Re: [newbie] Halt/Reboot buttons not available at Login Screen
I have exactly the same problem. I have googled but no answer. I messed in the menu and found it!! If you have KDE, press the start (cannot think what else to call it), system, configuration, kde, system, login manager. In there, select shotdown, and you can change the allow shutdown option top only root. If you do this from a VNC session, will have to login for real on the system and log back out to see the reboot and halt options. Thanks DanRussel Dains [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just installed Mandrake 10.1. I am unable toreboot or shutdown the system from the login screen. The only available option is to type reboot or halt ina 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.comJoin the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.comSend instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] extracting cd audio files
On Saturday 26 March 2005 00:51, 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 is best if you want to rip files from CD, but konqueror also can be very useful. Press the 'services' button in your konqueror sidebar and you will see the 'Audio CD browser' (If you cannot see the sidebar hit F9 ) From the audio CD browser you can drag and drop audio files from the CD in .wav, .ogg, or .mp3 format. Note: Because mp3 is covered by patent Mandrake does not support creating mp3's out of the box. You will have to declare a urpmi source for 'plf' by going to http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ and install the lame and liblame0 packages. As for file formats, as I mention above mp3 is covered by patent and any time you use it a gentleman from the Fraunhofer institute is entitled to turn up on your doorstep demanding money. So us geeky open source types prefer .ogg. It is 'free' software and better quality than mp3 anyway. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4416 To convert between file formats there is a neat command line utility called 'sox' Install the sox package and then enter #sox in the url line of konqueror for instructions. 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] extracting cd audio files
Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 26 March 2005 00:51, 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 is best if you want to rip files from CD, but konqueror also can be very useful. Press the 'services' button in your konqueror sidebar and you will see the 'Audio CD browser' (If you cannot see the sidebar hit F9 ) From the audio CD browser you can drag and drop audio files from the CD in .wav, .ogg, or .mp3 format. Note: Because mp3 is covered by patent Mandrake does not support creating mp3's out of the box. You will have to declare a urpmi source for 'plf' by going to http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ and install the lame and liblame0 packages. As for file formats, as I mention above mp3 is covered by patent and any time you use it a gentleman from the Fraunhofer institute is entitled to turn up on your doorstep demanding money. So us geeky open source types prefer .ogg. It is 'free' software and better quality than mp3 anyway. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4416 To convert between file formats there is a neat command line utility called 'sox' Install the sox package and then enter #sox in the url line of konqueror for instructions. derek I would have thought that Grip or KAudioCreator would have done just fine. http://www.icefox.net/programs/?program=KAudioCreator -- Parko Struggling with Xorg11 and an ATI9800 Pro VGA card in *any* distribution. Not supported apparently... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Halt/Reboot buttons not available at Login Screen
Hello, I had a similar problem when, by accident, I switched to automatic login of one user (Mandrake Control Center (type mcc) Boot Autonlogin). - JHM On Friday 25 March 2005 8:53 pm, Russel Dains wrote: 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] USB card reader problem
Hello, I lost count of the number of times my blind experimentation (along with sheer stupidity (like the time I uninstalled the package installer DOH!). Do not be afraid of this. However, the best advice I ever got on this list was to mount your /home directory on a seperate partition. When (If!) you need to reinstall, only install the /root on the root partition, thus saving all your personal files. This isn't as technical as it sounds, but I would defer to someone better schooled in these matters to step you through it. - JHM PS: you might want to leave the reply to address blanc on your mail client (Kmail, etc). It makes it easier for people to simple reply to you. On Saturday 26 March 2005 1:20 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I also am prepared to do a reinstall if things look too idiotic! I don't have a lot in Mandrake to lose. I have saved a heap of emails relating to Mandrake, but should be able to access them in the archive. I'm happy to atke advice and try fixes suggested, but not keen to have people spending too much time on it ... Appreciate your help 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] Program to save a selected part of a picture
On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 00:59:05 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a picture. Any suggestions? There's always the Gimp, but for something easier try KolourPaint. 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 Thanks to all for your help. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] MD 10.1 KDE 3.2 slow starting of programs
Hi, I just installed Mandrake 10.1 Download version with KDE 3.2.3. Especially KDE programs start slowly. For example konsole takes 22 seconds to bring up. Konqueror doesn't start at all. Some other programs: KWrite 26s Kontact 30s Kuickshow 23s KDE Control Center 25s Firefox 7s OpenOffice Writer 50s Any suggestions? My system: AMD Duron 700 + Abit KT7 Raid 256 RAM 40GT Seagate 5600RPM connected to HPT370 SB Live! 5.1 Radeon 9000 Realtek network adapter Ati TVWonder TV-card USB printers: Epson CX5200 Brother HL-1050 Samsung Syncmaster 151s lcd -Markus [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
James Henry Maiewski wrote: Hello, I lost count of the number of times my blind experimentation (along with sheer stupidity (like the time I uninstalled the package installer DOH!). Do not be afraid of this. However, the best advice I ever got on this list was to mount your /home directory on a seperate partition. When (If!) you need to reinstall, only install the /root on the root partition, thus saving all your personal files. This isn't as technical as it sounds, but I would defer to someone better schooled in these matters to step you through it. - JHM PS: you might want to leave the reply to address blanc on your mail client (Kmail, etc). It makes it easier for people to simple reply to you. Thanks Yes - it's abit of a learning curve. Fortunately, if I do have to reinstall it's not important data lost, mostly list stuff, ad had not had Mandrake up for long. But point taken. When I get going again, some housekeeping will be in order. It's funny really - most men I have known have not been into housekeeping ... :-) Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Package with the Acrobat Reader fonts
Dear All Is there some package with the Acrobat Reader fonts? 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] extracting cd audio files
On Saturday 26 March 2005 10:50, Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 26 March 2005 00:51, 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 is best if you want to rip files from CD, but konqueror also can be very useful. Press the 'services' button in your konqueror sidebar and you will see the 'Audio CD browser' (If you cannot see the sidebar hit F9 ) From the audio CD browser you can drag and drop audio files from the CD in .wav, .ogg, or .mp3 format. Note: Because mp3 is covered by patent Mandrake does not support creating mp3's out of the box. You will have to declare a urpmi source for 'plf' by going to http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ and install the lame and liblame0 packages. As for file formats, as I mention above mp3 is covered by patent and any time you use it a gentleman from the Fraunhofer institute is entitled to turn up on your doorstep demanding money. So us geeky open source types prefer .ogg. It is 'free' software and better quality than mp3 anyway. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4416 To convert between file formats there is a neat command line utility called 'sox' Install the sox package and then enter #sox in the url line of konqueror for instructions. derek Derek, You have just made my 14 yr old daughter a very, very happy girl;) Somehow I always had to help her out with grip. Slick, how easy the dd works. Never stumbled across that feature, myself. -- Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Mail cron job output.
