Re: [newbie] More sound problems.
Marc wrote: I am trying to bring a old machine back from the dead and so far it has been a 100% success with the execption of the sound. I am using a old Sony ASUS MOBO with intergrated sound, 810 intel chipset AC'97 with the snd-intel8x0 driver. The sound is very distorted and also sounds like it is playing at about 1/4 speed. Doe's anybody have any ideas how to fix this or am I better off just pluging in a soundblaster card. I'm using the same Intel 810 chipset without problems. Could distorted sound be caused by too high volume? What application are you using to play sound? What files are you playing? You are not giving many details, I'll just throw some info here: lsmod on my system gives ... i810_audio 25692 0 ac97_codec 15828 0 [i810_audio] soundcore 6340 0 [i810_audio] /etc/modules.conf contains: alias sound-slot-0 i810_audio bye, raffaele Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] trying xfce4 - help
On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 10:40, Josenildo Marques wrote: > On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 18:08, Richard Urwin wrote: > > My best tip: load the command line applet and add it to the panel. > > You'll soon wonder how you survived without it. > > Do you mean the Gnome command line applet ? > How can you do that ? I tried to find it, but I can't find out its > 'real' name. NO - there is a panel plugin for XFCE that you can get from the goodies page... 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 -- Largest Number of Driving Test Failures By April 1970 Mrs. Miriam Hargrave had failed her test thirty-nine times. In the eight preceding years she had received two hundred and twelve driving lessons at a cost of L300. She set the new record while driving triumphantly through a set of red traffic lights in Wakefield, Yorkshire. Disappointingly, she passed at the fortieth attempt (3 August 1970) but eight years later she showed some of her old magic when she was reported as saying that she still didn't like doing right-hand turns. -- Stephen Pile, "The Book of Heroic Failures" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Go Vincent!
On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 09:39, JoeHill wrote: > "Four major Linux distributors have sharply criticized a recent report in which > Forrester Research Inc. found that Microsoft Corp. outperformed them in > responding to and fixing security flaws. > > ... > > "While the data that the analysis is based on is accurate, the conclusions are > not, said Vincent Danen, security update manager at MandrakeSoft. By measuring > only the time elapsed between public knowledge of a security flaw and the > availability of a vendor's fix, the study failed to make a distinction between > the critical flaws and the not-so-severe ones, the jointly signed letter said." C'mon mate - we all know this...can't you come up with something "breath taking" - eh? 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 -- Excessive login or logout messages are a sure sign of senility. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Griping questions
On Wednesday 28 April 2004 11:38 pm, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: > rhein wrote: > > 1. To get the name of the tracks do you have to be connected? I tried > > Yes, names are not stored on cd-audio format. When you insert an audio > cd, the player (i.e. grip) calculates a 'hash' value based on the index > of the cd and uses it as a keyword to retrieve the titles from e.g. > freedb.freedb.org. If it manages to get them, it stores them on your > local disk (typically under $HOME/.cddb) , so next time you play the cd > you don't need to be connected to get the titles. > > > 2. If I want to play the mp3 files on a music box or a TV/DVD player > > what riper and format shall I use? > > I use xmms for mp3/wav, grip to play/rip/encode audio cd. > > > 3. What is the differences in the encoder: oggenc, mp3encoder, > > bladeenc, lame, l3enc, xingmp3enc, gogo, flac? > > You already got some answers to this. Let me add that lame is not > included in the MDK cds for license issues (lame uses an encoding algo > which is patented by Fraunhofer Institute). Whenever I need to install > it, I download the sources from the official lame site > (http://lame.sourceforge.net/) and build them. One caution Lame is a CPU intensive app and will slow your system down noticeably > > bye, > > raffaele Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Griping questions
rhein wrote: 1. To get the name of the tracks do you have to be connected? I tried Yes, names are not stored on cd-audio format. When you insert an audio cd, the player (i.e. grip) calculates a 'hash' value based on the index of the cd and uses it as a keyword to retrieve the titles from e.g. freedb.freedb.org. If it manages to get them, it stores them on your local disk (typically under $HOME/.cddb) , so next time you play the cd you don't need to be connected to get the titles. 2. If I want to play the mp3 files on a music box or a TV/DVD player what riper and format shall I use? I use xmms for mp3/wav, grip to play/rip/encode audio cd. 3. What is the differences in the encoder: oggenc, mp3encoder, bladeenc, lame, l3enc, xingmp3enc, gogo, flac? You already got some answers to this. Let me add that lame is not included in the MDK cds for license issues (lame uses an encoding algo which is patented by Fraunhofer Institute). Whenever I need to install it, I download the sources from the official lame site (http://lame.sourceforge.net/) and build them. bye, raffaele Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KPPP: Kernel PPP support
> On Wednesday 28 April 2004 09:26 am, Katinka Peter wrote: > > Since I`ve updated from 8.2 to 10.0 Official, I cannot connect to the > > internet anymore. When I try to connect using KPPP, the modem dials but > > then I get the following error message: > > > > pppd daemon died unexpectedly! Exit status 4 (On man pppd, the explanation > > is: 4: The kernel does not support PPP, for example, the PPP kernel driver > > is not included or cannot be loaded.). Details: unable to open the /dev/ppp > > device. You need to create the /dev/ppp device by executing the following > > command as root: ^lmknod /dev/ppp c 1808 0 > > > > When I do this, I get the message: substitution failed, so I don`t have ppp > > in the /dev folder. > > > > I`d be grateful for help. Thanks, Kat > >Did you do a clean install of 10.0 or a upgrade? I had LOTS of problems > with 10.0 after upgrades and internet connections was one of them. > >Marc > I`ve only done an upgrade, which might be the problem. I`ll do a clean install instead and hope it`ll work then. Thanks for your advice, Kat Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] OpenOffice.org reacquires ownership on file format
