Re: [newbie] Software Media Manager
Charlie, I have anjuta up and running, so this conversation is now just for my knowledge. Please feel free to take as long as you want to reply - no hurry. Charlie Mahan wrote: ../../cooker/i586/Mandrake/base/hdlist2.cz since the directory we started from was contrib we want the hdlist for that set of packages. I'm with you here. Are you running cooker or 9.2? Cooker packages often don't play well with release compilers etc so I hope you have a reason to want that ajunta package from cooker. Just a word of caution, I always start breaking my install and go full cooker about halfway through a release cycle (or earlier) myself. I've read caveats about cooker several times. anjuta is not in the cooker subdirectory, but in its contrib sibling, both under mandrake-devel. Is that equally as dangerous? The main reason I'm going there is that I'm just getting started with anjuta, and I read on the anjuta site that the new version fixes lots of bugs. Maybe I'd be better off just compiling it myself? /pub/linux/distributions/mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/base This directory has a whole bunch of hdlist files, plus one called hdlists which describe what they all do. Here is the contents of hdlists: hdlist.cz Mandrake/RPMS Installation CD hdlist.src.cz ../SRPMSInstallation sources hdlist2.cz Mandrake/RPMS2 Contrib CD hdlist2.src.cz ../../contrib/SRPMS Contrib sources hdlist3.cz Mandrake/RPMS3 Jpackage hdlist3.src.cz ../../contrib/jpackage/SRPMSJpackage sources Yeah I see it. The mirrors have a weird directory structure. Release trees are a bit simpler I think. Maybe. I'm still trying to figure out why you're working this backwards. The package manager has to know where the packages are, and the relative path from _there_ to the hdlists, not the other way around, which is what you're doing. The reason I'm looking at it backwards is to convince myself, looking at hdlists above, that hdlist2.cz is the one I need. My reading of the list above is that hdlist2.cz is for this directory: /pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.2/i586/Mandrake/RPMS2 which appears to be a symlink to /pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.2/contrib/i586 But the directory I'm interested in is this one: /pub/linux/distributions/mandrake-devel/contrib/i586 I did an eyeball comparison of these two directories and they are very similar but not exactly the same. The version of anjuta is different, and I happened to notice this new file in mandrake-devel that is not in mandrake/9.2: anomy-sanitizer-1.63-7mdk.noarch.rpm If I don't make it back tonight please be patient, or hopefully one of the smart people that read the list will jump in. I hope. I really do need to be horizontal for a few hours. Today actually started Thursday morning. I know that feeling, don't run yourself into the ground. Happy New Year, Charlie. -- Guy Rouillier Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] new mouse
Hey Everyone I hope everyone had a good Christmas I have a G/E wireless optical mouse ( yes I got it for Christmas ) I have not found any info on getting it to work with Linux So before I give up I figured if any one can help me get it to work It would be from the great family on this list So is it hopeless Thanks Greg -- Linux Mandrake Rules __ New! Unlimited Access from the Netscape Internet Service. Beta test the new Netscape Internet Service for only $1.00 per month until 3/1/04. Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Act now to get a personalized email address! Netscape. Just the Net You Need. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Missing 9.1 documentation
On Saturday 27 December 2003 07:43 pm, Mike Adolf wrote: > On Saturday 27 December 2003 03:47 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Saturday 27 December 2003 14:47, Mike Adolf wrote: > > > On Saturday 27 December 2003 04:31 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > On Friday 26 December 2003 19:35, Mike Adolf wrote: > > > > > On Friday 26 December 2003 04:04 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > > On Friday 26 December 2003 01:22, Mike Adolf wrote: > > > > > > > Went to the "Welcom to MandrakeGalaxy" screen and press > > > > > > > documentaiton icon but only got: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Unable to run the command specified. The file or directory > > > > > > > file:/usr/share/doc/mandrake/en/Starter.html/index.html > > > > > > > does not exist." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why don't I have this? Can I get this index and related > > > > > > > pages somewhere? Tried google with no luck. > > > > > > > > > > > > Maybe you didn't elect to install docs? > > > > > > > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > > > > > Hi Anne, > > > > > There are many (457) dirs in /usr/share/doc just not > > > > > mandrake/en. Can I run the installation disk again and just > > > > > install documentation? I looked in rpmdrake but nothing jumped > > > > > out? > > > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > Use MCC > SoftwareManagement > rpmdrake to install > > > > mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk > > > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > I checked each rpmdrake(+) source I have configured (all 3 install > > > CDs, plf and textstar). None had mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk on them. > > > Only cd2 came close with mandrake_doc-drakxtools-en-9.1-2mdk. What > > > distribution bundle is suppose to contain mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk? > > > > > > Mike > > > > I have the 9.1 Power Pack, but as far as I know the first 3 disks are > > identical to the download edition. > > > > On disk 2, immediately after mandrake_doc-drakxtools-en-9.1-2mdk is > > mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk.noarch.rpm which is the file you are looking > > for. > > > > Anne > > Something is dorked up. I have three versions of drakxtools (en, es, and > fr). Following fr on CD2 is mathplot? I guess I'll just have to wait until > I upgrade to 9.2. I've been avoiding 9.2 because of problems appearing on > the list. Thanks for your help Anne. > > Mike Might make an observation here, the problems with 9.2 are really not any more serious or problematic than I have observed in releases since 6.1 or whichever 6.x it was that I bought the box set for the first time. Most of the problems can or will be worked out farely soon. So save your /home stuff to a backup file in say /tmp or something and when you do the new install choose use existing partitions and mark all but the one you want to save to be reformatted. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Enabling hyper threading.
