Re: [expert] "Print" shell script
Dear friends: I have looked at man lpr and its various options. I am afraid that I just don't know what to put as the argument for the Print command. What command line argument would allow me to simply print out a document in a text editor? Thank you very much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
Re: [expert] "Print" shell scrip
Check out mpage (man mpage). It turns text files into nicely-formatted postscript, and can do things like put two pages on one sheet of paper, etc... --Derek
Re: [expert] "Print" shell scrip
man lpr Benjamin Sher wrote: > > Dear friends: > > May I ask for your help in writing a very simple shell script for the > Print function. > > I have been using a lovely text editor called Cooledit for quite some > time. It's a programmer's editor but can also be used for any editing. > It is color coded so it's especially great when editing configuration > files. The only thing that's missing from it is a Print function. I > wrote to the author, who advised me to do the best I can or get > someone's help in writing the shell script. I guess he didn't want to be > bothered. Well, I clicked on Scripts, New Scripts, then was asked for > for the name of the script, the menu item (no big deal here -- just > typed "Print" in both cases), then hotkey (typed P). Now the biggie: I > am asked for the argument. First, I don't know whether I can use Print > as user or as root. Secondly, I tried to put "lpr" in it and then > "etc/rc.d/init.d/start lp0". That didn't work, either. What argument > would I use that would allow me to click on Print and have it print out > any file I wish? And as user, if possible? > > Thanks so very much. > > Benjamin > > If you are at all interested in trying out Cooledit for yourself, you > can get it from: > > http://www.netins.net/showcase/Comput-IT/cooledit/download.html > > (It's available as an rpm) > > Check the screenshots and you'll see why I like using it. > > If you do decide to use it, you need to know the following: > > After installing Cooledit, whenever you log into KDE, you see a > message from Cooledit for another program called Coolicons. To get rid > of this message, you need to go to /etc/X11/xinit. First, delete the > pre-coolicon file, then open xinitrc and delete the section that has to > do with coolicon. > > Thank you all so much. > > Benjamin > > -- > Benjamin and Anna Sher > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sher's Russian Web > http://www.websher.net -- Brett Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Net uncreachable
Question for you all (I'm new to this list, so forgive if this isn't the usual format or question style) I just installed Mandrake on a box at our office. Install went beautifully. After install, I verified the network settings (Gateway, netmask, IP, name servers, ect...) Everything looks exactly the same as it does on other linux boxes (except for IP, of course). But everytime I try to ping ANYTHING, I get an error, network is unreachable. The nic is configured and the module is loaded. ifconfig shows eth0 up (3c59x module for anyone who cares. Card is 3C905C-TX). Anyone got any ideas? I've checked and rechecked. Nothing. Network unreachable sounds like a config problem to me, but I cann't think of what else to check. I know the settings were wrong on install (my fat fingers entered 209 as the first octet vs 206 which it should have been) but I corrected it everywhere I could find in Linuxconf. I am very lost here. Any help is appreciated!