I have downloaded StarOffice7 from SUN website, which by the way is free for education (read the license). SO is way faster than OOo which was beginning to lag on my machine. SO is cute and it comes with a 500+ pages manual very well done. I use SO at school to teach my computer courses. THANKS SUN! My question now : I had to keep both openoffice.org (installed by urpmi) and SO (installed with the custom SUN installer). But OOo is reacquiring the file format. I mean that somehow when clicking on a SO file it opens (with no reason) in OOo. I have then to set up again the prefered application to open these files in konqueror. I added SO in the Mandrake menu for the system. And it still continues. Any ideas? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] trying xfce4 - help
On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 23:15:37 -0500 Carl J. Bauman wrote: > Thanks, Marv. Unfortunately the "Mini Command Line" selection that > you mentioned does not seem to exist on my system. I'm now running > Xfce 4.0.5 on Mandrake 10.0, installed from Charles Edward's rpm's at > http://www.eslrahc.com. You need to install xfce-minicmd-plugin which is available from 10.0 contrib I will state again I do not include rpms on my site which already exist in a current mdk rpm repository Charles -- You've been leading a dog's life. Stay off the furniture. - Mandrake Linux 10.1 on PurpleDragon 2.6.5-1.tmb.4mdkenterprise http://www.eslrahc.com - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[newbie] K3B buffer files
Hello, Thanks for the help I installed lame and I could rip audio files to mp3. When I tried to burn the disk with the MP3 files I got this error message in K3B: IO Error Removing buffer files What does it mean? I burned data cds before with no problem... Any ideas? Have a nice day Christophe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] trying xfce4 - help
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Right-click on the Xfce4 panel, slide up to 'Add new item', and select 'Mini Command Line'. It'll put a little textbox in your panel for issuing commands. Thanks, Marv. Unfortunately the "Mini Command Line" selection that you mentioned does not seem to exist on my system. I'm now running Xfce 4.0.5 on Mandrake 10.0, installed from Charles Edward's rpm's at http://www.eslrahc.com. Thanks again, Carl Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] lm_sensors
On Wednesday 28 April 2004 11:48 pm, Dan Gordon wrote: > Does anyone know if the mandrake rpm of lm_sensors will work corectly, or > should i go to the home page and get the source. I have allways had > problems with this, bu now on a new computer just two weeks old im hoping i > can get this to work. I know there have been some isuse with the 2.6xx > kernel and dont want to run into any problems that may totaly confuse me.. The version i see from Mandrake is 2.8.4-2. will this work for me or should i get the tar balls from there site and compile them as they are newer ? Regards, Dan Gordon -- Wed Apr 28 23:50:56 EDT 2004 23:50:56 up 2 days, 12:50, 0 users, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.30 Happiness adds and multiplies as we divide it with others. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] lm_sensors
Does anyone know if the mandrake rpm of lm_sensors will work corectly, or should i go to the home page and get the source. I have allways had problems with this, bu now on a new computer just two weeks old im hoping i can get this to work. I know there have been some isuse with the 2.6xx kernel and dont want to run into any problems that may totaly confuse me.. Regards, Dan Gordon -- 23:39:44 up 2 days, 12:39, 0 users, load average: 0.02, 0.34, 0.66 Wed Apr 28 23:39:44 EDT 2004 Now I lay me back to sleep. The speaker's dull; the subject's deep. If he should stop before I wake, Give me a nudge for goodness' sake. -- Anonymous Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KPPP: Kernel PPP support
I did a upgrade on my wife's PC and except for fixing a few icons it seemed to go in good. She user's kppp and it works fine. roly On Wednesday 28 April 2004 06:07 pm, Marc wrote: > On Wednesday 28 April 2004 09:26 am, Katinka Peter wrote: > > Since I`ve updated from 8.2 to 10.0 Official, I cannot connect to the > > internet anymore. When I try to connect using KPPP, the modem dials but > > then I get the following error message: > > > > pppd daemon died unexpectedly! Exit status 4 (On man pppd, the > > explanation is: 4: The kernel does not support PPP, for example, the PPP > > kernel driver is not included or cannot be loaded.). Details: unable to > > open the /dev/ppp device. You need to create the /dev/ppp device by > > executing the following command as root: ^lmknod /dev/ppp c 1808 0 > > > > When I do this, I get the message: substitution failed, so I don`t have > > ppp in the /dev folder. > > > > I`d be grateful for help. Thanks, Kat > >Did you do a clean install of 10.0 or a upgrade? I had LOTS of problems > with 10.0 after upgrades and internet connections was one of them. > >Marc -- "MicroSoft - The company that made the internet unsafe! Linux Counter #241069 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Griping questions
On Wednesday 28 April 2004 02:38 pm, rhein wrote: > Ok I tried to use lame but I get this error message: invalid encoder > executable. Check your encoder config Sounds like you do not have lame installed. You need to get it from a plf repository since it is illegal to make mp3's without paying Frauenhaufer a royalty in the countries that recognize the compression patent. For instance, it is illegal in the United States to download and use lame. > So I went to the config and ther I have this: > Encoder executable: lame > Encoder command-line: -h -b %b %w %m > Encoder file format: ~/mp3/%A/%d/%t_%n.mp3 > > So what shall I do to get mp3 files? > Thank you > Christophe > ps: What is the ogg format for? Ogg is a free (GPL'd) audio compression format that does not require royalty payments to anyone. Many people think it sounds better than mp3, particularly at the lower bitrates and it has the added bonus of creating smaller file sizes. One drawback is that it is not supported by many hardware players right now, but more support is coming. iriver supports it with a firmware upgrade for it's players and there are a few others. Also, most of the non-MS software players support it now, like winamp, and of course all the linux based software players support it. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Nvidia release linux only app???
