[newbie-it] Euro simbolo
Ciao a tutti, vi funzia in kde il simbolo dell'euro(AltGr+e)? A me appare un punto di domanda ?. In Gtk funziona correttamente, ed anche in RedHat7.2 :-(. Penso di avere seguito correttamente le indicazioni date in merito nel sito Mandrake. Luca.
Re: [newbie-it] kdm e failsafe
Il 16:52, mercoledì 31 ottobre 2001, hai scritto: Ciao a tutti, ho installato una mdk8.1 e da kdm non riesco ad accedere alla window del failsafe in basso a destra. La windows appare regoralmente, ma non riesco a darle il focus ed il cursore non lampeggia. Succede solo a me ? Luca. Hai scelto come set di caratteri l'ISO-8859-15 (Latin 9)?
Re: [newbie-it] kdm e failsafe
Alle 17:28, mercoledì 31 ottobre 2001, hai scritto: Il 16:52, mercoledì 31 ottobre 2001, hai scritto: Ciao a tutti, ho installato una mdk8.1 e da kdm non riesco ad accedere alla window del failsafe in basso a destra. La windows appare regoralmente, ma non riesco a darle il focus ed il cursore non lampeggia. Succede solo a me ? Luca. Hai scelto come set di caratteri l'ISO-8859-15 (Latin 9)? Si, ma non capisco cosa centri col failsafe.
Re: [newbie-it] kdm e failsafe
Il 17:35, mercoledì 31 ottobre 2001, hai scritto: Alle 17:28, mercoledì 31 ottobre 2001, hai scritto: Il 16:52, mercoledì 31 ottobre 2001, hai scritto: Ciao a tutti, ho installato una mdk8.1 e da kdm non riesco ad accedere alla window del failsafe in basso a destra. La windows appare regoralmente, ma non riesco a darle il focus ed il cursore non lampeggia. Succede solo a me ? Luca. Hai scelto come set di caratteri l'ISO-8859-15 (Latin 9)? Si, ma non capisco cosa centri col failsafe. Per una svista ho risposto a questa tua email invece dell'altra con oggetto Euro simbolo. Quindi, considerala come una risposta all'altra email. Solo il set di caratteri ISO-8859-15 (Latin 9) ha il simbolo dell'euro. E' un set di caratteri che estende il precedente, ISO-8859-1 (Latin 1), aggiungendo l'euro e probabilmente qualche altro simbolo. Ciao, Andrea.
Re: [newbie-it] kdm e failsafe
Alle 16:52, mercoledì 31 ottobre 2001, hai scritto: Ciao a tutti, ho installato una mdk8.1 e da kdm non riesco ad accedere alla window del failsafe in basso a destra. La windows appare regoralmente, ma non riesco a darle il focus ed il cursore non lampeggia. Succede solo a me ? Luca. Per essere più preciso, la cosa mi capita se esco da una sessione di kde. Luca.
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[newbie-it] ADSL con 3com dual link
Salve a tutti, io uso mdk 8.1 e vorrei effettuare una connessione adsl con un modem 3com dual link (collegato via ethernet), so che bisogna fare delle modifiche al file di configurazione pppoe.conf ma non so quali: qualcuno saprebbe suggerirmele ? grazie !
Re: [newbie-it] ADSL con 3com dual link
On Wednesday 31 October 2001 21:19, you wrote: Nell'Evo medio, all'ora 20:50, mercoledì 31 ottobre 2001, Voi, Notabile OKreZ, avete dipinto: vorrei effettuare una connessione adsl con un modem 3com dual link (collegato via ethernet), so che bisogna fare delle modifiche al file di configurazione pppoe.conf ma non so quali Mi pare di ricordare che gia' in quel file pppoe.conf ci fosse qualche riferimento a quel modem. Cmq a questo indirizzo (curato da uno dei guru di it.tlc.telefonia.adsl) trovi quello che s'ha da fare: http://planynet.hypermart.net/adsl/faq/note.htm Ciauz, Lk Grazie mille cmq subito dopo aver postato ho trovato la stringa da decommentare :)))
Re: [newbie-it] Supermount
--- Speranza Francesco [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Mi devi scusare ma ho fatto un errore di trascrizione ; ho dimenticato di mettere lo slash, ma in effetti il file fstab è scritto correttamente e cioè : /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount dev=/dev/scd1,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 ma nonostante cio ricevo il messaggio non hai i permessi per leggere il cdrom. Che devo fare per avere sti permessi? Ciao , Francesco Scusami se ti rispondo cosi' in ritardo...! Forse ti mancano i permessi per accedere al dispositivo o al mount point. Puoi garantire il permesso di lettura a tutti gli utenti con il comando chmod a+r /dev/scd0 /dev/scd1 (man chmod per le informazioni sul comando). Ciao. Steo. __ Abbonati a Yahoo! ADSL con Atlanet! Naviga su Internet ad alta velocità, e senza limiti di tempo! Avrai sempre il telefono libero e non dovrai pagare il traffico telefonico per collegarti a Internet. Per saperne di più vai alla pagina http://adsl.yahoo.it
[newbie-it] domandina
Salve a tutta la list. Ho un breve quesito da porvi. Ho 2 PC con Mandrake 8.1 montata sopra. Uno fa da server, e si collega alla rete Internet tramite ADSL. Il server ha indirizzo IP 192.168.0.1, il secondo ha un IP che gli viene assegnato dal server tramite DHCP. Il client naviga bene in rete (come del resto il server). Il problema è che al successivo riavvio (in pratica quando riaccendo i PC), il client non naviga. Devo quindi riconfigurare l'Internet Connection Sharing del server, e tutto funziona di nuovo a dovere. Vorrei automatizzare il processo (che per altro sembra già sù...). Suggerimenti? Grazie alla list che seguo con estremo interesse. Ciao.
[newbie-it] Aiuto!!XF86Config
ciao, ho installato Linux Mandrake nel mio pc,come mi avevano detto:è una lotta!!!e infatti non riesco a trovare nessuna configurazione che mi permette di avviare Linux in modalità grafica...o meglio quando lancio startx mi da un errore in un file della cartella X11,dice che non trova nessun monitor...premetto che sono un principiante e dopo l'installazione da CD...sono bloccato,non ho praticamente fatto nulla. Ho provato a seguire le istruzioni di configurazione sull'XF86Config trovate in rete,dicevano che lanciando questo comando sarei riuscito a scegliere la config(da ERRORE).Solo ripetendo l'installazione riesco a modificare:il monitor,la scheda video di cui ho visitato il sito del produttore e non mi da nessun drivers(solo un file TXT in TEDESCO) per sistemi Linux...la mia scheda è ELSA GLADIAC MX. Durante l'ultima fase dell'installazione,riesco a scegliere il monitor e la scheda,ma da prompt Linux come si fa!!!Sempre durante l'installazione ho scelto la minor configurazione possibile per monitor e scheda video,al comando startx lo schermo diventa un casino di linee,barette,a volte colorate e a volte noinsomma sono nel casino più totaletanto che quasi quasi torno al Windows!!Aiuto, non voglio!!! |kpt%*ICBHdWVycmEgQW50b25pbw0KPGd1ZXJyYW50QGlvbC5pdD4A
Re: [newbie-it] Aiuto!!XF86Config
Nell'Evo medio, all'ora 02:42, giovedì 1 novembre 2001, Voi, Notabile [EMAIL PROTECTED], avete dipinto: la mia scheda è ELSA GLADIAC MX. Mi pare di capire che quindi il chipset sia l'NVIDIA GeForce, no? Nel corso delle domande che xf86config [e' _questo_ il comando] ti porra' apparira' anche quella che si riferisce al database delle schede, rispondendo affermativamente vedrai un elenco di diverse decine di schede, cerca quella suesposta e, a richiesta, digita il numero a fianco e poi continua. Altrimenti puoi apportare le modifiche manualmente: fai una copia di sicurezza o poi modifica il file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, scendi fin dove trovi: Section Device Lascia stare quella della vga cosi' com'e' e passa alla sezione dopo; troverai una riga Driver, sostituisci quello che c'e' scritto con: Driver nv N.B. qualche riga piu' sopra si parla di 'HorizSync' e di 'VertRefresh', e' di _vitale_ importanza che quelle frequenze siano quelle corrette per il tuo monitor [c'e' scritto tutto nel manuale al seguito] ... a meno che a breve tu non voglia mettere in preventivo di prendere un altro :) -- L.U. #210970 - L.M. #98222 *** MDK 8.1 - kernel standard
Re: [newbie-it] Aiuto!!XF86Config
ciao , prima di tutto ti ringrazio infinitamente,ho visitato i link dell'ultima mail che mi avevi mandato...e le cose cominciano a schiarirsi...GRAZIE..GRAZIE..GRAZIE!!! Vedo che anche tu fai le ore piccole -devo usare kedit per modificare il file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 ??? -il file XF86Config,è un comando per la configurazione??se si, per lanciarlo da root devo farlo precedere da ./??? Ancora infiniti GRAZIE. |kpt%*ICBHdWVycmEgQW50b25pbw0KPGd1ZXJyYW50QGlvbC5pdD4A
[newbie-it] kdm e failsafe
Ciao a tutti, ho installato una mdk8.1 e da kdm non riesco ad accedere alla window del failsafe in basso a destra. La windows appare regoralmente, ma non riesco a darle il focus ed il cursore non lampeggia. Succede solo a me ? Luca.
Re: [newbie-it] ADSL con 3com dual link
Nell'Evo medio, all'ora 20:50, mercoledì 31 ottobre 2001, Voi, Notabile OKreZ, avete dipinto: vorrei effettuare una connessione adsl con un modem 3com dual link (collegato via ethernet), so che bisogna fare delle modifiche al file di configurazione pppoe.conf ma non so quali Mi pare di ricordare che gia' in quel file pppoe.conf ci fosse qualche riferimento a quel modem. Cmq a questo indirizzo (curato da uno dei guru di it.tlc.telefonia.adsl) trovi quello che s'ha da fare: http://planynet.hypermart.net/adsl/faq/note.htm Ciauz, Lk -- L.U. #210970 - L.M. #98222 *** MDK 8.1 - kernel standard
[newbie] port 6000
Hi I did a netstat and noticed that my machine is listening on port 6000. I think this is something to do with the Xserver, and it probably isn't necessary for it to be listening on a single user machine. Any idea how to turn this service off? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Strange Mount Problem
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 20:21, Neville Cobb wrote: | When I boot md 8.1 and try to transfer a file from my home partition to | my vfat partition I receive an error message Can't write to | /dev/win_d. The strange thing is that if I unmount the vfat partition | and remount it I can then transfer the file to the vfat partition. | Is there one file or process that configures the partition on boot and | another when I unmount/remount the partition. | Has any one got any clues to where I may start looking. | | Nev see thread with subject : Win partition skinky -- But what ... is it good for? (Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] port 6000
If you used Netstat for your own machine, then you will have port6000 open, as I understand it, localhost needs 6000 for X to function properly, close it on you firewall as no other IP's other then localhost need it unless you have an unusual setup. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of shipahoy Sent: Wednesday, 31 October 2001 5:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] port 6000 Hi I did a netstat and noticed that my machine is listening on port 6000. I think this is something to do with the Xserver, and it probably isn't necessary for it to be listening on a single user machine. Any idea how to turn this service off? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] setting up proxy server
Hi Ron, Thanks for your further advice. I think your first step, Stephen, is to clearly define what you want to *do* with all that hardware. Until you do that, it's difficult to advise you more specifically. I am planning using the Linux box, a slower machine with following config. ; CPU Pentinum 133 Hard disk 3.6G RAM32MB as Proxy server, SMB server for printer and firewall. If it can't work then I will convert the Win 98 PC, with following config., as Linux server serving a Linux Box, Win ME and Win XP ; CPUPentinum II 350 Hard disk 6G RAM 128MB Have you had any suggustion ? Also the size of each partition for Proxy server, SMB server and Firewall ? Thanks in advance. Stephen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cool looking themes don't work (GNOME, Enlightenment, M8.1)
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 10:03:35 +0200, Robert MacLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi My problem is that I can't get themes to work the way they should in Enlightenment. I select a theme (i'm trying to get aqua to work) but all it does is change enlightenment's menu, and the title bars. In the screen shots it changes the windows as well. Any idea how to get it to change the windows as well? I think you may be confusing GTK+ themes with Enlightenment themes. Both are separate, and are installed independently. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan The best way to predict the future is to invent it. -- informal Xerox PARC slogan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Virtual desktops in Linux-Mandrake and XP
bub, I bee's a mechanic too... you will just have to READ,read, read, and read some more. this list is comprised of realy smart (read; head of MandrakeSoft Quality Assurance team, tech for UUnet (the people that run the point of presence that AOL and EArthlink connect and contract to), (and probly 75% of who dials up the internet other than local Telephone Co.) and regular folks that have decided that really they ain't one of the Sheep with a tithe to give M$. any question you can think to ask, I bet you can find an answer on this list. WELCOME. On Tuesday 30 October 2001 18:20, you had thoughts to the concept of: I appreciate everybodies help it's just some of the emails I get I am clueless to. Talking about codes, mounts, etc etc etc. I'm lost. I ask a question and I get a breakdown of the system and how to manipulate the code. Not that I don't appreciate it, but I'm confused even worse. I'm not a programmer, I'm a mechanic with no intentiions of becoming a programmer or network administrator. I just like using the computer alot. Playing games, surfing the net and chatting. I'm just sick of windows fubaring every 20 minutes or my downloads are lost because I got disconnected because windows used up all my ram. And I think thats your problem wasn't meant as a slam or anything. It was just in general as in that's my opinion of the problem. Example: I think you have a problem with your lifters slapping the top of your pistons. It's not you it's the car. Don't take it personal wasn't directed at you. But anyways I am pleased with Mandrake, it just seems that most of the newbies are wicked smart with linux, unlike me. Metamorphysical a.k.a. Clueless On Tuesday 30 October 2001 14:39, you wrote: I don't know to whom you implied the I think thats your problem. Personally, many here and everywhere would love to see Microsoft disappear from the face of the earth. Personally, I am currently running Linux-Mandrake 8.0, MacOS X, and WindowsXP. I love them all. Personally, I wish I could get them in all into one box and just shift between all three. I have Mandrake newbie since the beginning of March. I am learning and will be learning this and many other things until the day I die or go into a coma. Its only hard until you learn and someone takes the time to help. This list is very helpful, but like anywhere else there are those with the patience while others with the best intentions don't quite have that understanding patience with you. Anyone can learn anything if they are committederr dedicated not locked up in an insane asylum. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Netscape?
