[newbie] Mandrake randomly locks me out of /home
[Mandrake 8.2, kernel 2.4.18] Every now and then, without warning and a propos of nothing, the permissions on my /home directory suddenly change to drwx--. I've learned to keep a root console open on my desktop so I can quickly change it back, and this is actually workable, but obviously not ideal. Has this happened to anyone else, or does anyone know what might be going on? A couple of other pieces of information: (1) I have the security level set to "higher" (2) /home is mounted from its own partition. the relevant entry in /etc/fstab is /dev/hdb8 /home ext2 defaults1 1 Thanks for any help. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove?
Femme wrote: >On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:43:37 -0700 >Sevatio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Check out this article. >> >>Linux Today: >>http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-04-30-018-26-PS-MS-LL >> >>Complete story: >>http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25085.html >> >Those links' content make me want to be sick. The more I hear about M$ >and their tactics the more I desire their whole company to be dismantled >properly & Sold. > >sigh > >Femme > Well, they have x hundred billion per year in revenue and y hundred billion per year in expenses and they have never learned to control y because they haven't had to--they could always puff x. They could reduce or hide part of y by some adroit (and technically extralegal or legal) stock manipulations, but in reaity, they have a huge liability never reported on their statements in terms of employee stock options. Everyone wants Microsoft to succeed because their retirement funds probably are large shareholders of Microsoft stock. But look at the facts; the level of administrative effort increases (a sure sign of corporate narcissism), and the legal chicanery increases, not for more plunder but only for status quo, and now they are throwing money at problems, as with Unisys and "wehavethewayout". It is handwriting on the wall for those who can read it. How long before the stockholders realize the index is overstated by a factor of 40 to 80 times? And will AOL follow them into the pit? But cash reserves are rather small, perhaps $30 billion tops, so when the market sours just a little, people won't know whats happening to Microsoft until it _has_ happened, and they will spend months thereafter in disbelief (and perhaps economic depression). I thought Microsoft was like IBM, could be hurt, could be convinced they _could_ lose, but couldn't be eliminated. It appears I was wrong. The IBM top execs were predacious salespeople in 1970-80, but they were not stock manipulators. Don't worry about the justice department. Don't worry about the legal manipulations or the laws they and others purchase. Just don't let the U S government bail them out, when their time comes. What they have done, not only with competition but with theft (of DRDOS) and stock deceptions, deserves no approbation. Remember Chrysler Corporation? The government should not be allowed to interfere in a free market, and certainly not to prop up a monopoly. Civileme > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Eterm configuration Question.
I think you can try starting Eterm with various flags - like 'Eterm -t and create your own .MAIN file for your own theme cloned from another file - or just try another theme full stop. The themes should be under /usr/X1186/share/Eterm/themes or something like that. 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: Femme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 1 May 2002 3:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Eterm configuration Question. Apologies for the emails lately, been finding weirdness & Stuff more today. I've looked in /usr/docs But I can't find an answer to this & the help file for Eterm was both confusing & didn't answer it either. I seem to be unable to save a setting in it. IE, I want the "alien spheres" background. I set it, hit "save settings" & then exit. I return its back to beinga transparent Eterm. I know this is stupidly obvious... so... care to hit me over the head with the answer someone? Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT?, Bastille & a sheepish grin
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 22:51:08 -0600, Femme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 01 May 2002 14:24:21 +1000 > Brian Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Now the next thing you need to do to make the experience really > > complete, is to use it to lock up your system so tight that you can't > > get into it at all. Easily done on a server that has no > > keyboard/monitor associated with it. i.e. the only way in is the > > network. Just run InteractiveBastille, forget to include eth0 in your > > trusted interfaces, lock down all ports and bingo! > > > > Now you may think this sounds like personal experience, but of course > > I would never do such a thing. ;-) > > > > Brian > > *Hugs brian tightly* Ty I didn't know that... I"m looking at some > docs for how it works before I do something really stupid. IE what you > managed ;p > > Btw Just how do I undo that if you I *do* manage to fubar the > system like that besides an reinstall ? If you run /usr/sbin/UndoBastille, you can reverse Bastille's changes. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "If you want to travel around the world and be invited to speak at a lot of different places, just write a Unix operating system." -- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove?
On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 23:13, Femme wrote: > > > > Complete story: > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25085.html > > > Those links' content make me want to be sick. The more I hear about M$ > and their tactics the more I desire their whole company to be dismantled > properly & Sold. > > sigh > > Femme I second that wholeheartedly. My hate and loathing for M$ is at an all time high. LX -- °°° Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to eliminate the Kmail sprinkler head graphic (and) where is Bcc:
On Tuesday 30 April 2002 21:51, Josef wrote: > And is there a "Bcc" option available with Kmail? Open a new mail message and click the view menu. *** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 Professional KDE 2.2.1 KMail 1.3.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Eterm configuration Question.
Apologies for the emails lately, been finding weirdness & Stuff more today. I've looked in /usr/docs But I can't find an answer to this & the help file for Eterm was both confusing & didn't answer it either. I seem to be unable to save a setting in it. IE, I want the "alien spheres" background. I set it, hit "save settings" & then exit. I return its back to beinga transparent Eterm. I know this is stupidly obvious... so... care to hit me over the head with the answer someone? Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT?, Bastille & a sheepish grin
On 01 May 2002 15:11:26 +1000 Brian Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well it's no problem if you have direct access to the console. Just > login there, edit the /etc/Bastille/bastille-firewall.cfg file. Find > "trusted interfaces" and add eth0 there. Then as root: > > service bastille-firewall restart > > My problem was that this machine sits in a closet, with no screen, > keyboard, or mouse attached. Not a major problem, but a little > embarrassing when your network configuration work results in having to > pull out the machine and set it up on a bench to fix it. It was very > secure though! > > Remember, the InteractiveBastille does lots more than just setting > your iptables rules. Some of the stuff about limiting access to the > console, password protecting the lilo prompt etc., could really lock > you out. But you would have to go against the defaults for that. You > can safely assume that "I don't understand so I'll accept the default" > won't break your system. > > One last word on that though, there is a question on limiting use of > system resources to combat denial of service attacks. Answering yes > to that one caused problems su'ing to root or something IIRC. The > setting it made needed a couple of extra zeros. You may like to check > the archives on that one, or can anyone who knows comment? May not be > an issue with the version that ships with 8.2 I said no, so I can't > comment. > > Have fun > Brian > > Lovely... Thx again :) I"ll try hard not to screw this one up. Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] urpmi problem.
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 09:50:38 -0700, Seedkum Aladeem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 April 2002 01:44 am, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> > Try manually editing /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg.
> >
> > On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 00:58:46 -0700, Seedkum Aladeem
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > When I use urpmi I keep getting the message that some media files do not
> > > exist. In an attempt to eliminate those messages, I used
> > > rpmi.removemedia trying to remove the problem media, I got the same
> > > messages urpmi gives. I show these error messages below. Further down I
> > > show the files that actually exist in the direcotry /var/lib/urpmi/.
> > >
> > > Can somebody show me how to remove these annoying message that come from
> > > urpmi?
>
>
> Hi Sridhar,
>
> This is all there is in that file (I see nothing that looks related to the
> extraneous messages):
>
> ger2 {
> hdlist: hdlist.ger2.cz
> with_hdlist: ../base/hdlist.cz
> list: list.ger2
> }
>
> update_source {
> hdlist: hdlist.update_source.cz
> with_hdlist: ../base/hdlist.cz
> list: list.update_source
> update
> }
>
> rmpdir file://mnt/fat_32/rpmdir {
> hdlist: hdlist.rmpdir.cz
> list: list.rmpdir
> }
>
> us1 {
> hdlist: hdlist.us1.cz
> with_hdlist: ../base/hdlist.cz
> list: list.us1
> }
Try this:
Firstly, back up /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg and delete the original. Then run rpmdrake
and use the GUI to configure new sources. Then try urpmi again.
