Re: [newbie] Can't open Mozilla while Thunderbird is running?
I do have two separate directories (.mozilla and .thunderbird). Mozilla still refuses to run when Thunderbird is running, giving me some obscure error, to which I have no idea what it means. The message reads: Error launching browser window: TypeError: Components.classes['@mozilla.org/appshell/component/browser/instance;1'] has no properties However, if I have Mozilla running, and then run Thunderbird, things work just fine. ??? Terry Sharrea Day wrote: On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 02:31, Terry Sheltra wrote: I've just installed Thunderbird 0.2. One problem I have is that while I'm using it, I can't run Mozilla (even if I try to start it without clicking on some link in an email message). I read around Bugzilla about this problem, but have absolutely no idea what people are talking about (I'm not all that programming-savvy). Could someone help try to explain how to fix this problem in more simple terms? Downloaded 0.2 today. -- Renamed the old thunderbird install directory -- created a new temporary tbird directory -- copied the file to the new directory -- changed to the new directory -- untarred the tar.bz2 file -- moved the actual thunderbird directory directly under /usr/local -- changed to the /usr/local directory -- removed the temporary tbird directory # mv /usr/local/thunderbird /usr/local/old_thunderbird # mkdir -p /usr/local/tbird # cp /home/sharrea/downloads/thunderbird-0.2-i686-pc-linux-gtk2-gnu.tar.bz2 /usr/local/thunderbird/ # cd /usr/local/thunderbird/ # tar xjf thunderbird-0.2-i686-pc-linux-gtk2-gnu.tar.bz2 # mv thunderbird ../ # cd ../ # rm -Rf tbird/ -- Fired up thunderbird and checked my email. -- While thunderbird still open, opened mozilla and checked my email. Both working fine. Perhaps you don't have separate .thunderbird and .mozilla directories in your home directory (ie. ~/.thunderbird and ~/.mozilla)? Sharrea Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Sheltra PC Support Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Available via instant messenger -- Composed on a 100% Microsoft-free PC Registered Linux User #218330 -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Can't open Mozilla while Thunderbird is running?
I've just installed Thunderbird 0.2. One problem I have is that while I'm using it, I can't run Mozilla (even if I try to start it without clicking on some link in an email message). I read around Bugzilla about this problem, but have absolutely no idea what people are talking about (I'm not all that programming-savvy). Could someone help try to explain how to fix this problem in more simple terms? Thanks! -- Terry Sheltra PC Support Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Available via instant messenger -- Composed on a 100% Microsoft-free PC Registered Linux User #218330 -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Printing from Gimp 1.3
I'm about to ask a potentially dumb question, so please bear with me .. :-) I've been using Gimp 1.3 for quite some time now, and totally love it. The only thing I'm not able to do is print from it. There are no options in the menus to print. How can I fix this? Or is it just something that hasn't been instituted yet because it's still unstable? Thanks! -- Terry Sheltra PC Support Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Available via instant messenger -- Composed on a 100% Microsoft-free PC Registered Linux User #218330 -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printing from Gimp 1.3
Yes, that I did. I've come to notice that there are many more options available in GIMP when you right-click an image, rather than using the menus in the main dock. Thanks for the help though! Terry Aron Smith wrote: Did you try right clicking on your imagefileprint ? true its not intuitive most everything is done with right clicks -- Terry Sheltra PC Support Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Available via instant messenger -- Composed on a 100% Microsoft-free PC Registered Linux User #218330 -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printing from Gimp 1.3
I right-click on the image, but there is no print option anywhere to be found. The option to print is there in GIMP 1.2.5, so I'm wondering if maybe the GIMP folks haven't set it up yet in 1.3. Terry John Richard Smith wrote: Put the image file up in a window in gimp move cursor over the picture , rightmouse click, down to print. Up comes the print manipulation window. Many things you can do there to do with sizing, position, etc etc . Set your printer up in there too. resolution,feed, paper. John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printing from Gimp 1.3
I installed the rpm from one of the contrib sources (1.3.12-1mdk). Right-clicking the image gives me the following choices in the file menu: New Open Open Recent Save Save As Save a Copy Revert Mail Image Close Quit Strange ... Terry H.J.Bathoorn wrote: It's there: Right-click then file and scroll down to print What version did you install i.e. was it a Mandrake rpm? The foreign (or source .tgz) ones might indeed be missing some aspects. Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printing from Gimp 1.3
Thanks for the help HarM. I managed to find and install 1.3.20, and sure enough, the print option is there. Yay! Terry H.J.Bathoorn wrote: The only difference I can see is that I've got 1.3.18 so maybe it's a bug that's been fixed (it is a develop version after all) in later versions. Strange indeed. Try upgrading, I got mine from the Dutch cooker mirror I think. Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Firewall Oddities
Thanks for the help Derek. /etc/shorewall/interfaces only had my wireless card (eth1) set to the loc zone, instead of net. After setting it, it's now working great. Terry Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 29 Aug 2003 3:50 pm, Terry Sheltra wrote: I'm having some interesting happenings using the Firewall utility in MCC. I'm using a laptop that has both a wireless card, as well as a wired NIC. My wireless works just fine until I try to turn on the firewall. As soon as I do, the firewall effectively blocks all connections with my wireless card. The only way I can access the outside world with the firewall on is by connecting to a wired network. Running ifconfig shows that my wireless card is eth1 and my NIC is eth0. Any suggestions on what I can do to get the firewall to play nicely with my wireless card? Thanks! Terry The Firewall GUI in MCC has a habit of getting the interfaces to the internet and the local network back to front. Take a look at /etc/shorewall/interfaces that file decides which interface is which. /etc/shorewall/policy determines how to treat packets coming from each interface. /etc/shorewall/rules defines the 'exceptions' to the general policy. /etc/shorewall/masq defines internet connection sharing (masquerading) After making any change 'shorewall restart' See www.shorewall.net for detailed documentation. HTH derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Sheltra PC Support Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Available via instant messenger -- Composed on a 100% Microsoft-free PC Registered Linux User #218330 -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RPM for X11 cursors?
Thanks for the help all. Terry Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Charlie wrote: quoting Terry Sheltra; Monday 30 June 2003 02:25 pm: Hi list, I remember reading somewhere about an RPM for Mandrake that included several different X11 cursor themes, but I can't remember where I read it, or where they were located. Can anyone help me out here? Thanks in advance, Hi Terry; I don't think there's a version for 9.1, only cooker. I could be wrong, but you can install the cooker one anyway. Any cooker contrib mirror, such as this one: ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake-devel/contrib/i586/cursor_themes-0.0.1-2mdk.noarch.rpm I don't recall what dependencies it had, it's been too long sorry. Regards; Charlie Here's a more recent version of the rpm from one of the cooker guys: http://ranger.dnsalias.com/mandrake/9.1/cursor_themes-0.0.2-2mdk.noarch.rpm You will also need to install Xdialog. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Available via instant messenger Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Micro$oft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] My Test
Thought I would send a test out too, to make sure I didn't get bumped off the list or anything. Besides, I was feeling a little left out too .. :-) -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Available via instant messenger Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Micro$oft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] RPM for X11 cursors?
Hi list, I remember reading somewhere about an RPM for Mandrake that included several different X11 cursor themes, but I can't remember where I read it, or where they were located. Can anyone help me out here? Thanks in advance, -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Available via instant messenger Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Micro$oft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Changing WindowMaker default fonts?
Thanks for the help Joe. I've installed the XFontSel utility, and am happily screwing up WM :-) Terry JoeHill wrote: On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 16:42:48 -0400 Terry Sheltra [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I wanted to know if there was a way to change the default font that WindowMaker uses. If so, how? And where are the fonts located at that I can choose from? From the WindowMaker docs here: http://www.windowmaker.org/documentation-userguide-chapter4.html#413 Appearance Options Fonts are specified in the X Logical Font Description format (aka Xtra Long Font Description). You can cut and paste these names from programs like xfontsel. Looks like xfontsel is not available through urpmi, try a search on rpmfind.net or Google. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Available via instant messenger Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% M$-Free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Remote desktop connection
Actually, I was referring to the krdc application (I had no idea it was KDE's until I went and looked .. hehe). I've pretty much figured it out now. Seems that it intercepts the CTRL-ALT-DEL command just fine, and I like it very much. It even allows me to scale the window so I can see the entire desktop without even having to scroll the display around! Thanks to all who tried to help me! Terry K Montgomery wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 11:21, Terry Sheltra wrote: Anyone use the mandrake remote desktop connection utility? If so, how does one do things like send a CTRL-ALT-DEL command? I know that if I were using VNC, I could just hit Ctrl-F8 to get a popup menu. Are you referring to the rdesktop program? (rfbdrake uses rdesktop to connect to Windows machines.) I hit Ctrl-Alt-Del while using rdesktop to connect to a WinXP machine and the keys were recognized just as if I'd been sitting at the machine. Second question (maybe related to the first one) .. if I have it running full-screen, how can I switch it to a window? I had accidentally closed the menu, and was stuck with a full screen view of the remote desktop, with no way to close it. According to man rdesktop, full screen is toggled using Ctrl-Alt-Enter. Of course, if you ever got stuck like that again, you could Ctrl-Alt-F1 to login to the console, do a killall rdesktop to kill the rdesktop process, then Alt-F7 to return to the GUI. But I digress... - Kathy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Available via instant messenger Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% M$-Free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Changing WindowMaker default fonts?
