KDE Trouble
I'm using Debian "Woody". I just did an upgrade, amongst other things some KDE packages were updated. I had to dpkg --force-overwrite kdelib3, because it was conflicting with kdebase (although it seemed to be just icon files owned by both packages.) I can no longer select the Icons section on KDE control panel, and I can't Alt-Tab beween apps. When I hit alt-tab the application selector appears in the middle of the screen, and I can tab betweeb apps. When I release alt, it doesn't disappear, the application I chose doesn't pop to the front, and I X no longer responds so mouse clicks. Only way to sort it out seems to be to Ctrl-Alt-BS out of X. Any suggestions? Jim
Re: StarOffice 5.2
Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > 2. How must i install it so that a normal user can use it. First time i > installed SO as root in /opt/so52 but then my normal user couldn't use it. > Even if i set the right permissions... > Where are the errors? Can't help with your first query, but I've had this problem. You need to do the first installation by running as root: ./setup /net Install to (eg) /opt/so52 Then, each user who wants to run StarOffice has to run: /opt/so52/bin/setup The installer will appear again and will create a folder called Office52 in that users home directory. Users can then run soffice to get Star Office. Caveats: 1. I'm 2 miles from my Debian box, so the above is from memory and might be slightly innacurate. 2. I have 5.1 on my machine, so this might have changed. These instructions are somewhere in the installation manual, but are quite well hidden. You need to find the "network" installation instructions, about half-way through. -- /\/\ For PGP Key, e-mail: /im /-arrand [EMAIL PROTECTED] / / Fingerprint: C3F6F033
Re: lynx and proxy
Renai LeMay wrote: > how do I set Lynx to use a http proxy? >From the Lynx manpage: "Lynx supports the use of proxy servers that can act as firewall gateways and caching servers. They are preferable to theoldergateway servers (see WWW_access_GATEWAY, below). Each proto- col used by Lynx, (http, ftp, gopher, etc), can be mapped separately by set- ting environment variables of the form PROTOCOL_proxy (literally: http_proxy, ftp_proxy,gopher_proxy, etc), to "http://some.server.dom:port/";. See Lynx Users Guide for additional details and examples." So, if you use bash for example: export http_proxy=http://localhost:8080/ Replace localhost:8080 with the real name:port of your proxy. Regards, Jim
Woody, 2.4 Kernels, Ramdisks and ReiserFS
Hi, I just upgraded from Potato to Woody, and installed Kernel 2.4. (Using only a 28.8k internet connection that drops after 2 hours. It's a tribute to the greatness of apt that this was still a relatively painless process!) I have a few queries. What exactly is the purpose of the initial ramdisk image which I need to boot? I have my suspicions, but I'm not really sure. It's obviously important, because my system won't boot without it. Interestingly, when I installed kernel-image-2.4.3, it reconfigured lilo but didn't put the initrd in the lilo config file. Is this a bug or did I do something wrong? Is the initial ramdisk there so that the kernel can load modules before it has mounted the root partition? If so, does this mean I can put my root partition on a ReiserFS partition, even though ReiserFS is (in the default kernel-image package) compiled as a module? If not, do I need to compile a kernel with ReiserFS built in? If so, what changes (if any) to I have to make to the initial ramdisk, and how to I go about making them? Thanks in advance, Jim
Re: Need Driver
On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Vytautas Malkevicius wrote: > Hi, > > Mitsumi FX120 12-speed CD-ROM IDE 2nd master > > Vytas > > > -- /\/\ How happy is the human soul, /im /-arrandNot enslaved by dull control, / / Left to dream and roam and play... ... Scott's Second Law: When an error has been detected and corrected, it will be found to have been wrong in the first place.
Re: Help: Gnome and Sound
On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Joao Pissarro wrote: > Thanks for reading this message. I am trying to configure event sounds on the > gnome control center, > but it does not sound anything. I am able to use the XMMS, which works > alright, but for example, when I try to use the grecord I get a message that > the sound system is busy (all other sound applications are closed). It has > allready worked, but when I booted the machine iy stoped. First thing to check is the config on your sound card - even if it appears to be working okay it might not be. I spent hours this week trying to sort out a (vaguely) similar problem. I could play WAVs in XMMS, but not MP3s, and I couldn't get esd to work. Turned out to be because I'd only set 1 out of 2 DMAs on my sound card. (If anyone can explain why XMMS could play WAVs but not MP3s when it was setup like this, I'd be interested to know.) Regards, Jim -- /\/\ How happy is the human soul, /im /-arrandNot enslaved by dull control, / / Left to dream and roam and play... ... Scott's Second Law: When an error has been detected and corrected, it will be found to have been wrong in the first place.