I am about 85% sure that Mandrake 9.2 has hyper threading support. If Mandrake 9.2 does have hyper threading support will someone tell how to enable it? From, Steven _ Expand your wine savvy and get some great new recipes at MSN Wine. http://wine.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] New_Face failed error with Mplayer
When starting any type of video file I get: New_Face failed. Maybe the font path is wrong. Please supply the text font file (~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf). Although this doesn't seem to affect the playing of the file, its annoying. Thanks for any help Chris -- Regards Chris A 100% Microsoft free computer Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 10:55pm up 2 days, 14:12, 4 users, load average: 0.43, 0.17, 0.14 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Software Media Manager
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Saturday 27 December 2003 8:41 pm, Guy Rouillier wrote: > Ok, let me be exact then. I'm ftp'd into Carroll. Here is the full > path the the contrib directory I need: > > /pub/linux/distributions/mandrake-devel/contrib/i586 The full URL to start from is: ftp://carroll.aset.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake-devel - From there you can get into the contrib, unsupported, and cooker (main) directories. If you are starting from contrib, the URL is: ftp://carroll.aset.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake-devel/contrib/i586 and if you want to get to the base directory from there you need to go "Up" twice (../../) and enter the cooker directory. That relative path from the above URL is: ../../cooker and from there you want to get into the Mandrake directory for the architecture you are using, which I'll assume is i586, with a final destination of the base directory. Watch the bouncing relative path! (-; ../../cooker/i586/Mandrake/base/hdlist2.cz since the directory we started from was contrib we want the hdlist for that set of packages. Now if you want to do this in the Software Manager dialogue copy and paste the ftp URL into the appropriate line and the relative path is what I showed just above. Are you running cooker or 9.2? Cooker packages often don't play well with release compilers etc so I hope you have a reason to want that ajunta package from cooker. Just a word of caution, I always start breaking my install and go full cooker about halfway through a release cycle (or earlier) myself. > This directory has the two synthesis files in it. And here is the path > to the hdlist.cz to which you referred: Yes. > /pub/linux/distributions/mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/base > > This directory has a whole bunch of hdlist files, plus one called > hdlists which describe what they all do. Here is the contents of hdlists: > > hdlist.cz Mandrake/RPMS Installation CD > hdlist.src.cz ../SRPMS Installation sources > hdlist2.czMandrake/RPMS2 Contrib CD > hdlist2.src.cz ../../contrib/SRPMS Contrib sources > hdlist3.czMandrake/RPMS3 Jpackage > hdlist3.src.cz ../../contrib/jpackage/SRPMS Jpackage sources Yeah, I have it on my screen as I type this. > Now, in order to get from this base directory into the contrib/i586 > directory would require this navigation: That's backwards but I see where you want to go. > ../../../../contrib/i586 Use the URL below, please use Konqueror since it's the easiest browser to describe this for: ftp://carroll.aset.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/base Now click the "Up" arrow in the navigation bar 4 (four) times. You're now at the part of the "tree" where you can choose cooker, contrib, or unsupported. > which doesn't fit any of the descriptions from the hdlists I printed out > above. Sorry, Charlie, I *do* have a cold, so maybe I'm not thinking > clearly, but do you see why I'm still not clear on this? It doesn't > look like any of the hdlist files is for that other contrib directory. Yeah I see it. The mirrors have a weird directory structure. Release trees are a bit simpler I think. Maybe. I'm still trying to figure out why you're working this backwards. The package manager has to know where the packages are, and the relative path from _there_ to the hdlists, not the other way around, which is what you're doing. > > You're very welcome Guy; but I have a question for you. You are free to > > refuse to answer, it's your choice: > > > > Are we havin' fun yet? > > I should probably be asking you that . I appreciate your continued > indulgence. > It's OK, just don't give me anything hard to do since I think I'm going to fall over from exhaustion. It's been a long week. (-: If I don't make it back tonight please be patient, or hopefully one of the smart people that read the list will jump in. I hope. I really do need to be horizontal for a few hours. Today actually started Thursday morning. I hope you feel better soon Guy. Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21.tmb.1mdk 21:16:48 up 7 days, 7:05, 1 user, load average: 0.14, 0.61, 0.73 We have nowhere else to go... this is all we have. -- Margaret Mead -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/7mCgZqvqlrLPr5YRAgjUAJ4ouYMasIE7N1s1q3WPp0Ndl/NrDACgjVvV be+icOFefLdgHI5YQ3JjALM= =wkz3 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xfce-4.0.2
Charles A Edwards wrote: On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 23:06:58 -0500 Guy Rouillier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Charles, sorry to send one note after the other. I downloaded your galeon package, and I'm trying to install it. When I do, it complains "galeon-1.3.10-3.4mdk.i586 (due to unsatisied mozilla[*][== 1.5]". I interpreted this to mean it wants Mozilla 1.5. Not sure why, as I went to the galeon site and it said this version should work with older Mozilla versions. The version of mozilla that is required is dependent upon the version of mozilla installed on the system when galeon is built. Mozilla-1.5 is also avaiable from my site. There had been reports of problems with it so I removed both it and galeon from the hdlist so urpmi would not auto install them. Both can still be manually dled and installed from the 9.2 page. Thank you, Charles. I downloaded Mozilla 1.5 and it's required libs from your site and was subsequently able to install Galeon. I appreciate your putting these rpms together and sharing them with us. Charles -- Guy Rouillier Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mailing list dead?
At 05:56 PM 12/27/2003, Anne Wilson said something remarkably like (but somehow subtly different from): On Saturday 27 December 2003 18:37, Mark Shaw wrote: > I haven't seen any messages from the newbie list for some time, > and there's nothing in the archives after 11/15. What's up? Do you mean this? http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/WebHome?topic=NeWs Thank you for clearing up a great mystery that had been bugging me. You see, I started a new job the beginning of November, and got a bit behind on my e-mail. By the end of the month I was getting caught up, but while reading through messages in my "mandrake newbie" folder my finger somehow slipped and all of my unread messages disappeared. That was annoying, but then no more messages appeared and I was trying to figure how I had managed to not only lose my old messages, but also somehow stop all new messages from re-appearing. I can' tell you how many times I puzzled over that. Regards, -- Kevin B. O'Brien TANSTAAFL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux User #333216 "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." -- Hunter S. Thompson Help fight SPAM. Join CAUCE. http://www.cauce.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: SV: [newbie] Installing problems
I think that if you dig around the mandrake web site you will find that the minimun suggested requirements are 128 MB of ram for a graphical installation and 64 MB of ram for a non graphical installation on all the mandrake 9.X releases. You may be able to get by with less ram but if my memory is correct those are the recommendations that mandrake makes. I think it is less memory for the 8.X releases and even less for older releases. If you do get Mandrake installed with a small amount of memory try to use one of the lighter window managers like icewm. Marc On Saturday 27 December 2003 05:05 pm, Simon Kempf Danebod wrote: > Not tonight, but it is straight EDO RAM I might be able to get more > installed! > I will try to find some and get it installed! > Thank you for the for the quick and sincere answer :-) > Simon > > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] På vegne af Anne Wilson > Sendt: 27. december 2003 23:59 > Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Emne: Re: [newbie] Installing problems > > On Saturday 27 December 2003 22:14, Simon Kempf Danebod wrote: > > I have an old laptop > > TOSHIBA S320CDS / 3.8 GB HD Pentium 233 MHz MMX > > 32 MB EDO RAM > > 12,1" Dual Scan (800 x 600) > > build in 20x CD > > > > And I am trying to install MANDRAKE 9.2 > > I have the following problems > > 1) I have succeeded in installing MANDRAKE 9.2 but the computer > > crashed when it came to the configuration of the PCMCIA. I have > > tried to reinstall MANDRAKE but it crashed every time (crashed= the > > PC freezes up and only resetting works). I have tried text and > > rescue with the same result! 2) I have also tried to Fdisk my HD > > but to no avail. I am not able to Fdisk my HD because of the > > existence of a logical drive, but as I try to erase the logical > > drive it tells me that this do not exists. > > > > a) First I would like to be able to install MANDRAKE on my old > > laptop! Does anyone know how to without it crashing on the PCMICA > > configuration? > > > > b) How do I clean my HD completely and thereby releasing recourses? > > > > > > Sincerely yours > > Newbie Simon > > 32 MB RAM is not enough to install recent Mandrake distros. Is there > any chance of getting more RAM in? > > Anne -- Composed on a 100% Microsoft and Windows free computer using Mandrake Linux 9.2 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Software Media Manager
