Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] Wine
On Thursday 08 August 2002 02:54 pm, you wrote: Greetings Ronald, You are right, Winex is better than Wine. But Wine is Free. Best Regards. Lúcio Costa. Yes, but you can get the cvs version of WineX, which is free. Also, I think D.Olsen posted a link to his website which has an article on how to get the cvs version working. -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Ok I installed 9.0beta2, now what? :-)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 08 Aug 2002 7:45 pm, Charlie M. wrote: I finally got around to burning those disks and installing the beta last night/early this morning. So far I'm liking what I see except for the fact that: 1) the machine wouldn't boot from hda5 (error something like VFS unable to load root at 03:05 or some such) after the install so I had to boot from the floppy I made; Write it up and post it to the [cooker] mailing list! 2) is there a way to update this thing? I went looking for mirrors to download the latest version of urpmi and rpmdrake and none seem to have anything except the ISOs. I'm trying to do it manually 'cause Mandrake Update doesn't seem to exist and the software manager won't add a source either from GUI or using urpmi.addmedia and so on. Updating is not obvious and, as you'll see later, is problematic because of the nature of the beta process. The first thing to do is to type from a root prompt: edit-urpm-sources.pl This puts you into a GUI so you don't have to remember the urpmi syntax. I then press Add (source) and put into the boxes (after selecting 'FTP server'): Name: cooker URL: ftp://newton.mirror.ac.uk/sites/sunsite.uio.no/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMSwton.mirror.ac.uk/sites/sunsite.uio.no/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS Relative path to synthesis/hdlist: ../base/hdlist.cz Unfortunately there are two big problems every time you do a urpmi - --auto-select: i. hdlist.cz is 14MB+ and probably has to be downloaded every time; ii. because cooker is constantly changing, with RPMs added every day, you're in for huge downloads; first time I was asked to download 917MB of files! I fled after ii and am going to keep testing with respect to the baseline; I strongly suspect that the only people who're keeping fully up to date with cooker have company or university connections with massive bandwidth. Alastair - -- Alastair Scott (London, United Kingdom) http://www.unmetered.org.uk/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9UthNdasIDb/2nMwRAhq+AJ0YzKQ0b/6vRwdZDYa6/Ef/6Qc4bgCfYrT4 2fr1qFMurMUW21pjrb79Xfg= =lszs -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] FTP Server
On Thursday 08 August 2002 18:52, Miark wrote: Jord, I run one using ProFTP. I started using it because it was more secure than the WU server and because it is easier to configure. I've never looked back. Miark Jordan Elver [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: Hi, Just wondered what FTP Server you guys would recommend? I've heard of wu-ftpd which a lot of people seem to use. But ProFTP looks pretty good especially since it has Apahe like configuation. Anyone run an FTP server? :-) get gproftpd it makes proftp very easy to use LtCdData Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] LM 9.0 Beta 2?
On Thursday 08 August 2002 02:03 pm, Terry Sheltra wrote: Anyone out there been playing with this for a while? Does it work better than Beta 1 (specifically the Mandrake Control Center)? Would love to hear back from you people about this. I really want to update, but I can wait if Beta 2 isn't really much better than Beta 1. Thanks! I think that you will find it is better. You still have to make an icon on the desk top for Mandrake Control Center if you want it there, but it does work now, or as much so as I have had time to test it. Most everything else is functioning and the whole system seems to run faster even in KDE. Give it a go. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] FYI - MS Passport FTC Settlement
I know this isn't Linux related... However, most of us have a friend or family member that insists on trusting Microsoft. They should be aware of this. Technology News Thursday, Aug. 8, 2002 U.S., Microsoft Settle Privacy Charges WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) agreed on Thursday to submit to 20 years of U.S. government oversight of its online identity service in order to settle charges that it misled consumers about security and privacy standards. Microsoft's Passport service, which aims to make online shopping easier by storing passwords and credit-card numbers, came under scrutiny by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission last year after privacy groups said it would give the software giant unprecedented control over users' personal information. FTC officials said they found that Microsoft did not adequately protect users' personal information, and that the service tracked users' Web-browsing habits without their knowledge. The company also falsely claimed that it would enhance the security of Internet transactions, the FTC said. They were saying that they had reasonable and appropriate security procedures. We thought those promises were deceptive, FTC Chairman Timothy Muris told reporters, adding that he was unaware of any breaches to the system. Microsoft agreed to stop making false claims about Passport's data-collection practices and security