[expert] Re: startup script
Hi,
> As you can see above I added the description. Don't know why but if you
> skip this one it won't work under chkconfig. I ran into exactly the
> same problem myself when doing one for my old company. Second question
> would be do you really nee this to work at runlevels 2 and 4.
> Escpecially 4 since that one isn't used.
Thank you all for your help and suggestions. I have cleanup the code a
little bit now it works. Thanks.
#!/bin/sh
#
# usagent Start CA BrightStor Linux Backup Agent.
# This script starts /usr/bin/uagent
#
# chkconfig: 2345 90 20
# description: Startup script for CA BrightStor Linux Backup Agent
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
case "$1" in
start)
action "Starting uagent" /usr/bin/uagent start
;;
stop)
action "Stopping Uagent" /usr/bin/uagent stop
;;
status)
/usr/bin/uagent status
;;
*)
gprintf "Usage: %s { start | stop | status }\n" "$0"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
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Re: [expert] WMAs under Linux?
On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 02:32, Rob Blomquist wrote: > With the proliferation of streaming WMAs under Linux, I am wondering if there > are any programs to play these, or plugins that are in development for XMMS? > > Rob You may not believe this but right now I'm listening to a Rush Limbaugh WMA audio stream over broadband with mplayer. The way I do it, you have to have the URL to the WMA stream. Sometimes the Windows media links won't let you have that; but there may be a plugin for the browsers that would get by that problem; I've never tried it tho. The mplayer version I've got here is the one that ships with 9.1, with no modifications or even the windows dll codecs installed. Here's an example command line for mplayer. The following is actually all one line: mplayer -cache 1024 mms://g.vm.akamaistream.net/rushlimb.download.akamai.com/shows/RUSHLIMBWIN20036060.WMA These days there exist annoying java scripts that do alot to hide the real url's of the streams. I know there's a way to extract the url information from the active java script, I just haven't ever had to do that so far because most of the sites I go to don't have that asinine stuff. But still it would be nice to have a method to extract the url info no matter what. Seems like Miark had something like that a while back...got to ask him about that. HTH, and write back if you have further questions. --LX -- Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk Linux Mandrake 9.1 Enlightenment-0.16.5-12mdk Evolution 1.2.4-1.1mdk Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mail formats revisited
On Fri, 2003-06-06 at 15:23, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 06 Jun 2003 8:14 pm, Steffen Barszus wrote: > > Am Freitag, 6. Juni 2003 21:04 schrieb Anne Wilson: > > > My dally with evo made me aware that I had a mixture of maildir > > > and mbox for my mail - obviously not ideal - so I set out to > > > convert to one. I chose mbox, because it is transparent. I know > > > that if I could not use kmail I can open one of my archive > > > folders in a text editor and do a search to find anything I need. > > > I like the comfort factor that gives me. > > > > > > I have heard it said, though, that mbox if bad, and maildir is > > > good. Why? Are there any overriding reasons for going that way? > > > > > > Anne > > > > Hmm at least your argument for mbox isn't really valid. Maildir is > > too plain text and directories. > > But searching 10,000 archived messages individually for a particular > phrase is not a good idea. One large file with the messages > concatenated is much easier, if slow. > > > Don't know which one is better. > > Maybe this is interesting for you (not really;)) > > > > http://www.courier-mta.org/mbox-vs-maildir/#theend > > > Having read that, I think it's a matter of 'you pays your money and > you takes your choice' - which is fine by me. There doesn't seem to > be any strong reason to override personal preference. > > Thanks, Steffen > > Anne > Mbox is considered an inferior format because in the past it has resulted in the loss of much mail. Potentially if the file borks you lose the whole load. Maildir, on the other hand (as others have already stated) stores the text in files which all have naming conventions that are determined by standardized procedures stored in an RFC somewhere. The advantage to this is that if there is damage to any of the files, you might lose a few emails but you won't nuke the whole storehouse. The reasons the