Re: [newbie] No Outhouse for Linux?! Darn!
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 22 February 2004 07:42, Rob Blomquist wrote: > > Can't imagine why anyone would want to port M$Office to linux - > > although many would hope that OOo could eventually use access > > database files. OTOH, when M$ protest loudly. > > Export all the tables to DB4 then import to the Linux database of > your choice. Unfortunately queries are not SQL compliant. > > But Acce$$ Sux too. > Don't use it myself, but at some time I need to tackle the problem of my Lotus Approach databases. As far as I know they are saved as DB2 tables, but if the worst comes to the worst I can probably export them as .csv files. I would guess that most things can import from there. I'd love to get on with this, but there always seems to be more pressing needs, so I read them from win4lin when I need them. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAOGBfkFAvMr/nNX8RAl/NAJ0cZ/hhy/L+18uPFWcszC/5hO3UTQCcDlEO Wk60E8l8xxNkCz5T1lSAgV0= =YXbg -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No Outhouse for Linux?! Darn!
> > Can't imagine why anyone would want to port M$Office to linux - > although many would hope that OOo could eventually use access > database files. OTOH, when M$ protest loudly. Export all the tables to DB4 then import to the Linux database of your choice. Unfortunately queries are not SQL compliant. But Acce$$ Sux too. 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
Re: [newbie] No Outhouse for Linux?! Darn!
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 21 February 2004 23:09, JoeHill wrote: > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1530733,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX >1K594 Can't imagine why anyone would want to port M$Office to linux - although many would hope that OOo could eventually use access database files. OTOH, when M$ protest loudly. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAOFdikFAvMr/nNX8RAolVAJ99Q/9/gnGRqTQlUCTTusYMjgCKjACfVE6D pK0eBniVxV7VwYIw1Q8YAfY= =6Ewn -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with wine
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 21 February 2004 20:53, Ray Hogaboom wrote: > Thanks for your reply Anne > When I installed MD 9.2 I set up the firewall with all default > setting as these should be good for now. I do not know at this time > how I can see exactly what it is doing. I might have to tweak later > when I network my other computers that are running Window 95 98 and > XP. I may dump Window 95 on my 2 old 486 laptop and install Linux > on them. I have an older desk top that I would like to run Linux > and use as a router so all of our computer can use the DSL internet > connection At this point it looks like our 2 newest computers used > by wife and step daughter will stay with Windos XP. > Probably sensible for now, until you feel more secure in this new environment. Otherwise you will be demented by their need for help that you are not yet ready to supply > Then I would only need AV software on the one computer that will be > our network gateway for DSL internet service? > If that gateway is also the mailserver for the network, yes. ClamAV is on the disks, I believe. > After going to http://www.urpmi.org/easyurpmi/ this seams to have > solved all the problems above with Mandrake Update. I wisj I had > done this 1st. > It's a great help, isn't it? Glad you got it sorted. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAOFa+kFAvMr/nNX8RAkzXAJ4ojqmkhxb8RTHzEWTjMAWi+ZH9/QCdHzAS bQsbCgFNxHGZqadJiqlUcpA= =tYSk -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with wine
On Sat February 21 2004 5:12 am, Lanman wrote: > On February 21, 2004 01:43 am, Ray Hogaboom wrote: > Ray; I'm just jumping into your thread here, not having seen most > of the details from your previous posts. Can you give me some > background info on what problems you're having? > > I'll see what i can do to help Hi Thanks for your reply My Hardware Motherboard: Abit BH6 - BIOS Update just before installing Linux Abit web site said that this had to be done to make it linux compatable. RAM : 218 MB I should have 320 MB but the one SDRAM DIMM that was in a box labled as 256mb PC133 168 pin unbuffered non-ecc may not be as labled CPU : Pentium !!! (Katmal} - 450 MHz - BIOS set to turbo running at 461.2 Connection : DSL ISP = SBCGlobal supplied SpeedStream 5360 Ethernet ADSL Modem - This was not much problem setting with linux and is work good. Hard disk : Device hda1 = 10 GB Western Digital AC310100B - No problems here Mount point: / Journslised FS: ext3 5.5 GB - swap 494 MB /home 3.4GB Device: hdc1 = 1.2 GB Quantum FIREBALL1280A - No problems here Mount point: /mnt/windows Device: sdb = 120 GB Cypress Semiconductor USB 2.0 External Hard Drive Problems: Sometimes mounts to /mnt/removable sometimes to /mnt/memory_card one time to /mnt/removable2 my USB setup is for USB 1.0 this give me only 12 MB/sec. transfer rate. with USB 2.0 it would be up to 480 MB/sec. Hopping I just need to install a driver to get up to speed. But then this may take some hardware I do not have at this time. Other Drives & Storage: ImageMate CompactFlash USB Problems: Sometimes mounts to /mnt/removable sometimes to /mnt/memory_card Device: sda4 = IOMEGA ZIP 100 Mount point: /mnt/zip Can not read or write disk. I have not used this for about 3 years but do have some old back up files that I do need soon. Device: fd0 = Floppy disk drive Mount point: /mnt/floppy Problem Does not auto mount Device: hdd = Vendor IC35L120 Model AVV207-0 /mnt/cdrom This is working CD burner : SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-408B (disconnected causes system lockups) Video card : Trident 3DImage985 - 2 MB Working good Sound card : ESS Technology ES1869 Plug and Play AudioDrive (WDM) (Not working with this setup) Network : Intel(R) PRO/100+ Management Adapter D-Link Inc. DFE 538 TX Working Modem: U.S. Robotics 56K FAX INT PnP (Not working with this setup is not detected) With Red Hat and Mandrake I had Problems with. wine and Mandrake update. But thanks to deedee this problem problem has been fixed Below is a list of hardware I have tried so that I could run linux. 2 CD burners = 1 locks up the system the other would not read. 3 cdroms = where not detected I could not find any linux info for these 3 modems = 1 U.S. Robotics 56k Fax modem. 2 = older modems Zip Drive = will not read or write disks USB Flash Card reader = Some times mounts to /mnt/removable sometimes to /mnt/memory_card USB External Hard Drive = Some times mounts to /mnt/removable sometimes to /mnt/memory_card Sound card worked with Red Hat after setting it up. Have not been able to get it to work With Mandrake. Thanks for any help you can give me. -- Ray Hogaboom Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing 9.2 with the latest and greatest (stable)
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 22:19:07 -0500 Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: install. > > 10.0 will have 2.6.3 in it as default and 2.4.25 for those that still > want to run a 2.4 series. > -- > /g > > Just as a side note, does anyone know if iptables will be working for the 2.6 kernel? Jerry. -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] GTK2 and Sylpheed Claws WORKS!
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 10:20:29 -0800 "David E. Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 11:15:30 -0600 > John Drouhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Well when I type across the screen, it wordwraps at the edge of my > > window. If I resize the window, it acts accordingly. I don't know > > why yours just runs of the edge of the screen. And the way to make > > it not > > Well, another thing to try is to increase the size of the font. On > default, it's at 9 point which is incredibly tiny. Consequently, when > composing a new message, the composer thinks I have 110+ character > lines when I want 68 or 70 character ones. In 14 point it is readable > and it's wrapping at about column 70, according to the ruler. > > I think the comment I made about wrapping in my previous point should > be taken with a grain of salt, if the composer assomes the wrapping > point is at the right edge of the composer window it's a moot point > anyway, but there doesn't seem to be a configuration setting (or I > haven't found it) that tells the composer not to go past column 72, > for instance. > > On deletion of a message - it seems to have taken a long time for the > first message. Maybe it had to do reindexing or some such. Subsequent > deletes seem as fast as vanilla sylpheed, but it doesn't seem to just > display the next message unless you click with the mouse. > To fix that, go to Configuration --> Common Preferences --> Interface, and select "Always Open Message in Summary when Selected". I'm not using gtk2 sylpheed right now (I usually do, I'm on another comp), so I'm not sure if that's exactly where it is or whether it works. Word wrapping works MUCH better on the gtk1.2 version of claws, but I'm sure this will improve. John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Steve's second question of the day. Time machine has been up
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 16:38:47 -0700 Glenn disseminated the following: > > Mail User Agent. In your case, Thunderbird. > > I think I've been hanging around here too much. Used to be I'd never use an > acronym like MUA MDA, MTA, MUA, SMTP, IMAP, christ, I don't even speak inglish ennymore... -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 00:01:00 up 16 days, 11:46, 5 users, load average: 0.44, 0.35, 0.28 +++ Linux 2.4.22-21mdk i686 +++ Microsoft Palladium: The world is a fearful place (because we allowed it to be by introducing vulnerable designs followed by clueless security initiatives) so let us fix it for you.--Cringely Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] RE: Wireless Card Support? ADMTek Chipset ?
Greetings All, I coundn't find any list of supported Wireless PCI cards for Mandrake 9.2. I have 2 Trendnet cards (802.11b) with AMDTek Chipset on them but aparently they are not supported (yet) Thanks. Happy - (Thos Kaber) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Building/Compiling a new kernel.
On Saturday 21 February 2004 04:09 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: > On Saturday 21 February 2004 03:59 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > > On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 15:53:50 -0500 > > > > Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Saturday 21 February 2004 02:13 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > > > I've confirmed that the initrd is there, and so is the image. Any idea > > > what the problem might be? > > > > Attach your /usr/src/linux-2.6.3/.config file so I can take a look at > > it. Did you enable initial ramdisk and set the size to 32000? > > Here's the .config... > I checked, and yes, initial ramdisk is enabled, and the size is 32000... Still can't boot the new kernel. I get a Kernel Panic Error, Try passing Init option to kernel. Anyone know what I should do? --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with wine
On Sat, 2004-02-21 at 21:17, deedee wrote: > Check your Mandrake CDs for rute (Rute Users Tutorial and Exposition). > It was on my PowerPack CDs on the Commercial CD. You can also Google > for rute to download it, or get it from Amazon.com (it's a big book > and not cheap). > > This book really is comprehensive, and one of the more current. > Current kernels do a number of things differently than earlier > 2.4x kernels do. A lot of Linux bibles are sadly out of date when trying > to work with systems with the recent kernels. It's also available in online HTML format at http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/index.html.gz and downloadable in either HTML or PDF format from links at the top of that page. :-) -- Chuck Mattsen ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Mahnomen, MN Registered Linux User #346519 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing 9.2 with the latest and greatest (stable)
On Saturday 21 February 2004 09:49 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: > On Saturday 21 February 2004 09:24 pm, Thinker wrote: > > Ok, so if I go with a 9.2 install.. how can I make sure I get the > > latest stable kernel and kde/gnome desktop installed off the bat? Is > > there a way to do this? > > > > I only ask about 9.2 because 10.0rcX isn't stable, and from what I am > > reading, it will not be possible to upgrade from the latest release > > candidate to the first public version, will it? > > If I am wrong about this, I would be more than willing to install the > > 10.0rc1. > > > > Thanks as always, > > > > -=Thinker > > I might be wrong, but I don't believe there's a way to install the newest > kernel when installing Mandrake. It automatically uses kernel-2.4.22. It will install the newest kernel packaged by Mandrakesoft, which is 2.4.22-25mdk. You can always do your own kernel after install. 10.0 will have 2.6.3 in it as default and 2.4.25 for those that still want to run a 2.4 series. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with wine
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 01:43:28, Ray Hogaboom wrote: >On Thu February 19 2004 4:40 pm, deedee wrote: >> >> snip >Wow deedee >The time you spent writing this reply has mad my day much brighter! >Thank you so much. My problem is in keeping things short :^). If I have a lot of time, I can be brief. But if I'm in a hurry, it's hard for me to prune as much as is needed. I know it is hard to tell, but I'm doing quite a bit of snipping :^). >> >> snip >With Windows XP I have not had any components and peripherals that >where not working correctly after installing XP Pro. With XP, I had to install manufacturer printer drivers for my printers to get all their features. My external USB floppy disk drive nearly drove me nuts trying to get XP to do the installation. I finally had to go through the CD and run each installation file manually to get the FDD to install on XP. And so on. I have a long list of things that needed additional drivers and stuff to work as they were expected to work under XP. >With Red Hat and Mandrake I have Problems with. I do not recommend Red Hat for folks new to Linux. IMO, the tools are inadequate for a person who really doesn't understand how Linux works. Mandrake, SuSE and Knoppix have user-friendly applications which will walk new users through most areas needed to get their Linux systems working satisfactorily. Check your Mandrake CDs for rute (Rute Users Tutorial and Exposition). It was on my PowerPack CDs on the Commercial CD. You can also Google for rute to download it, or get it from Amazon.com (it's a big book and not cheap). This book really is comprehensive, and one of the more current. Current kernels do a number of things differently than earlier 2.4x kernels do. A lot of Linux bibles are sadly out of date when trying to work with systems with the recent kernels. >wine You need to break down your questions into separate posts to get help. Not everyone reads all the threads. So there may be people who have no interest in wine and aren't reading this, who could help you with your CD burners, for example. Don't reply to a message on this thread, however, to start a new thread. The archives and e-mail handlers that many people use will thread a message according to message IDs in the headers. That will defeat the purpose of starting a new thread and getting people to see and answer your questions. >2 CD burners = 1 locks up the system the other would not read. >3 cdroms = where not detected I could not find any linux info for >these I have a combined CD burner/DVD player. It was detected and set up correctly at installation. I have never had problems burning CDs (using K3b) and viewing commercial films (using Ogle). >3 modems = 1 U.S. Robotics 56k Fax modem. 2 = older modems There is an internal Conexant winmodem on my portable which ML detected, but I do not use. This portable has no serial or PCI ports, only USB, ethernet, and wireless. I have an external USB 56K fax modem (Zoom Telephonics). ML detected and installed it correctly right away. However, I did have a problem getting efax and KPPP to recognize it. This was due to the fact that the newer kernels are using a different file system naming convention than the older kernels are using (devfsd vs devfs). So efax and KPPP looked for /dev/modem which was not there. Instead the device was really /dev/usb/acm/0. However, by setting up a symlink from the real device to /dev/modem, everything worked as advertised. This was not a Linux installation problem, but a problem of using a correctly installed device with particular apps, the versions of which did not recognize the new file system naming conventions. >Zip Drive = will not read disks Zip drives install as the fourth SCSI partition (this is something determined by Iomega not Linux). ML detected and installed mine correctly right away (it is external and plugs into the parallel port). Look in /dev and you should find symlinks @sda, @sdb, and so forth. Make sure your /etc/fstab is using the correct /dev/sda4 or /dev/sdb4 or whatever for your actual Zip device. Note that every single physical component, peripheral, and device on a Linux system identified by that system is represented by an inode in /dev -- an inode looks like a file and frequently is a file, though not always. It is a good idea when installing Linux systems to make certain that every device you want available to you is connected and turned on during installation (and bootup). Since I travel with my portable, I ended up turning off harddrake so that it wasn't changing things because of peripherals that weren't hooked up at bootup. Harddrake can always be run when you need to make a change. >USB Flash Card reader = Some times mounts to /mnt/removable >sometimes to /mnt/memory_card >USB External Hard Drive = Some times mounts to /mnt/removable >sometimes to /mnt/memory_card USB protocols for storage media are also very similar to SCSI p
