Re: [newbie-it] Attivazione scheda audio
Luca wrote: In genere e` meglio mettere prima sistemi che NON supportano pnp tra le opzioni del BIOS o nobiospnp tra le opzioni/append del loader di Linux (lilo o grub). ciao, Andrea Ciao Andrea, scusami ancora l'ignoranza, ma qiali sono le opzioni/append di linux, cioè, in quale file devo metterci nobiospnp? dipende, /etc/lilo.conf o /boot/grub/menu/lst a seconda se usi lilo o grub o lavorando da drakxtool. L'ho appena spiegato ad un altro sulla lista. ciao, Andrea
Re: [newbie-it] Attivazione scheda audio
-- Ho installato sndconfig, ma mi dice che la mia scheda audio (ESS Tecnilogy Solo1) nn è ancora supportata!!! Possibile??? Sei sicuro che non ci sia un 1969 in giro? La solo 1 e' un altra cosa ed e' supportata. Luigi -- Not all who wander are lost (Tolkien) Luigi De Pascale: Indirizzo: Dipartimento di Matematica Applicata U.Dini Via Bonanno Pisano 25/B, 56126 Pisa, ITALY Tel.: +39/050/844745 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie-it] Problemi _Gravi_ with -- MDK 8.2
Ho scaricato Mandrake 8.2, ma le mie ISO sembrano avere problemi. Non appena lancio l'aggiornamento dei pacchetti o cerco di installare la nuova distro dopo la videata del partizionamento mi appare un errore sul mount del cdrom. Cosa fare ? potrebbe essere un errore nel riconoscere il device cdrom. A me gia` con la 8.1 dava problemi (montava il cd 1 volta su 4) finche' non lo ho messo in emulazione scsi per farlo leggere dal programma di masterizzazione. Provate a avviare il CD d'installazione, dare subito F1 e poi al promnpt di lilo, avviare con linux hdX=ide-scsi (con X corrispondente al vostro cdrom). Non l'ho provata, ma potrebbe funzionare. Oppure, lanciate l'installazione dal secondo CD e scegliete come kernel d'installazione un 2.2.x ciao, Andrea
Re: [newbie-it] visualizzare partizione ntfs, floppy e cdrom
Alle 18:39, martedì 2 aprile 2002, Alesk ha scritto: Ciao ragazzi! Ciao in una precedente email avente come oggetto: Mandrake e winxp ho parlato della impossibilità di visualizzare le partizioni in oggetto! Fabio, gentilmente mi ha detto di dare dei comandi:mount /mnt/windows e di verificare il mio /etc/fstab Ho notato che queste directory mancano del tutto... Dubito che /etc/fastab ti manchi del tutto(se è questo che intendevi) /windows è logico che ti manchivisto che non riesci a montarlo. Vai in mandrake control center=hrdware=mout points gurda un po li.li dovresti trovare il mdo per farti montare la partizione (è tutto con interfaccia grafica) Poi mi sono accorto che non legge nemmeno i cdrom (pero al momento dell'avvio sono riconosciuti) ed il floppy!! Qui bisogna sapere che cosa stai usandose lilo o grub io uso grub.Se anke tu usi grub ti dovrebbe bastare l'aggiunta di nobiospnp dopo il nome del kernel in /boot/grub/menu.ist Se invece usi lilo chiedi a qualcuno ke sappia dove mettere le mani possibile che non posso essere pinguino??? no :) Ciao , Tom
Re: [newbie-it] visualizzare partizione ntfs, floppy e cdrom
Alle 09:51, mercoledì 3 aprile 2002, Andrea Celli ha scritto: Per usare correttamente il masterizzatore, dovrai avere nelle stesse righe la scritta hdX=ide-scsi (con X opportuno) sia per il masterizzatore che per il cdrom. Poi vai in /etc, cancella /etc/cdrom e sostituiscilo con ln -s /dev/scdY /dev/cdrom dove Y sara` 0 o 1 a seconda se il cdrom viene prima o dopo del masterizzatore ciao, Andrea Scusa non mi ero accorto che ti avessero gia risposto in maniera molto piu dettagliata di quanto non avessi fatto io. Ciao , Tom
[newbie-it] Avvio Grafico mdk 8.2 che brutto!!!
a parte le opinioni personali...qualcuno ha capito come si toglie l'avvio grafico di mdk 8.2?? non è + aurora...è il framebuffer?? hel
Re: [newbie-it] File Midi
Da un attento esame ciò che mi impedisce di togliere i pacchetti e una sola libreria, come si fa in questi casi? [root@zero 2.4.8-26mdk]# rpm -e alsa-lib error: removing these packages would break dependencies: libasound.so.1 is needed by tuxracer-0.61-4mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by Maelstrom-3.0.1-10mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by nil-000516-9mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by libarts2-2.2.1-5mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by pingus-0.4.0-14mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by glaxium-0.3d-1mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by xmms-more-vis-plugins-1.4.0-3mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by kdelibs-sound-2.2.1-5mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by libsmpeg0.4-0.4.4-3mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by libSDL_mixer1.2-1.2.0-3mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by lbreakout-010315-4mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by armagetron-0.1.4.9-1mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by kdelibs-2.2.1-5mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by libao2-0.8.0-3mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by kdegames-2.2.1-1mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by csmash-0.6.2-1mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by libSDL_net1.2-1.2.2-1mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by chromium-0.9.12-3mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by nethack_falconseye-3.3.1_jtp_1.9-3mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by arts-2.2.1-5mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by glame-0.5.2-1mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by kdemultimedia-2.2.1-2mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by rocksndiamonds-2.0.0-4mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by gltron-0.59-10mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by xmmp-0.5.0.1-3mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by libSDL1.2-1.2.2-1mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by mures-0.4-2mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by ltris-010310-3mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by libSDL_image1.2-1.2.0-2mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by xmms-smpeg-0.3.4-4mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by kdebase-2.2.1-7mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by freecraft-1.17-2mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by freeamp-2.1.0-2mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by prboom-2.2.1-1mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by icebreaker-1.2.1-2mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by gemdropx-0.7-7mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by heroes-0.12-2mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by bobobot-0-8mdk.preview3 libasound.so.1 is needed by circuslinux-1.0.1-6mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by defendguin-0.0.6-7mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by prboom-gl-2.2.1-1mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by AlephOne-0.12.0-0.1mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by abuse_sdl-0.4.8-3mdk libasound.so.1 is needed by bumprace-1.42-3mdk Grazie Nicola
Re: [newbie-it] File Midi
Alle 17:26, lunedì 1 aprile 2002, hai scritto: On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 21:32:02 +0100 nicola [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Scusa, ma ho cercato di raggiungere gli archivi della lista ma senza successo, capito sempre in quelli in lingua inglese, eppure una volta ci sono riuscito, non capisco cosa sbaglio, qualche suggerimento? Cerchero' di riassumere i passi da fare, sperando di non tralasciare qualcosa.. Prima di tutto lascia perdere i driver che installa mdk che sono della serie 0.5.x (stable) e procurati dal sito di alsa i 0.9.0beta10 (NON prendere i beta12 che sono per il kernel 2.5, segui il link Download e trova i beta10). Devi scaricare i driver, le libs e le utils e compilarli in questo stesso ordine, dopo aver scompattato i sorgenti con tar xvfy(j). Nella dir dei driver dai questi comandi: ./configure --with-cards=emu10k1 make install ./snddevices in quella delle libs e utils solo: ./configure make install Dopodiche' copia/incolla questa pappardella nel tuo /etc/modules.conf # ALSA portion alias char-major-116 snd options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 alias snd-card-0 snd-card-emu10k1 options snd-card-emu10k1 snd_index=0 snd_id=SBlive post-install snd-card-emu10k1 alsactl restore #alias midi snd-synth-emu10k1 #below snd-seq-oss snd-synth-emu10k1 #post-install snd-synth-emu10k1 /usr/bin/sfxload /usr/share/sfbank/8mbgmsfx.sf2; alsactl restore #pre-remove snd-synth-emu10k1 alsactl store # OSS/Free portion alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss IMPORTANTE! commenta il riferimento al driver oss che probabilmente stai usando, una riga del tipo alias sound emu10k1 o simile. IMPORTANTE2! nel kernel deve essere incluso solamente il supporto generico per il suono (soundcore) e nessun altro driver (ovviamente che NON sia modulo); se non l' hai ricompilato ed usi quello della distro dovrebbe andare bene. A questo punto riavvia il pc, poi apri un terminale e dai il comando alsamixer, regola tutti i livelli (che saranno a zero) ed esci. Poi da root dai il comando alsactl store per creare il file delle impostazioni del mixer, /etc/asound.state. Ora puoi provare se funziona con qualche mp3 o cd audio, controlla con lsmod che i moduli vengano caricati, se no prova con modprobe snd-emu10k1. Se arrivi fin qui sei gia' a buon punto, poi per i midi ne riparliamo (sono quelle 4 righe commentate nella #Alsa portion). Buon lavoro! Grazie per questa esauriente risposta, ma nonostante tutto incappo in un errore nella ricompilazione dei driver alsa: ALSA modules were successfully compiled. mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/misc rm -f /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/misc/snd*.o /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/misc/persist.o /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/misc/isapnp.o cp modules/*.o /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/misc /sbin/depmod -a depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/misc/snd-pcm-oss.o depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/misc/snd-pcm.o depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/misc/snd-rawmidi.o depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/misc/snd-seq-midi-event.o depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/misc/snd-seq-oss.o depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/misc/snd-seq.o depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/misc/snd.o make: *** [install-modules] Error 1 Cosa devo fare? Ho notato alcuni warning del tipo: card-pdplus.c:3092:2: warning: #warning This driver need to be ported to new hw_info card-pdplus.c:3142:2: warning: #warning This driver need to be ported to new hw_info card-pdplus.c:3167:2: warning: #warning This driver need to be ported to new hw_info card-pdplus.c:3196:2: warning: #warning The S/PDIF setup code needs to be rewritten. card-pdplus.c:3272:2: warning: #warning This driver need to be ported to new hw_info e altri più minacciosi: wavefront.c:353:9: warning: pasting ( and read timeout.\n does not give a valid preprocessing token wavefront.c:367:9: warning: pasting ( and write timeout.\n does not give a valid preprocessing token wavefront.c:398:9: warning: pasting ( and 0x%x [%s] (%d,%d,%d)\n does not give a valid preprocessing token wavefront.c:403:17: warning: pasting ( and cannot request does not give a valid preprocessing token wavefront.c:410:17: warning: pasting ( and writing %d bytes does not give a valid preprocessing token wavefront.c:416:33: warning: pasting ( and bad write for byte does not give a valid preprocessing tokenwavefront.c:422:25: warning: pasting ( and write[%d] = 0x%x\n does not give a valid preprocessing token wavefront.c:428:17: warning: pasting ( and reading %d ints does not give a valid preprocessing token wavefront.c:435:33: warning: pasting ( and bad read for byte does not
Re: [newbie-it] java
Nella variabile d'ambiente $PATH c'è il percorso completo dove è memorizzato l'eseguibile java? Ciao ENx Brunini Alessandro wrote: Un saluto a tutti. Mi dite come faccio a far capire a varie applicazioni (XNap o limewire per esempio) che ho installato java? Grazie e un saluto.