Charlie Mahan wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Friday 26 December 2003 7:25 pm, Guy Rouillier wrote: Ok, I see what you are talking about, Carroll EDU seems to have an extra contrib directory (that had the anjuta I wanted) that is not part of cooker and appears not to be structured like the others. Under /pub/linux/distributions/mandrake-devel are both a cooker and a contrib subdirectory. If I look under cooker/i586/Mandrake, I do indeed see a base directory with the files you describe. However, if I look in contrib/i586, there are no subdirectories - all the RPMs are right there (including the two . And I wouldn't expect to find descriptions for those files in ../../cooker/i586/Mandrake/base, since the files in contrib are not even in cooker. But that's exactly where they are Guy. For consistency and ease of coding all of the relevant hdlists are always in /Mandrake/base with only synthesis files in the actual directory. URPMI is coded to look there for the package information it needs to deal with user requests. If you think of it that way it may make more sense because the prime reason for a list of available packages and the information to make it possible to avoid dependency problems is to *install* those packages. That means the list has to be somewhere consistent in the tree structure or it won't be found; then "cooker" or "release" become "slaughter and re-install" and that will never do. (-; What I'm saying is the hdlists should always be where they are (/Mandrake/base) so that urpmi doesn't become too unwieldy. Ok, let me be exact then. I'm ftp'd into Carroll. Here is the full path the the contrib directory I need: /pub/linux/distributions/mandrake-devel/contrib/i586 This directory has the two synthesis files in it. And here is the path to the hdlist.cz to which you referred: /pub/linux/distributions/mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/base This directory has a whole bunch of hdlist files, plus one called hdlists which describe what they all do. Here is the contents of hdlists: hdlist.cz Mandrake/RPMS Installation CD hdlist.src.cz ../SRPMSInstallation sources hdlist2.cz Mandrake/RPMS2 Contrib CD hdlist2.src.cz ../../contrib/SRPMS Contrib sources hdlist3.cz Mandrake/RPMS3 Jpackage hdlist3.src.cz ../../contrib/jpackage/SRPMSJpackage sources Now, in order to get from this base directory into the contrib/i586 directory would require this navigation: ../../../../contrib/i586 which doesn't fit any of the descriptions from the hdlists I printed out above. Sorry, Charlie, I *do* have a cold, so maybe I'm not thinking clearly, but do you see why I'm still not clear on this? It doesn't look like any of the hdlist files is for that other contrib directory. My pleasure. I hope I was of some help. Absolutely, I would not have gotten this far without your insights. Thanks again. You're very welcome Guy; but I have a question for you. You are free to refuse to answer, it's your choice: Are we havin' fun yet? I should probably be asking you that . I appreciate your continued indulgence. Charlie -- Guy Rouillier Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] gnome desktop, menus
John wrote: Hi I have been through all the updates for 9.2 including the menu update. Gnome desktop is nowhere to be found. It was listed during the menu update process(update-menus -v) and is listed in the software database for removal but does not show up as desktop environment. The kde menus are still missing applications including gnome. Kmix is also missing. System volume is full throttle. I changed the menu environment to "all applications"-Mandrake menu from simiplfied version. Desktop icons are not working after changing menu environment. The menu environment is still to the simplified version. I have probably overlooked some steps here and would appreciate any help. John, Fig provided me with these links when I had this problem a couple days ago. They seem to have worked for me. BTW, I never used update-menus -v, but I did su and bring up Mandrake Control Center and then MenuDrake. All I had to do was hit the Save button, having changed nothing, and that made the menus reappear. http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKA-2003:030 http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKA-2003:030-1 Use the second one. Thanks John -- Guy Rouillier Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: SV: [newbie] Installing problems
I'm with Anne on this one. But, I do have 9.1 running reasonably well (even with kde) on a P200 with 128 megs, so it can be done. Xfce works just fine 8). With only 32 megs I think I would drop all the way back to 7.x, but configuration will be a beast. I've run SuSe 6.0 on a P133 with 32 megs and the 7.0 for 486 on a P75 with 32 megs, so 7.1 or 7.2 should do it. e. On Saturday 27 December 2003 03:05 pm, Simon Kempf Danebod wrote: > Not tonight, but it is straight EDO RAM I might be able to get more > installed! > I will try to find some and get it installed! > Thank you for the for the quick and sincere answer :-) > Simon > > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] På vegne af Anne Wilson > Sendt: 27. december 2003 23:59 > Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Emne: Re: [newbie] Installing problems > > On Saturday 27 December 2003 22:14, Simon Kempf Danebod wrote: > > I have an old laptop > > TOSHIBA S320CDS / 3.8 GB HD Pentium 233 MHz MMX > > 32 MB EDO RAM > > 12,1" Dual Scan (800 x 600) > > build in 20x CD > > > > And I am trying to install MANDRAKE 9.2 > > I have the following problems > > 1) I have succeeded in installing MANDRAKE 9.2 but the computer > > crashed when it came to the configuration of the PCMCIA. I have > > tried to reinstall MANDRAKE but it crashed every time (crashed= the > > PC freezes up and only resetting works). I have tried text and > > rescue with the same result! 2) I have also tried to Fdisk my HD > > but to no avail. I am not able to Fdisk my HD because of the > > existence of a logical drive, but as I try to erase the logical > > drive it tells me that this do not exists. > > > > a) First I would like to be able to install MANDRAKE on my old > > laptop! Does anyone know how to without it crashing on the PCMICA > > configuration? > > > > b) How do I clean my HD completely and thereby releasing recourses? > > > > > > Sincerely yours > > Newbie Simon > > 32 MB RAM is not enough to install recent Mandrake distros. Is there > any chance of getting more RAM in? > > Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Missing 9.1 documentation
On Saturday 27 December 2003 03:47 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 27 December 2003 14:47, Mike Adolf wrote: > > On Saturday 27 December 2003 04:31 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Friday 26 December 2003 19:35, Mike Adolf wrote: > > > > On Friday 26 December 2003 04:04 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > On Friday 26 December 2003 01:22, Mike Adolf wrote: > > > > > > Went to the "Welcom to MandrakeGalaxy" screen and press > > > > > > documentaiton icon but only got: > > > > > > > > > > > > "Unable to run the command specified. The file or directory > > > > > > file:/usr/share/doc/mandrake/en/Starter.html/index.html > > > > > > does not exist." > > > > > > > > > > > > Why don't I have this? Can I get this index and related > > > > > > pages somewhere? Tried google with no luck. > > > > > > > > > > Maybe you didn't elect to install docs? > > > > > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > > > Hi Anne, > > > > There are many (457) dirs in /usr/share/doc just not > > > > mandrake/en. Can I run the installation disk again and just > > > > install documentation? I looked in rpmdrake but nothing jumped > > > > out? > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > Use MCC > SoftwareManagement > rpmdrake to install > > > mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk > > > > > > Anne > > > > I checked each rpmdrake(+) source I have configured (all 3 install > > CDs, plf and textstar). None had mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk on them. > > Only cd2 came close with mandrake_doc-drakxtools-en-9.1-2mdk. What > > distribution bundle is suppose to contain mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk? > > > > Mike > > I have the 9.1 Power Pack, but as far as I know the first 3 disks are > identical to the download edition. > > On disk 2, immediately after mandrake_doc-drakxtools-en-9.1-2mdk is > mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk.noarch.rpm which is the file you are looking > for. > > Anne Something is dorked up. I have three versions of drakxtools (en, es, and fr). Following fr on CD2 is mathplot? I guess I'll just have to wait until I upgrade to 9.2. I've been avoiding 9.2 because of problems appearing on the list. Thanks for your help Anne. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] installing .tar.bz2
