Re: [newbie] Automatically mount a USB drive
On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 07:03, Alexandre Aractingi wrote: Le jeu 22/04/2004 à 12:47, Adolfo Bello a écrit : Out of curiosity, I just plugged the USB pen and went to a cli without clicking the desktop icon. It was automatically mounted. Argl, that's what I'd like to have!! This is the line in my fstab. none /mnt/removable supermount dev=/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/part1,fs=ext2:vfat,-- MDK 10 kernel 2.6.3.8 I use 2.6.3-7, maybe that's related... Do you have any additional running dameons that could be related? I had the same problem until I activated hotplug. I didn't mentioned anything because I saw you mentioned it in your original post. Is supermount enabled? I also have magicedev enabled. However, I read that it only works with CD drives. Not sure. Adolfo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Automatically mount a USB drive
On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 06:47, Adolfo Bello wrote: In my previous post the /etc/fstab line was wrong. The line that is created in my /etc/fstab is: none /mnt/removable supermount dev=/dev/scsi/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part1,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,kudzu,codepage=850 0 0 I just made myself sure that the USB pen is mounted automatically. I rebooted to runlevel 3, plugged the thing and there it was nicely mounted. Adolfo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] SoundScheme KDE not sound
Hai, I use Mandrake 10 Community and everything just fine before. But
after several crash (I overclock my machine), sound scheme KDE is not
sound. It just quite. What should I do to fixed it?
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[newbie] Burning CD image question
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[newbie] PHPGroupware
Damn I've RTFM the whole shebang and can't still seem to get PHPGroupware up and running - and there's such a cryptographic means by which the dox are written...anyone with a less fuzzy brain that might be able to lend a hand here ay wot? stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- I love every living creature. -Leela Even me? -Fry As a friend. -Leela Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Apollon
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RE: [newbie] PHPGroupware
-Original Message- From: Stephen Kuhn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 9:23 AM To: Mandrake Newbie Subject: [newbie] PHPGroupware Damn I've RTFM the whole shebang and can't still seem to get PHPGroupware up and running - and there's such a cryptographic means by which the dox are written...anyone with a less fuzzy brain that might be able to lend a hand here ay wot? stephen kuhn - owner Stephen, I wish I could help you. But just out of curiosity, have you researched any other packages such as OpenGroupware? OpenGroupware doesn't seem to have as slick an interface as PHPGW but I believe it can be customized. The reason I ask is because I will be looking to research and/or deploy a Linux based groupware package at one of my sites... Thanks, Tango __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux?
Ogg is difficult to support on digital audio players, since it's such a resource hog and a battery drain. The Xiph foundation really hasn't focused on it being a portable format yet, which is hindering adoption on the portable player market. iRiver has had a lot of problems integrating it. The only player that has successfully integrated it is the Rio Karma, which is the only player that has also integrated Ogg gapless playback. If you have an iPod, I would suggest ripping in MP3 LAME rather than AAC, as it's more versatile and you won't be locked in to Apple hardware. The reason that iTunes is likely ripping so quickly as it's not taking its time to properly encode. Try ripping in MP3 LAME 3.95 (anything after 3.90 supports gapless in MP3). The Standard setting is a good one. Tracks are around 200 bits and sound great. It will take a long time to rip in LAME but it's worth it. It's taking its time which means fewer artifacts. For those who pick products based on politics and philosophy, AAC, WMA and MP3 will never suit you. But, WMA and AAC are actually good sounding codecs and it would be a rare occasion if someone could tell the difference between them and Ogg at circa 200bits. The problem with WMA and AAC is they lock you in (Steven Jobs and Bill Gates just can't seem to find a new song to sing after all these years), which is why I avoid them. Rory At 11:51 PM 22/04/2004, you wrote: On Thursday 22 April 2004 11:44 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: Yes Greg, after selling some of my old games and running around looking for spare change, I did manage to buy a 10gig 3g like new iPod off of ebay =). I let the coolness factor tempt me for about 10 seconds before I opted for my iriver. No matter how cool a product, I am really having a hard time lately accepting anything that includes an attempt at proprietary lockin. This has nothing to do with open source or GPL philosophy, just open standards. Hopefully in future firmware updates, Ogg Vorbis will be supported. Don't hold your breath :-o -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com ~Rory Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Laptop
Hi, I am due to buy a laptop computer, but I know that linux mandrake (and probably other distros as well) have problems working on certain laptops. Do you have any suggestion about which model I should buy? Thanks, Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Laptop
