Re: [newbie] Where has hdparm gone in 8.2?
On Monday 29 April 2002 10:43 pm, Brian Parish wrote: > On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 13:02, s wrote: > > > > > well, try this: > > http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=hdparm > > > > > > Thanks and yes, that link certainly works, but the question still > remains: If the 8.2 download edition includes RPMS3, where is it in the > powerpack - and what else am I missing? > > Brian well, got me there as I don't have the powerpak, yet I read someone tell someone else that the supplimentary apps cd is the same as the 3rd downloaded cd. For what that's worth... -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Toshiba 1005-s157 problems
Hi. I recently installed Mandrake 8.2 on a Toshib 1005-s157 laptop. Everything seemed to go fine during hte install, but afterwards, a few things dont work: 1. Sound. Does not work, and I cannot look at the hardware in the control center (see below :-)) The sound was shown currently during install time as on-board integrated AC-97. 2. Viewing the hardware list from the control center. When I try to do this, the screen suddenly goes dark, with a single blinking white cursor on the top left of the screen. I can alt+F1 for a new console, and login, and a ps shows that all the processes including X are running. When I configured X, it showed the Intel 830MG video card twice, and asked if both heads must be configured at the same time (to which I answered yes, not knowing what it meant). 3. usb mouse. I connected my ps/2 keyboard and mouse to a belkin ps/2 -> usb adapter, and the keyboard works, but the mouse does not. There is a message about "blacklisted uhci" module message in /var/log/messages. Same problem with looking at the attached hardware. I did partition the disk to dual boot into Windows XP and Linux, but that doesn't seem to be the issue. Any idea what's wrong? many thanks, Vijay Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Need help with inittab
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 01:08:51 -0700 Eric wrote: >I changed a line in this and now I can't boot up. Is there any way back >in so I can change it back? Boot from the installation CD, hit F1 for and type "rescue" at the prompt (without the quotes) That gets you into your system. Paul -- If a black cat crosses your path... pet the little guy! http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.2 - Sylpheed 0.7.5 Help Microsoft combat software piracy: give Linux to a friend today! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printing Problems
--- Roland Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> &eacgr;&ggr;&rgr;&agr;&psgr;&egr;: > My printer , a Canon S450, suddenly is printing > everything twice as > large as it should be. This includes fonts and > graphics. I am using the > cups system and have tried replacing the driver, > from > "Linuxprinting.org's cups-o-matic system. > > Anyone come across this before? I am using M8.2, 512 > meg of ram and have > lots of disk space. > > Roly > > -- > "The directions said to install Windows 98/2000 or > better! >So I installed Linux!" > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Hello Roland I once, long time ago faced the same problem with my old HP695C DeskJet printer but in LM 8.1 not in 8.2 that I'm running right now. I did the following: from the Mandrake Control Center I removed completely the printer, went to SysVInit from the root account GUI and restarted CUPS server. I went on to the Mandrake Control Center and reinstalled the Printer choosing another driver than the recommended one. Everything worked fine. And everytime I faced problems I was shutting down and restarting the CUPS server. Sometimes when this didn't work and my printer was still printing crap, I rebooted. Hope this helps temporarily Greetings Dimitris Ioannou Do You Yahoo!? &Agr;&pgr;&ogr;&kgr;&tgr;&eeacgr;&sgr;&tgr;&egr; &tgr;&eegr; &dgr;&ohgr;&rgr;&egr;&aacgr;&ngr; @yahoo.gr &dgr;&igr;&egr;&uacgr;&thgr;&ugr;&ngr;&sgr;&eegr; &sgr;&agr;&sfgr; &sgr;&tgr;&ogr; http://www.otenet.gr Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Printing Problems
My printer , a Canon S450, suddenly is printing everything twice as large as it should be. This includes fonts and graphics. I am using the cups system and have tried replacing the driver, from "Linuxprinting.org's cups-o-matic system. Anyone come across this before? I am using M8.2, 512 meg of ram and have lots of disk space. Roly -- "The directions said to install Windows 98/2000 or better! So I installed Linux!" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] X and nVidia under 8.2
Did you compile the drivers or download the binaries? Try compiling if you downloaded the binaries. Ian McLeod Customer Service Office (CSO) EDS (Australia) Pty Ltd Level 9, 108 North Tce, Adelaide, SA, 5000 Phone: (08) 8464 1304 Fax: (08) 8464 2141 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EDS... The recognised global leader in ensuring clients achieve superior value in the Digital Economy SAG Account Vision * EDS becomes the clear supplier of choice to South Australian based customers for all IT services and needs, regardless of contractual obligations -Original Message- From: Brian Parish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 30 April 2002 2:26 PM To: newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] X and nVidia under 8.2 On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 14:42, FemmeFatale wrote: > Brian Parish wrote: > > > > I need to get some real work done on this system, so unless someone has > > a REAL bright idea, I'll just leave the gaming in the Windows domain, > > sigh regretfully, and be resigned to the fact that M$ is going to keep > > it's market share as long as this sort of crap comes standard with my > > otherwise much-preferred OS. and yeah, I know it's probably some > > weirdness associated with my generic Geforce 2 MMX 400 DDR card, but > > guess what - that's what's out there. And of course with W$ it works > > just fine. > > > > Thanks for the help Femme. > > > > cheers > > Brian > > Sorry luv, I will look around a bit more for you. But as of yet, i'm > out of ideas & programs. > > I take it the little script didn't help? > > -- > Femme No, but looking through it, all it does is exactly what I was doing anyway - it just includes the download, rpm install and adds the two required strings into the XF86 config file. Thanks anyway. Much appreciated. Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Need help with inittab
I changed a line in this and now I can't boot up. Is there any way back in so I can change it back? Mithrilhall's Linux Server AMD-K2 350MHz http://mithrilhall.redirectme.net This email has been scanned with Norton AntiVirus Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] X and nVidia under 8.2
On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 14:42, FemmeFatale wrote: > Brian Parish wrote: > > > > I need to get some real work done on this system, so unless someone has > > a REAL bright idea, I'll just leave the gaming in the Windows domain, > > sigh regretfully, and be resigned to the fact that M$ is going to keep > > it's market share as long as this sort of crap comes standard with my > > otherwise much-preferred OS. and yeah, I know it's probably some > > weirdness associated with my generic Geforce 2 MMX 400 DDR card, but > > guess what - that's what's out there. And of course with W$ it works > > just fine. > > > > Thanks for the help Femme. > > > > cheers > > Brian > > Sorry luv, I will look around a bit more for you. But as of yet, i'm > out of ideas & programs. > > I take it the little script didn't help? > > -- > Femme No, but looking through it, all it does is exactly what I was doing anyway - it just includes the download, rpm install and adds the two required strings into the XF86 config file. Thanks anyway. Much appreciated. Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] X and nVidia under 8.2
Brian Parish wrote: > > I need to get some real work done on this system, so unless someone has > a REAL bright idea, I'll just leave the gaming in the Windows domain, > sigh regretfully, and be resigned to the fact that M$ is going to keep > it's market share as long as this sort of crap comes standard with my > otherwise much-preferred OS. and yeah, I know it's probably some > weirdness associated with my generic Geforce 2 MMX 400 DDR card, but > guess what - that's what's out there. And of course with W$ it works > just fine. > > Thanks for the help Femme. > > cheers > Brian Sorry luv, I will look around a bit more for you. But as of yet, i'm out of ideas & programs. I take it the little script didn't help? -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] bookmarks file from netscape to konqueror [OT]
Carroll Grigsby wrote: > > On Monday 29 April 2002 08:57 pm, Schwenk, Jeanie wrote: > > It worked! Thank goodness. I am trying to get the same exact > > functionality on my linux box as I have on my windows box. > > > > Thanks. > > Jeanie > > Jeanie: > While it's not possible to completely duplicate Windows' behavior in Linux, > there are some work-arounds. For example, you can simulate BSOD's by either > hitting the reset button every 150 minutes, or pulling the plug from the wall > at the same time interval. Once you become competent in Linux, of course, you > can probably write a cron job to do this automatically. Until then, a simple > solution is to use a common kitchen timer (Radio Shack is a good source). As > for viruses and worms, you'll have to create those on your own, because the > standard tools used by script kiddies are very much Windows-specific. And, > even when you are successful, they will only run on your PC. Sort of takes > all of the fun out of it, doesn't it? As for cost, the _best_ solution that I > can offer to the lack of M$'s licensing fees is that you send me a check for > several hundred bucks every two years. While we're at it, I'd also like a > check every month to cover your costs of not having to download M$'s latest > semi-effective security updates. Hmmm... and then there's the third party > utilities that you won't be buying: McAfee, Norton, etc. > > Sorry, but I couldn't resist it. You will rot in hell cmg! I swear, i'm sure if Dante re-wrote his "Inferno" He'd have a special place for wits like you. Thx, that was damn funny. -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OpenOffice
OpenOffice 1.0 is being released any minute now. Lee -- Registered Linux abuser #223705 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Nimda
