[opensuse] laptop installation woes

2007-04-18 Thread dwain
graphics card and i forget what the sound card and modem are, but they are of the same manufacturer. any ideas as to why the gui won't boot or the system shuts down? i had to reinstall windoze xp pro. i hate it dwain -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail

Re: [opensuse] setting up a home network

2007-04-15 Thread dwain
On Sunday 15 April 2007, Jos van Kan wrote: dwain wrote: Other than installing samba, I don't know what I did, but now I can see my linux box on the windows machines. (snip) Lemme guess... You rebooted the windows machines? (evil grin) -- Jos van Kanregistered Linux user

Re: [opensuse] list options

2007-04-15 Thread dwain
to turn it off, I will if you would like. I LOVE YOU Dwain -- KDD http://www.studiokdd.com/ The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Wassily Kandinsky signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [opensuse] list options

2007-04-15 Thread dwain
On Sunday 15 April 2007, Billie Erin Walsh wrote: dwain wrote: I honestly don't know. Maybe because I can. I guess I could turn it off, but what the hey. I'm an old man and I'm trying out new technology. I came kicking and screaming into the computer age in the late 1990s. I had

Re: [opensuse] list options

2007-04-15 Thread dwain
On Sunday 15 April 2007, Kenneth Schneider wrote: On Sun, 2007-04-15 at 09:59 -0500, dwain wrote: On Sunday 15 April 2007, Billie Erin Walsh wrote: dwain wrote: snip I didn't start signing email until I switched to Linux. Windoze can do it, but it comes with a price. Dwain

[opensuse] setting up a server

2007-04-15 Thread dwain
to collect books on the subjects, but I'd like to get things set up on my machine first. What all do I need to install to begin this journey besides the basic php5 and mysql? Dwain -- Dwain Alford http://www.studiokdd.com/ The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse

Re: [opensuse] list options

2007-04-15 Thread dwain
On Sunday 15 April 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun 15 Apr 2007 13:45, dwain wrote: I do web design and graphic design - did you find the GIMP one terrrific art-program?:) best regards You Betcha, and Inkscape too! -- Dwain Alford http://www.studiokdd.com/ The artist may use

Re: [opensuse] setting up a server

2007-04-15 Thread dwain
On Sunday 15 April 2007, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: On Sun, 2007-04-15 at 11:09 -0500, dwain wrote: I am taking the plunge in the deep end here. I want to set up a server and begin learning how to use a cms. There is a project I want to do and I know I'm way behind the 8 ball with what I

Re: [opensuse] setting up a home network

2007-04-14 Thread dwain
On Saturday 14 April 2007, Graham Smith wrote: On Sat, 14 Apr 2007, dwain wrote: On Saturday 14 April 2007, Graham Smith wrote: Open a terminal (konsole) and run the following command whereis nmbd you should get nmbd: /usr/sbin/nmbd /usr/share/man/man8/nmbd.8.gz i did

Re: [opensuse] list options

2007-04-14 Thread dwain
? Another alternative is subscribe using a webmail, like gmail: you don't need pop the email if you don't want't to. but be aware that you cannot post to the list from gmail. this is a plain text only list and gmail sends in the html format. cheers, dwain -- Dwain AlfordP.O. Box 145Winfield

Re: [opensuse] list options

2007-04-14 Thread dwain
On Saturday 14 April 2007, Jan Karjalainen wrote: This mail is sent from Gmail... So is this, but not from the web site. Any time I have mailed the list from the web site I get a notice that it is undeliverable because it is html. -- Dwain AlfordP.O. Box 145Winfield, Alabama 35594

[opensuse] setting up a home network

2007-04-14 Thread dwain
Other than installing samba, I don't know what I did, but now I can see my linux box on the windows machines. Now I have some more questions, but will hold off and let this miraculous event soak in. What an adventure! Dwain -- Dwain AlfordP.O. Box 145Winfield, Alabama 35594

Re: [opensuse] list options

2007-04-14 Thread dwain
On Saturday 14 April 2007, Jan Karjalainen wrote: dwain wrote: On Saturday 14 April 2007, Jan Karjalainen wrote: This mail is sent from Gmail... So is this, but not from the web site. Any time I have mailed the list from the web site I get a notice that it is undeliverable because

