[newbie] Samba vs LinNieghborhood
Hi all, I have my MDK 9.1 box connected to our Windows network here at work using Samba. From a windows box I can see my linux box on the network. Using Samba alone should I be able to browse the windows network? Currently I dont seem to be able to. If yes can I log onto the Windows network from my linux box and browse the network? If I can use Samba for that then what is LinNieghborhood used for? Thanks from a newbie. Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Samba vs LinNieghborhood
Derek, I can seek the Linux box on the lan from windows. Yet when I bring up MCC to see what samba packages I have available to install it shows Samba server, Samba client. And to make it even more wierd Web Admin shows Samba server is running and available for configuring. I did btw simply add the windows domain name to configure Samba server. Wierd that the server package appears avail for installing when it must already be. I would prefer to use Kongueror to browse the lan from the linux side just like I would use Explorer to browse the lan from the windows side. I'll see if the Lisa rpm you mentioned is available. Right now I'm installing Samba server (though it must be already) and Samba client. Scott PS: Derek, are you avail for online chatting? -Original Message- From: Derek Jennings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 3:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Samba vs LinNieghborhood On Thursday 02 Oct 2003 7:46 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Derek Jennings wrote: On Thursday 02 Oct 2003 6:25 pm, Burrows, Scott wrote: Hi all, I have my MDK 9.1 box connected to our Windows network here at work using Samba. From a windows box I can see my linux box on the network. Using Samba alone should I be able to browse the windows network? Currently I dont seem to be able to. If yes can I log onto the Windows network from my linux box and browse the network? If I can use Samba for that then what is LinNieghborhood used for? Thanks from a newbie. Scott It is not a question of Samba vs LinNeighborhood Samba itself is split into 2 parts Samba client - to allow you to browse windows networlks, and Samba server - to allow Windows computers to browse you LinNeighborhood is simply a GUI which uses Samba-client to browse Windows networks. Alternatively you can browse Win networks with Komba2, xffm, Gnomba, or after installing the lisa RPM by clicking on that little 'cog wheel' in the konqueror tool bar between the left and right panes, and selecting 'Lan Browser' Whichever method you use they all require Samba-client. If you are having trouble browsing your Windows network, then the first thing I would check is your firewall. If you have a firewall between your Linux box and the Windows net, it will kill Samba dead. derek Will we still need to have SWAT and WEBMIN after we install LinNeighborhood? Thanx, ayoub890 Samba client does not need any configuration. Just install samba-client and LinNeighborhood and you are ready to browse Windows networks. samba-sever requires configuration. But the default configuration works out of the box All you have to do is edit the config file /etc/samba/smb.conf to set your Windows Workgroup name. You can use webmin to do that if you wish. I would advise against SWAT, because although it has a nice GUI, and has some nice help files, it will delete the (working) default smb.conf file. One tool you might like to try is ksambaplugin (RPM in Contrib) It will put a new tool in your KDE Control Centre to configure Samba server. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] network problem?
Is it necessary for me to mount everything I wish to be able to see? I'd like to be able to browse the entire Windows network that my MDK 9.1 box is attached to. How can I do that? Surely not by mounting every resource. Scott -Original Message- From: Raffaele Belardi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 10:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] network problem? Scott, it is used both ways, i.e to see linux disk from windows and viceversa. In the former case you need the samba server, in the latter the client. Paul, I did this rather a long time ago so I'm not sure I really didn't have to do any configuration for the client. Currently I only need to issue: smbmount //ip_address_of_W2K_PC/share_name /mount_point to see the W2K share from linux. I have to use the IP address because the local network is mess (Novell + W2K + Sun) and DNS doesn't always resolve for me. I think you need use the smbclient front-end only for debugging. raffaele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Forgive my ignorance Paul, insn't Samba used to allow Windows users to connect to and use Linux stuff? Scott -Original Message- From: Paul Kaplan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] network problem? I am trying to connect to a W2K network with Active Directory. I am using Mandrake 9.1 with the samba3rc4 contrib rpms. When I issue smbclient3 //server/directory I get a password prompt for the directory. After entering my password, I get the smb prompt. From there all sub-directories are visible to the ls command. However, when I issue smbclient3 //server/share I get the following: could not resolve mount point. What's wrong here? Any help is appreciated. Thanks. Paul -- -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] network problem?
