[expert] What does it take to build koffice-1.1beta?
I downloaded the src.rpm for koffice-1.1beta from the cooker directory. I am running Mandrake 8.0. I try to build it and it ALMOST completes but then craps out with: Processing files: koffice-devel-1.1-0.beta1.1mdk Finding Provides: (using /usr/lib/rpm/find-provides)... Finding Requires: (using /usr/lib/rpm/find-requires)... PreReq: rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) = 4.0-1 Huh? I the same rpm 4.0-26mdk rpms as Cooker has. None of these files has changed since the release of 8.0 (yet). I must assume that the i586.rpm in the cooker binary directory was therefore built with essentially the same background as my system (except that the i586.rpm is unusable on an 8.0 system unless you install kde 2.2 as well). I am trying to build this for my 8.0 system witn kde 2.1.1. What does the above message really mean? I do believe that rpm-4.0-26mdk is WELL beyond rpm-4.0-1 (the rpmlibs are also similarly beyond 4.0-1). -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] StarOffice
I have StarOffice 5.2 and have used it extensively. It is a good package but it is HUGE. It's one fault is simply that it has everything built into it so that when you start staroffice, you aren't simply starting the wordprocessor, but you are also starting the spreadsheet app, the graphics app, the presentation app, etc. I have used it quite a bit mainly because of its compatibilities with Word and other M$ office apps. The one shortcoming it has, in my book, which has since led me to use Lyx as my primary wordprocessor, is no citation/bibliography capability. With Word or Wordperfect (on windoze) you can buy EndNote and write nice research papers complete with citations and automagically generated bibliography pages. StarOffice cannot do this - any citations you make have to be hand-written and organized (a hideous proposition if you are citing many sources). The ONLY wordprocessing app for linux that can do essentially what the combo of Word and EndNote can do in windoze is Lyx with pybliographic or sixpack. It is this one thing that prevents me from using staroffice exclusively. I actually sent Sun a suggestion that they add a bibliography capability to StarOffice, and ultimately they did - sortof. It can handle only the bibliography part, via the builtin database, but it doesn't in any way, shape or form work the way EndNote does with Word or Wordperfect. The bibliographies you might create within the StarOffice suite cannot be used to auto-generate citations and reference pages. Anyway, the suite is good, works well. If you do not need to write papers requiring a lot of citations and reference pages, then it is more than adequate. Otherwise, I would suggest you take the time to learn how to work with Lyx and pybliographic. On Monday 23 April 2001 18:22, Neal Lippman wrote: Any users of StarOffice out there who can comment on it? I can really use something compatible with MS Word 2000; KWord just cannot cut it at this point and there really is no choice but to be compatible with the MS world from time to time, when I have to bring work home. Neal -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] One Mandrake 8.0 problem - kdm
My mandrake 8.0 system is pretty much running perfectly. The only problem I have so far is the kdm login manager displays not just users but all ALL the services on the system. What/where is the file that I need to edit to eliminate everything except real users? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Supermount only possible for root
I have a ppa zip drive and 2 cdroms setup with supermount. Only root is able to mount them. How do I correct this so that I, as a user, can mount the zip and cdroms? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Explain this please Mandrake
Why is it that the default window environment in Mandrake is KDE but the mandrake config tools are based on gtk? I cannot do anything with DrakConf because: [root@localhost praedor]# DrakConf.real new_font is not of type Gtk::Gdk::Font at /usr/X11R6/bin/DrakConf.real line 212. A system based by default on qt and kde uses gtk, which is often broken, in my experience on Mandrake, like above. No font I try to select with drakfont will correct this problem. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] What's THIS now?!
I just rebuilt a kernel (2.4.3-19mdk) after having built 3 previous kernels (2.4.3-10mdk) without ANY problems. I did: "make xconfig make clean make bzImage make install make modules make modules_install" Same as always. The kernel builds just fine but when it comes to installing, the process craps out with an error that a bootloader could not be found (!?). OF COURSE a bootloader is installed, nothing has changed here. Lilo is installed and it is installed in the MBR or /dev/hda. The app, detectloader cannot see it and this is killing the installation of the kernel. If I run detectloader manually, it says it cannot detect a bootloader in the MBR. What. The. Fu*k!? I then ran lilo just to be sure, and, yep, it installs. It has also been working fine up to this point. Lilo IS installed. It IS in the MBR of /dev/hda. It WAS detected just fine by all my previous kernel build processes. I have not rebooted since the last one, and the system booted up just fine in any case VIA LILO. How, in linux (not in DOS or windoze) do I wipe the MBR and then reinstall lilo? What is the problem here? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Almost home - resolution is too high
OK, it looks like I have finally gotten DRI working. The problem is the default X resolution is too high. I would like to set it lower, to 1024x768, but if I use any of the tools supplied by Mandrake to do this, it screws everything up and sets the system up to use the original XFree86 instead of the DRI stuff. I looked through XF86Config and XF86Config-4 and see nothing obvious that I could edit to change the default resolution. What file, and where, is in charge of XFree resolution? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] Someone from mandrake want to toss me a bone?
Unfortunately, I had to elect to reinstall everything. I am now in the process of downloading a bunch of src rpms to bring back kde 2.1.1, kernel-2.4.3, XFree86-4.0.3, and several other things. It will be a long day tomorrow rebuilding a working system. On Saturday 14 April 2001 12:49 am, you wrote: I sorta know how you feel. My drakconf is out of commision also. But I think it has more to do with kde upgrades than the kernel. At least the 2.4.3-13mdk fixed my memory problems. All my hardware was already set up, so I'm ok for now. However, next week I'm installing a nic card and it would be nice to use some of those now unavailable tools. I may have to start over from scratch also. (D*mn it.) :-(( -s On Friday 13 April 2001 11:08 pm, you wrote: Yeah, well the problem there is that I have tried three things: XFree86 -configure and xf86cfg and xf86config XFree86 -configure works, sortof. I get a working X but it has the color depth of 256 colors at 2048x1024 as the default. I have tried editing the resulting XF86Config to change this to no avail. xf86cfg flat out doesn't work. It crashes at startup. xf86config works, sort of, but it doesn't help me with color depth. The kernel: I installed kernel-source-2.4.3-17mdk and the associated kernel-headers. I then did the xconfig, make dep, make clean, make bzImage, etc. It builds just fine and installs fine. What it absolutely will NOT do is boot. Instead, it kernel panics regardless of what settings I change. I am using the same settings/modules, etc, that worked perfectly for 2.4.2-20mdk when I built that. I am about to annihilate XFree86 off my system and reinstall it from scratch. Hopefully that will fix the problems associated with it, but it wont do squat for the kernel. I am going to have to reinstall the 2.4.2 source so I can rebuild DRI for my radeon card. I was going to do it with 2.4.3, but since it is a useless kernel, it's back to 2.4.2. On Friday 13 April 2001 09:30 pm, F% wrote: Ok, i'm about to offer my two cents. But first let me say that this is not a criticism of DrakX, Linuxconf, or any other "to configure, press this button" configuration tool. They rock! Why reinvent the wheel? Why make things difficult when there is an easy way? But, enjoying linux for what it is, here's my $0.02: This is why it's good to know how to configure things manually and not to have to depend on a configuration utility. There! I said it. Having said that, i don't know how to help you with a manual configuration of your printer or your kernel. For your printer, i would suggest poking around in /etc/sysconfig. For your kernel, i would suggest installing it from source, as opposed to rpm. And for drakconf, i don't have anything to suggest. ?, j --- Praedor Tempus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I really need some help here. I built kernel-2.4.3-17mdk without any problem using essentially the same settings as a successful build of 2.4.2-20mdk. Kernel-2.4.3-17mdk will NOT bootup. It gives a kernel panic about not being able to mount root device "306" or 03:06, and states that I need to pass it a proper "root=" append. Huh? 2.4.2 has NO problems with my system at all but 2.4.3 refuses to accept my system. It built just fine. Second. ALL drakxtools are totally dicked up and unworkable. I have tried various versions of drakxtools on my system from 33.5mdk to 91mdk and they ALL fail to work. If I try to change my X resolution using drakx, I get: String found where operator expected at /usr/lib/libDrakX/modules.pm line 583, near "output "/proc/parport/0/irq"" (Do you need to predeclare output?) syntax error at /usr/lib/libDrakX/modules.pm line 583, near "output "/proc/parport/0/irq"" Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/XFdrake line 24. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/XFdrake line 24. I have tried doing this with perl-5.600 to 5.700 and it is ALWAYS the same. Besides that, what the hell does a parport or IRQ have to do with XFree86 resolution?! Why does it matter one bit what /proc/parport has in it if all I want to do is change my default X resolution? I also cannot use printerdrake: everything already installed Undefined subroutine interactive::deref called at /usr/lib/libDrakX/interactive.pm line 284. Totally useless...I have a printer but cannot install it because printerdrake is dorked up. I have also tried compiling drakxtools from source. It builds but produces the same damn errors. What is wrong here? How do I fix it? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. __ Do
[expert] How dost one change from rpm-3.x to rpm-4.x?
I am presently in the late process of rebuilding my system. I reinstalled Mandrake 7.2 and am now upgrading beyond 7.2, but not quite to 8.0. I am trying to do this cleanly and systematically. I am about to switch to glibc2.2, rebuild my kernel, rebuild XFree86, and then, I would like to upgrade from rpm-3.x to 4.x. Last time I attempted that particular change, it totally dicked up my system with all my previously installed rpms being lost to the new rpm. I would like to avoid this on this go around. How does one upgrade to rpm-4.x without losing the list/database of installed rpms from 3.x? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Mandrake 8.0 kernel-2.4.3-17mdk is NOT working!
Gah! I am going crazy with the multitude of problems that apparently exist in Mandrake Cooker right now (I KNOW it is beta but until now I have NEVER had so many problems with Cooker stuff). Among the MANY problems: drakx software doesn't work. Period. I open up DrakConf and try to do ANYTHING with hardware, XFree, and DrakConf refuses to work. It cannot simply wont display anything - if I select printers, display, etc (I want to change my default X resolution and am not permitted to with ANY Mandrake tools and I want to setup my printer and not a single tool with Mandrake will let me). Now, I downloaded kernel-source-2.4.3-17mdk and the headers, did my usual xconfig and build. It built just fine, as usual, but no matter what I do, the resultant kernel will NOT bootup. It kernel panics instead with: Cannot mount root device "306" or 03:06 Please append correct "root=" boot option. Excuse me? Has something been totally and royally screwed up and changed in 2.4.3 vs 2.4.2 kernels? I ask because I have a 2.4.2 kernel, built by myself with essentially the same options and modules, and it boots just fine, thank you. 2.4.3? A total loser. IS there something fundamental that I should know about in the 2.4.3 kernel that is way different from the 2.4.2 kernels that prevents it from booting as I describe? I have looked over my lilo: boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=791 default=242-20 keytable=/boot/us.klt lba32 prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw other=/dev/hda1 label=dos table=/dev/hda other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy unsafe image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-4mdk label=linux root=/dev/hda6 read-only append="hde=ide-scsi" optional image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-7mdk label=242-ati root=/dev/hda6 read-only append="hde=ide-scsi" optional image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-20mdk label=242-20 root=/dev/hda6 read-only append="hde=ide-scsi" optional image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.3-17mdk label=243-17 root=/dev/hda6 read-only append="hde=ide-scsi" optional Is there something wrong here? If so, I don't see it. WHY WONT KERNEL 2.4.3 BOOT?! How can I change my default X resolution? It is apparently 2046x1076 or something ungodly like that on my 17" monitor. No me gusto. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] where does install_any.pm come from?
One of the major components to all my Mandrake Cooker problems appears to be the lack of install_any.pm. From what rpm (I believe it must one of the perl rpms) does install_any.pm come from? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Someone from mandrake want to toss me a bone?
OK, I really need some help here. I built kernel-2.4.3-17mdk without any problem using essentially the same settings as a successful build of 2.4.2-20mdk. Kernel-2.4.3-17mdk will NOT bootup. It gives a kernel panic about not being able to mount root device "306" or 03:06, and states that I need to pass it a proper "root=" append. Huh? 2.4.2 has NO problems with my system at all but 2.4.3 refuses to accept my system. It built just fine. Second. ALL drakxtools are totally dicked up and unworkable. I have tried various versions of drakxtools on my system from 33.5mdk to 91mdk and they ALL fail to work. If I try to change my X resolution using drakx, I get: String found where operator expected at /usr/lib/libDrakX/modules.pm line 583, near "output "/proc/parport/0/irq"" (Do you need to predeclare output?) syntax error at /usr/lib/libDrakX/modules.pm line 583, near "output "/proc/parport/0/irq"" Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/XFdrake line 24. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/XFdrake line 24. I have tried doing this with perl-5.600 to 5.700 and it is ALWAYS the same. Besides that, what the hell does a parport or IRQ have to do with XFree86 resolution?! Why does it matter one bit what /proc/parport has in it if all I want to do is change my default X resolution? I also cannot use printerdrake: everything already installed Undefined subroutine interactive::deref called at /usr/lib/libDrakX/interactive.pm line 284. Totally useless...I have a printer but cannot install it because printerdrake is dorked up. I have also tried compiling drakxtools from source. It builds but produces the same damn errors. What is wrong here? How do I fix it? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] Someone from mandrake want to toss me a bone?
