Re: [newbie] Why is my FAT always corrupted
> From: "Damian Gatabria" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > That's probably not corruption. You are just > > experiencing one difference between > > windows-like linebreaks and Unix-style linebreaks. > > > > When you open the textfile on windows > > you see a small square where the line should > > end, right? This is normal. If you need to > > convert a file to windows style, try > > importing in in ms word. > > It is not the line endings the /file system/ is corrupt. When I reboot to > Windows and attempt to access any file, Windows warns that the directory is > corrupt and I should run chkdsk. When I do chkdsk reports cross linked > files, > unowned blocks and truncated files. > > David > Then you should check your system for bad RAM or bad disks. FAT support on UNIX systems has been stable for many years now. (btw, do you check /var/log/syslog for weird records while writing to these partitions?) Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Why is my FAT always corrupted
That's probably not corruption. You are just experiencing one difference between windows-like linebreaks and Unix-style linebreaks. When you open the textfile on windows you see a small square where the line should end, right? This is normal. If you need to convert a file to windows style, try importing in in ms word. Damian El jue, 13-05-2004 a las 17:53, David A. Ferguson escribiÃ: > I dual boot between Linux and W2k. I store the shared data on a FAT. > Whenever I write to it from Linux it almost always comes up corrupted. > > Is there some special setting I should have in my 'fstab' or something? > > It is so bad that it is basically useless. I don't do anything special > just open KWrite, enter some journal entries and exit. > > Thanks...David > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Installing Second Parallel Port
El miÃ, 03-03-2004 a las 02:01, John Rye escribiÃ: > I have need of a second parallel port to use my old parallel Epson > GT5000 scanner. > > I've installed a Dolphin 2-port card which Harddrake lists as follows: > > Vendor: Timedia Technology Co Ltd > Bus: PCI > Bus identification: 1409:7268:1409:104 > Location on the bus: 0:c:0 > Description: SUN1888 Simple Comm. Controller > Module: unknown > Media class: COMMUNICATION_PARALLEL > > dmesg shows the following segment: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] lists]# dmesg | grep parport > parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE] > parport0: irq 7 detected > parport0: Printer, Canon BJC-210SP > parport1: PC-style at 0xe800 (0xe400) [PCSPP,TRISTATE] > parport2: PC-style at 0xe000 (0xdc00) [PCSPP,TRISTATE] > lp0: using parport0 (polling). > lp1: using parport1 (polling). > lp2: using parport2 (polling). > [EMAIL PROTECTED] lists]# dmesg seems to be telling you that the ports are already found and functional as /dev/lp[0,1,3] Why are you trying to insmod the stuff in? Is something not working? Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Quiet Tonight
El jue, 26-02-2004 a las 06:41, Lanman escribiÃ: > On February 25, 2004 10:44 pm, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > El jue, 26-02-2004 a las 00:40, Greg Meyer escribiÃ: > > > It's kind of quiet tonight. Everyone must be over at Groklaw watching > > > Eben Moglen's speech at Harvard. > > > > Finally, the list has answered all remaining > > questions and no one has a single problem > > anymore. > > Mommy! Can I have a glass of water? > ( And the world of reality subtly seeps back in ! ) You just HAD to ruin it.. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to read windows CD?
El miÃ, 25-02-2004 a las 11:09, Mike Adolf escribiÃ: > Is there some trick to reading a CD written in Windose. I have a Liteon > DVD+/-R CD+/-RW. I wrote it with SONIC's produce MyDEV, I think! I did the What do you get when you try to browse with Linux? any error messages? try, as root: umount /mnt/cdrom mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom (you may need to change that according to what device name belongs to your cdrom) and then try to browse it again. afterwards, you can: umount /mnt/cdrom mount /mnt/cdrom which will bring everything back to normal. (these steps i hust described are simply to bypass the supermount system, which sometimes causes problems.) > copy by drag & drop. Do some vender products write CDs, linux can't read. > I'm running MDK 9.1 > > mike no. Only one thing: In Linux, you don't browse audio cd's. If you need to see the audio tracks, open up konqueror, and in the edge of the treeview to your left, there's a button bar. On this button bar, click on the star icon at the bottom. The treeview will have switched to a "device" mode. you can browse each device independently now. One of the options in this treeview will allow you to browse audio cd's. Hth. > > mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Quiet Tonight
El jue, 26-02-2004 a las 00:40, Greg Meyer escribiÃ: > It's kind of quiet tonight. Everyone must be over at Groklaw watching Eben > Moglen's speech at Harvard. Finally, the list has answered all remaining questions and no one has a single problem anymore. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] test.
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Re: [newbie] Linux in the Business World - Speak Up !