Forgive my ignorance Paul, insn't Samba used to allow Windows users to connect to and use Linux stuff? Scott -Original Message- From: Paul Kaplan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] network problem? I am trying to connect to a W2K network with Active Directory. I am using Mandrake 9.1 with the samba3rc4 contrib rpms. When I issue smbclient3 //server/directory I get a password prompt for the directory. After entering my password, I get the smb prompt. From there all sub-directories are visible to the ls command. However, when I issue smbclient3 //server/share I get the following: could not resolve mount point. What's wrong here? Any help is appreciated. Thanks. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Single passsword access
Hi all, I work on a windows lan. I have a an MDK 9.1 box that I'd like to give access to all the windows rescoures like: printers, windows boxes, etc. I set up a printer using the cups system but had to supply that system with a userid and password to access the lan. If I mount a share drive using LinNeighborhood I have to put a password in there too. Now thats 2 places that I have to go change each month because out windows lan requires it. Is there a single central place within either the MCC or KDE to enter a password that my linux box can look to for userid and password info? I'm sure I'm not understanding something here. Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] somehow someway somewhere...
ROFL -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 2:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] somehow someway somewhere... I love y'all. I do. But I think it's time we start seeing other user groups. (How the hell do I get out of here?) It was easy enough to get into this relationship, but now that the newness has warn off, the love is starting to fade. I need more. I need to find my own space. It's not you; it's me. Really. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Hooking into Windows
Hi all, Were on a Windoze netework on Win2k boxes here. I have a 2nd box that is MKD 9.1 that I connected to the Windows LAN with no problems. I wanted to access some the Windows resources like printers or other computers so I, using LinNeighborhood, created some mapped or mounted network resources on my 9.1 box. For example I created a connection between my 9.1 Linux box and my Windoze PC's C drive. No biggy. I've since removed all the connections or at least I think I have, however my LAN guys are telling me my Linux box is continuing to attempt to gain access to the Windoze resouces. The only reason they know this is because it requires a password to access the LAN and the one I used at the time has since expired, so its raising security flags on our network admins monitor. I've shut off LinNeighborhood, even so as soon as I turn my Linux box on it attempts to connect to LAN resources again. I cannot find what is telling the box to do it. I have nothing in my /mnt user folder. Help! Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Hooking into Windows
Hi all, Were on a Windoze netework on Win2k boxes here. I have a 2nd box that is MKD 9.1 that I connected to the Windows LAN with no problems. I wanted to access some the Windows resources like printers or other computers so I, using LinNeighborhood, created some mapped or mounted network resources on my 9.1 box. For example I created a connection between my 9.1 Linux box and my Windoze PC's C drive. No biggy. I've since removed all the connections or at least I think I have, however my LAN guys are telling me my Linux box is continuing to attempt to gain access to the Windoze resouces. The only reason they know this is because it requires a password to access the LAN and the one I used at the time has since expired, so its raising security flags on our network admins monitor. I've shut off LinNeighborhood, even so as soon as I turn my Linux box on it attempts to connect to LAN resources again. I cannot find what is telling the box to do it. I have nothing in my /mnt user folder. Help! Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] GMO foods
Is this list moderated? Time to put Farm Boy out to pasture. :) Listen, I love tomatoes as much as the next guy but go hug a tree on your own time cuz we're here to talk about Linux. :) Scott -Original Message- From: Cornerstone Community Farm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 6:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] GMO foods ** See what happens when ya don't share them homgrown tomatoes, he gets testy ;-)) Fresh cooked meal of Wisconsin raised organic veggies and cheese to any list member who stops by for a visit :) Zucchini, sweet peppers, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes sauteed in olive oil with melted cheese on top! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] GMO foods
The Linux list sometimes delves into all kinds of off-topic discussions, but we try to take the long-winded talks private or to the OT list Are you kidding? You dont think your original post was not a long-winded diatribe about certain vegtables you appear to have problems with? I'm just saying you should take that stuff to the tomatoe list and free this list for Linux. :) -Original Message- From: Cornerstone Community Farm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 11:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] GMO foods With all due respect, but what does that have to do with Mandrake Linux? This is a linux list. 1. With all due respect, looking at the subject line I posted in error to this list and earlier posted to OT list when i realized my error. 2. Obviously you are new to this list so I'll explain: The Linux list sometimes delves into all kinds of off-topic discussions, but we try to take the long-winded talks private or to the OT list. :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Screen saver disappears
Hi all, Running MDK 9.1 and KDE here. I downloaded a screen saver (The Matrix - very nice), the instructions said to copy the file KMatrix.desktop to /usr/share/applnk-mdk/.hidden/ScreenSavers. Also copy the file kmatrix.kss to /usr/bin. It all works fine. When I look at the sceensavers available for using its listed there as expected. The problem is whenever I install software whether from doing an Update or from downloading new stuff the KMatrix.desktop file dissappears and the saver no longer shows up in the list. I can solve this by recopying the file there again but why does it disappear? Scott Why oh why. didn't I take the BLUE pill? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Network activity indicator
Hi all, I'm using MDK 9.1. Love it. Is there any way to have a network activity indicator in the task bar at the bottom, similar to to the two network computers that turn on/off when there is network traffic on a Windoz box? That is one small feature about Windoz that I liked. Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Preventing Popups
Stephen, How do u prevent the porno popups with Linux? Wife loves it because THERE AIN'T NO MORE PORNO POP-UPS when she's seriously surfing... Thanks Scott Burrows GSBE/EDIView/BSBE OSM Support perotsystems(tm) Office: 407 804-3208 Pager: 407-400-0197 Fax:407-804-3340 E-Mail[EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM:pscScottB Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Vote for Mandrake!
