Re: [newbie] 400MHz enough video power?

2005-04-10 Per discussione JoeHill
hardware acceleration. Sorry, only speaking from personal experience. DVD's or AVI's will not play, at least not full screen anyhow, unless I'm using hardware acceleration, ie. the nvidia driver. Like you always say, YMMV ;-) -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 14:23:58 up 48 days, 15

Re: [newbie] 400MHz enough video power?

2005-04-10 Per discussione JoeHill
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 14:26:16 -0400 JoeHill disseminated the following: That just isn't so. I have a GeF4, I use the 'nv' driver, I've never used the proprietary nvidia driver, DVD's and any other kind'a movies play jus' fine. DVD's, or any videos for that matter, _do not_

Re: [newbie] 400MHz enough video power?

2005-04-09 Per discussione JoeHill
too little power? I think it depends a lot on your video card/chipset. You cannot play DVD's at all without hardware acceleration, IIRC, no matter your system resources (though yours are definitely on the low end anyhow). -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 18:58:17 up 47 days, 20

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10.2

2005-04-03 Per discussione JoeHill
in your home dir, which during even a clean install is not formatted, at least not by default AFAIK. This should go for most if not all of your 'data', depending on how you have your disk partitioned. Always back up your data anyway, YMMV, etc., etc. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10.2

2005-04-03 Per discussione JoeHill
On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 18:42:36 +0100 Elwyn York disseminated the following: 80 gig of mp3s ??!! I sense 'eclectic' musical tastes... -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 16:34:59 up 41 days, 17:41, 7 users, load average: 0.10, 0.03, 0.01 +++ He

Re: [newbie] back to Windows

2005-04-02 Per discussione JoeHill
-alles list was over-subscribed and Mandrakeot collected the spillage? Careful now, they're awfully sensitive. Let's not see a friendly joke turn into a flamewar. I've never been a part of that, and never will be. Um, well, okay, there was this *one* time...EG -- JoeHill / RLU #282046

Re: [newbie] back to Windows

2005-04-01 Per discussione JoeHill
On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:41:48 -0600 Dennis Myers disseminated the following: Everyone is intitled to their own opinion. Even if it is wrong. BWAH! Busted! Check the date foo' ;-) -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 14:12:34 up 39 days, 16:18, 7 users, load average: 0.14, 0.10

Re: [newbie] back to Windows

2005-04-01 Per discussione JoeHill
, keep up the good work. Seems some of the Uber Geeks on the list need some time off... -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 14:16:30 up 39 days, 16:22, 7 users, load average: 0.02, 0.07, 0.02 +++ Yesterday's weirdness is tomorrow's reason why. -- Hunter S

Re: [newbie] back to Windows

2005-04-01 Per discussione JoeHill
On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 07:33:01 -0800 Aron Smith disseminated the following: Hell if he want's to fight send him to the OT list :-) If your definition of 'fight' is a bunch of blindfolded monkeys throwing excrement in all directions... -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 14:19:32

Re: [newbie] back to Windows

2005-04-01 Per discussione JoeHill
surprised a coupla 'old timers' got caught. Heh. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 14:21:31 up 39 days, 16:27, 7 users, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.00 +++ He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. -- Hunter S. Thompson

Re: [newbie] back to Windows

2005-04-01 Per discussione JoeHill
They spelled 'humour' wrong, but you get the idea ;-) -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 18:17:24 up 39 days, 20:23, 7 users, load average: 0.02, 0.01, 0.00 +++ When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. -- Hunter S. Thompson

Re: [newbie] Burning 10.2 ISO

2005-04-01 Per discussione JoeHill
:-) -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 18:24:48 up 39 days, 20:30, 7 users, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.00 +++ Some may never live, but the crazy never die. -- Hunter S. Thompson Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Burning 10.2 ISO

2005-04-01 Per discussione JoeHill
desktop at that :-( -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 20:10:26 up 39 days, 22:16, 7 users, load average: 0.05, 0.08, 0.03 +++ Avoid being seized by the police. The cops are not your friends. Don't tell them anything. -- Hunter S. Thompson