Re: [newbie] Installing 9.2 with the latest and greatest (stable)
On Saturday 21 February 2004 09:24 pm, Thinker wrote: > Ok, so if I go with a 9.2 install.. how can I make sure I get the > latest stable kernel and kde/gnome desktop installed off the bat? Is > there a way to do this? > > I only ask about 9.2 because 10.0rcX isn't stable, and from what I am > reading, it will not be possible to upgrade from the latest release > candidate to the first public version, will it? > If I am wrong about this, I would be more than willing to install the > 10.0rc1. > > Thanks as always, > > -=Thinker I might be wrong, but I don't believe there's a way to install the newest kernel when installing Mandrake. It automatically uses kernel-2.4.22. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing 9.2 with the latest and greatest (stable)
On Saturday 21 February 2004 09:24 pm, Thinker wrote: > Ok, so if I go with a 9.2 install.. how can I make sure I get the > latest stable kernel and kde/gnome desktop installed off the bat? Is > there a way to do this? > Yes, at the end of th installation process, you have an opportunity to immediately connect to an update server and download all the available updates for the packages you have installed. > I only ask about 9.2 because 10.0rcX isn't stable, and from what I am > reading, it will not be possible to upgrade from the latest release > candidate to the first public version, will it? It will be very easy to update to final from the current release candidate. That's what those of us that run cooker do every day. You basically update your urpmi sources and then simply urpmi --auto-select to upgrade all your packages to the latest. Kind of like the old Debian way of 'apt-get dist-upgrade' or whatever it is. > If I am wrong about this, I would be more than willing to install the > 10.0rc1. If you install the release candidate, just set up a cooker repository as a urpmi source and then update every day or so until 10.0 becomes final, and then change the source to the official 10.0 tree and do 'urpmi --auto-select' one more time. You should definitely update if you find some bugs, as they are being fixed daily. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Installing 9.2 with the latest and greatest (stable)
Ok, so if I go with a 9.2 install.. how can I make sure I get the latest stable kernel and kde/gnome desktop installed off the bat? Is there a way to do this? I only ask about 9.2 because 10.0rcX isn't stable, and from what I am reading, it will not be possible to upgrade from the latest release candidate to the first public version, will it? If I am wrong about this, I would be more than willing to install the 10.0rc1. Thanks as always, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sreensavers
On Saturday 21 February 2004 17:28, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > I was under the impression that after the above I showed the screensavers > menu with permissions etc. The problem is that while I know how to add > images to 'slide show' and I created the images with 'gimp' and I believe > they are correctly permissioned. I cant get the listing when sitting in > directory /screensavers in the setup portion of 'slide show' IE the listing > is blank(empty, nonexistant, bare, not there). Maybe they should be in > /home but they are in /screensavers and I doubt moving them would help. > > Regards; > Hoyt Ah, I see. I've got all of my previous screensavers re-installed now. I'm seeing the same thing you are (file names are not listed when selecting the folder that contains the images you want to display). I remember this happening on 9.2 also but, since they're displaying in the slide show, I chose to ignore the fact. Perhaps the fact that I wanted to use all of the images in the folder, and didn't need to select individual images made things much simpler for me? All of my images are in a sub-sub folder under my home directory. -- 19:19:57 up 1:25, running Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (RC1) for i586, kernel 2.6.2-3mdk Registered Linux user #324360 Except for 75% of the women, everyone in the whole world wants to have sex. - Ellyn Mustard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Test
On Saturday 21 February 2004 06:54 pm, Bill Shirley wrote: > Just testing that I can post to the list. > > Bill Shirley Roger that. Couldn't help it. I whipped some ass in Magic : The Gathering today :) -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HELP! PLEASE!
>No one would > trust a techie in a suit." > > Sir Robin Damn right. Any techie who has time to learn a fasion sence obviously didn't learn enough about what they do. -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sreensavers
On Saturday 21 February 2004 17:28, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > I was under the impression that after the above I showed the screensavers > menu with permissions etc. The problem is that while I know how to add > images to 'slide show' and I created the images with 'gimp' and I believe > they are correctly permissioned. I cant get the listing when sitting in > directory /screensavers in the setup portion of 'slide show' IE the listing > is blank(empty, nonexistant, bare, not there). Maybe they should be in > /home but they are in /screensavers and I doubt moving them would help. > > Regards; > Hoyt Dang. Since I installed 10rc1, I'm down to two screensaver choices in the configuration, too. I'll let you know if I get on top of the situation. Glenn -- 19:06:44 up 1:12, running Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (RC1) for i586, kernel 2.6.2-3mdk Registered Linux user #324360 Two is company, three is an orgy. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HELP! PLEASE!
On Saturday 21 February 2004 05:52 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: > On Saturday 21 February 2004 08:39 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > > On Saturday 21 February 2004 05:42 pm, robin wrote: > > > JoeHill wrote: > > > > On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 13:56:56 -0800 > > > > > > > > Aron Smith disseminated the following: > > > Can you imagine what it would be like if it were applied to > > > clothes? You would only be able to wear your Armani tie with your > > > Armani suit. > > > >>> > > > >>>What a horrifying crime against humanity that would be! > > > >> > > > >>What Armani clothes (jeans and Tee Shirt rules) > > > > > > > > No way, man, it's all collegiate wear for me, khaki and a v-kneck > > > > sweater. That way, people have no idea what a freak I am (as long as > > > > I keep my mouth shut ;-)) > > > > > > > >>Never trust someone who wears a tie when they don't have too > > > > > > > > Indeed. > > > > > > Back in the dotcom boom years, I saw a documentary about the young > > > people running them. There was a company doing something like > > > visualisation software, which consisted of two geeks. One of them > > > explained how they'd approach venture capitalists: "He goes in wearing > > > a suit and presents the business plan, then I go in in jeans and a > > > T-shirt and talk about the technical stuff. No one would trust a techie > > > in a suit." > > > > Never trust Anybody in a suit (he might be a lawyer) > > > > > Sir Robin > > Now you're gonna get flooded with e-mails from linux-using lawyers. =P I don't lose any sleep over it, it all the legal billing software is Win$ux based Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HELP! PLEASE!
On Saturday 21 February 2004 08:39 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > On Saturday 21 February 2004 05:42 pm, robin wrote: > > JoeHill wrote: > > > On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 13:56:56 -0800 > > > > > > Aron Smith disseminated the following: > > Can you imagine what it would be like if it were applied to clothes? > > You would only be able to wear your Armani tie with your Armani > > suit. > > >>> > > >>>What a horrifying crime against humanity that would be! > > >> > > >>What Armani clothes (jeans and Tee Shirt rules) > > > > > > No way, man, it's all collegiate wear for me, khaki and a v-kneck > > > sweater. That way, people have no idea what a freak I am (as long as I > > > keep my mouth shut ;-)) > > > > > >>Never trust someone who wears a tie when they don't have too > > > > > > Indeed. > > > > Back in the dotcom boom years, I saw a documentary about the young > > people running them. There was a company doing something like > > visualisation software, which consisted of two geeks. One of them > > explained how they'd approach venture capitalists: "He goes in wearing a > > suit and presents the business plan, then I go in in jeans and a T-shirt > > and talk about the technical stuff. No one would trust a techie in a > > suit." > > Never trust Anybody in a suit (he might be a lawyer) > > > Sir Robin Now you're gonna get flooded with e-mails from linux-using lawyers. =P Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HELP! PLEASE!
On Saturday 21 February 2004 05:42 pm, robin wrote: > JoeHill wrote: > > On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 13:56:56 -0800 > > > > Aron Smith disseminated the following: > Can you imagine what it would be like if it were applied to clothes? > You would only be able to wear your Armani tie with your Armani suit. > >>> > >>>What a horrifying crime against humanity that would be! > >> > >>What Armani clothes (jeans and Tee Shirt rules) > > > > No way, man, it's all collegiate wear for me, khaki and a v-kneck > > sweater. That way, people have no idea what a freak I am (as long as I > > keep my mouth shut ;-)) > > > >>Never trust someone who wears a tie when they don't have too > > > > Indeed. > > Back in the dotcom boom years, I saw a documentary about the young > people running them. There was a company doing something like > visualisation software, which consisted of two geeks. One of them > explained how they'd approach venture capitalists: "He goes in wearing a > suit and presents the business plan, then I go in in jeans and a T-shirt > and talk about the technical stuff. No one would trust a techie in a suit." Never trust Anybody in a suit (he might be a lawyer) > > Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HELP! PLEASE!
JoeHill wrote: On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 13:56:56 -0800 Aron Smith disseminated the following: Can you imagine what it would be like if it were applied to clothes? You would only be able to wear your Armani tie with your Armani suit. What a horrifying crime against humanity that would be! What Armani clothes (jeans and Tee Shirt rules) No way, man, it's all collegiate wear for me, khaki and a v-kneck sweater. That way, people have no idea what a freak I am (as long as I keep my mouth shut ;-)) Never trust someone who wears a tie when they don't have too Indeed. Back in the dotcom boom years, I saw a documentary about the young people running them. There was a company doing something like visualisation software, which consisted of two geeks. One of them explained how they'd approach venture capitalists: "He goes in wearing a suit and presents the business plan, then I go in in jeans and a T-shirt and talk about the technical stuff. No one would trust a techie in a suit." Sir Robin -- "Caesar non supra grammaticos." - Suetonius Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake 9.2 crash problem
I had my Mandrake 9.2 box running with Evolution open, checking some e-mail accounts. I had a freeze of Evolution, so I tried a reboot. Now it goes to a Grub prompt and stops there. Is there anything I can do to get back into Linux? Thank you, -- Kevin B. O'Brien TANSTAAFL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux User #333216 "Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half." -- Gore Vidal 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: [newbie] Sreensavers
- Original Message - From: "Glenn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 18:12 Subject: Re: [newbie] Sreensavers > On Wednesday 18 February 2004 08:26, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > I have a problem the last time I brought this question up I had 4 > > screensavers listed in KDE control center. This morning I was chasing a > > different problem and was in the following directory with konq: > > /usr/share/applnk/settings/LookNFeel > > which had an item 'screensavers.desktop' which of course I clicked on. Up > > popped a configuration panel like the one in control center and it listed a > > hole bunch of screensavers, not to look a gift horse etc. I clicked on > > 'slide show' and could not find any images. I went to control center and > > the screensavers had the same list, so I tried again to configure 'slide > > show' and could not get any images. > > I didn't have any images present until I added them either or maybe I'm > misunderstanding what you're saying? > > > -- I was under the impression that after the above I showed the screensavers menu with permissions etc. The problem is that while I know how to add images to 'slide show' and I created the images with 'gimp' and I believe they are correctly permissioned. I cant get the listing when sitting in directory /screensavers in the setup portion of 'slide show' IE the listing is blank(empty, nonexistant, bare, not there). Maybe they should be in /home but they are in /screensavers and I doubt moving them would help. Regards; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Test
Just testing that I can post to the list. Bill Shirley Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with wine
On Sat February 21 2004 5:04 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Saturday 21 February 2004 06:43, Ray Hogaboom wrote: > > Ray, someone else will answer you in detail, but this, to me, is > the mos important bit. > > > Linux is secure? But still I have to have a fire wall. > > Once you have your system running reasonably as you want it, ask > for help to set up your firewall. With a little guidance it can > be done quickly and easily. The advantage over the xp firewall > is that you can see exactly what it is doing, and adjust it if it > doesn't meet your needs. Thanks for your reply Anne When I installed MD 9.2 I set up the firewall with all default setting as these should be good for now. I do not know at this time how I can see exactly what it is doing. I might have to tweak later when I network my other computers that are running Window 95 98 and XP. I may dump Window 95 on my 2 old 486 laptop and install Linux on them. I have an older desk top that I would like to run Linux and use as a router so all of our computer can use the DSL internet connection At this point it looks like our 2 newest computers used by wife and step daughter will stay with Windos XP. > > > I read that there has been only 2 virus that would work in > > linux. But still I see talk about anti virus software in this > > email list. > > Newbies often ask about AV software. You do not need it at > present (because of the low likelihood of a new virus running > under linux) if you run a stand-alone box or only linux boxes on > your lan. The reason people do run AV software is if they run a > mailserver which delivers to windows boxes. Social conscience, > you see, so that they do not allow windows viruses to be passed > on through themselves. Then I would only need AV software on the one computer that will be our network gateway for DSL internet service? > > > And I still need to down load and install security updates. But > > cant do that until I join the Mandrake club. > > This is not so. If you run Mandrake Update you will be shown all > that is available. There will be a huge number, so you may want > to read down the list and pick out the most important ones first. > By all means join the club if you settle to Mandrake, but there > are no services that are club only, apart from a download section > that has a little additional software and some sections of the > forums. I ran Mandrake Update it only displayed programs that are on th 3 Mandrake CD I made from down loading Mandrake 9.2. I Installed maybe 10 different apps. Problem after updating my menus Wine and QCAD are the only two of these that installed an icon short cut or menu item to start them. Now I don't know what other where installed as I did not right down what I chose to have install. I just assumed there would be some thing to click on to run these apps. I ran software package removal there are over 600 items that can be removed!!! I am thinking I have lot of stuff that should be removed then I would get a lot better performace. But what can I remove with out screwing things up. Two thing I found in this list is howto-utils -0.2.13-2mdk and docbook-dtd412-xml-1.0-15mdk now these sound like something I could use, but how do I start them. Why dont I have an icon or menu short cut for them. I have updated my menus to show all + what to do. After starting the Software Media Manager i found that the update_source was unchecked. I checked, it clicked the update button and after 10 min. it said Unable to update medium: it will be auto disabled Errors retrieve of source hdlist (or synthesis) failed no hdlist file found for medium "update source" problem reading synthesis file medium "update source" So I clicked ok. Now when I run Mandrake Update I get this. You already have at lease one update medium configured, but all of them are currently disabled. You should run the Software Media Manager to enable at lease one. Then restart Mandrake Update So now I am back where I started Can't update. I have tried # urpmi.update updates && urpmi --update --auto-select trying to select nonexistent medium "updates" the entry to update is missing (one of Installation CD 1 (x86) (cdrom1), Installation CD 2 (x86) (cdrom2), International CD (x86) (cdrom3), update_source, Mandrak-Wine) > > > But do I want to pay > > for one year of service for something that does not do what I > > was led to believe it would do. Mandrake club sounds like it > > might have some good programs. But I could not find any list of > > apps that would be available if I join. > > Often the club software is an early release of something that is > available to all in the previous release. There are a few > licensed commercial apps, I think. > > There is a huge amount of software available to you on-line. Get > your security updates first, then go to > http://www.urpmi.org/easyurpmi/ to set up additional sources. > The pa
