[newbie-it] analisi della rete LAN
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ciao a tutti, esendo collegato in una rete locale con samba, vorrei sapere se esiste un qualche programmino che permette di sapere chi sta copiando qualche file di quelli in condivisione e cosa. Chiedo questo perché posso vedere che la scheda di rete che lavora ma mi piacerebbe sapere anche qualche dettaglio in più su cosa stia combinando... Grazie e buon fine settimana! - -- Ci sono uomini che credono tanto nella famiglia che ne hanno due. -- Da it.hobby.umorismo -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+fYApTvJtVxCNwP4RAgy2AJ4uv8xGBmu7NwyVyELqHhIXWYqtFACfWShf G1fYHrQ75lkY5LVLMsvVLRA= =HkIM -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[newbie-it] Shell script e spazi bianchi...
Ho un problema con i nomi di file contenenti uno spazio. Se cerco ad esempio di contare i file che terminano in .jpg ottengo risultati errati. Supponendo che la cartella contenga due file: Pollo 01.jpg Pollo 02.jpg con il seguente script ottengo 4 anziche 2. #!/bin/bash counter=0 for file_img in `ls * -v1 | grep -i \.jpg$`; do : $((counter = $counter + 1)) done echo $counter Gli stessi problemi li ho quando cerco di rinominare in automatico tali file. Se la variabile che contiene il nome del file il comando mv (come tutti gli altri) crede che gli stia passando non un file ma due (ad es. il file Pollo e il file 01.jpg). Mi sono accorto che dalla linea di comando gli spazi vengono sostituiti con \ e quindi ho creato uno script che riesce a mettere in una variabile il nome del file con anziche il solo spazio la sequenza \ (ad es. anzichè Pollo 01.jpg contiene Pollo\ 01.jpg). Ma non funziona ancora... O meglio, non funziona nello script ma funziona da linea di comando. Lo script che ho creato è il seguente: #!/bin/bash #Scrivo in ls.txt il contenuto della directory corrente ls * -v1 ./ls.txt #Ricopio ls.txt in sed.txt sostituendo tutti gli spazi con \@@ sed -e 's/ /\\@@/g' ./ls.txt ./sed.txt counter=1 for file_img_orig in `grep -i \.jpg ./sed.txt`; do #Sostituisco @@ con uno spazio. In questo modo ho sostituito #gli spazi originali con \ file_img_orig=`echo $file_img_orig | sed -e 's/@@/ /g'` file_img_new=Immagine-$counter.jpg echo Rinomino $file_img_orig in $file_img_new mv -f $file_img_orig $file_img_new : $((counter = $counter + 1)) done rm -f ./ls.txt rm -f ./sed.txt Avete idee? Grazie, Pollo.
[newbie-it] portatile - consigli
Dovrei comperare un notebook sul quale installare la Mandrake che uso a casa con il desktop. Qualche consiglio? Il database della Mandrake non è molto utile, dando come 'tested' solo prodotti della Asus e della Clevo. Grazie! guido -- Guido Milanese Vocal Ensemble Ars Antiqua, Genova, Italy Homepage: http://www.arsantiqua.org GAUDETE IN DOMINO SEMPER
Re: [newbie] stalled on installing CD burner
On Saturday 22 Mar 2003 8:42 pm, Owen Berio wrote: Mandrake 9 apparently recognizes the presence of my CD burner. But how do I use it? I can't find any installed software on the KD3 menue. I'm real new at this so I need simple- simple instructions. But I sure could use the help .The Installation and User Guide (8.2) doesn't give any help. This is what I can find: Properties: CD_ROM Type Destop config file Location: /home/owen/Desktop/Removable media Permissions user read wirte Owenership owen Group owen URL /mnt/cdrom Harddrake2 version 1.1.8 CD/DVD burners /dev/scd0 Bus SCSI Location of Bus: 0.1 Capacity: burner Channel 00 New devfs devices: scsi/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/CD Old device file: /dev/scd0 host 0 info Matshita CD-RW CW7585 lun: 00 Media calss: cdrom raw-type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI version 02 Hi, Owen. It looks as though the burner is set up correctly (it needs to be scsi-emulated to burn). If that's so, it's just a matter of sorting out the software. Preferences differ on this, but I know XCDRoast best. In that you have to use the setup to enable it to see the drive - and I think that has to be done as root - but this is a once only operation. After that you should be able to use it as user. You use the 'master tracks' to select the files you want to burn. If burning audio is your concern you will have to ask more questions once you have got it working. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] stalled on installing CD burner
Run K3B (CD Burning Program) as root and it will configure your CD drive for you. Cheers Jason Owen Berio wrote: Mandrake 9 apparently recognizes the presence of my CD burner. But how do I use it? I can't find any installed software on the KD3 menue. I'm real new at this so I need simple- simple instructions. But I sure could use the help .The Installation and User Guide (8.2) doesn't give any help. This is what I can find: Properties: CD_ROM Type Destop config file Location: /home/owen/Desktop/Removable media Permissions user read wirte Owenership owen Group owen URL /mnt/cdrom Harddrake2 version 1.1.8 CD/DVD burners /dev/scd0 Bus SCSI Location of Bus:0.1 Capacity: burner Channel 00 New devfs devices: scsi/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/CD Old device file:/dev/scd0 host0 infoMatshita CD-RW CW7585 lun:00 Media calss:cdrom raw-type: CD-ROMANSI SCSI version 02 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] stalled on installing CD burner
On Sunday 23 Mar 2003 9:59 am, Jason wrote: Run K3B (CD Burning Program) as root and it will configure your CD drive for you. K3B isn't installed by default, but it is on your disks. Many people prefer K3b as it more resembles a win app than XCDRoast, so they learn it quicker. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Movie making.
