Re: [newbie] alternative browser?
if thats true it's pretty bad news. Jeanette Ben wrote: Opera has "let go" of it's linux and mac porting teams, and are in the process of looking for others. ( as posted by their marketing guy on opera.linux ) Well boys, slow down the bandwagon, because it's time to get off.. I would hope that the upcoming Opera, if it ever comes out, is better in that respect. Opera users in Windows, is this your experience so far? I would venture to guess the first group that comes out with a decent alternative to Netscape will garner quite a bit of support from the linux community. Until then we can all enjoy the 4500 mp3 players we have to choose from. Ben
[newbie] kvoice
Has anyone out there had any luck with Kvoice? (Fax/Answering machine) I got my modem working ok (as verified by the fact that I got Kppp to dial my cell phone! :-) But Kvoice seems to have unrelated problems... My modem is in there okay, but or instance, it crashes when I try to record a voicemail greeting, won't play any preselected .wav files I choose for greetings, it won't pick up the phone, it says it is sending spooled faxes and it isn't, --the list is endless. I also have it configured to play sound through my soundcard and it doesn't play anything as far as I can tell. Just wondering if anyone else had any luck, or if there's a better Linux program for this stuff. Thanks, Karen
Re: [newbie] PCI Modem Configuration
Winmodems work in Windows plug and play systems...not even in NT!! Charlotte -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Tony Bao [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, November 12, 1999 8:08 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] PCI Modem Configuration On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hi, I have a Motorola PCI PnP SM56 modem, and from the Win98 I can see it takes the "COM4". I searched the Mandrake and Redhat webpages, but didn't find out how to configure a PCI PnP modem. Thanks in advance. Tony You have a "SoftModem" aka "WinModem." It won't work in Linux. It requires special software which ONLY works in Windows9x (and maybe NT!) Go to http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html for more information about which modems will and won't work under Linux. John
[newbie] Thanks Mr. Philps Almost there! Reverse Interconnection sharing
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks Mr. Philp I went looking at the gatway setting. I changed the settings and it's been working ever since. For my next toe stuber. Html,pop, and ftp all work fine. Gaim even seams to connect fine. The only one I am having trouble with it the licq client. There is a option in it to allow u to choose a tcp port. I just need to know what would be blocking it of how to get the list of ports that are open. odd enough this is the very problem i had hoped to bypass by using the win box and the connection. Thanks Steven -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.1 iQA/AwUBOC1a1cu0Jnj1RPEREQJDugCguXY30vvmtj53F4jfSEXJCM89bFQAoIQ9 5LqkvPLf5xbJ6EZrJRcdK5Vk =U5T8 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[newbie] problem to print in Kmail client
Please advise : I face problem to print in "kmail" but not "netscape mail" why ?? "kmail" printout not clear it's make some gap in print. but netscape mail printout is fine. satyajit
[newbie] Opera for Linux -- it's alive!
Dear friends: Some said earlier that Opera has "let go" of its Linux team. I don't know where they got their information. I would sure like to know. I just checked Opera's Alternative Operating Systems page. Opera for Linux is NOT dead. On the contrary, it is moving along fast towards completion. Here is the latest info from Opera's page at: http://www.opera.com/alt_os.html LINUX/X11 Current status: +11 out of 20 Points Current Update: Things are moving along fast and furiously with the Linux port! Note the +4 status upgrade. Here's more details from the lead programmer of Opera for Linux Qt Edition, Darren R. Starr: "Well, things are moving forward. We're very pleased to announce a bump of 4 points on the status bar here. So many features of the browser are now working that we've decided to move it that much. We have reached a point that nearly every feature in the core of the browser is now working. This week, we will complete frames, forms and image support. XML, SSL, and CSS is getting very close to being implemented and after these functions are completed, all that we have left is to finish the surrounding user interface. We even have hot lists running now. As Opera for Linux development leader, I'm looking very forward to releasing an early beta within the next 4-6 weeks. This doesn't mean that it will be a perfect product. It simply means that I'm trying to make all of our prospective Linux users happy. I feel confident that the high level of stability we have come to expect from Opera will shine through. Linux users will soon have a choice!" If I am wrong, could someone please document their statements with more recent information from Opera? Benjamin Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
Re: [newbie] Dos partition
