Re: [newbie] make partition/dir r/w dor all

[E. Hines]

On Friday 12 December 2003 04:09 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
> On Friday 12 December 2003 23:03, robin wrote:
> > cdrack wrote:
> > > have you tryed  chmod -Rf 777 /mnt/backup ? (beeng
> > > root of course)
> >
> > Normally msec will change the permissions back.
> >
> > Sir Robin
>
> Yes, and on my system (msec=high) it won't even allow the chmod, but
> snarls back at me : operation not permitted (even being root).
>
> Kaj Haulrich.

You can turn off msec.  Go to /usr/sbin and rename the "msec" executable to
"DISABLEmsec".  If you ever want to re-enable msec just rename the executable 
back to the original "msec".  This is fine if you know how to secure your 
system and know what permissions you want on your directories.

I'm no fan of msec.

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Re: [newbie] Mozilla Java plug-in probs

[Eric Huff]

> > > I tested, and had Ed (my friend) test java function by going
> > > to this page:
> > >
> > > http://www.expertit.co.uk/support/browsertest/
> >
> > That is a cool link.
> >
> > thanks for posting it,
> > eric
> 
> You're welcome. It's amazing what you accumulate from Google
> searches over the years, isn't it? 

Yeah, and it's a good thing the *bookmarks* are searchable.  :)

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Re: [newbie] Help! Sound not working in 9.2

[emnej]

Op vr 12-12-2003, om 09:32 schreef Derek Jennings:
> On Friday 12 Dec 2003 7:15 am, emnej wrote:
> > Op do 11-12-2003, om 19:31 schreef Inhabitant of Zion:
> > > Have you tried running alsaconf?
> > >
> > > Its available in the alsa-utils-1.0.0-0.1rc1mdk RPM for i586.
> >
> > When I run alsaconf as root, I receive the following message:
> >
> > # alsaconf
> > device_mode int, description "Device file permission mask for devfs."
> > which: no dialog in
> > (/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbi
> >n) which: no whiptail in
> > (/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbi
> >n) Error, dialog or whiptail not found.
> >
> > So it seems that something here is not good, but I have no idea what ;-)
> >
> > Thanks for helping,
> >
> > Erik
> 
> Did you see this ?
> http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3#alsaconf
> 
> alsaconf is very effective at setting up your sound card. It will write the 
> driver configuration into /etc/modules.conf but be aware it will overwrite 
> the existing contents, and will not replace the non sound lines of the file.
> So make a backup before running alsaconf and replace the non sound lines by 
> hand afterwards.
> 
> derek

Derek,

Thank you very much for the link. I didn't know this and it helped me to
run alsaconf. It created a new version of the modules.conf but that was
fine because I had backed up the file because you warned me. Since then
I do not get a warning anymore when starting kmix from a terminal, but I
also still do not have any sound.

Is there anything else that I can do?

TIA,

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Re: [newbie] Mozilla Java plug-in probs

[Charlie Mahan]

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Friday 12 December 2003 10:02 pm, Eric Huff wrote:
> > I tested, and had Ed (my friend) test java function by going to
> > this page:
> >
> > http://www.expertit.co.uk/support/browsertest/
>
> That is a cool link.
>
> thanks for posting it,
> eric

You're welcome. It's amazing what you accumulate from Google searches over the 
years, isn't it? 

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Re: [newbie] Mozilla Java plug-in probs

[Eric Huff]

> I tested, and had Ed (my friend) test java function by going to
> this page:
> 
> http://www.expertit.co.uk/support/browsertest/

That is a cool link.

thanks for posting it,
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Re: [newbie] Tax software

[Bryan Phinney]

On Friday 12 December 2003 08:26 pm, Chris wrote:

> I just cheked the site out, looks pretty good.  Did you e-file or send in
> the forms last year?

I e-filed, have for about the last 3 years.  My older brother used to work as 
an auditor for the IRS and he told me once that e-filed returns usually get 
less scrutiny than printed or written returns.  The assumption is that math 
errors and the like are less likely since they are culled out by the 
software.  However, I expect that the IRS trusts electronic stuff more 
because the computer applications are simply not programmed to do as many 
funky things as you can do manually, it makes the creative accounting stuff 
less likely.

Not that I am necessarily worried about audits, my filings are fairly 
conservative anyway, but I don't mind a little expense to avoid the hassle 
factor.

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Re: [newbie] PROBLEM WITH IP ADDRESS

[Dennis Myers]

On Friday 12 December 2003 04:53 am, Nestor Castro wrote:
> Adolfo A. Bello B. wrote:
 
> >
> >You have no default gateway defined. Use the route command to add it.
> >
> > route add default gw 192.168.0.1 dev eth1
> >
> >(check the real ip address of the gateway)
> >
> >Adolfo

>
> DONE, yes, it`s done, working just fine, ..  Thanks to all of you..
>
>
> Especialmente Adolfo por tanto reply ,gracias
> Nestor
Way to go Adolfo and Nestor, satisfaction is pinning the ears back on a 
problem and making things work. You can only do that and understand what you 
did with linux.  Forge on. 
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Re: [newbie] Update Blew Away OO.o Again

[Charlie Mahan]

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Friday 12 December 2003 5:02 pm, Langsley T Russell wrote:
> Hi again Charlie.
>
> You said:
> > OK, *which* freakin' directions?  The command line, right click the
> > K button or??? .
>
> Actually I opted for the right click on the K button. My reasons were
> basically two. 1- Working from the command line I would have had no idea
> how to undo what I did if it turned out to be wrong. 2- I'm working on
> promoting Linux on the desktop and for virtually everyone not proficient
> in Linux, very much including me, that means working from a GUI.

I was funnin' with ya. (-; As long as it works it matters not which method you 
chose, but for the timid lurkers out there a confirmation that either worked 
for a professed "less than proficient linux user" may increase their 
confidence levels.

> You also said:
> > I'll say it again Langsley, have a look at
> >
> > http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php
> >
> > ftp.stealth.net doesn't even seem to be on the list. In fact I can't
> > connect
> > to ftp.stealth.net at all at the moment. I think I've given you a
> > couple of
> > alternative URLs for updates, the reason that one is disabled may be
> > that
> > there's no connection so the source is invalid. May be temporary or it
> > may be
> > permanent.
>
> I'm sorry if I seem not to be paying attention but I guess I'm a little
> confused about "updates" and "update_sources". Do I need both of these
> enabled? And is the same URL usable for both? From what you said in your
> response to me last spate of questions I'm taking it that Yes, both
> updates and update_sources should be enabled. I'm not quite as clear on
> whether or not the same URL is usable for both?

