Re: [newbie] x-mplayer2
Hi! Firstly, sorry for taking so long to reply. On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 09:00 am, Paul Smith wrote: I have not been able to have KMPlayer working on any other sites. However, it plays the mp3 files in my hard disk. Do you have xine installed? I'm not sure if mplayer supports .asx. (For xine, you might have to link directly e.g. http://10.133.169.15:80/tsfdirecto instead of www.tsf.sapo.net/tsfdirecto.asx). Hope this helps! Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] x-mplayer2
Hi! On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 02:21 am, Paul Smith wrote: Thanks, _nasturtium. I have just installed KMPlayer, but the problem persists at the problematic site: http://www.tsf.sapo.pt/online/primeira/default.asp I cannot hear anything at the site above. Paul Does KMPlayer work on any other sites (if not, do you see the embedded player)? Also, does downloading the file and playing it with KMPlayer or mplayer work? Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] KolourPaint 1.0.1 Seagull
Hello, You might like to try KolourPaint, a really good paint program for KDE. You can download Mandrake 9.2 packages at kolourpaint.sf.net. The pages list all the features, so I won't go over them all here. I just want to highlight some of the novel and useful features in KolourPaint: - Colour Eraser - Colour Similarility - Transparency. You can do it on selections, even use it as a colour, plus on text! (Use an opaque background and transparent text.) - Selections that you can undo and redo - rectangular, freeform as well as elliptical/circular. - Shape centring! You can now draw a circle/rectangle with the centre where your mouse pointer is by holding Ctrl. - Autocrop As I've noted before, there's a lot of other features. The development team has obviously done some excellent requirements engineering - even the eraser sizes are well thought out. Of course, I do have to admit I have a small vested interest in KolourPaint - so don't take my word for it, download it and try it out! By the way, this is an exclusive announcement. The official one hasn't come out yet! Software this good only gets released once every 28 years. Regards, _nasturtium P.S. There's 2 easter eggs in KolourPaint. Try and find them! (they're in the main window). Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT - IE reject messages
Hi, On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 10:09 am, JoeHill wrote: On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 19:05:09 + Margot disseminated the following: If things carry on as they are currently going, many of those aspiring young lawyers at Harvard Law School will one day be participating in Darl's spurious lawsuits - now they've seen him in action, perhaps they will develop consciences and be working for *our* side! Hmmm, 'lawyer' and 'conscience' in the same sentence? Doesn't that violate some linguistic/grammatical rule? Merriam-Webster definition of oxymoron: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionaryva=oxymoron : a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (as cruel kindness); broadly : something (as a concept) that is made up of contradictory or incongruous elements A few popular ones: honest politician Microsoft Works and, according to my English teacher, maths enrichment :-). Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Good virus program?
Hi! On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 11:24 am, RichardA wrote: To know your enemy, you must become your enemy... Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. - Sun Tzu That solves an interesting problem ... the quote is used quite often in pop culture (e.g. Tupac, Cruel Intentions, Godfather - incidentally none of which I've actually viewed) and he [my brother] was wondering where the quote originated from. Thanks! On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 04:42 am, Miark wrote: I tried Panda recently, and I'd have to recommend _against_ it because its virus definitions are almost four months old. I couldn't find any update utility or any mention of updates in the pavcl man page. http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/linux/linux.asp has a newer version 7.0-1 available for download, it's dated February 2004. The help still doesn't indicate where to update the signature file, but the help on the heuristic scan (pavl -heu) hints that it is possible. Anyway, it's good that companies keep Linux in mind when developing products. Regards _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bios problems
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 11:07 am, David Sexton wrote: Here is the problems I have a Dell Inispron 4000 series the and of cores the mother board is bad but every thing works fine except the system bios dues not keep time. No problem I don't mind the clock time being wrong but every time it boots up it finds my network card and wireless network card also. So it keeps screwing up my network settings and I have to keep copying the configuration for the wireless card over every time I want to use it. Dose any one have any idea how to fix this problem? Besides replacing the mother board maybe a permission change would that work? Hello, Does this only happen in, and because of, Linux? Since your clock resets on boot-up, and your BIOS configuration settings are not saved, you might have a dead CMOS battery, which is just that bit cheaper to replace than a motherboard. Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CyrixInstead Processor 266Mhz
On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 03:15 pm, Phil Savoie wrote: I have no documentation for this machine and was wondering if you can remember what type of socket the cpu uses. I was at the emachine site and was not able to find any documentation as in user guide for this etower 366c other than basic specs. Hi, IIRC the Cyrix M-II would use Socket 7, which was standard at the time. However, this doesn't tell you exactly what your motherboard supports - Super 7 can use Socket 7, but not vice versa. The fastest processor (for Super 7) was the AMD K6-2+ 550Mhz, but it's possible your motherboard's won't support the bus speed and multiplier combination needed. I would suggest, however, that you not upgrade. IMHO it's not worth the time and effort - you would probably need more than the installed 32MB (maybe a larger HD too), and considering you can buy a boxed Celeron 2.0 Ghz (just a random example) for under $70, it seems a rather expensive exercise. Hope this helps! Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CyrixInstead Processor 266Mhz
On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 10:06 pm, Phil Savoie wrote: On January 6, 2004 05:37, Anne Wilson wrote: Good point, the memory one. 64MB is, IIRC, the minimum requirement, and that's pushing it a bit. Anne Roger that! I already have the max the motherboard can take for memory as far as I could tell from emachine docs I could find -- 256mb and the hd is already upgraded to 20gb. So if I could find the docs for the motherboard... a couple of bucks thrown at ebay should do it. Oh, well, that certainly changes things a bit! (I had assumed it was the factory default system configuration). I have to say I'm a bit confused: the subject says 266 Mhz, but the computer is an etower 366c? I'll assume it's 366 Mhz because there's no 266c (only 266). Assuming that's correct, here's something that might help you: http://www.emachines.com/support/view_faq.html?faq=1004986892#7 It says the motherboard has a Trigem Korea Socket 7. This means you probably won't be able to use any late model AMD chips. Good luck! :-) Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[OT] Re: [newbie] Merry Christmas, people!
Hi all! Merry Christmas and have a happy new year! On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 03:37 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A wish for all to enjoy thier tradition's winter holiday/festival. :-) Regards, _nasturtium Currently slowly roasting in Australia :-) (summer down in the southern hemisphere) * Resent, mailing list bounced the original one. * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] My First Test :-)
Hello, I haven't received any newbie list email since the 17th, so I'm sending this to see if I'm still subscribed (if not, I should receive an email asking me to confirm this). Regards, _nasturtium P.S. Why do people still bother to read test messages?! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Webpage: Flysui
On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 07:37 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: Ok...this is a time waster to the max...I'm deviating from sending the usual gloom'n'doom and smoking gun stuff as some folks reckon I don't have a sense of humour anymore... http://www2.abc.net.au/fly/flysui/flysui.html Hi! Nice to know what the ABC is doing with taxpayer's money :-). Really quite nice and interesting, but Flash Player 6 (Update Version 6.0r79, only for Mozilla not Konqueror) is so slow on my comp I'd have a better chance catching those flies in real life ... with chopsticks. :-) Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: Any HTML gurus out there?
On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 09:19 pm, Margot wrote: She has chosen the colours she wants for her pages - cream background, black text, headings in various browns and greens - but all the links keep coming out bright blue! It looks terrible! I've discovered that I can change the viewing preferences in browsers to make the links the right colours, but we can't expect people all over the world to adjust their browser settings just to see her site the way it is intended to be. Hello, Insert this into your page (just after the head is a good formatting idea). body link=orange vlink=red alink=#99 The example here gives orange links, with red ones if they have already been used, and blue when you click on it. You could also use CSS, among methods. Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MS in trouble, sorry it's kinda OT
On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 04:20 pm, John Wilson wrote: PS -- Anyone remember a little company called Central Point Software who made a better Winsucks Explorer than M$? And a better on-the-fly compression system? They sued M$, damned near went broke in the process, won and then M$ bought them out. The suit was over the on-the-fly compression system. As I recalled it didn't need to be defraged. So, of course, it's long gone. Hello, Would that product be XTree? Anyway, http://www.symantec.com/corporate/ Historical Highlights June 1994 Central Point Software Acquisition I think Symantec owns Central Point Software ... unless there's two companies by the same name? Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sound mixer and manipulation programmes
On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 08:26 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: least Yamaha seem to be using this specific file connotation, whether .mid are MIDI files and they're quite standardised - if the keyboard is General MIDI then the files should be easy to play and edit. and the sound quality is good. So it's not a cheapskate size reduction MIDI files only record the notes. The final playback quality is NOT guaranteed. It depends on your waveset, you might notice they sound different on computer and keyboard. I'm still looking for something that will both display and allow me to edit, and in the end convert to an ordinary .wav file format to write to CD, and in linux if at all possible. To play, use timidity or various frontends like kmidi or kmid. To edit in Linux, use sequencers such as MuSE. Timidity can save MIDIs to wave files. In Windows, programs like Cake Walk can edit. Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] POP3 Proxy?
