Re: [newbie-it] estrarre testo da pdf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alle 01:06, sabato 23 novembre 2002, hai scritto: ciao a tutti, per visualizzare i file pdf uso kghostview o xpdf, ma non ho capito come estrarne il testo 8tipo copia e incolla in un'altra applicazione) come posso fare? un saluto pigi Credo che non ti permetta di selezionare il testo per poterlo incollare poi da un'altra parte. Io utilizo pdftotext un comando che estrae il testo da un documento pdf, dovrebbe essere nella distribuzione che utilizzi, altrimenti fai una ricerca con Google e lo troverai sicuramente. Ciao Sandro - -- Dr. Sandro Porrazzini - A.I.P. n° 2075 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mandrake Linux 8.2 on PIII 866 Mhz Linux User #203143 Linux Machine #103048 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE931Xw/ayi1TbZzlQRAkLRAJwNNKrjk1Iu7NhM0rGojC77AkKH7ACfdov+ EyVf85v2QtWAKTtNUfG6qo0= =Ulqx -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[newbie-it] Consigliatemi una distro
Mi hanno appena dato/regalato un vecchio pc con processore K6 64Mb di ram (non conosco la frequenza del processore) 3Gb di HD e vorrei farlo resuscitare con linux. Chi mi sa consigliare una distro che giri bene sul suddetto pc senza essere impossibile da usare per chi ne sa abbastanza poco? Grazie anticipatamente Junk.
Re: [newbie-it] Consigliatemi una distro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alle 18:11, sabato 23 novembre 2002, in merito a [newbie-it] Consigliatemi una distro, Junkie ha scritto: Mi hanno appena dato/regalato un vecchio pc con processore K6 64Mb di ram (non conosco la frequenza del processore) 3Gb di HD e vorrei farlo resuscitare con linux. Chi mi sa consigliare una distro che giri bene sul suddetto pc senza essere impossibile da usare per chi ne sa abbastanza poco? Grazie anticipatamente ciao.. io su una macchina simile faccio girare una RH 6.2 con fvwm e degne soddisfazioni.. uso anche un pc p133 1G hd SCSI sul quale gira una debian.. ma non ho fatto io l'installazione, quindi non so dirti, poi questa macchina serve solo per testare schede di acquisizone, quindi se ne fa un uso limitato.. cya! - - jv - ~~~ @ mdk 8.1 GNU/Linux 2.4.18 l.u. # 245448 l.m # 126972 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9376RoD2O62YfgMARAk8rAJ9/ep87GQQP2iWhXwFjSJTBVpRSOACfeI9H OxlvN9kS68S7suFNTfdXFqY= =sFGl -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[newbie-it] a proposito di java
Anch'io ho da tempo problemi con java. In particolare sia konqueror che Mozilla tentando di aprire alcuni link, mi restituiscono il seguente messaggio: Unable to load JSSE SSL stream handler, https support not available *** FCChat(5.515) *** java.version :1.2.2 java.class.version :46.0 java.vendor:Sun Microsystems Inc. os.name:Linux os.arch:i386 os.version :2.4.19-16mdk init() Language :it Country:IT Variant: *Language :italiano *Country :Italia *Variant : C'è soluzione? Un saluto Fulvio
Re: [newbie-it] opzioni pdf
Alle 05:07, mercoledì 26 giugno 2002 (!!! forse dovresti regolare la data), hai scritto: ps2pdf dovrebbe essere uno script che richiama tra gli altri il ghostscript. probabilmente dovresti cercare info li'. man gs e varie doc sul ghostscript [...] E' vero! ps2pdf è uno script che fa partire ps2pdf12, che è uno script che fa partire ps2pdfwr, che è uno script che fa partire gs! Nel manuale di gs c'è scritto di tutto, ma non sono riuscito a identificare quello che mi serve; non so se i parametri che definiscono i pixel/pollice in direzione x e y c'entrino qualcosa. Chiedi questoi perché vorresti avere una maggiore definizione dell'output in pdf vero? Magari scrivi con Lyx o latex e vorresti un formato pdf leggibile per questi testi? Sto usando OpenOffice, ma poter uscire con un documento in pdf è una gran cosa se devi farti stampare delle pagine da altri; purtroppo sotto uìndous si ottengono dei discreti pdf, dove si può controllare con precisione il grado di compressione delle immagini, e quindi la loro definizione. Speriamo Intanto grazie Giorgio
Re: [newbie] Quick chmod question
AndrewD wrote: I need to chmod a whole bunch of files (under a directory), rather than go thru them all one by one is there a quicker way to chmod them all Absolutely. Try this: man chmod If you do not understand the chmod manual, come back to this list and ask. -- Milos Prudek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] localhost?
yet). It's just that it gets confused when I try to access SWAT (http://localhost:901) or the CUPS configuration tool (http://localhost:631) and sends me to search.netscape.com. Try this: http://127.0.0.1:901 http://127.0.0.1:631 Does it work? -- Milos Prudek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] localhost?
On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 19:28, Milos Prudek wrote: yet). It's just that it gets confused when I try to access SWAT (http://localhost:901) or the CUPS configuration tool (http://localhost:631) and sends me to search.netscape.com. Try this: http://127.0.0.1:901 http://127.0.0.1:631 Does it work? -- Milos Prudek Try https://localhost:1 or :631 or :901 -- Sat Nov 23 20:15:01 EST 2002 .o0 linux user:267497 0o. |____ | kühn media australia | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kühn | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | ;/ / | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU Coralament*Best Grötens*Liebe Grüße*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn Political T.V. commercials prove one thing: some candidates can tell all their good points and qualifications in just 30 seconds. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] shutdown: difference between stopping and shutting down
was suddenly curious about this. when shutting down the Mandrake, and suddenly realised not all messages were made equal. some were listed as stopping while others shutting down eg. Stopping crond: [ OK] Shutting down APM daemon: [ OK] are there any significance to why they are listed differently? thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kjournald
On Saturday 23 Nov 2002 7:24 am, Len Lawrence wrote: Does anybody know what kjournald is or does? I am running Mandrake 8.1 and 8.2 on two machines, with Gnome 1.4, and gtop lists several kjournald processes, always swapped out. On the 8.2 installation the count is currently 6, sometimes 7. Would these instances of kjournald have anything to do with invoking KDE applications under Gnome? Len Lawrence Not everything beginning with 'k' is a KDE app. This is 'kerneljournaldaemon' I believe it is the ext3 journal. There should be one per ext3 partition I think. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] VMware
Hello All, Has anyone successfully configure printing from the VMware Guest OS through to a cups printer on Mandrake? If so, how? Please? Regards Trevor Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] VMware
On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 22:45, Trevor Rhodes wrote: Hello All, Has anyone successfully configure printing from the VMware Guest OS through to a cups printer on Mandrake? If so, how? Please? Regards Trevor Ha! I've converted you! (grin) Use CUPS - it's easiest - via either SAMBA or IP...same diff... EZ via IP... (Have you tried installing XP in a VM yet - or just Win98?) (BTW, MSDOS 6.22 w/QEMM 7.5 and Desqview/X running Win3.11 in a window is interesting...so is OS/2...) Chee-yahs! -- Sat Nov 23 22:50:00 EST 2002 .o0 linux user:267497 0o. |____ | kühn media australia | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kühn | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | ;/ / | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU Coralament*Best Grötens*Liebe Grüße*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn You are in a maze of UUCP connections, all alike. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] First suspect - me
On Friday November 22 2002 10:52 am, Franki wrote: I have no user in my fstab at all.. and I had to copy my CD's to the local hard drive to install stuff.. otherwise rpmdrake just asks for the same CD over and over, even when it has the right one.. If I used them more, i'd take out supermount altogether and mount manually.. but I keep hoping mandrake will fix it.. as a result of this, I think mdk7.2 is still their best ever release.. anyone else agree with me?? No. You may want to consider it's a hardware problem. Either the CD drive or the media (burned or pressed). For instance, I have a lot of movies on CDr's. Dozens of movies on each CDr. If I load a play list from a CDrom, whether usin Mplayer or Xine, most of the time the player will hang on a movie before making it's way thru the whole CD. If I do the same thing, but load the movies usin my burner as a reader, there's never a problem. Much the same with music CDr's or CD's usin Xmms. Rpmdrake often fails to install rpms from my Cdrom drive, but if I remove Cdrom as the sources, and load Cdrom2 (cd-rw) as the sources, it never fails. Bottom line is my Cdrom drive probly has some spindle wobble or laser misalignment, or both. Also, burners use a 'better' laser (narrower, brighter). When ever I've had problems with my ancient floppy drive, it always turns out to be the media. All my floppy's are ancient too ;) Supermount (and Mandrake) IMO, are falling victim to complaints based on the assumption it's the OS's fault, when surely, user, then hardware, and lastly OS should be explored. As the subject says First suspect - me then hardware. Eliminate those culprits before complaining about Mandrake and supermount. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Sound with Quake 3