Don't apologize please! The point was that whether I posted that in response 
to you or not those aforementioned timid lurkers are reminded that there are 
ways to check server status. OK?

Frankly I'd recommend you remove both. The source for what you want was called 
updates by Mandrake Update once upon a time, now it's called update_source, 
next week who the hell knows.  Just nuke both and let Mandrake Update set 
a new one up. Then you won't care what it's called either. (-:

Just be sure the one you pick from the list is one that is shown and is 
recently synchronized from the list on the page mandrake secure that I 
posted.

> I now have the Mandrake Secure Updates site bookmarked for future
> reference.

Good, it's handy. It will occasionally answer the "what's wrong with the 
updates mirrors" question before it needs to be asked.

> Until I managed to successfully install Mandrake 8.2, I had been a
> Windows user since before W 3.1. My first installation of Windows was
> actually a FREE run time version which came bundled with a word
> processor.

> I've been dual booting since the install of Mandrake 8.2 but virtually
> never use windows at all any more. I had intended to delete windows
> completely from my computer once I got Mandrake 9.2 installed and
> running dependably. That is still my intent. These update problems have
> simply caused a slight delay.
>
> I really appreciate all the help in getting me to that point. With any
> fortuity, my PC will be completely Micro$oft free by the turn of the
> year. I'm sure I'll need a good of help in accomplishing that as well,
> but first things first.

Take your time. I'm aware of the good feelings one experiences knowing MS
is gone from ones life, but if you never boot to the other operating system 
the only real difference is the free disk space. I didn't nuke Windows 
completely until I gave away the original 13 GB hard drive this machine had 
to open a slot for another larger drive. I hadn't booted Windows for at least 
18 months at that point though.

> Oh yes, I still have no sound at all. Any ideas as to what the cause
> might be? That is somewhat less of an issue to me because, generally,
> the less noise-beeps, dings, chimes, etc. my computer makes the better I
> like it. However I would like to have it running properly.
>
> LTR  }}:{(
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

I thought that was fixed, or have I confused this thread with another? What 
sound card (on-board, PCI card???) chip-set? Do you have aumix installed, if 
not I recommend you do so and post the output of 

aumix -q

You're doing fine. (-:

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Re: [newbie] Update Blew Away OO.o Again

[Langsley T Russell]

Hi again Charlie.

You said:

> OK, *which* freakin' directions? (g> The command line, right click the
> K button or??? .

Actually I opted for the right click on the K button. My reasons were
basically two. 1- Working from the command line I would have had no idea
how to undo what I did if it turned out to be wrong. 2- I'm working on
promoting Linux on the desktop and for virtually everyone not proficient
in Linux, very much including me, that means working from a GUI. 

You also said:

> I'll say it again Langsley, have a look at
> 
> http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php
> 
> ftp.stealth.net doesn't even seem to be on the list. In fact I can't
> connect 
> to ftp.stealth.net at all at the moment. I think I've given you a
> couple of 
> alternative URLs for updates, the reason that one is disabled may be
> that 
> there's no connection so the source is invalid. May be temporary or it
> may be 
> permanent.

I'm sorry if I seem not to be paying attention but I guess I'm a little
confused about "updates" and "update_sources". Do I need both of these
enabled? And is the same URL usable for both? From what you said in your
response to me last spate of questions I'm taking it that Yes, both
updates and update_sources should be enabled. I'm not quite as clear on
whether or not the same URL is usable for both?

I now have the Mandrake Secure Updates site bookmarked for future
reference. 

Until I managed to successfully install Mandrake 8.2, I had been a
Windows user since before W 3.1. My first installation of Windows was
actually a FREE run time version which came bundled with a word
processor. 

I've been dual booting since the install of Mandrake 8.2 but virtually
never use windows at all any more. I had intended to delete windows
completely from my computer once I got Mandrake 9.2 installed and
running dependably. That is still my intent. These update problems have
simply caused a slight delay.

I really appreciate all the help in getting me to that point. With any
fortuity, my PC will be completely Micro$oft free by the turn of the
year. I'm sure I'll need a good of help in accomplishing that as well,
but first things first. 

Oh yes, I still have no sound at all. Any ideas as to what the cause
might be? That is somewhat less of an issue to me because, generally,
the less noise-beeps, dings, chimes, etc. my computer makes the better I
like it. However I would like to have it running properly. 
 
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Re: [newbie] make partition/dir r/w dor all

[Kaj Haulrich]

On Friday 12 December 2003 23:03, robin wrote:
> cdrack wrote:
> > have you tryed  chmod -Rf 777 /mnt/backup ? (beeng
> > root of course)
>
> Normally msec will change the permissions back.
>
> Sir Robin

Yes, and on my system (msec=high) it won't even allow the chmod, but 
snarls back at me : operation not permitted (even being root).

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Re: [newbie] make partition/dir r/w dor all

[robin]

cdrack wrote:
have you tryed  chmod -Rf 777 /mnt/backup ? (beeng
root of course) 
Normally msec will change the permissions back.

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Re: [newbie] PDF Import Filter for KWord

[Richard Urwin]

On Friday 12 Dec 2003 9:18 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote:
> if you hadn't noticed:
>  is your biggest friend on the command line:)

second biggest.

man -k pdf

Outside of a dog...

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Re: [newbie] make partition/dir r/w dor all

[cdrack]

have you tryed  chmod -Rf 777 /mnt/backup ? (beeng
root of course) 

  Cdrack.

--- Jerry Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:43:38 +0200
> Johan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > /dev/hdg8  /mnt/backup ext3
> rw,users,exec,auto,suid   0  0
> > 
> > What else need I put in this line to make it rw
> for all,  Please.
> > I do not like to change to su every time I want to
> write something 
> > there.
> > Looking in the *man mount* it seems I done all -
> maybe missed some?
> > Thanks
> > -- 
> > Johan
> > May this be a good day for learning
> > Registered Linux User #330034 - still learning
> 
> change users to user (no s) 
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Re: [newbie] make partition/dir r/w dor all

[Jerry Barton]

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:43:38 +0200
Johan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi,
> /dev/hdg8  /mnt/backup ext3 rw,users,exec,auto,suid   0  0
> 
> What else need I put in this line to make it rw for all,  Please.
> I do not like to change to su every time I want to write something 
> there.
> Looking in the *man mount* it seems I done all - maybe missed some?
> Thanks
> -- 
> Johan
> May this be a good day for learning
> Registered Linux User #330034 - still learning

change users to user (no s) 

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Re: [newbie] XFontsel

[Jerry Barton]

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 16:59:49 -0500
JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> I'm looking for xfontsel, which apparently comes with XFree86-tools,
> but I cannot find a Mandrake package with urpmi or even rpmfind.net.
> 
> Anyone know where I can snag this?

urpmi X11R6-contrib

hth
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Re: [newbie] Reading PDF attachments from Mozilla containing spaces in the title

[Jerry Barton]

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 12:24:13 -0800
Adrian Kuepker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> We're having trouble opening PDFs directly from Mozilla(mdk9.2) that 
> contain a space in the file name.

put %20 in place of the space like%20this%20for%20example.pdf

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Re: [newbie] Fitness/Diet software?

