[newbie] problems with installation of packages
Hi there, I need help with installing packages. After I installed Mandrake 9.2 I cannot install software. When I open the installation tool, I can select the packages. Yet when I hit the install button the program opens a progress bar. After a while I am prompted to put the CD into dev/hdb. When I put the CD into the drive it does not recognize it, but prompts me again after a while. I have two cd drives installed. The first one is recognised by the software as CDROM, the second as CDROM_2. I cannot open the first one. After a previous dual boot installation it does not react any longer. So I only used the second one to set up the system. Has anybody an idea what I could do ? Thanks in advance for your help. Best, --Bernhard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] default permissions
Thanks, that explains it - my ssh and desktop tests were on different users. When I created the 'real' users (excluding my userid) on this computer, I put them all in the same group so they could share files. If the name of the group is 'gwacl' and gid is 502, what code should I add/chg so that users in this group will use 664 permissions? Frank At 09:46 AM 1/15/04, Pablo Vitoria wrote: Hi Frank, The 'if[...' line means: If the effective user name and the effective group name running the shell are the same, and the user ID is greather than 99 (to exclude special accounts like root...) then set umask equal to 002, otherwise set it to 022. Since, by default, when you add a user to MDK it assigns a user ID bigger than 500, and creates a main group for that user with the same name, you should get 664 permissions when creating a file (that is what happens in my computers) unless you do it as root (user ID = 0), or you have changed the defaults in MDK and your users are getting IDs 99. Or you have changed the group policy. I hope this helps Pablo Pablo Vitoria Garcia Dpto. Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU) Aptdo. 644 48080 Bilbao (Bizkaia) Tfno. 94 6015992 Fax. 94 4648500 - Original Message - From: Frank Bax [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MDK Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 2:28 PM Subject: [newbie] default permissions | On a MDK91 system shared between several staff, I notice that OOo is | creating files with permissions 644. If I drop to shell and create a file, | it also has 644 permissions, but if I access the machine remotely via ssh, | the permissions are 664. I would like to see 664 all the time, so I | started some research. I found the command I'm looking for is umask and | that it is already executed in /etc/bashrc: | | # by default, we want this to get set. | # Even for non-interactive, non-login shells. | if [ `id -gn` = `id -un` -a `id -u` -gt 99 ]; then | umask 002 | else | umask 022 | fi | | But, I don't understand this code. How do I fix this problem? | | | | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? | Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] triple boot with windows XP, 98 and mdk 9.2?
I could be wrong, but I think the restore function reads lilo.conf, restoring all entries that previously existed--including Winblows entries. Can anybody confirm this? That's correct. Is that the cli command, or is it an option on the cd? thanks, eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] default permissions
Hi again, Well, I don't know much about shell programming, but if the group ID of your users is 502, then I guess you can change the lines in /etc/bashrc like below. I just inserted a new option, I didn't delete the original just in case. I guess it should work # by default, we want this to get set. # Even for non-interactive, non-login shells. if [ `id -gn` = `id -un` -a `id -u` -gt 99 ]; then umask 002 elif [ `id -g` -eq 502 -a `id -u` -gt 99 ]; then umask 002 else umask 022 fi Pablo Vitoria Garcia Dpto. Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU) Aptdo. 644 48080 Bilbao (Bizkaia) Tfno. 94 6015992 Fax. 94 4648500 - Original Message - From: Frank Bax [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:10 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] default permissions Thanks, that explains it - my ssh and desktop tests were on different users. When I created the 'real' users (excluding my userid) on this computer, I put them all in the same group so they could share files. If the name of the group is 'gwacl' and gid is 502, what code should I add/chg so that users in this group will use 664 permissions? Frank At 09:46 AM 1/15/04, Pablo Vitoria wrote: Hi Frank, The 'if[...' line means: If the effective user name and the effective group name running the shell are the same, and the user ID is greather than 99 (to exclude special accounts like root...) then set umask equal to 002, otherwise set it to 022. Since, by default, when you add a user to MDK it assigns a user ID bigger than 500, and creates a main group for that user with the same name, you should get 664 permissions when creating a file (that is what happens in my computers) unless you do it as root (user ID = 0), or you have changed the defaults in MDK and your users are getting IDs 99. Or you have changed the group policy. I hope this helps Pablo Pablo Vitoria Garcia Dpto. Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU) Aptdo. 644 48080 Bilbao (Bizkaia) Tfno. 94 6015992 Fax. 94 4648500 - Original Message - From: Frank Bax [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MDK Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 2:28 PM Subject: [newbie] default permissions | On a MDK91 system shared between several staff, I notice that OOo is | creating files with permissions 644. If I drop to shell and create a file, | it also has 644 permissions, but if I access the machine remotely via ssh, | the permissions are 664. I would like to see 664 all the time, so I | started some research. I found the command I'm looking for is umask and | that it is already executed in /etc/bashrc: | | # by default, we want this to get set. | # Even for non-interactive, non-login shells. | if [ `id -gn` = `id -un` -a `id -u` -gt 99 ]; then | umask 002 | else | umask 022 | fi | | But, I don't understand this code. How do I fix this problem? | | | --- - | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? | Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? | Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Test Message
On Thursday 15 January 2004 09:01 am, jason pearl wrote: i can send mail to myself.. i sent an email from [EMAIL PROTECTED] i can send it to my cox email but not to anyone else. what do i put for mx records at the no-ip account? i put my cox mx records. Also, once you get the mail server up, you might want to run a quick test to check for open relays. From the machine telnet to relay-test.mail-abuse.org You will see a long dialog where mail-abuse tries to relay mail through your server with successive attempts to spoof a connection to trick the mail server into relaying. If you pass, this doesn't meant that your mail server can't be used as a relay but it does mean that the most obvious tricks have been tried and failed. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] problems with installation of packages
On 15 Jan 2004 14:58:08 + B. L. Krieger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, I need help with installing packages. After I installed Mandrake 9.2 I cannot install software. When I open the installation tool, I can select the packages. Yet when I hit the install button the program opens a progress bar. After a while I am prompted to put the CD into dev/hdb. When I put the CD into the drive it does not recognize it, but prompts me again after a while. I have two cd drives installed. The first one is recognised by the software as CDROM, the second as CDROM_2. I cannot open the first one. After a previous dual boot installation it does not react any longer. So I only used the second one to set up the system. Has anybody an idea what I could do ? Thanks in advance for your help. Best, --Bernhard what does your /etc/fstab file say it is? i had that problem before and i rechecked my cdrom mount points in MCC and then rebooted and it changed from /dev/hdc to /dev/scd0 and i was able to read my cdrom again -- jason pearl [EMAIL PROTECTED] ++ Keep your friends close and your enemies closer-Tupac ++ Kurrupted Visionz Phx, AZregistered linux user #307811 MDK 9.2 LinuxMachine# 193475, 227341 AMD64 Opteron 1.6http://counter.li.org ASUS SK8N uptime: 09:55:50 up 3 days, 15:17, 3 users, load average: 0.01, 0.03, 0.00 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Test Message
On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:56:19 -0500 Bryan Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 15 January 2004 09:01 am, jason pearl wrote: i can send mail to myself.. i sent an email from [EMAIL PROTECTED] i can send it to my cox email but not to anyone else. what do i put for mx records at the no-ip account? i put my cox mx records. Do you mean that you can send mail from your Postfix server to your cox email account but not to anyone else? If so, do you get a bounce message or is your message refused when you send it or does it just not get received? If the ISP blocks outgoing port 25, you will send a message to an external address and it will just disappear. You can still send mail to local ISP accounts because port 25 traffic is only blocked at the router for outgoing traffic, internally, it still works. The local mail server accepts your mail because it recognizes that your IP is internal to its network, so it accepts the traffic. If that seems to be what is happening, then your outgoing port 25 is probably blocked. If your port 25 is open and you want to check it, simply try to telnet to port 25 of your external WAN IP address. If your postfix server responds, then port 25 is not blocked. I am pretty sure that you should NOT be using the cox mail server address. Any mail bound to your myvnc.com domain will not be recognized by the cox mail server and will be refused. If they have agreed to accept mail for your domain and let you download it from them, you should use their mail server. The MX record at no-ip.com needs to be the hostname of a mailserver. If you were using an external mail hosting service that collects your mail and then sends it to your machine, this is where you would put the name of that mail server hostname. Otherwise, I am pretty certain that you leave that blank. You can also set wildcards so that all requests to your domain are sent to the IP you have updated. So, www.no-ip.com, mail.no-ip.com, ftp.no-ip.com, etc. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer I never bet a bounce back and nobody can telnet to me even with my router port opened so i guess the outgoing 25 is blocked? so does that mean incoming is blocked also? -- jason pearl [EMAIL PROTECTED] ++ Keep your friends close and your enemies closer-Tupac ++ Kurrupted Visionz Phx, AZregistered linux user #307811 MDK 9.2 LinuxMachine# 193475, 227341 AMD64 Opteron 1.6http://counter.li.org ASUS SK8N uptime: 10:15:52 up 3 days, 15:37, 3 users, load average: 0.07, 0.02, 0.00 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] CDRW install, need help w/fstab
- Original Message - From: John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 13:58:50 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] CDRW install, need help w/fstab Angus Auld wrote: Thanks guys, I was having a LOT of trouble getting things to go right until I added the hdc=ide-scsi to my lilo.conf append line. This inclusion makes your ide device into a fake scsi-emulated device Here's my fstab: /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,nosuid,ro,umask=0,user,nodev 0 0 Is this correct? --Angus This script is correct Angus. What you now have is automount(as against supermount) and if you right mouse click on your desktop - create new CD-rom device, you can add a desktop icon to give you easy gui access to the device. I think your k3b entry is more like this , /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/cd/mnt/cdromauto ro,noauto,user,exec0 0 If you want supermount, then change the fstab entry to, none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,user,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 you have to go to Control center to add a desktop icon. John *** Thanks John, it seems like there is a bit of variation in my K3b entry from the one you included. My K3b system device entry looks like this: /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/cd (0, 0, 0) I only have one cd device, which is my burner, so would that account for the difference? Things SEEM to be OK as far as what I've tried. Thanks again. Regards. --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 9.1~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- ___ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.operamail.com, which allows you to send SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Speeding up X - SOLVED!
Hi all, It appears that Nvidia's nforce drivers for the embedded network card don't want to play nice with Mandrake 9.2. I installed a Realtek 3189D and it has improved performance beyond belief. My system is now running as it should, with no slowdowns. Thanks for the help!! Travis Crook Visions Beyond Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Tuxracer, APM/APCI Support
Two problems now: 1) Tuxracer and several other games are playing very slowly. I'd say less than 1 fps. I tried adjusting my video settings and installing new drivers.(Check my last thread for the info). 2) I need a battery monitor on Linux. I've installed apci and apm. I'm not quite sure of the difference, but I figured that as long as one of them monitored the battery power, it would be fine. I checked the services, and tried starting them, but neither would start. When I type apm in the console, it says that there is no Kernel support for apm. I have the source for the kernel, how do I compile it and install it with apm support? --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Test Message
On Thursday 15 January 2004 12:17 pm, jason pearl wrote: I never bet a bounce back and nobody can telnet to me even with my router port opened so i guess the outgoing 25 is blocked? so does that mean incoming is blocked also? Jason, I just did some research to try to clear this up. According to this: http://support.cox.net/custsup/email/email_info.shtml Cox does not block incoming port 25, they do however, block outgoing port 25 just as Earthlink does. You should be able to receive mail at a dynamic domain but you will not be able to send mail without configuring the mail server to relay through Cox's mail servers. If other people are unable to telnet to port 25 on your system, it might be because you are running a firewall that is dropping the traffic or your mail server is incorrectly configured and therefore is not active. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I restore original URPMI.cfg settings