Hello, I want to be able to access POP3 mail from a Windows 98 computer (which, btw, I reinstalled on Sunday rather painlessly). Currently I've got squid set up (over dial-up!) but it's only a HTTP cache/proxy ie no POP3 mail. This means I won't be able to use Outlook Express 6 (IE6SP1). Before we proceed further: 1) You can on one of the menus activate an option to be able to directly edit the message source (you get 3 tabs, editing, source, preview). Not only can you paste your HTML code there so you CAN send plain text messages. 2) Wonderful integration with Hotmail but bizarre behaviour if you receive a new message while you're copying them all to a local folder (it gets placed in your local folder and you have to copy it into your Hotmail Inbox, which changes the received time). I have Hotmail so it's useful. 3) Beats KMail in some aspects. Here's one: You can view HTML messages in KMail if you choose Prefer HTML over plain text, and it works mostly well enough, but if the message was forwarded/attached to one, you can't view HTML. Also the filter system in KMail isn't as flexible. OK, trolling finished, let's continue. There's a program called ucspi-proxy which provides pop3-relay-proxy but I want something simple and open like squid where I set a proxy port and that's all I need on the client end. Alternative 2: Stream my POP3 mail over SSL. That way it becomes HTTPS, which will work. (Note I can't use a web interface to check mail because I can't download it). However, I have no idea how to do this ... So please help by either showing the way to stream POP3 over SSL, or proxying POP3, or some other method that does not involve too much black magic. Thankyou. Regards, _nasturtium * This message composed on a 100% Microsoftised computer. Windows 98, Windows Server 2003 ... :-) * -- _nasturtium [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Please Reply All/cc to avoid mail being lost in filter problems. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] POP3 Proxy?
On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 10:30 pm, Lanman wrote: Are you sure you sent this to the right list? Lanman On 7/3/2003 at 10:10 PM _nasturtium wrote: Hello, I want to be able to access POP3 mail from a Windows 98 computer (which, btw, I reinstalled on Sunday rather painlessly). Currently I've got squid set up (over dial-up!) but it's only a HTTP cache/proxy ie no POP3 mail. So please help by either showing the way to stream POP3 over SSL, or proxying POP3, or some other method that does not involve too much black magic. Hello, Yes I do think I sent it to the right list. I'm currently using Mandrake 9. I've got squid set up to handle HTTP proxy, and I'd like POP3 mail shared as well. Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Creating archive
On Wed, 28 May 2003 06:56 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 28 May 2003 9:33 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Stephen Kuhn wrote: You know, you can just open a Konqueror window, right-click on the directory you want to archive and choose tar from it - it will tar/gzip it for you...just FYI. Not in mine it would seem ? On my right-click menu it offers Bzip2, tar and zip. Can you define the difference, please, Stephen? Anne I think I'll usurp his job and add my 2 cents... Tar simply puts all the files/directories into a single archive. Zip actually compresses it. Used together you get a .tar.gz, where you get the benefit of archiving an entire directory tree (if you wish) with compression. Bzip2 was written by Julian Seward, it's a block sorting compressor, and on some files you can make them literally 10 times smaller than zips. But not all Windows computers can read them (WinZip can't). Regards, _nasturtium -- _nasturtium [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Please Reply All/cc to avoid mail being lost in filter problems. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] LS-120 formatting
On Sat, 22 Mar 2003 09:46 pm, Martin Foster wrote: Pardon my ignorance but how do I format a 120Mb floppy disk under Mandrake 9 My Imation Superdisk says Formatted. Do not reformat. Hopefully you won't be able to format it; they use a laser servo (hence the name LS120) or something. _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] GUI Perl Editor with color coding
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 06:23 pm, Robert Wideman wrote: I am writing a bunch of perl scripts for setting up on apache on linux. I am currently creating them in windows using editors b/c of the colors of words and such. Is there such a thing for Linux? Obviously it is GUI. I love the EditPlus v2 GUI which is what i am using to do it in windows. Thanks Rob Hello! You might like to try kate (KDE advanced text editor), you've probably used it in it's lightweight incarnation kwrite. The feature I think you want [syntax highlighting] is: Document-Highlight Mode-Script-Perl (hence proving it is not a programming language :-)). It's also useful for people making other programs, BASIC, C, even Half-Life and Wolfenstein! Trolltech's QT Designer also has syntax highlighting, btw. If it's just a color scheme you want, kate also does that. Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] If I have to have MSIE...
On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 03:02 am, Warren Post wrote: I have to have MSIE. I don't like the browser, but I do a little web design and I need to have MSIE handy (and multiple versions, no less) to test my work in -- as I learned the hard way last week. :-( Given that Bill's Bad Browser isn't and will probably never be available for Linux, how have others on this list with the same need handled this? Ideally I'd buy VMWare, but economically that's not an option right now. Which leaves me with setting up multiple Windows partitions (one for each version of MSIE I need) and reboot every time I want to test my work, or run multiple versions of MSIE in an emulator. Thoughts? Hello! Mainsoft (in co-op with Microsoft) made a version of Internet Explorer (along with other family favorites like Hearts). At www.microsoft.com/ie somewhere, it says it's no longer available for download for some reason. The reason may be http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/productinfo/trial/default.asp They're offering Windows Services for Unix, which allows you to run your favorite windows stuff. Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fun discussion question for the list
On Sat, 15 Feb 2003 08:09 am, Greg Meyer wrote: I thought this would be a fun question to discuss. How can you tell you are not a Newbie anymore? You become an expert, and no longer a newbie when you start flaming people for OT posts like these :-). Or when you get hired by MandrakeSoft... _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Some SAMBA Questions
On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 12:24 pm, Marlo Montanaro wrote: On Monday 10 Feb 2003 3:47 am, Marlo Montanaro wrote: Hi, I've kind of got Samba working and I've got a couple of questions before I go further. My network is 3 computers: - Windows ME with my HP DeskJet 694C printer - Windows XP on a laptop - Mandrake Linux 9.0 The two Windows machines see each other fine, sharing hard drives and the one printer. The two Windows machines can see the Linux box as a Windows machine with Samba running. The Windows XP machine is capable of logging and mapping a drive to a share based on username. When I connect from the XP machine I get a username/password prompt. When I attempt to connect from the WinME machine, I get a different prompt - no username field. It just says \\servername\IPC$ and a password box. Hello, [global] server string = Mandrake Linux 8.1 - Samba Server %v security = SHARE encrypt passwords = Yes log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 50 socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 printcap name = lpstat dns proxy = No hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 192.168.0. printing = cups [NT] comment = NT path = /mnt/nt guest account = mountedfs guest ok = Yes Selected segments of smb.conf. In my experience security = SHARE is a lot more friendlier than a user system, and you don't need a samba password file. Allow guests, using a nominated account to give access privileges. Then, set up a simple firewall (which should be up anyway :-)) and block NetBIOS. I think. But the hosts allow should take care of that anyway; I'm on a 192.168.0 IP range (class C network?), and any other computers on it can access the share, so it's very convenient, and safe. This assumes, of course, you're on a home network and not in need of strict user security. HTH Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How long to download 9.0
On Sat, 8 Feb 2003 03:06 pm, Robert wrote: How long will take approximately to download LM 9.0 using a DSL connection? I am well aware that each service and line could vary a bit, but just an approximate time, please. Hello, There are 3 CDs (unless you're getting the pirated full 7 CD set :-) ). I only have 2 CDs, but that's because I got it on magazine cover discs. Time needed for first 2 CDs, per CD: 700 * 1024 * 8 / download speed. Remember ISPs report in kilobits, not kilobytes. So for my 56kb dialup: 700 * 1024 * 8 / 56 = ~ 30 hours each For the 450mb, 24 hours. So 75 hours all up on 56kb. 128kb = 33 hours 256kb = 16 hours 512kb = 8 hours 100MB: 2 minutes :-) Regards, _nasturtium PS: OK, so a lot of people have responded. But you won't receive much from me now that I'm back to school. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Abiword in 9.0
On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 05:38 pm, Rob Blomquist wrote: OK, I am new to Mandrake, but not Linux, I ran RH 6.2-8.0 where it died for me. So now I am reasonably happy with Mandrake, but missing my abiword. I can't seem to find a rpm for it that will run. I purchased the download edition, and wonder if only the big spenders get it. If its not available as an official rpm from Mandrake, is there a way around it other than source? Rob Hello, A good place to find *any* RPM/binaries for a program would be www.rpmfind.net (a quick search for AbiWord yields the results), the advantage being that binaries for all distributions and their versions are available (Redhat, Debian et al). Or you could try project name.sourceforge.net. ie for gaim, it would be gaim.sourceforge.net. Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HELLLLPPP!!
On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 11:46 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 29 Jan 2003 10:49 am, Raffaele Belardi wrote: I have no idea of what is the problem you are experiencing. Corrupted boot partition, maybe? I've just realised that the reply sent earlier via webmail will not come through. It was on these lines: Thanks for a speedy reply, Raffaele. I don't know exactly how it got fixed, but fixed it is. snip Received: from [212.18.226.161] by mk-cpfrontend.uk.tiscali.com with HTTP; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 11:27:00 + Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 11:27:00 + Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Came through for me. Superior email address? :-) _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] newbie qustion on ISO images
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 02:14 am, AndrewD wrote: I have just downloaded an ISO image for a Linux distribution which I want to test on my old PC, do I just burn the ISO onto a CD or do I need to do something else with it first? Thanx Hello, Compare the md5sum of the ISO image with the one posted on the site you downloaded it from. If the md5sum does not match, then you may have a corrupted ISO image (I write may because they may have posted the wrong md5sum!). Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT - MS going open source
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 12:12 pm, John Richard Smith wrote:
_nasturtium wrote:
snip
double FibnForm::Calcul(double todo)
{
return( (sqrt(5) + 3) / (5 - sqrt(5)) * pow ((2 / (sqrt(5) - 1)), todo
)+(3 - sqrt(5)) / (5 + sqrt(5)) * pow ( (2 / (-1 - sqrt(5))) , todo) );
}
Leonardo de Pisa (of leaning tower fame) known to his friends as
fibonacci,
worked on sequntial mumbers,
eg. 1 + 2 = 3
2+3 = 5
3+4 = 7
4+5 = 9
5+6 = 11
7+8 = 15 etc etc , therefore 3,5,7,9,11,15 is a fibonacci
sequence of numbers.
