Re: [newbie] Shoutcast

2002-01-07 Per discussione chris swain
. If you can't then no, you can't. I've never heard of ripping the stream, so I'll have to take your word for it that it can be done. Ive heard it can be done also and would like to be able to do it on linux. If you find a prog for it stojs pass me a link to it :) thanks Chris Swain Registered

[newbie] email addressbooks

2002-01-05 Per discussione chris swain
-- Hi all. Im using mandrake 7.2 and im upgrading. I want to backup my addressbook in kmail without having to copy/paste each one individually. Is there any quick way to do this? Chris Swain Registered linux user 226399 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

[newbie] Re school related

2002-01-03 Per discussione chris swain
1. How many hours a week do you spend online? 15 2. What is your age? 23   3. Sex? M/F Male   4. What type of Internet connection do you have? 56k dialup   5. How many computers do you own? 1 and another in bits -- Chris Swain Registered linux user 226399 Want to buy your Pack

[newbie] hotmail

2001-12-26 Per discussione chris swain
and download mail from the hotmail server so I dont have to go to their website. TIA -- Chris Swain Registered linux user 226399 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] emails

2001-12-19 Per discussione chris swain
-- Hi all. I use Kmail for my mail program and mandrake 7.2. Ive been having some strange problems where I have sent an email and it doesnt arrive until several days later. The last incident I sent the mail on the 16th and he recieved it on the 20th. Any ideas whats happening? Chris

[newbie] emails

2001-12-19 Per discussione chris swain
-- I am using my isp smtp server. This doesnt happen often but it has happened twice to the same person Chris Swain Registered linux user 226399 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] konqueror settings

2001-11-14 Per discussione chris swain
-- Hi all. Im using KDE and I like Konqueror. But I dont like the fact that whenever I save over a file it makes a back up. (silly I know but im dealing with small text files and its a pain deleting them all) Is there anyway to turn this feature off? Thanks Chris Swain Registered linux

[newbie] printing

2001-09-29 Per discussione chris swain
Hi all. Im having trouble with my printer. (again) Its now working but the left margin is too small, cutting of the first letter of every line. CUPS has no way to change this and the printer icon on the desktop (I am using lm 7.2) has a margin that appears to make no difference to the

[newbie] cups

2001-09-29 Per discussione chris swain
U. I am starting to think that cups is pretty crummy. I changed the printer driver to see if this would affect the page margins (since I had no problems with the postscript driver before) The printer is now simply spilling out blank pages, even though the job has since been deleted and

[newbie] cd burning help

2001-09-22 Per discussione chris swain
Gr. After reading the cd-burning howto's (which were a bit general and generally unhelpful) I have burned a few more coasters. I have used gtoaster and xcdroast and all runs perfectly until the very end. When I put the cd into a reading device, thereis no data but the cd has been

[newbie] cd record

2001-09-21 Per discussione chris swain
Can anyone direct me to a good explanation of how the cdrecording process works and what the features of various programs mean? I am currently still using winslows to burn because of CDclones ability but this is one more function Id like to switch to windows Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] Nimda virus

2001-09-19 Per discussione chris swain
On Wednesday 19 September 2001 04:45, you wrote: I caught the tail end of an FBI warning on NPR today that said the Nimda virus affects all Internet computers. That rubs me the wrong way because, as I read later at CNet, it doesn't affect our penguins (as usual). I think the popular media

[newbie] laptops

2001-09-19 Per discussione chris swain
Hi all I know the topic of video cards has been breached many times but id like an opinion. Laptops offered today usually offer a ati radeon card or an nvidia geforce II. Which one might be better, I have heard about troubles with both. I plan to be running lm8 and win4lin on it. Want to

[newbie] pdf

2001-09-15 Per discussione chris swain
I have my printer set up using CUPS it prints text and kwd files fine but any other koffice file and pdf file will produce garbage. To print I just open using xpdf and click on the print icon. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] pdf

2001-09-15 Per discussione chris swain
Thanks I can now read the pdf files :) I now have a problem printing out pdf files :) When I click on the print option it thinks for some time then spits out a bunch of garbage. Any clues? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] PDF files

2001-09-13 Per discussione chris swain
Ive come across a problem with kghostview PDF viewer. I can view the pdf from a website but after I save it to my hard drive I cannot open it again. It gives me the error kghostview can only open pdf ps or eps files. And then wont open the file even though it is a pdf Want to buy your Pack

[newbie] segmentation error on shut down

2001-08-24 Per discussione chris swain
Hi. I have a problem that was mentioned earlier, my cpu simply crashes when shutting down, giving me a segmentation error and a lot of code. The earlier mail in questionsaid to go to http:\\nlpagan.net/linux.htm for a fix The fix was to go to etc/rc.0/init.d/halt find the last line whcih

[newbie] religion in linux

2001-08-24 Per discussione chris swain
If linux has many christian influences. What religion is microsoft? Jehova's witnesses? Satanists? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] ncftp

2001-08-18 Per discussione chris swain
I do have ncftp. I think you misunderstand the problem. How do I connect, what are the commands? There is no help that I can find for the program Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] ncftp

2001-08-18 Per discussione chris swain
Darn it. Dont you hate when you look for a help file for 30 min, email someone saying you cant find it, then immeadiately get it. I just needed the 'open' command Thanks Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Audiograbbers and tape media

2001-08-17 Per discussione chris swain
Im looking for a program that will allow me to grab audio from a cassette player and store it as a music file of some description. Windows has a prog called cooledit which does this but linux should have something similar. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to