Re: [newbie] Palm sync out of the box – anyone?
On Sunday 18 April 2004 03:39 pm, Janus Sandsgaard wrote: > I am going to buy a Palm pilot, and it is essential for me that I works > 100% with Linux and KDE applications such as Korganizer, KAdressBook etc. > I am considering Palm Tungsten C or Tungsten E. The latter should work with > KPilot: > > http://www.slac.com/pilone/kpilot_home/hardware.html#pilot > > But how well? > And what about Tungsten C (with WiFi)? > > Does anybody successfully use a Palm Tungsten C or Tungsten E with SuSE > Linux and KDE? Does it work âout of the boxâ? > > -j I had a Visor Deluxe and now have a Palm Vx. I couldn't get KPilot to work, but I haven't had any real problem with Jpilot. DBW -- ( )_( ) ( 0 0 ) --( )-- --0-- Never argue with an idiot. They drag you to their level and then beat you with experience. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] USB
My USB ports used to work and then stopped. I get an error message on boot with something like INIT USB cont (usb.ohci) /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernal/drivers/usb/usb-ochi.0.gz incorrect mod param or invalid IO or IRQ Init_module: no such device dmesg log has this in it. usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs usb.c: registered new driver hub usb.c: deregistering driver usbdevfs usb.c: deregistering driver hub My guess is that this quit after some update that I did. I have check the IO and IRQ and they don't seem to be conflicting with anything else. Mandrake control shows the USB but the configuration doesn't show them configured. -- ( )_( ) ( 0 0 ) --( )-- --0-- Never argue with an idiot. They drag you to their level and then beat you with experience. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] USB
My USB ports used to work and then stopped. I get an error message on boot with something like INIT USB cont (usb.ohci) /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernal/drivers/usb/usb-ochi.0.gz incorrect mod param or invalid IO or IRQ Init_module: no such device dmesg log has this in it. usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs usb.c: registered new driver hub usb.c: deregistering driver usbdevfs usb.c: deregistering driver hub My guess is that this quit after some update that I did. I have check the IO and IRQ and they don't seem to be conflicting with anything else. Mandrake control shows the USB but the configuration doesn't show them configured. THis is probably really simple, but I can't see the forest for the trees. Any suggestions? -- ( )_( ) ( 0 0 ) --( )-- --0-- Never argue with an idiot. They drag you to their level and then beat you with experience. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
Sounds like an April Fools Joke to me. On Thursday 01 April 2004 07:48 am, Tobias Cloete wrote: > That's your choice. > > I love OpenSouce and I run 3 pc's at home with Linux installed on all of > them at work 2. I'm the only linux guy here and love to be different. > > Linux is my desktop and Windows just cracks me up! > > > > Btw. His is a Technical list, not a flaming one. Please keep you opinion > to yourself > > > > ~Jargon > > > > -Original Message- > From: Josenildo Marques [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 April 2004 02:16 PM > To: newbie > Subject: [newbie] back to the good old Windows > > > > I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also > come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience > is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much > better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. > Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance. -- ( )_( ) ( 0 0 ) --( )-- --0-- Never argue with an idiot. They drag you to their level and then beat you with experience. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Ad-Aware
Is there any thing for Linux like Ad-Aware for Windows? Is there even a need for anything like Ad-Aware for Linux? -- ( )_( ) ( 0 0 ) --( )-- --0-- Never argue with an idiot. They drag you to their level and then beat you with experience. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Sound Card
I have a Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live 5.1 PCI sound card and I have just about had enough with sound card problems with this computer. Over the past couple of years, I started with Mandrake 8.2 and upgraded to 9.0 and 9.1 During my really initial learning phase, I reloaded Mandrake 8.2 and 9.0 several times each. The only problem that I had (and it occurred everytime) was I had to struggle with getting the sound to work all the way. I got the sound to work with 9.1 for the most part with the exception of the Surround sound until recently someone had a solution that fixed the Surround sound. Yesterday, during something I was doing, I trashed my / directory and had to reload 9.1 for the second time. Guess what -- the sound doen't work at all again. I have tried everything that I did in the past, researched the newbie list (and there are thousands of entries on sound problems) tried everything I could find there and still no sound. My rant is that every time that I have had to install a new version or reinstall an old version I have had to fiddle-dick with this sound card and the solution has appeared to be different every time. SO THE POINT TO THIS LONG AND TIRED EMAIL IS -- I know that someone (and I remember it as being Anne) bought a sound card that came with Linux drivers and worked out of the box. I don't mind the occasional learning experience but this is one of those problems that I would like to make permanently go away. Is there a particular Sound card that works? David -- ( )_( ) ( 0 0 ) --( )-- --0-- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Why do you choose Linux ?
On Sunday 30 March 2003 09:45 am, Zariyan Zephyr wrote: > As a Linux newbie, I don't really understand why people in Europe and > North America has chosen Linux for daily use. I think people in Europe > and North America can afford Microsoft Windows and application > softwares under Windows. It isn't about money, is it ?. > > ZZ I converted last year to Linux (at home). I did it for choice and because I wanted to find and support an alternative to Microsoft (the possiblity of Paladium and the lockdown on XP scared the heck out of me). I have not looked back. I have found replacement software that was as good if not better for everything I was doing on Microsoft and Linux is significantly more stable. Case in point - I went to use my wifes PC (Win98) this afternoon (for the first time in months) and I had to reboot 3 times before I could finish what I was doing. I haven't had to rebooted my Linux box in about 4 months now and I'm not sure I had to reboot when I did. David -- ( ) ( ) ( 0 0 ) ---( )--- o "Linux is not The Answer. Yes is the answer. Linux is The Question" Registered Linux user #300497 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] problem with Linuxconf 'Help' window height
On Sunday 16 March 2003 12:25 pm, cervixcouch wrote: > For quite a number of the windows in Linuxconf, whenever I click 'Help' > to get more information, the window that pops up is several times the > height of the screen and there is no scrollbar present to scroll down the > information. > > Maximizing the screen does no good and clicking the 'X' in the upper left > hand corner and selecting 'size' does nothing either. > > Is there a setting somewhere where this window behaviour can be changed? Dont' know why, but I couldn't get them to resize either. You can hold down the ALT key and then drag with the mouse to see what you need to see. David -- ( ) ( ) ( 0 0 ) ---( )--- o "Linux is not The Answer. Yes is the answer. Linux is The Question" Registered Linux user #300497 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] System is rebooting on its own
