Re: [expert] Missing menus in window managers
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! -- Cheers, Trey --- Thieves respect property; they merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it. -- G.K. Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
[expert] Missing menus in window managers
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= [...] ^ 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//enlightenment: Aborting Update-menus[4811]: Script /etc/menu-methods//enlightenment returned error status 1. Update-menus[4811]: Running method:/etc/menu-methods//gnome-mime-data-applications 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 CUT Per some google searches, I also removed a file in the ~/.menu folder called Mandrake created entries and ran the command again, but got the same result. I'm really hoping to get my menus back. Editing menudrake now does not bring them back either. :-( Hope someone has the answer. Thanks. -- Cheers, Trey --- At a given moment I open my eyes and exist. And before that, during all eternity, what was there? Nothing. - Ugo Betti signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
[expert] Where to go from here...
I installed Mandrake 9.1 a while back and have used Cooker sources over time such that I pretty much have a 9.2 system running. My question is...should I continue to use Cooker sources for updating or migrate over to 9.2 sources? I want to keep the system rather cutting edge as far as packages go, but it has been inferred from others that Cooker is no longer the way to go. Thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Where to go from here...
Jack Coates wrote: On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 10:14, Trey Sizemore wrote: I installed Mandrake 9.1 a while back and have used Cooker sources over time such that I pretty much have a 9.2 system running. My question is...should I continue to use Cooker sources for updating or migrate over to 9.2 sources? I want to keep the system rather cutting edge as far as packages go, but it has been inferred from others that Cooker is no longer the way to go. Thanks. If you've been running cooker between 9.1 and 9.2, what's to stop you running cooker between 9.2 and Mandrake XP? joke cooker is unstable and requests a good citizen effort to help with debugging. If you're okay with those, go with cooker. If not, stay on 9.2 and wait for the release, then debug that. cutting edge == buggy. I know it's been frozen for a while, but is Cooker now open and getting newer packages added? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Cooker update with newer packages
I've noticed that Cooker contains KDE 3.1.4, Mozilla 1.4, Evolution 1.4.4 and other packages that have newer versions. Is there a timeframe for when these will be updated. Just curious. -- Cheers, Trey --- Thieves respect property; they merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it. -- G.K. Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [expert] upgrading mandrake's kernel
On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 11:43, Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 20 October 2003 10:29 am, Turgut Kalfaoglu wrote: I am reinstalling 9.1 on my Thinkpad laptop; and I noticed the old problem; that you cannot enable the IDE DMA with my setup; hdparms just says operation not permitted or something. I was wondering what is the best way to upgrade to a newer kernel, say 2.4.22 ? Does Mandrake use a patched the kernel, or is it 'plain vanilla' as found at www.kernel.org? Can I just download the new one from kernel.org, make xconfig, install, and let it rip? You could actually install the kernel from 9.2 alongside the 9.1 kernel. It is 2.4.22 with a bunch of Mandrake specific enhancements like supermount, etc. Just grab it (the kernel RPM) from one of the 9.2 mirrors. It will install alongside your 9.1 kernel so that you can select between them at boot. I have never updated the kernel with URPMI...do you still need to configure LILO or are necessary changes done 'auto-magically'? Thanks. -- Cheers, Trey --- The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper. - Aristotle signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [expert] 9.2-RC1 VT8233 sound
I am having sound issues as well, but I have a SB Live! 5.1 PCI card. I got it working OK with MDK 9.2 Beta 2. :-( On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 14:52, Mark Belanger wrote: I don't suppose anyone has an onboard VIA VT8233 sound and has sound working with 9.2 RC1? Being an RC, I don't want to start banging my head if there is something wrong with sound, other than my cheapo sound card. -Mark __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] DEVFS and /dev not matching
While updating Mandrake 9.1 via urpmi, I got the following message when lilo was getting upgraded: Warning: '/proc/partitions' does not match '/dev' directory structure. Name change: '/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc' - '/dev/sda' The kernel was compiled with DEVFS_FS, but 'devfs=mount' was omitted as a kernel command-line boot parameter; hence, the '/dev' directory structure does not reflect DEVFS_FS device names. Just want to know where to start in attempting to fix this. Thanks. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [expert] 9.1 KDE problems
