On Thursday 03 July 2003 10:59 am, Eric Huff wrote:
now if Dell and all the other biggies would sit up and take
notice. linux may well make a desktop dent.
Part of that would entail getting in good with the hardware
manufacturers - that's where Microsoft has made the inroads.
It's
I just got a IBM thinkpad 600 400 MHZ and I am useing it to
replace my old Thinkpad 770E that is only 333MHZ but has a 20 GB
HDD.
If I understand correctly I should be able to install the old HDD
in the new laptop and do a custom install leaving my home
partitision unformated. but
On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 08:04, Phares wrote:
I have two XP boxes, Two OSx boxes, one OS9 laptop,
one OS 8 server, One win2000 laptop, a 4 machine linux
cluster, and a playstation 2 on my home Lan, the only
issue I've noticed is that my power bills can get
pretty expensive. (Luckily
To be pedantically accurate, the original is When I hear the
word 'culture', I reach for my gun. by one of the Nazis.
I think it was the Brownshirt leader, not Goebbels, and he used
the actual name of a German gun - you historians can put me
right.
However, Tom's/Joe's quote/misquote
On Wednesday 18 June 2003 01:39 am, eric huff wrote:
Bookmark _saving_ is one area where, i hate to say it, none of
the browsers i have tried in linux works as well as internet
explorer. Editing, that's a diff story, but the bookmark
filing in IE is pretty good.
Not knowing anything
On Monday 16 June 2003 08:15 am, JoeHill wrote:
So far Poland (woot! my wife's Polish, lemme tell ya what happens
when they get pissed! oh, and Polish women have really nice
butts) and Germany have civil actions pending against SCO for
spreading FUD.
Now this:
On Monday 16 June 2003 09:22 am, JoeHill wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 09:01:48 -0500
Marc Oestreicher [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
This all reminds me of a t shirt that my wife has with a
picture of a huge eagle swooping down at a mouse. The mouse is
holding a big gun in 1 hand and giving
On Thursday 05 June 2003 05:14 pm, ed tharp wrote:
On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 01:07, eric huff wrote:
PWM gets mentioned...I think some here use it?
I used pulse width modulation in an EV motor controller...
___
___
Want
On Monday 02 June 2003 02:46 pm, Cody Harris wrote:
At 03:37 PM 6/2/2003 -0400, you wrote:
On Monday 02 June 2003 02:53 pm, Cody Harris graced me with:
Ok, scenario:
I have a laptop with Windoze 95 on it. It's partition is Pri
DOS. I cannot read this from a boot disk and can not log
On Monday 02 June 2003 04:49 pm, FemmeFatale wrote:
I'm going to be reinstalling (Don't go there stephen) again soon.
I royally fubared my system. :D. Normal. For me.
heh anyway whenever I've installed it on this new system (With
VGA LO No less on freaking Radeon 9700!~ pisses me
Maybe being around a lot of people involved in computer science
gives you a different perspective than mine. Most of the people
that I come into contact with have never heard of unix and if I
speak of Linux often the first thing I hear is oh is that the same
company that makes heating and
On Thursday 29 May 2003 07:37 am, Technoslick wrote:
On Thursday 29 May 2003 12:07 am, Miark graced me with:
I'm very impressed with Novell's response, here. They're
calling SCO's bluff and holding their feet to the fire to
either prove their moronic claims or recant!
High marks for
People that use linux tend not to be of the norm. I have been
following linux since 1999 and have watched redhat and mandrake
evolve. I have tried many different distros.
When most people get on a computer, they want it to work the
first time, every time. They do not want to have to think
IBM, Novell, now Linus...
I must have missed something here. Has Linus been drug into this
to?
I wonder if anyone has thought about sueing Tux?
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
I have never used Open Office but here are some basics that it
sounds like you need
First I am going to assume that you are using KDE due to the fact
that it is very newbie friendly.
