Re: [newbie] Adding new Desktop Environments
Take a look at: /usr/share/config/kdm and the kdmrc file. Under the subsection of: [X-*-Greeter] is a line for something like Session Type. I believe that editing that line to add gnome and put things in the correct order will do what you ask. At 11:24 AM 4/17/2002 -0400, you wrote: Hello all, I have installed most of the Desktop Environments (Enlightenment, KDE, WindowMaker, etc) that came with Mandrake 8.1, and would like to add Gnome. I was wondering how to add Gnome to the X startup interface of desktops that are installed on my machine and how to get into it the first time after installing it from scratch. Any help is appreciated. Kevin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com o o o o o o o o [EMAIL PROTECTED] o _ o _| | .][__n_n_|DD[ _ | | (|__|_[_]_|___| _/oo O oo` ooo ooo 'o!o!o o!o!o` -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] If xcdroast is on my computer, where might I find it?!
I use Mandrake 8.0, and the CD burning programs are under Applications ... Archiving ... CD Burning. If you dont see them there, then perhaps the default install did not install them and you will have to add them through Software Manager (look under INSTALLABLE). Hope this helps. On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 13:36:54 -0500 Sullivan, Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First post, a test run if you will, hopefully it goes through! I've been fooling around with my newly installed 8.1 OS with all the packages from the PowerPack installed... I've really had an easy time finding all the comparable tools I'm used to in the Winderz world here in Mandrake except for any CD burning programs. The one I did find was cdparanoia but I'm trying to stay GUI for the most part currently and thought that xcdroast would probably be installed along with my OS. I can't find a menu entry for any burning stuff under Apps or Office etc. so I'm assuming they exist and just don't have shortcuts/menu entries for them... Any suggestions on where to look in my files for GUI burning programs? I'm also on the hunt for a GUI audio extraction tool (or GUI front-end to cdparanoia), extra credit if it's one that might be on the application discs I recieved with Mandrake 8.1 as I don't have a modem currently installed in the Linux PC. Also, I've had friends who speak of Apple computers running Toast where extraction isn't neccesary at all to get *exact copies* of audio CD's! This isn't the same for Linux is it? I'm assuming not since programs like cdparanoia exists but if I can save the time of extracting my audio first it'd be just one more bonus to Linux over Windows..! Thanks for your help much appreciated! Take care, Nick ~~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (W) http://www.forwardhall.com http://db.etree.org/npsinboro The wind of pleasure and pain will not stir me, for I am silently in harmony with the Path. - D.T. Suzuki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Powerdown problem
I believe the command is: shutdown -h now and NOT shutdown now -h ;-) On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 16:14:56 -0500 Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 19:43:27 +0100 (MET) Jesper Nyholm Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, When I execute the command halt linux starts shutting everything down, but in the end it just stops and freezes and doesn't turn off my pc. This is a problem for me because I can't turn off my PC at the touch of a button, I have to pull the plug. My PC is a Compaq Presario 7990 Try using the command: shutdown now -h Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Powerdown problem
I never make tiping ... tipping ... tipos ... yeah, been there, done that a few times myself. At 04:49 PM 3/21/2002 -0500, you wrote: On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 13:27:09 -0800 Dan Shackelford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe the command is: shutdown -h now and NOT shutdown now -h ;-) I tend to be backASSwards at times. (-:| Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com o o o o o o o o [EMAIL PROTECTED] o _ o _| | .][__n_n_|DD[ _ | | (|__|_[_]_|___| _/oo O oo` ooo ooo 'o!o!o o!o!o` -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 'ls' doesn't sort the way it used to?
Why not try an alias in your bashrc file, so that ls does it YOUR way? At 04:42 PM 3/4/2002 -0800, you wrote: Hello everyone: A long long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, 'ls' used to display directories and files in case sensitive order, prioritized by Directories, then directory names that start with capitals first. Now directories and files are sorted w/out respect to directory or file, and the first letter in the names are alphabetized w/out sensitivity to case. I guess not too many people liked this, but call me a geek, I found it kind of useful for organzing things. Can anyone help? Thanks so much, Steven Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com o o o o o o o o [EMAIL PROTECTED] o _ o _| | .][__n_n_|DD[ _ | | (|__|_[_]_|___| _/oo O oo` ooo ooo 'o!o!o o!o!o` -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] What does CTRL-ALT-F2 get you?