Hello,
I don't quite get why you posted. However, I would like to make it clear that
my function does return a sequence of fibonacci numbers (hehe I was going to
say run the fine program but that's only for expert lists ;-)). What I
derived was an explicit equation that is equivalent to the recurrence
relation.
² = squared. just in case you have different fonts
a ^ b = a raised to the power of b
sqrt(n) = square root of n
Fibonacci is P(n) = P(n-1) + P(n-2) the nth term is derived by calculating the
sum of the previous 2 terms. This can be expressed as P(n+2) = P(n+1) + P(n)
Let there be a function K, such that K^n (K to the power of n) = P(n). So k^2
(k squared) = k+1. This is a simple quadratic equation, k²-k-1=0. Solve it
and you get k=( 1 plus or minus sqrt (5) ) / 2. Of course this would be for
-n, so the 2 values of k are (2 / (sqrt(5) - 1) and (2 / (-1 - sqrt(5) ).
The theory for explicit recurrence relations is that there is an equation of
the form P(n) = A*(k)^n + B*(k)^n. So P(n) = A*(2 / (sqrt(5) - 1)^n + B*(2 /
(-1 - sqrt(5) )^n. A and B are dictated by the starting conditions, namely
the fibonacci values used to kick-start the equation.
Now lets try 1 and 2 as the initial values. So
(A*(2 / (sqrt(5) - 1) + B*(2 / (-1 - sqrt(5) )) = 1 and
(A*(2 / (sqrt(5) - 1)^2 + B*(2 / (-1 - sqrt(5) )^2 )= 2.
Two simultaneous equations which are easily solved, giving the equation
(sqrt(5) + 3) / (5 - sqrt(5)) * (2 / (sqrt(5) - 1)) ^ value +(3 - sqrt(5)) /
(5 + sqrt(5)) * (2 / (-1 - sqrt(5))) ^ value which conveniently is the
equation used in my function. Mathematically proven.
If you prefer, I'll *try* to scan in my handwritten notes. I write try
because I haven't actually tried the Artec antique scanner yet. But I'm sure
you understand the proof above! :-)
Regards,
_nasturtium
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Re: [newbie] Its official.... :-(
On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 01:04 am, Ben Reser wrote: Brandon Vanderberg wrote on Thu, 16 Jan 2003: Otherwise, we'll have to have a big giant bake sale. We could make like little penguin and star cookies and stuff. ;) Well it appears that the actual debt is 2 million euros and that the other 2 was for development. In light of the bankruptcy proceedings, the sum will likely be much smaller than that when they actually pay it off. You better get started on those cookies though. :) Hello! Mandrake cookies? Mandrake is a poisonous plant with emetic (causes vomiting) and narcotic properties (consult your friendly DEA agent or encyclopaedia). I'm not sure you'll be able to get them through customs for export. But in case you're still inclined I've provided a nice recipe that I once made (successfully) myself: Penguin and Star Cookies (American term for biscuits) - Ingredients 100g butter (not as nice with margarine) 1/2c caster sugar 30g mandrake root* 1/3c dessicated coconut 1 egg 1/2c plain flour 1/3c wholemeal flour 1c icing sugar (or mixture which is softer) 1tbsp hot water food colourings and sprinkles *macadamia nuts may be substituted - Method 1) Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. 2) Lightly grease a biscuit tray. 3) Cream the butter/margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. 4) Grind the mandrake root in a food processor or blender until the mandrake resemble coarse breadcrumbs. 5) Add mandrake to creamed butter and sugar mixture. Mix well. Add egg. 6) Sift the flours together. Add flour and half the coconut to the creamed mixture and mix well. 7) Use a penguin and star-shaped biscuit cutter. After baking, dip in coloured icings. 7-alternate-method) Spoon heaped tablespoons of the mixture on to a biscuit tray. Flatten slightly with a fork and sprinkle each biscuit with the remaining coconut or roll in coconut. 8) Bake for 15 minutes until golden brown. 9) Cool for 5 minutes before moving to wirerack. Makes 40. To raise US$2m at US$1.50 a dozen, you only need 400,000 batches (more to cover the cost of ingredients). Note: Excessive consumption of mandrake cookies may have vomiting and narcotic effects. It may be prohibited in some jurisdictions to possess narcotic substances. Have a nice bake sale :-). Enjoy! Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Financial Problems
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 09:09 pm, Charlie wrote: On January 16, 2003 12:30 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 16 January 2003 01:18 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 16 Jan 2003 7:08 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: Me too, if it comes to that, which I doubt very much (I have a lot of faith in where there is a will there is a way) , I'll flip you for turning out the lights. : ) They don't make three-faced coins, I think? Anne No, so then we have to roll dice. High number wins. Use a pyramid. That'll work. :-) That gives ya 5 faces to flip for, right? Count me in. That makes 6. Back to dice? No! What if we all get the same number? There has got to be a better wayhmmm...I know! We hold an auction, proceeds go to Mandrakesoft, and the highest bidder gets to turn out the lights. [OT, as if this thread already isn't] And really, I think mandrake would sell better if they included a free Tux in each Powerpack, because not everyone needs a cap, but all linux users need penguins. I particularly like the ones at www.waiyiptoys.com (got 6 of them!). _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT - MS going open source
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:44 am, Sharrea wrote: Came across this article today at http://www.fool.com/News/Take/2003/take030115.htm With governments from various countries switching to Linux, Micro$haft is obviously getting more than a little worried. hehe... Too late, they've missed the potential market in China... too bad... Here's an extract from the article: extract Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is going open source, at least for governments that want to inspect its Windows operating system. Hello! www.bungie.net - Bungie is the games company that Microsoft bought out (explaining why Halo is XBox only etc). Recently they made the Marathon 2 engine open source. So a microsoft subsidiary is supporting open source...just thought you might like to know! And I know that this is OT to even this OT thread, but I was thinking: what if a person burnt 5 copies of Mandrake, and gave it free to 5 people, on the condition that they would each burn 5 copies, and give it away with the same condition? Pyramid schemes put to good use! Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Financial Problems
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 08:19 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 06:13, _nasturtium wrote: [OT, as if this thread already isn't] And really, I think mandrake would sell better if they included a free Tux in each Powerpack, because not everyone needs a cap, but all linux users need penguins. I particularly like the ones at www.waiyiptoys.com (got 6 of them!). _nasturtium I'm trying to work out a deal with my wife to make dog coats in the Tux fashion...think that would be a seller? There's a breed of dog you might be interested in...they're called dalmatians. They're black and white which is just right, all you need to do know is genetically engineer them to have orange feet... Hey, wait a minute...your cow coats are actually dalmatian, aren't they? ;-) Besides, I can't afford one. They're in US dollars! :-) _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT - MS going open source
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 08:21 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 06:13, _nasturtium wrote: And I know that this is OT to even this OT thread, but I was thinking: what if a person burnt 5 copies of Mandrake, and gave it free to 5 people, on the condition that they would each burn 5 copies, and give it away with the same condition? Pyramid schemes put to good use! Regards, _nasturtium You're not working for Amway or AOL, are you? Like I said before when asked if I'm a redhat shill, Amway and AOL don't pay well enough. But think about it. By the time we reach the 10th level there's already over 10 million copies of mandrake! _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT - MS going open source
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 08:49 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 06:39, _nasturtium wrote: Like I said before when asked if I'm a redhat shill, Amway and AOL don't pay well enough. But think about it. By the time we reach the 10th level there's already over 10 million copies of mandrake! _nasturtium Where in the hell are ya gonna find 10 million computer owning/using people in Australia? - unless, of course, Centrelink is handing out computers to dole bludgers...(g) Work for the dole. Everyone who is unemployed for 6 months or more must distribute 5 copies of mandrake a day and keep a log of it. _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Financial Problems
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 08:46 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 06:36, _nasturtium wrote: There's a breed of dog you might be interested in...they're called dalmatians. They're black and white which is just right, all you need to do know is genetically engineer them to have orange feet... Hey, wait a minute...your cow coats are actually dalmatian, aren't they? ;-) Besides, I can't afford one. They're in US dollars! :-) _nasturtium We have doggie coats that are Dalmation Imitation - no real Dalmations were damaged or drugged in the making of our coats - and yeah, the costs are in USD because most of the clients are yanks (talk about Catch-22); they like to spend USD in Australia...(g) ...and if you're in Australia, we have a special pricing plan for you: $9.95 USD, 100% down and NO monthly payments! (g) Hello, I'm sorry, but my honor will not allow me to pay in US dollars. Let me explain why... well, a long, long time ago (when most likely you weren't around) AU$ was actually worth more than US$. And for the past 10 years I've watched my savings plummet (part of the problem is that commbank pays me 0.01% interest - 10 cents for $500 pa). I'm not going to buy a dog coat until AU$ rises above US$ again (read: never). Besides, my school would expel (ok, maybe only a detention) me if I wore a dog coat to school... Aww, only Dalmation Imitation. You're lucky - I was about to ring the RSPCA, but my modem was taking the phone line... :-) Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT - MS going open source
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 09:21 am, civileme wrote:
On Friday 17 January 2003 10:39 am, _nasturtium wrote:
But think about it. By the time we reach the 10th level there's already
over 10 million copies of mandrake!
_nasturtium
Hmmm,
Well we have a semantics problem perhaps.
