Re: [newbie] Dell Inspiron screen problems (final)
Ronald J. Hall wrote: Okay, just wanted to say the 845patch, installing it in /sbin and loading it up in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit, with the line: /sbin/845patch 32000 worked. I've got a 1024x768 screen right after I boot up now. Its all about the shared memory. I'm assuming better laptops with ATI or Nvidia cards, with built in memory, don't have to do this. You would be correct, I have a 5150 with a 64Mb nvidia Geforce 5200FX and run 1600x1200 The nvidia driver installer did its thing perfectly and it all worked fine.. I get 1600x1200 in linux just fine. (I was expecting problems, so I was delighted when I didn't have any.) rgds Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Keep losing LAN settings
On Monday 01 March 2004 12:13 am, Johan wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] internet]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network > HOSTNAME=johannes > NETWORKING=yes > GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 I'm not sure about your setup, but here, using cable-modem service, there is no gateway statement in my network file. In fact, I don't think it would work until I removed it. (I did have it pointed at my hardware routers' ip address) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Scanner unaccessible as a user (root access is okay)
Hello I have a HP USB 63x0C series flatbed scanner installed and it's detected by drake and i can use xsane to scan image as root. But when i run xsane as a user it says no device found. Where should i enable permissions for accessing this scanner for normal users. Thanks Anand -- Anand S Bisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OSS Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Spamassassin..... (help!)
On Sunday 29 February 2004 16:55, Derek Jennings wrote: Tks, Derek! but ONE more question! (see below, pls) > On Sunday 29 Feb 2004 19:40, Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas wrote: > > Hi! > > I've been using spamassassin for a while, but I must have missed some > > detail on the config process! > It is not spamassassin setting the lock file. it is procmail > Any procmail recipe that starts with > > :0 > > will not create a lock file. You do not need a lock file when piping your > mails through spamassassin. The lock file is there simply to stop procmail > and kmail trying to use a mail spool file at the same time. You only need > to set it when actually writing to a mail spool file. > > A procmail recipe starting with > > :0 : > > will use the default lockfile. > The default lockfile name will be the same as the mail folder used with a > leading '.' > > A procmail recipe in the form > > :0 : lockfilename Can I use: :0: /home/user/some_dir/.lock_file ? or it has to use the default mail box (~/Mail) for kmail? > derek TIA Ricardo Castanho -- == Linux user # 102240 => [EMAIL PROTECTED] user => 100% M$ FREE == Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Keep losing LAN settings
On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 21:55:05 -0500 Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <<< snip >>> Hi Greg, > > This should work. What does /etc/sysconfig/network have in it? * [EMAIL PROTECTED] internet]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network HOSTNAME=johannes NETWORKING=yes GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 * > > Look also at the system => drakxservices in Mandrake Control Center and make > sure both network and internet services are checked off to start at boot. *** internetrunning..x..on boot networkrunning..x..on boot *** If everything up to now seems as it should be...then...my OS must have one %%##@@ of a bug. Because fedora and suse 9.0 find no problem with same hardware. Please trust there is still something to correctthis would be no problem ...but...MDK 9.2 is my main OS. Thanks very much for input up to now...very kind of you. Regards Johan > -- > /g -- Johan Registered Linux User #330034 .. still learning May this be a good day for learning Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dvd Playback
On Sunday 29 February 2004 3:04 pm, Marc Resnick monotonically droned on: > I have libdvdcss installed already...and I can never get Xine to work. But > I'm going to try to remove it then install it once more. Sorry, Marc, Walt's right, Xine is the way to go, and since this isn't Widows land, that uninstall/install trick isn't going to work. You need to set up Xine properly to use the DVD codecs. I have xine-flac, libxine1, xine-aa, xine-arts, xine-dxr3, xine-esd, xine-faad, xine-plugins, xine-ui, xine-win32, libdvdcontrol9, libdvdcss2, libdvdnav0, libdvdread3, libdvdread-utils installed. For me DVDs work just fine in Xine, you just need to tell it where the DVD drive is, and have most, or all of the above installed. Personally, I have not tried to figure out exactly what is the minimum set of what I need to watch DVDs, I just load the whole banana up and take it for a spin. That's the big unfair thing about DVDs and Linux, that it is not legal for us to use any program to decode DVDs other than the one built by the licensed distributors and they haven't released a version for linux. So our hacked together programs can't be legally preconfigured for us, and we have to upload the stuff from overseas. Piddle. -- Linux: For the people, by the people. Linux Counter #183693 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MDK9.2 - Cannot access web pages and email
Someone in a newsgroup suggested that iptables was the culprit. I uninstalled it and voila ... it works. Your help was much appreciated. Thanks, Chris From: Erylon Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] MDK9.2 - Cannot access web pages and email Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 19:04:25 -0800 On Sunday 29 February 2004 06:21 pm, Christophe Hannecart wrote: > Here is my resolv.conf when connected to my ISP: > > search weaveworx powerup.com.au local > nameserver 127.0.0.1 > > > nameserver 210.80.58.34 # ppp temp entry > nameserver 210.80.58.42 # ppp temp entry > nameserver 210.80.58.34. #kppp temp entry > nameserver 210.80.58.42. #kppp temp entry > > This should work, shouldn't it ? If my resolv.conf is actually correct, do > you or anybody else have another suggestion ? > > Thanks, > > Chris Yes, that should work, and in fact, it looks as though it is. Wild guess that the problem is on the ISP's end. Also, comment out #nameserver 127.0.0.1 > > From: Erylon Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [newbie] MDK9.2 - Cannot access web pages and email > >Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 17:04:45 -0800 > > > >On Sunday 29 February 2004 04:09 pm, Christophe Hannecart wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I am having problems with accessing the Internet with Mandrake 9.2. > > > > > > KPPP dials correctly into my ISP but when I try to browse web sites I > > > >get > > > > > messages telling me the page cannot be found (same access problem with > > > email software). Internal network and web server are working fine. I > > > use the standard security setting and no firewall. > > > > > > I am pretty sure this is a security settings issue but I can't seem to > > > >find > > > > > a solution. > > > > > > Does anyone know how to fix this ? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Chris > > > >Maybe, but I suggest you look at your /etc/resolv.conf and see if it > >contains > >lines for your isp, in the following format: > > > >domain your_isp_name.net > >search your_LAN_name your_isp_name.net > > > >If not, you may be pointing at your LAN for DNS resolution instead of your > >ISP's DNS server. Hope that was it. > > > >e. > > > > > _ > > > Hot chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to > > > http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/default.asp > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > _ > Hot chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to > http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/default.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Hot chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/default.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Four Desktops
On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 19:50:52 -0500 Carroll Grigsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 29 February 2004 06:24 pm, JoeHill wrote: > > On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 20:37:07 + > > > > LtCdData disseminated the following: > > > how win users get by on one is beyond me ;-)) > > > > Not only has this feature been available on Windows for some > > time now, MS is seeking a patent on it. > > > > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/25/1346201 > > > > Pretty funny, huh? > > > Joe: > > If I lived in Canada, I'd find it funny, too. But living 500+ > miles to the south of you, the most charitable word that I can use > to describe the present US patent system is "absurd". My personal > favorite is the patent granted to a 7 year old (and the son of a > patent attorney) who was granted a patent for swinging > side-to-side as opposed to the more conventional method of > swinging to-and-fro. When I read about this on SlashDot, I filed a > patent application in the name of my grandson Will (2-1/2 at the > time). It covers both swinging in either a cattywampus, elliptical > or circular manner while the swinger is (1) seated, (2) standing, > (3) kneeling or (4) laying on his/her/its stomach with arms and > legs splayed outward. Will has also trademarked the word > "WillBird" (and variants thereof) to describe the method. Just > keep this in mind: If you see an old bald headed guy with a beard > hanging around the local schoolyard, it might just be me enforcing > Will's IP rights. > > -- cmg > > > Much more worrisome is how can someone get by with 4 desktops? Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MDK9.2 - Cannot access web pages and email
On Sunday 29 February 2004 07:49 pm, Christophe Hannecart wrote: > I don't think there is a problem with my ISP as I never had this kind of > problem with this computer (same hardware, same software) prior to > reinstalling it yesterday and I am using the same ISP account with my > laptop. I probably didn't install Mandrake the exact same way as before and > it failed to configure something. I still think it's got something to do > with security: wrong access rights somewhere or wrong security settings. > Note as well that DrakConnect doesn't even see the active internet > connection (status remains "not connected"). > > Chris > > > > > nameserver 127.0.0.1 This line should not be there. Do you have tmdns installed? You don't need it. e Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MDK9.2 - Cannot access web pages and email
I don't think there is a problem with my ISP as I never had this kind of problem with this computer (same hardware, same software) prior to reinstalling it yesterday and I am using the same ISP account with my laptop. I probably didn't install Mandrake the exact same way as before and it failed to configure something. I still think it's got something to do with security: wrong access rights somewhere or wrong security settings. Note as well that DrakConnect doesn't even see the active internet connection (status remains "not connected"). Chris From: Erylon Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] MDK9.2 - Cannot access web pages and email Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 19:04:25 -0800 On Sunday 29 February 2004 06:21 pm, Christophe Hannecart wrote: > Here is my resolv.conf when connected to my ISP: > > search weaveworx powerup.com.au local > nameserver 127.0.0.1 > > > nameserver 210.80.58.34 # ppp temp entry > nameserver 210.80.58.42 # ppp temp entry > nameserver 210.80.58.34. #kppp temp entry > nameserver 210.80.58.42. #kppp temp entry > > This should work, shouldn't it ? If my resolv.conf is actually correct, do > you or anybody else have another suggestion ? > > Thanks, > > Chris Yes, that should work, and in fact, it looks as though it is. Wild guess that the problem is on the ISP's end. Also, comment out #nameserver 127.0.0.1 > > From: Erylon Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [newbie] MDK9.2 - Cannot access web pages and email > >Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 17:04:45 -0800 > > > >On Sunday 29 February 2004 04:09 pm, Christophe Hannecart wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I am having problems with accessing the Internet with Mandrake 9.2. > > > > > > KPPP dials correctly into my ISP but when I try to browse web sites I > > > >get > > > > > messages telling me the page cannot be found (same access problem with > > > email software). Internal network and web server are working fine. I > > > use the standard security setting and no firewall. > > > > > > I am pretty sure this is a security settings issue but I can't seem to > > > >find > > > > > a solution. > > > > > > Does anyone know how to fix this ? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Chris > > > >Maybe, but I suggest you look at your /etc/resolv.conf and see if it > >contains > >lines for your isp, in the following format: > > > >domain your_isp_name.net > >search your_LAN_name your_isp_name.net > > > >If not, you may be pointing at your LAN for DNS resolution instead of your > >ISP's DNS server. Hope that was it. > > > >e. > > > > > _ > > > Hot chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to > > > http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/default.asp > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > _ > Hot chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to > http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/default.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Hot chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/default.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE restart
On Sunday 29 February 2004 08:05 pm, Dave Ashmore wrote: > I restarted KDE one day while a few apps were running and now everytime > I restart cpu/KDE these applications (totem & Xmms) restart. > How can I fix this it's not a real problem but it's sure is real anoying. > I've already tried shutting down the apps and restared KDE only to have > the problem return. > Thanks for listening > Hope to hear a way to correct it. > Dave Dave, go into configuration>configure your desktop>Session Manager and check the restore manually saved session. Then close everything you don't want to open next time and close the session or reboot. Then go back to above and check Restore previous session so that you don't get any residual apps popping up. Then just remember to close everything from then on. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MDK9.2 - Cannot access web pages and email
