Re: [newbie] OpenOffice dies upon opening
On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 04:21, Warren Post wrote: > OpenOffice.org 1.0 worked fine on my Mandrake 8.1 installation. But now > that I have moved to 8.2 (clean install), OO usually dies while opening. > OO is open for perhaps a second and shuts itself down. I have the same problem. It always works the second time, though, so it just doubles the time the program takes to load. It also only seems to happen the first time in an uptime, subsequent attemps are succesful straight off. I find it extremely weird, and a bit of a bother. Was thinking of snifffing out an OO forum somewhere, I don't know if they exist. Anyway, this is just so you know it also happens on mdk 9.0. Meliton. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
SV: [newbie] Newsgroup reader in text mode
> I am wondering which newsgroup reader every uses under console (text) > mode. I tried to use tin but it was not installed by default on my MDK > 9.0 box. Does anybody have a suggestion of which one I should install or > which one has already installed by default? Grab Pine from www.washington.edu/pine (Some reservation on the adress, but I think it is that adress), you will probably have to compile it from source, you could also go to www.rpmfind.net and look for rpm's or if you have Mdk 8.2-CD's and earlier that would work as well. /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't access hda1
On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 00:08, Erik Farnsworth wrote: > > If you can change the permissions (or whatever it was that you did) back > to the original settings so you can log in as root, then we can work > with your fstab. Please forgive me, I misspoke...it's late. I meant to say: "If you can change the permissions (or whatever it was that you did) back to the original setting so you can cd into hda1 (cd /mnt/windows -??) as root, then we can work with your fstab. -- 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: SV: [newbie] imac install
o.kwhen you test and the screen goes black...it obviously isn't a good setting you might try either a lower settingor if you are in a window that offers choices of Hz...you might try to find the correct setting for your CRT and card. Does the install offer you a default setting, such as 800 X 600? It's been a while and I don't remember for sure, but I think that I was able to set up the higher res screen on a Purple DV iMac, but was only able to set up 800 X 600 on a Strawberry iMac. Apple not only changes components with new models (sometimes), but also have been known to change in the middle of a model run. I don't have either iMac handy right now, so I can't check it out for a ctl+alt+delete, although that combination usually works on a PC. Another combination that works on a PC is ctl+alt+F2 to get a new console window which should allow you to log in and fix problems you may have accidentally created. That said...even if it works on an iMac, I don't believe it is an option during the OS installonly after you have it up and running. On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 16:28, Farid Ghussein wrote: > Thanks alot Erik. > As a matter of fact, I did choose the imac monitor with the 1024x768 > resolution during installation. I've also started my computer in text mode > (I made a ROOT login). From text mode I used that program called something > like xf86cfg. That program would let me choose resolution (I got two > alternatives with the 1024x768 resolution)and after that I got a question if > I want to test it or not. If I choose yes, the screen goes black again. > Anyhow I'll try to do the stuff that you've written about below and maybe it > will work. One thing that worries me is that every time I get the black > screen I'm forced to use the power button to restart my computer since > nothing else seems to work (does linux have something like ctrl-alt-del?). > The result of restarting that way is that the system seems to find loads of > problems at startup. > > Best regards > > Farid > > ps yes I do use mdk 8.2 ps -- 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] ADSL Modem not recognised
- Original Message - From: "Dennis Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> One other package to see if you have installed, "pptp-adsl-1.0.2xxx" this is supposed to have something to do with included support with an Alcatel modem to go through a firewall or something. Worth taking a look at maybe? HTH -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842 Thanks Dennis Will probably be away from machine for a few days. Will follow your suggestion upon return. Cheers Dave --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.408 / Virus Database: 230 - Release Date: 24/10/2002 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't access hda1
On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 16:10, George Baker wrote: > Hi - I most probably messed things up. I wanted to change the permissions > for hda1 so that I did not have to be root to copy files to my windows > partition. Now if I try access hda1 the file manager opens and then > everything just hangs. My D:/ drive - hda5 - is working fine, but then I > left permissions for it alone. WHAT have I done. Access to hda1 for all users would have best been set up in /etc/fstab by specifying users in the definition. If you can change the permissions (or whatever it was that you did) back to the original settings so you can log in as root, then we can work with your fstab. -- 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
[newbie] Newsgroup reader in text mode
Hi, I am wondering which newsgroup reader every uses under console (text) mode. I tried to use tin but it was not installed by default on my MDK 9.0 box. Does anybody have a suggestion of which one I should install or which one has already installed by default? DC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading. (Was questions on apt-get). Probably O/T
> I tried Debian (potato) about a year ago, and found was horrendous to install. > It eventually installed in "text" mode, but then it took me a week to get it > running in X! Even then, I was having all sorts of problems. Definitely not > for the newbie or even the semi-newbie, in my opinion. For the average user > who wants a Debian type distro, Libranet is excellent. > > I like Mandrake best of all the distros I have tried, though, with its > comparative ease of use and latest packages. As you say, Mandrake's > community spirit is excellent. Libranet's is also excellent. > > Just my thoughts on the matter. > > Cheers > > Keith Debian has made big strides since potatoe, and thet do have a gui installer in the works although I am not sure which version it will show up in. I have an experimental gui installer from progeny which was super simple and installed well. It kinda stinks but debian is one of those distros that alto simle once you understand it, it is frustrating to get to know initially. Ease of install Mandrake hands down.. But urpmi cant touch apt-get! Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] flashplayer 6.0beta
Greetings, for anyone trying to get flash to display in Opera 6.1..get the latest 6.0beta here: http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/special/beta/#linux It's working OK for me so far. Konq 3 and Moz 1.1 are happy with it too. Flash anyone? Regards. --Angus -- ___ 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
[newbie] Which burning software can burn music cds on the fly?
Hi guys, I need a program that allows me to copy music cds on the fly. xcdroast does not have this capability yet. Thanks a lot, Rob. __ 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] compile attempt
On Sunday 01 December 2002 06:30 pm, Dave Kubasiak wrote: > Okay, I'm going to show my extreme newbie-ness. :) I'm attempting to > install the newest version of GnomeICU (0.98.126). I currently run > version 0.98.3. When I execute the ./configure script, I get the > following result: > > configure: error: Library requirements (libglade-2.0 >= 2.0.0 > libgnomeui-2.0 >= 2.0.0 > gnet >= 1.1.3 > libxml-2.0 >= 2.4.7) not met; consider adjusting the > PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a > nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them. > > If I'm reading this correctly, I'm either missing a file (or several) or > I need to add something to a 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH' somewhere. > > I have a very shaky grasp on this whole download/configure/make/install > process and this is the first time I've made the attempt. Can anyone > give me any pointers on what to look for/check on based on the above > ./configure result? > > Thanx! > > Dave Kubasiak Dave, it is telling you that the four packages it lists, libglade, libgnomeui, gnet, and libxml that you currently have on your system (or do not have as the case may be) are not compatible with what you are trying to install and that you need to upgrade to a package that is at least equal to or greater than the listed packages. In other words you need to upgrade libglade to at least libglade-2.0.0-xxx.rpm or greater. You can find them at http://www.rpmfind.net/ and type in a search for each package and download them as rpms. Then all you have to do is go into the file you downloaded to and left click on the rpm file and it will begin the install for you. Try it and see if you have any other questions. The rpm files at rpmfind.net are best for the Mandrake-Linux OS if they have mdk in their name and show as "Mandrake" rpm's. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ADSL Modem not recognised
On Sunday 01 December 2002 08:44 am, Stormjumper wrote: > i'm also trying to get my Speedtouch USB to work with Mandrake, > ANY mandrake. > > Idea.list, you referred to documentation that "accompanied the packages". > i assume you refer to the Mandrake specific packages. > can i find out where to find those package specific documentation? > as in which RPM they come in, or where they're installed to. > > thanks. > - Original Message - > From: "Idea.list2BT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 9:59 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] ADSL Modem not recognised > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Dennis Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > On Saturday 30 November 2002 09:02 pm, Idea.list2BT wrote: > > > Can someone tell me why, with LM-8.2 we simply had to load the > > > USB-Speedtouch file mgmt.o into usr/share/speedtouch/mgmt.o and then > > Linux > > > > detected it but with LM-9 it doesn't? > > > > > > I was even more disappointed to find that I might have to do > > > > god-knows-what > > > > > to the kernel and recompile it to get Speedtouch recognised by LM-9. > > > > > > Have Mandrake not put the same facilities in LM-9 as they had in 8.2? > > > > > > Mandrake detects all my other peripherals but not this bloody modem. > > > > > > Thanks > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > > Version: 6.0.408 / Virus Database: 230 - Release Date: 24/10/2002 > > > > Mandrake has packages on CD1, look for speedtouch, it is the usb ALCETEL > > modem > > and you should have the driver and a management package to install. No > > kernel recompile needed I don't think. HTH > > -- > > Dennis M. linux user # 180842 > > > > Thanks Dennis > > Installed the packages you mentioned but modem stil not recognised. > > The docs that accompanied the packages are a bit ambiguous regarding > > patches > > > to kernal in order to allow the drivers to work. Will do some more > > research > > > via google. > > Still can't see why Mandrake had it working with 8.2 by simply installing > > mgmt.o and 9.0 now has a problem. > > Thanks for pointing me in right direction though. Will let you know how I > > get on - in five years' time. > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.408 / Virus Database: 230 - Release Date: 24/10/2002 > > --- >- > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com One other package to see if you have installed, "pptp-adsl-1.0.2xxx" this is supposed to have something to do with included support with an Alcatel modem to go through a firewall or something. Worth taking a look at maybe? HTH -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OpenOffice dies upon opening
OpenOffice.org 1.0 worked fine on my Mandrake 8.1 installation. But now that I have moved to 8.2 (clean install), OO usually dies while opening. OO is open for perhaps a second and shuts itself down. No message of any kind appears in the terminal window I launch it from, I am simply returned to the prompt. ps ax afterward shows no lingering traces of OO, so at least it shuts down cleanly. This happens perhaps 75% of the time I try to open any component of OO. The other 25% of the time OO remains open and works normally. The behavior is the same if opened from a menu vs. a terminal window, and regardless of WM used, user, or previously running apps or daemons. Clue #1: When I run the OO repair tool (/opt/OpenOffice.org1.0/program/setup as user and select "repair"), that user does not suffer this problem for a day or so. Clue #2: Before I installed OO on 8.2, I installed StarOffice 6.0 from the rpm on the Power Pack. I never could get StarOffice to work, so I uninstalled the rpm prior to installing OO. Any ideas of what I should be looking at to fix this? I'd rather not rerun setup every day from now on. -- Warren Post Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras http://www.srcopan.vze.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] adding new screensavers to xscreensaver?
