Re: [newbie] sound blaster pci 128

2002-12-29 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
it at all -- Michel Clasquin - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Way off topic Gospel of tux

2002-12-25 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
. -- Michel Clasquin [EMAIL PROTECTED] When all is One, all violence is masochism. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] linux office suite comparison?

2002-12-25 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
... Michel -- Michel Clasquin [EMAIL PROTECTED] When all is One, all violence is masochism. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Reloading Windows

2002-12-25 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
thoroughly, then set your computer back to booting from the hard disk by default. Easy, huh? -- Michel Clasquin [EMAIL PROTECTED] When all is One, all violence is masochism. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] howto configure synaptic apt-get to run as user?

2002-12-25 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
help, but I've also found that while synaptic runs fine when launched from an root xterm, it refuses to cooperate with menu systems, even with kdesu. Maybe in the next version ... -- Michel Clasquin [EMAIL PROTECTED] When all is One, all violence is masochism. Want to buy your Pack

RE: [newbie] StarOffice install sequence (next to Open Office)

2002-12-18 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
detail -- Michel Clasquin [EMAIL PROTECTED] When all is One, all violence is masochism. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] looking for a new distro

2002-12-16 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
a Fluxbox menu entry. But *not* an xfce one, although you can get xfce to display both the gnome and kde menus. Personally, I *like* maintaining my menus by hand, but I'm probably in a minority of one in that ... -- Michel Clasquin [EMAIL PROTECTED] When all is One, all violence is masochism

Re: [newbie] Need advise on text editors for programming

2002-12-16 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
macro recording, case changing etc etc -- Michel Clasquin [EMAIL PROTECTED] When all is One, all violence is masochism. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] apt sources

2002-12-15 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
I just installed texstar's apt and synaptic. I like the concept, but the iblio.org server is so sl o o o o w .. Can anyone point me to an alternative site or two? TIA -- Michel Clasquin [EMAIL PROTECTED] When all is One, all violence is masochism. Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] OpenOffice opens with no menues (no fonts) ?!

2002-12-15 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
just after upgrading freetype2 to the version from texstar. reinstalling freetype2 from the cd's cured it -- Michel Clasquin [EMAIL PROTECTED] When all is One, all violence is masochism. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] noarc scr mdk rpms

2002-12-13 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
. Try a little harder to find mdk rpms before you introduce these aliens. rpmfind.net is your friend, so is google. -- Michel Clasquin [EMAIL PROTECTED] When all is One, all violence is masochism. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] urpmi

2002-12-11 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
. Is there a config file that I could save and then reinstall afterwards? /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg seems to be what you are looking for -- Michel Clasquin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Write command directly to modem?

2002-12-11 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
minicom urpmi minicom and then try to find it again with which minicom -- Michel Clasquin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] changing default browser

2002-12-10 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
can add browsers or rearrange them I used this to set my preferred browser to galeon and that is what loads when I click on a link in kmail -- Michel Clasquin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] O.T. - Looks like somebody is making a buck off selling Mandrake

2002-12-06 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
a buck for themselves) So? www.cheapbytes.com has been doing it for years ... -- Michel Clasquin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] KDE 3.0.5

2002-12-05 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
and on the left side of the page should be some links to Texstar's rpms. They work great Mostly. But the Freetype2 package currently on texstar breaks OOo (all menus and text disappear). Had a very entertaining early hours of the morning getting that lot back on track again. -- Michel Clasquin

Re: [newbie] openoffice

2002-12-05 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
last night. Have you upgraded freetype2 lately? restoring freetype2 from the mdk9 disks solved the problem for me. -- Michel Clasquin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] flash RPMs for Mdk 9.0 sought

2002-12-04 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
- the plugin will work for all users. Couldn't live without flash - the Doonesbury daily dose depends on it! -- Michel Clasquin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

RE: [newbie] OpenOffice Spell Checker.

2002-12-04 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
suspect that drakfont marked them as symbol fonts, like Wingdings, when it installed them, and now OOo is trying to be helpful by not spellchecking anything written in them. Michel -- Michel Clasquin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] adding new screensavers to xscreensaver?

2002-12-02 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
mode -- Michel Clasquin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Symbolic links

2002-11-29 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
On Friday 29 November 2002 18:04, John Richard Smith wrote: I see, so symlinks aid initiation by linking commands to devices and apps and as such are quite different in nature from a pipe which is , if I understand correctly, a way of diverting a stream of data , refered to as standard

RE: [newbie] OpenOffice Spell Checker.