I am running the following cron job: /usr/bin/rkhunter -c | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s Rkhunter Check 21 I get the following message : Output from command /usr/bin/rkhunter -c | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s Rkhunter Check 21 .. /bin/sh: line 1: mail: command not found Any ideas how to get the mail command to work? TIA, Simon. -- Linux Counter number 359744. http://counter.li.org/ GnuPG Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xE94E2292 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
James Henry Maiewski wrote: Hello, I lost count of the number of times my blind experimentation (along with sheer stupidity (like the time I uninstalled the package installer DOH!). Do not be afraid of this. However, the best advice I ever got on this list was to mount your /home directory on a seperate partition. When (If!) you need to reinstall, only install the /root on the root partition, thus saving all your personal files. This isn't as technical as it sounds, but I would defer to someone better schooled in these matters to step you through it. - JHM PS: you might want to leave the reply to address blanc on your mail client (Kmail, etc). It makes it easier for people to simple reply to you. On Saturday 26 March 2005 1:20 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I also am prepared to do a reinstall if things look too idiotic! I don't have a lot in Mandrake to lose. I have saved a heap of emails relating to Mandrake, but should be able to access them in the archive. I'm happy to atke advice and try fixes suggested, but not keen to have people spending too much time on it ... Appreciate your help Rosemary Rosemary. I think you will find that at present both Mikkel and I are enjoying time with our families, it being easter and all. We will assist you no matter what you decide but I believe you need to make a choice that suits you yourself first. Either re-install or repair. I believe you will learn heaps more of linux if you should attempt your own linux installation recovery [ albeit with our assistance ] rather than going for the re-install. But this must be your choice. Should you decide to go for a rescue attempt then lets start at the beginning and get some tools organized whilst you are still within windows. Try doing this: search for, download and burn to floppy the tomsrtbt image. You will need rawrite or possibly rawrite2 to do this within windows. Have a read of what you find. While within windows send us a copy of /etc/lilo.conf ~ a copy of /etc/fstab [ not /etc/fstab.save ] ~ and a copy of your /etc/inittab At present, I take it that you cannot even get to the login screen ? -- 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] USB card reader problem
James Henry Maiewski wrote: Hello, I lost count of the number of times my blind experimentation (along with sheer stupidity (like the time I uninstalled the package installer DOH!). Do not be afraid of this. However, the best advice I ever got on this list was to mount your /home directory on a seperate partition. When (If!) you need to reinstall, only install the /root on the root partition, thus saving all your personal files. This isn't as technical as it sounds, but I would defer to someone better schooled in these matters to step you through it. - JHM PS: you might want to leave the reply to address blanc on your mail client (Kmail, etc). It makes it easier for people to simple reply to you. Yes ... I installed using the defaults, but obviously have stuffed something up since! Oh .. sigh I don't know how - am paranoid about the CLI but actually now prefer that for package installation because at least know when I go into root and not. Sorry about the email reply to. I blame windows! eg I keep setting plain text and it keep defaulting! But the reply to is me .. 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
I think you will find that at present both Mikkel and I are enjoying time with our families, it being easter and all. Yes - I totally understand that. Simply posting that stuff because i have the head space to do it. We will assist you no matter what you decide but I believe you need to make a choice that suits you yourself first. I'm prepared to wait - but *very* aware of the time people put into this, and feel very humbled by it. Also not my thing to be dependent .. Either re-install or repair. I believe you will learn heaps more of linux if you should attempt your own linux installation recovery [ albeit with our assistance ] rather than going for the re-install. I agree But this must be your choice. Should you decide to go for a rescue attempt then lets start at the beginning and get some tools organized whilst you are still within windows. Try doing this: search for, download and burn to floppy the tomsrtbt image. You will need rawrite or possibly rawrite2 to do this within windows. Have a read of what you find. While within windows send us a copy of /etc/lilo.conf ~ a copy of /etc/fstab [ not /etc/fstab.save ] ~ and a copy of your /etc/inittab At present, I take it that you cannot even get to the login screen ? No - stalls at ALSA, and don't think it is a sound problem. Will do the above ... Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.0 - Release Date: 21/03/2005 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] MD 10.1 KDE 3.2 slow starting of programs
On Saturday 26 March 2005 06:52 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I just installed Mandrake 10.1 Download version with KDE 3.2.3. Especially KDE programs start slowly. For example konsole takes 22 seconds to bring up. Konqueror doesn't start at all. Some other programs: Usually this means that the machine cannot resolve itself and often happenes if you are using dhcp but gave your machine a hostname. Look in you hosts file (/etc/hosts) and make sure something like this is at the top line: 127.0.0.1 hostname localhost where you replace hostname is the name you gave your machine. if you still have trouble, post the following: /etc/resolv.conf /etc/hosts and the output from the command 'hostname' -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] OT - OOo in Windows
Sorry for this, but I need some urgent help. Tomorrow I have to install OOo under Windows for my daughter. I'm trying to woo her, kicking and screaming, from her use of Lotus WordPro. I've installed it here under Win4Lin so that I can look it over. The problem I've found is that clicking on a url or email address makes it attempt to launch IE or OE, even if you are only trying to edit it. She'll never cope with that - she'll just abandon it. I can't see how to turn this off. I'm sure it must be possible. Can anyone help me, please. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels pgpQxAKxgT7ni.pgp Description: PGP signature
[newbie] Updating your Free Mandrakelinux
What's a good way of updating your free version of Mandrake? I've only thought of two: - using a higher version of a Mandrake CD - updating through updating programs - others? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Mail cron job output.
I am running the following cron job: /usr/bin/rkhunter -c | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s Rkhunter Check 21 I get the following message : Output from command /usr/bin/rkhunter -c | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s Rkhunter Check 21 .. /bin/sh: line 1: mail: command not found Any ideas how to get the mail command to work? TIA, Simon. -- Linux Counter number 359744. http://counter.li.org/ GnuPG Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xE94E2292 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OT - OOo in Windows
Anne Wilson wrote: Sorry for this, but I need some urgent help. Tomorrow I have to install OOo under Windows for my daughter. I'm trying to woo her, kicking and screaming, from her use of Lotus WordPro. I've installed it here under Win4Lin so that I can look it over. The problem I've found is that clicking on a url or email address makes it attempt to launch IE or OE, even if you are only trying to edit it. She'll never cope with that - she'll just abandon it. I can't see how to turn this off. I'm sure it must be possible. Can anyone help me, please. Anne ToolsOptionsOpenOffice.orgExternal Programs Set things here and you are able to browse to your preferred program .exe files. Enjoy -- 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] OT - OOo in Windows
On Saturday 26 Mar 2005 14:00, SnapafunFrank wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: Sorry for this, but I need some urgent help. Tomorrow I have to install OOo under Windows for my daughter. I'm trying to woo her, kicking and screaming, from her use of Lotus WordPro. I've installed it here under Win4Lin so that I can look it over. The problem I've found is that clicking on a url or email address makes it attempt to launch IE or OE, even if you are only trying to edit it. She'll never cope with that - she'll just abandon it. I can't see how to turn this off. I'm sure it must be possible. Can anyone help me, please. Anne ToolsOptionsOpenOffice.orgExternal Programs Set things here and you are able to browse to your preferred program .exe files. That makes sense. I don't have Moz installed under win4lin, but I shall be able to point it at that on her box. I've had her on Moz for years. I'd rather shut it off, though, if possible. I think it will drive her mad. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels pgpj9FNXUh1Ld.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Mail cron job output.