On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 17:36, Marco Terzuoli wrote: Hi, I am due to buy a laptop computer, but I know that linux mandrake (and probably other distros as well) have problems working on certain laptops. Do you have any suggestion about which model I should buy? Thanks, Marco You might want to check out these sites for advice/recommendations/howtos, etc. http://www.linux-laptop.net/ http://www.tuxmobil.org/howtos.html -- Paul M. _ In the beginning, man created god. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Laptop
PM wrote: On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 17:36, Marco Terzuoli wrote: Hi, I am due to buy a laptop computer, but I know that linux mandrake (and probably other distros as well) have problems working on certain laptops. Do you have any suggestion about which model I should buy? Thanks, Marco I have a Dell Inspiron 5150, its cheap, fast, has an inbuilt 64MB Geforce FX5200, a 1600x1200 display, a 60gig hard disk and a DVD burner.. Runs mandrake perfectly. I even got the wireless 802.11g truemobile 1300 wireless card working flawlessly with ndiswrapper.. With the exception that I would really love a ATI 9700 in it, I am very happy which this machine. Dell now has an Inspiron 9100 that is selling for the same price I paid for my 5150, its better in nearly every way. (except size.) -- rgds Frank Hauptle (aka Franki) For free scripts, online webmaster tools, HTML, XHTML, Perl PHP tutorials and stuff, visit: http://htmlfixit.com Free web developer resources. Please sign our petition to encourage notebook manufacturers to offer video card upgrades just like desktops. http://www.petitiononline.com/inspiron/petition.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux?
On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 03:44 am, Rory Gleeson wrote: If you have an iPod, I would suggest ripping in MP3 LAME rather than AAC, I own an iPod and I use MP3's ripped to alt--preset-standard. Probably the best ripper is EAC http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ which is free, but sadly not available for linux. By default I think EAC rips in secure mode which can be very slow. Select fast mode and EAC rips as fast as any ripper. as it's more versatile and you won't be locked in to Apple hardware. The Agreed, it's easy to find a DVD, CD, car stereo player or personal stereo player that supports MP3. Almost every player that supports compressed audio codecs supports MP3. reason that iTunes is likely ripping so quickly as it's not taking its time to properly encode. iTunes can also rip in secure mode, which naturally slows it down, but secure mode is not the default. It is possible to get very high quality rips with iTunes. SR Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux?
On Friday 23 April 2004 04:03 am, Stephen Reynolds wrote: On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 23:36:20 -0400, Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Why would you do that? Ogg is way better and is fully supported under Linux. Ogg is NOT way better than any moder codec. It's better cause it's free (as in speech). -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Laptop
frankieh wrote: PM wrote: On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 17:36, Marco Terzuoli wrote: Hi, I am due to buy a laptop computer, but I know that linux mandrake (and probably other distros as well) have problems working on certain laptops. Do you have any suggestion about which model I should buy? Thanks, Marco I have a Dell Inspiron 5150, its cheap, fast, has an inbuilt 64MB Geforce FX5200, a 1600x1200 display, a 60gig hard disk and a DVD burner.. Runs mandrake perfectly. I even got the wireless 802.11g truemobile 1300 wireless card working flawlessly with ndiswrapper.. With the exception that I would really love a ATI 9700 in it, I am very happy which this machine. Dell now has an Inspiron 9100 that is selling for the same price I paid for my 5150, its better in nearly every way. (except size.) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Hi Mate Using dell Inspiron 4000, Rage mobility gfx card, cdwriter, wireless netgear 401ra pcmcia card, PIII 700 runing MDK9.1 runs a treat. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Laptop
Hi people! My one is Compaq presario 2815. I have run Mandrake 9.1 for about one year since last April, I don't encounter any problem. I guess what you need to do is, just buy a new one and then install Mandrake (maybe) 10. You will not find any problem. QingHua Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Shutdown/Reboot
I have a problem... If I use the Shutdown/Reboot GUI in either KDE or Gnome, the screen goes black, and the computer just hangs, and does not shut down. Turn it on again, and the HDD has to be checked before it boots up. However, Open up a terminal, type poweroff or reboot, and things happen as they should. I havent got a problem with this method, but my PC doesnt have a Windows partition, and is shared by other members of my family, and every time one of them has used it, It checks the file system, as they have been bought up on Windows, and keep forgetting the terminal method.. Any Ideas how I can fix this problem so it works as it should? JRH -- Sent using Kmail, on Mandrake Linux 10 Community Exposing Microsoft products directly to the internet, is a bit like painting a large bullseye on your butt, and bending over, naked, in a San Francisco steam room. Except, Microsoft isnt nearly as safe Registered Linux User #340061 ICQ: #86015236 Yahoo!: v6vitanic 17:03:32 up 2:10, 1 user, load average: 0.50, 0.47, 0.41 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] SOUND with MD9.1 and the NVIDIA nForce2MCP2 southbridge chip