On Sunday 23 March 2003 02:32 am, James Henry Maiewski wrote: Hello, My mcc software installer (9.0 powerpack 7 disks) comes up with several RPMs [e.g. mplayer-0.90-pre7.4mdk] when I search, but I can't find them in the lists, and if I try to install them, it tells me they are all ready installed 'should this even be happening?' Apart from not getting to check out mplayer, I'm curious as to how it would have files for packages that it doesn't posess. I imagine that I'll find a web page with mplayer, but it is curious. Thanks for the suggestion. James, this is a known bug in 9.0. You can find it - and the solution - on the *errata* page. For your convenience, here it is : quote When using urpmi or rpmdrake, there is an error about package not found before accessing the CD-ROM. Another possible error message is Everything already installed. Why: The installer misconfigured the medium description of Contribution packages. Solution: Insert the Installation CD (CD-ROM #1) and issue the command urpmi.update cdrom8 as root. /quote HTH Kaj haulrich. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.0 - kernel 2.4.19.24 Brought to you from my 100 % Micro$oft-free computer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] The silly question
I have an application on CD I want to install in Mandrake. I can explore the files of the CD and I can see the installer, but I do not see what to do with it. I should have guessed it was like in Windows where one clicks on the icon and an installer window displays. What should I do in here? Teilhard Knight The Extraterretrial Who ate my sandwich? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] The silly question
On Sunday 23 Mar 2003 12:14 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: I have an application on CD I want to install in Mandrake. I can explore the files of the CD and I can see the installer, but I do not see what to do with it. I should have guessed it was like in Windows where one clicks on the icon and an installer window displays. What should I do in here? It depends a bit on what kind of file it is. You will need to tell us its extension. Some application have installation instructions in the compressed file. If that is so, you will be able to look inside it with Arkiver. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] The silly question
Am Sonntag, 23. März 2003 13:14 schrieb Teilhard Knight: I have an application on CD I want to install in Mandrake. I can explore the files of the CD and I can see the installer, but I do not see what to do with it. I should have guessed it was like in Windows where one clicks on the icon and an installer window displays. What should I do in here? If installername is X then ./X in a console-window as su. HTH, Thorsten -- Thorsten von Plotho-Kettner Fon/SMS 0163-2886981 Linuxuser #275535 - Linux Machine #168717 Freie Autoren schreiben: http://www.aus-satz.de Freie Texte im Netz: http://aussatz.antville.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 9.1 CD format
I have had a lot of problems trying to make 9.1rc2 work in my laptop. I downloaded the three iso images and checked their MD5 string. Everything fine. I burned the CDs and started to install rc2. No problem. Worked like a charm. Then I tried to update using the string that I got from the plf site (plf.something/~nanardon/something, I can't remember the exact string because I am working now under XP and have no way to get to my Evolution mails). There my problems begun. The site I was trying to update with asked me to insert CD 2. I placed it in the tray, but urpmi kept asking me to insert it. I canceled update, look for another site and the same. THe I mounted the iso CD images, removed the original CD from sources and tried again. Update went without a hitch. I noticed that KDE was sort of slow, so I started gkrellm and the processor load was at 100% all time. I assumed there might be a problem with ACPI (it was working nicely), so I turned it off using lilo noacpi and reboot. The same: processor load at 100% (and lot of messagges during bootup). Back to ACPI on. Humm, maybe a bad cd burn. I booted XP, burned the CDs using Nero and started all over. Every thing remained the same. I launched KDE System Guard and found the guilty process: keventd (no idea about what it does or means). I kept using between 80 and 90% of processor load. Today I decided to take a look at the CDs. There was no way in my life to get their content with ls or Konqueror. To get things worse, my laptop baterry went out of power without giving me the chance to turn the machine off or plug the power cord. I booted again and received the unpleasant surprise that almost everything in my ext3 /boot partition was gone. So i gave up rc2 and tried to install 9.0 back. Well, in spanish we have a saying that goes like as we were a small family the grandma got pregnant: my 9.0 CD 1 is scratched and I don't have the ISOs backed up. So I am back in XP sniff until 9.1 final appear, which I hope happens real soon. After looking at the 9.1 nice interfase and missing most of the tools I came to like in Linux, I feel in hostile territory right now. Finally, I tried to take a look at 9.1 CDs and Windows Explorer shows nothing (ls and Konqueror didn't show anything either). Now I am intrigued: what type of format is used for the 9.1rc2? Saludos, Adolfo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] 9.1 CD format
errata I launched KDE System Guard and found the guilty process: keventd (no idea about what it does or means). It kept using between 80 and 90% of processor load. /errata Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.1 CD format
On Sunday 23 March 2003 14:58, Adolfo Bello wrote: errata I launched KDE System Guard and found the guilty process: keventd (no idea about what it does or means). It kept using between 80 and 90% of processor load. /errata Adolfo, I don't get it. Are you saying you installed rc2 on your laptop and now can't install from the very same cd's a second time? Doesn't sound very logic to me. good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] 9.1 CD format
Adolfo, I don't get it. Are you saying you installed rc2 on your laptop and now can't install from the very same cd's a second time? Doesn't sound very logic to me. good luck, HarM No, that's not the problem. I burned the three CD and installed 9.1 but when I tried to access to CDs content, it appeared (to Konqueror, ls and Xp Explorer) like there was nothing inside them. So I burned a second CD set and reinstalled with this second set without problem. But then again I can not get into the CDs content. I am now burning at a lesser speed to see if this has something to do with this problem. Adolfo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.1 CD format
On Sunday 23 March 2003 15:45, Adolfo Bello wrote: Adolfo, I don't get it. Are you saying you installed rc2 on your laptop and now can't install from the very same cd's a second time? Doesn't sound very logic to me. good luck, HarM No, that's not the problem. I burned the three CD and installed 9.1 but when I tried to access to CDs content, it appeared (to Konqueror, ls and Xp Explorer) like there was nothing inside them. So I burned a second CD set and reinstalled with this second set without problem. But then again I can not get into the CDs content. I am now burning at a lesser speed to see if this has something to do with this problem. Adolfo Hmmm, I think I mentioned it before but, too cheap CD rw's give me the same problem. I can read them in the drive I burned them with (I use Gcombust) but not on my laptop. On other desktops it's an extremely slow read and never gets any deeper than the second (directory) level. I don't know if you've used rewriteables, but never use them for install CD's on other machines/drives than that you burned it with, if you want to be sure though. Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] MandrakeLinux9.1rc2
First attempt. Complete failure to install . a) Very very long wait between install catagories . Everytime you click next you wait an eon betfore the next install window appears. b) The install eventually completely stalled , trying to enter install a screen driver, a blank grey/white window appears with the words next bottom righthand corner, but with zero sensitivity. Eventually I gave up trying to get it to move on and rebooted , reinstalled the original M9.0 lilo and rebooted again only to find the system could not fsck /dev/hda7 (the M9.1 install partition), something about not being able to check the count or something, I soon dropped to a terminal and formatted the same partition which restored the boot to desktop in M9.0. It would seem the file system was dodgy.I don't know what it was though. Not wishing to be a pessimist, I must say that at so late a stage in the life of this release I cannot but wonder what will be the use of it . John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MandrakeLinux9.1rc2
On Sunday 23 March 2003 09:19 am, John Richard Smith wrote: First attempt. Complete failure to install . a) Very very long wait between install catagories . Everytime you click next you wait an eon betfore the next install window appears. b) The install eventually completely stalled , trying to enter install a screen driver, a blank grey/white window appears with the words next bottom righthand corner, but with zero sensitivity. Eventually I gave up trying to get it to move on and rebooted , reinstalled the original M9.0 lilo and rebooted again only to find the system could not fsck /dev/hda7 (the M9.1 install partition), something about not being able to check the count or something, I soon dropped to a terminal and formatted the same partition which restored the boot to desktop in M9.0. It would seem the file system was dodgy.I don't know what it was though. Not wishing to be a pessimist, I must say that at so late a stage in the life of this release I cannot but wonder what will be the use of it . John This is interesting, I have been using rc2 and updating with cooker mirrors on a daily basis since it came out. Over the couple of weeks or so that I was updating it continued to improve and bugs went away. I did not ever have the slow install problem you were having. This would be good info for the Mandrake design team if you could determine what the problem really is. How is your computer set up? CDROM speed and other info? Primary and Secondary set up etc? -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] 9.1 CD format
