Re: [Cooker] Flash plugin
Sebastian Dransfeld wrote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Sarang Lakare wrote: Hi, When I installed 7.2, I had flash plugins installed by default. Why arn't they in LM8.0? I couldn't find a RPM for them either. netscape-plugins*rpm or something like that. seb No, you have to make sure to install the *plugger* package. It supports most Netscape MIME types (flash included), but not RealPlayer. Cheers, Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other. S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: [Cooker] Epson Stylus Color ESC/P2 driver in CUPS?
michael wrote: Has anyone gotten an Epson Stylus Color printer that can use the above Windows driver to work with cups? -- pax -m- I, too, have the original (no number) Epson Stylus Color ESC/P2 printer. Use the Epson Stylus Series CUPS or Foomatic drivers. I would prefer the CUPS +GIMP drivers, but the test sheet only prints at 180 or 360 DPI. whereas the other drivers (CUPS, Foomatic) do it at 720, so I can't make a fair comparison. The CUPS driver does give me quality that is on par with the Windows output. ... now to install Mandrake 8.0 and / or Red Hat 7.1... Elton ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other." S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
[Cooker] DHCP questions..
As I usually do with betas, I'v now installed, and
re-installed beta3 several times.
The installer finds my NIC, and detects as being on a LAN (I'm connectec
via cable modem
to my ISP). Thus, I can choose either cable *or* LAN connection.
However, which should
I choose? (or which would be the preferable selection? It would be
helpful to the newbie
if some explanatory text were added / associated with the selection
window.
I'm sure that I'm not the only newbie who might choose "expert
install" over
recommended. The two main attractions of linux: open source, and freedom
of choice.
Mandrake, AFAIK, uses KDE as the default desktop whereas Red Hat
defaults to
Gnome.
Under Wolverine (RH 7.1 beta) I had no connection problems with
either KDE or
Gnome. However, with Mandrake's beta 3, I have a problem under Nautlius.
with
dynamic addresses, which I cannot seem to resolve satisfactorily.
Wether I select
DHCP. DHCP-client, LAN, cable connection, the probelm still persists
with Nautilus.
... any workaround or fix for this?
Elton Woo
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[Cooker] Why version 8.0, and when?
AFAIK, the last official version of Mandrake was 7.2,
will the next version be called
8.0? (...since I see this on the beta 3 install screen..., wouldn't
this be misconstrued as "false
advertising"? Also, will there be another beta before the official
release? ... and ideas about
when the next offical Mandrake will be released? (a month, a week, just
an approximation,
please!).
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[Cooker] additional comments about beta3
Is it too late to post any "wish-list" items here? I don't have
all the updates installed,
just whatever is in beta 3. Hopefully ny mext try on downloading the
updates will work.
My previous efforts allowed me to select a mirror site, but the Software
Manager balked
saying that the pacakge was alerady installed, even thouugh I had
selected an _newer_
version than what was alerady on the system.
WRT the Software Manager, I did some *UN-installation*, nd I
notice that if I
select to uninmstall a package, and let the SM select to remove
dependencies,
SM would immediately close down afterwards. OTH, if I selected the
pacakge,
_and_ the dependencies *myself* (rather than let SM do it), the Software
manager
wouldn't crash. Does this make sense?
Elton Woo ;-)
[... baffled to bits...]
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Re: [Cooker] MD5 sums and RC1
Blue Lizard wrote:
On 13 Apr 2001 12:58:08 -0400, Elton Woo wrote:
NB: I do it this way, because
1) I usually run my 17" monitor at 1024 x 768
2) I'm not a programmer
3) I'm *terrible* at math, and last but not least...
4) I'm a dummy who doesn't want to use *any* Microsoft stuff: hardware or
software.
. not necessarily in that order ...
cheers, saluti, salutations ...
Elton Woo ;-))
All these true of me except my monitor is about 14 and a half inch viewable and
1280x1024 is what I run it at :)
I will need glasses very soon.
... wanna borrow *mine*??? I have a spare pair, since I hate the new bifocals, and
prefer using contacts. Oh, and an addendum to my post above: I forgot to mention
that I'm dyslexic / dixlezkik ... whatever ! ROTFALMAO!
