Re: [newbie] PS2 wheelmouse
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:51:13 -0700 Russ Kepler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I solved the same problem by adding psmouse.proto=bare to the append in the lilo.conf. After remember to 'lilo' to reset the boot things worked with the KVM. Well, that works, except that then the wheel doesn't scroll. It works as the third button, but not as a wheel, even in the mouse setup. Wonder if the issue has been resolved in 10.2? 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] [Newbie] No control centre
Les Thomas wrote: I have mandrake 10.1 , some how the control centre has dissapeared , I must have done something to either hide it or delte it . I think it must be deactivated but dont know where to look or how to get it back up Les Which control centre is missing? Mandrake control centre, or the one for KDE? Is it just missing from your menus? Can you call it up from a terminal? Please try from a terminal - if it doesn't work, please tell us what error message you get. -- Regards Margot *-*-*-* Sent using Thunderbird on a 100% Microsoft-Free Computer Registered Linux User 307617 http://counter.li.org Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Community) for i586 kernel 2.6.8.1-24mdk ~~~ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] PS2 wheelmouse SOLVED
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:51:13 -0700 Russ Kepler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I solved the same problem by adding psmouse.proto=bare to the append in the lilo.conf. After remember to 'lilo' to reset the boot things worked with the KVM. Pardon the shout, but fixes excite me. (I lead a boring life) psmouse.proto=bare disables the wheel but: looked into it and using the above parameter disables the wheel, but psmouse.proto=imps does not. Lance DeVooght My append line now reads: append=acpi=ht splash=silent psmouse.proto=imps I do notice that the highlight and click mousewheel copy/paste routine isn't working, but I can live with that. Thank you Lance. Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] weird frozen bubble problem
I've just installed frozen bubble to have a play but can't actually get it to do anything. Used urpmi frozen-bubble and install seemed okay, get the frozen bubble display up but cursor disappears when I try to hover over any of the buttons. I can see it in the blue area above and use it the mouse to move the game display about but it disappears as soon as I move it onto the game area. What is this? Rosemary PS After the install it did say buggy audio file or something. This will be because ALSA is disabled, due to previous problems. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] weird frozen bubble problem
On Thursday 07 April 2005 10:38, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I've just installed frozen bubble to have a play but can't actually get it to do anything. Used urpmi frozen-bubble and install seemed okay, get the frozen bubble display up but cursor disappears when I try to hover over any of the buttons. I can see it in the blue area above and use it the mouse to move the game display about but it disappears as soon as I move it onto the game area. What is this? Rosemary PS After the install it did say buggy audio file or something. This will be because ALSA is disabled, due to previous problems. That's because Frozen Bubble is controlled by the keyboard, not the mouse. It does not use a cursor. Navigate using the up/down arrows on your keyboard. WARNING: Frozen Bubble is seriously addictive and has a gazillion levels to work through. 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] weird frozen bubble problem
On Thursday 07 Apr 2005 10:38, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I've just installed frozen bubble to have a play but can't actually get it to do anything. Used urpmi frozen-bubble and install seemed okay, get the frozen bubble display up but cursor disappears when I try to hover over any of the buttons. I can see it in the blue area above and use it the mouse to move the game display about but it disappears as soon as I move it onto the game area. What is this? Rosemary PS After the install it did say buggy audio file or something. This will be because ALSA is disabled, due to previous problems. My frozen bubble is exactly the same, but I can play it fine using the cursor keys, space bar and esc. I've always assumed that there isn't meant to be mouse control. HTH Pete ArdnamurchanScotland Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: RE: [newbie] Compiling the 2.6.11 Kernel ?
