Re: [expert] Second X with different xf86config.
And how hould i call that from the command line? Anyway, thanks, i've already found a solution: xinit /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -display :1 -- -xf86config XF86Config-4- :1 the problem was that i was missing the "-display :1" for the xterm, which meant xterm was reading the $DISPLAY variable, and thus showing up in :0. Solved now. :oP Damian El mié, 12-11-2003 a las 10:43, Artemio escribió: > Maybe you should try to describe a second screen and server layout in existing > XF86Cingig-4? > > ... > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "screen2" > Device "device1"#your video card stays like in screen1 > Monitor "monitor1" #and so does your monitor > ... > > EndSection > > ... > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "layout2" > Screen "screen2" > InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" > InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" > EndSection > > ... > > > > __ > 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
[expert] Second X with different xf86config.
Hi. I'm trying to run a second X session ( :1 ) with a different configuration and resolution from the first one. As TFM says, in order to do it i have to use a second XF86Config file and call xinit like, assuming my second config file is called '/etc/X11/secondconfig' : xinit [command] -- -xf86config secondconfig :1 right? no. here's the problem: the second session (in vt8) starts up fine, but the xterm that is supposed to include gets launched in the FIRST display! So, the new X session only gives me a solid blue screen and the mouse cursor. No xterm, nothing to do. If i close the xterm that was started in display :0 then the display :1 quits as expected. I have noticed that this does not happen if i don't try to specify a different XF86Config file. But, well, i need to. And i don't want to go around changing XF86Config files back and forth as that would require me to type the root password over and over. has anyone tried to do this before? Thanks. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] iptables and msn messenger
Don't know what port should be open, but you could find out by using some -j LOG rules and checking out what port is it that the other side tries to reach... El dom, 09-11-2003 a las 23:57, Leonardo Sá escribió: > I'm currently running a server who shares a adsl connection (masquerade nat) > without any problems. > But users inside the network are complaining that they can't use msn > messenger's voice chat feature. > > I've googled and found out some ports to be open. I opened them but voice > still doesn't seems to work, although file transfers using messenger are now > working fine (it wasn't working with ports closed). > > Any suggestions to enable my users to use voice chat? (iptables | mdk9.0) > > Cheers, > Leonardo Sá > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.534 / Virus Database: 329 - Release Date: 31/10/2003 > > > > __ > 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] Cant Delete File
El lun, 29-09-2003 a las 15:24, Ronald J. Hall escribió: > On Monday 29 September 2003 01:59 pm, me wrote: > > > Thank you for the suggestion. > > Jack > > Hi. I don't think I can offer a solution for your "undeletable file" but I > sure can sympathise. I have/had the same problem, only its a directory. > > I'm using reiserfs everywhere. I had Kmail crash once, and since then, I've > not been able to use /home/darklord/Mail. I tried deleting it, it caused the > system to reboot. I tried deleting it as root, it caused the system to > reboot. Running "updatedb" caused the system to reboot. Anocron/cron running > (and I'm assuming thus updating the DB) caused it to reboot. I tried using a > rescue disk and mounting the partition then deleting it, caused the system to > reboot. I tried deleting the inodes - operation not permitted. I tried > dropping to and/or booting into single user mode and deleting it - caused the > system to reboot. > > So here is what I finally did: > > I was able (go figure!!!) to "mv Mail .Mail-old". Then, I set the > slocate/updatedb conf file to ignore my /home/darklord stuff. > I turned Anacron off, and run the "updatedb" command when ever it reminds me > that more than 8 days have passed. I reran Kmail and it setup a new Mail > directory in /home/darklord and its been fine since. > > Fortunately for me, I've got an 80 gig hard drive, so the space taken by > .Mail-old doesn't hurt. > > I've been waiting to install v9.2 so I format/partition/frag everything on my > hard drive, and send .Mail-old to Hell . I've already backed up > everything pertinent. > > Good luck. WAIT!! this gives me an idea.. :oP since you could move the file.. how about mv .Mail-old /dev/null ?? Same for you Jack, try `mv chrome /dev/null` ... /dev/null being in a different partition, i doubt it will actually work, but what the hell.. HTH Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Password Question
El dom, 31-08-2003 a las 08:47, KevinO escribió: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Damian Gatabria wrote: > > El sáb, 30-08-2003 a las 19:49, Frankie escribió: > > > >>>-Original Message- > >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Damian Gatabria > >>>Sent: Saturday, 30 August 2003 7:55 PM > >>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>Subject: Re: [expert] Password Question > >>> > >>> > >>>El sáb, 30-08-2003 a las 18:24, Jack Coates escribió: > >>> > >>>>On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 03:44, Damian Gatabria wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>El mié, 20-08-2003 a las 16:55, Bryan Phinney escribió: > >>>>> > >>>>>>On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:24 am, Lawson, Jim wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>Okay So I just read an article that said mandrake 9.1 can > >>> > >>>reset any windoz > >>> > >>>>>>>password. Can any linux distro password for root or any > >>> > >>>other user be > >>> > >>>>>>>reset. Say if you forgot it? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>James S. Lawson > >>>>>>>Network Administrator > >>>>>> > >>>>>>The only way that I know of to do this is to bring the > >>> > >>>computer up in Single > >>> > >>>>>>User mode and reset root password from there. You should > >>> > >>>be able to do that > >>> > >>>>>>by putting options in Lilo at boot to bring up Linux in > >>> > >>>single user mode. > >>> > >>>>>>If you have password protected Lilo, I am not sure that you > >>> > >>>can reset the root > >>> > >>>>>>password without some type of reinstall. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>How do you password protec Lilo? :o)) > >>>> > >>>>you put a password in /etc/lilo.conf and run /sbin/lilo. > >>>> > >>>>Users must then enter the password in order to boot any kernels listed > >>>>by lilo. It isn't used all that much to my knowledge -- laptop users > >>>>generally use the BIOS password, desktops users generally don't use boot > >>>>passwords, and servers need to be able to reboot without physical help. > >>> > >>>Yet, i hate the fact that cracking the admin password in Win2k is > >>>harder than in Linux... :o/ > >>> > >> > >>Using linux single to reset the password is not cracking it.. > >>Since you can't find out what the old password was, you are just > >>creating a new one. > > > > > > I know, sorry for not expressing myself correctly. > > The point is, in windoze, if i want to change the admin > > password, there's two ways: > > > > 1) cracking te sam file. This is a rather long process and > > requires third-party software. > > > > Breaking into the registry or a sam file is trivially easy using a Linux boot > disk made for the purpose. I have done it for people several times. It doesn't > take much longer or more effort than just waiting for it to boot. > > > 2) Booting with a DOS diskette, load third-party NFTS-dos > > drivers, and move around a couple of files so i get a user > > manager instead of a login prompt. This is a tricky process > > and you risk fubaring the system. > > > > this means that the one aspect in which windows is > > far better from a security standpoint is protecting > > the admin password, since in Linux you only have to > > boot in single user mode.. it's sad, but true. > > > It's