different directories exist (cur, tmp, and new) is a further refinement of the safety process built into the maildir procedures, in that when mail is being received, it is granted a temporary position in the "tmp" spot and then moved to the "new" directory after it is safely written. This lowers the possibility that inodes in any other vital directories (such as where the main email storage is) won't get borked during the file creation process if something goes wrong. Only after the email has been totally written and created (i.e. stabilized) is it moved to it's final position in "new". The "new" directory loses it's email as soon as a MUA program (such as Evolution) reads the mail. Evo knows to look in "new" for new email, and as soon as it does the mail is planted in cur for categorization or retrieval. One thing that kind of bothers me is that Dan Bernstein, the author of Qmail, happens to be the guy that came up with the entire Maildir scheme, and although his concept has been widely used, few people know who's genius it was that originated it. In other words it was originally a qmail function and has since been ripped for use in other MTA programs (because of it's popularity), offtimes without the recognition that Dan Bernstein (DJB) designed it. What you have to realize is that with mbox, every time you get email, every single message is basically an append to one single large file, the file that contains your email. That's a lot of chances for something to go wrong. Sooner or later the law of averages is going to catch up with somebody. (and it already has) One example I can think of is if you are receiving email while the power goes out. An mbox being written to is in an indeterminate state. --LX -- Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk Linux Mandrake 9.1 Enlightenment-0.16.5-12mdk Evolution 1.2.4-1.1mdk Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Unstripped binaries ?
Running rpmlint on 9.1: W: digitaldj unstripped-binary-or-object /usr/bin/ddj W: digitaldj unstripped-binary-or-object /usr/bin/mp3insert Has this changed ? The binaries used to get stripped on 9.0. -- Best regards, [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Climate Control Psychedelic Soundscapes - http://go.to/cchq/ * Linux Shell Scripts & RPM Software Packages - http://go.to/conmen/ * Photography Pages - http://home.wanadoo.nl/cchq/photo/photo.html 11:47:09 up 2:41 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] truetype and the gimp
Anyone know how to get truetype fonts to show up in gimp 1.2.3 (mdk9.1/KDE)? I had it working for one font, then I installed some more fonts and now none of the ttf fonts are showing up in gimp. Thanks -- Matthew Van Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] WMAs under Linux?
Lyvim Xaphir wrote: You may not believe this but right now I'm listening to a Rush Limbaugh WMA audio stream over broadband with mplayer. The way I do it, you have to have the URL to the WMA stream. mplayer -cache 1024 http://tpr.org/audio/kstx.asx Ooooh, baby. This was one of the last two things that keeps me shackeled to windows, and now I'm listening to NPR (npr.org) on linux. I figured it would never happen...*sniff* Now, if someone could finale working with wine, I'd be free. jason gmaestro.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mail formats revisited
On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 05:03, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > Thanks for that explanation, Lyvim. It's given me a lot to think > about. The thing that put me off maildir was that when I tried to > import from KMail into Evo it wouldn't read the mail. I tried both > reading methods in the import, but it wouldn't read a single file. > This made me feel that it was almost as bad as the proprietary > formats found elsewhere. > > Have you any thoughts on that? > > Anne I have done it, but there are several qualifications for doing this. First, if you are transporting from Kmail to Evo like you are, Kmail should be made to put ALL subfolders back into the inbox; this way you can snag or convert everything at once since categorized or filtered email will not be seen(because it is in other folders). Evo filters can be applied later to the whole imported load. Second, you tell Kmail to convert to Maildir format. This will cause Kmail to create the new, cur, and tmp dirs and then move each message seperately to an appropriate filename within the ~/Mail/inbox/cur directory. Third, you copy the files in the newly converted Kmail inbox (Which for some wierd reason seems