--
Sridhar Dhanapalan
The only intuitive interface is a nipple.
After that, it's all learned.
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Re: [newbie] OT?, Bastille & a sheepish grin
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 21:46:00 -0600, Femme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well I know most will consider this an OT but... I had to tell someone. > I know my partner won't care & I don't have anyone else to talk to about > this so... I thought why not just tell you guys. > > For a few weeks off & on I've been trying to get "interactive bastille" > to work. I tried the word several times, re-checked & Checked agian I > had the right RPM's installed. > > Turned out I'd forgotten that linux does use & consider Capital letters > differently than other OSes. :\ *thus the sheepish grin, i'm sure you > see where this is going.*. > > So.. once again, I thought, I'll look for the actual file itself > with "slocate". No dice. Finally in desperation *Flash of insight? I > won't be that kind to my feeble brain*, I typed "Interactive *then the > TAB key*". Lo & behold! Up pops the program! YAY! > > I'm so happy...and feel so stupid. > > Lesson to other newbs, when it doesn't work try capitalizing the word :) > > Thx for listening to a senile old woman. > > Femme Don't worry, you're not alone. One of the main criticisms of MacOS X by UNIX users has been that its filesystem isn't case sensitive. But the fact is that case sensitivity at the filesystem level brings few benefits (except at the server-level), and mostly increases confusion amongst ordinary desktop users. When you've been using a case insensitive filesystem your whole life (as most Windows and MacOS users have done), changing old habits can be difficult. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "I was never a "big thinker". One of my philosophies in Linux has always been to not worry about the future too much, but make sure that we make the best of what we have now - together with keeping our options open for the future and not digging us into a hole." -- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] X and nVidia under 8.2
On Wed, 1 May 2002 06:59:26 +0200 (CEST) Ralph Slooten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Save it to disk, open a console and type: > > bunzip2 XF96Config-4.bz2 > > Greetings > Ralph > > I can't seem to view that cfg with Sylpheed. Can someone point me > > to how to do so? Please? I know its an attachment But i'm stumped > > on how to do so :( > > > > TIA > > Femme > > > > > Well I tried saving this email to the HDD and doing your cmd, but... no joy? Dont' know what I'm doing wrong here. Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] X and nVidia under 8.2
It works fine with W$ - both 98 and XP. I have to have them there as I support customers who use them, but apart from that, those partions remain pretty dusty! I am not suggesting that the card is faulty, just that nVidia may not have put quite as much time into trying their drivers with the zillions of combinations of hardware that are using their chipsets on linux as they did under windoze. I suspect that a large amount of code in the W$ drivers consists of work-arounds for various OS botches. Maybe this makes the doze versions a little more tolerant of some slight strangeness in my card. Anyway, I'll try another one and report back. thanks again Brian P.S. Don't worry - I won't charge extra for the burn-in ;) On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 14:55, Ralph Slooten wrote: > It may not be the card itself, but a conflict with your hardware. But yes, > I would not rule out totally that the card may be fautly. Have you ever > tried this configuration with Winblows? If so, did it work there? Please, > you do not have to install it just to test ;-) > > Otherwise, it seems easy for you to get your hands on other cards, just > remind me not to buy any computers from a place where a "Brian" works ;-) > > Greetings > Ralph > > On 1 May 2002, Brian Parish wrote: > > > OK Ralph, > > > > Gave that a try. Looked thru your file and it was similar enough to > > mine to be able to use it without change. Saved my XF86config-4 and > > replaced it with yours. Installed the downloaded rpms. Same result - > > long delay after startx, then nVidia splash, then KDE. Ran evolution, > > clicked on a message (it displayed) clicked on the trash to delete it, > > hung. Can't stop X, can't switch to a console, can't ping the machine, > > frozen solid. > > > > I am willing to wager a small amount (very small) that if I pulled the > > graphics card and put in another nvidia based card, it would be likely > > to work. In fact, next time I build a machine for a customer, their new > > card may just get a brief burn-in period doing just that. I'll let you > > know the result, but that could be a while (building machines is only a > > small part of my business). > > > > Thanks anyway - it was a good thing to try. > > > > cheers > > Brian > > -- > Homepage: http://tuxpower.f2g.net/ > > > > > > 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] OT?, Bastille & a sheepish grin
On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 14:51, Femme wrote: > On 01 May 2002 14:24:21 +1000 > Brian Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Now the next thing you need to do to make the experience really > > complete, is to use it to lock up your system so tight that you can't > > get into it at all. Easily done on a server that has no > > keyboard/monitor associated with it. i.e. the only way in is the > > network. Just run InteractiveBastille, forget to include eth0 in your > > trusted interfaces, lock down all ports and bingo! > > > > Now you may think this sounds like personal experience, but of course > > I would never do such a thing. ;-) > > > > Brian > > *Hugs brian tightly* Ty I didn't know that... I"m looking at some > docs for how it works before I do something really stupid. IE what you > managed ;p > > Btw Just how do I undo that if you I *do* manage to fubar the > system like that besides an reinstall ? > > TIA Love, the warning will be well heeded. > > Femme > Well it's no problem if you have direct access to the console. Just login there, edit the /etc/Bastille/bastille-firewall.cfg file. Find "trusted interfaces" and add eth0 there. Then as root: service bastille-firewall restart My problem was that this machine sits in a closet, with no screen, keyboard, or mouse attached. Not a major problem, but a little embarrassing when your network configuration work results in having to pull out the machine and set it up on a bench to fix it. It was very secure though! Remember, the InteractiveBastille does lots more than just setting your iptables rules. Some of the stuff about limiting access to the console, password protecting the lilo prompt etc., could really lock you out. But you would have to go against the defaults for that. You can safely assume that "I don't understand so I'll accept the default" won't break your system. One last word on that though, there is a question on limiting use of system resources to combat denial of service attacks. Answering yes to that one caused problems su'ing to root or something IIRC. The setting it made needed a couple of extra zeros. You may like to check the archives on that one, or can anyone who knows comment? May not be an issue with the version that ships with 8.2 I said no, so I can't comment. Have fun Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] X and nVidia under 8.2
Save it to disk, open a console and type: bunzip2 XF96Config-4.bz2 Greetings Ralph On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Femme wrote: > On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 08:34:12 -0400 > "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi. Sorry to butt in, but I was looking at your config file. If he > > uses it, and it does work, can I add a suggestion? If you're going to > > be gaming, then I'd add a few more resolutions to it, specifically > > 640x480 in 16 bit... > > > > Just a thought! ;-) > > > > -- > > > > > /\> > Dark> > \/> > > > I can't seem to view that cfg with Sylpheed. Can someone point me to > how to do so? Please? I know its an attachment But i'm stumped on how > to do so :( > > TIA > Femme > > -- Homepage: http://tuxpower.f2g.net/ 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, 30 Apr 2002 12:27:15 +0200 (CEST) Ralph Slooten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 30 Apr 2002, Brian Parish wrote: > > Hi there Brian, > > I have had My GeForce 2 for about a year and a half now, and have always > basically used the same config file from the first run. At least I mean the > same additions to the XF86Config-4 file. The one thing that does strike me > is that there seem to be several ways to do this, and the way I do it is > not the way it's described on the Mandrake site, but a way I once read a > year and a half on some other Linux site. > > At the moment I'm running L-M 8.2 (Download edition), and have: > > NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2880 > NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2880.mdk82up > > .. installed. Both were for download at the NVidia site. I have attached mt > XF85Config-4 file (BZipped) to this e-mail. You will of cource have to > check is the monitor settings, mouse and Keyboard correspond to your own > settings before using it, however I cannot see how it would not work. > > Give it a shot and keep us updated ;-) > > Greetings > Ralph As a sort of aside, I've checked & re-checked the Display properties *in E & KDE* and always it lists on "INFO" the driver being "nv". Now i changed this manually. Also I Unchecked the Energy savings *Having it on messes with my resolution & botches it :(*. Why does it list the driver incorrectly ISn't it reading XFConfig86-4? Why did I have to turn OFF Energy saver manually in that file too Its really starting to piss me off that I had to edit this crap manually & still shows up incorrectly. Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How to eliminate the Kmail sprinkler head graphic (and) where is Bcc:
How can one eliminate the big Kmail sprinkler head graphic with the big white "K" superimposed on it in every email message displayed by Kmail? Also, how can one revised the message header arrangement? And is there a "Bcc" option available with Kmail? Josef Lowder Mesa, Arizona [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] A new topic Backup strategies