My idiot sheet says: make clean bzImage modules to build the kernel make modules_install install to install the kernel. Hopefully this this put the new kernel in your bootloader, and set it to the default next time you boot. I have had occasional trouble with the default bit. Hopefully it will work! 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
[newbie] kmail problem
Hi Folks, Recently I got a problem that I could frequently receive emails, which, I guess, are supposedly sent to my colleague. Although most of those emails are spam mails, I believe, it's kinda annoying. Because I don't know whether this problem comes from? Could anyone tell something by analysizing the following property from one of those emails. It's a problem of my Kmail, or my mail server or the guy deliberately sent those emails to me. What could give me a hint is, my email box does appear in the X-Real-To area. Many thanks. Bests, Q.H. Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Real-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-UA-Spam: No X-UA-Spam-Status: hits=1.886 required=5 X-UA-Spam-Level: X Received: from [218.156.21.188] (HELO 193.136.173.3) by frontend2.cgpmail.ua.pt (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with SMTP id 4643576; Thu, 07 Apr 2005 10:52:17 +0100 Received-SPF: none receiver=frontend2.cgpmail.ua.pt; client-ip=218.156.21.188; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from sb.net ([209.126.192.188]) by hermann.uymail.com (InterMail vK.4.04.00.00 739-974-938 license 6nv866uz8799b7rd7l2wcn8188v9qmy2) with ESMTP id [EMAIL PROTECTED] for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Thu, 07 Apr 2005 11:51:03 +0100 Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 03:44:03 -0700 From: Chad Valenzuela [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Asset valuation indicates cheap shares won't stay for long Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Status: R X-Status: N X-KMail-EncryptionState: X-KMail-SignatureState: X-KMail-MDN-Sent: 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 problem
On Thursday 07 April 2005 07:52, Q.H. Wang wrote: Hi Folks, Recently I got a problem that I could frequently receive emails, which, I guess, are supposedly sent to my colleague. Although most of those emails are spam mails, I believe, it's kinda annoying. Because I don't know whether this problem comes from? Could anyone tell something by analysizing the following property from one of those emails. It's a problem of my Kmail, or my mail server or the guy deliberately sent those emails to me. What could give me a hint is, my email box does appear in the X-Real-To area. Many thanks. That is also probably the answer to your question. The X-Real-To appears to be the MTA's header that signals what it received in the mail header as the target or To: of the mail. The To: line that you see in Kmail is actually part of the body of the mail message, not the mail header. MTA's use the header and not the body to direct mail to the recipient so the body piece is ignored, except perhaps by your Kmail filters and the like. So, it appears that some spammer has figured out that he can send mail to you with a fake To: line in the body and try to avoid spam filters in that fashion. I have had this happen in my system as well with spammers forging From: lines in the body instead in an attempt to bypass spam filters. Since my MTA actually filters on the headers, it doesn't work but I do see the results. You might want to create another filter and make it filter on the body and simply dump all messages that appear to be for your colleague. -- Bryan Phinney Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] samba wizard
Where do i find the samba wisard that is shown on the screenshots on mandrakelinux.com? http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/10.1/features/8.php3 i can't seem to find it. Regards Isak 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 problem
Many thanks for both of your answering. I'm gonna got it cracked soon. Bests, Q.H. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] samba wizard
On Apr 7, 2005 8:54 AM, Isak Lyberth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where do i find the samba wisard that is shown on the screenshots on mandrakelinux.com? http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/10.1/features/8.php3 i can't seem to find it. Regards Isak Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com You need to install drakwizard - urpmi drakwizard -- 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] Mandriva
On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 22:33:40 -0400, Ivo wrote: I think Mandriva is awful... Me too. But it's official now: http://www.mandriva.com/company/press/pr?n=/pr/corporate/2551 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] Mandriva
On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 10:51:11 -0400, Miark wrote: On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 22:33:40 -0400, Ivo wrote: I think Mandriva is awful... Me too. But it's official now: http://www.mandriva.com/company/press/pr?n=/pr/corporate/2551 Here's one tidbit that makes the change a bit more palatable: The long-winding trademark lawsuit with Hearst Corporation has reached a point where we decided it is more reasonable for us to move forward. By adopting a new name, we eliminate the liability attached to the Mandrakesoft name 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] weird frozen bubble problem
On Thursday 07 Apr 2005 22:13, Peter Watson wrote: On Thursday 07 Apr 2005 10:38, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I've just installed frozen bubble to have a play but can't actually get it to do anything. Used urpmi frozen-bubble and install seemed okay, get the frozen bubble display up but cursor disappears when I try to hover over any of the buttons. I can see it in the blue area above and use it the mouse to move the game display about but it disappears as soon as I move it onto the game area. What is this? Rosemary PS After the install it did say buggy audio file or something. This will be because ALSA is disabled, due to previous problems. My frozen bubble is exactly the same, but I can play it fine using the cursor keys, space bar and esc. I've always assumed that there isn't meant to be mouse control. HTH Pete Ardnamurchan Scotland Yes - I assumed that but nothing happens. Also I can't close it down - minimising works but when I maximise again I get a black space instead of the game graphics. 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] weird frozen bubble problem
On Thursday 07 Apr 2005 21:45, Derek Jennings wrote: On Thursday 07 April 2005 10:38, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I've just installed frozen bubble to have a play but can't actually get it to do anything. Used urpmi frozen-bubble and install seemed okay, get the frozen bubble display up but cursor disappears when I try to hover over any of the buttons. I can see it in the blue area above and use it the mouse to move the game display about but it disappears as soon as I move it onto the game area. What is this? Rosemary PS After the install it did say buggy audio file or something. This will be because ALSA is disabled, due to previous problems. That's because Frozen Bubble is controlled by the keyboard, not the mouse. It does not use a cursor. Navigate using the up/down arrows on your keyboard. Tried that too, no luck. Also can't close it down. Minimises okay, then on maximising again get black space instead of game graphics. WARNING: Frozen Bubble is seriously addictive and has a gazillion levels to work through. Had read how fantastic it is ... derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] win modem Lucent...!!!