On Sunday 29 February 2004 06:21 pm, Christophe Hannecart wrote: > Here is my resolv.conf when connected to my ISP: > > search weaveworx powerup.com.au local > nameserver 127.0.0.1 > > > nameserver 210.80.58.34 # ppp temp entry > nameserver 210.80.58.42 # ppp temp entry > nameserver 210.80.58.34. #kppp temp entry > nameserver 210.80.58.42. #kppp temp entry > > This should work, shouldn't it ? If my resolv.conf is actually correct, do > you or anybody else have another suggestion ? > > Thanks, > > Chris Yes, that should work, and in fact, it looks as though it is. Wild guess that the problem is on the ISP's end. Also, comment out #nameserver 127.0.0.1 > > From: Erylon Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [newbie] MDK9.2 - Cannot access web pages and email > >Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 17:04:45 -0800 > > > >On Sunday 29 February 2004 04:09 pm, Christophe Hannecart wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I am having problems with accessing the Internet with Mandrake 9.2. > > > > > > KPPP dials correctly into my ISP but when I try to browse web sites I > > > >get > > > > > messages telling me the page cannot be found (same access problem with > > > email software). Internal network and web server are working fine. I > > > use the standard security setting and no firewall. > > > > > > I am pretty sure this is a security settings issue but I can't seem to > > > >find > > > > > a solution. > > > > > > Does anyone know how to fix this ? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Chris > > > >Maybe, but I suggest you look at your /etc/resolv.conf and see if it > >contains > >lines for your isp, in the following format: > > > >domain your_isp_name.net > >search your_LAN_name your_isp_name.net > > > >If not, you may be pointing at your LAN for DNS resolution instead of your > >ISP's DNS server. Hope that was it. > > > >e. > > > > > _ > > > Hot chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to > > > http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/default.asp > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > _ > Hot chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to > http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/default.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MDK9.2 - Cannot access web pages and email
On Sunday 29 February 2004 09:21 pm, Christophe Hannecart wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for your reply. > > I've tried that but it does not work. I've noticed that KPPP correctly > inserts my ISP's DNS servers IPs into resolv.conf when it connects. > > Here is my resolv.conf when connected to my ISP: > > search weaveworx powerup.com.au local > nameserver 127.0.0.1 This is the loopback interface, and could be your problem. This entry is added by the tmdns service. If you are running a single box with no network, using dial-up for Internet, this could be your problem. Try removing the tmdns package and seeing if that helps. tmdns provides dns services on small networks without a dhcp or dns server. if you are a single box and using dial-up then you don't need it, since /etc/hosts will always be used for local name resolution anyway. > > > nameserver 210.80.58.34 # ppp temp entry > nameserver 210.80.58.42 # ppp temp entry > nameserver 210.80.58.34. #kppp temp entry > nameserver 210.80.58.42. #kppp temp entry > > This should work, shouldn't it ? If my resolv.conf is actually correct, do > you or anybody else have another suggestion ? > > Thanks, > > Chris > > From: Erylon Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [newbie] MDK9.2 - Cannot access web pages and email > >Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 17:04:45 -0800 > > > >On Sunday 29 February 2004 04:09 pm, Christophe Hannecart wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I am having problems with accessing the Internet with Mandrake 9.2. > > > > > > KPPP dials correctly into my ISP but when I try to browse web sites I > > > >get > > > > > messages telling me the page cannot be found (same access problem with > > > email software). Internal network and web server are working fine. I > > > use the standard security setting and no firewall. > > > > > > I am pretty sure this is a security settings issue but I can't seem to > > > >find > > > > > a solution. > > > > > > Does anyone know how to fix this ? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Chris > > > >Maybe, but I suggest you look at your /etc/resolv.conf and see if it > >contains > >lines for your isp, in the following format: > > > >domain your_isp_name.net > >search your_LAN_name your_isp_name.net > > > >If not, you may be pointing at your LAN for DNS resolution instead of your > >ISP's DNS server. Hope that was it. > > > >e. > > > > > _ > > > Hot chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to > > > http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/default.asp > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > _ > Hot chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to > http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/default.asp -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Keep losing LAN settings
On Sunday 29 February 2004 03:57 pm, Johan wrote: > Hi Greg, > It now seem from my friend it does exist but in another directory... here > is the info...from my workstation. Use a dial-up modem on single > phone-lineNo router..just workstation and gateway via cross-over cable. > * > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ip-up.d]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 I am so sorry. This is exactly where the file should be, I simply made a typo in my original info request. A simple case of my brain working faster than my fingers. > DEVICE=eth0 > BOOTPROTO=static > IPADDR=192.168.1.2 > NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > NETWORK=192.168.1.0 > BROADCAST=192.168.1.255 > ONBOOT=yes > MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no This should work. What does /etc/sysconfig/network have in it? Look also at the system => drakxservices in Mandrake Control Center and make sure both network and internet services are checked off to start at boot. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Get Your License Now!
On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 13:32, Margot wrote: > I assume that once you have paid for the licence they will *send* > you the binaries - for that price, I expect them to be hand > delivered to my door, on a velvet cushion! > The extra cost is to pay for the lawyers to explain to you how SCO can sell you such a license without violating the GPL. What? You haven't yet proved that the GPL is invalid in a court of law? I guess I don't need your license then... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] webdav on mandrake 9.2
Any takers on this one?.. William Warren wrote: FYI i do have sshd running and webmin running so i can do this either way..:) William Warren wrote: I am trying to get webdav working on mandrake 9.2 I have mod dav installed and the dav fs installed..apache is installed and running. I have been trying for the past couple of months to get this working and it is beyond me..:) the directory i want to share is /files/server/calendar i am not worried about outside access as this is internal to my lan and i have astaro security linux specifically set to not allow this server on the net. This server also runs samba and shares out an 80 gig drive(the one the calendar will be on)...how do i get webdav working? the clients will be mozilla 1.x with the calendar module add-on installed..:) William Warren -- My "Foundation" verse: Isa 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Identifying people by IP
--- Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear All > > I am looking for a program to collect all the > information possible about an > Internet user, given the IP he/she is using. > > Thank you a lot in advance! > > Paul In addition to the "whois" suggested by others, you may want to look at the tools included with most DNS packages. Some of them can be quite helpful. One problem you may encounter is that if someone surfs to my_website.com, and you capture the IP address, and then do a look-up, you may find out that the IP address points to virtual_host.net, and not my_website.com Same thing with tracking dial-in accounts, right now the person connected to 192.168.100.1 may not be the same person 10 minutes from now, while the broadband connections tend to maintain the IP address for a longer period of time, they are still dynamic by nature. __ Do you Yahoo!? Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel upgrade gone awry
On Sunday 29 February 2004 01:41 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > I attempted to upgrade my 9.2 kernel from 2.4.22-10mdk to 2.4.22-28mdk, > following the procedure given at: > www.mandrakesecure.net/en/kernelupdate.php > > On booting, it ran into problems with XFree, resulting in the following: > (Clearly, there are more stanzas here than are required -- and some > redundant splash=silent statements. I'll take care of those later.) Going > with the either the linux or 2422-28 stanzas resulted in same errors as > before, but 2422-10 worked just like old times. I've been poking around in > the log files (which have gotten pretty damn big), but I haven't seen > anything that jumps out at me. In particular, a quick comparison of the > earlier log excerpt with an XFree log from a good boot didn't show anything > much different up to the first EE message. > > The graphics card is an nvidia GeForce2 64 mb. Asus A7V8X-X motherboard, > Athlon XP2500+, 512 mb ram. Running 9.2 PowerPack with all current > upgrades. > > Any advice on where to dig in? As Philip suggested, I would force the Nvidia installer to reinstall and rebuild the kernel module. When you move to a new kernel, even if it is just a patch, you need to rebuild the nvidia module. If you want to test this, change your XF86Config-4 back to the nv driver and comment out glx. If X loads, then you know that is the problem and you just need to force the nvidia installer to reinstall again. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Four Desktops
On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 20:37:07 + LtCdData disseminated the following: > how win users get by on one is beyond me ;-)) Not only has this feature been available on Windows for some time now, MS is seeking a patent on it. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/25/1346201 Pretty funny, huh? -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 18:20:19 up 24 days, 6:04, 5 users, load average: 0.11, 0.07, 0.02 +++ Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 +++ Rule #2 (John Gilmore): "The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it." Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dvd Playback
On Sunday 29 February 2004 06:10 pm, Walt Frampus wrote: > On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 18:04, Marc Resnick wrote: > > What's MCC? > > > > I have libdvdcss installed already...and I can never get Xine to work. > > But I'm going to try to remove it then install it once more. > > > > Thanks for the help, > > Marc > > Mandrake control center. Ah..heh..knew that. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Scribus
I've found the rpms for scribus on 9.1, 9.2, and 10.0. There are two - scribus and libscribus IIRC, and I'm sure they're on the download CD's. Lanman *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 2/29/2004 at 9:58 PM Keith Powell wrote: >Does anyone know if there is a Mandrake RPM for Scribus anywhere? > >Can't find one with Google, only tarballs. > >I've spent some hours trying to install a tarball of it, but get my usual >screenful of things it can't find and needs. I have almost completely >abandoned tarballs, as I can rarely get the things to install. They always >stop during ./configure or make with lots and lots of error messages >:-( > >Many thanks > >Keith > > > >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] Dvd Playback
On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 18:04, Marc Resnick wrote: > > What's MCC? > > I have libdvdcss installed already...and I can never get Xine to work. But I'm > going to try to remove it then install it once more. > > Thanks for the help, > Marc > Mandrake control center. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Scribus
On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 21:58, Keith Powell wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a Mandrake RPM for Scribus anywhere? > > Can't find one with Google, only tarballs. > > I've spent some hours trying to install a tarball of it, but get my usual > screenful of things it can't find and needs. I have almost completely > abandoned tarballs, as I can rarely get the things to install. They always > stop during ./configure or make with lots and lots of error messages :-( When you go to http://www.rpmfind.net/ and search for scribus, you get 21 rpm's. Using urpmi is easier though, because it takes care of all dependencies. Marco -- "Tell me about these oppressed masses. What's got them so worked up ?" "They're upset, sir, because they are so poor that they are forced to have children merely to provide a cheap alternative to turkey at Christmas." Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dvd Playback
On Sunday 29 February 2004 05:54 pm, Walt Frampus wrote: > On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 17:10, Marc Resnick wrote: > > Well I can't get DVD playback to work. I get the error 'Can't Open VMG > > Info' with Mplayer. Here's my lilo, just in case it has to do with how I > > boot Linux: > > You need to get the proper codecs to play dvd's. do a google search for > plf and click on easy urpmi and follow the steps. go to MCC and click on > install software. install libdvdcss. You may want wincodects too. I find > that Xine does a better job with dvd's than mplayer. > > Walt What's MCC? I have libdvdcss installed already...and I can never get Xine to work. But I'm going to try to remove it then install it once more. Thanks for the help, Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dvd Playback
On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 17:10, Marc Resnick wrote: > Well I can't get DVD playback to work. I get the error 'Can't Open VMG Info' > with Mplayer. Here's my lilo, just in case it has to do with how I boot > Linux: > You need to get the proper codecs to play dvd's. do a google search for plf and click on easy urpmi and follow the steps. go to MCC and click on install software. install libdvdcss. You may want wincodects too. I find that Xine does a better job with dvd's than mplayer. Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] shorell setup