Now that I'm starting to play around with my laptop more (in the hopes of not breaking it .. *grin*), I wanted to know if there was a way to change the default font that WindowMaker uses. If so, how? And where are the fonts located at that I can choose from? Thanks! -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Available via instant messenger Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% M$-Free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireledd PCCard that works in 9.1
I use a Cisco Aironet 350 Series wireless card, and it works wonderfully right out of the box. No configuration needed. I just plugged it in and I was off and surfing. They definitely are expensive though (my work bought mine, so I don't mind so much .. *smile*). Terry Greg Meyer wrote: Can anybody give me a testimonial on a Wireless PC Card that works well in Mandrake 9.1. I'm gonna buy one, I just don't want to waste my money. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Available via instant messenger Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% M$-Free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] windowmaker dock app to lock workstation?
Anyone know of one? Thanks! -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Available via instant messenger Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% M$-Free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] USB hard drives?
Curious question ... I took a Linux server configuration class this past week, and one of the students brought up an interesting question that the instructor could not answer. Can linux be put on a USB hard drive and made bootable from it? She says that she has Window$ machines that are capable of this, and I was curious if it could be done in linux. If so, how? Thanks! -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 This email was composed on a 100% Microsoft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] worried
I'd have to agree on this part. I didn't even know you could put XP on a machine with such little ram, especially when M$'s requirements are 128 MB at least. And where I work, we even have computers with 512 MB or ram running XP Pro, and it can crawl sometimes when running multiple apps. As from my personal experience, mdk 9.0 boots up FAR faster than XP (a stock install, nothing modified, using a Cisco Aironet 350 wireless network card), and even my iBook with OS 10.1.4 on it. I am booted and logged in ready to run apps before my mac or my co-worker's XP machine are even finished booting. He has a Dell Precision with a 2 GHz CPU, and 256 MB of ram .. I have a Dell Latitude C610 with only a 1 GHz CPU, and only 128 MB of ram. Just my $0.02 worth. Terry --- are you trying to convert us ? even if speed would be better on my box , I will NEVER put xp on it. I hate windows on so many levels so speed means nothing to me . besides I run a 1.466 gig cpu , and mandrake has always been faster than any windows product for me. snippity-snip -- Mike McNeese Springdale, Arkansas USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Memory limit?
I stand corrected. I knew everyone would set me straight :-) Thanks to all who set me back on the path of righteousness! ;-) Terry Greg Meyer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 25 February 2003 02:50 pm, Terry Sheltra wrote: If I recall correctly, you need to purchase the server version of Mandrake. That version will allow memory to be used higher than 1 GB. Of course, if I'm wrong, I'm sure someone will be more than happy to set me straight. ;-) You are correct in that you need the kernel that was intended for servers, but this kernel is included in 9.0 download edition and teh package name if I recall is kernel-enterprise. - -- Greg -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+W9yWGu5uuMFlL5MRAguKAJ0Sr6s+esnoPJmM36PlNRTY27AXdwCcD0m5 0rEcD7wQMcH0kYmnvzUtwSI= =cbcY -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 This email was composed on a 100% Microsoft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] installing a new icon set
Did you unzip the tar file with the icons? If so, that could be the problem. Point to the entire tar file, and it should install all of the icons. HTH, Terry Josenildo Marques wrote: I have tried it unsuccessfully, following the 'rules' How to install an new icon theme # Open the KDE-Menu an start the Control Center # Click on Look and Feel and Icons # Browse to the location of the new icon theme by clicking the small folder button # Click on Install New Theme to add the new icons # Click Apply When I click on the small folder button I don't know how to get all the icons at once, just one at a time. Thanks in advance. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 This email was composed on a 100% Microsoft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kmail and any others?
I'm gonna be one of the oddballs here .. ;) I use Mozilla as my email client, and I like it a lot. Kmail was good for a while, but I just grew bored of it. Evolution, I always had problems initially setting up my IMAP account. Could never get the mailboxes to show up, but after that, it wasn't always the most stable, as it would frequently crash on me. Ok, I'm ready for my chinese water torture! ;-) Terry Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 15:29, LeaAnne Kolp wrote: On Saturday 22 February 2003 11:30 pm, Yoel P. Krigsman wrote: You should try Evolution by Ximini. I had Evolution running on mine and it was better than outlook. I wanted something different so I switched to KMail :) Welcome to Linux! :) LeaAnne XIMIAN - sorry, didn't mean to correct your spelling - oh wait, YES I DID! (grin) Evo rocks KMail to death. Hate to start another emacs vs. vi war, but overall, especially in dealing with a productivity point of view, Evolution leaves KMail not just in the dust, but the gutter as well... (Go ahead y'all - flame me! I'll just start a Gnome vs. KDE thread or another emacs vs. vi thread - hehehhehehehe - very evil grin) Cheers! Happy Weekend! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 This email was composed on a 100% Microsoft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] LimeWire Problems
You need to also make sure that the path to j2re is in your ~/.bash_profile for it to work. My ~/.bash_profile has: PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/usr/java/j2re1.4.1_01/bin You definitely need Sun's j2re for it to work, and it won't work if you have kaffe installed as well. HTH, Terry Miark wrote: Which Java is installed? I think you need the j2re for it to work, which you can download from MandrakeClub. Miark On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 12:54:01 -0600 andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I just recently installed limewire, and when i tried executing the .bin (which it came in as), it came up with this message: [deek@localhost Documents]$ ./LimeWireLinux.bin Preparing to install... Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive... Configuring the installer for this system's environment... No Java virtual machine could be found from your PATH environment variable. You must install a VM prior to running this program. The thing is, I have Java VM installed, and I know for sure its working, it's just somehow not detecting its there. Any help? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Microsoft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing fonts in Mandrake Control Center (mcc) -TIP
I agree. That would definitely be a cool idea to have some of the other listers on here post some tips and tricks about Mandrake. I'd even like to see it become a mailing list all its own. It would greatly help us newbies, and perhaps even the experts as well. Here here! Terry Jerry Barton wrote: snip I think it would be cool to see some other tips other listers may have (posted under a new topic so that a search in the archive would find it... maybe starting with TIP: ) that they've found. I'm by no means a guru (or even a guru in training lol) just a normal person using Linux on my Desktop. I could sure benefit from it (and I'm sure others would too), and if no one has any objections, I'll occasionally post little tips I use. Just seems like a neat idea to share a little help that might not have been specifically asked about but is still very useful! I might even use my webserver to set up a site with TIP: topics from the list we could refer people too as well. What do you all think? Jerry. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Microsoft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Creating a GDM greeter theme
I was thinking of trying my hand at creating a GDM greeter theme. Anyone out there know of any websites that have some sort of HOW-TO on how to do this? Even a google search doesn't reveal anything. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks compadres! -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Microsoft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Starting apps on GNOME start?
How can I configure an app to run when I login to GNOME? I want to be able to run gkrellm when I login, without having to manually run it everytime. Thanks! -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Microsoft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Starting apps on GNOME start?
Thanks Jerry. Was starting to wonder if my posts were making it to the list. Hadn't had any responses to my last question. That did the trick! Terry Jerry Barton wrote: If you open the gnome control center (mandrake menu/configuration/gnome control center) then go to Advanced and the to Session click the Startup Programs tab and you can add them there. :0) Jerry -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Microsoft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] Wheel mouse and laptop?
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[newbie] Repost: MandrakeOnline?
