Re: [expert] SOUND! Where is it?
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:46:15 -0500 Praedor Atrebates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Unfortunately the mute/unmute trick with aumix didn't work for me. All I > get is very faint static over the speakers whenever I manipulate the > volume sliders (pretty much any of them). If I crank up my speaker volume > to max and try to test sound/arts via control center, I don't even hear > faint sounds. Playing music cds works fine, however. > > I also tried killing artsd and trying to get sound working through esound. > > Nope. The system is broken before any sound daemons, in the drivers > somewhere. This may not be any help, but this just came through Cooker Bug, and I don't see that anyone mentioned kernel boot parameters. NOTE his *last* sentence: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5821 --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-11-18 18:39 --- I'm having the same problem (freezing during boot when ACPI is enabled) on a Toshiba Satellite 5105 installing from the PowerPack 9.2 DVD. Unfortunatly, the nolapic option didn't work for me. I'm relatively new to kernel options, so I may be applying incorrectly. I added "nolapic" to my append list in lilo.conf and then ran lilo, but it still freezes. Are there any other options to get this working? I think it's also causing other things to go wrong with my machine, like the sound not working. My sound didn't work with 9.1 until I enabled ACPI, then like magic, it was fine. -- _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] sylpheed: how to filter on body text?
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 21:09:09 -0800 James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 00:40, Tim Sawchuck wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 20:21:42 -0800 > > Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > > > > > Hi folks, > > > I am in a pinch: i have all of a sudden started getting all bounces > > > from newbie (since i am listed as an "owner" to help with subbing > > > and unsubbing). > > > > > > So, i am getting one bounce for every bad address for every post! > > > > > > Does anyone know how to filter on the body text (and attachment > > > text) in sylpheed? I am used to seeing an "Any header / any body" > > > or some such choice in filtering, but can't seem to find that in > > > sylpheed. > > > > > > Thanks for any help. > > > > Configuration -> Filtering -> Condition -> Define -> Match Type -> Body > > Part > > > > (It's tough to *do* it and type it at the same time.) > > Not to mention that someone gets real upset that you aren't paying > attention to them. *evil grin* not to mention that basketball game in the upper right corner of the monitor that has one eye glued to it! ::smile:: -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] sylpheed: how to filter on body text?
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 21:05:45 -0800 Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > Thanks for the quick reply. [...] %< snip > That makes enough sense, but i am on sylpheed 9.6, not claws, so it > is different here. Oops! Sorry! You said "sylpheed", my eyes/mind saw "sylpheed-claws" and just assumed that they were the same, but guess not. Darn Tim -- _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] sylpheed: how to filter on body text?
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 20:21:42 -0800 Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > Hi folks, > I am in a pinch: i have all of a sudden started getting all bounces > from newbie (since i am listed as an "owner" to help with subbing > and unsubbing). > > So, i am getting one bounce for every bad address for every post! > > Does anyone know how to filter on the body text (and attachment > text) in sylpheed? I am used to seeing an "Any header / any body" > or some such choice in filtering, but can't seem to find that in > sylpheed. > > Thanks for any help. Configuration -> Filtering -> Condition -> Define -> Match Type -> Body Part (It's tough to *do* it and type it at the same time.) If that is not clear enough, Ill go into more detail. Tim -- _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] pc doesn't shutdown
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 09:48:46 -0800 (PST) "Michael Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > Artemio mused: > > I may not be right, but this can be something connected with ACPI. > > > > If in /etc/lilo.conf for main "linux" image you have "acpi=off" in > > "append" > > string - try to change it to "acpi=on" and say "lilo" to > > re-install the > > loader. Or, if you have "acpi=on" try to set it to "off". > > Hey, awesome! > I had "acpi=ht"; I removed that line altogether and added "noapic" > for kicks. > > By the way, which is it? ACPI or APCI? Or are they two different Two *very* different things! Thanks to Google: ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) www.acpi.info/ The 82093AA I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (IOAPIC) provides multi-processor interrupt management www.intel.com/design/chipsets/datashts/290566.htm Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] Frickin spam and spamassassin
On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:27:12 -0500 Praedor Atrebates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > OK, this really irritates me. I have the latest spamassassin. It is > running in daemon mode. I have procmail setup to /dev/null anything that > is identified as spam. I have trained the Bayesian filter (supposedly) to > > identify certain messages as spam...BUT THEY KEEP GETTING THROUGH! > > These are tricky html or other type of spam, they are plain text. > Generally they are viagra messages. The one that really galls me is one > that uses the name "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" or "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" instead of the actual > proper > spelling. Nonetheless, this shouldn't matter...or so one would think. > > I have now run "sa-learn --spam --dir Mail/Spam/cur" twice on this > message. It comes back saying it "learned" from the message. About 10 > minutes later that damn message is back and spamassassin let it come right > through. > > What the hell? I REALLY want to nuke the computer from which this comes. > I was doing so well there with nary a spam for weeks getting through, then > > something inane and seemingly simple like this gets through inspite of > "teaching" spamassassin to recognize it as crap. > > Since spamassassin appears to be falling down on the job, what would be a > nice generic procmail recipe that would recognize EITHER iteration of > viagra spelling (in the body or subject) and pass it, no pass go, to > /dev/null? I never ever ever want to see another damn viagra message of > any kind ever again. > > Thank you for any aid in this endeavor. > > praedor > - -- > "Our ship is in the hands of pilots who are steering directly under full > sail for a rock. The whole crew may see this course to violate our > liberties in full view if they look the right way." > - --Samuel Adams, 1771 > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/r+aQaKr9sJYeTxgRAovJAKCiMudQ74dH+XHBd6iS1MQFxMAE4ACgj3CV > 8Rsqd9AcxFtWyG6Iu6/Ejrc= > =PDDb > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > By "latest" do you mean 2.55 or 2.60? With 2.60 you have to run "sa-learn --import" to update the Bayesian database. Tim -- _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] Impending drive problem?
On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 18:59:06 + Richard Urwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > > dd is probably all anyone on Linux needs, but doesn't have menus and a > > pretty face. The M$ware may be able to do conversion if the source and > > destination don't have matching CHS? I use DFSee myself, used to use > > Partition Magic, never Ghost or Drive Image. > > The big problem with dd is that when it's finished the destination drive > will be identical to the source drive. If, like most people, you've bought > a bigger disk, then that's hard luck. The partition table will show it as > the same size as the old disk. I don't know where the actual full size of > the disk is calculated so you might be able to add new partitions later, > or you may not. > > I would always prefer to use tar (with the correct magic flags) to copy > drives. > > (Ghost does handle different size disks, but does it handle your > filesystem? And it does cost money, or did the last I heard.) Partition Image only copies the actual data on the drive and either does a .gz or .bz2 file. It can break down files into multiple sizes, for example I burn to CD's as a stable backup. It will allow you to restore to different partition sizes, provided there is enough room for the data. And is it GPL free software. URPMI partimage or http://www.partimage.org Tim -- _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] Impending drive problem?