SOUND with MD9.1 and the NVIDIA nForce2MCP2 southbridge chip I ran, drakesound and chose the nvaudio sound driver,and, ali5455 (ALI 5455 audio support) is what it did. my /etc/modules.conf now looks like this, #above snd-via82xx snd-pcm-oss ( I hashed this , was my old driver) alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0 alias /dev/nvidia* nvidia above snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm-oss and, lspcidrake -v | fgrep AUDIO i810_audio : Nvidia Corporation|nForce2 Audio Codec Interface [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO] (vendor:10de device:006a subv:1462 subd:5700) and, grep sound-slot /etc/modules.conf alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0 and, /sbin/lsmod snd-seq-oss31104 0 (unused) snd-seq-midi-event 5640 0 [snd-seq-oss] snd-seq42608 2 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event] snd-pcm-oss43556 0 snd-mixer-oss 14488 0 [snd-pcm-oss] snd-intel8x0 21988 4 snd-ac97-codec 40160 0 [snd-intel8x0] snd-pcm77536 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0] snd-timer 18376 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm] snd-mpu401-uart 4396 0 [snd-intel8x0] snd-rawmidi17600 0 [snd-mpu401-uart] snd-seq-device 5832 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-rawmidi] snd-page-alloc 7732 0 [snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm] snd40868 4 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device] soundcore 6276 0 [snd] and, /sbin/chkconfig --list sound sound 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off and,snapshot457.jpg is how kde CC see it. Anyone with nvidia sound chipe and driver got any ideas how I might get mine to work. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] inline: snapshot457.jpg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Shutdown/Reboot
I have a problem... If I use the Shutdown/Reboot GUI in either KDE or Gnome, the screen goes black, and the computer just hangs, and does not shut down. Turn it on again, and the HDD has to be checked before it boots up. However, Open up a terminal, type poweroff or reboot, and things happen as they should. I havent got a problem with this method, but my PC doesnt have a Windows partition, and is shared by other members of my family, and every time one of them has used it, It checks the file system, as they have been bought up on Windows, and keep forgetting the terminal method.. Any Ideas how I can fix this problem so it works as it should? JRH -- Sent using Kmail, on Mandrake Linux 10 Community Exposing Microsoft products directly to the internet, is a bit like painting a large bullseye on your butt, and bending over, naked, in a San Francisco steam room. Except, Microsoft isnt nearly as safe Registered Linux User #340061 ICQ: #86015236 Yahoo!: v6vitanic 18:02:29 up 33 min, 1 user, load average: 0.60, 0.71, 0.64 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Shutdown/Reboot
I have a problem... If I use the Shutdown/Reboot GUI in either KDE or Gnome, the screen goes black, and the computer just hangs, and does not shut down. Turn it on again, and the HDD has to be checked before it boots up. Mine does just the same ( 9.1) However, Open up a terminal, type poweroff or reboot, and things happen as they should. Thanks for the tip, I just tried and it works. I havent got a problem with this method, but my PC doesnt have a Windows partition, and is shared by other members of my family, and every time one of them has used it, It checks the file system, as they have been bought up on Windows, and keep forgetting the terminal method.. Any Ideas how I can fix this problem so it works as it should? I don´t run Windows either and I am the only one to use the machine. I was told to this by the support team, haven´t tried yet: it appears that the implementation of apic/apm is not totally compatible with the kernel that 9.1 is running on. one thing you could try is updaing your system to the latest kernel that we have made available for 9.1. another possibility is to try kernel parameters that have an effect on acpi and apm. here is how: boot like this: press esc at the lilo screen at the beginning of the boot process type this at the \'boot:\' prompt: linux noapic acpi=off enter or linux noapic acpi=off apm=off enter or linux noacpi noapm apm=power_off enter if none of the above work then try passing one or more of the following to the linux kernel in the above format: acpi=ht nolapic noapic noacpi acpi=off pci=noacpi noapm apm=off apm=power_off Maryse Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Laptop
On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:36:11 +0200 Marco Terzuoli wrote: Hi, I am due to buy a laptop computer, but I know that linux mandrake (and probably other distros as well) have problems working on certain laptops. Do you have any suggestion about which model I should buy? Thanks, Marco Using a Gateway 400 SP for about 7 months now. Still have occassional hiccups and problems with drivers for my graphics chipset. It works, but I would not recommend it. Also, please change your reply to. http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette -- Job Evers Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] SOUND with MD9.1 and the NVIDIA nForce2MCP2 southbridge chip
On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 10:58, John Richard Smith wrote:
SOUND with MD9.1 and the NVIDIA nForce2MCP2 southbridge chip
I ran, drakesound and chose the nvaudio sound driver,and,
ali5455 (ALI 5455 audio support) is what it did.
