[expert] Video Woes
Hi list, I have a weird one. I'm running Mandrake 9.1 on my workstation and I have noticed that all of my video (.avi, .mpeg, etc. files) that are played through mplayer, xine and noatun are coming out in black and white. When I play them in aviplayer, they are in color. Any hints as to what I can do to bring back the color? Thanks, -- Alan Carbutt Systems Administrator/Programmer Adams State College 719-587-7741 [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
[expert] Evolution Browser
I was wondering if anyone has been able to change which browser opens up on clicking a link in an e-mail. Currently my evolution opens up mozilla. I was just wondering if it was configurable. Thanks, -- Alan Carbutt Systems Administrator/Programmer Adams State College 719-587-7741 [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [expert] root password
Nikos, Even better, you can use some live CD distros like Knoppix or Linux BBC. BBC is far smaller than knoppix and fits on business card CD's. Knoppix is a full X-enabled linux that allows you to mount local partitions on the disk drives. These allow you to boot linux up on any PC with a CDROM drive. I use these guys for such emergencies. ++alan On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 04:36, Nikos Papadopoulos wrote: > I use Mandrake 8.2 and I have forgotten the root password or someone changed > it. I tried to boot in single user mode, mount the disk and reset the > password from the shadow and passwd files, but there are two HDD with > software mirroring enabled and I could not mount the disk. What can I do in > order to reset the root password? > > Regards, > Nick. > > > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Alan Carbutt Systems Administrator/Programmer Adams State College 719-587-7741 [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
[expert] RPM troubles
I was updating the latest errata for LM 9.0 and I got the following output: [root@x errata]# rpm -Fvh * rpmdb: Unreferenced page 3479 rpmdb: Unreferenced page 3480 rpmdb: Unreferenced page 3481 rpmdb: Unreferenced page 3482 error: db4 error(-30979) from db->verify: DB_VERIFY_BAD: Database verification failed I'm not too familiar with RPM, so I was wondering if anyone has run across this and if I should be worried about this. TIA, -- Alan Carbutt Systems Administrator/Programmer Adams State College 719-587-7741 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] WindowMaker
Actually, I guess my last post was misleading. I usually do a re-install and not a by the book upgrade. The only things I didn't change from 8.2 to 9.0 was /home and /var. Then I had to install from scratch because I flubbed something in the partition table. In any case, WindowMaker has been my window manager of choice because it is not as bloated as other managers. I installed it and I have no trouble with anything being broken. Milos Prudek wrote: Alan Carbutt wrote: Not broken as far as I can tell. Happily using it since my upgrade a few weeks ago. Broken on a vanilla Mandrake 9.0. I agree it is not broken on an upgrade. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Alan Carbutt Applications Programmer Adams State College 719-587-7741 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] WindowMaker
Not broken as far as I can tell. Happily using it since my upgrade a few weeks ago. Milos Prudek wrote: Hi, WindowMaker is broken in Mandrake 9.0. Someone told me that I must create a symlink and WindowMaker will work. Which symlink is it? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Alan Carbutt Applications Programmer Adams State College 719-587-7741 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] LM 8.2 and NVIDIA GeForce 3
On initial install on LM 8.2 on my home box the XFree86 install portion offers me the option with 3D acceleration only with version 3.3.6. Does anyone know if there is support for 3D in 4.2.0 for NVIDIA? If so, what do I need to do to update? TIA, -- Alan Carbutt Applications Programmer Adams State College 719-587-7741 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] P2P Application
John I'm also a contented user of Limewire. With Mandrake 8.2 there are a few hitches in getting it set up. If you are interested, I can post some generic instructions to the list. Cheers, Alan John Wheat wrote: > I am wondering if anyone is using a file sharing program similar to > gnutella/napster apps successfully in Linux. This app. is about the only > thing standing between me and converting my wife to Linux completely in turn > making my life better. Any suggestions or reccomendations? > > TIA, > > John Wheat > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > -- Alan Carbutt Applications Programmer Adams State College 719-587-7741 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