Just installed the update for Q3 that makes it work again with Mdk 9.0, but sound seems to be a problem. If I have the aRts server running, Q3 stalls at sound initialization. If I stop the aRts server, then it runs, but of course without sound. XMMS plays nicely through the aRts server, so the right drivers would seem to be in place. Any tips out there? TIA Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] streaming on Mozilla
On Friday November 22 2002 06:06 pm, villoing wrote: I download the cross over plugin and when I lounch sh install-crossover-plugin-1.1.3-demo.sh I get : command not foundlugin-1.1.3-demo.sh: line 12: : command not foundlugin-1.1.3-demo.sh: line 14: : command not foundlugin-1.1.3-demo.sh: line 15: } install-crossover-plugin-1.1.3-demo.sh: line 65: syntax error near unexpected to'en `do 'nstall-crossover-plugin-1.1.3-demo.sh: line 65: ` for a in $GUESS_MD5_PATH; do in my xterm could sombody help to install this plugin ? Were you root when you did 'sh install-cross..' ? You might as well have your Net connection up too, 'cause you're gonna need it to install the plugins. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] streaming on Mozilla
On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 07:49:54 -0600 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Were you root when you did 'sh install-cross..' ? You might as well have your Net connection up too, 'cause you're gonna need it to install the plugins. Also for whatever reason some .sh installers on some systems will give command not found errors if you launch with sh filexxx.sh but will run without complaint if you launch with ./filexxx.sh Charles Everyone's in a high place when you're on your knees. -- Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] First suspect - me
normally I'd agree with you, except that the drive in question is a nearly new 48X... and I also have a brand new 50x that has the same problem.. but like I said, I upgraded to 2.4.20-0.2mdk kernel yesterday, and it all seems good now.. That would seem to indicate software wouldn't it?? especially since I never changed the fstab lines created during mandrake install... when you rule out the obvious, whatever is left, no matter how unlikely is the problem... rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Brinkman Sent: Saturday, 23 November 2002 9:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] First suspect - me On Friday November 22 2002 10:52 am, Franki wrote: I have no user in my fstab at all.. and I had to copy my CD's to the local hard drive to install stuff.. otherwise rpmdrake just asks for the same CD over and over, even when it has the right one.. If I used them more, i'd take out supermount altogether and mount manually.. but I keep hoping mandrake will fix it.. as a result of this, I think mdk7.2 is still their best ever release.. anyone else agree with me?? No. You may want to consider it's a hardware problem. Either the CD drive or the media (burned or pressed). For instance, I have a lot of movies on CDr's. Dozens of movies on each CDr. If I load a play list from a CDrom, whether usin Mplayer or Xine, most of the time the player will hang on a movie before making it's way thru the whole CD. If I do the same thing, but load the movies usin my burner as a reader, there's never a problem. Much the same with music CDr's or CD's usin Xmms. Rpmdrake often fails to install rpms from my Cdrom drive, but if I remove Cdrom as the sources, and load Cdrom2 (cd-rw) as the sources, it never fails. Bottom line is my Cdrom drive probly has some spindle wobble or laser misalignment, or both. Also, burners use a 'better' laser (narrower, brighter). When ever I've had problems with my ancient floppy drive, it always turns out to be the media. All my floppy's are ancient too ;) Supermount (and Mandrake) IMO, are falling victim to complaints based on the assumption it's the OS's fault, when surely, user, then hardware, and lastly OS should be explored. As the subject says First suspect - me then hardware. Eliminate those culprits before complaining about Mandrake and supermount. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] First suspect - me
Supermount (and Mandrake) IMO, are falling victim to complaints based on the assumption it's the OS's fault, when surely, user, then IMHO this is unneccessary generalisation. My CDs work fine when mounted manually. They work terribly when using supermount. It was possible to copy one or two files, but when I let the system idle for ten minutes, I could no longer copy anything from the CD, and I could not even list the CD directory. Some previous poster described exactly the same symptoms. Indeed, the same CD drive and the same CDs in the same computer with the same Mandrake work absolutely without any problems with supermount disabled. That is a fact. Once I enable supermount, these problems are back. -- Milos Prudek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] First suspect - me
On Saturday 23 November 2002 08:58 am, Milos Prudek wrote: Supermount (and Mandrake) IMO, are falling victim to complaints based on the assumption it's the OS's fault, when surely, user, then IMHO this is unneccessary generalisation. My CDs work fine when mounted manually. They work terribly when using supermount. It was possible to copy one or two files, but when I let the system idle for ten minutes, I could no longer copy anything from the CD, and I could not even list the CD directory. Some previous poster described exactly the same symptoms. Indeed, the same CD drive and the same CDs in the same computer with the same Mandrake work absolutely without any problems with supermount disabled. That is a fact. Once I enable supermount, these problems are back. Interesting thread, my question is, why do the majority seem to have no problem at all with this and others battle it constantly. Supermount gives me no problems at all on two machines in my home office. Normal install without having to use any alternate install methods etc. This is a puzzle to me. Of course I have heard and seen the same kinds of problems on the other OS so as a generalization I would have to agree with Tom B. I have been messing with the wiring on my network , trying to get it wired as per most of the manuals I and howto's that I have read and no matter what I always end up going back to the scheme that works but is not right. So as always do what it takes to make things work and remember YMMV. Cheers, -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] First suspect - me
On Saturday November 23 2002 08:21 am, Franki wrote: normally I'd agree with you, except that the drive in question is a nearly new 48X... and I also have a brand new 50x that has the same problem.. but like I said, I upgraded to 2.4.20-0.2mdk kernel yesterday, and it all seems good now.. That would seem to indicate software wouldn't it?? especially since I never changed the fstab lines created during mandrake install... when you rule out the obvious, whatever is left, no matter how unlikely is the problem... No, even brand new CDrom drives have problems. I'll restate the bit about CD-RW's having 'better' lasers (and spindles). As to 48x and 50x, I've found the the faster drives tend to have more problems. Civileme stated much the same in a post some months ago, stating that anything over 12x actually caused a degredation in reading [my paraprhase]. For his exact words you'll need to search the newbie archive. Sorry, I can't begin to remember the subject of that thread. I wouldn't go as far as 12x, but if I were lookin for a new drive I'd try'n find a 24x from a quality vendor (eg, Plextor). 2.4.20-0.3mdk was on the mirrors this morning. I'm compiling it for athlon as I type. There has been nothing about supermount fixes in any of the 2.4.20 kernel change logs. Mostly increased ACPI fixes, which seem to make the laptop people happy, but have brought some complaints from others. Most often about nVidia. You might wanna add acpi=off to your lilo append line if you experience any issues. Also, IME, until new kernels get at least over patch level 10 or 12, expect some issues. It would probly also be a good idea to search the recent cooker archive http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cookerr=1w=2before usin the latest and greatest cooker kernels. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] First suspect - me
I think the debate over using supermount or not has no proper right or wrong
answer, right now. To me, this is one of those Chevy vs. Ford arguments
('scuse the American reference..I can't think of an international one at the
moment. :-) For every one of us that says it works wonderfully, there's
someone else who found just the opposite to be true. Regardless of how
knowledgeable you are about Linux, or inexperienced (like me!), it's hard
not to admit that any feature that works for some and not for others is
still not working to the level and expectation that is implies, and
therefore needs improving. That doesn't mean that it has no value or use for
some.