protections, and agreed to set up an enhanced computer-security system that must pass independent review every two years, for a period of 20 years. Microsoft paid no fines, but would face fines of $11,000 per count if it does not maintain the security program, an amount that could add up quickly given the service's 200-plus million users. MICROSOFT SAYS IT'S OLDER AND WISER A Microsoft official said there were lessons that can be learned from the FTC action and that the company would improve its description and disclosure of Passport's features. We've learned from the dialogue with the FTC and we will work to meet the high bar they are setting, said Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith. Tracking information collected by Passport would only be used for customer service needs and would be purged after 10 days in most cases, he said. Activists who asked the FTC last summer to examine Passport said the settlement was the most significant victory for online privacy to date. Frankly, we're pleased, said Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, which led the consumer coalition. In some areas the FTC went further than we anticipated. Jason Catlett, president of privacy consulting firm Junkbusters Corp., said the most significant aspect was that the FTC decided to investigate in the first place. Finding that Microsoft has bad security is like shooting at a sitting duck, Catlett said. What is significant is not that they hit the duck, but that they took the shot. Microsoft, hit by break-ins to its network and criticism over its security, made trustworthy computing its top priority earlier this year after chairman Bill Gates called for more emphasis on security. Smith said the company built Passport on what it thought was the most secure technology available at the time. The Association for Competitive Technology, a technology group that has supported Microsoft in the past, said the agreement seemed excessive but would set new standards for the entire industry. Passport faces pressure on other fronts. European Union authorities have taken at a hard look at the service, concerned that it does not comply with privacy laws and tell users how their personal information is used. A group of high-tech firms calling itself the Liberty Alliance, led by Sun Microsystems Inc (SUNW.O) is planning a similar identity service. Most Passport users signed up involuntarily when they set up a free Hotmail account, or bought the new Windows XP operating system, and few are active users, said Gartner analyst Avivah Litan. The settlement could help Microsoft by building trust in the system, she said. Consumers use Passport right now because they have to, Litan said. One FTC source said Microsoft was eager to settle the case because it did not want further problems with Passport, which is at the core of the company's .NET initiate to move to Internet-based services. They caved, the source said. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Ok I installed 9.0beta2, now what? :-)
On Thursday 08 August 2002 02:44 pm, Alastair Scott wrote: random (yeah right!) snips Write it up and post it to the [cooker] mailing list! I think I figured it out after a long afternoon of reading and re-installing. I was using XFS for all the partitions except /boot and 9.0beta2 doesn't seem to like; a.) a separate boot partition, and; b.) XFS for /root. During the re-install I merged /boot and /root, used ext3 and no more kernel panic VFS: unable to mount root at 03:05! and no more stuck boots are happening. I've restarted this damned thing more times in the past 48 hours than I have in the past 4 to 5 months. :-( Updating is not obvious and, as you'll see later, is problematic because of the nature of the beta process. The first thing to do is to type from a root prompt: edit-urpm-sources.pl Has anyone told you lately that you're a gentleman and a scholar? Allow me to say so! Thanks, but I just tried it and it isn't working. This is what I got: added medium cooker examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.disc 1 MandrakeLinux 9.0 beta2 (x86) (cdrom1).cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.disc 2 Mandrake Linux 9.0 beta 2 (x86) (cdrom2).cz] examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.disc 3 Mandrake Linux 9.0 beta 2 (x86) (cdrom3).cz] retrieving description file of cooker... retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of cooker... ftp://ftp://newton.mirror.ac.uk/sites/sunsite.uio.no/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMSwton.mirror.ac.uk/sites/sunsite.uio.no/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/base/hdlist.cz: Bad port number. ...retrieving failed: retrieve of source hdlist (or synthesis) failed no hdlist file found for medium cooker examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.cooker.cz] problem reading synthesis file of medium cooker write config file [/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cf and just trying to get to the site (browser, ftp program etc.) gets me an error message: The file or directory(the url) does not exist. This puts you into a GUI so you don't have to remember the urpmi syntax. I then press Add (source) and put into the boxes (after selecting 'FTP server'): Name: cooker URL: ftp://newton.mirror.ac.uk/sites/sunsite.uio.no/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake/Mand rake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMSwton.mirror.ac.uk/sites/sunsite.uio.no/p