Re: [newbie-it] quale linux?
Il 07:12, martedì 05 giugno 2001, scrivesti: ma il kernel linux mandrake 8.0 (2.4.3) è aggiornabile alla versione 2.4.5 con i normali metodi o bisogna parlare di un kernel proprietario? Io non sonso riuscito ad aggiornalo alla versione 2.4.5 uilizzando le patch di kernel.org!! Il kernel fornito da mandrake è leggermente modificato per permettere l'utilizzo di alcune features particolari (la prima che mi viene in mente è supermount). questo è il motivo per cui l'applicazione di patches originali non è detto che funzioni. Personalmente, non avendo bisogno di particolari features, preferisco scaricare ex-novo il sorgente dai mirror di kernel.org e compilare da lì. Altrimenti puoi verificare sul sito di mandrake se escono con i kernels nuovi. -- Fabio Coatti http://www.ferrara.linux.it/members/cova Ferrara Linux Users Group http://ferrara.linux.it GnuPG fp:9765 A5B6 6843 17BC A646 BE8C FA56 373A 5374 C703 Old SysOps never die... they simply forget their password.
Re: [newbie-it] aggiornamento a RH 7.1
Enrico Noseda wrote: Non riesco a installare da CD RH 7.1, . _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Chiedi ad una lista per Mandrake consigli su RedHat e infarcisci il messaggio con pubblicita` Micro$oft ... Non ti sembra di esagerare con l'OT ??? ciao, Andrea PS. comunque, quando poni il tuo problema in sedi e modi piu` opportuni, spiega meglio che problemi incontri col CD. Probabilmente trovi la soluzione nel file README presente all'inizio del CD o nei manuali della directory doc.
[newbie-it] Cyrus
Ciao a tutti, uso Mandrake 7.2 e sto cercando di installare Cyrus Imap. Quando lancio ./configure --with-auth=unix (cosi è scritto sull'HowTo) mi da un sacco di checking for e poi mi si ferma su: checking for db_create in ldb...no this version requires Berkeley DB 3.x. Ho scaricato ed installato Berkeley DB 3.x. , ci sono tutti i files tranne db_create. Avete idea di dove posso andare a prendere tale file? Grazie, Lux P.S. Giovedì sarò al Linux Expo di Milano. Ci va qualcuno di voi? Ciao Lux
Re: [newbie-it] quale linux?
Il kernel fornito da mandrake è leggermente modificato per permettere l'utilizzo di alcune features particolari (la prima che mi viene in mente è supermount). questo è il motivo per cui l'applicazione di patches originali non è detto che funzioni. Per quanto ne so io, la Mandrake utilizza delle patch, che si trovano on line, per aggiungere caratteristiche al sistema. Sono patch non ufficialmente incluse nel kernel, perché offrono caratteristiche che non a tutti interessano. In teoria, quindi, se uno si scarica il kernel (p. es. il 2.4.5) ufficiale e poi applica tutte le patch non ufficiali (che si trovano su ulcuni siti) che ha inserito la Mandrake, ottiene un kernel pienamente funzionante sulla MDK 8.0 e che ne sfrutta tutte le feature. Il problema è questo: come si fa a sapere quale patch scaricarsi per creare un kernel che abbia tutte le feature richieste dalla MDK 8.0?!? C'è qualche file di configurazione? Un help online? ILLUMINATECI!! Grazie. Ciao, Andrea. -- Lo sapevate dopo l'accoppiamento la mantide religiosa divora il suo sposo... eppure quello ci va lo stesso... è proprio vero che tira più un peli di fi... scusate... ehmmm che un carro di buoi! scusatemi scusatemi su... RIEDUCATIONAL CHANNEL!
Re: [newbie] upgrade from 7.1 to 8.0
On Mon, 4 Jun 2001 13:08:16 -0700 (PDT) Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone done this? Were there any problems encountered, such as when upgrading from 7.1 to 7.2? I want to upgrade from 7.1 to 8.0, but I'm wondering if it will be a headache to do without having to wipe my hard drive and install from scratch. I did this one one of my machines, HOWEVER ... there are caveats. The filesystem has a different and (I understand) incompatible layout so a straight off upgrade will NOT work the way we would expect. I suggest you backup your essential data files (I backed-up my /home even though it was on a separate partition.) and be prepared to re-install any applications you have obtained from other sources and do a complete re-install. Cheers John -- The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected (The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972.)
Re: [newbie] Divx
There's also aviplay. It's not as stable as MPlayer but have a look for yourself. You'll find it at http://divx.euro.ru/ Again, you have to compile it yourself. I had some problems using gcc2.96 but it's documented in the FAQ. There are some links to other players on the webpage too. Nico On Monday 04 June 2001 08:19, you wrote: On Monday 04 June 2001 12:50 am, you wrote: How do I get mplayer to work in Mandrake 8.0? Or is there an other divxplayer?? running XFree 4 //Magnus You're going to have to read the readme and install doc that comes with it. It's not a simple 1-step process. However, follow the directions and it works. You may need to download some libs or something, but it'll let you know. I can't recall what all's involved, and would be too complicated to put in an email. It's documented really well, and the faq are always a good read with any app. It's the only one that's works (that I've tried). -s
[newbie] any dutch linux mandrake users
zijn er nog nederlandse linux msandrake users en dan het liefst LM 8.0 Ben de man at work using winnt4 =( at grandma running LM8.0 using KDE2 DT on a AMDk6-3-450mhz 196ram voodoo2 and rivatnt 2, 6,4 gb hd and tv-card (pinnacle tv rave) and CDRW 4/4/24 and DVD 40/12
Re: [newbie] any dutch linux mandrake users
Ja ik Server = AMD k6-300 / 64mb Ram 10gb-HD Workstation = Celereon 600 (747Mhz) 196mb ram 30gb HD Herbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: zijn er nog nederlandse linux msandrake users en dan het liefst LM 8.0 Ben de man at work using winnt4 =( at grandma running LM8.0 using KDE2 DT on a AMDk6-3-450mhz 196ram voodoo2 and rivatnt 2, 6,4 gb hd and tv-card (pinnacle tv rave) and CDRW 4/4/24 and DVD 40/12
[newbie] Japanese IM in 8.0
Hi, I'm trying to set up Japanese on a fresh Mandrake 8.0 install so that my wife can at least read and write emails in Japanese. I've got the standard 2 downloadable CDs w. 8.0. Here's what I've tried so far: During install, I selected English as the main language, Japanese, Icelandic and German as extra languages. [Btw, if anybody can tell me how to activate and deactivate the keyboard mappings in X for Icelandic and German on demand, I'd appreciate it] After install, rpm -qa | grep -i wnn gave FreeWnn-1.1.1-0.a017.9mdk and the jserver service was started on boot time. However, kinput2 was nowhere to be found. It turned out that the checksum listed for the kinput2 rpm stored on the install CD didn't match with the rpm on that same CD! Anyway, I used rpm (which doesn't check the checksum) instead of the software manager and installed kinput2-wnn4-v3-10mdk from the 1st CD. [The software manager claimed the kinput2 package should be approx. 600KB, the one I found on rpmfind.net and was on the 1st cd was 227294 bytes.] Now, armed with this and kterm (came with the install) I should be able to type in the few Japanese charactes that I know, right? I decided to focus on kterm since that is written with double byte characters in mind. I put KTerm*inputMethod: kinput2 in my .Xdefaults and restarted X. Right now, jserver is running, I'm in a terminal in KDE, I've set XMODIFIERS=@im=kinput2 in the shell, and I start kinput2, followed by kterm . I immediately get the messages: Warning: Actions not found: begin-conversion Warning: Actions not found: begin-conversion Warning: Actions not found: begin-conversion If I do ctrl-middle mouse and select open input method I get the messages: Warning: missing font: ISO8859-1 Warning: missing font: JISX0208.1983-0 Warning: missing font: JISX0201.1976-0 Couldn't create input context. I've also tried kinput2 -wnn, kinput2 -jserver 127.0.0.1 and setting LANG=ja_JP in kterm. However, nothing has allowed me to type in Japanese. A final point I think might be useful to know: rpm -qa | grep -i ja gives [among other things]: locales-ja-2.3.1-7mdk kde-i18n-ja-2.1.1-2mdk man-pages-ja-0.5-2mdk fonts-ttf-japanese-0.19990222-7mdk howto-html-ja-8.0-1mdk Any ideas about how I should proceed towards my goal: Keeping the UI in English and being able to read and write emails in Japanese in a simple manner using a GUI mail program? Thanks, Narfi. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] any dutch linux mandrake users
It was Tue, 5 Jun 2001 15:12:20 +0200 when [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: zijn er nog nederlandse linux msandrake users en dan het liefst LM 8.0 Half. 1 x 8.0, 1 x 7.2. Paul -- Patience and fortitude conquer all things. -Ralph Waldo Emerson http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Sylpheed 0.4.66 ** http://www.care2.com - when you care **
Re: Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel?