Yeah, well the problem there is that I have tried three things: XFree86 -configure and xf86cfg and xf86config XFree86 -configure works, sortof. I get a working X but it has the color depth of 256 colors at 2048x1024 as the default. I have tried editing the resulting XF86Config to change this to no avail. xf86cfg flat out doesn't work. It crashes at startup. xf86config works, sort of, but it doesn't help me with color depth. The kernel: I installed kernel-source-2.4.3-17mdk and the associated kernel-headers. I then did the xconfig, make dep, make clean, make bzImage, etc. It builds just fine and installs fine. What it absolutely will NOT do is boot. Instead, it kernel panics regardless of what settings I change. I am using the same settings/modules, etc, that worked perfectly for 2.4.2-20mdk when I built that. I am about to annihilate XFree86 off my system and reinstall it from scratch. Hopefully that will fix the problems associated with it, but it wont do squat for the kernel. I am going to have to reinstall the 2.4.2 source so I can rebuild DRI for my radeon card. I was going to do it with 2.4.3, but since it is a useless kernel, it's back to 2.4.2. On Friday 13 April 2001 09:30 pm, F% wrote: Ok, i'm about to offer my two cents. But first let me say that this is not a criticism of DrakX, Linuxconf, or any other "to configure, press this button" configuration tool. They rock! Why reinvent the wheel? Why make things difficult when there is an easy way? But, enjoying linux for what it is, here's my $0.02: This is why it's good to know how to configure things manually and not to have to depend on a configuration utility. There! I said it. Having said that, i don't know how to help you with a manual configuration of your printer or your kernel. For your printer, i would suggest poking around in /etc/sysconfig. For your kernel, i would suggest installing it from source, as opposed to rpm. And for drakconf, i don't have anything to suggest. ?, j --- Praedor Tempus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I really need some help here. I built kernel-2.4.3-17mdk without any problem using essentially the same settings as a successful build of 2.4.2-20mdk. Kernel-2.4.3-17mdk will NOT bootup. It gives a kernel panic about not being able to mount root device "306" or 03:06, and states that I need to pass it a proper "root=" append. Huh? 2.4.2 has NO problems with my system at all but 2.4.3 refuses to accept my system. It built just fine. Second. ALL drakxtools are totally dicked up and unworkable. I have tried various versions of drakxtools on my system from 33.5mdk to 91mdk and they ALL fail to work. If I try to change my X resolution using drakx, I get: String found where operator expected at /usr/lib/libDrakX/modules.pm line 583, near "output "/proc/parport/0/irq"" (Do you need to predeclare output?) syntax error at /usr/lib/libDrakX/modules.pm line 583, near "output "/proc/parport/0/irq"" Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/XFdrake line 24. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/XFdrake line 24. I have tried doing this with perl-5.600 to 5.700 and it is ALWAYS the same. Besides that, what the hell does a parport or IRQ have to do with XFree86 resolution?! Why does it matter one bit what /proc/parport has in it if all I want to do is change my default X resolution? I also cannot use printerdrake: everything already installed Undefined subroutine interactive::deref called at /usr/lib/libDrakX/interactive.pm line 284. Totally useless...I have a printer but cannot install it because printerdrake is dorked up. I have also tried compiling drakxtools from source. It builds but produces the same damn errors. What is wrong here? How do I fix it? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] More Cooker problems
I now find that I cannot do a "make xconfig" in Cooker. If I do, it craps out with: rm -f include/asm ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) make -C scripts kconfig.tk make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.2/scripts' cat header.tk ./kconfig.tk ./tkparse ../arch/i386/config.in kconfig.tk echo "set defaults \"arch/i386/defconfig\"" kconfig.tk echo "set ARCH \"i386\"" kconfig.tk cat tail.tk kconfig.tk chmod 755 kconfig.tk make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.2/scripts' wish -f scripts/kconfig.tk Application initialization failed: unknown color name "Black" Error in startup script: can't invoke "button" command: application has been destroyed while executing "button .ref" (file "scripts/kconfig.tk" line 51) make: *** [xconfig] Error 1 Wonderful. Something really fundamental is broken here and it appears to affect cups, DrakConf, tk (via xconfig when making a kernel). SHIT! It's a real pain in the ass to go back and reinstall an outdated 7.2 and then go through the pain of updating THAT again. Is anyone running Cooker without these MANY problems? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] No colors?!
It appears that the source of one of my problems with MANY things in cooker is colors. If I try to build a kernel and start with the "make xconfig", it craps out because it cannot understand simple colors (black, gray, etc). If I try to run xf86cfg, it craps out because it cannot figure out colors. KDE is fine and I have a color display. From where are the color definitions derived that seems to be missing on my system? When running xconfig, where does it acquire its information on colors? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Since upgrading from KDE 2.1 to 2.1.1 - menu problems
I upgraded to kde 2.1.1 and now my menus in kde are all messed up. If I start kmenuedit, anything I do there has no effect on my menus. The only way I am able to alter/edit my kmenu is to copy files from /usr/share/apps/applnk.kde into $HOME/.kde/share/applnk. If I start kmenuedit, it LOOKS normal and OK there but it doesn't do anything. What is up with 2.1.1? It seems that with every update, kde is meaninglessly altered in subtle ways from the previous version just enough to dick everything up with no benefit gained from the change. These changes appear gratuitous and of no functional or usability benefit whatsoever. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Mandrake 8.0 kde-2.1.1 menudrake doesn't work
I installed KDE 2.1.1 and all works except the kmenu and kmenuedit. After the install, kmenu was essentially empty with only rudimentary entries like bookmarks, recent documents, run, etc. I finally managed to get the rest of the kde and other stuff into the kmenu by copying /usr/share/applnk.kde to $HOME/.kde/share/applnk-mdk. I can't do anything with menudrake/kmenuedit. If I open it up, it loads and displays entries like everything is normal but when I alter anything and save it, it does nothing. Besides that, the names of directories listed in kmenuedit do not correspond to what are actually there. Basically, kmenuedit is toast and useless now and I cannot seem to add any entries to my kmenu. I tried to create an entry for cdrtoaster but it came to naught. This is on a Mandrake 8.0 system, not a 7.2 system. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] DrakConf doesn't work in Mandrake 8.0
I have been trying to get cups and printing to work in Mandrake 8.0/cooker. No go. I cannot connect to my cups server though it is running. I try to run DrakConf to setup my printer and go from there. No go, DrakeConf doesn't work AT ALL. I get the window with the icons OK but no matter which one I select, when it tries to detect a printer (or mouse or whatever) it doesn't do anything and the xterm from which I am running DrakConf give me crap like: [root@localhost kde]# DrakConf Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry at /usr/X11R6/bin/DrakConf.real line 203, VERS line 1. test 1 1 Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) at /usr/X11R6/bin/DrakConf.real line 518, VERS line 1. Can't locate install_any.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/libDrakX /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at /usr/lib/libDrakX/lang.pm line 428. test 1 2 Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) at /usr/X11R6/bin/DrakConf.real line 518, VERS line 1. Can't locate install_any.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/libDrakX /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at /usr/lib/libDrakX/lang.pm line 428. Nice. What does it take to get printing and drakconf to work in Mandrake 8.0? I downloaded the source rpm for DrakConf and built and installed it. STILL wont work and STILL gives the above errors. Something isn't being checked for during configure, it seems, when one builds DrakConf since it didn't have any problems building and configure found no problems. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] test - don't read
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[expert] KDE 2.1.1 broke my setup
Nice. I upgraded to kde 2.1.1 and it broke my setup. No Kmenu, no Kcontrol (if I start it, there are no modules). I deleted my .kde directory in hopes that logging back in would fix all of it. Nope, nothing. What is the fix? Without the menu items, I may as well be using the most rudimentary window manager possible. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] So...what is the verdict on KDE 2.1.1
For those who have upgraded to KDE 2.1.1, what is the general verdict? Does it fix more than it breaks or does it break more than it fixes? Are any new problems well offset by improvements? I have all the rpms but am still hesitant to install them having read a number of posts here and there about problems. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] So...what is the verdict on KDE 2.1.1
Well, I have 2.1 and aa fonts but the problem is that adobe fonts are royally screwed in rendering. Windows fonts, and any fonts except Adobe MM fonts are real nice. The ONLY fixed font available/allowed is an adobe font which doesn't display well at all. Like all adobe fonts under QT 2.3.0 aa, the fonts shift upwards, screwing up alignment in any browser window that includes any fixed fonts mixed with other fonts. It also makes things like web searches a pain because the text entered in the query window, say in Google, is displaced upward and partially covered/hidden by the upper limit of the text entry box. If 2.1.1 somehow fixes this problem then that alone would be enough to get me to upgrade. On Monday 09 April 2001 10:55, s wrote: For me, I don't see much difference except for the aa fonts, which in itself worth it to me. But I don't see/experience too many bugs, but I didn't find too many before with 2.1. So if you're coming from 2.0 or 2.01, do it. If you're coming from 2.1, the only advantage is aa fonts (and its a little work to get them to show up). MO, -s On Monday 09 April 2001 03:05 am, you wrote: For those who have upgraded to KDE 2.1.1, what is the general verdict? Does it fix more than it breaks or does it break more than it fixes? Are any new problems well offset by improvements? I have all the rpms but am still hesitant to install them having read a number of posts here and there about problems. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. --
Re: [expert] Netscape Locking Up
Most assuredly yes. About half the time I start the bastard up, it locks and I have to do the kill -9 thing and try again. On Friday 06 April 2001 09:20, Stephen Lawrence Jr. wrote: Is anyone else having problems with Netscape Communicator 4.76 locking up and taking %99 CPU time? I have to do a 'kill -9' on it all the time. -- Stephen Lawrence Jr. - Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] California Animal Health Food Safety Laboratory System, UC Davis (530)-752-4614 -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. --
Re: [expert] Netscape Locking Up
I use konqueror for most browsing but... Konqueror doesn't handle javascript as well as netscape does. There are some sites I frequent that require javascript work to make the website useful and konqueror just wont do it (my M$ outlook email interface at work is one such page that doesn't work well in konqueror). There are other sites that use flash and such that konqueror can't deal with even when the netscape flash plugin is available. For some sites, konqueror is not an option and only netscape can handle them. Don't know about Opera but then, I suppose it doesn't do netscape plugins which would rule it out for many sites. On Friday 06 April 2001 15:11, s wrote: I don't know what's up with yours, but konqueror has always beat netscape hands down for me in stability and page loading. And it has only improved in 2.1! By the way, a new opera version is out today. I'm just about to install and try it out. -s On Friday 06 April 2001 02:47 pm, you wrote: I just wish konquerer were faster. ron -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] Netscape Locking Up
One website that konqueror (at least on my system - Mandrake 8.0) can't handle is the DRI website. What happens: First off, the page is misrendered in text if I select any of the links to other DRI pages (the main page is OK). The problem is parts of the text overwrite each other so as to be unreadable. If I then go up to the View menu, then down to "set encoding" and select either of the Arabic encodings, which works on the MANY other web pages that are similarly misrendered, instead of fixing the page I am on, it dumps me back to the main DRI page. So, I can either browse the documentation, etc, pages at the DRI website and try to read around the misrendered, dicked up text OR I can start netscape and view the pages without any problems at all. Konqueror encoding defaults to "auto" and it is dicked up in KDE 2.1. I don't know about 2.1.1 but with the problems that version appears to have I am not going to try it and will wait for 2.1.2. On Friday 06 April 2001 16:33, Ron Heron wrote: I guess I just need to work with it more. Maybe its the "blank" while loading images, where netscape always gave the image as it loaded. Then again, I haven't looked deep into the configuration, just enough to enable java. --- s [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know what's up with yours, but konqueror has always beat netscape hands down for me in stability and page loading. And it has only improved in 2.1! By the way, a new opera version is out today. I'm just about to install and try it out. -s On Friday 06 April 2001 02:47 pm, you wrote: I just wish konquerer were faster. ron = ^C quit :q exit ? help shit __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] Netscape Locking Up