Elton Woo ;-))
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Re: [Cooker] USB detection...(beta 3)
Pixel wrote: Elton Woo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: but Traktopel still sees my Logitech Optical usb (wheel) mouse as "usb generic" and *not* "usb wheel". During "expert" give /proc/bus/usb/devices I did the above command, looged in as root, and this is what I get: [elton@dhcp-19-3461 elton]$ su Password: [root@dhcp-19-3461 elton]# /proc/bus/usb/devices bash: /proc/bus/usb/devices: Permission denied [root@dhcp-19-3461 elton]# I have the system set at _medium_ security. Shouldn't I still have access, if I log in as root from my user account? Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other." S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 8.0 (and 7.2) installation hangs at Xserver installation, will not complete
Randy Kramer wrote:
The big problem is that, whichever choice I make, I then get the
following error message, and the installation hangs:
"Can't call method "set_active" on an undefined value"
PS: The system includes a Matsonic 8308 motherboard with on board video,
sound, and ethernet. The on board ethernet is disabled so I can use a
10 Mhz. coax ethernet card (Realtek 8029). It has a Duron 700 Mhz.
processor and 192 MB of RAM.
Have a look at http://lhd.zdnet.com/ (Linux Hardware Database).
A quick search for "motherboard video" and brings up the Matsonic 8106C.
Have you tried *disabling* the onboard video, and using a plug-in PCI or
AGP card instead? .. at least, I hope this helps to point you in the right
direction...
cheers,
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Re: [Cooker] where to get the Netscape 4.77 mandrake rpm?
Also sprach Alexander Skwar: So sprach Elton Woo am Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 02:26:53PM -0400: I've recently joined this list so I may have missed the announcement. Could someone kindly direct me where I may download the mandrake rpm package of Netscape Communicator 4.77? Have a look at the Cooker page on www.linux-mandrake.com. There is a list of Cooker mirrors at the end of the page. Take one of the mirrors, and you should find it. Alexander Skwar Viele Danke! Ich habe en Schnupfen .. so that's why my brains are even more muddled than usual! tschuess! Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other." S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: [Cooker] I have a DVD player and a Film. And now?! =:-)
Jason Straight wrote: A couple things for xine first the DVD drive has to be /dev/dvd which would be a link to the /dev/hda or /dev/scd0 or whatever drive you are using. PMJI, but (for me education, please? G). Cooker (beta 3) installed my IDE DVD drive as /dev/cdrom. Does this mean that I should change my fstab to /dev/dvd? Does the current kernel recognise DVD drives as such or is one obliged to either run linuxconf, or manually edit fstab? TIA, Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other." S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: [Cooker] USB detection...(beta 3)
Pixel wrote: Elton Woo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [root@dhcp-19-3461 elton]# /proc/bus/usb/devices bash: /proc/bus/usb/devices: Permission denied try [root@dhcp-19-3461 elton]# cat /proc/bus/usb/devices [root@dhcp-19-3461 elton]# cat /proc/bus/usb/devices T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2 B: Alloc=118/900 us (13%), #Int= 1, #Iso= 0 D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor= ProdID= Rev= 0.00 S: Product=USB UHCI Root Hub S: SerialNumber=6800 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr= 0mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=255ms T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=ff MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=04b8 ProdID=0103 Rev= 0.01 S: Manufacturer=EPSON S: Product=Perfection610 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr= 2mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=usbscanner E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl= 0ms E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl= 0ms T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=02 Dev#= 3 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=046d ProdID=c00c Rev= 6.10 S: Manufacturer=Logitech S: Product=USB Mouse C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=100mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=usb_mouse E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl= 10ms [root@dhcp-19-3461 elton]# ... here's the result that get. [REM: This is *after* I had edited the /etc/sane.d/epson.conf and /etc/rc.d/rd.local, as mentioned in my previous post]. Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other." S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: [Cooker] USB detection...(beta 3)
Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: Elton Woo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What *USB* devices are actually detected on installation? AFAIK, at least mice and keyboards should be no problem, do you have the usbd package installed and running ? Certainly! ... since I merely had to edit those files for SANE. I can't understand *why* Traktopel refused to properly configure the Epson Perfection 610 and the Logitech Optical Wheel mouse, though... Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other." S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: [Cooker] Via chipset bug
Con Kolivas wrote:
On Sat, 14 Apr 2001 04:53, you wrote:
JoAnne wrote:
The Register: Data-corruption bug hits VIA chipsets(Apr 13, 2001, 15:10
UTC) (1719 reads) (4 talkbacks) (Posted by kreichard)
Dennis E. Powell writes to tell us about the Register's coverage: "The
kernel crowd have been trying for months to track this thing down; turns
out now that it's not their fault!