On Tuesday 30 October 2001 22:03, you wrote: Cool Thanks On Tuesday 30 October 2001 07:02 pm, Robert Beach wrote: Does netscape work on KDE and if it does what directory is it under? why sure. the executable for 4.7 as installed by mandrake installer: /usr/bin/netscape-communicator /usr/bin/netscape I also have a newer version in /usr/local/netscape -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hehehe
shouldn't that be rm -rf usr/bin/laden (without the quotes, of course?) On Tuesday 30 October 2001 21:12, you had thoughts to the concept of: rm -r usr/bin/laden Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Fwd: Re: [newbie] text issues
Subject: Re: [newbie] text issues Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:55:45 + From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are a couple of things you can do to improve font rendering (I am assuming you are using LM8.1) 1/ Import your fonts from your Microsoft partition if you have one. Control Centre System Fonts get Windows Fonts For legal reasons Mandrake are not allowed to ship coyrighted fonts, so the windows ones are generally better. 2/ Enable anti aliasing in kde Look N Feel Fonts 3/ Go to http://elektron.its.tudelft.nl/~rbos36/mdkfreetype2.html where a kind person has posted an RPM of the freetype fonts that come with Mandrake with Byte Code Interpreting enabled. Mandrake ships with BCI disabled for legal reasons 4/ I noticed with 8.0 that fonts appearance could be improved by careful selection of font size. Some sizes looked crummy while the next size up would look fine. Can't say I've noticed that with 8.1 however. My fonts look great :-) I mostly use Tahoma (A microsoft font) HTH On Wednesday 31 October 2001 10:29, you wrote: On Sat, 27 Oct 2001 03:11, David Reynolds wrote: | In hoping for a better encore than my last failed question, I'll pose | this one to the group: What is the way to solve the horrific font | rendering problems with some Linux programs. Konqueror and word | processing programs seems to be the worst offenders, but it also gets | into control panels, etc so that they become virtually unreadable. | | David Reynolds Hi David I haven't seen a response to your problem so I'll have a go. What font are you using? I use helvetica for just about everything (Konqueror, menus, toolbar, etc) and they look fine. However, as my graphics card is an old 1MB S3, anti-aliased fonts look terrible. I had to turn that option off in kcontrol (KDE Control Center) LookNFeel Fonts and then restart X. With OpenOffice my fonts look terrible all the time. I am just about to order a few upgrade bits for my pc (yipppeee!) - including a graphics card. Perhaps you have the same problem??? If you have anti-aliased fonts selected, try turning it off - or perhaps your problem is the exact opposite and you should enable anti-aliasing. Good luck skinky --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing new rpms from disks
On Tuesday 30 October 2001 16:35, you wrote: One word Huh?. Mounting cd's at the command prompt? And what does fstab mean? I am clueless to all of this. I'm newbie of newbies really. I know what the command prompt is but I don't know squat of commands. Does linux have a page of command definitions or something I could look up and print out? Rob To get started, try typing 'apropos whatyouwanttodo'. In this case that would be 'apropos mount'. You'll get a listing with a brief description for each, for all available commands havin to do with mount. Then typing 'man mount' will describe how to use the mount command, and refer you to related commands. Problem is, the MAN(ual) pages were written by and for people who already understand everything ;) So it's tough learnin in the beginning, but you're gonna need to get your feet wet sooner or later. If you don't want to use the command line, you could use Disk Free to mount your CDROM. It's on your K menu under Applications | Monitoring. Just right click on the drive and choose mount (or unmount) in the dialog box that appears. Many of us have been using it since supermount broke. -- Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA chmod +x /bin/Laden.al-Qaeda.Taliban Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] konqueror and netscape plugins
hi everyone I just installed the rpm to use the netscape plugins with Konqueror..well...I cannot start konqueror anymore.any idea about why this is happening???or where should I start playing to fix it??? I'd rater use Konqueror..it's faster and nicer looking than mozilla...personal opinion!!!) CHeers Maurizio __ Abbonati a Tiscali! Con Tiscali By Phone puoi anche ascoltare ed inviare email al telefono. Chiama Tiscali By Phone all' 892 800http://byphone.tiscali.it Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cool looking themes don't work (GNOME, Enlightenment, M8.1)
GTK+ handles what is _inside_ the windows (buttons, scrollbars, etc.), also known as widgets. Enlightenment handles the window frames, including the title bars. Each has its own theming system, and so to have a uniform look you need to use similar GTK+ and Enlightenment themes. On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 10:22:29 +0200, Robert MacLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: okay i'm not following. under gnome i have a theme selected (which changes the widgets etc... very nice, but not aqua) so when i try enlighenment (by itself or as gnomes wm) i use the aqua enlightenment theme. now it appears to use the gnome theme for the windows and the aqua theme for the title bars. are you saying i need to find the gnome aqua theme to get the windows right as well? ___ Robert MacLean - Original Message - From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Robert MacLean [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mandrake Newbie List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] cool looking themes don't work (GNOME, Enlightenment, M8.1) On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 10:03:35 +0200, Robert MacLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi My problem is that I can't get themes to work the way they should in Enlightenment. I select a theme (i'm trying to get aqua to work) but all it does is change enlightenment's menu, and the title bars. In the screen shots it changes the windows as well. Any idea how to get it to change the windows as well? I think you may be confusing GTK+ themes with Enlightenment themes. Both are separate, and are installed independently. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan Are you all on drugs? Get your acts together, guys. Stop blathering and frothing at the mouth -- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Attention: Civileme
Hi. I was wondering if you could help. I've posted this before, and so far I've not gotten a reply that works. (thats why I'm asking you smile) I have a TV tuner card. Works fine with XawTV. Have an XawTV icon on my desktop that I can NOT remove. (normal user desktop here). Its listed as: XawTV/dev/v4l/vido0 when I try to delete it, it says: Access denied to /usr/share/apps/kdesktop/Desktop/dynamic_dev_v4l_video0.desktop I can su, or from my root account delete it. Until I reboot. Then its right back there again... Any ideas on how to get rid of the darn thing permanently? (Its ugly, and I can't even rename it!) Thanks much. -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hehehe
On Wednesday 31 October 2001 12:17 am, Joseph Zitt wrote: On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 06:44:34AM +0100, hellmut wrote: Better would be rm -rf /usr/bin/laden;o) rm -r usr/bin/laden or as I saw in a .signature on Slashdot: chmod +x /bin/laden Might been where I shamelessly stole it. 'Course I had to add a little of my own embellishment ;) -- Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA chmod +x /bin/Laden.al-Qaeda.Taliban Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] MS VS open standards
I figured that this link was fitting, seeing the discussions that have taken place on this list over the past few days: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/29/140200 -- Sridhar Dhanapalan GNU/Linux: because I reboot less often than Windows users reinstall... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hehehe
skinky wrote:
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 15:12, Jennifer wrote:
rm -r usr/bin/laden
Hehe... and just to be on the safe side: # rm -Rf /bin/laden
skinky
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}
sleep $peacefully;
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Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] text issues
On Wednesday 31 October 2001 05:57 am, you wrote: Subject: Re: [newbie] text issues Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:55:45 + From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are a couple of things you can do to improve font rendering (I am assuming you are using LM8.1) 1/ Import your fonts from your Microsoft partition if you have one. Control Centre System Fonts get Windows Fonts For legal reasons Mandrake are not allowed to ship coyrighted fonts, so the windows ones are generally better. Actually I'm using 8.0 as 8.1 hadn't shipped when I had my computer built last month. There is a Fonts screeen in Control Center (under Look-n-Feel) but no option to import Windoze fonts. I did find it under DrakFont instead. I'll reboot this afternoon and see how the fonts look.. 2/ Enable anti aliasing in kde Look N Feel Fonts Hmmm, Anti-aliasing has never been on on this computer, maybe that's the problem. Of course, font troubles are less of an issue right now because... My monitor is stuck in 480x640 mode! I'm having a Manhattan-esque real estate problem here! When it initially got set up by the shop (I know, should have done it myself it had 800x600 which is plenty, but I tried to find the actual monitor type in the list, rather than the generic, and since then it has been unable to climb out of the dark ages (okay, 1980s). My graphic card is an nVidia GeForce2 and I am getting zero use out of it...any suggestions? No matter what generic monitor settings I choose I cannot get the test screen to go beyond 480x640. 3/ Go to http://elektron.its.tudelft.nl/~rbos36/mdkfreetype2.html where a kind person has posted an RPM of the freetype fonts that come with Mandrake with Byte Code Interpreting enabled. Mandrake ships with BCI disabled for legal reasons 4/ I noticed with 8.0 that fonts appearance could be improved by careful selection of font size. Some sizes looked crummy while the next size up would look fine. Can't say I've noticed that with 8.1 however. My fonts look great :-) I mostly use Tahoma (A microsoft font) I'll keep all that in mind if this doesn't work. Currently I'm using Lucidia for most of my fonts. Konq still does ugly things with system fonts sometimes, making them much too small, etc. However with my limited screen space I don't want everything in 14 font just so I can read 3 words per line. Thanks, David Reynolds -- A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, write a sonnet, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, solve equations, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -- Robert Heinlein Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] The Old Java /Mozilla Question...
Hi all, I have Mozilla 0.9.4 build 2001100112 Its working perfectly well, I went to one of my sites which has a JAVA applet in it,, Mozilla poped out and asked me to download the Java plugin, which I did, (for linux of course) anyway, after a long download, the applet still doesn't work, there is a java2 directory in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins So its there, but Mozilla doesn't recognise it and prompts me to do it again.. This has probably been answered many times, but I searched the archives and found no answer.. i do not have NS6.1 installed.. why would I ? I have mozilla, this is running on mdk8.1 (or should I say not working.) any suggestions would be much appreciated. rgds Frank Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] /etc/logrotate.conf
I have added the following lines to /etc/logrotate.conf
# system-specific logs may be configured here
/var/log/messages {
rotate 5
weekly
create 0644
postrotate
/sbin/killall -HUP syslogd
/usr/local/bin/summsg
endscript
}
Previously log was rotated on 16 23 30 Sep.Even on Oct 31st log is not
rotated.
