Re: [newbie] Any patch for KPanel-Edit Menus Error Message Anomaly?
A V Flinsch wrote: On Sat, 01 Jul 2000, you wrote: Hi, Has any one noticed in MDK7.1b, when you choose KPanel-Edit Menus, a warning message appears" " The menu editor is not installed. " This used to work in MDK7.0. Does any one know where a patch can be obtained? I think this might have been deliberate as the menuing system in 7.1 has changed quite a bit. You can always run kmenuedit from a x term and get the menu editor if you really need it. -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life) Go to Kpanel --- applnk --- Configuration---Other---Menu Editor. Bill
Re: [newbie] Slow mail
Dennis Myers wrote: Mike Perry wrote: Hi Folks! Why does it take approx 48 hours for email to appear on this List? Does it take so much time for everyone? Cheers: Michael Perry. RD. Dep. Netafim Magal. Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack The three most dangerous things are a programmer with a soldering iron, a manager who codes, and a user who gets ideas. I get groups of postings two or three days late and yet mail arrives in my inbox everyday. Some of it within a few minutes of posting. Why some of the mail posted on those days takes 48 to 72 hours more to get to my inbox is a true mystery. Try addressing your mail to 'Newbie' instead of 'newbie'.
Re: [newbie] KVirc (Was: Wine problems)
The news section on the kvirc site (http://www.kvirc.bz.nu/ -new url) states that KDE2 support is a compile time option so if you want that later it's better to d/l the tarball now. Bill Fran Parker wrote: Actually I am running it in the original KDE that came with Mandrake 7.0 (Air) version 1.1.2-30mdk...I only had to update QT2 to QT2.1.1 and use the tar.gz instead of the RPM. It integrates differently with KDE 2.0 but I can't say how. (But that is basically what the web site said) Hope that helps some. Bambi "Ralph F. De Witt" wrote: The 2.0.0 version of Kvirc is designed to work with KDE 2.0 only. Ralph Alex V Flinsch, on Sat, 10 Jun 2000, you wrote: On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, you wrote: Did you use the i386.rpm of it? or source? May want to try an earlier version I am using 1.0 Millenium version That works well, except misc options. Bambi PS I will go to KVirc and see if I can get it and install it. However, it wouldn't be conclusive since I am using 7.0 (Air). Sorry. Digital Wokan wrote: Actually, I just tried installing KVirc 2.0.0 from the KVirc official site and it core dumped immediately under Mandrake 7.1. Perhaps I should look at the Extension CD, but it looks like MandrakeSoft may have left KVirc in the dust. In fact, I haven't seen anything but console IRC clients on the Install CD. the 0.9.0 version from the 6.0 distro works just fine under 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, and a partial 7.1 upgraded system (kernel and very few other things only) -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
Re: [newbie] Memory isn't being used/found
I found that on my computer (AMD K6/2-450, VIA chipset) I had to use linuxconf; changes made with an editor to lilo.conf were just ignored. However, using an editor didn't stop it booting. Linux is more critical of ram, etc than windows. You stated that you changed from onboard video to an addon card. Find out if the ram used by the onboard video is freed when that video is disabled. If it is not then you will still have to decrease the total ram in the append statement by that amount. Also, some computers are known to require 1 less than the amount of ram available in the append statement. At the lilo prompt on boot, type linux mem=192M and when it crashes, ctrl-alt-del and reduce the number by 1 until it works, then use that in lilo.conf. If you get down to a ridiculously low level, linux doesn't like your ram, sorry. Bill Aaron wrote: If that is the same as adding the append="mem=192mb" line to the lilo.conf file then it wont work. My system will not boot at all if I do that. Different Kernel panic errors each time I change the file. As for the mismatched dimms; I have been using the same memory for a long time with windows. Would this only be a problem with Linux? Any suggestions. Thanks, Aaron -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bill Gerber Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2000 8:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Memory isn't being used/found Linux will normally see 64M of ram; as yours sees only 16M I suspect that you have mismatched dimms, either brand or speed or both. Try changing the order of the dimms in the sockets maybe with the biggest capacity dimm in slot 1 and see if linux sees more. In any case to use more than 64M do the following... Either go through drakconf on the desktop and then to linuxconf or type linuxconf as superuser in a terminal, then click on boot mode, LILO defaults, extra options, and at 'boot options' put 'mem=192M' without the quotes. Click on 'accept', 'yes' to activate, and 'quit' till you get out. If there are any errors and you are asked if you want to see the log files, say no. You will have to reboot to activate the change. If your built in video card uses shared ram, you will have to reduce the 192M by the shared amount. Bill. Aaron wrote: Ok, I have 192 mb of memory and my Mandrake install only sees/uses 16mb. I searched the archives and found a couple of the same emails. Can someone explain how to fix this problem in a little more detail than the links I have provided here? I am a Linux moron and all help is appreciated. Thanks, Aaron http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/msg08875.html http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/msg08909.html
Re: [newbie] netscape files