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of H.J.Bathoorn Hmmm, I think I mentioned it before but, too cheap CD rw's give me the same problem. I can read them in the drive I burned them with (I use Gcombust) but not on my laptop. On other desktops it's an extremely slow read and never gets any deeper than the second (directory) level. I don't know if you've used rewriteables, but never use them for install CD's on other machines/drives than that you burned it with, if you want to be sure though. Good luck, HarM Hum, I guess you're right. I am having problem with this particular brand of CD-R's. Igoing to try installing from ftp. Thanks. Adolfo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Network
My husband is getting a new box on Tuesday, with XP on it. We're going to put Mandrake on it as well. We have two other computers. One with NT, and my Linux Box. We'd like to network them. What am I getting into? Any tips? R Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Network
On Sunday 23 March 2003 12:48 pm, R.L.M. wrote: My husband is getting a new box on Tuesday, with XP on it. We're going to put Mandrake on it as well. We have two other computers. One with NT, and my Linux Box. We'd like to network them. What am I getting into? Any tips? R buy well know brand network cards, I lake liksys, but that has no real reason, other than the young lady at the counter where I pick them up, if you can, get a switch, not just a hub. the network part is easy,,, but the XP partwell you have my sympathy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Network
On 23 Mar 2003 12:48:41 -0500 R.L.M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My husband is getting a new box on Tuesday, with XP on it. We're going to put Mandrake on it as well. We have two other computers. One with NT, and my Linux Box. We'd like to network them. What am I getting into? Any tips? R A lot of fun :-) Networking with Samba is really quite easy now. Install the samba-client and samba-common RPMs, and either komba2 (from Contrib) or LinNeighborhood, and you will be able to browse a Windows network. Install the samba-server RPM as well, and after a very little configuration Windows computers will be able to browse your Linux computer. The absolute simplest way to set up a samba server is to install the drakwizard RPM and then go through the Samba wizard you find in Mandrake Control Centre. After going through the wizard you then need to tell Samba which Windows usernames/passwords are valid with the command smbpasswd -a username Most problems with Samba are usually because the username/passwords have not been declared. For more complicated configuration just read the Samba config file /etc/samba/smb.conf and edit as you see fit. For a basic network all you generally need to change is the Workgroup name. At the end of the file you will see some examples of how to set up various types of shares. After any change restart samba with service smb restart HTH derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] stalled on installing CD burner
I downloaded downloaded k3b.0.8.1 from the sourceforge. During the installation I got the following message. I aborted the installation at that point deciding to inquire about the message and weather I should proceed or not? On Sunday 23 March 2003 10:08 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 23 Mar 2003 9:59 am, Jason wrote: Run K3B (CD Burning Program) as root and it will configure your CD drive for you. K3B isn't installed by default, but it is on your disks. Many people prefer K3b as it more resembles a win app than XCDRoast, so they learn it quicker. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Network
On Sunday 23 Mar 2003 5:48 pm, R.L.M. wrote: My husband is getting a new box on Tuesday, with XP on it. We're going to put Mandrake on it as well. We have two other computers. One with NT, and my Linux Box. We'd like to network them. What am I getting into? Any tips? On the new box, are you going to put a second drive in for Mandrake, or install on the same drive? If the latter, you will need to shrink the ntfs partition, which may not be easy. Also, don't forget that ntfs partitions are easily read, but writing to them is till a bit iffy. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] stalled on installing CD burner
On Sunday 23 March 2003 11:45 am, Owen Berio wrote: I downloaded downloaded k3b.0.8.1 from the sourceforge. During the installation I got the following message. I aborted the installation at that point deciding to inquire about the message and weather I should proceed or not? On Sunday 23 March 2003 10:08 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 23 Mar 2003 9:59 am, Jason wrote: Run K3B (CD Burning Program) as root and it will configure your CD drive for you. K3B isn't installed by default, but it is on your disks. Many people prefer K3b as it more resembles a win app than XCDRoast, so they learn it quicker. Anne Owen, if you care about my advice : don't install K3b. Reason : by default it changes your /etc/fstab file, adding some more entries, thus messing the whole thing up. Although it seems possible to avoid that, I agree completely with Tom Brinkman who said something in the line of : anyone who writes an application that changes important system files should be taken out and shot. BTW : there are heaps of other, less agressive GUI's for burning CD's. To mention a few : XCDroast, Gcombust, Gnometoaster, CDBakeoven etc., etc.. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.0 - kernel 2.4.19.24 Brought to you from my 100 % Micro$oft-free computer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] stalled on installing CD burner
On Sunday 23 Mar 2003 10:45 am, Owen Berio wrote: I downloaded downloaded k3b.0.8.1 from the sourceforge. During the installation I got the following message. I aborted the installation at that point deciding to inquire about the message and weather I should proceed or not? I think you for got to give us the message g However, it is always better to use Mandrake rpms if you can, and in this case the rpm should be on your disks. Try software installer, list all alphabetically, and you should find it. Using software installer (there is a command line utility that does the same thing, called urpmi) ensures that if any dependencies exist you can get them at the same time, and everything gets put in the right place. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] stalled on installing CD burner
On Sunday 23 Mar 2003 7:00 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Sunday 23 March 2003 11:45 am, Owen Berio wrote: I downloaded downloaded k3b.0.8.1 from the sourceforge. During the installation I got the following message. I aborted the installation at that point deciding to inquire about the message and weather I should proceed or not? On Sunday 23 March 2003 10:08 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 23 Mar 2003 9:59 am, Jason wrote: Run K3B (CD Burning Program) as root and it will configure your CD drive for you. K3B isn't installed by default, but it is on your disks. Many people prefer K3b as it more resembles a win app than XCDRoast, so they learn it quicker. Anne Owen, if you care about my advice : don't install K3b. Reason : by default it changes your /etc/fstab file, adding some more entries, thus messing the whole thing up. Although it seems possible to avoid that, I agree completely with Tom Brinkman who said something in the line of : anyone who writes an application that changes important system files should be taken out and shot. BTW : there are heaps of other, less agressive GUI's for burning CD's. To mention a few : XCDroast, Gcombust, Gnometoaster, CDBakeoven etc., etc.. HTH Kaj Haulrich. Sory Kaj, but my advice is the opposite. k3b is a very good burner with features not available in other GUI based burning apps. K3b does offer to set up your fstab file for you. But you do not have to say 'Yes'. Set up your fstab by hand and k3b will fine. Since it will be in the main distro in 9.1 lots of people are going to be using it. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] stalled on installing CD burner
On Sunday 23 Mar 2003 7:55 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 23 Mar 2003 7:00 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Sunday 23 March 2003 11:45 am, Owen Berio wrote: Owen, if you care about my advice : don't install K3b. Reason : by default it changes your /etc/fstab file, adding some more entries, thus messing the whole thing up. Although it seems possible to avoid that, I agree completely with Tom Brinkman who said something in the line of : anyone who writes an application that changes important system files should be taken out and shot. BTW : there are heaps of other, less agressive GUI's for burning CD's. To mention a few : XCDroast, Gcombust, Gnometoaster, CDBakeoven etc., etc.. HTH Kaj Haulrich. Sory Kaj, but my advice is the opposite. k3b is a very good burner with features not available in other GUI based burning apps. K3b does offer to set up your fstab file for you. But you do not have to say 'Yes'. Set up your fstab by hand and k3b will fine. Since it will be in the main distro in 9.1 lots of people are going to be using it. I didn't allow it to alter mine, but could someone please spell out exactly what goes wrong if you do allow it? I have to say that I think much is down to preference, and I still like XCDRoast, but it is certainly true that there are things K3b does that are difficult or impossible in other apps. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] kdeedu lost?