Re: [newbie] Quicktime video

2005-03-30 Per discussione JoeHill
-in.sourceforge.net/ -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 19:48:55 up 37 days, 21:54, 7 users, load average: 0.37, 0.86, 0.86 +++ Some may never live, but the crazy never die. -- Hunter S. Thompson Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Kmail will not run

2005-03-26 Per discussione JoeHill
are wasting resources, time, and missing out on a whole lot more fun with all the alternatives out there. Anyhow, that's my anti-KDE rant for the month. Thank you all for coming. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 19:33:11 up 33 days, 21:38, 7 users, load average: 0.13, 0.03, 0.01

Re: [newbie] mp3s to wav/cd burning

2005-03-20 Per discussione JoeHill
://kymatica.com/software.html -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 18:28:30 up 27 days, 20:33, 7 users, load average: 0.15, 0.22, 0.45 +++ When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. -- Hunter S. Thompson Want

Re: [newbie] Re: mp3s to wav/cd burning

2005-03-20 Per discussione JoeHill
$i | tr ' ' '_'`;done; } function mp3dec() { for i in *.mp3; do lame --decode $i `basename $i .mp3`.wav; done; } First one removes spaces in the filenames and converts to LC, second converts to WAV. Watch the line-wrap and the back-ticks :-) -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 19

Re: [newbie] Re: mp3s to wav/cd burning

2005-03-20 Per discussione JoeHill
, probably. You would know better than I. I copied these bits of code from the Deadman.org site IIRC. Personally, I like my MP3 files to be renamed anyhow, for future CLI functions. Filenames with spaces are a pain in the arse. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 20:36:09 up 27 days, 22

[newbie] Synchronizing PalmOS devices with Linux

2005-03-18 Per discussione JoeHill
operating system, the options are limited. In this article, we'll review the various GPL-based suites available for synchronizing PalmOS-based devices with Linux. http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/03/10/174221 -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 17:41:32 up 25 days, 19

Re: [newbie] linux command tutorial

2005-03-18 Per discussione JoeHill
:) ...sex educattion and drivers' education on the same day? Punchline? I'm betting it's the same reason as in Northern Ontario... -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 18:13:58 up 25 days, 20:18, 7 users, load average: 1.13, 1.19, 0.79 +++ Call on God, but row away

Re: [newbie] Updates

2005-03-16 Per discussione JoeHill
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:36:40 -0500 Charles A Edwards disseminated the following: sylpheed2-1.9.6-0.1010.1mdk.i586.rpm Yer doin' this just to tempt me to up to 10.1, admit it...admit it! Aaaarrggghh the pressure...can barely resist... -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 20:04

Re: [newbie] Updates

2005-03-16 Per discussione JoeHill
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:27:44 -0500 Miark disseminated the following: What's the difference between Sylpheed2 and Sylpheed Claws 1.0.3? GTK2. Perty. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 20:32:59 up 23 days, 22:37, 7 users, load average: 0.12, 0.06, 0.35

Re: [newbie] urpmi: command not found

2005-03-11 Per discussione JoeHill
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 20:47:16 -0700 joe disseminated the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] home]# urpmi glabels bash: urpmi: command not found Did you try 'urpmi urpmi'? ...just kidding :-))) -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 14:16:52 up 18 days, 16:20, 2 users, load average

Re: [newbie] Microsoft overrules EU Council

2005-03-10 Per discussione JoeHill
, we're all equally guilty as not when it comes to shenanigans like software patents. One's responsibility for just laws and behaviour doesn't end when they vote. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 14:02:48 up 17 days, 16:06, 4 users, load average: 0.02, 0.06, 0.02

[newbie] Some Fun from Groklaw

2005-03-10 Per discussione JoeHill
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050225155855922 -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 20:14:12 up 17 days, 22:18, 7 users, load average: 0.19, 0.30, 0.19 +++ We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world - bullies and bastards who

[newbie] The Devil is in the Details

2005-03-10 Per discussione JoeHill
Things that make you go: 'hm'. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 20:46:15 up 17 days, 22:50, 7 users, load average: 0.04, 0.05, 0.07 +++ We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce

Re: [newbie] licq-1.2.6-3mdk.i586.rpm.