On Friday 07 March 2003 06:24 pm, Chris wrote: > Ok, let me try with a different subject, may just "reboot" didn't catch > anyones eye. I came home from work at 5:15 and my system had apparently > rebooted itself about 15 minutes ago. I can't find any reason for this at > all. I've checked the logs. This also happened yesterday. Can anyone > possibly come up with a reason. I'm running Mandrake 9.0. The only apps > I've added lately is XScreensaver but I can't see how/why it would cause > this. Just out of curiousity, is it rebooting at the same time or some multiple of time or is it random. -- ( ) ( ) ( 0 0 ) ---( )--- o "Linux is not The Answer. Yes is the answer. Linux is The Question" Registered Linux user #300497 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kmail went awol on me
On Friday 07 February 2003 01:01 pm, magnet wrote: I had this happen several times to me. What I found out my problem was --- It turned out that there was a "corrupt" message in the mail folders. I used Kong to look at the files and noticed that there was one more file than Kmail showed as messages. When I opened it using Kedit it had a horrendously long string of numbers in the from field. I deleted the file and Kmail got alot better. Don't know if your problem is similiar, but its something to look at. David > I have no idea what went wrong or why it happened, but I was reading > through my emails and on some when read the header disappeared and the > message appeared blank. > Strange but didn't give it much thought at the time so I closed kmail down. > When I tried to restart it a little later it just wouldn't from either the > toolbar icon, the Kmenu or from a console. > I went into my /home/ directory and renamed the directory to "saved-Mail" > and powered down the computer completely. > Rebooted and started up kmail ok, it detected the missing Mail directory > and created a new one. I copied the contents across from my saved copy but > then it stopped working again. > I can't seem to find a solution to reinstate my old emails into kmail > again. Anyone got any suggestions please? -- ( ) ( ) ( 0 0 ) ---( )--- o "Linux is not The Answer. Yes is the answer. Linux is The Question" Registered Linux user #300497 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] File Locking
On Tuesday 04 February 2003 09:43 pm, David Williams wrote: > My Mandrake update froze. After about 20 minutes, I killed it. > Unfortuneatly, this cleared the update entry from the config file and left > the urpmi database locked. I can't add the update because of the lock. > Can someone tell me how to unlock the urpmi database? Never mind, I wrote too soon. It was in var/lib/urpmi. Changed the permission to group write. I have it working now. -- ( ) ( ) ( 0 0 ) ---( )--- o "Linux is not The Answer. Yes is the answer. Linux is The Question" Registered Linux user #300497 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] File Locking
My Mandrake update froze. After about 20 minutes, I killed it. Unfortuneatly, this cleared the update entry from the config file and left the urpmi database locked. I can't add the update because of the lock. Can someone tell me how to unlock the urpmi database? -- ( ) ( ) ( 0 0 ) ---( )--- o "Linux is not The Answer. Yes is the answer. Linux is The Question" Registered Linux user #300497 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Aumix Not Present
On Sunday 12 January 2003 07:29 pm, Micah Haber wrote: > OS: Mandrake 9.0 > > Im trying to access the Aumix application to hear sound on my system, but > it isnt present under Multimedia->Sound->Aumix. I thought it might be > installable through rpmdrake 3.0, but a search for aumix turns up > nothing. Can anyone tell me how to install/access Aumix on my system? > Thanks. It should show up as aumix-2.7-13mdk. Might check to see if it was installed and just not put in the menus. For what it is worth, I found that AlsaMixerGUI gave more options and fixed my sound problems when aumix did not. David Williams -- -- ( ) ( ) ( 0 0 ) ---( )--- o Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Phoenix 0.5
On Monday 06 January 2003 09:07 pm, Todd Slater wrote: > On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 20:24:41 -0500 > > David Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not that anybody really cares. > > > > But I tried Phoenix and I am about to uninstall it. I don't notice any > > difference in performance between Mozilla and Phoenix (I have a 1.4GHZ > > AMD) and I like the "stuff" like "Open a Web Page" in Moziila (among > > other things). Just my two cents worth in case anybody else is going to > > try Phoenix out. > > David Williams > > What's the "Open a Web Page" you refer to? > > Todd Actually, its "Open a Web Location" under the "File" heading. I have it set to "Open in a New Navigator Tab". I like the feature as you have a pull down for commonly used web pages like "Slashdot". I think the implementation of tabs is better done in Mozilla than in Phoenix. David -- -- ( )_( ) ( OO ) ( ) o Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Phoenix 0.5
Not that anybody really cares. But I tried Phoenix and I am about to uninstall it. I don't notice any difference in performance between Mozilla and Phoenix (I have a 1.4GHZ AMD) and I like the "stuff" like "Open a Web Page" in Moziila (among other things). Just my two cents worth in case anybody else is going to try Phoenix out. David Williams -- -- ( )_( ) ( OO ) ( ) o Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Phoenix 0.5
Never mind about the Phoenix problem. I hate to admit it but I did the old Windows trick. I rebooted and everything is fine now. David -- -- ( )_( ) ( OO ) ( ) o Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Phoenix 0.5
On Sunday 05 January 2003 06:56 pm, Damian Gatabria wrote: > On Monday 06 January 2003 02:20, David Williams wrote: > > Ok, I installed Phoenix to try it out and got everything working. I have > > been using it for a week or so to get use to it. > > I just tried to run Mozilla (from the desktop, user command line, root, > > and from the mozilla directory) and I get Phoenix. > > Phoenix has its own set of directories. Its as if the mozilla executable > > was replaced by Phoenix. > > I know that Phoenix uses the mozilla engine. > > Is there something that I am missing here? > > David > > Were there any open Phoenix sessions when you tried > to launch Mozilla? > > I've noticed that trying to launch Phoenix when a Mozilla > session is already open gives me a Moz window... > > Damian I put Phoenix into its own directory. I've noticed the same thing with open sessions, so I made sure that nothing was running when I tried Mozilla. David -- -- ( )_( ) ( OO ) ( ) o Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Phoenix 0.5
Ok, I installed Phoenix to try it out and got everything working. I have been using it for a week or so to get use to it. I just tried to run Mozilla (from the desktop, user command line, root, and from the mozilla directory) and I get Phoenix. Phoenix has its own set of directories. Its as if the mozilla executable was replaced by Phoenix. I know that Phoenix uses the mozilla engine. Is there something that I am missing here? David -- -- ( )_( ) ( OO ) ( ) o Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Samba
On Sunday 05 January 2003 12:36 pm, Freddy Baert wrote: > Derek, > > Will you please tell me how to install this drakwizard rpm. > Will I do this with Run command or in a Konsole screen ? > Is it possible to do this as a normal user or will I need root priviligies > ? > > Sorry for this questions but it is my first linux installation. > > Many thanks > > Freddy > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Derek Jennings > Sent: zondag 5 januari 2003 18:12 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Samba > > On Sunday 05 Jan 2003 4:58 pm, David Williams wrote: > > On Sunday 05 January 2003 11:54 am, Freddy Baert wrote: > > > Would somebody tell me how to start the Samba Wizard, because I don't > > > find it. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Freddy > > > > Swat has a wizard in it, but I didn't find it particularly useful. > > David > > Just install the drakwizard RPM. Mandrake Control Centre then has another > set > of server menus. The Samba one will set you up a basic Samba server > > derek Under KDE goto Configuration -> Packaging ->Install Software It will ask for root password. type in your password and rpmdrake will show up. easiest thing to do is click on "All Packages, Alphabetically" go down the list until you find "drakwizard-0.2-13mdk" or something similiar and click on the box next to it. insert the proper CD that it asks for and that should do it. David -- -- ( )_( ) ( OO ) ( ) o Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Interesting article reviewing MDK v9.0
