[newbie] Hardware problem. Keeps rebooting/freezing.
A couple of months ago, we had a power surge at our house that harmed the computer. Although the computer was on a surge protector, the cable modem was not, and it fried the eth0 on the motherboard. I have since have had a difficulty whenever I try to transfer large files on the hard drive. When I try, my computer restarts or freezes. I have since replaced the mobo (Soyo Dragon Plus SY-KT600), my memory, and my hard drive. Changing my hard drive and motherboard made no change. My computer would alternately freeze or reboot during the installation phase. After installing new memory (from Crucial, specifically for my new mobo), my computer doesn't even boot properly, and never gets to the menus in the mandrake install cd. -- Paul Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Attn: Lanman: In-Wall Home Networking
Hi, "Lanman" I missed your response to my question about in-wall home networking and Leviton products. Please email me personally if you can, I'd like to ask you some questions. Thanks. - Paul __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] In-Wall home networking question
Hi, I have been having a discussion with the [expert] list but I wanted some input from this list as well. I recently did some renovation on my house. While all of the walls were open, I had the electrician wire cat5 through my home, going from each outlet (about 18) to the basement. I was looking for the best way to have them all accessible to the internet (via dsl/cable modem). Also I want to be able to just plug in my wireless access point to any plug and have it work, and do the same with a network printer. There is a company called Leviton that sells modular home networking equipment. For about $600, I can buy some supplies through them to hook up my system in one central location in the basement. It looks pretty sweet, and consists of: 2 White Steel boxes w/access panel (one for routers, etc. and a little one for excess cable) 1 24-port ethernet/phone panel 1 4-port Internet Gateway 3 8-port Ethernet Switches and 1 little shelf for my cable/dsl modem I can also add on a surge protector and UPS. Leviton has images of all their products online, here are pictures of all the parts in order: http://www.levitonvoicedata.com/structuredmedia/smc420.asp http://www.levitonvoicedata.com/structuredmedia/smc140.asp http://www.levitonvoicedata.com/structuredmedia/24portsmp.asp http://www.levitonvoicedata.com/structuredmedia/4PortInternetGateway.asp http://www.levitonvoicedata.com/structuredmedia/ethernetswitches.asp SO, my question is, is it worth it? $600 doesn't seem so bad for all this stuff. I might be able to route my telephone and cable/satellite through here, too. (Though the jury is still out on that due to old wiring.) It seems like an elegant solution. Am I better off just getting a really big switch and use a computer as a gateway? - Paul -- Paul Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] DV Cameras for tthe holidays
Hi, I'm sorry if this has been covered, I just resubscribed. My dad recently switched to Linux, and he's been hinting to EVERYBODY that he wants a DV camera for Christmas. If he gets one, will he have trouble using it with his box? I think he wanted that ultra small Sony. Is there even video editing software for Linux? - Paul Rodriguez Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OpenOffice Spell Checker.
I had a similar problem getting extra language dictionaries. The folks in #openoffice.org at irc.openprojects.org were very helpful. In Mandrake, we just need the appropriate myspell packages to be installed, so make sure that the corresponding myspell package for the language you are looking for (presumably English) is installed. For example: myspell-en_US-1.0.1-0.20020626.4mdk.noarch.rpm I find that if I have a program the should be working but isn't, sometimes a forced upgrade of that programs helps if the program was improperly installed without my knowledge. Running rpm -Uvh --force myspell-en_US-1.0.1-0.20020626.4mdk.noarch.rpm from a console as root (assuming that file is in my local directory) has resolved problems like this for me. I hope this helps. Also, make sure that you have the proper dictionary chosen in Tools->Options->Language Settings->Languages Hope this helps. - Paul On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 14:55, Malcolm Candlish wrote: > Hello, > > Can any one suggest a method of getting OO Spell Checker in Mandrake 9.0 > working. > > I have looked around without finding information, except at > www.openoffice.org from whence I downloaded > 'OOodi-static-0.55-0.i386.rpm'. However I simply cannot get it to run! > > I expect this has come up some where before, if so please let me know. > > With thanks in advance of your kind reading. > > Malcolm Candlish. > > > > > > > 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] Galeon instability revisited.
Hi, all. I mentioned earlier that I was having stability issues in Galeon on several different machines, both upgrades and fresh installs. I tried deleting the .galeon folder, also running some cleanup scripts. I also run galeon without the soundwrapper option, but still unstable. I am writing now again, because I am being told by several users that the program is becoming so inconvenient as a result of the crashes to be almost unusable. It seems to happen most often when selling on Amazon and EBay, but frequently occurs on other sites as well. - Paul Rodriguez Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] galeon search
On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 14:01, Technoslick wrote: > I did this in Galeon: > > cnn > > I got: > > "keyword:cnn" in Google, with the search results in the browser's window. > > I did this: > > cnn.com The odd thing is, typing "keyword:mandrake" will take me too "http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=mandrake&btnG=Google+Search"; which is what you describe. But typing just "mandrake" takes me to "http://ultimatesearch.com"; - Paul > > And got http://www.cnn.com/, which is what is expected by most of us. > > Are you saying that you 'are', or 'are not', typing the suffix (i.e; .com, > .net, .org...) when you enter only a partial URL? > > If you do not type in a the suffix, it will assume that you are asking for a > search on that word. If I type in the suffix (.com), and not the prefix > (www.) or transport protocol (http://), Galeon will assume that you are > looking for a URL address and handle it accordingly. > > This is not really unusual for a modern Web browser. Internet Explorer in > Windows acts this way, as does Galeon and Konqueror in Linux. However, I > have noticed that Netscape and Mozilla will treat anything typed in the URL > locator as a URL. The reason for that is that both programs supply a search > button to the right of the URL locator to do what the other would do > automatically. It may be a function of the using the Geiko engine that they > both now share. > > Half a dozen of one, six of another --- what's more important to you? :-) > > T > > > - Original Message - > From: "Paul Rodriguez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 9:35 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] galeon search > > > Actually, http://mandrake will take me to http://www.ultimatesearch.com/ > as well. > > - paul > > > On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 09:17, Marty Wedepohl wrote: > > Make sure you have the prefix 'http://' in front of anything you enter. > > > > > Nope, not a search box, I've been typing it in the address pane. Typing > > > a word in the window that pops up when I press Ctrl+O also takes me to > > > http://www.ultimatesearch.com/ . > > > > > > - Paul > > > > > > On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 04:32, Michael Scottaline wrote: > > >> On 07 Nov 2002 22:28:39 -0500 > > >> Paul Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled intuitively: > > >> > > >> >Whenever I type a word in the address bar of my galeon browser, I > > >> expect it to go to [word].com. Instead I am taken to > > >> >http://www.ultimatesearch.com/ not ultimate or much good at all. > > >> > > > >> >How do I change this? > > >> === > > >> Hit Ctrl+O (not zero) and put the address there. Looks like you're > > >> entering the address in a search box. > > >> HTH, > > >> Mike > > >> -- > > >> "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." > > >>Popular Mechanics, 1949 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > 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] galeon search
