RE: [newbie] How do I protect my CDs?
One way some manufacturers use to protect cdroms, is to put errors on the CD.. They stamp all their CDroms so it doesn't matter to them, but if you use a burner on a PC (regardless of OS) it will report an error and won't burn it, or it will burn it, but will ignore the error. The software can then check to see if the errors are on the CD... if not its a copy and won't run. Playstation I did that, thats why you needed to add a chip to the playstation to use copied CD's... you are out of luck if you are burning CD's on a PC. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tuan Tran Sent: Monday, 29 October 2001 1:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] How do I protect my CDs? I don't think you can protect it. Sorry, but it's true. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Paúl Mancheno H. Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 3:56 PM To: Newbie -Mandrake Linux- Subject: [newbie] How do I protect my CDs? Hi... I wanna make my own CD with my CD-burner, but I wonder how protect it if I don't want others make a copy from my CD... How do i protect my CD for no-authorized copies?? thanks -- Usuario Registrado de Linux #232544 _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Best Distribution for..?
On Mon, 29 Oct 2001 07:48:31 +0100, Emanuele Menegatti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I have an "OldWorld" MAC: a Gray G3 with 64MB of RAM and a 266MHz CPU. > > Which Linux distribution would you suggest for transform my Mac in a > dual boot Linux/Mac machine? > > I used Linuxppc (1999) and was not up-to-date, then I installed Mandrake > PPC 8.0 but it is too heavy for my machine... > > > Cheers, > Emanuele What do you mean by "too heavy"? One of the greatest things about GNU/Linux is its configurability. For example, if KDE is too heavy, you should try something else, like GNOME, XFce, Enlightenment, IceWM, WindowMaker or Blackbox. GNOME can be quite fast if you turn of Nautilus, and it is even more configurable than KDE. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan I strongly believe that trying to be clever is detrimental to your health. -- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Best Distribution for..?
Dear all, I have an "OldWorld" MAC: a Gray G3 with 64MB of RAM and a 266MHz CPU. Which Linux distribution would you suggest for transform my Mac in a dual boot Linux/Mac machine? I used Linuxppc (1999) and was not up-to-date, then I installed Mandrake PPC 8.0 but it is too heavy for my machine... Cheers, Emanuele -- -- Emanuele Menegatti, Ph.D. Student Intelligent Autonomous Systems Laboratory Department of Electronics and Informatics University of Padova, ITALY http://www.dei.unipd.it/~emg -- -- -- Emanuele Menegatti, Ph.D. Student Intelligent Autonomous Systems Laboratory Department of Electronics and Informatics University of Padova, ITALY http://www.dei.unipd.it/~emg -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake-Linux 8.1 installation problem
Hi All People, I tried nearly 2 weeks but still could not solve the installation problem of Mandrake-Linux 8.1. Detail as follows : Configuration of the PC for Linux box CPU AMD K2 350 Hard Disk3.6G ATA-33 RAM 128 MB ISO Images were download to a Windows ME box with Anti-Virus and all protection programs closed. Burning software : Tried both Easy CD Creator 4.0 and 5.0 respectively Burning speed : Tried 2X, 4X and 8X respectively md5sum : matched (Remark : I have Mandrake-Linux 7.2 version also downloadrd the same Windows ME box and burnt with Easy Cd Creator 4.0 at 4X. The CDs thus burnt can be installed in the abovementioned Linux Box, running great without problem) Installation went through without problem but the PS/2 mouse died after re-booting. It was alive at time of installation. KDE could be started after re-booting and worked normally. The mouse was found in HardDrake under the list. It is a A4 3-button wheel PS/2 mouse. But during installation I was not allowed to select another mouse, otherwise the PC would re-start automatically. During logout (Re-boot/Halt) the PC hanged with following warning ; /dev/pasux : no such device or address Mainloop returned consoleInit : nor such device or address INIT : no more process left in the runlevel Then the PC hanged. On terminal window Type ls -l /dev/misc It prompted .. total 0 crw - - - - - - rootamp_bios crw - r - - - - rootrootpsux crw - r - - - - rootrootrtc Any guy on the list has encountered the aforesaid problem previously please advise. Thanks in advice. B.R. Stephen Liu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] The MSN.com access
That's a great idea. Blocking IE makes us just as bad as M$, but a little user education can go a long way. You should probably put a link in the warning to another site which explains _why_ using IE is bad. This keeps the actual warning small and readable (and less annoying as well). On Mon, 29 Oct 2001 11:14:49 +0800, "Franki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > yeah,, I'll post the code I will be using on some of our sites tonight... > > > I think this is a good idea, we should not follow M$'s lead and block IE, > but rather just warn the > user that they are using a browser that changes its support regularly and as > such sometimes won't > support the full functionality of the site... > > > rgds > > Frank > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Metamorphysical > Sent: Monday, 29 October 2001 4:23 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] The MSN.com access > > > Ya know I just might add a pop up on my website just inspit of doing it? > hehe > > - Original Message - > From: "Matthew Bull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 2:00 PM > Subject: re: [newbie] The MSN.com access > > > > Hmmm much though I agree.. > > if only things where that simple unfortunately around 85% of web users use > > IE4 already and much though it pains me to say so (maintiaining a > commercial > > site with around 2000 lines of javascript) I like a lot of developer have > no > > option but to occainsionally write stuff especially for >IE4 (I am getting > > to a mozilla version but it aint ready yet) by simply commercial > restraints. > > > > I suspect that the whole msn issue is something similar although I should > > imagine their reasons for not supporting the moz are somewhat different to > > ours (ie lack of programming resources) and rather more politically > > motivated. > > > > Matt > > > > > > I am off the opinion that anyone running apache, should add a javascript > to > > their page, that tests > > for IE and pops up an alert to this effect: > > > > "You are using Internet Explorer to view this site. Although this site > > should work fine, we cannot > > guarantee that you will not lose some functionality because of your choise > > of browser, Microsoft do > > not always follow standards with the internet and as such we can not know > > for sure if it will work > > or not..(and neither can anyone other then Microsoft themselves.) > > we suggest you download Mozilla (free) mozilla.org This is a more > standards > > compliant > > browser then Internet Explorer. Please click OK to continue. (should you > > wish to try.) > > > > If Ten million web sites started popping that up when visited by an IE > user, > > Microsoft would > > Bcktrack pretty quickly as it might indent on their browser market share. > > > > Just some thoughts I may actually put up a warning like that I > think,, > > > > > > rgds > > > > Frank > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > > -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "It's entirely untested, but it looks good and compiles. Ship it!" -- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Win Partition
On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 20:04:13 -0600, Steven Spears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've install 8.1 and have pretty good luck except for a few disappointing > things. I'm having problems writing to my windows partion from within Linux. > I've done nothing different than I did in 8.0 and it just doesn't seem to > work. I have to be root to do it. I'm part of the root group, so it should > let me in, right? You're part of the root group? I hope you realise that in doing so you are circumventing the best security measure that GNU/Linux has to offer. Being part of the root group is esssentially the same as being root, which is no better than using single-user OSs like Windows. Now back to your problem... If the filesystem is mounted, then you should be able to write with it. If not, try using the umask mount variable. For more info, type "man mount". > Not sure what to do. I've made sure all of the permissions are set and the > like, to no luck. Any help would be appreciated. > > Steve Spears -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "Ok, the guy who made the netfilter Makefile was probably on some really interesting and probably highly illegal drugs when he wrote it." -- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] envelope yet!
In reply to Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas's words, written Mon, 29 Oct 2001 03:09:20 -0200 (BRST) >On Sun, 28 Oct 2001, Paul wrote: > >Thanks Paul but, it didn't work out! > >My email keeps going as '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'! >With all modifications and 'service postfix reload' > >any suggestions? Check what is in 'mydestination' and other places where there are domain names. e.g. myhostname, mydomain Check the comments over each section carefully, there's the solution. If you can't figure it out, you can send the main.cf over so I can take a look. No warranties, but I can try ;) Paul -- If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused. -Walter Mondale http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.6.3 claws Open Source, Open Minds. Linux. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Apache Proxy server problem + httpd error message
Hi everybody I've got the following problem: We had a proxy server running on http://10.0.0.3:8080/ (Apache Server). It was running fine, but now, it's not. I know I ran Comanche and edited httpd.conf, but didn't modify anything. Now, whenever, I type "http://10.0.0.3:8080/"; in my browser, I get the following error message: Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server. Apache/1.3.9 Server at linux.company.domain.mu Port 80 Furthermore, when running "httpd" in a terminal, I get the following message: Warning: NetMask not supplied with IP-Addr; guessing: 10.0.0.0/8 Here is an excerpt from "httpd.conf": ServerType standalone Port 80 ... ServerAdmin root@localhost DocumentRoot "/home/httpd/html" ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/error_log ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/home/httpd/cgi-bin/" User nobody Group nobody ... proxyrequests On noproxy 10 ... Listen 8080 CacheRoot /tmp/proxycache/ CacheSize 5 CacheGcInterval 1.5 Options FollowSymlinks Options Includes Indexes FollowSymlinks Order allow,deny Allow from all AllowOverride AuthConfig FileInfo Indexes Limit Options Order allow,deny Deny from all By the way, does the fact that "Port" is set to "80" and "Listen" is set to "8080" not cause any problem? Any help most welcome. Thanks again. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] How do I protect my CDs?