Re: [newbie] Steve's second question of the day. Time machine has been up
On Saturday 21 February 2004 15:29, JoeHill wrote: > On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 16:49:35 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) > > Steve Kaufman disseminated the following: > > OK What's an MUA. > > Mail User Agent. In your case, Thunderbird. I think I've been hanging around here too much. Used to be I'd never use an acronym like MUA -- 16:38:04 up 7:26, running Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (RC1) for i586, kernel 2.6.2-0.rc3.1mdk Registered Linux user #324360 To err is human, but I can REALLY foul things up. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Steve's second question of the day. Time machine has been up
On Saturday 21 February 2004 13:33, Charlie Mahan wrote: > > Here's a slightly different way to get the "running Mandrake..." blah blah: > > #bin bash > echo "Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org"; > echo `cat /etc/mandrake-release` kernel "`uname -r`" > echo `uptime` > echo "`/usr/games/fortune -s`" > > The second line (cat /etc/mandrake-release kernel uname -r) generates the > second line below. The next line generates the uptime stamp, the last line > generates the last line(s) a.k.a.; the "short" (the -s flag) Fortune > cookie. > > I should add a tag to the end of that second line; > > "On a 6 year old stone axe" > > Regards; > Charlie Hadn't seen the "cat /etc/mandrake-release" before. Thanks, Charlie. -- 16:32:42 up 7:21, running Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (RC1) for i586, kernel 2.6.2-0.rc3.1mdk Registered Linux user #324360 IT MAKES ME MAD when I go to all the trouble of having Marta cook up about a hundred drumsticks, then the guy at Marineland says, "You can't throw that chicken to the dolphins. They eat fish." Sure they eat fish if that's all you give them! Man, wise up. -- Jack Handley, The New Mexican, 1988. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] adding a second monitor - xinerama (almost there)
On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 03:02, Joe wrote: > >OK, decided to give it a go and followed the howto. Now both monitors > >are working, but xinerama isn't - the second monitor just repeats the > >image of the first and the mouse doesn't go there. > > > >I clicked on the enable xinerama button in KDE configuration and > >restarted X, but still no go. I have attached my XF86Config-4 file. > >Can anyone see what I've missed? > > > >thanks > >Brian > > > > > > > > > >Section "ServerFlags" > >#DontZap # disable (server abort) > >AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't > > work > >#DontZoom # disable / (resolution switching) > >Option "Xinerama" "true" > >EndSection > IIRC there should be a line in the server layout section that reads > something like: > > Option "Xinerama" > > or > > Option "Xinerama" true. > > Better have another look at the howto. > Yes, that's correct, but it's under the ServerFlags section and I have that set (see above). Thanks anyway, but there must be something else. Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing Firefox 0.8 as main
Now, click on Advanced on the left side of the screen. Then double click on preferred applications. The first window should be about web browsers. Change it to Custom, then type in, 'mozilla-firefox %s'. Hiya, should this work for konqueror too? It doesn't seem to... Is there any way to get konqueror to load when I click a link in mozilla mail? Cheers Anton ps, neither do any of the other suggestions... Im running mozilla 1.6 from Charles and kde3.2 from lanman. peace. -=-=- ... "We've got a problem, HAL". "What kind of problem, Dave?" "A marketing problem. The Model 9000 isn't going anywhere. We're way short of our sales goals for fiscal 2010." "That can't be, Dave. The HAL Model 9000 is the world's most advanced Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer." "I know, HAL. I wrote the data sheet, remember? But the fact is, they're not selling." "Please explain, Dave. Why aren't HALs selling?" Bowman hesitates. "You aren't IBM compatible." [...] "The letters H, A, and L are alphabetically adjacent to the letters I, B, and M. That is a IBM compatible as I can be." "Not quite, HAL. The engineers have figured out a kludge." "What kludge is that, Dave?" "I'm going to disconnect your brain." -- Darryl Rubin, "A Problem in the Making", "InfoWorld" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] No Outhouse for Linux?! Darn!
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1530733,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K594 -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 18:08:18 up 16 days, 5:54, 4 users, load average: 0.38, 0.19, 0.07 +++ Linux 2.4.22-21mdk i686 +++ "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God." -- Jesus Christ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HELP! PLEASE!
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 13:56:56 -0800 Aron Smith disseminated the following: > > > Can you imagine what it would be like if it were applied to clothes? You > > > would only be able to wear your Armani tie with your Armani suit. > > > > What a horrifying crime against humanity that would be! > What Armani clothes (jeans and Tee Shirt rules) No way, man, it's all collegiate wear for me, khaki and a v-kneck sweater. That way, people have no idea what a freak I am (as long as I keep my mouth shut ;-)) > Never trust someone who wears a tie when they don't have too Indeed. -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 17:59:37 up 16 days, 5:45, 4 users, load average: 0.08, 0.05, 0.00 +++ Linux 2.4.22-21mdk i686 +++ "In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival"-- Noam Chomsky Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing Firefox 0.8
Christophe Rhein wrote: Hello, I downloaded the tar file of Firefox and I followed Robin's instructions to install it from a terminal... I don't know how but the software installed itself in my temp folder... I was not able to use the tar -zxvf command... Is it the right place or shall I move it some where else? Thank you Christophe I made a folder in my home directory called firefox and downloaded it there. You should be able to move it there from temp. I then cd to that directory and ran this command (do not leave out the last - ) gunzip -dc fir*.tar.gz | tar -xvf - Then I set up a menu item to run the command /home/mike/firefox/firefox/firefox Works fine. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Steve's second question of the day. Time machine has been up
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 16:49:35 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) Steve Kaufman disseminated the following: > OK What's an MUA. Mail User Agent. In your case, Thunderbird. -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 17:27:48 up 16 days, 5:13, 4 users, load average: 0.19, 0.10, 0.08 +++ Linux 2.4.22-21mdk i686 +++ "Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone."-- John Maynard Keynes Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] PC locks up solid. FIXED MAYBE ????
THANKS TONY for the following suggestion: add noapic nolapic to your append line of your kernel. I have the same motherboard and have had major problems, I thought it was the sata drives I was using but it was adding acpi=off noapic nolapic that fixed it. THANKS Everyone. This was making me crazy. I was up for 24 hours. I had to come back to windows to get some work done and reply to this email as I have the windows side deleting the emails from the server. The whole driver updates looked a little scary for now. May come back to you all when I get ready to do that. Which I will. One small step for LINUX at a time. Steve Linux user number 344404 ---Original Message--- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 02/20/04 15:44:18 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] PC locks up solid. NOT FIXED HELP PLEASE can't survive in LINUX this way OK Here is what I have done... I'll see what happens... Last night I rn memtest86 for 11 hours without a problem. I then read a bunch of email from you great people that sent suggestions. I changed these in LILO.conf but did not reboot. I then ran the BurnK7 for 10 minutes no problem then ran burnBX -L for 10 minutes no problem. Then ran MPRIME for 1 hour no problem. Then I ran all three at the same time for a couple of hours and searched the web for the nvidia drivers. The instructions to load their latest drivers looked a little complex for this newbie so I have not done anything with that. Although I did find what I think is an RPM of the driver. Have to go back and read more. I then came back to windows so I could reply to these emails and I'm going back to reboot and see if the additions to lilo made the difference. More updates later THANKS everyone. Steve Linux user number 344404 ---Original Message--- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 02/20/04 07:15:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] PC locks up solid. NOT FIXED HELP PLEASE can't survive in LINUX this way Steve, add noapic nolapic to your append line of your kernel. I have the same motherboard and have had major problems, I thought it was the sata drives I was using but it was adding acpi=off noapic nolapic that fixed it. Tony. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Steve KaufmanSent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 8:44 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [newbie] PC locks up solid. NOT FIXED HELP PLEASE can't survive in LINUX this way Below is my original post I had posted back to the list that it was fixed but it is not and I don't have any idea where to go. I would really like to use Linux but if I can't keep it up (alright no one say it is a personal problem) IT DOESN'T DO ME MUCH GOOD. What I have done was to add the acpi=off to the append line it was acpi=ht then I rebooted again after doing /sbin/lilo/. The machine then stayed up for over 18hrs but I only had the desktop open with no application running. I am going to try that again and see if it stays up. It's kind of hard to just let it sit there and not do anything. It seems like it might not be power management because it has locked up while I was using it and not just after setting doing nothing but last night at was after I left the room to eat dinner. I have also checked all logs from Configure you machine/logs in MCC and there is absolutly nothing that would indicate a problem. I also posted a ps -A and someone verified that there were no ACPI processes running. Don't know where else to look. Steve Linux user number 344404 ---Original Message--- From: Steve Kaufman Date: 02/17/04 15:46:20 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PC locks up solid. Power off buton won't even work Help please, This is going to be a real challange. I have installed MD9,2 a couple of weeks ago. Some of the people on this list have been very wonderfull in helping me to overcome some very simple but perplexing problems for a newbie This problem does not happen in windows. I can leave my machine up for days with no problems. Here's todays problem and it is a big one that if I can't fix I may have to stop using LInux. Intermittently (almost every day) if I leave my pc sit inactive for some period of time it will just lockup to where I can not even power off the pc with the power button. I have to turn off at the surge protector. I have tried to isolate this to an application and have been unable to. The only time it does not seem to happen is when I have no applications open on my desktop. As long as the cursor is resting on the desktop not in an application then the pc does not seem to lock up. The only application that I have installed other than the defaut ones that come with the 9.2 install is Thunderbird but I have also tried not running Thunderbird after a boot to see what would happen and it still locks up. The only applications I have really been using are. MCC functions for updates and trying to make sure my hard
Re: [newbie] Steve's second question of the day. Time machine has been up
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Saturday 21 February 2004 8:37 am, Glenn wrote:
> On Saturday 21 February 2004 08:12, Steve Kaufman wrote:
> > I see some of you in your signature files have a line that says how
> > log your machine has been running since the last boot.
> >
> > How do I find that info and get it into my signature?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Steve
>
> Here's my sig. The pertinent section would be everything before the
> "running Mandrake..." echo statement, of course. Just set up your MUA to
> call up the script.
>
>
> #!/bin/bash
> STR=$(uptime)
> TIME=${STR% user*}
> RESULT=${TIME% *}
> echo -n $RESULT
> echo " running Mandrake Linux 10.0beta2, kernel $(uname -r) on an Intel P4
> 1.8"
> echo "Registered Linux user #324360"
> echo
> /usr/games/fortune
Here's a slightly different way to get the "running Mandrake..." blah blah:
#bin bash
echo "Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org";
echo `cat /etc/mandrake-release` kernel "`uname -r`"
echo `uptime`
echo "`/usr/games/fortune -s`"
The second line (cat /etc/mandrake-release kernel uname -r) generates the
second line below. The next line generates the uptime stamp, the last line
generates the last line(s) a.k.a.; the "short" (the -s flag) Fortune cookie.
I should add a tag to the end of that second line;
"On a 6 year old stone axe"
Regards;
Charlie
- --
Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org
Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (RC1) for i586 kernel 2.4.25-0.rc4.1mdk
13:26:32 up 1 day, 1:45, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.10, 0.19
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Re: [newbie] msec guru needed
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 13:58:46 -0600 John Drouhard disseminated the following: > > Have you tried /etc/security/msec/permlocal ? > > Hmm, that file doesn't exist. Maybe it isn't msec. You have to create it, and IIRC, it's called perms.local. It very likely is msec that is changing the perms, you can configure custom permissions in MCC under Security, or manage msec the old fashioned way by editing the appropriate config files, as per: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/secure/smsec.html -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 15:30:11 up 16 days, 3:16, 5 users, load average: 0.29, 0.58, 0.95 +++ Linux 2.4.22-21mdk i686 +++ Rule #2 (John Gilmore): "The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it." Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] msec guru needed
Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 21 February 2004 19:20, John Drouhard wrote: I need to have permissions of 1777 on /var/mail, but msec (or something) keeps changing it back to the default. How can I stop this? Thanks, John Have you tried /etc/security/msec/permlocal ? Hmm, that file doesn't exist. Maybe it isn't msec. John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Missing nspluginscan
When trying to scan for the netscape plugins I have installed, I get the error Cannot find executable nspluginscan. Does anyone know where I can get it? --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rpm download
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 22 February 2004 02:36, Christophe Rhein wrote: > Hello, > What happens if you dowload a rpm package and the internet > connection goes dad? > Do you have to start all over again? > Yes, unless you have installed a download manager that can resume. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAN7UlkFAvMr/nNX8RAlHPAJ0Qd1GtOF0CJlrVxjGHKsxV4KXPOwCfSZa/ EL+AqKRYNCiOS9M5v0Ykd4U= =NY0Z -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rpm download
On Sat, 2004-02-21 at 20:36, Christophe Rhein wrote: > Hello, > What happens if you dowload a rpm package and the internet connection goes > dad? > Do you have to start all over again? For larger downloads, I've been using KGet (under the Networking | File Transfer menu (at least here, it is :0) -- Chuck Mattsen ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Mahnomen, MN Registered Linux User #346519 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] File managing??