Here is the link to the Direct Rendering page: http://dri.sourceforge.net For an example of the problem select the Documentation link, then choose either the User Guide link or the DRI Compilation Guide link. Scroll down the page and you should find that some of the text on the page is screwed up. On the Users Guide page, for instance, page down until you get to XF86Config file section. There should be blocks of text in that section that are displayed all screwy. Paging down in the Compilation Guide you should find similar blocks of text that are screwed up. By screwed up I mean that ALL the text of that block is rendered on top of itself and is thus, unreadable. On MOST pages that this happens on, all you need to do is go to View - Set encoding and select something (I usually select Arabic at the top) and this fixes it but on these DRI pages, you get kicked back to the homepage instead. There are a few military pages that require SSL (which I do have) support in the browser (which I have enabled in konqueror) but will not allow me to connect because the sites tell me that I don't have SSL. Changing the user agent to fake being IE doesn't help. On Friday 06 April 2001 18:09, s wrote: H. Well, I don't go to exotic sites too often. I haven't had a problem. Hey, would you post one or two of those links so I can test mine out? -s On Friday 06 April 2001 05:59 pm, you wrote: One website that konqueror (at least on my system - Mandrake 8.0) can't handle is the DRI website. What happens: First off, the page is misrendered in text if I select any of the links to other DRI pages (the main page is OK). The problem is parts of the text overwrite each other so as to be unreadable. If I then go up to the View menu, then down to "set encoding" and select either of the Arabic encodings, which works on the MANY other web pages that are similarly misrendered, instead of fixing the page I am on, it dumps me back to the main DRI page. So, I can either browse the documentation, etc, pages at the DRI website and try to read around the misrendered, dicked up text OR I can start netscape and view the pages without any problems at all. Konqueror encoding defaults to "auto" and it is dicked up in KDE 2.1. I don't know about 2.1.1 but with the problems that version appears to have I am not going to try it and will wait for 2.1.2. On Friday 06 April 2001 16:33, Ron Heron wrote: I guess I just need to work with it more. Maybe its the "blank" while loading images, where netscape always gave the image as it loaded. Then again, I haven't looked deep into the configuration, just enough to enable java. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] Netscape Locking Up
Actually, now that I think about it, the problem may well lie with the fact that I have font antialiasing enabled with qt-2.3.0 in KDE. It works well for most things but some fonts are totally screwed. As for the DRI site...the package is NICE. I have an ATI Radeon 32 DDR video card that I just installed with DRI in mind. Now that I have hardware OpenGL 3d acceleration enabled, graphics and games go VERY well. Running the Mesa toy app "gears" from an xterm gives me an average framerate of 880. With nothing else running, I have seen 1000 FPS. Fullscreen I get 160 fps. Before, without hardware accel, I would get around 100 fps in default screen size and only about 23 fps fullscreen. The games Heretic2 and Terminus look and run great. DRI was well worth the minor effort it took to download and build (also had to rebuild my kernel to make it all play together). If you have a decent video card with 3d accel capability other than an Nvidia, I highly recommend the DRI code. On Friday 06 April 2001 20:59, s wrote: Oh man, I don't know how to tell you this, but mine looked good; just as I imagine the author intended. However, changing encoding did kick it back to home page. I'm using a 17" monitor at 1024x768 with 12 pt. comic sans. I wish I had a suggestion for you. Informative site tho, thanx, I've bookmarked it for future reference. -s On Friday 06 April 2001 07:47 pm, you wrote: Here is the link to the Direct Rendering page: http://dri.sourceforge.net For an example of the problem select the Documentation link, then choose either the User Guide link or the DRI Compilation Guide link. Scroll down the page and you should find that some of the text on the page is screwed up. On the Users Guide page, for instance, page down until you get to XF86Config file section. There should be blocks of text in that section that are displayed all screwy. Paging down in the Compilation Guide you should find similar blocks of text that are screwed up. By screwed up I mean that ALL the text of that block is rendered on top of itself and is thus, unreadable. On MOST pages that this happens on, all you need to do is go to View - Set encoding and select something (I usually select Arabic at the top) and this fixes it but on these DRI pages, you get kicked back to the homepage instead. There are a few military pages that require SSL (which I do have) support in the browser (which I have enabled in konqueror) but will not allow me to connect because the sites tell me that I don't have SSL. Changing the user agent to fake being IE doesn't help. On Friday 06 April 2001 18:09, s wrote: H. Well, I don't go to exotic sites too often. I haven't had a problem. Hey, would you post one or two of those links so I can test mine out? -s -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] Cant mount Root FS
My /dev/hda primary partition, like many of you no doubt, is vfat with windoze on it. I have found that if I build a kernel (2.4.x) without including fat and vfat IN the kernel, then I get the "kernel panic, cannot mount root fs" message. This has happened to me several times lately and in each case, I go to the filesystems portion of xconfig and see that fat and vfat are modules instead of built in. I change this and all is subsequently well. My drive sequencing never changes (no /dev/hda to /dev/hdsomething else). On Saturday 31 March 2001 07:24, Don wrote: On Saturday 31 March 2001 09:12, you wrote: On Friday 30 March 2001 19:15, you wrote: Anyone have any ideas where I might be going wrong here: --- snip Bob Silva bob @bravenet.com The 2.4 kernel was built with those awful devices in mind--the controllers that put disks just anywhere. So kernel 2.4 is looking for /dev/hda and it has relocated /dev/hde there! The result is that grub or lilo is misdirecting the kernel to a (now nonexistent) /dev/hdex root. The incompatibility does not stop there--/etc/fstab has all the wrong mount points since they all point to /dev/hde which is now /dev/hda. With a 2.4 install and running, it seems to work except for Of course it all works with windows. This hardware was not built with linux in mind. Civileme For My dual processor board here is what the lilo.conf file looks like. Maybe you can get some idea from this example. Linux smp is being run from hdf drive, and booted from the hde mbr partition. [...] -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] WYSYWYG for latex under linux
You can save files as latex from lyx (do not use klyx, it is major broken and no longer in development). Also, the output of lyx is text as well. Try it. Save a lyx file and then open it in a text editor. Beyond that, I know of no WYSIWYG editor for latex. Lyx is a "WYSIWYM" app, meaning that what you mean for it to look like is how it turns out and the image on the screen is a reasonable face to work with. On Saturday 31 March 2001 14:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello folks; I am taken a latex course and after every session I am most for use this wonderfull text-compiler system. The course it under windows, but using free software. But my aim is to use latex under linux, nevertheless, the use of a WYSIWYG text editor is for me more interesting that just an old character editor. I know lyx and klyx in linux, but they use a particular file format, different of tex, I don't belive this is a good idea, the tex format is multiplatform, so klyx or lyx have, for me, a big handicap. I have tryed to find any open-source WYSIWYG tex editor, but I haven't found nothing at the moment. Do any person of the list know some one? Thanks a lot for your attention Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] what has become of mandrakeupdate?
I recently downloaded the mandrakeupdate src rpm for mandrake 8.0 (cooker), built it and installed it. There is no mandrakeupdate in it despite the name. There is only grpmi. In the i586 binary directory there is also mandrakeupdate rpm. What has become of it? I cannot run mandrakeupdate anymore because I am essentially up to 8.0 level and my last functional mandrakeupdate was from 7.2. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. --
[expert] Printing problems with KDE 2.1 and cups/kups
I am running KDE 2.1 with cups-1.1.6, kups-1.1-4mdk, qtcups-2.1-7mdk. I have an Epson Color Stylus 600. I can startup and testprint from kups as superuser/root but if I try this as a user, kups freezes up and bogs down my whole system - kpm indicates in the neighborhood of 99% CPU usage. This goes on indefinitely. It also shows a process, "lpr -lpd" also consuming 99% of my CPU (of course, two apps cannot be both using 99% of my CPU). The only way to unfreeze kups is to kill the "lpr -lpd" process. If I try to print from any kde app (konqueror, kmail), the app will freeze up and slow my system down in the same way that kups does. In no case is a printout EVER produced. Also, the print job never show up in the printer queue. Not in kups (which is frozen of course) nor does it show up in kups if I am running it as root and try to print from kmail or konqueror as a user. If I do an "lpq" from the CLI as well, nothing ever appears in the queue. I only have the one printer so there is only the one queue. It only ever show a queued print job if I do the CLI printing of a postscript file. As a user I CAN print from the CLI using the "lpr some postscript file" without any problems. I have tried both the foomatic+stccolor, foomatic, foomatic + gimp-print, as well as various versions of gimp-print available to me in the driver list. As root, again, I have no problem printing test pages from kups with these drivers, but as user... -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. --
Re: RE: [expert] ATI Radeon - hardware acceleration
I saw the announcement and now await a Mandrake src.rpm so I can build it. The alternative is to download the DRI stuff directly from sourceforge and build/install it. I am also thinking about that. On Monday 19 March 2001 11:58, Jim Dawson wrote: You can check to see if DRI is enabled in Xfree86 by checking your Xfree86 config file. You should have a line that states: Load"DRI" However, I do not know if the radeon is currently supported for DRI. Sorry in that respect. Best of luck! I think I saw something about XFree 4.0.3 (just released a few days ago) supporting DRI on ATI Radeon. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. --
Re: [expert] Trouble Compiling 2.4.2 kernel
In have built many a kernel, first using the app called "buildkernel", which is quite nice, and more recently the more manual way. I have now built a number of 2.4.x kernels, once accidently toasting my backup original 2.2.17 kernel, but luck was with me because my 2.4.2 builds were fine and now I only have hand-built kernels on my system. Did you cd to /usr/src/linux and after doing "make xconfig" do: "make dep make clean make bzImage make install make modules make modules_install" ? Also, when you have the xmenu up and going, select no on the "Set version information on all modules" under the "Loadable module support" menu? I have done this all many times without problem whatsoever. On Sunday 18 March 2001 03:41, you wrote: I am running LM8.0beta2 with kernel 2.4.2-15mdk and I get depmod errors when I'm trying to "make dep". What am I missing? Am I doing something wrong? I have had this problem with depmod errors since 2.4.2 first reared it's ugly head for the mdk.arch.rpm distribution. I would do a make mrproper but that is how I lost my kernel last time. Stupid me had only made and used one kernel. I am ready this time. I have a couple but I want to do it right this time. TIA.
[expert] cups and kde totally screwed
I am running a nearly Mandrake 8.0 beta system (kernel-2.4.2, XFree86-4.0.2, glibc2.2) with kde 2.1, qt-2.3.0, cups-1.1.6-14mdk, kups-1.1-4mdk and qtcups-2.1-7mdk. My problem is that I can run kups as root and printout a test page just fine. If I try to run kups as a user and select my one and only printer (Epson Stylus Color 600), then my system bogs way down and kups essentially freezes. If I open up kpm, it indicates that kups is using 99% of my CPU. If I try to print from any kde app it fails. There is no error message, just prolonged HDD activity and the app freezes up until I open up kpm and kill "lpr -dlp" which is using 99% of the CPU. If I print from the CLI using "lpr some postscript file" I have no problem printing. What is up with cups and/or kups? How do I fix this?
[expert] Any way to fix KEdit and kwrite with aa?
Since going with qt 2.3.0 and antialiasing, I have had to quit using both kedit and kwrite. I have also lost the ability to view text files in konqueror. With the editors, if I type the text is invisable and starts out too high in the window so that it is actually partially underneath the menu bar. Hitting return puts the cursor on a new line barely a millimeter or two below the previous. Trying to view any text file via the konqueror file browser produces gibberish dots in place of text. I now can only use gedit or emacs/xemacs for editing since the native kde 2.1 editors are no longer functional. I had hoped that the latest updates to kde would do something about this but upgrading hasn't fixed anything. I have downloaded the truetype fonts and the XftConfig file, and I have even added an .xftconfig file to my HOME$ with an added entry that I had hoped would fix the font display problem in kde editors and konqueror - by setting it up so that any Adobe font isn't antialiased. Didn't work. Is there ANY fix for kde and antialiasing that makes kde editors actually useful?