El lun, 10-11-2003 a las 12:40, Lanman escribió: > Just curious about something. How many of the list members > are using > Linux in the workplace and how? I was hired in a cybercafé last month. My job is to completely migrate it to Linux. (gaming machines included). Not an easy task as you can see, i've been working on desktop installations and config, as well as building an application that controls all of them from one computer and enables or disables them as clients walk in and ask for a computer. So, Am i using Linux in the workplace? hehe.. yeah, it's 100% of my job. > I think it would be encouraging to see who's doing what > with it, and > which distro's, whether they're seeing > an increase in business because of Linux and what > interesting things > they're doing with Linux. We've got several e-mails and messages from other places and shops that want to take the plunge and start migrating to Linux too, they mostly want to know "what" to do and "how" exactly are we doing it... > > It might prove to be an interesting source of information > for > newbie's to know what can be done with Linux, > especially when it's applied in a production environment. > We see all > kinds of articles regarding Linux, but > it's very hard to contact those people to see how something > was done, > and what Tips 'n' Tricks were used > to accomplish a particular task. That sounds familiar :o) > > MandrakeSoft has a special site > (http://www.mandrakebizcases.com ), > that allows anyone to post their > particular application of Linux, but for the most part you > can't get > the hands-on info from those companies > or individuals. > We know. In fact, i was the one to suggest (and IMPOSE ;o)) Mandrake for the task. The day they gave me the job interview they had already installed two SuSE machines. One was the first desktop, the other was the server. The server is still using SuSE, as i'm reluctant to fix something that works, but all of the desktops have now Mdk 9.1 (and one 9.2). We have been talking to some MandrakeSoft people over here and there's the chance that we also become official Mandrake vendors. As part of the arrangements, there was the "success story", which involved us being in one of those articles. We're still thinking about it. > Is this something we could/should add to the Twiki site? > Comments? IMO yes. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Keyboard key command
.. xev? El lun, 10-11-2003 a las 01:54, Greg Meyer escribió: > I recall that there is a little utility for determine what code a particular > key returns. It would be useful for mapping some of the alternate > quicklaunch keys on many modern keyboards. I for the life of me cannot > remember what it is and was hoping some kind soul on this list could jog my > memory. > > TIA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CDROM fails on detection
El mié, 22-10-2003 a las 18:29, HaywireMac escribió: > On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 16:05:37 -0500 > Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > > > It's kernel issue, not just Mandrake's. Any distro usin 2.4.22 > > could mess up junk hardware. Go to kernel.org and look for the > > various hardware blacklists. Or don't buy junk to run Linux on. > > So all the people who have lost valuable hardware are just idiots who > shouldn't have bought "junk" to run Linux on. > > Nice attitude, Tom, thanks for the input. Let's get the ugly out of the way first: I do not like the way you post. You disagree with Tom, (and I do, too) but... well.. never mind. You already know what i'm going to say. Now, about the "junk" part... When 9.0 was released, it came out with a version of supermount that didn't work on certain drives. Sometimes you would go into /mnt/cdrom, do a `ls` and see all the files... and when you tried to actually use any of then, you were told that the file didn exist... nice one. It turned up that this bug affected low quality drives mostly. So, the attitude around the cooker and expert list was pretty much the same as Tom's. "Your fault, you shouldn't buy crappy hardware to begin with ", completely ignoring the fact that these drives worked PERFECTLY on 8.2 and prior. (and worked perfectly also if you used any other kernel...) On cooker list, every single release cycle since i'm lurking on it, i see a thread starting about a month before scheduled release date. In this thread someone pleads for more testing/time and to kick the release date a little further into the future. The answer to those posters is always the same: "Bah, that was said also in the last cycle, and it went OK, so we don't need another beta. We don't need more time" . every single time, i stay quiet and say nothing.. because i know my opinion doesn't matter to them. Every single time i agree with the guy saying they need more time. This kind of sh*t proves them (and me) right. 6 months release cycle? Yeah, right. Then beta testing should start one month after a stable release. We will keep seeing Big Bugs(tm) until something is done about that impossible release rythm. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] webcam recommendations needed
Hi. Yesterday i started working at a small business that is interested in using PC's with webcams as "security cameras" .. you know, to monitor customers, that kind of thing. The idea is that the PC should be running Linux. I have zero experience with webcams, and from what i've read, performance and resolution can be real problems as drivers vary in quality. So, is there any brand or model that could be useful for this (resolution should be good enough to make it possible to recognize a face standing at about 3 or 4 meters from the camera) under Linux? Thanks Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Given Up (was Who uses AC97?)
> Hope you slept well! > hmph, how rude of me not to answer. Thanks! :o) Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Given Up (was Who uses AC97?)
El jue, 02-10-2003 a las 10:58, Margot escribió: > Damian Gatabria wrote: > > El jue, 02-10-2003 a las 04:48, Damian Gatabria escribió: > > > >>>here's the output: > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] margot]# insmod snd-via8233 > >>>Using /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/sound/pci/snd-via8233.o.gz > >>>/lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/sound/pci/snd-via8233.o.gz: unresolved > >>>symbol snd_ac97_set_rate > >>>/lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/sound/pci/snd-via8233.o.gz: unresolved > >>>symbol snd_pcm_new_Re5b2d829 > >> > >>>Is this as bad as it looks? I didn't dare go any further! > >> > >> > >>No, not really... it means that either: > >> > >>a) another module is to be loaded first. > >>b) your current kernel has no support for that card (highly unlikely) > >>it's 4:45 am. I'll check it out after i get some sleep. > >> > > > > > > Ok, try: > > > > modprobe soundcore > > modprobe snd-via8233 > > > > Does it still spit all the errors? > > > > Hope you slept well! > > No errors, in fact no response at all: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] margot]# modprobe soundcore > [EMAIL PROTECTED] margot]# modprobe snd-via8233 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] margot]# > > Margot nice! now let's keep going. Open up aumix, turn the volume up, set xmms to play using ALSA as i described in the other post, and try to play something. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Given Up (was Who uses AC97?)