2005-03-10 Per discussione JoeHill
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 06:12:29 + Tahir Abdullah disseminated the following: I appreciate any guidance See here: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/UsingUrpmi and here: http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ Need more help, write back. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 01:43

Re: [newbie] Microsoft overrules EU Council

2005-03-07 Per discussione JoeHill
out, this is not going to happen by marking an 'X' on a ballot next to the name of some grifter who's supposed to 'represent' you. The people do not need to be spoken for, their voice may be heard loud and clear should their will be so. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 20:00:25 up

Re: [newbie] Finally, Denmark gets it right

2005-03-06 Per discussione JoeHill
opposition. A motion to oppose to it has been accepted unanymously last thursday. So that would make 3 against already. :-) All together now...'The times, they are 'a changin'...!' -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 09:28:53 up 13 days, 11:32, 9 users, load average: 0.02, 0.05, 0.01

Re: [newbie] urpmi query

2005-03-05 Per discussione JoeHill
this a little while ago because apparently something had changed on his end. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 09:28:22 up 12 days, 11:31, 9 users, load average: 0.03, 0.02, 0.00 +++ Call on God, but row away from the rocks. -- Hunter S. Thompson

Re: [newbie] IRC Client

2005-03-03 Per discussione JoeHill
... got a lot of newbies ;-D XChat is by far the best client. Thats what I think anyways :-) @ Aron Joe: What are your irc nicks? just joehill pour moi, I would assume Aron's is 'buttmuncher' or somesuch... /ducks Anyhow, I was just checkin' it out, I don't have a lot of time to spend

Re: [newbie] IRC Client

2005-03-03 Per discussione JoeHill
:-) -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 19:13:32 up 10 days, 21:16, 10 users, load average: 0.15, 0.07, 0.01 +++ Avoid being seized by the police. The cops are not your friends. Don't tell them anything. -- Hunter S. Thompson

Re: [newbie] any question

2005-03-03 Per discussione JoeHill
On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:34:55 +0100 Stefan Tulak disseminated the following: I've installed mandrakelinux for one month and I'm very pleasured. Shite, I never got that kinda stimulation out of it. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 19:17:24 up 10 days, 21:20, 10 users, load

Re: [newbie] any question

2005-03-03 Per discussione JoeHill
, okay? -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 20:44:08 up 10 days, 22:47, 10 users, load average: 0.29, 0.82, 0.76 +++ Some may never live, but the crazy never die. -- Hunter S. Thompson Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] IRC Client

2005-03-02 Per discussione JoeHill
desktop...oh so l33t :-))) It's CLI, but it's no more difficult to use than X-Chat for the basic commands, ie. /server, /channel, etc. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 19:13:49 up 9 days, 21:16, 10 users, load average: 0.01, 0.00, 0.00 +++ Call on God, but row

Re: [newbie] GNOME open file manager in same window

2005-03-02 Per discussione JoeHill
://rox.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php/ Available thru urpmi, easy to configure, much more customizable than Nautilus, and it doesn't chew up your memory and CPU just so you can browse your home dir... -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 19:30:11 up 9 days, 21:33, 10 users, load average

Re: [newbie] IRC Client

2005-03-02 Per discussione JoeHill
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:02:45 -0800 Aron Smith disseminated the following: anybody have a recommendation for a good newbie friendly IRC client? BTW, who the hell are all those people on #mandrake?? I didn't recognize one name from the list... -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org

[newbie] Sneaking Software Patents in the back door...

