
somewhere. 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] How to access my documents ?

2004-02-08 Per discussione Derek Jennings
and write to FAT32 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] How to select the default window manager

2004-02-01 Per discussione Derek Jennings
have a hidden file in your home directory called ~/.vnc/xstartup This file controls how the vnc session will start Put the line /usr/X11R6/bin/starticewm in there and vnc should start IceWM derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Syslog

2004-01-29 Per discussione Derek Jennings
logger. See http://linuxsecurity.com/feature_stories/remote_logserver-3.html derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Ready for upgrade?

2004-01-28 Per discussione Derek Jennings
with the new ones. The only problem you will have is it will be slow because you are on dial up. I suggest just updating 1 or 2 packages each time. See here http://doc.mandrakelinux.com/MandrakeLinux/92/en/Starter.html/software-management.html derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] 9.2 urpmi db behaviour questions

2004-01-27 Per discussione Derek Jennings
else having this happen? What might I try to fix it? TIA for your time/help. Best regards. --Angus Angus, as always Derek answered this a few weeks ago : Go to /var/lib/urpmi and remove the offending file listfilename. That's all. Next time you update the annoying message

Re: [newbie] Got NTP installed, ntpd is running...

2004-01-25 Per discussione Derek Jennings
the latest drakwizard installed from the update mirror. (The ntp wizard in the drakwizard on the CDs will fsck up your Timezone) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Linux Driver Install Issues

2004-01-25 Per discussione Derek Jennings
, and it will be named wlan0 Once you see wlan0 appear in the logs or in response to an iwconfig command, then you will know that the driver is working, and it is only a matter of getting the configuration file right. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Linux Driver Install Issues

2004-01-25 Per discussione Derek Jennings
-wlan0 will not exist. You have to create it. There will be a similar file for each network interface on the computer. Normally the drakconnect GUI will create the file. But because drakconnect will not work with usb wireless devices, you have to create it by hand. derek

Re: [newbie] Linux Driver Install Issues

2004-01-25 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Sunday 25 Jan 2004 1:16 pm, Lexx wrote: On Sunday, January 25, 2004 12:47 PM, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] thus spoke: snip Yes, I looks like I have (under HardDrake) two USB Root Hubs (HUB A and HUB B respectively) and an unknown USB device (which will be the dongle). I ran dmesg

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