Re: [newbie] Printing Problems HP 5L - Open Office Calc
On Monday 23 Feb 2004 22:25, Steve Kaufman wrote: > Derek Jennings wrote: > > On Monday 23 Feb 2004 20:52, Weiers Coetser wrote: > >>Hi, I am as newbie as can be. > >> > >>I set up a sizeable spreadsheet with Open Office and neglected to toggle > >>"print selected sheet only" option. > >> > >>Ended up printing 8 copies of the whole spreadsheet (11 sheets) = > >>approximately 90 pages. > >> > >>I tried everything to try to stop the printjob. > >>But it was not registered in the Print Manager. > >>Swithched the computer off. Swithced the printer off. Rebooted into Win > >> XP. The moment I returned to Linux the printer started printing. > >> > >>Questions: > >>1. How do I stop a printjob if I am not happy with it. > >>2. How do I set OpenOffice to only print the selected sheet by default, > >> in stead of the whole document? > >> > >>Thanks. > >>(I hope I did not hi-jack any threads. I did do a search of the archives, > >>but did not find something that seems to answer this particular > >> questions) > > > > There are lots of ways to manage print jobs. > > Assuming you are using KDE and CUPS :- > > > > In konqueror press the 'services' button in the tool bar dividing the > > pane. The left pane will then show 'Print System Browser' You can stop > > jobs in there. > > Derek, > I don't understand this at all. I don't see a button dividing any > pane. Help > Well it depends on how your view options are set up in konq In this screenshot http://images.mandrakesoft.com/img/screenshots/90scr4.png notice the vertical row of icons in the divider between the left and right panes of konq? snip derek > > Steve -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DrakeConf is uninstalled
On Monday 23 Feb 2004 12:55, Brandon Rife wrote: > I absently mindedly uninstalled drakconf, at least that's what I think > its called. It's the Mandrake app that corresponds to the > "Configuration/Configure your computer" menuitem. At this point I'm > still very dependent of the GUI to get things done in Linux, especially > configuration related stuff. If some kind soul would give or point me > to instructions ofn gettting this app back via the console I'd much > appreciate it. I'm running MDK 9.2. > > Thanks! open a terminal su to become root urpmi drakconf you might have to urpmi drakxtools and rpmdrake as well depending on how much you have barfed of your system derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No network connection
There are several authentication methods to prevent unauthorized machines to connect to a network. For example 802.2x which activates the switchport you are connected to only after successful authentication. Perhaps you have these kind of problems? > Hello, > > I tried again to connect to the school LAN and nothing works. > What I did is opening the configuration panel and used the internet > network > wizard with the notebook connected to the LAN. > All the network is under Windows 98 with no server. > I have also installed LINneighberhod. > Wrankly I do not now how to do it and what to fill in the different config > > pannels. > Thanks for your help. > > > -- GMX ProMail (250 MB Mailbox, 50 FreeSMS, Virenschutz, 2,99 EUR/Monat...) jetzt 3 Monate GRATIS + 3x DER SPIEGEL +++ http://www.gmx.net/derspiegel +++ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] USB not functioning
On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 00:11, Lee B. wrote: > I'm learning a lot about Linux itself by using Mandrake, and would like > to stick with it rather than go to Lindows, but the demo might be fun > to play around with I suppose. FYI, I was on http://www.deviantart.com briefly last night, and it appeared that they had a full-fledged version offered for free (or so it seemed at first glance); of course, "free" likely includes just the OS, not the software subscription or other extras/maintenance options, but it was the full OS, not a demo version from what I could tell. Can't miss it on their home page, with a code you plug in at checkout time at the Lindows site which wipes out the $50 charge for the OS. Not that I'm recommending Lindows, but if you're planning on giving it a look-see, it might be better to look at the full thing as opposed to a demo. -- 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
[newbie] hauppauge pvr-250
Hi! Use somebody hauppauge pvr-250 tv card (or pvr-350) under Mandrake 9.2? If yes, please write me a mail. Thanks! Toti Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rpmbuild
All roads blanked, except, a google to a site I could not make much sense of. No I was not kidding ya. It's why I asked. me no understand? ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/contrib/i586/htmldoc-1.8.23-5mdk.i586.rpm no idea... first google entry... Cheers Anton -=-=- ... The more I see of men the more I admire dogs. -- Mme De Sevigne, 1626-1696 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] USB not functioning
Troy Thomas Hall wrote: Yes, USB is on in the bios. The board is an Asus P3V4X. I don't know if your using gnome or kde, but if from the command line you'll type "mcc" followed by the enter key it will launch an appropriate configuration tool. I'm going to assume you have root access. Go to the "hardware" section and see if the USB root devices are listed. If not your having a basic detection problem. If so, then USB was recognized. Next do like the one gentleman suggested and type "service usb status" This will tell you if the USB service is loaded or not. Of course if its not then you need to start it. "service usb start" HardDrake lists the usb controller. The 'service usb start' command just returns to the command prompt. No message or error. Doesn't seem to do anything. There are lots of other steps but to be quite honest, you should be having this problem. Linux detects USB quite well unless your using a really old distro or are having something strange going on. What particular USB device are you trying to find? I'm trying to find a UPS unit with a USB connection. Have you tried something really basic like an USB mouse? I'll help all I'll try a USB mouse. I'll have to get back to you with the results a bit later. Thanks for the idea. I can but this might take a while. As to sound, I'm having some issues with sound too. Sound is the most difficult thing to configure. Some folks get it perfectly right away. In fact the majority these days, but some of us don't. Try this experiment. Turn your speakers up as loud as they will go. When Linux is booting do you hear a clik? if so great. now stick a MUSIC cd, not an mp3 in and go to "multimedia" and choose the cd player. Read the interface screen carefully to make sure all the volumes are up as loud as they can go. HOPEFULLY you'll hear music. May not be very loud. I've not been able to get the other sounds to work yet, but I have a motherboard that has built in sound card and I have a MadDog 6.1 sound card as well. Asus doesn't do a good job of turning off the onboard sound in the bios. So I think that is giving me grief. I had the same problem in windows, as it detected 2 soundcards, and I just had to tell it to ignore one of them. Don't worry about the sound for now Troy. It works. I do see some errors but it's not a big deal for now. While XP is wonderfully simple to configure, its horrendous about blinding you from things you should/need to know. Linux is just the opposite. It makes no assumptions what-so-ever. This takes some getting used to. If you want a Linux distro that so super simplistic you seriously might try Lindows. Its gotten rave reviews. They have a CD demo version that you can download to give it a try. It might be exactly what you want. I'm learning a lot about Linux itself by using Mandrake, and would like to stick with it rather than go to Lindows, but the demo might be fun to play around with I suppose. I don't know how long you've been using windows, but if its been a while, you will remember how terrible windows 3.11 & 95 were. Each was dramatically better then the last but still nothing to take home to mom. You might think of Linux the same way. Its defintely in the "windows98" area now and will soon, I would estimate by the end of the year" be in the windows ME or possible 98SE area. BUT remember, it is a SERVER type operating system first. Its only now becoming healthy and mature enough to be a desktop system. It has only been around since 94 where windows has been around since late 80's. You don't even want to know how hideasly terrible windows 1.0 and 2.0 were. I've been around from the Windows 3.11 days, and have supported Windows in a large enterprise environment since then, up to and including Windows 2000 servers and ActiveDirectory. I'm ready for a change, to be honest, and really like what Linux has to offer. Thanks again. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] USB not functioning
SORRY for the HTML in the previous message!! Lee B. wrote: Keith wrote: On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Lee B. wrote: Trying to get my APC UPS working, but discovered that the USB isn't working! Mandrake 9.2, clean install, not an upgrade . . . Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Beautiful!
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[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, > are they supported (yet) ? > Thanks. > Happy - (Thos Kaber) > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Font rendering tips
I just made a huge improvement to the look of the fonts on my screen by making a small change to one of the XFree86 config files. This will probably help you if you ever noticed when switching from say a 9 point to a 10 point font there is no change in how the font is rendered on screen, or if one particular size looks really bad. In the file /etc/X11/Xresources, there is a section that looks like this near the end: ! Fix the Xft dpi to 96; this prevents tiny fonts ! or HUGE fonts depending on the screen size. Xft.dpi: 90 I changed the 90 to the actual dpi of my moniter, which is a 125 dpi flatpanel and my fonts look a lot nicer. You can get the actual dpi of your monitor by using The Gimp, which has a monitor calibration utility in the monitor preferences. Go to File => Preferences and choose the monitor section. You will need a ruler to do the calibration, but it is easy and could be the reason why you cannot get your fonts quite right. Yes Anne, I am putting it in the twiki. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!!
Marc, I have been following your thread, I'm no help with kernel compiling but with locking up pc yes I've dealt with that! (check below) On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 21:40, Marc Resnick wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Simon Kitching" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 8:35 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More > Info!!! > > > > > > Okay I entered rescue mode successfully. Uh...couldn't do anything. Pretty > much froze up, couldn't use the arrow keys...or any keys..to do anything. SysRq magic *- raw mode *- sync *- send terminating signal *- send kill signal *- remount all read only *- reboot/turn off * Raising Skinny Elephants Is Utterly Boring If this works it'll restart/shutoff system. If not recycle power. I know this doesn't answer your question, but this helped with an orderly restart w/o fragging up my filesystems. Terry Golightly > > __ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- I used to have a signature, but I lost it. My new one is: IIRC CRS Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] USB not functioning
Lee B. wrote: Bryan Phinney wrote: Linux is not XP. Agreed. You might also try to turn off PNP in the BIOS of the motherboard, that sometimes helps. Also, try to issue the "lsmod" command as root from the command line and see if it lists a usbcore module. If not, you might try checking the /etc/modules.conf file to see if you are loading a module for usb support. Already had PNP turned off in the bios, thanks. lsmod does not show a usb module. /etc/modules.conf has no reference to usb. I looked at the bios again and didn't see anything about APIC. My Asus board was relatively popular in its time, and isn't all that old. Bios revision is current. Thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Lee, what ASUS board are you using? I have 3 of them and have USB running easily on all 3. I will ASSUME, you have USB turned on in the bios? Troy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!!
