Re: [newbie] Easy way to update Gaim to 0.70?
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 23:08:14 -0400 Guy Rouillier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > I don't use urmpi, but rather the Mandrake GUI, so I added these > directly to the Software Sources Manager. Then I went into Install > Software, and searched for "gaim" - no hits. Why aren't I seeing gaim > > 0.70? Do I need to uninstall 0.68 first? All I did was: urpme gaim (I had 0.68 installed) urpmi.update -a urpmi gaim and I now have Texstars 0.71 installed :-) -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ God instructs the heart, not by ideas, but by pains and contradictions. -- De Caussade Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] gaim-0.71
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 20:41:19 + Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > I have an irc account but have never used it, no buddies )-: How does that work? For IRC, you don't need a password or anything, right? Just a server to connect to? It defaults to irc.freenode.net, so will anyone who knows my nick be able to find me? BTW, I'm also on ICQ, 279518458. Like you, I am buddyless :-( -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it. -- Oscar Wilde, "The Portrait of Mr. W.H." Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Easy way to update Gaim to 0.70?
On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 11:08:14PM -0400, Guy Rouillier wrote: > I don't use urmpi, but rather the Mandrake GUI, so I added these > directly to the Software Sources Manager. Then I went into Install > Software, and searched for "gaim" - no hits. Why aren't I seeing gaim > 0.70? Do I need to uninstall 0.68 first? I went to the gaim site and there are rpm's of 0.70 for 9.1. I had to install libgtkspell, and I uninstalled my existing version first. Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] getting rid of ads on the web
On 12 Oct 2003 19:40:00 -0700 Aron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 11:02, Heather/Femme wrote: > > On 12 Oct 2003 07:51:30 -0700 > > Aron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > (god did I just mangle my native tongue! GAH!) > > > You're from Texas? > > > > > > > > Stoned out Froggy Femme > > > > > > > > > > > > rofl! no dear, canada! :) > > > > i'm french too. so I was sort of um.. poking fun at my own heritage > > & self. *s* > > > > Fallen Astronaut, > > Femme > Mercy Buckets is a common term in the east Texas area (Piney Wood oh...lord.. k didn't know that! lol thx Aron Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] annoying alarm on standby.
Thank you all for your help with this issue. I can now confirm that it's definately CPU overheating due to the fan stopping. I left the case off, and then left the computer 'till I heard the alarm again. Upon my return, the cpu fan had stopped, and the heatsink was too hot to touch for more than a second or so. An added bonus was that as i had turned the ceiling light off, i noticed that the case power light was flashing in time with the beeps ( I assume this means that it is a BIOS alarm), something I had not noticed with the room brightly lit. I plan to check out the bios options first when I get home (I'm at work now) and see what difference that makes before trying to mess with any more settings in the software. To aswer a few of your questions, The heatsink does have a pad, not thermal paste. and I have installed Mandrake myself from disks on the front of a Linux how-to book from the local newsagets. (I also bought red hat from the internet, but prefer the mandrake so far) I am running dual boot with Win XP and plan to learn linux the sam way I did windoze, by getting my hands dirty, playing arround and trying things out. It means that this is about my fifth linux re-installation in as many months but I'm learning alot. Hopefully I can completely phase out windoze soon and run a M$ free machine. -Aidan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] grepping root?
On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 06:28, ed tharp wrote: > i have this one for a desktop > > "http://ed-tharp.is-a-geek.org/rootme.jpg"; > > Nice! You must not be married, or else you have a very open minded spouse! > > __ -- Chuck Stuettgen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Easy way to update Gaim to 0.70?
Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 05 Oct 2003 4:06 pm, Trey Sizemore wrote: I'm running Mandrake 9.1 with Gaim 0.68. I want to update to 0.70 but don't see this as an option currently in the Cooker mirrors I use. Installing the Mandrake 9.1 RPM from the Sourceforge site fails on some needed libraries. Is there a quick & easy way to upgrade to 0.70 while maintaining my current settings? Thanks. First of all. If you are running 9.1 then you should **not** be using any Cooker mirrors. Cooker is (or will shortly, briefly be) 9.2 Mixing packages from different releases is a recipe for creating 'dependency hell' Now for Gaim-0.70 There are packages on Texstars download repository Go here http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php and declare a urpmi source for Texstar and you will then be able to see hos packahes in your Mandrake Software Manager GUI. I went to this site and it showed me the following: urpmi.addmedia main ftp://raven.cslab.vt.edu/pub/linux/mandrake/9.1/i586/Mandrake/RPMS with ../base/hdlist.cz urpmi.addmedia contrib ftp://raven.cslab.vt.edu/pub/linux/mandrake/9.1/contrib/RPMS with ../../i586/Mandrake/base/hdlist2.cz urpmi.addmedia --update updates ftp://raven.cslab.vt.edu/pub/linux/mandrake/updates/9.1/RPMS/ with ../base/hdlist.cz I don't use urmpi, but rather the Mandrake GUI, so I added these directly to the Software Sources Manager. Then I went into Install Software, and searched for "gaim" - no hits. Why aren't I seeing gaim 0.70? Do I need to uninstall 0.68 first? If you have nort done so then declare sources for updates, plf, and contrib too. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Guy Rouillier Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Plex86
Has anyone here used plex86 http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/plex86 Thanks Russ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Making Mozilla the default browser in KDE
Flávio Henrique wrote: On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 20:45, Jamie Taylor wrote: Sorry for not replying to the correct thread but I beleive someone wanted to know how to do this. I wanted to do the same thing as I like the feel of Mozilla better than Konqueror. After much thrashing aroud on the web I found out that this is how you do it. I assume you're using KDE 3.1.0 because I think you said you were using Mandrake 9.1 which is the same distro as I'm using. Open the KDE Control Centre and go to Components, File Associations, text, html and in the Application Preference move mozilla to the top of the list. If it's not there add mozilla %u and then move it to the top. Hope this helps as I'm a newb as well and I'm finding Linux a bit intimidating coming from being spoonfed by Windows all my PC life ;-) Cheers Jamie Taylor yes... I did what you said but I think my Mozilla installation is not right, cause after hit alt+f2 ant typing www.yahoo.com, e.g., the MD says: "Could not find 'mozilla' executable" I'll try reinstall Mozilla and try it again... But now I now where I can change the files associations... that is the point... Thanx Jamie... Thanx a lot !! (now, is I'll find out how to remove the mozilla... ahaha!!) Flávio Henrique __ 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 If you have mozilla installed, but not in your path, you could (as root) issue a ln mozilla /path to where mozilla is installed/mozilla /usr/bin/mozilla. So, if your mozilla was installed under /usr/local/bin/mozilla, you would type: ln -s /usr/local/bin/mozilla /usr/bin/mozilla That would create a link in the /usr/bin directory pointing to your mozilla. /usr/bin is by default in your path. Joeb Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] getting rid of ads on the web