No doubt, Mandrake will find a way to make it work some day. It needed to be
done yesterday, but since it hasn't, mulling over its value is just a an
exercise in futility unless someone can come up with a way to make it work
for everyone. The only useful answer at this moment seems to be use it if
it works you, if you like it or if you must have it. Don't use it if it
doesn't work for you, you don't like it or you don't need it.
A 'win-win' scenario to me...for the time being.
T
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Re: [newbie] Printer Problems M9.0 and Lexmark Z53
Joe Braddock wrote: In case it is the driver, have you tried downloading new ones from Lexmark's site? Also, I think the Z53 drivers are tied to GhostScript. Have you looked into a problem with that? I ask these questions, because I am printing from 9.0 to a Z53 flawlessly (text, color, and photographs). I'm am using the stock drivers (z53 and ghostscript and cups) that came with 9.0, well, I might have updated the ghostscript through Mandrake Update (I can't remember if it was 8.2 or 9.0 and I'm not at that computer right now). Anyway, you could always try (I know, for yet another time), to uninstall cups, uninstall the drivers, delete the print spool and configuration directories and start it over from scratch. Joeb yes, the 3 drivers in ghostscript are:- CUPS+Gimp+print v4.2.2 Foomatic+Gimp-print Foomatic+Gimp-print-ijs (this is new to M9.0, never had it before) in addition to Lexmark's own driver, Foomatic+Lexmarkinkjet, which I cannot get to work at all. Ive forgotten how to do the post install config, seem to remember there were complicated symlinks to do. Since all three ghostscript produce satifsfactory test pages I don't really suspect the drivers as such. They are all under CUPS.When you test Page you are instructing directly , very little spooling involved, it's a direct call between driver and printer, or that is how I understand it. Now recently kde have been intergrating more of the spooling software into kde CC , and before these days , spooling was largely qtCups and worked well.I suspect that the intergration is not going smoothly. However before I start removing and installing things, may I ask of you, is your install the download M9.0 version or are you using powerpack. I may have a duff download, though all three iso files passed the md5sum test. Also, I may have a an error in my cd write, though I take particular care to do a slow 4x write burn. Also when you configure your spooling apps do you call on the command line #gtcups or do you use like me the kde CC -system-print manager- instances - settings - driver settings I would just like to eliminate possibilities before I start removing and reinstalling, thats all. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] localhost?
No. Got 2 different results, though. The first one popped up a message box that said the document was empty. The second one said that the connection was refused. I don't know if it's important but I'm using Netscape 7.0. When I use the localhost hostname for both of those ports, it pulls up search.netscape.com. What's interesting to me is that I get the default Apache webpage whether I use http://127.0.0.1/ or http://localhost/. Is a mystery. Thanks for your help, Carl Milos Prudek wrote: yet). It's just that it gets confused when I try to access SWAT (http://localhost:901) or the CUPS configuration tool (http://localhost:631) and sends me to search.netscape.com. Try this: http://127.0.0.1:901 http://127.0.0.1:631 Does it work? 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] improve linux's and mozilla's profile..
Franki, Saturday 23 November 2002 05:12: I'd like to suggest to all of you that you set your linux browsers home pages up to google or yahoo or one of the others that monitor browser type ect and publish their findings.. since I use google a huge amout anyway they must be getting alot of linux showing up.. Also, google is such a plain page that it loads really quickly. O.T. If I've been messing, and want to check that I can still see the net, I go to google and type in something stupid and/or random - the page which comes back can't possibly have been cached. Richard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] localhost?
On Saturday 23 November 2002 09:01, Carl J. Bauman wrote: No. Got 2 different results, though. The first one popped up a message box that said the document was empty. The second one said that the connection was refused. I don't know if it's important but I'm using Netscape 7.0. When I use the localhost hostname for both of those ports, it pulls up search.netscape.com. What's interesting to me is that I get the default Apache webpage whether I use http://127.0.0.1/ or http://localhost/. Is a mystery. Thanks for your help, Carl I had the same problem, fixed it by using the IP address of the machine, i.e. https://10.10.50.1:port Bill Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] localhost?
I set-up my /etc/hosts file like this, for each client or server: 127.0.0.1localhost.localdomainlocalhost 192.168.1.10 computer_name where, '192.168.1.10' represents the static address of the computer this is on, and 'computer_name' is the host name you gave to this computer. Of course, other entries would follow, as they pertain to your netwrok needs. This works for me, and seems to keep me out of trouble. :-) T - Original Message - From: Bill Spatz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 11:18 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] localhost? On Saturday 23 November 2002 09:01, Carl J. Bauman wrote: No. Got 2 different results, though. The first one popped up a message box that said the document was empty. The second one said that the connection was refused. I don't know if it's important but I'm using Netscape 7.0. When I use the localhost hostname for both of those ports, it pulls up search.netscape.com. What's interesting to me is that I get the default Apache webpage whether I use http://127.0.0.1/ or http://localhost/. Is a mystery. Thanks for your help, Carl I had the same problem, fixed it by using the IP address of the machine, i.e. https://10.10.50.1:port Bill 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] localhost?
