Re: [newbie] MDK 10.1 and ViaVoice
On Monday 31 January 2005 11:29 pm, David wrote: On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 13:36:31 +1300 David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: #On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:57:25 +1300 #David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: # ##Back in Nov 04 a thread titled Mandrake Linux not yet ready for primetime ##discussed amoungst other things Voice Recognition and ViaVoice in particular. ##Jack did you try Viavoice and if so did you get it sorted. ## ##I've just upgraded to 10.1 Official and have been able to get my hands on the ##ViaVoice (v1.o) RPM's that shipped with MDK 8.0. ## ##I'v read Volker Kuhlmann's pages ##http://volker.dnsalias.net/linux/speechrec.html and ##/linux/vv/viavoice-SuSE8.2.html . I've also downloaded his script. ## ##My question is: Has anyone installed this version of ViaVoice on 10.1 and did ##you experience any problems that I should be aware of? ## ##Any clues as to what to look for would be appreciated. ## # #Follow Up # #Ok, so I started to install the RPMS this morning and run into a dependency #problem in that the file libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 is required. I've search #the mdk 8.0 cd's and its not there, so googled and could not find a copy of the #file. # # #If uou are still running mdk 8.0 would you be so kind as to mail me a copy of #this file's rpm. # #Thanks, and I will keep looking for it as well. # Follow up #2 My machine would not read the first disc but after visiting another machine I now have the files. Sorry to bother the list. E. David I. Taylor Beneath the Mountain, beside the Sea; Taranaki, the place to be. composed using Sylpheed, sent from a 100% Linux/Open Source computer featuring Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Official) for i586 kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk @ 17:28:15 up 3:09, 1 user, load average: 0.07, 0.10, 0.04 == if replying please leave the filter code, ie [] contents, in subject line == no bother, just hoping you keep us informed as to how it all works, and what you did (and what hardware you did it on) to get it running... -- linux counter #167806 (http://counter.li.org/) website=http://ed-tharp.kicks-ass.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] A little light in the EU darkness
On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 03:43, Julie Sloan wrote: Paul wrote: On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 16:39, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Monday 31 January 2005 18:59, Paul wrote: On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 14:52, Kaj Haulrich wrote: big snip A tool that we could use. Which politician, after receiving 5 or 10, 000 mails regarding something he knew nothing about, wouldn't have a twinge of worry about his future? A stupid, arrogant one. And there's them too. :( I hope you're not suggesting that someone might go into politics for reasons other than helping their fellow man (or woman)? Shame on you. 8-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Proxy on Command Line
How do you set a proxy for commandline connections? I need to use http access here at work and everything goes through a proxy. I can't get to the http mirrors for urpmi. I assume it is my proxy not setup for commandline communications. Thanks. Troy Davidson Linux User #311107 ++ Follow the adventures of a real life computer and gaming nerd! www.clandaith.com ++ ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] No 192_168_1_1 yet
Brought myself a Linksys WAG54G Gateway/Router and having got the info I need from my ISP decided to give it a go. Basically I get Page not available - or some such when within Mozilla I go for the 192.168.1.1 address. Here's what I've done to date. Using MCCHardwareHardwareEthernetcardRTL-8139Run config toolADSL Connection . I'll stop there because I think something is missing at about this point. [ The dialogue's do take me through to the Congratulation screen, by the way. ] The things MCC offers me are all ADSL stuff that I thought I would need to configure from within the ADSL unit itself - so when did I configure the Ethernet card itself? I remember trying to once before but MCC went on about being sure it was connected to something first? So right now, I am unable to access the ADSL modem - I have the ADSL manual all printed out and ready to 'Rock'n'Roll' , so any suggestions on how to get there would be appreciated. Running Mandrake 10.0 Official, Linux-2.6.3-7, - er... Shorewall is running at present? I have tried with option addresses and without, deleted all connections and did things over - got no idea what it is I'm missing. # lspci SNIP 00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) /SNIP My Windows option is WinME and though I have it working OK, it also failed on this same point. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] not receiving anything
On Monday 31 Jan 2005 07:39, Simon wrote: On Monday 31 Jan 2005 07:07, Maureen wrote: I have reregistered for the newbie list twice and I am still not recieving anything from the list. I rely on the list for answers to problems and just look forward to others opinions. I don't understand what the problem is. Can someone please figure out what is going on. TIA, Maureen Well, your message got to the list OK, if you received it as well then all should be OK. The list is running at about 30+/- mails a day at the moment. Simon. 31 now;-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] No 192_168_1_1 yet
SnapafunFrank wrote: Brought myself a Linksys WAG54G Gateway/Router and having got the info I need from my ISP decided to give it a go. Basically I get Page not available - or some such when within Mozilla I go for the 192.168.1.1 address. Here's what I've done to date. Using MCCHardwareHardwareEthernetcardRTL-8139Run config toolADSL Connection . I'll stop there because I think something is missing at about this point. [ The dialogue's do take me through to the Congratulation screen, by the way. ] The things MCC offers me are all ADSL stuff that I thought I would need to configure from within the ADSL unit itself - so when did I configure the Ethernet card itself? I remember trying to once before but MCC went on about being sure it was connected to something first? So right now, I am unable to access the ADSL modem - I have the ADSL manual all printed out and ready to 'Rock'n'Roll' , so any suggestions on how to get there would be appreciated. Running Mandrake 10.0 Official, Linux-2.6.3-7, - er... Shorewall is running at present? I have tried with option addresses and without, deleted all connections and did things over - got no idea what it is I'm missing. # lspci SNIP 00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) /SNIP My Windows option is WinME and though I have it working OK, it also failed on this same point. Snap - The default address for your Linksys unit is probably 192.168.1.245. Make sure that you have cookies enabled in your browser(s) just in case. -- Lanman Registered Linux User #190712 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] No 192_168_1_1 yet