to be ~/Mail instead of ~/Maildir for maildir mail) over to the Evo Maildir/new dir. With Evo already in Maildir format, Evo should have a configuration for receiving mail that says /home/you/Maildir for it's folder configuration. With Evo in that mode, when you look at the folder tree (within Evo), you will see a tree that starts with your email name, and a dot (.) tree underneath it. That dot is actually the ~/Maildir/cur directory. Now all you do at this point is to go to the Kmail main inbox dir ( ~/Mail/inbox/cur ) and then copy everything over to the Evo Maildir directory for incoming mail. Which is ~/Maildir/new. So cp -v ~/Mail/inbox/cur/* ~/Maildir/new After that, go back to Evo and click on another folder in the tree somewhere, and Evo will see the ~/Maildir/new directory and then create an index of sorts for all the new mail, then it will be moved over to the ~/Maildir/cur directory, where you can then apply the Evo filters you have set up. How's that? ;) HTH.. --LX P.S. One more thing. Any mail that's filed under your Evo dot directory will be in Maildir format. Any mail that's filed in the Evo main tree above that will be in mbox format, *no matter what method* you've chosen under the Mail Accounts settings. So in order to keep all your mail in Maildir format, your custom categorization folders need to be created *under the dot directory* in the Evo tree. -- Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk Linux Mandrake 9.1 Enlightenment-0.16.5-12mdk Evolution 1.2.4-1.1mdk Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mail formats revisited
On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 01:49, Anne Wilson wrote: > All this started from the fact that I could find no way of getting > KMail maildirs into Evo . Any ideas on that one? Let me preface this by stating I do not use KMail. So I do not know the proper directory name for its maildirs. If you're permanently switching from KMail to Evolution: 1) Go into Evolution and make your Inbox maildir format 2) rm -r ~/evolution/local/Inbox/mbox 3) cp (KMail maildir) ~/evolution/local/Inbox/mbox/ If you want to switch between KMail and Evolution: 1) Go into Evolution and make your Inbox maildir format 2) rm -r ~/evolution/local/Inbox/mbox 3) ln -s (KMail maildir) ~/evolution/local/Inbox/mbox -- Robert W. [EMAIL PROTECTED] "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End." -- Revelations 21:6 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mail formats revisited
On Saturday 07 Jun 2003 3:55 pm, Robert W. wrote: > On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 01:49, Anne Wilson wrote: > > All this started from the fact that I could find no way of > > getting KMail maildirs into Evo . Any ideas on that one? > > Let me preface this by stating I do not use KMail. So I do not know > the proper directory name for its maildirs. > > If you're permanently switching from KMail to Evolution: > 1) Go into Evolution and make your Inbox maildir format > 2) rm -r ~/evolution/local/Inbox/mbox > 3) cp (KMail maildir) ~/evolution/local/Inbox/mbox/ > > If you want to switch between KMail and Evolution: > 1) Go into Evolution and make your Inbox maildir format > 2) rm -r ~/evolution/local/Inbox/mbox > 3) ln -s (KMail maildir) ~/evolution/local/Inbox/mbox Thank you, Robert. I will probably go for the switching option - at least for the moment. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] NEdit file opening acting strangely on Mandrake 9.1
On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 01:16, Rob Gillen wrote: > I've been seeing some strangeness with NEdit on Mandrake 9.1 whenever I > use File->Open from an already open edit window (which has a loaded > file) to open another file. When the second window opens, it looks > normal, but any interaction with it is impossible -- menus do not work, > and the actual editing portion of the window will not permit changes of > any kind or even highlighting. It acts very much like the application > has locked up. However, the first window still permits editing, and > when you finally close the first window, the second window, which > remains, then permits editing. If you continue this -- opening another, > then closing the working window to make the non-interactive one > interactive -- you will eventually reach a point where when you do open > a secondary window, that window will *allow* editing interaction on the > opened file. This usually occurs after the 4th or 5th file. I found a thread about these problems on the cooker list. This link is the end of the thread: http://www.nedit.org/ftp/v5_3/executables/nedit-5.3-1.i386.rpm The binary they are talking about can be found at http://www.nedit.org/ftp/v5_3/executables/nedit-5.3-1.i386.rpm -- Robert W. [EMAIL PROTECTED] "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End." -- Revelations 21:6 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Avery business cards
