Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK
On Friday 25 March 2005 12:07 am, DAN WALKER wrote: making my machine hard to hack etc. It is connected to a 34Mbit connection to the net so someone would love to abuse it. __ ~ trouble with books, is, that they tend to be out-of-date by the time they are published ~ also, not good bed-time reading :( . . . maybe, better to join a few Linux Security mail lists, and, read Security FAQs that seem apposite. best rgds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK
Thanks. I now have one of t'internet. I shall stick to my magnetic version, and save a tree or two!Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 24 March 2005 04:07 pm, DAN WALKER wrote: Are there any good reasonable priced courses, books or similar in the UK that I may attend? I want to learn how to run this thing. I am using it as a web server. I want to know all about setting the security up, making my machine hard to hack etc. It is connected to a 34Mbit connection to the net so someone would love to abuse it. Thanks DanDo you have ruteurpmi ruteI read my dead tree copy a lot Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.comWant to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.comJoin the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.comSend instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK
Thats what I currently do. My work will pay for a course, but as we are a school, the budget could be spent on better things like getting a real pet hamster instead of the stuffed glove with sequins as eyes.riccardo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 12:07 am, DAN WALKER wrote: making my machine hard to hack etc. It is connected to a 34Mbit connection to the net so someone would love to abuse it.__~ trouble with books, is, that they tend to be out-of-date by the time they are published~ also, not good bed-time reading :(. . . maybe, better to join a few Linux Security mail lists, and, read Security FAQs that seem apposite.best rgdsWant to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.comJoin the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.comSend instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Security updates for new MD10.1
On Thursday 24 Mar 2005 23:49, DAN WALKER wrote: That worked a treat. Thank you very much. I can't believe that this is not documented and easy to find somewhere. I looked all over the place but found the answer here thanks to you, anne. Dan, you can find lots of help on the Community TWiki - the link in my sig will take you to the home page. Take a good look at the Beginners' section, and browse the Index. You may find that some links are out of date - if you do, please report them on list and we'll try to get them fixed or removed. It is a community effort, so all feedback is helpful. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels pgpnQwqv5t9ay.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] configuring advx (apache) on Mandrake
On Friday 25 March 2005 02:45, Joe wrote: Dear all, is there anyway i can configure ADVX on Mandrake easily without going through it's many conf files and without using webmin? is there a gui based, wizard based or something??? i have a problem setting up vitual host (name host not ip host). i downloaded apache docs but unfortunately Mandrake uses the modified version of apache which left me hanging like a dry leave. SNIP Setting up virtual hosts is easy. In /etc/httpd/2.0/conf/vhosts/Vhosts.conf for each virtual host insert a stanza in the format VirtualHost www.myvirtualhost.net ServerName www.myvirtualhost.net ServerAlias myvirtualhost.net *.myvirtualhost.net #ServerPath /domain DocumentRoot /var/www/html/myvirtualhost /VirtualHost then restart the httpd service. Done! Naturally the virtual hostname must resolve to your 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] Learning Mandrake in the UK
On Friday 25 Mar 2005 08:13, DAN WALKER wrote: Thats what I currently do. My work will pay for a course, but as we are a school, the budget could be spent on better things like getting a real pet hamster instead of the stuffed glove with sequins as eyes. Where are you, Dan? The suggestion of finding a LUG was a good one. Also, the LUG is likely to be aware of training in your area. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels pgpjng2g6AcwB.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Security updates for new MD10.1
That is great! All good so far.Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 24 Mar 2005 23:49, DAN WALKER wrote: That worked a treat. Thank you very much. I can't believe that this is not documented and easy to find somewhere. I looked all over the place but found the answer here thanks to you, anne.Dan, you can find lots of help on the Community TWiki - the link in my sig will take you to the home page. Take a good look at the Beginners' section, and browse the Index. You may find that some links are out of date - if you do, please report them on list and we'll try to get them fixed or removed. It is a community effort, so all feedback is helpful.Anne-- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/)Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levelsSend instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] configuring advx (apache) on Mandrake
thanks greg thanks derek On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:32:53 +, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 02:45, Joe wrote: Dear all, is there anyway i can configure ADVX on Mandrake easily without going through it's many conf files and without using webmin? is there a gui based, wizard based or something??? i have a problem setting up vitual host (name host not ip host). i downloaded apache docs but unfortunately Mandrake uses the modified version of apache which left me hanging like a dry leave. SNIP Setting up virtual hosts is easy. In /etc/httpd/2.0/conf/vhosts/Vhosts.conf for each virtual host insert a stanza in the format VirtualHost www.myvirtualhost.net ServerName www.myvirtualhost.net ServerAlias myvirtualhost.net *.myvirtualhost.net #ServerPath /domain DocumentRoot /var/www/html/myvirtualhost /VirtualHost then restart the httpd service. Done! Naturally the virtual hostname must resolve to your 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] configuring advx (apache) on Mandrake