2005-02-27 Per discussione JoeHill
: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050223205453141 Just what Capitalists love to do, sit around doing absolutely nothing and watch the money roll in. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 17:46:08 up 6 days, 19:48, 10 users, load average: 1.35, 1.41, 1.36

Re: [newbie] Beware, Firefox is a spyware :)

2005-02-26 Per discussione JoeHill
at reigning in one of the worst examples of corporate criminality (excepting murderous thugs like Bechtel, Halliburton et al). Best is to just sit back and laugh as M$ leaves skid marks on the bowl. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 18:45:52 up 5 days, 20:48, 10 users, load

Re: [newbie] accessing windows shared drives

2005-02-26 Per discussione JoeHill
that script to a key set or to an icon. In the end, looks something like this: #! /bin/sh # SMB mount script # created by LinNeighborhood smbmount //NODE2/backup /home/joehill/mnt/NODE2/backup/ -o username= Then of course to unmount: #! /bin/sh # SMB mount script # created by LinNeighborhood

[newbie] Who can you trust?

2005-02-23 Per discussione JoeHill
/article.pl?sid=05/02/22/2027219 IBM? Novell? Committed to F/OSS my ass, the bottom line always comes first with the corps. Note the lawyers are in there like a fly on shite too, lot's of potential litigation there, eh? -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 20:59:45 up 2 days, 23:02, 7 users

Re: [newbie] Anyone seen this? :-(

2005-02-19 Per discussione JoeHill
never learn. Don't worry, they're only shooting themselves in the foot with this one. It's going to piss more people off than any who would say 'oh, well, back to Windows'. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 14:42:05 up 48 days, 3:24, 7 users, load average: 0.26, 0.18, 0.06

Re: [newbie] US Patents coming to a place near you...

2005-02-16 Per discussione JoeHill
, is simply to ignore it. Let MS patent everything they want, the hackers that started this F/OSS thang will, as they always have, simply route around the obstacles, and the users will keep on comin' on over to a better deal. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 18:43:19 up 45 days, 7

Re: [newbie] US Patents coming to a place near you...

2005-02-16 Per discussione JoeHill
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:34:13 -0800 Aron Smith disseminated the following: And *he * says that the OT list is opinionated. No, no, I said it was a 'shithole'. Don't misquote me ;-) -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 20:58:55 up 45 days, 9:40, 8 users, load average: 0.57, 0.17

Re: [newbie] US Patents coming to a place near you...

2005-02-15 Per discussione JoeHill
to this sort of corporate extortion, IMO. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 19:19:01 up 44 days, 8:00, 8 users, load average: 0.15, 0.08, 0.01 +++ Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power -- Benito Mussolini

Re: [newbie] You probably already know this

2005-02-15 Per discussione JoeHill
and spyware and... Never mind. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 20:28:05 up 44 days, 9:09, 8 users, load average: 0.32, 0.12, 0.06 +++ Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding. -- John Kenneth Galbraith

Re: [newbie] Sylpheed-Claws

2005-02-14 Per discussione JoeHill
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 06:41:53 + Lee Wiggers disseminated the following: Any thoughts? Let Fetchmail do the work of Popping in the background, then import the mail from your local spool? Little more involved than Bjorn's suggestion, but I just really like Fetchmail. :-) -- JoeHill / RLU

[newbie] RIP Microsoft

2005-02-14 Per discussione JoeHill
Quote: But when was the last time you thought about Microsoft, except in frustration or anger? Link: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/SiliconInsider/story?id=88655page=3 We can only hope... -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 20:56:22 up 43 days, 9:37, 8 users, load average

Re: [newbie] cannot launch konqueror

2005-02-13 Per discussione JoeHill
:-) -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 16:23:35 up 42 days, 5:05, 6 users, load average: 0.02, 0.20, 0.18 +++ President Bush is asking Congress for $80 billion dollars to rebuild Iraq. And when you make out that check, remember there are two L's in Halliburton. -- David

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Off-topic

2005-02-12 Per discussione JoeHill
, a delusional sociopath, or a masochist to go through that gate... 'Abandon all Hope...' -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 20:50:57 up 41 days, 9:32, 6 users, load average: 0.08, 0.07, 0.06 +++ Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Off-topic

2005-02-12 Per discussione JoeHill
but a grave with both ends kicked out. Just tryin' to impart some good ol' Canuck wisdom on them thar 'mericans, as per usual. Futile effort, I know, but there's a fine line between hope and delusion, eh? -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 20:53:36 up 41 days, 9:34, 6 users, load