On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 05:50:07 + Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > On Monday 10 Nov 2003 5:23 am, Michael Noble wrote: > > It has been a while since I last dd a disk drive (it is best to > > make them the same type and size). Assuming that the old disk is > > /dev/hda and the new disk is /dev/hdb the following command should > > work: > > > > dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb > > > I've heard people recommend this before, but I'm not sure why this is > better than cp -a ? I do remember that the last time I tried to copy > a whole directory to a new partition I had some problems before I got > it right, so I want to be clear before I start. > > > Then make the new disk /dev/hda and the system should boot. As I > > said it has been a while and may have the basic command a little > > off. But the original (noisy) drive will still be in working > > order. > > > > If you have it, I have also heard that the latest Norton Ghost will > > also work. > > > This is really a much better way, but I don't have the latest Norton > Ghost. My Drive Image is not the latest, either. Is there not a > linux tool that tackles it in a similar way, rather than just copying > files? Partition Image at http://www.partimage.org, they have a rescue cd iso image that I use as a backup. I make the backups to another drive, and then burn them to cd. Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] Missing menus in window managers
On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 10:07:43 -0500 Trey Sizemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 14:42, Tim Sawchuck wrote: > > > Edit /etc/menu/menudrakeentry, and where it has title="", make it > > title="Style" (actually *any* word will fix it). > > > > Then re-run "update-menus -v" as root. > > > > This is a known combo-bug (new techie term!) caused by Fluxbox and RPM. > > You might check that you have updated copies of both, but editing the > > above line will fix it. > > > > Believe me, I have done it a couple or triple dozen times in the last > > few weeks, running Cooker as they got this solved. ;-) > > > > Tim > > *whe* > > That did it. > > Thanks for your help, Tim! You are welcome. That's half of why we are here. The other half is to *get* help. ;-) Tim -- _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] Missing menus in window managers
On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 22:06:49 -0500 Trey Sizemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > I was showing a friend how menudrake worked last night and selected the > Save icon without making any changes. After which my KMenu no longer > shows any entries (other than 'Run command', 'Lock' 'Shutdown'...all my > program entries are gone! > > I searched the archives to and found some similar situations that were > apparently fixed by running 'update-menus -v' as root. However, I get > the following output showing the command aborting (only the first half > of output is shown, but the gist can be seen): > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] trey]# update-menus -v > [EMAIL PROTECTED] trey]# Update-menus[4811]: Dpkg not locking dpkg status > area. Good. > Update-menus[4811]: Reading installed packages... > Update-menus[4811]: Reading translate info in > /etc/menu-methods/translate_menus > Update-menus[4811]: Reading menuentryfiles in /etc/menu/ > Update-menus[4811]: Reading menuentryfiles in /usr/lib/menu/ > Update-menus[4811]: Reading menuentryfiles in /usr/lib/menu/default/ > Update-menus[4811]: Running menu-methods in /etc/menu-methods/ > Update-menus[4811]: Running method:/etc/menu-methods//menu > In file "/etc/menu/menudrakeentry", at (or in the definition that ends > at) line 6: > [...] package="menu" section="Fluxbox/Styles/" title="" > [...] ^ > Missing (or empty) tag: title > This tag needs to defined for the menuentry to make sense. > Note, BTW, that update-menus re-arranges the order of the > tags found in the menu entry files, so that the part above > isn't literal > /etc/menu-methods//menu: Aborting > Update-menus[4811]: Script /etc/menu-methods//menu returned error status > 1. > Update-menus[4811]: Running method:/etc/menu-methods//twm > In file "/etc/menu/menudrakeentry", at (or in the definition that ends > at) line 6: > [...] package="menu" section="Fluxbox/Styles/" title="" > [...] ^ > Missing (or empty) tag: title > This tag needs to defined for the menuentry to make sense. > Note, BTW, that update-menus re-arranges the order of the > tags found in the menu entry files, so that the part above > isn't literal > /etc/menu-methods//twm: Aborting > Update-menus[4811]: Script /etc/menu-methods//twm returned error status > 1. > Update-menus[4811]: Running method:/etc/menu-methods//enlightenment > In file "/etc/menu/menudrakeentry", at (or in the definition that ends > at) line 6: > [...] package="menu" section="Fluxbox/Styles/" title="" Edit /etc/menu/menudrakeentry, and where it has title="", make it title="Style" (actually *any* word will fix it). Then re-run "update-menus -v" as root. This is a known combo-bug (new techie term!) caused by Fluxbox and RPM. You might check that you have updated copies of both, but editing the above line will fix it. Believe me, I have done it a couple or triple dozen times in the last few weeks, running Cooker as they got this solved. ;-) Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] Konq/Moz Crash during Web Browse.
On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 21:31:08 -0800 Jack Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > install Sun's JRE -- it's really not difficult*, and the other VM's for > Linux kind of really suck badly a little. I've used Outlook webmail with > Moz and it was fairly stable as of Moz 1.3, though Konq and Galeon would > regularly barf in the way you describe and other ways as well. > > * Find it and download it -- this is the hardest part. > 1 sh /the/file/you/got, page, type y, and you get an RPM. > 2 urpmi /the/rpm/you/got. > 3 ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.0_01/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ Sun's Java http://java.com/en/index.jsp Click on the Green box to the top left. Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] CNN video clips
On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 18:58:02 -0800 (PST) "David Guntner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > Tim Sawchuck grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > > > On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 14:50:56 -0700 > > "Charlie M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > >> > >> This question got me curious so I went to CNN to look. I found that you > >> can't view any of the videos if you run any "Pop-Up blockers." Or if > >you> don't have "Real One Pass." Whatever that is... > > > > It's a monthly pay as you go service for A/V content with a proprietary > > client that only runs on (2 points!) which OS?? > > Um, someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong here, but I could have > sworn that Real make a version of the real media player which runs under > Linux You are correct, there is a free version. But the Real One player to use with the Real One SuperPass is not the same. The free player cannot access Real One SuperPass pay subscription content. http://www.real.com/ My favorite radio station that streams on the net (200 miles from where I live has a Real One stream, but there is no linux version of it. I have to be happy with recorded events, and not the live feed any longer. Tim -- _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] CNN video clips
On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 14:50:56 -0700 "Charlie M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Thursday 06 November 2003 2:36 pm, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > > What format is CNN using for its videos? I try to view any of them and > > I get an error message: > > > > Sound server warning message: > > > > mimetype text/html unsupported for streaming > > > > Huh? text/html? What's the deal with CNN? > > > > praedor > > This question got me curious so I went to CNN to look. I found that you > can't view any of the videos if you run any "Pop-Up blockers." Or if you > don't have "Real One Pass." Whatever that is... It's a monthly pay as you go service for A/V content with a proprietary client that only runs on (2 points!) which OS?? > They appear to be in Real One format but I'll never know 'cause I'm damned > if I'll let pop-ups happen anywhere. Couldn't agree more. I love (sic) that Mozilla offers a "pop up counter". Who the @$&! cares, long as I don't see 'em Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] Where to go from here...