Thanks, everyone, for the help. I did finally get write access with this configuration. I thought I could umount and then mount the disk, but that didn't work. However, when I rebooted, everything was fine. Thanks again. On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, you wrote: Thanks for the suggestion. I edited fstab and added "user". Didn't work. I finally ended up with this fstab: /dev/hda8 / ext2defaults1 1 /dev/hda9 /home ext2defaults1 2 /dev/hdb1 /misc vfat exec,dev,suid,rw,uid=0,gid=100,umask=006 0 0 /dev/hda10 /usrext2defaults1 2 /dev/hda11 /varext2defaults1 2 /dev/hda12 swapswapdefaults0 0 /dev/fd0/mnt/floppy auto sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0 none/proc procdefaults0 0 none/dev/ptsdevpts mode=0622 0 0 Now, when I do a ls -ld /misc I get: drwxrwx--x7 root users 16384 Dec 31 1969 /misc However, I still can't write to it. And look at that date! I don't understand where that came from, either. On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote: On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote: I have a Dos partition on a 2nd hard drive that I would like to access from Linux or Win98. However, I can't write to it as a user, and I can't change the file permissions or group as root. Any idea what's up? By default, Linux (or at least RedHat and Mandrake) do not permit users to write to a DOS partition. However, you can change this by adding "user" to the string describing the dos/windows partition. i.e. /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos vfat defaults, user0 0 The above is how you'd mount a Win98 partition. Just change the filesystem type to "fat" for a plain MSDOS (pre Win9x) file system. OTOH, you may want to use FAT32 to address that partition/logical drive so that you can save long file names of the type acceptable to Linux and Win98. John -- Be careful what you wish for...you might get it. -- Be careful what you wish for...you might get it.
Re: [newbie] Good Newsgroup Reader?
"Jeanette" == Jeanette Russo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jeanette the problem with most of the newsreaders is that one Jeanette they don't thread well and two if someone puts a Jeanette hypelink in their post you can't follow it [snip] I again suggest that you visit http://www.gnus.org as the Gnus news reader does thread and will open a browser by clicking on a URL inside an article. It is the news reader I use. I do not follow binary groups, so others' needs may be different. -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA X-Mailer: XEmacs 21.1, VM 6.75 and random-sig.el Kernel 2.2.13-28mdk http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm Nov 13 St Didacus or St Francis Xavier Cabrini "The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man." - [G.K. Chesterton, in Introduction to the Book of Job, 1907]
[newbie] Re: Compiling Kernel Black Box
"Jaguar" == Jaguar [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jaguar I want to re-compile my Kernel on a default install of L-M Jaguar 6.0, to make it faster, and get rid of un-nessessary MOD's Jaguar and stuff. I will use the GUI Xconfig, but I would like Jaguar to know what I should do B4 I start... ie: kernel backup, Jaguar bootdisk, or ???. and then the correct procedure after Several things to do, but make sure you rm the symlinks in /boot and /lib/modules, so as not to overwrite the old kernel and associated files. -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA X-Mailer: XEmacs 21.1, VM 6.75 and random-sig.el Kernel 2.2.13-28mdk http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm Nov 13 St Didacus or St Francis Xavier Cabrini "A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it." - [G.K. Chesterton, in Everlasting Man, 1925]
Re: [newbie] Opera for Linux -- it's alive!
Here is the post from Helmar Rudolph, Opera's marketing guy; you have been waiting patiently for news from the various fronts, particularly the Mac, OS/2, Amiga and Linux versions. Here is a brief update. More info will follow later, and will be posted on both the respective newsgroups as well as the website. MacOS - The initial team did not perform to expectations. They are out. We are currently busy shifting the project to another team, which will delay things a bit, but nevertheless, our commitment to a MacOS version is there. Please don't shout and scream -- it won't help anyway -- just send us some positive energy that we get this on track this time 'round. Amiga - According to the head of the Amiga development team, that project has been put on hold because the entire Amiga market seems to have collapsed. Mags have gone out of business, no new information about the future is forthcoming, and sales are next to dead. They are now waiting for the Cologne Fair to see if it's worth continuing with the project of stopping it altogether. OS/2 I have no news about the status at all. I spoke to the Head of Development, who was on his way out of the office, but he gave me his new email address -- which bounced. wondering in disbelief Looking back at my progress mails, he said they'd done 75% of the work, and that was in March. Then they stumbled across the Resource files which they started converting manually or even rewriting. That was my latest update from many months ago. Their deadline is coming closer, so it's either make or break. More detailed news hopefully a little later -- when I get an email address that actually works. Linux - The MacOS and the Linux programmers have been working together, and they both failed. As with the MacOS project, the Linux project is also being shifted as we speak. Again, a version will be released (to the best of my knowledge of today ;)), but expect delays.