daRcmaTTeR said onto me: -- |One of the best places to search for things that are hard to find is |Google. If you can't find it there it just doesn't exist. | |-- |daRcmaTTeR |-- |Registered Linux User 182496 | -- Not to mention Google has a dedicated Linux _channel_ for lack of a better word at http://www.google.com/linux -- °°° 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] Upgrading memory
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Charlie wrote: > On Tuesday 30 April 2002 11:05 am, Jim Dawson sent the following: > > I just upgraded my computer from 256MB to 512MB. Is there anything I need > > to do to optimize the computer for the additional memory? My swap > > partition is currently 256MB. > > > > Thanks in advance. > ~~~ > Yeah Jim. Enjoy the lower noise levels of a hard drive that won't read nearly > as often. > > When I went to 512 MB (I was also installing MDK 8.1 at the same time) the > swap file was 400 MB but it was hardly used at all unless I was running a few > more than the usual XMMS, K-Mail, Mozilla, and whatever desktop toys happened > to be running. When I "upgraded to 8.2" I didn't touch the swap. It's still > at 400 MB, but there's a full 1 GB (4x256 MB PC 133) of SDRAM for it to play > with. No worries at all. > > Have fun! > damn! now _THAT_ is some RAM stuffed in that box. -- daRcmaTTeR -- Registered Linux User 182496 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] Mandrake 8.2 install problems
Dan, Did you burn M8.2 on CD-RWs? I had a problem on an old Tosh laptop where it wouldn't read CD-RWs - had to reburn onto CD-Rs. I think Windows could read the CD-RWs (I used it to create the boot floppy), but not the LM install software - very odd. Second thought: did you do an md5sum check on the ISO images before burning? HTH, Ron. --- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry Mate! > > Both PC and Laptop are using Internal CD-ROM Drives, > I try to boot from > flopppy with cd inside Nope! Secondly, From CD-ROM > directly! Nope! > > I switch back to my old Mandrake 8.0 ((( No Problemo > ))) > > I really appreciate your help ! :-) > > Dan > __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.2 install problems
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 08:04:03 + " " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry Mate! > > Both PC and Laptop are using Internal CD-ROM Drives, I try to boot from > flopppy with cd inside Nope! Secondly, From CD-ROM directly! Nope! > > I switch back to my old Mandrake 8.0 ((( No Problemo ))) > > I really appreciate your help ! :-) > > Dan > Well I wasn't able to help & Beyond that... I'm outta ideas. Check www.linuxforlaptops.com *I hope thats the addy*? Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] A new topic Backup strategies
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Diego [iso-8859-1] García wrote: > ok, i use Tivoli for my backups, and i write all backup strategies for my NOC, but > here we have some troubles like some messages susch as: > > 8.2 migration > I lost some files... > Inittab problems... > > Maybe... In this NEWBIe list we can collaborate to write some whitepapers for >mandrake > newbies, because some newbies don´t have any experience with cpio, amanda, ktape or >an, > tar or any other tool, whwn i begin to be a "linusero" linux folloer i must to read > many howto´s but this is not enough. > > Knowledge base must be a target in a newbie list, i think, not only a just FAQ list. > > That is my idea. > > First backup , why? how? when? > later another topics , like CDRW, migration or tunning, ALL FOR NEWBIES. > > THXfor your response > > cordially > > DR. GZ > there really isn't a great need for any "more" papers to be written since a HUGE number of them already exist. Not to mention the incredible brain trust that is on this list and the expert list. to write more papers would be a futile waste of good time that could be spent having fun with our PC's coding something cool. One of the best places to search for things that are hard to find is Google. If you can't find it there it just doesn't exist. -- daRcmaTTeR -- Registered Linux User 182496 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] Re: KDE 3.0 - question on installation
You haven't installed KDE3 yet! The urpmi.addmedia simply adds the directory to the list of sources used by urpmi and the Mandrake Software Manger (such as Mandrake CD1, CD2, etc). To actually install KDE3, go back to the directory where you have the files (/home/"MyName"/kde3 in your posting). Once there, root, do a urpmi * and that will install it. Joe On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 01:34:25 -0700 "Eric Estes -=RCN Mail=-" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > > 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] How To Determine Webserver?
I agree with you, i also think "...their web authoring tools SUCK" , i think that linux is higuer availibity than MSucks Windows and has higher compability too. But, and this a big but, ¿Wich porcentage of surfers use IE?. Ok my writing topic was about that this list is not about hacking and hacking tools, evenmore, hackers are first linux followers, i fight with them but that doesn´t mean that i don´t admire them. Like i admire all the people that write in this list, may be is here where Microsoft Monopoly end begins. Sorry, maybe i must write less. P.D. I love new mozilla engine, are you testing now? Some freezes are dissapear in my navigation on the web daRcmaTTeR wrote: > umwhat in the world are you talking about? the original thrust of this > thread was addressing how some sites are drafted in apps that don't adhere > to WC3 html standards and because of that cause rendering problems for > people because the html they're coded in isn't up to standard. Netscape, > Konqueror, Opera, and Mozilla all conform to the "established" WC3 > standards. At present there is only one browser that does not. IE. > Of course neither does FrontPage Xpress, or M$ Publishers or any of that > ilk. I guess they figure since they "own" the world they don't have to > conform, but rather dictate to all just how they're going to "re-program" > the web. Kinda like defining the web on their own terms. > > please don't misunderstand. I'm not bashing MS. I think their web > authoring tools SUCK because as a programmer I see that the don't follow > accepted standards and after having to edit sites and clean up after > people that have coded entire sites using their html bastardizations it's > become somewhat of a pet peeve for me. > > -- > daRcmaTTeR > -- > Registered Linux User 182496 > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove?
Check out this article. Linux Today: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-04-30-018-26-PS-MS-LL Complete story: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25085.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Radeon 8500
Thanks for the reply, I'll check it out. - Original Message - From: "Sridhar Dhanapalan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 1:31 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Radeon 8500 > On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 22:03:40 +0100, "Philip Crowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > I have been on the list a short time and find it excellent for problem > > solving and picking up tips. > > > > My question is regarding the ATI Radeon 8500 and Mandrake. What is the best > > driver set available for this card? > > You can find enhanced XFree86 drivers at http://gatos.sourceforge.net/. > > -- > Sridhar Dhanapalan > > "I don't use a marketing eye, I simply don't care. > There are others who do, I'll let them worry about it." > -- Linus Torvalds > > > 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] Upgrading memory
Jim Dawson wrote: > I just upgraded my computer from 256MB to 512MB. Is there anything I need to do to >optimize the computer for the additional memory? My swap partition is currently >256MB. Well, since some computers require that the amount of memory be specified during installation / startup of Linux, I imagine some computers will require that line be changed to specify the new amount of memory, but I really don't know, and I don't know whether some computer that didn't require it at the initial installation might require it now. Try: less /proc/meminfo and confirm that it shows something around 512 kb of memory. If it doesn't get back to the list -- maybe someone else can tell you how to fix it. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT:Linux on top
On Tuesday 30 April 2002 16:37, poogle wrote: > Just bought a LG DVD ROM and was very pleased to see that at the top of the > compatible operating systems list in big letters was LINUX, OK so they were > in alphabetical order but it was nice to see it prominently placed on the > front of the box. AFAIK LG was one of the first hardware companies to advertise their Linux compatibility on the box. Bless 'em. Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[OT] winex [was: Re: [newbie] X and nVidia under 8.2]
On Monday 29 April 2002 15:27, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > Brian, sorry to hear you're having problems, and I'm equally sorry that it > condemns you to Windoze only gaming... (having so much fun with Winex 2.0 > here its probably illegal!) I'm jealous! I've compiled and installed winex a couple of times and found that not only does it not run most things properly or at all (I'm talking about Notepad here, not just super-accelerated first-person shooters), it also makes X freeze periodically. I assume the fault lies in my configuration, but winex configuration files seem even more of a headache than plain wine. Still, I suppose it makes me more productive - less temptation to slack off and play a game if I have to go to the trouble of rebooting! Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Adding to .zip file (w. volumes)
Es Dilluns 29 Abril 2002 23:01, en FemmeFatale va escriure: > Joan Tur wrote: > > 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-? > If hes on windows use winzip or Winrar or winAce. > If he's on linux doesn't Gzip have a GUI frontend? gnochive makes the work (using rar)... and of course I don't want this guy to use windows' programs but linux ones ;) 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] To list admin (Denis Havlik?)