[expert] ATI Radeon - hardware acceleration
I recently replaced my Matrox Mystique 220 and VoodooII card with an ATI Radeon 32MB DDR AGP card. It appears to be setup properly (X works fine, I have nice screen resolution, bootup messages indicate the Radeon is recognized) but I don't seem to get hardware opengl acceleration. I have Mesa-3.4.1 installed on a nearly MD 8.0beta system. I have XFree86-4.0.2 and kernel-2.4.1. I also have the game "Terminus" which is supposed to support ATI video cards in linux including the Radeon. When I start it, it uses software opengl rendering. If I use the Mesa demos, they are all software rendered too (shouldn't they BE ABLE to use hardware?). I guess I need to know , 1) how do I confirm whether or not DRI is enabled in XFree? Bootup indicates "acceleration enabled" which I have taken to mean hardware acceleration is enabled, and 2) how do I get hardware true hardware acceleration with my Radeon? praedor
[expert] AA fonts and kedit or kwrite or txt files
I am generally pleased with the antialiasing from qt2.3.0 in kde2.1 but I am having problems with kedit and kwrite that appears associated. The problem is that the actual text in the app window is shifted upward beyond the menu bar at the top (the cursor resides partially under the menu bar) and the text is also invisable. I can type and type and the cursor moves but nothing appears - this is in both kedit and kwrite. Now for text files. If I use konqueror to browse my home directory and select a text file, it opens it up in the internal konqueror viewer but the text is totally dicked. Instead of text, the page renders as a bunch of almost random dots or speckles. Totally unreadable. If I open up gedit, it is fine and the text file is fine so this is restricted to qt and kde. I already did the "fix" suggested in the cooker list, downloading the truetype font gz file and the XftConfig file. This allows me to properly select arial, etc, fonts, which work very well for everything except kedit and kwrite and the internal konqueror text viewer. One font that is impossible to select is fixed font. It stubbornly remains Adobe Sans serif MM which is royally screwed. If I knew specifically what particular font this was amongst those loaded on my system, I would delete it outright. It is utterly useless and hideously mis-rendered. Has anyone upgraded to qt 2.3.0 and managed to retain kedit and kwrite useability? How about being able to view text files via konqueror? If so...HOW DID YOU DO IT? praedor -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. --
Re: [expert] qt2.3 rpms for 7.2
I cannot remember where the qt2-2.3.0 rpms were placed for Mandrake 7.2. I could download the qt source and build it (again-I did it on my fast desktop) but I'd rather just go for the binaries for my rather sluggish laptop. Where were they placed? On Monday 12 March 2001 12:35, Tobias Marx wrote: Praedor Tempus schrieb: no, it should work right out of the box. I must say that my system has been totally dicked up by the switch to qt2-2.3.0. This only affects kde apps. Most of my kde app menus are messed up, with the menu widgets being totally screwed vs the text in [...]totally invisable under the window border. there has been a thread on this topic on the cooker mailing list. you may have a look in the archive on http://www.mail-archive.com/cooker@linux-mandrake.com/ -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. --
[expert] CD-RW - how do I get it working?
I recently added a sony atapi cd-rw drive to my 7.2/8.0 system. I have read the howto on this subject and as a result, recompiled my kernel to support scsi emulation and then added 'append="hde=ide-scsi"' to my lilo.conf file for the new kernel. Now, I see no evidence that the CD-RW drive is being seen as "scsi" so I still am unable to burn any CDs with it. What have I missed? This CD-RW drive is the second CDROM drive on my system. I still have my original atapi cdrom, which is handled as IDE by default. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] CD-RW - how do I get it working?
On Tuesday 13 March 2001 16:10, Larry Marshall wrote: Now, I see no evidence that the CD-RW drive is being seen as "scsi" so I still am unable to burn any CDs with it. Did you do: cd /dev rm cdrom2 ln -s scd0 cdrom2 Hello and thank you, but something is still not right. I have the append="hdd=scsi,hde=scsi" line in lilo.conf and I have created the symlink you list above. Still no workie. If I try to mount either cdrom1 or cdrom2, I get "mount: /dev/cdrom1: unknown device" or the same message for /dev/cdrom2 -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] CD-RW - how do I get it working?
Replying to myself...I worked it all out about 5 minutes after posting this message. I have both my CDROM and CDRW now recognized as scsi and both cdrtoaster and xcdroast recognize them properly. On Tuesday 13 March 2001 21:52, Praedor Tempus wrote: On Tuesday 13 March 2001 16:10, Larry Marshall wrote: Now, I see no evidence that the CD-RW drive is being seen as "scsi" so I still am unable to burn any CDs with it. Did you do: cd /dev rm cdrom2 ln -s scd0 cdrom2 Hello and thank you, but something is still not right. I have the append="hdd=scsi,hde=scsi" line in lilo.conf and I have created the symlink you list above. Still no workie. If I try to mount either cdrom1 or cdrom2, I get "mount: /dev/cdrom1: unknown device" or the same message for /dev/cdrom2 -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Danger Will Robinson! Do NOT switch to qt2-2.3.0
Mandrakites, Do NOT switch to qt2-2.3.0 in hopes of having antialiased fonts. It will completely dick up your kde usability. The fonts DO look nice but there are side-affects that render kde 2.1 unusable. All my window menus are compressed or distorted to the point that no menu is usable. Drakfont is unusable as the font selection window is compressed to the point that no font names appear in it and one cannot select fonts to try to correct the problems qt2-2.3.0 caused (it automagically sets ALL your default fonts to some proportional adobe fonts which in SOME cases looks really nice but the drakfont problem wont allow you to fix the problems this causes with konsole, menu compression and distortion. There is a temp fix being discussed in the cooker forum but it appears that YMMV as to whether it fixes things or not. I am in the process of trying to find out whether my menu compression problem is known to those who are experiencing font problems with qt 2.3.0. I tried rebuilding kde 2.1 source against qt 2.3.0 in hopes that this would fix it but it hasn't (I found I could build ALL the kde 2.1 src rpms except for kdelib-2.1-3mdk.src.rpm, by the way - I had to go with cooker binary rpms to get all of kdelibs installed). -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. --
Re: [expert] qt2.3 rpms for 7.2
Thanks for the pointer. I will be attempting the suggested fix (from the cooker list) and see how that goes. Then I'll let ya'll know what comes of it. I am hoping to be able to stick with qt-2.3.0 because the fonts really do look damn nice. On Monday 12 March 2001 12:35, Tobias Marx wrote: Praedor Tempus schrieb: no, it should work right out of the box. I must say that my system has been totally dicked up by the switch to qt2-2.3.0. This only affects kde apps. Most of my kde app menus are messed up, with the menu widgets being totally screwed vs the text in them. In some cases, the menu list (for instance, the menu header at the top of kmail) is completely invisable, sort of shifted up under the window title bar. The To:, CC:, and Subject: windows are compressed upwards out of existence. The bottom of the kmail window is also compressed downward and almost totally invisable under the window border. there has been a thread on this topic on the cooker mailing list. you may have a look in the archive on http://www.mail-archive.com/cooker@linux-mandrake.com/ bye, Tobias -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. --
Re: [expert] qt2.3 rpms for 7.2
On Saturday 10 March 2001 03:23, you wrote: Expert User schrieb: can you post instructions/pointers about how to compile XF86 4.0.2 with AA support for mandrake? that would be great! Do I have to compile WHOLE KDE again to get AA enabled?? no, it should work right out of the box. I must say that my system has been totally dicked up by the switch to qt2-2.3.0. This only affects kde apps. Most of my kde app menus are messed up, with the menu widgets being totally screwed vs the text in them. In some cases, the menu list (for instance, the menu header at the top of kmail) is completely invisable, sort of shifted up under the window title bar. The To:, CC:, and Subject: windows are compressed upwards out of existence. The bottom of the kmail window is also compressed downward and almost totally invisable under the window border. This problem exists for ALL kde apps for me. I have been trying unsuccessfully to rebuild the kde src rpms with qt2-2.3.0 but with kdelibs, it keeps crapping out with: + rm -f common + cd /var/tmp/kdelibs-2.1-3mdk-root//usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kspell + rm -f common + ln -s /usr/share/doc/HTML/en/common/ common + rm -f /var/tmp/kdelibs-2.1-3mdk-root//usr/include/ltdl.h + mv /var/tmp/kdelibs-2.1-3mdk-root//usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kspell/ /var/tmp/kdelibs-2.1-3mdk-root//usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kspell-base/ mv: /var/tmp/kdelibs-2.1-3mdk-root//usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kspell-base/kspell: cannot overwrite directory Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.62699 (%install) -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] No xforms for mandrake?
Downloading and trying out some of the (skimpy) statistics apps available for linux, I find that one package requires xforms. Turns out, Mandrake doesn't supply xforms - unless it is under a totally bizarre name. IS there an xforms package for mandrake? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. --
Re: [expert] How do I set up Kmail to follow links?
This is an annoyance that has yet to be fixed in KDE. For some reason, konqueror is not, by default, at the top of the html applnk list. To fix this, simply open up Control Center, go to File Browsing, go to Text, then to html. In the large window you will see only Quanta listed. You now hit the Add button, type in konqueror (do not select it from a the list, just type it in) and hit OK. Now select konqueror in the window and hit the Move Up button and move it above quanta. Hit Apply. Now, links in kmail will work as they should and as nature intended. On Friday 09 March 2001 03:13, Gary Bond wrote: When I click on a web link in Kmail I get Quanta. I would rather have Netscape or Konqueror. How do I configure this properly? __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. --
Re: [expert] qt2.3 rpms for 7.2
Nice! I was going to build it myself but yours do fine. It looks REAL nice to have antialiased fonts (finally). Fortunately, I already had XFree86-4.0.2 built and installed...and it works just fine with qt-2.3.0 antialiasing. On Friday 09 March 2001 19:03, you wrote: I've compiled rpms of qt2.3 for Mandrake 7.2 from the cooker srpms. You can download them here: http://rpm.digitalprojects.com. They install fine, but the unsupported xfree4.02 rpms seem not to support antialiasing. I'm going to compile new xfree rpms from cooker tomorow. I hope this will help. [...] -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] best video card for Linux?
Matrox cards are well supported. Voodoo cards are well supported. ATI cards are well supported. Nvidia cards are well supported but you must acquire drivers extraneously. I just ordered an ATI Radeon AGP 32MB DDR based on the fact that XFree86-4.0.2 now contains support for this card. I paid $114 for this card, which is a pretty damn good card, based on the graphics benchmarks I've looked at (no one beats newer Nvidia cards but then, they are more expensive too). I moderated my desire for a new, excellent graphics card vs price and driver support and went the way I did. An older but excellent Matrox G400 was a close second choice for me. On Wednesday 07 March 2001 02:00 pm, Jeff Malka wrote: My old Matrox Millennium video card just went dead on me. Still works but the reds are gone and everything is blue (me too). I am therefore going to have to get a new video card. What are the good ones to look at for Linux? I am running Mandrake Linux 7.1 Praedor
[expert] Problem with konqueror user agent, kde 2.1 final
I am having a problem with the user agent for konqueror in kde 2.1 final. If I am doing something wrong I would appreciate a notice to that effect. I find that the user agent doesn't work for me at all. I go to the user agent page in Control Center or from the settings menu item in konqueror and no matter what I do, I am unable to add anything to the window. The "Add" button never activates. I enter a URL and the user agent I desire for that page and all that I am given is the option to push the "Reset" button. Nothing I do will actually take. How do I get user agent working again? It worked fine with kde-2.1 beta 2. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] PC - to - Phone
I was involved in the original discussion on this topic. Dialpad doesn't work as is because it pointlessly queries the user system to make sure it is running windows. If it is not running windows, an error message is presented (even though it is strictly java - and not a perverse M$ java). As for freewebphone, it is not a PC to phone app. It appears to be a strictly web-phone package - a glorified IRC or instant messaging system that can connect pc to pc but not pc to phone. On Monday 05 March 2001 05:43, KompuKit wrote: yes there is one for linux...go here: http://www.angelfire.com/biz/WebWatch/ it's called: freewebphone Matthew Micene wrote: On Monday 05 March 2001 11:17 am, Gabriel Sandor wrote: Dialpad should work, as it's an java applet, and works from your web browser There was actually a thread on this subject on this list not too long ago. For various reasons, Dialpad does not work on Linux. There is no current PC-to-Phone product for Linux, and I believe someone on the list was attempting to create a pool of people to address this issue. Check the archives for the full thread -- Matthew Micene A host is a host from coast to coast, Systems Development Managerand no one will talk to a host too close Express Search Inc.Unless the host that isn't close www.ExpressSearch.com is busy, hung or dead -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Voodoo2 no longer usable with modern linux?
Until recently, I have been quite happy with my obsolete but perfectly useable voodoo2 card. Since upgrading to a 2.4.x kernel and XFree86-4.0.x, however, I find that I cannot use the card. I have the 3dfx device driver source and have built it with my updated system but it doesn't work - the char-major-107 doesn't exist anymore. Looking for updated drivers, there are none. Does anyone know how to make a voodoo2 work with 2.4.x and XFree86-4.0.x? The tdfx driver in the kernel source is not for the voodoo2. I made the mistake of loading that module and then running "test3Dfx" and it totally locked up my system. I had to hard reboot to get my system back. I must say, as a side note, that I always select the Magic key during kernel xconfig but I have yet to find a situation that wrecked a running linux (like the voodoo test mentioned above) or various other things I have done with sound, in which that key combo is of any use. I have had to hard reboot 6 times this evening because of some bizarro sound problem or the 3dfx problem. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Voodoo2 no longer usable with modern linux?