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 11:02, Heather/Femme wrote: > On 12 Oct 2003 07:51:30 -0700 > Aron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > (god did I just mangle my native tongue! GAH!) > > You're from Texas? > > > > > > Stoned out Froggy Femme > > > > > > > > rofl! no dear, canada! :) > > i'm french too. so I was sort of um.. poking fun at my own heritage & > self. *s* > > Fallen Astronaut, > Femme Mercy Buckets is a common term in the east Texas area (Piney Woods) > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Making Mozilla the default browser in KDE
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 20:45, Jamie Taylor wrote: > Sorry for not replying to the correct thread but I beleive someone wanted to > know how to do this. I wanted to do the same thing as I like the feel of > Mozilla better than Konqueror. > After much thrashing aroud on the web I found out that this is how you do it. > > I assume you're using KDE 3.1.0 because I think you said you were using > Mandrake 9.1 which is the same distro as I'm using. > Open the KDE Control Centre and go to Components, File Associations, text, > html and in the Application Preference move mozilla to the top of the list. > If it's not there add mozilla %u and then move it to the top. > Hope this helps as I'm a newb as well and I'm finding Linux a bit intimidating > coming from being spoonfed by Windows all my PC life ;-) > > Cheers > > Jamie Taylor yes... I did what you said but I think my Mozilla installation is not right, cause after hit alt+f2 ant typing www.yahoo.com, e.g., the MD says: "Could not find 'mozilla' executable" I'll try reinstall Mozilla and try it again... But now I now where I can change the files associations... that is the point... Thanx Jamie... Thanx a lot !! (now, is I'll find out how to remove the mozilla... ahaha!!) Flávio Henrique > > > __ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] gaim-0.71
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 07:49:25 + Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 00:14:33 -0600 > Jerry Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I still seem to be having trouble acessing the archives of the newbie > > list.. What is your site again > > > See the last last in my sig Oh thanks. I think that was a snake that did bite me and i didn't notice. LOL -- _||_ Registered linux user #300600 (o_ Registered linux machine # 185855 //\at V_/_ http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Phoenix bios
On Sunday 12 October 2003 06:40 pm, robin wrote: > Bryan Phinney wrote: > >On Sunday 12 October 2003 02:22 pm, Erylon Hines wrote: > >>On Sunday 12 October 2003 07:44 am, John wrote: > >>>The newbie mail has provided a lot of info. for me over the last 2 > >>>months. Being new, there is a lot to learn even from the OT mail. > >>>Example: I have been trying to install md9.1 on a gateway 1450se with xp > >>> and phoenix bios. > >> > >>I used Partition Magic on a 450, which is essentially the same machine, I > >>think. Mine was pre-installed with W2K, though, and I did nuke the > >>pre-install and installed clean with our site-licensed W2K. I'm quad > >>booting this machine due to legacy programs that require DOS, some that > >> run in W98 but not W2K, and W2K for the rest of the stuff. My personal > >> partition boots Mandrake. I had problems with the PCMCIA controller and > >> the AMR modem--the modem is a lost cause. > > > >If you have to use one, Paragon Hard Drive Manager works much the same as > >Partition Magic, has all the same features, IIRC, and has the added > > benefit of supporting ReiserFS, HPFS, JFS, I think. I know for sure that > > is supports Reiser. Also, it has an executable that is installable under > > Linux that provides a lot of features, although not all as in Windows. > > Supports moving partitions entirely over to alternate drives, resizing > > partitions (Reiser included), etc. > > > >If you have to use a Windows partition manager, I would get that one over > >Partition Magic. > > What's wrong with the partitioning tool that comes with the Mandrake > installation program? I've used it several times and never lost data. Note the "If you have to use a Windows partition manager" part of the phrase. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] gaim-0.71
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 20:41:19 + Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 13:59:36 -0400 > Heather/Femme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I meant when they are in privacy/invisible mode... > > Not ignoring you femme, that might be dangerous to my health. > > Gaim does allow you to switch between varying privacy modes. > > I have an irc account but have never used it, no buddies )-: > > > Charles > rofl ty Charles. ya want IRC ? just say so. I'm on irc everyday. lol email me offlist if you like. ;) and thx I will try GAIM. :D Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] gaim-0.71
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 13:59:36 -0400 Heather/Femme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I meant when they are in privacy/invisible mode... Not ignoring you femme, that might be dangerous to my health. Gaim does allow you to switch between varying privacy modes. I have an irc account but have never used it, no buddies )-: Charles -- "Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about." -- B. L. Whorf - Mandrake Linux 9.2 on PurpleDragon Kernel-2.4.22-10.tmb.4mdkenterprise http://www.eslrahc.com - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] gaim-0.71
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 19:07:59 -0400 Trey Sizemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > and screem > 0.8.2 installed and working great. Just an addendum on screem. With the 0.8 branch screem switched to using the gtksourceview .lang files to provides syntax highlighting. Currently gtksourceview does not provide php.lang therefore does not provide highlighting for php. In my screem-0.8.2-0.1 build I did include, as an additional source, a php.lang file, which with the installation of screem-0.8.2 is installed in /usr/share/gtksourceview-1.0/language-specs allowing for php highlighting. This is not an official file, and because it actually should belong to another pkg, will most likely not be included in the mdk screem release. Charles -- Like all young men, you greatly exaggerate the difference between one young woman and another. -- George Bernard Shaw, "Major Barbara" - Mandrake Linux 9.2 on PurpleDragon Kernel-2.4.22-10.tmb.4mdkenterprise http://www.eslrahc.com - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[newbie] exporting directories via Samba or NFS?
Hello All, I finally got my old hard drive with mandrake 9.0 in a new machine and back on the network. Now, I need to take most of the files in my home directory (including /evolution ) and move them to my Win2k Machine for archiving and to my SuSE 8.2 Machine for use. Someone on the SuSE list suggested that I "start NFS on the Mandrake box and export the directory to the SuSE box. Then start Samba on the Mandrake box and export the same directory to the Windows machine." I am not too familiar with NFS and exporting directories. How exactly do I do this? Thanks in advance, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] gaim-0.71
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 07:54:36 + Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 15:46:30 -0400 > Heather/Femme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > will gaim allow you to communicate with icq clients on "pvcy" mode? > > If by "pvcy" mode you mean encrypted, then yes. > These rpms will allow you to load the encryption-plugin. > Anyone wishing to read must then have the key. > > ..This may only work if all parties are using gaim. > I don't use an im so can't really say for sure. > > > Charles > I meant when they are in privacy/invisible mode... icq allows you to be seen online by a select few in your "visible" to list... anyone not on that list, you look offline to them. Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?