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 19:06:19 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In an effort to get a steady and current stream of Mandrake updates for version 9.2 I was testing different mirrors and settings. Anyway, I got it so mucked up at some point that I did the wrong thing.. I did the urpmi.removemedia -a which of course deleted everything.. I would like to restore the settings that came with the first 3 cd's of the powerpack (the silver club download version). I am just unsure of how to do this. What were they named, do I need to browse to each cd.. can someone just email me the urpmi.cfg file out of their etc/urpmi directory that shows the original settings? There was a another newbie post earlier this week but it did not quite do the same thing plus it was not quite right in its instructions either. Bruce Here is the full details..if this does not work for you..then sorry..:) urpmi.removemedia -a You will find that your installation CD's are missing from the list To readd your cd sources do:. Put CD1 in the drive and in root terminal type: urpmi.addmedia --distrib cdrom removable://mnt/cdrom Johan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] can't update urpmi.addupdate with ftp
Title: can't update urpmi.addupdate with ftp Okay, so Im a lamer because I use plf.zarb.org to create my command lines for getting net updates. But I do know that Im supposed to use the updates and wget switches, so theres a couple of extra points. But my problem is that I always get these errors after it looks at the ftp site that I point it to: retrieve of source hdlist (or synthesis) failed no hdlist file found for medium main examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.main.cz] problem reading synthesis file of medium main unable to update medium main Any help in understanding this phenomenon would be great. It happens with contrib, main, and the other one which apparently I forgot. Thanks! Eric
Re: [newbie] gimp 2.0pre1 compilation
On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 20:40, Aron Smith wrote: On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 13:30, Josenildo Marques wrote: Hello. I'd like to compile and install the latest gimp. Could you please give me some tips on how to do it ? Start here http://www.gimp.org/ You can also urpmi the development version (unstable but nice new GUI ) The configure step is Ok (after installing lots of -devil packages!) Now I have two questions 1. Should I run 'make' as a user or as the superuser? 2. I have just installed _checkinstall', but I'm not sure about the arguments I have to run it with. Is it a good idea to use checkinstall ? Thanks for your help. -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net registered linux user #341648 * A imaginação é mais importante que o conhecimento. Albert Einstein Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CDRW install, need help w/fstab
Angus Auld wrote: - Original Message - From: John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 13:58:50 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] CDRW install, need help w/fstab Angus Auld wrote: Thanks guys, I was having a LOT of trouble getting things to go right until I added the hdc=ide-scsi to my lilo.conf append line. This inclusion makes your ide device into a fake scsi-emulated device Here's my fstab: /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,nosuid,ro,umask=0,user,nodev 0 0 Is this correct? --Angus This script is correct Angus. What you now have is automount(as against supermount) and if you right mouse click on your desktop - create new CD-rom device, you can add a desktop icon to give you easy gui access to the device. I think your k3b entry is more like this , /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/cd/mnt/cdromauto ro,noauto,user,exec0 0 If you want supermount, then change the fstab entry to, none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,user,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 you have to go to Control center to add a desktop icon. John *** Thanks John, it seems like there is a bit of variation in my K3b entry from the one you included. My K3b system device entry looks like this: /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/cd (0, 0, 0) I only have one cd device, which is my burner, so would that account for the difference? No , It's just that you do not have your writer as a device, mounted, the /mnt/cdrom section is there for that . The rest adds various controls to the device, like fonts and access, but I cannot remember what the 0 0 on the end does.I should know but cannot recall. I guess that k3b does not actually have to access the device through the external system mount command, but can aecess it as a device using it's own built in mount command, I don't really know though. Pure guess. The k3b programme setup wizard added mine like it is , so I'm guessing quite a bit. I tend to use xcdroast for most gui writing, and cdrecord on the command line, but recently I added k3b , and found to my joy if can packet write, something I have never been able to do before. So that's a one up for k3b. I find that very usefull when wanting to add bits and pieces of software programmes to a CD for safe keeping, it doesn't insist on fixing the entire disc, thus leaving space for aditions. John John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OT - What would you like to see in IE?
