Re: [newbie] Linux VS Windows virus Vulnerability
Hello Russ, Saturday, November 29, 2003, 5:38:25 PM, you wrote: R> Hi All, R> This is from a Win list. All above my head. Any truth to it? R> Thanks R> Russ R> [I suspect almost no Unix users know how to properly configure R> IPchains to prevent a random process from accessing the network R> improperly]. Ask him how to do it. I'd like to do that too. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.2
> On Saturday 29 Nov 2003 7:44 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > I posed this question before and I was greatly helped by Derek. I had > > problems in Windows XP, and two months have passed before I solved them. > > > > I am trying to configure a wireless internet access on a desktop computer > > by means of an SMS2662W USB adaptor On Mandrake 9.2. > > > > Derek advised me to use one of two drivers: at76c593a or atmelwlandriver. I > > never tried them because I felt I had to fix problems in Windows before > > trying in Mandrake. I also have the drivers provided by SMC. The problem > > with this one is that I can simply do not see how the driver is called. The > > file to download is SMC2662WV2_Linux.tar.gz, and upon de-compression it > > gives the folder: SMC_USB_WIRELESS_2662W. No more references to how the > > driver is called. There are here 2 tools to configure the driver, I have > > used one and I think the driver is now ready. > > > > If I go to configuration to Internet access, I can select from a list of > > drivers, but the ones Derek suggested do not appear in 9.2. > > > > I apologize to you, Derek, because I suddenly disappeared, but I have had > > very little time to configure my computers. I would appreciate it if you > > will still help me this time. > > > > Teilhard > > As it happens the at76c593a driver is included with 9.2 and it works > beautifully. The only problem is that the atmelwlandriver is also included > and will claim your SMS2662W first. > The atmelwlandriver is my opinion a right pig to configure especially since > the configuration utility is *not* included in 9.2 > > I have a workaround described here > http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=19 Thanks so much, Derek. It seems that my adaptor is not recognized by the OS. However, when I write: iwconfig. the right parameters of the wireless networking appear in eth0. I just get info; I do not know how to use it as a configuration utility. Please tell me where I find the drivers you recommend and how to load them. For the driver provided by SMC, I get a configuration utility which I have used already. Seems the driver is properly configured now, but I do not even know its name. Teilhard. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] linux-out to lunch
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 02:35 pm, many eyes noted that Mike Adolf wrote: > Sometimes linux looses it. > I added a second user using userdrake. When I tried to logon to the new > account. I get "No Write Permission on HOME " KDE can't start. SO, > although the new home has the same permissions as my home, I change the > permission to 777 on new HOME. Tried to log on again (without rebooting), > and it worked. I thought, OK problem solved. Wrong! After I rebooted, it > got the same error, THE PERMISSONS WERE SET BACK TO ORIGINAL VALUES!! I > repeated the chmod again just to make sure I wasn't nuts. I wasn't. > > I opened userdrake and it had the userid = 500 and groupid = 500. BUT doing > an ls -l on /home shows that the new home has user and group both 502 > > Linux has almost defeated me! > mike. try chown -cv mike: /home/mike or whatever it is supposed to be*** See how that works? Charlie -- And all the loveliest things that there be Come simply, so it seems to me. Edna St. Vincent Millay This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.1, Kmail v1.5 and OpenOffice.org1.1.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] External editors with Kmail/Sylpheed-claws/Knode/Pan?
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 02:55 pm, many eyes noted that aron wrote: > > In kmail, just highlight the text you want included in the reply and hit > > r or click the reply button. > > > > > satisfied than with KMail which, from what I've seen, is little more > > > than an OE substitute. > > > > Watch yourself, them's fightin' words. Kmail is way better than OE. > > Yeh but so is a Goose Quill Pen Kmail is great, but I haven't yet been able to highlight 5 messages and hit reply, and it replies to all, but it will forward them without any problems. Horses for courses? Charlie. -- And all the loveliest things that there be Come simply, so it seems to me. Edna St. Vincent Millay This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.1, Kmail v1.5 and OpenOffice.org1.1.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Menu - Install - Chaos
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 03:14 pm, many eyes noted that Cenora wrote: > I'm not able to analyse them. I use KDE desktop, and it's way too slow > on loading at startup. Programs are taking longer too to load. I checked > the CPU usage, and it seems normal... Gotta be something intrinsic from > the MDK/KDE?!?! > > Well, I feel too much like a newbie sometimes... > > Thanks > > Thiago Bring up a terminal and type in top, see if aplay is running in the background? Probably something else, but this has happened to me a few times. Charlie -- And all the loveliest things that there be Come simply, so it seems to me. Edna St. Vincent Millay This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.1, Kmail v1.5 and OpenOffice.org1.1.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Menu - Install - Chaos
Run update-menus -v as root I've done it, but didn work. I changed the security level, and its' ok now with the menus (considering it's 9.2). and then apply all the security and bug fix updates to fix permanently. Are there programs like those available? Correcting programs? What is slow BTW, K3b or the system? The system is slow. What's BTW? If it is taking too long to load programs, it could be that the machine is having trouble resolving to its own name. What does your /etc/hosts file look like? I'm not able to analyse them. I use KDE desktop, and it's way too slow on loading at startup. Programs are taking longer too to load. I checked the CPU usage, and it seems normal... Gotta be something intrinsic from the MDK/KDE?!?! Well, I feel too much like a newbie sometimes... Thanks Thiago Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.2 and a SMS 2662W USB NIC
On Saturday 29 November 2003 6:52 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > On Saturday 29 November 2003 11:44 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > > I posed this question before and I was greatly helped by Derek. I had > > > problems in Windows XP, and two months have passed before I solved > > > them. > > > > > > I am trying to configure a wireless internet access on a desktop >> computer >> > > by means of an SMS2662W USB adapter On Mandrake 9.2. > > > > > > If I go to configuration to Internet access, I can select from a list > > > of drivers, but the ones Derek suggested do not appear in 9.2. > > > > Around here, "Mandrake 9.2" is not a great description of your problem. >> You >> > might mention that it is about a wireless USB adapter. >> Of course, sorry about that. >> > Now, onto the problem. Does your USB connection see the wireless NIC? I >> would >> > recommend running in a root console "tail-f /var/log/messages" and then >> see > > > if the system is working well. You should see the USB system detect new > > hardware, and then identify it, and set it up for use. If not, you need > > to solve usb problems for it. Only after that, can you > >move on. Here is the section of your boot log that shows it being dealt with: > Nov 29 18:23:04 castillo /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup usbvnet_rfmd > at76c503-rfmd for USB product d5c/a002/100 Note here that it is selecting the at76c503 module, not the wrong module. > Nov 29 18:23:04 castillo /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: ... no modules for USB > product 0/0/0 > > Nov 29 18:23:04 castillo /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: ... no modules for USB > product 0/0/0 Don't sweat these your NIC is not 0/0/0. > Nov 29 18:23:05 castillo /etc/hotplug/net.agent: invoke ifplugd eth0 > > Nov 29 18:23:05 castillo ifplugd(eth0)[471]: Using interface > eth0/00:04:E2:5D:E7:65 Notice that it has now been made eth0, so you are working right here. > Nov 29 18:23:05 castillo ifplugd(eth0)[471]: Using detection mode: wireless > extension > > Nov 29 18:23:05 castillo ifplugd(eth0)[471]: ifplugd 0.15 successfully > initialized, link beat detected. > > Nov 29 18:23:05 castillo ifplugd(eth0)[471]: Executing > '/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth0 up'. This is a very good note, as eth0 is made to be alive. And you should be succeeding with a network connection. Now, if you are having problems still, you need a Linux Wireless Guru, not me, as I am no guru at all, just a hack. Rob -- Linux: For the people, by the people. Linux Counter #183693 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] linux-out to lunch
Sometimes linux looses it. I added a second user using userdrake. When I tried to logon to the new account. I get "No Write Permission on HOME " KDE can't start. SO, although the new home has the same permissions as my home, I change the permission to 777 on new HOME. Tried to log on again (without rebooting), and it worked. I thought, OK problem solved. Wrong! After I rebooted, it got the same error, THE PERMISSONS WERE SET BACK TO ORIGINAL VALUES!! I repeated the chmod again just to make sure I wasn't nuts. I wasn't. I opened userdrake and it had the userid = 500 and groupid = 500. BUT doing an ls -l on /home shows that the new home has user and group both 502 Linux has almost defeated me! mike. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Looks kinda cool
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 21:23:05 -0500 JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just for the folks who like to liven up their desktop with extra > eye-candy: > > http://www.gnomedesktop.org/article.php?sid=1265 > > and yes, there are Mandrake RPM's :-) > Very nice indeed, I just tryed this to see how it worked and athough im not much on Gnome it is nice stuff. Think I will stick with xfce4 though. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sun Nov 30 00:09:46 EST 2003 00:09:46 up 23:52, 2 users, load average: 0.22, 0.15, 0.16 Put your Nose to the Grindstone! -- Amalgamated Plastic Surgeons and Toolmakers, Ltd. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Unninstalling packages
On Friday 28 Nov 2003 1:30 pm, Cenora wrote: > How do I unninstall packages that were installed from the source? > > Thanks > > Thiago If you still have the directory you used to compile the source then you can usually do 'make uninstall' If you did not save the directory then you will have to go and find the files and delete them by hand :-( That is why I always use 'checkinstall' instead of 'make install' Checkinstall will turn the source into an RPM package which can easily be removed at a later date. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Update Doesn't Update/urpmi.setup?
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Saturday 29 November 2003 7:57 pm, Langsley T Russell wrote:
> Hi again Derek.
>
> On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 17:51, Derek Jennings wrote:
> > te in Linux is mouse highlight/wheel click
> >
> > > Note: If you do not want to use the command line install the
> > > urpmi.update package from your CDs using the Mandrake Software manager.
> > > Then run urpmi.update and a nice little GUI will guide you through
> > > adding sources.
> >
> > Drat. I should have said 'urpmi.setup'
> >
> > Sorry
> > derek
>
> I installed urpmi.setup but can find no way to run it. I tried typing it
> into a run field and I get the message "unknown host, urpmi.setup".
>
> I found it listed in /usr/sbin following installation so I assume it is
> installed. The info on the icon there says it is a pearl program but I
> can find no way of running it.
> Should it have been added to my desktop or menu?