Have you guys seen this: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/19/nvidia_quadro_4000/ Nvidia is offering both Windows and Linux drivers for the part. However, the company's 3D final-film rendering software, Gelato, also introduced today, >> only runs on the open source OS< - largely because it can make use of a 64-bit processor. It also supports PCI Express and multi-threading, Nvidia said. The $2750 application can be linked to existing film production systems, including Maya and Python. It provides accelerated scanline and ray-traced rendering, global illumination, ambient occlusion, and support for the full range of geometric primitives (NURBS, bicubic and bilinear patches, polygon meshes, subdivision surfaces, points, curves and procedural geometry) for true film-quality images. ® This might go a long way to really really establising linux as "THE" high end video processing platform of choice... Thats got to be a good thing.. (I realise that Linux already has a pretty good standing in the high end video market, but this has got to help.) -- 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] Should I build the NVIDIA module myself?
On Apr 28, 2004, at 10:25, Tony S. Sykes wrote: Avi, If you download the NVIDIA run file (www.nvidia.com) this will build the module for you if you have the kernel source installed. You also have some extra command line options this way, and one of them is to uninstall the module. Tony. So far the attempt to build my own module is a disaster. Attempting to build it ends up with the following error: Unable to determine the NVIDIA kernel module filename I have the kernel sources installed and I have booted using the kernel I am trying to build the Nvidia module for. I searched around for a solution and even tried the export SYSSRC=/usr/src/linux solution with the same result. Ran the installer in expert mode and everything was pointing to the right directories. I even extracted the tarball and then ran the installer with the --add-this-kernel options. When then I tried to run the installer on the new custom installer I ended up with the eror: error inserting './usr/src/nv/nvidia.ko': -1 Invalid module format. Oh Mandrake, please fix this annoyance. Make sure to release the drivers at the same time you release a new kernel. How can you be taken seriously if users need to choose between having X running or having a secure system. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Griping questions
Aron Smith wrote: On Wednesday 28 April 2004 10:33 am, rhein wrote: Hello, I'm using for the first time grip and I'm quiet impressed of the speed and stability (I read my mail, download with Kget and rip a audio cd at the same time) But I have some questions after I red the help files: 1. To get the name of the tracks do you have to be connected? I tried first disconnected and I got no names and all the tracks finished in the last track (in fact the following track erased the one before) after I got connected to get my messages I saw the names of the tracks in grip... I concluded that there is something going on. 2. If I want to play the mp3 files on a music box or a TV/DVD player what riper and format shall I use? 3. What is the differences in the encoder: oggenc, mp3encoder, bladeenc, lame, l3enc, xingmp3enc, gogo, flac? I'm doing that the first time under linux so I'm a little lost with all those acronyms ;-) Bye Christophe stick with lame for MP3s, oggenc for ogg files Lame Aint amp3 Encoder= l.a.m.e oggenc=ogg encoder mp3encoder =mp3 encoder Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Ok I tried to use lame but I get this error message: invalid encoder executable. Check your encoder config So I went to the config and ther I have this: Encoder executable: lame Encoder command-line: -h -b %b %w %m Encoder file format: ~/mp3/%A/%d/%t_%n.mp3 So what shall I do to get mp3 files? Thank you Christophe ps: What is the ogg format for? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Apr 28, 2004, at 9:03, Miark wrote: On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 10:28:58 -0500, Avi wrote: Now Comcast Internet is also available but I am hesitant to switch. While they are cheaper, it is still $62 a month for a home network (which I don't need, but this is all they currently seem to offer) How would they even know you have a home network? They don't. It is their only offer in my area. They call it the home network in which they supply a wireless AP and a cable modem and set you for up to 5 computers. I don't need it at all since I already have my own network (wired and wireless) and NAT. Maybe I should just wait for a normal offer for a single IP and no wireless AP. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 10:28:58 -0500, Avi wrote: > Now Comcast Internet is also available but I am hesitant to > switch. While they are cheaper, it is still $62 a month for a > home network (which I don't need, but this is all they > currently seem to offer) How would they even know you have a home network? > and I am afraid they will start blocking certain ports one day. That is certainly possible. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Griping questions
On Wednesday 28 April 2004 10:33 am, rhein wrote: > Hello, > I'm using for the first time grip and I'm quiet impressed of the speed > and stability (I read my mail, download with Kget and rip a audio cd at > the same time) > But I have some questions after I red the help files: > >1. To get the name of the tracks do you have to be connected? I tried > first disconnected and I got no names and all the tracks finished > in the last track (in fact the following track erased the one > before) after I got connected to get my messages I saw the names > of the tracks in grip... I concluded that there is something going > on. 2. If I want to play the mp3 files on a music box or a TV/DVD player > what riper and format shall I use? >3. What is the differences in the encoder: oggenc, mp3encoder, > bladeenc, lame, l3enc, xingmp3enc, gogo, flac? > > I'm doing that the first time under linux so I'm a little lost with all > those acronyms ;-) > Bye > Christophe stick with lame for MP3s, oggenc for ogg files Lame Aint amp3 Encoder= l.a.m.e oggenc=ogg encoder mp3encoder =mp3 encoder Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] urpmi --noclean
