Re: [newbie-it] Pentium 200MHz
Ste wrote: Salve a tutti, cerco consiglio dai piu' anziani per che release ( se fosse possibile mandrake meglio )optare nel resuscitare un pentium 200MHz con 32 Mb Ram e 4 Mb di scheda video. Dovra' solo occuparsi di scaricare mail da un server e spedirla ( e nemmeno tanto traffico ) e dare la possibilita' di avere almeno una visione di massima di allegati .doc ( Argh ) e pdf. Cioe' un po' di grafica forse ci vuole. Chi mi ha richiesto questo upgrade vorrebbe non avere i tempi di reazione Windows-like ( e gli piace pure Kmail). Siccome di release ce ne sono abbastanza ( pardon anche distribuzioni ) vorrei avere il vostro parere su quale potrei optare per valorizzare tale macchina. Se non ricordo male la mandrake e' forse un po' avida di risorse appena si parla di grafica... sarei disposto ( a malincuore ) a provare anche altro. Qualcuno mi ha sussurrato qualche vecchia debianma ovviamente non quale. Se potete aiutarmi e non tacciarmi di OT ve ne saro' sempre grato. Cordialmente. Stefano. Ciao Stefano, Io uso un pentium pro 200 con 128Mb di ram, scheda video cirrus logic con 1Mb e Mandrake 8.2. Funziona a bomba! anche graficamente. I 32 Mb di ram che hai sono un po poche per KDE, potresti vedere di acquistarne un po da qualche rivenditore di usato a poco prezzo. Io ne ho comprato 64 Mb al prezzo di 15 ¤ al Mark (fiera dell'usato elettronico) di Genova. (OT) A proposito, per chi volesse aumentare il proprio parco macchine, il Mark è una grande opportunità. Io ho acquistato il mio pc completo di tutto (Monitor, Tastiera, Mouse, Scheda di rete, due dischi SCSI da 2Gb estraibili, ecc) a soli 80 ¤! A genova ci sarà il 14-15 /12/2002 però so che è anche in altre città. -- -- Ciao, Lux Linux User # 266688 It took the computing power of three C-64s to fly to the Moon. It takes a 486 to run Windows 95. Something is wrong here.
Re: [newbie-it] Pentium 200MHz
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 20:13:39 +0100 Ste [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Salve a tutti, cerco consiglio dai piu' anziani per che release ( se fosse possibile mandrake meglio )optare nel resuscitare un pentium 200MHz con 32 Mb Ram e 4 Mb di scheda video. Dovra' solo occuparsi di scaricare mail da un server e spedirla ( e nemmeno tanto traffico ) e dare la possibilita' di avere almeno una visione di massima di allegati .doc ( Argh ) e pdf Più che un problema di distribuzione, direi che è un problema di interfaccia grafica. L'importante è evitare KDE e GNOME, che mangiano una marea di RAM, e limitarsi ad un gestore di finestre leggero. Secondo problema è la visione di .pdf e .doc. Per i primi non dovresti aver difficoltà a far girare xpdf e forse anche acroread. Per i secondi, l'uso di Open/StarOffice potrebbe essere proibitivo. Senz'altro puoi usare antiword, catword o simili per convertire i .doc in qualcosa di più leggibile. ciao, Andrea
Re: [newbie-it] Pentium 200MHz
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 09:35:19 +0100 Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (OT) A proposito, per chi volesse aumentare il proprio parco macchine, il Mark è una grande opportunità. Io ho acquistato il mio pc completo di tutto (Monitor, Tastiera, Mouse, Scheda di rete, due dischi SCSI da 2Gb estraibili, ecc) a soli 80 ¤! A genova ci sarà il 14-15 /12/2002 però so che è anche in altre città. Hai un sito web di riferimento? Una grossolana ricerca con Google mi ha mandato un po' a verze :-) Comunque, per le città più grandi, sono utili punti di riferimento i giornalini dell'usato tipo Portaportese, SecondaMano, Io ci ho comprato diversa roba di cui sono soddisfatto. ciao, Andrea PS. dimenticavo www.portaportese.it
[newbie-it] Fiere elettronica (OT) [Was: Pentium 200MHz]
-- Initial Header --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc : Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 09:56:30 +0100 Subject : Re: [newbie-it] Pentium 200MHz On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 09:35:19 +0100 Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (OT) A proposito, per chi volesse aumentare il proprio parco macchine, il Mark è una grande opportunità. Io ho acquistato il mio pc completo di tutto (Monitor, Tastiera, Mouse, Scheda di rete, due dischi SCSI da 2Gb estraibili, ecc) a soli 80 ¤! A genova ci sarà il 14-15 /12/2002 però so che è anche in altre città. Hai un sito web di riferimento? Una grossolana ricerca con Google mi ha mandato un po' a verze :-) Comunque, per le città più grandi, sono utili punti di riferimento i giornalini dell'usato tipo Portaportese, SecondaMano, Io ci ho comprato diversa roba di cui sono soddisfatto. ciao, Andrea PS. dimenticavo www.portaportese.it A Forlì c'è il 7/8 dicembre Mario Lodi Rizzini [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://digilander.libero.it/mlodirizzini (o_ Membro del FoLUG //\ Forlì Linux Users Group V_/_ http://folug.linux.it Linux Mandrake 8.2 su Celeron 733
Re: [newbie-it] Pentium 200MHz
Andrea Celli wrote: On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 09:35:19 +0100 Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (OT) A proposito, per chi volesse aumentare il proprio parco macchine, il Mark è una grande opportunità. Io ho acquistato il mio pc completo di tutto (Monitor, Tastiera, Mouse, Scheda di rete, due dischi SCSI da 2Gb estraibili, ecc) a soli 80 ¤! A genova ci sarà il 14-15 /12/2002 però so che è anche in altre città. Hai un sito web di riferimento? Purtroppo no, prova sui motori di ricerca con MARC (scritto con la C finale). -- -- Ciao, Lux Linux User # 266688 It took the computing power of three C-64s to fly to the Moon. It takes a 486 to run Windows 95. Something is wrong here.
Re: [newbie-it] Spedire posta con Mozilla [OT]
Grazie a Francesco miKe per le delucidazioni ;-) Sempre gradite :-) Bye Giovanni ;-) -- ~/~A \// Membro del FoLUG - http://folug.linux.it ~o)Red Hat 8.0 GNU/Linux Powered --- Credete che se Laura fosse stata sua moglie Petrarca le avrebbe scritto sonetti tutta la vita? - G.G. Byron
Re: [newbie-it] Pentium 200MHz
Ste wrote: ... resuscitare un pentium 200MHz con 32 Mb Ram e 4 Mb di scheda video. Dovra' solo occuparsi di scaricare mail da un server e spedirla ( e nemmeno tanto traffico ) e dare la possibilita' di avere almeno una visione di massima di allegati .doc (Argh) e pdf. Cioe' un po' di grafica forse ci vuole. ... Io ho installato la Mdk 8.1 su di un Pentium 200 con 64 Mb di ram ed una scheda grafica Cirrus Logic da 2 Mb. E' il mio pc di riserva e mi e' risultato essenziale nella gestione della posta (tramite gui) quando ho avuto gravi problemi sulla workstation dalla quale sto postando ora. Kde, ovviamente, non e' un fulmine di guerra (neanche Gnome). Ci vogliono una trentina di secondi per caricare la gui all'avvio del sistema ma, poi, il tutto funziona anche se con qualche rallentamento dovuto a frequenti swap su disco. Senza pretese, mi sembra cmq funzionale. Forse pero' su configurazioni hardware cosi' obsolete 32 Mb di ram di differenza hanno il loro peso. Che ti costa pero' tentare l'installazione? ;-) Se lo fai pero' vedi di avere un lettore cd superiore ai 6x. Con il mio vecchio masterizzatore 2-2-6 c'ho messo 1 e 40' per installare la Mdk 8.1 :-( Bye Giovanni ;-) -- ~/~A \// Membro del FoLUG - http://folug.linux.it ~o)Red Hat 8.0 GNU/Linux Powered --- Credete che se Laura fosse stata sua moglie Petrarca le avrebbe scritto sonetti tutta la vita? - G.G. Byron
Re: [newbie-it] cartella home
per quel che rigarda il fastidio dei .kde o .gnome direi che e' pressochè nullo ed al limite si risolve con un'aggiustatina ai menù. direi che per questa domanda sia tutto ciao francesco Scusa se mi intrometto nel thread. Ho appena installato MDK 9.0 ed avrei un gran piacere di mettere le mani nel menu KDE, come facevo con Windows. Mi ritrovo ad esempio con un link ad acrobat reader senza alcuna icona e non riesco a nemmeno a vederlo con menudrake, figuramoci a metterlo sotto il folder publishing. Potresti aiutarmi? Franco
Re: [newbie-it] Slack
Alle 08:10, mercoledì 13 novembre 2002, Beppe ha scritto: scusate ma posso fare una domanda da profano? cos'ha di interessante la slack? mi sembra che venga considerata un punto di arrivo da molti ma a quanto ne so è la distro in cui ci sono meno tools grafici. Intendo, se invece di usare un tool grafico apro il terminale e lavoro da lì non è come usare slack? Il succo della mia domanda è (per dirla con parole pompose): c'è un momento della vita in cui si cambia filosofia e si decide che i tools grafici non li si vuole più perchè è tempo di sentire la macchina completamente in proprio potere, o ci sono vantaggi oggettivi nell'usare la slack rispetto ad altre distro? Rimango dell'opinione che linux rimanga linux, indipendentemente dalla carrozzeria; quello che differenzia un utente dall'utonto è la consapevolezza che se vuole mettere a punto il suo sistema deve comunqueaprire il cofano del motore. Continuando con le analogie, che tu abbia una Bentley superaccessoriata e bellissima, o una Ferrari spartana e velocissima, comunque quando la devi mettere a punto, la porti da un tizio in tuta sporco di grasso e con una chiave inglese in mano (almeno io faccio così con la mia Ferrari e la mia Bentley; con la Maserati no...) Slack _impone_ una conoscenza del sistema per un suo corretto settaggio ed utilizzo, ma certamente mdk non te lo _impedisce_; il fatto che sia luccicante e coloratissima non fa di questa distribuzione un'emula diWin (almeno per adesso, e spero di non essere smentito...) Vale. -- - -- Fabio Manunza -- ## n° macchina 140545 ## -
[newbie-it] curiosità
Ciao a tutti, in cima al menù del KDE compaiono le applicazioni usate più di recente, o più spesso (secondo le scelte dell'utente). Queste informazioni devono essere contenute in qualche file, probabilmente nella cartella /home/utente. Ho dato un'occhiata in giro, ma non sono riuscito a trovarle. Qualcuno sa dove si trovino? Grazie... Daniele
Re: [newbie-it] Slack
Mi attacco qui, perchè ho perso il post precedente Alle 08:10, mercoledì 13 novembre 2002, Beppe ha scritto: scusate ma posso fare una domanda da profano? cos'ha di interessante la slack? mi sembra che venga considerata un punto di arrivo da molti ma a quanto ne so è la distro in cui ci sono meno tools grafici. Intendo, se invece di usare un tool grafico apro il terminale e lavoro da lì non è come usare slack? Quello che succede è che, per permettere gli automatismi dei tool grafici, in Mandrake si sono apportate delle modifiche ad alcuni file di configurazione. Poi, già dal momento dell'installazione vengono fatte configurazioni, attivazioni, ... su cui non hai completo controllo. Quindi, è un po' più difficile sostituirsi agli automatismi che farne a meno fin dal principio. Il succo della mia domanda è (per dirla con parole pompose): c'è un momento della vita in cui si cambia filosofia e si decide che i tools grafici non li si vuole più perchè è tempo di sentire la macchina completamente in proprio potere, .o ci sono vantaggi oggettivi nell'usare la slack rispetto ad altre distro? E' un po' come gli abiti: se hai un buon sarto che te lo fa su misura (a parte il costo) hai qualcosa che si adatta perfettamente a te, se hai problemi particolari te li risolve. D'altra parte un buon vestito preconfezionato, magari firmato, va benissimo nel 99,999% dei casi e, spesso, meglio. Chiedi ad un ragazzino se preferisce un jeans griffato o un paio di pantaloni confezionati a mano :-) ciao, andrea
[newbie-it] sendmail
Ciao a tutta la lista! ho visto che in questi giorni si sta parlando parecchio di autenticazione by smtp. Vorrei sapere come sarebbe meglio configurare sendmail per spedirmi lui la mia posta e senza dover impazzire tutte le volte se decido di connettermi tramite un altro provider di continuo (causa minor costo...). In più volevo sapere che cosa dovrebbe cambiare se lo installo e lo uso in una lan con un firewall che non fa passare i pacchetti udp e penso anche tcp (non vorrei dire una vaccata ma in pratica posso usare solo web, ssh) Grazie!__Ma quante ne sai? Mettiti alla prova con QuizShow!