hi, i am using a winmodem on my computer for windows, is that possible to use that same modem for linux, mandrake community edition v.10 ?... i did some reseaches about win modems and linux and what i read in all this websites is that it is not possible!!! but i found a driver for LTwinmodem (lucent winmodems) for linux.. in the driverguide webpage, is that possible... and maybe the main question is how do i install this driver on my system.? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 266.9.3 - Release Date: 4/5/2005 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] win modem Lucent...!!!
On Thursday 07 Apr 2005 17:55, Domingo Abrego wrote: hi, i am using a winmodem on my computer for windows, is that possible to use that same modem for linux, mandrake community edition v.10 ?... i did some reseaches about win modems and linux and what i read in all this websites is that it is not possible!!! but i found a driver for LTwinmodem (lucent winmodems) for linux.. in the driverguide webpage, is that possible... and maybe the main question is how do i install this driver on my system.? You can get Lucent chipset winmodems working on Mandrake (I did), but you must ensure that you have a driver that matches your kernel. As I say I got my winmodem working, but had to drop to an earlier kernel to do it. There are resources on the net which will show you how to go about this task. http://linmodems.org/ http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Winmodems-and-Linux-HOWTO.html http://www.physcip.uni-stuttgart.de/heby/ltmodem/ hth.. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Mandrake 10.1 Microsoft Free Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] win modem Lucent...!!!
On Thursday 07 April 2005 05:55 pm, Domingo Abrego wrote: hi, i am using a winmodem on my computer for windows, is that possible to use that same modem for linux, mandrake community edition v.10 ?... i did some reseaches about win modems and linux and what i read in all this websites is that it is not possible!!! but i found a driver for LTwinmodem (lucent winmodems) for linux.. in the driverguide webpage, is that possible... and maybe the main question is how do i install this driver on my system.? People have successfully gotten their Lucent winmodems working on linux. Personally, I found it so difficult that I just bought a cheap serial modem (external). This option requires no software installation of anykind, and I dont think there was any configuration involved either. It's guaranteed to work. The choice is yours. I prefered to part with EUR 50 rather than try to get the modem working. Good luck! Jarlath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandriva
On Thursday 07 April 2005 07:51 am, Miark wrote: Agreed its horrible corrupted to Mandrivel too easy Marketing wise this is a bad move On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 22:33:40 -0400, Ivo wrote: I think Mandriva is awful... Me too. But it's official now: http://www.mandriva.com/company/press/pr?n=/pr/corporate/2551 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] weird frozen bubble problem
On Thursday 07 April 2005 02:38 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I've just installed frozen bubble to have a play but can't actually get it to do anything. Used urpmi frozen-bubble and install seemed okay, get the frozen bubble display up but cursor disappears when I try to hover over any of the buttons. I can see it in the blue area above and use it the mouse to move the game display about but it disappears as soon as I move it onto the game area. What is this? Rosemary PS After the install it did say buggy audio file or something. This will be because ALSA is disabled, due to previous problems. Start FZ hit enter to start use your arrow keys - _- to play escape to exit Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandriva
Aron Smith wrote: On Thursday 07 April 2005 07:51 am, Miark wrote: On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 22:33:40 -0400, Ivo wrote: I think Mandriva is awful... Me too. But it's official now: http://www.mandriva.com/company/press/pr?n=/pr/corporate/2551 Miark Agreed its horrible corrupted to Mandrivel too easy Marketing wise this is a bad move it's cool. i like ManDiva, Mantrivia; Mandrilla. Mandrills are great :-) http://www.thebigzoo.com/Animals/Mandrill.asp you know it's funny when it gets better every time :-) and it follows a modern androgynous trend ;-) in any case, you can't complain they lack humour, and a whiff of entertainment can't be bad for our future Windows ... kind regards philippe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] No control centre