Strange behavior .. nothing showed up in my last response. This is what it said: Hey Anne, I did post a question after that. It dealt with MandrakeOnline, and read: Is there a way to schedule a computer that's registered with MandrakeOnline to do updates earlier in the day than around midnight? Still a newbie when it comes to this command line stuff .. lol :-) -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Microsoft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] MandrakeOnline?
Pardon the newbieness g, Is there a way to schedule a computer that's registered with MandrakeOnline to do updates earlier in the day than around midnight? Still a newbie when it comes to this command line stuff .. lol :-) Thanks! Terry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Star Office beats me
Hey Anne, I'd like to give it a try. I use OO off and on, and haven't had any problems with stability with it. Terry Anne Wilson wrote: The spontaneous logouts were causing havoc in my file, as every backup was resulting in yet another corrupted file - at least that's what it looks like. I decided to split the file, reasoning that if I took out all the info about ImageMagic use it would halve the size of it :) All went well, and SOWriter was noticeably quicker in response as the file size went down, until they were both near equal size. I was cutting and pasting, so both had to be open at once. Then I hit real trouble. Both halves started behaving the same way. I gave up on Open Office last year because it seems so unstable, and this is exactly the same. Now I need to know whether it is the file that is the problem, or something here in my installation or hardware. Is anyone who uses SO or OOo willing to take one of the files and try to open it to see what happens? It doesn't seem to put any of your other files at risk. You would need to open it, navigate it a bit, copy and paste to an empty file, and so on, to see if it behaves. Anne 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] Xine - update
Anne, I've tried several different DVDs, none of which work. The problem I'm having is that when I run Xine, I don't even have the option of playing a DVD (on the GUI), just a VCD and a DVB (whatever that is). When I install the dvdnav package, I have the option of playing a DVD, but all it does is just open the DVD menu, all garbled and mangled, and refuses to play any of them. Terry Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 21 Jan 2003 2:56 pm, Terry Sheltra wrote: Am I missing something to be able to view DVDs? I'm so confused ... my brain hurts .. :-) Terry - have you tried several dvds? I can't see any of the Warner Bros dvds that I have, nor the Columbia one. I don't have many dvds, but I can see about half of them. Anne 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$soft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Xine - update
Hey Anne, Thanks for the reply. No, I don't mind an off-list post whatsoever, and welcome it. I read through the attachment you sent, and I was completely baffled by what it had to say. From what I could make of it, I do believe I have what is needed to play DVDs on my laptop (as I can play DVDs using Ogle or VideoLan), just not Xine. From what I've seen, Xine looks to be the best player out there, and I would love to give it a chance, if I could get it working. But alas, perhaps I was never meant to get Xine working. I still welcome any more suggestions to try and help me get over this very big hurdle. Thanks! :-) Terry Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 21 Jan 2003 3:44 pm, Terry Sheltra wrote: Terry Sheltra [EMAIL PROTECTED] Terry, I don't know whether you've come across this, or whether it will help. I hope you don't mind an off-list post, but I thought that with the attachment it was better this way. Anne -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Micro$soft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Xine - update
I don't know about you Anne, but when I installed Ogle, I had to download the Red Hat RPMs from Ogle's website. The plf ones wouldn't work after I installed them. It would just crash every time I tried to play a DVD. I also had problems with dependencies as well. It kept telling me that I needed to install libdvdcss (even though I had the libdvdcss2 RPM from plf like you). All I did was install the pkgs with the --nodeps switch, and it works just fine. Hope that helps somewhat, Terry Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 21 Jan 2003 4:49 pm, Pilagá wrote: Terry, as I have posted early, you need (only) this rpms: This are the files that I have installed (+ decss) xine_dmd_plugin1.0.7-1plf xine-dvdnav1-0.beta2.1plf xine-plugins1-0.beta2.1plf xine-win32 1-0.beta2.1plf xine-ui 0.9.17-1mdk libxine1 1-0.beta2.1plf And, of course, libdvdcss2-1.2.4-1plf Fool that I am, I can't leave anything alone. Yes I was missing libdvdcss2-1.2.4-1plf. So with high hopes I launched xine again. But meanwhile I had tried to install ogle, found it didn't work (presumably missing packages again) and uninstalled it. Now xine has stopped working again. Anne 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
Re: [newbie] Xine
Is this something that may have changed from the past? Even before when I tried to use Xine (and I couldn't get it working then either), when I would install the d4d or the d5d package, it showed up in the UI as an option. I'm in the same boat with this, all I get to choose from is VCD and DVB. Even using the MRL link, I can't get it to recognize a DVD, much les s play it. The only way I was able to get DVD to show up in the UI was to install the dvdnav package, but all it would do is play the intro of a DVD (garbled and mangled), and then show the DVD menu (all garbled and mangled). The only truly successful program I've been able to get working with any DVD is ogle. Even then, I wish more of the UI buttons worked (why no stop button??). I'm not giving up on Xine yet, and would love to get it working. Terry Len Lawrence wrote: On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 19:37:23 + Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just downloaded all the xine rpms I could get from plf.zarb.org. Then I tried xine. I seemto have installed a new copy of the ui, and this one only offers dvb and vcd - no dvd, so now I can't play anything. Do I need to uninstall everything I have on xine and start again from the install discs? If so, how can I avoid selecting the one that does the damage, since the plf packages will be listed amongs the mdk ones? My setup is Mandrake 8.2 with Mandrake and PLF sources for xine, and that works. If you have xine-dvdnav installed from the Mandrake CDs you could try xine -pq -s DVD dvdnav:// from the command line. (The -pq is optional.) Since xine is a multimedia player it needs some kind of clue about the medium you are accessing. That is where MRLs come in - Media Resource Locator(?). The gui does have a comprehensive setup panel but as far as I can see does not provide an option for specifying DVD play by default - dvb and vcd must be built in defaults. I always attach the above command to a GNOME panel icon. Maybe you can do the same in KDE or modify a menu entry. You probably don't need to uninstall anything either. Does that help? 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
Re: [newbie] Xine
Well, at least you can say you've seen it work :-) ... I'm curious now .. All of the people I've seen (that I recall) that have/had Xine working seem to have been overseas from me. Is there anyone here in the US that has Xine (mdk, plf RPMs, or even compiled .. I couldn't get the blasted thing to install after compiling) working? I'm starting to wonder if it's a locality thing now. Hey, I know it's far-fetched, but it's my turn to try grasping at straws :-) Anne Wilson wrote: On Monday 20 Jan 2003 1:49 pm, Terry Sheltra wrote: Is this something that may have changed from the past? Even before when I tried to use Xine (and I couldn't get it working then either), when I would install the d4d or the d5d package, it showed up in the UI as an option. I'm in the same boat with this, all I get to choose from is VCD and DVB. Even using the MRL link, I can't get it to recognize a DVD, much les s play it. The only way I was able to get DVD to show up in the UI was to install the dvdnav package, but all it would do is play the intro of a DVD (garbled and mangled), and then show the DVD menu (all garbled and mangled). The only truly successful program I've been able to get working with any DVD is ogle. Even then, I wish more of the UI buttons worked (why no stop button??). I'm not giving up on Xine yet, and would love to get it working. The xine package out of the box played the dvd movie disk I tried as a test, so I thought all was well. Then I tried a more modern film, and found that it didn't. At that point I went along to plf and downloaded all the plugins I could find, hoping that they would solve the problem. I think that was a big mistake, since it doesn't work at all now. Anne 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$soft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Xine - update
I ran that on my machine to see what would happen, and I got the following: [OUCH!!] no plugin directory (/usr/local/lib/xine/plugins/1.0.0) The plugin-directory doesn't exist. xine-config claims that there is a plugin directory at /usr/local/lib/xine/plugins/1.0.0. However, there is no such directory. You probably need to reinstall xine-lib. press enter to continue... I did some snooping, and found that the RPMs installed the plugins into /usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.0.0 .. What do I need to change to get Xine to see that my plugins are in a different place? Thanks! Terry Pilagá wrote: El Lun 20 Ene 2003 10:31, Anne Wilson escribió: Did that, but the result was the same error message. Under uninstall software I see the package xine-dvdnav-0.9.13-1mdk. Isn't that the plugin that it says it can't find? Anne Anne: As user (not root) run 'xine-check'. Suerte. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Micro$soft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] linux compatible PCI wireless card?