On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 13:19, Derek Jennings wrote: > The Mandrake Firewall GUI is pretty simple and often screws up configuration. > > A common mistake the GUI makes is to get the interface connected to the > internet wrong. It will assume eth0 is connected to the net. > > Take a look at the file /etc/shorewall/interfaces > > At the bottom you will see something like :- > > net eth0detect > loc eth1detect (it may be called masq instead of loc) > > If you connect via DSL (ppp over atm), or dial up, then replace eth0 with ppp0 > > If you are not doing internet connection sharing then you do not need the > second line. > > Then restart shorewall with > 'shorewall restart' in a root terminal > > HTH > > derek Thanks, Dennis and Derek ! I've got an ADSL connection. I did it and apparently everything is OK. Thank you very much ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] shorewall]# shorewall restart Loading /usr/share/shorewall/functions... Processing /etc/shorewall/params ... Processing /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf... Shorewall Not Currently Running Starting Shorewall... Loading Modules... Initializing... Shorewall has detected the following iptables/netfilter capabilities: NAT: Available Packet Mangling: Available Multi-port Match: Available Connection Tracking Match: Available Determining Zones... Zones: net Validating interfaces file... Validating hosts file... Validating Policy file... Determining Hosts in Zones... Net Zone: ppp0:0.0.0.0/0 Processing /etc/shorewall/init ... Deleting user chains... Setting up Accounting... Setting up User Sets... Creating Interface Chains... Configuring Proxy ARP Setting up NAT... Adding Common Rules IP Forwarding Enabled Processing /etc/shorewall/tunnels... Processing /etc/shorewall/rules... Rule "ACCEPT net fw udp 53,631 -" added. Rule "ACCEPT net fw tcp 80,443,53,22,20,21,25,109,110,143,631 -" added. Processing /etc/shorewall/policy... Policy ACCEPT for fw to net using chain fw2net Policy DROP for net to fw using chain net2all Masqueraded Subnets and Hosts: Processing /etc/shorewall/tos... Rule "all all tcp - ssh 16" added. Rule "all all tcp ssh - 16" added. Rule "all all tcp - ftp 16" added. Rule "all all tcp ftp - 16" added. Rule "all all tcp ftp-data - 8" added. Rule "all all tcp - ftp-data 8" added. Processing /etc/shorewall/ecn... Activating Rules... Processing /etc/shorewall/start ... Shorewall Started -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net registered linux user #341648 * Quem olha para fora sonha; quem olha para dentro acorda. C. G. Jung Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Scribus
Yes, I agree, it does but for Newbies (it was posted to the newbie list, no?), RPM's are the best/easiest. Besides, URPMI was originally designed for RPM's not Tarballs IIRC. =) Cheers Jason H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Sunday 29 February 2004 23:09, Jason Greenwood wrote: No, for Mandrake Systems you should ALWAYS use URPMI for installs Ehmm, mandrake installs tarballs fine but you DO have to have the kernel-source package installed for your particular kernel. I do quite a lot of tarball installs and don't come across more probs than on on other distro's. Using urpmi is the easiest and prolly the best option, I agree...just wanted to put that comment right before it gets a life of it's own. Sorry;) Good luck, HarM anyway. Yes, there are Scribus RPMS's (depending on which version MDK) you are running of course). Go here: http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php and set up an URPMI source for your version and then from the CLI: urpmi scribus Scribus is in Main AFAIK. 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] Scribus
On Sunday 29 February 2004 23:09, Jason Greenwood wrote: > No, for Mandrake Systems you should ALWAYS use URPMI for installs Ehmm, mandrake installs tarballs fine but you DO have to have the kernel-source package installed for your particular kernel. I do quite a lot of tarball installs and don't come across more probs than on on other distro's. Using urpmi is the easiest and prolly the best option, I agree...just wanted to put that comment right before it gets a life of it's own. Sorry;) Good luck, HarM > anyway. Yes, there are Scribus RPMS's (depending on which version MDK) > you are running of course). > Go here: http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php > and set up an URPMI source for your version and then from the CLI: urpmi > scribus > > Scribus is in Main AFAIK. -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's & more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Dvd Playback
Well I can't get DVD playback to work. I get the error 'Can't Open VMG Info' with Mplayer. Here's my lilo, just in case it has to do with how I boot Linux: boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map default="linux" keytable=/boot/us.klt prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux-2.4" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent nolapic" vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux-nonfb" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6 label="linux" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.img append="devfs=mount resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent nolapic" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="failsafe acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6 devfs=nomount" read-only other=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda I use the vmlinuz-2.6. And here's my fstab: /dev/hda5 / ext3 noatime 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext3 noatime 1 2 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,umask=0,exec 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs iocharset=iso8859-1,nls=iso8859-1,ro,umask=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 I wanna watch Pirates of the Carribean! =) --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Scribus
No, for Mandrake Systems you should ALWAYS use URPMI for installs anyway. Yes, there are Scribus RPMS's (depending on which version MDK) you are running of course). Go here: http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php and set up an URPMI source for your version and then from the CLI: urpmi scribus Scribus is in Main AFAIK. Cheers Jason Keith Powell wrote: Does anyone know if there is a Mandrake RPM for Scribus anywhere? Can't find one with Google, only tarballs. I've spent some hours trying to install a tarball of it, but get my usual screenful of things it can't find and needs. I have almost completely abandoned tarballs, as I can rarely get the things to install. They always stop during ./configure or make with lots and lots of error messages :-( Many thanks Keith 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] Scribus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 21:58, Keith Powell wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a Mandrake RPM for Scribus anywhere? > > Can't find one with Google, only tarballs. > > I've spent some hours trying to install a tarball of it, but get my > usual screenful of things it can't find and needs. I have almost > completely abandoned tarballs, as I can rarely get the things to > install. They always stop during ./configure or make with lots > and lots of error messages :-( > There must be one on one of the mirrors - it's in the power pack of both 9.1 and 9.2 Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAQmJckFAvMr/nNX8RAiYhAJwKEpBNzWO3QHFE8ldqaJfwNgMdCACfV2z0 hnW3CA1UZrmFRQZpwQn7dcg= =56N9 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Scribus
Does anyone know if there is a Mandrake RPM for Scribus anywhere? Can't find one with Google, only tarballs. I've spent some hours trying to install a tarball of it, but get my usual screenful of things it can't find and needs. I have almost completely abandoned tarballs, as I can rarely get the things to install. They always stop during ./configure or make with lots and lots of error messages :-( Many thanks Keith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Four Desktops
On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 21:55:48 +0200 "Weiers Coetser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi... > > This is my third request for assitance and I've appreciated the input that > I've received every time. > > I don't know if the following scenario is a posible one: > > Lets say I've divided my work into four categories. I would like to use one > of the four KDE desktops for each of these four categories. > > At the moment I find that when I place a folder on my desktop it shows up on > all four the desktops. This gives my desktop a very cluttered feel and I > don't really see the purpose of having four desktops in this case. I don't know how to fix this. I don't use desktop icons anyway. > > The same is true when I open several programmes. If I opened Open Office > Writer on Desktop one, I can still see the bar for that document at the > bottom, even if I am on Desktop two. If I have six or seven documents open > at the same time, I find it difficult to navigate my way between the > documents. > To fix this problem, you go to the KDE Control Panel, select Taskbar under LookNFeel and then uncheck "Show windows from all desktops." Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Programs that won't quit
On Sunday, 29 February 2004 23:25, Anne Wilson wrote: > IIRC xeyes is a panel applet - that is it is on the extreme right of > the taskbar. If so, look at that group of icons. To the left of the > group is a narrow band with an up-arrow. Right-click on that, then > select Panel Menu > Remove > Applet > xeyes In this case, he's talking about the actual xeyes program, I think. pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: [newbie] Programs that won't quit
Ok, ok, Top in a console then. =) LOL Philip Cronje wrote: On Sunday, 29 February 2004 23:14, Jason Greenwood wrote: Or hit ctrl+esc to start system monitor (graphical TOP) and then stop the program there. Many ways to do it. =) Cheers Jason Yes, but KDE System Guard takes yonks to start up ;) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Programs that won't quit
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 20:34, Doug wrote: > Greetings all > > I have a small problem with KDE on my MDK 9.1 using laptop. > I went and started the xeyes program found under the Amusement tab, > nice little diversion, but I can't remove them. No where in any of > the docs have I found any mention of stopping a KDE recognized > program. Any idea how to stop these damn eyes? > TIA IIRC xeyes is a panel applet - that is it is on the extreme right of the taskbar. If so, look at that group of icons. To the left of the group is a narrow band with an up-arrow. Right-click on that, then select Panel Menu > Remove > Applet > xeyes Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAQljCkFAvMr/nNX8RApo3AKCiFwpyhMFRQ6SW6Gc94QAihaB4mgCeO0rx d/MgpwzwbtZBdhDV30bpe4g= =Cu5O -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Programs that won't quit
On Sunday, 29 February 2004 23:14, Jason Greenwood wrote: > Or hit ctrl+esc to start system monitor (graphical TOP) and then stop > the program there. Many ways to do it. =) > > Cheers > > Jason Yes, but KDE System Guard takes yonks to start up ;) pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: [newbie] Keep losing LAN settings
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 19:55, Erylon Hines wrote: > > Anne, why don't you turn off msec to check if that is what it is. > Just rename the msec executable to msecDISABLE in /usr/sbin > Problem is that I'm so busy sorting out other people's (family) problems that I'm getting very little time with the new box, so I haven't even established a pattern yet. If it does look like that I'll disable it as you suggest, thanks. I keep saying 'just a few more days', but somehow the time just isn't getting any easier. How *did* I find time to go out to work? Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAQlcTkFAvMr/nNX8RAlSEAJ9Q1ppmvlSr1LcFnhuohOJHLaWVHQCdGgb/ S4GTbgXXbSnMhbtHBgT4sbg= =4rV+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
Hoyt Bailey wrote: No backup for XP. No backup for XP, so what do you do it it gets screwed up, for whatever reason? That means you cannot recover a situation in XP at all. Backups come in many guises but the only true backup is to external media. That way, come what may, it's recoverable. Second best is a backup to another partition on the same drive, or another drive. Backup method can be byt by byte + compression to another file on a spare partition or external media. Or using a drive image programme, which is what I prefer to use. I create an image file which I write to CD for restore purposes. Either way , I would not advise messing with additional OS's installs until you have adequate means of restore. Not unless you can afford to loose XP. But if this works maybe an 7 or 8GB partition fat32 would serve as a backup from linux say tar the entire NTFS partiton zip it and store in the fat32. OK, but what if you loose your Hard drive? Better to write to CD and be covered. Once you have adequate, preferably external, backup and restore facilities, you can partition your hard drive and begin playing with Mandrake installs. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Programs that won't quit
Or hit ctrl+esc to start system monitor (graphical TOP) and then stop the program there. Many ways to do it. =) Cheers Jason Philip Cronje wrote: On Sunday, 29 February 2004 22:34, Doug wrote: Greetings all I have a small problem with KDE on my MDK 9.1 using laptop. I went and started the xeyes program found under the Amusement tab, nice little diversion, but I can't remove them. No where in any of the docs have I found any mention of stopping a KDE recognized program. Any idea how to stop these damn eyes? TIA Either right click on the xeyes item in your taskbar and close it there, or press ctrl+alt+esc and click with the crossbones icon on the eyes Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: j2sdk installation
Henrique Oliveira Santos wrote: > Hi all, > > this is my first questions here, but many of discussions here solved many > of mine problems. > > I've download and installed j2sdk rpm from sun. It installed succesfully. > Even in mozilla 1.6 i can run applets with the symlink. Instead of symlinks you could create a file like this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] source]$ cat /etc/profile.d/java.sh #!/bin/bash export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_03/jre export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin export JDK=$JAVA_HOME export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_03/bin > But im trying to > run .jar java applications. I've done these to set PATH and CLASSPATH in > Konsole for j2sdk: > PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_03/bin > CLASSPATH=/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_03/lib > > When I try to run any .jar like: > java Application.jar As I remember it you should put the jar _file_ in the classpath and execute like this CLASSPATH=path/to/Application.jar java -jar Application.jar /Björn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Keep losing LAN settings