I believe you will find that CTRL - ALT - F7 will get you back ... Xwindows by default puts the GUI on F7. At 12:49 PM 2/14/2002 -0600, you wrote: 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 o o o o o o o o [EMAIL PROTECTED] o _ o _| | .][__n_n_|DD[ _ | | (|__|_[_]_|___| _/oo O oo` ooo ooo 'o!o!o o!o!o` -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SCSI Emulatio
Edit your configuration file. If you use LILO, edit /etc/lilo.conf so that under your present boot section you have append = hd?=ide-scsi (where the question mark is replaced with the drive designation of the CD-R or CD-RW drive, for example for the common arrangement where it's the secondary master ide device you would have hdc=ide-scsi). If there's already an append line there, just add this to it. Save the lilo.conf you just edited and then type: /sbin/lilo (on a root command line). At 12:28 AM 2/5/2002 -0500, you wrote: Pardon my asking this question, which I know has been answered a bunch of times, but I have tried unsuccessfully to find it in the archives - what is the line I put in lilo.conf to make the system think my IDE CD-RW is SCSI? And where? Thanks! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com o o o o o o o o [EMAIL PROTECTED] o _ o _| | .][__n_n_|DD[ _ | | (|__|_[_]_|___| _/oo O oo` ooo ooo 'o!o!o o!o!o` -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: [Cooker] Wp8/libc5 and bus error.
On Wednesday 23 January 2002 03:34 pm, you wrote: I am not sure if this addresses your problem. I am using MDK 8.0. I have the WordPerfect RPM. When I installed the RPM, MDK found two dependencies (I believe these were libc5), installed them, but WP would not run. What I had to do was DL and install the following (which should be on a MDK 7.2 CD I believe): ld.so-1.9.11-4mdk.i586.rpm Once that was installed, WP runs just fine on my machine. I too would like to see this resolved once and for all. I had no problems with WordPerfect 8 until installing cooker, and am getting the same Bus error message that you are getting. I've posted this problem in the Mandrake Open Forum, in the Mandrake usenet group and in the Corel WordPerfect usenet group, but have gotten nowhere in getting closer to resolving this problem. I can't even successfully run ldd /opt/wordperfect/wpbin/xwp! I get the following error when I do: /usr/bin/ldd: line 1: 11105 Bus error LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS=1 LD_WARN= LD_BIND_NOW= LD_LIBRARY_VERSION=$verify_out LD_VERBOSE= $file Perhaps that error might give someone who knows much more than I, a clue as to a resolution! George Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Monitor Lock-up
On Sunday 20 January 2002 05:54 pm, you wrote: Have you tried: K -- CONFIGURATION -- KDE -- POWER CONTROL -- ENERGY ? Hi, When my IBM 202 monitor shuts itself down for the night, and I am still logged in, I have to turn the whole box off in the morning (which led to more difficuties - reformating). I have experimented and logged off at night and the results are various. I saw on the list several weeks ago, a command to tell your monitor NOT to go into shut down (energy saver) mode. And it worked fine. I searched the newbie archives but can't find it. Any help is appreciated. I am running MK 8.1, AMD 1.4 ghz 512 ram. Voodoo 5500. J Winkle _ 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
Re: [newbie] gimp print window
You might try holding down the ALT key ... left click anywhere in the dialogue box and while holding down the both ALT and L button on the mouse, drag the box until you can see the PRINT key or be able to grab the bottom of the box and resize it. At 08:43 PM 1/3/2002 -0500, you wrote: Hi, When I use the gimp print command, the dialog box is too long and the 'print' button is off the bottom of the page. For some reason it is not resizable and the print button is inaccessible. Has anyone else experienced this problem and if so, how did you deal with it? TIA, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com o o o o o o o o [EMAIL PROTECTED] o _ o _| | .][__n_n_|DD[ _ | | (|__|_[_]_|___| _/oo O oo` ooo ooo 'o!o!o o!o!o` -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] detecting an internal ISA modem
Assuming that is not a winmodem ... you might take a look at it via statserial and see if that gives you the info you need. At 05:19 PM 12/11/2001 +0200, you wrote: Just enquired on the price of an external USR modem and was quoted about R800. Before I end up having to fork out this dough I wondered how to make the system detect new hardware i.e. the ISA USR modem, eventhough it doesn't display it under the Mandrake Control Centre when I am logged as as either a user or root. Tnx to Ed who suggested I try the command of'/proc/pci|/home/hylton/proc-pci'. Turns out on opening the box that the USR modem is in an ISA slot. I tried to use the command but replace the PCI with ISA and all I got was something about command not found. Before I have to cough dough, please tell me how to get this working. Perhaps Dave in Iowa would let me know how he gets his USR modems working? -- Registered Linux user #229959 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com o o o o o o o o [EMAIL PROTECTED] o _ o _| | .][__n_n_|DD[ _ | | (|__|_[_]_|___| _/oo O oo` ooo ooo 'o!o!o o!o!o` -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Still no printing in LM8.1!