Noah, In response to your second question, yes, there is a big difference between 802.11a and 802.11b. If memory serves me correctly, 802.11a uses a different frequency (2.4 GHz if I remember correctly), and supports what is called a turbo mode to allow data transfer rates of up to 54 Mbps. The up-and-coming 802.11g standard will also take advantage of the fast transfer rates, but uses the same frequency as the 802.11b, and will therefore be backward-compatible. I'm sure if I'm mistaken about any of this, someone will be kind enough to correct me. On a related subject, can anyone recommend a USB wireless adapter that works with linux? I don't have any more free slots in my home computer. :-( Thanks! Terry Noah A Hicks wrote: Can anyone recommend a PCI wireless card that's compatible with linux? Is there a difference between 802.11a and 802.11b? Thanks for any tips. -Noah 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$soft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] linux compatible PCI wireless card?
Noah, Correction to my reply. 802.11a uses the 5 GHz range, and 802.11b/802.11g use the 2.4 GHz range. Terry Noah A Hicks wrote: Can anyone recommend a PCI wireless card that's compatible with linux? Is there a difference between 802.11a and 802.11b? Thanks for any tips. -Noah Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Micro$soft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Wheel mouse and laptop?
I was curious ... I have a Dell Latitude C610, and use a PS/2 wheel mouse while I'm at work. When I'm at home, I have to plug in a PS/2 mouse to use. If I try to use the glidepad, the mouse behaves VERY erratically (i.e. it clicks for no apparent reason, pointer seems to camp out in the lower left corner). Any suggestions on how I may go about remedying the situation? Things work well if I change my mouse to say just a generic PS/2 mouse, but I would love to keep the wheel funtion if I'm able to. Thanks! -- 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
Re: [newbie] mplayer gui
Len, Thanks for all of your help. I now have mplayer working (sort of), AND keeping my settings! :-) What isn't quite working yet is the audio. I put in a DVD that we have lying around here at the office (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), and the movie started to play. I didn't get the DVD navigation menu like I had expected (is there a separate package for this? or does mplayer not even support it?), and the audio track was that of the director's commentary, and not the movie audio track. How can I go about fixing these? Thanks again Len! :-) Len Lawrence wrote: On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 09:14:46 -0500 Sorry to hear that you are having so much difficulty with these applications. Each newer version of these multimedia programs seems to get more difficult to install and get running but that is the price you pay for greater functionality and improved performance. Ogle always seems to be easier to manage, but its gui is not fully functional - several dead buttons. I installed Mandrake's xine from the 8.2 download CDs so kindly provided by Shane and had endless trouble trying to get it going by downloading RPMs and doing rpm -ivh installs. Urpmi certainly makes life easier and so does PLF. Needless to say I cannot remember exactly what the prescription was for xine but it involved libxine, xine-gui, win32 codecs and xine-plugins. Have you tried invoking it with the command xine -s DVD dvdnav:// or xine -pq -s DVD dvdnav:// to play immediately and quit when finished? There are other things to check like the settings in ~/.xinerc and the rawdevices service (which is probably running by default) and /dev/dvd. Then there are the skins - haven't sorted that one out yet. The same goes for mplayer. Poked around on the PLF site to see what was available and, like you, downloaded several packages. Had trouble choosing a video driver but x11 worked. If your settings don't stick maybe you need to create a ~/.mplayer/config file (copy from /etc/mplayer.conf perhaps?). It works on DVDs for me with mplayer -dvd 1 (or 2 or 3...). Also, there is a short tutorial on the net about getting DVDs to play under one or other of these applications, reported on this list very recently: http://www.trylinuxsd.com/dvd/ Maybe you have already seen that. Sorry if this does not help. I have been shooting in the dark a lot lately. -- 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
Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC
Pardon the total newbieness :-), but I can seem to configure X-chat correctly to connect to irc.freenode.net .. I put in the server name, gave myself a nickname, and when i try to connect, I get the following: --- Connecting to sterling.freenode.net (212.204.214.114) port 6667.. --- Connected. Now logging in.. --- AUTH :*** Looking up your hostname... --- AUTH :*** Found your hostname, welcome back --- AUTH :*** Checking ident --- AUTH :*** No identd (auth) response --- Closing Link: ts (Bad user info) --- Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). Is there something else I need to do that I'm not doing? Thanks! Terry mike wrote: On Wednesday 08 January 2003 10:26 pm, you wrote: Is this besides the #mandrake channel on irc.freenode.net ? Michael Actually there is a channel on Freenode called #mandrake-offtopic that might be most appropriate for off topic chat.I am there now and it could use some provocation. 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$soft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC
Brandon, Thanks for the response. What I entered into the server setting was the generic irc.freenode.net .. I've seen it connect to several different servers within the freenode.net group, each one of them giving me the same message. Even typing in one of the servers directly results in the same thing. Any other suggestions? Thanks! Terry Brandon Vanderberg wrote: Some servers require an ident response (see pidentd) for access. But before looking at that, I'd try a different server. If you still have trouble, feel free to contact me via email directly, and I'll do whatever I can to help. ~Brandon -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Micro$soft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Regarding off-toppic chit-chats: IRC
I sure jumped the gun on that one!! :-) Thanks for the pointer Brandon. I checked my 'puter, and sho' nuff, I didn't have pidentd installed. So, I installed that, and now it works! Now I can go play with the other boys and girls! ;-) Thanks again! Terry Terry Sheltra wrote: Brandon, Thanks for the response. What I entered into the server setting was the generic irc.freenode.net .. I've seen it connect to several different servers within the freenode.net group, each one of them giving me the same message. Even typing in one of the servers directly results in the same thing. Any other suggestions? Thanks! Terry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Lets help get some linux drivers.
I would like to get everyone's two cents worth about this. I am curious to know what everyone thinks. Now that Apple has OS X (which is Unix-based), will drivers for hardware start to become more readily available as hardware manufacturers start to make drivers for OS X? Would it be easier to create a Linux driver from a OS X driver, since the two OS's are much closer than Linux and Window$? I know I am probably going to open up a whole great big can of worms with this, but I am curious if things will start to change a little for the better. Thanks! Terry Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 18:26, Franki wrote: OK, we are starting to get a list together.. I just added Canon 1220U to the list, because its not listed at Sane at all... Neither is my Powershot 600 (old digital camera) working under linux... Canon seem to have very few supported anything on linux. who eles?? Logitech QuikCam /WebCam (all models that are USB) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Micro$soft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] GNOME 2.0.1 Desktop Theme
Mike, You might also want to try http://art.gnome.org They have quite a few themes available for GNOME 2.x, including Metacity themes, Nautilus themes, Sawfish themes, etc. Terry Mike M wrote: I want for my desktop to look like the one shown at: http://images.mandrakesoft.com/img/screenshots/90scr3.png Anyone know of the theme installed there? I can't find it anywhere on freshmeat. Also looking for cool dark themes. :) -Ak = - --From the messy desk of me. --CEO Exolision Software --http://www.exolision.com (Soon to come.) __ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 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
Re: [newbie] Limewire installation
