[expert] Change Defalt Desktop App on Hotplug?
I'm sure this has been addressed before, but I can't seem to find it. When I hotplug my scanner, the XSane icon automatically appears on the desktop. Same goes for the TV card, with Xawtv appearing. How do I change the application that appears? Something in the devfs config? Hotplug? Init scripts? Thanks! John. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Copied Audio CD's - 70 Minutes of Silence!?!?
This is bizarre. I've copied some of my audio CD's (for back-up purposes, of course ;-) using the copy CD facility in K3B on 9.1. The copies completed without error, but when I go to play them in a CD player, the disc is identified, the number and lengths of tracks reported OK, the tracks start playing OK, but there is no sound!!! Albums full of 3.5 minute slices of perfect silence, neatly moving through the track listings, playing to their correct length, before stopping at the end!!! But not even a blip on the level meters! Now, I know that the arty set are into this sort of thing, but I'm not. What happened Yes, I've checked the CD player works (on the originals), there's no copy protection on the CD's (too old for that), my CD-R drive and DVD drive also give me silence (CDDB works though). Now, I KNOW that CD copies are done by ripping data / writing data through the IDE interface, but it's almost like tape-deck dubbing without the audio cable between the decks :-) Funnily enough, I don't have an audio cable installed on one of the drives I used in the copy... The only thing I can think of is a problem with K3B / cdrecord / cdrao / whatever. I'm using various PLF and Tex packages for most of these. Before trying to hunt it down, has anyone else hit this? Any other suggestions? Cheers! John. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] dial-up modems (ignore previous)
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 21:58, Philip Webb wrote: just a quick check: does Linux still have problems with software modems ? Depends... The most common chipsets are from Conexant (HSF and HCF) and Lucent LT modems are now working, more or less, as well as several others. You can find Mandrake RPM's for them in various places, and the MCC network wizard can be coaxed into working with them. Visit www.linmodems.org for all the details. John. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] k3b CD writer
On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 02:45, Praedor Atrebates wrote: How have you pulled this off? I have tried, off and on, to get k3b working - and disabling supermount is not an option. I just wont do it. Here's how I get it working every time (on 2 different machines through 3 re-installs): 1) DVD-ROM at hdc supermounts as /mnt/cdrom, CD-RW at hdd supermounts as /mnt/cdrom2 2) Ensure that both drives use ide-scsi, i.e /etc/lilo should contain the line append=devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi 3) Run the k3b setup, allow it to add its own entries, but (here's the key) make sure the mount points are set different to the supermount points, e.g. DVD-ROM mounts at /mnt/cdreader and CD-RW mounts at /mnt/cdwriter. This should give you a /etc/fstab looking like this: none /mnt/cdrom supermount none /mnt/cdrom2 supermount /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/cd /mnt/cdreader auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target1/lun0/cd /mnt/cdwriter auto rw,noauto,user,exec 0 0 4) I have noticed that the autodetect of the required driver doesn't work too well sometimes, so you may want to make sure k3b setup specifies the driver required when it writes the entries. Otherwise, just edit the fstab as required. John. Windows is a 32 bit shell for a 16 bit extension to an 8 bit Operating System designed for a 4 bit microchip by a 2 bit company which can't stand one bit of competition. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Where's libGL.la?
Hi! I'm running a recently installed 9.1 and have installed _all_ the XFree and Mesa -devel RPM's available, and then used the nVidia installer to install the latest drivers. However, when I go to re-compile/link some OpenGL/GLU code I've written through KDevelop I get the error: libtool: link: cannot find the library `/usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.la' This is code that was successfully compiling/linking under 8.2. Now, I've hunted everywhere for libGL.la and can't find it. I know this would normally come from the XFree or Mesa -devel packages, but doesn't the nVidia drivers replace the .so with their own version, so shouldn't they provide the .la as well? But that still doesn't explain where the XFree/Mesa one is either. Anyone with any suggestions as to where this is? Cheers! John. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Java IDE's for Linux Mandrake
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:37, ngn wrote: Hi I'm in the way of develop in Java, In order to do it I'm looking for a good IDE of Java for Linux Mandrake Number of options, none of which I've really used, so I can't vouch for which is best. JBuilder from Borland, they have a free personal edition, but missing various advanced features. See http://www.borland.com/jbuilder/personal/ Forte from Sun, also free community edition, also missing some advanced features. See http://wwws.sun.com/software/Developer-products/ffj/index.html Eclipse from IBM, new Open Source multi-language IDE, still under developement, but Java portion already works. Is slated to replace VisualAge. See http://www.eclipse.org/ Netbeans, Open Source project started by Sun, I've never played with it, but seems to be fully featured. See http://www.netbeans.org/ And if you're really daring, the new multi-language version of kdevelop in CVS, called Gideon, can do Java. See http://www.kdevelop.org I'm surre there's more, but these would be the leaders. John. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] KDE 3 test
On Sat, 6 Apr 2002 09:29, you wrote: El vie, 05-04-2002 a las 08:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: I followed the civileme way (message in newbie list): all other problems are solved by deleting your ~/.kde and ~/.kde2 directories. everything will be fine when you log in the next time. You may prefer to rename your .kde directory instead of deleting it, theres valuable stuff in there, like your mail files and filters... John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Nothing works on KDE!
On Sat, 1 Dec 2001 14:42, you wrote: Hello I am having a funny behaviour with KDe and Gnome. If I click on any icon on desktop, I can see that the programme is running but nothing happens after that. If I want to create a terminal, again nothing happens. All windows simply disappear. On Gnome things are a bit different. I can't move any terminal window. They are stuck on the left corner and that is it. On windowmaker, everything works fine. What is going on? Thanks Eduardo First thing to try: in Gnome or command line mode (NOT from within KDE), delete or rename the .kde directory in your home directory, then re-start KDE, see if that makes a difference. If that doesn't work, give us some more details to work with. What version of Mandrake? What version of KDE? What version of Gnome? What version of X? What changes did you make just before you started having problems? Or are these problems happening from a clean install? What were the other programs that failed? What hardware do you have? We're happy to help out, but we're not mind-readers, you know :-) John. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] DvD and DivX players recomended in LM8?
On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 13:57, you wrote: Hi all I have a LM8 Freq (26June) in my laptop and I want to install something that reproduces DVD and DivX. I tried xine and XMPS but the first I have a problems with imlib and the second with gcc (version 3.0 required) and the question is: There is an player for reproduces DIvX and DVD that Works in Mandrake 8.0? I need info, experiences thanks in advance. VideoLan, aka vlc, works well for me here, even encrypted DVD's...
