[newbie] install from floppy?

2003-10-09 Per discussione Scott
I want to install mandrake, or some version of linux on an old PC that has a 500 MB hard drive (currently with windows 98), no network connection, and no option in the BIOS to enable booting from the cdrom drive. I want to be able to run at least Apache-Mysql-Php and word processing. Any

[newbie] Samba vs LinNieghborhood

2003-10-02 Per discussione Burrows, Scott
from my linux box and browse the network? If I can use Samba for that then what is LinNieghborhood used for? Thanks from a newbie. Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

RE: [newbie] Samba vs LinNieghborhood

2003-10-02 Per discussione Burrows, Scott
if the Lisa rpm you mentioned is available. Right now I'm installing Samba server (though it must be already) and Samba client. Scott PS: Derek, are you avail for online chatting? -Original Message- From: Derek Jennings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 3:18 PM

RE: [newbie] network problem?

2003-10-01 Per discussione Burrows, Scott
Is it necessary for me to mount everything I wish to be able to see? I'd like to be able to browse the entire Windows network that my MDK 9.1 box is attached to. How can I do that? Surely not by mounting every resource. Scott -Original Message- From: Raffaele Belardi [mailto

RE: [newbie] network problem?

2003-09-24 Per discussione Burrows, Scott
Forgive my ignorance Paul, insn't Samba used to allow Windows users to connect to and use Linux stuff? Scott -Original Message- From: Paul Kaplan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] network problem? I am

[newbie] Single passsword access

2003-09-23 Per discussione Burrows, Scott
? I'm sure I'm not understanding something here. Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

RE: [newbie] somehow someway somewhere...

2003-09-23 Per discussione Burrows, Scott
ROFL -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 2:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] somehow someway somewhere... I love y'all. I do. But I think it's time we start seeing other user groups. (How the

Re: [newbie] refresh rate

2003-09-23 Per discussione Scott
The refresh rate is set in the Monitor section of /etc/X11/XF86Config. On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 09:46, Anarky wrote: john wrote: On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 10:55, Anarky wrote: I'm in 1024*768 ... but in Linux I dont' know how to change the refresh rate to 85 :-( Try in

Re: [newbie] refresh rate

2003-09-23 Per discussione Scott
Actually it's probably /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 on your system. On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 18:35, Scott wrote: The refresh rate is set in the Monitor section of /etc/X11/XF86Config. On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 09:46, Anarky wrote: john wrote: On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 10:55, Anarky wrote

Re: [newbie] Removing lilo

2003-09-21 Per discussione Scott
decided to give it a try anyway. It worked like a charm. Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] xcdroast error

2003-09-20 Per discussione Scott
Good. Thanks all. On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 08:22, John Richard Smith wrote: Scott wrote: Hello, I was burning ISOs of redhat 8.0 to a cd using xcdroast and got this error: cdrecord: WARNING: Drive returns wrong startsec (0)(using -150 Writing pregap for track 1 at -150 Starting new

[newbie] Hooking into Windows

2003-09-19 Per discussione Burrows, Scott
to LAN resources again. I cannot find what is telling the box to do it. I have nothing in my /mnt user folder. Help! Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Hooking into Windows

2003-09-19 Per discussione Burrows, Scott
to LAN resources again. I cannot find what is telling the box to do it. I have nothing in my /mnt user folder. Help! Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] xcdroast error

2003-09-19 Per discussione Scott
I've burned 2 of the 5 ISOs and both produced this error. I'd appreciate it if anyone could clue me in on what's going on and advise me should I try to install redhat with them or paint reindeer on them and set them around the coffee table at Christmas? Thanks, Scott Here's the complete output

Re: [newbie] laptop from Hell Part 2

2003-08-24 Per discussione Scott
curious, what do you see in /proc/ioports? What ports are the cd-rom (dvd) and your hard drive using? Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Silly Question

2003-08-23 Per discussione Scott
to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com As long as the directory where you installed the libraries is one of the directories listed in /etc/ld.so.conf, running ldconfig should make the libraries available. If not you can add it. Scott Want to buy your

RE: [newbie] GMO foods

2003-07-29 Per discussione Burrows, Scott
Is this list moderated? Time to put Farm Boy out to pasture. :) Listen, I love tomatoes as much as the next guy but go hug a tree on your own time cuz we're here to talk about Linux. :) Scott -Original Message- From: Cornerstone Community Farm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday

RE: [newbie] GMO foods

2003-07-28 Per discussione Burrows, Scott
The Linux list sometimes delves into all kinds of off-topic discussions, but we try to take the long-winded talks private or to the OT list Are you kidding? You dont think your original post was not a long-winded diatribe about certain vegtables you appear to have problems with? I'm just

[newbie] Screen saver disappears

2003-07-21 Per discussione Burrows, Scott
it disappear? Scott Why oh why. didn't I take the BLUE pill? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Network activity indicator

2003-07-10 Per discussione Burrows, Scott
Hi all, I'm using MDK 9.1. Love it. Is there any way to have a network activity indicator in the task bar at the bottom, similar to to the two network computers that turn on/off when there is network traffic on a Windoz box? That is one small feature about Windoz that I liked. Scott Want

[newbie] Preventing Popups

2003-07-01 Per discussione Burrows, Scott
Stephen, How do u prevent the porno popups with Linux? Wife loves it because THERE AIN'T NO MORE PORNO POP-UPS when she's seriously surfing... Thanks Scott Burrows GSBE/EDIView/BSBE OSM Support perotsystems(tm) Office: 407 804-3208 Pager: 407-400-0197 Fax:407-804-3340 E-Mail

RE: [newbie] Vote for Mandrake!

2003-06-26 Per discussione Burrows, Scott
users to all go vote. (OK, I'm sure theres more than 20) There are alot more MDKers than puny Novell's site says. phew! Scott /RANT -Original Message- From: John Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 3:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Vote

RE: [newbie] How to run script on KDE start?

2003-06-26 Per discussione Burrows, Scott
Stephen, I don't seem to have an autostart under /yourname/Destktop/ I do have an autostart under /home/yourname/.kde/Autostart Is that what you meant? Scott -Original Message- From: Stephen Kuhn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 6:40 PM To: newb-mdk Subject: Re

RE: [newbie] Tip of the Day

2003-06-13 Per discussione Burrows, Scott
Nice tip. My ye 'ole Book of Knowledge has been enriched. Thanks Joe. Scott -Original Message- From: eric huff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 12:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Tip of the Day On Thu June 12 2003 09:07 pm, JoeHill wrote: nohup

Re: [newbie] Reasons for Linux

2003-06-07 Per discussione Scott Thayer
On Sat, 7 Jun 2003 19:44:49 -0500 The Other [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 07 June 2003 05:07 pm, Cody Harris wrote: Can someone come up with a few good reasons to switch from XP to Linux? Someone wants to know the pros and cons and why he should switch. -Cody Harris 06/07/03

Re: [newbie] Kmail??

2003-06-02 Per discussione Eric Scott
- Original Message - From: eric huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 3:37 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Kmail?? Actually this one you sent as HTML too. If it is outlook, I have had the same problem, every time you open Outlook and try to send a email

[newbie] GTKam icons won't go away!

2003-06-02 Per discussione Eric Scott
I have mnk 9.1 running on both an Athlon XP at 1.6GHz and a Pentium MMX at 233MHz. I had GTKam installed on both, which didn't work with my AIPTECK pencam. After opening GTKam (gphoto2) and trying it with my pencam, two launcher icons appeared on my gnome desktop. these wont go away. I

Re: [newbie] File viewer (like QuickView for Win)?

2003-06-02 Per discussione Eric Scott
On Sun, 2003-06-01 at 23:32, Warren Post wrote: El sáb, 31-05-2003 a las 13:13, rikona escribió: Hello, Is there a file viewer for MD, perhaps similar to QuickView for Windows, that allows one to browse dir trees files, and can display the files (without opening them) as you scroll

[newbie] AOL ID

2003-05-30 Per discussione Burrows, Scott
Stephen, Do you have a AOL IM id? I have some offline questions for you. Scott -Original Message- From: Stephen Kuhn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 9:09 PM To: Mandrake Newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] Creating archive On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 18:56, Anne Wilson

RE: [newbie] AOL ID

2003-05-30 Per discussione Burrows, Scott
Stephen Kuhn. -Original Message- From: Burrows, Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 11:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] AOL ID Stephen, Do you have a AOL IM id? I have some offline questions for you. Scott -Original Message- From

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Linux - The Definitive Guide

2003-04-05 Per discussione Scott
are going unanswered I received mine OK - about 2 weeks ago. I live in Denmark and my copy was sent from Paris, France. Regards Kaj Haulrich. How do you like the book? Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] 9.1 - few laptop questions

2003-04-04 Per discussione Scott St. John
drivers out there - I must be blind because I have not found anything yet. Thanks, -Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Why do you choose Linux ?