*OUCH*!!! My AOpen mobo has the VIA chipset... (and it's Friday the
It only happens with big files between two ide hard drives at maximum
throughput and blah blah blah read the report
Puts my mind at ease now, JoAnne kindly sent me the URL, and
I see that it concens the newer mobos that support the Athlon. Mine is at
its max, WRT AMD chips: it only supports up to the one I have (k2/500).
Elton Woo ;-)
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Re: [Cooker] further comments on Traktopel (beta3)
"mdk mailin list (Harry)" wrote:
On 4/13/01 9:38 AM, "Elton Woo" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But where
are the beautiful Princess Narda, and Lothar? ;-))
Lothar's there - check the name of some of the packages/projects they worked
on.
Harry
Well he *was* in Mandrake 7.2, but I don't see any
"Lothar{anything}"
in Traktopel! G ... and what about the princess? I would be nice for Mandrake
to
go all the way with that comic-book theme ... puts a bit of fun into using
linux, IMHO!
cheers,
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Re: [Cooker] CD blanks {was...MD5 sums and RC1}
michael wrote:
On Friday 13 April 2001 10:06 pm, you wrote:
Thanks for the clear answer! I actually rendered it moot by burning on to gold
cd's evidently the silver ones just aren't iso-metric ;-)
However, I am checking just for thoroughness' sake!
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PMJI, but I purchased a spindle packge of Imation silver
disks
[P/N51122 41177] and had no problems. Yes, I did create two "casters" but
that was due to my inexpertise, rather than defective media. The price of
the package was quite reasonable. I've also been using some cheapo
"Hi-Val" CDRW disks, and those haven't failed even when I do a quick erase.
HTH, and pax vobiscum vous aussi!
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Re: [Cooker] using DHCP with Gnome...
Blue Lizard wrote: Never did that to me. On 13 Apr 2001 14:12:03 -0400, Elton Woo wrote: .. as much as I like KDE, I would also like to use Gnome . As I haven't used Gnome much in the past, I'm unsure if this is a Gnome or Mandrake problem: I'm on a cable connection, so naturally I have a dynamic IP address. After I log into the Gnome desktop, it complains that it can't find DHCP (since it's not [REM: DHCP would be DHCP- which (naturally) changes at each reboot. in the hosts file). Is there some way to "fix" this? I realise that this *isn't* a help-list, but OTH, I am experiencing this problem with beta 3. Ergo, Why is this happening? *How* can this be fixed? Please give me "dummy-level" instructions: IOW, think as if you were explaining to a six-year-old who has "never seen a computer". (Yes, cap'n, there *are* still some of us (6 year olds, and slightly older out there!). [...trying to stay dry in my Huggies *chuckle*] Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other." S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: [Cooker] where to get the Netscape 4.77 mandrake rpm?
Alexander Skwar schreibe: So sprach Elton Woo am Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 02:26:53PM -0400: I've recently joined this list so I may have missed the announcement. Could someone kindly direct me where I may download the mandrake rpm package of Netscape Communicator 4.77? Have a look at the Cooker page on www.linux-mandrake.com. There is a list of Cooker mirrors at the end of the page. Take one of the mirrors, and you should find it. Kein Glck! ... I've only been able to find the source rpm. I was hoping to get the precompiled NS-common and NS-communicator tarballs for version 4.77... Elton Woo ;-\ -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other." S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: [Cooker] even*further* comments on Traktopel (beta3)
Chmouel Boudjnah dclarait pour toute le monde (beau ou pas beau): well in fact i do so much emails by day than sometime i mispell a lot of words, i think my french/hebrew is worse :-(. hmmm.. that brings up a suggestion I have for your Mandrake guys (and any other linux distros). 'twould be awfully *nice* to have a bi-lingual (or even multi-lingual) spell-checker. (If one does exist, then please pardon my ignorance, I'm just getting old fast, and realising too late just how much I *DON'T* know! *giggle* ... good thing you mentioned "hebrew" as I was about to sign off with "alikum salaam", so "shalom" instead! Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other." S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: [Cooker] further comments on Traktopel (beta3)
Chmouel Boudjnah wrote:
Elton Woo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Ah, so I guess the guys over at Red Hat do have a point in not
releasing their
next version with Reiserfs and an option during the install? ... or are
the guys
at Mandrake a bit "braver"? *chuckle*.
here we speak about stability not about a war we have to win. as
default we taking the stable as possible.
I should also have added: "pleased to "meet" you (finally) Mr.