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Re: [newbie-it] cartella home
-- Messaggio inoltrato -- Subject: Re: [newbie-it] cartella home Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 16:25:47 +0100 From: Emiliano La Licata [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alle 11:12, mercoledì 13 novembre 2002, Franco ha scritto: avrei un gran piacere di mettere le mani nel menu KDE, come facevo con Windows. Beh, forse sarebbe meglio tentare di dimenticare Windows, almeno quando si è sotto linux e sforzarsi di entrare nelle logiche linux, molto più sottili e complesse Mi ritrovo ad esempio con un link ad acrobat reader senza alcuna icona e tasto destro del mouse sul link , poi proprietà e ti appare una bella cartella con una immagine gigante di una icona, nel tuo caso forse trovi una icone standard, clicca su e scegli l'icona che vuoi per il link non riesco a nemmeno a vederlo con menudrake, figuramoci a metterlo sotto il folder publishing. Questo è molto strano perché con la 9.0 se installi qualcosa poi generalmente trova subito spazio nel folder del menù. Comunque andando su configura pannello, aggiungi pulsante dovresti potere fare ciò che tenti di fare... ---
[newbie-it] rpmbin
ciao a tutti,vorrei sapere come installare un pacchetto rpm.bin e precisamente il plugin java per mozilla potete aiutarmi mario
[newbie-it] copie raw
Buondì a tutti, Qualcuno, tempo fa, ha scritto che è possibile fare copie raw di cd con gnome-toaster utilizzando ???. Mail-archive non mi aiuta :-(. E' possibile avere qualche dritta in merito? Grazie anticipate A proposito, col gnometoaster sono riuscito anch'io a fare copie al volo di cd audio (e sottolineo audio) senza nemmeno emulare il lettore in scsi ;-), non mi accetta, però, la modalità dao, c'è modo di rimediare? Gpaolo e slackizziamola sta lista, tanto male non farà __ Scarica il nuovo Yahoo! Messenger: con webcam, nuove faccine e tante altre novità. http://it.yahoo.com/mail_it/foot/?http://it.messenger.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie-it] Pentium 200MHz
- Original Message - From: CyberPenguin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mdk ML [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 10:20 AM Subject: Re: [newbie-it] Pentium 200MHz Ste wrote: ... resuscitare un pentium 200MHz con 32 Mb Ram e 4 Mb di scheda video. Dovra' solo occuparsi di scaricare mail da un server e spedirla ( e nemmeno tanto traffico ) e dare la possibilita' di avere almeno una visione di massima di allegati .doc (Argh) e pdf. Cioe' un po' di grafica forse ci vuole. ... Io ho installato la Mdk 8.1 su di un Pentium 200 con 64 Mb di ram ed una scheda grafica Cirrus Logic da 2 Mb. E' il mio pc di riserva e mi e' risultato essenziale nella gestione della posta (tramite gui) quando ho avuto gravi problemi sulla workstation dalla quale sto postando ora. Kde, ovviamente, non e' un fulmine di guerra (neanche Gnome). Ci vogliono una trentina di secondi per caricare la gui all'avvio del sistema ma, poi, il tutto funziona anche se con qualche rallentamento dovuto a frequenti swap su disco. Senza pretese, mi sembra cmq funzionale. Forse pero' su configurazioni hardware cosi' obsolete 32 Mb di ram di differenza hanno il loro peso. Che ti costa pero' tentare l'installazione? ;-) Se lo fai pero' vedi di avere un lettore cd superiore ai 6x. Con il mio vecchio masterizzatore 2-2-6 c'ho messo 1 e 40' per installare la Mdk 8.1 :-( se poi non hai la possibilità di un cd 6x o superiore e sei in rete, installa un desktop grafico, le utilities di gestione per gli rpm (una ventina di minuti) e un client di rete e poi completi l'istallazione usando come sorgenti di dati le rpm di linux su un pc più potente. la rete funziona a 9x (12,5 MByte/s). su un pc simile (cyrix 686 con 32 M di ram) ha funzionato. ti conviene comunque un'istallazione minima e se possibile avere 2 HD, uno con la root e l'altro con swap (portato a 512) e /home per limitare i rallentamenti. Bye Giovanni ;-) -- ~/~A \// Membro del FoLUG - http://folug.linux.it ~o)Red Hat 8.0 GNU/Linux Powered --- Credete che se Laura fosse stata sua moglie Petrarca le avrebbe scritto sonetti tutta la vita? - G.G. Byron può anche darsi che petrarca avesse sia la moglie che l'amante di nome laura; era utile anche per non imbrogliarsi nei momenti in cui è facile sbagliarsi.- C.De Pasquale
Re: [newbie-it] cartella home
Emiliano La Licata ha scritto: Beh, forse sarebbe meglio tentare di dimenticare Windows, almeno quando si è sotto linux e sforzarsi di entrare nelle logiche linux, molto più sottili e complesse ... sono sicuro che per chi lo sa fare deve essere esaltante, e forse lo sara' anche per me, ma solo fra qualche tempo ;-) Mi ritrovo ad esempio con un link ad acrobat reader senza alcuna icona e tasto destro del mouse sul link , poi proprietà e ti appare una bella cartella con una immagine gigante di una icona, nel tuo caso forse trovi una icone standard, clicca su e scegli l'icona che vuoi per il link non riesco a nemmeno a vederlo con menudrake, figuramoci a metterlo sotto il folder publishing. Questo è molto strano perché con la 9.0 se installi qualcosa poi generalmente trova subito spazio nel folder del menù. Comunque andando su configura pannello, aggiungi pulsante dovresti potere fare ciò che tenti di fare... Temo di essermi espresso male, il di cui parlo non si trva sul desktop, ma nella barra K, cioe' il menu KDE, dove trovo sotto a: terminali una povera icona col punto interrogativo che mi rimanda ad Acrobat reader, installato in locale. Menudrake, come accennavo, non ne riporta traccia. Grazie ancora per qualsiasi consiglio Franco
[newbie-it] ati radeon sapphire 7500
Ciao a tutta la lista. Ho installato la mdk 9.0 e ho un problema con la suddetta scheda video.Questa è riconosciuta come radeon generica solo che se io mantengo le scelte fatte dall' X server il monitor si spegne (display not found) mentre tutto funziona se scelgo per la scheda video fbdev .La versione 4.2 di Xfree supporta le ati 7500 e quindi mi chiedo:il problema dipende dal fatto che la Sapphire non è un ati originale o da qualcosa d'altro?Per quello che so le due schede si differiscono per il fatto che la Sapphire ha prestazioni inferiori (frequenza inferiore?).Ho scritto alla sapphire e mi hanno rimandato al sito dell' Ati. Qualcuno può aiutarmi? Grazie.
Re: [newbie-it] rpmbin
Alle 16:38, mercoledì 13 novembre 2002, masco ha scritto: ciao a tutti,vorrei sapere come installare un pacchetto rpm.bin e precisamente il plugin java per mozilla potete aiutarmi mario Io avevo scaricato i binari .tar.gz, ma presumo che a te non importi molto... Comunque, non mi sembra un pacchetto rpm (prova per sicurezza a dare un file nomepacchetto e vedi un po' che ti dice). Se, come presumo, sono dei binari precompilati, te la dovresti cavare semplicemente copiandoli nelle directory apposite. Se invece è un rpm, allora dovrebbe fare tutto lui. Verifica alla fine del processo la presenza in /mozilla/plugins del link simbolico alla libreria java. Vale. -- - -- Fabio Manunza -- ## n° macchina 140545 ## -
Re: [newbie-it] Slack
Alle 08:10, mercoledì 13 novembre 2002, contorcendoti la mente su Re: [newbie-it] Slack, Beppe hai scritto: scusate ma posso fare una domanda da profano? cos'ha di interessante la slack? Sinceramente non sapevo che la Slack avesse questa fama, io cercavo solo qualcosa di piu' personalizzato perche', ahime', con tutti i suoi automatismi la MDK e' un po' pesantuccia per il mio PC. Visto che mi e' capitato un Cd di installazione sotto mano, che ho spazio in abbondanza sul disco fisso e soprattutto che ho voglia di farmi del male l'ho provata, e mi ha ammaliato, semplicemente mostrandosi un po' piu' leggera della MDK. Ma e' anche (imho, che sono agli inizi) piuttosto ostica. -- Arwan
Re: [newbie-it] rpmbin
Fabio Manunza wrote: Alle 16:38, mercoledì 13 novembre 2002, masco ha scritto: ciao a tutti,vorrei sapere come installare un pacchetto rpm.bin e precisamente il plugin java per mozilla potete aiutarmi mario Io avevo scaricato i binari .tar.gz, ma presumo che a te non importi molto... Comunque, non mi sembra un pacchetto rpm (prova per sicurezza a dare un file nomepacchetto e vedi un po' che ti dice). Se, come presumo, sono dei binari precompilati, te la dovresti cavare semplicemente copiandoli nelle directory apposite. Se invece è un rpm, allora dovrebbe fare tutto lui. Verifica alla fine del processo la presenza in /mozilla/plugins del link simbolico alla libreria java. Vale. rendi il bin eseguibile cambiando i permessi ed aprilo da shell leggerai tutta una pappardella di licenza che la sun vorrebbe che ci leggessimo e poi ti crea un rpm ( l'altro puoi buttarlo e tenere questo ) l'rpm lo puoi usare normalmente ... ma vuoi installare solo il plug in o tutto java? io ti ocnsiglio tutto java sono molti mega ma poi ci fa andare sia il plugin che limewire ciao vete
Re: [newbie-it] MDK 9.0 nei negozi
Ciao, scrivo per un rilevante problema tecnico... ;) Qualcuno ha già trovato il PowerPack della nuova Mandrake in qualche negozio di Roma? Io la sto cercando nei negozi di informatica e nelle librerie che vendono software, ma ancora non ne ho trovato una copia... forse qualcuno è stato più fortunato di me. Grazie in anticipo per le eventuali risposte ed indicazioni! Daniele Nelle riviste puoi trovare la versione in tre dischetti mentre per la PP è iniziata la distribuzione il 7 novembre con precedenza a chi l'aveva già prenotata tramite MandrakeStore (come me ;) ). _ MSN Extra Storage! Hotmail all'ennesima potenza. Provalo! http://www.msn.it/msnservizi/es/
[newbie-it] Men ( cartella home)
Original Message Subject: Menù ( cartella home) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 19:41:08 +0100 From: francesco.melo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] il tool menudrake e' secondo me il peggiore di tutta la distribuzione insieme a quell'incasinato che dovrebbe settarti un firewall ed invece mi accende il forno , apre le finestre del salone e purtroppo tenta di chiudere tutte le porte ... cmq io non sono quasi mai riuscito ad usare menudrake con soddisfazione. o spariscono icone e me ne ritrovo altre che non voglio e che non ci sono etc etc... cmq nella tua home hai una cartella nascosta che inizia come tante con un punto .kde al suo interno trovi altre cartelle ed anche i menù delle varie aplicazioni io spesso ho risolto cancellando da li altre volte aggiungendo a mano o spostando le applicazioni dove volevo io ... non vorrei dire una fesseria ma dovrebbe esistere anche un menu update-menus a volte funziona a volte no :) ah ...dienticavo i menù quelli che iniziano con mdk non quelli applink semplici ...trovi anche dove mettere le icone ciaooo vete
Re: [newbie-it] grip
Alle 19:43, mercoledì 13 novembre 2002, hai scritto: masco wrote: come posso riaprire un programma che è stato configurato male,nel caso specifico è stato selezionato un cdrom insistente cdrom3 adesso il programma non si apre più è possibile rimettere tutto a posto grazie mario grip avrà 10 settaggi in tuttocercati .grip ( e' un file di testo stavolta ) e prova ad editarlo la linea che ti interessa è una delle prime..altrimenit prima rinominalo in .gripold e rifai i settaggi ciao vete tutto bene..grazie mille mario
[newbie-it] kmail
volevo trasferire la mia rubrica di kmail su un altro computer. Il problema è che questa operazione la devo fare via ssh con un 56 k. siccome non posso fare il backup di tutta la cartella home dato che tra file nascosti e normali è troppo grande da spostare, volrvo spostare solo i file relativi all'address book ma non li ho trovati (più semplicemente erano quelli sbagliati!) Qualcuno mi sa indicare più semplicemente quali sono i file incrimati? uso la mdk 8.2 con il kde 2.2.2 grazie a chiunque mi possa aiutare!__Ma quante ne sai? Mettiti alla prova con QuizShow!
