Re: [newbie] A question, comment, and observation oh my!
> Ben wrote: > > 1. How do I get kde to start with "num lock" on? > 2. After upgrading to netscape 4.6, i've lost the use of my "delete > key" in netscape. How do I get netscape to use the "delete" key? > 3. Does anyone know of the progress Troll Tech is having porting the > "Opera Web Browser" over to linux? > > On a side note ( and off-topic), if you're in search of a nifty screen > saver for linux, check out http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ , and > help find ET. > > Thanks in advance, > Ben I downloaded that a while ago, it's not as a screensaver for linux, just a shell process... Martin -- Do not simplify the design of a program if a way can be found to make it complex and wonderful.
Re: [newbie] Pppd dies unexpectedly
Steve Philp wrote:
> Bela Lantos wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Since I installed Mandrake 5.3 I have problem with pppd dying unexpectedly
> > because of timeout. Even though I increased timeout to 2 min, it still dies.
>
Strange that, I can't even get kppp to work at all. I had to resort to a suite of
home grown shell scripts (Some of them 'borrowed from Debian :-)
> Turn on debugging and see if anything obvious pops up. Check your log
> files and see if anything is listed there when the connection is
> dropped.
Debugging don't give me any info ('cept the last msg is starting pppd & then
disconnect after a few mins - timeout?)
> Do you need gpm? It doesn't sound like you're very comfortable at the
> command line, so I'm wondering if it's even necessary for you to run
> it. If you don't need it, turn it off.
--Come to think of it, my mouse seems to have been causing xcrashes (PS2) when I
switch from shell to desktop - A device/resource busy error. Anyone else had this
problem? If so, maybe we could identify the trouble; I do use console a lot &
therefore want to keep gpm.
> Linux on your personal machine IS NOT and will NEVER be like running
> Windows. Windows allows you to be an end-user. No sense in worrying
> about where you files are stored or how to configure your POP client to
> retrieve your mail -- Windows will take care of that for you. Linux
> forces you to be an administrator. This is a powerful system that
> allows you to undertake tasks in a variety of ways. It's up to YOU to
> make something of it.
>
<--8><>
I know, fun isn't it ;-)
>
> So quit stomping your feet and tossing a temper tantrum and ask for help
> WITHOUT the "threats" to give up Linux. You'll get alot further.
>
> --
> Steve Philp
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Martin Barnard
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
Too much is not enough.
Re: [newbie] Kget -> Caitoo
I think that you'll have better luck at the linuxberg web site tho' - I tried here & couldn't get the page up either. http://www.linuxberg.com do a search for caitoo. Martin. On Fri, 14 May 1999, you happily destroyed the English language and wrote this instead: > Anyone interested in an ftp program similar to GetRight and GoZilla - you may > have heard of kget. It's been renamed Caitoo. > > It supports suspend and resume downloads for those huge dls. Go get it! > > http://devel-home.kde.org/kget/ > > I could not get to the webpage though...something might be up (or down as the > case may be) with the server. Give it a try. > > -- > -- > Kuraiken - Apprentice Codecaster > -- > Discussions heartily welcomed; >Flames generally ignored. > -- -- Please keep your hands off the secretary's reproducing equipment.
RE: [newbie] Upgrade Mandrake 5.3 to KDE 1.1.1 ?
> > RH 6.0 installs KDE 1.1.1pre2 in /usr/local/kde (?) instead of /opt/kde. > > Worse. RH 6.0 installs KDE in straight /usr, which is not only stupid but > also a violation of FSSTND. > Unfortunately, we have to stick with it in Mandrake 6.0 because we want to > remain compatible. An alternative would be to move the kde directory into /opt & place a symlink in /usr or /usr/local, depending upon where RH6 placed it. Martin. "Beauty is transitory." "Beauty survives." -- Spock and Kirk, "That Which Survives", stardate unknown
Re: [newbie] Como Hacer yo cambio el conectarse Mensaje por Linux.