[cdrack]

In Linux you can find almost any kind of software, no
mather how easy or weird it must be.

So here are some of them

http://freshmeat.net/projects/dmak/?topic_id=71%2C266

http://freshmeat.net/projects/weight/?topic_id=861

Of course from a great site for Linux proyects
"www.freshmeat.net"

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--- robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tango Echo wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Do any of you know of a good fitness/diet software
> > program that's run in Linux, preferably Mandrake?
> I'm
> > surprised that to this point I have been unable to
> > find such a simple program.  Something like
> fitday.com
> > were you can track what you eat, and produce chart
> > graphs of weight, food, etc...
> 
> I don't know of any dedicated software, probably
> because Linux software 
> tends to be written by people for whom "diet" is
> merely the first word 
> in the sentence "Diet Coke is for wusses."
> 
> However, something like that should be fairly easy
> to set up in OpenOffice.
> 
> Sir Robin
> 
> 
> -- 
> "Certitude is possible for those who only own one
> encyclopedia."
> - Robert Anton Wilson
> 
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> Turkey
> 
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Re: [newbie] PDF Import Filter for KWord

[H.J.Bathoorn]

On Friday 12 December 2003 21:10, deedee wrote:
> This is certainly useful information for when I get multiple-page faxes
> that are sent as individual pages.
>
> However, my applications have "Print to PDF" as an option from the print
> drop-down menu. If the file has multiple pages, it produces a multiple-page
> file in PDF format. That includes OO.o on my system. It didn't require cups
> be installed. The PDF files are beautiful. "Print to postscript" from the
> print drop-down menu produces multiple-page postscript files, but for some
> reason kghostview won't show any but the first page of a postscript file.
> I'm using 9.1.
>
> deedee

I can remember something similar.
I got fair results converting them to ps using pdf2ps as a command. Type pdf 
and hit  for all the available options.if you hadn't noticed:  
is your biggest friend on the command line:)

I used the command quite often to collate pdf files. cat file.pdf file2.pdf > 
newfile.pdf doesn't work on my boxso first convert to .ps with "pdf2ps" , 
than collate using "cat" and ">", then change back to pdf with "ps2pdfpress".

It's not pretty but works a charm and is fairly fast too (you can't beat it 
with mouse-clicking).
Welcome to the abysses of the command line, heheh;)

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Re: [newbie] PROBLEM WITH IP ADDRESS

[cdrack]

you can ping to the other boxes of youre net, only if
you edit youre /etc/hosts file and add the ip address
and names of the other boxes of youre net.

Cdrack.

--- Nestor Castro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Adolfo Bello wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 22:43, Dennis Myers wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>On Thursday 11 December 2003 12:01 pm, Nestor
> Castro wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>H.J.Bathoorn wrote:
> >>>  
> >>>
> On Thursday 11 December 2003 11:53, Nestor
> Castro wrote:
> 
>  (chainsaw
> snipping;))
> 
> 
> 
> >*
> >Thanks Again for your time and patience.
> >
> >Nestor
> >*
> >  
> >
> 1)Can you ping the other boxes on your subnet?
> 
> 
> >>>yeaa, that, I can do
> >>>
> >>>  
> >>>
> If so does it work using their names as well?
> 
> 
> >>>noop
> >>>
> >>>  
> >>>
> 2)Can you ping the internet using IP addresses?
> 
> 
> >>>that`s also a No
> >>>
> >>>  
> >>>
> 66.102.11.99 (google) for instance.
> 
> Good luck,
> HarM
> 
> 
> >>>damn, that chainsaw is getting dangerously close.
> >>>
> >>>I`ll atach a diagram of how my LAN is connected,
> and  see if this helps
> >>>you guys get a better perspective.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks.
> >>>
> >>>Nestor.
> >>>
> >>>  
> >>>
>

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> 
> >>I don't get it, if you have a line into the linux
> comp and a line out then you 
> >>have to have two nic cards eth0 and eth1 in order
> to connect two cables to 
> >>that computer. If that is the case then you have
> one nic that is not 
> >>functioning.  So if one is a built in to the
> motherboard it would seem that 
> >>it may need to be activated in the bios.  If it is
> active it should show up 
> >>when you do "ifconfig" in console. Also you should
> see the active light on 
> >>the back of the comp in two places.  Something is
> missing or am I just daft?
> >>
> >>
> yes, there are two cards, but the one built in to
> the motherboard eth0 
> is not activated, so we can just  forget about that
> one. I`m olnly using 
> eth1, ,  just one cable goes into my comp into eth1,
> I can ping anyone 
> in my subnet with it.
> 
> >My guess is that the routing table will show that
> the interface to the
> >gateway is the inactive card (which is eth0).
> >
> >Please, could you post the outputs of "route -n"
> and "ifconfig"? Use the
> >chainsaw before posting. LOL.
> >
> >  
> >
> here they go...
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] jncasmed]# ifconfig_
> 
> _eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0B:DB:74:3F:A1_
> 
> _ inet addr:192.168.147.66 Bcast:192.168.147.0
> Mask:255.255.255.0_
> 
> _ UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1_
> 
> _ RX packets:368583 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
> frame:0_
> 
> _ TX packets:2735 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
> carrier:0_
> 
> _ collisions:0 txqueuelen:100_
> 
> _ RX bytes:476833374 (454.7 Mb) TX bytes:289532
> (282.7 Kb)_
> 
> _ Interrupt:18 Base address:0xddc0
> Memory:fcfe-fd00_
> 
> _
> _
> 
> _lo Link encap:Local Loopback_
> 
> _ inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0_
> 
> _ UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1_
> 
> _ RX packets:567 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
> frame:0_
> 
> _ TX packets:567 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
> carrier:0_
> 
> _ collisions:0 txqueuelen:0_
> 
> _ RX bytes:40073 (39.1 Kb) TX bytes:40073 (39.1 Kb)_
> 
> _
> _
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] jncasmed]# route -n_
> 
> _Kernel IP routing table_
> 
> _Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
> Iface_
> 
> _192.168.147.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1_
> 
> _127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo_
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] jncasmed]#_
> 
> 
> 
> arrrgh,,
> 
> 
> 
>
>
> >
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Re: [newbie] Audigy sound cards

[Charlie Mahan]

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>
> Thanks (and thanks to Charlie) - I reckon I'll go for the Audigy 2,
> then.  I was originally going to get a Turtle Beach card, but they seem
> impossible to get hold of in Turkey.  The Audigy 2 is the only
> musician-friendly soundcard they have here - MIDI, jack and firewire
> sockets.
>
> Sir Robin

You're welcome.