[newbie-it] MDK 8.2, dove?
Ciao a tutti, leggendo i messaggi degli ultimi 2/3 giorni ho visto che varie persone hanno provato a installare MDK 8.2? Vorrei sapere dove l'avete trovata: l'avete comprata, trovavata in qualche cd di qualche rivista o la avete scarivata da internet? Ciao. Di Fresco Marco _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie-it] visualizzare partizione ntfs, floppy e cdrom
Ragazzi...vi ringrazio per le risposte! Per la partizione ho provato un metodo, per me, + semplice anche se poco convenzionale! in pratica ho convertito una partizione dei dati in fat32 e poi ho reinstallato Mandrake! Ora, ovviamente, mi vede la partizione fat 32! per la visualizzazione del floppy e cdrom, devo ancora mettere in pratica gli utili suggerimenti da voi dati! Grazie Ancora!!
[newbie-it] speed touch usb manta
salve ho istallato il modem speed touch usb manta il modem parte la connessione c'è ma è lentissima che fare ? kernel 2.4.18 grazie
Re: [newbie-it] java
Il mer, 2002-04-03 alle 21:25, ENx ha scritto: Nella variabile d'ambiente $PATH c'è il percorso completo dove è memorizzato l'eseguibile java? Ciao ENx Ciao, potresti essere un po' più chiaro... purtroppo questa è una cosa che non ho mai capito. In pratica che cosa devo fare? Grazie mille. Un saluto.
[newbie-it] Problemi con l'audio
Ciao ho installato Mandrake 8.2 ma nn riesco a sentire l'audio (premetto ke lo stesso problema lo avevo con la 8.1) Io ho una Ess Solo1 ke viene vista e installata ma l'audio nn si sente, ho provato a cambiare scheda ma mi dà errore! Qualcuno sa come risolvere questo problema? PS: Montata su un portatile Acer512
[newbie-it] Avvio grafico mdk 8.2
qualcuno ha capito come #@## togliere quell'orribile avvio grafico? non è + aurora...non è come prima...dove sta quel coso?? dai è brutto console rulez si puo togliere del tutto il framebuffer,ma vorrei la console a 800x600... se dal lilo tolgo l'initrd si avvia testuale...ma subito dice che non puo bootare il kernel.. idee??? ciauz
Re: [newbie-it] Attivazione scheda audio
Be' se e' una ESS Solo1 e' supportata senz'altro ... Puo' darsi che pero' il sistema abbia dei problemi a riconoscerla come tale. Effettivamente e' strano, ma, se sei sicuro di avere quel chipset, nel file /etc/modules.conf inserisci questa riga: alias sound-slot-0 esssolo1 Prova poi a caricare il modulo esssolo1.o (con 'modprobe esssolo1'). Casomai togli kudzu dai demoni caricati all'avvio [ad es. con drakxservices] -- Il problema è ke anche sndconfig mi dice che è una ess solo1 e proprio lui mi dice che nn è supportata, cmq proverò a mettere in atto quest'altro consiglio :) Ti ringrazio Luken, se potrò esserti utile in qualcosa contacci! Ancora grazie Ciao Luca
[newbie-it] mp3
Salve, qualcuno conosce un buon programma (Frontend) per la conversione da mp3 a wav? Grazie.
Re: [newbie-it] Avvio grafico mdk 8.2
Il 20:51, lunedì 1 aprile 2002, hai scritto: qualcuno ha capito come #@## togliere quell'orribile avvio grafico? non è + aurora...non è come prima...dove sta quel coso?? dai è brutto console rulez si puo togliere del tutto il framebuffer,ma vorrei la console a 800x600... se dal lilo tolgo l'initrd si avvia testuale...ma subito dice che non puo bootare il kernel.. idee??? ciauz se hai accesso al pannello di controllo della mandrake puoi disabilitare l' avvio grafico da li, senza mettere le mani su lilo. ciao renato
Re: [newbie-it] Problemi con l'audio
Alle 22:37, sabato 30 marzo 2002, hai scritto: Ciao ho installato Mandrake 8.2 ma nn riesco a sentire l'audio (premetto ke lo stesso problema lo avevo con la 8.1) Io ho una Ess Solo1 ke viene vista e installata ma l'audio nn si sente, ho provato a cambiare scheda ma mi dà errore! Qualcuno sa come risolvere questo problema? PS: Montata su un portatile Acer512 Fino a poco tempo fa sul portatile (Acer 513T) avevo installata la rh7.2 e non c'era alcun problema, ha riconosciuto tutto (modem compreso - dopo aver installato i driver). La scheda audio dovrebbe essere la stessa. Hai verificato (sembra una considerazione banale ma non si sa mai) che i volumi nel mixer non siano a zero? Esistono dei documenti che fanno riferimento all'installazione su tali tipi di portatile, se vuoi te li mando in privato. Fammi sapere. Ciao Sandro -- Dr. Sandro Porrazzini Mandrake Linux 8.1 on Pentium III 688 Mhz Linux Machine # 103048 Linux User # 203143
Re: [newbie-it] File Midi
Il 17:26, lunedì 1 aprile 2002, Sebastiano Cordiano scrisse: Cerchero' di riassumere i passi da fare, sperando di non tralasciare qualcosa.. Prima di tutto lascia perdere i driver che installa mdk che sono della serie 0.5.x (stable) e procurati dal sito di alsa i 0.9.0beta10 (NON prendere i beta12 che sono per il kernel 2.5, segui il link Download e trova i beta10). Grazie Sebastiano, anche da parte mia. Finalmente comincio a capirci qualcosa. Devi scaricare i driver, le libs e le utils e compilarli in questo stesso ordine, dopo aver scompattato i sorgenti con tar xvfy(j). Nella dir dei driver dai questi comandi: ./configure --with-cards=emu10k1 Arrivato a questo punto, mi viene fuori questo messaggio: checking for directory with kernel source... /usr/src/linux checking for kernel version... The file /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h does not exist. Please, install the package with full kernel sources for your distribution or use --with-kernel=dir option to specify another directory with kernel sources (default is /usr/src/linux). Mi sembrava di aver capito che non bisognava ricompilare il kernel, ma forse vuole avere lo stesso i sorgenti o almeno la struttura di directory. Ma i moduli dove sono? Sono spaesato, devo procurarmi i sorgenti del kernel che sto usando? Ciao, e grazie ancora, Tommaso
Re: [newbie-it] MDK 8.2, dove?
Di Fresco Marco wrote: Ciao a tutti, leggendo i messaggi degli ultimi 2/3 giorni ho visto che varie persone hanno provato a installare MDK 8.2? Vorrei sapere dove l'avete trovata: l'avete comprata, trovavata in qualche cd di qualche rivista o la avete scarivata da internet? presa da internet. Se non hai un buon collegamento e hai fretta di averla, puoi cercare tra i vecchi messaggi di it.comp.os.linux.annunci. C'e` parecchia gente che spedisce a casa, per un prezzo ragionevole, i cd scaricati delle varie distro. Se ne trovi uno della tua citta`, risparmi anche sulle spese postali che, in percentuale, incidono parecchio. Senti anche il LUG piu` vicino a te. ciao, Andrea
[newbie] Greek Localization and True Type Fonts Problem!