Re: [expert] 16 or 32mb Video Cards for Linux
I'm using a Viper V770 with 32MB of ram, although I have yet to use all of the features, since I don't do alot of gaming yet..., but Loki is changing my outlook. ;) Dana On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, you wrote: > On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, you wrote: > > does any one know of a 16 or 32mb video card that works well with Red Hat > > 6.1 Linux. > > > Well, I can't swear it'll work with 6.1, but the TNT-based cards work > well with RedHat 6.0. I'm using a Creative Graphics Blaster TNT at > work on a RedHat 6.0 box. The Voodoo 2 & 3 cards are reported to work > well also. > John
Re: [expert] Permissions remain a mystery
On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, you wrote: > After using Linux for about five years now I finally have to throw myself > on the mercy of the group. I am at a complete loss as how to use > permissions. I am currently running Mandrake/Venus. > > As root I have added a new user, smolnar, and made him a member of the > group users in /etc/group: > > users::100:smolnar > > When I do a listing of / I find that most of the subdirectories are > accessable, however some are not. For example I have an entry: > > msdos drwx-- root root 1024 19:43 09.12.1999 > > If I understand 'Linux: Getting Started' correctly, the directory msdos > belongs to root and may be accessed by root and no one else. > > I want to give access to msdos to the new user, smolnar.. What command(s) > do I issue, and what is the syntax, while logged in as su? > > Thanks in advance. > Edit your /etc/fstab to add the keyword "user" to that mount point. John
Re: [expert] 16 or 32mb Video Cards for Linux
On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, you wrote: > On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Orlando Lewis wrote: > > > does any one know of a 16 or 32mb video card that works well with Red Hat > > 6.1 Linux. > > Creative Logic Graphic Blaster TNT > BTW, it's Creative LABS. :-) Just a minor correction. :-) John
Re: [expert] 16 or 32mb Video Cards for Linux
On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, you wrote: > does any one know of a 16 or 32mb video card that works well with Red Hat > 6.1 Linux. > Well, I can't swear it'll work with 6.1, but the TNT-based cards work well with RedHat 6.0. I'm using a Creative Graphics Blaster TNT at work on a RedHat 6.0 box. The Voodoo 2 & 3 cards are reported to work well also. John
Re: [expert] Permissions remain a mystery
"Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D." wrote: > > After using Linux for about five years now I finally have to throw myself > on the mercy of the group. I am at a complete loss as how to use > permissions. I am currently running Mandrake/Venus. > > As root I have added a new user, smolnar, and made him a member of the > group users in /etc/group: > > users::100:smolnar > > When I do a listing of / I find that most of the subdirectories are > accessable, however some are not. For example I have an entry: > > msdos drwx-- root root 1024 19:43 09.12.1999 > > If I understand 'Linux: Getting Started' correctly, the directory msdos > belongs to root and may be accessed by root and no one else. > > I want to give access to msdos to the new user, smolnar.. What command(s) > do I issue, and what is the syntax, while logged in as su? > > Thanks in advance. if you want the new user to own the dir then you would do a chown -R newuser dir if you just want the newuser to have access you could go about it this way 1) change the group of the dir to user (chgrp -R thegroup dir) 2) change the perms on the dir to give the group access if you want the group to have full access you could do a chmod -R 770 dir that would allow root and the group to read/write and execute files in that dir are thier other ways? well of course thier, but to me this would be the easiest route
Re: [expert] Permissions remain a mystery
"Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D." wrote: > After using Linux for about five years now I finally have to throw myself > on the mercy of the group. I am at a complete loss as how to use > permissions. I am currently running Mandrake/Venus. > > As root I have added a new user, smolnar, and made him a member of the > group users in /etc/group: > > users::100:smolnar > > When I do a listing of / I find that most of the subdirectories are > accessable, however some are not. For example I have an entry: > > msdos drwx-- root root 1024 19:43 09.12.1999 > > If I understand 'Linux: Getting Started' correctly, the directory msdos > belongs to root and may be accessed by root and no one else. > > I want to give access to msdos to the new user, smolnar.. What command(s) > do I issue, and what is the syntax, while logged in as su? > > Thanks in advance. Well, if you want to do it properly, use linuxconf and set up the dos options of the mount to allow a user to access it. Doing it with chown, chgrp, and chmod doesn't seem to be very easy. I went through a lot of permutations without finding one that worked. The mount options specified in linuxconf changed that. That is assuming /msdos is what I suspect it to be, the mount for the windows or dos partitions on your system. Civileme -- *L I N U X* *Behold the new and friendly face of world domination* *Time is on our side* ***LLaP***
[expert] "Print" shell scrip