On Saturday 26 March 2005 13:58, Simon wrote: I am running the following cron job: /usr/bin/rkhunter -c | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s Rkhunter Check 21 I get the following message : Output from command /usr/bin/rkhunter -c | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s Rkhunter Check 21 .. /bin/sh: line 1: mail: command not found Any ideas how to get the mail command to work? TIA, Simon. Try /usr/bin/rkhunter -c | /bin/mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s Rkhunter Check 21 If that does not work check the mail package is installed. 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] OT - OOo in Windows
Anne Wilson wrote: Sorry for this, but I need some urgent help. Tomorrow I have to install OOo under Windows for my daughter. I'm trying to woo her, kicking and screaming, from her use of Lotus WordPro. I've installed it here under Win4Lin so that I can look it over. The problem I've found is that clicking on a url or email address makes it attempt to launch IE or OE, even if you are only trying to edit it. She'll never cope with that - she'll just abandon it. I can't see how to turn this off. I'm sure it must be possible. Can anyone help me, please. Anne Anne; Take a look at the title bar in OpenOffice. Go to ToolsOptionsOpenOffice.org, and open that section. Look for a subsection called External Programs and change the settings to match your preferences. I know you have to be logged in as the specific user (your daughter in this case) for the changes to be applied to her desktop and to her instance of OpenOffice. __ Mr. Geek 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] LDAP server
I'm trying to setup a LDAP server. I've installed the server package and phpLDAPAdmin but I have no clue on what I'm doing. I've googled and looked at faq's but I was just wondering if there is an easy tutorial somewhere that I could look at. Thanks. -- Anthony Brooks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mail cron job output.
On Saturday 26 Mar 2005 14:15, Derek Jennings wrote: Try /usr/bin/rkhunter -c | /bin/mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s Rkhunter Check 21 If that does not work check the mail package is installed. Derek I tried that but it failed with : /bin/sh: line 1: /bin/mail: No such file or directory what mail package should I have installed? -- Linux Counter number 359744. http://counter.li.org/ GnuPG Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xE94E2292 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mail cron job output.
On Saturday 26 March 2005 07:58 am, Simon wrote: I am running the following cron job: /usr/bin/rkhunter -c | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s Rkhunter Check 21 I get the following message : Output from command /usr/bin/rkhunter -c | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s Rkhunter Check 21 .. /bin/sh: line 1: mail: command not found Any ideas how to get the mail command to work? TIA, Simon. Simon, this is how I have my rkhunter cronjob setup /usr/local/bin/rkhunter --cronjob --createlogfile -c and I have the following entry in my /etc/crontab: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin [EMAIL PROTECTED] therefore all cronjob outputs are sent to my email address, this includes my Spamassassin statistics outputs, hourly logcheck output, and rules_du_jour output. HTH Chris -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 08:43:53 up 12 days, 13:18, 1 user, load average: 0.23, 0.43, 0.46 Mandrake Linux 10.1 Official, kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk Blow it out your ear. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Halt/Reboot buttons not available at Login Screen
On Saturday 26 March 2005 03:57, DAN WALKER wrote: I have exactly the same problem. I have googled but no answer. I messed in the menu and found it!! Right-Click on the Menu Bar and choose Add, Applet, Lock/ Logout Applet. That will add the lock and logout applet buttons to your menu bar. -- Bryan Phinney Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mail cron job output.
On Saturday 26 Mar 2005 14:50, Chris wrote: Simon, this is how I have my rkhunter cronjob setup /usr/local/bin/rkhunter --cronjob --createlogfile -c and I have the following entry in my /etc/crontab: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin [EMAIL PROTECTED] therefore all cronjob outputs are sent to my email address, this includes my Spamassassin statistics outputs, hourly logcheck output, and rules_du_jour output. Thanks for that Chris, my Mailto is root which has not been a problem in the past as I have just put the email address in the pipe.(Pre the last fresh intall of Mdk 10.1) The problem is that there seems to be no mail package??? Any ideas? -- Linux Counter number 359744. http://counter.li.org/ GnuPG Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xE94E2292 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mail cron job output.
On Saturday 26 March 2005 14:38, Simon wrote: On Saturday 26 Mar 2005 14:15, Derek Jennings wrote: Try /usr/bin/rkhunter -c | /bin/mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s Rkhunter Check 21 If that does not work check the mail package is installed. Derek I tried that but it failed with : /bin/sh: line 1: /bin/mail: No such file or directory what mail package should I have installed? mailx 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] LDAP server
On Saturday 26 March 2005 14:25, Anthony Brooks wrote: I'm trying to setup a LDAP server. I've installed the server package and phpLDAPAdmin but I have no clue on what I'm doing. I've googled and looked at faq's but I was just wondering if there is an easy tutorial somewhere that I could look at. Thanks. Install the drakwizard package and then start Mandrake Control Centre There will be a new server section. In there is a wizard to set up LDAP for you. 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] Halt/Reboot buttons not available at Login Screen
Russel Dains wrote: 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. Another solution is to change your display manager. You could use kdm or gdm instead of mdkdm. Both of these support shutdown and reboot on the login screen. I use gdm, myself. From the Mandrake Control Centre, you should be able to configure your login options to use another display manager. If no options exist, you need to install the packages (Gdm or kdm). good luck 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] OT - OOo in Windows
On Saturday, March 26, 2005, Anne Wilson wrote: Sorry for this, but I need some urgent help. Tomorrow I have to install OOo under Windows for my daughter. I'm trying to woo her, kicking and screaming, from her use of Lotus WordPro. I've installed it here under Win4Lin so that I can look it over. The problem I've found is that clicking on a url or email address makes it attempt to launch IE or OE, even if you are only trying to edit it. She'll never cope with that - she'll just abandon it. I can't see how to turn this off. I'm sure it must be possible. Can anyone help me, please. Anne Try looking under Tools - Auto Correct/Auto Format - Auto Correct - Options Then un-check the boxes for URL Recognition. No guarantees, I haven't tried it since I installed MDK 10.1 a week ago. It is, indeed, a nuisance when all you want to do is correct a typo or some such and have the browser pop up. Julie Owens Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mail cron job output.
