Re: SEC: UNCLASSIFIED:-[newbie] Purcahsing a copy ofLinux-Mandrakeversion 7.0 in Australia.
Paul Marriott wrote: You can find links to Mandrake resellers/distributors in Australia on the Linux-Mandrake home page under the heading GET IT - CDs You'll find that at: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/ The page for Australia is http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/asia.php3 Good luck... Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, My local electronics retailer says they can't get copies of Linux-Mandrake version 7.0 from O/S. Does anyone know a web site where you could purchase a copy on the internet? Thanks Marco Mastrocinque. www.everythinglinux.com.au -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone for setup.
[Fwd: [newbie] GPGP]
-- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone for setup. John Couturier wrote: I don't know the answer the your problem but you may want to go out to http://geheimnis.sourceforge.net and try geheimnis. This is what I use and it is very nice, I believe the one your using is the Gnome PGP GUI. JOhn -- Original Message -- From: Dennis Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 06 May 2000 14:31:48 +1000 I am trying to run gnupg with the gpgp gui front end in L-M7.0. When I try to decrypt with gpgp I get the error message: gpg: cannot open /dev/tty: Device not configured Gnupg works fine in a term. I cannot find any info on configuring /dev/tty. Can anyone assist? TIA. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone for setup. John, Thanks. In a later post I said I had tried Geheimnis and found it buggy; there is a problem in the keygen program ( it makes two public keys not a secret and public key and, having worked around that using the command line to generate a key pair, any attempt to encrypt causes the encrypted file to disappear without trace.) I would be grateful for any help with this problem. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone for setup.
[newbie] GPGP
I am trying to run gnupg with the gpgp gui front end in L-M7.0. When I try to decrypt with gpgp I get the error message: gpg: cannot open /dev/tty: Device not configured Gnupg works fine in a term. I cannot find any info on configuring /dev/tty. Can anyone assist? TIA. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone for setup.
Re: [newbie] X-Window, Mandrake 7.0, SiS6326
Kostya wrote: Hi to everybody!!! Sorry for my terrible English. Russian is my native language. I have a very popular problem: I can't correctly configurate X-Window. Interesting fact: Linux Mandrake 7.0 has a graphics instalation and during the instalation graphics works in my computer correctly, but after instalation it doesn't work. Can You tell me WHY???!!! I have PII-266/32mb/SiS6326 AGP PRO... and monitor DAYTEK 15''. My friends, they are newbies too said me that it very hard to configurate correctly X-Window for my Video Card. /*May be you can tell me what I must write in section VideoCard*/ Thank you for your attention. With best wishes, Konstantin V. Lupach. Konstantin, I have the same chipset and have managed to get it to work with XFree86 3.3.6 and 4.0 in L-M7.0. There is a thread in the expert list archive you could check under SiS6326 where I posted my XF86Config file. Run Xconfigurator or xf86config and set the values for your system and desired resolution and color depth but do not test. Then edit (I recommend using midnight commander) the /etc/XF86Config file by going to the section Device configured by Xconfigurator (or xf86config) and under the lines Device, Identifier, Driver, VideoRam add a new line: Option "sw_cursor" just like that. There should be other options listed and in my system they are all commented out. Save and at the command line type startx. It should work. You will need to edit /etc/inittab file to id:5:initdefault if you want to routinely start X on bootup. Good luck. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone for setup.
Re: [newbie] Netscape Fonts
"Michael A. Kellogg" wrote: Hi Folks! Last week I saw a post regarding a place where we might get extra Mozilla fonts for Linux. Would anyone have that address . . . I've got the instructions to install but am unable to find the file! Thanks for your help! Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://fox.mit.edu/skunk/xwin/ -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone for setup.
Re: [newbie] XFree86 version 4 and the SIS 6326 chip
"Jim Del Cañamo" wrote: I am working with a Speed Star A50 AGP SiS6326 chipset if I can to help you send me a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] bye, Lic. Gabriel Spahn Platón 2940 Córdoba (Cba) CP 5000 Argentina [EMAIL PROTECTED] === From: Dennis Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] XFree86 version 4 and the SIS 6326 chip Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:44:52 +1000 Hello List, Has anyone managed to get the SiS 6326 chip to work with version 4 of XFree86? I installed v4 without drama but, no matter what I do, I cannot get a normal mouse pointer; rather, I have the big white square that has featured prominently on the newbie list. I have read the archives and tried (I think correctly) the Options "sw_cursor", "noaccel" and "no_bitblt" as appropriate. I have tried to configure a serial IntelliMouse and a conventional 3-button mouse with the same unhappy result. I have reverted to the previous XFree86(3.3.6?) that ships with LM7.0 without problems and have the normal pointer back. Does this suggest a fault in the "sis" driver in v4 rather than a fault in the SiS chip? Then again, some people are having problems with the earlier XFree86, but it seems strange that it will work in my setup but not with v4. I have an Aopen PA50 AGP card (not flash, I know, and I wish I hadn't bought it). Has anyone any ideas to help me run v4 other than "buy a better card"? Thanks. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com I have it fixed, thanks. Thanks for your copy of XF86Config. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone for setup.
Re: [newbie] Wheel mouse
Eunice Thompson wrote: thanks Alan - Original Message - From: "Alan Shoemaker" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 6:10 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Wheel mouse Eunicehere's how I do it: 1. Start Kedit (pencil pad on the Panel) 2. Type in Kedit: #! /bin/sh 3. Press Enter 4. Type in Kedit: /usr/X11R6/bin/imwheel -k 5. Press Enter 6. Save file in Autostart directory exit Kedit 7. Right click your new file in Autostart 8. Choose Properties then Permissions 9. Check User Exec 10. Restart the x-session Alan Eunice Thompson wrote: I'd like to have my wheel mouse start when I startx. Usually I've been opening a terminal window and typing 'imwheel -k' and then everything works OK. I noticed the 'Autostart' folder and tried to put a link in there for the imwheel, but when I restarted X , I received an error message stating there was no executable for the program---where did I go wrong? Thanks for your help Thanks from me too. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first for setup.
