Re: [newbie] Help! Sound not working in 9.2
On Saturday 13 December 2003 10:13, emnej wrote: 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, Erik You must raise the volumes of the relevant channels _and_ unmute them. In kmix unmuting a channel is done by clicking on the green led. It should be bright green. HTH, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Forgot the swap partition...
On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 05:12 am, many eyes noted that Iván Velamazán González wrote: In my case (Mandrake 9.2; 512MB RAM and 512MB swap) I've never seen swap used (normal / personal workstation use)... Well, one time I saw a few kilobytes allocated. The next time I make changes at the disk, I'll reduce it to a half or less... Does your systems (with this quantity of RAM memory) use really the swap? Curiosity. snip The system here with 512 MB RAM has never used swap, but I do have a 128 MB swap partition just in case. Charlie -- Hopeless fellows - using their heads to look for their heads! Zen saying This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.1, Kmail v1.5 and OpenOffice.org1Beta Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Forgot the swap partition...
Charlie wrote: On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 05:12 am, many eyes noted that Iván Velamazán González wrote: In my case (Mandrake 9.2; 512MB RAM and 512MB swap) I've never seen swap used (normal / personal workstation use)... Well, one time I saw a few kilobytes allocated. The next time I make changes at the disk, I'll reduce it to a half or less... Does your systems (with this quantity of RAM memory) use really the swap? Curiosity. snip The system here with 512 MB RAM has never used swap, but I do have a 128 MB swap partition just in case. Charlie Heck charlie , I have 512 MB of RAM and mine often needs it, especially on those big number crunching jobs like analogue to digital sound creation, dvd to divx creation, you need all your system has then. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] make partition/dir r/w dor all
Hi, Ok, this was given to me by Izak and done yesterday...still working after overnight reboot...Thanks to all that responded to my question.. *** Just chmod /mnt/backup to 1777. That way it is sticky and writable by any one. Sticky means anyone can create files, but you cannot delete files created by someone else. Similar to /tmp. Izak *** Johan +++ On Saturday 13 December 2003 01:03, 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 -- Johan May this be a good day for learning Registered Linux User #330034 - still learning Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Scannerdrake doesnt save config
I am trying to install a Umax 2000U usb scanner on 9.2. Scanner drake identifies the Umax Astra 2000U found on /dev/usb/scanner0 but when I either click auto or manual configuration, it return to the main screen and reports No scanners found which are available on your system david Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Laptops
I remember seeing some posts lately about laptop choices for Mandrake. Well, I finally found one that works incredibly well. Asus makes a laptop called a D1 or D1000, and promotes it as a desknote PC, but it's actually a laptop which can also be used as a PC replacement. So, yesterday, I finally bit the bullet and bought one. These laptops are designed in such a way that you decide which CPU, Hard Drive, quantity of ram you want, and whether or not you want a battery or not. That might sound like a strange thing to say, but some people might want to use it solely as a PC replacement, in which case they wouldn't need a battery. The other nice thing about the way it's sold is that you can add or upgrade the parts yourself. The D1 is sort of a Do-It-Yourself laptop which means that upgrades are a snap, and if you don't want to spend a lot, this is definitely the way to go. Mandrake 9.2 detected everything, and set them up without so much as a burp! Essentially, everything is on-board. You still have a PCMCIA slot for extra devices ( and the drivers for the slot are installed and ready to go ), but Video, Lan, Modem, USB, CDRW\DVD, USB Wheel mouse ( My choice ) are all running perfectly. I haven't tried setting up the touchpad, but I don't like them anyways. Still, I'll probably give it a shot later today. Power management is working like a charm ( for a change ! ), even though it has never worked properly for me in Windows - not even on conventional PC's ! I ordered my D1 with a P4-2.4 Ghz CPU, 512 Mb DDR Ram, and a 40 Gb drive. Assembly took less than 30 minutes, and the O/S installed without a hitch. By assembling it myself, I even saved another $40.00 ! Not including taxes, this laptop cost me $1400.00 Canadian, and so far it's the best money I've ever spent. Time will tell, but I can't believe how easy it was. Check it out folks. It might be what you're looking for in a laptop. Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Laptops
On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 09:03:09 -0500 Lanman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I remember seeing some posts lately about laptop choices for Mandrake. Well, I finally found one that works incredibly well. Asus makes a laptop called a D1 or D1000, and promotes it as a desknote PC, but it's actually a laptop which can also be used as a PC replacement. So, yesterday, I finally bit the bullet and bought one. These laptops are designed in such a way that you decide which CPU, Hard Drive, quantity of ram you want, and whether or not you want a battery or not. That might sound like a strange thing to say, but some people might want to use it solely as a PC replacement, in which case they wouldn't need a battery. The other nice thing about the way it's sold is that you can add or upgrade the parts yourself. The D1 is sort of a Do-It-Yourself laptop which means that upgrades are a snap, and if you don't want to spend a lot, this is definitely the way to go. Mandrake 9.2 detected everything, and set them up without so much as a burp! Essentially, everything is on-board. You still have a PCMCIA slot for extra devices ( and the drivers for the slot are installed and ready to go ), but Video, Lan, Modem, USB, CDRW\DVD, USB Wheel mouse ( My choice ) are all running perfectly. I haven't tried setting up the touchpad, but I don't like them anyways. Still, I'll probably give it a shot later today. Power management is working like a charm ( for a change ! ), even though it has never worked properly for me in Windows - not even on conventional PC's ! I ordered my D1 with a P4-2.4 Ghz CPU, 512 Mb DDR Ram, and a 40 Gb drive. Assembly took less than 30 minutes, and the O/S installed without a hitch. By assembling it myself, I even saved another $40.00 ! Not including taxes, this laptop cost me $1400.00 Canadian, and so far it's the best money I've ever spent. Time will tell, but I can't believe how easy it was. Check it out folks. It might be what you're looking for in a laptop. Lanman Have you tried the touchpad? Mdk picked up my optical wheelmouse and the touchpad both without a complaint. They both work automagically. If the mouse isn't plugged in (on the road again) the touchpad works then too. Lee -- User #223705 Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Bit Torrent installation