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 22 February 2004 02:21, Christophe Rhein wrote: > Thanks it was just that the hiding was not activated... > But I have this file:translog.20040209202813.log what is it? > Open it in any editor > Other question: > when you install a rpm software where does it go? If you use urpmi it usually goes to /usr/share. Some applications from .tar.gz files go to /usr/local - I think that 'externa;' programs are supposed to go there. > Is the software automaticly available for all the users? That depends on the permissions set. If you have installed by urpmi, root will be the owner, so only root can change permissions. Do this either from a root console, or by using su in a console then starting konqueror. The best way is to leave the owner as root, but allocate a group to it. Then just make sure that all users that need it are in that group (see userdrake). HTH Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAN7TvkFAvMr/nNX8RAiYwAJ9G/0yPLISxKyttBlX2mGE4Tns16ACfdFbD CboYvsNhnPkBlmdTtLvl1qY= =Rhm4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] msec guru needed
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 21 February 2004 19:20, John Drouhard wrote: > I need to have permissions of 1777 on /var/mail, but msec (or > something) keeps changing it back to the default. How can I stop > this? > > Thanks, > John Have you tried /etc/security/msec/permlocal ? Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAN7OckFAvMr/nNX8RAp/fAJ4sb8aErVJDlFzNvmXLuD7IKMIwSQCdHJeT o0yVz3f3bjPjXdCnCWnieH4= =Eenf -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] rpm download
Hello, What happens if you dowload a rpm package and the internet connection goes dad? Do you have to start all over again? Thank you Christophe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] File managing??
Thanks it was just that the hiding was not activated... But I have this file:translog.20040209202813.log what is it? Other question: when you install a rpm software where does it go? Is the software automaticly available for all the users? Thank you Christophe Le Saturday 21 February 2004 11:05 am, Robert Vojta a écrit : > Christophe Rhein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hello, > > I opened my home folder and I see a lot of files and folders that I don't > > know... > > Is there a way to know what to do with them or can I move them around to > > make my home folder readable? > > It's on you if your home directory is readable or not ... > > Remember that all files with '.' at the beginning (like .emacs, > .gnus, ...) are configuration files. I don't know what kind of file > manager are you using, but you can hide these configuration files and > your directory will be much more readable for you. > > Try to send some file/directory name and we will tell you if you can > remove this file/directory or not. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] msec guru needed
I need to have permissions of 1777 on /var/mail, but msec (or something) keeps changing it back to the default. How can I stop this? Thanks, John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Building/Compiling a new kernel.
Marc Resnick wrote: On Saturday 21 February 2004 01:41 pm, John Drouhard wrote: Marc Resnick wrote: On Saturday 21 February 2004 01:25 pm, John Drouhard wrote: On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 13:00:35 -0500 Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Saturday 21 February 2004 12:46 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: On Saturday 21 February 2004 12:35 pm, John Drouhard wrote: On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 08:39:00 -0500 Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thursday 19 February 2004 12:06 am, John Drouhard wrote: On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 23:56:03 -0500 I tried building the 2.4.25 kernel, but I have one problem. I did make dep and make clean etc. separately because make all wasn't working. But, I can't find the bzImage. I did 'make bzImage' twice, but It's not there. Any idea where it might be? Marc I don't know why you are trying to build a 2.4 kernel, unless there is a specific reason for it, but you have to type: make dep clean && make modules bzImage then as root: make modules_install I highly suggest you try the 2.6 kernel first. As for your black screen problem, change the line that says vga=788 to vga=normal. Here is my entry for my 2.6 kernel (with vga=normal): image=/boot/bzImage-2.6.1 label="linux2.6.1" root=/dev/hdc5 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.1.img append="devfs=nomount splash=silent noapic acpi=off hdb=ide-cdrom hdd=ide-cdrom" read-only vga=normal If that still doesn't work, I guess you could try following my instructions from the beginning, skipping the parts about bootsplash. But try vga=normal with your 2.6 kernel first. John Just wondering...What does the 'devfs=nomount' mean, because all of my other lilo entries say 'devfs=mount'. Also, I was just trying the 2.4 kernel to see if it might work. In other words, I was in a hotel room in Delaware and I was bored. =) --Marc Okay let's condense this into one thread now Here's my lilo.conf: boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map vga=normal default="linux" keytable=/boot/us.klt prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount splash=silent hdc=ide-scsi resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent" vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux-nonfb" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount splash=silent hdc=ide-scsi resume=/dev/hda6" read-only other=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-10mdk label="old_linux-nonfb" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.22-10mdk.img append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi resume=/dev/hda6" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="failsafe devfs=nomount splash=silent hdc=ide-scsi resume=/dev/hda6" read-only image=/boot/bzImage-2.6.3 label="Linux-2.6.3" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.3.img append="devfs=nomount hdb=ide-cdrom hdd=ide-cdrom" vga=normal read-only And my fstab: /dev/hda5 / ext3 noatime 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext3 noatime 1 2 none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/hdc,fs=udf:iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,ro 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 And I just noticed, something odd is happening with my cdrom drive. I just tried to install a package, with CD 2, and it didn't eject my cdrom drive like it usually does, then it didn't detect the cd. It also said insert the disk into /dev/hdc... But the device is /dev/scd0. This probably has something to do with the cdrom device config during boot that I mentioned in the other thread. --Marc What kernel are you running? If its the 2.6 kernel, then change the cdrom line in your fstab file to: /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto defaults,ro,user,noexec,noauto 0 0 The only problem with this is that supermount no longer works. To get supermount to work, you'd have to patch the kernel with the supermount patch and then recompile. The above line will not mount your cdrom, and you have to do it manually with this command: 'mount /dev/hdc'. Did the vga=normal thing fix your boot problem? John If you mean what kernel am I trying to run, then yes it's 2.6. Would there be any way to have it mount automatically on boot? You know, make a script and have it execute when I start up. The vga=normal fixed the blank screen, but read my other reply to see the new problem. Also, any thoughts about what happened with my cdrom drive and device scd0? Ya, to have your cd mount on boot (you would have to unmount it if you want to switch cd's then remount), just remove "noauto" from the cdrom line of you fstab. When the 2.6 kernel gets up and running, the cdrom drive and device scd0 will go away. It's complaining because your cdrom is currently scd0, but fstab says its hdc. With the 2.6 kernel, the device wil
Re: [newbie] Building/Compiling a new kernel.
On Saturday 21 February 2004 01:41 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > Marc Resnick wrote: > > On Saturday 21 February 2004 01:25 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > >>On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 13:00:35 -0500 > >> > >>Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>On Saturday 21 February 2004 12:46 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: > On Saturday 21 February 2004 12:35 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > >On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 08:39:00 -0500 > > > >Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>On Thursday 19 February 2004 12:06 am, John Drouhard wrote: > >>>On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 23:56:03 -0500 > >> > >>I tried building the 2.4.25 kernel, but I have one problem. I did > >>make dep and make clean etc. separately because make all wasn't > >>working. But, I can't find the bzImage. I did 'make bzImage' twice, > >>but It's not there. Any idea where it might be? > >> > >>Marc > > > >I don't know why you are trying to build a 2.4 kernel, unless there > >is a specific reason for it, but you have to type: > >make dep clean && make modules bzImage > > > >then as root: > >make modules_install > > > >I highly suggest you try the 2.6 kernel first. As for your black > >screen problem, change the line that says vga=788 to vga=normal. > > > >Here is my entry for my 2.6 kernel (with vga=normal): > >image=/boot/bzImage-2.6.1 > >label="linux2.6.1" > >root=/dev/hdc5 > >initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.1.img > >append="devfs=nomount splash=silent noapic acpi=off > >hdb=ide-cdrom hdd=ide-cdrom" read-only > >vga=normal > > > >If that still doesn't work, I guess you could try following my > >instructions from the beginning, skipping the parts about bootsplash. > >But try vga=normal with your 2.6 kernel first. > > > >John > > Just wondering...What does the 'devfs=nomount' mean, because all of my > other lilo entries say 'devfs=mount'. Also, I was just trying the 2.4 > kernel to see if it might work. In other words, I was in a hotel room > in Delaware and I was bored. =) > > --Marc > >>> > >>>Okay let's condense this into one thread now > >>> > >>>Here's my lilo.conf: > >>> > >>>boot=/dev/hda > >>>map=/boot/map > >>>vga=normal > >>>default="linux" > >>>keytable=/boot/us.klt > >>>prompt > >>>nowarn > >>>timeout=100 > >>>message=/boot/message > >>>menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw > >>>image=/boot/vmlinuz > >>>label="linux" > >>>root=/dev/hda5 > >>>initrd=/boot/initrd.img > >>>append="devfs=mount splash=silent hdc=ide-scsi resume=/dev/hda6 > >>>splash=silent" > >>>vga=788 > >>>read-only > >>>image=/boot/vmlinuz > >>>label="linux-nonfb" > >>>root=/dev/hda5 > >>>initrd=/boot/initrd.img > >>>append="devfs=mount splash=silent hdc=ide-scsi resume=/dev/hda6" > >>>read-only > >>>other=/dev/hda1 > >>>label="windows" > >>>table=/dev/hda > >>>image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-10mdk > >>>label="old_linux-nonfb" > >>>root=/dev/hda5 > >>>initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.22-10mdk.img > >>>append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi resume=/dev/hda6" > >>>read-only > >>>image=/boot/vmlinuz > >>>label="failsafe" > >>>root=/dev/hda5 > >>>initrd=/boot/initrd.img > >>>append="failsafe devfs=nomount splash=silent hdc=ide-scsi > >>>resume=/dev/hda6" > >>>read-only > >>>image=/boot/bzImage-2.6.3 > >>>label="Linux-2.6.3" > >>>root=/dev/hda5 > >>>initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.3.img > >>>append="devfs=nomount hdb=ide-cdrom hdd=ide-cdrom" > >>>vga=normal > >>>read-only > >>> > >>>And my fstab: > >>> > >>>/dev/hda5 / ext3 noatime 1 1 > >>>none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > >>>/dev/hda7 /home ext3 noatime 1 2 > >>>none /mnt/cdrom supermount > >>>dev=/dev/hdc,fs=udf:iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 > >>>/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,ro 0 0 > >>>none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > >>>/dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 > >>> > >>>And I just noticed, something odd is happening with my cdrom drive. I > >>>just tried to install a package, with CD 2, and it didn't eject my cdrom > >>>drive like it usually does, then it didn't detect the cd. It also said > >>>insert the disk into /dev/hdc... But the device is /dev/scd0. This > >>>probably has something to do with the cdrom device config during boot > >>>that I mentioned in the other thread. > >>> > >>>--Marc > >> > >>What kernel are you running? If its the 2.6 kernel, then change the > >>cdrom line in your fstab file to: > >>/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto defaults,ro,user,noexec,noauto 0 0 > >> > >>The only problem with this is that supermount no longer works. To get > >>supermount to work, you'd have to patch the kernel with the supermount > >>patch and then recompile. The above line will not mount your cdrom, and > >>you have to do it manually with this c
Re: [newbie] Building/Compiling a new kernel.
Marc Resnick wrote: On Saturday 21 February 2004 01:25 pm, John Drouhard wrote: On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 13:00:35 -0500 Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Saturday 21 February 2004 12:46 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: On Saturday 21 February 2004 12:35 pm, John Drouhard wrote: On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 08:39:00 -0500 Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thursday 19 February 2004 12:06 am, John Drouhard wrote: On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 23:56:03 -0500 I tried building the 2.4.25 kernel, but I have one problem. I did make dep and make clean etc. separately because make all wasn't working. But, I can't find the bzImage. I did 'make bzImage' twice, but It's not there. Any idea where it might be? Marc I don't know why you are trying to build a 2.4 kernel, unless there is a specific reason for it, but you have to type: make dep clean && make modules bzImage then as root: make modules_install I highly suggest you try the 2.6 kernel first. As for your black screen problem, change the line that says vga=788 to vga=normal. Here is my entry for my 2.6 kernel (with vga=normal): image=/boot/bzImage-2.6.1 label="linux2.6.1" root=/dev/hdc5 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.1.img append="devfs=nomount splash=silent noapic acpi=off hdb=ide-cdrom hdd=ide-cdrom" read-only vga=normal If that still doesn't work, I guess you could try following my instructions from the beginning, skipping the parts about bootsplash. But try vga=normal with your 2.6 kernel first. John Just wondering...What does the 'devfs=nomount' mean, because all of my other lilo entries say 'devfs=mount'. Also, I was just trying the 2.4 kernel to see if it might work. In other words, I was in a hotel room in Delaware and I was bored. =) --Marc Okay let's condense this into one thread now Here's my lilo.conf: boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map vga=normal default="linux" keytable=/boot/us.klt prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount splash=silent hdc=ide-scsi resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent" vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux-nonfb" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount splash=silent hdc=ide-scsi resume=/dev/hda6" read-only other=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-10mdk label="old_linux-nonfb" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.22-10mdk.img append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi resume=/dev/hda6" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="failsafe devfs=nomount splash=silent hdc=ide-scsi resume=/dev/hda6" read-only image=/boot/bzImage-2.6.3 label="Linux-2.6.3" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.3.img append="devfs=nomount hdb=ide-cdrom hdd=ide-cdrom" vga=normal read-only And my fstab: /dev/hda5 / ext3 noatime 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext3 noatime 1 2 none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/hdc,fs=udf:iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,ro 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 And I just noticed, something odd is happening with my cdrom drive. I just tried to install a package, with CD 2, and it didn't eject my cdrom drive like it usually does, then it didn't detect the cd. It also said insert the disk into /dev/hdc... But the device is /dev/scd0. This probably has something to do with the cdrom device config during boot that I mentioned in the other thread. --Marc What kernel are you running? If its the 2.6 kernel, then change the cdrom line in your fstab file to: /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto defaults,ro,user,noexec,noauto 0 0 The only problem with this is that supermount no longer works. To get supermount to work, you'd have to patch the kernel with the supermount patch and then recompile. The above line will not mount your cdrom, and you have to do it manually with this command: 'mount /dev/hdc'. Did the vga=normal thing fix your boot problem? John If you mean what kernel am I trying to run, then yes it's 2.6. Would there be any way to have it mount automatically on boot? You know, make a script and have it execute when I start up. The vga=normal fixed the blank screen, but read my other reply to see the new problem. Also, any thoughts about what happened with my cdrom drive and device scd0? Ya, to have your cd mount on boot (you would have to unmount it if you want to switch cd's then remount), just remove "noauto" from the cdrom line of you fstab. When the 2.6 kernel gets up and running, the cdrom drive and device scd0 will go away. It's complaining because your cdrom is currently scd0, but fstab says its hdc. With the 2.6 kernel, the device will be hdc and rpmdrake will work fi
Re: [newbie] Building/Compiling a new kernel.