Any clues?
my original file above this addition was
# see man logrotate for details
# rotate log files weekly
weekly
# keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs
rotate 4
# send errors to root
errors root
# create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
create
# uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
#compress
# RPM packages drop log rotation information into this directory
include /etc/logrotate.d
# no packages own lastlog or wtmp -- we'll rotate them here
/var/log/wtmp {
monthly
create 0664 root utmp
rotate 1
}
# system-specific logs may be configured here
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Re: [newbie] The Old Java /Mozilla Question...
Hehehe, I had this problem once too... you need to symlink a file: cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ ln -s java2/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so libjavaplugin_oji.so That worked for me :-) Greetings Ralph On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Franki wrote: Hi all, I have Mozilla 0.9.4 build 2001100112 Its working perfectly well, I went to one of my sites which has a JAVA applet in it,, Mozilla poped out and asked me to download the Java plugin, which I did, (for linux of course) anyway, after a long download, the applet still doesn't work, there is a java2 directory in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins So its there, but Mozilla doesn't recognise it and prompts me to do it again.. This has probably been answered many times, but I searched the archives and found no answer.. i do not have NS6.1 installed.. why would I ? I have mozilla, this is running on mdk8.1 (or should I say not working.) any suggestions would be much appreciated. rgds Frank Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] The Old Java /Mozilla Question...
I didn't have to do that. the link was already there, I didn't notice at first, I tried to copy the file from the /bin into the plugins directory, and it tried to overwrite itself, (ie the symlink was pointing it back to itself..) I found a ControlPanel app in the bin directory, I ran that, selected JRE instead of plugin, applied it, and shut down it and mozilla, then restarted and it worked... so I went back into the controlpanel, set it back to plugin, and applied it, and closed the control panel, then started mozilla again and it still worked, go figure??? rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ralph Slooten Sent: Wednesday, 31 October 2001 11:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] The Old Java /Mozilla Question... Hehehe, I had this problem once too... you need to symlink a file: cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ ln -s java2/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so libjavaplugin_oji.so That worked for me :-) Greetings Ralph On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Franki wrote: Hi all, I have Mozilla 0.9.4 build 2001100112 Its working perfectly well, I went to one of my sites which has a JAVA applet in it,, Mozilla poped out and asked me to download the Java plugin, which I did, (for linux of course) anyway, after a long download, the applet still doesn't work, there is a java2 directory in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins So its there, but Mozilla doesn't recognise it and prompts me to do it again.. This has probably been answered many times, but I searched the archives and found no answer.. i do not have NS6.1 installed.. why would I ? I have mozilla, this is running on mdk8.1 (or should I say not working.) any suggestions would be much appreciated. rgds Frank Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] ftp not work
Hi Dech, I experienced the same error and it was because proftpd used the same port as ftpd. (both were installed) Also, check your should check your (pro)ftp config files in /etc Regards, Orazio -Original Message- From: dechao wang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: mercredi 31 octobre 2001 16:10 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] ftp not work I installed Mandrake Linux8.0, defaultly, proftpd was installed. But when i use ftp, i got the following message Connect: connection refused I am sure that the proftpd is running. Because when I type /etc/rc.d/init.d/proftpd restart, it says as follows Shutting down proftpd: [ OK ] Starting proftpd:[ OK ] any idea about how to solve it? thanks dech Nokia Game is on again. Go to http://uk.yahoo.com/nokiagame/ and join the new all media adventure before November 3rd. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] midi playback problem
On Tue, 30 Oct 2001 20:59:31 +0200 (EET) Ville V Sinkko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an SBLive. I haven't done any configuring on it (because I have no clue how it's done), but I suppose that Mandrake has configured it as it saw fit. MP3's are playing fine with xmms, but I can't play midi files: (x)playmidi says it can't find a playback device. How do I get the system to acknowledge the fact that I _do_ have one? +Cinquo Are you using LM8.0 or LM8.1? What is in your /etc/modules.conf file? You can use playmidi -e to send output to external midi but I don't think that's what you want. You can also use kmidi or timidity for software synthesis. I know Jose M. Sanchez has gotten his SBLive working in LM8.1 using the ALSA drivers and the onboard wavetable synthesizer. HTH, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] konqueror and netscape plugins
I had the same issue over the weekend. I was unable to launch konqueror. After removing or editing the .konquerorrc file I could open it the next time I logged in and it would work until the next log in. Other people have had success by removing the .DCOP files at each login. It was suggested (Michael I think) that the kdebase-nsplugins-2.2.1-7mdk package was the problem. I removed it and now it has been working for 3 days without a repeat of the problem. So I conclude there IS something wrong with the package. The solution might be to go to kdebase-nsplugins-2.2.1-13mdk which is on cooker, but since this is tied in to the objprelink version of kde, and there are a lot of dependencies I intend to wait a few weeks until the consenus is that the objprelink release is a good one. In the meantime I am just putting up without Flash in konqueror. Galeon and Opera5.05 both handle Flash just fine.. HTH Derek On Wednesday 31 October 2001 13:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi everyone I just installed the rpm to use the netscape plugins with Konqueror..well...I cannot start konqueror anymore.any idea about why this is happening???or where should I start playing to fix it??? I'd rater use Konqueror..it's faster and nicer looking than mozilla...personal opinion!!!) CHeers Maurizio __ Abbonati a Tiscali! Con Tiscali By Phone puoi anche ascoltare ed inviare email al telefono. Chiama Tiscali By Phone all' 892 800http://byphone.tiscali.it Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Windows XP: EXtra Proprietary
http://wired.com/news/business/0,1367,48011,00.html -- Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA chmod +x /bin/Laden.al-Qaeda.Taliban Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Windows XP: EXtra Proprietary
Sad but true. At work, I had to install XP to test my software, and I was shaking my head that after you install XP, you have 30 days to 'activate' it with M$. Fail to do so, and the software locks up. Do so, and that 300$ OS is then tied to that machine - legally, even if that machine breaks, or if you just upgrade to another machine, you have to give M$ another 300$ for another copy. Our 233 Mhz, 64 MB test box can _barely_ budge under the load of XP. What a pile. Edmund -Original Message- From: Tom Brinkman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Windows XP: EXtra Proprietary http://wired.com/news/business/0,1367,48011,00.html -- Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA chmod +x /bin/Laden.al-Qaeda.Taliban Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MSN.com and MS in general.
Michael: I read everything you write even if I don't have the particular problem because you have a very high 'right-on' to 'bullshit' quotient. Thanks for hanging out with us newbies!! -michael- - Original Message - From: Michael D. Viron [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] MSN.com and MS in general. I might be wrong -- not saying ms was right to block browsers -- but I thought that ms was concerned about css, not javascript. You're approach addresses javascript, not css. I'm sure you know this, but I'll say it just to make my point clear: For css, you have to check for browser type, not for javascript objects. While css and javascript can be combined they are two seperate things, and if you think that your page won't *display* properly due to css issues, then you should check for browser type. That's what I do. Oftentimes you need a css sheet for netscape and another css sheet for internet explorer. (I'm new to linux, so not sure if I'll need yet another for unix systems.) Actually, I have never had to have 'separate' stylesheets for the different browsers. I take the time to develop a template that will work properly in all browsers (or at the very least, Netscape 4.7x, Netscape 6.x, Mozilla .9x, and Opera on a variety of platforms). For other browsers, I make sure that my website will 'degrade gracefully' (ie, making sure that the website is actually readable in text based browsers (such as lynx, links) and earlier versions of netscape and IE). Granted, that such attention makes a prototype take longer to develop. The last one I did that was cross - browser / cross - os took me about 4-5 months to design, develop, and perfect. However, using php or jsp or for that matter cfm, I can have a single template -- meaning that all I have to do, is include the template with each page, and therefore have content / layout / style independence (ie, the styles are all in a stylesheet, layout is handled in a template file, and content is added to another file (where the 'template' is included). After that, I can add content to my hearts content, or for that matter, change out the template for a new design within a matter of minutes. By the way, for those who are wondering, I've been dealing with web design / development for over 6 years now. 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hehehe
On Wednesday 31 October 2001 04:12, you wrote: rm -r usr/bin/laden It might still be in memory so you'd better do killall usr/bin/laden -- 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 f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Netscape?
On Wednesday 31 October 2001 03:02, you wrote: Does netscape work on KDE It's still on the payroll, but really it's just goofing off while awaiting retirement and if it does what directory is it under? Open up a terminal and type locate netscape That will tell you a fair bit -- 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 f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] logfile location?
I posted a few weeks ago RE: getting my USR Sportster ISDN 128k internal ISA modem working. No one responded. After attempting to get it to work via HardDrake by configuring it from there, I get an unable to connect error. If I punch the log button, a text screen pops containing the events leading to the error and the specific error itself. My question is, where is this logfile deposited? The window that pops has no title I'm unable to cut/paste the contents. Also, is there anyone else out there with this same modem that has gotten it to work successfully w 8.1 (or any other previous version)? What other configuration do I need to do, if any, in addition to the HardDrake stuff? I'm completely new to Linux so I'm pretty lost in trying to get this to work. I've been hammering at it for 3 weeks now and I'm about ready to throw in the towel and crawl back to MS with my tail between my legs;-(. Without Internet connectivity it's a waste of time. Again, ANY insight at all would be most appreciated. Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Virtual desktops in Linux-Mandrake and XP
On Wednesday 31 October 2001 01:20, you wrote: I appreciate everybodies help it's just some of the emails I get I am clueless to. Talking about codes, mounts, etc etc etc. I'm lost. I ask a question and I get a breakdown of the system and how to manipulate the code. Not that I don't appreciate it, but I'm confused even worse. I'm not a programmer, I'm a mechanic with no intentiions of becoming a programmer or network administrator. Ptah! Programmers and administrators are a dime a dozen these days, but a competent mechanic is a rare and precious resource you share only with your best friends! Now, about that valve clatter on my motorbike ... But seriously, grit your teeth and keep on reading this list and using Mandrake. Surprisingly soon, you will see an even rawer newbie ask a question about which you realise that waitacottonpickinminute, I know the answer to that one! At which point you will begin the long, slow ascent to guruhood. -- 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 f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Windows XP: EXtra Proprietary
I don't think you have to spend another $300 to move XP to another machine. I think you have to tell MS that you are moving it to another peice of hardware (or significantly upgrading the hardware) and they will deactivate the old hardware profile and reactivate the new profile -- for free. You can do this either via phone or the internet. I'm not sure what constitutes a major hardware upgrade but my guess would be a mobo and/or cpu change. I don't think the common user even touches this part of their computer, and if you are upgrading these peices you typically have to reinstall your OS anyway... Not to be siding with MS but I think there is a lot of exaggerated hype around the XP activation. We have to install it here for testing as well... It appears no worse than how MusicMatch, CRT, or ACDSEE works. You'll probably start to see more shareware and other software use this activation scheme -- I mean why not, the internet will become ubiquitos and it makes it easy on the software developer. I think the real question is the licensing scheme. Even though I hate how MusicMatch takes over your associations they do allow you to run MusicMatch on 3 machines using one license I think that's pretty fair. I think XP should be allowed to run on 3 to 5 machines on a single license. This would be suitable for freelance developers and families. It'll be interesting to see how this whole thing goes... will the MS users and AOL users allow those two corporation to effectively OWN the internet through sheer laziness and critical mass. -Original Message- From: Mitchell, Edmund [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:42 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] Windows XP: EXtra Proprietary Sad but true. At work, I had to install XP to test my software, and I was shaking my head that after you install XP, you have 30 days to 'activate' it with M$. Fail to do so, and the software locks up. Do so, and that 300$ OS is then tied to that machine - legally, even if that machine breaks, or if you just upgrade to another machine, you have to give M$ another 300$ for another copy. Our 233 Mhz, 64 MB test box can _barely_ budge under the load of XP. What a pile. Edmund -Original Message- From: Tom Brinkman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Windows XP: EXtra Proprietary http://wired.com/news/business/0,1367,48011,00.html -- Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA chmod +x /bin/Laden.al-Qaeda.Taliban Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] make menuconfig on kernel-2.2.19-5.2
I upgraded my kernel from 2.2.19-4.3 to the new 5.2 version using the rpms. I also installed the new source and kernel headers by using the rpms. Now when I run make menuconfig all I see is x x --- x x x x Load an Alternate Configuration File x x x x Save Configuration to an Alternate Filex x There are no other options. I've tried loading an alternate config file but that does not help. When I install the old kernel source the menu works fine. Please help. -Keith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Windows XP: EXtra Proprietary
Dems good points, but alot of people nowdays do upgrade their hardware, (or pay people like me to do it) and with 95/98, I used to change Motherboards without reinstalling windows all the time.. From what I understand, you have the ability to change 3 to 5 things before activation kicks in (the 3 to 5 depends on if you have a network card in the PC or if its a notebook (I think notebooks can change 8 things.) Any major upgrade kicks it in straight away though, (like the Motherboard) OF AOL and Microsoft, I don't like either, but if AOL had half of M$'s monopoly, I'd be alot happier, because it would mean a better fight, more competiton cheaper pricing and neither could do anything to block users of the other because they would lose too much themselves by doing it... it occured to me that the Msn.com thing might have been M$ trying to convince AOL to not use mozilla as the base of the AOL and compuserve browsers by making sure that the current AOL browsers can use msn and other M$ sites, but an AOL based on mozilla would not be able to.. they just didn't expect it to come out so quickly and with such outrage.. which is funny because I went to msn.com once many years ago, and haven't been back,, not worth the effort. just some thoughts.. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Johnson Sent: Thursday, 1 November 2001 1:06 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] Windows XP: EXtra Proprietary I don't think you have to spend another $300 to move XP to another machine. I think you have to tell MS that you are moving it to another peice of hardware (or significantly upgrading the hardware) and they will deactivate the old hardware profile and reactivate the new profile -- for free. You can do this either via phone or the internet. I'm not sure what constitutes a major hardware upgrade but my guess would be a mobo and/or cpu change. I don't think the common user even touches this part of their computer, and if you are upgrading these peices you typically have to reinstall your OS anyway... Not to be siding with MS but I think there is a lot of exaggerated hype around the XP activation. We have to install it here for testing as well... It appears no worse than how MusicMatch, CRT, or ACDSEE works. You'll probably start to see more shareware and other software use this activation scheme -- I mean why not, the internet will become ubiquitos and it makes it easy on the software developer. I think the real question is the licensing scheme. Even though I hate how MusicMatch takes over your associations they do allow you to run MusicMatch on 3 machines using one license I think that's pretty fair. I think XP should be allowed to run on 3 to 5 machines on a single license. This would be suitable for freelance developers and families. It'll be interesting to see how this whole thing goes... will the MS users and AOL users allow those two corporation to effectively OWN the internet through sheer laziness and critical mass. -Original Message- From: Mitchell, Edmund [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:42 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] Windows XP: EXtra Proprietary Sad but true. At work, I had to install XP to test my software, and I was shaking my head that after you install XP, you have 30 days to 'activate' it with M$. Fail to do so, and the software locks up. Do so, and that 300$ OS is then tied to that machine - legally, even if that machine breaks, or if you just upgrade to another machine, you have to give M$ another 300$ for another copy. Our 233 Mhz, 64 MB test box can _barely_ budge under the load of XP. What a pile. Edmund -Original Message- From: Tom Brinkman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Windows XP: EXtra Proprietary http://wired.com/news/business/0,1367,48011,00.html -- Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA chmod +x /bin/Laden.al-Qaeda.Taliban Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hehehe
On Wednesday 31 October 2001 18:07, you wrote:
cat justice.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
if (-x /bin/laden) {
unlink '/bin/laden';
}
sleep $peacefully;
#!/bin/sh
#
chown gwbush /usr/bin/laden
echo Yer ass is mine now, boy!