Im trying to install Bit Torrent (bittorrent-3.3-3mdk.src.rpm) on mandrake 9.2 for Mozilla 1.5. extracted the files (to /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES) untarred BitTorrent-3.3.tar.bz2 then i added application/x-bittorrent; /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES/BitTorrent-3.3/btdownloadgui.py %s; test=test -n $DISPLAY like the install file says. So i try to dl some torrent, Mozilla detects it when i click the torrent (open with Bittorrent etc) but when i do it just dls the script of the torrent in Download Manager. When i extracted the rpm other files were extracted other than BitTorrent-3.3.tar.bz2, BitTorrent-3.3-maketorrent-1.2.patch.bz2 BitTorrent-3.3-man.tar.bz2 BitTorrent-3.3-nonag.patch.bz2 and 3 icons do i need to install these also? there is nothing in the install readme from BitTorrent-3.3.tar.bz2 saying i need them... _ Stay in touch with absent friends - get MSN Messenger http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla Java plug-in probs
I had already done that : ( The wierd thing is, i went on that test page and it says no java enabled, but it says the version no. (1.3) and that cookies are enabled which it says should only be displayed if java test says enabled. From the experience of trying to install Bit Torrent, should there be some stuff on java in /etc/mailcap file? From: Charlie Mahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mozilla Java plug-in probs Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 11:11:28 -0700 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Friday 12 December 2003 5:36 am, Martin Brandt wrote: 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. I just talked a friend through installing Java on a fresh 9.2 install over the phone last night and while doing that I realized that my java version wasn't current. So I ran through the same procedure as I was instructing him to use and it all worked. While about it; apparently the answer to your question about the plug-in version being gcc32 is yes, that's the correct one. Not that it seemed to matter on this system. The following instructions are what worked for my friend in a fresh install. The last step was slightly different for my machine because I have upgraded Mozilla to version 1.5 from MandrakeClub. I had to add the symlink for that as well as the default location. Download the J2SE rpm.bin file from Sun, open a terminal in the directory it was saved to and as super user: sh j2re-1_4_2_03-linux-i586-rpm.bin urpmi j2re-1_4_2_03-linux-i586.rpm ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_03//plugin/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ In order to make this work for mine I had to add the target /usr/lib/mozilla-1.5/plugins/ I tested, and had Ed (my friend) test java function by going to this page: http://www.expertit.co.uk/support/browsertest/ with every java capable browser he had installed. They all worked, as did my Mozilla 1.5. Best of luck to you. It makes no sense why I have no trouble with java here in Mozilla and yours crashes, except for a possible bug in the _alpha_ level version of Mozilla you're running. Have you upgraded Mozilla to the beta version yet? Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21mdk 10:41:29 up 19:14, 1 user, load average: 0.03, 0.05, 0.03 Operator, please trace this call and tell me where I am. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/2gTQZqvqlrLPr5YRAkjfAJ44qTBsWs0uAkhkJEDi8EwLwTlrQwCdGE51 mAa+C+DrH42ZL/Nz3UXgGyE= =k/jk -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bit Torrent installation
On Saturday 13 Dec 2003 2:27 pm, Martin Brandt wrote: Im trying to install Bit Torrent (bittorrent-3.3-3mdk.src.rpm) on mandrake 9.2 for Mozilla 1.5. extracted the files (to /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES) untarred BitTorrent-3.3.tar.bz2 then i added application/x-bittorrent; /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES/BitTorrent-3.3/btdownloadgui.py %s; test=test -n $DISPLAY like the install file says. So i try to dl some torrent, Mozilla detects it when i click the torrent (open with Bittorrent etc) but when i do it just dls the script of the torrent in Download Manager. When i extracted the rpm other files were extracted other than BitTorrent-3.3.tar.bz2, BitTorrent-3.3-maketorrent-1.2.patch.bz2 BitTorrent-3.3-man.tar.bz2 BitTorrent-3.3-nonag.patch.bz2 and 3 icons do i need to install these also? there is nothing in the install readme from BitTorrent-3.3.tar.bz2 saying i need them... Is there a particular reason why you are using a .src rpm? Although biitorrent is written in python and does not need compiling, the .src.rpm is compressed and as you see it contains patches that need to be applied. It is much easier to install a normal RPM. I got my bittorrent from here http://wwwra.informatik.uni-rostock.de/~waschk/Mandrake/9.2/ It works great. No need to do anything. Just install it. 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] Laptops
On Sat, 2003-12-13 at 09:16, Lee Wiggers wrote: On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 09:03:09 -0500 Lanman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I remember seeing some posts lately about laptop choices for Mandrake. Well, I finally found one that works incredibly well. Asus makes a laptop called a D1 or D1000, and promotes it as a desknote PC, but it's actually a laptop which can also be used as a PC replacement. So, yesterday, I finally bit the bullet and bought one. These laptops are designed in such a way that you decide which CPU, Hard Drive, quantity of ram you want, and whether or not you want a battery or not. That might sound like a strange thing to say, but some people might want to use it solely as a PC replacement, in which case they wouldn't need a battery. The other nice thing about the way it's sold is that you can add or upgrade the parts yourself. The D1 is sort of a Do-It-Yourself laptop which means that upgrades are a snap, and if you don't want to spend a lot, this is definitely the way to go. Mandrake 9.2 detected everything, and set them up without so much as a burp! Essentially, everything is on-board. You still have a PCMCIA slot for extra devices ( and the drivers for the slot are installed and ready to go ), but Video, Lan, Modem, USB, CDRW\DVD, USB Wheel mouse ( My choice ) are all running perfectly. I haven't tried setting up the touchpad, but I don't like them anyways. Still, I'll probably give it a shot later today. Power management is working like a charm ( for a change ! ), even though it has never worked properly for me in Windows - not even on conventional PC's ! I ordered my D1 with a P4-2.4 Ghz CPU, 512 Mb DDR Ram, and a 40 Gb drive. Assembly took less than 30 minutes, and the O/S installed without a hitch. By assembling it myself, I even saved another $40.00 ! Not including taxes, this laptop cost me $1400.00 Canadian, and so far it's the best money I've ever spent. Time will tell, but I can't believe how easy it was. Check it out folks. It might be what you're looking for in a laptop. Lanman Have you tried the touchpad? Mdk picked up my optical wheelmouse and the touchpad both without a complaint. They both work automagically. If the mouse isn't plugged in (on the road again) the touchpad works then too. Lee I Just tried it and it didn't work. I'm going to try rebooting and see if it's picked up. Thanks for the tip. Never even thought of it! Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Help! Sound not working in 9.2: almost solved