On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 19:49, Margot wrote: Les Thomas wrote: I have mandrake 10.1 , some how the control centre has dissapeared , I must have done something to either hide it or delte it . I think it must be deactivated but dont know where to look or how to get it back up Les Which control centre is missing? Mandrake control centre, or the one for KDE? Is it just missing from your menus? Can you call it up from a terminal? Please try from a terminal - if it doesn't work, please tell us what error message you get. Mandrake control centre is missing , I may not be doing it right , but I cant access it from the terminal , I have tried to run it from the run command and nothing . I thought it would start if I just entered MCC in the terminal window , but obviously I´m wrong -- Regards Les Thomas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Lilo on floppy
I am using mandrake 10.1 and need to prepare a floppy for lilo. I found instructions and they say to use fdformat /dev/fd0H1440, however this gives me a error of No such file or directory. I have also tried fdformat /dev/fd0 and that gives me No such device or address. Any help would be appreciated. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Web page hints?
I have a small amount of web space, and need to separate a part of it. A subdirectory call Design will be under the index page. I want to make it appear the root, but I can't remember how it's done. Nor can I find anything in either of the books I have. Can anyone either point me at suitable reading, or talk me through it off-list? Thanks Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels pgp7s8vGHwUzb.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] win modem Lucent...!!!
Also, there are several different chipsets used by on Lucent/Agere modems. Check here to see if a driver is available for yours: http://free.hostdepartment.com//g/gromitkc/dips/roster.html You might be able to determine which chipset your (PCI?) modem uses through harddrake and then get the appropriate driver here: http://www.heby.de/ltmodem More good instructions for newbie here: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~mert1313/ltmodem.html I have tried the SV92P (listed as incompatible) and it does, in fact, not work. Good luck Brett --- Domingo Abrego [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, i am using a winmodem on my computer for windows, is that possible to use that same modem for linux, mandrake community edition v.10 ?... i did some reseaches about win modems and linux and what i read in all this websites is that it is not possible!!! but i found a driver for LTwinmodem (lucent winmodems) for linux.. in the driverguide webpage, is that possible... and maybe the main question is how do i install this driver on my system.? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 266.9.3 - Release Date: 4/5/2005 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com So anyway, check this out: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/farscape/ __ 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
[newbie] KDE 3.4 and 10.2
Well, did they finally put the new KDE in there Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Lilo on floppy
Leroy Britton wrote: I am using mandrake 10.1 and need to prepare a floppy for lilo. I found instructions and they say to use fdformat /dev/fd0H1440, however this gives me a error of No such file or directory. I have also tried fdformat /dev/fd0 and that gives me No such device or address. Any help would be appreciated. With 10.1, udev does not seam to create the additional floppy devices for the different floppy formats. But you should be able to use /dev/fd0 in place of /dev/fd0H1440 and have it 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] Lilo on floppy
On Thursday 07 April 2005 06:33 pm, Leroy Britton wrote: I have also tried fdformat /dev/fd0 and that gives me No such device or address. ___ ~ maybe, stick in a floppy then, as root, command :- mkfs.minix /dev/fd0 or mkfs.ext2 /dev/fd0 best rgds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] No control centre