On Sunday 05 January 2003 12:11 pm, Russ wrote: > I am a definite newbie to the world of Linux. I have tinkered with it in > the past but always had issues that prevented me from fully jumping on > board. > > I have been dealing with Windows since I got into computers in the early > 90's. I am the guy that my friends (and their friends) call when there > windows computer goes haywire (free tech support). I am no expert on > Windows but I can find my way around and fix many of the common problems > that pop up. I have helped friends (and myself) reinstall windows more > times than I care to remember. > > I said the above just to show you that I am actually qualified to jump > in on this thread. I bought a new hard drive for the purposes of > tackling Linux again (with Mandrake9). I wanted a dual boot system > (Win98 MD9). My windows partition is still not up and running (no sound, > no Internet, video in basic mode). Mandrake9 was up and running within 5 > min after install (it took me that long to find the papers that had my > mail setting and computer name - cable internet connection). Now you > tell me which was easier to install? > > The problem comes from the steep learning curve from Win to Linux. As I > get into it again, some of it is coming back to me. I still have a long > way to go to be as efficient in Linux as I am in Windows. I do know that > I want to get away from Windows altogether. The way things look so far, > it looks like I may be able to with MD9. So I plug away. First order of > business is to tackle wine. > > I can say that if Linux continues to mature as it has and MS continues > their idiotic policies, more of us will join you. Do not be afraid of a > less than perfect review. Jump for joy for a favorable one. You are > gaining ground. > > Russ > > On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 04:52, Anne Wilson wrote: > > Of course some of the problems come from the fact that everything changes > > so fast in Linux. We are all hungry for the latest and greatest > > 'improvements'. There's nothing stopping us from taking an earlier > > version, but do we? As I have said before, getting x.0 of anything is > > almost bound to have issues. > > > > On Sunday 05 Jan 2003 10:37 am, Brandon Vanderberg wrote: > > > Me too, but I tried it again later and it's working now. > > > I'm sorry I read it though. The best part for me was reading the > > > responses to his article. ;) > > > > Some of them amazed me - some made me angry. In the first place I think > > people do discount how long it took to get windows expertise. More > > important than that, I do wonder about some of these self-styled experts. > > To state that it was necessary to use an Expert install in order to keep > > his partitions is blatant b***sh**. Many other comments suggest to me > > that the user is not prepared to learn anything, wants everything on a > > plate. OK - but accept that you have no control at all if you do. > > > > I have long held that a newbie to windows gets a pc with windows > > installed. He has no choice, and the limited choice available to him is > > not apparent unless he takes the trouble to learn about it - and many do > > not. The reviewer is right that those initial problems are tackled by > > vendors or geeky relatives/friends. The main difference with linux is > > that the user is unlikely, in many instances, to be offered it by the > > vendor, and by the numbers game, unlikely to have friends/relatives > > sufficiently expert to want to be responsible for his system. > > > > I'm not pleading perfection in 9.0. nor for that matter in Mandrake, and > > I know there is a need to have a need-list (re fixes or improvements) as > > well as a wish-list (by which I mean the less urgent). > > > > It made interesting reading, though, even if I did keep thinking 'funny, > > I didn't get that problem'. > > > > Anne I agree with Russ and like Russ I am the one that family and friends call for Windows support. I was a die-hard if somewhat disgruntled Windows fan until XP and Palladium started to hit the news. I am now completely off of Windows on my computer (my wife and sons are a different story). The learning curve is steep but in part because I keep wanting to look at things in a Windows fashion. I am becoming more comfortable and somewhat more proficient with Linux. I have SAMBA, VNC, WINE, CROSSOVER (demo for the moment) installed and have loved every minute of the learning experience (even the exasperating times). Course, I have bought 3 books on the subject matter and need to buy at least one more. Linux is reaching
Re: [newbie] Samba
On Sunday 05 January 2003 11:54 am, Freddy Baert wrote: > Would somebody tell me how to start the Samba Wizard, because I don't find > it. > > Thanks > > Freddy Swat has a wizard in it, but I didn't find it particularly useful. David -- -- ( )_( ) ( OO ) ( ) o Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] K-Mail Filter question
On Saturday 04 January 2003 01:19 pm, Michael Adams wrote: > On Sun, 05 Jan 2003 01:35, Derek wrote: > > On Saturday 04 Jan 2003 9:55 am, Michael Adams wrote: > > > I was trying to set up a filter on my sent-mail folder to delete > > > anything that has been there for 2 months or more. I can't quite see > > > how to do it as filters only seem to be applied to incoming or outgoing > > > mail not dates in folders. > > > > > > Any sugestions or am i blowing smoke. > > > > > > kmail 1.3.2 > > > Mandrake distro 8.2 > > > > Just right click on the mail folder and select 'expire old messages' > > You can then set up how long messages remain in each folder. > > > > derek > > Sorry Derek, Right clicking only brings up "compact" and "empty" as > choices. -- In Settings->Configure Kmail->Miscellaneous, there is a check off box to expire old messages when closing. The right click on a folder and set the old message age to whatever you want. When you close Kmail it will delete the messages that meet that criteria. OR Under Settings->Configure Filters, you can define a filter in (age in days) (equals) (some number). You can then periodically apply the filter manually on a particular folder. David -- ( )_( ) ( OO ) ( ) o Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing WINE
On Friday 03 January 2003 08:57 am, matt T wrote: > Hello all, i'm a user of mandrake linux since 7 hours ago and i am having > some troubles installing wine. i got this off the web elsewhere: > > first, untar the file: > tar -xf wine.tar > > second, go to the directory it untarred: > > cd wine > > third, run the configure script: > > ./configure > > fourth, run the compiling script: > > make > > fifth, run the installing script: > > make install > > that should be all you have to do, unless you want to install to a > different directory than the default. > > > > > > > > Problem is, i have no idea how to do that. Thanks in advance for any > replies, > > matt > > _ > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail You will need to use a terminal program (probably superuser mode) and enter the inputs from the command line. If you are not familiar with them, you might want to read up a little on the basic command line inputs for changing directories, copying and deleting files, etc. They are in the Command line documentation (get there in KDE by clicking on the red and white lifesaver). Start there and enjoy the learning experience. David -- -- ( )_( ) ( OO ) ( ) o Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Installing & running Programs/Scripts/Code