This also goes back to the heart of whether or not it is legal / ethical to shut someone's system down. Blocking access is one thing, trying to shut a server down is quite another in my opinion. I actually did have a script running that would sucessfully block out pretty close to 100% of all nimda related "infection" attempts via ipchains / hosts.deny . On any server I run, I'm certainly not going to try to shut down the server attempting to infect me. If I did so, I'd be opening myself up to a potential lawsuit from the company running the infected server. Send an e-mail to their admin, or block off their access, but don't shut their machine down. It's a legally questionable move to do that. Michael -- Michael Viron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Core Systems Group Simple End User Linux At 07:10 AM 4/29/2002 -0400, you wrote: >> Hello, would anyone know where I can find >> a script that would shut down or stop >> a nimda infected server? >> >> I can no longer tolerate this nimda, >> blocking does not work, there are some >> addresses that still get though and I don't >> know how the little buggers do it, so I >> want to make my web server send back a command >> that will shut off the infected server. >> >> Thanks to those that can help. >> >> Ibly >> > >Ibly, > >Do an archive search for a thread on HoneyPort. I believe you'll find it >on the expert archive. You can also find some information if you do a >search for Labrea Tarpit on Google. That should help you in what you're >looking to do. It will at least trap the incoming connection attempt and >keep it from sucking up yer bandwidth/server resources. However, it >won't send a term signal back to the offending computer. For that you're >going to have to do a little more searching on Google. But those >programs are out there. > >You may also find a few references to programs such as this in the >expert archives if you search long enough. > >Mark > > >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] Music from the window
> I found this player that looks like Winamp, buried deep in the "startmenu" > somewhere. So far, so good. Well, KDE has noatun, and that works fairly well as an mp3 player. xmms is also good. >From konqueror you can right click on the mp3 file and choose one or the other from the "Open With" dialog box. Assouming you can first find the files, of course :). In KDE 3.0 it's even easier than that - you just click on the file while on konqueror and it starts to play automatically. Just as easy as it is in Windows. > Now I have plenty of MP3's, but they are on a W2K NTFS partition, which I > couldn't find with Konqueror (seems to me that this is the explorer > counterpart, right?). Getting to the files is more tricky. You'll have to mouunt the partition first, and/or edit your /etc/fstab file so that it automounts it on startup. First, where is this partition? It may just be easy to create a directory called /mp3 (as root) and mount the disk/partition into /mpt. That way you can just go to /mp3 with konqueror. ntfs should be readable - I haven't any experience with it though. > Christian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] video card swap out
I tried this and it did the trick: Before starting X, log in as root and run XFdrake. You can select a resolution there and it should set things for your card. Thanks for your help anyway. I will tuck this email away for future use. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Myers Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 7:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] video card swap out On Monday 29 April 2002 08:31 pm, you wrote: > I'm trying to swap out a Trident TGUI9440-3 PCI video card in favor of a > Cirrus Logic CL-GD5446. When I tried rebooting the OS will not load > properly now (Hangs up where KDE would normally start loading). What did I > do wrong? Do I need to reinstall the old card and make some kind of config > change before I can install the new one? Any help would be appreciated. > Thanks in advance. > > _ > Steven Peters > ICQ#: 53147135 > More ways to contact me: http://wwp.icq.com/53147135 > See more about me: http://web.icq.com/whitepages/about_me?Uin=53147135 > _ Steven, easiest way (for me anyhoo) to do this is to reboot with your ML 8.x CD 1 in the drive and do an expert upgrade, don't select any packages if you don't want to and then let it go on through the process. It will get to the configure X stuff and you can configure for the card there if it doesn't auto detect. It will ask if you want to check the configuration and you can click yes as in the original installation. You should see all the little penguins. It is quick and easy. HTH Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] video card swap out
I tried that Brian and that did the trick. Thank you very much for your help. You rock! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian Parish Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 6:52 PM To: newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] video card swap out Steven, Before starting X, log in as root and run XFdrake. You can select a resolution there and it should set things for your card. HTH Brian On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 11:31, Steven Peters wrote: > I'm trying to swap out a Trident TGUI9440-3 PCI video card in favor of a > Cirrus Logic CL-GD5446. When I tried rebooting the OS will not load > properly now (Hangs up where KDE would normally start loading). What did I > do wrong? Do I need to reinstall the old card and make some kind of config > change before I can install the new one? Any help would be appreciated. > Thanks in advance. > > _ > Steven Peters > ICQ#: 53147135 > More ways to contact me: http://wwp.icq.com/53147135 > See more about me: http://web.icq.com/whitepages/about_me?Uin=53147135 > _ > > > > > 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] Where has hdparm gone in 8.2?
On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 13:02, s wrote: > On Monday 29 April 2002 09:03 pm, Brian Parish wrote: > > > > > > > 3rd CD of download edition (RPMS3) > > > hdparm-4.6-1mdk.i586.rpm > > > -- > > > Cheers > > > dg > > > > I have the powerpack - 7 CDs. Inst 1&2. Commercial 1&2. Sources 1&2. > > Supplementary apps. Can't find an RPMS3 on any of 'em. Could be that's > > the problem? Blindness could also be contributing of course ;-) > > > > Brian > > well, try this: > http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=hdparm > > Thanks and yes, that link certainly works, but the question still remains: If the 8.2 download edition includes RPMS3, where is it in the powerpack - and what else am I missing? Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: Can't open: lib/modules/preferred/module.dep ?
> db wrote: > > >>Try "depmod -a" > >> > > > > When I tried "depmod -a" it returned: > > "can't open /lib/modules/2.0.34/modules.dep" > > > > I CDed along the string and found two things: > > > > 1) The original string quoted in the error: > > "lib/modules/preferred/module.dep" is incorrect. In the modules directory > > there is no preferred dirctory... only one directory: "2.0.34-0.6". > > Interesting. The kernel was built as 2.0.34, but the modules were > stuffed in a directory for 2.0.34-0.6. E! Somebody goofed! Can > you do a "uname -r" and see what it says? I'll bet it'll say "2.0.34". > If that's true, then try this as the root user: > > cd /lib/modules > ln -s 2.0.34-0.6 2.0.34 > > Then try the "depmod -a" again. I won't guarantee this works, but it's > worth the effort. Rick, You were right. uname -r returned "2.0.34". From what you said, I just realized someone warned me of something like this when I was planning to install 5.1. What he said about it was" ">As I recall from RH5.1, there were a number of problems because RH was >moving things from one directory to another. They are more or less >completely fixed in 5.2 and are curable in 5.1 with the ln -s instruction." so I did the "ln -s 2.0.34-0.6 2.0.34" and the "depmod -a" and it returned nothing at the resulting prompt. I rebooted however and the same "Finding module dependencies ... Can't find lib/modules/preferred/module.dep showed up in the boot process... So I guess nothing changed. Or did it? I am so new at linux I'm pretty much in the dark. On another list. ABrady kindly dug up a some referenced to this problem ... three different ones. 1. - THIS FIRST ONE, MIGHT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROBLEM I DO HAVE LILO BUT IT IS ON THE PRIMARY DRIVE AND ONLY BOOTS WINDOWS AND MANDRAKE 8.1. I BOOT RH 5.1 WITH A FLOPPY. THIS MIGHT BE THE CAUSE BUT I AM NOT SURE WHY ? IN REFERENCE TO THE MENTIONED FTP DISK IMAGES ... I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY AVAILABLE ANY LONGER JUST FILES AND I HAD DIFICULTY BURNING A CD AND WITH AN FTP INSTALL SO I DUG UP AN INSTALL CD AND USED THAT.. NOT SURE HOW I WOULD FIND THE UPDATES MENTIONED Over the past week, I have been experienced a number of problems (can`t open /lib/modules/prefered/modules.dep) installing Redhat 5.1, and managed a perfect install this morning. I have had exactly the same problems as you. You should do the following. 1. Make sure that you installed LILO somewhere, even if it was on your Linux partition rather than your MBR. If this is not done, the kernel is not compiled with all of your modules during installation. 2. Check all of the updates in /redhat/redhat-5.1/updates at your local FTP mirror. There are some new disc images there, so you should perhaps use those. 3. In particular, get linuxconf and kernelconf, upgrading with - $ rpm -Uvh 4. Now reboot 2 - I TAKE IT THIS IS ONE OF THE UPDATES MENTIONED ABOVE. HOW WOULD I GO ABOUT FINDING IT AND INSTALLING IT OR THE "2.0.34-1 versions of kernel, kernel-headers, kernel-source etc ? "The initscripts-3.65-2 update is the package that solved this problem for me. It might help to get the final 2.0.34 kernel packages as well (e.g. the 2.0.34-1 versions of kernel, kernel-headers, kernel-source etc.) Incidentally, RedHat support are of the opinion that the solution to this problem is obvious if you read their errata. I guess we must be stupid not to have spotted it." This is what I did to solve the problem related to the boot-up message: "Cannot open /lib/modules/preferred/modules.dep" This problem appears to occur mainly when loadlin is used. 3 THIS SEEMS TO REDIRECT THE ERRONEOUS PROCESS BUT I DON'T SEE HOW IT SUPPLIES THE MODULE.DEP OR AM I MISUNDERSTANDING? Type uname -r This will give you the version number Have a look in the directory /lib/modules There should be a directory with a name resembling the version number you found above, but often with something on the end (-0.6 in my case). This is your modules directory. Make a symbolic link to the modules directory with the exact same name as the version number. i.e. ln -s Now change into the directory where the modules are via the symbolic link. /lib/modules/ Run the command depmod -a Edit the file /etc/conf.modules using your favourite text editor. I use pico Add the line depfile=/lib/modules//modules.dep Save and quit Edit the file /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit Find the line with the command depmod -a preferred You can use the ctrl+W command in pico for this. A few lines below the first occurence of this command should be an identical one. There is the first depmod command, an else statement, then the second depmod command. Remove the word preferred from the second depmod statement. It should now read depmod -a Save the file Reboot and hope for the best! CAN ANYONE MAKE MORE SENSE OUT OF THIS THAN I AM? I am pretty new to thi
Re: [newbie] Where has hdparm gone in 8.2?