SnapafunFrank wrote: Brought myself a Linksys WAG54G Gateway/Router and having got the info I need from my ISP decided to give it a go. Basically I get Page not available - or some such when within Mozilla I go for the 192.168.1.1 address. Here's what I've done to date. Using MCCHardwareHardwareEthernetcardRTL-8139Run config toolADSL Connection . I'll stop there because I think something is missing at about this point. [ The dialogue's do take me through to the Congratulation screen, by the way. ] The things MCC offers me are all ADSL stuff that I thought I would need to configure from within the ADSL unit itself - so when did I configure the Ethernet card itself? I remember trying to once before but MCC went on about being sure it was connected to something first? So right now, I am unable to access the ADSL modem - I have the ADSL manual all printed out and ready to 'Rock'n'Roll' , so any suggestions on how to get there would be appreciated. Running Mandrake 10.0 Official, Linux-2.6.3-7, - er... Shorewall is running at present? I have tried with option addresses and without, deleted all connections and did things over - got no idea what it is I'm missing. # lspci SNIP 00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) /SNIP My Windows option is WinME and though I have it working OK, it also failed on this same point. Missed some thing in my last reply. Go back into MCC and forget about the ADSL connection. Instead, set up your Realtek network card for DHCP. Without it, your PC won't see the router and you won't be able to connect. -- Lanman Registered Linux User #190712 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
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Re: [newbie] MP3 jukebox application
On Tuesday 01 February 2005 02:50 am, John Layt wrote: On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 15:07, Kevin B. O'Brien wrote: In Windows I have used Musicmatch Jukebox. Is there something comparable, or something you would recommend, to play MP3's in Linux? Thank you, Woah! Let the flamewars begin! There's a HEAP of choices out there, just about every beginning Linux geek tries his hand a writing an mp3 player Yup, everybody has an opinion about this one, it's worse than vi vs. emacs :-). Some are really simple single file players, and then there's the video players like Xine and MPlayer that play MP3 in addition to video, but I'll skip those here, seeing as you want a MusicMatch replacement I assume you want a proper music database manager, tagger, ripper, etc. In the KDE world, my personal favourite is Juk: clean and simple but top quality with the best tagging tools. Amarok is preferred by others for all the bells and whistles. I haven't used them, but under Gnome there's Rhythmbox and Beep(?). And of course, there's the venerable XMMS. amaroK is my personal favorite, and if you like musicmatch, I think one of the more recent versions of amaroK would suit you. Luckily for you, beta4 of 1.2 is released and I just packaged it for Mandrake 10.1. You can find the packages and all related dependencies here: http://www.gkmweb.com/amarok/10.1 You only need one of the amaroK packages, probably the one without mysql support. amarok-1.2-0.beta4.1.101mdk.i586.rpm -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] MDK 10.1 supported high-end soundcard?
It looks like I'll pull my Audigy 2 Value and look for a good high-end sound card that is supported in Mandrake 10.1. I'd sure appreciate some recommendations of cards that work well and are decently supported. I don't want to pick up another non-usable card again. Many thanks in advance, Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] urpmi agony still
Hi everyone, The urpmi source called ftp://ftp.fh-wolfenbuettel.de/pub/os/linux/mandrakelinux/official/updates/10.0/RPMS is still not working. Can someone tell me how I get rid of that resource? I am trying to get gdk-pixbuf2 installed for the GTK2-port of Sylpheed, but wolfenbuettel won't hand it to me: ftp://ftp.fh-wolfenbuettel.de/pub/os/linux/mandrakelinux/official/updates/10.0/RPMS/libgdk-pixbuf2-0.22.0-2.2.100mdk.i586.rpm ...retrieving failed: wget failed: exited with 1 or signal 0 This is getting boring... Thanks for clous! Paul -- We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones. - La Rouchefoucauld http://www.nlpagan.net/linux.php Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Isn't ~/.bash_profile sourced only at login ?
On January 31, 2005 16:53, RickSisler wrote: ... I'm not sure if I'm hijacking this thread, but, for my interest, could someone who does know explain what this script does/how it works? (It's the stuff in the [*] that isn't obvious to me...) Thanks, I'll take a stab at it .. This is a bash builtin called test in [ ] .. man test for more. $? is the bash pre-defined variable that reports the error value of the last command -ne 0 ] is not equal to 0 or zero, if you didn't already know, [ $? -ne 0 ] means, if the grep command fails, being not-equal to 0, so fetchmail is not running, then it will start fetchmail otherwise the grep command returns true or 0, with fetchmail running, then skips starting it again. use konqueror for info:bash to see the rest .. HTH There's also a great intro to bash scripting at: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/index.html -- Ron ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net Opinions expressed here are all mine. As you know, necessity is the mother of invention. I don't know who the father is. Remorse, I guess. - Red Green Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] A little light in the EU darkness
On Tuesday 01 February 2005 11:01 am, Paul wrote: On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 03:43, Julie Sloan wrote: Paul wrote: On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 16:39, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Monday 31 January 2005 18:59, Paul wrote: On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 14:52, Kaj Haulrich wrote: big snip A tool that we could use. Which politician, after receiving 5 or 10, 000 mails regarding something he knew nothing about, wouldn't have a twinge of worry about his future? A stupid, arrogant one. And there's them too. :( I hope you're not suggesting that someone might go into politics for reasons other than helping their fellow man (or woman)? Shame on you. 8-) Oh, I'm sure they all have helping people in mind. It's *which* people they want to help that varies so drastically. :-\ -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Frozen blue screen after upgrading kernel
This past week I worked on updating my Mandrake box from 10.0 to 10.1. Most of the application programs went well. The change over of the kernel took a bit more coaching for me from another Linux person but I got it to work (as far as I can tell). However, on the X system, all I get is a blue screen. The cursor (a plus sign with white edges) moves around but there are absolutely NO icons on the screen and no keystrokes work at all. This is even after running XFdrake (which did seem to do a bunch of configuring) and checking some things.with mcc at the prompt. The only way I got to a prompt has been through booting on Failsafe. Even another lilo entry of 2.6.3 raced to the blue screen and froze. I have been able to change it so that it now stops at the command line (whew!) so at least the machine can take commands. I still am relatively new to Linux and have a long ways to go. Since my field of specialty is in web work, I cannot work without a proper gui screen and browser. The system worked just fine under 10.0. What recommendations do you have? Mr. hopeful, Bill Mudry Mississauga, Ontario 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 agony still