El jue, 02-10-2003 a las 04:48, Damian Gatabria escribió: > > here's the output: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] margot]# insmod snd-via8233 > > Using /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/sound/pci/snd-via8233.o.gz > > /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/sound/pci/snd-via8233.o.gz: unresolved > > symbol snd_ac97_set_rate > > /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/sound/pci/snd-via8233.o.gz: unresolved > > symbol snd_pcm_new_Re5b2d829 > > > Is this as bad as it looks? I didn't dare go any further! > > > No, not really... it means that either: > > a) another module is to be loaded first. > b) your current kernel has no support for that card (highly unlikely) > it's 4:45 am. I'll check it out after i get some sleep. > Ok, try: modprobe soundcore modprobe snd-via8233 Does it still spit all the errors? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Given Up (was Who uses AC97?)
> here's the output: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] margot]# insmod snd-via8233 > Using /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/sound/pci/snd-via8233.o.gz > /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/sound/pci/snd-via8233.o.gz: unresolved > symbol snd_ac97_set_rate > /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/sound/pci/snd-via8233.o.gz: unresolved > symbol snd_pcm_new_Re5b2d829 > Is this as bad as it looks? I didn't dare go any further! No, not really... it means that either: a) another module is to be loaded first. b) your current kernel has no support for that card (highly unlikely) it's 4:45 am. I'll check it out after i get some sleep. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Why so many reboots ?
El jue, 02-10-2003 a las 03:03, Anne Wilson escribió: > On Thursday 02 Oct 2003 1:44 am, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > > > Whenever a desktop user sees a problem in his screen, he/she > > goes "uf", grabs the phone and calls you. > > > > This is why they seem so stubborn and closed-minded about change. > > It's, quite simply, not their concern. You (we) are the ones > > supposed to keep the computer going. right? That's what > > we get paid for. > > > You overlook the fear element. It is very real for many people > > Anne You are right... forgot about the fear thingy. Thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] USB not "hot-swappable" in Linux?
El mié, 01-10-2003 a las 20:45, Merlin Zener escribió: > Hi, > I find that unless I have my USB external hard drive connected and > powered up *before* booting, Linux won't find it. Is that the way it > normally is, or is there something wrong with my system? > > Is the there equivalent of the "stop device" function, so I can safely > unplug without powering down the computer first? > > TIA, That's weird. Boot up with the usb drive unplugged. Once you finished booting, plug it in. Do (as root) a `tail -20 /var/log/syslog` There should be something there about usb-storage. Maybe Linux sees the drive but it's not mounting it? Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Urgent !!!!! Error after installation reboot. Urgent!!!!!!!!
Start the installation again. make it reformat all your linux partitions. Choose the right mouse driver for your hardware. (when it asks, choose standard ps/2 or whatever fits your mouse description) In X configuration, choose either "VESA" or "sis" driver. Do not set your color depth to more than 24 as 32bpp is not supported with your video card. mandeake 9.1 is older than your chipset, that's why your video card is not being correctly set up. However you can choose your driver manually as I descibed above, and you should be fine. Damian El mié, 01-10-2003 a las 11:42, Budianto Yudi escribió: > Sorry, but I have serious problem and I can not solve it. > My hardware is > Processor AMD duron 750 > Motherboard Shuttle > VGA SIS onboard > Sound SIS ac7018 onboard > old monitor SVGA > Memory SDRAM 128 mb. > Is there something wrong with my computer ? > is there someone solve this ? > > > I install madrake linux 9.1 from CD. > > Problem 1 : > when the installation ask for the languange which i > choose, the mouse pointer always hang, and i must reset my > computer and start over the linux installation so the > mouse pointer can be moved. Why ? is there something wrong > with my mouse ? > > Problem 2 : > In the summary part of the installation, I configure my > display adapater, when it offer me to test my display > adapter, the mouse pointer always hang, so i must use > keyboard to finish my installation. Is this a serious > problem ? how must i do to fix it ? > > Problem 3 : > in the exit part of the installation. the linux always > reboot the system. when it goes to the black screen there > is some error this. > > install succeeded > sending termination signals ... done > sending kill signals ... done > unmounting file systems ... >/proc >/tmp/stage2 >/mnt/mnt/win_c >/mnt/mnt/win_d >/mnt/home/ >/mnt/proc/ >/mnt umount failed > failed to umount some file systems > > > How to fix this error ? > After i reset my computer and runs linux for the first > time linux run for fsck and linux offer me to repair > automatically and i choose yes. > but after that I cannot run into xwindows and the linux > ask about login name. > > I note some error when linux preparing the system to run > xwindows. there are some error when loading the saslauthd. > The linux says there is error with shared library or > directory doesn't exist. How to fix this error ? > > Please help me. I need it urgent. > Thanks > === > "Instan Diskon Setiap Hari"... > Setiap hari jam 10 malam sampai jam 7 pagi > Dan setiap Hari Libur.. > berlaku mulai 1 September - 31 Desember 2003, > Khusus Jawa Timur... > === > > > __ > 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] Why so many reboots ?