You can run StarOffice in konsole, go to directory and run ./soffice. You can make a shortcut to this link. Remember,is possible that staroffice take 1 or two minutes to start, depending on your machine and the speed of your hard disk. Simon From: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Barry Premeaux [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel? Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 18:09:23 -0400 Barry Premeaux wrote: Romanator wrote: Hi everybody, Has any one been successful in having StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel after installation in LM8? I can't get it to work. Roman Registered Linux User #179293 I had to go into the Menu Editor and manually add it. The executable for me was: /home/barry/office52/soffice Now if Sun would only come up with a KDE compatible icon, it would round it out nicely. Barry :-) Hi Barry, The weird thing is that StarOffice 5.x used to install really well with LM7.2. Argh... Thanks for responding. Roman _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
Re: [newbie] XFree 4.0.6 looks worse with KDE
Hola estoy hasta los cojones de ver correo en ingles yo he gastado 17000 pts en una version de mandrake 7.2 y no tengo soperte de ningunna forma en español y eso que solo quiero saber si hay algun moden rdsi que funcione con mandrake 7.2 es decir que no sea winmoden pues no me importa comprar otro moden rdsi si en verdad esiste un moden rdsi que funciona con mandrake - Original Message - From: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 11:20 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] XFree 4.0.6 looks worse with KDE Eric Lauritzen wrote: On Sunday 03 June 2001 14:09, you wrote: Well, I installed XFree 4.x and I must admit that the graphics aren't as crisp. Personally, I think XFree 3.3.6 looked better. Any way to fix this? When I was doing my upgrade (I needed to add the development stuff so I could compile a kernal) I played with the Xfree4 option and noticed that whenever I tested it it didn't look right - looked kind of dim or dark. Perhaps you'll have to rerun the installation - select upgrade rather than install and choose expert. This won't mess with any of your data, configuration, and you'll have the chance to go back to the earlier XFree version. -Eric Eric, I deselected Xfree 4.x and changed it to XFree 3.x, rebooted the computer. Now everything looks good. It must be my video card. Roman Registered Linux User #179293 This email is powered by the Tux Email Utility
[newbie] The good, the bad the ugly
Calderas Openlinux desktop is nowhere near as good as Mandrake, I've found after downloading and installing. But unfortunately it looks like I'm stuck with it, as Mandrake /still/ will not boot on my laptop. The other day it actually ONCE went past the INIT 2.78 Booting line, but then halted on the next line (Starting Linux Mandrake). What is the system doing around this point? I'm trying to narrow it down... Whole systems locks up at INIT (Version 2.78 Booting) Help! Adam Henson Facts Helpdesk Advisor Meggitt Petroleum Systems Tel : 02476 69 Fax:02476 418210
Re: [newbie] Unable to access CDWriter CD-Rom drives
Herb Wood wrote: !doctype html public -//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en html Alan Shoemaker wrote: blockquote TYPE=CITEDonald Jr Saxton wrote: br Hello All, br br I'm unable to access my CD-Rom amp; CD-Writer drives. When br trying to access them in Konqueror. They have padlocks on br them. I also receive the following error message: br br Unable to enter a href=file:/mnt/cdrom2file:/mnt/cdrom2/a. You do not have access br rights to this location. br br This occurs even if I'm logged in as root. Any help you can br give would be appreciated. br br Thanks br Don pDonthe padlock is a feature of 'automount'.nbsp; If you brinsert a CD in the drive then the padlock will dissapear br(after you refresh Konqueror's display) and you'll be able to braccess the CD's contents. br-- brAlan/blockquote Same problem, lock does not dissapear after inserting CD. brApps like XMMS can not access the CD.nbsp; CD's appear to remain brlocked.nbsp; If I open the file manager, instert a CD, refresh,nbsp; and brclick on the CD again I get You do not have enough permissions brto read file : A HREF=file:/mnt/cdromfile:/mnt/cdrom/A.nbsp; When I check the permissions brall are checked with bx .nbsp; /bIf I insert one of my old Mandrake brCD's I can read the files in that.nbsp; ???/html Herbthen there's a bad link (being used in both the desktop icon and /etc/fstab). Probably the link /dev/cdrom is not pointing to the correct device. The link needs to be fixed (alternately you can change both the desktop icon and /etc/fstab to use the correct device rather than the bad link), then automount will work normally. You'll need to determine what is the correct device to be able to fix the problem. After a fix of this kind, the computer needs to be rebooted for automount to start working properly with that device. -- Alan
Re: [newbie] XFree 4.0.6 looks worse with KDE
podriamos hacer preguntas en español??? Yo tengo instalado mandrake 8.0... Saludos!! Hola estoy hasta los cojones de ver correo en ingles yo he gastado 17000 pts en una version de mandrake 7.2 y no tengo soperte de ningunna forma en español y eso que solo quiero saber si hay algun moden rdsi que funcione con mandrake 7.2 es decir que no sea winmoden pues no me importa comprar otro moden rdsi si en verdad esiste un moden rdsi que funciona con mandrake - Original Message - From: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 11:20 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] XFree 4.0.6 looks worse with KDE Eric Lauritzen wrote: On Sunday 03 June 2001 14:09, you wrote: Well, I installed XFree 4.x and I must admit that the graphics aren't as crisp. Personally, I think XFree 3.3.6 looked better. Any way to fix this? When I was doing my upgrade (I needed to add the development stuff so I could compile a kernal) I played with the Xfree4 option and noticed that whenever I tested it it didn't look right - looked kind of dim or dark. Perhaps you'll have to rerun the installation - select upgrade rather than install and choose expert. This won't mess with any of your data, configuration, and you'll have the chance to go back to the earlier XFree version. -Eric Eric, I deselected Xfree 4.x and changed it to XFree 3.x, rebooted the computer. Now everything looks good. It must be my video card. Roman Registered Linux User #179293 This email is powered by the Tux Email Utility
Re: [newbie] XFree 4.1.0 release
On Tuesday 05 June 2001 10:47, Robin Regennitter wrote: I noticed that XFree86 had just released 4.1.0 yesterday. I wonder how much better it is than the 4.0.x series. Hope Mandrake will make the RPMs soon. Rob tar is better! ROLL YOUR OWN! :) -- +- + Jeffrey M. Reed + Linux System Administrator + Metro West Boston Linux User Group + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + (508)792-6070 +-
Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel?