Re: [newbie] Dual NIC recognition
Do you have pnp os turned on in the Bios? - Original Message - From: Tom E. Poturica [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 13, 1999 8:54 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Dual NIC recognition I know it can be done, I had it working a while ago with a different 3com NIC(3c509) I have a newer 'better' card now and Mandrake does not seem to want to allow it to work. What I am looking for is if anyone out there has gotten a 3c900b-TPO to work under Mandrake 6.1. and how. Both cards are PCI and both are on IRQ9 in the windoze environment. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Ramsey Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 9:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual NIC recognition I have a Dlink hooked to the cable modem and a Kingston hooked to a hub for my home lanworks great. - Original Message - From: Kenny Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 4:25 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Dual NIC recognition I had a similar setup. I used the 3com to my cable modem. And the other card to other pcs. I could also only get one working. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Tom E. Poturica Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 7:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Dual NIC recognition I have 2 NICs in my machine with cable modem going through one(D-Link). The other is a 3COM 3C900B-TPO and I can't seem to get it to configure another interface. First of all the Mandrake web page says it supports it but there is no driver available in my 6.1 distribution. Hoiw do I get this card to be recognised? Tom E. Poturica Rochester, MN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Opera for Linux -- it's alive!
Please don't shout and scream -- it won't help anyway -- just send us some positive energy that we get this on track this time 'round. roflwhat are these guys, hippies? Positive energy?!?!? How about "send us some qualified programmers". Last I heard, I was going to have to send them $40 to use their junky slow-developing browser. Now I have to send energy too? These guys are jokers, people. The open source crowd needs to solve the browser problem on their own. If you're waiting for Opera, then you're waiting for Linux to die. Linux didn't happen because folks waited on commercial jokers like these Opera folks. I have no news about the status at all. I spoke to the Head of Development, who was on his way out of the office, but he gave me his new email address -- which bounced. wondering in disbelief Oh, yeah...these guys are the hope for the future. I just CAN'T WAIT until I can go out and BUY my very own Opera to run on Linux! dripping with sarcasm Linux - The MacOS and the Linux programmers have been working together, and they both failed. As with the MacOS project, the Linux project is also being shifted as we speak. Again, a version will be released (to the best of my knowledge of today ;)), but expect delays. No sh$t. Expect delays, people. Remember why you left commercial crapware to begin with? Whether you can code or not, Mozilla is the only real hope right now. Get over to mozilla.org and pitch in. Write some docs. Test some bugs. That's the way Linux gets improved. Why would it be any different for a browser? Of course, this Opera crew may be an exception. They do seem to be a real crack team. more sarcasm I'm sure they as a private copmpany, full of programmer team difficulties can get it ALL worked out. Just sit back and wait for Opera folks, while Gates continues to win the browser war and Linux becomes less and less viable as an Internet-capable desktop. Remember, that's all 90% of people use their machines for.
Re: [newbie] strange things
On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, you wrote: How do we get him to stop? Jeanette Well, we can mail-bomb Mindspring's technical guys until they get in touch with their client, or we can mail-bomb the person responsible for the "racertrac.com" domain or both. :-) John
[newbie] Re: Kernel version
I just downloaded kernel versions 2.2.13 and 2.3.9 both in tar.gz What I would like to know is if L-M 6.0 will like the newer version ie: 2.3.9, and I will also grab the XWindow newest ver. TIA Jaguar Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Opera for Linux -- it's alive!