cool website there Derek... dynamic DNS eh? cool stuff... On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:32:53 +, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 02:45, Joe wrote: Dear all, is there anyway i can configure ADVX on Mandrake easily without going through it's many conf files and without using webmin? is there a gui based, wizard based or something??? i have a problem setting up vitual host (name host not ip host). i downloaded apache docs but unfortunately Mandrake uses the modified version of apache which left me hanging like a dry leave. SNIP Setting up virtual hosts is easy. In /etc/httpd/2.0/conf/vhosts/Vhosts.conf for each virtual host insert a stanza in the format VirtualHost www.myvirtualhost.net ServerName www.myvirtualhost.net ServerAlias myvirtualhost.net *.myvirtualhost.net #ServerPath /domain DocumentRoot /var/www/html/myvirtualhost /VirtualHost then restart the httpd service. Done! Naturally the virtual hostname must resolve to your 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] mp3s to wav/cd burning
Quoting Duncan Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Otherwise, you can use various methods via the shell. One that I always used to use was this: for FILE in *.mp3 do FILE=`echo $FILE | sed s/.mp3//g` mpg123 -s $FILE.mp3 $FILE.raw sox -r 44100 -w -s -c 2 $FILE.raw $FILE.wav rm -f $FILE.raw done This would convert all the mp3 files in a directory to .wav files. Then: cdrecord -scanbus -dev=0,0,0 cdrecord -v speed=2 -dev=0,0,0 -audio -pad *.wav Substitute the 0,0,0 for the relevant device setting for your system. This setup is for an external USB2.0 cdwriter configured as /dev/sr0. Then, after all that, remove the .wav files. cheers Duncan interesting, thanks actually on 2 different machines with Mandrake 9.2 (and slightly different versions) k3b either crashed, or made a toaster tried eroaster (whose interface not too bad, compared to some of the other horrors) and worked nicely thanks for the suggestion This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with openssl installation [solved]
Rodolfo Medina wrote: in order to install w3m in my system (Mandrake 10.1 Community) I'm trying to install the package openssl-0.9.7e.tar.gz, with: $ ./config $ make $ make test $ make install as suggested in the install file, but during the '$ make' step the following message went on appearing: `-mcpu=' is deprecated. Use `-mtune=' or '-march=' instead. What is it? Can anyone suggest how to fix that? Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Now, about the warning, you can ether ignore it, or edit the make file, and replave the -mcpu=procesor option with -march=i386 in every place it show up. Thanks. That's what I did: $ tar xzvf openssl-0.9.7e.tar.gz # emacs openssl-0.9.7e/Configure , and replaced every occurrence of `-mcpu' with `-march'; $ cd openssl-0.9.7e $ ./config $ make $ make test # make install , and everything seems to have gone well. Rodolfo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK
there is one where I am - milton keynes. would it be full of bearded men who drive austin allegros? a bit scared of going. --- Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 Mar 2005 08:13, DAN WALKER wrote: Thats what I currently do. My work will pay for a course, but as we are a school, the budget could be spent on better things like getting a real pet hamster instead of the stuffed glove with sequins as eyes. Where are you, Dan? The suggestion of finding a LUG was a good one. Also, the LUG is likely to be aware of training in your area. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK
On Friday 25 Mar 2005 13:19, DAN WALKER wrote: there is one where I am - milton keynes. would it be full of bearded men who drive austin allegros? a bit scared of going. The ethos of a group is unpredictable - some are academic, some are bearded men who drive austin allegros, most are very welcoming. After all, you've just discovered their pet baby g Their web site is not fancy (http://www.mk.lug.org.uk/) but it starts by saying: Welcome to the Milton Keynes Linux User Group (MK LUG) website. Milton Keynes LUG aims to provide advice and support to computer users before, during and after they install the Linux operating system. I know how scarey it feels - I was female (arghh) and over 60 (even more argghhh) when I first went, but there's nothing to be scared of. After all, even if it's absolutely lousy you don't have to go again g Start with the website. Join their mailing list, lurk for a day or two, then drop a line introducing yourself if it looks friendly. Let us know how you go on. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels pgpjbCJzwlngm.pgp Description: PGP signature
[newbie] VNC Server startup script