>
> In any event, how do I go about running urpmi.setup once it's installed?
>
> Thanks again!
>
> LTR }}:{(
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I thought the last time I installed this app for someone that it put an entry
in the menu, but I may be mistaken.
In a terminal, as super user:
urpmi.setup
should get you started.
Regards;
Charlie
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Re: [newbie] Printer problems
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Saturday 29 November 2003 4:20 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > CG Charlie: > CG Six of one, half dozen of the other. Either way, I find the spaces make > it a CG bit more intelligible. BTW, did you intend to suggest a connection > between me CG and a bat? > CG -- cmg (who will stick with > for the time being) No it's just that K-Mail isn't all that bright yet. (-; I don't know why I haven't changed it back to just the > yet myself, I don't want to pretend to be running any proprietary software. No matter how good people say it is. The name bothers me; "The Bat!"??? For an e-mail client? Yeah, riight. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21mdk 21:42:10 up 2 days, 6:13, 1 user, load average: 0.42, 0.20, 0.18 teamwork, n.: Having someone to blame. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/yXYwG11CaRuZZSIRArfSAJ9/g2/Uq4FzniuA45XSmdhAslvWQACfWxT5 n7IQfjW8gSN/5NywRhnxPek= =ZkB9 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: need advice on notebook
On Saturday 29 November 2003 10:31 pm, Fajar Priyanto wrote: > Thanks Greg, > I will look into those hints when doing the research. > I'm very surprised by Adolfo's case though. Because, frankly speaking I > have Toshiba in my mind in the first place. About price, I thought of > buying on the range of $1,000-1,200. $1,800-2,000 would be nice, but I > don't think it fits in my budget right now. > > Well, I'll inform it when the decision's been made and the result. > Also, consider getting one of the live CDs and trying to boot the laptop you're interested in if you can. This way you can be sure that everything will work with Linux. Texstar is going to be putting out a LiveCD based on mandrake 9.2 soon called PCLinuxOS. Watch pclinuxonline.com for more info. Also, I believe Mandrake is going to issue a live cd soon too. Then there is always the old standby Knoppix. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] External editors with Kmail/Sylpheed-claws/Knode/Pan?
On Saturday 29 November 2003 07:25 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Saturday 29 November 2003 08:33 pm, JoeHill wrote: > > > I would like to clean that up as well. > > > > Unless you've got your heart set on KMail, Sylpheed does this very easily > > by itself. Just use the delete and space keys to reformat the butchered > > quotations, it inserts the > automatically *and* wraps the text > > appropriately. No need for an external text editor. > > Kmail can do this too, just turn on smart quoting in the composer settings. > > > I'm a Virgo too, so I know whatcha mean! Drives me nuts... > > > > Probably the reason you see so many people on here using Sylpheed is that > > it is an absolute killer for features, without being bloatware like > > Evolution. Custom actions, automatic quoting by selecting the text you > > want to reply to and hitting "reply"...I think you'd find yourself > > way more > > In kmail, just highlight the text you want included in the reply and hit r > or click the reply button. > > > satisfied than with KMail which, from what I've seen, is little more than > > an OE substitute. > > Watch yourself, them's fightin' words. Kmail is way better than OE. Yeh but so is a Goose Quill Pen -- The Pen may be mightier than the Sword, But a Glock beats a Bic every time Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] gaim not working
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:35:39 +1300 anton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > My gaim just suddenly stopped connecting to msn - has any else had > this problem? I tried with 0.73 after it failed on 0.74 but no joy. I > am still able to connect from doze so it looks like msn is up... > Any ideas? I had it going just before and rebooted - now (and on > subsequent reboots) it won't connect. > Cheers > Anton > > Look at the FAQ on gaim's site. It may be an ssl problem. See the following: http://gaim.sourceforge.net/gaim-ssl.txt There's a fix there. John Drouhard -- Sat Nov 29 21:50:07 CST 2003 -- Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] gaim not working
Hi all, My gaim just suddenly stopped connecting to msn - has any else had this problem? I tried with 0.73 after it failed on 0.74 but no joy. I am still able to connect from doze so it looks like msn is up... Any ideas? I had it going just before and rebooted - now (and on subsequent reboots) it won't connect. Cheers Anton Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: need advice on notebook
Thanks Greg, I will look into those hints when doing the research. I'm very surprised by Adolfo's case though. Because, frankly speaking I have Toshiba in my mind in the first place. About price, I thought of buying on the range of $1,000-1,200. $1,800-2,000 would be nice, but I don't think it fits in my budget right now. Well, I'll inform it when the decision's been made and the result. - Original Message - From: "Greg Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 8:24 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] OT: need advice on notebook > On Friday 28 November 2003 10:32 pm, Fajar Priyanto wrote: > > Dear all, > > I want to buy a notebook, but I'm not really sure because it's quite > > expensive. I thought of buying a Pentium 4 one. Could you pls give me > > advice on: > > 1. Regarding the price and technology, is it the right time to buy a > > notebook? 2. What brand and series do you suggest that work best for Linux > > installation? Many thanks, > > Fajar. > > > You will get as many answers to this question as there are Linux users. > Couple things to remember. > > 1) The Intel Centrino is nothing but a brand. A notebook must have a > Pentium-M processor, a Intel 855 chipset and an Intel Wireless card. If it > doesn't have one of them, it can't be called Centrino. > > 2) The Intel wireless card does not have native Linux driver. I works with > something called the driverloader from Linuxant. This is a wrapper that > allows you to use the XP driver in Linux. So if you want wireless with > built-in WiFi, do some research here. > > 3) The Pentium-M at 1600MHz is a faster processor than the Pentium4-M at > 2.4MHz because it does more work per clock cycle, similar in concept to an > AMD AthlonXP 2400+ running at 2.0GHz will beat a P4-2.4. I have experimented > with this myself and found that the Mandrake 9.2 kernel compiles on my laptop > with a Pentium-M 1.6GHz in 230 seconds, while it takes 244 seconds on my > desktop machie with an AthlonXP 2400+. > > 4) Most laptops come with winmodems. Make sure you buy one with one supported > by the Linux kernel. > > 5) On the newest models, don't expect everything to work right out of the box. > You will pretty much be able to get everything to work, but there will be > some tweaking. For instance on my IBM T41, I had to compile a driver module > for my modem and my Cisco wireless card, but everything works and works well. > > 6) ACPI doesn't always work well, so you may want to consider whether the > machine still supports APM. > > In my opinion, the machines around $1,800-2,000 are in the sweetspot right now > in terms of features, etc. > -- > /g > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.542 / Virus Database: 336 - Release Date: 11/18/2003 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] External editors with Kmail/Sylpheed-claws/Knode/Pan?
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 22:25:05 -0500 Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Watch yourself, them's fightin' words. Kmail is way better than OE. LOL! Ya, I shouldn't say too much, I haven't used a K app in years... -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ "You tell me it's the institution; Well you know, you better free your mind instead..."-- John Lennon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Menu - Install - Chaos
On Saturday 29 November 2003 08:45 pm, Cenora AlemÃo wrote: > Hello, > > I was finding my MDK9.2 a bit slow after some installation problems > with k3b-0.10.2. Well, I was used to do, I reinstalled it from the CD: > thatÂs the way I solve some problems that come from apparently nowhere. > This time, however, I got a weird result. As I changed the security level > the first time I tried to reinstall ( I done it twice), my menu ainÂt got > itÂs upper part now, thereÂre only the three lower normal options, but none > of what the menudrake would be used to set. But the worst comes now - It > remains slow!!! So, what can I do? MDK is in black and IÂm feeling blue! > Run update-menus -v as root and then apply all the security and bug fix updates to fix permanently. What is slow BTW, K3b or the system? If it is taking too long to load programs, it could be that the machine is having trouble resolving to its own name. What does your /etc/hosts file look like? -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] External editors with Kmail/Sylpheed-claws/Knode/Pan?
On Saturday 29 November 2003 08:33 pm, JoeHill wrote: > > I would like to clean that up as well. > > Unless you've got your heart set on KMail, Sylpheed does this very easily > by itself. Just use the delete and space keys to reformat the butchered > quotations, it inserts the > automatically *and* wraps the text > appropriately. No need for an external text editor. > Kmail can do this too, just turn on smart quoting in the composer settings. > I'm a Virgo too, so I know whatcha mean! Drives me nuts... > > Probably the reason you see so many people on here using Sylpheed is that > it is an absolute killer for features, without being bloatware like > Evolution. Custom actions, automatic quoting by selecting the text you want > to reply to and hitting "reply"...I think you'd find yourself way more In kmail, just highlight the text you want included in the reply and hit r or click the reply button. > satisfied than with KMail which, from what I've seen, is little more than > an OE substitute. Watch yourself, them's fightin' words. Kmail is way better than OE. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] VI vs emacs [was External editors with Kmail/Sylpheed-claws/Knode/Pan?]
On Saturday 29 November 2003 10:06 pm, aron wrote: > > Anybody said vim yet? > > EMACS ;-) So you want to start do you? Time to choose your side boys and girls. Okay, I'll make the first move. VI is just so much more intuitive :-p -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] External editors with Kmail/Sylpheed-claws/Knode/Pan?
On Saturday 29 November 2003 05:53 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Saturday 29 November 2003 08:18 pm, Melissa Reese wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi Me, > > > > On Friday, November 28, 2003, at 2:48:49 PM PST, I wrote: > > > Can anyone recommend some capable text editors that I can use as > > > external editors with various email and news clients? > > > > Hmmm...no replies yet. Can anyone give me some recommendations with > > regards to my previous message? > > > > Thanks! > > Anybody said vim yet? EMACS ;-) -- The Pen may be mightier than the Sword, But a Glock beats a Bic every time Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux VS Windows virus Vulnerability
On Saturday 29 November 2003 08:38 pm, Russ wrote: > Hi All, > > This is from a Win list. All above my head. Any truth to it? Given that a lot of virus writers and malicious hackers are in it purely for the bragging rights and given that any successful mainstream virus or exploit on Linux systems would give much bigger bragging rights than a similar exploit on Windows, if it was easy to do, it would have been done. People speaking about security and telling you how easy it is to do something that they have not managed to do should be proof enough that the wind that they are blowing is not coming out of their mouths. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Update Doesn't Update/urpmi.setup?
Hi again Derek.