2002-11-29 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
On Friday 22 November 2002 22:05, Malcolm Candlish wrote: I think we have cracked it! On the Mandrake 9.0 installation disk are some 'myspell' files which when installed enable the Spell Checker. 1.Go to Mandrake Control Centre and click on Add Software. 2.Click Workstation and then

RE: [newbie] OpenOffice Spell Checker.

2002-11-29 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
On Friday 29 November 2002 19:59, Michel Clasquin wrote: I have myspell and several languages loaded, but no amount of tinkering with the options will get the spellcheck to work - it just flashes through the document and gives me a dialog box saying that all is OK. Oh well, one more reason

RE: [newbie] OpenOffice Spell Checker.

2002-11-29 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
On Friday 29 November 2002 20:06, Ken Walker wrote: tools/options/language settings/writing aides/available language modules /highlight oo myspell spellchecker and hit the edit button on the right, when in there tick what you want to be active. Mr Smiley Tried that several times, but as I

Re: [newbie] KMail filters

2002-11-26 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
On Tuesday 26 November 2002 21:27, Anne Wilson wrote: I would like to completely block certain spam addresses, but KMail does not seem to allow you to simply delete the outcome of a filter. For the moment I have set it to 'move to trash', but would rather completely delete it. Have you

Re: [newbie] rpm dependencies

2002-11-25 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
On Monday 25 November 2002 02:06, Stephen Kuhn wrote: 3.) Run the proggie and see what happens...core files are easily deleted...(grin) Aha, a fellow graduate of the Crash 'n Burn School of Software Testing! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Downloading packages.

2002-11-18 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
On Monday 18 November 2002 14:34, Keith Powell wrote: Should I have been connected to the Internet when I first entered the sources in the command line? Yes, and running console or xterm as root. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] fonts too small

2002-03-03 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
a notch. If you are running at your monitor's ragged edge, like 1600 x 1200, bring it back down one step and see if your eyes don't appreciate it! -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free

[newbie] drakes in a row ... or are they?

2002-02-25 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
that - nada I tried downgrading a few days' worth and no difference. Wait a few days and upgrade everything with drak in the package name again - no luck. So, we must be looking for a support library of sorts. Any ideas? TIA -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za

[newbie] kmail-evolution migration?

2002-02-24 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
before I commit myself to another major download, a simple question does Evolution import existing kmail messages? TIA -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC ... Linux users

[newbie] XFce in 8.2? -- was: Xfce and the xscreensaver daemon

2002-02-23 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
XFce from the distro. Here's another happy Xfce user who echoes that idea! -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC ... Linux users and the women who chase them - next Oprah

Re: [newbie] MandrakeUpdate

2002-02-22 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
there, and install them by hand. I do this every time MUpd gets a bellyache and it has saved me a lot of re-downloads. Otherwise, just keep trying different mirrors. For cooker purposes, ftp.ciril.fr is pretty good at the moment, but last year I had more joy with ftp.sunet.se -- Michel Clasquin

Re: [newbie] Xfce and the xscreensaver daemon

2002-02-22 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
xscreensaver to the user's ~/.xsession file (as implied by the manual) but it doesn't seem to work. So how do I automatically invoke the xscreensaver on a user's xsession startup? TIA. Terry Smith -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http

Re: [newbie] Anti-virus

2002-02-21 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
. (Why anybody would go to the trouble of running Linux, and then use Microsoft applications on it escapes me..) as it says somewhere in the bible, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak! -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com

Re: [newbie] Running slow [OT]

2002-02-20 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
? Oh no, this is the BSOI = Black Screen Of Innovation -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC ...hey, at least a wild goose chase gives you some exercise-Neal Stephenson Want

Re: [newbie] zip

2002-02-19 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
file_name' zip and unzip are separate packages. It is possible to have just the one and not the other installed. Just get out the cd's and install it. -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft

Re: [newbie] Where to put skins for xmms ?

2002-02-19 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
in there and xmms will see it the next time you select a skin and decompress it on the fly (assuming that you have installed unzip, of course) Also, have a look at this file: /usr/share/doc/xmms-xxx/README where xxx is your version of xmms -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] Shell script programming

2002-02-19 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
, read it (use the app xpdf). If not, install it from the mdk cd's, and then read it. -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC ...hey, at least a wild goose chase gives you some

Re: [newbie] unix to dos and dos to unix....