1st level is the guy who gets one copy or pow(5,0)=1
10th level should be pow(5,9) copies, or slightly less than 2 million
Previous level is less than 400,000 and total copies out there is like less
than 2.500,000.
Perhaps you count the first level as the zeroth? Then by the 10th level we
have more than 12,000,000 copies out there
#!/usr/bin/env python
import math
total=0.0
for i in range(11):
x=float(i)
y=math.pow(5.0,x)
total=total+y
print i, y, total
[tester@ibm333 tester]$ ./5calc.py
0 1.0 1.0
1 5.0 6.0
2 25.0 31.0
3 125.0 156.0
4 625.0 781.0
5 3125.0 3906.0
6 15625.0 19531.0
7 78125.0 97656.0
8 390625.0 488281.0
9 1953125.0 2441406.0
10 9765625.0 12207031.0
[tester@ibm333 tester]$
civileme
Hello!
First, nice to see you back! Well, I guess I do count the first level as
zeroth.
Here's something I was working on in QT: a fibonacci calculator for KDE (GPL
of course, open-source, a BASIC version available, and my major contribution
to the linux community). Obviously it calculates fibonacci values.
I'll send along the project file, main cpp and ui file if you like (off-list).
This is an extract of the code (cut down the extra niceties):
#include math.h
void FibnForm::PushButton5_clicked()
{
QString happy = InputNum-text();
double therequest=0;
therequest = atoi(happy.utf8 ());
//add this line to set the first fib value to 0
//therequest-=3;
LCDNumber1-display(Calcul(therequest));
}
double FibnForm::Calcul(double todo)
{
return( (sqrt(5) + 3) / (5 - sqrt(5)) * pow ((2 / (sqrt(5) - 1)), todo
)+(3 - sqrt(5)) / (5 + sqrt(5)) * pow ( (2 / (-1 - sqrt(5))) , todo) );
}
You can of course just make a main () function and compile it. Run it.
Surprised? The first fibonacci is actually 2! So that's why i have the line
therequest-=3, because users expect it to be 0, or 1. The -3rd term is 0.
And you might be wondering: why did I use such a complex formula to calculate
fibonacci when i could have just used iteration or recursion? Well, because
it's elegant, and I proved it myself :-)
Regards,
_nasturtium
(next project: russian multiplication)
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Re: [newbie] OT - MS going open source
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:40 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 08:29, _nasturtium wrote: On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 08:49 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: Where in the hell are ya gonna find 10 million computer owning/using people in Australia? - unless, of course, Centrelink is handing out computers to dole bludgers...(g) Work for the dole. Everyone who is unemployed for 6 months or more must distribute 5 copies of mandrake a day and keep a log of it. _nasturtium ...but when can they play pokies if they're trying to burn CD's? Hehe... well that's not much of a problem. Who said you can't distribute the CDs to your fellow gamblers? :-) The biggest addiction I ever had was same-gnome - 5484 points - but I've overcome it now... these days i play ksame game! =P Much better graphics, and shows the seed for the level. _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Lilo
Hello! On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 08:51 pm, civileme wrote: On Thursday 16 January 2003 06:04 am, Paul Kaplan wrote: What is the correct lilo.conf entry for Windows2K on a second hard disk (/dev/hdc)? W2K is the only OS on that disk and there is only one partition on that disk. AFAIK there is NO correct entry for that situation. I don't believe the win2K bootloader will handle that. Yes and no (see below). Your LILO entry is correct if win2K would actually boot from other than the first IDE device. Frankly, as I remember I was flagged by the windows installer when a customer asked for that setup and it told me Windows had to be (at least partially) on the first disk, so the installation is a good AFAIK you're correct, the first hard disk needs to have ntdetect.com, ntldr and a boot.ini installed for windows 2000 to boot. However, once those files are there you can boot from any hard disk. A typical boot.ini entry might be: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT.0=Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional -NT5 /fastdetect Of course NT setup would create the appropriate settings; you might for example have Windows98 or even DOS installed, Command Console et al. So win2k can only boot from the first device, but can be mainly installed elsewhere... question... Did you install windows in that position? I remember installing windows on other than /dev/hda in an IDE setup, but that was with /dev/hda known to the BIOS as an LS120, and in that case linux and windows booted off of /dev/hdc which was the first genuine hard drive. Civileme People curse and fix it according to one vehement linux critic. I hope you're not talking about me =P Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Viewing JPG images
On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 11:19 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 04:07, _nasturtium wrote: On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 04:14 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: do a: display nameoftheimage.JPG (display is part of the ImageMagick suite) Hello, Console output: display: Unsupported marker type 0x26 (output.jpg). Not the picture i want - though it's still a nice wizard pic :-/ Regards, _nasturtium Whaddaya get when you try to open it with GIMP? Hello, GIMP 1.2.something. I got: Open failed. /e/zLoads/output.jpg And of course i can't generate a preview. Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Viewing JPG images
On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 02:41 am, Todd Slater wrote: How about identify nameofpic.jpg? I suppose it'll give you the same error you got when you tried display, though. But you might learn something new. Todd Hello, identify: Unsupported marker type 0x26 (output.jpg). Anyone want me to send the mystery picture to them? It's 70kb, and as a warning, I don't actually know what it is. Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Viewing JPG images
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 04:05 am, Jerry wrote: SNIP My turn to snip :-) do you have libjpeg installed? can you view any other jpg images besides just the one you're trying to view here? Jerry Hello, libjpeg? Probably. All other jpeg images view fine. Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Viewing JPG images
On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 08:27 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: cd ~/your/gfx/dir ee * And Electric Eyes pops up with a list of thumbnails that you can peruse; all of the graphics in that directory, not just the jpg's. You click on what's interesting and very quickly the pic comes up. It's real fast. --LX Hello, Sorry to say, doesn't work. However, I think we're getting close here! Console output from ee: Corrupt JPEG data: 105 extraneous bytes before marker 0xe2 Unsupported marker type 0x26 gdk_imlib ERROR: Cannot load image: /mnt/e/zloads/output.jpg All fallbacks failed. Does that mean I can snip a bit from the jpeg to make it read? Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Viewing JPG images
On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 04:14 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: do a: display nameoftheimage.JPG (display is part of the ImageMagick suite) Hello, Console output: display: Unsupported marker type 0x26 (output.jpg). Not the picture i want - though it's still a nice wizard pic :-/ Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] IBM Deskstars in Mandrake 9.0 server
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 02:00 am, Andrew Miller wrote: I built a server recently for web server, email server, file server and other uses and am running Mandrake 9.0 on it. I used a pair of 100 GB IBM Deskstars (120GXP's I believe). IBM is having problems with these drives failing and now recommends only using them 330 hours a month, something less than 50% of the time (see http://www.sheller.com/ibmpress.htm). My question is whether my use of these drives in a server application is something I should avoid? Also, is there a setting for power savings that would sleep the drive when it is not getting any hits (most of the time). Looks l could add a decent SCSI drive that is meant for always-on use. Your feedback is welcome. Andy Miller Hello, Something i read on the reiserfs mailing list: -- Forwarded Part Message -- Subject: Re: kernel BUG at prints.c:334 Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 08:36:22 +0100 From: Maciej Matysiak [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On the 6th of January 2003 at 08:11, Oleg Drokin green#namesys.com wrote: Logs you just provided show that your harddrive cannot remember what it was supposed to store anymore. yes. it appeared that the disk has just died. without any warning, just stopped spinning. i didn't know that at the time of sending the mail (i've had only remote access to the server), so please forgive me wasting your time. btw., it appears for me that ibm disks have something like 'y2k3 problem'. it's a poor joke, but i got already 3 ibm disks that died in my servers this year. that one was working not even 3 weeks. all of them scsi, made in hungary or italy. is it my bad luck, or should i buy seagate next time? (rhetorical question, i don't want to start flamewar here). --- It seems you're lucky your hard disks lasted a whole month! :-/ So I'd say avoid the IBM hard drives (and WD, I've read). There are power-saving modes, you can do IIRC apmd -s, hdparm *might*. However, if there is even minor but intermitent access then your hard disk will power up again, plus the query will be very slow (waiting for the HD). Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] K-Mail Filter question
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 02:47 am, _nasturtium wrote: On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 09:03 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: Hello, I'm using KMail 1.4.3. What I do for some folders is right-click on them, select Properties, then choose expire messages. There's a few options, you can choose whether to expire only read or unread messages after x days. In this context, expiring messages means deleting them. So you can set to expire messages in sent mail after 60 days as such. Tried that, but it didn't do anything. Hmm...it works on my mandrake-expert mail folder. Maybe it'll take 60 days before it works! :-( Hello, Just spent my time pondering what could be wrong, Maybe this helps, it's my /usr/kmailrc. === [Folder-.mandrake.directory/expert-expire] Compactable=true Current=1578 DateWidth=170 ExpireMessages=true Identity=Myself MailingListAdminAddress= MailingListEnabled=true [EMAIL PROTECTED] OrderOfArrival=false ReadExpireAge=14 ReadExpireUnits=1 SenderWidth=170 SortColumn=3 Status=false SubjectWidth=310 Top=1154 UnreadExpireAge=14 UnreadExpireUnits=1 UnreadMsgs=1440 WhoField= htmlMailOverride=false isOpen=true threadMessagesOverride=false === Perhaps (I don't know why it would, i'm using 1.4.3 as well) your KMail isn't updating the file correctly? Sometimes for me the UnreadMsgs count is incorrect. Regards, _nasturtium PS: Please cc replies to me. I don't set up filters that redirect everything that references me, because anything quoting me will also end up there! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] K-Mail Filter question
On Sat, 4 Jan 2003 09:46 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 04 Jan 2003 9:55 am, Michael Adams wrote: I was trying to set up a filter on my sent-mail folder to delete anything that has been there for 2 months or more. I can't quite see how to do it as filters only seem to be applied to incoming or outgoing mail not dates in folders. Any sugestions or am i blowing smoke. kmail 1.3.2 Mandrake distro 8.2 Mine is KMail 1.4.3, so YMMV. There is 'age in days' as a filter choice. Related questions - I have set this on sent mail but it does not run automatically when mail comes in/goes out. I do wonder if 'sent mail' filters only run on mail at the time of sending? There is a check box for manual filtering, but I can't see how to apply manual filtering. Anybody got this working? Anne Hello, I'm using KMail 1.4.3. What I do for some folders is right-click on them, select Properties, then choose expire messages. There's a few options, you can choose whether to expire only read or unread messages after x days. In this context, expiring messages means deleting them. So you can set to expire messages in sent mail after 60 days as such. I'm guessing manual filtering is when you apply filters to specific messages by using Message-Apply Filters (or Ctrl-J). Hope this helps! Regards, _nasturtium --- _nasturtium: Author of a [LGPL2-licensed] Fibonacci Calculator for KDE that's faster, more useful, more advanced, and more likely to seg fault :-(. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] K-Mail Filter question