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Roman Korcek wrote: > Hi, > I lost my old email address an thus can't unsub. (because it > needs a confirmation which I can't confirm since the request is sent > to my old address). The old address was [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Could you > please unsub. me? > Or if I am asking at the wrong place, could someone point me please in > the right direction? > > TIA > Roman > Roman, there is no confirmation request needed or asked for when unsubing from the newbie or the expert list. -- daRcmaTTeR -- Registered Linux User 182496 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] How To Determine Webserver?
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Diego [iso-8859-1] García wrote: > There are a lot of tolls for hacking, but this list is not one of these:) > > Also, i think taht is very usefull to know about these question to decide what > navigator to use in some sites. May be not all designers think in compability. > > In addition, this type of questions can be more smart than only ¿how i > configure...? > > Finally, some hackers are better teachers than sysadmins like me. From all we > must learn. > > Hackers. please don´t go ;-) > > Only enemies make you better :-) > > Dr. Gz > umwhat in the world are you talking about? the original thrust of this thread was addressing how some sites are drafted in apps that don't adhere to WC3 html standards and because of that cause rendering problems for people because the html they're coded in isn't up to standard. Netscape, Konqueror, Opera, and Mozilla all conform to the "established" WC3 standards. At present there is only one browser that does not. IE. Of course neither does FrontPage Xpress, or M$ Publishers or any of that ilk. I guess they figure since they "own" the world they don't have to conform, but rather dictate to all just how they're going to "re-program" the web. Kinda like defining the web on their own terms. please don't misunderstand. I'm not bashing MS. I think their web authoring tools SUCK because as a programmer I see that the don't follow accepted standards and after having to edit sites and clean up after people that have coded entire sites using their html bastardizations it's become somewhat of a pet peeve for me. -- daRcmaTTeR -- Registered Linux User 182496 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] A new topic Backup strategies
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Diego [iso-8859-1] García wrote: > > I was reading all these days about problems that can be eay solutioned if we have > some good backup strategies, why we don´t write some tips and tools about this > topic? > > Dr Gz. > Diego, I believe for the most part most of us have either written our own scripts to handle backup needs or are using script that others have coded for that purpose. was there something specific that you were curious about? -- daRcmaTTeR -- Registered Linux User 182496 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] can't update from local directory
My friend, I followed your lead and this is what came back [root@Gavin2 gavin]# urpmi.addmedia --update Gavin2.localdomain file://home/gavin/updates usage: urpmi.addmedia where is one of file:// ftp://:@/ with ftp:/// with http:/// with removable_:// Got me on this one..holla back when ya get a chance Gavin On Tuesday 30 April 2002 22:26, you wrote: > gavin, try this - as root -, > #urpmi.addmedia --update localupdates file://home/gavin/updates > > note: 'localupdates' is just a name i made up, you can use whatever you > like as the name for this source, watch the console for error messages, > this should then allow you to use mu to update from this source > > bascule > > On Saturday 27 Apr 2002 4:06 pm, you wrote: > > setting are as follows: > > location : Gavin2.localdomain > > export: /home/gavin/updates > > enter > > system checks but no updates are found! > > goto folder, all updates are there.. how come there not being seen? > > > > Gavin (Japan) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading memory
On Tuesday 30 April 2002 11:05 am, Jim Dawson sent the following: > I just upgraded my computer from 256MB to 512MB. Is there anything I need > to do to optimize the computer for the additional memory? My swap > partition is currently 256MB. > > Thanks in advance. ~~~ Yeah Jim. Enjoy the lower noise levels of a hard drive that won't read nearly as often. When I went to 512 MB (I was also installing MDK 8.1 at the same time) the swap file was 400 MB but it was hardly used at all unless I was running a few more than the usual XMMS, K-Mail, Mozilla, and whatever desktop toys happened to be running. When I "upgraded to 8.2" I didn't touch the swap. It's still at 400 MB, but there's a full 1 GB (4x256 MB PC 133) of SDRAM for it to play with. No worries at all. Have fun! -- Charlie in Edmonton, AB, Canada Mandrake 8.2 user 244963 at: http://counter.li.org 11:26am up 22:26, 2 users, load average: 0.09, 0.07, 0.06 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Checkinstall / RPM Files / Tar.bz files
> > Can you use checkinstall to build an RPM > file from tar.gz files,so that it does not actually install the > package as created at the time of RPM creation. > Is that possible ? > > regards, > > John Not as far as I know, but checkinstall is nothing more than a bash script. You can always go in and edit it and suppress the bit when it copies files. I think I remember a mention on the list of another app which just makes RPMs. Does anyone remember it? derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] insmod for permanent module
Sirs, In the new Mandrake 8.2, I have used insmod -f to successfully attach a pci scsi module for a dmx3191d driver, although I do get a warning message that this will taint the kernel. All goes well until I re-boot and then the module is missing and I have to insmod again. I have tried insmod -e "" but with no greater success. How do I permanently maintain the module? This is for a Trust 19200 scanner with PCI SCSI card driven under Red Hat by driver dmx3191d on a celeron 500 with 96 meg ram. Thank you for reading this message. Malcolm Candlish. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Upgrading memory
I just upgraded my computer from 256MB to 512MB. Is there anything I need to do to optimize the computer for the additional memory? My swap partition is currently 256MB. Thanks in advance. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Cashing up DVD files on the hard drive
Can anyone tell me whether there is a programme that can cashe up DVD files onto the harddrive,in a similar way to which cdparanoia cashes up audio files onto the hard drive ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] gvim/vimx misbehaving (set guifont)
Hi, You could also set the gui font in some other file. I do it in ~/.vim/after/syntax/syncolor.vim HTH, Moshe * Stewart Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020416 15:57]: > yes, it was being overridden by the system. I became root and struck > that from the init script. seems like a poor system default if I can't > set a font in .vimrc. > > thanks > > Moshe Kaminsky wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >Did you go through all of the initialization scripts, to see if it's > >not overridden there? (To see what these scripts are do > > :help startup > >inside vim) > > > >Moshe > > > >* Stewart Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020408 21:46]: > > > >>I've just upgraded from RH 7.2 to Mandrake 8.2 and gvim/vimx is now > >>ignoring the "set guifont" directive in my .vimrc file. What's extremely > >>odd about this is that after vim is launched, I can manually issue the > >>command and it sets the font appropriately (yes, I've tried many many > >>different fonts). Something else seems to be taking precedent, but I > >>don't know where. > >> > >>thanks, > >> > >>stewart > >> > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] urpmi problem.
On Tuesday 30 April 2002 01:44 am, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> Try manually editing /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg.