neither sad nor true. > > A Linux system can only be booted into single user mode if you have it setup > that way, although most are set that way by default for convenience. Having > physical access to a machine means that there isn't much security, aside from > encrypting the filesystem. This is why most consider the ability to boot into > single user from the console to not be a security risk -- it requires console > access. > OK, so far, both James and you have said something about "password protecting single user mode" or "setting it up somehow"... so let's go back to my first question in this thread =) How can i do that? I just want the system to ask for a password ONLY when i tell it i want `linux single`. > Breaking into a Linux box w/o single (or init=...) is much harder than > cracking open an NT, 2000 or XP box. What i meant with my previous post is that it took me 30 seconds to learn how to change a root password in mandrake Linux, and for Windoze i had to surf the net for about 10 minutes to find boot diskettes that, from reading the manual they include, i can see it's at least a two or three steps longer process, warnings reading "Beware! the ntfs driver is not perfect, you can break your system!" and "Warning! you may loose all of the system's user passwords with this!" and stuff like that. > But once you open a box or boot a different kernel or OS on a box, all bets > are off. The only way to protect your system (data) is through decent encyption. agreed. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Password Question
El sáb, 30-08-2003 a las 19:49, Frankie escribió: > >-Original Message- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Damian Gatabria > >Sent: Saturday, 30 August 2003 7:55 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [expert] Password Question > > > > > >El sáb, 30-08-2003 a las 18:24, Jack Coates escribió: > >> On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 03:44, Damian Gatabria wrote: > >> > El mié, 20-08-2003 a las 16:55, Bryan Phinney escribió: > >> > > On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:24 am, Lawson, Jim wrote: > >> > > > Okay So I just read an article that said mandrake 9.1 can > >reset any windoz > >> > > > password. Can any linux distro password for root or any > >other user be > >> > > > reset. Say if you forgot it? > >> > > > > >> > > > James S. Lawson > >> > > > Network Administrator > >> > > > >> > > The only way that I know of to do this is to bring the > >computer up in Single > >> > > User mode and reset root password from there. You should > >be able to do that > >> > > by putting options in Lilo at boot to bring up Linux in > >single user mode. > >> > > > >> > > If you have password protected Lilo, I am not sure that you > >can reset the root > >> > > password without some type of reinstall. > >> > > >> > > >> > How do you password protec Lilo? :o)) > >> > >> you put a password in /etc/lilo.conf and run /sbin/lilo. > >> > >> Users must then enter the password in order to boot any kernels listed > >> by lilo. It isn't used all that much to my knowledge -- laptop users > >> generally use the BIOS password, desktops users generally don't use boot > >> passwords, and servers need to be able to reboot without physical help. > > > >Yet, i hate the fact that cracking the admin password in Win2k is > >harder than in Linux... :o/ > > > > Using linux single to reset the password is not cracking it.. > Since you can't find out what the old password was, you are just > creating a new one. I know, sorry for not expressing myself correctly. The point is, in windoze, if i want to change the admin password, there's two ways: 1) cracking te sam file. This is a rather long process and requires third-party software. 2) Booting with a DOS diskette, load third-party NFTS-dos drivers, and move around a couple of files so i get a user manager instead of a login prompt. This is a tricky process and you risk fubaring the system. this means that the one aspect in which windows is far better from a security standpoint is protecting the admin password, since in Linux you only have to boot in single user mode.. it's sad, but true. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Password Question
El sáb, 30-08-2003 a las 18:24, Jack Coates escribió: > On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 03:44, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > El mié, 20-08-2003 a las 16:55, Bryan Phinney escribió: > > > On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:24 am, Lawson, Jim wrote: > > > > Okay So I just read an article that said mandrake 9.1 can reset any windoz > > > > password. Can any linux distro password for root or any other user be > > > > reset. Say if you forgot it? > > > > > > > > James S. Lawson > > > > Network Administrator > > > > > > The only way that I know of to do this is to bring the computer up in Single > > > User mode and reset root password from there. You should be able to do that > > > by putting options in Lilo at boot to bring up Linux in single user mode. > > > > > > If you have password protected Lilo, I am not sure that you can reset the root > > > password without some type of reinstall. > > > > > > How do you password protec Lilo? :o)) > > you put a password in /etc/lilo.conf and run /sbin/lilo. > > Users must then enter the password in order to boot any kernels listed > by lilo. It isn't used all that much to my knowledge -- laptop users > generally use the BIOS password, desktops users generally don't use boot > passwords, and servers need to be able to reboot without physical help. Yet, i hate the fact that cracking the admin password in Win2k is harder than in Linux... :o/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Password Question
El mié, 20-08-2003 a las 16:55, Bryan Phinney escribió: > On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:24 am, Lawson, Jim wrote: > > Okay So I just read an article that said mandrake 9.1 can reset any windoz > > password. Can any linux distro password for root or any other user be > > reset. Say if you forgot it? > > > > James S. Lawson > > Network Administrator > > The only way that I know of to do this is to bring the computer up in Single > User mode and reset root password from there. You should be able to do that > by putting options in Lilo at boot to bring up Linux in single user mode. > > If you have password protected Lilo, I am not sure that you can reset the root > password without some type of reinstall. How do you password protec Lilo? :o)) Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] IPTABLES
El mié, 13-08-2003 a las 05:07, Thomas Gamble escribió: > I have been trying to get iptables set up on my gateway machine, but it isn't > working like I think it should. I have the following entry in the > rc.firewall script to block incoming SYN packets: > > EXT_IF="ppp0" > IPTABLES="//sbin/iptables" > $IPTABLES -A INPUT -i $EXT_IF -p tcp ! --syn -j ACCEPT > > yet ethereal shows these getting through: > > Source port: 1302 (1302) > Destination port: 135 (135) > Sequence number: 2684291305 > Header length: 28 bytes > Flags: 0x0002 (SYN) > 0... = Congestion Window Reduced (CWR): Not set > .0.. = ECN-Echo: Not set > ..0. = Urgent: Not set > ...0 = Acknowledgment: Not set > 0... = Push: Not set > .0.. = Reset: Not set > ..1. = Syn: Set > ...0 = Fin: Not set dunno about that one, and i don't have the time to study it.. i'll check it out later. > I also have the following: > > $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -i $EXT_IF -p tcp --dport 135 -s 0.0.0.0/0 -j DROP why check source address when you are trying to block it completely? Remove the -s 0.0.0.0/0 and try again. And where exactly are you trying to block them? Wouldn't it be simpler if you just blocked them at INPUT? Also, check the order in which you add the rules. If prior to this rule you added a rule that sends these packets to ACCEPT, then iptables will think it already knows what it has to do and won't bother checking with the next one. > which should block packets detined for port 135, but also seems ineffective. > What might be the problem? The above is just a snippet from the rc.firewall > script. I can post it in its entirety if that would help. > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] does Mdk's php support mysql?