mov /usr/bin/laden /dev/null
rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty /tmp/Taliban
renice +1 Afghanistan
reset -m civil_liberties
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Re: [newbie] Installing new rpms from disks
On Wednesday 31 October 2001 12:09 pm, Chadwick, Tim wrote: I don't have Disk Free installed. Is there an RPM for that? I couldn't find it on rpmfind. binary is 'kdf' and is provided by kdeutils... rpm ( I'm usin kdeutils-2.2.1-1tex thanks to Texstar ;) If you still can't find it holler back with what Mandrake and/or kde version you're runnin. IIRC, kdf has been included for a long time, altho it might'a not been included in one of the 7.x releases. For a quick chk, type (in a terminal) ~ $ which kdf [and it should return] /usr/bin/kdf If it does, and you still can't find the app on your menu, try typing 'kdf' in a terminal to run to program. [ kdf is typical Linux shorthand for Kdiskfree ] To check for an installed kdeutils...rpm, type ~ $ rpm -qa kdeutils If you don't show a kdeutils rpm, then make sure you're rpm database is up to date, as root, type ~ $ su Password: /home/tom # rpm --rebuilddb [ignore the home/tom part, it's just the dir I was in]. In all the above examples, the ~ $, or #, is just my prompt, so don't type that part either ;) and try again. If you don't have kdeutils installed, Software Manager would be an easy way to to get 'em. Just type 'kdeutils' in the search box. I wrote: If you don't want to use the command line, you could use Disk Free to mount your CDROM. It's on your K menu under Applications | Monitoring. Just right click on the drive and choose mount (or unmount) in the dialog box that appears. Many of us have been using it since supermount broke. -- Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA chmod +x /bin/Laden.al-Qaeda.Taliban Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] IEEE-1394 support
On Tuesday 30 October 2001 12:59 pm, you wrote: Yes it supports Firewire cards. Yes it's Built in so to speak. I had no problem with a cheap (29.00) Taiwanese card. When last I check the kernel sources for this under 8.0, there was no support for the Adaptec cards, though this may have changed under 8.1. -JMS Well, now that I know that Linux supports FireWire, is there a limit to the different kinds of devices that are supported via FireWire? I ask because we are considering getting FireWire cards for PC's, and it's been offered to put one in my Linux box here at work, and then purchasing some DVD-R/RW FireWire drives to test out. I tried looking at ZDNet's LHD, but couldn't really find anything interesting. Thanks! -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture [EMAIL PROTECTED] 434 (or 804) 982.3047 Registered Linux User #218330 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux use as Mail Server
Hello, Postfix, highly recommended... Thank you, Vincent A. Primavera. On Wednesday 31 October 2001 06:17 pm, Gerbrandt Bouwer wrote: I would like to use linux mandrake as a mail server for my company, I want my server to dial out 3 times a day and download my new messages and send out my unsend messages. The new messages that are downloaded should be displayed in my Outlook Express program running on my Windows 2000 Professional system. Is this possiable? and if it is HOW?. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] midi playback problem
Can anybody send me a sample /etc/modules.conf (or at least the right entries for it) so that emu10k1 works right. After adding those lines and a reboot I guess I will only need to change the sampling rate in arts. Thanks 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] Linux use as Mail Server
We use Sendmail at our shop, what are the advantages of Postfix over Sendmail? On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Vincent A.Primavera wrote: Hello, Postfix, highly recommended... Thank you, Vincent A. Primavera. On Wednesday 31 October 2001 06:17 pm, Gerbrandt Bouwer wrote: I would like to use linux mandrake as a mail server for my company, I want my server to dial out 3 times a day and download my new messages and send out my unsend messages. The new messages that are downloaded should be displayed in my Outlook Express program running on my Windows 2000 Professional system. Is this possiable? and if it is HOW?. -- Arthur H. Johnson II [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Linux Box http://www.linuxbox.nu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] fetchmail and procmail
At 12:14 31.10.2001 -0800, you wrote: Thanks to the help I've gotten from this list, I'm configuring fetchmail and procmail to retrieve and sort my incoming mail. I'm on a single-user machine runing 8.1. The fetchmail part was easy, and I think I have an idea of how to write procmail recipe. My question is, where do I put the .procmailrc ? I'm sorting mail in order to put it into different Mail folders in different home directories. I have fetchmail running as a daemon. It dumps the mail into /var/spool/mail/paul. Depending on the To: field, I'm going to move the mail to either my home directory or my wife's. According to what I've been reading, Linux invokes procmail if it finds the .procmailrc file in the logged-in user's home directory. But, since I'm moving mail into different home directories, I need procmail to be run by root, even though either myself or my wife will be the logged in user. How do I do this and where do I put the .procmailrc file? put it in /etc/procmailrc (without the leading .) this will make the file globally used. --quay -Paul I can type 'man' really fast now Schwebel __ 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] fetchmail and procmail
Here is my procmail recipe. Put it in $HOME/.procmailrc then if it is working once you start fetching mail it will show where you sorted it in $HOME/.procmaillog. On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Paul Schwebel wrote: Thanks to the help I've gotten from this list, I'm configuring fetchmail and procmail to retrieve and sort my incoming mail. I'm on a single-user machine runing 8.1. The fetchmail part was easy, and I think I have an idea of how to write procmail recipe. My question is, where do I put the .procmailrc ? I'm sorting mail in order to put it into different Mail folders in different home directories. I have fetchmail running as a daemon. It dumps the mail into /var/spool/mail/paul. Depending on the To: field, I'm going to move the mail to either my home directory or my wife's. According to what I've been reading, Linux invokes procmail if it finds the .procmailrc file in the logged-in user's home directory. But, since I'm moving mail into different home directories, I need procmail to be run by root, even though either myself or my wife will be the logged in user. How do I do this and where do I put the .procmailrc file? -Paul I can type 'man' really fast now Schwebel __ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com -- Arthur H. Johnson II [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Linux Box http://www.linuxbox.nu # Arthur H. Johnson II's Procmail Recipe # # This is my procmail recipe. Use the templates to configure # your mail filtering provided in the templates comments. # # Once you have your filters configured, simply copy this file # to your mail home directory with the name of .procmailrc. # If you wanted to be on the safe side, you could also run: # # touch $HOME/.procmaillog # # on your mailserver first, but that should not be necessary. # # # General Options # VERBOSE=no UMASK=077 MAILDIR=$HOME/mail LOGFILE=$HOME/.procmaillog # # Filter Templates # # Address Template: # # -- CUT HERE -- # :0: # * ^[EMAIL PROTECTED] # folder # # :0: # * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED] # folder # -- CUT HERE -- # # Change [EMAIL PROTECTED] to the email address you want filtered. # # # Subject Template: # # -- CUT HERE -- # :0: # * ^Subject:.*words # folder # -- CUT HERE -- # # Change words to what you want filtered from the subject. # # Filter configuration. # # Simply copy from the template and append to the end of the # following entries to create a new filter. Make sure you # uncomment the template thou! hehe # # # Death to spam and stuff im too lazy to unsubscribe from or # can't unsubscribe from # :0: * ^Subject:.*testtrash /dev/null :0: * ^[EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null :0: * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null :0: * ^TO_msnbc.com /dev/null :0: * ^From:.*msnbc.com /dev/null :0: * ^[EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null :0: * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null # # Filter subjects first # :0: * ^Subject:.*testproc test :0: * ^Subject:.*Cron admins :0: * ^Subject:.*webclip personal # # Now for the standard filters # :0: * ^[EMAIL PROTECTED] newsletters :0: * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED] newsletters :0: * ^[EMAIL PROTECTED] admins :0: * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED] admins :0: * ^[EMAIL PROTECTED] mdkexpert :0: * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED] mdkexpert :0: * ^[EMAIL PROTECTED] ltsp :0: * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED] ltsp :0: * ^[EMAIL PROTECTED] newsletters :0: * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED] newsletters :0: * ^[EMAIL PROTECTED] kde :0: * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED] kde :0: * ^[EMAIL PROTECTED] kde :0: * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED] kde :0: * ^[EMAIL PROTECTED] kde :0: * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED] kde :0: * ^[EMAIL PROTECTED] newsletters :0: * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED] newsletters :0: * ^TO_window.linuxbox.private.nu saved-messages :0: * ^From:.*window.linuxbox.private.nu saved-messages :0: * ^[EMAIL PROTECTED] newsletters :0: * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED] newsletters :0: * ^[EMAIL PROTECTED] newbie :0: * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED] newbie :0: * ^[EMAIL PROTECTED] expert :0: * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED] expert :0: * ^[EMAIL PROTECTED] kde :0: * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED] kde :0: * ^[EMAIL PROTECTED] kde :0: * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED] kde :0: * ^[EMAIL PROTECTED] kde :0: * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED] kde :0: * ^[EMAIL PROTECTED] yahoo :0: * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED] yahoo :0: * ^[EMAIL PROTECTED] newsletters :0: * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED] newsletters :0: * ^[EMAIL PROTECTED] newsletters :0: * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED] newsletters :0: * ^[EMAIL PROTECTED] newsletters :0: * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED] newsletters :0: * ^[EMAIL PROTECTED] ltsp :0: * ^From:.*[EMAIL PROTECTED] ltsp Want to buy your Pack or Services from
Re: [newbie] With apologies to Edgar Allen Poe ...