LES wrote: On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 19:49, Margot wrote: Les Thomas wrote: I have mandrake 10.1 , some how the control centre has dissapeared , I must have done something to either hide it or delte it . I think it must be deactivated but dont know where to look or how to get it back up Les Which control centre is missing? Mandrake control centre, or the one for KDE? Is it just missing from your menus? Can you call it up from a terminal? Please try from a terminal - if it doesn't work, please tell us what error message you get. Mandrake control centre is missing , I may not be doing it right , but I cant access it from the terminal , I have tried to run it from the run command and nothing . I thought it would start if I just entered MCC in the terminal window , but obviously I´m wrong From a terminal, the command is mcc, not MCC. If you do it from a user terminal, you will be asked for the root password. Please do it from a proper terminal window, not the run command feature - so, if it doesn't work, we can see what error message you get. -- Regards Margot *-*-*-* Sent using Thunderbird on a 100% Microsoft-Free Computer Registered Linux User 307617 http://counter.li.org Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Community) for i586 kernel 2.6.8.1-24mdk ~~~ Humor in the Court: Q: Are you sexually active? A: No, I just lie there. ~~~ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive
Dear All I do not know why, but now I cannot use my flash drive, getting the following error: Could not mount device. The reported error was: mount: only root can mount /dev/sda1 on /media/usbdisk Any ideas? 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
[newbie] Error with KDE apps; octet-stream
I have done what others before have done: mucked about in file associations and screwed something up. Brian McKee apparently did the same thing in January: When I try to open KDE apps, I get an error message: Could not find mime type application/octet-stream. I followed Brian's thread, made a copy of /home/cam/.kde/share/mimelnk/application/x-octet-stream.desktop and then deleted it. But I deleted the original by mistake (or was it a mistake). Now I can't even start Konqueror or other KDE apps at all. And I can't find the copy that I made; where would this copy have been put? I believe the original I deleted was an executable file.(Big OOPS!) How do I get this back?? What have I done TIA Cam in Seattle -- Closing the Windows in my life Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] min spec's for 10.1
Hello all, Please forgive this basic question, I couldn't find the minimum requirements for MD 10.1 anywhere. the worst part is I'm actually running 10.1 on this pc. Also, Where can i find earlier versions of Mandrake Linux suitable to work on a Pentium 233 with 80 MB ram. Its for my mother, who wants to have a go on the Internet, I set her up with my old pc as above running XP but its infected with spy ware after only 2 days from a clean install, Mum forgot to start zonealarm before she went online. 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] Error with KDE apps; octet-stream
Il gio, 2005-04-07 alle 23:42, Cameron MacDonald ha scritto: I have done what others before have done: mucked about in file associations and screwed something up. Brian McKee apparently did the same thing in January: When I try to open KDE apps, I get an error message: Could not find mime type application/octet-stream. I followed Brian's thread, made a copy of /home/cam/.kde/share/mimelnk/application/x-octet-stream.desktop and then deleted it. But I deleted the original by mistake (or was it a mistake). Now I can't even start Konqueror or other KDE apps at all. And I can't find the copy that I made; where would this copy have been put? I believe the original I deleted was an executable file.(Big OOPS!) How do I get this back?? Hi CAM, attached to this post there is my original file ,which isn't x-octet-stream.desktop but is octet-stream.desktop so you would save this and put in /usr/share/mimelnk/application hope this help you -- Regards, Francesco octet-stream.desktop Description: application/gnome-app-info Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] min spec's for 10.1
On Thursday 07 April 2005 23:14, Tim wrote: Hello all, Please forgive this basic question, I couldn't find the minimum requirements for MD 10.1 anywhere. the worst part is I'm actually running 10.1 on this pc. Also, Where can i find earlier versions of Mandrake Linux suitable to work on a Pentium 233 with 80 MB ram. Its for my mother, who wants to have a go on the Internet, I set her up with my old pc as above running XP but its infected with spy ware after only 2 days from a clean install, Mum forgot to start zonealarm before she went online. Tim Well my laptop is running 10.1 on a 233MHz Pentium I with 96MB of RAM, and it still runs (very slowly) if I set the RAM to 32MB. KDE is very slow, but IceWM or other lightweight window managers work acceptably. You would have to pick your applications carefully. Avoid any KDE app. I find good apps to use are Opera - browser (Faster than Firefox on a low end machine) Sylpheed - email client (although the email client built into Opera is also OK) Rox - file manager xmms - media player abiword - word processor (forget OpenOffice on this spec) You will need to select the kernel-i586-up-1GB kernel on a Pentium I. It will not boot with the standard kernel. 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] min spec's for 10.1