- Original Message - From: "Simon Kitching" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! > On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 14:05, Marc Resnick wrote: > > I just tried to boot again. It said Unexpected Inconsistency. > > Run fsck manually. > > > > What's fsck, should I run it, will it destroy anything, how do > > I run it? Ah, panicking! > > Man, you're having a bad run! > > Program "fsck" is the "file system check" application. There is actually > one for each type of filesystem. For example ReiserFS comes with its > matching "fsck" application. The "fsck" app presumably fires off the > appropriate fs-specific version. > > This app is expected to know about really low-level grungy filesystem > details, and to scan a filesystem checking for problems and patching > them if it finds them. It's actually normal for this to be run at > regular intervals as a kind of "preventative maintenance" during the > bootup phase. > > You should be able to boot up using your mdk install CD, then select > "repair" or similar option and then run fsck from there. This is done so > that the filesystem isn't mounted (being used) when fsck runs, because > filesystem drivers really don't expect apps to be manipulating the raw > filesystem layout while they are ready to serve files from that > filesystem :-) > > Of course if the filesystem you need to check is not critical to your > OS's well being (eg not "/" or "/home" etc) then you can unmount it, eg: > umount /dev/hda7 > fsck /dev/hda7 > which gives me:fsck 1.34 (25-Jul-2003) > e2fsck 1.34 (25-Jul-2003) > /dev/hda7: clean, 11/799680 files, 528969/1598932 blocks > > I wouldn't expect fsck to screw up a working filesystem. The fs-specific > versions of fsck are considered a very important part of a filesystem's > development and are well-tested. This is *the* way to check/repair > filesystem problems. Of course if the filesystem is already screwed up, > fsck isn't guaranteed to be able to repair it... > > Just man fsck for more info... > > Regards, > > Simon > > > > > Okay I entered rescue mode successfully. Uh...couldn't do anything. Pretty much froze up, couldn't use the arrow keys...or any keys..to do anything. Note that this also happens whenever I'm booting the kernel and it asks if I want to force a File System Integrity Check or if I want to do an interactive startup. No keys work...it's weird. I have a laptop...I don't know if this affects whether the keys should work or not, but I do... Anyone have any suggestions? > 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] USB not functioning
Bryan Phinney wrote: Linux is not XP. Agreed. You might also try to turn off PNP in the BIOS of the motherboard, that sometimes helps. Also, try to issue the "lsmod" command as root from the command line and see if it lists a usbcore module. If not, you might try checking the /etc/modules.conf file to see if you are loading a module for usb support. Already had PNP turned off in the bios, thanks. lsmod does not show a usb module. /etc/modules.conf has no reference to usb. I looked at the bios again and didn't see anything about APIC. My Asus board was relatively popular in its time, and isn't all that old. Bios revision is current. Thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with wine
- Original Message - From: "Bryan Phinney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 19:22 Subject: Re: [newbie] Problems with wine > On Monday 23 February 2004 06:22 pm, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > > Thank you both. > > Hoyt, I never mentioned this previously because I usually like to see people > try to get the completely OS sources working first, but there are alternate > options if you need to get Windows apps to work under Linux. > > Crossover office is a good option if the apps that you want to work are > relatively mainstream. I have had definite success with some apps, such as > Internet Explorer and Quicken in the past. Usually old versions of those > apps however. Winex is also very good, it is aimed at Windows games but is > definitely more user friendly and supports Installation routines better than > regular old Wine due to the inclusion of some proprietary code. > > Both of those options will cost you. A much better source, IMO, is > http://frankscorner.org/ > > He has a lot of information about getting apps to work under Wine, is pretty > much a wizard and has an active community that might be able to help you out > with some of the more detailed configuration settings to coax recalcitrant > apps into working. I personally prefer to try to find Linux alternatives but > have messed about with Wine and some other flavors in the past just as a > learning exercise. > > If you are committed to trying to get the apps to work with Wine, you might > want to go there and take a look around, it could be that someone else has > blazed a trail already or can help you to blaze it. > > -- > Bryan Phinney > Software Test Engineer > My OT note was to thank you and deedee for explaning some things to me that I didn't know. My purpose, as a newbie (Well defined) is to get rid of windows. I cant do that untill I understand Linux better and you have helped. Regards; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!!
On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 14:05, Marc Resnick wrote: > I just tried to boot again. It said Unexpected Inconsistency. > Run fsck manually. > > What's fsck, should I run it, will it destroy anything, how do > I run it? Ah, panicking! Man, you're having a bad run! Program "fsck" is the "file system check" application. There is actually one for each type of filesystem. For example ReiserFS comes with its matching "fsck" application. The "fsck" app presumably fires off the appropriate fs-specific version. This app is expected to know about really low-level grungy filesystem details, and to scan a filesystem checking for problems and patching them if it finds them. It's actually normal for this to be run at regular intervals as a kind of "preventative maintenance" during the bootup phase. You should be able to boot up using your mdk install CD, then select "repair" or similar option and then run fsck from there. This is done so that the filesystem isn't mounted (being used) when fsck runs, because filesystem drivers really don't expect apps to be manipulating the raw filesystem layout while they are ready to serve files from that filesystem :-) Of course if the filesystem you need to check is not critical to your OS's well being (eg not "/" or "/home" etc) then you can unmount it, eg: umount /dev/hda7 fsck /dev/hda7 which gives me:fsck 1.34 (25-Jul-2003) e2fsck 1.34 (25-Jul-2003) /dev/hda7: clean, 11/799680 files, 528969/1598932 blocks I wouldn't expect fsck to screw up a working filesystem. The fs-specific versions of fsck are considered a very important part of a filesystem's development and are well-tested. This is *the* way to check/repair filesystem problems. Of course if the filesystem is already screwed up, fsck isn't guaranteed to be able to repair it... Just man fsck for more info... Regards, Simon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with wine
On Monday 23 February 2004 06:22 pm, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > Thank you both. Hoyt, I never mentioned this previously because I usually like to see people try to get the completely OS sources working first, but there are alternate options if you need to get Windows apps to work under Linux. Crossover office is a good option if the apps that you want to work are relatively mainstream. I have had definite success with some apps, such as Internet Explorer and Quicken in the past. Usually old versions of those apps however. Winex is also very good, it is aimed at Windows games but is definitely more user friendly and supports Installation routines better than regular old Wine due to the inclusion of some proprietary code. Both of those options will cost you. A much better source, IMO, is http://frankscorner.org/ He has a lot of information about getting apps to work under Wine, is pretty much a wizard and has an active community that might be able to help you out with some of the more detailed configuration settings to coax recalcitrant apps into working. I personally prefer to try to find Linux alternatives but have messed about with Wine and some other flavors in the past just as a learning exercise. If you are committed to trying to get the apps to work with Wine, you might want to go there and take a look around, it could be that someone else has blazed a trail already or can help you to blaze it. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] USB not functioning
On Monday 23 February 2004 03:54 pm, Lee B. wrote: > >These kinds of comparisons won't win you many friends in this community. > > It's the truth. In XP USB and sound just work. Linux is not XP. Linux has strengths that XP does not have. It is to be expected that XP has certain strengths that Linux does not. Hardware support has a lot to do with whether hardware manufacturers release details about their interfaces so that OS developers can build proper support. Belaboring the fact that they have not done so is not productive. Blaming the developers for the failings of hardware manufacturers is especially not productive. There are differences in the two OS's, and most of us are well aware of that fact. There is also much less freedom of choice built into XP. There are certain trade-offs to be made when you choose which one to use. If you choose to use Linux, recognize those trade-offs and learn to deal. I will be happy to try to help you if you decide to invest the effort necessary to find a solution to your problem. Point of fact. You paid at least $180+ for Windows XP if you bought it new, I think that the upgrade version costs $80, if not more. If you paid the same amount to a qualified Linux person, he/she could configure your Linux system to do everything that you want to do with it, including USB, etc. I charge people in my area $120 to completely configure the system and offer ongoing support, both remote and on-sight for one year. There are certainly others like me, probably in your area. If you don't want to invest the time, there are alternatives. Linux is "free" in the sense that you can do anything with it that you want to do, it is not "free" in the sense that it is the same as XP only having no cost. If you want ease of use and worry free installation, you can get that but you have to pay for it. > You don't have to be a > systems engineer to make it work. I would love to see Linux truly win on > the desktop. Unless and until these type of issues can be resolved that > just won't happen on a large scale. If Linux wins on the desktop, it will be because its strengths outweigh the weaknesses. That and nothing more. If the only way for Linux to win is to become another XP, then what is the point? We already have XP, we don't need to replace it with a clone just to spite Bill. > I'm sorry if this true comparisons > offend you or anyone else here, that was not my intention. Well, if your criticism was actually on target, I wouldn't have been half as offended. If you post the same comments as some wintroll, you shouldn't expect a reception any warmer than the same would get. I don't troll the windows support forums by posting messages about how Windows isn't as secure as Linux and if I did, I would obviously expect a certain type of reaction. > Apparently > it's OK to take pot shots at Windows for any reason, but pointing out a > Linux weakness in an effort to help solve the issue, and help Linux > succeed isn't appreciated. My mistake. If you have a legitimate point to make about Linux or a suggestion for improvement for Linux, please feel free to take your best shot. Saying that it is not XP, is not a valid point, it is an obvious and belabored one. Linux is not XP. It was not designed to be XP. It is not supposed to replace XP. Apples are not oranges. The world is full of differences. I embrace the diversity, perhaps you should give it a try as well. You might discover that the differences between Linux and XP are why you like it. > Do I need to reload Linux for it to recognize USB? Once you make the change by adding it to the options line, you need to run lilo again to make sure that the change has been added and then restart. > I don't see any place to turn of "apic" in the bios... Is it called > something else? Not that I have ever seen. > Adding noapic nolapic to lilo didn't help. You might also try to turn off PNP in the BIOS of the motherboard, that sometimes helps. Also, try to issue the "lsmod" command as root from the command line and see if it lists a usbcore module. If not, you might try checking the /etc/modules.conf file to see if you are loading a module for usb support. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!!