On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 17:51, Derek Jennings wrote:
> te in Linux is mouse highlight/wheel click
> >
> > Note: If you do not want to use the command line install the urpmi.update
> > package from your CDs using the Mandrake Software manager.
> > Then run urpmi.update and a nice little GUI will guide you through adding
> > sources.
> >
> Drat. I should have said 'urpmi.setup'
>
> Sorry
> derek
I installed urpmi.setup but can find no way to run it. I tried typing it
into a run field and I get the message "unknown host, urpmi.setup".
I found it listed in /usr/sbin following installation so I assume it is
installed. The info on the icon there says it is a pearl program but I
can find no way of running it.
Should it have been added to my desktop or menu?
In any event, how do I go about running urpmi.setup once it's installed?
Thanks again!
LTR }}:{(
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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.2 and a SMS 2662W USB NIC
> On Saturday 29 November 2003 11:44 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > I posed this question before and I was greatly helped by Derek. I had > > problems in Windows XP, and two months have passed before I solved them. > > > > I am trying to configure a wireless internet access on a desktop computer > > by means of an SMS2662W USB adaptor On Mandrake 9.2. > > > If I go to configuration to Internet access, I can select from a list of > > drivers, but the ones Derek suggested do not appear in 9.2. > > Around here, "Mandrake 9.2" is not a great description of your problem. You > might mention that it is about a wireless USB adapter. Of course, sorry about that. > Now, onto the problem. Does your usb connection see the wireless NIC? I would > recommend running in a root console "tail-f /var/log/messages" and then see > if the system is working well. You should see the USB system detect new > hardware, and then identify it, and set it up for use. If not, you need to > solve usb problems for it. Only after that, can you move on. I only had success with tail -f /var/log/messages, but the ten lines displays do not show much. I am very inexperienced reading logs, so, I logged out and rebooted again and copied the entire boot log. I give it to you at the end. I do not think the adapter is recognized, but my USB printer is, so, I must expect the USB filesysten is all right. > A query on Google gives over 400 hits for "SMS 2662W Linux" one page tells me > it works with a at76c503a module (driver) which is available in Mandrake 9.2. > You just need to pick it from the list. I suppose you mean the list which appears when one chooses expert mode in DrakConnect. There must be something wrong in my system, because I do not find it. If you mean another list, please tell me as I do not know about it. > Now, is it working? Not yet. &&& log file & Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo syslogd 1.4.1: restart. Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started. Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.4.22-6mdk Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo partmon: Checking if partitions have enough free diskspace: Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: Loaded 21034 symbols from /boot/System.map-2.4.22-6mdk. Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.4.22. Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: Loaded 482 symbols from 25 modules. Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: Linux version 2.4.22-6mdk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.3.1 (Mandrake Linux 9.2 3.3.1-2mdk)) #1 Sun Sep 7 18:11:19 EDT 2003 Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map: Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: BIOS-e820: - 0009fc00 (usable) Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: BIOS-e820: 0009fc00 - 000a (reserved) Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: BIOS-e820: 000f - 0010 (reserved) Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: BIOS-e820: 0010 - 1fff (usable) Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: BIOS-e820: 1fff - 1fff3000 (ACPI NVS) Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: BIOS-e820: 1fff3000 - 2000 (ACPI data) Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: BIOS-e820: - 0001 (reserved) Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: 511MB LOWMEM available. Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: On node 0 totalpages: 131056 Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: zone(0): 4096 pages. Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: zone(1): 126960 pages. Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: zone(2): 0 pages. Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: ACPI: RSDP (v000 VIA694 ) @ 0x000f76c0 Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: ACPI: RSDT (v001 VIA694 AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x) @ 0x1fff3000 Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: ACPI: FADT (v001 VIA694 AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x) @ 0x1fff3040 Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: ACPI: DSDT (v001 VIA694 AWRDACPI 0x1000 MSFT 0x010c) @ 0x Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: ACPI: Vendor "VIA694" System "AWRDACPI" Revision 0x0 has a known ACPI BIOS problem. Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: ACPI: Reason: Bogus table. This is a non-recoverable error Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: ACPI: BIOS listed in blacklist, disabling ACPI support Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: Building zonelist for node : 0 Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=2105 devfs=mount hda=ide-scsi hdh=ide-scsi acpi=ht resume=/dev/hde6 splash=silent Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: ide_setup: hda=ide-scsi Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: ide_setup: hdh=ide-scsi Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: bootsplash: silent mode. Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- reenabling. Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: Found and enabled local APIC! Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: Initializing CPU#0 Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: Detected 1396.942 MHz processor. Nov 29 18:24:17 castillo kernel: Console: colour dum
[newbie] Looks kinda cool
Just for the folks who like to liven up their desktop with extra eye-candy: http://www.gnomedesktop.org/article.php?sid=1265 and yes, there are Mandrake RPM's :-) -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ "Behind every great fortune is a crime." -- Balzac Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux VS Windows virus Vulnerability
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 17:38:25 -0800 "Russ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is from a Win list. All above my head. Any truth to it? None whatsoever. No one with any experience in security and who has not been bought off my MS seriously believes that Windows is *anywhere near* as secure as Linux or any of the Unix variants. Whoever wrote this has absolutely no idea what they are talking about. My favourite part: "You can hack the user's 'PATH' and plant a bunch of trojans and hope you can sucker the user into typing 'su' " 1. How the hell could you hack the users PATH if you cannot gain access in the first place with one of the millions of mind-blowingly trivial exploits like MS-Blaster or other worms? 2. Notice that the writer uses the word "hope", ie. compromising a Linux system *requires the participation of the user*, whereas the same is not true on Windows. For more info on this: http://securityfocus.com/columnists/188 http://www.ccianet.org/papers/cyberinsecurity.pdf The idea that script kiddies will find ways to exploit *nix systems as they become more popular on the desktop is a myth, and the people that spout this garbage usually have a serious case of "OS Envy". -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ "Athens built the Acropolis. Corinth was a commercial city, interested in purely materialistic things. Today we admire Athens, visit it, preserve the old temples, yet we hardly ever set foot in Corinth."-- Dr. Harold Urey, Nobel Laureate in chemistry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] External editors with Kmail/Sylpheed-claws/Knode/Pan?
On Saturday 29 November 2003 08:18 pm, Melissa Reese wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Me, > > On Friday, November 28, 2003, at 2:48:49 PM PST, I wrote: > > Can anyone recommend some capable text editors that I can use as > > external editors with various email and news clients? > > Hmmm...no replies yet. Can anyone give me some recommendations with > regards to my previous message? > > Thanks! > Anybody said vim yet? -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] testing
On Saturday 29 Nov 2003 9:44 pm, dfox wrote: > Somebody scribbled about [newbie] testing > >So I sent mail through my ISP, and they misconfigured their DNS records > > and my mail is being ignored by newbie and expert. (No forward lookup.) > > Errm - not too bright. Were you getting bounce messages -- specifically > ones that say "relaying denied" or something similar? Not until today, five days after the first failed post. They seem to have disabled all the "not managed it yet but I'll keep trying" messages, so I only got the "that's it I'm giving up" message. The bounce gave me the ISP machine name and IP address required to test the DNS records. The error was "450 Client host rejected: cannot find your hostname" -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
On Saturday 29 November 2003 12:01 pm, Charlie Mahan wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Saturday 29 November 2003 8:49 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > > CG On Saturday 29 November 2003 09:28 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > CG > On Saturday 29 November 2003 09:22 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > CG > >H.Sheesh Dark Lord, that JR looks horrible.I always thought > > only "the CG > > bat" H.users did that. > > CG > >H. > > CG > >H.Good luck, > > CG > >H.HarM > > CG > > > CG > Ya know - I just thought I'd try it to see how it felt/looked. > > CG > > > CG > Not good, eh? > > CG > > CG Can you add some whitespace between the initials and the message > > text? CG -- cmg > > CG > > CG > > CG > > Or is this better? > > I have to stop screwin' around and get some work done. > > One thing I dislike about Mandrake Linuxtoo many ways to customise > _everything!_ > > NOT. > > Charlie Charlie: Six of one, half dozen of the other. Either way, I find the spaces make it a bit more intelligible. BTW, did you intend to suggest a connection between me and a bat? -- cmg (who will stick with > for the time being) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Real question
Having irregular working hours I sometimes watch the newsfeeds on line. Most of them use RealPlayer, and that's OK in Mozilla 1.4 on 9.2. But when I just use Konqueror or Opera RealPlayer starts fine, the video loads, but no sound ??? - The settings are the same, of course. So I guess it's some setting in Konqueror, but where ? Ideas, anyone ? Kaj Haulrich. -- ** Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer ** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] test
> >But, if you look at a post from me: > > > >Received: from relay.pair.com (relay.pair.com [209.68.1.20]) > > by smtp1.mandrax.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 71FE613535 > > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sat, 29 Nov 2003 14:23:30 > > +0100 > >(CET) > > > >Received: from 66-215-7-95.pas-eres.charterpipeline.net (HELO > >cuda.ehuffy.com) (66.215.7.95) > > by relay.pair.com with SMTP; 29 Nov 2003 18:07:41 - > > so you're at ehuffy.com which is a really a charterpipeline.et > addr but then it gets relayed through relay.pair.com. I guess > Mandrake would be doing the reverse DNS through relay.pair.com > which it identifies both by canonical name and IP address - must > have rDNS'd it at relay.pair.com and not at ehuffy.com - that's my > guess. Actually, my isp is charter. My domain name (ehuffy.com) is hosted at pair.com, so i have legitimate access to relay.pair.com. I also recently realized i could also use smtp.ehuffy.com (which i assume is mapped to some common pair relay, if not the same one). What is odd to me is that the relay i use is not the same as my address or my isp, but it gets thru. 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] Mandrake 9.2