- Original Message - From: Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 10:14 AM Subject: [newbie] min spec's for 10.1 Hello all, Please forgive this basic question, I couldn't find the minimum requirements for MD 10.1 anywhere. the worst part is I'm actually running 10.1 on this pc. Also, Where can i find earlier versions of Mandrake Linux suitable to work on a Pentium 233 with 80 MB ram. Its for my mother, who wants to have a go on the Internet, I set her up with my old pc as above running XP but its infected with spy ware after only 2 days from a clean install, Mum forgot to start zonealarm before she went online. Tim I have Mandrake 9.1 running on a Penntium 200 with 64Mb Ram. It's a little sluggish running KDE but I'm sure one of the lighter window managers would work pretty quick. HTH Shaz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Error with KDE apps; octet-stream
frengoGorgia wrote: Il gio, 2005-04-07 alle 23:42, Cameron MacDonald ha scritto: I have done what others before have done: mucked about in file associations and screwed something up. Brian McKee apparently did the same thing in January: When I try to open KDE apps, I get an error message: Could not find mime type application/octet-stream. I followed Brian's thread, made a copy of /home/cam/.kde/share/mimelnk/application/x-octet-stream.desktop and then deleted it. But I deleted the original by mistake (or was it a mistake). Now I can't even start Konqueror or other KDE apps at all. And I can't find the copy that I made; where would this copy have been put? I believe the original I deleted was an executable file.(Big OOPS!) How do I get this back?? Hi CAM, attached to this post there is my original file ,which isn't x-octet-stream.desktop but is octet-stream.desktop so you would save this and put in /usr/share/mimelnk/application hope this help you -- Regards, Francesco Thanks, Francesco. Overwrote my file with yours, also saved it to /home/me/.kde/share/mimelnk/application and now everything is wonderful again. Off-topic: Are you a cyclist?? No, I don't think everyone in Italy rides a bicycle, but Just thought I'd check. I ride a Fondriest. Peace Cam -- Closing the Windows in my life Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandriva
Aron Smith wrote: On Thursday 07 April 2005 07:51 am, Miark wrote: Agreed its horrible corrupted to Mandrivel too easy Marketing wise this is a bad move Well, maybe there is a method in this madness. Anyone knew anything about thouse trademark lawsuit with Hearst Corporation? Rafa Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Error with KDE apps; octet-stream
Il ven, 2005-04-08 alle 00:58, Cameron MacDonald ha scritto: Off-topic: Are you a cyclist?? No, I don't think everyone in Italy rides a bicycle, but Just thought I'd check. I ride a Fondriest. I'm not a cyclist, i only ride bicycle in my spare time , and for little travel too . Maurizio Fondriest, he is a champion , one of the big of the last 20 years http://www.fondriestbici.com/pubblicazione/fratelli.htm Here in europe, italy too, soccer + cyclism + basketball are popular sports, there are lot of Amateurs too. P.s. hey look at the hot-spot http://www.uci.ch/ Peace Cam Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandriva
On Friday 08 April 2005 01:14, Rafa Kamraj wrote: Aron Smith wrote: On Thursday 07 April 2005 07:51 am, Miark wrote: Agreed its horrible corrupted to Mandrivel too easy Marketing wise this is a bad move Well, maybe there is a method in this madness. Anyone knew anything about thouse trademark lawsuit with Hearst Corporation? Rafa MandrakeSoft have been in dispute with the owners of the rights of 'Mandrake the Magician' a 1920's comic strip for some time. The use of the wand and stars in Mandrake's old logos did not exactly help their case. (now only the stars remain) IMO the name is not important, they may as well change it if only to get that magician off their backs. 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] win modem Lucent...!!!