That's the price you pay when you tie absolutely everything to the kernel. Adding a new driver? --> reload the kernel (=reboot) Changing HW config? --> reload the kernel (=reboot) and so on.. on win98, reboots are really impossible to explain. Changing an ip address? (or any aspect of the network setup at all) --> reboot. On the other hand, i think you are exaggerating a little bit -- 10 reboots to install the OS? more like 3... :oP and finally, to answer your question: Because people don't want to learn, don't care about the problems they can't see (closed standards? what's that?) and because those problems you see with Windows setup being painful is not their problem really (even if they were to use Linux, they would be calling you --or someone else-- in order to get things to work. Whether it's hard and requires a million reboots or not, it's your problem. They don't wanna --and won't-- do it themselves). Whenever a problem appears on your screen, you try to figure what happened and how to fix it or avoid it from happening again. Whenever a desktop user sees a problem in his screen, he/she goes "uf", grabs the phone and calls you. This is why they seem so stubborn and closed-minded about change. It's, quite simply, not their concern. You (we) are the ones supposed to keep the computer going. right? That's what we get paid for. Of course, any of us can start babbling things like "OH BUT IT *IS* THEIR PROBLEM TOO! HOW ABOUT ..(fill in problem here).." But 95% of the pc-using population just don't know or care. Or, at least, that's the way i see it. El mié, 01-10-2003 a las 16:57, Chris Blake escribió: > Greetings, > > Just an OT question since I been using MDK for the last 9 months and am > frustrated that I still have to install Windows for my clients. > > Why does Linux install everything in one go, with minimal input required > by user, and windows reboots every .5 seconds whenever something is > detected. > > As an example, I am currently installing Win2K and Win98 on 7 machines, > first you install the OS that requires around 10 reboots, then once you > done that you then have to install motherboard drivers and things which > requires another million reboots before you can actually say > "Well, now its over, I can actually use the fscking thing now " > > Why ? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Did I lose my NTFS partition?
> Fix MBR. Don't remember/know exactly what fixboot is. Fixboot is another one of MS's great achievements... when you have several boot options in Windows' boot loader (c:\boot.ini) fixboot can delete "invalid" boot entries (or at least what IT THINKS are invalid) and restore as default the newest valid OS entry in the list (or at least what IT THINKS is the best choice). A perfect example i have met up with: A friend started a win2k -> winXP upgrade. In the middle of the process, he gets the impression he might lose some of his data and decides to cancel the installation. He is then left with two boot options: -Windows 2000 professional -Windows XP Install/Upgrade And, being the last one added, the XP Install is default. He wants to have 2k back to default, and, if possible, delete the XP entry. So, he does the magical 'fixboot', and VOILA! XP is still the default, and his 2k entry is gone! Beautiful! Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Did I lose my NTFS partition?
> and I noticed in the recovery mode of w2k, both fixmbr and fixboot. fixmbr. > which should I use? and will it screw up lilo? Most likely.. You will have to do exactly the same process with Mandrake's installation disks to get lilo back after that. :o/ Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I bin spoofed!
El dom, 31-08-2003 a las 20:44, Eric Huff escribió: > > My joehill address has been spoofed apparently, cuz I'm gettin' > > bounces from invalid addresses, apparently receiving whatever.pif > > (sobig?) from moi. > > > > Is there anything I can do, or just an annoyance I have to put up > > with? > > > > Anyone else been getting this? > > I got a couple of those. > > I don't think you were spoofed: someone you know (or someone that has > your address) has the virus, which sends messages like that. > Someone he knows has the plague!!! burn him!! burn him!!! burn them all to hell :oP Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] single account, multiple users:
El mié, 13-08-2003 a las 16:42, Frankie escribió:
> There is a frowned upon method where your ISP can dump all mail for a
> domain into one account.
>
> (actually, its as simple as this in the virtual file of postfix.)
>
> somedomain.comvirtual
> @somedomain.com franki
>
> And all mail for that domain goes to the one local account.
> One of the X header tags contains the person that was to recieve the mail.
>
> The normal way to split the mail up is to use fetchmail to sort the mail
> based on that header.
>
> I have set it up for people a couple of times, but don't remember the
> config offhand, though I suspect googling for it would not take long.
>
> regards
>
> Franki
Does the fetchmail method work as epected when there are several
localrecipients for one message? (i.e. if one mail has To: Cc:
and Bcc: fields) Do they all get the message, or just the first?
And what about hidden ("undisclosed") CCs and Bccs?
I'm making progress with procmail but i can't find a solution
for two cases:
a) Mail sent to one account on the domain, with Bcc or Cc to another
user within the same domain: Procmail matches the "To:" field to
a rule and immediately forwards the message. Result: Only one
user gets the message.
b) Same thing, but with . Only one person
gets the message.
can this be done correctly with fetch?