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Re: [newbie] Fitness/Diet software?

[robin]

Tango Echo wrote:
Hi all,

Do any of you know of a good fitness/diet software
program that's run in Linux, preferably Mandrake? I'm
surprised that to this point I have been unable to
find such a simple program.  Something like fitday.com
were you can track what you eat, and produce chart
graphs of weight, food, etc...
I don't know of any dedicated software, probably because Linux software 
tends to be written by people for whom "diet" is merely the first word 
in the sentence "Diet Coke is for wusses."

However, something like that should be fairly easy to set up in OpenOffice.

Sir Robin

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Re: [newbie] Audigy sound cards

[robin]

Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 08:11, Robin Turner wrote:

Does anyone know if the kernel shipped with 9.2 contains drivers for 
Audigy 2 / Platinum soundcards, or will I have to compile my own kernel 
module if I get one of these?

Sir Robin


You don't have to compile anything.  Go to www.opensound.com and
download the latest opensound package; it supports a wide range of
soundcards including the Audigy.  Plus you get a load of features that
are really useful to have, as well as getting a working soundcard.
Latest version of the drivers is below, I just downloaded the latest
package for kicks:
ftp://www.se.opensound.com/pub/oss/linux/oss398b-linux-v2x.tar.gz

Size: 3.9 MB (3,986,607 bytes)
Transferred: 3.9 MB (3,986,607 bytes)
I use the opensound drivers not only for compatibility/consistency
across whatever distribution version I happen to be running, (and more
importantly whatever hardware) but also for testing, as there is a
simple performance test facility in the package that allows you to check
the functionality of any of the supported soundcards under Linux.  The
package above includes all of the wide range of soundcard drivers that
are supported by opensound.com  This allowed me to weed out a bunch of
defective cards from some good cards one time.  The cost for a full
license is something like 25 bucks; and you get (author level) support
for a very long time.  By buying a license you support future soundcard
support.  Vanilla kernel soundcard support tends to be very problematic
and I just haven't been able to rely on it as much of my hobby work
involves archiving network broadcasts.  It just hasn't worked for me. 
Opensound.com has the highest quality soundcard drivers available today
for the Linux world, I highly recommend them.  They are well worth the
cost.

Thanks (and thanks to Charlie) - I reckon I'll go for the Audigy 2, 
then.  I was originally going to get a Turtle Beach card, but they seem 
impossible to get hold of in Turkey.  The Audigy 2 is the only 
musician-friendly soundcard they have here - MIDI, jack and firewire 
sockets.

Sir Robin

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Re: [newbie] Update Blew Away OO.o Again

[Charlie Mahan]

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Friday 12 December 2003 11:55 am, Langsley T Russell wrote:
> Hi Charlie and all who have offered assistance. Ti is truly appreciated.
>
> I'm sorry I'm so late in responding but I've been unusually busy this
> past week.

Busy is good. So are questions that I might be able to answer, since then I 
don't have to listen to the neighbours while I'm typing a reply.

Or "customers."  So thanks for an excuse to butt in again. (-;

> I did manage to restore (almost) my K menu per your directions. I now
> have OO back in the "Office" section of the menu as well as a heading
> for terminals. However the only thing under terminals is "Konsole".
> Previous to doing the update there were, I believe, four choices there,
> including midnight commander. I haven't yet figured out how to get the
> others back. I still have no run command accessible from my K menu.

OK, *which* freakin' directions? (g> The command line, right click the K 
button or???  The four choices _may_ have included midnight commander, have 
you installed it? I don't know if there's a menu item for it even if you did, 
I always call it from the command line when I need it. Just type mc in a 
terminal and strike the enter key. If you are looking for "Konsole (Super 
User Mode)" it isn't there any more. That's why I told you to hold the Alt 
button and strike F2 and type
konsole --type su
and strike the enter key. You can add the SU Konsole back to the menu I 
suppose (maybe, never tried it) by adding the relevant icon, name and 
command, or just drag the Konsole out of the menu, click copy here and right 
click the resulting icon click properties and change the execute command to 
that posted above. On the desktop not the menu but at least you'd have it.

You're also missing File Manager Super User mode from the menu. Everyone 
running 9.2 is. You can add an entry in the menu (maybe, as above) or again 
add an icon to the desktop. Right click, New>link to application, right click 
the new icon and the execute tab should have the command:

kdesu -nc konqueror

then you can change the icon to whatever you like. Click the icon on the 
general tab and select "Other icons" for some interesting ones. I'm using a 
small blue file cabinet icon listed as "archive section" when I add this to a 
"victim's" desktop.

> So It isn't fully restored, but I believe I'm getting closer.

Yeah, maybe. (-;

> After my last experience with Mandrake update I'm a little hesitant to
> try it again, although I'm going to have to before long as the update
> notices keep coming in.
>
> The URL I have for updates is:
> 
> Does that appear to be my best choice? BTW I live in Indiana, in north
> east central USA, if that is any help.

It's one of the faster choices. It doesn't really seem to matter where the 
mirror is in relation to your geographical fix. Available bandwidth in the 
connections between you and the server is more important. The closest 
relatively fast connection to you geographically would probably be the 
mirros.secsup.org connection but again it may be farther away in terms of 
bandwidth.

> The URL for update_source is:
> MS> Although update_source is not enabled in the configure media box. Should
> it be enabled? And, is the URL acceptable?

I'll say it again Langsley, have a look at

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php

ftp.stealth.net doesn't even seem to be on the list. In fact I can't connect 
to ftp.stealth.net at all at the moment. I think I've given you a couple of 
alternative URLs for updates, the reason that one is disabled may be that 
there's no connection so the source is invalid. May be temporary or it may be 
permanent. Who knows. Change to one of the others suggested in posts, or just 
remove that one in the software source manager and OK your way out of that, 
then let Mandrake Update suggest one that is working.

I just looked, the secsup mirror is still fairly fast from here, so is the 
rediris one.

ftp://mirrors.secsup.org/pub/linux/mandrake/Mandrake/updates/9.2/RPMS

ftp://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/mandrake/updates/9.2/RPMS

> I'm still trying to understand what caused my problems with the update.
> Hopefully each new problem brings some new understanding of both
> Mandrake and Linux.