On Saturday 29 Nov 2003 7:44 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > I posed this question before and I was greatly helped by Derek. I had > problems in Windows XP, and two months have passed before I solved them. > > I am trying to configure a wireless internet access on a desktop computer > by means of an SMS2662W USB adaptor On Mandrake 9.2. > > Derek advised me to use one of two drivers: at76c593a or atmelwlandriver. I > never tried them because I felt I had to fix problems in Windows before > trying in Mandrake. I also have the drivers provided by SMC. The problem > with this one is that I can simply do not see how the driver is called. The > file to download is SMC2662WV2_Linux.tar.gz, and upon de-compression it > gives the folder: SMC_USB_WIRELESS_2662W. No more references to how the > driver is called. There are here 2 tools to configure the driver, I have > used one and I think the driver is now ready. > > If I go to configuration to Internet access, I can select from a list of > drivers, but the ones Derek suggested do not appear in 9.2. > > I apologize to you, Derek, because I suddenly disappeared, but I have had > very little time to configure my computers. I would appreciate it if you > will still help me this time. > > Teilhard As it happens the at76c593a driver is included with 9.2 and it works beautifully. The only problem is that the atmelwlandriver is also included and will claim your SMS2662W first. The atmelwlandriver is my opinion a right pig to configure especially since the configuration utility is *not* included in 9.2 I have a workaround described here http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=19 derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Adding SCSI emultation to a second drive
> Newbies own Derek Jennings has a howto for K3b that describes > exactly what you need to do. This is really an awesome site for > newbies, and don't believe it when he says it's "nothing special": > > http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/k3b.html I added a link to this on the TWiki: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/CDromsHI Dereks site is quite *something*, i agree... 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 CD sources back ( was: Update Doesn't Update)
On Saturday 29 Nov 2003 10:22 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Saturday 29 Nov 2003 7:39 am, Paul Harrison wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Paul Harrison wrote: > > | Derek Jennings wrote: > > | | On Friday 28 Nov 2003 10:30 pm, Langsley T Russell wrote: > > | | > > | | > > | | Note: Do *not* do what it says about " urpmi.removemedia -a" > > | | or else > > | > > | you will > > | > > | | lose your CD sources. > > | > > | Now this is what *I* did! How do I put them back on? > > > > Please ignore me - I am in danger of becoming an annoying newbie, > > and besides I already have broadband, therefore unneccesary!! > > > > Paul > > Well I might as well tell you anyway. > > Anytime someone asks this question I can never remember the command > so I go to the newbie archives and search on urpmi.addmedia > Thats how you do it :-) > > > derek There's a lot of info on http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/UsingUrpmi but I'm not sure that repairing that damage is there. Perhaps someone could add it? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] testing
The best brains out there said "send mail through your ISP or it will be ignored." So I sent mail through my ISP, and they misconfigured their DNS records and my mail is being ignored by newbie and expert. (No forward lookup.) I've reconfigured postfix to send directly. If this gets through it worked. Expect several out-of-date posts from me to hit the list sometime on Monday/Tuesday when Nildram support gets their fix in. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] test
On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 14:16, dfox wrote: > Somebody scribbled about Re: [newbie] test > >IOW, if your machine doesn't have a FQDN don't try to send mails > >directly to the list. Use as a relay host your ISP's SMTP server. > > But mine does. 'dig m206-157.dsl.tsoft.com'. > > I sent a short message directly to the list with 'mail' a minute ago. If > that works perhaps it's an issue with kmail? Yes, but there is no way to get its name from a reverse lookup, i.e, its ip address doesn't report the name 'm206-157.dsl.tsoft.com' as a valid host hooked to it. $ dig m206-157.dsl.tsoft.com ... ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;m206-157.dsl.tsoft.com.IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: m206-157.dsl.tsoft.com. 3600IN A 198.144.206.157 Now, let's do the reverse lookup. $ dig -x 198.144.206.15 ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> -x 198.144.206.15 ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 19460 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;15.206.144.198.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR ;; ANSWER SECTION: 15.206.144.198.in-addr.arpa. 10747 IN PTR external.gumbyware.com. ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: 206.144.198.in-addr.arpa. 10747 IN NS ns.tsoft.net. 206.144.198.in-addr.arpa. 10747 IN NS ns2.tsoft.net. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ns.tsoft.net. 917 IN A 198.144.192.42 ns2.tsoft.net. 917 IN A 198.144.192.131 ;; Query time: 1 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.0.254#53(192.168.0.254) ;; WHEN: Sat Nov 29 15:49:34 2003 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 157 -- Adolfo A. Bello B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Make your posts more effective. Learn how at http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake 9.2
I posed this question before and I was greatly helped by Derek. I had problems in Windows XP, and two months have passed before I solved them. I am trying to configure a wireless internet access on a desktop computer by means of an SMS2662W USB adaptor On Mandrake 9.2. Derek advised me to use one of two drivers: at76c593a or atmelwlandriver. I never tried them because I felt I had to fix problems in Windows before trying in Mandrake. I also have the drivers provided by SMC. The problem with this one is that I can simply do not see how the driver is called. The file to download is SMC2662WV2_Linux.tar.gz, and upon de-compression it gives the folder: SMC_USB_WIRELESS_2662W. No more references to how the driver is called. There are here 2 tools to configure the driver, I have used one and I think the driver is now ready. If I go to configuration to Internet access, I can select from a list of drivers, but the ones Derek suggested do not appear in 9.2. I apologize to you, Derek, because I suddenly disappeared, but I have had very little time to configure my computers. I would appreciate it if you will still help me this time. Teilhard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Trouble?? with 9.2
Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 29 Nov 2003 9:50 am, Jerry Barton wrote: On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 15:14:29 + Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What are you playing around for? I finished that job almost a year ago! Which reminds me - what could I do with an external Ditto tape drive that takes tapes that only Iomega made, and only for a short time? Someone must be able to think of something??? Anne if It were the internal model, the cable makes a great extension for the floppy cable when you need to mount a floppy up high in a tower case But it's not. Gotta try harder - Anne Disassemble. Remove motor. Attach 12 volt "wall wart" dc power supply from that old atari 2600 game console (you know you have one ) to it. Attach the pinch roller from tape drive (using a dremel if the hole's too small or super glue if it's too big) to the motor. Drill small hole near outside edge of pinch roller. Bend a fairly stiff wire (a guitar string works well) into a long L |_ slide short end through pinch roller. Disassemble a bic ballpoint pen taking the ink tube and roller point out but leaving on the black plastic piece that holds it. trim to fit length of guitar string - 1/4 inch or so. Get out the duct tape and tape it to the motor with the wire running through the pen (another pen, cut and melted/molded to shape may be needed for a bracket or pieces parts of the tape drive can come in very handy.) Voila... homebrew tattoo gun. :-) There you are, you see! I knew it was too good to throw away! Anne Don't forget to let us know the URL of the website that shows the pix of your new tattoos! Margot Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Trouble?? with 9.2
On Saturday 29 November 2003 01:50 am, Jerry Barton wrote: > On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 15:14:29 + > > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What are you playing around for? I finished that job almost a > > > > year ago! Which reminds me - what could I do with an > > > > external Ditto tape drive that takes tapes that only Iomega made, > > > > and only for a short time? Someone must be able to think of > > > > something??? > > > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > if It were the internal model, the cable makes a great extension > > > for the floppy cable when you need to mount a floppy up high in a > > > tower case > > > > But it's not. Gotta try harder - > > > > Anne > > Disassemble. Remove motor. Attach 12 volt "wall wart" dc power supply > from that old atari 2600 game console (you know you have one ) to > it. Attach the pinch roller from tape drive (using a dremel if the > hole's too small or super glue if it's too big) to the motor. Drill > small hole near outside edge of pinch roller. Bend a fairly stiff wire > (a guitar string works well) into a long L > >|_ > > slide short end through pinch roller. Disassemble a bic ballpoint pen > taking the ink tube and roller point out but leaving on the black > plastic piece that holds it. trim to fit length of guitar string - 1/4 > inch or so. Get out the duct tape and tape it to the motor with the > wire running through the pen (another pen, cut and melted/molded to > shape may be needed for a bracket or pieces parts of the tape drive can > come in very handy.) Voila... homebrew tattoo gun. :-) Some things man is not ment to know ;-) -- The Pen may be mightier than the Sword, But a Glock beats a Bic every time Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] testing
testing rdns to see if it works here, maybe it's kmail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] test
> A couple of days ago Pierre Fortin made a wonderful description of > this problem (it might have been at the expert list). > > To filter spams, Mandrake makes a reverse address lookup using the > ip of the sending server. If it can't find any registered name or > if found name doesn't match the name of the sending server it > rejects the mail. > > IOW, if your machine doesn't have a FQDN don't try to send mails > directly to the list. Use as a relay host your ISP's SMTP server. I pan to add this to the mailing list page, but if someone beats me to it, that'd be cool... :) 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] test
Melissa Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've copy/pasted, below my signature here, a message I received > directly (not via the list). It was CC'd to the list, but I > haven't seen it come back via the list, so I'm assuming there was > a problem. > > As you can see from the headers, it looks like it was sent via > "sendmail". I'm wondering if the problems David is having with > "relaying denied" has something to do with sendmail? > > Anyway, below is David's message, with complete headers. > > - -- > Melissa Was that the entire header, or just what shows up in you viewer? There's no x-loop header there, and he didn't appear to send it to you... eric > > > > Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Received: from m206-157.dsl.tsoft.com (m206-157.dsl.tsoft.com > [198.144.206.157]) > by muse.calarts.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.10.2) with ESMTP id > hAT6RtS08075 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Fri, 28 Nov 2003 > 22:27:55 -0800 (PST) > Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain > [127.0.0.1]) > by m206-157.dsl.tsoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP > id 0139F1B93F; Fri, 28 Nov 2003 22:27:25 -0800 (PST) > From: dfox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: dave's really krad linux box > To: Melissa Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [newbie] test > Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 22:27:24 -0800 > User-Agent: KMail/1.5.93 > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Newbie List > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Length: 688 > Status: > > Somebody scribbled about Re: [newbie] test > > fajar wroet > >> Someone said that my message can't be replied. > > > >Your messages are working here! :-) > > I'm still finding that I'm getting relay bounces from this list - > all posts to newbie came back with a "relaying denied" message. > Eric can you look into it? It worked just OK yesterday, I think... > > > -- > - > --- David E. Fox Thanks for > letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change > magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on > your hard > disk. > --- > > > -- 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] Printer problems
