[newbie] Netscape 4x on mdk 10
Hi all, I want to install Netscape 4.7 on my mdk 10.0 machine to be able to test whether websites still look good in old browsers. Will it mess up other browsers such as Mozilla? Is there a rpm that I can use for installation on mdk10.0? Cheers, Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 -- * Running Mandrake 10.0 / 100% Microsoft free environment * -- This teaching by doing business is not unlike learning to swim by being tossed into deep, cold water, although we prefer to think of it as picking up French by visiting Paris. -- Jeffrey Zeldman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] PLPtools for Psion Revo
A good search on Google pointed me to a place that has a real Mdk10 RPM for it... Would you like to share your search result? Regards, Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] MP3 to WAV in K3b?
Hi all, I seem to remember that I read on this list that it is possible to convert mp3 files to wav with K3b. In K3b I don't see anything in the menu's that indicates that it does. Can anyone tell me how to do this? If it can't be done, what is a good alternative? Cheers, Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 -- * Running Mandrake 10.0 / 100% Microsoft free environment * -- This teaching by doing business is not unlike learning to swim by being tossed into deep, cold water, although we prefer to think of it as picking up French by visiting Paris. -- Jeffrey Zeldman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] MP3 to WAV in K3b?
On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 13:33, Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 31 Jul 2004 12:16, Marco Verheul wrote: Hi all, I seem to remember that I read on this list that it is possible to convert mp3 files to wav with K3b. In K3b I don't see anything in the menu's that indicates that it does. Can anyone tell me how to do this? If it can't be done, what is a good alternative? Cheers, Marco Just create an audio project then drag and drop your mps3s into the lower pane. They will be automatically converted to wav files when you burn the CD. derek Derek, I did in the meantime and i figured it works that way. I was really started to like K3b for it, but then my pc crashed bigtime and I had real problems getting it to boor again. No idea what went wrong but I'm back again after starting up in savemode or something similar... Do you think this can be caused by K3b? If so, I'm back to good old xcdroast. Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] MP3 to WAV in K3b? [SOLVED]
On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 14:52, Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 31 Jul 2004 13:16, Marco Verheul wrote: On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 13:33, Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 31 Jul 2004 12:16, Marco Verheul wrote: Hi all, I seem to remember that I read on this list that it is possible to convert mp3 files to wav with K3b. In K3b I don't see anything in the menu's that indicates that it does. Can anyone tell me how to do this? If it can't be done, what is a good alternative? Cheers, Marco Just create an audio project then drag and drop your mps3s into the lower pane. They will be automatically converted to wav files when you burn the CD. derek Derek, I did in the meantime and i figured it works that way. I was really started to like K3b for it, but then my pc crashed bigtime and I had real problems getting it to boor again. No idea what went wrong but I'm back again after starting up in savemode or something similar... Do you think this can be caused by K3b? If so, I'm back to good old xcdroast. Marco Sorry Marco, but Linux and crashing are not words I associate with each other. If a user programme fails it should not affect anything other than itself, although its possible it might make your Window Manager hang. In which case you can normally still use a text console, or if all else fails Alt+Sysreq+r etc (see http://doc.mandrakelinux.com/MandrakeLinux/92/en/Starter.html/troubleshooting-system-freeze.html ) Personally I find k3b rock solid. derek Derek, Thanks, it was my window manager that got stuck. Gave it a try again and it worked like a charm! K3b moved way up in the burning business... I guess by the time I figured out xcdroast I got stuck to it. Still like it though, but K3b offers a better ease of use. Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Current scanners
On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 22:05, Lanman wrote: Dear List; I'm looking to buy a new flatbed scanner which will work seamlessly with Mandrake 9.2 and 10.0. If anyone on the list has recently purchased a new scanner and had an easy time setting it up, could you please let me know? I'm also hoping that this scanner can be shared by the host PC to 2 or 3 other PC's on the network, but this isn't critical. Thanks In Advance,.. Lanman I have an Epson Perfection 1260. Runs on 9.1 and 10.0. Cheers, Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 -- * Running Mandrake 10.0 / 100% Microsoft free environment * -- This teaching by doing business is not unlike learning to swim by being tossed into deep, cold water, although we prefer to think of it as picking up French by visiting Paris. -- Jeffrey Zeldman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Installing a .jar file [SOLVED]
On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 02:57, Dan Gordon wrote: On Thursday 22 July 2004 03:38 pm, Marco Verheul wrote: On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 11:20, Thereidos wrote: Dnia czw 22. lipca 2004 00:44, Todd Slater napisa: On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 12:34:13AM +0200, Marco Verheul wrote: Hi all, I want to install a platform independent font viewer (Opcion). On their website ( http://opcion.sourceforge.net/help.htm ) they say: Execute Opcion Font Viewer ... For Linux users use the command java -jar Opcion_v1.1.1.jar in console/terminal/shortcut. When I fire that command in the command line, I get: bash: java: command not found I have Java installed and tested. It's there. Does anybody know how to install/use these kind of applications? Java is probably not in your path so you'll have to give the full path to its location; on my machine it's /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_01/bin/java. You could probably set up a link in ~/bin or /usr/bin if you wanted. Todd Or simply add /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_04/bin (or whathever java version you have) to your PATH variable in ~/.bash_profile... You could also do export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_04/bin Sorry guys, but I'm missing the point here. I have java installed in /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_05. In /home/user/.bash_profile I added the path. It looks like this: PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_05/bin I did the check with Mozilla if Java was running and it did. This is all I did. Now i downloaded Opcion_v1.1.1.jar and it is somewhere in my downloads directory. What should I do to use it. Should I place it in a java path (if so, where exactly)? Should I type the command java -jar Opcion_v1.1.1.jar in the command line? I'm afraid you have to spell it out to me... Open a terminal and cd to the directory where the file is and type, java -jar the_name_of_file.jar HTH Regards, Dan Gordon Dan, I did that, but probably I had to reboot my system after installing java... This time it works like a charm! Thanks. Cheers, Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Installing a .jar file
Hi all, I want to install a platform independent font viewer (Opcion). On their website ( http://opcion.sourceforge.net/help.htm ) they say: Execute Opcion Font Viewer ... For Linux users use the command java -jar Opcion_v1.1.1.jar in console/terminal/shortcut. When I fire that command in the command line, I get: bash: java: command not found I have Java installed and tested. It's there. Does anybody know how to install/use these kind of applications? Cheers, Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 -- * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * * Running Mandrake 10.0 * -- Tell me, Brother Baldrick, what exactly did God do to the Sodomites? I dunno, but I can't imagine it was worse than what they used to do to each other. - EB Baldrick, Blackadder's Christmas Carol Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] BitTorrent
Hi all, I want to start exploring BitTorrent. What client and/or setup do you recommend for mdk 10.0? Cheers, Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 -- * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * * Running Mandrake 10.0 * -- Tell me, Brother Baldrick, what exactly did God do to the Sodomites? I dunno, but I can't imagine it was worse than what they used to do to each other. - EB Baldrick, Blackadder's Christmas Carol Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Uninstall fonts
On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 10:49, EE wrote: Dears, How can I unisntall fonts? Go to Mandrake Control Center - System - Fonts, select a font and press Uninstall. Cheers, Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 -- * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * * Running Mandrake 10.0 * -- Tell me, Brother Baldrick, what exactly did God do to the Sodomites? I dunno, but I can't imagine it was worse than what they used to do to each other. - EB Baldrick, Blackadder's Christmas Carol Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] import ms fonts?