You could, but a shared directory would have to be on the win partition to be read and written by both win and linux, plus permissions changed on the win partition to allow nsmail to write. Possibly not worth it unless you are still using win a lot. Bill bascule wrote: i will try this thankyou, does this mean that i can have a shared directory for win and linux netscape? perhaps only for subfolders where mail is filtred to? bascule Bill Gerber wrote: Sorry, I missed this thread before. You CAN copy your windows netscape mail files across to your linux /nsmail directory. It's a simple copy/paste, any filename clashes can be renamed in the process, and they will show as new subfolders next time you open the mail window. I have just done this. Bill. bascule wrote: thanks for your replies, i have discovered that i could indeed export my address book in the ldif format and import it into linux netscape, also i copied my bookmark.htm file from win98 over to linux and copied it over bookmarks.html in my user .netscape directory (backing up the old one of course) this worked fine, messages had to be downloaded all over again however bascule J Walker wrote: I believe you could save your address book, too. If not by copying the file itself, try exporting/importing it. (I myself transferred from MS Outlook to Netscape-Linux with the help of Yahoo! address backup service, a much longer route - and it worked) Cheers, /J. Em qua, 24 mai 2000, bascule escreveu: ah well! thanks eric, at least i won't be wasting time trying to do the impossible bascule Eric MC DECLERCK wrote: NO !!! But you can try to copy your bookmarks files from netscape/win to your linux-netscape. Backup your linux bookmarks before !!! Eric bascule wrote: does anyone know if i can copy my windows netscape files over to my linux installation to save downloading messages again, to transfer bookmarks folders etc.? the directory structure is different for my profile in windows and my netscape directory in my user home directory bascule -- FRANCE (Be careful, my English can hurt you) -- * Registered Linux User Number * *178234*
Re: [newbie] netscape files
Michael wrote: Bill- could you be a bit more specific? I am unclear as to how you were able to import your netscape files from windows to mandrake and would love to learn more. -michael- OK, Firstly, I am using KDE. Click on the home folder on the panel and negotiate your way to the windows mail folder. Mine is /mnt/DOS_hda1/program files/netscape/ users/default/mail and the files are Drafts, Inbox, Sent, Templates and Unsent Messages. Not much point worrying about Trash unless you're a collector :). Select all of those (hold down Ctrl while you left-click on each file) then right-click on one of those files and click on 'copy'. Check your netscape preferences (edit...preferences...mail servers) and look at 'local mail directory' (in my case it is /home/billg/nsmail/). Now go there in kfm and right-click on a clear spot on the screen then click 'paste'. Where there are filename clashes, a warning window will open and you can change the name of the file then click on 'rename'. There was an error in my last post...you have to close netscape and reopen it for the new sub-folders to appear in the mail window. Thats it! Bill
Re: [newbie] netscape files
Sorry, I missed this thread before. You CAN copy your windows netscape mail files across to your linux /nsmail directory. It's a simple copy/paste, any filename clashes can be renamed in the process, and they will show as new subfolders next time you open the mail window. I have just done this. Bill. bascule wrote: thanks for your replies, i have discovered that i could indeed export my address book in the ldif format and import it into linux netscape, also i copied my bookmark.htm file from win98 over to linux and copied it over bookmarks.html in my user .netscape directory (backing up the old one of course) this worked fine, messages had to be downloaded all over again however bascule J Walker wrote: I believe you could save your address book, too. If not by copying the file itself, try exporting/importing it. (I myself transferred from MS Outlook to Netscape-Linux with the help of Yahoo! address backup service, a much longer route - and it worked) Cheers, /J. Em qua, 24 mai 2000, bascule escreveu: ah well! thanks eric, at least i won't be wasting time trying to do the impossible bascule Eric MC DECLERCK wrote: NO !!! But you can try to copy your bookmarks files from netscape/win to your linux-netscape. Backup your linux bookmarks before !!! Eric bascule wrote: does anyone know if i can copy my windows netscape files over to my linux installation to save downloading messages again, to transfer bookmarks folders etc.? the directory structure is different for my profile in windows and my netscape directory in my user home directory bascule -- FRANCE (Be careful, my English can hurt you) -- * Registered Linux User Number * *178234*
Re: [newbie] Can't shutdown
you don't have to exit from xwindows first to shutdown. just use the logout button under the kde or gnome button on the panel. steve harris wrote: yes it is. what i do is exit from xwindows as the user then at the user prompt "su", then "shutdown" normally. this saves you from logging out and back in as root to shutdown. Original Message Follows From: "Glen M. Chambers" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Can't "shutdown" Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 16:15:08 +0100 Hi all, This seems a strange problem but whenever I'm logged into LINUX as a user I can't shutdown, i..e go into a terminal - says no command. But if I log in as root, I can. Is this right? :( Glen __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