{SNIP}
Anyone with nvidia sound chipe and driver got any ideas how I might get
mine to work.
John
Hi John,
I'm running Mandrake 10.0CE and had initial problems with my nforce
chipset (not the nforce2 chipset, don't know if there is a difference in
getting audio to work). I set my driver to be nvaudio inside MCC and
then ran alsaconf from the command line. It seems to be working across
the board for me now (xmms, unreal tournament, etc.).
Hope that helps!
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Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux?
- Original Message - From: Rory Gleeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 2:14 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux? Ogg is difficult to support on digital audio players, since it's such a resource hog and a battery drain. The Xiph foundation really hasn't focused on it being a portable format yet, which is hindering adoption on the portable player market. iRiver has had a lot of problems integrating it. The only player that has successfully integrated it is the Rio Karma, which is the only player that has also integrated Ogg gapless playback. If you have an iPod, I would suggest ripping in MP3 LAME rather than AAC, as it's more versatile and you won't be locked in to Apple hardware. The reason that iTunes is likely ripping so quickly as it's not taking its time to properly encode. Try ripping in MP3 LAME 3.95 (anything after 3.90 supports gapless in MP3). The Standard setting is a good one. Tracks are around 200 bits and sound great. It will take a long time to rip in LAME but it's worth it. It's taking its time which means fewer artifacts. For those who pick products based on politics and philosophy, AAC, WMA and MP3 will never suit you. But, WMA and AAC are actually good sounding codecs and it would be a rare occasion if someone could tell the difference between them and Ogg at circa 200bits. The problem with WMA and AAC is they lock you in (Steven Jobs and Bill Gates just can't seem to find a new song to sing after all these years), which is why I avoid them. Rory At 11:51 PM 22/04/2004, you wrote: On Thursday 22 April 2004 11:44 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: Yes Greg, after selling some of my old games and running around looking for spare change, I did manage to buy a 10gig 3g like new iPod off of ebay =). I let the coolness factor tempt me for about 10 seconds before I opted for my iriver. No matter how cool a product, I am really having a hard time lately accepting anything that includes an attempt at proprietary lockin. This has nothing to do with open source or GPL philosophy, just open standards. Hopefully in future firmware updates, Ogg Vorbis will be supported. Don't hold your breath :-o -- /g _ I do have all of my tracks ripped by LAME, 160 kbps. I decided to rip them in AAC because, in my opinion, it's better quality than mp3s. Also, with the same number of songs, it's now half the size. 10gb can fill up quickly with music, believe it or not. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by properly encode. I was comparing the actual speed it took just to rip a song, not including encoding. Of course one of the reasons it's much quicker is that iTunes encodes at virtually the same time. AAC doesn't lock me in in any way. There's a plugin for Linux, I can play it in Windows, and I can play it on my iPod. That's all I need. Now speaking of my iPod...my firewire pcmcia card should be coming soon so I can actually put music on it. ___ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com ~Rory Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] PHPGroupware
On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 00:09, Tango Echo wrote: Stephen, I wish I could help you. But just out of curiosity, have you researched any other packages such as OpenGroupware? OpenGroupware doesn't seem to have as slick an interface as PHPGW but I believe it can be customized. The reason I ask is because I will be looking to research and/or deploy a Linux based groupware package at one of my sites... Thanks, Tango Yeppers - have looked - hence the reason for wanting to dig into PHPGW; it's at least more developed OR SO IT SEEMS - now if I can just get the damn thing running... stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- The 11 is for people with the pride of a 10 and the pocketbook of an 8. -- R.B. Greenberg [referring to PDPs?] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.