Until recently, I have been quite happy with my obsolete but perfectly useable voodoo2 card. Since upgrading to a 2.4.x kernel and XFree86-4.0.x, however, I find that I cannot use the card. I have the 3dfx device driver source and have built it with my updated system but it doesn't work - the char-major-107 doesn't exist anymore. Looking for updated drivers, there are none. Does anyone know how to make a voodoo2 work with 2.4.x and XFree86-4.0.x? The tdfx driver in the kernel source is not for the voodoo2. I made the mistake of loading that module and then running "test3Dfx" and it totally locked up my system. I had to hard reboot to get my system back. I must say, as a side note, that I always select the Magic key during kernel xconfig but I have yet to find a situation that wrecked a running linux (like the voodoo test mentioned above) or various other things I have done with sound, in which that key combo is of any use. I have had to hard reboot 6 times this evening because of some bizarro sound problem or the 3dfx problem. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Fwd: Re: [expert] qcad broken with kde 2.1
Just a bit more info on the segfault...the actual message is /usr/bin/qcad: line 3: 7006 Segmentation fault ./qcad "$@" -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [expert] qcad broken with kde 2.1 Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 08:14:06 -0700 From: Praedor Tempus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Qcad worked fine before but now segfaults. I was using glibc2.1.3, qt2-2.2.3, XFree86-4.0.1. Now I have glibc2.2.2, qt-2.2.4, and XFree86-4.0.2-7mdk. There is also the glibc2.1 compat libs installed. Qcad build just fine, without complaint, but trying to run it...sometimes I will get the initial window asking for language and units but trying to get past this the app segfaults every time. On Saturday 03 March 2001 23:35, you wrote: aedor Tempus wrote: I just upgraded my Mandrake system to glibc2.2 (with the glibc2.1 compat libs too), kde-2.1 final. All built and installed fine, including qcad, but whenever I try to run it, it segfaults. The qcad version I am having problems with is qcad-1.4.1. Are you saying the "final" version of kde-2.1 is exhibiting this behavior with qcad now and not before? [...] -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. --- -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] qcad broken with kde 2.1
Qcad worked fine before but now segfaults. I was using glibc2.1.3, qt2-2.2.3, XFree86-4.0.1. Now I have glibc2.2.2, qt-2.2.4, and XFree86-4.0.2-7mdk. There is also the glibc2.1 compat libs installed. Qcad build just fine, without complaint, but trying to run it...sometimes I will get the initial window asking for language and units but trying to get past this the app segfaults every time. On Saturday 03 March 2001 23:35, you wrote: aedor Tempus wrote: I just upgraded my Mandrake system to glibc2.2 (with the glibc2.1 compat libs too), kde-2.1 final. All built and installed fine, including qcad, but whenever I try to run it, it segfaults. The qcad version I am having problems with is qcad-1.4.1. Are you saying the "final" version of kde-2.1 is exhibiting this behavior with qcad now and not before? [...] -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert]
Perhaps I am misunderstanding here but don't you get the information you desire by using nslookup? On Sunday 04 March 2001 09:43, you wrote: That's true, Mark. And you know, i'm much less of a Windows basher than i used to be, especially with 2000, but still i just don't want to have to move from one computer to the other. Plus, i would just like to know how to do it with my Linux box (i like being able to say to my Windows buddies (and to myself) that i can do _whatever_ i need to in Linux). j --- Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ip in question fell neatly into one of those blocks. HOW DID IT FIND THAT INFORMATION OUT?? I don't want to have to consult my windows box every time i want to figure out who to send email to and whether to ban [...] -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert]
What happens if you run traceroute on that ip address? The next to last hop should be the nameserver or router under which your target resides. On Saturday 03 March 2001 10:47, you wrote: This might be a bit off-topic (well ok it is). If i have the ip address of a host that has been, say, port-scanning me, and i want to find out what "ip block" it belongs to, how do i do that? I don't neccessarily mean class A, B or C. For example, i had the above scenario occur. I tried to find out who had authority over that ip but the best i could come up with was something like gt.ca. Then i wander over to [...] -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] qcad broken with kde 2.1, qt-2.2.4?
I just upgraded my Mandrake system to glibc2.2 (with the glibc2.1 compat libs too), kde-2.1 final. All built and installed fine, including qcad, but whenever I try to run it, it segfaults. The qcad version I am having problems with is qcad-1.4.1. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] glibc2.2 and glib2.1 compat libs
I am now upgraded to glibc2.2. I also installed the glibc2.1 compat libs (from Cooker) which, I believe, installs into /usr/i386-glibc21-linux/lib. I compiled and installed qcad-1.4 from cooker sources but trying to install the binary rpm, I get a dependency problem: failed dependencies: libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3 is needed by qcad-1.4.1-6mdk I do a "locate libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3 and get this: /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3 Guess what - it is installed but qcad can't see it. When I try to run qcad it segfaults (inspite of building from source without hitch). What's up with this? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] Removing Xwindows
It is not a good idea to just delete directories. Your RPM database will still think all of that stuff is installed. Startup and login to the command line (Runlevel 4? Or is it 3? You could also do a Ctrl-Alt-F2 and login there and do the the rest of this from there. Not sure what happens when you do a Ctrl-Alt-F7 to get back to your original X session...). From there, do "rpm -qa |grep XFree". You will get a list of every XFree rpm installed. Do an "rpm -e XFree rpm name" for each entry. You will most likely need to use the --nodeps switch too. Anything that depends on XFree will be listed as dependent if you try to remove XFree without the --nodeps switch. That WOULD at least tell you all the other rpms you MAY want to remove in addition to X since they will all be rendered unusable with the removal of X anyway. On Thursday 01 March 2001 16:26, you wrote: Hi -- Does anyone have a procedure for removing the entire Xwindows system and everything under it? I have LM7.2, which installed X by default, but I don't expect to use it on this box and I'd like to remove the extra clutter. I can just remove the appropriate subdirectories, but I imagine there'd be trouble if I only did that. I can reinstall, but I'd rather not... Thanks, Karl Cunningham -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] Removing Xwindows
It is not a good idea to just delete directories. Your RPM database will still think all of that stuff is installed. Startup and login to the command line (Runlevel 4? Or is it 3? You could also do a Ctrl-Alt-F2 and login there and do the the rest of this from there. Not sure what happens when you do a Ctrl-Alt-F7 to get back to your original X session...). From there, do "rpm -qa |grep XFree". You will get a list of every XFree rpm installed. Do an "rpm -e XFree rpm name" for each entry. You will most likely need to use the --nodeps switch too. Anything that depends on XFree will be listed as dependent if you try to remove XFree without the --nodeps switch. That WOULD at least tell you all the other rpms you MAY want to remove in addition to X since they will all be rendered unusable with the removal of X anyway. On Thursday 01 March 2001 16:26, you wrote: Hi -- Does anyone have a procedure for removing the entire Xwindows system and everything under it? I have LM7.2, which installed X by default, but I don't expect to use it on this box and I'd like to remove the extra clutter. I can just remove the appropriate subdirectories, but I imagine there'd be trouble if I only did that. I can reinstall, but I'd rather not... Thanks, Karl Cunningham -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Mandrake, qt-2.2.4, and xft antialiasing of fonts
So, qt 2.2.4 supports certain fonttype antialiasing. Does anyone know if the Mandrake Cooker qt-2.2.4 has xft enabled by default if one compiles the src? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] KDE 2.1 final...nice, RPM-4.0?
Last night I finally completed the compilation and installation of kde2.1-1mdk src rpms. So far, all is working superbly. Very nice. One minor detail...when one right-clicks on the panel and gets the little menu which has one entry for "Settings". Selecting this item (with the intent of changing panel settings) does nothing still. It did nothing with the beta and does nothing now. Does anyone have an install in which the "Settings" entry in the panel menu actually works? If you do, then it would indicate a potential MINOR problem somewhere in my build. It does work OK if I get the the panel settings via Control Center. I still have a question beyond that. Coincident with building the kde2.1 src.rpms, I also upgraded to glibc2.2 (gasp!), and all is well with it too. The problem I am having is in regards to RPM 4.0. I am not impressed with Redhat's wisdom in producing a new RPM version that is, apparently, completely incompatible with the previous version. RPM 4.0 does not recognize RPM 3.0.5's RPM database so if you install 4.0, you totally lose any information regarding what RPMs are actually installed (It would have been nice if Redhat had made 4.0 capable of simply importing the 3.x database so there could be SOME continuity between versions). Is there a means to get 4.0 to recognize/accept the 3.x database so I don't get dependency problems with EVERY RPM I now try to install? XFree is installed, of course, but just about any RPM I try to install now complains about missing dependencies regarding a host of XFree libs. I use the "--nodeps" switch and all is well but this really sucks. It is only a matter of time before I use the --nodeps switch on something for which I truly do lack the appropriate installed RPMs and I wont have a clue because it will be hidden amongst the long list of "missing" dependencies which really aren't missing. Anyone? Please? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Problem with kde 2.1 final...menudrake doesn't work
Menudrake is not working properly. I have lyx, abiword, and several other office apps installed. I can run them from the commandline. I open up menudrake and it is listed there but when I actually look at the kmenu, NONE of them are there. I open up menudrake again, load user config...lyx, abiword, etc, are listed as being there. I save it. Still not there. I open up the system menu. They are all listed there but do not show up in the real kmenu. There appears to be no way to add them or otherwise MAKE them show up in the kmenu. Menudrake is supposed to be the tool for this but it isn't working properly. Anyone else run into this? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] KDE 2.1 final and rpm-4.0
I am in the final portion of rebuilding kde-2.1-1mdk src rpms for my Mandrake 7.2 (ish) system. I am doing this after upgrading to glibc-2.2. All is going well, so far as compiling and installing goes (we'll see after trying to restart the whole shebang afterward). I also downloaded, built, and installed rpm-4.0. Question...did someone not too long ago indicate how one can upgrade to rpm-4.0? I installed it and now it doesn't recognize any of the rpms that I have already installed from rpm-3.0.5. I am having to install practically everything I build now with the --nodeps switch because rpm-4.0 doesn't recognize the fact that XFree86 rpms and various other rpms really are already installed. I tried "rpm --rebuilddb" in the hopes that this would go somewhere towards fixing things but it didn't do squat. How do I get rpm-4.0 to recognize/convert the previous rpm database? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] New Majordomo mandrakeusers help list
Do you know of any compelling reason to upgrade from 2.4.1-15 to 2.4.2? I am running 2.4.1-16mdk and seem to only see a few network cards and the like added to the supported list in the 2.4.2 kernel. I don't think there is any improvement to any of the internals, really, or am I wrong? On Tuesday 27 February 2001 17:51, Vincent Danen wrote: On Wed Feb 28, 2001 at 01:35:06PM +1300, Mark Derricutt wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Current Linux kernel 2.4.1-15mdk uptime: 10 days 4 hours 58 minutes. I see you're running 2.4.1-15mdk - are there any mandrake rpm's for this? [...] Sure, simple answer for all your questions is: Cooker. The RPM came from cooker (at 2.4.2-3mdk now, but I haven't upgraded yet), and you can download ISO's of cooker with that kernel and do the install with it. Cooker works very nice for me here... -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] kcontrol, html...what config file?