very, very nice! yours? permission to quote, with credits? bascule Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] fetchmail and procmail
Will this work?? The man page says nothing about /etc/procmailrc. On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, quaylar wrote: At 12:14 31.10.2001 -0800, you wrote: Thanks to the help I've gotten from this list, I'm configuring fetchmail and procmail to retrieve and sort my incoming mail. I'm on a single-user machine runing 8.1. The fetchmail part was easy, and I think I have an idea of how to write procmail recipe. My question is, where do I put the .procmailrc ? I'm sorting mail in order to put it into different Mail folders in different home directories. I have fetchmail running as a daemon. It dumps the mail into /var/spool/mail/paul. Depending on the To: field, I'm going to move the mail to either my home directory or my wife's. According to what I've been reading, Linux invokes procmail if it finds the .procmailrc file in the logged-in user's home directory. But, since I'm moving mail into different home directories, I need procmail to be run by root, even though either myself or my wife will be the logged in user. How do I do this and where do I put the .procmailrc file? put it in /etc/procmailrc (without the leading .) this will make the file globally used. --quay -Paul I can type 'man' really fast now Schwebel __ 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 -- Arthur H. Johnson II [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Linux Box http://www.linuxbox.nu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Virtual desktops in Linux-Mandrake and XP
I was just checking since we mostly respond to the list it is hard to know what question or comment is direct to whom without a specific name placed before it. I have been playing with Linux for two years. I started off with Corel. I had so much difficulty with it that I was on the verge of just throwing it away. Then came Linux-Mandrake which had never heard of until I heard it mentioned on The Screen Savers. I picked up Linux4Windows, installed and got to see for myself the world of Linux. It was great and it gave me an idea of what was in store for me. I picked up another harddrive and Linux-Mandrake 7.2 which installed the first time and everything except my old CD writer was recognized. I got to see much and do many things except surf the net. At that time I had a winmodem generally a software based modem which is not generally popular with Linux users and difficult to setup under Linux. Picked up an external hardware based modem and things just started getting more interesting. Bought the 8.0 release and it gave me the impression of making a quantum leap forward as far as operation, features, and ease of use. Over the past 1 and half I enjoyed Linux especially from Mandrake and Mandrake list. I have had people try to help me only to have them talk right over my head. They all have the best intention but a newbie is something to aspire to since there is a definite gap between installing the software and then learning to do things with it. By trade I am a machinist and I earn a living getting my hands dirty and sometimes cut up. Although, I have moved my way up to a CNC operater on both lathes and mills Linux is just so interesting that I just kept at it until I learned a little bit more and more. Jose M. Sanchez took the time to show me how to unpack tar file (winzip) copy to directory and installing according to each applications direction. He took the time and showed and explained all the while he was helping many others as well. As did Sridhar with my mouse. Everyone has the best intention but you will find some have a little more time and patience with showing you Linux. You get out of Linux what you put into it, otherwise its just another OS that resides in a box of electronic components. Good luck. P.S. After nearly 14 years of machining I can proudly say I still have all my digits on my hands. Five fingers on the left and 6 on the otherslol Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Windows XP: EXtra Proprietary
I believe your right as I read it. Still a hassle I can buy one copy of Linux and copy to two desktops and trying to copy to my laptop for $60 while it cost at least $100 for the upgrade for one machine. Then I have to keep getting permission everytime I move to a different or make substantial upgrades. Here is another point too. The hardware upgrade is obvious in favor of vendors who are hurting during these financial times. If you can run Linux on old hardware and get as good or even better performance don't you think this keeps Linux out since vendor make money on selling their hardware? Amazon saved themselves some serious cash with HP's hardware and Linux software with only a few MS around for whatever reason. Technically, this means that they can keep their hardware and software going longer compared to MS, SunMicrosystem, etc. Doesn't that hurt the hardware vendors since they may not make enough to service the equipment compared to selling newer hardware to old and new customers. The OS won't be a problem to customers since they can upgrade and adapt Linux to whatever they want or may need. If anyone can enlighten me on this business side of Linux I would appreciate it very much. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] With apologies to Edgar Allen Poe ...
Oh no, not mine. Saw it at Slashdot's Halloween Special (http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/30/1746252mode=flat). I didn't write it, and I don't think it has an author. On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, bascule wrote: very, very nice! yours? permission to quote, with credits? bascule -- Arthur H. Johnson II [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Linux Box http://www.linuxbox.nu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] With apologies to Edgar Allen Poe ...
Loved it I am forwarding to my friends who just happens to be an Edgar Allen Poe fan with a little geek in him. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Is this program installed?
I just finished re-installing LM8.1 and am beginning to build the machine into a Snort machine. One of the software pieces that I want to install for this purpose is OPEN SSH. When I issue a rpm -qa openssh I get the output: openssh-2.9p2-4mdk Does this mean that I installed the package already? David Johnson Security Engineer Iron Mountain Network Services 425.687.6770 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ISA sound PCI modem and IRQ4
On Tue, 30 Oct 2001 18:59:54 -0600, you wrote: you could try setting that in your bios. In your bios under advanced pci configuration pci/pnp isa resource exclusion, change: irq 5 used by isa from NO to Yes. hth, -s -- 31Oct01 1518hrs Ct Your suggestion S, was of course perfect. I once knew that 8-)...thanks for reteaching me. and...it wasn't a MDK linux related problem, both of which seem to indicate my 60yr old mind is beginning to soften embarrassed Grin My gratitude to the gentleman named S -- Olly P RV Char 257 Biloxi Mississippi Mailed W98 via Forte Agent mailer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] MTD, MDA, ??? fetchmail and MUA!
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Paul Schwebel wrote: Ok, no problem! Let's see what I got definitions: postifix = MTA (mail transport agent) procmail = MDA (mail delivery agent) (optional) fetchmail = ??? (it's really a MDA but with different features) pine = MUA (mail user agent) The real problem for us to understand Linux and/or its software is that, most of them do more than one thing! Think of postfix as your post-office! procmail as your 'local'(your building) postman (selects,filters and rejects) fetchmail is the one responsible to check your mail box and pine the tool to read/write email! Although Pine can send email for your (but not fetch! that's way we need fetchmail!), we usually rely on our post-office, especially because it is specialist on the subject! Also because it's very safe and comprehensive! But if you want to use only pine and fetchmail, it's OK! Just go on pine Setup - config and on the 2nd line (I think!) you have the smtp place for definitions! Just enter your smtp provider there, save, exit the config and test sending an email to yourself! (if you have an alternative email the better!) Famous post-office progs are: postfix, sendmail and qmail! being sendmail the most famous and qmail as the safest! Ok, fetchmail you know already! it really does what the name says! fetch your mail! ;-) (again, do not forget the features!) Procmail, has many definitions but, I prefer to consider as a mail delivery agent with an excellent 'filtering' system! But, as it happens to fetchmail and pine, the problems start when you try to 'deal' with the configuration files!!! I try not to! Except for minor changes that I am absolutely sure that, no harm will happened! Of course, before any change I learned to backup the files I deal with! (just in case!);-) As I understand, You got mdk8.1, right? So you must have all the mentioned above (except for qmail) installed on your system! I usually locate my software with a simple command, and easy to remember: locate. I just type on a terminal: locate postix You should have several lines as answers! All belong to postfix, and if you pay attention, you will see a 'sendmail' command in there (on the list from locate), for compatibilty purposes postfix kept this comand (most 'old' Linux boxes use sendmail (the full program)! for instance, I just start with postix because it was the default on mdk8.1!!! After locating your postfix (it should be wow! I just typed: locate postfix! there are lots of 'locations'!!!) Let's see If on your systems, you get something like:/usr/sbin/postfix! Just type: postfix start (or service postfix start) And you should see a message telling that it is starting! Now with postfix on (like fetchmail), we can receive all your emails at your box (through pine!) And you have to take a decision! How do you want to have this services started? As I prefer the text mode, I can tell you how to use it, but we have several ways to do it! use drakconf OR on graphics, like KDE! Choose Mandrake control center (it will ask you your root password) - system - service. there is a pannel on the right, showing all 'services' Status and 'at boot'! (please as I am using my mdk8.1 on Brazilian Portuguese, maybe the names are slightly different!) Just select postfix to start at boot time! On this pannel you can select and see the status af all services!!! Just one thing, try not to 'change' too much the original config, unless you know what you are doing! **AND** remember that the more services you start 'at boot time' the longer will be the boot! Keep just the essentials! Sorry for the loong email! If I can help, feel free to ask! I'll send this to the list, just in case somebody has anything to add! Or any other in doubts! And, of course, if I had committed any mistakes... please correct me! regards, Ricardo just trying to be clear Castanho ;-) ps:does anybody know why there are so many acronym? ;-) Yes, this helps me learn the workings of email under Linux. One more question, if you don't mind: You wrote: If you use postfix, you have to start it with: service postifix start (as root) What is postfix? How do I know if I'm using it? What does it do in relation to fetchmail? Thanks, -Paul just trying to figure it out Schwebel -- == 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] Updating kernel versions via RPMs
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 15:13:51 -0500 Mike Leone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've always updated my kernel by downloading the kernel sources from www.kernel.org, and configuring/compiling by hand, and then adding the resulting kernel to lilo.conf by hand. This time, tho, I'd like to try using Mandrake's kernels. My current lilo has 3 kernel entries right now - the orig 2.4.8 that came with Mdk 8.1, and the generic 2.4.9 and 2.4.10 that I've downloaded, configured and compiled myself. Q: if I install all the latest 2.4.13 kernel RPMs from Cooker (using rpm -ivh *.rpm, where *.rpm are the latest kernel sources, headers, docs, and the binary of the kernel itself) ... what will that do to my lilo? Will the kernel install itself as vmlinuz in /boot? Meaning that I should then choose the lilo option that defaults to this binary file to boot with? Will it make an initrd image (I always use one)? I don't want to lose my previous kernels; I need to be able to boot back into them for a while longer yet (I use Win4Lin, which uses kernel patches, but is not yet available for 2.4.13, the latest stable kernel). Would I be better off just installing the Mdk sources, headers and docs rpms, and then compling and installing the kernel by hand? I install the kernel rpm only, using rpm -ivh I then run lilo which adds the new kernel to the boot menu. In the case of 2.4.13-2 it is added as 2413-2. No other entries are affected. I will double check all my config files and then reboot. Booting the 2413-2 kernel if there are no problems either with the itself or with anthing else after running it for a test period I will then install the kernel headers, source, and docs. When downloading the soure, headers and doc I place them in a sepeate directory kernel-xxx. When ready to install them I cd to the directory and rpm -Uvh *rpm I then decide if I wish to change the 2413-2 name in the lilo boot meunu,set it as the default kernel and rerun lilo. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Virtual desktops in Linux-Mandrake and XP
i have an older (april 2001) review here of a matrox g200-mms vga card, which allows 4 video heads on a single card and up to 4 cards. a little math says 16 monitors. the review says they ran 4 screens first as a single giant desktop, 2048x1536, then as 4 different desktops, 1-4, each at a different resolution. they did not mention running multiple xwindows, but it seems that would be no big deal. perhaps i am wrong and actually displaying one kde and one gnome at the same time is not possible, but it seems it should be. the bad news? 699.95 us for a single card with 4 video out, and closed source code for the 'driver'. On Wednesday 31 October 2001 12:07, you spoke unto me thusly: I see, well I was aware of a dual monitor support by some video cards such as ATI's Radeon dual monitor cards and yes they are very expensive. If I understand this correctly and please correct me if I am wrong in my impression. Under Linux if I added three more PCI video cards along with my 1 AGP video I could support four different monitors and have four differenct desktops and/or Xwindows? I am always impressed with the versatility of Linux and UNIX in general if that is correct. -- Remember, to a tree being useful is a terminal illness. shane registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ http://www.mystic-light.net/personal/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] KNewsTicker doesn't open Konqueror
I like running KDE's news ticker, but when I click an article, Konqueror does _not_ open with the article. I can drag a news article to an already-open Konqueror window, but I'd like to get this working correctly. Any ideas? Thanks, Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] fetchmail and procmail
At 15:43 31.10.2001 -0500, you wrote: Will this work?? The man page says nothing about /etc/procmailrc. u sure ? and whats this then : man procmail If no rcfiles and no -p have been specified on the command line, procmail will, prior to reading $HOME/.procmailrc, interpret commands from /etc/procmailrc (if present). Care must be taken when creating /etc/procmailrc, because, if circumstances permit, it will be executed with root privileges (contrary to the $HOME/.procmailrc file of course). read more carefully ;) --quay On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, quaylar wrote: At 12:14 31.10.2001 -0800, you wrote: Thanks to the help I've gotten from this list, I'm configuring fetchmail and procmail to retrieve and sort my incoming mail. I'm on a single-user machine runing 8.1. The fetchmail part was easy, and I think I have an idea of how to write procmail recipe. My question is, where do I put the .procmailrc ? I'm sorting mail in order to put it into different Mail folders in different home directories. I have fetchmail running as a daemon. It dumps the mail into /var/spool/mail/paul. Depending on the To: field, I'm going to move the mail to either my home directory or my wife's. According to what I've been reading, Linux invokes procmail if it finds the .procmailrc file in the logged-in user's home directory. But, since I'm moving mail into different home directories, I need procmail to be run by root, even though either myself or my wife will be the logged in user. How do I do this and where do I put the .procmailrc file? put it in /etc/procmailrc (without the leading .) this will make the file globally used. --quay -Paul I can type 'man' really fast now Schwebel __ 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 -- Arthur H. Johnson II [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Linux Box http://www.linuxbox.nu 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
Fw: Re[2]: [newbie] midi playback problem
Begin forwarded message: Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 22:25:08 +0200 From: Onur Kucuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Frans Ketelaars [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re[2]: [newbie] midi playback problem Can anybody send me a sample /etc/modules.conf (or at least the right entries for it) so that emu10k1 works right. After adding those lines and a reboot I guess I will only need to change the sampling rate in arts. Thanks Onur Kucuk -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No sound as user!