- Original Message - From: Marc Resnick To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 4:45 PM Subject: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition! Uh oh, not again. Anyway, Linux is claiming that my root partition was unmounted improperly, even though I shut down correctly. It checks for errors, finds a bunch and corrects them, then asks if I want to correct something(can result in data loss), but It's kinda frozen, and I can't choose in option. It also says run cfsk(or something similar to that, I can't remember) manually, and says that this can also result in dataloss. Here's why I think it happened: I was told yesterday by someone on this list to add something like --preload ext3 fs when I did mkinitrd for kernel 2.6.3. I did that, and it booted, but said it couldn't write to /home. I figure that it wasn't reading the partition right. Then I shut down, and went to sleep. Today, I booted with my old kernel, and this happened. I'd really like to get Linux back online, and maybe Kernel 2.6.3 also. Help please? Thanks, Marc I just tried to boot again. It said Unexpected Inconsistency. Run fsck manually. What's fsck, should I run it, will it destroy anything, how do I run it? Ah, panicking! Help please, Marc
[newbie] Fixing the printers not showing up in Firefox and Thunderbird.
Well I'm going to toot my own horn a little. Being a real NEWBIE I
found this solution on my own when even the people on the Mozilla
forums didn't have an answer. I feel pretty good about this.
There were some posts there that talked about using url
'about:config' in Firefox but that only hung my browser to where I
had to kill it because it would not close. Using Firefox .8 on
mandrake 9.2 and Thunderbird .5
Fixing the problem of not seeing your printers in Firefox and
Thunderbird is as easy as adding the following line
user_pref("print.printer_list", "XX "); // list of printers,
separated by spaces
where XX and are your printer names
to
user.js in the .phoenix/default/.sit directory
and to
perfs.js in the .thunderbird/default/.sit directory
where is a random generated name in every install
There is no need to change the printer command to kprinter --stdin
as suggested by someone else. Although that worked, you then have to
deal with two printer dialog boxes. I also did not need to install
xprt as suggested by a couple of people.
Have fun and I hope this works for others.
Steve
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Re: [newbie] Mandrake linux DEAD??
On Monday 23 February 2004 07:32 am, Dobrescu Mihai wrote: > Hi! > > Somebody looked the trademark of "Mandrake" > At the end of the article you'll find a "Mandrake > Linux" dead brand (!)... > > http://www.desktoplinux.com/cgi-bin/board/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Boa >rd=distributions&Post=310&Idle=0&Sort=0&Order=Descend&Page=0&Session= > > Can anybody expalin this??? > > Me. > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. > http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools I believe the article said Linux-Mandrake not Mandrake Linux which is the current version that our favorite distro uses. So Linux Mandrake is a dead trademark. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ML10.0rc1
Charlie Mahan wrote:
Thursday 19 February 2004 9:33 am, Lanman wrote:
On February 19, 2004 11:09 am, Charlie Mahan wrote:
That's been a "feature" since at least 9.2. Probably earlier, I can't
recall precisely when I first encountered it Maybe 9.0 or 9.1?
I thought everyone knew about it.
Regards;
Charlie
Not everyone Charlie. Sigh! But it IS pretty kewl, eh?
When I start thinking like that ("I thought everyone knew...") it reminds me
that I'm assembling, installing, upgrading, and configuring, _*way too many*_
systems again.
Hobby? Yeah.sure...if you say so.
Always for other people. One of these days, maybe, if I find the extra cash
and the time
I like what I've seen of Mandrake 10 so far. Except I'm not seeing any smoking
performance increase and I can't make a 2.6 kernel boot under any
circumstances on this old POS.
I had a problem with the 2.6 kernel not booting after I did the first
boot after the upgrade. I rebooted into the "old-linux" kernel which
came up as 9.2 and it then said that it found a mouse. I told it ok,
and viola, been using 2.6.2-3 ever since.
Troy
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Re: [newbie] ML10.0rc1
Lanman wrote: On February 19, 2004 08:54 am, di di wrote: Well Mr. Lanmanaccording to you.it might be time to be switching from my 9,2 mdk to this one you are sayingor should I wait for a more stable version? if not, would you give me the mirror for downloading??? I´ll install it on a compaq presario laptop k6-2 366mhz and 160 mb in ramwill these requirements fullfill? Saludos Fabian Wow! Mister Lanman ? Gee, I feel like I should be wearing a tie! Anybody wanna buy a bridge ? Grin! This is the page where you can find the download links. http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/100beta.php3 I can't say for sure whether or not it will work well on your system, but if you back up your files and home folders before starting an install, you can always re-install 9.2 and copy your data back - if needed. If your install goes as well as mine did, I think you'll enjoy it! You should see a difference in performance as well. Remember to set "/" for 2.5 Gb's and "/usr" for at least the same amount. "/var" can live with 1.5 Gb's, and you should make your "swap" file at least 400 Mb's. On a side note, I wanted to ask the list about something I just discovered. When I did my 10.0 RC1 install, I created a 4 Gb root partition ( "/" ), a swap and "/home" partitions as well. However, the /usr partition used up almost half of that. The next time I went to install an application, I found out that I was out of space onn the "/" partition. Having some left over space on my drive to be used as storage, I deleted the storage partition, and added a new "/usr" partition. This is where it's gets a little "sexy". As soon as I selected /usr for the mount point, diskdrake popped up a new window asking me if I wanted to transfer the data from the "/usr" directory ( still sitting on the "/" partition ), to the new "/usr" partition i was creating. It then procedded to transfer the data without a problem, updated /etc/fstab, and it was done! Is this a feature that everyone knew about? Or is this a new feature in 10.0 ? Has anyone had this happen before? This was slick! I've never heard of an "auto-transfer" before! Almost felt like Artificial Intelligence! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Dan, 9.2 did that for me when I needed to expand the partition. It was slick. Also, just as an fyi, my "update" of 10 on top of 9.2 went smooth as silk once I figured out that the "next" buttons were missing... ewww Troy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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Updated for 9.2 bookcase-0.8.4-0.1mdk.i586.rpm k3b-0.11.5-0.1cae.i586.rpm k3b-dvd-0.11.5-0.1cae.i586.rpm libk3b1-0.11.5-0.1cae.i586.rpm libk3b1-devel-0.11.5-0.1cae.i586.rpm Charles -- "His great aim was to escape from civilization, and, as soon as he had money, he went to Southern California." -- Mandrake Linux 9.2 Registered Linux user #182463 Machine: BigBoy #184142 *http://www.eslrahc.com* -- pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Re: Running 10.0rc1 2.6.3 kernel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Monday 23 February 2004 3:20 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Monday 23 February 2004 19:04, Charlie Mahan wrote: > > One final request. From me to all of you: > > > > Anyone that has installed any of the 10 betas or the RC please install > > testzilla. > > > > urpmi testzilla [Enter] > > Charlie, > I agree it's important to report bugs. I've already got a bugzilla account > so I didn't look at this before...alas this is the outcome: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] harm]# urpmi testzilla > no package named testzilla HmmmI wonder if this: urpmi testzilla-clients [Enter] would work. Sorry HarM (and everyone) if I screwed up again, as usual. )-: If that doesn't workHERE CATCH! ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/testzilla-clients-0.9-1mdk.noarch.rpm > The package "bugzilla" is there, thoughand I've got cooker set up as my > "main" as well as the 3 CD's, so where did you get testzilla?? > > Good luck, > HarM Thanks HarM. 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 16:29:25 up 2:31, 1 user, load average: 1.42, 0.52, 0.21 Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable. -- Bergan Evans -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAOo18ZqvqlrLPr5YRAszvAJ9FdKh2UKvWFrHGNUYQqOgaVtyLhwCfex/8 /Mpi1rLieV4EEGCv/o5QCFo= =3vQX -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] USB not functioning
Lee B. wrote: Bryan Phinney wrote: On Monday 23 February 2004 12:32 am, Lee B. wrote: Switching off apci didn't help. Also switch off APIC. The APIC software is an Intel invention and published specs are still being worked out by Linux developers. Since APIC controls IRQ and interrupts, it is possible that leaving APIC in place will cause you not to get the proper assignments in BIOS for USB. On my machine, that is exactly the case, apci doesn't have any effect on USB but APIC certainly does. One quick way to find out is to turn APIC off in the BIOS and reload Linux. If you suddenly start seeing new devices being found, then you can be pretty sure that you got it. Then, simply add noapic to the lilo options line. Jeez, USB and sound are no brainers in Windows XP! Not so in Linux it appears... These kinds of comparisons won't win you many friends in this community. It's the truth. In XP USB and sound just work. You don't have to be a systems engineer to make it work. I would love to see Linux truly win on the desktop. Unless and until these type of issues can be resolved that just won't happen on a large scale. I'm sorry if this true comparisons offend you or anyone else here, that was not my intention. Apparently it's OK to take pot shots at Windows for any reason, but pointing out a Linux weakness in an effort to help solve the issue, and help Linux succeed isn't appreciated. My mistake. Do I need to reload Linux for it to recognize USB? I don't see any place to turn of "apic" in the bios... Is it called something else? Adding noapic nolapic to lilo didn't help. Thanks for the help. Linux is about freedom "free as in speech" so you are welcome to express any idea you have! I do not however agree with you. If you just install XP without any additional driver, you will see that *many* things do not work (sound, network card, screen ,etc..). (Maybe there is OEM version of XP containing all the driver for your *specific* machine, I speek about a generic XP CD). Fact is that if you buy a computer, you have also an accompying CD with all the drivers but for XP only. For linux you do not receive anything so that linux itself has to make it work. Sometimes the constructor of some hardware does not even publish any specifications on its hardware and only release a Windows driver! I personnaly was astonished how Mandrake has detected automatically my sound card, network card, graphic card, etc... but maybe it is more problematic for some other hardware. Olivier Esser Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with wine
Bryan Phinney & deedee Subject: Re: [newbie] Problems with wine Thank you both. newbie; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cpuinfo
On Monday 23 Feb 2004 15:37, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Monday 23 February 2004 06:44 am, Poogle wrote: > > Does cpuinfo show the actual cpu MHz that the cpu is running > > at or does it only show what it is rated at ? > > What it's actually running at. My 3000+ is rated at 13x166, > 2166Mhz. I run it at 13x173, 2250 MhzEG, > > model name : AMD Athlon(TM) XP 3000+ > stepping: 0 > cpu MHz : 2250.146 > Thanks to all for the explanations, I now understand the subject a lot better. As with most things the biggest problem is knowing whether there is a problem. In this case as I didn't know whether cpuinfo reported an actual value or the processor's specification I didn't know whether I had a problem. -- http://www.poogle.co.uk Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] USB not functioning