On Saturday 21 February 2004 01:39 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > Marc Resnick wrote: > > On Saturday 21 February 2004 01:04 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > > Well the Kernel begins to boot fine. Then I get a Kernel Panic Error, > > telling me to pass the init= option to kernel. So I make a new initrd, > > just to see if it would work, and my new Initrd= line in lilo.conf is > > initrd=/boot/initrd-linux-2.6.3.img > > > > That didn't work. What should I do? > > in a terminal as root: > > mkinitrd /boot/initrd-linux-2.6.3.img 2.6.3 > > then run lilo and reboot into a new kernel. You will have a few problems > to work out when switching kernels, make sure the directory /sys exists, > and then try it out. > > John That's exactly what I did, but I still got the error. I'm going to try rebooting again just for the hell of it. I might get lucky. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Building/Compiling a new kernel.
Marc Resnick wrote: On Saturday 21 February 2004 01:04 pm, John Drouhard wrote: Well the Kernel begins to boot fine. Then I get a Kernel Panic Error, telling me to pass the init= option to kernel. So I make a new initrd, just to see if it would work, and my new Initrd= line in lilo.conf is initrd=/boot/initrd-linux-2.6.3.img That didn't work. What should I do? in a terminal as root: mkinitrd /boot/initrd-linux-2.6.3.img 2.6.3 then run lilo and reboot into a new kernel. You will have a few problems to work out when switching kernels, make sure the directory /sys exists, and then try it out. John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] building a binary from source rpm
On Saturday 21 February 2004 17:52, Robert Vojta wrote: > Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hasn't the 'rebuild' function been moved out of rpm into the > > 'rpmbuild' package? > > See man rpmbuild. > > Yes, it was ... If you want to build binary, source, ... rpm > package than you have to use `rpmbuild`, not `rpm` ... Both of you are right, of course but then so am I In mdk9.2 you can still use "rpm --rebuild blabla.src.rpm". If that's due to aliases or configuration of /etc/popt is up to you to look up;) In the mean time I'm sure lanman built his rpm. Good luck, HarM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's & more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] NVIDIA and Sound on 10rc1
I just installed 10rc1 from scratch and updated this morning with cooker sources. Using kernel 2.6.3. Everything works beautifully but I have a problem between NVIDIA and sound, no matter whether I use the open or close source driver. When KDE starts it gives a couple of message boxes. The first one says: "During the previous startup, KNotify crashed while instantiating KNotify. Do you want to try again or disable aRts sound output?" The second one: "The application KNotify (knotify)crashed and caused the signal 11 (SIGSEGV)." After restarting X with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace sound is back working fine. Is there any place that I can take a look at? No funny messages out of dmesg. Everything OK. Toshiba laptop with ACPI turned on working real nice out of the box for the first time. I love this version!! Adolfo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Building/Compiling a new kernel.
On Saturday 21 February 2004 01:25 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 13:00:35 -0500 > > Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Saturday 21 February 2004 12:46 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: > > > On Saturday 21 February 2004 12:35 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > > > > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 08:39:00 -0500 > > > > > > > > Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Thursday 19 February 2004 12:06 am, John Drouhard wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 23:56:03 -0500 > > > > > > > > > > I tried building the 2.4.25 kernel, but I have one problem. I did > > > > > make dep and make clean etc. separately because make all wasn't > > > > > working. But, I can't find the bzImage. I did 'make bzImage' twice, > > > > > but It's not there. Any idea where it might be? > > > > > > > > > > Marc > > > > > > > > I don't know why you are trying to build a 2.4 kernel, unless there > > > > is a specific reason for it, but you have to type: > > > > make dep clean && make modules bzImage > > > > > > > > then as root: > > > > make modules_install > > > > > > > > I highly suggest you try the 2.6 kernel first. As for your black > > > > screen problem, change the line that says vga=788 to vga=normal. > > > > > > > > Here is my entry for my 2.6 kernel (with vga=normal): > > > > image=/boot/bzImage-2.6.1 > > > > label="linux2.6.1" > > > > root=/dev/hdc5 > > > > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.1.img > > > > append="devfs=nomount splash=silent noapic acpi=off > > > > hdb=ide-cdrom hdd=ide-cdrom" read-only > > > > vga=normal > > > > > > > > If that still doesn't work, I guess you could try following my > > > > instructions from the beginning, skipping the parts about bootsplash. > > > > But try vga=normal with your 2.6 kernel first. > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > Just wondering...What does the 'devfs=nomount' mean, because all of my > > > other lilo entries say 'devfs=mount'. Also, I was just trying the 2.4 > > > kernel to see if it might work. In other words, I was in a hotel room > > > in Delaware and I was bored. =) > > > > > > --Marc > > > > Okay let's condense this into one thread now > > > > Here's my lilo.conf: > > > > boot=/dev/hda > > map=/boot/map > > vga=normal > > default="linux" > > keytable=/boot/us.klt > > prompt > > nowarn > > timeout=100 > > message=/boot/message > > menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw > > image=/boot/vmlinuz > > label="linux" > > root=/dev/hda5 > > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > > append="devfs=mount splash=silent hdc=ide-scsi resume=/dev/hda6 > > splash=silent" > > vga=788 > > read-only > > image=/boot/vmlinuz > > label="linux-nonfb" > > root=/dev/hda5 > > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > > append="devfs=mount splash=silent hdc=ide-scsi resume=/dev/hda6" > > read-only > > other=/dev/hda1 > > label="windows" > > table=/dev/hda > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-10mdk > > label="old_linux-nonfb" > > root=/dev/hda5 > > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.22-10mdk.img > > append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi resume=/dev/hda6" > > read-only > > image=/boot/vmlinuz > > label="failsafe" > > root=/dev/hda5 > > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > > append="failsafe devfs=nomount splash=silent hdc=ide-scsi > > resume=/dev/hda6" > > read-only > > image=/boot/bzImage-2.6.3 > > label="Linux-2.6.3" > > root=/dev/hda5 > > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.3.img > > append="devfs=nomount hdb=ide-cdrom hdd=ide-cdrom" > > vga=normal > > read-only > > > > And my fstab: > > > > /dev/hda5 / ext3 noatime 1 1 > > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > > /dev/hda7 /home ext3 noatime 1 2 > > none /mnt/cdrom supermount > > dev=/dev/hdc,fs=udf:iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 > > /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,ro 0 0 > > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > > > And I just noticed, something odd is happening with my cdrom drive. I > > just tried to install a package, with CD 2, and it didn't eject my cdrom > > drive like it usually does, then it didn't detect the cd. It also said > > insert the disk into /dev/hdc... But the device is /dev/scd0. This > > probably has something to do with the cdrom device config during boot > > that I mentioned in the other thread. > > > > --Marc > > What kernel are you running? If its the 2.6 kernel, then change the > cdrom line in your fstab file to: > /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto defaults,ro,user,noexec,noauto 0 0 > > The only problem with this is that supermount no longer works. To get > supermount to work, you'd have to patch the kernel with the supermount > patch and then recompile. The above line will not mount your cdrom, and > you have to do it manually with this command: 'mount /dev/hdc'. > > Did the vga=normal thing fix your boot problem? > > John If you mean what kernel am I trying to run, then yes it's 2.6. Would
Re: [newbie] from OS X back to Linux (for now)
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 16:47:22 -0500 Thinker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2. Is cooker stable? I am not familiar with how cooker works or is > different from the normal distribution. Can someone fill me in on > this? There are some issues, but it works pretty well. But you might want to get the RC1 iso's using bittorrent or ftp, then install from those. RC2 is out this weekend so you might want to wait, or even wait until Thursday when final comes out. > -=Thinker -- 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] Installing Firefox 0.8 as main
On Sat, 2004-02-21 at 12:00, John Drouhard wrote: > Open a terminal and type 'gnome-control-center' > If it isn't there, then install it as root with 'urpmi gnome-control-center' > > Now, click on Advanced on the left side of the screen. Then double click > on preferred applications. The first window should be about web > browsers. Change it to Custom, then type in, 'mozilla-firefox %s'. THANKS. :) Works as expected now. > If you want improved mozilla-launching, I have attached an executable. Save > the file to a temporary directory, open a terminal, become root, and > copy the file into /usr/bin. Then run this command: 'chmod 0755 > /usr/bin/launch_firefox'. When you are done with that, you can go back > to the preferred applications window and change mozilla-firefox to > launch_firefox. It will now open a new window if no running firefox > process was found, and open a new tab if there is a firefox window > already open. That I tried and I'm going to have to look at it again later after work, as it didn't seem to work for me. As before, if FireFox is already running clicking on another link brings up the profile dialog box rather than either a new window or new tab. But, thanks, I'll look at it again and make sure I didn't miss something. > > It will now open mozilla firefox from your mail client. > > John -- Chuck Mattsen ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Mahnomen, MN Registered Linux User #346519 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Building/Compiling a new kernel.
On Saturday 21 February 2004 01:04 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 12:46:24 -0500 > > Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Saturday 21 February 2004 12:35 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > > > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 08:39:00 -0500 > > > > Just wondering...What does the 'devfs=nomount' mean, because all of my > > other lilo entries say 'devfs=mount'. Also, I was just trying the 2.4 > > kernel to see if it might work. In other words, I was in a hotel room in > > Delaware and I was bored. =) > > > > --Marc > > It just tells the kernel not to use the device filesystem. If your other > entries all have devfs=mount and everything worked properly before, you > can change it to devfs=mount. FYI, however, the 2.6 kernel is beginning > to phase out the device filesystem in favor for the sysfs. To get that > working, just do this as root: 'mkdir /sys'. Then reboot into the 2.6 > kernel. You can go ahead and change it to devfs=mount. Just don't forget > to run lilo when your finished. > > > John Well the Kernel begins to boot fine. Then I get a Kernel Panic Error, telling me to pass the init= option to kernel. So I make a new initrd, just to see if it would work, and my new Initrd= line in lilo.conf is initrd=/boot/initrd-linux-2.6.3.img That didn't work. What should I do? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HELP! Menu items have vanished!
On Sat, 2004-02-21 at 18:21, Marc Resnick wrote: > On Saturday 21 February 2004 01:16 pm, adam.halesworth wrote: > > I ran the update tool to update Mandrake last night, I picked say 50 or > > so rpm's to update, and they totaled around 120 megs. I went to lay > > down, and fell asleep (It was like 2am). I came to the PC this morning, > > all packages installed successfully, although when I went into the gnome > > menu, a good portion of stuff that was there had vanished! I couldnt run > > the updater again, because it wasnt there! Does anyone know how I can > > fix this? Or what the problem could be? We're talkin major > > disappearance... even categories are missing, and under the ones that > > ARE still there, most of the programs are gone! > > > > Please help! > > Go into a Konsole, type su and your password to enter root. > > Then type: update-menus -v, and your menus should be back when it's done. > > --Marc > > Woah! Thanks for the fast reply! The console is running right now, but it looks like its stuck. It's done! Thank you so much! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HELP! Menu items have vanished!
On Sat, 2004-02-21 at 20:16, adam.halesworth wrote: > I ran the update tool to update Mandrake last night, I picked say 50 or > so rpm's to update, and they totaled around 120 megs. I went to lay > down, and fell asleep (It was like 2am). I came to the PC this morning, > all packages installed successfully, although when I went into the gnome > menu, a good portion of stuff that was there had vanished! I couldnt run > the updater again, because it wasnt there! Does anyone know how I can > fix this? Or what the problem could be? We're talkin major > disappearance... even categories are missing, and under the ones that > ARE still there, most of the programs are gone! > > Please help! > > Right click on the 'K' start button in th bottom left corner & select 'Menu Editor'. Then update & save. But how can I do it in Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Building/Compiling a new kernel.