On Saturday 26 Mar 2005 15:17, Derek Jennings wrote: mailx That's it Derek, I installed the missing mail program and all works fine now. Thanks to Chris and your good self. Simon. -- Linux Counter number 359744. http://counter.li.org/ GnuPG Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xE94E2292 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Editing files as SU with Kword
I cannot open files in order to edit them when I am in Konqueror as SU. I get an error message :KDEInit could not launch 'kwrite' I do have Kwrite installed. Any ideas please. Thanks, Simon. -- Linux Counter number 359744. http://counter.li.org/ GnuPG Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xE94E2292 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
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: 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 Hi Rosemary, Yes, it should have been cd / and not cd. The reasion for that is so that your current directory is not inside the partition you are trying to unmount. Otherwise you would get a message about the partition being in use. While you could do a shutdown without unmounting the partition, and probably not have any problems, I like to play it safe when working remotely. End result - we have a tempary fix for one source of trouble. But we still have the origional problem. The next step is to see if we can isolate it a bit. We have a couple of ways to go here. MOre then I had thought we would, because of the boot menu choice you use to boot the system. You have said that you are not using the linux entry to boot the system. Was there a problem where the system would not boot when you used that option? Things to try: Boot with the linux-nonfb option, and see if that makes a difference. Try the I (interactive) option when booting, and do not start ALSA. Does the system boot then? This should give you a system without sound. The hit I for interactive boot is displayed as part of the boot messages. If you normaly have the bootsplash screen with the progress bar showing when booting, you will have to hit the Esc key to see the messages. There is a fairly long period between when the message is displayed, and when you actualy enter the interactive mode. It does several things after displaying the message, before it reaches the decision point. (Display message, do other things while giving the user time to react, then check for user responce. No user timeout delay.) If the system boots fine without ALSA starting, then we can work on getting ALSA fixed. If it doesn't, then we know the problem is elseware. From the way the problem apeared, I suspect that there may be an interupt sharing problem between the sound card and the USB interface, but this is just a guess at this point. 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] Konsole won't open
I recently installed 10.1. For some reason Konsole won't open. I get an error message saying KDEinit can't open Konsole. I tried using the other terminal program that Mandrake installed. It will open but it won't accept any input from the keyboard. Any help you can offer would be appreciated. Eric Jackson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: LDAP server
Derek Jennings wrote: Install the drakwizard package and then start Mandrake Control Centre There will be a new server section. In there is a wizard to set up LDAP for you. Thanks Derek for the reply. I should of been a little more specific. I'm still running 10.0 on my server. I do have a 10.1 box that I noticed the LDAP server wizard but 10.0 doesn't have one. I just need some help getting started. Reading all the google posts and faq's just left me confused :) Your postfix mail server configuration page was a great guide when I was setting up my postfix server. I was looking for something like that for LDAP. -- Anthony Brooks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] changing host/user name???
[EMAIL PROTECTED] simon]$ how do I change the above to something like [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of my mac?? address? Simon. -- Linux Counter number 359744. http://counter.li.org/ GnuPG Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xE94E2292 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Assistance from newbies needed
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: 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 I guess we will have to restructure the Restoring the Boot Loader section into a more general Using the Rescue Mode of the Install CD. It is not may favorite tool, but it is one that users will have. It has been a wile sence I have read the Welcome to Newbie list message, but isn't there a link to the TWiki site in the message? 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] changing host/user name???
On Saturday 26 March 2005 16:20, Simon wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] simon]$ how do I change the above to something like [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of my mac?? address? Simon. MandrakeControlCentreNetworkInternet to set a hostname If you did not set your MAC address as the hostname yourself, then your ISP is doing it via DNS. To stop it, edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (or whatever) and add the line NEEDHOSTNAME=no Then restart networking and your hostname will revert to that set up in MCC. 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] changing host/user name???
On Saturday 26 Mar 2005 16:35, Derek Jennings wrote: MandrakeControlCentreNetworkInternet to set a hostname If you did not set your MAC address as the hostname yourself, then your ISP is doing it via DNS. To stop it, edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (or whatever) and add the line NEEDHOSTNAME=no Then restart networking and your hostname will revert to that set up in MCC. derek Thanks Derek, Simon. -- Linux Counter number 359744. http://counter.li.org/ GnuPG Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xE94E2292 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Assistance from newbies needed
On Saturday 26 Mar 2005 16:20, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: I guess we will have to restructure the Restoring the Boot Loader section into a more general Using the Rescue Mode of the Install CD. It is not may favorite tool, but it is one that users will have. It has been a wile sence I have read the Welcome to Newbie list message, but isn't there a link to the TWiki site in the message? There is. I wonder if anyone ever bothers to read the message. It was put together after a lot of thought about what new listers need to know. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels pgpwKcEfNiHyf.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] OT - OOo in Windows
On Saturday 26 Mar 2005 14:35, Mr. Geek wrote: Anne; Take a look at the title bar in OpenOffice. Go to ToolsOptionsOpenOffice.org, and open that section. Look for a subsection called External Programs and change the settings to match your preferences. I know you have to be logged in as the specific user (your daughter in this case) for the changes to be applied to her desktop and to her instance of OpenOffice. Yes, I found that. I really wanted to be able to switch it off. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels pgptsgIOrtWyR.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Konsole won't open
On March 26, 2005 08:11 am, eric jackson wrote: I recently installed 10.1. For some reason Konsole won't open. I get an error message saying KDEinit can't open Konsole. I tried using the other terminal program that Mandrake installed. It will open but it won't accept any input from the keyboard. Any help you can offer would be appreciated. Eric Jackson Is there any other message from KDEinit about why it won't open Konsole? That might be helpful. I've not had that problem before. KDE has refused to open other programs but never that one. :) ttfn John -- *** Composed on a 100% Microsoft Free Computer Guaranteed Virus Free Mandrake Linux 10.0 OE Registered Linux User 362316 *** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Editing files as SU with Kword
On Saturday 26 Mar 2005 15:51, Simon wrote: I cannot open files in order to edit them when I am in Konqueror as SU. I get an error message :KDEInit could not launch 'kwrite' I do have Kwrite installed. Any ideas please. Thanks, Simon. Yes - I've no idea why it happens, but the cure is simple. In a root console, type xhost + localhost and all will be well again. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels pgpUUauShetRh.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Konsole won't open
On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 09:33:30 -0800, John Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On March 26, 2005 08:11 am, eric jackson wrote: I recently installed 10.1. For some reason Konsole won't open. I get an error message saying KDEinit can't open Konsole. I tried using the other terminal program that Mandrake installed. It will open but it won't accept any input from the keyboard. Any help you can offer would be appreciated. Eric Jackson Is there any other message from KDEinit about why it won't open Konsole? That might be helpful. I've not had that problem before. KDE has refused to open other programs but never that one. :) ttfn John No, that's all it says. Any one know if it's possible to uninstall and re-install Konsole? Eric Jackson -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Konsole won't open