On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 15:24:45 -0500 Trey Sizemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > I know it's been frozen for a while, but is Cooker now open and getting > newer packages added? Oh, my gawd, yes - at an alarming rate. My Changelog folder in the last couple days fills up faster than Cooker or Expert, and those two are_not_ low traffic lists! -- _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] X Server Flags
On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 10:28:22 -0500 Brian Sands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > Hello all, > I'm using 9.2 and somehow using ctrl-alt-bs to kill the X server no > longer works all of a sudden. I've checked the man pages, and it seems > that everything is set up properly in XF86Config-4. No Zap and disable > are commented out (in fact I just completely erased them while > troubleshooting). Anyone have any clue as to what I am missing? Something changed (?) with 9.2, and it will work at the DM login screen, but not if you are logged in. I have not found where it changed. Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] sound in 9.2
On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 22:06:26 -0800 Jack Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > You all know how I hate to take time away from the usual chatter with an > actual problem, but here goes :-) > > Has anyone else noticed bad sound choppiness since installing/upgrading > to 9.2? I have two systems with this problem, one using the stock > 2.4.22-21 kernel and AC97 sound and one using -mm with i810 sound, both > using ARTS. artswrapper is suid, "run sound server with realtime > priority" is checked in kcontrol (note that I actually use XFce4, not > KDE). > > XMMS is of course the app where I notice the problem (since GAIM is the > only other program that is allowed to make noise and it doesn't make > much). On stock-21/AC97 desktop, the "use realtime priority" flag is > set, and true to the warning, I've experienced a system lockup under > heavy load when XMMS was playing. On the 21-mm/i810 system, XMMS's "use > realtime priority" flag is not checked (system lockups are more annoying > on a laptop when there's no network accessibility). > > I don't recall if the AC97 desktop is on OSS or ALSA, but the i810 > laptop is on OSS since the 9.2 upgrade; it was rock-solid and generally > perfect on ALSA for 9.1, but with 9.2 ALSA sounds were drowned in static > and frequently played at the wrong frequency. > > Any ideas? I'm sure I don't need to mention how annoying choppy music > and system lockups are, especially when I'm the only hardcore Linux > fanatic^H^H^H^H^H^H^Huser in the building. Funny you should mention! I have been playing with the 2.6 test 9.4 kernel, and have noticed it even more. I have 9.2 Cooker (2.4.22-21mdk) , which is really just 9.2 since the freeze has been on. This is a desktop with a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz card (cs46xx), 5.1 Dolby Digital to a kickin' set of Altec Lancing speakers / subwoofer. I _can_ rattle the window! but that is another story. I'm all ALSA. I can stream 128k audio off the net with no problems, but I have some oggs that get funky and choppy, but not always. No lockups at all. There are some issues with gstreamer-alsa based players, and ChangeLog shows fixs have just released. I've played with a bunch of music manager software - it is uses gstreamer I have a serious sound problems; if it uses xmms, then the minor issue mentioned, if it uses alsaplayer, smooth as silk. Anyone else? Tim -- _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] On disapearing Menus
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 23:19:46 -0500 Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > On Tuesday 04 November 2003 11:01 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > All, > > > >A while back a number of you expressed problems with disappearing > > menu's right after installing a new KDE or Gnome app. DEG is reporting > > that the problem seems to be related to cxplugin from codeweavers. Now > > the question comes. How many of you who have this problem are using > > cxplugin, or is it happening to you without cxplugin. If it is cxplugin > > what version are you using? > > > > I have the problem here and I'm not using cxplugin on any of my boxes. I > have heard it is actually a bug in rpm that prevents the rpm database from > being unlocked in time for the post-install update-menus script to be run, > so you have to run it yourself. And there have been two releases of rpm to fix it. The last one came through ChangLog today, and should be on the cooker mirrors at least by tomorrow. I have very few menu problems now, compared to the first one when I moved up to 9.2 Cooker. Tim -- _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] where can I get kernel sources?
On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 23:11:46 +0200 Artemio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > Hi everybody! > > I know there is a native mandrake 9.2 kernel src package available - but > don't know where I can download it. > > I cannot afford myself purchasing the CDs - so is there some http/ftp/etc. > > place I can get the sources from? > > Can't find them in rpmfind's SRC directory for Mdk 9.2. > > I really need the sources, as NVidia drivers won't compile without them. Easy Urpmi http://www.zarb.org/%7Enanardon/ is a great site to find all the mirrors; although not all are reliable. I'm in the USA, but use Checkoslovakian sites for my 9.2 sources, regular and Cooker. Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] sylpheed & spamassassin
On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 19:17:24 -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribed on electronic parchment: > How do I make sylpheed and spamassassin play nicely together? I have the > plugin (as well as the gui for the plugin), and spamd is running. > Unfortunately there seems to be a missing component - or I haven't done > something - because the filtering hasn't kicked in yet. How does it > actually work? (The docs I found on the web all pertained to hitching > spamassassin to a server. Perhaps the twiki could use a page on > sylpheed/spamassassin?) Take a look at the readme in /usr/share/doc/spamassassin-2.55/ about half way down, look at the sa-learn options. I had a junk directory that I had been using filters to send spam into, using filters in sylpheed. I used the sa-learn --spam on this folder. I rerun that same command via cron every night, and anything missed gets manually moved to my /junk directory. I then did the sa-learn --nonspam options on the folders where I have friends, business notices, mailing lists, etc. I get about 50-75 spams per day, and spamassassin gets all but 2 or 3. I am going to subscribe to the free mail-abuse.org service mentioned in the readme. HTH Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] KDE 3.1.4?
On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 17:26:39 -0800 Rob Blomquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > Any idea where I can get 3.1.4 in rpm format for 3.2, or am I going to > have to compile the sucker? Texstar http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/mandrake/9.1/rpms/ There are alpha kde 3.2 available from one Cooker developer as well, but they are very buggy, according to post there. Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] PGP signed messages and a plugin?
On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 10:07:52 -0500 Praedor Atrebates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I found a very simple "fix" and it works very nicely with kmail. Simply > install gnupg, libgpgme, and cryptoplug. In kmail, go to the security That is precisely what I explained to you in my reply to your original message! > tab, enable gnupgp, then go to the plugins tab and simply enter the path > gpme-openpgp.so (default in mandrake = > /usr/lib/cryptplug/gpgme-opengpg.so) and enter a name like "gnupg" or > whatever. I don't know if it is necessary for this method to work but it > is for other means of using the pgp plugins, but you can/should also > change your ~/.gnupg/conf file to ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf. > > Hit apply after doing the above in kmail and that's it. > > praedor > > On Friday 31 October 2003 05:40 pm, Robert Goshko wrote: > > Praedor Atrebates wrote: > > > I should specify that I have gnupg installed and that is what I use on > > > my system, and through kmail. I have gnupg selected in kmails > > > security settings and have it autosign my own emails. > > > > > > So, what is this plugin that "isn't specified"? > > > > When reading the e-mail, Kmail needs a plug-in to verify the signature, > > I found the gpg/pgp support mechanism kind of kludgey in kmail. > > > > Evolution attachs GPG signature via a MIME type, but it can't handle in > > line signatures (BEGIN/END blocks). > > > > Enigmail enhancement for Thunderbird handles both in line and MIME type > > signatures, very nice. > > - -- > Faith is the very antithesis of reason, injudiciousness a critical > component of spiritual devotion. > - --Krakauer > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/o8xOb1CLurEA6xURAmGMAJ9InkuOVW6aXSCC9sozahW850KQvwCfcgwa > t3CzSO2QaTanjj7V+SNWwMw= > =Jdur > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] corrupted xmms in 9.0 --> 9.2???
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 23:23:16 -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribed on electronic parchment: > I have an xmms playlist of approx 600 songs which I've been listening > through. I was at about 150 when I upgraded from (mdk) 9.0 to 9.2. When I > loaded xmms, first time after upgrading, it couldn't even see the > directory that the mp3s were in (music/my-cd-backups) either in the > playlist editor or in the "eject" button from the main interace...it'd > just close the file browser if I tried to browse into there. > > It is something to do with my .xmms preferences; when I run xmms as root > from the command line it works fine, but when I run it as me from the > menu, it is screwed. Anyone encountered similar? I can just remove .xmms, > I don't care particularly. Just wondered whether anyone had noticed. I had a similar situation when I changed from RH to MDK and used the same drive mounted /home. Permissions changed on some files and directories. Check the permissions on .xmms to see if it is higher than what your user can access. You may have to su and change them. I had to do half my /home directories and files! Tim -- _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] PGP signed messages and a plugin?