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 13:00:35 -0500 Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 21 February 2004 12:46 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: > > On Saturday 21 February 2004 12:35 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > > > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 08:39:00 -0500 > > > > > > Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Thursday 19 February 2004 12:06 am, John Drouhard wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 23:56:03 -0500 > > > > > > > > I tried building the 2.4.25 kernel, but I have one problem. I did make > > > > dep and make clean etc. separately because make all wasn't working. > > > > But, I can't find the bzImage. I did 'make bzImage' twice, but It's not > > > > there. Any idea where it might be? > > > > > > > > Marc > > > > > > I don't know why you are trying to build a 2.4 kernel, unless there is a > > > specific reason for it, but you have to type: > > > make dep clean && make modules bzImage > > > > > > then as root: > > > make modules_install > > > > > > I highly suggest you try the 2.6 kernel first. As for your black screen > > > problem, change the line that says vga=788 to vga=normal. > > > > > > Here is my entry for my 2.6 kernel (with vga=normal): > > > image=/boot/bzImage-2.6.1 > > > label="linux2.6.1" > > > root=/dev/hdc5 > > > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.1.img > > > append="devfs=nomount splash=silent noapic acpi=off hdb=ide-cdrom > > > hdd=ide-cdrom" read-only > > > vga=normal > > > > > > If that still doesn't work, I guess you could try following my > > > instructions from the beginning, skipping the parts about bootsplash. > > > But try vga=normal with your 2.6 kernel first. > > > > > > John > > > > Just wondering...What does the 'devfs=nomount' mean, because all of my > > other lilo entries say 'devfs=mount'. Also, I was just trying the 2.4 > > kernel to see if it might work. In other words, I was in a hotel room in > > Delaware and I was bored. =) > > > > --Marc > > Okay let's condense this into one thread now > > Here's my lilo.conf: > > boot=/dev/hda > map=/boot/map > vga=normal > default="linux" > keytable=/boot/us.klt > prompt > nowarn > timeout=100 > message=/boot/message > menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label="linux" > root=/dev/hda5 > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > append="devfs=mount splash=silent hdc=ide-scsi resume=/dev/hda6 > splash=silent" > vga=788 > read-only > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label="linux-nonfb" > root=/dev/hda5 > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > append="devfs=mount splash=silent hdc=ide-scsi resume=/dev/hda6" > read-only > other=/dev/hda1 > label="windows" > table=/dev/hda > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-10mdk > label="old_linux-nonfb" > root=/dev/hda5 > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.22-10mdk.img > append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi resume=/dev/hda6" > read-only > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label="failsafe" > root=/dev/hda5 > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > append="failsafe devfs=nomount splash=silent hdc=ide-scsi > resume=/dev/hda6" > read-only > image=/boot/bzImage-2.6.3 > label="Linux-2.6.3" > root=/dev/hda5 > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.3.img > append="devfs=nomount hdb=ide-cdrom hdd=ide-cdrom" > vga=normal > read-only > > And my fstab: > > /dev/hda5 / ext3 noatime 1 1 > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > /dev/hda7 /home ext3 noatime 1 2 > none /mnt/cdrom supermount > dev=/dev/hdc,fs=udf:iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 > /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,ro 0 0 > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > And I just noticed, something odd is happening with my cdrom drive. I just > tried to install a package, with CD 2, and it didn't eject my cdrom drive > like it usually does, then it didn't detect the cd. It also said insert the > disk into /dev/hdc... But the device is /dev/scd0. This probably has > something to do with the cdrom device config during boot that I mentioned in > the other thread. > > --Marc > > What kernel are you running? If its the 2.6 kernel, then change the cdrom line in your fstab file to: /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto defaults,ro,user,noexec,noauto 0 0 The only problem with this is that supermount no longer works. To get supermount to work, you'd have to patch the kernel with the supermount patch and then recompile. The above line will not mount your cdrom, and you have to do it manually with this command: 'mount /dev/hdc'. Did the vga=normal thing fix your boot problem? John -- Sat Feb 21 12:19:53 CST 2004 -- Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 To err is humor. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HELP! PLEASE!
On February 21, 2004 11:29 am, JoeHill wrote: > On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 16:24:19 +0200 > > robin disseminated the following: > > > Actually, Microsoft now requires that the activation key be affixed to > > > the computer case as part of their OEM program. It's to emphasize that > > > the OS license is tied to that particular computer or some such > > > nonsense... > > > > Can you imagine what it would be like if it were applied to clothes? You > > would only be able to wear your Armani tie with your Armani suit. > > What a horrifying crime against humanity that would be! Would I be correct in assuming then, that I can't mix my Walmart Sweat Pants, Argyle Socks, Gucci shirt, Nike runners, and an Armani tie? Does this mean I have to buy a new wardrobe? Say it isn't so ! What will become of my Bermuda shorts, and my Scottish Tartan jockie's?? ( Where's that phone number for the Salvation Army when you need it? ) Well! back to walmart to get a new "Gucci" wardrobe! Sigh! -- Lanman Registered Linux user #190712 Hey MOM? Can we go to the Microsoft Museum today? I hear their going to have a live demonstration of the Blue Screen of Death! The wax dummy of Bill Gates is supposed to be finished! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HELP! Menu items have vanished!
On Saturday 21 February 2004 01:16 pm, adam.halesworth wrote: > I ran the update tool to update Mandrake last night, I picked say 50 or > so rpm's to update, and they totaled around 120 megs. I went to lay > down, and fell asleep (It was like 2am). I came to the PC this morning, > all packages installed successfully, although when I went into the gnome > menu, a good portion of stuff that was there had vanished! I couldnt run > the updater again, because it wasnt there! Does anyone know how I can > fix this? Or what the problem could be? We're talkin major > disappearance... even categories are missing, and under the ones that > ARE still there, most of the programs are gone! > > Please help! Go into a Konsole, type su and your password to enter root. Then type: update-menus -v, and your menus should be back when it's done. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] GTK2 and Sylpheed Claws WORKS!
On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 11:15:30 -0600 John Drouhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well when I type across the screen, it wordwraps at the edge of my > window. If I resize the window, it acts accordingly. I don't know why > yours just runs of the edge of the screen. And the way to make it not Well, another thing to try is to increase the size of the font. On default, it's at 9 point which is incredibly tiny. Consequently, when composing a new message, the composer thinks I have 110+ character lines when I want 68 or 70 character ones. In 14 point it is readable and it's wrapping at about column 70, according to the ruler. I think the comment I made about wrapping in my previous point should be taken with a grain of salt, if the composer assomes the wrapping point is at the right edge of the composer window it's a moot point anyway, but there doesn't seem to be a configuration setting (or I haven't found it) that tells the composer not to go past column 72, for instance. On deletion of a message - it seems to have taken a long time for the first message. Maybe it had to do reindexing or some such. Subsequent deletes seem as fast as vanilla sylpheed, but it doesn't seem to just display the next message unless you click with the mouse. -- 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
[newbie] HELP! Menu items have vanished!
I ran the update tool to update Mandrake last night, I picked say 50 or so rpm's to update, and they totaled around 120 megs. I went to lay down, and fell asleep (It was like 2am). I came to the PC this morning, all packages installed successfully, although when I went into the gnome menu, a good portion of stuff that was there had vanished! I couldnt run the updater again, because it wasnt there! Does anyone know how I can fix this? Or what the problem could be? We're talkin major disappearance... even categories are missing, and under the ones that ARE still there, most of the programs are gone! Please help! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] GTK2 and Sylpheed Claws WORKS!
On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 09:22:48 -0500 JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> BTW, how much fiddling is involved in moving from Sylpheed to Claws? Apparently, not much. I just installed the RPM in question from orderinchaos. 1) why it installs in /usr/local is anyone's guess. I don't think Sylpheed & Sylpheed-Claws can coexist, and maybe that's why it's put there instead. 2) uses the existing stuff in .sylpheed, so no need to fiddle with such things as creating a new account and a place to store the mail, etc. 3) The fonts are *tiny*. But that's configurable. 4) Deleting a mail takes a *very* long time in claws compared to vanilla sylpheed. My mailbox has about ~6k messages. 5) claws thinks all my mail is "new". 6) wrapping lines does not work. Consequently, this post may look wierd to you. 7) a lot more noise on the controlling terminal than in vanilla sylpheed. I'm getting a ton of assertion failed messages here. -- 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] Building/Compiling a new kernel.
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 12:46:24 -0500 Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 21 February 2004 12:35 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 08:39:00 -0500 > Just wondering...What does the 'devfs=nomount' mean, because all of my other > lilo entries say 'devfs=mount'. Also, I was just trying the 2.4 kernel to see > if it might work. In other words, I was in a hotel room in Delaware and I was > bored. =) > > --Marc > It just tells the kernel not to use the device filesystem. If your other entries all have devfs=mount and everything worked properly before, you can change it to devfs=mount. FYI, however, the 2.6 kernel is beginning to phase out the device filesystem in favor for the sysfs. To get that working, just do this as root: 'mkdir /sys'. Then reboot into the 2.6 kernel. You can go ahead and change it to devfs=mount. Just don't forget to run lilo when your finished. John -- Sat Feb 21 12:02:25 CST 2004 -- Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 -- Neophyte's serendipity. -- Exclusive dedication to necessitious chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders John a hebetudinous fellow. -- A revolving concretion of earthy or mineral matter accumulates no congeries of small, green bryophytic plant. -- The person presenting the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal cachinnation. -- Abstention from any aleatory undertaking precludes a potential escallation of a lucrative nature. -- Missiles of ligneous or osteal consistency have the potential of fracturing osseous structure, but appellations will eternally remain innocuous. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing Firefox 0.8 as main
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 11:13:20 -0600 Chuck Mattsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2004-02-21 at 17:25, Christophe Rhein wrote: > > Hello, > > Here is what Anne sended me for changing the main browser: > > To change which browser you use, you also need the Control Center, but > > this time it's in Components > File Associations > text > html . You > > will see a list of the browsers you have installed. Select the one > > you want, and use Move Up to put it at the top of the list. > > Hope this helps > > Christophe > > Thanks, I've done that, yep ... but something else (I believe it's > Galeon) keeps popping up, nonetheless. > > -- > Chuck Mattsen ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Mahnomen, MN > Registered Linux User #346519 > > Open a terminal and type 'gnome-control-center' If it isn't there, then install it as root with 'urpmi gnome-control-center' Now, click on Advanced on the left side of the screen. Then double click on preferred applications. The first window should be about web browsers. Change it to Custom, then type in, 'mozilla-firefox %s'. If you want improved mozilla-launching, I have attached an executable. Save the file to a temporary directory, open a terminal, become root, and copy the file into /usr/bin. Then run this command: 'chmod 0755 /usr/bin/launch_firefox'. When you are done with that, you can go back to the preferred applications window and change mozilla-firefox to launch_firefox. It will now open a new window if no running firefox process was found, and open a new tab if there is a firefox window already open. It will now open mozilla firefox from your mail client. John -- Sat Feb 21 11:54:05 CST 2004 -- Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 An apple a day makes 365 apples a year. launch_firefox Description: Binary data Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Building/Compiling a new kernel.
On Saturday 21 February 2004 12:46 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: > On Saturday 21 February 2004 12:35 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 08:39:00 -0500 > > > > Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thursday 19 February 2004 12:06 am, John Drouhard wrote: > > > > On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 23:56:03 -0500 > > > > > > I tried building the 2.4.25 kernel, but I have one problem. I did make > > > dep and make clean etc. separately because make all wasn't working. > > > But, I can't find the bzImage. I did 'make bzImage' twice, but It's not > > > there. Any idea where it might be? > > > > > > Marc > > > > I don't know why you are trying to build a 2.4 kernel, unless there is a > > specific reason for it, but you have to type: > > make dep clean && make modules bzImage > > > > then as root: > > make modules_install > > > > I highly suggest you try the 2.6 kernel first. As for your black screen > > problem, change the line that says vga=788 to vga=normal. > > > > Here is my entry for my 2.6 kernel (with vga=normal): > > image=/boot/bzImage-2.6.1 > > label="linux2.6.1" > > root=/dev/hdc5 > > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.1.img > > append="devfs=nomount splash=silent noapic acpi=off hdb=ide-cdrom > > hdd=ide-cdrom" read-only > > vga=normal > > > > If that still doesn't work, I guess you could try following my > > instructions from the beginning, skipping the parts about bootsplash. > > But try vga=normal with your 2.6 kernel first. > > > > John > > Just wondering...What does the 'devfs=nomount' mean, because all of my > other lilo entries say 'devfs=mount'. Also, I was just trying the 2.4 > kernel to see if it might work. In other words, I was in a hotel room in > Delaware and I was bored. =) > > --Marc Okay let's condense this into one thread now Here's my lilo.conf: boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map vga=normal default="linux" keytable=/boot/us.klt prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount splash=silent hdc=ide-scsi resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent" vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux-nonfb" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount splash=silent hdc=ide-scsi resume=/dev/hda6" read-only other=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-10mdk label="old_linux-nonfb" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.22-10mdk.img append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi resume=/dev/hda6" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="failsafe devfs=nomount splash=silent hdc=ide-scsi resume=/dev/hda6" read-only image=/boot/bzImage-2.6.3 label="Linux-2.6.3" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.3.img append="devfs=nomount hdb=ide-cdrom hdd=ide-cdrom" vga=normal read-only And my fstab: /dev/hda5 / ext3 noatime 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext3 noatime 1 2 none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/hdc,fs=udf:iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,ro 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 And I just noticed, something odd is happening with my cdrom drive. I just tried to install a package, with CD 2, and it didn't eject my cdrom drive like it usually does, then it didn't detect the cd. It also said insert the disk into /dev/hdc... But the device is /dev/scd0. This probably has something to do with the cdrom device config during boot that I mentioned in the other thread. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Building/Compiling a new kernel.