has kdeedu package disappeared from mandrake 9.1? i was not able to find it in 9.1rc2.. thx. cheers, -- jose Public key for [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) mQGiBDUuABARBADk08x5h0w5/t0OAnfEFJQmjZqvHpX7tRZ56Vc8UVDTlJU9NF2n kQImp25McvFHQtmCSMGwkSSxDiqfjWdvCvT8YaymthfSvXrvbcSt4GhPcmpLpWyP FN5AmTMU0nwrn9U2E5MFlPur1HvVV+f2Fv4EEn2nwahpdbe0h0lcdy/faQCg/35x 6R/X9Jtt6mUu8eo1yeOujZkD/0mQmiaqRg2VWREDqT9sz5Ptv4D3FaH2fDUmyWfh plUjIzMA/QOt8z48N0vOBOueM3MMW2AI9THgQMULT1TLpxRIqf3vxuG0qtZc4oSf 5g54lQILPenCzzh2ZDP1TpGvbesfD9gPAsScRh9tRmcR0cqJI2OvF3Y2hFZrsSWM 1gclA/9M4otB1aqK7XX5nctRGVaVA3c53OI1uDB9oTgF3IXz3Q+be6cps5dMeCR6 n5r3y2vtrMv76UZbL2mWODfvGcLjgl+pPSEzfjPENbBUVb1+aaisFL3j6ep4Xzwt U3uw8VP/WHTwBSaxpL9nMQ2XaTkMW0cKW0a2VE/E9AYFfSJwGrQbSm96ZWYg2O1o YSA8emVmb0BzZXpuYW0uY3o+iE4EEBECAA4FAjUuABAECwMCAQIZAQAKCRDVn/l7 fwXp8eG3AJ92kjkNHSvDiQpB2PHI4GkOfI52pQCfW6JgAxmJJKC1vysN0UIR3KEd r2m5BA0ENS4AERAQAPkYoH5aBmF6Q5CV3AVsh4bsYezNRR8O2OCjecbJ3HoLrOQ/ 40aUtjBKU9d8AhZIgLUV5SmZqZ8HdNP/46HFliBOmGW42A3uEF2rthccUdhQyiJX Qym+lehWKzh4XAvb+ExN1eOqRsz7zhfoKp0UYeOEqU/Rg4Soebbvj6dDRgjGzB13 VyQ4SuLE8OiOE2eXTpITYfbb6yUOF/32mPfIfHmwch04dfv2wXPEgxEmK0Ngw+Po 1gr9oSgmC66prrNlD6IAUwGgfNaroxIe+g8qzh90hE/K8xfzpEDp19J3tkItAjbB JstoXp18mAkKjX4t7eRdefXUkk+bGI78KqdLfDL2Qle3CH8IF3KiutapQvMF6PlT ETlPtvFuuUs4INoBp1ajFOmPQFXz0AfGy0OplK33TGSGSfgMg71l6RfUodNQ+PVZ X9x2Uk89PY3bzpnhV5JZzf24rnRPxfx2vIPFRzBhznzJZv8V+bv9kV7HAarTW56N oKVyOtQa8L9GAFgr5fSI/VhOSdvNILSd5JEHNmszbDgNRR0PfIizHHxbLY7288kj wEPwpVsYjY67VYy4XTjTNP18F1dDox0YbN4zISy1Kv884bEpQBgRjXyEpwpy1obE AxnIByl6ypUM2Zafq9AKUJsCRtMIPWakXUGfnHy9iUsiGSa6q6Jew1XrPdYXAAIC D/4zbIWgQ9ddW3lEJ3D6TRcXtuoFXhAI17GtQKDI9keaN7oChn/24+XUWUzcGyzE 7vHcgcAYeyS0kguSn2VVR4EjD+xvdpb4fuulMvR9Jx2kLPS8YI+gR98lju9BfTbI ITVaw0phnxDnURP6zGKLN8S/hnyQwZdEpbspP/DjFELYhLCGATtuDs9mdjxpt9nA gmLE4H+DtPkAW0sVKY+aObwMqOkg7eUmHJtISpP2RF3KHnEz88tmHEDmkF9e3MbM lXLwb3b21BRCAetZ7c+8O76f68+XElq243N4XZ3r+Kub3mD/FmZm68Q8sg5ylRNm raFHuOwJtpiAkdGrNzRSOBTFNTuvX3ugN5+E7O7E1gLDUiElzltcqoujVMTW+zQU ny3RXNCUV+wBzCgMQPbBnWBUa+jqfsXFgon2btTKLo/A4ndl1YVvpt3qcccwBs9s 6BEMqaxvTHFr3SPwUeKyLX7Z6qb0jWiImIofXR6ZMjcXnRhkoqbw5NOBrNOxy2Dl m3BauxjSHKUJHa4gFS9zrCkMGaWc8coxx91SF7lseaG90mGLlISttnoU7aFmTi8r L5RBbKRkYXmxXNZCwUw6a8CeGta2/6DJOGuP2OreCNG/2BPCYkkniFUiHH+8lRiS mQa4cdEOLYSX3CRJW32onBfiViqOv7dRZTKGaey7LbYy34hGBBgRAgAGBQI1LgAR AAoJENWf+Xt/BenxzswAoIKenOa5Vl7l7c2Xqr2NM47mOsMGAKCSO+b5JgscFcdB mAEii8UqJ1JBaw== =MrGb -END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Network
Thanks for the advice. R Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake Control Center configuration
Are there any configuration files for Mandrake Control Center. Specifically for Software Management. I would like to make the 'Software Install' window come up in 'show all files, alphabetical' mode. Charles Roberts Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MandrakeLinux9.1rc2
Dennis Myers wrote: On Sunday 23 March 2003 09:19 am, John Richard Smith wrote: First attempt. Complete failure to install . a) Very very long wait between install catagories . Everytime you click next you wait an eon betfore the next install window appears. b) The install eventually completely stalled , trying to enter install a screen driver, a blank grey/white window appears with the words next bottom righthand corner, but with zero sensitivity. Eventually I gave up trying to get it to move on and rebooted , reinstalled the original M9.0 lilo and rebooted again only to find the system could not fsck /dev/hda7 (the M9.1 install partition), something about not being able to check the count or something, I soon dropped to a terminal and formatted the same partition which restored the boot to desktop in M9.0. It would seem the file system was dodgy.I don't know what it was though. Not wishing to be a pessimist, I must say that at so late a stage in the life of this release I cannot but wonder what will be the use of it . John This is interesting, I have been using rc2 and updating with cooker mirrors on a daily basis since it came out. Over the couple of weeks or so that I was updating it continued to improve and bugs went away. I did not ever have the slow install problem you were having. This would be good info for the Mandrake design team if you could determine what the problem really is. How is your computer set up? CDROM speed and other info? Primary and Secondary set up etc? DVD + Writer mater/slave on IDE line1 Single 40gig Maxtor as primary on IDE line2 The slowness of install was never experienced with any prior mandrake releases, including M8.1,M8.2,M9.0, only 9.1 series, which started with beta1,beta2 , somewhat updated via urpmi to rc2, but just now replaced with a straight M9.2rc2 install(not update) from discs. I simply have no idea why. Whether the problem with the screen driver install is related to the file system, I chose the default ext2 file system, which also seems to cause the reboot problem, I don't know. I have a modern Pioneer DVD, and Mitsumi writer, Cdrecord 1.11a32 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24 Using libscg version 'schily-0.6' scsibus0: 0,0,0 0) * 0,1,0 1) * 0,2,0 2) 'PIONEER ' 'DVD-ROM DVD-116 ' '1.22' Removable CD-ROM 0,3,0 3) 'MITSUMI ' 'CR-48X9TE ' '1.0C' Removable CD-ROM 0,4,0 4) * 0,5,0 5) * 0,6,0 6) * 0,7,0 7) * scsibus1: 1,0,0 100) 'Generic ' 'USB Storage-SMC ' '0090' Removable Disk 1,1,0 101) * 1,2,0 102) * 1,3,0 103) * 1,4,0 104) * 1,5,0 