newbie@linux-mandrake.com
Does anyone know of such a card for Linux? Given what some people have said about nVidia drivers, I would prefer something other than a GeForce 2, but if that is all that is available, I might have to get one. :P I guess I should get a new mobo, something with an AGP slot... Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Some Windows hang-ons...
Mark D'voo wrote: > I have even had > success with Zoo Tycoon, a Microsoft game to run almost perfectly under wineX > www.transgaming.com (WineX is wine with directX support). Anyone know if EverQuest will run under WineX? That's really about all that keeps me from getting rid of Windows completely. Well, that and Scorched Earth (old DOS shareware game). :) Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mac vs Intel architecture deliberations
John Hokanson Jr. wrote: > If that's the only reason, I would have to decline. > Windows 2000 (not 9x) is already fairly stable, Of course, there's also which OS you would prefer to use, if stability is not an issue. I personally favor the Mac, hardware- software- and OS-wise, but some of my reasons may not apply to most people (I'm a professional musician, for one). > and there's the old argument about software availability. Which begs two questions: 1) How much of the available software will you actually use? 2) How much of the available software is any good? Everything I do on a computer, I find I would rather do on a Mac, with the exception of a few games I play that aren't available for the Mac. It's partly because of the quality of Mac-specific software, and partly because the Mac is better-suited for some of those tasks, but it's also partly because I even find the Mac more aesthetically pleasing (and I'm not talking about all the fruity iMac colors). It may not sound very important, but it makes using a computer that much more enjoyable for me. But again, that's a personal preference, YMMV. Then again, I don't know how much all this matters to you (the original poster); how often would you be running Linux again? :) Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hostility Levels on the list
Mark Weaver wrote: > :) i'm told that real men us VI and Pine. Pine? Real men use mailx. :) Jesse, not a real man (I use elm). -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Question with E
ryan_steffes wrote: > I can't find documentation on what I > need to do now so my users can actually use epplets. [...] > I'm assuming I need to add that to my path. I've never had a problem running Epplets, whether as root or as a user (well, other than the Epplets menu having more Epplets listed than what LM actually installed on my machine). However, I will guess that you are correct, you need to add the path (and your users need to add it to their paths). Also, if it is not already so, make the Epplets directory, and the Epplets themselves, group executable. > The scant documentation > I've seen though indicates each user should have an epplet_data > directory. Where does this come from, or should I just mkdir it? Again, I don't remember having to do this when I ran Epplets as a user, but go ahead and mkdir it, what's the harm? :) BTW, in case you don't already know, Sourceforge now has an E-Users ML, so that people like me who don't really understand much of what the people in the E-Devel ML are talking about have a place for Q&A. I think the E web site (www.enlightenment.org) has the link for joining. Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Enlightenment vs Sawfish
ryan_steffes wrote: > Which one do most of you prefer? Enlightenment is my window manager of choice, though I don't use it in conjunction with Gnome or KDE, other than very occasionally running GMC. E17 will take care of that, however. :) > For > starters, my X-Windows doesn't display menu's on a rightclick on the > desktop. Enlightenment has three different menus which appear when you click on the desktop with the three different mouse buttons. Right-clicking brings up the maintenance menu. If that's what you're used to, it is part of E, not Gnome. > Is that an option in Sawfish? Heck I can't even figure out how > to change my background. I'd like to RTFM but all I can find is help > for gnome, and I'm not sure which parts are gnome and which parts are > Sawfish. Have you checked the Sawfish web site? www.sawfish.org Have you tried running Sawfish without Gnome? Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] multiple copies of ML messages
I've been getting two copies of several of the messages from this mailing list. For example, Sridhar's replies to my messages: one was what was sent to the list, and one was what he cc'd to me. But I received a third today (the other two came yesterday), which I believe was the same as the first. And several other messages which I did not receive a cc of, I have received twice. Does this happen to anyone else? I'm guessing there's an admin email address I should be sending this message to, but I didn't see one in the welcome messages(s) I received when I joined. Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: [LINUX_Newbies] USA TERROR ATTACK!!!!