Just My two cents, I used Opera for windows for a couple years. I loved it and I for one am looking forward to getting a working Linux browser I dont mind paying for something I like. Theres was fast and stable. Something Netscape or IE4 were not , At least when they were new :) Hugh On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, you wrote: Please don't shout and scream -- it won't help anyway -- just send us some positive energy that we get this on track this time 'round. roflwhat are these guys, hippies? Positive energy?!?!? How about "send us some qualified programmers". Last I heard, I was going to have to send them $40 to use their junky slow-developing browser. Now I have to send energy too? These guys are jokers, people. The open source crowd needs to solve the browser problem on their own. If you're waiting for Opera, then you're waiting for Linux to die. Linux didn't happen because folks waited on commercial jokers like these Opera folks. I have no news about the status at all. I spoke to the Head of Development, who was on his way out of the office, but he gave me his new email address -- which bounced. wondering in disbelief Oh, yeah...these guys are the hope for the future. I just CAN'T WAIT until I can go out and BUY my very own Opera to run on Linux! dripping with sarcasm Linux - The MacOS and the Linux programmers have been working together, and they both failed. As with the MacOS project, the Linux project is also being shifted as we speak. Again, a version will be released (to the best of my knowledge of today ;)), but expect delays. No sh$t. Expect delays, people. Remember why you left commercial crapware to begin with? Whether you can code or not, Mozilla is the only real hope right now. Get over to mozilla.org and pitch in. Write some docs. Test some bugs. That's the way Linux gets improved. Why would it be any different for a browser? Of course, this Opera crew may be an exception. They do seem to be a real crack team. more sarcasm I'm sure they as a private copmpany, full of programmer team difficulties can get it ALL worked out. Just sit back and wait for Opera folks, while Gates continues to win the browser war and Linux becomes less and less viable as an Internet-capable desktop. Remember, that's all 90% of people use their machines for. -- Boling's postulate: If you're feeling good, don't worry. You'll get over it.
[newbie] checked forced
Every time I reboot my system "shutdown -r now" on reboot I get the error that the hd "has reached maximal mount count, check forced" What is happening? HD's aren't full, could it be the hd is going bad?
Re: [newbie] strange things
hehehethat would work - Original Message - From: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 13, 1999 12:50 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] strange things On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, you wrote: How do we get him to stop? Jeanette Well, we can mail-bomb Mindspring's technical guys until they get in touch with their client, or we can mail-bomb the person responsible for the "racertrac.com" domain or both. :-) John
Re: [newbie] .asx player
If memory serves me correct, it's the Microsoft version of RealAudio files. HTH, Matt From: pete moss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] .asx player Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 18:11:50 -0600 well, what are .asx files? beware, microsoft is known for inventing new file structures to try and create monopolistic standards. :P alann wrote: Does anyone know if there is anything out there that will play a win .asx file for linux?? I looked for about and hour on my sys and the net and came up with zero. As usual, the answers probably on my HD, but I couldn't find one.. Thanks! Alan -- == [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) running Linux Mandrake 6.1 and/or BeOS. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] checked forced
The maximal mount count thing is (as I understand it) sort of like Linux's version of scandisk. Every time you boot into Linux it logs the number of times you boot. Then when that reaches a certain number it runs the check forced thing. It's no big deal, but it shouldn't be happening on every boot. Other than that, there's nothing much I can say. David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics "In Service to the Recording Industry" **Rock on with glowing glass** -Original Message- From: Mark Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, November 13, 1999 4:55 PM Subject: [newbie] checked forced Every time I reboot my system "shutdown -r now" on reboot I get the error that the hd "has reached maximal mount count, check forced" What is happening? HD's aren't full, could it be the hd is going bad?