105) * 1,6,0 106) * 1,7,0 107) * Could having a Generic USB Storage-SMC ' '0090' Removable Disk disc attatched to the bus be the cause of a slow install does anyone think ? It's the only thing that is currently different from previous release installs. Just a thought ? By the way the position of the dvd/writer vis a vis the storage device goes walkies around the bus on every boot up, either the scanbus 0 or 1, has to check every time, and alter the appropriate commands to suit. Not critical but odd. I don't for one minute think the dvd/rom speed is at fault, as far as install speed. The best clue I have is the problem with fsck ' ing the partition that the install occured on, namely /dev/hda7. There has to be some reason why a fresh new install should have a problem with completing a fsck at the first boot , unless the formatting itself is the problem, and maybe the cause of the slow install, is the allocation table all screwed up ? I would think the mandrake team could take a fresh look at the programme here and assetain whether recent changes have upset things a bit ? Bear in mind that so many of the cooker team rely on urpmi updates, so once the initial install has been accomplished and an fsck accomplished the faults would not go on being detected. John John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Easiest way to update software?
On Sunday 23 Mar 2003 10:18 pm, David Marsh wrote: I'm just wondering what the 'easiest' way to update software in Mandrake is? (I'm running Mandrake 9.0) Going through the Control Center (and having to type in the root password each time) seems quite 'sluggish' and longwinded, but I note that it actually invokes a program called rpmdrake. So, I su to root in a terminal (I tend to do this, yes, I know it's not strictly a wise idea, as I tend to have to run various programs as root (eg fetchnews)), and then run rpmdrake from there. OK, that's quicker and less faffing with passwords, but still, rpmdrake itself seems a little slow, and it doesn't give much progress information when it is downloading files (so I'm never entirely sure if it has crashed or is just being slow..) However, having switched from Debian, I am familiar with apt-get (which I do like), and have installed the apt port for rpm. However, this seems to only work for 'cooker' (at least, that's what the default sources.list suggests) or is this incorrect: can I use apt-get with Mandrake 9.0? Finally urpmi itself: the man page suggests that urpmi can be used to install packages from remote sites, but I don't know how to find out what the location of these sites actually is, could somebody advise? (Also, does urpmi allow for interrupted/resumed downloads, which is, in my opinion, one of the strengths of apt-get, very handy for a dialup connection?) Thanks for any advice, David. rpmdrake is the GUI front end for urpmi You are correct running urpmi directly from a terminal is much quicker and will give more feedback. 'man urpmi' will tell you most things, but here is a quick breakdown. urpmi.addmedia will add online sources. Go here for a list of sources http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php Some sources are better than others (Some are dreadful :-( ) urpmi.update will refresh the database of packages in a source urpmi.update -a will update the databases of all online sources. If the '--update' switch is used when adding a source that source is flagged as containing updates. To update the packages in your system to the latest available in your update sources use urpmi --update --auto-select Adding the --auto switch will install the packages without waiting for confirmation. To upgarde from any source not just update sources, leave out the --update switch. urpmi will use either curl or wget for fetching packages. curl is the default if it is installed. To force wget use the --wget switch To install a specific package urpmi packagename No need to give the full package name. If it is ambiguous you will be prompted asking which of the possible packages you want to install. HTH derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] VMWare Installation Questions
On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 02:03, Brian wrote: Hello All, I am installing VMWare 3.2 and I am being asked for some information that i do not know. I am running a fairly out-of-the-box installation of Mandrake 9.0 and I am being asked the location of the C header files that match my running kernel. Does anyone know where I would find these? thanks, Brian Make sure you install the RPM's for the kernel sources - and all extras - once you have that done (and reboot for safety sake) you should be able to run the VMWare 3.2 configuration scripts without a hassle. The kernel sources are going to live in /usr/src/linux - you can use the Mandrake Control Centre to get to the packages - else you can surf the install CD's and find 'em on CD2 and CD3. -- Mon Mar 24 11:20:00 EST 2003 11:20:00 up 2 days, 22:07, 3 users, load average: 0.13, 0.11, 0.09 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * MDK 9.1 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting machine no:194239 * RH 7.3 * Sales - Service - Support - Tutor -- ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** Dave Mack: Your stupidity, Allen, is simply not up to par. Allen Gwinn:Yours is. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Movie making.