Heh, he could encrypt the files on the CD. But I'll bet he is thinking along the lines of come of the copy protection mechanisms used in Winblows. He's a little confused by this. They don't prevent you from COPYing the CD, merely from running the programs, which is different. -JMS |-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Tuan Tran |Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 12:39 AM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: RE: [newbie] How do I protect my CDs? | | |I don't think you can protect it. Sorry, but it's true. | | |-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On |Behalf Of Paúl Mancheno H. |Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 3:56 PM |To: Newbie -Mandrake Linux- |Subject: [newbie] How do I protect my CDs? | |Hi... | | I wanna make my own CD with my CD-burner, but I wonder how |protect it if I |don't want others make a copy from my CD... How do i protect my CD for |no-authorized copies?? | |thanks |-- |Usuario Registrado |de Linux #232544 | | | | | |_ | |Do You Yahoo!? | |Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com | | | | | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I protect my CDs?
In reply to Paúl Mancheno H.'s words, written Sun, 28 Oct 2001 18:56:26 -0500 > I wanna make my own CD with my CD-burner, but I wonder how protect it if I > don't want others make a copy from my CD... How do i protect my CD for >no-authorized copies?? Keep 'm away from others. Paul -- If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused. -Walter Mondale http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.6.3 claws Open Source, Open Minds. Linux. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] LM 8.1 on a laptop
> >I want to kick out WindowsME from my HP laptop and place a Linux distro on >it. I didn't have very much luck with Corel or Linux-Mandrake 7.2, but I >haven't gotten around with LM 8.0. > >Is LM 8.1 doing a better job of getting into the cramp laptop or is their >much headaches and work into squeezing in their. > >By the way this will be a Linux only laptop for me to take everywhere so I >am not concerned on dual booting. > >Thanks in advance to all who reply. To PENA FAMILY I am running 8.1 on my Dell and have had no problems with the install or running the machine. I did have some display issues but worked around that and haven't had a problem since. Hope this inspires you to take the plunge. You won't be sorry. Sleeper > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] How do I protect my CDs?
I don't think you can protect it. Sorry, but it's true. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Paúl Mancheno H. Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 3:56 PM To: Newbie -Mandrake Linux- Subject: [newbie] How do I protect my CDs? Hi... I wanna make my own CD with my CD-burner, but I wonder how protect it if I don't want others make a copy from my CD... How do i protect my CD for no-authorized copies?? thanks -- Usuario Registrado de Linux #232544 _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] LM 8.1 on a laptop
I want to kick out WindowsME from my HP laptop and place a Linux distro on it. I didn't have very much luck with Corel or Linux-Mandrake 7.2, but I haven't gotten around with LM 8.0. Is LM 8.1 doing a better job of getting into the cramp laptop or is their much headaches and work into squeezing in their. By the way this will be a Linux only laptop for me to take everywhere so I am not concerned on dual booting. Thanks in advance to all who reply. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] envelope yet!
On Sun, 28 Oct 2001, Paul wrote: Thanks Paul but, it didn't work out! My email keeps going as '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'! With all modifications and 'service postfix reload' any suggestions? >In reply to Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas's words, written Sun, 28 Oct 2001 >16:57:13 -0200 (BRST) > >>When I send any email, it goes as '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' but for some >>services, I cannot access anymore with that! >>I need an 'envelope' to show my 'real' email! >> >>How can I do that? >> >>I use postfix, fetchmail and procmail! (mdk8.1) > >In /etc/postfix/main.cf set the "myorigin=" parameter to your desired domain. >E.g. >myorigin=best-service.com > >Then do a 'service postfix reload' to make the change stick. >Paul >-- >Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. >-Eric Hoffer > >http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 >Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.6.3 claws >Open Source, Open Minds. Linux. > > -- == Linux user # 102240 => Machine # 96125 => Seti@home user == Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] ssh problem
Hi All, After changing the security level of my LM8.1 to high, I can't no longer connect to it through ssh client. What seems to be the problem. TIA Jhun Bacala New City Commercial Corporation MIS-Dept. Davao Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Pine
And a great help on automating fetchmail. Some of the hints here are vital to a newbie like me. http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/cmail3.html civileme wrote: > > On Sunday 28 October 2001 14:04, Admin wrote: > > Hello: > > > > Trying to get Pine to work in my system (running pine 4.30 under lm8.0). > > So far, I am able to send messages, but I cannot figure out how to retrieve > > messages. I have read man pine as well as gone to their web site, and > > either I am missing something, or the issue of retrieving messages is not > > addressed. Can somebody explaim to me what I have to do in order to be able > > to retrieve messages, or at least point me in the right direction? > > Thanks... > > > > Dexter > > man fetchmail > > Civileme > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Win Partition
If your errors are only on creating files, you are probably using the default settings in /etc/fstab, your windows partition is mounting with nosuid which means it shouldn't try to change the userid of any files it creates. Unfortunately, it appears to ignore this and tries to change the owner and errors. Even if you are in a group listed with access, it will still use your user id as the owner and generate the number.LM mounts it originally as root, so that is the owner. If you umount /mnt/windows and then mount /mnt/windows, it should work. You could also set it to not auto mount and then manually mount it. Joe On Sunday 28 October 2001 08:04 pm, you wrote: > I've install 8.1 and have pretty good luck except for a few disappointing > things. I'm having problems writing to my windows partion from within > Linux. I've done nothing different than I did in 8.0 and it just doesn't > seem to work. I have to be root to do it. I'm part of the root group, so it > should let me in, right? > > Not sure what to do. I've made sure all of the permissions are set and the > like, to no luck. Any help would be appreciated. > > Steve Spears Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] The MSN.com access
yeah,, I'll post the code I will be using on some of our sites tonight... I think this is a good idea, we should not follow M$'s lead and block IE, but rather just warn the user that they are using a browser that changes its support regularly and as such sometimes won't support the full functionality of the site... rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Metamorphysical Sent: Monday, 29 October 2001 4:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] The MSN.com access Ya know I just might add a pop up on my website just inspit of doing it? hehe - Original Message - From: "Matthew Bull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 2:00 PM Subject: re: [newbie] The MSN.com access > Hmmm much though I agree.. > if only things where that simple unfortunately around 85% of web users use > IE4 already and much though it pains me to say so (maintiaining a commercial > site with around 2000 lines of javascript) I like a lot of developer have no > option but to occainsionally write stuff especially for >IE4 (I am getting > to a mozilla version but it aint ready yet) by simply commercial restraints. > > I suspect that the whole msn issue is something similar although I should > imagine their reasons for not supporting the moz are somewhat different to > ours (ie lack of programming resources) and rather more politically > motivated. > > Matt > > > I am off the opinion that anyone running apache, should add a javascript to > their page, that tests > for IE and pops up an alert to this effect: > > "You are using Internet Explorer to view this site. Although this site > should work fine, we cannot > guarantee that you will not lose some functionality because of your choise > of browser, Microsoft do > not always follow standards with the internet and as such we can not know > for sure if it will work > or not..(and neither can anyone other then Microsoft themselves.) > we suggest you download Mozilla (free) mozilla.org This is a more standards > compliant > browser then Internet Explorer. Please click OK to continue. (should you > wish to try.) > > If Ten million web sites started popping that up when visited by an IE user, > Microsoft would > Bcktrack pretty quickly as it might indent on their browser market share. > > Just some thoughts I may actually put up a warning like that I think,, > > > rgds > > Frank > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Epson 640