Jose M. Sanchez wrote: > God are you full of yourself... Like civileme said previously (I think it was him), both sides have a kernel of truth in them. He (Sridhar) is not entirely off-base. What Americans percieve as an act of evil might very well be considered a blow against evil by many Muslims, much like the Crusades were by the Christians of the Middle Ages. It's pretty ridiculous the way people can justify the atrocities they commit as being in the name of their God (I'm not saying that is definitely the case here, but it is a possiblity). However, I have to agree that his attitude leaves something to be desired. But it's something that every teenager goes through. I know I've been there, thinking I am somehow more knowledgeable than most everyone else just because I learned something new. In a few years, real world experience will give him a wake-up call, and he'll realize that, as he becomes older and wiser, just how much he doesn't know. And I mean beyond just saying, "I don't claim to know everything," which is absolutely meaningless, especially when immediately followed by, "but I know more than most people." Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: breaking news in USA
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > The American people have the power to stop this horror, yet they do > not exercise it. Are you any better than the 'terrorists'? It's great that you're trying to get the Americans on this list to think about the situation from a different PoV, but you're starting to sound just as overzealous as some of them. IMHO the inaction of the American people stems from ignorance, or the belief that our brand of democracy really works (which might be one and the same). The U.S. Government is not really "for the people" - at least, not the way it is supposed to be. Either way, I do not dare put the American people on the same level as terrorists. The Government, possibly, but not the people. But ideals do not exist (if they did, Communism would actually work), and we do as best we can. The U.S. Government did what it had to do to keep the Soviets in check, I suppose. I don't know all the facts, so while I may not be entirely happy with my government, I am not about to condemn it. Jesse P.S.: You people _REALLY_ need to learn to edit your replies, so we don't have to see: > > > > > > > blah blah blah blah ...over and over again. We all got it the first couple times, thanks. -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] upgrade from 7.1 to 8.0
Has anyone done this? Were there any problems encountered, such as when upgrading from 7.1 to 7.2? I want to upgrade from 7.1 to 8.0, but I'm wondering if it will be a headache to do without having to wipe my hard drive and install from scratch. Thanks, Jesse
Re: [newbie] Copy and paste from the shell?
Anthony wrote: > Isn't possible to copy and paste output from the terminal? TIA Highlight whatever you want to copy, then middle-click somewhere else to paste. Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde
Re: [newbie] Removing a full directory via command line
Andrew Iovannisci wrote: > Ahh, I have an alias rm="rm -i" that is forcing me to confirm the deletion of > every file. So, how do I get rid of the alias? unalias rm Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde
Re: [newbie] Removing a full directory via command line
Andrew Iovannisci wrote: > Is there a way to delete a non-empty directory via the command line > without going through the trouble of removing every file and sub-directory > first? rm -r Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde
Re: [newbie] a.out .. I couldn't run it
Did you try: ./a.out ? Also, I'm not sure if it matters or not, but is the path of a.out in your .bashrc file? Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde
[newbie] LM 7.1 and StarOffice
I got LM 7.1 from CheapBytes.com (2 CDs for 3.95), and it came with StarOffice. However, it says it's "staroffice-es". Does that mean it's in Spanish? If so, anyone have any idea why that was the version that was included? I don't want to install it if it's going to be in Spanish... Thanks, Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde
Re: [newbie] Setting up a new user account remotely
I don't know if it has the interactive thing that Slackware does, but you can try reading up on 'man useradd'. Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde
Re: [newbie] Enlightenment ScreenSavers
Adrian Smith wrote: > well, i use E and i never knew it had a screen saver. There's an Epplet called E-ScreenSave, but I have yet to get it to work. Not that I've tried very hard, but... Having the screen automatically go black after 10 minutes is good enough for me. Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde
[newbie] resolutions in XF86Config
I have an NEC AcuSync 70 (17") monitor and a 3dfx Voodoo 3 graphics card. When I go into DrakConf to change the resolution, I get the following choices: 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024 Under Windows, I can run at 1280x960, but not 1280x1024. Maybe I'm weird, but I want to run LM at 1280x960, because 1280x1024 isn't exactly 4:3 like all the other resolutions. Is there some way I can edit my XF86Config to be able to set my resolution to 1280x960? I see a lot of stuff about horizontal and vertical refresh rates, which I don't know enough about to mess with... BTW, LM detects my card as Voodoo 3 (generic), if that matters. Oh yeah, i'm running LM 7.1, HP Brio 500MHz Celeron. Thanks, Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde
Re: [newbie] Enlightenment Startup Apps
David Fuchs wrote: > I'd like to have Enlightenment start a few applications (possibly > gmc, panel, gkrellm, licq) at startup that will be determined by my own > preference. Currently I have a `.xsession' script containing some > commented text and a line similar to: > > exec /usr/bin/enlightenment > > If I modify this script to add my own apps, the script will be > rewritten next time I start enlightenment and my changes will be lost > to a file called `.xsession.old'. This is something I would like > remedied, as I'd rather fill my program preferences into the .xsession > file. If the "Remember" menu option to run at startup doesn't work, try editing .xsession when you're logged in with another WM and/or as root. Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde
Re: [newbie] remove me
Linux Tests wrote: > If it upsets you *so much* to see a remove me message, then filter out the > messages that say "remove me" in the subject line. I didn't say it upsets me; I said don't be surprised if [he gets] flamed (not necessarily by me). The guy was upset that people complained about his "remove me" message when people had every right to complain. And yes, people could filter it out. But no one should have to do that. Besides, there's always the possibility that a different Subject: line is used, or a legitimate message with "remove" (or whatever) in the Subject: gets filtered on accident. *shrug* Whatever. Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde
Re: [newbie] remove me
Oops...dunno why my message didn't get sent properly - bounced the message I meant to reply to. Anyways...if you are a mailing-list newbie, try RTFM _before_ you subscribe to a mailing-list. Otherwise, don't be surprised if you get flamed when you send a "remove me" message to the list (after all, it's a net.tradition, eh? :) ). Don't think it's excusable just because this is a _Linux_ newbie list. Jesse - yes, I know it's a little too late. :P -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde
Re: [newbie] remove me
Brian Overby wrote: [Charset iso-8859-1 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...] > yeye tryed it .. dident work and istead of shouting and getting all spazm > like why dont you just shut up if you havent got anything positive to say? > .. and oh.. in case you dident notice the conference group here is "newbie" > <- being the case word. > > - Original Message - > From: "philomena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 3:13 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] remove me > > > > is there a full moon or something that there are so many of these today > > ??!!?! > > > > go back to where you signed up and follow the instructions !!!!! > > > > philomena > > > > > Brian Overby wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde
Re: [newbie] gnome, enlightenment and epplets (init script?)
Curt DeBlaey wrote: > I'm running Gnome and Enlightenment and I'm trying to figure out how to > control which epplets are started automatically when I reboot/restart > Enlightenment. Is there a config file I can edit somewhere? Get out of E and edit ...e_session-XX.snapshots.0 in the .enlightenment directory (it should be easy enough to figure out after staring at it for a few seconds). If you try to do it in E, E will rewrite it upon logout. > Whenever I start an epplet, that epplet is added to the list of epplets > that get started automatically when Enlightenment restarts. So right > now I have many instances of the E-Mounbox and the E-CPU-flame-thingy > starting automatically every time I restart enlightenment. You should be able to Alt-leftclick the epplets to bring up a close button. But if that doesn't fix your problem, the above definitely will. There is also eesh, but I haven't really learned how to use it yet. > Enlightenment Version: 0.16.3 (11/22/1999) If you can, install 0.16.5 - there were some bug fixes, and a few things were added to the Settings menu. > Oh, btw, does anyone know where can I find some good user docs for > enlightenment? www.enlightenment.org doesn't seem to have much. Thx. I've been wondering that myself. I pretty much go by the built-in docs, and occasionally bug the good folks in the E-devel mailing list. Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde
[newbie] conf.modules / modules.conf
I've been having a bit of problem with those files. I got my soundcard to work my using modules.conf and deleting conf.modules; however, after I shut down and start up, conf.modules gets replaced, and I have to delete it again. There is a message during startup about Linux removing conf.modules, but the command doesn't seem to go through. Anyone have any ideas on how I can prevent conf.modules from reappearing? Thanks, Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde
Re: [newbie] problem installin mozilla 0.7
Emiliano Ogando wrote: > I need two files for install mozilla 0.7: > > Libstoc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 > libc.so.6 (Glibc-2.2) > > where can I download it?? Try searching for them at www.rpmfind.com With any luck, they won't be RPM 4. :) Out of curiosity, is it just me, or does Mozilla 0.7 crash a lot? I've also had some problems with Netscape 6. I tend to use Netscape 4.73 the most, since it seems to be faster and more stable, though there are some pages 4.73 is unable to view. Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde
Re: [newbie] How do you create shortcuts or links to applications inEnlightenment??