Re: [opensuse] list options

2007-04-14 Thread dwain
On Saturday 14 April 2007, John Andersen wrote: Message was signed on 04/14/07 15:38 with unknown key 0x607F5831269DEE72. The validity of the signature cannot be verified. Status: No public key to verify the signature So how do I correct this? -- Dwain AlfordP.O. Box 145Winfield

Re: [opensuse] setting up a home network

2007-04-14 Thread dwain
On Saturday 14 April 2007, Dave Barton wrote: Original Message From: dwain [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun 15 Apr 2007 06:41:12 EST Other than installing samba, I don't know what I did, but now I can see my linux box on the windows machines. Now I have some more questions

Re: [opensuse] setting up a home network

2007-04-14 Thread dwain
On Saturday 14 April 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat April 14 2007, dwain scratched these words onto a coconut shell, hoping for an answer: Other than installing samba, I don't know what I did, but now I can see my linux box on the windows machines. Now I have some more questions

Re: [opensuse] list options

2007-04-14 Thread dwain
On Saturday 14 April 2007, Carlos E. R. wrote: The Saturday 2007-04-14 at 15:52 -0500, dwain wrote: The validity of the signature cannot be verified. Status: No public key to verify the signature So how do I correct this? Have you published your key in the expected manner

Re: [opensuse] list options

2007-04-14 Thread dwain
On Saturday 14 April 2007, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote: dwain wrote: On Saturday 14 April 2007, John Andersen wrote: Message was signed on 04/14/07 15:38 with unknown key 0x607F5831269DEE72. The validity of the signature cannot be verified. Status: No public key to verify the signature So

[opensuse] list options

2007-04-14 Thread dwain
I think I have solved the problem. Let me know if you can't get the key. Dwain -- Dwain AlfordP.O. Box 145Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable

Re: [opensuse] list options

2007-04-14 Thread dwain
On Saturday 14 April 2007, John Andersen wrote: On Saturday 14 April 2007, dwain wrote: I think I have solved the problem. Let me know if you can't get the key. Dwain Looks good here Dwain! I think it helps when you configure kgpg, huh? I guess my old age is showing. I thought

Re: [opensuse] list options

2007-04-14 Thread dwain
On Saturday 14 April 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat April 14 2007, dwain scratched these words onto a coconut shell, hoping for an answer: On Saturday 14 April 2007, John Andersen wrote: On Saturday 14 April 2007, dwain wrote: I think I have solved the problem. Let me know

Re: [opensuse] list options

2007-04-14 Thread dwain
On Saturday 14 April 2007, Rajko M. wrote: On Saturday 14 April 2007 20:43, dwain wrote: On Saturday 14 April 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... BTW dwain, have you joined the off topic list? If not, please do... ... Just tell me where to sign up. Dwain See the http

Re: [opensuse] list options

2007-04-14 Thread dwain
On Saturday 14 April 2007, Rajko M. wrote: On Saturday 14 April 2007 22:03, dwain wrote: On Saturday 14 April 2007, Rajko M. wrote: ... Either my gray matter has ceased to function or I'm blind. I don't see an off topic list. Dwain No, you are not blind

[opensuse] setting up a home network

2007-04-13 Thread dwain
OK. I have the Samba client and windbind installed. I can see the two win boxes in SMB shares. I can use the printers. Would someone please explain how I get the two win boxes to see my linux box? Dwain -- Dwain AlfordP.O. Box 145Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570

Re: [opensuse] setting up a home network

2007-04-13 Thread dwain
On Friday 13 April 2007, Kenneth Schneider wrote: On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 19:29 -0500, dwain wrote: OK. I have the Samba client and windbind installed. I can see the two win boxes in SMB shares. I can use the printers. Would someone please explain how I get the two win boxes to see my

Re: [opensuse] Installing Firefox 2.0.0.3

2007-04-13 Thread dwain
at this time from Mozilla.ORG. Ciao, Marcus Meaning there is none, zip, zil, nada. Last I checked, you still _released_ a beta. A limited release, but it is still released. It should be around soon. Windows just updated to Tbird 2.0. I think it's RC1. -- Dwain AlfordP.O. Box 145