Same problem here. StarOffice used to install itself into the KDE panel. In fact the installation still claimes it does that, but it doesn't actually work. I suspect that the problem is with KDE 2.x. Too many changes. Ric Simon Zarate wrote: You can run StarOffice in konsole, go to directory and run ./soffice. You can make a shortcut to this link. Remember,is possible that staroffice take 1 or two minutes to start, depending on your machine and the speed of your hard disk. Simon From: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Barry Premeaux [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel? Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 18:09:23 -0400 Barry Premeaux wrote: Romanator wrote: Hi everybody, Has any one been successful in having StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel after installation in LM8? I can't get it to work. Roman Registered Linux User #179293 I had to go into the Menu Editor and manually add it. The executable for me was: /home/barry/office52/soffice Now if Sun would only come up with a KDE compatible icon, it would round it out nicely. Barry :-) Hi Barry, The weird thing is that StarOffice 5.x used to install really well with LM7.2. Argh... Thanks for responding. Roman _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
RE: [newbie] Slow PPP connection after DNS change at ISP
Hello. I have a modem Diamond Supra Express 56ePRO when I configured it to connect to internet under linux Mandrake 7.2. I use the velocity 115200. Then the internet connecction was very slow. Then I changed it for 57600. And then it was fast as in Windows 98. You can probe this change. Go to /etc/ppp and modify the file options changinf the last line 115200 for 57600. I hope this help you. Bye. __ mensaje enviado desde http://www.iespana.es emails (pop)-paginas web (espacio illimitado)-agenda-favoris (bookmarks)-foros
Re: [newbie] The good, the bad the ugly
In linux there is the md5sum command, so the md5sum filename generates the md5 checksum from filename. There is an implementation of that command for MSDOS/Win9x. If you can´t find it, I can send you the file, I don´t have the link where I found it... By the way... the checksum of an iso image takes a few minutes... time for a break :-) orlando Adam Henson wrote: Hmm.. I'll check it. How do I check the md5sums are correct? -Original Message- From: Jose Orlando T. Ribeiro [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 05 June 2001 18:24 To: Adam Henson Subject: Re: [newbie] The good, the bad the ugly I have seen this problem with a downloaded image that wasn´t right. did you checked the md5 before burning the images? I think that at this point the system is trying to pass the control to the boot manager. orlando Adam Henson wrote: Calderas Openlinux desktop is nowhere near as good as Mandrake, I've found after downloading and installing. But unfortunately it looks like I'm stuck with it, as Mandrake /still/ will not boot on my laptop. The other day it actually ONCE went past the INIT 2.78 Booting line, but then halted on the next line (Starting Linux Mandrake). What is the system doing around this point? I'm trying to narrow it down... Whole systems locks up at INIT (Version 2.78 Booting) Help! Adam Henson Facts Helpdesk Advisor Meggitt Petroleum Systems Tel : 02476 69 Fax:02476 418210 -- ,~~v~~,,~~v~~, ,'. .', ,'. .', === + ====== + === / ~ \ / ~ \ /\_m m_/\/\_m m_/\ .\ +--+ /. / ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! \ / +--+ \ `\m/ \m/' `\m/ \m/' -- ,~~v~~,,~~v~~, ,'. .', ,'. .', === + ====== + === / ~ \ / ~ \ /\_m m_/\/\_m m_/\ .\ +--+ /. / ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! \ / +--+ \ `\m/ \m/' `\m/ \m/'
[newbie] Setting up Intel print server on CUPS
I am having problems getting my printer working on LM 8.0. It is an HP 895c connected to an Intel Netport Express printserver. The printserver is on my lan as 192.168.0.2 while my computer accesses the internet through DHCP over a cable modem on one nic and the lan is on the other nic. The ip for the computer is 192.168.0.1. From linux, I can ping the printserver and even get to it via the browser, but CUPS does not recognize it. When I try to get to the printer configuration for KUPS, I get a message saying that the CUPS server is not active. Can someone point me to the proper place to find doc on doing this or if it is simple please let me in on what to do to get this thing defined? Thanks, Wendell Gragg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
[newbie] Abit MB/Adaptec and other probs...!
Okay, a few days ago, I attempted to upgrade to an Abit KT7E MB, with the Via KT133 chipset. I've had nothing but problems. First of all, my Adapted 2930 SCSI card, with a Plextor CDRW, refused to boot at all. I tried setting boot order in BIOS, and spending about an hour LD on the phone with a tech from TC Computers. We pulled everything but the video card and Adaptec. Tried it in every slot. Adjusted memory timings. (I'm using PC133 PNY ram, BTW). Nothing made any diff, it just wouldn't boot from CD, even though the Adaptec banner was coming up, finding the CD (SCSI ID4), and even saying that there was a bootable CD-ROM in the CD. (just like with my old setup). So, I stuck my old IDE CD-ROM back into the case (keeping the SCSI setup there) and re-installed Mandrake v8.0 onto my 2nd partition (windog 98 for games on 1st partition). (Oh-let me mention that Windoze wouldn't even find the Adaptec card on this MB, so its not a Linux Mandrake issue, but a hardware issue). Anyways, I went thru v8.0s install routine, and got all the way to the point where it reboots. I get the loading linux message in text, in the upper L corner, then a blank screen. Nothing else. Even after 20 mins. So...I go ah-ha, I installed with Plug 'N Play enabled in the BIOS, that must be it. Turned Shrug and Pray off...reinstalled v8.0. Ditto. Same thing. Installation goes perfect, no errors, nothing unusual. So...I pull the entire SCSI setup, card, reader, cable out and reinstall 8.0 again (3rd time). Still the exact same thing. So...can I assume that: A. The Adaptec AHA-2930cu will NOT work with Abit motherboards? B. That Mandrake 8.0 won't either. PS BTW, I went to Abits site and flash-upgraded the MB's BIOS to the latest version. Made no diff ;-( Any helpful hints, clues, pointers would be extremely appreciated before I RMA this MB and 850mhz Duron and send it back. PSS laughing Any motherboard suggestions? ;-) PSS Stuck my old Gigabyte MB back in, withe the SCSI setup, and it worked fine again. Go figure... Thanks much gang! -- /\ DarkLord \/
RE: [newbie] Slow PPP connection after DNS change at ISP
6/5/01 1:59:35 PM, Tyrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. I have a modem Diamond Supra Express 56ePRO when I configured it to connect to internet under linux Mandrake 7.2. I use the velocity 115200. Then the internet connecction was very slow. Then I changed it for 57600. And then it was fast as in Windows 98. You can probe this change. Go to /etc/ppp and modify the file options changinf the last line 115200 for 57600. I hope this help you. Bye. My /etc/ppp/options file was as follows: - lock noauth noipdefault usepeerdns -- I added the line 57600 but no change - logs in fine but very slow after initial 20 - 50 packets. I changed the line to read 115200 - still has the same problem. Any other suggestions? Jim
Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel?
tester8080 wrote: On Tuesday 05 June 2001 19:50, Ric Tibbetts wrote: Same problem here. StarOffice used to install itself into the KDE panel. In fact the installation still claimes it does that, but it doesn't actually work. I suspect that the problem is with KDE 2.x. Too many changes. Ric Simon Zarate wrote: You can run StarOffice in konsole, go to directory and run ./soffice. You can make a shortcut to this link. Remember,is possible that staroffice take 1 or two minutes to start, depending on your machine and the speed of your hard disk. Simon From: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Barry Premeaux [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel? Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 18:09:23 -0400 Barry Premeaux wrote: Romanator wrote: Hi everybody, Has any one been successful in having StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel after installation in LM8? I can't get it to work. Roman Registered Linux User #179293 I had to go into the Menu Editor and manually add it. The executable for me was: /home/barry/office52/soffice Now if Sun would only come up with a KDE compatible icon, it would round it out nicely. Barry :-) Hi Barry, The weird thing is that StarOffice 5.x used to install really well with LM7.2. Argh... Thanks for responding. Roman _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Well, try this KMenu-Configure Panel-Add-Button-Menu-Office-StarOffice Then you will have a panel button. Yes, but you shouldn't have to. That's the point. StarOffice claims that it installed the icon to the panel during install, and it doesn't work. The question from the original poster was more wondering if it was just him/her, or if everyone was having the same problem. I think the answer is obvious: Yes, everyone is having that problem. Ric
[newbie] other StarOffice problem
When I click on the StarOffice icon, an installation screen comes up, however when I click on Next to procede, the PC locks up entirely -- no CTRL-ALT-DEL, the time on the clock doesn't change, etc. -- and I have to power-cycle. This is a new LM 8.0 install. Any suggestions? TIA Easy + Automatic = EMATIC E-commerce enable your web site AND sell your product on ours. Accept credit cards with no merchant account. Free email and hosting. Do it all yourself at www.ematic.com.
Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel?
This is exactly the issue. Anyone figure out why yet? Ed At 11:59 AM 6/5/2001 -0700, Ric Tibbetts wrote: Yes, but you shouldn't have to. That's the point. StarOffice claims that it installed the icon to the panel during install, and it doesn't work. The question from the original poster was more wondering if it was just him/her, or if everyone was having the same problem. I think the answer is obvious: Yes, everyone is having that problem.