2002-02-14 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
for ^M characters and swap them for their unix equivalent has anyone ever done this? Someone apparently did. Often enough to write a standard utility called dos2unix ... g http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=dos2unix there is also a unix2dos package to go with it -- Michel

Re: [newbie] pdf maker

2002-02-12 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
do it via the print menu - just select the pdf printer and go. Same goes for Abiword. -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC ...hey, at least a wild goose chase gives you some

Re: [newbie] redhat programs on mandrake

2002-02-12 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
On Tuesday 12 February 2002 19:31, Stojs wrote: can you run linux programs for redhat on mandrake? Generally, yes, if the redhat rpm is fairly recent. But look on rpmfind.net for a mandrake version first. -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http

Re: Fw: Re: [newbie] Installing files

2002-02-07 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
-- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC ...hey, at least a wild goose chase gives you some exercise-Neal Stephenson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] Installing files

2002-02-06 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
--test xmms* mikmod* If you see no error messages, repeat without the --test -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC ...hey, at least a wild goose chase gives you some exercise-Neal

Re: [newbie] Various questions

2002-02-02 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
On Saturday 02 February 2002 15:50, marvin wrote: 2) Has anyone installed kde 2.2.2 Yes and did it break their system. No -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC All

Re: [Fwd: Re: [newbie] Reboot..how often]

2002-02-01 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
. *Nothing* worked - except CTL-ALT-F1 which put me in a console from where I could issue a killall pan. CTL-ALT-F7 then put me right back in a smoothly working X screen, with Pan gone. Now with a, shall we say, lesser OS that would have been a reboot for sure. -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et

Re: [newbie] Word processing on IBM Aptiva 2168.

2002-02-01 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
good the dictionaries are I have no way of judging, but they are right here on my system. You'll also need to install the danish locales rpm. -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC

Re: [newbie] Star Office as RPM ?

2002-02-01 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
in it will be formed. cd to it: cd install ENTER 5 Now run the command ./setup ENTER 6. Follow the on-screen instructions -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC All in all, you're just

Re: [newbie]

2002-02-01 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
but I`m wondering why so much ram is used. Short answer: Linux always uses all the RAM you have on your system. Whatever is available is used for caching. Don't worry about it. Anyone feel like giving the long answer? -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http

Re: [newbie] Star Office as RPM ?

2002-02-01 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
On Saturday 02 February 2002 06:48, Michel Clasquin wrote: 4. untar and gunzip the file (use the winzip-like kab application if you like, otherwise just use tar -xvzf install641_linux_intel.tar.gz ENTER from the command line, without the quotes of course) oops there were quotes

Re: [newbie] Reboot..how often

2002-01-30 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
have to reboot (or shutdown) the system is either when you upgrade hardware or update the kernel. Or when you look out the window and see a tropical thunderstorm approaching ... that's when we start switching off *everything* down here g -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] applixware

2002-01-29 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
involved. am i right about that?? Yes, but about once a year Sun grabs the OO source back, tarts it up with some new fonts and such and presents it to the PHB's as the *new* and *improved* StarOffice ... -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http

Re: [newbie] kmail and Abiword problems mandrake 8.1

2002-01-28 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
from the menu. Click once on the other app to change the focus, but be careful not to click-drag and create a new selection. Now click the middle button and your text will be transferred. If you have a 2-button mouse, click left and right simultaneously. -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa

Re: [newbie] Book question.

2002-01-27 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
are! But generally, books are overrated. -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC All in all, you're just another brick in the wall- Pink Floyd Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[newbie] backspace, where art thou?

2002-01-25 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
Hi gang All of a sardine my backspace key behaves like a delete key - ie it deletes to the right rather than to the left. Please tell me where to fix this - It's driving me insane! -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm

Re: [newbie] Using Xfce

2002-01-24 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
. [[snip]] File Manager -XFtree These are not always the prettiest applications, but they are fast.. Did you try xwc (XWinCommander) ? Fast, and pretty too. -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from

Re: [newbie] When is Mandrake not Mandrake?

2002-01-24 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
whether Mark is to be kicked off the *mandrake* list 1,2,3 ... Nahh, you're still OK -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC All in all, you're just another brick in the wall- Pink

Re: [newbie] Wine (SOLVED)

2002-01-16 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
all ... -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] warning

2002-01-13 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
On Sunday 13 January 2002 21:19, Jesse Angell wrote: I caught a virus from this mailing list, on windows xp, it wasn't ... Be ware, scan your system.. Or use Linux instead. -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message

Re: [newbie] KMail install?

