[newbie] taking a break: was ** Welcome to Expert/Newbie **

2006-09-17 Thread Eric Huff
Hi folks, I'm taking a break from messing with linux, so I am going to sign off the lists. These lists have been very helpful over the years, so thanks to everyone for all the help. Haven't had time to mess around much on the computer in a long time. It has been very stable, though, so i

Re: [newbie] taking a break: was ** Welcome to Expert/Newbie **

2006-09-17 Thread ET
Eric Huff wrote: Hi folks, I'm taking a break from messing with linux, so I am going to sign off the lists. These lists have been very helpful over the years, so thanks to everyone for all the help. and thank you for the help too,,, Haven't had time to mess around much on the computer

Re: [newbie] taking a break: was ** Welcome to Expert/Newbie **

2006-09-17 Thread Dan LaBine
Eric Huff wrote: Hi folks, I'm taking a break from messing with linux, so I am going to sign off the lists. These lists have been very helpful over the years, so thanks to everyone for all the help. Haven't had time to mess around much on the computer in a long time. It has been very

[newbie] Re: [Expert] taking a break: was ** Welcome to Expert/Newbie **

2006-09-17 Thread JoeHill
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:59:56 -0700 Eric Huff got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: I'm taking a break from messing with linux, so I am going to sign off the lists. These lists have been very helpful over the years, so thanks to everyone for all the help. Aw, shit. I'm sorry, but

[newbie] Small mproblem with K3b

2006-09-17 Thread Grumpy_Penguin
I pulled a boo-boo I did a #urpme k3b -a it un-installed a bunch of stuff then when I did a # urpmi k3b -a it tells me that there is no such program -- Diplomacy is the art of saying Nice Doggy While you look for a rock..Will Rodgers

Re: [newbie] Small mproblem with K3b

2006-09-17 Thread ET
Grumpy_Penguin wrote: I pulled a boo-boo I did a #urpme k3b -a it un-installed a bunch of stuff then when I did a # urpmi k3b -a it tells me that there is no such program setup your sources with easyurpmi? -- reg. Linux User 167806 webhome http://ed-tharp.is-a-geek.org

Re: [newbie] taking a break: was ** Welcome to Expert/Newbie **

2006-09-17 Thread Len Lawrence
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:59:56 -0700 Eric Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, I'm taking a break from messing with linux, so I am going to sign off the lists. These lists have been very helpful over the years, so thanks to everyone for all the help. Haven't had time to mess around

Re: [newbie] Small mproblem with K3b

2006-09-17 Thread Grumpy_Penguin
On Sunday 17 September 2006 03:49 pm, ET wrote: Grumpy_Penguin wrote: I pulled a boo-boo I did a #urpme k3b -a it un-installed a bunch of stuff then when I did a # urpmi k3b -a it tells me that there is no such program setup your sources with easyurpmi? yes they have been set up

Re: [newbie] taking a break: was ** Welcome to Expert/Newbie **

2006-09-17 Thread Paul Stejskal
Eric Huff wrote: Hi folks, I'm taking a break from messing with linux, so I am going to sign off the lists. These lists have been very helpful over the years, so thanks to everyone for all the help. Haven't had time to mess around much on the computer in a long time. It has been very

Re: [newbie] Small mproblem with K3b

2006-09-17 Thread Paul Stejskal
ET wrote: Grumpy_Penguin wrote: I pulled a boo-boo I did a #urpme k3b -a it un-installed a bunch of stuff then when I did a # urpmi k3b -a it tells me that there is no such program setup your sources with easyurpmi? urpmq --list-media Redo your sources? Paul

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-17 Thread JoeHill
On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:33:43 +0100 Keith Powell got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: All is now well and Xfce is working properly. I have tried most things and have not come across any problems. I can only assume that 'something went wrong' with the previous download. Okay, I went