El lun, 04-08-2003 a las 02:45, Vincent Danen escribió: > On Mon Aug 04, 2003 at 01:52:16AM -0300, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > > I'm trying to learn some php/mysql and i've came across this > > error message whenever i try to load a one-line php file > > that connects to a local mysql database: > > > > Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in > > /var/www/html/test2.php on line 3 > > > > > > I've googled a bit and it seems that my php module was > > not compiled with mysql support enabled? > > > > I'm using stock mdk packages libphp_common430-430-11mdk > > mod_php-4.3.1-1mdk, has anyone here got mysql working with these? > > could this be a config problem? > > You need to install php-mysql. "urpmi php-mysql" should do the trick. Hot damn! "urpmi -a php" skipped that one! could that be a glitch in urpmi? btw, thanks Vincent! Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] help!!!
El mi? 09-07-2003 a las 13:29, pro8613 escribió: > hello i have a ADSL USB MODEM ALE 130 and i don't now how install the > modem maiby i need a driver if have this driver please send me > help me please!!! Sorry, but most of the times USB ADSL modems need special proprietary drivers which are available only for windows. If USB is it's only way to connect to the PC (i.e. no ethernet port) then it's quite possible that you don't get it to work in the near future. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Block MSN Messenger
El jue, 26 de 06 de 2003 a las 18:48, Carlos Delzo escribió: > Anyone know block the MSN Messenger with Squid or Bastille? > > Thanks, > > Carlos Delzo > Networking Administrator > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.doerun.com.pe > > why not block all connections going to messenger.microsoft.com? ..might work.. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -d messenger.microsoft.com -j DROP HTH Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Running "updatedb" crashes my comp!
On Saturday 14 June 2003 13:06, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Saturday 14 June 2003 10:27 am, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > OK, so i'm pretty much convinced it's not a bad drive.. you probably > > already tried, but did you fsck / ? (the one at boot doesn't count as > > AFAIK it's run with certain parameters not to check/fix some aspects of > > the file system) > > > > > > Damian > > No, I've not done that. Can I do that with with reiserfs? well, i'm not using any reiserfs partitions at the moment... but i've just googled a bit and found this (spanish) forum in which this guy is stating that 'fsck for reiserfs is still somewhat unstable' (posted on may 2001).. so, at least fsck for reiser exists... Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Running "updatedb" crashes my comp!
On Saturday 14 June 2003 01:15, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Friday 13 June 2003 07:51 pm, Lorne wrote: > > I wonder if it is a bad hard drive, and or controller. No errors during > > install? For it to die like that it just seems/smells hardware based. Are > > you running hdparm and doing anything to soup up to UDMA or anything? > > What about when you install. regular or expert install? Do you click the > > option on hard drives that activates LBA or UDMA or something. I'm sorry > > I can't remember what that option is. > > Er, forgot to say that hdparm is installed and gives this: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] darklord]# hdparm /dev/hda > > /dev/hda: > multcount= 16 (on) > IO_support = 1 (32-bit) > unmaskirq= 1 (on) > using_dma= 1 (on) > keepsettings = 0 (off) > readonly = 0 (off) > readahead= 8 (on) > geometry = 78167/64/32, sectors = 160086528, start = 0 > > I do install as expert, don't even remember that option under v9.1 download > edition though - everything was pretty automagical. :-) OK, so i'm pretty much convinced it's not a bad drive.. you probably already tried, but did you fsck / ? (the one at boot doesn't count as AFAIK it's run with certain parameters not to check/fix some aspects of the file system) Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert]
On Saturday 14 June 2003 10:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How do gain access to my CD-rom drive? > PS .. look inside /mnt then, follow the lights. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Running "updatedb" crashes my comp!
> > > > I wonder if it is a bad hard drive, and or controller. No errors during > > install? For it to die like that it just seems/smells hardware based. Are > > you running hdparm and doing anything to soup up to UDMA or anything? > > What about when you install. regular or expert install? Do you click the > > option on hard drives that activates LBA or UDMA or something. I'm sorry > > I can't remember what that option is. > > Interesting point... I wonder. Dark, if you run say, makewhatis do you > have the same problem? Since the two are similar in intensity and > action it might help in finding the common thread. If it doesn't die... > I'd go back to urpme urpmi > > James Sorry for butting in -- have you tried disabling DMA? hdparm -d0 /dev/hdX && updatedb .. HTH Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: KDE 3.1.2 impressions?
> > > > On Mon, 2003-05-26 at 19:24, Robert Crawford wrote: > > > >> I've been struggling with Texstar's 3.1.2 for a week, and have Umm.. i've been trying to get 3.1.2 for about four days now.. Is it just me/my connection/location or is ibiblio SEVERELY busy? i'm getting speeds ranging from 0.8 KB/s to an impressive and amazing 5 KB/s... :o? Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] GnomeMeeting video source
On Saturday 05 April 2003 11:06, Anne Wilson wrote: > I want to set up GnomeMeeting, but have a problem with the video source. I > have the choice of /dev/video0 and /dev/video1, with not possibility of > entering another source so far as I can see. My camera is /dev/sdb, so I > presume that I somehow have to create a /dev/video0 that is linked to > /dev/sdb. Can anyone tell me how to do that, please? > > Anne Dis you try `ln -s /dev/sdb /dev/video0` ? or maybe a hard link? `ln /dev/sdb /dev/video0` .. HTH Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Say Y to RTC..?