>
> On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 00:58:46 -0700, Seedkum Aladeem
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > When I use urpmi I keep getting the message that some media files do not
> > exist. In an attempt to eliminate those messages, I used
> > rpmi.removemedia trying to remove the problem media, I got the same
> > messages urpmi gives. I show these error messages below. Further down I
> > show the files that actually exist in the direcotry /var/lib/urpmi/.
> >
> > Can somebody show me how to remove these annoying message that come from
> > urpmi?
Hi Sridhar,
This is all there is in that file (I see nothing that looks related to the
extraneous messages):
ger2 {
hdlist: hdlist.ger2.cz
with_hdlist: ../base/hdlist.cz
list: list.ger2
}
update_source {
hdlist: hdlist.update_source.cz
with_hdlist: ../base/hdlist.cz
list: list.update_source
update
}
rmpdir file://mnt/fat_32/rpmdir {
hdlist: hdlist.rmpdir.cz
list: list.rmpdir
}
us1 {
hdlist: hdlist.us1.cz
with_hdlist: ../base/hdlist.cz
list: list.us1
}
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Re: [newbie] Checkinstall / RPM Files / Tar.bz files
On Tuesday 30 April 2002 12:16, you wrote: > On Tuesday 30 April 2002 11:01 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > > This is all new to me so please bear with me. > > > > First , downloaded and installed , > > and RPM package manager reports:- > > libcheckinstall-1-5.5.1-3.i586.rpm > > checkinstall-1.5.1-3mdk.i586.rpm, > > so check install successfully installed. I think. > > > > Second, downloaded and extracted from tar balls:- > > xine-lib-0.9.8, > > compiled with ./configure, make, and checkinstall, > > xine-ui-0.9.8 > > compiled with ./configure, make, and checkinstall, > > > > and RPM package manager reports:- > > libxine0.9.8-4mdk > > xine-aav0.9.8-4mdk > > xine-0ssv0.9.8-4mdk > > xine-pluginsv0.9.8-4mdk > > xine-xv v0.9.8-4mdk > > Not sure which package is the main programme,but generally > > seems to be all there. > > > > However, unless I got the wrong end of the stick ,I thought > > I was supposed to also find the RPM build from tar balls > > packages themselves in /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586, but if so > > something else has happened, because they ain't there. > > During the checkinstall process there was something about > > ./doc-pac needed shall it create one, I said yes,presumeably, > > some document directory,but otherwise I cannot see that I created > > any RPM package files from tar balls . However, have I > > misunderstood the nature of the checkinstall programme. Can > > someone enlighten me please. > > > > thanks, > > > > John > > I don not know if everyone has this problem, but I found the > version of checkinstall provided on the 8.2 Cd did not work. It > would exit with an error. However the RPM checkinstall-1.5.1-1 > available from the checkinstall site > http://proyectos.glo.org.mx/checkinstall/download.php works > perfectly for me. > > derek Thanks Derek, I think your suggestion works better,the build seems less full of "no's", one question though, Can you use checkinstall to build an RPM file from tar.gz files,so that it does not actually install the package as created at the time of RPM creation. Is that possible ? regards, John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How To Determine Webserver?
Use mo new mozilla engine it works in netscape 4.79 6.22 6.2 windows and linux plattform Diego García wrote: > try new mozilla engine, it´s experimental, but may be can help you > > Dr. Gz > > daRcmaTTeR wrote: > > > 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 > > > 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] How To Determine Webserver?
Use mo new mozilla engine it works in netscape 4.79 6.22 6.2 windows and linux plattaform Diego García wrote: > try new mozilla engine, it´s experimental, but may be can help you > > Dr. Gz > > daRcmaTTeR wrote: > > > 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 > > > 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] A new topic Backup strategies
I was reading all these days about problems that can be eay solutioned if we have some good backup strategies, why we don´t write some tips and tools about this topic? Dr Gz. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Need help with inittab
may if you must try to recover from one backup file, please rename your old inittab files, eveven worst but an idea, you can use another inittab files and cfombine with your old corrupted files. Be carefully, not all services will be running corectly but this is an start point. Dr. gz Eric Estes -=RCN Mail=- 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? > > 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How To Determine Webserver?
There are a lot of tolls for hacking, but this list is not one of these:) Also, i think taht is very usefull to know about these question to decide what navigator to use in some sites. May be not all designers think in compability. In addition, this type of questions can be more smart than only ¿how i configure...? Finally, some hackers are better teachers than sysadmins like me. From all we must learn. Hackers. please don´t go ;-) Only enemies make you better :-) Dr. Gz Gerald Waugh wrote: > 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Missing Printer Icon
On Tuesday 30 April 2002 12:08, you wrote: > On Tuesday 30 April 2002 10:54 am, you wrote: > > Many thanks for that info. > > > > However,there is still one problem though, WHERE DO YOU CONFIGURE > > PRINTER PAGE MARGINS. > > > > I used to do it from qtcups , but not this time ? > > On my system both Kups and qtcups allow me to change margins > (qtcups>properties>Advanced), those parameters are defined by the > print driver you have selected. Are you using the same driver as > before? > > derek > > > regards, > > > > John > > > > On Monday 29 April 2002 23:13, you wrote: > > > On Monday 29 April 2002 11:01 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > > > Just right click on the desktop and 'create new>Link to > > > application' and link it to either kups or qtcups in the > > > command line of the 'execute' Tab. Pick an icon and you are > > > done. > > > > > > Alternatively just open KDE Control Centre>System>Print Manager > > > (Which is also kups) > > > > > > derek Thanks, Derek, Yes , I have a Z53 usb printer , but whereas before when you clicked on the printer Icon in LM8.1 you were really connecting via an executeable, of: qtcups %f , to qtcups , there was a - properties - text - page margins GUI interface to reset your page margins, Now alas , this facility does not seem to exist. in LM8.2. The same executeable merely gives you - General , and , Advance. Then again if I go KDE Control Center - System - Print Manager - Configure - Configure Z53 , all I have is the usual resolution stuff, nothing about page print margins. Also, if I go Mandrake Control Center - Hardware - Printer - I have all the three drivers available for this make of printer to play with , plus , add printer, refresh , cups server, expert mode, and quit , but nothing about setting printer page margins. Trouble is , I don't know how I am to set the page margins anymore. Seems to me we've got a cut down version of qtcups, I'm sure we are meant to have printer page margins, it usually comes under the tab Text, but somehow, unless it has been moved someplace else, it does not seem to exist, anyone else got printer page margins in qtcups ? regards, John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How To Determine Webserver?
try new mozilla engine, it´s experimental, but may be can help you Dr. Gz daRcmaTTeR wrote: > 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] someone knows about a similar Xconfigurator in Mandrake?