Hi, Charlie, changing the preferences in Mozilla was a really good guess, and I thought it would work. But it did't change the bahavior. - Paul On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 12:26, Charlie wrote: > On Friday 08 November 2002 07:35 am, Paul Rodriguez wrote: > > Actually, http://mandrake will take me to http://www.ultimatesearch.com/ > > as well. > > > > - paul > > > Paul; > > I just started Galeon and typed "transgaming" into the address bar and ended > up at a Google search page that shows links to Transgaming, and other pages > that have references to transgaming or Transgaming. You know; a pretty much > standard Google search. I also tried words; Mandrake, sourceforge, freshmeat, > even just for grins 'n' giggles tried hotmail. Straight to Google search. > Apparently for any word the result is a Google search on the "word" that I > type into the address bar. > > Question; do you have auto completion enabled? > > Since you have to have Mozilla installed to run Galeon, and since I can't find > anything in preferences in Galeon to specify preferred search site, maybe you > have to open Mozilla>Edit>Preferences>Internet Search, and specify the search > engine you want there. You may also need to enable "keywords" and auto > completion there. I don't have those enabled but I think they're on by > default. > > BTW I have Mozilla set for Google as my preferred search engine. > > Maybe you should try it? > > Regards; > -- > Charlie > Edmonton,AB,Canada > Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org > Learn to pause -- or nothing worthwhile can catch up to you. > > > > 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] galeon search
Well, I just upgraded my system from 8.2 to 9.0. In 8.2 typing a word without a suffix in the galeon address bar took me to [thatword].com. This is the behavior that I would prefer. There does not seem to be a place to specify which behavior I would like. Secondly, the current "search" page it sends me to (ultimatesearch) is not acceptable. It does not even do the search for you, it just leaves you on the index page. This is a bug which needs to be fixed. - Paul On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 14:01, Technoslick wrote: > I did this in Galeon: > > cnn > > I got: > > "keyword:cnn" in Google, with the search results in the browser's window. > > I did this: > > cnn.com > > And got http://www.cnn.com/, which is what is expected by most of us. > > Are you saying that you 'are', or 'are not', typing the suffix (i.e; .com, > .net, .org...) when you enter only a partial URL? > > If you do not type in a the suffix, it will assume that you are asking for a > search on that word. If I type in the suffix (.com), and not the prefix > (www.) or transport protocol (http://), Galeon will assume that you are > looking for a URL address and handle it accordingly. > > This is not really unusual for a modern Web browser. Internet Explorer in > Windows acts this way, as does Galeon and Konqueror in Linux. However, I > have noticed that Netscape and Mozilla will treat anything typed in the URL > locator as a URL. The reason for that is that both programs supply a search > button to the right of the URL locator to do what the other would do > automatically. It may be a function of the using the Geiko engine that they > both now share. > > Half a dozen of one, six of another --- what's more important to you? :-) > > T > > > - Original Message - > From: "Paul Rodriguez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 9:35 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] galeon search > > > Actually, http://mandrake will take me to http://www.ultimatesearch.com/ > as well. > > - paul > > > On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 09:17, Marty Wedepohl wrote: > > Make sure you have the prefix 'http://' in front of anything you enter. > > > > > Nope, not a search box, I've been typing it in the address pane. Typing > > > a word in the window that pops up when I press Ctrl+O also takes me to > > > http://www.ultimatesearch.com/ . > > > > > > - Paul > > > > > > On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 04:32, Michael Scottaline wrote: > > >> On 07 Nov 2002 22:28:39 -0500 > > >> Paul Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled intuitively: > > >> > > >> >Whenever I type a word in the address bar of my galeon browser, I > > >> expect it to go to [word].com. Instead I am taken to > > >> >http://www.ultimatesearch.com/ not ultimate or much good at all. > > >> > > > >> >How do I change this? > > >> === > > >> Hit Ctrl+O (not zero) and put the address there. Looks like you're > > >> entering the address in a search box. > > >> HTH, > > >> Mike > > >> -- > > >> "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." > > >>Popular Mechanics, 1949 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > 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] Galeon unstable
I gave this a try and for a while it seemed somehwat more stable, but on normal use it still crashes. - Paul > Try starting galeon from a console. When you start galeon from the menu it > actually runs > > soundwrapper /usr/bin/galeon > > That was found to cause instability in Galeon in 8.2 The problem might still > be around in 9.0 > > derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] galeon search
Actually, http://mandrake will take me to http://www.ultimatesearch.com/ as well. - paul On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 09:17, Marty Wedepohl wrote: > Make sure you have the prefix 'http://' in front of anything you enter. > > > Nope, not a search box, I've been typing it in the address pane. Typing > > a word in the window that pops up when I press Ctrl+O also takes me to > > http://www.ultimatesearch.com/ . > > > > - Paul > > > > On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 04:32, Michael Scottaline wrote: > >> On 07 Nov 2002 22:28:39 -0500 > >> Paul Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled intuitively: > >> > >> >Whenever I type a word in the address bar of my galeon browser, I > >> expect it to go to [word].com. Instead I am taken to > >> >http://www.ultimatesearch.com/ not ultimate or much good at all. > >> > > >> >How do I change this? > >> === > >> Hit Ctrl+O (not zero) and put the address there. Looks like you're > >> entering the address in a search box. > >> HTH, > >> Mike > >> -- > >> "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." > >>Popular Mechanics, 1949 > > > > > > > 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] galeon search
Nope, not a search box, I've been typing it in the address pane. Typing a word in the window that pops up when I press Ctrl+O also takes me to http://www.ultimatesearch.com/ . - Paul On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 04:32, Michael Scottaline wrote: > On 07 Nov 2002 22:28:39 -0500 > Paul Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled intuitively: > > >Whenever I type a word in the address bar of my galeon browser, I expect > >it to go to [word].com. Instead I am taken to > >http://www.ultimatesearch.com/ not ultimate or much good at all. > > > >How do I change this? > === > Hit Ctrl+O (not zero) and put the address there. Looks like you're entering > the address in a search box. > HTH, > Mike > -- > "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." >Popular Mechanics, 1949 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] galeon search
Whenever I type a word in the address bar of my galeon browser, I expect it to go to [word].com. Instead I am taken to http://www.ultimatesearch.com/ not ultimate or much good at all. How do I change this? - Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] TOTAL MESS! [was: switching video cads (what do i need to do?)]
