[newbie] hostname change
How do I change the PC host name ? Carlton Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] KDE unable to start
On my other PC I get teh message:- error trying to start KDE No write access to '/home/carlton/.ICEauthority' KDE is unable to start. On further investigation, the file appears to be owned by root how do I change ownership back to carlton? Thanks In Advance Carlton Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Cant find the printer
Following previous advice, I added the line lp to the file /etc/modprobe.preload lsmod now gives [EMAIL PROTECTED] carlton]# lsmod Module Size Used by md5 3584 1 ipv6 230916 10 autofs415268 0 i810_audio 33236 0 ac97_codec 16844 1 i810_audio soundcore 7008 1 i810_audio af_packet 16072 2 floppy 55088 0 8139too20928 0 mii 4224 1 8139too ide-cd 37280 0 cdrom 37724 1 ide-cd loop 12520 0 nls_iso8859-15 4224 1 ntfs 147964 1 supermount 34804 1 parport_pc 30976 1 lp 9548 0 parport33896 2 parport_pc,lp intel-agp 19584 1 agpgart27752 1 intel-agp ehci-hcd 26244 0 uhci-hcd 28752 0 usbcore 103172 4 ehci-hcd,uhci-hcd This indicates that the parallel port is now visible. On boot, the system indicates that cups is started. However the ssytm stil fails to see the printer. Any Ideas Carlton Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Cant find the printer
gt;From: Anne Wilson lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; gt;Reply-To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com gt;To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com gt;Subject: Re: [newbie] Cant find the printer gt;Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:50:51 + gt; gt;On Saturday 19 Mar 2005 19:28, Carlton Matthew wrote: gt; gt; Following previous advice, I added the line gt; gt; lp gt; gt; to the file /etc/modprobe.preload gt; gt; lsmod now gives gt; gt; [EMAIL PROTECTED] carlton]# lsmod --Cut -- gt; gt; parport_pc 30976 1 gt; gt; lp 9548 0 gt; gt; parport33896 2 parport_pc,lp --Cut -- gt; gt; This indicates that the parallel port is now visible. gt; gt; On boot, the system indicates that cups is started. However the ssytm stil gt; gt; fails to see the printer. gt; gt;Did you try to see it from Mandrake Control Center gt; Hardware? gt; gt;Anne gt;-- gt;Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) gt;Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels gt;lt;lt; attach3 gt;gt; this is where I was looking. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] still Cant find the printer :
gt;Does /proc/sys/dev/parport/parport0/autoprobe show anything? /proc/sys/dev/parport/parport0/autoprobe is empty. PS the printer works fine under winXP gt;From: quot;Mikkel L. Ellertsonquot; lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; gt;Reply-To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com gt;To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com gt;Subject: Re: [newbie] Cant find the printer gt;Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 14:25:01 -0600 gt; gt;Carlton Matthew wrote: gt;gt;Following previous advice, I added the line gt;gt;lp gt;gt;to the file /etc/modprobe.preload gt;gt;lsmod now gives gt;gt;[EMAIL PROTECTED] carlton]# lsmod gt;gt;Module Size Used by gt;gt;md5 3584 1 gt;gt;ipv6 230916 10 gt;gt;autofs415268 0 gt;gt;i810_audio 33236 0 gt;gt;ac97_codec 16844 1 i810_audio gt;gt;soundcore 7008 1 i810_audio gt;gt;af_packet 16072 2 gt;gt;floppy 55088 0 gt;gt;8139too20928 0 gt;gt;mii 4224 1 8139too gt;gt;ide-cd 37280 0 gt;gt;cdrom 37724 1 ide-cd gt;gt;loop 12520 0 gt;gt;nls_iso8859-15 4224 1 gt;gt;ntfs 147964 1 gt;gt;supermount 34804 1 gt;gt;parport_pc 30976 1 gt;gt;lp 9548 0 gt;gt;parport33896 2 parport_pc,lp gt;gt;intel-agp 19584 1 gt;gt;agpgart27752 1 intel-agp gt;gt;ehci-hcd 26244 0 gt;gt;uhci-hcd 28752 0 gt;gt;usbcore 103172 4 ehci-hcd,uhci-hcd gt;gt;This indicates that the parallel port is now visible. gt;gt;On boot, the system indicates that cups is started. However the gt;gt;ssytm stil fails to see the printer. gt;gt;Any Ideas gt;gt;Carlton gt;gt; gt;gt; gt;Double check the printer cable? gt;Chase out the gremlins? gt;Get drunk? gt; gt;Just kidding... gt;Does /proc/sys/dev/parport/parport0/autoprobe show anything? gt; gt;Mikkel gt;-- gt; gt; Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, gt;for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! gt; gt; gt;Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? gt;Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com gt;Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com gt; Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] Getting a screen-shot of the current window