This was too good an opportunity to pass up--a Micro$oftie soliciting feedback about what features we'd like to see in the next IE. My basic message was Who cares? Maybe some of you would like to put in your feature requests. g http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2004/01/14.html#a6183 Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] gimp 2.0pre1 compilation
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 19:30:55 -0200 Josenildo Marques [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to compile and install the latest gimp. The easiest way would be to dl the cooker rpm for gimp1_3-2.0-0.pre1.1mdk.src.rpm and rebuild from it. Charles -- Your wise men don't know how it feels To be thick as a brick. -- Jethro Tull, Thick As A Brick - Mandrake Linux 10.0 on PurpleDragon 2.6.1-1.tmb.7mdkenterprise http://www.eslrahc.com - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Im excited hehe
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 06:24:15 -0700 jason pearl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try Sylpheed-Claws and you'll really flip out. Thanks for the tip, Sylpheed-Claws seems to be the most functional email client I used on linux. Much, Much better than kmail/evolution. Thanks again. Paddy pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[newbie] Hurray for Michael Doyle!
Who the hell is Michael Doyle, you ask? Heh. Enjoy: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=13649 -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold... -- William Butler Yeats Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] gimp 2.0pre1 compilation
On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 06:00:52PM -0200, Josenildo Marques wrote: On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 20:40, Aron Smith wrote: On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 13:30, Josenildo Marques wrote: The configure step is Ok (after installing lots of -devil packages!) Now I have two questions 1. Should I run 'make' as a user or as the superuser? 2. I have just installed _checkinstall', but I'm not sure about the arguments I have to run it with. Is it a good idea to use checkinstall ? Run make as regular user. Run checkinstall as root. No need for arguments, you'll be prompted for info through the build process. It's a good idea to use checkinstall to easily remove packages, and of course to share them with your friends! Please put up a link to a screen cap of the new UI, I've never seen it! Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hurray for Michael Doyle!
On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 13:05, JoeHill wrote: Who the hell is Michael Doyle, you ask? Heh. Enjoy: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=13649 That's worth a Larry Curley AND a Moe so Nyuck Nyuck Nyucuk Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hurray for Michael Doyle!
Who the hell is Michael Doyle, you ask? That is NOT good news for anyone. This is a company (of 2 people) suing over an overly broad patent they weren't using for anything themselves. The implications for all software of this nature (embedded plug ins) is very far-reaching and could impact other browsers like Mozilla and Opera just as easily. Do not cheer for this case just because M$ is losing... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hurray for Michael Doyle!
On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:39:57 -0600 James Cammarata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who the hell is Michael Doyle, you ask? That is NOT good news for anyone. This is a company (of 2 people) suing over an overly broad patent they weren't using for anything themselves. The implications for all software of this nature (embedded plug ins) is very far-reaching and could impact other browsers like Mozilla and Opera just as easily. Do not cheer for this case just because M$ is losing... You apparently didn't read the article. Quote: EWeek reports that Doyle told them he has been: in discussions with major players in Linux world and working on plan to resolve '906 patent issue with entire Linux community. Any solution, Doyle added, Will be supportive of open-source community. You giggling yet? Once Mr Doyle has the half-a-bill firmly wedged in his back pocket, he'll do a deal to allow open sourcers to use the technology freely, we imagine. And, sticking with our imagination, it seems Doyle, conscious of his public image, wants to be seen as a Robin Hood figure, redistributing, by legal means, the massive wealth accumulated through the Sheriff of Redmond's Windows tax. -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.-- Noam Chomsky Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] gimp 2.0pre1 compilation