On Saturday 26 Mar 2005 17:42, eric jackson wrote: On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 09:33:30 -0800, John Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On March 26, 2005 08:11 am, eric jackson wrote: I recently installed 10.1. For some reason Konsole won't open. I get an error message saying KDEinit can't open Konsole. I tried using the other terminal program that Mandrake installed. It will open but it won't accept any input from the keyboard. Any help you can offer would be appreciated. Eric Jackson Is there any other message from KDEinit about why it won't open Konsole? That might be helpful. I've not had that problem before. KDE has refused to open other programs but never that one. :) ttfn John No, that's all it says. Any one know if it's possible to uninstall and re-install Konsole? Eric Jackson It could well be a similar problem to Simon's. Anyway, it won't hurt to try the same cure. If it doesn't work it will do no harm. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels pgp9PkQjQNNKt.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Editing files as SU with Kword
Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 26 Mar 2005 15:51, Simon wrote: I cannot open files in order to edit them when I am in Konqueror as SU. I get an error message :KDEInit could not launch 'kwrite' I do have Kwrite installed. Any ideas please. Thanks, Simon. Yes - I've no idea why it happens, but the cure is simple. In a root console, type xhost + localhost and all will be well again. Anne The reason has to do with X server security. Normally, only the user that owns the current X secession can have programs connect to it. Starting an X based program requires that it connect to an X server. Now, the user that is logged to the GUI owns the current X secession. He/she/it has the keys needed to connect in their home directory. If you use su to change to another user, the keys are still there. But if you use su -, or if you change the envirement, then you no longer have the keys, and the X server will not let you connect. Running xhost + localhost or xhost localhost tells the X server that any program on localhost can connect without needing the keys. This is ok for a home system, but is a security risk on a more open system. 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] Editing files as SU with Kword
On Saturday 26 Mar 2005 17:53, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: The reason has to do with X server security. Normally, only the user that owns the current X secession can have programs connect to it. Starting an X based program requires that it connect to an X server. Now, the user that is logged to the GUI owns the current X secession. He/she/it has the keys needed to connect in their home directory. If you use su to change to another user, the keys are still there. But if you use su -, or if you change the envirement, then you no longer have the keys, and the X server will not let you connect. Running xhost + localhost or xhost localhost tells the X server that any program on localhost can connect without needing the keys. This is ok for a home system, but is a security risk on a more open system. That sounds logical, Mikkel, except for two things. One - it doesn't always happen when you try to edit a file as root, and two - it sometimes happens when you are working as user! Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels pgpDjQ8UpTE1H.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] MD 10.1 KDE 3.2 slow starting of programs
Hi, thanks for help. I added hostname to this file and now KDE programs start in few seconds. :-) Unfortunately second problem appeared. Mouse cursor freezes now and then, and sometimes whole X crashes so that only reset helps. I moved my mouse (Logitech Cordless MouseMan Optical USB) from usb port to PS/2 port (with adapter). Lets see if it helps... -Markus [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 03:14 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Saturday 26 March 2005 06:52 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I just installed Mandrake 10.1 Download version with KDE 3.2.3. Especially KDE programs start slowly. For example konsole takes 22 seconds to bring up. Konqueror doesn't start at all. Some other programs: Usually this means that the machine cannot resolve itself and often happenes if you are using dhcp but gave your machine a hostname. Look in you hosts file (/etc/hosts) and make sure something like this is at the top line: 127.0.0.1 hostname localhost where you replace hostname is the name you gave your machine. if you still have trouble, post the following: /etc/resolv.conf /etc/hosts and the output from the command 'hostname' Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] YOUR MESSAGE #57288 - IDE CONTROLLER PROBLEM
Hi, I wondered if you could send me a copy of your message 57288, on the above subject, from Mail Archive. It appears to have been deleted. I am installing new hard drive (Samsung 6.4G) and during the set up I have received this message General failure on the integrated secondary IDE controller. The computer is an HP Vectra 525MCx. Any help you can offer would be much appreciated. Ken Bowmer 3218 Twig Road Richfield, OH 44286-9636 Tel: (330)-659-4607 Fax: (928)-395-9766 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] YOUR MESSAGE #57288 - IDE CONTROLLER PROBLEM
On Saturday 26 Mar 2005 16:46, Linda Ken Bowmer wrote: Hi, I wondered if you could send me a copy of your message 57288, on the above subject, from Mail Archive. It appears to have been deleted. I am installing new hard drive (Samsung 6.4G) and during the set up I have received this message General failure on the integrated secondary IDE controller. The computer is an HP Vectra 525MCx. Any help you can offer would be much appreciated. Hi, Ken. I don't know if anyone will have that message - what date (even roughly) was it? Meanwhile, let's see if we can help. Is this a stand-alone drive? Or an additional one? I presume it's additional, since you talk of the secondary IDE controller. At what point do you see this message? Immediately on switch-on, or during boot into Mandrake (or other distro)? Does your BIOS see the drive? How is it cabled - Master, Slave or Cable Select? If it's CS - where on the cable is it located? It is an 80-wire cable, is it? CS doesn't work properly on 4-wire cables as far as I know. If it's M/S - have you checked the jumpers? Anything else you can tell us that may have a bearing? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels pgpufZE9EdQ5E.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] YOUR MESSAGE #57288 - IDE CONTROLLER PROBLEM
On Saturday 26 March 2005 11:46 am, Linda Ken Bowmer wrote: Hi, I wondered if you could send me a copy of your message 57288, on the above subject, from Mail Archive. It appears to have been deleted. I am installing new hard drive (Samsung 6.4G) and during the set up I have received this message General failure on the integrated secondary IDE controller. The computer is an HP Vectra 525MCx. Any help you can offer would be much appreciated. Ken Bowmer 3218 Twig Road Richfield, OH 44286-9636 Tel: (330)-659-4607 Fax: (928)-395-9766 also worth considering is the fact there is more than just one mail archive. was that from 'marc.theaimsgroup.com -- 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] Konsole won't open
On March 26, 2005 09:42 am, eric jackson wrote: On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 09:33:30 -0800, John Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip No, that's all it says. Any one know if it's possible to uninstall and re-install Konsole? Eric Jackson Follow the menu System|Configuration|Packaging|Remove Software and then query it for the file(s) Konsole. That will tell you which package needs to be removed. Then urpmi the newest version of the package and install that one. Here's hoping it works. :-) ttfn John -- *** Composed on a 100% Microsoft Free Computer Guaranteed Virus Free Mandrake Linux 10.0 OE Registered Linux User 362316 *** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Editing files as SU with Kword
On Saturday 26 Mar 2005 17:53, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 26 Mar 2005 15:51, Simon wrote: I cannot open files in order to edit them when I am in Konqueror as SU. I get an error message :KDEInit could not launch 'kwrite' I do have Kwrite installed. Any ideas please. Thanks, Simon. Yes - I've no idea why it happens, but the cure is simple. In a root console, type xhost + localhost and all will be well again. Anne The reason has to do with X server security. Normally, only the user that owns the current X secession can have programs connect to it. Starting an X based program requires that it connect to an X server. Now, the user that is logged to the GUI owns the current X secession. He/she/it has the keys needed to connect in their home directory. If you use su to change to another user, the keys are still there. But if you use su -, or if you change the envirement, then you no longer have the keys, and the X server will not let you connect. Running xhost + localhost or xhost localhost tells the X server that any program on localhost can connect without needing the keys. This is ok for a home system, but is a security risk on a more open system. Mikkel Thank you both for your help. Regards, Simon. -- Linux Counter number 359744. http://counter.li.org/ GnuPG Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xE94E2292 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mail cron job output.