On Thursday 03 April 2003 20:52, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 15:09, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > Hi.. i'm trying to get to build kernel-multimedia-source from the > > contribs.. just > > thought i'd add the extra bit of machine-specific optimisation.. but > > i'm having problems with it. > > > > If i just go straight ahead and type "make modules" (yes, i've done > > mrproper first) i get a compilation error regarding the Realtime clock. > > I've gone into xconfig --> sound --> ALSA --> enable RTC but i > > can only load it as a module (M) or disable it. I want to > > see what happens if i try to build it right into the kernel. > > > > Does anyone know which other parameters must i say Y to > > before i can say Y to RTC? > > > > Any help appreciated. > > Is sound/alsa itself a module? If so then anything below it in the tree > can only be a module. > > James Found it! It was under "Character devices".. "enable enhanced real time clock support" .. Thanks for the help. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Say Y to RTC..?
Hi.. i'm trying to get to build kernel-multimedia-source from the contribs.. just thought i'd add the extra bit of machine-specific optimisation.. but i'm having problems with it. If i just go straight ahead and type "make modules" (yes, i've done mrproper first) i get a compilation error regarding the Realtime clock. I've gone into xconfig --> sound --> ALSA --> enable RTC but i can only load it as a module (M) or disable it. I want to see what happens if i try to build it right into the kernel. Does anyone know which other parameters must i say Y to before i can say Y to RTC? Any help appreciated. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] open source spreadsheet file format.
On Tuesday 01 April 2003 11:46, Frankie wrote: > its not in xls format... > > its currently csv, and as far as I know, having a perl script create xls > format data would be quiet hard.. Is saving as HTML not an option? Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] floppies
> > > > There are also USB "adaptors" for IDE drives. They are like > > a case inside of which you put and connect your IDE drive > > (a CD burner, any HD...) and it plugs to the PC thru USB > > ports. It's a little big, especially if you need to carry it around, > > but it's unbeatable in many aspects... hot swapping 120GB IDE > > drives is very useful sometimes.. > > That sounds interesting. I presume it's not particularly fast? But > probably reliability would outweight that. I used to have 'cradles' which > would allow interchangeable drives (though not hot-swap), but found that I > frequently had unexplained problems when trying to boot to a newly swapped > one, so I do not recommend them at all. > > Anne It is somewhat slow, especially when it works in USB 1.4 compatibility mode (can work as both 1.4 and 2.0) but, now that you mention it, i forgot about the 'bootable' requirement we are also looking for.. Is it possible to boot an OS from USB? doesn't sound like it... Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] floppies
On Monday 24 de March 2003 03:11, eric huff wrote: > Not sure about linux compatibility, but i recently used one of those > little, flash based usb drives (about the size of a key fob). I've seen > them listed up to 512MB... Seemed like a great way to transfer data > amongst youselves, but too expensive to give away. The cheapest i saw > with a 2 second google search was $22, probably 32meg. There are also USB "adaptors" for IDE drives. They are like a case inside of which you put and connect your IDE drive (a CD burner, any HD...) and it plugs to the PC thru USB ports. It's a little big, especially if you need to carry it around, but it's unbeatable in many aspects... hot swapping 120GB IDE drives is very useful sometimes.. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] how to install kylix3 in the MDK 9 ?
On Saturday 08 de March 2003 00:00, Emerson de Mello wrote: > Hi All, > > A long time ago I asked if it was possible to install > the Kylix3 in the MDK 9. > > Well, I tried but I had a problem. > > The following message of error was shown: > > Error Code: -10 > > And my RPM DB was corrupted. > > I saw that the problem involves rpmdb, because the > version of my rpmdb is 4.0.4 and de kylix question > abou 3.X > > Somebody knows as can correct my DB? > delete the files : /var/lib/rpm/__db.001 /var/lib/rpm/__db.002 and then execute: rpm --rebuilddb > and > > What I must make to install the Kylix? > Maybe you should try borland.com for any help regarding those error codes. > > Thank you, and forgives me for my English again. > > hugs > > Emerson > BRAZIL Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Question on KDE
On Saturday 01 de March 2003 01:34, James Sparenberg wrote: > All, > >I've suddenly lost kde It won't start anything and the only error > I get is a core dump. It happened when I upgraded to the latest 3.1 > kdm kcontrol nothing will start. But if I switch (and I did ) to gdm > ...everything but kde runs. So I removed all of kde... all of qt all > the dot files ... and still the same thing. No errors just a core > dump. > > Next I tried to start it from a command line (kcontrol) I get possible > errors. Well they are errors just that it's possible they may indicate > something. > > Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". > DCOP aborting call from 'anonymous-12856' to 'kcontrol' > ERROR: KUniqueApplication: DCOP communication error! > > Now the Xlib error should indicate that I don't have font aliasing > working ok... it works elsewhere but for the moment ok and > shouldn't stop it. The second one seems to indicate that DCOP doesn't > work... When I carefully and completely removed kde all libs and qt that > should have been gone. Then a new install of kdebase should have > restored it > > The question is ... any ideas where else to look? I'm not good at core > dumps so I don't get much out of it > > James Try wiping out all temp directories. A bad/old socket file may be confusing DCOP. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Out of Control?/Is Windows faster on same machine?
> > That's strange, I have just the opposite experience. > > Agreeing with you that 7.2 was an exceptionally good release (and can > hardly wait for 9.2 - it's the odd numbers I bet) I found that 8.2 and > higher gave much better performance on low end P166's. > > AFAIK this was mostly due to Xfree4.2 on the gui side. > Running KDE2.2 with Mandrake8.0 was already too much. > > KDE3.1 apps (not the whole desktop!) runs ever so slow.but runs on the > same machine. Without gui it's just faster than 7.2 whilst 8.0 and 8.1 > swapped themselves to a dreary death. > > Good luck, > HarM I will have to agree with you, HarM. And it's going to be even better when kernel 2.6 is out.. That preempt no-longer-to-be-patch does wonders... Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Out of Control?/Is Windows faster on same machine?
> > One full minute? Are you sure you're not exaggerating a little bit? I > > don't use OO but use Staroffice now and again and it is slow but it > > certainly doesn't take a minute. I haven't timed it yet but I would be > > suprised if it actually took more than 20 to 30 seconds tops. > > > > My system: athlon 1.1Ghz, 128M ram, MDK 9.0. > > I timed it. > > Athlon 900, 512M ram, Mdk 9.0 > > OOo 31 sec. from cold to blank document > > Anne Well, you guys are probably a lot richer than me :o) my system: Pentium II 400 MHZ, 192 MB RAM. It's less than a whole minute only if i'm doing nothing else (i.e. there's nothing else fighting with OO over the CPU..) but it's still ~45 seconds. Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Out of Control?/Is Windows faster on same machine?
