Re: [newbie-it] pannello kde
Alle 00:14, mercoledì 27 agosto 2003, freefred ha scritto mh, dovrebbe aprirsi una finestra di configurazione. a destra hai 3 scelte (in inglese): layout appearance taskbar nella seconda c'e' lo sfondo. (altrimenti puoi usare Panelshademanager, che trovi a kde-look.org) bye A me era scomparsa proprio la seconda appearance...ho risolto con il metodo win ho reinstallato qualke pacchetto... grazie cmq... ciao
Re: [newbie-it] script per shell problematico
Alle 22:58, martedì 26 agosto 2003, Giorgio Griffon ha scritto: Ciao a tutti, ho un problema un po' complicato: devo preparare numerose pagine web e, poiché sono simili tra loro, ho deciso di usare il php in modo da ottenere bell'e pronto il codice html, al variare di un paio di parametri. Però ho pensato che grazie a linux il lavoro può essere ulteriormente automatizzato ed ho cercato di scrivere uno script di shell che faccia variare i due parametri, richieda la pagina html e ne salvi il codice in un opportuno file in un'opportuna cartella. In pratica si tratta di una cosa di questo genere: dato il codice php, mi connetto al mio server apache attraverso un programma come konqueror con: http://localhost/pagina.php?parametro1=xparametro2=y Allora lo script dovrebbe contenere due cicli uno dentro l'altro per far variare i due parametri; il problema è cosa mettere dentro i cicli. Se scrivo questo: testo=http://localhost/pagina.php?parametro1=xparametro2=y; vi $testo viene visualizzato correttamente l'html che mi serve; ma se aggiungo una redirezione per salvarlo in un file vi $testo file.htm Perché usi vi o altri editor interattivi? Se devi fare modifiche standardizzate su una serie di file è meglio: - sed, per modificare una stringa prefissata di cui non sai la posizione - awk, per modificare una stringa qualunque in una posizione prefissata - perl, per tutte e due le cose ed altro ancora. Per sed c'è una mini guida, un breviario delle righe di comando usate più frequentemente. Si chiama one-liners-sed o qualcosa di simile. Per perl, c'è un manuale scritto da Marco Liverani molto chiaro e conciso. ciao, andrea
Re: [newbie-it] alsa e audio integrato
Alle 19:51, martedì 26 agosto 2003, zang ha scritto: Scusa mi sono espresso male! Non è possibile entrare nel menu di Alsa per ricompilarlo, credo ci sai un bug!! Cambia driver, passa ad OSS e vedi che succede... per scegliere un driver OSS lancia da root draksound e poi scegli un driver OSS che vada bene per la tua scheda audio... credo che il sistema stesso ti suggerisca quale drives OSS può essere alternativo ad ALSA... dovrebbe funzionare... potrai ascoltare finalmente la musica... ci provo...devo disattivare anche arts? Non c'è bisogno Ciao
[newbie-it] OT: Mozilla 1.4
Avete provato Mozilla 1.4 ? Sono sconvolto dalla velocità con la quale carica le pagine web? Qualcuno sa qualcosa in merito? Ciao
[newbie-it] brevetti software [OT]
Forse se ne era già parlato di questa nuova proposta americana cmq date un occhiata qui www.pcimprover.it ciao
Re: [newbie-it] OT: Mozilla 1.4
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 15:50:03 +0200, Emiliano La Licata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Avete provato Mozilla 1.4 ? Sono sconvolto dalla velocit con la quale carica le pagine web? Qualcuno sa qualcosa in merito? Ciao Non mi fare invidia, sto aspettando mandrake 9.2 per provarlo. Ho cercato di togliere Mozilla 1.3 per mettere la versione 1.4 ma il risultato un gran casino, quindi mi sono risolto ad aspettare. Ho notato che a caricare le immagini Mozilla 1.3 pi veloce di Opera 7.11 che il browser che uso di solito perch ha funzionalit molto comode, se Mozilla 1.4 ancora pi veloce sar uno spettacolo da usare. Ciao Artasersec
Re: [newbie-it] script per shell problematico
Deve aver avuto molto sonno, perche' il martedì 26 agosto 2003, alle 20:58, Giorgio Griffon ha scritto: Snippone Qualcuno sa darmi un suggerimento a questo proposito? Forse si' (ho detto _forse_): telefonami! Arwan -- There's so many different worlds So many different suns And we have just one world But we live in different ones.
[newbie-it] Audio bmp
salve, mi hanno prestato un cd di mp3 contenente anche file audio con estensione .bmp; sapete se c'e' qualche plugin che ne consente l'ascolto sotto linux?
Re: [newbie] How to get rid of old Windows Drive Mounts
Stephen Kuhn wrote: Does the noise in my head bother you? ROTFLMAO! I needed that. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdkduron KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client Uptime: 19:00:00 up 1 day, 42 min, 1 user, load average: 0.26, 0.23, 0.61 ___ All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: WineX -- Update!
On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 14:56, Kaj Haulrich wrote: snerp Femme Thanks Femme, but somehow I feel disgust by having MicroSCOft to live in the same *house* as Linux. Kinda having Osama in your closet. Anyway - she has her own account on my CLEAN Linux box now and can use it when things get serious. Kaj Haulrich. OK was just a thought. Femminux Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Transferring songs from cassette
On Tuesday 26 August 2003 04:04 am, Michael Adams wrote: On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 16:44:44 -0500 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Cool. Is there a way to do this to albums also? I could put the cassette deck on record and run the RCA plugs from tape deck monitor to the line-in on the sound card, just wonder if there is a better way... :) You can do it with albums by connecting the output from a turntable to the input on a cassette recorder snip Make that the phono input of a stereo capable of handling phono input. Some cassete recorders have phono inputs. An auxilliary input won't do. Also if memory serves there were two types of phono output at one stage (crystal and ceramic???) which used different output levels. Sheesh, i'm just telling everyone how ancient i yam. Actually on mine it is from the turntable to the tapedecks line in and then from the tape deck line out to the sound card phono jack. Works like a champ with gramofile. The tape deck does the preamp and filter and it sounds pretty good in .wav . YMMV -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Really great site for how-to's and a lot more
Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 26 Aug 2003 6:22 pm, Frankie wrote: Has anyone considered getting a $6 dollar domain name from godaddy like mandake-newbies.com and using godaddy's redirect facility to redirect to put it to the wiki?? that address is too hard to remember and I am not always at my PC's when I could make use of it. That sounds an excelent idea, Frankie. The $6 is reasonable enough - only problem is that I haven't a clue how to do a re-direct g Anne Check out http://www.dyndns.org/ There are some FREE services there ... re-directs, etc. (this is the service i use) Harv Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Holy Crap! (SMS Thing)
On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 19:03:17 +0300 Anarky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eric Huff wrote: I just took a look at my filter logs, it is *filled* with these bloody SMS bounces! This has got to be stopped, but how? I have tried in the past to email the address listed in the welcome message, but get no response. Does anyone know a valid address to get in contact with a list admin for the mandrake lists? Usu there is *someone* you can contact and say Hey, please unsub this guy that spams us all day. All those peeps on 14K dialup must be goin' nutty-nut! Doesn't 14k dialup cause nutty-nut-ness anyway? I keep getting them too .. I thought it was from one person .. but I'm getting them from several .. is this like a worm thing or what? ** It seem to be a bounced msg. everytime you post you get one of those in your mailbox -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How to upgrade apache to 2.0?