Re: [newbie] Configuring Hauppage Bt846KPF in MDK 9.0
On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 00:35, Technoslick wrote: Someone posted to this listserv that they were using a Hauppage video capture card in Linux. I can't seem to find that posting so...I am asking for help from anyone, especially anyone using this card to capture analog video from a VHS-C camcorder... I have an older version (Bt848KPF) Hauppage video capture card in MDK 9.0. The card shows up in Hardware as a TVCard in MCC, and seems to be configured properly. I just can't figure out how to get any use out of it. XawTV will not even run. It hangs as it tries to load and then quits. I have tried as root and user. I have also tried a couple of other programs, but still no joy. I have used this card before in a Windows environment and already have experience in video capturing from my camcorder. It originally came with my U.S. Robotics BipPicture Webcam. I think that my inexperience with Linux is killing me here. :-( Any suggestions welcome! TIA T I seem to remember finding a whole schmeer of pages dedicated to TV apps for linux when I was mucking around in RH 7.2 with my 878TV card...can't quite remember any of the main pages, but I did have to tweak some things to get the XawTV working properly...after that, though, it did work like a charm...have you tried digging through http://freshmeat.net for any TV based linux applications? (I think that's where I found the links mate) -- Wed Nov 13 18:55:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 My doctorate's in Literature, but it seems like a pretty good pulse to me. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I'm getting peeved!
On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 01:37, Alastair Scott wrote: As someone whose Lexmark printer has just run out of ink (and it's only about £30 more to get a decent new printer than replace the cartridges) I've been thinking about this. Realistically, the choice for a cheap inkjet running under Linux is between HP and Epson; Canon drivers are poor and Lexmark terrible or nonexistent. If Linux has 5 per cent of market share in OSs, I'd say that each of those manufacturers has less than 1 per cent Linux customers. Evidently HP (in particular) thinks that providing workable drivers for that fraction of users is worthwhile, but Lexmark (in particular) doesn't. I don't know, and will probably never know, the corporate motivations for these stances, but that they are so different is interesting. Alastair In a corporate network environment, HP's are primarily used for *NIX/linux boxes. This is from experience. Especially ink jet plotters. Besides, HP printers are just damn cool, and never choke'n'puke like the others. Don't do Epson. They suck. And I sell 'em. -- Wed Nov 13 18:55:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 My doctorate's in Literature, but it seems like a pretty good pulse to me. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Gnome Wave Cleaner
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 19:35:56 + Peter Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just made my first attempt at compiling and installing a package (gwc-0.17-5) from source. Unfortunately I'm in trouble. The GWC README file lists FFTW and libsndfile as dependencies and I downloaded these and they seem to have compiled and installed ok, after a bit of confusion as to whether libsndfile should be in /usr/local/lib or /usr/lib they seem alright. However when I come to ./configure gwc it complains with the error:- Could not find gnomeConf.sh file that is generated by gnome-libs install I certainly have no gnomeConf.sh file and yet I do have gnome-libs-1.4.2-1mdk installed. Has anyone got any pointers as to what is wrong. TIA Pete Artdnamurchan Scotland You have to install libgnome32-devel-1.4.2-1mdk. HTH, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Planning ahead (small piggyback)
snip Whenever I've done installs this way, I've even re-named my /mnt/win_c partition (and occasionally even a /mnt/win_d) to /Windows and /Archive with no problems whatsoever. Then at least I can find those partitions quicker in Konqueror, and I don't have to wait for Konqueror to auto-mount my CDrom or Floppy drives each time I need access to the Windows or Archive partition. Actually, I just finished one of these types of installs this past weekend. Works like a charm. Have fun! (?) Lanman snip You have mounted them at root level? That would stop the 5 second disk shuffle pause nicely. Couldn't you edit an existing system with links in your /home/user/ that would work as quick? -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] swann USB webcam...
Hi Guys, After much searching and bidding on ebay for a webcam and failing to get anything at a decent price.. I found a webcam new that is far cheaper then what they were going for on ebay.. http://www.swann.com.au/products/usb/versacam/versacam.htm just wondering if this thing will work on linux??? I want to start writing linux drivers someday, but not just yet.. :-) so I'm hoping it will work out of the box.. I want to buy 5 of them and setup a webcam security monitor for the house... (as a programming project.) anyone know of this thing?? rgds Frank Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Lets help get some linux drivers.
Hi Guys, This month, I have emailed 3 different hardware manufacturers asking if they had linux drivers for their product (I pick one product from their site and email them about it.) generally the answer in most cases is no.. but thats not the point, if we all send 2 or 3 of these emails a month,, how long would it be before they start considing their lost market?? what do you guys think of this idea??? Its a thought... and I think an important one. nothing is going to happen fast unless we start doing this sort of thing. rgds Frank Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Lets help get some linux drivers.
13 2002 11:06, / Franki : I agree wholeheartedly. Count me in it too. But let's agree about the products first. Which one of those are of common interest? Hi Guys, This month, I have emailed 3 different hardware manufacturers asking if they had linux drivers for their product (I pick one product from their site and email them about it.) generally the answer in most cases is no.. but thats not the point, if we all send 2 or 3 of these emails a month,, how long would it be before they start considing their lost market?? what do you guys think of this idea??? Its a thought... and I think an important one. nothing is going to happen fast unless we start doing this sort of thing. rgds Frank -- ## Mandrake-Linux 9.0 (Dolphin) Registered Linux User 271321 http://counter.li.org ## Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] location of netscape/mozilla mail, address, bookmark files
On Wednesday 13 Nov 2002 3:35 am, Chris Edwards wrote: I just installed mozilla after having used netscape 7. I would like to uninstall/delete Netscape but want to ensure I don't delete my settings, bookmarks, address contacts, mail, mail settings. Where would these be kept? /usr/local/netscape and /usr/local/mozilla? Any suggestions? i686, Mandrake 9.0 Neither of those places. They will be in ~/.netscape and will not be erased if you remove netscape (~ = your home, . = hidden ) derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Planning ahead (small piggyback)
Yup. Don't see why not. But if your systems and users are trusted, it shouldn't make any serious difference. Lanman *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 13/11/2002 at 10:06 PM Michael Adams wrote: snip Whenever I've done installs this way, I've even re-named my /mnt/win_c partition (and occasionally even a /mnt/win_d) to /Windows and /Archive with no problems whatsoever. Then at least I can find those partitions quicker in Konqueror, and I don't have to wait for Konqueror to auto-mount my CDrom or Floppy drives each time I need access to the Windows or Archive partition. Actually, I just finished one of these types of installs this past weekend. Works like a charm. Have fun! (?) Lanman snip You have mounted them at root level? That would stop the 5 second disk shuffle pause nicely. Couldn't you edit an existing system with links in your /home/user/ that would work as quick? -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Gnome Wave Cleaner
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 19:35:56 + Peter Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just made my first attempt at compiling and installing a package (gwc-0.17-5) from source. Unfortunately I'm in trouble. The GWC README file lists FFTW and libsndfile as dependencies and I downloaded these and they seem to have compiled and installed ok, after a bit of confusion as to whether libsndfile should be in /usr/local/lib or /usr/lib they seem alright. However when I come to ./configure gwc it complains with the error:- Could not find gnomeConf.sh file that is generated by gnome-libs install I certainly have no gnomeConf.sh file and yet I do have gnome-libs-1.4.2-1mdk installed. Has anyone got any pointers as to what is wrong. No idea why this kind of thing happens but it is a common fault/problem. One suggestion from previous posts is to reinstall gnome-libs from your distribution disks. In case it helps I am appending my gnomeConf.sh file for Mandrake 8.2. It goes in /usr/lib. Good luck -- Len Lawrence gnomeConf.sh Description: Binary data Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] location of netscape/mozilla mail, address, bookmarkfiles
Chris Edwards wrote: I just installed mozilla after having used netscape 7. I would like to uninstall/delete Netscape but want to ensure I don't delete my settings, bookmarks, address contacts, mail, mail settings. Where would these be kept? /usr/local/netscape and /usr/local/mozilla? /home/chris/.netscape and /home/chris/.mozilla Sir Robin -- You almost never hear that word computer anymore, do you? They're part of everything now. They used to be boxes with keyboards, you know. - Tad Williams Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Üniversitesi Ankara Turkey http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RE: kiosk?
On Tuesday 12 Nov 2002 11:49 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 12 Nov 2002 11:24 pm, Schwenk, Jeanie wrote: I'm not sure if a kiosk is what will solve my problem. Advice would be very appreciated. Here's the problem: I am putting a linux pc in our fab (semiconductor) as a test to prove to management that linux is a viable, inexpensive option to utilize in our manufacturing plant. (verses new xterms at $6K or more a pop, new servers, or new windows pizza boxes). I need to prevent the technicians from hacking the box, from surfing, from installing ... you name it. They need to be able to run ONLY the guis/programs that allow manufacturing to continue smoothly. What is the best way to have the machine automatically boot into a window manager that has only a background menu pick that I can program? It does not have to start any software upon restart but that would be a plus. Thanks. Jeanie Something like this ? http://www.oeone.com/products/desktop.html It uses Mozilla as a sort of centralised interface to apps. Works on RedHat and now also Mandrake. Alternatively you could just define user accounts which have a limited set of menu items, and no shell available. If you modify the users 'PATH' to remove /usr/bin for example, then they will be unable to run any application other than ones you specifically put in their path by creating a symlink from the application to some directory in their PATH. Look at /etc/profile to see the PATH available to all users, and ~/.bash_profile to see how the PATH is modified for individual users. derek If I can rubbish my own suggestion - Changing the Path on its own does not improve security since anyone who knows the 'long path' to an application can still run it. But here are two more suggestions for 'locking it down.' Change the permissions on /usr/bin (and other directories containing apps) to 750 root,admin where admin is a group containing trusted users. This will prevent any untrusted user from executing any of those apps. Then for any app you want available to all, make the permissions 755. The next step in complexity is to use PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules). The best way to describe PAM is by example. halt is the name of the application to stop a computer. If you want to run it you execute /usr/bin/halt, but /usr/bin/halt is not actually the halt application. It is a symlink to another application called consolehelper. When you want to run halt you first go to consolehelper which compares the name of the application it was called by (halt) with a list of files in /etc/pam.d If there is a file in there of the same name, then the contents of that file are used to determine if the user making the request has sufficient rights. Looking at the contents of /etc/pam.d/halt shows us the tests performed. These lines mean that it is OK for root to use halt, but other users have to pass a security test first. If the test is passed execution passes over to the halt command which is actually held in /sbin/halt For a description of the Pam commands see http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/ As for Window Managers, you can use anything you like. With KDE for example you could modify all the Hot Keys to disable features like Alt+F2 (execute command). Using menudrake you can customise the menus, and apply them across all Window Managers, and stopping services like mgetty will disable console access ( Ctl+Alt+F1 etc) With browsers, you can configure konqueror for example to not show its menu bar, so depriving users of the chance to alter settings, and squid-guard can be used to block access to all internet sites other than work related ones to stop them surfing porn on the late shift. You could have endless fun with this project :) derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] KDE KMail 1.4.3: Unknown Host Error Message - O.T.---0 5
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Steve Jeppesen Sent: 12 November 2002 23:31 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE KMail 1.4.3: Unknown Host Error Message - O.T. Good Day Daniel, I do not know if I am the only one receiving this, but on every post you make to the list here, I get a message stating This messages asks for a return receipt. along with a button to send the receipt. Not too sure of your email program, but I am using Sylpheed 0.8.5claws. Microsoft Outlook 2000. Is it possible to disable that feature in your email program? Before I send messages to the newbie newsgroup, I disable the receipt request in the mail program. (I didn't realise that it could be an annoyance.) In the subject field of your e-mail, what does the abbreviation O.T. stand for? Daniel (the prompt I receive to send you a receipt that is) Unless of coarse, you do want to receive a receipt or a notice that every (possibly) list memeber here received your post? lol Anybody else receiving these prompts to return a receipt? On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 20:09:37 - Daniel P Wheeler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Linux Mandrake 9.0 (with Linux kernel 2.4.19-16mdk) was installed in an IBM compatible PC. In the KDE mail client KMail 1.4.3 (used in the K Desktop Environment 3.0.3) an error message was produced when either an attempt to send mail or received mail was made. (An external MODEM--the 3Com USRobotics 56 K Professional Message Modem--was used on the first serial port.) In File, Check Mail an error message was produced: Error--KMail Unknown host pop.ntlworld.com. In File, Send Queued the following error message was displayed: Error--KMail Sending failed: Unknown host smtp.ntlworld.com The message will stay in the 'outbox' folder until you either fix the problem (e.g. a broken address) or remove the message from the 'outbox' folder Note: Other messages will also be blocked by this message, as long as it is in the 'outbox' folder The following transport protocol was used: ntlworld. The KDE mail client: KMail 1.4.3 was configured as follows. Settings, Configure KMail, Network, Sending, General Name:ntlworld Host: smtp.ntlworld.com Port: 25 Settings, Configure KMail, Network, Receiving, General Name:ntlworld Login: danielp.wheeler Password: Host: pop.ntlworld.com Port: 110 In the Linux Mandrake 9.0 (with Linux kernel 2.4.19-16mdk) shutting-down process the messages Shutting down NMB services [FAILED] Shutting down SMB services [FAILED] were produced. The Mandrake Linux 9.0 (with Linux kernel 2.4.19-16mdk) installation dialup options were: Connection name:ntlworld Phone number: 126308005190100 Login ID:danielp.wheeler Password: Authentication: PAP Domain name: ntlworld.com First DNS Server (optional): 194.168.4.100 Second DNS Server (optional): 194.168.8.100. (PAP was the default. Other options were: terminal based, script based and CHAP.) In Networking, Remote access, KPP (Internet Dial-up Tool) the Login Script Debug Window displayed: ATZ~ OK ATM0L0 OK ATDT126308005190100~ CONNECT 34666/ARQ. In Networking, Remote access, KPPP (Internet Dial-up Tool) the KPPP PPP log produced: pppd 2.4.1 started by danielpwheeler, uid 501 using channel 2 Using interface ppp0 Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/tts/0 sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 asyncmap 0x0 magic 0xe5c792d7 pccomp accomp] sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 asyncmap 0x0 magic 0xe5c792d7 pccomp accomp] Terminating on signal 15. sent [LCP TermReq id-0x2 User request] sent [LCP TermReq id-0x3 User request] Connection terminated Exit. In Windows XP Profession HyperTerminal 5.1 the following was displayed Ntlworld_Free MAN-CVX-1A login:
[newbie] Moved CDROM
Hi - I moved my CDROM from slave on IDE one to master on IDE two, in Linux speak from hdb to hdc - I think. When I rebooted kduzu popped up and removed the config file. everything is fine in file manager - I can access the CDROM drive - but the problem is with KCD Player and Grip. Both can't access the drive. I presume they are still trying to access /dev/hdb instead of /dev/hdc. Where do I change these settings? George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 073 3172714 Africa is not for sissies - tata ma chance - Syd Kitchen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Lets help get some linux drivers.
