Re: [newbie] I'm confused about java
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:35:22 +0200, Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried to view a website today that needs java to display properly. I used the 'install software' part of mcc and searched for java - the (monsterous) list has left me very confused. Can anyone tell me what package I need to install to view a website with java - I'm using firefox if that has any bearing. Java isn't on the MDK CD's due to license problems. You can download a working java from Sun. However, if you're a member of Mandrake Club (you really should be) you can download the java executable. It's called j2re (Java2 Runtime Environment). If you have set up your sources for Mandrake Club, just as root : # urpmi j2re. The latest version is : j2re-1.4.2_07-1mdk (assuming you run 10.1). Beware, it's a 22 MB download. The latest version is not j2re-1.4.2_07-1mdk; a new version can be found at: http://mandrakeclub.nl/sources/official/10.1/i586/j2re-1.5.0-2.101mcnl.i586.rpm Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] starting slmodem automatically as root
I'm using the slmodem driver but the problem is that I always have to start it as root (using su from terminal) to be able to dial-up. Is there a way to start this program automatically? TIA Erik Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Ping ogo user
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:50:11 -0500 Mr. Geek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: et wrote: On Monday 28 March 2005 12:51 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: I would sure like to talk or chat with someone who has an OpenGroupware server running successfully. Lee let us know how it goes... Lee; I went a few rounds with OpenGroupware and couldn't get it to work. I switched over to Egroupware and SugarCRM and had them both running in about 20 minutes each. Don't know if that helps, but you might want to have a look at them both. -- Mr. Geek Registered Linux User #190712 Thanks, This is my second go-around with ogo. Seems like the installation is intentionally obtuse. Paranoia tells me that the Skyrix team is hungry. Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] 10.2 on Dell d610
Hi IT boots from the cd fine, then it tells me that there is no cd. I have tried alt1 with or without option. I went on the ftp to get extra boot floppy image (I do have an external usb floppy) same thing. Anyway to get 10.2 to find the CDrom. I have tried with 10.1 and it is the same problem. I don't want to do a network install. By the way Fedora 3 works Regards, AndreSend instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] can't find /udev/hdc in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: My /dev/hdc is a symlink to /udev/hdc and /udev lists /hdc so that is loaded. Yet when I go : # mount /dev/hdc or # mount /udev/hdc I get the above message My fstab entry for this is: none /mnt/dvd-rw supermount dev=/dev/hdc,fs=auto,exec,--,umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,noatime,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 and I have tried: none /mnt/dvd-rw supermount dev=/udev/hdc,fs=auto,exec,--,umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,noatime,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 so something is not working correctly: I also have before this call: none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 Any ideas anyone ? PS. Once I get the above resolved could someone tell what the - - in the mount options mean and also what the none at the beginning actual does and of course how is it over~ridden. All the reading I have done hasn't explained these two points to me as yet. Your DVD is being handled by supermount. What this is susposed to do is when a disk is inserted in the drive, it gets mounted automaticly. Not happening at present though it did once upon a time. The reasion you could not mount it using the device name is because you do not have a fstab entry that starts with /dev/hdc, and /dev/hdc is not a mount point used in an ftab entry. If you had tried mount /mnt/dvd-rw it probably would have worked. One thig I am a bit puzzeled about it the /udev directory. What version of Mandrake are you using? Did you add udev yourself, or was it part of the install? Was this a fresh install, or an upgrage? Mikkel I added udev by urpmi sometime after my initial clean installation because I was after flexibility for my flash drives. I actually followed a Flash USB howto that appeared to work in that particular session but afterward it just got to be confused so I resolved to sort it out for myself. ( I also installed sysfs and a couple of other requirements at the time.) I'm running Mandrake10 Official ~ KDE-3.2.3 ~ Kernel-2.6.3-7 and have stuck with it because I needed to install the OpenGL + nvidia drivers for a little 3D experience. Your reply makes sense and I will look to that shortly, but for now, though I can mount data cds and dvds, ( manually ) as user OK , and read/write the contents, ~ but I am unable to get my audio cd's playing anymore nor does it appear that supermount is actually working, ( I say 'appear' because things might be going on in the background that I'm not privy to yet.) At one time after I had installed udev I used to place a blank dvd in my writer and k3b would fire up automatically ~ not at present however. I have been following your efforts here and gone the way of symlinks in my .rules file and created links to replace things like /mnt/cdrom2 in case my system needs to look for that instead of /mnt/dvd-cd when relating to /udev/hdd or /dev/hdd ( one and same device of course which troubles me a wee bit ~ same device listed twice ~ don't understand this part yet. ie. Why is the /dev directory still about when I have uninstalled devfsd and issued devfs=nomount within lilo? As yet ' the penny ain't dropped ' on this one.) So a question to get me started here ~ how can I check that supermount is working ? eg. is there some way to log it's efforts so as to get some clues for troubleshooting ? ) -- 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] starting slmodem automatically as root
On Monday 28 March 2005 09:54 am, erik wrote: I'm using the slmodem driver but the problem is that I always have to start it as root (using su from terminal) to be able to dial-up. Is there a way to start this program automatically? TIA Erik put the command you use to start it in /etc/rc.d/rc.local on the last line -- 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] 10.2 on Dell d610
Andre LABBE wrote: Hi IT boots from the cd fine, then it tells me that there is no cd. I have tried alt1 with or without option. I went on the ftp to get extra boot floppy image (I do have an external usb floppy) same thing. Anyway to get 10.2 to find the CDrom. I have tried with 10.1 and it is the same problem. I don't want to do a network install. By the way Fedora 3 works Regards, Andre Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Andre; Mandrake's kernels are built differently than Fedora's. You might need to pass some options to the kernel in order to get it to boot for your install. When you boot from the first CD, press F1 at the first install panel (It gives you a choice between pressing F1 or 'Enter', and this will take you to a console. At the prompt, type in the following; linux noapic nolapic noapm Press 'Enter' and see if that does the trick. Also, you should see if you can disable APIC in your system's BIOS. Once the install is finished, you can re-enable APIC in the BIOS if needed. -- 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] Browsing Symbian phone (A1000) Kbluetooth a'la Motorola suite
Has anyone had luck browsing a phone like this? I can see OBEX Object push but I don't seem to have the (kioslave I think??) service to allow me to view the directory structure of the phone via Kbluetooth. I can search for the phone and find it. I can check services and find a few, but none that allow me to view the drives and directories and up/download files a'la the Motorola Suite for Windows. Anyone have any luck with this? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Ping ogo user
