Re: [newbie] laptop install problems
Hello Todd, on Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:41:42 -0400GMT (24.08.03, 18:41 +0200GMT here), you wrote in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Some of us with older hardware might not be able to boot from cd. I don't know if it's a function of BIOS or cd drive or both, but I know mine won't boot from cd. Neither will mine. Here it is due to 64 MB RAM along with a 200 MHz processor... ;-) -- Cheers Peter Always proofread carefully to see if you any words out. Winamp currently playing: Barbara Thompson - O My Love, How Long Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to burn *.bin
Hello Paul, on Thu, 07 Aug 2003 19:41:15 +0300GMT (07.08.03, 18:41 +0200GMT here), you wrote in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : As you've top-posted I'll follow suit, hope it doesn't get too confusing. Top posting is always confusing... ;-( -- Cheers Peter Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. Winamp currently playing: Caterina Valente - Wenn es Nacht wird in Paris Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kde and konqueror
Hello, on Thu, 31 Jul 2003 08:32:19 +0200GMT (31.07.03, 08:32 +0200GMT here), you wrote in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : i have a big problem! i changed the colors of kde(controlcenter-lookfeel- style and so on) to a grey. while i'm browsing my harddisk with konqueror(like explorer in windows), there are all files listened up. The first line is grey, the second is just white! the followed line is grey, then white. every second line is just white. if i select all files, the filenames are showed in a different grey(you can have an other color for selecting). Just an idea: can it be that you have set the font color to white, thus producing white text on white background? -- Cheers Peter ' Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kde and konqueror
Hello linux, on Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:29:02 +0200GMT (31.07.03, 14:29 +0200GMT here), you wrote in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Zitat von Peter Meyns: Just an idea: can it be that you have set the font color to white, thus producing white text on white background? defenatly not. i downloaded http://www.kde-look.org/content/download.php?content=5801 this is a theme, just try it. No, I certainly won't, if it causes you trouble already. I'll stick to the KDE defaults... ;-) -- Cheers Peter Tagline for the night: while( !asleep() ) sheep++; Winamp currently playing: Gianmaria Testa / Giovannone, Pier Mario - Sono Belle le Cose Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Kernel error
Hi all, good thing this list seems to be up and running again. I went through my KDE settings yesterday and on the module System - Linux Kernel I got the following information (translated from German): from kde Error Your kernel configuration could not be read because of the following error: /usr/src/linux/arch//config.in cannot be opened. Either the source code of your kernel contains faulty configuration rules or you have just discovered a bug in this program. /from kde So what might that mean? Is it the 2 slashes between arch and config.in, and if so where would I fix this? Any ideas? I'm using Mandrake 9.1 installed without changing the defaults, KDE version is 3.1. -- Cheers Peter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sylpheed and GPG
On 10 Jul 2003 08:03:34 +1000 Stephen Kuhn wrote in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : BTW, where would sylpheed - or any other program at that - store its system files (I haven't changed any defaults yet)? Application specific files should be: binaries: /usr/bin defaults: /usr/share/sylpheedX user specific: ~/home/yournamehere/.sylpheed Thank you Stephen, I found them. Not that I could do very much with them right now, but it is good to get a bit of understanding how Linux handles the files. -- Cheers Peter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Sylpheed and GPG
Hi all, I installed sylpheed 0.9.2 from an RPM package on Mandrake 9.1. Now I want it to use GPG, but I don't find where to implement it. The FAQ only offers a way to implement GPG during compilation, but not how to do it with an existing installation. BTW, where would sylpheed - or any other program at that - store its system files (I haven't changed any defaults yet)? TIA -- Cheers Peter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Bastille firewall [was: Re: [newbie] No connection via Linux]
On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 21:52:03 -0400 Lanman wrote in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: If you'd like a work-around for bastille-firewall on Mandrake 9.0, 9.1, let me know. You'll probably laugh your ass off when you find out what I did to get it working! I would, as I'm trying to get it running on Mandrake 9.1, until now without success... -- Cheers Peter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sylpheed and GPG
Hi Inhabitant, on Wed, 9 Jul 2003 13:21:06 +0100GMT (09.07.03, 14:21 +0200GMT here), you wrote in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : I installed sylpheed 0.9.2 from an RPM package on Mandrake 9.1. Now I want it to use GPG http://www.tmtm.org/cgi-bin/w3ml/sylpheed/msg/20497 That will explain it all. Thank you, but no, it doesn't. Or maybe it does and all should work fine if I only understood some basics... To me it mainly explains how to set up GPG (which I already have) and the bit from the Sylpheed FAQ to start installation with ./configure --enable-gpgme. I tried and uninstalled Sylpheed 0.9.2 as it doesn't work with gpgme. Then I installed gpgme. I tried the above configure command on an unpacked 0.9.1 tarball and it took quite some time doing this and that until this message came: console checking for GLIB - version = 1.2.6... no *** The glib-config script installed by GLIB could not be found *** If GLIB was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in *** your path, or set the GLIB_CONFIG environment variable to the *** full path to glib-config. configure: error: Test for GLIB failed. See the file 'INSTALL' for help. /console I don't know where GLIB was installed, but on trying to install the RPM it reads Everything already installed... My trivial basic question here is: Where is _my_path_? BTW DON'T ignore the bit about reinstalling Sylpheed I didn't. That's why I don't have a working e-mail client on Linux right now... Good thing I can use The Bat! on Windows, which makes e-mailing a real joy to me. Sylpheed might be able to compete with it, whereas KMail doesn't. ;o) BTW, where would sylpheed - or any other program at that - store its system files (I haven't changed any defaults yet)? Well I am not about to tell you where ever program on Mandrake puts its files! I see, it's the developer's choice, and so can be anywhere. OK. *S* Thanks for your input - I'll keep on learning! :o) -- Cheers Peter There are two infinite things, the universe and human stupidity, but I'm not quite sure about the universe yet. Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) Winamp currently playing: Guess Who - These Eyes Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: Bastille firewall [was: Re: [newbie] No connection via Linux]
Hello FemmeFatale, on Tue, 08 Jul 2003 14:15:09 -0600GMT (08.07.03, 22:15 +0200GMT here), you wrote in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : How do I start it? lord i suffered with this when i started with Bastille...its not intuitive so don't fret. Thanks for the encouragement. :-) At a command prompt type Interative-Bastille (or just Inter (then hit the TAB key)) and away you go. I'll try that one tomorrow when I'll be on Linux again. *s* Be sure to get the GUIed ver (TK or Curses version) its far simpler IMO as well. I think it's TK - at least I read something like that... I prefer a GUI myself. *S* -- Cheers Peter Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. Winamp currently playing: Kula Shaker - Govinda Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No connection via Linux
Am Sonntag, 6. Juli 2003 18:43 schrieb Derek Jennings: If you installed by RPM then you can remove shorewall with urpme shorewall in a root terminal. Thanks! That helped me back to internet connection. :) Shorewall will be installed automatically if you ask the Mandrake Control Centre to set up a firewall for you. I didn't know that, so thanks again! The Mandrake Control Centre however has a habit of mixing up which interface is the Internet, and which the local network, especially with ADSL. If you look in /etc/shorewall/interfaces you can confirm which interface is which. I'll have a look at that too. So far this was composed in KMail. However, I don't succeed to send (or save to templates) with KMail now. It freezes on any attempt at that... So I saved my message to a text file and implemented it here in The Bat! so it won't get lost for a forth time... ;) -- Cheers Peter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