This is driving me nuts - I have to keep adding konqueror to my file associations for *.html files every time I login. What file does kcontrol alter when one adds konqueror to the file association page? I would like to add konqueror and then make the config/mimelnk file immutable so it will NEVER change again and so I don't have to keep doing this. I am running kde2.1beta2. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Crashing xfs with drakfont
I have found a consistently workable means to reliably crash xfs using drakfont on my system. All I need to do is open drakfont and select "actionis" and that is all it takes. There may be other fonts that do this but this one is all I know of offhand. Why is this? What could I do to stop this? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] Kmail won't open an URL
You aren't looking for something specific to kmail. You are changing a setting specific to web pages (htm, html, etc) which is the important part. On the first page of the File browsing setup page, go to text and then to html. On the first page, lower portion is a big window which contains, probably, "Quanta". You want to select the add button and TYPE IN konqueror (do not select it from a list - actually type in konqueror and hit enter). It will now appear below Quanta. Select konqueror and then the "Move Up" button to place it above Quanta. Now hit "Apply". From this point onward, your links in kmail to websites should work properly. One additional thing...I suggest adding the *.asp extension to the file-type list at the top which contains things like *.htm, *.html, *.HTM, *.HTML. I was running into a problem with SOME websites that has the *.asp extension. Adding this to the list of extensions on the first page fixed it - konqueror opens them right up. On Thursday 22 February 2001 22:30, Ken THompson wrote: Hello all, First let me thank all of you that have posted answers to my questions in the past. My latest question is how come Kmail in KDE 2.1Beta2 will not open the konquerer web browser? I have looked into file associations and really don't see much related to opening a link from within Kmail. Opening a link worked just fine with [...] -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Script to correct kde2.1 control center problem
I give up. I am writing a script to take care of this pain in the ass each time I login. The script will do: rm -rf $HOME/.kde/share/applnk/p* cp -Rf /usr/share/kde/applnk/* $HOME/.kde/share/applnk kbuildsycoca I have to do this because nothing I do with kde will fix this problem. EVERY damn time I login after booting up my laptop, my Control Center entry in KMenu is dicked - moved into a bizarro directory called $HOME/.kde/share/applnk/p^%. Running Control Center produces the much beloved blank module window, rendering the app useless. To correct the problem, EVERY time I login after starting the laptop, I have to run the above commands to fix it. I am tired of doing this so I am writing the script to do it for me. How/where would I place this script in order to ensure that it runs whenever I login to my account? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Did it! I have netatalk and afpfs working -can mount mac volumes
Finally did it. I tinkered here and there with /etc/atalk/afpd.conf, atalk.conf, config and got appletalk working on my system. My computer now shows up in the chooser of the networked Macs on my school network. Better yet, I got the afpfs module working so I can now mount Mac volumes on my PC linux computer. Wonderful! At first, there seemed to be a problem...mtab was indicating that the Mac drive I was after actually was mounted but I couldn't see jack squat when I went to that mountpoint. Ended up being a "problem" with my privileges on the Mac. I gave myself read/write permission on the Mac (heh-heh) and that was it. I can navigate the Mac, move files, copy, delete, etc, on the Mac. One remaining problem. I set suid on the afpmount program in hopes of allowing non-root users the ability to mount Mac volumes but every time I try to mount a Mac volume as a user, I get a message that I "probably have to be 'root' to mount volumes". Even when I login as superuser, I get this message. So far, I have had to login to a new terminal with Ctrl-F2 as root, mount the volume, exit back to my user session, and THEN I can get to the mounted volume. Anyone have a suggestion on fixing this? Setting suid on the afpmount binary didn't help. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] Offtopic, sortof?: Apple Macs and networking
I've got it all working now. Thanks for the info. I am now visable to the various Mac choosers AND with the afpfs module I can now mount Mac volumes on my PC and read/write to them. This last was the main thing I was fighting with all this for. As for the module, does it compile for you with the 2.4.x kernel? I haven't looked at the source for the module except to make sure it pointed to the correct location for my kernel source. You build it and then need to manually copy/move it to the correct module directory in /lib/modules/2.4.x/. I placed mine (2.2.17 kernel) in the same location that my appletalk.o module resides. I suppose with the 2.4.x kernel I would try the same place. To load the module, I just do "insmod afpfs" and it works. [...] Perhaps someone who has mixed Mac and linux networks at home or wherever could give afpfs a shot? I got it at http://www.panix.com/~dfoster/afpfs/ It DOES compile and "run" on 2.2.x kernels. Don't know about 2.4.x kernels. I am trying to make it run on 2.4, but I think I do not have enough kernel knowledge to do that... -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Old problem with Control Center - seeking real fix
I have kde2.1 beta 2 installed on my clean new install of Mandrake 7.2. EVERY time I login I find 1) that in the kmenu, my Control Center is transfered into an unnamed directory - if I check my .kde/share/applnk directory, it is called something like "p^%", and 2) it doesn't work - if I start it as is, it is blank with no modules. This is the old problem that has come up before. To fix it, after EVERY bootup and login, I have to delete the wierd "p^%" directory and then copy all the contents of /usr/share/applnk/ to my .kde/share/applnk/ directory and then run kbuildsycoca. All this is only a temp fix since the next time I bootup and login, I will have to do it all over again. I am about to write a script that does this automatically for me upon each login but having to do this really sucks. What is the problem here and what is the REAL fix for it? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] where is netatalk for Mandrake 7.2?
I have the appletalk module, but where is netatalk? Doesn't Mandrake 7.2 support netatalk? The appletalk module isn't enough. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Damn ftpd
I thought I understood this but I guess I do not. I do NOT like having wu-ftpd up and running by default and I want it to DIE DIE DIE! If I start up tksysv, ftpd service is not listed. I open up linuxconf and in the wu-ftpd page, there isn't any setting or switch for NOT starting it by default (the damn thing is on by default - Hello? SECURITY VIOLATION.). I did select the "Stop" button but then when I tried an ftp connection, inspite of my having hit the "Stop" button in linuxconf, I get a connection. If I start up a process manager, I see nothing there indicating that it is running - but it obviously is. How does one set up the system NOT to start the wu-ftp daemon at startup? There isn't anything for this in webmin either. It just assumes you want it running, I guess. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] cups/kups will not print postscript
I have found that I cannot print postscript pages with cups. I can print the basic testpage but if I try to print ANY *.ps file, it appears in the jobs window of kups, sits there for a few seconds, then goes away with nothing happening. If I start kups from a CLI, what I get corresponding to this failure is: kups: KRecentDocument::add for /usr/share/apps/kups/testprint.ps kups: WARNING: KDE detected X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8 Major opcode: 42 DCOP: unregister 'anonymous-25820' DCOP: number of clients is now down to 0 kio (kioslave): slavewrapper: Communication with app lost. Returning to slave pool. I have tried upgrading cups, restarting cups, upgrading ghostscript...nothing works. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] cups/kups will not print postscript
Replying to myself, about 5 minutes after posting this, I fixed the problem. I deleted my printer and then reinstalled it using printerdrake. I then selected the Foomatic+Gimp-print driver for my Epson Color Stylus 600. Now all is well and everything prints as it should. On Monday 19 February 2001 15:48, Praedor Tempus wrote: I have found that I cannot print postscript pages with cups. I can print the basic testpage but if I try to print ANY *.ps file, it appears in the jobs window of kups, sits there for a few seconds, then goes away with nothing happening. If I start kups from a CLI, what I get corresponding to this failure is: kups: KRecentDocument::add for /usr/share/apps/kups/testprint.ps kups: WARNING: KDE detected X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8 Major opcode: 42 DCOP: unregister 'anonymous-25820' DCOP: number of clients is now down to 0 kio (kioslave): slavewrapper: Communication with app lost. Returning to slave pool. I have tried upgrading cups, restarting cups, upgrading ghostscript...nothing works. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] KOffice very buggy - anyone else having problems?
I gave up on the kword part of koffice a while ago and went to lyx (klyx is REALLY broken). In any case, if you need to do a lot of citing of sources in your documents, lyx is better anyway since it is the ONLY "wordprocessor" for linux that supports automatic citation and bibliography generation ala bibtex, pybliographic or sixpack. For windoze users, they have EndNote which works with Word and Wordperfect. No such beast for linux and there isn't one built into koffice (there SHOULD be). -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] Offtopic (a bit): Me thinks I am a sucker - net 2 phone redux
Well, the codec is supported in the card (those that are not propriatory/closed/require licensing) but then, net2phone and dialpad take care of that for you. You use their software app and make your calls, they take care of everything else on their end. With these cards, they can handle the codecs locally but they STILL require an IP-to-PSTN gateway be located somewhere. Again, net2phone and dialpad provide this for their users but having one of these cards does not mean you can use their gateways, or anyone else's for that matter. There are none, really, that a linux user could make use of. It may well be the case that there are projects along this line here or there, but that is the same as saying fusion power is being worked on. ONE day it may get here, but don't hold your breath. The advertising on the Quicknet website is misleading, and I guess I wanted to warn people of this. You cannot get one of their cards and make PC-to-phone calls inspite of what their page says. It is THEORETICALLY possible but in practice it just cannot be done because the other services required to make this work do not exist. What you CAN do is make PC-to-PC calls (big deal). You are merely doing a audible instant messaging in this case. Anyway, if a hacked app were produced that would work ala net2phone or dialpad's broken java app with their respective services, you get the PC-to-phone capability, do not need to spend money on a very specialized card and can just make use of any decent, modern soundcard, and make longdistance calls over the internet. I was rather hoping that someone HERE would prove me wrong in my critique of the Quicknet hardware and tell me that you CAN set it up, not theoretically but REALLY, to make PC-to-phonecalls. See, I am also a member of the quicknet linux-drivers mailing list. These people are great to help you get your card driver downloaded and compiled, but big deal, you have a driver...what do you do now? Well, I asked about gateways and setting the card/config files up for using them. No answer. THEY know of no real, extant way to do this now. Not a single soul provided any information about any gateway anywhere that could be used. The best I got was a suggestion to read the openh323 pages because this person thought they saw something there about projects along this line. Well I DID read the pages and if you follow an octopus of links hither and yon, you will read all about the potential use of internet telephony, may even get links to net2phone and dialpad and the like, but not a single link on gateways that can be used with linux, sans propriatory software, with your shiny new pricey Quicknet card. On Friday 16 February 2001 08:11, Rusty Carruth you wrote: "Praedor Tempus" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I think I was suckered. ... Quicknet hardware are all very specialized bits of equipment with no real benefit over of decent soundcard which most people already own if they own a computer. The equipment are merely glorified modem/soundcards, Have you considered the codec? I forget if the codec is part of the card hardware or not (I have access to the phone card and the line jack both, but its been a while since i played with them). If its part of the hardware then there is one (smallish) thing you get out of the card you don't get with a sound card... rc Rusty Carruth Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: (480) 345-3621 SnailMail: Schlumberger ATE FAX: (480) 345-8793 7855 S. River Parkway, Suite 116 Ham: N7IKQ @ 146.82+,pl 162.2 Tempe, AZ 85284-1825 ICBM: 33 20' 44"N 111 53' 47"W -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Suggestion for konqueror
I would like to suggest that konqueror be modified so that when one clicks on the "Open location" menu item, the dialog box that comes up NOT contain the present address. If one is opening up the "Open location" window, it is almost assured that the individual is NOT wanting to open the location they are presently already viewing. Please, have it open up without anything in the location window. Let the individual type in the location they desire rather than have to erase what is in it and then type in their new location. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Old question - repeat problem
OK, a while back there was some questions concerning KDM showing all the system services as users in the KDM window for login. I just had to rebuild my system after a disaster and now have installed KDE 2.1-0.20010122.2mdk rpms. After doing this, I now have all the services in KDM again and cannot recall how to eliminate them. Anyone? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] 3Com cards and network problems
I have been having this problem for a long time but it seems worse now that I have recently built a new 2.4.1 kernel and started using it. I have a 3Com 900B netcard. With earlier Mandrake releases, my system insisted on using 3c59x and this seemed to work. I am now using 3c90x because 3c59x no longer works, but even 3c90x barely works. The problem before and now is that during bootup, when it gets to initializing eth0 using dhcpcd, there is an innordinant delay of something like 45 seconds to a minute or so followed, usually (now) with a [Failed] and then a continuation of the bootup process. That is with my present 2.4.1 kernel. Previously, with a 2.2.17-21mdk kernel, the delay was there but it usually ended with success, but the delay is unacceptable. I have tried, with both 2.2.17 and 2.4.x kernels, to compile the 3c59x driver into the kernel or build it as a module. I have done the same thing with the 3c90x driver. In neither case does it work as it should. If I build it into the kernel, instead of a long delay, it is and INSTANTANEOUS failure, regardless of which driver I try. As a module, it takes forever for dhcpcd to fail and bootup to continue. After bootup, I end up having to manually run "ifup eth0" multiple times, and each time I need to immediately begin doing something like browse the web or download mail or ping a target in order to help dhcpcd succeed. If I do NOT do one or more of these things, dhcp (or pump) invariably fails to assign an IP address. Before it ends with [Failed] and while I am waiting, I have full network connectivity. Only upon the appearance of [Failed] do I lose it. In general it takes me about 3 tries for dhcpcp to be successful in assigning an IP address. What is up with this? I had thought that 3com cards were among THE most well supported cards in the linux world. With my problems (the card is fine and it is ONLY a linux problem since if I boot up to windoze, there is no problem at all) and the others that appear in this list from others, I am beginning to think that the 3com card is a DAWG and best placed in the trash. What is the deal here? How do I fix this? What settings for the card could I try (and how)? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Offtopic (a bit): Me thinks I am a sucker - net 2 phone redux
Well, I think I was suckered. After starting the conversation on the list about internet telephony, hoping to find some software that would allow linux users to make PC to phone calls like windoze users with dialpad or net2phone, I heard about Quicknet and their telephony cards. Their website advertises the stuff as great for PC-to-PC, PC-to-phone, and phone-to-PC calls. Not true. In THEORY, apparently, the cards could be used for this stuff if you are running linux, but in reality one cannot. Why? There are no IP-to-phone gateways available that a linux-user could use. I imagine a windoze user would have no problems but not a linux user. I got stupid and spent money I would otherwise used to buy a good video card and instead bought a PhoneCARD for my laptop. I had imagined that it with it I would be able to make phonecalls to my wife, parents, friends, etc, regardless of where I was (I am a military reservist). Not so. It is EASY to make PC-to-PC calls (if you can get the ALPHA-level linux driver to compile), so long as the target computer has a device or software listening for such things. To me this is merely glorified Instant Messaging or IRC, neither of which I have any interest or use for. I wanted to CALL people from my PC to their PHONE, not their frickin' PC. Hell, my parents, friend's, etc, have dialup accounts (if they have computers at all) and their computers aren't on but a few hours a day. Their phone is ALWAYS ready to work. Thus, it appears that I wasted good money on a gimmicky toy. A glorified IM device that would have been better spent on an NVIDIA graphics card. Thus to the real point...this reinforces the need for an app that will work with net2phone or dialpad servers and allow PC-to-phone calls. These services are WINDOZE-ONLY, for no good reason, with dialpad being the WORST offender since they used an open, platform-independent language (JAVA) and planted a check within it that refuses to work if you are using ANYTHING but a win32 system of some kind. What bullcrap! It's frickin' JAVA, damnit! That kind of restriction is unnecessary, gratuitous, and stupid. Quicknet hardware are all very specialized bits of equipment with no real benefit over of decent soundcard which most people already own if they own a computer. The equipment are merely glorified modem/soundcards, the soundcard part being very primitive and low quality vs say, a Sounblaster Live card. Its only real purpose is to allow netmeetings or other PC-to-PC communications, which might be fine for a group of businesspeople, but for Joe and Jane Blow, its useless and extravagant. A decent soundcard that has full duplex capability will serve better than a Quicknet card - and provide music, soundf/x, etc, on top of that. I just want to finish with strong encouragement to the coders among you to hack a software package that will permit normal users to make use of the perfectly fine service that is already available to windoze users (NOT for linux users OR Mac users) provided by net2phone and/or dialpad. We already have the guts of the dialpad applet and hopefully soon a linux-friendly applet will appear. Perhaps someone could reverse engineer the net2phone app and do linux and Mac users a favor and release a client app that will permit them to use the net2phone service as well. In the meantime, I will be returning my PhoneCARD and getting a proper piece of hardware: a good video card. Unless you are REALLY into internet chat, instant messaging, and get a thrill talking into your PC to someone on their PC, then do not spend money on Quicknet cards. Incidently, I did finally manage to get their driver to build but it took me a while to point out the errors in their instructions at various levels, and their sourcecode, before it was buildable on a Mandrake system. You have to jump through a lot of flaming hoops to get the cards to work, and then the end is not really worth the journey. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] /usr wont unmount during shutdown
Recently, whenever I shutdown my laptop I get to the point where everything is being unmounted when it craps out with an error about /usr being busy and being unable to unmount it. Ultimately, I end up having to just hit the power switch because nothing else I do (not even logging in another session as root and trying to unmount it manually) will unmount it. As a result, every time I start it up again, it has to do the harddrive check which slows down bootup a lot. What the hell is the problem? Any ideas? I haven't done anything to my system, just all of a sudden, /usr wont unmount. This laptop has 1 hdd in it and no other partition has problems. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] upgrading from kernel 2.2 to 2.4 now having module problems...