On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 16:47, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 00:04, Ken Walker wrote: In Mandrake Control Center - System - Fonts, go to the directory where all your xp fonts are, double click to enter that folder so you can see all the font names in the right window and then place ' * ' in the section where the font selected font goes, and just click which ever button imports them. It did take a long time on my lappy, but it did them all in one go. Ken Sorry mate - doesn't work like that with 10.0 OE...you have to do it one at a time - no means by which to select more than one... stephen kuhn - proprietor I don't have a dual boot installation, so I did it with the help of http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/. Took me about half an hour to import the whole lot. Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 -- * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * * Running Mandrake 10.0 * -- Tell me, Brother Baldrick, what exactly did God do to the Sodomites? I dunno, but I can't imagine it was worse than what they used to do to each other. - EB Baldrick, Blackadder's Christmas Carol Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Sound in mdk 10.0
On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 00:19, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 05:51, Marco Verheul wrote: Hi all, I just made the jump to 10.0 last weekend . All went very smoothly, but unfornunately I still have no sound. I was hoping that it would get it working with a fresh full install, but no.. (didn't work in 9.1 either). In Mandrake Control Center I see that 2 soundcards are detected: VT82C686 [Apollo Super AC97/Audio] Vendor: VIA Technologies Alternative drivers: via82cxxx_audio Bus: PCI Bus identification: 1106:3058:1106:4511 Location on the bus: 0:7:5 Description: VT82C686 [Apollo Super AC97/Audio] Module: snd-via82xx Media class: MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO CT5880 Vendor: Ensoniq Alternative drivers: snd-ens1371 Bus: PCI Bus identification: 1274:5880:1274:8001 Location on the bus: 0:b:0 Description: CT5880 Module: es1371 Media class: MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO I'm supposed to have a Sound blaster 4.1 digital (creative) installed. I hope somebody can give me some clues on how to get things started. Marco Is your sound built into the motherboard (as it does kinda show) or is your Soundblaster a peripheral? (a card stuck in a slot) - if you DO have a Soundblaster card stuck in a slot, you might want to go into your BIOS and disable the onboard sound...I've had 50/50 with onboard VIA sound drivers... stephen kuhn - proprietor Stephen, I do have a card stuck in a slot. I disabled the onboard sound. As a result I got a sound icon in the panel which wasn't there before, so I guess there is some sort of recognition (but still no sound). I tried to configure the sound system in: System - configuration - KDE - sound - sound system On the first tab I accepted the defaults. On the second I selected autodetect and checked Full duplex. When I hit the apply button I get the error: Sound server informational message: Error while initializing the sound driver: device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such file or directory) The sound server will continue, using the null output device. I really could use any good ideas. Thanks! Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 -- * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * * Running Mandrake 10.0 * -- Tell me, Brother Baldrick, what exactly did God do to the Sodomites? I dunno, but I can't imagine it was worse than what they used to do to each other. - EB Baldrick, Blackadder's Christmas Carol Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Sound in mdk 10.0
Hi all, I just made the jump to 10.0 last weekend . All went very smoothly, but unfornunately I still have no sound. I was hoping that it would get it working with a fresh full install, but no.. (didn't work in 9.1 either). In Mandrake Control Center I see that 2 soundcards are detected: VT82C686 [Apollo Super AC97/Audio] Vendor: VIA Technologies Alternative drivers: via82cxxx_audio Bus: PCI Bus identification: 1106:3058:1106:4511 Location on the bus: 0:7:5 Description: VT82C686 [Apollo Super AC97/Audio] Module: snd-via82xx Media class: MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO CT5880 Vendor: Ensoniq Alternative drivers: snd-ens1371 Bus: PCI Bus identification: 1274:5880:1274:8001 Location on the bus: 0:b:0 Description: CT5880 Module: es1371 Media class: MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO I'm supposed to have a Sound blaster 4.1 digital (creative) installed. I hope somebody can give me some clues on how to get things started. Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 -- * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * * Running Mandrake 10.0 * -- Tell me, Brother Baldrick, what exactly did God do to the Sodomites? I dunno, but I can't imagine it was worse than what they used to do to each other. - EB Baldrick, Blackadder's Christmas Carol Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Gimp 1.2 and 2.0 together on one system
Hi all, With the new install of mdk 10.0 I came Gimp 1.2. Is it possible to install 2.0 so that it can be used next to 1.2 or is that really not a good plan? If not, what would be the best way to install 2.0? Is there already a rpm that I can use on mdk 10.0? Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 -- * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * * Running Mandrake 10.0 * -- Tell me, Brother Baldrick, what exactly did God do to the Sodomites? I dunno, but I can't imagine it was worse than what they used to do to each other. - EB Baldrick, Blackadder's Christmas Carol Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] [tip] MS fonts on Linux
Hi all, For however is interested in installing Microsoft fonts on your Linux box, check out http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/. I was done in no time yesterday. Have fun! Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 -- * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * * Running Mandrake 10.0 * -- Tell me, Brother Baldrick, what exactly did God do to the Sodomites? I dunno, but I can't imagine it was worse than what they used to do to each other. - EB Baldrick, Blackadder's Christmas Carol Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Gnome 2.6?
On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 23:34, Todd Slater wrote: Anybody running Gnome 2.6? I tried it out on a livecd, gnoppix, and was greatly impressed by it--great ui, everything was where I expected it, great options for mime-types and such, the file manager was actually rather fast. The whole thing was fast, and that running off a cd. Todd Didn't try it yet, but I checked out their site a while ago and it looks very promising. It seems though that upgrading to 2.6 is quite an adventure, isn't it? Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 -- * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * * Running Mandrake 9.1 / Mandrake 10.0 Community * -- Tell me, Brother Baldrick, what exactly did God do to the Sodomites? I dunno, but I can't imagine it was worse than what they used to do to each other. - EB Baldrick, Blackadder's Christmas Carol Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Installing Creative Sound Blaster
On Tue, 2004-05-04 at 11:41, John Layt wrote: On Tue, 04 May 2004 16:47, John Layt wrote: On Tue, 04 May 2004 12:54, Marco Verheul wrote: Hi all, I spend the entire evening trying to install a new soundcard on my Linux box. Unfortunately nothing happens yet. Does anybody know which is the best place to look for answers on this topic? Soundcard: Creative Sound Blaster 4.1 Digital My box: Mandrake 9.1 I tried the following sites for clues: http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Creativ e+ Labscard=Soundblaster+Livechip=EMU10K1module=emu10k1 http://www.linux.com/howtos/Hardware-HOWTO/sound.shtml http://www.euronet.nl/~mailme/index.html It seems there is no easy way out and I really hate noodling around with hardware that won't run, so any help is much appreciated. Thanks, Marco Hmm, I have a SB 5.1 Digital installed in one of my boxes, and remember problems under Mdk 9.x, frustrated the heck out of me for weeks. Finally worked out that 9.x OSS drivers on their own were running the card in analog mode, and I had my speakers hooked to the digital output. A quick switch to analog speakers fixed that but stopped my surround sound working. I then found the emu10k tools rpm which provides some tools to configure the card to run in digital output mode and most things worked OK. The ALSA drivers in 9.x I could never get to run properly. I now have 10.0 OE on that box which is now my server, and the latest ALSA drivers under kernel 2.6 seem to be OK on it, but not having my 5.1 speakers on that box anymore I haven't tested it fully. Hope this gives you some ideas. John. John, I found and installed package emu10k1-tools-0.9.4-2mdk.i586.rpm. How did you use the tools it provides? Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 -- * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * * Running Mandrake 9.1 / Mandrake 10.0 Community * -- Tell me, Brother Baldrick, what exactly did God do to the Sodomites? I dunno, but I can't imagine it was worse than what they used to do to each other. - EB Baldrick, Blackadder's Christmas Carol Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Installing Creative Sound Blaster
Hi all, I spend the entire evening trying to install a new soundcard on my Linux box. Unfortunately nothing happens yet. Does anybody know which is the best place to look for answers on this topic? Soundcard: Creative Sound Blaster 4.1 Digital My box: Mandrake 9.1 I tried the following sites for clues: http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Creative+Labscard=Soundblaster+Livechip=EMU10K1module=emu10k1 http://www.linux.com/howtos/Hardware-HOWTO/sound.shtml http://www.euronet.nl/~mailme/index.html It seems there is no easy way out and I really hate noodling around with hardware that won't run, so any help is much appreciated. Thanks, Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 -- * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * * Running Mandrake 9.1 / Mandrake 10.0 Community * -- Tell me, Brother Baldrick, what exactly did God do to the Sodomites? I dunno, but I can't imagine it was worse than what they used to do to each other. - EB Baldrick, Blackadder's Christmas Carol Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Error installing cssed
