Re: Mandrake packages / FTP server.
the rpmdrake update is broke in the respect also. I dread using rpmdrake! >On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 01:29:19PM -0200, Rafael Pereira Rigues wrote: >> Also, it's me or there's no source for security updates yet? When I try >> to update the mirror list on the RPM tool, it comes empty. > >There is a bug in rpmdrake that stops this from working. Supposedly if >you install the rpmdrake update from the updates dir it should work. >Unfortunately I haven't ever gotten this to work. > >You can find updates at: >ftp://ftp.wtfo.com/pub/linux/Mandrake/updates/ppc/8.0/RPMS > >Similar paths should work on other servers that carry Mandrkae updates. > >-- >Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >http://ben.reser.org > >"To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence. >Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without >fighting." -Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu
Re: Installing alternative browser
Thanks for the tip, Brice. Re: Galeon. I do like it better than Mozilla, but they're both pretty lethargic on an iMac (rev.A) -- Navigator is much worse, often taking a minute or so to render a page! Moving over from KDE I found the comparative slowness in these apps to be the prominent distinguishing factor. I'm clueless as to why... but I'm just getting my sea legs with Linux. Regards, Barry > Hi there. > >You can use Opera by making a symlink from the existing libstdc++ >library to the one Opera is looking for ... it should be happy >enough then :) Opera works well enough, but you might want to give >Galeon a try as well. I believe it is Mozilla's Gecko rendering >engine (truly probably the best around) embedded within a very >light-weight GTK+ app, w/o all the XUL fluff that Mozilla has (fluff >is a relative term ... I happen to like Mozilla) > >Hope this helps >Brice > >J. B. Schatz wrote: > >>Has anyone experimented with installing alternate internet browsers into >>the GNOME desktop environment? I'm looking for a slim and trim (young >>and beautiful..?) replacement for Mozilla -- a lumbering monster indeed! >> >>I experimented with the KDE environment for a couple of weeks but now >>I've moved over to GNOME and like it much better except that one of the >>disappointments has been the default internet browsers. I decided to try >>the latest available version of Opera (opera-static-5.0-1.ppc.rpm) but >>rpm installation in bash advises that the required >>libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3 is missing. Other than not having found this >>missing component, I'm not sure what other problems I might end up >>facing so I decided to query the good gurus of the Cooker-PPC. >> >>Thanks for any advise and insight. >> >>Barry >> >> >> > >-- >WebProjkt, Inc. >VP, Director of Internet Technology >http://www.webprojkt.com/
Installing alternative browser
Has anyone experimented with installing alternate internet browsers into the GNOME desktop environment? I'm looking for a slim and trim (young and beautiful..?) replacement for Mozilla -- a lumbering monster indeed! I experimented with the KDE environment for a couple of weeks but now I've moved over to GNOME and like it much better except that one of the disappointments has been the default internet browsers. I decided to try the latest available version of Opera (opera-static-5.0-1.ppc.rpm) but rpm installation in bash advises that the required libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3 is missing. Other than not having found this missing component, I'm not sure what other problems I might end up facing so I decided to query the good gurus of the Cooker-PPC. Thanks for any advise and insight. Barry
Re: Sound
On 10 Oct 2001 16:11:03 -0500, Michael Weisman wrote: > My G4 Sawtooth plays sound through the internal speaker, even when something > is plugged into the speaker jack on the back. I have had this problem with > every distro I have tried (Linux/PPC, SuSe, Yellow Dog, and Mandrake). > Anyone know of a fix for this? > -- > Michael Weisman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > While the acts of the terrorists will forever be seared into my mind, the > answer cannot be more of the same. > > You can add the iMac to that. In addition, both internal and external speakers continue to play even when headphones are plugged in. Barry
Re: no yaboot prompt!
On 10 Oct 2001 00:19:49 -0700, Sean Fay wrote: > After I had sucessfully installed Mandrake I had to reformat the hard drive > due to some space allocation mistakes I made. But after install I do not get > the yaboot prompt anymore. I have done the command-option-O-F thing and set > the boot device but that did not help. All I see is that stupid little mac > folder going back and forth between the question mark and the MacOS folder > icon. Then after a few seconds it defaults to macos. Any ideas?? > > > PowerBook G3 "bronze keyboard", 6GB HD, 128MB Ram, DVD > > > Sean > Did your HD reformat include the Bootstrap partition too? Also, did the install CD carry out the bootstrap setup successfully? Barry