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 16:40:12 -0500 Praedor Atrebates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I should specify that I have gnupg installed and that is what I use on my > system, and through kmail. I have gnupg selected in kmails security > settings and have it autosign my own emails. > > So, what is this plugin that "isn't specified"? > > On Friday 31 October 2003 04:26 pm, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > > When people sign their emails with their PGP key (unknown to me) their > > message in kmail is prefaced with the following: > > > > Message was signed with unknown key. > > The validity of the signature cannot be verified. > > Problem: OpenPGP plug-in was not specified. > > Use the 'Settings->Configure KMail->Security' dialog to specify the > > plug-in or ask your system administrator to do that for you. > You can go to the kmail page, get the instructions to download and compile it all, or you can download "cryptplug" with urpmi. Or you can use GnuPG integrate the way you have it. You will still get that message from KMail! It will not really change anything. The message is kind of cryptic (sic) since it basically states that you are looking at a signed message, HOWEVER you have no credentials to know if the key is valid, if that person is who they say they are, or an imposter using a stolen key. You can download the users public key, and then the message will change to say that it is a valid key, but the trust will not be determined unless you exchange signed keys with that (or all) users. Understanding cryptography, how it works, what it does, and what you have to do to secure it and interpret it is a long steep learning process. The GnuPG website is a good place to start http://www.gnupg.org/ For the most part, use it for secure communications with those people that you need it. In this mailing list, you don't really need to worry about it. Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] WebMin login
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:45:01 -0800 Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > > Firebird is 0.7. I do have a ton of extensions loaded, but could > > not fine the one to stop www. and .com being added. I found that > > the backslash after the localhost ip solved it, i.e. > > https://127.0.0.1:1/ > > Here are the ones i modified: > > browser.fixup.alternate.enabled false > > keyword.enabled false Thanks Eric, Those were the ones to do for me as well. I have never had any programming, but I am a damn good trouble shooter. I just need to learn enough of the language to know what it is saying. ;-) Tim -- _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] WebMin login
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:03:29 -0800 James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 02:38, Tim Sawchuck wrote: > > On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 12:22:31 -0500 > > Anyway, now I have to admit that I viewed WebMin as a security problem > > and never used it. Now I feel like an idiot, seeing how powerful it is > > - at least I learned something new today..' old dawg, new trick! ;-) > > > > Tim > > I like it because like sudo it logs everything. Configuring a user so > that he/she can use/configure something that would normally require root > access is a lot easier than with sudo. Seriously though if you like > Webmin you'll love Usermin. James, Well, I'm the only "user" on this computer. I did log in to Webmin as root, but will setup myself as a user soon. I was astonished at all the options. I know enough to monitor essential logs and so on, but Webmin is very nice. Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] WebMin login
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 19:21:50 -0800 Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > > 127.0.0.1 worked fine. I'm using Mozilla-Firebird and could not > > find how to disable. I do have the extension that lets me modify > > all prefs, just could not find it. > > Hmm... I just now read closely enough to see you use firebird. Which > version? > > Do you have Webmin set to run at startup? (it probably was by > default) Firebird is 0.7. I do have a ton of extensions loaded, but could not fine the one to stop www. and .com being added. I found that the backslash after the localhost ip solved it, i.e. https://127.0.0.1:1/ Webmin set itself up to run at boot. I will leave it, but I wish it would load on demand or when requested I guess it is. My head is swimming; I'm trying to learn to much at once! ;-) Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] WebMin login
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:54:23 -0500 HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:38:41 +0000 > Tim Sawchuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > And I found your reply stumbling through the archives; search in > > acrchives is not working, so it is the scroll and hope you find the > > keywork that works. Find in page in the browser works ok, *if* you > > get the correct keyword. > > I should have mentioned, it was Eric Huff IIRC that ran into the same > thing, would have helped you track it down easier, sorry. No big deal. Your answer still got me going, even if it did show in the archives before it got delivered to my pop account. Tim -- _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] WebMin login
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 12:22:31 -0500 HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 09:15:59 +0000 > Tim Sawchuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > > > Anyone seen this? How to stop it? > > This came up before. Verisign actually sold the domain "localhost.com", > bloody arses that they are. > > Two sol'ns came up, tell your browser not to autmatically append ".com" > to addresses, or use 127.0.0.1 instead. > > How you tell your browser not to append .com would vary according to the > browser, check the archives for more info on that. Thanks Haywire! 127.0.0.1 worked fine. I'm using Mozilla-Firebird and could not find how to disable. I do have the extension that lets me modify all prefs, just could not find it. And I found your reply stumbling through the archives; search in acrchives is not working, so it is the scroll and hope you find the keywork that works. Find in page in the browser works ok, *if* you get the correct keyword. Anyway, now I have to admit that I viewed WebMin as a security problem and never used it. Now I feel like an idiot, seeing how powerful it is - at least I learned something new today..' old dawg, new trick! ;-) Tim -- _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[expert] WebMin login
This is a weird one! Using https://localhost:1/ I'm getting redirected to a marketing site named www.netbreakthroughs.com! Anyone seen this? How to stop it? Tim -- _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] Change screen color
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 18:57:26 +0100 Tibor Pittich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > On 28. October 2003 at 09:07, Tim Sawchuck wrote: > > > Anyone know where or how to configure this color or change this image? > > check /etc/X11/Xsession, espec. lines after comment "Mandrake > default background" > Very close, but not quite there; this sets the background after a user logs in, bright red for root, and Mdk blue for others. I looked at everthing in /etc/X11 but no joy Thanks for the info, it is appreciated. Tim -- _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Change screen color
Ok, this is a real nitpick, I know. Bear with me, sometimes I am very AR about these things. ;-) After X loads, and before the DM screen loads, there is a solid light blue (std Mdk color) screen with the cursor/wristwatch/watch. I would really like to change this screen to black. I load nVidia drivers w/o splash, so screen is black, then that $@&# blue, then GDM with the enterprise spotlight that is black. I've installed Mdk on some friends computers and get the question about so many screen colors as it boots. Of course I am trying to personalize it for them from the default install. Anyone know where or how to configure this color or change this image? It is not in /usr/share/bootsplash or /usr/share/mdk/backgrounds Tim -- _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.2 made slashdot
On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 21:01:35 -0700 (PDT) "David Guntner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > KevinO grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > > > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/25/1737244 > > I get "Page cannot be displayed." > Comes up now. Can you say /. ed! :smile:: -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.2: KDE Kicker Clock problem
On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 00:23:22 -0700 James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 23:57, Tim Sawchuck wrote: > > On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 23:18:40 -0700 > > James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic > > parchment: > > > > > On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 16:44, Rob Blomquist wrote: > > > > > > Now, I haven't mucked with locales, but I did upgrade KDE from > > > > Texstar's rpms, and I see that I still have a few of Texstar's rpms > > > > around. > > > > > > Could be it. I've but one tex rpm and that's for xmms skins. > > > (however I still which I had some of the features from his like randar > > > support.) > > > > Take a look at the PCLinuxOnline site. It appears that someone else has > > stepped up and is making 9.1 rpms while Texstar is gone. Maybe he can > > be encouraged to do 9.2? > > > > Also, there is Chip Cuccio's rpms: > > http://norlug.org/%7Echipster/index.pxml?rpms > > > > He is building for 9.2 now. Not as prolific as Texstar, but very > > similar. I have his xmms and > > sylpheed-claws. > > > > Tim > > Unfortunately from reading his site no where near as personable. I see him as all bark and no bite to scare off the lazy and the pests. I get his updates newsletter, and it has a very friendly tone. He is testing a urpmi repository. Have exchanged a couple e-mails and he is very helpful, provided you have done your homework and you are really stuck, not just asking him to do it for you. Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.2: KDE Kicker Clock problem