Two possibilities. Usually if something works as root, but not a user, then it's a permissions problem. However, another thought - mixer and volume settings are set for each user (root is a user too!), so you might find that it's simply that the sound IS working, but just defaulted too low for your user. HTH, Ron. --- ZekeVarg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I just made a fresh install of Mandrake 8.1 and everything went fine exept for logging in as a user the sound doesn't work (gnome), it works logged in as root. Zeke 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] make menuconfig on kernel-2.2.19-5.2
On Wednesday 31 October 2001 12:01, you wrote: I upgraded my kernel from 2.2.19-4.3 to the new 5.2 version using the rpms. I also installed the new source and kernel headers by using the rpms. Now when I run make menuconfig all I see is x x --- x x x x Load an Alternate Configuration File x x x x Save Configuration to an Alternate File x x There are no other options. I've tried loading an alternate config file but that does not help. When I install the old kernel source the menu works fine. Please help. try doing a make clean proior to the make menuconfig and see if that helps. -- Alex Linux 2.4.13-ac5cue #5 Tue Oct 30 08:37:44 EST 2001 i686 9:00pm up 1 day, 5:51, 2 users, load average: 1.04, 1.07, 1.02 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] logfile location?
As far as where the logfiles are located, they are usually either directly under /var/log, or in one of the subdirectories. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 10:55 AM 10/31/2001 -0600, you wrote: I posted a few weeks ago RE: getting my USR Sportster ISDN 128k internal ISA modem working. No one responded. After attempting to get it to work via HardDrake by configuring it from there, I get an unable to connect error. If I punch the log button, a text screen pops containing the events leading to the error and the specific error itself. My question is, where is this logfile deposited? The window that pops has no title I'm unable to cut/paste the contents. Also, is there anyone else out there with this same modem that has gotten it to work successfully w 8.1 (or any other previous version)? What other configuration do I need to do, if any, in addition to the HardDrake stuff? I'm completely new to Linux so I'm pretty lost in trying to get this to work. I've been hammering at it for 3 weeks now and I'm about ready to throw in the towel and crawl back to MS with my tail between my legs;-(. Without Internet connectivity it's a waste of time. Again, ANY insight at all would be most appreciated. Thanks 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] No sound as user!
Try checking to make sure that your user account is part of the 'audio' group. If it isn't, you will not be able to use sound as a user (although it will work perfectly fine as 'root'). It's yet another 'security' feature. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 05:13 PM 10/31/2001 -0800, you wrote: Two possibilities. Usually if something works as root, but not a user, then it's a permissions problem. However, another thought - mixer and volume settings are set for each user (root is a user too!), so you might find that it's simply that the sound IS working, but just defaulted too low for your user. HTH, Ron. --- ZekeVarg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I just made a fresh install of Mandrake 8.1 and everything went fine exept for logging in as a user the sound doesn't work (gnome), it works logged in as root. Zeke 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] fetchmail and procmail
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, quaylar wrote: So you better not run /etc/procmailrc! root privileges!!! Just make a simple one and copy to other users... much better than having a security 'hole'! Will this work?? The man page says nothing about /etc/procmailrc. u sure ? and whats this then : man procmail If no rcfiles and no -p have been specified on the command line, procmail will, prior to reading $HOME/.procmailrc, interpret commands from /etc/procmailrc (if present). Care must be taken when creating /etc/procmailrc, because, if circumstances permit, it will be executed with root privileges (contrary to the $HOME/.procmailrc file of course). read more carefully ;) --quay -- == 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] With apologies to Edgar Allen Poe ... OT
This link claims the to be connected to the original author http://tenderbytes.net/rhymeworld/feeder/teacher/poepuree.htm Michael Scottaline wrote: On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 15:53:17 -0500 (EST) Arthur H. Johnson II [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: AI AI AI Oh no, not mine. Saw it at Slashdot's Halloween Special AI (http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/30/1746252mode=flat). AI AI I didn't write it, and I don't think it has an author. A., but thanks for posting it. Just this afternoon, I observed a young non-tenured teacher doing a wonderful lesson with her 9th graders on Poe's the Raven!! Your timing could not have been better! Thank You, Mike -- Always remember, I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me. --Winston Churchill _ 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Desktop Icon from Hell.
Okay, I've finally (I think!) gotten my XawTV icon to disappear from my normal users desktop. I had to go into (as root/su): /etc/dynamic and either /hooks, /launchers, or /scripts had an icon/script for XawTV. I deleted it, and so far grin, its not reappeared. XawTV still works fine too...so. ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cool looking themes don't work (GNOME, Enlightenment, M8.1)
Simply put: X is basically an implementation to allow the display of high resolution graphics on your screen, or over a network. While applications can be written for X directly, this is difficult and time consuming, since everything has to be written from scratch. Toolkits simplify this development, by providing reusable components which can be incorporated into an application. With toolkits, developers don't have to worry about mundane things like scrollbars and buttons, and can instead focus on coding their own application. Toolkits also allow apps to be easily built in a consistent fashion. In other words, toolkits provide a consistent framework upon which to develop. Motif was the original X toolkit, and can be seen in CDE, Nedit and Netscape. GTK+ is the most widely-used toolkit, and forms the base of GNOME and The GIMP. QT is another popular toolkit, and is used in KDE and Opera. Window managers (WMs), at their simplest level, manage window frames, allowing you to deal with multiple applications on a desktop. The application inside the windows can be built from one of many toolkits. Blackbox and PWM are examples of simple window managers. Over the years, many window managers have increased in complexity, adding features like applets, docks, taskbars, multiple desktops and pagers. Enlightenment is poised to take the next step, and become a desktop shell. This is essentially a feature-packed WM, often with its own file manager. XFce and ROX are current examples of this. Desktop Environments, like CDE, GNOME and KDE, are the next level up. These provide not only a work environment consisting of a file manager and other apps, but also a development environment building upon the underlying toolkit. GNOME and KDE have official window managers (Sawfish and KWM, respectively), which are integrated into the environment to provide a 'seamless' experience. In both cases, the underlying WM can be changed, and GNOME goes as far as providing an open WM spec, and features a Control Centre applet to help you select a WM. GNOME's default WM in the 1.0 days was Enlightenment, and many people still use it with GNOME. Since GNOME 1.2, the official WM has been Sawfish. Other GNOME compatible WMs include WindowMaker and IceWM. On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 10:16:09 -0800 (PST), Paul Schwebel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you! I've been wanting to know the relationship between GTK+ themes and window manager themes. That brings up one more thing I'd like to understand: I know what a window manager is, and how it works with X to manage desktop graphics. Where to the desktop environments fit into this (GNOME Desktop, CDE and KDE, for example)? Thanks, -Paul he can be taught! Schwebel --- Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: GTK+ handles what is _inside_ the windows (buttons, scrollbars, etc.), also known as widgets. Enlightenment handles the window frames, including the title bars. Each has its own theming system, and so to have a uniform look you need to use similar GTK+ and Enlightenment themes. On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 10:22:29 +0200, Robert MacLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: okay i'm not following. under gnome i have a theme selected (which changes the widgets etc... very nice, but not aqua) so when i try enlighenment (by itself or as gnomes wm) i use the aqua enlightenment theme. now it appears to use the gnome theme for the windows and the aqua theme for the title bars. are you saying i need to find the gnome aqua theme to get the windows right as well? ___ Robert MacLean - Original Message - From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Robert MacLean [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mandrake Newbie List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] cool looking themes don't work (GNOME, Enlightenment, M8.1) On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 10:03:35 +0200, Robert MacLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi My problem is that I can't get themes to work the way they should in Enlightenment. I select a theme (i'm trying to get aqua to work) but all it does is change enlightenment's menu, and the title bars. In the screen shots it changes the windows as well. Any idea how to get it to change the windows as well? I think you may be confusing GTK+ themes with Enlightenment themes. Both are separate, and are installed independently. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan I've always liked penguins, and when I was in Canberra a few years ago we went to the local zoo with Andrew Tridgell (of samba fame). There they had a ferocious penguin that bit me and infected me with a little known disease called penguinitis. Penguinitis makes you stay awake at nights just thinking about penguins and feeling great love towards them. So when Linux needed a mascot, the first thing that came into my
Re: [newbie] Windows XP: EXtra Proprietary
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 12:46:51 -0800, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe your right as I read it. Still a hassle I can buy one copy of Linux and copy to two desktops and trying to copy to my laptop for $60 while it cost at least $100 for the upgrade for one machine. Then I have to keep getting permission everytime I move to a different or make substantial upgrades. Here is another point too. The hardware upgrade is obvious in favor of vendors who are hurting during these financial times. If you can run Linux on old hardware and get as good or even better performance don't you think this keeps Linux out since vendor make money on selling their hardware? Amazon saved themselves some serious cash with HP's hardware and Linux software with only a few MS around for whatever reason. Technically, this means that they can keep their hardware and software going longer compared to MS, SunMicrosystem, etc. Doesn't that hurt the hardware vendors since they may not make enough to service the equipment compared to selling newer hardware to old and new customers. The OS won't be a problem to customers since they can upgrade and adapt Linux to whatever they want or may need. If anyone can enlighten me on this business side of Linux I would appreciate it very much. Hardware vendors have been in alliance with MS for some years now, and together they strong-arm consumers into buying new hardware to run the latest version of Windows and Office. In economic terms, this is a gross misallocation of resources, and ties companies (the consumers) down so that they cannot compete and innovate effectively. On the other side, MS and its allies (the producers) become rich and store vast amounts of money in bank accounts (MS has about $US30 billion in the bank), where it does nothing. They dont need to compete, and so they are expensive, inefficient and complacent. With GNU/Linux, companies can spend far less resources on IT, so they have more money to spend on development and on competing effectively. This ultimately benefits the economy and consumers with better products and lower prices. In other words, GNU/Linux shifts market power from the producers to the consumers, which according to Western neoclassical economics should produce a favourable outcome. There we go - (Western) Economics 101 applied to the IT industry :) -- Sridhar Dhanapalan The dark ages were caused by the Y1K problem. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Windows XP: EXtra Proprietary
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 13:40:39 -0500, Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not understand the huecry, especially from linux users, about the activation process of Windows XP, or the fact that it is tied to 1 system. This not an unheard of, or unused procedure. Red Hat has been using basicly the same in there treatment of installations since 7.1. Ummm... How? Red Hat is GPL. You can download it freely of the Internet. What's the point in a product activation copy protection scheme then? -- Sridhar Dhanapalan HTML needs a rant tag. -- Eric S. Raymond Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MSN.com and MS in general.