RANT Mandrake IS popular. Don't base your opinion on how popular Mandrake upon a Novell survey. Geeze before yesturday I don't think I've ever been to Novell's site. No reason to go. How many MDK'ers arn't voting because THEY never go to Novells site and have no idea there's a poll being taken? In fact if I wasn't on this list I would not have known to vote. How many MDKers are not on this list and so don't know to go to Novells site to vote? I know of the MDKers where I work I'm the only one on this list. Maybe the Gentoo folks went out of their way to inform the 20 or so Gentoo users to all go vote. (OK, I'm sure theres more than 20) There are alot more MDKers than puny Novell's site says. phew! Scott /RANT -Original Message- From: John Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 3:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Vote for Mandrake! On June 25, 2003 11:00 am, Inhabitant of Zion did come from Mt Siani and speak: I was surprised that Gentoo is so popular. I've never used it myself and never had anybody ever recommend it to me either. John I'm surprise too. Also surprised the Debian is as popular as it seems. Unless Gentoo and Debian geeks are even more vociferous than the rest of us. As for the Red Hat-SuSE-Mandrake numbers they are about what I expected them to be. ttfn John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] How to run script on KDE start?
Stephen, I don't seem to have an autostart under /yourname/Destktop/ I do have an autostart under /home/yourname/.kde/Autostart Is that what you meant? Scott -Original Message- From: Stephen Kuhn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 6:40 PM To: newb-mdk Subject: Re: [newbie] How to run script on KDE start? On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 05:28, Tango Echo wrote: Hi all, I have a MDK 9.1 KDE box that I would like to run a bash script on start. Becuase the script in turn plays sound files, I would like it to run at the very end of the KDE start up sequence or as soon as KDE is up and running. TIA! Create a link to the script and put it in your ~/home/yournamehere/Desktop/Autostart folder. -- Thu Jun 26 08:35:01 EST 2003 08:35:01 up 1 day, 8:21, 2 users, load average: 0.85, 0.57, 0.47 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * But you who live on dreams, you are better pleased with the sophistical reasoning and frauds of talkers about great and uncertain matters than those who speak of certain and natural matters, not of such lofty nature. -- Leonardo Da Vinci, The Codex on the Flight of Birds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Tip of the Day
Nice tip. My ye 'ole Book of Knowledge has been enriched. Thanks Joe. Scott -Original Message- From: eric huff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 12:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Tip of the Day On Thu June 12 2003 09:07 pm, JoeHill wrote: nohup gkrellm That definitely gets added to my bag of tricks... Thanks for the tip, Joe! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] AOL ID
Stephen, Do you have a AOL IM id? I have some offline questions for you. Scott -Original Message- From: Stephen Kuhn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 9:09 PM To: Mandrake Newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] Creating archive On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 18:56, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 28 May 2003 9:33 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Stephen Kuhn wrote: You know, you can just open a Konqueror window, right-click on the directory you want to archive and choose tar from it - it will tar/gzip it for you...just FYI. Not in mine it would seem ? On my right-click menu it offers Bzip2, tar and zip. Can you define the difference, please, Stephen? Anne Well, bzip2 is a tight-compression system, zip is, well, zip, and the tar option actually does a tar/gzip of an archive. I don't have the bzip2, though...hmmm...now that's got me thinking (like I can think with a sore throat, 2% of my brain capacity, 70% of my visual capacity) -- Thu May 29 11:05:00 EST 2003 11:05:00 up 1 day, 13:38, 5 users, load average: 1.10, 1.23, 0.92 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * She can kill all your files; She can freeze with a frown. And a wave of her hand brings the whole system down. And she works on her code until ten after three. She lives like a bat but she's always a hacker to me. -- Apologies to Billy Joel Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] AOL ID