Lee Wiggers wrote: On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:50:11 -0500 Mr. Geek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: et wrote: On Monday 28 March 2005 12:51 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: I would sure like to talk or chat with someone who has an OpenGroupware server running successfully. Lee let us know how it goes... Lee; I went a few rounds with OpenGroupware and couldn't get it to work. I switched over to Egroupware and SugarCRM and had them both running in about 20 minutes each. Don't know if that helps, but you might want to have a look at them both. -- Mr. Geek Registered Linux User #190712 Thanks, This is my second go-around with ogo. Seems like the installation is intentionally obtuse. Paranoia tells me that the Skyrix team is hungry. Lee Lee; That's a very 'Politically Correct' way of saying it! Grin! Yeah, I was kinda frustrated with it myself. Sigh! Hence the reason why I ended up with EGroupware and SugarCRM. At least their documentation made sense, and was written in a step-by-step order. Had them running in no time. You might want to consider them as alternatives, since i don't know if there's a major difference between OpenGroupware and Egroupware. Your call though. HTH's -- 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
Re: [newbie] Ping ogo user
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:06:08 -0500 Mr. Geek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lee Wiggers wrote: On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:50:11 -0500 Mr. Geek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: et wrote: On Monday 28 March 2005 12:51 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: I would sure like to talk or chat with someone who has an OpenGroupware server running successfully. Lee let us know how it goes... Lee; I went a few rounds with OpenGroupware and couldn't get it to work. I switched over to Egroupware and SugarCRM and had them both running in about 20 minutes each. Don't know if that helps, but you might want to have a look at them both. -- Mr. Geek Registered Linux User #190712 Thanks, This is my second go-around with ogo. Seems like the installation is intentionally obtuse. Paranoia tells me that the Skyrix team is hungry. Lee Lee; That's a very 'Politically Correct' way of saying it! Grin! Yeah, I was kinda frustrated with it myself. Sigh! Hence the reason why I ended up with EGroupware and SugarCRM. At least their documentation made sense, and was written in a step-by-step order. Had them running in no time. You might want to consider them as alternatives, since i don't know if there's a major difference between OpenGroupware and Egroupware. Your call though. HTH's -- Mr. Geek Registered Linux User #190712 ogo Thanks, I'm looking at them. OpenCRX deserves a shot too. I think it is closer to ogo and appears to be open source, although not gpl. Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] To Twiki Editors, Welcome to Newbie Manager and List-Members.
This may have already been thought of, but correct me if I'm wrong. I see a lot of posts on the list from new list-members and veterans alike, most of which concern run-of-the-mill questions. Many of these are answered on the Twiki site, while a lot more are answered repeatedly here on the list. For whatever the reason, be it response time, difficulties in finding answers on the Twiki, or in-experience in knowing what to search for, we've seen a lot of the same questions asked and answered on this list many times over. While I see that some questions can be affected by an individual's specific situation, many are also very common to all Mandrake-Linux users. Over time, like others, I have been copying/pasting a variety of tidbits of info and useful command fragments from this list, into a text file, which I keep handy for reference purposes. Many are items which I only need once in a 'Blue Moon', while others are in my text file for quick pasting into a root shell. Since many users are interested in finding their answers as quickly as possible, while others on this list are hoarders of vast amounts of 'Tips 'n' Tricks', I'd like to suggest a different approach to delivering some of the Giga-Quads' of data stored in our collective memories (whether that memory be gray matter, text or stored digital data) to all List-members. What I propose is a series of repeating emails sent to the list in a similar method to the 'Welcome to Newbie' emails which we all receive. Each email could consist of a variety of tips, articles, links, etc., in a similar fashion to a newsletter. This newsletter or information email could consist of any sort of information that could be useful to any/all and could be split into various sections. Much of the content could be copied from the Twiki site and a 'feature of the Week' article could also be added, be it humorous, technical, or thought-provoking in nature. With all the new folks and soon-to-be Linux enthusiasts joining the list this might be the next evolution in providing help and support to the members while adding an entirely(?) new method of delivering relevant info to newbies or 'Gurus' alike. Does this sound like a manageable or feasible project to anyone? Is it something worth considering? My reason for suggesting it is simply because of the amount of repetitive posts and queries I see on this list. Having something like a newsletter would also allow people to compile their own libraries on a variety of technical topics, which can be reviewed offline at their leisure, while cutting back on some of the redundant posts to the list. Following along this line of thought, would it be possible to post the newsletters on the Twiki site for future reference, with a possibility of any user requesting those article by email at a later date? It's just an idea for discussion, but perhaps it's also a 'pro-active' method of getting the info out to people? Just a suggestion. -- 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
Re: [newbie] Ping ogo user
Lee Wiggers wrote: On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:06:08 -0500 Mr. Geek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lee Wiggers wrote: On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:50:11 -0500 Mr. Geek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: et wrote: On Monday 28 March 2005 12:51 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: I would sure like to talk or chat with someone who has an OpenGroupware server running successfully. Lee let us know how it goes... Lee; I went a few rounds with OpenGroupware and couldn't get it to work. I switched over to Egroupware and SugarCRM and had them both running in about 20 minutes each. Don't know if that helps, but you might want to have a look at them both. -- Mr. Geek Registered Linux User #190712 Thanks, This is my second go-around with ogo. Seems like the installation is intentionally obtuse. Paranoia tells me that the Skyrix team is hungry. Lee Lee; That's a very 'Politically Correct' way of saying it! Grin! Yeah, I was kinda frustrated with it myself. Sigh! Hence the reason why I ended up with EGroupware and SugarCRM. At least their documentation made sense, and was written in a step-by-step order. Had them running in no time. You might want to consider them as alternatives, since i don't know if there's a major difference between OpenGroupware and Egroupware. Your call though. HTH's -- Mr. Geek Registered Linux User #190712 ogo Thanks, I'm looking at them. OpenCRX deserves a shot too. I think it is closer to ogo and appears to be open source, although not gpl. Lee Let me know how it goes Lee. -- 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
RE: [newbie] To Twiki Editors, Welcome to Newbie Manager and List-Members.