Is there a program or a way to use a word processor to print business cards using Avery cards? There are 10 cards/sheet and each card is 2" x 31/2". Thanks, -- Jonathan Dlouhy Saturday, June 07, 2003 03:29 PM "Things are more like they are now then they ever were before." --Former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower Registered Linux user #264482 Powered by Mandrake 9.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Avery business cards
Check out Xfig regards TOrstein Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: Is there a program or a way to use a word processor to print business cards using Avery cards? There are 10 cards/sheet and each card is 2" x 31/2". Thanks, Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Avery business cards
Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: Is there a program or a way to use a word processor to print business cards using Avery cards? There are 10 cards/sheet and each card is 2" x 31/2". Thanks, Sure, use openoffice writer. File -> New -> Business Cards. There is a setting (template) for Avery Cards. Larry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Gone for a week
Peeps, I'll be off the lists for about 8 days. Thought I'd try to make some people happy. ;) We're going out of state on vacation. I know it will be very hard for you guys to do without me, but please do your best. l8r, --LX -- Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk Linux Mandrake 9.1 Enlightenment-0.16.5-12mdk Evolution 1.2.4-1.1mdk Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Gone for a week
On Saturday 07 June 2003 05:13 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > Peeps, > > I'll be off the lists for about 8 days. Thought I'd try to make some > people happy. ;) > > We're going out of state on vacation. I know it will be very hard for > you guys to do without me, but please do your best. > > l8r, > > --LX Say it ain't so, Joe! Seriously, enjoy yourself and have a good time! -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] NEdit file opening acting strangely on Mandrake 9.1
* Stardate: 2003-06-07 10:39 * Incoming subspace signal from ""Robert W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" : > On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 01:16, Rob Gillen wrote: > > I've been seeing some strangeness with NEdit on Mandrake 9.1 whenever I > > use File->Open from an already open edit window (which has a loaded > > file) to open another file. When the second window opens, it looks > > normal, but any interaction with it is impossible -- menus do not work, > > and the actual editing portion of the window will not permit changes of > > any kind or even highlighting. It acts very much like the application > > has locked up. However, the first window still permits editing, and > > when you finally close the first window, the second window, which > > remains, then permits editing. If you continue this -- opening another, > > then closing the working window to make the non-interactive one > > interactive -- you will eventually reach a point where when you do open > > a secondary window, that window will *allow* editing interaction on the > > opened file. This usually occurs after the 4th or 5th file. > > I found a thread about these problems on the cooker list. This link is > the end of the thread: > http://www.nedit.org/ftp/v5_3/executables/nedit-5.3-1.i386.rpm > > The binary they are talking about can be found at > http://www.nedit.org/ftp/v5_3/executables/nedit-5.3-1.i386.rpm Strange, I had this problem with 9.0. Not with 9.1. Are you using 9.0 RPMS ? -- Best regards, [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Climate Control Psychedelic Soundscapes - http://go.to/cchq/ * Linux Shell Scripts & RPM Software Packages - http://go.to/conmen/ * Photography Pages - http://home.wanadoo.nl/cchq/photo/photo.html 22:58:54 up 20 min Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] drakfloppy error: No space left on device