Hi, I try to upgrade to apache 2.0 from 1.3 I use command rpm -qa | grep apache to see all apache packages. Then rpm -e apache apache-manual ... etc. One of the files that I tried to remove have dependency with perl and it not allow me to remove it, unless I remove the other dependency. 1. Is this the correct way to uninstall apache server ? I also have installed apache 2.0. I tried to overwrite it ( it seems silly ). But when I run from /src/local/apache2/httpd start, it works But I check on http://127.0.0.1 -- shows apache 1.3 manual. That's mean apache 1.3 have not fully uninstall 2. How to solve this problem ? Other things, I check at my .bashrc file. I have alias still refer to apache 1.3. (I can fix this but I still want to clean old apache version) THX for your help __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] XFS Mount
Hello, How do you get an XFS drive mounted when it doesn't want to? I had two storage drive running rieserfs. I reformatted them to XFS through the Mandrake Control Center. It asked me if I wanted to save my changes to fstab and I said yes. It did and worked wonderfully until I had to shut my equipment down for a passing lightning storm. Now I reboot and can't get the drives to mount. I haven't changed a thing since shutting down. What do I need to do? -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdkduron KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client Uptime: 20:50:01 up 8 min, 1 user, load average: 0.43, 0.41, 0.27 ___ All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFS Mount
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 10:57, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Hello, How do you get an XFS drive mounted when it doesn't want to? I had two storage drive running rieserfs. I reformatted them to XFS through the Mandrake Control Center. It asked me if I wanted to save my changes to fstab and I said yes. It did and worked wonderfully until I had to shut my equipment down for a passing lightning storm. Now I reboot and can't get the drives to mount. I haven't changed a thing since shutting down. What do I need to do? What about creating a mount script and running it from /etc/rc.d/rc.local - so that if you DO have to reboot it will mount without a hitch...ay? -- Wed Aug 27 11:10:00 EST 2003 11:10:00 up 2 days, 56 min, 1 user, load average: 0.83, 0.85, 0.82 - |____ | illawarra computer services| | /-oo /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Murder is contrary to the laws of man and God. -- M-5 Computer, The Ultimate Computer, stardate 4731.3 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] gui video capture program in linux
I was capturing using v4l devices in commmand line with programs like lavrec, mencoder etc. Is there a gui program to capture video in linux using v4l device. I know kino can capture using dv devices. -- L.V.Gandhi 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay colony, Visakhapatnam, 530017 MECON, 5th Floor, RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam AP 530020 INDIA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] XFCE4 rc3
Alright! I am delighted to find that XFCE4 rc3 is out. Now can any one tell me if the redhat 9.0 rpm tarball with all the goodies will install on Mandrake 9.1? Just call me Casper Milquetoast. :) -- __ Sign-up for your own personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search http://corp.mail.com/careers Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Dissecting the SCO amended claim
On Tuesday 26 August 2003 06:54 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: For clarity's sake, take a moment to read this. You'll begin to understand the sleight of hand that SCO is attempting to utilise in gaining a win in this battle...and hopefully, the judge(s) will be smart enough, well researched enough to chuck this out immediately. http://www.opensource.org/halloween/halloween9.html Stephen: Thanks for the link, although it did take somewhat longer than a moment to read. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFS Mount
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 10:57, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Hello, How do you get an XFS drive mounted when it doesn't want to? I had two storage drive running rieserfs. I reformatted them to XFS through the Mandrake Control Center. It asked me if I wanted to save my changes to fstab and I said yes. It did and worked wonderfully until I had to shut my equipment down for a passing lightning storm. Now I reboot and can't get the drives to mount. I haven't changed a thing since shutting down. What do I need to do? What about creating a mount script and running it from /etc/rc.d/rc.local - so that if you DO have to reboot it will mount without a hitch...ay? Well this is nice. The response gets to the list before the question. I can't mount it manually or automatically. I get wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdg1, or too many mounted file systems. Any further suggestions? I have a lot of data on those drives that I'd really like to keep. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdkduron KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client Uptime: 21:55:00 up 35 min, 0 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 ___ All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Dissecting the SCO amended claim
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 11:50, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Tuesday 26 August 2003 06:54 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: For clarity's sake, take a moment to read this. You'll begin to understand the sleight of hand that SCO is attempting to utilise in gaining a win in this battle...and hopefully, the judge(s) will be smart enough, well researched enough to chuck this out immediately. http://www.opensource.org/halloween/halloween9.html Stephen: Thanks for the link, although it did take somewhat longer than a moment to read. -- cmg Ok Carroll - here's a recap of the entire thing for those living either below the Mason-Dixon line, or anywhere west of the Atlantic and east of Nevada: SCO bad; IBM good. SCO lied. SCO trying to fool public. SCO trying to carpet bag public. Y'reckon that should do it? -- Wed Aug 27 12:10:01 EST 2003 12:10:01 up 2 days, 1:56, 1 user, load average: 0.79, 0.77, 0.76 - |____ | illawarra computer services| | /-oo /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * If at first you don't succeed, you're doing about average. -- Leonard Levinson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFS Mount
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 12:02, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Well this is nice. The response gets to the list before the question. I can't mount it manually or automatically. I get wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdg1, or too many mounted file systems. Any further suggestions? I have a lot of data on those drives that I'd really like to keep. So it's safe to assume that you've opened up a term and tried to use the regular mount command and options, ya? Have you tried using KDF to mount the volumes as well? (I haven't used XFS before...so I'm going blind here mate) -- Wed Aug 27 12:15:01 EST 2003 12:15:01 up 2 days, 2:01, 1 user, load average: 0.72, 0.75, 0.73 - |____ | illawarra computer services| | /-oo /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * To err is human, to purr feline. To err is human, two curs canine. To err is human, to moo bovine. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Paraniod - start worrying
On Tuesday 26 August 2003 02:54 pm, Michael Adams wrote: Any paranoids out there? Start worrying! http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100558.htm The rest of us will read this, shrug, and carry on as per normal aware that slim threats do exist on linux. No flames for scare mongering please. I thought it was an acceptable oddity, no more! I read it and shrugged, but went looking for it anyway. Not found. One of the IT guys at work who only knows windows told me that the worms had some effect on linux, I said I don't think so and he replied that Symantec had shown one of them effecting linux. So I went looking and all that came up was the drdos, which is old and is part of the chkrootkit test. I can't convince him that it was not a problem cause Symantec said it was. Oh well, you can lead a horse to water... Anyone seen any other indications that somebody thinks one of the virus or worms was getting into linux? -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFS Mount
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 12:02, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Well this is nice. The response gets to the list before the question. I can't mount it manually or automatically. I get wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdg1, or too many mounted file systems. Any further suggestions? I have a lot of data on those drives that I'd really like to keep. So it's safe to assume that you've opened up a term and tried to use the regular mount command and options, ya? Have you tried using KDF to mount the volumes as well? (I haven't used XFS before...so I'm going blind here mate) We all know why you're going blind, and it has nothing to do with XFS. ;-) Yes, I did mount -t xfs /dev/hdg1 /drive2. This is the correct drive and mount point. This combo worked for a long time using reiserfs. The pertinent lines from my fstab file are: /dev/hdg1 /drive2 xfs defaults 1 2 /dev/hdh1 /drive3 xfs defaults 1 2 What did diskdrake do wrong? I sure as heck didn't change anything. I let the expert (diskdrake) do it and it screwed up. I still haven't received my first post. Interesting... -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdkduron KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client Uptime: 22:20:00 up 1:00, 1 user, load average: 0.40, 0.13, 0.09 ___ All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFS Mount
It's possible the old mount setting in fstab is still active. Have you checked mtab to make sure the partition isn't already mounted? Miark On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 22:27:49 -0400, Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I did mount -t xfs /dev/hdg1 /drive2. This is the correct drive and mount point. This combo worked for a long time using reiserfs. The pertinent lines from my fstab file are: /dev/hdg1 /drive2 xfs defaults 1 2 /dev/hdh1 /drive3 xfs defaults 1 2 What did diskdrake do wrong? I sure as heck didn't change anything. I let the expert (diskdrake) do it and it screwed up. I still haven't received my first post. Interesting... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFS Mount
Miark wrote: It's possible the old mount setting in fstab is still active. Have you checked mtab to make sure the partition isn't already mounted? Miark There are no entries for either drive in mtab. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdkduron KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client Uptime: 22:50:00 up 1:30, 1 user, load average: 0.08, 0.10, 0.06 ___ All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: WineX -- Update!