My vnc server now sort of works! I set the password, edited hosts.allow and my pc side now asks me for a password and presents me with a red screen. The problem I have is that it looks as though it has nothing to do when it opens the window. It sits there with the X style (not kde or gnome) watch icon. This is what is in '/root/.vnc/xstartup': (between the ***'s) *** #!/bin/sh # Mandrake Linux VNC session startup script exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc *** My log says this: *** 25/03/05 13:00:11 Got connection from client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 13:00:11 Protocol version 3.5 25/03/05 13:00:11 Ignoring minor version mismatch 25/03/05 13:00:19 Full-control authentication passed by 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 13:00:19 Pixel format for client 10.0.0.11: 25/03/05 13:00:19 32 bpp, depth 24, little endian 25/03/05 13:00:19 true colour: max r 255 g 255 b 255, shift r 16 g 8 b 0 25/03/05 13:00:19 no translation needed 25/03/05 13:00:19 Using tight encoding for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 13:00:19 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown encoding 8 25/03/05 13:00:19 Enabling X-style cursor updates for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 13:00:19 Enabling cursor position updates for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 13:00:19 Using image quality level 6 for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 13:00:19 Enabling LastRect protocol extension for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 13:00:19 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown encoding -223 25/03/05 13:01:05 Client 10.0.0.11 gone 25/03/05 13:01:05 Statistics: 25/03/05 13:01:05 key events received 1, pointer events 129 25/03/05 13:01:05 framebuffer updates 1, rectangles 4, bytes 122 25/03/05 13:01:05 LastRect markers 1, bytes 12 25/03/05 13:01:05 cursor shape updates 1, bytes 82 25/03/05 13:01:05 cursor position updates 1, bytes 12 25/03/05 13:01:05 tight rectangles 1, bytes 16 25/03/05 13:01:05 raw bytes equivalent 3145740, compression ratio 196608.75 *** Does it need something else to startup properly? It did sit there for about 3 minutes before I closed the window. Did I include enough info? Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] VNC Server startup script
On Friday 25 March 2005 13:34, DAN WALKER wrote: My vnc server now sort of works! I set the password, edited hosts.allow and my pc side now asks me for a password and presents me with a red screen. The problem I have is that it looks as though it has nothing to do when it opens the window. It sits there with the X style (not kde or gnome) watch icon. This is what is in '/root/.vnc/xstartup': (between the ***'s) *** #!/bin/sh # Mandrake Linux VNC session startup script exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc *** You are allowing remote users to log in as root. As you know logging in as root is discouraged. It is a security risk. Assuming you used the Mandrake tightvnc-server package then you have a set up file for your vnc server in /etc/sysconfig/vncservers This file defines the servers to be started when you boot. The line VNCSERVERS=1:myusername will start a vnc server on screen one with the user name 'myusername' chkconfig vncserver on service vncserver start will start the vnc service automatically at boot. In your example you are starting the vnc server with 'exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc' if you look in that file you will see it is going to start X without a Window Manager. To start in KDE for example in your /home/myusername/.vnc/xstartup file put startkde To start fluxbox put fluxbox to start IceWm put icewm HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] VNC Server startup script
Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 13:34, DAN WALKER wrote: My vnc server now sort of works! I set the password, edited hosts.allow and my pc side now asks me for a password and presents me with a red screen. The problem I have is that it looks as though it has nothing to do when it opens the window. It sits there with the X style (not kde or gnome) watch icon. This is what is in '/root/.vnc/xstartup': (between the ***'s) *** #!/bin/sh # Mandrake Linux VNC session startup script exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc *** You are allowing remote users to log in as root. As you know logging in as root is discouraged. It is a security risk. Assuming you used the Mandrake tightvnc-server package then you have a set up file for your vnc server in /etc/sysconfig/vncservers This file defines the servers to be started when you boot. The line VNCSERVERS=1:myusername will start a vnc server on screen one with the user name 'myusername' chkconfig vncserver on service vncserver start will start the vnc service automatically at boot. In your example you are starting the vnc server with 'exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc' if you look in that file you will see it is going to start X without a Window Manager. In my 10.1 setup, the last line of this file is: exec /etc/X11/Xsession $* This is the script that normaly starts X. If a desktop is not specified when calling the script, it will use the one in the user's home directory .desktop, if there is one, or the one specified in /etc/sysconfig/desktop. To start in KDE for example in your /home/myusername/.vnc/xstartup file put startkde To start fluxbox put fluxbox to start IceWm put icewm HTH derek With the problem he is having, I suspect that there may not be any window manager installed. For that matter, xterm and rxvt may not be installed. 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] KOrganizer Busy/Free
Hi All
Little bit by little bit I am beginning to make an operational system so many
thanks to all who have provides such excellent advise.
To refresh everybody I have 2 Mandrake 10.1 systems networked in a LAN with
internet access through a router.
The desktop system I built using an MSI mother board is being used as a
desktop/server named Reality_Check with address of 192.168.1.2 and user of
branch.
The second system is a dual boot IBM laptop whose windows side is called
Alley_Oop with address 192.168.1.3 and whose Mandrake 10.1 side is called
Big_Nate @ 192.168.1.4 and user of trunk.
Thanks to this BB I have SSH and Fish plush MySQL and OO DB connection to
MySQL operational.
I am currently trying to make KOrganizer's scheduler upload and download
function operational.
I have set KOrganizer setup Busy/Free in Big_Nate to:
Server URL: 192.168.1.1
User Name: branch
Password: PASSWORD
I am unable to upload scheduling information to Reality_Check and receive the
following message:
The scheduler can not upload your busy/free list to the URL 192.168.1.2
There must be a problem with the access rights or you specified an incorrect
URL.