2002-01-11 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
is inside the kdenetwork rpm, but that almost definitely won't work without kdebase and kdelibs, and those require arts and libarts. Oh yes, and qt to drive the whole plot ... -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message

[newbie] qtella

2002-01-06 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
I just installed qtella from the cooker, but I get the same problem that I've seen from every gnutella client I've ever tried : it just keeps trying to connect but never actually makes it to a host. Any ideas? -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http

Re: [newbie] Applications crashing--how to troubleshoot?

2002-01-06 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
idea how to troubleshoot? Try to run it from a terminal and see what error messages come up -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn

[newbie] gpl tip

2002-01-04 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
PROTECTED] -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] How do I get a Wine app to run from icon?

2002-01-03 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
# #name: agent.sh # cd /home/michel/windows/Program\ Files/Agent wine --managed agent.exe Free Agent really does want you to change to its directory before you run it, otherwise it will litter your entire hard drive with data files -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] Question - school related so ignore if you want.

2002-01-03 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
are on average! Nothing like the teenage linux geek stereotype. rather than telling him to take it elsewhere. I had to bite my tongue to stop myself from pointing out the flaws in his research design. But that is what his teacher gets paid for ... -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa

[newbie] TV card suggestions?

2002-01-02 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
only. Can anyone suggest a hardware/software combo that works well, easily and cheaply (pick any two) with Mandrake? We use the PAL TV setup where I live, if that matters. Oh, yes, and my system started out as mdk 8.0, but is by now best described as a Cooker special ... TIA Michel -- Michel

Re: [newbie] KDE Dialogs Too BIG!

2001-12-31 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
card won't support a better resolution? It took me most of a day to persuade Mandrake 7.2 to get up to 1024 x 768 and i still don't know why it suddenly worked, but I did it eventually (mdk 8.x is much better at this, thanks guys). What does the card's manual say? -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et

Re: [newbie] I Really Do Like Mandrake!

2001-12-31 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
an expert on backing up your data! -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] Alias question...

2001-12-30 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
in double quotes: alias diablo2=winex /mnt/windows/Program Files/Diablo II/Game.exe Sometimes one method works better than the other, dunno why -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f

Re: [newbie] Change Time

2001-12-28 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
to the ntp server, the script will cheerfully report success. Maybe in a later version ... -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn Want

Re: [newbie] Recommended office suites?

2001-12-25 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
addiction to doonesbury.com finally made me cave in and install Flash! -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn Want to buy your Pack

Re: Themes and Window Managers (was Re: [newbie] Unable to install: Kernel Panic)

2001-12-24 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
of it as an either-or situation. There is the occasional issue, like cutting and pasting across the K-G divide, but there are also workarounds for those issues - just ask. Also, there are many apps out there that are not advertised as either KDE or Gnome, but simply as QT- or GTK-based. -- Michel

[newbie] where are my foomatic drivers?

2001-12-23 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
. I really preferred the foomatic driver. It was much crisper and darker. Anyone know how I go about getting them back? TIA Michel -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.2 Features or 9.0 version

2001-12-21 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
Aaah, here is the x86 file! Now I can delete the other five I've downloaded. Smart. Real smart. But I guess we'll stick with putting the processor type in the filename. It's just one of those dumb backwards things we do in the Linux world, for no good reason at all. -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt

Re: [newbie] I've got a strange one

2001-12-20 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
the Pope, The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk), 2001-08-20. Ouch! The deepest cut of all ! He's right, of course :-( Right now, you could substitute South Africa for England as well wailing_and_gnashing_of_teeth.mp3 -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Galeon install

2001-12-20 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
) cleanly and then install galeon on top of it. PS. you'll probably also need gnome-vfs -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn Want

Re: [newbie] Install WinAMP using Wine

2001-12-20 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
do you want to run winamp? There are plenty of mp3 players for Linux. XMMS will even run with winamp 2.xx skins. Perhaps if you told us what you are trying to do here we can tell you how to do it in Linux. -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http

Re: [newbie] RPM Problems

2001-12-19 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
inside an rpm file, though you need to be root to install them. [take that, Nautilus!] :-) -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn

Re: [newbie] Mozilla 0.9.4?