Hi all, I'm trying to install cssed-0.2.0 on my mdk 9.1 machine. When I run ./configure I get the following error: configure: error: libgtk2.0-dev not found please install libgtk2.0-dev I do have libgtk+2.0_0-devel-2.2.1-2mdk installed, but I doesn't seem to be the same. I can't seen to find libgtk2.0-dev either. Can anybody tell me where I can find it? Thanks! Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 -- * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * * Running Mandrake 9.1 / Mandrake 10.0 Community * -- Tell me, Brother Baldrick, what exactly did God do to the Sodomites? I dunno, but I can't imagine it was worse than what they used to do to each other. - EB Baldrick, Blackadder's Christmas Carol Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] KDE looks messed up on laptop
Hi all, I installed Linux on my company laptop and I noticed that with KDE there are vertical blue lines visible in the panel and on some applications (especially KDE apps like Konqueror). It looks like the graphics get messed up. Does this sound familiar. I get this with Suse 9.0, but I had the same problem previously with mdk 9.1 on the same laptop. Does this sound familiar? Regards, Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] vmware
On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 15:28, Klemens Arro wrote: Hi, I installed VMware and tried to install windows but VMware didn't find windows CD. I even tried to boot from startup disk, it booted but MS-DOS didn't access to CD-ROM either. Which Windows version are you trying to install? I installed W2000 this week form a bootable CD. I just made a new virtual machine, put the CD in a started it. The installation began instantly. I didn't install another Windows version yet that requires a boot-floppy, so I can't help you there. Regards, Marco -- They're pink and wet, they make the best kinda pet... (Frank Zappa - Baby Snakes) Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] How to kill printer queu (again)?
Hi all, I'm terribly sorry, but it seems I accidently trashed your answers on how to kill the printer queu :-/ I think I remember that John, Paul and Anne (and maybe Stephen?) send me a reply. I would be most thankfull if you could send it again. I'll try to be more carefull with the big old trashbutton over here Thanks again, Marco -- They're pink and wet, they make the best kinda pet... (Frank Zappa - Baby Snakes) Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] How to kill printer queu?
Hi all, I'm having a HP deskjet 3325 attached at a usb port and it runs like a charm. But a while ago I had major problems printing documents and had to breack it of. Now it seems that there is still a lot of pages in the queue, so for the last half hour my cartridge is getting waisted on stuff I don't need. Does anybody know how to find out if there's more to come and most importantly, how to cancel it? I'm running mdk 9.1 by the way. Cheers, Marco -- They're pink and wet, they make the best kinda pet... (Frank Zappa - Baby Snakes) Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Gnome Wallpaper
On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 12:15, Stephen Reynolds wrote: I'm using MDK 10, but can't find/google any gnome specific wallpaper, anybody have some links to gnome wallpaper. Steve Check out http://www.dewback.cl/files/public/backgrounds/gnome/. You'll love it! Cheers, Marco -- They're pink and wet, they make the best kinda pet... (Frank Zappa - Baby Snakes) Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie]
Hi all, During the installation of a Cisco VPN client I get the following question: Directory containing linux kernel source code Can anybody tell me where/how I can that in mdk 9.1? Marco -- They're pink and wet, they make the best kinda pet... (Frank Zappa - Baby Snakes) Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] kernel source (SOLVED)
On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 16:32, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sun, 2004-03-21 at 04:15, Marco Verheul wrote: Hi all, During the installation of a Cisco VPN client I get the following question: Directory containing linux kernel source code Can anybody tell me where/how I can that in mdk 9.1? Marco If you HAVE the kernel sources installed, they should live under /usr/src/linux -OR- /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/ stephen kuhn - owner Thanks Stephen, It seemed I didn't have them installed. Found them on the cd's and installed the lot. Cheers, Marco -- They're pink and wet, they make the best kinda pet... (Frank Zappa - Baby Snakes) Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mail clients
On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 08:05, anton wrote: Inhabitant of Zion wrote: Hi I suspect the general split will probably be between Sylpheed, Kmail, Moz Mail and Evo. mozmail for me. kmail seemed (3.1.3) a bit clunky, never seen sylpheed and evo is gnome. Cheers Anton I stick with Evolution (on KDE), Thunderbird is a good second. Sylpheed is excellent, but I'm a sucker for eyecandy and let's face it, Sylpheed looks like it's beaten with the ugly stick... it's fast though!! Tried Kmail but don't like it. Cheers, Marco -- They're pink and wet, they make the best kinda pet... (Frank Zappa - Baby Snakes) Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Recommended video card
Hi all, I want to buy a new video card and I was wondering which card is recommended. I'm not a gamer, so it doesn't have to be top of the line. I have problems with the fact that my monitor (Eizo 21 inch) is displaying everything with a vague shadow. I'm told that the problem is probably the video card. Are here any cards I really should avoid? Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] vpn dailer
Hi all, I want to change the OS on my company laptop from w2000 to mdk. Currently on w2000 i use a Cisco VPN dailer to connect to my employers lan. I need to get the same thing set up under Linux. I downloaded vpnd from http://sunsite.dk/vpnd/ but i'm in the dark on how to set it up. Can anybody point me in the right direction? Thanks. Marco -- Tell me about these oppressed masses. What's got them so worked up ? They're upset, sir, because they are so poor that they are forced to have children merely to provide a cheap alternative to turkey at Christmas. Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Copying Files from CDROM
On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 12:15, Glenn wrote: On Wednesday 10 March 2004 05:44, Marco Verheul wrote: I assume you use KDE: Menu - Applications - File tools - File manager - Super User Mode This will open Konqueror as root. Fill in your root password and off you go. ... and I'll assume you're running 9.1 or earlier, since that was dropped in 9.2 Yep, guilty I'm running 9.1 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Scribus
On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 21:58, Keith Powell wrote: Does anyone know if there is a Mandrake RPM for Scribus anywhere? Can't find one with Google, only tarballs. I've spent some hours trying to install a tarball of it, but get my usual screenful of things it can't find and needs. I have almost completely abandoned tarballs, as I can rarely get the things to install. They always stop during ./configure or make with lots and lots of error messages :-( When you go to http://www.rpmfind.net/ and search for scribus, you get 21 rpm's. Using urpmi is easier though, because it takes care of all dependencies. Marco -- Tell me about these oppressed masses. What's got them so worked up ? They're upset, sir, because they are so poor that they are forced to have children merely to provide a cheap alternative to turkey at Christmas. Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] canoscan D646U
On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 04:04, Troy Thomas Hall wrote: Anyone have any experience with this scanner in MDK? Sane says its not supported in this distro even though its on the sane list. Am I doing something wrong? Troy, You're doing nothing wrong. I had the exact same scanner and it just would not run. After a lot of headache I solved the problem by buying an Epson. I had my share of scanner problems because I also tried an Afga that was supposed to be supported according to the sane list, but did nothing. I bought the epson after consulting the newbie list. Good luck. By the way, you might want to leave your reply-to settings empty, so the reply goes to the list instead of you. Marco -- Tell me about these oppressed masses. What's got them so worked up ? They're upset, sir, because they are so poor that they are forced to have children merely to provide a cheap alternative to turkey at Christmas. Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Another fonts question
On Sun, 2004-01-11 at 22:51, John Richard Smith wrote: snip I don't know the answer to your questions, but I would be interested where to obtain all these fonts. John John, I got the fonts from http://grsites.com/fonts/. On that site a preview is displayed of every font. The quantity is impressive! If anybody cares to give me a hint on installing them I'm still interested. Cheers, Marco -- Tell me about these oppressed masses. What's got them so worked up ? They're upset, sir, because they are so poor that they are forced to have children merely to provide a cheap alternative to turkey at Christmas. Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Another fonts question
Hi all, Well, several questions actually... I received a cd I ordered containing 6800 true type fonts. Installing them with Mandrake Control Centre goes smoothly. But: 1. Are there any drawbacks when I install the whole lot? 2. I noticed not all installed fonts are available in The Gimp (where I need them most). Is thare an easy way to make all installed fonts available to Gimp? 3. When installing 6800 is too much, is there a recommended way to manage the fonts. Is there a tool where fonts can be viewed from the *.ttf file? Thanks and regards, Marco -- Tell me about these oppressed masses. What's got them so worked up ? They're upset, sir, because they are so poor that they are forced to have children merely to provide a cheap alternative to turkey at Christmas. Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wine for Dummies Tutorial?