Re: [newbie] Mandrake has BIG BUG Kernel re-build NOT POSSIBLE
Vic wrote: Yes sir, the bloody make menuconfog will not even run Vic, I just recompiled once more and seem to have finally eliminated my kppp error message. I have not used make menuconfig but make xconfig works fine. Sorry I can't help with your problem. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first for setup.
Re: [newbie] Mandrake has BIG BUG Kernel re-build NOT POSSIBLE
Vic wrote: Just to announce, Mandrake 6.1 has a bug, you cannot, no matter what you do, no matter how hard you try, there is NO make menuconfig in Mandrake 6.1, they screwed up, you install the kernel headers and the sources, and still will not make menuconfig or xconfig, it is BROKEN, ie DEFECTIVE, ie NON-Functional. It cannot be done. -- Linux Cat Just as well I didn't know that before I downloaded kernel 2.2.14 yesterday and compiled it into LM 6.1(Helios). It took me three unsuccessful attempts to try to eliminate a kppp error message as user(kppp still works and I have had this conversation about that bug with Axalon before) which means I made xconfig three times. Still, if you're that positive about it maybe I've been on another thread and had too much lsd. Are you sure you were root, in /usr/src/linux and made mrproper before trying to make menuconfig or xconfig? Try again and good luck. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first for setup.
[newbie] CAN'T MOUNT FLOPPY
Hello List, I am using LM7.0b(Oxygen) which until yesterday was running well pending receipt of LM7.0(Air). Then I tried to recompile the kernel which succeeded apart from Kppp(since fixed) and mounting of floppies. I have a problem which has previously been posted but following the thread in the archives sheds no light on the solution. When recompiling I elected to retain Supermount which had been working well. Now, it works with cds but not with floppies. When I click on the desktop floppy icon the KFM screen opens followed shortly by a KFM Error ! Could not list directory contents file: /mnt/floppy/ . My /etc/fstab reads: /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 The cdrom entry is identical, apart from the filesystem. I have tried using auto, autofs and ext2 in the floppy entry, without success. If I try to open the /mnt directory in KFM the screen freezes, requiring CTL-ALT-BKSPC to unfreeze. If I use FileRunner(fr), the mount directory opens showing the following: ./ 1024(filesize) ../ 1024 DOS_hda1/ 8192 DOS_hda5/ 4096 cdrom 0(then after first use 2048) disk/ 1024 floppy/ 0 If I attempt to open a floppy in fr I get a screen: Error in path /mnt/floppy ! Error: Couldn't change working directory to "mnt/floppy": I/O error Please edit new path or cancel. If you want to create it, press Create. Pressing create or OK has no effect and the warning screen persists until Cancel is pressed. Unfortunately, this problem has affected the old kernel as well, so I am completely unable to mount floppies. My son recompiled his kernel on his laptop at the same time and has the same problem. Can anyone tell me how to fix this problem while retaining the use of Supermount or, alternatively, how to get rid of supermount without recompiling if possible. Thanks. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first for setup.
Re: Netscape problem was Re: [newbie] system freezes after 1 -2days
jfcessor wrote: Yes I can dial out as a normal user using kppp and get a normal connection but netscape doesnt work, it just reports that it is unable to find the site, watching the lights on my modem... it doesnt even go look. It is just like I am not connected. I did go and add my ip address's in resolv.conf do I have to do anything else for it to recognize my connection? JohnC William Price wrote: deleted text Now if anyone has an idea on how I can get this darn thing to let me use kvwdial as a normal user instead of root so I can use netscape I would Have you tried kppp ? Just curious. I'm not familiar with kvwdial. =+=== Bill Price - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Page - http://www.uidaho.edu/ag/statprog/ Statistical Programs College of Agriculture University of Idaho Moscow, ID 83843 =+=== Have you configured netscape in edit-preferences so it knows where to look? -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first for setup.
[newbie] Multi-session CD
Hello list, I am asking this question on behalf of another member of our LUG who is not connected at present, so please bear with me if I don't get the wording exactly right. He wants to know how to mount/read a multi-session cd, which he has burnt in Windows, in L-M6.1 using KFM. He has tried to mount the cd but is unable to see it in linux, whereas he can in Windows. TIA. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first for setup.
Re: [[newbie] no sndconfig?]
At 14:04 17/01/00 -0500, you wrote: Jennifer Villafranca [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just installed mandrake 7 (Air) on my PC, and I can't seem to find sndconfig anywhere! I looked in /usr/sbin/ for sndconfig, and it's not there. Is there any way I can configure my sound? Jen From a console try whereis sndconfig w/o the quotes, of course. If for some reason it's not installed, look on the CD. Mike ## Michael Scottaline Linux 2.2.13 ## My son found he had to run soundconfig w/o quotes ( not sndconfig )which then starts lothar. HTH. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. Dennis Robertson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/2 Sylvia Street Noosaville QLD 4566 Australia PH/FAX: 61 7 5474 2343 - Phone before sending fax.
Re: [newbie] Restoring kernel 2.2.13-7 -- How?
Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: It looks like Mandrake's latest kernel 2.2.13-22 is incompatible with VMware. I need therefore to restore the old kernel. It is listed as follows: [sher@adsl-77-232-210 sher]$ rpm -q kernel kernel-2.2.13-7mdk kernel-2.2.13-22mdk [sher@adsl-77-232-210 sher]$ Would very much appreciate it if someone could give me step-by-step instructions on how to restore my 2.2.13-7 kernel so I could install VMWare. Thanks so very much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin, If you read the archives about 2 weeks ago, or so, you will see that Axalon helped me do this. Regards. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [newbie] StarOffice 5.1 Registration Key
Paulus Hendarwan wrote: Dear Linuxers, I have installed Star Office v5.1 but StarOffice insists on registration key. I have already registered myself on Sun's site, but there is no registration key given to me until now. What should I do ? Thanks. Best Regards, Paulus Hendarwan You should get SO 5.1a which does not need to be registered. SO 5.1 will not be supported with patches and upgrades. Regards. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [[newbie] is this list still working]
Michael Scottaline wrote: Pat Mellema [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have not had any messages from this list all weekend and was wondering if it was still working. thanks Pat === Thought it was just me. I resubscribed last evening and the messages started coming again immediately. Not sure why I had to resubscribe though shrug Mike ## Michael Scottaline Linux 2.2.13 ## Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. Same here. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [Re: [newbie] ppp error]
Michael Scottaline wrote: Dennis Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW nice image - how do you do that? Regards. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first. === On the K menu, go to graphics/snapshot. I think that does it. :o) Mike Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. Mike, Thanks - I'll try it. Regards. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [newbie] KDE screen help
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Warren Doney wrote: Axalon Bloodstone wrote: Use the "utilities" box on the panel, it should roll over into another menu "more" -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon Yeah...it _should_ but it _don't_ I didn't say use K-Utilities, i said the utilities box _on_ the panel, which does wrap as needed. Guess the guy who did the menu had a 17" Monitor forgot about 15" 14" Notebooks I'd recon it's only a 15, the thing is he didn't install everything thus filling it up :) I recall a thread on this a while ago, something about using the menu editor to split the utilities menu in half, but when I tried it I got the Gnome utilities menu, not the KDE. If i remeber right the editor is in utilities i can see how that could be a big problem I usually launch apps from konsole or right clicking the screen to get a box, but it would be nice to know how to fix this.. I prefer alt-f2 when useing kde's wm -Warren. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon Hello All, I am now a confirmed WindowMaker/Filerunner user but I asked this question a while back and actually managed to solve it myself while waiting for a response - about the only problem I have solved. As I recall you click K, panel, edit menus. You see a display of menus. On the right panel click applications then right click any on the list. Down to new, and an application screen appears with the Application window highlighted. Using the arrow on the window select sub menu. I called it Utilities2. You then get a new entry of that name to which you can move part of the original utilities list ( I started at L). Select an icon to differentiate it and you can have two icons in the panel or you can click K and select either Utilities or Utilities2. I'm hazy on the details but I know the general method works because I still have that setup in KDE. Wouldn't you think this would be resolved before distros were supplied to users? HTH. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [newbie] Star Office won't connect
"Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." wrote: | Dennis, | | I am not trying to be smart or anything like that, but did you connect with | pppd first? Or perhaps kppp? It has been my experience that Linux does not | automate things like connecting to the web for you. Personally I like this | policy. It takes a little more concious thought on my part, but in the end I am | more secure with my system. Make sure that you are connected to your ISP then | try the SO51a stuf again. | | HTH, | | Ernie | | Ernie, | I should have said that I was already connected. Just now I got a | different message that SO was unable to connect to the pop3 server and | then it crashed when I clicked retry. Now it has evidently damaged | something because SO will not launch. This has happened before and | forced me to re-install. I dunno what is going on. Thanks. | -- | Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA | Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first. Appologies, I mis understood. Look in the untar'd distribution for the SO51a installer, and see if there is an uninstall script (seems to me the readme said something about removing). If there is run it - I think it should remove all the SO51a files from your system. If there is not, check the Sun site where you downloaded the .tar file for removal information. In either case, make sure you do the removal as the same user as when you did the install. Then while logged on as a regular user, try re-installing again. I know there is a security issue with installing as "root" - and it is not a good idea. I do not know enough either about Linux or SO51a to be of any more help than this - sorry. Ernie Hello Ernie, Thanks. I used deinstall, deleted all directories and reinstalled. Same settings as Windows but icons still are greyed out, I get lots of error beeps and the final unrecoverable error message occurs without any sign of a connection being established. I thought reverting to the -7mdk kernel might help but not so. Looks like I'm stuck with Windows or So5.1a for Linux as an offline application only. Bloody annoying. Fortunately, Netscape 4.7 works well for me. If I can get through to them I might try giving Sun a hard time. Regards. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [newbie] Kernel Confusion
Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Dennis Robertson wrote:
[..]
My question is how do I revert my system to full -7 kernel operation
without -22 interference? I would not like to do yet another install!
Thanks for any help.
mount /mnt/cdrom # mount the original cdrom
cd /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS # save some typeing..
rpm -Uhv --oldpackage kernel-{headers,source}*.rpm
# Replace the update with the old rpms...
--
MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
--Axalon
Axalon,
Worked fine, thanks very much. Thanks, too, Audrey.
Regards.