Paul Ksnapshot is the program you require. Carlton gt;From: Paul Smith lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; gt;Reply-To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com gt;To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com gt;Subject: [newbie] Getting a screen-shot of the current window gt;Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:49:01 + gt; gt;Dear All gt; gt;Could somebody please tell me how to get a screen-shot of the current window? gt; gt;Thanks in advance, gt; gt;Paul gt; gt; gt;Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? gt;Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com gt;Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com gt; Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] printer problem solved
using printer set-up in expert mode located the printer. Thanks for the help everyone Carlton Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] bad signatures
Why Do I get bad signatures when attempting to upgrade packages using mandrakelinux update ? shouldn't this be the safest plave to get the software from Carlton Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] printer recognition.
I have a HP laserjet 4 printer attached directly to the parallel port of my PC, Runing windows XP, the printer operates correctly. Mandrake 10.1 fails to locate the printer at all. any ideas? Thanks in advance Carlton Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] networking two mandrake 10.1 PC systems
I have two PCs sharing the same internet router, which I would like to network together. Both PCs are running mandrake 10.1, but I can't seem to make any network connections. Do I need to install something like samba on both machines? Thanks in Advance Carlton Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] cups installation
I have two PCs running MDK 10.1 On attempting to install cups, one PC downloads the files from the internet, and reports bad signatures, the other PC installs from the CDs with no apparent errors. Can i force the install package to read from the CD rather than download the software? Thanks Carlton Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] parallel port recognition.
I have a HP laserjet 4 printer attached directly to the parallel port of my PC, Runing windows XP, the printer operates correctly. Mandrake 10.1 fails to locate the printer at all. any ideas? Thanks in advance Carlton gt; gt;Hmmm. That's a new one to me. I've never has problems with HP gt;Laserjet 4 printers in Linux. Ever. Do you have the CUPS and HPOJ gt;packages installed Carlton? gt; gt;Try 'lsmod' to make sure that the printer port driver modules have gt;been loaded. You should see something like; gt; gt;parport_pc 32132 1 gt;lp 9836 0 gt;parport32040 2 parport_pc,lp gt; gt;HTH's gt;-- gt;Mr. Geek gt;Registered Linux User #190712 The resut of the lsmod command is Module Size Used by udf86340 1 md5 3584 1 ipv6 230916 10 autofs415268 0 i810_audio 33236 0 ac97_codec 16844 1 i810_audio soundcore 7008 1 i810_audio af_packet 16072 2 floppy 55088 0 8139too20928 0 mii 4224 1 8139too ide-cd 37280 1 cdrom 37724 1 ide-cd loop 12520 0 nls_iso8859-15 4224 2 ntfs 147964 1 supermount 34804 1 intel-agp 19584 1 agpgart27752 1 intel-agp ehci-hcd 26244 0 uhci-hcd 28752 0 usbcore 103172 4 ehci-hcd,uhci-hcd which would appear to indicate the printer port modues are not loaded. How do I solve this problem? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