I just downloaded some new screensavers from a link in one of the recent Mandrake Linux newsletters (they were from reallyslick.com). Unfortunately, i lost the newsletter which had some info on how to get them to work with xscreensaver. could someone please send me a copy of the newsletter to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or explain? info Mandrake 8.2 Voodoo3 3000 3dfx drivers installed / work installed: Mesa libs, glide modules, glide v3 dri openGL stuff works on my machine configured to --prefix=/usr (instead of the default /usr/local) when configuring the screensavers. Thanks :-) Jerry. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Digital cameras
On December 1, 2002 10:37 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Sunday 01 Dec 2002 5:48 pm, Francisco Alcaraz Ariza wrote: > > Fuji Finepix runs fine using the usb-storage module. This is the way I > > configured a Fuji FinePix S602 to run under Mandrake 9.0 via usb > > > > A) Be sure you have the next modules loaded: > > usb > > usb-core > > usb-storage > > usb-scsi > > > > B) Create a dir to be monted: > > mkdir -m 777 /mnt/camera > > > > C) plugin (usb) the camera and: > > mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera > > > > And it should run, you will have the images in a directory inside > > /mnt/camera. > > > > When you finis, unplug the camera and umount /mnt/camera. > > > > > > Note: you can include the line: > > /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera auto,user,noauto,nosuid 0 0 > > > > In /etc/fstab to allow any user mount it. > > > > Also if you have a laptop yo can use a pcmcia adapter for the > > CompactFlash or StarMedia card used. > > Thanks Francisco. This sounds very encouraging. Would you mind explaining > the line that starts /dev/sda1 ? The 'auto' and 'noautoa' seem to > contradict each other, so I presume they are not just as they sound. > > Anne The "auto" in the line means automatic file type and the "noauto" means they aren't mounted at boot. Spence Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] compile attempt
Okay, I'm going to show my extreme newbie-ness. :) I'm attempting to install the newest version of GnomeICU (0.98.126). I currently run version 0.98.3. When I execute the ./configure script, I get the following result: configure: error: Library requirements (libglade-2.0 >= 2.0.0 libgnomeui-2.0 >= 2.0.0 gnet >= 1.1.3 libxml-2.0 >= 2.4.7) not met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them. If I'm reading this correctly, I'm either missing a file (or several) or I need to add something to a 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH' somewhere. I have a very shaky grasp on this whole download/configure/make/install process and this is the first time I've made the attempt. Can anyone give me any pointers on what to look for/check on based on the above ./configure result? Thanx! Dave Kubasiak Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DivX audio plugin (WMA) for linux
On Sunday 01 Dec 2002 11:28 pm, Wei Wang wrote: > I am trying to view a WMA file in linux with xine. But an error message > says "No audio plugin available to decode 'DivX audio (WMA)'. I searched on > google and found that DivXa32.acm is the main suspect. But it seems that's > a MS-DOS excecutable file only for windows. Is there such a file for Linux? > Many thanks. > > Wei You should find everything you need on Penguin Liberation Front plf.zarb.org http://www.zoreil.com/mirrors/www.plf.org/9.0/i586/ derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.0.5
You can find the KDE 3.0.5 rpms for Mandrake 9.0 here: ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake-devel/unsupported/9.0/kde3.0.5/RPMS/i586 TC --- Anthony Abby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, never did Gary. I don't see the RPMs anywhere... checked several > mirrors and all that's available seems to be source. Redhat even has > updated RPMs, which is really funny because they're usually the last > to > update KDE! > > I'll get with you off line if you remember where you got your rpms. > > Thx > Anthony > > > On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 10:14, Gary Montalbine wrote: > > Hi Anthony, > > > > Did you ever get an answer to this question? I have updated to > 3.0.5 and > > I only use rpm's. I asked about updating kde on the TWUUG list and > got > > an answer. It might be in the archives. IIRC I downloaded all the > > applicable rpms into a directory and updated from there. It worked. > > > > > > 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
[newbie] 9.0 Email Problems !!