2003-04-04 Per discussione Scott St. John
* machine and do it the way *I* want to do it. Linux allows me to tweak the heck out of my machine, KDE is nice to look at and Quanta Plus has to be one of the best PHP editors out there. -Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] cdwriter

2003-03-19 Per discussione Scott Thayer
On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 19:43:19 +0100 Jan Verstuyft [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, My cdwriter doesn't do what I asked him to do. Most of the time, he starts writing, and after a 20 Mb, he stops. And, the funny part is that de leds of capslock and scrollock starts going on/off all the

[newbie] d-link dwl-520 wireless card problem

2003-02-24 Per discussione Scott
There was also an SMC ethernet PCI card installed and I thought maybe they were fighting over the same IRQ, so I took out the SMC card --that's the 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.25. One of the error messages said to look at dmesg, so here is the result of that. Thanks for any help, Scott Linux version

Re: [newbie] xfce in beta 3

2003-02-11 Per discussione Scott Thayer
Following up on civileme's post. I kept being really impressed w/ how well the 9.1 beta 3 installer looked and worked and was pleased to see that the MCC network setup had been fixed for those of us w/ out DNS or default gateways, *but* xfce is so borked in b3 - right mouse-button

Re: [newbie] SBC Yahoo DSL Problem

2003-02-08 Per discussione Scott Thayer
installing from the mdk rpms, it will even show up on the Mandrake 9.0 menu under Networking Remote Acess. HTH, Scott On Sat, 08 Feb 2003 15:47:07 -0800 MRE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone on this list been successful getting Mandrake 9.0 or RH8.0 to work on SBC Yahoo DSL? I had been

[newbie] urpmi message

2003-02-02 Per discussione Scott Parks
light on the above error message so I can fix and get KDE 3.1 :)? Thanks, -Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] SiS 305 problems (response to Scott)

2003-02-01 Per discussione Scott
Thanks much! I had given up on solving this problem, but that worked perfectly. Thanks again, Scott Wagner On Sat, 2003-02-01 at 02:07, M. L. Cates wrote: I had the problems you were describing. I am using a Sis 305 catd manufactured by Pine. My card was also listed as custom even though I

[newbie] Vaio GRX models

2003-01-31 Per discussione Scott Parks
gotten around these issues or at least have some ideas on doc's. I did find a doc on getting RH 7.3 working with the Vaio, but no Mandrake specific docs. Thanks, -Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] mysql

2003-01-31 Per discussione Scott
On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 15:16, Benjamin Jeeves wrote: Hi all For some reason mysql does not boot up on my system in the Control Center it is marked on boot but stopped can any one help on why Thank You Benjamin Jeeves Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: [newbie] safari browser

2003-01-14 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 02:54:57 -0500, Jerry Barton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:41:01 -0600 Richard Babcock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2003-01-07-022-26-OS-KE-SW I've never had a mac so i can't compare there, but i can say that, on my

[newbie] Mandrake on Shuttles

2003-01-13 Per discussione Alastair Scott
To replace my aging second-hand Dell I'm thinking of buying one of these remarkable machines. Down with the huge, hideous box! http://us.shuttle.com/ http://www.enigine.com/ (in particular, the SG Athlon-based model). Has anyone installed Mandrake 9.0 on one of these; if so, how did it go?