--
Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA
Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [newbie] Star Office won't connect
"Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." wrote: On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Dennis Robertson wrote: | Hello List, | | Well this is really strange. I have 5.1a for Windows and it connects, | downloads email and browses no problem. Apart from some minor cosmetic | improvements it looks the same as 5.1a for Linux. Only problem is the | Linux version with exactly the same settings will not connect. It says | connecting to mail server etc and just sits there. If I click the SO | icon it says unable to resolve address. When I shut down I get an | unrecoverable error message. Anyone Know what is going on and how to | fix it? BTW I have researched the archive and have Sams Teach yourself | Star Office 5 for Linux. I am just not connecting somehow. | Thanks. | -- | Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA | Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first. Dennis, I am not trying to be smart or anything like that, but did you connect with pppd first? Or perhaps kppp? It has been my experience that Linux does not automate things like connecting to the web for you. Personally I like this policy. It takes a little more concious thought on my part, but in the end I am more secure with my system. Make sure that you are connected to your ISP then try the SO51a stuf again. HTH, Ernie Ernie, I should have said that I was already connected. Just now I got a different message that SO was unable to connect to the pop3 server and then it crashed when I clicked retry. Now it has evidently damaged something because SO will not launch. This has happened before and forced me to re-install. I dunno what is going on. Thanks. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
[newbie] Star Office won't connect
Hello List, Well this is really strange. I have 5.1a for Windows and it connects, downloads email and browses no problem. Apart from some minor cosmetic improvements it looks the same as 5.1a for Linux. Only problem is the Linux version with exactly the same settings will not connect. It says connecting to mail server etc and just sits there. If I click the SO icon it says unable to resolve address. When I shut down I get an unrecoverable error message. Anyone Know what is going on and how to fix it? BTW I have researched the archive and have Sams Teach yourself Star Office 5 for Linux. I am just not connecting somehow. Thanks. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [newbie] Re: [expert] Kde Template/Autostart
Dennis Robertson wrote: Frank Arnold wrote: Autostart Look inside the folders in Autostart and you will find lots of icons for applications that are not on your desktop. Like to have one or more on the desktop? Drab it from autostart to the desktop and select "Copy" from the window that pops up. Now it's ready to use with one click. Template Want to run your favorite command line application from a desktop icon? Drag the gear icon in Template to the desktop and select "Copy" (don't select "Move" or you will not be able to do this again.) Now right click on the gear and select "Properties" Input the requested information in the dialog box that appears, click on the gear icon that is inside the dialog box to select a new icon for your applicaton or executable script, select OK and you have a new application icon ready to use. I used it to create an icon for minicom, Midnight Commander (-c on) and a script I use with fetchmail. My recommendation then would be to keep them unless you are setting the machine up for a user and you don't want making changes easy for them. Frank Arnold = On 10 Dec 1999, Pixel wrote: Hi, Is there anybody here who uses the Template or/and Autostart folders in KDE? (otherwise we're gonna remove them!) cu Pixel. Hello Frank, I tried your excellent template suggestion to create an icon for midnight commander. I got as far as an icon that opens konsole but I can't get mc to start. Could you elaborate for a newbie, please. Also, I can't get the Autostart directory to open; instaed I get the error: The config file has no "Type=..." line. Can you help, please? Regards, -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first. Hello again Frank, I finally figured it out, thanks, once I realised there was a run in terminal option. Neat. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [newbie] Re: [expert] Kde Template/Autostart
Alan Shoemaker wrote: Dennis Robertson wrote: snip I tried your excellent template suggestion to create an icon for midnight commander. I got as far as an icon that opens konsole but I can't get mc to start. Could you elaborate for a newbie, please. Also, I can't get the Autostart directory to open; instaed I get the error: The config file has no "Type=..." line. Can you help, please? snip Dennisin the upper (top) execute window (the one that has the browse button next to it) type: konsole -e mc hmmakes me think of Einstein (E=MC²) :-) Alan Alan, Thanks. I got it to work by typing just mc in the execute window and ticking the run in terminal option down the bottom. I never think about Einstein, as my posts show, but I'll remember that one! -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
[newbie] Fax Programs
Hello List, After some weeks of stable operation (apart from 2 annoying non-critical error messages) of L-M6.1 I am ready to try some extra Windows tasks on Linux. I am using WinFaxPro9 and like it in windows. I know of hylafax and efax. Can anyone recommend either as providing similar performance to WinFax or is there a better option? TIA. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [newbie] Re: [expert] Kde Template/Autostart
Frank Arnold wrote: Autostart Look inside the folders in Autostart and you will find lots of icons for applications that are not on your desktop. Like to have one or more on the desktop? Drab it from autostart to the desktop and select "Copy" from the window that pops up. Now it's ready to use with one click. Template Want to run your favorite command line application from a desktop icon? Drag the gear icon in Template to the desktop and select "Copy" (don't select "Move" or you will not be able to do this again.) Now right click on the gear and select "Properties" Input the requested information in the dialog box that appears, click on the gear icon that is inside the dialog box to select a new icon for your applicaton or executable script, select OK and you have a new application icon ready to use. I used it to create an icon for minicom, Midnight Commander (-c on) and a script I use with fetchmail. My recommendation then would be to keep them unless you are setting the machine up for a user and you don't want making changes easy for them. Frank Arnold = On 10 Dec 1999, Pixel wrote: Hi, Is there anybody here who uses the Template or/and Autostart folders in KDE? (otherwise we're gonna remove them!) cu Pixel. Hello Frank, I tried your excellent template suggestion to create an icon for midnight commander. I got as far as an icon that opens konsole but I can't get mc to start. Could you elaborate for a newbie, please. Also, I can't get the Autostart directory to open; instaed I get the error: The config file has no "Type=..." line. Can you help, please? Regards, -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