I admit to seeing this thread in the middle, not from the beginning, and REALLY admit to being a newbie but have you checked out www.linuxprinting.org yet? Specifically: http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=62112 http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_driver.cgi?driver=stp At 02:27 AM 12/5/2001 -0500, you wrote: Thank you for your help. At least it is good to hear that someone did get an Epson to print eventually in 8.1. I have been thinking of going back to 8, but I think 8.1 is better for some other things. I even thought of doing a dual boot with Windows 95 , for a last resort way to get a working printer again. I just got rid of all of my cups and tried lpd but that is not working either. I am sure this will get resolved eventually. Thanks for your input. It may help me find an answer. Sincerely, Marcia On Tuesday 04 December 2001 21:45, you wrote: On Tuesday 04 December 2001 13:39, you wrote: Dear All, I have been reading everything and doing everything I can think of to get my Epson Stylus Color to work with LM 8.1. I know this isn't going to help much, because I wiped 8.1 and put 8.0 on (with 8.1 upgrades like the newest version of Abiword, Mozilla, etc). I did have printing issues with 8.1 -- Epson Stylus Color 740 --, but I uninstalled because of other problems. If it is any consolation, I did get my Epson to work. The bad news is, I can't remember how I did it, but I believe that it was through Kups, and it was after the printer failed to work correctly during the original install. My printer is through smb and is connected to a windows machine, and I used the printer command from my smb.conf file: lpr-cups -P %p %s Sorry that I can't remember where I plugged that in, though. I do remember that I typed it into a box somewhere in the printer configuration gui. e. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com o o o o o o o o [EMAIL PROTECTED] o _ o _| | .][__n_n_|DD[ _ | | (|__|_[_]_|___| _/oo O oo` ooo ooo 'o!o!o o!o!o` -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Proper rpm procedure for cross-dependency?
I believe the answer is to install them BOTH, at the same time, i.e. rpm -U (or whatever) KERNAL.rpm IPTABLES.rpm Try that with rpm -Uvh --test and see if the mutual dependencies are solved. At 08:31 AM 11/20/2001 -0800, you wrote: Hello all So I thought I'd be all Tom Brinkman-like, and get the latest kernel. :) Did an rpm -Uvh --test, and it says iptables = 1.2.4-1 conflicts with the 2.4.13 kernel. So I got the latest iptables rpm, and --test 'ed it, too, and it says it needs the 2.4.13 kernel. So I'm stuck in a catch-22, and I'm wondering what's the proper voodoo to make everyone go home happy. All this is happening on a (more or less) stock LM 8.1. Thanks for any help Edmund Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com o o o o o o o o [EMAIL PROTECTED] o _ o _| | .][__n_n_|DD[ _ | | (|__|_[_]_|___| _/oo O oo` ooo ooo 'o!o!o o!o!o` -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] packer program
I believe you already have such a program that will compress / decompress files, called GZIP. In a terminal window, run MAN GZIP and see if that is what you seek. Otherwise, try apropos zip and see what programs come up. At 10:14 PM 11/15/2001 +0100, you wrote: Hi folks, after installing mandrake 8.1 (it runs - yeah) I need a packer program like winzip or winrar to download someware - but - not in a packed version. Someone a adress? TIA Ivo :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com o o o o o o o o [EMAIL PROTECTED] o _ o _| | .][__n_n_|DD[ _ | | (|__|_[_]_|___| _/oo O oo` ooo ooo 'o!o!o o!o!o` -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