Dear friends: May I ask for your help in writing a very simple shell script for the Print function. I have been using a lovely text editor called Cooledit for quite some time. It's a programmer's editor but can also be used for any editing. It is color coded so it's especially great when editing configuration files. The only thing that's missing from it is a Print function. I wrote to the author, who advised me to do the best I can or get someone's help in writing the shell script. I guess he didn't want to be bothered. Well, I clicked on Scripts, New Scripts, then was asked for for the name of the script, the menu item (no big deal here -- just typed "Print" in both cases), then hotkey (typed P). Now the biggie: I am asked for the argument. First, I don't know whether I can use Print as user or as root. Secondly, I tried to put "lpr" in it and then "etc/rc.d/init.d/start lp0". That didn't work, either. What argument would I use that would allow me to click on Print and have it print out any file I wish? And as user, if possible? Thanks so very much. Benjamin If you are at all interested in trying out Cooledit for yourself, you can get it from: http://www.netins.net/showcase/Comput-IT/cooledit/download.html (It's available as an rpm) Check the screenshots and you'll see why I like using it. If you do decide to use it, you need to know the following: After installing Cooledit, whenever you log into KDE, you see a message from Cooledit for another program called Coolicons. To get rid of this message, you need to go to /etc/X11/xinit. First, delete the pre-coolicon file, then open xinitrc and delete the section that has to do with coolicon. Thank you all so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
[expert] Permissions remain a mystery
After using Linux for about five years now I finally have to throw myself on the mercy of the group. I am at a complete loss as how to use permissions. I am currently running Mandrake/Venus. As root I have added a new user, smolnar, and made him a member of the group users in /etc/group: users::100:smolnar When I do a listing of / I find that most of the subdirectories are accessable, however some are not. For example I have an entry: msdos drwx-- root root 1024 19:43 09.12.1999 If I understand 'Linux: Getting Started' correctly, the directory msdos belongs to root and may be accessed by root and no one else. I want to give access to msdos to the new user, smolnar.. What command(s) do I issue, and what is the syntax, while logged in as su? Thanks in advance.
Re: [expert] Fwd: European working group on libre software (fwd)
Oh, no! They'll be up in arms over mad programmer disease! Seriously, the best recommendation will be, keep your eurosclorotic paws off it. Think Brussels will take it? On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 10:31:25AM +0100, Denis Havlik wrote: -> A bit offtopic, but I suppose this may interest a lot of people on this -> list. -> -> Denis -> --- -> -- Forwarded message -- -> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 04:11:54 +0100 -> From: Peter Kuhm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Subject: Fwd: European working group on libre software -> -> -> -> http://eu.conecta.it/ -> -> ---snip--- -> European working group on libre software -> -> The working group on libre software was created at the initiative of the -> Information Society Directorate General, with the purpose to analyze the -> free software phenomenon, create a set of recommendations for the Community -> and create a paper to be presented to the Commission. The group featured -> both people from the Commission and representative members from the EU -> countries. -- -- C^2 No windows were crashed in the making of this email. Looking for fine software and/or web pages? http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley
Re: [expert] 16 or 32mb Video Cards for Linux
On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Orlando Lewis wrote: > does any one know of a 16 or 32mb video card that works well with Red Hat > 6.1 Linux. I'm pretty happy with the G400. And I'm looking at swaping my All-in-a-wonder pro out for a v3500TV, or another g400 with capture card. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [expert] Network Problems.
While not fully understanding you question.. If your wondering why you cannot see the different subnets via the network neighborhood or smbclient then this is your answer. The netbios that your windows machines use cannot cross subnets without the help of a router. To fix this Micro$oft created something known as a master browser. If you set your linux box with samba to be the master browser and you point all of your windows machines to it you will be able to see machines across a network. You must tell your windows machines what the master browser is. This is done via the WINS PRIMARY SERVER box found somewhere in the networking. This master browser is just a server that keeps track of where "network neighborhood" machines are located. You can adjust the priority of you samba box to become the master browser for the whole network... BTW Since you say you can get to your POP server and the internet.. I'd say it has nothing to do with your gateway settings. .02 Bob >At 01:39 PM 12/16/99 -0600, Sean Armstrong wrote: > >>Ok. I am not sure if this is off topic or not so >>bare with me. My work network is a NT network >>and most of the computers are Win98 or NT. As >>a matter of fact only three are others(2 linux >>boxes and 1 Mac). Our network has two different >>sets of IP blocks for use. Since they are different >>if I use an IP from the block that is not part >>of the main IP adresses I can not see my computer from >>another win computer. I can not communicate with >>the other block of IPs. I can still connect to the mail >>server and the internet. I think the firewall the company >>has up may be blocking access between the two >>blocks of IP addresses since SAMB uses TCP/IP to >>communicate to the network. The network servers >>are on the main block of IPs and I don't want to >>have to go back to DHCP because that's just as useless. > > >I doubt there is a firewall between the two blocks of IP's. More likely, you did not >set up your mandrake box with the right gateway address in your subnet. e.g. if the >two blocks are 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 and 192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0, there must be >a corporate router that each subnet can talk to (with an address in each of those >subnets). So, for example, if your subnet is the 192.168.2.0 subnet, and they tell >you the gateway for that subnet is 192.168.2.1, then you put that in the default >gateway entry for you mandrake box, and you will be able to see all addresses in the >the 192.168.1.0 block as well (since they are not local to your subnet, linux will >automatically forward packets for them to the router...) > >
Re: [expert] Network Problems.