As someone who reads, and feels enlightened, by much of the stuff on this list I'd appreciate this greatly. As with many things though, does someone have the time to organise it? Hugh winmail.dat Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] To Twiki Editors, Welcome to Newbie Manager and List-Members.
Hugh Dixon wrote: As someone who reads, and feels enlightened, by much of the stuff on this list I'd appreciate this greatly. As with many things though, does someone have the time to organise it? Hugh I can see where this would take some effort, but it seems to be a worthwhile addition to the work already done on the Twiki. It would also provide a direct method of delivering pertinent info to the members. I would think that a small initial group of members could be asked to take up the challenge and others would be able to contribute on a voluntary basis. -- 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
Re: [newbie] Ping ogo user
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:39:23 -0500 Mr. Geek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, I'm looking at them. OpenCRX deserves a shot too. I think it is closer to ogo and appears to be open source, although not gpl. Lee Let me know how it goes Lee. Will do. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] To Twiki Editors, Welcome to Newbie Manager and List-Members.
hello Mr. Geek This may have already been thought of, but correct me if I'm wrong. I see a lot of posts on the list from new list-members and veterans alike, most of which concern run-of-the-mill questions. Many of these are answered on the Twiki site, while a lot more are answered repeatedly here on the list. For whatever the reason, be it response time, difficulties in finding answers on the Twiki, or in-experience in knowing what to search for, we've seen a lot of the same questions asked and answered on this list many times over. While I see that some questions can be affected by an individual's specific situation, many are also very common to all Mandrake-Linux users. Over time, like others, I have been copying/pasting a variety of tidbits of info and useful command fragments from this list, into a text file, which I keep handy for reference purposes. Many are items which I only need once in a 'Blue Moon', while others are in my text file for quick pasting into a root shell. Since many users are interested in finding their answers as quickly as possible, while others on this list are hoarders of vast amounts of 'Tips 'n' Tricks', I'd like to suggest a different approach to delivering some of the Giga-Quads' of data stored in our collective memories (whether that memory be gray matter, text or stored digital data) to all List-members. What I propose is a series of repeating emails sent to the list in a similar method to the 'Welcome to Newbie' emails which we all receive. Each email could consist of a variety of tips, articles, links, etc., in a similar fashion to a newsletter. excellent idea, that's exactly what the FAQs did when the wiki was called newsgroups :-) it is effective in the way you describe. quick answers to frequently asked questions. kind regards philippe -- This newsletter or information email could consist of any sort of information that could be useful to any/all and could be split into various sections. Much of the content could be copied from the Twiki site and a 'feature of the Week' article could also be added, be it humorous, technical, or thought-provoking in nature. With all the new folks and soon-to-be Linux enthusiasts joining the list this might be the next evolution in providing help and support to the members while adding an entirely(?) new method of delivering relevant info to newbies or 'Gurus' alike. Does this sound like a manageable or feasible project to anyone? Is it something worth considering? My reason for suggesting it is simply because of the amount of repetitive posts and queries I see on this list. Having something like a newsletter would also allow people to compile their own libraries on a variety of technical topics, which can be reviewed offline at their leisure, while cutting back on some of the redundant posts to the list. Following along this line of thought, would it be possible to post the newsletters on the Twiki site for future reference, with a possibility of any user requesting those article by email at a later date? It's just an idea for discussion, but perhaps it's also a 'pro-active' method of getting the info out to people? Just a suggestion. 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] To Twiki Editors, Welcome to Newbie Manager and List-Members.