I've seen the problem I'm having on the list, but can't find it in the archives. I set my Epson 640 printer (it's a Windows network printer) up and it prints endless tests pages, but won't print from applications. When I say endless I mean it, it just won't quit. TIA, Randy Donohoe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] work in Flash with linux
Hi... I wanna do jobs in Flash, but I need any app like Flash of Macromedia for Win but , of course for Linux (mandrake 8.1) thanks -- Usuario Registrado de Linux #232544 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Win Partition
I've install 8.1 and have pretty good luck except for a few disappointing things. I'm having problems writing to my windows partion from within Linux. I've done nothing different than I did in 8.0 and it just doesn't seem to work. I have to be root to do it. I'm part of the root group, so it should let me in, right? Not sure what to do. I've made sure all of the permissions are set and the like, to no luck. Any help would be appreciated. Steve Spears Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Pine
On Sunday 28 October 2001 14:04, Admin wrote: > Hello: > > Trying to get Pine to work in my system (running pine 4.30 under lm8.0). > So far, I am able to send messages, but I cannot figure out how to retrieve > messages. I have read man pine as well as gone to their web site, and > either I am missing something, or the issue of retrieving messages is not > addressed. Can somebody explaim to me what I have to do in order to be able > to retrieve messages, or at least point me in the right direction? > Thanks... > > Dexter man fetchmail Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installation problem: "no such device"
On Sunday 28 October 2001 04:59, Robin Turner wrote: > I'm reinstalling Mandrake 8.0 and get the following problem while > assigning partitions: > > Mount failed > No such device > > This is happens two partitions: /dev/hda1 (vfat) and /dev/hda2 > (reiserfs). > > It also happens with a more complete partitioning, i.e. > > /dev/hda1 (vfat) > /devhda5 (reiserfs, /) > /dev/hda6 (swap) > /dev/hda7 (reiserfs, /home) > > This has never happened before on this box - any > ideas about why it's doing it now and what I can do about it? > > Robin Yep, you need a notail mount of reiser to use as root and that causes kernel oopses in 8.0. Do not use Reiser for /. 8.1 Reiser is much improved Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Word processor
On Saturday 27 October 2001 20:34, Admin wrote: > Hello: > > Looking for a word processor to use under lm8.0, which needs to be able to > import word documents as well as save in ms word format(if possible). Any > suggestions? Thanks... > > Dexter KWord, Abiword, StarOffice can all do that. AbiWord I think does only word97 documents and it has some terrible fonts which pollute your font collection. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Pine
On Sun, 28 Oct 2001, Admin wrote: > Hello: > > Trying to get Pine to work in my system (running pine 4.30 under lm8.0). So > far, I am able to send messages, but I cannot figure out how to retrieve > messages. I have read man pine as well as gone to their web site, and either > I am missing something, or the issue of retrieving messages is not addressed. > Can somebody explaim to me what I have to do in order to be able to retrieve > messages, or at least point me in the right direction? Thanks... > > Dexter The easiest thing is to configure fetchmail to go get it for pine. Type fetchmailconf in a terminal, and that will bring up the fetchmail configuration gui. After that, its pretty self explanatory. > > peace, Rog "The guy was all over the place. I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Looking for a tape device
> cheap and work with Linux? I also need to know what is the best software > (run on Linux) for tape (or other kind) backup. 4mm DAT/SCSI works nicely. What you may spend over some of the other offerings (travan et al) you save when it comes to buying cartridges. I'm using an HP Surestore which is good, and has worked well despite the low (comparatively) capacity per volume (2 gigs). BTW, please refrain from posting in HTML. > Tuan David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Looking for a tape device
Hi, I am looking for a tape backup. Does any of you can tell me which one is cheap and work with Linux? I also need to know what is the best software (run on Linux) for tape (or other kind) backup. Thank you Tuan
[newbie]
subscribe newbie
[newbie] Pine
Hello: Trying to get Pine to work in my system (running pine 4.30 under lm8.0). So far, I am able to send messages, but I cannot figure out how to retrieve messages. I have read man pine as well as gone to their web site, and either I am missing something, or the issue of retrieving messages is not addressed. Can somebody explaim to me what I have to do in order to be able to retrieve messages, or at least point me in the right direction? Thanks... Dexter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] The MSN.com access
Ya know I just might add a pop up on my website just inspit of doing it? hehe - Original Message - From: "Matthew Bull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 2:00 PM Subject: re: [newbie] The MSN.com access > Hmmm much though I agree.. > if only things where that simple unfortunately around 85% of web users use > IE4 already and much though it pains me to say so (maintiaining a commercial > site with around 2000 lines of javascript) I like a lot of developer have no > option but to occainsionally write stuff especially for >IE4 (I am getting > to a mozilla version but it aint ready yet) by simply commercial restraints. > > I suspect that the whole msn issue is something similar although I should > imagine their reasons for not supporting the moz are somewhat different to > ours (ie lack of programming resources) and rather more politically > motivated. > > Matt > > > I am off the opinion that anyone running apache, should add a javascript to > their page, that tests > for IE and pops up an alert to this effect: > > "You are using Internet Explorer to view this site. Although this site > should work fine, we cannot > guarantee that you will not lose some functionality because of your choise > of browser, Microsoft do > not always follow standards with the internet and as such we can not know > for sure if it will work > or not..(and neither can anyone other then Microsoft themselves.) > we suggest you download Mozilla (free) mozilla.org This is a more standards > compliant > browser then Internet Explorer. Please click OK to continue. (should you > wish to try.) > > If Ten million web sites started popping that up when visited by an IE user, > Microsoft would > Bcktrack pretty quickly as it might indent on their browser market share. > > Just some thoughts I may actually put up a warning like that I think,, > > > rgds > > Frank > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] Word processor
On Monday 29 October 2001 11:09, you wrote: > Hi there! =) > > I'm just new to this mailing list and I hope you can help me with my > problem. > > Is there any Word Processor that can save output as PDF file? Shall we > say, I will make a document but I will save it as PDF file and can be > viewed like xpdf or Adobe Acrobat Reader. I've never needed to do this myself, just repeating what I saw someone else say a while ago: install a plain-vanilla PostScript printer, and do a Print To File from any wordprocessor to create a whatever.ps file. Then use the utility ps2pdf to convert it to whatever.pdf >From the ps2pdf man page: ps2pdf - Convert PostScript to PDF using ghostscript ps2pdf12 - Convert PostScript to PDF 1.2 (Acrobat 3-and- later compatible) using ghostscript ps2pdf13 - Convert PostScript to PDF 1.3 (Acrobat 4-and- later compatible) using ghostscript -- 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 Help Microsoft stamp out software piracy: give Linux to a friend today.. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
re: [newbie] The MSN.com access
Hmmm much though I agree.. if only things where that simple unfortunately around 85% of web users use IE4 already and much though it pains me to say so (maintiaining a commercial site with around 2000 lines of javascript) I like a lot of developer have no option but to occainsionally write stuff especially for >IE4 (I am getting to a mozilla version but it aint ready yet) by simply commercial restraints. I suspect that the whole msn issue is something similar although I should imagine their reasons for not supporting the moz are somewhat different to ours (ie lack of programming resources) and rather more politically motivated. Matt I am off the opinion that anyone running apache, should add a javascript to their page, that tests for IE and pops up an alert to this effect: "You are using Internet Explorer to view this site. Although this site should work fine, we cannot guarantee that you will not lose some functionality because of your choise of browser, Microsoft do not always follow standards with the internet and as such we can not know for sure if it will work or not..(and neither can anyone other then Microsoft themselves.) we suggest you download Mozilla (free) mozilla.org This is a more standards compliant browser then Internet Explorer. Please click OK to continue. (should you wish to try.) If Ten million web sites started popping that up when visited by an IE user, Microsoft would Bcktrack pretty quickly as it might indent on their browser market share. Just some thoughts I may actually put up a warning like that I think,, rgds Frank Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] envelope?