Re: [newbie] cannot launch konqueror

2005-02-12 Per discussione JoeHill
pleased to see that 10.2 is going to come with XFCE4! -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 21:09:56 up 41 days, 9:51, 6 users, load average: 0.08, 0.07, 0.05 +++ If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Off-topic

2005-02-12 Per discussione JoeHill
has a red line where her left breast used to be. Ya. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 21:15:36 up 41 days, 9:56, 6 users, load average: 0.10, 0.09, 0.07 +++ If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Off-topic

2005-02-12 Per discussione JoeHill
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 21:17:10 -0500 JoeHill disseminated the following: My wife has a red line where her left breast used to be. Ya. Holy mufuckin' shite, that was meant to be offlist, please disregard. *Please* -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 21:26:16 up 41 days, 10:07, 6

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Off-topic

2005-02-11 Per discussione JoeHill
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:33:19 +0200 Marek Pawinski disseminated the following: What command must be given to subscribe to the list ? Well, it's not a 'command', but you'd get about the same results. Just put the barrel of a gun in your mouth and... -- JoeHill / RLU #282046

Re: [newbie] Re: Program to download all the files on a http address

2005-02-11 Per discussione JoeHill
/ or wget -r . ftp://www.gkmweb.com/amarok/10.1/ ...whichever suits your purpose. Thanks to all who replied me. Is there a GUI for wget? urpmi gwget or gwget2 -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 19:33:08 up 40 days, 8:14, 3 users, load average: 0.38, 0.20, 0.08

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Off-topic

2005-02-11 Per discussione JoeHill
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:50:19 -0800 Aron Smith disseminated the following: Remember to bring your asbestos underware That's getting old. You need a new one. I suggest 'kevlar khakis'. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 20:58:28 up 40 days, 9:39, 6 users, load average: 0.00

Re: [newbie] Task Manager

2005-02-08 Per discussione JoeHill
developed, but I'm willing to make one, based on the /proc files and kernel stuff. However, this email is for asking if some already knows of an application as the Task manager, so I don't waste time programming such application... Um, 'top'? -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 20:22

Re: [newbie] Task Manager

2005-02-08 Per discussione JoeHill
through urpmi as 'rox-system'. Lot's of other goodies in there too :-) -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 22:14:03 up 37 days, 10:54, 7 users, load average: 0.35, 0.09, 0.03 +++ Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do

[newbie] USA ISP's complicit in spam: SpamHaus

2005-02-05 Per discussione JoeHill
and non-sensical in the face of the Internet's spam epidemic. Link: http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3469091 Spamhaus article: http://www.spamhaus.org/news.lasso?article=158 Once again, profit wins out over ethics. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 19:43:21 up

Re: [newbie] To Chris Lane

2005-02-02 Per discussione JoeHill
$DEITY, that would be one hell of a flood of unnecessary mails. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 10:05:59 up 30 days, 22:46, 5 users, load average: 0.02, 0.02, 0.00 +++ President Bush is asking Congress for $80 billion dollars to rebuild Iraq. And when you

Re: [newbie] IP refresh command?

2005-02-02 Per discussione JoeHill
. However, this would just give it a kickstart, as soon as the network device comes 'up' it will receive the DHCP broadcast and say 'ya, I need an address and gateway and all that'. IIANM. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 13:29:36 up 31 days, 2:09, 4 users, load average: 0.03, 0.11

Re: [newbie] Dumbest test I've ever seen

2005-02-02 Per discussione JoeHill
inbuilt antivirus software in all operating systems ___ the tested operating systems don___t currently include a virus checker. ...and this would serve *what* purpose on a Desktop Linux or Mac system? -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 18:57:59 up 31 days, 7:38, 6 users, load

Re: [newbie] Dumbest test I've ever seen

2005-02-02 Per discussione JoeHill
that they had actually done some research, and have clearly not done so, is disingenuous. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 19:17:04 up 31 days, 7:57, 6 users, load average: 0.11, 0.07, 0.14 +++ It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes, to blind you from

Re: [newbie] IP refresh command?