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Saturday 29 November 2003 8:49 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > CG On Saturday 29 November 2003 09:28 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > CG > On Saturday 29 November 2003 09:22 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > CG > >H.Sheesh Dark Lord, that JR looks horrible.I always thought only > "the CG > > bat" H.users did that. > CG > >H. > CG > >H.Good luck, > CG > >H.HarM > CG > > CG > Ya know - I just thought I'd try it to see how it felt/looked. > CG > > CG > Not good, eh? > CG > CG Can you add some whitespace between the initials and the message text? > CG -- cmg > CG > CG > CG Or is this better? I have to stop screwin' around and get some work done. One thing I dislike about Mandrake Linuxtoo many ways to customise _everything!_ NOT. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21mdk 09:59:32 up 1 day, 18:30, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.11, 0.08 "There is such a fine line between genius and stupidity." - - David St. Hubbins, "Spinal Tap" -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/yNDpG11CaRuZZSIRAnCuAKCrS1sfAcQHSD64ArQEufJDaelasgCdEqqC U3TqcOGQNJnE05EyoNt7mYQ= =JPfR -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Saturday 29 November 2003 8:49 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote: CG On Saturday 29 November 2003 09:28 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: CG > On Saturday 29 November 2003 09:22 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: CG > >H.Sheesh Dark Lord, that JR looks horrible.I always thought only "the CG > > bat" H.users did that. CG > >H. CG > >H.Good luck, CG > >H.HarM CG > CG > Ya know - I just thought I'd try it to see how it felt/looked. CG > CG > Not good, eh? CG CG Can you add some whitespace between the initials and the message text? CG -- cmg Is this OK or too much or too little? C. - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21mdk 09:57:07 up 1 day, 18:28, 1 user, load average: 0.16, 0.20, 0.09 It's hard to think of you as the end result of millions of years of evolution. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/yNA8G11CaRuZZSIRAl8nAJ4lfp2bgsFXyk6tu7L2DX1bpvfv4gCfeB7x SL2fIYH6izz4jrY67XZh6ZA= =tBaP -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Trouble?? with 9.2
On Saturday 29 Nov 2003 9:50 am, Jerry Barton wrote: > On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 15:14:29 + > > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What are you playing around for? I finished that job almost > > > > a year ago! Which reminds me - what could I do with an > > > > external Ditto tape drive that takes tapes that only Iomega > > > > made, and only for a short time? Someone must be able to > > > > think of something??? > > > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > if It were the internal model, the cable makes a great > > > extension for the floppy cable when you need to mount a floppy > > > up high in a tower case > > > > But it's not. Gotta try harder - > > > > Anne > > Disassemble. Remove motor. Attach 12 volt "wall wart" dc power > supply from that old atari 2600 game console (you know you have > one ) to it. Attach the pinch roller from tape drive (using a > dremel if the hole's too small or super glue if it's too big) to > the motor. Drill small hole near outside edge of pinch roller. > Bend a fairly stiff wire (a guitar string works well) into a long L > >|_ > > slide short end through pinch roller. Disassemble a bic ballpoint > pen taking the ink tube and roller point out but leaving on the > black plastic piece that holds it. trim to fit length of guitar > string - 1/4 inch or so. Get out the duct tape and tape it to the > motor with the wire running through the pen (another pen, cut and > melted/molded to shape may be needed for a bracket or pieces parts > of the tape drive can come in very handy.) Voila... homebrew > tattoo gun. :-) There you are, you see! I knew it was too good to throw away! Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Adding SCSI emultation to a second drive
I have a CD-RW drive as well as a plain CD drive (both IDE). When setting up k3b for CD burning, k3b automatically enables the CD-RW for SCSI emulation and makes the appropriate changes in /etc/fstab and /etc/lilo.conf. Now I want to add SCSI emulation to the CD drive so I can copy from CD to CDRW. From what I have gathered from searching the archives I would need to make the following changes to these files: - in /etc/fstab, change /dev/hdd to /dev/scd1 - in etc/lilo.conf add to the append line 'hdd=ide-scsi' (without the quotes). Then run lilo to have the change take effect. Assuming all this is correct, would I then need to reboot in order to see the changes and begin using the CD drive in k3b? In input or corrections/additions are appreciated. Also noticed that in /etc/fstab I have 2 entries for the CDRW: /mnt/cdrom and /mnt/cdwriter. Is it worth correcting this, and if so which should be removed? Thanks. -- Cheers, Trey --- There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has not yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day. - Friedrich Nietzsche /dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/camera auto user,exec,iocharset=iso8859-1,kudzu,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto codepage=850,ro,user,nosuid,iocharset=iso8859-1,nodev,noauto 0 0 /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto codepage=850,ro,user,nosuid,iocharset=iso8859-1,nodev,noauto 0 0 /dev/scsi/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/cd /mnt/cdwriter auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto sync,codepage=850,user,nosuid,nodev,noauto,unhide,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,noauto,codepage=850,exec,kudzu 0 0 boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map default="linux" keytable=/boot/us.klt prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux" root=/dev/hda1 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off quiet" vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux-nonfb" root=/dev/hda1 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hda1 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=nomount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off failsafe" read-only other=/dev/fd0 label="floppy" unsafe signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [newbie] Trouble?? with 9.2
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 15:14:29 + Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What are you playing around for? I finished that job almost a > > > year ago! Which reminds me - what could I do with an > > > external Ditto tape drive that takes tapes that only Iomega made, > > > and only for a short time? Someone must be able to think of > > > something??? > > > > > > Anne > > > > if It were the internal model, the cable makes a great extension > > for the floppy cable when you need to mount a floppy up high in a > > tower case > > But it's not. Gotta try harder - > > Anne Disassemble. Remove motor. Attach 12 volt "wall wart" dc power supply from that old atari 2600 game console (you know you have one ) to it. Attach the pinch roller from tape drive (using a dremel if the hole's too small or super glue if it's too big) to the motor. Drill small hole near outside edge of pinch roller. Bend a fairly stiff wire (a guitar string works well) into a long L |_ slide short end through pinch roller. Disassemble a bic ballpoint pen taking the ink tube and roller point out but leaving on the black plastic piece that holds it. trim to fit length of guitar string - 1/4 inch or so. Get out the duct tape and tape it to the motor with the wire running through the pen (another pen, cut and melted/molded to shape may be needed for a bracket or pieces parts of the tape drive can come in very handy.) Voila... homebrew tattoo gun. :-) -- _||_ 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] Printer problems
On Saturday 29 November 2003 09:28 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Saturday 29 November 2003 09:22 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > >H.Sheesh Dark Lord, that JR looks horrible.I always thought only "the > > bat" H.users did that. > >H. > >H.Good luck, > >H.HarM > > Ya know - I just thought I'd try it to see how it felt/looked. > > Not good, eh? Can you add some whitespace between the initials and the message text? -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] tnt2 to gefoce2
On Saturday 29 November 2003 09:56 am, Drew Martin wrote: > Hello All, >I have just been given a 64meg GeForce to replace my old and > flaky TNT2.Will I have any problems swapping them over?I have the Nvidia > Drivers installed(from their web site),and had compile the kernel,to make > them work. > Drew Both of those cards use the same driver, so you should be able to just swap them out and go. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Trouble?? with 9.2
On Saturday 29 Nov 2003 10:03 am, et wrote: > On Saturday 29 November 2003 02:57 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Saturday 29 Nov 2003 9:06 am, Iván Velamazán González wrote: > > > I've just finished a week ago backing up a lot of interesting > > > 5,25" floppies... X-) > > > > > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > > >You'd be amazed what junk some of us keep Seriously, > > > > though, if you're stuck for a very small HDD, Aron, mail me > > > > off-list. I may have finally thrown all the 100MB ones > > > > (think I did that a couple of months ago) but I'm very likely > > > > to have one or two 400MB ones. > > > > What are you playing around for? I finished that job almost a > > year ago! Which reminds me - what could I do with an > > external Ditto tape drive that takes tapes that only Iomega made, > > and only for a short time? Someone must be able to think of > > something??? > > > > Anne > > if It were the internal model, the cable makes a great extension > for the floppy cable when you need to mount a floppy up high in a > tower case But it's not. Gotta try harder - Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
On Saturday 29 Nov 2003 9:06 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > >The detection is odd, sometimes it detects correctly as usb, and > > other times you have to tell it that it's wrong, and change it to > > usb. Once set, though, it seems entirely stable. > > > >Anne > > Indeed, to my mind the detection software needs re-examining. > It's "auto" is a bit erratic. Indeed , it's first choice is always, > > | dot | /dev/lp0 > |blank| /dev/usb/lp0 when the device is actually /dev/usb/lp0 > > so you select , > > |dot| /dev/usb/lp0and still it manages to select > | /dev/usb/lp1 > > so then, one tries again doing the job "manually" > > it comes up > /dev/lp0 > > which you manually retype to /dev/usb/lp0 > but the change does not "take" , no matter what you do. > > Only way is to remove the device entirely and start again and hope > next time it does it right. > Nah - none of that trying to tell it what's what. I just kicked it and told it to try again, brother, until it got it right Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] leaving linux again
On Saturday 29 Nov 2003 12:59 pm, Void lon iXaarii wrote: > H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > > >Paah!, since I've installed linux I lost the time and patience to > > watch TV. There's always something to be fixed or...or to enjoy a > > brief moment of victory when it all runs perfectly, only to > > gather that the next version just came out;) > > ummm .. that doesn't seem like a good thing .. it eating up your > time .. unless of course you enjoy it It certainly beats what's on TV Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Trouble?? with 9.2
On Saturday 29 November 2003 02:57 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 29 Nov 2003 9:06 am, Iván Velamazán González wrote: > > I've just finished a week ago backing up a lot of interesting 5,25" > > floppies... X-) > > > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > >You'd be amazed what junk some of us keep Seriously, though, > > > if you're stuck for a very small HDD, Aron, mail me off-list. I > > > may have finally thrown all the 100MB ones (think I did that a > > > couple of months ago) but I'm very likely to have one or two > > > 400MB ones. > > What are you playing around for? I finished that job almost a year > ago! Which reminds me - what could I do with an external Ditto > tape drive that takes tapes that only Iomega made, and only for a > short time? Someone must be able to think of something??? > > Anne if It were the internal model, the cable makes a great extension for the floppy cable when you need to mount a floppy up high in a tower case Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] tnt2 to gefoce2