I have jetisoned SuSE Linux in favor of Mandrake 9.0. I installed from an FTP site. 9.0 installed without any problems. I configured my email client. KMail. Supplied the pop and smtp servers for my ISP. all looks great. I was a happy camper. UNTIL. I attempted to retreive my email. I get a pop-up asking for my password (Normal). But, then. The email client (Kmail) incorrectly tells me that I have 0 new messages on the server. I know that this is incorrect because I sent myself several dummy messages. And, when checking my email from my Win98 box. I can retrieve the messages that I sent to myself from the 9.0 machine. My ISP is Road Runner. The protocol used is DHCP. Here is my machine config: PIII-500 512MB,NVidia GForce3 TI 200 64MB,ASUS MB, IBM 20GB Deskstar HD. 3Com EtherLink XL 10Mb Ethernet NIC (3C900B-TPO). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Kevin J CitronSr. Object ImagineerOptimized Objects(915) 565-5777
Re: [newbie] Digital cameras
Anne, I have dissabled supermount, due to the problems in 9.0, I did supermount -i disable and then my fstab file was changed in this way for the cdroms-cdwriter and floppy: /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto codepage=850,noauto,iocharset=iso8859-15,nosuid,ro,umask=0,user,nodev 0 0 /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto codepage=850,noauto,iocharset=iso8859-15,nosuid,ro,umask=0,user,nodev 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto codepage=850,sync,unhide,noauto,iocharset=iso8859-15,nosuid,umask=0,user,nodev 0 0 So I just copy the main contens of these lines; I don't know exactly the meaning of have in the same line auto and noauto, but my cdrom/cdrwriter and floppy run now fine. Perhaps some mandrake guru can explain this. Sorry, I can't explain why, just it worked for me. El Dom 01 Dic 2002 19:37, Anne Wilson escribió: > On Sunday 01 Dec 2002 5:48 pm, Francisco Alcaraz Ariza wrote: > > Fuji Finepix runs fine using the usb-storage module. This is the way I > > configured a Fuji FinePix S602 to run under Mandrake 9.0 via usb > > > > A) Be sure you have the next modules loaded: > > usb > > usb-core > > usb-storage > > usb-scsi > > > > B) Create a dir to be monted: > > mkdir -m 777 /mnt/camera > > > > C) plugin (usb) the camera and: > > mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera > > > > And it should run, you will have the images in a directory inside > > /mnt/camera. > > > > When you finis, unplug the camera and umount /mnt/camera. > > > > > > Note: you can include the line: > > /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera auto,user,noauto,nosuid 0 0 > > > > In /etc/fstab to allow any user mount it. > > > > Also if you have a laptop yo can use a pcmcia adapter for the > > CompactFlash or StarMedia card used. > > Thanks Francisco. This sounds very encouraging. Would you mind explaining > the line that starts /dev/sda1 ? The 'auto' and 'noautoa' seem to > contradict each other, so I presume they are not just as they sound. > > Anne -- Francisco Alcaraz Ariza Departamento de Biología Vegetal Universidad de Murcia E-30100 Murcia España (Spain) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] DivX audio plugin (WMA) for linux
I am trying to view a WMA file in linux with xine. But an error message says "No audio plugin available to decode 'DivX audio (WMA)'. I searched on google and found that DivXa32.acm is the main suspect. But it seems that's a MS-DOS excecutable file only for windows. Is there such a file for Linux? Many thanks. Wei
Re: [newbie] Stop popups
On Sunday 01 December 2002 04:17 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On Sun, 1 Dec 2002 15:42:09 -0600 > > Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok, I see what your saying, but don't understand what problem this > > causes, There was not much extra on the header to eat up band width or > > anything. Breach of netiquette? Please enlighten me on this subject, I'm > > not sure but might have done the same in the past. > > Yes. > It is a breach of netiquette and a bothersome detractor. > > I and many other users set their mail clients to sort and view by thread. > The mail agent does this using the mail ID- > 001a01c298bd$52038b00$48382d44@racerpup from the initial post which is > tagged to all mails sent as Reply. Changing the subject will not change or > remove this ID. > You just end up in this case with several post about stopping pop-ups > included in a thread about updating the kernel. > > > Charles > > > In seeking the unattainable, simplicity only gets in the way. > -- Epigrams in Programming, ACM SIGPLAN Sept. 1982 > -- > Charles A Edwards > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Got it, I sort threads by subject so never noticed this happening, I will make sure in the future to use my address book click and click again to start a new subject and not use reply. Sorting is messy enough as it is. : P -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Can't access hda1
Hi - I most probably messed things up. I wanted to change the permissions for hda1 so that I did not have to be root to copy files to my windows partition. Now if I try access hda1 the file manager opens and then everything just hangs. My D:/ drive - hda5 - is working fine, but then I left permissions for it alone. WHAT have I done. Please help George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 073 3172714 "Good taste is the worst vice ever invented." - Dame Edith Sitwell, English poet (1887-1964) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
SV: [newbie] imac install
Thanks alot Erik. As a matter of fact, I did choose the imac monitor with the 1024x768 resolution during installation. I've also started my computer in text mode (I made a ROOT login). From text mode I used that program called something like xf86cfg. That program would let me choose resolution (I got two alternatives with the 1024x768 resolution)and after that I got a question if I want to test it or not. If I choose yes, the screen goes black again. Anyhow I'll try to do the stuff that you've written about below and maybe it will work. One thing that worries me is that every time I get the black screen I'm forced to use the power button to restart my computer since nothing else seems to work (does linux have something like ctrl-alt-del?). The result of restarting that way is that the system seems to find loads of problems at startup. Best regards Farid ps yes I do use mdk 8.2 ps Erik wrote: Farid, The black screen probably indicates that you didn't set the video parametrs at the beginning of the install. At the boot: prompt, did you tell it what video card you are using? If not you will need to pick the correct option from the list and add it to the boot prompt before booting. Note: This refers to mdk 8.2 -- the only ppc install I have completed and run on iMac. Other version may be different. boot: (add video card parameter) boot: video=riva and booting should begin. (this would be the entry for nVidia) You can find a FEW tips in the list archives from the past couple of months--serarch using iMac or imac and you should find them. -- 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] grip
I just finnish from dowloading the .src.rpmp and I've rebuilt the rpm, installing some gnome library which were needed. Unfortunatly, Any links in the grip help menu is working (grrr). What could I do ??? Do I need to use gnome? (I'm currently under window maker) John Richard Smith wrote: Well , by virtue of the fact that I definately got a perfectly good help file manual with mine , yes. Do you know how to do an src.rpm compile ? if not, simple enough, just ownload the src.rpm file and put it in a directory all on it's own, I like to create a new directory, mkdir /pk then , cd /pk then, rpm --rebuild /grip-3.0.3-1.src.rpm then look in , /usr/src/rpm/rpms/i586 rebuilt package will be there. John villoing wrote: The first version I installed was 3.0.1, rpm intalled by MK 9.0 cd rom. The rpm I use to upadate grip yesterday grip-3.0.3-1.i386.rpm. Should I have intalled the grip-3.0.3-1.src.rpm one ? 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] xmss-cdread
On Sunday 01 Dec 2002 9:29 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > > >It's not on those two, I think. Have you tried google? Texstar, I > > > think is > > >a site that is frequently used for downloading Mandrake compatible rpms. > > > > > >Otherwise, you might try downloading the third disc - perhaps someone > > > can tell > > >you if you will find it there? > > > > I looked in my set of power pack store bought discs and found no package > called xmms-cdread. Perhaps you do the rpmfind.net at this URL; > http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=xmms-cdread > I don't know why it does not show up on the disks but it is both a Mandrake > and a Mandrake Cooker rpm. HTH It must be around somewhere - I installed it from my Power Pack, but I can't remember where I found it. I've searched all 7 disks, and can't see it. It installed, though, so perhaps it's best to just fire up the installer and type in xmms-cdread, as I did. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Stop popups
On Sun, 1 Dec 2002 15:42:09 -0600 Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, I see what your saying, but don't understand what problem this causes, > There was not much extra on the header to eat up band width or anything. > Breach of netiquette? Please enlighten me on this subject, I'm not sure but > might have done the same in the past. Yes. It is a breach of netiquette and a bothersome detractor. I and many other users set their mail clients to sort and view by thread. The mail agent does this using the mail ID- 001a01c298bd$52038b00$48382d44@racerpup from the initial post which is tagged to all mails sent as Reply. Changing the subject will not change or remove this ID. You just end up in this case with several post about stopping pop-ups included in a thread about updating the kernel. Charles In seeking the unattainable, simplicity only gets in the way. -- Epigrams in Programming, ACM SIGPLAN Sept. 1982 -- Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Digital cameras
On Sunday 01 Dec 2002 9:38 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > On Sunday 01 December 2002 03:59 pm, Lee wrote: > > My Sony usb camera mounts as a hard drive. Check out the pix as > > thumbnails and file 'em. Then ignore them forever, just like I used to > > do with the developed photos. Just use less closet space this way. > Right, but at least this way you can save only the ones you want to ignore > forever, and throw (delete) the rest out. Ha : ) But not until everyone has been suitable bores by them ;) Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mystery files