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:38:20 -0500 Mr. Geek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a suggestion. -- Mr. Geek Registered Linux User #190712 Sadly, I have seen this list drop from nearly 150 per day to less than 20. I enjoy the traffic and meeting new people. This has always been a friendly comfortable place to hang out. I can get all the automation that I need with damn telephone answering devices. (Those of you that use them will indeed burn in hell) ttfn Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] way of deleting the history of bash commands
Dear All Is there some way of deleting the history of bash commands? 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] way of deleting the history of bash commands
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 15:24, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All Is there some way of deleting the history of bash commands? Thanks in advance, Paul Yes, just look in /home and you will see file called .bash_history - note the . it's a hidden file, open it with the editor of your choice and well, edit it. If you are using Kde just left click on the file and it will open with Kwrite allowing you to edit it as you wish. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] 10.2 on Dell d610
Andre LABBE wrote: Hi IT boots from the cd fine, then it tells me that there is no cd. I have tried alt1 with or without option. I went on the ftp to get extra boot floppy image (I do have an external usb floppy) same thing. Anyway to get 10.2 to find the CDrom. I have tried with 10.1 and it is the same problem. I don't want to do a network install. By the way Fedora 3 works Regards, Andre Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com I know this will sound strange, but try booting from CD 2, and then changing CDs when it tells you to. The kernel on the second CD is set up with some different options, and works better for some hardware. 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] starting slmodem automatically as root
erik wrote: I'm using the slmodem driver but the problem is that I always have to start it as root (using su from terminal) to be able to dial-up. Is there a way to start this program automatically? TIA Erik If this is a module you have to load, then putting it in /etc/modprobe.preload works well for 2.6.x kernels. 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] To Twiki Editors, Welcome to Newbie Manager and List-Members.
Mr. Geek wrote: Having something like a newsletter would also allow people to compile their own libraries on a variety of technical topics, which can be reviewed offline at their leisure, while cutting back on some of the redundant posts to the list. Following along this line of thought, would it be possible to post the newsletters on the Twiki site for future reference, with a possibility of any user requesting those article by email at a later date? In theory, it sounds good. In practice, I suspect that the people that need it most would not read it. It would get treated like the welcome message - filed and forgotten. You might want to think about adding a mailing list just for tips. That way, the people that are interested could subscribe, and the people that for what ever reason are not interested will not have to filter out extra messages. 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] can't find /udev/hdc in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
SnapafunFrank wrote: I added udev by urpmi sometime after my initial clean installation because I was after flexibility for my flash drives. I actually followed a Flash USB howto that appeared to work in that particular session but afterward it just got to be confused so I resolved to sort it out for myself. ( I also installed sysfs and a couple of other requirements at the time.) I'm running Mandrake10 Official ~ KDE-3.2.3 ~ Kernel-2.6.3-7 and have stuck with it because I needed to install the OpenGL + nvidia drivers for a little 3D experience. Your reply makes sense and I will look to that shortly, but for now, though I can mount data cds and dvds, ( manually ) as user OK , and read/write the contents, ~ but I am unable to get my audio cd's playing anymore nor does it appear that supermount is actually working, ( I say 'appear' because things might be going on in the background that I'm not privy to yet.) How are you trying to play audio CDs? At one time after I had installed udev I used to place a blank dvd in my writer and k3b would fire up automatically ~ not at present however. I believe this is handled by magicdev, but I could be wrong. I have been following your efforts here and gone the way of symlinks in my .rules file and created links to replace things like /mnt/cdrom2 in case my system needs to look for that instead of /mnt/dvd-cd when relating to /udev/hdd or /dev/hdd ( one and same device of course which troubles me a wee bit ~ same device listed twice ~ don't understand this part yet. ie. Why is the /dev directory still about when I have uninstalled devfsd and issued devfs=nomount within lilo? As yet ' the penny ain't dropped ' on this one.) The /dev directory will stay unless you delete it. (I don't recomend that!). The /dev directory entries should still work. They are used during boot, before udev is started, and the udev file system is mounted. With Mandrake 10.1, the udev file system is mounted on top of /dev. This has the affect of hiding the old entries, while still leting commands that expect to find the device nodes in /dev still work. So a question to get me started here ~ how can I check that supermount is working ? eg. is there some way to log it's efforts so as to get some clues for troubleshooting ? ) ps ax | grep supermount mount | grep supermount The first should show you if supermount is running, and the second should show any active supermount mounts. 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] Learning Mandrake in the UK
Hello Anne, Why is it all of a sudden over the last few days, that your messages do not load but are shown as attachments each time? Thanks. - Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 2:27 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Failed logins and access