Op za 13-12-2003, om 08:46 schreef Frans Ketelaars: On Saturday 13 December 2003 10:13, emnej wrote: 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, Erik You must raise the volumes of the relevant channels _and_ unmute them. In kmix unmuting a channel is done by clicking on the green led. It should be bright green. HTH, -Frans __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com I think that the problem is not with the volume. 'Inhabitant of Zion' advised me to look on the ALSA list. I searched their pages and found out that it seems to be a problem with recent versions of ALSA. Others had the same problem and were advised to go back to ALSA 9.0 RC6. This is what I will now try to do. Anyway, thank you very much for your help! Hartelijke groeten, Erik Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How to apply pateches (was bittorrent installation)
When i extracted the rpm other files were extracted other than BitTorrent-3.3.tar.bz2, BitTorrent-3.3-maketorrent-1.2.patch.bz2 BitTorrent-3.3-man.tar.bz2 BitTorrent-3.3-nonag.patch.bz2 and 3 icons do i need to install these also? there is nothing in the install readme from BitTorrent-3.3.tar.bz2 saying i need them... Is there a particular reason why you are using a .src rpm? Although biitorrent is written in python and does not need compiling, the .src.rpm is compressed and as you see it contains patches that need to be applied. Rather than hijack the original thread i'll quote in a new one. ;-) Just how does one go about applying patches? I've read man patch and I think I understood it better before reading the man page. Is the patch command only used with diff files? An example would sure help. I'm not out to patch BitTorrent per se, but that would be a good example to use if someone could give me some pointers. I'm quite comfortable on the command line, there's just still a lot I haven't learned even after 2 years. Thanks in advance. Jerry. -- _||_ Registered linux user #300600 (o_ Registered linux machine # 185855 //\at V_/_ http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Scannerdrake doesnt save config
David Little wrote: I am trying to install a Umax 2000U usb scanner on 9.2. Scanner drake identifies the Umax Astra 2000U found on /dev/usb/scanner0 but when I either click auto or manual configuration, it return to the main screen and reports No scanners found which are available on your system david Much the same thing hapened to me in M9.1 and I solved it by gong to /etc/sane.d and opening the relevent text file to your make of printer, and amending the line that sets the scanner port, like this, #usb /dev/usbscanner0 usb /dev/usb/scanner0 I think it was an error unresolved in the way the detection sets it all up. Funny thing was I didn't need to in M9.0. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bit Torrent installation
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:27:14 +, Martin Brandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about [newbie] Bit Torrent installation: Im trying to install Bit Torrent (bittorrent-3.3-3mdk.src.rpm) on mandrake 9.2 for Mozilla 1.5. extracted the files (to /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES) untarred BitTorrent-3.3.tar.bz2 then i added application/x-bittorrent; /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES/BitTorrent-3.3/btdownloadgui.py %s; test=test -n $DISPLAY like the install file says. So i try to dl some torrent, Mozilla detects it when i click the torrent (open with Bittorrent etc) but when i do it just dls the script of the torrent in Download Manager. In my experience BitTorrent is not compatible with Mozilla. For me it worked only with Konqueror when Mandrake 9.2 appeared. Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/20F/wC/zk+cxEdMRAjJ2AKCtMt63tQlNOqF3tvXX0ZIfblHd4wCfbVJT AaGnJSJkhJPfxiEGGoIZtWI= =9+5t -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bit Torrent installation
Well ive installed the two bit torrent rpms (I assume i needed the gui rpm) now i just need to know how to run it. Ive removed the files and the changes i made to /etc/mailcap and now when i click on torrent links it doesnt detect that it should use Bit Torrent to open .torrents From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Bit Torrent installation Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:45:57 + On Saturday 13 Dec 2003 2:27 pm, Martin Brandt wrote: Im trying to install Bit Torrent (bittorrent-3.3-3mdk.src.rpm) on mandrake 9.2 for Mozilla 1.5. extracted the files (to /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES) untarred BitTorrent-3.3.tar.bz2 then i added application/x-bittorrent; /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES/BitTorrent-3.3/btdownloadgui.py %s; test=test -n $DISPLAY like the install file says. So i try to dl some torrent, Mozilla detects it when i click the torrent (open with Bittorrent etc) but when i do it just dls the script of the torrent in Download Manager. When i extracted the rpm other files were extracted other than BitTorrent-3.3.tar.bz2, BitTorrent-3.3-maketorrent-1.2.patch.bz2 BitTorrent-3.3-man.tar.bz2 BitTorrent-3.3-nonag.patch.bz2 and 3 icons do i need to install these also? there is nothing in the install readme from BitTorrent-3.3.tar.bz2 saying i need them... Is there a particular reason why you are using a .src rpm? Although biitorrent is written in python and does not need compiling, the .src.rpm is compressed and as you see it contains patches that need to be applied. It is much easier to install a normal RPM. I got my bittorrent from here http://wwwra.informatik.uni-rostock.de/~waschk/Mandrake/9.2/ It works great. No need to do anything. Just install it. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Tired of 56k? Get a FREE BT Broadband connection http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bit Torrent installation