On the bottom of the screen near the left corner you should see a
icon that looks like a monitor with
Has anyone been able to get the internal modem working on a IBM thinkpad
390e ML 9.1 I found the Lucent driver in allready compiled in a Mandrake
rpm and installed it but no luck yet. This is my first time trying to get a
linmodem working and it is proving to be a bit of a challenge. so
On Wednesday 02 April 2003 01:49 pm, Christopher Shaffer wrote:
I've got a general Linux (or I should say, non-windows) question. Why do
most (if not all) Linux web browsers not support the Backspace key as
'Back' in the web browser. 'Back' is something you hit all the time, and
I'd rather
On Wednesday 02 April 2003 11:40 pm, Anonymous wrote:
I have looked at the USR page entitled Configuring
U.S. Robotics Modems for use under Unix-Type Systems
... but I can't understand the instructions.
I'm using kppp as the dialer, and still have the init
strings that were suggested by
On Tuesday 01 April 2003 02:32 am, lewis wrote:
On Monday 31 March 2003 01:34 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 01:04, Vahur Lokk wrote:
Ühel kenal päeval (pühapäev, 30. märts 2003 23:55) kirjutas lewis:
I have checked MCC but there is no sound card detected. When I run
On Sunday 30 March 2003 10:20 pm, Rachel wrote:
Hi, How do I install - manually, a modem on Mandrake 9? It was
installed before. Its a crappy 28k. I tried to install two different
56k's but they were not 'seen' and suprisingly this isn't either. It's
given me a massive headache.
How
I guess it is partially about money for me. A few years ago when I knew
almost nothing about computers I was more or less forced to buy a computer
with windoze 98 installed, to the best of my knowledge that was the only
thing available on any name brand computer and I sure did not know
On Saturday 15 March 2003 04:08 am, David E. Fox wrote:
I have looked around and so far have been unable to find any good=20
documation explaining how to install a application from a tar.gz file.
What are you ttrying to install?
coffee cup A wysiwyg html editor
--
Marc
KM5KW
I guess that I have led a blessed life until now and have never had to
install anything that was not a Mandrake RPM packege. But now the time has
arrived when I need to install a tar.gz
I have looked around and so far have been unable to find any good
documation explaining how to install
On Sunday 09 March 2003 08:51 pm, Margot wrote:
Now that I've got the internet connection working, I'm trying to get
everything running through the Mandrake machine, aiming to abandon the
Win98 machine as soon as possible.
Everything works OK so far, except one of my bank accounts. When I
If you do not have a owners manual handy you can watch the screen closely
during startup. You will probably see something saying press F1 or some other
key to change settings. Press and hold that key. That should bring you to the
BIOS setup screen. While you are in the bios you may also want
Problem solved
I shut the machine off last night, started it back up this morning and
everything worked great again. I guess that sometimes even Linux needs a
restart
--
Marc
KM5KW
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
On Sunday 02 March 2003 06:23 pm, Robert Wideman wrote:
I shut the machine off last night, started it back up this morning and
everything worked great again. I guess that sometimes even Linux needs a
restart
If you use your system everyday then DO NOT TURN OFF THE COMPUTER.
On Friday 28 February 2003 13:44, Kirwin the Insane wrote:
Bill Spatz wrote:
Almost enough of us to start a Mandrake-Hams list
Give me a few minutes, I like this idea!
Bill N7OKD
Add another.
Later
Michael
kb0yev
How odd there dont seem to be all that many people on this
On Sunday 02 March 2003 03:12 am, Clifton Parker wrote:
I am a new linux user, i am running Mandrake 9.0. I have a Zoom Fax modem
and can't get it to work. When i try to qurey the modem it gives me
feedback that the modem is busy, so i changed to XON/XOFF and the modem
will qurey but it has no
On Sunday 02 March 2003 04:00 am, you wrote:
internal 56k v.90
-Original Message-
From: Marc Oestreicher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Clifton Parker
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Saturday, March 01, 2003 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem
On Sunday 02
In ML9.0 KDE I spent quite a bit of time tonight tweeking a lot of settings.
I dont know exactly how I did it but I can no longer drag icons to move them
or for that matter drag much of anything. I cant seem to figure out what I
did or how to un do it.