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 23:18:40 -0700 James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 16:44, Rob Blomquist wrote: > > Now, I haven't mucked with locales, but I did upgrade KDE from Texstar's > > rpms, and I see that I still have a few of Texstar's rpms around. > > Could be it. I've but one tex rpm and that's for xmms skins. (however > I still which I had some of the features from his like randar support.) Take a look at the PCLinuxOnline site. It appears that someone else has stepped up and is making 9.1 rpms while Texstar is gone. Maybe he can be encouraged to do 9.2? Also, there is Chip Cuccio's rpms: http://norlug.org/%7Echipster/index.pxml?rpms He is building for 9.2 now. Not as prolific as Texstar, but very similar. I have his xmms and sylpheed-claws. Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Info request GPG(PGP)
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 22:14:57 -0700 James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > Anyone know of a good online tutorial on > > 1. Using GPG with mail > 2. Using GPG instead of passwords to login via ssh > 3. Signing an rpm with a signature. > > > I'm not talking about something like the full blown explanations I've > read and fallen asleep there. I'm looking for something like a cookbook > that I can print and hand to people and say. "Do this it will work" I have some links for ssh, but nothing in any of them about using gpg instead; never heard of that. I'll be talking to Google 'bout that. 1 - This is the link that I have used to setup GnuPG with three different mailers: http://www.gnupg.org/(en)/related_software/frontends.html#mua 2 - kinda' but not really. I use this MiniHow-To almost 2-3 times a weeK: http://www.gnupg.org/(en)/documentation/howtos.html#GnuPG-miniHOWTO 3 - This is right off the Cooker Page: http://www3.mandrakelinux.com/en/cookerdevel.php3 # How to contribute some packages to Cooker? First, if you have developed a program and want to make your contribution in the RPM Contribs part of the distribution, please contact the RPM apps manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and tell him that you have a new package. Thank you and Good Luck! Next, Install the GnuPG package: You may do so by running, as root, the command "urpmi gnupg" - create a .gpg directory in your home directory: mkdir ~/.gpg - in order to generate your GnuPG keys type: "gpg --gen-key" - select option "1) 1024 bits- Low commercial grade..." - enter your Firstname+Name+email address @linux-mandrake.com (for example: if your name is "John Smith" and your email address is "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", then enter: John Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED])- enter a good little pass phrase or password that you can remember - don't forget it!- type like a fool on your keyboard while the keys are generating; try not to break it:) Now the keys should have been generated. In order to extract a public ascii key: - type: gpg --export -a -o key.asc - enter your complete GnuPG identity (in our example: John Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED])- enter a filename for the ascii file, for example: key.asc- send the key.asc file to Contributions manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]> so your packages can be authenticated in the future. # How to sign your RPM packages? It's very easy: - edit ~/.rpmmacros and put something like this: %_signature gpg %_gpg_name John Smith < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > %distribution Mandrake %vendor MandrakeSoft ( replace _gpg_name with your own GnuPG id! -unless you are John Smith :-) ) Now, every time you recompile a package, you need to enter the following command:rpm --sign -ba --clean file.spec (you will be prompted for your personal secret phrase). In order to contribute your new package, upload it ( .src.rpm only! ) to: ftp://ftp.linux-mandrake.com/incoming/ and warn the Contributions manager and Cooker-list by sending an email to both. Have fun! -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake releases bug fixes for MDK 9.2
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 21:56:47 -0700 James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 06:19, Avi Schwartz wrote: > > James Conner wrote: > > > > > On Friday 24 October 2003 02:10 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > > > > I agree, I was being sarcastic. I just installed MDK 9.2 on a friends > > > system, I'll do it on mine after I back everything up. Everything > > > went peachy, only lost the menu's once. That bug/feature was fixed > > > > I don't think the disappearing menu 'feature' was fixed since I lost my > > menu couple of times on two different machines since applying the > > Avi > > > I know I'm beginning to sound a bit like Anne concerning the TWiki (Anne > this is meant in jest.) But could you please submit a bug report. Now > that we have bugs.mandrakelinux.com please (pretty please) submit the > report. If we don't then the developers will either think; > > 1. The release is bug free. > 2. That we the users don't care. > > Sorry to be a harpy here but since they have given us a voice I > really want us to be heard. With this release I've seen more evidence > than ever of MDK listening to users and I'd like to expand that dialog > if at all possible. Thanks. > > If you do / have submitted one I'd request that you let the list know > the bug and bug number so that others who have the same problem can add > info. This way the bugs that are relevant to us, are the first ones > fixed (after security holes that is.) Myself, since I don't yet have > this problem I can't submit the bug. I don't know what it is. :) I agree completely; if we do not use the opportunity to report bugs, they will not pay attention to it, or our requests for similar things in the future. OTOH, not to worry about "missing menus", "kde terminals missing" or "kde components missing", they are getting beaten up pretty bad over there about this and a few issues, I doubt they will miss them. :-(( Yes, report bugs, and add comments about found bugs to help identify and substantiate their existance. I have not seen another distro in the last 10 years that has given that kind of opportunity to interact with the developers as this. One more reason I'll stay with Mandrake. Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] [OT] Geomagnetic storm alert
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 21:41:20 -0700 Jack Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 16:20, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > ... > > Let's cut to the chase. Should I wear my tinfoil hat or not? > > -- cmg > > > every day. Sunday you can remove the tinfoil from your head and return to the Mothership. -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake releases bug fixes for MDK 9.2
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 00:20:17 + James Conner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > For those on the MDK security mailing list you will already know. For > those that aren't, check the archives(it's too large to repost here). > These updates fix quite a few of the bugs that have been troubling people > lately. Glad to see that Mandrake is on top of this to release patches. > Granted, it would have been nice to have flawless, bug-free release. :) They were on the mirrors this morning at 6am PDT even before the message came through on ChangeLog. My morning urpmi update on my 9.2 Cooker box had a TON of stuff (I don't use Gnome or KDE, just fluxbox) and I thought something was wrong.:-) "Too many updates, can't be right" - took me two more cups of coffee before I had the guts to say Yes to the update! Then they broke my libvorbis, and I had to downgrade that and vorbis-tools. But I'm fearless - I make nightly backups! whe Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] OggEnc problem
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 15:41:36 -0700 Tim Sawchuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 18:27:37 -0400 > Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > > GM> > Ripping and encoding CD to ogg music worked fine last week, > GM> > yesterday, it appears that everything works fine (used Grip, > GM> > > GM> Are you running cooker? vorbis-tools broke the other day with an > GM> update. There was a thread on Cooker ML about this today. > > Yes, dang! I guess I need to resubscribe to CookerML. It was getting way > ahead or I was getting way behind, don't know for sure which! > > Also just saw a libvorbis upgrade hit ChangeLog as soon as I sent original > message. Greg, thanks so much! Went back to the cooker archives and found the messages that it was libvorbis. I hit rpmfind.net and grabbed libvorbis0-1.0.10 (11 broke it, 12 is coming per Changelog) and it needed vorbis tools-1.06. So backing down a step on two programs and now it all works fine again! Reactivated Cooker ML too. Thanks for the tip. I should have asked sooner, 'stead of being a hardhead trying to figure it out myself for the last day and a half! But that's how one learns.. Probably why I choose to run cooker!? hehehe Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OggEnc problem
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 18:27:37 -0400 Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: GM> > Ripping and encoding CD to ogg music worked fine last week, yesterday, GM> > it appears that everything works fine (used Grip, ripperX, MythMusic) GM> > GM> Are you running cooker? vorbis-tools broke the other day with an GM> update. There was a thread on Cooker ML about this today. Yes, dang! I guess I need to resubscribe to CookerML. It was getting way ahead or I was getting way behind, don't know for sure which! Also just saw a libvorbis upgrade hit ChangeLog as soon as I sent original message. Thanks! Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] OggEnc problem
This is a weird one, and I have tried *everything* I can think of... Ripping and encoding CD to ogg music worked fine last week, yesterday, it appears that everything works fine (used Grip, ripperX, MythMusic) to encode the ripped .wav files 925-30, but they are only 16-20 K, when they should be 3-5Mb. Everything (xmms, alsaplayer, MythMusic) "play" them with no failure, but no sound. Rate shows 0-2kbps with 44kHz. The time per cut is fine as well. Mp3 encoding in all the same apps works just fine, with files that play music (!) :-) and no failures. I'm convinced it is oggenc in vorbis-tools - tried 1.02, 1.06, 1.07 of these - same small file on all. I have removed *every* ogg / vorbis program / library, and all apps that required any ogg / vorbis files. Then tried to re-install just the minimum apps, such as just Grip and Vorbis-Tools. Even tried a different kernel, normally running 2.4.22-18, so I tried the 2.4.22.10multi-media kernel. Same schtuff no music! I'm at a &@^#%!&#?^!%@ loss - anyone have ANY ideas what-the- is going on? Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] RANT: vicious viruses