Lee B. wrote: Bryan Phinney wrote: On Monday 23 February 2004 12:32 am, Lee B. wrote: Switching off apci didn't help. Also switch off APIC. The APIC software is an Intel invention and published specs are still being worked out by Linux developers. Since APIC controls IRQ and interrupts, it is possible that leaving APIC in place will cause you not to get the proper assignments in BIOS for USB. On my machine, that is exactly the case, apci doesn't have any effect on USB but APIC certainly does. One quick way to find out is to turn APIC off in the BIOS and reload Linux. If you suddenly start seeing new devices being found, then you can be pretty sure that you got it. Then, simply add noapic to the lilo options line. Jeez, USB and sound are no brainers in Windows XP! Not so in Linux it appears... These kinds of comparisons won't win you many friends in this community. It's the truth. In XP USB and sound just work. You don't have to be a systems engineer to make it work. I would love to see Linux truly win on the desktop. Unless and until these type of issues can be resolved that just won't happen on a large scale. I'm sorry if this true comparisons offend you or anyone else here, that was not my intention. Apparently it's OK to take pot shots at Windows for any reason, but pointing out a Linux weakness in an effort to help solve the issue, and help Linux succeed isn't appreciated. My mistake. Do I need to reload Linux for it to recognize USB? I don't see any place to turn of "apic" in the bios... Is it called something else? Adding noapic nolapic to lilo didn't help. Thanks for the help. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Bryan, The three thing I have in LILO conf are acpi=off noapic nolapic to turn all of them off. In you bios it is the power management settings. turn them all off. I had problems with my pc locking up and this fixed it. I don't know if it will help your problem. Steve Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printing Problems HP 5L - Open Office Calc
Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 23 Feb 2004 20:52, Weiers Coetser wrote: Hi, I am as newbie as can be. I set up a sizeable spreadsheet with Open Office and neglected to toggle "print selected sheet only" option. Ended up printing 8 copies of the whole spreadsheet (11 sheets) = approximately 90 pages. I tried everything to try to stop the printjob. But it was not registered in the Print Manager. Swithched the computer off. Swithced the printer off. Rebooted into Win XP. The moment I returned to Linux the printer started printing. Questions: 1. How do I stop a printjob if I am not happy with it. 2. How do I set OpenOffice to only print the selected sheet by default, in stead of the whole document? Thanks. (I hope I did not hi-jack any threads. I did do a search of the archives, but did not find something that seems to answer this particular questions) There are lots of ways to manage print jobs. Assuming you are using KDE and CUPS :- In konqueror press the 'services' button in the tool bar dividing the pane. The left pane will then show 'Print System Browser' You can stop jobs in there. Derek, I don't understand this at all. I don't see a button dividing any pane. Help Or Right click on your 'Quick start' bar select Panel Menu>Add>Special Button>Print System Got this... Or in any browser http://localhost:631 This works too derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Weires. if you go to start applications/configuration/printing/CUPS www admin then you can 'Manage Jobs' or 'Manage Printers' from there. Dereks ways are quicker but I had a similiar problem yesterday and found this other way. Steve Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Running 10.0rc1 2.6.3 kernel
On Monday 23 February 2004 19:04, Charlie Mahan wrote: > One final request. From me to all of you: > > Anyone that has installed any of the 10 betas or the RC please install > testzilla. > > urpmi testzilla [Enter] Charlie, I agree it's important to report bugs. I've already got a bugzilla account so I didn't look at this before...alas this is the outcome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] harm]# urpmi testzilla no package named testzilla The package "bugzilla" is there, thoughand I've got cooker set up as my "main" as well as the 3 CD's, so where did you get testzilla?? 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
Re: [newbie] USB not functioning
On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 09:54, Lee B. wrote: > > > >>Jeez, USB and sound are no brainers in Windows XP! Not so in Linux it > >>appears... > >> > >> > > > >These kinds of comparisons won't win you many friends in this community. > > > > > > It's the truth. In XP USB and sound just work. You don't have to be a > systems engineer to make it work. I would love to see Linux truly win on > the desktop. Unless and until these type of issues can be resolved that > just won't happen on a large scale. I'm sorry if this true comparisons > offend you or anyone else here, that was not my intention. Apparently > it's OK to take pot shots at Windows for any reason, but pointing out a > Linux weakness in an effort to help solve the issue, and help Linux > succeed isn't appreciated. My mistake. For the vast majority of people, USB does "just work" with Linux. You're experiencing a quirk due to your hardware or the way you've set up your system. Sometimes Windows has problems too. I reinstalled Win2000 on my Dell Inspiron laptop a while ago, and the base install has some major problems. The reason that people have so few problems with Windows is that it is preinstalled on the machine by the manufacturer, who performs tweaks equivalent to "disabling APIC" to work around problems with their systems. And of course they don't ever ship a system that they can't get Windows working on. One day manufacturers will have to treat Linux compatibility the same way :-) Yes, Linux does have weaknesses. It's fair to say that it is still less friendly to newcomers than Windows. However saying you were "pointing out a Linux weakness in an effort to help solve the issue" isn't true. You were frustrated which is understandable (we all get that way with computers sometimes :-). But it wasn't a constructive comment. Once you have solved the problem, sending the details of the problem + your hardware details, etc. to the USB developers *would* be constructive. Regards, Simon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!
Uh oh, not again. Anyway, Linux is claiming that my root partition was unmounted improperly, even though I shut down correctly. It checks for errors, finds a bunch and corrects them, then asks if I want to correct something(can result in data loss), but It's kinda frozen, and I can't choose in option. It also says run cfsk(or something similar to that, I can't remember) manually, and says that this can also result in dataloss. Here's why I think it happened: I was told yesterday by someone on this list to add something like --preload ext3 fs when I did mkinitrd for kernel 2.6.3. I did that, and it booted, but said it couldn't write to /home. I figure that it wasn't reading the partition right. Then I shut down, and went to sleep. Today, I booted with my old kernel, and this happened. I'd really like to get Linux back online, and maybe Kernel 2.6.3 also. Help please? Thanks, Marc
Re[2]: [newbie] Printing Problems HP 5L - Open Office Calc
well there is a problem from me to! I get stuck when sending to printer large fails... but when I hold and then start this job everything goes on. any ideas why!? I'm using CUPS an HP 6P printer force, my friend, is violence! hugenots [EMAIL PROTECTED] DJ> On Monday 23 Feb 2004 20:52, Weiers Coetser wrote: >> Hi, I am as newbie as can be. >> >> I set up a sizeable spreadsheet with Open Office and neglected to toggle >> "print selected sheet only" option. >> >> Ended up printing 8 copies of the whole spreadsheet (11 sheets) = >> approximately 90 pages. >> >> I tried everything to try to stop the printjob. >> But it was not registered in the Print Manager. >> Swithched the computer off. Swithced the printer off. Rebooted into Win XP. >> The moment I returned to Linux the printer started printing. >> >> Questions: >> 1. How do I stop a printjob if I am not happy with it. >> 2. How do I set OpenOffice to only print the selected sheet by default, in >> stead of the whole document? >> >> Thanks. >> (I hope I did not hi-jack any threads. I did do a search of the archives, >> but did not find something that seems to answer this particular questions) DJ> There are lots of ways to manage print jobs. DJ> Assuming you are using KDE and CUPS :- DJ> In konqueror press the 'services' button in the tool bar dividing the pane. DJ> The left pane will then show 'Print System Browser' You can stop jobs in DJ> there. DJ> Or Right click on your 'Quick start' bar select Panel Menu>>Add>Special Button>Print System DJ> Or in any browser DJ> http://localhost:631 DJ> derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printing Problems HP 5L - Open Office Calc
On Monday 23 Feb 2004 20:52, Weiers Coetser wrote: > Hi, I am as newbie as can be. > > I set up a sizeable spreadsheet with Open Office and neglected to toggle > "print selected sheet only" option. > > Ended up printing 8 copies of the whole spreadsheet (11 sheets) = > approximately 90 pages. > > I tried everything to try to stop the printjob. > But it was not registered in the Print Manager. > Swithched the computer off. Swithced the printer off. Rebooted into Win XP. > The moment I returned to Linux the printer started printing. > > Questions: > 1. How do I stop a printjob if I am not happy with it. > 2. How do I set OpenOffice to only print the selected sheet by default, in > stead of the whole document? > > Thanks. > (I hope I did not hi-jack any threads. I did do a search of the archives, > but did not find something that seems to answer this particular questions) There are lots of ways to manage print jobs. Assuming you are using KDE and CUPS :- In konqueror press the 'services' button in the tool bar dividing the pane. The left pane will then show 'Print System Browser' You can stop jobs in there. Or Right click on your 'Quick start' bar select Panel Menu>Add>Special Button>Print System Or in any browser http://localhost:631 derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] USB not functioning
Bryan Phinney wrote: On Monday 23 February 2004 12:32 am, Lee B. wrote: Switching off apci didn't help. Also switch off APIC. The APIC software is an Intel invention and published specs are still being worked out by Linux developers. Since APIC controls IRQ and interrupts, it is possible that leaving APIC in place will cause you not to get the proper assignments in BIOS for USB. On my machine, that is exactly the case, apci doesn't have any effect on USB but APIC certainly does. One quick way to find out is to turn APIC off in the BIOS and reload Linux. If you suddenly start seeing new devices being found, then you can be pretty sure that you got it. Then, simply add noapic to the lilo options line. Jeez, USB and sound are no brainers in Windows XP! Not so in Linux it appears... These kinds of comparisons won't win you many friends in this community. It's the truth. In XP USB and sound just work. You don't have to be a systems engineer to make it work. I would love to see Linux truly win on the desktop. Unless and until these type of issues can be resolved that just won't happen on a large scale. I'm sorry if this true comparisons offend you or anyone else here, that was not my intention. Apparently it's OK to take pot shots at Windows for any reason, but pointing out a Linux weakness in an effort to help solve the issue, and help Linux succeed isn't appreciated. My mistake. Do I need to reload Linux for it to recognize USB? I don't see any place to turn of "apic" in the bios... Is it called something else? Adding noapic nolapic to lilo didn't help. Thanks for the help. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Printing Problems HP 5L - Open Office Calc
Hi, I am as newbie as can be. I set up a sizeable spreadsheet with Open Office and neglected to toggle "print selected sheet only" option. Ended up printing 8 copies of the whole spreadsheet (11 sheets) = approximately 90 pages. I tried everything to try to stop the printjob. But it was not registered in the Print Manager. Swithched the computer off. Swithced the printer off. Rebooted into Win XP. The moment I returned to Linux the printer started printing. Questions: 1. How do I stop a printjob if I am not happy with it. 2. How do I set OpenOffice to only print the selected sheet by default, in stead of the whole document? Thanks. (I hope I did not hi-jack any threads. I did do a search of the archives, but did not find something that seems to answer this particular questions) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] bmp to jpg?
