[newbie] Evolution
I've just installed MDK 8.2 and was really pleased to find Evolution. Is it possible to import Outlook 2000 info into Evolution. George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 073 3172714 Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance. -Samuel Butler, poet (1612-1680) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Getting LILO back after installing Win XP
I've just installed Win XP onto my C: drive using NTFS. My second drive is partitioned into a D: drive with FAT 32 and the remaining 4 gigs has Mandrake 7.0. I've reinstalled Win 98 before but obviously the C: drive was then FAT 32. Using the MDK 7.0 boot CD and choosing upgrade I have always got LILO back. I'm a bit worried now that the C: drive is NTFS. If I use the MDK 7.0 boot CD will I damage something? I have never used NTFS before and don't want to mess things up. I unfortunately don't have a MDK boot floppy disk. Please advise. George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can anyone use XMMS and select a dir to play in the playlist?
Not sure if this helps. Before I reinstalled MDK 7.0 if I ripped a Cd using Grip and then copied the whole directory of mp3's to my fat32 partition I would find that I could not access the copied directory without a hang. Booted into Win98 went to the directory and discovered a file called .directory - if I deleted this file then back in Linux everything was hunky dory. Since the reinstall this has not been a problem George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 073 3172714 The world is your oyster.but the future's your clam - Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 8:02 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Can anyone use XMMS and select a dir to play in the playlist? On Sunday 22 Dec 2002 11:17 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: On Sunday 22 December 2002 04:52 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: At 09:27 PM 12/21/2002 -0600, you wrote: I have no problem with an ensoniq sound card. Can select a URL or cdrom and it's directory loads. Seems like it works different for different computers. ? -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842 It only happens with directories on the hard disk. A large FAT32 partition for anyones info. So I'm kinda stumped... nor can I see how this can be misconfigured?? Not like theres much to config, plus I haven't gone into the XMMS options yet...its just a vanilla default install of the program. - 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 Ok, I tried one of my .ogg files from the hard disk and it worked dandy. The partition was ext3. So we can say that .ogg files work and ext3 partitions are recognized. Does this then imply that if you were to move a file to an linux native partition and save it as an .ogg file, it would then not hang XMMS? Just threw that out for consideration, cause I don't know the correct answer. I'm like a weatherman here, only 25% of my forecasts ( suggestions) are correct. : ) Dunno Dennis - I tried it the other way round. Took an mp3 from my ext3 partition and copied it to a vfat partition. xmms plays it fine. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Upgrading xmms
Is it possible to upgrade xmms to a newer version on MDK 7.0? I have downloaded xmms 1.2.7. - MDK 7.0 came with xmms 0.9.5.1. I see I need glib 1.2.2 or better. Can I download the necessary libraries and then compile the new xmms? George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 083 4666192 The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes did not have tears Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] vmware
From reading this list I gather you can run Win within Linux using vmware. It seems as MDK 7.0 did not come with this - so is it possible to download vmware and install it on MDK 7.0 or do I need to upgrade to 8.2. George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 083 4666192 I declare a permanent state of happiness Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] syslogd
Last night a process called syslogd -m started and my hard drive went mad for over 7 hours until I killed the process. What is it doing and how often - will it always carry on for so long or was it just a once off due to me moving MDK to a new drive?? Please advise George Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] A big thank you
I have been on this list for a few months and have saved all messages I thought were important. Today I installed a new hard drive and moved MDK over to it and resized the partitions without one problem. All due to the advice given this list. George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 073 3172714 The world is your oyster.but the future's your clam Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] RE: core dumps
Can you delete Core Dump files? George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 073 3172714 The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes did not have tears Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Can't access hda1
