Hi there

I am a registered user of a website called ****smalllinux.org BUT I cannot
post to ask questions? I also can't see how to email the powers that be on
the site??? Anyone know what I am missing?

harry palmer wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I am a registered user of a website called ****smalllinux.org BUT I cannot
> post to ask questions? I also can't see how to email the powers that be on
> the site??? Anyone know what I am missing?

Did you get a mail with an authorize link?
It can be that your ISP thought it was spam and never delivered it to you, at
least thats a problem I had with one forum and which I usually don't use
forums as they are a lesser version of usernet.

You may register an account at hotmail, turn the spam filter off as much as
possible and register a new account.

--

//Aho

"J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> wrote in message
news:5v9sabF1kqoh2U1@mid.individual.net...
> harry palmer wrote:
>> Hi there
>>
>> I am a registered user of a website called ****smalllinux.org BUT I
>> cannot
>> post to ask questions? I also can't see how to email the powers that be
>> on
>> the site??? Anyone know what I am missing?
>
> Did you get a mail with an authorize link?
> It can be that your ISP thought it was spam and never delivered it to you,
> at
> least thats a problem I had with one forum and which I usually don't use
> forums as they are a lesser version of usernet.
>
> You may register an account at hotmail, turn the spam filter off as much
> as
> possible and register a new account.
>
> --
>
> //Aho

Hey there Aho

I'm still plugging away with this even after giving up for a while and
installing first Ubuntu ( way too slow on 64mb) win98 ( too much like
quitting...) and losing the frigging laptop :-) Anyway I got their authorize
link and clicked on the reponse BUT even after several days I still am
getting

Sorry, you do not have permission to start a topic in this forum

You are currently logged in as harrypalmer


It seems that the operating system gods don't want to help me out. I will
try your other approach using ssh and putty but I'd prefer to find out how
the other people got this working on exactly the same machine Sony Vaio
pcg505ts it's even in the official **** small linux book.

"J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> wrote in message
news:5v9sabF1kqoh2U1@mid.individual.net...
> harry palmer wrote:
>> Hi there
>>
>> I am a registered user of a website called ****smalllinux.org BUT I
>> cannot
>> post to ask questions? I also can't see how to email the powers that be
>> on
>> the site??? Anyone know what I am missing?
>
> Did you get a mail with an authorize link?
> It can be that your ISP thought it was spam and never delivered it to you,
> at
> least thats a problem I had with one forum and which I usually don't use
> forums as they are a lesser version of usernet.
>
> You may register an account at hotmail, turn the spam filter off as much
> as
> possible and register a new account.
>
> --
>
> //Aho

I'm trying to reregister to see if that helps. Thanks for the reminder to do
this.
Hp

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:53:36 -0600, harry palmer wrote:

> I'm still plugging away with this even after giving up for a while and
> installing first Ubuntu ( way too slow on 64mb) win98 ( too much like
> quitting...) and losing the frigging laptop Anyway I got their
> authorize link and clicked on the reponse BUT even after several days I
> still am getting
>
> Sorry, you do not have permission to start a topic in this forum

A lot of forums don't allow new users to start new topics until after
they have responded to, or participated in, at least a few other
threads. This requirement makes it harder for bots to spam the forum.

Funny, you've been banging on about this for a while now, but once you
posted the actual error message it was obvious what the problem was.

"Mark South" <mark.south@null.invalid> wrote in message
news:479052d8$1_3@news.bluewin.ch...
> On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:53:36 -0600, harry palmer wrote:
>
>> I'm still plugging away with this even after giving up for a while and
>> installing first Ubuntu ( way too slow on 64mb) win98 ( too much like
>> quitting...) and losing the frigging laptop Anyway I got their
>> authorize link and clicked on the reponse BUT even after several days I
>> still am getting
>>
>> Sorry, you do not have permission to start a topic in this forum
>
> A lot of forums don't allow new users to start new topics until after
> they have responded to, or participated in, at least a few other
> threads. This requirement makes it harder for bots to spam the forum.
>
> Funny, you've been banging on about this for a while now, but once you
> posted the actual error message it was obvious what the problem was.

That is the problem, I signed up, got the activation message clicked on the
link and typed in the code. I still wasn't activated after about a week. I
assumed that someone had to do something else to activate things. So
yesterday I signed up again and hopefully will get on the forum to get help.
I know this machine can be used for DSL I just want the graphics setup.