[newbie] kde themes/style
I am finally able to get kde themes installed (sourceforge has a mirror of themes.org!), but now I cannot figure out how to get the style's installed. I can't even seem to find any doc's for this. Inside of one of the themes I downloaded I found intructions but they are way different and require alot more work than clicking Add in the theme manager. These same instructions tell me to copy all the files for the theme and style to one of my ~/.kde directories and use some program called 'install_theme' (that whereis cannot find) to get everything working. If anyone knows how to install the styles please do tell (or point me to some docs). Thanks in advance. Jeff __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel?
A cursory guess: KDE 2.x underwent some massive changes. Obviously, the methods for adding icons to the panel changed. I'd say this needs to be taken back to the StarOffice folks as a bug report. (I had the same problem with a Redhat install, with KDE 2.x, so it's not Mandrake specific.). Ric Ed Kasky wrote: This is exactly the issue. Anyone figure out why yet? Ed At 11:59 AM 6/5/2001 -0700, Ric Tibbetts wrote: Yes, but you shouldn't have to. That's the point. StarOffice claims that it installed the icon to the panel during install, and it doesn't work. The question from the original poster was more wondering if it was just him/her, or if everyone was having the same problem. I think the answer is obvious: Yes, everyone is having that problem.
Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel?
On Tuesday 05 June 2001 13:50, you wrote: Same problem here. StarOffice used to install itself into the KDE panel. In fact the installation still claimes it does that, but it doesn't actually work. I suspect that the problem is with KDE 2.x. Too many changes. Ric Simon Zarate wrote: You can run StarOffice in konsole, go to directory and run ./soffice. You can make a shortcut to this link. Remember,is possible that staroffice take 1 or two minutes to start, depending on your machine and the speed of your hard disk. Simon From: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Barry Premeaux [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel? Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 18:09:23 -0400 Barry Premeaux wrote: Romanator wrote: Hi everybody, Has any one been successful in having StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel after installation in LM8? I can't get it to work. Roman Registered Linux User #179293 I had to go into the Menu Editor and manually add it. The executable for me was: /home/barry/office52/soffice Now if Sun would only come up with a KDE compatible icon, it would round it out nicely. Barry :-) Hi Barry, The weird thing is that StarOffice 5.x used to install really well with LM7.2. Argh... Thanks for responding. Roman _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Erm... mine appears on the panel, installed from Powerpack, just installed the RPM then ran setup it it appeared. -- Poogle Registered Linux user 182657 (added to sig for the benefit of those irritated by it)
Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] Penguin Paranoia
On Monday 04 June 2001 09:31 pm, you wrote: OOPs, ment for this to go to the list, I keep forgetting the reply is set to originator. -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [newbie] Penguin Paranoia Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 21:22:48 -0500 From: Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pablo García Durán [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday 04 June 2001 07:34 pm, you wrote: Comes from Registered users... As an experienced Mac-user, it took me months to become skeptic about OS-evangelism. The first Macintosh (1984) was designed to be silent, small and discrete. The computer for everyone tried not to look nor behave like a traditional computer. It was intended to be another domestic appliance, like a food mixer or a vacuum cleaner, to help with everyday tasks (the power to be your best). Then someone thought they would earn more money (it's always about that) selling a myth instead of a very good computer, and there you got the apples: 9% of the whole market. As a Linux observer, I am suspicious I'm in front of another fashionable operating system. Suddenly, 3 or 4 Linux-only magazines appear at my newsagent's, and every Windows magazine will open a Linux section. Who cares how many Linux users? You will find many more Macintoshes involved in profitable tasks and they still don't get the industry support they deserve. Try not to think how it should be but how it is. -- Pablo Garc� Dur� Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1; name=Attachment: 1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: who cares? The hardware makers whoes bottom line says it's only worth providing drivers if there is a large enough base of support to make it profitable. And the people who have become sick and tired of being ripped off for so so software that crashes at the drop of a hat and yet you have to pay $200 plus for it and another $100 plus for the next upgrade. Change comes from not accepting what is, and striving for what should be. It is time for a choice and the only way to have a choice is to stand up and be counted, whether by appending registered linux user or e-mail to vendors asking for proper support. You never know till you try. -- Dennis M. registered Linux user # 180842 --- I still don't understand the original posters use of the word paranoia. What are we supposed to be paranoid of? His narration makes a point but still doesn't explain why he thinks we are being paranoid by putting our registered linux user number in our signature. I always figured it was sorta bragging rights - those with real low numbers indicating they have been using linux since it's not so easy days. Maybe I'm dense, maybe I've always used the term incorrectly, or maybe he doesn't know the definition of the word. ??? However, I just read where: IBM, PC MAKERS TEAM ON LINUX Big Blue, NEC, Fujitsu and Hitachi will commit 500 engineers for enterprise Linux software development with a goal of making products available within the next two years: http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?105004:5757726 I think it's time is coming, and one will be proud of their low numbers, not paranoid. Of course mine isn't low, but someday it may seem so -s -- linux inside (registered user: #197855)
Re: [newbie] Slow PPP connection after DNS change at ISP
On Tuesday, Jun 05, 2001, Jim MacDonald wrote: I am running a dual boot W98 LM7.2 and KDE 2.0.1. with a Supra Express 56K v90 external modem on a PII-233 with 128 megs RAM. The system also has an internal Lucent Winmodem. All was well with the system. My ISP changed their server on May 30, 2001. The new system changed their DNS #'s from 208.130.42.5 208.130.43.5 to 205.231.144.10 205.231.144.20. Since the change I can still log-in with LM7.2 and my browsers(Opera, Konqueror and Netscape) are accepted but very slowly. In the KPPP detail screen I get usually one spike of about 50 packets or so then one packet about every 30 seconds after that. I cannot get KMail to login at all. If I use either modem with Win 98 the system works fine. You might check your /etc/resolv.conf file and make sure the right nameservers are listed. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], ICQ#: 25370820, OpenPGP key at www.keyserver.net 1024D/39F0BBF4 2024 B7CB 10BF 6BE7 2ECE E0FD 1360 0181 39F0 BBF4 Current Linux uptime: 4 days 19 hours 10 minutes.
Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel?
On Tuesday, Jun 05, 2001, Ric Tibbetts wrote: A cursory guess: KDE 2.x underwent some massive changes. Obviously, the methods for adding icons to the panel changed. I'd say this needs to be taken back to the StarOffice folks as a bug report. (I had the same problem with a Redhat install, with KDE 2.x, so it's not Mandrake specific.). I kind of doubt that would do any good with StarOffice being 'dead in the water'... I imagine it will be fixed in OpenOffice. Has anyone been brave enough to try that yet? =) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], ICQ#: 25370820, OpenPGP key at www.keyserver.net 1024D/39F0BBF4 2024 B7CB 10BF 6BE7 2ECE E0FD 1360 0181 39F0 BBF4 Current Linux uptime: 4 days 19 hours 12 minutes.
Re: [newbie] Wine
OOzy Pal wrote: Hi Which is better to run wine with Windows already installed or or without Windows installed? = Regards, OOzy What is the purpose of life? __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ Have Windows installed so that you can port in a Windows document. Remember, it is still in early development. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 This email is powered by the Tux Email Utility
[newbie] Where can Star Office be?
Many people worry about the icon, but where is the program? I loaded it with Kpack, and in /Office51, I get a 'no such command' as soffice. I'm running a pc clone with Mandrake 7. Cheers Tom Powell
Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel?