Carl J. Bauman wrote: No. Got 2 different results, though. The first one popped up a message box that said the document was empty. The second one said that the connection was refused. The second one means that there is no daemon (no program) running on that port (port 631). The first one means that there is a program on that port (901), and it returns no data. To verify this, send us the output of the following command: netstat -l -- Milos Prudek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Ports to keep open for samba?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hallo! I'd like to let other computers running windows to print through my samba shared printer, and I'm using MDK9's firewall (shorewall)... should I let any specific port open for them to be able to do so?? 8-? TIA - -- Joan Tur. Eivissa-Spain AOL quini2k, ICQ 11407395 www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE938iJok8j9RhtetwRAkNRAJ9otxQg7+sbL3xrGi1oB9vfeWcujQCfWNh/ w2AMMsAZ79FD4rn3pSRpFDo= =qx4l -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer Problems M9.0 and Lexmark Z53
Joe Braddock wrote: ---Original Message--- From: John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11/22/02 04:45 PM To: Spencer [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Printer Problems M9.0 and Lexmark Z53 I guess so. I've been conducting a little experiment, this is with Z53 foomatic+gimp-print driver(it's probably the better of the two ghostscript drivers) now I've taken the standard colour settings :- yellow 1.000 contrast 1.000 magenta 1.000 stp gamma 1.600 stp brightness 1.000 cyan 1.000 result lacking red. Each in turn I increased first yellow, then magenta, and then cyan to the maximum setting of 4.000 each while putting back the previous to 1.000 in each and every case the only change is an increase of BLUE red is noticeable in it's absence and yellow is unchanged. Something is screwed, is it the install or a faulty driver, I suppose I have to reinstall, but not looking forward to doing that as printer driver and spooling software installs is not my idea of fun.It might be quicker to do an entire OS install. However as you say maybe there is an updated driver. I don't know whether Joe Braddock of [EMAIL PROTECTED] might be willing to test his z53 with the same driver and settings and report to me , the cost is 3 sheets of wasted paper and ink. John I won't be able to until tonight (Saturday), but I'll be glad to test it. As I said in another post, though, I've been printing everything from plain black text to full color photos and I haven't had a problem with it. Joeb p.s. One last question. When you did your dual install of 8.2 and 9.0, are you sharing any partitions between the two (i.e. home or var)? The only partitions I share are the /boot partition, nothing else. Probably I ought to create a shared /home but I don't , as on the whole I don't find it much trouble to copy across anything I need which isn't all that much. Just things like cddb , addressboot, bookmarks etc. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] First suspect - me
On Saturday 23 Nov 2002 3:27 pm, Technoslick wrote: No doubt, Mandrake will find a way to make it work some day. It needed to be done yesterday, but since it hasn't, mulling over its value is just a an exercise in futility unless someone can come up with a way to make it work for everyone. The only useful answer at this moment seems to be use it if it works you, if you like it or if you must have it. Don't use it if it doesn't work for you, you don't like it or you don't need it. A 'win-win' scenario to me...for the time being. Problem is, it's like intermittant faults on a washing machine - darned thing may be just a minor problem, but finding it isn't. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] ATI support
Has anyone on the list tried using the Radeon All-in-Wonder 7500R? The fact that I don't see support for it is the ONLY thing keeping me in WinXP right now. I would absolutely LOVE to see a Radeon AiW 7500r card supported!!! Remote, tv-input, dvd play, and all. Feedback is requested. -Original Message- From: Anthony Abby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 3:55 PM To: Mandrake-Newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] ATI support On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 23:06, Dennis Myers wrote: Has anyone had a chance to test the new ATI drivers shown on the following URL? http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.112102/223252168t icker=ATYTticker=ATY.TO I am looking for a new vid card and am hesitant to go ATI. Let me know what luck yall have had. Thanks, -- I was actually excited about this article, until I read that it doesn't pertain to any of the ati mobility chipsets! I'm running Mandrake 9 on a Compaq Presario 2710US (ati Rage Mobility LY). I have to use the generic VESA drivers for x. Sucks! Anthony Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] streaming on Mozilla
for now, I've installer crossover and them few plugins, but these plugins appears in Mozilla but with this message : Unable to load the windows plugin library. Could somebody help me ? Charles A Edwards wrote: On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 07:49:54 -0600 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Were you root when you did 'sh install-cross..' ? You might as well have your Net connection up too, 'cause you're gonna need it to install the plugins. Also for whatever reason some .sh installers on some systems will give command not found errors if you launch with sh filexxx.sh but will run without complaint if you launch with ./filexxx.sh Charles Everyone's in a high place when you're on your knees. -- Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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] ATI support
On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 12:49, Ralph M. Los wrote: Has anyone on the list tried using the Radeon All-in-Wonder 7500R? The fact that I don't see support for it is the ONLY thing keeping me in WinXP right now. I would absolutely LOVE to see a Radeon AiW 7500r card supported!!! Remote, tv-input, dvd play, and all. Feedback is requested. Well it's not perfect, but you could use the generic VESA drivers. Thats what I use on my Compaq Prsario 2710US laptop (ati rage mobility LY). When I got the laptop it had Windows XP HE installed, but I wasted little time in loading Linux on it. Anthony Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Faxing
Dear All, I would love to be able to fax from Linux on my desktop. I have LM 9. I am connected to the net with cable and I know that I would have to hook up the phone line with the modem in order to fax. The modem I have is supposedly supported by Linux or at least is a linmodem. How would I set this up so that I can fax plus still use my cable modem? Thanks for any suggestions. Here is the modem info: 00:0a.0 Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics 56k WindModem Subsystem: Lucent Microelectronics LT WinModem 56k Data+Fax+Voice+Dsvd Flags: bus master, medium devsel,latency 0, IRQ 9 Memory at e3001 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] I/O ports at c400 [size=8] I/O ports at c800 [size=256] Capabilities: available only to root Sincerely, Marcia Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sound with Quake 3
At 12:45 AM 11/24/2002 +1100, you wrote: Just installed the update for Q3 that makes it work again with Mdk 9.0, but sound seems to be a problem. If I have the aRts server running, Q3 stalls at sound initialization. If I stop the aRts server, then it runs, but of course without sound. XMMS plays nicely through the aRts server, so the right drivers would seem to be in place. Any tips out there? TIA Brian I don't remember the answer BUT this is in the archives for this list. This years IIRC too. Check for Quake 3 ? :) I believe it was a DarkLord post that solved it. --- Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Ports to keep open for samba?
On Saturday 23 Nov 2002 6:27 pm, Joan Tur wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hallo! I'd like to let other computers running windows to print through my samba shared printer, and I'm using MDK9's firewall (shorewall)... should I let any specific port open for them to be able to do so?? 8-? TIA - -- Joan Tur. Eivissa-Spain Yes by default shorewall will block services originating on the computer running the firewall from both the Internet AND the local network. So you have to open up ports137, 138, and 139 to the local network. It is easy to configure just edit the file /etc/shorewall/rules The bottom few lines contain which services are allowed to go between fw - The Firewall (think of it as the centre of your computer) net- The Internet interface masq- An Internet connection sharing interface to the local network loc - a Local Interface without masquerading There are separate lines for udp and tcp protocols. mine contains this :- ACCEPT net fw tcp 80,25 - ACCEPT masqfw tcp 53,80,443,25,8118,ssh,domain,bootps,http,https,137,138,139,631,imap,pop3,smtp,nntp,ntp,1 - ACCEPT masqfw udp 53,ssh,domain,bootps,http,https,137,138,139,631,imap,pop3,smtp,nntp,ntp,1 - ACCEPT fw masqtcp ssh,631,137,138,139 - ACCEPT fw masqudp ssh,631,137,138,139 - So Samba is allowed to operate between my masqueraded network and the firewall, and from the firewall and the masqueraded network, but not in from the Internet. After editing the file restart shorewall with service shorewall restart HTH derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] rpm dependencies
I'm trying to install an rpm of mutella 0.4.1, but I'm getting dependency errors. I get the error that mutella needs libreadline.so.4. I checked and I do have readline installed and libreadline.so.4 is present. Could you help me figure out why I'm getting dependency errors? Les Henderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Does MDK have a kernel with PARIDE support?
My wife just installed MDK 9.0 and evrything appears to be working fine except for her Bantam Backpack CD_RW. I downloaded the backpack module from Micro-solutions and tried to run ./install-backpack and got a message that the kernel does not support PARIDE. I need to know if Mandrake has a kernel configured with PARIDE support, and if so, can I just update her kernel or would I have to do a custom configuration? She found out on the micro-solution website that RedHat apparently comes with PARIDE support and wonders why MDK doesn't and is asking why we just don't get RedHat? michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Does MDK have a kernel with PARIDE support?
On Saturday 23 Nov 2002 7:37 pm, Michael wrote: My wife just installed MDK 9.0 and evrything appears to be working fine except for her Bantam Backpack CD_RW. I downloaded the backpack module from Micro-solutions and tried to run ./install-backpack and got a message that the kernel does not support PARIDE. I need to know if Mandrake has a kernel configured with PARIDE support, and if so, can I just update her kernel or would I have to do a custom configuration? She found out on the micro-solution website that RedHat apparently comes with PARIDE support and wonders why MDK doesn't and is asking why we just don't get RedHat? michael Mandrake has paride compiled as a module. It is located here /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/drivers/block/paride You just need to modprobe paride derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] First suspect - me
Yes, lsof and fuser Richard --- Milos Prudek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Remember, we're dealing with Unix here, essentially, and Unix increments a reference count on a file or directory whenever it is accessed. Whenever Is there a utility that would display processes which keep a drive locked? -- Milos Prudek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com = __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Does MDK have a kernel with PARIDE support?