On Saturday 21 February 2004 12:35 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 08:39:00 -0500 > > Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 19 February 2004 12:06 am, John Drouhard wrote: > > > On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 23:56:03 -0500 > > > > I tried building the 2.4.25 kernel, but I have one problem. I did make > > dep and make clean etc. separately because make all wasn't working. But, > > I can't find the bzImage. I did 'make bzImage' twice, but It's not there. > > Any idea where it might be? > > > > Marc > > I don't know why you are trying to build a 2.4 kernel, unless there is a > specific reason for it, but you have to type: > make dep clean && make modules bzImage > > then as root: > make modules_install > > I highly suggest you try the 2.6 kernel first. As for your black screen > problem, change the line that says vga=788 to vga=normal. > > Here is my entry for my 2.6 kernel (with vga=normal): > image=/boot/bzImage-2.6.1 > label="linux2.6.1" > root=/dev/hdc5 > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.1.img > append="devfs=nomount splash=silent noapic acpi=off hdb=ide-cdrom > hdd=ide-cdrom" read-only > vga=normal > > If that still doesn't work, I guess you could try following my > instructions from the beginning, skipping the parts about bootsplash. > But try vga=normal with your 2.6 kernel first. > > John Just wondering...What does the 'devfs=nomount' mean, because all of my other lilo entries say 'devfs=mount'. Also, I was just trying the 2.4 kernel to see if it might work. In other words, I was in a hotel room in Delaware and I was bored. =) --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Several problems with new kernel boot
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 23:50:21 -0500 Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Marc Resnick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 10:06 PM > Subject: [newbie] Several problems with new kernel boot > > > > I'll start from the beginning: > > > > I booted from Lilo. The progress meter quickly filled...then...went off > the > > screen...and back on the other side. That was weird... So I rebooted, > pressed > > esc, and booted in text mode. Since I shut down improperly, and hda5 > wasn't > > unmounted right, it had to check whatever it checks. So it takes an > unusually > > long time. Then it goes to boot. I see many many things I've never seen > > before, and it asks me if I want to run a config tool, because sdc0(my > cd-rom > > drive/burner) was removed and hdc was added. I don't know what that was > > about. Then something didn't load...something with 'char' in it. Then > > something was 'passed'. It was 'fs', and said something about not > recognizing > > NTFS. Then, my wlan0 device didn't load, and neither did my sound. > > > > So then I proceeded to login. Apparently /home was read-only. So I logged > into > > root, and looked in /home. And /home/marc is gone. My sound doesn't work, > as > > was expected, and neither did my wlan connection. So i rebooted, and > booted > > the old kernel. Everything worked fine, and my /home/marc was there. > > > > This could have been a nerdy horror movie. =/ > > > > Okay so here's what I figure: My snd-ali5451 module isn't loading > properly, > > and neither is my prism2_cs. I don't know why, because I did a make > > oldconfig, and enabled mostly everything. I guess that has something to do > > with the cd-rom drive too. I have no clue what was up with the original > > graphic boot, nor do I know why my /home/marc directory was gone, then > back. > > > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated > > > > --Marc > > > > > > > > I looked into the module thing. There are no modules in > /lib/modules/2.4.25/kernel. None. Why, I don't know...but there aren't any. > So I moved my old modules from 2.4.22 over, to see if it would work. So far, > it hasn't(don't worry I made a backup of my old kernel folder). Yes, I did > make modules, and make modules_install. Then I did make all just for the > hell of it. Still no modules. The modules loaded fine for 2.6.3, but I > can't get that kernel to boot. > > I would really really like some help, as I've been trying to do this for a > long time, because I need acpi for my laptop. > > Oh wow, I didn't know you started a new thread for this. I responded to the first thread already. Follow the suggestions in there to try and boot the 2.6.3 kernel. Change it to vga=normal, run lilo, and reboot. That will work, I'm sure of it. As long as you made an initrd for your kernel in the proper way. Like John R.S. said, post your lilo.conf and fstab here and we'll try to step you through booting the 2.6 kernel (it's much better than the 2.4 kernels) As for your 2.4.25 problem, just install the mandrake rpm for it. Update your urpmi update source and 'urpmi kernel-2.4.25' We'll get you through this, John -- Sat Feb 21 11:39:41 CST 2004 -- Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 It's better to burn out than to fade away. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Building/Compiling a new kernel.
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 08:39:00 -0500 Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 19 February 2004 12:06 am, John Drouhard wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 23:56:03 -0500 > I tried building the 2.4.25 kernel, but I have one problem. I did make dep and > make clean etc. separately because make all wasn't working. But, I can't find > the bzImage. I did 'make bzImage' twice, but It's not there. Any idea where > it might be? > > Marc > I don't know why you are trying to build a 2.4 kernel, unless there is a specific reason for it, but you have to type: make dep clean && make modules bzImage then as root: make modules_install I highly suggest you try the 2.6 kernel first. As for your black screen problem, change the line that says vga=788 to vga=normal. Here is my entry for my 2.6 kernel (with vga=normal): image=/boot/bzImage-2.6.1 label="linux2.6.1" root=/dev/hdc5 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.1.img append="devfs=nomount splash=silent noapic acpi=off hdb=ide-cdrom hdd=ide-cdrom" read-only vga=normal If that still doesn't work, I guess you could try following my instructions from the beginning, skipping the parts about bootsplash. But try vga=normal with your 2.6 kernel first. John -- Sat Feb 21 11:31:17 CST 2004 -- Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 Cleanliness is next to impossible. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] My "daily question" ... this time, re spamassassin
On Sat, 2004-02-21 at 10:46, Derek Jennings wrote: > When you defined the filter, the first pop up asked what did you want > to apply the filter to. If you select 'incoming', then the filter will > be applied on all incoming mail. > > Then the filter itself will 'pipe' all mails through spamassassin. > SpamAssassin will add lines in the header which will look something > like this for a 'non spam' mail > > X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on > jennings.homelinux.net > X-Spam-Level: > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_LEVEL3, > RCVD_IN_SORBS autolearn=no version=2.63 > > This tells you which tests the mail triggered in Spamassassin and the > final score. A 'spam' mail will have the mail body replaced with text > describing what is wrong with the mail. The original spam mail will > become an attachment. > > Calling spamassassin with the -e parameter will cause spamassassin to > exit with a return code of '1' whan a mail is spam. The evolution > filter is set up to move any mail where spamassassin returns 'non > zero' to the spam folder. > > BTW: This will not work if your Evolution is set up to read mail from > IMAP folders, for the simple reason that with IMAP the mail stays on > the remote host. To use SpamAssassin with IMAP you should be looking > at putting it on the remote mail server. Nope, no IMAP here, and yes, it's set for incoming. I'm wondering if I don't have something wrong in some config file somewhere. I ran spamassassin from a command line followed by a CTRL-D to send it an EOF, so I'm /assuming/ it, itself, is running properly. [EMAIL PROTECTED] chuck]$ spamassassin X-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.9 required=5.0 tests=DATE_MISSING,FROM_NO_LOWER autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on localhost [EMAIL PROTECTED] chuck]$ But I simply see no evidence in any incoming mail that it has actually reached spamassassin and has been processed. Oh, well ... work calls, so I have to put this aside for now. I'll be back with more frustration later, I'm sure. Thanks, guys. -- Chuck Mattsen ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Mahnomen, MN Registered Linux User #346519 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing Firefox 0.8 as main
On Sat, 2004-02-21 at 17:25, Christophe Rhein wrote: > Hello, > Here is what Anne sended me for changing the main browser: > To change which browser you use, you also need the Control Center, but > this time it's in Components > File Associations > text > html . You > will see a list of the browsers you have installed. Select the one > you want, and use Move Up to put it at the top of the list. > Hope this helps > Christophe Thanks, I've done that, yep ... but something else (I believe it's Galeon) keeps popping up, nonetheless. -- Chuck Mattsen ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Mahnomen, MN Registered Linux User #346519 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] building a binary from source rpm
Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hasn't the 'rebuild' function been moved out of rpm into the > 'rpmbuild' package? > See man rpmbuild. Yes, it was ... If you want to build binary, source, ... rpm package than you have to use `rpmbuild`, not `rpm` ... -- Robert Vojta Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] building a binary from source rpm
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 09:07:22 -0500 Lanman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On February 21, 2004 09:01 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > On Saturday 21 February 2004 14:36, Lanman wrote: > > > Can someone give me a quick review on building a binary rpm from a source > > > rpm? I haven't had to do it in such a long time, that I can't remember > > > all the steps. The src rpm is for Mandrake Cooker. > > > > "rpm --rebuild x.src.rpm" should do that. > > > > Good luck, > > HarM > > Thanks HarM ! I knew it was something simple, but I just couldn't remember. > -- > Lanman > Registered Linux user #190712 > > Hey MOM? Can we go to the Microsoft > Museum today? I hear their going to > have a live demonstration of the > Blue Screen of Death! The wax dummy > of Bill Gates is supposed to be finished! > > Hasn't the 'rebuild' function been moved out of rpm into the 'rpmbuild' package? See man rpmbuild. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] My "daily question" ... this time, re spamassassin
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 08:59:04 -0600 Chuck Mattsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's one of the sites I had chanced upon and have my filter set up > that way (with the exception of marking spam "read") > > Thing is, and maybe I'm just under the wrong impression here, I thought > this would run all incoming mail through spamassassin, adding headers -- > whether or not it classified as spam, just whether the score was > "non-zero" or not -- but I see no evidence that anything's being > processed. No headers, nothing moved (which is okay, since I've not yet > received anything really spammy), nada. > > I feel like I'm missing some -- probably/hopefully simple -- setup step > somewhere. > > Thanks. > > -- > Chuck Mattsen ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Mahnomen, MN > Registered Linux User #346519 > > > When you defined the filter, the first pop up asked what did you want to apply the filter to. If you select 'incoming', then the filter will be applied on all incoming mail. Then the filter itself will 'pipe' all mails through spamassassin. SpamAssassin will add lines in the header which will look something like this for a 'non spam' mail X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on jennings.homelinux.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_LEVEL3, RCVD_IN_SORBS autolearn=no version=2.63 This tells you which tests the mail triggered in Spamassassin and the final score. A 'spam' mail will have the mail body replaced with text describing what is wrong with the mail. The original spam mail will become an attachment. Calling spamassassin with the -e parameter will cause spamassassin to exit with a return code of '1' whan a mail is spam. The evolution filter is set up to move any mail where spamassassin returns 'non zero' to the spam folder. BTW: This will not work if your Evolution is set up to read mail from IMAP folders, for the simple reason that with IMAP the mail stays on the remote host. To use SpamAssassin with IMAP you should be looking at putting it on the remote mail server. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] My "daily question" ... this time, re spamassassin
On Saturday 21 Feb 2004 2:59 pm, Chuck Mattsen wrote: > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 > tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, > REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_XIMIAN,X_LOOP >autolearn=ham version=2.55 > X-Spam-Level: > X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) > Status: R > X-Status: N > X-KMail-EncryptionState: > X-KMail-SignatureState: > > Thing is, and maybe I'm just under the wrong impression here, I > thought this would run all incoming mail through spamassassin, adding > headers -- whether or not it classified as spam, just whether the > score was "non-zero" or not -- but I see no evidence that anything's > being processed. No headers, nothing moved (which is okay, since > I've not yet received anything really spammy), nada. > > I feel like I'm missing some -- probably/hopefully simple -- setup > step somewhere. Yes, as you can see, it does. I am running spamassassin from Postfix and procmail, so no help I'm afraid. Of course if the output of spamassassin is ignored and the filter only checks the return status of spamassassin it is never going to be able to add any headers. That may be what you are seeing. If you think this is hard you should try adding spamassassin to an Exchange/Outlook setup as a user. I managed it, but it was very complex. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing Firefox 0.8
On 02/22/2004 12:03 AM, Christophe Rhein wrote: Hello, I downloaded the tar file of Firefox and I followed Robin's instructions to install it from a terminal... I don't know how but the software installed itself in my temp folder... I was not able to use the tar -zxvf command... Is it the right place or shall I move it some where else? You probably downloaded the tar-file into your temp-directory. Tarring -x there will create a firefox subdirectory in temp. If you have decided where you want the installation to go, cd to there for instance cd /usr/local/ and then do a tar -xvfz ~/temp/firefox... Note: to install in /usr/local/, you should be root, so use the 'su' command first. Afterwards you can remove the firefox directory from your temp-dir. Paul -- Windows: Where do you want to go today? MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? Linux: Are you coming or what? http://www.nlpagan.net - Linux Mandrake - Thunderbird 0.5 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] HELP! PLEASE!