Thanks a lot!
Damian
Damian
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RE: [newbie] single account, multiple users:
For now, i have managed to solve it with procmail. I just made rules that search for valid local email addresses in this form: for\ \<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Since this 'for' line appears in the headers added by the mail server, it seems to be working quite well, but if fetchmail can come with a simpler (or safer) solution, i'll check it out too. Thanks everyone. Damian El mar, 12-08-2003 a las 08:32, Frankie escribió: > Fetchmail can do this.. > > I have done it before where the mail is recieved by a single account.. > > fetchmail fetches the mail and distributes the mail based on one of the > X-to headers.. > > install fetchmailconf and use that, it has settings for this. > > > rgds > > Franki > > >-Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Damian Gatabria > >Sent: Tuesday, 12 August 2003 5:18 AM > >To: Lista Newbie > >Subject: [newbie] single account, multiple users: > > > > > > > >Hi. wassup? long time no post. > > > >I need some advice again, maybe someone has already been > >where i am now :oP > > > >I'm now working for a small business providing IT, > >support and system administration, and in one of our > >customers, a very small (9 workstations + ex-exchange server) > >company, i've finally installed a Linux server for them. > >It's my first Linux server ever. > >It's doing fine as a Windows domain controller, file and print server > >(all through Samba), internet sharing using iptables for NAT, > >and all the nice crap. It downloads mail with fetchmail and, > >with postfix and vm-pop3d, i made it a nice mail server too, > >providing pop3 access to the clients in the local network. > >OK then, So far so good. > > > >Now, here's the one problem i need to solve: > >We also provide a domain name for them, as well as > >e-mail accounts. My boss wants to be able to use one > >single pop3 account in our main server to hand over the > >mail to this server i made. this is the idea: > > > >the fetchmail on this server is going to fetch mail (really?!) > >from one single pop3 account at our big server at our office. > >In this account, there's mail for every single employee > >of this customer. Yes. All accounts mixed up in a single account. > >Mail from this account has to be processed somehow and > >'splitted' properly, one mailbox per user, each reading his/her > >own messages only. > > > >"No problem!" Said I, being aware of the existance of > >Procmail. In a matter of hours, i googled around and found > >a way to do this. A bit of procmail magic, and It is now working > >properly, except for one thing, which brings me here: > > > >FSCKING "" HEADERS!! Of course, > >procmail filters messages based on it's headers. But > >how can i filter messages that do not say where they are > >going? Such messages are not being picked up by procmail, > >which is a very serious situation. > > > >On to the real question: Is there another kind of software > >(maybe a replacement for fetchmail?) that can query > >a pop3 server and filter immediately, BEFORE it is sent > >to postfix? > > > >On win32, there's this program called 'igetmail', which > >does exactly that. It fetches mail, processes it and > >after that it forwards messages on to the MTA. Is there > >something like this available for Linux? How does one > >solve this kind of thing? > > > >Thanks for any suggestions... tho i'm not sure > >this is the right place to ask...? > > > >Damian > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __ > 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] test
El lun, 21-07-2003 a las 02:38, JoeHill escribió: > On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 01:06:11 -0400 > Carroll Grigsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > Rolling on the floor laughing my mail server off. LOL > > that happened to me the other night. see thread "Postfix and POP3". > > hey, would it be possible to link to a post? nh... ..i missed that thread! i gotta go check the archives! :oP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] test
El lun, 21-07-2003 a las 01:34, JoeHill escribió: > On 21 Jul 2003 01:17:41 -0300 > Damian Gatabria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > "my mail server is an open relay" my ass. > > I got that too... > > How did you get around it? I had to go over at that site the error message reported : (reason: 550 Service unavailable; blocked using relays.ordb.org, reason: This mail was handled by an open relay - please visit <http://ORDB.org/lookup/?host=xx.xxx.xx.xxx) And click around until i found a way to make this ORDB.org site test my server. About 24 hours after i did that, they sent me a reply that sounded like "OK, so you are not an open relay, we'll let you in for now, but don't feel so happy yet, we're gonna get you sooner or later"... and now it seems i'm not being rejected anymore... Seems to me that someone was using my current IP address before with an open relay.. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] test
Whoops. That one made it. :oP El lun, 21-07-2003 a las 01:17, Damian Gatabria escribió: > "my mail server is an open relay" my ass. > > > > > __ > 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] test