Hello Bryan, Sunday, October 12, 2003, 11:15:57 AM, you wrote: BP> On Sunday 12 October 2003 01:53 pm, rikona wrote: >> Given the past history, it might be a good idea to assume the worst, >> at least as a start. BP> As long as you keep in mind that making such assumptions automatically colors BP> any opinions that you form. My bias is showing? :-))) BP> We always need to differentiate our opinions from facts, and BP> especially our biases from what someone should interpret about BP> those facts. Keep in mind that M$ works in deep secrecy. Draconian NDS agreements are standard. As a result, very few actual facts emerge, and these are usually 'after the fact'. In general, I agree it is a nice practice to keep an open mind, but before you do that with M$, you might want to look at the large pile of 'dead bodies' that did that with M$. I'd prefer not to have to say "I guess M$ really DID want to take over the entire net, didn't they" >> BP> MS even dodges the Justice Dept. anti-trust bullet, >> >> Ain't gonna be a bullet, not even another gentle tap on the wrist. >> Nobody is in a better position to snoop/spy then M$, especially with >> the new direction they are going in. We could shut down an entire >> country and its economy in a flash. Makes the DOD drool, I'll bet. :-) >> All this incredible power does not cost the taxpayers a dime. The >> government LOVES it. It would be more likely that they would subsidize >> it than go after it. BP> The anti-trust laws have NOT been rewritten, just not fully enforced in this BP> circumstance. There are laws, and there are laws. When you get into the area of national security, all bets are off. As with the prisoners in Cuba, if you declare them national security hazards, you can invoke an entirely different way of operating. I'm suggesting that M$ software could be viewed, in a way, as a 'weapon'. This would allow DOJ, DOD, etc to enter into incredibly secret agreements with M$, and even give them money for development (as suggested by their lobbyists, of course). Oracle got a lot of $$ from the CIA, for example. You will not have even a HINT that this is happening. In fact, there will likely be a good, misleading cover story. BP> I don't see anything to suggest that it is not still in their BP> interest to maintain the illusion of an open and free market, BP> even while they do their best to keep it as closed as benefits BP> them. I agree. I'm suggesting that the government will HELP them do this, not fight it. We're not likely to see any DOJ action. BP> I personally don't believe that MS is evil personified, Agreed. Just keep a sharp eye on your wallet. :-) He'll pick your pocket. Is the pickpocket evil personified? Probably not, but still be careful. A bit of street smarts is useful for survival too. BP> Every human will try to make things work out best for himself, BP> even if that sometimes is at the expense of others. That is just BP> plain old self-interest and survival instinct. True. It depends on how you go about it. Empire builders often go well beyond just survival. BP> I would not want to argue that someone wanting to make more money BP> is necessarily evil. True. It depends on how you go about it. "Bank robbers succeed in huge robbery." They just wanted to make money too. BP> There are some people that I would classify as evil, and I don't BP> think that Bill and co. can hold a candle to them. As for harm to BP> people and the world in general, there are some who do much more BP> harm than does MS. Just because I can find someone worse does not make them good. BP> That doesn't mean that I would not resist someone trying to force me to use a BP> product that is not in my best interest, just that I don't take it BP> personally. I don't take it personally either. I'm just trying to keep ahead of the game, and cut off the bad guys at the pass. Act before the fact if you see danger coming. Helps survival, as it always has. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mozzilla mail
On Sunday 12 October 2003 01:40 pm, Walt Frampus wrote: > I am trying to bring over my mozilla email and contacts from my windows > hard drive to my linux box. what is the file extention and location of > my person mail etc.? > > Walt You should find it in a hidden folder such as this: /home/dennis/.mozilla/dennis/v4ptz8yv.slt/mailnote the "." in front of mozilla. That is a hidden folder in your files. Konqueror shows it if you click on "show hidden folders" in the View tab. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] mozzilla mail
I am trying to bring over my mozilla email and contacts from my windows hard drive to my linux box. what is the file extention and location of my person mail etc.? Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] urpmi: how to tell where i got an rpm?
> > Is there anyway to get that at the cli? Commands like urpmf > > --description a2ps kind of help, but only if the name is in the > > description, and it's still only part of the answer. > > > > Thanks, > > eric > > $rpm -qi name_of_pakage > will give you a lot of information on this subject. > Make sure you just put the name not the rpm name. For example: Cool. I'll look into it some more. I sorta forgot about the rpm copmmands (instead of *u*rpm). thanks, eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?
On Sunday 12 October 2003 01:53 pm, rikona wrote: > Given the past history, it might be a good idea to assume the worst, > at least as a start. As long as you keep in mind that making such assumptions automatically colors any opinions that you form. We always need to differentiate our opinions from facts, and especially our biases from what someone should interpret about those facts. > BP> MS even dodges the Justice Dept. anti-trust bullet, > > Ain't gonna be a bullet, not even another gentle tap on the wrist. > Nobody is in a better position to snoop/spy then M$, especially with > the new direction they are going in. We could shut down an entire > country and its economy in a flash. Makes the DOD drool, I'll bet. :-) > All this incredible power does not cost the taxpayers a dime. The > government LOVES it. It would be more likely that they would subsidize > it than go after it. The anti-trust laws have NOT been rewritten, just not fully enforced in this circumstance. With the settlement, MS again gains the ability to portray the market as free, even if it still isn't. I don't see anything to suggest that it is not still in their interest to maintain the illusion of an open and free market, even while they do their best to keep it as closed as benefits them. > BP> Again, I do agree with a lot of the stuff in that article but I am > BP> not convinced that anyone but Bill and Steve know the whole story > BP> about MS plans. > > That's what worries me. Especially with all the "aren't we a nice > company" ads that flood the media. They are trying to get our trust, > just as any good con artist would. Watch out. :-) Well, everyone is entitled to their opinion about end results and motivations. I personally don't believe that MS is evil personified, even if I realize that Bill Gates and I have different interests to pursue. Just because a company pursues goals that are not in my best interests and seeks to limit my choices to those that make them money does not make them evil, that is simply reality. Every human will try to make things work out best for himself, even if that sometimes is at the expense of others. That is just plain old self-interest and survival instinct. And, for better or worse, companies are run by ordinary humans. Now, once our basic needs have been met, some of us my pursue our interests with more moderation than others, some may even be altruistic (if only for their own ego purposes) but I would not want to argue that someone wanting to make more money is necessarily evil. There are some people that I would classify as evil, and I don't think that Bill and co. can hold a candle to them. As for harm to people and the world in general, there are some who do much more harm than does MS. That doesn't mean that I would not resist someone trying to force me to use a product that is not in my best interest, just that I don't take it personally. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to configure Mozilla as my default browser ?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 14, 2003 10:46 am, Flávio Henrique wrote: [..] > > Just add mozilla to the command. re: > > > > mozilla www.yahoo.com > > doesn't work... > > The Mandrake can't execute the command... > > what now ? > > Flávio Henrique It works for me. On my own system, my (three) downstairs neighbours that run Mandrake Linux 9.1, and my friend that I'm speaking to on the telephone with at the moment. She's running the cooker version from about ten days back. The consensus from here seems to be: typing the command above in the "run" box and hitting the enter key always works. The part between the angle braces ( ) is not part of the command. It's an action you perform after you type the command immediately preceding it. To wit: mozilla www.somewebsiteurl.com is the command. Then you strike the enter key to run that command. C. - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-10mdk 12:05:24 up 22 days, 1:27, 1 user, load average: 0.12, 0.18, 0.13 Toddlers are the stormtroopers of the Lord of Entropy. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/iZloG11CaRuZZSIRAkeoAJ93IW6qL3N+p87Yc2MUpLlCmQD8MQCeLsgK zFEmhAaeKoreu0iG4nHApEU= =gEg5 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?
Hello Bryan, Sunday, October 12, 2003, 8:47:49 AM, you wrote: BP> The technical plans have already been published, but as with all BP> things, those can be perceived in a favorable light or BP> unfavorable light. Given the past history, it might be a good idea to assume the worst, at least as a start. BP> Hopefully, you get the picture. Yeah, I get the picture. :- BP> MS even dodges the Justice Dept. anti-trust bullet, Ain't gonna be a bullet, not even another gentle tap on the wrist. Nobody is in a better position to snoop/spy then M$, especially with the new direction they are going in. We could shut down an entire country and its economy in a flash. Makes the DOD drool, I'll bet. :-) All this incredible power does not cost the taxpayers a dime. The government LOVES it. It would be more likely that they would subsidize it than go after it. BP> Again, I do agree with a lot of the stuff in that article but I am BP> not convinced that anyone but Bill and Steve know the whole story BP> about MS plans. That's what worries me. Especially with all the "aren't we a nice company" ads that flood the media. They are trying to get our trust, just as any good con artist would. Watch out. :-) -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to configure Mozilla as my default browser ?