On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 23:35, Simon wrote: I am running the following cron job: /usr/bin/rkhunter -c | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s Rkhunter Check 21 I get the following message : Output from command /usr/bin/rkhunter -c | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s Rkhunter Check 21 .. /bin/sh: line 1: mail: command not found Any ideas how to get the mail command to work? TIA, Simon. You want to have absolute paths in that script: /usr/bin/rkhunter -c | /usr/bin/mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s Rkhunter Check 21 -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free :: Crashing is NOT an option. Registered Linux User # 267497 --- Wear Apple/Macintosh garb to show the world that we're not crawling into holes and dying. -- Guy Kawasaki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mail cron job output.
On Saturday 26 Mar 2005 22:33, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 23:35, Simon wrote: I am running the following cron job: /usr/bin/rkhunter -c | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s Rkhunter Check 21 I get the following message : Output from command /usr/bin/rkhunter -c | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s Rkhunter Check 21 .. /bin/sh: line 1: mail: command not found Any ideas how to get the mail command to work? TIA, Simon. You want to have absolute paths in that script: /usr/bin/rkhunter -c | /usr/bin/mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s Rkhunter Check 21 -- stephen kuhn Thanks Stephen. It turned out I didn't have the mail package installed Regards, Simon. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] USB Mouse, Browser, Log on/Off, etc
Howdy. I've just installed 10.1 I've not used MDK before, but have experience with Solaris and FreeBSD. I'm trying to learn how MDK does everything via gui. Every time I boot my computer (whether as root or a normal user) my USB mouse doesn't work. I have to use TAB and cursor keys and ENTER to select a generic ps2 mouse then it works and I can select generic USB mouse. I tried editting /etc/X11/XF86Config and putting in /dev/input/mice but that doesn't help. Every time I exit and come back I have to set the mouse up again. #2: I'm guessing I can only set my default browser as root? Firefox asks me every time I start up. I would have thought it'd save it somewhere each user has access to so everyone can have their own default browser. #3: Log on/off I know where to enable this feature for EVERYONE in MCC, but if I start MCC as root or log onto it and enter the root password from a normal user account, it won't save it for future use. I have to do it every time. Randomly (it seems) I get the dragon log on/off menu. Most of the time even if I set it in MCC the only option I get is LOG OFF. From that menu I can select REBOOT or HALT. If I select REBOOT, I get a small blank window in the middle of the screen with two buttons (CANCEL and REBOOT iirc). Hitting REBOOT many times does nothing, but HALT will work. Kaffeine doesn't seem to like playing normal DVDs. I'm guessing this is just an encryption problem? It always errors out with the plugin not found error. AVI's on the hard drive work fine tho. Logging onto a Windows share. I can connect to my globally shared drive when I boot up, but I don't know how to configure MDK to mount my 'home drive' a'la the NETLOGON.BAT script which runs if I boot into Windows. Should I just fstab this mount or something? Thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Kmail will not run
system acting weird again kmail comes up then terminates with fatal error so i started it in a terminal got this message [EMAIL PROTECTED] aron]$ kmail QObject::connect: No such signal KMHeaders::itemAdded(QListViewItem*) QObject::connect: (sender name: 'headers') QObject::connect: (receiver name: 'headers quick search line') QObject::disconnect: No such signal KMHeaders::itemAdded(QListViewItem*) kdecore (KAccel): WARNING: KKeySequence::init( seq ): key[0] is null. kdecore (KAccel): WARNING: KKeySequence::init( seq ): key[0] is null. [EMAIL PROTECTED] aron]$ QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key kmail: WARNING: KMail encountered a fatal error and will terminate now kmail: ERROR: The resource '_home_aron_.kde_share_apps_kabc_std.vcf' is locked by application ''. kmail: ERROR: Unable to save to resource 'resource-name'. It is locked. 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, | | Paul May I suggest ImageMagik? It is on your disks, has lots of features (resize, crop, sharpen, color balance, etc) and has a shallow learning curve. The only thing I don't like about it is saving images is somewhat clunky. e Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] df table file
When within my system I issue the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# df FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 966M 714M 203M 78% / /dev/hda1 966M 14M 903M 2% /boot /dev/hda6 9.4G 5.1G 4.0G 57% /usr /dev/hda8 9.4G 8.8G 693M 93% /home /dev/hda91020M 312M 656M 33% /var /dev/hda3 12G 2.0G 8.8G 19% /mnt/empty /dev/hda4 3.4G 2.7G 712M 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 I get a summary of all my partitions AND their names. However, I'm unable to do this when I'm NOT within the system: So, is there a file on the system that could simply give me this info by simply reading it ? -- 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] Updating your Free Mandrakelinux
%^$#*^$ing gmail users :p On Saturday 26 March 2005 08:55 am, Robert Yu wrote: What's a good way of updating your free version of Mandrake? I've only thought of two: - using a higher version of a Mandrake CD - updating through updating programs - others? My favorite way is to change my urpmi sources to a mirror of the next version and do 'urpmi --auto-select' Usually there are a few configuration niggles to work out, but they are usually documented on the release notes or in the ML archives. I've gone from 9.2 = 10.0 = 10.1 and now LE2005 rc2 with that method. I just updated 2 10.1 machines to rc2 using this method and it went very well. I you want to use the iso's, you can choose upgrade too. Some people swear by the clean install though. Good Luck -- /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] USB card reader problem