Contorer wrote that end users stuck with Windows, despite the operating system's shortcomings, based on the high costs of abandoning heavy investments already made in APIs. 'The Windows API is so broad, so deep and so functional that most ISVs (independent software vendors) would be crazy not to use it. And it is so deeply embedded in the source code of many Windows apps that there is a huge switching cost to using a different operating system, instead,' the e-mail reads. 'It is this switching cost that has given the customers the patience to stick with Windows through all our mistakes, our buggy drivers, our high TCO (total cost of ownership), our lack of a sexy vision, at times, and many other difficulties,' the e-mail said. 'Customers constantly evaluate other desktop platforms, (but) it would be so much work to move over that they hope we just improve Windows rather than force them to move.' Link: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040422231316209 -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival -- Noam Chomsky Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.
On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 06:40, JoeHill wrote: 'It is this switching cost that has given the customers the patience to stick with Windows through all our mistakes, our buggy drivers, our high TCO (total cost of ownership), our lack of a sexy vision, at times, and many other difficulties,' the e-mail said. 'Customers constantly evaluate other desktop platforms, (but) it would be so much work to move over that they hope we just improve Windows rather than force them to move.' So when ya installing XP Pro, Joe? Sad to see ya leave this forum, mate. I'm sure the humourless bastards and bastardettes in the MS forums are going to love ya... (g) stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother. -- Margaret H. Sanger Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.
Stephen Kuhn wrote: I'm sure the humourless bastards and bastardettes in the MS forums are going to love ya... (g) stephen kuhn - owner Or Maybe Not? Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.
So, let's all just stick with Windows and *CONTINUE* to pay for what would otherwise be free with Linux That is the dumbest concept I have ever heard. Can't believe a human being actually thinks that way. I would much rather switch to something, knowing I lost money, if it would keep me from losing *more* money, than stay where I am and, knowingly, *continue* to throw lose away. On Friday 23 April 2004 1:40 pm, JoeHill wrote: Contorer wrote that end users stuck with Windows, despite the operating system's shortcomings, based on the high costs of abandoning heavy investments already made in APIs. 'The Windows API is so broad, so deep and so functional that most ISVs (independent software vendors) would be crazy not to use it. And it is so deeply embedded in the source code of many Windows apps that there is a huge switching cost to using a different operating system, instead,' the e-mail reads. 'It is this switching cost that has given the customers the patience to stick with Windows through all our mistakes, our buggy drivers, our high TCO (total cost of ownership), our lack of a sexy vision, at times, and many other difficulties,' the e-mail said. 'Customers constantly evaluate other desktop platforms, (but) it would be so much work to move over that they hope we just improve Windows rather than force them to move.' Link: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040422231316209 -- Registered Linux User #350412 MacGregor Despite Them! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.
On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 07:06, Ian MacGregor wrote: So, let's all just stick with Windows and *CONTINUE* to pay for what would otherwise be free with Linux That is the dumbest concept I have ever heard. Can't believe a human being actually thinks that way. I would much rather switch to something, knowing I lost money, if it would keep me from losing *more* money, than stay where I am and, knowingly, *continue* to throw lose away. Consider that there are folks in corporate positions that fear new things; and fear change. They don't think outside the box and therefore are enslaved to the thinking that Microsoft has instilled in them. It's basically the same as about ten years ago having desktop users switch from OS/2 to Windows - just a matter of time and just a matter of awakening; believe me, there are more folks in management that are thinking about TCO with Windows - the IT costs for dealing with support issues and viruses/trojans/back doors/spyware/adware, the costs of licensing, the bi-yearly costs of upgrading Office - that balanced against training doesn't come out very well - and the true TCO of a Windows network begins to rear it's ugly head. For all the FUD that M$ spreads about linux having a higher TCO in the end, well, they fail to mention those other hidden costs in having to run and maintain a Windows based network... Stick that in your pipe and smoke it. stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero ... must drink brandy. -- Samuel Johnson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Apollon Part 2
Hello All, If anyone is interested I have managed to get Gnutella to work with Apollon.I'll post talk though,anyone wants it. It may not be the most consise,walk though ever,but I'm willing to give it ago. Cheers, Drew Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux?