ub/unix/Linux/Mandrake/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS Relative path to synthesis/hdlist: ../base/hdlist.cz Unfortunately there are two big problems every time you do a urpmi - --auto-select: i. hdlist.cz is 14MB+ and probably has to be downloaded every time; ii. because cooker is constantly changing, with RPMs added every day, you're in for huge downloads; first time I was asked to download 917MB of files! Not a problem here; ceiling is 10 GB/month download and 3 GB/month upload on this cable connection. I fled after ii and am going to keep testing with respect to the baseline; I strongly suspect that the only people who're keeping fully up to date with cooker have company or university connections with massive bandwidth. Like myself you mean? :-) I'll find a way to update the sucker. I like it so far. Alastair - -- Alastair Scott (London, United Kingdom) http://www.unmetered.org.uk/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9UthNdasIDb/2nMwRAhq+AJ0YzKQ0b/6vRwdZDYa6/Ef/6Qc4bgCfYrT4 2fr1qFMurMUW21pjrb79Xfg= =lszs -END PGP SIGNATURE- Sorry for the long message, I didn't cc: the list 'cause I didn't figure you needed it twice. Charlie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] FYI - MS Passport FTC Settlement
How about just a url next time? Bill Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printing and fax in OO
Meanwhile, I uninstalled and re-installed, but I'm confiused now. I used File Manager Super User to install from the 3rd disk. I thought that I had understood that this would install the root part of the program, but that it was then necessary to run the workstation installation - which would be required at the first use. I feel like such a schmuck when I read descriptions like this. I really have almost no clue how to use the GUI tools. I am almost completely a CLI tool guy. How backwards is that? -- Brendan Linux-Mandrake 8.2/WinXP (for the DVD-out card on the boob tube) Running on: http://homebase.servebeer.com/direct/bmcompspecs.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] FYI - MS Passport FTC Settlement
Bill Davidson wrote: How about just a url next time? Bill Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Sorry, it was an article that was viewable through one of my personalised newssites; only accessable by me. And I didn't have time to find a public accessable version of the article. It appears to be making mainstream news. I'm sure you'll find it somewhere. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printing and fax in OO
On Thu, 08 Aug 2002 20:56:18 -0400, Brendan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Meanwhile, I uninstalled and re-installed, but I'm confiused now. I used File Manager Super User to install from the 3rd disk. I thought that I had understood that this would install the root part of the program, but that it was then necessary to run the workstation installation - which would be required at the first use. I feel like such a schmuck when I read descriptions like this. I really have almost no clue how to use the GUI tools. I am almost completely a CLI tool guy. How backwards is that? I've never tried to install from Mandrakes rpms, I've always installed from a download from www.openoffice.org, currently version 1.0.1 I'm running it on Mandrake 8.1. Works fine. Try this then, from a console: From the directory where you decompressed the install file: (make sure you have 250 MB free on hard disk) as root, # ./setup -net (put in /opt/OOo101) (run to completion) (if you have java fine, if not fine) as user, $ ./setup (in /home/user/OOo101) (run to completion) Copy add'l dictionaries to /home/user/OOo101/share/dict/ooo/* This is the best way I've found to install OOorg. I haven't had much luck with the Install script. saludos, Richard. -- Brendan Linux-Mandrake 8.2/WinXP (for the DVD-out card on the boob tube) Running on: http://homebase.servebeer.com/direct/bmcompspecs.htm -- http://es.openoffice.org -//- Servicios GO-TRO,ca v/f:0265-641-0003 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] Wine
Yes, but you can get the cvs version of WineX, which is free. Also, I think D.Olsen posted a link to his website which has an article on how to get the cvs version working. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com This is true. I'm running the CVS version of WineX at this moment with no problems. This should be the website: http://mdkxp.by-a.com/htm/tutorials/winex.php . I couldn't have done it without his help (also has a great nvidia drivers installation section). D Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] FTP Server
ProFTP is worth trying! ArtoM - Original Message - From: LtCdData [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 12:31 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] FTP Server On Thursday 08 August 2002 18:52, Miark wrote: Jord, I run one using ProFTP. I started using it because it was more secure than the WU server and because it is easier to configure. I've never looked back. Miark Jordan Elver [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: Hi, Just wondered what FTP Server you guys would recommend? I've heard of wu-ftpd which a lot of people seem to use. But ProFTP looks pretty good especially since it has Apahe like configuation. Anyone run an FTP server? :-) get gproftpd it makes proftp very easy to use LtCdData Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