Yikes! I took out my ATI card and put in the nvidia card. Would not startx at all. Kudzu did not recognize the change. I then ran xfdrake, told it I was using a generic Nvidia Geforce4. Wouldn't startx. I downloaded the nvidia drivers, installed them, edited my XFree config file, and voilá! X and 3D acceleration! Sweet! glxgears and that 3d lightcycle game ran great. Then I did 3 things: 1) Changed the driver/module that dealt with the sound card to emuk101 or whatever in hardrake for my creative live! sound card. 2) Changed the shorewall settings to allow SSH access. 3) Then, when I was done with that, I tried to run Chromium. This locked my system up. I could not do anything but wait (5 min) then reset the computer. The computer was totally messed up and would not startx, connect to the internet at all (I have a cable modem and it said something about not being able to initialize IPv6), and I also noticed that it would not save my bash history when I restart my computer. I think the only thing I can do is try a fresh reinstall. But no clue what happened. - Paul On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 18:04, Paul Rodriguez wrote: > Hi, I just swapped my incompatible ATI 8500 for a more compatible > GeForce4 on recommendation of the list. Is there any prepping I need to > do to my system before I switch cards? Can I just swap out the cards > first and then install the drivers? Or do I need to edit inittab to > start are runlevel 3, switch cards, and install nvidia drivers, then > switch back to runlevel 5? > > - Paul Rodriguez > > > > > > > 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] Galeon unstable
> You can also delete the .galeon directory from your home directory which > will cause Galeon to have to reconfigure itself for you... I wanted to try this from the beginning, but am not sure what file needs to stay to keep the bookmarks. I'll try the other commands first. tHnaks. - paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] sawfish configuration
Any way to check which wm is running, though? - P On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 19:20, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 11:03, Paul Rodriguez wrote: > > I hadn't thought of that, Sephen. I assumed since I upgraded from a > > system with sawfish, sawfish would remain. I see no option in any of > > the gnome menus to change window manager, or anything that mentions > > metacity. There is a sawfish folder, though. How do I find out which > > wm i am using? > > > I think it's rather safe to say that you're using MetaCity as the WM for > Gnome2 - even though you STILL have the /usr/share/sawfish folders after > your upgrade. > > I'm currently trying to figure out a "nice" way to make Sawfish (or > Enlightenment for that matter) my WM for Gnome2 as I really don't like > MetaCity and it's lack of "luster" or "themes"...once I have it kicked, > I'll tell ya more on how I did it...(else I'm going to knock out Gnome2 > and go back to trusty and faithful Gnome 1.4!) > -- > Fri Nov 8 11:10:00 EST 2002 > > > |____ | > | / \ /| |'-. | > | .\__/ || | | | > | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | > | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia > | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| |http://kma.0catch.com > | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn > | ;"""/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 > | ' `-`' " " | > > > "I knew then (in 1970) that a 4-kbyte minicomputer would cost as much as > a house. So I reasoned that after college, I'd have to live cheaply in > an apartment and put all my money into owning a computer." > -- Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, EE Times, June 6, 1988, pg 45 > > > > 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] Galeon unstable
Grr.. I've been selling stuff on ebay and it crashes ALL the time. - Paul On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 18:57, Paul Rodriguez wrote: > It crashes several times during use. (of the just disappears variety) > This happens when I am using the tabs and switching back and forth > between them. > > - Paul > > > On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 17:23, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 09:11, Paul Rodriguez wrote: > > > ANybody else notice that Galeon in 9.0 is very unstable? Happen to know > > > when an update will come out? > > > > > > - Paul > > What exactly do you mean by unstable? Does it crash often? Hang? > > -- > > Fri Nov 8 09:20:00 EST 2002 > > > > > > |____ | > > | / \ /| |'-. | > > | .\__/ || | | | > > | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | > > | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia > > | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| |http://kma.0catch.com > > | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn > > | ;"""/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 > > | ' `-`' " " | > > > > > > Do you realize how many holes there could be if people would just take > > the time to take the dirt out of them? > > > > > > > > > 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mdk 9 with tamil
A related question... (not an answer, unfortunately) Is it possible to switch "on-the-fly" from roman letters to devanagari when writing a file in openoffice (or any other word processor)? Is it just a question of switching fonts usually? - Paul On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 10:15, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > I installed mdk 9 with tamil language support. > As user, in control center selecting various keyboards didn't allow me to type > in tamil. As root I changed the keyboard in hardware. Then I could type tamil > letters. But unfortunately, by trial and error also I couldn't find all tamil > letters. ie tha or dha and also . above letters(mei ezhuththukkal). Can I get > tscii keyboard layout used in mdk9 and how to get various combinations. I > tried http://www.tamil.net/tscii/. I couldn't find. Can I get correct url for > the same. > > -- > L.V.Gandhi > 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay colony, Visakhapatnam, 530017 > MECON, 5th Floor, RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam AP 530020 INDIA > > > > > > > > > > > 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] sawfish configuration