Hi, When I send any email, it goes as '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' but for some services, I cannot access anymore with that! I need an 'envelope' to show my 'real' email! How can I do that? I use postfix, fetchmail and procmail! (mdk8.1) tia Ricardo Castanho -- == Linux user # 102240 => Machine # 96125 => Seti@home user == Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Sound Config / ESD Errors
Jennifer, sounds like the dir else doesn't exsist or has the wrong permissions have a look if its not there create it, then from the command line -> chmod 1777 /tmp/.esd , logged in as root -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jennifer Sent: 28 October 2001 16:23 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Sound Config / ESD Errors hello, I have been unable to get my systems sounds working and am also unable to run sndconfig. Sndconfig reports that my sounds card is not supported at this time althought i do have the drivers installed. (Aureal Vortex 2) I aso get the following error about ESD. i'm not sure what ESD is or what the error message is really saying to me. I can play CDS, but I cannot hear system sounds. esd: Failed to fix mode of /tmp/.esd to 1777. Try -trust to force esd to start. esd: Esound sound daemon unable to create unix domain socket: /tmp/.esd/socket The socket is not accessible by esd. -- 11:16am up 12 days, 14:57, 2 users, load average: 0.11, 0.19, 0.20 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Don't install kdebase-nsplugins-2.2.1-7mdk.i586.rpm
The KDEBase plugins work fine for me. You may want to launch Konq from a command line, Xterminal, so you can see what is actually happening to prevent it from launching. I've found that some window decorations seem to screw it up. I had similar problems but they turned out not to be caused by the plugins. -JMS |-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Derek Jennings |Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 11:47 AM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: Re: [newbie] Don't install |kdebase-nsplugins-2.2.1-7mdk.i586.rpm | | |On Sunday 28 October 2001 17:03, you wrote: |> On Sunday 28 October 2001 01:47 am, you wrote: |> > It sucks, it will break your Konqueror, |> > I have no Konqueror now. | | |What does it do to Konq? |I ask because I installed nsplugins, and now I keep getting |problems with |loading Konq in browser or File manager mode. |It just displays the hourglass in the task bar for 15 secs and |then goes away |again. |I can get it back by replacing the .konquerorrc file and then |it works for a |time again after logging out and back in. | | | |> > |> > I hate kdebase-nsplugins-2.2.1-7mdk.i586.rpm |> |> What I did is reinstall an older one over it | |Which version ? | | |Derek | | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] USB connection to digital camera
> > Hi, tried the above with kodak instead of fuji and now get seg fault in > gtkam. How do you know that it is sda1 for the device? and what kind of > script to copy files from camera to directory. Still floundering, > Hi, The description of the mass storage driver says: "All you really have to do is compile in USB support and this driver. Then mount /dev/sdaXX with -t vfat. You just have to copy/delete the files.". Therefore I tried /dev/sda1 and it worked right away. The script I use is quite simple. Find out if the camera is connected and copy the files to a certain directory: --- #!/bin/bash if [ -d /mnt/fuji/dcim ]; then echo Transferring files cp -v /mnt/fuji/dcim/100_fuji/* ~/foto/camera else echo Camera not connected! fi --- Did look at the Linux Hardware Database (lhd.datapower.com)? I learned there you do not need the usb-storage driver for your camera (DC3400) but "sane-dcc25.5 : Kodak DC20/25 digital camera SANE..." Description: The sane-dc25 library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) backend that provides access to Kodak DC20 and DC25 cameras. At present, only the DC25 has been tested, but since the code is based on a DC20 interface program, it is likely to work for that model also. I can't explain the segfault because I don't use gtkam. I use GQview to view my pictures. Hope this helps a little. Greetings Ton Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ISDN modem
On Saturday 27 October 2001 11:03 am, you wrote: > Could someone PLEASE help? I have a USR ISDN Sportster 128k internal ISA > modem. I have no idea how to get this to work, or even if it's possible. It > appears it wasn't detected upon installing 8.1. I REALLY want to ditch all > MS products from my system, but if I can't connect to the internet with MD, > I'm stuck. Based on my initial research, it appears that I need to > configure my PPP setup 1st. One source says I need to have a > '/etc/isapnp.conf' file, which I don't. Is this all true? If so, what do I > need to put in there, and what other steps do I need to take? Is there a > GUI/KDE thingy to do all this? I've seen sveral refernces to 'HardDrake", > but I either don't have it installed or I can't find it. I'm sorry if these > are really stupid questions, but I gotta start somewhereANY assistance > would be most greatly appreciated. Thanks! Hi Caorls lasdkshdjsahjdhsjhdjfhjdfhds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] ISDN modem
Could someone PLEASE help? I have a USR ISDN Sportster 128k internal ISA modem. I have no idea how to get this to work, or even if it's possible. It appears it wasn't detected upon installing 8.1. I REALLY want to ditch all MS products from my system, but if I can't connect to the internet with MD, I'm stuck. Based on my initial research, it appears that I need to configure my PPP setup 1st. One source says I need to have a '/etc/isapnp.conf' file, which I don't. Is this all true? If so, what do I need to put in there, and what other steps do I need to take? Is there a GUI/KDE thingy to do all this? I've seen sveral refernces to 'HardDrake", but I either don't have it installed or I can't find it. I'm sorry if these are really stupid questions, but I gotta start somewhereANY assistance would be most greatly appreciated. Thanks! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Word processor and PDF
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The best way is use latex. Latex come with all the linux distributions, > and if it is actually difficult to learn when you start, in a few days > you will be very glad with it. > > Nowadays we have front-end very good to use latex in linux, for example > ktexmaker2 (htpp://xm1.net.free.fr/linux/index.html). You can easyli > export the file from tex format to postcrip and from postcrip to pdf. In > linux you have also xpdf to see the pdf file, or the linux version of > acroread. Also, depending on what format the files may be in now, AbiWord can import quite a few formats and can export Latex, so this might be an alternative way to get your files into Latex (or LyX or KLyX). Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] soundboad (AWE) yet!
Hi! I've seen some msg on some problems with this board! It's was not easy to put it to work! But now when I start KDE I get the message: "Sound-server warning message can set real time scheduling priority. You need to run artswrapper as root or setuid root." First: Is it ok to do it? (to run as root!) Second: If so, where should I include the command? TIA Ricardo Castanho -- == Linux user # 102240 => Machine # 96125 => Seti@home user == Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 2.2.1 on MD8...the saga continues...
John Hokanson Jr. wrote: > Well, I'd be willing to take the performance hit if I can get certain > things working a little bit better. Like I don't know why I can't get > Sawfish to load (so I can try it). I can't help you there -- maybe somebody else can. (I'm running Mandrake 7.2, and, if Sawfish was one of the "stock" desktops (I can't really recall), it worked fine after an expert install. > > I *MAY* have gotten RPMDrake to work by refreshing it's own > internal database. I was actually able to uninstall Netscape > last night. Good! > > I *WILL* upgrade my RAM. In fact, I intend to do that before I > put in another processor. Good! > > Also, my other box under construction will run Windows 98. Good! Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Word processor and PDF
The best way is use latex. Latex come with all the linux distributions, and if it is actually difficult to learn when you start, in a few days you will be very glad with it. Nowadays we have front-end very good to use latex in linux, for example ktexmaker2 (htpp://xm1.net.free.fr/linux/index.html). You can easyli export the file from tex format to postcrip and from postcrip to pdf. In linux you have also xpdf to see the pdf file, or the linux version of acroread. I hope this will help you Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 2.2.1 on MD8...the saga continues...
On Sunday 28 October 2001 07:25 am, you wrote: > John Hokanson Jr. wrote: > > I just want my computer to work right, and Linux has been a > > complete bitch to set up properly. I've already spent money on > > two distributions. If I spend any more, I'll be fast approching > > the cost of an MS Windows product. Everytime I get a new peice of > > Linux software, it's not good enough or has major bugs and I have > > to do it all over again. > > > > So far the only thing that makes it better than Win9x is the fact > > that I can leave it running without having the reboot every > > couple of hours. That's not good enough. > > > > I've been fighting the urge to tear it from my HD and switch to > > NT. > > John, > > Sorry to hear you're having so much trouble. > > IIRC, you're running on a 200 Mhz. Pentium (something) with 64 MB > ram. That's really not enough for Mandrake and KDE. Also, IMHO, > Linux tends to be oversold at this point in time. Depending on > your requirements, Linux might not be for you yet. > Well, I'd be willing to take the performance hit if I can get certain things working a little bit better. Like I don't know why I can't get Sawfish to load (so I can try it). I *MAY* have gotten RPMDrake to work by refreshing it's own internal database. I was actually able to uninstall Netscape last night. I *WILL* upgrade my RAM. In fact, I intend to do that before I put in another processor. Also, my other box under construction will run Windows 98. - John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] Word processor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >StarOffice 5.2 is a great piece of work. Its problems are bloat and the >integrated desktop (although I've grown used to it over time). Other than that >it is incredibly solid - I've written large documents on it over the period of a >week (i.e. open the entire time) and it never crashed on me. > >OpenOffice.org (that's its official name, since somebody has already copyrighted >"OpenOffice") is shaping up to be a fine successor to StarOffice 5.2. I've >always preferred StarOffice to MS Word, and OpenOffice.org is even better. >Release 638C has some stability problems, but otherwise it is almost complete. >Most importantly, it is actually usable. While it is bloated, I assume that this >is because it is still in development. Hi there! =) I'm just new to this mailing list and I hope you can help me with my problem. Is there any Word Processor that can save output as PDF file? Shall we say, I will make a document but I will save it as PDF file and can be viewed like xpdf or Adobe Acrobat Reader. Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance. =) __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Don't install kdebase-nsplugins-2.2.1-7mdk.i586.rpm
On Sunday 28 October 2001 17:03, you wrote: > On Sunday 28 October 2001 01:47 am, you wrote: > > It sucks, it will break your Konqueror, > > I have no Konqueror now. What does it do to Konq? I ask because I installed nsplugins, and now I keep getting problems with loading Konq in browser or File manager mode. It just displays the hourglass in the task bar for 15 secs and then goes away again. I can get it back by replacing the .konquerorrc file and then it works for a time again after logging out and back in. > > > > I hate kdebase-nsplugins-2.2.1-7mdk.i586.rpm > > What I did is reinstall an older one over it Which version ? Derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] .directory file
ok, i upgraded to 8.1, as expected my desktp is ruined, but i have a backup of ~/Deskop/.directory nad after exiting kde i copy this over, onlt when i log onto kde again the desktop is unchanged and the contents of ~/Desktp/.directory unchanged also, howcome? what is rewriting it back? and i copied the backup over as root -kept the permissions the same though bascule Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Sound Config / ESD Errors
hello, I have been unable to get my systems sounds working and am also unable to run sndconfig. Sndconfig reports that my sounds card is not supported at this time althought i do have the drivers installed. (Aureal Vortex 2) I aso get the following error about ESD. i'm not sure what ESD is or what the error message is really saying to me. I can play CDS, but I cannot hear system sounds. esd: Failed to fix mode of /tmp/.esd to 1777. Try -trust to force esd to start. esd: Esound sound daemon unable to create unix domain socket: /tmp/.esd/socket The socket is not accessible by esd. -- 11:16am up 12 days, 14:57, 2 users, load average: 0.11, 0.19, 0.20 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Word processor
StarOffice 5.2 is a great piece of work. Its problems are bloat and the integrated desktop (although I've grown used to it over time). Other than that it is incredibly solid - I've written large documents on it over the period of a week (i.e. open the entire time) and it never crashed on me. OpenOffice.org (that's its official name, since somebody has already copyrighted "OpenOffice") is shaping up to be a fine successor to StarOffice 5.2. I've always preferred StarOffice to MS Word, and OpenOffice.org is even better. Release 638C has some stability problems, but otherwise it is almost complete. Most importantly, it is actually usable. While it is bloated, I assume that this is because it is still in development. On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 09:16:58 -0600, Joseph Braddock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Star Office can also save in Word's native format. SO5.2 is pretty good. > SO6.0 and OpenOffice are very good. Any of the them will also let you > open/create/save Excel files, too. > > Joe > > On Sunday 28 October 2001 09:01 am, you wrote: > > Admin wrote: > > > Looking for a word processor to use under lm8.0, which needs to be able > > > to import word documents as well as save in ms word format(if possible). > > > Any suggestions? Thanks... > > > > AbiWord is a good word processor, it will be a great word processor. It > > is not finished yet. Currently, among other things: > > > > It can: > > -Open many Word files > > -Save files as .rtf which Word can read > > -Most "standard" word processing functions > > -Use styles > > -Do numbered and bulleted lists (with some bugs or enhancements > > required, last time I looked) > > > > It cannot (yet): > > -Do tables > > -Do footnotes > > -Do outlining > > > > I've tried StarOffice but haven't really used it. It seems to include > > more features than AbiWord at this time. I think it can do tables, I > > know it can do outlining (with a different UI than Word). > > > > Hope this helps, > > Randy Kramer -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "640K ought to be enough for anybody." -- Bill Gates, 1981 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] The MSN.com access
Franki wrote: > well, a standard way of testing is is to use Javascript... Franki, Thanks for the response! Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Don't install kdebase-nsplugins-2.2.1-7mdk.i586.rpm
On Sunday 28 October 2001 01:47 am, you wrote: > It sucks, it will break your Konqueror, > I have no Konqueror now. > > I hate kdebase-nsplugins-2.2.1-7mdk.i586.rpm What I did is reinstall an older one over it -- -michael- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Alsa or xmms? SBLive configuration Howto.