Romanator wrote: > When I mean't by shortcuts(sorry for the Windose terminology), I was > referring to links on the virtual desktop. I would like to open and/or > point to a specific application. Again, you have to launch something like GMC or KFM, which will put shortcut icons on the desktop. > How did it Enlightenment set itself as the default graphical virtual > desktop? I used to have KDE as my default autoboot for user. I would > like to pick and choose my default. I can't reset it back to KDE. There > must be some sort of .conf file for this? And, I'm not too crazy about > reinstalling the entire Linux OS. Are you using the graphical login manager? If not, try editing .xsession in your home directory to /usr/bin/kde or wherever it is. You might have to edit that file as root, I'm not sure. Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde
Re: [newbie] How do you create shortcuts or links to applications inEnlightenment?
Romanator wrote: > Lately, I have been using Enlightenment (more like fooling around with > it). Other than having cool looking effects, how the heck to you create > shortcuts and view the folders in the directory? Until E 0.17 and EFM come out, you'll have to use another file manager, like GMC, Nautilus, DFM, KFM, etc. Or you can open a terminal window, of course, if you don't mind working at the command line. I'm not sure what you mean by shortcuts, though. You can edit many of the menus by going into ~/.enlightenment and editing any *.menu file with your favorite text editor (vim, pico, etc.). Or if you want desktop icon-type shortcuts, edit the contents of the .gnome-desktop/ folder (ln -s ...) and starting up GMC. You can do the same with KFM, but I forget where the desktop shortcuts are. And I'm too lazy to install DFM - I'd rather just wait for EFM, and use GMC in the meantime. :) If you haven't already, try reading Enlightenment Help. Middle-click on the desktop and it should be in the menu. Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde
Re: [newbie] Re: GNOME or KDE
Thio Yu Jin wrote: > Why is Enlightenment so much better than KDE or Gnome? It's not better, just different. But here are some reasons why I prefer using it when I'm not root: 1) It is one of, if not the most configurable window managers around. 2) E has some great features, like the pager, desktop dragging, etc. 3) KDE and Gnome are more "standard" in their approaches (being more like Win/Mac OS); if I wanted that, I'd have gotten a Mac (actually, I still want one for doing professional music stuff...). 4) Eye candy, eye candy, eye candy. I still use KDE as root, however, when total accessibility and ease of accessibility are all I care about. Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde
Re: [newbie] Enlightenment install problem
Tim Goodaire wrote: > I've been trying to edit the configure.in file to see if I can figure out > how to get it to find the IMLIB_CONFIG and I'm not having any luck. It > appears to be looking in $PREFIX/bin. What exactly is $PREFIX? > > Anyone have any ideas of how I can get this damn thing to compile? $prefix is /usr/local (it should be near the top of configure.in). Strange though, I didn't have any trouble installing E 0.16.5 a few weeks ago. You can try changing $prefix to /usr or enabling fsstd, but I have no idea what the problem really is. My imlib_config is also in /usr/bin, and I actually tried installing E twice - with and without fsstd enabled - and it worked fine both times. I did have one problem though; Linux Mandrake 7.1's graphical login manager thing was still looking for E in /usr/bin (or wherever LM7.1's installer CD-ROM puts it), even if I change .xsession to where the new version of E was installed. I actually renamed the old E (I guess I should just delete it), and moved the new E to where the old E was. I really need to clean those duplicate E files up. :) Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde
Re: [newbie] Re: GNOME or KDE
Philip David Morgan wrote: > The burning question of the night: > > > What do most people prefer to use, GNOME or KDE? > > Neither, except for administrational needs. Otherwise, I'm a WindowMaker > & Englightenment devotee Same here. I use KDE when running as root. Otherwise, it's Enlightenment all the way. I can't wait until E 0.17 and EFM are released. Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde
Re: [newbie] rpm failure
cyberclay wrote: > only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of RPM > error: gnomp3-0.1.6-1.i386.rpm cannot be installed I got the same message with quite a few rpm packages. I tried to install a newer version of kpackage, but I'm having trouble installing the last lib file. What kind of trouble? I need a newer version of kpackage to install it! Looks like I'll have to find the *.tar.gz version, if such a thing exists. Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde
Re: [newbie] when new kernel... ?