under Windows NT, you have the ability (under the "advanced" button in tcp/ip settings) to have multiple ip addresses or networks on your machine. also, under linux, using ip alias, you can have multiple ip addresses or networks on your machine. linuxconf may set that up for you. bug On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Sean Armstrong wrote: > Ok. I am not sure if this is off topic or not so > bare with me. My work network is a NT network > and most of the computers are Win98 or NT. As > a matter of fact only three are others(2 linux > boxes and 1 Mac). Our network has two different > sets of IP blocks for use. Since they are different > if I use an IP from the block that is not part > of the main IP adresses I can not see my computer from > another win computer. I can not communicate with > the other block of IPs. I can still connect to the mail > server and the internet. I think the firewall the company > has up may be blocking access between the two > blocks of IP addresses since SAMB uses TCP/IP to > communicate to the network. The network servers > are on the main block of IPs and I don't want to > have to go back to DHCP because that's just as useless. > Any ideas on how to get around this problem? > Thanx, > SA > __ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >
Re: [expert] 16 or 32mb Video Cards for Linux
Dear Oledog: I use the Daimond Viper 550 video card with 16 megs of video ram. It is automatically recognized by both Red hat 6.1 and Mandrake 6.1. No problem. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
RE: [expert] 16 or 32mb Video Cards for Linux
Take a look at http://glide.xxedgexx.com/hardware.html There are the drivers for several 3D cards > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 12:22 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] 16 or 32mb Video Cards for Linux > > does any one know of a 16 or 32mb video card that works well with Red Hat > 6.1 Linux. > >
Re: [expert] jaZip 0.22 outdated
On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Charles Curley wrote: > Package: jaZip > Version: 0.22-4 Not us... > jaZip-0.22-4.i386.rpm on Mandrake 6.1 should be replaced with a more > recent version. See, it would say 4mdk and i586. We didn't ship that. > I suspected jaZip because 1) it crashes when I try to unmount a disk, and > 2) when I try to run it again after it crashes, it refuses to mount or > unmount the disk, saying that there is a lock file. The lock file is > /etc/mtab~. According to Jarrod Smith, the author of jaZip, that is the > lockfile that mount uses as well. Apparently, when jaZip crashes while you > do an unmount, it leaves /etc/mtab~ intact, which is Not Cool! > > The symptoms may not show up until you reboot. The boot file > /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit attempts to mount some file systems, and crashes, > leaving the root file system mounted. > > I determined the nature of the problem by dual booting between my old RH > 5.2 and my new LM 6.1 systems, and editing the Mandrake rc.sysinit, mostly > with the ancient and honorable method of adding "echo" statements so I > could determine exactly where things were hanging up. > > Clearly, if you try to mount or unmount any other drive, you will hit this > spurious lock file problem as well. I only hit it on boot by accident. > > Also, don't edit mtab with emacs set to create backups, as this will also > create an mtab~. Even better, don't edit mtab manually at all. > > The immediate fix for the mtab~ problem is to remove mtab~. > > > According to Smith, the cause of the crash is simple: "Also, after > thinking this over, it is obvious to me why 0.22 crashes [on Mandrake > Linux 6.1]. This binary was built with the old libc5 libraries, and an > old version (probably version 0.80) of xforms, also built with libc5. One > or both of these are certainly the culprit. This rpm should not be > distributed with a glibc system." > > The fix is to use a later version. (http://www.scripps.edu/~jsmith/jazip) > I have version 32. You will have to get the source, and install the > libforms development package > (/mnt/cdrom/RPMS/xforms-devel-0.88-8.i386.rpm) from the contribs CD-ROM. > > > In a related bug, the libforms devel package has a bug. It does not create > the link from libforms.so to libforms.so.88 correctly. > > # ll /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.* > -rw-r--r--1 root root 682434 May 4 1999 /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.a > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 15 Dec 16 08:27 /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.so >-> libforms.so.0.* > -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 536078 May 4 1999 >/usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.so.0.88 > > > A workaround is: > > # cd /usr/X11R6/lib > # rm libforms.so > # ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.so.0.88 libforms.so > > Since the xforms rpm is made by Red Hat, I will file a separate Bugzilla > report there. If I can get to Bugzilla. > > > > -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