On Monday 29 April 2002 09:03 pm, Brian Parish wrote: > > > > 3rd CD of download edition (RPMS3) > > hdparm-4.6-1mdk.i586.rpm > > -- > > Cheers > > dg > > I have the powerpack - 7 CDs. Inst 1&2. Commercial 1&2. Sources 1&2. > Supplementary apps. Can't find an RPMS3 on any of 'em. Could be that's > the problem? Blindness could also be contributing of course ;-) > > Brian well, try this: http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=hdparm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] bookmarks file from netscape to konqueror [OT]
On Monday 29 April 2002 08:57 pm, Schwenk, Jeanie wrote: > It worked! Thank goodness. I am trying to get the same exact > functionality on my linux box as I have on my windows box. > > Thanks. > Jeanie Jeanie: While it's not possible to completely duplicate Windows' behavior in Linux, there are some work-arounds. For example, you can simulate BSOD's by either hitting the reset button every 150 minutes, or pulling the plug from the wall at the same time interval. Once you become competent in Linux, of course, you can probably write a cron job to do this automatically. Until then, a simple solution is to use a common kitchen timer (Radio Shack is a good source). As for viruses and worms, you'll have to create those on your own, because the standard tools used by script kiddies are very much Windows-specific. And, even when you are successful, they will only run on your PC. Sort of takes all of the fun out of it, doesn't it? As for cost, the _best_ solution that I can offer to the lack of M$'s licensing fees is that you send me a check for several hundred bucks every two years. While we're at it, I'd also like a check every month to cover your costs of not having to download M$'s latest semi-effective security updates. Hmmm... and then there's the third party utilities that you won't be buying: McAfee, Norton, etc. Sorry, but I couldn't resist it. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Where has hdparm gone in 8.2?
On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 11:41, Darwin Gottfried wrote: > > But drakopt calls hdparm, which isn't there and I'm damned if I can > > find it in software manager. Searched by file and by description, > > without any hits apart from powertweak and webmin,which are both > > installed. > > > > I'm cross-posting this to the expert list. Maybe someone over there > > has found it. > > > > cheers > > Brian > > > > > > > > 3rd CD of download edition (RPMS3) > hdparm-4.6-1mdk.i586.rpm > -- > Cheers > dg > I have the powerpack - 7 CDs. Inst 1&2. Commercial 1&2. Sources 1&2. Supplementary apps. Can't find an RPMS3 on any of 'em. Could be that's the problem? Blindness could also be contributing of course ;-) Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] video card swap out
On Monday 29 April 2002 08:31 pm, you wrote: > I'm trying to swap out a Trident TGUI9440-3 PCI video card in favor of a > Cirrus Logic CL-GD5446. When I tried rebooting the OS will not load > properly now (Hangs up where KDE would normally start loading). What did I > do wrong? Do I need to reinstall the old card and make some kind of config > change before I can install the new one? Any help would be appreciated. > Thanks in advance. > > _ > Steven Peters > ICQ#: 53147135 > More ways to contact me: http://wwp.icq.com/53147135 > See more about me: http://web.icq.com/whitepages/about_me?Uin=53147135 > _ Steven, easiest way (for me anyhoo) to do this is to reboot with your ML 8.x CD 1 in the drive and do an expert upgrade, don't select any packages if you don't want to and then let it go on through the process. It will get to the configure X stuff and you can configure for the card there if it doesn't auto detect. It will ask if you want to check the configuration and you can click yes as in the original installation. You should see all the little penguins. It is quick and easy. HTH Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] X and nVidia under 8.2
On Monday 29 April 2002 07:41 pm, you wrote: > OK, I think it's time to give up on this and wait until nVidia can write > a driver that works. Femme sent me the RPMs that worked for her, which > (not surprisingly) are entirely consistent with those I downloaded from > nVidia. I also tried removing all NV related rpms and installing the > kernel and glx rpms from the LM 8.2 powerpack commercial CD. Did the > edits to /etc/X11/XF86config-4. Ran XFdrake. Even rebooted. > > It seems I can either have it with acceleration and an uptime of about > 30 seconds after starting X, or stable without acceleration. Strangely > enough if I run TUXracer immediately after starting X (i.e. before it > has time to die) TUX seems happy to keep on sliding indefinitely. But > try running software manager, or evolution, or anything else that does > normal, non-fancy graphic stuff and the system freezes solid. Can't > stop X. Can't ssh (or even ping) from another machine. Big red switch > time. > > Even the startx sequence looks nasty. I get a blank screen for 15-20 > seconds, a flicker, another 15-20 seconds of blank, a coarse grey > pattern, a finer grey pattern, back to coarse, then finally an nVidia > splash screen and a KDE startup. Seems like the driver is cycling > through a whole lot of settings, trying to find a response, but who > knows really? > > I need to get some real work done on this system, so unless someone has > a REAL bright idea, I'll just leave the gaming in the Windows domain, > sigh regretfully, and be resigned to the fact that M$ is going to keep > it's market share as long as this sort of crap comes standard with my > otherwise much-preferred OS. and yeah, I know it's probably some > weirdness associated with my generic Geforce 2 MMX 400 DDR card, but > guess what - that's what's out there. And of course with W$ it works > just fine. > > Thanks for the help Femme. > > cheers > Brian Brian, try one more thing for you give up. Reduce the number of colors your running by one notch. Also check the documentation on your monitor and make sure it is capable of the resolution you have set. Just a for what it's worth. HTH Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] video card swap out
Steven, Before starting X, log in as root and run XFdrake. You can select a resolution there and it should set things for your card. HTH Brian On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 11:31, Steven Peters wrote: > I'm trying to swap out a Trident TGUI9440-3 PCI video card in favor of a > Cirrus Logic CL-GD5446. When I tried rebooting the OS will not load > properly now (Hangs up where KDE would normally start loading). What did I > do wrong? Do I need to reinstall the old card and make some kind of config > change before I can install the new one? Any help would be appreciated. > Thanks in advance. > > _ > Steven Peters > ICQ#: 53147135 > More ways to contact me: http://wwp.icq.com/53147135 > See more about me: http://web.icq.com/whitepages/about_me?Uin=53147135 > _ > > > > > 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] Where has hdparm gone in 8.2?
On 30 Apr 2002 11:11:48 +1000 Brian Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2002-04-29 at 18:09, Derek Jennings wrote: > > On Monday 29 April 2002 2:58 am, Brian Parish wrote: > > > It was there a minute ago! Right before I did that clean install > > > of 8.2 Is there some new all singing all dancing app to replace > > > it? Can't find it in software manager. > > > > > > TIA > > > Brian > > > > Well, there is drakopt It is not installed by default so just > > install the rpm. Exit from X and in a root console type drakopt. It > > will try out by experimentation every viable combination if HD > > parameters and select the optimum. > > It takes a long time to run, and there should be no other apps > > running. > > > > BTW: hdparm is in 8.2. You probably need to install the rpm. > > > > derek > > > Thanks Derek, > > But drakopt calls hdparm, which isn't there and I'm damned if I can > find it in software manager. Searched by file and by description, > without any hits apart from powertweak and webmin,which are both > installed. > > I'm cross-posting this to the expert list. Maybe someone over there > has found it. > > cheers > Brian > > > 3rd CD of download edition (RPMS3) hdparm-4.6-1mdk.i586.rpm -- Cheers dg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] video card swap out
I'm trying to swap out a Trident TGUI9440-3 PCI video card in favor of a Cirrus Logic CL-GD5446. When I tried rebooting the OS will not load properly now (Hangs up where KDE would normally start loading). What did I do wrong? Do I need to reinstall the old card and make some kind of config change before I can install the new one? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. _ Steven Peters ICQ#: 53147135 More ways to contact me: http://wwp.icq.com/53147135 See more about me: http://web.icq.com/whitepages/about_me?Uin=53147135 _ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Where has hdparm gone in 8.2?
