RE: [newbie] MLdonkey

[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

So how is this related to the gnutella network?
Rich
> 
> 
> John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> saith:
> 
> > Please  can you explain , this is not for ordinary
> > dialup modem connection then ?
> 
> You can use it on a dial-up connection.
>  
> > What is edonkey ?
> 
> Peer-to-peer filesharing. Check out http://www.edonkey2000.com/
> 
> Miark
> 
> 


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Re: [newbie] Mail

[Paul Dimitriu]

Actually, I want to create one of these, so I need to
know how I access this file.


--- Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Squirrelmail
>  Is that what you are looking for ?
> 
> http://www.squirrelmail.org/
> 
> derek
> 
> 
> On Thursday 24 Oct 2002 4:07 pm, Hot Karl wrote:
> > I'm trying to create a web interface so I can
> retrieve
> > my mail (kinda like AOL, Hotmail, etc.)  The only
> > problem I have is how to access my imap mail file.
> > This is a file that only allows the owner to
> access
> > it.  My question is this:  How do I access this
> file?
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Karl
> >
> > __
> > Do you Yahoo!?
> > Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site
> > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/
> 
> 
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RE: [newbie] MLdonkey

[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

Hmmm
Well
What I was hoping for is, "You see Rich, mldonkey is use for . and is
really cool because it  but you have to watch out for  and it's
free!"
Something like that.
;-)
R
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Tower Training
At Tower Training, We Bring the Classroom to You!
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> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:newbie-owner@;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Miark
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 12:28 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] MLdonkey
>
>
> This is strictly in the context of eDonkey 2000, but
>
> 1) Visit http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/mldonkey/stable/
> 2) Download the tarball that applies to you.
> 3) Untar it.
> 4) cd into the directory, and run ./mldonkey_gui
>
> Miark
>
>
> "BCSoft@TowerTraining" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> saith:
>
> > Ok, explain what this is to me. I download a lot of stuff and
> would love the
> > increased speed.
> > R
>
>
>



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Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

[Spencer]

On October 24, 2002 06:52 pm, Michael Viron wrote:
> They will be listed as hda through hdd -- it'll look something like:
>
> hda: Maxtor 90645D3, ATA DISK drive
> hdb: MAXTOR 4K060H3, ATA DISK drive
> hdc: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6302B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> hdd: MAXTOR 4K060H3, ATA DISK drive
>
> By the way, it's 'df -T' (with a space between the 'df' and the '-T').  The
> output of this will look something like:
Oh sigh. I keep forgetting if that option is upper or lower case. Thanks;)
>
> FilesystemType   1K-blocks  Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda1 ext2 1027768129432846128  14% /
> none tmpfs  321448 0321448   0% /dev/shm
> /dev/hdb1 reiserfs58631516   8326104  50305412  15% /home
> /dev/hdd1 reiserfs58631516  30413992  28217524  52% /isos
> /dev/hda6 reiserfs 3068280   2593576474704  85% /usr
> /dev/hda7 reiserfs 1662640131240   1531400   8% /var
>
> Type in 'shutdown -h now' (and yes, there is a space between 'shutdown' and
> '-h' and '-h' and 'now'.) to shutdown your computer.  Depending on your
> security level, you may have to be logged in as root to do so.
>
> Michael



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[newbie] urpmi

[Robert Delaporte]

I have seen a couple mentions in news groups comparing urpmi to apt-get.  I 
have debian on my other box just for learning reasons, and I cant see urpmi 
being even close.  I have tried putting different sources on my list, but it 
either cant connect half the time or it cant get the required dependacies.  
Is there anyone with a sample urpmi setup that works well?

Thanks,

Rob


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Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

[Robert Delaporte]

> By the way, please tell me how to shut down from the root or local prompt
> without turning off the machine. I've tried "quit", "exit", "q" and a whole
> bunch of familiar shutdown hoepfuls, none of which work.
>
> Anyway, as you can see, I'm either not understanding what you are
> suggesting and not following your advice correctly or something else is
> happening that isn't supposed to.
>
> Thanks

To shutdown, try typing shutdown now

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[newbie] Dedicated firewall machine

[Nikolai Razouvayev]

Hi everyone
I've got a spare Pentium 200 collecting dust at the moment so I decided
to turn it into my gateway box for my home machine.It's got I think
what's needed to run Mandrake 9.0, i.e. 64 MB of RAM, 2 Gig disk and an
adequate CPU (I think) plus 2 spare NICs I can use (although one is a
USB one).

Can anyone point me to a place where I can read up on how to go about
setting up a gateway box with a single purpose in life of being my
firewall or maybe briefly outline what I need to do?

A couple of words about my main machine - it's a dual boot Mandrake
9.0/Win XP Pro, I use both systems for my work (Photoshop, Flash on XP)
so I guess I need Samba to be running when I'm using XP, I'm connected
via a cable through DHCP, I'm planning to run Apache from time to time
for testing (I do web development) but no other usual services, they
will be all shut down.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
Nikolai

PS - my cable connection came with an USB NIC and I had no luck making
it work, back then I was running Mandrake 8.2, so I had to replace it
with something less fancy. Now I'm wondering, since I'm running Mandrake
9 now if that USB NIC is supported now. It's an SMC 2206 USB/Eth thingy.






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RE: [newbie] Problems with C ++ compiling and LM 9

[Michael Notforyou]

On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 13:02, Gary Armstrong wrote:
> Just a guess, but I think the new style for includes leaves off the
> '.h'.
> 
> #include 

I think so, but there are reasons to use the .h.

i.e. the iomanip library. If you're using the APSTRING class (Advanced
Placement Computer Science course - College level course taken in High
School), which includes iostream, and conflicts with namespace std, you
can't use #include , because you'd need to declare namespace
std, but there's a conflict. If you use #include , a
namespace declaration is not needed, so...

There are reasons for depreciated headers.

> 
> Good luck
> Gary
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:newbie-owner@;linux-mandrake.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Herndon
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 9:15 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: [newbie] Problems with C ++ compiling and LM 9
> 
> 
> After upgrading to LM 9 - I tried to compile a test program using c++
> and
> I'm getting an  error like
> 
> "In File included from /usr/include/c++/3.2/backward/iostream.h:31, from
> hello.cpp:1;
> 
> ".#warning This file includes at least one deprecated or antiquated
> header.etc etc etc"
> 
> Does anyone know what this means?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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Re: [newbie] S3 Savage 2000 and XFree86 4.2.1 problems

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On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 16:16, Joan Tur wrote:
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> Es Dilluns 21 Octubre 2002 05:51, en shipahoy va escriure:
> > My S3 Savage works well in Mandrake 9.0 with XFree 4.21 once you update
> > to the latest 1.1.25t driver from http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html.
> > This driver solved the Zine hang for me and, even better, it adds xgamma.
> One (newbie) question: the make command doesn't compile the kernel... what 
> should I run to compile it??  8-)

First you configure it using:
make config
OR
make menuconfig
OR
make xconfig

Then, here's the basic sequence of compile parameters that I use (some
people use different ones):

make dep
make clean
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install

Then copy the image (/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/bzImage - I think.
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.) to your /boot (use a different name
probably) and configure LILO/GRUB.

> 
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Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

[Sharrea]

On Friday 25 Oct 2002 2:35 pm, Joe Harkins wrote:

> By the way, please tell me how to shut down from the root or local prompt
> without turning off the machine. I've tried "quit", "exit", "q" and a
> whole bunch of familiar shutdown hoepfuls, none of which work.

To shutdown, at the prompt just type:

halt 

To reboot type:

reboot 

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Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

[Spencer]

On October 24, 2002 06:35 pm, Joe Harkins wrote:
> At 06:05 PM 10/24/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >You can do all of it from the login prompt. When you have the prompt,
> >login as
> >root. Keep in mind that you don't have X so you're automatically in
> > console .
>
> here's what I get:
>
> localhost login: root
> password: (pw entered)
>
> [root@localhost root]#
>
> (long list of lines, none of which mention hard drives, cd, burner or at
> least nothing that I recognize as such) followed by:
>
> [root@localhost root]# dmesg (enter)
>
> -bash: df-t: command not found
>
> [root@localhost root]#
>
> By the way, please tell me how to shut down from the root or local prompt
> without turning off the machine. I've tried "quit", "exit", "q" and a whole
> bunch of familiar shutdown hoepfuls, none of which work.
>
> Anyway, as you can see, I'm either not understanding what you are
> suggesting and not following your advice correctly or something else is
> happening that isn't supposed to.
>
> Thanks
I stand corrected. 'Exit" should return you to login.


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Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

[Michael Viron]

They will be listed as hda through hdd -- it'll look something like:

hda: Maxtor 90645D3, ATA DISK drive
hdb: MAXTOR 4K060H3, ATA DISK drive
hdc: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6302B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdd: MAXTOR 4K060H3, ATA DISK drive

By the way, it's 'df -T' (with a space between the 'df' and the '-T').  The
output of this will look something like:


FilesystemType   1K-blocks  Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 ext2 1027768129432846128  14% /
none tmpfs  321448 0321448   0% /dev/shm
/dev/hdb1 reiserfs58631516   8326104  50305412  15% /home
/dev/hdd1 reiserfs58631516  30413992  28217524  52% /isos
/dev/hda6 reiserfs 3068280   2593576474704  85% /usr
/dev/hda7 reiserfs 1662640131240   1531400   8% /var

Type in 'shutdown -h now' (and yes, there is a space between 'shutdown' and
'-h' and '-h' and 'now'.) to shutdown your computer.  Depending on your
security level, you may have to be logged in as root to do so.