Hi! I just installed Mandrake 8.2 on my PC with Greek locale from the scratch. All went fine and I can see KDE 2.2.2 with Greek menus and fonts on the XWindows. However, as the used fonts (misc-fixed I think) are not the best thing you can have, I thought to import some really nice TTF from my Windows partition using the Mandrake utility and all went well! The strange thing is that even though the imported TTFs support Greek language (ISO8859-7 like Tahoma or Verdana), when the Anti-Aliased check box is selected, the imported Windows fonts do not appear anywhere in the combo boxes of the Select Font tag in the KDE Control Center! On the contrary when the check box is unselected, the fonts appear, but when I select Verdana or any other TTF, I can't see Greek anymore but instead I see boxes! Can anyone help me on this? Thanks Thanasis Koutras Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Problems with modem
To whom it may concern My name is Christos and few days ago, I installed Mandrake 8.1. Although there was no problem with my modem (Conexant) every time I am trying to connect with internet, a message appears saying that the connection was failed because modem is busy. I would be grateful if you could give me a hint of what is wrong. Thank you, Christos _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] filesharing?
On Wednesday 03 April 2002 6:41 am, - vom adi - wrote: hi everyone . there's one thing i miss , good filesharing tools . yes i know there is audiogalaxy and edonkey but couldn't get those to work . and like windows has kaaza/morpheus/grokster [my favs] linux hast giFT wich connectets to the same network , but can't get that one to work either !!! any suggestions compilled and installed the giFT deamon properly , and when i run it in the console there come hundreds of lines with nodes and files , to fast to read . but i think it works but now , how can i search for files . or : why don't those GUIs not work i tried kift and giFTcurse both tell me they couldn't connect to the server - keep the X in your system - Well when you downloaded giFT if you had read the homepage you would see that giFT is broken at the moment because kazaa who operate the FastTrack network used by Morpheus and grokster have deliberately locked them out. They are now busy creating a completely new filesharing network. If you have been following developments at Morpheus recently, you will have heard that Morpheus and kazaa have had a disagreement, and now Morpheus are locked out of FastTrack too! Morpheus have now adopted gnutella as their file sharing protocol, and gnutella is probably the best way for you to share files also. There are several Linux gnutella clients. The best known is Limewire. It is a java application, so you will need a working java environment. good luck derek (BTW: You will find on starting Limewire it does not find many files you search for at first. The searches get better and better the longer the client is running) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] quickcam?
I have a web camera attached in my PC, I use this when I'm using windows, but I can't use this under Linux, is there any software available so that I can use my web camera in Linux. Brand: Logitech QuickCam Express __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Open Source Code
I'm a newbie in Linux, before anything else, I am not a programmer, or anything, I'm just curious in Linux. I just wanted to know why is it called as an open source code OS? If it so, what programming language is use to compile the source code use in Linux? and another thing, where can I find the source code use in Linux? Thanks... __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] FIDO - The grandaddy of the Movement.......
Hi folks, A number of people expressed interest in the early days of Pre-net when FIDO happened. A wonderful example of what people can do together. Here is a good point to start if you are interested. Of course, FIDO is rather horse-n-buggy today, but it was and is a miracle for the poor. It generated a camaraderie like that of the old Ham Radio Network and in fact attracted many people from it. It is a great story. http://www.ggw.org/freenet/k/K12Net/gateway.html Cheers, John --- _ All *MY* communications are certified virus-free. Why not yours? Ask here for full info - *and* get it free. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.343 / Virus Database: 190 - Release Date: 22/03/02 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with ISP DNS address lookup
Hi Gerald, But if you run the KPPP setup there is a dialog under the IP tab it has two selections Dynamic IP Address and static IP Address select Dynamic IP Address Then under the Gateway tab select Default Gateway and Assign the Default Route to this Gateway that should make it work automagically It is already set this way, I guess somehow it is not working. At least I have got this far, this email is from KMail rather than Outlook Express under Windows ! I'm open for suggestions or what anyone may have found to work here ! All the best. Rob. On Wednesday 03 April 2002 12:23 pm, you wrote: On Wednesday 03 April 2002 04:16 pm, Robert Milne wrote: One question though (if you know !), whilst it works OK, why do I have to keep manually adding the route everytime I connect ppp ? How can this be automated in kppp ? Am I missing some basic setup information anywhere in KDE ? Obviously as the DHCP allocated address changes everytime I can't put a permanent route in, but there must be someway to detect the local client address and create the route each time, maybe a script ? After all I guess this is all windows does, and they worked it out ! On a full-time Internet connection (static IP) /etc/sysconfig/network holds the gateway information. I haven't used ppp in a long time. But if you run the KPPP setup there is a dialog under the IP tab it has two selections Dynamic IP Address and static IP Address select Dynamic IP Address Then under the Gateway tab select Default Gateway and Assign the Default Route to this Gateway that should make it work automagically Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Open Source Code
On Wed, 03 Apr 2002, Anthony V Guillen wrote: %_I'm a newbie in Linux, before anything else, I am not a programmer, or anything, I'm just curious in Linux. I just wanted to know why is it called as an open source code OS? If it so, what programming language is use to compile the source code use in Linux? and another thing, where can I find the source code use in Linux? Most of the kernel is written in 'C' /usr/src/linux -- Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnwtworks.com Front Street Networks LLC - 203-785-0699 229 Front Street, Ste. #C, New Haven CT, 06513-3203 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] FTP site for RPMs
Thank you all for the FTP sites. I will plug them into the software manager and get things up to date! David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] filesharing?
Another client to try is Lopster. I am not sure if it works for Linux. The URL is http://lopster.sourceforge.net/. It worked well when I was using FreeBSD. You might also try TekNap, http://www.teknap.com/. The chat feature works really well and it is very handy for server administration. I never really used it to share files, but I know that you can do so. I hope this helps you out. David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Questions about some BIOS settings....
Femme wrote: AFAIK they should be OFF. Apparently they are holdovers from DOS days when it was necessary to cache some parts of memory b/c DOS couldn't do it efficiently enough. For now, I believe all windows versions don't use or reference the bios at all. I presume linux is the same. However I know that those settings will slow your computer in windows a lot if they are on. Femme Thanks Femme! I'm going to change those back and see what diff I get. I'm almost certain now that its what caused my recent Nvidia driver problems. -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Questions about some BIOS settings....
Tom Brinkman wrote: Google 'bios settings', you'll get plenty of links with explainations. For more concise/appropriate explaination, go to your motherboard's web page, your bios' web page, or screen by screen descriptions are probly also in your mobo's manual. Normally you shouldn't need or want to cache video or bios. Before you make bios changes you should understand what they do and why you would want to change from default. It's also a very good idea to know where the 'clear cosmos' (cmos) jumper is on your motherboard and how to use it. Some don't have one, you'll need to pull the battery for a few minutes. Some bios' can be cleared by holding down a key during the boot proccess (eg, Insert). Clearing the cosmos (bios) will revert to all defaults in case you happen to make the system unbootable. Hey Tom! Well, its not unbootable, I'm currently using it smile. I was just wondering if that could be the culprit behind my recent Nvidia problems. On reflection, it was the only change I made before reinstalling everything on to my new 60 gig HD... Methinks I'll change it back. Thanks for your input, and I'll look Google refs over, just to further me poor education... ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Is it possible?
Lyvim Xaphir wrote: Ron, how much trouble did you have with Diablo 2? Cause I'm getting ready to load it plus TOB and the patches. Just curious to know if you had any hiccups.. Not much problems at all. I had to change the config file in .transgaming though. It had some odd (to me) entry for the CD-ROM here. So I changed it to reflect my actual setup. With supermount not working here (I'm still with 8.1 until I get my Mandrake 8.2 pre-order in), I did have to do some manual mount/umount stuff during CD swapping. No big deal though. I even ran the v1.09d upgrade patch and it worked fine. Note that now I'm fully and completely Microsoft free. I'm running all these games from Linux native partitions. I had one networking session with D2 lock up on me. I'm not sure why. Its only did it the one time. PS Maybe the upcoming Winex 2.0 release will fix/cure some of the current issues. Looks like they are adding lots... ;-) Thanks, LX No problem! ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] problems with 8.2
I've been using Mandrake 8.1 for a while now, and just upgraded to 8.2. The installation went fine, but the first few times I tried logging on to KDE or Gnome, they would either freeze (forcing me to Crtl+Alt+Backspace), stop loading at the blue desktop, or freeze my entire machine forcing me to reset. I've tried booting to "Old Linux" in Lilo, but I have the same problems. Also, I have'nt had any major display problems with X before, but now whenever I play any 3D games (Tux Racer, GLTron), they are extremely choppy and unplayable. In the installation it detected my video card (ATI Rage 128) just like before, and I chose the newest version of X with 3D acceleration, which I think is the same I have been using.