On Mon, 2002-04-29 at 18:09, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Monday 29 April 2002 2:58 am, Brian Parish wrote: > > It was there a minute ago! Right before I did that clean install of > > 8.2 Is there some new all singing all dancing app to replace it? Can't > > find it in software manager. > > > > TIA > > Brian > > Well, there is drakopt It is not installed by default so just install the > rpm. Exit from X and in a root console type drakopt. It will try out by > experimentation every viable combination if HD parameters and select the > optimum. > It takes a long time to run, and there should be no other apps running. > > BTW: hdparm is in 8.2. You probably need to install the rpm. > > derek > Thanks Derek, But drakopt calls hdparm, which isn't there and I'm damned if I can find it in software manager. Searched by file and by description, without any hits apart from powertweak and webmin,which are both installed. I'm cross-posting this to the expert list. Maybe someone over there has found it. cheers Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] bookmarks file from netscape to konqueror
It worked! Thank goodness. I am trying to get the same exact functionality on my linux box as I have on my windows box. Thanks. Jeanie -Original Message- From: Ralph Slooten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 5:23 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: [newbie] bookmarks file from netscape to konqueror I don't know much (if anything) about KDE, or for that matter Konqueror, but afaik the bookmarks are pretty much the same in both Mozilla and Netscape. Just try using the "Import Mozilla Bookmarks", and if that does not wotk, give a yell ;-) Greetings Ralph On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Schwenk, Jeanie wrote: > I am using Mandrake 8.2's Konqueror and want to port my bookmarks from > Netscape. I currently have all my bookmarks in Netscape on my windows > machine. Now that I've got my linux machine, I would like to port those > bookmarks over. > > Here's what I did > > Bookmarks > Edit Bookmarks... This brings up a popup > > File--> > "Import Netscape Bookmarks" > "Import Mozilla Bookmarks" > "Export to Netscape Bookmarks" > "Export to Mozilla Bookmarks" > > Ack!! Import Netscape Bookmarks is greyed out. The other three options are > NOT greyed. The one I need is the only one greyed out. > > Why is it greyed out? Anybody else had this problem? And how did you fix > it? Workarounds? > > Jeanie > > > > > > > -- Homepage: http://tuxpower.f2g.net/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT, new Office suite
Just a little suggestion for any who want to try this out. use your favorite ftp client to get the file. I have had zero luck trying to d/l it via clicking the link in Galeon. And Gftp seems to be working a LOT better (so far). Dave Michael Scottaline said onto me: -- |On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 18:23:01 -0600 |"FemmeFatale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled intuitively: | | |>If you read the website, this App is apparently quite heavily based on |>OpenOffice code. It also has some SO code in it IIRC. |> |> So, in a sense yes it going to remain free. From what I've read on |>their site, it sounds extremely promising as far as word processors & |>such go. |> |>I'm going to try it sometime I think. I'm curious. |=== | |If you do, I'd be curious to hear how SOT differs in any substantila way |from OO and SO, especially in the realms of filters, functionality, and |features (the three "f's"??) | |Mike | | |-- |"A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world." | -- Mohammed | | -- -- °°° David L. Steiner Registered Linux User #262493 Mandrake 8.2 Enlightenment 0.16.5 Sylpheed 0.7.4claws Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: www.davidlsteiner.com °°° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] X and nVidia under 8.2
OK, I think it's time to give up on this and wait until nVidia can write a driver that works. Femme sent me the RPMs that worked for her, which (not surprisingly) are entirely consistent with those I downloaded from nVidia. I also tried removing all NV related rpms and installing the kernel and glx rpms from the LM 8.2 powerpack commercial CD. Did the edits to /etc/X11/XF86config-4. Ran XFdrake. Even rebooted. It seems I can either have it with acceleration and an uptime of about 30 seconds after starting X, or stable without acceleration. Strangely enough if I run TUXracer immediately after starting X (i.e. before it has time to die) TUX seems happy to keep on sliding indefinitely. But try running software manager, or evolution, or anything else that does normal, non-fancy graphic stuff and the system freezes solid. Can't stop X. Can't ssh (or even ping) from another machine. Big red switch time. Even the startx sequence looks nasty. I get a blank screen for 15-20 seconds, a flicker, another 15-20 seconds of blank, a coarse grey pattern, a finer grey pattern, back to coarse, then finally an nVidia splash screen and a KDE startup. Seems like the driver is cycling through a whole lot of settings, trying to find a response, but who knows really? I need to get some real work done on this system, so unless someone has a REAL bright idea, I'll just leave the gaming in the Windows domain, sigh regretfully, and be resigned to the fact that M$ is going to keep it's market share as long as this sort of crap comes standard with my otherwise much-preferred OS. and yeah, I know it's probably some weirdness associated with my generic Geforce 2 MMX 400 DDR card, but guess what - that's what's out there. And of course with W$ it works just fine. Thanks for the help Femme. cheers Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT, new Office suite
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 18:23:01 -0600 "FemmeFatale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled intuitively: >If you read the website, this App is apparently quite heavily based on >OpenOffice code. It also has some SO code in it IIRC. > > So, in a sense yes it going to remain free. From what I've read on >their site, it sounds extremely promising as far as word processors & >such go. > >I'm going to try it sometime I think. I'm curious. === If you do, I'd be curious to hear how SOT differs in any substantila way from OO and SO, especially in the realms of filters, functionality, and features (the three "f's"??) Mike -- "A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world." -- Mohammed Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] bookmarks file from netscape to konqueror
I don't know much (if anything) about KDE, or for that matter Konqueror, but afaik the bookmarks are pretty much the same in both Mozilla and Netscape. Just try using the "Import Mozilla Bookmarks", and if that does not wotk, give a yell ;-) Greetings Ralph On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Schwenk, Jeanie wrote: > I am using Mandrake 8.2's Konqueror and want to port my bookmarks from > Netscape. I currently have all my bookmarks in Netscape on my windows > machine. Now that I've got my linux machine, I would like to port those > bookmarks over. > > Here's what I did > > Bookmarks > Edit Bookmarks... This brings up a popup > > File--> > "Import Netscape Bookmarks" > "Import Mozilla Bookmarks" > "Export to Netscape Bookmarks" > "Export to Mozilla Bookmarks" > > Ack!! Import Netscape Bookmarks is greyed out. The other three options are > NOT greyed. The one I need is the only one greyed out. > > Why is it greyed out? Anybody else had this problem? And how did you fix > it? Workarounds? > > Jeanie > > > > > > > -- Homepage: http://tuxpower.f2g.net/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT, new Office suite
Miark wrote: > > I didn't think it was possible for that to change...? > Was I wrong? > > Miark > > FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> saith: > > > For those who want OO to stay Free, check this out > > > > http://www.sot.com/en/linux/soto/ > > > > -- > > Femme > > > > Good Decisions You boss Made: > > > > "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that > > character from Peanuts." > > > > - Source: Dilbert > If you read the website, this App is apparently quite heavily based on OpenOffice code. It also has some SO code in it IIRC. So, in a sense yes it going to remain free. From what I've read on their site, it sounds extremely promising as far as word processors & such go. I'm going to try it sometime I think. I'm curious. -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake RPMs, OT Where do I get it?
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, FemmeFatale wrote: > Miark wrote: > > > > Downloader for X v2 is available today. I'm perfectly content > > to download the tarball and install that, but it raised my curiosity as to how new >software finds its way into Mandrake-specific RPMs. > > Who does it? How long does it normally take? > > > > Miark > > > > and what is this X v2? Bleeding edge/cooker stuffs? "Downloader for X" version 2 is a download manager ;-) To answer Miark's question, I would say it depends on what program it is, and more importantly how good it is. A lot of people like Downloader for X, however others find it an overrated huge program, when in actual fact downloading something shouldn't require a huge program. I personally use ProZilla/ProzGUI because they are much simpler/smaller, and in my experience much faster. You could always create your own RPM's and uplad them to the Mandrake Contrib ftp site, then maybe they will be included (I didn't know they weren't already) ;-) Greetings Ralph -- Homepage: http://tuxpower.f2g.net/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT, new Office suite
I didn't think it was possible for that to change...? Was I wrong? Miark FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> saith: > For those who want OO to stay Free, check this out > > http://www.sot.com/en/linux/soto/ > > -- > Femme > > Good Decisions You boss Made: > > "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that > character from Peanuts." > > - Source: Dilbert > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake RPMs, OT Where do I get it?
"Downloader for X" actually. Not X itself :-) It's a download manager. Miark FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> saith: > Miark wrote: > > > > Downloader for X v2 is available today. I'm perfectly content > > to download the tarball and install that, but it raised my curiosity as to how new >software finds its way into Mandrake-specific RPMs. > > Who does it? How long does it normally take? > > > > Miark > > > > and what is this X v2? Bleeding edge/cooker stuffs? > > -- > Femme > > Good Decisions You boss Made: > > "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that > character from Peanuts." > > - Source: Dilbert > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How To Determine Webserver?
On Monday 29 April 2002 04:18 pm, daRcmaTTeR wrote: > On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Sevatio wrote: > > How do you determine what server a particular website is using? > > i'm curious as to why you would want to know this. Me too, some versions of Apache are susceptable to http exploits, Do we have a potential hacker here? ;-) Lots of sites hide their webserver id they might say something like "Apache" and thats it. -- 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 7:46pm up 39 days, 3:13, 3 users, load average: 0.92, 1.01, 1.11 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How To Determine Webserver?
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Sevatio wrote: > daRcmaTTeR wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Sevatio wrote: > > > >> How do you determine what server a particular website is using? > >> > >> > >> > > > > i'm curious as to why you would want to know this. > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > Good question. I was trying to figure out why all my Mozillas crash on > this site: http://www.vircom.net > > To my surprise, they are using a Apache/1.3.9 (Unix) Red-Hat-Secure/3.1 > server. There's something about that java menu on the left side that's > causing mozilla (win32 & linux) to crash. > > Sevatio > I really doubt that has anything to do with your Mozilla crashing. I rather think it might have something to do with whats actually on the pages. very likely some java script that old mozi is choking on. I've seen it do that before. sometimes it's not very pretty. puts me in mind of my cat tossing a fur ball. -- daRcmaTTeR - If at first you don't succeed do what your wife told you to do the first time! Registered Linux User 182496 - 6:05pm up 1 day, 36 min, 0 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 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] Missing Printer Icon
Hello list ! In MDK 8.1 I had a printer-icon on my desktop. Very handy for changing various setting i.e. resolution (cups) , paper-format etc.. Now, in MDK 8.2 I can't figure out how to get it back. Printerdrake tells me the printer actually is there, and from within it I can manage settings, but it's a little tedious to log in as root every time I want to do a change. Of course there is a way to get it back onto my desktop, but how ? TIA Kaj Haulrich Denmark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT, new Office suite
For those who want OO to stay Free, check this out http://www.sot.com/en/linux/soto/ -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Music from the window
Christian, I'm a fairly new newbie as well, but I *can* tell you that NTFS + Linux are not good together. I don't remember which, but Linux cannot read or write to it, and the one of those which it CAN do it cannot do well. My suggestion, if you can, is to reformat/reinstall Windows using FAT32. Obviously though, this will require you to back up data, which maybe someone else on this board can give you better advice. The nice thing about FAT32 is that Linux is seamless with it. Whenever I reinstall Linux or Windows, I just move all my data back and forth between each partition - it's quite convenient in that way, and obviously many others. XMMS is the player you referred to that looks like Winamp - it's a great player. May I also suggest keeping an eye out for Winamp 3 for Linux? It's only an Alpha Preview right now, but it looks like it may be pretty solid in the future. Konqueror is, in fact, sort of like Explorer in Windows. Unlike Windows though, there are many other file managers that you may like to see as well. I prefer Konqueror myself, but be sure to at least look at Nautilus and a few of the others. As far as mounting drives, I'm pretty much a newbie myself as I said, and I've never had to do it with Mandrake 8.2. The drives should mount in startup I believe. If I'm wrong, I'm sure someone here will correct me. Lastly, don't feel bad asking these questions :-) We were all at your point at some time (myself not too long ago). Hope I helped! ;-) Brian Christian Wohlfahrt wrote: > Hi all, > > first post here, sorry to sound like a Linux dummy, but I am (not only > a Mandrake newbie ;-) > > So, I have managed to get 8.2 installed (after trying with RedHat, > which seemed to dislike my partitioning...). > I now have to work my way through all these Howto's, and I'd like to > listen to some music while doing that. > I found this player that looks like Winamp, buried deep in the > "startmenu" somewhere. So far, so good. > Now I have plenty of MP3's, but they are on a W2K NTFS partition, > which I couldn't find with Konqueror (seems to me that this is the > explorer counterpart, right?). > If I understood correctly, I have to do something like mounting a > drive or so, but I have no idea how to do that. > > My question: Is there another program (or package) that I need to do > this? > And if it's not worth an answer, can I find it in the HowTo's ? > > Thanks a lot > Christian > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > -- Brian says: Use Mozilla for your browsing, e-mail, and IRC needs! v 0.9.9 available for free at http://www.mozilla.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install CDRW on M 8.1 ?