It's been released. There's a 24MB .tar.gz of the installer for download. I forgot where I got my copy, but I think any of the Linux news sites will have a link. I haven't installed it yet, because I don't have the required versions of the other files that are necessary for 2.4.0 to work. Well, I have them, but I had a little trouble installing them, and moved on to more pressing problems. :) Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde
[newbie] SBLive working, but no mixer
Someone suggested I turn off Plug-and-Play in BIOS, and that got my sound card working - when I test the sound card in HardDrake, I can hear Linus's test-sound-thing. However, clicking on Open results in the following error message: sox: Can't open output file '/dev/dsp': no such device Then HardDrake plays a test sound, but I don't hear it. And when I shutdown, I get the following: Saving mixer settings aumix: error opening mixer [FAILED] Also, here's what happens when I try to launch some sound-related epplets in Enlightenment 0.16.5: Emix - Mixer device open failed E-Mixer - Couldn't open mixer device /dev/mixer E-SD - /dev/dsp: No such device Segmentation fault (core dumped) I never used to get any of the five error messages above, and the epplets of course all ran fine. Somewhere in my fiddling (just following what the linuxnewbie.org and linux-mandrake.com articles say, really), I started getting these error messages, and they didn't go away when I got SBLive working. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Jesse
Re: [newbie] addendum to SBLive problem
Po Kwok wrote: > have you ever had problems using sound only on KDE. I haven't gotten sound to work at all, aside from terminal beeps, which have nothing to do with the sound card, right? > i deliberately choose not to install enlightenment on my mandrake box, > and it runs fine. Considering how much talk there has been about getting SBLive to work, with no mention of some inexplicable conflict with E, I don't think I'm going to uninstall E and settle for another WM unless I absolutely have to. And if it gets to that point, I'll be sure to post to the enlightenment-devel list asking for help first. Jesse
[newbie] addendum to SBLive problem
I forgot to mention: Sometimes when I log in as a user and start Enlightenment, I get a message saying Enlightenment could not connect to Esound, and therefore sound is disabled. When this happens, sound-related epplets can't be used. I'm guessing this is related to the problem I'm having with getting my SBLive to work, but I'm not sure, since it doesn't happen all the time. Jesse
[newbie] MS optical mouse
Has anyone gotten a Microsoft USB Optical IntelliMouse to work? Again, I'm using Mandrake 7.1... I am currently using the mouse as a PS/2 mouse (with an adaptor). The two side buttons don't work of course, and wheel-up / wheel-down do the same things as the left and right buttons, respectively. If I can't get the side buttons programmed, that's not too big a deal, though it would be nice to get them working. (I remember reading an article online about configuring a "7-button" mouse (the wheel being three buttons instead of a button and an axis), but I couldn't really understand it. I also don't know the path of the file I am supposed to edit - I might not have know even the filename.) However, I'd like to get the wheel working properly (I use Enlightenment 0.16.5, and in E the wheel is supposed to switch between desktops). I'm also wondering if there's any advantage to using the mouse as USB instead of PS/2 (aside from not needing an adaptor) (the mouse stopped working when I plugged it into the USB port and selected "USB Mouse (3 or more buttons)" in MouseDrake). Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance, Jesse
[newbie] SBLive modprobe problem
(I'm running 7.1, and my CPU is a 500MHz Intel Celeron; my sound card is a SoundBlaster Live! MP3+) I tried installing the driver, according to the linuxnewbie.org article and whatever README-type file was included with the driver, and using HardDrake and the suggested mandrakeforum article to try to get it working, and none of it is working. Some newbie difficulties with the mandrakeforum article: http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20010104142752 1) modules.conf - should I rename conf.modules to modules.conf? Also, my machine has another sound chip built-in; should I delete the lines from conf.modules that refer to it/its driver/whatever? 2) HardDrake / modprobe emu10k1 - whether I type it in from a prompt, or click on Test in HardDrake, I get the same message: Error in modprobe call! /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/emu10k1.o: init_module: Device or resource busy /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/emu10k1.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/emu10k1.o failed /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/emu10k1.o: Can't locate module Xi4@HR ^ ^ (^: the i has an umlaut instead of a single dot, and the R is in a circle (like a "Registered Trademark" symbol)) I have absolutely no idea how to fix this. :( 3) sndconfig - it tells me not to run it from X. Also, it doesn't detect my card at all. And since it didn't work... 4) kernel-sources / kernel-docs: I read the kernel-docs, and they didn't help me. Or perhaps I just couldn't understand them. And if I download the kernel-sources, what am I supposed to do with them? 5) grep - the mandrakeforum article says: Ok, to find out about a device, I would 'cd' to that directory and do grep -i -r live! * What directory is that supposed to be? /dev? 6) modprobe emu10k1 - see 2, above. I also get [FAILED] when I boot my machine. Boy do I need help... Thanks in advance, Jesse