On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 19:01, Melissa Reese wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Before I boot back into Mandrake to do a bit more tweaking, I'd like to know if there's a *simple as possible* tutorial somewhere for setting up Wine and installing a program into (onto?) it? The tutorials I've found so far seem to assume that I'm already comfortable with the idea of manually creating/editing configuration files in Linux...which I'm not. At this point, there's just one Windows program I'd like to see if I can get to work under Wine (MessageCleaner). If I can get that set up to work in my Mandrake installation, it will, at the very least, give me a little extra time to get used to some of the Linux text editors and/or email/news clients and still be able to do a few specific things with certain types of text formatting/re-formatting of email and news group messages. So...are there any good Wine for *Complete Dummies* tutorials out there you could recommend? Thanks! - -- Melissa Melissa, I installed Wine last week and used the most recent package that I downloaded from sourceforge: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=6241 Click link 20031118 to read how to install. The configuration program winesetuptk is included in the mdk package, so if you follow the instruction on the sourceforge you will be able to install and do a basic configuration. You might also want to check out Crossover Office at url http://www.codeweavers.com/site/products/cxoffice/?cw=6dd67914bcd0018829a95261e100bf6b I tried the trail version and I think it's excellent. Very easy to use. Good luck, Marco -- Tell me about these oppressed masses. What's got them so worked up ? They're upset, sir, because they are so poor that they are forced to have children merely to provide a cheap alternative to turkey at Christmas. Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to get Wine working? [SOLVED]
Hi Marco, The Wine on the 9.1 CDs is very old (new releases come out monthly). Wines compiled for Mandrake can be found at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=6241 I'm not sure about the status of the November wine. There have been a number of complaints on the wine users mailing list about the Mandrake binary. However, I installed the October Mandrake binary successfully, so I know that one will install properly on a 9.1 system. I agree with cdrack's advice about using Winesetuptk to configure it. There is a new Winesetuptk at the site I listed above. One of its benefits is that it takes advantage of all the new stuff in the latest Wine releases. I installed it and thought it did a great job of installing all my media for Wine's use. Since Wine is alpha software, there is no guarantee that it will run your application. Winehq maintains a database of applications that have been tried with Wine (both successfully and unsuccessfully). You might look there to see if anyone has tried to use TopStyle with Wine. http://appdb.winehq.com Also, it is important to remove your current installation of Wine before installing another one. You can easily do this through the Mandrake Control Center. Good luck, deedee Thanks, I found the November Wine at source forge and it installed without a problem. It even includes winesetuptk, so configuring went pretty smooth. I even installed TopStyle and got it running quite easily. I'm not at my own PC at the moment, but I will send another message later explaining what I did to get it working, so others can benefit from it. Bye, Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How to get Wine working?
Hi all, I installed Wine on my system from the cd (mdk 9.1) and I'm wondering how to proceed. In the documentation on Wine HQ all sorts of configuration tools and scripts are mentioned that I just can't find. Can anybody tell me what to do or where I can find a clear tutorial. My goal is when all is running to install TopStyle and give it the ultimate test, so if any of you out there have done this, don't hesitate to tell me how you did it... Regards, Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OT: CSS Editor
Hi all, Is there a CSS Editor for Linux that comes close to TopStyle? I'd like to hear some personal experiences if there are any. Thanks. Regards, Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Installing .bin files
Hi, I want to install the latest Java runtime Environment (JDK) from Sun, which is a selfextracting rpm.bin(?) file. How do I install it? With the rpm manager? Any advise is most appreciated. I also have a .bin file to install the Morphon CSS Editor and it's just not obvious to me what to do with it. The install instructions say nothing about installing the .bin file, that is supposed to be an installer including the JRE. I'm going to try to install the JRE from Sun and then install the tar.gz from Morphon Regards, Marco -- Tell me about these oppressed masses. What's got them so worked up ? They're upset, sir, because they are so poor that they are forced to have children merely to provide a cheap alternative to turkey at Christmas. Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Fonts
Hi again, Sorry, but I seem to have deleted the answer given to my question about having newly installed fonts available at startup. My question was: I installed new fonts recently in /usr/X11R6/bin/X11/fonts. What should I do to make the fonts available when I start my PC? Do I need to include the xset command in some configuration file? I tried to add the font paths to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, so the file now looks like this: begin # 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 FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/freefont FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/sharefont FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/URW EndSection etc end It doesn't work (I tested it by trying the text tool in Gimp). Did I make the entry wrong? I read something about adding to file /etc/rc.d/rc.local but I couldn't figure out what should be added there and why. Could this be the solution? Any suggestions are most welcome. Marco -- Tell me about these oppressed masses. What's got them so worked up ? They're upset, sir, because they are so poor that they are forced to have children merely to provide a cheap alternative to turkey at Christmas. Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Fonts
Hi all, I installed new fonts recently in /usr/X11R6/bin/X11/fonts. What should I do to make the fonts available when I start my PC? Do I need to include the xset command in some configuration file? MArco -- Tell me about these oppressed masses. What's got them so worked up ? They're upset, sir, because they are so poor that they are forced to have children merely to provide a cheap alternative to turkey at Christmas. Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Scanning Images [SOLVED]
On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 15:20, ed tharp wrote: On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 12:04, John Richard Smith wrote: ed tharp wrote: you know you 'can' scan from within gimp... if you have all the packages installed if you have the xsane-gimp and xsane installed it should anyway. That is quite true, you can scan withing gimp , but right now the problem is to get sane to scan correctly at all. The original messagee complained about the quality of the result. I wanted to make sure sane is installed( behind the programme he is using is almost certainly sane backends) properly and set up for his make model of scanner. John yep, think the quality problem is most likely rooted in the size he is scanning the image to, then reducing it and then saving it in some other format, every step degrading some,,, but 600dpi 'ought to be' a big enough file to start with. Thanks for your input. I have found a way to print scanned images at the correct size. I scan the image at 600 dpi and open it in GIMP. It the print dialog there is an option to scale the image. I use that to scale it to the same dimensions as indicated in Xsane. I used the following settings: - scale by : percent - units : cm Just set the scale to the required width and height and print. I have my printer configured in different ways. I use my 'photoprint' option where I also print with a resolution of 600 dpi. Marco -- Tell me about these oppressed masses. What's got them so worked up ? They're upset, sir, because they are so poor that they are forced to have children merely to provide a cheap alternative to turkey at Christmas. Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Scanning Images
Hi all, I'm strugling with scanning images. I'd like to scan a CD cover, so that i can save it with the same dimension as the real thing. What i tried is to scan a cover with Kooka at a resolution of 600. Then i loaded the picture in Kover where the images is resized again. I figured since i used a high resolution the image would look sharp, but it is kind of hazy. Can anybody give me some idea's how to do it right, or where i can find a good online tutorial on scanning. Marco -- Tell me about these oppressed masses. What's got them so worked up ? They're upset, sir, because they are so poor that they are forced to have children merely to provide a cheap alternative to turkey at Christmas. Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Scanning Images