Thanks a lot i didnt read your last post before i posted again. Im fine using it with Konqueror. Thanks everyone for your help From: Dick Gevers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Bit Torrent installation Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 16:42:41 + -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:27:14 +, Martin Brandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about [newbie] Bit Torrent installation: Im trying to install Bit Torrent (bittorrent-3.3-3mdk.src.rpm) on mandrake 9.2 for Mozilla 1.5. extracted the files (to /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES) untarred BitTorrent-3.3.tar.bz2 then i added application/x-bittorrent; /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES/BitTorrent-3.3/btdownloadgui.py %s; test=test -n $DISPLAY like the install file says. So i try to dl some torrent, Mozilla detects it when i click the torrent (open with Bittorrent etc) but when i do it just dls the script of the torrent in Download Manager. In my experience BitTorrent is not compatible with Mozilla. For me it worked only with Konqueror when Mandrake 9.2 appeared. Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/20F/wC/zk+cxEdMRAjJ2AKCtMt63tQlNOqF3tvXX0ZIfblHd4wCfbVJT AaGnJSJkhJPfxiEGGoIZtWI= =9+5t -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Tired of 56k? Get a FREE BT Broadband connection http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla Java plug-in probs
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Saturday 13 December 2003 7:33 am, Martin Brandt wrote: I had already done that : ( The wierd thing is, i went on that test page and it says no java enabled, but it says the version no. (1.3) and that cookies are enabled which it says should only be displayed if java test says enabled. From the experience of trying to install Bit Torrent, should there be some stuff on java in /etc/mailcap file? whack application/x-java-jnlp-file; /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_03/javaws/javaws %s I didn't add that manually to the mailcap file. But you're right, it is there. It's the last line. I'm absolutely positive that my friend Ed didn't change any configurations in anything since he's an almost totally _raw gnubie_ and while he isn't afraid to try things he won't until someone gives him links to information. His java worked with just the instructions I gave him, which is what I posted. Try adding the relevant version path to mailcap and try again maybe? Good luck Martin. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21mdk 10:22:59 up 1 day, 18:55, 1 user, load average: 0.02, 0.05, 0.06 There are two kinds of pedestrians... the quick and the dead. -- Lord Thomas Rober Dewar -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/20xpZqvqlrLPr5YRApD3AJ985tH97ySK/gTVlUCT64odyrQRWgCfY0Lp O5o/ERWg8PhLCjZRdSfYgeg= =iW9n -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Update Blew Away OO.o Again/Sound
Hi again Charlie.
You said:
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
OK, I installed aumix and below is the output resulting from aumix -q.
vol 64, 64
pcm 64, 64
speaker 64, 64
line 64, 64, R
mic 64, 64, P
cd 64, 64, P
igain 64, 64, P
line1 64, 64, P
phin 64, 64, P
phout 64, 64
video 64, 64, P
I hope it means something to you because it sure doesn't to me. ;~)
I'm running a Sound Blaster AudioPCI64V/AudioPCI128 That's the way it
is listed by HardDrake in Mandrake Control Center, which I believe is
reasonably accurate. It is an old PCI card from a previous box.
Thanks again.
LTR }}:{(
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Re: [newbie] Update Blew Away OO.o Again/Update Sources
Hello yet again, Charlie.
You said:
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. g Just nuke both and let Mandrake
Update set
a new one up. Then you won't care what it's called either. (-:
I'm a little unclear, OK more than a little unclear, as to just what
...let Mandrake Update set a new one up. means.
I removed update_source (I thought I would do them one at a time in case
I screwed something up) but I know of no way to let Mandrake Update set
a new one up. The only way I see is to add it back by hand in
configure media. I could do that, I think, but if it would be
preferable to let mandrake do it, that's what I want to do.
What must I do to let mandrake set up a new one on its own? At this
point there is no update_source on my configure media list.
LTR }}:{(
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Re: [newbie] Update Blew Away OO.o Again/Sound
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Saturday 13 December 2003 10:35 am, Langsley T Russell wrote:
Hi again Charlie.
You said:
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
OK, I installed aumix and below is the output resulting from aumix -q.
vol 64, 64
pcm 64, 64
speaker 64, 64
line 64, 64, R
mic 64, 64, P
cd 64, 64, P
igain 64, 64, P
line1 64, 64, P
phin 64, 64, P
phout 64, 64
video 64, 64, P
I hope it means something to you because it sure doesn't to me. ;~)
So shoot me, I prefer plain text configuration files. Besides that was easier
to copy and paste than a lot of individual displays from a GUI wasn't it?
Smaller than a screen shot too. (-;
Those are the volume levels set for your sound system. The next thing you need
to do is open a terminal, become super user and run the command
drakxservices. Be sure sound is set to start at boot as well as alsa if
that's what you're using. Just scroll down the list and find the services set
to start at boot. If those two aren't in state running click the relevant
Start buttons to activate them. Anything you aren't sure of just click the
info button.
After you've done that close the services by clicking OK and when you are back
at the command prompt run the draksound command. We shall see what results
from clicking the trouble shooting button. Follow the instructions displayed.
Post any interesting messages you see in the terminal or any problems or
errors and warnings.
We'll try different alternatives if we can't make the setup work as it is now.
Later. (-:
The list needs to know what driver your sound system is currently set to use
and whether you are offered any alternatives. The output of the commands you
run as suggested in the trouble shooting dialogue. Assuming of course this
doesn't result in having sound working. Even if it does you'll need to keep a
text file of what you did, what you had to do, and the result of any
aggravation from well meaning idiots like me. g
If you don't document the steps and solutions and how you achieved the results
Anne Wilson will string us both up. You have to post your trials and
tribulations and their resolution on the Community Wiki.
http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
That's the price of admission these days. lol
I'm running a Sound Blaster AudioPCI64V/AudioPCI128 That's the way it
is listed by HardDrake in Mandrake Control Center, which I believe is
reasonably accurate. It is an old PCI card from a previous box.
Thanks again.
LTR }}:{(
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Hang in there Langsley. I still say you can do this.
Charlie
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It's always darkest just before the lights go out.
-- Alex Clark
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Re: [newbie] Update Blew Away OO.o Again/Sound
On Saturday 13 Dec 2003 6:36 pm, Charlie Mahan wrote:
If you don't document the steps and solutions and how you achieved
the results Anne Wilson will string us both up. You have to post
your trials and tribulations and their resolution on the Community
Wiki.
http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
That's the price of admission these days. lol
Glad to see that you're flying the flag while I'm away, Charlie.
