Re: [newbie] apple ipod and MDK 10.0 O
- Original Message - From: g2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 7:24 PM Subject: [newbie] apple ipod and MDK 10.0 O I am trying to get my ipod (original 5 gig first gen) to work with MDK 10.0 O. I am ussing gtkpod 7.0 I am able to READ from the ipod, that is see the files and play them, but I am not able to write to it. When I try to synch gtkpod reports: Could not open iTunesDB /mnt/ipod/iPod_Control/iTunes/iTunesDB for writing. I have an inkiling that the the file /usr/fstab might have something to do with my problem (just a guess). I include the text of the file below, in case that is helpfull. I also tried changing combinations of the user and group of the whole directory recursively using chown, chgrp, and chmod. I couldnt get this to work. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks. Gideon /dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda5 /fat32 vfat umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda9 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/hdc,fs=udf:iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto defaults 0 0 /dev/sda2 /mnt/ipod vfat defaults 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs defaults 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda8 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 I also have yet to get my iPod to work with Linux. GTKPod always crashes, so I've tried GNUPod, but I don't think it works with gen3s. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Change Ogg bitrate
Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Tue, 2004-05-04 at 17:41, Greg Meyer wrote: If I have a bunch of ogg files encoded at 192 kbps (average), and I want them to be at 128 kbps (average), is there a utility to do that directly instead of converting them back to wav and re-encoding them with oggenc. I want to do this because my cd/mp3 player only supports 96-160kbps vbr oggs. Yes, Sox. http://sox.sourceforge.net/ Sox is the ultimate swiss army knife of sound utils. LX You'd get much better quality if you just re-ripped/encoded. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com -- Marc Resnick Registered Linux User #350533 For those about to rock; I salute you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Dockapps in Fluxbox
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 14:58, JoeHill wrote: On Mon, 03 May 2004 00:00:13 -0400 Marc Resnick disseminated the following: I've decided to put it in the ~/.fluxbox/startup file, I thought they might have something like that by now. Haven't used Flux in awhile. Why bother? XFCE4 rules. stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- No one has yet determined the power of the human species . . . what it may perform by instinct, and what it may accomplish with rational determination. -Mentat Objective Analysis of Human Capabilities Heh. I was expecting something like that from one of you xfce groupies. Don't really know why I bother, I just happen to really like fluxbox. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com -- Marc Resnick Registered Linux User #350533 For those about to rock; I salute you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ACPI and MDK 10 on a Presario 2100 Laptop
Troy Davidson wrote: Has anyone setup ACPI with MDK 10 community on a Compaq Presario 2100 laptop? I recompiled my kernel for ACPI support and got it to work, but then killed my kernel with another compile and didn't make a backup. Now, I don't remember what settings I took in the kernel to get it to work. If anyone has setup ACPI on any laptop and they would be willing to share their config file, that would be great. Thanks. Troy Davidson Linux User #311107 ++ Follow the adventures of a real life computer and gaming nerd! www.clandaith.com ++ ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** I have Mdk 10.0 Installed on a Compaq Presario 2190US. If you have acpi installed, go to /etc/lilo.conf, or go to MCC and use their Bootloader config. To the append line, take away acpi=off or acpi=ht and make sure to add nolapic. Mine looks like this: append=nolapic devfs=mount resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent Good luck. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com -- Marc Resnick Registered Linux User #350533 For those about to rock; I salute you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] compile error - gcc not found
eric jackson wrote: - Original Message - From: cdrack [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 4:51 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] compile error - gcc not found Can you mail us the message from youre compile attemp...? Sure. Creating Cache ./config.cache Checking For gcc - no Checking for cc - no Configure error No acceptable cc found in $PATH I have gcc-cpp installed. Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cdrack --- eric jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I tried compile some software today. It was my first attempt. I got an error saying no compiler was found. I checked and gcc-cc is installed. What do I have to do to have it found when I try to compile some software? Eric __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25ยข http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com My guess: Just do a urpmi gcc -a as root. One of them has to fix it ;-). -- Marc Resnick Registered Linux User #350533 For those about to rock; I salute you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Dockapps in Fluxbox
I've downloaded and compiled a few dockapps from dockapps.org, for use with Fluxbox. Is there any way to make sure that they start on boot, or start when I load fluxbox? -- Marc Resnick Registered Linux User #350533 For those about to rock; I salute you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Dockapps in Fluxbox
JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 02 May 2004 22:11:28 -0400 Marc Resnick disseminated the following: I've downloaded and compiled a few dockapps from dockapps.org, for use with Fluxbox. Is there any way to make sure that they start on boot, or start when I load fluxbox? http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/docbook/en/html/app-setup.html Thanks Joe, I've decided to put it in the ~/.fluxbox/startup file, so they only start when I use fluxbox. I guess I should do some 'splorin before I post next time. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com -- Marc Resnick Registered Linux User #350533 For those about to rock; I salute you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Network Monitor Going Crazy!
I've just decided to switch from an Adaptec WLAN Card which was slowly deteriorating from its old self, to a Belkin Wireless USB card. The good news is that this fixed my long going DHCP problem of having to power down my router once a day to get online with Linux. But, my KDE Network Monitor and Kwifimanager are now going crazy. For the manager, on the panel, the Link Quality says 0%, but the signal strength is bouncing around. On kwifimanager, everything says 0%, except the bitrate is 11 mbps. My internet is fine, and I actually have a very good connection to my router. Is there any way to fix the monitor? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux?
- Original Message - From: Rory Gleeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 2:14 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux? Ogg is difficult to support on digital audio players, since it's such a resource hog and a battery drain. The Xiph foundation really hasn't focused on it being a portable format yet, which is hindering adoption on the portable player market. iRiver has had a lot of problems integrating it. The only player that has successfully integrated it is the Rio Karma, which is the only player that has also integrated Ogg gapless playback. If you have an iPod, I would suggest ripping in MP3 LAME rather than AAC, as it's more versatile and you won't be locked in to Apple hardware. The reason that iTunes is likely ripping so quickly as it's not taking its time to properly encode. Try ripping in MP3 LAME 3.95 (anything after 3.90 supports gapless in MP3). The Standard setting is a good one. Tracks are around 200 bits and sound great. It will take a long time to rip in LAME but it's worth it. It's taking its time which means fewer artifacts. For those who pick products based on politics and philosophy, AAC, WMA and MP3 will never suit you. But, WMA and AAC are actually good sounding codecs and it would be a rare occasion if someone could tell the difference between them and Ogg at circa 200bits. The problem with WMA and AAC is they lock you in (Steven Jobs and Bill Gates just can't seem to find a new song to sing after all these years), which is why I avoid them. Rory At 11:51 PM 22/04/2004, you wrote: On Thursday 22 April 2004 11:44 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: Yes Greg, after selling some of my old games and running around looking for spare change, I did manage to buy a 10gig 3g like new iPod off of ebay =). I let the coolness factor tempt me for about 10 seconds before I opted for my iriver. No matter how cool a product, I am really having a hard time lately accepting anything that includes an attempt at proprietary lockin. This has nothing to do with open source or GPL philosophy, just open standards. Hopefully in future firmware updates, Ogg Vorbis will be supported. Don't hold your breath :-o -- /g _ I do have all of my tracks ripped by LAME, 160 kbps. I decided to rip them in AAC because, in my opinion, it's better quality than mp3s. Also, with the same number of songs, it's now half the size. 10gb can fill up quickly with music, believe it or not. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by properly encode. I was comparing the actual speed it took just to rip a song, not including encoding. Of course one of the reasons it's much quicker is that iTunes encodes at virtually the same time. AAC doesn't lock me in in any way. There's a plugin for Linux, I can play it in Windows, and I can play it on my iPod. That's all I need. Now speaking of my iPod...my firewire pcmcia card should be coming soon so I can actually put music on it. ___ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com ~Rory Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux?
- Original Message - From: Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 11:36 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux? snipzor Make sure dma is on on your optical drives. hdparm is the utility you want to help check this, and use scsi emulation if you are using a 2.4 series kernel (not necessary with 2.6). -- Err...Does that involve recompiling the kernel? If not, can you give a brief explanation on how it's done? I'm using Kernel 2.6.3-4 by the way. (Mandrake RPM version) /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Are there any AAC(.m4u) plugins for Linux?