Aaron, The file that contains the path isn't the ~/.bashrc .. it's the ~/.bash_profile file. Add the path to the java executable, and you should be all set. Terry Aaron wrote: Hi I also have the problem but no Kaffe on my system to uninstall. Funny thing is when I checked my .bashrc it had no path info. In MD 9.0 is this stored somewhere else or what??? what should I put in my .bashrc do I need a JAVAHOME or something like it, I vaguely remember with an earlier dist I had to set it or maybe java did it as part of the install script. Thanks Aaron On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 15:42, Terry Sheltra wrote: Miark, Have you checked to make sure that Kaffe wasn't installed as well, and that in your ~/.bash_profile, you have the path to your j2re java executable? I had a similar problem to this, and for me, it turned out to be Kaffe. As soon as I uninstalled Kaffe, I was able to install Limewire. Let me know if you get it working. I have another problem with Limewire that I am unable to figure out. Thanks! Terry Miark wrote: Anybody been able to do install Limewire 2.7 successfully? I get a bunch of errors. I'm running j2re 1.4 from Mandrake Club. The error: Preparing to install... Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive... Configuring the installer for this system's environment... Launching installer... Error: Unrecognized JVM specific option `-Xmx100331648'. Error: Unrecognized JVM specific option `-Xms16777216'. Invocation of this Java Application has caused an InvocationTargetException. This application will now exit. (LAX) Stack Trace: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: ZeroGd9 at ZeroGed.a(source file unknown:line unknown, pc 0x864382a) at ZeroGee.init(source file unknown:line unknown, pc 0x86c5d73) at ZeroGed.init(source file unknown:line unknown, pc 0x8224452) at ZeroGdv.a(source file unknown:line unknown, pc 0x85f3717) at com.zerog.ia.installer.Main.a(source file unknown:line unknown, pc 0x868f8f1) at com.zerog.ia.installer.Main.c(source file unknown:line unknown, pc 0x86701ac) at com.zerog.ia.installer.Main.main(source file unknown:line unknown, pc 0x8333ac2) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke0(Method.java:native) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:256) at com.zerog.lax.LAX.launch(source file unknown:line unknown, pc 0x82ba9d6) at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(source file unknown:line unknown, pc 0x82623ed) Miark 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 -- 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$soft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] detachable menus in gnome
I haven't tried it to see if it works. I did try to do the tip about the transparent panels, but got far too complex for me to deal with (I'm still fairly new in the Linux world), so I decided not to mess with things, and leave them as they are. Perhaps someone else out there has gotten things working with it, and can help shed some light on it for you. Terry Paul Rodriguez wrote: Hi, terry. I tried this, but it didn't work. Is it working for you? - Paul On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 14:29, Terry Sheltra wrote: Paul, If you go to the website: http://art.gnome.org Under the tips section (I believe), there is an walkthrough explaining just that. Terry Paul Rodriguez wrote: Anybody know how I can get the menus to be detachable in Gnome? - Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Micro$soft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] detachable menus in gnome
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
Re: [newbie] Network printing with CUPS
Ron, They can most certainly print to the printers I have on my linux laptop. In fact, one of the printers I have installed, they cannot print to it UNLESS they go through my machine! :-) The printers I am printing to are all HP network printers: LaserJet 5000, LaserJet 2100, Color LaserJet 8500, and a DesignJet 1055CM. Thanks for the suggestion. I will definitely give it a try and see if it works. Terry Ron Bouwhuis wrote: --- Terry Sheltra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, I have a very strange problem here at work. I have my laptop set up with LM 9.0, and using CUPS to print to our Window$ domain print server. We also have some mac OS X machines around that seem to be picking up the printers I have installed on my laptop (my laptop is apparently broacasting my available printers on the network, and since OS X uses CUPS for printing, it picks them up, not like window$). Essentially, they are using me to relay the print jobs to the print server, instead of going to the print server themselves. Anyone have any idea what could be causing this, and how I can turn it off? Thanks! -- Terry Sheltra Terry, In /etc/cups/cupsd.conf I believe you can control which IP addresses you can broadcast to. Out or curiosity - can the Macs successfully print via your system? If so, let me know what printer(s) you have (I'm trying to get a new Mac to print reliably to my Linux CUPS printer - works sort of). Ron. __ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos More http://faith.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Micro$soft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Universal solid state card readers
Anne, The one I purchased was the Sandisk ImageMate Flash Memory Card Combo Reader (part # SDDR7707) from Circuit City. It costs $29.99 US. Like I said, I can get both of them to work separately, but not in conjunction, but other than that, it works just fine for me. Terry Anne Wilson wrote: I'd given up hope on this. Please tell me what model, and where you bought it? I haven't been able to source one at all. For the moment I've got the camera working on gPhoto - adequate, but slow. Anne On Tuesday 08 Oct 2002 2:41 pm, you wrote: Anne, Sorry about the extremely late reply to your question about this, but I did purchase one of those SmartMedia/Compact Flash readers, and I have been able to use both of them just fine. The only thing I can't do is read from both at once, or copy back and forth between them. Which, for me, is no problem at all, since I have no need to. Other than that, it works like a charm. Hope that helps some. Terry Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 12 Sep 2002 9:37 pm, you wrote: I was told before I bought my SmartMedia-only reader that the multi-readers don't work well in Linux, if at all. I was looking at one in particular that read SmartMedia, IBM microdrives, and FlashCards, and the tech people at the company told me that their Linux gurus couldn't get it to work in Linux. YMMV. I have a CF/SM reader, and there appears to be no way of getting it to work, so I decided to try to get a single SM reader. The only ones I could see mentioned as working with Linux were on the Sandisk website. The link to direct sales didn't work, so I tried a couple of the vendors listed. They did not answer my email. Yesterday, after nearly 2 weeks I got a reply from Sandisk saying quote At this time we only have CompactFlash and MMC/SD readers that work on Linux endquote So now I have to wonder whether I can get my Camedia working on gPhoto (it's serial linked) or whether I would have more success with a new USB camera. Anne 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
Re: [newbie] start VNC client
Stupid question :-) .. What's the command to start a Gnome session instead of a KDE one? I thought it was gnome-session, but when I added that line to the ~/.vnc/xstartup file, it still started KDE. Thanks! Terry Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 01 Oct 2002 2:18 pm, Schepens, Ronny wrote: Hello again, extra problem I get the linux screen (vnc server) on a w2000 workstation (vnc client), but : only some kind of initial background, not the full Xwindows, only the X mouse cursur witch i can move, but with notthing to do. ( no icons, no prompt ... ) please Thanks Ronny Schepens edit ~/.vnc/xstartup and put a command at the end to start the window manager of your choice. For example kde HTH derek 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$soft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] application/x-director
Shockwave is not supported by Linux web browsers. To be able to view a Shockwave-enabled app or website, you'll need to get a 3rd party product to allow these Window$-only apps. I would highly recommend Crossover Plugin from Codeweavers (http://www.codeweavers.com). It's not free, but is well worth the $20 US price tag in my book. HTH, Terry Kristjan wrote: Hi can anybody advise howto properly install shockwave player and also where to get it. I have downloaded the player from macromedia site and it plays well flash, but not shockwave. application/x-director needed is a message pops up whenever a shocwave is needed Kristjan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Micro$soft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Universal solid state card readers
Anne, Sorry about the extremely late reply to your question about this, but I did purchase one of those SmartMedia/Compact Flash readers, and I have been able to use both of them just fine. The only thing I can't do is read from both at once, or copy back and forth between them. Which, for me, is no problem at all, since I have no need to. Other than that, it works like a charm. Hope that helps some. Terry Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 12 Sep 2002 9:37 pm, you wrote: I was told before I bought my SmartMedia-only reader that the multi-readers don't work well in Linux, if at all. I was looking at one in particular that read SmartMedia, IBM microdrives, and FlashCards, and the tech people at the company told me that their Linux gurus couldn't get it to work in Linux. YMMV. I have a CF/SM reader, and there appears to be no way of getting it to work, so I decided to try to get a single SM reader. The only ones I could see mentioned as working with Linux were on the Sandisk website. The link to direct sales didn't work, so I tried a couple of the vendors listed. They did not answer my email. Yesterday, after nearly 2 weeks I got a reply from Sandisk saying quote At this time we only have CompactFlash and MMC/SD readers that work on Linux endquote So now I have to wonder whether I can get my Camedia working on gPhoto (it's serial linked) or whether I would have more success with a new USB camera. Anne 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$soft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Network printing with CUPS
Hello all, I have a very strange problem here at work. I have my laptop set up with LM 9.0, and using CUPS to print to our Window$ domain print server. We also have some mac OS X machines around that seem to be picking up the printers I have installed on my laptop (my laptop is apparently broacasting my available printers on the network, and since OS X uses CUPS for printing, it picks them up, not like window$). Essentially, they are using me to relay the print jobs to the print server, instead of going to the print server themselves. Anyone have any idea what could be causing this, and how I can turn it off? Thanks! -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Micro$soft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Customizing themes in Gnome 2.x?