On Thursday 02 January 2003 11:30 am, Gavin Rollins wrote: > Graham, > > I had the same problem.. but via this group, I learned to download these > files into my tmp file first, open them with Ark, transfer ALL the files to > /usr/local or /usr/local/bin... not sure which one. (I'm sure someone will > correct me!!) after you transfered the files they should make their own > folder. goto that folder look for the "readme"doc and follow the > directions. > > What other type of programs have you downloaded?? RPM'S?? if so I find them > to be much easier.. but its best to learn both ways. Graham, its a long > learning process but the fruit is so sweet once you get it! if you happen > to see a post from "lanman" ask him your question.. he has and still is > helping me with my system and I have a mini lab setup in my home... hope > this helped a bit.. holla back soon. > Gavin aka Grasshopper > > On Friday 03 January 2003 08:21 am, Graham Pohle wrote: > > I've been downloading tar.gz files from the net, but for the life of me > > I can't get them to work.I've run the tar -x command but it doesn't > > work, and I've tried quite a few others, but they don't work. It's not > > just the tar.gz files either, I'm having trouble running any program. My > > name is graham and I can place the files in my home/graham dir OK, but > > that's it. I can't do anything from there. The only program that I seem > > to be having a bit of success with is nmap. It was a simple as typing > > nmap as a root command and off I went.If anyone has some useful > > information, I would appreciate it.(What would we do without > > newbies?)LOL If you are using KDE and in most cases from Konqueror, you can just double click into the tar.gz file and then do a drag and drop of the files from there into the temp directory. I generally use the superuser version so that I have the terminal line available for anything else that I do. David -- -- ( )_( ) ( OO ) ( ) o Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Web site causing Mozilla to crash
On Tuesday 31 December 2002 05:01 pm, AndrewD wrote: > I am thinking you don't have the Java plugin installed. Goto (in your > browser) Help -> About Plugins and see if something like this comes up > Java(TM) Plug-in 1.3.1_02-b02 > > File name: libjavaplugin_oji.so > Java(TM) Plug-in1.3.1_02 > below that should be the MIME types for Java. If not you can download it > from (don't goto the SUN java sight) > > http://cgi.netscape.com/cgi-bin/pi_moreinfo.cgi?PID=10048 > > it is about 15-16 meg so if you are using a dial up it will take a > while. > > Good luck > > Andrew D > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I tried the site with Phoenix 0.5 and Mozilla 1.21 (both have Java installed) and it worked fine. So I would say that Java is the key. David > > On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 22:08, Chris wrote: > > I went to a web site this evening, www.bobmayer.org to check on the > > authors new book. I was using mozilla v1.1, with Mandrake 9.0 While the > > site was loading I noticed on the status line, "applet loading", then > > mozilla would crash and I couldn't even bring up kde system guard to kill > > the process, had to do a ctrl-alt-backspace. Below is the error log that > > was saved to my home dir. I have no problems with Mozilla at any other > > sites, I'll have to assume that its this one alone, but I'm curious as to > > what the below means. And I appologize in advance for the message > > length. > > > > An unexpected exception has been detected in native code outside the VM. > > Unexpected Signal : 11 occurred at PC=0x409749bb > > Function name=(N/A) > > Library=/lib/i686/libc.so.6 > > > > NOTE: We are unable to locate the function name symbol for the error > > just occurred. Please refer to release documentation for possible > > reason and solutions. > > > > Current Java thread: > > at sun.awt.motif.X11Graphics.disposeImpl(Native Method) > > at sun.awt.motif.X11Graphics.dispose(X11Graphics.java:246) > > at sun.awt.RepaintArea.paint(RepaintArea.java:295) > > at sun.awt.motif.MComponentPeer.handleEvent(MComponentPeer.java:344) > > at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:2658) > > at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:1208) > > at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:2492) > > at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:334) > > at > > java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread > >.java:126) at > > java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.j > >ava:93) at > > java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:88) at > > java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:80) > > > > Dynamic libraries: > > 08048000-0804c000 r-xp 03:46 3752097 > > /usr/lib/jre-1.3.1_04/bin/i386/native_threads/java_vm > > 0804c000-0804d000 rw-p 3000 03:46 3752097 > > /usr/lib/jre-1.3.1_04/bin/i386/native_threads/java_vm > > 4000-40011000 r-xp 03:41 667938 /lib/ld-2.2.5.so > > 40011000-40012000 rw-p 0001 03:41 667938 /lib/ld-2.2.5.so > > 40013000-40016000 r-xp 03:46 245928 > > /usr/lib/libartsdsp.so.0.0.0 40016000-40017000 rw-p 2000 03:46 245928 > > /usr/lib/libartsdsp.so.0.0.0 40017000-4001c000 r-xp 03:46 > > 245920 /usr/lib/libartsc.so.0.0.0 4001c000-4001d000 rw-p 5000 > > 03:46 245920 /usr/lib/libartsc.so.0.0.0 4001d000-4001f000 r-xp > > 03:41 667824 /lib/libdl-2.2.5.so 4001f000-4002 rw-p > > 1000 03:41 667824 /lib/libdl-2.2.5.so 4002-40029000 r-xp > > 03:46 3293256 > > /usr/lib/jre-1.3.1_04/lib/i386/native_threads/libhpi.so > > 40029000-4002a000 rw-p 8000 03:46 3293256 > > /usr/lib/jre-1.3.1_04/lib/i386/native_threads/libhpi.so > > 4002a000-4002b000 r--p 03:46 3604923 > > /usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_IDENTIFICATION > > 4002b000-4002c000 r--p 03:46 3604922 > > /usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MEASUREMENT > > 4002c000-4002d000 r--p 03:46 3604897 > > /usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_TELEPHONE > > 4002d000-4002e000 r--p 03:46 3604924 > > /usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_ADDRESS > > 4002e000-4002f000 r--p 03:46 3604920 > > /usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_NAME > > 4002f000-4003 r--p 03:46 3604898 > > /usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_PAPER > > 4003-40031000 r--p 03:46 3686876 > > /usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES > > 40031000-4003e000 r-xp 03:41 2182650 > > /lib/i686/libpthread-0.9.so 4003e000-40045000 rw-p d000 03:41 2182650 > >/lib/i686/libpthread-0.9.so 40045000-4024a000 r-xp 03:46 > > 1998918 > > /usr/lib/jre-1.3.1_04/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so > > 4024a000-4034b000 rw-p 00204000 03:46 1998918 > > /usr/lib/jre-1.3.1_04/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so > > 40362000-40383000 r-xp 03:46 1540433 > > /usr/lib/jre-1.3.1_04/lib/i386/libjava.so > > 40383000-40385000 rw-p 0002 03:46 1540433 > > /usr/lib/jre-1.3.1_04/lib/i386/libjava.so > > 40386000-40754000 r-
Re: [newbie] Phoenix 0.5
On Monday 30 December 2002 09:42 pm, Angus Auld wrote: > - Original Message - > From: David Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 20:14:07 -0500 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Phoenix 0.5 > > > On Sunday 29 December 2002 07:51 am, Angus Auld wrote: > > > Greetings, I just wanted to pass along my observations > > > of the latest Phoenix 0.5 releasevery nice! > > > I'm using it now in fact. > > > > > > I'm an Opera enthusiast, but this one is pretty fast > > > and light. I don't think it is any faster than Opera, > > > but it seems a lot faster than Mozilla or Konq. > > > And, it's open sourceand, there are no > > > ads..and, it has tabs too ;-) > > > > > > I have java and flash working w/o any difficulty. This one looks like a > > > winner. > > > > > > Just my observations. > > > > > > > > > --Angus > > > > I have installed Phoenix, got java, realplayer and plugger, etc working. > > I went to the Phoenix help page and found several tips and tricks that I > > wanted to implement. I created a user.js file in the location specified > > and made the changes that I wanted. However, Phoenix does not appear to > > see the user.js file. I tried to change the pref.js file but it gets > > recreated. Is there something else that I should do so that Phoenix sees > > the user.js file? > > David > > ** > I don't have a fix David, but someone on here probably can help. I've made > some changes to fonts in my pref.js through Tools > Preferences, and they > seem to be holding OK. > > All the best. > > --Angus > Thanks for the response. I had copied the pref.js to user.js and added my changes to it. In an effort to try something, I went back and removed the duplicate stuff and changed the header from #mozilla preferences to #user prefs and it started to work. I don't really know which change fixed it. Added a couple of other items to speed it up and stop pop-ups. Pretty neat. David -- -- ( )_( ) ( OO ) ( ) o Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Phoenix 0.5