Greg Meyer wrote: On Friday 23 April 2004 06:40 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: Err...Does that involve recompiling the kernel? No If not, can you give a brief explanation on how it's done? I'm using Kernel 2.6.3-4 by the way. (Mandrake RPM version) Do you have a scsi or ata cdrom? If ATA, what is the device ie /dev/hdc or /dev/hdd? I Think it's SCSI, but I'm not positive. The device is /dev/hdc. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Unreasonably annoying cdrom drive problem
For some odd reason, whenever I want to look through the contents of a data disc(this does not apply to audio CDs for some reason), I have to mount it manually. Occasionally it will say Wrong medium type(I assume this is when the disc is corrupt), but most of the time it works fine. Then, I have to unmount it to be able to pop the cd-rom drive. I'll include everything I know that has anything to do with the cd-rom drives: [EMAIL PROTECTED] marc]# cat /etc/fstab /dev/hda5 / ext3 noatime 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext3 noatime 1 2 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,umask=0,exec 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs iocharset=iso8859-1,nls=iso8859-1,ro,umask=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] marc]# cat /etc/mtab /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 / ext3 rw,noatime 0 0 none /proc proc rw 0 0 none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs rw 0 0 none /dev devfs rw 0 0 none /sys sysfs rw 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=0620 0 0 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part7 /home ext3 rw,noatime 0 0 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 /mnt/windows ntfs ro,iocharset=iso8859-1,nls=iso8859-1,umask=0 0 0 none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] marc]# cat /etc/lilo.conf # File generated by DrakX/drakboot # WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this file boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map default=linux keytable=/boot/us.klt prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux-2.4 root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=nolapic devfs=mount resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux-nonfb root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6 label=linux-2.6.2 root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.img append=nolapic devfs=mount resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent vga=791 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=failsafe root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=failsafe acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6 devfs=nomount read-only other=/dev/hda1 label=windows table=/dev/hda image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-4mdk label=linux root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.3-4mdk.img append=nolapic devfs=mount resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent vga=788 read-only The only thing I know about my cdrom drive is that it's supposed to be supermount. Looking at this stuff, I don't think it is. What should I add in? --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Apollon (QUESTION)
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 08:22, Dan Gordon wrote: On Tuesday 20 April 2004 05:07 pm, Drew Martin wrote: Hi Dan, Thank you for that,works a treat,connected to FastTrack 1st time. Your welcome, Glad i could finaly help someone :-) Regards, Dan Gordon Sorry to bust in on this thread, but what IS Apollon / FastTrack? stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- I don't mind arguing with myself. It's when I lose that it bothers me. -- Richard Powers Apollon is a p2p filesharing program in GTK2. It uses the gift protocol to connect to networks. Fasttrack is better known as the Kazaa network, which is what the infamous kazaa is based on. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Apollon (QUESTION)
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 11:05, Marc Resnick wrote: Apollon is a p2p filesharing program in GTK2. It uses the gift protocol to connect to networks. Fasttrack is better known as the Kazaa network, which is what the infamous kazaa is based on. Me want link. Ug. stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- Earth is a beta site. Define your plf sources, and do a urpmi apollon, then urpmi fasttrack, openft, or whatever other plugins you want Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Questions of XFce4
Okay so I have a few questions about XFce4, my new WM. 1. Is there a way to skin/theme it? 2. I heard there were a bunch of features, like KDE. How do I use dockapps and stuff? 3. When I minimize windows, where can I find them, besides alt+tabbing. Is there a parallel dimension where all the minimized windows go like in enlightenment? 4. How can I make it so the windows can't go over the panel? I tried making a margin, but it didn't work. Thanks, hoping to get some answers from you XFce4 fanatics! --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Enlightenment Menus
I'm now trying enlightenment, and I really like it. The one thing I don't like is the menus. They're not changing in accordance to menudrake. Is there some special enlightenment menu program? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Enlightenment Menus
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 07:47, Marc Resnick wrote: I'm now trying enlightenment, and I really like it. The one thing I don't like is the menus. They're not changing in accordance to menudrake. Is there some special enlightenment menu program? /usr/bin/X11/e_gen_menu /usr/bin/X11/e_gen_gnome_menu /usr/bin/X11/e_gen_kde_menu stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- A nuclear war can ruin your whole day. Err...none of those exist. I found that the menu I want shows up when I give it a ctrl+click. Is there any way to make it so this shows on a normal click? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Enlightenment Menus
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 10:57, Marc Resnick wrote: Err...none of those exist. I found that the menu I want shows up when I give it a ctrl+click. Is there any way to make it so this shows on a normal click? They don't exist? They're part of the normal Enlightenment package - have you check in the /usr/bin directory? Meanwhile, dunno about changing the key codes for the menus... stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- Ford had his own code of ethics. It wasn't much of one, but it was his and he stuck by it, more or less. One rule he made was never to buy his own drinks. He wasn't sure if that counted as an ethic, but you have to go with what you've got. I'm gonna keep trying windowmanagers till I find one that suits my eyes/needs. Someone suggested Pekwm and OpenBox before...any other suggestions anyone? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] From KDE to Fluxbox
I'm in the process of switching from KDE to Fluxbox because frankly, KDE crashes on me way too much, and it really reminds me of Winblows. Anyway, I've got fluxbox up. I don't really want to use Mozilla-Thunderbird anymore, or Firefox for that matter, cause those both are a bit weird on me too. Here are my questions: 1. Can Pine get POP3 mail? If so, where do you enter the info? 2. Is there a battery monitor for fluxbox? 3. Is there a simple, very stable, browser I can use? 4. I can't get gaim to show up in my menus, even with the menu editor. TIA, Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] From KDE to Fluxbox
John Drouhard wrote: On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 18:47:12 -0400 Marc Resnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm in the process of switching from KDE to Fluxbox because frankly, KDE crashes on me way too much, and it really reminds me of Winblows. Why Fluxbox? Just wondering, considering XFCE4 is almost as fast, and really has many more features that IMO, make fluxbox almost non-usable. (did that make sense?) Anyway, I have used both and ultimately prefer XFCE4 over Fluxbox. Anyway, I've got fluxbox up. I don't really want to use Mozilla-Thunderbird anymore, or Firefox for that matter, cause those both are a bit weird on me too. Here are my questions: 1. Can Pine get POP3 mail? If so, where do you enter the info? Go with Sylpheed Claws. It's extremely fast, and the CVS has a gtk2 branch that I am using right now. Addressbook doesn't work quite right yet, so if you need that, stick with the GTK 1.2 version. 2. Is there a battery monitor for fluxbox? There is for XFCE4. ;-) 3. Is there a simple, very stable, browser I can use? I don't see why you don't like Mozilla Firefox. There's always Galeon and epiphany which look more conventional and still support everything. 4. I can't get gaim to show up in my menus, even with the menu editor. XFCE4 uses the Mandrake menu so unless you compiled gaim from source, that shouldn't be a problem. TIA, Marc John I guess I'll try XFCE4 as soon as Mandrake fixes the mirrors. It's not too graphical...right? I'm going through an against stuff that's way too graphical and makes me feel like a 4 year old phase. I happen to like a very neat, tidy looking desktop, like I have now on flux --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] 10.0...shut down problems
Laura Callier wrote: Hello, New to Mandrake. Installed 10.0 from Cheap Bytes discs. So far all is well except there is no auto shut off. When I click shut off, things shut down except for an arrow. I am able to turn it off by using the power button, but would prefer an auto shut off. Does anyone know if 10.0 is designed for auto shut off or if this is a glitch? It could be a bios problem, but wanted to see what experience other have had. Thanks, Laura I'm not quite sure what you mean by things shut down except for an arrow, but I'm having a similar problem. It doesn't bother me that much, because I rarely shut down, but when I click to shutdown in KDE, I usually have to do it 3 to 4 times before it works. I assume that it's a bug that should be fixed with the Official 10.0 release. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Crappy Sound, only on Linux
Rory wrote: What version of LAME are you running? It should be 3.9X. What app are you using to encode? Rory On Saturday 10 April 2004 5:50 pm, John Wilson wrote: On April 9, 2004 10:35 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: I ripped some music off my CDs and encoded it with LAME at 160 kbps(getting ready for when my iPod comes). When I play it on my MDK 10.0 system, it sounds fuzzy and like it was encoded at 16 kbps. When I booted in Windows and played it, it was fine...almost CD Quality? Can anyone lend me some tips on sound devices or this kind of problem? --Marc A little more information on your machine and setup would be helpful, Marc. :-) Also version number and kernel and that sort of thing. I'm running Mandrake 10.0 CE on a Compaq Presario 2190US, 256 MB RAM. I use KDE 3.2, and Kernel 2.6.3-4. Here's my sound info: Vendor: ?Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] Alternative drivers: ?trident Bus: ?PCI Bus identification: ?10b9:5451:103c:2a Location on the bus: ?0:6:0 Description: ?M5451 PCI South Bridge Audio Module: ?snd-ali5451 Media class: ?MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO I use Lame version 3.95MMX. The program I use to rip is Grip, as suggested to me by this list. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] How do I know what version I'm using?
robin wrote: Todd Slater wrote: Boy do I feel dumb. I installed mdk on my mom's computer but I don't remember if it was 9.1 or 9.2. How would I find out? I tried uname -a but that doesn't tell the release number as far as I can tell. Does anything come up on the splash screen at boot? You could also check by looking at the version of just about any package you installed (the kernel being an obvious choice). Sir Robin $ cat /etc/mandrake-release Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] How do I know what version I'm using?
Phil Savoie wrote: On April 10, 2004 16:33, Todd Slater wrote: Boy do I feel dumb. I installed mdk on my mom's computer but I don't remember if it was 9.1 or 9.2. How would I find out? I tried uname -a but that doesn't tell the release number as far as I can tell. Todd Hi Todd, Try cat /etc/redhat-release regards, Phil Errr...Phil... Generally you'd find the redhat-release in a Red Hat system ;- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Crappy Sound, only on Linux
I ripped some music off my CDs andencoded it with LAME at 160 kbps(getting ready for when my iPod comes). When I play it on my MDK 10.0 system, it sounds fuzzy and like it was encoded at 16 kbps. When I booted in Windows and played it, it was fine...almost CD Quality? Can anyone lend me some tips on sound devices or this kind of problem? --Marc
Re: [newbie] Synaptic pad tapping in v10
Stephanus Fengler wrote: Oliver Marshall wrote: Hi. I have just installed Mandrake 10 on my laptop, and it looks amazing. Thing is, two things don't work, the Synaptics touch pad tapping and the pcmcia wi-fi card which is a Belkin model based on the Atmel drivers. Being a linux newbie im hoping to get some help getting them up and working. The PCMCIA card isn't too urgent, as I have seen an Orinoco model on ebay which I am told will work outta the box. The synaptics pad is a pain though. I have found some instructions on the net, but they basically say recompile the kernal with this setting which goes WAAAYYY over my head. Does anyone have some detailed, perfect for newbies, blow by blow instructions for how to get the synaptics tapping working ? Olly Hi Oliver, you don't need to recompile the kernel. Everything works with it. What you need to do is, you have to compile synaptics driver, which worked for me out of the box without any difficulties. Basically just follow the instructions in the README file which comes with the synaptic.tar.gz After that you have to modify your XF86Config-4 to your needs. My touchpad section e.g. looks like: Section InputDevice Identifier Touchpad Driver synaptics Option Protocol auto-dev Option MaxSpeed 0.18 Option MinSpeed 0.02 Option BottomEdge 4700 Option UpDownScrolling on Option SHMConfig on Option LeftEdge 1300 Option FingerLow 20 Option MaxTapTime 180 Option MaxTapMove 220 Option FingerHigh 30 Option VertScrollDelta 100 Option TopEdge 1300 Option RightEdge 5700 Option AccelFactor 0.001 EndSection which is in a way optimized for my hp pavilion zt3000 notebook. Cheers, fengler Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com I too am having this problem. What I did was urpmi the synaptics driver. Then, it still didn't work. So it was suggested to me to add evdev to /etc/modules.preload. Now, it only works after a reboot, until I plug a mouse in. Weird. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Decent Audio Track Ripper?