On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 19:07, Todd Slater wrote: Run make as regular user. Run checkinstall as root. No need for arguments, you'll be prompted for info through the build process. It's a good idea to use checkinstall to easily remove packages, and of course to share them with your friends! Please put up a link to a screen cap of the new UI, I've never seen it! Todd Thanks, Todd and Charlie! It's done but, as you can see below, urpmi says it will uninstall the other version. I read somewhere this would not happen. What can I do ? TIA ** RPM package creation selected *** ** Building RPM package...OK NOTE: The package will not be installed Erasing temporary files...OK Deleting doc-pak directory...OK Writing backup package...OK Deleting temp dir...OK ** Done. The new package has been saved to /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586/gimp-2.0pre1-1mdk.i586.rpm You can install it in your system anytime using: rpm -i gimp-2.0pre1-1mdk.i586.rpm ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] gimp-2.0pre1]# cd /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] i586]# urpmi gimp gimpgimp2-gap gimp1_3 gimp-data-extras gimp1_3-python gimp-doc gimp-2.0pre1-1mdk.i586.rpm gimp-perl gimp2-freetype gimpprint [EMAIL PROTECTED] i586]# urpmi gimp-2.0pre1-1mdk.i586.rpm The following packages have to be removed for others to be upgraded: gimp-1.2.5-6mdk.i586 (in order to install gimp-2.0pre1-1mdk.i586) gimp-doc-1.2.5-6mdk.i586 (due to conflicts with gimp[= 1.2.3-9mdk]) (y/N) -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net registered linux user #341648 * So what if he makes it? No one's ever made the first jump. I know, I know. But what if he does? He won't. -- Mouse and Apoc, The Matrix Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] gimp 2.0pre1 compilation
On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 08:22:51PM -0200, Josenildo Marques wrote: On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 19:07, Todd Slater wrote: Run make as regular user. Run checkinstall as root. No need for arguments, you'll be prompted for info through the build process. It's a good idea to use checkinstall to easily remove packages, and of course to share them with your friends! Please put up a link to a screen cap of the new UI, I've never seen it! Todd Thanks, Todd and Charlie! It's done but, as you can see below, urpmi says it will uninstall the other version. I read somewhere this would not happen. What can I do ? TIA snip Done. The new package has been saved to /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586/gimp-2.0pre1-1mdk.i586.rpm You can install it in your system anytime using: rpm -i gimp-2.0pre1-1mdk.i586.rpm There's your answer--from /usr/src/RPM/RPMSi586 issue the above command, NOT urpmi. suerte, Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] OT - What would you like to see in IE?
This was too good an opportunity to pass up--a Micro$oftie soliciting feedback about what features we'd like to see in the next IE. My basic message was Who cares? Maybe some of you would like to put in your feature requests. g http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2004/01/14.html#a6183 [AX] I don't like that blog. It seems to me to be written by someone from MS PR department. And the whole tone of it is as stupid as WinXP - the most reliable OS. --cut-- Now, about the darn security fixes. These are tough. Tougher than it might seem on the outside. Why? Because Internet Explorer's engine is used in several different OS's. Dozens of different languages. Thousands of different applications. Changing one line of code in the inards of Windows means potentially breaking a large number of applications. That's unacceptable to the team. So, when they change things, they need to do it in a way that doesn't break things for customers. --cut-- Just imagine several different OS's! He ever tried to open Mozilla's or Opera's download pages?.. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] GNOME Settings Daemon error
I restarted my computer and when Gnome finished loading I recieved this error: === There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon. Some things, such as themes, sounds, or background settings may not work correctly. The Settings Daemon restarted too many times. GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you log in. == I also got a bunch of errors similar to: == The panel encountered a problem while loading OAFIID:GNOME_TasklistApplet Details: Unknown CORBA exception id: 'IDL:omg.org/CORBA/INV_OBJREF:1.0' Do you want to delete the applet from your configuration? == In addition to not having any applets in my taskbar, I am not able to run Evolution. It seems that most everything else is working though. Any thoughts on how best to fix this. Thanks __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the Signing Bonus Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hurray for Michael Doyle!