If I have Cooker and Texstar both installed, how will running: urpmi --auto --auto-select handle duplicate packages (for example, Texstar's kdebase and the Cooker kdebase)? Thanks. On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 08:13, James Sparenberg wrote: On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 21:51, Trey Sizemore wrote: What is the easiest way to determine what packages are exactly needed from the ibilio site. I know kdebase, kdenetwork, etc., but what about the libs and other file dependencies that may exist? This is why I liked urpmi, but I've had some issues with it of late. Thanks. Trey, The easiest and most reliable is to use urpmi. It will solve the problem for you. just do urpmi.addmedia texstar http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.1/rpms/i586 with ./hdlist.cz (this should all be one line but wordwrap is a bear.) Then do urpmi --auto --auto-select This will add/update the correct rpms and maintain a working system for you. This is one of the few times I'd recommend automation over a controlled manual process. But I've done it now on 7 installations and not a single one has had a problem. James On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 14:16, Robert Crawford wrote: On Monday 02 June 2003 11:47, Ronald J. Hall wrote: I decided to post this here because it looks way beyond newbie stuff. I'm running 9.1 (download edition) on an AMD XP2100, Soyo Dragon Plus MB, 512 megs of Corsair DDR ram. Installation went smooth with no errors that I know of. As root, I can open 2 windows, try to copy something (anything) between them and both windows competely disappear. No warnings or error messages. With my normal user account, I can open an icon window (home for example) and close it, always with a crash and a KDE error message: Anyone have any ideas? Makes it darned hard to use, ya know? Never had these problems with v9.0 or 8.2. Oh, I did a complete install and not an upgrade. There are various weird problems with the stock kde 3.1 with 9.1. A lot of users have problems such as yours, and others too. I suggest reading the kde threads on pclinuxonline under the RPM announcements forum, then downloading ALL of Texstar's kde 3.1.2 packages from his ibiblio site to their own directory in /home, then log out of kde into gnome or Ice, and rename your /home/user/.kde folder to kdeold. Then go to init 3, su to root, and cd to the directory you downloaded to and install Tex's kde packages with (takes a few minutes). Be sure and get all the required packages and dependencies. Use this command to install in init 3. rpm -Uvh --force *.rpm --force replaces files and packages, but you must not be running kde at the time of install. Then you need to restart the box with the halt command- if you just go directly back to init 5 after the packages install, you might have trouble- I did. Kmail shows up with all your email, but you'll need to re-enter your info and accounts. In the kdeold folder you saved, there is a bookmark.xml file in /share/apps/konqueror- just replace the new one in the same location in /home/user/.kde, and your bookmarks are back. You might need to resetup the kppp info. Robert Crawford __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [expert] 9.1 KDE problems
What is the easiest way to determine what packages are exactly needed from the ibilio site. I know kdebase, kdenetwork, etc., but what about the libs and other file dependencies that may exist? This is why I liked urpmi, but I've had some issues with it of late. Thanks. On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 14:16, Robert Crawford wrote: On Monday 02 June 2003 11:47, Ronald J. Hall wrote: I decided to post this here because it looks way beyond newbie stuff. I'm running 9.1 (download edition) on an AMD XP2100, Soyo Dragon Plus MB, 512 megs of Corsair DDR ram. Installation went smooth with no errors that I know of. As root, I can open 2 windows, try to copy something (anything) between them and both windows competely disappear. No warnings or error messages. With my normal user account, I can open an icon window (home for example) and close it, always with a crash and a KDE error message: Anyone have any ideas? Makes it darned hard to use, ya know? Never had these problems with v9.0 or 8.2. Oh, I did a complete install and not an upgrade. There are various weird problems with the stock kde 3.1 with 9.1. A lot of users have problems such as yours, and others too. I suggest reading the kde threads on pclinuxonline under the RPM announcements forum, then downloading ALL of Texstar's kde 3.1.2 packages from his ibiblio site to their own directory in /home, then log out of kde into gnome or Ice, and rename your /home/user/.kde folder to kdeold. Then go to init 3, su to root, and cd to the directory you downloaded to and install Tex's kde packages with (takes a few minutes). Be sure and get all the required packages and dependencies. Use this command to install in init 3. rpm -Uvh --force *.rpm --force replaces files and packages, but you must not be running kde at the time of install. Then you need to restart the box with the halt command- if you just go directly back to init 5 after the packages install, you might have trouble- I did. Kmail shows up with all your email, but you'll need to re-enter your info and accounts. In the kdeold folder you saved, there is a bookmark.xml file in /share/apps/konqueror- just replace the new one in the same location in /home/user/.kde, and your bookmarks are back. You might need to resetup the kppp info. Robert Crawford __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
[expert] Display manager problem?
When starting Mandrake 9.1 now, I get the following message during boot up: ldm_validate_partition_table: Disk read failed If I boot in failsafe mode, soon after this message has passed, I get a prompt asking if I want to change the owner of / to root:root. I have been saying yes each time, but each time I restart the system, I have to restart in failsafe mode and I get the same as above. Also, I notice on shutdown that the shutting down of the display manager (dm) fails. Any ideas as to what may have caused this and more importantly how to fix? Thanks, Trey signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [expert] Can't Get 9.0 to Use 1280x1024
Post a copy of your XF86Config file. On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 06:42, Felix Miata wrote: I have a 17 monitor that does 1280x768 just fine in windoze, but I haven't had any luck figuring out how to change XF86Config-4 to get Linux to do it using the same ET6x00 video card. Can someone please point me to how to figure this out? signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
[expert] How to get Mozilla 1.4b to appear to be IE6?
How do I get my Mozilla 1.4b browser to appear as IE6 on Windows XP when I visit sites? Long story short is I'm trying out a language site and have the plug-in I need, but I think the Moz browser is throwing it off. Thanks, Trey Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
