[expert] Where does devfs put newly connected devices? Was: Help with USB Camera/gphoto/mass storage problem in Mandrake 8.2

[David Joham]

H...

Digging further into the gphoto documentation I found that gphoto does
not support downloading from this camera. It can control the camera,
but not download from it. Weird. It looks as though that may be the
root cause of my USB problem...

Does anyone know where devfs puts a newly connected USB camera device?

David
 

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Re: [expert] Help with USB Camera/gphoto/mass storage problem in Mandrake 8.2

[David Joham]

Thanks, shutting off devfs seemed to do the trick. One question:

when you delete the files using your file manager or the command line,
does your camera realize that they're gone, or does it still think that
they're there. It seems like my camera insists they are still there
until I delete the pictures from the camera itself...

David

--- Chris Spackman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David Joham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm trying to get my new Olympus digital camera to work with
> Mandrake
> > 8.2 and I'm having some problems. I'm hoping someone can help me
> out.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > At this point, it looks like a USB problem rather than a gphoto
> > probelm.
> 
> [snip]
>  
> > At this point, I'm clueless as to what to do next. I've tried this
> on
> > two separate computers with the same results. One computer had a
> > "recommended" install while the other had an "expert" install with
> just
> > about everything under the sun installed. I'm new to USB (this
> being my
> > first USB device) and also to gphoto2 so if there is an obvious
> > solution, please be kind :)
> 
> [snip]
> 
> 
> I get that `missing mass storage driver' message too, but it doesn't
> seem to matter.
> 
> Do you have to use gphoto2? Would you be adverse to merely mounting
> your camera as a usb storage device and copying pictures from it to
> the hard drive? Sorry, but i cannot help with gphoto2.
> 
> It looks like you are using devfs. Have you tried without it? Maybe
> someone knows an easy way to find where devfs puts newly mounted usb
> storage devices, but i could never figure it out so i dumped
> devfs. Under the traditional dev system, my digital camera is
> /dev/sda1. The fstab entry looks like this:
> 
> /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera vfat
> iocharset=iso8859-1,ro,nosuid,noauto,user,nodev 0 0
> 
> so,
> 
> mount /mnt/camera 
> cp /mnt/camera/blah/*jpg ./
> 
> is all you need.
> 
> -- 
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> 
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> 
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[expert] Help with USB Camera/gphoto/mass storage problem in Mandrake 8.2

[David Joham]

Hello,

I'm trying to get my new Olympus digital camera to work with Mandrake
8.2 and I'm having some problems. I'm hoping someone can help me out.

The camera connects to the computer using USB. When I run the gphoto2
command:

gphoto2 --port usb: --auto-detect

I get the following results:

Model  Port
--
Olympus C-2040Zusb:


The Camera's case says it is a D-40ZOOM but I'm assuming the firmware
on
this camera and the C-2040Z is the same. According to
http://www.gphoto.org/cameras.html, the Olympus C-2040Z is supported by
gphoto2.

Following the tutorial at http://www.gphoto.org/gphoto2/cli.html, I
next
try to run the following command to see the folders on the camera:

gphoto2 --camera "Olympus C-2040Z" --port "usb:" --list-folders

However, at this point, I get the following error:

*** Error ***
An error occurred in the io-library ('Could not claim the USB device'):
Could not claim interface 0 (Device or resource busy). Make sure no
other program or kernel module (i.e. dc2xx) is using the device and you
have read/write access to the device.
*** Error ('Could not claim the USB device') ***

The error goes on telling you to run the command with a --debug option.
When I do, I get the following result:

cli: checking "--debug":

cli: checking "--camera":

cli: checking "--port":

cli: checking "--list-folders":

cli: ALWAYS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING LINE WHEN SENDING DEBUG MESSAGES TO
THE MAILING LIST:
cli: gphoto2 2.0: Turning on debug mode
cli: Setting port to usb:
cli: Setting camera model to Olympus C-2040Z
cli: Setting globals...
gphoto2-filesystem(2): Internally appending folder /...
gphoto2-port(2): Creating new device...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Loading camera libraries in
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Note that failing to load *.a and *.la is
NOT an error!
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_ricoh.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_sony_dscf1.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_jd11.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_directory.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_dimera3500.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_jamcam.so'...
jamcam/jamcam.c(2): * camera_id
jamcam/jamcam.c(2): * camera_abilities
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_panasonic_coolshot.so'...
coolshot/coolshot.c(2): * camera_id
coolshot/coolshot.c(2): * camera_abilities
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_sierra.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_kodak_dc120.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_ptp.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_kodak_dc240.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_kodak_dc3200.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_konica.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_sony_dscf55.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_barbie.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_panasonic_dc1000.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_panasonic_l859.so'...
l859/l859.c(2): Camera ID
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_stv0680.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_panasonic_dc1580.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_dimagev.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_samsung.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_polaroid_pdc320.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_digita.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_agfa.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_casio_qv.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_polaroid_pdc640.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_polaroid_pdc700.so'...
gphoto2-abilities-list(2): Trying to load
'/usr/lib/gphoto2/2.0/libgphoto2_canon.so'...
canon/library.c(2): camera_id()
canon/library.c(2): camera_abilities()
gp-port-info-list(2): Loading io-drivers from
'/usr/lib/gphoto2_port/0.0.4'...
gphoto2-port-serial(2): Trying to lock '/dev/tts/0'...
gphoto2-port-serial(2): Trying to lock '/dev/tts/1'...
gphoto2-port-serial(2): Trying to lock '/dev/tts/2'...
gphoto

RE: [expert] How about a security fix?

[David Joham]

You can find all the info about the security advisory you would ever want here:

http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-03-14-009-26-SC-MD

David

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From: Praedor Tempus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 12:10 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] How about a security fix?


On Thursday 14 March 2002 01:48 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Praedor Tempus wrote:
> > So...when is Mandrake going to release a security fix for zlib?  All it
> > needs to be is a mandrake zlib-1.1.4 rpm.  When is one forthcoming?  I do
> > NOT want to install a tarball of the lib, this dicks up dependencies
> > (using tarballs instead of rpms) for such a widely used lib.
>
> The fixes are already available. Make sure that you do the "Update
> Lists" if you're using MandrakeUpdate.

Screwit.  I blew off MandrakeUpdate (which doesn't appear to want to show me 
zlib anything no matter what I do) and downloaded zlib1-1.1.3-16.1mdk from 
rpmfind.  I hope that's the one.

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RE: [expert] qt3+kdelibs+kdebase comping time?

[David Joham]

QT and KDELIBS are among the largest. KDEBase if pretty large, too. After that, things 
are so bad. On my Athlon 1.1Gig with a ton of Memory, I can compile all of what I need 
from KDE in about 6 hours.

HTH

David

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Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 5:17 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] qt3+kdelibs+kdebase comping time?


Any one compiled qt3 + kdeblibs + kdebase  beta2 from source?
I am trying to do this but it took me 2 days for qt3 + kdelibs to be 
completed on a pen3 600Mhz, 128RAM, 256MB swap.

How about kdebase, kdenetworks, kdevelop and others? How long does do 
they take?

Many thanks

Vu Hung

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expert@linux-mandrake.com

[David Joham]

1) setting paths

In my .bashrc file, I set my path to include my jdk before anything else. I do this 
with the following line:

export PATH=/home/davidj/installs/java/jdk1.3.1/bin:$PATH

The :$PATH tells bash to put whatever is in the PATH environment variable there, so I 
don't loose what's already there.

If you need this to be more global, you can play around with the global settings for 
paths in /etc/profile if I recall correctly.

2) modifying /usr/bin/java

Go ahead and change it, but remember backups are your friends :)



David

-Original Message-
From: H.J.Bathoorn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 5:01 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] Java&Kaffe&Java&jre


On Tuesday 05 March 2002 00:35, you wrote:
> Make sure when you set your $PATH, the path to the SUN JRE/JDK is before
> anything /usr/bin and that should get you going.
>
> Alternatively, you could create your own symlink in /usr/bin to the SUN
> JRE/JDK.
>
> HTH
>
> David
>
>

Yes, it had crossed my mind but: How do I go about setting a new $PATH before 
 the old ones (that is without deleting them).

The alternate symlink also 'flew by', that is: /usr/bin/java is not a link 
but a shell script that executes Kaffe. I could change it to execute JDK 
(that would be /usr/java/jdk.xx.xx-x/bin/java in my case I suppose) but I 
just am being cautious there in 'terra incognita'. If I don't really know 
what I'm doing I probably won't be able to undo things if they turn sour.
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[David Joham]

Make sure when you set your $PATH, the path to the SUN JRE/JDK is before anything 
/usr/bin and that should get you going. 

Alternatively, you could create your own symlink in /usr/bin to the SUN JRE/JDK.

HTH

David

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From: H.J.Bathoorn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 4:24 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] Java&Kaffe&Java&jre


Hello all,

I'm just short of starting to chew on my keyboard, so please give a few 
pointers.
I'm trying to run Arkanea (the game) and Visual Route as well. 
Both don't run due to problems with Kaffe (just doesn't cut it yet).
If I de-install Kaffe and install the whole Sun java-shebang, I lose 
/usr/bin/java and get nowhere. Setting the $PATH keeps sending me back to 
Kaffe no matter what.
My first steps on java, so I'm fairly sure I'm missing something obvious:-P
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RE: [expert] Shockwave flash annoyance

[David Joham]

Does it work in Netscape?
Does realplayer work in Konqueror?
Do you have Lesstif installed?