I wish I could, then I would :( Martin On Sat, 08 May 1999, you wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: > > > hehe > > ¿¿Ahora todos van a hablar Español?? > (is now everybody going to speak spanish???) > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Get Your Own Free Pop or Web Based Email and a > 10MB Web Site for FREE at: http://www.nettaxi.com! > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- Fortune finishes the great quotations, #6 "But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks?" It's nothing, honey. Go back to sleep.
Re: [newbie] Other user except root can shutdown server?
On Fri, 07 May 1999, you wrote: > Tried it and it does not work here > Jeanette That is because the shutdown command is not available for su root, as the standard su root path doesn't include /sbin. I would recommend putting a symlink maybe in the /usr/bin or somewhere where the path is on the su root. To find out what the path is, do an echo $PATH and put the symlink in one of the directories that it spews out to you. That should work. Good luck Martin -- I tell them to turn to the study of mathematics, for it is only there that they might escape the lusts of the flesh. -- Thomas Mann, "The Magic Mountain"
Re: [newbie] Q: XMessageBox
Much thanks, it works perfectly :) If you were wondering, I want to use it in one of my scripts, which cycle through a range of dynamic ip's looking for my friend, who sometimes doesn't use icq/shells & it's difficult to get in touch with him. > xmessage should do what you want. Use it as something like: > > xmessage -buttons OK:1,Cancel:2 "This is my message." > > The arguments after -buttons are the button labels to create and the exit code that > will be returned when the user hits that button. > > -- > Steve Philp > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Little Fly, Thy summer's play If thought is life My thoughtless hand And strength & breath, Has brush'd away. And the want Of thought is death, Am not I A fly like thee?Then am I Or art not thou A happy fly A man like me? If I live Or if I die. For I dance And drink & sing, Till some blind hand Shall brush my wing. -- William Blake, "The Fly"
[newbie] Q: XMessageBox
Hi, I was wondering if there was a program anywhere which will open a message box in X containing a text string that's passed to it. for example, if I wanted a bash script that would open a message box telling me of an event when I have no terminals open. If anyone knows of such a program, or can point me in the direction of making one (I'm currently learning C) then I'd be very grateful. Thanks Martin. -- The so-called "desktop metaphor" of today's workstations is instead an "airplane-seat" metaphor. Anyone who has shuffled a lap full of papers while seated between two portly passengers will recognize the difference -- one can see only a very few things at once. -- Fred Brooks
Re: [newbie] network
On Sat, 01 May 1999, you wrote: > anyone know why Linux doesnt see the win98 box > and why win98 keeps saying a password is required > to access the linux box? I can ping both machines > and login via ftp to the linux machine, but that is the > extent. You can telnet the linux box from win98 and therefore have all the access of a local shell user, but to access the win98 box, you will have to either; a: Set up file/printer sharing on it. b: Get ftp/telnet servers from tucows or somewhere & then run them on the win98 machine. (Windows has no services running as default) Martin. -- The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.