Re: [newbie] Mandrake on Shuttles

2003-01-13 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:23:39 -0500, Sabin, Matthew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running ML9.0 on an SV24 with a DVD-rom and Hauppage WinTV card as an entertainment system. I've put 512MB and a 1.1GHz Celeron in it. It's more than adequate for replacing my TV, tuner, CD Player and adding DVD

[newbie] Sis 300/305 video card problems in 9.0

2003-01-11 Per discussione Scott
Is anyone aware of any problems with 9.0 configuring an SIS 305 video card? My problems started on install. I noticed that the card was detected as sis 300 and there was no 305 listed, even though it is listed as supported. When the X configuration was tested, the system froze.I messed around

[newbie] wavy scrolling

2003-01-05 Per discussione Scott
I just installed 9.0 and am very happy with it. I have noticed though when I scroll in all three (Galeon, Konqueror, Mozilla) browsers the screen becomes very fluid and wavy. Also if I move a window I also get a very psychedelic effect of many exposures. Does anyone know what causes this? It's not

[newbie] sound blaster pci 128

2002-12-29 Per discussione Scott Wagner
Hello Does anyone have any experience with the sound blaster pci 128 card in M 9.0.? e.g. how is the sound quality? Does M 9.0. have built-in support for this card? Thanks, SW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] sound blaster pci 128

2002-12-29 Per discussione Scott Wagner
On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 13:17, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 01:45, Scott Wagner wrote: Hello Does anyone have any experience with the sound blaster pci 128 card in M 9.0.? e.g. how is the sound quality? Does M 9.0. have built-in support for this card? Thanks, SW

[newbie] remove me PLEASE!!!

2002-12-19 Per discussione Scott Middlemiss
To damn many messages... Fills my box up and I can't run an effective business... Scott Earl Middlemiss ~~ Respect Freedom By Securing It For All ~~ From: Paul Dimitriu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] trouble getti

[newbie] How do I start kds?

2002-12-15 Per discussione Scott Simonson
I think while installing Mandrake 9.0 I said no to boot into KDS. Now I start Mandrake and login but want to see the GUI instead. What is LILO? How do I use that? Do I want to use it? Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] How do I start kds?

2002-12-15 Per discussione Scott Simonson
urpmi xtart doesn't do anything. This is a fresh install and I can't figure this out. It asked for the installation CD and read something from it and came back. I rebooted and still at the prompt. Scott - Original Message - From: Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

[newbie] Find Command hangs on search

2002-12-12 Per discussione Scott
run as root the system just hangs and I am unable to kill the process. When run as a normal user it does scroll through a few directories then hangsTheain. THe worse is that I am not able to kill the process after it hangs. Can someone please help? Regards and Happy Holidays Scott

[newbie] Stall at Boot due to PCMCIA problem on Toshiba Laptop

2002-11-29 Per discussione Scott Smith
Hi all. I just installed Mandrake 9.0 on my Toshiba laptop (Satellite 2545XCDT). When I tried to boot it up for the first time it got to the part where it says Starting pcmcia: and then it just hung. I looked in the archives and saw that someone else had a similar problem on a laptop in September

Re: [newbie] Mandrake web site

2002-11-15 Per discussione Alastair Scott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 15 November 2002 5:21 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: I really don't find the web site easy. When people give me links I find it is full of information, yet although I've been a club member for 3 or 4 months now I've never found out how to use

[newbie] Opera 7 beta email client ... very interesting!

2002-11-14 Per discussione Alastair Scott
Apropos a previous discussion, this is only on Windows for the moment, but they've done the near-impossible and produced an email client with new and very powerful handling. The concept is that you receive your email as usual but have both predefined and user-defined views. The email is

Re: [newbie] OT: StarCalc 6 vs. MS Excel 2000

2002-11-14 Per discussione Alastair Scott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 14 November 2002 4:20 pm, Technoslick wrote: I'm 'really' trying to wean myself off of M$ crap, butit isn't easy when the change is fighting you... Help! Post it or put it somewhere (with any sensitive text replaced with

Re: [newbie] I'm getting peeved!

2002-11-12 Per discussione Alastair Scott
Aaron wrote: my 2 cents the pro audio field is a good example of a group of people making drivers (ALSA) and apps that are beginning to make waves. I ended up giving my pro audio card away because the manufacturer wouldn't even help others make drivers. And this is something that only adds

Re: [newbie] I'm getting peeved!