On Monday 29 April 2002 05:17 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 17:02:59 +0200 (MEST) > > Jesper Nyholm Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > I have a similar problem. I added an extra hd on my machine and therefore > > changede the primary/secondary, master/slave settings for my dvd/cdrom > > and cdrw. Now, when I run 'cdrecord -scanbus' it finds my dvd/cdrom and > > no cdrw?!? > > The line 'devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi quiet' is already in my lilo.conf. > > If you changed he settings for your cdrom/cdrw then their id would also > change. > > If all 4 connections are used: > Pri master=hda > Pri slave =hdb > 2nd master=hdc > 2nd slave =hdd > > You will need to change the append in lilo.con accordingly. > > > Charles And, secondly, you'll have to edit (as root) the file /etc/fstab. For example, you could let your cd-reader (/mnt/cdrom1) mount as /dev/scd0 and your cd-writer (/mnt/cdrom2) mount as /dev/scd1. Then, save the file and run cdrecord -scanbus once more. HTH Kaj Haulrich Denmark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Adding to .zip file (w. volumes)
Joan Tur wrote: > > Hallo! > > I need a graphic program (a newbier-than-me friend needs it) able to create > compressed files & volumes (for instance 1,4Mb files, able to fit in a > floppy). I could show this friend of me to use rar but he's new to computers > and wants a graphical app. > > I've tryed ark v.2.1.9 with no luck... any idea? 8-? > > Thanks! > -- > Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain >AOL quini2k ICQ 11407395 >www.ClubIbosim.org > Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 > If hes on windows use winzip or Winrar or winAce. If he's on linux doesn't Gzip have a GUI frontend? -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Music from the window
Christian Wohlfahrt wrote: > > Hi all, > > first post here, sorry to sound like a Linux dummy, but I am (not only a > Mandrake newbie ;-)' No such thing as a dummy here... After all you asked intelligent questions. That proves your theory wrong. > > So, I have managed to get 8.2 installed (after trying with RedHat, which > seemed to dislike my partitioning...). > I now have to work my way through all these Howto's, and I'd like to listen > to some music while doing that. > I found this player that looks like Winamp, buried deep in the "startmenu" > somewhere. So far, so good. > Now I have plenty of MP3's, but they are on a W2K NTFS partition, which I > couldn't find with Konqueror (seems to me that this is the explorer > counterpart, right?). > If I understood correctly, I have to do something like mounting a drive or > so, but I have no idea how to do that. > > My question: Is there another program (or package) that I need to do this? > And if it's not worth an answer, can I find it in the HowTo's ? > > Thanks a lot > Christian > I have 2 NTFS partitions. Best solution I found for me was make a huge FAT32 partition as a sort of DMZ for all OSes to read/write to. :) I keep Mp3's, files, porn *Oops that slipped out*, etc on it. You may try it using diskdrake or Partition Magic. Enjoy! -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How To Determine Webserver?
daRcmaTTeR wrote: > On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Sevatio wrote: > >> How do you determine what server a particular website is using? >> >> >> > > i'm curious as to why you would want to know this. > > > > > 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 Good question. I was trying to figure out why all my Mozillas crash on this site: http://www.vircom.net To my surprise, they are using a Apache/1.3.9 (Unix) Red-Hat-Secure/3.1 server. There's something about that java menu on the left side that's causing mozilla (win32 & linux) to crash. Sevatio Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake RPMs, OT Where do I get it?
Miark wrote: > > Downloader for X v2 is available today. I'm perfectly content > to download the tarball and install that, but it raised my curiosity as to how new >software finds its way into Mandrake-specific RPMs. > Who does it? How long does it normally take? > > Miark > and what is this X v2? Bleeding edge/cooker stuffs? -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.2 install problems
wrote: > > Hi! > > I wonder if anybody encounter "no source disk" when installing Mandrake 8.2. > I tried to boot from CD-ROM when it keep ask me for source file, it seems > they can't read the file from the CD? I tried both on my laptop and PC, both > are the same faith. Is there any workaround for this nuisance??? BTW, I did > change the CD for the second time and still the same > > Many thanks > Dan > Make a bootdisk in windows first with the CD in the drive. Can windows read the CD's? If so, use the disk to boot off of, then see if it recognizes the CDRom. Is this CDrom internal/external/usb/scsi? MORE INFO!!! Sorry but too many lately just don't provide enough info to go on ;) -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Juno & Netzero Quality?
Do any of you have Juno or Netzero's US$9.95/month DialUp? If so, how's the quality of data throughput and quality of service? Sevatio Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Adding to .zip file (w. volumes)
Hallo! I need a graphic program (a newbier-than-me friend needs it) able to create compressed files & volumes (for instance 1,4Mb files, able to fit in a floppy). I could show this friend of me to use rar but he's new to computers and wants a graphical app. I've tryed ark v.2.1.9 with no luck... any idea? 8-? Thanks! -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain AOL quini2k ICQ 11407395 www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Cannot install 8.2 - strange !
On Sun, 28 Apr 2002, FemmeFatale wrote: > Brian Parish wrote: > > > > Kaj, > > > > Having just done this one myself and feeling very proud to have found > > the solution in the errata without Femme having to tell me first, I can > > assure you that geekiness is not a requirement. Just download the patch > > from: > > > > http://www.linux-mandrake.com/patches/8.2/k6/patch.pl > > > > copy it to a DOS floppy, press F1 at the start of the install, type > > "patch" with the floppy in the drive and it all works. > > > > No beers required, but one wouldn't hurt! > > > > cheers > > Brian > > > > OK & I assume this only works for K6's? If so... HM... thx for the info > :) > > *files it away for future use* > > Btw I don't know everything... I Just try to point ppl in the right > direction so they can help themselves a bit. ;p > > We should call you Mr. Perish :P Because you seem to Perish the thought > of having to reinstall & get a system going again. > > Femme > i don't normally just drop in on a thread like this, but sometimes having to reload is like having to take a hemeroid supository with a front end loader! sorry... *sheepish grin* it's been a long day and I just couldn't help myself. -- daRcmaTTeR - If at first you don't succeed do what your wife told you to do the first time! Registered Linux User 182496 - 4:05pm up 22:36, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 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] Music from the window
Hi all, first post here, sorry to sound like a Linux dummy, but I am (not only a Mandrake newbie ;-) So, I have managed to get 8.2 installed (after trying with RedHat, which seemed to dislike my partitioning...). I now have to work my way through all these Howto's, and I'd like to listen to some music while doing that. I found this player that looks like Winamp, buried deep in the "startmenu" somewhere. So far, so good. Now I have plenty of MP3's, but they are on a W2K NTFS partition, which I couldn't find with Konqueror (seems to me that this is the explorer counterpart, right?). If I understood correctly, I have to do something like mounting a drive or so, but I have no idea how to do that. My question: Is there another program (or package) that I need to do this? And if it's not worth an answer, can I find it in the HowTo's ? Thanks a lot Christian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake RPMs
Downloader for X v2 is available today. I'm perfectly content to download the tarball and install that, but it raised my curiosity as to how new software finds its way into Mandrake-specific RPMs. Who does it? How long does it normally take? Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How To Determine Webserver?
Hi, I always use www.netcraft.co.uk/whats Just type in the url and it does some kind of magic that returns not only server type but in many cases the uptime for that server. It is a site that keeps track of the usage of various servers across the internet and is generally considered on of the most reliable. hth, Bill W. On Monday 29 April 2002 10:37 am, you wrote: > How do you determine what server a particular website is using? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How To Determine Webserver?
> How do you determine what server a particular website is using? Go to www.grc.com download the software ID Serve and you will be able to check any web site for their server software! Good luck! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] "Can't open: lib/modules/preferred/module.dep" ?
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 10:59:11 -0700 dbota wrote: >5.1 boot >sequence a "Can't open: lib/modules/preferred/module.dep" message scroll >by. I am worried it will affect the installation or operation of the app I >will be installing. See http://faqchest.dynhost.com/linux/REDHAT/redhat-98/redhat-9809/redhat-980902/redhat98092003_10383.html Perhaps that helps you: >From that page: Well, I am actually the local computer parts store. I got an Ovislink ISA card that I would not have a clue how to get working, but if you think it will work, tell me what driver to use, just compile kernel with NE2000? About that bootup problem with /lib/modules/preferred/module.dep not being found, well, I went and created that directory and put 2.0.30 modules.dep in there and WALA the error went away. Didn't fix my delaying eth0 problem but did boot cleaner. hth, Paul -- Computers are like air conditioners. They stop working properly if you open windows. http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.2 - Sylpheed 0.7.5 Help Microsoft combat software piracy: give Linux to a friend today! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] "Can't open: lib/modules/preferred/module.dep" ?
I am a Linux newbie and besides installing Mandrake 8.1, I just installed RH 5.1 because for a few months I have to run a deadended legacy app. I am able to logon and start x windows Ok in 5.1 , but I notice during the 5.1 boot sequence a "Can't open: lib/modules/preferred/module.dep" message scroll by. I am worried it will affect the installation or operation of the app I will be installing. Maybe I should be posting this elsewhere but I thought it might be a generic Linux issue ... Can anyone tell me the significance of the error message and what I can do to fix it? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How To Determine Webserver?