- Original Message - From: Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 11:36 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux? snipzor Make sure dma is on on your optical drives. hdparm is the utility you want to help check this, and use scsi emulation if you are using a 2.4 series kernel (not necessary with 2.6). -- Err...Does that involve recompiling the kernel? If not, can you give a brief explanation on how it's done? I'm using Kernel 2.6.3-4 by the way. (Mandrake RPM version) /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] SOUND with MD9.1 and the NVIDIA nForce2MCP2 southbridge chip
Travis Crook wrote:
On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 10:58, John Richard Smith wrote:
SOUND with MD9.1 and the NVIDIA nForce2MCP2 southbridge chip
I ran, drakesound and chose the nvaudio sound driver,and,
ali5455 (ALI 5455 audio support) is what it did.
{SNIP}
Anyone with nvidia sound chipe and driver got any ideas how I might get
mine to work.
John
Hi John,
I'm running Mandrake 10.0CE and had initial problems with my nforce
chipset (not the nforce2 chipset, don't know if there is a difference in
getting audio to work). I set my driver to be nvaudio inside MCC and
then ran alsaconf from the command line. It seems to be working across
the board for me now (xmms, unreal tournament, etc.).
Hope that helps
It did and although I don't seem to have any alsaconf on my system,I do now have
sound,with
this settings,
MCC - Hardware-Harddrake -nForce2 audio codec interface
Bus identification : 10de.6a:1462:5700
location:0:6:0
description nFirce2 audio codec interface
module: i810_audio
module class: multimedia-audio
I had to unmute the 97-CD line in aumix
and my /etc/modules.conf looks like this,
alias sound-slot-0 nvidia
alias /dev/nvidia* nvidia
above snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm-oss
Which is just fine.
Now to configure my USB stuff, but that another day, it's late now.
John
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Re: [ml] [newbie] Apollon Part 2
Drew Martin wrote: Hello All, If anyone is interested I have managed to get Gnutella to work with Apollon.I'll post talk though,anyone wants it. It may not be the most consise,walk though ever,but I'm willing to give it ago. Cheers, Drew Please post away I'm interested. Dave Ashmore Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: Mozilla fonts
Paul Smith wrote: Why do not you consider installing the xft version of mozilla? http://www.scottbolander.com/mozilla-xft.html I did it right now and that version finally appeared ok (as fine as the 'original' v 1.3). According to the site, it has something related to anti-aliasing enabled (or something like that). Seems that was the difference with 'factory' build of 1.6 version. Regardless of that, I checked my KDE's configuration and it seems that anti-aliasing for fonts was enabled as default. What makes me wonder is why it didn't work with the 'factory' build of 1.6 ? In addition, you could import MS Windows truetype fonts (with drakfont), in case you have a dual machine (MS Windows + Linux). Didn't have it here (yet). But on another machine, I imported MS Windows truetype fonts (with drakfont) - before installing xft version of mozilla and new fonts did not help the 1.6 factory build to look better. I hope this helps you! Paul Anyway, thanks for suggestions. Case there is a solution for other similar installations (like Netscape or like) for KDE, any pointer would be apreciated. Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Mozilla fonts
On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 09:16, Miroslav Skoric wrote: Anyway, thanks for suggestions. Case there is a solution for other similar installations (like Netscape or like) for KDE, any pointer would be apreciated. Misko Why not just use MozillaFirebird instead? Looks beautiful mate. stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- I LIKE TO THINK I AM A PICKER-UP OF UNCONSIDERED TRIFLES. Death grinned hopefully. (Lords and Ladies) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.
On Friday 23 April 2004 01:52 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 06:40, JoeHill wrote: 'It is this switching cost that has given the customers the patience to stick with Windows through all our mistakes, our buggy drivers, our high TCO (total cost of ownership), our lack of a sexy vision, at times, and many other difficulties,' the e-mail said. 'Customers constantly evaluate other desktop platforms, (but) it would be so much work to move over that they hope we just improve Windows rather than force them to move.' So when ya installing XP Pro, Joe? Sad to see ya leave this forum, mate. I'm sure the humourless bastards and bastardettes in the MS forums are going to love ya... (g) Joe Pill on a u$ux forem? gGG I wanna see that. stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother. -- Margaret H. Sanger Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.