On Tuesday 01 February 2005 16:55, Paul wrote: Hi everyone, The urpmi source called ftp://ftp.fh-wolfenbuettel.de/pub/os/linux/mandrakelinux/official /updates/10.0/RPMS is still not working. Can someone tell me how I get rid of that resource? Can't you just remove it in System--Configuration--Packaging-- Software media Manager ? If you don't use a GUI, then (as root) urpmi.removemedia [name]. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] No 192_168_1_1 yet
SnapafunFrank wrote: Brought myself a Linksys WAG54G Gateway/Router and having got the info I need from my ISP decided to give it a go. Basically I get Page not available - or some such when within Mozilla I go for the 192.168.1.1 address. Here's what I've done to date. Using MCCHardwareHardwareEthernetcardRTL-8139Run config toolADSL Connection . I'll stop there because I think something is missing at about this point. [ The dialogue's do take me through to the Congratulation screen, by the way. ] The things MCC offers me are all ADSL stuff that I thought I would need to configure from within the ADSL unit itself - so when did I configure the Ethernet card itself? I remember trying to once before but MCC went on about being sure it was connected to something first? So right now, I am unable to access the ADSL modem - I have the ADSL manual all printed out and ready to 'Rock'n'Roll' , so any suggestions on how to get there would be appreciated. Running Mandrake 10.0 Official, Linux-2.6.3-7, - er... Shorewall is running at present? I have tried with option addresses and without, deleted all connections and did things over - got no idea what it is I'm missing. # lspci SNIP 00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) /SNIP My Windows option is WinME and though I have it working OK, it also failed on this same point. The ADLS configuration should have a note that it is not for use when you are using a router. It is not what you need in this case. What you have to do is configure a normal DHCP Ethernet connection. The router will then set the network address, gateway, default route, and DNS for you. Once you have that working, you should be able to see the WEB interface of the router. One thing you should double check is that the address realy is 192.168.1.1 for the router. The best place is the router's manual, but you can also check by running /sbin/route -n in a terminal window. The last line should have the gateway address as something other then 0.0.0.0. This should be the Linksys router. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! 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 agony still
On Tue February 1 2005 07:55 am, Paul wrote: In mcc use the software manager (beside updates) to remove update_source, then the next time you run updates you'll need to choose a new mirror. Hi everyone, The urpmi source called ftp://ftp.fh-wolfenbuettel.de/pub/os/linux/mandrakelinux/official/updates/1 0.0/RPMS is still not working. Can someone tell me how I get rid of that resource? I am trying to get gdk-pixbuf2 installed for the GTK2-port of Sylpheed, but wolfenbuettel won't hand it to me: ftp://ftp.fh-wolfenbuettel.de/pub/os/linux/mandrakelinux/official/updates/1 0.0/RPMS/libgdk-pixbuf2-0.22.0-2.2.100mdk.i586.rpm ...retrieving failed: wget failed: exited with 1 or signal 0 This is getting boring... Thanks for clous! Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Emoticons etc. In Thunderbird
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Anne Wilson wrote: | On Monday 31 Jan 2005 21:08, Alan Dunford wrote: | | Apologies for the earlier question - the answer lies in Thunderbird | itself. | | To access emoticons, fonts, underlining, bold text and so on set:- | | Edit - Preferences - Composition - send options - send the message in | both plain text and html, and then a new tool bar opens under the | Subject line in Thunderbird's compose screen. | | Apologies but someone might like that information. :-) | | | How about a Thunderbird entry under | http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MailUserAgents? | | Anne Ok Anne - I am new to Wiki but have applied for registration. Will put the above (more or less) in Wiki - is that ok? Had a look but I think Thunderbird will need a new entry - will do that. - -- Alan Dunford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mandrake Linux 10.0 Official A 100% Microsoft-free computer Sent via Thunderbird - an Open Source mailer -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFB/7PbBER1rj1RgQMRAvr2AJ9OTg7Ec66S8Mzo1vMgZoCWR+VPMACfazwl MRx+5nkxBodhU6fYr9T5q1I= =hYDc -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie]
From: Igor B [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I want to get a code of all Linux including terminal with shell and
graphic environment
In a technical sense there is no way to do this. You can approximate it
many ways. The source for Linux itself can be obtained from www.kernel.org
with a complete record of all its versions, developmental and production
versions. (Good luck picking one that ideally suits you without a lot of
study before hand.) This alone is not particularly useful, either. It
has no particularly useful shell around it nor convenient ways to start
and manipulate the various services that are inherent in the kernel,
such few of them as there are.
Now, if you want all of the source for a particular distribution of
Linux you are still out of luck. Some source is not freely distributable.
Notable among this is the NVidia graphics drivers. You have to use their
binary distribution and take it on faith. You also get a very large
compilation of source code.
If your requirement is more sane and acknowledges that all Linux as
used in the vernacular may mean all of the Open Source portions of a
specific distribution then you can generally go to a mirror site for
that particular distribution and find the source. Mandrake, Red Hat,
Fedora, and probably some others use rpm as their packaging tool.
The source files are located in SRPM or SRPMS directories on these
sites. You have to commit some directory drilling to find them. But once
found they are quite obvious. Start at the top level for the mirror,
drill down until you find the distribution in which you are interested,
one presumes Mandrake if you ask here. For Mandrake you can drill into
official/10.1 to get to the interesting material for the latest
material that is publicly available. Drill from there for the SRPMS
for the distribution. You may also want to visit updates/10.1 to
find updated SRPMS for the updated packages since 10.1 was released.
The total download is probably 3 to 6 CDROMs. And unless you are running
a Linux system that is more or less up to date they are useless as a
stand alone. Bootstrapping Linux from raw source is not generally done
with Mandrake Linux. I understand this is Debian's initial install
mechanism, though. And once a minimalist Debian is installed you can
use it to build your own install CDROMs for Mandrake Linux if that is
your intent. Of course, the full set of SRPMS is interesting if you
wish to audit a few bullion lines of code for some reason, such as a
self appointed GPL policeman might wish to do. (And if you do find
something missing that should be there politely inform the Mandrake
people. I am sure they will rectify it as soon as their fingers can
trek the keyboard with the correct commands to do so.