I'm looking for rpm version of Star Office from V7.2. The last time I purchase a Powerpack it was with Version 7.0. Roman Simon Zarate wrote: You can run StarOffice in konsole, go to directory and run ./soffice. You can make a shortcut to this link. Remember,is possible that staroffice take 1 or two minutes to start, depending on your machine and the speed of your hard disk. Simon From: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Barry Premeaux [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel? Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 18:09:23 -0400 Barry Premeaux wrote: Romanator wrote: Hi everybody, Has any one been successful in having StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel after installation in LM8? I can't get it to work. Roman Registered Linux User #179293 I had to go into the Menu Editor and manually add it. The executable for me was: /home/barry/office52/soffice Now if Sun would only come up with a KDE compatible icon, it would round it out nicely. Barry :-) Hi Barry, The weird thing is that StarOffice 5.x used to install really well with LM7.2. Argh... Thanks for responding. Roman _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
Re: [newbie] XFree 4.0.6 looks worse with KDE
I'm sorry I cannot understand Latin. Can some one translate? Roman Jose Marcos Rodriguez Contte wrote: Hola estoy hasta los cojones de ver correo en ingles yo he gastado 17000 pts en una version de mandrake 7.2 y no tengo soperte de ningunna forma en español y eso que solo quiero saber si hay algun moden rdsi que funcione con mandrake 7.2 es decir que no sea winmoden pues no me importa comprar otro moden rdsi si en verdad esiste un moden rdsi que funciona con mandrake - Original Message - From: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 11:20 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] XFree 4.0.6 looks worse with KDE Eric Lauritzen wrote: On Sunday 03 June 2001 14:09, you wrote: Well, I installed XFree 4.x and I must admit that the graphics aren't as crisp. Personally, I think XFree 3.3.6 looked better. Any way to fix this? When I was doing my upgrade (I needed to add the development stuff so I could compile a kernal) I played with the Xfree4 option and noticed that whenever I tested it it didn't look right - looked kind of dim or dark. Perhaps you'll have to rerun the installation - select upgrade rather than install and choose expert. This won't mess with any of your data, configuration, and you'll have the chance to go back to the earlier XFree version. -Eric Eric, I deselected Xfree 4.x and changed it to XFree 3.x, rebooted the computer. Now everything looks good. It must be my video card. Roman Registered Linux User #179293 This email is powered by the Tux Email Utility
Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel?
I'm looking for the rpm version of Star Office 5.1 Roman Ric Tibbetts wrote: tester8080 wrote: On Tuesday 05 June 2001 19:50, Ric Tibbetts wrote: Same problem here. StarOffice used to install itself into the KDE panel. In fact the installation still claimes it does that, but it doesn't actually work. I suspect that the problem is with KDE 2.x. Too many changes. Ric Simon Zarate wrote: You can run StarOffice in konsole, go to directory and run ./soffice. You can make a shortcut to this link. Remember,is possible that staroffice take 1 or two minutes to start, depending on your machine and the speed of your hard disk. Simon From: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Barry Premeaux [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel? Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 18:09:23 -0400 Barry Premeaux wrote: Romanator wrote: Hi everybody, Has any one been successful in having StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel after installation in LM8? I can't get it to work. Roman Registered Linux User #179293 I had to go into the Menu Editor and manually add it. The executable for me was: /home/barry/office52/soffice Now if Sun would only come up with a KDE compatible icon, it would round it out nicely. Barry :-) Hi Barry, The weird thing is that StarOffice 5.x used to install really well with LM7.2. Argh... Thanks for responding. Roman _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Well, try this KMenu-Configure Panel-Add-Button-Menu-Office-StarOffice Then you will have a panel button. Yes, but you shouldn't have to. That's the point. StarOffice claims that it installed the icon to the panel during install, and it doesn't work. The question from the original poster was more wondering if it was just him/her, or if everyone was having the same problem. I think the answer is obvious: Yes, everyone is having that problem. Ric
[newbie] Samba a no-go
Hi all, I know it's a long shot anyone being able to help on such a project with so many variables, but I need to try... I'm trying to configure it, but it just won't work. I bascally followed the plan layed out at: http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/network/samba/samba1.html with a little: http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.html#AEN209 on the side. However it's a no-go. Anyone seen errors like: error connecting to 127.0.0.1:139 (connection refused) when testing with smbclient -L localhost ? I have tripled checked the all files and such and just can't eyeball the problem. I reconfigured firewall using BastilleInteractive and tried to leave ports 137 139 open to internal interfaces. So if course none of the computers knows too much about the others existance, other than returned ping packets. I hate to lay out all the boring gory details right off the bat. If this rings any bells to anyone and need more info, I'll gladly post it. I would appreciate your help on this. As always, TIA, -s
[newbie] Man 8.0 and USB modem
Hi everybody, I'm dual-booting WinME and Linux (Mandrake 8.0). I have one niggling setup problem, and I have already tried RTFM. I also tried the list archives. No luck. It's very simple: I am a rank Linux newbie. I don't know much, but I do know this - I have got a new version of the kernel, and I do have USB support. I also have a hardware-corrected USB modem which is supported. I know how to set up kppp. When I look for my USB devices with USBview I see the modem there, and it is correctly identified. How do I get my modem to work? Is there anybody out there who has their USB modem working under Linux? How did you do it? I want to be able to select USB port for modem in kppp. That is not possible right now, because that option is not in the list, although it certainly should be. Thanks, Laura Goodwin
[newbie] paranoia and a letter
Dear guys: Yes, I misused the word "paranoia" (I gave it the sense it nowadays has in slang Spanish) so probably I got slightly misunderstood. Sorry for that. But it was a critic anyway. Again I want to declare my sympathy towards the Linux community. It's a nice idea that matches part of what I think computers should be. But again don't expect the crowd to abandon their Windows-based machines at this time. Most people will pay to be able to click the "add any hardware" icon and start printing, scanning or connecting to the Internet immediately. I'm not saying you surrender. I'm just saying: read History and learn the Macintosh lesson. I leave you with an open letter I found,about the real importance of an operating system. --Pablo Garcia-Duran A letter to operating system designers Written By: Timothy Nordloh Linux, Microsoft, Apple! It's so confusing! which operating system is best? I'm here to tell you, as briefly as possible, that it doesn't matter. First of all, the majority of users are like me; they see their operating system for no more than three seconds, before launching their favorite application. Second, we know you all want money, even the Linux companies. also, we know you're in bed with the hardware companies. After reading the line on the bottom of the new Mac OS X, display box, I now know that it is the "Most Advanced Operating System in the World". All this statement tells me is that even Apple can't be trusted to be completely honest. I worry that the chief operating system companies out there are getting away from the true meaning of 'operating system.' I think back on the days of DOS. I typed 'edit', and I'm editing documents. I typed 'menu' and I got a menu. Best of all, I got a printed instruction manual that told me these things. What ever happened to instruction manuals? They went from explaining the ins and outs of DOS to describing how to double-click. We need to examine the computer of yesterday. It was simple and reliable. We could print our documents. There were about 20 options on any one product. Anyone could jump in and be 'certified' on a word processor in under thirty minutes. An example of how computers have gotten away from simplicity; back in 1990, if I pressed the button labeled 'print screen', guess what happened? the words on my screen were magically transported to my printer! I miss that. Also, my computer booted up in less than two minutes. When did we lose sight of that simplicity? Stepping back to the present, I have a computer that forgets what kind of monitor I have in Windows, and doesn't shut down properly in Linux. I still have the default background on my computer. I think it's light blue, but I'm not sure. The only time I see my background is during the two seconds it takes me to click on an application icon. I also don't spend a lot of time personalizing my settings. I sit down and start typing on a word processor. Or I install the latest version of Quake. Or I surf the internet. Typically, the only part of the operating system I see is the taskbar. I've seen the pretty Whistler screenshots, and I like the lovely Mac OS interface, but it's all going in the wrong direction. I want to get to where I'm going in one click, or with a simple typed command. No menus, no searches, just give me my games or my web browser. What's up with the .NET concept? First of all, it's silly to think about selling me the chance to use Microsoft Word; I already paid 300 bucks for the 4 year old version, and it has more features than I'll ever use! Do you think you're fooling us, Microsoft? We know you're scheme; you're trying to take over the entire internet! You're going to sell us entire dictionaries, gaming networks, and information sources; I'll be able to download music and movies, I'll get regular software upgrades, all for one low monthly fee. Someday soon, I'll log on to Hotmail, and discover that in order to continue using my e-mail, all I have to do is submit credit card number to .NET. If I buy a cell-phone, it just works. I don't know or care who wrote it's operating system, and the whole instruction set is nicely stored on a silicon chip. With a computer, I have to pay to get my hardware to even work! That's right, it costs me money to activate features! I want my next computer's operating system to be on a rom chip, and I want it to boot up in less than a second, like a cell phone. The other day, I caught my wife using Netscape Communicator to create a document. At first I laughed, but then I realized it was a damn clever idea. It's got word wrap, which is more than I can say for notepad. And she always has her e-mail open anyway. It was a natural step for her. This whole time, it's been taking me two or three clicks to open a word document, and she's doing it by clicking on 'new'. For many of us, the computer is a novel toy, and it's fun to see all the
Re: [newbie] Setting up Intel print server on CUPS
Wendell Gragg wrote: I am having problems getting my printer working on LM 8.0. It is an HP 895c connected to an Intel Netport Express printserver. The printserver is on my lan as 192.168.0.2 while my computer accesses the internet through DHCP over a cable modem on one nic and the lan is on the other nic. The ip for the computer is 192.168.0.1. From linux, I can ping the printserver and even get to it via the browser, but CUPS does not recognize it. When I try to get to the printer configuration for KUPS, I get a message saying that the CUPS server is not active. Can someone point me to the proper place to find doc on doing this or if it is simple please let me in on what to do to get this thing defined? Thanks, Wendell Gragg [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com make sure the CUPS server is installed for some reason mine was not. Then I had to start the server. Make sure it is running Jeanette
Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel?