RE: [expert] 16 or 32mb Video Cards for Linux
Creative TNT2 Ultra working fine here. Using the X Server off NVidia's site. Charlie -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 12:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] 16 or 32mb Video Cards for Linux does any one know of a 16 or 32mb video card that works well with Red Hat 6.1 Linux.
Re: [expert] 16 or 32mb Video Cards for Linux
On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Orlando Lewis wrote: > does any one know of a 16 or 32mb video card that works well with Red Hat > 6.1 Linux. Creative Logic Graphic Blaster TNT /b Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology University of Georgia (706)542-0742 (706)542-0059 (fax)
Re: [expert] Network Problems.
At 01:39 PM 12/16/99 -0600, Sean Armstrong wrote: >Ok. I am not sure if this is off topic or not so >bare with me. My work network is a NT network >and most of the computers are Win98 or NT. As >a matter of fact only three are others(2 linux >boxes and 1 Mac). Our network has two different >sets of IP blocks for use. Since they are different >if I use an IP from the block that is not part >of the main IP adresses I can not see my computer from >another win computer. I can not communicate with >the other block of IPs. I can still connect to the mail >server and the internet. I think the firewall the company >has up may be blocking access between the two >blocks of IP addresses since SAMB uses TCP/IP to >communicate to the network. The network servers >are on the main block of IPs and I don't want to >have to go back to DHCP because that's just as useless. I doubt there is a firewall between the two blocks of IP's. More likely, you did not set up your mandrake box with the right gateway address in your subnet. e.g. if the two blocks are 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 and 192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0, there must be a corporate router that each subnet can talk to (with an address in each of those subnets). So, for example, if your subnet is the 192.168.2.0 subnet, and they tell you the gateway for that subnet is 192.168.2.1, then you put that in the default gateway entry for you mandrake box, and you will be able to see all addresses in the the 192.168.1.0 block as well (since they are not local to your subnet, linux will automatically forward packets for them to the router...)
[expert] Fwd: European working group on libre software (fwd)
A bit offtopic, but I suppose this may interest a lot of people on this list. Denis --- -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 04:11:54 +0100 From: Peter Kuhm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: European working group on libre software -> http://eu.conecta.it/ ---snip--- European working group on libre software The working group on libre software was created at the initiative of the Information Society Directorate General, with the purpose to analyze the free software phenomenon, create a set of recommendations for the Community and create a paper to be presented to the Commission. The group featured both people from the Commission and representative members from the EU countries. After several meeting, the group finalized a paper, edited by Carlo Daffara and Jesús M. González-Barahona and presented at the IST'99 conference in Helsinki [0], during the special session track on libre software. The 1.0 version (work-in-progress) of the paper is available for download at the following location in PDF format: paper.pdf [1], LaTeX format paper-1.0.tex [2], (bibliography file:paper.bib [3]) and in html: paper [4] A mailing list has been prepared for the further discussion of the issue connected with open source, subscription is available by writing at the address [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject "subscribe". [..] ---snap--- Einer der "External experts" ist uebrigens | Edmund Humenberger G.A.M.S., Austria [4] http://eu.conecta.it/paper/ | Free Software / Open Source: | Information Society Opportunities for Europe? | Working group on Libre Software1 | December 1999 | Version 1.0 (work in progress) | [..]