I hadn't thought of that, Sephen. I assumed since I upgraded from a system with sawfish, sawfish would remain. I see no option in any of the gnome menus to change window manager, or anything that mentions metacity. There is a sawfish folder, though. How do I find out which wm i am using? - Paul On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 17:21, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:newbie-owner@;linux-mandrake.com> wrote: > > So does that make this an official bug? Anybody know how to file it? > > > > - Paul > > > > On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 13:41, Sharrea wrote: > >> On Thursday 07 Nov 2002 4:34 am, Paul Rodriguez wrote: > >>> Has anybody gotten sawfish configuration to work in 9.0? Anytime I > >>> click on any of the sawfish config programs in the gnome config > >>> menu, none of the programs open. > >>> > >>> - Paul Rodriguez > >> > >> Same here. Been wondering 'bout that myself... > >> > >> -- > >> Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today > >> > > I think that part of the issue is to ask whether or not you changed the > actual window manager from MetaCity to Sawfish in the first place...if > you didn't change the window manager, then nothing "Sawfish" will work. > I'm working on getting rid of MetaCity right now as I just don't like > it...rather have Sawfish...and having problems with installing it via > RPM as well as source...digging up the necessary libs and getting them > linked properly is a pain...then again, if I could only get Gnome2 > removed and go back to the old-faithful Gnome 1.4 - had a lot more > features and was a tad more configurable... > > 11 07 2002 > ____ > / \ /| |'-. >.\__/ || | | > _ / `._ \|_|_.-' >| / \__.`=._) (_ >|/ ._/ |"""""""""| >|'. `\ | | >;"""/ / | | >smk ) /_/| |.---.| >' `-`' " " > !! > !s.m.kuhn! > ! kuhn media australia - kma.0catch.com ! > !! > ! Now go away or I shall taunt you a ! > ! second time! ! > !! > > > > > 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] Galeon unstable
Also, with the new version, it no longer will take me to the .com address of a site that I type in. For example, if I type in "mandrake" it does not take me to "mandrake.com". Know how to fix this? - Paul On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 17:23, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 09:11, Paul Rodriguez wrote: > > ANybody else notice that Galeon in 9.0 is very unstable? Happen to know > > when an update will come out? > > > > - Paul > What exactly do you mean by unstable? Does it crash often? Hang? > -- > Fri Nov 8 09:20:00 EST 2002 > > > |____ | > | / \ /| |'-. | > | .\__/ || | | | > | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | > | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia > | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| |http://kma.0catch.com > | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn > | ;"""/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 > | ' `-`' " " | > > > Do you realize how many holes there could be if people would just take > the time to take the dirt out of them? > > > > 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] Galeon unstable
It crashes several times during use. (of the just disappears variety) This happens when I am using the tabs and switching back and forth between them. - Paul On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 17:23, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 09:11, Paul Rodriguez wrote: > > ANybody else notice that Galeon in 9.0 is very unstable? Happen to know > > when an update will come out? > > > > - Paul > What exactly do you mean by unstable? Does it crash often? Hang? > -- > Fri Nov 8 09:20:00 EST 2002 > > > |____ | > | / \ /| |'-. | > | .\__/ || | | | > | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | > | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia > | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| |http://kma.0catch.com > | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn > | ;"""/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 > | ' `-`' " " | > > > Do you realize how many holes there could be if people would just take > the time to take the dirt out of them? > > > > 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] Galeon unstable
ANybody else notice that Galeon in 9.0 is very unstable? Happen to know when an update will come out? - Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] sawfish configuration
So does that make this an official bug? Anybody know how to file it? - Paul On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 13:41, Sharrea wrote: > On Thursday 07 Nov 2002 4:34 am, Paul Rodriguez wrote: > > Has anybody gotten sawfish configuration to work in 9.0? Anytime I > > click on any of the sawfish config programs in the gnome config menu, > > none of the programs open. > > > > - Paul Rodriguez > > Same here. Been wondering 'bout that myself... > > -- > Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] sawfish configuration
Has anybody gotten sawfish configuration to work in 9.0? Anytime I click on any of the sawfish config programs in the gnome config menu, none of the programs open. - Paul Rodriguez Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] switching video cads (what do i need to do?)
