[newbie] Installing RPM Packages and Setting Time
Hi, I think that now I'm starting to delve a bit deeper into using this extraordinary Linux release however I've encountered a couple of hitches I hope someone can help me with. 1. I am trying to install some RPM packages I downloaded but I am at a loss as to how to install them properly. I tried to install a WINE RPM for instance and I think I did install it but then I could not find the place where Linux installed it. I used the KRPM application from the KDE desktop. Any help with this and how to locate installed applications would be appreciated. 2. I have a multi-boot PC with Win98 / XP and Mandrake installed. When I get into WinXP the time is OK but when I get into XP the time is always 1 hour ahead. Is there any way to solve this? 3. Also while I'm at it might as well ask :-)... I have a 56K modem which I use with Mandrake but which takes a very long time to initialize and start dialing...is there a way to speed up the initialization process and get it to dial out faster? Thanks to all in advance. Colin McElhatton AIMIS email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 3012406 Mob: 79262628 -- __ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Meet Singles http://corp.mail.com/lavalife Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Financial Problems
This is very unsettling news, I really would not want Mandrake to go away any time soon. Of all the Linux flavours I have tried this was the one that I could install without a hitch and whose minor flaws I could fix thanks to this mailing-list among other things. I wish there was more overt support to this distribution as I really think it is work using as a Windows substitute. The only way this OS is going to gain more support is by having applications that install painlessly all the time, that don't use gzip or tar to unpack them but have proper self-executing installers instead. That the Linux Configuration Centre is streamlined further to allow computer-users vis-a-vis computer professionals to carry out the neccessary day-to-day tweaking without having to know what's happening beneath. As for me I am happy with what I've got even though I would welcome any improvements...which brings up other considerations to mind, like how about having periodic self-extracting OS improvement packs that take the hassle out of upgrading (say the KDE interface if a newer one comes out). I'm talking off the top of my head here, but I would really like to see the day when opting to go Linux ALL THE WAY will be really easy and full of possibilities even for those who just USE a computer to play games, read email, write a document and maybe use their webcams to communicate with others over the net. SUPPORT MANDRAKE, IT'S WORTH IT!!- Original Message - From: Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: 15 Jan 2003 16:40:53 +1100 To: Mandrake Newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake Financial Problems > On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 13:14, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > > Here we go again. According to this article at The Register: > > http://212.100.234.54/content/4/28859.html > > Mandrake _may_ be heading into Chapter 11 or its French equivalent. It is also > > considering other options including a merger, another go with the venture > > capitalists, whatever. (Chapter 11, for those not conversant in US legalise, > > is a form of bankruptcy that allows the company to continue operations under > > court supervison. The other common form of bankruptcy, Chapter 7, is used > > when they just turn off the lights and lock the doors, and go home.) > > > > Evidently the appeal for additional capital last month was not entirely > > successful. That's sad, but not entirely unexpected. According to one post I > > saw at Newsforge, they're still stuck with some ugly contracts left over from > > the ill-fated e-learning project. > > > > Without having looked, I expect that there is already a long Slashdot thread > > in progress. Duh. > > -- cmg > > I seem to recall that I made a statement concerning this about 1.5 > months ago - that all might not be so well and good in the "Kingdom" as > it were. > > Not to say "I told you so", but well, "I told you so". > > -- > Wed Jan 15 16:35:00 EST 2003 > 4:35pm up 1 day, 8:16, 4 users, load average: 0.12, 0.13, 0.09 > -- > | __ __ | kuhn media australia | > | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | > | .\__/ || | | |=| > | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | > | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | > | ;"""/ / | | | | > | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | > | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | > -- > * linux user:267497 * RH 7.3+ * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting > -- > > "The Avis WIZARD decides if you get to drive a car. Your head won't touch the > pillow of a Sheraton unless their computer says it's okay." > -- Arthur Miller > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Colin McElhatton AIMIS email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 3012406 Mob: 79262628 -- ___ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com Meet Singles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mdk 9 slow on 3d games