On Sun, 2003-03-23 at 02:32, James Henry Maiewski wrote: Hello, Does anyone have an opinion about the best package to make a movie out of a series of stills? I've been playing with bcast, but am unsure of it's (and my) abilities. In a related vein, My digital camera records (medium poor) video which is saved as a *.mov file. There is microphone, so sound is absent. Any information on how to get a sound file welded on would be appreciated. -Jim M. -- Cinelerra. You can get it at PLF! (Very cool editing stuff...like really really cool) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 56k modem
On Sun, 2003-03-23 at 13:38, Anonymous wrote: For some reason, after an x amount of time, I can't surf anymore ... Let's say that it's not a bad modem ... I've gone through all the kppp settings and made the values as large as possible ... not sure what all of the values mean, but ... what command do I do to get relevant files/logs that might have information about the connection? Would that be the first step to find out? Or will I have to get some kind of log viewer downloaded and installed? I'm using Mandrake 9.0. Does this seem like a reasonable thing to try, or am I just spinning my wheels? BTW, it's not the end of the world, once I get 3 computers networked, to run downstairs and disconnect, then disconnect again (kppp won't automatically do it, because the modem's is still on ... I hear it click off when I disconnect ... and can't get back on until I disconnect ... i connect again with no problem), but it's better if it just stayed on ... Rita If you're getting disconnected ALWAYS after about 1.5 hrs, that would mean that the DHCP lease is choking and puking - you can try to avert this a bit by making sure that both DNS servers are listed in the /etc/resolv.conf file - but that is rather strange... -- Mon Mar 24 11:40:00 EST 2003 11:40:00 up 2 days, 22:27, 3 users, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.04 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * MDK 9.1 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting machine no:194239 * RH 7.3 * Sales - Service - Support - Tutor -- ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** All the really good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow. -- Grant Wood Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.1 CD format
On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 00:44, Adolfo Bello wrote: I have had a lot of problems trying to make 9.1rc2 work in my laptop. I downloaded the three iso images and checked their MD5 string. Everything fine. I burned the CDs and started to install rc2. No problem. Worked like a charm. Then I tried to update using the string that I got from the plf site (plf.something/~nanardon/something, I can't remember the exact string because I am working now under XP and have no way to get to my Evolution mails). There my problems begun. The site I was trying to update with asked me to insert CD 2. I placed it in the tray, but urpmi kept asking me to insert it. I canceled update, look for another site and the same. THe I mounted the iso CD images, removed the original CD from sources and tried again. Update went without a hitch. Now I am intrigued: what type of format is used for the 9.1rc2? Saludos, Adolfo Hey, I had the same problems, but solved them by copying the entire CD's to my HD - and then just changed the location of the files in the Software Manager - once I did that, all those niggling little problems disappeared...but that was my resolution...mainly because everything was so scattered across the three CD's -- Mon Mar 24 11:40:00 EST 2003 11:40:00 up 2 days, 22:27, 3 users, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.04 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * MDK 9.1 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting machine no:194239 * RH 7.3 * Sales - Service - Support - Tutor -- ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** All the really good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow. -- Grant Wood Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] ftp install success
Just wanted to report a success story for anyone new thinking of installing via ftp :) Since cooker's gone 'production' I decided to try it out. I used the cooker mirrors to install today since I'm too impatient to wait for the ISO's (LOL) and it all went VERY smoothly. The new installer is quite nice and even with the bandwidth limitation it only took 3 hours to install and be up and running completely. (I selected a LOT of packages.) The process of an ftp install was pretty easy. I grabbed the network.img file from the cooker mirror (ftp://ftp.ciril.fr/pub/linux/mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/images/network.img) and put it on a floppy (dd if=network.img of=/dev/fd0). Rebooted from the floppy and followed through to boot to the expert install (press F1 and at boot: put expert). dhcp for my network worked off the bat when it loaded the driver for my ethernet card and all i had to put in was the ftp address of where i was installing from (ftp://ftp.ciril.fr/pub/linux/mandrake-devel/cooker/cooker/) and associated info to run the installer. The installer's been slimmed down a bit as far as the steps you take but it's all still accessable once you get to the summary if you need to change configuration on your video card etc. I was pretty impressed by the way they've made it a little more simple to do. Hardware detection worked much better than it did when I installed 9.0. The package selection is pretty much the same which I'm not really fond of (same packages showing up in different categories) but no big deal. I _did_ have one configuration issue (which was EASY to fix) and that was it only configured my cable connection and not the card that goes to my LAN but I fixed it in the Mandrake Control Center when I rebooted and it was probably an option I could have configured durring install which I may have overlooked. As far as internet connection sharing goes I'm still using iptables for it so I can't report on how the wizard in mcc works but if you use the rc.firewall from the iptables HOWTO it works great (though iptables is NOT installed by default, you need to select it durring install). Anyone a little too impatient to wait for ISO's with a few hours to spare, I'd suggest the ftp install. I'm not the best at this and still it was pretty painless as long as you know which driver your ethernet card needs. As far as how 9.1 will be, I can say that what I've seen I'm quite impressed with. Mozilla 1.3 is a lot faster than 1.1 was, KDE 3.1 is absolutely gorgeous (though I don't usually use it). Gnome I couldn't tell you about since I didn't install it (bleah... Gnome lost it after 1.4 IMHO... what's left of Gnome anyway, just bonobo and a panel? If they switch to mono then the only real Gnome componant left will the the panel :P ). I haven't had quite the problems with apps that I had with 9.0. The versions of apps included seem to have all had improvements at least on my machine. Anyway if you're eagerly awaiting the 9.1 ISO's I think everyone will like it. (Well, unless you're from the old rpmdrake camp... that hasn't changed.) I was getting disillusioned with Mandrake with 9.0 but I'm a believer again with 9.1. 8.2 was the 'megadistro' IMO before, but 9.1's got me re-thinking so far. This distro's going to put Mandrake back on the map as a leading contender for a desktop distro I'm sure. Jerry -- The wireless telegraph is not difficult to understand. The ordinary telegraph is like a very long cat. You pull the tail in New York, and it meows in Los Angeles. The wireless is the same, only without the cat. -Albert Einstein Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] error installing NVIDIA 1.0-4191 drivers
Please forgive me if this post comes across with html formatting, I am accessing my email account thru AT$T's web site and I cannot find anywhere to change the settings. I finally decided to upgrade my nvidia drivers (again - seems to happen as often as Mandrake releases!) but this time I am receiving alot of unresolved symbol errors. Mandrake 9.0 GeForce2 MMX w/64 ram NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.tar.gz NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4191.tar.gz From what I can find, it appears that my kernel does not match my kernel-header version: [EMAIL PROTECTED] NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191]# rpm -qa | grep kernel kernel-2.4.19.16mdk-1-1mdk kernel-headers-2.4.18-41mdk kernel-source-2.4.19-24mdk NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.mdk90up kernel-doc-2.4.19-24mdk I tried this as well (but not too sure the path was correct) make install SYSINCLUDE=/usr/src/linux-2.4.19-24mdk with no luck. What advise would anybody have? remove the kernel-source-2.4.19-24mdk and install kernel-source-2.4.19-16mdk? Wait till 9.1 is out? (without startx till then...) Thanks for any help and or advise Steve Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] stalled on installing CD burner
That's what happens when ones native language isn't english=20 Ja - ich bin ein Berliner :). Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake 9.0 launcher errors, possible corruption...