Please different to Xf86cfg thx Diego Terry Smith wrote: > Roger, > > Sorry to hear about your troubles. I had some 'shutdown' problems with > my new box also. Turned out to be a bad mobo (which has been replaced - > no problems since). > > One way of debugging these things is to 'simplify'. Disconnect all your > peripherals - removable drives, keyboard, floppy, mouse, etc. - > everything except the monitor and the boot drive. Does it boot and run? > (Obviously you won't be able to do anything). Yes, start adding > components and rebooting. > > No. Swap drives. Try again. > > No. Swap power supplies. Try again. > > Well I think you get the drift. Try to isolate the component that's > causing the problem. > > Good luck. > > Terry Smith > Cape Cod, USA > > On Mon, 2002-03-18 at 08:28, Roger Sherman wrote: > > Sorry to address this to the list, but I'm at my wits end, and it's either > > this, or find a service center or something to fix this problem for me, > > and after building this PC, I really don't have the money. > > > > I built a PC about two 1/2 months ago (my first attempt at building a PC), > > and I'm having a booting problem, and a problem with it freezing up, and > > I'm hoping someone could help point me in the right direction, > > troubleshooting wise. > > > > First of all, the system configuration: > > > > Abit KG-7 motherboard > > AMD 1800XP > > 512 Meg DDR RAM > > ATI Radeon All-In-Wonder 32mg vid card > > SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 Platinum w/Live Drive > > 60 gig Maxtor HD > > generic DVD/CDROM from my old PC, a Compaq presario (which is happily > > gurgling along as a dedicated FTP server now) > > > > Now, it's got a boot problem that is baffling to me - to turn this PC on, > > I have to press the start button, at which point it sounds like it's > > starting up, the HD and all the fans start spinning, but I don't get the > > beep that I get with a successful boot, and there's no video output. So, I > > then have to turn the PC off, unplug it, and plug it back in - at which > > point it will usually start up again. > > > > Now, I do mean it will start up again just from plugging it in - I don't > > have to press the start button. But, sometimes I'll plug it in, and it > > wont start, at which point I'll have to unplug it, then press start, and > > it seems to discharge a little power. Then I plug it in again, and it will > > start. Then I get the beep that it's booting correctly, and I get video > > output and away we go. > > > > Now, I'd live with this problem, if it weren't for the system freezes. The > > first time I turn the PC on each day, there is always a complete freeze of > > the system - and I totally can't get it unfrozen, either by > > Control-Alt-Backspace, or Alt-SysRq-r. My only recourse is to press and > > hold the start button til it shuts down (with this box, you have to hold > > the start button in for 5 seconds to shut it down, for some reason). Using > > the reset button doesn't seem to work. > > > > This system freeze can happen anywhere, too. Sometimes it'll happen when > > Mandrake is actually starting up, once it even happened at a command line > > login (it's set up to start at runlevel 3), but usually it happens about 2 > > - 3 minutes after the system is up and running...usually after I've > > started X, and am checking my email. > > > > And I can't let it run all day - the PC actually works great once it gets > > past the booting and system freeze problems (usually the system freeze > > problem happens one or two times, and then the PC will run properly), but > > if I get up and walk away for several hours, then come back, of course the > > monitor will have gone into power save mode, and I jiggle the mouse to > > wake it up, but at that point for some reason the PC will have stopped > > giving video output, and I have to start the whole process over again. > > > > My ideal situation would be to just leave this PC running 24/7, but that > > makes it impossible, obviously. > > > > Now, I've tried several things to fix the problem - a friend told me the > > symptoms are indicative of a hardware incompatability, so I changed the > > HD, the CD-ROM (which is why I have the DVD player in there - I originally > > had a Plextor CD-RW), the power supply, and I took out the SoundBlaster > > and nic card (a linksys nic), although I put those two back in, since it > > didn't seem to make a difference. I also tried disconnecting the floppy > > drive. > > > > Before I replaced the HD and CD-RW, they effectively stopped working with > > this PC, and I'm worried what's currently in there will stop working as > > well, as every time I make a change, things seem to get a little better, > > but never really work right, and then things degenerate. I don't have > > anything else I can swap into this box, so if it continues to degenerate > > with the current config, I'll have to stop using it until I can afford to > > take it to a PC doctor. > > > > Again, sorry for the OT post,
[newbie] To list admin (Denis Havlik?)
Hi, I lost my old email address an thus can't unsub. (because it needs a confirmation which I can't confirm since the request is sent to my old address). The old address was [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Could you please unsub. me? Or if I am asking at the wrong place, could someone point me please in the right direction? TIA Roman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OT test, please ignore
#include "subject.h" Roman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Internet Sharing in MDK 8.1
On Tuesday 30 April 2002 3:43 pm, Tomek Nowinski wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I just wanted to ask what do I need to do to share my internet conection. > > I have PC with MDK 8.1 (instalation with firewall and router) and 2 NIC's. > I want to share my internet conection from this machine to my laptop (runs > WinXP). > > I have already configured on PC "Internet sharing", I have "cross-over" > cable, etc., etc., everything looks OK. WinXP gets correct IP and > configuration (with automatic detection), etc but there is no internet > navigation... there is no ping to my PC.. etc. > > What should I do??? Thanks for help. > > See you, > > Tomek Have you declared your Linux machine to be a gateway to the Windows PC? Also have you declared the Ethernet between the two computers to be a 'trusted interface' to the firewall? If your firewall is running on that interface ping is not going to work. In 8.1 it can be kind of hard to tell if the firewall is working or not. Check out http://www.mandrakeforum.org/article.php?sid=1467&lang=en derek derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Internet Sharing in MDK 8.1
Hi everybody, I just wanted to ask what do I need to do to share my internet conection. I have PC with MDK 8.1 (instalation with firewall and router) and 2 NIC's. I want to share my internet conection from this machine to my laptop (runs WinXP). I have already configured on PC "Internet sharing", I have "cross-over" cable, etc., etc., everything looks OK. WinXP gets correct IP and configuration (with automatic detection), etc but there is no internet navigation... there is no ping to my PC.. etc. What should I do??? Thanks for help. See you, Tomek -- Encyklopedia multimedialna w prezencie! http://www.e-mail.onet.pl Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT:Linux on top
all the nvidia geforce's say the support linux on the box too On Tuesday 30 April 2002 08:37 am, poogle wrote: > Just bought a LG DVD ROM and was very pleased to see that at the top of the > compatible operating systems list in big letters was LINUX, OK so they were > in alphabetical order but it was nice to see it prominently placed on the > front of the box. -- 9:35am up 1 day, 9:25, 4 users, load average: 1.33, 0.67, 0.40 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Need help with inittab
On Tuesday 30 April 2002 01:08 am, you 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? > > > Mithrilhall's Linux Server > AMD-K2 350MHz >http://mithrilhall.redirectme.net > > This email has been scanned with Norton AntiVirus Boot from CD1 Do 'F1' Type 'rescue' at the prompt. Type 'chroot /mnt' (this will give you access to your files). You can then use the vi editor to restore the line in your inittab file. Barry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OT:Linux on top
Just bought a LG DVD ROM and was very pleased to see that at the top of the compatible operating systems list in big letters was LINUX, OK so they were in alphabetical order but it was nice to see it prominently placed on the front of the box. -- Poogle. Derby,England Linux MDK 8.2 with kernel 2.4.18-6 mdk using Kmail 1.3.2 2:33pm up 25 min, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.09 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printing to windows domain printer using Samba and CUPS
Terry, I'm not sure this will help, but I HAD the same problems in 8.1 that you seem to be having. I somehow conquered them when I installed 8.2, but I doubt the upgrade helped. I must have finally done something right. I even have the printer test page upon my wall as a trophy. ;) Here are some things I would look for: Are you sending your username/password to print on the network? I stumbled here. In my /etc/cups/printers.conf I have a line for my Win2K network printer that looks like: DeviceURI smb://username:password@servername/printername I specified my credentials when I added the printer using the CUPS web admin interface. Is your /etc/samba/smb.conf OK? Here are some settings I have in mine that might be important: workgroup= encrypt passwords=yes wins server= Make sure your firewall, if present, is not interfering. And lastly, look for entries in your various /var/log files for any clues. - Kathy On Sun, 2002-04-28 at 23:53, Terry wrote: > I'm still having trouble with this .. can anyone offer any suggestions? > > Anyone experiencing problems printing to a networked printer in a > windows 2000 domain using LM 8.2 and its version of Samba and CUPS? > > I am able to print using LM 8.1 and its version of Samba and CUPS, but > in LM 8.2, I use KUPS to add the windows shared printer, but when I try > to print something, it hangs in the local queue, never goes to the print > server, and doesn't make it to the printer. This is the one thing that > is keeping me from using this laptop at work on a full-time basis, so > and ideas would be most appreciated! > > Thanks! > > Terry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] can't update from local directory