Michael

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At 09:35 PM 10/24/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>At 06:05 PM 10/24/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>>You can do all of it from the login prompt. When you have the prompt, 
>>login as
>>root. Keep in mind that you don't have X so you're automatically in
console .
>
>
>here's what I get:
>
>localhost login: root
>password: (pw entered)
>
>[root@localhost root]#
>
>(long list of lines, none of which mention hard drives, cd, burner or at 
>least nothing that I recognize as such) followed by:
>
>[root@localhost root]# dmesg (enter)
>
>-bash: df-t: command not found
>
>[root@localhost root]#
>
>By the way, please tell me how to shut down from the root or local prompt 
>without turning off the machine. I've tried "quit", "exit", "q" and a whole 
>bunch of familiar shutdown hoepfuls, none of which work.
>
>Anyway, as you can see, I'm either not understanding what you are 
>suggesting and not following your advice correctly or something else is 
>happening that isn't supposed to.
>
>Thanks
>
>
>
>
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Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

[Spencer]

On October 24, 2002 06:35 pm, Joe Harkins wrote:
> At 06:05 PM 10/24/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >You can do all of it from the login prompt. When you have the prompt,
> >login as
> >root. Keep in mind that you don't have X so you're automatically in
> > console .
>
> here's what I get:
>
> localhost login: root
> password: (pw entered)
>
> [root@localhost root]#
>
> (long list of lines, none of which mention hard drives, cd, burner or at
> least nothing that I recognize as such) followed by:
>
> [root@localhost root]# dmesg (enter)
>
> -bash: df-t: command not found
>
> [root@localhost root]#
>
> By the way, please tell me how to shut down from the root or local prompt
> without turning off the machine. I've tried "quit", "exit", "q" and a whole
> bunch of familiar shutdown hoepfuls, none of which work.
>
> Anyway, as you can see, I'm either not understanding what you are
> suggesting and not following your advice correctly or something else is
> happening that isn't supposed to.
>
> Thanks
Alt/Ctrl Backspace should get you back to login. While in root, try startx


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Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

[Joe Harkins]

At 06:05 PM 10/24/2002 -0700, you wrote:

You can do all of it from the login prompt. When you have the prompt, 
login as
root. Keep in mind that you don't have X so you're automatically in console .


here's what I get:

localhost login: root
password: (pw entered)

[root@localhost root]#

(long list of lines, none of which mention hard drives, cd, burner or at 
least nothing that I recognize as such) followed by:

[root@localhost root]# dmesg (enter)

-bash: df-t: command not found

[root@localhost root]#

By the way, please tell me how to shut down from the root or local prompt 
without turning off the machine. I've tried "quit", "exit", "q" and a whole 
bunch of familiar shutdown hoepfuls, none of which work.

Anyway, as you can see, I'm either not understanding what you are 
suggesting and not following your advice correctly or something else is 
happening that isn't supposed to.

Thanks




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Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

[Spencer]

On October 24, 2002 05:58 pm, Joe Harkins wrote:
> At 05:35 PM 10/24/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >I don't know if it will help but we'll try. It sounds like when they
> >installed
> >your burner, they scrambled the location of your partitions. As root do
> > the following. Type 'dmesg' in console.
>
> Can't do that. Please keep in mind that attempts to boot are not completed.
> I never get to past the login prompt. Or am I missing something? Is what
> you describe something that can be done by interrupting booting at some
> point before that?
>
> Thanks, Joe
You can do all of it from the login prompt. When you have the prompt, login as 
root. Keep in mind that you don't have X so you're automatically in console .


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Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

[Joe Harkins]

At 05:35 PM 10/24/2002 -0700, you wrote:


I don't know if it will help but we'll try. It sounds like when they 
installed
your burner, they scrambled the location of your partitions. As root do the
following. Type 'dmesg' in console.

Can't do that. Please keep in mind that attempts to boot are not completed. 
I never get to past the login prompt. Or am I missing something? Is what 
you describe something that can be done by interrupting booting at some 
point before that?

Thanks, Joe


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Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

[Spencer]

On October 24, 2002 04:18 pm, Joe Harkins wrote:
> At 06:19 PM 10/24/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >startx? (Speaking about 8.2--go to the control center > boot > boot
> >configuration and check "automatically start x" or something to that
> >effect. At least I think that addresses your problem.)
>
> Thanks. It's a start. (no pun intended)
>
> What it "startx" got me was a series of lines . . .
>
> xauth: creating new authority for /joe/.Xauthority
> xauth: creating new authority for /joe/.Xauthority
>
> xinit: no such file or directory (errno 2) :unable to connect to server
> xinit: no such process (errno 3): server error
> [joe@localhost joe]$
>
> In other words, it return me to the prompt at which I entered "startx."
>
> I suspect this the new issue arises because I had work done on my computer
> and got it back only yesterday. I run Win on the Primary HD. Before that
> work, the prinary drive was (and remains hdda) slave drive was partitioned
> as hdd1 through hdd6.
>
> The work included installing a CD R/W and the techie installed it as hdd.
> The slave drive is now hdb.
>
> When I installed M9, I only put it on "/", leaving /home and the swap as
> they had been in order under M8 to save the data on /home.
>
> So it that configuration the cause of the inability to find /joe/home? Or
> am I off the mark?
>
> Can you suggest how I can fix the problem?
>
> TIA
I don't know if it will help but we'll try. It sounds like when they installed 
your burner, they scrambled the location of your partitions. As root do the 
following. Type 'dmesg' in console. This will give you your exact location of 
harddrives,cd and burner. Still in console, type 'df -t'. This will give you 
the location of your partitions. Have a look at /etc/fstab. Does fstab agree 
with df -t? If not, you can edit fstab with vi. Now if that scares the hell 
out of you, identify exactly where your /home partition is, re-install ML9 
leaving /home untouched. This will also re-establish your X-server (plus give 
you support for the new burner if you didn't have one before). Good luck and 
let us know how you make out.

Spence


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Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

[Todd Slater]

On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 19:18:40 -0400
Joe Harkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> At 06:19 PM 10/24/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >startx? (Speaking about 8.2--go to the control center > boot > boot
> >configuration and check "automatically start x" or something to that
> >effect. At least I think that addresses your problem.)
> 
> Thanks. It's a start. (no pun intended)
> 
> What it "startx" got me was a series of lines . . .
> 
> xauth: creating new authority for /joe/.Xauthority
> xauth: creating new authority for /joe/.Xauthority
> 
> xinit: no such file or directory (errno 2) :unable to connect to server
> xinit: no such process (errno 3): server error
> [joe@localhost joe]$
> 
> In other words, it return me to the prompt at which I entered "startx."
> 
> I suspect this the new issue arises because I had work done on my
> computer and got it back only yesterday. I run Win on the Primary HD.
> Before that work, the prinary drive was (and remains hdda) slave drive
> was partitioned as hdd1 through hdd6.
> 
> The work included installing a CD R/W and the techie installed it as
> hdd. The slave drive is now hdb.
> 
> When I installed M9, I only put it on "/", leaving /home and the swap as
> 
> they had been in order under M8 to save the data on /home.
> 
> So it that configuration the cause of the inability to find /joe/home?
> Or am I off the mark?
> 
> Can you suggest how I can fix the problem?

You're getting beyond my level of experience, but it sounds like you have
a problem with the X server. I'd probably try to repair the install, but
I'll defer to others here who have more expertise. Sorry :(

Todd


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Re: [newbie] SLIGHT CORRECTION what does it want . . . and why?

[Joe Harkins]

Correction: I left out the "/home".


xauth: creating new authority for /home/joe/.Xauthority
xauth: creating new authority for /home/joe/.Xauthority

xinit: no such file or directory (errno 2) :unable to connect to server
xinit: no such process (errno 3): server error
[joe@localhost joe]$

In other words, it return me to the prompt at which I entered "startx."

I suspect this the new issue arises because I had work done on my computer 
and got it back only yesterday. I run Win on the Primary HD. Before that 
work, the primary drive was (and remains) hda - ALSO CORRECTED - not hdda 
- slave drive was partitioned as hdd1 through hdd6.

The work included installing a CD R/W and the techie installed it as hdd. 
The slave drive is now hdb.

When I installed M9, I only put it on "/", leaving /home and the swap as 
they had been in order under M8 to save the data on /home.

So it that configuration the cause of the inability to find /joe/home? Or 
am I off the mark?

Can you suggest how I can fix the problem?

TIA





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Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

[Joe Harkins]

At 06:19 PM 10/24/2002 -0400, you wrote:

startx? (Speaking about 8.2--go to the control center > boot > boot
configuration and check "automatically start x" or something to that
effect. At least I think that addresses your problem.)


Thanks. It's a start. (no pun intended)

What it "startx" got me was a series of lines . . .

xauth: creating new authority for /joe/.Xauthority
xauth: creating new authority for /joe/.Xauthority

xinit: no such file or directory (errno 2) :unable to connect to server
xinit: no such process (errno 3): server error
[joe@localhost joe]$

In other words, it return me to the prompt at which I entered "startx."

I suspect this the new issue arises because I had work done on my computer 
and got it back only yesterday. I run Win on the Primary HD. Before that 
work, the prinary drive was (and remains hdda) slave drive was partitioned 
as hdd1 through hdd6.

The work included installing a CD R/W and the techie installed it as hdd. 
The slave drive is now hdb.

When I installed M9, I only put it on "/", leaving /home and the swap as 
they had been in order under M8 to save the data on /home.

So it that configuration the cause of the inability to find /joe/home? Or 
am I off the mark?

Can you suggest how I can fix the problem?

TIA



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Re: [newbie] OpenOffice....

[Joseph Braddock]

If you installed OO from the .tar.gz file, it installed in the directory you 
specified, most likely under /usr/share/OpenOffice.org or something like that.  The 
problem is that that directory is not in your path.  You have two solutions, either 
add it to your path or create symlinks under /usr/bin (which is in your path).  
Actually, there is a third option - download and use the Mandrake RPMS for OO and you 
won't have to worry about it.  The links will show in your menu and the program files 
will be in /usr/bin.

Joeb

On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 23:06:47 -0400
"Ralph M. Los" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> OK, so if I want to make my own menu items, say for the sake of argument
> I want to use BlackBox...where are the binaries for these?  I can't seem
> to find them...I guess I'm just looking in the wrong places?
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: BCSoft@TowerTraining [mailto:bcsoft@;towertraining.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 10:52 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [newbie] OpenOffice
> 
> 
> I installed OO from the .tar.gz file and can run it if I go to the
> directory it is in but when I try to use the menu editor to put a (what
> shortcut,
> alias?) on the menu bar I get an error message saying the executable
> can't be found. Won't the K menu (yep, using KDE) handle a script? R
> 
> -
> Richard L. Babcock, Owner
> Tower Training
> At Tower Training, We Bring the Classroom to You! www.towertraining.net
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > [mailto:newbie-owner@;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Derek Jennings
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 7:26 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] OpenOffice
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday 23 Oct 2002 1:12 pm, DaveA wrote:
> > > Hi y'all. Just installed my first program - OpenOffice 1.0.1 (and 
> > > learnt heaps along the way!)  Being a refugee from the Windoze 
> > > world, and VERY new to Linux, I sort of expected that the install 
> > > would automatically create some shortcuts in the "Start Menu", but I
> 
> > > can's see anything. Maybe I need to logout and back in or somethin'?
> 
> > > TIA, DaveA.
> >
> > It would do if you had installed OpenOffice 1.0.1 from the RPM on your
> 
> > 9.0 install CD.
> >
> > But if you install from the .tar.gz file from OpenOffice.org it will 
> > not.
> >
> > The Mandrake RPM version will also be better at picking up system 
> > fonts, and printers.
> >
> > derek
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 


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Re: [newbie] Preserving /home

[Robin Turner]

Jordan Elver wrote:

Hi,
I am about to install 9.0 on my current 8.2 box. I want to keep my /home 
partition intact. Will any of .kde directories affect the operation of the 
new KDE installation? I'd like to setup KDE from scratch. Or shall I just 
rename the directories and then re-install?