{^_^}
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Re: [newbie] urpmi agony still
Kaj wrote: If you don't use a GUI, then (as root) urpmi.removemedia [name] Thanks for the pointer, I had already tried this. I just got lost on the [name] part... On Tue February 1 2005 07:55 am, Paul wrote: In mcc use the software manager (beside updates) to remove update_source, then the next time you run updates you'll need to choose a new mirror. That worked! Thank you all, for the help. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Modifying the KDE menu
Lanman wrote: Margot wrote: Did you remember to run update-menus -v as root, after installing or uninstalling software and before running menudrake? Or, update-menus -n if you're not interested in seeing the output, but as you're having problems the -v option would probably be more useful. Also, in menudrake, select Menu Style and choose the Original menus (the bottom option on the list) - I've never managed to get any of the other styles to work! Or, for a more radical solution, abandon KDE, use Xfce instead, and add Trigger Launchers to the panel for the applications that you need to use regularly. Thanks everyone for the suggestions, but I realized this morning that I didn't provide enough information. What I'm attempting to do is to essentially create a stripped down default menu, edited so that ONLY my list of preferred menu items are shown. Also, in the event that someone launched menudrake in the future, the most they would ever get (under any circumstances) would be the new default menu which I had created. I know that there has to be a menu list somewhere, since many of the Linux distributions use their own customized menus, and that's what I'm attempting to do as well. That way, anytime I install Mandrake for anyone, I can use this new menu as the default. So, in essence, I am trying to replace Mandrake's default menu with one of my own creation. Thoughts? Ideas? Inspirations? P.S. - Good Morning Margot! Sorry for taking so long to respond - I kind of forgot about this one. One way you can stop an item from apreaing in the menu is to delete the file for that item in /usr/lib/menu. But when you upgrande the package, it will probably be back. You could try creating an empty menu entry, and see how that works. Now, for some more reading on the topic, you may want to take a look at /usr/share/doc/menu - you will find a lot of information there, including pointers to the /etc/menu and /etc/menu-methods directories. Have fun... Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] IP refresh command?
I have searched high and low but can't find the command to refresh my dhcp configured ip address. Often I find myself moving from one network to the next and I don't want to reboot my laptop every time I want to acquire a new ip on the new network. What shell command will do this for me? Thanks, H. Crissman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Proxy on Command Line
2005. februr 1. 15.08 dtummal Troy Davidson ezt rta: How do you set a proxy for commandline connections? I need to use http access here at work and everything goes through a proxy. I can't get to the http mirrors for urpmi. I assume it is my proxy not setup for commandline communications. Thanks. Troy Davidson Linux User #311107 I have low experiences... :( but too much depends what do you need for. you can set an environmental variable called HTTP_POXY and some progs use it, some do not. e.g.: HTTP_POXY=http://proxy.local.domain:8080 Ati Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Modifying the KDE menu
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Sorry for taking so long to respond - I kind of forgot about this one. One way you can stop an item from apreaing in the menu is to delete the file for that item in /usr/lib/menu. But when you upgrande the package, it will probably be back. You could try creating an empty menu entry, and see how that works. Now, for some more reading on the topic, you may want to take a look at /usr/share/doc/menu - you will find a lot of information there, including pointers to the /etc/menu and /etc/menu-methods directories. Have fun... Mikkel Thanks Mikkel. I've been experimenting with this for the last week or so, and I'm getting close. I've discovered and experimented with a lot of the files which KDE and Mandrake use to handle the menu and I'm almost done with my mods. Once I'm done, I'm going to save the modified files, do a fresh install, then all the updates, and (Phew!) then copy my modified files back into their proper locations. Hopefully, I'll end up with exactly the same menu and if so, I'll see if I can add it to the Wiki (time allowing). The folders you suggested were helpful in providing clues and also in eliminating files from consideration. Thanks again. Lanman Registered Linux User #190712 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] IP refresh command?
Hugh Crissman wrote: I have searched high and low but can't find the command to refresh my dhcp configured ip address. Often I find myself moving from one network to the next and I don't want to reboot my laptop every time I want to acquire a new ip on the new network. What shell command will do this for me? Thanks, H. Crissman Hugh, you can always use this command service network restart to refresh your network settings. I can only surmise that you're leaving the laptop running while moving from one location or network to another. Enjoy. -- Lanman Registered Linux User #190712 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Frozen blue screen after upgrading kernel
On Tuesday 01 Feb 2005 16:36, Bill Mudry wrote: This past week I worked on updating my Mandrake box from 10.0 to 10.1. Most of the application programs went well. The change over of the kernel took a bit more coaching for me from another Linux person but I got it to work (as far as I can tell). However, on the X system, all I get is a blue screen. The cursor (a plus sign with white edges) moves around but there are absolutely NO icons on the screen and no keystrokes work at all. This is even after running XFdrake (which did seem to do a bunch of configuring) and checking some things.with mcc at the prompt. The only way I got to a prompt has been through booting on Failsafe. Even another lilo entry of 2.6.3 raced to the blue screen and froze. I have been able to change it so that it now stops at the command line (whew!) so at least the machine can take commands. I still am relatively new to Linux and have a long ways to go. Since my field of specialty is in web work, I cannot work without a proper gui screen and browser. The system worked just fine under 10.0. What recommendations do you have? How long did you wait? I upgraded my daughter's pc to 10.1 from 10 and on bootup, it did the same. I left it for apprx. 10 minutes, then the graphical login appeared. Never did it again, so might just be configuring? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Mandrake 10.1 Microsoft Free Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] IP refresh command?
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 14:32:36 -0500 Hugh Crissman disseminated the following: I have searched high and low but can't find the command to refresh my dhcp configured ip address. Often I find myself moving from one network to the next and I don't want to reboot my laptop every time I want to acquire a new ip on the new network. What shell command will do this for me? 'ifconfig down', then 'ifconfig up' should do it. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 15:32:16 up 30 days, 4:12, 4 users, load average: 0.02, 0.03, 0.00 +++ Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me. -- Jesus Christ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] IP refresh command?