Yes that will log failed logon attempts, now can you tell me how to log failed access attempts? I need to log any access attempts that result in Permission Denied. Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Leroy Britton wrote: I am new to Linux. I have Mandrake 9.1 running and would like to know how I can log failed logins and failed file access attempts. Failed logins will show up in /var/log/auth.log, along with other security information. If you run, as root, touch /var/log/btmp, then you can also run lastb to get a listing of bad logins. Mikkel Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] can't find /udev/hdc in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 09:04 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: I added udev by urpmi sometime after my initial clean installation because I was after flexibility for my flash drives. I actually followed a Flash USB howto that appeared to work in that particular session but afterward it just got to be confused so I resolved to sort it out for myself. ( I also installed sysfs and a couple of other requirements at the time.) I'm running Mandrake10 Official ~ KDE-3.2.3 ~ Kernel-2.6.3-7 and have stuck with it because I needed to install the OpenGL + nvidia drivers for a little 3D experience. Your reply makes sense and I will look to that shortly, but for now, though I can mount data cds and dvds, ( manually ) as user OK , and read/write the contents, ~ but I am unable to get my audio cd's playing anymore nor does it appear that supermount is actually working, ( I say 'appear' because things might be going on in the background that I'm not privy to yet.) How are you trying to play audio CDs? At one time after I had installed udev I used to place a blank dvd in my writer and k3b would fire up automatically ~ not at present however. Try an audio CD lens cleaner disk sometimes works for me also check if your cd is mounted before you start if so un mount it also I have found that a lot of the cheaper cds some in a pack can be good some bad I believe this is handled by magicdev, but I could be wrong. I have been following your efforts here and gone the way of symlinks in my .rules file and created links to replace things like /mnt/cdrom2 in case my system needs to look for that instead of /mnt/dvd-cd when relating to /udev/hdd or /dev/hdd ( one and same device of course which troubles me a wee bit ~ same device listed twice ~ don't understand this part yet. ie. Why is the /dev directory still about when I have uninstalled devfsd and issued devfs=nomount within lilo? As yet ' the penny ain't dropped ' on this one.) The /dev directory will stay unless you delete it. (I don't recomend that!). The /dev directory entries should still work. They are used during boot, before udev is started, and the udev file system is mounted. With Mandrake 10.1, the udev file system is mounted on top of /dev. This has the affect of hiding the old entries, while still leting commands that expect to find the device nodes in /dev still work. So a question to get me started here ~ how can I check that supermount is working ? eg. is there some way to log it's efforts so as to get some clues for troubleshooting ? ) ps ax | grep supermount mount | grep supermount The first should show you if supermount is running, and the second should show any active supermount mounts. Mikkel Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] way of deleting the history of bash commands
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:48:55 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some way of deleting the history of bash commands? Yes, just look in /home and you will see file called .bash_history - note the . it's a hidden file, open it with the editor of your choice and well, edit it. If you are using Kde just left click on the file and it will open with Kwrite allowing you to edit it as you wish. Thanks to all. 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] SCSI module change from 2.6 to 2.4
On Wednesday 23 Mar 2005 23:16, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 23 March 2005 19:38, Malcolm Candlish wrote: Hi , Is it possible to successfully change the kernel on Mandrake 10.1 64 bit from 2.6 to 2.4. I do know that 2.4 modules run my scanner whereas the 2.6 will not run module dmx3191d. Is there a downside to doing this. Thank you for your time. Malcolm Candlish. Yes you can quite easily. With your Software Install GUI enter kernel in the search box You will see a list of available kernels. Install the 2.4 kernel. It will become the default kernel. Your 2.6 kernel will still be available in the lilo menu. If you want to change the default kernel use the Boot GUI in Mandrake Control centre. Note the 2.4 kernel loads its modules according to /etc/modules.conf, while the 2.6 kernel uses /etc/modprobe.conf so you must ensure both files are set up correctly. If you have an Nvidia video card and use the proprietary driver you will have to compile it for each kernel version (using the correct kernel-source) My own scanner does not work with the 2.6 kernel so I have to boot with 2.4 whenever I want to use it. derek Thank you Derek. This seems to be a logical way forward and I downloaded the new kernel as you suggested. It went very smoothly. However, I still get an insmod problem, which you may have dealt with. This is with the new 2.4 kernel. It is as follows and if you have any ideas please let me know. On trying to insmod module:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] malcolm]# insmod-f /lib/modules/2.4.28-0.rc1.5mdk/kernel/driver s/scsi/dmx3191d.o /lib/modules/2.4.28-0.rc1.5mdk/kernel/drivers/scsi/dmx3191d.o: /lib/modules/2.4. 28-0.rc1.5mdk/kernel/drivers/scsi/dmx3191d.o: unresolved symbol print_msg_R8cc5a e07 Even if you can't crack it, I do thank you for all your kind help. Malcolm Candlish. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] To Twiki Editors, Welcome to Newbie Manager and List-Members.
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:38:20 -0500, Mr. Geek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Over time, like others, I have been copying/pasting a variety of tidbits of info and useful command fragments from this list, into a text file, which I keep handy for reference purposes. Many are items which I only need once in a 'Blue Moon', while others are in my text file for quick pasting into a root shell. I keep an open forum on my website where I post these tidbits. I have not posted recently because my system has become quite stable and is almost where I want it. All I need now is to figure out how to get KDevelop to compile Java :) I looked at the Twkiki, but found it somewhat difficult to find what I was looking for. I think that the recurring newsletter is a good idea. Even if it is static (no new content added, just the same mail each time), there are times where we will forget something and that email will really help out. I would suggest things such as Easy Urpmi and logging in as su. Some of the simplest things have made the biggest difference to me. -- Christopher Taylor - Registered Linux User #383327 If this message is sent to a mailing list please 'Reply to List' or re-write the To field. This will save on a lot of duplicate emails going out. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Failed logins and access
Leroy Britton wrote: Yes that will log failed logon attempts, now can you tell me how to log failed access attempts? I need to log any access attempts that result in Permission Denied. Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Leroy Britton wrote: I am new to Linux. I have Mandrake 9.1 running and would like to know how I can log failed logins and failed file access attempts. Failed logins will show up in /var/log/auth.log, along with other security information. If you run, as root, touch /var/log/btmp, then you can also run lastb to get a listing of bad logins. Mikkel I am not sure that can be done. Maybe if you explained what you are trying to do, we could come up with something that will work. 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] To Twiki Editors, Welcome to Newbie Manager and List-Members.