> > This is like saying that Linux is faster than Windows because Bluefish > loads faster than DreamWeaver. Put OOo on windows and do that > comparison. I am not saying "windows is faster than Linux". I'm saying "MS Office is faster then OpenOffice" and, yes, the Windows version of OO behaves pretty much like the Linux version... maybe just a bit faster... -- Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Out of Control?/Is Windows faster on same machine?
> > As I said, if you want to compare apples to apples, load OO ONCE on desktop > 2 and switch to it--that is what Windows is doing with MSO, or the nearest > achievable equivalent. Civileme, there are few to none occasions in which i can disagree with you or even judge your knowledge... you are simply above many of us, most of the time, but this is one of the subjects in which you sound a little ...wishful? In this machine of mine, i can load windows 98, and Office will take something like 2 seconds to start. True, most of the libs are already on memory. But then, i can also run Office thru wine on Linux (does Linux preload MS Office in memory?) and it takes about 5 to 10 seconds. (this includes the time needed to launch the wineserver, wine.bin processes, and then MS Office. OpenOffice.org 1.0 takes a full minute. Try it yourself. As you very correctly said, thare are some things for which Linux is faster, and some things for which Windows is faster. Now, MS Office is a VERY fast set of applications. Even if it's not pre-loaded (wine proves it). And OpenOffice.org is a VERY SLOW set of applications (regarding startup anyway. Normal operation does not differ almost) > I amazed people at a local Computer Renaissance when loading a copy of > Mandrake for a business customer. One of the CDs would not read on the > target machine (media vs drive error on a brand-new drive) so I used a > Mandrake Demonstrator there to burn a copy of the CD which would read. > While burning, I was printing the user manual I had prepared and also > showing someone how to connect to the internet using the machine and > MCC And then I burned a copy of another CD (showing how backing up > could be done). > > The store techs were floored. They had a hyped-up dual P4 running win2K > server and when they were burning they could not do anything else, and they > HAD to reset after burning or the next CD they burned would have only a > directory and no retrievable data. > > Civileme I have tried this also. In this one you are quite right, Linux 0wnz CD-burning and proper multitasking. :o) Damian --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Out of Control?/Is Windows faster on same machine?
> ehhh, no mater what, or so I have heard, win 9x to win me will NOT boot > with more than 512 megs ram. I can say that for sure with winME. > it is really the way the ram is used, as far as I know, that makes the > differences, that and the way it is tested by the kernal developers to > decide what really is the best optimization for the ram use. AFAIK, this is not entirely correct. I've known people running about 768 (or something like that).. oh, no, wait. It was 1G of RAM. The problem with it is that Win9X cannot use all of it. And also, any more than 512MB will only make the machine slower, as Win9x kernels have a memory managment so crippled that it can choke by maintaining "too many" process tables and memory pages. And no matter how many programs this guy loaded, memory usage was never above ~400 MB, and it would even freeze due to "lack of resources" without going any further. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Kylix 3 vs. MDK9
On Tuesday 25 de February 2003 23:43, Emerson de Mello wrote: > Hello All, > > I have a little and simple question. > > I'd like to know if the Kylix 3 works with MDK 9. > > Thanks, > > Emerson > BRAZIL Yup. Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 2.2.19-24mdk is DOA
> > In any case, the harddrive is new, the system memory is sound, the CPU is > > sound, the video card is sound (NVidia Ti4200). And what about the sound card? Any sound in there? Sorry, i know, stupid joke, you will probably want to beat me up for this, but i could not resist. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] supermount
> > That fits with my experience. Also, if you panic and umount it from c/l > you tend to upset it. Closing all, as you say, usually does it. One > variatioon on your experience is that it may open and immediately close > before you could possibly remove the disk. It then automatically mounts > the disk again, and you are back at square one until you've found what's > bugging it. I just make sure everything's closed, now. This is a bug in konq, and apparently, it's being worked out for MDK9.1, since i read a longish thread about it. The problem is quite simple: Konq likes to update the directories it's showing. for example, use konqueror to navigate to a directory, and then delete one file from a terminal. the directory view in konqueror gets updated almost immediately. When konqueror is showing the contents of a CD (or was showing is and therefore it's in the 'history') and you remove the CD, konq tries to see what changed, and this triggers the remount of the CD instantly. Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] supermount
Sorry for coming in late. > I seem to be able to mount /mnt/cdrom2 without a cd being in the > drive... Yes. once you have enabled supermount in the fstab, you have to call "mount /mnt/cdrom2" to actually activate it. >And from the moment that's done, it all seems to work... if I > insert a cd, its contents are correctly displayed, I can eject it > without unmounting, and I can replace the cd and it will detect that and > get its contents right again... Good. so it's working. > so that would mean I should just remove the "noauto" from fstab, and I > should be fine? "noauto" is a parameter that means that this drive is NOT included in the list when you tell the fstab to mount everything. for example, when you issue an "mount -a" (this means 'mount every drive listed in the fstab) drives with the "noauto" flag are skipped, and thus, say unmounted.. > Is that how it works? seems so. > Thanks > > Hans Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
> > it doesn't work for me :( > i put those lines at the end of my already-existing > ~/.Xdefaults, logged out and logged back into kde. but > i don't get anything other than the usual dull black > cursor with a white outline. using kde3.0.3, mdk9, > xfree 4.2.1. what could be wrong? i desparately want a > cool cursor! :-) > > - Will You need the latest release of X. Maybe you can get the SRPMS off Cooker and rebuild them for your machine. Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
> > Only thing I'm left wondering is what happened to the cute little mouse > arrow that previously > had a shadow and was much softer in appearance. Now it appears as the > regular old dull > cursor arrow. Whats up with that? :) I may be wrong, but AFAIK the "pretty" cursor was reported as a bug because it's dropshadow was confusing.. Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OT Will there be a tomorrow?(OFF LIST)
> > > > ..OH! That guy is going to kill his neighbour! Quick! Let's nuke them > > both right off the face of the earth! > > Whew, what an accurate characterization of current events. Stop being a > damn idiot. I'll stop being a damn idiot, sir, when you stop making arguable statements and insulting whoever dares to challenge you. Or, as you said in another post, "your American leadership". heh. > > Doing nothing is no answer. Trying to impose peace by force is no answer > > either. > > Tell it to the Jews and the English people. Anybody rooted in reality > is not going to buy the bullshit you are shoveling. You are damn right i can tell that to the English, pal. Ghandi freed his country from them without firing a single bullet. > > If i see two guys having a fist fight, i can try to stop them by > > getting in the middle, in which case i would probably get beat by both > > of them. > > Or you can get the cops to break them up (BY FORCE), at which point the > problem will be solved for awhile (LIKE IT WAS WITH KUWAIT AND IRAQ). And who is the world police? The US? > > I can try to make them calm down by talking to them, > > which is of course, useless. I can also sit and watch until it's over. > > It's your choice. Nations on middle-east are all populated by the > > same kind of people. Same origins, same look, same race. For > > some reason (religious, territorial, you name it) they have been > > killing each other for generations. Nothing will ever stop them from > > thinking their enemy is the enemy of their gods. Nothing will make > > them stop killing each other. > > How in the FUCK DO YOU KNOW? This country was founded on new ideas and I read the news, buddy. I study history. And i'm not wasting any more time on this. Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OT Will there be a tomorrow?