2002-11-12 Per discussione Alastair Scott
Todd wrote: Have to agree on the printer choices. I bought into an article i read about 3 years ago on the Lexmark 3200 being a great value for a high quality ink jet printer. So they were on sale at best buy and I bought 2 of them. One for us and one for my roommate's daughter. They are

Re: [newbie] KDE KMail 1.4.3: Unknown Host Error Message

2002-11-10 Per discussione Alastair Scott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 10 November 2002 8:09 pm, Daniel P Wheeler wrote: In the Linux Mandrake 9.0 (with Linux kernel 2.4.19-16mdk) shutting-down process the messages Shutting down NMB services [FAILED] Shutting down SMB services [FAILED]

[newbie] Vaio GRX560

2002-10-17 Per discussione Scott
and 9.0 has 2.4.19. Anyway, the issues are the sound card, audio is horrible, can't access the memory card slot, etc. Any ideas, let me know. Thank you! I would be happy to install 8.2 if that works. -Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Evolution

2002-10-13 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 16:12:50 +0200 Smiley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some months ago, Evolution became slower and slower, every time I download messages from my accounts, the hard disk start to whirl and even if I manage to receive all mails, at the end, the task take 20 times than supposed...

Re: [newbie] No sound in LM9

2002-10-13 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Fri, 11 Oct 2002 16:46:31 + Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you underestimate Mandrake and their ability to learn from past errors. While it's true that earlier releases initially had problems, 9.0 has undergone very extensive testing, including three betas, and two or three

Re: [newbie] Windblows

2002-10-13 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Sat, 12 Oct 2002 16:38:30 -0600 FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: damn Shane... thx for the info... I hate this... So few OSes... and so little time now :| Sigh whatever happened to Diversity in the Marketshare ? Geez. I think it had the same problem as other non-Microsoft

Re: [newbie] Windblows

2002-10-12 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Fri, 11 Oct 2002 21:57:05 -0600 FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, BE for some reason went belly up. I don't know why. :| Needless to say I was heartbroken. I was going to use it next. Out of curiousity, is it still available? Palm bought Be and is sitting on the

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Update

2002-10-12 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Thu, 10 Oct 2002 21:01:05 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Derek - all's now well. On last question, though. When I had dial-up I used the little graph display so that I could see activity. Now I have networked adsl, and when nothing seems to move while MandrakeUpdate

Re: [newbie] OpenOffice.org bug

2002-10-12 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Sat, 12 Oct 2002 23:08:43 +1300 Michael Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Bug On my Windows versions oo.o 1.0 1.0.1 the buttons on the toolbar usually load degraded, in other words the image for the button is distorted. Has anyone heard of this before. I am running it on w98 and a

Re: [newbie] Windblows

2002-10-10 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Thu, 10 Oct 2002 17:08:06 + Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: ...the last asset, money, is startiong to get tied up between courts, payed off poloticians, dropping economy, and great ventures like the xbox... Excellent commentary on M$, Shane. About

Re: [newbie] usb printer probs in 9.0?

2002-10-07 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Mon, 7 Oct 2002 19:24:45 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's alarming me, though. Marcia can't get her DeskJet 940 going. I have a 990 which should be the same but I'm waiting for my ordered disks to arrive. I just hope this is sorted before I start my install. A system

Re: [newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake

2002-10-06 Per discussione Scott B
that. Then it will ask for the image file. Make sure it is set to 'iso' then point it to the iso file you downloaded. After that, the image file will tell it everything else it needs to do. Scott B Mike Eastaugh wrote: Thanks Dennis and Todd, Am indeed doing this from a win 2k or 95/98

Re: [newbie] Trying to get GNOME panel to look more like KDE

2002-10-04 Per discussione Alastair Scott
Rob wrote: Anyway, my problem is this: I've been using KDE everytime I've used Linux, but after looking at GNOME, it seems faster, plus it has Ximian Evolution, which I rather like (blows Outlook XP away completely) But in Mandrake 9, GNOME looks weird, there's a blank (ish) panel at the

Re: [newbie] preparing to install 9.0

2002-10-04 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Fri, 04 Oct 2002 22:26:11 +0500 Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings everyone, I have succeeded in downloading the Mdk 9.0 iso's and burning them to cd. :) I did the downloading and burning on a WinXP box, and used md5summer.exe to check the iso's. All seems to have gone OK.