At least you're willing to tough it out and make the best of things as a 
learning experience Langsley. Not that it matters, but for that you have 
earned my respect. If I can help I'll do my damnedest to do so. Kudos.

> Again thanks for all the help.
>
> LTR  }}:{(
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Re: [newbie] make partition/dir r/w dor all

[Johan]

On Friday 12 December 2003 12:04, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
> On Friday 12 December 2003 07:43, Johan wrote:
> > Hi,
> > /dev/hdg8  /mnt/backup ext3 rw,users,exec,auto,suid 0  0
> >
> > What else need I put in this line to make it rw for all,  Please.
> > I do not like to change to su every time I want to write
> > something there.
> > Looking in the *man mount* it seems I done all - maybe missed
> > some? Thanks
>
> Try this :
> /dev/hdg8  /mnt/backup ext3 rw,users,exec,auto,suid,umask=0   0  0
>
> Kaj Haulrich.
When umask=0 then...probably only for vfat systems?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# mount -a
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdg8,
   or too many mounted file systems
**
more info...
fstab..
/dev/hdg8  /mnt/backup ext3 rw,users,exec,auto,suid 0  0
mount
/dev/ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/part8 on /mnt/backup type ext3 
(rw,nodev)  
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[newbie] Naming devices

[Iván Velamazán González]

Does any body knows why my devices, which at 9.1 was named hda, hdb, 
etc. now are named ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 and so on? It's 
drivin' me nuts!

My ATAPI CD recorder didn't worked, then I discovered it had to be SCSI 
emulated, and K3B suggested me to do the same whit the CD/DVD player (so 
it can copy better) and now... Anything works! I can't neither watch a DVD.

I've came to the point where I'm not really sure what's the CD/DVD 
player and what's the CD recorder.

Any help?

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Re: [newbie] PDF Import Filter for KWord

[H.J.Bathoorn]

On Friday 12 December 2003 17:51, Tango Echo wrote:
> find out how/if this is possible.  Currently I have a
> document I'm scanning in via Kooka but am only able to
> send each individual page to a PDF file.  Hence, a 5
> page docuement produces 5 individual files instead of
> a single PDF file =/
>
> Any suggestions or should I look on expert?  I would
> think this would be a very common task that I am
> trying to accomplish here...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tango

Well it's actually quite simple: If you use cups for printing you can set it 
to "print to pdf" and it will automatically create multipage documents if it 
doesn't fit on one page (exporting it through OofficeOrg does create a single 
long one-page document, though).

In cups you also have the option to "save to file" which does the same and 
creates a multi-page .ps file.
Ps files (coming from the same source) can be appended to each other thus:
"cat file1.ps file2.ps > file1+2.ps" (without the quotes) creates a file 
(file1+2.ps) that has both in it.
To append a 3d thus:
cat file3.ps >> file1+2.ps where file1+2.ps now also has 3 added to the end 
(appended). A single > would've overwritten the original content.

To create a printable pdf from it: "ps2pdfpress file1+2.ps file-press.pdf"
Type ps2 and then hit  to see all available options.

Good luck,
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Re: [newbie] PROBLEM WITH IP ADDRESS

[Adolfo A. Bello B.]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 09:56:50AM +0100, Nestor Castro wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] jncasmed]# route -n_
> 
> _Kernel IP routing table_
> 
> _Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface_
> 
> _192.168.147.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1_
> 
> _127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo_
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] jncasmed]#_
> 
> 
> 
> arrrgh,,

You have no default gateway defined. Use the route command to add it.

route add default gw 192.168.0.1 dev eth1

(check the real ip address of the gateway)

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Re: [newbie] Installing with a (new) second Hard drive

[cdrack]

The only thing you have to be aware is were to install
LILO, because if you install on the second master
disk, and if youre computer  " BIOS Setup " indicates
that the boot must be done with the first master disk,
then you will never see the LILO boot manager.. and
you will be directed to youre Windows OS.

So if you plan to install it on the first or second
master disk, you must tell youre computer from wich
HHD it must load the boot.

   Cdrack.


--- Rob Blomquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 11 December 2003 5:39 pm, j wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > I know this question has been asked under
> different titles, but believe me,
> > I could not find a CLEAR answer:
> >
> > I am about to install Mandrake 9.2 and I got a new
> HDD thinking to disturb
> > as little as possible my existing XP. I
> >  have currently:
> > Primary Master: C and D drives (D is virtual)
> > Primary Slave: vacant
> > Secondary master: DVD ROM
> > Secondary slave: CD R-W
> >
> > My questions are:
> > 1. Can I install my NEW HD in primary-slave and
> later install and dual-boot
> > Mandrake succesfully? 2. If not, what changes
> should I make?
> 
> 1. Yes, no problem, linux does not care where you
> boot from. 
> 
> Put the drive in your machine.
> 
> Boot the Mandrake installer. Let it use the second
> HD as the place to put its 
> files, It should detect your WinSnooze 
> installation, and set up LILO to boot 
> it as you wish. LILO is the Linux Boot Loader, and
> it will set up your 
> computer to dual boot both XP and Mandrake.
> 
> Don't worry, Be Happy, 
> 
> Peace, Love, Linux-
> 
> Rob
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Re: [newbie] PROBLEM WITH IP ADDRESS

[Nestor Castro]

Adolfo Bello wrote:

On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 22:43, Dennis Myers wrote:
 

On Thursday 11 December 2003 12:01 pm, Nestor Castro wrote:
   

H.J.Bathoorn wrote:
 

On Thursday 11 December 2003 11:53, Nestor Castro wrote:

 (chainsaw snipping;))

   

*
Thanks Again for your time and patience.
Nestor
*
 

1)Can you ping the other boxes on your subnet?
   

yeaa, that, I can do

 

If so does it work using their names as well?
   

noop

 

2)Can you ping the internet using IP addresses?
   

that`s also a No

 

66.102.11.99 (google) for instance.

Good luck,
HarM
   

damn, that chainsaw is getting dangerously close.

I`ll atach a diagram of how my LAN is connected, and  see if this helps
you guys get a better perspective.
Thanks.

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I don't get it, if you have a line into the linux comp and a line out then you 
have to have two nic cards eth0 and eth1 in order to connect two cables to 
that computer. If that is the case then you have one nic that is not 
functioning.  So if one is a built in to the motherboard it would seem that 
it may need to be activated in the bios.  If it is active it should show up 
when you do "ifconfig" in console. Also you should see the active light on 
the back of the comp in two places.  Something is missing or am I just daft?
   

yes, there are two cards, but the one built in to the motherboard eth0 
is not activated, so we can just  forget about that one. I`m olnly using 
eth1, ,  just one cable goes into my comp into eth1, I can ping anyone 
in my subnet with it.