The Busy/Free setup in Reality is set as follows:
Server URL: {BLANK}
User Name: {BLANK}
Password: {BLANK}
Any advice as to how to correct my improper setup would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks
Frank
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Re: [newbie] VNC Server startup script
--- Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 13:34, DAN WALKER wrote: My vnc server now sort of works! I set the password, edited hosts.allow and my pc side now asks me for a password and presents me with a red screen. The problem I have is that it looks as though it has nothing to do when it opens the window. It sits there with the X style (not kde or gnome) watch icon. This is what is in '/root/.vnc/xstartup': (between the ***'s) *** #!/bin/sh # Mandrake Linux VNC session startup script exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc *** You are allowing remote users to log in as root. As you know logging in as root is discouraged. It is a security risk. Assuming you used the Mandrake tightvnc-server package then you have a set up file for your vnc server in /etc/sysconfig/vncservers This file defines the servers to be started when you boot. The line VNCSERVERS=1:myusername will start a vnc server on screen one with the user name 'myusername' chkconfig vncserver on service vncserver start will start the vnc service automatically at boot. In your example you are starting the vnc server with 'exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc' if you look in that file you will see it is going to start X without a Window Manager. To start in KDE for example in your /home/myusername/.vnc/xstartup file put startkde To start fluxbox put fluxbox to start IceWm put icewm HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org I did as you have suggested but I am still getting nowhere... This is what the logs say: 25/03/05 14:29:58 Got connection from client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:29:58 Protocol version 3.5 25/03/05 14:29:58 Ignoring minor version mismatch 25/03/05 14:30:01 Full-control authentication passed by 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:30:01 Pixel format for client 10.0.0.11: 25/03/05 14:30:01 32 bpp, depth 24, little endian 25/03/05 14:30:01 true colour: max r 255 g 255 b 255, shift r 16 g 8 b 0 25/03/05 14:30:01 no translation needed 25/03/05 14:30:01 Using tight encoding for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:30:01 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown encoding 8 25/03/05 14:30:01 Enabling X-style cursor updates for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:30:01 Enabling cursor position updates for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:30:01 Using image quality level 6 for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:30:01 Enabling LastRect protocol extension for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:30:01 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown encoding -223 This is what my xstartup now says (so you can trust I have done it right): #!/bin/sh # Mandrake Linux VNC session startup script exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc startkde cgkconfig thingy said [ok] (i killed the running vncserver) Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK
--- Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 Mar 2005 13:19, DAN WALKER wrote: there is one where I am - milton keynes. would it be full of bearded men who drive austin allegros? a bit scared of going. The ethos of a group is unpredictable - some are academic, some are bearded men who drive austin allegros, most are very welcoming. After all, you've just discovered their pet baby g Their web site is not fancy (http://www.mk.lug.org.uk/) but it starts by saying: Welcome to the Milton Keynes Linux User Group (MK LUG) website. Milton Keynes LUG aims to provide advice and support to computer users before, during and after they install the Linux operating system. I know how scarey it feels - I was female (arghh) and over 60 (even more argghhh) when I first went, but there's nothing to be scared of. After all, even if it's absolutely lousy you don't have to go again g Start with the website. Join their mailing list, lurk for a day or two, then drop a line introducing yourself if it looks friendly. Let us know how you go on. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels I shall indeed try it out. Once won't convert me to bearded life. All that hinding behind hair! Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Start again: VNC Server startup script
I have KDE installed, but when I start my vncviewer from my pc (tightvnc of course) i just get a red screen. *Here is the log: 25/03/05 14:50:41 Got connection from client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:50:41 Protocol version 3.5 25/03/05 14:50:41 Ignoring minor version mismatch 25/03/05 14:50:43 Full-control authentication passed by 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:50:43 Pixel format for client 10.0.0.11: 25/03/05 14:50:43 32 bpp, depth 24, little endian 25/03/05 14:50:43 true colour: max r 255 g 255 b 255, shift r 16 g 8 b 0 25/03/05 14:50:43 no translation needed 25/03/05 14:50:43 Using tight encoding for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:50:43 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown encoding 8 25/03/05 14:50:43 Enabling X-style cursor updates for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:50:43 Enabling cursor position updates for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:50:43 Using image quality level 6 for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:50:43 Enabling LastRect protocol extension for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:50:43 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown encoding -223 *Here is my xstartup: #!/bin/sh # Mandrake Linux VNC session startup script exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc startkde What else do you need to see? Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] VNC Server startup script
On Friday 25 March 2005 14:51, DAN WALKER wrote: I did as you have suggested but I am still getting nowhere... This is what my xstartup now says (so you can trust I have done it right): #!/bin/sh # Mandrake Linux VNC session startup script exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc startkde You do not need the 'exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc' line if you have the 'startkde ' line 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] VNC Server startup script