well, if you guys give me suggestions, I'll knock up a web page with them all on it, and email address's... and we can keep a numbering system so we know how many emails each manufacturer has received. Lets start a movement. :-) good idea? rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Dimitris Ioannou Sent: Wednesday, 13 November 2002 6:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Lets help get some linux drivers. Óôéò Ôåô 13 Íïå 2002 11:06, ï/ç Franki Ýãñáøå: I agree wholeheartedly. Count me in it too. But let's agree about the products first. Which one of those are of common interest? Hi Guys, This month, I have emailed 3 different hardware manufacturers asking if they had linux drivers for their product (I pick one product from their site and email them about it.) generally the answer in most cases is no.. but thats not the point, if we all send 2 or 3 of these emails a month,, how long would it be before they start considing their lost market?? what do you guys think of this idea??? Its a thought... and I think an important one. nothing is going to happen fast unless we start doing this sort of thing. rgds Frank -- ## Mandrake-Linux 9.0 (Dolphin) Registered Linux User 271321 http://counter.li.org ## Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Lets help get some linux drivers.
my first response from a hardware manufacturer... This is a australian company with overseas offices... They go promptly into the Shame file. rgds Frank -- Hi Franki, Thank you for your message. With reference to your message, please note that we do not support the Linux operating system, even though our products MAY work on it. My advice to you is that if you want to try it, then go ahead, but please be aware that we will not be able to answer any technical questions on it. Best regards. Swann Communications Swann UK Technical Support Unit 6A Westmoreland House Cumberland Park 80 Scrubs Lane London NW10 6RE UK Phone +44 (020) 8964 9111 Fax +44 (020) 8964 9222 www.swann.com.au ftp.swann.com.au mailto:uksupport;swann.com.au -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Franki Sent: Wednesday, 13 November 2002 5:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Lets help get some linux drivers. Hi Guys, This month, I have emailed 3 different hardware manufacturers asking if they had linux drivers for their product (I pick one product from their site and email them about it.) generally the answer in most cases is no.. but thats not the point, if we all send 2 or 3 of these emails a month,, how long would it be before they start considing their lost market?? what do you guys think of this idea??? Its a thought... and I think an important one. nothing is going to happen fast unless we start doing this sort of thing. rgds Frank Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE KMail 1.4.3: Unknown Host Error Message - O.T.---0 5
OT == Off Topic - Original Message - From: Daniel P Wheeler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 6:42 AM Subject: [newbie] KDE KMail 1.4.3: Unknown Host Error Message - O.T.---0 5 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Steve Jeppesen Sent: 12 November 2002 23:31 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE KMail 1.4.3: Unknown Host Error Message - O.T. Good Day Daniel, I do not know if I am the only one receiving this, but on every post you make to the list here, I get a message stating This messages asks for a return receipt. along with a button to send the receipt. Not too sure of your email program, but I am using Sylpheed 0.8.5claws. Microsoft Outlook 2000. Is it possible to disable that feature in your email program? Before I send messages to the newbie newsgroup, I disable the receipt request in the mail program. (I didn't realise that it could be an annoyance.) In the subject field of your e-mail, what does the abbreviation O.T. stand for? Daniel (the prompt I receive to send you a receipt that is) Unless of coarse, you do want to receive a receipt or a notice that every (possibly) list memeber here received your post? lol Anybody else receiving these prompts to return a receipt? On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 20:09:37 - Daniel P Wheeler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Linux Mandrake 9.0 (with Linux kernel 2.4.19-16mdk) was installed in an IBM compatible PC. In the KDE mail client KMail 1.4.3 (used in the K Desktop Environment 3.0.3) an error message was produced when either an attempt to send mail or received mail was made. (An external MODEM--the 3Com USRobotics 56 K Professional Message Modem--was used on the first serial port.) In File, Check Mail an error message was produced: Error--KMail Unknown host pop.ntlworld.com. In File, Send Queued the following error message was displayed: Error--KMail Sending failed: Unknown host smtp.ntlworld.com The message will stay in the 'outbox' folder until you either fix the problem (e.g. a broken address) or remove the message from the 'outbox' folder Note: Other messages will also be blocked by this message, as long as it is in the 'outbox' folder The following transport protocol was used: ntlworld. The KDE mail client: KMail 1.4.3 was configured as follows. Settings, Configure KMail, Network, Sending, General Name:ntlworld Host: smtp.ntlworld.com Port: 25 Settings, Configure KMail, Network, Receiving, General Name:ntlworld Login:danielp.wheeler Password: Host: pop.ntlworld.com Port: 110 In the Linux Mandrake 9.0 (with Linux kernel 2.4.19-16mdk) shutting-down process the messages Shutting down NMB services [FAILED] Shutting down SMB services [FAILED] were produced. The Mandrake Linux 9.0 (with Linux kernel 2.4.19-16mdk) installation dialup options were: Connection name:ntlworld Phone number: 126308005190100 Login ID:danielp.wheeler Password: Authentication: PAP Domain name: ntlworld.com First DNS Server (optional): 194.168.4.100 Second DNS Server (optional): 194.168.8.100. (PAP was the default. Other options were: terminal based, script based and CHAP.) In Networking, Remote access, KPP (Internet Dial-up Tool) the Login Script Debug Window displayed: ATZ~ OK ATM0L0 OK ATDT126308005190100~ CONNECT 34666/ARQ. In Networking, Remote access, KPPP (Internet Dial-up Tool) the KPPP PPP log produced: pppd 2.4.1 started by danielpwheeler, uid 501 using channel 2 Using interface ppp0 Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/tts/0 sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 asyncmap 0x0 magic 0xe5c792d7 pccomp accomp] sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 asyncmap 0x0 magic 0xe5c792d7 pccomp accomp] Terminating on signal 15. sent [LCP TermReq id-0x2 User request] sent [LCP TermReq id-0x3 User request] Connection terminated Exit. In Windows XP Profession HyperTerminal 5.1 the following was displayed Ntlworld_Free MAN-CVX-1A login: danielp.wheeler password: Exiting shell, and starting PPP session. ~ }#À!}!}!} }8}!}$}%Ü}}} }*} } }%}}!)5«}'}}(}Vô~~ }#À!}!}} }8}!}$}%Ü}}} }*} } }%}}!)5«}'}}(}}f~~ }#À!}!}#} }8}!}$}%Ü}}} }*} } }%}}!)5«}'}}( }Õï~ ~ }#À!}!}$} }8}!}$}%Ü}}} }*} } }%}}!)5«}'}}(}_J~~ }#À!}!}%} }8}!}$}%Ü}}} }*} } }%}}!)5«}'}}(}PÃ~~ }#À!}!}} }8}!}$}%Ü}}} }*} } }%}}!)5«}'}}(} }:Q~ ~ }#À!}!}'} }8}!}$}%Ü}}} }*} } }%}}!)5«}'}}(}ÓØ~ and then the transmission was
RE: [linux] RE: [newbie] Lets help get some linux drivers.
It wont achieve anything if we all concentrate on one manufacturer at a time. People ignore obviously orchestrated assaults like that. In fact it may annoy them and alienate them further. Surely, it would be better for each individual to choose three products a month at random. And, of course, if something especially annoys you then be sure to let them know that you'll be avoiding them in future. -- Richard Urwin, Private No 9000 series computer has ever made a mitsake or corrubiteddatatato. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Franki Sent: 13 November 2002 12:04 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [linux] RE: [newbie] Lets help get some linux drivers. well, if you guys give me suggestions, I'll knock up a web page with them all on it, and email address's... and we can keep a numbering system so we know how many emails each manufacturer has received. Lets start a movement. :-) good idea? rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Dimitris Ioannou Sent: Wednesday, 13 November 2002 6:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Lets help get some linux drivers. 13 2002 11:06, / Franki : I agree wholeheartedly. Count me in it too. But let's agree about the products first. Which one of those are of common interest? Hi Guys, This month, I have emailed 3 different hardware manufacturers asking if they had linux drivers for their product (I pick one product from their site and email them about it.) generally the answer in most cases is no.. but thats not the point, if we all send 2 or 3 of these emails a month,, how long would it be before they start considing their lost market?? what do you guys think of this idea??? Its a thought... and I think an important one. nothing is going to happen fast unless we start doing this sort of thing. rgds Frank -- ## Mandrake-Linux 9.0 (Dolphin) Registered Linux User 271321 http://counter.li.org ## This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Gnome Wave Cleaner
Hi a thought, did you search google to see if someone made an rpm of it. if they did try using urpmi if you have it configured correctly it will try to find dependencies and install them, if it fails it will usually give a list of the needed rpms. Which you can download or have it download. I solved a lot of problems that way recently. lol Aaron On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 10:31, Frans Ketelaars wrote: On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 19:35:56 + Peter Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just made my first attempt at compiling and installing a package (gwc-0.17-5) from source. Unfortunately I'm in trouble. The GWC README file lists FFTW and libsndfile as dependencies and I downloaded these and they seem to have compiled and installed ok, after a bit of confusion as to whether libsndfile should be in /usr/local/lib or /usr/lib they seem alright. However when I come to ./configure gwc it complains with the error:- Could not find gnomeConf.sh file that is generated by gnome-libs install I certainly have no gnomeConf.sh file and yet I do have gnome-libs-1.4.2-1mdk installed. Has anyone got any pointers as to what is wrong. TIA Pete Artdnamurchan Scotland You have to install libgnome32-devel-1.4.2-1mdk. HTH, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Internet Connection
On Wednesday 13 Nov 2002 3:07 am, Miguel M wrote: Hey Everyone, Im having trouble connecting to the Internet with Mandrake 9.0 via my cable modem. I have be going at this for like a week now. Reading away at HOWTOS at the Linux Documentation project site and what not. Just about everything I could get my eyes on. I have like tripled check my network configuration and all the right numbers are in the right place. I don't understand whats going on. The only thing I think that could be messing it up is that I don't understand what they mean by host name. Could that be the problem? Thanks for your time. Any reply would be greatly appreciated. Thanks BTW, Im using a ethernet port thats built into the motherboard, could that be a factor as well? Your Host name is the 'name' of your computer. You set it in Mandrake ControlCentreNetworkConnection go through the wizard and hostname is one of the options to set. Use the format for example 'miguel.localdomain' (The localdomain bit is important if you ever run a mail server) *SOME* cable modem operators require that the Hostname should be the same as your account name with the ISP in which case there is a little trick to perform to fool it. (described here) http://www.club-nihil.net/mub/viewtopic.php?t=5820highlight=hostname It is more likely however that you simply need to configure your Lan interface correctly. Who is the ISP? and how do you configure Windows to access the cable modem? For example is DHCP enabled or disabled? You should also check that Internet and network services are running in MandrakeControlCentreSystemServices HTH derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: Lets help get some linux drivers.