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[newbie] test
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Re: [newbie] CD Drive REFUSES to work
El jue, 10-07-2003 a las 01:51, Michael escribió: > been working with few people offlist to try to get my cd-rw drive to work, but > i thought i'd post it back to the list to try to see if anyone else has > ideas. > > cd-rw drive was origonally a supermount, it's been changed to automount. > we've modified fstab. > i've tried kiwkdisc. > > none of it matters, because when i go to access a cd in my drive, after about > 30 seconds, the caps lock and scroll lock lights on the keyboard start > flashing and the computer completely locks up. the only way to get out of it > is to hit the restart button on the case. i've had more hard crashes in > trying to get this working than i can count at this point. so far i've even > gotten an error from Noatun media player (which was running during one hard > crash) that it had a crash (but didn't tell me what it was) and even got an > error earlier that KDE had some type of crash (didn't say why, just said it > had a crash). so obviously things are NOT working right over here. keep in > mind to anyone that can help, i'm a SUPER NEWBIE, so saying "just change this > to this" has to be a little bit more specific, if you know what i mean (it's > my first timerunning command lines, that is!). when it comes to > computers i'm a very slow learner, the harder i try the worse it gets. my cd > drive is listed as compatible hardwarebecause i know that was going to be > the first question anyone asked. In win98, are you using DMA for your CDROM? just for fun, edit your lilo.conf so the "append" line looks like this: append="quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off ide1=nodma" then, in the command line, run `lilo`, and reboot. See if it keeps crashing. HTH Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] URPMI error
El jue, 10-07-2003 a las 05:47, Curt Tresenriter escribió: > On Wed, 2003-07-09 at 22:45, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > El mi? 09-07-2003 a las 18:40, Curt Tresenriter escribió: > > > Every time I use urpmi lately I get: > > > > > > eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument > > > > > > Can someone tell me why? > > > Curt > > > > does you cdrom tray get to open? > > Only when I do it manually. Right... so urpmi is trying to open your cd tray but it's not being successful, maybe your cdrom does not support opening the tray by software?... try executing this: eject /dev/??? (what's your cdrom device?) and see if you get the same error. Also, did you change any settings (i.e. SCSI emulation) from the moment you installed mandrake? Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] URPMI error
El mi? 09-07-2003 a las 18:40, Curt Tresenriter escribió: > Every time I use urpmi lately I get: > > eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument > > Can someone tell me why? > Curt does you cdrom tray get to open? i get it too, but only when my cdrom (which is SOOO crappy and old) fails to open the tray. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sendmail (non fatal) error.
El mar, 08-07-2003 a las 17:40, Richard Urwin escribió: > On Monday 07 Jul 2003 3:25 am, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > I've made my first attempt to install and > > configure my own mailserver. It was > > way easier than i expected (did it completely > > from webmin) but my syslog is showing that > > sendmail, with every incoming message, complains: > > > > Jul 6 23:03:42 gatabria sendmail[17735]: h6723aLG017734: > > SYSERR(root): Cannot open hash database /etc/aliases.db: Invalid > > argument > > > > > > The file /etc/aliases.db exists, and there's also > > one called 'aliases' but aliases.db is empty, and > > i really don't know what's it for. > > > > Apart from that error, my sendmail is working perfectly. > > > > Any ideas on this one? > > $ man aliases > will tell you more about this. The really important sentence is: > "Execute the command newaliases in order to rebuild the indexed file > after changing the Postfix alias database." > > (Yes I use Postfix, but it works for Sendmail too.) Thanks Richard for the useful bit of info, but unfortunately the error message keeps popping up in syslog... could this be some kind of incompatibility between sendmail and some weird library needed to handle that file? Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RealPlayer8 and RealPlayer9
El mi? 09-07-2003 a las 02:13, Brooks Family escribió: > Sorry. I'm using Mandrake 9.1 and I don't know what the firewall is > named. It's the standard one that comes packed with Mandrake 9.1. Are you using KDE? Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I'm being DoSed!
El mié, 02 de 07 de 2003 a las 21:20, Cody Harris escribió: > I want to deny 128.175.241.43 from being connected to my, how do i do it!? > I'm being Dosed! 100 or more connecvtions at once! HELP! > > -Cody Harris Quick & simple: iptables -A INPUT -s 128.175.241.43 -j DROP will work perfectly. (IF you have iptables service running, of course :o) Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Sendmail (non fatal) error.