On Sunday 29 December 2002 07:51 am, Angus Auld wrote: > Greetings, I just wanted to pass along my observations > of the latest Phoenix 0.5 releasevery nice! > I'm using it now in fact. > > I'm an Opera enthusiast, but this one is pretty fast > and light. I don't think it is any faster than Opera, > but it seems a lot faster than Mozilla or Konq. > And, it's open sourceand, there are no > ads..and, it has tabs too ;-) > > I have java and flash working w/o any difficulty. This one looks like a > winner. > > Just my observations. > > > --Angus > I have installed Phoenix, got java, realplayer and plugger, etc working. I went to the Phoenix help page and found several tips and tricks that I wanted to implement. I created a user.js file in the location specified and made the changes that I wanted. However, Phoenix does not appear to see the user.js file. I tried to change the pref.js file but it gets recreated. Is there something else that I should do so that Phoenix sees the user.js file? David -- -- ( )_( ) ( OO ) ( ) o Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Phoenix 0.5
On Sunday 29 December 2002 10:44 pm, Angus Auld wrote: > - Original Message - > From: David Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 22:05:25 -0500 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Phoenix 0.5 > > > On Sunday 29 December 2002 07:44 pm, Damian Gatabria > > wrote: > > > > * > > > > Hey, super! Tex has rpms for Phoenix 0.5, and plugins too! > > Way to go Tex. > > > > > I've been running the tar package from Mozilla.org, which > > you don't > > > > > really install, just run. Will the rpm package possibly work > > better? > > > > > Fonts are not top grade with the package I'm running now. > > That's about > > > > > the only complaint I have though. > > > > > > That's exactly the good part of Tex's RPMS. That Phoenix > > build has XFT > > > > enabed, and fonts look great! > > > > > > see ya. > > > > > > Damian > > > > I have installed Phoenix and in the process installed > > RealPlayer and Java. > > > If I try to install the realplayer rpm for Phoenix it tells me it can't > > install because I need realplayer. How do I make the > > connection so that > > > Phoenix knows that realplayer is installed. (The same goes for > > Mozilla) > > > David > > ** > Do you have realplayer installed, and are trying to install the > plugin? Or, is it the actual player you're trying to get installed? > I tried installing Tex's Phoenix rpm, and it brought up some > dependencies that were required before it would install. It said I > needed the following: Xft, fontconfig, libfontconfig.so.1, & > libXft.so.2. I didn't bother. I am still using the tar "install" of > Phoenix from mozilla.org. > > Check to see if you have plugger-4.0-7mdk installed, it's on the > cd's. That allows the use of realplayer (and other apps too) in > your browsers.works for me anyway. I didn't have to install any > separate plugins. I'm using Tex's realplayer. Works in all my > browsers (except Phoenix, I would likely have to copy the plugger > plugin to phoenix's plugin folder to get it to work). > > HTH. All the best. > > > > --Angus I have realplayer installed but the plugin couldn't find it. Installing the plugin with the --nodeps fixed it. Thanks to the clue from Damian. I have the plugger plugin and it seems to work. David -- ( )_( ) ( OO ) ( ) o Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Phoenix 0.5
On Sunday 29 December 2002 10:52 pm, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > I have installed Phoenix and in the process installed RealPlayer and > > Java. If I try to install the realplayer rpm for Phoenix it tells me it > > can't install because I need realplayer. How do I make the connection so > > that Phoenix knows that realplayer is installed. (The same goes for > > Mozilla) David > > uhm.. i guess you installed RealPlayer as you downloaded it off real.com? > > The problem is that Phoenix is now expecting to see an RPM version > of RealPlayer installed. (The RPM made also by Texstar) If this is your > only dependency problem, install Phoenix with --nodeps. Should work. > > HTH > > > Damian That fixed it. Thanks, David -- -- ( )_( ) ( OO ) ( ) o Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Phoenix 0.5
On Sunday 29 December 2002 07:44 pm, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > * > > Hey, super! Tex has rpms for Phoenix 0.5, and plugins too! Way to go Tex. > > > > I've been running the tar package from Mozilla.org, which you don't > > really install, just run. Will the rpm package possibly work better? > > Fonts are not top grade with the package I'm running now. That's about > > the only complaint I have though. > > That's exactly the good part of Tex's RPMS. That Phoenix build has XFT > enabed, and fonts look great! > > see ya. > > Damian I have installed Phoenix and in the process installed RealPlayer and Java. If I try to install the realplayer rpm for Phoenix it tells me it can't install because I need realplayer. How do I make the connection so that Phoenix knows that realplayer is installed. (The same goes for Mozilla) David -- -- ( )_( ) ( OO ) ( ) o Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage (Watts?) of a P/S
On Saturday 28 December 2002 07:15 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > At 06:44 PM 12/28/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >On Saturday 28 December 2002 05:50 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > > > Subject says it all... any ideas besides reading a label? Thx. Oh & > > > Is there any diff between AT & ATX P/S's? > > > Merci > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > FemmeFatale > > > > > > Good Decisions You boss Made: > > > "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that > > > character from Peanuts." > > > > > > - Source: Dilbert > > > >Generally the model number will have the wattage embedded in it. > >For example: Model ATX-350-12V > >The 350 is the wattage. > > Yay! Thx that worked :) Heh now to figure out if I should bother with the > 250Watt ATX Or leave it at AT 220 W? any suggestions?? its a pII 200 I > believe... or 233... Not sure offhand. And will serve files (Mp3's from > ftp/apache, possibly serve as some sort of firewall... depending... i have > a router... and um.. not much else). So which size of PS do I need offhand > do you think? > - > FemmeFatale > > Good Decisions You boss Made: > "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that > character from Peanuts." > > - Source: Dilbert Depends on what you are doing with it. Outside of the CPU, the most current draw will be the disk drives and the new ones draw very little power. Of course a high powered graphics accelerator will draw a lot of power, but I assume that doesn't apply here. Lots of memory will be negligible also. I used to have a 233MHZ pentium, so-so graphics card, 2 five and 1/4 inch hard drives, 1-floppy and a CDROM on a 220Watt supply. David -- -- ( )_( ) ( OO ) ( ) o Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage (Watts?) of a P/S