On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 09:03 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 05 Jan 2003 8:57 am, _nasturtium wrote: On Sat, 4 Jan 2003 09:46 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 04 Jan 2003 9:55 am, Michael Adams wrote: I was trying to set up a filter on my sent-mail folder to delete anything that has been there for 2 months or more. I can't quite see how to do it as filters only seem to be applied to incoming or outgoing mail not dates in folders. Any sugestions or am i blowing smoke. kmail 1.3.2 Mandrake distro 8.2 Mine is KMail 1.4.3, so YMMV. There is 'age in days' as a filter choice. Related questions - I have set this on sent mail but it does not run automatically when mail comes in/goes out. I do wonder if 'sent mail' filters only run on mail at the time of sending? There is a check box for manual filtering, but I can't see how to apply manual filtering. Anybody got this working? Anne Hello, I'm using KMail 1.4.3. What I do for some folders is right-click on them, select Properties, then choose expire messages. There's a few options, you can choose whether to expire only read or unread messages after x days. In this context, expiring messages means deleting them. So you can set to expire messages in sent mail after 60 days as such. Tried that, but it didn't do anything. Hmm...it works on my mandrake-expert mail folder. Maybe it'll take 60 days before it works! :-( I'm guessing manual filtering is when you apply filters to specific messages by using Message-Apply Filters (or Ctrl-J). That seems a sledgehammer to crack a nut. It seems just as easy to highlight the message(s), move to etc... or delete. You can quickly select all the messages with the K key, and apply the filters to all of them. Regards, _nasturtium Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Increase of Capital for Mandrakesoft
Hello! On Tue, 24 Dec 2002 10:11 am, civileme wrote: I have some good news and some urgent news 1. I will be returning to the lists. I will have an email address that can handle list level traffic. Nice to see you (and good support!) back! For a moment I thought you'd moved to SuSE! (j/k) In that next release will be a special piece of software I am contributing. With little to do since my layoff, I have designed a semi-intelligent linux binary installer that can handle most of what you are able to download. It even has hooks to look for things like WineX and to atempt to install windows executables if you have an emulator for them. A good installer program is always welcome (even if it means downloading on dialup). For the moment, rpmdrake will do. But if you want to see that next release, consider a club membership or giving club memberships as Christmas gifts or buying stock at approximately the right price. (BTW, MIcrosoft stock which sells at Like $52 /share has 8 billion shares outrstanding on a company that earns $25 billion a year in revenue BEFORE expenses--call that a heavily ewatered stock) Mandrakesoft stock is selling for what the company is probably worth. Remember its assets are PEOPLE and their products. People like Pixel and Gael Duval and Denis Havlik and Guillaume Cottenceau make the product and the company what it is. Mandrake also has a hidden asset in the loyalty of contributors, And they are finally selling the right way--software is free if you want it and rather expensive if you expect extensive support. I would buy some stock except that as a high school student, I can't afford to. Especially if it's in US dollars. [a bit OT] Has anyone heard about David Faure? Apparently he now works for some german company called datakonsult, not mandrake... well, i guess without developers there's no use for tech support! Merry christmas! _nasturtium P.S.: I hope you still live in Anchorage (i hate to waste postage)! (maybe one day I'll buy a ProSuite - with extended support option - and ask for a housecall :-) ) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] alternatives
On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 08:12 pm, Brandon Vanderberg wrote: I've been beating my head against my keyboard for about 4 days straight. The more I work with Mandrake and all the current apps out there, the more impressed I am with all of it. But I can't make the full switch to Mandrake until I can resolve the last two issues; Visio and Counter-Strike. As I see it, my choices are wine(x), vmware, and dual booting. Most of the past 4 days has been spent searching, reading, and trying different things to get Half-Life (Counter-Strike) running with winex. It still doesn't work and I'm not prepared to spend that much time trying to get Visio running, so I've built another partition and put Win2k on it. I'll dual boot for now. Hello, Kivio is *the* solution if you need a Visio-style program. Or so the KOffice people want to convince us. I haven't actually used MS Visio before, so I can't tell you if it's like Kivio (only that it exists :-)). There still aren't many good FPS games in linux. Loki I think had Quake III, but you won't see many other games. Dual-booting and Winex, as you said, are probably the only ways to get your daily CS quota. Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Sharing - SUPER EASY
On Fri, 6 Dec 2002 08:47 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: Though in principle it is not as unlikely as all that. Our family lan (3 generations) entails 5 macines, accessing through a router/adsl. The router has its own firewall, and we made a choice to stick with static IP addresses. I would not want that changing without a very good reason, nor do I see why I would want a firewall on my personal machine. I think there should be an information screen that says something like 'If you have any of the following situations... then you should say 'yes' to installing the firewall. Anne Hello, I've missed most of this thread so excuse me if I repeat anything etc. I have 2 computers at home, and I use GuardDog as a firewall for when I go olnine. To share the internet, I do a X -query tux350 (name of comp) to connect to the internet-comp's X server. That way, not only do I share the internet hassle-free, but I can use the same KMail settings, Konqueror favorites/bookmarks and settings et al. It's easy to set up, and I've found my PII/350 can support 2 KDE seesions quite well (just hold the loopback filesystems though). Hope this helps! REgards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] editing .avi files
On Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:29 pm, joe wrote: I am looking for something like virtualdub(nandub) that I can use to split an avi. Does anyone have a recommendation because my searches have been fruitless so far. Hello, Cinelerra (successor to BCast2000) from www.heroinevirtual.com comes in a nice, all features included 10MB package. No installation problems, it might just be your (free) cup of tea. I got it on dial-up and it was well worth the wait. In my experience, it's not a user-friendly as something like Premiere, and it doesn't have many export formats. I found it hard to play MPEG-4 movies using anything other than it's own player (windows/mac doesn't like it). The only problem is if you have dialup, it may be overkill to split a file. However, it does have a whole dearth of features that you might need later. Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] wma video decode
On Sat, 30 Nov 2002 09:01, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sat, 2002-11-30 at 07:40, Kristjan wrote: Hi Does anybody know a tool that I can use to edit a video that is .wma file (windows media 8) I have a high quality family video from old times i want to use, I need to decode it to smaller file and reduce also the quality level. I thought that mencode might do it but it dindt, gave an error. apprechiate your help on that. Kristjan I think that WMA is specific for Windows - so you're going to have to use a Microsoft application to decode it or save it to a different format...or at least that's what I've tried and found to work... Hello, Firstly, wma is Windows Media Audio. asf (Active Streaming Format), or WMV is for Video. The Windows Media Encoder 8 is for windows only, however there are other codecs like MPEG-4 that will offer the same quality/size bounds. WMV is also notorious for editing problems, once it is WMV you're basically stuck to that format, unless you use programs like VirtualDub. Cinelerra at www.heroinevirtual.com is 10MB, it plays movies, edits movies and will encode them. (IMHO, worth the download even on dialup). Of course, in windows there is AIST MovieXone (free cutdown version), Adobe Premiere etc. Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFree 4 with LM9, corruption
On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:02, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sun, 2002-11-24 at 18:35, _nasturtium wrote: Hello, I'm running a fresh install of Mandrake9, with XFree4 and an S3 Trio 64+. When I boot up, my X session looks OK, but if i switch console (ctrl+alt+2), then switch back only a small box in the bottom right is shown. Has anyone had this problem (and hopefully posted a solution)? Thanks in advance, _nasturtium That honestly sounds like a problem with your S3 card and the XFree server...do you have another card you might be able to swap out instead? Maybe something a bit stronger than the S3? Hello, It worked perfectly with XFree 3.3.6... But if i swap back to XFree3.3.6 i won't get antialiasing or any other nice subtleties Unfortunately I don't have any other video card, it's a P166 (with no AGP of course), and my other system has integrated AGP graphics. Thanks anyway, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] XFree 4 with LM9, corruption
Hello, I'm running a fresh install of Mandrake9, with XFree4 and an S3 Trio 64+. When I boot up, my X session looks OK, but if i switch console (ctrl+alt+2), then switch back only a small box in the bottom right is shown. Has anyone had this problem (and hopefully posted a solution)? Thanks in advance, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT] Mousemats
On Thu, 21 Nov 2002 22:13, Poogle wrote: About 2 weeks ago my employer moved from a package which was about 90% keyboard based to a new package which requires almost complete mouse useage. As I am now pointing clicking for 8 hours a day my mouse side shoulder is getting quite sore. Now to the question, I have seen thigh mounted mouse pads advertised and wondered if any of you have any experience of them, if so do they help ease the problems caused by repetitive mouse useage ? Another possibility is alternating between right/left hand useage, again do any of you do this or does the action which is alien to the wrong hand create the same problem on that side? There's a few choices available that might ease the symptoms; 3M sells an Ergonomic stick mouse, that's rather like a joystick (but the whole thing moves). Or the iMac mice (NOT the soapbar ones) are good, in my experience. I'm referring to the nice optical one where you actually use your whole hand to click the button. Thigh mounted mousepads are not very good. Your arm tends to be bent sharply at the elbow for prolonged periods of time, which isn't very comfortable. Furthermore, they move too much, and unless you got an optical mouse you won't get much precision (which I expect you would need, using it all day). Swapping between right/left hand usage: theoretically, this is a great idea. Just remember to switch the left/right mouse buttons; it makes sense because you want the index finger to press the left/main button. There are only two drawbacks to this method: 1) Most people aren't ambidextrous. Sure, if you play soccer and your right foot is sprained, you can kick with your left leg, but your results won't be too good. 2) Some mice, notably Microsoft IntellimouseS, are biased towards the right hand. It's simply not possible to hold it with your left hand. Other mice (like my 2button Logitech) is dimpled, which is OK. If you're using a graphics package, then a Wacom graphics tablet may be just what you need. Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] IBM P50 monitor...help?