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 10:37:31 -0700 Sevatio wrote: >How do you determine what server a particular website is using? The easiest way is to try an address there that won't exist, e.g. www.yahoo.com/blblblblblb.html If there is no 404-handling in the system (page not found), the server itself will give a reply, also stating what it is. Paul -- Computers are like air conditioners. They stop working properly if you open windows. http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.2 - Sylpheed 0.7.5 Help Microsoft combat software piracy: give Linux to a friend today! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How To Determine Webserver?
Go to www.netcraft.net - Original Message - From: "Sevatio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 10:37 AM Subject: [newbie] How To Determine Webserver? How do you determine what server a particular website is using? 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] Install CDRW on M 8.1 ?
&Sgr;&tgr;&igr;&sfgr; &Dgr;&egr;&ugr; 29 &Agr;&pgr;&rgr; 2002 18:02, &ogr;/&eegr; Jesper Nyholm Jensen &eacgr;&ggr;&rgr;&agr;&psgr;&egr;: > Hi > I have a similar problem. I added an extra hd on my machine and therefore > changede the primary/secondary, master/slave settings for my dvd/cdrom > and cdrw. Now, when I run 'cdrecord -scanbus' it finds my dvd/cdrom and > no cdrw?!? > The line 'devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi quiet' is already in my lilo.conf. You should change the append line in /etc/lilo.conf accordingly. Find which hard disk is which i.e. hdd, or hdc, etc. and then add it to lilo. Note that you should do that to /etc/fstab too so you can use your devices in order to view a cdrom or copy files from it. If you have any more problems please post both your lilo and /etc/fstab to the list so we can help you better Greetings Dimitris Ioannou From Greece Registered Linux User 217321 This message was sent from a Microsoft_Free PC 8:39pm up 27 min, 1 user, load average: 0,02, 0,06, 0,08 78 processes: 76 sleeping, 2 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped CPU states: 75,0% user, 25,0% system, 0,0% nice, 0,0% idle Mem: 771860K av, 180660K used, 591200K free, 0K shrd, 10328K buff Swap: 1044184K av, 0K used, 1044184K free 82540K cached # Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re:Thank you Charles & Femme! [newbie] Problems with Savage4 Graphic_Tuxracer doesn't load!!
&Sgr;&tgr;&igr;&sfgr; &Kgr;&ugr;&rgr; 28 &Agr;&pgr;&rgr; 2002 14:49, &ogr;/&eegr; Charles A Edwards &eacgr;&ggr;&rgr;&agr;&psgr;&egr;: > On Sun, 28 Apr 2002 13:49:29 +0300 > > Dimitris Ioannou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello list > > > > I keep having problems with my second PC running LM 8.2 as well as my > > first one. It has a Savage 4 16MB graphical adapter and refuses to start > > Tuxracer and Chromium games which happens to be my two sons favorites. So > > I'm forced to let them play on my PC while I can't work myself there. > > Whenever I try to start each of the games mentioned I get the following > > message: > > > > Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0" > > Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0" > > *** tuxracer error: Couldn't initialize video: Couldn't find matching GLX > > visual (Success). > > There is currently no DRI driver for the > Savages for XFree86 4.x, which means that OpenGL applications are entirely > simulated in software. There was work going on at one time to add this > support, by the same fellow who did the UtahGLX driver for XFree86 3.3.6, > but his e-mail address no longer responds. > > You can install the mesa and libMesa rpms this should allow you to at least > start the games but I am afraid they will be so slow and jerky that they > will not be playable. > > Any chance that you might could switch vid cards between the 2 systems. > > > Charles Charles I did as you advised me and I can tell you are right in everything you said. The games started but they are as you mentioned not playble 'cause they are very slow. Any way thank you very much. I think I'll go and buy another graphic card sometime when my financial situation allows me to do so. Thank you too Femme for your answer but it didn't work. This card is probably too old. Greetings Dimitris Ioannou From Greece # Registered Linux User 217321 8:29pm up 17 min, 1 user, load average: 0,04, 0,13, 0,14 79 processes: 77 sleeping, 2 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped CPU states: 66,6% user, 33,3% system, 0,0% nice, 0,0% idle Mem: 771860K av, 179380K used, 592480K free, 0K shrd,9784K buff Swap: 1044184K av, 0K used, 1044184K free 82308K cached ## Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How To Determine Webserver?
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Re: [newbie] Jedi Knight 2...
Steve Borrett wrote: > This is not restricted to the Winex installation. I have found similar > problems on other > Windows based systems, so sometimes Linux/Winex can run Windows games better > than Windows :-) > Out of interest, how did you resolve these problems? > > Steve. Well, I just picked the top option when I started the installation, assuming that would be "install game" and it was. ;-) The font was very, very tiny, but I know I could barely tell things like cancel and exit... Other pop-up windows had blank screens but didn't stop the installation. Hope this helps! ;-) -- /\ Dark> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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Re: [newbie] Jedi Knight 2...
>Just thought I'd pass along that I just installed Jedi Knight 2 on my Mandrake >Linux box using Winex 2.0! There is of course already a dedicated JK2 server available, but it is nice to know that someone got the game itself working :-) >Installation was not perfect - there was some issues with fonts/screens >being a >little skewed/scrambled, but nothing that you can't get around. This is not restricted to the Winex installation. I have found similar problems on other Windows based systems, so sometimes Linux/Winex can run Windows games better than Windows :-) Out of interest, how did you resolve these problems? Steve. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Jedi Knight 2...
Just thought I'd pass along that I just installed Jedi Knight 2 on my Mandrake Linux box using Winex 2.0! Installation was not perfect - there was some issues with fonts/screens being a little skewed/scrambled, but nothing that you can't get around. The good news - once installed, it runs perfectly. My younger brother was watching and said that it runs as fast as under Windows XP on his 900mhz machine... Transgaming/Winex 2.0 rules... ;-) -- /\ Dark> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Power management difficulties
I'm having 2 problems which are currently proving intractable: i. The monitor (iiyama 4636D flat panel) doesn't blank, despite 'Standby after', 'Suspend after' and 'Power Off after' being set in the KDE3 Control Centre | PowerControl | Energy. ii. If I leave the machine on and unattended for a while, the USB mouse (Logitech Pilot Optical) goes to sleep and won't wake up. I have to exit from the screen saver using the keyboard, and even Ctrl-Alt-Backspace (logging out of KDE3) and Ctrl-E (restarting the X server thereafter) have no effect so I'm forced to reboot. (The mouse is attached to a USB port on the iiyama's inbuilt hub; en passant the motherboard is an 'old but good' Asus P3B-F.). Any ideas? I can post up BIOS settings if needed, but they haven't changed from Windows XP days when there was no problem with power management. Also there's nothing obvious in the system log (apmd starts OK). Alastair -- Alastair Scott (London, United Kingdom) http://www.unmetered.org.uk/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.2 install problems
Hi! I wonder if anybody encounter "no source disk" when installing Mandrake 8.2. I tried to boot from CD-ROM when it keep ask me for source file, it seems they can't read the file from the CD? I tried both on my laptop and PC, both are the same faith. Is there any workaround for this nuisance??? BTW, I did change the CD for the second time and still the same Many thanks Dan >From: Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Anders Drejer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.2 install problems >Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 16:42:53 +0200 > >On Sunday 28 April 2002 12:35 pm, Anders Drejer wrote: > > Hello > > > > I just bought a new computer and Mandrake 8.2 - but I am not able to > > install Mandrake! The install is locked during what looks like a check > > of the devices in the computer. The last line written is: > > > > "Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:03" > > > > I have tried to start the installation on my sons old PC, and there > > seems to be no problems, so it is related to my PC. > > > > The computer has a M810LS motherboard (www.pcchips.com.tw). > > > > Mvh > > Anders > >I had a similar problem, only I'm not sure it's the same thing, but it >won't >harm to visit the "errata" page on the Mandrake -site. Thanks to Civileme, >who now - very unfortunately - has left this list, my installation went >like >a breeze after downloading a small patch. Quite simple ! > >BTW : did you buy a PC with Microsjuft preinstalled ? - In that case I >guess >you'll have to make room for linux. A great tool for this purpose is >"Partition Magic" from Powerquest. If you don't have it - and don't want to >pay for it - I guess Mandrake can do it as well, but you'll have to run a >defragmentation-program from Windows prior to partitioning. > >HTH >Kaj Haulrich >Denmark > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Cannot install 8.2 - strange !
On Sunday 28 April 2002 02:53 pm, Brian Parish wrote: > Kaj, > > Having just done this one myself and feeling very proud to have found > the solution in the errata without Femme having to tell me first, I can > assure you that geekiness is not a requirement. Just download the patch > from: > > http://www.linux-mandrake.com/patches/8.2/k6/patch.pl > > copy it to a DOS floppy, press F1 at the start of the install, type > "patch" with the floppy in the drive and it all works. > > No beers required, but one wouldn't hurt! > Nope, you are right, Brian ! - After yet another beer and a patch everything installed flawlessly. Thanks and cheers ! Kaj Haulrich Denmark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install CDRW on M 8.1 ?
On Sun, 28 Apr 2002 21:39:06 -0700 "db" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > recognize it? the drive should be recognized automatically. > > however, in order to get it to burn, you will have to add > > scsi emulation for it. it's quite simple, it /etc/lilo.conf > > you have to look for a line that reads > > > > append="devfs-nomount" > > > > or something like it. you have to add the parameter "hd*=ide-scsi" ( > replace > > the * with the letter your computer will assign to the drive. > > now it should look like this, for example: > > > > append="devfs-nomount hdd=ide-scsi" > > > > until you do this, your drive will work only as a regular CD-ROM > > Thanks for that. I think, I'll need a burner software too ... what is that > called (cdrecord ... toast ? ) ... and where do I find it ? Is that one of > the things packaged on the three 8.1 cds? Any particular do's and don'ts or > is it pretty straight forward? > well, cdrecord is a command-line burning software. most GUI "burning programs" are simply frontends to it. Mandrake comes with them all ( if not all of them, it's really close ) so when you get your CD-RW drive, you just su to root and urpmi your way around. one way could be calling urpmi for cdrecord frontend, and urpmi will tell you what it needs. e.g. (as root) urpmi xcdroast or urpmi eroaster or urpmi gcombust or.. well, maybe all of them is a good idea, they are less than 1MB each. HTH Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install CDRW on M 8.1 ?