David

-Original Message-
From: Praedor Tempus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 2:30 PM
To: Mandrake Expert
Subject: [expert] Shockwave flash annoyance


What does it take to make this work?  I have the latest plugin
installed, it 
is properly associated with the proper suffixes, the netscrape plugin
finder 
properly found it, it resides exactly where it is supposed to, yet most
of 
the time that I open up a page that has shockwave garbage embedded in it
I 
get to see a slew of those annoying, system-slowing Macromedia shockwave

download pages popping up.  

I already have it installed so why doesn't my konqueror "do it right"
and 
work with the _correct_ plugin?  I did not goof everything up by
installing 
realplayer so the association is not wrecked.  What does it take to make

shockwave work?  I mean, it even does this on a LINUX PAGE! 
(http://linuxtoday.com)

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RE: [expert] extension RENDER

[David Joham]

render is the XFree 4.x extension for doing anti-aliased text, among
other things. Support for this is built into the QT toolkit, and it
gives you an error if it is not there. 

There's not harm in the error message and as a result of the extension
not being there, QT just reverts back to the old way of font handling.
In your case, the "old way" is the only way since you're not using 4.x

The only way I can think of to possibly get rid of the error is to
recompile QT yourself and take the render extension out. I would assume
there is a flag to do this and once done, the error message would go
away.

David

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Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 2:22 PM
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Subject: [expert] extenstion RENDER


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started 
at the console. Im using xfree86 3.3.6 (4.1/2 gives me mouse problems)
with a 
trident cyberblade. Is there a file missing/config option to fix this?

Thanks

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RE: [expert] Apache Startup

[David Joham]

I'm not sure, but try /var/www/html/index.html

David

-Original Message-
From: Daryl Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 8:43 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] Apache Startup


Um, when you set apache running and browse in using your ip no, a 
wonderful startup screen shows saying Welcome To  and 
prints out lots of detail about Apache and Mandrake etc.

Well, I was wondering, what's the address (ie the path) of that file, 
perchance...?

regards

Daryl

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RE: [expert] WineX (transgaming) and 8.1

[David Joham]

I haven't tried 1.02, but I have tried 1.03 with good success. I don't
have a libMFC42.so either, so maybe that's a change between versions.

Can you remove 1.02 and install 1.03? When you do, you *should* get lots
of stuff in /usr/lib/transgaming 

It should also create a .transgaming directory in your home directory.
In that directory, will be the configuration file and a c_drive
directory.

Are you sure there aren't zombie processes of wineserver running on your
machine slowing it down? Try shutting down X and starting back up. Does
that help?

I'll send you privately a little Delphi application that I wrote for you
to test with. It works "out of the box" on my system (over remote X to
boot) and we'll see what happens on yours.

Best regards,

David

-Original Message-
From: Praedor Tempus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 2:18 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] WineX (transgaming) and 8.1


On Thursday 07 February 2002 01:43 pm, David Joham wrote:
> With all due respect, instead of arbitrary complaints, perhaps a "I
> tried this and it didn't work-any suggestions?" Email might be more
> constructive :)
>
> Unless you were just venting. In that case, I understand.

I'm venting.  What I am trying to accomplish is to simply get it to
work, 
period.  

I install it, run winex, and it doesn't do anything - OK, it DOES create
a 
config file in my .transgaming directory but it does NOT create a fake 
c:\windows drive and it apparently doesn't install a critical library
that it 
needs to run:  libMFC42.so.  

Doing a search on my system and there is NO libMFC42 anywhere.  This is
a 
very winex-specific file but it apparently didn't install it?  Or if it
did, 
it doesn't know where it stuck its own file?  THIS pisses me off.   

Finally, there is a winesetup binary in the
/usr/lib/transgaming/winex/bin 
directory.  Running this app produces a tk window similar to something
you'd 
see with codeweavers.  It doesn't do anything but error out because it
cannot 
find yet another file that it should have installed itself (otherwise
why 
include this  binary in the first place?).

All this together is frustrating me to the point of yelling.  I paid 
Transgaming money and have tried to use their winex several times over
the 
months and there is apparently no change at all in the result.  There is

absolutely NO documentation.  No instructions.  Nothing.  There isn't
even 
anything useful in regards to my problems on their website under the
various 
"Support" headings.  I looked.  

Where is libMFC42 and why can't it find it?  It is a winex file!  I
didn't do 
anything wierd, just installed the rpm.  Why didn't it create a fake 
c:\windows directory or, barring that, why isn't there any documentation
or 
instructions on creating all this oneself?  

There.  

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RE: [expert] WineX (transgaming) and 8.1

[David Joham]

With all due respect, instead of arbitrary complaints, perhaps a "I
tried this and it didn't work-any suggestions?" Email might be more
constructive :)

Unless you were just venting. In that case, I understand.

My experience with winex has been very good. It doesn't need much
configuration because it tries to guess all of the configuration itself,
for better or worse. Maybe I got lucky.

What are you trying to accomplish?

David

-Original Message-
From: Praedor Tempus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 1:12 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] WineX (transgaming) and 8.1


On Thursday 07 February 2002 12:45 pm, Praedor Tempus wrote:
> I installed WineX 1.0-2 on my system and it doesn't work at all.
NOTHING
> will run from it.  Not notepad, not IE, not wordpad, nothing.  All it
does
> is tickle the harddrive for an instant and then nothing.

Boy, months of work and the Transgaming winex is still THE most 
difficult-to-use wine version on the planet.  Codeweavers?  Works right
out 
of the chocks.  WineHQ standard wine?  Works like a champ, no muss, no
fuss.  
Transgaming winex?  NO documentation, NO help, nothing.  It doesn't have
a 
configuration app ala codeweavers though it has a broken link to such an
app. 
 It doesn't explain anything about use requirements, command syntax.

I have a winex binary that doesn't do squat.  This is a broken design.
I 
tried it months ago, paid my membership fee, etc, and it stank then and
it 
hasn't improved one iota since.  

Mandrake, if you are going to be in bed with these guys how about some 
documentation or a setup tool to make it work?

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RE: [expert] Codeweavers crossover plugin...how to get it working?

[David Joham]

Hello,

aRts is doing the best it can with the silly limitation of only one
application able to access the sound driver at a time using the OSS
drivers. 

Here's a page that will hopefully help you out. Best of luck!

http://www.arts-project.org/doc/handbook/faq-non-arts.html


Best regards,

David

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From: Praedor Tempus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 5:55 PM
To: Mandrake Expert
Subject: [expert] Codeweavers crossover plugin...how to get it working?


I downloaded and installed the crossover plugin.  The only problem I am 
having is no sound.  The only plugin I installed was the Quicktime
plugin.  
It starts OK but there is no sound whatsoever.

Please don't tell me it wont play properly with the retarded arts?

Please?

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RE: [expert] missing package

[David Joham]

It's part of ALSA. 

http://www.google.com/search?q=asoundlib.h

gives you lots of information. There may not be a package for it, but
you should be able to cobble up the sources to be able to do what you're
trying to accomplish...

David

-Original Message-
From: Bill Kenworthy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 4:40 PM
To: Expert List
Subject: Re: [expert] missing package


Nope, not for me in this case!

BillK

On Sat, 2002-02-02 at 07:08, H.McM wrote:
> cant tell you, but if you just enter the file name into rpmfind, it
will return the package name
> 
> (thats rpmfind.net)
> 
> > Can someone tell me what package contains "sys/asoundlib.h".  It was
on
> > my old 7.2 system, but not on 8.1.  Need it for an rpm rebuild.
> > 
> > BillK
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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> SanitizeFile (filename="unnamed.txt", mimetype="text/plain"):
>   Match (rule="2"):
> Enforced policy: accept
> 
>   Part (pos="3028"):
> SanitizeFile (filename="message.footer", mimetype="text/plain"):
>   Match (rule="default"):
> Enforced policy: defang
> 
>   Replaced mime type with: application/DEFANGED-0
>   Replaced file name with: message_footer.DEFANGED-0
> 
>   Total modifications so far: 1
> 
> 
> Anomy 0.0.0 : Sanitizer.pm
> $Id: Sanitizer.pm,v 1.32 2001/10/11 19:27:15 bre Exp $






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RE: [expert] 8.1 install and aftermath

[David Joham]

<>

Huh?

Zope is an application server. Quanta is a text editor. Your statement
doesn't make any sense. Would you please elaborate?

Thanks

David




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RE: [expert] Java Developement Kit

[David Joham]

Did you download the RPM version? I usually install the tar.gz version
since I need multiple JDK's on my system.

What happens when you just execute the bin file from a command prompt?

David

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 10:08 AM
To: expert; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] Java Developement Kit


Hi,
I would like to be able to use the JDK1.3.1_02 or any JDK on my
Mandrake.
I tried to install it but I couldn't cause the extension was rpm.bin
Can anyone tell me what to do.
Thanks a lot in advance






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RE: [expert] Mozilla problems and Opera6

[David Joham]

What happens when you download the latest flash version from Macromedia
and overwrite the two flash files in your directory with the ones that
ship with that product?