On Tuesday 26 August 2003 12:15 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: yada, yada, yada She want me to install Linux alongside this crap as a dual boot system, but I'm afraid it won't survive repartitioning etc And I don't want to spend more dough on the box like buying Partition Magic and whatnot to make it look like a real PC. Now at least she can use Open Office for writing, and Mozilla for browsing and mail. Good heavens, what an experience (hence the XP brand ?) Kaj Haulrich. Kaj: Tsk, tsk. What kind of a father would send his daughter off to college deprived of Linux? Set up the dual boot for the child. The easiest way is to stick another HD in the box dedicated to Mandrake. (No repartitioning necessary). If that is not practical, then go the repartitioning route. I understand that a freeware/shareware partition manipulator called Ranish Partition Manager (www.ranish.com/) works quite well. Come to think of it, I've never heard of any problems with Mandrake's repartitioning tool (DiskDrake?) either. Ooops, you didn't mention an anti-virus program. Or is that included in the Norton package? -- cmg (who is grateful that his offspring finished college when CP/M was still in flower) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Paraniod - start worrying
On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 09:26:17PM -0500, Dennis Myers wrote: horse to water... Anyone seen any other indications that somebody thinks one of the virus or worms was getting into linux? Wasn't there a worm recently that exploited mySQL? Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reinstalling WinMe and Grub
On Tuesday 26 August 2003 03:04 pm, HaywireMac wrote: On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 14:45:05 -0400 (EDT) Mark Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Can someone walk me through the safest way to proceed with this? Well, I would 1st off recommend doing both, ie. reinstall ME (yucko magnifico), and then do a clean install of MDK 9.1. If you want to keep your 7.2, for whatever reason (?bandwidth?) You're using Mandrake 7.2 Do you have really old hardware (P166 or less)? You have a really small amount of memory 64M? Do you have something on the disk that you absolutely, positively must save? You can't backup to other media (CD-R or Zip)? I agree with HaywireMac. Install a newer distro. If you have a slow connection, either buy a boxed set or get the download version from Cheapbytes, or someplace like it. If you need to save something, you can even back it up to the Windows partition. Then Install Mandrake9.1. Leave Windows alone at this time. After 9.1 is up and running, copy your saved files from the WinMe partition to 9.1. Make a boot disk (just like HaywireMac says!), and check to see that it actually works. Re-install WinMe onto the Fat32 partition. Boot with the 9.1 install CD, and at the first screen hit the F1 key and type rescue without the quotes. Follow the instructions and you'll get to a place that asks if you want to re-install the bootloader (I like lilo better than grub, btw--I think most users still use lilo)--do it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Dissecting the SCO amended claim
On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 18:54, Stephen Kuhn wrote: For clarity's sake, take a moment to read this. You'll begin to understand the sleight of hand that SCO is attempting to utilise in gaining a win in this battle...and hopefully, the judge(s) will be smart enough, well researched enough to chuck this out immediately. http://www.opensource.org/halloween/halloween9.html You mean like Kotar-Kotelly? LX -- °°° Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk *Catch Star Trek Enterprise, Wednesdays on UPN* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Paraniod - start worrying
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 12:26, Dennis Myers wrote: Anyone seen any other indications that somebody thinks one of the virus or worms was getting into linux? JoeHill/Haywiremac uses linux - is that the same thing? He's a worm and he's into linux (bad bad joke)(big big grin) -- Wed Aug 27 16:05:00 EST 2003 16:05:00 up 2 days, 5:51, 1 user, load average: 0.66, 0.78, 0.78 - |____ | illawarra computer services| | /-oo /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Remember the... the... uhh. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Converting sound files? (recording from cassette, pt2)
Okay, I borrowed a friends boom-box, and tried to record some of the old cassettes I've got. I did manage to record a few. I don't know whether its my setup or whether the box's line out is not actually that, but I wound up with .wav files that all seem to be concentrated into the left channel. Is there any software that will allow me to blend the left channel into the right channel as well as to another format? Ogg preferably. ;-) Thanks! -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Holy Crap! (SMS Thing)
yer gonna get another one in a few minutes, ya reckon? Yep! I've added it to spam assassin on the server so lets see if I get another! -- John Willby Registered Linux user number 321644 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 92791912 07:10:17 up 5 days, 18:25, 2 users, load average: 3.00, 3.00, 3.00 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Converting sound files? (recording from cassette, pt2)
Ronald J. Hall wrote: Okay, I borrowed a friends boom-box, and tried to record some of the old cassettes I've got. I did manage to record a few. I don't know whether its my setup or whether the box's line out is not actually that, but I wound up with .wav files that all seem to be concentrated into the left channel. Is there any software that will allow me to blend the left channel into the right channel as well as to another format? Ogg preferably. ;-) Thanks! http://rezound.sourceforge.net/ -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdkduron KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client Uptime: 02:10:01 up 1:49, 1 user, load average: 0.16, 0.18, 0.10 ___ All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Paraniod - start worrying
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 13:35, Todd Slater wrote: On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 09:26:17PM -0500, Dennis Myers wrote: horse to water... Anyone seen any other indications that somebody thinks one of the virus or worms was getting into linux? Wasn't there a worm recently that exploited mySQL? Todd Think his name was Tharpe... -- Wed Aug 27 16:15:01 EST 2003 16:15:01 up 2 days, 6:01, 1 user, load average: 0.80, 0.80, 0.80 - |____ | illawarra computer services| | /-oo /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * learning curve, n.: An astonishing new theory, discovered by management consultants in the 1970's, asserting that the more you do something the quicker you can do it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Converting sound files? (recording from cassette, pt2)
On Wednesday 27 Aug 2003 7:13 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Okay, I borrowed a friends boom-box, and tried to record some of the old cassettes I've got. I did manage to record a few. I don't know whether its my setup or whether the box's line out is not actually that, but I wound up with .wav files that all seem to be concentrated into the left channel. Did you use a stereo cable? If it's a jack plug then it should have three seperate conductors on it. A mono plug has two. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Fwd: defragmentation]
A few days ago I ordered Linux for PPC 9.1 and Norton's Utilities 8.0 My plan is to split the 40GB hard drive on my PowerBook G4 into equal partitions. You have no reason to defrag a linux file system. Send Norton back. I htink maybe he wants to dual boot with the mac os? Does that need defragged? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to get rid of old Windows Drive Mounts
this is Haywiremac (alias SchmoFill) Man, how many aliases does this guy have? :) There does exist the possibility that he has an infinite amount of aliases - and the probability that everyone on this list aside from me is actually he - is quite high. You've figured me out! Does the noise in my head bother you? I just wish the voices in your head would quit fighting with the ones in mine. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to get rid of old Windows Drive Mounts
Eric Huff wrote: this is Haywiremac (alias SchmoFill) Man, how many aliases does this guy have? :) There does exist the possibility that he has an infinite amount of aliases - and the probability that everyone on this list aside from me is actually he - is quite high. You've figured me out! Now you're just freaking me out. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdkduron KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client Uptime: 03:00:00 up 16 min, 1 user, load average: 0.17, 0.16, 0.16 ___ All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Dell TFT 17Flat Screen