Hi, I just swapped my incompatible ATI 8500 for a more compatible GeForce4 on recommendation of the list. Is there any prepping I need to do to my system before I switch cards? Can I just swap out the cards first and then install the drivers? Or do I need to edit inittab to start are runlevel 3, switch cards, and install nvidia drivers, then switch back to runlevel 5? - Paul Rodriguez Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] detachable menus in gnome
Apparently, it only works for certain gnome apps like evolution or gnumeric, and gimp (<-useful here). But I was looking for something to make the gnome menus detachable. - Paul On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 08:47, Terry Sheltra wrote: > I haven't tried it to see if it works. I did try to do the tip about > the transparent panels, but got far too complex for me to deal with (I'm > still fairly new in the Linux world), so I decided not to mess with > things, and leave them as they are. Perhaps someone else out there has > gotten things working with it, and can help shed some light on it for you. > > Terry > > Paul Rodriguez wrote: > > >Hi, terry. I tried this, but it didn't work. Is it working for you? > > > >- Paul > > > >On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 14:29, Terry Sheltra wrote: > > > > > >>Paul, > >> > >>If you go to the website: > >> > >>http://art.gnome.org > >> > >>Under the "tips" section (I believe), there is an walkthrough explaining > >>just that. > >> > >>Terry > >> > >>Paul Rodriguez wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Anybody know how I can get the menus to be detachable in Gnome? > >>> > >>>- Paul > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>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 > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > -- > Terry Sheltra > PC Technician/Network Administrator > University of Virginia > School of Architecture > 434.982.3047 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > Registered Linux User #218330 > Composed on a 100% Micro$soft-free PC > > > > > > 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] detachable menus in gnome
Hi, terry. I tried this, but it didn't work. Is it working for you? - Paul On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 14:29, Terry Sheltra wrote: > Paul, > > If you go to the website: > > http://art.gnome.org > > Under the "tips" section (I believe), there is an walkthrough explaining > just that. > > Terry > > Paul Rodriguez wrote: > > >Anybody know how I can get the menus to be detachable in Gnome? > > > >- Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake menu
Anybody know of a way to get rid of the Mandrake menu on the gnome panel? - Paul Rodriguez Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Shorewall vs. Bastille
If I upgrade my Mandrake box from 8.2 to 9.0 what steps should I take to integrate these 2 firewalls. Since I am currently running Bastille, can I turn of bastille and turn on shorewall? Absent the hardening features, will this present me a good firewall? Will turning "off" bastille, and the changes it makes to iptables have any effect on shorewall? Thank you. - Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 9.0 upgrade - internet sluggishness
I just did a recent upgrade from 8.2 to 9.0. And I have been experiencing some internet sluggishness from this box. None of the other computers on the network 8.2's are experiencing the slowdowns. What could this be? - Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 3D Graphics card for 9.0? (3 questions)
Wow, so a Geforce4 MX will run worse than a Geforce2 vanilla? That's not a very good naming convention then. Thanks for giving me a heads up. I'll have to do some more digging and see what's available. - Paul On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 22:59, FemmeFatale wrote: > Oops... forgot to say skip it in favour of the vanilla GEForce 2 > Cards. The un-neutered variety like the one I have, a Creative Annhilator > 2 GeForce2. Find it on Creative's site if you wish to see the > difference. I have a 32 mb version of it. Not great but it'll do for now. > > --- > Femme > > > > > > 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] xscreensaver not getting images from directory
Hi, I have noticed that in Mandrake 9.0, xscreensaver is not properly getting images from the specified directory. When it needs an image from there, it just works with the checkerboard default. It will, however, capture a screen image just fine. - Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 3D Graphics card for 9.0? (3 questions)
Hi, I purchased an ATI Radeon 8500 for my dad's machine thinking it would have good 3D acceleration support, being that it wasn't the latest 9000 and that it's on the Mandrake supported hardware list. Plus, I like to use open source drivers. As it turns out, the 8500 does not seem to have any 3D Acceleration support in Mandrake 9.0 according to those who I have talked to, and won't for some time. The ATI supplied drivers are also incompatible with 9.0. As I just got my RMA approved, I need to find a substitute. 1) What other options do I have? Should I go with another ATI, or something else? I hear Nvidia's are good. 2) Who makes a good Nvidia card? 3) Should I go with a Geforce3 or a Geforce4? I have a Hercules Geforce3 at home, and I am not happy with it. I hear that people are very happy with Geforce3's from other manufacturers. - Paul Rodriguez Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] detachable menus in gnome
Wow! What a great catch! Thanks! - Paul On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 14:29, Terry Sheltra wrote: > Paul, > > If you go to the website: > > http://art.gnome.org > > Under the "tips" section (I believe), there is an walkthrough explaining > just that. > > Terry > > Paul Rodriguez wrote: > > >Anybody know how I can get the menus to be detachable in Gnome? > > > >- Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] that 700MB iso thing
Can you upgrade firmware from Linux? - Paul On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 14:18, Michael Baca wrote: > Not sure if this will work for you. But with some CD-RW drives > you can upgrade the firmware so that it will support larger > cd's. Atleast thats the way it is with mine. > > > On Tuesday 29 October 2002 1:45 pm, Paul Rodriguez wrote: > > Well, I tried several emails and forum postings, but was never able to > > get a copy of the 650Mb ISOs. I did however get 700Mb disks burned for > > me by someone else which works on my system. But none of my cd-burners > > here at home can burn 700Mb ISOs. (HP EZ-Writer Plus) > > > > - Paul > > > > > > > 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] grrr... One more pet peave... (menus)
Hi, I love the new Mandrake, but a few UI pet peaves... When I right-click on a program in the menu (using gnome in 9.0), it no longer gives me the option of viewing/editing the properties for that launcher. That was a great way for me to be able to tell what program it was opening up. Can I return this "properties" functionality to the menu? - Paul Rodriguez Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] detachable menus in gnome
Anybody know how I can get the menus to be detachable in Gnome? - Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Gnome config
All of the gnome config programs seem to be broken up among the menus. Is there a way to open up the main gnome config program so I can take care of several things at once? - paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] "windows" or "start" key in 9.0
Ever since installing 9.0, the "windows" or "start" key doesn't open up the menu. Anyway to get it back to full functionality? - Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] that 700MB iso thing