Re: [opensuse] setting up a home network

2007-04-13 Thread dwain
On Friday 13 April 2007, Kai Ponte wrote: Should be under nmb. Scroll down. It will be there, if you have SAMBA installed. samba server? dwain -- Dwain AlfordP.O. Box 145Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use any form

Re: [opensuse] setting up a home network

2007-04-13 Thread dwain
and then i need to get some rest. thanks for the help. dwain -- Dwain AlfordP.O. Box 145Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Wassily

Re: [opensuse] writing a crontab and don't know where to put it

2007-04-12 Thread dwain
On Wednesday 11 April 2007, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote: dwain wrote: Please help me tame this snarling beast so I can update automatically f-prot. Did you check out kdesu kcron? As mentioned, you can run it via Run Command from a right click on the Desktop, or type in kdesu kcron

Re: [opensuse] kmail gone screwy

2007-04-12 Thread dwain
On Thursday 12 April 2007, Jorge Fábregas wrote: On Wednesday 11 April 2007 11:58 pm, dwain wrote: If you have a Gmail account, you probably realize by now that your email client has stopped delivering email to you.  I have been having trouble all afternoon with Kmail and Thunderbird

Re: [opensuse] kmail gone screwy

2007-04-12 Thread dwain
such periods, Web access has worked OK friendly greetings correct, I had no problem accessing the account from the web, but I can't post to this list because Gmail writes mail in html. Cheers -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone

Re: [opensuse] kmail gone screwy

2007-04-12 Thread dwain
On Thursday 12 April 2007, Patrick Shanahan wrote: * dwain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [04-12-07 12:41]: [...] correct, I had no problem accessing the account from the web, but I can't post to this list because Gmail writes mail in html. relay your posts via your isp and use the gmail from addr

Re: [opensuse] kmail gone screwy

2007-04-12 Thread dwain
On Thursday 12 April 2007, Patrick Shanahan wrote: * dwain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [04-12-07 14:36]: [...] BTW, how do I get to be a registered opensuse user with the free download copy? Or can I be registered with the free copy? well, you have stopped top posting, now try trimming your

[opensuse] i/o error woes

2007-04-12 Thread dwain
I have a 40gb drive that I obtained that has some i/o errors on it. Is there a way to fix this so I can load opensuse on it? Would it be worth the effort? Dwain -- Dwain AlfordP.O. Box 145Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may

[opensuse] kmail gone screwy

2007-04-11 Thread dwain
receiving the above message. Any thoughts? Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning

[opensuse] kmail gone screwy

2007-04-11 Thread dwain
problem. Is there another free email service I can switch to (not hotmail or yahoo) that I can use Kmail (preferably) or Thunderbird? Thanks, Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use any form which his expression

[opensuse] writing a crontab and don't know where to put it

2007-04-10 Thread dwain
appreciate some guidance here, please. Cheers, Dwian -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Wassily Kandinsky

Re: [opensuse] writing a crontab and don't know where to put it

2007-04-10 Thread dwain
for me, but I'm loving every minute of it. Cheers, Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Wassily Kandinsky

Re: [opensuse] writing a crontab and don't know where to put it

2007-04-10 Thread dwain
On Tuesday 10 April 2007 05:10, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote: dwain wrote: I have a script that I need to make into a crontab. It's to autoupdate f-prot anti virus. I looked at the man-pages and I'm not sure how to put the file in the proper place. I'm not even sure if I should use YaST2

Re: [opensuse] writing a crontab and don't know where to put it

2007-04-10 Thread dwain
help me tame this snarling beast so I can update automatically f-prot. Cheers, Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable

Re: [opensuse] writing a crontab and don't know where to put it

2007-04-10 Thread dwain
On Tuesday 10 April 2007 20:03, Magnus Boman wrote: Dwain, On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 19:52 -0500, dwain wrote: Subject: Re: [opensuse] writing a crontab and don't know where to put it Date: Tuesday 10 April 2007 02:14 From: Magnus Boman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: opensuse@opensuse.org Yhea

Re: [opensuse] Opensuse - a MS patent observer?