Hi Greg, It now seem from my friend it does exist but in another directory... here is the info...from my workstation. Use a dial-up modem on single phone-lineNo router..just workstation and gateway via cross-over cable. * [EMAIL PROTECTED] ip-up.d]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=static IPADDR=192.168.1.2 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 NETWORK=192.168.1.0 BROADCAST=192.168.1.255 ONBOOT=yes MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no * Well this is all greek to me..should it be in this or the dir you provided...does the file give you the info you require?? HTH Regards Johan On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:51:26 -0500 Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 29 February 2004 02:01 pm, Johan wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] internet]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0 > > cat: /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0: No such file or directory > > Interesting. This looks like your problem right here. This is the file that > is supposed to holds the configuration settings so that the interface can be > brought back up at boot. > > ** > [EMAIL PROTECTED] internet]# cat /etc/modules.conf > > > alias eth0 ne2k-pci > > You are correctly getting an alias set up for your network adapter, so we just > have to get you a ifcfg-eth0 file. > > This file should be written out by drakconnect, and I have no explanation why > it is not. We could get one setup manually if we know a little more about > your network setup. Are you on cable/DSL, do you have a router, other > machines on the network, etc. What is addressing scheme you are using, dhcp > or static. > > You could try something like this if you have a dhcp server: > > DEVICE=eth0 > BOOTPROTO=dhcp > DHCP_TIMEOUT=5 > ONBOOT=yes > MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no > NEEDHOSTNAME=no > -- > /g > > -- Johan Registered Linux User #330034 .. still learning May this be a good day for learning Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Programs that won't quit
On Sunday, 29 February 2004 22:34, Doug wrote: > Greetings all > > I have a small problem with KDE on my MDK 9.1 using laptop. > I went and started the xeyes program found under the Amusement tab, nice > little diversion, but I can't remove them. No where in any of the docs have > I found any mention of stopping a KDE recognized program. Any idea how to > stop these damn eyes? > TIA Either right click on the xeyes item in your taskbar and close it there, or press ctrl+alt+esc and click with the crossbones icon on the eyes pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: [newbie] Programs that won't quit
On Sunday 29 February 2004 21:34, Doug wrote: > Greetings all > > I have a small problem with KDE on my MDK 9.1 using laptop. > I went and started the xeyes program found under the Amusement tab, nice > little diversion, but I can't remove them. No where in any of the docs have > I found any mention of stopping a KDE recognized program. Any idea how to > stop these damn eyes? > TIA IIRC you could rightclick on the eyes and then opt for "stop" and otherwise there's always "xkill" to the rescue;) "xkill" can be done from the commandline in a xterminal or from the ,, menu. 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] Four Desktops
On Sunday 29 Feb 2004 H:55, Weiers Coetser wrote: i use 8 desktops and sometimes thats not enough ))) how win users get by on one is beyond me ;-)) > Hi... > > This is my third request for assitance and I've appreciated the input that > I've received every time. > > I don't know if the following scenario is a posible one: > > Lets say I've divided my work into four categories. I would like to use one > of the four KDE desktops for each of these four categories. > > At the moment I find that when I place a folder on my desktop it shows up > on all four the desktops. This gives my desktop a very cluttered feel and I > don't really see the purpose of having four desktops in this case. > > The same is true when I open several programmes. If I opened Open Office > Writer on Desktop one, I can still see the bar for that document at the > bottom, even if I am on Desktop two. If I have six or seven documents open > at the same time, I find it difficult to navigate my way between the > documents. > > Is it possible to change a setting that each of the four desktops function > almost independently. Eg. I can put all my MP3 files on Desktop 1 and run > the MP3 Player from there. Then I place all my written documents on desktop > two, and all my spreadsheets on desktop three. > > I hope my question makes sense. If it does not, can somebody please explain > again why there are four desktops in KDE. > > Greetings > Weiers Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Programs that won't quit
Greetings all I have a small problem with KDE on my MDK 9.1 using laptop. I went and started the xeyes program found under the Amusement tab, nice little diversion, but I can't remove them. No where in any of the docs have I found any mention of stopping a KDE recognized program. Any idea how to stop these damn eyes? TIA -- Doug Roberts Registered Linux User #160487 On a good day On a bad day, I have to use Micro$not or their cronies products Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re-fried Urpmi upgrade
I usually wait til all the Aussies are drunk, then use theirs. Lee On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 11:33:28 -0500 et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 29 February 2004 11:01 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: > > Hi All > > > > I came in on the tail of a thread about upgrading last week, so > > I kept my keyboard out of reach. > > > > Curiosity is killing me though. > > > > Can I upgrade to 10.whatever is now, by adding cooker to my > > urpmi sources and > > > > 'urpmi.update -a --wget && urpmi -v --auto-select --wget'. > > > > Seems way too simple to be true. This is Linux, after all. > > > > Lee > I should also note that the mirrors can be screwed up so make sure > your sources are good ones, and maybe consider a contrib2 and > main2 source (to double the chances of being able to download > everything, the mirrors are donated to Mandrake) and this weekend, > it has not been working for me. altho it has in the past. > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Four Desktops
Wow... Got an answer withing 3 minutes of posting the question! Thank you so much! I'll try it. - Original Message - From: "Weiers Coetser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 9:55 PM Subject: [newbie] Four Desktops > Hi... > > This is my third request for assitance and I've appreciated the input that > I've received every time. > > I don't know if the following scenario is a posible one: > > Lets say I've divided my work into four categories. I would like to use one > of the four KDE desktops for each of these four categories. > > At the moment I find that when I place a folder on my desktop it shows up on > all four the desktops. This gives my desktop a very cluttered feel and I > don't really see the purpose of having four desktops in this case. > > The same is true when I open several programmes. If I opened Open Office > Writer on Desktop one, I can still see the bar for that document at the > bottom, even if I am on Desktop two. If I have six or seven documents open > at the same time, I find it difficult to navigate my way between the > documents. > > Is it possible to change a setting that each of the four desktops function > almost independently. Eg. I can put all my MP3 files on Desktop 1 and run > the MP3 Player from there. Then I place all my written documents on desktop > two, and all my spreadsheets on desktop three. > > I hope my question makes sense. If it does not, can somebody please explain > again why there are four desktops in KDE. > > Greetings > Weiers > > > 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] Four Desktops
On Sunday 29 Feb 2004 19:55, Weiers Coetser wrote: > Hi... > > This is my third request for assitance and I've appreciated the input that > I've received every time. > > I don't know if the following scenario is a posible one: > > Lets say I've divided my work into four categories. I would like to use one > of the four KDE desktops for each of these four categories. > > At the moment I find that when I place a folder on my desktop it shows up > on all four the desktops. This gives my desktop a very cluttered feel and I > don't really see the purpose of having four desktops in this case. > > The same is true when I open several programmes. If I opened Open Office > Writer on Desktop one, I can still see the bar for that document at the > bottom, even if I am on Desktop two. If I have six or seven documents open > at the same time, I find it difficult to navigate my way between the > documents. > > Is it possible to change a setting that each of the four desktops function > almost independently. Eg. I can put all my MP3 files on Desktop 1 and run > the MP3 Player from there. Then I place all my written documents on desktop > two, and all my spreadsheets on desktop three. > > I hope my question makes sense. If it does not, can somebody please explain > again why there are four desktops in KDE. > > Greetings > Weiers If you rightclick in the bar at the top of a window and select "To Desktop" you can select if that window is shown on all desktops, or send it to a specific desktop. When you have a window just as you want it right click in the bar and select "Advanced>StoreWindow Settings", then it will always appear just like that and on that specific desktop. HTH derek (BTW: I am using KDE 3.2 on Mdk10.0 your KDE 3.1 might be slightly different. ) -- 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] Four Desktops
On Sunday 29 February 2004 11:55 am, Weiers Coetser wrote: : Hi... : : This is my third request for assitance and I've appreciated the input that : I've received every time. : : I don't know if the following scenario is a posible one: : : Lets say I've divided my work into four categories. I would like to use one : of the four KDE desktops for each of these four categories. : : At the moment I find that when I place a folder on my desktop it shows up : on all four the desktops. This gives my desktop a very cluttered feel and I : don't really see the purpose of having four desktops in this case. : : The same is true when I open several programmes. If I opened Open Office : Writer on Desktop one, I can still see the bar for that document at the : bottom, even if I am on Desktop two. If I have six or seven documents open : at the same time, I find it difficult to navigate my way between the : documents. : : Is it possible to change a setting that each of the four desktops function : almost independently. Eg. I can put all my MP3 files on Desktop 1 and run : the MP3 Player from there. Then I place all my written documents on desktop : two, and all my spreadsheets on desktop three. : : I hope my question makes sense. If it does not, can somebody please explain : again why there are four desktops in KDE. : : Greetings : Weiers Hi ... Just discovered this myself, so I'm please to have an opportunity to share it! From the K Menu go to Configuration - KDE - LookNFeel - Taskbar Under Taskbar there's a checkbox that reads Show windows from all desktops Uncheck that and you will only see the open apps/files/etc for each desktop you're actually "in" ... (So when you go to your mp3 desktop, then you'll see your mp3 player, etc, but not the Open Office apps/files ... ) Hope this helps ... Adam Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Four Desktops
On Sunday, 29 February 2004 21:55, Weiers Coetser wrote: > The same is true when I open several programmes. If I opened Open Office > Writer on Desktop one, I can still see the bar for that document at the > bottom, even if I am on Desktop two. If I have six or seven documents open > at the same time, I find it difficult to navigate my way between the > documents. In the Taskbar's KDE Control Module, you can uncheck the "Show windows from all desktops" checkbox, then only the current desktop's windows will be shown in the Kicker taskbar. > Is it possible to change a setting that each of the four desktops function > almost independently. Eg. I can put all my MP3 files on Desktop 1 and run > the MP3 Player from there. Then I place all my written documents on desktop > two, and all my spreadsheets on desktop three. No. Your desktop icons cannot change across desktops, AFAIK. Only your backgrounds. > I hope my question makes sense. If it does not, can somebody please explain > again why there are four desktops in KDE. Screen space. Imagine you have OpenOffice.org, a web browser, mail client, IRC client, development environment, a console, a file browser, etc. etc. Think of the horrible pain it would be to switch between those windows the whole time :D Then think how cool it would be if you could sort of categorise your windows according to desktops, thus, XMMS on desktop 1, web applications on desktop 2, office on 3, development on 4, etc. Which is why we have 4 virtual desktops. At least, that's why I have 'em. Hope this answers your questions. pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: [newbie] Keep losing LAN settings
Hi Greg, I forwarded your message to my friend with the know-how that set up the system so we can get correct answersbe back to you as soon as I get the info. Thanks for the time to help me. Johan On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:51:26 -0500 Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 29 February 2004 02:01 pm, Johan wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] internet]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0 > > cat: /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0: No such file or directory > > Interesting. This looks like your problem right here. This is the file that > is supposed to holds the configuration settings so that the interface can be > brought back up at boot. > > ** > [EMAIL PROTECTED] internet]# cat /etc/modules.conf > > > alias eth0 ne2k-pci > > You are correctly getting an alias set up for your network adapter, so we just > have to get you a ifcfg-eth0 file. > > This file should be written out by drakconnect, and I have no explanation why > it is not. We could get one setup manually if we know a little more about > your network setup. Are you on cable/DSL, do you have a router, other > machines on the network, etc. What is addressing scheme you are using, dhcp > or static. > > You could try something like this if you have a dhcp server: > > DEVICE=eth0 > BOOTPROTO=dhcp > DHCP_TIMEOUT=5 > ONBOOT=yes > MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no > NEEDHOSTNAME=no > -- > /g > > -- Johan Registered Linux User #330034 .. still learning May this be a good day for learning Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Four Desktops
Hi... This is my third request for assitance and I've appreciated the input that I've received every time. I don't know if the following scenario is a posible one: Lets say I've divided my work into four categories. I would like to use one of the four KDE desktops for each of these four categories. At the moment I find that when I place a folder on my desktop it shows up on all four the desktops. This gives my desktop a very cluttered feel and I don't really see the purpose of having four desktops in this case. The same is true when I open several programmes. If I opened Open Office Writer on Desktop one, I can still see the bar for that document at the bottom, even if I am on Desktop two. If I have six or seven documents open at the same time, I find it difficult to navigate my way between the documents. Is it possible to change a setting that each of the four desktops function almost independently. Eg. I can put all my MP3 files on Desktop 1 and run the MP3 Player from there. Then I place all my written documents on desktop two, and all my spreadsheets on desktop three. I hope my question makes sense. If it does not, can somebody please explain again why there are four desktops in KDE. Greetings Weiers Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Spamassassin..... (help!)