Len Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 23:03:10 -0500 >Lee Wiggers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 17:17:52 -0800 >> Aron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > On Sunday 22 February 2004 11:48 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: >> > > Happy Sunday >> > > >> > > Anyone know an easy (?) way to convert a batch of .bmp's to >> > > .jpg's? >> > > >> > > I have to do the same 20 pages of schematics every weekend for >> > > the next forever. >> > > >> > > Resolution isn't much of an issue but the bmps are 300 dpi. >> > Gimp >> > > >> > > Lee >> > >> > >> > >> mogrify command looks like it should work, but doesn't with my >> .bmp's. Give the following error: >> >> mogrify: Length and filesize do not match >> (9_3L4_UL_DM_PX_TriStarHydraulicControl.bmp). >> >> >> When I open one in gimp it gives me the .tif save option, but not >> the .jpg. I can save as a .tif then mogrify the tif to a .jpg fine, >> but that's more of a pain than leaving them as .bmp's. >> >> I appreciate the help. No doubt the problem is the brain dead >> program that made the .bmps in the first place. There aren't any >> options on "Export to .bmp" or they probably would have had an >> export to .jpg or .ps in the first place. >> >> Customers will just have to chew on the big files. >> >> Thanks for the help. >> >> Lee >How about that - non standard BMP files. I tried mogrify on one of the small >BMPs which comes with OpenOffice.org; no problem. > >-- >Len Lawrence > I use the small script attached to do a similar task. Put it in /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin then using a terminal change to the directory containing the bmp files and type convert1. The script uses convert from ImageMagick, so you should have ImageMagick installed. You could also modify the script to adapt other features of the jpg format. I hope it helps. Ciao cctsim __ Introducing the New Netscape Internet Service. Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. #!/bin/sh # Convert a direcotry of bmp 2 jpg for image in *.bmp do convert $image "$(echo $image | sed 's/bmp//g')jpg" done Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with wine
On Monday 23 February 2004 12:21 pm, deedee wrote: > In an earlier paragraph of the same post, I note the following: > >> If your computing life has been primarily with ms win and ms dos, then > >> you should know it is a completely different way of doing things. > > The experts I know who have all along been using several OSes don't > have the same problems as those who have learned about computers > and whose experiences are primarily with ms win. It is the ms win-only > people who will find Linux a completely different world. Other people > know that every system is its own world. Yes, I suspect that I was aware of what you meant but wanted to throw my .02p/c in about "experts." I have met Win "experts" with MSC*'s out the yahoo that I wouldn't credit with being able to troubleshoot a problem properly, much less figure out a solution. Then again, I have met some power-users that were far better/more knowledgable at figuring out solutions to problems than some experts I know. The devil is always in the details. > I was debating with myself whether to refer to them as advanced > users or experts, but power users works just as well, and I have no > problem with that terminology. I just want to make clear that I'm > talking about a particular group of experts which I defined, albeit > inadequately, in an earlier paragraph of the post you refer to. I am just being a curmudgeon of late. "Hey, you kids, get out of my yard." ;-} > > The expert, OTOH, even in Windows, fully expected to devote the time > >to figuring out how to adjust the system. The end goal is not to have a > >customized system but the knowledge gained from learning how to adjust. > > I'm not sure that I agree with this as a generality. You are speaking as > a support person. I am a user. I've used many systems over a period of > 30 years -- dedicated systems, mainframes, miniframes, as well as > several systems on PCs. That is the problem with generalities, in general. There are always exceptions. I would still probably stand by my classification in general, noting inevitable exceptions. Power-users want to alter a system with the end-goal of making that system fit their own desires and notions of how to get things done, customize, personalize, improve their personal performance. Experts tinker with the system out of a desire for knowledge/to seek improvement of the system itself. I say that because experts on anything are almost never one-trick ponies. I deal in multiple operating systems as a matter of course. As do a lot of software developers, administrators, etc. I must alter my workflow to match the OS in some way shape or form. Thus, getting a directory is "ls" in Linux, "dir" in Windows, etc. I can create aliases to shape the command structure anyway that I like but since I am constantly moving from box to box, depending on that puts me at a disadvantage. I must alter my knowledge to suit the system ultimately. Developers, Administrators, hackers, all would generally fit that same bill. A power-user, OTOH, learns very deep skills at a specific function or set of functions and stays using the same system for long enough that customization is not only possible but preferable for them. So, just because I say power-user doesn't mean that I am disparaging the skills they possess, but that I define experts as those that have to generalize somewhat, if only to keep up with the march of technology. Power-users, in my mind, are like eye surgeons who use lasers. They need to alter the use of tools/tools themselves to insure that the surgery is performed in the best, most efficient way possible. The expert would be the engineer who builds the laser. By definition, he needs to learn more general things about lasers because he will be building the next generation and can't necessarily depend on how the other ones work as he moves forward. > I always go in expecting a basic system to be able to do certain > things and that the problem I face is learning how that system > does them so I can customize the system to do what I need. I recognize > that this will require effort on my part and some portion of time on a > learning curve. > > My goal is to customize the system to work for me. I have no interest > in computers as such or in systems as such. For me, they are strictly > tools or appliances, if you will. I'm just trying to get the appliance > to work as productively as I can. Which would fit my definition of a power-user. Again, not saying anything about the depth of skills, just the direction to which those skills are put. > > The > >newbie just wants to color, the power-user wants to put the exact right > > color in the spaces, the expert was probably always the type of person > > who was not content to color within the lines at all. I think that that > > type of mentality is rewarded much more in Linux than in Windows. > > I think getting the exact right color in the spaces
RE: [newbie] Installing 9.2 with the latest and greatest (stable)
I have a proxy server here at work, and can never get a LM install to do an automatic update, have to do it all after the install. I've also tried it at home via broadband, it says checking for updates and immediately goes on to the next step. Is there any way of telling the install program to use a proxy ? And why would it say its checking and then do nothing ? ken -Original Message- From: Greg Meyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 February 2004 2:54:am To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 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
Re: [newbie] Re: Running 10.0rc1 2.6.3 kernel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Monday 23 February 2004 10:21 am, Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote: > Thinker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > OK.. I now have what appears to be a fairly stable Mandrake > > 10.0rc1 running on my machine with the 2.6.3 kernel in place. > > Where do I need to go for updates to this as they come out? > > What servers do I need to point mcc to for updating or how do > > I need to use uprmi to make sure that this stays good and, > > um.. up to date? > > For application updates: > > 1. Open 'konsole'. > 2. Type 'su' (and your password). > 3. Type 'urpmi.removemedia -a'. > 4. Go to "http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php"; and follow >the instructions there (choose 'cooker'). Copy and paste the >three lines you get into 'konsole' (and press 'Enter' so that >the last line is executed too). > 5. Type 'urpmi.update -a'. Wait! :) Not to be picky but since he just added the media the freshest hdlist.cz is already there. This step can be skipped _only_ when you just added a software source. > 6. Type 'urpmi --auto-select' and follow the instructions. > > Each time you want to update the applications, follow step > 1, 2, 5 and 6 above. You might want to add '--auto' in step > 6 to avoid answering any questions. > > Note: 'cooker' is unstable. Sometimes the updates may break some > applications. Just wait a day, and then do another update. Or even more often. Cooker may be "unstable," but it's still a moving target even when "frozen" leading up to a new release. Twice a day may not be too often. > For just kernel updates, follow steps 1, 2 and 5, and type > 'urpmi kernel'. Then select the kernel you want. > > When 10.0 is relased (and you want a stable distro), install that, > and execute step 1 to 6 again, now choosing '10.0' as the version > in step 4. Any future updates using 'urpmi' should then only fix > things, not break them! ;) Shortly after a release under the old system that was true. Now that the "Community Release" is the first cooker will still be the source, since the de-bugging will continue there until the "Official Release" happens. I'm going back to my old pattern of staying with cooker throughout. I stayed on Five Stars WAY too long and it's caused me grief that might have been avoided had I stayed current running cooker. Even when I finally assemble my new system it will start as a cooker box and forever be a cooker box. One final request. From me to all of you: Anyone that has installed any of the 10 betas or the RC please install testzilla. urpmi testzilla [Enter] Then go to: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/ and register for a bugzilla account. When you've done that, open a terminal and as super user type testzilla_add_system [Enter] You'll be asked for your account password. This will help the developers by building a better hardware compatibility data-base. Please participate? Thanks in advance. 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 10:49:06 up 21:54, 1 user, load average: 0.30, 0.19, 0.42 QOTD: "Even the Statue of Liberty shaves her pits." -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAOkCqZqvqlrLPr5YRAsStAJ4to8CK5Ry/w4C3RO1NISLcL0p+1wCfTz/X PebMILPJnmxzuaQD5KbLYBk= =NCRz -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: 3Com Gigabit Ethernet 3C940 supported? (fwd)