I had no problems installing 9.0 with 8.1 home directories.

Sir Robin


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Compulsory physical exercise does no harm to the body,
but compulsory learning never sticks in the mind." - Plato

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Turkey

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Re: [newbie] Kmails New Mail Beep

[Chris]

On Thursday 24 October 2002 05:20 am, you said, and I quote:
> On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 19:42:41 -0500
>
> Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'd like to replace the annoying 'beep' with "You've Got Mail" but for
> > the life of me I can't figure out how to do it.  Any help would be
> > appreciated.
> >
> > --
> >   Regards
> >   Chris
>
> Settings > configure kmail > network > receiving > new mail
> notification > check execute command line and uncheck beep :-)
> If you are using KDE's artsd soundserver this is a possible command:
> artsplay something.wav.
>
> HTH,
>
> -Frans
Thanks works great. 

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Re: [newbie] VNC

[RichardA]

ivette brusselmans, Thursday 24 October 2002 20:15:
> installed VNC. How do I start up the programme? When I run Console
> VNCserver, i get the following message:[luc@localhost luc]$ vncserver
>
> Warning: localhost.thuis.com:1 is taken because of /tmp/.X11-unix/X1
> Remove this file if there is no X server localhost.thuis.com:1
>
> Warning: localhost.thuis.com:2 is taken because of /tmp/.X11-unix/X2
> Remove this file if there is no X server localhost.thuis.com:2
>
> New 'X' desktop is localhost.thuis.com:3
>
> Starting applications specified in /home/luc/.vnc/xstartup
> Log file is /home/luc/.vnc/localhost.thuis.com:3.log
>
> [luc@localhost luc]$
>
> Any ideas?

I think it /is/ starting. Find out with ps -A|grep vnc.
Delete those lock files in /tmp/.X11-unix/ and restart it so it will run on X 
server 1.
I launch it with:

$vncserver -depth 16 -geometry 800x600

On the other box I do:

$vncviewer :1

Also, I think /etc/X11/kdm/Xaccess needs a * on one line.

RichardA


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Re: [newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

[Todd Slater]

On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 18:13:45 -0400
Joe Harkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I just installed ML9. During setup I choose the option of a single user.
> I set the root correctly, etc. (I had M* so I just repeated what I'd 
> previously setup)
> 
> Now, on boot, the sys gets to the user login prompt and stops. It does
> not proceed to open the program. So, after giving al the time it wants
> and when nothing happens other than a few murmurs from the HD,
> 
> I enter my user name "joe"
> 
> enter
> 
> password: (I enter my password) and hit enter
> 
> I get a prompt [joe@localhost joe]@$
> 
> followed by a blinking cursor and a cursing user.
> 
> So what does the sys want? And why does it not proceed to autoboot as M8
> 
> used to?

startx? (Speaking about 8.2--go to the control center > boot > boot
configuration and check "automatically start x" or something to that
effect. At least I think that addresses your problem.)

Todd


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Re: [newbie] Sylpheed - how to send?

[Todd Slater]

On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 15:22:28 +0100 (BST)
Len Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> Nothing but problems these days.  Hearing that pine is deprecated for 
> Mandrake 9+ I thought I should try to get used to a graphical client
> and Sylpheed seemed the best bet.  It seems awkward after over 10 years
> of the simplicity of pine, but it is time to join the 21st century 
> community I guess.  Postfix is running fine and picks up incoming mail
> no bother once kppp has connected (and boy is that slow! over a minute 
> compared with the 4 or 5 seconds using a homegrown chat script on my
> old machine).  Sylpheed incorporates the messages OK.  The trouble comes
> when posting to the outside world.  "An error occurred" is reported;
> no indication what.  However, it might be related to the configuration
> for SMTP servwer (send).  What should that be?  The manual is too terse
> to be useful.  "postfix" did not work.  My .pinerc file lists 
> "smtp-server=localhost", so I tried that.  Still no joy.  There are a
> lot of Sylpheed users out there - how did you do it?
> 
> Waiting hopefully

Just go to Configuration > Preferences for Current Account > Basic and
under Server Information select None (local) and for SMTP server (send)
give your domain.

I'm using Sylpheed-Claws 0.8.2, but I think that config doesn't change
much from version to version.

HTH,
Todd


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[newbie] what does it want . . . and why?

[Joe Harkins]

I just installed ML9. During setup I choose the option of a single user. I 
set the root correctly, etc. (I had M* so I just repeated what I'd 
previously setup)

Now, on boot, the sys gets to the user login prompt and stops. It does not 
proceed to open the program. So, after giving al the time it wants and when 
nothing happens other than a few murmurs from the HD,

I enter my user name "joe"

enter

password: (I enter my password) and hit enter

I get a prompt [joe@localhost joe]@$

followed by a blinking cursor and a cursing user.

So what does the sys want? And why does it not proceed to autoboot as M8 
used to?

Thanks


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Re: [newbie] RedHat email support

[Charlie]

On Thursday 24 October 2002 03:49 pm, Robert Beach wrote:
> Just curious if anyone here knows what the support email address for RedHat
> Linux would be?
> Can't seem to find it on Redhat.com

http://www.redhat.com/apps/support/
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Re: [newbie] Preserving /home

[Jordan Elver]

Thanks for everyones replies. I think I will backup. If I have problems you'll 
probably here from me again ;-)

Cheers,
Jord

On Thursday 24 October 2002 7:57 pm, Gavin Rollins wrote:
> On Friday 25 October 2002 03:23 am, Jordan Elver wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I am about to install 9.0 on my current 8.2 box. I want to keep my /home
> > partition intact. Will any of .kde directories affect the operation of
> > the new KDE installation? I'd like to setup KDE from scratch. Or shall I
> > just rename the directories and then re-install?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Jord
>
> Jord,
>
> I'm sure most people on the list will tell you (as they told me..BACK YOUR
> IMPORTANT FILES UP FIRST!!) can't stress that enough. Next, It's always
> best to do a FRESH install.. some files "might not" want to play with each
> other.. even though they're from the same house...past experience here.
>
> Remember, Fresh is always best!!
> Hope This Helped a bit! good luck!!

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Re: [newbie] Preserving /home

[H.J.Bathoorn]

On Thursday 24 October 2002 22:08, bascule wrote:
> i haven't had any problems with that part of upgrading except that a few
> desktop items lost their icons, and the mandrake control centre icon had
> the wrong path to drakconf, all fixable by right clicking on them and
> entering the correct info, i've run kmail, konqueror all okay so far
>
> bascule

I noticed the same thing and had to change some icons info by adding /usr/bin/ 
or /usr/sbin/.
Strangely enough, after a while they stopped working. Changing the info back 
to the original cleared that again..go figure?!?!?!?

That's about only mishap I had using the 'upgrade' option and frankly this is 
the first time I've ever upgraded that easily.
Standard procedure uptonow: try to upgrade and then repair the mess by doing a 
new install anyway whilst keeping the former /home partition as home-old.:o)

That's progress for ya!

Good luck,
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Re: [newbie] X, nVidia drivers ...

[Dale Huckeby]

On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Sharrea wrote:

> On Thursday 24 Oct 2002 4:52 pm, Rainer wrote:
>> after using mdk 8.2 for almost 8 months, i still seem to be unable to get
>> the x server and my nvidia card to coexist peacefully. it took me a
>> couple of months to get it to be relatively stable after the first
>> install. i got the glx and kernel rpms at that time and i believe i had
>> to reinstall the kernel drivers from tar.gz. my news readers still froze
>> after this (pan, mozilla, knode) but the rest seemed alright. recently, i
>> had to reinstall mdk 8.2. i got the latest drivers and my x server won't
>> start at all. checked all the documentation i could find, nvidia readme,
>> mandrake user nvidia section and i'm still at a loss, the config-4 file
>> was fine.
>>
>> after spending about 10 hours on this the easiest thing to do seems to be
>> to reinstall. but i don't want to go through that again unless i have a
>> pretty good idea about what the problem is, and a relatively straight
>> forward solution (this is a newbie speaking!) does 9.0 deal better with
>> the nvidia geforce2 mx/mx 400? i installed red hat 8.0 and the graphics
>> are rock solid so far. i would like to continue with mandrake because
>> i've spent some time with it and know it better but not at the expense of
>> a monitor that freezes regularly. i'd appreciate an honest answer, i know
>> how these distribution biases color peoples judgement. thanks
>
> Firstly, I apologise for the long message.
> 
> 
> Well... today I have just spent from 7.15am to 6.45pm (minus 1/2 hour lunch 
> break) trying to get the nvidia drivers working in 9.0 AND STILL NO GO!
> Didn't have a problem in 8.1.  I have been trying to get the drivers 
> working on and off for weeks!  I ended up installing RH7.3 (dual boot) just 
> so I can play Quake3 and UT2003.
> 
> I've tried (and retried each many times), the club rpms, source rpms and the 
> tarballs.  I don't know if it has anything to do with it but I'm using the 
> enterprise kernel (1024 MB RAM).  I did get the club enterprise rpm with 
> urpmi.
> 
> After installing the drivers (and editing XF86Config-4) I can start FluxBox, 
> BlackBox, Enlightenment, etc but I can't start Gnome or KDE (I use KDE).  
> I get the following error when trying to start KDE as root or user:
> 
> There was an error setting up inter-process
> communications for KDE.  Tthe message returned
> by the system was:
> 
> Could not read network connection list:
> /home/sharrea/.DCOPserver_tbird.tux.nz__0
> 
> Please check that the "dcopserver" program is running!
> 
> 
> Then the system takes forever to try to recover when I CTRL+ALT+Backspace 
> but it usually ends up hanging and I use the ALT+SysRq combinations to end 
> process, sync and reboot.
> 
> Also the KDE apps like kedit, kmail, etc won't run in the other WMs but I 
> can play tuxracer and UT2003.
> 
> I checked (many times) that the libglx*, libGL.so* and libGLcore* files are 
> installed correctly.  I tried all the different options for "NvAGP" and 
> added all sorts of things to /etc/modules.conf.  One thing I noticed is 
> that I only have nvidia0 and nvidiactl in the /dev dir (I don't get 
> nvidia1, nvidia2 or nvidia3, etc).  And another thing I noticed is that 
> stopping the devfsd service on boot and editing /etc/lilo.conf to 
> devfs=nomount (+ running /sbin/lilo afterwards) then rebooting doesn't stop 
> devfsd from starting at boot!  I've been searching all over the net for 
> answers and trying suggestions given to others with a similar problem but 
> like I said, no go.
> 
> Anyway I've rebooted and shutdown about 30-40 times today and I've just 
> about had enough so I think I'll just give up on the nvidia drivers for 
> 9.0.  Guess I'll just have to use RH  : (
> 
> 
> OK, having said all that, many others have got the nvidia drivers working in 
> 9.0 without a hitch.  Oh, I'm so envious.