I'm running a Sound Blaster AudioPCI64V/AudioPCI128 That's the
way it is listed by HardDrake in Mandrake Control Center, which I
believe is reasonably accurate. It is an old PCI card from a
previous box.
Thanks again.
LTR }}:{(
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hang in there Langsley. I still say you can do this.
Keep at it, Langsley. I'm sure you'll get there.
Anne
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Re: [newbie] Update Blew Away OO.o Again/Update Sources
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Saturday 13 December 2003 11:36 am, Langsley T Russell wrote:
Hello yet again, Charlie.
You said:
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. g Just nuke both and let Mandrake
Update set
a new one up. Then you won't care what it's called either. (-:
I'm a little unclear, OK more than a little unclear, as to just what
...let Mandrake Update set a new one up. means.
I removed update_source (I thought I would do them one at a time in case
I screwed something up) but I know of no way to let Mandrake Update set
a new one up. The only way I see is to add it back by hand in
configure media. I could do that, I think, but if it would be
preferable to let mandrake do it, that's what I want to do.
After you get rid of updates and update_source OK out of the software media
manager screen and click Mandrake Update. You'll have to give it permissions
when it asks. After it's set up be sure to check all three boxes, Security,
Bug-fixes, Normal.
What must I do to let mandrake set up a new one on its own? At this
point there is no update_source on my configure media list.
LTR }}:{(
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The update_source is what Mandrake Update will call it after you set it back
up. Just get rid of updates and stay away from stealth.net. I gave the rest
of the instructions you need above.
Any time I skip steps please yell at me. At times even my addled old brain
works faster than my fingers can type. (-;
Charlie
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Re: [newbie] Update Blew Away OO.o Again/Sound
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Saturday 13 December 2003 11:44 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 13 Dec 2003 6:36 pm, Charlie Mahan wrote: If you don't document the steps and solutions and how you achieved the results Anne Wilson will string us both up. You have to post your trials and tribulations and their resolution on the Community Wiki. http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org That's the price of admission these days. lol Glad to see that you're flying the flag while I'm away, Charlie. I know my only contributions to the Wiki have been in the form of copy and pastes from answers I've posted. By others. For that I apologize. But since I was one of the Professional $#!t disturbers whose endless complaining seems to have caused Vincent to set it up for us it only seems fair that I start somewhere. I promise that as soon as things slow a bit round here I'll post a few articles I've already written to the site. On condition that my dear friends Anne and Eric and Greg will delegate someone to proof read before they're posted? g Someone has to help me keep my verbal diarrhoea in check. LOL Hang in there Langsley. I still say you can do this. Keep at it, Langsley. I'm sure you'll get there. Anne Thanks Anne. C. - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21mdk 11:52:28 up 1 day, 20:25, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.05, 0.07 Actresses will happen in the best regulated families. -- Addison Mizner and Oliver Herford, The Entirely New Cynic's Calendar, 1905 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/22HbZqvqlrLPr5YRAhX4AKC2+PSLIVG/pJBG1TmKVpC48QufXwCfVtdh 06ucYwOeLr1iyvs8cGfv77U= =5hV8 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Update Blew Away OO.o Again/Sound
On Saturday 13 Dec 2003 7:00 pm, Charlie Mahan wrote: Glad to see that you're flying the flag while I'm away, Charlie. I know my only contributions to the Wiki have been in the form of copy and pastes from answers I've posted. By others. For that I apologize. But since I was one of the Professional $#!t disturbers whose endless complaining seems to have caused Vincent to set it up for us it only seems fair that I start somewhere. I promise that as soon as things slow a bit round here I'll post a few articles I've already written to the site. On condition that my dear friends Anne and Eric and Greg will delegate someone to proof read before they're posted? g Any help you need, just ask. But then with TWiki it's easy enough to go back and tidy up if necessary. All offerings gratefully received. It's good to see the information growing. 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] Laptops
Lanman wrote: On Sat, 2003-12-13 at 09:16, Lee Wiggers wrote: On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 09:03:09 -0500 Lanman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I remember seeing some posts lately about laptop choices for Mandrake. Well, I finally found one that works incredibly well. Asus makes a laptop called a D1 or D1000, and promotes it as a desknote PC, but it's actually a laptop which can also be used as a PC replacement. So, yesterday, I finally bit the bullet and bought one. These laptops are designed in such a way that you decide which CPU, Hard Drive, quantity of ram you want, and whether or not you want a battery or not. That might sound like a strange thing to say, but some people might want to use it solely as a PC replacement, in which case they wouldn't need a battery. The other nice thing about the way it's sold is that you can add or upgrade the parts yourself. The D1 is sort of a Do-It-Yourself laptop which means that upgrades are a snap, and if you don't want to spend a lot, this is definitely the way to go. Mandrake 9.2 detected everything, and set them up without so much as a burp! Essentially, everything is on-board. You still have a PCMCIA slot for extra devices ( and the drivers for the slot are installed and ready to go ), but Video, Lan, Modem, USB, CDRW\DVD, USB Wheel mouse ( My choice ) are all running perfectly. I haven't tried setting up the touchpad, but I don't like them anyways. Still, I'll probably give it a shot later today. Power management is working like a charm ( for a change ! ), even though it has never worked properly for me in Windows - not even on conventional PC's ! I ordered my D1 with a P4-2.4 Ghz CPU, 512 Mb DDR Ram, and a 40 Gb drive. Assembly took less than 30 minutes, and the O/S installed without a hitch. By assembling it myself, I even saved another $40.00 ! Not including taxes, this laptop cost me $1400.00 Canadian, and so far it's the best money I've ever spent. Time will tell, but I can't believe how easy it was. Check it out folks. It might be what you're looking for in a laptop. Lanman Have you tried the touchpad? Mdk picked up my optical wheelmouse and the touchpad both without a complaint. They both work automagically. If the mouse isn't plugged in (on the road again) the touchpad works then too. Lee I Just tried it and it didn't work. I'm going to try rebooting and see if it's picked up. Thanks for the tip. Never even thought of it! Lanman http://www.linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/mini/XFree86-Second-Mouse/ -- Alan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] missing screensavers
I just installed ML 9.2 with medium security and most defaults. When I go to choose a screensaver, the list is blank. Where did they go? How do I get them back? While I'm writing, how do I get rid of the Edutainment applications? Thanks, hackhound __ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] missing screensavers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Saturday 13 December 2003 1:48 pm, John Beaman wrote: I just installed ML 9.2 with medium security and most defaults. When I go to choose a screensaver, the list is blank. Where did they go? How do I get them back? Add the proper packages. kdeartwork, kdeaddons come to mind. Assuming of course you have accepted the default desktop. While I'm writing, how do I get rid of the Edutainment applications? - From the Mandrake Control Centre, Remove Software section. You do know what you installed don't you? Thanks, hackhound While you're at it check the archives of the mailing list and the errata page at the Mandrake web page. This stuff, or topics in a similar vein, has all been discussed to death. In case you aren't sure what I'm telling you here is factual check this Google search: http://www.google.ca/linux?hl=enie=ISO-8859-1q=missing+screensavers%3B+Mandrake+9.2btnG=Google+Searchmeta= The URL will likely wrap so it's probably best to copy and paste into your browser address bar. The Community Wiki is a great resource for those that wish to learn how to administer their systems with minimal hand holding. http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/WebHome Have fun. 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 13:57:16 up 1 day, 22:30, 1 user, load average: 0.58, 0.23, 0.13 Today is the first day of the rest of your life. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/24A8ZqvqlrLPr5YRAk6UAJ9yaa2k1oM+BUV4dlMh9Hvwvm06UACfbACJ jPiR56kD2VhUAGZ71z1RiWE= =oSHV -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reading PDF attachments from Mozilla containing spaces in the title