The .tar.bz2 installed. From, Steven From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christoph Eckert) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] installing .tar.bz2 Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 01:54:05 +0100 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Sonntag, 28. Dezember 2003 01:48 schrieb Steven Nelson: > Will someone tell me how to install then run a program that > is a .tar.bz2 file? Phew, tar.bz2 is most common at first a tar.bz2 file which contains anything, not necessary a program. If it is a program, this are most probably the programs sources, which you have to compile by yourself; this is not the easiest thing for beginners. First of all, you have to extract this file. Try right-clicking on it and choose something like 'extract here'. Have a look to the then shown directory and tell us more about the contents. On the other hand, which program do you want to install? If there are rpm-files for it, you should prefer using them instead of compiling it by yourself. Gruß / regards ce == Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE 8.0 on a Dell Inspiron 8200: http://home.t-online.de/home/mchristoph.eckert/inspiron8200/ == -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/7imtgCBqix845w0RAg3WAJ4zR2VP4vTTnADza4jgV02W4gqU6QCeMTBY 4uD6Oz6TgzTgsnaqmPeSoec= =dQR+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Worried about inbox overload? Get MSN Extra Storage now! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] installing .tar.bz2
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Sonntag, 28. Dezember 2003 01:48 schrieb Steven Nelson: > Will someone tell me how to install then run a program that > is a .tar.bz2 file? Phew, tar.bz2 is most common at first a tar.bz2 file which contains anything, not necessary a program. If it is a program, this are most probably the programs sources, which you have to compile by yourself; this is not the easiest thing for beginners. First of all, you have to extract this file. Try right-clicking on it and choose something like 'extract here'. Have a look to the then shown directory and tell us more about the contents. On the other hand, which program do you want to install? If there are rpm-files for it, you should prefer using them instead of compiling it by yourself. Gruß / regards ce == Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE 8.0 on a Dell Inspiron 8200: http://home.t-online.de/home/mchristoph.eckert/inspiron8200/ == -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/7imtgCBqix845w0RAg3WAJ4zR2VP4vTTnADza4jgV02W4gqU6QCeMTBY 4uD6Oz6TgzTgsnaqmPeSoec= =dQR+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] installing .tar.bz2
Will someone tell me how to install then run a program that is a .tar.bz2 file? From, Steven _ Take advantage of our limited-time introductory offer for dial-up Internet access. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
SV: [newbie] Installing problems
Not tonight, but it is straight EDO RAM I might be able to get more installed! I will try to find some and get it installed! Thank you for the for the quick and sincere answer :-) Simon -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] På vegne af Anne Wilson Sendt: 27. december 2003 23:59 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: [newbie] Installing problems On Saturday 27 December 2003 22:14, Simon Kempf Danebod wrote: > I have an old laptop > TOSHIBA S320CDS / 3.8 GB HD Pentium 233 MHz MMX > 32 MB EDO RAM > 12,1" Dual Scan (800 x 600) > build in 20x CD > > And I am trying to install MANDRAKE 9.2 > I have the following problems > 1) I have succeeded in installing MANDRAKE 9.2 but the computer > crashed when it came to the configuration of the PCMCIA. I have > tried to reinstall MANDRAKE but it crashed every time (crashed= the > PC freezes up and only resetting works). I have tried text and > rescue with the same result! 2) I have also tried to Fdisk my HD > but to no avail. I am not able to Fdisk my HD because of the > existence of a logical drive, but as I try to erase the logical > drive it tells me that this do not exists. > > a) First I would like to be able to install MANDRAKE on my old > laptop! Does anyone know how to without it crashing on the PCMICA > configuration? > > b) How do I clean my HD completely and thereby releasing recourses? > > > Sincerely yours > Newbie Simon 32 MB RAM is not enough to install recent Mandrake distros. Is there any chance of getting more RAM in? 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] Installing problems
On Saturday 27 December 2003 22:58, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 27 December 2003 22:14, Simon Kempf Danebod wrote: > > I have an old laptop > > TOSHIBA S320CDS / 3.8 GB HD Pentium 233 MHz MMX > > 32 MB EDO RAM > > 12,1" Dual Scan (800 x 600) > > build in 20x CD > > > > And I am trying to install MANDRAKE 9.2 > > I have the following problems > > 1) I have succeeded in installing MANDRAKE 9.2 but the computer > > crashed when it came to the configuration of the PCMCIA. I have > > tried to reinstall MANDRAKE but it crashed every time (crashed= > > the PC freezes up and only resetting works). I have tried text > > and rescue with the same result! 2) I have also tried to Fdisk > > my HD but to no avail. I am not able to Fdisk my HD because of > > the existence of a logical drive, but as I try to erase the > > logical drive it tells me that this do not exists. > > > > a) First I would like to be able to install MANDRAKE on my old > > laptop! Does anyone know how to without it crashing on the > > PCMICA configuration? > > > > b) How do I clean my HD completely and thereby releasing > > recourses? > > > > > > Sincerely yours > > Newbie Simon > > 32 MB RAM is not enough to install recent Mandrake distros. Is > there any chance of getting more RAM in? > > Anne I agree completely. I have an old laptop (Thinkpad D380) from around 1998 with about the same configuration as Simon's. The last Mandrake distro I could get running was 8.0 and that was very slow indeed, at least when running KDE or Gnome. Got it running reasonably well on XFCE, Blackbox and IceWM. But : The PCMCIA worked fine. That included a modem dial-up and a Token Ring NIC. So I suggest a Mandrake 7.x for this thing, Simon. I guess you can still download 7.2 off some mirror. If not, I'll happily send you either Mandrake 7.1 or S.u.S.E 7.1 by Royal Mail ( judging from your address we are "close" neighbors. Just mail me off-list with an address.). Happy new year, everyone Kaj Haulrich. -- ** Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer ** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] editing Mpeg home video
On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 00:08:48 +0200 robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On the subject of video file formats, does anyone know of a program that > will convert .mov to .dat? I've got a bunch of Animatrix movies in > Quicktime format that I'd like to make into a VCD (not that I really > know how all those obscure files in VCDs work, but getting the .dat file > working would be a start). I'm not sure about .dat files, but I found this page with a script that uses software available from PLF and contrib to convert DivX to VCD. http://dvdripping-guid.berlios.de/Divx-to-VCD_en.html Haven't given it a shot myself yet. Transcoder is mentioned as a package that can convert any format to VCD, IIRC, and also vcdimager. Both are avail thru urpmi. -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ "The US is our trading partner, our neighbour, our ally and our friend... and sometimes we'd like to give them such a smack!"-- Rick Mercer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Leadtek TV 2000XP Deluxe
On Saturday 27 December 2003 04:56 am, Matt Bleiweiss wrote: > Hello again, > First off, thanks for helping me get my sound to work! Next, I am > trying to get my TV tuner, a Leadtek 2000XP Deluxe to work. I have XawTV > installed and at some point Mandrake asked me about the card but now in Xaw > I get nothing. According to > http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=154, I need to recompile the > kernel with Video4Linux and Bttv. Because on install Mandrake saw the card > does that mean that these things are already in there? Otherwise, what do I > do? Thanks again. > You don't need to recompile anything, all that stuff is already included in the Mandrake kernel. I have that exact card and it works fine, the trick is getting the right module options passed to the module at load time and this is done through the /etc/modules.conf file. Here are the relevant line of mine options bttv p11=1 radio=1 card=34 options tuner type=2 HTH -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing problems
On Saturday 27 December 2003 22:14, Simon Kempf Danebod wrote: > I have an old laptop > TOSHIBA S320CDS / 3.8 GB HD Pentium 233 MHz MMX > 32 MB EDO RAM > 12,1" Dual Scan (800 x 600) > build in 20x CD > > And I am trying to install MANDRAKE 9.2 > I have the following problems > 1) I have succeeded in installing MANDRAKE 9.2 but the computer > crashed when it came to the configuration of the PCMCIA. I have > tried to reinstall MANDRAKE but it crashed every time (crashed= the > PC freezes up and only resetting works). I have tried text and > rescue with the same result! 2) I have also tried to Fdisk my HD > but to no avail. I am not able to Fdisk my HD because of the > existence of a logical drive, but as I try to erase the logical > drive it tells me that this do not exists. > > a) First I would like to be able to install MANDRAKE on my old > laptop! Does anyone know how to without it crashing on the PCMICA > configuration? > > b) How do I clean my HD completely and thereby releasing recourses? > > > Sincerely yours > Newbie Simon 32 MB RAM is not enough to install recent Mandrake distros. Is there any chance of getting more RAM in? 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] Mailing list dead?