2007-04-10 Thread dwain
in this flame war, would one of you clue me in as to the updates that are being waited for? I understand that M$ and Novell have cut some kind of a deal so are the updates you are waiting for dealing with updates about the deal or updates for opensuse? Kindly regards, Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box

Re: [opensuse] writing a crontab and don't know where to put it

2007-04-10 Thread dwain
I just signed in as root and did crontab -e and there was the code. it says it's in the tmp/crontab directory. Is this correct? BTW, thanks for the information. Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use

Re: [opensuse] writing a crontab and don't know where to put it

2007-04-10 Thread dwain
On Tuesday 10 April 2007 21:18, Pueblo Native wrote: dwain wrote: On Tuesday 10 April 2007 20:55, John Andersen wrote: On Tuesday 10 April 2007, G.T.Smith wrote: There is no reason to make it executable. Any text file will do. It can be located anywhere. Surely some mistake here

Re: [opensuse] gzip and perl run at idle

2007-04-09 Thread dwain
On Monday 09 April 2007 04:18, Carlos E. R. wrote: The Sunday 2007-04-08 at 21:57 -0500, dwain wrote: I had just sent an email and there was great hard drive activity after that. I opened Ksysguard and noticed that gzip was running at about 85% and then perl ran. gzip went away and after

Re: [opensuse] disrtibution support

2007-04-09 Thread dwain
or at the Run prompt? -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning The Spiritual In Art

Re: [opensuse] disrtibution support

2007-04-09 Thread dwain
On Monday 09 April 2007 05:33, Carlos E. R. wrote: The Monday 2007-04-09 at 05:10 -0500, dwain wrote: BTW, you can also use info:/app to look at the info pages Ah So you can ;) Thanks for the info... Is this done at the command line in the console or at the Run prompt

[opensuse] to spamassassin or not to spamassassin

2007-04-09 Thread dwain
Just wondering what the list thought of spamassassin and it's use with Kmail, or any email client. Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must

Re: [opensuse] Migrating from Thunderbird

2007-04-09 Thread dwain
for Linux? Evolution. I just switched from Tbird to Kmail. The only thing I dislike about it is that the damn thing wants to top post and I can't figure out how to make it stop. Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone: 205.495.5619

Re: [opensuse] clamav vs avg for linux

2007-04-09 Thread dwain
On Monday 09 April 2007 17:47, Hans Witvliet wrote: snip i would suggest a combination clamav AND kaspersky AND f-prot. /snip Is f-prot and kaspersky open source? Where can I find them? Cheers, Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone

Re: [opensuse] clamav vs avg for linux

2007-04-08 Thread dwain
Robert Smits wrote: On Sunday 08 April 2007 04:15, Lennart Jonasson wrote: Dwain wrote: So are you then recommending that i use clamav? Is it a command line program? I guess I can find the instructions in the man pages? Do I access the man pages through the command line

Re: [opensuse] clamav vs avg for linux

2007-04-08 Thread dwain
Jan Tiggy wrote: dwain wrote: So are you then recommending that i use clamav? Is it a command line program? I guess I can find the instructions in the man pages? Do I access the man pages through the command line? Is the command /man/man? There are only 3 purposes for using

[opensuse] deleting clamav preferences

2007-04-08 Thread dwain
and would I use: rm -r ./~clamav to remove the preferences directory? Dwain -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] New Thunderbird.........browser

2007-04-08 Thread dwain
You need to make sure that you have a default browser set. If you use Firefox make sure that it is set to be your default browser and then Tbird will open FF. Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use any form

[opensuse] disrtibution support

2007-04-08 Thread dwain
think I'm making the migration from Windows to Linux quite gracefully, but there are still a few nagging questions as I make the transition. Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use any form which his

[opensuse] gzip and perl run at idle

2007-04-08 Thread dwain
I had just sent an email and there was great hard drive activity after that. I opened Ksysguard and noticed that gzip was running at about 85% and then perl ran. gzip went away and after that perl. Do I have a reason to feel paranoid about this strange activity? Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O

Re: [opensuse] gzip and perl run at idle

2007-04-08 Thread dwain
On Sunday 08 April 2007 21:21, M Harris wrote: On Sunday 08 April 2007 21:57, dwain wrote: I opened Ksysguard and noticed that gzip was running at about 85% and then perl ran.  gzip went away and after that perl.  Do I have a reason to feel paranoid about this strange activity

Re: [opensuse] gzip and perl run at idle

2007-04-08 Thread dwain
some help on the topic or point me to information on configuration? -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Wassily