Boudjnah!" ;-)
{sometimes I have difficulty understanding your posts, but I realise that
English
might not be your first language ... nonetheless, you are one of the persons
on
the Internet whose posts are most instructive, and quite educational}
... so then it would be safe to say that Resierfs will be included as one of
the
default choices (expert mode)... n'est pas?
this forum, and just my luck, I get a reply from *you* of all
people! Are there other "mandrakes" here?
yup..
When I first saw "Mandrake" linux, it brought back fond
memories
of my childhood. The local (Montreal) papers don't carry that comic-strip,
and I was surprised that a French company chose that name. What you
guys do with linux, could be called "magic" of course! G. .. But where
are the beautiful Princess Narda, and Lothar? ;-))
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--Chmouel
... I'll be back! (*nice* web-site)... Since there are
other
"magicians" here, I wonder if they would identify themselves by their
department? I mean it would help to know if one is sending feedback to
the correct person. E.g. if you are the developer who handles the Mandrake
installer, I would most likely direct my comments about *that* to you,
my comments about any video /graphics problems to the one who handles
the X-free packages, etc...
Elton Woo ;-)
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Re: [Cooker] Traktopel installation time
"Nguyen Hung.Takeshi" wrote:
hi all!
I ve chosen full installation for Traktopel3 (install all packages), it took
about 3.5 hours ;) while when I tried to isntall Redhat FisherBeta, it took
only about 50 mins ;).
why?
That's quite strange! You didn't mention what
processor your have, system memory, nor the packages
you installed. I've tried Fisher, Wolverine, and now
Traktopel 3. It's taken me less than *half* an hour in all
cases, even when I went away from the machine, and wasn't
there to respond *inmmediately* to installation prompts.
I certainly *don't* have the "latest and greatest",
nor most powerful system: AMDk2/500, 128Mb RAM, and a
3D Force (nVidia, 32 Mb) video card. Each install, I selected
most stuff, *except* development, server, and programing
tools.
... could you elaborate on your system, and your
installation choices? BTW, I'm no "expert" when it comes
to linux, but I do choose "expert install" since it gives
me more control over what / how I install things, and IMHO,
I know enough by now not to really mess up! G.
cheers,
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Re: [Cooker] OpenUniverse bombs - needs OpenGL GLX
Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: Vincent Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello, Tried to test OpenUniverse today. Starting it in a terminal results in : GLUT: Fatal Error in openuniverse: OpenGL GLX extension not supported by display: :0.0 What are these things, and shouldn't they be in the dependencies for openuniverse? It's a parameter to your X server. If you don't have it, you probably don't have accel anyway. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://us.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/ I was wondering *why* Openuniverse failed to run when invoked from the menu. After reading the above, I tried from the console, and got the identical output. My video card a 3D Force B32 Pro (nVidia / Vanta chip, 32 Mb). I feel reasonably certain that I *had* installed OpenGL, but will re-check my system. cheers, Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other." S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: [Cooker] Kernel 24319 and big problema
michael wrote:
I am currently writing this from a small install on a different hd (hde6)
than my cooker/Beta3 one. I attempted to install kernel 2.4.3-19mdk thias
morning and when I rebooted, I could get no further than the first line of
the boot process. So I attempted to reinstall 2.4.3-17 but now it doesn't
work either.
I am lost here. How can I get back into my hda10 partition?
Did you run lilo after installing the new kernel?
1) As root, from a console: #/sbin/telnit S
2) Full screen prompt: sh# mkinitrd initrd 2.4.3-19.img 2.4.3-19
3) Check that the *.img file is now in /boot, or move/copy it there
(it might be in /, instead of
in /boot).
4) Edit /etc/lilo.conf to show both entries with the 2.3.4.img
5) Do: #/sbin/lilo{*extremely* important, or else
you won't be able to reboot into
the system.
Now shutdown / reboot
(YMMV, since this is _advice from a newbie_)
cheers,
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Re: [Cooker] Via chipset bug
JoAnne wrote:
The Register: Data-corruption bug hits VIA chipsets(Apr 13, 2001, 15:10 UTC)
(1719 reads) (4 talkbacks) (Posted by kreichard)
Dennis E. Powell writes to tell us about the Register's coverage: "The kernel
crowd have been trying for months to track this thing down; turns out now
that it's not their fault!
*OUCH*!!! My AOpen mobo has the VIA chipset... (and it's Friday the
thirteenth!).
Can't afford a new mobo, so does this mean that all the kinky goings on with my
system
_wasn't_ due to beta code, the phase of the moon, or my cat biting me?
*sheesh*!!
... so what do we do now? ... switch to Windows Me???