  I've had devfsd problems before, so anymore I just don't install it.
I don't know if uninstalling it will have the same benefit, but it's worth
a shot.  Also, you've probably already been through this, but if you're
using the nvidia 3123 drivers instead of 2960, that's likely your problem 
right there.  The newer drivers screwed my and apparently some others' 
screens up good.  

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Re: [newbie] how to mount zip drive, post install, Dell laptop

[Ronald J. Hall]

On Thursday 24 October 2002 10:05 am, you wrote:
> I finally got around to installing my external Zip 100 drive to one of
> my MDK boxes...

Ugh. Its why I disabled supermount. Now I can just click on my Zip icon on my 
KDE desktop, and boom! up blows a window with the contents. Or right click 
and use the "mount" option in the menu. Or from a shell type mount /mnt/zip.

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Re: [newbie] how to mount zip drive, post install, Dell laptop

[Technoslick]

If supermount were disabled, why would the Desktop icon open an 
unmounted drive? Wouldn't you 'have' to mount the drive, first?

T


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RE: [newbie] Problems with C ++ compiling and LM 9

[Gary Armstrong]

Just a guess, but I think the new style for includes leaves off the
'.h'.

#include 

Good luck
Gary

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:newbie-owner@;linux-mandrake.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Herndon
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 9:15 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: [newbie] Problems with C ++ compiling and LM 9


After upgrading to LM 9 - I tried to compile a test program using c++
and
I'm getting an  error like

"In File included from /usr/include/c++/3.2/backward/iostream.h:31, from
hello.cpp:1;

".#warning This file includes at least one deprecated or antiquated
header.etc etc etc"

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[newbie] Preserving /home

[Jordan Elver]

Hi,
I am about to install 9.0 on my current 8.2 box. I want to keep my /home 
partition intact. Will any of .kde directories affect the operation of the 
new KDE installation? I'd like to setup KDE from scratch. Or shall I just 
rename the directories and then re-install?

TIA,
Jord
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Re: [newbie] X, nVidia drivers ...

[Dale Huckeby]

On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Rainer wrote:

> Where can I find those old .29xx drivers? thanks.
 
  Go to 
  Click on "Download Drivers"
  Click on "Linux Display Drivers"
  Choose second rather than first driver in list.  That will take you to
the download page for the 2960 driver files.  Good luck!

Dale Huckeby


> - Original Message -
> From: "Dale Huckeby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 11:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] X, nVidia drivers ...
> 
>>> . . .
>>> OK, having said all that, many others have got the nvidia drivers
>>> working in 9.0 without a hitch.  Oh, I'm so envious.
>>
>>   I've had devfsd problems before, so anymore I just don't install it.
>> I don't know if uninstalling it will have the same benefit, but it's worth
>> a shot.  Also, you've probably already been through this, but if you're
>> using the nvidia 3123 drivers instead of 2960, that's likely your problem
>> right there.  The newer drivers screwed my and apparently some others'
>> screens up good.
>>
>> Dale Huckeby



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Re: [newbie] Primary and secondary IDE

[Tony Castro]

Norton Ghost would be able to clone your whole hard
drive onto the bigger one. I use occasionally to image
my hard drive and i've never had problems with it.


--- Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 23 October 2002 07:24 am, George Baker
> wrote:
> > - Original Message -
> > From: Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 11:44 PM
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Primary and secondary IDE
> >
> > > If it were mine I'd put the two CD drives on
> secondary IDE with CD-RW as
> > > master, and the hard drives on the primary as
> master and slave in
> > > whatever order you like. Depending whether you
> want to re-install your
> > > operating system of course. If not the 3.2 will
> have to stay as master on
> > > the
> >
> > primary
> >
> > > IDE channel since most versions of Windows won't
> boot from anywhere else.
> >
> > I've heard that Laplink will clone your drive. If
> I understand this
> > correctly I can clone my 3.2 gig HD to my new 30
> gig HD and then make the
> > 30 gig master and it should boot into Windows.
> Does this also clone Lilo
> > and my MDK 7.0 partitions? If so it would be great
> but if it at least
> > clones the Win partition that would be OK as I
> don't mind reinstalling MDK
> > as I was going to upgrade to Ver 8.2 anyway.
> > Any info would be appreciated.
> >
> > George Baker
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Hi George;
> 
> If you're going to reinstall Linux anyway you may be
> better served by 
> installing the new hard drive and partitioning it
> with diskdrake (or 
> whatever) being sure you preserve the first
> partition for Windows, then 
> moving or copying any personal data you want to keep
> to a partition in that 
> drive. Then wipe and reinstall the operating systems
> as you like after 
> switching that drive to master on the primary IDE
> channel. I personally don't 
> trust any software to move data or clone a drive,
> especially Windows 
> software. I've seen too many people bitten that way.
> 
> Having said that; the easiest and most reliable way
> I've seen to "clone" a 
> Windows system to a new drive is run from DOS, not
> Windows. Make your 
> partitions on the new drive, leaving room for
> Mandrake to work of course; 
> then at the prompt in DOS using the "tree command":
> 
>  XCOPY C:\ D:\/h/i/c/k/e/r/y/s  
> 
> There's a space between XCOPY and C:\; a space
> between C:\ and D:\ but NO 
> spaces anywhere else. (the \/ looks as though it's a
>  "V" but it is actually 
> a backslash and a forward slash next to each other.)
> This process _must run 
> in DOS_ not a DOS prompt. You know, from the command
> line.
> 
> Then from your Windows bootdisk do fdisk and make
> the new drive active. It 
> should act and appear the way the old one did, just
> a lot BIGGER.
> 
> It's been a long time since I touched this kind of
> process; and my memory 
> isn't what I would deem totally reliable. The syntax
> may be out of whack. :-) 
> Or I am. But you should be able to preserve all of
> the files in any directory 
> including the properties thereto (hidden, system,
> etc) and then be able to do 
> a fresh Windows install on the new drive after
> appropriate selector switching 
> (master IDE0) and use them to restore your
> configuration as it is now.
> 
> I found this link that may help you with your
> 'cloning' questions and I 
> (vaguely) recalled some of the information from
> (almost) three years ago; the 
> last time I owned a machine running Windows
> anything.
> 
> http://www.valink.com/jeep/harddrives.htm
> 
> The "tree command" is on the site! Amazing, I'm not
> the only one to do it that 
> way in the past apparently.
> 
>
http://www.valink.com/jeep/Harddrives/H-I-C-K-E-R-Y-S.htm
> 
> Best of luck and I hope some of this stuff helps
> you.
> -- 
> Charlie
> Edmonton,AB,Canada
> Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org
> I would have you imagine, then, that there exists in
> the mind of man a block
> of wax...  and that we remember and know what is
> imprinted as long as the
> image lasts; but when the image is effaced, or
> cannot be taken, then we
> forget or do not know.
>   -- Plato, Dialogs, Theateus 191
>  
>   [Quoted in "VMS Internals and Data Structures",
> V4.4, when
>referring to image activation and termination.]
> 
> 
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Re: [newbie] linux documentation!?

[Sharrea]

On Friday 25 Oct 2002 11:42 am, Dimitris Adamopoulos wrote:
> Anybody knows where i could find
> linux documentation (pdf or anything else)
> besides www.tldp.org
> I am trying to make a library of books
> that i can't afford to buy from the stores!

http://www.linuxdoc.org has some good stuff.  There's also the Linux 
Cookbook which a google search should find.

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[newbie] VNC

[ivette brusselmans]

installed VNC. How do I start up the programme? When I run Console 
VNCserver, i get the following message:[luc@localhost luc]$ vncserver

Warning: localhost.thuis.com:1 is taken because of /tmp/.X11-unix/X1
Remove this file if there is no X server localhost.thuis.com:1

Warning: localhost.thuis.com:2 is taken because of /tmp/.X11-unix/X2
Remove this file if there is no X server localhost.thuis.com:2

New 'X' desktop is localhost.thuis.com:3

Starting applications specified in /home/luc/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /home/luc/.vnc/localhost.thuis.com:3.log

[luc@localhost luc]$

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Re: [newbie] Primary and secondary IDE

[Charlie]

On Thursday 24 October 2002 12:27 pm, Tony Castro wrote:
> Norton Ghost would be able to clone your whole hard
> drive onto the bigger one. I use occasionally to image
> my hard drive and i've never had problems with it.


That's correct Tony; it probably would do the job and cause no grief. But for 
a few minor sticking points:

1.) I'll never tell a user they need to buy proprietary software to accomplish 
a task that can be done for free using freely available existing tools. The 
reason is my own but simply put; I don't know whether the budget of the 
original poster has the flexibility to buy an utility that may only be used 
once, and not all demo versions of software will accomplish the task(s) 
required.
2.) Norton Ghost may be quality software; and work adequately well for most 
people, and give no grief, except it's _Windows software_ and I've seen 
Windows screw things up just because my face didn't display the correct 
expression. Or hadn't bowed to the southwest (from here anyway) and recite 
the "Bill Gates is a God" mantra three times. GNU/Linux will oops too at 
times, but that's usually a problem in the CTKI (chair to keyboard interface. 
*me* in other words) and doesn't usually commit suicide just because it's 
asked to work from a different address after it's been told the new address 
and has confirmed it knows the new address.
DISCLAIMER: I don't use file sharing software but know some that do. I think 
it's bad form but that's just my opinion.
3.) If the answer to 1.) above is "Are you kidding? I can download it free 
from KaZaa or edonkey and use it, I don't have to buy it!;" I stop giving 
that individual any help with anything. 