On Wednesday 29 January 2003 18:56, Robert Goshko wrote: > New flick, coming to a theatre of war soon: > >The Bush Administration > In Association With > The Other Bush Administration > Presents > > Gulf Wars__ > E P I S O D E I I > Clone Of The Attack > > See the full movie poster: > http://www.goshko.ca/downloads/jokes/pictures/episodeII.jpg > > ..on a side note, this just in, Frodo has failed: > http://www.goshko.ca/downloads/jokes/pictures/darklord.jpg GEEATT!!! :o) ROFL, nice pics! Right into my "funny shit" archive they go. Thanks! Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OT Will there be a tomorrow?
> > For the same reason however, I feel strongly that many people would die > needlessly by the hands of dictators and terrorist regimes if the US did > retract, similar to the deaths of those that have occurred already under ..OH! That guy is going to kill his neighbour! Quick! Let's nuke them both right off the face of the earth! > the stewardship of the UN in the region around and in Iraq by virtue of > the imaginary weapons of mass destruction that the liberals say don't > exist. In a nutshell, I think the withdrawal of the US from the > international scene would involve the deaths of entire populations of > people, since the UN and the EU are going to do the heroic thing and > stand by doing nothing, like they have for the last 12 years in response > to the Iraqi UN violations, for example. Doing nothing is no answer. Trying to impose peace by force is no answer either. If i see two guys having a fist fight, i can try to stop them by getting in the middle, in which case i would probably get beat by both of them. I can try to make them calm down by talking to them, which is of course, useless. I can also sit and watch until it's over. It's your choice. Nations on middle-east are all populated by the same kind of people. Same origins, same look, same race. For some reason (religious, territorial, you name it) they have been killing each other for generations. Nothing will ever stop them from thinking their enemy is the enemy of their gods. Nothing will make them stop killing each other. It's their way of life (way of death?) And right then, there goes the US, messing with them, thinking they can impose peace by way of war. Suit yourselves, guys. That's all i'm gonna say for now. Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OT Will there be a tomorrow?
> > Except when it comes to people that are not here, like the President of > the United States. Better to talk in insults about people when they > can't respond or see your emails directly, eh? ...Is Bush your uncle or something? -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OT Will there be a tomorrow?
On Wednesday 29 January 2003 05:44, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 22:49, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > > Sorry to bother you, but we were discussing whether there will be a > > future for MandrakeSoft. > > After tonight I wonder whether there will be a future for us all and > > the world as we know it. > > I listened to the US-Amercan president. > > I'm not religious, I wish I were. This madman and the options he has > > scare me to death. > > > > wobo > > I don't take kindly to my president being called a madman. Especially > when he is fighting a *real* madman that has slaughtered over 230,000 Ok, ok. Damaian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OT Will there be a tomorrow?
On Wednesday 29 January 2003 03:49, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > Sorry to bother you, but we were discussing whether there will be a > future for MandrakeSoft. Hard to see.. the future is. Always in motion it is impossible to see. > After tonight I wonder whether there will be a future for us all and > the world as we know it. > I listened to the US-Amercan president. Well, i'm already used to the way people reacts when i express my opinion on these matters... I usually shock or surprise more than one listener... but i have this belief that the world as we know it (meaning economic structure, country borders, tech, etc) will cease to exist (or at least mutate dramatically) somewhere in the next 200 to 300 years. My great-grandchildren are probably going to live to see it, unfortunately for them... The US-american president is just a symptom. If he were not to scare you, something else would. Personally, i don't give a rat's ass about him. But the world is scary these days anyway. It's the change. We weak, pathetic humans do not like change, and those of us who get troubled by these matters are starting to feel it in the water... to feel it in the earth... to smell it in the air. Much that now is, will be lost, for none will live who remember... > I'm not religious, I wish I were. No, wobo, you do not "wish" to be religious. You just wish there were nice and easy answers, just like religions are thought out to give. It would probably be very comforting to be able to believe "I don't care if tomorrow I get a nuke dropped right on my head. I know my soul will go to God." Well, I say i've got this one life, and i fscking wanna keep it because i don't know what comes next. As far as i know, there is no "next" and it would be illogical to assume there is. >This madman and the options he has > scare me to death. Personally, i hope he'll not be stupid enough to make the kind of decision we all fear. Let us hope. Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] MandrakeSoft back to daily business
On Tuesday 28 January 2003 17:13, Jim C wrote: > Uh... FUD? > What's FUD? > > > Support by contradicting any Red Hat FUD http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Hills/9267/fuddef.html Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.1b2 observation/opinioin
> I think 9.1b2 is looking good :) I think the default looks of kde3.1 (that's pretty much what 9.1 is going to ship with, right? I've got KDE3.1 RC5 here and it looks really close to Mandrake9.1b2 screenshots i've seen) are a bit too bright for my taste, but hey, if it was my call, there would be a lot of people going back to the brighter color scheme. You can't keep everyone happy on this matter, and i think these looks are a huge improvement over 9.0 or 8.2. just MHO. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] friggin test message
> > Damian, some of us (ME) don't like to be accussed of thinking (my landlord > forbids it as it makes the smoke alarms go off all over the neighborhood, > and the smell is awefull) > so just watch what you accuse me off... OK? OOps! Sorry et, Let's hope he doesn't find out. :o) Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] friggin test message
On Friday 17 January 2003 03:10, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > Mark; > That made it! > > But, the list has been really quiet! It's not you! shhh!!! Be quiet! We're thinking! :oP Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] rebuilding OO....
> Is anybody at Cooker sure that OO is working fine for small > fonts? Would you please check? > please ignore this last part. I just made a post to cooker myself about it. bye Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] rebuilding OO....