El Mar 05 Jun 2001 18:06, escribiste: (...) I kind of doubt that would do any good with StarOffice being 'dead in the water'... I imagine it will be fixed in OpenOffice. Has anyone been brave enough to try that yet? =) Yes, (OpenOffice 627), but no icons (LM 8.0) and 44 secs to come up. Carlos
[newbie] Re: My Linux Directory System for the Totally Ignorant
Please set the font size to 10 when you read 'Linux Directory System for the Totally Ignorant. My crude diagrams become distorted with larger font size. Sorry, I don't do HTML and wouldn't send it on this list if I did.. Maybe later, elsewhere. In the meantime, any suggestions for improvement, corrections?
Re: [newbie] any dutch linux mandrake users
On Tuesday 05 June 2001 15:46, you wrote: Ja ik Ik ook, maar ik woon in het buitenland. Telt dat? g -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
[newbie] Sound Card Configuration Problem
Hello! I have installed Linux Mandrake 7.2. I´m trying to configure the soundcard. It is a Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16. I use HardDrake to setup the parameters: E/S IRQ DMA etc... Then I pulse OK and TRY. I heard perfectly the message Your sound card was successfully configured by SoundRec twice one for 8 bit and another for 16 bit. And then appears a window with an STOP message in Spanish (my mother tongue) that I don´t know how to translate to you. Error en la llamada a modprobe! /lib/modules/2.2.17-21 mdk/misc/opl3.o: init module dispositivo o recurso ocupado /lib/modules/2.2.17-21 mdk/misc/opl3.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.17-21 mdk/misc/opl3.o: failed /lib/modules/2.2.17-21 mdk/misc/opl3.o: insmod midi0 failed I look in the help and discover that this mean that another modprobe module is in memory and I have to remove it with modprobe -r name_of_the_module_in_memory_that_I_want_to_remove. My problem now is how to discover the name of the module in memory. Anybody know how to find it? Any other ideas respect my problem? Thanks. __ mensaje enviado desde http://www.iespana.es emails (pop)-paginas web (espacio illimitado)-agenda-favoris (bookmarks)-foros
Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel?
Carlos Arigós wrote: El Mar 05 Jun 2001 18:06, escribiste: (...) I kind of doubt that would do any good with StarOffice being 'dead in the water'... I imagine it will be fixed in OpenOffice. Has anyone been brave enough to try that yet? =) Yes, (OpenOffice 627), but no icons (LM 8.0) and 44 secs to come up. Carlos Carlos, Where can I find OpenOffice? Is this from Sun? Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Email Powered By Tux Email Utility
[newbie] How can set background color for text in Gnome and create a shortcut to application?
Hi all, I'm still new to Gnome and I have a two questions about Gnome. 1. Right-clicking on the desktop does NOT show a menu, How can I create an application link? 2. How can I add a background colour to the text on the desktop? Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Email Powered By Tux Email Utility
[newbie] 7.2 complete does not give lnx4win option
the manual shows a screen with options such as "recommended" mode. the opening screen states that by typing "lnx4win" at the prompt, that it will happen. it doesn't. i am given the choice of "erase disk" (which would wipe out my w98) or "expert mode" (which i'm not). until i buy another box, i need to use lnx4win. help, please. thanks.
Re: [newbie] Slow PPP connection after DNS change at ISP
6/5/01 5:03:19 PM, Paul Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday, Jun 05, 2001, Jim MacDonald wrote: I am running a dual boot W98 LM7.2 and KDE 2.0.1. with a Supra Express 56K v90 external modem on a PII-233 with 128 megs RAM. The system also has an internal Lucent Winmodem. All was well with the system. My ISP changed their server on May 30, 2001. The new system changed their DNS #'s from 208.130.42.5 208.130.43.5 to 205.231.144.10 205.231.144.20. Since the change I can still log-in with LM7.2 and my browsers(Opera, Konqueror and Netscape) are accepted but very slowly. In the KPPP detail screen I get usually one spike of about 50 packets or so then one packet about every 30 seconds after that. I cannot get KMail to login at all. If I use either modem with Win 98 the system works fine. You might check your /etc/resolv.conf file and make sure the right nameservers are listed. My etc/resolv.conf file currently is as follows: domain localdomain nameserver 192.168.0.1 nameserver 205.231.144.10 nameserver 205.231.144.20 I have tried with no domain, no 192.168.0.1(my network card), no 205's, the old 208...'s, etc. Every change seems to have the same result - initial login , 15-50 packets received, then slw. Jim
[newbie] Applixware and 7.2 / KDE2
Is anyone else out there using Applixware with KDE2? It seems to work fine on 7.1 but my laptop is running 7.2 w/ KDE2 and the import function does not work on Words. It will not open a Word doc. Any ideas besides Star Office?
[newbie] fetchmail via Qmail
Hi! Currently I have configure Qmail in my Linux Box. Previous my Fetchmail is working find with Sendmail. But after I change it to Qmail . My Fetchmail did not deliver those POP3 account message to my Qmail User. This is my sample fetchmailrc files at /root set daemon 3600 poll mail.elm-net.com with protocol AUTO, with options user sklim%elm-net.com there with password xx is sklim here with options rewrite mimedecode fetchall pass8bits Need HELP Best Regards, SKLIM
Re: [newbie] Samba a no-go
On Tuesday 05 June 2001 07:24 pm, you wrote: --- s [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I know it's a long shot anyone being able to help on such a project with so many variables, but I need to try... I'm trying to configure it, but it just won't work. snipped Ok without your config file (/etc/smb.conf) it's pretty difficult to tell what could be wrong. But maybe check to see if localhost is in /etc/lmhosts and check to see if your ip is in the host allow line in your smb.conf file. One more thing, and I know this sounds stupid but I've done it alot; After making changes to the config files make sure you run /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb restart (or start if it's not already running). Good luck and btw theres a really basic howto on mandrakeuser.org that has helped me notice the little thing before. The URL is http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/csamba.html It spans about 5 pages but it normally take five minutes to skim through and check your files for any obvious errors you may have overlooked. I've got all those files, but who knows what is wrong in them? But let me ask, (I feel so silly) but (a) the netbios name would be the computer's name or the network's name. I believe I have it as the computer's name presently. (b) And in windows, is the host name the same as the netbios name? (c) Netbios name on the linux machine that would be the first part of the variation on localhost.localdomain? I've put all of them on the same workgroup name, I think. (d) The workgroup name would be the second part of the above reference variation? tia, -s Ps. Let me just post my lmhost hosts files and see if they look right to you please. (I know something must be wrong somewhere.) I have four machines with one as a gateway and the samba server. /etc/lmhosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.0.1 localmachine -- mandrake gateway Burner'swork Burner'swork -- windows machine Nightrunner Nightrunner-- windows machine tuxmachine tuxmachine -- mandrake workstation /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 192.168.0.1 localmachine.snetwork localmachine 192.168.0.3 Burner'swork.snetwork Burner'swork 192.168.0.4 Nightrunner.snetworkNightrunner 192.168.0.2 tuxmachine.snetwork tuxmachine thanks again.