>> -Original Message- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Yvan >> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 8:45 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [newbie] 3Com Gigabit Ethernet 3C940 supported? >> >> Okay, >> >> looking at the Mandrake Database of supported hardware I know it's not >> supported. It's even not mentioned there. >> >> I have a ASUS P4P800 Motherboard with a built-in Gigabit Ethernet >> Adapter >> Model and Chipset 3Com 3c940. >> >> Autodetection doesn't work and even selecting it manually doesn't work, >> because it's not in the list and all other available 3Com models won't >> work. >> >> Does anyone by any chance know how to let this Ethernet Adapter work >> under >> Mandrake? > >> (I have 9.0 installed, but in the Mandrake Database 3C940 is not even >> mentioned for Mandrake 9.2, so upgrading wouldn't help I'm afraid. >> >> I don't need 1GB speed by the way (10 Mbps is enough my cablemodem >> provider >> offers me a download rate of 2 Mbps). >> On 16.02.2004, you wrote: > Hello, > > *** Begin of forwarded message *** > > Date: 16.02.2004 05:47 > From: Josh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [newbie] 3Com Gigabit Ethernet 3C940 supported? > > --- Forwarded message follows --- > > > > Like someone else stated, the sk98lin driver works fine with that > motherboard. I use it with 9.2 and it works perfectly. Also, some > other people suggested using the 3c2000 drivers. While they work, when > I last used them with Mandrake 9.1, they didn't work very well. Certain > sites couldn't be resolved (google!) and there were some other issues > that were more than annoying. Don't know if those issues have been > fixed since then though. > So if you want to upgrade, 9.2 works fine, just choose the > syskonnect/sk98lin drivers. Or you can patch/recompile your kernel with > the proper patch from syskonnect.com. > > Josh > Hi Josh, I tried the 3c2000 driver with the same results as you. Some site cannot be viewed with any browser. Name lookup works, pinging the no working sites is okay. Other sites works perfectly. I also looked which drivers my Mandrake 9.0 offers me and the sk98lin is in the list. I choosed sk98lin but I got the answer that it could not be loaded and if I want to specify some parameters. I tried that like 10Mbit, half duplex but it didn't help. Did you have to specify parameters when choosing sk98lin? And if yes which one? Regards Yvan -- GMX ProMail (250 MB Mailbox, 50 FreeSMS, Virenschutz, 2,99 EUR/Monat...) jetzt 3 Monate GRATIS + 3x DER SPIEGEL +++ http://www.gmx.net/derspiegel +++ 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, are they supported (yet) ? Thanks. Happy - (Thos Kaber) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: Running 10.0rc1 2.6.3 kernel
Thinker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > OK.. I now have what appears to be a fairly stable Mandrake > 10.0rc1 running on my machine with the 2.6.3 kernel in place. > Where do I need to go for updates to this as they come out? > What servers do I need to point mcc to for updating or how do > I need to use uprmi to make sure that this stays good and, > um.. up to date? For application updates: 1. Open 'konsole'. 2. Type 'su' (and your password). 3. Type 'urpmi.removemedia -a'. 4. Go to "http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php"; and follow the instructions there (choose 'cooker'). Copy and paste the three lines you get into 'konsole' (and press 'Enter' so that the last line is executed too). 5. Type 'urpmi.update -a'. Wait! :) 6. Type 'urpmi --auto-select' and follow the instructions. Each time you want to update the applications, follow step 1, 2, 5 and 6 above. You might want to add '--auto' in step 6 to avoid answering any questions. Note: 'cooker' is unstable. Sometimes the updates may break some applications. Just wait a day, and then do another update. For just kernel updates, follow steps 1, 2 and 5, and type 'urpmi kernel'. Then select the kernel you want. When 10.0 is relased (and you want a stable distro), install that, and execute step 1 to 6 again, now choosing '10.0' as the version in step 4. Any future updates using 'urpmi' should then only fix things, not break them! ;) -- Karl Ove Hufthammer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with wine
On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 07:30:20, Bryan Phinney wrote: >On Sunday 22 February 2004 03:48 pm, deedee wrote: > >> While I mentioned in an earlier post that I know rank newbies who have >> had no problems at all with Linux, I do not know a single person who is >> expert in ms win who has been able to install and use Linux without a >> lot of problems. Not one. My own problems were due to thinking I knew >> something about Linux based on my ms win experiences and knowledge. > >Actually, I started out in IT as a Windows/OS2/Macintosh support person. >While I have always had exposure to alternate operating systems, I would have >considered and probably still consider myself something of an expert in MS >Win, even now. In an earlier paragraph of the same post, I note the following: >> If your computing life has been primarily with ms win and ms dos, then >> you should know it is a completely different way of doing things. The experts I know who have all along been using several OSes don't have the same problems as those who have learned about computers and whose experiences are primarily with ms win. It is the ms win-only people who will find Linux a completely different world. Other people know that every system is its own world. I was debating with myself whether to refer to them as advanced users or experts, but power users works just as well, and I have no problem with that terminology. I just want to make clear that I'm talking about a particular group of experts which I defined, albeit inadequately, in an earlier paragraph of the post you refer to. > I also have a certification with HP-UX Unix, and have been >using Linux for 3-4+ years. I wouldn't say that MS Win "experts" would have >problems with Linux but would say that MS Win power-users would have >inordinate problems with Linux. Their expectations are higher. A newbie is >happy to just get things working, while a power-user not only wants to get >things working but has expectations about how things will work. The newbie >expects to adjust to the system, the power user wants to adjust the system to >them. I would agree with all of this. > The expert, OTOH, even in Windows, fully expected to devote the time >to figuring out how to adjust the system. The end goal is not to have a >customized system but the knowledge gained from learning how to adjust. I'm not sure that I agree with this as a generality. You are speaking as a support person. I am a user. I've used many systems over a period of 30 years -- dedicated systems, mainframes, miniframes, as well as several systems on PCs. I always go in expecting a basic system to be able to do certain things and that the problem I face is learning how that system does them so I can customize the system to do what I need. I recognize that this will require effort on my part and some portion of time on a learning curve. My goal is to customize the system to work for me. I have no interest in computers as such or in systems as such. For me, they are strictly tools or appliances, if you will. I'm just trying to get the appliance to work as productively as I can. > The >newbie just wants to color, the power-user wants to put the exact right color >in the spaces, the expert was probably always the type of person who was not >content to color within the lines at all. I think that that type of >mentality is rewarded much more in Linux than in Windows. I think getting the exact right color in the spaces is also rewarded much more in Linux than in ms win. From my very first experiences with ms win, I noted that the choices provided in ms win systems were more cosmetic than real, because my choices were not available. >> Do whatever you have to do to make things work for you. It's your >> computer and your software. You don't have to apologize for what you >> want to do with it (I'm making the assumption, of course, that what >> you're doing is legal, moral and ethical, which is true for most >> people). OTOH, no one else has to apologize for what they want to do >> with their computers either. With Linux, it's a free world. > >The only caveat that I would add here is that in my experience, necessity is >the mother of invention. Just as the saying goes, "A man can not serve two >masters" either you do the bulk of your work in Linux and toy with the other >OS, or you do the bulk of your work in the other OS and toy with Linux. >Converting requires an active effort to figure out how to do what you need to >do in Linux, otherwise, you will find yourself spending more time with the >other OS and less with Linux. I agree with this. deedee -- Registered Linux User #327485 Visit "WordStar & GNU/Linux" http://www.wordstar2.com Also, see the WordStar Users Group http://www.wordstar2.com/cbabbage/wordstar Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/ht
[newbie] My mouse is gone!
Hello, This morning I tested I USB small mouse and when I can home to use my notebook with my normal intgreded glide pad it was gone. When I started MDK it asked me to reinstall my old mousepad and when I get to the desktop... no mouse. I used the cd to update my system, the mouse is working during the upgrade but then when I log in NO MOUSE. How can I resolve that quickly? Thank you Christophe ps: is it possible that linux keapes 2 mouses setup in memory? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DrakeConf is uninstalled
Brandon Rife wrote: I absently mindedly uninstalled drakconf, at least that's what I think its called. It's the Mandrake app that corresponds to the "Configuration/Configure your computer" menuitem. At this point I'm still very dependent of the GUI to get things done in Linux, especially configuration related stuff. If some kind soul would give or point me to instructions ofn gettting this app back via the console I'd much appreciate it. I'm running MDK 9.2. Thanks! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Nevermind! "urpmi drakconf" fixed me up. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] CAN'T INSTALL FLASH PLAYER FOR MOZILLA ON PPC
I have 9.1 running my G4 and i tried to install the macromedia flash player for Mozilla; i'm pretty sure i installed it correctly because i got an error saying something along the lines of an imcompatiblitly with my "system architecture." Is there any solution to this? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Running 10.0rc1 2.6.3 kernel
OK.. I now have what appears to be a fairly stable Mandrake 10.0rc1 running on my machine with the 2.6.3 kernel in place. Where do I need to go for updates to this as they come out? What servers do I need to point mcc to for updating or how do I need to use uprmi to make sure that this stays good and, um.. up to date? Thanks, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with firefox script???