RE: [newbie] Dual NIC recognition
PnP is off in the BIOS. I am not finding a 3c900b.o or 3c90x.o in the modules so that it can be configured. I downloaded a 3c90x driver form a linux site but it was not compiled for my release of Mandrake. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Ramsey Sent: Saturday, November 13, 1999 3:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual NIC recognition Do you have pnp os turned on in the Bios? - Original Message - From: Tom E. Poturica [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 13, 1999 8:54 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Dual NIC recognition I know it can be done, I had it working a while ago with a different 3com NIC(3c509) I have a newer 'better' card now and Mandrake does not seem to want to allow it to work. What I am looking for is if anyone out there has gotten a 3c900b-TPO to work under Mandrake 6.1. and how. Both cards are PCI and both are on IRQ9 in the windoze environment. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Ramsey Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 9:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual NIC recognition I have a Dlink hooked to the cable modem and a Kingston hooked to a hub for my home lanworks great. - Original Message - From: Kenny Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 4:25 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Dual NIC recognition I had a similar setup. I used the 3com to my cable modem. And the other card to other pcs. I could also only get one working. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Tom E. Poturica Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 7:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Dual NIC recognition I have 2 NICs in my machine with cable modem going through one(D-Link). The other is a 3COM 3C900B-TPO and I can't seem to get it to configure another interface. First of all the Mandrake web page says it supports it but there is no driver available in my 6.1 distribution. Hoiw do I get this card to be recognised? Tom E. Poturica Rochester, MN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] strange things
Same thing here. I thought I was doing something wrong, so I just ignored it. Matt From: Jeanette Russo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] strange things Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 17:52:47 -0600 not sure whats going on but everytime I try to post to the mandrake list I get this weird not found email for someone on mindspring. anyone else know whats going on here? Only happens when I post to mandrake list? Jeanette message3.txt __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Good Newsgroup Reader?
tin does threads really well, if only I could get it working... no hyperlinks though but there's always cut and paste into netscape which is what I usually do anyway. DvB On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Jeanette Russo wrote: the problem with most of the newsreaders is that one they don't thread well and two if someone puts a hypelink in their post you can't follow it Jeanette Mike Fieschko wrote: "Jeanette" == Jeanette Russo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jeanette Joe Marcom wrote: Hello, again. I've been using Free Agent as my NG reader in window$ for as long as I have been online. Now that I'm moving up to Linux, what do you recommend? Thanks. Joe Jeanette This newreader problem is almost as bad as the browser Jeanette problem. The best newsreader I have been able to use in Jeanette Linux is Netscape also. I have tried PINE, TRN, SLRN, Jeanette kexpress, Free Agent on Wine (runs but won't get news), Jeanette knews, krn, and Pan, and Star Office newsreader and Jeanette Netscape is still the best. If Linux can only get a [snip] Have you tried gnus? It is a mail and news reader which runs in emacs or xemacs. http://www.gnus.org Very configurable, so it might be a bit complicated to set up. -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA X-Mailer: XEmacs 21.1, VM 6.75 and random-sig.el Kernel 2.2.13-28mdk http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm Nov 12 St Martin I
Re: [newbie] root user unable to access user X server...
Before you run an application in a terminal as root, you need to type: xhost localhost If you close that terminal, you will have to retype it to run apps in another terminal as root. I think you can also add it to .xinitrc to have it executed every session. Richard On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, you wrote: I'm finding that when I'm logged into X as a normal user, and try to run an application in a terminal as the "root" user, I get an error... It will tell me this... Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0 Anyone have an idea of what is causing this Thanks. Anthony Speagle Get FREE voicemail, fax and email at http://voicemail.excite.com Talk online at http://voicechat.excite.com
Re: [newbie] Good Newsgroup Reader?