As to the banging on comment, what are you referring to? The setting up of
DSL issue or the logging on to get targetted help? Hey, if I'm bugging
people in this forum then say so.

"harry palmer" <nope@nope.for> writes:

> "Mark South" <mark.south@null.invalid> wrote in message
> news:479052d8$1_3@news.bluewin.ch...
>> On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:53:36 -0600, harry palmer wrote:
>>
>>> I'm still plugging away with this even after giving up for a while and
>>> installing first Ubuntu ( way too slow on 64mb) win98 ( too much like
>>> quitting...) and losing the frigging laptop Anyway I got their
>>> authorize link and clicked on the reponse BUT even after several days I
>>> still am getting
>>>
>>> Sorry, you do not have permission to start a topic in this forum
>>
>> A lot of forums don't allow new users to start new topics until after
>> they have responded to, or participated in, at least a few other
>> threads. This requirement makes it harder for bots to spam the forum.
>>
>> Funny, you've been banging on about this for a while now, but once you
>> posted the actual error message it was obvious what the problem was.
>
> That is the problem, I signed up, got the activation message clicked on the
> link and typed in the code. I still wasn't activated after about a week. I
> assumed that someone had to do something else to activate things. So
> yesterday I signed up again and hopefully will get on the forum to get help.
> I know this machine can be used for DSL I just want the graphics setup.
>
> As to the banging on comment, what are you referring to? The setting up of
> DSL issue or the logging on to get targetted help? Hey, if I'm bugging
> people in this forum then say so.

He did. Ignore him. He's not happy unless he's being a pompous, pedantic
prick.

"Hadron" <hadronquark@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:fmqa9l$lg4$1@registered.motzarella.org...
> "harry palmer" <nope@nope.for> writes:
>
>> "Mark South" <mark.south@null.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:479052d8$1_3@news.bluewin.ch...
>>> On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:53:36 -0600, harry palmer wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm still plugging away with this even after giving up for a while and
>>>> installing first Ubuntu ( way too slow on 64mb) win98 ( too much like
>>>> quitting...) and losing the frigging laptop Anyway I got their
>>>> authorize link and clicked on the reponse BUT even after several days I
>>>> still am getting
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, you do not have permission to start a topic in this forum
>>>
>>> A lot of forums don't allow new users to start new topics until after
>>> they have responded to, or participated in, at least a few other
>>> threads. This requirement makes it harder for bots to spam the forum.
>>>
>>> Funny, you've been banging on about this for a while now, but once you
>>> posted the actual error message it was obvious what the problem was.
>>
>> That is the problem, I signed up, got the activation message clicked on
>> the
>> link and typed in the code. I still wasn't activated after about a week.
>> I
>> assumed that someone had to do something else to activate things. So
>> yesterday I signed up again and hopefully will get on the forum to get
>> help.
>> I know this machine can be used for DSL I just want the graphics setup.
>>
>> As to the banging on comment, what are you referring to? The setting up
>> of
>> DSL issue or the logging on to get targetted help? Hey, if I'm bugging
>> people in this forum then say so.
>
> He did. Ignore him. He's not happy unless he's being a pompous, pedantic
> prick.
>
Gotcha hadron
thanks for the heads up
Harry

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:38:53 -0600, harry palmer wrote:

> "Mark South" <mark.south@null.invalid> wrote in message
> news:479052d8$1_3@news.bluewin.ch...
>> On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:53:36 -0600, harry palmer wrote:
>>
>>> I'm still plugging away with this even after giving up for a while
>>> and
>>> installing first Ubuntu ( way too slow on 64mb) win98 ( too much like
>>> quitting...) and losing the frigging laptop Anyway I got their
>>> authorize link and clicked on the reponse BUT even after several days
>>> I still am getting
>>>
>>> Sorry, you do not have permission to start a topic in this forum
>>
>> A lot of forums don't allow new users to start new topics until after
>> they have responded to, or participated in, at least a few other
>> threads. This requirement makes it harder for bots to spam the forum.
>>
>> Funny, you've been banging on about this for a while now, but once you
>> posted the actual error message it was obvious what the problem was.
>
> That is the problem, I signed up, got the activation message clicked on
> the link and typed in the code. I still wasn't activated after about a
> week. I assumed that someone had to do something else to activate
> things. So yesterday I signed up again and hopefully will get on the
> forum to get help. I know this machine can be used for DSL I just want
> the graphics setup.