Developers and programmers have to eat too. I don't think it's the right thing 
to do and will never advise it. Even as mildly distasteful as I find MS 
software and operating systems I try to help people that I know, but I won't 
help anyone that pirates a copy of anything. If they break it they're on 
their own and good luck to them.

Just an opinion; and no I don't just run the download edition of Mandrake, Red 
Hat, SuSe (8.1 demo), whatever. I buy box sets when they're available and 
when I intend to continue using it after testing. That usually means every 
second release or more frequently.

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Re: [newbie] Preserving /home

[bascule]

i haven't had any problems with that part of upgrading except that a few 
desktop items lost their icons, and the mandrake control centre icon had the 
wrong path to drakconf, all fixable by right clicking on them and entering 
the correct info, i've run kmail, konqueror all okay so far

bascule

On Thursday 24 Oct 2002 7:23 pm, Jordan Elver wrote:
> Hi,
> I am about to install 9.0 on my current 8.2 box. I want to keep my /home
> partition intact. Will any of .kde directories affect the operation of the
> new KDE installation? I'd like to setup KDE from scratch. Or shall I just
> rename the directories and then re-install?
>
> TIA,
> Jord

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Re: [newbie] Primary and secondary IDE

[Spencer]

On October 24, 2002 01:02 pm, Charlie wrote:
> On Thursday 24 October 2002 12:27 pm, Tony Castro wrote:
> > Norton Ghost would be able to clone your whole hard
> > drive onto the bigger one. I use occasionally to image
> > my hard drive and i've never had problems with it.
>
> 
>
> That's correct Tony; it probably would do the job and cause no grief. But
> for a few minor sticking points:
>
> 1.) I'll never tell a user they need to buy proprietary software to
> accomplish a task that can be done for free using freely available existing
> tools. The reason is my own but simply put; I don't know whether the budget
> of the original poster has the flexibility to buy an utility that may only
> be used once, and not all demo versions of software will accomplish the
> task(s) required.
> 2.) Norton Ghost may be quality software; and work adequately well for most
> people, and give no grief, except it's _Windows software_ and I've seen
> Windows screw things up just because my face didn't display the correct
> expression. Or hadn't bowed to the southwest (from here anyway) and recite
> the "Bill Gates is a God" mantra three times. GNU/Linux will oops too at
> times, but that's usually a problem in the CTKI (chair to keyboard
> interface. *me* in other words) and doesn't usually commit suicide just
> because it's asked to work from a different address after it's been told
> the new address and has confirmed it knows the new address.
> DISCLAIMER: I don't use file sharing software but know some that do. I
> think it's bad form but that's just my opinion.
> 3.) If the answer to 1.) above is "Are you kidding? I can download it free
> from KaZaa or edonkey and use it, I don't have to buy it!;" I stop giving
> that individual any help with anything.
>
> Developers and programmers have to eat too. I don't think it's the right
> thing to do and will never advise it. Even as mildly distasteful as I find
> MS software and operating systems I try to help people that I know, but I
> won't help anyone that pirates a copy of anything. If they break it they're
> on their own and good luck to them.
>
> Just an opinion; and no I don't just run the download edition of Mandrake,
> Red Hat, SuSe (8.1 demo), whatever. I buy box sets when they're available
> and when I intend to continue using it after testing. That usually means
> every second release or more frequently.

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Re: [newbie] MLdonkey

[Miark]

Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> saith:

> There are RPMs for MLDonkey 2.0 on PLF now.

Neat--thanks.
 
> I tried it out but found the user interface incomprehensible. How do you use 
> it?

Perform a search under the Queries tab, and the results will come up on the 
Results tab. Double-click the file you want and monitor the download progress
under the Downloads tab. I never use the last four tabs or the Friends tab.

I'm not sure exactly what it does to stay connected to servers, but if you want
it to scan more servers, click the Connect to More Servers button under the 
server tab.

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Re: [newbie] MLdonkey

[Miark]

John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> saith:

> Please  can you explain , this is not for ordinary
> dialup modem connection then ?

You can use it on a dial-up connection.
 
> What is edonkey ?

Peer-to-peer filesharing. Check out http://www.edonkey2000.com/

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Re: [newbie] MLdonkey

[John Richard Smith]

Miark wrote:


This is strictly in the context of eDonkey 2000, but 

1) Visit http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/mldonkey/stable/
2) Download the tarball that applies to you.
3) Untar it.
4) cd into the directory, and run ./mldonkey_gui

Miark

 

Please  can you explain , this is not for ordinary
dialup modem connection then ?

What is edonkey ?



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[newbie] Lexmark Z25

[Poogle]

I'm trying to get one of these to work for a friend with little success, I d/l 
the linux tarball from lexmark and installed it, also installed enscript 
which it apparently needs but then nothing, can anyone offer any 
suggestions please. MD 9.0 BTW
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Re: [newbie] GUI-driven Complier/IDE for C/C++

[Technoslick]

Thanks for the referral. I took a look at the Anjuti Web site. Very cool 
looking interface! I will probably stay away from it right now because 
it is very beta and I wouldn't know as yet whether a problem was my poor 
programming, ignorance, a program bug, or a combination of all the 
above. :-) This is what I am looking for, though.

Worth checking back to , now and then. It looks like it will be an 
awesome app when nearly finished.

Thanks again.

T

Spencer wrote:
On October 24, 2002 06:33 am, Technoslick wrote:
Another good GUI/IDE is anjuta. It's in the contrib section. I used it a lot 
when I was parallel compiling in Visual C++ and Linux.


Béla,

Thanks for such a speedy reply!

Here's what I have currently loaded and showing off of the 'Development'
menu of KDE (MDK 9.0):

Off of 'Development environments'

Glade
IDLE

Off of 'Tools'

Bug-buddy
Cervasia (CVS Frontend)
Gdb
KBabel (Translation Tool)
Kbabel - Catalog Manager
KBabel - Dictionary
KBugBuster (KDE Bug Management)
Kdbg
Kompare (Diff/Patch Frontend)

I have no idea what most of these are for; my guess is that some are for
developing the KDE environment and others are related to some acts of
programming (debugging tools.) I do not see KDevelop under any of my
menu choices, so I must not have picked it when I was choosing what
packages to install. Am I assuming correctly that by installing that
program, all necessary applications that support it will be also
installed, like a dependency?

I will check into Rhide, but would rather stay away from console-level
management of my programming until I am comfortable with my skills and
understanding of the creation process. Otherwise, I would be able to use
the GNU stuff that is so readily available, right?

Is Kylix3 a commercial product that will need to be purchased? I have
never known Borland to ever give anything away for free. I will do a Web
search on this, as well.

Thanks, Béla. I have a starting point. If you have any follow-up
suggestions, or new ideas, please let me know! :-) (You can send that
via my email address, unless someone else is interested in this?)

T

Bela Markus wrote:


Hi,

there are several options.

You can use KDEVELOP as a GUI under X, or RHIDE which is a character
oriented console IDE, like BORLAND's TURBO C or TURBO PASCAL.

Another possibility is BORLAND's KYLIX3 which support C/C++, not only
DELPHI/PASCAL.

Béla


- Original Message -
From: "Technoslick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 2:40 PM
Subject: [newbie] GUI-driven Complier/IDE for C/C++



I want to get back into learning to program in C/C++, but want to do so
in Linux. I am a bit comfused about library and program conflicts, so I
am asking anyone with experience in programming within Linux to
recommend the best overall GUI-driven program(s) that would track well
with SAMS books that are referring to M$ Visual C++ in the learning
process. I think text-editor creation and command-line compiling for me
is a "down the road" thing. I have looked through the 8.2 and 9.0
download distribution (3 CD set), but I am not sure of what I am looking
for, or what libraries and supporting apps need to be loaded to get a
complete, working programming environment.

TIA,

T


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[newbie] Sylpheed - how to send?

[Len Lawrence]

Nothing but problems these days.  Hearing that pine is deprecated for 
Mandrake 9+ I thought I should try to get used to a graphical client
and Sylpheed seemed the best bet.  It seems awkward after over 10 years
of the simplicity of pine, but it is time to join the 21st century 
community I guess.  Postfix is running fine and picks up incoming mail no
bother once kppp has connected (and boy is that slow! over a minute 
compared with the 4 or 5 seconds using a homegrown chat script on my
old machine).  Sylpheed incorporates the messages OK.  The trouble comes
when posting to the outside world.  "An error occurred" is reported;
no indication what.  However, it might be related to the configuration
for SMTP servwer (send).  What should that be?  The manual is too terse
to be useful.  "postfix" did not work.  My .pinerc file lists 
"smtp-server=localhost", so I tried that.  Still no joy.  There are a lot
of Sylpheed users out there - how did you do it?

Waiting hopefully

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Re: [newbie] GUI-driven Complier/IDE for C/C++

[Spencer]

On October 24, 2002 06:33 am, Technoslick wrote:
Another good GUI/IDE is anjuta. It's in the contrib section. I used it a lot 
when I was parallel compiling in Visual C++ and Linux.