2005-02-01 Per discussione JoeHill
to acquire a new ip on the new network. What shell command will do this for me? 'ifconfig down', then 'ifconfig up' should do it. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 15:32:16 up 30 days, 4:12, 4 users, load average: 0.02, 0.03, 0.00 +++ Truly, I say to you

Re: [newbie] To Chris Lane

2005-01-31 Per discussione JoeHill
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:24:27 -0500 Carroll Grigsby disseminated the following: Don't the list rules require that Mr. Lane send a case of good stuff to each of who received an out-of-office message? Case? I'm thinkin' Zip-Loc bag, but that's just me... -- JoeHill / RLU #282046

Re: [newbie] interesting news story

2005-01-31 Per discussione JoeHill
(if that's possible). But wait, it get's better: http://www.vnunet.com/news/1160791 MS hasn't got a foot left to shoot off, they're up to a messy stump on both legs. Either that or Ballmer is some kind of millipede...hm :-))) -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 17:54:32 up 29

Re: [newbie] To Chris Lane

2005-01-31 Per discussione JoeHill
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:26:09 -0500 Julie Sloan disseminated the following: It's just me too... Oh jeez, just what this list needs. Posts about the World Social Forum and Zip-Loc baggies...heh, we're gonna get along just fine :-) -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 18:56:34 up

Re: [newbie] To Chris Lane

2005-01-31 Per discussione JoeHill
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 21:03:08 + Margot disseminated the following: A decent sized case will contain several bags...enough for all of us ;-) A *case* of *bags*?! Are you quite mad? I'd never leave the house! Waitaminnit... -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 19:09:15 up 29

Re: [newbie] interesting news story

2005-01-31 Per discussione JoeHill
300,000 government computers from Microsoft's Windows operating system to open source software like Linux. Microsoft founder Bill Gates wants to meet with Brazil's president to discuss the change. Brazil is dropping all proprietary software. Heh, ol' Billy's feeling the heat :- -- JoeHill / RLU

Re: [newbie] Isn't ~/.bash_profile sourced only at login ?

2005-01-30 Per discussione JoeHill
This is in my .bashrc under '#exec on startup', though, and don't ask me how it works, I, as usual, copied and pasted it from somewhere. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 18:44:16 up 28 days, 7:24, 8 users, load average: 0.28, 0.17, 0.07 +++ There are literally

Re: [newbie] Isn't ~/.bash_profile sourced only at login ?

2005-01-30 Per discussione JoeHill
'? Whatever. You get the idea. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 18:48:30 up 28 days, 7:28, 8 users, load average: 0.06, 0.12, 0.07 +++ President Bush is asking Congress for $80 billion dollars to rebuild Iraq. And when you make out that check, remember there are two

[newbie] To Chris Lane

2005-01-30 Per discussione JoeHill
Hey, bud, when you get back in your office, could you remember to *never* set an out-of-office auto-reply for an account you use on a mailing list? Many thanks! -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 18:59:12 up 28 days, 7:39, 8 users, load average: 0.19, 0.08, 0.06

Re: [newbie] interesting news story

2005-01-30 Per discussione JoeHill
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 19:10:42 -0500 Julie Sloan disseminated the following: Activists Urge Free Open-Source Software http://tinyurl.com/5hezf Now why would those poor starving people want to miss out on this?: http://weblog.infoworld.com/foster/2005/01/28.html#a209 -- JoeHill / RLU #282046

Re: [newbie] Removing KDE removes...everything?

2005-01-27 Per discussione JoeHill
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:56:35 -0500 JoeHill disseminated the following: I thought to myself, 'hey, I don't use KDE, why don't I just remove it?'. Well, according to MCC, that means uninstalling most of my system, including seemingly most of Gnome and it's associated lib's as well. WTF

[newbie] Removing KDE removes...everything?