On Sunday 29 Feb 2004 19:40, Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas wrote: > Hi! > > I've been using spamassassin for a while, but I must have missed some > detail on the config process! > > It's configured system wide. And as I use procmail and kmail, the > spamassassin insist on putting the lock file at ~/Mail/ (kmail directory). > > How can I change this? I have set two directories for spamassassin > ~/.spamassassin (with the dot) and ~/spamassassin (no dot). > > The user_prefs is read correct as well as my sa-learm --spam/--ham and > white_list. > > Any help? > > []s Ricardo Castanho It is not spamassassin setting the lock file. it is procmail Any procmail recipe that starts with :0 will not create a lock file. You do not need a lock file when piping your mails through spamassassin. The lock file is there simply to stop procmail and kmail trying to use a mail spool file at the same time. You only need to set it when actually writing to a mail spool file. A procmail recipe starting with :0 : will use the default lockfile. The default lockfile name will be the same as the mail folder used with a leading '.' A procmail recipe in the form :0 : lockfilename will use the named lock file. Hope that is clearer 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] Keep losing LAN settings
On Sunday 29 February 2004 11:01 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 29 February 2004 17:48, Greg Meyer wrote: > > On Sunday 29 February 2004 09:29 am, Johan wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > We have setup a gateway and one workstation. > > > Workstation MDK 9.2 fully updated up to saturday 28/02/04. > > > > > > This workstation keep losing its LAN settings...have to launch > > > LAN wizard every time after reboot. > > > > > > Win xpsuse 9.0fedora...they all keep their settings on > > > same box. > > > > This was a problem with the 10 betas, but should not be in 9.2. > > > > Which network card do you have? List output of 'lspci -v' if you > > don't know. > > > > Post the contents of the following files after setting up the > > connection and getting it working with the drakconnect wizard. > > > > /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0 > > /etc/modules > > /etc/modules.conf > > Greg, this is happening on my 9.2 box - but not every day. I'm > suspecting msec weekly or monthly. > > Anne > - -- Anne, why don't you turn off msec to check if that is what it is. Just rename the msec executable to msecDISABLE in /usr/sbin Erylon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Keep losing LAN settings
On Sunday 29 February 2004 02:01 pm, Johan wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] internet]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0 > cat: /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0: No such file or directory Interesting. This looks like your problem right here. This is the file that is supposed to holds the configuration settings so that the interface can be brought back up at boot. ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] internet]# cat /etc/modules.conf alias eth0 ne2k-pci You are correctly getting an alias set up for your network adapter, so we just have to get you a ifcfg-eth0 file. This file should be written out by drakconnect, and I have no explanation why it is not. We could get one setup manually if we know a little more about your network setup. Are you on cable/DSL, do you have a router, other machines on the network, etc. What is addressing scheme you are using, dhcp or static. You could try something like this if you have a dhcp server: DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp DHCP_TIMEOUT=5 ONBOOT=yes MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no NEEDHOSTNAME=no -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Spamassassin..... (help!)
Hi! I've been using spamassassin for a while, but I must have missed some detail on the config process! It's configured system wide. And as I use procmail and kmail, the spamassassin insist on putting the lock file at ~/Mail/ (kmail directory). How can I change this? I have set two directories for spamassassin ~/.spamassassin (with the dot) and ~/spamassassin (no dot). The user_prefs is read correct as well as my sa-learm --spam/--ham and white_list. Any help? []s Ricardo Castanho -- == Linux user # 102240 => [EMAIL PROTECTED] user => 100% M$ FREE == Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HP Scanner 4400C
On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 01:18:17 -0800, Rob Blomquist wrote > On Sunday 29 February 2004 12:59 am, Adrian Earnshaw monotonically > droned on: > > Hi to all, > > > > I have just started to use Linux and have chosen Mandrake as my first real > > foray into the Linux world. I was wondering if anyone has come across any > > drivers for the HP Scanner 4400C as it is the only hardware I can't get to > > work. It says that it is supported under the hardware page but no program > > seems to be able to connect to it. At the moment I am using 9.1 but > > starting the download of 9.2 eventually! > > Possibly the biggest help for tough hardware problems is to google > your question, in this case I would first try "scanner 4400C linux", > which scores 410 hits. Including many from the sane-devel list, > which is a good thing, as sane is the program that allows scanners > to run under linux. > > I also see that it is a USB scanner. Do you have the USB subsection > running properly? Maybe the scanner is being detected, but not set > up properly. Do you have an entry called 'scanner' in your /etc/modules file? Mandrake did not add this (for me anyway) and my HP scanner would not work without it. Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
On Sunday 29 February 2004 02:13 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 29 February 2004 19:03, Marc Resnick wrote: > > Anne, > > I know I'm a different Marc, but I'll answer you anyway =). Yes, > > this does give you three partitions. It makes the /home a little > > bigger than the /, and the swap is the right size. It's all > > proportional to the space it has. But sometimes I think it doesn't > > mount the /home correctly...did that to me once.. > > > > --Marc > > I've always played safe and created a /home partition first. Nowadays > I create /boot and sometimes /usr, but they are less important, > although /boot is good if you use more than one distro > > Anne > - -- > Registered Linux User No.293302 > Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFAQjnwkFAvMr/nNX8RAsSNAKCZjt+fGAjKsKUsRVkhf7zQokqlMgCfXGjq > j0bCWANkMf2iPkiNr5RbTWg= > =LLgS > -END PGP SIGNATURE- My hard drive is only 40 gb, and being that Linux is just my toy(though I rarely use Windows unless I have a problem with Linux), it has only 15 GB. Of course if I ever need more space I can always resize without losing data...I think. I've never actually tried resizing a Linux partition. Will data loss occur? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 19:03, Marc Resnick wrote: > Anne, > I know I'm a different Marc, but I'll answer you anyway =). Yes, > this does give you three partitions. It makes the /home a little > bigger than the /, and the swap is the right size. It's all > proportional to the space it has. But sometimes I think it doesn't > mount the /home correctly...did that to me once.. > > --Marc I've always played safe and created a /home partition first. Nowadays I create /boot and sometimes /usr, but they are less important, although /boot is good if you use more than one distro Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAQjnwkFAvMr/nNX8RAsSNAKCZjt+fGAjKsKUsRVkhf7zQokqlMgCfXGjq j0bCWANkMf2iPkiNr5RbTWg= =LLgS -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
On Sunday 29 February 2004 01:56 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 29 February 2004 16:34, Marc wrote: > > Click on the gray > > part and then near the bottom of the screen click on auto allocate. > > Mandrake will divide the gray part into 3 partitions, root, swap > > and home next click on the done tab near the bottom of the screen > > and proceed with the rest of the installation. > > Marc, does this give you a separate partition for /home? I thought > the default install put everything into one partition (apart from > swap, of course). > > Anne > - -- > Registered Linux User No.293302 > Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFAQjX1kFAvMr/nNX8RAvsuAJ9es4URlKCYf8ziG6oZBDqPpKC3lACePI9l > kGoO1ej3e/k/7Q3R4UmvisI= > =K40S > -END PGP SIGNATURE- Anne, I know I'm a different Marc, but I'll answer you anyway =). Yes, this does give you three partitions. It makes the /home a little bigger than the /, and the swap is the right size. It's all proportional to the space it has. But sometimes I think it doesn't mount the /home correctly...did that to me once.. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Keep losing LAN settings
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 17:48, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Sunday 29 February 2004 09:29 am, Johan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > We have setup a gateway and one workstation. > > Workstation MDK 9.2 fully updated up to saturday 28/02/04. > > > > This workstation keep losing its LAN settings...have to launch > > LAN wizard every time after reboot. > > > > Win xpsuse 9.0fedora...they all keep their settings on > > same box. > > This was a problem with the 10 betas, but should not be in 9.2. > > Which network card do you have? List output of 'lspci -v' if you > don't know. > > Post the contents of the following files after setting up the > connection and getting it working with the drakconnect wizard. > > /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0 > /etc/modules > /etc/modules.conf Greg, this is happening on my 9.2 box - but not every day. I'm suspecting msec weekly or monthly. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAQjcCkFAvMr/nNX8RArehAJ0SbpVtvEdMGGmIHHDLrFhaNTCVFQCfSIRr 9Rk03MsB6bwknwSxhVdpOYM= =cgpp -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I backup KMail filters/settings?