> Béla,
>
> Thanks for such a speedy reply!
>
> Here's what I have currently loaded and showing off of the 'Development'
> menu of KDE (MDK 9.0):
>
> Off of 'Development environments'
>
> Glade
> IDLE
>
> Off of 'Tools'
>
> Bug-buddy
> Cervasia (CVS Frontend)
> Gdb
> KBabel (Translation Tool)
> Kbabel - Catalog Manager
> KBabel - Dictionary
> KBugBuster (KDE Bug Management)
> Kdbg
> Kompare (Diff/Patch Frontend)
>
> I have no idea what most of these are for; my guess is that some are for
> developing the KDE environment and others are related to some acts of
> programming (debugging tools.) I do not see KDevelop under any of my
> menu choices, so I must not have picked it when I was choosing what
> packages to install. Am I assuming correctly that by installing that
> program, all necessary applications that support it will be also
> installed, like a dependency?
>
> I will check into Rhide, but would rather stay away from console-level
> management of my programming until I am comfortable with my skills and
> understanding of the creation process. Otherwise, I would be able to use
> the GNU stuff that is so readily available, right?
>
> Is Kylix3 a commercial product that will need to be purchased? I have
> never known Borland to ever give anything away for free. I will do a Web
> search on this, as well.
>
> Thanks, Béla. I have a starting point. If you have any follow-up
> suggestions, or new ideas, please let me know! :-) (You can send that
> via my email address, unless someone else is interested in this?)
>
> T
>
> Bela Markus wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > there are several options.
> >
> > You can use KDEVELOP as a GUI under X, or RHIDE which is a character
> > oriented console IDE, like BORLAND's TURBO C or TURBO PASCAL.
> >
> > Another possibility is BORLAND's KYLIX3 which support C/C++, not only
> > DELPHI/PASCAL.
> >
> > Béla
> >
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Technoslick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 2:40 PM
> > Subject: [newbie] GUI-driven Complier/IDE for C/C++
> >
> >>I want to get back into learning to program in C/C++, but want to do so
> >>in Linux. I am a bit comfused about library and program conflicts, so I
> >>am asking anyone with experience in programming within Linux to
> >>recommend the best overall GUI-driven program(s) that would track well
> >>with SAMS books that are referring to M$ Visual C++ in the learning
> >>process. I think text-editor creation and command-line compiling for me
> >>is a "down the road" thing. I have looked through the 8.2 and 9.0
> >>download distribution (3 CD set), but I am not sure of what I am looking
> >>for, or what libraries and supporting apps need to be loaded to get a
> >>complete, working programming environment.
> >>
> >>TIA,
> >>
> >>T
> >
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Re: [newbie] how to mount zip drive, post install, Dell laptop

[Technoslick]

I finally got around to installing my external Zip 100 drive to one of 
my MDK boxes...

Before I tried to manually install it on my MDK 8.2 computer, I looked 
at several references, one of which from Iomega's own Web site (you 
pointed me there, indirectly.) Those instructions conflicted a bit with 
another set that came up as a high score in Google for what I was 
looking for. I tried it both ways, neither of which helped me get the 
drive to be recognized. I eventually ended up reinstalling 8.2 because I 
think I may have messed up my symlinks and got so terribly confused. On 
install, 8.2 found the drive and took care of everything for me. Phew!

I have been following the numerous supermount problems others have been 
having in the listserv, so I know that it can get flaky. Here's what I 
noticed on mine:

1) If I try to do a listing of the contents of a newly inserted Zip disk 
from the console prompt, it either tells me there is an 'input/output 
error' or that the device does not exist. Which one depends on whether I 
have accessed the drive through X-windows prior to doing this at the 
console level or not.

2) If I go into KDE and click on the Zip drive icon, it tells me I do 
not have permission to access the device.

3) If I then go into Konqueror and try to access '/mnt/zip', it happily 
does so without a problem. As long as I switch to another folder outside 
of '/mnt', switch my zip disks, then go back into '/mnt/zip', Konqueror 
has no problems automounting the disks as I change them.

4) Once I exit out to the console level, doing a listing gives me the 
error as stated in 1). However, I can CD over to the Zip disk and do a 
listing easily enough.

I guess it comes down to knowing the rules of the game, huh? Have you 
noticed about the same, Sharrea?

T

Sharrea wrote:
On Sunday 20 Oct 2002 10:01 am, Technoslick wrote:


So, your external zip drive was automatically recognized during install?
Is it USB or parallel port?

I have an old parallel port zip drive that I have cursed as much as used
in the past. (really don't like the things) I haven't interacted much
with Iomega, so I can't complain about them. I was just never impressed
with the way their software always screwed up my printers and caused
what seemed like random lock-ups...

I wonder if it would be worth giving it a go in Linux? Does yours work
pretty reliable under MDK?



Mine is an old parallel port zip drive (250MB) and yeah, I don't like my zip 
drive much either... too slow.  However it works flawlessly in linux, no 
problems whatsoever.

A few months back Tom (at least I think it was Tom) had suggested mounting 
your zip drive somewhere other than under the /mnt dir so you don't have to 
wait while the zip disk is read when browsing other mounted devices in the 
/mnt dir.  Seems like a good idea to me, I just haven't gotten around to 
doing so.  Actually, I'll go do it right now!

Get back to us if you have any problems installing your zip drive.

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[newbie] log analyzer for squid? can't get calamaris to work

[Kenn Murrah]

i have my transparent proxy working now (thanks in no
small part to the generous of some you on this list)
... all that remains to be done now is to find a log
analyzer that works ...

i've tried calamaris running from webmin, but i can't
get it to display my logs ... i've set the path for my
log to var/log/squid/access.log, but it's not working
?

is calamaris installed by default?  how can i find out
if it's running?  does anyone know what i'm doing
wrong?

thanks in advance ...



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Re: [newbie] GUI-driven Complier/IDE for C/C++

[Technoslick]

Béla,

Thanks for such a speedy reply!

Here's what I have currently loaded and showing off of the 'Development' 
menu of KDE (MDK 9.0):

Off of 'Development environments'

Glade
IDLE

Off of 'Tools'

Bug-buddy
Cervasia (CVS Frontend)
Gdb
KBabel (Translation Tool)
Kbabel - Catalog Manager
KBabel - Dictionary
KBugBuster (KDE Bug Management)
Kdbg
Kompare (Diff/Patch Frontend)

I have no idea what most of these are for; my guess is that some are for 
developing the KDE environment and others are related to some acts of 
programming (debugging tools.) I do not see KDevelop under any of my 
menu choices, so I must not have picked it when I was choosing what 
packages to install. Am I assuming correctly that by installing that 
program, all necessary applications that support it will be also 
installed, like a dependency?

I will check into Rhide, but would rather stay away from console-level 
management of my programming until I am comfortable with my skills and 
understanding of the creation process. Otherwise, I would be able to use 
the GNU stuff that is so readily available, right?

Is Kylix3 a commercial product that will need to be purchased? I have 
never known Borland to ever give anything away for free. I will do a Web 
search on this, as well.

Thanks, Béla. I have a starting point. If you have any follow-up 
suggestions, or new ideas, please let me know! :-) (You can send that 
via my email address, unless someone else is interested in this?)

T


Bela Markus wrote:
Hi,

there are several options.

You can use KDEVELOP as a GUI under X, or RHIDE which is a character
oriented console IDE, like BORLAND's TURBO C or TURBO PASCAL.

Another possibility is BORLAND's KYLIX3 which support C/C++, not only
DELPHI/PASCAL.

Béla


- Original Message -
From: "Technoslick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 2:40 PM
Subject: [newbie] GUI-driven Complier/IDE for C/C++




I want to get back into learning to program in C/C++, but want to do so
in Linux. I am a bit comfused about library and program conflicts, so I
am asking anyone with experience in programming within Linux to
recommend the best overall GUI-driven program(s) that would track well
with SAMS books that are referring to M$ Visual C++ in the learning
process. I think text-editor creation and command-line compiling for me
is a "down the road" thing. I have looked through the 8.2 and 9.0
download distribution (3 CD set), but I am not sure of what I am looking
for, or what libraries and supporting apps need to be loaded to get a
complete, working programming environment.

TIA,

T














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Re: [newbie] GUI-driven Complier/IDE for C/C++

[Bela Markus]

Hi,

there are several options.

You can use KDEVELOP as a GUI under X, or RHIDE which is a character
oriented console IDE, like BORLAND's TURBO C or TURBO PASCAL.

Another possibility is BORLAND's KYLIX3 which support C/C++, not only
DELPHI/PASCAL.

Béla


- Original Message -
From: "Technoslick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 2:40 PM
Subject: [newbie] GUI-driven Complier/IDE for C/C++


> I want to get back into learning to program in C/C++, but want to do so
> in Linux. I am a bit comfused about library and program conflicts, so I
> am asking anyone with experience in programming within Linux to
> recommend the best overall GUI-driven program(s) that would track well
> with SAMS books that are referring to M$ Visual C++ in the learning
> process. I think text-editor creation and command-line compiling for me
> is a "down the road" thing. I have looked through the 8.2 and 9.0
> download distribution (3 CD set), but I am not sure of what I am looking
> for, or what libraries and supporting apps need to be loaded to get a
> complete, working programming environment.
>
> TIA,
>
> T
>
>
>
>






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RE: [newbie] linux documentation!?

[Kesav Tadimeti]

Mandrake Linux allows you to download PDFs (user guide & reference guide)
from their web site. 
There are other PDFs available for free such as advanced Linux programming,
Linux administration...
Contact me offline if you want me to mail them to you.

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From: Dimitris Adamopoulos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 4:12 AM
To: Newbie
Subject: [newbie] linux documentation!?

Hi all!

Anybody knows where i could find
linux documentation (pdf or anything else)
besides www.tldp.org
I am trying to make a library of books
that i can't afford to buy from the stores!

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[newbie] MD5SUMS

[John Richard Smith]

If,

md5sum psyche-i386-disc1.iso
returns,

b087f9c628bfb5e2c69b05424c65b731 psyche-i386-disc1.iso

does it mean it has failed, when,

d7b16b081c20708dc0dd7d41793a4177 psyche-i386-disc1.iso

is the key supplied. Ought not there to be some explanation ?

John

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[newbie] linux documentation!?

[Dimitris Adamopoulos]

Hi all!

Anybody knows where i could find 
linux documentation (pdf or anything else)
besides www.tldp.org
I am trying to make a library of books 
that i can't afford to buy from the stores!

thanks a lot!


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[newbie] GUI-driven Complier/IDE for C/C++

[Technoslick]

I want to get back into learning to program in C/C++, but want to do so 
in Linux. I am a bit comfused about library and program conflicts, so I 
am asking anyone with experience in programming within Linux to 
recommend the best overall GUI-driven program(s) that would track well 
with SAMS books that are referring to M$ Visual C++ in the learning 
process. I think text-editor creation and command-line compiling for me 
is a "down the road" thing. I have looked through the 8.2 and 9.0 
download distribution (3 CD set), but I am not sure of what I am looking 
for, or what libraries and supporting apps need to be loaded to get a 
complete, working programming environment.

TIA,

T



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Re: [newbie] S3 Savage 2000 and XFree86 4.2.1 problems

[Technoslick]

Oh, well. :-(

T

shipahoy wrote:

On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:49:15 -0400
Technoslick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



OK, shipahoy, what version of Savage do you have? I have the Savage 2000

 w/ 64 MB RAM. When I used the 1.1.25t driver, my screen colors looked 
like someone took a garden rake to them and Xine takes a dump a moment 
after starting up. I ended up copying back the original savage_drv.o 
file and now the quality is back, but I still can't get Xine to stay 
open now.  I done broke it, I think.