I've made my first attempt to install and configure my own mailserver. It was way easier than i expected (did it completely from webmin) but my syslog is showing that sendmail, with every incoming message, complains: Jul 6 23:03:42 gatabria sendmail[17735]: h6723aLG017734: SYSERR(root): Cannot open hash database /etc/aliases.db: Invalid argument The file /etc/aliases.db exists, and there's also one called 'aliases' but aliases.db is empty, and i really don't know what's it for. Apart from that error, my sendmail is working perfectly. Any ideas on this one? Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] optical mouse
El sáb, 05 de 07 de 2003 a las 21:23, Stephen Kuhn escribió: > On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 10:01, Thomas Williams wrote: > > I have a question for all of you. I have a HP Pavillon with both a serial > > mouse connection and USB ports and I'm running MDK 9.1. I have an opportunity > > to get an optical USB mouse. I'm reasonably sure they will work with Linux, > > but what I want to know is, are there any ones I should stay away from? Is > > there a particular model I should try to get? I've been looking at a > > Kensington model that is relatively cheap and even has the scroll wheel. Will > > this work with Linux? They don't mention Linux in the list of OSes it works > > on, but that's not a surprise. > > > > Tom Williams > > Logitech and MS work best. Some 6 months ago, i was browsing the web.. bored as hell, and ended up (don't ask me how) in Microsoft's site, reading up on some kind of 'mobility quiz' and XP on laptops... This mobility quiz offered an optical mouse for each and every one that answered correctly to a given number of questions.. can't remember how many... just for the heck of it, i took the quiz, passed it without even thinking about it, and right then i remembered to read the 'terms and conditions': "For USA residents only". "Dang! oh well.." I quickly forgot about it. Surprisingly, a couple of weeks ago, a scary package with a "From: Redmond, Washington" label arrives, they sent me the freaking mouse after all. With a letter congratulating me for winning the quiz, and a BIG seal on the box: "THE MICROSOFT ADVANTAGE: HARDWARE-SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY DESIGNED FOR WINDOWS XP" "Ok" i thought. "This is never going to work with Linux." it was a small mouse for notebooks, optical, USB cord, wheel, 3 buttons, kinda cute 'n all... So, i plugged the little thing in, fired up mousedrake, which detected it at once. I just clicked OK, restarted my X session, and it worked perfectly. Wheel, all buttons, everything. I'm actually happy with it... Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install results vary
El mié, 25 de 06 de 2003 a las 00:11, Allan escribió: > On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 01:00, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > You wanna hear a funny one? If i choose ext3 for the /, my > > soundcard chipset is not correctly detected... it still works, > > but the sound is lower quality and choppy... > > > > > > Damian > > I have the same problem with my sound. Were you able to fix this? > Well, as i said, it depends on the file system i choose! it only happens when my / is ext3. When i use Reiser or XFS it works perfectly. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install results vary
El mié, 25 de 06 de 2003 a las 01:37, Stephen Kuhn escribió: > On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 14:22, Roland Hughes wrote: > > I have done 3-4 install's and everyone was different. I think mandrake > > is becoming like windows ( I am joking!). > > Roly > > It's really funny that last October I tried to point this out to people > on the list, but no one believed me... You wanna hear a funny one? If i choose ext3 for the /, my soundcard chipset is not correctly detected... it still works, but the sound is lower quality and choppy... Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] testing
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Re: [newbie] Kmail settings.
On Sunday 22 June 2003 20:56, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Recently, since installing 9.1, I've had quite a few Kmail crashes. When it > does, I don't lose any mail, sent, trash or otherwise, but I do lose all my > config settings. Even the address book is okay. > > So - can someone tell me where kmails' user settings are stored so I can > back them up? I looked in /home/darklord/mail and .kde but didn't find > anything. > > Thanks! ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail HTH Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OO is taking abnormally long... - SOLVED.
On Wednesday 18 June 2003 03:02, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > Damian Gatabria wrote: > >On Tuesday 17 June 2003 01:33, eric huff wrote: > >>>So, in the end, it did have something to do with networking... > >>> > >>>-A INPUT -s 127.0.0.1 -d 127.0.0.1 -p tcp -j ACCEPT > >> > >>Sorry if i missed it: where does this go? > > > >That's an iptables rule (a firewall rule). It goes in whatever file > >you use to save your iptables rules, in my case /etc/iptables-save > > > >What does that rule mean? simple. If network traffic is coming > >from localhost, going to localhost (like a local app connecting to a local > >server) and the protocol used is TCP, then it must be allowed. > > > >Apparently OO tries to connect to a local server of some sort, and > >if the connection attempt is blocked, then it does not continue > >loading until a timeout is reached... > > > >Damian > > How long does it take to load with that rule in place? 30 seconds. 16 seconds on subsequent launches. 7 seconds with quickstarter loaded. In a desperate move, i tried to solve this problem by downloading OO's src.rpm and recompiling... with i686 optimisations.. man that took long! about 32 hours to compile... The upside is that now it seems a little bit faster than before. :o) Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OO is taking abnormally long... - SOLVED.
On Tuesday 17 June 2003 01:33, eric huff wrote: > > So, in the end, it did have something to do with networking... > > > > -A INPUT -s 127.0.0.1 -d 127.0.0.1 -p tcp -j ACCEPT > > Sorry if i missed it: where does this go? That's an iptables rule (a firewall rule). It goes in whatever file you use to save your iptables rules, in my case /etc/iptables-save What does that rule mean? simple. If network traffic is coming from localhost, going to localhost (like a local app connecting to a local server) and the protocol used is TCP, then it must be allowed. Apparently OO tries to connect to a local server of some sort, and if the connection attempt is blocked, then it does not continue loading until a timeout is reached... Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OO is taking abnormally long... - SOLVED.
> > It's worth having if you're using 1.0 and have the spare RAM. > > 1.1 Beta seems to be quicker. From the command line > soffice > on its own opens the program without a document (this may change back to > the 1.0 default of opening with a blank document). It takes 12 seconds > on my home machine (PII 366MHz, 224MB RAM). > soffice --quickstart > opens with a document based on the default template, which as I have it > set up is the same thing as > soffice -n /user/templates/nalan.stw > It takes 17 seconds. > This is noticably faster than 1.0 without quickstart (which I don't use > on my home machine, since I need all the RAM I can get for serious stuff > like eye-candy). On my office machine (PIII 1GHz, 256MB RAM), it opens > in about the same time as 1.0 with Quickstart enabled. > > Moral: get 1.1. It's still at Beta2, but the Linux version seems pretty > stable. Most of the problems I've seen on the users list are about > Windows builds (no surprise there). > > Sir Robin So, in the end, it did have something to do with networking... -A INPUT -s 127.0.0.1 -d 127.0.0.1 -p tcp -j ACCEPT and all was solved. Thanks Greg for the hint. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OO is taking abnormally long...