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 17:02:59 +0200 (MEST) Jesper Nyholm Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > I have a similar problem. I added an extra hd on my machine and therefore > changede the primary/secondary, master/slave settings for my dvd/cdrom > and cdrw. Now, when I run 'cdrecord -scanbus' it finds my dvd/cdrom and > no cdrw?!? > The line 'devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi quiet' is already in my lilo.conf. If you changed he settings for your cdrom/cdrw then their id would also change. If all 4 connections are used: Pri master=hda Pri slave =hdb 2nd master=hdc 2nd slave =hdd You will need to change the append in lilo.con accordingly. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install CDRW on M 8.1 ?
Hi I have a similar problem. I added an extra hd on my machine and therefore changede the primary/secondary, master/slave settings for my dvd/cdrom and cdrw. Now, when I run 'cdrecord -scanbus' it finds my dvd/cdrom and no cdrw?!? The line 'devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi quiet' is already in my lilo.conf. -- Jesper Nyholm Jensen On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, [iso-8859-7] Dimitris Ioannou wrote: >>> --- dbota <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> &eacgr;&ggr;&rgr;&agr;&psgr;&egr;: > I have ordered a >>>Sony CDRW to install on a windows/Mandrake 8.1 machine. How do I go about getting 8.1 to recognize and use the drive once I install it? Can anyone tell me where I find out this info? > Want to buy your Pack or Services from >>>MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >>> >>> >>>When you have it in your box (I believe it's going to >>>be an ATAPI thing) su to root from console and open >>>with vim or pico or vi (text editors) /etc/lilo.conf >>> >>>write on the append line "devs=mount hdc=ide-scsi >>>quiet" save it close the text editor after saving the >>>changes and from console type /sbin/lilo. You're done. >>>Reboot. When your box is up again from console type >>>cdrecord -scanbus. You will see your recorde there >>>recognized under Linux. >>> >>>If you have any further question don't hesitate the >>>list is here. >>> >>> >>>Greetings >>> >>>Dimitris Ioannou-Greece >>> >>> >>>Do You Yahoo!? >>>&Agr;&pgr;&ogr;&kgr;&tgr;&eeacgr;&sgr;&tgr;&egr; &tgr;&eegr; &dgr;&ohgr;&rgr;&egr;&aacgr;&ngr; @yahoo.gr &dgr;&igr;&egr;&uacgr;&thgr;&ugr;&ngr;&sgr;&eegr; &sgr;&agr;&sfgr; &sgr;&tgr;&ogr; http://www.otenet.gr >>> >>> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Software Manager crashing.
On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 12:00:58 -0800 civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Seedkum Aladeem wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >I have multiple version of some packages installed. I want to uninstall the > >older version but the KDE "Software Manager" crashes when trying to do > >that.. I have, for example, the "e2fsprogs-1.27-1.1mdk.i586.rpm" and the > >"e2fsprogs-1.26-1.1mdk.i586.rpm" on my system by the "Software Manager". When > >I select the 1.26 version in "Software Manager" and click uninstall, the > >"Software Manager" program just disappears from the screen and I do not have > >any error messages from it. > > > >When I use the "Package Manager" to do the uinstall instead, it does not > >crash but it gives me the following message : > >[root@grumpy seedkum]# rpm -e e2fsprogs;echo RESULT=$? > >error: "e2fsprogs" specifies multiple packages > >RESULT=1 > > > >When I give the rpm command from the command line I get the following > >[root@grumpy seedkum]# rpm -e e2fsprogs-1.26-1.1mdk.i586.rpm > >error: package e2fsprogs-1.26-1.1mdk.i586.rpm is not installed > > > >How do I go about cleaning the mess I have? > > > >Thanx, > > > >Seedkum > > > > oooh i'm so sorry i read this so late, i'm not up to date with my mail... this means that the rpm database has duplicated entries. commandline rpm can't handle them. software manager can't handle them either, and, of course, kpackage .. well. however i found that gnorpm does get them right. inside gnorpm, run a search for the package name. you will get two ( or more ) packages with exactly the same name. you can click them individually and remove them. next time you need to get this problem fixed, try it. HTH in the future. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.2 install problems
On Sunday 28 April 2002 12:35 pm, Anders Drejer wrote: > Hello > > I just bought a new computer and Mandrake 8.2 - but I am not able to > install Mandrake! The install is locked during what looks like a check > of the devices in the computer. The last line written is: > > "Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:03" > > I have tried to start the installation on my sons old PC, and there > seems to be no problems, so it is related to my PC. > > The computer has a M810LS motherboard (www.pcchips.com.tw). > > Mvh > Anders I had a similar problem, only I'm not sure it's the same thing, but it won't harm to visit the "errata" page on the Mandrake -site. Thanks to Civileme, who now - very unfortunately - has left this list, my installation went like a breeze after downloading a small patch. Quite simple ! BTW : did you buy a PC with Microsjuft preinstalled ? - In that case I guess you'll have to make room for linux. A great tool for this purpose is "Partition Magic" from Powerquest. If you don't have it - and don't want to pay for it - I guess Mandrake can do it as well, but you'll have to run a defragmentation-program from Windows prior to partitioning. HTH Kaj Haulrich Denmark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Word processor question.
Michael Scottaline wrote:
> Not to beat this to death, but I tried this littl experiment just now. I
> opened a document in AbiWord (0.99.7) that had a .aw extension (from
> Applixware). Went to "save as", and saved it as a .doc file [yes, it's
> one of the options, along with .rtf and a half dozen others]. I then
> closed AbiWord and opened StarOffice 6.0beta. Found the new file with a
> .doc extension and it was identified as a MSWord .doc (even at the little
> M$ symbol next to the file name). BTW, SO opened it instantly and
> flawlessly (SO can neither import or export .aw extensions). Try it if
> you have a 0.99.x version of AbiWord.
Hi Mike,
I agree, I don't want to beat this to death ;-). The version of AbiWord
I am using is 0.99.2 for Windows. If I save a file as .doc and then
open it in a plain text editor (like Notepad, etc.) it starts with:
{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033
{\fonttbl
{\f0\froman\fcharset0\fprq2\fttruetype Times New Roman;}
Which, to me, indicates it is .rtf and not true .doc. It is possible
this changed after 0.99.2, but I don't think that was the intent.
I forget why AbiWord chose this course for the time being -- either the
underlying import / export library for word (wv, IIUC) cannot export
true .doc, or doesn't do it as well as .rtf.
Or maybe .rtf can be read, for example by more versions of Word than
.doc (as the .doc format has changed with some implementations of Word).
regards,
Randy Kramer
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Re: [newbie] block device /dev/dvd questions
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 10:41:53 -0300 Oder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fantastic, Thanks very much indeed. I used ln -s cdrom /dev/dvd and xine open > dvd. But I still have a problem - 'input_dvd: Sorry. xine doesn't play > encrypted DVDs. The legal status os CSS descryption is unclear and we will > not provide such code'. I think doesn't work, probablly, because EE.UU is > region 1 and Brazil region 4. Does anyone know how to fix this part? In order to play encrypted DVD you will need libdvdcss. Because of legal concerns this is not included by mandrake or by xine, and depending upon how you read the law you may be breaking the law by installing and using it. My personal view is that because I bought the DVD and the equip on which I play it then I have 'paid' for the right to view the DVD in the OS of my choice and have no qualms with installing libdvdcss. I use ogle (which is great) rather than xine so can offer no direct instruction on getting xine to use libdvdcss. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] block device /dev/dvd questions
On Monday 29 April 2002 09:40 am, you wrote: > On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 09:27:27 -0300 > > Oder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have recently installed 8.2 and all running great except for the DVD. > > My machine is a toshiba satellite with DVD-ROM/CD-RW. Only the DVD does > > not work properlly. When I tried xine I recieved : input_dvd: unable to > > open dvd drive (/dev/dvd): No such file or directory. What should I do to > > find out /dev/dvd? > > Normally 8.2 will create /dev/dvd without problem. > The fact that yours is a combo drive probably caused the glitch. > > Use # ln -s cdrom /dev/dvd > That should clear things up. > > > Charles Fantastic, Thanks very much indeed. I used ln -s cdrom /dev/dvd and xine open dvd. But I still have a problem - 'input_dvd: Sorry. xine doesn't play encrypted DVDs. The legal status os CSS descryption is unclear and we will not provide such code'. I think doesn't work, probablly, because EE.UU is region 1 and Brazil region 4. Does anyone know how to fix this part? Thanks again, Oder. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] block device /dev/dvd questions
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 09:27:27 -0300 Oder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have recently installed 8.2 and all running great except for the DVD. My > machine is a toshiba satellite with DVD-ROM/CD-RW. Only the DVD does not work > properlly. When I tried xine I recieved : input_dvd: unable to open dvd drive > (/dev/dvd): No such file or directory. What should I do to find out /dev/dvd? > Normally 8.2 will create /dev/dvd without problem. The fact that yours is a combo drive probably caused the glitch. Use # ln -s cdrom /dev/dvd That should clear things up. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] block device /dev/dvd questions
I have recently installed 8.2 and all running great except for the DVD. My
machine is a toshiba satellite with DVD-ROM/CD-RW. Only the DVD does not work
properlly. When I tried xine I recieved : input_dvd: unable to open dvd drive
(/dev/dvd): No such file or directory. What should I do to find out /dev/dvd?