Re: [newbie] next one : divx
On Tuesday 02 April 2002 11:45 pm, you wrote: anyone got DivX properly to work ? i installed divx5 from the divx.com site . no problem but xmms doesn't automatically find the codec and i can't install xmps properly from rpm [1.3.1] , also i can't get the sourcecode [0.2] opendivx didn't work either - keep the X in your system - I use mplayer too for everything included encrypted dvds and divx5. This latest install was the easiest too. Got it working the first time! :) here's the list of files I used: default.tar.bz2 - mplayer skin libdvdcss-devel-0.0.3.ogle3-1.i686.rpm MPlayer-20020324/ libdvdread-0.9.2-1.i686.rpm MPlayer-current.tar divx4linux-20020304/ libdvdread-devel-0.9.2-1.i686.rpm w32codec-0.60.tar divx4linux-20020304.tgz mp-arial-iso-8859-1.zip- mplayer font libdvdcss-0.0.3.ogle3-1.i686.rpm mp-arial-iso-8859-2.zip- ditto these can be found at the mplayer and the ogle site. and I used : ./configure --disable-gcc-checking --enable-gui --enable-sdl --enable-gl to configure mplayer. hth, -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
AW: [newbie] next one : divx
what's with mplayerxp ? better cpu performance as it says .. ? - keep the X in your system - -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Im Auftrag von s Gesendet: Mittwoch, 3. April 2002 16:26 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: [newbie] next one : divx On Tuesday 02 April 2002 11:45 pm, you wrote: anyone got DivX properly to work ? i installed divx5 from the divx.com site . no problem but xmms doesn't automatically find the codec and i can't install xmps properly from rpm [1.3.1] , also i can't get the sourcecode [0.2] opendivx didn't work either - keep the X in your system - I use mplayer too for everything included encrypted dvds and divx5. This latest install was the easiest too. Got it working the first time! :) here's the list of files I used: default.tar.bz2 - mplayer skin libdvdcss-devel-0.0.3.ogle3-1.i686.rpm MPlayer-20020324/ libdvdread-0.9.2-1.i686.rpm MPlayer-current.tar divx4linux-20020304/ libdvdread-devel-0.9.2-1.i686.rpm w32codec-0.60.tar divx4linux-20020304.tgz mp-arial-iso-8859-1.zip- mplayer font libdvdcss-0.0.3.ogle3-1.i686.rpm mp-arial-iso-8859-2.zip- ditto these can be found at the mplayer and the ogle site. and I used : ./configure --disable-gcc-checking --enable-gui --enable-sdl --enable-gl to configure mplayer. hth, -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
AW: [newbie] next one : divx
btw : why disable gcc-checking ? it checked my gcc and said i should down/upgrade my version ... i compiled mplayerxp with that failure and at the end it didn't work ... ara - keep the X in your system - -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Im Auftrag von s Gesendet: Mittwoch, 3. April 2002 16:26 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: [newbie] next one : divx On Tuesday 02 April 2002 11:45 pm, you wrote: anyone got DivX properly to work ? i installed divx5 from the divx.com site . no problem but xmms doesn't automatically find the codec and i can't install xmps properly from rpm [1.3.1] , also i can't get the sourcecode [0.2] opendivx didn't work either - keep the X in your system - I use mplayer too for everything included encrypted dvds and divx5. This latest install was the easiest too. Got it working the first time! :) here's the list of files I used: default.tar.bz2 - mplayer skin libdvdcss-devel-0.0.3.ogle3-1.i686.rpm MPlayer-20020324/ libdvdread-0.9.2-1.i686.rpm MPlayer-current.tar divx4linux-20020304/ libdvdread-devel-0.9.2-1.i686.rpm w32codec-0.60.tar divx4linux-20020304.tgz mp-arial-iso-8859-1.zip- mplayer font libdvdcss-0.0.3.ogle3-1.i686.rpm mp-arial-iso-8859-2.zip- ditto these can be found at the mplayer and the ogle site. and I used : ./configure --disable-gcc-checking --enable-gui --enable-sdl --enable-gl to configure mplayer. hth, -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Removal from Mandrake Mail List
On Tue, 02 Apr 2002, Skhumbuzo Mhlongo wrote: %_Hi All I need to be deleted from mandrake list please HELP http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3 -- Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnwtworks.com Front Street Networks LLC - 203-785-0699 229 Front Street, Ste. #C, New Haven CT, 06513-3203 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] problems with 8.2
I'd also like to add that KDE takes much longer to start up than it used to, and whenever I lock the screen in KDE, I can never get back with my password, when I know it's right and have tried it over and over. Also, the lock screen button in the Gnome toolbar does nothing!
Re: [newbie] quickcam?
On Wednesday 03 April 2002 09:07 pm, you wrote: I have a web camera attached in my PC, I use this when I'm using windows, but I can't use this under Linux, is there any software available so that I can use my web camera in Linux. Brand: Logitech QuickCam Express well, if it's an older one, there are modules included with mdk. Here's a quick reference: http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=171 the only diff for 8.2 is you might want to put module needed in /etc/modules. But if it's a newer one, you'll have to get the newest quickcam drivers off their cvs site. Mine works with them, but I only get what is reported as 1 frame per second under cqcam. Gnomemeeting looks like it's doing a little better. Good luck and keep us posted. My drivers are a couple of weeks old, if your does better than 1 fps, let me know. hth, -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: AW: [newbie] next one : divx
On Wednesday 03 April 2002 08:38 am, you wrote: btw : why disable gcc-checking ? it checked my gcc and said i should down/upgrade my version ... i compiled mplayerxp with that failure and at the end it didn't work ... ara - keep the X in your system - Well, I haven't used the xp version. I had just gotten the main branch working when they did this forking thing. So... I have to disable gcc check because it didn't want to compile with version that's default on mandrake. The authors think it's goofed up, so they stick in that failure and don't support mplayer if you disable gcc checking. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] quickcam?
On Wednesday 03 April 2002 08:48 am, you wrote: On Wednesday 03 April 2002 09:07 pm, you wrote: I have a web camera attached in my PC, I use this when I'm using windows, Brand: Logitech QuickCam Express But if it's a newer one, you'll have to get the newest quickcam drivers off their cvs site. oh, here's that quickcam site: http://qce-ga.sourceforge.net -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with modem
On Wednesday 03 April 2002 11:32, you wrote: To whom it may concern My name is Christos and few days ago, I installed Mandrake 8.1. Although there was no problem with my modem (Conexant) every time I am trying to connect with internet, a message appears saying that the connection was failed because modem is busy. I would be grateful if you could give me a hint of what is wrong. Thank you, Christos Probably an IRQ - conflict. Kaj Haulrich Denmark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] XMMS Bookmarks (Favorites)???