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Monday 23 February 2004 10:16 am, Christophe Rhein wrote: > Hello, > I have still the same problem I can not save a file in the folders other > then my home folder. > How can I get rid of this limitation? > Bye > Christophe > Open Firefox. Click the Tools button, select the Downloads section, select the radio button that says something like "Ask me where...", click OK. Close Firefox, open it again and go to a site that has something you want to download. Click the link and a dialogue should open that will allow you to browse through your home directories. Select the location you want to save the file, click save (or whatever it is) and that's where the file will be when you're done. If you're asking for a location other than inside your /home directory it will have to be a directory or partition you own. Permissions, remember? Others have explained that to you Christophe. Also, some of the questions you've been asking are a bit generic and sparse of information. Next time tell the list _exactly_ what you tried, what the result was, and the expected result you thought would occur. Then answer follow up questions as completely as you can so that you *can* be helped. Remember always; everyone that is answering your questions, or trying to, is a volunteer. Without respect to the "namesake" of this distribution I don't recall any of us ever saying we are mind readers. You have to explain the problem to get help to avoid the problem. I'm not really picking on you, this diatribe is directed at anyone reading this that has asked questions without enough information, then avoided answering our follow up questions. 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 08:53:53 up 19:58, 1 user, load average: 0.71, 0.64, 0.77 Will it improve my CASH FLOW? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAOiUyZqvqlrLPr5YRAsfCAJwK8rBULkSwbEQu6yCb0bpUASycBwCgkbLY lVXVgR/DeafLqTVey3Oc9QI= =PsRL -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cpuinfo
On Monday 23 February 2004 06:44 am, Poogle wrote: > Does cpuinfo show the actual cpu MHz that the cpu is running > at or does it only show what it is rated at ? What it's actually running at. My 3000+ is rated at 13x166, 2166Mhz. I run it at 13x173, 2250 MhzEG, model name : AMD Athlon(TM) XP 3000+ stepping: 0 cpu MHz : 2250.146 > I ask because having installed an AMD 2400xp (2000MHz) FSB > 266, I am unsure if I installed it correctly, the (Jetway) > website has a table of cpu ratio jumper settings for a range of > processors, for this one it says 15x alongside a FSB of 133 but > the max range of jumper settings in the manual and on the > website only goes to 12.5x. I know next to nothing about the > subject so am unsure whether to go for 12.5x or is it simply a > matter of :- 15 x 133 = 1995 so with a 266FSB should it be > 2000/266 = 7.5 ? To further confuse me the Bios has 2 settings > for frequency settings 100 or 133MHz. > model name : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ > stepping: 1 > cpu MHz : 2008.623 2008/133 = 15 Better boards have a jumper to set FSB, then bios tweaks to modify that in 1 or 2 MHz increments (o'clocking capable boards). 266 FSB is mostly a marketing gimick. The actual FSB frequency is 133. DDR uses the rising and falling parts of the sine wav signal to 'double' the bus. It doesn't. It gives about a 5 to 7% increase in performance over non-DDR. Your multiplier and FSB settings in bios is correct for your cpu. Many boards that don't have high multipliers, further multiply lower settings. EG, your board probly uses a 5 setting, multiplied by 3, or a 7.5 multiplied by 2. BTW, Jetway is one of the dozen or so brand names PC Chips boards are sold under. PC Chips often makes the same model board, but uses different chips and bioses on them. So whatever manual you find for that board, might not match it exactly. http://www.stud.fernuni-hagen.de/q3998142/pcchips/ -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Proud to be an American Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing Firefox 0.8 as main
On 02/23/2004 07:09 AM, anton wrote: I'm not sure if this is possible. Mozilla and mozilla-mail are closely intertwined. They are the same program, actually, with different interface options. You can try running the command, 'export BROWSER=konqueror'and see if that makes a difference. Nope, Another place to check is gnome-control-center. Be careful to edit the default browser there, it is not very protected or friendly. 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] access denied - Tip
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Monday 23 February 2004 10:32 am, Christophe Rhein wrote: > I don't get it! > How can I drag and drop files to a folder when I'm user? > For the moment all I can do is write in my home directory. > When I open KDE config panel as root there is no way to move files around. > I think I missed something! > Christophe > ps: what is gksu and kdesu?? You've had good advice on how to move, view, and otherwise manipulate files or directories (what Windows users call "folders") that your user identity would normally be unable to manage. Anything "__su" is an extension that will give your user temporary "Super User" permissions, but only if you know the correct Root password when it's requested by the system. See below for a "second opinion." > > Just as a tip to include: the gksu package allows you to run apps as > > root with a little gui to type in your password like kdesu but it's not > > a kde app. For those who don't use KDE there is a non-kde replacement > > > > :) to install just urpmi gksu. Then you can go to "Run Command" (or > > > > like in icewm, use the command input on the taskbar) and just put > > gksu . I just found it myself a few days ago. Before > > that I was using kdesu but it would take forever to come up. Hope > > that's helpful to someone! > > > > Jer. Christophe; If you want to be able to open directories that you don't "own" as a system user follow Anne's excellent advice for starting from a terminal. That method has the advantage of displaying errors and warnings when you do something not understood by the application you want to use. Or try this if you don't feel comfortable at the command line interface (in a terminal): Hold down the Alt button, strike the F2 key. In the Run dialogue that opens type: kdesu -flags [Enter] or, gksu -flags [Enter] In both cases you'll need to provide the Root password when the dialogues is displayed. For the -flags open a terminal and type kdesu --help or gksu --help [Enter] An example of the run command I use as the execute command in the "Super User File Manager" icon/link that I've been adding to users' desktops since that function disappeared from Mandrake 9.2: kdesu -nc konqueror Take anything I may say about gksu with a bucket of salt. I never use it, haven't installed it on this system, and am unlikely to have time this week to explore the intricacies. It probably works in a very similar way to kdesu. Since you're using KDE as your desktop (I think that's what you said) stick with kdesu for now. I know that works, unless you've cranked the security level so high there are permissions problems. 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 07:56:29 up 19:01, 1 user, load average: 0.17, 0.39, 0.26 Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy. -- Robert Heinlein -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAOhrdZqvqlrLPr5YRAv2YAKClu4yAuMZbvgLn5G/H7x0hlls2AQCfbgwP FrNfH2c4AsSF90elWav1xhs= =wPZP -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] access denied - Tip
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 23 February 2004 14:47, robin wrote: > > What would be really nice would be for konqueror to open a root > password dialogue when you try to do something like that. > IOW - just like it used to in File Manager Super User Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAOhl2kFAvMr/nNX8RAjMKAJ9LYjRk00dFOB8nU3Vm9WGVTwHd5wCeITD1 2125GTkD4sgMDX3QAsHexJg= =PU4U -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cpuinfo
On Monday 23 February 2004 07:44 am, Poogle wrote: > Does cpuinfo show the actual cpu MHz that the cpu is running at or does it > only show what it is rated at ? > > I ask because having installed an AMD 2400xp (2000MHz) FSB 266, I am > unsure if I installed it correctly, the (Jetway) website has a table of cpu > ratio jumper settings for a range of processors, for this one it says 15x > alongside a FSB of 133 but the max range of jumper settings in the manual > and on the website only goes to 12.5x. I know next to nothing about the > subject so am unsure whether to go for 12.5x or is it simply a matter of :- > 15 x 133 = 1995 so with a 266FSB should it be 2000/266 = 7.5 ? > To further confuse me the Bios has 2 settings for frequency settings 100 or > 133MHz. > > Output of cpuinfo :- > processor : 0 > vendor_id : AuthenticAMD > cpu family : 6 > model : 8 > model name : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ > stepping: 1 > cpu MHz : 2008.623 > cache size : 256 KB > fdiv_bug: no > hlt_bug : no > f00f_bug: no > coma_bug: no > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 1 > wp : yes > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca > cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow > bogomips: 4010.80 First, if it is working at the correct speed, what is the problem. Second, the multiplier is normally set automatically on most modern motherboards, so even if your manual jumpers can only go to 12.5, the board is capable of autosetting itself for the 15x. The manual jumpers are only there for people that want to run their processors at something other than the default. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] AVI -> MPG (VCDs)
On Monday 23 Feb 2004 2:44 pm, Jamie Kerwick wrote: > Hi guys, > > I have some video files in AVI format that I would like to convert to > VCDs -- what *free* software is available for Mandrake to do this ?? > > Ta, > > Jamie > >Transcode and VCDImager HTH Pete ArdnamurchanScotland Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] If MDK brand forbidden...
It is not at this moment, but what is the difference ? As words, "mandrake" and "window" are the same. "Mandrake-Linux" != "Mandrake the Mag". You cannot compare potatoes and screws! --- Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 15:38, Dobrescu Mihai wrote: > > ... then you will need a licence for your home's > > windows!!! > > > > The next step would be to suit God for the > mandrake > > plant!!! > > > > mike >:-| > > > Windows is NOT a trademark -the US courts threw out > MS request 12 years > ago - it was already then a generic term. > > Surprising that they've managed to convince some > European courts that > over their claims against Lin---s > > Paul M > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] access denied - Tip
Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 23 February 2004 17:32, Christophe Rhein wrote: I don't get it! How can I drag and drop files to a folder when I'm user? For the moment all I can do is write in my home directory. When I open KDE config panel as root there is no way to move files around. I think I missed something! You can only move files to and from a folder where you have write permissions. The way round it is to open a console, su to root, then launch konqueror - you will be running konq as root. Move the files as you wish, then check permissions to make sure that they are owned by the correct person or group. If you make directories somewhere that you want to share, create a group for the job, allocate the folder and programs inside it to the group, and make sure that the required users are in the group. What would be really nice would be for konqueror to open a root password dialogue when you try to do something like that. 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] AVI -> MPG (VCDs)
Hi guys, I have some video files in AVI format that I would like to convert to VCDs -- what *free* software is available for Mandrake to do this ?? Ta, Jamie [EMAIL PROTECTED] ITS Internal Extension : 5806 Direct Dial: 0870 754 5806 ** E-mail Disclaimer ** This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the addressee only. If the message is received by anyone other than the addressee, please return the message to the sender by replying to it and then delete the message from your computer. Please note that any views, or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited. The recipient should check this e-mail and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited accepts no liability for any damages caused by any virus transmitted by this email and its attachments. The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited is regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and is an Incorporated Friendly Society, registered under the Friendly Societies Act 1992. Registered No: 480F. The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited, Registered Office: Holgate Park Drive, York, YO26 4GG. Tel 0870 7545 700 Fax 0870 7545 821 www.benenden.org.uk. *** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] If MDK brand forbidden...