[newbie] RPM Manager
I've been using the Software Manager to update my RPM packages. I see that the Installed -- Flat List tab shows most of the packages twice. The name, size, version, and description is exactly for same for each of the duplicate listings. Is there a way to get rid of the duplicates? Also, in the Software Manager, I notice that some of the packages are black on a white background while others are black on a grey background. All of the duplicate listings have the same colour background as the other one in the listing (sometimes the duplicates both have a grey background and other times they both have a white background). Thanks. ...Dave
Re: [newbie] Samba a no-go
--- s [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got all those files, but who knows what is wrong in them? But let me ask, (I feel so silly) but (a) the netbios name would be the computer's name or the network's name. I believe I have it as the computer's name presently. (b) And in windows, is the host name the same as the netbios name? (c) Netbios name on the linux machine that would be the first part of the variation on localhost.localdomain? I've put all of them on the same workgroup name, I think. (d) The workgroup name would be the second part of the above reference variation? tia, -s Ps. Let me just post my lmhost hosts files and see if they look right to you please. (I know something must be wrong somewhere.) I have four machines with one as a gateway and the samba server. /etc/lmhosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.0.1 localmachine -- mandrake gateway Burner'swork Burner'swork -- windows machine Nightrunner Nightrunner -- windows machine tuxmachine tuxmachine -- mandrake workstation /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 192.168.0.1 localmachine.snetwork localmachine 192.168.0.3 Burner'swork.snetwork Burner'swork 192.168.0.4 Nightrunner.snetworkNightrunner 192.168.0.2 tuxmachine.snetwork tuxmachine thanks again. a) The computers name. My /etc/lmohosts is like: 192.168.0.1 bustedbox 192.168.0.2 graffix b) I think so but I could be wrong. I don't do windows often. I configured it once and backed it up so I'd never have to go through it again :) c) Yep d) Err um no. You set in your windows network tab thingies (--very technical term there) somewhere. For example the howto with my network card said to put all the machines in the linksys workgroup. You set it in the same spot that you set the name of the pc if i remeber correctly. Hey I just realized I too am unable to connect to localhost (127.0.0.1) but I never tried till now. Try smbclient -L localmachine (I'm assuming that localmachine is really the name of the server your setting up) maybe it's just something with localhost. Your /etc/hosts looks cool but the /etc/lmhosts needs to look like mine I think (well mine woorks for me YMMV). Good Luck. BTW testparm is a utility that will check your smb.conf file and tell you if it's good. It has a man page. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
[newbie] bash script to remove ?
I know it has to be pretty simple but I can't figure it out. How can I right a bash script to remove the from forwarded emails?
[newbie] fd0 input/output error
# cd /mnt/floppy results in the following: bash: cd: /mnt/floppy: input/output error In Konqueror the floppy icon has a lock on it even when logged in as root. permissions are drwxrwxrwx 1 root root from fstab: /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=dev/fd0 0 0 Any ideas? -- Ed Kasky Los Angeles, CA ~~~ Not one shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
[newbie] Slow PPP connection after DNS change at ISP
Hi, I am running a dual boot W98 LM7.2 and KDE 2.0.1. with a Supra Express 56K v90 external modem on a PII-233 with 128 megs RAM. The system also has an internal Lucent Winmodem. All was well with the system. My ISP changed their server on May 30, 2001. The new system changed their DNS #'s from 208.130.42.5 208.130.43.5 to 205.231.144.10 205.231.144.20. Since the change I can still log-in with LM7.2 and my browsers(Opera, Konqueror and Netscape) are accepted but very slowly. In the KPPP detail screen I get usually one spike of about 50 packets or so then one packet about every 30 seconds after that. I cannot get KMail to login at all. If I use either modem with Win 98 the system works fine. I have changed every setting I can think of in Linuxconf with no change in system speed. It doesn't matter if I use the old or new settings, DNS on of off, etc. I have removed/replaced my network card (no current network here at home). I have used Drakconf at least 500 times over the past week. Nothing changes. My ISP has no idea what the issue is. Any suggestions? I don't want to go back to Win98. Jim MacDonald
[newbie] Linux Directory System for the Totally Ignorant
Because of the demand for copies of this doc, I'm posting it on this newbie list. Please excuse the lack of finesse. I wrote it as sort of a summary for own use.. Some friends read it and wanted copies. That's why it's here. I don't know HTML and I'm more concerned with contents than artwork.. If anyone is interested in refining it, please send me a copy. There'll be more, Partitioning, Command Line, Issuing Commands, basic stuff for folks who have dificulty in understanding these things as I did.. I hope this helps someone get started. LINUX DIRECTORY SYSTEM One way to get some understanding of the Linux Directory System is to compare it to a typical office filing cabinet. We'll consider the cabinet as the starting point or root of the office's filing system. The filing system is divided into drawers that have labels that in some way identify with their contents Our special filing cabinet has an identification symbol / and its four drawers are named 'root','home', 'usr', and 'etc'. Each drawer contains folders and some documents and all these items have labels for identification. Some folders contain additional folders and even these may contain more folders with documents here and there. By having an organized order to these folders and documents, we are able to locate any document by starting with the root of the system, the cabinet, then going to the proper drawer and opening specific folders until we come to the desired document. A Linux Directory System is organized much like the above cabinet. The difference is, in Linux, we are working with electronic data storage instead of physical data storage. The Linux Directory System is contained in a huge directory. Think of this huge directory as an electronic file cabinet which is the beginning or root of the system. It contains electronic drawers which contain electronic folders and electronic documents. Instead of calling them cabinet, drawers, and folders, we'll call all of them directories and instead of documents, we'll say files. / (the root of the system) __|_ | | | | | | | | | | | || /bin /boot /dev /etc /home /usr /mnt /proc /root /sbin /tmp /lib /var This shows Linux's standard names of the directories that are like drawers of a cabinet. These directories are assigned special duties according to their names. For example, /dev contains control data for devices such as disk drives, modems, and other hardware. One particular directory is named /root. This is one of the subdirectories of the root of the system labelled /. Think of it as a cabinet having a drawer labelled 'cabinet' /root is a special directory that is allowed to be opened by just one person, Think of it as a drawer that has a combination lock and only one person knows the combination. We'll call this person 'the root user', the person in charge of the entire system. The 'root user' is the only person who knows the password that will open this directory called /root. The 'root user' is the only one who is allowed to manipulate whatever important information is needed in '/root' to make the computer do what it is supposed to do Linux allows more than one user use its facilities. These users have private directories that are located in the /home directory. Each private directory is protected by a password to prevent other users from using it. The only other user that can access these private directories is the user named 'root', the manager of the Linux system , We'll follow one trail in a directory under / --- /usr which contains many additional directories, one of which is called /bin and this /bin contains another directory called /control-panel.. / __| | | | | | | | | | | | || /bin /boot /dev /etc /home /usr /mnt /proc /root /sbin /tmp/lib/var | _|__ | | | | | | /bin(files) | __| | || || | | / menu | ___| | | || | Notice that the word 'bin' appears twice in the
Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel?