Hi, I have had the same problem with Tuxracer with my Riva TNT2 M64 card with 32Mb onboard, are there any Linux drivers for this card? I mean 2D displays are no problem at all but when it comes to games that a different story altogether. Best Regards, - Original Message - From: Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: 10 Jan 2003 14:39:17 +1100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] mdk 9 slow on 3d games > On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 12:13, Aurélio Diniz wrote: > > I was never a gaming fan but i enjoy a good game from time to time. > > Believe it or not, i've only recently tested running tuxracer and i couldn't > > play it! > > First, the window of the game was not centered to the monitor (not even > > close!) and the game was terrible slow! I thought that it was only a problem > > with tuxracer but later i installed cube (following an advice of stephen) > > and the same thing happen. > > What can i do? Install a new graphic card driver? (how?) > > > > My card is a Guillemot Gamer M64 with 32mb (shouldn't this be enough to run > > these games) > > > > I apreciate any help, > > > > Filipe Dinis > > > > p.s. - thanks for all the people in the list. I've learned a lot about linux > > with all of you! > > p.s.2 - sorry for my bad english > > > > I would venture to say that it's the graphics card, mate. If you went > with the "default" drivers, which I presume you did, then you're going > to be suffering. If you can find either a driver that more closely > matches your graphics card, you'll be able to make more full use of the > RAM onboard as well as the processing on the graphics card. > > Do you happen to know if it's the one that has the NVidia chipset > onboard? Because if so, then you should be able to use the basic Nvidia > driver - I wasn't able to locate a Guillemot driver for linux... > > > -- > Fri Jan 10 14:35:00 EST 2003 > 2:35pm up 1 day, 4:17, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.01 > -- > | __ __ | kuhn media australia | > | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | > | .\__/ || | | |=| > | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | > | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | > | ;"""/ / | | | | > | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | > | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | > ------ > * linux user:267497 * RH 7.3+ * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting > -- > > Q: Why do WASPs play golf ? > A: So they can dress like pimps. > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Colin McElhatton AIMIS email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 3012406 Mob: 79262628 -- ___ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com Meet Singles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Open Office 1.0.1 Help
Hi, Going through Open Office I could not help noticing that it seems that help files where not installed during installation. Am I missing some files here, or does Open Office come without help? Can I obtian them from somewhere and if I can, how would I go about installing this help? Thanks a million in advance! Colin McElhatton AIMIS email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 3012406 Mob: 79262628 -- ___ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com Meet Singles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] On board 3D audio?
Hi, I don't know about whether Mandrake does support onboard 3D sound cards however what I do know is that when I first installed Mandrake I had both my onboard sound card and my audigy card identified by the OS. What this meant was however that I could not hear sound as the onboard card was causing some kind of conflict or was incompatibe with Linux Mandrake. When I disabled the onboard card I got my sound back with a vengence. I think tht Mandrake does not support onboard sound but you would have to check this out with someone with more expertise than me. Goodluck- Original Message - From: Ibly Piblo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 22:56:19 -0800 (PST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] On board 3D audio? > Searched everywhere, can't find anything about it. > Does mkd 9 support the on board 3d audio that so many > motherboards have? > > Thank you > > Ibly > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Colin McElhatton AIMIS email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 3012406 Mob: 79262628 -- ___ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com Meet Singles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Thanks for the help...just one more thing.
Hi, First of all thanks for the help regarding installing a hardware modem as I have succeeded in installing my Conceptronic External Modem on my Linux Mandrake 9.0 installation. However I am now faced with another problem I am being disconnected from my service provider sometime after logon is carried out. The first time I was disconnected after 10 minutes ad the second time after only 3-5 minutes. Is there anything I can do to troubleshoot this problem? Best Regards, Colin McElhatton AIMIS email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 3012406 Mob: 79262628 -- __ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Meet Singles http://corp.mail.com/lavalife Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Installing a Conceptronic 56K Modem on Linux Mandrake 9.0
Hi, I have recently installed Mandrake 9.0 on my Athlon XP Based system but I am having problems installing my Hardware Conceptronic 56K Modem (which I have have verified that should work with Linux). Formerly I had a software modem (at the time of installing mandrake 9.0). When I went through the FAQs I came across a utility called setserial which I also discovered was not installed with Mandrake when I first installed it. Is there a way to get Mandrake 9.0 to recognise the presence of my modem so that I can get to surfing the net with Mandrake? I am a total newbie to these kind of problems so I would appreciate any information that might facilitate the installation process. Best Regards, Colin McElhatton AIMIS email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- __ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Meet Singles http://corp.mail.com/lavalife Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
