Re: [newbie] weird frozen bubble problem

2005-04-08 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Friday 08 Apr 2005 20:59, Aidan Holmes wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I've just installed frozen bubble to have a play but can't actually get it to do anything. Used urpmi frozen-bubble and install seemed okay, get the frozen bubble display up but cursor disappears when I try

Re: [newbie] comparing mandrake based linux distributions

2005-04-08 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Saturday 09 Apr 2005 10:53, Philippe Landau wrote: hello i like PCLinux, i like Sam, i like PLF (not a distro) but i have very little experience with them. and most of all, i like the Mandrake mailinglists: there are warm-hearted people here, which is rare on technical mailinglists. Yes

[newbie] weird frozen bubble problem

2005-04-07 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
I've just installed frozen bubble to have a play but can't actually get it to do anything. Used urpmi frozen-bubble and install seemed okay, get the frozen bubble display up but cursor disappears when I try to hover over any of the buttons. I can see it in the blue area above and use it the

Re: [newbie] weird frozen bubble problem

2005-04-07 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Thursday 07 Apr 2005 22:13, Peter Watson wrote: On Thursday 07 Apr 2005 10:38, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I've just installed frozen bubble to have a play but can't actually get it to do anything. Used urpmi frozen-bubble and install seemed okay, get the frozen bubble display up

Re: [newbie] weird frozen bubble problem

2005-04-07 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Thursday 07 Apr 2005 21:45, Derek Jennings wrote: On Thursday 07 April 2005 10:38, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I've just installed frozen bubble to have a play but can't actually get it to do anything. Used urpmi frozen-bubble and install seemed okay, get the frozen bubble display up

Fwd: Re: [newbie] Command-line updates

2005-04-02 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [newbie] Command-line updates Date: Sunday 03 Apr 2005 06:52 From: riccardo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com On Saturday 02 April 2005 06:11 pm, David Anderson wrote: I know how to update software using the Control Centre

Re: [newbie] gwenview

2005-03-31 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Friday 01 Apr 2005 01:17, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 30 Mar 2005 10:12, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Anne Just wanted to say I am enjoying getting to use gwenview. I also updated gimp to 2.2 and it seems easier to use than v2.0 which I used in windows. Glad you're enjoying

[newbie] gwenview

2005-03-30 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Anne Just wanted to say I am enjoying getting to use gwenview. I also updated gimp to 2.2 and it seems easier to use than v2.0 which I used in windows. Thanks for the info Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Konsole won't open

2005-03-30 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 07:34, eric jackson wrote: On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:43:36 -0800, John Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On March 26, 2005 09:42 am, eric jackson wrote: On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 09:33:30 -0800, John Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip No, that's all it says.

Re: [newbie] re: newbie df

2005-03-28 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Monday 28 Mar 2005 17:09, SnapafunFrank wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Warnings well heeded. I am almost too scared to do anything in Mandrake now - no just kidding. [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]# fdisk /dev/hda The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 4865

[newbie] questions about reinstall

2005-03-28 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Hello I've been looking at the Twiki for issue relating to reintalling. I don't seem to find my way around there particularly well. My main question is: will the boot loader (Lilo) maintain windows access. Maybe I should also ask: recommended partitions? Suppose it needs a new thread.

Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall

2005-03-28 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Monday 28 Mar 2005 23:50, Steve Jeppesen wrote: On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:58:38 +1200 Rosemary McGillicuddy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello I've been looking at the Twiki for issue relating to reintalling. someday, you will look at reinstalling a thing of the past! I know, I was once

Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall

2005-03-28 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 04:12, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Hello I've been looking at the Twiki for issue relating to reintalling. I don't seem to find my way around there particularly well. My main question is: will the boot loader (Lilo) maintain windows

Re: [newbie] re: newbie df

2005-03-28 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 04:49, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Warnings well heeded. I am almost too scared to do anything in Mandrake now - no just kidding. [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]# fdisk /dev/hda The number of cylinders

Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall

2005-03-28 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Monday 28 Mar 2005 23:33, riccardo wrote: On Monday 28 March 2005 08:58 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: My main question is:  will the boot loader (Lilo) maintain windows access. ___ my LILO.CONF [ /etc/lilo.conf ] is like this :- ___ # Modified

Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall

2005-03-28 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 06:01, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 04:12, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Hello I've been looking at the Twiki for issue relating to reintalling. I don't seem to find my way around

Re: [newbie] questions about reinstall

2005-03-28 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 06:48, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 06:01, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosmary, If you are going to wait, but you don't realy feel like messing around with a lot of stuff in the mean time, we can get you a system

[newbie] CDROM no longer working

2005-03-28 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Yesterday I noticed I could not access packages on CD1 while in konsole doing urpmi. This is a new problem. I put the CD in, heard the whirring, but as soon as I pressed 'enter' it stopped. Didn't get any message I think. In Konqueror - attempted to mount a CD to look at photos (which I've

Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working

2005-03-28 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Yesterday I noticed I could not access packages on CD1 while in konsole doing urpmi. This is a new problem. I put the CD in, heard the whirring, but as soon as I pressed 'enter' it stopped. Didn't get

Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working

2005-03-28 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Yesterday I noticed I could not access packages on CD1 while in konsole doing urpmi. This is a new problem. I put the CD in, heard the whirring, but as soon as I pressed 'enter' it stopped. Didn't get

Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working

2005-03-28 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 09:39, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Easy fix. As root, run mkdir /mnt/cdrom. All will be good. I broke this when I had you change how /dev/hda6 got mounted. It may have broke a couple

Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working

2005-03-28 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 11:01, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 09:39, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Easy fix. As root, run mkdir /mnt/cdrom. All will be good. I

Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working

2005-03-28 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 11:14, Mr. Geek wrote: Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 09:39, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Easy fix. As root, run mkdir /mnt/cdrom

Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working

2005-03-28 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 13:33, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 11:01, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 09:39, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote

Re: [newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture

2005-03-27 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Lee Wiggers wrote: On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:08:01 -0800 Erylon Hines [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 12:09 pm, Paul Smith wrote: | Dear All | | I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a | picture. Any suggestions? | | Thanks in advance, | | Paul May I

[newbie] Booting in I mode - attn Mikkel/Frank - originally USB card reader thread

2005-03-27 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Hi Mikkel Finally remembered your email and went back and tried the above. I am in Mandrake after not starting ALSA. It also hung at starting sendmail so delected that too. Yes I had a problem booting a while back when following some instructions to attempt to get a USB mouse going. I had

[newbie] df

2005-03-27 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
This is my df - quite different to what knoppix gave! [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ df FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 5.8G 1.7G 3.9G 30% / /dev/hda9 12G 170M 12G 2% /home [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ It's the same when I am root.

Re: [newbie] Booting in I mode - attn Mikkel/Frank - originally USB card reader thread

2005-03-27 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Hi Mikkel Finally remembered your email and went back and tried the above. I am in Mandrake after not starting ALSA. It also hung at starting sendmail so delected that too. Yes I had a problem booting a while back when following some

[newbie] cd into file

2005-03-27 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
I am feeling particularly stupid and frustrated just now. I downloaded some files in preparation for installing gwenview. I saved them to /home/rosemary/Linux Stuff/rpms - now I can't cd into it, tells me no such file or directory. Thought I would rename it, but same problem. I don't want

Re: [newbie] cd into file

2005-03-27 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Sunday 27 March 2005 03:57 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Did you create that Linux Stuff directory in Konqueror ? If so, the command shell probably won't see it. The shell doesn't like spaces in file names. You could try to rename that directory to i.e. Linux_Stuff or some

[newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-27 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Hello Frank Thanks for that vote of confidence! No joy with df ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ /home/rosemary/Desktop/df.txt bash: /home/rosemary/Desktop/df.txt: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ su Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]# df /home/rosemary/Desktop/df.txt df:

Re: [newbie] cd into file

2005-03-27 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Chris wrote: On Sunday 27 March 2005 02:42 pm, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I am feeling particularly stupid and frustrated just now. I downloaded some files in preparation for installing gwenview. I saved them to /home/rosemary/Linux Stuff/rpms - now I can't cd into it, tells me no such file

[newbie] re: newbie df

2005-03-27 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Warnings well heeded. I am almost too scared to do anything in Mandrake now - no just kidding. [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]# fdisk /dev/hda The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 4865. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-27 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Monday 28 Mar 2005 14:47, SnapafunFrank wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Hello Frank Thanks for that vote of confidence! No joy with df ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ /home/rosemary/Desktop/df.txt bash: /home/rosemary/Desktop/df.txt: No such file or directory [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-27 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Monday 28 Mar 2005 15:00, SnapafunFrank wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Hello Frank Thanks for that vote of confidence! No joy with df ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ /home/rosemary/Desktop/df.txt bash: /home/rosemary/Desktop/df.txt: No such file or directory [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] digikam update

2005-03-27 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Monday 21 Mar 2005 05:30, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 20 Mar 2005 12:16, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Sunday 20 Mar 2005 22:45, Dan Gordon wrote: On March 20, 2005 04:48 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: After mucking about most of the day, and thinking I had installed

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-27 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Monday 28 Mar 2005 15:29, SnapafunFrank wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Monday 28 Mar 2005 14:47, SnapafunFrank wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Hello Frank Thanks for that vote of confidence! No joy with df ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ /home/rosemary/Desktop/df.txt

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-26 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
James Henry Maiewski wrote: Hello, I lost count of the number of times my blind experimentation (along with sheer stupidity (like the time I uninstalled the package installer DOH!). Do not be afraid of this. However, the best advice I ever got on this list was to mount your /home directory

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-26 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
James Henry Maiewski wrote: Hello, I lost count of the number of times my blind experimentation (along with sheer stupidity (like the time I uninstalled the package installer DOH!). Do not be afraid of this. However, the best advice I ever got on this list was to mount your /home directory

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-26 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
I think you will find that at present both Mikkel and I are enjoying time with our families, it being easter and all. Yes - I totally understand that. Simply posting that stuff because i have the head space to do it. We will assist you no matter what you decide but I believe you need to make

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-25 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
This is strange. You are mounting hda6 on /mnt, and then the CD-ROM is mounting on /mnt/cdrom. It is not normal proactice to mount anyting on /mnt, as you normaly have mount points for removable devices in this directory. In your case, your CD-ROM is mounted there, as well as your Windows

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-25 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Frank suggested I install explore2fs and post the fstab file. Here it is /dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda9 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda6 /mnt ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom

Re: [newbie] Assistance from newbies needed

2005-03-25 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
rikona wrote: Hello newbies, I'd appreciate comments regarding the utility of the following: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/EmerGencies Is it helpful? Is it understandable? What else would be most helpful to a newcomer? [given the VERY limited space available] What do you think?

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-24 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Frank suggested I install explore2fs and post the fstab file. Here it is /dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda9 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda6 /mnt ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-24 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
SnapafunFrank wrote: Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Frank suggested I install explore2fs and post the fstab file. Here it is /dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda9 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda6 /mnt ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset

[newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-24 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Thought I'de better add this - Lilo options - linux, linux-nonf b, windows, 2681 -12, failsafe. 2681-12 is what gets me into Mandrake 10.1, or did. Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-22 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Dennis Myers wrote: On Monday 21 March 2005 07:26 pm, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Card reader arrived today so thought I would try it out! Big mistake! I read instructions on a board and following that took a look using HardDrake - don't know