2001-12-17 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
of the interesting client-side stuff is hidden. Also, I've found it best to install a few outdated packages at a time and watch out for error messages, rather than risking all on a dist-upgrade. But all in all, a great little package. -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] font viewer

2001-12-15 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
for *uninstalled* fonts seems a kinder, gentler solution ... -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] font viewer

2001-12-15 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
, gentler solution ... And while answering my own posts is a Bad Habit (tm), I can report that I have found gfontview, right there in our beloved cooker - O me of little faith!. Claims to do what I want and then some. I'll install it as soon as apt lets go of the rpm database -- Michel Clasquin, D

Re: [newbie] kppp help

2001-12-14 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
to get | it back as it should be ? kdenetwork is the file you're looking for, but there should be no need to reinstall anything. I live in a high-lightningstrike, high-static area with wobbly electricity supply. Panic switch-offs are a way of life here and kppp just keeps soldierin' on. -- Michel

[newbie] getting apt-cdromworking

2001-12-06 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
on our disks being Mandrake, of course. Any ideas on how to get around this? -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn Want to buy

Re: [newbie] XFree upgrade question

2001-12-04 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
On Monday 03 December 2001 12:54, tek1 wrote: how can you easily tell what version you are running? *running* is problematic, but this command will tell you what is *installed* rpm -q XFree86 -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http

Re: [newbie] taking screenshots / what programs using how much memory

2001-12-01 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
On Saturday 01 December 2001 09:46, Brendan wrote: Try this: #!/bin/bash wait=5 dir=$HOME snip Awesome! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] graphical program to start at boot

2001-11-29 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
in ~/Desktop/Autostart ? It doesn't necessarily work with all window managers, though. -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn

[newbie] wassup with the texstar files, then?

2001-11-28 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
syllables or less what object-prelinking is and what it is good for? -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] y linux sucks (humor)

2001-11-28 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
to use? -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] galeon

2001-11-27 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
of the window ... a font rendering problem, I think. -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] The problem with Linux

2001-11-27 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
Ximian, then select the option to use their menus. And after all that, I go and use Xfce and maintain the menus by hand! One in every crowd, huh? -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free

Re: [newbie] The problem with Linux

2001-11-25 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
working system in-between, replacing nothing but security updates till then. You are in charge, not Mandrake (or Suse, in your case). -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn

Re: [newbie] The problem with Linux

2001-11-25 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
itself will be moving to an XML format. .. So brush up on those XML skills, it will look good on your cv! g -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb

Re: [newbie] Whereis WordPerfect??

2001-11-21 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
it to you. g Also see: http://www.linuxcentral.com/catalog/index.php3?prod_code=L000-019id=e5y6sAuk4ejX6 -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx

Re: [newbie] Web page design

2001-11-17 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
. Not the greatest, I know, but I thought I'd mention it so you'd have the whole range of possibilities. -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn

Re: [newbie] Removing Packages (Dependencies)

2001-11-08 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
a terminal su to root rpm --test -e --nodeps mozilla If no anguished error messages arrive, repeat without the --test -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt

Re: [newbie] hehehe

2001-10-31 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
On Wednesday 31 October 2001 04:12, you wrote: rm -r usr/bin/laden It might still be in memory so you'd better do killall usr/bin/laden -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC

Re: [newbie] Netscape?

2001-10-31 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
On Wednesday 31 October 2001 03:02, you wrote: Does netscape work on KDE It's still on the payroll, but really it's just goofing off while awaiting retirement and if it does what directory is it under? Open up a terminal and type locate netscape That will tell you a fair bit -- Michel

Re: [newbie] Virtual desktops in Linux-Mandrake and XP

2001-10-31 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
to that one! At which point you will begin the long, slow ascent to guruhood. -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] hehehe

2001-10-31 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
/Taliban renice +1 Afghanistan reset -m civil_liberties -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Odd files...

2001-10-30 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
this feature off? It's most likely your file browser that is littering your hard disk like this. In a terminal, type less whatever.directory and have a look at the contents. It may tell you what app created it -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http

Re: Re: [newbie] Word processor

2001-10-28 Per discussione Michel Clasquin
it to whatever.pdf From the ps2pdf man page: ps2pdf - Convert PostScript to PDF using ghostscript ps2pdf12 - Convert PostScript to PDF 1.2 (Acrobat 3-and- later compatible) using ghostscript ps2pdf13 - Convert PostScript to PDF 1.3 (Acrobat 4-and- later compatible) using ghostscript -- Michel Clasquin

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