John, The way I understand it, is that it only changes the pixel if it needs it. It does not refresh at all in the same way as a crt. As you say the crt beams all the lines one after another, the tft only changes a pixel when it needs changing. If I remember correctly Tom's Hardware has an article on it which will explain it a lot better than me. Tony. -Original Message- From: John Richard Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 1:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17Flat Screen I see, so in regards to TFT's it's not a case then of a beam of electrons scanning the screen top left to botton right so many times a second ( CRT of 85Mhz = 85 refershed scans per second) but a question of how many times a pixel is electronically swithced on and off electronically, that is by a circuit behind that pixel ? So a TFT with a refresh rate of 16ms is being switched on and off, 16/1000of a second each time. I guess as time goes on that time will decrease some as technology improves. Yes, I think Dell merely badge someone elses make don't they, they buy in large orders at a time at best prices and badge them, and sometimes they get a bad deal, and sell the shipment off quickly to a retailer for a knockdown price. That is why I was suspicious in the first place, and came to the list, because I have extremely limited experience with these devices. Seems like I will have to keep my old CRT's a while longer yet. John Tony S. Sykes wrote: John, I am sure Dell sell rebranded monitors anyway (correct me if I am wrong). So you need to try and find out who the original manufacturer is. I've got a Hitachi 17 1280x1024 with a 16ms refresh rate. It is a lot sharper than crt's. Mine cost a little more about £400 but it was the top of the range in the 16ms bracket (6 months ago). You only need that fast a response if your gaming (and I do). The faster the response the less ghosting you get (response is the time it takes for the pixel to turn off and back on again, the system does not refresh in the same sense as a crt). There is no flicker on tft's like crt's so don't worry about that. I think they are a lot better (less power hungry too). Thanks, Tony. -Original Message- From: John Richard Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 5:11 PM To: NEWBIE 1 Subject: [newbie] Dell TFT 17Flat Screen OK, so this is an offer from a UK supplier and I asked them what resolution is it capable of. They replied, Its native resolution is 1280 x 1024. It'll go higher with interpolation but the image quality suffers. TFTs aren't like CRTs in that respect because the screen is constructed from a grid of pixels of dimensions 1280 x 1024. So this means in effect the best resolution is 1280 x 1024, right ? Well that is what I'm used to, and the price is right, though I would dearly of liked a 19 for the same money. Question , How much would you have to pay in the states for a 19 flat screen with at least 1280 x 1024 resolution and is that the same in reality as a regular CRT monitor of the same resolution ? Who has the experience to say ? because I don't. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com http://www.bcpsoftware.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Fwd: defragmentation]
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 16:26, Eric Huff wrote: A few days ago I ordered Linux for PPC 9.1 and Norton's Utilities 8.0 My plan is to split the 40GB hard drive on my PowerBook G4 into equal partitions. You have no reason to defrag a linux file system. Send Norton back. I htink maybe he wants to dual boot with the mac os? Does that need defragged? The only MacOS that doesn't need to be defrag'd is MacOS 10+ (because it's based on BSD Unix) - otherwise, all the previous versions of the MacOS need to be defragmented at least once per month. -- Wed Aug 27 17:10:00 EST 2003 17:10:00 up 2 days, 6:56, 1 user, load average: 0.85, 0.97, 0.99 - |____ | illawarra computer services| | /-oo /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life. -- Albert Camus Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to get rid of old Windows Drive Mounts
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 16:33, Eric Huff wrote: this is Haywiremac (alias SchmoFill) Man, how many aliases does this guy have? :) There does exist the possibility that he has an infinite amount of aliases - and the probability that everyone on this list aside from me is actually he - is quite high. You've figured me out! Does the noise in my head bother you? I just wish the voices in your head would quit fighting with the ones in mine. Last Sunday night, I saw a fight, between Monday and Thursday over Saturday night; Tuesday asked me what was going on, I said Wednesday's in the middle and Friday's in the corn... ...and if ANYONE can figure out what song that's from, I'll eat my hat. -- Wed Aug 27 17:10:00 EST 2003 17:10:00 up 2 days, 6:56, 1 user, load average: 0.85, 0.97, 0.99 - |____ | illawarra computer services| | /-oo /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life. -- Albert Camus Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17Flat Screen
hi John, er, just a slight correction here. a typical basic specfication for a crt is the vertical refresh rate. i believe that is what u're referring to when you mentioned 85. it should probably read as 85hz, ie 85 cycles per second. a typical recommended comfortable value for most pp is 75, altho that requirement goes up as the screen gets larger. fyi, this refresh rate value has nothing to do w sharpness. most consumer LCDs are generally sharper than consumer CRTs, hence being easier on the eyes. some frens in certain creative fields, namely design and architecture, claim that the pro CRTs (typically 19 and above) are equally sharp, if not sharper. these obviously come at non-consumer prices as well. also, vertical refresh rate is not really relevant for LCDs. you can refer to http://www.lcdmonitors.philips.com/lcdmonitors/articles/basics_of_lcd.asp Why is a vertical frequency of 60 Hz optimal for an LCD monitor? which will explain far better than i can. for LCD's the more relevant spec is prolly the response time, which is a figure typically between 15-40 ms. the smaller the number, the better for watching video/playing games, as it will result is less visual streaking/smearing/watever you call it. you should also take note of the brightness and contrast ratio, which is impt esp if you work in a very well-lit environment, eg a sun lit room. otherwise, most lcds are bright enough. enuff said. hope these help. - Original Message - From: John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 20:46 Subject: Re: [newbie] Dell TFT 17Flat Screen I see, so in regards to TFT's it's not a case then of a beam of electrons scanning the screen top left to botton right so many times a second ( CRT of 85Mhz = 85 refershed scans per second) but a question of how many times a pixel is electronically swithced on and off electronically, that is by a circuit behind that pixel ? So a TFT with a refresh rate of 16ms is being switched on and off, 16/1000of a second each time. I guess as time goes on that time will decrease some as technology improves. Yes, I think Dell merely badge someone elses make don't they, they buy in large orders at a time at best prices and badge them, and sometimes they get a bad deal, and sell the shipment off quickly to a retailer for a knockdown price. That is why I was suspicious in the first place, and came to the list, because I have extremely limited experience with these devices. Seems like I will have to keep my old CRT's a while longer yet. John Tony S. Sykes wrote: John, I am sure Dell sell rebranded monitors anyway (correct me if I am wrong). So you need to try and find out who the original manufacturer is. I've got a Hitachi 17 1280x1024 with a 16ms refresh rate. It is a lot sharper than crt's. Mine cost a little more about £400 but it was the top of the range in the 16ms bracket (6 months ago). You only need that fast a response if your gaming (and I do). The faster the response the less ghosting you get (response is the time it takes for the pixel to turn off and back on again, the system does not refresh in the same sense as a crt). There is no flicker on tft's like crt's so don't worry about that. I think they are a lot better (less power hungry too). Thanks, Tony. -Original Message- From: John Richard Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 5:11 PM To: NEWBIE 1 Subject: [newbie] Dell TFT 17Flat Screen OK, so this is an offer from a UK supplier and I asked them what resolution is it capable of. They replied, Its native resolution is 1280 x 1024. It'll go higher with interpolation but the image quality suffers. TFTs aren't like CRTs in that respect because the screen is constructed from a grid of pixels of dimensions 1280 x 1024. So this means in effect the best resolution is 1280 x 1024, right ? Well that is what I'm used to, and the price is right, though I would dearly of liked a 19 for the same money. Question , How much would you have to pay in the states for a 19 flat screen with at least 1280 x 1024 resolution and is that the same in reality as a regular CRT monitor of the same resolution ? Who has the experience to say ? because I don't. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Compaq is just plain weird
I thought I would create a seperate P2P server using that infamous old Compaq POS I got for free, so I installed MLDonkey, and set it running. 1. The Compaq will not respond to ssh or vnc unless I hit the any key. 2. Even MLDonkey seems to stop running or downloading unless I hit the any key. What is up with this crap? I have looked in MCC for a way to tell it to stop this behaviour, but I see nothing that looks promising. I am thinking that I need to get into the BIOS to change a setting, but someone on here a while back mentioned I need a special boot floppy to do that. I have searched the Compaq site, but am not having much luck. The machine is a Compaq Deskpro P233. Can anyone give me a shove in the right direction? -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ At the end of your life there'll be a good rest, and no further activities are scheduled. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to get rid of old Windows Drive Mounts
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 03:01:26 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Now you're just freaking me out. Ok, we can check that one off the to-do list. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ The final delusion is the belief that one has lost all delusions. -- Maurice Chapelain, Main courante Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Compaq is just plain weird
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 22:01, HaywireMac wrote: I thought I would create a seperate P2P server using that infamous old Compaq POS I got for free, so I installed MLDonkey, and set it running. 1. The Compaq will not respond to ssh or vnc unless I hit the any key. 2. Even MLDonkey seems to stop running or downloading unless I hit the any key. What is up with this crap? I have looked in MCC for a way to tell it to stop this behaviour, but I see nothing that looks promising. I am thinking that I need to get into the BIOS to change a setting, but someone on here a while back mentioned I need a special boot floppy to do that. I have searched the Compaq site, but am not having much luck. The machine is a Compaq Deskpro P233. Can anyone give me a shove in the right direction? Does it appear as though it's going to sleep - as it were? -- Wed Aug 27 22:25:00 EST 2003 22:25:00 up 2 days, 12:11, 2 users, load average: 1.27, 1.25, 1.26 - |____ | illawarra computer services| | /-oo /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * There is no royal road to geometry. -- Euclid Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Converting sound files? (recording from cassette, pt2)