On Tuesday 05 June 2001 19:50, Ric Tibbetts wrote: Same problem here. StarOffice used to install itself into the KDE panel. In fact the installation still claimes it does that, but it doesn't actually work. I suspect that the problem is with KDE 2.x. Too many changes. Ric Simon Zarate wrote: You can run StarOffice in konsole, go to directory and run ./soffice. You can make a shortcut to this link. Remember,is possible that staroffice take 1 or two minutes to start, depending on your machine and the speed of your hard disk. Simon From: Romanator [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Barry Premeaux [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel? Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 18:09:23 -0400 Barry Premeaux wrote: Romanator wrote: Hi everybody, Has any one been successful in having StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel after installation in LM8? I can't get it to work. Roman Registered Linux User #179293 I had to go into the Menu Editor and manually add it. The executable for me was: /home/barry/office52/soffice Now if Sun would only come up with a KDE compatible icon, it would round it out nicely. Barry :-) Hi Barry, The weird thing is that StarOffice 5.x used to install really well with LM7.2. Argh... Thanks for responding. Roman _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Well, try this KMenu-Configure Panel-Add-Button-Menu-Office-StarOffice Then you will have a panel button. Civileme
Re: [newbie] Eject Zip
On Tuesday 05 June 2001 19:09, OOzy Pal wrote: I can't eject the zip disk from the drive until I reboot the system. I am using LM8.0. Can anyone help? Yep, close all the files accessing the Zip then right click the zip icon and select eject. Civileme = Regards, OOzy What is the purpose of life? __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
[newbie] MultiSync 14inch
I figured out the problem. My 6x86 p200 is low on resource. At least this is the messege I get when installing mandrake 7.2. I don't understand this as I have 40 megs of ram and I am installing it on a 6gig hardrive. The first gig hardrive has win95. I decided to try a text install with generic 800x600 resolution. That worked. After I changed the resolution and card to non interlaced 1024x768. Now I'm all set. As for the error message I could not see one because when I went to reboot it would go to that strange blue/red flashing screen. I couldn't even get to the console. Get your own FREE E-mail address at http://www.linuxfreemail.com Linux FREE Mail is 100% FREE, 100% Linux, and 100% yours!
[newbie] Networking
Hi, I Installed Madrake 7.1 last night and want to network it to my other Windows 98 Machine. I dont think that it has detected my network card because it is not listed under hardware configuration. The card is a 3COM 3c509x Combo card and is ISA. Is there something I need to do to get it to detect the card? Thanks for any help, Paul www.paulremnant.co.ukicq# 5366806
[newbie] SCSI support - AHA 2940
Problem trying to install the download edition of Linux Mandrake 8.0 obtained from Linux Magazine. The installer instructed me to report the failure as a bug and attach the error messages. There was no indication in the magazine or on the cover disk as to where the report should be sent, so I tried support - no response, as expected. I wished to assess version 8.0 before buying the boxed set, deluxe or powerpack or whatever. I shall be buying it anyway for my newer machine but need it to run on the older PC, which will be exposed to Windows users at some time. Need to give a good impression. System AMD K6 450MHz Matshita 4X CD-ROM drive 4 Gb SCSI disk Adaptec AHA-2940 SCSI adapter This is an old system (1996) with a new motherboard, processor and video card which has been running RedHat successfully for years and Mandrake 7.2 just lately. The initial attempt to use cdrom.img failed with a message like the cdrom does not appear to be a Mandrake installation disk. The installer recognises the card: * PCI: device 9004 7178 is AdaptecAHA-294x / AIC-7871 (aic7xxx) but fails to find the driver * file-not-found-in-archive aic7xxx.o * warning, insmod failed (aic7xxx (null)) (-2) So, can anybody tell me, is this simply an oversight on the part of Mandrake or have they dropped support for this adapter? -- Len Lawrence @ The Thistle Foundation
Re: [newbie] bash script to remove ?
It was Tue, 5 Jun 2001 23:55:02 -0400 when Jon Doe wrote: I know it has to be pretty simple but I can't figure it out. How can I right a bash script to remove the from forwarded emails? You have to have the e-mail in a separate file (like the MH mail structure). Then you can test the first character of a line and use the 'cut' command to take it off if it is a See man bash for info on how to determine the first character of a line... Paul -- Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. -Helen Keller http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Sylpheed 0.4.66 ** http://www.care2.com - when you care **
Re: [newbie] Staroffice Squashed!
Daniel Meier wrote: Hey David, I've got the same problems and have not been able to find a solution so far. I've tested it with the older X and it still made crunches up StarOffice/OpenOffice. My guess is that internally confuses cm and inch, but I have no idea how to change that. BTW: Changing fonts, sizes, or paper settings doesn't help. David Powell wrote: Hi there, I've jut installed LM8 from the powerpack, with apparently no problems - until I went to use staroffice. My view for editing text files is all squashed up to the left hand side of the screen and is unusable. Has anyone else had this problem? TIA Hi folks, This sounds rather like a problem I had for a while. So this may work (or not). I had dodgy size settings on Star Office until I altered my printer configuration from Postscript version 2 to version 1. (I am using the Generic printer driver). After I did this I no longer had a problem with all my text being squashed up on one side of the page. Hope this is helps. If it doesn't then I have no idea what to do next. Graham Watkins
[newbie] LaCie USB Hard Disk
Did someone make a LaCie USB Hard Drive (20GB) run on any machine with Mandrake 8.0 on it? If so .. HOW? /Serafim
Re: [newbie] Samba a no-go
--- s [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I know it's a long shot anyone being able to help on such a project with so many variables, but I need to try... I'm trying to configure it, but it just won't work. I bascally followed the plan layed out at: http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/network/samba/samba1.html with a little: http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.html#AEN209 on the side. However it's a no-go. Anyone seen errors like: error connecting to 127.0.0.1:139 (connection refused) when testing with smbclient -L localhost ? I have tripled checked the all files and such and just can't eyeball the problem. I reconfigured firewall using BastilleInteractive and tried to leave ports 137 139 open to internal interfaces. So if course none of the computers knows too much about the others existance, other than returned ping packets. I hate to lay out all the boring gory details right off the bat. If this rings any bells to anyone and need more info, I'll gladly post it. I would appreciate your help on this. As always, TIA, -s Ok without your config file (/etc/smb.conf) it's pretty difficult to tell what could be wrong. But maybe check to see if localhost is in /etc/lmhosts and check to see if your ip is in the host allow line in your smb.conf file. One more thing, and I know this sounds stupid but I've done it alot; After making changes to the config files make sure you run /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb restart (or start if it's not already running). Good luck and btw theres a really basic howto on mandrakeuser.org that has helped me notice the little thing before. The URL is http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/csamba.html It spans about 5 pages but it normally take five minutes to skim through and check your files for any obvious errors you may have overlooked. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] What is IP chain?
--- Goh Huade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, What is IP chain? How is it been used? IPChains is a utility used in linux to accept, deny, forward, drop, masquerade, eat, and drink tcp packets. Well it's basically just used for masquerading and firewalling but if your using Mandrake 8 then you would want to look into iptables instead. They both have decent man pages (man ipchains and man iptables) but gruesome at first glance. If you want to build a firewall there are many good graphical util's out there that will make your life alot easier. Learning these util's is nice if you want to know how each and every packet that comes in and goes out of your machine will be treated, but it takes some patience. They both also have howto's wich I dont have the url at my fingertips now, but they should be on www.linuxdocs.org __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
[newbie] What is IP chain?
Hi, What is IP chain? How is it been used? = Cheers, Huade __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
[newbie] XFree 4.1.0 release
I noticed that XFree86 had just released 4.1.0 yesterday. I wonder how much better it is than the 4.0.x series. Hope Mandrake will make the RPMs soon. Rob
Re: [newbie] XFree 4.1.0 release
On Tuesday 05 June 2001 16:47, Robin Regennitter wrote: I noticed that XFree86 had just released 4.1.0 yesterday. I wonder how much better it is than the 4.0.x series. Hope Mandrake will make the RPMs soon. Rob Try looking on cooker. We don't release for general consumption without at least minimal testing, but it is there on cooker for daredevils. Civileme QA Team
Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel?
El Mar 05 Jun 2001 21:00, escribiste: Carlos Arigós wrote: El Mar 05 Jun 2001 18:06, escribiste: (...) I kind of doubt that would do any good with StarOffice being 'dead in the water'... I imagine it will be fixed in OpenOffice. Has anyone been brave enough to try that yet? =) Yes, (OpenOffice 627), but no icons (LM 8.0) and 44 secs to come up. Carlos Carlos, Where can I find OpenOffice? Is this from Sun? Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Email Powered By Tux Email Utility Roman: Just go here: http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/get_binaries.html or here: http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=openoffice Carlos