I get these, tooAren't they cookies? I got them from Mandrake when I logged into their site. Am I wrong? If I delete them, they seem to come back. T - Original Message - From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 1:43 PM Subject: [newbie] Mystery files Over the last few days a number of files have started to appear in /root directory, 0 bytes long, and with names like AnneW.9e106fe0bfeac45383fe3cb29d0fcb8b.annelinux.f1f180988055626824525c69b0a d458c.dif Any ideas? Anne 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] grip
Well , by virtue of the fact that I definately got a perfectly good help file manual with mine , yes. Do you know how to do an src.rpm compile ? if not, simple enough, just ownload the src.rpm file and put it in a directory all on it's own, I like to create a new directory, mkdir /pk then , cd /pk then, rpm --rebuild /grip-3.0.3-1.src.rpm then look in , /usr/src/rpm/rpms/i586 rebuilt package will be there. John villoing wrote: The first version I installed was 3.0.1, rpm intalled by MK 9.0 cd rom. The rpm I use to upadate grip yesterday grip-3.0.3-1.i386.rpm. Should I have intalled the grip-3.0.3-1.src.rpm one ? -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Stop popups
On Sunday 01 December 2002 02:43 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On Sun, 1 Dec 2002 14:14:26 -0600 > > Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Odd, he is not showing up on an existing thread in my mail, it's a new > > thread > > Header detail of Dave's post. > > "From: Dave Kubasiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ^ > References: <001a01c298bd$52038b00$48382d44@racerpup>" > ^^ > He sent it as a reply post Re: SV: [newbie] updating the kernel > > > Charles > Ok, I see what your saying, but don't understand what problem this causes, There was not much extra on the header to eat up band width or anything. Breach of netiquette? Please enlighten me on this subject, I'm not sure but might have done the same in the past. -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Digital cameras
On Sunday 01 December 2002 03:59 pm, Lee wrote: > My Sony usb camera mounts as a hard drive. Check out the pix as thumbnails > and file 'em. Then ignore them forever, just like I used to do with the > developed photos. Just use less closet space this way. > > Lee > > On Sunday 01 December 2002 09:45 am, you wrote: > > I'm very tempted by a Fuji Finepix S304, but wonder about support under > > linux. It is not supported by gPhoto, but then maybe it doesn't need to > > be. Did I read somewhere that usb connected cameras are just mounted as > > hard drives? I presume this would be a sda type connection? > > > > Any information gratefully received. > > > > Anne Right, but at least this way you can save only the ones you want to ignore forever, and throw (delete) the rest out. Ha : ) -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: SV: [newbie] Wonderful article about different Window Managers
On 02 Dec 2002 06:12:02 +1100 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mate, there's heaps, but let's not forget Enlightenment, WindowMaker, > Afterstep, UDE, AmiWM, IceWM, Aewm++, EpiWM, OLVWM, Blackbox, Fluxbox, > Openbox, Oroborus, XFCE of course, Sawfish (alone and not with Gnome), > MLVWM, NovaWM, HazeWM, Phluid, AlloyWM, 9wm - just to name a few... > > But if you're wanting to explore/expand/experiement, Y'all oughta give > Enlightenment a go... Hehe...for me personally Enlightenment is the reason why I abandoned Gnome a couple of years back, saying that I haven't used Enlightenment since then either /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xmss-cdread
On Sunday 01 December 2002 10:39 am, Sasongko Pribadi Djoko wrote: > Dear Anne, > > Thanks for the suggestions, I'll try and let you know later. > > Cheers, > Ongkie > > From: Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [newbie] xmss-cdread > >Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 13:37:15 + > > > >On Sunday 01 Dec 2002 12:49 pm, Sasongko Pribadi Djoko wrote: > > > Dear Anne, Friends, > > > > > > Thanks for the mail. > > > I am using Mandrake Linux ver. 9.0 (two CD only). > > > >It's not on those two, I think. Have you tried google? Texstar, I think > >is > >a site that is frequently used for downloading Mandrake compatible rpms. > > > >Otherwise, you might try downloading the third disc - perhaps someone can > >tell > >you if you will find it there? > > > >Good luck > > > >Anne > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > ' > > _ > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail I looked in my set of power pack store bought discs and found no package called xmms-cdread. Perhaps you do the rpmfind.net at this URL; http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=xmms-cdread I don't know why it does not show up on the disks but it is both a Mandrake and a Mandrake Cooker rpm. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Digital cameras
My Sony usb camera mounts as a hard drive. Check out the pix as thumbnails and file 'em. Then ignore them forever, just like I used to do with the developed photos. Just use less closet space this way. Lee On Sunday 01 December 2002 09:45 am, you wrote: > I'm very tempted by a Fuji Finepix S304, but wonder about support under > linux. It is not supported by gPhoto, but then maybe it doesn't need to be. > Did I read somewhere that usb connected cameras are just mounted as hard > drives? I presume this would be a sda type connection? > > Any information gratefully received. > > Anne -- Registered Linux user #223705 Give me ambiguity or give me something else. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] questions on apt-get
I run Debian on my server and I think it's great. Just leave it running and it takes care of itself, apt-getting the latest updates automatically. I thought I'd give this a try on my Mandrake system. Synaptic has half of my system marked for removal! There's only 3 broken packages. When I tell it to mark them for removal, over 50 other packages get marked, also. The 3 that are broken are: kdemultimedia - 1.3.0.3-7mdk kdevelop - 3.2.1.3-6mdk libpng3 - 2.1.2.4-3mdk Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Dual monitors
Is it possible to use two monitors with Mandrake? I would be using one AGP and one PCI video card along with a 17 inch monitor and a 19 inch monitor. Any links or suggestions are appreciated. Dan Cox Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: SV: [newbie] Wonderful article about different Window Managers
On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 21:55, Anders Lind wrote: > As I was "surfing" around on my daily circle of sites, I ran across this > article which, for y'all newbies, might give y'all some more insight > into the "Desktop" world and a bit of it's history...enjoy - and > EXPERIMENT! > > http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/639/ > > > > Interesting yes...but not complete unfortunately, but one cannot ask an article > like that to be complete I suppose. I missed XFce, my new wm-favorite, that > only shows though IMO that there are tonnes of great WM's out there. > > /Anders > Mate, there's heaps, but let's not forget Enlightenment, WindowMaker, Afterstep, UDE, AmiWM, IceWM, Aewm++, EpiWM, OLVWM, Blackbox, Fluxbox, Openbox, Oroborus, XFCE of course, Sawfish (alone and not with Gnome), MLVWM, NovaWM, HazeWM, Phluid, AlloyWM, 9wm - just to name a few... But if you're wanting to explore/expand/experiement, Y'all oughta give Enlightenment a go... -- Mon Dec 2 06:05:01 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 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary saftey deserve neither liberty not saftey." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fonts too big in KDE menus "HELP, this looks horrible"
On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 20:46, Roberto Armenteros wrote: > HI guys, > I just installed LM 9.0 and for some reason the fonts > in KDE menus are huge. For exampel, if you right > click and the pop up menu comes up, the fonts in this > menu are huge. Also in konqueror "location,edit, View, > go ..." are too large. I cant find the place where I > can change this fonts. Changing the fonts in the > "Configure Desktop" tool wont change these fonts. > > Please, if you can gieve me a hand, I will really > appreciate it. > > Robert. Have you done the CONTROL CENTER / LOOK AND FEEL / FONTS - and tried to change them there yet? -- Mon Dec 2 05:50:01 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 Beauty is truth, truth beauty, that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. -- John Keats Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mystery files
Over the last few days a number of files have started to appear in /root directory, 0 bytes long, and with names like AnneW.9e106fe0bfeac45383fe3cb29d0fcb8b.annelinux.f1f180988055626824525c69b0ad458c.dif Any ideas? Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Digital cameras
On Sunday 01 Dec 2002 5:48 pm, Francisco Alcaraz Ariza wrote: > Fuji Finepix runs fine using the usb-storage module. This is the way I > configured a Fuji FinePix S602 to run under Mandrake 9.0 via usb > > A) Be sure you have the next modules loaded: > usb > usb-core > usb-storage > usb-scsi > > B) Create a dir to be monted: > mkdir -m 777 /mnt/camera > > C) plugin (usb) the camera and: > mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera > > And it should run, you will have the images in a directory inside > /mnt/camera. > > When you finis, unplug the camera and umount /mnt/camera. > > > Note: you can include the line: > /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera auto,user,noauto,nosuid 0 0 > > In /etc/fstab to allow any user mount it. > > Also if you have a laptop yo can use a pcmcia adapter for the CompactFlash > or StarMedia card used. Thanks Francisco. This sounds very encouraging. Would you mind explaining the line that starts /dev/sda1 ? The 'auto' and 'noautoa' seem to contradict each other, so I presume they are not just as they sound. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Need help with CDROM Copying
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi: I have just done a new install of Mandrake 9.0 on a MSI KT3 ULTRA2 motherboard. I am having some problems with the DVD/CDrom. When I open a cdrom to copy files to the hard drive the system is loosing files and directories from the cd and a refresh of the cd does not show them. And the second problem I have is that when I close the window displaying the contains of the CD ROM and then right click the cdrom icon to eject the drive opens then quickly closes making it hard to get the cd out. Can any one point me in the right direction to cure this? Thanks in advance. - -- Yours, Ralph. It said Use Windows XP or better, so I installed Mandrake-Linux 9.0 Register Linux User 168814 ICQ #49993234 AIM ralphdewitt jabber.org ralphdewitt GPG Public Key available at http://www.keyserver.net Key Fingerprint = B290 C655 3CBF 3744 D896 C647 538B 4558 A3A9 65FF Kernel version 2.4.19-16mdk Current Linux uptime: 10:36, days users hours minutes. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE96lbZU4tFWKOpZf8RAk4hAJ4rITQQ/uTZb8I4xTcvuWopl4m6vgCeLNMC vZT4NqdzKmcnEgSUO2CNlk8= =G1QD -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ADSL Modem not recognised