[newbie] Annoying Error Messages
Hello List, I am trying this post again in case someone new can help. When I select Kppp as user I get an error message to the effect that the kernel (the latest update -22mdk) has no Kppp support and to consult my system administrator or use a kernel with Kppp support. When I click OK I get a fully functioning Kppp panel. Anyone know how to zap this message? Also, as user, when I close down Star Office I get an error message: Error opening configuration file. I click OK and SO shuts down. I had a disaster installing SO as User so I uninstalled and reinstalled as root. Maybe I screwed up doing that. Can anyone help? ( I am posting to this list because I feel it is not an SO-specific problem.) Thanks. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [newbie] Linux Time Setting
John Aldrich wrote: On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, you wrote: John, Thanks. I did it but get a response: Usage: rdate [-s] [-p] host ... as user. Can you interpret, please? rdate needs to be SUID root first of all (otherwise it won't run at all.) Second, how exactly are you calling rdate? You need to put a server/host in there, such as "time.nist.gov" The server, time.nist.gov, is the atomic clock in Colorado. The command line would be (minus the quotes) "rdate -sp time.nist.gov" It works here... John John, I got it to work as user, thanks. It's good. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [newbie] Linux Time Setting
John Aldrich wrote: On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, you wrote: On Sun, 28 Nov 1999, you wrote: I put ' alias rdate="rdate -sp time.nist.gov" ' in 'bashrc'. All I have to do is type 'rdate' and the time and date are set correctly. Tom: You might also want to add "hwclock --systohc" to that alias so that you sync your HARDWARE clock to the software one as well. :-) I do it in two steps, since I'm too lazy to make that alias myself... :-) 'Course, you probably need to make the "rdate" and "hwclock" executeable files run SUID, so you don't have to constantly SU to root. :-) John I know it's bad form to reply to your own messages, but I thought I'd point out the results of an experiment I did. I su'ed to root, went into /sbin and ran "chmod +s hwclock." Then, I exited SU status and tried to synch the hardware clock with the software clock and got a message that only root can modify the hardware clock. So, I guess that's one program that just won't run SUID. :-) John John and Tom, Thanks very much - I'm about to try it. Not sure I have understood it completely, but I have an interpreter I'll be seeing this week to correct any problems. Thanks, John, for spotting the deliberate error with /dev/floppy for /dev/fd0(which of course I had to use.) Thanks again. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [newbie] Kernel Update
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Dennis Robertson wrote: Hello list, I have been absent during a re-install of L-M6.1 to try to cure my problem with kppp disabling my desktop. I decided to go for broke and updated the kernel etc with the Mandrake update function on the desktop. All went well except for some annoying unintended consequences. Firstly, it takes exactly one minute for sendmail to start in the boot process, compared to a blink of the eye in the old configuration. Anyone know how to speed this up? Make sure your ip/hostname are correct and functioning properly Second, when I use the dreaded kppp I get : Error - This kernel has no PPP support, neither compiled in nor via the kernel module loader. To solve this problem see your system administrator (me) or install a kernel with PPP support. I click OK, the warning disappears and a fully functioning kppp panel appears. How do I fix it to get rid of the warning? I no longer have facilities to do ppp testing :( Third, I installed the mount update which is supposed to solve the floppy mounting problem, but it doesn't. I had to amend /etc/fstab to read: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,noauto,rw,exec 0 0 and it works. I'm not familiar with the bug in question, but it stands to reason one need manualy update fstab (we avoid this as much as posible) Last question. How do I create a boot disk for the new kernel? The install CD wouldn't let me. Do I amend the old boot disk or, since I have kept the old kernel, add the new kernel to the old boot disk? Thanks for any help. man mkbootdisk, mkbootdisk `uname -r` -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon Hello Axalon, Thanks for your input. I arbitarily changed the hostname and it corrected the sendmail problem. Why the new kernel would have changed an area of linuxconf that I have not dared to enter I don't know. Also I read man mkbootdisk and through trial and error rather than clear assistance I entered: mkbootdisk --device /dev/floppy 2.2.13-22mdk and it worked. Each time I made an error I got a clue about what to try next. Better than Riven! Surely it is possible to write a floppy mounting program that works? If you are not familiar with the problem try an install of L-M6.1 and then try to mount msdos and ext2 floppies. The default Fstab floppy entry is far removed from what is required. As for kppp, surely it would feature largely in a linux site to rival the Windows 98 Annoyances site. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
[newbie] Linux Time Setting
Hello List, I have searched Tucows for a program such as Socket Watch or Clockwise for Windows that will set the computer clock by an atomic clock each time you connect to the internet. There is one for Gnome called System Clock Detector but I want one for KDE. Any suggestions? Thanks. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
[newbie] XF86Config
Hello touco, I have been off list but note from the digest your problem with your Trident 3D Image 975 video card. I have the same card with an LG Studioworks 56i monitor and had the same problem. I suggest you preferably do another install and select the components you have but don't probe or start X. I selected only 16 bits at 1024x768res. Reboot to the innit3 prompt, log in,then type mc to call up midnight commander and then: F9 tab to Options, c for configure options, y for lynx-like motion, S for save. Tab left then down to ETC, then to X11 and down to XF86Config. F4 to edit. In the monitor section I commented out all modelines until I got to the one I wanted (in my case 1024x768 at 70Hz). I got this from my monitor manual as a pre-tuned mode. Then go down to the Graphic Device section and to the section Graphic device configured by Xconfigurator. After BoardName (unknown in my case) insert a new line that reads: Option "noaccel" exactly like that. I think there is a bug that needs this option. Then down to check that you have the svga server at the colour depth and res you wanted. Then F2 to save, F10 to quit and Yes to confirm. You'll be back at the prompt and type startx. It should work. If not go back into mc and try another modeline. A friend showed me how to do this when I was about to abandon Linux. Good luck. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
[newbie] Yamaha OPL3-Sax Sound Card