On March 29, 2005 09:50, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Mr. Geek wrote: Having something like a newsletter would also allow people to compile their own libraries on a variety of technical topics, which can be reviewed offline at their leisure, while cutting back on some of the redundant posts to the list. Following along this line of thought, would it be possible to post the newsletters on the Twiki site for future reference, with a possibility of any user requesting those article by email at a later date? In theory, it sounds good. In practice, I suspect that the people that need it most would not read it. It would get treated like the welcome message - filed and forgotten. You might want to think about adding a mailing list just for tips. That way, the people that are interested could subscribe, and the people that for what ever reason are not interested will not have to filter out extra messages. Mikkel I sometimes think that we need a quiz that new list members must take before joining 8^). It can be frustrating to see things such as html emails and reply-to's set incorrectly (other than for gmail users, where we know it's a problem) that are addressed in the intro email. Perhaps they would actually read it and apply it if they knew they were going to get quizzed. Of course mistakes happen, but it seems that too many newbie-newbies (newbies to the newbie list 8^) start off doing exactly the things the intro mail says not to do. Of course we don't want to discourage people from joining either, so I'm not sure how well this idea would fly. Getting people to read and follow instructions is a universal problem anyway. I still remember in university exams there were instructions on the top of the exam, but inevitably one or more people would raise their hand and ask a question that was answered in the instructions. And these are allegedly the best and brightest 8^). -- Ron ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net Opinions expressed here are all mine. As you know, necessity is the mother of invention. I don't know who the father is. Remorse, I guess. - Red Green Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] SSL and Apache
I have the extranet version of Apache installed. Is there a way that I can ensure that a certain page can only be opened through https:// than http:// Thanks, DanSend instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
[newbie] xmms and sound
Any ideas why I can't get any sound out of xmms but realplayer, totem, and the system sounds work fine? TIA Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] How do I...
Hello, how can I unsubscribe from the list? Regards, Fernando Gómez. P.S. Sorry that I didn't include in the subject something like How do I unsubscribe, because when I did, the email server thought it was a command or something and returned me an error message =S ... == Registered Linux User 381647. Usuario Registrado de Linux 381647 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] To Twiki Editors, Welcome to Newbie Manager and List-Members.
Mr. Geek wrote: This may have already been thought of, but correct me if I'm wrong. I see a lot of posts on the list from new list-members and veterans alike, most of which concern run-of-the-mill questions. Many of these are answered on the Twiki site, while a lot more are answered repeatedly here on the list. For whatever the reason, be it response time, difficulties in finding answers on the Twiki, or in-experience in knowing what to search for, we've seen a lot of the same questions asked and answered on this list many times over. While I see that some questions can be affected by an individual's specific situation, many are also very common to all Mandrake-Linux users. Over time, like others, I have been copying/pasting a variety of tidbits of info and useful command fragments from this list, into a text file, which I keep handy for reference purposes. Many are items which I only need once in a 'Blue Moon', while others are in my text file for quick pasting into a root shell. Since many users are interested in finding their answers as quickly as possible, while others on this list are hoarders of vast amounts of 'Tips 'n' Tricks', I'd like to suggest a different approach to delivering some of the Giga-Quads' of data stored in our collective memories (whether that memory be gray matter, text or stored digital data) to all List-members. What I propose is a series of repeating emails sent to the list in a similar method to the 'Welcome to Newbie' emails which we all receive. Each email could consist of a variety of tips, articles, links, etc., in a similar fashion to a newsletter. This newsletter or information email could consist of any sort of information that could be useful to any/all and could be split into various sections. Much of the content could be copied from the Twiki site and a 'feature of the Week' article could also be added, be it humorous, technical, or thought-provoking in nature. With all the new folks and soon-to-be Linux enthusiasts joining the list this might be the next evolution in providing help and support to the members while adding an entirely(?) new method of delivering relevant info to newbies or 'Gurus' alike. Does this sound like a manageable or feasible project to anyone? Is it something worth considering? My reason for suggesting it is simply because of the amount of repetitive posts and queries I see on this list. Having something like a newsletter would also allow people to compile their own libraries on a variety of technical topics, which can be reviewed offline at their leisure, while cutting back on some of the redundant posts to the list. Following along this line of thought, would it be possible to post the newsletters on the Twiki site for future reference, with a possibility of any user requesting those article by email at a later date? It's just an idea for discussion, but perhaps it's also a 'pro-active' method of getting the info out to people? Just a suggestion. At first glance, this seems like a useful suggestion, but I'd like to see some research first, to determine whether such a service is actually wanted. I've worked with many voluntary bodies in the past, and I've seen many projects started that seemed like a good idea at the time but which have ended up extremely time-consuming for the volunteers with little if any benefit for the intended end-users. Once such projects have started, it is difficult to get them stopped without causing offence to the volunteers! I've noticed that list traffic seems to have dropped considerably in the last couple of years. While a list with heavy traffic can be overwhelming to new users, a list where the traffic is too light can also be off-putting - if there are few posts, and all the posters appear to be old friends sharing jokes that are incomprehensible to a newcomer, it can take a great deal of bravery for a newbie to pop his/her head over the parapet, break into the chat, and actually ask a question. Perhaps if we can work out *why* the list traffic has dropped we might be able to find a solution - if there's actually a problem! Here are some possible reasons (comments welcome!): - Fewer people using Mandrake - Mandrake has become so easy to use that fewer people are having problems - People are actually reading the weekly Welcome message, and are finding the answers to their questions in the mail archives or in the Twiki, so not needing to ask on the list - People incorrectly posting newbie-style questions to the expert list, in the mistaken belief that the newbie list is populated entirely by newbies and that the expert list is where the experts live So, before a bunch of already busy people start spending their time producing and maintaining something that may not be needed at all, maybe we could produce a questionnaire for list subscribers - find out how experienced they are, what other sources of help they use at the moment, and if
Re: [newbie] xmms and sound
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 05:27 pm, Paul Kaplan wrote: Any ideas why I can't get any sound out of xmms but realplayer, totem, and the system sounds work fine? TIA Paul Have you tried resetting it to the arts output plugin? or one of the others say alsa plugin if that is what you are running. Left click on the + sign in the upper left corner of the x multimedia system box and then choose prefernces. Look for the long bar that says Alsa or OSS or ArTs and change it by clicking on it. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] How do I...