On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 13:58, John Richard Smith wrote: Marco Verheul wrote: Hi all, I'm strugling with scanning images. I'd like to scan a CD cover, so that i can save it with the same dimension as the real thing. What i tried is to scan a cover with Kooka at a resolution of 600. Then i loaded the picture in Kover where the images is resized again. I figured since i used a high resolution the image would look sharp, but it is kind of hazy. Can anybody give me some idea's how to do it right, or where i can find a good online tutorial on scanning. Marco You don't give us much to go on really. What make of scanner sre you using, are you in Mandrake with kde desktop, and do you have sane installed. Indeed, why are you not scanning with sane as your image file creation tool ? Well that is what I would use. Then when I have that working and producing good quality image files, which in linux are .pnm files I would then use an image display and manipulation programme like gimp to finalise them and print off from there. To check up on what sane packages you have installed, do, [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# rpm -qa | grep sane xsane-0.90-2mdk sane-backends-1.0.11-5mdk libsane1-1.0.11-5mdk sane-frontends-1.0.10-1mdk The guts of sane is, sane-backends-1.0.11-5mdk , and libsane1-1.0.11-5mdk. xsane-0.90-2mdk and sane-frontends-1.0.10-1mdk are the graphical front ends that most of us use to do the practical work. When your've got sane up and working well we can move on from there. Just to give you a flavour of what sane looks like I attatch an image file of the desktop with sane up and running. John John John, I got all the right sane packages installed. I got both Gnome and KDE installed and i'm runing Gnome right know. My problem is this: when i used to scan an image on a Windows machine I had real crappy scanning software (if you installed in english, you got a spanish version...) but when i scanned an image and printed it, it came out with exactly the same dimensions. Now when I scan at a resolution of 600 i get a huge image, so it seems Kooka as well as Xsane handle this matter differently. I use Kover to scale the images in such a way it fits a jewel case. Am i missing a point here? Marco -- Tell me about these oppressed masses. What's got them so worked up ? They're upset, sir, because they are so poor that they are forced to have children merely to provide a cheap alternative to turkey at Christmas. Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Apache: where to begin?
Hi all, I just installed Apache2 and when I enter http://localhost in my browser it shows me the apache page, so installation was succesfull. To which directory does http://localhost point? In other words, where do I load my webpages so i can use PHP locally on my PC? I installed with the regular RPM's from de Mandrake (9.1) cd's. Marco -- Tell me about these oppressed masses. What's got them so worked up ? They're upset, sir, because they are so poor that they are forced to have children merely to provide a cheap alternative to turkey at Christmas. Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Apache/MySQL/PHP triad
Hi all, Is there anything like Apache2Triad ( see http://sourceforge.net/projects/apache2triad/ ) available for Linux, or do we need to install and configure it all piece by piece? I don't mind reading a book about it and i know i got it all on my cd's, but i don't quite know where to get started. I want to get into building dynamic websites and i want to have a local setup on my pc so i can run it there and test the whole lot. I'm just a bit overwelmed about the fast amount of red-tape to get started (which versions to use, wich packages to install or ignore etc.). Can anybody recommend something...? Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] ARTICLE: Oracle's commitment to Linux
Hi all, This might be some interesting reading, especially in a time where SCO is spreading a lot of FUD. Enjoy... http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=13000344 Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Apache/MySQL/PHP triad
On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 00:40, Todd Slater wrote: On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 11:06:30PM +, Marco Verheul wrote: Hi all, Is there anything like Apache2Triad ( see http://sourceforge.net/projects/apache2triad/ ) available for Linux, or do we need to install and configure it all piece by piece? I don't mind reading a book about it and i know i got it all on my cd's, but i don't quite know where to get started. I want to get into building dynamic websites and i want to have a local setup on my pc so i can run it there and test the whole lot. I'm just a bit overwelmed about the fast amount of red-tape to get started (which versions to use, wich packages to install or ignore etc.). Can anybody recommend something...? Marco If you installed the server packages, you already have everything you need. You may need to start yourSQL, but there's no great need to configure perl, php, or yourSQL. Apache may need some configurin', though. I don't know how much you know about apache etc. but the webroot on Mandrake is /var/www/html/. The apache conf files are in /etc/httpd/conf/. Todd Thanks Todd, I guess i will survive. I will just do all the installations and go from there. I ordered a nice book with handy 'projects' in it. If i read previous mails on the topic right it seems Apache 2 works out of the box. But i guess i will be doing some tweaking anyway. Bye, Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Kooka
Hi all, I recently did a complete uninstall of SANE and all that comes along with it due to the dependencies (which is quite a lot) in order to get my new scanner connected. After installing SANE again I got the scanner running fortunately, but it seems that Kooka is no longer with me. It's not in the menu anymore, i can't start it from the command line and when i search on the name kooka in Mandrake Control Center it doesn't show up in either install new software or remove software. Can i install package kooka-3.0.5-1.i386.rpm from RpmFind.net or is there a mdk specific package that i missed? Btw, Xsane runs, but I'm not too fond about it, so that's why i want to give Kooka a try. Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Draw a simple line with Gimp
Hi all, I want to design a logo with Gimp and I need to insert a simple straight horizontal line. How do I do this? Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Metacity filemanager on GNOME (SOLVED)
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 22:58, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 10:33, Marco Verheul wrote: Hi all, I read about Metacity and want to check it out. It's supposed to be a lean mean file manager and since I sort of converted to GNOME today I'd like to try if it's good (no doubt it's better than Nautilus...). It's a WINDOW MANAGER - not a file manager - and if you're already running Gnome, it's there, and it's already running. Can't really configure it all that much - ain't much to configure. snip Damn Stephen, I read the story wrong. I thought the next best thing in file managing had come to life... Well, Gnome is running smoothly, so I guess Metacity is running along with it ;-) Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] gtk-gnutella
Hi all, What's the story on gtk-gnutella? I just downloaded it from Texstar and it seems to function quite well out of the box. I didn't download anything yet though. A bit scared form the stories about Kazaa... Are there anything i really should pay attention to when i start using it? Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] update packages
Hi, I downloaded the latest Evolution form Tekstar and i want to update my current version withthe new rpm. It's in my download directory that is known as one of the sources in the Software Sources Manager (Mandrake Control Center). When I choose to update software it seems that only available updates from a mirror site are shown, not the sources on my own machine. How can i update using my downloaded rpm's? Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] update packages
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 12:56, Aron Smith wrote: On Monday 28 July 2003 06:50 am, Marco Verheul wrote: Hi, I downloaded the latest Evolution form Tekstar and i want to update my current version withthe new rpm. It's in my download directory that is known as one of the sources in the Software Sources Manager (Mandrake Control Center). When I choose to update software it seems that only available updates from a mirror site are shown, not the sources on my own machine. How can i update using my downloaded rpm's? Marco Do you have your download directory configured as a software source in MCC ? Yes I have. And I did not forget to update that particular source either. Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] update packages