On Sunday 29 February 2004 08:08 am, Derek Jennings wrote: : On Sunday 29 Feb 2004 02:15, J Adam Latham wrote: : > Hi, All ... : > : > Today I had to reinstall my user directory, which I had backed up on a : > disc. But when I unpacked the contents of that backup (which included my : > Mail dir) I was disappointed to discover that my KMail settings : > (identities, networks, filters etc) were not backed up ... Also, any sub : > directories (& their msgs) in my local folders were gone ... (Which : > means, say, the folder Work was still there but not, say, Work -> Bob, : > Work - : > : > >Susie, or whatever ... ) : > : > I had assumed (naively) that this info was stored either in my Mail dir : > or in some hidden file in my home dir ... Obviously not. : > : > Can someone please let me know where this info is saved, and how I can : > include it in backups so that I don't have to recreate all my settings : > again? : > : > Any/all help is appreciated ... : > : > Best, : > Adam : : Your mail settings are stores in ~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc : It looks like you did not include hidden files in your backup. : : A convenient way to do a backup to CD or ftp/ssh is drakbackup : It is in the drakxtools RPM (get the latest version of the updates mirror) : : derek Thanks, derek ... I had thought that by doing a backup by entering my home dir and executing tar cvf home.tar * it would've grabbed hidden files too ... Guess not! Thanks for the heads up on where these settings are stored ... Best, Adam Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
Hoyt Bailey wrote No spare computer. The last time I screwed up and had to reinstall it took 4 days. Mostly fighting those nasty virisus that sneek in while I'm downloading the norton virus definations. I dont mind reinstalling windows but the virus definations are tough. Also linux is trashed (due to me) so there is no problem reinstalling it. I just want to do it right for once. Regards; Hoyt If you are confident you have backup facilities for windows, then you don't really have much to worry about. You can, and should install Mandrake from the installation discs so it matters not how many times you have to restart till you get it right. I just wanted to make sure you can really can restore windows if you do mess up. I know XP doesn't always come with good backup facilities these days unless you have the professional install discs MS doesn't hand out XP install discs any more to the likes of PC owners. So if all else fails it's important tobe able to restore windblows easy . If the Computer came with OEM backup then use them, if not make your own backup with a drive image programme first. A good backup programme should restore XP in 20 minutes. As for the size of partition, that is entirely your own decision, only you know how much space XP needs. I wouldn't waste 25 gigs on windblows myself, I'd shring it down to 5or6 gigs, and a spare partition in NTFS for important things you don't want to loose, but that is my way of doing things, so whatever you want to do is the right decision for you. As far as linux /swap partition is concerned , if has nothing to do with windows at all , windows uses a vitual memory based on a file with predetemined limits. Linux uses a spare partition it calls a /swap partition and this should be about 1 1/2/2 times physical memory. John John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
On Sunday 29 February 2004 11:06 am, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 10:34 > Subject: Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition > > > > > > > No spare computer. The last time I screwed up and had to reinstall it > > took > > > > 4 days. Mostly fighting those nasty virisus that sneek in while I'm > > > downloading the norton virus definations. I dont mind reinstalling > > windows > > > > but the virus definations are tough. Also linux is trashed (due to me) > > so > > > > there is no problem reinstalling it. I just want to do it right for > > once. > > > > Regards; > > > Hoyt > > > >Well I can tell you what I have done in the past and I think that you > > will > > > find it easy. Forget about the expert mode!!! just insert CD1 immediately > > after defragmenting and do the standard installation and accept the > > defalt settings after reading through the options, you may gave to select > > a different mouse type or something simple like that. NOTHING will be > > permanently written to the hard drive until you finish disk partitioning > > so > > > don't worry yet. When you get to disk partitioning select custom disk > > partitioning it should take you to a screen with a graphical > > representation > > > of your partitions and you should see 1 large partition that is all blue > > that > > > is labeled windows. Just click on it and some options should appear on > > the left of the screen, select resize. then just use the GUI to shrink > > the windows partition as much as you like, about half the original size > > is probably OK. Next you should see a new graphical representation of > > your partition table. Half of it will be blue and labled windows and the > > other half will be a sort of gray color with no label. Click on the gray > > part > > and > > > then near the bottom of the screen click on auto allocate. Mandrake will > > divide the gray part into 3 partitions, root, swap and home next click on > > the > > > done tab near the bottom of the screen and proceed with the rest of the > > installation. > > > >You can also have a look at the demo at > > http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/demos/Demo/Mandrake9.0/Install/ > > it is for the old 9.0 release but the installation process is still > > almost > > the > > > same. I hope that this helps. > > > > Marc > > -- > > Thanks very much that is what I have been looking for and I will check out > the reference. My problem is I normally dont take chances and let the > installer do the job so I dont know what options are avalabile. > > Regards; > Hoyt I understand your concern but I can assure you that Mandrake has done a Fantastic job on the installer, infact it is one of the things that makes mandrake really stand out from the rest of the crowd. If I remember correctly back about 6 months ago a guy named civileme did most of the coordinating work with the team that developed the installer for 9.2 and he went to great efforts to get it right. Marc KM5KW -- Composed on a 100% Microsoft and windows free computer using Mandrake Linux 9.2 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
- Original Message - From: "Marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 10:34 Subject: Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition > On Sunday 29 February 2004 10:11 am, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > - Original Message - > > From: "John Richard Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 09:53 > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition > > > > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > Worry not - I know, it's easy for me to talk . Someone will help > > > > dig you out, then you'll wonder what all the fuss was about ;-) > > > > > > > > Anne > > > > -- > > > > Registered Linux User No.293302 > > > > Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? > > > > > > There isn't one of us that didn't want to mess our pants > > > at one time or other trying to fix computers. The funny > > > thing is once you have gotton over the initial shock > > > of being in a whole you don't know how to cline out > > > of, you start thinking again, and suddenly ideas take > > > root and before long with a bit of help you are passed > > > that little hurdle and wonder why you thought you > > > were never going to manage to solve it. > > > So I would ask you first if you have another > > > computer to talk to list about should you get locked > > > out for a while you are sorting out your problem. > > > > > > Then begin again. > > > I haven't followed this thread so I don't know where > > > you are but cheer up , remember you can always > > > slap dear old windblows back again if all else > > > fails , they must of given you some backup disks > > > of some sort. I know you don't get MS isnatallation > > > discs anymore with many OEM computers running > > > XP. But they usually have some sort of backup > > > facility, if not then make your own first. > > > > > > John > > > > No spare computer. The last time I screwed up and had to reinstall it took > > 4 days. Mostly fighting those nasty virisus that sneek in while I'm > > downloading the norton virus definations. I dont mind reinstalling windows > > but the virus definations are tough. Also linux is trashed (due to me) so > > there is no problem reinstalling it. I just want to do it right for once. > > > > Regards; > > Hoyt > > >Well I can tell you what I have done in the past and I think that you will > find it easy. Forget about the expert mode!!! just insert CD1 immediately > after defragmenting and do the standard installation and accept the defalt > settings after reading through the options, you may gave to select a > different mouse type or something simple like that. NOTHING will be > permanently written to the hard drive until you finish disk partitioning so > don't worry yet. When you get to disk partitioning select custom disk > partitioning it should take you to a screen with a graphical representation > of your partitions and you should see 1 large partition that is all blue that > is labeled windows. Just click on it and some options should appear on the > left of the screen, select resize. then just use the GUI to shrink the > windows partition as much as you like, about half the original size is > probably OK. Next you should see a new graphical representation of your > partition table. Half of it will be blue and labled windows and the other > half will be a sort of gray color with no label. Click on the gray part and > then near the bottom of the screen click on auto allocate. Mandrake will > divide the gray part into 3 partitions, root, swap and home next click on the > done tab near the bottom of the screen and proceed with the rest of the > installation. > >You can also have a look at the demo at > http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/demos/Demo/Mandrake9.0/Install/ > it is for the old 9.0 release but the installation process is still almost the > same. I hope that this helps. > > Marc > -- Thanks very much that is what I have been looking for and I will check out the reference. My problem is I normally dont take chances and let the installer do the job so I dont know what options are avalabile. Regards; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] webdav on mandrake 9.2
FYI i do have sshd running and webmin running so i can do this either way..:) William Warren wrote: I am trying to get webdav working on mandrake 9.2 I have mod dav installed and the dav fs installed..apache is installed and running. I have been trying for the past couple of months to get this working and it is beyond me..:) the directory i want to share is /files/server/calendar i am not worried about outside access as this is internal to my lan and i have astaro security linux specifically set to not allow this server on the net. This server also runs samba and shares out an 80 gig drive(the one the calendar will be on)...how do i get webdav working? the clients will be mozilla 1.x with the calendar module add-on installed..:) William Warren -- My "Foundation" verse: Isa 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] webdav on mandrake 9.2
I am trying to get webdav working on mandrake 9.2 I have mod dav installed and the dav fs installed..apache is installed and running. I have been trying for the past couple of months to get this working and it is beyond me..:) the directory i want to share is /files/server/calendar i am not worried about outside access as this is internal to my lan and i have astaro security linux specifically set to not allow this server on the net. This server also runs samba and shares out an 80 gig drive(the one the calendar will be on)...how do i get webdav working? the clients will be mozilla 1.x with the calendar module add-on installed..:) William Warren -- My "Foundation" verse: Isa 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
On Sunday 29 February 2004 10:11 am, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "John Richard Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 09:53 > Subject: Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition > > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > > Worry not - I know, it's easy for me to talk . Someone will help > > > dig you out, then you'll wonder what all the fuss was about ;-) > > > > > > Anne > > > -- > > > Registered Linux User No.293302 > > > Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? > > > > There isn't one of us that didn't want to mess our pants > > at one time or other trying to fix computers. The funny > > thing is once you have gotton over the initial shock > > of being in a whole you don't know how to cline out > > of, you start thinking again, and suddenly ideas take > > root and before long with a bit of help you are passed > > that little hurdle and wonder why you thought you > > were never going to manage to solve it. > > So I would ask you first if you have another > > computer to talk to list about should you get locked > > out for a while you are sorting out your problem. > > > > Then begin again. > > I haven't followed this thread so I don't know where > > you are but cheer up , remember you can always > > slap dear old windblows back again if all else > > fails , they must of given you some backup disks > > of some sort. I know you don't get MS isnatallation > > discs anymore with many OEM computers running > > XP. But they usually have some sort of backup > > facility, if not then make your own first. > > > > John > > No spare computer. The last time I screwed up and had to reinstall it took > 4 days. Mostly fighting those nasty virisus that sneek in while I'm > downloading the norton virus definations. I dont mind reinstalling windows > but the virus definations are tough. Also linux is trashed (due to me) so > there is no problem reinstalling it. I just want to do it right for once. > > Regards; > Hoyt Well I can tell you what I have done in the past and I think that you will find it easy. Forget about the expert mode!!! just insert CD1 immediately after defragmenting and do the standard installation and accept the defalt settings after reading through the options, you may gave to select a different mouse type or something simple like that. NOTHING will be permanently written to the hard drive until you finish disk partitioning so don't worry yet. When you get to disk partitioning select custom disk partitioning it should take you to a screen with a graphical representation of your partitions and you should see 1 large partition that is all blue that is labeled windows. Just click on it and some options should appear on the left of the screen, select resize. then just use the GUI to shrink the windows partition as much as you like, about half the original size is probably OK. Next you should see a new graphical representation of your partition table. Half of it will be blue and labled windows and the other half will be a sort of gray color with no label. Click on the gray part and then near the bottom of the screen click on auto allocate. Mandrake will divide the gray part into 3 partitions, root, swap and home next click on the done tab near the bottom of the screen and proceed with the rest of the installation. You can also have a look at the demo at http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/demos/Demo/Mandrake9.0/Install/ it is for the old 9.0 release but the installation process is still almost the same. I hope that this helps. Marc -- Composed on a 100% Microsoft and windows free computer using Mandrake Linux 9.2 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re-fried Urpmi upgrade
On Sunday 29 February 2004 11:01 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: > Hi All > > I came in on the tail of a thread about upgrading last week, so I > kept my keyboard out of reach. > > Curiosity is killing me though. > > Can I upgrade to 10.whatever is now, by adding cooker to my urpmi > sources and > > 'urpmi.update -a --wget && urpmi -v --auto-select --wget'. > > Seems way too simple to be true. This is Linux, after all. > > Lee I should also note that the mirrors can be screwed up so make sure your sources are good ones, and maybe consider a contrib2 and main2 source (to double the chances of being able to download everything, the mirrors are donated to Mandrake) and this weekend, it has not been working for me. altho it has in the past. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re-fried Urpmi upgrade
On Sunday 29 February 2004 11:01 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: > Hi All > > I came in on the tail of a thread about upgrading last week, so I > kept my keyboard out of reach. > > Curiosity is killing me though. > > Can I upgrade to 10.whatever is now, by adding cooker to my urpmi > sources and > > 'urpmi.update -a --wget && urpmi -v --auto-select --wget'. > > Seems way too simple to be true. This is Linux, after all. > > Lee remember, cooker is the trial version, so some stuff may work better, and some may not work at all.. and since it is a 'trial' version, try it, and let the cooker list know what happens... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] shorell setup
On Sunday 29 Feb 2004 14:46, Josenildo Marques wrote: > Hello ! > I haven't used any firewall so far and as I read posts that show a > concern over this way of protection, I tried to set up Shorewall. In > DrakFirewall, I unchecked 'everything - no firewall' and checked all the > other options as I am not sure yet which services are activated or > disabled. The thing is I cannot either browse the Internet or get > e-mails even having all options enabled. > Could someone lend me a hand ? > TIA The Mandrake Firewall GUI is pretty simple and often screws up configuration. A common mistake the GUI makes is to get the interface connected to the internet wrong. It will assume eth0 is connected to the net. Take a look at the file /etc/shorewall/interfaces At the bottom you will see something like :- net eth0detect loc eth1detect (it may be called masq instead of loc) If you connect via DSL (ppp over atm), or dial up, then replace eth0 with ppp0 If you are not doing internet connection sharing then you do not need the second line. Then restart shorewall with 'shorewall restart' in a root terminal HTH 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] Mirror Directories
On Sunday 29 February 2004 03:34 am, Stephen Reynolds wrote: > On windows machines I use a Microsoft tool called robocopy to mirror > directory trees. I use this tool to synchronise my documents directories > onto a usb flash drive. rsync, fmirror, wget, draksync, etc. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
- Original Message - From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 09:37 Subject: Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 15:18, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > I went I saw I didnt do very well. Don't sell yourself short, Hoyt. You're learning, and that's always good. > I did find the resize option > but it said I should run chkdisk from the run command. Windows > couldnt find chkdisk. As an alternative it also suggested > defragment. Results as follows: Volume size:46.54GB > Cluster size:4KB > Used space:6.48GB > Free space:40.096GB > Percent free space:86% > Total fragmention:0% > Total files:30,447 > Average frag' per file: 1 > Toral frag': 1 > Pagefile size: 377MB > Total fragments: 1 > Total folders:1961 > Fragmented folders:1 > Total MFT file:76MB > Percent MFT in use:41 > Total MFT fragments:3 > I dont know what this all means but the # of fragments dont add up. > Also the unmoveable files moved out of the group of files, on the > defragmention screen, that are contiguous that is new. I don't know much about XP, Hoyt, so someone else will have to help here. If you don't get a reply on that one fairly soon start a new thread with a subject that specifies XP + Linux install and explain the situation. There are people here who have done this several times. > I > originally established the windows partition at 50GB. My current > plan is to shrink it to 25GB. Is this rational ? Sounds fine to me. > Also is it > possible for windows and linux to use the same swap file, > currently windows recognizes the swap file in linux as a logical > partition? > That doesn't sound right. As far as I know windows cannot see a linux swap partition. > I feel like I'm getting into deep dodo. Worry not - I know, it's easy for me to talk . Someone will help dig you out, then you'll wonder what all the fuss was about ;-) Anne - -- Thanks for your assistance I'll hang around for a while to see if there is any more input. Regards; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
- Original Message - From: "John Richard Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 09:53 Subject: Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition > Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > > > > > Worry not - I know, it's easy for me to talk . Someone will help > > dig you out, then you'll wonder what all the fuss was about ;-) > > > > Anne > > -- > > Registered Linux User No.293302 > > Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? > > There isn't one of us that didn't want to mess our pants > at one time or other trying to fix computers. The funny > thing is once you have gotton over the initial shock > of being in a whole you don't know how to cline out > of, you start thinking again, and suddenly ideas take > root and before long with a bit of help you are passed > that little hurdle and wonder why you thought you > were never going to manage to solve it. > So I would ask you first if you have another > computer to talk to list about should you get locked > out for a while you are sorting out your problem. > > Then begin again. > I haven't followed this thread so I don't know where > you are but cheer up , remember you can always > slap dear old windblows back again if all else > fails , they must of given you some backup disks > of some sort. I know you don't get MS isnatallation > discs anymore with many OEM computers running > XP. But they usually have some sort of backup > facility, if not then make your own first. > > John > No spare computer. The last time I screwed up and had to reinstall it took 4 days. Mostly fighting those nasty virisus that sneek in while I'm downloading the norton virus definations. I dont mind reinstalling windows but the virus definations are tough. Also linux is trashed (due to me) so there is no problem reinstalling it. I just want to do it right for once. Regards; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re-fried Urpmi upgrade
Hi All I came in on the tail of a thread about upgrading last week, so I kept my keyboard out of reach. Curiosity is killing me though. Can I upgrade to 10.whatever is now, by adding cooker to my urpmi sources and 'urpmi.update -a --wget && urpmi -v --auto-select --wget'. Seems way too simple to be true. This is Linux, after all. Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I backup KMail filters/settings?