Does anyone know of a decent track ripper/encoder for ripping tracks off CDs? I've used Kaudiocreator, but I was listening today, and I just happened to notice that the sound quality is about equal to that of crap. Right, so anyway, I may sound a bit nitpicky, but it sounds like someone dropped my computer from a third story window a few times. Oh also, I'm sure it's the track ripping, because anything I get off apollon plays fine. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Savage, AGP Memory
Stephanus Fengler wrote: Stephanus Fengler wrote: Hi folks, I hope here are some gamers who can help me. I recently installed Savage Battle of Newerth, but it won't start. I get the error message: Couldn't allocate AGPMemory. Make sure you have agpgart or some similar AGP driver support in your kernel. I run Mandrake 10CE with kernel 2.6.3-4mdk. So I think I have everything right configured in my XF86Config-4, because glxgears gives me 1534 fp/s and glxinfo|grep rendering says direct rendering. However if I attached my XF86Config-4 at the end of my mail. morprobe agpart works fine and lsmod|grep agp says: intel-agp 17372 1 agpgart31016 2 intel-agp My system is a hp pavilion zt3000 with a 64mb radeon 9200 mobility card. I don't use the ati driver only the XFree driver for my card (as you can see in my XF86Config-4). Any ideas? I found a hint in a fedora mailinglist which doesn't work for me. But maybe it says something to you. http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2003-October/msg02781.html Thanks, fengler Hi I found this in the fedora list, http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2003-October/msg02727.html [quote] Savage's problem is that reports Couldn't allocate AGP Memory: make sure you have agpgart driver in your kernel. I have tested with both NVIDIA's AGP driver and kernel's AGPGART module, but neither work (yet). I can enter the game and all is well except fps is terrible (around 5-10). [\quote] So my question is now: my installed kernel has agpgart as a module, right? So I have to compile my own kernel? If I do that, I generally want to keep all settings from Mandrake's configuration and change only for module agpgart from module to compile into kernel. Is that possible and is the configfile for the Mandrake 2.6 Kernel on the CDs? I am a little bit afraid of doing that. Thanx, fengler Don't be frightened. It's a simple matter of just using 'make oldconfig' rather than make config, then just doing a 'make xconfig' to add in the agpgart to the kernel. I'd be happy to help if you've never compiled your own kernel before. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Building a binary from a src RPM
Philip Cronje wrote: On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 01:06:28 -0500, Marc Resnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It says the file /usr/lib/rpm/rpmb isn't there. So I tried a urpmi rpmb, it installed the rpmbuilder, but I still can't do it. You mean the 'rpm-build' package? What is the 'ls /usr/lib/rpm' command's output? If you installed rpm-build and rpmb isn't in /usr/lib/rpm, something funky's going on. Either that, or you don't have execute permissions on /usr/lib/rpm/rpmb? //philip Figured it out. I had installed the 'rpmbuilder' package, which is a GUI that relies on rpm-build, I think. So I installed rpm-build. Now, I get this error: error: cannot create %sourcedir /root/RPM/SOURCES And I get a very similar one when trying it as a normal user. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] menu items disappeared
eric jackson wrote: Hi, Yesterday I used urpmi to update my 9.2 system. When I booted up I was unable to find a menu entry for Mandrake Control Center or for any of the selections that are usually listed under Packaging. Anybody know what I need to restore my menu back to the way it was before I updated? Eric Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] It's a well-known problem with 9.2 systems. If you just updated, all you should need to do is open a terminal, 'su' to root, and enter the command 'update-menus -v'. Your menus should be back when that process is finished. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Connecting to a network with a static IP.
I'll probably go and ask linksys about this too, but first I thought I'd turn here. I want to connect to my network with a static IP. I changed my ifcfg-wlan0 file, and made sure the ip addy wasn't within the dhcp range. Then, I ifdown'ed and ifup'ed wlan0, and got the IP. Unfortunately, I had no internet connection. So then I tried pinging the router, and it went fine. Then I tried getting to the http router settings. Went fine as well. Anyone know what the problem is? --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Connecting to a network with a static IP.
I'll probably go and ask linksys about this too, but first I thought I'd turn here. I want to connect to my network with a static IP. I changed my ifcfg-wlan0 file, and made sure the ip addy wasn't within the dhcp range. Then, I ifdown'ed and ifup'ed wlan0, and got the IP. Unfortunately, I had no internet connection. So then I tried pinging the router, and it went fine. Then I tried getting to the http router settings. Went fine as well. Anyone know what the problem is? --Marc -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Nitrex VirusGate, and is believed to be clean. http://www.nitrex.net Alexandre Dubois wrote: Maybe your router is only source NATting the ip addresses within your dhcp range... So how would I fix this, any settings you know of? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Building a binary from a src RPM
How do you build a binary from a src RPM? TIA --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] cleaning swap partition after suspend to disk failed
Stephanus Fengler wrote: Hi folks, I tried the acpi feature (nor swsup) hibernation to disk. It look like everything went right down but resuming doesn't work. I read somwhere else, that it only works with less then 1GB RAM. Is that true? (That's probably the reason then, because I have got exactly 1GB). However, if I resume (in lilo.conf automatically resume=/dev/hda8 is set). It fails and causes a reset of the pc. So I booted without resuming (lilo: linux noresume) and removed the resume parameter in lilo.conf by hand. The problem is now: My swap partition is no longer used as swap. I get a error message like: swapon /dev/hda8 [failed] Do I have to format my swap partition to get rid of it? Or is there a acpi command which cleans up a broken hibernation swap file? /var/log/acpi dosn't tell me something usefull. Is there another logfile, which is important to hibernation, acpi, suspend etc? Cheers, Stephanus p.s. system: hp pavilion zt3000 1GB RAM Centrino 1.7 64 mb Radeon 9200 mobile ... Exact same thing happened to me. I just went into windows and formatted it. Everything worked fine after that. --Marc BTW, I have 256 MB RAM, and it still happened. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Sending a packet
Is there an easy way to send a homemade packet in Linux? I Googled, and just found some C++ scripts on sending raw packets from the Kernel. I really don't know that much about this stuff. I'm just trying to learn more about the internet, networking, and packets. If anyone could share some info, I'd be very grateful. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
Lanman wrote: Aron Smith wrote: On Thursday 01 April 2004 05:26 am, Lanman wrote: LtCdData wrote: as i emailed my lawyer just the day about how easy linux is try this simple test... point a torch at one ear and switch on. if the light shines straight through then linux is not for you Hmmm, I wonder if we could make that a standard aptitude test for ALL lawyers? Hey! Wait a minute! Aren't most politicans also lawyers? H ! You just might have something there! Grin! Naw some of them are too dense for the light to shine thru ;-) Lanman Dude, When you're right, You're right ! I seem to have misunderstood something though. When LtCdData used the word torch, I didn't realize that he meant flashlight, instead of a Device that emits flame under pressure for the purpose of,... kind of torch ! That's what I thought he meant ! OOps! Good idea, but I like my torch better than his. LOL! Lanman Josenildo, I showed your e-mail to a friend and fellow OS X/Linux user. He's asked kindly for you never to do that again. He almost had a heart attack. As for you Lanman, yes, please do cut down on the caffeine, you just did like a dodecatuple post. Thanks for clearing up the torch issue, I haven't spoken to a European since the summer, haha. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux VS Mac a bit OT
franki wrote: Marc wrote: I think it was here on the mandrake list that about 6 months or a year ago I read that Linux was about to pass up Mac and become the second most popular OS. Does any one here have any updates on that? Are we still close to becoming #2? Thanks Marc I don't know about over all, but the stats on my site this month are interesting.. Linux:226 Macintosh OSX:206 Macintosh Classic:47 Since its just a HTML help site its pretty non OS specific so I'd guess that the stats are pretty representative. as you can see, linux is higher then either OSX or classing alone, but together they are ahead of linux. for the last few months it has been back and forth like this,, some months linux tops both classic and OSX together. I do have a guy in a mac that visits once or twice a week that may have squed the results towards the macs alittle though. Its good that they are on a par though.. excellent for linux I'd say. I'm in the process of turning a Mac OSX user into a Linux user. I must say...he's quite excited. Too bad the newest ppc version is only 9.1, a release which I never got the chance to use. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Broken Shift Key
Bryan Phinney wrote: On Wednesday 31 March 2004 03:21 pm, J.I. Evers wrote: On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, J.I. Evers wrote: um, yeah the subject about says it all. my shift key is broken and i don't know why. its not a hardware thing because both keys don't work. i think my computer just hates me. Nevermind, the shift key is working again, how odd. But the internet is broke now, but at least that one is not my fault. (The college's gateway is down) I am not sure. Maybe the college gateway hates you enough to punish everyone else just to get at you. I love how you consider not having an internet connection punishment. What would this world do without the Internet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Grrrr...dhcpcd...
I logged my dhcpcd, still trying to figure out why it will never renew the lease. Here's the log Mar 28 22:33:02 localhost dhcpcd[23328]: terminating on signal 15 Mar 28 22:33:02 localhost dhcpcd.exe: wrong interface name wlan0 Mar 28 22:33:05 localhost dhcpcd[26518]: broadcasting DHCP_REQUEST for 192.168.1.102 Mar 28 22:33:06 localhost dhcpcd[26518]: broadcastAddr option is missing in DHCP server response. Assuming 192.168.1.255 Mar 28 22:33:06 localhost dhcpcd[26518]: dhcpIPaddrLeaseTime=43200 in DHCP server response. Mar 28 22:33:06 localhost dhcpcd[26518]: dhcpT1value is missing in DHCP server response. Assuming 21600 sec Mar 28 22:33:06 localhost dhcpcd[26518]: dhcpT2value is missing in DHCP server response. Assuming 37800 sec Mar 28 22:33:06 localhost dhcpcd[26518]: DHCP_ACK received from (192.168.1.1) Mar 28 22:33:06 localhost dhcpcd.exe: wrong interface name wlan0 Mar 29 04:33:06 localhost dhcpcd[26522]: sending DHCP_REQUEST for 192.168.1.102 to 192.168.1.1 Mar 29 04:33:06 localhost dhcpcd[26522]: dhcpIPaddrLeaseTime=43200 in DHCP server response. Mar 29 04:33:06 localhost dhcpcd[26522]: dhcpT1value is missing in DHCP server response. Assuming 21600 sec Mar 29 04:33:06 localhost dhcpcd[26522]: dhcpT2value is missing in DHCP server response. Assuming 37800 sec Mar 29 04:33:06 localhost dhcpcd[26522]: DHCP_ACK received from (192.168.1.1) Mar 29 10:33:06 localhost dhcpcd[26522]: sending DHCP_REQUEST for 192.168.1.102 to 192.168.1.1 Mar 29 15:03:06 localhost dhcpcd[26522]: broadcasting DHCP_REQUEST for 192.168.1.102 Note that it stopped exactly after 12 hours, my current lease time. I then proceeded to reset my router, which is what the last message is. I see no clues here. Could it be that there's something wrong with my router then? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Grrrr...dhcpcd...