08/27/03 The left channel is by default the LEFT/MONO channel. If all your music showed up in the left channel only, then you weren't using a stereo cable somewhere in your connections to the IN jack on the computer. Check again to make certain the Left and Right OUTs on the boom box are going into a stereo plug. A stereo 1/8 mini plug will have 2 black bands on the shank of the metal plug. If you only see 1 black band, then it's a MONO plug. (Just adding a visual clue here to Richard's remarks to determine if you are using Stereo or MONO cables.) Stephen. - Original Message - From: Richard Urwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 1:47 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Converting sound files? (recording from cassette, pt2) On Wednesday 27 Aug 2003 7:13 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Okay, I borrowed a friends boom-box, and tried to record some of the old cassettes I've got. I did manage to record a few. I don't know whether its my setup or whether the box's line out is not actually that, but I wound up with .wav files that all seem to be concentrated into the left channel. Did you use a stereo cable? If it's a jack plug then it should have three seperate conductors on it. A mono plug has two. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Toshiba Sat. 330CDS Laptop
Just had one of these fall out of the sky. Anyone using it dual boot with mdk 9.1? HD is wiped so I guess I pull out PartMagic first unless there's a better way? Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Compaq is just plain weird
On 27 Aug 2003 22:29:21 +1000 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Does it appear as though it's going to sleep - as it were? Exactly. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ Once you've tried to change the world you find it's a whole bunch easier to change your mind. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Compaq is just plain weird
Have you tried using F10 during boot to access the bios? Later Compaqs use that rather than the configuration floppy. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of HaywireMac Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 6:02 AM To: Mandrake Newbs Subject: [newbie] Compaq is just plain weird I thought I would create a seperate P2P server using that infamous old Compaq POS I got for free, so I installed MLDonkey, and set it running. 1. The Compaq will not respond to ssh or vnc unless I hit the any key. 2. Even MLDonkey seems to stop running or downloading unless I hit the any key. What is up with this crap? I have looked in MCC for a way to tell it to stop this behaviour, but I see nothing that looks promising. I am thinking that I need to get into the BIOS to change a setting, but someone on here a while back mentioned I need a special boot floppy to do that. I have searched the Compaq site, but am not having much luck. The machine is a Compaq Deskpro P233. Can anyone give me a shove in the right direction? -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ At the end of your life there'll be a good rest, and no further activities are scheduled. --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/03 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/03 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/03 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Converting sound files? (recording from cassette, pt2)
Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Ronald J. Hall wrote: Okay, I borrowed a friends boom-box, and tried to record some of the old cassettes I've got. I did manage to record a few. I don't know whether its my setup or whether the box's line out is not actually that, but I wound up with .wav files that all seem to be concentrated into the left channel. Is there any software that will allow me to blend the left channel into the right channel as well as to another format? Ogg preferably. ;-) Thanks! http://rezound.sourceforge.net/ weird thing: rezound oppened EVERYTHING but mp3 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Converting sound files? (recording from cassette, pt2)
Okay, I borrowed a friends boom-box, and tried to record some of the old cassettes I've got. I did manage to record a few. I don't know whether its my setup or whether the box's line out is not actually that, but I wound up with First off, was the cable a stereo one? Male to male 1/8 mini-plug cables come in two forms. One is stereo, one isn't. The stereo ones have two 'rings' on the plug. One end goes into the headphone or line out jack, the other to the line in on the sound card. More traditional decks need RCA cables - and the other side needs 1/8 miniplug. Assuming of course you've settled the cabling issue - maybe you've got a bad cable or a short in the input connector on the deck. (I had to replace a portable cd - it's headset jack was shorted out and I had to hold the headset jack in just right otherwise I get one channel). I can't think of anything offhand that will center the audio output between two channels. You might fiddle first with mpg123 and lame, try to use 'joint' stereo encoding and see what happens. Use xine (recommended) to play since both channels are graphed separately. Audacity would be my next step. Perhaps sox has a thing for this as well - it can do lots of cool stuff. /\ DarkLord \/ David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Toshiba Sat. 330CDS Laptop
What are you dualing it with w2k? Tony. -Original Message- From: Lee Wiggers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 2:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Toshiba Sat. 330CDS Laptop Just had one of these fall out of the sky. Anyone using it dual boot with mdk 9.1? HD is wiped so I guess I pull out PartMagic first unless there's a better way? Lee -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com http://www.bcpsoftware.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Compaq is just plain weird
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 06:33:05 -0600 Bill Spatz [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Have you tried using F10 during boot to access the bios? Later Compaqs use that rather than the configuration floppy. ya, bin there, done that. This is an old junker, like I say, a P233... -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ Remember, Grasshopper, falling down 1000 stairs begins by tripping over the first one. -- Confusion Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Compaq is just plain weird
Have you tried using F10 during boot to access the bios? Later Compaqs use that rather than the configuration floppy. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of HaywireMac Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 6:02 AM To: Mandrake Newbs Subject: [newbie] Compaq is just plain weird I thought I would create a seperate P2P server using that infamous old Compaq POS I got for free, so I installed MLDonkey, and set it running. 1. The Compaq will not respond to ssh or vnc unless I hit the any key. 2. Even MLDonkey seems to stop running or downloading unless I hit the any key. What is up with this crap? I have looked in MCC for a way to tell it to stop this behaviour, but I see nothing that looks promising. I am thinking that I need to get into the BIOS to change a setting, but someone on here a while back mentioned I need a special boot floppy to do that. I have searched the Compaq site, but am not having much luck. The machine is a Compaq Deskpro P233. Can anyone give me a shove in the right direction? -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ At the end of your life there'll be a good rest, and no further activities are scheduled. --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/03 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/03 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Sitescooper
Has anyone got sitescooper to work (website converter for PalmOS)? I see on the cooker lists that there are some probs with the currently available version (sitescooper-3.1.2-1mdk.i586.rpm) because it was not finding modules that *are* definitely installed: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg112250.html There is mention of a sitescooper-3.1.2-4mdk.src.rpm, but the link is now broken, and I cannot find it on rpmfind. The only one on rpmfind is cooker. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ Well, you know, no matter where you go, there you are. -- Buckaroo Banzai Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Compaq is just plain weird
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 23:00, Bill Spatz wrote: Have you tried using F10 during boot to access the bios? Later Compaqs use that rather than the configuration floppy. Bill Haywiremac/JoeHill might have too much problem hitting the F10 when he sees the blinking cursor in the upper part of the screen prior to the actual boot process...I reckon it takes about, er, what, 5 seconds? That might be too fast for his neural synapses to fire, mate...(g) -- Wed Aug 27 23:45:00 EST 2003 23:45:00 up 2 days, 13:31, 2 users, load average: 1.43, 1.34, 1.29 - |____ | illawarra computer services| | /-oo /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * The Worst Jury A murder trial at Manitoba in February 1978 was well advanced, when one juror revealed that he was completely deaf and did not have the remotest clue what was happening. The judge, Mr. Justice Solomon, asked him if he had heard any evidence at all and, when there was no reply, dismissed him. The excitement which this caused was only equalled when a second juror revealed that he spoke not a word of English. A fluent French speaker, he exhibited great surprised when told, after two days, that he was hearing a murder trial. The trial was abandoned when a third juror said that he suffered from both conditions, being simultaneously unversed in the English language and nearly as deaf as the first juror. The judge ordered a retrial. -- Stephen Pile, The Book of Heroic Failures Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Help with installing video drivers.
Would you send it in text and not an attachment? Thanks. - Original Message - From: Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 9:40 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Help with installing video drivers. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Help with installing video drivers.