I am familiar with Winamp for Windows' Bookmarks feature. Is there a similar way to store and retrieve bookmarks (favorites) in XMMS? Thank you very much. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with modem
On Wednesday 03 April 2002 09:43 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Wednesday 03 April 2002 11:32, you wrote: My name is Christos and few days ago, I installed Mandrake 8.1. Although there was no problem with my modem (Conexant) every time I am trying to connect with internet, a message appears saying that the connection was failed because modem is busy. I would be grateful if you could give me a hint of what is wrong. Probably an IRQ - conflict. Most likely a fake modem (ie, aka winmodem). To make sure, visit http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html and view the entire table (database) at http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/20020329a.html Since it appears there's no 'linmodem' drivers for most all Conexant junk, Christos will probly need to get a real modem. Probly the better idea since winmodems suck even with Winblows, even worse with lin-drivers.http://www.linmodems.org/ -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with modem
On Wednesday 03 April 2002 4:43 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Wednesday 03 April 2002 11:32, you wrote: To whom it may concern My name is Christos and few days ago, I installed Mandrake 8.1. Although there was no problem with my modem (Conexant) every time I am trying to connect with internet, a message appears saying that the connection was failed because modem is busy. I would be grateful if you could give me a hint of what is wrong. Thank you, Christos Probably an IRQ - conflict. Kaj Haulrich Denmark If it is Conexant, then it is almost certainly a winmodem, and as such not supported by Mandrake. You can get some winmodems working by checking out www.linmodems.org A winmodem uses the computer processor to do all the difficult 'stuff' and so will consume a considerable proportion of your processing power under both Linux and Windows. If you upgrade to a 'real' modem, performance will be better in windows and a lot less complicated to install in Linux. You can confirm it is a winmodem by opening your system control panel in Windows. If there is a device listed as 'HCF' or 'HSP' (not sure since its a while since I ran Windows), then it is a winmodem. HTH derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Connection stats
Hi, What's a good textual network(modem) connection stat program? -- Jesper Nyholm Jensen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Aliases
Hi, How do I create aliases in the bash shell? -- Jesper Nyholm Jensen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] moving netscape from win to linux
I´m running netscape 4.7 for windows. Is it possible to move my entire profile including recieved and sent mails and bookmarks to netscape in linux? I´m trying to move all my internet action to linux. Thanks in advance, Stojs Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake8.2/X-CD-Roast Configuration Problem
John, I didn't realise you were just going to type it in! If you do 'cdparanoia --help', one of the things it says is: -d --force-cdrom-device dev : use specified device; disallow autosense So (and I'm not quite sure of the syntax) you might neeed something like: #cdparanoia -vB -d /dev/cdrom2 1- /root/tmp/name I've probably got that a bit wrong, but try variations on it. Richard -- They said there's life up there in the galaxy The world in collision, there's people with an allergy -- [root@localhost root]# cdparanoia -d -vB 1- /root/tmp/name It would seem that the -d option has no effect. but please do check my command line. So far the only option that seems to work at all is with the Audio CD in the DVD/ROM and: cdparanoia -vB 1- /root/tmp/name which caches the wave files in that directory. Does all this suggest cdrecord is the problem ? I don't know. John John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: AW: [newbie] next one : divx
El mié, 03-04-2002 a las 03:09, - vom adi - escribió: where to get ? sourceforge download.com ? official site gimmegimmegimme ;) !! www.mplayerhq.hu sorry for taking too long to answer. i went to sleep ;o) Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with modem
On Wed, 3 Apr 2002 10:15:29 -0600 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 03 April 2002 09:43 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Wednesday 03 April 2002 11:32, you wrote: My name is Christos and few days ago, I installed Mandrake 8.1. Although there was no problem with my modem (Conexant) every time I am trying to connect with internet, a message appears saying that the connection was failed because modem is busy. I would be grateful if you could give me a hint of what is wrong. Probably an IRQ - conflict. Most likely a fake modem (ie, aka winmodem). To make sure, visit http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html and view the entire table (database) at http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/20020329a.html Since it appears there's no 'linmodem' drivers for most all Conexant junk, Christos will probly need to get a real modem. On that note, if he is in the market I have an Actiontec Call Waiting external modem that I no longer use or need that I will sell cheap,will include manual and driver cd. If you are interested Christo contact me direct. DO NOT use your hotmail account, or it will be sent to the get void along with yahoo. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: AW: [newbie] next one : divx
On Wed, 3 Apr 2002 16:37:14 +0200, - addy däudsch - [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what's with mplayerxp ? better cpu performance as it says .. ? Here's the basic plot that I picked up from the MPlayer mailing list: Nick Kurshev developed a patch to make MPlayer multithreaded. He claimed that it could increase MPlayer performance by up to 300% by making use of idle CPU cycles (by being multithreaded). Arpi, the MPlayer maintainer, refused to accept the patch. His reasoning was that multithreadedness was unnecessary for a movie player, and only added extra overhead. Here is what Arpi had to say about MPlayerXP on the mplayer web site (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/): He forked because we didn't accept his patch: it brings unneeded threads into MPlayer - threadlessness is the main feature of MPlayer, compared to other Linux players like Xine and avifile. Nick writes his method gains 300% speed.. This is not true. His method gains not speed but smoothness - if you have a movie that runs slow with MPlayer, MPlayerXP will not help you. It helps only in some rare files on about ~400Mhz Intel speed category systems, but it won't be faster decode (total decoding time will be the same). But you are free to try it! If you (don't) find that new core better than the normal one, mail Nick a full report. We don't support MPlayerXP. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan I was never a big thinker. One of my philosophies in Linux has always been to not worry about the future too much, but make sure that we make the best of what we have now - together with keeping our options open for the future and not digging us into a hole. -- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Aliases
On Wednesday 03 April 2002 10:26 am, Jesper Nyholm Jensen wrote:
Hi,
How do I create aliases in the bash shell?
First type 'alias' in a terminal to see what you've already got.
Then, I make the aliases I want to add in /etc/bashrc to make them
global to all users (me ;) As root just use a text editor to add 'em
to the end of bashrc For example, putting in this line
alias loci=locate -i
will enable 'loci' to do a case insensitive search for whatever you
type after 'loci', eg 'loci mandrake' will find all instances of
either Mandrake or mandrake.
With all aliases, they won't take effect till you start a new
terminal. With my example, you're slocate DB will need to be
current. To update it, type 'updatedb'. I use this alias to do a
bunch of updating all at once
alias updall='rpm --rebuilddb updatedb ldconfig -v'
There's other ways to add aliases, but I find making them global
in bashrc is easiest, since I only need to save /etc/bashrc to
instantly make them available to a fresh install by just coping in my
bakup bashrc to /etc. Basically, anything you can do on the command
line, can be shortened to a few characters, by just adding
alias some charaters=the command you want to etc/bashrc to
save typing, and you only have to get it right once ;) Just remember
to surround the the command you want with either double () or
single (') quote marks when you add it to bashrc.
--
Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas
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[newbie] Lilo, but why only graphical
Hi all, I am happy with 8.2 Of course there is always something to be desired. As root I run mcc. I change the boot option from lilo with graphical menu to lilo with text menu. Call me old fashioned but I want to see what is happening, and the odometer on the graphical boot tells me nothing. I update lilo.conf from mcc. I check. And the selection is lilo with graphical menu. Output from mcc while updating things (run from prompt): EMBED XID : 44040908 CCPID : 3528 Added old_linux Added linux2.2.19 Added floppy Added linux * Added linux-nonfb Added linux-2.4.3-20m Added linux-2.2.20-9m Added failsafe Added dos What do I do wrong? Paul -- I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay. -Madonna http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.2 - Sylpheed 0.7.4 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Open Source Code
On Thursday 04 April 2002 06:14, Anthony V Guillen wrote: I'm a newbie in Linux, before anything else, I am not a programmer, or anything, I'm just curious in Linux. I just wanted to know why is it called as an open source code OS? It's called open source because it's distributed under the GNU Public License (there is a distinction between Open Source and Free Software, but it's ont terribly importanyt in this particular context). For a general view of Open Source, check out Eric Raymond's wirtings http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/ For information on GNU see http://www.gnu.org/ If it so, what programming language is use to compile the source code use in Linux? and another thing, where can I find the source code use in Linux? AFAIK it's written in C, compiled with GCC (Gnu C Compiler) The source code is available from any Linux distro site. Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] moving netscape from win to linux
On Wednesday 03 April 2002 19:54, Stojs wrote: I´m running netscape 4.7 for windows. Is it possible to move my entire profile including recieved and sent mails and bookmarks to netscape in linux? Should be possible to just copy them into the appropriate places. Bookmarks go in .netscape , mail folders go in nsmail Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Evolution contacts...
Hello, Does anyone know of an effective way to export/import contacts from Evolution's contact editor? Thank you, Vincent A. Primavera Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Go back to 8.1???
Tim Cruikshank wrote: On Tuesday 02 April 2002 23:17, you wrote: Hi all, I recently installed MD 8.2 on my computer. Many things went well, but I cannot run PrinterDrake or any followon installation from the CD's. Locks up everytime. I checked the installation logs and had a LOT of errors during installation. I'm surprised the computer runs as well as it does. Anyway, I'd like to go back to MD 8.1 (which worked well on my computer). My only hesitation is in some of the packages that come with 8.2. GnuCash worked out of the box in 8.2. It took me *days* to satisfy all the dependencies for GnuCash in 8.1 via many downloads. Is there a way to use MD 8.1 and the rpms from 8.2 discs? or save the installed packages when I go back? Thanks Linus Linus Rather than going through a complete reinstall , why don't you post the error messsages here, and I'm sure someone should be able to help you sraighten things out. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com From what you described it appears your burn does not read on the CD drive that well. I would suggest trying different media or a different CD drive before retreating. I had a similar problem here with a DVD reader on one machine. Turned out that CDs I burned at 1x, 2x, 8x and 12x would all fail, but if I burned at 4x they would read. The DVD rreader, brand new, had its own problems--like refusing to recognize CD2 and CD3 during install though it did so post-install. Sorry the hardware story on CDs is so crappy, but then they are seriously driven too fast in rate of spin for no valid engineering reason. At least we don't have 70X CD readers out there any longer and the worst of the manufacturers seem to have died off. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Lilo, but why only graphical
Are you running lilo. If you are you change that in /etc/lilo.conf. I don't have this line on 8.1. But back when I was using Caldera2.4, there was a line that said something like 'vga=244' or some number. Check for that and make it read 'vga=normal'. Post your /etc/lilo.conf if you're unsure. Bill On Wednesday 03 April 2002 12:44 pm, Paul wrote: Hi all, I am happy with 8.2 Of course there is always something to be desired. As root I run mcc. I change the boot option from lilo with graphical menu to lilo with text menu. Call me old fashioned but I want to see what is happening, and the odometer on the graphical boot tells me nothing. I update lilo.conf from mcc. I check. And the selection is lilo with graphical menu. Output from mcc while updating things (run from prompt): EMBED XID : 44040908 CCPID : 3528 Added old_linux Added linux2.2.19 Added floppy Added linux * Added linux-nonfb Added linux-2.4.3-20m Added linux-2.2.20-9m Added failsafe Added dos What do I do wrong? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Lilo, but why only graphical
On Wed, 3 Apr 2002 14:47:10 -0500 Bill Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you running lilo. If you are you change that in /etc/lilo.conf. I don't have this line on 8.1. But back when I was using Caldera2.4, there was a line that said something like 'vga=244' or some number. Check for that and make it read 'vga=normal'. Post your /etc/lilo.conf if you're unsure. Bill On Wednesday 03 April 2002 12:44 pm, Paul wrote: Hi all, I am happy with 8.2 Of course there is always something to be desired. As root I run mcc. I change the boot option from lilo with graphical menu to lilo with text menu. Call me old fashioned but I want to see what is happening, and the odometer on the graphical boot tells me nothing. I update lilo.conf from mcc. I check. And the selection is lilo with graphical menu. You can still use the graphical menu, bootspash, and all the other goodies and still get the old fashion progress reports. In /etc/lilo.config remove 'quiet' from the append line. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Lilo, but why only graphical
On Wed, 3 Apr 2002 14:47:34 -0500 Charles wrote: You can still use the graphical menu, bootspash, and all the other goodies and still get the old fashion progress reports. In /etc/lilo.config remove 'quiet' from the append line. Problem solved! Much obliged! :) Thank you, Paul -- I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay. -Madonna http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.2 - Sylpheed 0.7.4 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Spring is here
... and the clocks on both my Mandrake boxes (8.0 and 8.1) have obligingly put themselves forward. Unfortunately they did this by two hours, not one, so I nearly had a heart attack this week, thinking I was about to turn up to my lessons an hour late. Or is this a special Mandrake Summer Time? Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Aliases
Hi,
I would like to add my aliases to my local profile only(~/bashrc). The one
I want is l='ls -l', but it seems this one has already been defined and I
can't overload it. Unalias has no permanent effect, I find. What to do?