Good day all, I'm having problems trying to customize the look of my Gnome 2.x session. I am able to use the metacity themes that come preloaded with LM 9.0RC2, but can not install any new ones that will work properly. The ones I download from places like themes.freshmeat.net or www.sunshineinabag.co.uk, don't come with the same directory structure as the preloaded ones. When I try to add them, they don't show up on the list of available themes. If I do go and change the directory structure around, it will show up in the themes list, but when I click to use that theme, it will not work. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks! -- 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$soft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake and USB Hubs
Ok, to try this for a 4th time ... hopefully the list will post it this time .. lol I have a USB 250 MB zip drive and a SanDisk Imagemate Compact Flash reader. Both work just fine when I plug them into the USB port on my laptop. Since I use both of them fairly often, I bought a USB hub to connect both at the same time. When I connect them, only the zip drive will work, and the reader will not, no matter what I try. The zip drive is set as supermount, and the reader I mount manually, so when I try to mount the reader using: mount /dev/sda1 It returns that the device does not exist. I can use USBView and see that both devices are there, but cannot access it, only the zip drive. The entries in my /etc/fstab file are as follows: none /mnt/zip supermount dev=/dev/sda4,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/media vfat rw,nosuid,noauto,user,nodev 0 0 Any suggestions on what's wrong? I am running LM 9.0 beta 4 if it makes any difference. Thanks in advance! -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Micro$soft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake and USB Hubs
My apologies to the list if this was received a few times. I still have yet to recieve any of my previous posts I made. If anyone does have a solution to this, please let me know. Thanks in advance! Carry on! :-) Terry Joseph Braddock wrote: I don't know the answer to your problem, but attempts 2 through 4 have all made it to the list. Joe On Mon, 02 Sep 2002 18:42:06 -0400 Terry Sheltra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, to try this for a 4th time ... hopefully the list will post it this time .. lol I have a USB 250 MB zip drive and a SanDisk Imagemate Compact Flash reader. Both work just fine when I plug them into the USB port on my laptop. Since I use both of them fairly often, I bought a USB hub to connect both at the same time. When I connect them, only the zip drive will work, and the reader will not, no matter what I try. The zip drive is set as supermount, and the reader I mount manually, so when I try to mount the reader using: mount /dev/sda1 It returns that the device does not exist. I can use USBView and see that both devices are there, but cannot access it, only the zip drive. The entries in my /etc/fstab file are as follows: none /mnt/zip supermount dev=/dev/sda4,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/media vfat rw,nosuid,noauto,user,nodev 0 0 Any suggestions on what's wrong? I am running LM 9.0 beta 4 if it makes any difference. Thanks in advance! -- 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$soft-free PC -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Micro$soft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] USB and LM 9.0 beta 2?
Anyone running LM 9.0b2 and having problems with USB devices? I can not seem to get Mandrake to recognize my USB port on my laptop, and would like to use my Zip drive. I have the port enabled in BIOS, and this is what my /etc/modules.conf says: probeall usb-interface usb-ochi usb-storage Even if I change to usb-uchi, or add any of the modules to /etc/modules, it fails to recognize the USB port. I even tried adding usb-storage to /etc/modules, and on boot, it fails to load the usb-storage module. Anyone have any suggestions or ideas? I've reached the limit of my Linux knowledge. Thanks! -- 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% Microsoft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] A program to automagically change the wallpaper?
Hey all, I've seen these kind of programs on both Window$ and Macs, and wanted to know if there were any linux equivalents that automatically change your desktop wallpaper after a predetermined period of time. For me, one that would run in Gnome 2.x would be best since that is what I'm running. Thanks! -- 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% Microsoft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] A program to automagically change the wallpaper?
I think you are right about KDE, but with Gnome 2.x, I don't see any kind of option like that. All I can do is choose the background I want, and whether or not I want to include some kind of coloring with it. If I am looking in the wrong place, where else should I be looking? Terry On Tuesday 20 August 2002 11:00 am, daRcmaTTeR wrote: Hi Terry, Last I looked I believe both KDE and Gnome would randomly alternate your desktop wallpaper. -- 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% Microsoft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Installing RPMs on 9.0 Beta 2
I have a stupid question .. :-) I have noticed that rpmdrake has been completely redone, and am now thorougly confused about manually installing packages that I download from the internet. Before, all I would have to do is tell Mozilla or Netscape to run /usr/bin/rpminst, but now that doesn't work. I tried to add a local directory using the new Edit Software Sources tool, but can't figure out the syntax of what I need to add to properly configure it as a source. The first two boxes are simple enough (a name, and the path of the directory), but the third box is confusing me (Relative path to synthesis/hdlist). What the heck is that?? Ok, now that I've thoroughly confused everyone g, here are my questions: 1. Is there a way to run the rpm installer program like I used to from Mozilla or Netscape (a la /usr/bin/rpminst)? 2. How do I properly add a local directory as a source to rpmdrake? Thanks! -- 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% Microsoft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Fwd: [newbie] Problem with LM 9.0
Civileme, Don't know if you saw this or not, but you being an all-powerful and all-knowing Mandrake guru, perhaps you could suggest a solution to this dilema? Much appreciated! Terry -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: [newbie] Problem with LM 9.0 Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 21:27:03 -0400 From: Terry Sheltra [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anyone else that has installed 9.0 beta having major problems running the Control Center? I can't run it at all from the menu, and can only run it via console as root. Once I do that, it shows up, but nothing works properly in it. Some of the apps completely lock up Control Center (I can't configure my network settings at all with it), and the others will run, but nothing will show up unless i switch to another window, and then switch back to the console. Any suggestions? Thanks! Terry --- -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/eNetwork Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 Written on a 100% Microsoft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Problem with LM 9.0
Anyone else that has installed 9.0 beta having major problems running the Control Center? I can't run it at all from the menu, and can only run it via console as root. Once I do that, it shows up, but nothing works properly in it. Some of the apps completely lock up Control Center (I can't configure my network settings at all with it), and the others will run, but nothing will show up unless i switch to another window, and then switch back to the console. Any suggestions? Thanks! Terry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Komba2
Another simple question .. Does Komba allow a user to delete files from a network share after mounting it? I tried to use it to delete some network shares, but it would not allow me, saying nothing but Could not remove directory directory If I try to drag it to the trash, I am able to, but it seems to only create a link, and only deletes the link, leaving the original share there untouched. -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Komba2
Shane, I am trying to connect to a window$ 2000 domain, in which I have both an account as well as domain admin rights. I am able to connect to the shares just fine, and can copy and execute things as I wish, just not delete anything. Terry On Tuesday 23 July 2002 03:57 pm, shane wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 23 July 2002 8:13 am, Terry Sheltra did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: Another simple question .. Does Komba allow a user to delete files from a network share after mounting it? I tried to use it to delete some network shares, but it would not allow me, saying nothing but Could not remove directory directory it does if you rights to it. you might need to right click the share and supply a username password. if you were accessing it with no name/password you might want to change it so others can't read your drive. what OS is on the machine you are connecting to? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] CDDB access from XMMS?
Ok, now for a simple question from me .. :-) Is XMMS able to get CD track info from the CDDB databases on the web? If so, how do I configure it to? Do I need a plugin? Thanks! -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CDDB access from XMMS?
Thanks Derek and Sevatio for helping me. XMMS looks MUCH better when it shows the CD title and track info as opposed to Track #1, Track #2, etc Terry On Monday 22 July 2002 05:49 pm, Sevatio wrote: Terry Sheltra wrote: Ok, now for a simple question from me .. :-) Is XMMS able to get CD track info from the CDDB databases on the web? If so, how do I configure it to? Do I need a plugin? Thanks! Yes! -Preferences - Audio I/O Plugins tab - CD Reader Configuration server: freedb.org port:888 cgi path: /~cddb/cddb.cgi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] yahoo messenger having problems ...