On Thursday 15 Jan 2004 9:46 pm, JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:39:57 -0600 James Cammarata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who the hell is Michael Doyle, you ask? That is NOT good news for anyone. This is a company (of 2 people) suing over an overly broad patent they weren't using for anything themselves. The implications for all software of this nature (embedded plug ins) is very far-reaching and could impact other browsers like Mozilla and Opera just as easily. Do not cheer for this case just because M$ is losing... You apparently didn't read the article. Quote: EWeek reports that Doyle told them he has been: in discussions with major players in Linux world and working on plan to resolve '906 patent issue with entire Linux community. Any solution, Doyle added, Will be supportive of open-source community. Talk is cheap. A lot of the flak he is taking is coming from the OS people. Nothing says he has to stick to his word, or even the spirit of it, when he's $500M richer. His business model is worse than Microsoft's. We cheered when IBM went down, but Microsoft was worse. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Transcode
[EMAIL PROTECTED] divx]# transcode -i /dev/dvd/ -x dvd -V -j 16,0 -B 5,0 \ -Y 40,8 -s 4.47 -U my_movie -y xvid -w 1618 transcode v0.6.12 (C) 2001-2003 Thomas Oestreich, 2003-2004 T. Bitterberg [transcode] critical: invalid filename or host /dev/dvd/ so it doesn't like /dev/dvd (just a link to /dev/scd0) [EMAIL PROTECTED] divx]# transcode -i /dev/scd0 -x dvd -V -j 16,0 -B 5,0 \ -Y 40,8 -s 4.47 -U my_movie -y xvid -w 1618 transcode v0.6.12 (C) 2001-2003 Thomas Oestreich, 2003-2004 T. Bitterberg [transcode] warning : unused command line parameter detected (18/19) [transcode] warning : argc[18]=40,8 (unused) (dvd_reader.c) no support for DVD reading configured - exit. (iodump.c) unable to open directory /dev/scd0 [transcode] warning : /usr/local/lib/transcode/import_dvd.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory (decoder.c) loading audio import module failed [transcode] failed to init import modules [transcode] critical: plug-in initialization failed so it doesn't like /dev/scd0 (which is the true device) I've no previous experience of transcode , haven't the faintest idea what I'm doing, just borrowed an example command line. Anyone know why it hates my /dev/scd0 ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] gimp 2.0pre1 compilation
On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 20:26, Todd Slater wrote: There's your answer--from /usr/src/RPM/RPMSi586 issue the above command, NOT urpmi. suerte, Todd __ It installed (the new look is superb !), but not the docs - and perhaps other stuff, too. Now I can't uninstall it because there's a dependency issue related to packages which belong to the other version of The Gimp. I'm thinking: what if I add that folder as a source to urpmi ? Any tip is welcome. TIA -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net registered linux user #341648 * The great Morpheus. We meet at last. And you are. A Smith. Agent Smith. You all look the same to me. -- Agent Smith and Morpheus, The Matrix Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Blank Screen at boot. Can't load Linux(again)
Here we go again. I tried to get acpi to work, as a battery manager. I set it to load at startup. I restarted the computer to see if it would work. I chose Linux in LILO, and behold, a complete blank screen. No command line, no errors, no anything. Just a blank screen. So I powered off, and restarted. This time I went into failsafe. Went fine until I got some error about not being able to locate [something like DSID]. It then stopped, and was not active at all. I rebooted again, and tried linux-nonfb. Same as failsafe. Note: The acpi at startup was the only change I made since my last boot. What am I supposed to do now. I assume something with the boot record in windows? Thanks in advance, Marc
Re: [newbie] Im excited hehe
On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 20:46:42 + Patrick Dempster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 06:24:15 -0700 jason pearl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try Sylpheed-Claws and you'll really flip out. Thanks for the tip, Sylpheed-Claws seems to be the most functional email client I used on linux. Much, Much better than kmail/evolution. Thanks again. Paddy Knew you'd like it. Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hurray for Michael Doyle!
Talk is cheap. A lot of the flak he is taking is coming from the OS people. Nothing says he has to stick to his word, or even the spirit of it, when he's $500M richer. His business model is worse than Microsoft's. We cheered when IBM went down, but Microsoft was worse. I agree. Whether this guy stands by his word or not is irrelevant. I do not like the idea of suing over patents in this method. This URL (posted on /. today) illustrates this point perfectly. http://news.com.com/2100-1038-5141810.html?tag=nefd_hed -- James Cammarata [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.sngx.net home: 314-835-1122 work: 314-872-2426 cell: 314-409-0583 __ Out the Ethernet, through the router, down the fiber, off another router, down the T1, past the fire-wall ...nothing but Net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] triple boot with windows XP, 98 and mdk 9.2?