Stephen Kuhn. -Original Message- From: Burrows, Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 11:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] AOL ID Stephen, Do you have a AOL IM id? I have some offline questions for you. Scott -Original Message- From: Stephen Kuhn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 9:09 PM To: Mandrake Newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] Creating archive On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 18:56, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 28 May 2003 9:33 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Stephen Kuhn wrote: You know, you can just open a Konqueror window, right-click on the directory you want to archive and choose tar from it - it will tar/gzip it for you...just FYI. Not in mine it would seem ? On my right-click menu it offers Bzip2, tar and zip. Can you define the difference, please, Stephen? Anne Well, bzip2 is a tight-compression system, zip is, well, zip, and the tar option actually does a tar/gzip of an archive. I don't have the bzip2, though...hmmm...now that's got me thinking (like I can think with a sore throat, 2% of my brain capacity, 70% of my visual capacity) -- Thu May 29 11:05:00 EST 2003 11:05:00 up 1 day, 13:38, 5 users, load average: 1.10, 1.23, 0.92 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * She can kill all your files; She can freeze with a frown. And a wave of her hand brings the whole system down. And she works on her code until ten after three. She lives like a bat but she's always a hacker to me. -- Apologies to Billy Joel Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Help! I've killed KDE.
Hey all, On my MD 8.2 system while I was attempting to get my internet connection working the speaker started a continuously repeating system beep. It was as if I was holding down the delete key when there was nothing there to delete. The system hung when I attempted to reboot it. I powered it down. Now KDE crashes with a SIGSEGV error. I deleted my .kde folder since this was a newish install. This did not help I still cannot bring KDE back up. It crashes each time. What can I do to get KDE running again? Thanks Scott Burrows Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Help! I've killed KDE.
Yes, it just had a single line about loosing connection to X server. Are there any log files I could submit to the list for your inspection that would be helpful? KDE dies right in the beginning where it's trying to set up interprocess communications. Makes me think that X is somehow the culprit here. Scott -Original Message- From: Miark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 3:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Help! I've killed KDE. Do you have a .xsession-errors file in your home directory? Miark On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 14:30:45 -0500 Burrows, Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, On my MD 8.2 system while I was attempting to get my internet connection working the speaker started a continuously repeating system beep. It was as if I was holding down the delete key when there was nothing there to delete. The system hung when I attempted to reboot it. I powered it down. Now KDE crashes with a SIGSEGV error. I deleted my .kde folder since this was a newish install. This did not help I still cannot bring KDE back up. It crashes each time. What can I do to get KDE running again? Thanks Scott Burrows Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] What file do I change?
Hi all, Running MD 8.2 here. What file would the the root user modify if he wanted the change to be seen by users when they logged in? For example if you wanted them to see a Fortune Cookie message. Thanks Scott Burrows GSBE/EDIView/BSBE OSM Support perotsystems(tm) Office: 407 804-3208 Pager: 407-400-0197 Fax:407-804-3340 E-Mail[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] What file do I change?
Thanks Sridhar! Scott -Original Message- From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 10:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] What file do I change? On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 08:10:23 -0500, Burrows, Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Running MD 8.2 here. What file would the the root user modify if he wanted the change to be seen by users when they logged in? For example if you wanted them to see a Fortune Cookie message. For console logins, /etc/profile will affect all users. I'm not so sure about X... perhaps /etc/X11/Xsession? -- Sridhar Dhanapalan Bad design. I'm not touching it with a ten-foot pole. -- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Any email clients that work with M$ mail server?