Re: [opensuse] disrtibution support

2007-04-08 Thread dwain
On Sunday 08 April 2007 23:45, M Harris wrote: On Monday 09 April 2007 00:26, dwain wrote: How do I get to the man pages again? Actually, they are mostly obsolete... ... you want to load and use info these days But if you insist, you can run man man

[opensuse] clamav vs avg for linux

2007-04-07 Thread dwain
it is a command line program. I am beginning to feel a little comfortable doing some thins on the command line. So what would you recommend, stay with avg or install clamav and learn how to use that? Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone

Re: [opensuse] adding hard drives and such

2007-04-06 Thread dwain
at the boot.msg; it was pretty much Greek to me. Somethings I could figure out, but for the most part, when I read it I just went, huh? -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use any form which his expression demands

Re: [opensuse] making mplayer work

2007-04-04 Thread dwain
Larry Stotler wrote: On 4/4/07, dwain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't have the video card on this old machine that will really handle full motion video. Maybe one day I'll build a new machine that will have the video card and enough RAM to do such a thing. But for now as long as I can

[opensuse] adding hard drives and such

2007-04-04 Thread dwain
to copy my home drive to the new larger drive. Are there any issues I need to be aware of that could cause some problems with regard to data access and such? Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use any form

Re: [opensuse] adding hard drives and such

2007-04-04 Thread dwain
Joe Morris (NTM) wrote: dwain wrote: I am planning on adding a third hard drive to my mix. I will be buying 2 new larger ones, one for root and one for home and i would like to use the third one as a swap drive. Swap is typically 2x your RAM. I haven't seen a HD available

Re: [opensuse] adding hard drives and such

2007-04-04 Thread dwain
! Cheers, Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning The Spiritual In Art

Re: [opensuse] adding hard drives and such

2007-04-04 Thread dwain
Rajko M. wrote: On Wednesday 04 April 2007 21:06, dwain wrote: ... Have you tried a bigger drive. BIOS is relevant only for the first moments of booting, and for placement of boot partition. Yes I have. Before I updated the BIOS I tried a 40GB drive and the machine didn't

Re: [opensuse] adding hard drives and such

2007-04-04 Thread dwain
Rajko M. wrote: On Wednesday 04 April 2007 22:37, dwain wrote: Rajko M. wrote: On Wednesday 04 April 2007 21:06, dwain wrote: ... Have you tried a bigger drive. BIOS is relevant only for the first moments of booting, and for placement of boot partition. Yes I have

[opensuse] what a great media player

2007-04-03 Thread dwain
going on and passing on some hopefully good information. If you want it Google, vlc project; the download and install instructions are all there. Cheers! Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use any form

Re: [opensuse] what a great media player

2007-04-03 Thread dwain
Mark Goldstein wrote: On 4/3/07, Jan Tiggy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 dwain wrote: You can have amtrax and kaffine and xmms. The best media player out there is vlc. I have it on my Windows box and now I have it for Linux; and I thought

Re: [opensuse] what a great media player

2007-04-03 Thread dwain
Jan Tiggy wrote: dwain wrote: You can have amtrax and kaffine and xmms. The best media player out there is vlc. I have it on my Windows box and now I have it for Linux; and I thought it was only for Windows. Encrypted DVDs, no problem. It's got all the codecs you need. I'm one happy

[opensuse] making mplayer work

2007-04-03 Thread dwain
How do I get the program to read the dvd? what audio and video codecs should I use? Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable

Re: [opensuse] what a great media player

2007-04-03 Thread dwain
Carlos E. R. wrote: The Tuesday 2007-04-03 at 04:50 -0500, dwain wrote: I'll have to try mplayer then. You can also try xine - with the added benefit that kafeine and amarok (and more) use the xine-lib engine. Well, i tried Mplayer and I couldn't get it to work. As with Jan, who had a bad

Re: [opensuse] making mplayer work

2007-04-03 Thread dwain
Jan Tiggy wrote: dwain wrote: How do I get the program to read the dvd? what audio and video codecs should I use? First of all if you want a multimedia SUSE then you need additional repositories: - packman (libxine1, w32codec, xvid, mplayer, mencoder, KMplayer, Mplayer