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: 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 Hi Rosemary, Yes, it should have been cd / and not cd. The reasion for that is so that your current directory is not inside the partition you are trying to unmount. Otherwise you would get a message about the partition being in use. While you could do a shutdown without unmounting the partition, and probably not have any problems, I like to play it safe when working remotely. End result - we have a tempary fix for one source of trouble. But we still have the origional problem. The next step is to see if we can isolate it a bit. We have a couple of ways to go here. MOre then I had thought we would, because of the boot menu choice you use to boot the system. You have said that you are not using the linux entry to boot the system. Was there a problem where the system would not boot when you used that option? Things to try: Boot with the linux-nonfb option, and see if that makes a difference. Try the I (interactive) option when booting, and do not start ALSA. Does the system boot then? This should give you a system without sound. The hit I for interactive boot is displayed as part of the boot messages. If you normaly have the bootsplash screen with the progress bar showing when booting, you will have to hit the Esc key to see the messages. There is a fairly long period between when the message is displayed, and when you actualy enter the interactive mode. It does several things after displaying the message, before it reaches the decision point. (Display message, do other things while giving the user time to react, then check for user responce. No user timeout delay.) If the system boots fine without ALSA starting, then we can work on getting ALSA fixed. If it doesn't, then we know the problem is elseware. From the way the problem apeared, I suspect that there may be an interupt sharing problem between the sound card and the USB interface, but this is just a guess at this point. Mikkel Hi Mikkel: Rosemary has sent me directly some info which I think you ought to be privy to. Her lilo.conf gives the devfs=nomount append only on the one she appears able to boot with. ( albeit that it stalls at ALSA later ) Her append lines also include resume=/mnt/hda8 which is a new one for me, so I'm off to learn something about that one. Hope this helps us help Rosemary, I'm learning heaps off things I did'nt need to know before, so am staying very interested in helping Rosemary out. I've also started another thread df table file . If you get a chance, see if you can assist with this one please. -- 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] Kmail will not run
On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:56:59 -0800 Aron Smith disseminated the following: system acting weird again No, KDE is acting normally. Fer fsck's sake, man, yer a rebel, a 'don't take no shit' Southern man (I think), start acting like one and use a different freakin' WM! Sheesh. Have you ever, even *once*, seen someone with complaints like this 'KMail won't open, Konsole won't open (why the *fsck* does one need KDEinit to open a terminal??!!), KWhatever is locking up...' who uses something other than KDE and its conglomeration of bloated 'user friendly' apps? No. It don't happen. You are wasting resources, time, and missing out on a whole lot more fun with all the alternatives out there. Anyhow, that's my anti-KDE rant for the month. Thank you all for coming. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 19:33:11 up 33 days, 21:38, 7 users, load average: 0.13, 0.03, 0.01 +++ Avoid being seized by the police. The cops are not your friends. Don't tell them anything. -- Hunter S. Thompson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kmail will not run
On Saturday 26 March 2005 04:44 pm, JoeHill wrote: On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:56:59 -0800 Aron Smith disseminated the following: system acting weird again No, KDE is acting normally. Fer fsck's sake, man, yer a rebel, a 'don't take no shit' Southern man (I think), start acting like one and use a different freakin' WM! Sheesh. Have you ever, even *once*, seen someone with complaints like this 'KMail won't open, Konsole won't open (why the *fsck* does one need KDEinit to open a terminal??!!), KWhatever is locking up...' who uses something other than KDE and its conglomeration of bloated 'user friendly' apps? No. It don't happen. You are wasting resources, time, and missing out on a whole lot more fun with all the alternatives out there. Anyhow, that's my anti-KDE rant for the month. Thank you all for coming. Well Joe I tried but my box pays absolutely no attention when I threaten it with a .45... :( Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kmail will not run
On Saturday 26 March 2005 03:56 pm, Aron Smith wrote: system acting weird again kmail comes up then terminates with fatal error so i started it in a terminal got this message [EMAIL PROTECTED] aron]$ kmail QObject::connect: No such signal KMHeaders::itemAdded(QListViewItem*) QObject::connect: (sender name: 'headers') QObject::connect: (receiver name: 'headers quick search line') QObject::disconnect: No such signal KMHeaders::itemAdded(QListViewItem*) kdecore (KAccel): WARNING: KKeySequence::init( seq ): key[0] is null. kdecore (KAccel): WARNING: KKeySequence::init( seq ): key[0] is null. [EMAIL PROTECTED] aron]$ QGDict::hashKeyString: Invalid null key kmail: WARNING: KMail encountered a fatal error and will terminate now kmail: ERROR: The resource '_home_aron_.kde_share_apps_kabc_std.vcf' is locked by application ''. kmail: ERROR: Unable to save to resource 'resource-name'. It is locked. Found the problem no disk space left deleted 10,000 old e mails and it works again...till the next time Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kmail will not run
On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:44:43 -0500, JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:56:59 -0800 Aron Smith disseminated the following: system acting weird again No, KDE is acting normally. Fer fsck's sake, man, yer a rebel, a 'don't take no shit' Southern man (I think), start acting like one and use a different freakin' WM! Sheesh. Have you ever, even *once*, seen someone with complaints like this 'KMail won't open, Konsole won't open (why the *fsck* does one need KDEinit to open a terminal??!!), KWhatever is locking up...' who uses something other than KDE and its conglomeration of bloated 'user friendly' apps? No. It don't happen. You are wasting resources, time, and missing out on a whole lot more fun with all the alternatives out there. Anyhow, that's my anti-KDE rant for the month. Thank you all for coming. /* snip */ Enlight yourself with enlightenment, teach yourself with the source, may the machine with you... grin Bambang Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Linneighborhood
Hi. I've installed Linneighborhood on my MDK 10.1 installation. I can't find any icons for it in my MD-K-DE menu so I don't know how to configure it. It'd be nice to use for setting up connections to Samba shares on my FreeBSD server. TIA 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
SnapafunFrank wrote: Hi Mikkel: Rosemary has sent me directly some info which I think you ought to be privy to. Her lilo.conf gives the devfs=nomount append only on the one she appears able to boot with. ( albeit that it stalls at ALSA later ) Her append lines also include resume=/mnt/hda8 which is a new one for me, so I'm off to learn something about that one. This is used for software suspend. It is the swap partition where the information needed to restore the system from suspend is stored. It probably isn't being used. Hope this helps us help Rosemary, I'm learning heaps off things I did'nt need to know before, so am staying very interested in helping Rosemary out. Definitly more to think about. 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] [HAB] Should I upgrade?