--
Jesper Nyholm Jensen
On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Tom Brinkman wrote:
On Wednesday 03 April 2002 10:26 am, Jesper Nyholm Jensen wrote:
Hi,
How do I create aliases in the bash shell?
First type 'alias' in a terminal to see what you've already got.
Then, I make the aliases I want to add in /etc/bashrc to make them
global to all users (me ;) As root just use a text editor to add 'em
to the end of bashrc For example, putting in this line
alias loci=locate -i
will enable 'loci' to do a case insensitive search for whatever you
type after 'loci', eg 'loci mandrake' will find all instances of
either Mandrake or mandrake.
With all aliases, they won't take effect till you start a new
terminal. With my example, you're slocate DB will need to be
current. To update it, type 'updatedb'. I use this alias to do a
bunch of updating all at once
alias updall='rpm --rebuilddb updatedb ldconfig -v'
There's other ways to add aliases, but I find making them global
in bashrc is easiest, since I only need to save /etc/bashrc to
instantly make them available to a fresh install by just coping in my
bakup bashrc to /etc. Basically, anything you can do on the command
line, can be shortened to a few characters, by just adding
alias some charaters=the command you want to etc/bashrc to
save typing, and you only have to get it right once ;) Just remember
to surround the the command you want with either double () or
single (') quote marks when you add it to bashrc.
--
Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas
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Re: [newbie] Open Source Code
Anthony V Guillen wrote: I'm a newbie in Linux, before anything else, I am not a programmer, or anything, I'm just curious in Linux. I just wanted to know why is it called as an open source code OS? If it so, what programming language is use to compile the source code use in Linux? and another thing, where can I find the source code use in Linux? Thanks... __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Well, open source means you can see the source code and modify it for your own use. There are some hair splitting differences between open source and free software. Free software requires that you can 1. Use the software 2. Modify it for your own use 3. Make and distribute copies 4. Distribute modified copies. With some restrictions: Namely, that you pass these rights on with the distribution you make. The requirements for free software imply the source is available. An example of open source that is not free software is downloader for X, which requires any modifications be submitted to the original author for consideration. An example of unprotected software is BSD which can be wholly incorporated into a proprietary package with only an integrated, reproduced copyright notice. There are linux distributions that are not free software (most) and there are distributions that are not completely open-source as well. Some have a per-seat license requirement, and others keep their own additions secret, though the rest is of course freely available. MandrakeLinux boxed sets add software that is not free.MandrakeLinux Download is free software beginning with 8.2. Previous versions included software with licensing restrictions (notably netscape and downloader for X). All Mandrake tools you will discover are available in source and are licensed under the GNU General Public License. See http://www.fsf.org for more information on the GPL and its derivatives. The GPL does NOT prohibit use of the software to write programs that will be licensed in other ways by their author. For example, Xbasic, a Visual Basic like compiler that predates VB and runs on X for linux and Windows, is licensed under the GPL and its libraries (which would have to be shipped with an application to make it able to run) are licensed under the Lesser GPL or LGPL. This makes creation of turnkey programs for commercial distribution in Xbasic very easy. So much for the FUD that says Free Software is communisitc... As Richard Stallman points out, free software advocates are more like environmentalists, seeking to remove the poisons from the way business is conducted and to promote healthy business growth. And where does closed source lead? Take a gander at some existing software patents: 1. Do you use a desktop theme? Then you may owe a royalty to Apple Computer. 2. Do you insert text between other text in a word processor? Kindly render tribute to Smith-Corona. 3. Do you ever surf the web or send hyperlinks to friends? Perhaps you should talk to British Telecommunications about a license so you can do that without infringing. 4. Did you ever post a picture to a web site in .gif format? Perhaps you used an unlicensed program for the LZW compression to create that .gif, but don't worry. Chances are your web host bought a license for a fee of $5000 to $7500 to insure against litigation in the event that one of the sites he hosts carries unlicensed .gifs. Unisys Corporation was very thoughtful in making such a protection program available. You can make your own decision about whether software patents and Intellectual Property Laws and armies of lawyers threatening to ruin your life are an enhancement to incentives for huge investment in software (as in pharmaceuticals) or a definite stumbling block to innovation and the public good (as in the electronics industry where cross-licensing is a matter of course and innovation does not in any way appear to relate to the protection of intellecual property). I know that, as a programmer, I have to be very careful about coding anything in the United States. In France, I was more able to program, because I did not have to worry about some inadvertant patent infringement going off under my feet like a land mine. Insofar as I can tell, the Intellectual Property concepts appear more than anything else to make employment for a surplus of attorneys. It also appears that if any small operator makes a big innovation, it will be stolen and the thief will get off with a court settlement and a gag rule (to cover his theft) some distant future time, _if_ the owner can support the suit against the thief. (If you want more information, look up court records about DRDOS.) So, I for one, and many others besides, have chosen to put our work where everyone can
Re: [newbie] Configuring Video Adapter and Monitor
On Wednesday 03 April 2002 10:03 pm, John P. Chambers wrote: The machine I am running is a Pent II 350MHz Intel with an ABIT BH6 Motherboard. Linux 8.2. My Video adapter is a Hercules Prophet MX II. It is running in Linux, but I don't think it has the proper device drivers. I also have an NEC Multisysnc LCD Monitor 1700 M+. I can't find it in Linux either. Doesn't anyone know anything about these. I do get one listed as GEForce and it does work, but the monitor has to be adjusted and isn't real stable. Thanks, John That card uses an Nvidia Geforce II chip set. If Mandrake says it is a Geforce, then it is no big deal since all the Nvidia based cards use the same driver. You might find selecting a different monitor will have an effect since different scan rates can make a significant difference to the appearence. (Selecting different monitors basically just sets up the scan rates) You do not say in what way the image is 'unstable' It may be for example that you need to enable anti aliased fonts in order to make them 'smoother', or if you are dual booting with Windows you could import your Windows fonts which are sometimes better quality. To select a different Monitor, Mandrake Control CentreHardwareVideo To enable anti aliasing KDE Control CentreLookNFellFonts To import Windows Fonts Mandrake Control CentreSystemFonts If you want to run 3D applications on that card, then you will need to change the driver from the Open Source default driver to the proprietary Nvidia driver. It will not help your 2D performance however so do not try it until you are fairly comfortable with your system. Instructions on installing the proprietary driver are here:- http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/hardware/index.html#nom HTH derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Evolution contacts...
Sync to your palm pilot and then sync into whatever other application you want them in ... other then that, I haven't the foggiest. NB On Wed, 2002-04-03 at 08:49, Vincent A. Primavera wrote: Hello, Does anyone know of an effective way to export/import contacts from Evolution's contact editor? Thank you, Vincent A. Primavera 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] Spring is here
On Thursday 04 April 2002 00:00, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Now, last weekend Mandrake changed to summertime, because that's the astronomically correct time to do it (if one can call this idiocy correct). The next week windows changed it once more, because the bureaucrats want it that way (substantially adding to the idiocy). In both instances, the hardware-clock advanced one hour. Hah, might have known it would be something like that! One more thing I can blame Windows for. I agree, Summer Time is a great jazz song, but a stupid idea. Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] NetBEUI on Linux?
Is there a way to get my Mandrake 8.1 laptop to see my Windows desktop using NetBEUI? Can't use TCP/IP at the moment because the desktop's ip is assigned via the cable modem. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] NetBEUI on Linux?