Actually Damian, yahoo has very recently released a new version of its messenger software for Linux to make it look more like the other platform versions (I believe it was released sometime last month, but not quite sure). They even have a Mandrake specific RPM available for download on the website. Finally someone at yahoo is starting to see the importance of Linux and is finally doing something about catching it up with the other platforms. Now if only they will make it work for chat rooms and webcam support ... :-) Terry On Sunday 21 July 2002 07:27 pm, Damian G wrote: uhmm.. why don't you try gaim to connect to your yahoo messenger? i've been told that the yahoo messenger client for linux hasn't been updated in a very long time... gaim may prove better. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 3Com USR Modem Installation
Joe, I can help with the first part of what you need to do. At the bottom of the screen on the panel (ala Window$ taskbar), you should see an icon shaped like a house. This will open up a Konqueror window in your home directory (/home/username). In the Konqueror window, look for the View menu, and in that menu you will find the option Show Hidden Files. You should see the number of icons in your home directory grow very rapidly. You will see lots of folders and files beginning with a period (.), indicating hidden files and folders. From there, just continue on with Derek's recommendations, and you should be on your way. Hope that helps. Terry On Wednesday 17 July 2002 09:09 am, Joe Harkins wrote: Derek, I appreciate the advice. Based upon the certainty with which you state it, it appears you know what I need to do. But I am not able to follow the instructions without more details. Please understand that I am humbled by all these new Linux terms and concepts. I started using a computer some 20 years ago when everything was either DOS or Apple or TRS-80. I am now encountering the same frustration with the learning curve for Linux. And I have a greater appreciation for the problems facing those I try to teach how to use a Windows machines. What seems simple and obvious to me is not simple and obvious to them. Having said that, please address the following questions? At 10:05 PM 7/16/2002 +0100, you wrote: 1/ In konqueror enable viewing of Hidden Files ViewShow hidden I'm stuck right there. I have looked and looked but do not find any menu that says ViewShow Hidden. Can you be more specific as to how to get to it? For example, let's say I have the desktop displayed. The K icon is in the lower left corner (that's Konqueror, right?). I click on it and that displays a long menu. What do I click on next to get to this function? Navigate in your home directory to .kde/share/config After the previous step, will .kde/share/config be in the same menu or are there intermediate steps to get to it? Right click on kmailrc and select an editor If there is more than one editor, which is most likely to be easiest for me to understand and use? 2/ Edit out the offending account, adjust the account numbers and save. When you say edit out shall I assume you mean delete? Or am I modifying something? I already have seen enough of Linux to anticipate that I probably will not know what file name or extension I am looking for. Can you be more specific? As for adjust the account numbers, does that mean that there will be a prompt of some sort? iIf not how will I recognize what needs adjustment and how will i do that? It will now be gone... If you simply cannot get it to work just delete the file. the? file. Can you tell me what that file name is? I don't doubt there will be many to choose from. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Nightmare with 2 things .. help!
ok, Mandrake is starting to give me nightmares. I am having 2 problems that I can not seem to fix. 1.) Mandrake absolutely refuses to keep the clock sync'd with the hardware clock. It always loses 4 hours, and when I shut the machine down, it THEN syncs with the hardware clock, forcing me to update the BIOS to the correct time every time I boot up the machine. 2.) Software Manager has just decided that I didn't need CDs 1 and 2 on my source list, and deleted the entries for them. How can I get them back? Any help would be most appreciated! Thanks in advance! -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Anyone use Hancom Office?
Nope, I still haven't gotten it to print yet. I cannot find any way to set up a printer with it. I wonder if it is one of the things conveniently left out of the evaluation version of it. Terry On Tuesday 16 July 2002 01:44 am, you wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 sorry i somehow missed this email. i do indeed use it from time to time but have never printed from it. did you solve the trouble? if not i will try printing and let you know how it goes. On Monday 08 July 2002 01:40 pm, Terry Sheltra did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: Anyone use Hancom Office? I just recently downloaded the demo version to try out, and I love it so far. The only problem I am having is trying to print out a document. Does the demo version allow this? If so, how does one configure it to use a printer? I try to print, but cannot select any kind of printer that I have setup in KDE, and also cannot seem to find how to tell it to use something like XPP instead. It seems to go through the motions of printing, but does not. I went to Hancom's website, but cannot find any contact information or any mailing lists to try searching. Any suggestions would be most appreciated. - -- The linux philosophy is laugh in the face of danger. Oops. Wrong one. 'Do it yourself.' That's it. -L. Torvalds shane Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] problems with /etc/fstab
Guess it would be somewhat beneficial to include something like that, wouldn't it? :-) Here is my /etc/fstab file (the names have been changed to protect the innocent .. g): - /dev/hda1 / ext3 noatime 1 1 - none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 - none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 - /dev/hda6 /home ext3 noatime 1 2 - /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 - /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 - network:/dir /mnt/mount nfs user,timeo=3,ro,soft,bg,intr 0 0 - network:/dir2 /mnt/mount2 nfs ro,soft,bg,timeo=3,intr 0 0 - /mnt/zip /mnt/zip supermount dev=/dev/sda4,fs=auto,exec,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0 - none /proc proc defaults 0 0 - none /tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0 - /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 The network entries that I added are based on what their webpage says on how to mount them. These are on a UNIX system. Anything look suspicious? Thanks! Terry On Saturday 13 July 2002 06:26, you wrote: You didn't display your fstab enties here so unable to judge them. One thing you do not mention is having created the relevent directories in /mnt for each of the items listed here, and named as such in fstab. I take it NFS directories are NTFS partitions. John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] problems with /etc/fstab
Thanks to everyone that helped me with my USB 250MB zip drive. Unfortunately, it didn't work automagically as I had hoped, so I had to make a manual entry in my /etc/fstab file. Which leads me to my small problem. I have 3 entries that I manually added to /etc/fstab to mount 2 NFS directories, and my zip drive. Every time I boot my machine, it fails to mount these 3 things. However, once the machine is booted up, I can su in a console, and manually mount them using: mount -a Anyone have an idea? I thought that maybe it had something to do with my using a wireless network card (Cisco Aironet 352) as opposed to the built-in network port, but things worked fine for a couple of days when I first made the 2 NFS entries. As always, any help would be appreciated. Thanks! -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] USB 250 Zip Drive and Linux?
I've read somewhere that USB 250MB Zip drives do not work with Linux. Is this true? If not, what do I need to do to get it working? Thanks! -- Terry Sheltra Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] small KDE3.02 problem
I've had that problem as well with KDE 3.0.1. What I did to try and fix it was to right-click on the konsole icon, select preferences, and under the execute tab, place a blank space (hit the space bar) between the word konsole and -nofxt. For me, that would work sometimes, but KDE would sometimes revert it back. Other times, I would just recreate the icon on the panel manually, and it seemed to work more pemanently. Hope that helps. Terry On Tuesday 09 July 2002 12:26, LtCdData wrote: hi i installed KDE3.02 most things seem ok except everytime i close a konsole i get a popup error KDEInit could not launch 'konsole-noxft' i just click the ok button..but how can i fix this ?? cheerz David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Ksplash/ML and KDE 3.0.2
I just upgraded to KDE 3.0.2 from 3.0.1, and now the KSplash/ML splash screen does not work. It defaults to the standard splash screen, even though I can see the configuration for KSplash/ML in the control panel. Any ideas what got messed up? Thanks! -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Anyone use Hancom Office?