David

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 11:24 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] Mozilla problems and Opera6


I have the next error using Mozilla:

[francisco@MU1-1A-u-0534 francisco]$ mozilla
ProfileManager : CreateNewProfileWithLocales
Profile Name: default
Profile Dir: /home/francisco/.mozilla
LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library
/usr/lib/netscape/plugins/Shockw
aveFlash.class [/usr/lib/netscape/plugins/ShockwaveFlash.class: cabecera
ELF inv
álida]

The last line means: header ELF not valid.

Perhaps it is due to that I can't open my webmail site with mozilla:
http://www.onobox.com

What mus I do to solve the problem?

BTW; Opera 6 runs fine; try it, it worth ^_^

Thanks a lot in advance.

Francisco Alcaraz
Murcia (Spain)





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RE: [expert] LM 8.1 on Toshiba satellite pro 430cds

[David Joham]

Hi,

I missed the first part of the thread on the Mandrake Expert list. What
problem are you having with your Toshiba?

On my Toshiba (the exact same model with 48M RAM), the Mandrake install
dies when trying to create the RAMDISK right after the second stage
install. It does this both with 8.0 and 8.1 with an error message that
says there's not enough memory. However, I've managed to install
Mandrake before on machines with even less memory, so I'm not really
sure what's going on.

If you do figure this out, I would love to know what it takes to get
Mandrake running on this machine.

Best regards,

David



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RE: [expert] Kaffe - is this a JavaVM or not?

[David Joham]

Kaffe is a GPL (I think) JVM. As such, Mandrake can freely distribute it
with they're downloadable ISO. However, in my experience, Kaffe is
rather limited in what it can do. I don't think its even a 1.2 compliant
JVM yet.

You would be best served to download the JDK or the JRE from SUN or IBM
and install it. Konqueror should then be able to load and use just about
any applet on the web. 

Best regards,

David

-Original Message-
From: Gniazdowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 4:35 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] Kaffe - is this a JavaVM or not?


Hi.

- konqueror cant load applet,
- galeon/mozilla need java-plugin (and sun jre),
- soffice need sun jre.
- etc etc...

So tell me -  what for integrate Kaffe with MDK8.1, if it _cant_ fulfil
its 
task?

Or, if Kaffe _can_ do its job, why Mandrake.com didnt integrate it
correct, 
so Konqueror can use it?

Simply - kaffe works - ok, let it stay, or implement correct.
If not - just leave it, and let me download sun`s jre.

Best regards Refuse.




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RE: [expert] Please help me get rid of windoze!

[David Joham]

Are you sure your resolution in X is supported by your projector?
1024X768 is about as high as most go. If you're trying to do more than
that, you can get the results you're seeing. 

The fact that you're getting a blank screen tells me things are
switching as they should, but something is up on your projector. You may
also want to try plugging things into a monitor for testing. Once things
work there, then move to the projector.

Best regards,

David

-Original Message-
From: ajax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 12:49 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] Please help me get rid of windoze!


Thanks everyone for the quick responses!

I didn't think to use the fn key previousley.  On windows it
automatically 
displays on both screens.  Now that I have tried it in windows the Fn-f7
key 
toggles between lcd, external monitor, to both.
On my bootmagic screen it toggles between external monitor and lcd (it
seems 
like its trying to do both at one point but only the lcd displays.
When I boot into linux it toggles between lcd and external monitor as
above.
In X it toggles between the lcd and a blank screen.
Is there anything I need to change in my XF8gConfig-4 file?
Am I right to assume that some of you have output to both the external 
monitor and lcd at the same time?
Anyone get the TV out to work?




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RE: [expert] Please help me get rid of windoze!

[David Joham]

I don't know about the IBM, but in every laptop I've ever had it a
simple matter of hitting the keys that told the hardware to switch to
the external monitor. It worked in Windows just the same as in Linux. In
one case, I did have to add a line to my XF86Config file to allow this,
but that was it.

What happens when you try this?

David

-Original Message-
From: ajax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 11:09 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] Please help me get rid of windoze!



I've asked this question in a few places with no takers so I thought
that I'd
take it to the experts.  I need to do a presentation at school.  I
thought I
could use open office or kpresenter.  The problem is I need to get the
external out and tv out working on my laptop.  This presentation will
probably be using a projector so I believe getting the external monitor
to
work is more important.  I have an ibm a21p with the ati m3 16mb video
card.
Any ideas?
Please save me from M$!!
Otherwise I don't need M$ very much.  The spreadsheet program of open
office
isn't yet up to excel but Matlab runs on Linux so I can do all of my
calculations there.





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RE: [expert] What's wrong with linux flash vs this site?

[David Joham]

For what it's worth, it works on my 8.1 machine (upgraded from 8.0) as
well.

David



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RE: [expert] Kylix can not connect to MySQL ?

[David Joham]

I would be cautious about doing this if you are creating an application
for real distribution until I found out why Borland made the choice that
they did. There may actually be a good reason. 

David

-Original Message-
From: Mark D'voo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 11:16 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] Kylix can not connect to MySQL ?


i would just make a symlink to the version you need to the version you
have
ln -s libmysqlclient.so.version.you.have libmysqlclient.so.6.0.0



On Friday 19 October 2001 11:05 am, you wrote:
> I may be wrong about this (haven't tried Kylix with MySQL) but if I
> remember correctly, Borland choose to link their dbExpress engine for
> MySQL to an older version of the MySQL client. Mandrake 8.1 probably
> doesn't include this client, since they generally will ship the later
> client.
>
> Borland, for some reason, doesn't let you link to any other version
> other than the one they want you to link with. There has to be a good
> reason, but I sure don't have any idea what it would be other than
they
> know it works.
>
> My suggestion to you would be to go out on the net and find a copy of
> that version of the lib and install it. That should probably work. You
> might also have better luck going to the kylix newsgroup at Borland's
> site. Just lurking there in the past has helped me overcome a few
> issues.
>
> Best regards,
>
> David
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Ilham Firdaus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 2:08 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [expert] Kylix can not connect to MySQL ?
>
>
> Anybody would be so kind to help me solving this problem...?
>
> I am developing a database application with Kylix and MySQL... I am
> using
> these objects : SQLDataSet and SQLConnect... I have completed the
> parameters but each time I wanted to connect, I found this error
> message
> "Unable to load libmysqlclient.so.6.0.0". How can it happen ?
>
> Is it about the driver? What should I do ? Please help me
>
> Thanks in advance




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RE: [expert] Kylix can not connect to MySQL ?

[David Joham]

I may be wrong about this (haven't tried Kylix with MySQL) but if I
remember correctly, Borland choose to link their dbExpress engine for
MySQL to an older version of the MySQL client. Mandrake 8.1 probably
doesn't include this client, since they generally will ship the later
client.

Borland, for some reason, doesn't let you link to any other version
other than the one they want you to link with. There has to be a good
reason, but I sure don't have any idea what it would be other than they
know it works.

My suggestion to you would be to go out on the net and find a copy of
that version of the lib and install it. That should probably work. You
might also have better luck going to the kylix newsgroup at Borland's
site. Just lurking there in the past has helped me overcome a few
issues.

Best regards,

David

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From: Ilham Firdaus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 2:08 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] Kylix can not connect to MySQL ?


Anybody would be so kind to help me solving this problem...?

I am developing a database application with Kylix and MySQL... I am
using
these objects : SQLDataSet and SQLConnect... I have completed the
parameters but each time I wanted to connect, I found this error
message
"Unable to load libmysqlclient.so.6.0.0". How can it happen ?

Is it about the driver? What should I do ? Please help me

Thanks in advance




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RE: [expert] export DISPLAY via ssh

[David Joham]

SSH should set up the X forwarding for you without you having to do
anything. Assuming there is X on that Mandrake box, go into your local
and remote ssh configuration files and enable X forwarding. That should
do it for you.

David

-Original Message-
From: Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 12:34 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] export DISPLAY via ssh


Hi People,

We use MDK and RedHat here.  If I ssh to a RedHat machine I can
export xterm for example, but if I ssh to a MDK machine I got this
error:
channel 0: istate 4 != open
channel 0: ostate 64 != open
X connection to my.MDk.linuxbox:10.0 broken (explicit kill or server
shutdown).

Any idea?

Thanks in advance.

-- 
---
Alan Wilter S. da Silva
---
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  Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho
   Universidade do Brasil/UFRJ
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil





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RE: [expert] Accessing vfat partition

[David Joham]

If it worked for you, it should work for your group as well, shouldn't
it?

Set the default group to vfatusers

Make you and your wife members of that group

Does this work?

What about setting the permissions to 777 in linuxconf?

David

-Original Message-
From: Joseph Braddock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 12:51 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] Accessing vfat partition


That helped some.  By changing the group still caused the problem.  But,
if I 
change the ownership to my id, then it works like expected.  This is
only a 
partial solution, though, because my wife will still get the problem.

Where it becomes a real pain is that Star Office hangs when trying to
save.  
The best I can tell is it detects the error, but doesn't know what to do
with 
it.  It does save the file though, but you have to kill SO.  KOffice
apps and 
Konquerer display the error message (and they, too, actually save the
file).