Hi all, I am envisioning converting our company to Linux but I need an Outlook like client that works with MS mail server. Why? To convince management to do this we must first convert individual desktops, after that we can go after the mail servers. So is there a mail client like MS Outlook for Linux? It must be able to work with currently existing MS mail servers on our LAN. I have MD 8.2. Thanks in Advance! Scott Burrows GSBE/EDIView/BSBE OSM Support perotsystems(tm) Office: 407 804-3208 Pager: 407-400-0197 Fax:407-804-3340 E-Mail[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] KDE3.0 - For Tester
Civ, Will that LN you created below dissappear if you reboot? Should it also be written in a .conf file somewhere? Scott -Original Message- From: tester [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 6:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE3.0 On Thu, 2002-04-04 at 13:07, FemmeFatale wrote: Damian wrote: actually there is a better way. last night i installed KDE 3.0 by getting all RPMS, opening a terminal and doing a urpmi ./+ it asked me for the three MDK cd's and got a lot of packages to solve dependencies... it worked fine, tho kde 3 has bugs.. :o( Damian what does opening a term typing urpmi ./+ do then exactly? So you still have to d/l all the RPM's of KDE3 yourself urpmi just takes care of the deps? And if so will it still install KDE3 beside your existing KDE2.x? :) Tough questions I know, but I'm sure you'll pull through this crisis for me Damian ;p I have confidence in your non-Fudding abilities Femme It installs and runs separately. It is KDE3 on the kdm selection and 11 KDE on Xtart from console. You need about 90 Mb space in / or /opt and if you do not have a separate /opt and / doesn't have that much room, then do this: 1. Open a terminal 2. su to root 3. mkdir -p /usr/opt ln -s /usr/opt /opt exit before you install. It seems to run well as security level 2 and to have problems at 3 or higher. Some of the new open sockets do not appear to get the right permissions for intewrprocess communications at higher security levels. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] DCOP broken link
I just reinstalled MD 8.1, reformatting all partitions in the process. The install went fine. I started KDE, then opened a terminal window and did a ls -a and it shows a broken DCOP server link. Why? My .xsession-errors file says: _KDE_IceTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.ICE-unix should be set to root DCOPServer is up and running. _IceTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.ICE-unix should be set to root kdeinit: Fatal IO error: client killed kdeinit: sending SIGHUP to children. kdeinit: sending SIGTERM to children. kdeinit: Exit. The system is running. I have not discovered what is not working as a result of the errors. I've never even run the ICE window manager before if that has anything to do with it. Thanks in advance. Scott Burrows Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] What is ICE and DCOP?
Graham, I only use KDE as my window environment/manager. Thanks LX for the DCOP info. That cleared the fog. Scott -Original Message- From: Lyvim Xaphir [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 11:38 PM To: NewbieMandrake-List Subject: Re: [newbie] What is ICE and DCOP? On Fri, 2002-03-15 at 11:21, Burrows, Scott wrote: Hey all, Newbie question here. I have a MD8.1 system. What are the following files in my home folder for? If they are corrupted or deleted what happens to the system? 1) ICEauthority 2) DCOPserver_localhost.localdomain_0: Thanks Scott Burrows Scott, Truthfully, I'm not sure about ICE. But DCOP is a process that allows desktop application interoperability under KDE. I run Enlightenment with the KDE compatibility mode enabled and DCOP runs a symlink in my home dir as well. It allows cutting and pasting between apps, among other things. HTH, LX _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] What is ICE and DCOP?
Hey all, Newbie question here. I have a MD8.1 system. What are the following files in my home folder for? If they are corrupted or deleted what happens to the system? 1) ICEauthority 2) DCOPserver_localhost.localdomain_0: Thanks Scott Burrows GSBE/EDIView/BSBE OSM Support perotsystems(tm) Office: 407 804-3208 Pager: 407-400-0197 Fax:407-804-3340 E-Mail[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Resend: KDE does not come up.