Hello All, I have just been given a 64meg GeForce to replace my old and flaky TNT2.Will I have any problems swapping them over?I have the Nvidia Drivers installed(from their web site),and had compile the kernel,to make them work. Drew Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] test
On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 02:48, Melissa Reese wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > I've copy/pasted, below my signature here, a message I received > directly (not via the list). It was CC'd to the list, but I haven't > seen it come back via the list, so I'm assuming there was a problem. > > As you can see from the headers, it looks like it was sent via > "sendmail". I'm wondering if the problems David is having with > "relaying denied" has something to do with sendmail? > > Anyway, below is David's message, with complete headers. > > - -- > Melissa A couple of days ago Pierre Fortin made a wonderful description of this problem (it might have been at the expert list). To filter spams, Mandrake makes a reverse address lookup using the ip of the sending server. If it can't find any registered name or if found name doesn't match the name of the sending server it rejects the mail. IOW, if your machine doesn't have a FQDN don't try to send mails directly to the list. Use as a relay host your ISP's SMTP server. -- Adolfo A. Bello B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tel: +58 212 953/4374 Telefax: +58 212 952-6797 Móvil: +58 416 609-6213) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Trouble?? with 9.2
On Saturday 29 Nov 2003 9:06 am, Iván Velamazán González wrote: > I've just finished a week ago backing up a lot of interesting 5,25" > floppies... X-) > > Anne Wilson wrote: > >You'd be amazed what junk some of us keep Seriously, though, > > if you're stuck for a very small HDD, Aron, mail me off-list. I > > may have finally thrown all the 100MB ones (think I did that a > > couple of months ago) but I'm very likely to have one or two > > 400MB ones. What are you playing around for? I finished that job almost a year ago! Which reminds me - what could I do with an external Ditto tape drive that takes tapes that only Iomega made, and only for a short time? Someone must be able to think of something??? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: need advice on notebook
On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 09:55, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Saturday 29 November 2003 08:21 am, Adolfo Bello wrote: > > Google for "toshiba 5005 class action" and you'll find more information > > about this expensive desktop :-( > > Adolfo, you seem bitter. PO would describe much better how I feel about this craptop :-) -- Adolfo A. Bello B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tel: +58 212 953/4374 Telefax: +58 212 952-6797 Móvil: +58 416 609-6213) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Update Doesn't Update
On Friday 28 November 2003 11:52 pm, et wrote: > On Saturday 29 November 2003 02:23 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: > > On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 01:52:20 + > > > > Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Saturday 29 November 2003 00:32, Lee Wiggers wrote: > > > > > > > > >. > > > > Lee > > I alway type up an install directions; > get ice in glass, pour soda, order pizza with 2 toppings, call girlfriend Ok what's her # ;-) -- The Pen may be mightier than the Sword, But a Glock beats a Bic every time Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
On Saturday 29 November 2003 09:22 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: >H.Sheesh Dark Lord, that JR looks horrible.I always thought only "the > bat" H.users did that. >H. >H.Good luck, >H.HarM Ya know - I just thought I'd try it to see how it felt/looked. Not good, eh? -- /\ Dark>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
On Saturday 29 November 2003 15:15, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Friday 28 November 2003 05:24 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > >JRI think it's dot actually every case, sometimes it seems to detect and > >JRset it up correctly, sometimes it mucks it up.It's hard to replicate the > >JRcircumstances when it does it right and when it does it wrong. But I > >JRthink there is a problem with the reliability of the detection and > >JRsetting up. > >JR > >JRFor the moment it's working.Have no reason to think it will not go on > >JRworking. > >JR > >JRJohn > >JR > >JR > > Glad ya got it going! :-) Sheesh Dark Lord, that JR looks horrible.I always thought only "the bat" users did that. Good luck, HarM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 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] Printer problems
On Friday 28 November 2003 05:24 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: >JRI think it's dot actually every case, sometimes it seems to detect and >JRset it up correctly, sometimes it mucks it up.It's hard to replicate the >JRcircumstances when it does it right and when it does it wrong. But I >JRthink there is a problem with the reliability of the detection and >JRsetting up. >JR >JRFor the moment it's working.Have no reason to think it will not go on >JRworking. >JR >JRJohn >JR >JR Glad ya got it going! :-) -- /\ Dark>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Update Doesn't Update
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 15:05:56 +0100 "H.J.Bathoorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On my desktop I've copied the CD's to HD and use those. I didn't remove the > CD-sources, just unchecked them. I already knew about the "copying CD's to HD" idea (thanks to our old friend SK), but unchecking them in MCC, now that's a cool idea! Thanks! -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ "There are three side effects of acid: enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory, and I forget the third."-- Timothy Leary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] leaving linux again
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 14:59:22 +0200 Void lon iXaarii <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ummm .. that doesn't seem like a good thing .. it eating up your time .. > unless of course you enjoy it At least with hacking around with Linux you might actually learn something of value. T.V., on the other hand, that's debatable. Since 90% of news organizations are owned by about 5 people, you are not exactly getting a "healthy diet" or diversity of opinion, and news would be the only legitimate use of TV nowadays, considering the alternative is unfunny and trite sitcoms and "reality" shows. Once Seinfeld went off the air and the Simpsons lost Matt Groening, TV became a wasteland, IMO. I hear there's a new series of Dr. Who coming on the air in Britain, now *that* I would want to watch, but the cable monopoly here in Canada either would not offer it or would charge exorbitant rates just to get that one channel. There is Tech TV as well, but I don't get it for the same reason. I get all the news I need from the BBC and CBC, both of which are independant, public, and available *online*. With all due respect to Nietzche, "TV is dead" ;-) -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ "I have the South in front of me and the bankers behind me -- and for my country, I fear the bankers most."-- Abraham Lincoln Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Update Doesn't Update
On Saturday 29 November 2003 02:03, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Saturday 29 Nov 2003 1:13 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > On Friday 28 November 2003 23:53, Derek Jennings wrote: > > > > > > > > > The advantage is that I do not have to explain how to put the CD > > > sources back again ;-) > > > > > > > > Which brings up a rather naive question : > > > > Let's say a newbie leaves his original CD sources "as is" and then > > decides to add some more, following your excellent advice, Derek. > > Then, being on the "easy urpmi"- site, he/she -accidentally defines > > "main" once again, this time from some mirror on the net. Now, our > > newbie has two sources for "main". > > > > What happens ? - Will urpmi get confused ? - Or just spit out a > > message like : "you idiot, why bother me with two identical > > sources, waisting my time ? - Do you want to shuffle CD's or watch > > the blinkenlights on your modem ?" > > > > Kaj Haulrich. > > I don't know. Want to try it and tell us? > > At a guess I would say it would prefer the CD sources. In 9.1 it just showed double entries (usually with different version numbers) in 9.2 I'm not sure. It will offer a choice when it (urpmi) stumbles on a few options. On my laptop I just uncheck the CD sources when it's hooked up on a LAN with an internet connection while on the road (with only gsm connection) I use the CD's and uncheck the others. On my desktop I've copied the CD's to HD and use those. I didn't remove the CD-sources, just unchecked them. > > Of course your question is actually rhetorical since the CDs and 'main' are > not actually identical. 'Main' contains the kernel-source package which > is not on the CDs. (Although it is superceded by the one in 'updates' ) > > derek -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 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] OT: need advice on notebook
On Saturday 29 November 2003 08:21 am, Adolfo Bello wrote: > Google for "toshiba 5005 class action" and you'll find more information > about this expensive desktop :-( Adolfo, you seem bitter. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] leaving linux again
On Saturday 29 November 2003 13:59, Void lon iXaarii wrote: > >Paah!, since I've installed linux I lost the time and patience to watch > > TV. There's always something to be fixed or...or to enjoy a brief moment > > of victory when it all runs perfectly, only to gather that the next > > version just came out;) > > > > > > ummm .. that doesn't seem like a good thing .. it eating up your time .. > unless of course you enjoy it It's my distorted view of "having fun";) Good luck, HarM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 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] OT: need advice on notebook
On Friday 28 November 2003 10:32 pm, Fajar Priyanto wrote: > Dear all, > I want to buy a notebook, but I'm not really sure because it's quite > expensive. I thought of buying a Pentium 4 one. Could you pls give me > advice on: > 1. Regarding the price and technology, is it the right time to buy a > notebook? 2. What brand and series do you suggest that work best for Linux > installation? Many thanks, > Fajar. > You will get as many answers to this question as there are Linux users. Couple things to remember. 1) The Intel Centrino is nothing but a brand. A notebook must have a Pentium-M processor, a Intel 855 chipset and an Intel Wireless card. If it doesn't have one of them, it can't be called Centrino. 2) The Intel wireless card does not have native Linux driver. I works with something called the driverloader from Linuxant. This is a wrapper that allows you to use the XP driver in Linux. So if you want wireless with built-in WiFi, do some research here. 3) The Pentium-M at 1600MHz is a faster processor than the Pentium4-M at 2.4MHz because it does more work per clock cycle, similar in concept to an AMD AthlonXP 2400+ running at 2.0GHz will beat a P4-2.4. I have experimented with this myself and found that the Mandrake 9.2 kernel compiles on my laptop with a Pentium-M 1.6GHz in 230 seconds, while it takes 244 seconds on my desktop machie with an AthlonXP 2400+. 4) Most laptops come with winmodems. Make sure you buy one with one supported by the Linux kernel. 5) On the newest models, don't expect everything to work right out of the box. You will pretty much be able to get everything to work, but there will be some tweaking. For instance on my IBM T41, I had to compile a driver module for my modem and my Cisco wireless card, but everything works and works well. 6) ACPI doesn't always work well, so you may want to consider whether the machine still supports APM. In my opinion, the machines around $1,800-2,000 are in the sweetspot right now in terms of features, etc. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: need advice on notebook