The current workaround I have is to go into Konquerer and go to the
proper 
folder.  Right click and create a file (any type will work) with the
name of 
the document you want to save from SO.  Close the error dialog that is 
displayed.  Go back to SO and save the document.  A dialog is presented
that 
says the file already exists.  I tell it to overwrite and all is well -
i.e. 
no error about permissions is displayed.

Joe


On Monday 24 September 2001 01:24 pm, you wrote:
> I don't have the capability of testing this at the moment, but this
> should work for you...
>
> In linuxconf, bring up File Systems->Access Local Drive
>
> Double click on your vfat partition and select the Dos Options tab.
>
> Here you can set the default group, userID and permissions.
>
> If you play with these options (I would start with the permissions)
and
> perhaps your own group memberships, I'll bet you can get it to work.
>
> Good luck!
>
> David
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Joseph Braddock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 12:21 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [expert] Accessing vfat partition
>
>
> I have my pc set to dual boot between Mandrake 8 and Windows 98.  That
> all
> works fine.  My problem is in accessing the vfat partition for
Windows.
> I
> can open/edit/delete any files on the partition, but when I try to
> create
> one, I get an error about not being able to change the ownership of
the
> file.
>
> I tried creating a group called win_c and added guid=win_c in the
fstab
> for
> the particular partition and I added my id as a member of win_c.  Upon
> rebooting,  root is listed as the owner and win_c is the group for all
> of the
> files on win_c.  So far, so good, or so I thought, but I still get the
> error.
>
> The best I can tell is that when Linux boots, and mounts win_c, it
does
> so as
> root and root becomes the owner.  I'm guessing that a vfat partition
> doesn't
> allow for actual ownership, so Linux substitutes the owner from when
the
>
> partition was mounted.
>
> You may wonder why I need to create files on the windows partition,
but
> it's
> quite simple.  My kids use the windows partition for games.  I have
Star
>
> Office loaded on both Linux and Windows.  That way, I can quickly
access
> my
> data files regardless of what OS is running.  I store the documents on
> the
> Windows partition (since Windows can't read anything else) and  I
don't
> really want to store them in two places.
>
> In short, I guess what I'm asking is how to get the vfat partition to
> recognize the logged in user as the user/owner of the files (so it
> doesn't
> try to change ownership).
>
> TIA,
>
> Joe




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RE: [expert] Windows fonts with Mandrake 8.0?

[David Joham]

Let's see if DrakFont even installed them at all.

DrakFont put my Windows fonts in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/

To find these fonts, I logged in as root and did an "updatedb" from the
command line and then did a "locate arial.ttf"

Did DrakFont at least do this?

David

-Original Message-
From: David Guntner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 9:25 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] Windows fonts with Mandrake 8.0?


Vincent Danen grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
> 
> Have you tried restarting xfs?
> 
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart
> 
> xfs is the X Font Server.  Might help.

I was running a tail of my syslog at the time, and drakfont apparently 
kicked the Font Server when it thought it had installed the fonts.  I
saw a 
"Font Server Restarted" message appear there.  I tried your above 
suggestion after reading it, though.  No effect.  The fonts which it 
supposedly installed for me are still invisible to me

  --Dave

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RE: [expert] Windows fonts with Mandrake 8.0?

[David Joham]

I've had problems with DrakFont never finishing an import of fonts,
although that doesn't seem to be what you're seeing.

Try going into a KDE editor and seeing if the font shows up. DrakFont
may be caching its font list. If the font does show up, well then your
on your way. If not, I would scan the net for HOWTOs on installing fonts
the "real" way rather than through DrakFont.

HTH

David


-Original Message-
From: David Guntner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 2:34 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [expert] Windows fonts with Mandrake 8.0?


David Joham grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure you're supposed to pick the fonts you want when you are
in
> DrakFont. I always just browse to the directory where the ttf files
are
> and then hit OK. After that, I get another dialog window that allows
me
> to finish the process.

Ah, ok.  I tried that, and - er - I *think* it worked. :-)  I hit ok as
you 
suggested, and then it gave me a list of font files.  I selected
arial.ttf 
and clicked on "Install selected fonts."  I then selected "Strong 
Verification."  It said it installed it, but the font doesn't show up on
my 
list of fonts in the DrakFont window.  I tried it again with "Normal"
and 
again it seemed to install, but it still doesn't show up.  I even exited

the program and restarted, but it's not showing up.  Any ideas?  Do I
need 
to restart X to get the installed fonts to register?  Something else
that 
I'm missing?

Thanks for the reply!

   --Dave

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RE: [expert] Windows fonts with Mandrake 8.0?

[David Joham]

I'm not sure you're supposed to pick the fonts you want when you are in
DrakFont. I always just browse to the directory where the ttf files are
and then hit OK. After that, I get another dialog window that allows me
to finish the process.

HTH

David

-Original Message-
From: David Guntner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 1:45 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] Windows fonts with Mandrake 8.0?


Hi,

I'm using drakfont to examine the fonts that I have available to me. If
I 
click on "Get Windows fonts", it complains that there's no Windows 
partition on my machine - which, strictly speaking, is true.  It tells
me 
to use 'Add fonts" instead.  Now, I *do* have a Windows 98 machine
running 
on my little home network here, and its C: drive is mounted on the Linux

machine as /mnt/c.  I can cd to /mnt/c/windows/fonts just fine and look
at 
the files, etc.  However, if I use "Add fonts" and work my way over to
that 
directory, any font file that I try to click on doesn't get selected,
and 
if I manually type the font file name into the "Selection:" box and
click 
ok, I get an error message.  It doesn't bother to tell me what the
problem 
is, it just say "Error while opening '/mnt/c/WINDOWS/FONTS/arial.tif'
(as 
an example).

So, two questions here:  One, is there any way that I can fool drakfont 
into using /mnt/c/windows/fonts as a Windows Font directory, so that
"Get 
Windows fonts" will work?  And two, is there any way to clear up
whatever 
the error is when I try to select a font manually?

  --Dave

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RE: [expert] Samba being very unruly - Access denied

[David Joham]

Do you have encrypt passwords on?

David

-Original Message-
From: Marchetti, Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 7:20 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: [expert] Samba being very unruly - Access denied


Building Mandrake 8 server and trying to Get samba working:

When I try a net view \\server_name from a W2K box it returns:

System error 5 has occured.

Access is denied.

This is the smb.conf file I am using:

[global]
  workgroup = MVI  #MVI is my NT domain name
  hosts allow = all
  browseable = yes
  guest account = guest

[www] 
  comment = Root directory for hosted websites
  path = /var/www
  valid users = bob fred george #Names have been changed to
protect
the innocent.  All are valid users
  public = no
  writable = yes


ANyone have any ideas?




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RE: [expert] eject zip disk in KDE --Not from command line

[David Joham]

If you are using Mandrake, just pressing the eject button should eject
the disk. Does it not do this?
 
If you do need to write a script, the command (if I recall correctly)
would just be "eject zip"
 
Good luck
 
David

-Original Message-
From: George Jones (IT) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 2:34 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [expert] eject zip disk in KDE --Not from command line



You could write a script to do this and create a desktop icon to execute
the script. I'm no script guru, but I assume that it could be done. (It
sounds feasable to me though)

George E. Jones IV 
Store Systems Support 
Borders Group Inc. 

-Original Message- 
From: Brian Henerey [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 3:55 PM 
To: mandrake expert 
Subject: [expert] eject zip disk in KDE --Not from command line 


Can someone tell me how to eject a Zip disk in KDE without umount-ing it
as 
root from the command line? I have a user that is GUI dependent and
would 
like to eject it by clicking something on the desktop or a menu. 

Anyone doing this? I have seen instructions to do this in Gnome, but I 
followed them at I didn't have the option to eject under KDE. 

Thanks, 
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RE: [expert] Permisssions problems mounting SMB

[David Joham]

I may get flamed by the security people here, but if this is a single
user machine, you may want to set your smbmount (and other smb*) files
in your /usr/bin directory to suid root. That works for me. 

My justification for this is that mounting smb is really no different
than mounting any other file system (eg cdrom, floppy) which Mandrake
not only lets users do, but does it for them.

Give that a shot and see if it works...

David

-Original Message-
From: Laurent Duperval [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 9:59 AM
To: Mandrake Expert List
Subject: [expert] Permisssions problems mounting SMB 


Hi,

I have this problem when mounting a SMB partition:

mount /mnt/mypublic/
Password: 
cannot mount on /mnt/mypublic: Operation not permitted
smbmnt failed: 1

My etc/fstab looks like this:

//foo/lduperva$/mnt/mypublic   smbfs   noauto,user,username=lduperva
0 0

The permisssion in /mnt/ look like this:

drwxrwxrwt2 root root 1024 Sep 12 11:47 mypublic/

I can mount if I am root. What's the problem?

Thanks,

L

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RE: [expert] VNC & KDE...

[David Joham]

I use the standard VNC client all the time. Are you talking about that,
or are you talking about the server?

David

-Original Message-
From: Vincent A.Primavera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 5:31 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] VNC & KDE...


Hello,
Does anyone use KDE with VNC or any other window managers
besides what comes 
up as default?  And if so how?
  
Thank you,
Vincent A. Primavera




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[expert] Definition of "everything"

[David Joham]

I would be happy with everything in the Mandrake suite being installed.
If there was a dependency problem, I would trust Mandrake to choose one
by default and install it. It would be nice if there was a readme
stating these package dependency choices somewhere so if there was a
problem, I could check there first to see if another package would fix
things.