Well, I tried several emails and forum postings, but was never able to get a copy of the 650Mb ISOs. I did however get 700Mb disks burned for me by someone else which works on my system. But none of my cd-burners here at home can burn 700Mb ISOs. (HP EZ-Writer Plus) - Paul On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 12:46, shane wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > just read this on the mandrake club: > > - --- > Yes. > > There will be smaler ISOs, and they will (probably) be available for > download only on MandrakeClub. If someone wants to volunteer his server as > a place where "everyone" can download the ISOs, that's fine, but we wan't > put them on standard servers. > > ISOs should be available next week, and they *should* result in same install > as standard 9.0 CDs. > > HOWEVER: Please keep in mind that we can't give these CDs any testing betond > the "OK, we managed to install from these CDs on one PC", AND that these > ISOs will come with no absolutely support. > > Let me emphasise: > > There will be smaller ISOs in ca. one week, but these ISOS will come with NO > TESTING and NO SUPPORT, so if they don't work for you they don't. > - -- > > just FYI > > - -- > "Gartner recommends that enterprises... immediately investigate alternatives > to [Microsoft] IIS, including moving Web applications to Web server > software from other vendors, such as iPlanet and Apache... [which] have > much better security records than IIS... Gartner remains concerned that > viruses and worms will continue to attack IIS until Microsoft has released > a completely rewritten, thoroughly and publicly tested, new release of > IIS." -- John Pescatore, Information Security Strategies, Gartner Group, > 2001-09-19. > > shane > Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html > Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 > Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ > Registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE9pa7KBwq+ZwvIN/oRAp6hAJ4/Zou/WS4Zm8ZWLAeLgzW2hTmlrQCdHpMi > KHoeJjX2njrO2RuxmCC8qwY= > =5CQI > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > > 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] Boot Floppy for 700Mb ISO's
Hi, I just built a brand new machine, no OS, and would like to install Mandrake 9.0. It does not seem to recognize the 700Mb ISO cd (or at least boot from it), so I'd like to find out if a boot floppy would help to get it to boot from the cd. How do I make one of these in this scenario? Thanks. - paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.0 installation problems
On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 11:31, Paul Rodriguez wrote: > Hi. Sorry to but in here, but to add another perspective... > > It's not just a question of buying new hardware (something that Linux > tends to pride itself in not requiring). In some cases, for example, > there is no new hardware available. In the case of my 2.5 year old Dell > Inspiron laptop, for example, the cd-rom drive will not recognize cd's > written past the 650Mb mark. No work-arround or new hardware exists. To clarify this part... If a cd is written past the 650Mb mark, these drives will not recognize the disk at all. As if it didn't exist. - Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] resizing photos
Thanks! Had never seen that command before. Worked like a charm! - paul On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 17:38, Alastair Scott wrote: > On 30 Sep 2002 17:16:24 -0400 Paul Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there a way to resize a bunch of photos at the same time? I have a > > folder with 42 photos from my digital camera and would like to make them > > 1/3 the size to put on the web in as few strokes as possible. Ok, at > > least in an easy and reproducable way. > > ImageMagick - the mogrify command therein - will do it: > > http://www.imagemagick.org/www/mogrify.html > > Something like > > mogrify -resize 33%x33% *.jpg > > would appear to work. (Of course this will _replace_ all the existing .jpg files >with their smaller mogrifications, so back them up first!) > > > > > 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] burning ISOs
Thanks, T. I appreciate your kind consideration throughout all of this. Do you know where I can find a searchable archive of the list? The link from the Mandrake site seems to not have a search function. - paul On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 14:55, Technoslick wrote: > I am going to step away and hope that some generous > soul jumps in and finds an answer for you, and every one else in the > same predicament. :-) > > Good Luck, Paul! > > T Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] resizing photos
Is there a way to resize a bunch of photos at the same time? I have a folder with 42 photos from my digital camera and would like to make them 1/3 the size to put on the web in as few strokes as possible. Ok, at least in an easy and reproducable way. - Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] burning ISOs
Hi, T. It may be the drive, but if so, I'm not sure if getting a new one from Dell will fix it. To clarify my problem: * My Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop will not read the Mandrake 9.0 ISOs I have created. * The same CDs work fine on other machines (like my desktop). * My laptop has not had any issues with previous Mandrake ISOs, only 9.0. * My laptop can read most 80min cd's (e.g. if I burn a cd with some data files), just not the Mandrake ISOs. Some troubleshooting attempts I have made: Different 80min media (Iomega, etc.) Using Gtoaster and cdrecord at different speeds Using the '-dao' option in cdrecord If, as may be the case, my laptop drive simply can not read an 80 min cd loaded as full as the Mandrake ones are, what can I do? I have already requested a replacement drive from Dell. It should be arriving shortly (my hope is that a newer drive version will have more compatability). If that doesn't work, then what? I would very much prefer not to install from the hard drive. I feel a little frustrated having recently paid my Mandrake dues for a product I can't use. In the early beta phase I suggested a different ISO be made available for people having trouble, and I still think this is a good idea. I'm sure I'll work this out with the help of the list, and I appreciate your reply, T. - Paul On Sun, 2002-09-29 at 19:05, Technoslick wrote: > I see that your Dell Inspiron 7500 either has a CD-ROM/Floppy Drive or > DVD-ROM/Floppy Dive unit in the Media Bay. Assuming that I understand > correctly: 1) your CD-ROM (or DVD-ROM) drive is able to read > commercially produced CDs flawlessly; 2) you aren't specifically > speaking of being able to boot off those CD-Rs when you say "not > readable"; 3) and you can read CD-Rs produced on other than your Linux > PC --- It sounds like the problem lies exclusively in your Dell. > > Older CD-ROMs could not read the surfaces of CD-Rs due to the lighter > burn temp and impressions made with a CD-R drive. That was pre-12X days. > I have a 24X Toshiba that will sit there and churn for the better part > of a minute trying to make sense of a CD-R, then quit. It would be an > unexpected surprise for a modern laptop to have a CD-ROM drive (I won't > even entertain a DVD-ROM drive incapable of seeing a CD-R!) that was > blind in this area. > > I think the key to understanding what's happening is in having you > better define what it is that your Dell's ROM drive *can* and *cannot > do*. If you can say that you have tried burns off of other PCs (owned or > unowned), and commercial CDs, too, and they all work in your Dell, > PLUS...the burns off your Linux box are readable in other PCs (non-Linux > ones, too)...as a professional troubleshooter, I would start to look at > your Dell as the sole source of the problem. If your laptop is still > under warranty, call Dell and ask them if there is a known issue with > the particular combo drive that you have on your computer. Check their > support site (http://support.dell.com/), login with your account (if you > have one), create one, or use your computers Service Tag number to get > to the info specific to your machine. Then look in the downloads area > for patches or driver upgrades. You could have an earlier production > combo unit with a sensitivity to CD-Rs produced by certain CD-RWs, or > its plain buggy and needs a TLC patch. :-) > > Please remember that all this I have said here is under the assumption > that you are only speaking about the inability to *read* any CDs on your > Dell laptop that were burned exclusively on your Linux box. > > Good Luck, Paul. I hope you find your answer... > > T > > > Paul Rodriguez wrote: > > > >I have attempted to burn the Mandrake 9.0 ISOs several times. In all > > occasions, the CD was not readable on my Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop. The > > CD did, however, work on my desktop. When I put the CD in the laptop > > tray, it seeks for approximately 15 seconds before giving up. I have > > tried different CD media. I have tried using Gtoaster and cdrecord. I > > have tried changing the writing speed. I have tried using the "-dao" > > option in cdrecord. But nothing seems to make these CDs readable on my > > laptop. Please help. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] burning ISOs
I have attempted to burn the Mandrake 9.0 ISOs several times. In all occasions, the CD was not readable on my Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop. The CD did, however, work on my desktop. When I put the CD in the laptop tray, it seeks for approximately 15 seconds before giving up. I have tried different CD media. I have tried using Gtoaster and cdrecord. I have tried changing the writing speed. I have tried using the "-dao" option in cdrecord. But nothing seems to make these CDs readable on my laptop. Please help. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Tips or Shortcut key in Gnome or KDE ...