On Saturday 23 November 2002 01:08 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: Mandrake has paride compiled as a module. It is located here /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/drivers/block/paride You just need to modprobe paride derek I found the paride module from your last email and per microsolutions instructions, did a insmod parport insmod paride insmod -f backpack and it said the module could not be found. i also tried downloading the module from the microsolutions site and running the install script and get a message saying my kernel is not a compatible version. I'm just not sure what to do from here. the paride module contains the drivers we need, but mdk doesn't seem to find it. I also did a depmod -a and that didn't seem to have any effect either. michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer Problems M9.0 and Lexmark Z53
Dennis Myers wrote: On Saturday 23 November 2002 11:23 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Joe Braddock wrote: ---Original Message--- From: John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11/22/02 04:45 PM To: Spencer [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Printer Problems M9.0 and Lexmark Z53 I guess so. I've been conducting a little experiment, this is with Z53 foomatic+gimp-print driver(it's probably the better of the two ghostscript drivers) now I've taken the standard colour settings :- yellow 1.000 contrast 1.000 magenta 1.000 stp gamma 1.600 stp brightness 1.000 cyan 1.000 result lacking red. Each in turn I increased first yellow, then magenta, and then cyan to the maximum setting of 4.000 each while putting back the previous to 1.000 in each and every case the only change is an increase of BLUE red is noticeable in it's absence and yellow is unchanged. Something is screwed, is it the install or a faulty driver, I suppose I have to reinstall, but not looking forward to doing that as printer driver and spooling software installs is not my idea of fun.It might be quicker to do an entire OS install. However as you say maybe there is an updated driver. I don't know whether Joe Braddock of [EMAIL PROTECTED] might be willing to test his z53 with the same driver and settings and report to me , the cost is 3 sheets of wasted paper and ink. John I won't be able to until tonight (Saturday), but I'll be glad to test it. As I said in another post, though, I've been printing everything from plain black text to full color photos and I haven't had a problem with it. Joeb p.s. One last question. When you did your dual install of 8.2 and 9.0, are you sharing any partitions between the two (i.e. home or var)? The only partitions I share are the /boot partition, nothing else. Probably I ought to create a shared /home but I don't , as on the whole I don't find it much trouble to copy across anything I need which isn't all that much. Just things like cddb , addressboot, bookmarks etc. John I had the same problem once and it was cause the color cartridge was out of one of the colors, can't recall which. Time to replace or refill? No, the colours are all there, printer works fine in M8.2, not M9.0 but I have found out something. the ghostscript drivers for M8.2 are a different version to M9.0 for instance M8.2 uses one ghostscript driver, LEXMARK Z52,CUPS+GIMP-print v4.2.0 M9.0 LEXMARK Z53,CUPS+GIMP-print v4.2.2 so what, I here you say, well hithertoo I have done testpages for all 3 ghostscript drivers which appeared ok, the colour wheel was good and the colours were vivid enought with everything just so, until you take a closer look at the colour wheel pie chart lettering, I guess I must of been hasty to say the test page looks fine, because upon closer inspection, whilst:- yellow is in pie chart position against Y , that's ok one shade of red C , I take to mean crimson yet another shade of red G , which surely ought to mean green green is in pie chart position against R, which surely ought to mean red blue is in pie chart position against M, which I take to mean mauve purple is in pie chart position against B, which I take to mean blue Does this mean drivers are screwed, or is it in the spooling that is the question ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] First suspect - me
On Friday 22 November 2002 10:58 pm, you wrote: Ron, Did'nt you encounter problems with supermount and installation of games under Transgaming WineX? And do these problems happen with your son's machine? --LX Hi Lyvim! Sure did. I had to disable supermount under 8.2 just to get my games installed. (can't remember exactly which games it was, but it was more than one). On my sons' computer though - it worked like a charm. Whats the difference? I don't know...excepting maybe BIOS - motherboard - chipset versions? (or maybe its because I use SCSI for all my CDs and his is a bog standard ATAPI IDE CD-ROM) Dunno... -- /\ Dark Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] First suspect - me
On Saturday 23 November 2002 10:16 am, you wrote: No, even brand new CDrom drives have problems. I'll restate the bit about CD-RW's having 'better' lasers (and spindles). As to 48x and 50x, I've found the the faster drives tend to have more problems. Civileme stated much the same in a post some months ago, stating that anything over 12x actually caused a degredation in reading [my paraprhase]. For his exact words you'll need to search the newbie archive. Sorry, I can't begin to remember the subject of that thread. I wouldn't go as far as 12x, but if I were lookin for a new drive I'd try'n find a 24x from a quality vendor (eg, Plextor). I'm with Tom here - I used, I say *used* to buy those generic brand X CD-ROMs from Tiger Direct all the time - until about half of them died. Now, I buy brand name only - currently I have a Toshiba DVD and a Plextor CDRW. Its the way to go folks. :-) -- /\ Dark Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] modem question
Hi, First off, I have absolutely no idea what I am doing. I installed Mandrake 9.0, and it installed everything alright except I have no idea how to get my modem to work. So until then, I am back on this awful Microcrap XP. I would appreciate any help anyone could give me, and in as easy terms to understand as possible, because all of the help pages I have seem to talk in a language that is far above my head :0( My modem is Conexant Softk56 PCI so I gather I go here http://www.mbsi.ca/cnxtlindrv/hsf/downloads-mdk-x86.html and download kernel version 2.4.19-16mdk (I gather) after that I have no idea what to do. How do I install that? I'm used to the simple and pleasurable clicking on an upgrade in windows and letting it self install, but when I clicked on this, it just asked me what to open it with, argh. When I installed it, it would find that I had some other type of modem, Eth(something) and would show I had an LAN whatever. I have no idea what any of that is. Someone suggested I disable that then my modem will show up, but as I don't know what it is and it all came with my computer, I have no idea how to do that, so I'd rather stay away from that. Anyway, if anyone can help me, I'd be very grateful Thanks for you time Take Care Richard
RE: [newbie] ATI support
I am currently using the newly released ATI drivers on my AIW 8500DV. No features beyond 2D/3D are supported as far as I know. They also seem to be slower than the last set and the DRI drivers, but they handle playing videos better. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Anthony Abby Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 1:21 PM To: Mandrake-Newbie Subject: RE: [newbie] ATI support On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 12:49, Ralph M. Los wrote: Has anyone on the list tried using the Radeon All-in-Wonder 7500R? The fact that I don't see support for it is the ONLY thing keeping me in WinXP right now. I would absolutely LOVE to see a Radeon AiW 7500r card supported!!! Remote, tv-input, dvd play, and all. Feedback is requested. Well it's not perfect, but you could use the generic VESA drivers. Thats what I use on my Compaq Prsario 2710US laptop (ati rage mobility LY). When I got the laptop it had Windows XP HE installed, but I wasted little time in loading Linux on it. Anthony Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Faxing
On Saturday 23 Nov 2002 5:35 pm, Marcia wrote: Dear All, I would love to be able to fax from Linux on my desktop. I have LM 9. I am connected to the net with cable and I know that I would have to hook up the phone line with the modem in order to fax. The modem I have is supposedly supported by Linux or at least is a linmodem. How would I set this up so that I can fax plus still use my cable modem? Thanks for any suggestions. Hello Marcia - The issue of winmodems is something I don't know much about. I think the Lucent chip modems are among the ones that can be persuaded to work, but someone who knows more than I do will advise you on that part. For the Mandrake setup, your situation is a little different from mine, where I have a connection over ethernet, then a modem, but this is what I suggest you do: Go to Mandrake Control Centre and let Mandrake detect your connections. It should detect your modem and offer to set it up. If it does, let it. It will make all the connection settings you need. I presume that this will leave you with two profiles then, and you will have to switch when you want to fax. I could be way off beam, since you have, in effect, two modems, but that's how I would tackle it. Anne Here is the modem info: 00:0a.0 Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics 56k WindModem Subsystem: Lucent Microelectronics LT WinModem 56k Data+Fax+Voice+Dsvd Flags: bus master, medium devsel,latency 0, IRQ 9 Memory at e3001 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] I/O ports at c400 [size=8] I/O ports at c800 [size=256] Capabilities: available only to root Sincerely, Marcia Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Connecting Modem -Conexant HCF PCI