On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 10:06, Aron Smith wrote: Joe Pill on a u$ux forem? gGG I wanna see that. I could see him trying to port Pek(er)WM to WindowsXP and getting into heated political debates concerning Redmond, illicit substances, software piracy, capitalism, hacking, pr0n, family moral values, DUI's, bloated code, righteous Microsoft business and legal practices, OSS/GPL'd Microsoft code, skinning otters, mistaking goats for poodles, how to clean your bong in 10 easy steps - ya know, things like that. Edu-ma-kay-shun-al stuff. stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- Got Mole problems? Call Avogadro at 6.02 x 10^23. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux?
On Friday 23 April 2004 06:40 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: Err...Does that involve recompiling the kernel? No If not, can you give a brief explanation on how it's done? I'm using Kernel 2.6.3-4 by the way. (Mandrake RPM version) Do you have a scsi or ata cdrom? If ATA, what is the device ie /dev/hdc or /dev/hdd? -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.
On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 07:06 am, many eyes viewed Ian MacGregor's words:- So, let's all just stick with Windows and *CONTINUE* to pay for what would otherwise be free with Linux That is the dumbest concept I have ever heard. Can't believe a human being actually thinks that way. I would much rather switch to something, knowing I lost money, if it would keep me from losing *more* money, than stay where I am and, knowingly, *continue* to throw lose away. Unfortunately most human beings rather the devil they know than the devil they don't, sad but true. To get anything to work, it must run parallel to human nature in the main. Human nature takes eons to alter. Some of these instinctive acts are still relevant, others are not. Your eyelid closing before an object hits the eyeball. Very beneficial. Walking a path that others have walked upon, means you don't fall into the quicksand and get swallowed up. The known path is littered with the graves of pioneers. If all were pioneers, then there would be no one to bury them. Using windows because you know it and not Linux, because you don't. Not wise at all. But a natural inclination. Charlie. -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 + I have lived some thirty-odd years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors. ...Henry David Thoreau This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.2, KMail v1.5.3 and OpenOffice.org1.1.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.
On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 17:06:18 -0700 Aron Smith disseminated the following: Joe Pill on a u$ux forem? gGG I wanna see that. I dropped in over at Neowin.net a while back actually. Got them all ...worked up... Heh. -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. -- Lao Tsu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Help! I Killed Samba
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 01:30, Amichai Rotman wrote: Sounds like your TCP/IP is corrupt. Try removing, rebooting and re-insatlling the XP Network settings (Remove all protocols) then re-run DrakConnect to reset the network settings on the LinuxBox. I would switch the IP #s between them. IMHO, Linux should be 192.168.0.1... Good Luck, ::. Amichai Rotman The Jerusalem Linux Club - Founder. UIN#: 6401746 Registered Linux User#: 201192 --- PLEASE READ: http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html --- many thanks... now almost everything works... the only thing still not working is xp ping to itself. (127.0.0.1) so no real problem. thanks again Shaz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.
On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 06:52:59 +1000 Stephen Kuhn disseminated the following: 'It is this switching cost that has given the customers the patience to stick with Windows through all our mistakes, our buggy drivers, our high TCO (total cost of ownership), our lack of a sexy vision, at times, and many other difficulties,' the e-mail said. 'Customers constantly evaluate other desktop platforms, (but) it would be so much work to move over that they hope we just improve Windows rather than force them to move.' So when ya installing XP Pro, Joe? Sad to see ya leave this forum, mate. I'm sure the humourless bastards and bastardettes in the MS forums are going to love ya... (g) Puh-lease, listen, like you I have to deal with fscking XP a *lot* for work, and it's like driving an old, half dead Toyota (G). Must admit, I don't know much about the Office shit, but this one blew me away. This client calls me because all of a sudden, his Outlook 'mail client' (shudder) opens with the message that his messages and contacts are not accessible. He's seriously pissed. You know what the problem was? http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;296088 So, no warning, just a serious fuckup that could easily be avoided by *not putting every message and contact into one big stupid-ass file!* MS developers are a bunch of moronic crackheads, but hell, they make me money. -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ ...we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. -- President Dwight D. Eisenhower, in his 1961 farewell address Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.