Hi - I most probably messed things up. I wanted to change the permissions for hda1 so that I did not have to be root to copy files to my windows partition. Now if I try access hda1 the file manager opens and then everything just hangs. My D:/ drive - hda5 - is working fine, but then I left permissions for it alone. WHAT have I done. Please help George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 073 3172714 Good taste is the worst vice ever invented. - Dame Edith Sitwell, English poet (1887-1964) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OT? Tech Support Letter - A good laugh
Dear Tech Support: This year I upgraded from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0. I soon noticed that the new program began unexpected child processing that took up a lot of space and valuable resources. No mention of this was included with the product information. In addition, Wife 1.0 installed itself into all other programs and now launches during system initialisation, where it monitors all other system activity. Applications such as Guys Night Out 10.3, Baseball 5.0, Fishing 7.5, and Hockey 3.6 no longer run, crashing the system whenever selected. I can't seem to keep Wife 1.0 in the background while attempting to run my favourite applications. I'm thinking about going back to Girlfriend 7.0, but the uninstall doesn't work on Wife 1.0. Please help!! Thanks, A Troubled User. REPLY: Dear Troubled User, This is a very common problem that men complain about. It is due to a primary misconception. Many people upgrade from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0, thinking that it is merely a Utilities and Entertainment program. Wife 1.0 is an OPERATING SYSTEM and is designed by its Creator to run EVERYTHING It is also impossible to delete Wife 1.0 and to return to Girlfriend 7.0. Hidden operating systems files cause Girlfriend 7.0 to emulate Wife 1.0, so nothing is gained. It is impossible to uninstall, delete, or purge the program files from the system once installed. You cannot go back to Girlfriend 7.0 because Wife 1.0 is designed to not allow this. Some have tried Girlfriend 8.0 or Wife 2.0 but end up with more problems than in the original system. Look in your Wife 1.0 manual under Warnings-Alimony/Child Support. I recommend that you keep Wife 1.0 and work on improving the situation. I suggest installing the background application Yes Dear to alleviate software augmentation. Having installed Wife 1.0 myself, I also suggest that you read the entire section regarding 'General Partnership Faults' (GPFs). You must assume joint responsibility for any faults and problems that occur, regardless of their cause. You will also find that GPFs are cyclical. The best course of action is to enter the command C:\APOLOGIZE. Avoid excessive use of C:\YESDEAR because ultimately you will have to give the APOLOGIZE command before the system will return to normal anyway. Remember the system will run smoothly as long as you share the blame for all GPFs. Wife 1.0 is a great program, but it tends to be very high maintenance. Wife 1.0 comes with several support programs, such as Clean and Sweep 3.0, Cook It 1.5 (which replaces Burn It 1.0), and Do Bills 4.2. You must, however, be very careful how you use these programs. Improper use will cause the system to launch the program Nag Nag 9.5. Once this happens, the only way to improve the performance of Wife 1.0 is to purchase additional software. I recommend Flowers 2.1 and Diamonds 5.0 should this happen. WARNING! DO NOT, under any circumstances, install Secretary With Short Skirt 3.3. This application is not supported by Wife 1.0 and will cause irreversible damage to the operating system. Best of luck, Tech Support Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Moved CDROM
Hi - I moved my CDROM from slave on IDE one to master on IDE two, in Linux speak from hdb to hdc - I think. When I rebooted kduzu popped up and removed the config file. everything is fine in file manager - I can access the CDROM drive - but the problem is with KCD Player and Grip. Both can't access the drive. I presume they are still trying to access /dev/hdb instead of /dev/hdc. Where do I change these settings? George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 073 3172714 Africa is not for sissies - tata ma chance - Syd Kitchen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Modem not responding
I'm using MDK 7.0 with an external Rockwell modem on serial A or Com 1. Using kppp if I query the modem the lights flash but then it says modem not responding. Does not matter if I choose dev/modem or dev/ttys0. Either one the modem lights flash but same result modem not responding. Help please. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Primary and secondary IDE