On Friday 25 March 2005 15:07, Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 14:51, DAN WALKER wrote: I did as you have suggested but I am still getting nowhere... This is what my xstartup now says (so you can trust I have done it right): #!/bin/sh # Mandrake Linux VNC session startup script exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc startkde You do not need the 'exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc' line if you have the 'startkde ' line derek I should also have pointed out that the ~/.vnc/xstartup file has to be executable. Lots of people get caught out by that one :-) 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] Learning Mandrake in the UK
DAN WALKER wrote: On Friday 25 Mar 2005 13:19, DAN WALKER wrote: there is one where I am - milton keynes. would it be full of bearded men who drive austin allegros? a b I shall indeed try it out. Once won't convert me to bearded life. All that hinding behind hair! Dan, In my experience you get all sorts. There are bearded ones, indeed, but often there are many who are as yet unable to justify buying a razor. Often the most formidable propellerheads are clean-shaven with short neat haircuts. There are 70 year-olds and 17 year-olds and all ages inbetween. There are professional support technicians, programmers and rank amateurs as well as academics and even farmers. You won't feel out of place, no matter what you are! regards Duncan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK
On Friday 25 March 2005 05:19 am, DAN WALKER wrote: there is one where I am - milton keynes. would it be full of bearded men who drive austin allegros? a bit scared of going. Buy a geek a pizza and a beer ,tell them that you are learning about linux and..you will have to shoot them to shut them up if it is a pretty girl doing the asking shooting them won't work --- Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 Mar 2005 08:13, DAN WALKER wrote: Thats what I currently do. My work will pay for a course, but as we are a school, the budget could be spent on better things like getting a real pet hamster instead of the stuffed glove with sequins as eyes. Where are you, Dan? The suggestion of finding a LUG was a good one. Also, the LUG is likely to be aware of training in your area. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] VNC Server startup script
I removed the line you suggested and all is fine. I can now sit downstairs, mess with the machine upstairs while looking after my little baby boy, thanks to all you guys. Thanks.Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 15:07, Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 14:51, DAN WALKER wrote: I did as you have suggested but I am still getting nowhere... This is what my xstartup now says (so you can trust I have done it right): #!/bin/sh # Mandrake Linux VNC session startup script exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc startkde You do not need the 'exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc' line if you have the 'startkde ' line derekI should also have pointed out that the ~/.vnc/xstartup file has to be executable. Lots of people get caught out by that one :-)derek-- www.jennings.homelinux.nethttp://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.orgWant to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.comJoin the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.comSend instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK
All that sounds good to me. I think I should go and come out of the closet as a linux user. I have crossed from being a straight microsoft user. Now I am bi curious.Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 05:19 am, DAN WALKER wrote: there is one where I am - milton keynes. would it be full of bearded men who drive austin allegros? a bit scared of going.Buy a geek a pizza and a beer ,tell them that you are learning about linux and..you will have to shoot them to shut them upif it is a pretty girl doing the asking shooting them won't work --- Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: On Friday 25 Mar 2005 08:13, DAN WALKER wrote: Thats what I currently do. My work will pay for a course, but as we are aschool, the budget could be spent on better things like getting a real pethamster instead of the stuffed glove with sequins as eyes. Where are you, Dan? The suggestion of finding a LUG was a good one. Also, the LUG is likely to be aware of training in your area. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.comWant to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.comJoin the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.comSend instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK
On Friday 25 Mar 2005 16:11, Aron Smith wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 05:19 am, DAN WALKER wrote: there is one where I am - milton keynes. would it be full of bearded men who drive austin allegros? a bit scared of going. Buy a geek a pizza and a beer ,tell them that you are learning about linux and..you will have to shoot them to shut them up if it is a pretty girl doing the asking shooting them won't work LOL - too true! Though the girl may prefer chocolate or icecream to pizza. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels pgpVMMaQUrvHj.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK
On Friday 25 March 2005 08:32 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 25 Mar 2005 16:11, Aron Smith wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 05:19 am, DAN WALKER wrote: there is one where I am - milton keynes. would it be full of bearded men who drive austin allegros? a bit scared of going. Buy a geek a pizza and a beer ,tell them that you are learning about linux and..you will have to shoot them to shut them up if it is a pretty girl doing the asking shooting them won't work LOL - too true! Though the girl may prefer chocolate or icecream to pizza. I never meet any geekettes untill I started hanging around this list :-D Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] package manager for 10.1
Hi, Can anyone recommend a package manager for 10.1 that allows me to look inside the rpm file to view folders and files. I liked kpackage in the older versions but I can't find it's equivalent. tia, 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] package manager for 10.1
On Friday 25 March 2005 12:42 am, Bill Winegarden wrote:
Hi,
Can anyone recommend a package manager for 10.1 that allows me to look
inside the rpm file to view folders and files. I liked kpackage in the
older versions but I can't find it's equivalent.
QUERYING AND VERIFYING PACKAGES:
rpm {-q|--query} [select-options] [query-options]
tia,
Bill W.