For some of you, this will be an easy question. I've been using Mandrake 9 for a few weeks. Yesterday, something happened that corrupted my root user preferences, and I can't determine how to fix this. 1) Under root log in, no apps will launch in KDE or Enlightenment from the menu / icon buttons. This happened suddenly. Core dumps every time I try. Under another user on this same install, *no problems* 2) The following shows in the system logs and .Xsession errors: ** ERROR **: First `engine' section must include a `stock' section. aborting... This shows for any application I try to launch from KDE menu. Not even harddrake can launch. From the command line, the same prints at STDOUT. I've done all the obvious things, like remove those hidden files in /root that have anything to do with KDE (or X in general) No luck. This is not system-wide screw-up; only one user on my system is hindered in any way. So, I ask: a) What sort of files could be corrupted for a given user? b) If that user is root, is there any way of getting back vanilla files, short of re-installing to whole system? For a regular user, I could just run adduser, get stuff from /etc/skel, manually do a new group/user id. But for root... I couldn't remove the root user. Could I? c) Why would something like this affect kde? xmms was the first thing to go, But I was able to run this under GNOME, as root. What kde-specific prefs could be screwed for a particular user? I've seen several posts on this problem across the internet. Either the question was ignored, or flamed in a rude way. Thank you for any leads! -John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] System Lock Up
locks up. No way out, that I could find except to hit the reset switch. I've had this happen before recently when I was converting some .mp3s to .wav's. Any idea what could be causing this? That's a kernel panic. I saw it discussed here a few weeks ago - some where your kernel panicked and decided to oscillate the keyboard blinkenlights. ISTR the code is somewhere in panic.c. Odd that it would happen during mp3/wav conversion. That's somewhat stressful, but IMHO your motherboard/CPU/memory combination may leave something to be desired. What happens for instance when you run cpuburn? Have you run memtest? Chris Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] System Lock Up
On Sunday 23 March 2003 09:30 pm, David E. Fox decided to hunt and peck on the keyboard and typed: locks up. No way out, that I could find except to hit the reset switch. I've had this happen before recently when I was converting some .mp3s to .wav's. Any idea what could be causing this? That's a kernel panic. I saw it discussed here a few weeks ago - some where your kernel panicked and decided to oscillate the keyboard blinkenlights. ISTR the code is somewhere in panic.c. Odd that it would happen during mp3/wav conversion. That's somewhat stressful, but IMHO your motherboard/CPU/memory combination may leave something to be desired. What happens for instance when you run cpuburn? Have you run memtest? Haven't run either. Which memtest should I install, memtester-2.93.1-3mdk or memtest86-3.0-2mdk. I'm wondering though if Xscreensaver didn't have something to do with this. I also had a problem a week or so ago with the system rebooting itself. I never did catch it in the act though. I've since gone back to running one of the screensavers installed with mdk 9.0 and haven't had any problems so far. -- Regards Chris Registered Linux user #283774 @ http://counter.li.org 9:47pm up 1 day, 4:42, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.15 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] error installing NVIDIA 1.0-4191 drivers
Hi.
I installed the 4191 driver in 9.0 and they work fine but you have to do
it properly or it will mess up your install. :-(
you will have to remove and uninstall any NVIDIA drivers which you have
tried. I had to reinstall to fix my first attempt. ;-{
But , It can be done ! so Take heart !
First you must have the right source rpm installed so you will need to
correct this.
you can find the right sources here :
ftp://at.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake/9.0/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/
I use the kernel-headers-2.4.18-41 so you should be fine with that one.
the kernel-doc doesn't matter
I followed this tutorial which is very nice :
http://www.icculus.org/~dolson/mdkxp/?c=ttrls/nvidiacli
It directs you to rebuild the src rpms for your pc which is a good idea.
it also tells you where you can get them ( but this is incorrect, get
them from the Nvidia site itself , and make sure they are the src.rpms )
If I remember , you will find the rebuild rpms here :/usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586
follow the rest of the tutorial carefully and it will work fine.
always remember to do alot of this from the command line in runlevel 3
If you need help write me back and I can tell you how to use mcedit to
edit the files you need to edit if you don't know how to do that from
the command line.
mcedit is much easier to use than vi which he suggests using to edit the
files. ( just let me know ) ;-)
hope this helps .
oh yeah, this is what I get when I use glxgears to test the speed of the
card with the Nvidia drivers :
944 frames in 5.0 seconds = 188.800 FPS
1115 frames in 5.0 seconds = 223.000 FPS
1131 frames in 5.0 seconds = 226.200 FPS
1133 frames in 5.0 seconds = 226.600 FPS
Not bad eh?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Please forgive me if this post comes across with html formatting, I am
accessing my email account thru AT$T's web site and I cannot find anywhere to
change the settings.
I finally decided to upgrade my nvidia drivers (again - seems to happen as
often as Mandrake releases!) but this time I am receiving alot of unresolved
symbol errors.
Mandrake 9.0
GeForce2 MMX w/64 ram
NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.tar.gz
NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4191.tar.gz
From what I can find, it appears that my kernel does not match my kernel-header
version:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191]# rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-2.4.19.16mdk-1-1mdk
kernel-headers-2.4.18-41mdk
kernel-source-2.4.19-24mdk
NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.mdk90up
kernel-doc-2.4.19-24mdk
I tried this as well (but not too sure the path was correct)
make install SYSINCLUDE=/usr/src/linux-2.4.19-24mdk
with no luck.
What advise would anybody have? remove the kernel-source-2.4.19-24mdk and
install kernel-source-2.4.19-16mdk? Wait till 9.1 is out? (without startx till
then...)
Thanks for any help and or advise
Steve
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Re: [newbie] How do I feed mail fetched with fetchmail to procmail?