On Tuesday 01 February 2005 20:35, JoeHill wrote: On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 14:32:36 -0500 Hugh Crissman disseminated the following: I have searched high and low but can't find the command to refresh my dhcp configured ip address. Often I find myself moving from one network to the next and I don't want to reboot my laptop every time I want to acquire a new ip on the new network. What shell command will do this for me? 'ifconfig down', then 'ifconfig up' should do it. If you enable network Hotplugging (MandrakeControlCentreNetworkManageConnectionsOptions), then the network will be automatically 'downed' when you disconnect the NIC (after 20 secs) and will be 'upped' automatically when it is connected again. You should then get a new IP address. 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] Proxy on Command Line
2005. február 1. 15.08 dátummal Troy Davidson ezt írta: How do you set a proxy for commandline connections? I need to use http access here at work and everything goes through a proxy. I can't get to the http mirrors for urpmi. I assume it is my proxy not setup for commandline communications. Thanks. Troy Davidson Linux User #311107 I have low experiences... :( but too much depends what do you need for. you can set an environmental variable called HTTP_POXY and some progs use it, some do not. e.g.: HTTP_POXY=http://proxy.local.domain:8080 Ati That did it. I was needing it for URPMI. Thanks. Troy Davidson Linux User #311107 ++ Follow the adventures of a real life computer and gaming nerd! www.clandaith.com ++ ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Frozen blue screen after upgrading kernel
At 01:02 PM 2/1/2005, you wrote: On Tuesday 01 Feb 2005 16:36, Bill Mudry wrote: This past week I worked on updating my Mandrake box from 10.0 to 10.1. Most of the application programs went well. The change over of the kernel took a bit more coaching for me from another Linux person but I got it to work (as far as I can tell). However, on the X system, all I get is a blue screen. The cursor (a plus sign with white edges) moves around but there are absolutely NO icons on the screen and no keystrokes work at all. This is even after running XFdrake (which did seem to do a bunch of configuring) and checking some things.with mcc at the prompt. The only way I got to a prompt has been through booting on Failsafe. Even another lilo entry of 2.6.3 raced to the blue screen and froze. I have been able to change it so that it now stops at the command line (whew!) so at least the machine can take commands. I still am relatively new to Linux and have a long ways to go. Since my field of specialty is in web work, I cannot work without a proper gui screen and browser. The system worked just fine under 10.0. What recommendations do you have? How long did you wait? I upgraded my daughter's pc to 10.1 from 10 and on bootup, it did the same. I left it for apprx. 10 minutes, then the graphical login appeared. Never did it again, so might just be configuring? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Mandrake 10.1 Microsoft Free I waited for some time actually. There is always some chance that I should have waited longer but I have doubts. Meanwhile, I went back into XFdrake and was able to up the resolution to 1280 x 1024. Its what I prefer anyway. The test showed that the card and monitor (Mitsubishi Diamond Scan 17x) can support this resolution. When I put in startx at the prompt, I got an interesting change. The screen went blue again but only for 1 second or so. Then it changed to a bright red with the cursor still in the middle. It stayed that way for a few seconds and then dropped down to the prompt again. The screen reported the following error: Failed to load module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a (once-only module, 135962511) Something is still keeping it from proceeding further to where all icons come up. How essential is that file? What does it do? Any further suggestions? Still hopeful :-) Bill Mudry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Frozen blue screen after upgrading kernel
Bill Mudry wrote: At 01:02 PM 2/1/2005, you wrote: On Tuesday 01 Feb 2005 16:36, Bill Mudry wrote: This past week I worked on updating my Mandrake box from 10.0 to 10.1. Most of the application programs went well. The change over of the kernel took a bit more coaching for me from another Linux person but I got it to work (as far as I can tell). However, on the X system, all I get is a blue screen. The cursor (a plus sign with white edges) moves around but there are absolutely NO icons on the screen and no keystrokes work at all. This is even after running XFdrake (which did seem to do a bunch of configuring) and checking some things.with mcc at the prompt. The only way I got to a prompt has been through booting on Failsafe. Even another lilo entry of 2.6.3 raced to the blue screen and froze. I have been able to change it so that it now stops at the command line (whew!) so at least the machine can take commands. I still am relatively new to Linux and have a long ways to go. Since my field of specialty is in web work, I cannot work without a proper gui screen and browser. The system worked just fine under 10.0. What recommendations do you have? How long did you wait? I upgraded my daughter's pc to 10.1 from 10 and on bootup, it did the same. I left it for apprx. 10 minutes, then the graphical login appeared. Never did it again, so might just be configuring? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Mandrake 10.1 Microsoft Free I waited for some time actually. There is always some chance that I should have waited longer but I have doubts. Meanwhile, I went back into XFdrake and was able to up the resolution to 1280 x 1024. Its what I prefer anyway. The test showed that the card and monitor (Mitsubishi Diamond Scan 17x) can support this resolution. When I put in startx at the prompt, I got an interesting change. The screen went blue again but only for 1 second or so. Then it changed to a bright red with the cursor still in the middle. It stayed that way for a few seconds and then dropped down to the prompt again. The screen reported the following error: Failed to load module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a (once-only module, 135962511) Something is still keeping it from proceeding further to where all icons come up. How essential is that file? What does it do? Any further suggestions? Still hopeful :-) Bill Mudry Bill; Change to the vesa driver we spoke about yesterday. You don't have a 3D driver installed at this point and X is trying to load one because it's detecting your GeForce card. Right now, that system doesn't have the horsepower to support 3D graphics, but you should be able to get your desktop and decent graphics using the vesa driver. By the way, did you manage to find out which video card you have in that system? -- Lanman Registered Linux User #190712 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Frozen blue screen after upgrading kernel
At 05:56 PM 2/1/2005, you wrote: Bill Mudry wrote: At 01:02 PM 2/1/2005, you wrote: Cut for brevity :-) I waited for some time actually. There is always some chance that I should have waited longer but I have doubts. Meanwhile, I went back into XFdrake and was able to up the resolution to 1280 x 1024. Its what I prefer anyway. The test showed that the card and monitor (Mitsubishi Diamond Scan 17x) can support this resolution. When I put in startx at the prompt, I got an interesting change. The screen went blue again but only for 1 second or so. Then it changed to a bright red with the cursor still in the middle. It stayed that way for a few seconds and then dropped down to the prompt again. The screen reported the following error: Failed to load module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a (once-only module, 135962511) Something is still keeping it from proceeding further to where all icons come up. How essential is that file? What does it do? Any further suggestions? Still hopeful :-) Bill Mudry Bill; Change to the vesa driver we spoke about yesterday. You don't have a 3D driver installed at this point and X is trying to load one because it's detecting your GeForce card. Right now, that system doesn't have the horsepower to support 3D graphics, but you should be able to get your desktop and decent graphics using the vesa driver. By the way, did you manage to find out which video card you have in that system? The card is an ATI Mach64 3D Rage IIC. It has a Rage IIC chip. It is 1998 vintage. Doesn't that 3D mean that it, instead, should support 3D? Where do I go, what do I do to put it into Vesa? Since this may very well be a 3D card, should I still by trying out Vesa? One step closer, still hopeful ;-) Bill -- Lanman Registered Linux User #190712 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
[newbie] Looking for Mr. Good-boot!