Anyone know how to fix my screwup?
On Thursday 27 February 2003 03:10, Vaessen, E.M.J. (Ed) wrote:
I thought all the install problems with packages under mandrake 9.0 would
be behind me by following this procedure:
1. Delete all entries in directory /var/lib/urpmi
2. Create file /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg with zero length
3. Delete
On Tuesday 25 February 2003 05:42, Ralph Slooten wrote:
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 09:45:55 + (GMT)
Chris Slater-Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Chris M0BOP
73
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Keith Powell wrote:
On Monday 24 Feb 2003 8:16 pm, Marc Oestreicher wrote:
Big snip
Also
On Tuesday 25 February 2003 20:28, robin wrote:
Rodolfo Lima wrote:
Hey all, i'm trying to install Mandrake 9 in a Pentium 200Mhz, 32Mb of
RAM and a 4Gb HD connected to a lan The problem is that the whole
installation took 4h to complete. It seemed that everything as a whole
was slow,
On Sunday 23 Feb 2003 7:04 pm, Daniel Anderson wrote:
I tried Opera today, and the only problem I have is the page
fonts display very small and distorted, tried several different
pages, and all the different settings, I can improve it somewhat by
using my own fonts, but
On Monday 24 February 2003 13:46, Daniel Anderson wrote:
Marc
Now that You have Opera to the point where a page displays nice take
the time to dig around and find all the other nice features in Opera You
will probably become hooked on Opera. The z zmd x buttons are super
On Sunday 23 February 2003 15:05, Derek Jennings wrote:
On Sunday 23 Feb 2003 7:04 pm, Daniel Anderson wrote:
I tried Opera today, and the only problem I have is the page
fonts display very small and distorted, tried several different pages,
and all the different settings, I can
I am a relitive newcomer to computers at this point, about 4 years since I
first started. After I had been useing windoze 98 for a little less than a
year I attempted a installation of Redhat. What a PITA, I never did get it
right and gave up on linux for a while thinking that after I had
:22 am, Marc Oestreicher wrote:
I have a older IBM model 300 PL type 6862-34u 400 MHZ P2 with windoze
95 installed here where mandrake refuses to install but for that matter
so does windows 98 infact I can not run fdisk or format. I get some
messages when I use a windoze boot disk
I have a older IBM model 300 PL type 6862-34u 400 MHZ P2 with windoze 95
installed here where mandrake refuses to install but for that matter so does
windows 98 infact I can not run fdisk or format. I get some messages when I
use a windoze boot disk or a mandrake boot disk that I have never
On Tuesday 11 February 2003 00:13, civileme wrote:
Large snip
But if you have used 9.1 Beta3, you may have already discovered that
bleeding edge can send a wind from your terminal screen to blow your hair
back. I wish releases were as nice as that beta.
Civileme
I am having trouble
On Friday 07 February 2003 04:56 pm, Aurélio Diniz wrote:
Here's my problem:
When i try to install any program with kpackage it gives me a sort of
sintax error. I don't have a clue what's this about :(
I tried to run Gurpmi but i get: Everything is installed
You may want to go to the
On Saturday 08 February 2003 15:43, Bruce Zink wrote:
Today I installed Mandrake 9.0 on a Toshiba laptop.
Or I tried to, anyway.
I simply used the standard install CD's (downloaded
from the Mandrake site). They booted just fine, and
the install ran without a hitch.
I did get one message
On Saturday 08 February 2003 21:22, John Passaniti wrote:
I am trying to install Mandrake 9.0 and I can't get very far. I can
boot from the CD-ROM and get the graphical screen telling me to press F1
or Return. I press Return to start the graphical installation, and as
Linux is booting, the
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 23:37:59 -0600
Steve Jeppesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 08:03:39 -0600
Marc Oestreicher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 06 Feb 2003 15:25:14 +
David Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Under configuration/common preferences/other you'll find a few
On Friday 07 February 2003 08:18, Anders Lind wrote:
Mine just reads opera What is the -n '%s' for ?