Any ideas how to bring life back to Xine? It played my DVDs the best of 
the bunch.


Sorry for the delay in replying.

 I have the savage4. From reading the probo.com site again it seems
that some things on the Savage 2000 are still broken.

I suppose eventually it will get sorted out.





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Re: [newbie] S3 Savage 2000 and XFree86 4.2.1 problems

[shipahoy]

On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:49:15 -0400
Technoslick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> OK, shipahoy, what version of Savage do you have? I have the Savage 2000
> 
>   w/ 64 MB RAM. When I used the 1.1.25t driver, my screen colors looked 
> like someone took a garden rake to them and Xine takes a dump a moment 
> after starting up. I ended up copying back the original savage_drv.o 
> file and now the quality is back, but I still can't get Xine to stay 
> open now.  I done broke it, I think.
> 
> Any ideas how to bring life back to Xine? It played my DVDs the best of 
> the bunch.
> 
Sorry for the delay in replying.

 I have the savage4. From reading the probo.com site again it seems
that some things on the Savage 2000 are still broken.

I suppose eventually it will get sorted out.


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Re: [newbie] Advice-Setting up a dedicated server

[Technoslick]

Thanks for your insight. What kind of horsepower do you have currently 
in the Win2k server? I am opting to stay away from any Internet related 
services since my Lynksys router seems to do a decent job of it and I 
don't want to bottleneck the file server. However, I like the added 
protection of a software firewall/proxy that tells me what's going on. I 
question whether my tired and old server could do that plus file serve.

Are you planning on using bind or any DNS? Are you going to statically 
address or let your linux server provide DHCP services?

Thanks

T



- netmaniac - wrote:

I'm not an expert on linux server but I have one win2k server that i'm 
wanting to change for a linux one. Because of this, I've been doing some 
researches about this subject. In my opinion, the basic server services 
are: the SAMBA to share files with windowze machines, maybe an NFS 
service to share files with linux machines, and other common services 
like apache (httpd), ftpd, and so on.

I'm going to change the win2k directory service to samba and put the 
squid (proxy server) to share my internet connection (adsl/256k). Until 
now, everithing seems to work fine.

Netmaniac


OK, boys and girls. I really would like your advice before I embark on 
this needed journey. I have been without my NT 4.0 server for a few 
weeks now and am getting really antsy without file sharing 
capabilities. Yes, I could have easily set that something temporary, 
but this has to be done on a permanent basis so I might as well wait 
until I am ready to redo the server.

Here's what I have in the network environment:

2- Win 98 SE
1- MDK 8.2
2- MDK 9.0
1- RH 6.1 (soon to be TurboLinux 3.0.1)
* and guest PCs of either Win 95 and up, or Linux
1- cable modem Internet access provider coming into a Linksys 4-port 
EtherFast Cable/DSL Router BEFSR41 providing DHCP, routing and 
firewall protection.
1- Kingston Workgroup Hub EtheRx 8-port hub (connects to the output of 
router and serves connectivity to all the PCs and server.
1- Intel NetportExpress 10/100 Print Server providing printing 
capabilities for all PCs (both Windows and Linux), statically 
addressed and accessed as an LPD resource. One laser and one color 
ink-jet printer.
1- Dedicated server (MDK 8.2 or 9.0?) that is solely a file sharing 
resource.

Specs for the server are meager, so this is another reason for asking 
advice. I do not want to load it up with unnecessary overhead:

Intel P233 MX, 256 MBs SDRAM, 15 GB IDE HD, Wimpy Jaton TV-67 Video w/ 
1 MB RAM, Kingston KNE-120TX/20 NIC

What I would like to hear from anyone with some thoughts on what 
services are minimally needed to set up a solid file server. I am 
interested in MySQL at some point in the future, so it can be 
installed, but isn't as important as file sharing. No printers will be 
run off this server. It will not be doing IP forwarding, firewalling 
or proxying the Internet connection for the PCs (I really don't want 
to bog down the server with heavy downloads, especially with printing 
services running over TCP/IP on a slow network -- 10 Mbs throughput.) 
The Lynksys router has been managing DHCP quite nicely, so I am of a 
mind not to fix what isn't broken, but would like to know whether 
there is any advantage to having the server take that responsibility 
over when its only purpose is to be a file server. And of course, 
should I be running DNS services (bind)? (I never ran WINS or DNS on 
the NT 4.0 server) Will doing so conflict with the DHCP services of 
the hub and the Internet connection provider? I definitely do not want 
any Web serving. This is a closed system file sharing server.

So, I guess I would like just a list of services, maybe a brief idea 
why  you think that I should run them, but I do not expect any actual 
instructions. I really am looking for direction. Once I have that, I 
am happy to muddle through the particulars and only ask for help when 
I need it. At this point in time, I need to ask everyone to work 
within the specs I have listed. There's no chance that I will be 
adding or upgrading hardware right now. And above all, remember that I 
am not experienced in Linux. :-)

Thanks so much for your opinions.

T



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Re: [newbie] .bin

[andy]

Yea it seemed to work too when i typed in something like su ./file.bin


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RE: [newbie] Mandrake 9 and "Gnome" config

[Ralph M. Los]

Yeah, I know THAT, but what I mean is...even though Gnome is running
perfectly "out of the box", I can't find the place it keeps its settings
(menu in particular) as I want to copy it into my BlackBox
configuration.  Can someone help me out?

-Original Message-
From: Steve Jeppesen [mailto:ampster40@;attbi.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 11:31 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9 and "Gnome" config


just open up a console and type 
vi .xinitrc
then enter what ever you want in there and to save it type
:w
to save it then
:q
to quit.  Make sure you are in your /home/"yourhomedirectory"/ when you
create .xinitrc restart x and you should be on your way.  


On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 23:13:56 -0400
"Ralph M. Los" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hey all,
>   I just got into this install I've got and figured, hey, let's change

> window managers, right?  So I figured I'd find and edit my .xinitrc 
> file and see what I could find in it and do exec blackbox or 
> something. Well, much to my surprise I don't have an .xinitrcso 
> where and HOW does gnome get it's menu configuration, marching orders,

> etc, etc?
> 
> Thanks, trying to dig deeper into the linux world
> 
> 



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Re: [newbie] .bin

[JM5379]

also, make sure you have the execute permission set for yourself
for that file, since it most likely will not have that set by
default when downloaded.  since it's most likely an install
script of some sort, chmod 700 (rwx--) if you want only
yourself to do anything at all with it, otherwise, whatever modes
are appropriate for your environment.


--- Original Message ---
From: "Hesham Khonji" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] .bin

>
>
>./filename.bin when you are in the directory of the file,
otherwise type =
>the=20
>full path of the file. The reason you must include ./ when
running=20
>executables from the current directory is security. Imagine
someone plant=
>s a=20
>harmfull executable called 'cp' in some directory. When you want
to use t=
>he=20
>copy command, while in that directory, the executable in the
current=20
>directory would take precedence. ./ makes sure you want to run
the=20
>executable in the current directory and not a globaly set command.
>
>
>
>>From: andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: [newbie] .bin
>>Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 15:18:23 -0500
>>
>>How do you install .bin files?
>>
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Re: [newbie] .bin

[Hesham Khonji]

./filename.bin when you are in the directory of the file, otherwise type the 
full path of the file. The reason you must include ./ when running 
executables from the current directory is security. Imagine someone plants a 
harmfull executable called 'cp' in some directory. When you want to use the 
copy command, while in that directory, the executable in the current 
directory would take precedence. ./ makes sure you want to run the 
executable in the current directory and not a globaly set command.



From: andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] .bin
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 15:18:23 -0500

How do you install .bin files?

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Re: [newbie] Kmails New Mail Beep

[Frans Ketelaars]

On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 19:42:41 -0500
Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I'd like to replace the annoying 'beep' with "You've Got Mail" but for the 
> life of me I can't figure out how to do it.  Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> -- 
>   Regards
>   Chris

Settings > configure kmail > network > receiving > new mail
notification > check execute command line and uncheck beep :-)
If you are using KDE's artsd soundserver this is a possible command:
artsplay something.wav.

HTH,

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Re: [newbie] VNC uninstall install

[robin]

ivette brusselmans wrote:


uninstalled VNC with rpmdrake. When I try to install it again, get the 
message that it is already installed. But I can't find the icon anywhere 
in KDE. And when I type vncserver in console, nothing happens.
1 mandrake box  server
1 win98 box client with VNC installed and running
How come?
Doesn't KDE make an icon automatically when program is installed?

Not normally.  Some programs are KDE integrated, so they will 
automatically add themselves to the system menu (not necessarily your 
own user menu - that depends on your preferences, I think) but I've 
never known a program automatically add an icon to your desktop, and I 
wouldn't really want them to.

I think your problem may be a corrupted RPM database (VNC was 
uninstalled but not removed from the database).  As root, type

rpm --rebuilddb

That _might_ fix it.

Sir Robin

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Re: [newbie] X, nVidia drivers ...

[Sharrea]

Thanks bascule, but I already did remove ~/.DCOP* and /tmp/* (countless 
times) but that made no difference.  Also removed ~/.ICEauthority ~/.mcoprc 
~/.mcop/ - also didn't help.  Obviously, one of the files that Gnome and 
KDE use is getting stuffed up.  Thanks for the reply tho.

Ah well...
Sharrea

On Thursday 24 Oct 2002 8:37 pm, bascule wrote:
> that error is not an nvidia error,
> i could be wrong but open a console and delete the following
> ~/.DCOP*
> yo should find that kde now starts, at least that what i have done when i
> had that error, i also emptied /tmp but i don't think that is necessary
>
> bascule
>
> On Thursday 24 Oct 2002 7:57 am, Sharrea wrote:

> > I get the following error when trying to start KDE as root or user: 
> > 
> > There was an error setting up inter-process
> > communications for KDE.  Tthe message returned
> > by the system was:
> >
> > Could not read network connection list:
> > /home/sharrea/.DCOPserver_tbird.tux.nz__0
> >
> > Please check that the "dcopserver" program is running!
> > 
> >
> > Then the system takes forever to try to recover when I
> > CTRL+ALT+Backspace but it usually ends up hanging and I use the
> > ALT+SysRq combinations to end process, sync and reboot.
> >
> > Also the KDE apps like kedit, kmail, etc won't run in the other WMs but
> > I can play tuxracer and UT2003.