On Thu, 1 Nov 2001 02:24:42 +0800, Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: M$ weren't testing for specific browsers to allow use of different css or JS, they were testing for non Ie browsers to block out... Even worse, they were testing for SPECIFIC non-IE browsers to block out. That is inexcusable, particularly when there is no reason for it. It's not like msn.com is standards-compliant, or that IE is more standards-compliant than Mozilla and Opera. -- 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] Windows XP: EXtra Proprietary
So how do you get ahold of the software in the first place if it only lasts for 30 days? I would not pay twice for it. Thank goodness for Linux :) On Wednesday 31 October 2001 11:16 pm, you wrote: Alright enough's enough. RH is not subject to an activation scheme. Its free software just like any other Linux. What you DO have to do is register (for free) with the Red Hat Network for automated updates. You can still download the updates in regular RPM's but if you want an entire network of RH boxes to use the RH Network then you'll have to pay for that privledge. Thats all. There is no activation scheme when using RH. And for that matter, even though you have to activate WinXP you do have 30 days to do so before it will shut down. Once activated you can upgrade any component within a 120 day period as long as you do not cross a certain threshold (i.e. replacing everything at once). So yes you can upgrade your RAM and HD both at the same time or RAM and Video card or HD and CPU without triggering a re-activation, and thats all that happens. A re-activation is triggered and the OS will then function again. If no major upgrading is done within 120 days XP resets itself meaning you could (but not legally) install WinXP on two different computers if you bothered to wait 120 days between installs. Now, can we stop the OS bashing please? On Wednesday, October 31, 2001, at 11:39 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 13:40:39 -0500, Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not understand the huecry, especially from linux users, about the activation process of Windows XP, or the fact that it is tied to 1 system. This not an unheard of, or unused procedure. Red Hat has been using basicly the same in there treatment of installations since 7.1. Ummm... How? Red Hat is GPL. You can download it freely of the Internet. What's the point in a product activation copy protection scheme then? -- Sridhar Dhanapalan HTML needs a rant tag. -- Eric S. Raymond 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] Windows XP: EXtra Proprietary
Then I have to keep getting permission everytime I move to a different or make substantial upgrades. No you don't. You can download it anonymously for free, clone copies of it, install it on a bunch of machines, etc. Support is another issue, of course, but the software is free of a need to register. Sure there are ways to register, you can go to linux counter, buy the software and get installation support (btw you could buy one copy and install it on 10+ machines and call in for help putting it on your roomate's laptop, I figure). Here is another point too. The hardware upgrade is obvious in favor of vendors who are hurting during these financial times. If you can run Linux on old hardware and get as good or even better performance don't you think this keeps Linux out since vendor make money on selling their hardware? Amazon Vendors might not like Linux if it doesn't make people go out and get new hardware. But I don't think that is the case. Upgrading is at least some- what necessary, even with Linux. Linux can still run on my 386sx (first used with Linux back in 1994) but I'm not going to get a lot of work done. Same with it running on my old P-100, but it runs extremely well on my Athlon. But I've kept ahold of the hardware longer than most people, I figure, and I've not bought a PC in toto since 1991. I just put together the systems myself, upgrading by piecemeal (like getting a new HD or adding RAM) over time. That must irk the PC integrators who want me to buy a whole new box every year or two. :) Put things in perspective: would you expect people to go out and get a whole new stereo system every couple of years - every time a new audio- related technology comes out? Why replace your speakers, receiver, tape decks, etc., just because a better CD technology comes out? Many people purchase stereo systems by components, and computers are not all that much different, at least in my opinion. Only the people who haven't any- thing to start with buy 'all in one' systems. 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
Re: [newbie] LM 8.1 and internet connection on first boot
I tried this and I still can't get to the internet from the client. I do get a DHCP config from the linux DHCP server and the client can ping the linux box. I tried disabling the firewall and no-go. Inet connection sharing worked great with 7.2. I guess I should've waited for 8.2? At 10:39 PM 10/31/2001 -0500, Dennis Myers wrote: To all concerned and Mandrakesoft, there have been just a few of us who were unable to connect to the internet on first boot after installation of 8.1. The solution seemed to be to do ifdown eth0 and then connect and get mail going and then go back and do ifup eth0 so the ethernet daemon appears to be interfering with the internet connection when you configure your LAN during the initial setup and install. The ifdown and then ifup are a workaround. HTH somebody else. -- Dennis M. registered linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Windows XP: EXtra Proprietary
Well, you go to a store and buy it. Then when you install it, the 30 day countdown begins. If you don't activate it within that time frame it stops working. On Thursday, November 1, 2001, at 12:20 AM, Newbie wrote: So how do you get ahold of the software in the first place if it only lasts for 30 days? I would not pay twice for it. Thank goodness for Linux :) On Wednesday 31 October 2001 11:16 pm, you wrote: Alright enough's enough. RH is not subject to an activation scheme. Its free software just like any other Linux. What you DO have to do is register (for free) with the Red Hat Network for automated updates. You can still download the updates in regular RPM's but if you want an entire network of RH boxes to use the RH Network then you'll have to pay for that privledge. Thats all. There is no activation scheme when using RH. And for that matter, even though you have to activate WinXP you do have 30 days to do so before it will shut down. Once activated you can upgrade any component within a 120 day period as long as you do not cross a certain threshold (i.e. replacing everything at once). So yes you can upgrade your RAM and HD both at the same time or RAM and Video card or HD and CPU without triggering a re-activation, and thats all that happens. A re-activation is triggered and the OS will then function again. If no major upgrading is done within 120 days XP resets itself meaning you could (but not legally) install WinXP on two different computers if you bothered to wait 120 days between installs. Now, can we stop the OS bashing please? On Wednesday, October 31, 2001, at 11:39 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 13:40:39 -0500, Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not understand the huecry, especially from linux users, about the activation process of Windows XP, or the fact that it is tied to 1 system. This not an unheard of, or unused procedure. Red Hat has been using basicly the same in there treatment of installations since 7.1. Ummm... How? Red Hat is GPL. You can download it freely of the Internet. What's the point in a product activation copy protection scheme then? -- Sridhar Dhanapalan HTML needs a rant tag. -- Eric S. Raymond 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Windows XP: EXtra Proprietary
Ok thanks for the info. This seals my decision to not buy XP ever, paying for it twice? Ripoff. Linux will forever rule in my house. On Thursday 01 November 2001 12:29 am, you wrote: Well, you go to a store and buy it. Then when you install it, the 30 day countdown begins. If you don't activate it within that time frame it stops working. On Thursday, November 1, 2001, at 12:20 AM, Newbie wrote: So how do you get ahold of the software in the first place if it only lasts for 30 days? I would not pay twice for it. Thank goodness for Linux :) On Wednesday 31 October 2001 11:16 pm, you wrote: Alright enough's enough. RH is not subject to an activation scheme. Its free software just like any other Linux. What you DO have to do is register (for free) with the Red Hat Network for automated updates. You can still download the updates in regular RPM's but if you want an entire network of RH boxes to use the RH Network then you'll have to pay for that privledge. Thats all. There is no activation scheme when using RH. And for that matter, even though you have to activate WinXP you do have 30 days to do so before it will shut down. Once activated you can upgrade any component within a 120 day period as long as you do not cross a certain threshold (i.e. replacing everything at once). So yes you can upgrade your RAM and HD both at the same time or RAM and Video card or HD and CPU without triggering a re-activation, and thats all that happens. A re-activation is triggered and the OS will then function again. If no major upgrading is done within 120 days XP resets itself meaning you could (but not legally) install WinXP on two different computers if you bothered to wait 120 days between installs. Now, can we stop the OS bashing please? On Wednesday, October 31, 2001, at 11:39 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 13:40:39 -0500, Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not understand the huecry, especially from linux users, about the activation process of Windows XP, or the fact that it is tied to 1 system. This not an unheard of, or unused procedure. Red Hat has been using basicly the same in there treatment of installations since 7.1. Ummm... How? Red Hat is GPL. You can download it freely of the Internet. What's the point in a product activation copy protection scheme then? -- Sridhar Dhanapalan HTML needs a rant tag. -- Eric S. Raymond 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Virtual desktops in Linux-Mandrake and XP
You know I was just thinking that right now. Of course if you are spending so much money then throw more cash into the pit and get all flat screens to save some room. The setup would be awesome kinda of Batman in the batcave, but man you would have to be a billionaire for so many toys.lol Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Windows XP: EXtra Proprietary
No I would expect people to do whatever they want with their money. Frankly, I am sure we all know someone or several peope who do buy the latest and greatest. Obviously, vendors like this and keep them on record to send advertisement and other bait on the fishhook for these kind of customer. Many people do buy whole new stereo systems as well as individual components. I wish I could see a statistic on this but I would not be amazed if the majority of consumers did buy new toys every couple of years. My boss just threw away his VCR and picked up another after only 2 years. I still have one from 97 without any problems and the last thing I am going to do is purchase another one, but thats just me. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Windows eXPerience, MandrakeLinux saves the Day-ta
I knew that extra phone listing might be handy someday. Fussing with a download that wouldn't md5sum and needing it very badly, I was only too happy for the break when the phone rang and I picked it up, saying Mandrakesoft. Errr, I have a REAL problem. Is it with one of our systems? No, he replied, but I'll buy the most expensive boxed set if your system can help me. In the course of a few minutes I learned that this fellow hadf a Dell Dimension P-II 400 with STB Velocity card and Turtle Beach Montego II Sound card, and he had been running Win98 successfully. He had a Microsoft-badged optical mouse and Microsoft-badged USB keyboard. When WinXP came out, his father was the first person in line at CompUSA to buy it at 12:01 am October 25th. So he installed the update. Keyboard and mouse promptly stopped working. His plan was to install linux, copy his vital data over to it, then format the winpartition and reinstall XP cleanly as Microsoft Support (Two hours on hold long distance to Redmond ) assured him if he did that that his keyboard and mouse would work. I told him where to pick up the download edition of 8.1 and he took them. An hour later I had a call, It won't resize Windows small enough. By now it was 7 pm. I went to his computer and brough along a spare 10G disk. I added it temporarily on the spare connector and let him install ML 8.1 to the second disk, making sure he chose GRUB to boot with. Everything worked, and his cable modem connected out of the box--only the advisory popped up to visit sourceforge about the sound card. Transferring his 2.2G of files was a snap, then diskdrake was called to clean up the messy hda, partitioning 3/4 of it for windows and leaving the rest for his rescue system. WinXP balked and insisted on seeing the win98 CD, then it installed, taking out the boot record entry for linux (but we had a boot disk). The mouse and keyboard worked fine until the final reboot then communication ceased. Now out with the win98 disk but it refuses to install over XP. Back to Linux and diskdrake from a terminal su'ed too root to wipe clean again. Win98 now loads after an old installer trick of copying the win98 directory to the hard drive and installing from there. And linux restores the 2.2 G of files it had saved. Now the extra Hdd is removed and win98 is running using mouse and keyboard. Back to CompUSA goes the XP even though one mouse worked long enough to send Redmond the info for the activation Code. Into CompUSA is placed an Order for ProSuite. He already has the Aureal drivers from sourceforge. I know sometimes our system has trouble with a wheelmouse, and a lot of trouble if someone sets the wrong mouse type (3-button emulation kills wheelmice), but this is something I don't think we have ever done. Certified Hardware not running on a new system is a serious flaw, and even a billion dollar advertising campaiggn and midnight starting sales will not correct that sort of flaw. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hehehe
On Wednesday 31 October 2001 06:44 am, etharp wrote: shouldn't that be rm -rf usr/bin/laden (without the quotes, of course?) On Tuesday 30 October 2001 21:12, you had thoughts to the concept of: rm -r usr/bin/laden I got this some time ago from a NASCAR mailing list I belong to Killing Bin Laden will only create a martyr. Holding him prisoner will inspire his comrades to take hostages and demand his release. Therefore it is suggested we do neither. Let one of our special forces, Seals, or whatever covertly capture him, fly him to a special undisclosed hospital, and have surgeons quickly perform a sex change operation on him. Then return her to Afghanistan to live as a woman under the Taliban. -- Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA chmod +x /bin/Laden.al-Qaeda.Taliban Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Write permissions