On Thursday 16 January 2003 05:43, James Sparenberg wrote: > Damian, > > Took a look at mine... Yep you are right on a number of font types I've > found that below 8 (or even at 8) I get nothing... Times was the only > one that went smaller. I suspect but I'm not sure that is because these > fonts don't go below 8. Not sure... > > James Actually James, this is a problem with XFT and OO not working together. It arises whenever you have an XFT package which is newer than the one shipped with 9.0. Is anybody at Cooker sure that OO is working fine for small fonts? Would you please check? thanks Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] There will be a good Mandrake Future?¡
> Actually, just plain math will do...at least here in Mexico we get > to learn that != moans "is different from" when in 9th or 10th > grade. > > Vox Well, make it "just plain mexican math will do" then :o) Over here, we are taught that "is different from" is symbolized with a striked-out " = " sign. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] rebuilding OO....
Hi. Some time ago i had the problem with fonts dissapearing from OO. I applied the usual workaround, and i can use it now, however my OO installation is unable to render text of size smaller than 8. Does anybody know if rebuilding the src.rpm for OO from Cooker will get rid of this problem and give me a fully-functional office suite once again? thanks! Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] There will be a good Mandrake Future?
> bankruptcy PROTECTION != bankrupt you mean "bankrupcy protection!" = "bankrupt" right? really, it is possible that not all of the readers on this list are C programmers.. when trying to state something meant to be obvious, please do not save yourself from the hassle to type "is different from" :o) Damian (always with the stupidest comment at his fingertips) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Making OpenOffice StarOffice (or other app) launch faster
On Wednesday 15 January 2003 19:03, Brent Hasty wrote: > I have multiple useres on my MDK 9 Terminal Server, running on thin > clients. I was wondering if there were a way to precash specific apps on > say a ram disk or other suitable method to improve the launch time of > common and often used apps like openoffice or staroffice. > > What are my options in linux to do somthing like this. http://ooqstart.sourceforge.net/ This applet provides a quick launcher for Open Office 641C+ or Star Office 6.0+. It attempts to mimic the functionality provided by the quickstarter tray icon on the other operating system supported by Open Office. The program attempts to keep a background process alive at all times, even if that process is terminated by the user. The four main applications: Writer, Calc, Draw, and Impress can be launched directly from the context menu of the applet. HTH Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] LICQ not working
> == > [ken@spooky ken]$ licq > 20:43:59: [WRN] Licq: Ignoring stale lockfile (pid 5754) > fcntl: Bad file descriptor > fcntl: Bad file descriptor > fcntl: Bad file descriptor > fcntl: Bad file descriptor > fcntl: Bad file descriptor > fcntl: Bad file descriptor "bad file descriptor"... :o? did you format your /home partition when reinstalling your system? If not, try rm -rf ~/.licq Also, if you go get the newest Licq, do not download a precompiled package, download the source and built it. HTH Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] LICQ not working
On Tuesday 14 January 2003 01:41, Ken Thompson wrote: > The subject sez it all. Both 9.0 and 9.1b1 will not let LICQ or LICQ(kde) > load and run.. Different systems entirely, funny thing is, it works on my > buddy's system with no trouble. > Also, it works on my Pentium II 400. It worked OK from 8.0 up untill 9.0 > too. Hmm, VIA chipsets again > If anyone knows how to make this durn thing work I'd be happy to know. It will be a lot of help if you can run licq from a console window and tell us what the error message is. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.1 beta screenshots please?
On Sunday 12 January 2003 22:30, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Sunday 12 January 2003 22:23, Azrael wrote: > > You can send me 'big massive ultra fat yummy-licious oh my god that > > image won't even fit onto a DVD.. and I haven't even got a dvd-burner' > > sized pics ;) > > OK, gimme some time to take a few:o) > Good Luck, > HarM Can you cc me? :o) thanks! (hope it's not too late!) bye Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] CUPS permission denied. -SOLVED
> I can't think of what else, except to look around at > www.linuxprinting.org or www.groups.google.com. FWIW, here is what was, > for me, the problematic tail of cupsd.conf, as is now working: Thanks for the example. i was adding the configuration lines in the wrong "group" ... That CUPS manual did a pretty good job confusing me. I've now solved my problem. Thanks again! Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] CUPS permission denied.
> I had such a problem in 9.0, after no problems since 7.1. One thing > that caused this is an initscripts security update, which was fixed by a > subsequent update. Some people had problems that were fixed by a new > foomatic. These are the current versions where CUPS works for me: > > initscripts-6.91-16.1mdk > foomatic-2.0.2-20021030.1.2mdk Thanks Rolf, i have already updated my packages accordingly, as well as edited the relevant config files. Still no luck.. i have no way to get to configure CUPS via localhost:631 in Mandrake9. Perahps i need a reboot? i have already restarted printing services and all.. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] CUPS permission denied.
Hi.
Does anybody know which file permissions i need to
change so CUPS let's me change my printer
settings? Currently i cannot do it ("permission denied"
even as root)
Thanks much.
Damian
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Re: [expert] I am in KDE HELL
El Dom 15 Dic 2002 21:25, James Sparenberg escribió: > On the installs I've done. 7 boxes supermount works fine, on my > laptop only am I having trouble. Seems that the supermount problems are > related to hardware, not a generality (BTW the other boxes I've put > it on don't have cdroms ) > > James James, several people have already said supermount's problems in 9.0 can be blamed on crappy hardware. I have seen this excuse several times already, but i just can't buy it. Mandrake 9.0 includes a kernel whose Supermount does not work in my box. This would be, according to the many people that say so, my crappy hardware's fault. But why does it work OK with 8.2, then? I would be more inclined to say "Mandrake 9's stock kernel has bugs that arise only on certain kinds of hardware" more than "it's a hardware related problem", as the latter gives the idea that the hardware is to blame, which it is not. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] xfs_support.
> > Modify mkinitrd not to look for xfs_support (and keep the old one around i wasn't aware about mkinitrd being a bash script! i just commented out the lines about xfs_support and xfs_dmapi > in case you want to switch to an older kernel that needs it). > DISCLAIMER: I didn't try 2.5.x, but 2.4.20 doesn't need and xfs_support > module. All newer implementations of XFS include all the code in xfs.o. This is supposed to reduce the overhead on the kernel. thanks for your help Luca. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How can i copy 8G to an NT machine and keep.....