My guess is that the routing table will show that the interface to the
gateway is the inactive card (which is eth0).
Please, could you post the outputs of "route -n" and "ifconfig"? Use the
chainsaw before posting. LOL.
 

here they go...

[EMAIL PROTECTED] jncasmed]# ifconfig_

_eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0B:DB:74:3F:A1_

_ inet addr:192.168.147.66 Bcast:192.168.147.0 Mask:255.255.255.0_

_ UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1_

_ RX packets:368583 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0_

_ TX packets:2735 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0_

_ collisions:0 txqueuelen:100_

_ RX bytes:476833374 (454.7 Mb) TX bytes:289532 (282.7 Kb)_

_ Interrupt:18 Base address:0xddc0 Memory:fcfe-fd00_

_
_
_lo Link encap:Local Loopback_

_ inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0_

_ UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1_

_ RX packets:567 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0_

_ TX packets:567 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0_

_ collisions:0 txqueuelen:0_

_ RX bytes:40073 (39.1 Kb) TX bytes:40073 (39.1 Kb)_

_
_
[EMAIL PROTECTED] jncasmed]# route -n_

_Kernel IP routing table_

_Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface_

_192.168.147.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1_

_127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo_

[EMAIL PROTECTED] jncasmed]#_



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Re: [newbie] Forgot the swap partition...

[cdrack]

If you like the GUI, you can use the Mandrake Control
Center to assign the mount point or create the new
swap partition.  When you finish the MCC will ask you
if you whant to whrite the changes to the fstab file.

And allso if you have created one swap partition and
if you now the adecuated code to insert into the fstab
file... go ahead.   But if not, i recommend you the
GUI way.

Cdrack.

--- Alexandre Aractingi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Thanks for your explanations!
> I'll create a new partition for swap use. Can I then
> run diskdrake to
> tell my OS to use it, or do I have to manually enter
> it in /etc/fstab?
> Thanks,
> Alex
> 
> Le ven 12/12/2003 à 15:45, cdrack a écrit :
> > as you should now, the swap partition acts like an
> > extra ram storage...  When you run applications,
> they
> > alocates them code into the ram memori, but if you
> > have varius applications running at the same time.
> > (usualy... like network handler, video
> > handler,database servers, and so)  Each one of
> them
> > will claim some memory space to work on. and if
> you
> > don't have enough to bring them, the system will
> slow
> > down and maybe hang.
> > 
> > Because not all the programs work at the same
> time,
> > there are memory alocated that is not nesesary to
> keep
> > with the actual information and may be used by
> active
> > applications, so here becomes important the swap
> > space.  At this point the SO takes the memory from
> the
> > inactive applications and places it's information
> on
> > the swap partition, feeing memory to use by active
> > applications.  When the unactive applications
> become
> > active then the SO find's the new inactive
> aplications
> > and does the hole thing again.
> > 
> > The SO can use a non swap partition for this job,
> but
> > the performance will not be the same, because the
> swap
> > partition have's a diferent file sistem and method
> to
> > access to the information.
> > 
> > So if you are able to reinstall or install a extra
> > disk to use it for swap job... go on.
> > 
> > Cdrack.
> > 
> > 
> > --- Alexandre Aractingi
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > As I installed mdk 9.2 on a brand new desktop, I
> > > totally forgot to make
> > > a swap partition. The installer didn't complain
> and
> > > everything looks
> > > fine now, but I'm still wondering if it might be
> an
> > > annoyance for later?
> > > (The machine has 512 Mo of RAM)
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > -- 
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> > > 
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Re: [newbie] PDF Import Filter for KWord

[Tango Echo]

--- "H.J.Bathoorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 11 December 2003 15:20, Lee Wiggers
> wrote:
> > On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:00:58 +0100
> Specifically I'm having troubles with multi-page
> PDF's not single page one's.

I'm sorry if this was already covered in the thread,
but I was not completely following along.  Where are
you getting your mulit-page PDFs?  I would love to
find out how/if this is possible.  Currently I have a
document I'm scanning in via Kooka but am only able to
send each individual page to a PDF file.  Hence, a 5
page docuement produces 5 individual files instead of
a single PDF file =/

Any suggestions or should I look on expert?  I would
think this would be a very common task that I am
trying to accomplish here...

Thanks,

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Re: [newbie] Help! Sound not working in 9.2

[emnej]

Op vr 12-12-2003, om 05:43 schreef Charlie:
> On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 06:09 am, many eyes noted that Ronald J. Hall wrote:
> > On Thursday 11 December 2003 01:31 pm, Inhabitant of Zion wrote:
> > >Io  Have you tried running alsaconf?
> > >Io
> > >Io  Its available in the alsa-utils-1.0.0-0.1rc1mdk RPM for i586.
> > >Io
> >
> > Have you tried running aumix or kmix to make sure that your sound settings
> > are not muted?
> >
> > I think Derek said this was the number one problem/solution with sound.
> 
> If everything else fails try this..
> A long shot, but have uninstalled alsa and reinstalled it, and that made sound 
> work on some systems after rebooting. Though it might have worked after just 
> a new login. If everything else fails try this..
> 
> Charlie

I already reinstalled the whole system twice but unfortunately without a
good result. Still, thanks for the advice.

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Re: [newbie] Forgot the swap partition...

[Alexandre Aractingi]

Thanks for your explanations!
I'll create a new partition for swap use. Can I then run diskdrake to
tell my OS to use it, or do I have to manually enter it in /etc/fstab?
Thanks,
Alex

Le ven 12/12/2003 à 15:45, cdrack a écrit :
> as you should now, the swap partition acts like an
> extra ram storage...  When you run applications, they
> alocates them code into the ram memori, but if you
> have varius applications running at the same time.
> (usualy... like network handler, video
> handler,database servers, and so)  Each one of them
> will claim some memory space to work on. and if you
> don't have enough to bring them, the system will slow
> down and maybe hang.
> 
> Because not all the programs work at the same time,
> there are memory alocated that is not nesesary to keep
> with the actual information and may be used by active
> applications, so here becomes important the swap
> space.  At this point the SO takes the memory from the
> inactive applications and places it's information on
> the swap partition, feeing memory to use by active
> applications.  When the unactive applications become
> active then the SO find's the new inactive aplications
> and does the hole thing again.
> 
> The SO can use a non swap partition for this job, but
> the performance will not be the same, because the swap
> partition have's a diferent file sistem and method to
> access to the information.
> 
> So if you are able to reinstall or install a extra
> disk to use it for swap job... go on.
> 
> Cdrack.
> 
> 
> --- Alexandre Aractingi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > As I installed mdk 9.2 on a brand new desktop, I
> > totally forgot to make
> > a swap partition. The installer didn't complain and
> > everything looks
> > fine now, but I'm still wondering if it might be an
> > annoyance for later?
> > (The machine has 512 Mo of RAM)
> > Thanks,
> > 
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> > 
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Re: [newbie] Forgot the swap partition...