[newbie] Re: [Expert] taking a break: was ** Welcome to Expert/Newbie **

2006-09-17 Thread JoeHill
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:59:56 -0700 Eric Huff got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: I'm taking a break from messing with linux, so I am going to sign off the lists. Before ya go...couldja tell me why the heck my mails are now showing twice? ;-) Ah, Sympa. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046

Re: [newbie] Re: [Expert] taking a break: was ** Welcome to Expert/Newbie **

2006-09-17 Thread ET
JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:59:56 -0700 Eric Huff got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: I'm taking a break from messing with linux, so I am going to sign off the lists. Before ya go...couldja tell me why the heck my mails are now showing twice? ;-) I get 3 so there,

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-17 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:17:04 -0400 JoeHill wrote: Do either of you use the Mailwatch Plugin? I used it to watch /var/spool/mail/joehill, but now that does not seem to be working, though I installed the new version. It never shows 'new mail', even though my term I don't, and if you would

Re: [newbie] taking a break: was ** Welcome to Expert/Newbie **

2006-09-17 Thread Eric Huff
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Re: [newbie] Re: [Expert] taking a break: was ** Welcome to Expert/Newbie **

2006-09-17 Thread Eric Huff
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:45:40 -0400 JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:59:56 -0700 Eric Huff got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: I'm taking a break from messing with linux, so I am going to sign off the lists. Before ya go...couldja tell me why the heck my mails are now

Re: [newbie] Small mproblem with K3b

2006-09-17 Thread RickS
Grumpy_Penguin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [...] yes they have been set up also ran updatedb and update -menus no joy Well can you check the /var/log/urpmi.log and see what exactly was removed . Then then try then urpmi --force to see what it says? Otherwise, download each

Re: [newbie] Re: [Expert] taking a break: was ** Welcome to Expert/Newbie **

2006-09-17 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 18:47:14 -0700 Eric Huff wrote: I haven't been able to get hold of Charles, either. Didn't know you had been trying. Charles -- I don't think they could put him in a mental hospital. On the other hand, if he were already in, I don't think they'd let him out.

Re: [newbie] Small mproblem with K3b

2006-09-17 Thread Grumpy_Penguin
On Sunday 17 September 2006 03:56 pm, RickS wrote: Grumpy_Penguin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [...] yes they have been set up also ran updatedb and update -menus no joy Well can you check the /var/log/urpmi.log and see what exactly was removed . Then then try then urpmi --force to see

Re: [newbie] Re: [Expert] taking a break: was ** Welcome to Expert/Newbie **

2006-09-17 Thread Eric Huff
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 21:56:46 -0400 Charles A Edwards wrote: Eric Huff wrote: I haven't been able to get hold of Charles, either. Didn't know you had been trying. Charles Oops. I got hold of you fine! I meant the Charles at Mandriva that can hand out list sub/unsub power. Eric

RE: [newbie] taking a break: was ** Welcome to Expert/Newbie **

2006-09-17 Thread Brandon Vanderberg
-Original Message- From: Eric Huff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 10:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; newbie@mandrivalinux.org Subject: [newbie] taking a break: was ** Welcome to Expert/Newbie ** Hi folks, If anyone wants to take over sending the

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-17 Thread Miark
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:31:38 -0400, JoeHill wrote: How is the process for switching to Claws? Relatively painless, ie. config wise? I don't recall because it was so long ago from me--although I'm sure it's effortless--but what I can tell you is that it's really well worth it. I can't live

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-17 Thread Miark
Charles, My panel up-and-disappeared after a crash (I was playing with kernels). I figured there was probably a .xfce4 folder that I could blow away, but there wasn't. I found XFCE stuff in .cache and .config, but when I deleted those, the panel did not come back on the following login. How

[newbie] Hyper-threading rocks

2006-09-17 Thread Miark
I asked about HT recently and somebody (ET perhaps?) asked me to report back as to whether or not I felt it makes a difference in performance. All's I can say is HELL, ya! I can see it especially in how Firefox operates, and how multimedia performs when I'm other things at the same time. My one