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 07:32 pm, Fernando Arturo Gómez Flores wrote: Hello, how can I unsubscribe from the list? Regards, Fernando Gómez. P.S. Sorry that I didn't include in the subject something like How do I unsubscribe, because when I did, the email server thought it was a command or something and returned me an error message =S ... == Registered Linux User 381647. Usuario Registrado de Linux 381647 http://counter.li.org look at the maillists site where you first subscribed it will tell you how to unsub. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] SSL and Apache
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 17:28, DAN WALKER wrote: I have the extranet version of Apache installed. Is there a way that I can ensure that a certain page can only be opened through https:// than http:// You could use mod_rewrite to rewrite all the requests that come is as http to https. That should do it. -- 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] To Twiki Editors, Welcome to Newbie Manager and List-Members.
You might want to think about adding a mailing list just for tips. That way, the people that are interested could subscribe, and the people that for what ever reason are not interested will not have to filter out extra messages. A weekly/monthly 'tips' newsletter, if it is easy to subscribe to it at the same time as to the newbie list, would seem good to me. Broadening this a bit, I don't subscribe to the expert list, but could such a newsletter be done so as to cover matters of interest to all levels of expertise? i.e.. Mandrake Newbie Mandrake Expert and Mandrake Tips Hugh Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader
On Monday 28 March 2005 12:45 pm, Paul Smith wrote: On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:01:35 +0200, Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adobe Reader 7 rpms can be found here ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/7x/7.0/enu/ Yes, but installing with urpmi gives an error, something with curl being in the way. Instead, use this : # rpm -i --nodeps AdobeReader And everything works well. Thanks a lot, Pablo, for the link. In my case, urpmi was able to install Acrobat Reader 7, without any problem. Does somebody know whether Acrobat Reader 7 has the watch file feature? Paul Works great on stand-alone .pdf's. Looking at the mozilla plugin it seems to only have v5 of AdobeReader. How would one get mozilla to work with v7? -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 19:24:23 up 15 days, 23:59, 2 users, load average: 0.31, 0.41, 0.39 Mandrake Linux 10.1 Official, kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk I would rather spend 10 hours reading someone else's source code than 10 minutes listening to Musak waiting for technical support which isn't. -- Dr. Greg Wettstein, Roger Maris Cancer Center Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] USB Cable modem
Hello all, My 10.1 system has developed a strange problem. I have to set up a new modem connection every time i reboot, it just seems to forget that i set one up, but if i go into Manage connections its there but i can't do anything with it. I've tried deleting all connections and make a fresh one, but as soon as i reboot it says no connection configured. While booting it says failed to start eth0. This has been an intermittent problem since i converted, perhaps every 2-3 weeks i would have to make a new connection. But now its every time, you can imagine how annoying it is! Any ideas? Thanks Tim Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 07:26 pm, Chris wrote: Works great on stand-alone .pdf's. Looking at the mozilla plugin it seems to only have v5 of AdobeReader. How would one get mozilla to work with v7? Disregard, looking around I see no AdobeReader plug-in for V7.0. Guess I'll just have to d/l the .pdf and view it that way. -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 19:43:17 up 16 days, 18 min, 2 users, load average: 1.34, 1.43, 1.01 Mandrake Linux 10.1 Official, kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk Schizophrenia beats being alone. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader
Hi, in README.txt file i found this... but i not yet to try it. === Installion of the Browser plugin (not done by default): - To install the browser plugin, you would need to execute the script INSTALL_PATH/Browser/install_browser_plugin. Before doing so, please go through INSTALL_PATH/Browser/Browser_Plugin_HowTo.txt for details. -- Thanx.. Teddy Widhi L. Penguin Power On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:44:22 -0600, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 29 March 2005 07:26 pm, Chris wrote: Works great on stand-alone .pdf's. Looking at the mozilla plugin it seems to only have v5 of AdobeReader. How would one get mozilla to work with v7? Disregard, looking around I see no AdobeReader plug-in for V7.0. Guess I'll just have to d/l the .pdf and view it that way. -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 19:43:17 up 16 days, 18 min, 2 users, load average: 1.34, 1.43, 1.01 Mandrake Linux 10.1 Official, kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk Schizophrenia beats being alone. 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] Adobe Reader
On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 08:51 +0700, Teddy Widhi wrote: Hi, in README.txt file i found this... but i not yet to try it. === Installion of the Browser plugin (not done by default): - To install the browser plugin, you would need to execute the script INSTALL_PATH/Browser/install_browser_plugin. Before doing so, please go through INSTALL_PATH/Browser/Browser_Plugin_HowTo.txt for details. -- I just tried and it worked. The entire session was: = $ cd /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/ $ ls Browser_Plugin_HowTo.txt install_browser_plugin* intellinux/ $ ./install_browser_plugin This will install the browser plugin for acroread. Enter the install directory for Adobe Reader 7.0.0 [/usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0] 1. Perform global installation 2. Perform user-specific installation (Mozilla/Firefox/Netscape) Enter your choice [1/2] 2 Installation successful. Added the file /home/adolfobello/.mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so This will enable the plugin for Mozilla/Firefox/Netscape For the other browsers, either run this script again and choose - Perform global installation, or you would need to manually copy the file /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so to the plugin folder of the browser. In case of difficulties please refer to the documentation provided along with the browserfor addition of new plugins. $ === Adolfo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 08:11 pm, Adolfo Bello wrote: I just tried and it worked. The entire session was: = $ cd /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/ $ ls Browser_Plugin_HowTo.txt install_browser_plugin* intellinux/ $ ./install_browser_plugin This will install the browser plugin for acroread. Enter the install directory for Adobe Reader 7.0.0 [/usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0] 1. Perform global installation 2. Perform user-specific installation (Mozilla/Firefox/Netscape) Enter your choice [1/2] 2 Installation successful. Added the file /home/adolfobello/.mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so This will enable the plugin for Mozilla/Firefox/Netscape For the other browsers, either run this script again and choose - Perform global installation, or you would need to manually copy the file /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so to the plugin folder of the browser. In case of difficulties please refer to the documentation provided along with the browserfor addition of new plugins. $ === Adolfo Yes, mine did the same, Mozilla shows the plug-in installed, however, clicking on a .pdf file withing Mozilla nets some drive action, but the .pdf never loads. Any ideas? -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 20:19:05 up 16 days, 53 min, 2 users, load average: 0.73, 0.47, 0.42 Mandrake Linux 10.1 Official, kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk Knghtbrd It is when the example source won't compile ... ``Erik then you fucked something up Knghtbrd Nope, I followed their instructions ``Erik that may've been your 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] How do I...