Civilme, I rm'd the ~/.kde folder as you suggested and I deleted the DCOPserver_localhost.localdomain_:0 file as well. Issued a startx (which I dont have any reason to believe is the problem) and I got the same error screen from KDE. My .xsession-errors file says: iceauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/scott/.ICEauthority KCrash: crashing crashResursionCounter = 2 KCrash: Application Name = ksplash path = unknown pid = 2586 IO error opening ICE Connection! IO error opening ICE Connection! kdeinit: DCOPserver could not be started, aborting. It sounds like the the .ICEAuthority file is corrupted. Should I rm it and try KDE again? Scott Scott Burrows Windows: Where do you want to go today? MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? Linux: Are you coming or what? -Original Message- From: civileme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 5:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Resend: KDE does not come up. Burrows, Scott wrote: Civilme, I was foolishly snooting around my MD8.1 system, which was working fine, as root and now KDE wont come up. Never had a problem before with it. It stops with a message at the splash screen. The application The KDE Splash Screen (ksplash) crashed and caused the signal 11 (SIGSEGV). The .xsession-errors file says: kdeinit: DCOPSserver could not be started, aborting. IO error opening ICE Connection! The system boots fine. Its only after I issue the startx command do I have a problem and I can get out of by ctrl-alt-backspaceing. What did I do to it and what can I do to get it working again? Also, at the text prompt outside of X how can I install something? Do I need to mount the CDRom drive first then issue an RPM command? Thanks Scott Burrows GSBE/EDIView/BSBE OSM Support OK let me think... Hmmm try rm -r ~/.kde -f then startx The safe way to start window managers from the console is probably Xtart. There is a bug in the current one, and I am not sure Xtart-1.1 has made it to mirrors so download at http://www.civileme.net/Xtart-1.1-6mdk.i586.rpm Then install with rpm -Uvh Xtart-1.1-6mdk.i586.rpm Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] KDE wont start
Hi all, I was foolishly snooting around my MD8.1 system, which was working fine, as root and now KDE wont come up. Never had a problem before with it. It stops with a message at the splash screen. The application The KDE Splash Screen (ksplash) crashed and caused the signal 11 (SIGSEGV). The .xsession-errors file says: kdeinit: DCOPSserver could not be started, aborting. IO error opening ICE Connection! The system boots fine. Its only after I issue the startx command do I have a problem and I can get out of by ctrl-alt-backspaceing. What did I do to it and what can I do to get it working again? Thanks Scott Burrows GSBE/EDIView/BSBE OSM Support perotsystems(tm) Office: 407 804-3208 Pager: 407-400-0197 Fax:407-804-3340 E-Mail[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Why Kroot error?
Hi all, I've an MD8.1 box. All works well. I type in startx to bring up KDE. I am getting a flashing kroot error message at the bottom of screen. When I open the file .xsession-errors in my home dir I see the following: _KDE_IceTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.ICE-unix should be set to root DCOPServer up and running. _IceTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.ICE-unix should be set to root Again, all appears to be working so whats with the error message and how can I fix it? Thanks Scott Burrows GSBE/EDIView/BSBE OSM Support perotsystems(tm) Office: 407 804-3208 Pager: 407-400-0197 Fax:407-804-3340 E-Mail[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] What does CTRL-ALT-F2 get you?
Thanks Randy! Scott -Original Message- From: Randy Kramer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 2:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] What does CTRL-ALT-F2 get you? Burrows, Scott wrote: My system starts up in GNOME. I pressed CTRLALTF1 and it took me to a command prompt out of GNOME. This is OK and expected but.. How do I get back to GNOME from there? Press CTRLALTF7 (or occasionally, I've had to press F8). Pressing ctrlaltF2 took you to a virtual console (one of six -- F1 thru F6) but left your X applications (GNOME) running in ...F7. How is this different then simply clicking the Open Terminal icon in GNOME? Don't use GNOME, but I believe it is the same as what happens in KDE -- in one case (Open Terminal) you open an X-based terminal within KDE (Konsole), in the other case you open a non X-based virtual terminal. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] What does CTRL-ALT-F2 get you?
Hi all, I've just installed MD 8.1. My system starts up in GNOME. I pressed CTRLALTF1 and it took me to a command prompt out of GNOME. This is OK and expected but.. How do I get back to GNOME from there? How is this different then simply clicking the Open Terminal icon in GNOME? Thanks from a true newbie. Scott Burrows GSBE/EDIView/BSBE OSM Support perotsystems(tm) Office: 407 804-3208 Pager: 407-400-0197 Fax:407-804-3340 E-Mail[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] OT - If Operating Systems Ran The Airlines...
Thanks to Michael for pointing those out. The Airlines link is great! Scott Burrows For every victory, let it be said of me,... my source of strength, my source of hope, is Christ the Lord. -Original Message- From: Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 1:40 AM To: newbie Subject: [newbie] OT - If Operating Systems Ran The Airlines... I was just reading this old (Aug 2001) write up on Linux's 10th birthday http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1507000/1507326.stm and followed a side link to this page http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1507000/1507908.stm of individuals opinions on Linux. Do an in page search for 'Airlines' then read on. It is quite well worded. -- bye for now Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
