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That shouldn't be necessary. Just make XP the slave drive, and
then tell LILO to _treat_ it as a master drive:
other=/dev/hdb1
label=XP
master-boot
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about how to do it with knoppix 5.1
That sounds like an app problem, not an NTFS problem. What are
you using? OpenOffice? Have you tried Save As... to save a
copy, or to switch the document into write mode?
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a computer with two drives, I think the easiest way
to do this is sneak a copy of Knoppix to work. After the DVD
download, use Knoppix to md5sum it, and k3b to burn and verify
the burn.
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last year at a
place that was Windoze only. (And were getting rid of Linux
because of the SCO thang--those fools.) Anyway, there were a few
things that were a total pain in the butt without Cygwin. And I
would have died without ActiveState's Perl for Win32.
Miark
vesa configuration, and get your gui back up. For example,
starting with an xorg.conf from a Live cd boot from your
Mandriva distro would be a nice clean start.
Or easier: drop to init 3, delete xorg.conf, and then run
drakx11 to configure vesa.
Miark
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can put it on my MP3 player?
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go from a high ogg bitrate to a high MP3
bitrate, the degradation will be minor--at worst. But at low
bitrates, the difference will be more pronounced.
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Looks like people of all persuasions enjoy being offended.
That's not true, and I'm offended you would even suggest that!
Oh, wait... *8-)
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-proof' on
ntfs writes?
Pretty much. It (whatever it is) will only do what is
reliable, so if you try to write or delete a file and it
cannot be done safely, then it just doesn't do it. It's happened
to me only a couple times.
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details.
How safe is the NTFS Driver? We aren’t aware of any reliability
problem either in the NTFS kernel driver, or in ntfsmount. But
we do have lots of positive feedbacks.
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could probably use any standard Windows harddrive program to
get files back. It would be a pain in the ass, of course.
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On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 17:21:44 -0800, rikona wrote:
E http://www.ubcd4win.com/faq.htm
Might be able to answer some of my needs, but I was looking
for a 'real' linux. Also, I have so far avoided XP, so I don't
have the necessary files. :-( and :-)
What _exactly_ are your needs?
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nice.
How'd you choose totem as a player?
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with Knoppix (I do it routinely) but
for whatever reason, it can't be done--or done easily--in
Mandriva.
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On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:51:13 -0500, JoeHill wrote:
On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:27:53 -0500
Miark got an infinite number of monkeys to type out:
What is this HTML crap doing here? --- bin
You use Claws--what do you care? (One of many reasons I like
Claws myself.)
I have the gtkhtml
Welcome to the list, Joep. Little tip: use whitespace in your
messages. If I can't read messages quickly, I don't read them at
all, and there are probably others here that are just as
pathetically lazy am me ;-)
Miark
when you say in FREE \\\'root\\\'is disabled I am not
sure what you
On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 00:47:01 -0500, JoeHill wrote:
What is this HTML crap doing here? --- bin
You use Claws--what do you care? (One of many reasons I like
Claws myself.)
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with Windows. Go figure ;-)
I resent that insinuation!
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did) and move on. If others can't or
won't, that should be their problem, not yours.
I hope you stick around. Shit, if Joe can do it, you can.
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I ahve to agree, but further discussions really should be
somewhere else (like the OT list) and _I_ really will not
discuss this here any more (and truly, do I _look_ dishonest?)
Agreed. I meant to send that direct to him, not the list. My
apologies to all.
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On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:34:19 -0500, ET wrote:
Grumpy_Penguin wrote:
On Tuesday 05 December 2006 09:36, JoeHill wrote:
If you can't see that, you are a
moron.
and the pejorative comment?
you can not spell,,,
Um, that would be cannot.
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On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 18:47:03 +, JRH wrote:
There is no sign of the device in HardDrake at all, I open up
xsane, and all it will see, is my TV card, no scanner.
For info, the scanner is a UMAX Astra 1220P Parallell port
affair.
Is the port enabled in the bios?
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On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 17:30:59 -0600, Chris wrote:
On Saturday 02 December 2006 10:25 pm, Miark wrote:
On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 22:14:32 -0600, Chris wrote:
So, have I got too many of the same kind installed?
I think so, yes. Get rid of all the Flash 7 stuff.
Miark
Ok, got rid of the old
On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 18:54:46 -0600, Chris wrote:
On Monday 04 December 2006 3:21 pm, Miark wrote:
Now what the heck does that mean?