David



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RE: [expert] Citrix...

[David Joham]

 
I would also be remiss if I didn't mention the Linux Terminal Server
Project. You can find information at http://www.ltsp.org
 
David



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RE: [expert] Citrix...

[David Joham]

Windows client to Linux Server:
VNC - Free
Remote X add on - expensive but available

Linux/UNIX client to Linux/UNIX Server
VNC - Free
Remote X - Free and Built in to default install. 
Remote X with SSH - Free and usually built in to default install

Unfortunately, neither VNC or remote X are as good as Citrix or Terminal
Server which are really amazing pieces of work. If you have the
bandwidth to spare however, they compare quite nicely and are *much*
cheaper.

David

-Original Message-
From: Vincent A.Primavera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 9:01 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] Citrix...


Hello,
Does anyone know of anything available for Linux that is similar
in concept 
to Citrix.

Thank you,
Vincent A. Primavera




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RE: [expert] Postgres with Pgpsql ???

[David Joham]

Good day!

If you're looking in /etc/rc.d/init.d and trying to modify the
"postrgres" script, you're in the right spot. Unfortunately, in
Mandrake, you have to do some "magic" to get it to work on anything
besides localhost. It astounds me that Mandrake doesn't do this for us
(or provide a nice GUI for doing it ourselves), but you actually have to
add the -i option to the postgres script yourself. Unfortunately, its
not that easy. 

Mandrake calls pg_ctl to actually start Postgres. It passes
/usr/bin/postmaster as an argument. One of the options to pass to pg_ctl
are the options to pass to /usr/bin/postmaster (lost yet?). That option
is -o. In that option is where you want to pass the -i.

Since I've confused myself, here's my line from
/etc/rc.d/init.d/Postgres (line 83)

su -l postgres -c "/usr/bin/pg_ctl -D $PGDATA -p /usr/bin/postmaster -o
'-i' start >/dev/null 2>&1"

yips!

That will start Postgres with the ability to listen "outside the box" so
to speak. You may also have to modify the rules in /var/lib/pg_hba.conf
to allow specific connections from certain domains and addresses. I
don't know if there's a GUI for this either, I always just do it by
hand.


As far as a tutorial, there are lots of books and on-line resources for
Postgres. I would suggest going to GreatBridge's site. They seem to be
doing a good job of promoting the database and have lots of neat stuff
available for download.

At the moment, pgaccess is it for Linux administration of Postgres. For
Windows, there's pgAdmin which is an open source administration console
written in (of all things) Visual Basic. It's OK, but not great. I'm
planning on starting a new project in the next couple of days to build a
very nice administration tool written in Java for Postgres. It will take
a while to complete, but if you're interested, please let me know.

Hope this helps

David


-Original Message-
From: Hector Perez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 9:23 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] Postgres with Pgpsql ???



I have 2 cuestions

By the mandrake Hand.

1* Which part of  initialization script do i have to change 'couse when
i try 
to connect with pgaccess it always tell me the postmaster is not working
with 
-i option. (If I start with the postgres superuser the postmaster -i it 
works...)

By other hand

2* some body knows if there are any tutorial to work with Postgres and 
Plpgsql.

3* some body knows if there are any thing better than the pgaccess for 
mandrake linux

Thanks

Hector Perez C "Dr PC."

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RE: [expert] MONITOR

[David Joham]

You may want to boot into failsafe mode and try adjusting your settings
in the Mandrake control panel. Barring that, try downloading
Xconfigurator from rpmfind.net (you may have to use the RedHat version)
and see if that works.

Good luck!

David

-Original Message-
From: Dariusz Bielecki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 12:58 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] MONITOR
Importance: High


I am very nervous now.
In installation i choose wrong monitor type.
When i change now in xf86config doesn`t work
whereis somethong like setup  with option to choose monitor .??

Is someone can help me now?
Pleeaaasee

RE: [expert] New user.

[David Joham]

Hi Eric,

I've never tried this, but it should work. Boot into your Mandrake
install media. Once you get to the main screen, type "F1" to get the
other options screen. Once there, type "rescue". If memory serves, the
install CD should work as a rescue disk as well and you should (after a
minute or two) be placed in a very slimmed down console version of
Linux.

While the kernel is loading, pay close attention to where your hard
drive is located. You should see the name of your hard drive and
something like "/dev/hda" go by. You can use scroll lock if it goes by
too fast. Write this down, you'll need it later.

Once you're in the "rescue" mode, you'll have basically a bare bones
system with none of your drives mounted. Create a directory off the root
called "mydrive" (or anything you would like). Then, mount your Linux
partition.

To mount your Linux partition, use the command mount -t ext2 
mydrive

 tells Linux what you're mounting. Part of it will be the device
that was identified as your hard drive as you booted up (/dev/hda or
something similar) and part will be the partition number of that device.
For example, if your Linux partition is the second partition of the hard
drive identified as "/dev/hda",  would be probably be /dev/hda2
(it can get a little goofy with extended partitions and such). In this
example, your mount command would be:

mount -t ext2 /dev/hda1 mydrive

This also assumes that you used ext2 (the default) file system type when
you installed Mandrake. If you used Reiser, you would replace ext2 with
"reiserfs" I believe.

If you get the cryptic error "wrong fs type, bad option." it means
your mounting the wrong partition. Don't fear. In the worst case, start
with /dev/hda1 and go to /dev/hda10 until something works. You'll get it
eventually. If your familiar with fdisk, you can also get more
information about your partitions there by running the command "fdisk
/dev/hda" and using the "p" option to print the partition tables. 

Once you have the hard drive mounted, go to the /mydrive directory. Type
"chroot /mydrive" and hit enter. This "fools" Linux into thinking that
the root of the filesystem is now in /mydrive rather than the rescue
filesystem provided by Mandrake. At this point, you're essentially
working with your filesystem.

To change your root password, type /usr/bin/passwd . You
should get the message that "all authentication tokens updated
successfully" or something like that after you're prompted for a
confirmation (and in my case, usually scolded for having a weak password
:).

At this point, you're done! I can't remember how to get out of rescue
mode cleanly off the top of my head. I would try typing "exit" and
seeing if that works. Otherwise, "shutdown -h now" or maybe just
"reboot" will probably work. Barring that, I would just reboot the
machine via the power switch. Cross your fingers and good luck!

Good luck!

David

-Original Message-
From: Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 1:40 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] New user.


I forgot my password to my linux mandrake 7.1 platform and I can't get
in.
I cannot log in as root or anything.  Is there anyway to create a new
user
without that?  I have my hardrive partitioned so that I have windows and
linux installed.  I am using a program called grub to select which disc
operating system I want.  When I boot into Linux I have only the choice
of
the graphical logon.  The regular one only lasts for about 2 seconds and
then it logs onto the graphical one.  I tried hitting ctrl+alt+backspace
but
it just logs back into the graphical logon.  I am really really screwed
over
here and I would appreciate any help.  I sent this to the newbie mailing
list and they were not any help.  Oh, trying to logon as 'linux single'
does
not work for me.  If anyone has these configurations and this version,
your
input is much appreciated.  Thanks for your time.

Confused,
Eric

RE: [expert] XFdrake freezes -- PLEASE help!

[David Joham]

What about downloading XConfigurator for RedHat and trying that?

I'm coming in late to this conversation so apologies if this has already
been suggested.

David

-Original Message-
From: Tom Strickland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 4:34 AM
To: expert-mandrake
Subject: Re: [expert] XFdrake freezes -- PLEASE help!


On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 08:00:42PM +, Tom Strickland wrote:
> I recently transferred my hard drives to a friend's machine to help
> him sort a problem out. I had to reconfigure X to get things
> moving. When I came home and tried to reconfigure X, I found that
> XFdrake completely freezes. What gives? I've done it enough times
> before. This is a total freeze - I can't change terminals or the caps
> lock light and I have to hard-reset.
> What am I doing wrong?

I just can't work this out. The freeze is total - I can't even break out
using Alt-SysReq. I've completely reinstalled X from rpms and I'm
still stumped. BTW - what happened to Xconfigurator? It would be nice
if I still had it as a 2nd option, but now it links to XFdrake.

Tom

RE: [expert] Installing Mandrake 8 on low memory machine

[David Joham]

That's the same image I'm using too. 

Oh well. Red Hat still works and I don't use the laptop much so no great
loss...

David

-Original Message-
From: Digital Wokan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 12:21 PM
To: David Joham
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] Installing Mandrake 8 on low memory machine


No.  I just used the floppy image "cdrom.img".  Sorry for the double
response (yet again), but the "reply-to" still doesn't get set on the
Mandrake Expert list.  (Apparently not all "experts" are as lazy or
inattentive to their addressees as I am.)