On Wednesday 28 April 2004 04:51 am, Andrew Archibald wrote: > On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 07:59, Job Evers wrote: > > Is there a way I can enable the --noclean option permanently? > > You can set the global options in /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg and they should > always be used. Cleaning options are set with global booleans. > > See 'man urpmi.cfg' for more information. > You could also set up a shell script wrapper that aliases urpmi to something else. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Griping questions
Hello, I'm using for the first time grip and I'm quiet impressed of the speed and stability (I read my mail, download with Kget and rip a audio cd at the same time) But I have some questions after I red the help files: 1. To get the name of the tracks do you have to be connected? I tried first disconnected and I got no names and all the tracks finished in the last track (in fact the following track erased the one before) after I got connected to get my messages I saw the names of the tracks in grip... I concluded that there is something going on. 2. If I want to play the mp3 files on a music box or a TV/DVD player what riper and format shall I use? 3. What is the differences in the encoder: oggenc, mp3encoder, bladeenc, lame, l3enc, xingmp3enc, gogo, flac? I'm doing that the first time under linux so I'm a little lost with all those acronyms ;-) Bye Christophe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Apollon Plugins
Hi Y'all! I finally managed to get Apollon up and running, after many failed attempts with the so called "all in one installer" from the SF site. I managed to get it going with the RPM'S from PLF. However, there are only 2 plugins on PLF, being openFT and FastTrack. I'd like GNUTella too, as an extra. Anyone have an RPM, or anything else for that matter that they can send throug to me? TIA, 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 17:54:47 up 3:16, 1 user, load average: 0.52, 0.40, 0.58 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Slow openoffice
rhein wrote: Hello, Since a few days openoffice hangs when I open saved files... I opened those same files much quicker before. I have about 500 mb of RAM on my machine so I don't think this is the problem. Any idea ? I red about Abiword on this list... what are the differences with oowrite? By the way is Koffice lighter then openoffice? Any user on this list? Given that OO was opening files OK before, I'd recommend fixing the problem rather than changing your word procesor. But anyway, FYI ... Abiword is very light, and somewhat minimalistic. It's aquired some features since I stopped using it a while back, but it's still more of a choice for someone running an old, slow system who doesn't need to do anything fancy with their word-processor (BTW, it is just a word processor, not a whole office suite like OO or KOffice). Koffice is a bit faster than OO (assuming you're running KDE - I don't know how it performs in other environments). The look and feel of KWord is more like a DTP program than a word processor - it's very good if you want to do a lot with frames (which I don't). Unlike most other programs, it has some limited ability to edit PDF files, but the only times I've tried to open PDF files in KWord, it screwed up the formatting completely. A major disadvantage for those of us who have to share documents with Windows users is its inability to save in Word format (though it can open Word documents). Personally I think it falls between two stools (if I want to do fancy FTP stuff, I'll use Scribus) but some people like it. Of course if you are producing documents solely for your own use (or for people who only want to print, not edit, the files you send them, or who are also Linux/Unix users) the best program is still, IMHO, LyX. Sir Robin -- "If the lion could speak, we would not understand it." - Wittgenstein Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Universitesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Apr 28, 2004, at 10:09, Aron Smith wrote: On Wednesday 28 April 2004 08:03 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 05:59, Miark wrote: On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 03:06:55 -0700, Aron wrote: Comcast rocks. It's fast, and they don't block SMTP ports. Their service kills the competition in my neck of the woods. We had a little tiff yesterday 'cause they disconnected me and couldn't figure out how to get me back up. Three hours on the phone, coupled with firing up a windows box naked on the modem, and they finally got it going, but much faster than it used to be. that seems to be the main problem with Comcast etal they go into hysterics if you say Linux. In two years I've lost my connection three times. The first time I called Comcast, the person gave me the "we don't support Linux" diatribe. But during the next problem, I had to go to "level 2" support or some such thing because they had a DNS problem. The guy at that level didn't seem to flinch when I told him I was on a Linux box. And this last time (about 5 months ago) I was on the line with a woman who didn't seem to care that I was running Linux, and in fact was somewhat impressed that I could ifdown/ifup my NIC so quickly and without rebooting my computer. I always _expect_ resistance, but I've been pleasantly surprised more often than not with Comcast. Miark Very interesting. I saw some numbers on Comcast when I was watching Bulls & Bears on Fox this weekend and I was impressed with the growth of the company and their market share. Now I know why they are growing so fast and outpacing the competition. I believe the main factor is the Linux awareness. This also is a strong indicator to the extent with which Linux has penetrated the public sector. One problem Cox has is that all their stuff is M$ based. They are always having problems in our area and are one of those stupid ISP's that try to solve their own M$ problems by shutting down their smtp access. LX That's why I picked speakeasy.net they love linux I am currently also using speakeasy.net. unfortunately, the only thing available in my area as far as DSL is concerned is IDSL which is limited to 144K and costs a fortune (~$100 a month). Now Comcast Internet is also available but I am hesitant to switch. While they are cheaper, it is still $62 a month for a home network (which I don't need, but this is all they currently seem to offer) and I am afraid they will start blocking certain ports one day. The nice thing about Speakeasy is that the license allows you to run servers on your connection while Comcast's does not. I am running my own mail server and I am afraid that Comcast will block it one day, leaving me without email. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] Should I build the NVIDIA module myself?