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 05:18:33 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need help installing a video card driver for a radeon 9800 in mandrake. What the problem is is after I install it ask me to generate a customized kernel module What version of Mandrake are you running and which of the ATI drivers are you using? I am running cooker (9.2) and using fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.0.i586.rpm with a Radeon9600 Pro. You will need to install the kernel-source rpm. You can do this by # urpmi kernel-source or use rpmdrake and look in the 'addable' section and select the kernel-source rpm. For my kernel it is kernel-source-2.4.22-1mdk Once you have installed the kernel-source drop to init3. Forget the direction they give for manually building the kernel module, thats to much like 'work'. It is much simpler to re-install the driver rpm -ivh --force fglrx-x.rpm It will now be able to find a kernel build environment and will build the kernel module for you. Once the module has been built and loaded run fglrxconfig to create the proper entries in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Switch back to init5 and you should be set to go. Charles -- Living your life is a task so difficult, it has never been attempted before. - Mandrake Linux 9.2 on PurpleDragon Kernel-2.4.22-1mdkenterprise http://www.eslrahc.com - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Dissecting the SCO amended claim
On Tuesday 26 August 2003 11:42 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 18:54, Stephen Kuhn wrote: For clarity's sake, take a moment to read this. You'll begin to understand the sleight of hand that SCO is attempting to utilise in gaining a win in this battle...and hopefully, the judge(s) will be smart enough, well researched enough to chuck this out immediately. http://www.opensource.org/halloween/halloween9.html You mean like Kotar-Kotelly? LX That is a very chilling thought. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Compaq is just plain weird
On 27 Aug 2003 23:48:53 +1000 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Haywiremac/JoeHill might have too much problem hitting the F10 when he sees the blinking cursor in the upper part of the screen prior to the actual boot process...I reckon it takes about, er, what, 5 seconds? That might be too fast for his neural synapses to fire, mate...(g) I know (?) yer jokin', but I just tried it again (3 times!), so as to be absolutely sure... in fact, there never is a blinking cursor, the first thing that comes up is the red and white Compaq logo and an hourglass thingie. I hit F10 repeatedly, from the moment it powered on even, and all I got was a keyboard error... Anyway, I'm givin' up on this Comcrap, I'm gonna install Win98 on it and loan it to a friend whose comp just blew up and can't afford a new one just yet. All they need is basic web and e-mail functionality, I'm sure even Compaq and Win98 can manage that, LOL! Thanks fer the replies, but I'm stayin' far away as I can from this proprietary crapola from now on! -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ Chance is perhaps the work of God when He did not want to sign. -- Anatole France Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Help with installing video drivers.
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 09:46:34 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would you send it in text and not an attachment? Thanks. Since he will also get this as a attachment with crappy OE, Stephen would you mind explaining to him about PGP, which I do not intend to stop using, and possible send to him direct a copy of my original post. Thanks Charles -- We all live in a state of ambitious poverty. -- Decimus Junius Juvenalis - Mandrake Linux 9.2 on PurpleDragon Kernel-2.4.22-1mdkenterprise http://www.eslrahc.com - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Help with installing video drivers.
Would you send it in writing so that when I open the email I can read it instead of in an attachment? Thanks. - Original Message - From: Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 10:12 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Help with installing video drivers. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFS Mount
On Tuesday August 26 2003 09:54 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Miark wrote: It's possible the old mount setting in fstab is still active. Have you checked mtab to make sure the partition isn't already mounted? Miark There are no entries for either drive in mtab. mtab is generated from fstab, an shouldn't be fooled with Brant, try puttin your 1st CD in an check the partitions with the installers diskdrake. It could be that when you used diskdrake the changes were never made, or the partitions were never formatted for XFS, an they're still ReiserFS. Probly cause the partitions weren't unmounted. Also, with either ReiserFS or XFS, Civileme use to suggest a ext3 /boot partition. IME, it was/is good advice. IIRC, you're runnin cooker. FWIW, RC1 iso's look like they're comin to the mirrors today. The beta2 iso's are gone, and so far the RC1 md5sum file is posted. So maybe ya want to wait for those before fixin your partitions. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Toshiba Sat. 330CDS Laptop
Yes win2k and mdk9.1 Just finishing win2k looking forward to driver chasing. Lee On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 14:40:03 +0100 Tony S. Sykes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are you dualing it with w2k? Tony. -Original Message- From: Lee Wiggers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 2:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Toshiba Sat. 330CDS Laptop Just had one of these fall out of the sky. Anyone using it dual boot with mdk 9.1? HD is wiped so I guess I pull out PartMagic first unless there's a better way? Lee -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com http://www.bcpsoftware.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: WineX -- Update!
As Femme and Carroll suggested, I intend to throw in an additional harddisk. My daughters PC came with this *OS* (WinXP) preinstalled, and although there is plenty of room on the hda I can't get the damned thing (XP) to moderate itself. I tried this *defragging* exercise twice, but it seems unable to move a certain chunk of files from the end of the partition (*C:*) = hda1 to join the other files at the beginning of the partition. Furthermore, there's yet a partition (*D*) =hda2. Funny thing is, hda1 is NTFS and hda2 is FAT32 (???). Under these circumstances I don't dare a repartitioning from Mandrake. Now, one could argue : what's the risk - I could always reinstall this XP toy ? - The answer is : maybe. You see, the box came without installation CD's (!). I had to burn 6 CD's to make something they call a *rescue* option. The crap only allows me to do this once, so I have no chance of knowing if the CD's are capable of reinstalling the @%@. So, I'll let Mandrake reside on hdb and take over the boot process. I suppose it's a nobrainer, even with this XP crap ? And to Carroll : I'm in no way a father who will send his daughter off to college deprived of Linux. So much so, that she herself - grown up with Linux - insists on a Linux box, calling this XP [EMAIL PROTECTED] a bad joke. She already knows way more about computers than the joined staff of boys in her class. So my fatherly pride is unhurt, even if she has to live with a contaminated PC. Thanks a lot for good advice, all ! Kaj Haulrich. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.1 kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdk Sent to you from a 100 % Micro$oft-free computer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Odd email in list
On Monday 25 August 2003 08:05 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: How do you get the caps off of the bottles? -- cmg Thought you did not like OT discussions on Newbie list. Or only discussion you disagree with? Keith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: WineX -- Update!
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 13:40, Kaj Haulrich wrote: As Femme and Carroll suggested, I intend to throw in an additional harddisk. My daughters PC came with this *OS* (WinXP) preinstalled, and although there is plenty of room on the hda I can't get the damned thing (XP) to moderate itself. I tried this *defragging* exercise twice, but it seems unable to move a certain chunk of files from the end of the partition (*C:*) = hda1 to join the other files at the beginning of the partition. Furthermore, there's yet a partition (*D*) =hda2. Funny thing is, hda1 is NTFS and hda2 is FAT32 (???). Under these circumstances I don't dare a repartitioning from Mandrake. Exactly, and that is the whole point of their defragger; to keep you from having the flexibility to move stuff totally to the other end of the drive. M$ is aware that Linux distro's have methods available to do this sort of thing and they have counterattacked with their built in defragger, making it braindead and also forcing it to put stuff at both ends of the drive. This of course makes it impossible for you to divvy the drive up, which was their whole plan to begin with. In order to get around this, you should install a third party defragger like Norton Utilities Speed Disk or something similar. Speed Disk does allow you to put everything at one end of the drive. I guess I lost track...did you try Win4Lin? Now, one could argue : what's the risk - I could always reinstall this XP toy ? - The answer is : maybe. You see, the box came without installation CD's (!). I had to burn 6 CD's to make something they call a *rescue* option. The crap only allows me to do this once, so I have no chance of knowing if the CD's are capable of reinstalling the @£%@. I've got some more good news. Even if you had the bona fide installation CD, you would then have to create some XP boot disks from them. And before you could use the boot disks, you would have to have the drive formatted with a previous version of Winblows...namely 98, in my case. If I remember correctly I think I was able to create a Dos 7.10 partition, formatted it, and then the XP boot disks accepted that. So had you tried Win4Lin? ;) So, I'll let Mandrake reside on hdb and take over the boot process. I suppose it's a nobrainer, even with this XP crap ? And to Carroll : I'm in no way a father who will send his daughter off to college deprived of Linux. So much so, that she herself - grown up with Linux - insists on a Linux box, calling this XP [EMAIL PROTECTED] a bad joke. She already knows way more about computers than the joined staff of boys in her class. So my fatherly pride is unhurt, even if she has to live with a contaminated PC. Thanks a lot for good advice, all ! Kaj Haulrich. I'd like to hear more on this saga. :) LX -- °°° Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk *Catch Star Trek Enterprise, Wednesdays on UPN* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Compaq is just plain weird
I think your problem is power management in the BIOS. The way Compaq do power management is a pain in the ass even on Loosedows. To download the boot disk, here is a link to Compaq support page http://www29.compaq.com/falco/sp_list.asp Just choose what family (deskpro), series (written on a tag on the side or on the back), and model (written on the same tag) then search for F10 utility. Badly, you'll have to run the softpaq on a loosedows machine (dos executable that creates a boot floppy disk and that doesn't work through wine)... Hope this will help. Oh yes... when you boot, if you see a white cursor (a full block) during the POST (just before the memory count), you can press F10 to enter the bios... +---+ | Albert Charron| | System Administrator - Trisotech Inc. | +---+ | Linux Registered user: 157482 | |- Registered computers: 164158, 195048, 205791, 205792 | | www.linuxcounter.org | +---+ -Original Message- From: HaywireMac [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 8:02 AM To: Mandrake Newbs Subject: [newbie] Compaq is just plain weird snip What is up with this crap? snip Can anyone give me a shove in the right direction? -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ At the end of your life there'll be a good rest, and no further activities are scheduled. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: WineX -- Update!