If enough people are interested, I wouldn't mind hosting a web page to keep track of it. Miark On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 20:03:39 +0800 Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: well, if you guys give me suggestions, I'll knock up a web page with them all on it, and email address's... and we can keep a numbering system so we know how many emails each manufacturer has received. Lets start a movement. :-) good idea? rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Dimitris Ioannou Sent: Wednesday, 13 November 2002 6:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Lets help get some linux drivers. Óôéò Ôåô 13 Íïå 2002 11:06, ï/ç Franki Ýãñáøå: I agree wholeheartedly. Count me in it too. But let's agree about the products first. Which one of those are of common interest? Hi Guys, This month, I have emailed 3 different hardware manufacturers asking if they had linux drivers for their product (I pick one product from their site and email them about it.) generally the answer in most cases is no.. but thats not the point, if we all send 2 or 3 of these emails a month,, how long would it be before they start considing their lost market?? what do you guys think of this idea??? Its a thought... and I think an important one. nothing is going to happen fast unless we start doing this sort of thing. rgds Frank -- ## Mandrake-Linux 9.0 (Dolphin) Registered Linux User 271321 http://counter.li.org ## Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] warning on tcpdump and libcap
warning on tcpdump and libcap I've just recieved the following, don't know if its true ! Hi, Apparently libpcap and tcpdump have been trojaned, in a similar way to openssh earlier this year. Information about how long this has been the case is sketchy. Trojaned versions appear to have made it out to a number of mirrors. Further details can be found at http://hlug.fscker.com (mirror http://www2.def-con.org/mirror/hlug.fscker.com/ appears to work). The tarballs available at www.tcpdump.org appear to still be trojaned. Good sources: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo/distfiles/libpcap-0.7 .1.tar.gz http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo/distfiles/tcpdump-3.6 .2.tar.gz http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo/distfiles/tcpdump-3.7 .1.tar.gz MD5 Sum 0597c23e3496a5c108097b2a0f1bd0c7 libpcap-0.7.1.tar.gz MD5 Sum 6bc8da35f9eed4e675bfdf04ce312248 tcpdump-3.6.2.tar.gz MD5 Sum 03e5eac68c65b7e6ce8da03b0b0b225e tcpdump-3.7.1.tar.gz Trojaned sources: http://www.tcpdump.org/release/libpcap-0.7.1.tar.gz http://www.tcpdump.org/release/tcpdump-3.6.2.tar.gz http://www.tcpdump.org/release/tcpdump-3.7.1.tar.gz MD5 Sum 73ba7af963aff7c9e23fa1308a793dca libpcap-0.7.1.tar.gz MD5 Sum 3a1c2dd3471486f9c7df87029bf2f1e9 tcpdump-3.6.2.tar.gz MD5 Sum 3c410d8434e63fb3931fe77328e4dd88 tcpdump-3.7.1.tar.gz The program connects to 212.146.0.34 (mars.raketti.net) on port 1963 when the configure script is run. Sites with logs of network traffic may wish to check for connections to this IP over recent days. We would be interested in hearing about any machines found to be compromised using this route. Regards Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] KMail - Export
Hi All, Is it possible to export e-mails from KMail to Outlook Express TIA, -- Guilherme Cirne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] galeon and mozilla not starting
---Original Message--- From: L.V.Gandhi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11/12/02 07:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] galeon and mozilla not starting I am having mdk 9.0. Yesterday when I was downloading some file from sourceforge.net galeon crashed. Today i couldn't start galeon. I tried mozilla also. It also didn't start. Then i erased .galeon files and still no use. I rpm -e all mozilla and galeon rpms and reinstalled. Still galeon is not starting. Error is as follows even if I start in a console. [lvgandhi@localhost .galeon]$ galeon ** ERROR **: First `engine' section must include a `stock' section. aborting... Aborted for mozilla it simply says aborted. Is there any way to make them work? -- I had a similiar situation with Mozilla, where it would appear to start but then exited without any error messages. On of the files was corrupted under .mozilla/xyz (where xyz is the funcky directory Mozilla creates for your profile). Unfortunately, I don't recall which one it was but found it by trial and error (renaming them one at a time). A much easier way would be to create a new profile or rename .mozilla to something else and restart Mozilla and it will automatically create the new profile. Joeb Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] location of netscape/mozilla mail, address, bookmark files
---Original Message--- From: Chris Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11/12/02 09:35 PM To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] location of netscape/mozilla mail, address, bookmark files I just installed mozilla after having used netscape 7. I would like to uninstall/delete Netscape but want to ensure I don't delete my settings, bookmarks, address contacts, mail, mail settings. Where would these be kept? /usr/local/netscape and /usr/local/mozilla? Any suggestions? i686, Mandrake 9.0 -- Chris Edwards Send email for alternate contact information email | aim | icq | postal | cell | phone Usually Netscape settings, etc. are located in your home directory in a directory named .netscape (and Mozilla's are in .mozilla). Your mail folder would be there, too, unless you told it to put it somewhere else. To be safe, you can rename the .netscape (mv .netscape .netscape-old) and then start Mozilla and see if things still work and you have the bookmarks and mail folders you expect. If so, then you can delete the .netscape-old. Joeb Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I'm getting peeved!
On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 22:48, Todd Franklin wrote: You should look into getting one of those walmart Microtel machines if you want something cheap. What gets me is that alot of the reviewers bash them because they're slow. HELLO!?! Look at the price! Of course they're not going to have the speed and performance of a 2GHz + computer. But if you want a plain old workstation for cheap... not to mention a free OS, they can't be beat. More importantly, Walmart has snubbed their nose at Microsoft. Why? Because Walmart is one of the few companies that can't be bought by Microsoft. First, they don't rely on PC sales to keep them in business. Second, they are BIGGER than Microsoft. If Microsoft threatened to pull their licenses because Walmart is selling PC's with alternative or no OS on them, then Walmart can afford to give them the finger. What I like best about it though, is if Walmart is selling PC's with Linux on them, then you know some slack-jawed yokel in Po-dunk, Arkansas is using Linux right now! And probably doesn't even know the difference! That's how the war will be won in the end I think. ;-) Todd F. I get a kick out of seeing the looks on a customers face when I tell them a brand new PC desktop setup costs $1100AUD WITHOUT Microsoft Windows 98SE or Microsoft WindowsXP - then $1600AUD for the same system WITH either of those OS's...(I won't sell -inexpensive computers- because I don't want to have them coming back for this or that - AND, when I show them an MS system and a linux system side-by-side, the linux system's speed always wins hands-down). The majority of the public doesn't fully understand the market - and that's because the market isn't being policed - it's a buyer beware market. There is no such thing as free software when you're talking about OEM loads of OS and others. Gateway WON'T sell desktops without an OS because then they'd not really make much off the system. Ditto with other companies. Y'all remember the old ploy by Hewlett-Packard Comes with $1500 of software free! - BS - complete BS. Meanwhile, having yokels running LINUX is actually a good thing - as I've stated before. If they've never run an OS before, this is a good start for them. Doesn't matter if it's Lindows or any other flavor of linux - but it's linux. Flood the market with it. Once people realize that overall, they've less virus worries running linux, they're going to dig on that anyways. -- Thu Nov 14 07:00:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 Pelorat sighed. I will never understand people. There's nothing to it. All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else. How would Seldon have worked out his Plan -- and I don't care how subtle his mathematics was -- if he didn't understand people; and how could he have done that if people weren't easy to understand? You show me someone who can't understand people and I'll show you someone who has built up a false image of himself -- no offense intended. -- Asimov, Foundation's Edge Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I'm getting peeved!
On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 02:26, Todd Slater wrote: the sooner they will take notice. Exactly. I checked out an offer from Gateway for a $399 computer. I went into a Gateway support chat session and asked if I could get a Gateway computer without an operating system. The support person said that no, Gateway can't sell a computer without an OS, they have an agreement with MS. Thank you very much, I said. On exiting the chat, I was prompted to fill out a survey on the experience. Under additional comments, I asked, I wonder how many more computers Gateway could sell if it didn't force customers to pay the Microsoft tax? I'm sure Gateway has a beancounter that has figured out that they will make more money bending over for MS than they will selling OS-less systems. But I'm just as sure that as soon as the numbers change, so will the policy. Or, when the demand for OS-less computers is sufficient, Gateway will dump its agreement with MS. It felt good to say it, though :) Todd BTW, in 2000, before I left Texas for Australia, I purchased a server from Gateway - without the OS installed. They didn't have a whinge about it at all. On the other hand, that is a SERVER and not a DESKTOP. Servers don't really count in the desktop market - but I just wanted you to know that... -- Thu Nov 14 07:10:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 Take your dying with some seriousness, however. Laughing on the way to your execution is not generally understood by less advanced life forms, and they'll call you crazy. -- Messiah's Handbook: Reminders for the Advanced Soul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Downloading Quicktime Files
On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 04:32, Jordan Elver wrote: Hi, This is a bit of a stupid question, but...how can I download quicktime movs from apple.com/quicktime or wherever without a plugin. All I want is the actual file, I don't want to stream it or anything. I tried looking at the HTML source, getting the src path and pasting into wget. It goes to download, says it has finished and nothing is saved? Am I being stupid or what? Thanks for any help, Cheers, Jord -- Jordan Elver http://www.jordanelver.co.uk Save it for my unauthorized autobiography. --- Larry Wall Tis rather strange - and you've done a find or a locate on the filename and that returned nothing as well? -- Thu Nov 14 07:10:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 Take your dying with some seriousness, however. Laughing on the way to your execution is not generally understood by less advanced life forms, and they'll call you crazy. -- Messiah's Handbook: Reminders for the Advanced Soul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Compiling KDE apps
On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 04:54, Jordan Elver wrote: Thanks, I'll try that. How do I upgrade autoconf and automake with urpmi? It says already installed, which it is I know :) But, how do I upgrade? Thanks, Jord You can go to like http://www.icewalk.com - do a search for autoconf, automake - download the tar.gz files. After you've gotten them, you can proceed to do a compile/install on those - unless there are updated packages for autoconf-2.54 and automake-2.54 - which I haven't seen as of yet. In order to compile them, you have to read the README file and the INSTALL file that comes within the archive itself. Compiling and installing are actually quite simple, but you're going to have to get used to doing it from a term window - but it does make for good practice! If you want a structured list of how to compile, let me know. If you get the files properly configured and compiled and installed, you need to check in your /usr/bin to make sure that the soft-links point to the correct versions of autoconf and automake (and all the other associated binaries necessary for compiling) -- Thu Nov 14 07:15:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 Not to laugh, not to lament, not to curse, but to understand. -- Spinoza Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sylpheed-Claws spell checking
On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 06:26, Miark wrote: Someone told me Sylpheed Claws wouldn't perform spell checking without aspell 0.5. Well, I've got that now, but I still don't see any option for spell checking in Claws. What should I do? Miark Use Evolution instead? (Only joking!) -- Thu Nov 14 07:25:01 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 Old programmers never die, they just hit account block limit. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie]
On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 06:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just installed Mandrake 9 over the weekend on my laptop. The installation went fine and had no problems. I was able to log into Mandrake and run programs. Now, I have an existing Windows XP Professional installation on the HD I wanted to keep, so I wanted to dual boot between them. I found an article on the Mandrake sitedescribing how to install Mandrake with an existing XP installation and dual boot. I followed the directions, created the 512Byte boot sector dump to a BIN file, and added the entry for this file in the BOOT.INI file. I was able to boot into Mandrake with the new BOOT.INI entry with no problem. I then wanted to make sure that I could also load into XP, since I that is where I have all of my data. All is working well. Well, this morning I wanted to boot into Mandrake by selecting the OS name in the list, and I get the following message: LILO - Keytable read/checksum error What does this mean? Does the effectively mean that I'm screwed? If so, then how should I have done the installation for dual boot? BTW, I did create a boot partition (7MB) for Linux. Also, I can boot off of my floppy disk I created during setup, and get access to my Linux install. Thanks, Chris Lynch Registered Linux Newbie (well, maybe not...) What you're going to need to do is to get to a console either by using your boot disk - or what have you - and at the console, logon as root, and type lilo at the prompt. Then type reboot. After that, you should not only be able to use the WindowsXP boot menu, but have a Mandrake boot menu as well - so you can change your mind before loading whichever OS you want. -- Thu Nov 14 07:30:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 patent: A method of publicizing inventions so others can copy them. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Moved CDROM
On Wednesday 13 November 2002 06:03 am, you wrote: Hi - I moved my CDROM from slave on IDE one to master on IDE two, in Linux speak from hdb to hdc - I think. When I rebooted kduzu popped up and removed the config file. everything is fine in file manager - I can access the CDROM drive - but the problem is with KCD Player and Grip. Both can't access the drive. I presume they are still trying to access /dev/hdb instead of /dev/hdc. Where do I change these settings? George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 073 3172714 Africa is not for sissies - tata ma chance - Syd Kitchen I have a SCSI setup so its a bit different, but when I disabled supermount I had to relink my /dev/scd0 to both cdrom and dvd... (using the ln -s command) You would have to use /dev/hdc, I'd imagine. (if you find any broken links involving /dev/hdb, you might want to dissolve those as well). HTHs... -- /\ Dark Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Gnome Wave Cleaner
On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 06:35, Peter Watson wrote: I just made my first attempt at compiling and installing a package (gwc-0.17-5) from source. Unfortunately I'm in trouble. The GWC README file lists FFTW and libsndfile as dependencies and I downloaded these and they seem to have compiled and installed ok, after a bit of confusion as to whether libsndfile should be in /usr/local/lib or /usr/lib they seem alright. However when I come to ./configure gwc it complains with the error:- Could not find gnomeConf.sh file that is generated by gnome-libs install I certainly have no gnomeConf.sh file and yet I do have gnome-libs-1.4.2-1mdk installed. Has anyone got any pointers as to what is wrong. TIA Pete Artdnamurchan Scotland You might want to manually edit the /etc/ld.so.conf file to point to /usr/lib and /usr/local/lib, then re-run ldconfig - that will rebuild the cache for your libs/includes and the likes. Do that then try to reconfigure your apps - shouldn't have a prob after that - or at least that's what we hope! -- Thu Nov 14 07:40:01 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 Laetrile is the pits. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CUPS Help
On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 06:40, Tom wrote: I have searched the web, read CUPS documents, and still cannnot find the answer. Or maybe I am over looking it somewhere. I have a XEROX document centre machine that I am trying to print to. In RH7.3 I set it up as a unix printer 204.xxx.xxx.xxx with que name lp and it worked just fine as an lpr printer. (NOT CUPS). Tried this in CUPS and it will not work on the Mandrake 9.0 machine. Am I just ingnorant or do I need to be doing something else in CUPS? Is CUPS running as a service on that machine? If the service isn't running, then you're not going to be able to print mate. -- Thu Nov 14 07:40:01 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 Laetrile is the pits. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] desktops changing :-/ (DMA?!)