gavin, try this - as root -, #urpmi.addmedia --update localupdates file://home/gavin/updates note: 'localupdates' is just a name i made up, you can use whatever you like as the name for this source, watch the console for error messages, this should then allow you to use mu to update from this source bascule On Saturday 27 Apr 2002 4:06 pm, you wrote: > > setting are as follows: > location : Gavin2.localdomain > export: /home/gavin/updates > enter > system checks but no updates are found! > goto folder, all updates are there.. how come there not being seen? > > Gavin (Japan) -- "Ah, " said Arthur, "this is obviously some strange usage of the word safe that I wasn't previously aware of. " Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Missing Printer Icon
On Tuesday 30 April 2002 12:13 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Monday 29 April 2002 11:01 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > 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 > > Just right click on the desktop and 'create new>Link to application' > and link it to either kups or qtcups in the command line of the 'execute' > Tab. Pick an icon and you are done. > > Alternatively just open KDE Control Centre>System>Print Manager (Which is > also kups) > > derek Thanks a lot, Derek ! - You see : I actually know how to create icons on the desktop, but the problem was to find the correct application. Maybe my memory (the one in front of the screen) is like a swiss cheese, 'cause I tried things like lpd, lp, cups etc.. And you know what ? : I thought I'd have to type the full path to the executable. To find it, I (as usual in 8.1) tried to run "locate". Surprisingly it wasn't there. Neither was "slocate", so I found my 8.1 cd's and installed "slocate". Works fine. BTW, how does one find things in 8.2 without it ? Luckily, before I went through all the hazzles of finding a printer-executable, your mail arrives. Thanks again ! Kaj Haulrich Denmark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] X and nVidia under 8.2
On Tuesday 30 April 2002 01:10 pm, you wrote: Brian I had the same problem and after a lot of heartache I remembered to run DrakX. Stupidly I had forgotten the simplest rult. HTH Hanuch > 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
Re: [newbie] Toshiba 1005-s157 problems
On Tuesday 30 April 2002 7:54 am, Vijay Ramachandran wrote: > 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. Install the sndconfig RPM and run it in a root terminal. You may need to play with the parameters until you find a combination that works. If still no good look out for IRQ conflicts. KDE Control Centre>Information>Interrupts is a good place to look. Playing with your BIOS may help you resolve a conflict. > > 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). I suggest from a root console running XFdrake and this time not selecting dual head. > > 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. > Dunno- HTH derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Music from the window
> > 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 For a newbie the easiest way to set up mounts for a new partition is with Mandrake Control Centre>Mount Points>Hard Drives Just click on a partition and define its mount point. Afterwards the partition will be auto mounted at Boot derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.2 install problems
Just a thought. A common mistake that catches a lot of people out, is that they burn the ISO image from the web site as a file. Most burner programs have an option to burn the ISO which contains the files. If you suspect you have done this, your OS will see one large file called ISOX rather than all the files that the cd contains. Michael hanuch wrote: > > On Tuesday 30 April 2002 04:04 pm, you wrote: > Just a thought. Have you trired booting from the second CD? > hth Hanuch > > > Sorry Mate! > > > > Both PC and Laptop are using Internal CD-ROM Drives, I try to boot from > > flopppy with cd inside Nope! Secondly, From CD-ROM directly! Nope! > > > > I switch back to my old Mandrake 8.0 ((( No Problemo ))) > > > > I really appreciate your help ! :-) > > > > Dan > > -- You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. -- Indira Gandhi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Radeon 8500
Hello All, I have been on the list a short time and find it excellent for problem solving and picking up tips. My question is regarding the ATI Radeon 8500 and Mandrake. What is the best driver set available for this card? Thanks in advance, Phil Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] X and nVidia under 8.2
On 30 Apr 2002, Brian Parish wrote: > 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 Hi there Brian, I have had My GeForce 2 for about a year and a half now, and have always basically used the same config file from the first run. At least I mean the same additions to the XF86Config-4 file. The one thing that does strike me is that there seem to be several ways to do this, and the way I do it is not the way it's described on the Mandrake site, but a way I once read a year and a half on some other Linux site. At the moment I'm running L-M 8.2 (Download edition), and have: NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2880 NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2880.mdk82up .. installed. Both were for download at the NVidia site. I have attached mt XF85Config-4 file (BZipped) to this e-mail. You will of cource have to check is the monitor settings, mouse and Keyboard correspond to your own settings before using it, however I cannot see how it would not work. Give it a shot and keep us updated ;-) Greetings Ralph -- Homepage: http://tuxpower.f2g.net/ XF86Config-4.bz2 Description: Binary data Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install CDRW on M 8.1 ?
Jesper Nyholm Jensen 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. > -- > Jesper Nyholm Jensen Jesper, Inside the box are at least two ATA (once called IDE) data cables. A combination of the master-slave or single relationship, and the cable used determines the drive letter following hd. The table Charles gave, i expand on here. | Single/Master/Slave | Cable | hdX | +-+-+-+ | Single | Primary | hda | +-+-+-+ | Master | Primary | hda | | Slave | Primary | hdb | +-+-+-+ | Single |Secondary| hdc | +-+-+-+ | Master |Secondary| hdc | | Slave |Secondary| hdd | +-+-+-+ Therefore in Linux the designating letter is set by the hardware location. So if, when you installed your second drive you changed your CD-RW to a slave you will have to change the appropriate reference letter for it. As advised by others, you do this both in "lilo.conf" and "/etc/fstab" files. Hope that helps. Michael -- You will live a long, healthy, happy life and make bags of money. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Missing Printer Icon
Many thanks for that info. However,there is still one problem though, WHERE DO YOU CONFIGURE PRINTER PAGE MARGINS. I used to do it from qtcups , but not this time ? regards, John On Monday 29 April 2002 23:13, you wrote: > On Monday 29 April 2002 11:01 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > 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 > > Just right click on the desktop and 'create new>Link to > application' and link it to either kups or qtcups in the command > line of the 'execute' Tab. Pick an icon and you are done. > > Alternatively just open KDE Control Centre>System>Print Manager > (Which is also kups) > > derek -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.2 install problems
On Tuesday 30 April 2002 04:04 pm, you wrote: Just a thought. Have you trired booting from the second CD? hth Hanuch > Sorry Mate! > > Both PC and Laptop are using Internal CD-ROM Drives, I try to boot from > flopppy with cd inside Nope! Secondly, From CD-ROM directly! Nope! > > I switch back to my old Mandrake 8.0 ((( No Problemo ))) > > I really appreciate your help ! :-) > > Dan > > From: FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.2 install problems > >Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 14:52:51 -0600 > > > > 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 > > _ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Checkinstall / RPM Files / Tar.bz files
This is all new to me so please bear with me. First , downloaded and installed , and RPM package manager reports:- libcheckinstall-1-5.5.1-3.i586.rpm checkinstall-1.5.1-3mdk.i586.rpm, so check install successfully installed. I think. Second, downloaded and extracted from tar balls:- xine-lib-0.9.8, compiled with ./configure, make, and checkinstall, xine-ui-0.9.8 compiled with ./configure, make, and checkinstall, and RPM package manager reports:- libxine0.9.8-4mdk xine-aav0.9.8-4mdk xine-0ssv0.9.8-4mdk xine-pluginsv0.9.8-4mdk xine-xv v0.9.8-4mdk Not sure which package is the main programme,but generally seems to be all there. However, unless I got the wrong end of the stick ,I thought I was supposed to also find the RPM build from tar balls packages themselves in /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586, but if so something else has happened, because they ain't there. During the checkinstall process there was something about ./doc-pac needed shall it create one, I said yes,presumeably, some document directory,but otherwise I cannot see that I created any RPM package files from tar balls . However, have I misunderstood the nature of the checkinstall programme. Can someone enlighten me please. thanks, John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kdm and gdm
Use Xtart instead of startx. Then you can choose your desktop - a different one for each day of the week maybe? HTH Brian On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 18:14, Tan Siong Hua wrote: > have chosen not to start X automatically and not logging in anybody > automatically during startup in mandrake 8.2, but now I want kdm/gdm to > appear whenever I enter 'startx' instead of starting up KDE, how to do this? > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/2002 > > > > > 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] bookmarks file from netscape to konqueror
The solution is quite simple really In home directory select View and tick `show hidden files'. Then create a fake directory called .netscape(don't forget the dot) This is necessary because LM8.2 is not shipped with any netscape browser and therefore the install programme will not have created one. Then transfer your usual netscape bookmark file over to this directory but edit the file ending to something like bookmarks.html. Alternatively go to konqueror - bookmarks - edit bookmarks, and you will find that because you have created a fake .netscape directory in the right place the `import Netscape Bookmarks' is no longer grayed over.Procede as normal. John On Tuesday 30 April 2002 00:26, you 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 -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How To Determine Webserver?