I beg to differ on the point regarding following a hyperlink in a newsreader. I us KRN 0.6.0, standard with Mandrake 6.0, and I can follow a hyperlink in a message, it opens in KFM. Sure, KRN aint Agent, but it works well enough to keep me from booting into winblows. Chip On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, you wrote: the problem with most of the newsreaders is that one they don't thread well and two if someone puts a hypelink in their post you can't follow it Jeanette Mike Fieschko wrote: "Jeanette" == Jeanette Russo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jeanette Joe Marcom wrote: Hello, again. I've been using Free Agent as my NG reader in window$ for as long as I have been online. Now that I'm moving up to Linux, what do you recommend? Thanks. Joe Jeanette This newreader problem is almost as bad as the browser Jeanette problem. The best newsreader I have been able to use in Jeanette Linux is Netscape also. I have tried PINE, TRN, SLRN, Jeanette kexpress, Free Agent on Wine (runs but won't get news), Jeanette knews, krn, and Pan, and Star Office newsreader and Jeanette Netscape is still the best. If Linux can only get a [snip] Have you tried gnus? It is a mail and news reader which runs in emacs or xemacs. http://www.gnus.org Very configurable, so it might be a bit complicated to set up. -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA X-Mailer: XEmacs 21.1, VM 6.75 and random-sig.el Kernel 2.2.13-28mdk http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm Nov 12 St Martin I
[newbie] Can't start KDE
Hi All, I had KDE running ok until I choose a KDE desktop theme. I choose the theme and press ok to restart and since then I have not been able to get back into KDE. Sometime I get only the background and other times I get the black/gray background. Any help will do. TIA... Gregory D. Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] Liberty Computer Solutions/Liberty Marketing Web Site Hosting and Design (401) 823-5252/Fax: (401) 828-7057 Visit our website at: www.libertymarketing.com
Re: [newbie] Environment Variables
Hi Karen, Karen Heiby wrote: Hi Peter, So are you saying that I have to write the environment variables to the executable file of the process I want to start? Or do I need to write it in .bashprofile? Or where? Settings are never written to the executable (as in DOS) because this would not be multi-user friendly. (In most cases you wouldnt have write permission for doing so) You write the assignment command and the export command to a shell script. eg. TEST=123 export TEST (For other shells than bash the syntax is different) Global Variables go to /etc/profile. Variables local to the current session goto ~/.bash_profile. (In some distributions this is called ~/.profile) If a programm needs special environment vars,then you would write a startup script for this program,wich sets the environment and then starts the program. For example netscape is started this way. Have a look to the script /usr/bin/netscape to have an example. Also look to te first Mandrake CDROM file:/mnt/cdrom/doc/HOWTO/DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO This is a good starting point for formerly DOS and Win$ users. HTH, and greetings, Peter
Re: [newbie] Flatbed Scanners - How to setup for Linux?
On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, you wrote: I'm trying to setup a Umax 1200S SCSI flatbed scanner. The problem is that I'm having trouble tracking down some info on this subject so here are a few questions. Does Linux need a Twain driver or is there an alternative? I could not find any Linux drivers for my scanner at Umax's site. Are there generic scanner drivers provided for Linux? If so, where's a good site to start at? Research "SANE." I believe (not having used it) that this is the Linux answer to TWAIN drivers. AFAIK, only SCSI scanners are supported at this time under Linux. John
Re: [newbie] alternative browser?
Damien, A new Linux browser with KDE2? That's news to me. When will that happen? Have any idea? Richard On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hi Dreja Julag ! On 11/10/99 6:49:48 PM, you wrote: Does anyone know if NeoPlanet has a port yet? NeoPlanet runs on top of Internet Explorer, so I severely doubt it. You may just have to wait until KDE2 for a good Linux browser.. Damien Mc Kenna Keene State College, BSc Computer Science Student http://www.mckenna.brinet.net/[EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ 17066133
Re: [newbie] root user unable to access user X server...
On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, you wrote: Before you run an application in a terminal as root, you need to type: xhost localhost If you close that terminal, you will have to retype it to run apps in another terminal as root. I think you can also add it to .xinitrc to have it executed every session. Actually the command is "xhost +localhost" and you should probably run "xhost -localhost" once you're done with whatever app you're running that needs to be done as "root." Oh, yeah...and you have to run it BEFORE you SU to root, otherwise it won't work. John
Re: [newbie] Can't start KDE
On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hi All, I had KDE running ok until I choose a KDE desktop theme. I choose the theme and press ok to restart and since then I have not been able to get back into KDE. Sometime I get only the background and other times I get the black/gray background. Any help will do. IIRC, if you delete your directory ~/.kde (maybe a couple other directories associated with kde in your home directory) you should revert back to a "generic" KDE desktop and be able to reconfigure it. John