On Sunday 29 Feb 2004 02:15, J Adam Latham wrote: > Hi, All ... > > Today I had to reinstall my user directory, which I had backed up on a > disc. But when I unpacked the contents of that backup (which included my > Mail dir) I was disappointed to discover that my KMail settings > (identities, networks, filters etc) were not backed up ... Also, any sub > directories (& their msgs) in my local folders were gone ... (Which means, > say, the folder Work was still there but not, say, Work -> Bob, Work - > >Susie, or whatever ... ) > > I had assumed (naively) that this info was stored either in my Mail dir or > in some hidden file in my home dir ... Obviously not. > > Can someone please let me know where this info is saved, and how I can > include it in backups so that I don't have to recreate all my settings > again? > > Any/all help is appreciated ... > > Best, > Adam Your mail settings are stores in ~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc It looks like you did not include hidden files in your backup. A convenient way to do a backup to CD or ftp/ssh is drakbackup It is in the drakxtools RPM (get the latest version of the updates mirror) 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] shorell setup
On Sunday 29 February 2004 08:46 am, Josenildo Marques wrote: > Hello ! > I haven't used any firewall so far and as I read posts that show a > concern over this way of protection, I tried to set up Shorewall. In > DrakFirewall, I unchecked 'everything - no firewall' and checked all the > other options as I am not sure yet which services are activated or > disabled. The thing is I cannot either browse the Internet or get > e-mails even having all options enabled. > Could someone lend me a hand ? > TIA The safest bet is to leave all boxes unchecked, unless you have a web server running. This will set defaults to minimize your risk. You can fine tune it with the other security tab "level and checks" HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Keep losing LAN settings
Hi, We have setup a gateway and one workstation. Workstation MDK 9.2 fully updated up to saturday 28/02/04. This workstation keep losing its LAN settings...have to launch LAN wizard every time after reboot. Win xpsuse 9.0fedora...they all keep their settings on same box. Kindly some pointers please. Thanks -- Johan Registered Linux User #330034 .. still learning May this be a good day for learning Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
Anne Wilson wrote: Worry not - I know, it's easy for me to talk . Someone will help dig you out, then you'll wonder what all the fuss was about ;-) Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? There isn't one of us that didn't want to mess our pants at one time or other trying to fix computers. The funny thing is once you have gotton over the initial shock of being in a whole you don't know how to cline out of, you start thinking again, and suddenly ideas take root and before long with a bit of help you are passed that little hurdle and wonder why you thought you were never going to manage to solve it. So I would ask you first if you have another computer to talk to list about should you get locked out for a while you are sorting out your problem. Then begin again. I haven't followed this thread so I don't know where you are but cheer up , remember you can always slap dear old windblows back again if all else fails , they must of given you some backup disks of some sort. I know you don't get MS isnatallation discs anymore with many OEM computers running XP. But they usually have some sort of backup facility, if not then make your own first. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 15:18, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > I went I saw I didnt do very well. Don't sell yourself short, Hoyt. You're learning, and that's always good. > I did find the resize option > but it said I should run chkdisk from the run command. Windows > couldnt find chkdisk. As an alternative it also suggested > defragment. Results as follows: Volume size:46.54GB > Cluster size:4KB > Used space:6.48GB > Free space:40.096GB > Percent free space:86% > Total fragmention:0% > Total files:30,447 > Average frag' per file: 1 > Toral frag': 1 > Pagefile size: 377MB > Total fragments: 1 > Total folders:1961 > Fragmented folders:1 > Total MFT file:76MB > Percent MFT in use:41 > Total MFT fragments:3 > I dont know what this all means but the # of fragments dont add up. > Also the unmoveable files moved out of the group of files, on the > defragmention screen, that are contiguous that is new. I don't know much about XP, Hoyt, so someone else will have to help here. If you don't get a reply on that one fairly soon start a new thread with a subject that specifies XP + Linux install and explain the situation. There are people here who have done this several times. > I > originally established the windows partition at 50GB. My current > plan is to shrink it to 25GB. Is this rational ? Sounds fine to me. > Also is it > possible for windows and linux to use the same swap file, > currently windows recognizes the swap file in linux as a logical > partition? > That doesn't sound right. As far as I know windows cannot see a linux swap partition. > I feel like I'm getting into deep dodo. Worry not - I know, it's easy for me to talk . Someone will help dig you out, then you'll wonder what all the fuss was about ;-) Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAQgc4kFAvMr/nNX8RAsp9AKCDV0UnCe7jGEU4SjwTw9g9PU6T7gCfX3b2 omKt7IcG6t5UR6ifN5TK5MU= =K1pR -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
- Original Message - From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 07:18 Subject: Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 13:03, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > Ok I just went and booted CD1 for 9.2 install. There is a screen > with two options Install and F1 for help. Clicking on install goes > directely to install this is what I normally use. That's right - you start as if to install. If you select expert mode when it gets to the partitioning you will see what I mean > So I pushed F1. > And got an install help screen it lists 4 options vgalo, text, > linux, expert also a little later rescue. There is no mention of > shrinking the windows partition anywhere on the page, there is an > option for another help page F2. Pushed F2 and find 2 aditional > options vgahi, vga16, again no mention of shrinking windows. > I dont use expert because it is likely dangerous, at lease for me, > since I dont have a clue as to what options I will be asked to > select. > I do understand the anxiety, Hoyt, but there really is no danger. As long as you don't actually tell it to shrink the partition or whatever you will be able to abort and nothing will have changed. What happens if you do tell it to carry on is that it warns you that it is going to write the new partition table. Allowing that is when you are committed, with no way back. Take a look, go into expert mode when it gets to partitioning, take a good look, then exit. Give yourself time to think about what you have seen. If you have any questions come back before going in to do the real install. I promise you that you are safe if you exit from expert mode when you have just looked at the partitioning. Anne -- I went I saw I didnt do very well. I did find the resize option but it said I should run chkdisk from the run command. Windows couldnt find chkdisk. As an alternative it also suggested defragment. Results as follows: Volume size:46.54GB Cluster size:4KB Used space:6.48GB Free space:40.096GB Percent free space:86% Total fragmention:0% Total files:30,447 Average frag' per file: 1 Toral frag': 1 Pagefile size: 377MB Total fragments: 1 Total folders:1961 Fragmented folders:1 Total MFT file:76MB Percent MFT in use:41 Total MFT fragments:3 I dont know what this all means but the # of fragments dont add up. Also the unmoveable files moved out of the group of files, on the defragmention screen, that are contiguous that is new. I originally established the windows partition at 50GB. My current plan is to shrink it to 25GB. Is this rational ? Also is it possible for windows and linux to use the same swap file, currently windows recognizes the swap file in linux as a logical partition? I feel like I'm getting into deep dodo. Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] shorell setup
Hello ! I haven't used any firewall so far and as I read posts that show a concern over this way of protection, I tried to set up Shorewall. In DrakFirewall, I unchecked 'everything - no firewall' and checked all the other options as I am not sure yet which services are activated or disabled. The thing is I cannot either browse the Internet or get e-mails even having all options enabled. Could someone lend me a hand ? TIA -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net registered linux user #341648 * "The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives." Albert Einstein Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] j2sdk installation
Hi all, this is my first questions here, but many of discussions here solved many of mine problems. I've download and installed j2sdk rpm from sun. It installed succesfully. Even in mozilla 1.6 i can run applets with the symlink. But im trying to run .jar java applications. I've done these to set PATH and CLASSPATH in Konsole for j2sdk: PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_03/bin CLASSPATH=/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_03/lib When I try to run any .jar like: java Application.jar I receive these error in .jar file: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError Am I doing everything ok? Is there any way easier to set PATH and CLASSPATH? Thanks for any help! -- Henrique Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Concerning about viruses
Paul Smith wrote: Dear All Is it true that one should not worry about virus when using Linux? It depends on whether you are running a server or a workstation. A Linux workstation is immune to Windows viruses (NOT "virii"!) and while there have been a few worms made to target Linux, the average workstation user need not lose any sleep over them - but use the Mandrake update feature and get the security patches, just in case. If you are running a server, especially if a number of users have access to it, you should probably run anti-virus software, since although a MS virus cannot get at the workings of your server, a user could upload, say, an infected Word document or naught .exe file, and another user could then download it. There was an informative thread on Linux AV software a little while ago - check the archives. 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] Reduce size of Windows partition
- Original Message - From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 07:18 Subject: Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 13:03, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > Ok I just went and booted CD1 for 9.2 install. There is a screen > with two options Install and F1 for help. Clicking on install goes > directely to install this is what I normally use. That's right - you start as if to install. If you select expert mode when it gets to the partitioning you will see what I mean > So I pushed F1. > And got an install help screen it lists 4 options vgalo, text, > linux, expert also a little later rescue. There is no mention of > shrinking the windows partition anywhere on the page, there is an > option for another help page F2. Pushed F2 and find 2 aditional > options vgahi, vga16, again no mention of shrinking windows. > I dont use expert because it is likely dangerous, at lease for me, > since I dont have a clue as to what options I will be asked to > select. > I do understand the anxiety, Hoyt, but there really is no danger. As long as you don't actually tell it to shrink the partition or whatever you will be able to abort and nothing will have changed. What happens if you do tell it to carry on is that it warns you that it is going to write the new partition table. Allowing that is when you are committed, with no way back. Take a look, go into expert mode when it gets to partitioning, take a good look, then exit. Give yourself time to think about what you have seen. If you have any questions come back before going in to do the real install. I promise you that you are safe if you exit from expert mode when you have just looked at the partitioning. Anne Ok I'll try that. Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HP Scanner 4400C
On Sunday 29 February 2004 03:59 am, Adrian Earnshaw wrote: > Hi to all, > > I have just started to use Linux and have chosen Mandrake as my first real > foray into the Linux world. I was wondering if anyone has come across any > drivers for the HP Scanner 4400C as it is the only hardware I can't get to > work. It says that it is supported under the hardware page but no program > seems to be able to connect to it. At the moment I am using 9.1 but > starting the download of 9.2 eventually! > I have a 4300 and IIRC, it was not supported until 9.1, and still not perfectly. The 4400 may have come even later. I believe it uses the niash module. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT - iRiver Now Supports Ogg Vorbis