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000 11:30:42 -0700, Bill Winegarden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. In actual practice, it doesn't work too well. Netcraft can identify the server which is connects to, but not any other servers on the domain. Current examples of this include Hotmail and wehavethewayout.com. Both are Microsoft sites (the latter is a joint venture with Unisys), and both are reported by Netcraft to be running on Windows 2000 (probably because the frontend server is Windows). On closer inspection, however, the domains bear all the hallmarks of a BSD server running Apache (the latter also using MySQL) at the backend. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them into it in the first place." -- Douglas Adams Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Konqueror Thumbnail View of PNG Images?
On Tuesday 30 April 2002 12:11 am, Sevatio wrote: > LM8.2 > KDE v2.2.2 > > I'm hoping to get thumbnail views of PNG images in Konqueror (KDE > v2.2.2). Does KDE v3.0 offer this feature? It does (plus a whole lot of other formats). 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] urpmi problem.
Try manually editing /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg. On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 00:58:46 -0700, Seedkum Aladeem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > When I use urpmi I keep getting the message that some media files do not > exist. In an attempt to eliminate those messages, I used rpmi.removemedia > trying to remove the problem media, I got the same messages urpmi gives. I > show these error messages below. Further down I show the files that actually > exist in the direcotry /var/lib/urpmi/. > > Can somebody show me how to remove these annoying message that come from > urpmi? -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "Attachements [sic] are evil." -- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] kdm and gdm
have chosen not to start X automatically and not logging in anybody automatically during startup in mandrake 8.2, but now I want kdm/gdm to appear whenever I enter 'startx' instead of starting up KDE, how to do this? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/2002 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.2 install problems
Sorry Mate! Both PC and Laptop are using Internal CD-ROM Drives, I try to boot from flopppy with cd inside Nope! Secondly, From CD-ROM directly! Nope! I switch back to my old Mandrake 8.0 ((( No Problemo ))) I really appreciate your help ! :-) Dan >From: FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.2 install problems >Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 14:52:51 -0600 > > 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 _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] urpmi problem.
Hi, When I use urpmi I keep getting the message that some media files do not exist. In an attempt to eliminate those messages, I used rpmi.removemedia trying to remove the problem media, I got the same messages urpmi gives. I show these error messages below. Further down I show the files that actually exist in the direcotry /var/lib/urpmi/. Can somebody show me how to remove these annoying message that come from urpmi? Thanx, Seedkum [root@grumpy rpmdir]# [root@grumpy rpmdir]# urpmi.removemedia disc\ 1\ Download\ Edition\ Installation\ CD\ \(x86\)\ \(cdrom1\) unable to take medium "disc 1 Download Edition Installation CD (x86) (cdrom1)" into account as no list file [/var/lib/urpmi/list.disc 1 Download Edition Installation CD (x86) (cdrom1)] exists unable to take medium "disc 1 Download Edition Installation CD (x86) (disk1)" into account as no list file [/var/lib/urpmi/list.disc 1 Download Edition Installation CD (x86) (disk1)] exists unable to take medium "disc 2 Download Edition Second Installation CD (x86) (cdrom2)" into account as no list file [/var/lib/urpmi/list.disc 2 Download Edition Second Installation CD (x86) (cdrom2)] exists unable to take medium "disc 2 Download Edition Second Installation CD (x86) (disk2)" into account as no list file [/var/lib/urpmi/list.disc 2 Download Edition Second Installation CD (x86) (disk2)] exists unable to take medium "disc 3 Download Edition Contributions CD (x86) (cdrom3)" into account as no list file [/var/lib/urpmi/list.disc 3 Download Edition Contributions CD (x86) (cdrom3)] exists unable to take medium "disc 3 Download Edition Contributions CD (x86) (cdrom4)" into account as no list file [/var/lib/urpmi/list.disc 3 Download Edition Contributions CD (x86) (cdrom4)] exists unable to take medium "disc 3 Download Edition Contributions CD (x86) (disk3)" into account as no list file [/var/lib/urpmi/list.disc 3 Download Edition Contributions CD (x86) (disk3)] exists unable to take medium "disc 3 Download Edition Contributions CD (x86) (disk4)" into account as no list file [/var/lib/urpmi/list.disc 3 Download Edition Contributions CD (x86) (disk4)] exists unable to take medium "Updates for Mandrake Linux 8.2 (ftp1u)" into account as no list file [/var/lib/urpmi/list.Updates for Mandrake Linux 8.2 (ftp1u)] exists trying to select inexistent medium "disc 1 Download Edition Installation CD (x86) (cdrom1)" read synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.rmpdir.cz] [root@grumpy rpmdir]# [root@grumpy rpmdir]# [root@grumpy rpmdir]# ls /var/lib/urpmi/ compssUsers.flat depslist.ordered descriptions.update_source hdlist.disc 1 Download Edition Installation CD (x86) (cdrom1).cz hdlist.disc 1 Download Edition Installation CD (x86) (disk1).cz hdlist.disc 2 Download Edition Second Installation CD (x86) (cdrom2).cz hdlist.disc 2 Download Edition Second Installation CD (x86) (disk2).cz hdlist.disc 3 Download Edition Contributions CD (x86) (cdrom3).cz hdlist.disc 3 Download Edition Contributions CD (x86) (cdrom4).cz hdlist.disc 3 Download Edition Contributions CD (x86) (disk3).cz hdlist.disc 3 Download Edition Contributions CD (x86) (disk4).cz hdlist.ger2.cz hdlist.rmpdir.cz hdlist.Updates for Mandrake Linux 8.2 (ftp1u).cz hdlist.update_source.cz hdlist.us1.cz list.ger2 list.rmpdir list.update_source list.us1 provides synthesis.hdlist.disc 1 Download Edition Installation CD (x86) (cdrom1).cz synthesis.hdlist.disc 1 Download Edition Installation CD (x86) (disk1).cz synthesis.hdlist.disc 2 Download Edition Second Installation CD (x86) (cdrom2).cz synthesis.hdlist.disc 2 Download Edition Second Installation CD (x86) (disk2).cz synthesis.hdlist.disc 3 Download Edition Contributions CD (x86) (cdrom3).cz synthesis.hdlist.disc 3 Download Edition Contributions CD (x86) (cdrom4).cz synthesis.hdlist.disc 3 Download Edition Contributions CD (x86) (disk3).cz synthesis.hdlist.disc 3 Download Edition Contributions CD (x86) (disk4).cz synthesis.hdlist.ger2.cz synthesis.hdlist.rmpdir.cz synthesis.hdlist.update_source.cz synthesis.hdlist.us1.cz 8 substitutions on 8 lines Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT, new Office suite
I was curious as to why a Linux distro should give itself a word meaning "drunkard" and found the following on the website: "Changing the name back to good old SOT Linux is now possible, as Sweden is no longer our primary market focus. Several years ago we were obliged to change the name from SOT Linux, because the word "sot" means "disease" or "soot" in Swedish, neither of which were considered desirable by our marketing department." Finns - I love them! Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT, new Office suite
> | > |>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. Let us know what you think. Having finally got OO 641d working in Turkish, I'm reluctant to try another flavour, and the screenshots looks identical to OO (except for the SOT splashscreen, of course). Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