On Saturday 28 December 2002 05:50 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > Subject says it all... any ideas besides reading a label? Thx. Oh & Is > there any diff between AT & ATX P/S's? > Merci > > > > - > FemmeFatale > > Good Decisions You boss Made: > "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that > character from Peanuts." > > - Source: Dilbert Generally the model number will have the wattage embedded in it. For example: Model ATX-350-12V The 350 is the wattage. Usually the power is equal to the current times the voltage. You have to watch what you are using on this. As the power supply robs Peter to pay Paul. My supply (which is the model above) has 12V at 15Amps max and 5V at 35 Amps max .. (12*15)+(5*35) = 355 watts. (Generally, this is what you can use to roughly determine what the wattage of the supply). It also shows 3.3v at 20A and -5V at .5AMPS and and -12V at .5AMPS (3.3*20)+(5*.5)+(12*.5)= 72.25 This would give a total wattage as 427Watts but remember the rob Peter to pay Paul. The supply cannot supply all of the voltages at the max current as it will blow a fuse. Now, have I thoroughly confused the issue. David -- -- ( )_( ) ( OO ) ( ) o Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sound gone again
On Wednesday 25 December 2002 05:14 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 25 Dec 2002 6:07 pm, David Williams wrote: > > On Wednesday 25 December 2002 11:36 am, David Williams wrote: > > > On Wednesday 25 December 2002 07:01 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > On Tuesday 24 Dec 2002 11:22 pm, David Williams wrote: > > > > > I spoke to soon. I have most of my sound back. > > > > > > > > > > I have my CDs playing and game sounds in the front speakers. I have > > > > > all of the system noises working correctly. The problem is that the > > > > > back speakers and the Sub-woofer doesn't work again. I have tried > > > > > the AUMIX and SOUND CONTROL settings (which is what I thought fixed > > > > > it the first time). Any ideas that I can follow after > > > > > David > > > > > > > > Don't know whether it will help, but I needed the fix described on > > > > Derek's page > > > > > > > > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/djennings/ > > > > > > > > It says it is to fix problems if you don't have an audio cable from > > > > your soundcard, but I had such a cable, and the fix was still needed. > > > > You can't lose, I think, so it's worth a try. > > > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > As you said it was worth a shot, however it didn't help. > > > I can play CDs through the front speakers. I just don't have the back > > > channels or subwoofer working. I did load the EMUL10K1 which is what I > > > use and it isn't what was loaded. However, that didn't seem to help. > > > Thanks for the idea. If nothing else, I learn something new everyday. > > > David > > > > Anne -- > > Spoke to soon, once again. I reloaded rather than logout and log back in > > and I once again have all of my sound. > > Thanks for the tip. > > Glad it helped. > > > Its been a good weekend. I have SAMBA running (this took me three weeks), > > VNC working, my sound is back. I have all of the stuff loaded that I > > wanted loaded (with the exception of Bannerblind in Mozilla). Life and > > Linux MDK9.0 is good. > > Merry Christmas > > David > > Just as a matter of interest - do you have a cable from your audio card, or > is it an oddity, like mine was? > > Anne That was the first thing that I checked an d I have a cable between the drive and the card. David -- -- ( )_( ) ( OO ) ( ) o Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sound gone again
On Wednesday 25 December 2002 11:36 am, David Williams wrote: > On Wednesday 25 December 2002 07:01 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Tuesday 24 Dec 2002 11:22 pm, David Williams wrote: > > > I spoke to soon. I have most of my sound back. > > > > > > I have my CDs playing and game sounds in the front speakers. I have all > > > of the system noises working correctly. The problem is that the back > > > speakers and the Sub-woofer doesn't work again. I have tried the AUMIX > > > and SOUND CONTROL settings (which is what I thought fixed it the first > > > time). Any ideas that I can follow after > > > David > > > > Don't know whether it will help, but I needed the fix described on > > Derek's page > > > > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/djennings/ > > > > It says it is to fix problems if you don't have an audio cable from your > > soundcard, but I had such a cable, and the fix was still needed. You > > can't lose, I think, so it's worth a try. > > > > Anne > > As you said it was worth a shot, however it didn't help. > I can play CDs through the front speakers. I just don't have the back > channels or subwoofer working. I did load the EMUL10K1 which is what I use > and it isn't what was loaded. However, that didn't seem to help. > Thanks for the idea. If nothing else, I learn something new everyday. > David Anne -- Spoke to soon, once again. I reloaded rather than logout and log back in and I once again have all of my sound. Thanks for the tip. Its been a good weekend. I have SAMBA running (this took me three weeks), VNC working, my sound is back. I have all of the stuff loaded that I wanted loaded (with the exception of Bannerblind in Mozilla). Life and Linux MDK9.0 is good. Merry Christmas David -- -- ( )_( ) ( OO ) ( ) o Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sound gone again
On Wednesday 25 December 2002 07:01 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 24 Dec 2002 11:22 pm, David Williams wrote: > > I spoke to soon. I have most of my sound back. > > > > I have my CDs playing and game sounds in the front speakers. I have all > > of the system noises working correctly. The problem is that the back > > speakers and the Sub-woofer doesn't work again. I have tried the AUMIX > > and SOUND CONTROL settings (which is what I thought fixed it the first > > time). Any ideas that I can follow after > > David > > Don't know whether it will help, but I needed the fix described on Derek's > page > > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/djennings/ > > It says it is to fix problems if you don't have an audio cable from your > soundcard, but I had such a cable, and the fix was still needed. You can't > lose, I think, so it's worth a try. > > Anne As you said it was worth a shot, however it didn't help. I can play CDs through the front speakers. I just don't have the back channels or subwoofer working. I did load the EMUL10K1 which is what I use and it isn't what was loaded. However, that didn't seem to help. Thanks for the idea. If nothing else, I learn something new everyday. David -- -- ( )_( ) ( OO ) ( ) o Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sound gone again
On Monday 23 December 2002 10:52 pm, David Williams wrote: > On Monday 23 December 2002 05:38 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > On Tue, 2002-12-24 at 00:57, David Williams wrote: > > > Ok, > > > I am reaching the point that I am not having fun any more. > > > I installed SAMBA and had it working. I installed Shorewall and broke > > > SAMBA. In trying to fix SAMBA, I broke my internet connection and > > > Mozilla. Somewhere in all of this I got my sound working properly. > > > My problem with SAMBA was a "it should work" type of problem. With that > > > problem and several other small annoyances that I was having, I did a > > > reinstall of MDK9.0 and decided I would start fresh. > > > No Samba, no shorewall, etc. etc. etc. > > > Updated Mozilla, broke Mozilla, re-installed Mozilla. Everything OK > > > Now my sound is broke. It will play a CD but nothing else but the > > > backchannels sound and system sounds won't work. I can't say that it > > > was working at all after the re-install of 9.0 (that was at 2AM). > > > I have enabled sound in the control panel and I have run AUMIX and > > > upped the bar there (this is what fixed the sound the last time). > > > Did I miss something during my install that I should have gotten. > > > I have a Sound Blaster Live. > > > David > > > > With the spate of issues described, I'm wondering if the system security > > is what is causing the problems - as we've heard before, the system > > would randomly change settings and files back to what they were > > beforehandare you making all your changes as root? > > YEP > I have re-installed the world again and I have my sound back. I will be > very careful that I install everything correctly and see what happens. > David I spoke to soon. I have most of my sound back. The good news is that I have SAMBA running the way that I think that it should after almost three weeks of screwing with it. Can read and write files to and from the Windows boxes now. Although I have an idea why what I did fixed it, I am not really sure why it worked. I have my CDs playing and game sounds in the front speakers. I have all of the system noises working correctly. The problem is that the back speakers and the Sub-woofer doesn't work again. I have tried the AUMIX and SOUND CONTROL settings (which is what I thought fixed it the first time). Any ideas that I can follow after David -- -- ( )_( ) ( OO ) ( ) o Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mozilla/Phoenix