I seriously doubt it. NetBEUI is an old protocol that Microsoft hardly supports anymore. If at all. Bill On Wednesday 03 April 2002 05:53 pm, Wally wrote: Is there a way to get my Mandrake 8.1 laptop to see my Windows desktop using NetBEUI? Can't use TCP/IP at the moment because the desktop's ip is assigned via the cable modem. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Aliases
Hi, How do I create aliases in the bash shell? -- Jesper Nyholm Jensen Well, I do it by editing .bashrc in my home directory. If you want to add an alias for all users, edit /etc/profile.d/alias.sh To make an alias, the syntax is (roughly) alias alias-name='alias contents' as in: alias rashas='rlog -L -R -lrasdan RCS/*' James _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Switching sound from OSS to Alsa
On Wednesday 03 April 2002 12:50 am, you wrote: I guess I'll just go back to the oss drivers and get the 4.1 at least. There's no use bitching I guess. I'm really just waiting for good SB Audigy support since that's what I was gonna get with these speakers until I read that there is still work to be done on the driver. The setup does appear to be some what bastardized especially since the C-Media's own driver setup doesn't have my jack configuration even listed. Oh well, it still pisses off my roomates on the floor below when i listen to some Foghat. :) Tom If you're waiting for the Audigy with USB all round, don't. USB 2.0 even isn't designed for that kind of bandwith hogging. I read a review on it recently in Maximum PC. YMMV Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Open Source Code
AFAIK it's written in C, compiled with GCC (Gnu C Compiler) The source code is available from any Linux distro site. I believe that the core part of it is written using assembly, which is why special ports need to be done - if it was all written in C, it should (theoretically) transfer across all systems without modification (assuming it's ANSI-C of course). James _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Aliases
On Wednesday 03 April 2002 10:26 am, Jesper Nyholm Jensen wrote: Hi, How do I create aliases in the bash shell? With all aliases, they won't take effect till you start a new terminal. I use . .bashrc to reload my new aliases that I make for myself without having to start a new terminal. :) James _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] NetBEUI on Linux?
Bill Davidson wrote: I seriously doubt it. NetBEUI is an old protocol that Microsoft hardly supports anymore. If at all. On Wednesday 03 April 2002 05:53 pm, Wally wrote: Is there a way to get my Mandrake 8.1 laptop to see my Windows desktop using NetBEUI? Can't use TCP/IP at the moment because the desktop's ip is assigned via the cable modem. Two points: To Bill: IMHO, the bigger question is whether Linux can support NetBEUI -- I know NetBEUI works in Win95, and I'm fairly certain it works in Win98, and is probably still supported in more recent versions. To Wally: The fact that the desktop's IP is assigned via the cable modem should not necessarily prevent you from seeing the Windows desktop. I think there are ways to assign two IPs to the same network card, and there was a post about this not too long ago on either the newbie or expert list. IIRC, civileme described the setup as the poor man's router (although I may have that mixed up with another thread). Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] NetBEUI on Linux?
On Wednesday 03 April 2002 11:53 pm, Wally wrote: Is there a way to get my Mandrake 8.1 laptop to see my Windows desktop using NetBEUI? Can't use TCP/IP at the moment because the desktop's ip is assigned via the cable modem. Ermm.. No... In any case NetBEUI would not help. It still uses the same IP address as TCP You need to look at how you are connected to your cable modem. If you have a cable modem connected directly to your desktop on a NIC, and your laptop is connected to your desktop on a different NIC, then that is two different lan segments, and the segment the laptop is on has nothing to do with the way your desktop gets its IP address. You could run static addressing between your laptop and desktop while still using DHCP to your cable modem. (I will ignore for the moment the temptation to say you should run the more stable and virus resistant OS on the boundary to the internet- Damn I said it!) If however you have a hub directly connected to your cable modem, with both your desktop and laptop directly attached to the hub with your desktop set for dhcp, while your laptop is set for static addressing then that is not a good idea since your laptop will not know what IP address the desktop is using unless it is also set to use DHCP, and since you are in the UK that means you are either an NTL customer (like me), or a Telewest one, and I know they do not allow more than one IP address on a cable modem so that is not a viable alternative. (Unless you pay the very expensive 'Business tariff') The third possibility is you have a router or firewall device between the cable modem and your local lan segment. In this case you should configure it as a DHCP server and let both computers obtain their IP addresses from it. (That's what I do) The cheapest solution is the first one. Put two NIC cards in one of the computers and let it work as a gateway. Windows 98SE and upwards is capable of this. But of course Linux does it better. (Damn I said it again!) There is also another issue to address before your laptop can see your desktop. That is the fact that Windows networking uses a proprietary SMB protocol on top of TCP/IP (or NETBEUI) OpenSource engineers have reverse engineered that protocol, and there is an application called 'Samba' which allows a Linux computer to appear to be a Windows NT computer to a Microsoft network. To set up Samba check out the docs section at www.mandrakeuser.org Strangely enough a Linux computer running samba outperforms a Windows2k machine as a Windows file server. (Damn I said it again) HTH derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Shutdown does not turn PC off
+1 more... Soyo K7ADA, Duron 1.0 Reboot works, but halt goes to the point where the PC should be powered off and then I get an abend displayed on the console. This appears to repeat after about 20 seconds, but goes too fast to read and I haven't been able to find any logs -- appears everything has been closed. Shutdown worked on 8.1. Roger On Tuesday 02 April 2002 07:11 am, Onur Kucuk wrote: RK Hi everyone, RK I've seen a user having the same problem as me - when shutting down RK the computer, no matter if using shutdown -h now, poweroff or halt -p RK (yeah, haven't tried telinit 0 ;-) the computer goes through the usual RK shutdown process as in MDK8.1 and then at Power down. it just turns RK off the disks and stops. It should turn off the computer but it RK doesn't. RK I haven't changed a thing since 8.1 and even PnP OS is set to No if RK that matters. There doesn't seem to be a visible difference in the RK scripts in /etc/rc.d/ which are probably responsible for shutdown (as RK far as I figured). RK Since another user has already asked the same question, I wonder, has RK anyone else come across it meanwhile? RK BTW: My computer is an Athlon 750 on an ABIT KA7 mainboard, 128MB RK SDRAM. RK TIA RK Roman +1 Intel i845 board + 512 MB SDRam + Nvidia Geforce2MX Exactly the same Regards, Onur Kucuk _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake 8.2 downloads sites
I have a DSL line and download speeds are usually very good, but the site ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/distributions/mandrake/iso/ where I am downloading disk one for over 24 hours now, is rediculous! I know it's not me. I am doing other downloads while waiting that just speed right along... Any suggestions? Dan B Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Shutdown does not turn PC off
Hello! I have a similar problem. I use a dual pentium machine, and I have never been able to shutdown. At the end of the shutdown process, the terminal-like screen says power off and stays like that forever, until I press the power button for more than 4 seconds. I have alrready posted this question a few times about a year ago, but never got a reply, so I ended up thinking I was the only one to experience this problem. I don't remember the board type, and I have no driver at hand to open the case, but I have the same problem at home with an old Abit dual processor board with 2 celerons. Pascal 2002 4? 4 ??? 10:10??: +1 more... Soyo K7ADA, Duron 1.0 Reboot works, but halt goes to the point where the PC should be powered off and then I get an abend displayed on the console. This appears to repeat after about 20 seconds, but goes too fast to read and I haven't been able to find any logs -- appears everything has been closed. Shutdown worked on 8.1. Roger On Tuesday 02 April 2002 07:11 am, Onur Kucuk wrote: RK Hi everyone, RK I've seen a user having the same problem as me - when shutting down RK the computer, no matter if using shutdown -h now, poweroff or halt -p RK (yeah, haven't tried telinit 0 ;-) the computer goes through the usual RK shutdown process as in MDK8.1 and then at Power down. it just turns RK off the disks and stops. It should turn off the computer but it RK doesn't. RK I haven't changed a thing since 8.1 and even PnP OS is set to No if RK that matters. There doesn't seem to be a visible difference in the RK scripts in /etc/rc.d/ which are probably responsible for shutdown (as RK far as I figured). RK Since another user has already asked the same question, I wonder, has RK anyone else come across it meanwhile? RK BTW: My computer is an Athlon 750 on an ABIT KA7 mainboard, 128MB RK SDRAM. RK TIA RK Roman +1 Intel i845 board + 512 MB SDRam + Nvidia Geforce2MX Exactly the same Regards, 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] Mandrake 8.2 downloads sites
On Wed, 3 Apr 2002 20:30:56 -0500 Dan Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a DSL line and download speeds are usually very good, but the site ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/distributions/mandrake/iso/ where I am downloading disk one for over 24 hours now, is rediculous! I know it's not me. I am doing other downloads while waiting that just speed right along... Any suggestions? Dan B I had the same problem a couple of weeks ago--every download site was either full or really slow. I did manage a download today from the mirror in Illinois (ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/Mandrake/iso/). I got disc 1 in a little under 2 hours (t1 @ work). Todd -- Todd Slater 8:28pm up 7 days, 21:55, 2 users, load average: 0.13, 0.12, 0.14 You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within himself. (Galileo) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Fw: Michael's Minutes: The Desk Theory