2005-01-26 Per discussione JoeHill
I thought to myself, 'hey, I don't use KDE, why don't I just remove it?'. Well, according to MCC, that means uninstalling most of my system, including seemingly most of Gnome and it's associated lib's as well. WTF? -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 21:54:03 up 24 days, 10:33

Re: [newbie] turn off computer?

2005-01-22 Per discussione JoeHill
to configure, hackable, and they run Linux :-) -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 18:13:07 up 20 days, 6:52, 7 users, load average: 1.35, 1.40, 1.31 +++ Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me. -- Jesus

Re: [newbie] I just love it

2005-01-20 Per discussione JoeHill
commands on a given file while *in* the directory containing the file, and I would doubt very much they are talking about a 'run box', the instructions assume you are at a command prompt. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 14:00:00 up 18 days, 2:38, 6 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01

Re: [newbie] Window sizing problem

2005-01-20 Per discussione JoeHill
On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:51:51 -0500 (EST) cervixcouch disseminated the following: Also, to Mr. JoeHill: pekwm is a tad minimal for my taste. I do like at least a little butter on my biscuit! ...you add the butter at your discretion, instead of having it dumped over your head from a cauldron

Re: [newbie] XFCE 4.2 mouse scrolling

2005-01-20 Per discussione JoeHill
a graphical login? -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 16:25:48 up 18 days, 5:04, 6 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 +++ Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws. -- Amschel Mayer Rothschild, banker

Re: [newbie] XFCE 4.2 mouse scrolling

2005-01-20 Per discussione JoeHill
On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 16:56:40 -0500 Kenneth Rhodes disseminated the following: For some reason I always like prefer to log into the console/comand line. Ditto here. It just makes it so much freakin' easier to configure the way X behaves at startup, as we've discovered here today :-) -- JoeHill

Re: [newbie] Window sizing problem

2005-01-19 Per discussione JoeHill
an answer please let me in on it. Ah, KDE, what a great Desktop. Must be why they're porting it to Windows, it'll fit right in ;-) -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 18:08:50 up 17 days, 6:47, 6 users, load average: 0.09, 0.08, 0.02 +++ The future is here. It's

Re: [newbie] BIOS password on a Compaq Presario 1275

2005-01-19 Per discussione JoeHill
out? -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 19:39:12 up 17 days, 8:18, 6 users, load average: 0.06, 0.04, 0.01 +++ Rule $19.99 (Brad `Squid' Shapcott): The Internet *isn't* *free*. It just has an economy that makes no sense to capitalism

Re: [newbie] Window sizing problem

2005-01-19 Per discussione JoeHill
? Must say tho, that XFCE4 4.2 is lookin' mighty nice too. Hell, with Charles' RPM's, I haven't the foggiest notion why anyone isn't tripping over themselves to get away from KDE. Guess I was wrong today. 1st time for everything... -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 19:42:58 up

Re: [newbie] BIOS password on a Compaq Presario 1275

2005-01-19 Per discussione JoeHill
* the battery out? Whichever is the fastest course, Joe. C'mon. Use LOGIC, mate. Well, I thought you might have some anecdotal experience which might save me the experimentation in that regard... -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 19:49:46 up 17 days, 8:28, 6 users, load average

[newbie] Gates: 'Yer a bunch o' Commies'

2005-01-11 Per discussione JoeHill
a mistake that could impoverish the entire world. Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1387447,00.html -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 09:22:21 up 8 days, 22:00, 4 users, load average: 0.17, 0.16, 0.10 +++ When the going gets weird

Re: [newbie] Gates: 'Yer a bunch o' Commies'

2005-01-11 Per discussione JoeHill
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:26:02 -0500 JoeHill disseminated the following: Quote: Bill Gates is an intelligent man [wha?] who has done a great deal of good in the world. So when he gets caught out in a bare-faced lie this should matter to all of us; and last week, when he called the opponents

Re: [newbie] starting fetchmail on boot

2005-01-10 Per discussione JoeHill
PROTECTED] chris]$ fetchmail -m procmail Fetchmail can be installed as a system service, ie. it starts at boot: urpmi fetchmail-daemon -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 15:46:48 up 8 days, 4:24, 7 users, load average: 0.23, 0.55, 0.73 +++ Truly, I say to you

Re: [newbie] Is this possible?