- Original Message - From: Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 16:14:49 -0300 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] desktops changing :-/ Hi everyone, I am using Mdk 9.0 and KDE. A curious thing just started happening, I used to be able to open a Konsole session on the same desktop as Konqueror, but now, when I try to do that I get switched to a new desktop when Konsole opens. This is really weird.I just tried desktops one through four, and it does the switch on #'s 1, 2, 4.not 3 :-/ I tried the other terminals that I have installed (Eterm, RXvt, XTerm, GNOME Terminal), and they all seem to be happy to open on the same desktop that I am working in, just like Konsole used to. Konsole is my default terminal, and I would like to know how to correct this behaviour. I haven't altered any settings in Konsole. TIA's for any ideas. --Angus Just to clarify a bit...all Konsole sessions that I open, from any desktop, are being switched to desktop 3. Desktop 3 is the only one that Konsole will open in. --Angus * I think I have found out what was causing the above mentioned erratic behaviour from Konsole. I also just experienced some mouse errors while trying to use Blackbox. This all started to occur just after I had anabled DMA for my hard drive...coincidence? I don't think so. I have disabled DMA, and everything seems to be back to normal. I have DMA enabled in my winME system that I am dual-booting, and it doesn't seem to be causing undue difficulty there, (or is it?) :-/ Go figure. I have learned something! That is always good! --Angus This is the Earth School..always in session. Now is the right time to learn, and teach.--A.A. *** *Reg. Linux User #278931* *** *Power by Mandrake Linux 9.0* *** -- ___ Get your free email from http://mymail.operamail.com Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireless
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 14:56:29 +1100 Patrick Griffin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Install the pcmcia-cs-x11 RPM and then type cardinfo in a terminal. What do you see? Is this a package in 8.2 I can't seem to find it whoops sorry. It is not in 8.2 In that case use cardctl from the pcmcia-cs RPM cardctl config and cardctl ident derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Modem not responding
On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 08:02, George Baker wrote: I'm using MDK 7.0 with an external Rockwell modem on serial A or Com 1. Using kppp if I query the modem the lights flash but then it says modem not responding. Does not matter if I choose dev/modem or dev/ttys0. Either one the modem lights flash but same result modem not responding. Help please. You should try forcing an init string for your modem like: AT F C1 D2 and then seeing if you can get a response. You're going to have to poweroff/poweron the modem prior to testing this, though. -- Thu Nov 14 07:45:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 Many a bum show has been saved by the flag. -- George M. Cohan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Sylpheed Claws
Hello folks, I want to give you my first impression of Sylpheed Claws, not only is it much nicer looking then the normal Sylpheed but it has a feature that I love which is the redirection function, it is just awsome. Best Regards, Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Netscape 7 for linux
Just wanted to let y'all know that I've become very happy with the latest from Netscape. Version 7 is working like a charm under both linux and Winders - moreso than ever before - and I'm generally very critical of browsers (hence the reason I don't use Konqueror or Mozilla!). The speed overall has improved heaps - especially under linux. The installation was straight forward and easy. Aside from the AIM/ICQ account crap, it was a brainless install. (I use GAIM instead of all that jazz, and KOPETE under KDE). It might be worthwhile to check out - especially if you're a multimedia fanatic that can't live life without FLASH and QUICKTIME stuff... (They make porn in FLASH and QUICKTIME?) (Only joking) Stephen -- Thu Nov 14 07:50:01 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 Diplomacy is about surviving until the next century. Politics is about surviving until Friday afternoon. -- Sir Humphrey Appleby Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I'm getting peeved!
I agree completely Stephen Todd Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 22:48, Todd Franklin wrote: You should look into getting one of those walmart Microtel machines if you want something cheap. What gets me is that alot of the reviewers bash them because they're slow. HELLO!?! Look at the price! Of course they're not going to have the speed and performance of a 2GHz + computer. But if you want a plain old workstation for cheap... not to mention a free OS, they can't be beat. More importantly, Walmart has snubbed their nose at Microsoft. Why? Because Walmart is one of the few companies that can't be bought by Microsoft. First, they don't rely on PC sales to keep them in business. Second, they are BIGGER than Microsoft. If Microsoft threatened to pull their licenses because Walmart is selling PC's with alternative or no OS on them, then Walmart can afford to give them the finger. What I like best about it though, is if Walmart is selling PC's with Linux on them, then you know some slack-jawed yokel in Po-dunk, Arkansas is using Linux right now! And probably doesn't even know the difference! That's how the war will be won in the end I think. ;-) Todd F. I get a kick out of seeing the looks on a customers face when I tell them a brand new PC desktop setup costs $1100AUD WITHOUT Microsoft Windows 98SE or Microsoft WindowsXP - then $1600AUD for the same system WITH either of those OS's...(I won't sell -inexpensive computers- because I don't want to have them coming back for this or that - AND, when I show them an MS system and a linux system side-by-side, the linux system's speed always wins hands-down). The majority of the public doesn't fully understand the market - and that's because the market isn't being "policed" - it's a "buyer beware" market. There is no such thing as free software when you're talking about OEM loads of OS and "others". Gateway WON'T sell "desktops" without an OS because then they'd not really make much off the system. Ditto with other companies. Y'all remember the old ploy by Hewlett-Packard "Comes with $1500 of software free!" - BS - complete BS. Meanwhile, having "yokels" running LINUX is actually a good thing - as I've stated before. If they've never run an OS before, this is a good start for them. Doesn't matter if it's Lindows or any other flavor of linux - but it's linux. Flood the market with it. Once people realize that overall, they've less "virus" worries running linux, they're going to dig on that anyways. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RE: kiosk?
On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 10:24, Schwenk, Jeanie wrote: I'm not sure if a kiosk is what will solve my problem. Advice would be very appreciated. Here's the problem: I am putting a linux pc in our fab (semiconductor) as a test to prove to management that linux is a viable, inexpensive option to utilize in our manufacturing plant. (verses new xterms at $6K or more a pop, new servers, or new windows pizza boxes). I need to prevent the technicians from hacking the box, from surfing, from installing ... you name it. They need to be able to run ONLY the guis/programs that allow manufacturing to continue smoothly. What is the best way to have the machine automatically boot into a window manager that has only a background menu pick that I can program? It does not have to start any software upon restart but that would be a plus. Thanks. Jeanie What you can do is to setup an account on the linux box that is a normal user - and have either BLACKBOX or WINDOWMAKER as the primary WM - setup a menu of ONLY your preferred application and a LOGOFF option. On the same token, you can have a customized GNOME2 or KDE3 desktop/menu system with only those applications, or even better, have a WM setup to run the application directly after the logon (using either scripts or what-have-you). I would, overall, suggest BLACKBOX as it's a minimalistic wm and very easy to edit the config files as the superuser - mere minutes and you could have a very well done and very secure setup. Stephen -- Thu Nov 14 07:55:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 If the Tao is great, then the operating system is great. If the operating system is great, then the compiler is great. If the compiler is great, then the application is great. If the application is great, then the user is pleased and there is harmony in the world. The Tao gave birth to machine language. Machine language gave birth to the assembler. The assembler gave birth to the compiler. Now there are ten thousand languages. Each language has its purpose, however humble. Each language expresses the Yin and Yang of software. Each language has its place within the Tao. But do not program in COBOL if you can avoid it. -- Geoffrey James, The Tao of Programming Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sylpheed-Claws spell checking
If I do that, I may as well start using Outlook Express again ;-) Miark On 14 Nov 2002 07:29:34 +1100 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 06:26, Miark wrote: Someone told me Sylpheed Claws wouldn't perform spell checking without aspell 0.5. Well, I've got that now, but I still don't see any option for spell checking in Claws. What should I do? Miark Use Evolution instead? (Only joking!) -- Thu Nov 14 07:25:01 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 Old programmers never die, they just hit account block limit. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Netscape 7 for linux
On Wednesday 13 November 2002 03:55 pm, you wrote: It might be worthwhile to check out - especially if you're a multimedia fanatic that can't live life without FLASH and QUICKTIME stuff... (They make porn in FLASH and QUICKTIME?) (Only joking) Stephen I'd be interested in trying Netscape again. Was it prepackaged (RPM?) or did you have to compile it? I've been happy with Galeon here, and it plays both Quicktime and Flash. Thanks for the posting! -- /\ Dark Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] RE: kiosk?
On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 11:10, Schwenk, Jeanie wrote: I wasn't sure what information to include in the initial email. The software that would be running is industry specific. Windows applications would be running via citrix server. The main program would be a swing gui used for processing pods of wafers. We have many creative individuals here who are bored as well. Others are just hacks who live to be a pain in the patootie. If games, browsers, music, videos etc. are able to be installed, management will NEVER allow linux in the fab. Can't allow them command line access, period. Right now, I have the only linux desktop in the entire company. That has to change (yes, I'm a zealot). Getting a linux pc the fab will make linux visible to all levels of management. If it's visible and it costs them no money (I'm using a recycled PC), management will buy into the idea that linux is the way to go. We know it is, but the phb's do not. And I have to be able to show the same level of control and security our current options have. So to top it off, whatever software might be available to help in this area has to be open source as there's no budget right now for me to do this. But I am compelled to do it. Jeanie The only main issue that I would see with this environment would be to get a Citrix client working on the linux desktop. I've found an alternative at: http://sdsusa.com/jwt/ - they have a Citrix client for linux. I would strongly recommend using a very BARE window manager - not even KDE or GNOME or ICEWM for this workstation. As I've had to provide slave terms and dumb terms before, you will have to lock down the workstation in such a manner that only you will be able to make direct modifications to the system - since you're already running linux on YOUR desktop, you can use VNC to administer this workstation without ever leaving your own workstation. As in Solaris boxes in a production environment, the menus for the working account have only the necessary applications listed, along with a logoff - and that's it. You can use BLACKBOX, FLUXBOX, XFCE and Enlightenment. With Enlightenment, there are a few themes that actually have desktop icons - which would make it all the more easy for you to configure and lock down - only a matter of editing text menus - literally. At least with Enlightenment, you could dress up the desktop in such a manner as to make it ascetically pleasing and elegant. IMHO Stephen -- Thu Nov 14 08:10:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 THE STORY OF CREATION or THE MYTH OF URK In the beginning there was data. The data was without form and null, and darkness was upon the face of the console; and the Spirit of IBM was moving over the face of the market. And DEC said, Let there be registers; and there were registers. And DEC saw that they carried; and DEC separated the data from the instructions. DEC called the data Stack, and the instructions they called Code. And there was evening and there was morning, one interrupt ... -- Rico Tudor Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] avi-xmms in mdk 9.0
On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 11:50, joe wrote: I have tried compiling this plugin from source with no luck. used: avixmms]# ./configure make make install error message: checking for sdl-config... no checking for SDL - version = 1.1.6... no *** The sdl-config script installed by SDL could not be found *** If SDL was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in *** your path, or set the SDL_CONFIG environment variable to the *** full path to sdl-config. configure: error: *** SDL = 1.1.6 not installed - please install first *** I have libxmms1-1.2.7-13mdk.i586 libxmms1-devel-1.2.7-13mdk.i586 installed which allowed me to get this far. Can anyone point me in the direction of the SDL? Here I was thinking that i had already installed them... Any other pointers would be welcome too. You're going to need to install SDL and the SDL dev libs as well - once you do that, retry the compile - you should be good to go from that point. If you're still having problems, edit the /etc/ld.so.conf file and include /usr/lib and /usr/local/lib - then run ldconfig - then try to do the ./configure, make, make install again. Thu Nov 14 08:40:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 The meek shall inherit the Earth. (But they're gonna have to fight for it.) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] galeon and mozilla not starting
On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 12:13, L.V.Gandhi wrote: I am having mdk 9.0. Yesterday when I was downloading some file from sourceforge.net galeon crashed. Today i couldn't start galeon. I tried mozilla also. It also didn't start. Then i erased .galeon files and still no use. I rpm -e all mozilla and galeon rpms and reinstalled. Still galeon is not starting. Error is as follows even if I start in a console. [lvgandhi@localhost .galeon]$ galeon ** ERROR **: First `engine' section must include a `stock' section. aborting... Aborted for mozilla it simply says aborted. Is there any way to make them work? -- Try deleting the .gtkrc-1.2-gnome2, .galeon, .mozilla - then logoff, logon and try again. That error is from the GTK theme engine - so something has definately hosed up your GTK profiles... Stephen 1st floor, My House, My Town -- Thu Nov 14 08:40:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 The meek shall inherit the Earth. (But they're gonna have to fight for it.) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Internet Connection
On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 14:07, Miguel M wrote: Hey Everyone, Im having trouble connecting to the Internet with Mandrake 9.0 via my cable modem. I have be going at this for like a week now. Reading away at HOWTOS at the Linux Documentation project site and what not. Just about everything I could get my eyes on. I have like tripled check my network configuration and all the right numbers are in the right place. I don't understand whats going on. The only thing I think that could be messing it up is that I don't understand what they mean by host name. Could that be the problem? Thanks for your time. Any reply would be greatly appreciated. Thanks BTW, Im using a ethernet port thats built into the motherboard, could that be a factor as well? = -Miguel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Are you sure the drivers for the ethernet port on your motherboard are being loaded and are working? -- Thu Nov 14 08:45:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 doppler effect Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Lets help get some linux drivers.