Steve Kaurfman wrote: Marc Resnick wrote: I logged my dhcpcd, still trying to figure out why it will never renew the lease. Here's the log Mar 28 22:33:02 localhost dhcpcd[23328]: terminating on signal 15 Mar 28 22:33:02 localhost dhcpcd.exe: wrong interface name wlan0 Mar 28 22:33:05 localhost dhcpcd[26518]: broadcasting DHCP_REQUEST for 192.168.1.102 Mar 28 22:33:06 localhost dhcpcd[26518]: broadcastAddr option is missing in DHCP server response. Assuming 192.168.1.255 Mar 28 22:33:06 localhost dhcpcd[26518]: dhcpIPaddrLeaseTime=43200 in DHCP server response. Mar 28 22:33:06 localhost dhcpcd[26518]: dhcpT1value is missing in DHCP server response. Assuming 21600 sec Mar 28 22:33:06 localhost dhcpcd[26518]: dhcpT2value is missing in DHCP server response. Assuming 37800 sec Mar 28 22:33:06 localhost dhcpcd[26518]: DHCP_ACK received from (192.168.1.1) Mar 28 22:33:06 localhost dhcpcd.exe: wrong interface name wlan0 Mar 29 04:33:06 localhost dhcpcd[26522]: sending DHCP_REQUEST for 192.168.1.102 to 192.168.1.1 Mar 29 04:33:06 localhost dhcpcd[26522]: dhcpIPaddrLeaseTime=43200 in DHCP server response. Mar 29 04:33:06 localhost dhcpcd[26522]: dhcpT1value is missing in DHCP server response. Assuming 21600 sec Mar 29 04:33:06 localhost dhcpcd[26522]: dhcpT2value is missing in DHCP server response. Assuming 37800 sec Mar 29 04:33:06 localhost dhcpcd[26522]: DHCP_ACK received from (192.168.1.1) Mar 29 10:33:06 localhost dhcpcd[26522]: sending DHCP_REQUEST for 192.168.1.102 to 192.168.1.1 Mar 29 15:03:06 localhost dhcpcd[26522]: broadcasting DHCP_REQUEST for 192.168.1.102 Note that it stopped exactly after 12 hours, my current lease time. I then proceeded to reset my router, which is what the last message is. I see no clues here. Could it be that there's something wrong with my router then? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Why not either try another router or just attach it directly to your cable? modem and see what happens then? Steve Another router isn't an option, not going to spend the money. Attaching it directly to my modem would have no point really, because even if it does work fine, I still need to use the router. I tried settings it to the max lease time, about 24 days. I'll see what happens. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Odd syslog messages, could be solution to dhcp problem
Can anyone make heads or tails of this: Mar 28 20:29:46 localhost dhcpcd[23325]: dns option is missing in DHCP server response. Assuming 192.168.1.1 Mar 28 20:29:46 localhost dhcpcd[23325]: subnetMask option is missing in DHCP server response. Assuming 255.0.0.0 Mar 28 20:29:46 localhost dhcpcd[23325]: broadcastAddr option is missing in DHCP server response. Assuming 0.255.255.255 Mar 28 20:29:46 localhost dhcpcd[23325]: dhcpIPaddrLeaseTime option is missing in DHCP server response. Assuming 4294967295 sec Mar 28 20:29:46 localhost dhcpcd[23325]: dhcpT1value is missing in DHCP server response. Assuming 2147483647 sec Mar 28 20:29:46 localhost dhcpcd[23325]: dhcpT2value is missing in DHCP server response. Assuming 3758096383 sec Mar 28 20:29:46 localhost dhcpcd[23325]: DHCP_NAK server response received Mar 28 20:29:46 localhost dhcpcd[23325]: broadcasting DHCP_DISCOVER Mar 28 20:29:46 localhost kernel: martian source 255.255.255.255 from 192.168.1.1, on dev wlan0 It says it's assuming that lease time because I haven't defined it. Where am I supposed to define it? Isn't dhcpcd supposed to get it on its own? --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] DHCP Issue, more info!
As you might know, I've been having an aggravating DHCP problem. I use DCHPCD, which claims to retrieve the lease renew time from the router. But, once a day, I have to go and unplug the router, and plug it back in, for it to reset. A sudden idea came to me today. My renew time is set to 0 on my router, which is equal to one day. I thought that perhaps DHCPCD recognized 0 as some other time, or no time at all. I therefore set it to 720 minutes. I reset the router, went to my laptop, and did an ifup wlan0. I then checked /etc/dhcpc/ folder, and looked at the info file. The times were still not correct. I then realized that I maybe should send the info file to this list. So, here it is: IPADDR=192.168.1.101 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 NETWORK=192.168.1.0 BROADCAST=192.168.1.255 GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 DNS=167.206.3.205,167.206.3.139,167.206.3.206 DHCPSID=192.168.1.1 DHCPGIADDR=0.0.0.0 DHCPSIADDR=0.0.0.0 DHCPCHADDR=00:00:D1:21:C7:B0 DHCPSHADDR=00:06:25:E7:C1:C1 DHCPSNAME='' LEASETIME=43200 RENEWALTIME=21600 REBINDTIME=37800 INTERFACE='wlan0' CLASSID='Linux 2.6.3-4mdk i686' CLIENTID=00:00:D1:21:C7:B0 This ring anyones bell? Shouldn't all those times be the same? TIA --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Guide for F4LM
Does anyone know a decent guide or howto for using F4LM, Flash for Linux? I've never made any flash videos before, and learned from some friends that it's a rather..err...creative way to express ideas and thoughts. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] More wireless help/questions
Ronald J. Hall wrote: Okay, I've now got my Dell Inspiron 110 working wireless with a Dlink 514 router and Zyair B100 card, and now I've got a few more questions. :-) If I insert the card after I bootup, then I have to issue both a: service network restart (or ifup wlan0) mount -a (to get my NFS mount recognized) Is there a file somewhere that I can put these commands into so that if the card is plugged in, they automagically get executed? Its not that big a deal to do this, but it seems like there should be another way. Thank! PS I dropped the Dlink DWL 650 card - seems I had one of the revisions with chipset changes that is not supported by Linux. Thanks to Marc R. for trying to help with that anyways. Well I'm not sure about your NFS mount, but to get the connection started up on boot, edit your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 to also include ONBOOT=yes. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Synaptics driver not loading after normal mouse is plugged in.
My synaptics driver for my touchpad will work after a fresh reboot, because I added evdev to modules.preload. But as soon as I plug my regular mouse in, the touchpad will cease to work until I reboot again. I try modprobe evdev, but there is no change. My XFree86 config is correct, because it worked fine before I upgraded from the 2.6.2 to 2.6.3 kernel. I checked it to make sure it was the same. Any suggestions? --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Synaptics driver not loading after normal mouse is plugged in.
Greg Meyer wrote: On Tuesday 23 March 2004 08:01 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: My synaptics driver for my touchpad will work after a fresh reboot, because I added evdev to modules.preload. But as soon as I plug my regular mouse in, the touchpad will cease to work until I reboot again. I try modprobe evdev, but there is no change. My XFree86 config is correct, because it worked fine before I upgraded from the 2.6.2 to 2.6.3 kernel. I checked it to make sure it was the same. Any suggestions? Here are my input device sections of XF86Config-4. Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse1 Driver synaptics Option Protocol auto-dev Option Device /dev/psaux Option MaxSpeed 0.18 Option MinSpeed 0.02 Option BottomEdge 4000 Option SHMConfig on # Option Repeater /dev/ps2mouse Option LeftEdge 1900 Option FingerLow 25 Option MaxTapTime 180 Option MaxTapMove 220 Option FingerHigh 30 Option VertScrollDelta 100 Option TopEdge 1900 Option RightEdge 5400 Option AccelFactor 0.0010 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse2 Driver mouse Option Protocol ExplorerPS/2 Option Device /dev/mouse Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Here are mine: Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse2 Driver synaptics Option Protocol auto-dev Option Device /dev/psaux Option MinSpeed 0.06 Option MaxSpeed 0.12 Option BottomEdge 4200 Option SHMConfig on # OptionRepeater/dev/ps2mouse Option LeftEdge 1700 Option FingerLow 25 Option MaxTapTime 180 Option MaxTapMove 220 Option FingerHigh 30 Option VertScrollDelta 100 Option TopEdge 1700 Option RightEdge 5300 Option AccelFactor 0.0010 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option Protocol IMPS/2 Option Device /dev/mouse Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection And my server layout: Section ServerLayout Identifier layout1 InputDevice Keyboard1 CoreKeyboard InputDevice Mouse1 CorePointer InputDevice Mouse2 AlwaysCore Screen screen1 EndSection I still think it has something to do with evdev, though. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] iPOD with Mandrake?
Maryam wrote: Never tried it myself but these look promising http://ipodlinux.sourceforge.net/ http://neuron.com/~jason/ipod.html http://www.blinkenlights.ch/cgi-bin/fm.pl?get=ipode On Sun, 2004-03-21 at 10:17, Marc Resnick wrote: Is it possible to use an iPOD with Mandrake? I'm not quite sure of how iPODs work. Would it be recognized just as a removable device? Or does anyone know of any open source apps equivalent to the itunes software? TIA --Marc __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Yea I saw those... Now a second question Can anyone lend me some money for an iPod? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] iPOD with Mandrake?
Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Monday 22 March 2004 06:48 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: Now a second question Can anyone lend me some money for an iPod? Yeah sure. You're new around here, aren't you? -- cmg Subscribed a couple months ago. So, yea I guess. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] FTP Server GUI?
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sun, 2004-03-21 at 06:48, Marc Resnick wrote: Is there any sort of GUI for proFTPD? I'd like to be able to monitor incoming and outgoing connections. I mainly just use it for giving files to people I know, and I'm having a problem with a timed out connection. I'm not sure if it's my router's firewall, or proFTPD. TIA, Marc Webmin. stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- Time goes, you say? Ah no! Time stays, *we* go. -- Austin Dobson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com How would I go about monitoring connections with webmin? Oh, also, I just set up a wuftpd server, and I know that it's running because I did an ftp to 127.0.0.1, but if I ever wanted to shut it down, I don't know how. There's no option for me to enable/disable it in webmin. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] wireless - laptop - questions
Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Sunday 21 March 2004 10:08 am, Marc Resnick wrote: -Tell me if you have any problems - ---Marc Thanks Marc! I've got to go get some sleep now (worked 12 hrs+ last night) (and yeah, I know - real geeks would sit up and do this until it worked grin) so I'm gonna crash. I saved your reply, will try it on for size tomorrow. I'll let you know what happens/blows up. Thanks again. Good luck. =P Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] FTP Server GUI?