2005-01-08 Per discussione JoeHill
and playback. no need for TVo or a dvd player, just set a box up that will do the recording, and a box to do TV out. L I B... ;-) -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 13:51:17 up 6 days, 2:28, 7 users, load average: 0.13, 0.09, 0.07 +++ It is the world

Re: [newbie] Rush Limbaugh

2005-01-07 Per discussione JoeHill
download and use either Firefox or Mozilla. Hey! My Rush Voodoo doll is working! -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 18:16:48 up 5 days, 6:54, 8 users, load average: 0.01, 0.01, 0.00 +++ President Bush is asking Congress for $80 billion dollars to rebuild Iraq

Re: [newbie] Rush Limbaugh

2005-01-07 Per discussione JoeHill
On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 15:57:25 -0800 Aron Smith disseminated the following: See if you can get it to say Open Source Well, I had something else in mind... I tried it on Anne Coulter, but apparently even with Voodoo there has to actually be a functioning brain ;-) -- JoeHill / RLU #282046

Re: [newbie] Is this possible?

2005-01-07 Per discussione JoeHill
On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 09:00:20 +1100 Stephen Kühn disseminated the following: I end up ripping movies to AVI to view on my network... Quality is high, speed is good. Your TV has an ethernet port?! You *are* good... -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 20:08:55 up 5 days, 8:46, 8

Re: [newbie] Eeek! Video Card Problems.

2005-01-06 Per discussione JoeHill
automatically and default to the list instead (and *only* the list). -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 09:10:21 up 3 days, 21:47, 8 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 +++ The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens

[newbie] What the Hell are They Thinking?

2005-01-06 Per discussione JoeHill
://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/23/1844249 I always suspected the KDE devel team were in league with The Evil One, now I'm sure of it. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 19:07:13 up 4 days, 7:44, 7 users, load average: 0.07, 0.13, 0.27 +++ If the Nuremberg

Re: [newbie] Eeek! Video Card Problems.

2005-01-05 Per discussione JoeHill
to their brilliant standards, faultless security, and responsiveness to their community. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 00:09:02 up 3 days, 12:46, 8 users, load average: 0.03, 0.08, 0.02 +++ The struggle between people and capital is now an epic struggle

Re: [newbie] Looking for a text editor with the auto-completion feature

2005-01-02 Per discussione JoeHill
. If I already have an instance open, it opens *immediately*. It's prolly a combo of the Celeron processor and your memory usage. My OO is set to use 9MB, I set it to 20 and it opened in under 4 seconds. Plonk another stick of memory in there, d00d! -- JoeHill / RLU #282046

Re: [newbie] Looking for a text editor with the auto-completion feature

2005-01-02 Per discussione JoeHill
, how the heck do I get this info? -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 15:11:26 up 3:48, 4 users, load average: 0.20, 0.15, 0.08 +++ He who does not put out his money at interest, and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall

Re: [newbie] Looking for a text editor with the auto-completion feature

2005-01-02 Per discussione JoeHill
: yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse bogomips: 1730.15 -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 15:42:44 up 4:19, 5 users, load average: 0.69, 0.91, 0.62 +++ Where the state begins

Re: [newbie] Looking for a text editor with the auto-completion feature

2005-01-02 Per discussione JoeHill
bein' so stinkin' cheap, why the hell not, eh? -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 18:08:43 up 6:45, 5 users, load average: 0.16, 0.06, 0.01 +++ He who does not put out his money at interest, and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does

Re: [newbie] Looking for a text editor with the auto-completion feature

2005-01-02 Per discussione JoeHill
On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 17:46:30 -0600 Randall D. Hobbs disseminated the following: I'm thinking it's about time to build one of those dual Xeon systems for my home PC... Might be nice to play with ;-) If these thoughts start to replace those 'other' thoughts, get help ;-) -- JoeHill / RLU

  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   >