Hello Gregg, My son has that card in his IBM Thinkpad and had the same sndconfig problem. He found his system only worked properly the first time he used sndconfig - repeated attempts caused problems. He re-installed a couple of times. He found he got all the right responses but the sound volume was so low as to be almost inaudible. He had to click on K, go up to Multimedia, then to sound mixer panel and set all the volumes fairly high. It then works fine. For info his /etc/conf.modules looks like: alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start alias sound opl3sa2 pre-install sound insmod sound dmabuf=1 alias midi opl3 options opl3 io=0x388 options opl3sa2 mss_io=0x530 irq=5 dma=0 dma2=7 mpu_io=0x388 io=0x370 HTH -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
[newbie] Kernel Update
Hello list, I have been absent during a re-install of L-M6.1 to try to cure my problem with kppp disabling my desktop. I decided to go for broke and updated the kernel etc with the Mandrake update function on the desktop. All went well except for some annoying unintended consequences. Firstly, it takes exactly one minute for sendmail to start in the boot process, compared to a blink of the eye in the old configuration. Anyone know how to speed this up? Second, when I use the dreaded kppp I get : Error - This kernel has no PPP support, neither compiled in nor via the kernel module loader. To solve this problem see your system administrator (me) or install a kernel with PPP support. I click OK, the warning disappears and a fully functioning kppp panel appears. How do I fix it to get rid of the warning? Third, I installed the mount update which is supposed to solve the floppy mounting problem, but it doesn't. I had to amend /etc/fstab to read: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,noauto,rw,exec 0 0 and it works. Last question. How do I create a boot disk for the new kernel? The install CD wouldn't let me. Do I amend the old boot disk or, since I have kept the old kernel, add the new kernel to the old boot disk? Thanks for any help. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
[newbie] KDE Desktop
Hello List, Following advice from the list I have reinstalled Kppp twice and unchecked the script "Autoconfigure hostname from this IP" in the IP tab of Kppp setup. Still I find that if I connect using Kppp most other items on the desktop are unusable ie I cannot connect and then decide to open, say, Netscape or once I have used Kppp I can no longer use icons (including Kppp itself) after disconnect. Has anyone a cure short of full reinstall of M6.1, which I really would prefer not to do? Thanks. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [newbie] Blackbox
Sean Armstrong wrote: Dennis Robertson wrote: Sean Armstrong wrote: Hello Blackbox Users, I was impressed by the supporting comments for blackbox, so I installed it with KDE enabled. Here is the dumb question. I read the install and run notes but nothing tells me how to actually start it ie get it on my desktop. Has the install not worked or am I missing something obvious? Please be kind. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first. I just changed my Xclients file to read: #!/bin/bash kpanel kfm -d /usr/local/bin/blackbox Of course you don't have to add the lines kpanel and kfm -d , I added these so that the desktop icon for kde and the kpanel would appear. These are my own tastes. The blackbox binary was located in my /usr/local/bin file. Make sure that you place the bsetroot bin somewhere where the OS can access it ie. /bin . Then just save this to your Xclients file, remember to back up the original Xclients file in case something goes wrong. Then just run startx from the command line prompt and you will be on you way. left/right clicking the desktop will pull up the blackbox menu, which probably needs to be edited to work properly with your system (..very easy to do), or the iconify menu. Have fun, and spread the word. Blackbox is the fastest and easiest to modify GUI out there. SA Thanks Sean, It works and I am evaluating it. I appreciate the kpanel and kfm additions. It seems faster, but not markedly so. I find it cumbersome to shut down - is there a way of having it start (run level 5) and shutdown by default if I decide to go with it. Regards. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first. If you want to shutdown from blackbox, right click the desktop and click on exit in the menu. Don't confuse the blackbox pulldown menu with the kpanel pulldown menu. If you just want to shutdown your computer, you can exit blackbox and then shutdown, or wite a little script and give it executable permissions: #!/bin/bash shutdown now Or just type in shutdown now from any command line. I don't know how fast your computer is, but mine is 133Mhz, so I am able to notice how much of a memory hog KDE is compared to Blackbox. There may be no noticable difference on faster computers. But you can use xmemon (..I think) and visually compare the two. But, again, this may not matter to folks who are running 300 + Mhz computers. I also like the way Blackbox is so small and easily configurable. But thats me. Enjoy. SA -- When GOD endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guaratee them. Sean, Thanks. I'm running an AMD K6 200MMX with 64mb ram. I'll ask our support group to try Blackbox and report in due course. Dennis. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [newbie] Scanner
John Aldrich wrote: On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, you wrote: Sorry, John, parallel. How's this from the SANE-mustek.5 notes: "Note that this scanner comes with its own ISA card that implements a funky parallel port (in other words the scanner is not connected to the printer parallel port. The code present in this release has not been tested so proceed at your own risk! Be prepared to pull the scanner cable on short notice in case the situation grows dangerous and/or noisy." Talk about a beta release. Maybe that's why I can't find any files. Anyway, I'm prepared to have a go if I can find a way. Another reason not to use Windoze. Paralell is not generally supported under Linux for scanners. I've seen ONE post that has indicated that there is limited support for paralell port scanners under Linux. You'd have a LOT better luck getting a SCSI scanner (although those can be hard to find these days!) John John, The sane-mustek.5 notes say: "The only non-SCSI scanner that has some support at this point is the 600 11N scanner which comes with its own parallel port adapter (i.e., it does not attach to the printer port)." I guess "some support"= not very much since I can't find the files needed. She who must be obeyed says it's my present scanner or nothing! Thanks. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [newbie] epson stylus color 740 and laptops