Greetings All, I am a complete newbie to Linux having just had Mandrake 8 installed, and still learning the most fundamental details. When installing the program the person helping could not find a Linux driver compatible with my Conexant HCF PCI modem. Is there one which I can down load and install that any one knows of please? Simple response would be appreciated where technical procedures are needed would help me at this stage. Thanks in anticipation. Dell Purdie Rotorua, New Zealand. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] modem question
On Saturday 23 November 2002 04:12 pm, Richard J A wrote: Hi, First off, I have absolutely no idea what I am doing. I installed Mandrake 9.0, and it installed everything alright except I have no idea how to get my modem to work. So until then, I am back on this awful Microcrap XP. I would appreciate any help anyone could give me, and in as easy terms to understand as possible, because all of the help pages I have seem to talk in a language that is far above my head :0( My modem is Conexant Softk56 PCI so I gather I go here http://www.mbsi.ca/cnxtlindrv/hsf/downloads-mdk-x86.html and download kernel version 2.4.19-16mdk (I gather) after that I have no idea what to do. How do I install that? I'm used to the simple and pleasurable clicking on an upgrade in windows and letting it self install, but when I clicked on this, it just asked me what to open it with, argh. When I installed it, it would find that I had some other type of modem, Eth(something) and would show I had an LAN whatever. I have no idea what any of that is. Someone suggested I disable that then my modem will show up, but as I don't know what it is and it all came with my computer, I have no idea how to do that, so I'd rather stay away from that. Anyway, if anyone can help me, I'd be very grateful Thanks for you time Take Care Richard Hi Richard, welcome to the freedom of linux. First off you didn't mention if you are using a desktop like KDE or Gnome? If KDE then you can click on the K button (same as the start button in MS). Click on what to do? then use the internet then connect to the internet This will bring up the KPPP console. From there you can click on the setup button and start setting up the modem. However it appears you have a winmodem and that part needs help from someone with experience with those things, which I do not. So, a little help from the list is needed here. Jump right in and call the ball. : ) -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] pcmcia modems w/Mandrake 9.0
Hi My Toshiba 1805-s204 has what is called a software modem in it. This is what is described in the hardware list in XP. I am assuming this is a winmodem which is why has not been responding in Mandrake 9.0. Therefore, I am considering a pcmcia modem in order to use Mandrake on this notebook. Does anyone have suggestions for a good one? I have found a 3COM 3CCM156B 56K GLOB.V90 PCMCIA MODEM Does anyone have experience with this particular modem. The price looks right. Many thanks in advance Jim Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] modem question
Richard J A wrote: Hi, First off, I have absolutely no idea what I am doing. I installed Mandrake 9.0, and it installed everything alright except I have no idea how to get my modem to work. So until then, I am back on this awful Microcrap XP. I would appreciate any help anyone could give me, and in as easy terms to understand as possible, because all of the help pages I have seem to talk in a language that is far above my head :0( My modem is Conexant Softk56 PCI so I gather I go here http://www.mbsi.ca/cnxtlindrv/hsf/downloads-mdk-x86.html and download kernel version 2.4.19-16mdk (I gather) after that I have no idea what to do. How do I install that? I'm used to the simple and pleasurable clicking on an upgrade in windows and letting it self install, but when I clicked on this, it just asked me what to open it with, argh. When I installed it, it would find that I had some other type of modem, Eth(something) and would show I had an LAN whatever. I have no idea what any of that is. Someone suggested I disable that then my modem will show up, but as I don't know what it is and it all came with my computer, I have no idea how to do that, so I'd rather stay away from that. Anyway, if anyone can help me, I'd be very grateful Thanks for you time Take Care Richard Do you know whether your PCI modem is software controlled or hardware controlled, some internel modems are hardware controlled, but mostly they are so called winmodems, in which case you will have to find a driver. try, http://www.linmodems.org/ but if you can possibly afford it, they are not that expensive , buy yourself a nice hardware controlled (chipset) modem they don't need software and all you have to do is to get the OS to recognise it's there and it will work whether in Linux or windblows. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] modem question
On Saturday 23 Nov 2002 10:12 pm, Richard J A wrote: Hi, First off, I have absolutely no idea what I am doing. I installed Mandrake 9.0, and it installed everything alright except I have no idea how to get my modem to work. So until then, I am back on this awful Microcrap XP. I would appreciate any help anyone could give me, and in as easy terms to understand as possible, because all of the help pages I have seem to talk in a language that is far above my head :0( Hi, Richard. First thing is, don't panic. We've all been there and felt utterly helpless, but this list is brilliant in helping you get going. You need to keep calm, though, and try to be as precise as possible in describing problems and what happens. My modem is Conexant Softk56 PCI so I gather I go here http://www.mbsi.ca/cnxtlindrv/hsf/downloads-mdk-x86.html and download kernel version 2.4.19-16mdk (I gather) after that I have no idea what to do. How do I install that? If you installed Mandrake 9.0 you already have that kernel version installed. I'm used to the simple and pleasurable clicking on an upgrade in windows and letting it self install, but when I clicked on this, it just asked me what to open it with, argh. When I installed it, it would find that I had some other type of modem, Eth(something) and would show I had an LAN whatever. I have no idea what any of that is. An entry of Eth0 or similar would mean your LAN connection - you are connected to a network? Someone suggested I disable that then my modem will show up, but as I don't know what it is and it all came with my computer, I have no idea how to do that, so I'd rather stay away from that. You will find Mandrake Control Centre great for setting things up. On the bottom bar you should have an icon like a black screen with a spanner across it? Click on that to open up MCC. Assuming that you have a hardware modem, the wizard there will help you set up with little or no input. If you have a winmodem it will be a little harder, and someone else will advise you on that. Try this first, and come back if you need more help. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] modem question
On Saturday 23 November 2002 05:42 pm, Richard J A wrote: From what I can gather it is winmodem and I have found the file thingy that I need at http://www.mbsi.ca/cnxtlindrv/hsf/downloads-mdk-x86.html but I can't understand how to instal that. - Original Message - From: Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 5:52 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] modem question On Saturday 23 November 2002 04:12 pm, Richard J A wrote: Hi, First off, I have absolutely no idea what I am doing. I installed Mandrake 9.0, and it installed everything alright except I have no idea how to get my modem to work. So until then, I am back on this awful Microcrap XP. I would appreciate any help anyone could give me, and in as easy terms to understand as possible, because all of the help pages I have seem to talk in a language that is far above my head :0( My modem is Conexant Softk56 PCI so I gather I go here http://www.mbsi.ca/cnxtlindrv/hsf/downloads-mdk-x86.html and download kernel version 2.4.19-16mdk (I gather) after that I have no idea what to do. How do I install that? I'm used to the simple and pleasurable clicking on an upgrade in windows and letting it self install, but when I clicked on this, it just asked me what to open it with, argh. When I installed it, it would find that I had some other type of modem, Eth(something) and would show I had an LAN whatever. I have no idea what any of that is. Someone suggested I disable that then my modem will show up, but as I don't know what it is and it all came with my computer, I have no idea how to do that, so I'd rather stay away from that. Anyway, if anyone can help me, I'd be very grateful Thanks for you time Take Care Richard Hi Richard, welcome to the freedom of linux. First off you didn't mention if you are using a desktop like KDE or Gnome? If KDE then you can click on the K button (same as the start button in MS). Click on what to do? then use the internet then connect to the internet This will bring up the KPPP console. From there you can click on the setup button and start setting up the modem. However it appears you have a winmodem and that part needs help from someone with experience with those things, which I do not. So, a little help from the list is needed here. Jump right in and call the ball. : ) Last reply I had forgotten you said you were using windows. So download the driver for your kernel, it is the first one on the list, and save to floppy so you can boot into Mandrake and save the file to your personal /home/yourname directory. then do the .rpm click install. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] M9 Openoffice and Perl