[expert] 16 or 32mb Video Cards for Linux
does any one know of a 16 or 32mb video card that works well with Red Hat 6.1 Linux.
Re: [expert] AMD Athlon support
I have had no trouble getting Mandrake 6.1 and TurboLinux working on a Polywell workstation with an Athlon 500. Rick Morris Kevin Venkiteswaran wrote: > Hello. > > from looking at the hardware support page > (http://www.mandrake.org/en/fhard.php3), i saw that the AMD Athlon (k7) > was not listed as being supported. i wondered if this was, in fact, the > case, or if the page simply hasnt been updated yet? if anyone could > give me info pertaining to this, it would be greatly appreciated > (motherboard support, etc etc)... and of course, any hardware > suggestions are welcome > > thanks, > kevin.
[expert] Network Problems.
Ok. I am not sure if this is off topic or not so bare with me. My work network is a NT network and most of the computers are Win98 or NT. As a matter of fact only three are others(2 linux boxes and 1 Mac). Our network has two different sets of IP blocks for use. Since they are different if I use an IP from the block that is not part of the main IP adresses I can not see my computer from another win computer. I can not communicate with the other block of IPs. I can still connect to the mail server and the internet. I think the firewall the company has up may be blocking access between the two blocks of IP addresses since SAMB uses TCP/IP to communicate to the network. The network servers are on the main block of IPs and I don't want to have to go back to DHCP because that's just as useless. Any ideas on how to get around this problem? Thanx, SA __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[expert] jaZip 0.22 outdated
Package: jaZip Version: 0.22-4 jaZip-0.22-4.i386.rpm on Mandrake 6.1 should be replaced with a more recent version. I suspected jaZip because 1) it crashes when I try to unmount a disk, and 2) when I try to run it again after it crashes, it refuses to mount or unmount the disk, saying that there is a lock file. The lock file is /etc/mtab~. According to Jarrod Smith, the author of jaZip, that is the lockfile that mount uses as well. Apparently, when jaZip crashes while you do an unmount, it leaves /etc/mtab~ intact, which is Not Cool! The symptoms may not show up until you reboot. The boot file /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit attempts to mount some file systems, and crashes, leaving the root file system mounted. I determined the nature of the problem by dual booting between my old RH 5.2 and my new LM 6.1 systems, and editing the Mandrake rc.sysinit, mostly with the ancient and honorable method of adding "echo" statements so I could determine exactly where things were hanging up. Clearly, if you try to mount or unmount any other drive, you will hit this spurious lock file problem as well. I only hit it on boot by accident. Also, don't edit mtab with emacs set to create backups, as this will also create an mtab~. Even better, don't edit mtab manually at all. The immediate fix for the mtab~ problem is to remove mtab~. According to Smith, the cause of the crash is simple: "Also, after thinking this over, it is obvious to me why 0.22 crashes [on Mandrake Linux 6.1]. This binary was built with the old libc5 libraries, and an old version (probably version 0.80) of xforms, also built with libc5. One or both of these are certainly the culprit. This rpm should not be distributed with a glibc system." The fix is to use a later version. (http://www.scripps.edu/~jsmith/jazip) I have version 32. You will have to get the source, and install the libforms development package (/mnt/cdrom/RPMS/xforms-devel-0.88-8.i386.rpm) from the contribs CD-ROM. In a related bug, the libforms devel package has a bug. It does not create the link from libforms.so to libforms.so.88 correctly. # ll /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.* -rw-r--r--1 root root 682434 May 4 1999 /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.a lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 15 Dec 16 08:27 /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.so -> libforms.so.0.* -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 536078 May 4 1999 /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.so.0.88 A workaround is: # cd /usr/X11R6/lib # rm libforms.so # ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.so.0.88 libforms.so Since the xforms rpm is made by Red Hat, I will file a separate Bugzilla report there. If I can get to Bugzilla. -- -- C^2 No windows were crashed in the making of this email. Looking for fine software and/or web pages? http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley
RE: [expert] No middle mouse button in my Enlightenment
;o) -Original Message- ;o) From: Axalon Bloodstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] ;o) Sent: 16 December 1999 01:01 ;o) To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' ;o) Subject: RE: [expert] No middle mouse button in my Enlightenment ;o) ;o) > in keybindings.cfg under the class named DESKBINDINGS we find... ;o) > __BUTTON 2 ;o) > __ALLOW_ANY_MODIFIER_KEYS __OFF ;o) > __MODIFIER_KEY __ALT ;o) ;o) so it doesn't conflict with gmc... ;o) ;o) > ...huh?? this defies logic and effectively disables the ;o) middle mouse button ;o) > on the root window. So I changed the __MODIFIER_KEY to ;o) __NONE and bingo - ;o) > the middle mouse button works as documented in the ;o) Enlightenment Edocs. ;o) ;o) no, no. it tells it only to accept button2+alt. With out ;o) this in some ;o) situations you will be stuck with both a gmc and enlightenment menu ;o) waiting on a click or release. This was my work around for it. I see - I don't use Gnome at the moment - I'm using E as the windowmanager for VNC client sessions. ;o) My appolgies I always forget to update docs. Yup, me too (these things need to be self-documenting!). Thanks.
RE: [expert] No middle mouse button in my Enlightenment
;o) -Original Message- ;o) From: Axalon Bloodstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] ;o) Sent: 16 December 1999 05:39 ;o) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;o) Subject: RE: [expert] No middle mouse button in my Enlightenment ;o) ;o) ;o) On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Mike Fieschko wrote: ;o) ;o) > >>> "michael" == erskine, michael ;o) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ;o) > ;o) > michael> I have tracked down some menu config for ;o) Enlightenment... ;o) > michael> in /usr/share/enlightenment... in menus.cfg ;o) we find... ;o) > michael> #include where a number ;o) of menus are ;o) > ;o) > [snip] ;o) > ;o) > Which enlightenment rpm are you running? I have ;o) > enlightenment-0.16.3-2mdk and there's no "#include ;o) > " in $EROOT's files or its config/ files. (I ;o) > haven't checked all the themes/ files.) ;o) > ;o) > My button 2 works fine without any .cfg tweaking. ;o) ;o) Mike, he's running a version that still has the ;o) Linux-Mandrake etheme i ;o) decided took to much time to maintain. ;o) I'm using enlightenment-0.16.devel.6-1mdk straight out of the 6.1 box. The menus are the same on all E themes that came with 6.1. Thanks for your help. Michael.
RE: [expert] No middle mouse button in my Enlightenment
On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, erskine, michael wrote: > I have tracked down some menu config for Enlightenment... > > in /usr/share/enlightenment... > in menus.cfg we find... > #include > where a number of menus are defined (the only ones I can get my hands on!) > in keybindings.cfg under the class named DESKBINDINGS we find... > __BUTTON 2 > __ALLOW_ANY_MODIFIER_KEYS __OFF > __MODIFIER_KEY __ALT so it doesn't conflict with gmc... > ...huh?? this defies logic and effectively disables the middle mouse button > on the root window. So I changed the __MODIFIER_KEY to __NONE and bingo - > the middle mouse button works as documented in the Enlightenment Edocs. no, no. it tells it only to accept button2+alt. With out this in some situations you will be stuck with both a gmc and enlightenment menu waiting on a click or release. This was my work around for it. > I haven't had to do this for other distributions that include Enlightenment. > So has this been done as a "feature" for Mandrake? Or is this configuration > anomaly straight from E because it is clearly a bug for such default > distributed configuration to purposefully contavene the Edocs without > additional documentation to explain the changes. > > Thoughts? My appolgies I always forget to update docs. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [expert] I cant print with samba
BOUCARON Julien CNET/DSE/SOP wrote: > > May be , something wrong while configurating your printer with printtool > certainly : > [cut...cut...cut] Thank you. I can print now. Since I could log into the printer from smbclient and print, it was just the setup as an SMB printer in printtool to get mine going. I have NO idea why I made the original just a remote and not SMB. Audrey Beck