On Sat, 27 Oct 2001 21:54:17 -0500 Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I give up, it's time for a different sound card or wait until Mandrake can > get sound to work without having to go fumbling around in the dark. The only > sound I get now is from the alsa player and when I click on the midi icon in > kcontrol it segfaults and dumps me out of kcontrol. Something isn't working > in this install. The checksums say the d/l'd files were ok, but sound with > SBlive really stinks, anybody have a better sound card to recommend. Thanks > for your help Jose, but I think we sank in mid ocean here. > -- > Dennis M. registered Linux user #180842 > > Don't give up :) Try this: _quit_ alsaplayer and _quit_ xmms. In the KDE control center -> sound -> sound server under the 'general' tab click 'test sound' (if it works try clicking tree times...). Then start xmms -> left click in the upper left corner -> options -> preferences -> select 'OSS driver' as output plugin. Then try playing a wave file. I could now play a wave file mixed with system sounds by the KDE sound server. I don't have a SBLive but do use ALSA (which remember has OSS emulation). Have fun, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] The MSN.com access
well, a standard way of testing is is to use Javascript... document.all generally means IE document.layer generally means Netscape document.getElementByID usually means Mozilla, NS6.0-6.1 and all the most current browsers... I have written some rather large scripts in JS that do some pretty cool things... and often the way those things are done in IE, is different to NS4 is different to NS6/mozilla and so on.. So I test for the existance of the object I want to work with before I try, if it doesn't exist, I test for an alternative and go with that if it exists... and so on and so forth.. It depends how MS is blocking browsers, is it redirect via JS? is it redirecting via headers and the server? I am off the opinion that anyone running apache, should add a javascript to their page, that tests for IE and pops up an alert to this effect: "You are using Internet Explorer to view this site. Although this site should work fine, we cannot guarantee that you will not lose some functionality because of your choise of browser, Microsoft do not always follow standards with the internet and as such we can not know for sure if it will work or not..(and neither can anyone other then Microsoft themselves.) we suggest you download Mozilla (free) mozilla.org This is a more standards compliant browser then Internet Explorer. Please click OK to continue. (should you wish to try.) If Ten million web sites started popping that up when visited by an IE user, Microsoft would Bcktrack pretty quickly as it might indent on their browser market share. Just some thoughts I may actually put up a warning like that I think,, rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Randy Kramer Sent: Sunday, 28 October 2001 11:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] The MSN.com access Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > This is proof that Microsoft are deliberately targeting browser ID strings > rather than testing for browser capabilities. Both Mozilla and Galeon use Gecko. > This _should_ mean that both browsers are treated in the same way, but only > Mozilla was blocked. This would be because Galeon has a different ID string, and > MS isn't specifically targeting it. Sridhar, Do some sites actually test for browser capabilities dynamically (that is, each time someone connects to their site)? It seems like the hard way to go. If I was going to change capabilities (or limit access) based on the type of browser, I can't imagine doing anything other than checking for a browser ID string. regards, Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to extract bz2 files
> >run tar xjf ... > >Paul > 'tar xjf filename' will work on 8.0 and above, it does not work on previous releases 7.2 and below. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems & Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] The MSN.com access
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > This is proof that Microsoft are deliberately targeting browser ID strings > rather than testing for browser capabilities. Both Mozilla and Galeon use Gecko. > This _should_ mean that both browsers are treated in the same way, but only > Mozilla was blocked. This would be because Galeon has a different ID string, and > MS isn't specifically targeting it. Sridhar, Do some sites actually test for browser capabilities dynamically (that is, each time someone connects to their site)? It seems like the hard way to go. If I was going to change capabilities (or limit access) based on the type of browser, I can't imagine doing anything other than checking for a browser ID string. regards, Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 2.2.1 on MD8...the saga continues...
John Hokanson Jr. wrote: > I just want my computer to work right, and Linux has been a complete > bitch to set up properly. I've already spent money on two > distributions. If I spend any more, I'll be fast approching the cost > of an MS Windows product. Everytime I get a new peice of > Linux software, it's not good enough or has major bugs and I > have to do it all over again. > > So far the only thing that makes it better than Win9x is the fact > that I can leave it running without having the reboot every couple > of hours. That's not good enough. > > I've been fighting the urge to tear it from my HD and switch to > NT. John, Sorry to hear you're having so much trouble. IIRC, you're running on a 200 Mhz. Pentium (something) with 64 MB ram. That's really not enough for Mandrake and KDE. Also, IMHO, Linux tends to be oversold at this point in time. Depending on your requirements, Linux might not be for you yet. I personally would rather see you back away from Linux now if it's not meeting your needs so that you are more ready to come back to Linux in the (near) future when it is ready to meet your needs. I'm going to look now for the other emails you sent about what you want to do in Linux. OK, here it is: "The box will primarily be running KDE (or GNOME if I get completely fed up with the latency of KDE), act as a light file server, and maybe an internet gateway. Nothing major." Running KDE (or GNOME) is major, you will not get satisfactory performance (IMHO) with less than 128 MB of RAM, and even so it will be slower than the same box with Windows 95 or 98 (I can't speak for more up-to-date versions of Windows). IE will be faster than Konqueror or Mozilla. I think mail (like KMail) will be compatible in speed. You mention running an internet gateway -- does that mean you have some other computers? If so, you might consider setting this box up as the internet gateway and file server (it will do a terrific job) and also serve as your learning box for Linux in general and KDE (or GNOME) in particular. Then keep one of your other computers running Windows for the tasks than Linux is not as good at (yet). I don't know what else you might intend to do under KDE or GNOME, I jumped to the conclusion that you want email and web browsing. If you want file editing and light duty word processing, you will find what you need in KDE (or AbiWord), and, I think, aside from loading times, the response will be adequate. StarOffice has almost as many capabilities as Word (AFAICT), but takes 1 to 2 minutes to load on my machine (~200 Mhz, 128 MB). Other than StarOffice, I don't think there is a word processor on Linux that has all the features of Word97 (for example), including styles, collapsible outlining, collaboration, etc., although a Linux advocate might suggest that some of those capabilities don't belong in a word processor but should be done external to it. Hope this helps, Randy Kramer If you do decide to set Linux aside temporarily, feel free to lurk on this list and occasionally ask for an update on the state of Linux. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Word processor
Randy Kramer wrote: > > Admin wrote: > > Looking for a word processor to use under lm8.0, which needs to be able to > > import word documents as well as save in ms word format(if possible). Any > > suggestions? Thanks... > > AbiWord is a good word processor, it will be a great word processor. It > is not finished yet. Currently, among other things: > > It can: > -Open many Word files > -Save files as .rtf which Word can read > -Most "standard" word processing functions > -Use styles > -Do numbered and bulleted lists (with some bugs or enhancements > required, last time I looked) > > It cannot (yet): > -Do tables > -Do footnotes > -Do outlining > > I've tried StarOffice but haven't really used it. It seems to include > more features than AbiWord at this time. I think it can do tables, I > know it can do outlining (with a different UI than Word). Star Office does just about everything. Unfortunately versions 5.1 and 5.2 were bloatware, taking hours to load and monopolising the CPU. The beta of 6.0 looks very good, though - they ditched the browser and email client and the integrated desktop, and went for KDE integration instead. Of course, being beta it crashes occasionally, but no more than MS Office does normaly, in my experience. Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Word processor