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 14:26, John Richard Smith wrote: Aron Smith wrote: On Monday 28 July 2003 06:50 am, Marco Verheul wrote: Hi, I downloaded the latest Evolution form Tekstar and i want to update my current version withthe new rpm. It's in my download directory that is known as one of the sources in the Software Sources Manager (Mandrake Control Center). When I choose to update software it seems that only available updates from a mirror site are shown, not the sources on my own machine. How can i update using my downloaded rpm's? Marco Do you have your download directory configured as a software source in MCC ? It's not that obvious how your supposed to do that in MCC. But cannot you simply cd to directory downloaded packages in a terminal and then proceed to urpmi packagename ,enter I guess not ? John John, I suppose you're right! urpmi does take care of updates, dependencies etc. doesn't it. I'll give it try. Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] WINE configuration
Hi all, I'd like to set up WINE on my mdk9.1 machine, but I see the documentation is quite extensive. Is there a simple way to do this or do I need to chew through all the documentation? Thanks for any tips! Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] WINE configuration
On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 13:16, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 23:31, Marco Verheul wrote: Hi all, I'd like to set up WINE on my mdk9.1 machine, but I see the documentation is quite extensive. Is there a simple way to do this or do I need to chew through all the documentation? Thanks for any tips! Marco Quite literally, you should be able to use it out of the box with little or no configuration - of course, with the exception of running it the first time and having it set itself up per user. I installed WINE from the 9.1 cd's, but I suppose i have to set up some sort of 'fake' directory structure where I can install programs. I'm happy as a clam with all the Linux tools, but I would like to toy around with TopStyle and Dreamweaver. Also I wouldn't mind if i could get Kazaa to run... Can you recommend a tutorial to do a basic set up? Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] WINE configuration
On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 16:30, Lanman wrote: Be careful with Kazaa. I've seen reports that the RIAA won't be scanning for IP's from their own networks. Watch your back. Lanman *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 7/26/2003 at 5:04 PM Inhabitant of Zion wrote: Also I wouldn't mind if i could get Kazaa to run... I would get the latest version of Kazaa lite if you do go down that line as the New Version 2.4 K++ now includes IP blocking. The blocked IPs can be manually entered or obtained, which includes all known addresses used by the RIAA for scanning for copyright offenders. OK, I might give Kazaa a rest considering all the fuzz that's going on. Thanks for pointing it out to me. Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Amaya
Hi all, I'm interested in giving Amaya a try in my queste for the nicest HTML editor. Does anybody know if there's a package available for mdk 9.1 or if there's any other source that will work well? Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Recommended A4 Scanners for MDK91?
On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 08:58, Peter Stokes wrote: Hi My old parallel port scanner is a no no with MDK according to all the docs I have read and I did try it without success. So on to buying a new one. I have USB 2 interface and have heard that USB scanners work well with xsane etc, but which one to buy? Some recommendations would be welcomed as most/all of the scanners do not have linux compatible notices on the box (some day this may happen). Thanks Peter I recommend you only buy a scanner that somebody else here can testify to that it actually runs smoothly. I bought a AGFA snapscan which is supposed to be supported by SANE, but although i had a lot of help here and nearly tried everything, the thing still won't run. The thing is I upgraded to mdk 9.1 because of it. At least I got a better OS out of the whole thing... Good luck! Regards, Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How to create a symbolic link?
Hi, Does anybody know how to create a symbolic link? Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Scanner problem on mdk 9.1
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 10:11, Poogle wrote: snip When I do cat /proc/bus/usb/devices I get exactly that, except for the ProdID that is different from yours e26. My ProdID 0x208f is similar to that shown on http://snapscan.sourceforge.net/ so that part seems to be in order. Marco O.K. Make sure that your snape50.bin is executable Now from the command line type sane-find-scanner within the output from this you should see these lines (I've taken mine and put the id numbers for the e50 usb in) found USB scanner (vendor=0x06bd, product=0x208f) at /dev/usb/scanner0 found USB scanner (vendor=0x06bd, product=0x208f) at libusb:002:002 Now assuming you see this again from the command line type scanimage -L and you should get this:- device `snapscan:/dev/usb/scanner0' is a AGFA SNAPSCAN flatbed scanner If you don't get all or any of these results post your output here. Again the output is as you described above. No surprises there. It seems that whatever I do, my scanner is recognized, but that somehow Scannerdrake fails to add it to the list of configured scanners. Every time I try again, it doesn't find any configured scanners, only new ones. Also I noticed that when I boot my machine, configuring the scanner and starting Xsane performs at a normal speed. When I try again, it takes much more time. It seems to me the hardware detection takes much longer. Is this an indication of something familiar? Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Scanner problem on mdk 9.1
On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 12:07, Poogle wrote: Referring to http://snapscan.sourceforge.net/, you may or may not need the edit /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf in respect of the firmware, but if you do you have edited it correctly. Next do cat /proc/bus/usb/devices and you should get something like this :- T: Bus=02 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 3 B: Alloc= 17/900 us ( 2%), #Int= 1, #Iso= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor= ProdID= Rev= 0.00 S: Product=USB OHCI Root Hub S: SerialNumber=d8934000 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr= 0mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms T: Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=06bd ProdID=2097 Rev= 1.00 S: Manufacturer=AGFA S: Product=SNAPSCAN C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=100mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=usbscanner E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 8 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=16ms T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 3 B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor= ProdID= Rev= 0.00 make sure the lines P - I above are similar to yours, if they are not http://snapscan.sourceforge.net/ tells you what you need to do. http://www.poogle.co.uk When I do cat /proc/bus/usb/devices I get exactly that, except for the ProdID that is different from yours e26. My ProdID 0x208f is similar to that shown on http://snapscan.sourceforge.net/ so that part seems to be in order. Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Where did 'logout' and 'lock screen' button go in KDE panel?
Hi, I crossed over from 9.0 to 9.1 recently and I see that in KDE 3.1 the 'logout' and 'lock screen' buttons are only available in the menu. Is there a way I can get them back there? Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Acqua-Graphite theme for KDE 3.1
Hi, Since I'm on mdk 9.1 (and KDE 3.1) I really miss the Acqua-Graphite theme. It really made my juices flowing so to speak Does anybody know if there is a version for KDE 3.1 available and if not, if the 3.0 version can be applied to 3.1? Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OT: Letter from Novell to SCO
Hi all, I just picked this up at a dutch Linux mailinglist. It makes some interesting reading!! http://www.novell.com/news/press/archive/2003/05/pr03033.html Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Acqua-Graphite theme for 9.1?
Hi, Is the Acqua-Graphite theme available for 9.1? I tried to install the 9.0 theme but I get an error when I run install.sh. Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Evolution for 9.1?