David Joham wrote:
> 
> Did you do anything special to have it ask you to format immediately?
> 
> I have to use the boot disk and then choose F1 and then expert or text. It
> loads the kernel, finds the CDROM and then goes into "second stage
install"
> At that point it dies. Going to tty4 (I think) to see the install log
shows
> that it found 48 Meg (correct) and that it isn't enough for the ramdisk.
It
> then shuts down with nothing else I can do.
> 
> Thanks for your help...
> 
> David
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Digital Wokan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 10:14 PM
> To: David Joham
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] Installing Mandrake 8 on low memory machine
> 
> Interesting.  I ran into the RAM problem only attempting to do an FTP
> install.  At work, I've set up a 32MB box to act as a newsletter
> server.  While it's running 7.2 now due to 8.0's lack of the Sympa
> package (nobody say anything about the Contribs package, I already tried
> that), I did install 8.0 on it originally from a CD-ROM without any
> problems.  The only thing it asked was that I let it format and begin
> using the swap partition immediately instead of after the install was
> done.
> 
> David Joham wrote:
> >
> > No, the FTP install didn't want to work either. I'm trying a standard
> CDROM
> > install
> >
> > David
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Digital Wokan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 9:49 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [expert] Installing Mandrake 8 on low memory machine
> >
> > Are you trying to do an FTP install?
> >
> > > David Joham wrote:
> > >
> > > Has anyone had any luck installing Mandrake 8 on a machine with
> > > semi-low memory?
> > >
> > > I've got a Toshiba 435 CDS with 48M (the max) and Mandrake complains
> > > that that is not enough to create its install ramdisk. That seems a
> > > little odd to me since 48M for an install should be plenty. Also,
> > > RedHat 7.1 installs fine on the same machine. Finally, I just
> > > installed Mandrake 8 on another laptop with 48M and it worked fine.
> > >
> > > Is there any way to tell Mandrake in the install to simply go ahead
> > > and let me take my chances? What would be different between the two
> > > laptops with the same amount of memory?
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > David

RE: [expert] Installing Mandrake 8 on low memory machine

[David Joham]

Did you do anything special to have it ask you to format immediately?

I have to use the boot disk and then choose F1 and then expert or text. It
loads the kernel, finds the CDROM and then goes into "second stage install"
At that point it dies. Going to tty4 (I think) to see the install log shows
that it found 48 Meg (correct) and that it isn't enough for the ramdisk. It
then shuts down with nothing else I can do.

Thanks for your help...

David

-Original Message-
From: Digital Wokan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 10:14 PM
To: David Joham
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] Installing Mandrake 8 on low memory machine


Interesting.  I ran into the RAM problem only attempting to do an FTP
install.  At work, I've set up a 32MB box to act as a newsletter
server.  While it's running 7.2 now due to 8.0's lack of the Sympa
package (nobody say anything about the Contribs package, I already tried
that), I did install 8.0 on it originally from a CD-ROM without any
problems.  The only thing it asked was that I let it format and begin
using the swap partition immediately instead of after the install was
done.

David Joham wrote:
> 
> No, the FTP install didn't want to work either. I'm trying a standard
CDROM
> install
> 
> David
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Digital Wokan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 9:49 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] Installing Mandrake 8 on low memory machine
> 
> Are you trying to do an FTP install?
> 
> > David Joham wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone had any luck installing Mandrake 8 on a machine with
> > semi-low memory?
> >
> > I've got a Toshiba 435 CDS with 48M (the max) and Mandrake complains
> > that that is not enough to create its install ramdisk. That seems a
> > little odd to me since 48M for an install should be plenty. Also,
> > RedHat 7.1 installs fine on the same machine. Finally, I just
> > installed Mandrake 8 on another laptop with 48M and it worked fine.
> >
> > Is there any way to tell Mandrake in the install to simply go ahead
> > and let me take my chances? What would be different between the two
> > laptops with the same amount of memory?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > David

RE: [expert] Installing Mandrake 8 on low memory machine

[David Joham]

No, the FTP install didn't want to work either. I'm trying a standard CDROM
install

David

-Original Message-
From: Digital Wokan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 9:49 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] Installing Mandrake 8 on low memory machine


Are you trying to do an FTP install?

> David Joham wrote:
> 
> Has anyone had any luck installing Mandrake 8 on a machine with
> semi-low memory?
> 
> I've got a Toshiba 435 CDS with 48M (the max) and Mandrake complains
> that that is not enough to create its install ramdisk. That seems a
> little odd to me since 48M for an install should be plenty. Also,
> RedHat 7.1 installs fine on the same machine. Finally, I just
> installed Mandrake 8 on another laptop with 48M and it worked fine.
> 
> Is there any way to tell Mandrake in the install to simply go ahead
> and let me take my chances? What would be different between the two
> laptops with the same amount of memory?
> 
> TIA
> 
> David

[expert] Installing Mandrake 8 on low memory machine

[David Joham]

Has 
anyone had any luck installing Mandrake 8 on a machine with semi-low 
memory?
 
I've 
got a Toshiba 435 CDS with 48M (the max) and Mandrake complains that that is not 
enough to create its install ramdisk. That seems a little odd to me since 48M 
for an install should be plenty. Also, RedHat 7.1 installs fine on the same 
machine. Finally, I just installed Mandrake 8 on another laptop with 48M and it 
worked fine.
 
Is 
there any way to tell Mandrake in the install to simply go ahead and let me take 
my chances? What would be different between the two laptops with the same amount 
of memory?
 
TIA
 
David

RE: [expert] Laptop fun and games...not.

[David Joham]

Are you sure you're using the release copy of Mandrake 8? I had a similar
problem with PCMCIA with one of the pre-releases but the shipping version
has worked just fine for me.

David

-Original Message-
From: Praedor Tempus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 8:57 AM
To: Mandrake Expert
Subject: [expert] Laptop fun and games...not.


Just yesterday (Sunday) I used my IBM Thinkpad running MD 8.0 to try 
(unsuccessfully) to unlock my desktop system running 8.0 + some cooker stuff

after the game, "Terminus" locked up the desktop HARD.  It was working 
perfectly at the time, pcmcia and all.

After failing to recover my desktop I cleanly and properly shut down the 
laptop.  Today (Monday) I start up my laptop and am unable to open any X 
sessions.  I get messages all over the place about an inability to access 
.Xauthority and some other stuff I don't recall, and a message that I may 
want to look for detailed info in the XFree86.0.log file (there was nothing 
of note there).

I tried reinstalling XFree86-4.0.3 to no avail.  Complaints about cpp being 
unable to unlink various libs.  I tried to upgrade to glibc-2.2.3 and then 
XFree86-4.1.0 and get the same multiple complaints about cpp not being able 
to unlink (or find in some cases) this or that lib or config, etc.  Total 
mess.  Ultimately, I decided to cut bait and reinstall, this time giving 
ReiserFS a try and this brings me, finally, to the point of this whole 
message.

I found that when I installed MD 8.0 originally on my laptop, that during
the 
install it properly detected my 3com pcmcia card and I set up networking 
properly.  Upon reboot, pcmcia fails every time.  It cannot find ANY pcmcia 
drivers.  I mosey over to /lib/modules/2.4.3-10mdk/pcmcia and see all the 
drivers there - all of them gzipped.  I tried un-gzipping the ones pcmcia 
complained about not finding (ds.o, i82365.o, plus the appropriate 3com 
driver) and then ran depmod -a.  All seemed OK, there were no errors.  I try

restarting pcmcia again and it again complains about no ds.o or i82365.o 
modules.  They are right there where they are supposed to be...I saw them.  

OK, this whole thing happened with the initial install of 8.0 and I ended up

fixing it by compiling my own kernel from source.  Upon reboot, pcmcia
worked 
as it should.  Well, after the problems I had with the laptop this morning, 
reinstalling MD 8.0, I ran into the problem again.  The only way I can seem 
to get pcmcia working is to build my own kernel.

Why does this happen?  Why is it that 8.0 detects my pcmcia card upon
initial 
install but then doesn't know what to do with pcmcia after first bootup?
Has 
anyone else run into this problem?  I set the service to run at bootup.  
Depmod never produces any pcmcia errors.  I would only get errors if I tried

to force the issue by installing ds and i82365 manually.

praedor

RE: [expert] JRE

[David Joham]

I've never tried to get a JRE running, but I have had a lot of success with
the IBM JDK. In the Konqi config, I just point the java executable to the
IBM java binary and things have always just worked...

HTH

David

-Original Message-
From: Alan N. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 3:24 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] JRE


Can anyone tell me WHAT JRE works with MDK 8?  I've tried several,
blackdown, IBM, etc. I have YET to get this working with mdk 8 and better
more konqueror.  I've followed all the dir's and still no luck.  I must be
doing SOMETHING wrong.

Alan

RE: [expert] How to get desktop apps without using the desktop (MDK 8: mandrake update fails)

[David Joham]

In KDE (and I think GNOME) your desktop "directory" is directly under your
home directory. My username is davidj, so in Mandrake 8, I have a directory
/home/davidj/Desktop

In there are a whole bunch of shortcut files. Open the one you want and the
binary file you want to run is in the "Exec" line.

HTH

David

-Original Message-
From: Laura Conrad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 2:05 PM
To: civileme
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] How to get desktop apps without using the desktop
(MDK 8: mandrake update fails)


> "civileme" == civileme  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

civileme> Look in Contribs and seek MandrakeUpdateRobot.  If you have 
civileme> PowerPack, it is on supplementary software CD.

Thanks, that answers the specific question.

The general question still stands: if someone says there's a program
on the desktop called "Useful Program", how do I find the name of the
executable and/or RPM that corresponds to that program?