On Saturday 27 December 2003 18:37, Mark Shaw wrote: > I haven't seen any messages from the newbie list for some time, > and there's nothing in the archives after 11/15. What's up? Do you mean this? http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/WebHome?topic=NeWs 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] Odd e-mail (unknown everything)
On Saturday 27 December 2003 20:48, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Saturday 27 December 2003 01:17 pm, Sharrea Day wrote: > -> On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 06:57, John Drouhard wrote: > -> > On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:06:01 -0500 > -> > > -> > "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -> > > Anyone else getting these? I Kmails fields for subject, > sender, and -> > > date it has unknown and it appears empty. If you > save it to disk, you -> > > get this: > -> > -> > > -> > This looks to be like my email. Is this the exact source that > you see? -> > My email showed up fine for me. Hmm > -> > > -> > > Status: R > -> > > X-Status: N > -> > > X-KMail-EncryptionState: > -> > > X-KMail-SignatureState: > -> > -> Not sure about the exact message you're quoting Ronald, but this > message of -> John's that I'm replying to comes thru fine > displaying all headers in kmail -> 1.5.3 (KDE 3.1.3) - that is, no > "unknown"s. > -> > -> John, I get the same source you listed above. > -> > -> Sharrea > > Hey guys - well, it shows up under Kmail as nothing...I mean blank > subject, sender, and body. I have the size option showing in Kmail > and it always shows up as 1.3k or so. I can save the file out - and > what I get is what I posted here. :-( > > Any ideas? Its the only time it happens, AFAIK... > > Until I looked at it, I figured it was something bogus from the > Outlook/Windows world. Which was the message you were talking about? I haven't noticed any blank ones in my kmail, but I'll check back if you give me a clue. 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] Gateway config???
On Saturday 27 December 2003 12:35 pm, Sharrea Day wrote: > IIRC, you only need GATEWAYDEV if you use a dialup modem (as I do). Mine > goes: Not entirely correct... > > $ cat /etc/sysconfig/network > NETWORKING=yes > GATEWAYDEV=ppp0 > HOSTNAME=tbird.nofish.net.nz > I have a machine here with both a network card and a wireless card in it. The wireless card is assigned eth0 and the NEthernet card is assigned eth1. I have set linux not to start either interface at boot time and have a series of menu entries in the main menu which allow me to bring either interface up or down as I wish. Here is an example of the commands I use in the main menu for eth1 - /usr/sbin/usernetctl eth1 up ( this menu entry brings the interface up) /usr/sbin/usernetctl eth1 down (this menu entry brings it down) Change the interface designator as appropriate for the interface you want to control. I have four of these entries to allow for control of the two interfaces. Note that the variable USERCTL=yes must be present in the ifcfg file for the interface you wish to control in this way. Here is my ifcfg-eth1 file - DEVICE=eth1 BOOTPROTO=static IPADDR=192.168.1.98 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 NETWORK=192.168.1.0 BROADCAST=192.168.1.255 ONBOOT=no GATEWAYDEV=eth1 TYPE=Ethernet USERCTL=yes You'll see the USERCTL needed to allow the user to control the interface, and the GATEWAYDEV specifying this interface as the gateway device when it is active. I have found this a handy way to select the interface I wish to use from the main menu of KDE. Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Missing 9.1 documentation
On Saturday 27 December 2003 12:29 pm, John wrote: > On Saturday 27 December 2003 09:47 am, Mike Adolf wrote: > > On Saturday 27 December 2003 04:31 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Friday 26 December 2003 19:35, Mike Adolf wrote: > > > > On Friday 26 December 2003 04:04 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > On Friday 26 December 2003 01:22, Mike Adolf wrote: > > > > I checked each rpmdrake(+) source I have configured (all 3 > > install CDs, plf and textstar). None had mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk > > on them. Only cd2 came close with > > mandrake_doc-drakxtools-en-9.1-2mdk. What distribution bundle is > > suppose to contain mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk? > > > > Mike > > Hi Mike > Have just been updating 9.2 through md-update and the > documentation package is listed under normal updates. > John Mike Sorry for the double reply. I just saw the 9.1 and i was referring to 9.2. John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Gateway config???