Re: [opensuse] what a great media player

2007-04-03 Thread dwain
Felix Miata wrote: On 2007/04/03 03:03 (GMT-0500) dwain apparently typed: You can have amtrax and kaffine and xmms. The best media player out there is vlc. I have it on my Windows box and now I have it for Linux; and I thought it was only for Windows. Encrypted DVDs, no problem. It's

Re: [opensuse] what a great media player

2007-04-03 Thread dwain
Hudibras wrote: El mar, 03-04-2007 a las 06:55 -0500, dwain escribió: Carlos E. R. wrote: The Tuesday 2007-04-03 at 04:50 -0500, dwain wrote: Vlc is a very great multimedia player, maybe the best one. I can play all type of files, and it never complains at all. Xine

Re: [opensuse] what a great media player

2007-04-03 Thread dwain
Felix Miata wrote: On 2007/04/03 07:45 (GMT-0500) dwain apparently typed: Felix Miata wrote: vlc refuses to do anything other than open, close, and switch the equalizer on and off. To view your dvd select File/Open Disc. Make sure your dvd player

Re: [opensuse] making mplayer work

2007-04-03 Thread dwain
Gavin Chester wrote: On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 00:33 -0400, Larry Stotler wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Larry Stotler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Apr 3, 2007 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [opensuse] making mplayer work To: dwain [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 4/3/07, dwain [EMAIL

Re: [opensuse] odd random behavior

2007-04-02 Thread dwain
Mike wrote: On Monday 02 April 2007 20:27, dwain wrote: I noticed that the opensuse updater icon displayed a yellow triangle with a black !. It said that another process was accessing it. I went to Ksysguard and nothing was using system or user resources other than Ksysguard

Re: [opensuse] copy problem

2007-04-01 Thread dwain
Rajko M. wrote: On Sunday 01 April 2007 01:47, dwain wrote: cp: cannot stat: 'sRGBIEC61966-2-1_noBPC.icc: No such file or directory. Is the file name sRGBIEC61966-2-1_noBPC.icc without leading single quote. Yes, but that is how the console displayed the error message. -- Dwain

Re: [opensuse] copy problem

2007-04-01 Thread dwain
M Harris wrote: On Sunday 01 April 2007 01:47, dwain wrote: cp: cannot stat: 'sRGBIEC61966-2-1_noBPC.icc: No such file or directory. Something is broke... ... the file system may have a problem. File shows there, but isn't really??? Which filesystem are you

Re: [opensuse] copy problem

2007-04-01 Thread dwain
M Harris wrote: On Sunday 01 April 2007 01:47, dwain wrote: wait a minute ... does the file name start with a ' or was that a typo? cp: cannot stat: 'sRGBIEC61966-2-1_noBPC.icc: No such file or directory ^^^ -- Kind regards, M Harris

Re: [opensuse] copy problem

2007-04-01 Thread dwain
. I'll keep you posted. Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning The Spiritual

Re: [opensuse] copy problem [SOLVED]

2007-04-01 Thread dwain
have seen all along. (Hangs his head in humiliation and mutters) I Hate Computers. Cheers, Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find

Re: [opensuse] copy problem

2007-04-01 Thread dwain
Jon Clausen wrote: On Sat, 31 Mar, 2007 at 22:38:41 -0500, dwain wrote: I'm trying to copy an .icc profile from my home directory to the Adobe Icc Profiles/RGB Profiles directory. I su in the console then cp -t /home/my directory/file directory/file.icc/ /usr/share/color/icc

[opensuse] copy problem

2007-03-31 Thread dwain
I doing incorrectly? How do I need to write the command? Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression. Wassily

Re: [opensuse] copy problem

2007-03-31 Thread dwain
Magnus Boman wrote: On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 22:38 -0500, dwain wrote: I'm trying to copy an .icc profile from my home directory to the Adobe Icc Profiles/RGB Profiles directory. I su in the console then cp -t /home/my directory/file directory/file.icc/ /usr/share/color/icc

[opensuse] time difference between system clock and OS clock

2007-03-31 Thread dwain
Could some one explain why there is a 5 hour difference between my system clock and the clock in opensuse? Opensuse is running 5 hours behind. I have the time zone set to Central. I don't quite understand. I downloaded the time zone patch today when I reinstalled the os. I'm puzzled. Dwain