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 00:52:45 + Richard Urwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My sister currently has 1479 messages on her ISP's POP3 server waiting to > be downloaded, probably 99.9% Swen, so 100K each on a 40K dialup line. > She's ditched the ISP and gone to Compu$erve (argh!). Currently she still > doesn't have email setup, nor an email client apart from Lookout, an > antivirus package or a firewall. > > Can anybody suggest (probably offlist is best, my mailbox can stand the > traffic,) free packages for all the above? I would be grateful. My current > > thoughts are Pegasus, Mozilla, Spybot S&D. But I haven't used Pegasus > since 1995, is it the best? Don't know whether to go Mcafee or AVG (or > some other.) Howabout firewalls? I liked Tiny Personal Firewall when I ran win2k. Very simple to use, and quite secure. When first installed, it prompts you for every attempt for incoming or outgoing traffic, so it can be a little annoying, but it requires no configuration; you just choose allow yes or no - this time or every time. For a bunch of free software, take a look at WebAttack (yeah, I know, odd name), but a bunch of freeware for windows. I used alot of these when I had to boot back to windows, before I finally got everything I wanted to work in linux. http://www.webattack.com/freeware/freeware.html Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Complete freeze with kernel 2.4.22 and Intel Speedstep activation
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 13:55:14 -0700 (PDT) rode vriendje <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just thought I post this here, because I can't think > of a better place. I hope that's OK. The BugTracker would be the best place: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/ > I have had problems with my Dell Latitude C640 laptop > and Mandrake 9.2, kernel 2.4.22 (the default kernel). > When the powercord is plugged/unplugged the whole > machine freezes (forced powerdown + reboot is then the > only thing that works). > > Turns out to be the Intel Speedstep. When I disable > this in my Bios the problem goes away. The problem was > not there with mdk 9.1, and 9.2RC1 (did not try RC2). I *think* I saw this in the bugs list about two weeks back, but I do not keep most messages. You can look real quickly in the BugTracker url above and probably find it. You don't have to register to browse it, just to post. Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Sound Services Question
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:27:12 -0700 Tim Sawchuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The only other thing is that DigitalDJ that integrates with Grip will not > play under ALSA. All my other Audio/Video apps are fine. Anyone know a > trick to get Ddj to run with ALSA? Nothing on the Grip / Ddj home page. > I'll email the developer as well. I know, I know, replying to myself, but it might help some other lost soul! ;-) Solved my Digital DJ situation by changing the player in the config from ogg123 to alsaplayer. Removed the aslaplayer gui and it works great! Turns out to be ogg123 not playing with alsa, and not Digital DJ. Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Sound Services Question
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:38:02 -0700 Todd Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Tim Sawchuck wanted us to know: > > >The one thing I cannot determine is in MCC Services, is do I need Sound > >as well as ALSA? I have ASLA on at boot. I have tried ALSA On, Sound > >Off, and ALSA On, Sound On, and can see no difference. This is my home > >machine, not network with other computers. > >I'm just trying to avoid conflicts and not run any services not needed. > > The way it works if you have both on (default): > > start alsa init script >check modules.conf to see if alsa configured > if yes, load modules > if no, exit with success > start sound init script >check modules.conf to see of OSS configured > if yes, load modules > if no, exit with success > > You lose nothing by leaving both on. You gain the benefit that in the > future if you or Mdk determine the other is better, it just works > without you having to remember to enable the other service to start. > Personally I think they should be both just done from within the sound > init script, but that's just me :-) > - -- > Blue skies... Todd > | Get a bigger hammer! | Sometimes you get what you want. | > | http://www.mrball.net | Sometimes you get experience. | > | http://faq.mrball.net | --unknown origin | > Linux kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdk 3 users, load average: 0.12, 0.18, 0.14 > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: http://www.mrball.net/todd.asc > > iD8DBQE/ktoKIBT1264ScBURAtvEAJ9Yjlb7SKv9olyI1ZIdEH8LFMWz8QCgy375 > uA4yeDdEHQOA4LMEwlfJbEM= > =RGRd > -END PGP SIGNATURE- Thank you, Todd I did comment out all the OSS entries in modules.conf, I'll enable them again. Maybe that will solve my Ddj problem as well. Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Sound Services Question
I just recently changed to ALSA from OSS sound. Mdk 9.2 I've tried all the docs I can find, Googled, etc. The one thing I cannot determine is in MCC Services, is do I need Sound as well as ALSA? I have ASLA on at boot. I have tried ALSA On, Sound Off, and ALSA On, Sound On, and can see no difference. This is my home machine, not network with other computers. I'm just trying to avoid conflicts and not run any services not needed. The only other thing is that DigitalDJ that integrates with Grip will not play under ALSA. All my other Audio/Video apps are fine. Anyone know a trick to get Ddj to run with ALSA? Nothing on the Grip / Ddj home page. I'll email the developer as well. Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Missing kernel source from 9.2 isos...
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 16:31:03 -0400 Theo Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It was mentioned in this thread that all of the Mandrake Packs will come > with the nVidia drivers. Anybody care to pass them along to the rest of > us? Or do I have to wait until Nvidia gets them onto their site? > > - Theo I just installed the current site drivers onto Cooker 9.2 about a month ago, and have changed kernels about 4 times since then. You just have to run the nVidia installer and let it compile a module for your system. No need to wait for anyone. Tim > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > >On Saturday 18 Oct 2003 12:14 pm, Olaf Marzocchi wrote: > > > > > >>At 12.36 18/10/2003, you wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Which is where the TWiki comes in. Why not write up how you did > >>>it and make it available for everyone else? > >>> > >>> > >>But I didn't (yet): I'm not a club member and I son't have 9.2. > >>Furthermore, Steven explained me how to do, you should have > >>received his post as well. > >> > >>Olaf > >> > >> > > > >Olaf - > > > >1) I have been away, so I did not receive it. > >2) Open Source is about sharing responsibility and labour. It is not > >for me to learn in depth about a problem that you are solving in > >order for me to write an article. I am asking you to pay back the > >help you receive by helping someone else. > > > >Anne > > > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > > -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 20:19:02 +0200 Wolfgang Bornath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tim Sawchuck schrieb am Wed, 15 Oct 2003 10:51:45 -0700: > > > > There is a rumor that the complete 9.2 RPMS were also released on > > > the mirrors by mistake, but I have not been able to get any kind of > > > connect to verify. That would add to the frenzy, if true > > > > Well. duh.. > > > > 9.2 RPMS are available right from the source mirrors! > > http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ftp.php3#586 > > And it was not 'by mistake'. It was an action, planned by a human brain, > acted out by humans with the help of electronic devices and ancient > knowledge. So how can you think of 'a mistake'? I thought the general release for the public was not until the end of October. We (public / non-mdk club) can download rpms and isos now??? See why I'm confused, or am I the only one as usual? ;-) Tim -- I often read this forum on my Zaurus handheld, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 10:06:34 -0700 Tim Sawchuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:29:56 -0700 > Jack Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > the mirrors are slammed and urpmi is not working, which is a bit of a > > bummer as I managed to hork the rpm database on one of my boxes and need > > to define new sources :-) > > > > Just wanted to let anyone else having problems know that you're not > > alone; it'll probably straighten out in a few days after the 9.2 rush is > > over. > > I'm getting an update, since Contrib shows a couple new updates I want, > but at about 1/3 of my normal download speed. It appears that > urpmi.update -a--wget works!? > > There is a rumor that the complete 9.2 RPMS were also released on the > mirrors by mistake, but I have not been able to get any kind of connect to > verify. That would add to the frenzy, if true Well. duh.. 9.2 RPMS are available right from the source mirrors! http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ftp.php3#586 Tim -- I often read this forum on my Zaurus handheld, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:29:56 -0700 Jack Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the mirrors are slammed and urpmi is not working, which is a bit of a > bummer as I managed to hork the rpm database on one of my boxes and need > to define new sources :-) > > Just wanted to let anyone else having problems know that you're not > alone; it'll probably straighten out in a few days after the 9.2 rush is > over. I'm getting an update, since Contrib shows a couple new updates I want, but at about 1/3 of my normal download speed. It appears that urpmi.update -a --wget works!? There is a rumor that the complete 9.2 RPMS were also released on the mirrors by mistake, but I have not been able to get any kind of connect to verify. That would add to the frenzy, if true Tim -- I often read this forum on my Zaurus handheld, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] MDK9.2 for Club members.