Under Debian this magically 'just worked', but I'm not sure how to do it under Mandrake? getting fetchmail to go to procmail under mandrake seems to be a non-issue. Mostly though I get my mail via postfix smtp. Getting that set up in 9.9 was pretty OK except for some configuration tweaking and head scratching. Did you manage to save off the /etc/procmailrc fetchmailrc files from your debian install? If so, it makes it easier. Also were you using the same mailer in Debian, or were you using sendmail or exim? David. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] System Lock Up
Haven't run either. Which memtest should I install, memtester-2.93.1-3mdk or memtest86-3.0-2mdk. I'm wondering though if Xscreensaver didn't have I'd go with the memtest86 one. I haven't played with the other one and didn't know it existed. It's a first step if there may be something in the memory that causes this. Chris Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mdk 9.1 rc2 adsl trbls
Hi everyone. Just wanted to ask the list whether anyone has experienced difficulties in getting 9.1 rc1 or rc2 up and running on a ADSL connection. I was having no trbl with 9.0 to my D-link modem using a standard D-link DFE-538TX network card. I am able to configure eth0 without issue (shows UP) and through linux-config I have enabled DHCP and defined the machines hostname. Trouble is I am unable to ping out beyond the machine or establish a connection. Pulling my hair out! Strange thing is, I can reconnect my win2k box to the very same dsl modem and boom instant connection. Whats so different with 9.1 that I'm missing?? Help! Kirb Nesbitt --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.463 / Virus Database: 262 - Release Date: 3/17/2003 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mdk 9.1 rc2 adsl trbls
Am Montag, 24. März 2003 06:01 schrieb knesbitt: Hi everyone. Just wanted to ask the list whether anyone has experienced difficulties in getting 9.1 rc1 or rc2 up and running on a ADSL connection. [...] [mandrake-club] I can´t recall exactly what it is but there is a problem with DHCP in rc2 that has been fixed in cooker. Either update or you could try installing dhcpcd, or just wait a few days for 9.1 final. [/mandrake-club] Thorsten -- Thorsten von Plotho-Kettner Fon/SMS 0163-2886981 Linuxuser #275535 - Linux Machine #168717 Freie Autoren schreiben: http://www.aus-satz.de Freie Texte im Netz: http://aussatz.antville.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.1 CD format
On Sun, 2003-03-23 at 20:43, Stephen Kuhn wrote: Hey, I had the same problems, but solved them by copying the entire CD's to my HD - and then just changed the location of the files in the Software Manager - once I did that, all those niggling little problems disappeared...but that was my resolution...mainly because everything was so scattered across the three CD's Well, I am back in 9.0 (and away from XP). And anxiously waiting for 9.1 final. Meanwhile, I am going to get some other brand CD's to be ready. I burned 8 CD's from this brand (my Memor-y is failing) and 5 of them turned out to be defective. Just amazing. When I burned 9.0 CD's I used other brands: Tdk. They worked just fine. No problem with Verbatim either. What I hate is that I still have more than a hundred blank CD's from this brand. I will use them to place my drinks on them. (Any idea about the 100% processor load?) Saludos -- __ / \\ @ __ __@ Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] / // // /\ / \\ // \ // Bello Ingenieria S.A, ICQ: 65910258 / \\ // / \\ / // // / //celular: +58 416 609-6213 /___// // / _/ \__\\ //__/ // fax: +58 212 952-6797 www.bisapi.com //pager : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.1 CD format
- Original Message - From: Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MDK Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 12:30 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] 9.1 CD format Meanwhile, I am going to get some other brand CD's to be ready. I burned 8 CD's from this brand (my Memor-y is failing) and 5 of them turned out to be defective. Just amazing. When I burned 9.0 CD's I used other brands: Tdk. They worked just fine. No problem with Verbatim either. What I hate is that I still have more than a hundred blank CD's from this brand. I will use them to place my drinks on them. Well, I can't help with your original question - sorry. But I bought a pack of the cheapest CD-R's available - Optimum - got a 50 pack for 94 **cents**. And I haven't had a single error on the 10 that I've burned so far. Before you toss your Memorex blanks, I would give one to a friend to test. Maybe your CD-RW just doesn't like them for some strange reason. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] not burning anymore!
Hi there! Need your help! I had this CD burner (Creative)running on mdk8.1 but after the upgrade to mdk9 it just doesn't work anymore! It's recognised. cdrecord -scanbus gives the dev=0,3,0 I can mount it for reading. Once in a while it was possible to -reset and record, but not anymore! Tried with a brand new one (LG52x) and had the same results! What could it be? TIA Ricardo -- == Linux user # 102240 = Machine # 96125 = [EMAIL PROTECTED] user == http://counter.li.org/ Get Counted! Mon, 24 Mar 2003 03:40:00 -0300 3:40am up 2:56, 4 users, load average: 3.04, 2.22, 1.95 Do Miami a favor. When you leave, take someone with you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] just another cd burning question!
In onother machine I have a cd-rom and a DVD! I want to remove the cd-rom, place de dvd on it's place and add a cd-burner! The question is: How about the upmi and alike? Do I have to rebuild the database ? If so, how? The plain replacing of cd to a dvd could work? There is no scsi emulation! Ricardo -- == Linux user # 102240 = Machine # 96125 = [EMAIL PROTECTED] user == http://counter.li.org/ Get Counted! Mon, 24 Mar 2003 03:50:00 -0300 3:50am up 3:06, 4 users, load average: 1.45, 1.97, 1.96 Beware of Bigfoot! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] shutdown is not swith off!
After the upgrading from mdk8.1 to mdk9.0 the shutdown or halt commands are not switching off the computer anymore! The screen holds on: Power down And then I have to switch off mannually. Any help? TIA Ricardo -- == Linux user # 102240 = Machine # 96125 = [EMAIL PROTECTED] user == http://counter.li.org/ Get Counted! Mon, 24 Mar 2003 04:05:00 -0300 4:05am up 3:21, 4 users, load average: 4.04, 3.04, 2.36 I don't know WHY I said that ... I think it came from the FILLINGS in my read molars ... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop
Title: Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop Hi, I am a newbie to Linux. Over the weekend, I installed Mandrake 9.0 on a Toshiba Satellite 1905-S301 laptop. The little devil is powered by a P4 running at 2 GHz, has 40 GB HDD and 256 MB RAM. I installed it in a dual boot arrangement with Windows XP. The laptop has a touch pad mouse, which I do not use. Instead I use a Genius PowerScroll USB mouse connected through one of the two USB ports. It has no PS2 port at all. I also hooked up a USB keyboard in the remaining USB port. The problem is that the USB mouse does not work well. When X starts, the mouse only moves in the vertical direction with no horizontal movement at all. When I remove the mouse during startup and plug it in later when X has started, all goes well. It seems that hell breaks loose during startup, probably during auto probe. Could this be a problem with modprobe? Do I need a USB mouse driver of some sort? Please help I am very desperate. I am on the verge of giving up. Fred Mungandi Lusaka, Zambia Tel: +260-1-254303 Fax: +260-1-254532 Cell: +260-97-841560 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