-- 
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(617) 661-8097  fax: (801) 365-6574 
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RE: [expert] How (or can) I

[David Joham]

You can always put in custom startup information in /etc/rc.d/rc.local.

Would that solve your problem?

David

-Original Message-
From: Mike Rambo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 1:52 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] How (or can) I


make Wine start at boot time. I need to run a database server we
normally run as an NT service. This database server (Faircom - required
for some library automation software) runs as an NT service but will
also work pretty well running under Wine on a Linux server. I'd like to
have this start automagically at boot time so user intervention is not
required.

The closest I've gotten so far is to use Xvnc but I haven't been able to
get it to work without some kind of intervention (when I check the app
from another machine using vncviewer it is always waiting for me to
click the mouse to place the app on the virtual screen). Is there a way
around this behavior?

As an alternative, how does Mandrake 8 accomplish automatic logins as a
specific user and can the same be accomplished with Mdk 7.1 (which is
what this server runs)? If I could get the machine to log in
automatically as the user needed to run the database server I could have
the screensaver kick in a minute later with password protection enabled.

-- 
Mike Rambo
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RE: [expert] File Listing Of All Ports - In Search Of...

[David Joham]

greetings!

/etc/services is probably what you are looking for.

HTH

David

-Original Message-
From: Sevatio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 11:40 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] File Listing Of All Ports - In Search Of...


Hi,

I'm in search of a file that lists all ports and their descriptions.  
Could someone help me recall the location of this file?

TIA,
Sevatio

RE: [expert] JBuilder

[David Joham]

You'll probably need to register with Borland to get the key. You can
register at http://www.borland.com/jbuilder/foundation/download/.

That should get you going...

David

-Original Message-
From: Bruce E.Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 9:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] JBuilder


Hi,

I recently installed JBuilder included with Mandrake 8.0 but it keeps asking

for a Serial Number and Key. Is one included with Mandrake. I would like to 
try before I buy.

Best Regards, Bruce

RE: [expert] WYSIWIG HTML Editors

[David Joham]

Hello George,

I'm not much of a WYSIWYG HTML programmer, I have taken a look at coffecup.
Its available for both Windows and Linux and may be close to what you're
looking for. CoffeCup for Linux is available at www.coffeecup.com/linux

If you really would like your older editors, you may be able to get them to
run under WINE.

My personal favorite editor (although not WYSIWYG) is Quanta for KDE. You
can find it at quanta.sourceforge.net. I use it all the time and really like
its layout and design.

Best regards,

David

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 6:54 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] WYSIWIG HTML Editors


Hello all,

I've been doing some searches for a WYSIWYG HTML editor for Linux that is 
similar to FileMaker HomePage or Adobe PageMill, but couldn't find anything.
I 
have found a lot of text editors with HTML formatting, but I only use them
for 
cleaning up the code.

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

George

RE: [expert] need help with pgaccess in 8.0

[David Joham]

I would recommend going and downloading the source of Postgres. In their
build instructions they have a nice step by step process for how to get
Postgres up and running. It includes how to set up the database and add
users. Unfortunately, I don't have my Postgres system up and running at the
moment so I can't be of much more help than that. If you're still having
problems next week, let me know and I'll see if I can help you some more.

David

-Original Message-
From: Theo Brinkman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 3:19 PM
To: David Joham
Subject: Re: [expert] need help with pgaccess in 8.0


Hmm, I'm not quite having the luck you describe.  I've made the change 
below, but I still get the same error message for creating the database 
through pgaccess, but pgaccess just kind of hangs when I try to open one 
now.  What username/password combination should I be putting in?  Or is 
that not causing my problem?

- Theo

David Joham wrote:

> <<
> I'm having some difficulties with pgaccess in mandrake 8.0.  It loads up 
> fine, but I can't actually do anything with it.  If I try to create a 
> database, I get the following error message:
> "Tcl error executing pg_exec create database 
> 
> is not a valid postgresql connection"
> 
> If I try to open a database I created in psql, I get the following error 
> message:
> "Error trying to connect to database '' on host localhost
> 
> PostgreSQL error message:Connection to database failed
> PQconnectPoll() -- connect() failed: Connection Refused
> Is the postmaster running (with -i) at 'localhost' and accepting 
> connections on TCP/IP port '5432'?"
> 
> 
> What do I need to do to be able to use pgaccess?  Looking through the 
> '/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgres' script, I don't see the -i or the port set 
> anywhere.  Am I looking in the right place?
> 
> 
> Theo,
> 
> You're in the right place, but you have to do some "magic" to get it to
work
> at this point. It astounds me that Mandrake doesn't do this for us (or
> provide a nice GUI for doing it ourselves), but you actually have to add
the
> -i option to the postres script. Unfortunately, its not that easy. 
> 
> Madrake calls pg_ctl to actually start postgres. It passes
> /usr/bin/postmaster as an arguement. One of the options to pass to pg_ctl
> are the options to pass to /usr/bin/postmaster (lost yet?). That option is
> -o. In that option is where you want to pass the -i.
> 
> Since I've confused myself, here's my line from /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgres
> (line 83)
> 
> su -l postgres -c "/usr/bin/pg_ctl -D $PGDATA -p /usr/bin/postmaster -o
'-i'
> start >/dev/null 2>&1"
> 
> yips!
> 
> At that point, I was able to go in and create databases and view them from
> pgaccess. It sounds like you've got that step down already.
> 
> Good luck
> 
> David

RE: [expert] fonts doofy after using drakfont

[David Joham]

I've seen something similar before with Mandrake 7.2. Try this

1) Make a backup copy of your .kde directory 
2) Delete your .kde directory
3) Restart KDE

You should then have all of the defaults set correctly and you can set your
choices as you wish. Note that all of your other settings that you have set
for KDE will also be lost.

This seems like a stupid hack, but it did work.

David

-Original Message-
From: Praedor Tempus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 1:16 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] fonts doofy after using drakfont


I just upgraded my laptop system to Mandrake 8.0 from 7.2.  All was well 
until I used drakfont to install all the windoze fonts.  Since doing that, 
all my kde fonts are italic. 

I try to alter this from the fonts entry in kcontrol but these entries all 
still show the "correct" helvetica font, normal (NOT italic) settings.  If I

try to reset all this by manually selecting helvetica again I find that I 
cannot find helvetica.  It has suddenly vanished from my system, so it
seems. 
All I have to choose from are windoze fonts.  

How do I get helvetica back?  How do I get rid of this damnable italics
(part 
of the same problem)?

RE: [expert] need help with pgaccess in 8.0

[David Joham]

Apologies if this is sent twice, but I sent this Email this morning and
haven't received it yet. Posting a second time...


<<
I'm having some difficulties with pgaccess in mandrake 8.0.  It loads up 
fine, but I can't actually do anything with it.  If I try to create a 
database, I get the following error message:
"Tcl error executing pg_exec create database 

is not a valid postgresql connection"

If I try to open a database I created in psql, I get the following error 
message:
"Error trying to connect to database '' on host localhost

PostgreSQL error message:Connection to database failed
PQconnectPoll() -- connect() failed: Connection Refused
Is the postmaster running (with -i) at 'localhost' and accepting 
connections on TCP/IP port '5432'?"


What do I need to do to be able to use pgaccess?  Looking through the 
'/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgres' script, I don't see the -i or the port set 
anywhere.  Am I looking in the right place?
>>

Theo,

You're in the right place, but you have to do some "magic" to get it to work
at this point. It astounds me that Mandrake doesn't do this for us (or
provide a nice GUI for doing it ourselves), but you actually have to add the
-i option to the postres script. Unfortunately, its not that easy. 

Madrake calls pg_ctl to actually start postgres. It passes
/usr/bin/postmaster as an arguement. One of the options to pass to pg_ctl
are the options to pass to /usr/bin/postmaster (lost yet?). That option is
-o. In that option is where you want to pass the -i.

Since I've confused myself, here's my line from /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgres
(line 83)

su -l postgres -c "/usr/bin/pg_ctl -D $PGDATA -p /usr/bin/postmaster -o '-i'
start >/dev/null 2>&1"

yips!

At that point, I was able to go in and create databases and view them from
pgaccess. It sounds like you've got that step down already.

Good luck

David

RE: [expert] need help with pgaccess in 8.0

[David Joham]

<<
I'm having some difficulties with pgaccess in mandrake 8.0.  It loads up 
fine, but I can't actually do anything with it.  If I try to create a 
database, I get the following error message:
"Tcl error executing pg_exec create database 

is not a valid postgresql connection"

If I try to open a database I created in psql, I get the following error 
message:
"Error trying to connect to database '' on host localhost

PostgreSQL error message:Connection to database failed
PQconnectPoll() -- connect() failed: Connection Refused
Is the postmaster running (with -i) at 'localhost' and accepting 
connections on TCP/IP port '5432'?"


What do I need to do to be able to use pgaccess?  Looking through the 
'/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgres' script, I don't see the -i or the port set 
anywhere.  Am I looking in the right place?
>>

Theo,

You're in the right place, but you have to do some "magic" to get it to work
at this point. It astounds me that Mandrake doesn't do this for us (or
provide a nice GUI for doing it ourselves), but you actually have to add the
-i option to the postres script. Unfortunately, its not that easy. 