As I said, you probably need to participate before you will be able to
start your own threads.

> As to the banging on comment, what are you referring to?

"Banging on" is a colloquial expression meaning that you are repeating
yourself.

> The setting up
> of DSL issue or the logging on to get targetted help?

The logging on to the forum problem. The point is, there's a lesson
here, which is to post errors exactly as you get them. The error you
quoted was far more useful in diagnosing the problem than your earlier
statements about "can't post in the forum".

> Hey, if I'm bugging people in this forum then say so.

I'm not bugged or worried.

Good luck,
Mark

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:41:08 +0100, Hadron wrote:

> "harry palmer" <nope@nope.for> writes:
>
>> "Mark South" <mark.south@null.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:479052d8$1_3@news.bluewin.ch...
>>> On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:53:36 -0600, harry palmer wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm still plugging away with this even after giving up for a while
>>>> and
>>>> installing first Ubuntu ( way too slow on 64mb) win98 ( too much like
>>>> quitting...) and losing the frigging laptop Anyway I got their
>>>> authorize link and clicked on the reponse BUT even after several days
>>>> I still am getting
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, you do not have permission to start a topic in this forum
>>>
>>> A lot of forums don't allow new users to start new topics until after
>>> they have responded to, or participated in, at least a few other
>>> threads. This requirement makes it harder for bots to spam the forum.
>>>
>>> Funny, you've been banging on about this for a while now, but once you
>>> posted the actual error message it was obvious what the problem was.
>>
>> That is the problem, I signed up, got the activation message clicked on
>> the link and typed in the code. I still wasn't activated after about a
>> week. I assumed that someone had to do something else to activate
>> things. So yesterday I signed up again and hopefully will get on the
>> forum to get help. I know this machine can be used for DSL I just want
>> the graphics setup.
>>
>> As to the banging on comment, what are you referring to? The setting up
>> of DSL issue or the logging on to get targetted help? Hey, if I'm
>> bugging people in this forum then say so.
>
> He did. Ignore him. He's not happy unless he's being a pompous, pedantic
> prick.

Yeah Hadron, I offered advice and you offered insults.

Which is worth more?

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:47:24 -0600, harry palmer wrote:

> "Hadron" <hadronquark@googlemail.com> wrote in message
> news:fmqa9l$lg4$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>> "harry palmer" <nope@nope.for> writes:
>>
>>> "Mark South" <mark.south@null.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:479052d8$1_3@news.bluewin.ch...
>>>> On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:53:36 -0600, harry palmer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm still plugging away with this even after giving up for a while
>>>>> and
>>>>> installing first Ubuntu ( way too slow on 64mb) win98 ( too much
>>>>> like quitting...) and losing the frigging laptop Anyway I got their
>>>>> authorize link and clicked on the reponse BUT even after several
>>>>> days I still am getting
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry, you do not have permission to start a topic in this forum
>>>>
>>>> A lot of forums don't allow new users to start new topics until after
>>>> they have responded to, or participated in, at least a few other
>>>> threads. This requirement makes it harder for bots to spam the
>>>> forum.
>>>>
>>>> Funny, you've been banging on about this for a while now, but once
>>>> you posted the actual error message it was obvious what the problem
>>>> was.
>>>
>>> That is the problem, I signed up, got the activation message clicked
>>> on the
>>> link and typed in the code. I still wasn't activated after about a
>>> week. I
>>> assumed that someone had to do something else to activate things. So
>>> yesterday I signed up again and hopefully will get on the forum to get
>>> help.
>>> I know this machine can be used for DSL I just want the graphics
>>> setup.
>>>
>>> As to the banging on comment, what are you referring to? The setting
>>> up of
>>> DSL issue or the logging on to get targetted help? Hey, if I'm bugging
>>> people in this forum then say so.
>>
>> He did. Ignore him. He's not happy unless he's being a pompous,
>> pedantic prick.
>>
> Gotcha hadron
> thanks for the heads up
> Harry

Oh, OK. In that case, maybe you should listen to Hadron instead. You
may not learn to use Linux but you can pick up a stalking tip or two.