Today on my standard M9 install for no good reason I can think openoffice suddenly stopped working with this error (it had been working OK for about a month) no element found at line 1, column 0, byte 0 at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/XML/Parser.pm line 185 This is NOT an isolated problem - a google search shows a few people have had similar problems but I could not find a solution (although one of the threads is in Italian). I really need openoffice and if I can't get it work I'll have to ditch Mandrake. Any ideas? Thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] modem question
Denis, I just tried that. Left clicked on it, and got a box pop up with the list of known applications in it asking me what I want to you to open the file? _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sound with Quake 3
On Sun, 2002-11-24 at 05:38, FemmeFatale wrote: At 12:45 AM 11/24/2002 +1100, you wrote: Just installed the update for Q3 that makes it work again with Mdk 9.0, but sound seems to be a problem. If I have the aRts server running, Q3 stalls at sound initialization. If I stop the aRts server, then it runs, but of course without sound. XMMS plays nicely through the aRts server, so the right drivers would seem to be in place. Any tips out there? TIA Brian I don't remember the answer BUT this is in the archives for this list. This years IIRC too. Check for Quake 3 ? :) I believe it was a DarkLord post that solved it. --- Femme Thanks for that, but the solution there was to shut down the aRts server. That certainly gets things running, but without sound. I think Quake must require bog standard OSS emulation. As I'm using alsa with a multichanel sound card, I might need to get a little deeper into modules.conf settings to get this going. cheers Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Faxing
On Sun, 2002-11-24 at 09:42, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 23 Nov 2002 5:35 pm, Marcia wrote: Dear All, I would love to be able to fax from Linux on my desktop. I have LM 9. I am connected to the net with cable and I know that I would have to hook up the phone line with the modem in order to fax. The modem I have is supposedly supported by Linux or at least is a linmodem. How would I set this up so that I can fax plus still use my cable modem? Thanks for any suggestions. Hello Marcia - The issue of winmodems is something I don't know much about. I think the Lucent chip modems are among the ones that can be persuaded to work, but someone who knows more than I do will advise you on that part. For the Mandrake setup, your situation is a little different from mine, where I have a connection over ethernet, then a modem, but this is what I suggest you do: Go to Mandrake Control Centre and let Mandrake detect your connections. It should detect your modem and offer to set it up. If it does, let it. It will make all the connection settings you need. I presume that this will leave you with two profiles then, and you will have to switch when you want to fax. I could be way off beam, since you have, in effect, two modems, but that's how I would tackle it. Anne I suspect that this might just confuse things. You shouldn't need to configure a connection using the modem to allow it to be for faxing. Whatever fax software you are using will need to be pointed at the port to which the modem is connected. That's about it. In fact, I would suggest that you specifically tell drakconnect NOT to configure the modem if you are running it for some other reason, as it's likely screw up network settings. HTH Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Connecting Modem -Conexant HCF PCI
- Original Message - From: Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 10:50:43 +1100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Connecting Modem -Conexant HCF PCI [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings All, I am a complete newbie to Linux having just had Mandrake 8 installed, and still learning the most fundamental details. When installing the program the person helping could not find a Linux driver compatible with my Conexant HCF PCI modem. Is there one which I can down load and install that any one knows of please? Simple response would be appreciated where technical procedures are needed would help me at this stage. Thanks in anticipation. Dell Purdie Rotorua, New Zealand. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Try the links off these pages:- http://www.mbsi.ca/cnxtlindrv/ http://linmodems.org/ These should help you set up your modem it. I have the same one at it works. Just make sure you read the instructions and all should work fine. Cheers Mark * Greetings to you Dell, I am a newbie using the driver from http://www.mbsi.ca/cnxtlindrv/ and have had pretty good results with it too, on Mandrake 8.2 and now with 9.0. Just wanted to mention, there is a great hcflinux mailing list for the mbsi drivers to which you can subscribe. Lots of info. I have found it very helpful. You can check out the mailing lists here: http://www.mbsi.ca/cnxtlindrv/contact.html All the best to you. Welcome to Linux, and the list! (BTW, this list is great when you need help. Lots of helpful patient folks who will share their expertise). --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness.--James Thurber *** *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] modem question
On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 07:52, Dennis Myers wrote: snip from someone with experience with those things, which I do not. So, a little help from the list is needed here. Jump right in and call the ball. : ) -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Dennis, Roger ball? Sorry, I can't help with the winmodem problem, but I couldn't resist the comment. -- -- Jim --- james Mellema, CRNA ICQ # 19685870 Linux User 71650 --- The only people who like Microsoft are those who don't understand. When people understand what Microsoft is up to, they're outraged...Tim O'Reilly Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] shutdown: difference between stopping and shuttingdown
On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 20:29, Stormjumper wrote: was suddenly curious about this. when shutting down the Mandrake, and suddenly realised not all messages were made equal. some were listed as stopping while others shutting down eg. Stopping crond: [ OK] Shutting down APM daemon: [ OK] are there any significance to why they are listed differently? thanks Probably not that significant a difference, but I suspect that stopping means effectively killing the process, while shutting down means sending a message to the process to ask it nicely to tidy up, switch off the lights and lock the door on the way out. Of course those processes that don't respond to the invitation get killed at the end of the shutdown script - that's when killall gets invoked. Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sound with Quake 3
At 02:21 PM 11/24/2002 +1100, you wrote: On Sun, 2002-11-24 at 05:38, FemmeFatale wrote: At 12:45 AM 11/24/2002 +1100, you wrote: Just installed the update for Q3 that makes it work again with Mdk 9.0, but sound seems to be a problem. If I have the aRts server running, Q3 stalls at sound initialization. If I stop the aRts server, then it runs, but of course without sound. XMMS plays nicely through the aRts server, so the right drivers would seem to be in place. Any tips out there? TIA Brian I don't remember the answer BUT this is in the archives for this list. This years IIRC too. Check for Quake 3 ? :) I believe it was a DarkLord post that solved it. --- Femme Thanks for that, but the solution there was to shut down the aRts server. That certainly gets things running, but without sound. I think Quake must require bog standard OSS emulation. As I'm using alsa with a multichanel sound card, I might need to get a little deeper into modules.conf settings to get this going. cheers Brian well fwiw, i use an SBLive! just fine but I believe I had OSS Going at the time. *Current installation isn't worth mentioning, its perfectly fucked ATM, or I'd test it for ya to help out*. Sooo try OSS failing that, see the ARTS homepage. I found after searching the mandrake site a mention to its page on issues relating to the Arts sound stuff for gaming. Sorry i'm not entirely helpful but tis been a while since I've done battle with linux here. We are due for another run gunn soon methinks. :) --- Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problem installing a program