Admin wrote: > Looking for a word processor to use under lm8.0, which needs to be able to > import word documents as well as save in ms word format(if possible). Any > suggestions? Thanks... AbiWord is a good word processor, it will be a great word processor. It is not finished yet. Currently, among other things: It can: -Open many Word files -Save files as .rtf which Word can read -Most "standard" word processing functions -Use styles -Do numbered and bulleted lists (with some bugs or enhancements required, last time I looked) It cannot (yet): -Do tables -Do footnotes -Do outlining I've tried StarOffice but haven't really used it. It seems to include more features than AbiWord at this time. I think it can do tables, I know it can do outlining (with a different UI than Word). Hope this helps, Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to extract bz2 files
Sunday, October 28, 2001, 4:19:01 PM, you wrote: SN> How do I extract bz2 files from a console? SN> Best regards SN> Søren bunzip2 the_file Onur Kucuk _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to extract bz2 files
Søren Neigaard wrote: > > How do I extract bz2 files from a console? bunzip yourfile.bz if I remember rightly. Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sond not working in Gnome
On Sun, 2001-10-28 at 13:48, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > On 28 Oct 2001 12:58:30 +0100, Søren Neigaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2001-10-28 at 12:49, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > > > On 28 Oct 2001 13:10:30 +0100, Søren Neigaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I just installed Mandrake, and I'm usig the Gnome desktop. The sound > > > > server is running (I think), but the sound is not working. > > > > > > > > Any ideas on how to get it to work? > > > > > > > > Best regards > > > > Søren > > > > > > Does sound work elsewhere? Try using "play" or "mpg123" to play a sound > > > file. > > I can play CD music with Gnome CD Player. > > > > > Have you configured your card? Try running "sndconfig". > > If I can play CD music, is my soundcard configured then? > > Not necessarily. Try playing a sound file, like an mp3. Try it both in GNOME > (e.g. twith XMMS) and from the console, without GNOME loaded (e.g. with mpg123). Well... They both work just fine, but in the Gnome configuration tool the sounds dont work (if I click play on each wav file)!? Any ideas? > > If they don't work, exit X and run sndconfig in a console to configure your > sound. > > > > Is sound turned on in the GNOME Control Centre? > > Yes. > > > > > Try tunning "ps -ux |grep esd". Does it show that esd (not "grep esd") is > > > running? > > I get "esd -nobeeps -as"! > > That's how it should be. > > > What next? > > See above :) > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Radeon VE
On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 03:45:08 +0200 Joan Tur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Es Divendres 26 Octubre 2001 22:46, en Charles A Edwards va escriure: > > I have attached a portion of my FX86Config that relates to the diffs > > between mine and yours. > > > > 1) I have no module section > > > > 2) My screen section contains multipule multiple entries including "accel" > Could you please send me your config file? Now i know i've installed the > right X (4.1 with 3D) but i don't see any change in my config file... > > > Other than those included in 8.1 I have no games, but I installed and can > > play all of them, have not tried Flight Gear, but have played TuxRacer and > > Chromium. I have no idea what my fps is, hell don't even remember the > > command to aquire it. > Tuxracer is very slow. Running glxgears i get: > - > [quini@quinipc quini]$ glxgears > Loading required GL library /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2 > 1513 frames in 5.0 seconds = 302.600 FPS > 1600 frames in 5.0 seconds = 320.000 FPS > - > > And running glxinfo i get: > - > [root@quinipc quini]# glxinfo > > direct rendering: No > > OpenGL vendor string: VA Linux Systems, Inc. > OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect > OpenGL version string: 1.2 Mesa 3.4.2 > OpenGL extensions: > GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_blend_color, > GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract > glu version: 1.1 Mesa 3.4.2 > glu extensions: > GL_EXT_abgr > >visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav > id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat > -- > 0x23 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None > 0x24 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 None > 0x25 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None > 0x26 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 None > [root@quinipc quini]# > - > > And running "insmod agpgart" (lsmod doesn't show it) i get: > - > [root@quinipc quini]# insmod agpgart > Using /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o.gz > /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o.gz: init_module: > No such device > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including > invalid IO or IRQ parameters > [root@quinipc quini]# > - Joan I attached a glxgears and glxinfo from my system running an AGP Radeon 32DDR. If you will compare the sections from yours that I left above to mine you will see a big difference. >From another message you put to the list I gather that this is an onboard video. That is what I believe is causing your difficulties. During hardware set-up/video dection the Radeon is found, but it is found in an unexpected location causing the proper driver module not to be loaded. Afraid I can not tell you how to manuaally load it. Your best bet, if no one else on the list has a solution, is to check the MOBO site and ATI. ATI has released all their drivers for linux so it would the first place I would check. Sorry that I could not be of more help. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sond not working in Gnome
On 28 Oct 2001 12:58:30 +0100, Søren Neigaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2001-10-28 at 12:49, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > > On 28 Oct 2001 13:10:30 +0100, Søren Neigaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I just installed Mandrake, and I'm usig the Gnome desktop. The sound > > > server is running (I think), but the sound is not working. > > > > > > Any ideas on how to get it to work? > > > > > > Best regards > > > Søren > > > > Does sound work elsewhere? Try using "play" or "mpg123" to play a sound > > file. > I can play CD music with Gnome CD Player. > > > Have you configured your card? Try running "sndconfig". > If I can play CD music, is my soundcard configured then? Not necessarily. Try playing a sound file, like an mp3. Try it both in GNOME (e.g. with XMMS) and from the console, without GNOME loaded (e.g. with mpg123). If they don't work, exit X and run sndconfig in a console to configure your sound. > > Is sound turned on in the GNOME Control Centre? > Yes. > > > Try tunning "ps -ux |grep esd". Does it show that esd (not "grep esd") is > > running? > I get "esd -nobeeps -as"! That's how it should be. > What next? See above :) -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "I wrote code that works. I didn't test it, but the discussion is closed. It might have syntactic problems, but it does work. Better than any kernel extension ever would. End of story." -- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux-Mandrake 8.0 and WindowsXP
Well why do we care about XP? And if you just installed it how do you know that it is more stable then ME? Don't you need some run time before you make that statement?? And please tell us how you enjoy paying the license fee again after you upgrade your hardware. The last time that I looked this was [newbie] Linux-Mandrake list not XP. If there is a problem running a dual boot with XP(eww) and Mandrake then yes we care. Don --- Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just upgraded to WindowsXP, for those who even care, > and it went smoothly. > Runs faster than ME and is very stable and solid. > The usual applications that > would crash ME without fail didn't even make XP > hiccup. > > Two things though in both Linux and XP I just can't > get my ancient external > parallel port CDwriter to work automatically. With > XP I have to wait until HP > puts the download on their website, which I had to > to with my scanner with > ME, and so far with Linux the information I found > requires me to play with > some settings which I am more than willing to learn > just hard to find the > time lately. > > As far as the Luna interface being a rip of Apple's > Aqua, not with all the > wishful thinking and eye squinting does it look like > Aqua. I still enjoy > Linux's adaptability for making the Aqua theme much > nicer than to enjoy > without tying it to a premium system. > > If anyone wishes to drop me a hint on the CDwriter > issue or a link for the > truly "RAW" newbie I would appreciate it very much. > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sources in MandrakeUpdate?