Hey Folks. I'm wondering if someone can walk me through a few issues regarding booting systems using PXE? Having sorted out my Mandrake menu concerns it works but I still need to test it a few times), I'm now looking at how I can boot new PC's to start the installation process. Any help would be appreciated. -- Lanman Registered Linux User #190712 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Hardward Compatability Question
Hey guys! My boyfriend's house has a wireless network, and everyone over there runs windows. I want to be able to have my computer hop on their network to connect to the internet if I drag my computer over there, and I was looking at the wireless B usb adapter from linksys. I can get it from work on clearance, and 10% off, plus a $10 mail in rebate. Information on the adapter is available here: http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=33scid=36prid=435 The question is, has anyone tried this guy... or do I need to attempt to google up help for it if I want to take a blind stab and see if I can get it to work? If at all possible, I would appreciate quick answers since I'm headed to another store in my district that should have it in stock (my store is out of stock) tonight to pick something else up for a customer. If I have to take a blind stab, I'll probably try anyways, since I can return it within 30 days if it doesn't work... I'd just be happier if I knew it should work before I try. I am still very much a newbie, so trying to get something like this installed will be an uphill battle for me knowing it will work, so I'm kind of afraid of going it blind. Thanks in Advance! Amy -- ~~ ^..^ ~~ I'm a gmail user! I'm still waiting on them to listen to my request to allow me to disable my reply-to field. If you get this message via a mailing list, please double check the to field before sending your reply. Thanks much! ^_^ ~~ ^..^ ~~ http://deathkitten.net Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. ~Rudyard Kipling Several friends have asked me if I will again leave the country. In light of the failure--a second time--to count all the votes, that won't be necessary. My country has left me. ~Greg Palast Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Looking for Mr. Good-boot!
Lanman wrote: Hey Folks. I'm wondering if someone can walk me through a few issues regarding booting systems using PXE? Having sorted out my Mandrake menu concerns it works but I still need to test it a few times), I'm now looking at how I can boot new PC's to start the installation process. Any help would be appreciated. You can also take a look at: Etherboot - http://www.etherboot.org - It suports building a PXE boor image as well as ROM boot images. The Linux Terminal Server Project - http://www.ltsp.org/ - There is a section on how to boot using PXE, and how to set up a server to do it. I have not used the PXE information, but I have set up Etherboot, and LTS before. Etherboot used to be nice for network installs - you loaded the network install floppy image over the network, and away you went. All it required was to install the NIC with the boot ROM in the machine. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Looking for Mr. Good-boot!
On Tuesday 01 February 2005 23:17, Lanman wrote: Hey Folks. I'm wondering if someone can walk me through a few issues regarding booting systems using PXE? Having sorted out my Mandrake menu concerns it works but I still need to test it a few times), I'm now looking at how I can boot new PC's to start the installation process. Any help would be appreciated. Yep I've been through that recently. What do you want to know? Its not too bad once you realise what is happening. First your PXE remote computer asks for an IP address from a DHCP server. The DHCP server passes the name of the 'next server' back with the IP address together with the name of an initial boot file. The PXE device then asks for the initial boot file from a tftp server on the 'next server'. Having got the boot file the PXE device starts booting itself. It then asks the tftp server for a compressed kernel/init file. Having received that it asks for a DHCP address again and then boots the kernel it has received and runs the init file. If you want to run a terminal server, then drakTermServ works out all the PXE stuff for you. It works really well. 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] Frozen blue screen after upgrading kernel
Bill Mudry wrote: At 05:56 PM 2/1/2005, you wrote: Bill Mudry wrote: At 01:02 PM 2/1/2005, you wrote: Cut for brevity :-) I waited for some time actually. There is always some chance that I should have waited longer but I have doubts. Meanwhile, I went back into XFdrake and was able to up the resolution to 1280 x 1024. Its what I prefer anyway. The test showed that the card and monitor (Mitsubishi Diamond Scan 17x) can support this resolution. When I put in startx at the prompt, I got an interesting change. The screen went blue again but only for 1 second or so. Then it changed to a bright red with the cursor still in the middle. It stayed that way for a few seconds and then dropped down to the prompt again. The screen reported the following error: Failed to load module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a (once-only module, 135962511) Something is still keeping it from proceeding further to where all icons come up. How essential is that file? What does it do? Any further suggestions? Still hopeful :-) Bill Mudry Bill; Change to the vesa driver we spoke about yesterday. You don't have a 3D driver installed at this point and X is trying to load one because it's detecting your GeForce card. Right now, that system doesn't have the horsepower to support 3D graphics, but you should be able to get your desktop and decent graphics using the vesa driver. By the way, did you manage to find out which video card you have in that system? The card is an ATI Mach64 3D Rage IIC. It has a Rage IIC chip. It is 1998 vintage. Doesn't that 3D mean that it, instead, should support 3D? Where do I go, what do I do to put it into Vesa? Since this may very well be a 3D card, should I still by trying out Vesa? One step closer, still hopeful ;-) Bill -- Lanman Registered Linux User #190712 OK, Bill - Thanks for sorting out which card it is. It's possible that your card supports 3D acceleration (it most likely does), but unfortunately Mandrake (and most other downloadable distros of Linux) do not provide the 3D drivers for your graphics card. In order to do that, you would need to download and compile drivers from ATI. It would be a lot simpler to switch over to vesa and at least get a functional desktop before venturing off into 3D land. Log into your system using a shell/terminal/console as root and run XFdrake from the command line. Once it starts, the first option in the list selects your graphics card even though a 3D acceleration driver is not present for it. Scroll up the list until you reach the top (probably called Vendor) and switch to the Xorg list. Once that list opens, scroll down to and select the one called vesa. Once you return to the main menu, select test from the list. If you see the test screen, then everything is good. Once the test exits, go to the Options section in the menu and make sure it's set to start X when the system restarts. That should do it. Still as root in a console, run the command service dm start and you should get your login box. If that doesn't do it, then you might want to consider moving to an older version of Mandrake (ie; 9.2) and doing a fresh install. -- Lanman Registered Linux User #190712 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Hardward Compatability Question