Is there any sort of GUI for proFTPD? I'd like to be able to monitor incoming and outgoing connections. I mainly just use it for giving files to people I know, and I'm having a problem with a timed out connection. I'm not sure if it's my router's firewall, or proFTPD. TIA, Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Touchpad Synaptics Driver Not Loading Properly
Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Friday 19 March 2004 10:54 am, Greg Meyer wrote: On Thursday 18 March 2004 10:26 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: Does anyone see any reason as to why it shouldn't work? I had to add an entry for evdev into my /etc/modprobe.preload file to get it to work. Do we have to enable it by ourselves? Because in my notebook, it's all setup by mdk (also notice that my usb mouse also done by mdk). Well, here's my XFree config: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fajar]# cat /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 # File generated by XFdrake. # ** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. # ** Section Files # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath unix/:-1 EndSection Section ServerFlags AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work #DontZoom # disable CrtlAltKP_+/KP_- (resolution switching) #DontZap # disable CrtlAltBS (server abort) EndSection Section Module Load dbe # Double-Buffering Extension Load v4l # Video for Linux Load extmod Load type1 Load freetype Load glx # 3D layer Load dri # direct rendering EndSection Section DRI Mode 0666 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard1 Driver Keyboard Option XkbModel pc105 Option XkbLayout en_US Option XkbOptions EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option Protocol IMPS/2 Option Device /dev/usbmouse Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse2 Driver mouse Option Protocol PS/2 Option Device /dev/psaux Option Emulate3Buttons Option Emulate3Timeout 50 EndSection Section Monitor Identifier monitor1 VendorName Generic ModelName Flat Panel 1400x1050 HorizSync 31.5-90 VertRefresh 59-75 # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)? # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync ModeLine 1024x48065.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine 768x576 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine 768x576 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section Device Identifier device1 VendorName ATI BoardName ATI Radeon (fglrx) Driver radeon Option DPMS EndSection Section Screen Identifier screen1 Device device1 Monitor monitor1 DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection Display Depth 8 Virtual 1400 1050 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 15 Virtual 1400 1050 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 16 Virtual 1400 1050 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 24 Virtual 1400 1050 EndSubsection EndSection Section ServerLayout Identifier layout1 InputDevice Keyboard1 CoreKeyboard InputDevice Mouse1 CorePointer InputDevice Mouse2 SendCoreEvents Screen screen1 EndSection I added evdev as an entry, and the touchpad works fine now. Thanks for the help. - Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] mdk10 community wont boot to install
- Original Message - From: LtCdData [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 5:59 PM Subject: [newbie] mdk10 community wont boot to install hi the cd1 of mdk 10.0 community fails to boot up to the installer on one of my computers but does on the other ok however if i put in a 9.2 cd the intaller boots ok from that ok but fails on the 10.0 disk i have redone the cd1 at a slower speed and changed the cd drives around trying to fix it but still to no avail does anyone know if there is an issue with the mdk10.0 on this?? LtCdData http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3#bootinstall Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2-10 upgrade advice
Tom Brinkman wrote: On Friday 19 March 2004 06:02 pm, Chuck Mattsen wrote: On Fri, 2004-03-19 at 17:42, Tom Brinkman wrote: - snip -8 /mild but accurate rant The problem was and isn't the cooker developement process. The problem was _users_ who wouldn't install the upcomming release until cooker reached at least the RC stage. BUT, by then it was far far too late. This new release cycle (still every six months) might help, but I now see people now sayin, I'm gonna wait for the 'official', 10.0-CE is nothin but RC2. If I were them with that attitude I'd keep it to myself. What they're really sayin (to me anyhow) is I'll let some others test drive the new release for me. I'm not willin to take part in the community developed distro I use. Anybody can test, and newbie confusion/user problems with the distro equates to a bug that needs correction. Plus the additional hardware base they contribute, as they're the most likely to buy/have hardware with little to no regard for/ knowledge of Linux compatibility. EG, the current 'CD1 won't boot' problem for some users. With 9.2, the LG cdrom deal. end mba rant/ I, for one, appreciate your rant. As a newbie, both to Mandrake and to Linux in general, I've been a bit confused about the varying attitudes toward cooker, the RCs and now the Community download. On the one hand, when a question is asked concerning a problem a user is having, I often hear, Well, a newbie has no business running cooker, or, What did you expect with an RC?, etc. I can see why some would shy away from anything but a full, official release. So can I. I believe you understand my comments were aimed at those who dissuade others from testing, and/or those that complain about issuses after the fact when they weren't willin to help out an test. It's good to hear that some appreciate users' willingness to experiment with the latest releases, whether newbies or more-seasoned users. Of course, if the problem is brought to the list in the form of a raving, angry complaint, then the what did you expect? response is probably justified. :-) Unfortunately, some cooker'rs and developers often display the sentiment 'well maybe you're not up to runnin cooker'. Some only do so when they're frustrated, or as you point out, abused. Fortunately the prevaling attitude is that newbie input is vital for a community based distro, and they'll bend over backwards to try an get usable information about problems and preferences from newbies. They also understand this process can be intimidating to the newbie, and frustrating for them. I'll use Civileme as an example. Even tho he's no longer around, many on this list still remember him. Newbies only have to be willing to get their feet wet... an sometimes accept that they don't have the best hardware for Linux use. I'll agree with everything you just said, Tom. I'm 13 years old, and started using Linux because I was bored, and wanted to learn some new stuff. Now, I don't use Windows at all. I started on 9.2 a few months ago, right away upgraded to 10rc1, and now I'm using the CE. It just takes common sense really. For instance, I just had a problem with resuming from my swap partition. I'm not sure why it was trying to resume, but it was. I took a wild guess, and typed 'linux noresume'. Then after seeing an error I realized my swap partition was probably hosed. I used diskdrake to format it and remount it. Common sense...that's something Americans could really use these days... --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Track Ripping with lame
I got this error after trying to rip a track with Kaudiocreator. I urpmi'd lame and all, and made sure the command works: The encoded file was not created. Please check the encoder options. The wav file has been removed. Command was: lame --r3mix --tt 'By The Way' --ta 'Red Hot Chili Peppers' --tl 'By The Way' --ty '2002' --tn '01' --tg '(empty)' '/tmp/kde-marc/kaudiocreatory3rCnc.tmp' '/home/marc/music/Red Hot Chili Peppers/By The Way' I checked it out, it looks like all those switches are valid...but what do I know? Also, how would you go about streaming off a CD with the xmms applet? Can't seem to figure it out. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Track Ripping with lame
Marc Resnick wrote: I got this error after trying to rip a track with Kaudiocreator. I urpmi'd lame and all, and made sure the command works: The encoded file was not created. Please check the encoder options. The wav file has been removed. Command was: lame --r3mix --tt 'By The Way' --ta 'Red Hot Chili Peppers' --tl 'By The Way' --ty '2002' --tn '01' --tg '(empty)' '/tmp/kde-marc/kaudiocreatory3rCnc.tmp' '/home/marc/music/Red Hot Chili Peppers/By The Way' I checked it out, it looks like all those switches are valid...but what do I know? Also, how would you go about streaming off a CD with the xmms applet? Can't seem to figure it out. --Marc Nevermind about the streaming off a CD, just realized how dumb I was. =) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Test
Test...got some weird error from the linux-mandrake postfix...not sure if my message went through. Could someone reply if it did? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Touchpad Synaptics Driver Not Loading Properly
I set up my touchpad so tapping would work in the 2.6 kernel not too long ago. It still worked fine when I upgraded to 10.0, but then when I went from 2.6.2 to 2.6.3, it stopped working. I fixed the XF86-Config and it worked again. Then, it suddenly stopped. I have the synaptics driver installed and all. Here's my XF86-Config: # File generated by XFdrake. # ** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. # ** Section Files # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath unix/:-1 EndSection Section ServerFlags #DontZap # disable CrtlAltBS (server abort) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work #DontZoom # disable CrtlAltKP_+/KP_- (resolution switching) EndSection Section Module Load dbe # Double-Buffering Extension Load v4l # Video for Linux Load extmod Load type1 Load freetype Load glx # 3D layer Load dri # direct rendering EndSection Section DRI Mode 0666 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard1 Driver Keyboard Option XkbModel pc105 Option XkbLayout en_US Option XkbOptions EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse2 Driver synaptics Option Protocol auto-dev Option Device /dev/psaux Option MinSpeed 0.06 Option MaxSpeed 0.12 Option BottomEdge 4200 Option SHMConfig on # OptionRepeater/dev/ps2mouse Option LeftEdge 1700 Option FingerLow 25 Option MaxTapTime 180 Option MaxTapMove 220 Option FingerHigh 30 Option VertScrollDelta 100 Option TopEdge 1700 Option RightEdge 5300 Option AccelFactor 0.0010 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option Protocol IMPS/2 Option Device /dev/mouse Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Section Monitor Identifier monitor1 VendorName Generic ModelName Flat Panel 1024x768 HorizSync 31.5-48.5 VertRefresh 40-70 # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)? # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync ModeLine 1024x48065.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine 768x576 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine 768x576 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section Device Identifier device1 VendorName ATI Technologies Inc BoardName ATI Radeon Driver radeon Option DPMS EndSection Section Screen Identifier screen1 Device device1 Monitor monitor1 DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection Display Depth 8 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 15 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 16 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 24 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection EndSection Section ServerLayout Identifier layout1 InputDevice Keyboard1 CoreKeyboard InputDevice Mouse1 CorePointer InputDevice Mouse2 AlwaysCore Screen screen1 EndSection Does anyone see any reason as to why it shouldn't work? --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] A few ACPI problems.
Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Wednesday 17 March 2004 11:11 am, Marc Resnick wrote: No, see, the config menu that tells you that you don't have ACPI installed...it's not there. It's the weirdest thing. It's just...gone. What? No menu in: Configuration KDE Power Control? I thought it's a default menu and will always be there. By the way, how did you enable ACPI? I did it from MDK Control Panel Boot DrakBoot Lilo Tick mark on ACPI. And when booting there are lines like: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.HUB_._PRT] ACPI: Power Resource [PFN0] (off) ACPI: Power Resource [PFN1] (off) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 10 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 5 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 10 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] enabled at IRQ 10 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 10 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] enabled at IRQ 11 PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing apm: overridden by ACPI. ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery present) ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT2] (battery absent) ACPI: AC Adapter [ACAD] (off-line) ACPI: Fan [FAN0] (off) ACPI: Fan [FAN1] (off) ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports C1 C2 C3, 5 performance states) ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (37 C) ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID] ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB] Yes, both acpi and the acpi daemon are enabled, and they work fine in command line mode. - 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 Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] kdeinit and starting X
J.I. Evers wrote: I upgraded my XFree86 to 4.4.0 since it claimed to have some improvements for my graphics controller. I decided to be ambitious and compile from source (and learned how to use CVS in the process). It seemed the installation went okay, except now something involving kdeinit is broken. When I do startx at the command prompt, x starts and after a couple of seconds an error window pops up and says Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation. And now my collection of questions: -What exactly does startx do? -How else can I start the x server? -What might be the problem with kdeinit? -How would I start a different window manager (gnome, pekwm, icewm, ...)? -What does startkde, startgnome and starticewm do? These are probably RTFM questions, but I can't seem to find the right manual. Until next time, I will be joyously messing with my computer using the CLI and browsing the web with links! Cheers, Job - Job Evers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Christ's College University of Cambridge Well I've learned through my experiences not to compile things on my own. =). I suggest just urpmi'ing it. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] A few ACPI problems.
rhein wrote: Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Tuesday 16 March 2004 07:58 am, Marc Resnick wrote: Okay, so I'm suddenly having a few problems with ACPI on my Compaq Presario 2190US notebook. It's worked fine before, except for the second problem. 1. My KDE battery meter is gone. I looked for the config GUI in the KDE settings, but it's not there. I then tried kacpi, thinking it was the same thing, but it was completely different, and didn't show in the system tray. How do I get this back? It worked fine up until yesterday when it suddenly disappeared. 2. I have no control over the fan. It's always running, and is quite loud. I looked in /proc/acpi/fan, but there are no files. Is there anything I can do about this? In Windows, the fan will stop usually. In Linux, it just keeps going. TIA, Marc Hi Marc, So you're using ACPI on your notebook? I tried that too, but, then the battery indicator's gone from systray. Previously I used apmd, so I tried to run it, but it seemed that when we chose ACPI, linux erased apmd. I don't know why. Also, what is the different between ACPI and apmd? I use apmd now. About the fan, in my Acer TM802LCi, it doesn't always run, but more often that if I'm in windows. Fajar. -- 11:40:35 up 1:52, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hello, with your help I have my battery running on my compaq nx9005, my fan is controled and when i log out the notebook shuts down alone. I checked my MCC and ACPI and ACPID are running but APMD is stopped. If I remember the differences are depending on the type of computer (newer models use ACPI). My guess is all is connected because my fan was running all the time before setting up the ACPI and getting the battery indicator... Bye Christophe This is a bit odd... When I woke up this morning (I leave the notebook on all the time), the fan was running like crazy, and it was incredibly hot. I shut it down, and when I got home from school(yes, I go to school), I powered it on again. The fan wasn't running. Now of course it is, but the notebook isn't burning like it was before. I still of course have the problem of my ACPI monitor not showing. It's not in the KDE menus either. Anyone? --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] A few ACPI problems.
Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Wednesday 17 March 2004 05:49 am, Marc Resnick wrote: This is a bit odd... When I woke up this morning (I leave the notebook on all the time), the fan was running like crazy, and it was incredibly hot. I shut it down, and when I got home from school(yes, I go to school), I powered it on again. The fan wasn't running. Now of course it is, but the notebook isn't burning like it was before. I still of course have the problem of my ACPI monitor not showing. It's not in the KDE menus either. Anyone? --Marc Marc, you mean in KDE menu in Power Management it said that You seem to have an incomplete installation of ACPI? Mine was like that. Last night I gave ACPI a second thought and enabled it. But I saw that message in KDE. So, I opened up the software installer and put in acpi, I installed acpid, and 1 other package - don't remember. Now I have ACPI functioning, seems normal. The fan is not running all the time, and yes, a few past week I have been running my notebook almost 24hr, and in my Acer it's quite hot. One strange thing though, when KDE starts up, I don't hear any splash sound anymore. But once I'm in, the volume is normal, I can hear sounds. --- 10:58:41 up 1:41, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 Fajar Priyanto wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 17 March 2004 05:49 am, Marc Resnick wrote: This is a bit odd... When I woke up this morning (I leave the notebook on all the time), the fan was running like crazy, and it was incredibly hot. I shut it down, and when I got home from school(yes, I go to school), I powered it on again. The fan wasn't running. Now of course it is, but the notebook isn't burning like it was before. I still of course have the problem of my ACPI monitor not showing. It's not in the KDE menus either. Anyone? --Marc Marc, you mean in KDE menu in Power Management it said that You seem to have an incomplete installation of ACPI? Mine was like that. Last night I gave ACPI a second thought and enabled it. But I saw that message in KDE. So, I opened up the software installer and put in acpi, I installed acpid, and 1 other package - don't remember. Now I have ACPI functioning, seems normal. The fan is not running all the time, and yes, a few past week I have been running my notebook almost 24hr, and in my Acer it's quite hot. One strange thing though, when KDE starts up, I don't hear any splash sound anymore. But once I'm in, the volume is normal, I can hear sounds. - --- 10:58:41 up 1:41, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAV83Ukp5CsIXuxqURAsr8AKC5haOIoj5iJ1LiqydoN9k6A2P2FQCggXY/ EHPMC/GAWpTlcgpCkbhzdsA= =kChX -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com No, see, the config menu that tells you that you don't have ACPI installed...it's not there. It's the weirdest thing. It's just...gone. - 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] DHCPCD On boot and on ifup rather than dhclient?
How would I make sure that dhcpcd is used in place of dhclient during ifup and boot? Specific directions would be nice, I'm a newbie when it comes to these things. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] A few ACPI problems.
Okay, so I'm suddenly having a few problems with ACPI on my Compaq Presario 2190US notebook. It's worked fine before, except for the second problem. 1. My KDE battery meter is gone. I looked for the config GUI in the KDE settings, but it's not there. I then tried kacpi, thinking it was the same thing, but it was completely different, and didn't show in the system tray. How do I get this back? It worked fine up until yesterday when it suddenly disappeared. 2. I have no control over the fan. It's always running, and is quite loud. I looked in /proc/acpi/fan, but there are no files. Is there anything I can do about this? In Windows, the fan will stop usually. In Linux, it just keeps going. TIA, Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] one software missing...
Alaa The Great wrote: On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:35:58 -0700 Charlie M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On March 15, 2004 10:11 am, Thinker wrote: Hello All, I was just reading the post on software recommendations and I noticed that 'file sharing' or 'p2p' was not listed. Is there a good file sharing program for linux? I know about Bittorrent, but it seems to be lacking in GUI and search capability. Thanks, -=Thinker urpmi apollon Uses the GiFT (KaZaa) network as far as I know. giFT is a daemon that enables you to connect to multiple networks including FastTrack (the kazaa network), OpenNap, Gnutella and the best network of all OpenFT (openft is developed by the giFT team so you can consider it the native protocol). Apollon is a KDE gui for giFT and you can get them all from PLF mirrors. I really recommend giFT (console lovers should try giFTcurs instead of apollon), consider running an OpenFT searchnode there is a shortage of those. cheers, Alaa I got this error after trying to start the giFT daemon. I went through the config and all that: *** GIFT-FATAL: couldn't load protocol in file /usr/lib/giFT/libOpenFT.la: file not found *** Often times more information can be found in the log file or with the -v command line switch. Any ideas? --Marc - 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] Dhcpcd vs dhclient
Well I was trying to figure out my whole DHCP problem with my home network. You see at least once a day, I'll be disconnected, until I reset the router. This obviously has to do with DHCP and the lease expire. I had originally thought that my Linux box used dhcpcd. Then, I realized it used dhclient. So I killed dhclient, and ran dhcpcd wlan. I noticed some changes. First thing is that when I ran ifconfig, it didn't show lo(loopback). It just showed wlan0. I also did a service network stop before i did dhcpcd wlan. I have yet to see if I'll have the same problem. If I don't, how do I make sure that it uses dhcpcd rather than dhclient? I'm going to check out the services right now, and see if I can make some changes with it. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] cdrom drive problems
For some reason, my cdrom drive isn't working normally. When booting, it clicks for about the first 20 seconds. Also, I tried to boot from a CD, the Mandrake 10 Community disc, and it just loaded Lilo after about 10 seconds of a black screen with a blinking underscore. The other day it didn't open until I umounted then mounted it. The only info I have about it is what I got from harddrake: Bus: ?ide Drive capacity: ?burner DVD Channel: ?secondary New devfs device: ?/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd Old device file: ?/dev/hdc Media class: ?cdrom And that it's supermounted, not that I really know what that is. Thanks in Advance, Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] urpmi database locked
Tim Martin wrote: I was downloading the mandrake update list and lost my internet connection. Now when I use urpmi it says that my database is locked. Does anyone know how to unlock it? Tim Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Go into a terminal, and do a killall MandrakeUpdate. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and power on notebook?
rhein wrote: Hello, I did what you said and the computer started but no power indicator... When I go to the config panel I have still the message telling me to install the acpi soft. I checked again the installation and it is installed. The lilo config file has the nolapic written in it. So what did I wrong? Thanks Christophe Marc Resnick wrote: rhein wrote: Marc when you say replace 'acpi=ht' by 'nolapic'. Do you want me to replace 'acpi=ht' by 'nolapic' or do you want me to type 'acpi=nolapic'? Sorry but I'm starting! :-[ Thanks Christophe ps: in my config file there are 3 lines with this acpi, I suppose I change all of them? ps2: What shall I do if the computer is not stating again like last night :-( ? Marc Resnick wrote: rhein wrote: First, download the packages acpi and acpid. Then, go into Control Center and Boot Options. Find your default image, and click modify. In the append line make sure it DOESN'T say 'acpi=off' or 'acpi=ht', and make sure it does say 'nolapic'. Then, reboot, and you should have your battery monitor in the system tray. If it still doesn't want to work, reply and we'll diagnose the problem. --Marc 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 No problem Christophe. Just take out 'acpi=ht' and add 'nolapic'. If you don't add 'nolapic' your laptop will bomb out on boot. For the config file(lilo, i guess you mean) change all of them, just in case. If your computer doesn't boot, press esc at the bootscreen, and type nameofbootchoice acpi=off nameofbootchoice should be whatever choice you normally boot (i.e. linux) --Marc 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 Try going to Mandrake Control Center, System, Services. That's what it is in MDK10 at least. Anyway, go to services, and find acpid. Check if 'on boot' is checked off. If not, check it. Then reboot. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and power on notebook?
rhein wrote: Marc when you say replace 'acpi=ht' by 'nolapic'. Do you want me to replace 'acpi=ht' by 'nolapic' or do you want me to type 'acpi=nolapic'? Sorry but I'm starting! :-[ Thanks Christophe ps: in my config file there are 3 lines with this acpi, I suppose I change all of them? ps2: What shall I do if the computer is not stating again like last night :-( ? Marc Resnick wrote: rhein wrote: First, download the packages acpi and acpid. Then, go into Control Center and Boot Options. Find your default image, and click modify. In the append line make sure it DOESN'T say 'acpi=off' or 'acpi=ht', and make sure it does say 'nolapic'. Then, reboot, and you should have your battery monitor in the system tray. If it still doesn't want to work, reply and we'll diagnose the problem. --Marc 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 No problem Christophe. Just take out 'acpi=ht' and add 'nolapic'. If you don't add 'nolapic' your laptop will bomb out on boot. For the config file(lilo, i guess you mean) change all of them, just in case. If your computer doesn't boot, press esc at the bootscreen, and type nameofbootchoice acpi=off nameofbootchoice should be whatever choice you normally boot (i.e. linux) --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and power on notebook?
rhein wrote: Hello, That's now the second time that my notebook shuts down because I'm not able to see the level of my battery. Good thing I didn't have to start all over because I saved my work a few minutes before. Is there a way to have the battery indicator under MDK 9.2? (by the way I think the battery goes faster then with XP...??) Also when I'm working the fan is running more often then with XP. Is there something to modify? Thanks Christophe ps: I have a Compaq nx9005 Where there's a will, there's a way. First, download the packages acpi and acpid. Then, go into Control Center and Boot Options. Find your default image, and click modify. In the append line make sure it DOESN'T say 'acpi=off' or 'acpi=ht', and make sure it does say 'nolapic'. Then, reboot, and you should have your battery monitor in the system tray. If it still doesn't want to work, reply and we'll diagnose the problem. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and power on notebook?
rhein wrote: Hello, I don't have it... This is the message written: Your computer doesn't have the Linux APM (Advanced Power Management) or ACPI software installed, or doesn't have the APM kernel drivers installed - check out the Linux Laptop-HOWTO document for information on how to install APM. when I click on the linux Laptop Howto I get a error message... I will try with google. Bye Christophe Mark Kirschner wrote: On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 19:26:00 -0500 rhein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, That's now the second time that my notebook shuts down because I'm not able to see the level of my battery. Good thing I didn't have to start all over because I saved my work a few minutes before. Is there a way to have the battery indicator under MDK 9.2? (by the way I think the battery goes faster then with XP...??) Also when I'm working the fan is running more often then with XP. Is there something to modify? Thanks Christophe ps: I have a Compaq nx9005 Christophe, I'm only running 9.1, so I'm not sure how relevant it is to your situation. I have the battery indicator on mine. I'm running KDE and found you can set it this way: Click the K menu Click Configuration Click KDE Click PowerControl Click Laptop Battery You should see a check box for Show Battery Monitor. Make sure it's set. You may want to look for something similar. As for life in XP vs, Linux, I don't see much battery life difference between the two on my laptop. Perhaps it has somehting to do with power settings in each? XP may have a more conservative power use profile. Just some thoughts Mark 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 That's why you need to install it ;-). Go to 'Install Packages' and search for acpi. Install acpi and acpid, then follow my other steps. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Wlan DHCP Problem. Possible Solution?