On Sunday 28 October 2001 11:50, Søren Neigaard wrote: > On Sun, 2001-10-28 at 12:21, Derek Jennings wrote: > > Yep > > Select Define sources > New > > Select Type of Source > Security Updates > > Update the list of mirrors. Pick one near you Click OK > > It takes quite a long time to get the list of all the packages on the > > mirror. > > > > Now any package you have installed for which an update is available will > > show up in bold in the search list. > > Ok - Even thoug I set type to Security Updates, it still gives me all > other updates too? Or do I need to set up some mirrors manually? Any update on that site is available to you. I am not aware of mirrors that carry security updates but not bug fixes. Seems to work for me so far :-) Note that Mandrake do not release new versions of packages unless there is a problem with the old ones. So for example there will be a new kernel next week to fix the supermount problem in 8.1 (DO NOT use upgrade on a kernel. There will be special instructions on how to do the kernel upgrade) As new versions of packages evolve they go onto cooker first for people to experiment with, and then when they are validated as good, they will be merged into 8.2 If you simply want the latest and greatest of packages, then you could add individual ftp sites or play with cooker. > > What about my CD-ROM sources, can I delete them, and wouldn't that be a > good idea, so I always update from the net? No. If the CD has the latest version, then it is quickest to update from CD. Only if the net has a newer version will you update on line. > > > If you press the 'Mandrake Update' button you can now automatically > > update security fixes, normal updates, or bugfixes, by selecting the > > radio buttons. If the updates have other dependencies they will be > > installed as well. > > > > You can add any ftp site or Mandrake cooker using the same procedure. > > > > NOTE: Accepting any and all updates from cooker is risky. Cooker is > > experimental untested packages. > > > > Derek > > > > On Sunday 28 October 2001 12:00, Søren Neigaard wrote: > > > Can I use MandrakeUpdate to install new SW and update SW like apt-get? > > > And if so, how do I add a ftp source so I can download new SW (do I > > > need to look at a mirror list on the net)? > > > > > > Best regards > > > Søren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kylix
On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 10:55:35 +0300 Feras Al-Qadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > from where I can download a full free kylix version, > with all the components tabs their, > > > There is only 1 place Http://www.borland.com Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sond not working in Gnome
On Sun, 2001-10-28 at 12:49, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > On 28 Oct 2001 13:10:30 +0100, Søren Neigaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just installed Mandrake, and I'm usig the Gnome desktop. The sound > > server is running (I think), but the sound is not working. > > > > Any ideas on how to get it to work? > > > > Best regards > > Søren > > Does sound work elsewhere? Try using "play" or "mpg123" to play a sound file. I can play CD music with Gnome CD Player. > Have you configured your card? Try running "sndconfig". If I can play CD music, is my soundcard configured then? > Is sound turned on in the GNOME Control Centre? Yes. > Try tunning "ps -ux |grep esd". Does it show that esd (not "grep esd") is > running? I get "esd -nobeeps -as"! What next? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sources in MandrakeUpdate?
Yep Select Define sources > New Select Type of Source > Security Updates Update the list of mirrors. Pick one near you Click OK It takes quite a long time to get the list of all the packages on the mirror. Now any package you have installed for which an update is available will show up in bold in the search list. If you press the 'Mandrake Update' button you can now automatically update security fixes, normal updates, or bugfixes, by selecting the radio buttons. If the updates have other dependencies they will be installed as well. You can add any ftp site or Mandrake cooker using the same procedure. NOTE: Accepting any and all updates from cooker is risky. Cooker is experimental untested packages. Derek On Sunday 28 October 2001 12:00, Søren Neigaard wrote: > Can I use MandrakeUpdate to install new SW and update SW like apt-get? > And if so, how do I add a ftp source so I can download new SW (do I need > to look at a mirror list on the net)? > > Best regards > Søren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Where to place 'xset' command?
GM> What file should be used to hold commands to be run at the start of GM> an X session? I need to run an "xset" command to adjust the mouse GM> acceleration. I'm running Mandrake 8.1 with kdm starting Gnome. GM> thanks, GM> gm I dont know about the xset, but to accelerate my mouse I add Option "Resolution" "250" in the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 , in the mouse section. Onur Kucuk _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Sond not working in Gnome
I just installed Mandrake, and I'm usig the Gnome desktop. The sound server is running (I think), but the sound is not working. Any ideas on how to get it to work? Best regards Søren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Java on Mandrake?
What's the best way to install Java 1.3 on my Mandrake? Can I do it via MandrakeUpdate, or should i download it from sun, and which one should i then download from sun (RedHat RPM shell script or GNUZIP Tar shell script)? Best regards Søren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] And more questions.!
I think the player you are referring to is mplayer 0.50 I went through that experience last week. The developers really DO NOT like gcc 2.96. They are not that keen on 3.01 either, but have now included it, and mplayer will compile with 3.01 now. MPlayer also requires glibc 2.2.4-8mdk which if you install it from Mandrake Software Manager requires gcc 2.96. So you have to force gcc 3.01 with glibc 2.2.4-8mdk Then it compiles OK You dont need any compiler switches. MPlayer was a tough one for me to get going. Trouble is the developers insist that RPM's are unlikely to work as it is so very dependent on individual machines. The manual on the mplayer site contains all this info. As for your path, add to the statement in .bash_profile Enjoy Derek On Sunday 28 October 2001 06:36, you wrote: > Well, i started installing one movie player after another, and > found that mplayer was the one i liked best. ( The ASCII video output > is just amazing, even though it's almost unusable! ;oP ) > > well, anyway, while trying to install another one, the configure > script told me that the gcc version i'm using is "only used on > red-hat and red-hat based distributions" .. "buggy" .. "not supported".. > and that "i should downgrade or upgrade, to any different version" .. when > i tried to install anyway, it MADE ME TYPE "gcc is broken" in order to > complete the configure.. and even then, it did not finish. > > well, then, i suppose i have to use a better gcc? i downloaded version > 3.0.1 and after decompressing it, i configured.. and here are my > questions.. > > In the README it said something like " instead of make, you should use > 'make bootstrap' or 'make cross' is you want a cross compiler" > > ( what does this mean? what is a cross compiler? ) > > well, i just tried "make bootstrap". It started compiling... compiling.. > and then it did a little more compiling... and suddenly stopped on an > "ERROR 1" leaving me quite puzzled.. it said it didn't find a file to > compile..? did i download a bad/incomplete file? > > i already tried bootstrap and cross. in X and in text mode.. i get the same > error every time.. > > am i doing something wrong? i've already installed several packages and > it's the first time i got this one... > > > and another question yet! i think this one is the most stupid. > I've noticed that some commands and binaries should be in my path, but > they are not. ... uhmmm.. how do i change my path settings?? > > > thank you very much in advanced. > > > Damian. > > > > _ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Sources in MandrakeUpdate?
Can I use MandrakeUpdate to install new SW and update SW like apt-get? And if so, how do I add a ftp source so I can download new SW (do I need to look at a mirror list on the net)? Best regards Søren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Resolved: [newbie] Apache 1.3.20 and SSI don't work
hi All, This morning, I had another look at it and discovered commonhttpd.conf. In it was a line that specified index.shtml as the only location for SSI. Changed it to the DocumentRoot and now everyting works fine. Thanks, Coen At 23:49 27-10-01 +0200, you wrote: >Hi all, > >I've got a problem with Apache I can't solve on my own. I'd like to work >with Server Side Includes, but I Apache is giving me a bit of a hard time. >After configuring my box running Mandrake 8.0, Apache served the default >page saying everything was OK. That page contains SSI and those work. It's >index.shtml in DocumentRoot. > >Funny thing is SSI in any HTML page don't work. Even if I rename >index.shtml to another name, say test.shtml, SSI's don't work. > >My http.conf contains alle the lines stated in the Apache manual and the >Error log doesn't show anything. Anyway, you can see it for yourself at >http://stumpie.xs4all.nl/index.shtml (this one works) and >http://stumpie.xs4all.nl/test.shtml (same page, different name and this >one doesn't work...) > >I havn't been able to find a solution in any archive so far. Does anyone >of you know a direction to look for? > >Thanks in advance! > >Coen > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] KDE 2.2.1 on MD8...the saga continues...
What RPMdrake problem? So far I've had no problem with it. (Crossing fingers...). -JMS |-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Hokanson Jr. |Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 2:53 AM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE 2.2.1 on MD8...the saga continues... | | |On Sunday 28 October 2001 12:41 am, you wrote: |> There is always the possibility that your hardware is to blame. |> | |The problem is that these problems aren't random. If they |were I'd be inclined to agree with you. These problems |are reproduceable. Some of them are actually documented |(like the RPMDrake problem). | |- John | | | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Ext2 -> Ext3 Conversion?
On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 07:31:28 -0500, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In reply to Sridhar Dhanapalan's words, written Sun, 28 Oct 2001 17:20:40 > +1100 > > >Actually, the best part of ext3 is that it is fully backwards and forwards > >compatible. An ext2 partition can be mounted as ext3 to get journalling, and > >an ext3 partition can be mounted as ext2. There is no formatting or > >converting involved - just use the appropriate mount options. > > You're kidding me!! That's great! So when I get 8.1 and set that up, I only > need to change fstab and that's all? Remount and that's it? > Paul Yep. Note, however, that ext3 is probably the slowest journalling FS, probably because it essentially a version of ext2 with journalling bolted on. Civileme put some very informative FS benchmarks up on mandrakeforum.com about a month ago. He seems to like XFS the best. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "I think that throttling writers is fine and good, but as it stands now, the dirty buffer balancing will throttle anybody, not just the writer." -- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Don't install kdebase-nsplugins-2.2.1-17md.....