On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 08:48, Adolfo Bello wrote: > On Fri, 2003-12-26 at 15:03, craig wrote: > > Every time I boot up I have to assign my default gateway manually so I > > can get online. Is there a file that I need to add the gateway to? > > > > I've tried the network file in /etc/sysconfig > /etc/sysconfig/network > Parameters are GATEWAY and GATEWAYDEV IIRC, you only need GATEWAYDEV if you use a dialup modem (as I do). Mine goes: $ cat /etc/sysconfig/network NETWORKING=yes GATEWAYDEV=ppp0 HOSTNAME=tbird.nofish.net.nz Sharrea -- Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Missing 9.1 documentation
On Saturday 27 December 2003 09:47 am, Mike Adolf wrote: > On Saturday 27 December 2003 04:31 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Friday 26 December 2003 19:35, Mike Adolf wrote: > > > On Friday 26 December 2003 04:04 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > On Friday 26 December 2003 01:22, Mike Adolf wrote: > > I checked each rpmdrake(+) source I have configured (all 3 install > CDs, plf and textstar). None had mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk on them. > Only cd2 came close with mandrake_doc-drakxtools-en-9.1-2mdk. What > distribution bundle is suppose to contain mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk? > > Mike Hi Mike Have just been updating 9.2 through md-update and the documentation package is listed under normal updates. John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Software Media Manager
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Friday 26 December 2003 7:25 pm, Guy Rouillier wrote: > Ok, I see what you are talking about, Carroll EDU seems to have an extra > contrib directory (that had the anjuta I wanted) that is not part of > cooker and appears not to be structured like the others. Under > /pub/linux/distributions/mandrake-devel are both a cooker and a contrib > subdirectory. If I look under cooker/i586/Mandrake, I do indeed see a > base directory with the files you describe. However, if I look in > contrib/i586, there are no subdirectories - all the RPMs are right there > (including the two . And I wouldn't expect to find descriptions for > those files in ../../cooker/i586/Mandrake/base, since the files in > contrib are not even in cooker. But that's exactly where they are Guy. For consistency and ease of coding all of the relevant hdlists are always in /Mandrake/base with only synthesis files in the actual directory. URPMI is coded to look there for the package information it needs to deal with user requests. If you think of it that way it may make more sense because the prime reason for a list of available packages and the information to make it possible to avoid dependency problems is to *install* those packages. That means the list has to be somewhere consistent in the tree structure or it won't be found; then "cooker" or "release" become "slaughter and re-install" and that will never do. (-; What I'm saying is the hdlists should always be where they are (/Mandrake/base) so that urpmi doesn't become too unwieldy. > > My pleasure. I hope I was of some help. > > Absolutely, I would not have gotten this far without your insights. > Thanks again. You're very welcome Guy; but I have a question for you. You are free to refuse to answer, it's your choice: Are we havin' fun yet? Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21.tmb.1mdk 10:18:56 up 6 days, 20:07, 1 user, load average: 0.12, 0.08, 0.07 I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. -- Rita Rudner -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/7cFkZqvqlrLPr5YRAq9PAKCHBwr9tiQtKL77ClHHMz5eb0DQkwCePuSN q8RZqG0wyHvbN20gF+RhBW4= =5wPV -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Missing 9.1 documentation
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Saturday 27 December 2003 7:47 am, Mike Adolf wrote: > > I checked each rpmdrake(+) source I have configured (all 3 install CDs, > plf and textstar). None had mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk on them. Only cd2 > came close with mandrake_doc-drakxtools-en-9.1-2mdk. What distribution > bundle is suppose to contain mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk? > > Mike You were getting good instructions/advice Mike. I don't know why the package wasn't showing on the available software list, unless it's already installed and something else is buggered. Anyway; here, catch: http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/407997/com/mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk.noarch.rpm.html HTH Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21.tmb.1mdk 10:06:30 up 6 days, 19:55, 1 user, load average: 0.27, 0.12, 0.09 Q: How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb? A: Only one, but it takes a long time, and the light bulb has to really want to change. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/7bypZqvqlrLPr5YRAh0EAJwLxeljYTUrhdhOyxCanQ5GJD7XCACfXK/z gvyTyjyhkE8/y3wtz4j2ocI= =M70Q -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Books for Newbies?
Think unix
the linux cookbook
rute
Aaron
Fig ('RL Cassidy') wrote:
Hi,
I've just started using Linux, Mandrake 9.2 & I have 'Kiss the Blue Screen
of Death Goodbye' on order from Wal-Mart.com for $22+change including S&H.
And I was wondering what would be a good reference/study book in addition to
the "Kiss ..."? I saw three books on Linux Journal's 2003 Readers' Choice
Awards, http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7029
Most Indispensable Linux Book
1. Linux in a Nutshell, 3rd Ed., Ellen Siever, et al.
2. Linux System Administration, Vicki Stanfield and Roderick W. Smith
3. Running Linux, 3rd Ed., Matt Welsh, et al.
Once again, the top three titles are the same, although Linux System
Administration and Running Linux switched places this year. Many of the
purists opt to rely solely on man pages. Judging by the sheer volume of
write-ins and new releases that come through the LJ offices for review, the
Linux book market is picking up speed.
Does any one have any experience with these or any other good book? All
opinions are welcome, I can't wait to totally get rid of M$. Thanks in
advance for any/all assistance.
Richard
Registered Linux user 207547
http://counter.li.org
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Re: [newbie] Installation path of Mozilla.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Saturday 27 December 2003 1:09 am, Steven Nelson wrote: > The installation said, try /usr/lib/mozilla, Mozilla was at > /usr/bin/Mozilla. > > From, > >Steven Before you work yourself into a lather and start screaming obscenities it may be wise to start doing some reading. The /bin directory is _not_ where you want to put a browser plug-in. /usr/bin is for *binaries.* Browser plugins in Mandrake are accessed from the directory I gave you /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins and that's where the flash plugins and the symlinks for java etc should go. The following website might help: http://www.ahinc.com/linux101/structure.htm Good luck. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21.tmb.1mdk 09:48:32 up 6 days, 19:37, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.12 In Seattle, Washington, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon that is over six feet in length. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/7blWZqvqlrLPr5YRAg29AJ9UJNbp2iBK0Lm/wLGXXF5IYRT7GwCfXX9N vDfpDJgG8A0ME33ak5OgLEY= =qc/X -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Leadtek TV 2000XP Deluxe
On Saturday 27 December 2003 03:56 am, Matt Bleiweiss wrote: > Hello again, > First off, thanks for helping me get my sound to work! Next, I am > trying to get my TV tuner, a Leadtek 2000XP Deluxe to work. I have XawTV > installed and at some point Mandrake asked me about the card but now in Xaw > I get nothing. According to > http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=154, I need to recompile the > kernel with Video4Linux and Bttv. Because on install Mandrake saw the card > does that mean that these things are already in there? Otherwise, what do I > do? Thanks again. > > --Matt Actually, I believe v4l2 is on the disks and bttv also, if not go to "rpmfind.net and do a search there. Once installed your leadtek should work. I have one and use it with Aviplay and Totem movie player. Can't seem to get a picture with Xawtv only sound. I also have had no luck with the remote working, but arrow keys and mouse work for navigation. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Solved-- Gnome 2.2 Documentation System broken
Nevertheless, when I went to Documentation>Help it was opened by Galeon, not by Mozilla... The documentation you want must be around here /usr/share/doc/mandrake/en/Starter.html/index.html Or you can reinstall Galeon again! JM 12/27/03 To: JM and All I had removed Galeon (and Mozilla). That is what broke the Gnome 2.2 Documentation System when using the menus: start->Documentation. I reinstalled Galeon (and the underlying Mozilla code) and everything is back to normal. Thanks for the assistance. And yes, I did have a nice holiday. I hope yours went well too. Stephen. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Missing 9.1 documentation
On Saturday 27 December 2003 04:31 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 26 December 2003 19:35, Mike Adolf wrote: > > On Friday 26 December 2003 04:04 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Friday 26 December 2003 01:22, Mike Adolf wrote: > > > > Went to the "Welcom to MandrakeGalaxy" screen and press > > > > documentaiton icon but only got: > > > > > > > > "Unable to run the command specified. The file or directory > > > > file:/usr/share/doc/mandrake/en/Starter.html/index.html does > > > > not exist." > > > > > > > > Why don't I have this? Can I get this index and related pages > > > > somewhere? Tried google with no luck. > > > > > > Maybe you didn't elect to install docs? > > > > > > Anne > > > > Hi Anne, > > There are many (457) dirs in /usr/share/doc just not mandrake/en. > > Can I run the installation disk again and just install > > documentation? I looked in rpmdrake but nothing jumped out? > > > > Mike > > Use MCC > SoftwareManagement > rpmdrake to install > mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk > > Anne I checked each rpmdrake(+) source I have configured (all 3 install CDs, plf and textstar). None had mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk on them. Only cd2 came close with mandrake_doc-drakxtools-en-9.1-2mdk. What distribution bundle is suppose to contain mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cdrom failure
On Saturday 27 December 2003 06:24 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 26 December 2003 18:40, ronald wrote: > > > > is your bios set to boot from cd first? if so try cd2... > > if you have a working system you can also read the install.htm > > on cd1 and create a bootfloppy > > > > HTH ronald > > I think I read somewhere that some older systems wouldn't boot from > a cd if the drive was mounted as slave. Could that be your > problem? > > OTOH, I have been working on a friend's M$ box, where I had the > greatest difficulty persuading it to boot from a cd, so there may > be other possibilities. > > Anne I reset the jumper on the new cdrom to master and installed. Everything worked fine. 9.2 installed ok and i am downloading the updates. Thanks to everyone for their responses and help. Best wishes to everyone for the upcoming new year. john Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xfce-4.0.2
On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 23:06:58 -0500 Guy Rouillier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Charles, sorry to send one note after the other. I downloaded your > galeon package, and I'm trying to install it. When I do, it complains > "galeon-1.3.10-3.4mdk.i586 (due to unsatisied mozilla[*][== 1.5]". I > interpreted this to mean it wants Mozilla 1.5. Not sure why, as I > went to the galeon site and it said this version should work with > older Mozilla versions. The version of mozilla that is required is dependent upon the version of mozilla installed on the system when galeon is built. Mozilla-1.5 is also avaiable from my site. There had been reports of problems with it so I removed both it and galeon from the hdlist so urpmi would not auto install them. Both can still be manually dled and installed from the 9.2 page. Charles -- An economist is a man who would marry Farrah Fawcett-Majors for her money.- Mandrake Linux 10.0 on PurpleDragon Kernel-2.6.0-1mdkenterprise http://www.eslrahc.com - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Installing kernel and kernel source.