On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 20:06, Franki wrote: Hi Guys, This month, I have emailed 3 different hardware manufacturers asking if they had linux drivers for their product (I pick one product from their site and email them about it.) generally the answer in most cases is no.. but thats not the point, if we all send 2 or 3 of these emails a month,, how long would it be before they start considing their lost market?? what do you guys think of this idea??? Its a thought... and I think an important one. nothing is going to happen fast unless we start doing this sort of thing. rgds Frank Just keep in mind that those emails aren't going to even make it NEAR a top-level executive - they're handled by support staff - and upper management rarely, if ever, listens to support staff. Chances are that you're only going to piss off some under-paid, under-trained monkey that handles only email. Just stating the reality. Now, on the other hand, if you can obtain lists of top-level executives in said company structures, that would be a different story. (Or, if you want to get elaborate, hack their mail server and spam the hell out of the entire staff - but I shan't go there - I've promised to be a nice fella for a while). Stephen -- Thu Nov 14 09:00:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 Falling in love makes smoking pot all day look like the ultimate in restraint. -- Dave Sim, author of Cerebrus. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie]
Hi all! We've got two machines in our office, both with identical configurations (at end of post), which are both giving us grief... First of all, on one machine, Mandrake won't even finish booting after installation. Here's what happens: 1. Bootup freezes on Finding Module Dependencies This happens every time, but I can Ctrl+C past it if I catch it in time. If I DON'T catch it, then the cursor stops flashing (or vanishes), and the bootup goes no further. I've heard that this can be caused by a miscompile of the kernel, but since this is a fresh install I'm ruling that out. 2. Bootup freezes on assorted services This is never constant, but the ones that freeze most often are Postfix, APM and xinetd. Same as above, except for APM, which crashes faster than my fingers can move to cancel it. 3. Screen goes blank partway through boot If I manage to get past the above then the machine will occasionally go to a blank screen and no further shortly afterwards. There are only a few things loaded at this point- it's too early to be trying to load X. 4. X Loads, but freezes instantly I've managed to get as far as X starting once and only once, and it froze as soon as the mouse cursor appeared. On the second machine none of the above occurs- it boots fine, and is able to load X without any difficulties. However, the onboard Ethernet isn't being detected, and attempts to install the drivers from the nVidia site come up with Not the right architecture Can anyone help with this? CPU: AMD Athlon 1800XP Motherboard: ASUS A7N266-VM (Socket A). Sound: Realtek ALC650 (onboard) Video: nVidia GeForce 2 (onboard) Ethernet: RealTek 8100 RAM: 512mb PC2100 DDR DD: Seagate Barricuda IV, 40GB Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 753s Mouse: Genius Netscroll Optical PS2 Mouse Keyboard: Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard 1.0a (PS2) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake 9 ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard
Hi all! We've got two machines in our office, both with identical configurations (at end of post), which are both giving us grief... First of all, on one machine, Mandrake won't even finish booting after installation. Here's what happens: 1. Bootup freezes on Finding Module Dependencies This happens every time, but I can Ctrl+C past it if I catch it in time. If I DON'T catch it, then the cursor stops flashing (or vanishes), and the bootup goes no further. I've heard that this can be caused by a miscompile of the kernel, but since this is a fresh install I'm ruling that out. 2. Bootup freezes on assorted services This is never constant, but the ones that freeze most often are Postfix, APM and xinetd. Same as above, except for APM, which crashes faster than my fingers can move to cancel it. 3. Screen goes blank partway through boot If I manage to get past the above then the machine will occasionally go to a blank screen and no further shortly afterwards. There are only a few things loaded at this point- it's too early to be trying to load X. 4. X Loads, but freezes instantly I've managed to get as far as X starting once and only once, and it froze as soon as the mouse cursor appeared. On the second machine none of the above occurs- it boots fine, and is able to load X without any difficulties. However, the onboard Ethernet isn't being detected, and attempts to install the drivers from the nVidia site come up with Not the right architecture Can anyone help with this? CPU: AMD Athlon 1800XP Motherboard: ASUS A7N266-VM (Socket A). Sound: Realtek ALC650 (onboard) Video: nVidia GeForce 2 (onboard) Ethernet: RealTek 8100 RAM: 512mb PC2100 DDR DD: Seagate Barricuda IV, 40GB Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 753s Mouse: Genius Netscroll Optical PS2 Mouse Keyboard: Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard 1.0a (PS2) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] WindowMaker Upgrade
On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 00:53, Anders Lind wrote: Hello friends, I just upgarded my WindowMaker 0.80.0 to 0.80.2, not really for the securityissues that apparently are when it comes to 0.80.2, but mainly that it would be cool to run a new version, one thing that was strange was that when I restarted everything and opened up Sylpheed, the new Windowmaker had probably overwritten my configfile for Sylpheed and I had to make a new adressbook, luckily I did not have more then three easyaccessible adresses in it, but I also had to reinstall my emailaccounts in it. It might have to do with the fact that I compiled sylpheed-claws this morning before this, but I don't think it is. Does anyone know if my assumption is correct or if I did something wrong? I used rpm's for upgrading. /Anders IMHO, I would have used the source tarballs to do the upgrade - not that I don't always trust RPMS - oh wait, I don't always trust RPM's! I still like having a bit more control over where an application is going to live and what it's going to change - RPM's don't necessarily give you that option. -- Thu Nov 14 09:20:01 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 Are we live or on tape? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sylpheed-Claws spell checking
On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 08:09, Miark wrote: If I do that, I may as well start using Outlook Express again ;-) Miark There's also BALSA - that's a sweet/fast email client - personally, though, I'm stuck with Evolution because of some of the features it has...and if it's configured properly, it ain't all that bad...but that's my cuppa'tea... -- Thu Nov 14 09:25:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 Data, n.: Computerspeak for information. Properly pronounced the way Bostonians pronounce the word for a female child. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Netscape 7 for linux
On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 20:10, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Wednesday 13 November 2002 03:55 pm, you wrote: It might be worthwhile to check out - especially if you're a multimedia fanatic that can't live life without FLASH and QUICKTIME stuff... (They make porn in FLASH and QUICKTIME?) (Only joking) Stephen I'd be interested in trying Netscape again. Was it prepackaged (RPM?) or did you have to compile it? I've been happy with Galeon here, and it plays both Quicktime and Flash. Thanks for the posting! I got mine from the APC mag (available only in Australia for obvious reasons) - but the download ain't that bad if you've got broadband. I'm rather impressed FINALLY with it's look/feel and it's speed. That is why I initially STOPPED using Nutscrape in the beginning. Stephen -- Thu Nov 14 09:25:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 Data, n.: Computerspeak for information. Properly pronounced the way Bostonians pronounce the word for a female child. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] is this list appropriate for setting up a mail serveron 9.0?
On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 04:53, Jordan R. Thompson wrote: Hi all, I want to be able to get/send mail through my ISP's pop/smtp servers and also be able to get/send mail through my machine. I have set everything up and actually had everything working. I rebooted to make sure it was, and now I cannot send mail through my machine (it gets mail from my ISP and I can get mail from my server I don't seem to be able to send mail to it and it does not seem to mail to my ISP.) thanks and sorry if this is not the right forum. Jordan Jordan R. Thompson Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web:http://www.Jordan.ThompCo.com Tel:(321) 777-8377 Fax:(509) 267-5577 Are you using FETCHMAIL, or do you have another configuration? Postfix? QMail? Sendmail? -- Thu Nov 14 09:30:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 The most dangerous organization in America today is: (a) The KKK (b) The American Nazi Party (c) The Delta Frequent Flyer Club Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] avi-xmms in mdk 9.0
Stephen, thanks for your input, i managed to get the sdl devel libs
installed and got a little further..Now the configure is completing, and
the make is failing. I have put the entire output in this message in
hopes that someone might be able to help me decipher it.
This line caught my attention:checking for avifile-config... no
Should i be looking for avifile libs or something?
I thought I had read on an XMMS page that this release of avi-xmms had
included a statically compiled avifile to deal with avifile problems.
./configure make make install
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... found
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Re: Re: [newbie] I'm getting peeved!
On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 04:35, Jim Dawson wrote: Personally I'm convinced that the world would be a much happier place if Steve Balmer were to start drinking decaffinated coffee... What about Balmer getting a job at either RedHat or Mandrake? (grin) -- Thu Nov 14 09:35:01 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 If you notice that a person is deceiving you, they must not be deceiving you very well. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Gnome Wave Cleaner
On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 04:51, Peter Watson wrote: Many thanks Frans and others who replied It is now working a treat. One other query arising is that in order to compile this program and its dependencies I had to my numerous items from /usr/lib to /usr/local/lib and various others from /usr/local/lib to /usr/lib Is there some way of ensuring that all these items get installed in the right place first time? TIA Pete Ardnamurchan Scotland As long as your /etc/ld.so.conf contains those directories, and you've run ldconf, you should be right. -- Thu Nov 14 09:35:01 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 If you notice that a person is deceiving you, they must not be deceiving you very well. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Make command....