[NOT!!!]
Elton Woo ;-)
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Re: [Cooker] I have a DVD player and a Film. And now?! =:-)
Claudio wrote:
Hi all!
I would like to test cooker with dvd.
I'd like to know:
-Is there a program which I can use to see dvd?
Best place to start would be LiViD
(The Linux Video and DVD Project)
http://www.linuxvideo.org/. check out the "resources" link.
This should point you in the right direction...
-Must the dvd be mounted like a data cd or not, like an audio-cd?
...
... as data, then use Xmovie with the DVD plugin, or
another player (Cf. LiViD).
HTH
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[Cooker] comment: Xearth doesn't run properly from the menu
Encountered this same problem with Wolverine, as well.
When Xearth is started from
the KDE menu, it covers the desktop icons. Any windows that are moved,
"erase" it and leave
a blue space on screen. N.B. No such problem when invoked in Gnome.
I reported this to the developer, who instructed me that
under KDE, it should be invoked thus:
Control Panel - LookNFeel-Background- Mode- Background Program -
Setup.
Perhaps it should be removed from the Mandrake menu?
... juste "une puce l'oreille aux gens de Mandrake...
cordialement,
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Re: [Cooker] further comments on Traktopel (beta3)
Daouda LO wrote: rpm -qpi name_of_the_package.rpm gives you the packager/maintainer of the package . ... as they say in Provence: "merci bien"... I've just learnt another command! (sorry, I'm more of a "mouse" than a "man" person, but not _too afraid_ to learn) G salutations, Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other." S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: [Cooker] Apache fixed in 8.0? (issue solved)
Paul Cox wrote: I'm just curious, this is all I have in my hosts file for 7.2: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost Was that in there already and you had to add your specific information, or was it empty? I'm curious because I have a dynamic ip address. That's created by default. I'm also on cable with dynamic IP. You should also edit the /etc/hosts file. E.g. mine looks like this: 127.0.01localhost.localdomain localhost 205.151.222.250 videotron videotron.ca 205.151.222.251 videotron videotron.ca HTH and cheers, Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other." S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
[Cooker] where to get the Netscape 4.77 mandrake rpm?
I've recently joined this list so I may have missed the announcement. Could someone kindly direct me where I may download the mandrake rpm package of Netscape Communicator 4.77? TIA, Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other." S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
[Cooker] installing updates via ftp fails? (beta 3)
Using the Mandrake update, I cannot get newer versions of packages installed. The software manager configures my (IDE) CDRom as CD1, and my (SCSI, ID 0) CDRW as CD2. NOTE to Mandrake developers: in fstab: /dev/cdrom and /dev/cdrom2 (why no /dev/cdrom1?). Problem: logging on to a mirror, "Cooker" or "Updates"I get the installable list, and select a newer package version. Installer fails, reporting that the package is "already installed" on the system. Doesn't the software manager recognise the newer versions? Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other." S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
[Cooker] using DHCP with Gnome...
.. as much as I like KDE, I would also like to use
Gnome . As I haven't used Gnome much in the past, I'm unsure if
this is a Gnome or Mandrake problem: I'm on a cable connection, so
naturally I have a dynamic IP address. After I log into the Gnome
desktop, it complains that it can't find DHCP (since it's not
in the hosts file). Is there some way to "fix" this?