On Sunday 29 February 2004 03:24 am, Rob Blomquist wrote: > On Saturday 28 February 2004 11:25 pm, Glenn monotonically droned on: > > Anne; > > Just saw this on the Iriver site. Possibly they'd have the 350 for > > less than you were able to find? > > I see that at www.pricewatch.com, that the best price for the 350 is $101. > > Now, what about syncing it under Linux? Is support available, or is it just > a scsi drive to USB? It is a cd format, so you just burn a standard data cd. No cables or synching necessary. The flash players, I have no experience with, but they may just be mountable like any other removeable storage device. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 13:03, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > Ok I just went and booted CD1 for 9.2 install. There is a screen > with two options Install and F1 for help. Clicking on install goes > directely to install this is what I normally use. That's right - you start as if to install. If you select expert mode when it gets to the partitioning you will see what I mean > So I pushed F1. > And got an install help screen it lists 4 options vgalo, text, > linux, expert also a little later rescue. There is no mention of > shrinking the windows partition anywhere on the page, there is an > option for another help page F2. Pushed F2 and find 2 aditional > options vgahi, vga16, again no mention of shrinking windows. > I dont use expert because it is likely dangerous, at lease for me, > since I dont have a clue as to what options I will be asked to > select. > I do understand the anxiety, Hoyt, but there really is no danger. As long as you don't actually tell it to shrink the partition or whatever you will be able to abort and nothing will have changed. What happens if you do tell it to carry on is that it warns you that it is going to write the new partition table. Allowing that is when you are committed, with no way back. Take a look, go into expert mode when it gets to partitioning, take a good look, then exit. Give yourself time to think about what you have seen. If you have any questions come back before going in to do the real install. I promise you that you are safe if you exit from expert mode when you have just looked at the partitioning. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAQeazkFAvMr/nNX8RAih1AJ4qYngdbN6MOSuekvBfjIQajyNRSgCgkuFI jG9R/GgzCMj0PKm3KkhsZBQ= =Hwq9 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
- Original Message - From: "Miroslav Skoric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 06:35 Subject: Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition > Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > I have been advised to defragment windows. Then boot linux from cd (I > > assume CD1 with either 9.2 or 10.orc1) then shrink the windows partition. > > The problem is I dont know how to do that. Could somewone provide some > > detail? > > > > Try: > > LILO mini-HOWTO >Miroslav "Misko" Skoric, skoric at eunet dot yu >v3.18, 2004-01-11 > >* updated >http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LILO.html > > >Linux+WindowsNT mini-HOWTO >Miroslav "Misko" Skoric, skoric at eunet dot yu >v2.18, 2004-01-11 > >* updated >http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+WinNT.html > > Misko > I accessed both references but neither seem to apply directely to the problem. There dosent seem to be a mention in either. Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
- Original Message - From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 06:40 Subject: Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 12:27, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 06:11 > Subject: Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 29 February 2004 12:05, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > I have been advised to defragment windows. Then boot linux from > > cd (I assume CD1 with either 9.2 or 10.orc1) then shrink the > > windows partition. The problem is I dont know how to do that. > > Could somewone provide some detail? > > I think the installer actually asks if you want it to reclaim > unused space from the windows partition. > > I dont recall seeing that in several installations is it in the > expert mode. I could use more detail. > I would think so. I've never had to do it, and I'm speaking from memory, but I do always use the expert mode, as it gives you more flexibility. You can afford to go in an look for yourself, because nothing has been written to disk from the installation at that point. Until you actually tell it to shrink the partition or whatever you can back out without any risk. HTH Anne Ok I just went and booted CD1 for 9.2 install. There is a screen with two options Install and F1 for help. Clicking on install goes directely to install this is what I normally use. So I pushed F1. And got an install help screen it lists 4 options vgalo, text, linux, expert also a little later rescue. There is no mention of shrinking the windows partition anywhere on the page, there is an option for another help page F2. Pushed F2 and find 2 aditional options vgahi, vga16, again no mention of shrinking windows. I dont use expert because it is likely dangerous, at lease for me, since I dont have a clue as to what options I will be asked to select. See the problem. Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 12:27, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 06:11 > Subject: Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 29 February 2004 12:05, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > I have been advised to defragment windows. Then boot linux from > > cd (I assume CD1 with either 9.2 or 10.orc1) then shrink the > > windows partition. The problem is I dont know how to do that. > > Could somewone provide some detail? > > I think the installer actually asks if you want it to reclaim > unused space from the windows partition. > > I dont recall seeing that in several installations is it in the > expert mode. I could use more detail. > I would think so. I've never had to do it, and I'm speaking from memory, but I do always use the expert mode, as it gives you more flexibility. You can afford to go in an look for yourself, because nothing has been written to disk from the installation at that point. Until you actually tell it to shrink the partition or whatever you can back out without any risk. HTH Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAQd2ykFAvMr/nNX8RAuEvAJ9qjPo+Orj08NcNnsSX/NigYXWAQACeOfGj /fSAAwpJbfpdMfqby9xVY+g= =KtWb -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
Hoyt Bailey wrote: I have been advised to defragment windows. Then boot linux from cd (I assume CD1 with either 9.2 or 10.orc1) then shrink the windows partition. The problem is I dont know how to do that. Could somewone provide some detail? Try: LILO mini-HOWTO Miroslav "Misko" Skoric, skoric at eunet dot yu v3.18, 2004-01-11 * updated http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LILO.html Linux+WindowsNT mini-HOWTO Miroslav "Misko" Skoric, skoric at eunet dot yu v2.18, 2004-01-11 * updated http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+WinNT.html Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
- Original Message - From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 06:11 Subject: Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 12:05, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > I have been advised to defragment windows. Then boot linux from cd > (I assume CD1 with either 9.2 or 10.orc1) then shrink the windows > partition. The problem is I dont know how to do that. Could > somewone provide some detail? > I think the installer actually asks if you want it to reclaim unused space from the windows partition. I dont recall seeing that in several installations is it in the expert mode. I could use more detail. Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 12:05, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > I have been advised to defragment windows. Then boot linux from cd > (I assume CD1 with either 9.2 or 10.orc1) then shrink the windows > partition. The problem is I dont know how to do that. Could > somewone provide some detail? > I think the installer actually asks if you want it to reclaim unused space from the windows partition. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAQdcLkFAvMr/nNX8RAgX2AJ4lIAi+t7dd2E5tTiA3TP4r6UI0xwCglawq yMJlkLNbPr3x1FVY066+53Q= =3YVB -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
I have been advised to defragment windows. Then boot linux from cd (I assume CD1 with either 9.2 or 10.orc1) then shrink the windows partition. The problem is I dont know how to do that. Could somewone provide some detail? Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HP Scanner 4400C
On Sunday 29 February 2004 12:59 am, Adrian Earnshaw monotonically droned on: > Hi to all, > > I have just started to use Linux and have chosen Mandrake as my first real > foray into the Linux world. I was wondering if anyone has come across any > drivers for the HP Scanner 4400C as it is the only hardware I can't get to > work. It says that it is supported under the hardware page but no program > seems to be able to connect to it. At the moment I am using 9.1 but > starting the download of 9.2 eventually! Possibly the biggest help for tough hardware problems is to google your question, in this case I would first try "scanner 4400C linux", which scores 410 hits. Including many from the sane-devel list, which is a good thing, as sane is the program that allows scanners to run under linux. I also see that it is a USB scanner. Do you have the USB subsection running properly? Maybe the scanner is being detected, but not set up properly. Rob Rob -- Linux: For the people, by the people. Linux Counter #183693 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HP Scanner 4400C
Adrian Earnshaw wrote: Hi to all, I have just started to use Linux and have chosen Mandrake as my first real foray into the Linux world. I was wondering if anyone has come across any drivers for the HP Scanner 4400C as it is the only hardware I can't get to work. It says that it is supported under the hardware page but no program seems to be able to connect to it. At the moment I am using 9.1 but starting the download of 9.2 eventually! Regards Adrian Linux uses SANE for drivers. http://www.sane-project.org/ take a look and see if it's supported. If it is supported, come back with more info about your OS and equipement. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2 Laptop LCD at 1280x800 on ATI 9600 Radeon Mobili ty
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 10:00:39 - "Sweeney, Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi Guy, > >Apparently the ATI Linux drivers do support this chip, > >Graphics Accelerators: >ATI Radeon 8500, 9100, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800, >ATI Mobility 9000, 9600 <--- Think this is the one you want > >From - http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/readme0370.txt > >I was interested in getting the same Laptop as you... If the driver works >could you let us know? :) After *way* too many hours, I have been able to get the ATI driver to run the screen in its native 1280x800 mode. I had to rebuild the ATI-supplied driver. The to configure, I had to run the generic X configuration instead of ATI's fglrxconfig program. The latter will only allow you to choose standard resolutions, i.e., 1024x768. I've only tried this in 32-bit Linux so far. I'm not hopeful about 64-bit Linux, as ATI delivers a precompiled static 32-bit lib that is not rebuilt when you rebuild the driver. > >Stevie :) > > >-Original Message- >From: Guy Rouillier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 5:21 AM >To: Mandrake Newbie >Subject: [newbie] 9.2 Laptop LCD at 1280x800 on ATI 9600 Radeon Mobility > > >I've got a new laptop (eMachines M6805 with AMD64) with the stated >resolution. It has an ATI Radeon 9600 Mobility chip with 64 MB graphics >memory. Unfortunately, ATI has not produced a Linux driver for it, so until >I can find one, I'm using "ati fbdev", which I assume is a framebuffer >device. I discovered by trial and error that the vendor-independent VESA >driver also works. With the fbdev, I only have standard monitor options to >choose from, so I picked 1024x768. Is it possible to use custom resolutions >with frame buffer devices (or the VESA device)? If so, how can I determine >the frequencies to use and the appropriate modeline? The owner's manual is >woefully lacking in technical details. Thanks. > >-- >Guy Rouillier > > > >-- >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. > > > -- Guy Rouillier Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] HP Scanner 4400C
Title: Message Hi to all, I have just started to use Linux and have chosen Mandrake as my first real foray into the Linux world. I was wondering if anyone has come across any drivers for the HP Scanner 4400C as it is the only hardware I can't get to work. It says that it is supported under the hardware page but no program seems to be able to connect to it. At the moment I am using 9.1 but starting the download of 9.2 eventually! Regards Adrian