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Re: [newbie] package manager for 10.1
On Friday 25 Mar 2005 08:42, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, Can anyone recommend a package manager for 10.1 that allows me to look inside the rpm file to view folders and files. I liked kpackage in the older versions but I can't find it's equivalent. Does Kpackage do this? I know it lists installed packages and gives summary details about the rpm, but may not be what you are looking for. -- [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] package manager for 10.1
Hi, Kpackage is exactly what I'm looking for. Is there a build for 10.1? I went looking and when I tried to install an older version I entered the 'dependency' loop. Thanks, Bill W. On Friday 25 Mar 2005 16:55, Ian wrote: On Friday 25 Mar 2005 08:42, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, Can anyone recommend a package manager for 10.1 that allows me to look inside the rpm file to view folders and files. I liked kpackage in the older versions but I can't find it's equivalent. Does Kpackage do this? I know it lists installed packages and gives summary details about the rpm, but may not be what you are looking 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] package manager for 10.1
On Friday 25 March 2005 08:42, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, Can anyone recommend a package manager for 10.1 that allows me to look inside the rpm file to view folders and files. I liked kpackage in the older versions but I can't find it's equivalent. tia, Bill W. kpackage is still available. It is in kdeadmin-kpackage rpmdrake also allows you to view the file list. Press the 'Maximum Information' radio button 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] package manager for 10.1
Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, Can anyone recommend a package manager for 10.1 that allows me to look inside the rpm file to view folders and files. I liked kpackage in the older versions but I can't find it's equivalent. tia, Bill W. I use Mignight Commander (mc) for this. 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] package manager for 10.1
Bill Winegarden wrote: Is there a build for 10.1? I went looking and when I tried to install an older version I entered the 'dependency' loop. Yes, there is a version for 10.1 It's called kdeadmin-kpackage, and you can urpmi it or install it from MCC. Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] package manager for 10.1
Hi, Thanks Rick et al. I tried to urpmi kdeadmin-kpackage and I got 'no package named kdeadmin-kpackage'. I haven't changed any urpmi settings (that I can recall). I also checked in mcc and it can't find it in the software install or remove utilities. hmm.anything else? Thanks, Bill W. On Friday 25 Mar 2005 17:15, Rick Kunath wrote: Bill Winegarden wrote: Is there a build for 10.1? I went looking and when I tried to install an older version I entered the 'dependency' loop. Yes, there is a version for 10.1 It's called kdeadmin-kpackage, and you can urpmi it or install it from MCC. Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] package manager for 10.1
Op Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:54:53 + schreef Bill Winegarden: Hi, Thanks Rick et al. I tried to urpmi kdeadmin-kpackage and I got 'no package named kdeadmin-kpackage'. I haven't changed any urpmi settings (that I can recall). I also checked in mcc and it can't find it in the software install or remove utilities. I think 'urpmi kdeadmin' is enough... 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] package manager for 10.1
Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, Thanks Rick et al. I tried to urpmi kdeadmin-kpackage and I got 'no package named kdeadmin-kpackage'. I haven't changed any urpmi settings (that I can recall). I also checked in mcc and it can't find it in the software install or remove utilities. hmm.anything else? Here's a direct link to D/L, though the line may get split, watch for that if clicking fails... http://rpms.mandrakeclub.com/rpms/mandrake/official/10.1/i586/media/main/kdeadmin-kpackage-3.2.3-7mdk.i586.html You'll need kdeadmin too. Do you have all of the urpmi sources set up? Tell us which software sources you have setup in Software Management Media Manager of Mandrake Control Center. If not, go here and set up some sources for your distro, then try again. http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?name=Mirrors-list Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK
On Friday 25 March 2005 04:27 pm, DAN WALKER wrote: Now I am bit curious. In 1999 ~ made the switch . . . no sweat . . . there is an Linux/Unix equivalent for almost everything ~ as good, or, better No 'blue screens of death' . . . terrific stability No 'Registry' worries. Quick easy to backup entire duplicate system with RSYNC [ takes about 15 minutes to backup 6 giga ] DOSEMU is handy ~ for 1 proggie ~ 'Metastock' . . . to chart my blood-pressure :( [ the dos emulation is near perfect.] best rgds _ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture
Dear All I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a picture. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, 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] Program to save a selected part of a picture
On Friday 25 March 2005 12:09 pm, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a picture. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Gimp or quick and dirty ksnapshot 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] Program to save a selected part of a picture
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:59:14 -0800, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a picture. Any suggestions? Gimp or quick and dirty ksnapshot Thanks, Aron. 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] Program to save a selected part of a picture
On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 07:09, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a picture. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Paul There's always the Gimp, but for something easier try KolourPaint. John. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture
On Friday 25 March 2005 02:19 pm, Paul Smith wrote: On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:59:14 -0800, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a picture. Any suggestions? Gimp or quick and dirty ksnapshot Thanks, Aron. Paul Gimp has a big learning curve(like a vertical cliff) but you can do fantastic things with it Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Firefox not playing nice with slashdot
On Friday 25 March 2005 01:27 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Thursday 24 March 2005 09:40 pm, Paul wrote: Op Thu, 24 Mar 2005 16:35:23 -0800 schreef Aron Smith: Firefox will not open a link on slashdot has anyone else had this problem other sites seem to be ok Running 1.0.0. and I have no problems with it. ?? ditto. running 10.0 and no problems on slashdot either. -- Julie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Firefox not playing nice with slashdot