Hi All. I had this problem with XP,it's caused by XP producing/seeing non-existent files,The only way I could dual-boot was to shink the drive with PM8,and then install Mandrake to free space. I have no idea if this will work for you,due to your daughter have a pre-installed version of XP,and the makers now put the restore points on hidden partions(which may be distoryed in the process of shinking the drive). The saftest method will to put a 2nd drive(but will this invaladate any warrities you have?)I you look in the arkives from a few months ago,you will see the sad sorry story. Drew Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: WineX -- Update!
On Wednesday 27 August 2003 03:53 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: So had you tried Win4Lin? ;) Nope, Lyvim. It told me that I had to own a copy of something called Windows 9.x in order to let it work. I don't have such a thing anymore, because my daughters - years ago - used those CD's for rifle practice. They make excellent targets on 200 meters. I'd like to hear more on this saga. :) LX Well, if everything goes fine from now on, I guess this thread is dead. If not, you certainly will. And : sorry for my language, I'm a little pissed off right now what with all this M$ lunacy. Kaj Haulrich. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.1 kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdk Sent to you from a 100 % Micro$oft-free computer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: WineX -- Update!
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 11:58, DrewMartin wrote: Hi All. I had this problem with XP,it's caused by XP producing/seeing non-existent files,The only way I could dual-boot was to shink the drive with PM8,and then install Mandrake to free space. I have no idea if this will work for you,due to your daughter have a pre-installed version of XP,and the makers now put the restore points on hidden partions(which may be distoryed in the process of shinking the drive). The saftest method will to put a 2nd drive(but will this invaladate any warrities you have?)I you look in the arkives from a few months ago,you will see the sad sorry story. Drew Kaj could avoid breaking the warranty if he used a third party defragger. I just happen to have one, btw. :) LX -- °°° Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk *Catch Star Trek Enterprise, Wednesdays on UPN* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: WineX -- Update!
On Wednesday 27 August 2003 04:05 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 11:58, DrewMartin wrote: The saftest method will to put a 2nd drive(but will this invaladate any warrities you have?)I you look in the arkives from a few months ago,you will see the sad sorry story. Drew Kaj could avoid breaking the warranty if he used a third party defragger. I just happen to have one, btw. :) LX OK, thanks again. It is a constant joy to be on this list. I think I'll buy a 80 GB Seagate or Maxtor, put Mandrake upon it and start doing some useful things instead of messing around with this XP - is that Xtraordinaire Polluted ? Kaj Haulrich. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.1 kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdk Sent to you from a 100 % Micro$oft-free computer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie]How to Defrag XP Properly, WAS - Re: WineX -- Update!
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 11:40, Kaj Haulrich wrote: snip So my fatherly pride is unhurt, even if she has to live with a contaminated PC. Thanks a lot for good advice, all ! Kaj Haulrich. Heres a small edumacation in M$hit: They contracted a company (Executive software) to make them a defrag utility. This company is hte best in the business. Every other defragger M$ made sucked dead donkey tit. Problem: They didn't want the defragger to have teeth...so XPs sucks. Still. I have DiskKeeper (E.S.'s proprietary but very very good defragger they sell for $50/USD). It will defrag anything keep it that way. Guaranteed. If you want it, let me know offlist. I will tell you now, using the M$ installed one cannot damage stuff as past defraggers will but it has very little effect either IMO. Shrugs so goes the way with proprietary software. Let me know Kaj! I'm rooting for you... Oh btw, those rescue disks suck. The problem is of course, if you want support they will only support you if you use those. YOU can wipe reinstall XP By hand... But they won't guarantee your warranty at that point software wise. :( Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: WineX -- Update!
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 09:53, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: Snicker In order to get around this, you should install a third party defragger like Norton Utilities Speed Disk or something similar. Speed Disk does allow you to put everything at one end of the drive. snack! I'd like to hear more on this saga. :) LX DO NOT use speeddisk! It was a good utility in its day but now it just sucks... Use Executive softwares defragger (see my other post in this thread) it will do the stuff Nortons speeddisk does but better faster. WinFemme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Toshiba Sat. 330CDS Laptop
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 09:34, Lee Wiggers wrote: Yes win2k and mdk9.1 Just finishing win2k looking forward to driver chasing. Lee Snip Use PM 8+..otherwise you will be sorry. Femmeknowstoomuchaboutwinsux Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] wishing for mandrake 2.6 test3 kernel
If you were wanting to play arround with kernels try the tmb ones what's 'tmb' It's the initial of the guy who compiles it Thomas Buckland Just update your kernel-utils and possibelyou init scrips from the cooker rpms (from memory that is - on my win doze box atm) could you please give me more detailed instructions or point me to somewhere where I could find them? ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/unix/linux/distributions/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/initscripts-7.06-19mdk.i586.rpm ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/unix/linux/distributions/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS2/kernel-tmb-2.4.22.0.5.2tmb_mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/unix/linux/distributions/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS2/kernel-tmb-source-2.4.22-0.5.2tmb_mdk.i586.rpm If you install these files Then type lilo it should all work what I'm looking for is that dreamy kernel feature which I hear will have that magic property of making Linux react faster (more like Windows, in giving higher priority to starting programs running user programs) greets, I think that's the low latancy patch. Which this kernel includes. Hence why these kernels (eventually) become the Multimedia ones. Let me know how you get on Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: WineX -- Update!
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 12:21, Heather/Femme wrote: On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 09:53, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: Snicker In order to get around this, you should install a third party defragger like Norton Utilities Speed Disk or something similar. Speed Disk does allow you to put everything at one end of the drive. snack! I'd like to hear more on this saga. :) LX DO NOT use speeddisk! It was a good utility in its day but now it just sucks... Use Executive softwares defragger (see my other post in this thread) it will do the stuff Nortons speeddisk does but better faster. WinFemme Well...Femme, I use Speedisk every week. I've been using Norton Utilities since 1989; AAMOF I think I still have the NU version 4.5 install disks somewhere around here. I agree that the good old days are gone...but so far I've been pretty OK with the flexibility of this incarnation of SD. At least the Norton 2000 Edition, anyway. I've stayed away from upgrades because of the dumb-down trend I've seen in winblows software. NU 2000 is probably the end of the road for me. I also use Windoctor to go over the registry and get rid of the ActiveX registry errors every time I do a new 98 install..which there are about 20 of them on every from-scratch install. It all comes together in a package with Norton Utilities, the same NU version that I've been using since year 2000. Haven't seen a problem; but I'm sure that there may be better stuff out there. BTW, if anybody has access to the Norton Utilities version 7 or version 8 install disks, I'd be willing to work out a deal. I've got Dos 7.10 systems I want to keep around, and I can't find older versions of NU around anymore. LX -- °°° Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk *Catch Star Trek Enterprise, Wednesdays on UPN* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Converting sound files? (recording from cassette, pt2)
On Wednesday 27 August 2003 02:47 am, Richard Urwin wrote: Did you use a stereo cable? If it's a jack plug then it should have three seperate conductors on it. A mono plug has two. I did use a stereo (2 band) 1/8th inch mini-plug. It went from the boxs' headphone out to mic on my Soyo Dragon plus MB. Why? Well, I couldn't get any sound from the R/L RCA plugs - mini-jack cable to line-in on my setup. Gramofile wouldn't find anything but what was coming thru the mic. I used aumix and tried line, line1, and mic - only mic showed anything. Odd thing is, when just playing a cassette thru this setup, all the speakers on my Monsoon setup played, right and left. sigh I guess I'm just gonna have to break down and buy a boom-box that has true line out. Thanks to Richard, Brant, The Other, and David for the replies. (and anyone else I missed!) :-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie]How to Defrag XP Properly, WAS - Re: WineX -- Update!