Avi, If you download the NVIDIA run file (www.nvidia.com) this will build the module for you if you have the kernel source installed. You also have some extra command line options this way, and one of them is to uninstall the module. Tony. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Avi Schwartz Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 4:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Should I build the NVIDIA module myself? Hi, While Mandrake is releasing all these new kernels in order to fix security issues I noticed that they are in no hurry to release the matching NVIDIA modules. This leaves me in a bind. Either I wait until Mandrake releases the NVIDIA modules (who knows when) and continue running the current kernel version (which I assume is not a good idea from security perspective) or I install the new version of the kernel and download the NVIDIA code and build it for the new kernel. What is the opinion of this group? If I do decide to build the module myself, should I remove the current NVIDIA_kernel-xx package first? I assume I don't since the module is installed in the proper kernel module tree. What about NVIDIA_GLX? BTW, it would be nice if Mandrake would release the NVIDIA modules together with the new kernels, don't you think? They probably have now some users swearing at Mandrake because their X environment stopped working after updating the kernel... Thanks, Avi -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have recieved it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either the sender or [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Should I build the NVIDIA module myself?
Hi, While Mandrake is releasing all these new kernels in order to fix security issues I noticed that they are in no hurry to release the matching NVIDIA modules. This leaves me in a bind. Either I wait until Mandrake releases the NVIDIA modules (who knows when) and continue running the current kernel version (which I assume is not a good idea from security perspective) or I install the new version of the kernel and download the NVIDIA code and build it for the new kernel. What is the opinion of this group? If I do decide to build the module myself, should I remove the current NVIDIA_kernel-xx package first? I assume I don't since the module is installed in the proper kernel module tree. What about NVIDIA_GLX? BTW, it would be nice if Mandrake would release the NVIDIA modules together with the new kernels, don't you think? They probably have now some users swearing at Mandrake because their X environment stopped working after updating the kernel... Thanks, Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Auto-resize of cascaded windows in KDE
I know there is a way to cascade windows in KDE, but is there a way to have them automatically resized on this event? This is the default setting in Windows, and while it can be a pain, it is usually the best method. There's nothing worse then having five different windows with five different sizes and losing one during a cascade... BTW, I'm running MDK 10 so it is whatever default KDE version... Thanks! Tango __ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] KPPP: Kernel PPP support
Since I`ve updated from 8.2 to 10.0 Official, I cannot connect to the internet anymore. When I try to connect using KPPP, the modem dials but then I get the following error message: pppd daemon died unexpectedly! Exit status 4 (On man pppd, the explanation is: 4: The kernel does not support PPP, for example, the PPP kernel driver is not included or cannot be loaded.). Details: unable to open the /dev/ppp device. You need to create the /dev/ppp device by executing the following command as root: ^lmknod /dev/ppp c 1808 0 When I do this, I get the message: substitution failed, so I don`t have ppp in the /dev folder. I`d be grateful for help. Thanks, Kat Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Wednesday 28 April 2004 08:03 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 05:59, Miark wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 03:06:55 -0700, Aron wrote: > > > > > Comcast rocks. It's fast, and they don't block SMTP ports. Their > > > > > service kills the competition in my neck of the woods. > > > > > > > > We had a little tiff yesterday 'cause they disconnected me and > > > > couldn't figure out how to get me back up. Three hours on the > > > > phone, coupled with firing up a windows box naked on the modem, and > > > > they finally got it going, but much faster than it used to be. > > > > > > that seems to be the main problem with Comcast etal they go into > > > hysterics if you say Linux. > > > > In two years I've lost my connection three times. The first time > > I called Comcast, the person gave me the "we don't support Linux" > > diatribe. But during the next problem, I had to go to "level 2" > > support or some such thing because they had a DNS problem. The > > guy at that level didn't seem to flinch when I told him I was on > > a Linux box. And this last time (about 5 months ago) I was on the > > line with a woman who didn't seem to care that I was running > > Linux, and in fact was somewhat impressed that I could > > ifdown/ifup my NIC so quickly and without rebooting my computer. > > > > I always _expect_ resistance, but I've been pleasantly surprised > > more often than not with Comcast. > > > > Miark > > Very interesting. I saw some numbers on Comcast when I was watching > Bulls & Bears on Fox this weekend and I was impressed with the growth of > the company and their market share. Now I know why they are growing so > fast and outpacing the competition. I believe the main factor is the > Linux awareness. > > This also is a strong indicator to the extent with which Linux has > penetrated the public sector. > > One problem Cox has is that all their stuff is M$ based. They are > always having problems in our area and are one of those stupid ISP's > that try to solve their own M$ problems by shutting down their smtp > access. > > LX That's why I picked speakeasy.net they love linux Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 05:59, Miark wrote: > On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 03:06:55 -0700, Aron wrote: > > > > > Comcast rocks. It's fast, and they don't block SMTP ports. Their > > > > service kills the competition in my neck of the woods. > > > > > > We had a little tiff yesterday 'cause they disconnected me and > > > couldn't figure out how to get me back up. Three hours on the > > > phone, coupled with firing up a windows box naked on the modem, and > > > they finally got it going, but much faster than it used to be. > > > > that seems to be the main problem with Comcast etal they go into > > hysterics if you say Linux. > > In two years I've lost my connection three times. The first time > I called Comcast, the person gave me the "we don't support Linux" > diatribe. But during the next problem, I had to go to "level 2" > support or some such thing because they had a DNS problem. The > guy at that level didn't seem to flinch when I told him I was on > a Linux box. And this last time (about 5 months ago) I was on the > line with a woman who didn't seem to care that I was running > Linux, and in fact was somewhat impressed that I could > ifdown/ifup my NIC so quickly and without rebooting my computer. > > I always _expect_ resistance, but I've been pleasantly surprised > more often than not with Comcast. > > Miark Very interesting. I saw some numbers on Comcast when I was watching Bulls & Bears on Fox this weekend and I was impressed with the growth of the company and their market share. Now I know why they are growing so fast and outpacing the competition. I believe the main factor is the Linux awareness. This also is a strong indicator to the extent with which Linux has penetrated the public sector. One problem Cox has is that all their stuff is M$ based. They are always having problems in our area and are one of those stupid ISP's that try to solve their own M$ problems by shutting down their smtp access. LX Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Took the plunge - CUZ I HAD TO
On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 13:28, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > On Tuesday 27 April 2004 11:19, JoeHill wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 20:55:16 -0500 > > > > Hoyt Bailey disseminated the following: > > > And he deserves to be "plonked". > > > > WTF? > > I don't wish to enter this discussion. > > Hoyt Smart guy. LX Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 03:06:55 -0700, Aron wrote: > > > Comcast rocks. It's fast, and they don't block SMTP ports. Their > > > service kills the competition in my neck of the woods. > > > > We had a little tiff yesterday 'cause they disconnected me and > > couldn't figure out how to get me back up. Three hours on the > > phone, coupled with firing up a windows box naked on the modem, and > > they finally got it going, but much faster than it used to be. > > that seems to be the main problem with Comcast etal they go into > hysterics if you say Linux. In two years I've lost my connection three times. The first time I called Comcast, the person gave me the "we don't support Linux" diatribe. But during the next problem, I had to go to "level 2" support or some such thing because they had a DNS problem. The guy at that level didn't seem to flinch when I told him I was on a Linux box. And this last time (about 5 months ago) I was on the line with a woman who didn't seem to care that I was running Linux, and in fact was somewhat impressed that I could ifdown/ifup my NIC so quickly and without rebooting my computer. I always _expect_ resistance, but I've been pleasantly surprised more often than not with Comcast. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] T40 & X4.3
On Tuesday 27 April 2004 11:04 pm, Paul Kaplan wrote: > Last November I was able to configure X 4.3 on a Thinkpad T40 (257551U > -Radeon M7 w/ 32Mb) with Xinerama enabled so that the internal LCD and an > external LCD monitor formed a single contiguous desktop. This was using > Mandrake9.2 > > I recently upgraded to Mandrake10 with kernel 2.6.3, > but still uses X 4.3. The same XF86Config-4 file no longer allows two > monitors...specifically, only the external monitor is used. There are no > hardware changes. > > Any ideas what might have changed to cause the problem. > Could you post your XF86Config-4 file -- /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] Questions of XFce4
rhein wrote: Ok I can see know my reduced windows in a panel... In fact I did not install most of the plugins. Now I have no access to my softwares(like Kafeine or openoffice...) because I don't know the comand lines... Do I have to install manualy all links to all my softwares??? Is there not a quicker way? I hope this is comprehensif??? Have a nice day Christophe I'm no expert, I'm only just starting to experiment with xfce4 myself (got bored with KDE!), but if you right-click anywhere on the desktop, you should be able to get to all your applications through the menus. There may be other ways too, but I only installed it last night so I haven't discovered much yet! Margot Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] How to get IceWM 1.2.13 shown in XDM, GDM, KDM login screen ???