Hello everyone , i don't understand where i have made a mistake , i want to use a new program , downloaded from internet , for example : game called pacman or something else , it is not an installation version all i have to do is give two simple commands in shell first - ./configure and than make when I give make command my shell respond me that no makefiles was found but it is impossible i saw them they are in the right directory what to do ? Could you help me ? Ps: I want to thank all the people who had hellped me with using console problem. Arvo. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9 ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard
On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 09:07, Mike Norrish wrote: Can anyone help with this? CPU: AMD Athlon 1800XP Motherboard: ASUS A7N266-VM (Socket A). Sound: Realtek ALC650 (onboard) Video: nVidia GeForce 2 (onboard) Ethernet: RealTek 8100 RAM: 512mb PC2100 DDR DD: Seagate Barricuda IV, 40GB Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 753s Mouse: Genius Netscroll Optical PS2 Mouse Keyboard: Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard 1.0a (PS2) Is it safe to assume that BOTH machines have EXACTLY the same BIOS settings? I'd re-install - and make it very minimal with the least amount of servers, services and the likes. See if you can get anywhere with that. Also, choose a generic NVidia driver and do the GeForce drivers AFTER you've successfully booted and configured the machines. (I had the same problem with a test workstation here - unfortunately, RH 7.3 installed without a hitch, but Mandrake took three installs) -- Thu Nov 14 10:15:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 And the crowd was stilled. One elderly man, wondering at the sudden silence, turned to the Child and asked him to repeat what he had said. Wide-eyed, the Child raised his voice and said once again, Why, the Emperor has no clothes! He is naked! -- The Emperor's New Clothes Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Netscape 7 for linux
On Wednesday 13 November 2002 05:30 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: http://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.0/rpms/ this is a link to netscape 7.0 rpm from pclinuxonline.com, I use it everday for Mandrake 9.0 Mike On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 20:10, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Wednesday 13 November 2002 03:55 pm, you wrote: It might be worthwhile to check out - especially if you're a multimedia fanatic that can't live life without FLASH and QUICKTIME stuff... (They make porn in FLASH and QUICKTIME?) (Only joking) Stephen I'd be interested in trying Netscape again. Was it prepackaged (RPM?) or did you have to compile it? I've been happy with Galeon here, and it plays both Quicktime and Flash. Thanks for the posting! I got mine from the APC mag (available only in Australia for obvious reasons) - but the download ain't that bad if you've got broadband. I'm rather impressed FINALLY with it's look/feel and it's speed. That is why I initially STOPPED using Nutscrape in the beginning. Stephen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 9 ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard
Regarding the BIOS settings, I think so- as far as I'm aware, at least initially, the BIOS was untouched on both. As of yesterday, though, the BIOS on the first machine has been upgraded to version 1004 of the firmware, with no noticable change. I'll try an absolute minimum install, and see where I get with that- thanks for your help! Is it safe to assume that BOTH machines have EXACTLY the same BIOS settings? I'd re-install - and make it very minimal with the least amount of servers, services and the likes. See if you can get anywhere with that. Also, choose a generic NVidia driver and do the GeForce drivers AFTER you've successfully booted and configured the machines. (I had the same problem with a test workstation here - unfortunately, RH 7.3 installed without a hitch, but Mandrake took three installs) -- Thu Nov 14 10:15:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 And the crowd was stilled. One elderly man, wondering at the sudden silence, turned to the Child and asked him to repeat what he had said. Wide-eyed, the Child raised his voice and said once again, Why, the Emperor has no clothes! He is naked! -- The Emperor's New Clothes Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] avi-xmms in mdk 9.0
On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 09:31, joe wrote: Stephen, thanks for your input, i managed to get the sdl devel libs installed and got a little further..Now the configure is completing, and the make is failing. I have put the entire output in this message in hopes that someone might be able to help me decipher it. This line caught my attention:checking for avifile-config... no Should i be looking for avifile libs or something? I thought I had read on an XMMS page that this release of avi-xmms had included a statically compiled avifile to deal with avifile problems. The points at which you're starting to get the ERROR 1 are where we need to start looking for the problems - is it safe to assume that you're already running the make install as su ? -- Thu Nov 14 10:25:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 No skis take rocks like rental skis! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] location of netscape/mozilla mail, address, bookmarkfiles
Great! Thank you all. Worked fine. Chris Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] cap on upload speed
Does anybody know how to put a cap on upload speed (http-Apache)? I'd prefer not to run ftp, but I've heard that you can set a cap with proftp. Anybody have experience with that? Thanks, Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Downloading Quicktime Files
Yep, I can find the file it downloads, but like Todd said, it only downloads a place holder image while the actual movie does not. I'll try and find a fix, Cheers, Jord On Wednesday 13 Nov 2002 8:15 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 04:32, Jordan Elver wrote: Hi, This is a bit of a stupid question, but...how can I download quicktime movs from apple.com/quicktime or wherever without a plugin. All I want is the actual file, I don't want to stream it or anything. I tried looking at the HTML source, getting the src path and pasting into wget. It goes to download, says it has finished and nothing is saved? Am I being stupid or what? Thanks for any help, Cheers, Jord -- Jordan Elver http://www.jordanelver.co.uk Save it for my unauthorized autobiography. --- Larry Wall Tis rather strange - and you've done a find or a locate on the filename and that returned nothing as well? -- Jordan Elver http://www.jordanelver.co.uk 640K ought to be enough for anybody - Bill Gates, 1981 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] avi-xmms in mdk 9.0
Stephen, It is safe to assume i am doing this as su. On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 16:29, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 09:31, joe wrote: Stephen, thanks for your input, i managed to get the sdl devel libs installed and got a little further..Now the configure is completing, and the make is failing. I have put the entire output in this message in hopes that someone might be able to help me decipher it. This line caught my attention:checking for avifile-config... no Should i be looking for avifile libs or something? I thought I had read on an XMMS page that this release of avi-xmms had included a statically compiled avifile to deal with avifile problems. The points at which you're starting to get the ERROR 1 are where we need to start looking for the problems - is it safe to assume that you're already running the make install as su ? -- Thu Nov 14 10:25:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 No skis take rocks like rental skis! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Konqueror won't work
I've updated my old 2.2 kde to 3.0.4. But, the Konqueror freezes when any message window appear. It also closes itself when I press return or the OK button in the google search bar or in the site www.google.com. Can anyone please tell me how can I fix this? netmaniac (mdk 8.2 | nVIDIA GeForce 2 MX 32mb | Duron 800mhz | 512 RAM) _ MSN Messenger: converse com os seus amigos online. http://messenger.msn.com.br Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CUPS Help
I like CUPS. It seems when I tried any of the other alternatives, set-up didn't always work, or I couldn't control the look of my non-PS printers through the print server as well. I think it's starnge that every time that I access the CUPS server through MCC, it asks for Disk 1 to load necessary files. Go figure! Still, it seems to work well for me. Glad it worked for you, too. T :-) - Original Message - From: Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] CUPS Help Well it did not go as smooth as I thought, but I finally got it. It first asked me to insert Disk 1 and then said error downloading package. It was not searching the disk, it was connecting to an FTP site. So I went to Mandrake Update and found some Bugfixes for CUPS. Installed them and then the printer install worked. I was impressed the way in installed the printer after I worked out the above issue. Thanks for you help. Tom, CUPS, in my very limited opinion, the best for easy and control in setting up an LPD printer. 1) Go into Mandrake Control Center | Hardware | Printer to set up CUPS. It may ask for CD #1 to load necessary files. 2) Click on 'Expert Mode'. I could not set-up my print server in 'Normal Mode'. 3) Click on 'Add a printer' 4) Click on 'Printer on remote lpd server' 5) Fill out printer name and description. Location can be left blank. 6) In 'Remote host name', you can either put in the IP address of the NIC in your printer, or the host name you wish to give it. Keep in mind that if you give the printer a host name (like 'xerox' or 'printer'), you will need to add an entry in /etc/hosts with the name and IP address for name resolution over the network. In the second box, you would give the specific printer's name under the server. I think that you would leave this blank. 7) Pick your printer driver. The rest is easy enough. Does this sound like what you did? If is what you did before, let me know. I am sure we can figure it out. The key is that the device is supported. What are called 'all-in-wonder' printers are those that are multi-function units. I have an HP Laserjet 3100 that must have software support to drive it. I don't use it this way, but if I did want to use it as a printer in MDK 8.2 or 9.0, there's a specific software package that comes on the distro CDs for this model. I have no idea how the others are supported, or if they are. You got it to work once before. It should now. It wouldn't hurt to make sure that 'foomatic' is also loaded on your system, and when choosing the drivers for your printer, make sure to choose one that is a combination of 'CUPS' and 'foomatic'. Does this help you any? T - Original Message - From: Tom mailto:duffer;usa.net To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:newbie;linux-mandrake.com Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 2:40 PM Subject: [newbie] CUPS Help I have searched the web, read CUPS documents, and still cannnot find the answer. Or maybe I am over looking it somewhere. I have a XEROX document centre machine that I am trying to print to. In RH7.3 I set it up as a unix printer 204.xxx.xxx.xxx with que name lp and it worked just fine as an lpr printer. (NOT CUPS). Tried this in CUPS and it will not work on the Mandrake 9.0 machine. Am I just ingnorant or do I need to be doing something else in CUPS? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Netscape 7 for linux
On 14 Nov 2002 07:55:30 +1100 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just wanted to let y'all know that I've become very happy with the latest from Netscape. Version 7 is working like a charm under both linux and Winders - moreso than ever before - and I'm generally very critical of browsers (hence the reason I don't use Konqueror or Mozilla!). Just curious, what is it you don't like about Mozilla? After all, NS is Moz in different clothes. The speed overall has improved heaps - especially under linux. The installation was straight forward and easy. Aside from the AIM/ICQ account crap, it was a brainless install. (I use GAIM instead of all that jazz, and KOPETE under KDE). It might be worthwhile to check out - especially if you're a multimedia fanatic that can't live life without FLASH and QUICKTIME stuff... (They make porn in FLASH and QUICKTIME?) (Only joking) These work in Mozilla, too. Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Netscape 7 for linux
I really like Nescape 7 Its the best one they made yet Greg Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 20:10, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Wednesday 13 November 2002 03:55 pm, you wrote: It might be worthwhile to check out - especially if you're a multimedia fanatic that can't live life without FLASH and QUICKTIME stuff... (They make porn in FLASH and QUICKTIME?) (Only joking) Stephen I'd be interested in trying Netscape again. Was it prepackaged (RPM?) or did you have to compile it? I've been happy with Galeon here, and it plays both Quicktime and Flash. Thanks for the posting! I got mine from the APC mag (available only in Australia for obvious reasons) - but the download ain't that bad if you've got broadband. I'm rather impressed FINALLY with it's look/feel and it's speed. That is why I initially STOPPED using Nutscrape in the beginning. Stephen -- Thu Nov 14 09:25:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 Data, n.: Computerspeak for information. Properly pronounced the way Bostonians pronounce the word for a female child. -- Linux The Number one Os __ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Freeswan installation with RPM error
Why is this happening and how can i fix this??? [rootrwideman2 mrboboo]# rpm -Uvh libpcap-0.6.2-3.2mdk.i586.rpm Preparing...### [100%] 1:libpcap### [100%] [rootrwideman2 mrboboo]# cd /root [rootrwideman2 root]# rpm -Uvh freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm Preparing...### [100%] 1:freeswan ### [100%] /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.47980: /usr/share/rpm-helper/add-service: No such file or directory error: execution of %post scriptlet from freeswan-1.98b-1mdk failed, exit status 127 [rootrwideman2 root]# [rootrwideman2 root]# rpm -Uvh freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm Preparing...### [100%] package freeswan-1.98b-1mdk is already installed [rootrwideman2 root]# rpm -evh freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm rpm: --hash (-h) may only be specified during package installation [rootrwideman2 root]# rpm -e freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm error: package freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm is not installed [rootrwideman2 root]# rpm -e --force --nodeps freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm rpm: only installation, upgrading, rmsource and rmspec may be forced [rootrwideman2 root]# rpm -e --force freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm rpm: only installation, upgrading, rmsource and rmspec may be forced [rootrwideman2 root]# rpm -e --nodeps freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm error: package freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm is not installed [rootrwideman2 root]# rpm -Uvh freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm Preparing...### [100%] package freeswan-1.98b-1mdk is already installed Thanks Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Internet Connection
Your Host name is the 'name' of your computer. You set it in Mandrake ControlCentreNetworkConnection go through the wizard and hostname is one of the options to set. Use the format for example 'miguel.localdomain' (The localdomain bit is important if you ever run a mail server) *SOME* cable modem operators require that the Hostname should be the same as your account name with the ISP in which case there is a little trick to perform to fool it. (described here) http://www.club-nihil.net/mub/viewtopic.php?t=5820highlight=hostname It is more likely however that you simply need to configure your Lan interface correctly. Who is the ISP? and how do you configure Windows to access the cable modem? For example is DHCP enabled or disabled? You should also check that Internet and network services are running in MandrakeControlCentreSystemServices HTH derek Thanks man. Sounds good to me. Im going to give it a try. = -Miguel [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Audio Streaming
Hi gang, This should be an easy one for all you multimedia gurus :-) I'd like to 'stream' a local radio station. In looking through my mail archives I find that RealPlayer will work, Codeweaver's Crossover will allow you to run RealPlayer Windows or Windows MediaPlayer. Todd Slater mentioned Icecast a couple of months ago. What's today's best solution for streaming radio? TIA. Terry Smith Cape Cod USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Lets help get some linux drivers.
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Stephen Kuhn On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 20:06, Franki wrote: Hi Guys, This month, I have emailed 3 different hardware manufacturers asking if they had linux drivers for their product (I pick one product from their site and email them about it.) generally the answer in most cases is no.. but thats not the point, if we all send 2 or 3 of these emails a month,, how long would it be before they start considing their lost market?? what do you guys think of this idea??? Its a thought... and I think an important one. nothing is going to happen fast unless we start doing this sort of thing. rgds Frank Just keep in mind that those emails aren't going to even make it NEAR a top-level executive - they're handled by support staff - and upper management rarely, if ever, listens to support staff. Chances are that you're only going to piss off some under-paid, under-trained monkey that handles only email. Just stating the reality. Now, on the other hand, if you can obtain lists of top-level executives in said company structures, that would be a different story. (Or, if you want to get elaborate, hack their mail server and spam the hell out of the entire staff - but I shan't go there - I've promised to be a nice fella for a while). Stephen I beg to differ on that one.. I have worked for two of those win only companies.. in tech and sales.. and the management would find out if we got strange requests... if they get 50 linux driver requests a month.. the tech is gonna mention it to his superviser, who will mention it to his the some snooping boss will wander down and ask whats going on... It does happen... I worked for CEA (UMAX) and OCEAN (http://www.octek.com.hk/) and I was surprised at how much management did listen if they thought that there was an issue or money to be made Ocean has well over 5000 employees and has offices all over the world.. they are not a small company. and yet me as a lacky sales and tech guy in Au had several meetings with the manageing director when he was over. it really is surprising one email will do nothing, ten emails will do little, fifty emails and the tech guy will ask someone what to do about it.. then the ball starts rolling.. rgds Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