After have changed my root partition (/dev/hdb5) from ext3 to xfs I can't create a start floppy: Formatting /dev/fd0... done. Copying /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk... done. Creating initrd image... mke2fs 1.32 (09-Nov-2002) cp: escribiendo `/tmp/mkbootdisk/initrd.img': No space left on device Error ! I have heard of similar problems under Mandrake 9.0; are there any solution? Thanks so much in advance -- Francisco Alcaraz Ariza Murcia, España (Spain) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Gone for a week
On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 18:17, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Saturday 07 June 2003 05:13 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > Peeps, > > > > I'll be off the lists for about 8 days. Thought I'd try to make some > > people happy. ;) > > > > We're going out of state on vacation. I know it will be very hard for > > you guys to do without me, but please do your best. > > > > l8r, > > > > --LX > > Say it ain't so, Joe! > > Seriously, enjoy yourself and have a good time! AHh, I hope you are visiting the in-laws, in Nebraska. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] drakfloppy error: No space left on device
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 01:01, Francisco Alcaraz wrote: > cp: escribiendo `/tmp/mkbootdisk/initrd.img': No space left on device > Error ! Filesize of your kernel doesn't exceed available space on your floppy ? Steven Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] drakfloppy error: No space left on device
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steven Broos wanted us to know: >On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 01:01, Francisco Alcaraz wrote: >> cp: escribiendo `/tmp/mkbootdisk/initrd.img': No space left on device >> Error ! >Filesize of your kernel doesn't exceed available space on your floppy ? Also, if your / partition is XFS, you have to make a 1.7 Meg floppy instead of 1.44. - -- Are there any plans to allow different levels of protection in the firewall? Right now the iptables rules are too strict to function properly on a windows network without manually adjusting the rules. --Cooker ML Oct 2002 Linux kernel 2.4.19-24mdk 6 users, load average: 0.92, 0.42, 0.16 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://www.mrball.net/todd.asc iD8DBQE+4pg2IBT1264ScBURAiVzAJoDLhcSsUxa3UVWzg5e1JymPoYWTQCeK0Qy aScCLavcxVRYzMWEqQE/90I= =A30p -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] NEdit file opening acting strangely on Mandrake 9.1
On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 17:34, Maxim Heijndijk wrote: > > I found a thread about these problems on the cooker list. This link is > > the end of the thread: > > http://www.nedit.org/ftp/v5_3/executables/nedit-5.3-1.i386.rpm > > > > The binary they are talking about can be found at > > http://www.nedit.org/ftp/v5_3/executables/nedit-5.3-1.i386.rpm > > Strange, I had this problem with 9.0. Not with 9.1. Are you using 9.0 RPMS ? Yes, I am using 9.0. The cooker thread indicated it was a problem with the lesstif library in 9.0. I assume this means the problem was resolved in 9.1. One solution was downgrading lesstif. The other was to load this binary. I'd recommend reading the entire thread. Of course it would help if I posted the correct link to the thread :) http://archives.mandrakelinux.com/cooker/2002-10/msg00934.php -- Robert W. [EMAIL PROTECTED] "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End." -- Revelations 21:6 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.1 KDE problems
What is the easiest way to determine what packages are exactly needed from the ibilio site. I know kdebase, kdenetwork, etc., but what about the libs and other file dependencies that may exist? This is why I liked urpmi, but I've had some issues with it of late. Thanks. On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 14:16, Robert Crawford wrote: > On Monday 02 June 2003 11:47, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > I decided to post this here because it looks way beyond newbie stuff. > > > > I'm running 9.1 (download edition) on an AMD XP2100, Soyo Dragon Plus MB, > > 512 megs of Corsair DDR ram. > > > > Installation went smooth with no errors that I know of. > > > > As root, I can open 2 windows, try to copy something (anything) between > > them and both windows competely disappear. No warnings or error messages. > > > > With my normal user account, I can open an icon window (home for example) > > and close it, always with a crash and a KDE error message: > > > Anyone have any ideas? Makes it darned hard to use, ya know? > > > > Never had these problems with v9.0 or 8.2. Oh, I did a complete install and > > not an upgrade. > > There are various