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 15:36, Charlie M. wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > October 14, 2003 10:30 am, Flávio Henrique wrote: > > Hi > > I was using Konkeror as internet browser, but I can't install java > > plugin for Konkeror... > > So, I downloaded Mozilla and install... > > but when I hit Alt+F2 and type www.yahoo.com, e.g., the Mandrake opens > > the webpage in Konkeror... > > > > How to configure to the open the pages in Mozilla ?? > > > > Thanx in advance... > > > > Flávio Henrique > > Just add mozilla to the command. re: > > mozilla www.yahoo.com > doesn't work... The Mandrake can't execute the command... what now ? Flávio Henrique Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to configure Mozilla as my default browser ?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 14, 2003 10:30 am, Flávio Henrique wrote: > Hi > I was using Konkeror as internet browser, but I can't install java > plugin for Konkeror... > So, I downloaded Mozilla and install... > but when I hit Alt+F2 and type www.yahoo.com, e.g., the Mandrake opens > the webpage in Konkeror... > > How to configure to the open the pages in Mozilla ?? > > Thanx in advance... > > Flávio Henrique Just add mozilla to the command. re: mozilla www.yahoo.com God this machine is sick! Ignore the Fortune below. :-) Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-10mdk 11:34:48 up 22 days, 56 min, 2 users, load average: 0.21, 0.11, 0.09 Charlie was a chemist, But Charlie is no more. For what he thought was H2O, Was H2SO4. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/iZEOG11CaRuZZSIRAp5EAKCrSGRjKpbFvd4w2tvamq+YA231jACgjnAu 2vDSizycbtLAPJFsJcgr2P8= =IGUo -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] how to configure Mozilla as my default browser ?
Hi I was using Konkeror as internet browser, but I can't install java plugin for Konkeror... So, I downloaded Mozilla and install... but when I hit Alt+F2 and type www.yahoo.com, e.g., the Mandrake opens the webpage in Konkeror... How to configure to the open the pages in Mozilla ?? Thanx in advance... Flávio Henrique Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?
Hello Douglas, Sunday, October 12, 2003, 7:52:19 AM, you wrote: DB> Here's a copy of the letter - we'll see what happens. Nice letter. I hope you would not mind if I use it as a basis for letters here in the US. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?
Hello Franki, Sunday, October 12, 2003, 12:48:23 AM, you wrote: F> Just be sure as many people know that we are not gonna stand for F> it.. even die hard windows users should not stand for it. I have had some success with win users. Few have converted to Linux, but all have stopped using M$ software, and are using protective software to be safer and more private. When they get comfortable with their new tools and used to using non-M$ software, they start looking at other OS options. A slow, gentle path seems to be a good idea for many people. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Genius Wireless Mouse and Keyboard
maybe you can tell us wat you tried, and what errors you got, and hopefully someone here can help you out. fwiw, i plugged a (Chicony brand) wireless keyboard and mouse set that's on 1 usb port, and it worked outright. and that's under mandrake 8.2. are you sure your usb is already working? - Original Message - From: Kyle Hartigan ( Sharpshooter ) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 06:25 Subject: [newbie] Genius Wireless Mouse and Keyboard Does anyone know how to get a genius wireless keyboard and mouse that are on 1 usb port to work in mandrake 9.1 and lilo Kyle Hartigan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Phoenix bios
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 12, 2003 05:44 am, John wrote: > The newbie mail has provided a lot of info. for me over the last 2 > months. Being new, there is a lot to learn even from the OT mail. > Example: I have been trying to install md9.1 on a gateway 1450se with xp >and phoenix bios. I made the suggested changes in the bios and loaded > the cd. Instructions were to reboot and md would start installation > process as it did on my win98 system. Didn't work. You can even indicate > in the bios whether you have win or other system. I checked several > mailing lists and there were no problems loading md on other 1450 > laptops. I try to keep everything updated and updated the bios about 4 > months ago. After reading mail about phoenix, it makes you wonder if the > update was to cut everything out but m$. The only info I have found to > help points to a "remote control center" which supposedly controls the > boot process. It is not loaded and was supposed to be on the wn cd. > Gateway ships their own cd instead of the wn cd and of course it isn't > on that either. What a tangled web they have weaved. Any help would be > appreciated on getting md loaded. > More importantly, I wanted you to know that you have one more md > believer. Your efforts to help and keep us informed are appreciated. > john Thanks for the "Vote of Confidence" John. (-: The following link may be beneficial; http://www.csun.edu/ws/gateway/ Peace; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-10mdk 11:02:08 up 22 days, 24 min, 1 user, load average: 0.07, 0.04, 0.04 "Why should we subsidize intellectual curiosity?" -Ronald Reagan -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/iYkeG11CaRuZZSIRAqe4AJ9OWd5XbmCuaNshQ1nNsFOnJaxjDACgp7ki T92jkuiW4mViswyCu1v8E6w= =MEsq -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] annoying alarm on standby.
On Sunday October 12 2003 06:52 am, ed tharp wrote: > On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 07:03, Jerry Barton wrote: > > On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 18:34:36 +0800 > > > > Aidan Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Saturday 11 October 2003 11:33 pm, Charlie M. wrote: > > > Thanks Jerry and Charlie for your responses. > > > I am very new to linux, and so I wouldn't have a clue how to > > > see if I have gkrellm and lm_sensors running, but I'll > > > certainly explore and see what I can find.One more > > > question for you, if it is a cpu overheating, I can > > > understand it doing it after the computer has been on for a > > > while, but why would it stop again once i press a button on > > > the keyboard to start working again?? > just a guess, the fan is spinning down to save power, but the CPU > is not going all the way to sleep. (zombies?) That'd be my guess also. During standby the cpu is normally still busy. Just somewhat lower loads than when the system is up and running. For the original poster, some suggestions and opinions; In bios you should have an option to disable the fan spinning down. Set it to run 100% fan speed all the time. The sound you heard from the system speaker was most likely the bios alarm for cpu overheating. Probly nothin to do with lm_sensors, and since you didn't know what lm_sensors is, you probly don't have it installed anyhow. OTOH, it shouldn't happen. When the cpu temp went too high, bios should'a turned the fan speed back up. Could be marginal motherboard and/or bios (win)design. Could be due to a thermal pad instead of grease being used. Could be a lot of things including dust bunnies. In any event, I suspect your cooling (including case) might just be barely adequate. I believe there's a way to alter fan behavior using 'setpci', but since I've never needed it, I don't know how to use it. I was recently contacted offlist by someone who is using setpci to vary fan speeds with load/temp (a bad idea IMO). So there's probly a way to force 100% fan speed all the time. Check an see if you have a bios option to enable/disable HLT (halt) commands to the cpu. If so enable it, if not the Linux kernel HLT signals just might not are being sent to the cpu, even if you see "Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK." in /var/log/dmesg It could be that your motherboard came with a Windoze CD, and winsux software to handle what the bios should be doin at the hardware level, fan an HLT wise, ie, (win)designed. Specially if you don't have fan speed and HLT options in bios. All too common situation in ready made systems or motherboards designed primarily for Windoze use. Even otherwise very good ones. IOW's, an increasing prevalence of win-hardware and shifting hardware/bios functions to software. Billy's real crime. IMO, all these power saving deals are just gimmicks anyhow, 'cept for powering down the monitor. Any chip, particularly those that require a heatsink, does NOT have steady temps. Instant heat spikes in the core are the norm, even on standby. If you reduce fan rpms, then the mass of the heatsink base will be hotter than when running the fan at 100% all the time. So when the spikes do occur, then the heatsink is less able to handle them. If you want to see this happening, run a cpu load gauge (like gkrellm). When you see the gauge shoot from under 5% to around 25 to 50% and higher, and then right back down, the cpu core temp just spiked up correspondingly. Note how often these spikes occur too. Almost constantly. This is completely normal behavior, and even on standby the cpu still has work to do. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] annoying alarm on standby.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 12, 2003 05:52 am, ed tharp wrote: [..] > just a guess, the fan is spinning down to save power, but the CPU is not > going all the way to sleep. (zombies?) > You beat me to that one Ed. (-: He said he's a "total noob" though so you may want to stay away from talking about zombies without first explaining that he can see what's running in the background with top in a terminal. And that if any process is marked with the "z" denoting a zombie that he should try killing it with by striking the k button on his keyboard then typing the PID number and following the prompt. It's all academic anyway isn't it? I still think the alarm may be going off because of a conflict. Whether an APM or ACPI problem, a combination of factors, or something else entirely. He needs to try to give some detail about the install, hardware specifications, etc. Such as; did he do the install, or was it some well meaning soul that didn't explain much and/or possibly didn't know. Since Mandrake Linux won't keep a user from doing silly things this is probably something fairly easy to diagnose and fix for the person with the system in front of him. Rather more difficult for e-mail support though. It's an interesting conundrum though. Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-10mdk 10:41:25 up 22 days, 3 min, 1 user, load average: 0.08, 0.06, 0.09 When the cup is full, carry it level. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/iYcuG11CaRuZZSIRAoYHAJwPIZNbIPLB3g4PMQ0iif1tWahAjQCfWzca qxi0Kk9UB/MRSXFUUpqemk4= =lC65 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] PCI -> USB conflict ?