On Thursday 07 April 2005 09:55 am, Domingo Abrego wrote: | hi, i am using a winmodem on my computer for windows, is that possible to | use that same modem for linux, mandrake community edition v.10 ?... i did | some reseaches about win modems and linux and what i read in all this | websites is that it is not possible!!! | | but i found a driver for LTwinmodem (lucent winmodems) for linux.. in the | driverguide webpage, is that possible... and maybe the main question is how | do i install this driver on my system.? Very likely. BUT, the driver you use must match the running kernel--it is possible you will need to compile to do this--get ready to install kernel-source or kernel-headers. And, if you upgrade your kernel it will break the modem and you will need to compile the driver again. I've gotten lucent chipset modems to work with several kernels, but you know what??? It really isn't worth the bother. Get an external serial modem (not usb!) and save yourself the frustration. If you insist,http://www.linmodems.org Also, the scanModem tool (do a Google for it) will identify your chipset and probably tell you what driver you need, if there is a precompiled one for it. Good Luck 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] Problem with mounting my flash drive
Paul Smith wrote: On Apr 7, 2005 11:59 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Mikkel. Dumb question time - did the flash drive get mounted automaticly on /mnt/removable? This is what usualy happens when you plug one in. If you plug in a second one, it gets mounted on /mnt/removable2 or something like that. I use only one flash drive. If that did not happen, how did you try to mount the flash drive that generated that message? I simply plug my flash drive. Some information that would be helpfull: What version on Mandrake? 10.1. What is the output of cat /etc/fstab? $ cat /etc/fstab # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details /dev/hdb1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hdb6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,uid=501,codepage=850,gid=501,umask=007 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hdb5 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/fd0/media/floppy auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 $ Regards, Paul Paul, This has me stumped. If you did not try to mount the drive as a user, then you should not have gotten the error message. The standard hotplug settings will mount a flash drive on /mnt/removable unless it things the drive is realy a camera, and then it mounts it on /mnt/camera. Now, if you had clicked on a desktop icon, and it generated this message, then I would want to start looking deeper at the window manager configuration. At this point, unless someone else has a better idea, I think we are going to need to know more of the secquence when you plug in the flash drive. Plug in the drive ... ... Get the user can not mount /dev/sda1 message We need to know what goes on between plugging in the drive, and you getting 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] min spec's for 10.1
On Thursday 07 April 2005 03:14 pm, Tim wrote: | Hello all, | | | Please forgive this basic question, I couldn't find the minimum | requirements for MD 10.1 anywhere. the worst part is I'm actually | running 10.1 on this pc. | | Also, | | Where can i find earlier versions of Mandrake Linux suitable to work on | a Pentium 233 with 80 MB ram. | | Cheapbytes (http://www.cheapbytes.com) has Mandrake disks back to 7.0.8.2 might also work with that system with KDE and all the eye candy turned on. But the 7.x series will fly on that old hardware. Newer distros and Xfce should work o.k., maybe excellently, but it will take some getting used to because that is quite a departure from the Winsux desktop look. I run DSL (damn small linux) on a P233 laptop with 64 megs and it works really excellent. I used DSL because I wanted the complete system and a couple hundred megs of free space on a 300 Meg partition. 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] min spec's for 10.1
On Thursday 07 April 2005 15:14, Tim wrote: Where can i find earlier versions of Mandrake Linux suitable to work on a Pentium 233 with 80 MB ram. Why not use Gentoo, where each package is compiled on the fly for the processor in question? I have a Pentium 266 laptop with 144mb, that runs 10.x pretty poorly, well the video stinks, and I have been thinking of running another distro to see if it would be better. 9.2 ran on it pretty well. 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] min spec's for 10.1
Rob Blomquist wrote: On Thursday 07 April 2005 15:14, Tim wrote: Where can i find earlier versions of Mandrake Linux suitable to work on a Pentium 233 with 80 MB ram. Why not use Gentoo, where each package is compiled on the fly for the processor in question? I have a Pentium 266 laptop with 144mb, that runs 10.x pretty poorly, well the video stinks, and I have been thinking of running another distro to see if it would be better. 9.2 ran on it pretty well. Rob Have you considered the time an install would take, compiling all the packages, on a Pentium 233? (Let me see - if I remember right, figure 3-4 hours for the kernel itself...) 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] Problem with mounting my flash drive
On Thursday 07 April 2005 11:12 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details If you have this in your /etc/fstab, you can't be running 10.1 , since this is provided by hal and that is a feature in 10.2, and is non-existent in 10.1. Are you sure you are not running one of the beta's or rc's for 10.2. If you are, there was a bug in hal that prevented some devices from being automounted, you should upgrade to the latest hal and make sure gnome-volume-manager is set to mount removable devices automatically. -- /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] min spec's for 10.1
On Friday 08 April 2005 12:25 am, Rob Blomquist wrote: On Thursday 07 April 2005 15:14, Tim wrote: Where can i find earlier versions of Mandrake Linux suitable to work on a Pentium 233 with 80 MB ram. Why not use Gentoo, where each package is compiled on the fly for the processor in question? Well, probably because Gentoo would take about 5 years to compile on that machine. Despite all the optimizations, running Gentoo on anything less than a 1.5-1.6 GHz machine is IMO crazy, since everything has to be compiled. It takes forever on anything slower. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