On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 07:22, bascule wrote: i had this with a panasync, in X if i altered the brightness the noise would disappear, it happened after i upped my nvidia drivers and went after i upped them again but i can't say for sure that video drivers were the problem bascule Hello, Umm, do you mean software brightness or the brightness control on the monitor? (I'll need to restart my X server after i get offline - dialup) Thanks! _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] IBM P50 monitor...help?
Hello, I have an IBM P50 monitor and I'm running Linux-Mandrake 8.0. I used to have it on High Frequency SVGA Monitor 60Hz800x600. However, recently I noticed a high pitched noise when I was in X sessions (when I Ctrl+Alt+F1 out into console it disappears). So now I set my monitor to lower spec but its flickering heaps and is only 8-bit color (but 1024x768). I have tried the IBM P50 option but it doesn't work, it might be a different revision. Two things: 1) Does anyone have an IBM P50 monitor? I think maybe the incorrect settings were wrecking the monitor, 2) Is this a hardware issue? I guess I need a larger monitor anyway :-/ TIA, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Broadcast 2000/Cinelerra
On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 14:06, Damian Gatabria wrote: DISCLAIMER : I have never used cinelerra. now, when you start a project in cinelerra, i suppose it asks you which kind of movie file do you want as output? ( i.e. framerate, resolution, color depth, audio channels ) if it does, first thing to do would be: make it a BIG movie, ( i.e. 800x600 ) This is to avoid losing quality when the program downscales it. And, second, make the frame rate slow, ( like one frame every ten seconds? ) BTW is adding one frame ( or image ) multiple times an option? probably you could workaround your speed problem inserting and copy/pasting the needed frame 300 times or so... if you cannot alter framerate, anyway, you can use mplayer/mencoder to achieve this. man mplayer will show you an option to specify delay in seconds between frames ( explicitly declared useful for presentations ) which you could re-encode later with the new, altered framerete... just an idea. Damian Hello, (Sorry, haven't checked email for a week!) 320x180x16, 1 audio track and 15 fps (there's a transition stuck somewhere) I've found i can edit the project file directly, and set that the picture lasts for 60 frames, or whatever i like. But the PNG picture still gets downgraded to JPEG quality, and then when i encode the movie it will be even worse - most of the slides are full of text. I'll try mencoder when i find my mandrake CDs...hopefully tomorrow. Thanks, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Broadcast 2000/Cinelerra
On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 14:23, Todd Slater wrote: For slideshows, you just can't beat SMIL. SMIL can be played in RealPlayer, QuickTime, or you can download and use a java applet to play them on the web. SMIL presentations are super easy to create (they look a lot like basic HTML). Google for smil tutorial. I could tell you more, but I'm not sure if you have to use that software for the project or if you even want to use SMIL. Todd Hello, (Sorry, haven't checked email for a week!) I don't need something too complex, so I'll try SMIL. Once i find my Mandrake CDs!!! Thanks, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Change browser startup page
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 14:53, Noah A Hicks wrote: Hello I am trying to change the webpage that Konqueror starts up with. I would like to start the browser and go directly to www.google.com. Presently, it sends me to a Mandrake html page stored on my computer. I'm sure this is possible but I cannot figure out how to do it. Thanks Noah Hello, For konqueror3 I use Settings - Configure Konqueror. Then, on the left hand side, I choose File Manager - Behaviour - Home Url. I put ~ so it automatically goes to my home folder. Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Broadcast 2000/Cinelerra
Hello, A while ago some people suggested Broadcast 2000 to help create my home videos (an alternative to school Powerpoint assignments!). I also downloaded cinelerra off the heroinevirtual site (ignoring the fact i do not have anything remotely close to dual athlon 1.6ghz). Basically, my problem is that i've made some slides as BMPs which i converted to PNGs to retain quality. (bitmaps aren't supported so i used PNGs). Unfortunately, when i add my PNGs to my Asset list they are converted to JPEGs of bad quality...is there a way to preserve the picture format/quality? Also, as i am trying to make a slide show from pictures, is there a quick and easy way? When i add the pictures to the project they are only for 1 frame duration, i need to edit the .htal file directly to set the length. Thanks in advance (and apologies for being a bit long-winded), _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] html to pdf
On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 19:12, Raffaele Belardi wrote: I should have been more precise... The method you suggest is definetly correct, but I would like a tool which follows the links recursively: for example, index.html contains link to chapter1.html and chapter2.html. I'd like a tool which generates a single pdf file containing index.html, chapter1.html and capter2.html (in this order :-)). I'm asking too much, am I? raffaele Hello, Yes and no. Adobe Acrobat 5 (and some earlier versions) can create PDFs with links, and if you have it it will turn your HTMLs into a single PDF. Unfortunately I don't know how to do it for GhostScript! (sorry) I have only ever used it to make basic resumes. The Adobe Web service should do it for you - createpdf.adobe.com. Just get a free 5-use trial account - I've found it handy because it handles OCR for your images as well. Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] avi.
On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 00:41, Ralph Slooten wrote: Sorry, can't help you there. There was some program (avi_something) on freshmeat some time back, where you could merge files together, and cut and stuff, but I don't know how well it works. I tried it once, but because I have no use for it, I uninstalled it again. Oh yeah, avidemux, Video Cutter, and a couple of others come rolling out on freshmeat. Go to freshmeat.net and search for avi divx ... that's how I found them. Maybe this helps, who knows ;-) Its the thought that counts :-) I tried bcast2000 (thanks again to etharp who suggested it) and it, well, works. The interface is so bad i spent the better part of half an hour trying to add a sound file, another half hour to export it...in the end I used KWrite to edit the file directly. And then bcast comes into its own. Oh yeah, and I used GIMP a lot. Thanks for your time! Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] avi.
On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 05:34, Ralph Slooten wrote: Creates, you mean like encodes to? Again, try MPlayer. Mplayer contains a program called mencoder, which can be used to encode to several formats, including ripping DVD to DivX. I am actually writing a guide for Linux users (Mainly LM users) to create DivX (avi) rips from DVD using mencoder (from MPlayer). Just finished actually, all I have to do now is polish it up, and getting rid of those damn spelling mistakes ;-) I am actually thinking of a program like Powerpoint or StarOffice (KPresenter if you're desperate) but for movies. Basically I hope to be able to put together a small home video from text, images and movies. I've looked at mjpeg at sourceforge, but there aren't many packages for it. There are several projects, however many projects simply provide encoders, but no program to run it with. I'm not sure about this one, but as I said above, try MPlayer. You will have to upgrade your GCC though, but most probably you would have to anyway with any other, as the gcc-0.9.6* is buggered. Thanks anyway, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] avi.
On Sun, 8 Sep 2002 00:57, Miark wrote: mplayer Hello everyone im having trouble playing a Avi. movie within my Mandrake linux can anyone suggest a good program that plays them. Hello, Not quite relevant to this, but would anyone know of a package for Mandrake that creates avis/mpegs/mov/[insert file type here]? I've looked at mjpeg at sourceforge, but there aren't many packages for it. Thanks in advance, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CivilEme petition.
- Original Message - From: Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Newbie at MDK [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 11:36 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] CivilEme petition. No, not right. Absolutely nothing can come of a petition, so crafting one would do nothing but pit us against Mandrakesoft for absolutely no reason. Why do that? Mandrakesoft is on our side. If you want to help Civileme, do something that will help him in whatever he does next, like offering to write a letter of reference or something. (?) Miark Hello, Looks like time for me to eat humble pie. Maybe a petition is not the _best_ idea but I hope you all understand I wrote with good intentions. Unfortunately I don't think my references will carry much weight. (but always happy to try!) Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Where can i find kandalf?