Re: [opensuse] time difference between system clock and OS clock

2007-03-31 Thread dwain
Jeffrey Taylor wrote: Quoting dwain [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Could some one explain why there is a 5 hour difference between my system clock and the clock in opensuse? Opensuse is running 5 hours behind. I have the time zone set to Central. I don't quite understand. I downloaded the time

Re: [opensuse] copy problem

2007-03-31 Thread dwain
Rajko M. wrote: On Saturday 31 March 2007 22:38, dwain wrote: I'm trying to copy an .icc profile from my home directory to the Adobe Icc Profiles/RGB Profiles directory. I su in the console then cp -t /home/my directory/file directory/file.icc/ /usr/share/color/icc/Adobe_ICC_Profiles

Re: [opensuse] time difference between system clock and OS clock

2007-03-31 Thread dwain
Rajko M. wrote: On Saturday 31 March 2007 06:26, dwain wrote: Could some one explain why there is a 5 hour difference between my system clock and the clock in opensuse? Opensuse is running 5 hours behind. I have the time zone set to Central. I don't quite understand. I downloaded

Re: [opensuse] copy problem

2007-03-31 Thread dwain
M Harris wrote: On Saturday 31 March 2007 19:04, dwain wrote: Question, if a file type is unknown can it be copied, moved or whatever? There is no such thing as a file type on Linux... ... file types designated by .xxx three character suffixes belong in the land of M

Re: [opensuse] copy problem

2007-03-31 Thread dwain
M Harris wrote: On Saturday 31 March 2007 19:04, dwain wrote: I have done it both ways you have recommended and it still tells me the file or directory does not exist. That's because the file or directory does not exist... I promise. ... also, something else you may

Re: [opensuse] copy problem

2007-03-31 Thread dwain
Rajko M. wrote: On Saturday 31 March 2007 19:04, dwain wrote: Rajko M. wrote: ... /home/my directory/file directory/file.icc/ ^^^ ^^^ Are the spaces real? Is that file or directory? If spaces are not the problem than cp --help

Re: [opensuse] copy problem

2007-03-31 Thread dwain
M Harris wrote: On Sunday 01 April 2007 01:14, dwain wrote: I just did the ls -al profiles thing and it found two files in the directory. One of them being the .icc file. Ok... this is good... the file is really there and the machine can state it... now, try

Re: [opensuse] Beagle Configuration

2007-03-29 Thread dwain . alford
to use YaST2 and delete whatever application(s) I need. As a new user, this does not seem to be the way to go. I know that ZMD has a software remover, but didn't I just get away from that? Is there another or is the YaST2 delete ok? Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594

Re: [opensuse] adding network printer problems [SOLVED - ALMOST]

2007-03-29 Thread dwain . alford
Jerry Feldman wrote: On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:02:52 -0500 dwain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got the printers added. I can see them in Open Office, but they did not print when I ran the Print Test Page function when I added them. Is there a setting that I need to enable somewhere that I

Re: [opensuse] Beagle Configuration

2007-03-29 Thread dwain . alford
-related rpms are installed. next, you can do : rpm -e name of installed stuff you want to remove that's it friendly greetings Thanks, I'll keep this for future reference. Dwain -- Dwain Alford P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone

Re: [opensuse] Beagle Configuration

2007-03-29 Thread dwain . alford
Rajko M. wrote: On Wednesday 28 March 2007 22:36, dwain wrote: thanks for all of the advise. i removed a lot of unwanted programs and it seemed that with the dependencies stripped the system bare. i haven't rebooted yet, but i'll find out what's what here shortly. gotta reboot. cross

Re: [opensuse] Beagle Configuration

2007-03-28 Thread dwain
to linux, I have no use for beagle. There is find files/folders and that's enough for me. I too find my system (intel pIII 450mhz and 768mb ram) runs better without beagle than with it. dwain -- Dwain Alford Alford Design Group P.O. Box 145 Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570 cellphone

Re: [opensuse] Beagle Configuration

2007-03-28 Thread dwain
to run Opensuse, I will build a system to handle over-taxation the OS causes. Until then I am happy to wait. As a newcomer to Linux, and I've tried Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu, I still like Opensuse the best even though it does run slow. Dwain -- Dwain Alford Alford Design Group P.O. Box 145

  1   2   >