- Original Message - From: Charlie [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 11:44 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Primary and secondary IDE If it were mine I'd put the two CD drives on secondary IDE with CD-RW as master, and the hard drives on the primary as master and slave in whatever order you like. Depending whether you want to re-install your operating system of course. If not the 3.2 will have to stay as master on the primary IDE channel since most versions of Windows won't boot from anywhere else. I've heard that Laplink will clone your drive. If I understand this correctly I can clone my 3.2 gig HD to my new 30 gig HD and then make the 30 gig master and it should boot into Windows. Does this also clone Lilo and my MDK 7.0 partitions? If so it would be great but if it at least clones the Win partition that would be OK as I don't mind reinstalling MDK as I was going to upgrade to Ver 8.2 anyway. Any info would be appreciated. George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Ogg encoder/decoder
I presume this is true for Mandrake later than MDK 7.0 but as I am still living in the dark age is it possible to download the ogg encoder/decoder and implement them in Xmms and Grip? George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] I feel we are all islands -- in a common sea. Anne Morrow Lindbergh, writer (1906-2001) - Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 11:39 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Ogg encoder/decoder Xmms will play ogg 'out of the box' No need to install or edit anything. As for grip just edit the 'ConfigMP3Encoder' Tab Set the encoder to 'oggenc' and the 'MP3 executable' to /usr/bin/oggenc and the 'MP3 command line' to -o %m -a %a -l %d -c genre=%G -q %b -d % and the mp3 file format to ~/mp3/%A/%d/%a-%n.ogg Then in the 'MP3Options' Tab set Encoding bitrate to 1 This is 'quality' not actual bit rate. 1 for ~ 56kbps 2 for ~ 96kbps 3 for ~128 kbps Surprisingly enough Quality of 1 sounds pretty good :-) You could also use bit rate to define the encoding rate if you wish. In that case the 'MP3 Command line' parameter would be different. See 'man oggenc' for a full breakdown. Alternatively another way to rip Oggs is with konqueror. Just open konqueror file manager. Click on the botton icon in the divider between left and right panes. This is for 'special' services. Pick 'Audio CD Browser' If you have an audio CD in the drive you can browse it in wav, or ogg format, and drag and drop files from ogg format onto a konqueror window. They will get ripped in the process. It is slower than grip, but rather cool :-) You can configure the ogg encoding parameters with KDE ControlCentreSoundAudioIOSlave HTH derek On Friday 11 Oct 2002 11:13 am, George Baker wrote: Having read good reports about ogg audio files I was wondering if it was difficult to install the encoder and decoder for use with Grip and Xmms respectably. If not, where would I download the, hopefully, RPM's from? I am using MDK 7.0 with Grip v2.9 and Xmms v0.9.5.1 George Baker I feel we are all islands -- in a common sea. Anne Morrow Lindbergh, writer (1906-2001) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Fw: [newbie] Lilo
George Baker wrote: I've got a Compaq DP 4000 P166 which creates a partition with the software to change any CMOS settings (you push F10). After installing MDK 7.0 with LILO I can't get into the Cmos settings. Is there a way of pointing LILO to this partition. Luckily I still have the stiffy disks to change any settings. Thanks George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] South Africa Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com George, I don't think that you want to point LILO to the 'Maintenance Partition' that Compaq puts on the HD do you? There really isn't anything there for you except bios settings which you do before going into LILO. It is a propriety partition and only used for setting the bios requirements. Usually you can get into this as you said by F10 or by the disks. The problem is that after installing LILO you can't get into the BIOS settings - pushing F10 has no effect - so even changing your boot order requires using the disks which is time consuming as you have to load 3 separate disks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] S3 Virge DX/GX 375/385
George Baker wrote: Hi - I've just upgraded from a 486 to a P166 with a S3 Virge DX/GX PCI graphics card with 2MB memory. Installed MDK 7.0 today but can't get X desktop to display properly. There is a jagged box under the curser and lines running through the display. If I move a window it leaves shadows behind. I was running Win95 on the 486 with built in graphics and in 800X600 res it would fill up my whole screen. Now on my P166 with WIN98 there are gaps on either side of the display (also in 800X600 ) - same monitor. Do I need an updated driver for the S3 Virge? or how can I fix both the MDK and WIN problems. That card is an absolute bugger (if you restart X, you'll see amongst the messages flashing down the screen something like Found an S3 card -ugh). I installed 7.0 on a similar system and got it working eventually - you just need to play around with the X settings at random until something works - I'm sorry, I can't remember the configuration I found. My advice is to upgrade to at least 7.2, which should handle this well (I found 7.2 to be good at handling old hardware). 