Re: [newbie] Super Disk & CD Recorders
> >I was just wondering if the LS120 (Super Disks) and CD recorders are > > >supported under Linux. If they are, which brands (CD recorders). > > > I can't vouch for LS120 SuperDisks since I don't own one and haven't ran across any >info one way or another about it's support under Linux, but I can vouch for CD >recorders, specifically SCSI CD-Recorders. I personally have a Yahama CDR-102 >(2x) SCSI recorder (yea it's a couple of years old now) but works flawlessly >under Linux, and have burned cd's using the Linux software: CD-Record software. Which CD Record software would this be? I have just bought a cd recorder & would like to figure out how to use it under Linux. Thanks for any help. Martin Barnard
Re: [newbie] How to install my 56k modem
On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, you wrote: > Does this mean that Diamond MM modems won't work? I have a 28.8 and a 56K. > Both have software drivers (.inf files) that are loaded, but I think both > have processors on them.I think I will just need to reset the jumpers on > the modem to disable PnP and set the IRQ manually.Am I wrong here > anyone? > I'm reading everything before I install. I may just do it this weekend > though. > Rip6 > > I'm using a Diamond SupraExpress 56e Pro on my installation with no problems if that helps you? Dunno if it's a multimedia tho'. Martin Barnard
RE: [newbie] Super Disk & CD Recorders
On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, you wrote: > The LS120 work very well (I have one), the only problem is that you cannot > create a rescue floppy during the installation. > > Toshiro > > > > Hi All, > > > > I was just wondering if the LS120 (Super Disks) and CD recorders are > > supported under Linux. If they are, which brands (CD recorders). > > > > Thanks > > Russ > > While we're on the subject, does anyone know how to get a Phillips CDD 3610 CD Recorder working? Thanks. Martin
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Ps2 Mouse
On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, you wrote: > On Fri, Apr 23, 1999 at 11:53:41PM +0300, Martin Barnard wrote: > > Hi > > I have just bought a new mouse (Ps/2 variety) and am wondering which > > port etc it uses. Any help would be appreciated. I have tried cua0-3 and > > ttyS0-3 for most of the mice. > > /dev/psaux > > -- > Steve Philp > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, I seem to have configured it. Ihad to make a symlink mouse /dev/psaux and then run XF86setup. Put the mouse to /dev/psaux ps/2 type. And it seemed to work (although it didn't the first time I tried it).
[newbie] [Newbie] CD-ReWritable
Hi Does anyone know how to configure the Phillips PCA362RW CD ReWriter for linux? I have it set as my secondary slave (My normal cd is my secondary master). Also, since I have installed it, I had to rearrange my cdrom etc to fit it & now /dev/cdrom is a node to /dev/hdc1 and not /dev/hdd1 (what's a node? the man's don't help you much). Any instructions on making nodes to re-align my /dev/cdrom to /dev/hdd1 and mounting/unmounting data/audio cd's from the recorder would be a great help. Thanks Martin
[newbie] [Newbie] Ps2 Mouse
Hi I have just bought a new mouse (Ps/2 variety) and am wondering which port etc it uses. Any help would be appreciated. I have tried cua0-3 and ttyS0-3 for most of the mice. The model is Logitech PS/2 Pilot Mouse. Thanks Martin.
Re: [newbie] Creative SB16 PnP
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, you wrote: > Just installed a Creative SB16 PnP Soundcard into one of > our test machines. Anyone have experience with this card? > Linux fails to set it up correctly. > > PnP is turned off btw. I went to http://www.opensound.com and downloaded their drivers etc. Works fine for me. -- (1) X=Y ; Given (2) X^2=XY ; Multiply both sides by X (3) X^2-Y^2=XY-Y^2 ; Subtract Y^2 from both sides (4) (X+Y)(X-Y)=Y(X-Y) ; Factor (5) X+Y=Y ; Cancel out (X-Y) term (6) 2Y=Y; Substitute X for Y, by equation 1 (7) 2=1 ; Divide both sides by Y -- "Omni", proof that 2 equals 1
RE: [newbie] Lots of fatal system crashes.
On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, you wrote: > What are the exact errors he gets. Could be many things but would be much > narrower with specifics. > > Make sure his Hardware isn't bad. I had that problem with the Computer > Re-booting out of X, I found that I had a bad stack of memory chips causing > the Re-boot. > > > We are looking at a bad memory problem I think. We asked the same question on irc and got the hardware, probably memory response. So we will be going to the local hardware store in the next day or two to replace it (fingers crossed).
[newbie] Lots of fatal system crashes.
Hi, I was wondering if you could help my friend, he has installed Mandrake on his system and for some reason it keeps crashing (SIGHUP 11) when he does things in X (the whole thing rebooting). His system is: Pentium 166MMX Diamond Stealth 3D2000 (2MB) Video card 32 MB RAM Generic 32x CDRom 6 GIG Quantum HD Any suggestions / help would be appreciated as he is getting very fed up with the whole deal (he has tried 4 different Linux flavours) and has tried reinstalling numerous times.