Re: [newbie] rpmdrake not working

2002-10-03 Per discussione Alastair Scott
Dale Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (10/03/2002 10:58) Hi! I'm having trouble with rpmdrake, when I try to urpmi packages, the program hangs and when I try and install packages from graphical interface it seems to take forever, although they do eventually install. Can anyone explain the

[newbie] Mandrake 9 review (with sensible installation hints)

2002-10-03 Per discussione Alastair Scott
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/27377.html The only real problem with it is that the author doesn't understand Mandrakesoft's policy regarding licensing of packages - in download editions, GPL or equivalent or the package is not included. Given that there is _general_ misunderstanding

Re: [newbie] HELP

2002-10-03 Per discussione Alastair Scott
- Original Message - From: windwalker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 6:30 PM Subject: [newbie] HELP Here is my problem Im a home user.. I want to toal replace my win98 OS It has had nothing but problems since i got it. All I need is a

Re: [newbie] Keeping accurate system time

2002-10-03 Per discussione Alastair Scott
- Original Message - From: magnet [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 13, 1901 9:56 PM Subject: [newbie] Keeping accurate system time Hi all, Digging thru Webmin I came across a page to enter the host/address of a time server. I have searched google and

Re: [newbie] Keeping accurate system time

2002-10-03 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 20:11:07 +0100 magnet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Alastair. Installed it from mdk8.2 CD3, and it worked fine on main machine. Any suggestions on how to get the other 5 networked boxs to sync their time with the main box? Set up a ntpdate as an identical cron job on

Re: [newbie] Checking MS-Exchange (MAPI) email in Linux?

2002-10-03 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 21:30:09 -0400 Ralph M. Los [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sothe answer I'm seeing here is that there IS NO GNU-licensed freeware Exchange Connector? D'oh! I guess I'm stuck with my WinXP partition on my laptop then :( MAPI is yet another proprietary protocol ... Ask your

Re: [newbie] Fwd: Re: Connecting with Customers

2002-10-02 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 16:09:04 -0700 shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 wow, maybe MS feels pressure from linux. got a mail today. my responce is included. childish of me i know, but i am a bad person down deep... Interestingly, I got a copy

Re: [newbie] Hoto use tab browsing in Konqueror

2002-10-01 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On 30 Sep 2002 22:32:08 -0500 Jim Fazio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: List, I thought that I had read that the new Konqueror was going to have tabbed browsing in fact I have seen a picture in the Konqueror manual that shows that the CVS is capable of tabbed browsing, but nowhere can I see

Re: [newbie] mdk9 + alcatel speedtouch

2002-10-01 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 22:53:52 +0100 Azrael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I also ran usbview - on a hunch, and it said that it oculdn't find /proc/bus/usb/devices and suggested I make sure I had usb support compiled into my kernel. I'm using the default mdk9.0 kernel, so it's probably just that

Re: [newbie] Upgrading

2002-09-30 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Sun, 29 Sep 2002 16:44:40 -0500 Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I ordered the 9.0 Power Pack the other night, when it comes in what is the best way to upgrade? Install over the old 8.2 or backup my /home partition, clean off the drive, install 9.0 and then restore my home partiton.

Re: [newbie] Was Mandrake 9.0 ready for release?

2002-09-30 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Sun, 29 Sep 2002 23:24:14 -0700 Mark Berkwitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Too many problems. 1) I use a MS Intelli-mouse and just like in 8.2 if I select a wheel mouse the cursor goes nuts. 2) Whether I select cable or network my browser won't work. If I start with 2 nics and later try to

Re: [newbie] mdk9 + alcatel speedtouch

2002-09-30 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 16:56:06 +0100 Azrael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I installed 9.0 and skipped the network setup. I then booted into mandrake and placed mgmt.o into /usr/share/speedtouch Then I went to configure network settings. I tried to configure alcatel speedtouch usb adsl modem. It

Re: [newbie] mdk9 + alcatel speedtouch

2002-09-30 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 16:56:06 +0100 Azrael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I installed 9.0 and skipped the network setup. I then booted into mandrake and placed mgmt.o into /usr/share/speedtouch Then I went to configure network settings. I tried to configure alcatel speedtouch usb adsl modem. It

Re: [newbie] Mandrake on a low-end machine...

2002-09-30 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 21:56:28 +0200 Linux Maniac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All! My girlfriend is starting to write her thesis, and I don't want her to loose any data because of winblows. Her machine is a 166MHz pentium with 32 MB RAM. I want to install Mandrake 9.0 with blackbox or

Re: [newbie] mdk9 + alcatel speedtouch

2002-09-30 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 21:56:52 +0100 Azrael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried doing what you suggest, but upon running the 'adsl' file I get a message saying that it couldn't find my adsl modem, and to try to see if it is shown under '/proc/something or other/devices' (can't recall the exact

Re: [newbie] resizing photos

2002-09-30 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On 30 Sep 2002 17:16:24 -0400 Paul Rodriguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to resize a bunch of photos at the same time? I have a folder with 42 photos from my digital camera and would like to make them 1/3 the size to put on the web in as few strokes as possible. Ok, at least in

Re: [newbie] Was Mandrake 9.0 ready for release?