My partner brought her PC home from work as her printer had died and She needed a new one setting up. It was USB only and her old PC did not have any USB ports, so installed a PCI-USB card and got the printer a Lexmark z25 (I Know !!) working after some struggling. Then while checking that everything else still worked I found that the Conexant PCI modem (I know !!!) was no longer working. Kppp said modem does not respond, tried all the /dev/modem, ttyxxx options and either got cannot open modem, modem does not respond or modem not found messages. So pulled the PCI-USB card still no success, tried all of the above again and tried moving the modem to another slot, still no success. Anyone tell me what I am missing please, it's running 8.2 BTW (note to self to upgrade it asap. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 11:47, Bryan Phinney wrote: > On Sunday 12 October 2003 10:52 am, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: > > Further to my last post > > One of the things that I would ask everyone who accesses the IT 2003 and > Beyond article is that some of the interpretations of the author are just > that, interpretations. Without being privy to MS's actual strategic plans > over the next few years, it is impossible to know if that author's > interpretations about the business goals of MS are actually correct. The > technical plans have already been published, but as with all things, those > can be perceived in a favorable light or unfavorable light. > > Based upon interviews with Steve Ballmer, I think that I am understanding at > least one deviation in MS's plans and that is changing the fundamental idea > of a personal computer to become more like a game console (Xbox). The idea > would be that the PC becomes a closed box with OS and hardware integrated to > the point that they are inseparable (and not upgradeable). These PC's would > not be sold as general function devices but built and marketed for very > specific purposes. Kinda like the PSx Sony announced lately? > Thus, you buy a closed box PC sold as a Multimedia entertainment device. Much > like an Xbox but built for movies, music, windows media files, etc. But a > closed box that you can't really change the software out in. Download movies > on demand, play DVD's etc. All with Digital rights management, etc. built > right into the box, 5.1 or 6.1 sound, rights management for on demand, > encoding for pre-packaged music and movies. Yet another device is sold for > kids and children for homework, with web surfing, MSN, instant messaging, and > maybe light entertainment usage. Yet another device, Xbox, for game > purposes. Perhaps yet another device for home business, or home finance, > budgeting, records, correspondence, email, etc. > > Hopefully, you get the picture. By splitting up the market into smaller > segments and building closed boxes, MS gets to sell more copies of its > software, they close down loopholes that allow pirating or bypassing digital > rights management, and they insure that consumers will be upgrading every few > years, just like they now do with game consoles. With good volume, they can > get a price point that insures a lot of purchases, the entertainment industry > is happy, the game industry is happy, the hardware industry is happy and most > of all MS is happy. Stick that together with multiple manufacturers and > branding (multiple brands, GE, RCA, etc. even if they all have Intel chipsets > and MS software) and MS even dodges the Justice Dept. anti-trust bullet, > since the OS is integrated and consumers can't swap it out even if they want > to. Since the brand is different, any complaints about competition have to > be targeted to the brand manufacturers, not MS. > > Again, I do agree with a lot of the stuff in that article but I am not > convinced that anyone but Bill and Steve know the whole story about MS plans. -- ++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] urpmi: how to tell where i got an rpm?
On Sunday 12 October 2003 10:55 am, Eric Huff wrote: > Is there any to tell where a particular rpm came from (or where it > is available now)? I know i could un install it, and then select > reinstall and that would tell me, but that's a bit excessive. Usu i > need to do this when someone asks me where i got a particular > program from... > > > Likewise, how would i get the description, etc, for an rpm at the > cli. For example, if you select a2ps in the add software section, > you get this info: > > > Name: a2ps > Version: 4.13b-1mdk > Size: 2243 KB > Source: main > Currently installed version: (none) > > Summary: Converts text and other types of files to PostScript(TM) > > Description: The a2ps filter converts text and other types of files > to PostScript(TM). a2ps has pretty-printing capabilities and > includes support for a wide number of programming languages, > encodings (ISO Latins, Cyrillic, etc.), and medias. > - > > Is there anyway to get that at the cli? Commands like urpmf > --description a2ps kind of help, but only if the name is in the > description, and it's still only part of the answer. > > Thanks, > eric $rpm -qi name_of_pakage will give you a lot of information on this subject. Make sure you just put the name not the rpm name. For example: [EMAIL PROTECTED] yankl]$ su Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] yankl]# rpm -qi rpm Name: rpm Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 4.2 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 19mdk Build Date: Thu 09 Oct 2003 04:06:23 AM EDT Install Date: Thu 09 Oct 2003 10:38:09 PM EDT Build Host: hp6.mandrakesoft.com Group : System/Configuration/Packaging Source RPM: rpm-4.2-19mdk.src.rpm Size: 4917558 License: GPL Signature : DSA/SHA1, Thu 09 Oct 2003 05:35:07 AM EDT, Key ID e7898ae070771ff3 Packager: Gwenole Beauchesne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL : http://www.rpm.org/ Summary : The RPM package management system Description : RPM is a powerful command line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating software packages. Each software package consists of an archive of files along with information about the package like its version, a description, etc. Notice that it contain vendor name. Try to man rpm and look for query section for more switches. -- Yankl Tiny IT guy. 100 % Micro$oft free. Registered linux users 181086 URL: http://yankele.com --- To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Windows box, you just need to work on it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?