Re: [newbie] Reverse Windoze Internet sharing
Hi, Last night I just make Wingate 3.0 work in my house, 2 computers interconected in a LAN and they share internet acces throught a dial-up access and we boot have ICQ working. Enable ICQ service in the gate requieres an aditional immplemantation of UDP mapping service. If you are still interesting on it e-mail me back. CARLOS John Aldrich wrote: On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, you wrote: A few reason , 1. We are talking about a dial up line , not a full time connection. 2. We both use icq, as well as other software which works off of different ports. if I remember what I read. I would have to enable the ports to allow use of these programs. The Second edition (I agree, still waiting on the third , but i will not go to 2000) allows traffic on these ports by defualt. 3. My wife's system tends to connect at better speeds than my machine, (She gets 28800, i get 26400) Do you require more?? Nope...but I would like to point out that Linux *will* work just fine sharing a dial-up line. :-) (Oh, as for the connection difference... I read somewhere that MS has a tendancy to overstate the actual connect speed, whereas Linux will give you EXACTLY what the modem says it connected at...) John
Re: [newbie] Flatbed Scanners
http://www.mostang.com/sane/ http://www.wolfsburg.de/~rauch/sane/sane-xsane.html I have had excellant luck with SANE Also XSANE with GIMP has become a very functiioinal, and often used set of programs for me with Linux and scanning. William Bouterse Juneau, Alaska
Re: [newbie] Can't start KDE
Unless you have a lot of desktop icons you added, I'd suggest logging in at a console prompt and running `rm -rf .kde` which will delete all your personal KDE settings. If you boot into runlevel 5 (where X starts automatically), don't login there. Press Ctrl-Alt-F2 after your computer finishes booting, and login at the "penguin screen." After you run the rm command above, logout and press Alt-F7 to go back to X. You can now login, and KDE will be unmarred. -Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, Gregory D. Fox wrote: Hi All, I had KDE running ok until I choose a KDE desktop theme. I choose the theme and press ok to restart and since then I have not been able to get back into KDE. Sometime I get only the background and other times I get the black/gray background. Any help will do. TIA... Gregory D. Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] Liberty Computer Solutions/Liberty Marketing Web Site Hosting and Design (401) 823-5252/Fax: (401) 828-7057 Visit our website at: www.libertymarketing.com
Re: [newbie] Zip drive
Alan Shoemaker wrote: JerryI suspect that your execute permissions are not set. Alan Jerry Van Brimmer wrote: Alan Shoemaker wrote: peteyou're welcome. To start inwheel in KDE (it's not necessary to start it at bootup, just when you run the gui) I put a small shell script file in the Autostart directory that's on the desktop, it follows: #!/bin/bash imwheel -k just type it into a text editor and save it in the Autostart directory. Alan Alan, I wrote the script, and saved it as "imwheel" in the autostart directory. On the first restart I received a warning message on my desktop that said: KFM Warning Could not execute program /root/Desktop/Autostart/imwheel What did I do wrong, or what am I missing? Thanks, A newbie Thanks Alan, that was it! Now, I'm a happy Linux camper; "modprobe ppa" runs during bootup, and imwheel loads during X startup. Mt Zip works and my wheel mouse works. I'm a happy camper! Thanks!
Re: [newbie] Intel-810 chipset not supported by Mandrax 6.5
Hello after loading the drivaer software for iNTEL-810 chipset(using command rpm - i package_name), and running Xconfigurator, I couldn't find iNTEL-810 chipset option in Xconfigurator.Package was successfully installed but still no progress as I can't use it with Xconfigurator. Please Opine, Niraj Warren Doney wrote: Niraj Bajpai wrote: Hello, Did anybody install Linux OS - Mandrax 6.5 on HP-Pavilion 8550C PC. This software doesn't recognise Intel-810 chipset for video card. -Niraj Here's a post from comp.os.linux.hardware, You could try a search At redhat.com deja.com too Hi, Since I asked about this a couple weeks ago, I think it is appropriate that I communicate this information to this newsgroup. On the "Intel® 810 Chipset Family Forum" at: http://newsgroups.intel.com/ngi.exe?group=ch01desc=yessort=sentthread=yes An Intel customer support person posted a message about the availability of Linux drivers for the 810 chipset from Precision Insight at: ftp://ftp.precisioninsight.com/pub/pi/XFCom/ Apparently, for Redhat 6.1 you need the files: XFCom-i810-glibc2.1-1.0.0-rh61.i386.rpm and I810Gtt-0.1-rh61.i386.rpm I haven't tried the driver yet but there are reports on the Forum that people have gotten them to work. -Dyer
[newbie] forced checked
Figured out the problempartition has gone bad. What's the easiest way to reformat it and check it for bad sectors?
Re: [newbie] forced checked
Mark Ramsey wrote: Figured out the problempartition has gone bad. What's the easiest way to reformat it and check it for bad sectors? mkfs -c /dev/hdxx the -c command checks for bad sectors. -- Keith
Re: [newbie] Opera for Linux -- it's alive!