[newbie] command line disappears in konsole

2005-03-21 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Every now and then this has happened. I open konsole and there is no [EMAIL PROTECTED], I reboot when this happens and usual appearance returns. Am I inadvertently doing something to cause this? Thanks Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] gwenview

2005-03-21 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Anne Wilson wrote: On Monday 21 Mar 2005 06:45, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I've installed gwenview, unfortunately the attempted install of updated version failed and it is version 1. I can't see any of the photos using this application. I can see them in Konqueror, and find their file names

Re: [newbie] gwenview

2005-03-21 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Monday 21 Mar 2005 06:45, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I've installed gwenview, unfortunately the attempted install of updated version failed and it is version 1. I can't see any of the photos using this application. I can see them

Re: [newbie] gwenview

2005-03-21 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Anne Wilson wrote: On Monday 21 Mar 2005 10:21, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Okay Anne - thanks - wondered if it was something silly I was doing ... I don't think so. I need to become a club member obviously. I see that GQview provides a good picture on monitor, and I can see

Re: memory card readers on USB (Re: [newbie] connecting camera using the PTP protocol

2005-03-21 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Philippe Landau wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: http://www.google.ch/search?q=memory-card+copy-protection CPRM technology, a copy protection mechanism is embedded in all SD Memory Cards and can be used to protect copyrighted content such as most commercially distributed music and movie files

Re: [newbie] gwenview

2005-03-21 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Anne Wilson wrote: On Monday 21 Mar 2005 06:45, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I've installed gwenview, unfortunately the attempted install of updated version failed and it is version 1. I can't see any of the photos using this application. I can see them in Konqueror, and find their file names

Re: [newbie] One Page Manual

2005-03-21 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Aron Smith wrote: http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~squadron/ It's actually two pages Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Useful URL for newbies

2005-03-21 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
The CLI is not something to be feared. cheers Duncan Is that not so ? I read somewhere about a command that could wipe out your whole system if done as root. Something to do with r and rm and -r I think ...

[newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-21 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Card reader arrived today so thought I would try it out! Big mistake! I read instructions on a board and following that took a look using HardDrake - don't know if this is it or not. Instructions said to look at hda. It says old device file: /dev/hda and just below New devfs device:

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-21 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
system i had. Maybe - will wait and see. Guess this is where linux fixability is put to the test! Only problem is the operator! :-) regards Rosemary -- Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Card reader arrived today so thought I would try it out! Big mistake! I read instructions

Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-21 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Reinstalling Mandrake should be a last resort. It isn't something you should have to resort to. Knowing what you did before you had the problem is always a good place to start... Mikkel I have also posted to a local user group, and if I cannot get it going myself have the

Re: Linux maintenance - fresh install (Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem

2005-03-21 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
a go at a reinstall but worry about Lilo and losing the dual boot. In any case I think it'll be recoverable, I just don't know how, but will follow Dennis's suggestion, which matches what the local LUG advised. Regards Rosemary -- Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Card

Re: [newbie] connecting camera using the PTP protocol

2005-03-20 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Lastly, I'd recommend getting the latest packages for Digikam. The ones with the distro are fairly old, and it sometimes helps. I'm running digikam-0.7.1-1tex.i586.rpm. Anne Okay - thought I would do that. Tried urpmi but it wouldn't do it. Can't remember speciafically the message.

Re: [newbie] connecting camera using the PTP protocol

2005-03-20 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Sunday 20 Mar 2005 20:20, Margot wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Lastly, I'd recommend getting the latest packages for Digikam. The ones with the distro are fairly old, and it sometimes helps. I'm running digikam-0.7.1-1tex.i586.rpm. Anne Okay - thought I would do that. Tried

[newbie] digikam update

2005-03-20 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
After mucking about most of the day, and thinking I had installed the newer package I get this after checking to see what version I have - digikam-0.6.2. What am I doing wrong? Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: memory card readers on USB (Re: [newbie] connecting camera using the PTP protocol