Not sure. I never have dealt with Real or Helix. Instead, I
use mplayerplugin with the real and win32 codecs. I'd
recommend getting rid of Real/Helix
On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 21:24:39 -0600, Gireesh wrote:
On 12/4/06, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Monday 04 December 2006 8:42 pm, Miark wrote:
On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 18:54:46 -0600, Chris wrote:
On Monday 04 December 2006 3:21 pm, Miark wrote:
Now what the heck does that mean
On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 20:54:38 -0600, Chris wrote:
On Monday 04 December 2006 8:42 pm, Miark wrote:
On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 18:54:46 -0600, Chris wrote:
On Monday 04 December 2006 3:21 pm, Miark wrote:
Now what the heck does that mean?
Not sure. I never have dealt with Real or Helix
only...
I'm outta ideas. But go get 'em.
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, get rid of it so that only 9 remains.
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So, have I got too many of the same kind installed?
I think so, yes. Get rid of all the Flash 7 stuff.
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to configure sound.
That's assuming this is a configuration problem, of course. I
don't know what else it might be. Out of curiosity, what OS is
running before a reboot? Is it only Linux, or is it sometimes
Winblows?
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Okay Joe, give it up. How'd you generate the color
face/x-face for Claws?
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to get back to how it used to work? I have
noticed that the folder will be lower case when copied ,
regardless of case of the original. --
Are you dealing with a FAT or NTFS filesystem?
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(I'm typing this on my wife's Mac).
Really? I thought you were gay!
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About to reconnect to internet, and find that best broadband
option at present in Australia (without home phone) is
Telstra Wireless ADSL via USB port. Currently have
On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 20:04:12 -0500, ET wrote:
not sure about before, but ctrl+z seems to put some in the
background, in bash
But that also suspends the job. I think he wants it running.
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, I'm a dumbass, too.)
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any idea what I'm doing wrong ?
It's just changed a bit. It now wants to know the security
[L]evel with which to generate the db. If you omit the -l, it
should just default to -l 1, which is to turn on security. See
the man page.
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out that kat and FF can be system resource hogs.
What I love about htop is the ability to scroll down and
sideways, and to tree! It's brilliant--I'd die without it.
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, such as a mail client, web browser,
music player, calendar programs--whatever. Then use
free (on the commandline) or kinfocenter Memory to see what
you're system is actually doing. Then drop the swap partition
size accordingly.
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On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 01:03:26 -0400, Charles wrote:
On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:24:57 -0400
Miark wrote:
Also note the each reply in the thread is compacted
separately.
[...]
It will in its own form.
Contract, then highlight the text you wish to be included
in your response select
I just found a new little gem in Claws. When you're viewing a
message in the preview pane that has quoted material, you can
double-click the quoted section to contract it. It would be cool
if replies reflected the changes you make, but it's still cool.
Miark
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Thanx.
But
I did as u advised but it tells me it is already there. How do
I put it on the panel?
KDE Control Center Internet Network Network Monitor.
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look would probably make the transition easier. KDE or Gnome.
KDE, hands down.
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No RPMs from Mandriva yet (it's been only two days), but if
you want to install it from Mozilla, it's ready, willing, and
able.
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of the installation. I didn't have to do that in 2006.
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wanted to get half an idea of how much screaming that I'm
gonna get to do, whilst it's being shipped :-)
You're probably going to be screaming like Ru'afo at the end of
Star Trek Insurrection (which I watched just last night :-)
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intelligence level. I only been
using Mandrake/MDV for 4 years...
What's xcfe? and how do I get into it?
XFCE (not xcfe) is an excellent light-weight window manager.
Charles Edwards packages it for Mandriva folk:
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On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 10:26:15 +0100, JRH wrote:
On Saturday 07 October 2006 03:45, Miark wrote:
On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 17:28:49 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote:
By brute strength and awkwardness [and xcfe] I managed to
reset it to 1024x768 KDE is fine now
Pray tell: how?
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Yes
On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 22:33:07 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote:
On Wednesday 04 October 2006 09:41 pm, Miark wrote:
On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 19:08:56 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote:
On Wednesday 04 October 2006 05:25 pm, Miark wrote:
On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 15:36:14 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote:
trying
On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 09:07:56 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote:
On Thursday 05 October 2006 08:40 am, Miark wrote:
On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 22:33:07 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote:
On Wednesday 04 October 2006 09:41 pm, Miark wrote:
On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 19:08:56 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote
On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 15:36:14 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote:
trying Mandriva 2007 now it seems to have difficulty finding
my video card
What have you done thus far?
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On Wednesday 04 October 2006 05:25 pm, Miark wrote:
On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 15:36:14 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote:
trying Mandriva 2007 now it seems to have difficulty
finding my video card
What have you done thus far?
tried
/init.d/haldaemon: line 32: [: 6690: unary operator
expected[ OK ] [FAILED]
I brought it up here a bit ago, but there was no solution. I'm
not using any SoS stuff, so Bill's idea doesn't apply to me.
I've been patient, though, because the the RCs for 2007 seem to
work fine.
