[newbie] Evolution

I've just installed MDK 8.2 and was really pleased to find Evolution. Is it possible to import Outlook 2000 info into Evolution. George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 073 3172714 Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance. -Samuel Butler, poet (1612-1680) Want

[newbie] Getting LILO back after installing Win XP

LILO back. I'm a bit worried now that the C: drive is NTFS. If I use the MDK 7.0 boot CD will I damage something? I have never used NTFS before and don't want to mess things up. I unfortunately don't have a MDK boot floppy disk. Please advise. George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] Can anyone use XMMS and select a dir to play in the playlist?

.directory - if I deleted this file then back in Linux everything was hunky dory. Since the reinstall this has not been a problem George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 073 3172714 The world is your oyster.but the future's your clam - Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED

[newbie] Upgrading xmms

Is it possible to upgrade xmms to a newer version on MDK 7.0? I have downloaded xmms 1.2.7. - MDK 7.0 came with xmms 0.9.5.1. I see I need glib 1.2.2 or better. Can I download the necessary libraries and then compile the new xmms? George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 083 4666192 The soul would

[newbie] vmware

From reading this list I gather you can run Win within Linux using vmware. It seems as MDK 7.0 did not come with this - so is it possible to download vmware and install it on MDK 7.0 or do I need to upgrade to 8.2. George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 083 4666192 I declare a permanent state

[newbie] syslogd

Last night a process called syslogd -m started and my hard drive went mad for over 7 hours until I killed the process. What is it doing and how often - will it always carry on for so long or was it just a once off due to me moving MDK to a new drive?? Please advise George Want to buy your

[newbie] A big thank you

I have been on this list for a few months and have saved all messages I thought were important. Today I installed a new hard drive and moved MDK over to it and resized the partitions without one problem. All due to the advice given this list. George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 073 3172714

[newbie] RE: core dumps

Can you delete Core Dump files? George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 073 3172714 The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes did not have tears Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Can't access hda1

permissions for it alone. WHAT have I done. Please help George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 073 3172714 Good taste is the worst vice ever invented. - Dame Edith Sitwell, English poet (1887-1964) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] OT? Tech Support Letter - A good laugh

Dear Tech Support: This year I upgraded from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0. I soon noticed that the new program began unexpected child processing that took up a lot of space and valuable resources. No mention of this was included with the product information. In addition, Wife 1.0 installed itself

[newbie] Moved CDROM

access the drive. I presume they are still trying to access /dev/hdb instead of /dev/hdc. Where do I change these settings? George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 073 3172714 Africa is not for sissies - tata ma chance - Syd Kitchen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

[newbie] Modem not responding

I'm using MDK 7.0 with an external Rockwell modem on serial A or Com 1. Using kppp if I query the modem the lights flash but then it says modem not responding. Does not matter if I choose dev/modem or dev/ttys0. Either one the modem lights flash but same result modem not responding. Help please.

Re: [newbie] Primary and secondary IDE

reinstalling MDK as I was going to upgrade to Ver 8.2 anyway. Any info would be appreciated. George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Ogg encoder/decoder

I presume this is true for Mandrake later than MDK 7.0 but as I am still living in the dark age is it possible to download the ogg encoder/decoder and implement them in Xmms and Grip? George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] I feel we are all islands -- in a common sea. Anne Morrow Lindbergh, writer

Fw: [newbie] Lilo

George Baker wrote: I've got a Compaq DP 4000 P166 which creates a partition with the software to change any CMOS settings (you push F10). After installing MDK 7.0 with LILO I can't get into the Cmos settings. Is there a way of pointing LILO to this partition. Luckily I still have

Re: [newbie] S3 Virge DX/GX 375/385

George Baker wrote: Hi - I've just upgraded from a 486 to a P166 with a S3 Virge DX/GX PCI graphics card with 2MB memory. Installed MDK 7.0 today but can't get X desktop to display properly. There is a jagged box under the curser and lines running through the display. If I move

[newbie] Lilo

settings. Thanks George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] South Africa Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] S3 Virge DX/GX 375/385

Hi - I've just upgraded from a 486 to a P166 with a S3 Virge DX/GX PCI graphics card with 2MB memory. Installed MDK 7.0 today but can't get X desktop to display properly. There is a jagged box under the curser and lines running through the display. If I move a window it leaves shadows behind. I

Re: [newbie] newbie and hardware questions

it only has Genius Netscroll on PS2. I have a serial Netscroll mouse - any ideas how I can set it up? -- Thanks George Baker South Africa

[newbie]Virus and telnet commands

the mail (thought it was top). What is the command? Anyway the 2 mails were both 49+megs, so I deleted them. -- Thanks George Baker South Africa

[newbie]User privilages

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[newbie]Using RPM

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[newbie]disk partitioning

be able to copy my existing setup over to the new drive or will I have to reinstall. I understand that I will have to point LILO to the new drive. Thanks George Baker South Africa At 10:28 PM 07/19/2001 +, civileme wrote: On Thursday 19 July 2001 19:52, George Baker wrote: Sorry, I am new

Re: [newbie] C Compiler

civileme wrote: On Friday 20 July 2001 20:56, George Baker wrote: A V Flinsch wrote: On Wednesday 18 July 2001 17:03, you wrote: Trying to install koffice 2.0.1 and kfinance 0.2.0 and keep getting the message that the C Compiler can't create executables. I have installed gcc

[newbie] Debian package

I downloaded koffice from tucows but it is a Debian package, ending in .deb. How do you install it. -- Thanks George Baker South Africa

[newbie] Disk full problem

I installed LM 7 on a 1.2 gig extended partition. Now I see that /root partition is nearly full, yet I have 300 MB free in /home. How can I give more space to /root or specifically /usr. Thanks George Baker South Africa

[newbie] C Compiler

Trying to install koffice 2.0.1 and kfinance 0.2.0 and keep getting the message that the C Compiler can't create executables. I have installed gcc and gcc -c++. This is the config.log I get: Thanks George Baker South Africa This file contains any messages produced by compilers while running