This could be another problem, I installed the kdebase-nsplugins and now I can see pages like the www.foxkids.com >It sucks, it will break your Konqueror, >I have no Konqueror now. >I hate kdebase-nsplugins-2.2.1-7mdk.i586.rp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Don't install kdebase-nsplugins-2.2.1-7mdk.i586.rpm
It sucks, it will break your Konqueror, I have no Konqueror now. I hate kdebase-nsplugins-2.2.1-7mdk.i586.rpm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux-Mandrake 8.0 and WindowsXP
On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 00:07:43 -0700, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just upgraded to WindowsXP, for those who even care, and it went smoothly. > Runs faster than ME and is very stable and solid. The usual applications that > would crash ME without fail didn't even make XP hiccup. > > Two things though in both Linux and XP I just can't get my ancient external > parallel port CDwriter to work automatically. With XP I have to wait until HP > puts the download on their website, which I had to to with my scanner with > ME, and so far with Linux the information I found requires me to play with > some settings which I am more than willing to learn just hard to find the > time lately. > > As far as the Luna interface being a rip of Apple's Aqua, not with all the > wishful thinking and eye squinting does it look like Aqua. I still enjoy > Linux's adaptability for making the Aqua theme much nicer than to enjoy > without tying it to a premium system. > > If anyone wishes to drop me a hint on the CDwriter issue or a link for the > truly "RAW" newbie I would appreciate it very much. Try http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html Try checking the hardware database at linux.com as well. I used to have such a drive, but I've forgotten how I got it to work. I vaguely remember having to load a paride kernel module, and enabling SCSI emulation over IDE. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "The "p_page" should be a "b_page". Duh." -- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] The MSN.com access
On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 00:11:32 -0700, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Its funny that with Mozilla and Opera I can't get into msn.com but with > Galeon thre is no problem. I thought that only Internet Explorer was the only > one capable of viewing it. This is proof that Microsoft are deliberately targeting browser ID strings rather than testing for browser capabilities. Both Mozilla and Galeon use Gecko. This _should_ mean that both browsers are treated in the same way, but only Mozilla was blocked. This would be because Galeon has a different ID string, and MS isn't specifically targeting it. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "So fix the stupid API. The above is just idiocy." -- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Network
On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 06:59:57 +0300, Feras Al-Qadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I want to have a network of one server & let us say three stations, > I in windows we use WINDOW NT Server for the server and WINDOWS NT > workstation for work station That's because MS wants you to pay more for essentially the same thing with only a few little extra features. > now what about LINUX, do we have OS for sever and other for work stations, > or is their any special installation for both GNU/Linux is designed in a very scalable manner. This means that what is running your server is essentially the same thing that is running your desktop. When you fire up the Mandrake installation, you get to choose what you want to do with your system. After choosing, the installer will install the corresponding packages. > thanx in advance -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "Stop re-designing something just because you want to." -- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] kylix
from where I can download a full free kylix version, with all the components tabs their, Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Ext2 -> Ext3 Conversion?
On Sat, 27 Oct 2001 23:04:28 -0400, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In reply to Sevatio's words, written Sat, 27 Oct 2001 20:11:26 GMT > > >I'm looking for information on how to convert Ext2 -> Ext3. Where's a good > >place to go and read about all this stuff? > > Since this involves formatting (the internal structure of the format is > different) I think it is simple (and annoying). > Save the data on the partition, format the partition, put the data back. > Paul Actually, the best part of ext3 is that it is fully backwards and forwards compatible. An ext2 partition can be mounted as ext3 to get journalling, and an ext3 partition can be mounted as ext2. There is no formatting or converting involved - just use the appropriate mount options. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "My girlfriend always laughs during sex - no matter what she's reading." -- Steve Jobs Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: external cd writer
In reply to Robert's words, written Sun, 28 Oct 2001 00:07:43 -0700 >If anyone wishes to drop me a hint on the CDwriter issue or a link for the >truly "RAW" newbie I would appreciate it very much. Visit www.mandrakeuser.org and search the docs for parallel devices. Perhaps that gets you somewhere. Paul -- Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. -Eric Hoffer http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.6.3 claws Open Source, Open Minds. Linux. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 2.2.1 on MD8...the saga continues...
On Sunday 28 October 2001 12:41 am, you wrote: > There is always the possibility that your hardware is to blame. > The problem is that these problems aren't random. If they were I'd be inclined to agree with you. These problems are reproduceable. Some of them are actually documented (like the RPMDrake problem). - John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] And more questions.!
On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 06:36:42 +, "Damian G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, i started installing one movie player after another, and > found that mplayer was the one i liked best. ( The ASCII video output > is just amazing, even though it's almost unusable! ;oP ) > > well, anyway, while trying to install another one, the configure > script told me that the gcc version i'm using is "only used on > red-hat and red-hat based distributions" .. "buggy" .. "not supported".. and > that "i should downgrade or upgrade, to any different version" .. when i > tried to install anyway, it MADE ME TYPE "gcc is broken" in order to > complete the configure.. and even then, it did not finish. The MPlayer developers are convinced to the point of fanaticism that the number 2.96 is somehow evil. Don't worry about it. > well, then, i suppose i have to use a better gcc? i downloaded version > 3.0.1 and after decompressing it, i configured.. and here are my > questions.. You'd be better off getting Mandrake's packages from an FTP mirror (there's a list of them at linux-mandrake.com). > In the README it said something like " instead of make, you should use 'make > bootstrap' or 'make cross' is you want a cross compiler" > > ( what does this mean? what is a cross compiler? ) > > well, i just tried "make bootstrap". It started compiling... compiling.. and > then it did a little more compiling... and suddenly stopped on an "ERROR 1" > leaving me quite puzzled.. it said it didn't find a file to compile..? did i > download a bad/incomplete file? > > i already tried bootstrap and cross. in X and in text mode.. i get the same > error every time.. No need to worry about this. > am i doing something wrong? i've already installed several packages and > it's the first time i got this one... Ensure that you have Mandrake's gcc3 and egcs packages installed. Then you need to change compilers before compiling anything. I'm assuming that you use bash for your shell (if you don't know what bash is, then you're most likely using it). To switch to egcs: $ export CC=egcs CXX=egcs++ To switch to GCC 3 (only in Mandrake 8.1, not 8.0): $ export CC=gcc-3.0.1 CXX=gcc-3.0.1 > and another question yet! i think this one is the most stupid. > I've noticed that some commands and binaries should be in my path, but > they are not. ... uhmmm.. how do i change my path settings?? http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/admin/ashell3.html#Path This is a great site. Take some time to explore it, for it answers many commonly-asked questions. > thank you very much in advanced. > > > Damian. > _ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Please, I don't think we need M$ commercials here ;P -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "I am Linus Torvalds and yes, I am your god." -- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Where to place 'xset' command?
On Sat, 27 Oct 2001 21:14:36 -0700, Gregory Margo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What file should be used to hold commands to be run at the start of > an X session? I need to run an "xset" command to adjust the mouse > acceleration. I'm running Mandrake 8.1 with kdm starting Gnome. > > thanks, > gm Open the GNOME Control Centre and go to "Session" -> "Session Properties and Startup Programmes". Enter your command there. A better option, however, would be to adjust the mouse acceleration in GNOME itself. Again in the GNOME Control Centre, go to "Peripherals" -> "Mouse", and adjust it there. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan phj34r my 5kr1p7 k!1d13 haxX0r 73kn!q. ! 0wn j0o ll4m@ +00|z Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Ext2 -> Ext3 Conversion?
In reply to Sridhar Dhanapalan's words, written Sun, 28 Oct 2001 17:20:40 +1100 >Actually, the best part of ext3 is that it is fully backwards and forwards >compatible. An ext2 partition can be mounted as ext3 to get journalling, and >an ext3 partition can be mounted as ext2. There is no formatting or >converting involved - just use the appropriate mount options. You're kidding me!! That's great! So when I get 8.1 and set that up, I only need to change fstab and that's all? Remount and that's it? Paul -- Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. -Eric Hoffer http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.6.3 claws Open Source, Open Minds. Linux. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] And more questions.!
In reply to Damian G's words, written Sun, 28 Oct 2001 06:36:42 + >Well, i started installing one movie player after another, and >found that mplayer was the one i liked best. ( The ASCII video output >is just amazing, even though it's almost unusable! ;oP ) > >well, anyway, while trying to install another one, the configure >script told me that the gcc version i'm using is "only used on >red-hat and red-hat based distributions" .. "buggy" .. "not supported".. and >that "i should downgrade or upgrade, to any different version" .. when i >tried to install anyway, it MADE ME TYPE "gcc is broken" in order to >complete the configure.. and even then, it did not finish. > >well, then, i suppose i have to use a better gcc? i downloaded version Sorry for your efforts. Running ./configure --help on the old gcc and finding out the directive for no gcc checking would have made things work well. Can you still go back to the old gcc, then this will work. Paul -- Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. -Eric Hoffer http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.6.3 claws Open Source, Open Minds. Linux. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