Hello, I would like the picture of Kandalf, that *silly* wizard that appeared in Kandalf's UsefulTips (ktip) KDE2.0 or so. Since then, in 3.0 he's been replaced by some gears, and now a wizard's hat with cards... (If it helps, i've got a nice CVS version of KDE, 3.0.6. is kandalf lying around somewhere??) Thanks in advance, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fw: installation
On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 16:14, Alexandre wrote: Bonjour, Comment installer une Mandrake 8.2 ? Je n'ai pas de graveur de cd, suis-je obligé de télécharger tout le répertoire /mandrake et /install qui pour volume fait 2 giga et non pas 1 giga comme décrit sur le site ou puis je tout de même télécharger les images iso et lancer une installation à partir de disque dur ? Je téléchargeais de belnet belgium (pour les 2 giga). Je ne peux pas m'offrir les cd pour l'instant. aidez moi. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bonjour, Peut-être vous pourriez essayer Mandrake 8,1 à la place (1.3GBs d'ISOs), l'installer du disque dur ou du réseau et télécharger les paquets mis à jour pour seulement de ce que vous avez besoin (par exemple KDE, Koffice), pour obtenir la même fonctionnalité que Mdk8.1. You peut trouver quelques paquets à www.rpmfind.net. Espoir vous trouvez ceci utile! Bonne chance, _nasturtium PS: Je ne parle pas français, seulement anglais et chinois. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Upgrading LM8.2
I would like USB, too. Do I have to upgrade my motherboard for that or can I add that with the system I have? You can buy a good PCI card (to slot in your comp) with a few USB ports, no need to upgrade motherboard, or if you're really rich you can buy overpriced monitors with a built in hub :-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MS Publisher files anyone?
There is no such thing for Linux - proprietary file formats strike once again :( There are three choices: - get someone else with Publisher to export the file in a universal format (eg PDF); I NOW OFFICIALLY LOVE MICRO$OFT. [little rant coming up] Having paid a princely sum for an official copy of Publisher 97 (part of computer bundle of Office 97), I expected to be able to open Publisher 98 documents. I couldn't (and that's where the problem lies), wrong file version. Okay, maybe they changed the file format. That was my theory until the other day i checked the open file dialog, and saw a perfect File Preview. In other words, publisher97 can easily read the file format, but Micro$oft added in some file info to stop you from doing so. - wait for OpenOffice.org or StarOffice to implement a filter (it's a frequently requested wish); That's nice to know, but StarOffice 6 went commercial, i think. OpenOffice, well we'll have to wait and see what Sun does. - have a fireside chat with the author of Scribus, who is slowly but surely building up a nice DTP application: http://web2.altmuehlnet.de/fschmid/ Alastair Thanks, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] MS Publisher files anyone?
Hello, Can anyone recommend a [free] program that can view MS Publisher files? Specifically, version 5, 98. Thanks! REgards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] [OT] newbie
Hello, I thought you went off newbie to tackle the Mandrake expert list (That's not to say the help isn't appreciated - How to cope with the volume of mail was very useful). Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [OT] newbie
sorry, please disregard wrong wording, maybe i'll send it back later :-/ On Sat, 4 May 2002 17:50, _nasturtium wrote: Hello, I thought you went off newbie to tackle the Mandrake expert list (That's not to say the help isn't appreciated - How to cope with the volume of mail was very useful). Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] FreeDOS problem
Hello,
I've installed freeDOS 1.1.2.4
("SPEARS") on to a FAT partition. However, whenever I try to write to my primary
FAT partition, it has an error
"write protection violation".
Why does this happen? It's quite
hard to write protect a hard disk and it works otherwise - i have plenty of free
disk space.
Thanks,
_nasturtium
[newbie] Swap Rule for Memory
Hello, I often read about creating a swap partition (for Linux of course) that is twice as large as your amount of memory, up to 256mb. Why do you need a larger swap when you have more memory? If, for example, i had 64mb memory and a 128mb swap, couldn't i just replace it with 192mb? Thanks in advance, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] jstest, jscal - where can I get them?
Hello, Please tell me where I can get the joystick testing utilities jstest, jscal etc. I want either the source code (perferably) or a Mandrake RPM for 8.1. I haven't been able to find them through google or rpmfind. Thanks, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KMail 1.3 Mail Status
you could create a filter that marks everything, or select things as read but i don't think there is a switch to do it. shane Thanks. Filter works, tried and tested! Regards, _nasturtium btw, im writing this in outlook express (Ctrl-Shift-A to mark all messages as read) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] KMail 1.3 Mail Status
Hello, Is there any way to make Kmail automatically et the Status of a message to Read? (done m,anually by right-clicking, then selecting Set Status-Read). I know this is a bit counterintuitive to disable it, but I like a nice clean screen :-/ I currently have 33000+ posts in my Newbie folder so pressing K to select all and set status takes a while. TIA, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HELP! WinXP
Well you are not the only XP user to show here. We had one whose Microsoft keyboard and mouse disappeared after an upgrade.. and also after a fresh install of XP. This disappearance suggests a likely hardware problem. If you can give us the make and model of computer, we may be able to get the right contact point for you if it is hardware. Generally any computer manufacturer has a vested interest in solving your problem the first time you call, because three calls kill all the profit in selling you the system. It is not possible to make a dual-boot linux with windows XP running ntfs and having the whole disk to start with. If you want to try linux you will either have to reinstall XP with FAT32 or install it on a partition less than the whole disk leaving a space unpartitioned or use partition magic or a similar tool to work with the partitions. One of the disadvantages of using free software is that it deals mostly with formats that are not secret or priprietary or for which one must sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement to obtain information. With all of that said, yes we are willing to help anyone with any system here, but some systems we know more about than others. The more we know about your hardware setup and system, the better positined we will be to help you. Civileme In case you missed it, I posted how the keyboard and mouse disappearing problem only seems to happen with PS/2 keyboards and mouses. In the case I speak of they were either-or and were tried bioth USB and PS/2 in all four possible combinations. Moreover they were Microsoft brand peripherals--the natural Keyboard and the optical mouse. A different PS/2 Mouse actually worked, so I believe this may also be dependent on the system (Dell Dimension in this case), I must certainly agree with the profit motive. You should join the reiserFS list (highly recommended!) where you will find a tech support fee of $25 requested by none other by Hans Reiser himself (although he will answer some free on list). It is not possible to create a real boot disk for XP; the sys command of Win95/98 is not available because 2000 and XP don't fit on a disk (setup takes 4 high density floppies). However, you CAN create an Emergency Boot Disk with Microsoft Backup and that MIGHT help. Otherwise, the Recovery Console might be of value. Why isn't it possible to dual boot linux with win XP running NTFS? NTFS wouldn't have changed much if at all from Win2000, and I run Linux (yes, Mandrake 8.0), dual boot Windows 2000 on NTFS with LILO. It _is_ possible, but you cannot use the diskdrake tool to install linux on the disk if all of it is partitioned NTFS because we cannot shrink it. I said you have to use some altternative strategies, not that you cannot do it. But FYI the XP NTFS is different from the NTFS5 W2k NTFS which is different from previous NTFS setups. We can read and experimentally write NTFS for winNT4, but not NTFS5 for Win2k nor the WinXP version of NTFS. Microsoft has made the format a trade secret. Regards, _nasturtium Civileme NTFS5 for win2k is actually an inaccurate description of the type used in the samba client help pages. The NTFS5 for win2k is acutally available in NT4, service pack 6. Not that anyone would install all those service packs, but it sets the record straight... The only major difference in XP NTFS is another implementation of dynamic volumes, equivalent to md in linux, but W2k had it already. W2k can be installed on an NT4 partition, and will actually have a smaller cluster size than is possible in W2k setup. The reiserFS list at www.namesys.com was discussing NTFS, reiser and other filesystems. It's an excellent mailing list that i would recommend to anyone. My knowledge went from zilch to close to nothing ;-) Also, you tend to get responses VERY quickly (try the When will reiser be ready thread, started by yada stuf) Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] BIOS Problems?
Hello, I have an authentic 1996 vintage IBM PC330, model 6577-9AT. I dual boot Windows 2000/DOS 5 and Mandrake 8.0 using LILO. Whenever I reboot into DOS after using Linux, it crashes on EMM386. Is this a BIOS problem (I have the latest '99 flash) as suggested off-list by [EMAIL PROTECTED], or is it Linux? It doesn't happen after rebooting from Win2000 into DOS. thanks in advance, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Question - school related so ignore if you want.