Elton Woo ;-)
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[Cooker] USB detection...(beta 3)
With a beta, I do usually do several clean installs. I thought with the new 2.4.* kernel that usb devices would be automatically detected and configured. However, my Epson Perfection 610 usb isn't. I still had to manually edit /etc/rc.d/rd.local -- modprobe scanner vendor=0x04b8 product=0x0103 then comment out everything in /etc/sane.d/epson.conf, and append -- usb /dev/usb/scanner0. (Thanks to advice from the SANE list). What *USB* devices are actually detected on installation? AFAIK, at least mice and keyboards should be no problem, but Traktopel still sees my Logitech Optical usb (wheel) mouse as "usb generic" and *not* "usb wheel". During "expert" install, when told to test the mouse, the pointer *invariably* loses itself in the _top right corner_ of the screen... respectfully, Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other." S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: [Cooker] netscape plugins for konqueror
Guillaume Rousse wrote: I may be dumb, but i can't install a flash plugin for konqueror on a fresh cooker install. ... you ned to install Plugger. It will give you the ability to play flash in Netscape, and konqueror will pick up on that. Murphy's law : If anything can go wrong, it will. O'Tool's commentary : Murphy was an optimist. Murphy O'Toole: my most favorite ancient Irish philosophers! G Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other." S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
[Cooker] are these bugs? .. some comments on Traktopel (beta3)
I recently installed / re-installed the Traktopel (beta 3) for the fifth or sixth time. It appears that some of the apps that I selected (using "expert") were not installed. This last time, I selected Reiserfs instead of ext2fs as the file-system. Mind you, though I usually install with the "expert" option, I consider myself a linux "newbie", so I don't claim to know everything, something, or even *that* much... My impressions, therfore are based on a limited knowledge of linux. It appears that Reiser is more stable than ex2fs, since I don't have the crashes that I had with KDE. Eazel seems the most likely candidate to "steal" my alleigance to KDE! G 1) Gnome refuses to save the sound settings (i.e. I get no system sounds). In control Center -- Multimedia -- Sound, I enable both options (click OK), but anytime after, when I re-open the control center, these settings are disabled. Note, though, that the Sawfish settings for sound support are enabled, and these settings are *kept* as saved. (I can turn the volume up as loud as I can, get music files to play in Eazel, but NO system sounds! ... WHY??) 2) In KDE, Control Center-- LookNFeel -- Style --- Use Anti-Aliasing for fonts and icons RESULT: windows and dialog fonts change to: Bookman !! *yukk*!!! -P 3) The system does NOT detect my Epson Perfection 610 USB scanner. I *still* have to manually edit the /sane.d/epson.conf and /etc/rc.d/rd.local files. My Logitech Optical Wheel mouse is recognised as "Generic usb". instead of "Generic WHEEL usb". 4) I can't get Netscape (4.76) to play mp3 (audio x-mpegurl) files even though gabber 3.2 is installed. Following the links from http://help.mp3.com/help/, I changed to xmms as the helper application, still no success. Could these be bugs in Traktopel? ... or simply my own inexperience, or my hardware "misbehaving"? System: AMD k6-2/500, on an AOpen 59 Pro motherboard, 128 MB RAM, Nvidia (32 Mb) video card... Elton Woo ;-) -- Have you been counted? See http://counter.li.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ#9984432 - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Registered Linux User #193975. AMD-K2 CPU on board. "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other." S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: [Cooker] kcontrol blank
Con Kolivas wrote:
Is kcontrol meant to still be blank? There are no settings to change. It's
been blank for a while now.
I take it that you are referring to the KDE Control Center, if so,
the answer is "no".
On one of my first installs of Traktopel, though I was able to set options by
logging into
my root account, when I invoked the program from in my user account, all the
tabs / pages
in the Control Center were blank.
IMHO, this might be a bug in cooker. Perhaps I should report it?
Has anyone else
here found this?
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Re: [Cooker] Automounter screws things up !
OS wrote:
Hello,
The automounter (either am-utils-6.0.5-4mdk or autofs-4.0.0-0.8mdk) messes
things up badly. Trying to mount the CD or the floppy the mount process just
hangs, as does mkinitrd !
Owen
I was never overly fond of "automount" with previous versions of
Mandrake,
since my floppy device is actually /dev/hdc (an internal LS-120 superdisk
drive).
Beta3 linstalls the drive as /mnt/floppy, and it can be accessed (after
installation).
1) The installer failed to create a bootable disk when I placed a standard
1.44 Mb floppy
in the drive, with a brief message about i/o errors, before resetting the
system.
2) From the KDE desktop (my user account) it would not show the drive's
contents,
even when I tried a different superdisk. Oddly enough, after I shutdown and
reboot the
system, I was able to access the drive. Wierd!
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[Cooker] further comments on Traktopel (beta3)
Chmouel Boudjnah wrote:
Elton Woo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It appears that Reiser is more stable than ex2fs, since I
don't have the crashes that I
had with KDE. Eazel seems the most likely candidate to "steal" my
alleigance to KDE! G
"it appear", in fact your problems is an applis prob not a fs problem.
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Ah, so I guess the guys over at Red Hat do have a point in not
releasing their
next version with Reiserfs and an option during the install? ... or are
the guys
at Mandrake a bit "braver"? *chuckle*. BTW, I was about to ask if any
of the Mandrake developers frequent this forum, and just my luck, I get
a reply from *you* of all people! Are there other "mandrakes" here?
I've followed your posts in the Mandrake newsgroup
(off and on) with interest, and I've learned *much* from your comments.
If linux is going to be any serious challenge to Windows on the PC, IMVHO,
then Mandrake linux is the most likely candidate, though there is still a
way
to go.
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