I do not know what it stands for more then that % stands for opening
in the background.
Regarding Opera, do you have it installed on your system?
/Anders
Yep generaly after I
On 06 Feb 2003 15:25:14 +
David Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 07:29, Marc Oestreicher wrote:
I am using sylpheed-claws and I am really happy with it except for 1 small
problem, if someone sends a link in a email I am unable to click on it and have it
open
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 16:35:46 -0500
Brian Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello, I would like to put Mandrake 9.0 on a 'white box' that I have at
home. Will Mandrake 9.0 run on Intel hardware? Would this be the i586
designation, or is there another distribution that I should be
downloading?
On Wed, 05 Feb 2003 17:08:00 -0700
FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 09:26 PM 2/4/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Heh anyway, email me on or offlist. I'll give you some useful sites to
prowl. And if you feel overwhelmed feel free to email me pvtly. I'll be
happy to help anyway I can
On Tue, 4 Feb 2003 17:41:23 +0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Anne Wilson
Sent: Friday, 24 January 2003 23:21
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Searching 101
[...snip]
A reminder of
On Tue, 04 Feb 2003 07:14:19 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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From: et [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Laptop external modem
problems
Date sent:Mon, 3 Feb 2003
On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 12:08:08 +
Benjamin Jeeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The L99 99 99 99 99 99 might be lilo or what you use as a boot manager
Have you try http://www.linux-laptop.net to see if anyone has had this problem
to.
Thanks Ben
It was the boot mananger, it was a easy
I have 9.0 installed as a dual boot installation with windoze 98. The sound
is working ok in windoze but I sant get a thing from it in ML9.0
Hard Drake is deticting a VT8233 [ AC97 Audio Controler] but I am getting
no sound at all not even startup sounds for KDE
Does anyone have
From: Marc [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 08:15:38 -0500
Subject:Re: [newbie] What to do with old CDs
Maybe they could be used for shingles on a dog house or bird house roof, if
you
have enough of them you could shingle your house or at least
Yep Lets lighten up, After all a lot of people hate to read manuals because they are
so dry
and boreing that thry make som people almost catatonic.
IMHO the best text book or manual that I have ever used is THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S
GUIDE OF HOW TO KEEP A VOLKSWAGON ALIVE FOR EVER Very
3/21/02 10:36:17 PM, Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Both for the info (FWIW) and the help on decent cooling design and so on..
I would really appreciate if you could give me some directions!
Besides cooling, one of my concerns is *noise*!
On my present machine I got two
1. There is nothing like even FrontPage98 in the Linux world that I
There should not be anything in any world like Front Page!! It will allow
almost anyone to put a page togather Quick and easy, to bad the page is TRASH.
You see the problem is that microsoft seems to have never herd
My concern on cooling is not only on the cpu itself but, as we've just got
thru a compulsory energy saving period (in Brazil we had a quota of
Kwats/month plus fine and 48 hours without power at all on the second
notice!!!), so air conditioning... just for keeping the dust ;-(.
It
Great to know there is an other Arkie on the list.
Marc Calico Rock AR.
3/12/02 11:43:49 PM, Henry B. Wangle Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Guy, Arkansas USA
Presently 40F slightly cloudy,
Tomorrow just wait it will change
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to
2/25/02 4:17:19 AM, jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Marc Oestreicher writes:
I have a bit of a problem with a new mandrake 8.1 installation
that I have beem fighting for weeks with no success.
Wen shutting down or rebooting my machine locks on shutting down
portmap
I have a bit of a problem with a new mandrake 8.1 installation that I have beem
fighting for
weeks with no success.
Wen shutting down or rebooting my machine locks on shutting down portmap
services. If I
shut off portmap services it locks on shutting down internet services even
2/3/02 11:44:19 AM, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sunday 03 February 2002 16:31, Marc Oestreicher wrote:
Hi I am brand new to linux.
Welcome to Linux. It;s a lot of fun. You will be amazed at how good it
isbut.. there is a lot to learn. Signing up for this list
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