On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 23:32, Fajar Priyanto wrote: > Dear all, > I want to buy a notebook, but I'm not really sure because it's quite > expensive. I thought of buying a Pentium 4 one. > Could you pls give me advice on: > 1. Regarding the price and technology, is it the right time to buy a > notebook? > 2. What brand and series do you suggest that work best for Linux > installation? > Many thanks, > Fajar. > Stay away from Toshiba. Lousy support to Linux, if any. There is a class action regarding the 5005-S504. http://www.kbla.com/active/case_toshiba.php I own one of this model and this is a partial list of features: .- Battery is dead. I mean dead. 0 seconds battery life. .- CD/RW is almost dead. It can't write or read. It just spins (the reason for qualifying it as "almost*). .- The machine over heat. Good to fry eggs. I love this nicety: the only way to setup your bios is through a Windows applet. Google for "toshiba 5005 class action" and you'll find more information about this expensive desktop :-( -- Adolfo A. Bello B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Make your posts more effective. Learn how at http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] knoppix
On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 00:21, deedee wrote: > Lee Wiggers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 01:41:41 + > >No, if install means tuck it in on the hd and use it every day. > >Hmmm, guess I wasn't asking the right question. > > > >Why does it just come up with a working kde desktop every time, > >then? Cranky laptop to 99.00 piece of junk. > > > > > >I'm not being obtuse (I don't think.). I'm waiting for the lightbulb > >to light. > > I was just reading an article on O'Reilly (http://linux.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/4323) > that went into a lot of detail about Knoppix. However, on the forum where I read the > article -- I don't remember which unfortunately (sorry about that) -- the comments > at the bottom by other readers indicated that the article was wrong about Knoppix > using kudzu for hardware detection. > > According to those folks, Klaus Knopper created his own software for hardware > detection basing it on the Debian distribution, and it is apparently superior to > everything else out there. > > deedee > -- This weekend I found a case where Knoppix failed and MDK succeeded! I've got a test machine with set up with CD on IDE 0 primary, CDRW on IDE 1 primary and the four hard drives on a Promise card so they become hde through hdh. Knoppix boots and detects the hard drives but sits a long time trying to find a driver and finally gives up. You can't mount a hard drive partition. Mandrake 9.2 detects and installs on these drives just fine. Klaus probably doesn't have a Promise TX133 card; maybe they're not marketed in Europe. I do wish MDK would make it easier to configure for dial-up internet access when a local network also exists -- drakconnect seems almost willfully stupid in this case, and modifying /etc/sysconfig... isn't easy for new users. Knoppix handles this transparently. I guess those of us in rural or poor inner city areas where broadband is uneconomic for the providers to provision (I'm both, part-time) are a declining minority. I guess with all the permutations of hardware and environment out there it's a miracle that anything works at all. One of the benefits of Stalinism: the 1938 model tractor may be an inefficient and smokey monster, but everyone knows where to kick it when it refuses to start; nobody can keep all the spares needed to service 27 incompatible free enterprise models. -- N. B. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> University of New Orleans, Dept of Physics Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] leaving linux again
H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Friday 28 November 2003 16:17, Void lon iXaarii wrote: seems like you really have a strong opinion on this :-) .. still .. remote is cool .. having a remote for my computer is just awesome :) ... and now I can record Daffy duck & stuff ;) Paah!, since I've installed linux I lost the time and patience to watch TV. There's always something to be fixed or...or to enjoy a brief moment of victory when it all runs perfectly, only to gather that the next version just came out;) ummm .. that doesn't seem like a good thing .. it eating up your time .. unless of course you enjoy it Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks Mandrake+OSS+The Mandrake Lists - Please Read Mandrake
Jason Greenwood wrote: Hi All, Dunno if anyone from Mandrake is listening but - THANK YOU. - Thank you for being there for my first tentative Linux steps somewhere around MDK 8.0 - Thank you for staying true to OSS ideals - Thank you for being there as I got my head around the CLI (well, sort of, i.e. it doesn't terrify me anymore) and leaving me with a "true" Linux in the process - Thank you for being there when it looked like you might go out of business - Thank you for becoming so much better since 8.0 - Thank you for installing perfectly on the last 3 laptops I tried, despite the fact I did not verify if the hardware was supported by Linux first - Thank you for supporting almost every single peripheral I have ever attached since 9.1 (including scanners, printers, media readers etc.) - Thank you for taking a menagerie of OSS, choosing the best of breeds and bundling it into an easy to install and configure package - Thank you for not destroying KDE - Thank you for helping the wonderful OSS Community get the credit it so richly deserves - Thank you for making it easier to create Linux converts - Thank you for listening when I actually still had time to be a "Cooker" - Thank you for hosting lists like expert and newbie where many friends have been made and experts have been quizzed for their knowlege - Thank you for becoming so much more than just another fork of RedHat - Thank you for making ISO's available so I and others can try before we buy (or join the Club) - Thank you for staying true to Desktop Users - Thank you for URPMI - Thank you for the MCC - Thank you for not being totally perfect so I actually appreciate you - Thank you for all the other wonderful things I have forgotten and long since taken for granted with Mandrake. I am an American who has been in New Zealand for over 8 years now and though I don't really celebrate the U.S. Thanksgiving anymore, I thought now was an appropriate time to send this to you. Please everyone, feel free to add to my short list as you feel appropriate. Regards, Jason Greenwood this is a totally awesome email ... and I totally subscribe ... and furthermore I would love to have permission to put it at places on the web I might think about as I really like it and have similar thoughts. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Update Doesn't Update
On Saturday 29 November 2003 02:23 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: > On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 01:52:20 + > > Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Saturday 29 November 2003 00:32, Lee Wiggers wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hey, I've tried every wrong way to do all this stuff. > > > > > > Way back in 8.2 as I recall, everything listed twice in gurpmi, > > > anyway. Just assumed I needed reinforcements maybe? > > > > > > > > Maybe. Didn't seem to do any harm, though. After 9.0, the first > > thing I did was to remove the CD sources what with having > > broadband. Nevertheless, I constantly order my Powerpack CD's from > > > > Mandrake. Being no big X-mas fanatic, they come in quite handy at > > yuletide as gifts for Microsoft-geeks. Teaches them something > > about Darwinism. > > > > Kaj Haulrich. > > I gave a set of CD's to a friend once. The problem, I've learned, > is that you are then his only source of assistance. > > I've already been married 4 times, and prefer women as my prime > source of aggravation. > > Lee I alway type up an install directions; get ice in glass, pour soda, order pizza with 2 toppings, call girlfriend and arrange company in 45 min, turn on computer, f1 (or del) to setup bios to start from cdrom first, insert cd labeled cd1-install, reboot computer to start with disk in drive, follow and read all instructions, consider the choice "expert' to be the equal of 'customize' in winblows, for any questions e-mail; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', and you will get an opinion even quicker than trying to contact me. after Pizza arrives, be sure to check computer to insert other cds as requested. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] unoficial extra cd
a romanian site (www.mandrakenation.ro) made a compilation of mandrake 9.2 rpms and put them in an iso (among others) for download .. I for one am really excited not only because I liked their software selection (included blender, fluxbox, music software ...) but because I am still eagerly waiting for a distro or somethgn (hopefully mandrake based) which will compile into big downloadable backs (iso probably) huge bundles of software showing off the amoutn of software linux has .. I'd love to see at least 10 cds liek this ... but unfortunatelly I havent' been able to convince the guys who have the site to do this yet ... however .. until then (or I hear of something better) ... for your enjoyment & mine: ftp://ftp.mandrakenation.ro/pub/Mandrake/MdkNationCDs/CD1/ISO/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mozilla-1.4.1
Charles A Edwards wrote: On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 08:43:40 + John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.eslrahc.com/9.2/mozilla-enigmime-1.4.1-1mdk.i586.rpm no message, file just gets deleted, http://www.eslrahc.com/9.2/mozilla-enigmail-1.4.1-1mdk.i586.rpm message,http://templates.doteasy.com/ErrorPages/error404/ Both were 404 but they are fixed now. %package enigmail Summary: GPG encryption support for Mozilla %package enigmime Summary: Inter-process communication required for enigmail If you use galeon at all you need to also install the rebuilt galeon rpm. Charles Thanks, that does it. %package is one for my notebook. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Update Doesn't Update
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 01:13:41 + Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let's say a newbie leaves his original CD sources "as is" and then > decides to add some more, following your excellent advice, Derek. > Then, being on the "easy urpmi"- site, he/she -accidentally defines > "main" once again, this time from some mirror on the net. Now, our > newbie has two sources for "main". It won't let you have two sources named the same. It will prompt you, IIRC, to use urpmi.removemedia 1st. -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ "The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious of the rights of man."-- Declaration of the Rights of Man Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mozilla-1.4.1
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 08:43:40 + John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.eslrahc.com/9.2/mozilla-enigmime-1.4.1-1mdk.i586.rpm > no message, file just gets deleted, > > http://www.eslrahc.com/9.2/mozilla-enigmail-1.4.1-1mdk.i586.rpm > message,http://templates.doteasy.com/ErrorPages/error404/ Both were 404 but they are fixed now. %package enigmail Summary: GPG encryption support for Mozilla %package enigmime Summary: Inter-process communication required for enigmail If you use galeon at all you need to also install the rebuilt galeon rpm. Charles -- We're here to give you a computer, not a religion. - attributed to Bob Pariseau, at the introduction of the Amiga -- Mandrake Linux 9.2 Registered Linux user #182463 Machine: TallBoy #184143 -- pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Update Doesn't Update
On> > > > I gave a set of CD's to a friend once. The problem, I've > > learned, is that you are then his only source of assistance. > > > > I've already been married 4 times, and prefer women as my prime > > source of aggravation. > > > > Lee > > > > Married 4 times? Don't you ever LEARN from your mistakes? ;-) > > Margot (married and divorced only twice so far...) > > > > It's like bashing your head against the wallIt feels so good when you quit. Lee -- User #223705 Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