On Friday 25 March 2005 03:38 pm, Julie Sloan wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 01:27 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Thursday 24 March 2005 09:40 pm, Paul wrote: Op Thu, 24 Mar 2005 16:35:23 -0800 schreef Aron Smith: Firefox will not open a link on slashdot has anyone else had this problem other sites seem to be ok Running 1.0.0. and I have no problems with it. ?? ditto. running 10.0 and no problems on slashdot either. Which leads me to believe that there is something wrong with my system but not much as Konk does not have the same problem Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture
Am Samstag, den 26.03.2005, 10:03 +1100 schrieb John Layt: On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 07:09, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a picture. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Paul There's always the Gimp, but for something easier try KolourPaint. John. einfaches Textdokument-Anlage (message.footer) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Gimp usage is not very inuitive, therefore some hints: Use the cut tool, either by selecting it in the main window (the knife icon) or by just typing Sift-C. Arrange the selected area as you need. Then click within the selected area to do the cut. Save the image, or better save as Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] extracting cd audio files
Can anyone recommend a program for copying individual tracks from an audio cd to a hard drive? What about file format for storing the files in? What about converting between audio file formats? 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] extracting CD audio files
On Friday 25 March 2005 04:51 pm, Paul Kaplan wrote: Can anyone recommend a program for copying individual tracks from an audio cd to a hard drive? What about file format for storing the files in? What about converting between audio file formats? TIA Paul Grip or ripper-x for ripping the CD Audacity for editing the file (you will also need Lame for mp3 encoding) all available via urpmi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Halt/Reboot buttons not available at Login Screen
I have just installed Mandrake 10.1. I am unable to reboot or shutdown the system from the login screen. The only available option is to type reboot or halt in a command line. Any suggestions? Thanks for your help. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] extracting cd audio files
On Friday 25 March 2005 07:51 pm, Paul Kaplan wrote: Can anyone recommend a program for copying individual tracks from an audio cd to a hard drive? What about file format for storing the files in? What about converting between audio file formats? Even though I am a KDE user, I swear by grip, I think it is hands down the best. KDE has kaudiocreator, and since I last looked at it it seems to have added some of the features I thought were lacking. -- /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] Firefox not playing nice with slashdot
Aron Smith wrote: Firefox will not open a link on slashdot has anyone else had this problem other sites seem to be ok Running 1.0.0. and I have no problems with it. ?? ditto. running 10.0 and no problems on slashdot either. Which leads me to believe that there is something wrong with my system but not much as Konk does not have the same problem probably not your system. try to quit firefox, rename it's preferences folder, restart firefox and see what happens. do the same with the plugins and the extensions. many extensions lead to buggy behaviour in newer firefox versions. kind regards philippe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem
This is strange. You are mounting hda6 on /mnt, and then the CD-ROM is mounting on /mnt/cdrom. It is not normal proactice to mount anyting on /mnt, as you normaly have mount points for removable devices in this directory. In your case, your CD-ROM is mounted there, as well as your Windows partition. I would have to look into things a lot deeper, to see exactly what order things would get mounted, but I can picture all kinds of strange things going on here. If the Windows partition gets mounted before hda6, then you are probably going to lose access to it. I am not sure what is going to happen with the CD-ROM, but I would not be susprised if it failed to mount if there is not a cdrom directory in the base directory on hda6. What you may want to try is to boot the install CD in the rescue mode, drop to the console, and run: mount /dev/hda5 /mnt cd /mnt/etc mv fstab fstab.save grep -v hda6 fstab.save fstab cd umount /mnt reboot What you are doing is to mount your root partition, and change to what is normaly the /etc direcroty. You are then renaming fstab to fstab.save. The grep command is cheating a new fstab without the hda6 line in it. If you are more comfortable using vi instead of messing around with grep, and renaming files, use this instead. mount /dev/hda5 /mnt cd /mnt/etc cp fstab fstab.save vi fstab move down to line starting /dev/hda6 Enter i#Esc Enter :wq cd / umount /mnt eboot For the vi commands, do not enter the , and the Esc is the Esc key. Use the down arrow key to move down the hage. What you are doing is putting the # at the start of the line to comment it out. You do not realy need to make a backup copy of fstab, but I like to play it safe. Now, I don't know if this will fix the problem you are having, and we will have to discover what is going on with hda6, and where it should be mounted. But it is one problem that I do see, so fixing it should not hurt. (If it is susposed to be mounted of /usr, then we have to get it mounted correctly before the will boot correctly!) Mikkel Okay - I tried this. At the cd it said home not set so I added / after looking down at the vi instructions - hope that was right, now thinking it should have been ~! Anyway - rebooted and it stalled at ALSA again. In windows explore2fs, now see only hda2, hda3 and hda6. In hda2 fstab.save shows this: /dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda9 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda6 /mnt ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-15,ro 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/hda8 swap swap defaults 0 0 Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kpnqueror wouldn't launch in Mandrake 10.1