I just built the 2.4.1-9mdk kernel from cooker, installed it, and now all seems fine. The first time I built it, I did it specifically for my athlon/k7. I had module problems up the ying-yang. I don't know if this was the fix, but I tried again, this time just doing it for 5x86,6x86. I also built and installed the new modutils-2.4 from cooker (I am building it all so it will work with my glibc2.1 - I'm not touching glibc2.2 for a LOOONG time, it will wreck everything and I don't want to deal with it yet). On Tuesday 13 February 2001 12:20, John MacCallum wrote: On 2/12/01 12:04 PM, "Alan Carpenter" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I upgraded my kernel from 2.2 to 2.4. Using the cooker rpm sets. I installed the kernel,docs,headers, and utils rpms. When I boot into gnome, and checked out my soundconfig in hard drake I get an error "mod probe: no pnp-isa". It see's my soundcard though. It's a sb awe64. It worked before the upgrade. Is there something I am missing??? Please help =). Would a conflict when installing the headers have anything to do with it??? Thanks so much Alan Carpenter PC Specialist Department of Computer Services Virginia Wesleyan College 1584 Wesleyan Dr. Norfolk Va. 23502 Office (757)455.3267 Cell (757)449.0381 Alan, Did you find a solution? I'm in EXACTLY the same situation and am beyond frustrated! If you could pass along any info, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, John -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] kernel-2.4.1-*mdk doesn't like Athlon?
After 6 attempts, combined, building the kernel-source-2.4.1-8mdk and then 2.4.1-9mdk, I keep running into the same problem. It builds fine, it installs fine, it boots fine, but I am unable to use my net card and my parallel port zip drive, both of which work perfectly under 2.2.17-21mdk. I have an Athlon so I have been building the kernels for an Athlon/K7. I am beginning to wonder if there is a problem in the optimization code for this processor. When I try to load my 3com card's module (3c59x.o), I get this string of error messages: /lib/modules/2.4.1-9mdk/kernel/drivers/net/3c59x.o: unresolved symbol _mmx_memcpy /lib/modules/2.4.1-9mdk/kernel/drivers/net/3c59x.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.1-9mdk/kernel/drivers/net/3c59x.o failed /lib/modules/2.4.1-9mdk/kernel/drivers/net/3c59x.o: insmod 3c59x failed When I try to load the ppa module for my zip drive, I get: /lib/modules/2.4.1-9mdk/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o: unresolved symbol _mmx_memcpy /lib/modules/2.4.1-9mdk/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.1-9mdk/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o failed /lib/modules/2.4.1-9mdk/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o: insmod ppa failed In both cases, the first of the errors is regarding mmx_memcpy. This is making me think that the problem may be in the CPU-specific optimization code. Can anyone offer another idea? A way to get these things working? If I run depmod -a after bootup with the 2.4.1 kernel, I get a LOT of errors, but fortunately most of the modules listed are irrelevant to me right now. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] kernel-2.4.1-*mdk doesn't like Athlon?
Hmpf. Replying to my own message with a correction. I redid my kernel, this time with just 5x86, 6x86 as the architecture. At the end of it all, the 3c59x module and the ppa module still refused to work, as below. I then tried something else for the hell of it. I did a "modprobe 3c90x" and it installed. I then did an "ifup eth0" and viola! Network connectivity! My card is a 3c900B card but up to this moment, I have had to use the 3c59x module because 3c90x didn't work. Now things appear reversed. So that problem is resolved and had nothing to do with Athlon vs i386 CPU architecture. I still can't use my parallel zip drive. Anyone have a fix/answer for that? On Monday 12 February 2001 08:38, Praedor Tempus wrote: After 6 attempts, combined, building the kernel-source-2.4.1-8mdk and then 2.4.1-9mdk, I keep running into the same problem. It builds fine, it installs fine, it boots fine, but I am unable to use my net card and my parallel port zip drive, both of which work perfectly under 2.2.17-21mdk. I have an Athlon so I have been building the kernels for an Athlon/K7. I am beginning to wonder if there is a problem in the optimization code for [...] When I try to load the ppa module for my zip drive, I get: /lib/modules/2.4.1-9mdk/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o: unresolved symbol _mmx_memcpy /lib/modules/2.4.1-9mdk/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.1-9mdk/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o failed /lib/modules/2.4.1-9mdk/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o: insmod ppa failed [...] If I run depmod -a after bootup with the 2.4.1 kernel, I get a LOT of errors, but fortunately most of the modules listed are irrelevant to me right now. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] kernel 2.4.1 and 3com 900
Well... I have run into a problem with kernel 2.4.1 and my own 3com 900B card. With my present 2.2.17-21mdk kernel, it works, after a fashion (it takes FOREVER for the card to get assigned an IP address during bootup via either pump or dhcpcd). I downloaded and built the mandrake cooker 2.4.1-9mdk kernel source and all went very well. It built, I installed it, I booted it up. No problems with that except no sound and, more critically, my 3com card doesn't work. In this case, instead of a module I went with building it into the kernel. Upon bootup, I see that it is recognized and given an irq, but when dhcpcd comes up to assign an IP, it immediately fails and bootup continues. I supposed this is an improvement of sorts, having such a rapid bootup, but at the cost of no network connectivity. If I run "ifup eth0" as root after bootup, it immediately fails too. In the past, when I've built kernels and compiled the 900 driver into the kernel, I had no problems (various 2.2.x kernels). Anyone have any ideas? It isn't ideal, my present situation with my 3c900 and a 2.2.17 kernel, since it takes forever to get an IP but it works. Why the problem with 2.4.1? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] Cooker kernel-2.4.1-8mdk...anyone?
Nothing but problems for me so far. I downloaded the 2.4.1-9mdk kernel and built that. It built fine, installed fine, etc. I can even boot it up but my ethernet card doesn't work with it, even when I compile the driver into the kernel (3c900 card). During bootup, there is a message indicating that it is being assigned an IRQ, what it is, whole frame transfers, etc. What doesn't happen is getting an IP address. After bootup, if I run "ifup eth0" it immediately says [Failed] without the slightest hesitation. I also build the ppa module for my zip drive. With the 2.2.17 kernel, it is fine and mounts but it simply doesn't recognize the zip drive with the 2.4.1 kernel. I get error messages concerning /dev/sda4. Did the dev naming convention for the parallel port zip drive change with the new kernel? Is it no longer /dev/sda4? I am now attempting my 4th build of the 2.4.1-9mdk kernel source. The last one, unlike all the others, functioned as if it was on a system with 8 megs of RAM instead of 128 MB. INCREDIBLY slow - all the other builds I've tried have booted and run VERY quickly. On Friday 09 February 2001 20:19, Altoine B. wrote: Praedor Tempus wrote: Is anyone running the kernel-2.4.1 kernel from Cooker? I am thinking about building it for my Mandrake 7.2 system - if it is essentially OK. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. Get your free domain name and domain-based e-mail from Namezero.com. New! Namezero Plus domains now available. Find out more at: http://www.namezero.com Yes, I have did and done Cooker source RPMs for kernels for over six months! I highly recommend trying the new mdk 2.4.1 or 2.4.2 versions. -- Al -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Is there something wrong with this sequence?