El Sáb 30 Nov 2002 03:37, KevinO escribió: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Damian Gatabria wrote: > > current filesystems (and kernel) file size limit is 4TB (4096 gigs).. > > Not anymore, and not for some time. > > I have a 27 GB tar file on an ext3 filesystem on a Mandrake 8.0 system > running a (stock) SMP kernel. > > I believe the actual filesystem limit for the reiserfs currently shipping > is 16TB. > > I have a number of files (large mpegs) that are stored on a reiserfs > partition of a Mandrake 8.2 box. Many of them are over 5GB. > > - -- > KevinO > That is exactly what i'm saying, Kevin. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How can i copy 8G to an NT machine and keep.....
El Vie 29 Nov 2002 14:33, Tommy Wareing escribió: > On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 03:02:23PM +0100, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > > IMHO it may be a lack of available space in /tmp which makes the > > tar-process stop at 2G. > > It's a kernel/file system limit. > ?? current filesystems (and kernel) file size limit is 4TB (4096 gigs).. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] processes not stopping, but eating 100% cpu time
On Wed, 21 Aug 2002 20:50:28 + Joan Tur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Es Dimarts 20 Agost 2002 15:00, en Joan Tur va escriure: > > Es Dimarts 20 Agost 2002 15:42, en Holger Schurig va escriure: > > > > Open a console, su to root, start mc... and then kill the console > > > > without having shut down mc. That keeps mc loaded and eating 100% cpu > > > > cycles. Tryed under Mandrake 8.2 and Debian Woody... > > > > > > Strange, not on my system. I have a self-compiled KDE 3.0.2, so my > > > console is konsole... > > > > It happened in my Mandrake 8.1 and 8.2 boxes... but now I cannot reproduce > > it under 9 beta 3 (after having send my email!) O8-) > > > > I'll reboot to the 8.2 box to check for the packages' versions and will > > post them here... > Ejem... I haven't been able to reproduce the above problem under 8.2 either... > I promise I had that problem! > > I'll be watching for that problem and if it happens again I'll make you > know... O8-) it does happen, also it's not reproducible 100% of the times. i can do it with mc, mcedit, and vi. but i have to try several ways to get it done. i think if you start the xterm as user, su to root, then open mc, then open a different xterm and run killall xterm ( as user ) it should happen... but i'm not sure. ( running recently reinstalled ( after several --force --nodeps fuckups ) 8.2 ) Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] DMA problem
El Sáb 09 Mar 2002 15:07, escribió:
> Hello everibody, I get a problem with DMA and Mandrake 8.1
>
> dmesg show:
>
> /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0:hdc: timeout waiting for DMA
> hdc: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
>
> I believe that is a commom error from serie 8.x.
> When I mount some partition from the disk, transfer rate being at 1.1 Kbps
>
> Anyone can send me a way to fix this problem?
>
> If it is not a commmom problem and if it is not information enough, please
> contact me and I can send information about hdparm, complete dmesg,
> hardware instalation and configuration, bios settings, etc
>
> please I realy need help
>
> Thanks
i had exactly the same problem, but got no replies to my post,
looks like they got no answer for this one...
anyway it looked like this only happens with old HD's .. which one
are you using there? with me it was a quantum maverick 540 Mb. that
i use for backups...
Damian
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Re: [expert] open office or star office.
El Sáb 09 Mar 2002 11:00, escribió: > Hi, > > I wondering whether to use start office or open office. Can u guys tell me > which is better and the benefits of the one recomended over the other. > > Regards, > Hari Yellina. StarOffice is based upon OpenOffice, so they are a lot alike... i don't know if you can get the latest version of staroffice anymore since they put it out of their site. thus, the download version of openoffice is more updated and has a little better compatibility with MS's Office. in the other hand, openoffice takes ( at least for me ) a while longer to start, seems a bit slower, and has fewer options. if you can get StarOffice 6 beta version ( i guess it should still be available somehow somewhere ) i guggest you try that one out first. see ya Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Alert!!! HP is releasing a version of Mandrake Linux without GPL or source!
( breathe... ) that one got me scared... anyway is there something we are supposed to do when we see companies violating GPL? contact the autor for the software? kill the company mascot? anything like that? > On Thu, 7 Mar 2002 00:47:35 -0800 > > James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All, > > > > > >Here is comes. A release of Mandrake without GPL or Source. If you > > go to http://www.hp.com/security/products/linux/eval/ > > > > You will find a 60 day timed copy of the iso (only way provided) that is > > a FULL working version of Linux. No links are provided to source code > > for the GPL'd code anywhere. (see below for coment fromth the page.) > > If you had bothered to click the 'source code policy' link it takes you to > this page http://www.hp.com/security/products/linux/opensource/ > and you would have seen this. > > " source code policy > > Modifications to the Linux kernel related to HP Secure OS Software for > Linux are made available as source code. The Multi-Compartment Gateway > Agent (MCGA), the implementation of the secure administration model, the > lockdown mechanism, key parts of the auditing mechanism, and utilities for > managing containment are not released as source code. In general, HP > intellectual property that resides in the user space of the operating > system is not made available as source code. > > HP makes the sources to the following available with HP Secure OS Software > for Linux: > > * Modifications to the Linux kernel > * Dynamically loaded kernel modules (DLKMs) for containment and audit > * The audit daemon > > obtaining source code > Source code is provided with the product media, and as an added benefit to > the Linux community, HP provides the source code on its FTP site: > > ftp.hp.com/pub/security/hplx_source/" > > > I see nothing here that would violate GPL. > The source code for Any Mandrake pkgs, even if HP does not provide it, > would of course be available from Mandrake. > > > Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Alert!!! HP is releasing a version of Mandrake Linux without GPL or source!
El Jue 07 Mar 2002 05:47, escribió: > All, > > >Here is comes. A release of Mandrake without GPL or Source. If you go > to http://www.hp.com/security/products/linux/eval/ > > You will find a 60 day timed copy of the iso (only way provided) that is a > FULL working version of Linux. No links are provided to source code for > the GPL'd code anywhere. (see below for coment fromth the page.) > > ***snip > You can download HP Secure OS Software for Linux, with the following > restrictions: > > * You may evaluate the software for 60 days. > * You may not use the software in a production environment. > * Support is not provided for the evaluation software, but you can > utilize the IT resource center and the discussion forum. > > The software is provided as an ISO file. Download this file, use it to > create a CD, then follow the instructions in the product documentation. > > > ***endsnip > > Then once you download the iso and do as I did (mount it) go to the /user > directory you will see the following list > > bcast@ games@lib@ sbin@ tmp/ > bin@i586-mandrake-linux@ libexec@ share@ TRANS.TBL > etc@include@ local@src@X11R6@ > > Yep it's linux .. and Mandrake.. and I believe it also to be in > violation of the GPL... > > can anything be done? i mean... if they violate the gpl... ? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