2002-09-30 Per discussione Scott
used Mandrake at home and now converting an ISP from FreeBSD to Mandrake 8.2. I have the occassional problem (never got mod_log_mysql to work), but 98% of the time everything just works. I am putting 9.0 on a machine tonight :) -Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] standard edition vs download edition?

2002-09-28 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 03:54:59 +0500 Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings all, I want to upgrade from 8.2 to 9.0, and I want to know if the standard edition from Mdk for $30 USD is the same as the download edition, content wise? I can remember reading somewhere that in Mdk 8.2,

Re: [newbie] PNY compactflash cardreader works in 9.0

2002-09-28 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 00:36:07 -0500 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yessiree, boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, the PNY card reader for my Kodak DC3400 camera works like a charm. I use konqueror to open up the /mnt partition and there is memory_card. Click on it and a list of my

[newbie] Credit card charging conventions

2002-09-27 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On-topic because I'm referring to MandrakeSoft :) I put in an order for a boxed set of 9.0 yesterday (the 7-CD PowerPack), and note that the £50 appears to have been charged to my credit card although the boxed sets are due out third week in October. This sort of thing - taking the money before

Re: [newbie] 9.0 Mirror (d/l file size limit using MD 8.2?)

2002-09-26 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 07:10:10 -0500 Steve Jeppesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anybody know if there is a setting in MD 8.2 which limits file size when downloading? I have used Galeon and Gftp, and they both make it up to approx. 102,400,000 bytes then they just crash or exit. I have

Re: [newbie] backup system

2002-09-26 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 00:31:24 + robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Depends on what your backup needs are. If they're extensive, run a search on any Linux software site for solutions; if they're simple, just write a little script to do the job using tar. The simplest would just be to tar

Re: [newbie] /dev/usbmouse does not exist

2002-09-26 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 19:03:14 +0200 Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, After a browse through the archives, I need to resort to your knowledge. I tried getting my Logitech Trackman to work as a USB device. Mousedrake complains that /dev/usbmouse does not exist when I select the

Re: [newbie] USB hard drive

2002-09-26 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 15:54:35 -0400 John Bodden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a USB hard Drive. I can't find where the device is located so I can mount it. When I installed the system (mandrake RC3) it found a SCSI -usb device, so I assume that's what it thinks the drive is, a SCSI

Re: [newbie] Up running, but still need help

2002-09-25 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 13:59, Steven Kopischke wrote: I have Mandrake 8.2 up and running on my Compaq Presario 700 laptop in its own partition. My USB-based wireless mouse is working fine and I was even able to load Opera from an rpm download. I am running into a few issues yet that I

Re: [newbie] More reasons to Hate M$hit. Creative too, which I'm getting pretty p'ed off with...

2002-09-25 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 17:00:22 +0300 robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Very nicely put. I suggest you post it, or better, a link to it, widely (/., kuro5hin, general press etc.). OTOH, I'm still considering buying an Athlon chip in the near future. I don't want Intel, so what other choice

[newbie] Some misconceptions regarding TCPA

2002-09-25 Per discussione Alastair Scott
I note the wrong end of the stick has been grasped on several occasions. The [ukcrypto] mailing list has noted that a mandatory feature of TCPA, the (cross-supplier) hardware architecture on which the (Microsoft) Palladium software architecture is based, is that any hardware security features

Re: [newbie] More reasons to Hate M$hit. Creative too, which I'm getting pretty p'ed off with...

2002-09-25 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 10:23:12 -0400 Tommy Eaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well put. Now to spread the word :) On K5 it's been spread already ... http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/9/21/152527/963 Alastair Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] backup system

2002-09-25 Per discussione Alastair Scott
On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 11:31:14 -0700 Schwenk, Jeanie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a recommended backup system for mandrake? We use legato on all our other operating systems here but I was just informed by our sysadmin that linux-mandrake is not supported. I need a backup system because

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