Dears I am using Athlon 1.3 GHz and I would like to upgrade to Celeron 2.4 GHz. Is it worth it. I mean will I see a difference. Someone said the the 1.3 will perform better with Linux do to the Cache. Please help. Regards, OOzy What is the purpose of life? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.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] df table file
SnapafunFrank wrote: When within my system I issue the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# df FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 966M 714M 203M 78% / /dev/hda1 966M 14M 903M 2% /boot /dev/hda6 9.4G 5.1G 4.0G 57% /usr /dev/hda8 9.4G 8.8G 693M 93% /home /dev/hda91020M 312M 656M 33% /var /dev/hda3 12G 2.0G 8.8G 19% /mnt/empty /dev/hda4 3.4G 2.7G 712M 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 I get a summary of all my partitions AND their names. However, I'm unable to do this when I'm NOT within the system: So, is there a file on the system that could simply give me this info by simply reading it ? Probably /etc/fstab and /proc/partitions would give you some info. (on the system in question) You could make a simple one line script like df diskfree.txt and make a cron job to run it. Then read the diskfree.txt file. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] df table file
mike wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: When within my system I issue the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# df FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 966M 714M 203M 78% / /dev/hda1 966M 14M 903M 2% /boot /dev/hda6 9.4G 5.1G 4.0G 57% /usr /dev/hda8 9.4G 8.8G 693M 93% /home /dev/hda91020M 312M 656M 33% /var /dev/hda3 12G 2.0G 8.8G 19% /mnt/empty /dev/hda4 3.4G 2.7G 712M 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 I get a summary of all my partitions AND their names. However, I'm unable to do this when I'm NOT within the system: So, is there a file on the system that could simply give me this info by simply reading it ? Probably /etc/fstab and /proc/partitions would give you some info. (on the system in question) You could make a simple one line script like df diskfree.txt and make a cron job to run it. Then read the diskfree.txt file. Mike Thanks Mike, and I have somewhere else to look, but the system I need this info from cannot be booted into right now because I believe /etc/fstab is mucked up a little. To that end I'm prepared to use tomsrtbt to look in on the system and that is why I'm trying to find out how I can glean this info. tomsrtbt has fdisk but that doesn't tell me the 'names' of the partitions on the system I'm trying to restore. Still, there are ways, I just wondered if the info was recorded to make my task a little easier. Again, greatly appreciate your input. -- 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] [HAB] Should I upgrade?
OOzy Pal wrote: Dears I am using Athlon 1.3 GHz and I would like to upgrade to Celeron 2.4 GHz. Is it worth it. I mean will I see a difference. Someone said the the 1.3 will perform better with Linux do to the Cache. Please help. Your AMD 1.3 vs. a Celery is a toss up in synthetic benchmarks. Which usually have nothin to do with real world performance, any OS. The 'someone' that cited caches is right. There's another aspect, which is Mboards' chipset. Here again you're better off with the AMD cpu if you're usin it in conjunction with a VIA or SiS chipset on a decent Mboard. The cpu is no better than the motherboard. With Linux this is particularly true. Windoze based/designed for systems like nForce* an Cyrix (C-*), should be avoided. IMO, you're on the cusp. If you need to upgrade your choices are either to go with 3+ Ghz 32 bit AMD/VIA, or go for a 64bit system, also AMD. My impression is that 64 bit an the OS'/apps for it have a ways to go for maturity. I'd venture in another year 64bit would be a better choice. It is afterall, inevitable. You really need to give specs for your current system, an how you use it, for more concise appraisals. The motherboard you're usin is as, or more important than the cpu. As is ram (brand, cas/latency, banking, etc.) and presupposes a good quality power supply. Then you can also tailor Linux to your hardware. For instance, I'm usin 2.6.11-6mdkK74g preempt K7 gcc-3.4 (compiled for Athlon, preempt enabled, 4gig ram ) an find it to be much more responsive than 2.6.8 or 2.6.10 kernels compiled the same way. On a 3+Ghz Athlon, VIA KT600, 1GB 2.5CL 4-bank ram system, mildly overclocked. Mostly optimizations are only seen in compiling, an re-de-encoding of large files (which I do a lot of). Regards, OOzy What is the purpose of life? 42 ? -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linneighborhood
Thanks to all whom answered. Got this one solved now! Jason Oakley wrote: Hi. I've installed Linneighborhood on my MDK 10.1 installation. I can't find any icons for it in my MD-K-DE menu so I don't know how to configure it. It'd be nice to use for setting up connections to Samba shares on my FreeBSD server. TIA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] [HAB] Should I upgrade?
On Saturday 26 March 2005 09:32 pm, Tom wrote: | OOzy Pal wrote: | Dears | | I am using Athlon 1.3 GHz and I would like to upgrade | to Celeron 2.4 GHz. Is it worth it. I mean will I see | a difference. Someone said the the 1.3 will perform | better with Linux do to the Cache. Please help. | | Your AMD 1.3 vs. a Celery is a toss up in synthetic benchmarks. | | You really need to give specs for your current system, an how | you use it, for more concise appraisals. The motherboard you're | usin is as, or more important than the cpu. As is ram (brand, | cas/latency, banking, etc.) and presupposes a good quality power | supply. | | Then you can also tailor Linux to your hardware. For instance, | I'm usin 2.6.11-6mdkK74g preempt K7 gcc-3.4 (compiled for Athlon, | preempt enabled, 4gig ram ) an find it to be much more responsive | than 2.6.8 or 2.6.10 kernels compiled the same way. On a 3+Ghz | Athlon, VIA KT600, 1GB 2.5CL 4-bank ram system, mildly overclocked. | Mostly optimizations are only seen in compiling, an re-de-encoding | of large files (which I do a lot of). | | Regards, | OOzy Also, keep in mind that fast chips are bogged down by low-memory vid cards. CPU power is worth something, but waiting for the graphical interface to render is what makes a system seem to be slow. Unless you are shelling out $$$ for a high-mem video card, the real differences (as Tom wrote) are what you can't see--compiling and such. e Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] [HAB] Should I upgrade?
On Sunday 27 March 2005 03:36 am, OOzy Pal wrote: I am using Athlon 1.3 GHz and I would like to upgrade to Celeron 2.4 GHz. Is it worth it. I mean will I see a difference. Someone said the the 1.3 will perform better with Linux do to the Cache _ ~ someone with deep understanding, will prolly give you the answer . . . my suspicion is, that, the Celery is a very cut-down Pentium, and that if you move to Celery you may see NO improvement :( best resurrection ___ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] [HAB] Should I upgrade?
On Saturday 26 March 2005 19:36, OOzy Pal wrote: Dears I am using Athlon 1.3 GHz and I would like to upgrade to Celeron 2.4 GHz. Is it worth it. I mean will I see a difference. Someone said the the 1.3 will perform better with Linux do to the Cache. Please help. Yeah, I would move to a Athlon XP+ 2400, but do get the right RAM and mobo for it. Luckily these days, the right video card is cheap. Rob -- Linux User #183693 http://counter.li.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] Program to save a selected part of a picture
On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:08:01 -0800 Erylon Hines [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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, | | Paul May I suggest ImageMagik? It is on your disks, has lots of features (resize, crop, sharpen, color balance, etc) and has a shallow learning curve. The only thing I don't like about it is saving images is somewhat clunky. e Members have been talking about Gwenview. May be what you need. Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture
On Sunday 27 Mar 2005 03:58, Lee Wiggers wrote: Members have been talking about Gwenview. May be what you need. If you go for GwenView, read the TWiki page first - you need the latest version of some packages. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels pgprEYA2AFXaj.pgp Description: PGP signature