How do I get IceWM 1.2.13 listed in the available choices of Window Managers when I log on as a User? What and where is the configuration file I need to edit? It looks like Mandrake 9.1 only uses XDM for the graphical login. Is this correct? If so, anyone know which files XDM is using to provide the graphical login with the choices of Window Manager to use in that drop down box? I was able to run IceWM 1.2.13 by turning off the graphical login (booting directly to a text login), starting X Windows with xinit, going into the xterm box and typing icewm-sessions. Then I select another workspace to work in. But I'd really like to have this version of IceWM available as a choice in the drop down box on the graphical login screen. Ideas? TIA, The Other. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
Anyone know how to change those tiny fonts in the body of the email messages? Thanks, Dan Hello Dan, for Opera 7.23 On the main menu bar: File-> Preferences (or Alt-P)-> Fonts (on the left side dialog box) This brings up the right side dialog box. Select the font use topic you wish to change (start with Normal, it may be the one you need) and highlight the font name. Double-click on the font name or click on the Choose button. This brings up another dialog box that lets you change the font, size, and other parameters. For my astigmatism, I like the Helvetica (Adobe) at 14. normal. in black. Regards, The Other. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: Split and rejoin a file
On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 10:52:26 + Job Evers wrote: > I have shell access on a remote server on which I can download files; > I would like to be able to split a file (movie), download each > separate chunk and then join them back together. > > I tried using split and cat, which almost worked except that the > length of the movie was messed up. > Nevermind, split and cat work perfectly. I was dumb and didn't join ALL of the files (forgot the last one)... -- 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] Installing a second network card via command line
On Wednesday 28 Apr 2004 08:03, Troy Robinson wrote: > Hi guys, > >just got a version of mandrake and was trying to get it to see my second > network card. I have one of those VIA EPIA CL 1 Mini-ITX motherboards > (they're awesome) and it has two via-rhine III network cards. Mandrake has > picked up the first card using driver/module via-rhine but it failed to see > the second network card (eth1) and it doesn't even have a module for it. I > went into the modules.conf config file and added an alias for eth1 right > below eth0, i.e.: > > Alias eth1 via-rhine > > But this did nothing. Does anyone have any tips for me to get this > installed - unfortunately, I'm not running X or I'm sure it would be much > easier. Thanks for any help you can provide. > > Regards, > > Troy If you are using the 2.6 kernel then you need to edit modprobe.conf not modules.conf If that does not help you might learn something on the forum at www.linitx.org derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Tuesday 27 April 2004 10:56 pm, Lee Wiggers wrote: > On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 20:59:53 + > > Miark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 16:21:57 +, Lee wrote: > > > Comcast just boosted my connect speed and Opera 7.5 flies > > > anyway. > > > > > > Almost get a page before I ask for it. > > > > > > I got a 3.7 meg dl faster than I could check the speed! > > > > Comcast rocks. It's fast, and they don't block SMTP ports. Their > > service kills the competition in my neck of the woods. > > > > Miark > > We had a little tiff yesterday 'cause they disconnected me and > couldn't figure out how to get me back up. Three hours on the > phone, coupled with firing up a windows box naked on the modem, and > they finally got it going, but much faster than it used to be. > > Didn't even change my ip. My server popped right back up with a > happy Apache. > > The windows box went back in the closet for next time. that seems to be the main problem with Comcast etal they go into hysterics if you say Linux. > > Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 20:59:53 + Miark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 16:21:57 +, Lee wrote: > > > Comcast just boosted my connect speed and Opera 7.5 flies > > anyway. > > > > Almost get a page before I ask for it. > > > > I got a 3.7 meg dl faster than I could check the speed! > > Comcast rocks. It's fast, and they don't block SMTP ports. Their > service kills the competition in my neck of the woods. > > Miark > > We had a little tiff yesterday 'cause they disconnected me and couldn't figure out how to get me back up. Three hours on the phone, coupled with firing up a windows box naked on the modem, and they finally got it going, but much faster than it used to be. Didn't even change my ip. My server popped right back up with a happy Apache. The windows box went back in the closet for next time. Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Split and rejoin a file
I have shell access on a remote server on which I can download files; I would like to be able to split a file (movie), download each separate chunk and then join them back together. I tried using split and cat, which almost worked except that the length of the movie was messed up. Any suggestions? Thanks -- 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] install button not active in rpmdrake
On Wednesday 28 Apr 2004 04:22, Rory wrote: > When I browse software install packs in rpmdrake, if I select packages to > download, the "install" button remains greyed out. I'm specifically trying > to install packages from contribu and plf. I can install via urpmi in > terminal, but not rpmdrake, where it's handier to read info about each pack > and then select multiple ones to donwload at once. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > ~Rory If you select Menu>System>System>Configuration>Packaging>Browse packages then you are running rpmdrake as a normal user in browse only mode and the Install button will be greyed out as you describe. Menu>System>System>Configuration>Packaging>Install should prompt you for root password, and then you should be able to install packages. If for some reason you are not being prompted for root password, try running kdesu rpmdrake from a terminal or by hitting Alt+F2 derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] urpmi --noclean
On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 09:51:05 +0100
Andrew Archibald wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 07:59, Job Evers wrote:
> > Is there a way I can enable the --noclean option permanently?
>
> You can set the global options in /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg and they should
> always be used. Cleaning options are set with global booleans.
>
> See 'man urpmi.cfg' for more information.
>
Awesome
{
no-clean
}
Hopefully that will do the trick.