Ever since I've got my wlan working with Linux, I have one problem, and only one. About once a day, I'll disconnect, and I won't have a connection until I reset my router. This gets a bit irritating, especially if I'm in the middle of something. I think I might've realized the problem, but there's no way I'll ever figure out how to fix it on my own. I that my Linux box has one DHCP renew time set, and the router has another one. I realized this when reading man dhcpcd, trying to work out my problem. Does anyone know a way to maybe turn the auto renew off on my computer, or if this isn't the problem, does anyone know what it is? --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] dvd plugin for xine
Robert Beach wrote: I have a 850 AMD cpu 640 megs of ram GForce TI 4400 AGP Tyan Motherboard I have been surfing for the plugins for xine so I can play dvds in Mandrake 9.2 I am still new at this and all the different rpms and tars I find are confusing. I'm not sure which one to use or how many to use. If I could just have a good source to download from that works well I could probably figure out how to install it. Please help Robert Let's see... Go into a terminal. Type su for root. If you don't have your urpmi sources defined, I suggest you do so: www.urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php After you do that, type urpmi libdvdcss. Reply if you still can't get it to work. --Marc 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] Kthememanager
Does anyone know the name of the package with the KDE Theme Manager in it? Thanks --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rpmdrake
On Friday 05 March 2004 11:09 pm, rhein wrote: Hello, I try to use rpmdrake to add a medium (contrib file) and I get this error message after a long time of waiting... Unable to update medium... Errors: urpmi database locked urpmi database locked retrieve of source hdlist failed no hdlist file found for medium contrib problem reading synthesis file of medium contrib Does it say there is a problem with the ftp server or my computer? Thanks Christophe Try using a new contrib mirror: www.urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE won't start!
- Original Message - From: Troy Thomas Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 2:44 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE won't start! Marc Resnick wrote: I use Mandrake 10RC1. I was at the login screen, and I halted, for some reason I thought it did something else. Anyway I started up again, and now when I click on my login name it says Your saved session type 'kde' is not valid anymore. It does not give me the option to choose any other Interface. Is there some temp file I need to delete? I pressed ctrl+alt+f6 to open a new session, and I'm logged in. What should I do? --Marc I had the same problem using the mdkdm. When I changed to the kdedm and then went to default it fixed the problem. I don't know why. -- Troy T. Hall Registered Linux User #342150 Mandrake Club Member Abilene, KS. Uh...how do I do that? 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
Re: [newbie] KDE won't start!
- Original Message - From: Troy Thomas Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE won't start! Marc Resnick wrote: - Original Message - From: Troy Thomas Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 2:44 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE won't start! Marc Resnick wrote: I use Mandrake 10RC1. I was at the login screen, and I halted, for some reason I thought it did something else. Anyway I started up again, and now when I click on my login name it says Your saved session type 'kde' is not valid anymore. It does not give me the option to choose any other Interface. Is there some temp file I need to delete? I pressed ctrl+alt+f6 to open a new session, and I'm logged in. What should I do? --Marc I had the same problem using the mdkdm. When I changed to the kdedm and then went to default it fixed the problem. I don't know why. -- Troy T. Hall Registered Linux User #342150 Mandrake Club Member Abilene, KS. Uh...how do I do that? --- - 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 from the cli use mcc then display manager From KDE go SystemConfigurationConfigure your computer[root pw]systemdisplay manager -- Troy T. Hall Registered Linux User #342150 Mandrake Club Member Abilene, KS. Yes, but...nothing will start. 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
Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
On Sunday 29 February 2004 01:56 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 16:34, Marc wrote: Click on the gray part and then near the bottom of the screen click on auto allocate. Mandrake will divide the gray part into 3 partitions, root, swap and home next click on the done tab near the bottom of the screen and proceed with the rest of the installation. Marc, does this give you a separate partition for /home? I thought the default install put everything into one partition (apart from swap, of course). Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAQjX1kFAvMr/nNX8RAvsuAJ9es4URlKCYf8ziG6oZBDqPpKC3lACePI9l kGoO1ej3e/k/7Q3R4UmvisI= =K40S -END PGP SIGNATURE- Anne, I know I'm a different Marc, but I'll answer you anyway =). Yes, this does give you three partitions. It makes the /home a little bigger than the /, and the swap is the right size. It's all proportional to the space it has. But sometimes I think it doesn't mount the /home correctly...did that to me once.. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
On Sunday 29 February 2004 02:13 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 19:03, Marc Resnick wrote: Anne, I know I'm a different Marc, but I'll answer you anyway =). Yes, this does give you three partitions. It makes the /home a little bigger than the /, and the swap is the right size. It's all proportional to the space it has. But sometimes I think it doesn't mount the /home correctly...did that to me once.. --Marc I've always played safe and created a /home partition first. Nowadays I create /boot and sometimes /usr, but they are less important, although /boot is good if you use more than one distro Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAQjnwkFAvMr/nNX8RAsSNAKCZjt+fGAjKsKUsRVkhf7zQokqlMgCfXGjq j0bCWANkMf2iPkiNr5RbTWg= =LLgS -END PGP SIGNATURE- My hard drive is only 40 gb, and being that Linux is just my toy(though I rarely use Windows unless I have a problem with Linux), it has only 15 GB. Of course if I ever need more space I can always resize without losing data...I think. I've never actually tried resizing a Linux partition. Will data loss occur? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Dvd Playback
Well I can't get DVD playback to work. I get the error 'Can't Open VMG Info' with Mplayer. Here's my lilo, just in case it has to do with how I boot Linux: boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map default=linux keytable=/boot/us.klt prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux-2.4 root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=devfs=mount resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent nolapic vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux-nonfb root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6 label=linux root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.img append=devfs=mount resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent nolapic read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=failsafe root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=failsafe acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6 devfs=nomount read-only other=/dev/hda1 label=windows table=/dev/hda I use the vmlinuz-2.6. And here's my fstab: /dev/hda5 / ext3 noatime 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext3 noatime 1 2 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,umask=0,exec 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs iocharset=iso8859-1,nls=iso8859-1,ro,umask=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 I wanna watch Pirates of the Carribean! =) --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dvd Playback
On Sunday 29 February 2004 05:54 pm, Walt Frampus wrote: On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 17:10, Marc Resnick wrote: Well I can't get DVD playback to work. I get the error 'Can't Open VMG Info' with Mplayer. Here's my lilo, just in case it has to do with how I boot Linux: You need to get the proper codecs to play dvd's. do a google search for plf and click on easy urpmi and follow the steps. go to MCC and click on install software. install libdvdcss. You may want wincodects too. I find that Xine does a better job with dvd's than mplayer. Walt What's MCC? I have libdvdcss installed already...and I can never get Xine to work. But I'm going to try to remove it then install it once more. Thanks for the help, Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dvd Playback
On Sunday 29 February 2004 06:10 pm, Walt Frampus wrote: On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 18:04, Marc Resnick wrote: What's MCC? I have libdvdcss installed already...and I can never get Xine to work. But I'm going to try to remove it then install it once more. Thanks for the help, Marc Mandrake control center. Ah..heh..knew that. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Sound Server Fatal Error
Hello all, I'm getting a sporadic error that reads: Sound Server fatal error: cpu overload, aborting. Also, my mixer settings are never restored. I'm using mdk10rc with kernel 2.6.2-3 --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sound Server Fatal Error
On Saturday 28 February 2004 09:06 am, et wrote: On Saturday 28 February 2004 08:51 am, Chuck Mattsen wrote: On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 07:47, Marc Resnick wrote: I'm getting a sporadic error that reads: Sound Server fatal error: cpu overload, aborting. Also, my mixer settings are never restored. I'm using mdk10rc with kernel 2.6.2-3 FWIW, I received that same error quite frequently when I had 10beta2 installed, but have never seen it after dropping down to 9.2. Beyond that observation, I have nothing helpful to add, I'm afraid. I would add that problems with rc and beta versions should be taken to the cooker lists, and no newbie should be using an rc or beta version. on the cooker list you will find a number of these and the solution at this time is to wait until monday, or try to change the sound configuration in MCC. I don't exactly see a problem with a newbie using a beta or rc version of Linux. After all, I am here for the experience. I don't really ineed/i Linux. I'm 13 years old and this happens to be one of my hobbies. Notice I post a lot with my various problems. It's because I fiddle around, break things, then fix them. Just something I like to do. Only on this laptop one hard drive has gone defunct(I swear that wasn't my fault =)), I've reinstalled like something like 6 times, and Windows 3 or 4, and I accidentaly formatted my hard drive once too. I've been told that there's a way to fix everything in Linux...quite the opposite of Windows, without expensive software and tools. I'm just here to learn. What's the fun of just using 9.2? --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I backup KMail filters/settings?
On Saturday 28 February 2004 09:15 pm, J Adam Latham wrote: Hi, All ... Today I had to reinstall my user directory, which I had backed up on a disc. But when I unpacked the contents of that backup (which included my Mail dir) I was disappointed to discover that my KMail settings (identities, networks, filters etc) were not backed up ... Also, any sub directories ( their msgs) in my local folders were gone ... (Which means, say, the folder Work was still there but not, say, Work - Bob, Work - Susie, or whatever ... ) I had assumed (naively) that this info was stored either in my Mail dir or in some hidden file in my home dir ... Obviously not. Can someone please let me know where this info is saved, and how I can include it in backups so that I don't have to recreate all my settings again? Any/all help is appreciated ... Best, Adam I'm guessing that you just went into Konqueror or some program like that and copied and pasted all of the files and directories? I've tried that, bad idea =P. There are hidden directories and files that begin with a '.'. I'm sure you've noticed them. So if you want to back stuff up with a GUI, just make sure to go into properties and check the option to show hidden files and folders. It's under 'View'. I believe the Kmail settings are in .Mail, but I'm not positive so just copy them all next time. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I backup KMail filters/settings?