8.0 should also work OK, 8.1 is problematic in general (though can be made to work if you don't mind some hacking if you want supermount). I haven't tried 8.2 with that card, and 9.0 - let's see. For Windows, I'd say yes, download the latest driver. 486s and Pentiums work pretty differently AFAIK. Sir Robin I only have a modem connection so downloading MDK 7.2 or any other is out of the question. I know of someone here in South Africa that will snail mail them to me but our mail service is really SNAIL MAIL so this would take time. Does anyone know of a way to get this card to work with MDK7.0 just for the time being?? I managed to get my 800X600 res in WIN98 to fill up the whole screen by using a 56Mhz refresh rate. Any suggestions for a cheapish mainstream card that would work in MDK 7.0 (remembering that the Rand/Dollar exchange rate in South Africa makes most computer equipment hellishly expensive). Thanks George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 083 4666192 If the secret sorrows of everyone could be read on their forehead, how many who now cause envy would suddenly become the objects of pity. -Italian proverb Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Lilo
I've got a Compaq DP 4000 P166 which creates a partition with the software to change any CMOS settings (you push F10). After installing MDK 7.0 with LILO I can't get into the Cmos settings. Is there a way of pointing LILO to this partition. Luckily I still have the stiffy disks to change any settings. Thanks George Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] South Africa Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] S3 Virge DX/GX 375/385
Hi - I've just upgraded from a 486 to a P166 with a S3 Virge DX/GX PCI graphics card with 2MB memory. Installed MDK 7.0 today but can't get X desktop to display properly. There is a jagged box under the curser and lines running through the display. If I move a window it leaves shadows behind. I was running Win95 on the 486 with built in graphics and in 800X600 res it would fill up my whole screen. Now on my P166 with WIN98 there are gaps on either side of the display (also in 800X600 ) - same monitor. Do I need an updated driver for the S3 Virge? or how can I fix both the MDK and WIN problems. PC DETAILS: * System Summary * Hardware Processor: GenuineIntel Pentium(R) 167 MHz xB1 mxB1 Math Support: On Chip BIOS: Compaq 07/08/97 Bus Type: PCI Ports: 1 Parallel, 2 Serial Memory: 64.0 MB (63% Utilized) Floppy Disks: 1.44 MB Hard Disks: 3.02 GB Multimedia: CD-ROM Video: 800x600 in 64K Colors, S3 ViRGE-DX/GX PCI (375/385) Ver. 4.0 Operating System Windows:4.10 (Build A ) DOS:7.10 Net Clients: Microsoft Network * * Display Summary * * Monitor: AcerView 33D Video Chipset: S3 ViRGE-DX/GX PCI (375/385) Ver. 4.0 Resolution: 800x600 in 64K Colors Device Information Driver Version: 4.0 Technology: Raster display Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] newbie and hardware questions
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 16:53, Robert MacLean wrote: Good Morning Bunnies ;) My next one is also hardware. I have a Genius Netscroll Optical mouse. But for some reason I can't select it, when I tried it during install it stuffed the mouse up. So I choose std mouse. Any way to fix this? I miss my mouse wheel :( Run mousedrake as root. Sridhar Dhanapalan. There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson I'm using LM 7 and I notice it only has Genius Netscroll on PS2. I have a serial Netscroll mouse - any ideas how I can set it up? -- Thanks George Baker South Africa
[newbie]Virus and telnet commands
Hi - I read the mails about the new Windoze virus that sends a huge attachment and tonight while downloading my wife's e-mail (on a win box) I noticed that it was huge. Cancelled the download and telnet into the pop server. After list I suddenly realised I could not remember the command to view the mail (thought it was top). What is the command? Anyway the 2 mails were both 49+megs, so I deleted them. -- Thanks George Baker South Africa
[newbie]User privilages
I have a son who has discovered that Linux has games. How can I set him up as a user that only has access to the games. I tried removing all desktop icons and edited the K menu, but I could not get rid of the KDE menu items. Been searching through manuals, info, and docs with no real success. -- Thanks George Baker South Africa
[newbie]Using RPM
Trying to install a package alien-7.27-1mdk.src.rpm. Used rpm -ivh but get message: only major numbers supported in this version of rpm. Where can I get a version of rpm that does support non major numbers? Or where can I find alien with a major number release. Tried rpmfind.net - no luck. -- Thanks George Baker South Africa