"Jaswinder S. Ahluwalia" wrote: I just bought an epson stylus color 740 printer that i would like to get working under linux 6.1. I used printtool hit the add button. It said it found a device at lp0. I hit the select button and choose the epson one (i think it is the last one that says epson color). In that category, there is no 740, only a 600 inkjet and a 800 inkjet. I first choes 800, hit ok, and then tried to print a test page in all three formats and nothing happened. Same thing when i chose the 600. Any suggestions? Also, i am interested in getting a nice laptop for a low price. Maybe a pentium 3 450, 128 mb ram, 14 " display, 4-6x dvd, modem, ethernet card, 10gb hard disk. I am currently looking at the a company at www.pro-star.com. Does anybody have any other suggestions as to another company with better and/or cheaper laptops? Any help you could offer would greatly be appreciated. thanks, jas jas, I had the same problem with my Epson sc600 and Steve Philp helped me by suggesting I amend printcap to change the lp0:\ line to read: lp| lp0:\ . That worked but I then found when installing M6.1 0n my son's IBM laptop (he has an sc600 as well) that simply not adding the 0 to lp during install provided a fix. I think there is a setup error that says a printer is detected at lp0 but then looks for it at lp. But then I am an absolute newbie so take that with a grain of salt. Good luck. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
[newbie] K Desktop
Steve, I have tried all possible combinations of IP, DNS and Gateway entries in Kppp and still find that the panel and desktop icons do not work after using Kppp. Is there anything else I can try, please? Thanks. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
[newbie] Scanner
Hello List, I am trying to get my Mustek 60011N scanner to work. I have installed SANE on initial install (and Kpackage confirms) and have printed the notes on how to configure, build and install SANE as well as sane-mustek 5, which I printed when I was running Caldera2.2. Problem is the files which should be in /usr/local/lib/, /usr/local//etc/sane.d/ and /usr/local/man/ do not exist. GIMP cannot see the scanner. Can anyone tell me what to do from here ( to get my scanner working, that is ), please? TIA. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [newbie] Blackbox
Sean Armstrong wrote: Hello Blackbox Users, I was impressed by the supporting comments for blackbox, so I installed it with KDE enabled. Here is the dumb question. I read the install and run notes but nothing tells me how to actually start it ie get it on my desktop. Has the install not worked or am I missing something obvious? Please be kind. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first. I just changed my Xclients file to read: #!/bin/bash kpanel kfm -d /usr/local/bin/blackbox Of course you don't have to add the lines kpanel and kfm -d , I added these so that the desktop icon for kde and the kpanel would appear. These are my own tastes. The blackbox binary was located in my /usr/local/bin file. Make sure that you place the bsetroot bin somewhere where the OS can access it ie. /bin . Then just save this to your Xclients file, remember to back up the original Xclients file in case something goes wrong. Then just run startx from the command line prompt and you will be on you way. left/right clicking the desktop will pull up the blackbox menu, which probably needs to be edited to work properly with your system (..very easy to do), or the iconify menu. Have fun, and spread the word. Blackbox is the fastest and easiest to modify GUI out there. SA Thanks Sean, It works and I am evaluating it. I appreciate the kpanel and kfm additions. It seems faster, but not markedly so. I find it cumbersome to shut down - is there a way of having it start (run level 5) and shutdown by default if I decide to go with it. Regards. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.1 PowerPack
Satyajit Das wrote: Hi benjamin, thanks to purchased mandrake powerpack. Yes you get 6 CD's. One for installation, 2 for Application program including demos and all source. Yes you find StarOffice 5.1 alongwith key number, please regist. SO 5.1 by online for use unlimited times. you may also get help directly from L-mandrake by online or telephone. thanks satyajit Benjamin wrote: Dear friends: I just purchased the Mandrake 6.1 PowerPack this afternoon (from LinuxMall). I won't be getting it till Wednesday. Just curious: Mandrake says on their web page that the PowerPack includes the installation CD, 1,800 rpms and a third CD with commercial applications (plus a CD for the source code for each of the above, making for a total of 6 CD's). Does the CD with commercial applications include any that are not normally available on the Net or at www. freshmeat.net or elsewhere? And are they demos, shareware or what? And is StarOffice 5.1 included? Thank you so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Hello Benjamin, I wish you better luck in registering SO5.1 than I have had. Online registration would not work for me. Star Division replied to my complaint that they wish everyone would download SO5.1a from Sun because it does not require registration and is the only version that will be supported in future. If you insist they will give you a company registration method and number for SO5.1 which will give you unlimited use, but from then on you will be on your own - no patches or upgrades. You can download SO5.1a if you have the time and patience or buy it for $9.95. I am going to wait until I can get it on a magazine cover disk as I did with SO5.1 (Sun version) for Windoze. Maybe your experience will be different - I hope so. Regards. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [newbie] K Desktop
Warren Doney wrote: Dennis Robertson wrote: Steve, I have tried all possible combinations of IP, DNS and Gateway entries in Kppp and still find that the panel and desktop icons do not work after using Kppp. Is there anything else I can try, please? Thanks. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first. I had this too, All you have to do is make sure the box "Autoconfigure hostname from this account" in the IP tab is not checked. Mind you, It seemed to "revert" for some reason... I have had no problems since I reinstalled Mandrake (for something else);-). Perhaps you could try uninstalling/reinstalling kppp with kpackage -Warren. Thanks Warren, I don't know how many installs I have done with Caldera and Mandrake, so I was rather hoping that would not be the fix. But maybe I can stand just Kppp. Regards. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [newbie] Scanner
John Aldrich wrote: On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hello List, I am trying to get my Mustek 60011N scanner to work. I have installed SANE on initial install (and Kpackage confirms) and have printed the notes on how to configure, build and install SANE as well as sane-mustek 5, which I printed when I was running Caldera2.2. Problem is the files which should be in /usr/local/lib/, /usr/local//etc/sane.d/ and /usr/local/man/ do not exist. GIMP cannot see the scanner. Can anyone tell me what to do from here ( to get my scanner working, that is ), please? SCSI or Paralell? John Sorry, John, parallel. How's this from the SANE-mustek.5 notes: "Note that this scanner comes with its own ISA card that implements a funky parallel port (in other words the scanner is not connected to the printer parallel port. The code present in this release has not been tested so proceed at your own risk! Be prepared to pull the scanner cable on short notice in case the situation grows dangerous and/or noisy." Talk about a beta release. Maybe that's why I can't find any files. Anyway, I'm prepared to have a go if I can find a way. Another reason not to use Windoze. Regards. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
[newbie] K Desktop