On Saturday 28 February 2004 09:36 pm, J Adam Latham wrote: On Saturday 28 February 2004 06:25 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: : On Saturday 28 February 2004 09:15 pm, J Adam Latham wrote: : Hi, All ... : : Today I had to reinstall my user directory, which I had backed up on a : disc. But when I unpacked the contents of that backup (which included : my Mail dir) I was disappointed to discover that my KMail settings : (identities, networks, filters etc) were not backed up ... Also, any : sub directories ( their msgs) in my local folders were gone ... (Which : means, say, the folder Work was still there but not, say, Work - Bob, : Work - : : Susie, or whatever ... ) : : I had assumed (naively) that this info was stored either in my Mail dir : or in some hidden file in my home dir ... Obviously not. : : Can someone please let me know where this info is saved, and how I can : include it in backups so that I don't have to recreate all my settings : again? : : Any/all help is appreciated ... : : Best, : Adam : : I'm guessing that you just went into Konqueror or some program like that : and copied and pasted all of the files and directories? I've tried that, : bad idea =P. There are hidden directories and files that begin with a : '.'. I'm sure you've noticed them. So if you want to back stuff up with a : GUI, just make sure to go into properties and check the option to show : hidden files and folders. It's under 'View'. I believe the Kmail settings : are in .Mail, but I'm not positive so just copy them all next time. : : --Marc Thanks for the reply, but I believe I did grab all the hidden files, too ... To backup my user dir I always just enter it and execute tar cvf home.tar * which does grab the hidden files ... Any other thoughts? :^) Thanks again, Adam Hmm... Did you update KDE at all? I think the folders it stores settings in changed. Not positive, but I thought I heard something like that. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Psaux with Kernel 2.6/mdk10
Is there any way to use psaux with kernel 2.6 and mdk10? Whatever it uses now isn't recognizing taps and scrolling on my Synaptics touchpad. It did on 2.4/9.2 though. If there is no way, I'll just use Kernel 2.4 instead of 2.6. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Psaux with Kernel 2.6/mdk10
On Friday 27 February 2004 06:29 pm, John Drouhard wrote: On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:31:35 -0500 Marc Resnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, /dev/psaux isn't there. I'll just keep googling. I probably don't need devfs...but why fix it if it isn't broken? Everything's fine, I'd rather not touch it. =). It is broken. What about your touchpad? =) Yes, but I doubt that's what caused it. If I go from 2.4 to 2.6 or vice versa, I get one of those 'psaux removed, input/mice added' messages. I expect it's just an input/mice flaw, or something they have yet to add in. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Psaux with Kernel 2.6/mdk10
On Friday 27 February 2004 10:58 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: On Friday 27 February 2004 06:29 pm, John Drouhard wrote: On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:31:35 -0500 Marc Resnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, /dev/psaux isn't there. I'll just keep googling. I probably don't need devfs...but why fix it if it isn't broken? Everything's fine, I'd rather not touch it. =). It is broken. What about your touchpad? =) Yes, but I doubt that's what caused it. If I go from 2.4 to 2.6 or vice versa, I get one of those 'psaux removed, input/mice added' messages. I expect it's just an input/mice flaw, or something they have yet to add in. Heheh, guess what I just realized. /dev/psaux is thereI'll try editing my XF86config... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Psaux with Kernel 2.6/mdk10
On Friday 27 February 2004 10:58 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: On Friday 27 February 2004 06:29 pm, John Drouhard wrote: On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:31:35 -0500 Marc Resnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, /dev/psaux isn't there. I'll just keep googling. I probably don't need devfs...but why fix it if it isn't broken? Everything's fine, I'd rather not touch it. =). It is broken. What about your touchpad? =) Yes, but I doubt that's what caused it. If I go from 2.4 to 2.6 or vice versa, I get one of those 'psaux removed, input/mice added' messages. I expect it's just an input/mice flaw, or something they have yet to add in. Okay I edited it, and even rebooted, but nothing changed. Is there some command I need to enter to apply it(sortof like lilo)? --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mousepad tapping not working with Mdk10RC1
The tapping of the pad on my laptop no longer functions as a left click with linux. It did with Mdk9.2. Anyone know anything I need to install? --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!!
- Original Message - From: John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 5:29 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! Marc Resnick wrote: Hardware messed up...you don't mean like...physical damage, do you? Becausethat's happened before. A week after I got this box the hard drive brokedown. On tech support for two hours until they could be convinced that formatting with the restore discs isn't gonna help, and that there was nothing you could do... Shame they didn't let me keep the old hard drive...I've always wanted to disect one of those... --Marc And talking of knackers yard, I've got a broken down hard drive awaiting replacement, I think I will cut it open and take a peak inside myself. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't forget to take us some pictures. Everyone likes to see the insides of hardware! 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] Upgrade 10RC1
Once you have Mandrake 10RC1 installed, is it possible to upgrade to 10 when it is released, or must you download, burn, and install again? If so I might as well start downloading now. Maybe I should save some of my wireless config files with PM first...yes, that would be a good idea... Thanks Marc
Re: [newbie] stupid newbie question
- Original Message - From: Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie Mandrake List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 9:47 PM Subject: [newbie] stupid newbie question I know we covered this about an eon ago but can anyone tell me how to untar a .bz2 file? Thanks Smitty (who can't remember his name sometimes :-( If it's tar.bz2, then use tar xjvf filename. If it's just .bz2, then use bunzip2 filename. --Marc 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
Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!!
- Original Message - From: Terence Golightly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 10:43 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! Marc, I have been following your thread, I'm no help with kernel compiling but with locking up pc yes I've dealt with that! (check below) On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 21:40, Marc Resnick wrote: - Original Message - From: Simon Kitching [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! giant snip Okay I entered rescue mode successfully. Uh...couldn't do anything. Pretty much froze up, couldn't use the arrow keys...or any keys..to do anything. SysRq magic * ALT SysRq r - raw mode * ALT SysRq s - sync * ALT SysRq e - send terminating signal * ALT SysRq i - send kill signal * ALT SysRq u - remount all read only * ALT SysRq b/o - reboot/turn off * Raising Skinny Elephants Is Utterly Boring If this works it'll restart/shutoff system. If not recycle power. I know this doesn't answer your question, but this helped with an orderly restart w/o fragging up my filesystems. Terry Golightly __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- I used to have a signature, but I lost it. My new one is: IIRC CRS None of this worked =(. Everything was still frozen. Anyone? Please? Can't last this long on Windows! 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
Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!!
- Original Message - From: Terence Golightly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 19:09, Marc Resnick wrote: - Original Message - From: Terence Golightly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 10:43 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! Marc, I have been following your thread, I'm no help with kernel compiling but with locking up pc yes I've dealt with that! (check below) On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 21:40, Marc Resnick wrote: - Original Message - From: Simon Kitching [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! giant snip Okay I entered rescue mode successfully. Uh...couldn't do anything. Pretty much froze up, couldn't use the arrow keys...or any keys..to do anything. SysRq magic * ALT SysRq r - raw mode * ALT SysRq s - sync * ALT SysRq e - send terminating signal * ALT SysRq i - send kill signal * ALT SysRq u - remount all read only * ALT SysRq b/o - reboot/turn off * Raising Skinny Elephants Is Utterly Boring If this works it'll restart/shutoff system. If not recycle power. I know this doesn't answer your question, but this helped with an orderly restart w/o fragging up my filesystems. I neglected to mention to hold down both ALTSysRq and then press each key. The left ALT worked on mine not the right. If this fails then your system is AFAIK locked solid and a hard reset/pwr recycle is all you can do to restart. Sorry I can't be of more help. None of this worked =(. Everything was still frozen. Anyone? Please? Can't last this long on Windows! Terry __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- I used to have a signature, but I lost it. My new one is: IIRC CRS Yes, I held both down, and used the left ALT. I really don't need a way to shut down. I need a way to make my keyboard work. I tried error checking in Partition Magic. I get some sort of problem, but PM doesn't fix it... I'll google on locking up during rescue mode. Kinda defeats the purpose, doesn't it? Heh heh. --Marc 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
Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!!
- Original Message - From: John Drouhard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 9:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:42:12 -0500 Marc Resnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Terence Golightly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! Yes, I held both down, and used the left ALT. I really don't need a way to shut down. I need a way to make my keyboard work. I tried error checking in Partition Magic. I get some sort of problem, but PM doesn't fix it... I'll google on locking up during rescue mode. Kinda defeats the purpose, doesn't it? Heh heh. --Marc If it locks up in rescue mode off of the cd's, that means that 2.6 kernel we've been trying to get to work so hard probably works fine. I think the problem now lies in what laptop you are using. I would instead search google for the specific model laptop you have and what other users' thoughts and experiences are with linux for it. That might yield more answers than just generally searching for lockups during a rescue mode. I have a feeling your hardware got messed up somewhere. John -- Tue Feb 24 20:09:48 CST 2004 -- Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 If a fool persists in his folly he shall become wise. -- William Blake Hardware messed up...you don't mean like...physical damage, do you? Because that's happened before. A week after I got this box the hard drive broke down. On tech support for two hours until they could be convinced that formatting with the restore discs isn't gonna help, and that there was nothing you could do... Shame they didn't let me keep the old hard drive...I've always wanted to disect one of those... I have seen a few articles about linux on this model. Didn't say anything about locking up. And why would the 2.6.3 kernel affect rescue mode off the boot discs? Anyway, if it does, would that mean that rescue mode on the v10 discs might help? --Marc 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
Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!!
- Original Message - From: John Drouhard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 10:05 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 21:55:03 -0500 Marc Resnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: John Drouhard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 9:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!--- More Info!!! Hardware messed up...you don't mean like...physical damage, do you? Because that's happened before. A week after I got this box the hard drive broke down. On tech support for two hours until they could be convinced that formatting with the restore discs isn't gonna help, and that there was nothing you could do... Shame they didn't let me keep the old hard drive...I've always wanted to disect one of those... I have seen a few articles about linux on this model. Didn't say anything about locking up. And why would the 2.6.3 kernel affect rescue mode off the boot discs? Anyway, if it does, would that mean that rescue mode on the v10 discs might help? I'm not really sure. At what point on the rescue process did it freeze? Exactly how far did you get? Were you able to get to the command line? You may have some hardware conflicts or faulty bios settings. If the rescue disks freeze your computer, then it's definitely not the kernel's problem - unless it messed with the hardware in a permanent way. (This is highly unlikely). I say try the rescue disks again, tell us how far it gets, then try resetting the bios. Then try everything once more. If that doesn't work, wait for Mandrake 10 to come out. You can choose whether you want the 2.4 or 2.6 kernel at installation time. John -- Tue Feb 24 21:01:52 CST 2004 -- Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 Small is beautiful. -- Schumacher's Dictum I've tried many times with Rescue mode. I get to the part where it asks to choose what to do. I'm not exactly sure if it freezes, I think it might just be that it doesn't recognize the keystrokes...or something like that. I think the hd problem occured when you told me to add that --premount parameter. It must have been forced to do something to the partition. I'm not sure if I'm making sense or if this is unintelligible mumbling, but I know that's what caused it. Odd too, everything went alright except for the fact that it couldn't find my /home directory. Probably hadn't mounted hda7. I suppose I'll wait for mdk 10, and reinstall, unless someone has any suggestions? --Marc 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] Linux Not Booting, Error in root partition!
Uh oh, not again. Anyway, Linux is claiming that my root partition was unmounted improperly, even though I shut down correctly. It checks for errors, finds a bunch and corrects them, then asks if I want to correct something(can result in data loss), but It's kinda frozen, and I can't choose in option. It also says run cfsk(or something similar to that, I can't remember) manually, and says that this can also result in dataloss. Here's why I think it happened: I was told yesterday by someone on this list to add something like --preload ext3 fs when I did mkinitrd for kernel 2.6.3. I did that, and it booted, but said it couldn't write to /home. I figure that it wasn't reading the partition right. Then I shut down, and went to sleep. Today, I booted with my old kernel, and this happened. I'd really like to get Linux back online, and maybe Kernel 2.6.3 also. Help please? Thanks, Marc