On Sunday 12 October 2003 10:52 am, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: > Further to my last post One of the things that I would ask everyone who accesses the IT 2003 and Beyond article is that some of the interpretations of the author are just that, interpretations. Without being privy to MS's actual strategic plans over the next few years, it is impossible to know if that author's interpretations about the business goals of MS are actually correct. The technical plans have already been published, but as with all things, those can be perceived in a favorable light or unfavorable light. Based upon interviews with Steve Ballmer, I think that I am understanding at least one deviation in MS's plans and that is changing the fundamental idea of a personal computer to become more like a game console (Xbox). The idea would be that the PC becomes a closed box with OS and hardware integrated to the point that they are inseparable (and not upgradeable). These PC's would not be sold as general function devices but built and marketed for very specific purposes. Thus, you buy a closed box PC sold as a Multimedia entertainment device. Much like an Xbox but built for movies, music, windows media files, etc. But a closed box that you can't really change the software out in. Download movies on demand, play DVD's etc. All with Digital rights management, etc. built right into the box, 5.1 or 6.1 sound, rights management for on demand, encoding for pre-packaged music and movies. Yet another device is sold for kids and children for homework, with web surfing, MSN, instant messaging, and maybe light entertainment usage. Yet another device, Xbox, for game purposes. Perhaps yet another device for home business, or home finance, budgeting, records, correspondence, email, etc. Hopefully, you get the picture. By splitting up the market into smaller segments and building closed boxes, MS gets to sell more copies of its software, they close down loopholes that allow pirating or bypassing digital rights management, and they insure that consumers will be upgrading every few years, just like they now do with game consoles. With good volume, they can get a price point that insures a lot of purchases, the entertainment industry is happy, the game industry is happy, the hardware industry is happy and most of all MS is happy. Stick that together with multiple manufacturers and branding (multiple brands, GE, RCA, etc. even if they all have Intel chipsets and MS software) and MS even dodges the Justice Dept. anti-trust bullet, since the OS is integrated and consumers can't swap it out even if they want to. Since the brand is different, any complaints about competition have to be targeted to the brand manufacturers, not MS. Again, I do agree with a lot of the stuff in that article but I am not convinced that anyone but Bill and Steve know the whole story about MS plans. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Lightwave 3D / 3d artwork / Blender
Anarky wrote: John Richard Smith wrote: modelling, animation, texturing, workflow & rendering. Could you kindly define for this rank newbie 3d modeler, what each of the 5 subject headings mean. okie :P Modelling, I guess making a 3d outline. well ... this is about making the shape of things ... say you want to make a dog ... there's ways and ways of approaching it ... you might start of a cube, extrude (you can think of it as stretching the cube) until you get where you want, or work with curved surfaces ... that you define ... or starting from points which you move around ... in short .. various techniques of modelling. blender is pretty well rounded .. but many people still use Wings3d as it's meant ONLY for modelling, and it's quite strong in the modelling (haven't used it too much to be able to say much) Animation, speaks for itself. yep, kinda ... but this also can be done in many ways ... in more basic ways (keyframes) .. and in more advanced ways (mixing different actions in the animation mixer). Blender is kewl here. Also it can use animation to make modelling stuff .. which is really cool (eg. you have a stair .. that you "animate" as moving in a spiral .. than you "materialize" it along the way .. and taaadaa .. you've got a spiral stairway) Texturing , I suppose this is about colouring in the 3d outline ? it's about putting picures on pollygons ... say you make a wall ... now that you're done with modelling it .. you might put a picture of bricks along it .. and you've got a brick wall ;-) Workflow, ? this is about how fast you can work ... how easy it is to go to bigger & bigger projects ... basically productivity ... this is a very stroing point of Blender ... it's soo strong that it's quite scary for the beginners (full of shortucts, tricks & workarounds that are awesome for the "swimmer" .. but scary for the first timer who's getting his toes wet (not to mention the at first strange look & buttons & stuff) ) rendering , ? well ... this is about how good your stuff comes out ... it's like ... you can make an awful model & stuff but still have it look quite good ... for example you might make just a couple of cubes & scatter them around ... and put in a light somewhere ... this boring thing might at some point with a good rendering look quite great if you make one of the cubes reflective, another trasparent .. and the others cast interesting shadows on their siblings ... like I said ... this atm isn't Blender's strongest point ... but you can still get great results ... and there ARE ways to get awesome results (tricks & exports) ... and also real hopes (I hear starting from 2.30 (now it's 2.28) things will become even easier and more standard to export & render ... and even in 2.29 I understand there'll be serious improovements in the area) greets, hope this helped. I installed blender on M9.0 and took a close look at it , and frankly , to a complete beginner it seemed a bit too much to understand. They assume you already know a lot of the terms, but if you are like me you have never ever seen a 3d modeling programme before, and while I dare say I will get used to it all in time, so far I haven't succeded in so doing. Blender looks to me like the bees knees, but then I know nothing. I think I will wait until M9.2 and put blender on that, and begin again. Seems to me you have some experience, can I post to you or here in newbie with queries? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.2 urpmi sources
> Are there any ftp sites online that still have the sources for > Mandrake 8.2 > I got the PLF > Still need the contrib and the update sources > > Anybody knows of some place still online ? It looks like http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php has setups for them. Did you try those and they didn't work? eric -- Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake 8.2 urpmi sources
Hi there Are there any ftp sites online that still have the sources for Mandrake 8.2 I got the PLF Still need the contrib and the update sources I browsed some of the Manrake mirrors but from those the 8.2 has been dissapeared. Anybody knows of some place still online ? Kristjan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] urpmi: how to tell where i got an rpm?
Is there any to tell where a particular rpm came from (or where it is available now)? I know i could un install it, and then select reinstall and that would tell me, but that's a bit excessive. Usu i need to do this when someone asks me where i got a particular program from... Likewise, how would i get the description, etc, for an rpm at the cli. For example, if you select a2ps in the add software section, you get this info: Name: a2ps Version: 4.13b-1mdk Size: 2243 KB Source: main Currently installed version: (none) Summary: Converts text and other types of files to PostScript(TM) Description: The a2ps filter converts text and other types of files to PostScript(TM). a2ps has pretty-printing capabilities and includes support for a wide number of programming languages, encodings (ISO Latins, Cyrillic, etc.), and medias. - Is there anyway to get that at the cli? Commands like urpmf --description a2ps kind of help, but only if the name is in the description, and it's still only part of the answer. Thanks, eric -- Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] getting rid of ads on the web
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 01:47, Heather/Femme wrote: > On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 11:37:15 +0100 > Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Privoxy > > > > www.privoxy.org > > > > RPM is in contrib. Just set your browser proxy settings to port > > > > 8118 By default privoxy will block pop ups, and block adverts. > > > > When privoxy is running http://p.p/ takes you to privoxy online > > > > configuration to customise it per site. > > > > > > > > derek > > > > > > do i need anything special? or it just runs locally? > > > > > > thx > > > > > > Femme > > > > Yes. You can run it locally. > > Personally I run it on my firewall, and then tell all the browsers on > > the local network to use it. > > > > You can also run it in conjunction with Squid. > > The default settings are very good. I have only had to customise 1 or > > 2 sites (such as my bank to allow pop ups) > > > > Nowdays when I use a browser without privoxy I find the number of > > adverts on the web quite scary. Privoxy makes the Internet much more > > peaceful. > > > > > > derek > > -- > > tell me about it...got used to using ZAPRO for this..sigh... > > merci buckets > > (god did I just mangle my native tongue! GAH!) You're from Texas? > > Stoned out Froggy Femme > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?