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002 20:26, you wrote: I need to do a project for my statistics class and thought this place would be perfect for it. I need 50 people to answer this and it would be greatly appreciated. 1. How many hours a week do you spend online? 10 2. What is your age? 14 3. Sex? (M)/F 4. What type of Internet connection do you have? dialup 5. How many computers do you own? 2 (3 if you count a 286!) This is for a Elementary Statistics course for a project I am doing. It's a wintersession course and I need to collect this information ASAP. I need a total of 50 people to respond. Thanks again if you decide to answer these questions. Good luck with your statistics project. _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HELP! WinXP
On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 09:38, tester wrote: Hugo Saro wrote: Guys, i didn't find any other place to post this, so if anyone can help me here.. My new computer came with Windows XP (Pro) installed. It was running fine till suddenly, somethings began not to work. The search (F3) only showed a blank area, User Accounts under control panel would no longer work (Blank area again), and even the Check All Delete buttons (yahoo) among others won't work anymore. This is stressing me, obviously. I've mailed microsoft but they replied with the usual contact computer manufacturer or check this site, so no much help from them. Ultimately, could any one help on how to create a bootdisk for ntfs ? i'm getting tired of XP anyway so if i can't fix it.. Thanks in advance __ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Well you are not the only XP user to show here. We had one whose Microsoft keyboard and mouse disappeared after an upgrade.. and also after a fresh install of XP. This disappearance suggests a likely hardware problem. If you can give us the make and model of computer, we may be able to get the right contact point for you if it is hardware. Generally any computer manufacturer has a vested interest in solving your problem the first time you call, because three calls kill all the profit in selling you the system. It is not possible to make a dual-boot linux with windows XP running ntfs and having the whole disk to start with. If you want to try linux you will either have to reinstall XP with FAT32 or install it on a partition less than the whole disk leaving a space unpartitioned or use partition magic or a similar tool to work with the partitions. One of the disadvantages of using free software is that it deals mostly with formats that are not secret or priprietary or for which one must sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement to obtain information. With all of that said, yes we are willing to help anyone with any system here, but some systems we know more about than others. The more we know about your hardware setup and system, the better positined we will be to help you. Civileme In case you missed it, I posted how the keyboard and mouse disappearing problem only seems to happen with PS/2 keyboards and mouses. I must certainly agree with the profit motive. You should join the reiserFS list (highly recommended!) where you will find a tech support fee of $25 requested by none other by Hans Reiser himself (although he will answer some free on list). It is not possible to create a real boot disk for XP; the sys command of Win95/98 is not available because 2000 and XP don't fit on a disk (setup takes 4 high density floppies). However, you CAN create an Emergency Boot Disk with Microsoft Backup and that MIGHT help. Otherwise, the Recovery Console might be of value. Why isn't it possible to dual boot linux with win XP running NTFS? NTFS wouldn't have changed much if at all from Win2000, and I run Linux (yes, Mandrake 8.0), dual boot Windows 2000 on NTFS with LILO. Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Pentium 4 mishaps.
On Sat, 8 Dec 2001 11:57, civileme wrote: On Friday 07 December 2001 03:27 pm, Harm Bathoorn wrote: Hi all, Just to share my experiences. I acquired a Pentium4 chipset and ditto motherboard (Intel D845WN). To boot I received a lovely present: a Hercules prophet 4000XT (64mb) video card. Sheer horror! The whole lot put together. The motherboard has a (not too helpful) cd-ROM with it. It (of course) contains m$ drivers, but not the right ones...well done, wintel!:( Mdk8.1 installed reasonably well, considering it didn't recognize any of the chipsets but the Hercules AGP card (with Kyroschips) was/is a killer. I can handle a gui at 16 bits...That's it!!...:( And frankly that's the only (major) hassle I haven't been able to deal with, as of yet. Kyros has been going out of its way to be uncooperative for drivers, and if their corporate attitude continues through the passage of UCITA, then even reverse-engineering drivers will not be possible, because it will be illegal. But right now, it appears if you want gaming performance in linux, look elsewhere. Strictly speaking, the card is actually Guillemot, because it owns Hercules, the actual chip is a PowerVR3 (newer than one as featured in VideoLogic Neon 250 and Dreamcast), although its remade as an STMicroElectronics Kyro...So that means the 32MB PCI one won't work too well in Linux either. Only problem is, gaming performance in Linux seems to be non-existent - with my Riuva 128ZX I just happen to miss out on the Unified Driver Architeture which basically means Nvidia writes one-driver-fits-all-and-if-your-card-is-two-years-old then its not supported. Then when you get a new graphics card, you get XFrees that don't have antialiasing or something. The integrated soundcard works under linux excepting trouble with shared IRQ's due to the extra USB ports. After disabling the USB ports (I only need one, I've got an external USB-hub) my shutdown problems were over--the shutdown procedure hung itself over shutting down USB ports:( Which made me change over to ext3 -- and I like it!:) I got the whole lot going in a reasonable way, as this mail proves:) BUT there's plenty more to be done afore it meets my expectations, it wasn't all as cheap as it sounds. Wintel products don't come for free.! SOI thought: Why not install Winblow$ and see what I'm missing? Looked up my ol' 98 OEM cd-ROM and away she was... Installing the (not all too correct ) drivers from the Intel cd-ROM did the job, then the cd-ROM that came with the Hercules card..OK! (not terrific but OK!) But, but...NO Sound:( and still IRQ problems of course. I swear: I will never purchase anything from Intel again if there's an AMD option available!! And that's putting it mildly! Two days ago I would have pounced on- and gladly assaulted anyone connected in anyway to Intel. Time heals all wounds! And if it doesn't, some good soul will have written a linux driver (which I couldn't) somewhere to releave my woe's:) That's why I love this OS and the people along with it!:) -- HOPE! -- Good hunting, Harm Bathoorn. Good luck, Civileme Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Windows eXPerience, MandrakeLinux saves the Day-ta
- Original Message - From: civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Carroll Grigsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 1:23 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Windows eXPerience, MandrakeLinux saves the Day-ta On Thursday 01 November 2001 07:21, Carroll Grigsby wrote: civileme wrote: I knew that extra phone listing might be handy someday. Fussing with a download that wouldn't md5sum and needing it very badly, I was only too happy for the break when the phone rang and I picked it up, saying Mandrakesoft. Errr, I have a REAL problem. Is it with one of our systems? No, he replied, but I'll buy the most expensive boxed set if your system can help me. In the course of a few minutes I learned that this fellow hadf a Dell Dimension P-II 400 with STB Velocity card and Turtle Beach Montego II Sound card, and he had been running Win98 successfully. He had a Microsoft-badged optical mouse and Microsoft-badged USB keyboard. When WinXP came out, his father was the first person in line at CompUSA to buy it at 12:01 am October 25th. So he installed the update. Keyboard and mouse promptly stopped working. His plan was to install linux, copy his vital data over to it, then format the winpartition and reinstall XP cleanly as Microsoft Support (Two hours on hold long distance to Redmond ) assured him if he did that that his keyboard and mouse would work. I told him where to pick up the download edition of 8.1 and he took them. An hour later I had a call, It won't resize Windows small enough. By now it was 7 pm. I went to his computer and brough along a spare 10G disk. I added it temporarily on the spare connector and let him install ML 8.1 to the second disk, making sure he chose GRUB to boot with. Everything worked, and his cable modem connected out of the box--only the advisory popped up to visit sourceforge about the sound card. Transferring his 2.2G of files was a snap, then diskdrake was called to clean up the messy hda, partitioning 3/4 of it for windows and leaving the rest for his rescue system. WinXP balked and insisted on seeing the win98 CD, then it installed, taking out the boot record entry for linux (but we had a boot disk). The mouse and keyboard worked fine until the final reboot then communication ceased. Now out with the win98 disk but it refuses to install over XP. Back to Linux and diskdrake from a terminal su'ed too root to wipe clean again. Win98 now loads after an old installer trick of copying the win98 directory to the hard drive and installing from there. And linux restores the 2.2 G of files it had saved. Now the extra Hdd is removed and win98 is running using mouse and keyboard. Back to CompUSA goes the XP even though one mouse worked long enough to send Redmond the info for the activation Code. Into CompUSA is placed an Order for ProSuite. He already has the Aureal drivers from sourceforge. I know sometimes our system has trouble with a wheelmouse, and a lot of trouble if someone sets the wrong mouse type (3-button emulation kills wheelmice), but this is something I don't think we have ever done. Certified Hardware not running on a new system is a serious flaw, and even a billion dollar advertising campaiggn and midnight starting sales will not correct that sort of flaw. Civileme Civileme: Exactly which support option covers house calls? -- Carroll Well, you buy the new ProSuite coming out soon--the one with a long support option Then you move to Anchorage, Alaska... Civileme Civileme, Typical corporate linux profiteering. I'll bet you 99:2 (Am Ex accepted) that he was using a P/S2 mouse and keyboard. I've had that experience as well with XP Home Edition (though not Professional). A better solution (compatibility with Win32 apps) would be to buy the cheapest boxed set of PS/2 mouse and keyboard - because that's a system that can help him. Regards, _nasturtium 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] LOLI LILO (long live lilo)
It works and you know it... If it doesn't work then remake it. I've tried it and it works perfectly on a Pentium II 350... And don't forget I happen to be an Internet Security expert (just ask civileme) who can read iptables even in Chinese... I is very good as it is now possible to access my primary operating system (Win '98) in one step rather than two. How things suddenly stuff up next dayis beyond me but there was probably a bit of helpfrom you. Regards, _nasturtium - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 6:41 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] LOLI LILO (long live lilo) It can and _will_ cause you great harm. The next day, LILO got up to LIL- and wouldn't boot. It makes configuring LILO more difficult. It is hacky and dangerous. Causes more trouble than good. It is therefore stupid. - pesarif - Original Message - From: _nasturtium [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 8:42 PM Subject: [newbie] LOLI LILO (long live lilo) Hello, LILO can be placed in the Windows 2000 Boot menu! Using instructions at www.ntcompatible.com/faq2.shtml, (not reproduced here - they are designed with SuSE linux in mind which would not be appropraite on this list!), you can add it - and takes only 512bytes. [at a terminal] lilo -s /mnt/c/linux.bin [in boot.ini add this line] C:\LINUX.BIN=Mandrake Linux 8.0 I have tried it with linux mandrake 8.0 and it works perfectly. Hope it's useful, _nasturtium 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] LOLI LILO (long live lilo)
Hello, LILO can be placed in the Windows 2000 Boot menu! Using instructions at www.ntcompatible.com/faq2.shtml, (not reproduced here - they are designed with SuSE linux in mind which would not be appropraite on this list!), you can add it - and takes only 512bytes. [at a terminal] lilo -s /mnt/c/linux.bin [in boot.ini add this line] C:\LINUX.BIN="Mandrake Linux 8.0" I have tried it with linux mandrake 8.0 and it works perfectly. Hope it's useful, _nasturtium