Hi Stormjumper - my reply is a bottom of this lot -> - Original Message - From: "Stormjumper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > i'm also trying to get my Speedtouch USB to work with Mandrake, > ANY mandrake. > > Idea.list, you referred to documentation that "accompanied the packages". > i assume you refer to the Mandrake specific packages. > can i find out where to find those package specific documentation? > as in which RPM they come in, or where they're installed to. > > thanks. > - Original Message - > From: "Idea.list2BT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 9:59 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] ADSL Modem not recognised > > > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Dennis Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > On Saturday 30 November 2002 09:02 pm, Idea.list2BT wrote: > > > Can someone tell me why, with LM-8.2 we simply had to load the > > > USB-Speedtouch file mgmt.o into usr/share/speedtouch/mgmt.o and then > Linux > > > detected it but with LM-9 it doesn't? > > > > > > I was even more disappointed to find that I might have to do > > god-knows-what > > > to the kernel and recompile it to get Speedtouch recognised by LM-9. > > > > > > Have Mandrake not put the same facilities in LM-9 as they had in 8.2? > > > > > > Mandrake detects all my other peripherals but not this bloody modem. > > > > > Thanks > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > > Version: 6.0.408 / Virus Database: 230 - Release Date: 24/10/2002 > > Mandrake has packages on CD1, look for speedtouch, it is the usb ALCETEL > > modem > > and you should have the driver and a management package to install. No > > kernel recompile needed I don't think. HTH > > -- > > Dennis M. linux user # 180842 > > > > Thanks Dennis > > Installed the packages you mentioned but modem stil not recognised. > > The docs that accompanied the packages are a bit ambiguous regarding > patches > > to kernal in order to allow the drivers to work. Will do some more > research > > via google. > > Still can't see why Mandrake had it working with 8.2 by simply installing > > mgmt.o and 9.0 now has a problem. > > Thanks for pointing me in right direction though. Will let you know how I > > get on - in five years' time. > > > > Dave > > > > Hi Stormjumper The files are on cd1 as pointed out by Dennis Myers. In windows, assuming your cd is E: the path is E:\Mandrake\RPMS\speedtouch-1.0-3mdk.i586.rpm (I'm back in windows now - so, going from memory) Think it installs in usr/share/doc/speedtouch and in usr/share/speedtouch It expands into several files including several text files with HowTo's etc. When I succesfully installed the Speedtouch USB in LM8.2 (long time ago) I thing it was necessary to remove my network card completely and only put it back after the Speedtouch is working. You also needed to put the mgmt.o file in as usr/share/speedtouch/mgmt.o Then entered ISP (bt) connection stuff (username etc. - I probably entered the bt prefix as with windows - i.e. mine is <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - you are probably something other than hg11). I chose to 'connect at bootup' Rebooted and bingo - worked first time. Now the downer. Others tried this sequence but it didn't work for them. Wish you luck. You are welcome to let me know how you get on or discover any tricks. Dave. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.408 / Virus Database: 230 - Release Date: 24/10/2002 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] k-telnet
whats happened to k-telnet for md9 ?? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sndconfig probs
On Sunday 01 December 2002 11:58 am, Anders Lind wrote: > Hello friends, > > I have some trouble with Sndconfig on mdk 9.0, it seems that it > either can't find my AWE 64 soundcard or that it just hangs. When I > click for it to search for my card it looks like it searches, but > on all other Redhat or Mandrake-dists it has found it after like > two seconds. For checking purposes I tried to insmod sb and it says > that module is there. you might could try modprobing some modules like: snd-sbawe and if you kde, restart artsd, adjust mixer, and see if you get anything. if so, then you can just stick it in /etc/modules (or modules.conf or whatever). hth, -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Digital cameras
Fuji Finepix runs fine using the usb-storage module. This is the way I configured a Fuji FinePix S602 to run under Mandrake 9.0 via usb A) Be sure you have the next modules loaded: usb usb-core usb-storage usb-scsi B) Create a dir to be monted: mkdir -m 777 /mnt/camera C) plugin (usb) the camera and: mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera And it should run, you will have the images in a directory inside /mnt/camera. When you finis, unplug the camera and umount /mnt/camera. Note: you can include the line: /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera auto,user,noauto,nosuid 0 0 In /etc/fstab to allow any user mount it. Also if you have a laptop yo can use a pcmcia adapter for the CompactFlash or StarMedia card used. El Dom 01 Dic 2002 15:45, Anne Wilson escribió: > I'm very tempted by a Fuji Finepix S304, but wonder about support under > linux. It is not supported by gPhoto, but then maybe it doesn't need to be. > Did I read somewhere that usb connected cameras are just mounted as hard > drives? I presume this would be a sda type connection? > > Any information gratefully received. > > Anne -- Francisco Alcaraz Ariza Departamento de Biología Vegetal Universidad de Murcia E-30100 Murcia España (Spain) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xmss-cdread
Dear Anne, Thanks for the suggestions, I'll try and let you know later. Cheers, Ongkie From: Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] xmss-cdread Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 13:37:15 + On Sunday 01 Dec 2002 12:49 pm, Sasongko Pribadi Djoko wrote: > Dear Anne, Friends, > > Thanks for the mail. > I am using Mandrake Linux ver. 9.0 (two CD only). It's not on those two, I think. Have you tried google? Texstar, I think is a site that is frequently used for downloading Mandrake compatible rpms. Otherwise, you might try downloading the third disc - perhaps someone can tell you if you will find it there? Good luck Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com ' _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: SV: [newbie] updating the kernel
On Sunday December 1 2002 08:27 am, Anthony Abby wrote: Charles wrote: > > If there is a problem with your new kernel and it will not boot > > then you are screwed since you have no other kernel with which you > > can boot. > > > > If on the other hand you have installed your new kernel using -ivh > > then your old kernel still exist and is still bootable. > > > > Using -ivh for all kernel installs is standard practice. > > > > You have been lucky thus far but luck is fickle and has a bad habit > > of changing, mine usually from bad to worse. (-: > > Ahh, got it, but I usually keep a boot disk around also. Never had > to use it though. > > Anthony You'd be very lucky if the old bootdisk works, because when upgrading a kernel (-Uvh) you've changed more than just the kernel image (vmlinux). Charles is correct, never UPgrade, always INstall (-ivh). After the new kernel is installed, it should be a boot option, but the current kernel should be kept as the default till you've used the new one for a while without any issues. When/if you decide to make the new kernel the default, then make a bootdisk for it (not before). The best instructions for newbies for installing kernels is http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/install/index.html#ku Beginner's should read all four pages, including the trouble shooting section at the end before tryin to install a new kernel. IMO, the best method for compiling your own is to use Mandrake's source (eg, kernel-source-2.4.20-0.5mdk is the current one). One thing not stressed enough, first edit Makefile as suggested, backup .config and then you _must_ run 'make mrproper' as the first step. EG, cd /usr/src/linux cp .config config.save make mrproper cp config.save .config Then continue on with configuration and compiling ... -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.0.5
No, never did Gary. I don't see the RPMs anywhere... checked several mirrors and all that's available seems to be source. Redhat even has updated RPMs, which is really funny because they're usually the last to update KDE! I'll get with you off line if you remember where you got your rpms. Thx Anthony On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 10:14, Gary Montalbine wrote: > Hi Anthony, > > Did you ever get an answer to this question? I have updated to 3.0.5 and > I only use rpm's. I asked about updating kde on the TWUUG list and got > an answer. It might be in the archives. IIRC I downloaded all the > applicable rpms into a directory and updated from there. It worked. > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.0.5
Hi Anthony, Did you ever get an answer to this question? I have updated to 3.0.5 and I only use rpm's. I asked about updating kde on the TWUUG list and got an answer. It might be in the archives. IIRC I downloaded all the applicable rpms into a directory and updated from there. It worked. Gary Anthony Abby wrote: Does anyone know why there are no 3.0.5 rpms available for download from either the KDE or Mandrake ftp servers? Anthony Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ADSL Modem not recognised