Hi, I just installed 9.1 and i want to set up my system. I was using Evolution in 9.0 but I can't seem to find the right version. Does anybody has Evolution running in 9.1? When I try to install the beta stuff I get all kinds of dependency errors. Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Evolution for 9.1? SOLVED
Gerard Godin wrote: On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 09:38, Marco Verheul wrote: Hi, I just installed 9.1 and i want to set up my system. I was using Evolution in 9.0 but I can't seem to find the right version. Does anybody has Evolution running in 9.1? When I try to install the beta stuff I get all kinds of dependency errors. Marco I installed 9.1 recently and Ximian Evolution is what I'm using. I thought it came from the CDs, let me check.. I'm using version 1.2.4 and it shows up as evolution-1.2.4-1.1mdk in teh package manager. :) Gerard, You're totally right! It's even worse: it came installed. I just had to push the button in the menu Don't tell anybody. Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Red Carpet won't start
Hi, I just installed Ximian Red Carpet 1.4 on Mandrake 9.0 and when I start it up it stalls. I just have a ADSL connection and I'm not quite sure if this is part of the problem. I got past the startup screen once when I configured Red Carpet for a proxy, but then it didn't work. When i use the option 'No proxy' it starts, but i don't get past the startup screen. Could this be related to my internet connection? I connect to ADSL using an E-tech router. Regards, Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Smart partitioning
Hello, For those who didn't read the other mail, I'm going to kick Windows and use Linux exclusively on my PC. I intend to re-partition and install Mandrake 9.0 and I need some tips on how to do this in a smart way. I have a disk of 40GB which now is devided in 10GB Linux and 30GB Windows. I have very basic partitions for Linux. I want to have a separate home-partition to start with. Further I would like to get started in a while with developing websites linked to a database (with Python/Apache/MySQL) and to install Oracle 9ias with development tools. I imagine it could be handy to use a seperate partition for toying around with that. All in all I don't want to make it too complicated, just usefull. I'd like to know your recommandations on what partitions I should create and their sizes. Thanks. Regards, Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Making a good backup
Hello fellow Mandrake users, I decided the time has come to create myself a microsoft free environment, so I'm going to erase Windows ME that I don't use anyway from my PC. The plan is to make a new install after re-partitioning my hard-disk of Mandrake 9.0. Before I do that I could use some tips on how to backup my current data in mdk 8.1 so I can be up to speed in no-time after the new install. I will ask some re-partitioning tips in a separate mail. The questions: - which files should I backup for Evolution and how do I restore my current mailboxes? Will there be a version conflict with a newer version of Evolution? - i noticed that it's hard to copy directories with their contents using Konquerer or Nautilus. It's no problem on the command line with copy -r. Can I expect similar problems with burning a data CD using x-cd-roast? - any usefull ideas that I didn't think of?? Thanks for your input. REgards, Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Security alert
Hello, I was just surfing the internet when I got a security alert, stating that I am broadcasting an IP address and that my PC could be getting unwanted visitors. I was directed to the following link: http://images.bonzi.com/fastclick/ia9b2.asp Is this a clever way to sell some product or is this for real. And if it is, should I worry being on Linux. I use Mozilla 0.9.8 on Madrake 8.1. For those who are going to recommend me to upgrade, don't worry. I'm going to get back to you soon for a full upgrade, questions about re-partitioning etc... Regards, Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Security alert [thanks everybody]
Thanks all, I got the picture. I'll stick with Jim's suggestion to uncheck that option in Mozilla for unwanted popups and let the matter rest. Regards, Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XMMS playlist (SOLVED)
Thanks Todd, That did it. I can enjoy my entire list now without human intervention ;-)) Marco On Sun, 2002-08-11 at 15:34, Todd Slater wrote: On 11 Aug 2002 14:01:12 +0200 Marco Verheul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Is it possible with XMMS to queue multiple tracks so they can be played in a certain order? I can make a playlist, but I have to select the track I want to hear manually and it only plays one track at a time. Regards, Marco Marco, Right-click on xmms, and make sure Options--No playlist advance is not checked. I'm not sure I'd want to listen to more than one track at a time ;) Todd -- Todd Slater Not currently listening to tunes What we call education and culture is for the most part nothing but the substitution of reading for experience, of literature for life, of the obsolete fictitious for the contemporary real. (George Bernard Shaw) 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] Installing mosfet-liquid theme
Hey Damian, Thanks for the offer. I think I'm going to upgrade to mdk 8.2 first though and than I'm going to install kde 3.0 to keep me busy ;-) By then I should be able to install the theme with a rpm. If not I'm going to nag other people again. Cheers, Marco hey, i've found the mosfet-liquid theme i used for my old KDE in a backup CD i made some time ago. i can send it if you can't find the old version on the net. just make the call. see ya. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [2] Installing mosfet-liquid theme - the sequal
On 22 Apr 2002 23:27:27 +0200 Marco Verheul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I tried once again to install the mosfet-liquid theme on Mandrake 8.1 and it seems for this package to install you also need to install libpng3-1.2.1-6mdk. No here's where things go wrong because this package seems to conflict with a dozen other packages. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I there anybody out there who succeeded in running this theme on 8.1? I also tried the hard way to install from source, but gcc won't cooperate (see my other message Running gcc...). Marco you probably tried to install the rpm built for kde 3.0 and are using 2.2.2? check kde- look.org .. the liquid RPM they have there is for 3.0. I downloaded the mosfet theme rpm that is specifically for kde 2.2 and when installing this rpm it requires libpng3-1.2.1- 6mdk. I have a libpng2(..etc) installed, but that seems not to be sufficient. Marco HTH Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [2] Installing mosfet-liquid theme - the sequal
Hello, I tried once again to install the mosfet-liquid theme on Mandrake 8.1 and it seems for this package to install you also need to install libpng3-1.2.1-6mdk. No here's where things go wrong because this package seems to conflict with a dozen other packages. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I there anybody out there who succeeded in running this theme on 8.1? I also tried the hard way to install from source, but gcc won't cooperate (see my other message Running gcc...). Marco On Wed, 2002-04-17 at 01:35, Joan Tur wrote: Es Dimarts 16 Abril 2002 23:26, en Miark va escriure: Forget the tarball. Use the RPM: http://plf.zarb.org/rpm/8.2/i586/kdemoreartwork-liquid-0.7-1plf.i586.rpm Miark Er... i've installed the rpm but kicker shuts itself down when I move the cursor on the left side icons. Does it work for you? 8-? Thanks! -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain AOL quini2k ICQ 11407395 www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 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] Running gcc
Hey folks, I'm trying to install a theme and when I run ./configure I get the following message: # ./configure (lots of text...) configure: error: installation or configuration problem: c++ compiler cannot create executables Although I understand what it means I don't know the first thing about C++ compilers. I did have trouble with installing gcc from the Mandrake cdrom. Yesterday I used Red Carpet to install gcc and it downloaded and installed without errors or warnings. Does anybody know how I can discover why gcc seems to be so hard to install and how I can get it running? I'm running 8.1 and according to soft mgr I have gcc version 2.96-0.63.1mdk installed. Cheers, Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Installing mosfet-liquid theme
Fellow Mandrake users, I'm trying to install the mosfet-liquid theme and I got stuck. Here is what I did: su to root # tar xvzf mosfet-liquid0.9.4.tar.gz # cd mosfet-liquid0.9.4 # make -f Makefile.cvs # ./configure here I get feedback when various checks are performed like ... checking for working aclocal... found only at he end of this feedback I get (last 3 lines) checking for gcc... no checking for cc... no configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH next I try # make install here I get.. make: *** No rule to make target 'install'. Stop. Could it be that my PATH does not contain a directory that is required by the install? When I type env I get: PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin I read that /usr/local/kde/bin should be added to PATH. Is this true? How do I add entries to PATH? Regards, Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing gcc (WAS: mosfet-liquid theme)