- Original Message - From: Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 6:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Kpnqueror wouldn't launch in Mandrake 10.1 On Tuesday 22 March 2005 05:26 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: Hello: This is a simple question for you. My konqueror wouldn't launch and perhaps you can tell my why this can happen and possible fixes. Teilhard. I had same problem until I updated my kde rpms. I think an urpmi kdepim and kdenetwork and kdeutils did the trick. Not sure which one was the fix tho. It was a bunch of packages. This is assuming you are running a 10.1 release with only the first updates. I decided to follow your example. Upgraded my packages and installed the three ones you mentioned. Konqueror is running now. Thanks so much. Teilhard. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kpnqueror wouldn't launch in Mandrake 10.1
- Original Message - From: Julie Sloan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 11:25 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Kpnqueror wouldn't launch in Mandrake 10.1 On Tuesday 22 March 2005 06:26 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: Hello: This is a simple question for you. My konqueror wouldn't launch and perhaps you can tell my why this can happen and possible fixes. Teilhard. I had a problem launching Konqueror-as-filemanager after I'd fiddled with the Konqueror-as-browser settings - got a spinning hourglass in the panel for thirty seconds and then nothing. I can't tell you exactly what I did to fix it (it is fixed now) but the fiddling with the browser settings is definitely what caused the problem (in my case). I appreciate the time you took to give me feedback, but my Konqueror is running now after I upgraded my packages. Thanks so much. Teilhard. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] USB card reader problem
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Frank suggested I install explore2fs and post the fstab file. Here it is /dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda9 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda6 /mnt ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-15,ro 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/hda8 swap swap defaults 0 0 Regards Rosemary This is strange. You are mounting hda6 on /mnt, and then the CD-ROM is mounting on /mnt/cdrom. It is not normal proactice to mount anyting on /mnt, as you normaly have mount points for removable devices in this directory. In your case, your CD-ROM is mounted there, as well as your Windows partition. I would have to look into things a lot deeper, to see exactly what order things would get mounted, but I can picture all kinds of strange things going on here. If the Windows partition gets mounted before hda6, then you are probably going to lose access to it. I am not sure what is going to happen with the CD-ROM, but I would not be susprised if it failed to mount if there is not a cdrom directory in the base directory on hda6. What you may want to try is to boot the install CD in the rescue mode, drop to the console, and run: mount /dev/hda5 /mnt cd /mnt/etc mv fstab fstab.save grep -v hda6 fstab.save fstab cd umount /mnt reboot What you are doing is to mount your root partition, and change to what is normaly the /etc direcroty. You are then renaming fstab to fstab.save. The grep command is cheating a new fstab without the hda6 line in it. If you are more comfortable using vi instead of messing around with grep, and renaming files, use this instead. mount /dev/hda5 /mnt cd /mnt/etc cp fstab fstab.save vi fstab move down to line starting /dev/hda6 Enter i#Esc Enter :wq cd / umount /mnt eboot For the vi commands, do not enter the , and the Esc is the Esc key. Use the down arrow key to move down the hage. What you are doing is putting the # at the start of the line to comment it out. You do not realy need to make a backup copy of fstab, but I like to play it safe. Now, I don't know if this will fix the problem you are having, and we will have to discover what is going on with hda6, and where it should be mounted. But it is one problem that I do see, so fixing it should not hurt. (If it is susposed to be mounted of /usr, then we have to get it mounted correctly before the will boot correctly!) Mikkel OK Mikkel, I did not see it that way and submit that you know more about this than I but I'm not clear about this and wonder if Rosemary will be able to follow the logic you mention. First, I agree that hda6 as the /mnt directory is out of place, and wonder why the /mnt directory even has it's own partition. The directories inside my /mnt directory are afterall only to allow linking to partitions and/or devices. Hence my windows partition would be something like /dev/hdb1 /mnt/win with win being the partition and not mnt . I now see even more issues and can understand your concern so would ask how we could get the result printf from her windows side that would give us the same result we can get when we issue: # df when within our running system. eg: mine looks like this ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mnt]# df FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 966M 711M 206M 78% / /dev/hda1 966M 14M 903M 2% /boot /dev/hda6 9.4G 5.1G 4.0G 57% /usr /dev/hda8 9.4G 8.7G 730M 93% /home /dev/hda91020M 303M 666M 32% /var /dev/hda3 12G 1.3G 9.5G 13% /mnt/empty /dev/hda4 3.4G 2.7G 713M 80% /mnt/win_h /dev/hdb2 16M 2.3M 13M 16% /mnt/hdb2_boot /dev/hdb5 92M 55M 33M 63% /mnt/hdb5_root /dev/hdb6 92M 62M 25M 72% /mnt/hdb6_var /dev/hdb7 3.1G 1.9G 1.1G 64% /mnt/hdb7_usr /dev/hdb9 1.5G 1.4G 151M 91% /mnt/hdb9_home /dev/hdb1 14G 13G 1.2G 92% /mnt/win_c2 From this printf we would be able to determine the correct layout for /etc/fstab for her hard drive, and I agree, before she gets to cdrom, floppies, etc. [ An alternative is to get her up with the rescue option as you described above and take her step by step through the commands she needs to get us the relevant info. ~ your thoughts ? ] But I reiterate ~ /mnt should not be a partition on it's own ? Your thoughts here also please. Thinking back on some other posts of hers, I think it should be /data instead of /mnt. I am not sure how to explain about what would be going on here - it is not a newbie topic, as the logic is a bit hard to follow. The things is, you can
Re: [newbie] Assistance from newbies needed
rikona wrote: Hello newbies, I'd appreciate comments regarding the utility of the following: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/EmerGencies Is it helpful? Is it understandable? What else would be most helpful to a newcomer? [given the VERY limited space available] What do you think? Once I heard about it I found it helpful. Although even once I knew about it, I did find actually finding what I need difficult. For example Mikkel mentioned using rescue and console, and i could not find it. Came across it from your link. That may mean I am dense at navigating this site :-) The other thing I think would be good - if would be Mandrake users would find this when googling. I used places like linuxquestions etc, but a dedicated link might be helpful? I've found this list to be helpful beyond expectation - thank you all Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