weird problems with the stock kde 3.1 with 9.1. A lot of > users have problems such as yours, and others too. > > I suggest reading the kde threads on pclinuxonline under the RPM announcements > forum, then downloading ALL of Texstar's kde 3.1.2 packages from his ibiblio > site to their own directory in /home, then log out of kde into gnome or Ice, > and rename your /home/user/.kde folder to kdeold. Then go to init 3, su to > root, and cd to the directory you downloaded to and install Tex's kde > packages with (takes a few minutes). Be sure and get all the required > packages and dependencies. Use this command to install in init 3. > > rpm -Uvh --force *.rpm > > --force replaces files and packages, but you must not be running kde at the > time of install. > > Then you need to restart the box with the halt command- if you just go > directly back to init 5 after the packages install, you might have trouble- I > did. Kmail shows up with all your email, but you'll need to re-enter your > info and accounts. In the kdeold folder you saved, there is a bookmark.xml > file in /share/apps/konqueror- just replace the new one in the same location > in /home/user/.kde, and your bookmarks are back. You might need to resetup > the kppp info. > > Robert Crawford > > > > __ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [expert] Gone for a week
On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 14:13, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > Peeps, > > I'll be off the lists for about 8 days. Thought I'd try to make some > people happy. ;) > > We're going out of state on vacation. I know it will be very hard for > you guys to do without me, but please do your best. > > l8r, > > --LX Is this one of those industry wide vacations or a real one? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Alternatives to editing mp3/ogg files in Audacity?
On Friday 06 June 2003 11:31 pm, Rob Blomquist wrote: > I regualrily download streaming-mp3 files with XMMS. And I want to clean > them up with Audacity, but above about 20Mb it crashes while loading the > file. For the record my machine is a AMD 2100+ with 512 Mb of RAM and about > 2Gb free under /home. > > I really need to edit mp3s up to about 1 hour in length, which would > require about 70Mb files. > > Any ideas on how to edit them? Console would be fine, too, just so long as > I have an indexing method to find the start and stop positions. I figured it out. I used "lame -decode" to convert the file (in this case only about 41Mb to a wav file of 617Mb then uploaded it into Audacity without a hitch. Rob -- Linux: For the people, by the people. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.1 KDE problems
On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 21:51, Trey Sizemore wrote: > What is the easiest way to determine what packages are exactly needed > from the ibilio site. I know kdebase, kdenetwork, etc., but what about > the libs and other file dependencies that may exist? This is why I > liked urpmi, but I've had some issues with it of late. > > Thanks. Trey, The easiest and most reliable is to use urpmi. It will solve the problem for you. just do urpmi.addmedia texstar http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.1/rpms/i586 with ./hdlist.cz (this should all be one line but wordwrap is a bear.) Then do urpmi --auto --auto-select This will add/update the correct rpms and maintain a working system for you. This is one of the few times I'd recommend automation over a controlled manual process. But I've done it now on 7 installations and not a single one has had a problem. James > > On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 14:16, Robert Crawford wrote: > > On Monday 02 June 2003 11:47, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > > I decided to post this here because it looks way beyond newbie stuff. > > > > > > I'm running 9.1 (download edition) on an AMD XP2100, Soyo Dragon Plus MB, > > > 512 megs of Corsair DDR ram. > > > > > > Installation went smooth with no errors that I know of. > > > > > > As root, I can open 2 windows, try to copy something (anything) between > > > them and both windows competely disappear. No warnings or error messages. > > > > > > With my normal user account, I can open an icon window (home for example) > > > and close it, always with a crash and a KDE error message: > > > > > Anyone have any ideas? Makes it darned hard to use, ya know? > > > > > > Never had these problems with v9.0 or 8.2. Oh, I did a complete install and > > > not an upgrade. > > > > There are various weird