Steve, Thanks for advice about KPPP. When I checked the option was disabled so I enabled it to see if that works. Regards. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
[newbie] Blackbox
Hello Blackbox Users, I was impressed by the supporting comments for blackbox, so I installed it with KDE enabled. Here is the dumb question. I read the install and run notes but nothing tells me how to actually start it ie get it on my desktop. Has the install not worked or am I missing something obvious? Please be kind. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
[newbie] PRINTER
Thanks to all who pointed me to man lprm etc. Next time I'll know. Regards. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [newbie] K Destop
Steve Philp wrote: Dennis Robertson wrote: Hello All, Every now and then the icons in the panel cease to work - I click on them, they appear to work but nothing happens. I have to restart X to get them to work again. Anyone any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks. Did you happen to dialup the Internet right before they stop working? -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] Steve, Yes, I usually notice the problem while I am using Netscape on the internet. It happened just a while ago while I was on the net and I noticed that none of the items in K would work either. I found I did not have to restart X but simply log out and in again to get the system working. Very annoying though. On another occasion earlier today I had disconnected, had started to print some Netscape pages and wanted to stop printing. I found I could not open Printer Queue and then noted most icons had stopped working. I was not connected then. But on each occasion I am fairly sure I had either been connected or was connected just before; ie I had used kppp to dial the internet shortly before. I hope I am right in thinking you have an idea of what is wrong. Regards. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
[newbie] PRINTING
Hello All, Now that I have got my printer working thanks to Steve I would like to know how to stop it. In Windows you can abort print jobs while they are running, but can this be done in Mandrake 6.1? I have been into printer queue while print jobs are running (as root) and tried to remove the job from the queue. I am asked are you sure? and on responding yes nothing happens and printing continues. I have switched the printer off but it cranks up the same job when restarted. I am very pleased to be able to print but does anyone know how to stop it mid-process? Thanks. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
[newbie] Utilities
Here is a real newbie question. When I click on K and scroll to Utilities I get a list that exceeds the max height of the screen. It shows from A at the top to P at the bottom. How do I access utilities at the bottom which are off the screen; ie those from Q to Z? Thanks. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [newbie] sending man pages to printer
Karen Heiby wrote: Hello, I try to send a man page to my printer and I get this error. I wonder if I have the right ghostscript package or something (I have everything that came with Mandrake 6.1) The error is: standard input:61: warning: can't find special character 'tm' Can you help me? Thanks! Karen Karen, I can't get my Epson printer to work at all, but if I could I would try the script I saw on The Caldera user group supplied by Kevin O'Gorman (Kevin.O'[EMAIL PROTECTED]) which reads: #!/bin/bash # manlp or manlpr - formats for Postscript and sends to lpr man -t $* | lpr He says to put this in/usr/local/bin or $HOME/bin. Good luck. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
Re: [newbie] Utilities
M Thompson wrote: I believe the solution, from prior mailing list E-mails, was to create a "Utilities 1" and a "Utilities 2" folder and then move the links around accordingly. I believe there's a utility called "kmenu edit" that let's you accomplish this task. Please check the mail archive for further discussion and other work-arounds. HTH, Matt From: Dennis Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Utilities Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 10:27:02 + Here is a real newbie question. When I click on K and scroll to Utilities I get a list that exceeds the max height of the screen. It shows from A at the top to P at the bottom. How do I access utilities at the bottom which are off the screen; ie those from Q to Z? Thanks. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Matt, Thanks. With your guidance I figured out how to do it. Regards. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
[newbie] K Destop
Hello All, Every now and then the icons in the panel cease to work - I click on them, they appear to work but nothing happens. I have to restart X to get them to work again. Anyone any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
[newbie] Epson Stylus Color 600
-Hello All, I am new to the group and new to Mandrake6.1. I used Caldera OpenLinux(COL)2.2 for the past 3 months before concluding, along with the rest of the Linux support group here in Noosa, Australia, that there was so much divergence occurring between Linux distributions that we should get with the strength- RedHat -and concluded that Mandrake offered the most potential within the RedHat family. One of the real pains with Linux is printing. I have an Epson Stylus Color 600 which is allegedly supported by Linux, especially RedHat. In COL it took about 2 weeks to find a printfilter, download it and get it to work. When I saw Printtool and its direct support for my printer I thought I had it made. I used "print directly using lpr" to test all three modes and got the message "test page printed to queue lp0". I was even happier when alltests produced a perfect result. Then I found I was unable to print from any file or application. If I try to print a file using the printer icon or the file print command I see: "printing:lpr '(file name)'" but nothing happens. If I check status in /var/spool/lpd/lp0 I see "lp0 is ready and printing", but it is not. /etc/printcap looks like: ##PRINTOOL3## LOCAL uniprint NAxNA a4 [} U_EpsonStylusColor stc600pl 1 lp0:\ : sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp0:\ : mx#0:\ : sh:\ :lp=/dev/lp0:\ : if=/var/spool/lpd/lp0/filter I haven't copied printfilter here but it says it's: New Smart Print Filter. /var/spool/lpd/lp0/postscript.cfg reads (initial text omitted): GSDEVICE=uniprint RESOLUTION=NAxNA COLOR=stc600pl PAPERSIZE=a4 EXTRA_GS_OPTIONS="" REVERSE_ORDER= PS_SENDEOF=NO # #following is related to printing multiple pages per output page # NUP=1 RTLFTMAR=18 TOPBOTMAR=18 (I have told printtool to send an EOF message) /var/spool/lpd/lp0/general.cfg reads: export DESIRED_TO=ps export PAPERSIZE=a4 export PRINTER_TYPE=LOCAL export ASCII_TO_PS=NO /var/spool/lpd/lp0/textonly.cfg reads: TEXTONLYOPTIONS= CRLFTRANS=1 TEXT_SEND_EOF=YES If I try to print from Netscape I use: Print to Printer, and get: Error message: Netscape sub process diagnostics lpr:lp:unknown printer (In Australia we use a4 paper; I have manually inserted file texts in abbreviated form.) Sorry for this long post. Does anyone know how to get my system to print? I hope someone does. Why should it be so difficult? Linux will never fly if, as in my case, essential tasks can only be done in Windows. Thanks in advance. - Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