[newbie]disk partitioning
I am trying to get my hands on another hard drive. If I can't, can I with my existing setup: * Save my '/home' to my '/mnt/DOS_hda1' so that after I have resized '/home' I can copy it back to my new /home. (I understand that if you resize a partition you loose all data?) * Having realized that I did not do a very good job at partitioning when I installed (should have made partitions for '/usr', etc.), can I now make partitions for '/usr' on my '/dev/hda6' or '/'. If I do get another hard drive, * what are the recommended partitions to make? * will I be able to copy my existing setup over to the new drive or will I have to reinstall. I understand that I will have to point LILO to the new drive. Thanks George Baker South Africa At 10:28 PM 07/19/2001 +, civileme wrote: On Thursday 19 July 2001 19:52, George Baker wrote: Sorry, I am new at this. Here are my partition details: [george@localhost george]$ df -k Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda6 464585433598 6999 98% / /dev/hda1 2096320 1523840572480 73% /mnt/DOS_hda1 /dev/hda5 7776 827 6548 11% /boot /dev/hda8 472392124795323205 28% /home U! This is a 3G disk. How are your pockets for change? You need either another hdd or a bigger hdd. You are below minimums on / and soon will have a situation where it will not boot unless there are sufficient sections for /, which should be reserved properly in the setup.. You could resize /home a little smaller, and possibly make two partitions there for /var and /usr/local or even three with /tmp added, but there is litle hope of being able to move /usr there /usr/X11R6 maybe. You might be able to shrink DOS a little , say 30k, and put all of /usr there, but that disk looks uncomfortably tight, and if ext2resize isn't there already, you will have to do surgery to make room for it. Sounds like a good exercise for you other helpers [ducks]. Civileme --
Re: [newbie] C Compiler
civileme wrote: On Friday 20 July 2001 20:56, George Baker wrote: A V Flinsch wrote: On Wednesday 18 July 2001 17:03, you wrote: Trying to install koffice 2.0.1 and kfinance 0.2.0 and keep getting the message that the C Compiler can't create executables. I have installed gcc and gcc -c++. This is the config.log I get: You need to install glibc-devel -- Alex Kernel Panic is General Failure's second in command I installed glibc-devel and now get this message. Can't seem to find any libs that deal with X includes. [root@localhost kfinance-0.2.0]# ./configure loading cache ./config.cache checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no checking whether we are using GNU C... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g...yes checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E checking for X... configure: error: Can't find X includes. Please check your installation and add the correct paths! [root@localhost kfinance-0.2.0]# -- Thanks George Baker South Africa You need the stuff from XFree that says -devel- in the rpms. It checks for X by looking for a header file. Civileme Well installed XFree - devel- , and then got message about qt headers, so I searched and installed the qt -devel- stuff but have now got a new message after running ./configure: checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether to build shared libraries... no checking whether to build static libraries... yes checking for objdirlibs creating libtool checking whether NLS is requested... yes checking for msgfmt... msgfmt checking for gmsgfmt... msgfmt found msgfmt program is not GNU msgfmt; ignore it checking for xgettext... : checking for KDE... configure: error: in the prefix, you've chosen, are no kde headers installed. This will fail. So, check this please and use another prefix! [root@localhost kfinance-0.2.0]# What am I missing now? Gee, but it is quite a process to install a .tar.gzip package. -- Thanks George Baker South Africa
[newbie] Debian package
I downloaded koffice from tucows but it is a Debian package, ending in .deb. How do you install it. -- Thanks George Baker South Africa
[newbie] Disk full problem
I installed LM 7 on a 1.2 gig extended partition. Now I see that /root partition is nearly full, yet I have 300 MB free in /home. How can I give more space to /root or specifically /usr. Thanks George Baker South Africa
[newbie] C Compiler
Trying to install koffice 2.0.1 and kfinance 0.2.0 and keep getting the
message that the C Compiler can't create executables. I have installed
gcc and gcc -c++. This is the config.log I get:
Thanks
George Baker
South Africa
This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
configure:558: checking for gcc
configure:671: checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works
configure:687: gcc -o conftestconftest.c 15
/usr/bin/ld: cannot open crt1.o: No such file or directory
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure: failed program was:
#line 682 configure
#include confdefs.h
main(){return(0);}
