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and each stanza is actually a long line wrapped by the browser. copy and pasting should handle that but i just want to put that one in case somebody would type it to a console (like aterm which i still havent figured out how to paste ). ciao!

i just want to point out one small detail about the error above. the error was because the install option (i) was specified with the rpm invocation and there was already a similar package that provides the same file (because its the same package, albeit older. this is not always the case though). if digby used the update option (U) then the rpm invocation would probably have succeeded. if i am using rpm, I always use the update option regardless if i have an older version or if it is a newer install. this is because the update option will install the specified package normally (assuming all dependencies are met) if a previous version does not exists. the only package that should not be installed via this option is the kernel since those should always be installed with -i to avoid hosing down your boot sequence and boot menu (just search the faq and the board for the long explanation). hope this little tidbit of information helps. ciao!

I just wished they stoped saying that every time... sighhhh it depends on the context and since each new release contains tons of bug fixes since the last version then it could indeed be teh best Mandriva Linux release yet. most long time user of mandy would say 8.2 is the best but i am not one of those. i think being somebody with a relatively old machine i wasnt exposed to the problems they encounter or am i just plain lucky? another point to consider is the distro maker's point of view. what pride is there in releasing a distro version if it is not aimed at being the best so far? that line of thought could also be taken by the marketers... :) ciao! [formatting corrected for better reading - arctic]

just login with the password you provided in the installation and type "startx". read this post if you want to change the settings to boot directly to GUI. ciao!

symantec might or might not be skewing data, and i have no idea what they plan to gain with the publishing of results (a toehold in the MacOSX scene?). i am also after the sensationalistic journalism and the skewing of data to attract attention. the title and the content just dont match unless we are talking about sheer numbers and not context. i should have placed a wink smiley instead of a plain old smiley in the original post. :) ciao!

http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3667201 dont kill the messenger. i find the article both funny and infuriating for being idiotic err simplistic. its just too easy to skew statistics to show your own version of the truth. :) ciao!

i think there are more information about them in the mount or fstab man pages but my understanding is that those stand for "no execution" and "no special device" options. the first one is a security option that prevents the users from running binaries from that filesystem (applications, scripts, etc.). nodev is the counterpart for access on special devices on that partition. the first one i can understand the rationale even if the possibility is remote of somebody of placing a tampered binary on your windows partition so that they can wreck havoc on your linux partition. one major use of that bit is if you have a separate /tmp and you want to ensure that crackers wont be able to download malicious source code on /tmp, compile and then execute it. there are other ways of safeguarding against this but the noexec is one good contribution in setting a layered defense. the nodev part, i have absolutely no idea. ciao!

and you can also install the sudo package in the same vein. it has its own uses and advantages over su on some cases. :) ciao!

why not change to the directory where the fallout binary is located and execute it from there? i think wine is searching for the binary in its defined path which is why it defaults to looking at the system32 folder. ciao!

assuming i can get a steady speed of 20kbps, that would still mean about 12 hours in total. hmmn... i think i have to butter up the wife so she wont get extremely mad when i do manage to render the laptop useless. ciao!

hey ian, how much data did you think you managed to pull through the wire? i am thinking of installing something else on my laptop but this is my main machine so i want to know if i can pull it off in a day. or else my wife will have my hide for spending so much time on the computer without actually doing anything. ciao!

the answer to that is you probably did not configure the display during the installation, or if you did you selected no in the option/dialog wherein it asked if you would like it to start X at every system start (or something like that). ciao!

ok, that is proof enough that tyme was drunk enough that he cant remember it. it is definitely tyme's fault!!!! ciao!

mepis usually comes out when talking about distros that get described as "it just works". no experience on using it but it might be your answer. ciao!

of course not. we can always blame them regardless of the circumstances. ciao!

darn, im missing that package... anybody knows where we can get an update on the package containing aru? :mellow: ciao!

i havent read the article but i would venture a guess that [eugenio@localhost~] startx would do the trick of getting you into the GUI. if that does it then try visiting the mandrake control center (or type mcc in a terminal) and in the booting options(?) set it to always enable X during startup. or edit /etc/inittab and replace the runlevel from 3 to 5. and last note, please minimize the use of all-caps when posting. that amounts to shouting and can be taken the wrong way by somebody who is having a very bad day. :) ciao!

im not in linux so im doing this from memory... :) shutdown requires that you pass it the time when it will start shutting down processes. when you specified the -t parameter on the first two invocations then you just told it to wait (-t) 0 and <whatever number 'now' evaluates to> seconds but you didn't specify what would be the reference time to shutdown. i would assume that invoking the following would work: shutdown -t 0 now because it means you want the system to shutdown now with 0 second delay. btw, runlevel 5 is the gui mode, runlevel 6 means a reboot, and runlevel 1 is the single user mode. that is mode you got dropped with the sh-3.1 # prompt. invoking sh-3.1 # init 5 will bring you back to gui mode. like what ian said, i just use halt. i think it is symlinked or alias to shutdown in some way. refer to my explanation above how you got the sh prompt . i think that is the default runlevel that shutdown will take you. check the manpages to be sure. :) when you invoked sh again you just told your current shell to run another shell on top of it. to get back to the original shell (or parent shell) then you only need to execute the 'exit' command. there are no stupid questions, only ones that are asked rudely or is not thought well enough. yours doesnt meet either. dont worry about being a newbie. we all started that way. some dont even get away from the label. check my sig if you dont believe me. ciao!

the CD images area usually 690MB to 700MB in size. i might be mistaken but the iso image is usually larger than the actual content to be burned to the CD since it has to include some metadata. how are you burning the image? are you burning it as an image or are you burning it directly to the CD? the former is the proper way of doing it. nero works fine but you could also use the CDBXP application that is available for free. ciao!

i prefer role playing games with turn-based sequences. i suck at micro-managing especially in real-time. ciao!

doesnt sed has an edit in place option? ciao!

ix, the product on your link does not seem to support reiserfs. this link seems to provide some feedback on how to do it but still gives no guarantees. ciao!

it should, heck even command line unzip but if you use the command line then make sure nobody is looking over your shoulder ciao!

yup, i saw that too when i was exploring smart. i tried launching with the gui option but it said i did not have the gtk interface. i cant seem to find any reference to the correct package so i quit since the documentation on smart is rather sparse. cool, i will try updating my system again tonight if i get home early. i am also using the synthesiz files for contrib since re-downloading 43MB everytime i invoke urpmi.update is not sustainable. ciao!

does it mount at all? if not then i would agree that the media is dead. ciao!