I should mention as well, that you in the Gnome/Sawfish setup it seems you are using you can configure these in: Gnome Control Panel:Sawfish Window Manager:Shortcuts - Paul Rodriguez New York Linux Scene On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 02:18, FARSHAD wrote: > hi > any body have a list of usefuly shortcut key in Gnome or KDE ? > in windows works with shortcut keys is very quick for example : > > Alt+F4 (close window) > Alt+Tab(switch between windows) > > however these shortcuts are in Gnome but i want know another > shortcuts , if there is a list of this topic , please send for me or > give me a url for get list , or if everybody know some tip or shortcut > please tell me ... > thanks alot beforehand .. > bye > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Tips or Shortcut key in Gnome or KDE ...
Actually I may be wrong, but I think this is set up in your window manager, not the desktop environment (i.e. sawfish, instead of gnome). These sorts of key bindings are usually configurable and you should be able to make your own no matter what keybindings you use. I don't have too much experience with KDE yet, so I'm not sure what the status of using multiple window managers with it is. Happy Hacking. - Paul On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 17:36, shane wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wednesday 04 December 2002 11:18 pm, FARSHAD did speak unto the huddled > masses, saying: > > > any body have a list of usefuly shortcut key in Gnome or KDE ? > > in windows works with shortcut keys is very quick for example : > > in KDE it is easier, go to Configuration > KDE > look and feel > shortcuts. > make your own. anything you wish, within reason. > > - -- > "When you say 'I wrote a program that crashed Windows', people just stare at > you blankly and say 'Hey, I got those with the system, *for free*'." - > Linus Torvalds > > shane > Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html > Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 > Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ > Registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE9ASdtBwq+ZwvIN/oRAoHJAJ93WHT4CCq/C6YVO7jREMujkCBIdQCeKA1t > QyDKc5pbEWuuobnb/KFGffw= > =S/PN > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > > 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] rpmdrake peculiarities
When I install an upgrade to a program, it often shows up in rpmdrake as being an older version when I check for updates. This is because, for example, if I upgrade a version of my program X from version x-0.5-mdk to x-0.6, the mandrake rpms actually get listed not as version 0.5, but as version 1:0.5. Why is this? And can we stop doing this? I find that it gets in the way when I'm looking for updates. And more than once have I downgraded by accident because of it. - Paul Rodriguez Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I like this "Mozilla1!"
I think I'll just have to wait. - paul On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 15:00, Paul Rodriguez wrote: > I have to say, I really love using Galeon. I never really saw the use > in it till I tried it a little. It's just so much faster (being a > gtk-native mozilla basically). And I really love having those quick > search bars. But after downloading and installing the latest mozilla, > galeon crashes as soon as I open it. I tried upgrading, but there were > so many dependencies. > > If I use the mandrake rpm's: > > error: failed build dependencies: > GConf-devel >= 1.0.4 is needed by galeon-1.2.1-2mdk > libglade-devel is needed by galeon-1.2.1-2mdk > gnome-vfs-devel is needed by galeon-1.2.1-2mdk > mozilla-devel = 1.0 is needed by galeon-1.2.1-2mdk > > And that last one doesn't even exist for Mandrake yet. > > If I try the galeon source I get: > > configure: error: > *** GNOME 1.2.8 or better is required. > *** gdk-pixbuf 0.11.0 or better is required. > *** gnome-vfs 1.0.1 or better is required. > *** libglade 0.13 or better is required. > *** libxml 1.8.14 or better is required. > *** oaf 0.6.5 or better is required. > > > And ideas? > > - Paul Rodriguez > > > On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 21:01, Charlie wrote: > > June 5, 2002 06:43 pm, Azrael wrote: > > Charlie wrote: > > > > > curious.. does galeon still work for you? > > ~~ > > That's a good question, I'll let you know since I never use Galeon... > > > > Nope it doesn't; but I can think of a couple ways that might make it work > > since Mozilla 0.9.8 is still here. One would be complex and time consuming, > > the other a down 'n' dirty cheat. But since I don't use Galeon it doesn't > > feel worth the trouble. > > > > I never use Gnome at all anyway, just some of the apps. There will probably > > be an update for Galeon in a short time anyway so it's definitely not worth > > it. To me anyway. > > -- > > Charlie > > Edmonton,AB,Canada > > Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org > > When all else fails, pour a pint of Guinness in the gas tank, advance > > the spark 20 degrees, cry "God Save the Queen!", and pull the starter knob. > > -- MG "Series MGA" Workshop Manual > > > > > > > > > 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Power Pack 8.2 question
Not what you want to hear, but for what it's worth, I find that rpmfind.net is also a great resource for finding Mandrake rpm's. - Paul Rodriguez Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ATI vs. Nvidia drivers [OT]
I forgot to mention that I frame this discussion in light of the currently available ATI (open source drivers) and Nvidia (closed sourced drivers). I myself have one Nvidia card. It works very well using the binary-only drivers. The only issue that I have is that on my particular system, it takes 1 minute to load X when I load it with the Nvidia supplied driver. Just a quirk. Small but annoying. I would love to be able to fix it by helping debug the issue. Needless to say Nvidia is not exactly very interested or polite about trying to resolve the issue. - Paul Rodriguez Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Instant Messengers
You can try gtm (Gnome Transfer Manager) http://gtm.sourceforge.net/ - paul On Thu, 2002-05-30 at 20:20, Matt Blake wrote: > Thanks for those answers - have just picked up CCMSM and am just getting > everybuddy - so i'll give them a go. Cheers. > > Another question: For downloading in windows i was using Get Right which > was able to queue up and pause downloads etc and would reconnect > automatically when my ISP cuts me off after 2 hours - is there anything > similar that is available for linux? > > Thanks again! > > Matt > > > On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 21:22, Mark Evans wrote: > > On Friday 31 May 2002 12:37 am, you wrote: > > > Does anybody know which (if any) instant messengers are compatible with > > > MSM Messenger on Linux? Seeing as most people still use windows, it > > > would be useful to have something that is. > > > > > > cheers > > > Matt > > > > Hi Matt > > > > I use Gaim for MSN. One thing about Gaim that I found, was that others arn't > > aware you are on-line > > > > Mark Evans > > > > > > > > > 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake PPC question
