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The Register reports on another Microsoft contract going down the tubes...

I read it and post links occasionally. A lot of board users won't be visiting the Register or similar sites every day, so it's easy to miss something interesting. Keep posting! :)

Mad Penguin have posted their peer review. :)

Here's a good summary. :)

KNotes - on 9.1 it's under Office/PDA. :)

Is this article on filename globbing what you need? :unsure:

NewsForge currently has a discussion about What are the best Linux IRC and IM clients? :)

I'm not sure I qualify, but I have found the tee command, which does this. With the ls command, it strips out the colour on screen and in the file. ls -l | tee -a teefile This example also suppresses the wide format - ls ~ | tee -a teefile Just thought you'd like to know...

When you're in the shell, have you tried the 'save history as' option on the edit menu? It seems to fit the bill. :)

I downloaded the following from rpm.pbone.net and installed in order: msec drakxtools drakxtools-newt drakcronat menudrake harddrake-ui drakconf I ran menudrake which put MCC back in the menu; and then added MCC to the panel. Thanks for everyone's help!

There's some stuff at Cheapbytes. :)

Thanks, bvc. The urpmi.log just contains the stuff I've entered at the command line. The rpm.log has this - Isn't that what I tried to do here? :unsure: [root@localhost root]# urpmi drakconf drakcronat menudrake msec no package named drakcronat no package named menudrake no package named msec

I have tried some of your suggestions with the following results: [root@localhost root]# rpmdrake -bash: rpmdrake: command not found [root@localhost root]# rpm -q drakcronat package drakcronat is not installed [root@localhost root]# rpm -q menudrake package menudrake is not installed [root@localhost root]# rpm -q msec package msec is not installed [root@localhost root]# rpm -e --nodeps drakcronat menudrake msec error: package drakcronat is not installed error: package menudrake is not installed error: package msec is not installed [root@localhost root]# urpmi drakconf To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed (15 MB): drakconf-9.1-13.1mdk.i586 drakxtools-9.1-31.3mdk.i586 drakxtools-newt-9.1-31.3mdk.i586 harddrake-ui-9.1-31.3mdk.i586 Is this OK? (Y/n) y installing /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/drakconf-9.1-13.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/drakxtools-newt-9.1-31.3mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/drakxtools-9.1-31.3mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/harddrake-ui-9.1-31.3mdk.i586.rpm Installation failed: drakcronat >= 0.1.3-1mdk is needed by drakconf-9.1-13.1mdk menudrake >= 0.7.2-1mdk is needed by drakconf-9.1-13.1mdk msec >= 0.38 is needed by drakxtools-newt-9.1-31.3mdk [root@localhost root]# urpmi drakconf drakcronat menudrake msec no package named drakcronat no package named menudrake no package named msec [root@localhost root]# cd /tmp [root@localhost tmp]# rpm -ivh drakcronat-0.1.3-1mdk.i586.rpm menudrake-0.7.2-1mdk.i586.rpm msec-0.38-?mdk.i586.rpm error: open of drakcronat-0.1.3-1mdk.i586.rpm failed: No such file or directory error: open of menudrake-0.7.2-1mdk.i586.rpm failed: No such file or directory I wasn't sure which directory to use, so tried /tmp. Would it be helpful to find exactly which items Mandrake Update removed? The dialogue box listed perhaps 20 items. I've looked in /var/log but can't find anything. Would this be recorded somewhere? :unsure:

Sorry, Tim, got the same errors... :unsure:

Thanks for replying, anna. Did as you suggested and got the following messages: [root@localhost root]# mcc -bash: mcc: command not found [root@localhost root]# urpmi drakconf To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed (15 MB): drakconf-9.1-13.1mdk.i586 drakxtools-9.1-31.3mdk.i586 drakxtools-newt-9.1-31.3mdk.i586 harddrake-ui-9.1-31.3mdk.i586 Is this OK? (Y/n) y ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/.../updates/9.1/RPMS/drakconf-9.1-13.1mdk.i586.rpm ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/.../updates/9.1/RPMS/drakxtools-newt-9.1-31.3mdk.i586.rpm ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/.../updates/9.1/RPMS/drakxtools-9.1-31.3mdk.i586.rpm ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/.../updates/9.1/RPMS/harddrake-ui-9.1-31.3mdk.i586.rpm installing /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/drakconf-9.1-13.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/drakxtools-newt-9.1-31.3mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/drakxtools-9.1-31.3mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/harddrake-ui-9.1-31.3mdk.i586.rpm Installation failed: drakcronat >= 0.1.3-1mdk is needed by drakconf-9.1-13.1mdk menudrake >= 0.7.2-1mdk is needed by drakconf-9.1-13.1mdk msec >= 0.38 is needed by drakxtools-newt-9.1-31.3mdk [root@localhost root]# urpmi drakcronat no package named drakcronat [root@localhost root]# urpmi menudrake no package named menudrake [root@localhost root]# urpmi msec no package named msec Any ideas?

I've just used Mandrake Update to try to install some updates for 9.1 relating to glibc and coreutils. Before I could install them, I was prompted to remove various items including drakconf before the update could take place. This was slightly worrying, but I went ahead. Once the items were removed, the process ended without installing the new stuff. I used the install button several times, but it just went through the motions of removing the afore-mentioned items. I came out of MCC getting an error about not finding drakconf, and my MCC icon disappeared. How do I get out of this mess?

Sorry, didn't read your post properly. According to a Linux Journal article on the subject - Is this what you're looking for? :unsure:

You may find this useful: Fun with Numbers in chmod. B)

ZDNet reports that Sun Microsystems has signed a deal with the Chinese government for up to a million Linux desktops over the next year.

You may be interested in Nvu, which is under development, according to a report on LinuxOrbit. It's based on Mozilla Composer and supported by... Lindows. The release of Version 1.0 is scheduled for 1st quarter of 2004. Developers helping with the project will be able to download and test interim releases in the near future.

einamo... In case you got lost in Gowator's explanation :P , iphitus wasn't calling you SCO: he wasn't addressing you in particular, he was just venting his feelings about that company... Gowator was agreeing with that. Anyway, welcome on board. :)

The Inquirer reports... (text in full)

cid, you may be interested in this thread - any cd cover designer software for Linux/MDK? :)

Mad Penguin is formally announcing the search for individuals who may be interested in participating in a 'peer review' of Mandrake 9.2 when it is released to the general public.

As James suggests, you can use the character map, which in KDE and Gnome you can find under Applications/Text Tools. You can also use the <alt gr> keys for some characters. I can't remember where I found the information, but on my UK keyboard, I can use the following (amongst others) - Diaeresis (umlaut) ä/Ä <alt gr>[ a/A ö/Ö <alt gr>[ o/O ü/Ü <alt gr>[ u/U Acute á/Á <alt gr>; a/A é/É <alt gr>; e/E ú/Ú <alt gr>; u/U Circumflex â/Â <alt gr>' a/A ê/Ê <alt gr>' e/E Grave à/À <alt gr># a/A è/È <alt gr>' e/E Cedilla ç/Ç <alt gr>; c/C Double s ß <alt gr>s Hope this helps. :)