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 06:46 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: look at the maillists site where you first subscribed it will tell you how to unsub. HTH The headers of any list message gives unsubscribe info too. -- /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] Adobe Reader
On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 20:20 -0600, Chris wrote: Yes, mine did the same, Mozilla shows the plug-in installed, however, clicking on a .pdf file withing Mozilla nets some drive action, but the .pdf never loads. Any ideas? I don't know. I just closed Mozilla (1.7.6), started it again and worked just fine. Adolfo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 08:35 pm, Adolfo Bello wrote: On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 20:20 -0600, Chris wrote: Yes, mine did the same, Mozilla shows the plug-in installed, however, clicking on a .pdf file withing Mozilla nets some drive action, but the .pdf never loads. Any ideas? I don't know. I just closed Mozilla (1.7.6), started it again and worked just fine. Adolfo I'm running 1.7.2 but it should work with that I would assume. I did the same, shut it down and restarted it. -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 20:40:38 up 16 days, 1:15, 1 user, load average: 0.93, 0.69, 0.49 Mandrake Linux 10.1 Official, kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility. -- Aristotle Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] xmms and sound
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 00:44, Dennis Myers wrote: On Tuesday 29 March 2005 05:27 pm, Paul Kaplan wrote: Any ideas why I can't get any sound out of xmms but realplayer, totem, and the system sounds work fine? TIA Paul Have you tried resetting it to the arts output plugin? or one of the others say alsa plugin if that is what you are running. Left click on the + sign in the upper left corner of the x multimedia system box and then choose prefernces. Look for the long bar that says Alsa or OSS or ArTs and change it by clicking on it. HTH You may need to install the xmms-alsa or xmms-arts packages first. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Quicktime video
anyone know of an RPM to let you play quicktime video ? 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 Cable modem
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 02:32, Tim wrote: Hello all, My 10.1 system has developed a strange problem. I have to set up a new modem connection every time i reboot, it just seems to forget that i set one up, but if i go into Manage connections its there but i can't do anything with it. I've tried deleting all connections and make a fresh one, but as soon as i reboot it says no connection configured. While booting it says failed to start eth0. This has been an intermittent problem since i converted, perhaps every 2-3 weeks i would have to make a new connection. But now its every time, you can imagine how annoying it is! Any ideas? Thanks Tim Does your /etc/modprobe.conf file contain the text alias eth0 usbnet ? If not put it in. If it is already there try putting the text usbnet in the file /etc/modprobe.preload If still no luck open a terminal and enter 'dmesg' and look for the boot messages concerning your usb network interface and tell us what they are. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] ** Welcome to Newbie **
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Re: [newbie] Quicktime video
Hi, install MPlayer or Xine. you can play the QuickTime video file using those application. dont forget install quicktime codec. Teddy Widhi L. Penguin Power On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:20:30 -0800, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: anyone know of an RPM to let you play quicktime video ? 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] Quicktime video
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:31:25 +0700, Teddy wrote: anyone know of an RPM to let you play quicktime video ? install MPlayer or Xine. you can play the QuickTime video file using those application. dont forget install quicktime codec. Set up PLF free and non-free urpmi sources, and then 'urpmi mplayer' as that should take care of everything. Hmm, you might need to set up a contrib source, too. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] xmms and sound
Paul Kaplan wrote: Any ideas why I can't get any sound out of xmms but realplayer, totem, and the system sounds work fine? TIA Paul If you right-click on the xmms console, go Options -Preferences and then see the first tab, Audio I/O Plugins. At the bottom of the box, see Output Plugin. Try changing it. cheers 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] I'm confused about java
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 09:38, Aidan Holmes wrote: Hi list, I tried to view a website today that needs java to display properly. I used the 'install software' part of mcc and searched for java - the (monsterous) list has left me very confused. Can anyone tell me what package I need to install to view a website with java - I'm using firefox if that has any bearing. -Aidan. Java isn't on the MDK CD's due to license problems. You can download a working java from Sun. However, if you're a member of Mandrake Club (you really should be) you can download the java executable. It's called j2re (Java2 Runtime Environment). If you have set up your sources for Mandrake Club, just as root : # urpmi j2re. The latest version is : j2re-1.4.2_07-1mdk (assuming you run 10.1). Beware, it's a 22 MB download. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- *Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free workstation* *Running Linux Mandrake 10.1* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