On Tuesday 01 February 2005 23:25, Amy wrote: Hey guys! My boyfriend's house has a wireless network, and everyone over there runs windows. I want to be able to have my computer hop on their network to connect to the internet if I drag my computer over there, and I was looking at the wireless B usb adapter from linksys. I can get it from work on clearance, and 10% off, plus a $10 mail in rebate. Information on the adapter is available here: http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=33scid=36prid=435 The question is, has anyone tried this guy... or do I need to attempt to google up help for it if I want to take a blind stab and see if I can get it to work? If at all possible, I would appreciate quick answers since I'm headed to another store in my district that should have it in stock (my store is out of stock) tonight to pick something else up for a customer. If I have to take a blind stab, I'll probably try anyways, since I can return it within 30 days if it doesn't work... I'd just be happier if I knew it should work before I try. I am still very much a newbie, so trying to get something like this installed will be an uphill battle for me knowing it will work, so I'm kind of afraid of going it blind. Thanks in Advance! Amy Yep I've used that one. It works fine in Linux. It uses the Atmel chip set. The driver required depends on whether you get a v2.6, or v2.8 version. It should work in Mdk 10.1 without any issue. Take a look at the Atmel page on my website for details. BTW the Linksys 54Mbps 102.11g device is not much more expensive and also works well in Linux, but it does require compiling the latest version of the drivers. 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
[newbie] OpenOffice builds
I have MDK10.1 on two different systems. They're set up similarly, but not identically. The X and KDE environments however are the same. OpenOffice 1.1.4 runs fine on both, but I wanted to test 1.9.74 (the current 2.0beta). On one box it runs fine while on the other it constantly crashes and causes X to hang. Any ideas. TIA Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] IP refresh command?
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 14:32:36 -0500, Hugh wrote: I have searched high and low but can't find the command to refresh my dhcp configured ip address. Often I find myself moving from one network to the next and I don't want to reboot my laptop every time I want to acquire a new ip on the new network. What shell command will do this for me? ifdown eth0; ifup eth0 or replace eth0 with the correct interface, such as eth1, wlan0 or whatever. (More than one way to skin a cat.) 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] To Chris Lane
That's a drunk stuttering and staggering as he asks for another bottle:) On 31 Jan 2005 at 22:37, Julie Sloan wrote: On 31 Jan 2005 at 12:52, JoeHill wrote: On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:24:27 -0500 Carroll Grigsby disseminated the following: Don't the list rules require that Mr. Lane send a case of good stuff to each of who received an out-of-office message? Case? I'm thinkin' Zip-Loc bag, but that's just me... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Heck I would settle for just a hic bottle. What on earth is a hic bottle?!? **(puts fingers on keys in various positions, trying to figure out if it's a typo) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Hardward Compatability Question
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 23:46:53 +, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Yep I've used that one. It works fine in Linux. It uses the Atmel chip set. The driver required depends on whether you get a v2.6, or v2.8 version. It should work in Mdk 10.1 without any issue. Take a look at the Atmel page on my website for details. BTW the Linksys 54Mbps 102.11g device is not much more expensive and also works well in Linux, but it does require compiling the latest version of the drivers. derek Hi Derek, Thanks for your help. I'll probably still go with the wireless B, just because money is a touch tight right now, and between mail in rebate and my employee discount, it'll be much more friendly for my wallet to go with the wireless B. Amy ~~ ^..^ ~~ I'm a gmail user! I'm still waiting on them to listen to my request to allow me to disable my reply-to field. If you get this message via a mailing list, please double check the to field before sending your reply. Thanks much! ^_^ ~~ ^..^ ~~ http://deathkitten.net Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. ~Rudyard Kipling Several friends have asked me if I will again leave the country. In light of the failure--a second time--to count all the votes, that won't be necessary. My country has left me. ~Greg Palast Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] desktop app at kde-look
Hi, I was checking out kde-look today and I saw a screenshot of a 'gkrellm like' computer monitoring application. However it is full size, transparent and very cool. Does anyone know the name. I'm sure it must be available for Mandrake and that someone on the list is already using it. The screenshot is at http://www.kde-look.org/content/preview.php?preview=1id=20260file1=20260-1.pngfile2=file3=name=Metal4kde-0.1f_beta+-+gentoo+ebuild Transparent and on the right hand side of the desktop. Thanks, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] To Chris Lane
Hey, bud, when you get back in your office, could you remember to *never* set an out-of-office auto-reply for an account you use on a mailing list? Many thanks! I rang their contact number this morning, they can't switch it off as it is company policy to have this switched on and they cannot touch his mail system. If it's getting a problem then you can either bounce back, perhaps to the admin. Ignore it until he gets back or get the admin here to disable his mail. Cheers, Elwyn If it's a big problem, i can unsub the address. He'll get a note saying he was unsubbed. But he'll still see this HUGE thread with his name in it. :) eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: 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] desktop app at kde-look
On Tue February 1 2005 12:00, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, I was checking out kde-look today and I saw a screenshot of a 'gkrellm like' computer monitoring application. However it is full size, transparent and very cool. Does anyone know the name. I'm sure it must be available for Mandrake and that someone on the list is already using it. The screenshot is at http://www.kde-look.org/content/preview.php?preview=1id=20260file1=20260- 1.pngfile2=file3=name=Metal4kde-0.1f_beta+-+gentoo+ebuild Transparent and on the right hand side of the desktop. Thanks, Bill W. It looks like Superkaramba (if I remember it correctly. It's been a while since I've used it.) Glenn -- 20:49:01 up 4 days, 2:26, running Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Official) for i586, kernel 2.6.8.1-24mdk Registered Linux user #324360 PIZZA!! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] To Chris Lane