Charles, I'm running 8.1 and I tried to install gcc with soft mgr. No succes there, I get a load of errors. Would appreciate any suggestions on that part. Thanks. Regards, Marco At this point it has nothing to do with path checking for gcc... no checking for cc... no This means that you have no compiler installed. Nothing that can be used to 'build, the program. If you are using 8.2 you need to install gcc-2.9.6. It will be on your cds and you can use the soft mgr to install it. Charles 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] Installing mosfet-liquid theme
Miark, Thanks for the rpm! It gives me one other problem to tackle though. When installing on 8.1 it conflicts with about 22 other packages. I checked on the site you linked me to, to make sure I got the package for 8.1. It seems to be ok. Any ideas what could be the problem? Marco On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 23:26, Miark wrote: Forget the tarball. Use the RPM: http://plf.zarb.org/rpm/8.2/i586/kdemoreartwork-liquid-0.7-1plf.i586.rpm Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OpenOffice and MDK 8.1
Hi Bo, I have to dissapoint you. I'm running 8.1 and OpenOffice641 and it runs very smoothly. Good luck, hope you can fix the problem. Regards, Marco On Mon, 2002-04-15 at 21:12, Bo Rosén wrote: Is anyone else having problems with OO641D and Mdk 8.1. The first time I start OO after logging into the system everying works fine, but if I close OO and then start it again it crashes as soon as the empty document first shows. Has anyone else seen this problem? Cheers, Bo -- 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
SOLVED: Re: [newbie] X server won't run
Brian, Thanks!! Running XFdrake did the trick quick and smoothly. No need to re-install or upgrade. On Fri, 2002-04-12 at 03:43, Brian Parish wrote: Marco, Sounds like more than a resolution problem, but you can try resetting it by logging in as root and running XFdrake from the console. Good luck with it and if it doesn't work, try booting from the install CD, select Expert and Upgrade and select no additional packages to install. That should sort you out and no data will be lost. HTH Brian Your comment on upgrading might come in handy later on. Regards, Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Webproject (Was: Feel like joining in?)
Sebastian, I wasn't what I was thinking about, but sourceforge can become a valuable reference for me. The whole idea is to learn how to do it by just doing it together instead of strugling all alone with a bunch of tutorials and what have you. But thanks for the suggestion. Marco On Fri, 2002-03-15 at 14:54, Seb Kinnaird wrote: Hi Marco, If you're thinking about what I think you're thinking about ... then check out http://sourceforge.net/ SourceForge.net is the world's largest Open Source development website, with the largest repository of Open Source code and applications available on the Internet. SourceForge.net provides free services to Open Source developers, including project hosting, version control, bug and issue tracking, project management, backups and archives, and communication and collaboration resources. HTH Regards, Sebastian Ps. if this isn't what you're thinking about ... then I've got it completely wrong :) From: Marco Verheul [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Feel like joining in? Date: 12 Mar 2002 22:28:11 +0100 Hello fellow Linux users, An idea popped into my head tonight and I want to do something with it rightaway. So let me explain. I'm relatively new to Linux and I got my LM 8.1 distro running for a couple of weeks now very smoothly (most of the times). I visited a lot of Linux related websites and it impressed me to see how many ways there must be to develop really cool open source software. At this point I'm particulary interested in learning the skills to built a dynamic website with underlying database technology. Only it seems I have 2 problems. I'm not so creative in coming up with a topic and I don't want to spend the whole year figuring out MySQL, PHP etc.. on my own locked away behind my desk. So here's the idea. There must be more people with the same ambitions, so why don't we try to come up with ideas to make this work as a group. We could build a website about making OUR website (this tackles the topic problem), so everybody (including ourselves) can see how we did it and learn from it. Off course we would make use of open source software. I'm an Oracle programmer myself and I don't have any experience in building something the open source way, so who is joining in? I hope that also the more experienced persons care to join in and let others profit from your experience. We need to come up with some sort of structure to do this, get a server to which the group can have access I suppose and what more..? Well, surprise me. Oh yeah, I live in Haarlem, the Netherlands. Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx 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] Personal Security Manager (PSM)
Hello, When I want to visit a secure webpage I get the following message: This document cannot be displayed unless you install the Personal Security Manager (PSM). etc... What is it and where can I get it? Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Feel like joining in?
Hello fellow Linux users, An idea popped into my head tonight and I want to do something with it rightaway. So let me explain. I'm relatively new to Linux and I got my LM 8.1 distro running for a couple of weeks now very smoothly (most of the times). I visited a lot of Linux related websites and it impressed me to see how many ways there must be to develop really cool open source software. At this point I'm particulary interested in learning the skills to built a dynamic website with underlying database technology. Only it seems I have 2 problems. I'm not so creative in coming up with a topic and I don't want to spend the whole year figuring out MySQL, PHP etc.. on my own locked away behind my desk. So here's the idea. There must be more people with the same ambitions, so why don't we try to come up with ideas to make this work as a group. We could build a website about making OUR website (this tackles the topic problem), so everybody (including ourselves) can see how we did it and learn from it. Off course we would make use of open source software. I'm an Oracle programmer myself and I don't have any experience in building something the open source way, so who is joining in? I hope that also the more experienced persons care to join in and let others profit from your experience. We need to come up with some sort of structure to do this, get a server to which the group can have access I suppose and what more..? Well, surprise me. Oh yeah, I live in Haarlem, the Netherlands. Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Empty files when saving from cdrom to disk
Hello, I have a cdrom that I burned (using Nero in Windows) containing a number of tutorials in HTML. I want to save them on the harddisk (Linux) and bookmark them so I can access them with Galeon or any other browser for that matter. When I open a file from cdrom it's no problem to navigate through the contents, but when I save them to my home directory (using Nautilus or Konqueror) all files and directories are displayed, but the files contain 0 bytes. Even if I save them as root and try to access them as root. When I checked the file properties on the cdrom root is mentioned as the owner. What am I doing wrong? Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] ISDN: how to preserve connection after reboot?
Hello, When I reboot my system I have to take the following steps to be able to connect to the internet with ISDN: 1 login as root 2 open console 3 isapnp /etc/isapnpconf 4 modprobe hisax etc I can recall there is a sort of init file where the modprobe statement has be be inserted, so this automatically happens with startup Who knows what to do? I'm running Mandrake 81 Thanks, Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://wwwmandrakestorecom
[newbie] ISDN finally beaten - thanks !!!
Paul, Thanks for giving me directions. I finally have an internet connection with my Mandrake 8.1 distro. For however reads this, the page that got me started is: www.wurtel.cistron.nl Look at the isdn4linux site for more info. Thanks again, Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://wwwmandrakestorecom
[newbie] ISDN - can it be beaten
Hello fellow Linux users, I want to switch to Linux for my main OS, but the only thing that is stopping me is that I can't get a connection to the internet running. I tried a long time ago and I'm going to give it another try. I lost al my notes so I have to begin from scratch again. I hope that anybody can give me directions, because last time I tried I didn't have a clue of what I was really doing besides typing over some commands that didn't work out. I have a Mandrake 8.0 distro and the choice between a Teles or Diva PnP ISDN-card. Any suggestions where to begin and how to proceed from there are most welcome. Thanks. Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