Jerry Barton wrote: 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 Maybe I'm missing the point of your statement, but how does that solve the larger problem of opening these things from the incoming emails from other persons, entities, and agencies? If it's something that needs to be done manually, I doubt that we'll be able to train all 100 of our staff members on what to do and when. Without built-in intelligent handling of common business document types, there simply can't be any kind of desktop Linux migration.I'm rather confused why it doesn't work in KDE right out of the 'box'. The users will simply say 'No Way, We want Windows back.' -- Adrian Kuepker Support Spec. Downtown Emergency Service Center Seattle, Washington USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] missing screensavers
On Saturday 13 December 2003 20:48, John Beaman wrote: I just installed ML 9.2 with medium security and most defaults. When I go to choose a screensaver, the list is blank. Where did they go? How do I get them back? First, open a console and see if you have xscreensaver installed. To do this, type xscreensaver-demo and hit enter. Otherwise, become root and type urpmi xscreensaver. Then run xscreensaver-demo again and make your choices among scores of options. Now, to have f.x. KDE to run it permanently, uncheck the screensaver in look and Feel -- screensaver. Then, still in a console, cd to /home/john/.kde/Autostart when in the Autostart directory, type : ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/xscreensaver screensaver (the last screensaver can be anything you want to call it, thereby creating a symbolic link to the actual application). Next time you log into KDE you'll have it running. Enjoy. Kaj Haulrich. -- ** Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer ** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] cdrom/floppy drives
Hi I have been uable to access my cdrom and floppy drives. The following message comes up: /mnt/cdrom file doesn't seem to exist anymore. I am running md9.1 and have not had any problems using both until now. Would appreciate any suggestions on what might correct this. Thanks john Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reading PDF attachments from Mozilla containing spaces in the title
On Saturday 13 Dec 2003 9:16 pm, Adrian T. Kuepker wrote: Jerry Barton wrote: 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 Maybe I'm missing the point of your statement, but how does that solve the larger problem of opening these things from the incoming emails from other persons, entities, and agencies? If it's something that needs to be done manually, I doubt that we'll be able to train all 100 of our staff members on what to do and when. This isn't a problem with Mozilla, it's a problem with your mail client. Highlighting the whole URL, copying it and pasting it into Mozilla should work. It does here with file:///... Without built-in intelligent handling of common business document types, there simply can't be any kind of desktop Linux migration.I'm rather confused why it doesn't work in KDE right out of the 'box'. The users will simply say 'No Way, We want Windows back.' Outlook has the same problem. There is really no way for a mail client to detect the end of a URL except by the first space. HTML mail with properly encoded URL links should also work. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] missing screensavers
On Saturday 13 Dec 2003 8:48 pm, John Beaman wrote: I just installed ML 9.2 with medium security and most defaults. When I go to choose a screensaver, the list is blank. Where did they go? How do I get them back? While I'm writing, how do I get rid of the Edutainment applications? Thanks, hackhound And now you have 9.2 installed be sure to install the updates. There are a lot of important bug fixes available. Go here and follow the instructions http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php but do not follow the advice about urpmi.removemedia -a Add online sources for 'updates', 'plf' and 'contrib' and you will be able to install 100s of cool apps not on the CDs using your Mandrake software installer. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Firewalls for Linux
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, There are always more questions! :-) What do you people all use/prefer for a firewall to run with Mandrake? I am not overly impressed with the inbuilt firewall configuration ... so far I have had to disable it completely to get GAIM or my mail to work. I installed Shorewall and then Firestarter, but I don't particularly like that either, plus it crashes at least once a day for some unknown reason. Someone elsewhere put me onto Guarddog, which I installed today and I do like it. It gives me far better control over my firewall settings and allows custom rule creation which is what I like. However, it does not put an icon in the system tray, does not appear to give me any alerts or request permissions for anything, and I really have no way of knowing that it is even working. I really like to *see* what my firewall is doing. Are there any other linux compatible firewalls out there, or front ends for the built in one, that would give me the control I want, plus allow me to monitor what it's doing? I guess I'm asking too much again, but I guess it's Windows based paranoia at work ;-) Many thanks! - -- - Carren -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP SDK 3.0.2 Comment: iQA/AwUBP9vSSsqIEIT739NzEQIKeACaAiCTyr+y7nQJCup/4SONsAFpHGgAoPkZ 2yDTLzeyFPzcyNRjWXMkuqfX =3p7k -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Archives
On Saturday 13 December 2003 09:44 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Well, the obvious thing to do is to point ones browser to the main Mandrake site, select Mailing lists and carry on. Doing that, one is directed to : http://archives.mandrakelinux.com/newbie/ only to find out, that the latest post is about one month old, and no search options present. That's sad. Very sad. Then, googling around, our new friend may find http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-newbier=1b=200312w=2 where there is a search option, but also some filtering, i.e. a lot of posts get unnoticed. Finally, if she/he is lucky, : http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/maillist.html where things seems to be reasonably _up_to_date_. Thanks for that link. I used to have it bookmarked, but it got lost during one or another of my reinstalls. Therefore, I suggest that someone comfortable with the twiki list (Anne, maybe ?) wrote a short howto about searching the archives. The Twiki is becoming a good resource, but there ain't no substitute for bookmarks. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] On a sentimental note
On Saturday 13 December 2003 09:14 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: On Saturday 13 December 2003 09:00 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Can anyone tell us the whereabouts on Civileme and Shridhar Dhanapalan ? Kaj Haulrich. I just saw a post by civileme on the forum for hardware and the LG problem, and I have heard that Sridhar mostly hangs out on the expert list. So both are still around I think. HTH Shridhar is very active at Texstar's site ( http://www.pclinuxonline.com/) -- he uses the name yama. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Asus Motherboards and Mandrake - will it work 100% ?