Hi all, Anyone use Hancom Office? I just recently downloaded the demo version to try out, and I love it so far. The only problem I am having is trying to print out a document. Does the demo version allow this? If so, how does one configure it to use a printer? I try to print, but cannot select any kind of printer that I have setup in KDE, and also cannot seem to find how to tell it to use something like XPP instead. It seems to go through the motions of printing, but does not. I went to Hancom's website, but cannot find any contact information or any mailing lists to try searching. Any suggestions would be most appreciated. Thanks! -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.0.1
Thanks for the help Paul! That did the trick. Thanks to everyone who helped me out with this. Terry On Thursday 27 June 2002 08:45 pm, Paul Kaplan wrote: On Thursday 27 June 2002 10:47 am, Terry Sheltra wrote: Hi all, I've just installed KDE 3.x on my LM 8.2 machine, and am coming across a minor annoyance I wish to try and correct. Every time I login in to my machine in KDM and start KDE, it always goes through the configuration wizard for KDE, as if I'm running it for the first time. I already have made my settings the first time I ran it, so I just click to quit the wizard and keep my current settings. Is there a way to tell KDE that I've already done this and not to show me the wizard anymore? Thanks! Terry Find the file .kde3/share/config/kpersonalizerrc in your local directory. Add the line FirstLogin=false That did the trick for me. (I ran across this on Mandrake Forum shortly after kde3 was released.) Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Netscape plugins
Do you have your path to Netscape 6 set up properly? From what I remember, Netscape 6 installs into a different location than Netscape 4.x did. I would double check on where it is located, then run the Crossover setup program, and under the General tab, change the location to where the Netscape 6 plugins folder is located. Also make sure you have write privileges in the plugins folder for Netscape. HTH, Terry On Wed, 2002-06-26 at 18:40, tom brinkman wrote: On Wednesday 26 June 2002 02:01 pm, Marcia wrote: Dear All, I downloaded and installed Crossover demo plugin and installed Quicktime, iPIX and a few other helpers, but my Netscape6 does not know they are there. They are properly installed and activated and I tried to add them to the helper application menu in Netscape preferences as suggested but nothing is working. I have LM8.2 and supposedly the plugger from Netscape is installed but is not working for me either. Any suggestions? Keep in mind you're tryin to use a proprietary Apple Mac app, ported to Winblows, but tryin to run it on a Linux system. That said, go ahead and buy the Crossover plugin, the developers deserve the contribution. I've tried 3 ways of playin QT movies. o Codewavers (the Crossover people's) free rendition of wine. Works pretty well runnin QT5 from Win98. Sound really sux. BUT Codeweaver's wine is still probly the best wine effort to use other Winwoes apps. o Codeweaver's Crossover plugin. No nag screen, IME works better than the demo. Sound is good, a few intermittent drops with a sound chip that's not recomended for this use (AC97). Only problem is the shortcommings of Quicktime player itself. Works very well with Galeon, Mozilla, or Konqueror. I haven't bothered with Nutscrape in quite some time. o Xine. The latest xine-ui-0.9.12-1mdk, libxine0-0.9.12-1mdk plays QT movies better than QT5 runnin under Windoze or Crossover, ... video wise, I've yet to get the sound workin. OtOH, it's the solution I like, 'cause .mov's can be played multiply, full sreen from the CL. No need to to start the plugin or player for each separate movie as with the Winsux or Crossover players. I've got CD's of QT movies that play for many many hours ; http://xine.sourceforge.net/ (btw, they're seeking contributions also). So, IMO, your best bet for playin QT from a browser (other than Nutscrape) is to use Crossover. Better for playin stored .mov's is Xine. The QT on Linux situation has come a long way recently, expect even more shortly. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas 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: Fwd: Re: [newbie] Problems with Win4Lin and Acrobat Reader 5
Abiword is not installed on my machine, and switching anti-aliased fonts in KDE has no effect. I wish NeTraverse had a phone # to call for tech support. They haven't answered me back in almost a week now. grrr.. Thanks to all who are trying to help me. Terry On Sun, 2002-06-23 at 18:06, civileme wrote: Derek Jennings wrote: -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [newbie] Problems with Win4Lin and Acrobat Reader 5 Date: 23 Jun 2002 03:01:32 -0400 From: Terry Sheltra [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for the replies that I've gotten .. both Win4Lin and Acrobat 5 are run natively, not within one another. I've also come across something strange. When I use either of these apps in KDE, I can't read the menus, but if I switch to GNOME, they become readable. Is there something wrong with KDE that's not displaying the font correctly? Thanks! Terry On Sat, 2002-06-22 at 16:13, Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 22 June 2002 07:51, Terry Sheltra wrote: Perhaps I should have been a little more specific in describing my problem. Both of these apps work just fine on my computer, except for the font that is used to display the menu items (the FILE menu, the EDIT menu, etc.). All that shows up is a bunch of rectangles where the words should be. The font within these apps are ok, it's the apps themselves that are experiencing the problem. I even wiped out my hard drive again and installed from scratch, and still have this problem. I tried to install every font-related package I could dig up on the CD, but still it isn't working. Windows is not natively on this computer, other than Win4Lin. My laptop is 100% linux-driven. While Win4Lin doesn't quite bother me so much, it DOES make it very difficult to use Acrobat Reader 5 when I can't read any of the drop-down menus. Any suggestions anyone? Only that Acrobat 5 is now available as a native Linux application so unless you have a pressing need to use Acrobat5 in Win4lin. Acrobat5 is available from Mandrake Club, and I guess buried somewhere on the Adobe download area. derek 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 How is anti-aliasing set in KDE? Try the opposite setting. Also do you have AbiWord installed? It was kept out of the download edition because it messes up fonts system-wide. Civileme 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] Problems with Win4Lin and Acrobat Reader 5
Hi all .. I am having problems with these applications .. when I run either of these apps (and I'm assuming there are probably more, but don't know for certain), the text used for the menus (file, edit, etc.) shows up as a bunch of rectangles .. no letters whatsoever. I tried installing every font I could find on the CD, but to no avail. Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this problem? I even tried wiping out the hard drive and reinstalling LM 8.2, and even that didn't help any. Thanks! Terry S. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] StarOffice
Yas, You can go to http://www.sun.com/staroffice or you can visit http://www.openoffice.org and download OpenOffice 6.0 for free. From what I've seen and heard, OpenOffice is no different than StarOffice, just that it's free. HTH, Terry On Thu, 2002-05-30 at 08:41, MELEAN Yasmin wrote: Hi, anybody knows where I can download Staroffice? Or now I can get only if I pay? Thanks Yas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Trouble still w/CUPS and Samba
Never mind folks, I was able to get things working on my own (finally!) .. what I needed to do was to use the format: smb://name:password@domain/server/queue and all was well .. not the most secure way to do printing in the domain, but at least it's working .. unless someone can suggest another way of doing the same thing .. thanks to all that offered suggestions! Terry On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 14:43, Terry S. wrote: I am having trouble printing from my Mandrake 8.2 laptop using CUPS 1.1.14 and samba 2.2.3a .. Our domain printers are managed by some printer accounting software that will not allow anyone outside of the domain to print to our printers. I was able to successfully add my Linux box to our domain, but can not get CUPS to work with the printers. Using the localhost webpage, I am able to add a printer (although I'm not quite sure how to correctly type in the path to the printer .. have tried smb://domain.network/queue and also smb://domain/server/queue, but neither worked), but when I try to print a test page or any other print, the job just sits in my local queue, and never travels to the print server. I also tried to use KUPS to add a SMB shared printer, but does the same thing. The job sits in my local queue, never to be sent to the print server. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks! Terry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Printing to Window$ domain printers using CUPS and Samba
I'm still having trouble getting printing to work using MDK 8.2 using CUPS and Samba. I think I may have narrowed down the problem though. When I add a SMB shared printer using the wizard in KUPS, I have noticed that CUPS tries to use my laptop's integrated network card (eth0)to send the printing through. I am using a wireless network card (eth1) for my networking. Is there a way I can tell CUPS to use eth1 instead of eth0? Thanks for the help! Terry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printing to Window$ domain printers using CUPS and Samba
Derek, Thanks for the info .. how would I be able to configure it using DHCP? Thanks! Terry On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 09:23, Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 14 May 2002 1:58 pm, Terry Sheltra wrote: I'm still having trouble getting printing to work using MDK 8.2 using CUPS and Samba. I think I may have narrowed down the problem though. When I add a SMB shared printer using the wizard in KUPS, I have noticed that CUPS tries to use my laptop's integrated network card (eth0)to send the printing through. I am using a wireless network card (eth1) for my networking. Is there a way I can tell CUPS to use eth1 instead of eth0? Thanks for the help! Terry If you do not use this interface at all have you tried disabling it first in the BIOS and if that is not possible using netconf to disable that adapter? Alternatively if you do need both interfaces then open kups (or KDE Control CentreSystemPrint manager as root) Select 'Configure server' (Which is the second 'spanner' (or 'wrench' depending on which country you live in) from the right.) Select Connection and set the 'broadcast address' to include the interface(s) you wish CUPS messages to go over e.g. 192.167.1.255 That should do the trick derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[Fwd: [newbie] REPOST:Samba and Printing to a Windows shared printer]
Trying again ... -Forwarded Message- From: Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Samba and Printing to a Windows shared printer Date: 25 Apr 2002 10:54:23 -0400 I'm having trouble setting up a windows shared printer using KUPS and Samba 2.2.3a in LM 8.2 .. I have a LM 8.1 machine running Samba 2.2.2 and KUPS and have no trouble printing to a windows shared printer through it. Both machines are joined to the domain, and I used SWAT to verify that all settings are set exactly the same. Our domain (win 2k) uses authentication to be able to print to the domain printers. I run through the wizard in KUPS to add a windows shared printer, enter in my user information for the domain, enter the info on the domain and print server and print queue name, and things seem like they are going to work just fine. When I try to print a test page to verify that it was set up correctly, the document appears in the queue in KUPS, and just hangs there saying Processing... Are there any known compatibility issues with printing between samba 2.2.3a and 2.2.2? Thanks! Terry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Ogle DVD player volume
Anyone using Ogle as their DVD player able to figure out this? I can play DVDs fine, but the volume is very low .. I have to crank up the system volume all the way for it to sound halfway decent. Any place that I can look to find out why this happens? Thanks! Terry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Smart Card Reader and Linux
Here's an interesting question. I just received a USB Smart Card Reader for my credit card in the mail today. Does anyone know if these are compatible with Linux, and if so, how to go about using it? Would really hate to have to dual-boot into Window$ just to use the smart card reader. Thanks! Terry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