>From a reliable source: On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 15:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm considering either Mandrake 8.2 or YDL 2.2, and am hoping someone here > can help with some questions. > > On YDL's web site, they suggest placing Linux and Mac OS 9 on separate disks, > and making the drive with YDL the master on the IDE bus. > > Is this also recommended for Mandrake? This is no longer a requirement for either Yellow Dog or Mandrake. > > Also, although I can access the Mac drives from Linux, is the reverse true? > If I'm booted in OS 9, can I access the Linux partition(s)? > I don't believe mac os can see GNU/Linux partitions, and GNU/Linux can view HFS partitions and HFS+ partition support I believe is still experimental. YMMV > Thanks much, > Jeff > > > > 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] New dumb CLI question
If you have ethernet network cards instead of modems, you can bring down/up your device with the "ifup eth0" or "ifdown eth0" commands. This is assuming you only have on network card. For each subsequent card you can raise the integer after "eth" by one. - Paul Rodriguez New York GNU/Linux Scene http://www.NYLXS.com On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 01:30, Dale Huckeby wrote: > > From the command line. I use "ifup ppp0" to establish a connection, > and "ifdown ppp0" to kill it. Actually, I've put aliases in my .bashrc > for "u" and "o", so that's what I type, but those commands are what > they stand for. > > Dale Huckeby > > > On Sat, 25 May 2002, darklord wrote: > > > On Saturday 25 May 2002 10:57 pm, you wrote: > > > How do I restart my Internet Daemon from a Term window? > > > > > > I am using the MDK Control Center atm cause i keep getting cut-off > > > (still don't know why). Its rather tedious & i'd rather just enter a > > > few commands @ a prompt. > > > > > > Ty. > > > > > > Femme > > > > Hey. If you're using KDE (or the KDE stuff) then you can do a: > > > > kppp > > > > and it will give you the usual interface for logging on to the 'Net. > > > > You should also be able to use /usr/sbin/pppd. I'm not sure about the syntax > > (read the man files) as I've never used it like that... > > > > HTHs... ;-) > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux version of Windows Media Player
You can download realplayer 8 from the following link. http://forms.real.com/real/player/blackjack.html?src=serviceandsupport You probably are looking for the red hat version (compatible with Mandrake). - Paul On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 13:05, Thomas Beno wrote: > Graham Watkins wrote: > > > Thomas Beno wrote: > > > >> I have only recently become acquainted with Linux through > >> Mandrake-Linux 8.2. Is there a Linux version of a media player that > >> will allow one to log onto Internet radio stations? If so, where can > >> I go to download it? > >> > >> Tom Beno > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to > >> http://www.mandrakestore.com > >> > > > > Realplayer 8 for Linux will play Internet Radio. I listen to BBC 6 > > Music, BBC London Live and WYYB (The Phoenix) with it. > > > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > On the download page they ask for an OS. Which one that they list would > be comparable to Mandrake Linux 8.2? > > Tom Beno > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] laptop volume control after resume
I can control my laptop's volume with the "fn"+"PageUP/PageDOWN" keys. But after i resume my laptop from sleep (it sleeps when i close the cover) I lose keyboard volume control. Gnome multimedia applet still works, though. Anybody know how i can fix this? Is there some sort of deamon that needs to run? _paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] problem remembering program states?
For some reason, I have begun having a problem on most of my programs where they will not remember the last state. For example, Galeon repeatedly asks for confirmation regarding information sending of unencrypted data, and will only remember my answer for the current session. Xchat opens very small and won't remember preferences across sessions. What's going on? My drive is not full, and I haven't made any major system changes. - Paul Rodriguez New York Linux Scene www.NYLXS.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Bastille Firewall pop-3
How important is adding "pop-3" to the list of TCP services to audit in InteractiveBastille? -Paul Rodríguez __ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] virtual desktops
For some reason I don't have the settings set to switch between virtual desktops using keystrokes. How can I set my linux box (using 7.1) to switch between these using alt+function keys? I'm particularly interested in going to console or text mode (full-screen). Also, is there any way to do this without the keyboard shortcuts? BTW, I use Gnome as my UI. Thanks, and Happy Thanksgiving! -Paul R __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
RE: [newbie] ppp established but...
I've been having the same problem. I don't think it's the ISP because before I reinstalled Linux (this time in expert mode, though still mostly using the defaults)this ISP worked fine. Is there something I have to setup special to get acess to the internet? My security level is set to medium, just like it used to be. I'm also not sure if I need to set up any server activity to start up as I load Linux or not (special to get internet to work, I mean). I hope that wasn't too convoluted, in any case, same problem as below. -Paul R peter.schawacker wrote: After I dial in to my ISP and establish a ppp connection, I can't do anything. Trying to telnet gets the following message: host name lookup failure no matter what machine I try to dial into. Netscap gives me the following: unable to locate the server home.netscape.com. Can anyone shed some light on this dilemna? I've been using Red Hat on another machine for the last two years with no problems. Thanks. __ Do You Yahoo!? >From homework help to love advice, Yahoo! Experts has your answer. http://experts.yahoo.com/