I use Mozilla and like it a lot. I have thought about trying out Phoenix. Is there any overwhelming reason for using one over the other? Or, is this a matter of personal preference? David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sound gone again
On Monday 23 December 2002 05:38 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Tue, 2002-12-24 at 00:57, David Williams wrote: > > Ok, > > I am reaching the point that I am not having fun any more. > > I installed SAMBA and had it working. I installed Shorewall and broke > > SAMBA. In trying to fix SAMBA, I broke my internet connection and > > Mozilla. Somewhere in all of this I got my sound working properly. > > My problem with SAMBA was a "it should work" type of problem. With that > > problem and several other small annoyances that I was having, I did a > > reinstall of MDK9.0 and decided I would start fresh. > > No Samba, no shorewall, etc. etc. etc. > > Updated Mozilla, broke Mozilla, re-installed Mozilla. Everything OK > > Now my sound is broke. It will play a CD but nothing else but the > > backchannels sound and system sounds won't work. I can't say that it was > > working at all after the re-install of 9.0 (that was at 2AM). > > I have enabled sound in the control panel and I have run AUMIX and upped > > the bar there (this is what fixed the sound the last time). > > Did I miss something during my install that I should have gotten. > > I have a Sound Blaster Live. > > David > > With the spate of issues described, I'm wondering if the system security > is what is causing the problems - as we've heard before, the system > would randomly change settings and files back to what they were > beforehandare you making all your changes as root? YEP I have re-installed the world again and I have my sound back. I will be very careful that I install everything correctly and see what happens. David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Sound gone again
Ok, I am reaching the point that I am not having fun any more. I installed SAMBA and had it working. I installed Shorewall and broke SAMBA. In trying to fix SAMBA, I broke my internet connection and Mozilla. Somewhere in all of this I got my sound working properly. My problem with SAMBA was a "it should work" type of problem. With that problem and several other small annoyances that I was having, I did a reinstall of MDK9.0 and decided I would start fresh. No Samba, no shorewall, etc. etc. etc. Updated Mozilla, broke Mozilla, re-installed Mozilla. Everything OK Now my sound is broke. It will play a CD but nothing else but the backchannels sound and system sounds won't work. I can't say that it was working at all after the re-install of 9.0 (that was at 2AM). I have enabled sound in the control panel and I have run AUMIX and upped the bar there (this is what fixed the sound the last time). Did I miss something during my install that I should have gotten. I have a Sound Blaster Live. David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla
On Sunday 22 December 2002 02:06 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 00:58, David Williams wrote: > > I appreciate the help. > > I tryed to load from a terminal window (root and user). It stays blank > > and echoes keyboard characters. After a very long time (several minutes) > > it will display a blank mozilla window on the screen for about 5 seconds > > and then it closes. The terminal then comes back to the prompt. Gnome > > monitor shows that it has accumulated almost 300 MBs of memory before it > > exits. > > I am not familiar with gdb and don't know if I have it installed. I will > > look into that. > > David > > This all started happening from mucking around with SAMBA - so I would > tend to think that something has been mucked up with either path > statements, protocol settings, or system library settings. > > Firstly, you need to make sure your library path statements are correct > and that the system can locate the necessary libs when needed. Edit the > /etc/ld.so.conf file and make sure that you add the following: > > /usr/lib > /usr/local/lib > > ...save the file and then type "ldconfig" in your terminal window. > That's part one. > > In your home directory (the first directory you're in when you open up a > term window), you're going to have to rename your existing > ~/home/username/.mozilla - you can do this by typing in your terminal > window: > > mv .mozilla .mozilla-old > > Now that that's done, try starting Mozilla again...let's see what > happens now... I get a "grep: /usr/lib/mozilla-1.1/chrome/local.alias: No such file or directory" Then after a couple of seconds I get a Segmentation fault. Obviously the file it can not find is local.alias and I don't have a clue what it is for. As a side issue is there a good scource that "maps" linux. I have yet to figure out the method to the madness on the different libs and if I had some idea where to start looking I could probably figure some of this stuff out. David -- ( )_( ) ( 0 0 ) ---( )--- 0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla
On Sunday 22 December 2002 01:01 am, Mark Weaver wrote: > David Williams wrote: > > In my effort to fix my SAMBA problem, I have somehow broken Mozilla. > > This occurred when the system lost the ethernet card and wouldn't connect > > online. I get that fixed but Mozilla was broke. > > When I run Mozilla, it acts like it is loading and then goes away. > > I have the Gnome system monitor running and Mozilla gobbles up a huge > > chunk of memory (>256MBytes) before it stops trying to load. > > This occurs under root as well as my user name. > > Anyone have any ideas that I could try before I go and re-install it. > > David > > David, > > try starting mozilla from a terminal window and see what output comes to > the screen as mozilla is starting and then subsequently fails. You could > also start mozilla using gdb. > > Mark I appreciate the help. I tryed to load from a terminal window (root and user). It stays blank and echoes keyboard characters. After a very long time (several minutes) it will display a blank mozilla window on the screen for about 5 seconds and then it closes. The terminal then comes back to the prompt. Gnome monitor shows that it has accumulated almost 300 MBs of memory before it exits. I am not familiar with gdb and don't know if I have it installed. I will look into that. David -- ( )_( ) ( 0 0 ) ---( )--- 0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mozilla
In my effort to fix my SAMBA problem, I have somehow broken Mozilla. This occurred when the system lost the ethernet card and wouldn't connect online. I get that fixed but Mozilla was broke. When I run Mozilla, it acts like it is loading and then goes away. I have the Gnome system monitor running and Mozilla gobbles up a huge chunk of memory (>256MBytes) before it stops trying to load. This occurs under root as well as my user name. Anyone have any ideas that I could try before I go and re-install it. David -- ( )_( ) ( 0 0 ) ---( )--- 0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Screen Resolution and Monitor (in KDE)
On Thursday 19 December 2002 09:42 pm, Paul Dimitriu wrote: > Probably something very easy: > > How (in KDE) the devil do I change my screen > resolution and monitor type? > > Thanks, > > Paul In Mandrake, you do it in the Mandrake Control Center under monitor or resolution. David -- ( )_( ) ( 0 0 ) ---( )--- 0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Samba
