Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-08 Thread Joerg Mertin
On Monday 08 September 2003 23:02, ed tharp wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 13:41, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > On Monday 08 September 2003 04:53 am, Joerg Mertin wrote: > > > Carefull Folks... My wife is Blond, but also a Lawyer ;o) > > > > > > Cherio > > > > > > Joerg > > > > Isn't that like, "doub

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-08 Thread ed tharp
On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 13:41, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Monday 08 September 2003 04:53 am, Joerg Mertin wrote: > > Carefull Folks... My wife is Blond, but also a Lawyer ;o) > > > > Cherio > > > > Joerg > > Isn't that like, "double indemnity"? (which is against the law?) > > triple,, I count

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-08 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Monday 08 September 2003 04:53 am, Joerg Mertin wrote: > Carefull Folks... My wife is Blond, but also a Lawyer ;o) > > Cherio > > Joerg Isn't that like, "double indemnity"? (which is against the law?) --

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-08 Thread Joerg Mertin
Carefull Folks... My wife is Blond, but also a Lawyer ;o) Cherio Joerg ed tharp wrote: On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 05:11, Anne Wilson wrote: And I don't have Femme's excuse either Anne which one of Femme's excuses? not naturally colored hair? -- ---

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-08 Thread ed tharp
On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 05:11, Anne Wilson wrote: > And I don't have Femme's excuse either > > Anne which one of Femme's excuses? not naturally colored hair? -- ++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-08 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 5:18 pm, Joerg Mertin wrote: > Hi Anne, > > actually - you can change things. With TAB you can cycle the stuff > around. Then you make sure that the option you have choosen is > selected, hit TAB twice to be on the "Do" button - and you then can > do some stuff. > > Also - X

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-08 Thread Joerg Mertin
Hi Anne, actually - you can change things. With TAB you can cycle the stuff around. Then you make sure that the option you have choosen is selected, hit TAB twice to be on the "Do" button - and you then can do some stuff. Also - XFdrake --help shows you some options for manual working. Try it o

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-07 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 07 Sep 2003 1:37 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Sunday 07 September 2003 07:47 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Sunday 07 Sep 2003 12:53 am, Nigel Wilkinson wrote: > > > Loads of hints on how to effect the install but no-one's asked > > > if you're still married or isn't he back yet

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-07 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Sunday 07 September 2003 07:47 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Sunday 07 Sep 2003 12:53 am, Nigel Wilkinson wrote: > > Loads of hints on how to effect the install but no-one's asked if > > you're still married or isn't he back yet > > He took it better than I expected , presumably because he

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-07 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 07 Sep 2003 12:53 am, Nigel Wilkinson wrote: > Loads of hints on how to effect the install but no-one's asked if > you're still married or isn't he back yet > He took it better than I expected , presumably because he'd had an enjoyable night out. I was getting very nervous when

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-07 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Saturday 06 September 2003 05:45 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > You do watch Enterprise, though...right? :) > > LX *Anything* Sci-fiespecially "Trek"... :-) -- /\

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-07 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 07 Sep 2003 12:47 am, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Saturday 06 September 2003 04:44 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > Forcing it to recognise that it is a Matrox card, not a SiS did > > the trick. I've done all the upgrades now. > > > > It seems unbelievable, but I couldn't get eth0 up either, and as

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Nigel Wilkinson
Loads of hints on how to effect the install but no-one's asked if you're still married or isn't he back yet On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 22:40:50 +0100 Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have to get this fixed before he gets home, or I'll be divorced > What do I do now? > > Anne > --

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Greg Meyer
On Saturday 06 September 2003 04:44 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > Forcing it to recognise that it is a Matrox card, not a SiS did the > trick. I've done all the upgrades now. > > It seems unbelievable, but I couldn't get eth0 up either, and as soon > as the video problem disappeard eth0 was fine! S