On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 09:22:58 +1000 Charlie disseminated the following: So, let's all just stick with Windows and *CONTINUE* to pay for what would otherwise be free with Linux That is the dumbest concept I have ever heard. Can't believe a human being actually thinks that way. I would much rather switch to something, knowing I lost money, if it would keep me from losing *more* money, than stay where I am and, knowingly, *continue* to throw lose away. Unfortunately most human beings rather the devil they know than the devil they don't, sad but true. To get anything to work, it must run parallel to human nature in the main. Human nature takes eons to alter. Some of these instinctive acts are still relevant, others are not. Your eyelid closing before an object hits the eyeball. Very beneficial. Walking a path that others have walked upon, means you don't fall into the quicksand and get swallowed up. The known path is littered with the graves of pioneers. If all were pioneers, then there would be no one to bury them. Using windows because you know it and not Linux, because you don't. Not wise at all. But a natural inclination. I don't believe you can pin it on 'human nature', dude. People, like all life, go for the bigger and better deal. If you find a spot that's comfy, you'll stick around, sure. But if you see a bunch of people having a grand ol' time a ways off, and their cave isn't crashing in on their heads unpredictably as yours has recently, you gonna move. We've been lulled into a restless sleep by the marketing and persuasion industry, one that spends literally billions of dollars to do so. A complacent and obsequious market is a predictable one, and that's what they want. -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ There are literally several levels of SCO being wrong. And even if we were to live in that alternate universe where SCO would be right, they'd still be wrong. -- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.
On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 10:33:48 +1000 Stephen Kuhn disseminated the following: Joe Pill on a u$ux forem? gGG I wanna see that. I could see him trying to port Pek(er)WM to WindowsXP and getting into heated political debates concerning Redmond, illicit substances, software piracy, capitalism, hacking, pr0n, family moral values, DUI's, bloated code, righteous Microsoft business and legal practices, OSS/GPL'd Microsoft code, skinning otters, mistaking goats for poodles, how to clean your bong in 10 easy steps - ya know, things like that. Edu-ma-kay-shun-al stuff. You *know it* mate! (Though I don't know much about hacking) -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival -- Noam Chomsky Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Mozilla fonts
On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 09:32:33 +1000 Stephen Kuhn disseminated the following: Anyway, thanks for suggestions. Case there is a solution for other similar installations (like Netscape or like) for KDE, any pointer would be apreciated. Misko Why not just use MozillaFirebird instead? Looks beautiful mate. 'Fire*fox*', and yep, it's almost as good as p... uh, never mind. -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ Microsoft Palladium: The world is a fearful place (because we allowed it to be by introducing vulnerable designs followed by clueless security initiatives) so let us fix it for you. --Cringely Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] MS: We know we suck, and we don't really care.
On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 12:10, JoeHill wrote: Puh-lease, listen, like you I have to deal with fscking XP a *lot* for work, and it's like driving an old, half dead Toyota (G). Oooouchgot me there matey. Must admit, I don't know much about the Office shit, but this one blew me away. This client calls me because all of a sudden, his Outlook 'mail client' (shudder) opens with the message that his messages and contacts are not accessible. He's seriously pissed. You know what the problem was? http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;296088 So, no warning, just a serious fuckup that could easily be avoided by *not putting every message and contact into one big stupid-ass file!* MS developers are a bunch of moronic crackheads, but hell, they make me money. I've dealt with this issue before - but in an easier manner: Sold the customer a RedHat server; used the standard imap/sendmail setup; copied particular folders to the imap server therefore deleting them from the .PST (this took DAYS - no joke); upon completion, reset the configuration for LookOut to just use the IMAP server; customer happy, worked faster than it did before. Customer decided to make use of another server (linux, of course) for file/print sharing. Now I only drop in once in a while to check the Windows2000/XP workstations - the server keep on serving... stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- Sometimes the gods have no taste at all. They allow sunrises and sunsets in ridiculous pink and blue hues that any professional artist would dismiss as the work of some enthsiastic amateur who'd never looked at a real sunset. This was one of those sunrises. It was the kind of sunrise a man looks at and says, 'No real sunrise could paint the sky Surgical Appliance Pink.' Nevertheless, it was beautiful. (The Thief of Time) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux?
Greg Meyer wrote: On Friday 23 April 2004 06:40 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: Err...Does that involve recompiling the kernel? No If not, can you give a brief explanation on how it's done? I'm using Kernel 2.6.3-4 by the way. (Mandrake RPM version) Do you have a scsi or ata cdrom? If ATA, what is the device ie /dev/hdc or /dev/hdd? I Think it's SCSI, but I'm not positive. The device is /dev/hdc. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