Madrake calls pg_ctl to actually start postgres. It passes
/usr/bin/postmaster as an arguement. One of the options to pass to pg_ctl
are the options to pass to /usr/bin/postmaster (lost yet?). That option is
-o. In that option is where you want to pass the -i.

Since I've confused myself, here's my line from /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgres
(line 83)

su -l postgres -c "/usr/bin/pg_ctl -D $PGDATA -p /usr/bin/postmaster -o '-i'
start >/dev/null 2>&1"

yips!

At that point, I was able to go in and create databases and view them from
pgaccess. It sounds like you've got that step down already.

Good luck

David

RE: [expert] Mozilla problems

[David Joham]

I think I had this problem too but derned if I can remember what I did to
solve it. I seem to recall I had it only on the modern theme. Try using the
classic theme and see if that helps. If not, try the other one in case my
memory is faulty ;)

It might also help to delete your .mozilla directory in your home directory.
Mozilla seems to like it when you do that.

David

-Original Message-
From: Brian Hartman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 9:54 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] Mozilla problems


I'm not sure if this is actually a Mandrake issue, but I thought this would 
be the place to start.

I downloaded Mozilla 0.9 and installed it, but the only site it will let me 
view is the Mozilla.org site.  Whenever I put in anoter site, the screen 
refreshes and I'm back to Mozilla.org.  Has anyone else had this problem?

RE: [expert] Stability Concerns

[David Joham]

I'm using ReiserFS for the same purposes...

David

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 9:08 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] Stability Concerns


I'd like to add that my purpose in starting this thread 
is not to slam Mandrake.  It is to find out if my 
experience is isolated, and if there is a solution.  

If it isn't isolated, maybe we can find some common 
threads that lead to a solution.

To that end, I'd like to ask the other people who are 
having stability problems what filesystem they are using.

I am using ReiserFS for everything but the boot 
partition.
Thanks
Eric
> On Thursday 17 May 2001 09:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > How is everybody finding the stability of their Mandrake
> > 8 boxes?  I've been having some problems.
> >
> > I've had several random lockups while in KDE.  Nothing I
> > can replicate.  Somtimes it locks while I'm doing
> > something innocuous (moving mouse, minimizing window),
> > sometimes it's locked up over night.  When this happens,
> > there is no saving it.  Keyboard & mouse are completely
> > dead, and it won't even respond to a ping over the net.
> > This has happened maybe 6 or 8 times total over the past
> > 2 or 3 weeks.
> >
> > I've also had 2 random reboots.  Once was over night,
> > and the other was during the day while I was at work.  I
> > had left the box logged in, when I get back the login
> > screen is up and last shows a reboot.  The box is on a
> > UPS, and the other box on that UPS hasn't rebooted.
> >
> > There is doesn't seem to be anything interesting in the
> > logs wrt these incidents.
> >
> > I'm pretty confident that its not a hardware problem.
> > This box was rock-solid with a RedHat 6.2 variant.
> >
> > Any ideas?  Frankly, If I was satisfied with this kind
> > of stability, I'd have stuck with windows :-)
> > Eric
> 
> Yet, we have boxes running 8.0 since it was released, never rebooted, with
no 
> problem.  AMDs and Intels with and without VIA chipsets.  What you are 
> describing I have seen before only when I had a loose or failing CPU
cooling 
> fan.
> 
> Civileme
> 

RE: [expert] Stability Concerns

[David Joham]

H, that's two of us with freezes with the NVidia drivers. Anyone else
with this configuration having problems?

David


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 1:15 PM
To: David Joham; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [expert] Stability Concerns



> 
> I've had random problems with Mandrake 8 as well. The worst is that at
> random times the scroll wheel of my mouse stops working in Konqueror. It
> will work in other applications most of the time, but sometimes it dies
> there as well. The only fix is to exit KDE and restart. I've also had
random
> lockups as well, although I've been able to ssh into the machine and
restart
> X to get it to come back. 
> 
> Just a question: If you are using Nvidia drivers, are you using the nvidia
> drivers from XFree or from Nvidia itself? 
> 
> David

Good point, I should have given some more details:
1.2 GHz TBird-C
IWill KK266 with 0416 bios
386 MB CAS3 Mushkin RAM
GeForce2 MX
3ware IDE RAID card with 2x Maxtor 20GB drives
3com NIC (don't recall the exact model)
Ensoniq 1371 PCI sound
CD, CDRW, Zip drives

I'm using XFree86 4.0.3 with the Nvidia drivers built from the source RPMs
I generally use KDE
Eric

BTW: For anybody else using the Iwill KK266 MB (and probably all KT133A
based MB)
Make sure that your bios is up to date!
I had serious disk throughput issues before I flashed mine.

> 
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 10:02 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [expert] Stability Concerns
> 
> 
> How is everybody finding the stability of their Mandrake 
> 8 boxes?  I've been having some problems.
> 
> I've had several random lockups while in KDE.  Nothing I 
> can replicate.  Somtimes it locks while I'm doing 
> something innocuous (moving mouse, minimizing window), 
> sometimes it's locked up over night.  When this happens, 
> there is no saving it.  Keyboard & mouse are completely 
> dead, and it won't even respond to a ping over the net.  
> This has happened maybe 6 or 8 times total over the past 
> 2 or 3 weeks.
> 
> I've also had 2 random reboots.  Once was over night, 
> and the other was during the day while I was at work.  I 
> had left the box logged in, when I get back the login 
> screen is up and last shows a reboot.  The box is on a 
> UPS, and the other box on that UPS hasn't rebooted.
> 
> There is doesn't seem to be anything interesting in the 
> logs wrt these incidents.
> 
> I'm pretty confident that its not a hardware problem.  
> This box was rock-solid with a RedHat 6.2 variant.
> 
> Any ideas?  Frankly, If I was satisfied with this kind 
> of stability, I'd have stuck with windows :-)
> Eric
> 

RE: [expert] Stability Concerns

[David Joham]

I've had random problems with Mandrake 8 as well. The worst is that at
random times the scroll wheel of my mouse stops working in Konqueror. It
will work in other applications most of the time, but sometimes it dies
there as well. The only fix is to exit KDE and restart. I've also had random
lockups as well, although I've been able to ssh into the machine and restart
X to get it to come back. 

Just a question: If you are using Nvidia drivers, are you using the nvidia
drivers from XFree or from Nvidia itself? 

David

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 10:02 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] Stability Concerns


How is everybody finding the stability of their Mandrake 
8 boxes?  I've been having some problems.

I've had several random lockups while in KDE.  Nothing I 
can replicate.  Somtimes it locks while I'm doing 
something innocuous (moving mouse, minimizing window), 
sometimes it's locked up over night.  When this happens, 
there is no saving it.  Keyboard & mouse are completely 
dead, and it won't even respond to a ping over the net.  
This has happened maybe 6 or 8 times total over the past 
2 or 3 weeks.

I've also had 2 random reboots.  Once was over night, 
and the other was during the day while I was at work.  I 
had left the box logged in, when I get back the login 
screen is up and last shows a reboot.  The box is on a 
UPS, and the other box on that UPS hasn't rebooted.

There is doesn't seem to be anything interesting in the 
logs wrt these incidents.

I'm pretty confident that its not a hardware problem.  
This box was rock-solid with a RedHat 6.2 variant.

Any ideas?  Frankly, If I was satisfied with this kind 
of stability, I'd have stuck with windows :-)
Eric

[expert] QT Designer - not listing all properties

[David Joham]

Hello all!

Has anyone tried to get QT Designer working with Mandrake 8 yet? I've had 2
installations go haywire on me and I can't for the life of me figure out
what is going wrong.

The problem that I'm having is that the properties editor is not showing all
the properties of the form or widgets. For example:

Under Mandrake 7.2, if I do new->widget and look at the properties, there
are 20 properties in the editor with all of the trees collapsed. In Mandrake
8, there are only 2! The lucky two to be included are "tooltip" and
"whatsthis".

I've downloaded the latest designer from Mandrake (2.3.0-5mdk) and the
problem is still there. In fact the only difference that I've been able to
see between this version and the one included with Mandrake 8 is that the
KDE widget theme is observed. While this is a nice feature, it would be more
helpful to have my properties :)

This problem seems to be only for the binaries that Mandrake ships in its
RPMs. I downloaded the raw QT 2.3.0 source code and compiled designer
myself. This worked fine and all of my properties were back. 

I'm confused. All I did to compile designer was a make. What could Mandrake
be doing differently to cause this behavior? Could it be something that I'm
doing somehow?

Any thoughts?

David

[expert] Anti-aliased font support with ATI Rage Mobility

[David Joham]

Hello all,

I've got a Dell Latitude CPxJ650 with an ATI Rage Mobility. All is well,
with the exception of anti-aliased fonts. I've installed my Windows fonts,
but I get the error that the RENDER extension is missing whenever I try to
open up a QT application. I have enabled anti-aliasing in the KDE control
panel.

I know that not all video cards support this extension, but I've been
getting mixed signals as to whether or not the ATI Rage Mobility includes
RENDER support or not in XFree 4.03.

Does anyone know if the Mobility chipset supports RENDER? If it does, any
ideas of what I could have done wrong in my Mandrake 8 install? 

My apologies in advance if Outlook sends this in anything other than plain
text. I've found where I *think* you tell it to send in ASCII only, but who
knows what other options are buried in this thing


Best regards,

David