On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 21:38:50 -0700 James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Go to the club and get your bittorrents running. Mainly because right > now I think I'm dang near the only one on the torrent *grin* I need > some speed!!! I'm not a member, but there are **tons** of complaints on www.madrakeusers.org that everyone it downloading awfully slow. Since I did the urpmi update to 9.2 a month ago, I'll just wait until all the mirrors are not slashdotted! ;-) Tim -- I often read this forum on my Zaurus handheld, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi and upgrades to 9.2
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 22:32:28 -0700 Jack Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 21:04, James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 20:39, Tim Sawchuck wrote: > > > Ok, thanks to Jack and Eric it works. I did not read the instructions > > > and tried to start it with Xdm or Xtart. I do not have kdm or gdm > > > installed, so I like the WMs that will allow me to change to another, > > > until I decide which one to settle on. Right now I need a combo of > > > blackbox and Ice, or if bb just had a pager (found one, but you cannot > > > change vdesktops with it). > > > > > > I might like xfce4 if I can find the time to get menus in it.:-) > > > > > > Tim > > > > > > > > Since xfce (3.8) is in the contribs section for 9.1 I wonder if you > > installed it... then did the build / install from 4 over it if you would > > keep the menu's etc or not. > > > > James > ... > > nope; there's a program called MenuMaker though that handles making > menus from the GNOME and KDE stuff for everything else. That's the > stopgap until XFce can implement the new freedesktop.org menu standard > (they're aiming for the 4.2 release). Found it and installed it, but have not had time to read how to set it up yet. -- I often read this forum on my Zaurus handheld, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] refresh rate
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 21:24:29 -0700 James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: %< snip > > shows that both monitors are set at 85Hz, which ain't bad. So my crawly > > dim lines are probably caused by interference since the monitors are > > side by side. Maybe they need an AFDB :-) That would explain why there > > check out where your cell phone is sitting. I'm serious here. They > really muck with monitors. That's the truth. I work in the wireless biz, and I know a call is coming a few seconds before the phone rings if I keep the phone on the desk below the monitor shelf! Tim -- I often read this forum on my Zaurus handheld, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi and upgrades to 9.2
Ok, thanks to Jack and Eric it works. I did not read the instructions and tried to start it with Xdm or Xtart. I do not have kdm or gdm installed, so I like the WMs that will allow me to change to another, until I decide which one to settle on. Right now I need a combo of blackbox and Ice, or if bb just had a pager (found one, but you cannot change vdesktops with it). I might like xfce4 if I can find the time to get menus in it.:-) Tim On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 07:51:24 -0700 Jack Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 21:08, Tim Sawchuck wrote: > ... > > I've messed with XFCE, and it just didn't do it, but now 4 is out, I > > have to see if it will run under 9.2 Cooker. > > > > Tim > > I've got three cooker systems and it runs a treat on all of them. Follow > the instructions here: http://clevername.homeip.net/xfce4/ -- I often read this forum on my Zaurus handheld, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi and upgrades to 9.2
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 08:19:06 -0400 Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 7) Wait for Tex to build cool stuff for 9.2 He has a few things already, check his website, mostly icons and themes. He stated in Cooker mail list that he would setup a hdlist.cz as soon as 9.2 is officially released. Tim -- ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How to Block IE from a Website
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 22:29:09 -0400 Carroll Grigsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 11 October 2003 09:44 pm, Tim Sawchuck wrote: > > On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 21:16:01 -0400 > > > > Carroll Grigsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> snipped long rant about trying to access Home Depot website from Konq > > > > I have done that three times (I'm old enough to blame the fact that I > > forget about Home Depot and Konq), each time I send a postcard addressed > > to the manager of the local store about the situation. > > > > Third time I got a reply back apologizing, explaining that it was > > handled by corporate, AND a nice juicy discount coupon (that I may or > > may not use). I'd be interested to hear his explanation about why he was > > offering 50% off for an old senile linux geek. ;-) > > > > Tim > > Tim: > Good for you. And good for the guy who runs your local Home Depot. He > seems to understand that every dollar spent at a competitive store is a > buck that he won't get. But the root cause -- the idiot webmaster -- still > remains. Now that you and the store manager are buddy-buddy, is there any > chance of learning either the e-mail or snail mail address of whoever it > is that has custody of the idiot? I'd be interesting in laying a few lines > on him.-- cmg He stated that his district manager knew of numerous complaints (?) throughout the area and that they were getting the word up the chain to corporate and whoever made the choice, or was just lazy and followed the Microsoft instruction book(yah, right). Tim -- ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How to Block IE from a Website
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 21:16:01 -0400 Carroll Grigsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A recent experience: > During dinner a week or so back, SheThatIs decreed that the purchase and > installation of a new mailbox and post was essential to my continued > happiness. There are two major sources for such purchases in this neck of > the woods -- Lowe's and Home Depot. Wanting to eliminate schlepping > between the two stores, I decided to visit to each company's web site to > compare their offerings. Fired up Konq, went to Lowe's, and saw what they > had. Next stop, Home Depot. Oops! Some nitwit has decided that since I > would not be able to enjoy the full benefits of their site because I was > not running either Netscape 4.0 or IE 4.0; further access was denied. > > The next morning I dropped about $150 at Lowe's for the mailbox, mailbox > post, and some other stuff. > > Yes, I could reconfigure to Konq to get past Home Depot's barrier, but why > the hell should I? They are the ones trying to sell something to me. > > And yes, I thought about sending them a nastygram, but that was not in the > > list of options. (Remember when every website had a Contact Webmaster > link?) Then too, would anyone who considers Netscape 4.0 and IE 4.0 to be > the latest and greatest understand my complaint? The idiot must still > think it's 1997. I have done that three times (I'm old enough to blame the fact that I forget about Home Depot and Konq), each time I send a postcard addressed to the manager of the local store about the situation. Third time I got a reply back apologizing, explaining that it was handled by corporate, AND a nice juicy discount coupon (that I may or may not use). I'd be interested to hear his explanation about why he was offering 50% off for an old senile linux geek. ;-) Tim -- ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] When is Mandrake 9.2 available?
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:22:10 -0700 James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 16:22, Tim Sawchuck wrote: > > On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 01:05:56 +0200 > > Wolfgang Bornath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Azrael Azrael schrieb am Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:24:28 +0100: > > > > > > > When is Mandrake 9.2 available to the mere mortals amongst us? > > > > > > Mandrake is not for mere mortals! > > > > > > A-l-m-o-s-t spit coffee all over my monitor.. > > I first read this I read spilt... not spit... Made me wonder about > gravity in your neck of the woods. Gravity is pretty much normal here, unless I've been into the tequila, which I am about to do, wrestling with trying to get MySQL to work so I can use DigitalDJ with Grip. Gahhh! And sometimes the earth moves, actually, frequently, here on the left coast. Tim -- ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] When is Mandrake 9.2 available?