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Eric Huff
> > Not to worry - I don't think I've ever watched a complete episode. > > ;-) > > You do watch Enterprise, though...right? :) > *Catch Star Trek Enterprise, Wednesdays on UPN* This next wednesday the 10th, of course, being the season premier. -- Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 16:53, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Saturday 06 September 2003 04:28 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 9:08 pm, Guilmot Mike wrote: > > > >> Apu??? > > > > > > Apu nahaseesomething ... in The Simpsons ? :-) > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > > > Guilmot Mike > >

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Saturday 06 September 2003 04:28 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 9:08 pm, Guilmot Mike wrote: > > >> Apu??? > > > > Apu nahaseesomething ... in The Simpsons ? :-) > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Guilmot Mike > > Ah - I must be the only person in the western world that has never >

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 9:37 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Saturday 06 September 2003 11:11 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 8:42 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > If you run startx from runlevel 3 ... what does it give you as > > > the reason for not starting? > > > > There are no e

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Greg Meyer
On Saturday 06 September 2003 11:11 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 8:42 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > > If you run startx from runlevel 3 ... what does it give you as the > > reason for not starting? > > > There are no error messages. KDE is obviously trying to start up. I

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 9:08 pm, Guilmot Mike wrote: > >> Apu??? > > Apu nahaseesomething ... in The Simpsons ? :-) > > Kind regards, > > Guilmot Mike Ah - I must be the only person in the western world that has never seen The Simpsons Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited h

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Eric Huff
> > Reminds me of Apu's grace: > > > > "Good rice, good curry, good Gandhi let's hurry." > > Apu??? He's the Indian owner of the Kwiki Mart on The Simpsons. Having many friends from India makes Apu all the funnier -- Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Join the c

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Guilmot Mike
>> Apu??? Apu nahaseesomething ... in The Simpsons ? :-) Kind regards, Guilmot Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 8:47 pm, Eric Huff wrote: > > Hi, Eric. Well, I'm not sure whether it was the curry, the wine > > or hitting the keyboard harder, but I finally got it to accept my > > input. > > LOL! > > Reminds me of Apu's grace: > > "Good rice, good curry, good Gandhi let's hurry." Apu?

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Eric Huff
> Hi, Eric. Well, I'm not sure whether it was the curry, the wine or > hitting the keyboard harder, but I finally got it to accept my input. LOL! Reminds me of Apu's grace: "Good rice, good curry, good Gandhi let's hurry." -- Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 7:57 pm, KevinO wrote: > None of my boxes start 'dm' at boot time nor run in runlevel 5. > This is one of the reasons I do this. If I am setting a box up for > someone I will make sure it comes up in runlevel 3 at least until I > am ready to hand the box over. It makes setti

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread KevinO
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 None of my boxes start 'dm' at boot time nor run in runlevel 5. This is one of the reasons I do this. If I am setting a box up for someone I will make sure it comes up in runlevel 3 at least until I am ready to hand the box over. It makes setting up/de

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 5:12 pm, Eric Huff wrote: > > OK - I'm in failsafe, logged in as root. I have XFdrake showing > > a menu in text mode on screen. I can move around the menu, but I > > can't change anything. What am I missing? > > Here is how it works for me: > > up down arrow moves in the

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 5:12 pm, Eric Huff wrote: > > OK - I'm in failsafe, logged in as root. I have XFdrake showing > > a menu in text mode on screen. I can move around the menu, but I > > can't change anything. What am I missing? > > Here is how it works for me: > > up down arrow moves in the

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Eric Huff
> OK - I'm in failsafe, logged in as root. I have XFdrake showing a > menu in text mode on screen. I can move around the menu, but I can't > change anything. What am I missing? Here is how it works for me: up down arrow moves in the menu tab moves between menu and quit and do enter pushes

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 3:39 pm, Eric Huff wrote: > > There must be a way to get it to look again at this. Does > > harddrake run from the cli, and will it allow me to set the > > graphics card? I should be able to get to the machine again in > > around 1/2 hour > > XFdrake lets you choose video

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Eric Huff
> There must be a way to get it to look again at this. Does harddrake > run from the cli, and will it allow me to set the graphics card? I > should be able to get to the machine again in around 1/2 hour XFdrake lets you choose video cards, and will run in the cli and in text mode, if necessar