Anne Wilson wrote: The detection is odd, sometimes it detects correctly as usb, and other times you have to tell it that it's wrong, and change it to usb. Once set, though, it seems entirely stable. Anne Indeed, to my mind the detection software needs re-examining. It's "auto" is a bit erratic. Indeed , it's first choice is always, | dot | /dev/lp0 |blank| /dev/usb/lp0 when the device is actually /dev/usb/lp0 so you select , |dot| /dev/usb/lp0and still it manages to select /dev/usb/lp1 so then, one tries again doing the job "manually" it comes up /dev/lp0 which you manually retype to /dev/usb/lp0 but the change does not "take" , no matter what you do. Only way is to remove the device entirely and start again and hope next time it does it right. The conclusion I came to was that "auto detection" doesn't really work as such, it's just an outright guess, based on probabilities that most local printers are parrallel port printers, and if not that,then usb printers. Well OK , but when the user know's what port it is likely to be on, it ought to let you change it back to what you believe is correct , and test. Trouble is it doesn't. I'm sure I'm not the only one to of noticed this. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mozilla-1.4.1
Charles A Edwards wrote: On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 22:28:35 + John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can you list that which constitutes a full list of mozilla-1.4.1 If you are viewing the site in a browser all the mozilla rpms are grouped together. They begin with libnspr4 and ends with mozilla-spellchecker. If you are worried about the dependencies just add the site as a source and let urpmi handle them. Charles libnspr4-1.4.1-0.1mdk.i586.rpm libnspr4-devel-1.4.1-0.1mdk.i586.rpm libnss3-1.4.1-0.1mdk.i586.rpm libnss3-devel-1.4.1-0.1mdk.i586.rpm mozilla-1.4.1-0.1mdk.i586.rpm mozilla-devel-1.4.1-0.1mdk.i586.rpm mozilla-dom-inspector-1.4.1-0.1mdk.i586.rpm mozilla-irc-1.4.1-0.1mdk.i586.rpm mozilla-js-debugger-1.4.1-0.1mdk.i586.rpm mozilla-mail-1.4.1-0.1mdk.i586.rpm mozilla-spellchecker-1.4.1-0.1mdk.i586.rpm download OK, but two files fail, http://www.eslrahc.com/9.2/mozilla-enigmime-1.4.1-1mdk.i586.rpm no message, file just gets deleted, http://www.eslrahc.com/9.2/mozilla-enigmail-1.4.1-1mdk.i586.rpm message,http://templates.doteasy.com/ErrorPages/error404/ whatdo enigmime and enigmail do ? enigmail= encryption ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] X-Screensaver at KDE
OK, I've seen this same question is asked and answered a few days ago... Sorry. Iván Velamazán González wrote: Hi to all: After beeing some time messing around with Gnome and KDE trying to decide which of them I prefer most, the only think I have decided is that I _HATE_ Mandrake's KDE screen savers, and I would like to use X-Screensaver with KDE. Any advices about how to do it (it's not in my list of KDE screensaver choices)? Thanks in advance. -- ··--< Iván Velamazán González >--·· [http://www.ivelamazan.com] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bad signatures in 9.2
On Friday 28 Nov 2003 2:19 pm, Jerry Barton wrote: > On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 15:15:57 + > > Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You will get that error if you are not using ../base for your > > contrib source. > > > > The /contrib/i586/ contains a synthesis.hdlist2.cz and > > the rpms can be installed using such, But, it does not contain a > > list or hdlist as does base so you get the 'invalid list' > > Thanks Charles, > > My original contrib url is > ftp://mirrors.secsup.org/pub/linux/mandrake/Mandrake/9.2/contrib/i586 > path to hdlist: ../../i586/Mandrake/base/hdlist2.cz > (this was the urpmi.addmedia given by easy urpmi on plf) > that path to hdlist was the only /base dir i could find. So as far > as I can tell it was reading the right hdlist. I'll mess around with > it and see. I even tried updating the contrib source or using a > different one and it still gives me that error when installing from > contrib. I'll report back after trying a few things. > > Jerry. Thanks for the information, Charles. I was just about to reply, when I read Jerry's reply to you. I use rediris, but its path to hdlist is the same as the one Jerry gave. I too will experiment over the week-end. Cheers Keith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Update Doesn't Update
Lee Wiggers wrote: On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 01:52:20 + Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Saturday 29 November 2003 00:32, Lee Wiggers wrote: Hey, I've tried every wrong way to do all this stuff. Way back in 8.2 as I recall, everything listed twice in gurpmi, anyway. Just assumed I needed reinforcements maybe? Maybe. Didn't seem to do any harm, though. After 9.0, the first thing I did was to remove the CD sources what with having broadband. Nevertheless, I constantly order my Powerpack CD's from Mandrake. Being no big X-mas fanatic, they come in quite handy at yuletide as gifts for Microsoft-geeks. Teaches them something about Darwinism. Kaj Haulrich. I gave a set of CD's to a friend once. The problem, I've learned, is that you are then his only source of assistance. I've already been married 4 times, and prefer women as my prime source of aggravation. Lee Married 4 times? Don't you ever LEARN from your mistakes? ;-) Margot (married and divorced only twice so far...) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Update Doesn't Update
Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Friday 28 November 2003 23:53, Derek Jennings wrote: The advantage is that I do not have to explain how to put the CD sources back again ;-) Which brings up a rather naive question : Let's say a newbie leaves his original CD sources "as is" and then decides to add some more, following your excellent advice, Derek. Then, being on the "easy urpmi"- site, he/she -accidentally defines "main" once again, this time from some mirror on the net. Now, our newbie has two sources for "main". What happens ? - Will urpmi get confused ? - Or just spit out a message like : "you idiot, why bother me with two identical sources, waisting my time ? - Do you want to shuffle CD's or watch the blinkenlights on your modem ?" Kaj Haulrich. See attached snapshot for how I've got my urpmi sources listed - I have the 2 official CDs from Mandrake, some online sources, and the 3 CDs from Linux Format mag. Only the online source for 'main' is labelled as 'main', the CD sources have different labels. So far, urpmi seems to have worked intelligently and checked the CD sources first, only going to the online sources if I'm trying to get a package that isn't on any of the CDs. Margot <>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Trouble?? with 9.2
I've just finished a week ago backing up a lot of interesting 5,25" floppies... X-) Anne Wilson wrote: You'd be amazed what junk some of us keep Seriously, though, if you're stuck for a very small HDD, Aron, mail me off-list. I may have finally thrown all the 100MB ones (think I did that a couple of months ago) but I'm very likely to have one or two 400MB ones. -- ··--< Iván Velamazán González >--·· [http://www.ivelamazan.com] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] X-Screensaver at KDE
Hi to all: After beeing some time messing around with Gnome and KDE trying to decide which of them I prefer most, the only think I have decided is that I _HATE_ Mandrake's KDE screen savers, and I would like to use X-Screensaver with KDE. Any advices about how to do it (it's not in my list of KDE screensaver choices)? Thanks in advance. -- ··--< Iván Velamazán González >--·· [http://www.ivelamazan.com] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT? Critical Flan in GnuPG
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Friday 28 November 2003 6:25 pm, Chris wrote: > Thought I'd pass this along. Not sure if it applies to anyone. You do know there was a security update uploaded late last night that covers this, don't you? I believe there was also a security announcement from MandrakeSecure about it as well.yep: http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2003:109 Maybe you should subscribe to the announcement service? (-; Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21mdk 01:38:43 up 1 day, 10:09, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.08, 0.20 Where there are visible vapors, having their prevenance in ignited carbonaceous materials, there is conflagration. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/yFvoG11CaRuZZSIRAtL8AKCIb8yZU/uJjvepHT9cGf53zskCvwCcC45F qSZfOYOmIhF54AZPdGZ0FTw= =5Vo2 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] leaving linux again
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 09:24 am, many eyes noted that H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Friday 28 November 2003 16:17, Void lon iXaarii wrote: > > seems like you really have a strong opinion on this :-) > > > > .. still .. remote is cool .. having a remote for my computer is just > > awesome :) ... and now I can record Daffy duck & stuff ;) > > Paah!, since I've installed linux I lost the time and patience to watch TV. > There's always something to be fixed or...or to enjoy a brief moment of > victory when it all runs perfectly, only to gather that the next version > just came out;) > > Good luck, > HarM So that's why I never watch television any more. -- And all the loveliest things that there be Come simply, so it seems to me. Edna St. Vincent Millay This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.1, Kmail v1.5 and OpenOffice.org1.1.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Update Doesn't Update
On Saturday 29 Nov 2003 3:31 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Saturday 29 November 2003 02:23, Lee Wiggers wrote: > > > > > I gave a set of CD's to a friend once. The problem, I've > > learned, is that you are then his only source of assistance. > > > > I've already been married 4 times, and prefer women as my prime > > source of aggravation. > > > > Same here, Lee. The solution : Give the set of CD's to a FEMALE. > > Kaj Haulrich. Female slavery was outlawed a long time ago Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
On Friday 28 Nov 2003 10:32 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > >On Friday 28 Nov 2003 7:01 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > >>On Friday 28 November 2003 05:09 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > >>>JRThen again, according to KDE-peripherals-printer, > >>>JRkde believes my Z53 is on a port, local system-USB-USB > >>>JRprinte~1-Lexmark Z53, > >>>JRmaybe it is in kde parlance, but if so the OS thinks it is on > >>>JR/dev/usb/lp0 > >>>JRBut thern again "Pup" see's my printer as /dev/lp0 which is > >>>wrong, JRand it should be /dev/usb/lp0 but nothing I do to alter > >>>it here takes. JRSo I don't know ? > >>>JR > >>>JRJohn > >>>JR > >> > >>Have you tried removing all instances of your printer, down to > >>zero, and running printerdrake again? > >> > >>I did this at one point. It might help - I've seen it suggested > >>before. > > > >John, are you still on 9.1? I've set up all my printers from MCC > >printerdrake. For some reason yours seems to be confused as to > >whether it is connected by parallel port or usb. You can modify > > the settings, including the connection, there in printerdrake. > > Don't forget, though, that unless you back out gracefully your > > changes will not be saved. > > > >Anne > > No I have to fixkde print in M9.1 before I can spare the partition > that was where M9.0 was for M9.2. > > But looks like wiping the lot and starting again has done the > trick, I think M9.1 had a bug in the detection and setup of usb > printer port. But I guess it's old news now. > The detection is odd, sometimes it detects correctly as usb, and other times you have to tell it that it's wrong, and change it to usb. Once set, though, it seems entirely stable. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Getting CD sources back ( was: Update Doesn't Update)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paul Harrison wrote: | Derek Jennings wrote: | | On Friday 28 Nov 2003 10:30 pm, Langsley T Russell wrote: | | | | | Note: Do *not* do what it says about " urpmi.removemedia -a" or else | you will | | lose your CD sources. | | Now this is what *I* did! How do I put them back on? Please ignore me - I am in danger of becoming an annoying newbie, and besides I already have broadband, therefore unneccesary!! Paul -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with MultiZilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/yE0dq+i2H9Bw1yoRArxxAJ0WrIp3qeYPhHBt7CBLeyZYxb6Z9QCfUKDG t7Up7FDrGBVGClYR9mFUScI= =xcdT -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Getting CD sources back ( was: Update Doesn't Update)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Derek Jennings wrote: | On Friday 28 Nov 2003 10:30 pm, Langsley T Russell wrote: | | Note: Do *not* do what it says about " urpmi.removemedia -a" or else you will | lose your CD sources. Now this is what *I* did! How do I put them back on? Paul -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with MultiZilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/yExRq+i2H9Bw1yoRAqdUAJ94+KG/e0H3YoaAY1CUMmgDL+aAygCgxvMt iYApu7otXRTuoKbRlu2GqF4= =enrM -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