On Wednesday 18 December 2002 05:56 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 18 Dec 2002 3:57 am, David Williams wrote: > > On Saturday 14 December 2002 04:30 am, magnet wrote: > > > On Saturday 14 Dec 2002 1:59 am, David Williams wrote: > > > > OK, I give up. > > > > I have a four computer network at home. I am running Linux on mine > > > > and Win98 on the other three. I have been using Samba so I can copy > > > > files and etc and to share a printer on my computer with the others. > > > > > > > > Everything has been working fine and now my computer and printer > > > > can't be seen on the net. (I have very recently changed the monitor > > > > settings from 800X600 to 1024X768 and got my background sound to > > > > work.) That is the only thing that I have done. > > > > > > > > Under SWAT smb is running and nmb is not if I try to start nmb I get > > > > the errors below logged to the log.nmbd file. > > > > > > > > I have no idea what is failing or how to fix it or where to look to > > > > find out how to fix it. > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi David. > > > Have a look at your linux settings using webmin first to see if > > > drakconfig decided to switch your linux box's IP addy/change your LAN > > > IP range. This will throw samba off a bit sometimes. [it did when I was > > > installing the nvidia drivers]. > > > Webmin makes a very good base setting 99% of the time. It also gives > > > you the option to restart the samba server from within it's pages. Also > > > worth looking at is your /etc/hosts file to see if you have added your > > > windows boxs and their local.domain.names plus alias's. > > > > > > Let us know how you get on. > > > > > > regards > > > magnet > > > > I got everything working with the biggest problem being shorewall. I have > > it removed for the moment. I can read, write, and print files to my Linux > > system from the Windows. However, I can only see the disk drives on the > > windows system from the Linux system. I have the disks shared under > > windows. I can not for the life of me find anything that would prevent me > > from reading the shared files on Windows from the Linux PC. This usually > > means that I have overlooked the obvious. Any help is greatly > > appreciated. David > > On the windows boxes, how are the share connections set? Mine are all set > as share level, not password controlled. I don't know whether that would > cause any problem.> Anne I have the drives set up as share level. I turned off all of the password stuff until I got the basics working. David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Samba
On Saturday 14 December 2002 04:30 am, magnet wrote: > On Saturday 14 Dec 2002 1:59 am, David Williams wrote: > > OK, I give up. > > I have a four computer network at home. I am running Linux on mine and > > Win98 on the other three. I have been using Samba so I can copy files > > and etc and to share a printer on my computer with the others. > > > > Everything has been working fine and now my computer and printer can't be > > seen on the net. (I have very recently changed the monitor settings from > > 800X600 to 1024X768 and got my background sound to work.) That is the > > only thing that I have done. > > > > Under SWAT smb is running and nmb is not if I try to start nmb I get the > > errors below logged to the log.nmbd file. > > > > I have no idea what is failing or how to fix it or where to look to find > > out how to fix it. > > David > > > > Hi David. > Have a look at your linux settings using webmin first to see if drakconfig > decided to switch your linux box's IP addy/change your LAN IP range. This > will throw samba off a bit sometimes. [it did when I was installing the > nvidia drivers]. > Webmin makes a very good base setting 99% of the time. It also gives you > the option to restart the samba server from within it's pages. > Also worth looking at is your /etc/hosts file to see if you have added your > windows boxs and their local.domain.names plus alias's. > > Let us know how you get on. > > regards > magnet I got everything working with the biggest problem being shorewall. I have it removed for the moment. I can read, write, and print files to my Linux system from the Windows. However, I can only see the disk drives on the windows system from the Linux system. I have the disks shared under windows. I can not for the life of me find anything that would prevent me from reading the shared files on Windows from the Linux PC. This usually means that I have overlooked the obvious. Any help is greatly appreciated. David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Samba
OK, I give up. I have a four computer network at home. I am running Linux on mine and Win98 on the other three. I have been using Samba so I can copy files and etc and to share a printer on my computer with the others. Everything has been working fine and now my computer and printer can't be seen on the net. (I have very recently changed the monitor settings from 800X600 to 1024X768 and got my background sound to work.) That is the only thing that I have done. Under SWAT smb is running and nmb is not if I try to start nmb I get the errors below logged to the log.nmbd file. I have no idea what is failing or how to fix it or where to look to find out how to fix it. David [2002/12/13 20:22:16, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(794) Netbios nameserver version 2.2.6pre2 started. Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1994-2002 [2002/12/13 20:22:16, 0] nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:create_subnets(239) create_subnets: No local interfaces ! [2002/12/13 20:22:16, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(872) ERROR: Failed when creating subnet lists. Exiting. [2002/12/13 20:22:28, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(794) Netbios nameserver version 2.2.6pre2 started. Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1994-2002 [2002/12/13 20:22:28, 0] nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:create_subnets(239) create_subnets: No local interfaces ! [2002/12/13 20:22:28, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(872) ERROR: Failed when creating subnet lists. Exiting. [2002/12/13 20:39:35, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(794) Netbios nameserver version 2.2.6pre2 started. Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1994-2002 [2002/12/13 20:39:35, 0] nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:create_subnets(239) create_subnets: No local interfaces ! [2002/12/13 20:39:35, 0] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(872) ERROR: Failed when creating subnet lists. Exiting. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster Live 5.1
Thanks to Stephen Kuhn and Bryan Tyson. The EMUL10K1 driver was already loaded and the hint from Stephen and Bryan Tyson on checking the mixers fixed the problem. Once I knew what I was looking for, I found the back ground speakers were turned completely down. -- Everything works fine now. Thanks again David On Thursday 12 December 2002 11:26 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 13:54, David Williams wrote: > > I noticed that my sound card (Sound Blaster Live 5.1) wasn't playing > > background to the back speakers and sub-woofer when I installed Mandrake > > 9.0. > > > > As near as I can figure, I need to install the EMUL10K1 driver. However, > > it appears that I need to recompile, etc. etc. etc. Before I did all of > > this, I wanted to see ifanyone knew if I was doing the right thing or if > > I was hunting through the weeds in the wrong direction. > > > > David > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Sound Blaster Live 5.1
I noticed that my sound card (Sound Blaster Live 5.1) wasn't playing background to the back speakers and sub-woofer when I installed Mandrake 9.0. As near as I can figure, I need to install the EMUL10K1 driver. However, it appears that I need to recompile, etc. etc. etc. Before I did all of this, I wanted to see ifanyone knew if I was doing the right thing or if I was hunting through the weeds in the wrong direction. David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