problems with the stock kde 3.1 with 9.1. A lot of > > users have problems such as yours, and others too. > > > > I suggest reading the kde threads on pclinuxonline under the RPM announcements > > forum, then downloading ALL of Texstar's kde 3.1.2 packages from his ibiblio > > site to their own directory in /home, then log out of kde into gnome or Ice, > > and rename your /home/user/.kde folder to kdeold. Then go to init 3, su to > > root, and cd to the directory you downloaded to and install Tex's kde > > packages with (takes a few minutes). Be sure and get all the required > > packages and dependencies. Use this command to install in init 3. > > > > rpm -Uvh --force *.rpm > > > > --force replaces files and packages, but you must not be running kde at the > > time of install. > > > > Then you need to restart the box with the halt command- if you just go > > directly back to init 5 after the packages install, you might have trouble- I > > did. Kmail shows up with all your email, but you'll need to re-enter your > > info and accounts. In the kdeold folder you saved, there is a bookmark.xml > > file in /share/apps/konqueror- just replace the new one in the same location > > in /home/user/.kde, and your bookmarks are back. You might need to resetup > > the kppp info. > > > > Robert Crawford > > > > > > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Saving monitor power
On Sat, 7 Jun 2003 05:11 pm, Russell W. Behne sent this :- > > It can be done in the kernel certainly. In the language support section. > > And that is where? You will have to go into your kernel:- My kernel is situated in my home directory, cd /home/charlie/kernel/linux- Knowing that I have kept the configuration of my kernel build, check if you have kept such a copy. I am uncertain if Mandrake keeps one by default. I then $make mrproper $make xconfig in the main menu :- select load configuration from file Then open up the language support Check that you have enabled at the top :- NLS Option iso8859-1 Read in help :- Default NLS Option iso8859-1 CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT: The default NLS used when mounting file system. Note, that this is the NLS used by your console, not the NLS used by a specific file system (if different) to store data (filenames) on a disk. Currently, the valid values are: big5, cp437, cp737, cp775, cp850, cp852, cp855, cp857, cp860, cp861, cp862, cp863, cp864, cp865, cp866, cp869, cp874, cp932, cp936, cp949, cp950, cp1250, cp1251, cp1255, euc-jp, euc-kr, gb2312, iso8859-1, iso8859-2, iso8859-3, iso8859-4, iso8859-5, iso8859-6, iso8859-7, iso8859-8, iso8859-9, iso8859-13, iso8859-14, iso8859-15, koi8-r, koi8-ru, koi8-u, sjis, tis-620, utf8. If you specify a wrong value, it will use the built-in NLS; compatible with iso8859-1. If unsure, specify it as "iso8859-1". Then remove the UTF-8 support, $make dep $make clean, $make bzImage $make modules Then su into root and return to the directory above and #make modules_install #cp System.map /boot/System.map- #cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage- You might be asked if you wish to overwrite these and say yes if you haven't already removed them from /boot first. still as root #lilo reboot Watch the messages to make certain everything is as it should be. Because you have only altered this one thing in the kernel all should be well. HTH Charlie -- Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am master of my fate and captain of my soul. Ashley Brillaint This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.0, Kmail v1.4.3 and OpenOffice.org1.0.3 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Modem dials wrong number
Greetings, Maybe this is not specifically a Mandrake problem, but I'll ask here anyway. I've installed the Smartlink drivers for the Winmodem (Lucent based) in my Toshiba Tecra 9000 laptop, and they seem to work fine - modem responds OK to query, commands work OK, etc. But when I use kppp to dial out, the modem dials the wrong number! Listening to the modem speaker while it dials, it sounds like it sort of stumbles along the way and repeats some digits so that in the end it dials the wrong, and too many, digits. Has anyone experienced or heard of this problem? Regards, --- Per-Olof Litby Phone: +46 8 631-1463 Regional Mgr - Nordic/Baltic Fax:+46 8 631-1005 Java Web Services Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Microsystems --- Calendar URL below (Sun only) http://namefinder.germany/nfcal.cgi?-s+23213 --- I've got this great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom. ---