On Saturday 06 December 2003 00:29, Janus Sandsgaard wrote: Yep!!! Not those but Got a Asus A7N266 (all in one) and now a MSI 6570G (all in one!) Both worked nicely on mdk 9.0, 9,1 and 9.2! For graphic acceleration you need the nvidia rpm packages! Even the sound sounds great! ;-)) []s Ricardo Castanho I am buying a new PC and can choose between these two motherboards: - Asus P4BGL-MX/533 (standard) http://uk.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4bgl-mx-533/overview.htm - Asus P4P800-VM (with AGP) http://uk.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4p800-vm/overview.htm They are both all-in-one types of motherboards with integrated LAN, audio, graphics etc. Question: - Does anyone have experience with these motherboards running Mandrake? - Do they work 100% with Linux? Asus provides some drivers for Linux, but I gues that is not the same as saying everything (lan, audio etc) will work in real life? I can't find the motherboard in the hardware database at the Mandrake website. -j -- == Linux user # 102240 = [EMAIL PROTECTED] user = 100% M$ FREE == Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Firewalls for Linux
On Saturday 13 December 2003 10:00 pm, Carren Stuart wrote: What do you people all use/prefer for a firewall to run with Mandrake? Well, I use iptables and have a custom written bash script to update the firewall with ip ranges that I want to block. Not particularly newbie friendly, but it gives me maximum control over the firewall. I am not overly impressed with the inbuilt firewall configuration ... so far I have had to disable it completely to get GAIM or my mail to work. Firewalls are not the most newbie friendly technology to work with. If you have a broadband connection, you really should invest in a hardware router/firewall, there is really no substitute for that. Someone elsewhere put me onto Guarddog, which I installed today and I do like it. It gives me far better control over my firewall settings and allows custom rule creation which is what I like. However, it does not put an icon in the system tray, does not appear to give me any alerts or request permissions for anything, and I really have no way of knowing that it is even working. I really like to *see* what my firewall is doing. Well, depending on the settings that guarddog uses, it probably logs to syslog when it drops packets. You can simply grep syslog to see the firewall at work. System tray icons and the like are a Window's creation to give a false sense of security to users. In essence, a software firewall with a system tray icon is actually quite insecure, it can be shut off quite easily and bypassed as well, it is not integrated into the kernel the way something like iptables is. So, if I had to choose, I would take Linux with an effective firewall solution and no GUI versus Windows with a mostly ineffective solution and a nice GUI. Are there any other linux compatible firewalls out there, or front ends for the built in one, that would give me the control I want, plus allow me to monitor what it's doing? If you want to really know what your firewall is doing, there is no substitute for learning about it and implementing it yourself. If you really want something that puts it all together for you, I would recommend Bastille, but you should expect to have to invest some time learning. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] On a sentimental note
On Sat, 2003-12-13 at 22:00, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Can anyone tell us the whereabouts on Civileme and Shridhar Dhanapalan ? Kaj Haulrich. Last I heard: Civileme was working a job in a computer store in Alaska; astounding the regular computer grease monkeys with amazing feats of Linux derring do. Shridhar Dhanapalan started messing around with Gentoo and became a contributing member of a website, devoted (I think) to of course Gentoo. All this info is over 6 months old, so maybe one of them will miraculously appear and give us an update. LX -- ° Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk As for regulating their morals, I would have to question the existence of their morals before I began regulating them.--Dennis Podein,MDK-OT List *Catch Star Trek Enterprise, Wednesdays on UPN* ° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Firewalls for Linux
On Sat, 2003-12-13 at 22:39, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Saturday 13 December 2003 10:00 pm, Carren Stuart wrote: What do you people all use/prefer for a firewall to run with Mandrake? Well, I use iptables and have a custom written bash script to update the firewall with ip ranges that I want to block. Not particularly newbie friendly, but it gives me maximum control over the firewall. I am not overly impressed with the inbuilt firewall configuration ... so far I have had to disable it completely to get GAIM or my mail to work. Firewalls are not the most newbie friendly technology to work with. If you have a broadband connection, you really should invest in a hardware router/firewall, there is really no substitute for that. I have to disagree here, since I was able to install 9.2 on a firewall box with 2 nics, then use Drakconf to share the connection. The firewall box is minimal hardware, 200 mhz Pentium I MMX with 80 megs of memory; not costly at all. All this depends on the intentions of the newbie; which is whether they are going for a functional installation to do stuff on the internet with or whether they are in this for the learning process. Most newbies are here to learn, and attack a learning curve, not run from it. If they are in it for the greater understanding of what is going on underneath, which alot of newbies are, then the ideal route to go is a Mandrake firewall running 9.2, with internet connection sharing enabled which btw automatically enables Shorewall, which is of course a firewall. Even at it's basic configuration, Shorewall is much better than a hardware router. Hardware routers are generally for Mac users or non-tech types. That's fine, but if you are looking for knowledge, a router appliance is not going to get you there; in fact I recommend against it. Having said all that, to avoid standard newbie frustrations when you are implementing a solution for learning purposes, it is best to let Mandrake install programs set up internet connection sharing using two nics in the firewall; one for the local lan and the other for connection to DSL. Packet filtering/mangling can then occur between the two nics inside the firewall box. When internet connection sharing is set up (using Drakconf), Shorewall is automatically installed/activated. The newbie should then back up his /etc directory before he messes around with Drakconf any more; then he should start examining the Shorewall config files in /etc/shorewall. This will give a better understanding of a default firewall setup, from which they can begin making changes. LX -- °°° Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk Lets face it if winblowz wasn't full of holes then it would probably look like Linux -- Aron Smith, Mandrake OT mailing list *Catch Star Trek Enterprise, Wednesdays on UPN* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Scannerdrake doesnt save config