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 01:05:56 +0200 Wolfgang Bornath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Azrael Azrael schrieb am Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:24:28 +0100: > > > When is Mandrake 9.2 available to the mere mortals amongst us? > > Mandrake is not for mere mortals! A-l-m-o-s-t spit coffee all over my monitor.. -- ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] source of rpm contrib
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 06:21:38 -0700 (PDT) "Ricardo \(Tru64 User\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Tim Sawchuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I receive the mails from the changelog > > > What do you mean mails from the changelogthis must > be something I am not aware about...please elaborate. The Cooker page gives you a choice of mailing lists to join, Changelog is one of them: http://www3.mandrakelinux.com/en/fdevlists.php3 Tim -- ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi and upgrades to 9.2
On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 20:53:07 -0700 Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I keep jumping between BlackBox and IceWM. Even on a P4 1.3GHz, > > 512Mb RAM, I love the quickness of a simple WM. > > Have you tried http://pekwm.org/ (my favorite) > XFCE4 (rpms at http://clevername.homeip.net/xfce4/ ) ? > > They are also realy fast. XFCE4 is more of a desktop, pekwm is just > a wm. A few people run XFCE4 with pekwm as their wm. Well, Eric, Thanks for the tip, XFCE4 installs just fine under Cooker 9.2, but it will not run. I installed everything, Xtart cannot see it, it does not show up as a WM in any other WM menu. I tried from a terminal within blackbox, I'm at a loss. No error messages, nothing, just "command not found" even though slocate shows me where it is. A well, found a nice gtk theme switcher that sylpheed and JPilot use nicely! Tim -- ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi and upgrades to 9.2
On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 20:53:07 -0700 Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I keep jumping between BlackBox and IceWM. Even on a P4 1.3GHz, > > 512Mb RAM, I love the quickness of a simple WM. > > Have you tried http://pekwm.org/ (my favorite) > XFCE4 (rpms at http://clevername.homeip.net/xfce4/ ) ? > > They are also realy fast. XFCE4 is more of a desktop, pekwm is just > a wm. A few people run XFCE4 with pekwm as their wm. I've messed with XFCE, and it just didn't do it, but now 4 is out, I have to see if it will run under 9.2 Cooker. Tim -- ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi and upgrades to 9.2
On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 18:30:13 -0700 James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, > > I'm just about to complete my second update from 9.1+plf+texstar to > 9.2 via urpmi. The order of march is Just?!?! :-) I did this a few weeks, maybe a month ago after a posting on Distrowatch about this technique. I had not found this list at the time. > urpmi.removmedia -a (get rid of all current dbases) > > urpmi.addmedia (added cooker cooker-contrib and plf-cooker) > > urpmi urpmi (get the new urpmi first it's ability to download install > and then download more is a big boon. But be prepared for a huge list of > changes to accompany it as well.) I really recommend doing a uprmi.update -a at this point since the new urpmi and databases work a little differently. > urpmi --auto-auto select --force > > why the force ... because signatures in the cooker are all over the > place, and plf cooker isn't signed with the same sig as the rest of plf > etc etc and I got real tired of saying y every 3 or 4 rpms. You can use the --no-verify-rpm switch as well. I've found that using the --allow-force switch works better for me, since the dependencies can get funny with textar and plf rpms that might have a newer numbering than the 9.2 versions installing. > urpmi kernel. > >Basic rundown did it work. Yes. Was it quick ... no expect to let > the box run almost as long as it takes to download a single ISO. Would > I recommend it to anyone but someone who knows MDK... NO I repeat NO. > Some rpms won't install because of conflicts with plf or texstar (I > forced those like kdebase and kdebase-common.) You also need to know > that things like konsole are seperate and don't get installed here. So > it's not perfect but dang close. A couple other tricks, use telinit 3 to run from a console. When it is all done, before you reboot, try "rpm -Va | grep miss" to see if any libraries are missing. I actually had 3 consoles open doing this, with "radio" keeping me entertained. >Can it be done over the net YES. I've done it twice that way. Once > here at home (local simulation) and once to a box in a remote office for > someone. Both times it worked and worked right. Both boxes worked > afterward and so far no real problems. All configs etc are retained and > as such there was little if anything to do after. I honestly don't like > the MDK kde as well as the texstar version (I lose the ability to do > full modifications of the panel as well as no randar support.) But it > does seem to start faster. More to come. I keep jumping between BlackBox and IceWM. Even on a P4 1.3GHz, 512Mb RAM, I love the quickness of a simple WM. -- ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] source of rpm contrib
On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 18:57:02 +0800 Anguo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I receive the mails from the changelog with all the > rpm-contrib but I don't know where I can download those rpm > from. > > I did urpmi-update contrib > but the rpm still don't show. Is there another source for > them? I think most everything coming through changelog now is Cooker 9.2 stuff, right? This site will give you many places to get RPMs, including Cooker: http://www.zarb.org/%7Enanardon/ Tim -- ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: Pilot: Email client used with Palm Desktop?
Excuse me! I have NO idea why this went to the wrong ML, but I'll find out and it will NOT happen again. Tim On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 09:16:28 -0700 Tim Sawchuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -- ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Re: Pilot: Email client used with Palm Desktop?
Sylpheed Claws under Mandrake Linux 9.1 :-) Integrates multiple address books for use *including* JPilot which is the linux clone of Palm Desktop. JPilot gives me Address, Datebook, Memos, ToDo (plus Manana display and support!), Expense, and KeyRing conduits. I can extract e-mail addresses from this mail client and import them to Palm with one click! Cool, huh??? Tim On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 10:39:25 -0400 "Vivian J. Paige" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was just noticing that a number of people are using the Palm Desktop, > which does not have an email program. I'm thinking of going back to it. > What email program are you guys using? I use Outlook primarily for > email, although I have Mozilla set up as well. -- ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] forcing a complete logrotation
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 12:04:10 -0500 Praedor Atrebates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I cannot recall the command and reading the man pages doesn't really help > me (all too often the man pages are either out of date or too cryptic for > someone not well-versed with a given app). How do I do a logrotate on all > logs? My laptop doesn't run 24/7 so the normal rotation period never > arrives, and thus my logs get tremendous. > > praedor > - -- > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/hEOLaKr9sJYeTxgRAtvSAKCKix0nY4cJ9gE5/A5tVqke21kRTQCeIdTF > Hjxjo+kdSEUWoIozP3Rpt0s= > =V/V/ > -END PGP SIGNATURE- Run Anacron in the services menu. Description: Anacron (like `anac(h)ronistic') is a periodic command scheduler. It executes commands at intervals specified in days. Unlike cron, it does not assume that the system is running continuously. It can therefore be used to control the execution of daily, weekly and monthly jobs (or anything with a period of n days), on systems that don't run 24 hours a day. When installed and configured properly, Anacron will make sure that the commands are run at the specified intervals as closely as machine-uptime permits. This package is pre-configured to execute the daily jobs of the Mandrake system. You should install this program if your system isn't powered on 24 hours a day to make sure the maintenance jobs of other Mandrake packages are executed each day. Tim -- ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] KMail bookmarks XML to HTML
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 13:28:49 +0200 Tomas Rett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > how can I convert the bookmarks.xml file from KMail to another format, for > example the bookmarks.html file of Mozilla ? Click on Bookmarks -> Manage Bookmarks -> then I think (not using Kmail anymore) under File there is an Export function to export to Mozilla. It will allow you to choose the path, and choose the bookmarks.html (backup your Mozilla bookmarks first if needed!) Tim -- ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Switch to another window manager?
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 00:14:50 +0200 "T. Ribbrock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think I've used this in the past, but I can't remember what I did and > can't find it in the docs: How can I - as a user - choose what window > manager I'm using when running "startx" from the console? Under Red Hat, > there's "switchdesk", which allows a user to permanently set his/her > window manager, but I can't remember the Mandrake equivalent... :-/ > > Cheerio, > > Thomas Xtat! Description: Xtart is a simple program that checks for properly installed window managers and allows the user full menu access to them from a logged-in console. The special entry 00 in menu selectio will start X with an xterm to manually start new installations of window managers or to do tests with X and no window manager. See /etc/X11/wmsession.d for proper WM integration. Tim -- ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