On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 15:38, Dobrescu Mihai wrote: > ... then you will need a licence for your home's > windows!!! > > The next step would be to suit God for the mandrake > plant!!! > > mike >:-| Windows is NOT a trademark -the US courts threw out MS request 12 years ago - it was already then a generic term. Surprising that they've managed to convince some European courts that over their claims against Lin---s Paul M Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with wine
Bryan Phinney wrote: On Sunday 22 February 2004 03:48 pm, deedee wrote: While I mentioned in an earlier post that I know rank newbies who have had no problems at all with Linux, I do not know a single person who is expert in ms win who has been able to install and use Linux without a lot of problems. Not one. My own problems were due to thinking I knew something about Linux based on my ms win experiences and knowledge. Actually, I started out in IT as a Windows/OS2/Macintosh support person. While I have always had exposure to alternate operating systems, I would have considered and probably still consider myself something of an expert in MS Win, even now. I also have a certification with HP-UX Unix, and have been using Linux for 3-4+ years. I wouldn't say that MS Win "experts" would have problems with Linux but would say that MS Win power-users would have inordinate problems with Linux. Their expectations are higher. A newbie is happy to just get things working, while a power-user not only wants to get things working but has expectations about how things will work. The newbie expects to adjust to the system, the power user wants to adjust the system to them. The expert, OTOH, even in Windows, fully expected to devote the time to figuring out how to adjust the system. The end goal is not to have a customized system but the knowledge gained from learning how to adjust. The newbie just wants to color, the power-user wants to put the exact right color in the spaces, the expert was probably always the type of person who was not content to color within the lines at all. I think that that type of mentality is rewarded much more in Linux than in Windows. Good points. I also find that with Windows users there is also a difference based on whether and how they have been instructed. When I give newbies lessons, I'm always careful to emphasise general knowledge, like what the right mouse button or the Alt key normally does, how windows behave and so on. All too often people are just taught (or pick up) very specific skills which they don't know how to generalise, so if a program looks different from the one they've been using, they get stumped. Even something as simple as learning general vocabulary can make a big difference - I know people who know the word "Excell" but not "spreadsheet"! 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] Mandrake linux DEAD??
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 23 February 2004 14:12, Greg Meyer wrote: > > Without even looking it is probably related to the dispute over the > Mandrake name and the company that owns the rights to Mandrake the > magician. Big threads on this last week. It was about that, but the section he referred to remarked that the name Mandrake was registered in France by MandrakeSoft, that there were several other Mandrake tradenames inc. and Mandrake-Linux (dead brand). It sounds as though maybe it was an alternative brand name registered but then abandoned. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAOg/0kFAvMr/nNX8RAlovAJ9iT0+kR6YTd5PPI2StSHlTRjkcZgCfS57Y CWVjK2xxgZIxvMDGhSlkBrY= =Rjnq -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cpuinfo
Poogle wrote: Does cpuinfo show the actual cpu MHz that the cpu is running at or does it only show what it is rated at ? I ask because having installed an AMD 2400xp (2000MHz) FSB 266, I am unsure if I installed it correctly, the (Jetway) website has a table of cpu ratio jumper settings for a range of processors, for this one it says 15x alongside a FSB of 133 but the max range of jumper settings in the manual and on the website only goes to 12.5x. I know next to nothing about the subject so am unsure whether to go for 12.5x or is it simply a matter of :- 15 x 133 = 1995 so with a 266FSB should it be 2000/266 = 7.5 ? To further confuse me the Bios has 2 settings for frequency settings 100 or 133MHz. Output of cpuinfo :- processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 8 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ stepping: 1 cpu MHz : 2008.623 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug: no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug: no coma_bug: no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow bogomips: 4010.80 If yours works the same way as mine, the rating of the cpu will be according to how you set the FSB in bios. I'm guessing you cureently have FSB=100 which gives you a CPU 2008.623 MHz, if you set your FSB to 133 it will then change to show CPU 2400 MHz or there abouts. Your CPU might do more if your board would support FSB 266, or is it that your board can only do FSB=133 which gives a CPU MHz of 2008.623 , while if your board would support FSB 266 it would give the CPU MHz of 2400 it's full rating, I'm not sure, form your description, which way round it is. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Mandrake linux DEAD??
As they say we are no competing with them as they do comic's, why don't they use Mandrake as free advertising? They could put in an advert in the installation screen which Mandrake is using for adverts anyway. Why do companies have to always resort to court cases and steal money from other companies. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Greg Meyer Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 2:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake linux DEAD?? On Monday 23 February 2004 08:32 am, Dobrescu Mihai wrote: > Hi! > > Somebody looked the trademark of "Mandrake" > At the end of the article you'll find a "Mandrake > Linux" dead brand (!)... > > http://www.desktoplinux.com/cgi-bin/board/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Boa >rd=distributions&Post=310&Idle=0&Sort=0&Order=Descend&Page=0&Session= > > Can anybody expalin this??? > Without even looking it is probably related to the dispute over the Mandrake name and the company that owns the rights to Mandrake the magician. Big threads on this last week. -- /g -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either [EMAIL PROTECTED] or the postmaster immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rpmbuild
anton wrote: So whuch htmldoc package does it require. I don't use urpmi. John ...I am sure you're taking the piss but: htmldoc-1.8.23-5mdk In case your not... Cheers Anton on your disks... or on an ftp server near you. All roads blanked, except, a google to a site I could not make much sense of. No I was not kidding ya. It's why I asked. Never mind though. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] access denied - Tip
I don't get it! How can I drag and drop files to a folder when I'm user? For the moment all I can do is write in my home directory. When I open KDE config panel as root there is no way to move files around. I think I missed something! Christophe ps: what is gksu and kdesu?? Le Dimanche 22 Février 2004 19:40, Jerry Barton a écrit : > On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:46:46 -0500 > > Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Try going into a terminal, and typing 'su', then your password. Then, > > from the terminal, open whatever program you were using to move the > > files(i.e. if you were using konqueror, type 'konqueror'.) This is a > > root version of the program. > > > > Also, if you want to make the folder writeable for all users, type su > > in the terminal, your password, then type 'chmod 777 /path/to/folder'. > > > > --Marc > > Just as a tip to include: the gksu package allows you to run apps as > root with a little gui to type in your password like kdesu but it's not > a kde app. For those who don't use KDE there is a non-kde replacement > > :) to install just urpmi gksu. Then you can go to "Run Command" (or > > like in icewm, use the command input on the taskbar) and just put > gksu . I just found it myself a few days ago. Before > that I was using kdesu but it would take forever to come up. Hope > that's helpful to someone! > > Jer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with firefox script???
Hello, I have still the same problem I can not save a file in the folders other then my home folder. How can I get rid of this limitation? Bye Christophe Le Dimanche 22 Février 2004 16:41, Todd Slater a écrit : > On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 11:07:08PM -0500, Christophe Rhein wrote: > > How do I do that? > > No idea how to do a script??? > > Is it creating a file? > > Thanks and good night! > > Christophe > > Just copy and paste the script into your favorite editor (the script > starts with #!/bin/bash and ends with exit). Edit paths as necessary. > Save it and then make it executable by opening a terminal and giving > the command > > chmod +x scriptname > > where scriptname is whatever name you gave the script when you saved it. > > Todd > > > Le Dimanche 22 Février 2004 03:32 PM, Todd Slater a écrit : > > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 07:18:50PM -0500, Christophe Rhein wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I installed, with your help Firefox but now I have this problem: > > > > When I click on a link I have the Firefox profile manager that opens > > > > (I clicked on the Don't ask at startup) and since firefox is allready > > > > open... I can not open the link (exept pasting it). > > > > Where can I desactivate the profile manager? > > > > Thank you > > > > Christophe > > > > > > I put this script in /usr/bin and tell all my apps to use it for > > > handling Web pages. It opens pages in a new tab, if you want you can > > > use new-window instead. > > > > > > Todd > > > > > > #!/bin/bash > > > browserPath="/usr/local/firefox/firefox" > > > url="$@" > > > $browserPath -remote "ping()" > > > # $? = false if running, true if not > > > if [ $? = 0 ] ; then > > > exec $browserPath -remote openURL"($url,new-tab)" > > > else > > > $browserPath $url > > > fi > > > exit Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] No network connection
Hello, I tried again to connect to the school LAN and nothing works. What I did is opening the configuration panel and used the internet network wizard with the notebook connected to the LAN. All the network is under Windows 98 with no server. I have also installed LINneighberhod. Wrankly I do not now how to do it and what to fill in the different config pannels. Thanks for your help. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] simple but quite useful (for newbies)
Hi, This is really simple and easy but I just did it and am really finding it useful. I was often typing: rpm -qa | grep ... which can be a bit annoying. So I added it to my .bashrc file as an alias with the line at the end of the file: alias rpmq='rpm -qa | grep ' and now only have to type: rpmq ... instead. Simple but I found it useful. Cheers Anton -=-=- ... FORTUNE PROVIDES QUESTIONS FOR THE GREAT ANSWERS: #5 A: The Halls of Montezuma and the Shores of Tripoli. Q: Name two families whose kids won't join the Marines. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rpmbuild
So whuch htmldoc package does it require. I don't use urpmi. John ...I am sure you're taking the piss but: htmldoc-1.8.23-5mdk In case your not... Cheers Anton on your disks... or on an ftp server near you. -=-=- ... If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Problem upgrading from 9.0 to 9.2
Hi All, I tried the update over the weekend and after about 3 hours or so of getting packages I thought it was done, but when it went to do the final install it stopped and told me that Apache 1.3 clashed with Apache 2, both of which urpmi download itself. I also got an error message about kdepim being required... The steps I took where (as root), * init 1 * urpmi urpmi * urpmi --auto-select --no-verify (or whatever it was) Annoyingly all the packages that had been downloaded to /var/cache/urpmi/rpms were removed later on so now I have to start the process all over again! :( Should I remove Apache prior to the install and maybe even tell it not to update KDE? Anyone got any suggestions on this one? Cheers all, Stevie :) -- This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is for information purposes only and should not be regarded as an offer to sell or as a solicitation of an offer to buy any financial product, an official confirmation of any transaction, or as an official statement of Lehman Brothers. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate and it should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to change without notice. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rpmbuild
anton wrote: I guess I don't have some package installed ? I usually get chastised when I am this lazy so... Lazy bones! urpmi htmldoc and there we have it! Cheers Anton So whuch htmldoc package does it require. I don't use urpmi. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