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001 08:10, Miark wrote: | I'm running 8.1 and I can't give normal users full permission | to write to my mounted Winsux partitions. I figured it out when | I was running 8.0. It's either different now, or I'm having a | bout of moronicy (the first symptom of which is using words | that don't exist). | | Miark Miark, see the thread with subject: Win Partition skinky -- But what ... is it good for? (Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] text issues
On Sat, 27 Oct 2001 03:11, David Reynolds wrote: | In hoping for a better encore than my last failed question, I'll pose | this one to the group: What is the way to solve the horrific font | rendering problems with some Linux programs. Konqueror and word | processing programs seems to be the worst offenders, but it also gets | into control panels, etc so that they become virtually unreadable. | | David Reynolds Hi David I haven't seen a response to your problem so I'll have a go. What font are you using? I use helvetica for just about everything (Konqueror, menus, toolbar, etc) and they look fine. However, as my graphics card is an old 1MB S3, anti-aliased fonts look terrible. I had to turn that option off in kcontrol (KDE Control Center) LookNFeel Fonts and then restart X. With OpenOffice my fonts look terrible all the time. I am just about to order a few upgrade bits for my pc (yipppeee!) - including a graphics card. Perhaps you have the same problem??? If you have anti-aliased fonts selected, try turning it off - or perhaps your problem is the exact opposite and you should enable anti-aliasing. Good luck skinky -- But what ... is it good for? (Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] netatalk
On Wednesday 31 October 2001 03:00, you wrote: Hello! Did anybody success in installing netatalk on Mandrake 8.1? I have it running under 8.1, but it was originally installed under 8.0 When I want to install it, the installer complains about an incompatibility with glibc. It doesn't surprise me since there Try finding a src rpm, then rebuild it. That usually solves all sorts of problems is usually no way to get software running at once, but I really would like to install it. Maybe it would be a smart idea to have a native support in one of the next Mandake releases... This has been brought up several times on the mailing lists, but it never seems to show up in any of the distro packages. -- Alex Linux 2.4.13-ac5cue #5 Tue Oct 30 08:37:44 EST 2001 i686 5:40am up 14:31, 2 users, load average: 1.07, 1.11, 1.08 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] ftp not work
I installed Mandrake Linux8.0, defaultly, proftpd was installed. But when i use ftp, i got the following message Connect: connection refused I am sure that the proftpd is running. Because when I type /etc/rc.d/init.d/proftpd restart, it says as follows Shutting down proftpd: [ OK ] Starting proftpd:[ OK ] any idea about how to solve it? thanks dech Nokia Game is on again. Go to http://uk.yahoo.com/nokiagame/ and join the new all media adventure before November 3rd. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] midi playback problem
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Frans Ketelaars wrote: Are you using LM8.0 or LM8.1? What is in your /etc/modules.conf file? 8.1, and - pre-install pcmcia_core CARDMGR_OPTS=-f /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start alias usb-interface usb-uhci alias sound-slot-0 emu10k1 alias eth0 8139too - , whatever that means. I never knew such a file exists until I read your reply. You can use playmidi -e to send output to external midi but I don't Doesn't do anything. think that's what you want. You can also use kmidi or timidity for software synthesis. But it's a question of principle - I shouldn't be needing to have to resort to software synthesis. I know Jose M. Sanchez has gotten his SBLive working in LM8.1 using the ALSA drivers and the onboard wavetable synthesizer. HTH, ...ALSA being, erm, what? +Cinquo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Installing new rpms from disks
I don't have Disk Free installed. Is there an RPM for that? I couldn't find it on rpmfind. -Original Message- From: Tom Brinkman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 6:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Installing new rpms from disks On Tuesday 30 October 2001 16:35, you wrote: One word Huh?. Mounting cd's at the command prompt? And what does fstab mean? I am clueless to all of this. I'm newbie of newbies really. I know what the command prompt is but I don't know squat of commands. Does linux have a page of command definitions or something I could look up and print out? Rob To get started, try typing 'apropos whatyouwanttodo'. In this case that would be 'apropos mount'. You'll get a listing with a brief description for each, for all available commands havin to do with mount. Then typing 'man mount' will describe how to use the mount command, and refer you to related commands. Problem is, the MAN(ual) pages were written by and for people who already understand everything ;) So it's tough learnin in the beginning, but you're gonna need to get your feet wet sooner or later. If you don't want to use the command line, you could use Disk Free to mount your CDROM. It's on your K menu under Applications | Monitoring. Just right click on the drive and choose mount (or unmount) in the dialog box that appears. Many of us have been using it since supermount broke. -- Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA chmod +x /bin/Laden.al-Qaeda.Taliban Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cool looking themes don't work (GNOME, Enlightenment, M8.1)
Thank you! I've been wanting to know the relationship between GTK+ themes and window manager themes. That brings up one more thing I'd like to understand: I know what a window manager is, and how it works with X to manage desktop graphics. Where to the desktop environments fit into this (GNOME Desktop, CDE and KDE, for example)? Thanks, -Paul he can be taught! Schwebel --- Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: GTK+ handles what is _inside_ the windows (buttons, scrollbars, etc.), also known as widgets. Enlightenment handles the window frames, including the title bars. Each has its own theming system, and so to have a uniform look you need to use similar GTK+ and Enlightenment themes. On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 10:22:29 +0200, Robert MacLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: okay i'm not following. under gnome i have a theme selected (which changes the widgets etc... very nice, but not aqua) so when i try enlighenment (by itself or as gnomes wm) i use the aqua enlightenment theme. now it appears to use the gnome theme for the windows and the aqua theme for the title bars. are you saying i need to find the gnome aqua theme to get the windows right as well? ___ Robert MacLean - Original Message - From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Robert MacLean [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mandrake Newbie List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] cool looking themes don't work (GNOME, Enlightenment, M8.1) On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 10:03:35 +0200, Robert MacLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi My problem is that I can't get themes to work the way they should in Enlightenment. I select a theme (i'm trying to get aqua to work) but all it does is change enlightenment's menu, and the title bars. In the screen shots it changes the windows as well. Any idea how to get it to change the windows as well? I think you may be confusing GTK+ themes with Enlightenment themes. Both are separate, and are installed independently. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan Are you all on drugs? Get your acts together, guys. Stop blathering and frothing at the mouth -- Linus Torvalds 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] MSN.com and MS in general.
I was the one who used Js to demonstrate testing for objects, it was just as an example of ways around the problem, I wasn't stating that it was the be all and end all, just an example of JS that works accross the board.. I didn't mention css at all... So if I am to understand this, you think its correct to deny access to all versions of say Opera, regardless of version? I used to use browser detection for everything and detection of version as well, it was two hard to keep everything up to date because browsers change all the time... and new ones keep popping up.. M$ weren't testing for specific browsers to allow use of different css or JS, they were testing for non Ie browsers to block out... thats all I am saying on the subject, its been covered enough,, I have been in the web dev area amonst others for about 5 or so years, so you both have me beat. :-) rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 1 November 2001 2:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] MSN.com and MS in general. Michael D. Viron [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] u cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: [newbie] MSN.com and MS in general. newbie-owner@linux-ma ndrake.com 10/30/01 01:45 PM Please respond to newbie I might be wrong -- not saying ms was right to block browsers -- but I thought that ms was concerned about css, not javascript. You're approach addresses javascript, not css. I'm sure you know this, but I'll say it just to make my point clear: For css, you have to check for browser type, not for javascript objects. While css and javascript can be combined they are two seperate things, and if you think that your page won't *display* properly due to css issues, then you should check for browser type. That's what I do. Oftentimes you need a css sheet for netscape and another css sheet for internet explorer. (I'm new to linux, so not sure if I'll need yet another for unix systems.) #Actually, I have never had to have 'separate' stylesheets for the different #browsers. I take the time to develop a template that will work properly in #all browsers (or at the very least, Netscape 4.7x, Netscape 6.x, Mozilla #.9x, and Opera on a variety of platforms). For other browsers, I make sure #that my website will 'degrade gracefully' (ie, making sure that the website #is actually readable in text based browsers (such as lynx, links) and #earlier versions of netscape and IE). #Granted, that such attention makes a prototype take longer to develop. The #last one I did that was cross - browser / cross - os took me about 4-5 #months to design, develop, and perfect. However, using php or jsp or for #that matter cfm, I can have a single template -- meaning that all I have to #do, is include the template with each page, and therefore have content / #layout / style independence (ie, the styles are all in a stylesheet, layout #is handled in a template file, and content is added to another file (where #the 'template' is included). After that, I can add content to my hearts #content, or for that matter, change out the template for a new design #within a matter of minutes. #By the way, for those who are wondering, I've been dealing with web design #/ development for over 6 years now. #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 Michael, You didn't address my point. I wasn't saying whether one should use multiple stylesheets. I agree, it's best to make a single stylesheet that works in all browsers or degrades gracefully. But, again, that wasn't my point. It was said on this board, maybe by you I can't remember, that microsoft had no reason to check for browser type, but should instead check for the existence of objects? I disagreed: that was my point -- according to microsoft's statments, they indeed should have been checking for browser type. Whoever said that they should have been checking for objects was just wrong. If microsoft was concerned about how their page would be displayed, I figured it was because of stylesheet issues, either partially or wholly. So checking for browser types would indeed be a good way of determining whether a certain *browser* would display the pages properly. Of course, we all know what they were doing was BS, but I'm not talking about whether it was a valid thing to do. I was just commenting on something said on this board. I too, by the way, have been dealing with web development for about 6 years :). mitch Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Re: [newbie] konqueror and netscape plugins
On Thu, 01 Nov 2001 05:07, Derek Jennings wrote: | I had the same issue over the weekend. I was unable to launch | konqueror. After removing or editing the .konquerorrc file I could open | it the next time I logged in and it would work until the next log in. | Other people have had success by removing the .DCOP files at each login. | | It was suggested (Michael I think) that the | kdebase-nsplugins-2.2.1-7mdk package was the problem. I removed it and | now it has been working for 3 days without a repeat of the problem. So I | conclude there IS something wrong with the package. | | The solution might be to go to kdebase-nsplugins-2.2.1-13mdk | which is on cooker, but since this is tied in to the objprelink | version of kde, and there are a lot of dependencies I intend to wait a | few weeks until the consenus is that the objprelink release is a good | one. | | In the meantime I am just putting up without Flash in konqueror. Galeon | and Opera5.05 both handle Flash just fine.. | | HTH | | Derek | | On Wednesday 31 October 2001 13:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | hi everyone | I just installed the rpm to use the netscape plugins with | Konqueror..well...I cannot start konqueror anymore.any idea | about why this is happening???or where should I start playing to fix | it??? I'd rater use Konqueror..it's faster and nicer looking than | mozilla...personal opinion!!!) | CHeers | Maurizio Konqueror works fine for me but my ~/.xsession-errors shows the following: [skinky@tux skinky]$ cat .xsession-errors kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: library=/usr/lib/netscape/plugins/cpPack1.jar: file=/usr/lib/netscape/plugins/cpPack1.jar: /usr/lib/netscape/plugins/cpPack1.jar: invalid ELF header kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: library=/usr/lib/netscape/plugins/ShockwaveFlash.class: file=/usr/lib/netscape/plugins/ShockwaveFlash.class: /usr/lib/netscape/plugins/ShockwaveFlash.class: invalid ELF header kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: library=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so: file=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so: undefined symbol: __vt_17nsGetServiceByCID kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: library=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ShockwaveFlash.class: file=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ShockwaveFlash.class: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ShockwaveFlash.class: invalid ELF header DCOPServer up and running. kdeinit: Shutting down running client. kio (KLauncher): ERROR: KLauncher: KDEInit communication error! Commiting suicide! - It looks like dcopserver is already running. If you are sure that it is not already running, remove /home/skinky/.DCOPserver_tux.machine.nz_:0 and start dcopserver again. - Maybe this has something to do with the netscape plugin problem. I installed the nsplugins with the initial LM8.1 installation. The .DCOPserver thing has me stumped too. In my user's home dir I have .DCOPserver_tux.machine.nz@ .DCOPserver_tux.machine.nz_:0 removing the latter does nothing. It was like that in LM8.0 as well, but since everything seems to work fine, I can't see the point in trying to fix what aint broke. I _used to_ worry about it before tho ; ) skinky -- But what ... is it good for? (Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