On Tuesday 01 February 2005 09:40 pm, Eric Huff wrote: Hey, bud, when you get back in your office, could you remember to *never* set an out-of-office auto-reply for an account you use on a mailing list? Many thanks! I rang their contact number this morning, they can't switch it off as it is company policy to have this switched on and they cannot touch his mail system. If it's getting a problem then you can either bounce back, perhaps to the admin. Ignore it until he gets back or get the admin here to disable his mail. Cheers, Elwyn If it's a big problem, i can unsub the address. He'll get a note saying he was unsubbed. But he'll still see this HUGE thread with his name in it. :) eric eric, I don't feel it was a big problem, I only received the out of office reply one time. Not worth unsubbing him. IMHO -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrakelinux Mailing List Etiquette
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:39:29 + Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 30 Jan 2005 16:58, JR wrote: Would someone clarify this for me please? If you use Reply but change the subject, you are hijacking. Does this mean if you change the 'subject' field, or the topic of the thread? Reading it, it would seem to mean the former. But common sense tells me the latter. If you use Reply to get up a form, then erase the subject and type in something different, you are hijacking. What Anne said is correct, and is what the etiquette page refers to. Just to prevent future confusion, i'll add a little to it. We often do call it a hijack if you change the topic during a thread even if you don't change the subject. Usually it's a case of going off on a tangent. Sometimes people will realize it and add HIJACK to the subject line, but i've never seen a ruling on that. Like i said though, what Anne said is really the answer to your question. eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: 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] To Chris Lane
Hey, bud, when you get back in your office, could you remember to *never* set an out-of-office auto-reply for an account you use on a mailing list? If it's a big problem, i can unsub the address. He'll get a note saying he was unsubbed. But he'll still see this HUGE thread with his name in it. :) eric, I don't feel it was a big problem, I only received the out of office reply one time. Not worth unsubbing him. IMHO Ok. Sounds good to me. I didn't get it at all, so i didn't know if people were being flooded... eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: 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
[newbie] Cannot find libmp3lame.so
I am having trouble with audacity specifically it needs libmp3lame.so although I have grip and lame installed on my system I am unable to find that file any help appreciated Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] MDK 10.1 and ViaVoice
On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 06:00:52 -0500 et [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: #On Monday 31 January 2005 11:29 pm, David wrote: # On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 13:36:31 +1300 # David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: # # a big snip #no bother, just hoping you keep us informed as to how it all works, and what #you did (and what hardware you did it on) to get it running... What I've done so far. After I located a source for the RPMS I read the following: 1. http://www..linuxworld.com/story/32787.htm 2. http:volker.dnsalias.net/linux/speechrec.html 3. http://bolker.dnsalias.net/linux/vv/viavoice-SuSE8.2.html After downloading the following files: IBMJava2-JRE-1.3-2.0; ViaVoice_runtime-3.1-0.0; Viavoice_runtime_US_LangPack-3.1-0.0; ViaVoice_TTS_rk-5.1-1.2; ViaVoice_Dictation-1.1-0.0; ViaVociemenu_us-0.1-4; libstdc++2.10-2.96-0.48; libstdc++2.10-devel-2.96-0.48; and the patch mentioned in 2 above. (NOTE: the list in 1 above is incomplete) RPMs were istalled using rpm -Uvh then installed the patch (see 3 above) unless you wish to do things the hard way. So far have not started to educate it (even if the new school year started here on Monday just past.) as I need to get into town to get a new mic etc. My mobo is a ASUS with AMD Duron 1100 processor, Soundcard: VT82C686 (Apollo Super AC97/Audio). If you don't have access to mdk 7.2 or 8.0 and would like the RPMS contact me off list. E. David I. Taylor Beneath the Mountain, beside the Sea; Taranaki, the place to be. composed using Sylpheed, sent from a 100% Linux/Open Source computer featuring Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Official) for i586 kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk @ 18:13:57 up 1:27, 1 user, load average: 1.13, 1.03, 1.01 == if replying please leave the filter code, ie [] contents, in subject line == Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] How to downgrade gcc version?
Dear All Mandrake Users, I am using Mandrake Linux 9.1 to do my Master degree research project with University of Malaya, Malaysia... My problem is, I have to install a network simulator called NS2 version ns-2.1b9 on my Linux platform but the Linux gcc 3.2.2 would support my ns-2.1b9...The problem is because of the gcc version and my supervisor advised me to downgrade the gcc version to any lower version... Can someone kindly tell me how to do this downgrading?...I am very-very new to Linux environment and afraid of touching any sensitive areas in it... Please help...I really would appreciate your help... Thank you... Regards, Vathsala Devi Master of Computer Science University of Malaya, Malaysia Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term'
[newbie] Snapshot of video
If I pause video using mplayer and take a screenshot, the video still is replaced with solid blue. Is there a way around this? Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] USB drive floppy image
I want to install 10.1 onto a laptop from a USB hard drive. I've read there is a hdcdrom_usb.img or some such thing, but it's not in the install directory. Where is it? Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] KPPP fail in Mdk 9.1
Gentle folks, I use KPPP to dial-in my ISP. Whenever I dial-up for the first time (after the system boot up), the link gets broken and the next time the link is fine. Of course, using the proper username and password both tries. Is there any reason why it doesn't accomplish the negotiation with ISP's systems at first? I don't change any params and just dial-up the second time and then the connection is ok. 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] IP refresh command?
On Tuesday 01 February 2005 09:32 pm, Hugh Crissman wrote: HI, You can use the service network restart command, its the same as my laptop i if plug onto my network then i have restart before i could connect. I hope this will help u cheers I have searched high and low but can't find the command to refresh my dhcp configured ip address. Often I find myself moving from one network to the next and I don't want to reboot my laptop every time I want to acquire a new ip on the new network. What shell command will do this for me? Thanks, H. Crissman -- Solly fax:(015) 483 0753 mobile:+2782 412 9288 email address:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