[cdrack]

as you should now, the swap partition acts like an
extra ram storage...  When you run applications, they
alocates them code into the ram memori, but if you
have varius applications running at the same time.
(usualy... like network handler, video
handler,database servers, and so)  Each one of them
will claim some memory space to work on. and if you
don't have enough to bring them, the system will slow
down and maybe hang.

Because not all the programs work at the same time,
there are memory alocated that is not nesesary to keep
with the actual information and may be used by active
applications, so here becomes important the swap
space.  At this point the SO takes the memory from the
inactive applications and places it's information on
the swap partition, feeing memory to use by active
applications.  When the unactive applications become
active then the SO find's the new inactive aplications
and does the hole thing again.

The SO can use a non swap partition for this job, but
the performance will not be the same, because the swap
partition have's a diferent file sistem and method to
access to the information.

So if you are able to reinstall or install a extra
disk to use it for swap job... go on.

Cdrack.


--- Alexandre Aractingi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi all,
> As I installed mdk 9.2 on a brand new desktop, I
> totally forgot to make
> a swap partition. The installer didn't complain and
> everything looks
> fine now, but I'm still wondering if it might be an
> annoyance for later?
> (The machine has 512 Mo of RAM)
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
> Alexandre Aractingi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> 
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[newbie] Fitness/Diet software?

[Tango Echo]

Hi all,

Do any of you know of a good fitness/diet software
program that's run in Linux, preferably Mandrake? I'm
surprised that to this point I have been unable to
find such a simple program.  Something like fitday.com
were you can track what you eat, and produce chart
graphs of weight, food, etc...

Thanks!

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[newbie] Audigy sound cards

[Robin Turner]

Does anyone know if the kernel shipped with 9.2 contains drivers for 
Audigy 2 / Platinum soundcards, or will I have to compile my own kernel 
module if I get one of these?

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Re: [newbie] Mozilla Java plug-in probs

[Martin Brandt]

Installed mozilla and then reinstalled java but im still having the same 
problem. It must be some little thing im doing wrong. I got it working when 
i was using mozilla 1.5 on red hat 9.0 a month ago.
Tried look for Kaffe but too many file needed for the rpm so i think ill 
keep trying to get java sun working.


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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Mozilla Java plug-in probs
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:22:37 -0500
On Thursday 11 December 2003 01:42 pm, Martin Brandt wrote:
> Well i did that already anyway : ( and it doesnt detect it. And wouldnt 
i
> need to use the ns610-gcc32 plugin because im using Mozilla 1.6a? I read 
it
> somewhere on some faq...
> Perhaps i should try a different java application. Are there any others?

The package directly from sun but I think you already have that.

Try to do a "locate /usr/lib/mo*/plugins" and see what comes up.  My guess
would be that there is some other plugins directory somewhere on the 
machine
that is missing the requisite link.  Creating the link worked immediately 
on
my Mozilla 1.4 installation.  But I did have to find the right directory.  
On
my current machine I have a /usr/lib/mozilla, /usr/lib/mozilla-1.3.1,
/usr/lib/mozilla-1.3 and /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4 and all have plugins
directories.  The correct one was /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4/plugins.

Or you could try installing Kaffe which, if my memory serves me correctly, 
is
a free java virtual machine available as a Mandrake RPM.

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Re: [newbie] Font spacing in kword in M9.1

[John Richard Smith]

kword character spacing
===
After some experimenting I found out,
kword sends a printfile to another printer model with correct 
character spacing,while the same file  to my printer does not.

While OTOH,
Mozilla sends files correctly to my printer without character 
spacing problems.
Mozilla  is called by lp -s  -dZ53f,  while kword uses kprinter.

If the same kword file prints ok to anouther printer but not mine 
why is
it that Mozilla has no trouble sending an identicle script to my 
printer ?

John

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Re: [newbie] mandrake default kernel source

[H.J.Bathoorn]

On Friday 12 December 2003 05:33, babar haq wrote:
> Hi
> Can someone mail me the default kernel version in mandrake 9.2.Actually i
> need to download the kernel-source in office and i forgot to bring the
> kernel version from home. Can some one mail me the link i can download the
> kernel source. Thanx
> Babar
2.4.22-10mdk
Powerpack edition --needs updating for LG cdroms (or LG patches)

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Re: [newbie] Installing with a (new) second Hard drive

[John Richard Smith]

j wrote:

Hi there,
I know this question has been asked under different titles, but 
believe me, I could not find a CLEAR answer:
 
I am about to install Mandrake 9.2 and I got a new HDD thinking to 
disturb as little as possible my existing XP.
I
 have currently:
Primary Master: C and D drives (D is virtual)
Primary Slave: vacant
Secondary master: DVD ROM
Secondary slave: CD R-W
 
My questions are:
1. Can I install my NEW HD in primary-slave and later install and 
dual-boot Mandrake succesfully?
2. If not, what changes should I make?
 
Thanks a lot
Jorge
Sure,

Just set you jumpers on the HD as slave, plug it into the same IDE line 
as the first HD , reboot, go into bios and autodetect the second ide 
device , save and exit.

Slap you CD1 installation disc in the dvd  and away you should go.
Eventually you will get to the partition tool , create you partitions on 
what will in the above setup be hdb. Format and install programmes, set 
boot script, and configure you video card make boot floppy and your 
ready to go.

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Re: [newbie] Urpmi database locked

[Lee Wiggers]

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 15:45:37 +
Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Thursday 11 Dec 2003 12:24 pm, Brandon Erik Bertelsen wrote:
> > Lee Wiggers wrote:
> > >I closed a shell in the middle of an urpmi update.
> > >
> > >(Don't ask)
> > >
> > >Now I get 'urpmi database locked' when I attempt to update.
> > >
> > >How do I get myself out of this one?
> > >
> > >Lee
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >--
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> > Reboot your computer...
> Delete the lock file.
> It is in /var/lib/urpmi  or somewhere around there.
> 
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Whew!  Had me worried there for a minute.