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 1:32 pm, Joerg Mertin wrote: > Hi Anne, > > in that case - I would make sure the system is using XFree-4.3.0 - > as the MAtrox drivers in there are pretty good. Just make ssure > XFree86-4.3 is installed, not the 3.3.6 ! REmove that one. Once the > othre one is in - run XFDr

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 4:11 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 8:42 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > > If you run startx from runlevel 3 ... what does it give you as > > the reason for not starting? > > There are no error messages. KDE is obviously trying to start up. > I hear the .wa

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 8:42 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > > If you run startx from runlevel 3 ... what does it give you as the > reason for not starting? > There are no error messages. KDE is obviously trying to start up. I hear the .wav file, and bits of the display flash on screen then off a

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Joerg Mertin
Hi Anne, in that case - I would make sure the system is using XFree-4.3.0 - as the MAtrox drivers in there are pretty good. Just make ssure XFree86-4.3 is installed, not the 3.3.6 ! REmove that one. Once the othre one is in - run XFDrake - and you should be done. Cheers Joerg Anne Wilson wr

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 12:45 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: > > > >>If you are installing 9.1 with an LCD monitor, the > > > >> appropriate driver for the video card may not be present. > > > >> For instance, I have an Nvidia video card and a Viewsonic > > > >> LCD; I had to download Nvidia's driver before

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Greg Meyer
On Saturday 06 September 2003 03:25 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 05 Sep 2003 11:22 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > >On Friday 05 Sep 2003 11:09 pm, Steve Browne wrote: > > >>On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 22:40:50 +0100, you wrote: > > >>>I was installing 9.1 on David's box while

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 00:31, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 05 Sep 2003 9:50 pm, Joerg Mertin wrote: > > Hi Anne, > > > > you mean - you have to run XFdrake in text mode ? or does it start > > in graphic mode ? > > > It was in text mode, which I expected. I have done it that way > before, but thi

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 05 Sep 2003 9:50 pm, Joerg Mertin wrote: > Hi Anne, > > you mean - you have to run XFdrake in text mode ? or does it start > in graphic mode ? > It was in text mode, which I expected. I have done it that way before, but this time I couldn't edit anything at all. > Anyway - make sure th

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 05 Sep 2003 11:22 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > >On Friday 05 Sep 2003 11:09 pm, Steve Browne wrote: > >>On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 22:40:50 +0100, you wrote: > >>>I was installing 9.1 on David's box while he was out. It has > >>>booted to the point of the blue wave, then i

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-05 Thread Joerg Mertin
Hi Anne, you mean - you have to run XFdrake in text mode ? or does it start in graphic mode ? Anyway - make sure there is no /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file. Just remove the old one - so the system will use the safe defaults - should do it. Cheers Joerg Anne Wilson wrote: I was installing 9.1 on

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-05 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 05 Sep 2003 11:09 pm, Steve Browne wrote: On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 22:40:50 +0100, you wrote: I was installing 9.1 on David's box while he was out. It has booted to the point of the blue wave, then it can't get the display up. I tried going to init 3, then running X

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 05 Sep 2003 11:09 pm, Steve Browne wrote: > On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 22:40:50 +0100, you wrote: > >I was installing 9.1 on David's box while he was out. It has > > booted to the point of the blue wave, then it can't get the > > display up. > > > >I tried going to init 3, then running XFdrake a

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-05 Thread Steve Browne
On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 22:40:50 +0100, you wrote: >I was installing 9.1 on David's box while he was out. It has booted >to the point of the blue wave, then it can't get the display up. > >I tried going to init 3, then running XFdrake as root, the menu comes >up, but I can't find any way to change a

[expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-05 Thread Anne Wilson
I was installing 9.1 on David's box while he was out. It has booted to the point of the blue wave, then it can't get the display up. I tried going to init 3, then running XFdrake as root, the menu comes up, but I can't find any way to change any part of the configuration. I have to set it to