Miark
On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:13:53 -0600, Russ wrote:
On Saturday 30 September 2006 11:37 am, Miark wrote:
No, but you get my sympathy. I haven't been able to do the
same thing because, for some reason, HAL refuses to run:
/etc/init.d/haldaemon: line 32: [: 6690: unary operator
On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 17:44:23 -0300, Carlos wrote:
El Sáb 30 Sep 2006 16:25, Miark escribió:
On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:13:53 -0600, Russ wrote:
On Saturday 30 September 2006 11:37 am, Miark wrote:
No, but you get my sympathy. I haven't been able to do
the same thing because, for some
On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:07:09 -0600, Russ wrote:
On Saturday 30 September 2006 01:25 pm, Miark wrote:
On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:13:53 -0600, Russ wrote:
On Saturday 30 September 2006 11:37 am, Miark wrote:
No, but you get my sympathy. I haven't been able to do
the same thing because
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:15:19 -0400, JoeHill wrote:
I stomped on it, ran my blade across it, folded it in two,
spit on it, smeared it with cat excrement, *then* threw it
out. I know I probably missed a coupla steps, but I was tired,
and it was pretty smelly.
BWAHAHAHAHahahahaa
anything on the list about k3b DVD
burning being totally broken in 2006.
It's not--I do it routinely.
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else can I reset it?
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complaint to Mandriva is that when I run win4lin using
the smp win4lin kernel, my computer dies every time. Gotta stick
to UP for that. Fortunately I don't need it often.
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a matter of whether or not you
have the right key to open the lock on the filing cabinet in
order to use it.
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--good to have you back in the swing of things!
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get around that somewhat - this is a newbie forum)
This is true of Mandriva, not Linux. I routinely use Knoppix 5
to write to NTFS.
Miark
suggest the options I suggested of using FAT32
if it needs to be used by M$ and nix*
I do agree with you about that. NTFS support is advanced, but
FAT32 support is superior, and accessible from any *nix.
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# urpmi --auto mplayer mplayer-gui mplayerplugin
# urpmi -a codecs
This will install MPlayer (GUI and commandline versions), its
plugin for Firefox and Konq, their dependencies, and all the
codecs.
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That's a great way to showcase its abilities. Quite eye-popping
abilities, too, I might add.
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Hi all,
Take a look at this new screen candy item: Kiba dock :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjkJk-1REtImode=relatedsearch=
In case
directory turned into a
FILE, making Winsux completely disappear. Weirdest thing I ever
saw with a file system. Thankfully I had a copy of Knoppix with
me and was able to save all the data.
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in 32-bit land where I can count
on everything working right with Linux.
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. Three commands and you're working. Then use iwconfig to
configure a connection to your router.
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of breath. I
strongly recommend drinking a scotch and soda instead.
That's terrible and inappropriate advice: there's no need for the
soda.
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On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 18:07:03 +0100, JRH wrote:
Best I enable cron, and see what happens!
No offense if you're _not_ a newbie, but turning on cron is only
the first part. You then have to add cron entries to update your
urpmi sources.
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specifically to see what
they say, such as at
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdwriters.php?DVDnameid=1344Search=Searchlist=2
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, and you're happy running, say, IceWM, then you
could get by happily on a 500MHz with 128MB if you wanted.
Perhaps even less.
I am currently using a Gateway Solo9550 with 1.13ghz
processor, 30 gb hdd, 512 mb Ram. Is that enough to upgrade?
No--it's MORE than enough :-)
Miark
that is OS independent.
512MB for $60. I love the little bastard!
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Oh ya, and pick up a pair of Sony earbud earphones at Wal-Mart
for about $12. The freq response starts at 10Hz! Excellent sound
for trivial money.
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Hi all,
What tools would I use to rip audio from a DVD for the
purpose of burning to audio CD?
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Also, as user run vncserver from CLI to start the server
running.
Unless you're running rfbdrake, of course.
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is that you can
easily use MS Office templates too! :-)
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Thanks Miark.
One more (very newbie) question - what is cooker?
Cooker is the on-going development version of Mandriva
Linux that is the basis of the official versions.
It recently became possible to write to NTFS partitions with
libntfs
the DVD now--can't wait to try it.
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either, but it turns out
Comcast went out last night, and although it came back, I had
to power-down and reboot my modem and router to get working again.
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a bdc from the
commandline to verify that it installed correctly.
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of specifying the full path. Six of
one, half a dozen of another.
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) 'iwconfig' to find out the interface name (probably wlan0).
2) iwconfig wlan0 essid NAME key restricted
I don't recall what I did to make it permanent, but it is.
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the smp kernel to
take advantage of hyperthreading?
If your CPU supported hyperthreading, wouldn't the install
recognize it and automatically install the SMP kernel?
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I ran 'top', and noticed that something called kdm_greet was...
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