i'm also trying to get my Speedtouch USB to work with Mandrake, ANY mandrake. Idea.list, you referred to documentation that "accompanied the packages". i assume you refer to the Mandrake specific packages. can i find out where to find those package specific documentation? as in which RPM they come in, or where they're installed to. thanks. - Original Message - From: "Idea.list2BT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 9:59 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] ADSL Modem not recognised > > - Original Message - > From: "Dennis Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On Saturday 30 November 2002 09:02 pm, Idea.list2BT wrote: > > Can someone tell me why, with LM-8.2 we simply had to load the > > USB-Speedtouch file mgmt.o into usr/share/speedtouch/mgmt.o and then Linux > > detected it but with LM-9 it doesn't? > > > > I was even more disappointed to find that I might have to do > god-knows-what > > to the kernel and recompile it to get Speedtouch recognised by LM-9. > > > > Have Mandrake not put the same facilities in LM-9 as they had in 8.2? > > > > Mandrake detects all my other peripherals but not this bloody modem. > > > Thanks > > Dave > > > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.408 / Virus Database: 230 - Release Date: 24/10/2002 > Mandrake has packages on CD1, look for speedtouch, it is the usb ALCETEL > modem > and you should have the driver and a management package to install. No > kernel recompile needed I don't think. HTH > -- > Dennis M. linux user # 180842 > > Thanks Dennis > Installed the packages you mentioned but modem stil not recognised. > The docs that accompanied the packages are a bit ambiguous regarding patches > to kernal in order to allow the drivers to work. Will do some more research > via google. > Still can't see why Mandrake had it working with 8.2 by simply installing > mgmt.o and 9.0 now has a problem. > Thanks for pointing me in right direction though. Will let you know how I > get on - in five years' time. > > Dave > > > > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.408 / Virus Database: 230 - Release Date: 24/10/2002 > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Digital cameras
I'm very tempted by a Fuji Finepix S304, but wonder about support under linux. It is not supported by gPhoto, but then maybe it doesn't need to be. Did I read somewhere that usb connected cameras are just mounted as hard drives? I presume this would be a sda type connection? Any information gratefully received. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: SV: [newbie] updating the kernel
On 01 Dec 2002 09:27:51 -0500 Anthony Abby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ahh, got it, but I usually keep a boot disk around also. Never had to > use it though. Be very glad because it would not work. If the disk was made from the old kernel then it no longer exists, i.e no img or anything else relating to that kernel will be found in /boot and the boot will fail when it cannot find said image. If a new kernel fails to boot then the chance are 99.9% that a boot disk made from that kernel will also fail with the same error as when directly booting the new kernel. Charles Fortune's real live weird band names #679: Stukas Over Bedrock -- Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] imac install
Hi! I'm a real newbie trying to install Mandrake on my iMac 500 DV SE. I've had alot of problems during installation but I'm getting close now. First the installation program couldn't partition the swap section and after trying to reinstall and format a couple of times i did succeed. Now everything seems ok and starting up the system works fine until the GUI is loaded, when everything turns black. I don't know what to do. I've tried to run the installation program but it won't let me make any "fine tuning". I'm forced to reformat and reinstall everytime I run the installation program. Any ideas, anyone? Best regards Farid Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: SV: [newbie] updating the kernel
> If there is a problem with your new kernel and it will not boot then you are screwed >since you have no other kernel with which you can boot. > > If on the other hand you have installed your new kernel using -ivh then your old >kernel still exist and is still bootable. > > Using -ivh for all kernel installs is standard practice. > > You have been lucky thus far but luck is fickle and has a bad habit of changing, >mine usually from bad to worse. (-: Ahh, got it, but I usually keep a boot disk around also. Never had to use it though. Anthony Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ADSL Modem not recognised
- Original Message - From: "Dennis Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Saturday 30 November 2002 09:02 pm, Idea.list2BT wrote: > Can someone tell me why, with LM-8.2 we simply had to load the > USB-Speedtouch file mgmt.o into usr/share/speedtouch/mgmt.o and then Linux > detected it but with LM-9 it doesn't? > > I was even more disappointed to find that I might have to do god-knows-what > to the kernel and recompile it to get Speedtouch recognised by LM-9. > > Have Mandrake not put the same facilities in LM-9 as they had in 8.2? > > Mandrake detects all my other peripherals but not this bloody modem. > Thanks > Dave > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.408 / Virus Database: 230 - Release Date: 24/10/2002 Mandrake has packages on CD1, look for speedtouch, it is the usb ALCETEL modem and you should have the driver and a management package to install. No kernel recompile needed I don't think. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842 Thanks Dennis Installed the packages you mentioned but modem stil not recognised. The docs that accompanied the packages are a bit ambiguous regarding patches to kernal in order to allow the drivers to work. Will do some more research via google. Still can't see why Mandrake had it working with 8.2 by simply installing mgmt.o and 9.0 now has a problem. Thanks for pointing me in right direction though. Will let you know how I get on - in five years' time. Dave --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.408 / Virus Database: 230 - Release Date: 24/10/2002 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: VB: [newbie] Sndconfig probs SOLVED
Well, it took a long time but finally it found what it was looking for and now the sound is running smooth /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: SV: [newbie] updating the kernel
On 01 Dec 2002 08:24:53 -0500 Anthony Abby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why would that be? I've done it many times without problem. If there is a problem with your new kernel and it will not boot then you are screwed since you have no other kernel with which you can boot. If on the other hand you have installed your new kernel using -ivh then your old kernel still exist and is still bootable. Using -ivh for all kernel installs is standard practice. You have been lucky thus far but luck is fickle and has a bad habit of changing, mine usually from bad to worse. (-: Charles Sorry, no fortune this time. -- Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xmss-cdread
On Sunday 01 Dec 2002 12:49 pm, Sasongko Pribadi Djoko wrote: > Dear Anne, Friends, > > Thanks for the mail. > I am using Mandrake Linux ver. 9.0 (two CD only). It's not on those two, I think. Have you tried google? Texstar, I think is a site that is frequently used for downloading Mandrake compatible rpms. Otherwise, you might try downloading the third disc - perhaps someone can tell you if you will find it there? Good luck Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: SV: [newbie] updating the kernel
Have downloaded the source kernel. Will attempt to install the new one soon. Wish me luck LOL Walt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Charles A Edwards Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 8:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SV: [newbie] updating the kernel On 01 Dec 2002 08:07:04 -0500 Anthony Abby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well I suppose he could download the .src rpm and configure it if he > chooses, then build it to rpm, then install it. The operative and VERY IMPORTANT word here is INSTALL the new kernel. NEVER UPGRADE or use Uvh with a kernel. Charles I may not be able to walk, but I drive from a sitting position. -- Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: SV: [newbie] updating the kernel
On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 08:27, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On 01 Dec 2002 08:07:04 -0500 > Anthony Abby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well I suppose he could download the .src rpm and configure it if he > > chooses, then build it to rpm, then install it. > > The operative and VERY IMPORTANT word here is INSTALL the new kernel. > NEVER UPGRADE or use Uvh with a kernel. > Why would that be? I've done it many times without problem. Anthony Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: SV: [newbie] updating the kernel
On 01 Dec 2002 08:07:04 -0500 Anthony Abby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well I suppose he could download the .src rpm and configure it if he > chooses, then build it to rpm, then install it. The operative and VERY IMPORTANT word here is INSTALL the new kernel. NEVER UPGRADE or use Uvh with a kernel. Charles I may not be able to walk, but I drive from a sitting position. -- Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
SV: SV: [newbie] updating the kernel
> > Well I suppose he could download the .src rpm and configure it if he > chooses, then build it to rpm, then install it. Yes, I think so toobut it would be unnecissary to build it to rpm unless he wants to save that exact configuration of course. /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: SV: [newbie] updating the kernel
On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 05:23, Anders Lind wrote: > > > > Or you could just download the latest kernel rpm and simnply > > > > rpm -Uvh kernelname.rpm > > > Yes that would be possible also, but then he misses the chance to > configure it to his own liking > Well I suppose he could download the .src rpm and configure it if he chooses, then build it to rpm, then install it. Anthony Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sndconfig probs
Changing the BIOS to non-pnp was the only way I could get sndconfig to work for me with an SB AWE 64 in MDK 9.0. I learned through that, and others, that it should be set to off whenever possible. Hopefully, it's that simple for you, too. T - Original Message - From: "Anders Lind" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 12:58 PM Subject: [newbie] Sndconfig probs Hello friends, I have some trouble with Sndconfig on mdk 9.0, it seems that it either can't find my AWE 64 soundcard or that it just hangs. When I click for it to search for my card it looks like it searches, but on all other Redhat or Mandrake-dists it has found it after like two seconds. For checking purposes I tried to insmod sb and it says that module is there. Anyone that can point me in the right direction, one thing that can have to do with this is that I had to change the setting in BIOS to non-pnp-OS which I am gonna try and see if that helps me. Best Regards, Anders 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] xmss-cdread
Dear Erik, Friends, oops I miss it too . . . sorry, Ongkie From: Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] xmss-cdread Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 20:50:14 + On Saturday 30 Nov 2002 8:49 pm, Erik Farnsworth wrote: > you have xmss-cdread typed in here. is that a typo or did you > misunderstand the name? the correct name is xmms-cdread oops - I missed that Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xmss-cdread