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Re: [newbie] galeon fonts

[Derek Jennings]

On Thursday 24 Oct 2002 12:58 am, L.V.Gandhi wrote:
> On Tuesday 22 Oct 2002 9:04 pm, Derek Jennings wrote:
> > On Tuesday 22 Oct 2002 2:37 pm, L.V.Gandhi wrote:
> > > In my home pc I could see windows fonts in galeon(mdk 9), but not in my
> > > office pc. I have installed windows fonts in both pcs using control
> > > center and both pcs are having winme dualboot with mdk9. Any clues?
> >
> > Yes. It seems 9.0 still has the same bug that 8.2 had which is that
> > drakfont does not list perlftlib as a dependency, and without that RPM it
> > cannot make the font directories.
> >
> > You can confirm this if you run
> > chkfontpath
> > If it does not show /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/ttf
> > as one of the paths, then it was unable to add your Windows True Type
> > fonts correctly
> >
> >
> > Try installing perlftlib and then use drakfont to install your Windows
> > fonts again.
> >
> > Then check chkfontpath again.
>
> Thanks. How to add additional windows fonts installed later.

just run drakfont again and import the Windows fonts again. If it cannot find 
the fonts used the advanced setting to point to a specif font file/files

derek


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Re: [newbie] OpenOffice....

[Derek Jennings]

You need to create symlinks from /usr/bin to wherever the tarball has put the 
application e.g.

ln -s /path_to/oowriter /usr/bin/oowriter

and similarly for
oomath   ooimpress oocalc


derek

On Thursday 24 Oct 2002 3:51 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I installed OO from the .tar.gz file and can run it if I go to the
> directory it is in but when I try to use the menu editor to put a (what
> shortcut, alias?) on the menu bar I get an error message saying the
> executable can't be found. Won't the K menu (yep, using KDE) handle a
> script?
> R
>
> -
> Richard L. Babcock, Owner
> Tower Training
> At Tower Training, We Bring the Classroom to You!
> www.towertraining.net
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:newbie-owner@;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Derek Jennings
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 7:26 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] OpenOffice
> >
> > On Wednesday 23 Oct 2002 1:12 pm, DaveA wrote:
> > > Hi y'all. Just installed my first program - OpenOffice 1.0.1 (and
> > > learnt heaps along the way!)  Being a refugee from the Windoze world,
> > > and VERY new to Linux, I sort of expected that the install would
> > > automatically create some shortcuts in the "Start Menu", but I can's
> > > see anything. Maybe I need to logout and back in or somethin'?  TIA,
> > > DaveA.
> >
> > It would do if you had installed OpenOffice 1.0.1 from the RPM on
> > your 9.0
> > install CD.
> >
> > But if you install from the .tar.gz file from OpenOffice.org it will not.
> >
> > The Mandrake RPM version will also be better at picking up system
> > fonts, and
> > printers.
> >
> > derek



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[newbie] VNC uninstall install

[ivette brusselmans]

uninstalled VNC with rpmdrake. When I try to install it again, get the 
message that it is already installed. But I can't find the icon anywhere in 
KDE. And when I type vncserver in console, nothing happens.
1 mandrake box  server
1 win98 box client with VNC installed and running
How come?
Doesn't KDE make an icon automatically when program is installed?

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Re: [newbie] .bin

[Dennis and Sue]

On Wednesday 23 October 2002 10:51 pm, you wrote:
> It's like an .exe file in Winsux--just run it:
>
>   ./whatever.bin 
>
> You may have to be root.
>
> Miark
>
> > On Wednesday 23 October 2002 03:18 pm, andy wrote:
> > > How do you install .bin files?

For some .bin files I had to do something like :

1 - chmod 700  awesomeprogram.bin 

2 - ./awesomeprogram.bin 


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[newbie] stuck with a (external) modem...

[Raffaele Belardi]

I tried them all, I'm out of resources...

I have a Trust 56K external modem. It worked fine with MDK8.2 and kppp 
dialer, still works fine with Windows. Doesn't work with Linux since I 
upgraded to MDK9.0.

I did not manage to configure the internet access using the control 
center. Modem dials out and connects but then drops the line after 10 
seconds. So I tried with gnome dialer - same result.

I told to myself, these are only front ends, let's try with the command 
line utilities. Issuing the
#pppd debug call 
I see from the syslog that chat reaches the CONNECT state and returns 
control to the pppd. pppd starts sending LCP ConfigRequests, but gets no 
answer form the remote and hangs up after 10 retries, with the "serial 
line not clean" merror message.

The LCP options included in the ConfigRequests sent by the linux ppd are 
the same that the Windows dialer uses (i.e. async map 0xa, protocol 
compression and address+control field compression), as seen from the 
windows ppp session log. But for some reason, the ppp on the ISP does 
not seem to send me the ConfigRequest back when I dial from linux.

I tried the "kdebug 7" on the pppd command line, to see the binary 
packet content, but I don't get anything more than what I get with the 
usual "debug" option, so I am not really sure of what packets pppd is 
generating. Why doesn't this option work as documented? Do I need some 
form of support in the kernel?

I also tried to install kppp. rpmdrake reports that some sources are 
missing from the download CD. grrr.

The worst part is that my wife still browses the Internet with Windows, 
with an ironic smile on her face...

Sorry for the long post, any help gratly appreciated.

raffaele


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Re: [newbie] X, nVidia drivers ...

[bascule]

that error is not an nvidia error,
i could be wrong but open a console and delete the following 
~/.DCOP*
yo should find that kde now starts, at least that what i have done when i had 
that error, i also emptied /tmp but i don't think that is necessary

bascule

On Thursday 24 Oct 2002 7:57 am, Sharrea wrote:
> On Thursday 24 Oct 2002 4:52 pm, Rainer wrote:
> > after using mdk 8.2 for almost 8 months, i still seem to be unable to get
> > the x server and my nvidia card to coexist peacefully. it took me a
> > couple of months to get it to be relatively stable after the first
> > install. i got the glx and kernel rpms at that time and i believe i had
> > to reinstall the kernel drivers from tar.gz. my news readers still froze
> > after this (pan, mozilla, knode) but the rest seemed alright. recently, i
> > had to reinstall mdk 8.2. i got the latest drivers and my x server won't
> > start at all. checked all the documentation i could find, nvidia readme,
> > mandrake user nvidia section and i'm still at a loss, the config-4 file
> > was fine.
> >
> > after spending about 10 hours on this the easiest thing to do seems to be
> > to reinstall. but i don't want to go through that again unless i have a
> > pretty good idea about what the problem is, and a relatively straight
> > forward solution (this is a newbie speaking!) does 9.0 deal better with
> > the nvidia geforce2 mx/mx 400? i installed red hat 8.0 and the graphics
> > are rock solid so far. i would like to continue with mandrake because
> > i've spent some time with it and know it better but not at the expense of
> > a monitor that freezes regularly. i'd appreciate an honest answer, i know
> > how these distribution biases color peoples judgement. thanks
>
> Firstly, I apologise for the long message.
>
> 
> Well... today I have just spent from 7.15am to 6.45pm (minus 1/2 hour lunch
> break) trying to get the nvidia drivers working in 9.0 AND STILL NO GO!
> Didn't have a problem in 8.1.  I have been trying to get the drivers
> working on and off for weeks!  I ended up installing RH7.3 (dual boot) just
> so I can play Quake3 and UT2003.
>
> I've tried (and retried each many times), the club rpms, source rpms and
> the tarballs.  I don't know if it has anything to do with it but I'm using
> the enterprise kernel (1024 MB RAM).  I did get the club enterprise rpm
> with urpmi.
>
> After installing the drivers (and editing XF86Config-4) I can start
> FluxBox, BlackBox, Enlightenment, etc but I can't start Gnome or KDE (I use
> KDE). I get the following error when trying to start KDE as root or user:
> 
> There was an error setting up inter-process
> communications for KDE.  Tthe message returned
> by the system was:
>
> Could not read network connection list:
> /home/sharrea/.DCOPserver_tbird.tux.nz__0
>
> Please check that the "dcopserver" program is running!
> 
>
> Then the system takes forever to try to recover when I CTRL+ALT+Backspace
> but it usually ends up hanging and I use the ALT+SysRq combinations to end
> process, sync and reboot.
>
> Also the KDE apps like kedit, kmail, etc won't run in the other WMs but I
> can play tuxracer and UT2003.
>
> I checked (many times) that the libglx*, libGL.so* and libGLcore* files are
> installed correctly.  I tried all the different options for "NvAGP" and
> added all sorts of things to /etc/modules.conf.  One thing I noticed is
> that I only have nvidia0 and nvidiactl in the /dev dir (I don't get
> nvidia1, nvidia2 or nvidia3, etc).  And another thing I noticed is that
> stopping the devfsd service on boot and editing /etc/lilo.conf to
> devfs=nomount (+ running /sbin/lilo afterwards) then rebooting doesn't stop
> devfsd from starting at boot!  I've been searching all over the net for
> answers and trying suggestions given to others with a similar problem but
> like I said, no go.
>
> Anyway I've rebooted and shutdown about 30-40 times today and I've just
> about had enough so I think I'll just give up on the nvidia drivers for
> 9.0.  Guess I'll just have to use RH  : (
> 
>
> OK, having said all that, many others have got the nvidia drivers working
> in 9.0 without a hitch.  Oh, I'm so envious.
>
> Sharrea

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Re: [newbie] MLdonkey

[Derek Jennings]

There are RPMs for MLDonkey 2.0 on PLF now.

I tried it out but found the user interface incomprehensible. How do you use 
it?

derek


On Thursday 24 Oct 2002 6:28 am, Miark wrote:
> This is strictly in the context of eDonkey 2000, but
>
> 1) Visit http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/mldonkey/stable/
> 2) Download the tarball that applies to you.
> 3) Untar it.
> 4) cd into the directory, and run ./mldonkey_gui
>
> Miark
>
> "BCSoft@TowerTraining" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> saith:
> > Ok, explain what this is to me. I download a lot of stuff and would love
> > the increased speed.
> > R



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Re: [newbie] serial console question?

[Erik]

If you are using LILO, the better way would be to edit /etc/lilo.conf
and remove 'quiet' from the append= line.  save and then type "lilo"
(with out the quotes) and click enter.  After that, you should see all
startup and shutdown messages.

HTH
Erik



On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 23:51, Vincent Chen wrote:
> Hi, all
> 
> I added 'console=ttyS0' to lilo.conf and can see what's going on
> during system startup. But I keep getting the following message:
> 
> ioctl VT_GETSTATE: Invalid argument
> 
> How can I get rid of them?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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