In the boot process: Cannot locate block device /dev/dvd: No such file or
directory.
I can read this information with this commands :
dmesg | grep hd ide_setup:hdc=ide-scsi
. hda
hdc: Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-R2102, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
ls -l /dev/{hdc,sr0} ls:/dev/hdc: No such file or directory
ls:/dev/sr0: No such file or directory
cd /dev .. # /dev ls -l ... cdrom-> cdroms/cdrom0 cdrom0-> cdroms/cdrom0
cdroms/ ... raw/ rd/ rdvd-> raw/raw1 scd0->
scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/cd ... scsi/
cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info Id: cdrom.c3.12 2000/10/18
drive name: sr0
drive speed: 24
Can read DVD: 1
But I have no idea how to solve this problem. Look forward to receiving some
ideas. Thanks in advance, Oder
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Re: [newbie] Licq problems
> FemmeFatale wrote: > > > I had similar problems. Turned out my problem was I specified ports to > > connect to directly IE 2 to 20019. In windows Icq thats a more > > secure way to do it. Here it didn't work so I left them on auto. > > > > Other than that... I used the default 8.2 ver. Its the most up-to-date. > > > > Femme > > Well, we are both using 8.1 right now. I pre-ordered 8.2 but its not here yet. > (things are always slow here - our Saturday morning cartoons come in on Sunday, > ya know!). man! I wish it were Saturday morning again. Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Nimda
> Hello, would anyone know where I can find > a script that would shut down or stop > a nimda infected server? > > I can no longer tolerate this nimda, > blocking does not work, there are some > addresses that still get though and I don't > know how the little buggers do it, so I > want to make my web server send back a command > that will shut off the infected server. > > Thanks to those that can help. > > Ibly > Ibly, Do an archive search for a thread on HoneyPort. I believe you'll find it on the expert archive. You can also find some information if you do a search for Labrea Tarpit on Google. That should help you in what you're looking to do. It will at least trap the incoming connection attempt and keep it from sucking up yer bandwidth/server resources. However, it won't send a term signal back to the offending computer. For that you're going to have to do a little more searching on Google. But those programs are out there. You may also find a few references to programs such as this in the expert archives if you search long enough. Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] log files
Hi all, Installed LM8.2 on a Hp server last week, and this morning a number of errors appeared. upon investigation, I found that the drive was full. Turned out that a log file was 1.2 Gb. The log file was Xfree.(something) I also found a Xfree86.0.log which appeared to be normal. I deleted the 1.2Gb log and everything was fine till I restarted X, which re-created the log file which blew out to over a gig very quickly. any ideas what might cause this? -- regards, Colin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 7:20pm up 3 days, 20:44, 2 users, load average: 0.35, 0.11, 0.03 The origin of the universe: First, there was nothing. Then it exploded. ..registered linux user #223862 .. _ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] printing problem with kmail
Hi all! All of a sudden printing from kmail exits from kmail, while for example with mozilla it works. What is the problem here? I have a HP dj880c with cups BAT --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.332 / Virus Database: 186 - Release Date: 2002. 03. 06. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Word processor question.
On Sun, 28 Apr 2002 21:47:27 -0400 Randy Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled intuitively: >> Yes, yes. AbiWord can export as either .rtf or .doc. It was kword >that I> was pointing out can NOT export in .doc (though I believe it will >in> .rtf). > >Mike, > >Sorry, what I said was poorly phrased. Actually, AFAIK, AbiWord cannot >export .doc, but exports .rtf. IIRC, users on the abiword lists >requested that the .rtf be given a .doc extension by default so that >Word can import what AbiWord exports. > >It's a pretty technical distinction that won't make any difference in >most cases. = Hi Randy, Not to beat this to death, but I tried this littl experiment just now. I opened a document in AbiWord (0.99.7) that had a .aw extension (from Applixware). Went to "save as", and saved it as a .doc file [yes, it's one of the options, along with .rtf and a half dozen others]. I then closed AbiWord and opened StarOffice 6.0beta. Found the new file with a .doc extension and it was identified as a MSWord .doc (even at the little M$ symbol next to the file name). BTW, SO opened it instantly and flawlessly (SO can neither import or export .aw extensions). Try it if you have a 0.99.x version of AbiWord. Cheers, :o) Mike -- "He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you., he really is an idiot." -Groucho Marx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Where has hdparm gone in 8.2?
On Monday 29 April 2002 2:58 am, Brian Parish wrote: > It was there a minute ago! Right before I did that clean install of > 8.2 Is there some new all singing all dancing app to replace it? Can't > find it in software manager. > > TIA > Brian Well, there is drakopt It is not installed by default so just install the rpm. Exit from X and in a root console type drakopt. It will try out by experimentation every viable combination if HD parameters and select the optimum. It takes a long time to run, and there should be no other apps running. BTW: hdparm is in 8.2. You probably need to install the rpm. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: KDE 3.0 - question on installation
On Monday 29 April 2002 9:34 am, you wrote: > You rule! That worked perfect to get Gnome and the other window makers > added. > > One problem though. I added KDE twice to the list hoping one would be > for KDE 2.2.2 and the other for 3.0 but when I try to log in with either > I get old KDE 2.2.2 > > Did I install KDE 3.0 incorrectly? > > I followed instructions that were posted in a message to someone else > hoping it would work for me. This is what I did to install it: > > cd /home/"MyName"/kde3 > urpmi.addmedia kde3 file:///home/"MyName"/kde3 You did everything except actually installing kde3. Now do urpmi * check out http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/mdk-kde3.0.php3 derek > > > I'm currently using Mandrake 8.2 if that matters. > > > Thanks again for all the help you guys/girls have been offering. It's > greatly appreciated. > Eric > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Joseph Braddock > Sent: April 28, 2002 8:45 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Re: KDE 3.0 - question on installation > > > Assuming you are using KDM login shell, login with the default session. > Hopefully, that will open up either KDE or Gnome. Next go to the K or > foot menu and go to Configuration. Go to KDE, then System, the Login > Manager. There should be a tab called Sessions. At the bottom, there > should be a section called Session Types. Manually add Gnome and KDE > back to the list. Capitalization is important so it must be exactly > "Gnome" and "KDE" (without the quotes of course). > > Joe > > On Sun, 28 Apr 2002 03:44:52 -0700 > > "Eric Estes -=RCN Mail=-" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Question regarding install of KDE 3.0 on Mandrake 8.2 > > > > I followed your instructions of: > > > > cd /home/"MyName"/kde3 > > urpmi.addmedia kde3 file:///home/"MyName"/kde3 > > > > And I logout and when I get to the login screen I only have 2 options > > in my Session Type drop down box. The first option is "default" and > > the second option is "failsafe". I should have Gnome in here as well > > as the other window makers since I have them installed. > > > > Another question while I'm at it. When I start up Mandrake 8.2 it > > never asks me what user I want to login and automatically logs me in. > > I would rather be prompted as to which user I want to login with. I > > used to know how to do this but I don't remember. > > > > Thanks for your time, > > Eric > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Alastair Scott > > Sent: April 26, 2002 2:14 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE 3 > > > > On Friday 26 April 2002 7:10 pm, you wrote: > > > While we are on the topic, I also installed KDE3, and it rocks. > > > Played around with some of the icon settings and it looks great > > > (Screen shot http://nixit.ca/KDE3.png ). Definitely making the > > > switch (at least until Gnome 2 comes out). > > > > It's strangely similar to my desktop :) > > > > http://www.thebrixton.btinternet.co.uk/kde3desktop.png > > > > (the font is Frutiger Linotype; you get it installed with Microsoft > > Reader www.eu.microsoft.com/reader). > > > > > One thing tho, everytime I login, the KDE startup wizard loads up > > > and asks me a bunch of questions, how can I disable this. I tried > > > through the wizard but it still loads up everytime I start KDE3. > > > (THis is not the mandrake first time startup wizard). > > > > This is a 'known bug' and the fix is near the bottom of this excellent > > guide to KDE3 quirks: > > > > http://mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=2048 > > > > "Create or edit the file '~/.kde3/share/config/kpersonalizerrc'. Put > > this line into it: > > > > FirstLogin=false" > > > > Alastair > > -- > > Alastair Scott (London, United Kingdom) http://www.unmetered.org.uk/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Word processor question.
--- Randy Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> &eacgr;&ggr;&rgr;&agr;&psgr;&egr;: > Michael Scottaline wrote: > > While Kword can IMPORT .doc files reasonably well > (if they're not to > > complex), I don't believe it can export in .doc > format. The others do it > > well, especially Star and Open Office. > > Not to get too technical, but AbiWord will actually > export in rtf > format, but with a .doc extension -- Word can handle > that quite well > (for the things which AbiWord supports, so far). > > Randy Kramer > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Actually I did the following trick that worked. I open Word documents .doc extension with Kword and then if I want (I use the Kword 1.2.0 beta now it's really amazing with many new features, try it if you like) and then if I want to send it to someone who uses ^+)#)dozes I choose Save as... Text and then I write the name of the file adding .doc in the extension. MSWord behaves as follows. It actually opens the file as text with courrier fonts and then asks the user to save it in the latest Word format. Note that I've been trying this with Greek language docs and all work fine. Cheers Dimitris Ioannou from Greece Do You Yahoo!? &Agr;&pgr;&ogr;&kgr;&tgr;&eeacgr;&sgr;&tgr;&egr; &tgr;&eegr; &dgr;&ohgr;&rgr;&egr;&aacgr;&ngr; @yahoo.gr &dgr;&igr;&egr;&uacgr;&thgr;&ugr;&ngr;&sgr;&eegr; &sgr;&agr;&sfgr; &sgr;&tgr;&ogr; http://www.otenet.gr Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