Dear Anne, Friends, Thanks for the mail. I am using Mandrake Linux ver. 9.0 (two CD only). Have a nice weekend, Ongkie From: Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] xmss-cdread Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 19:29:32 + On Saturday 30 Nov 2002 5:26 pm, Sasongko Pribadi Djoko wrote: > Dear Friends, > > I need a.m. xmss-cdread, I couldn't find it in my mandrake installation > disk. > Where (URL?) can I find it, or if someone can send me directly to my > mailbox ? It is definitely on the Mandrake disks, 8.2 and 9.0. Which version are you using? Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail 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] Using Samba With Linux Clients
Thanks to everyone for helpful the advice! As it turned out, my problem was both hardware and software config related. I had to publish the netbios name of the server in the smb.conf file (overlooked) and I had mistakenly connected two workstation patch cords on shared ports of my hub, negating the server when this particular workstation was running as well. Once these issues were resolved, my MDK 9 box had no problems seeing the shares. Oh, well...live and learn. :-) BTW, LinNeighborhood does work well! I am glad it was recommended in the listserv. I do have one question, though it probably is irreverent at this point... All workstations are statically addressed with synched, corresponding 'hosts' and 'lmhosts', as they need apply. Therefore, I do not use a WINS server, or any other names resolving server. Host.conf refers to 'bind' for lookup, if 'hosts' should fail. Bind is not installed or running. Should it be? Is it necessary in a small network where everyone knows who everyone is? Thanks for the help. I feel so-o-o-o-o much better having my little baby up and running! T - Original Message - From: "Technoslick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 11:05 AM Subject: [newbie] Using Samba With Linux Clients I finally got around to setting up my Linux server, with the main idea being to use it for file sharing on the network. As my luck would have it, I cannot get my MDK 9.0 computer to "see" what's inside of my Samba shares off the server. What makes this a concern to me is that I "can" see and use the shares off of all of my Windows PCs, which are made up of Win 2K, Win XP and Win 98 SE. I can see them from my MDK 9.0 box, just can't "see" anything within. Here's a condensed version of my 'smb.conf', with all the commented out sections removed: [global] # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name workgroup = WORKGROUP # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field server string = Samba Server # This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict # connections to machines which are on your local network. The # following example restricts access to two C class networks and # the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see # the smb.conf man page hosts allow = 192.168.1. 127. # this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine # that connects log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log # Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb). max log size = 0 # Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See # security_level.txt for details. security = user # You may wish to use password encryption. Please read # ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation. # Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents encrypt passwords = yes smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd # The following are needed to allow password changing from Windows to # update the Linux system password also. # NOTE: Use these with 'encrypt passwords' and 'smb passwd file' above. # NOTE2: You do NOT need these to allow workstations to change only # the encrypted SMB passwords. They allow the Unix password # to be kept in sync with the SMB password. unix password sync = Yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* # You can use PAM's password change control flag for Samba. If # enabled, then PAM will be used for password changes when requested # by an SMB client instead of the program listed in passwd program. # It should be possible to enable this without changing your passwd # chat parameter for most setups. pam password change = yes # This parameter will control whether or not Samba should obey PAM's # account and session management directives. The default behavior is # to use PAM for clear text authentication only and to ignore any # account or session management. Note that Samba always ignores PAM # for authentication in the case of encrypt passwords = yes obey pam restrictions = yes # Most people will find that this option gives better performance. # See speed.txt and the manual pages for details socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 # DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names # via DNS nslookups. The built-in default for versions 1.9.17 is yes, # this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no. dns proxy = no # Share Definitions == [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no writable = yes valid users = %S create mode = 0664 directory mode = 0775 # NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to # specifically define each individual printer [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = no # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print guest ok = no writable = no printable = yes # A publicly accessible directory,
Re: [newbie] CD Read errors
Good luck! I often have trouble with those high speed CDs -- one of the symptoms is that I hear them sort of cycle (either on and off or from a low speed to a high speed) -- I suspect that sometimes the software expecting to get something from the CDROM times out while the drive is accelerating to "rated" speed. Anyway, I've taken to stocking up on 4X or 8X drives when I see them cheap ($5 or less) at computer shows. Randy Kramer On Saturday 30 November 2002 11:24 pm, Michael Adams wrote: > Exactly what i was after Randy. Teach me for thinking hdparm was for > hard drives only. Am still getting grief from it though. At least i > now have another avenue to explore. > > On Sun, 01 Dec 2002 10:00, Randy Kramer wrote: > > hdparm will let you set a slower speed for the cdrom. See > > http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/Hdparm. > > > > Unfortunately, hdparm did not seem to be installed "by default" in > > my Mandrake 8.2 or 9.0 installations, but I'm assuming it's > > available somewhere on the installation CDRoms (or from somewhere > > else). > > > > If you can improve the cited page in any way, please do! (After > > all, it is a wiki.) > > > > regards, > > Randy Kramer > > > > On Monday 25 November 2002 12:05 am, Michael Adams wrote: > > > Following the "First -Suspect Me" Thread with interest. > > > > > > My Case... > > > Brand new store bought V9.0 pre-installed computer. > > > It has a 52x CD on hdb (fstab was set up for hdd but i corrected > > > that). The supplied disks are recorded download edition 9.0 40x > > > recordable. The disks have an envelope address size sticker > > > plastered on them. The CD will read any package ok after repeated > > > attempts. > > > > > > Which solutions will help reduce read errors the most. > > > 1. Buy another IDE cable and put the CD on hdc. > > > 2. Remove the stickers incase they are causing speed wobbles. > > > 3. A software method of throttling back the top read speed. > > > (Does this exist and what is it?) > > > 4. Other suggestion...? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wonderful article about different Window Managers
well, honestly, i felt the article was kinda light too. but thanks to the article and the original poster (thank you Stephen) i saw enough to give fvwm another look, and i'm impressed. it certainly has (suddenly?) come a long way since i "gave up" on it 2-3 years back. looks like i'm gonna be off KDE and IceWM for a while. :) - Original Message - From: "Anders Lind" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 6:55 PM Subject: SV: [newbie] Wonderful article about different Window Managers As I was "surfing" around on my daily circle of sites, I ran across this article which, for y'all newbies, might give y'all some more insight into the "Desktop" world and a bit of it's history...enjoy - and EXPERIMENT! http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/639/ Interesting yes...but not complete unfortunately, but one cannot ask an article like that to be complete I suppose. I missed XFce, my new wm-favorite, that only shows though IMO that there are tonnes of great WM's out there. /Anders > 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] Sndconfig probs
Hello friends, I have some trouble with Sndconfig on mdk 9.0, it seems that it either can't find my AWE 64 soundcard or that it just hangs. When I click for it to search for my card it looks like it searches, but on all other Redhat or Mandrake-dists it has found it after like two seconds. For checking purposes I tried to insmod sb and it says that module is there. Anyone that can point me in the right direction, one thing that can have to do with this is that I had to change the setting in BIOS to non-pnp-OS which I am gonna try and see if that helps me. Best Regards, Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Compare Disks
Thanks for suggestions, I'll try them out :) Cheers, Jord On Sunday 01 Dec 2002 3:10 am, Anthony Abby wrote: > On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 13:59, Jordan Elver wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there a command to compare the contents of two cds? > > So, I put one cd in my cdburner, one in my dvd drive. Can I compare that > > they contain exactly the same files? > > > > TIA, > > Cheers, > > Jord > > -- > > Sure is... just sort the contents of both cd's into two files, then run > comm against them. > > Anthony -- Jordan Elver http://www.jordanelver.co.uk "testing? What's that? If it compiles, it is good, if it boots up it is perfect." --- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fonts too big in KDE menus "HELP, this looks horrible"
El Dom 01 Dic 2002 06:46, Roberto Armenteros escribió: > HI guys, > I just installed LM 9.0 and for some reason the fonts > in KDE menus are huge. For exampel, if you right > click and the pop up menu comes up, the fonts in this > menu are huge. Also in konqueror "location,edit, View, > go ..." are too large. I cant find the place where I > can change this fonts. Changing the fonts in the > "Configure Desktop" tool wont change these fonts. > > Please, if you can gieve me a hand, I will really > appreciate it. > > Robert. Hola, Roberto. You can change this fonts (and many others things) from Centro de Control>LookNFeel>Fuentes Suerte -- Pilagá GNU/Linux Mandrake 9.0 8:08am up 14 min, 3 users, load average: 0.04, 0.11, 0.11 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Upgrading. (Was questions on apt-get). Probably O/T