On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 07:55:14 -0800, Eric Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I could be wrong, but I think the restore function reads lilo.conf, restoring all entries that previously existed--including Winblows entries. Can anybody confirm this? That's correct. Is that the cli command, or is it an option on the cd? Option on the CD. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CDRW install, need help w/fstab
- Original Message - From: John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 20:03:20 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] CDRW install, need help w/fstab My K3b system device entry looks like this: /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/cd (0, 0, 0) I only have one cd device, which is my burner, so would that account for the difference? No , It's just that you do not have your writer as a device, mounted, the /mnt/cdrom section is there for that . The rest adds various controls to the device, like fonts and access, but I cannot remember what the 0 0 on the end does.I should know but cannot recall. I guess that k3b does not actually have to access the device through the external system mount command, but can aecess it as a device using it's own built in mount command, I don't really know though. Pure guess. The k3b programme setup wizard added mine like it is , so I'm guessing quite a bit. I tend to use xcdroast for most gui writing, and cdrecord on the command line, but recently I added k3b , and found to my joy if can packet write, something I have never been able to do before. So that's a one up for k3b. I find that very usefull when wanting to add bits and pieces of software programmes to a CD for safe keeping, it doesn't insist on fixing the entire disc, thus leaving space for aditions. John k3b wizard added my entry like it is too. Maybe a difference in our setup requirements because of hardware/software?? Something I have noticed that I would like to enquire about is the fact that under windows, my cdrw drive seems to be spinning a lot faster while operating. What could account for that? I have noticed this even when playing a music cd. The drive is a lot louder. Under Mdk it seems to be running quieter/slower. Seems like it is working OK under both however. I like k3b too, but haven't tried anything else yet for Mdk. Nero is pretty simple to use under windows. Regards. --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 9.1~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ * ** -- ___ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.operamail.com, which allows you to send SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CDRW install, need help w/fstab
On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 12:30 am, many eyes noted that Angus Auld wrote: I wonder if I still don't have it right? Things are working, at least so far. Here's my fstab: ** /dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,nosuid,ro,umask=0,user,nodev0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,unhide,noauto,nosuid,umask=0,user,nod ev 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 Is this correct? Regards. --Angus If it works, it's right. Rules are only guidelines in Linux. Charlie -- The mind for truth Begins, like a stream, shallow At first, but then Adds more and more depth While gaining greater clarity. - Saigyo (1118-1190) This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.1, Kmail v1.5 and OpenOffice.org1.1.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Boot/Sound Problem
Hi, When I boot up Linux I keep getting the following error: Sound server informational message: Error while initializing the sound driver: device /dev/dsp can't be opened (Permission denied) The sound server will continue, using the null output device. Does anyone know what needs to be done to correct this error. permissions on /dev/dsp are 666. Russ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] triple boot with windows XP, 98 and mdk 9.2?
I could be wrong, but I think the restore function reads lilo.conf, restoring all entries that previously existed--including Winblows entries. Can anybody confirm this? That's correct. Is that the cli command, or is it an option on the cd? Option on the CD. Thanks. I'll definitely add this to my notes... eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Boot/Sound Problem
I made a mistake in permissions for /dev/dsp, they are 555. Russ Russ wrote: Hi, When I boot up Linux I keep getting the following error: Sound server informational message: Error while initializing the sound driver: device /dev/dsp can't be opened (Permission denied) The sound server will continue, using the null output device. Does anyone know what needs to be done to correct this error. permissions on /dev/dsp are 666. Russ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CDRW install, need help w/fstab
- Original Message - From: Charlie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 16:50:34 +1100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] CDRW install, need help w/fstab On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 12:30 am, many eyes noted that Angus Auld wrote: I wonder if I still don't have it right? Things are working, at least so far. Here's my fstab: ** /dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,nosuid,ro,umask=0,user,nodev0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,unhide,noauto,nosuid,umask=0,user,nod ev 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 Is this correct? Regards. --Angus If it works, it's right. Rules are only guidelines in Linux. Charlie *** Hey Charlie, that's what I'm liking most about Linux. ;-) That sounds like a real freedom of choice and expression option. Rules can be pretty restrictive, and can prevent one from developing in a manner that is unique, as each is indeed unique. That's my philosophical statement for today. ;-) Best regards to you Charliethanks. --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 9.1~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- ___ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.operamail.com, which allows you to send SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