I am now trying my 5th compile of kernel-2.4.1-9mdk source. I have been able to boot fine but cannot use my 3c900 card, even with the driver compiled into the kernel (I am back to modular now). I simply do this: 1. make xconfig 2. make dep 3. make clean 4. nohup make bzImage 5. make modules 6. make modules_install 7. make install I have also tried the above but replacing #7 with "cp bzImage /boot/linux-2.4.1-9mdk" Same results. I edit my lilo.conf, run lilo, and boot the new kernel. No ethernet function, even with the damn driver builtin. I once did an "ifconfig eth0 up" and that got the card recognized so that when I ran just "ifconfig" it showed up, mac address and all. But running "ifup eth0" failed immediately. I don't get it. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] Damnit...font problem from hell
I have found that if I start drakfont and select "actionis" this kills the fontserver and produces a message on the xterm: Gdk-WARNING **: Creating pixmap from xpm with NULL window and colormap After this, I have to do a "/etc/init.d/xfs start" to get the font server going again. To remove fonts in drakfont, I have to select them and choose "remove" but doing this will kill the app and the system font server. How do I dump all these fonts and then start over with drakfont and get the windows ttf fonts again? On Thursday 08 February 2001 21:17, Praedor Tempus wrote: I don't understand this. A problem is repeating itself. I have XFree86-4.0.2 installed and running on a Mandrake 7.2 system, kernel-2.2.17-21mdk, KDE 2.1beta2 (20010122). Every time I try to run a windoze app with wine, it goes through a mess of font messages: [...] etc, etc. This crap goes on and on forever and ever. Then, at some point in this mess the fontserver dies and I am no longer able to open ANY X apps (KDE, gnome, X, whatever...no apps will start because X cannot find font 'fixed'. I already have a terminal open when this happens so it keeps working. I go to superuser and do a "/etc/init.d/xfs start" and this fixes everything. I am able to use X and all apps without difficulty. [...] -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Embarrassingly basic question
OK, I am tired of my computers being each named localhost.localdomain with the alias of localhost. I have tried, in the past, to change the alias to something I like but this has been all but useless since it doesn't change anything, like the KDM system name or how the name appears on the network. Is there some special rules to follow in renaming one's computer? Can one who has a dynamic ip name their computer in such a way to be friendly with the appropriate network? My desktop is always connected to uswest via my DSL line. I once even tried naming the computer somename.uswest.net. This was disliked. I have even tried changing the alias, which does little...when I login, I get localhost.localdomain and the alias is nowhere to be seen. My laptop gets connected to both my uswest ISP when it is at home or to my university network when at work. That is 2 dynamic ip assigning networks so especially for my laptop I wonder if there is some naming convention that will work nicely regardless of the network it is connected to. Anyone? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] 3com cards and 7.2
I too have the 3c905C. My problem is not that it doesn't work, it does (after a fashion). The problem I have is that during bootup, when dhcpcd sets out to acquire an IP for my computer, it takes FOREVER. It eventually gets around to it and bootup continues and my connection is fine (and the proper module is loaded for the card). This didn't happen after the inital 7.2 install - getting an IP during bootup happened almost immediately. Later, I built my own kernels, as I am wont to do, and I select the proper 3c90x vortex/boomerang module during xconfig. This is apparently repeatable - after the initial install (which I have done multiple times in the past due to occasionally REALLY screwing my system up and finding it easier just to reinstall and go from there) all is well and I get an IP address almost immediately. After building a kernel, however, even if I do not end up using it, appears to dick it up so that during the bootup, even though the module is identical, SLOW IP acquisition. I am not using the kernels I have built myself right now and am back to the 2.2.17-21mdk kernel (and ITS modules), but the situation remains. How can I fix this? What settings for the card might I mess with to get things rolling so that getting an IP is almost immediate. The only thing I an think that could be different is some card/network setting is slightly altered from the default when a new kernel is built and installed. I use dhcpcd-1.3.18pl3-4mdk, have a DSL connection through a Cisco 675 modem/router. On Friday 09 February 2001 16:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: My brother has a 3c905B and I have a 3c905C. We are both using the 3C59x driver that mdk 7.2 auto selects and neither of us have had any problems in 100baseTX full duplex mode under mdk 7.2. My brother did once have a problem with very slow x-fer rates under an earlier version of Mandrake when he once switched the card from a 100baseTX switched port to a 10baseT port on a hub on the same (logical) subnet without bringing the machine or even the interface down. To the best that I could figure it looked as though the card had automatically switched down to 10baseT, but stayed in full duplex mode. [...] -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Cooker kernel-2.4.1-8mdk...anyone?
Is anyone running the kernel-2.4.1 kernel from Cooker? I am thinking about building it for my Mandrake 7.2 system - if it is essentially OK. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Laptop will NOT unmount /usr during shutdown
Recently (like, starting today), my laptop running Mandrake 7.2 will not unmount my /usr mountpoint/partition during shutdown. I get a message about /usr being busy. Huh? Busy doing what? What could be the problem here? It is almost full, but there is still some wiggle room and it doesn't complain during usage at all. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
[expert] Damnit...font problem from hell
I don't understand this. A problem is repeating itself. I have XFree86-4.0.2 installed and running on a Mandrake 7.2 system, kernel-2.2.17-21mdk, KDE 2.1beta2 (20010122). Every time I try to run a windoze app with wine, it goes through a mess of font messages: Building font metrics. This may take some time... fixme:font:LFD_InitFontInfo DBCS fonts like '-daewoo-gothic-medium-r-normal--16-120-100-100-c-160-ksc5601.1987-0' are not working correctly now. fixme:font:LFD_InitFontInfo DBCS fonts like '-daewoo-mincho-medium-r-normal--16-120-100-100-c-160-ksc5601.1987-0' are not working correctly now. fixme:font:LFD_InitFontInfo DBCS fonts like '-daewoo-mincho-medium-r-normal--24-170-100-100-c-240-ksc5601.1987-0' are not working correctly now. fixme:font:LFD_InitFontInfo DBCS fonts like '-isas-fangsong ti-medium-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-160-gb2312.1980-0' are not working correctly now. fixme:font:LFD_InitFontInfo DBCS fonts like '-isas-song ti-medium-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-160-gb2312.1980-0' are not working correctly now. fixme:font:LFD_InitFontInfo DBCS fonts like '-isas-song ti-medium-r-normal--24-240-72-72-c-240-gb2312.1980-0' are not working correctly now. fixme:font:LFD_InitFontInfo font '-mutt-clearlyu arabic extra-medium-r-normal--17-120-100-100-p-103-fontspecific-0' has unknown registry 'fontspecific' and character encoding '0' fixme:font:LFD_InitFontInfo font '-mutt-clearlyu ligature-medium-r-normal--17-120-100-100-p-141-fontspecific-0' has unknown registry 'fontspecific' and character encoding '0' fixme:font:LFD_InitFontInfo font '-sun-open look cursor-12-120-75-75-p-160-sunolcursor-1' has unknown registry 'sunolcursor' and character encoding '1' fixme:font:LFD_InitFontInfo font '-sun-open look glyph-10-100-75-75-p-101-sunolglyph-1' has unknown registry 'sunolglyph' and character encoding '1' fixme:font:LFD_InitFontInfo font '-sun-open look glyph-12-120-75-75-p-113-sunolglyph-1' has unknown registry 'sunolglyph' and character encoding '1' fixme:font:LFD_InitFontInfo font '-sun-open look glyph-14-140-75-75-p-128-sunolglyph-1' has unknown registry 'sunolglyph' and character encoding '1' fixme:font:LFD_InitFontInfo font '-sun-open look glyph-19-190-75-75-p-154-sunolglyph-1' has unknown registry 'sunolglyph' and character encoding '1' etc, etc. This crap goes on and on forever and ever. Then, at some point in this mess the fontserver dies and I am no longer able to open ANY X apps (KDE, gnome, X, whatever...no apps will start because X cannot find font 'fixed'. I already have a terminal open when this happens so it keeps working. I go to superuser and do a "/etc/init.d/xfs start" and this fixes everything. I am able to use X and all apps without difficulty. WHAT IS THIS GODDAMN 'fixed' FONT THAT X NEVER FINDS?!!! What the hell is it with X that JUST because it can't find ONE font type, it totally dies instead of just going with whatever other useful font is on the system. Here is the output of 'chkfontpath': Current directories in font path: 1: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled 2: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled 3: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled 4: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 5: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/msttfonts 6: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo 7: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/mdk 8: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont 9: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/pcf_drakfont:unscaled 10: /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1 11: /usr/share/fonts/ttf/western 12: /usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives As far as I can tell using drakfont, there is NOTHING wrong with my fonts. NOTHING I TELL YOU! What do I need to do to make #$!@!!!#$)*!@ X work with the perfectly fine fonts on my system? What is it about running any windoze app in wine that wrecks the train?
Re: [expert] quick security question.
One thing about nmap... depending on the scan type, it will show you a port number, protocol, it's state and then give a name for a common service that uses that port. It doesn't mean that the port is actually making use of that port. So, if nmap gets a response during it's scan from port 31337, then it will provide you with the above information and provide a name for some service that COULD use that port. It doesn't mean that it IS using that port. I did a scan of my local school network last year with nmap. On just about every windoze box it detected, it indicated port "31337/tcp open Backorifice". I notified the school IT guys and they looked into it and I also asked Fyoder (the maintainer/creator of nmap) about it. He indicates essentially what I said. If a port gives some sort of nmap-understandable reply, then nmap will identify the port and give you the name of a service that may use that port. If I have port 21 open on my system, even if I am NOT running an ftp server, and scan it with nmap, it will list "ftp" as the service associated with that port. In any case, it is EXTREMELY unlikely that someone would have hacked into your friend's system so soon after an install and setup. The attacker would first need reconnoiter the system and then, perhaps, run a few apps/scripts (a script kiddie activity) that exploit commonly known vulnerabilities. Once in, the kiddie then uploads some files, etc. This takes at least SOME time. What sort of connection does this system use? DHCP on DSL? Static IP on DSL? Phone? Connected via a LAN? On Wednesday 07 February 2001 10:08, dany allard you wrote: A friend of mine just setup his firewall with a striped down version of Mandrake 7.2 using rc.firewall. The strange thing is that when I scan the machine (nmap) I see the following port open. 31337/tcp filteredElite The only use I know for that port is for back doors. [...] -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] quick security question.
It is not any problem being sure. Having a cable modem connection does make you more vulnerable than, perhaps, using a DSL. Does he have a dynamic IP or static? How long WAS the system up before the firewall was built? Remember, you may not actually be running any service on that port, and your firewall is filtering the port, as indicated by nmap. Even if you are not running any service on a given port detected by nmap, nmap will simply provide a name of a service that commonly uses that port. That initially confused me when I first began using nmap. I thought if it said "Backorifice" on port 31337, that meant that Backorifice was installed and running on that port. That is not what it meant. It meant that port 31337 was often used by Backorifice. Having detected that port with nmap, I could then run a program (backorifice, for instance) and see if that port was listening and active. In the case where nmap showed all the windoze boxes with Backorifice on port 31337, not a one of them had it actually installed and running (it is more than just a hacker tool, it can be used as a remote administration tool like PCAnywhere, only it is free). It is merely a heads up/give you information kind of thing that nmap does. On Wednesday 07 February 2001 11:23, dany allard you wrote: Praedor Thanks for the quick reply The machines is using @home (cable modem connection). [...] -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] Network address request
Offhand I do not know the ping command for that but it is trivial with nmap. You could run "nmap -sP 230.100.133.0-255" for instance, to do a ping scan of the entire 230.100.133.X class C (?) network. The output is a list of all the detected systems, mostly as simple IP addresses in my local case, with a few system names for those computers with static IPs and netbios names. Since nmap uses ping in this case, there is obviously a command string that will do it from ping itself. Anyone? On Wednesday 07 February 2001 10:56, Ken Thompson you wrote: Is there a way to ask ping (or whatever) to return a list of addresses on your network? Example: M$ "find computer" in Network Neighborhood returns a list of systems on the network. I'd like to do the same from either a GUI or command line interface from my linux boxn... -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] A quicknet linejack price
I am considering it however, it is merely on my list. At the top of that list is a new videocard. I wouldn't mind using CPU cycles for this rather than a dedicated card, at least for a while. I do not make that many longdistance calls. I do travel some and it would be nice to always be nothing more than a local call away from my wife or other family members. Thus, if I wanted to really use the card for my purposes, I would need a pcmcia version for my laptop AND the pci card for my desktop. Thus, I prefer a cheap and transportable solution (software solution). On Monday 05 February 2001 23:10, Traci Collins wrote: Praedor Tempus wrote: A quicknet linejack PCI audio telephony card runs $160. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. They do have Linux drivers and discounted Linux developer prices however. If my money is going to disappear in someone's pocket it seems like a much nicer sort of pocket to put it into. -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] My last word on Linux Telephony
I built it all last night on my celeron 333 laptop with 96MB ram. It did take a while but it wasn't bad and it did all build without incident. The damn libs are huge, however. Space was already a premium and moving the libs to /usr/local/lib/pwlib consumed all my remaining hdd space (except for a paltry 60 k). If you happen to know...after building, how much of pwlib and gatekeeper can you delete? With gatekeeper, I assume I could dump everything except the binary. With pwlib, I assume everything except the lib/ and, maybe, the include/? I only dismiss it, not for its POTENTIAL, but for its practice. PC-to-PC is what it is geared for, sans special equipment. Those I would call do not sit at their computers 24 hrs/day and they do not run their computers 24 hrs/day. The phone is the best option and for that, thus far, one requires special addon equipment, regardless of what openh323 software one uses. It would be nice to see a non-hardware based answer. It would not be optimal but it would be cheaper and easier for many people. On Monday 05 February 2001 16:59, Tricia C. Sesar wrote: This seems to be a hot topic tonight. Kinda ironic, as I was just starting to get the bug into my head about this. Here are some facts: The technology is available. Below is a snippet from the VoIP HOW-TO (which some of you have been quick to dismiss tonight, without really understanding what you are reading): "5.1 Hardware requirement To create a little VoIP system you need the following hardware: 1.PC 386 or more 2.Sound card, full duplex capable 3.a network card or connection to internet or other kind of interface to allow communication between 2 PCs All that has to be present twice to simulate a standard communication. [...] Phonepatch, able to solve problems behind a NAT firewall. It simply allows users (external or internal) calling from a web page (which is reachable from [...] http://speakfreely.org Never used it. But it is only pc-to-pc, which some of you were opposed to. If, your top-end goal is to make calls, using the Internet to replace (at least, in part) your PSTN, and the benefits of a hardware solution are worth the $$$ to you, then check these out: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/VoIP-HOWTO.html http://www.linuxjack.com http://linuxtelephony.org http://www.openh323.org http://www.opentelecom.org/ [...] -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