Further to my last post .. "Do you have a Consumers Association or similar body in the US that could get fired up about this? http://aaxnet.com/editor/edit029.html#mspath I'm going to try to agitate the UK one. DougB" I've written to the Consumers' Association in the UK, Which. Here's a copy of the letter - we'll see what happens. DougB [letter follows] "Dear Which Campaigns, I have been a member of the Consumers' Association for many years and know how effective your campaigns can be on issues affecting consumers' rights and welfare. I want to alert you to some extremely dangerous, far-reaching, extensive, monopolistic developments, already well under way, that are greatly to the detriment of our interests in many fields and that desperately need determined opposition from consumer groups across Europe. The software giant, Microsoft, is pursuing a strategy on many fronts aimed at achieving a total stranglehold over all information traffic, whether in the home or the office, personal or public, leisure or business, forcing it out of the privacy of individually-owned PCs onto the internet in channels meant to be wholly controlled by, and accessible only by payment to, Microsoft. Microsoft is attempting to fetter mobile telecommunications and channel television to its home computer systems as a further part of this strategy. It is promoting pernicious legislation in the European Parliament intended to outlaw or prevent third-party alternatives to its software that might now, or in the future, offer competition. To the average man in the street this may all seem greatly exaggerated - something dreamt up by computer nerds. However,it *will* mean something to the man in the street when a businessman finds Microsoft can cut him off from access to his business until he pays more, or the home owner finds he can no longer use his computer and personal data, because Microsoft has decreed his software obsolete and can force expensive updates of software and hardware without his consent. The EULA (End User License Agreement) accompanying every bit of Microsoft software sets out Microsoft's entitlements explicitly in the small print and will be, indeed already is,a legal license for extortion without redress from the consumer. There is good documentation validating my assertions in a rather long article on http://aaxnet.com/editor/edit029.html#mspath, particularly the section titled: Microsoft "The Road Ahead". It gives a much better and more informed account of the situation than I have been able to do. Please visit this site. As regards the European legislation, I and a number of others who are greatly concerned have already written to our MEPs about it, and for your information I attach a copy of the letter sent to my MEP. The only effective defence of the public's interest we can see working in the long term is to promote Open Source, i.e largely non-proprietary, software, whose huge number of volunteer supporters and developers distributed internationally is not readily intimidated, bought out, or overwhelmed by the financial might wielded by the Microsoft giant.This is vital, because ultimately any third-party information technology, software or hardware, that is to survive in competition with the Microsoft monopolies will depend on having a viable alternative to the Windows system. We need to resist the blanket introduction of Microsoft systems into our public services, especially if accompanied by 'sweeteners' that are actually ties to long-term commitments.We need to bring pressure on many institutions, like banks, to stop imposing the Microsoft system as a condition of e-commerce, for example requiring the browser, Internet Explorer, when alternative browsers offer equally high levels of encryption and, particularly, when running on non-Windows systems, are far less worm- and virus-ridden. There are many other situations where consumers need to be vigilant against some insidious threat or other posed by Microsoft. There is a group of us, very alive to the situation; and we could alert you at an early stage when the need arises, if you would like us to do this" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ksysguard loses connection to local host & TOP Segfaults
On Saturday October 11 2003 01:16 pm, Heather/Femme wrote: > help? > > i've never seen this before & am at a loss as to what to do or > where to look... > > my system was OCed till last night..but vid problems are forcing > me to look at this issue further... > > i was running Ksysguard to keep an eye on a program that tends to > have a memory leak. > > ideas??? From what you wrote, I believe I've had a similar issue recently. With the added variable that I run cooker 9.2+. In my case, whenever I run pan and d/l from binary newsgroups, I need to close pan before I do anything else, particularly with the files I just d/l'd, or the X server sometimes loses connection and the screen goes screwy or just black. Requires a cold shutdown for at least 30 seconds to a minute. Safer yet was not to close pan normally, but to kill it with . You might experiment with the same for the app you suspect has a memory leak. BUT, most problems like this are hardware related. I finally found that reducing ram tweaks, specially pre-charge from 2T (ticks) to 3, all but eliminates the pan problem. I also set Cas to 3, and disabled banking just to be cautious. I believe the real problem is I foolishly bought Kingston DDR ram recently, instead of Crucial or Corsair, as I knew I should'a. So much for payin attention to rave Website hardware reviews. Of course with any oc'd system, the first step should be to un-overclock, set default values for FSB, multiplier, voltages, etc. Seems you've already done that. Don't bother with memtest86. It's not a very good ram test. But you could try it first. Too often tho it doesn't find ram problems. So get http://mersenne.org/gimps/mprime2212.tar.gzand run ./mprime -mand choose menu item 17 (torture test). Let it run for hours. You're probly OK it it doesn't stop an give a hardware error message (seti is not a substitute for this). As always, heat could be the problem if errors are seen. Take the case cover off an point a table fan directly into the box. Try again. Until hardware error (and/or mis-configuration) possibility is eliminated first, there's no sense lookin for software reasons for problems. If you really wanna verify the hardware is solid as configured, install the Mandrake 'cpuburn' rpm (it's on your CD's) and run the module appropriate for your cpu. In your case Femme, I think that's 'burnP6'. It'd probly be wise to check with memtest86 and mprime first tho. Another opinion (?), I'm beginning to believe there's no sense overclocking new systems that are already wicked fast and high Ghz. Hard to admit for an oldtime overclocker ;) -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?
On Sunday 12 October 2003 01:38 am, Barry Premeaux wrote: > On Saturday 11 October 2003 06:54 pm, HaywireMac wrote: > > "Palladium requires computers to have a special chip, which both Intel > > and AMD have already agreed to incorporate." > > > > http://aaxnet.com/editor/edit029.html#mspath > > My eyes must have glazed over on that part. I wonder if we will really be > able to disable it. Or perhaps we will see a black market develop on > imported motherboards for those of us that want to maintain real computer > privacy. Even MS wants to maintain the illusion of a free market. Making the chip so that Palladium can not be disabled would remove that illusion. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] gaim-0.71
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 15:46:30 -0400 Heather/Femme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > will gaim allow you to communicate with icq clients on "pvcy" mode? If by "pvcy" mode you mean encrypted, then yes. These rpms will allow you to load the encryption-plugin. Anyone wishing to read must then have the key. ..This may only work if all parties are using gaim. I don't use an im so can't really say for sure. Charles -- When I met th'POPE back in '58, I scrubbed him with a MILD SOAP or DETERGENT for 15 minutes. He seemed to enjoy it ... - Mandrake Linux 9.2 on PurpleDragon Kernel-2.4.22-10.tmb.4mdkenterprise http://www.eslrahc.com - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] annoying alarm on standby.
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 07:03, Jerry Barton wrote: > On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 18:34:36 +0800 > Aidan Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Saturday 11 October 2003 11:33 pm, Charlie M. wrote: > > Thanks Jerry and Charlie for your responses. > > I am very new to linux, and so I wouldn't have a clue how to see if I have > > gkrellm and lm_sensors running, but I'll certainly explore and see what I can > > find.One more question for you, if it is a cpu overheating, I can > > understand it doing it after the computer has been on for a while, but why > > would it stop again once i press a button on the keyboard to start working > > again?? just a guess, the fan is spinning down to save power, but the CPU is not going all the way to sleep. (zombies?) > That sounds like something to do with APM (power saving mode). It could still be > the fan though. If it's dirty/going out it still could be the cause. Better to > replace a 15 dollar fan than a processor (and the stock fans that come with most > computers are really crap anyway). > I just know what worked for me. Best of luck with it, Aidan. -- ++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] gaim-0.71
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 00:14:33 -0600 Jerry Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I still seem to be having trouble acessing the archives of the newbie > list.. What is your site again See the last last in my sig Charles -- Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty. -- Plato - Mandrake Linux 9.2 on PurpleDragon Kernel-2.4.22-10.tmb.4mdkenterprise http://www.eslrahc.com - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[newbie] Phoenix bios
The newbie mail has provided a lot of info. for me over the last 2 months. Being new, there is a lot to learn even from the OT mail. Example: I have been trying to install md9.1 on a gateway 1450se with xp and phoenix bios. I made the suggested changes in the bios and loaded the cd. Instructions were to reboot and md would start installation process as it did on my win98 system. Didn't work. You can even indicate in the bios whether you have win or other system. I checked several mailing lists and there were no problems loading md on other 1450 laptops. I try to keep everything updated and updated the bios about 4 months ago. After reading mail about phoenix, it makes you wonder if the update was to cut everything out but m$. The only info I have found to help points to a "remote control center" which supposedly controls the boot process. It is not loaded and was supposed to be on the wn cd. Gateway ships their own cd instead of the wn cd and of course it isn't on that either. What a tangled web they have weaved. Any help would be appreciated on getting md loaded. More importantly, I wanted you to know that you have one more md believer. Your efforts to help and keep us informed are appreciated. john Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] wallpaper
> http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/222899/ thanks! :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?