On Sunday 01 December 2002 07:11, RCD wrote: >>> SNIP <<< > The one really awsome thing about debian and I'm not bashing mandrake > at all is their upgrade, update system. Using apt-get you can upgrade your > system to a testing version, or unstable version and then back again > (although going backwards is risky). You can select packages from stable, > testing, or unstable and mix and match all by editing your source.list file > something you will not get to experience when using apt with mandrake. > Once Debian is installed through apt you really never have to upgrade your > system as apt-get will do it for you. I love mandrakes ease of use and its > community is by far the friendliest of all the distro's I've tried, but > debians maintenance and upgradeability are far supirior to any rpm based > system. I hear gentoo is pretty advanced when it comes to updating or > upgrading as well. > > Rob I tried Debian (potato) about a year ago, and found was horrendous to install. It eventually installed in "text" mode, but then it took me a week to get it running in X! Even then, I was having all sorts of problems. Definitely not for the newbie or even the semi-newbie, in my opinion. For the average user who wants a Debian type distro, Libranet is excellent. I like Mandrake best of all the distros I have tried, though, with its comparative ease of use and latest packages. As you say, Mandrake's community spirit is excellent. Libranet's is also excellent. Just my thoughts on the matter. Cheers Keith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
SV: [newbie] Wonderful article about different Window Managers
As I was "surfing" around on my daily circle of sites, I ran across this article which, for y'all newbies, might give y'all some more insight into the "Desktop" world and a bit of it's history...enjoy - and EXPERIMENT! http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/639/ Interesting yes...but not complete unfortunately, but one cannot ask an article like that to be complete I suppose. I missed XFce, my new wm-favorite, that only shows though IMO that there are tonnes of great WM's out there. /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Red Hat rescues me [adr]
"Me too"... Regrettably I could not get Mandrake 9.0 to work successfully on my laptop, and the problem is in the IDE detection code. I have already posted some information about the symptoms I saw, perhaps they will be useful to the folks at Mandrake. It seems that the kernel they built does not properly support the ICH3M chipset: I would love to see the exact errors the rest of you are getting. From: "Sean Hegar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [newbie] Red Hat rescues me [adr] Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 00:11:22 -0900 i discovered the same thing but was afraid to say it. now i wont be the only one being flamed. How ever, many of the same things that are talked about here apply to redhat as well as linux in general. thanks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alexander Rayborn Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 10:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Red Hat rescues me [adr] I hate to say it, but Mandrake 9.0 lost this battle. I gave up trying to recompile kernels to fix my problem - I gave Red Hat v8.0 a shot (I like Gnome anyway)... and voila, no problems with my P4B533-E motherboard. Works beautifully and runs well. Sorry Mandrake! --Alexander Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
SV: [newbie] updating the kernel
> > Or you could just download the latest kernel rpm and simnply > > rpm -Uvh kernelname.rpm > Yes that would be possible also, but then he misses the chance to configure it to his own liking /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] grip
The first version I installed was 3.0.1, rpm intalled by MK 9.0 cd rom. The rpm I use to upadate grip yesterday grip-3.0.3-1.i386.rpm. Should I have intalled the grip-3.0.3-1.src.rpm one ? John Richard Smith wrote: Was yours an rpm or tar ball version, mine was rpm I built mine from src rpm's , namely grip-3.0.3-1.src.rpm. John villoing wrote: Yes, it's quite strange... I have MK 9.0 and I 've upgrape grip to the 3.0.3 version. I've not still any link working int the help menu. Hopefully, I managed to fing the on-line doc, well built, I agree. It's a good start... John Richard Smith wrote: Now that is odd, are we talking Mandrake 9.0 standard install version, gripv3.0.0, because I have a superb manual on mine, a shining example of how good manual are constructed, only slight criticism I might have is that perhaps there were a few definitions missing, particularly technical terms that newbies may not be familiar with. otherwise I could not fault it. Are you sure. Though M8.2's grip does not have a help file I notice. John villoing wrote: Thanks John. But unfortunatly (or fortunatly ;-) ), I was obliged to write the title, authors ... Another question: in fact, the problem is that I'm obliged to ask it here because all the links in the help section in grip don't seem to work. So, no documenttation, no, howto, no faq. And I didn't find that on the net. What's going wrong ? John Richard Smith wrote: villoing wrote: How can I make informations contained in each track of a cd recognizeable by grip ? Which information do you mean. If you mean the name of the track, and performer, then log on to the net with something like kppp . click the tab in gript to let it compare your CD recognition number which is being read from the cdrom, with info listed on the website, it takes a few seconds or so and , when it has compared notes, the info will appear in grip. then save and that info is held in .cddb in your home directory. If per chance you don't get a response, then type the info from your cd case notes using the text editor provided, save, and also upload that info to the net via the tab in grip, then other will bennifit from your diligence , as you will benifit from their efforts in the past. John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Fonts too big in KDE menus "HELP, this looks horrible"
HI guys, I just installed LM 9.0 and for some reason the fonts in KDE menus are huge. For exampel, if you right click and the pop up menu comes up, the fonts in this menu are huge. Also in konqueror "location,edit, View, go ..." are too large. I cant find the place where I can change this fonts. Changing the fonts in the "Configure Desktop" tool wont change these fonts. Please, if you can gieve me a hand, I will really appreciate it. Robert. __ 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] Sound "issues"
On Sunday 01 Dec 2002 7:03 am, RCD wrote: > On 30 Nov 2002 14:06:32 -0600 > > Warren Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > El vie, 29-11-2002 a las 10:11, Ralph M. Los escribió: > > > 1. What's a good "file manager" type application? Nautilus plain > > > sucks. > > > > I like XWC: fast and light. It's on your installation disks. > > mc is good also, lets you connect to local networks and ftp as well > > Rob At the begining of this thread I think there was a question about streaming media. Linux Format mag this month has VideoLAN, which it says handles mpeg, vcd, dvd, avi and divx formats. HTH Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Red Hat rescues me [adr]
i discovered the same thing but was afraid to say it. now i wont be the only one being flamed. How ever, many of the same things that are talked about here apply to redhat as well as linux in general. thanks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alexander Rayborn Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 10:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Red Hat rescues me [adr] I hate to say it, but Mandrake 9.0 lost this battle. I gave up trying to recompile kernels to fix my problem - I gave Red Hat v8.0 a shot (I like Gnome anyway)... and voila, no problems with my P4B533-E motherboard. Works beautifully and runs well. Sorry Mandrake! --Alexander Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] grip
Was yours an rpm or tar ball version, mine was rpm I built mine from src rpm's , namely grip-3.0.3-1.src.rpm. John villoing wrote: Yes, it's quite strange... I have MK 9.0 and I 've upgrape grip to the 3.0.3 version. I've not still any link working int the help menu. Hopefully, I managed to fing the on-line doc, well built, I agree. It's a good start... John Richard Smith wrote: Now that is odd, are we talking Mandrake 9.0 standard install version, gripv3.0.0, because I have a superb manual on mine, a shining example of how good manual are constructed, only slight criticism I might have is that perhaps there were a few definitions missing, particularly technical terms that newbies may not be familiar with. otherwise I could not fault it. Are you sure. Though M8.2's grip does not have a help file I notice. John villoing wrote: Thanks John. But unfortunatly (or fortunatly ;-) ), I was obliged to write the title, authors ... Another question: in fact, the problem is that I'm obliged to ask it here because all the links in the help section in grip don't seem to work. So, no documenttation, no, howto, no faq. And I didn't find that on the net. What's going wrong ? John Richard Smith wrote: villoing wrote: How can I make informations contained in each track of a cd recognizeable by grip ? Which information do you mean. If you mean the name of the track, and performer, then log on to the net with something like kppp . click the tab in gript to let it compare your CD recognition number which is being read from the cdrom, with info listed on the website, it takes a few seconds or so and , when it has compared notes, the info will appear in grip. then save and that info is held in .cddb in your home directory. If per chance you don't get a response, then type the info from your cd case notes using the text editor provided, save, and also upload that info to the net via the tab in grip, then other will bennifit from your diligence , as you will benifit from their efforts in the past. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Red Hat rescues me
Same here. Although I am more of a KDE fan and RH has butchered it in 8.0 quite a bit. Mandrake simply refused to recongnize IDE drives on my new ABIT-BD-711 motherboard. RH8 works fine. --- Alexander Rayborn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hate to say it, but Mandrake 9.0 lost this battle. > I gave up trying > to recompile kernels to fix my problem - I gave Red > Hat v8.0 a shot (I > like Gnome anyway)... and voila, no problems with my > P4B533-E > motherboard. Works beautifully and runs well. > Sorry Mandrake! > > --Alexander > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature name=signature.asc __ 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