Any other listmates following this thread? (FYI--mdk9.0 on a i686) I, too, have had problems with Konsole after upgrading to the full Qt (Qt3, in my case). I don't use kmail, so that one isn't an issue for me. (It is a hassle shutting down and restarting artsd after booting to have system sounds, though.) Right now, I can do everything I need to do in Konsole with a virtual console, so I can get along while figuring this out and fixing it. When I try to open Konsole, I get a segfault and core dump from libc.so.6 Tracking down the problem, I've found that in /lib/i686/ and /lib/ libc.so.6 it is symlinked to libc-2.2.5.so but in /lib/lsb/ it is symlinked to libc-2.2.90.so Looks like good setup for a conflict...and if I try to list the contents of /lib/lsb/ from _inside_ the directory, I get a core dump...from _outside_ the directory, with a full path, I get the list. My first inclination is to change the symlink in /lib/lsb/ for lib.so.6 to point to the libc-2.2.5.so to match the other two and allow libc-2.2.90.so live there, too, in case something needs it. Before I start changing symlinks, does anyone have an educated guess if this is the correct change...or if there is something else I need to fix instead? Also--can changes be made while running kde, do I need to use a window manager other than kde or will I need to boot CD1/rescue to make the changes without the filesystem mounted? TIA, Erik On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 20:36, Chris wrote: On Saturday 23 November 2002 04:37 pm, you said, and I quote: Chris, I took this off the list for now because we may have a several correspondence to get this goingquestions and answersand I don't want to create any more noise for the list while we are figuring this out. We can always post the solution. Also, any time something I write doesn't make sense to you, let me know...I may have skipped a step or not explained thoroughly enough. HOORAY...sort of, I got qt2, had to go to ftp.trolltech.com and search around for the qt-x11-2.3.2.tar.gz file, got it. Made the corrections to the profile file you said to, followed the install directions exactly, takes a long time to compile. Got freaked out though when it was done, couldn't open a terminal, or kmail, didn't try any other apps, logged out and tried to log back in but it kept going to the login screen, so I just decided to reboot and cross my fingers :) No errors on boot. Ran the ./configure for kas and it got past the Qt, okthings are looking up, then at the very end I get the error below. Now I've got to find these files I guess. What a learning experience this is. I could just about write a book on the installation of one simple app. Sure appreciate the help Erik. BTW...where are you from? I'm here in central Texas. configure: error: no postgres headers found! Make sure that you have the libpq headers: postgres.h libpq/libpq-fs.h Well, off to find these. -- Regards Chris Registered Linux user #283774 @ http://counter.li.org 8:21pm up 2 min, 1 user, load average: 0.35, 0.21, 0.08 -- Erik Linux User 288105 @ http://counter.li.org = Bill who? ... Micro what? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kjournald
On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:30:02 + Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 23 Nov 2002 7:24 am, Len Lawrence wrote: Does anybody know what kjournald is or does? I am running Mandrake 8.1 and 8.2 on two machines, with Gnome 1.4, and gtop lists several kjournald processes, always swapped out. On the 8.2 installation the count is currently 6, sometimes 7. Would these instances of kjournald have anything to do with invoking KDE applications under Gnome? Len Lawrence Not everything beginning with 'k' is a KDE app. This is 'kerneljournaldaemon' I believe it is the ext3 journal. There should be one per ext3 partition I think. Thanks Derek. That makes sense. -- Len Lawrence Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Virtual Printrer? it was = Re: [newbie] PPPoE and FAX
Em Sex 22 Nov 2002 07:43, Anne Wilson escreveu: I have no ideia on how to create a virtual printer How can I do that? ()s Ricardo On Friday 22 Nov 2002 3:31 am, Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas wrote: There should be a virtual printer called Print to Fax on your printer list. Selecting that and Print brings up a dialogue for inputting fax no. etc. Be warned, though, that it does not like spaces in the number. If the fax does not go, open up the log (you can open it while it is sending, if you like, from an icon on the dialogue page) where you will see what happened. A log file is written to your home directory called Tfaxnumber (T123456789 etc). When using it at first there may be permissions issues to sort out. -- == Linux user # 102240 = Machine # 96125 = Seti@home user == http://counter.li.org/ Get Counted! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] XFree 4 with LM9, corruption
Hello, I'm running a fresh install of Mandrake9, with XFree4 and an S3 Trio 64+. When I boot up, my X session looks OK, but if i switch console (ctrl+alt+2), then switch back only a small box in the bottom right is shown. Has anyone had this problem (and hopefully posted a solution)? Thanks in advance, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Faxing
On Sunday 24 Nov 2002 3:38 am, Brian Parish wrote: On Sun, 2002-11-24 at 09:42, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 23 Nov 2002 5:35 pm, Marcia wrote: Dear All, I would love to be able to fax from Linux on my desktop. I have LM 9. I am connected to the net with cable and I know that I would have to hook up the phone line with the modem in order to fax. The modem I have is supposedly supported by Linux or at least is a linmodem. How would I set this up so that I can fax plus still use my cable modem? Thanks for any suggestions. Hello Marcia - The issue of winmodems is something I don't know much about. I think the Lucent chip modems are among the ones that can be persuaded to work, but someone who knows more than I do will advise you on that part. For the Mandrake setup, your situation is a little different from mine, where I have a connection over ethernet, then a modem, but this is what I suggest you do: Go to Mandrake Control Centre and let Mandrake detect your connections. It should detect your modem and offer to set it up. If it does, let it. It will make all the connection settings you need. I presume that this will leave you with two profiles then, and you will have to switch when you want to fax. I could be way off beam, since you have, in effect, two modems, but that's how I would tackle it. Anne I suspect that this might just confuse things. You shouldn't need to configure a connection using the modem to allow it to be for faxing. Whatever fax software you are using will need to be pointed at the port to which the modem is connected. That's about it. In fact, I would suggest that you specifically tell drakconnect NOT to configure the modem if you are running it for some other reason, as it's likely screw up network settings. HTH Brian Sorry - I thought we were talking about a separate modem, not one already in use. If it is the latter Brian is correct, nothing more needs to be done. If you install efax (and it may well be already installed) then KWord will already be able to 'print to fax'. If you use this, be aware that it does not like spaces in telephone numbers. Failure to send a fax will result in a log file being written to your home directory. It is likely to point to permission problems. Once that's solved all should be well. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] First suspect - me
On Saturday 23 Nov 2002 11:04 pm, Technoslick wrote: I believe the same. Therefore, after having said what I did in my earlier post, I still would like to see us all look for fixes. There's so much talent coming here that I find it hard to believe we can't systematically find some direction in helping Mandrake resolve the idiosyncrasies, if not come up with the fix ourselves. Your comparison was perfect, to my mind. It's an intermittent problem that comes and goes, leaving some not believing the problem exists and others wanting to kick if for the trouble it has brought to them. I've been thinking about this. Is there any mileage in trying to make a mini database, to attempt to find patterns? For instance, I would think that the things most likely to affect it are bios version, motherboard, cd, dvd, cd-rw and floppy - you may be able to add others. Since most of us will know little about the floppy drives, we would have to discount this and concentrate on the others. If we, for instance set up a thread with column headings for each of these, could those who have problems add their details - make, drive speed etc? If any similarities emerge it would perhaps give Mandrake something to go on? Just a suggestion - if it's impracticable we could think again. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