2005-03-20 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
does your memory stick have copy-protection ? i am out of my league here but sony does play nasty proprietary tricks ... Went to the Sony site. The info about the card only talks about number of images etc, no mention of copy-protection. I have already used this camera and card with WinXP,

Re: [newbie] digikam update

2005-03-20 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Sunday 20 Mar 2005 22:45, Dan Gordon wrote: On March 20, 2005 04:48 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: After mucking about most of the day, and thinking I had installed the newer package I get this after checking to see what version I have - digikam-0.6.2. What am I doing wrong

[newbie] urpmi adding resources

2005-03-20 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
I looked at the Twiki for instructions how to add resources and followed them, but failed to add Thacs RPMs. I'm wondering if I have used the command incorrectly. urpmi.addmedia nameofmedia http://rpm.nyvalls.se/10.1/RPMS/ with ../base/hdlist.cz Am I supposed to name the media maybe? Any

Re: [newbie] urpmi adding resources

2005-03-20 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Monday 21 Mar 2005 01:31, Mr. Geek wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I looked at the Twiki for instructions how to add resources and followed them, but failed to add Thacs RPMs. I'm wondering if I have used the command incorrectly. urpmi.addmedia nameofmedia http://rpm.nyvalls.se

[newbie] digikam update

2005-03-20 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Atempted to update my digicam as per TWiki . Main . PhotoProcessing http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/PhotoProcessing#GwenView but could not find all the files as listed (I am not yet a club member). Found other files, mainly at Thac's site. Downloaded and installed them, now get this

Re: Fwd: Re: memory card readers on USB (Re: [newbie] connecting camera using the PTP protocol

2005-03-20 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: memory card readers on USB (Re: [newbie] connecting camera using the PTP protocol Date: Monday 21 Mar 2005 09:43 From: Philippe Landau [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote

[newbie] gwenview

2005-03-20 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
I've installed gwenview, unfortunately the attempted install of updated version failed and it is version 1. I can't see any of the photos using this application. I can see them in Konqueror, and find their file names in gwenview but no images appear. Been hunting around for some

Re: [newbie] connecting camera using the PTP protocol

2005-03-19 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Saturday 19 Mar 2005 20:37, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 19 Mar 2005 02:18, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Yes - following the johnwyles instructions gives me the display on the camera as he describes ie USB connect, PTP. I've checked and double checked and libphoto2, gphoto2 and gtkam

Re: [newbie] connecting camera using the PTP protocol

2005-03-19 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Saturday 19 Mar 2005 15:53, Philippe Landau wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I think, though, that if I plug on myself, I will continue going to Win for this function. Camera Sony DSC-W1/W12 nice camera, and officially supports MacOS X so unix/linux. you could simplify your

Re: [newbie] connecting camera using the PTP protocol

2005-03-19 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Sunday 20 Mar 2005 13:51, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Saturday 19 Mar 2005 20:37, Anne Wilson wrote: Does HardDrake recognise the camera? Have you tried booting with it plugged in? (Not that you'd have to do that every time, but it sometimes helps to get

Re: memory card readers on USB (Re: [newbie] connecting camera using the PTP protocol

2005-03-19 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Sunday 20 Mar 2005 14:03, Philippe Landau wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I think, though, that if I plug on myself, I will continue going to Win for this function. Camera Sony DSC-W1/W12 nice camera, and officially supports MacOS X so unix/linux. you could simplify your task

Re: memory card readers on USB (Re: [newbie] connecting camera using the PTP protocol

2005-03-19 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Sunday 20 Mar 2005 14:54, Philippe Landau wrote: you could simplify your task by just connecting a (Memory Stick) card reader to your computer. your camera support USB 1 and the much faster USB 2. Found a card reader - NZ$30 and linux compatible. Probably will buy one great. people