Gregg Carrier wrote: Some said earlier that Opera has "let go" of its Linux team. I don't know where they got their information. I would sure like to know. I just checked Opera's Alternative Operating Systems page. Opera for Linux is NOT dead. On the contrary, it is moving along fast towards completion. Here is the latest info from Opera's page at: Excuse me, but why is everyone so excited about Opera for Linux? I mean, you can get free browsers on almost any platform, and you can get just about everything free on Linux, but everyone wants to PAY FOR Opera? Why? Trying to sell a browser is a bad long-term plan. It just won't last in the face of freely downloadable competition. When I've used Opera, it wasn't anything to write home about. It just doesn't seem to me that this commercial browser is the solution the Linux community is looking for. As a counter-argument, look around you... Do you see any useful, stable, open source browsers available? Amaya? It's a castoff. Lynx? Nice at the terminal, but I wouldn't want to rely on it. Communicator? We've been saddled with that lopsided horse long enough. Mozilla? Maybe someday. What happened to Mnemonic? It was supposed to be the "killer browser", but faded into oblivion about 6 months prior to the Mozilla announcement. Face it, the open source community just doesn't find browsers "sexy" to create. I'm not any happier about the prospect for Opera. It's been 2 years since their initial announcement and it's STILL vaporware. Maybe Opera has a nice plan to just wait out the competition... -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] sending man pages to printer
Hello, I try to send a man page to my printer and I get this error. I wonder if I have the right ghostscript package or something (I have everything that came with Mandrake 6.1) The error is: standard input:61: warning: can't find special character 'tm' Can you help me? Thanks! Karen
[newbie] Epson Stylus Color 600
-Hello All, I am new to the group and new to Mandrake6.1. I used Caldera OpenLinux(COL)2.2 for the past 3 months before concluding, along with the rest of the Linux support group here in Noosa, Australia, that there was so much divergence occurring between Linux distributions that we should get with the strength- RedHat -and concluded that Mandrake offered the most potential within the RedHat family. One of the real pains with Linux is printing. I have an Epson Stylus Color 600 which is allegedly supported by Linux, especially RedHat. In COL it took about 2 weeks to find a printfilter, download it and get it to work. When I saw Printtool and its direct support for my printer I thought I had it made. I used "print directly using lpr" to test all three modes and got the message "test page printed to queue lp0". I was even happier when alltests produced a perfect result. Then I found I was unable to print from any file or application. If I try to print a file using the printer icon or the file print command I see: "printing:lpr '(file name)'" but nothing happens. If I check status in /var/spool/lpd/lp0 I see "lp0 is ready and printing", but it is not. /etc/printcap looks like: ##PRINTOOL3## LOCAL uniprint NAxNA a4 [} U_EpsonStylusColor stc600pl 1 lp0:\ : sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp0:\ : mx#0:\ : sh:\ :lp=/dev/lp0:\ : if=/var/spool/lpd/lp0/filter I haven't copied printfilter here but it says it's: New Smart Print Filter. /var/spool/lpd/lp0/postscript.cfg reads (initial text omitted): GSDEVICE=uniprint RESOLUTION=NAxNA COLOR=stc600pl PAPERSIZE=a4 EXTRA_GS_OPTIONS="" REVERSE_ORDER= PS_SENDEOF=NO # #following is related to printing multiple pages per output page # NUP=1 RTLFTMAR=18 TOPBOTMAR=18 (I have told printtool to send an EOF message) /var/spool/lpd/lp0/general.cfg reads: export DESIRED_TO=ps export PAPERSIZE=a4 export PRINTER_TYPE=LOCAL export ASCII_TO_PS=NO /var/spool/lpd/lp0/textonly.cfg reads: TEXTONLYOPTIONS= CRLFTRANS=1 TEXT_SEND_EOF=YES If I try to print from Netscape I use: Print to Printer, and get: Error message: Netscape sub process diagnostics lpr:lp:unknown printer (In Australia we use a4 paper; I have manually inserted file texts in abbreviated form.) Sorry for this long post. Does anyone know how to get my system to print? I hope someone does. Why should it be so difficult? Linux will never fly if, as in my case, essential tasks can only be done in Windows. Thanks in advance. - Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