On Saturday 27 Dec 2003 6:30 am, Steven Nelson wrote: > I don't know if this will help, I thought it might. I finished installing > the kernel (kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm) and kernel-source > (kernel-source-2.4.22-21mdk.i586.rpm) about an hour ago. I tried a > different method then the one above and it worked fine. Installed the > kernel and kernel-source by typing these commands in at the init 3, root > command line. rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm > rpm -Uvh kernel-source-2.4.22-21mdk.i586.rpm > > After they installed. I went to the /etc (still root) folder by using the > command: > cd /etc > Then ran the command: > lilo -v > It configured a part of the lilo config file. Rebooted and everything was > fine, the kernel and kernel-source were installed. > > After the kernel and kernel-source were installed I installed the video > driver. It built the customized kernel module, because the kernel and > kernel-source were now installed. THe driver installed fine. Ran the config > and the desktop loaded fine. I installed the same packages yesterday from mcc. It worked fine. I rebooted to the new kernel, which was called 2422-21, then edited /etc/lilo.conf to make it the default and ran lilo. A subsiquent reboot worked fine. At some point I'll have to re-install the Nvidia drivers, but I haven't had them in since upgrading to 9.2. If I had I'd have removed them before installing -21. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] editing Mpeg home video
On Saturday 27 Dec 2003 7:40 am, Inhabitant of Zion wrote: > Hi > > About a year or so ago I asked about a program that would allow me to > split mpeg home videos into smaller sections. > > However a lot of water under the bridge since then and I'm in a new > install of 9.2 for a while now and find myself in the same boat but > unfortunatly can't remember what the name of the program was and I can't > remember what the name of the thread was either for the archives. > > Anybody got any recommendations? avidemux should do these easily (you can set the codecs to imort mpeg). However although I have used it fine with previous versions of mandrake my 9.2 version seems borked. Has anyone else had problems with this version ? You may want to try it anyway John, when it works it is a fine tool Regards Pete ArdnamurchanScotland Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] installing cable modem
On Saturday 27 December 2003 01:02 am, Steven Nelson wrote: > Hi, the modem works fine. There are different reasons why I prefer to use > the terminal instead of drakconnect or a program similiar to it. There are > programs that I would use for configuring a LAN connection, though. Thanks > for the help. > >From, > >Steven I would not suggest that you attempt any other "programs that I would use for configuring a LAN connection" than MCC or drakeconnect, if you are using MDK. if you are not using MDK then have at it where ever you want. each distro might have slightly different places for files (like how in MDK the default for a webserver doc root is /var/www/html, where in some distros it might be a default of /var/web mcc will start and run in a console if you do not have Xfree running. > From: "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [newbie] installing cable modem > >Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 17:08:12 -0500 > > > >On Friday 26 December 2003 03:56 pm, Steven Nelson wrote: > >-> Trying to install a cable modem and do not know how. The LAN connection > >is > >-> Integrated Intel Pro/1000 CT Desktop Connection and is on the > >motherboard. > >-> Downloaded the driver for the LAN connection from support.intel.com, > > the -> driver is for Linux. Installed it, so it should be completely > > installed. -> Need to know how to configure the LAN connection so the > > computer will -> connect to the internet. I do not want to use the > > Mandrake Control Center. > > I -> would like to configure the LAN connection from the terminal. Will > > somebody -> tell me exactly what to type in the terminal to setup the > > LAN connection? -> > > > >First off, you need to make sure your eth0 stuff is working okay. When you > >run: > > > >ifconfig > > > >what does it show? > > > >also, you'll need to make sure some software is installed: > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] darklord]# rpm -qa | grep dhcp > >dhcp-client-3.0-1.rc12.2mdk > >dhcp-common-3.0-1.rc12.2mdk > > > >Now here, after installing the cable-modem, all I had to do was one of the > >following: > > > >service network restart > >ifup eth0 (you might have to do "ifdown eth0" first) > > > >I think thats about all I had to do. Also, what provider are you using? > >Some > >are rather more Linux friendly than others. There is a list of providers > >and > >users experiences with them: > > > >http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Cable-Modem/ > > > >BTW, why not use the GUI? Drakconnect works great, out of the box, most of > >the > >time...YMMV... > > > >HTHs! > > > >-- > > > >/\ > > > >Dark> >\/ > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > _ > Expand your wine savvy and get some great new recipes at MSN Wine. > http://wine.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Off topic list?
On Saturday 27 December 2003 06:33 am, ronald wrote: -> from a general mailinglist archive -> -> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/ -> -> ronald Ah, thanks! -- /\ Dark>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installation path of Mozilla.
On Saturday 27 December 2003 06:56, Steven Nelson wrote: > Hi, tried the command. It stated to enter a valid installation > path. Do you know where else the installation path could be? > Try slocate mozilla (you may have to install slocate). It's probably looking for the plugins directory. 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] Off topic list?
Op zaterdag 27 december 2003 12:32, schreef Ronald J. Hall: > Odd that, the screen where I searched for it at was nothing at all like the > B&W screen your link pointed to - was that under Mailing list archives on > the Mandrake home page? from a general mailinglist archive http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/ ronald -- Registered Linux User #163597 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kmix and Sound
On Friday 26 December 2003 21:40, Matt Bleiweiss wrote: > Hey everyone, > I have a Soundblaster Live! sound card that works just fine in > Windows and worked the last time I had Mandrake installed. Now > however, when I reinstalled Mandrake I had no sound so I started > playing with the faders in Kmix. Now I still have no sound and I > sometimes get loud and annoying feedback or static. Can anyone > provide any insight into how to fix my sound? Thanks. > > --Matt The problem with SBLive! soundcards is that they are not all the same chipsets! First, get rid of those buzzes, by turning down either pcm or igain - one or other will be to blame, I think. Then, run harddrake (from Mandrake Control Centre) and ask it to list your hardware devices. It should give you information about the card it believes it to be, and which driver it is loading. Write down all you can find there. Also, if you step through the buttons you will find a troubleshooting button. That lists steps you can take to gather information. Run the commands listed there and copy the output into a tex editor page. If you haven't sorted it by that time, mail the list again and append that file. 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] Missing 9.1 documentation
On Friday 26 December 2003 19:35, Mike Adolf wrote: > On Friday 26 December 2003 04:04 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Friday 26 December 2003 01:22, Mike Adolf wrote: > > > Went to the "Welcom to MandrakeGalaxy" screen and press > > > documentaiton icon but only got: > > > > > > "Unable to run the command specified. The file or directory > > > file:/usr/share/doc/mandrake/en/Starter.html/index.html does > > > not exist." > > > > > > Why don't I have this? Can I get this index and related pages > > > somewhere? Tried google with no luck. > > > > Maybe you didn't elect to install docs? > > > > Anne > > Hi Anne, > There are many (457) dirs in /usr/share/doc just not mandrake/en. > Can I run the installation disk again and just install > documentation? I looked in rpmdrake but nothing jumped out? > > Mike Use MCC > SoftwareManagement > rpmdrake to install mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk 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] Off topic list?