Hi Franki and Mac, On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 11:30, HaywireMac wrote: > On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 15:48:23 +0800 > Franki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > If we all tell ten people, and make them feel as strongly about it as > > we do, they will spread the word also. > > Are you kidding me? I gotta try to control myself to *not* talk about > this with everyone I meet... ;-) Do you have a Consumers Association or similar body in the US that could get fired up about this? http://aaxnet.com/editor/edit029.html#mspath I'm going to try to agitate the UK one. DougB Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with a web site...
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 09:40, Aron Smith wrote: > Crashed me > On Sat, 2003-10-11 at 20:52, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > A friend of mine who uses Mozilla is having trouble with a web site: > > > > http://www.qx.net > > > > so I told him I'd try it out. Like him, I can access the main page, but > > clicking something like the DSL link immediately crashes Mozilla and Galeon > > hard. Konqueror works fine. This is with the stock versions under Mandrake > > version 9.1 - anyone have any ideas? Thanks! Odd. Had no trouble under 9.1 with either Galeon (1.3.5) or Dillo in accessing any of the links on the main page. DougB Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with a web site...
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 23:52:18 -0400 "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > anyone have any ideas? Stop using that site ;-) ... Usage of crap Java is asking for problems... just like we have on this site. Yes it crashes here too (Phoenix cvs)... Greetings Ralph -- http://axljab.homelinux.org/ "...the software said Win95 or better, so I installed Linux" pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] getting rid of ads on the web
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 07:46, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > [...snip] > > Femme, in Mozilla : Edit --> Preferences --> Privacy & Security > --> Popup windows --> Block unrequested popup windows. > FWIW, in my version of Mozilla it's in a different place: edit-->preferences-->advanced-->and then unclick "allow scripts to: open unrequested windows". I'm using Mozilla ver 1.1. -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] wallpaper
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 12:26:24 +0200 Liechti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi > does anybody know where to downlaod this wallpaper? > http://images.mandrakesoft.com/img/screenshots/mdk91-scr2.jpg > > remo > > Oh crud i used to have that wallpaper and totally forgot where i got it. It was in either texstar, plf, or contrib somewhere though. it was in with a whole collection of wallpapers. http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon Jerry. -- _||_ Registered linux user #300600 (o_ Registered linux machine # 185855 //\at V_/_ http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] wallpaper
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 12:26:24 +0200 Liechti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi > does anybody know where to downlaod this wallpaper? > http://images.mandrakesoft.com/img/screenshots/mdk91-scr2.jpg > > remo http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/222899/ Björn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] getting rid of ads on the web
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 04:35:12 -0400 Heather/Femme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > pls be more specific. your answer is (atm) very unhelpful. > > rtfm/point by point step by step instructions/google Me...whatever... > > but your answer doesn't do me any good as it stands. sorry... :) > > The Lone Stoned Rangeress Rides Again! > > Sry, Femme, lemme get some links for ya ;-) (note to self don't try and answer emails when half asleep) This site was the one that helped me most when I first set mine up back in windows days as a n00b: http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/what_is_hosts.html Other sites of reference: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ (an acutal hosts file with explainations you can actually copy/paste this one to etc/hosts) They're a bit windows-centric but it still works with linux's /etc/hosts file There are also other places to get some hosts files that people have put together. (Google "hosts file") Hope that helps! Jerry -- _||_ Registered linux user #300600 (o_ Registered linux machine # 185855 //\at V_/_ http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] wallpaper
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 12:26:24 +0200 Liechti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > hi > does anybody know where to downlaod this wallpaper? > http://images.mandrakesoft.com/img/screenshots/mdk91-scr2.jpg Deviantart.com will either have it or a very reasonably facsimile. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ To get something clean, one has to get something dirty. To get something dirty, one does not have to get anything clean. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] annoying alarm on standby.
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 18:34:36 +0800 Aidan Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 11 October 2003 11:33 pm, Charlie M. wrote: > Thanks Jerry and Charlie for your responses. > I am very new to linux, and so I wouldn't have a clue how to see if I have > gkrellm and lm_sensors running, but I'll certainly explore and see what I can > find.One more question for you, if it is a cpu overheating, I can > understand it doing it after the computer has been on for a while, but why > would it stop again once i press a button on the keyboard to start working > again?? That sounds like something to do with APM (power saving mode). It could still be the fan though. If it's dirty/going out it still could be the cause. Better to replace a 15 dollar fan than a processor (and the stock fans that come with most computers are really crap anyway). I just know what worked for me. Best of luck with it, Aidan. -- _||_ Registered linux user #300600 (o_ Registered linux machine # 185855 //\at V_/_ http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] wallpaper
Am Sonntag, 12. Oktober 2003 10:55 schrieb Heather/Femme: > On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 12:26:24 +0200 > Liechti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > does anybody know where to downlaod this wallpaper? > > http://images.mandrakesoft.com/img/screenshots/mdk91-scr2.jpg > try digital blasphemy.com > or google for the site. Did this with GooglePictures and title - no result that matches. Thorsten Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] wallpaper
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 12:26:24 +0200 Liechti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi > does anybody know where to downlaod this wallpaper? > http://images.mandrakesoft.com/img/screenshots/mdk91-scr2.jpg > > remo > > try digital blasphemy.com or google for the site. Ceiling Art - Title: The View From the Ceiling Fan Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] getting rid of ads on the web
Heather/Femme wrote: On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 00:03:11 -0600 Jerry Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: popups weren't the problem it was the other ads. F Use /etc/hosts (like the windows "HOSTS" file. HTH Jerry. pls be more specific. your answer is (atm) very unhelpful. rtfm/point by point step by step instructions/google Me...whatever... but your answer doesn't do me any good as it stands. sorry... :) The Lone Stoned Rangeress Rides Again! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com I think what Jerry means is to add the names of common sources of adverts to you /etc/hosts file, something like this: 127.0.0.1localhost 127.0.0.1ad10.vonna.com 127.0.0.1ad100.erasercash.com 127.0.0.1ad100.paycount.com 127.0.0.1ad100.vonna.com 127.0.0.1ad101.erasercash.com 127.0.0.1ad101.paycount.com [lots more to follow] This prevent the ads from loading, because your computer thinks they come from itself (localhost). Someone recently posted a link to a list of addresses. Just paste them into /etc/hosts under the stuff that's already there. The only problem with this method is that it can sometimes disable useful buttons in some commercial sites which rely on external sources for their graphics. I've only encountered this a few times, though. Sir Robin -- "I can say: 'Thank these bees for their honey as though they were kind people who have prepared it for you'; that is intelligible and describes how I should like you to conduct yourself. But I cannot say: 'Thank them because, look, how kind they are!'--since the next moment they may sting you. - Wittgenstein Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