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Re: [newbie] urpmi --noclean
On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 07:59, Job Evers wrote: > Is there a way I can enable the --noclean option permanently? You can set the global options in /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg and they should always be used. Cleaning options are set with global booleans. See 'man urpmi.cfg' for more information. A. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Took the plunge - CUZ I HAD TO
On Tuesday 27 April 2004 10:24 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 03:28, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > On Tuesday 27 April 2004 11:19, JoeHill wrote: > > > On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 20:55:16 -0500 > > > > > > Hoyt Bailey disseminated the following: > > > > And he deserves to be "plonked". > > > > > > WTF? > > > > I don't wish to enter this discussion. > > > > Hoyt > > Joe's getting kinky again. Empty Bong again? > > 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 > -- > Adde parvum parvo manus acervus erit. [Add little to little and there > will be a big pile.] -- Ovid Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] system monitor for KDE
On Wednesday 28 April 2004 03:18 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 17:04, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: > > Stephen, here's my linking question if you get a chance. Thanks bro' > > > > Stephen, back to my original question. My fax programs seem to want to > > use /dev/ttyS0. I am the lucky owner of Win/Linmodem. It's currently > > linked to /dev/modem,like this; /dev/modem -> ttySHSF0. Since all of my > > fax programs seem to want to use the ttyS0 port is it all right to link > > ttySHSF0 to ttys0 without getting everything screwed up? Or can I link > > /dev/modem to ttyS0 as well? What is the simplest way to mange this, if > > it's possible... > > If it were me, I'd try to delete /dev/ttyS0 if it's not being used and > create the link from /ttySHSF0 to /dev/ttyS0 - still rather surprised > that the fax proggies don't have a means to change the port they're > using...but either which...that's what I'd try 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 > -- > They drove back through the dawn, while the cassette player played J. S. > Bach's Mass in B Minor, vocals by F. Mercury. -- (Terry Pratchett & Neil > Gaiman, Good Omens) That sounds like a plan. Can I put things back the way the are now if I need to? And please remind me of the order of things. ln -s /dev/ttySHSF0 /dev/ttS0. Does that look right, after deleting ttyS0? Right now ttyS0 is linked to tts/0. Why, I have no idea. Thanks Stephen! -- Jonathan Dlouhy Wednesday, April 28, 2004 03:55 AM "Keep good relations with the Grecians." --George W. Bush Registered Linux user #264482 Powered by Mandrake 10.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] system monitor for KDE
On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 17:04, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: > Stephen, here's my linking question if you get a chance. Thanks bro' > > Stephen, back to my original question. My fax programs seem to want to > use /dev/ttyS0. I am the lucky owner of Win/Linmodem. It's currently linked > to /dev/modem,like this; /dev/modem -> ttySHSF0. Since all of my fax > programs seem to want to use the ttyS0 port is it all right to link ttySHSF0 > to ttys0 without getting everything screwed up? Or can I link /dev/modem to > ttyS0 as well? What is the simplest way to mange this, if it's possible... If it were me, I'd try to delete /dev/ttyS0 if it's not being used and create the link from /ttySHSF0 to /dev/ttyS0 - still rather surprised that the fax proggies don't have a means to change the port they're using...but either which...that's what I'd try 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 -- They drove back through the dawn, while the cassette player played J. S. Bach's Mass in B Minor, vocals by F. Mercury. -- (Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, Good Omens) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] system monitor for KDE
On Wednesday 28 April 2004 02:47 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 16:26, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: > > The only hit I got on kcupload was on a French KDE site, using multiple > > search engines. I guess I'll see if it installs in English... > > BTW, did you get my earlier query about the linking conundrum? > > Try checking at: > > http://freshmeat.net > http://sourceforge.net > http://www.icewalk.com > http://rpm.pbone.net > http://rpmfind.net > > ...meanwhile, nah mate - I might have missed the linking bit > again...sorry, was out trying to earn some bread to put on the table... > > 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 > -- > Whoever would lie usefully should lie seldom. Stephen, here's my linking question if you get a chance. Thanks bro' Stephen, back to my original question. My fax programs seem to want to use /dev/ttyS0. I am the lucky owner of Win/Linmodem. It's currently linked to /dev/modem,like this; /dev/modem -> ttySHSF0. Since all of my fax programs seem to want to use the ttyS0 port is it all right to link ttySHSF0 to ttys0 without getting everything screwed up? Or can I link /dev/modem to ttyS0 as well? What is the simplest way to mange this, if it's possible... -- Jonathan Dlouhy Wednesday, April 28, 2004 03:03 AM It's wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago. --Vice President Dan Quayle Registered Linux user #264482 Powered by Mandrake 10.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] Installing a second network card via command line
Hi guys, just got a version of mandrake and was trying to get it to see my second network card. I have one of those VIA EPIA CL 1 Mini-ITX motherboards (they're awesome) and it has two via-rhine III network cards. Mandrake has picked up the first card using driver/module via-rhine but it failed to see the second network card (eth1) and it doesn't even have a module for it. I went into the modules.conf config file and added an alias for eth1 right below eth0, i.e.: Alias eth1 via-rhine But this did nothing. Does anyone have any tips for me to get this installed - unfortunately, I'm not running X or I'm sure it would be much easier. Thanks for any help you can provide. Regards, Troy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