Just received this email. It makes the point completlety clear.. Its really worth reading. - Original Message - From: Michael Robertson To: Lindows.com Friends Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 6:55 PM Subject: Michael's Minutes: The Desk Theory Michaels Minutes: The Desk Theory Remember when every house had just one television? Today, its not uncommon for families to have multiple televisions. The personal computer is poised to experience the same phenomenon. The tipping point will be when a personal computer is cheaper than the desk it sits on. Then well see PCs appearing in every room of every house and employees will have more than one computer on their desk. As prices fall, PCs are moving from one per person (or per family) big-ticket items to common appliances. They're becoming commodities that can be dedicated to a task or a location. Tomorrow's teenager will be asking for a "chat computer" to do instant messaging in their bedroom, just as the generation before them pled for a telephone. Every major electronic manufacturer sells a capable $500 computer and there's no indication that the low-end price will stop there. This downward price trend will trigger an explosion of computer ownership and ultimately close the digital divide. Artificially high-prices for software is the one obstacle preventing this trend from truly exploding. While Microsoft contends that no consumers (or companies for that matter) have been hurt by their illegal practices over the last decade, that's simply not true. With no competitors keeping Microsoft's prices in check, they have consistently raised prices of their software and instituted onerous licensing terms. Billions of dollars are being transferred from consumer's wallets to Microsofts coffers. More importantly, these tactics have prevented computing from reaching the digitally disadvantaged as well as slowed the growth of the multi-computer family and business. Fortunately, LindowsOS addresses this issue by offering an affordable product, which is well-suited for a cost-conscious business environment or a 13-year-old's bedroom. We've spent a considerable amount of time with our upcoming version of LindowsOS making sure that it will handle many of the computing tasks and file types that people have grown accustomed to using. Users of our Sneak Preview 2 (SP2) will be greeted with a pleasing interface which will handle browsing and email. More impressively, it will handle common file formats - even those proprietary to Microsoft. It's now commonplace for Microsoft Word .doc files, Microsoft Excel .xls and Microsoft PowerPoint .ppt files to be sent as attachments or posted on public web sites. LindowsOS users can view and print these files without buying any additional software. On the web, Macromedia Flash ®, Adobe® PDF files, graphics and audio formats, like MP3s, are now common-fare and accordingly, LindowsOS opens or plays them all with a single mouse click. You can test a list of file formats LindowsOS handles by visiting: http://www.lindows.com/filetypes. This level of seamless compatibility with common computing formats has never been achieved before with any out-of-the box non-Microsoft installation. We think it's an essential step in the process to bring more people to the possibility of an affordable choice. SP2 will be released next week. With a speedy five-minute installation process either alongside an existing Microsoft Windows 98, or as the only operating system
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.2 downloads sites
On Wednesday 03 April 2002 08:30 pm, Dan Butler wrote: I have a DSL line and download speeds are usually very good, but the site ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/distributions/mandrake/iso/ where I am downloading disk one for over 24 hours now, is rediculous! I know it's not me. I am doing other downloads while waiting that just speed right along... Any suggestions? Dan B Try another site. Sometimes it helps to pick a site in a different time zone, I live in CT USA, and I have used european sites, where like it would be like 3:00 AM in London, and got good fast downloads. -- Gerald Waugh : Registered Linux user # 255245 http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com Front Street Networks LLC - ph. 203.785.0699 229 Front Street, Ste. #C, New Haven, CT, United States of America 8:28pm up 13 days, 4:53, 3 users, load average: 1.38, 1.32, 1.35 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mouse freezing
My problem is that when my PC boots and I get the XServer login screen the mouse is locked up. If I switch to another session (ALT-CTL-F1) and back again the mouse is OK. If I login the mouse remains frozen until I switch to another session and back again (I don't actually *do* anything in the other session). I found and used mouseconfig and have selected P/S Standard mouse and Logitech Wheelmouse (which is what is really is) - both work, but both display the same problem. Has anyone seen this before and have any ideas? Greg Lomax Config: PCCHIPS M817LMR MoBo, AMD Athlon 1.4MHz, 512MB RAM, ASUS V8200 GeForce 3 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] problems with 8.2
I am having similar problems after doing the same from LM8.1. The video is very flaky and icons do not show up in apps properly and when I click the drop down for the different folders evolution just disappears. Roly On Wed, 2002-04-03 at 09:22, Blood Slap wrote: I've been using Mandrake 8.1 for a while now, and just upgraded to 8.2. The installation went fine, but the first few times I tried logging on to KDE or Gnome, they would either freeze (forcing me to Crtl+Alt+Backspace), stop loading at the blue desktop, or freeze my entire machine forcing me to reset. I've tried booting to Old Linux in Lilo, but I have the same problems. Also, I have'nt had any major display problems with X before, but now whenever I play any 3D games (Tux Racer, GLTron), they are extremely choppy and unplayable. In the installation it detected my video card (ATI Rage 128) just like before, and I chose the newest version of X with 3D acceleration, which I think is the same I have been using. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] how do you...
.enlarge blackbox fonts? looks pretty fast, but the menus are so small i'm going blind! i can't find the config files/options for this... thanks Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] problem w/ d/l java from sun
i wanted to download the java.bin from sun yesterday [w/ opera 6.0 b1] everything went fine , but when i wanted to install the .bin file [w/ sh java.bin] it says that the download looks like it's corrupted and it wont install ... and when i download the file w/ 'wget' it stops after 2086.xx kbytes and tells me that the file is to big or something like that - keep the X in your system - Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] problem w/ d/l java from sun
El jue, 04-04-2002 a las 02:31, - addy däudsch - escribió: i wanted to download the java.bin from sun yesterday [w/ opera 6.0 b1] everything went fine , but when i wanted to install the .bin file [w/ sh java.bin] it says that the download looks like it's corrupted and it wont install ... and when i download the file w/ 'wget' it stops after 2086.xx kbytes and tells me that the file is to big or something like that - keep the X in your system - did you do a df? check if the partition you are downloading to isn't full.. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
AW: [newbie] problem w/ d/l java from sun
i've got a 40gb maxtor and have lm8.2 full installed that makes about 3 gb then about 100 mo's of downloads yet i don't think it's full :( - keep the X in your system - -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Im Auftrag von Damian Gesendet: Donnerstag, 4. April 2002 07:54 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: [newbie] problem w/ d/l java from sun El jue, 04-04-2002 a las 02:31, - addy däudsch - escribió: i wanted to download the java.bin from sun yesterday [w/ opera 6.0 b1] everything went fine , but when i wanted to install the .bin file [w/ sh java.bin] it says that the download looks like it's corrupted and it wont install ... and when i download the file w/ 'wget' it stops after 2086.xx kbytes and tells me that the file is to big or something like that - keep the X in your system - did you do a df? check if the partition you are downloading to isn't full.. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: Michaels Minutes (WAY OT)
Sheesh couldnt you have just posted the bleeding link... what a waste of bandwidth. Two minutes at the website gave me: http://www.lindows.com/lindows_michaelsminutes.php Not all of us are interested in this you know! After all, it is just someone elses propaganda. You get another life, but try this again and all your emails get straight in my trash. Man i have had an a-hole day. And i should really apologise cause you catch the brunt of it but what a dumb move. /. /. /. /. Michael -- Fly Windows NT: All the passengers carry their seats out onto the tarmac, placing the chairs in the outline of a plane. They all sit down, flap their arms and make jet swooshing sounds as if they are flying. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Not why only graphical - Why no graphical?
Ha there folks, Well, a new machine and same result. I purchased the full bottle M8.0 and need to get SOME value back :-) Many people complained of it not being very successful and it failed for me several times on 3 machines. It would seem to install ok to a degree - but only in text mode, despite my trying to ensure it would be graphic. I have now even bought a Jetway moboard as I was told it was lux friendly. SIS 630T chipset It has O/b video AGP4x shared mem amount immaterial as I've seen so far. O/b sound AC'97 P3 667 Chip No graphics install by M8.0 No sound BTW: I've never been able to get sound working on any prior system. Advice requested please: 1. In the manuals I can find no reference to going GUI from dreaded Terminal mode. Can one? I tried F1 and select other options at bootup but it will not accept any change from L3 to L5 2. As I paid for the presentation of 1000's of programs with the retail Powerpak, is there a chance that I could use say a 2 disk minimalist set of 8.1 ( or 2) to get a start and then install the programs I want from the 8.0 Set? Note: In Australia north of Brisbane we not only put our clocks back, but Telecom can't see why I REALLY need to be on the Internet. I average a D/l speed of 1.8 overall ( I quit when it often gets to 1.0 or less) and lose about one in two of any large (10Megs+) downloads. I've officially been told voice capability is good enough and they aren't obliged to demonstrate more than 9600 Bd capability unless I want to spend a few hundred per week on ADSL or... so using the disks, not to mention the $140 spent on them seems a good idea. 3. What is the vote nowadays - my figures show 50/50 for 8.1 and 8.2 re user install/working satisfaction. 4. If Mandrake can't for some reason detect a graphics card, should it not say so? Or will it simply default to a Terminal/text install? Thanks and Cheers, John --- _ All *MY* communications are certified virus-free. Why not yours? Ask here for full info - *and* get it free. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.343 / Virus Database: 190 - Release Date: 22/03/02 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