John Richard Smith wrote: David Little wrote: I am trying to install a Umax 2000U usb scanner on 9.2. Scanner drake identifies the Umax Astra 2000U found on /dev/usb/scanner0 but when I either click auto or manual configuration, it return to the main screen and reports No scanners found which are available on your system david Much the same thing hapened to me in M9.1 and I solved it by gong to /etc/sane.d and opening the relevent text file to your make of printer, and amending the line that sets the scanner port, like this, #usb /dev/usbscanner0 usb /dev/usb/scanner0 I think it was an error unresolved in the way the detection sets it all up. Funny thing was I didn't need to in M9.0. John Hi Y'all, I had the same problem when I first installed 9.2 a week ago. Also my floppy, zip and cd drives all vanished. Yesterday, I booted up with the installation CD and selected the upgrade option. All missing hardware including the scanner was detected and this time, stayed detected. My scanner is still there this morning. (First time my scanner has ever worked with Linux.) The hackers amongst you may consider this a bit of a cop-out but it worked for me. Might be as well to install the updates first as I think it has been mentioned that there is some kind of bug in harddrake as supplied on the disk. Cheers, -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word relationship.(Kinky Friedman - Greenwich Killing Time) Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Desktop issues, revisited
Before I begin, let me start by saying I am a fan of Linux, so the points I raise below are from the converted. Last night I spent an exasperating 6 hrs struggling with numerous issues. I'll submit them as bugs if appropriate. I feel these issues (and many more like them) are impediments to the widespread adoption of Linux as a desktop platform. (1) Way back in April, I appended to an existing bug reporting the ldm_validate_partiion_table issue with removable USB devices (like flash card readers.) See here: https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=930. Despite claims on that bug report, I tried numerous later kernels and never got it to work. Imagine my disappointment when I recently installed 9.2 and encountered the same problem. See here: https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1844. (2) To connect to some Windows shares, I tried both LinNeighborhood and Gnomba. LinNeighborhood does a good job of finding resources, and mounting was as easy as a double-click. But when I selected a mounted resource and clicked the unmount button, LinNeighborhood crashed. This is repeatable. Gnomba, on the other hand, simply can't locate any resources. I finally figured out that by providing it an IP address range, it could then find resources. But obviously it should be able to do this in normal mode. I finally gave up and just did smbmount2 and smbumount from a command line. BTW, why can any user do smbmount, but only root do mount? Doesn't seem to make sense. (3) I've been trying for a month to connect to a Microsoft VPN server at work. I gave up trying under 9.1, but decided to give it another go with 9.2. I finally got it going (by reading for hours and with the help of some people at work.) But for some reason I have to insmod mppe every time I restart the computer. I only had to insmod ppp_generic one time, so I don't know why mppe won't stick. But obviously a less experienced user would never figure out all this insmoding and other gyrations I had to go through to get this to work. And why won't Mandrake upgrade to PPP 2.4.2? (4) I have to log onto over a dozen Unix servers at work, and use ssh via SecureCRT under Win2K. I realize Linux has ssh available in every terminal, but it's nice not to have to retype [EMAIL PROTECTED] every time, so I figured I'd give GTelnet a try. It remembers the user name and server via a drop down list, but it doesn't remember the protocol for each server, so you have to reselect the protocol every time. This is a usability irritant and would be easy to fix, but the product hasn't been updated in ages. I've given up on it and will just type ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] inside gnome-terminal. (5) While I was installing GTelnet, I figured I would install a bunch of other software I've been meaning to install, like Open Office. After it finished, my menus were completely hosed. Most applications were missing, including Configuration-Packaging. I started up MenuDrake, and it showed everything; it was in total disagreement with the real menus. Don't know how that could be, but all I did was do a Save without changing anything, and the menus were fixed (except I can't get the Office menu to show up for root no matter what I try, even though MenuDrake says its there.) Again, a normal end-user wouldn't know what to do if all his/her menus magically disappeared. (6) I use Mozilla Thunderbird and Firebird for IMAP mail and web browsing, respectively. URLs don't work in Thunderbird; they show as URLs, but if you click them, nothing happens. This issue has been known for at least 6 months. Thunderbird in Windows works just fine. (7) Open Office works okay, looks like the Windows version, but is glacial at loading. The Windows version loads much faster on the same hardware (dual boot.) (8) Actually, the Windows GUI is much more responsive than Gnome under 9.2. I have old, slow hardware (dual Pentium 233 MMX), will be upgrading to dual Opteron soon. But dragging a window around, e.g., under Linux leaves trails for about 1/2 to 1 second. Under Windows, dragging is pretty smooth, and never leaves trails. Lest I come off as a complainer, many things under Linux are done very well. rdesktop is really slick - looks great, faster than Remote Desktop under Windows. gCVS is a great first attempt, though it's missing some basics (like context menus) and hasn't been updated since v1.0 came out in January. gFtp is also well done. But unfortunately the fit and finish on many things is wanting, and those less zealous than the people on this list will find Linux as a desktop frequently exasperating. -- Guy Rouillier Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