Re: [newbie] Tux Magazine

2005-03-18 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Friday 18 Mar 2005 14:08, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 11:37, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Friday 18 Mar 2005 05:11, eric jackson wrote: I just wanted to alert people to Tux Magazine. I stumbled on a link to it somewhere. www.tuxmagazine.com. It is a free linux magazine

Re: [newbie] Compatabiltiy - Printers, scanners

2005-03-18 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
There are various list - google your hardware + Linux, also there are very helpful list. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Compatabiltiy - Printers, scanners

2005-03-18 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Friday 18 Mar 2005 22:24, Noel McG. wrote: Hello, I am running Mandrake 10.1 Can anyone tell me if the following might be compatible and run OK. Scanner. Cannon 4200F Printers. HP 7762, or HP1100D Thank you. I've been looking all around about Canon scanners, and it isn't good

[newbie] camera

2005-03-18 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Hmmm I'm wondering if it's fair to ask this question, or to plug on myslef. I think, though, that if I plug on myself, I will continue going to Win for this function. Camera Sony DSC-W1/W12 according to http://www.johnwyles.com/archives/2004/07/16/sony_dscw1_in_linux.php this camera works.

Re: [newbie] Compatabiltiy - Printers, scanners

2005-03-18 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Saturday 19 Mar 2005 00:06, Paul wrote: On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 11:35, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Friday 18 Mar 2005 22:24, Noel McG. wrote: Hello, I am running Mandrake 10.1 Can anyone tell me if the following might be compatible and run OK. Scanner. Cannon 4200F

Re: [newbie] Compatabiltiy - Printers, scanners

2005-03-18 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Saturday 19 Mar 2005 02:41, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Saturday 19 Mar 2005 00:06, Paul wrote: On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 11:35, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Friday 18 Mar 2005 22:24, Noel McG. wrote: Hello, I am running Mandrake 10.1 Can anyone tell me if the following

Re: [newbie] Tux Magazine

2005-03-18 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Friday 18 Mar 2005 22:04, SnapafunFrank wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Friday 18 Mar 2005 14:08, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 11:37, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Friday 18 Mar 2005 05:11, eric jackson wrote: I just wanted to alert people to Tux Magazine. I stumbled

Re: [newbie] connecting camera using the PTP protocol

2005-03-18 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Saturday 19 Mar 2005 03:00, Philippe Landau wrote: hello Rosemary I'm wondering if it's fair to ask this question, perfectly fitting question :-) or to plug on myslef. I think, though, that if I plug on myself, I will continue going to Win for this function. Camera Sony

Re: [newbie] connecting camera using the PTP protocol

2005-03-18 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Saturday 19 Mar 2005 03:00, Philippe Landau wrote: hello Rosemary I'm wondering if it's fair to ask this question, perfectly fitting question :-) or to plug on myslef. I think, though, that if I plug on myself, I will continue going to Win for this function. Camera Sony

Re: [newbie] connecting camera using the PTP protocol

2005-03-18 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Saturday 19 Mar 2005 04:27, Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 18 Mar 2005 14:13, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I have installed libphoto2, gphoto2 and gtkam, as per johnwyles. I've looked at the various suggestions on his website, but being a newb, and the various suggestions being diff

Re: [newbie] connecting camera using the PTP protocol

2005-03-18 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Saturday 19 Mar 2005 05:04, Philippe Landau wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: or to plug on myslef. I think, though, that if I plug on myself, I will continue going to Win for this function. Camera Sony DSC-W1/W12 http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/w1.html nice camera

[newbie] install camera using PTP

2005-03-18 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
This is my output from folowwing instructions on http://www.desktoplinux.com/cgi-bin/board/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPostBoard=distributionsPost=350 Sorry it is long. I had the camera plugged in and turned on. [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ gphoto2 --list-ports Devices found: 8 Path

Re: [newbie] connecting camera using the PTP protocol

2005-03-18 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Saturday 19 Mar 2005 15:53, Philippe Landau wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I think, though, that if I plug on myself, I will continue going to Win for this function. Camera Sony DSC-W1/W12 nice camera, and officially supports MacOS X so unix/linux. you could simplify your