On Wednesday 27 August 2003 04:18 pm, Heather/Femme wrote: snip I have DiskKeeper (E.S.'s proprietary but very very good defragger they sell for $50/USD). It will defrag anything keep it that way. Guaranteed. If you want it, let me know offlist. I will tell you now, using the M$ installed one cannot damage stuff as past defraggers will but it has very little effect either IMO. Shrugs so goes the way with proprietary software. Let me know Kaj! I'm rooting for you... Oh btw, those rescue disks suck. The problem is of course, if you want support they will only support you if you use those. YOU can wipe reinstall XP By hand... But they won't guarantee your warranty at that point software wise. :( Femme /snip Thanks again, Femme, Drew Lyvim. You just added to my resent for MicroSCOft. Does that mean, my 6 CD's are unable to reinstall this XP crap without having to call the crooks ? Kaj Haulrich. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.1 kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdk Sent to you from a 100 % Micro$oft-free computer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] MDK91 - OpenOffice network printing
How do I make a network printer defined via printerdrake, the default printer for OOo? http://www.linuxprinting.org/distribution-printing-faq.html#q_4_2 When I double-click the printer there is no option to update OpenOffice? When I try to print from OpenOffice, printers defined via printerdrake are available to OOo (they appear as printer), but I would like to make one of these printers the default printer. When I run spadmin, these printers are not defined! If I try to define one of these printers, appropriate drives are not available. Frank Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Opinions on Software required
Hi everybody! (Sound like that guy from the simpsons) I was just wondering what the best software (preferably one with a nice gui) to do the following things... Convert CDs into Ogg files Convert DVDs to DivX (or something similar) Play N64 Roms Play GameBoy (Advance) Roms Oh yes and whats the best way to get windows software working under linux? I've tried wine but I never can seem to get the blasterin thing working. Thanks in advance Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Transferring songs from cassette
On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 18:06:11 -0500 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 26 August 2003 04:04 am, Michael Adams wrote: On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 16:44:44 -0500 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Cool. Is there a way to do this to albums also? I could put the cassette deck on record and run the RCA plugs from tape deck monitor to the line-in on the sound card, just wonder if there is a better way... :) You can do it with albums by connecting the output from a turntable to the input on a cassette recorder snip Make that the phono input of a stereo capable of handling phono input. Some cassete recorders have phono inputs. An auxilliary input won't do. Also if memory serves there were two types of phono output at one stage (crystal and ceramic???) which used different output levels. Sheesh, i'm just telling everyone how ancient i yam. Actually on mine it is from the turntable to the tapedecks line in and then from the tape deck line out to the sound card phono jack. Works like a champ with gramofile. The tape deck does the preamp and filter and it sounds pretty good in .wav . YMMV Does the turntable have a pre-amp? -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Really great site for how-to's and a lot more
On Wednesday 27 Aug 2003 12:44 am, Harv Nelson wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 26 Aug 2003 6:22 pm, Frankie wrote: Has anyone considered getting a $6 dollar domain name from godaddy like mandake-newbies.com and using godaddy's redirect facility to redirect to put it to the wiki?? that address is too hard to remember and I am not always at my PC's when I could make use of it. That sounds an excelent idea, Frankie. The $6 is reasonable enough - only problem is that I haven't a clue how to do a re-direct g Anne Check out http://www.dyndns.org/ There are some FREE services there ... re-directs, etc. (this is the service i use) Harv Interesting, thanks Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Help with installing video drivers.
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 13:21:04 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, What is init 3? How do I drop to it? How do I switch back to init5? Just for this post to you I have turned-off PGP so this should appear in OE as a simple text message, I would refer to keep it on at all times because of security and privacy concerns. For any future postings you may need to use another client or save to disk from OE and read it in notepad or other program. Runlevels are a state, or mode, defined by the services listed in the SysV /etc/rc.d/rcx.d/ directory, where x is the number of the runlevel. The idea behind SysV init runlevels revolves around the fact that different systems can be used in a different ways. For example, a server runs more efficiently without the drag on system resources created by the X Window System. Other times, a system administrator may need to operate the system at a lower runlevel to perform diagnostic tasks, like fixing disk corruption in runlevel 1, when no other users can possibly be on the system. The characteristics of a given runlevel determines which services are halted and started by init. For instance, runlevel 1 (single user mode) halts any network services, while runlevel 3 starts these services. By assigning specific services to be halted or started on a given runlevel, init can quickly change the mode of the machine without the user manually stopping and starting services. The following runlevels(init) are used 0 Halt 1 Single-user text mode 2 Not used (user-definable) 3 Full multi-user text mode 4 Not used (user-definable) 5 Full multi-user graphical mode (with an X-based login screen) 6 Reboot The default runlevels normally used are 1 and 5 On my systems I boot to runlevel(init) 3 then manually launch the X-server, if/when you boot to the graphical log-in you are booting to runlevel(init) 5 To get to init 3 from init 5 log-out of your WM so that you are at the login screen. Press the key combination Ctrl-Alt-F2 This will take you to a text login prompt. Login with your username and password and then su to root. At the prompt enter: init 3 example [EMAIL PROTECTED] charles]# init 3 This will shut down the X-server and drop you to runlevel 3. From this level it is safe to install the fglrx driver and to run fglrxconfig. If you have problems with fglrxconfig I can walk you through each setting being either as cryptic or verbose as you wish. Once the above is accomplished to return to runlevel 5 at the prompt enter: init 5 example [EMAIL PROTECTED] charles]# init 5 This will take you to the graphical login screen. Charles -- Many a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can't understand his own meaning. -- George D. Prentice - Mandrake Linux 9.2 on PurpleDragon Kernel-2.4.22-1mdkenterprise http://www.eslrahc.com - Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Open Source rides North
Hello list. A little good news : Today the Nordic Council announced a common web ressource for OS applications. This council is a common forum for the governments and parliaments from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Greenland, The Faroe Islands and Denmark. The site is still very basic, but I take it as a token that even our politicians are beginning to wake up. Especially the fact that even Denmark - who generally is considered a sub-Saharan country when it comes to IT - participates, saves my otherwise rotten day. The site can be found here : http://www.nordicos.org Regards Kaj Haulrich Denmark. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.1 kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdk Sent to you from a 100 % Micro$oft-free computer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Really great site for how-to's and a lot more
On Wednesday 27 Aug 2003 9:47 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 27 Aug 2003 12:44 am, Harv Nelson wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 26 Aug 2003 6:22 pm, Frankie wrote: Has anyone considered getting a $6 dollar domain name from godaddy like mandake-newbies.com and using godaddy's redirect facility to redirect to put it to the wiki?? that address is too hard to remember and I am not always at my PC's when I could make use of it. That sounds an excelent idea, Frankie. The $6 is reasonable enough - only problem is that I haven't a clue how to do a re-direct g Anne Check out http://www.dyndns.org/ There are some FREE services there ... re-directs, etc. (this is the service i use) Harv Interesting, thanks Anne Or, since you're in the UK, I use http://www.123-reg.co.uk -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Fwd: defragmentation]
Eric, Yes, I do want to dual boot from a PowerBook G4. Doesn't Mandrake Linux require contiguous blocks to load into? Or is it magic enough to pick random blocks to load into? Eric Huff wrote: A few days ago I ordered Linux for PPC 9.1 and Norton's Utilities 8.0 My plan is to split the 40GB hard drive on my PowerBook G4 into equal partitions. You have no reason to defrag a linux file system. Send Norton back. I htink maybe he wants to dual boot with the mac os? Does that need defragged? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