On Saturday 27 December 2003 06:13 am, ronald wrote: -> yes I did :-) and came up with this -> -> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-newbie&m=104542996332678&w=2 -> -> is this the one Ronald? -> -> HTH ronald Yes, I believe thats it - thanks! Odd that, the screen where I searched for it at was nothing at all like the B&W screen your link pointed to - was that under Mailing list archives on the Mandrake home page? -- /\ Dark>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cdrom failure
On Friday 26 December 2003 18:40, ronald wrote: > Op vrijdag 26 december 2003 19:07, schreef John: > > I put in a new cdrom and system still won't boot from 9.2 > > installation cd. It apparently skips the cd boot and goes into > > the regular boot with md 9.1. Are there any other possibilities? > > My only thoughts right now are to possibly try a hammer but I > > would probably miss and hit my thumb. Any help is appreciated. > > Thanks > > john > > is your bios set to boot from cd first? if so try cd2... > if you have a working system you can also read the install.htm > on cd1 and create a bootfloppy > > HTH ronald I think I read somewhere that some older systems wouldn't boot from a cd if the drive was mounted as slave. Could that be your problem? OTOH, I have been working on a friend's M$ box, where I had the greatest difficulty persuading it to boot from a cd, so there may be other possibilities. 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] msec (originally Gcombust Question)
On Wednesday 29 October 2003 05:24, E. Hines wrote: > How would you uninstall msec? There are a lot of packages that > will go right along with it--drakconf, drakxtools,rpmdrake, etc.? > I dislike msec with an absolute passion (HATE is really how I feel > about it). I know what permissions I want on my directories, and I > don't like being bothered by msec, nor do I want to be bothered by > messing about with perm.local. > > E. > Could you not go to MCC > Services and turn it off? It shouldn't be necessary to remove it, I think. 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] Off topic list?
Op zaterdag 27 december 2003 11:57, schreef Ronald J. Hall: > Hmm, I seem to have lost the instructions on how to subsribe to the off > topic list since I changed HD's and upgraded to v9.2 of Mandrake. I > searched the Maling List archives, but have you ever searched there for > "off topic"? > yes I did :-) and came up with this http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-newbie&m=104542996332678&w=2 is this the one Ronald? HTH ronald -- Registered Linux User #163597 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Off topic list?
Hmm, I seem to have lost the instructions on how to subsribe to the off topic list since I changed HD's and upgraded to v9.2 of Mandrake. I searched the Maling List archives, but have you ever searched there for "off topic"? Can someone post them please? Thanks! -- /\ Dark>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Leadtek TV 2000XP Deluxe
Hello again, First off, thanks for helping me get my sound to work! Next, I am trying to get my TV tuner, a Leadtek 2000XP Deluxe to work. I have XawTV installed and at some point Mandrake asked me about the card but now in Xaw I get nothing. According to http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=154, I need to recompile the kernel with Video4Linux and Bttv. Because on install Mandrake saw the card does that mean that these things are already in there? Otherwise, what do I do? Thanks again. --Matt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] editing Mpeg home video
Somebody scribbled about [newbie] editing Mpeg home video >Hi > >About a year or so ago I asked about a program that would allow me > to split mpeg home videos into smaller sections. Luckily, a new version of cinelerra was just announced on the PLF mailing list. You might try that - just add PLF as one of your urpmi sources (in case you hadn't already) and urpmi cinelerra. It seems that it can do the job, and much more. I've only lightly used it in the past, but the new version looks very capable. However, it's a big resource pig. I tried it on a 650 meg AVI earlier today and all I got was a blank screen, and seemingly only 17 minutes loaded into the thing. That may be due to a resource issue -- as it was successful using a much smaller AVI (42 megs). My machine is a 1 ghz with 256 megs of RAM; I suspect underpowered for this sort of thing. mencoder seems also capable of this but I have not tried it. For avi's there is avisplit, but you're using mpegs. I haven't tried conversion to avi, but that might be an option for you. -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installation path of Mozilla.
The installation said, try /usr/lib/mozilla, Mozilla was at /usr/bin/Mozilla. From, Steven From: Rob Blomquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Installation path of Mozilla. Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 23:27:40 -0800 On Friday 26 December 2003 10:56 pm, Steven Nelson droned on: > Hi, tried the command. It stated to enter a valid installation path. Do you > know where else the installation path could be? Try the command "which mozilla" on your machine. If its in your path, it will tell you where it is. If its not in your path, it will give you a message saying "no mozilla in (your path)". Which means you will need to install it. And to do that, "urpmi mozilla" will set you up. And BTW, don't use the FlashPlayer from Macromedia, you will be missing some libraries. Try "urpmi FlashPlayer" if you are setup to upload from Contrib. And if you aren't setup with it, see Easy Urpmi @ http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php, just follow the directions. Rob -- Linux: For the people, by the people. Linux Counter #183693 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Have fun customizing MSN Messenger learn how here! http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/reach_customize Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] editing Mpeg home video
Hi About a year or so ago I asked about a program that would allow me to split mpeg home videos into smaller sections. However a lot of water under the bridge since then and I'm in a new install of 9.2 for a while now and find myself in the same boat but unfortunatly can't remember what the name of the program was and I can't remember what the name of the thread was either for the archives. Anybody got any recommendations? -- John Willby Registered Linux user number 321644 ICQ: 92791912 Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] YIM: vicarofwibley Linux is like a wigwam - No Gates, no Windows, Apache inside. 07:36:38 up 13 days, 23:17, 2 users, load average: 0.44, 0.39, 0.22 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installation path of Mozilla.
On Friday 26 December 2003 10:56 pm, Steven Nelson droned on: > Hi, tried the command. It stated to enter a valid installation path. Do you > know where else the installation path could be? Try the command "which mozilla" on your machine. If its in your path, it will tell you where it is. If its not in your path, it will give you a message saying "no mozilla in (your path)". Which means you will need to install it. And to do that, "urpmi mozilla" will set you up. And BTW, don't use the FlashPlayer from Macromedia, you will be missing some libraries. Try "urpmi FlashPlayer" if you are setup to upload from Contrib. And if you aren't setup with it, see Easy Urpmi @ http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php, just follow the directions. Rob -- Linux: For the people, by the people. Linux Counter #183693 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