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Re: [newbie] PROBLEM WITH IP ADDRESS

[Adolfo Bello]

On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 22:43, Dennis Myers wrote:
> On Thursday 11 December 2003 12:01 pm, Nestor Castro wrote:
> > H.J.Bathoorn wrote:
> > >On Thursday 11 December 2003 11:53, Nestor Castro wrote:
> > >
> > > (chainsaw snipping;))
> > >
> > >>*
> > >>Thanks Again for your time and patience.
> > >>
> > >>Nestor
> > >>*
> > >
> > >1)Can you ping the other boxes on your subnet?
> >
> > yeaa, that, I can do
> >
> > >If so does it work using their names as well?
> >
> > noop
> >
> > >2)Can you ping the internet using IP addresses?
> >
> > that`s also a No
> >
> > >66.102.11.99 (google) for instance.
> > >
> > >Good luck,
> > >HarM
> >
> > damn, that chainsaw is getting dangerously close.
> >
> > I`ll atach a diagram of how my LAN is connected, and  see if this helps
> > you guys get a better perspective.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Nestor.
> >
> > >
> > >
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> I don't get it, if you have a line into the linux comp and a line out then you 
> have to have two nic cards eth0 and eth1 in order to connect two cables to 
> that computer. If that is the case then you have one nic that is not 
> functioning.  So if one is a built in to the motherboard it would seem that 
> it may need to be activated in the bios.  If it is active it should show up 
> when you do "ifconfig" in console. Also you should see the active light on 
> the back of the comp in two places.  Something is missing or am I just daft?

My guess is that the routing table will show that the interface to the
gateway is the inactive card (which is eth0).

Please, could you post the outputs of "route -n" and "ifconfig"? Use the
chainsaw before posting. LOL.

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Re: [newbie] make partition/dir r/w dor all

[Kaj Haulrich]

On Friday 12 December 2003 07:43, Johan wrote:
> Hi,
> /dev/hdg8  /mnt/backup ext3 rw,users,exec,auto,suid   0  0
>
> What else need I put in this line to make it rw for all,  Please.
> I do not like to change to su every time I want to write
> something there.
> Looking in the *man mount* it seems I done all - maybe missed
> some? Thanks

Try this :
/dev/hdg8  /mnt/backup ext3 rw,users,exec,auto,suid,umask=0 0  0

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Re: [newbie] Boot hangs on startup (video problem?)

[H.J.Bathoorn]

On Friday 12 December 2003 02:31, Steve Wechsler wrote:
> > -Original Message-
>
> How can I change the menu so it defaults to "linux".
>
>
> Steve

Go into MCC (K -> configuration -> configure your computer) and choose "boot" 
and then "drakboot".
Then click "configure" and OK it. Chose the option (linux) you want and 
"modify"...you'll be able teo set it as default there.
Back out of there OK'ing everything so as it all gets saved and configured. 
(tip: try not to close windows but OK them in MCC).

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[newbie] Forgot the swap partition...

[Alexandre Aractingi]

Hi all,
As I installed mdk 9.2 on a brand new desktop, I totally forgot to make
a swap partition. The installer didn't complain and everything looks
fine now, but I'm still wondering if it might be an annoyance for later?
(The machine has 512 Mo of RAM)
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Re: [newbie] Help! Sound not working in 9.2

[Derek Jennings]

On Friday 12 Dec 2003 7:15 am, emnej wrote:
> Op do 11-12-2003, om 19:31 schreef Inhabitant of Zion:
> > Have you tried running alsaconf?
> >
> > Its available in the alsa-utils-1.0.0-0.1rc1mdk RPM for i586.
>
> When I run alsaconf as root, I receive the following message:
>
> # alsaconf
> device_mode int, description "Device file permission mask for devfs."
> which: no dialog in
> (/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbi
>n) which: no whiptail in
> (/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbi
>n) Error, dialog or whiptail not found.
>
> So it seems that something here is not good, but I have no idea what ;-)
>
> Thanks for helping,
>
> Erik

Did you see this ?
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3#alsaconf

alsaconf is very effective at setting up your sound card. It will write the 
driver configuration into /etc/modules.conf but be aware it will overwrite 
the existing contents, and will not replace the non sound lines of the file.
So make a backup before running alsaconf and replace the non sound lines by 
hand afterwards.

derek

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[newbie] make partition/dir r/w dor all

[Johan]

Hi,
/dev/hdg8  /mnt/backup ext3 rw,users,exec,auto,suid 0  0

What else need I put in this line to make it rw for all,  Please.
I do not like to change to su every time I want to write something 
there.
Looking in the *man mount* it seems I done all - maybe missed some?
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Re: [newbie] Realplayer Stillborn Under 9.2

[Bryan Phinney]

On Friday 12 December 2003 02:25 am, Graham Watkins wrote:
> Ronald J. Hall wrote:
> > My question is, what is the deal with arts??? Half my games and apps have
> > to be started like this now - why was it changed? :-(
>
> Over to you Bryan.

I am the wrong person to ask.  I don't run 9.2 because of issues with my 
HPT372 controller and only need to run soundwrapper to prevent conflicts with 
Realplayer alone, all the other multimedia apps that I run have built in arts 
support.

If I had to make a guess, I would say that this is because some developers 
don't anticipate arts running constantly and controlling the sound device, 
thus they try to access it directly and that causes conflicts.  As to why 
that experience would be different with previous versions of Mandrake, I am 
not sure, I can only talk about what I have installed and run on my machine.

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Re: [newbie] Sound and Video Update

[Teilhard Knight]

Thanks a lot Brian. I will have to look in a hardware USENET group to
hopefully get help about the DVD contrivances.

Teilhard.


> On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 07:44, Teilhard Knight wrote:
> > First, I would like to thank all those who answered my post "Sound and
> > Video"
> >
> > On the video side, I have downloaded the NVIDIA package, but I have not
> > installed it because I do not know how to switch off KDE. Could you tell
me
> > how? And also how to start it again?
>
> In a console window, type:
>
> init 3
>
> X will shut down and you can log in as root, do your nvidia install,
> then type:
>
> startx
>
> to get X started again.
>
> >
> > On the sound side, I seem to have a hardware problem. For those who
didn't
> > read my first post, I have a DVD drive, a CD-RW, and a DVD+RW. Both
WinXP
> > and Mandrake (9.2) have problems even displaying the contents of the DVD
> > drive and the DVD+RW. The CD-RW works fine. This happened after
installing
> > Mandrake, but I do not know how this can give problems in WinXP. The two
> > OS's live in their own partitions, and as far as I know, they do not
fiddle
> > with each other. I feel this is not a Mandrake issue, but in case you
can
> > offer me a hand, I'll be grateful.
>
> It's tough to see how mdk could be responsible as you say.  No clue
> here.  Sorry
>
> >
> > Teilhard
>
>
>






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Re: [newbie] Realplayer Stillborn Under 9.2

[Graham Watkins]

Ronald J. Hall wrote:

My question is, what is the deal with arts??? Half my games and apps have to 
be started like this now - why was it changed? :-(


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