Re: [newbie] Possible alternative format for forum

2005-03-17 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Friday 18 Mar 2005 07:10, Mark Kirschner wrote: On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 12:17:52 -0500, Christopher Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to get back on topic slightly. Gmail does a really good job of keeping the threads together and displaying as a single html page as specified in the

Re: [newbie] Possible alternative format for forum

2005-03-17 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Friday 18 Mar 2005 09:13, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 17 Mar 2005 19:50, Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Friday 18 March 2005 02:46 am, Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Thursday 17 March 2005 10:57 pm, Julie Sloan wrote: Nicole I am using a Best Data V.92 External on a dual boot Mandrake 10.0

Re: [newbie] Tux Magazine

2005-03-17 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Friday 18 Mar 2005 05:11, eric jackson wrote: I just wanted to alert people to Tux Magazine. I stumbled on a link to it somewhere. www.tuxmagazine.com. It is a free linux magazine distributed in PDF format aimed at new users. There is a lot of coverage of software, again aimed at the

[newbie] desktop shortcut

2005-03-16 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
I've installed k3b and would like to have a desktop shortcut as it is not listed in my menus (that I have found yet). I can start it okay from command line, but thought there has to be another way. I found instructions to right click on desktop and enter path in link to application. The

[newbie] desktop shortcut

2005-03-16 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Please ignore my first post. I went back to google and found another set of (easier for me as a newb) instructions. Have my icon, it works, and I am happy. cheers Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut

2005-03-16 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Wednesday 16 Mar 2005 22:30, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 20:26, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Please ignore my first post. I went back to google and found another set of (easier for me as a newb) instructions. Have my icon, it works, and I am happy. cheers Rosemary

Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut

2005-03-16 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
If you're using KDE it should under: System, archiving, CD Burning. You can add it yourself (any place you want) by right-clicking yellow star and selecting menu editor and copying the existing entry (or adding a new one) anywhere you want. The complete path shouldn't be nescessary,

[newbie] new user

2005-03-15 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Hi there My son is returning home to live for a few months - so thought I would add him as new user. Used 'adduser' name There was no prompt for a password so did not do anything else. On the next free line I added the password, wondering if it was needed. Then exited konosle. Attempted to

Re: [newbie] new user

2005-03-15 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Tuesday 15 Mar 2005 22:32, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Tuesday 15 March 2005 09:59, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Hi there My son is returning home to live for a few months - so thought I would add him as new user. Used 'adduser' name There was no prompt for a password so did not do

Re: [newbie] Willing to help bring someone up to speed on Mandrake via Skype

2005-03-14 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Monday 14 Mar 2005 21:33, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 12 Mar 2005 17:44, Dave Ashmore wrote: Ok I'm here and have a few minutes before I get started on my home project. Give me a call if you need some help. Skype: djash34 I'm somewhat puzzled by all this. What exactly is the

Re: [newbie] Willing to help bring someone up to speed on Mandrake via Skype

2005-03-13 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Sunday 13 Mar 2005 06:44, Dave Ashmore wrote: Dave Ashmore wrote: Hello all. I'd like to take this chance to offer to bring a new user up to speed on Mandrake. I don't consider myself an expert but would like to give a little back to a community where I've learned so much about

Re: [newbie] Antivirus for 10.1

2005-03-04 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Thursday 03 Mar 2005 21:16, Dennis wrote: Thanks Kasper --- Dennis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #382526 - Original Message - From: Kasper Thunoe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Sent: Thursday, March 03,

Re: [newbie] Antivirus for 10.1

2005-03-04 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Thursday 03 Mar 2005 23:02, riccardo wrote: On Thursday 03 March 2005 07:41 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: How necessary is virus protection in linux _ Ones purpose may be prophylactic [ greek word for 'preventive' ]~ to prevent accidental transmission of virus

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