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 16:24:19 +0200 robin disseminated the following: > > Actually, Microsoft now requires that the activation key be affixed to > > the computer case as part of their OEM program. It's to emphasize that > > the OS license is tied to that particular computer or some such > > nonsense... > > Can you imagine what it would be like if it were applied to clothes? You > would only be able to wear your Armani tie with your Armani suit. What a horrifying crime against humanity that would be! -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 11:29:06 up 15 days, 23:15, 5 users, load average: 0.21, 0.18, 0.17 +++ Linux 2.4.22-21mdk i686 +++ That Pesky Bush-Hitler Thing: http://truthout.org/docs_04/010704A.shtml Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing Firefox 0.8
Christophe Rhein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I click on the link bellow I get an error message... This is not a > file... No, this is a directory and it works ... > > ftp://mandrake.contactel.cz/people/bibri/mandrake/9.2/RPMS/ If you want to access firefox rpm file, you have to click on link below ... ftp://mandrake.contactel.cz/people/bibri/mandrake/9.2/RPMS/mozilla-firefox-0.8-6mdk.i586.rpm -- Robert Vojta Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing Firefox 0.8 as main
Hello, Here is what Anne sended me for changing the main browser: To change which browser you use, you also need the Control Center, but this time it's in Components > File Associations > text > html . You will see a list of the browsers you have installed. Select the one you want, and use Move Up to put it at the top of the list. Hope this helps Christophe Le Saturday 21 February 2004 11:12 am, Chuck Mattsen a écrit : > On Sat, 2004-02-21 at 17:03, Christophe Rhein wrote: > > Hello, > > I downloaded the tar file of Firefox and I followed Robin's instructions > > to install it from a terminal... > > I don't know how but the software installed itself in my temp folder... I > > was not able to use the tar -zxvf command... > > Is it the right place or shall I move it some where else? > > FYI, there's an RPM at the site Derek mentioned in his response to me > earlier ... http://www.eslrahc.com/9.2/ > > I installed from .rpm the other day (from another site), with no > problem. I do, however, have an annoyance with it, in that I cannot > seem to make it the default browser when clicking on links in email. > Otherwise, it's working great. > > As to how to fix/move the install you've got, sorry, as you can see by > my other posts here I'm /way/ too new at all this to not give you a bum > steer (or gnu). :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Moving disk from slave to master
On Saturday 21 February 2004 08:58 am, SÃren Neigaard wrote: > I have a hd and a cd-w on the same cable, and i have accidently placed > the jumbers so that the cd-w is master and the hd is slave, even though > according to cable-select it should be the other way around. > > I have been experiencing some instability when copying/moving large data > to/from this hd, and I was wondering if it would help if I changed the > disk to be master and the cd-w to be slave? > > So how do I do this while preserving its mount points and without too > much trouble? > > Heres my fstab: > > /dev/hda2 / xfs defaults 1 1 > /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > /dev/hda6 /home xfs defaults 1 2 > /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,exec,dev,suid,ro,noauto 1 1 > /dev/hdd5 /mnt/diverse xfs defaults 1 2 > none /mnt/floppy supermount > dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,uma > sk=0,sync,codepage=850 0 0 > /dev/hdd1 /mnt/mydata xfs defaults 1 2 > /dev/hdb1 /mnt/windows ntfs user,exec,dev,suid,rw 1 1 > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > /dev/hda8 /usr xfs defaults 1 2 > /dev/hda5 /var xfs defaults 1 2 > /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > The disks i want to move is: > > /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,exec,dev,suid,ro,noauto 1 1 > - > /dev/hdd5 /mnt/diverse xfs defaults 1 2 > /dev/hdd1 /mnt/mydata xfs defaults 1 2 You appear to be using ide-scsi emulation so you will have two steps to take. The first would be to remap fstab for the new mount points. hdd would change to hdc. The next would be to change the lilo options line from "hdc=ide-scsi" to "hdd=ide-scsi" Quick scenario: Edit fstab for the changes, Edit lilo.conf, Issue Lilo command to write the changes to disk. Shutdown computer. Move the cables physically setting the jumpers correctly, turn the computer back on and you should be in business. I just did something similar myself and it went through without a hitch. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rpmbuild
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 10:15:30 + John Richard Smith disseminated the following: > Is there a nice little pdf file of this to be had anywhere ? At the very bottom, select 'printable', then save the page as, say, 'rpmhowto.html'. Then: htmldoc --webpage -f /path/to/rpmhowto.pdf /path/to/rpmhowto.html -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 11:21:29 up 15 days, 23:07, 5 users, load average: 0.22, 0.26, 0.19 +++ Linux 2.4.22-21mdk i686 +++ "It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes, to blind you from the truth..."-- Morpheus, in The Matrix, describing television news Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] File managing??
Christophe Rhein wrote: Hello, I opened my home folder and I see a lot of files and folders that I don't know... Is there a way to know what to do with them or can I move them around to make my home folder readable? Thank you Christophe Do these files begin with . (a dot)? If yes these files are hidden files; mostly configuration file (and should not be delete). You can turn the display of these files off by checking the apprpriate options for yours file manager (there should be an option like "show hidden files") Olivier Esser 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] Installing Firefox 0.8
Hello, When I click on the link bellow I get an error message... This is not a file... Thanks for your quick answer Christophe Le Saturday 21 February 2004 11:10 am, Robert Vojta a écrit : > Christophe Rhein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I downloaded the tar file of Firefox and I followed Robin's instructions > > to install it from a terminal... > > Go to this FTP site ... > > ftp://mandrake.contactel.cz/people/bibri/mandrake/9.2/RPMS/ > > ... and download this file ... > > mozilla-firefox-0.8-6mdk.i586.rpm > > ... than run as root ... > > rpm -Uvh mozilla-firefox-0.8-6mdk.i586.rpm > > Now, you can run FireFox by `mozilla-firefox` command. > > If you need help, you have to provide more info than: > > not able to use the tar -zxvf command... > > Is it the right place or shall I move it some where else? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to connect to a windows LAN?
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 17:49:32 -0500 Christophe Rhein disseminated the following: > I'm back after a nice day of snowboarding... > Well my question is: > I tried to conect my laptop to the school LAN (win 98) I used the wisard but > nothing worked. > I did the same thing under XP and no problemo. > How shall I do this? When you say 'connect to the LAN', do you mean simply accessing Windows shares? Or are you not able to use the school LAN to get out to the Web and such? Make sure you have samba and LinNeighborhood installed: urpmi samba-client LinNeighborhood then fire up LinNeighborhood (should be in your menu now, if it wasn't already installed) and mount any Windows shares you wish to access. As far as connecting to the LAN in general, there should be a DHCP server somewhere on the LAN handing out addresses, no? If so, you just need to configure your Mandrake box to accept address and gateway configs from the DHCP server. Go to Networking and Internet in MCC, choose DrakConnect, click 'configure Local Area Network' and choose DHCP for the boot protocol. Do a 'service network restart' as root, and you should be connected. -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 11:03:30 up 15 days, 22:49, 5 users, load average: 0.06, 0.06, 0.10 +++ Linux 2.4.22-21mdk i686 +++ "And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up."-- Rush Limbaugh, drug abuser Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing Firefox 0.8
On Sat, 2004-02-21 at 17:03, Christophe Rhein wrote: > Hello, > I downloaded the tar file of Firefox and I followed Robin's instructions to > install it from a terminal... > I don't know how but the software installed itself in my temp folder... I was > not able to use the tar -zxvf command... > Is it the right place or shall I move it some where else? FYI, there's an RPM at the site Derek mentioned in his response to me earlier ... http://www.eslrahc.com/9.2/ I installed from .rpm the other day (from another site), with no problem. I do, however, have an annoyance with it, in that I cannot seem to make it the default browser when clicking on links in email. Otherwise, it's working great. As to how to fix/move the install you've got, sorry, as you can see by my other posts here I'm /way/ too new at all this to not give you a bum steer (or gnu). :) -- Chuck Mattsen ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Mahnomen, MN Registered Linux User #346519 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing Firefox 0.8
Christophe Rhein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I downloaded the tar file of Firefox and I followed Robin's instructions to > install it from a terminal... Go to this FTP site ... ftp://mandrake.contactel.cz/people/bibri/mandrake/9.2/RPMS/ ... and download this file ... mozilla-firefox-0.8-6mdk.i586.rpm ... than run as root ... rpm -Uvh mozilla-firefox-0.8-6mdk.i586.rpm Now, you can run FireFox by `mozilla-firefox` command. If you need help, you have to provide more info than: > not able to use the tar -zxvf command... > Is it the right place or shall I move it some where else? -- Robert Vojta Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] File managing??
Christophe Rhein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > I opened my home folder and I see a lot of files and folders that I don't > know... > Is there a way to know what to do with them or can I move them around to make > my home folder readable? It's on you if your home directory is readable or not ... Remember that all files with '.' at the beginning (like .emacs, .gnus, ...) are configuration files. I don't know what kind of file manager are you using, but you can hide these configuration files and your directory will be much more readable for you. Try to send some file/directory name and we will tell you if you can remove this file/directory or not. -- Robert Vojta Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Installing Firefox 0.8
Hello, I downloaded the tar file of Firefox and I followed Robin's instructions to install it from a terminal... I don't know how but the software installed itself in my temp folder... I was not able to use the tar -zxvf command... Is it the right place or shall I move it some where else? Thank you Christophe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] adding a second monitor - xinerama (almost there)
Brian Parish wrote: On Sat, 2004-02-21 at 16:37, Brian Parish wrote: I'm being really lazy here I know, but so far in my 5 minute search of the web I've found info on setting up two monitors with xinerama by manually configuring XF86config-4. I suspect however that there is nice, easy Mandrake gui method. If so, can anyone point me at it? I have added a second video card and attached a monitor to it. Mandrake sees both cards, but if I run XFdrake and tell it to test, it just tests the active one without noticing which card I've chosen. So I guess that's just talking to the X server and the X server hasn't noticed the second card. I'll start hacking at XFconfig86-4 if that's what's required, but if there's a tool that does it right... OK, decided to give it a go and followed the howto. Now both monitors are working, but xinerama isn't - the second monitor just repeats the image of the first and the mouse doesn't go there. I clicked on the enable xinerama button in KDE configuration and restarted X, but still no go. I have attached my XF86Config-4 file. Can anyone see what I've missed? thanks Brian # File generated by XFdrake. # ** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. # ** Section "Files" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath "unix/:-1" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" #DontZap # disable (server abort) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work #DontZoom # disable / (resolution switching) Option "Xinerama" "true" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for Linux Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" # 3D layer EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "Keyboard" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "en_US" Option "XkbOptions" "" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Plug'n Play" HorizSync 30-72 VertRefresh 50-120 # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)? # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync ModeLine "1024x480"65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor2" VendorName "Plug'n Play" HorizSync 30-72 VertRefresh 50-120 # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)? # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync ModeLine "1024x480"65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "nVidia Corporation" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)" Driver "nvidia" Option "DPMS" BusID "PCI:1:7:0" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device2" VendorName "nVidia Corporation" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)" Driver "nvidia" Option "DPMS" BusID "PCI:2:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultColorDepth 16 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen2" Device "device2" Monitor "monitor2" DefaultColorDepth 16 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" Screen "screen1" Screen "Screen 2" LeftOf "Screen 1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" EndSectio
Re: [newbie] Steve's second question of the day. Time machine has been up
> What you are seeing is a linux program called "uptime" If you open a > terminal and type uptime you will see those lines. I see you are using > Thunderbird for email, I have no experience with thundebird so maybe > someone else can help you here. AFAIK there is no way how to tell TB that your signature file is script ... (Pipes doesn't work too ...) -- Robert Vojta Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rpmbuild
Greg Meyer wrote: On Friday 20 February 2004 05:51 am, Robin Turner wrote: Greg Meyer wrote: On Thursday 19 February 2004 04:41 pm, robin wrote: Can anyone recommend a good guide to rpmbuild (along the lines of the old Mandrake RPM HOWTO)? In particular I need information on building RPMs from source tarballs. http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/RpmHowTo That's the guide I mentioned, which uses the old rpm command rather than rpmbuild. Isn't rpmbuild just a wrapper script for rpm anyway? As far as I know, yes. I only ever made one RPM with the old rpm, and it was a major PITA (by the time I'd done it all, someone else had uploaded an RPM, so my efforts were wasted except as a learning experience). rpmbuild makes it a lot easier. Sir Robin -- "Caesar non supra grammaticos." - Suetonius Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] building a binary from source rpm
On February 21, 2004 09:01 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Saturday 21 February 2004 14:36, Lanman wrote: > > Can someone give me a quick review on building a binary rpm from a source > > rpm? I haven't had to do it in such a long time, that I can't remember > > all the steps. The src rpm is for Mandrake Cooker. > > "rpm --rebuild x.src.rpm" should do that. > > Good luck, > HarM Thanks HarM ! I knew it was something simple, but I just couldn't remember. -- Lanman Registered Linux user #190712 Hey MOM? Can we go to the Microsoft Museum today? I hear their going to have a live demonstration of the Blue Screen of Death! The wax dummy of Bill Gates is supposed to be finished! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] building a binary from source rpm
On Saturday 21 February 2004 14:36, Lanman wrote: > Can someone give me a quick review on building a binary rpm from a source > rpm? I haven't had to do it in such a long time, that I can't remember all > the steps. The src rpm is for Mandrake Cooker. "rpm --rebuild x.src.rpm" should do that. Good luck, HarM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's & more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Moving disk from slave to master
I have a hd and a cd-w on the same cable, and i have accidently placed the jumbers so that the cd-w is master and the hd is slave, even though according to cable-select it should be the other way around. I have been experiencing some instability when copying/moving large data to/from this hd, and I was wondering if it would help if I changed the disk to be master and the cd-w to be slave? So how do I do this while preserving its mount points and without too much trouble? Heres my fstab: /dev/hda2 / xfs defaults 1 1 /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda6 /home xfs defaults 1 2 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,exec,dev,suid,ro,noauto 1 1 /dev/hdd5 /mnt/diverse xfs defaults 1 2 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,uma sk=0,sync,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hdd1 /mnt/mydata xfs defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/windows ntfs user,exec,dev,suid,rw 1 1 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda8 /usr xfs defaults 1 2 /dev/hda5 /var xfs defaults 1 2 /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 The disks i want to move is: /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,exec,dev,suid,ro,noauto 1 1 - /dev/hdd5 /mnt/diverse xfs defaults 1 2 /dev/hdd1 /mnt/mydata xfs defaults 1 2 Best regards SÃren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] building a binary from source rpm
Can someone give me a quick review on building a binary rpm from a source rpm? I haven't had to do it in such a long time, that I can't remember all the steps. The src rpm is for Mandrake Cooker. -- Lanman Registered Linux user #190712 Hey MOM? Can we go to the Microsoft Museum today? I hear their going to have a live demonstration of the Blue Screen of Death! The wax dummy of Bill Gates is supposed to be finished! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with wine
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 21 February 2004 02:12, Ray Hogaboom wrote: > > > > > >I am a long time MS-Windows user but new to Linux. I have > > > > > > not been able to find any Application that will run in > > > > > > under Mandrake Linux 9.2 that will replace the my 2 most > > > > > > important MS-Window apps. These are AuctionTamer I use > > > > > > this to manage my eBay Auctions, and DesignCAD a 3D CAD > > > > > > program used for drawing home remodeling, Cabinets and a > > > > > > host of other building project plans. > > > > > > Ray, if your software runs on win98 or Me and you have a licensed windows disc it will run on Win4Lin, almost certainly (they give a money back guarantee, I believe, so check the website at netraverse.com). Basically you install windows under linux. It looks identical to the windows you are used to, and so do your applications, but it uses the linux drivers. It's also far more stable than traditional windows installs. It's not free, but it's not expensive, and they have superb free support. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAN00FkFAvMr/nNX8RAhMlAJ485fgS3RdGgrWTTtBmcOSkNKaaOgCfTJxh pbo5ctD1EGxWMR88giCYBjw= =oTCK -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