On Sunday 15 June 2003 18:28, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 02:08, JoeHill wrote: > > On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 19:02:44 +0300 > > > > manolis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > how can I preload it ? > > > I have mandrake 9.1 and I am using OO very often... > > > thanks in advance > > > > Sorry, I don't go within 6 miles of Gnome or KDE. But if you check on > > the OO site, there is an FAQ which I *believe* explains this. If not, > > Google: openoffice + "open faster". > > There's a utility for Gnome/KDE called, er, Oooq or something similar - > I remember Sir Robin mentioning it - I downloaded it and installed it, > but after the first time, I didn't want to use it anymore. It preloads > Oo and gives you "quick start" options...lesseee...what's it called... > > AH - "oooqs-1.0-0.rc3.2mdk.586.rpm" > > ...got it offa one of the contrib mirrors...reckon it mighta been > Planetmirror... ... Looks like i'm going to have to join OO.o's forums/mailing lists and try to get some more useful answers there... Thanks Greg for trying to help. See ya. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OO is taking abnormally long...
On Sunday 15 June 2003 01:33, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Sunday 15 June 2003 12:10 am, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > In the last few weeks i've noticed OO taking over 6 minutes > > to start. This machine is a Pentium 2, 400 mhz. OO would > > take about 50 seconds to start, which was bearable, but > > now, no matter what i do to it, it just stalls for about 5 minutes. > > Once i have one instance sunning, opening documents and > > new windows is almost instantaneous... deleting the local > > installation files didn't help, and reinstalling OO didn't, either. > > This is happening with OO 1.0.3 running on Mdk 9.1.. > > Is anything else opening really slow? No. Have there been any changes to your > network setup? Yes, but these OO problems predate my networking changes (which included a change in my hostname). [EMAIL PROTECTED] videos]# cat /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 200.51.254.238 nameserver 200.51.254.251 [EMAIL PROTECTED] videos]$ cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.0.1 gatabria.no-ip.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] videos]$ ping gatabria.no-ip.com PING gatabria.no-ip.com (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.086 ms 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.086 ms 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.081 ms --- gatabria.no-ip.com ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2003ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.081/0.084/0.086/0.007 ms Just in case, here are my current iptables rules .. (does OO need to connect to something using tcp? ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] videos]# cat /etc/iptables-save # Generated by iptables-save v1.2.7a on Mon May 26 09:20:47 2003 *filter :INPUT ACCEPT [16572:8416969] :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [18652:6209601] -A INPUT -s 127.0.0.1 -d 127.0.0.1 -p tcp -m multiport --dports http,smtp -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports netbios-ns,netbios-dgm,netbios-ssn,ftp,ircd,socks,webcache,http,mysql,1337,31337,1243,telnet,smtp,587 -j DROP -A INPUT -p udp -m multiport --dports netbios-ns,netbios-dgm,netbios-ssn,ftp,ircd,socks,webcache,http,mysql,1337,31337,1243,telnet,smtp,587 -j LOG -A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports x11,ipp -j DROP -A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports x11,ipp -j LOG -A INPUT -p udp -m multiport --dports 6000,ipp -j DROP -A INPUT -p udp -m multiport --dports 6000,ipp -j LOG COMMIT # Completed on Mon May 26 09:20:47 2003 Thanks. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OO is taking abnormally long...
In the last few weeks i've noticed OO taking over 6 minutes to start. This machine is a Pentium 2, 400 mhz. OO would take about 50 seconds to start, which was bearable, but now, no matter what i do to it, it just stalls for about 5 minutes. Once i have one instance sunning, opening documents and new windows is almost instantaneous... deleting the local installation files didn't help, and reinstalling OO didn't, either. This is happening with OO 1.0.3 running on Mdk 9.1.. Any ideas? thanks! Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Suspicious email "supposedly" from Newbie.
On Saturday 07 June 2003 17:30, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Saturday 07 June 2003 02:39 pm, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > On Friday 06 June 2003 17:03, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > Ooops - is he saying that he has been reading for two years? Did he > > > get the virus and think it came from us? > > > > > > Anne > > > > Probably, he thinks Linux has no documentation... so it mst > > be true! and besides, who knows how many viruses does > > Lunix have?! > > Damian: > Welcome back! Thank you! Long time no post huh?! :o) Sometimes i feel like coming out of my coma and replying to a post, but most of the times: a) I get beat by at least three people to the answer. b) I get so busy at work i get to read about someone's problem about three days after he/she solved it c) My ISP fuxx0rs again and my post never gets to the list because mandrake.com is unable to resolve my hostname... >So, how did you like Japan? > -- cmg Did i ever say i was going to Japan? ..hm.. i gotta let you guys have some of this stuff i'm smoking.. :oP Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Suspicious email "supposedly" from Newbie.
On Friday 06 June 2003 17:03, Anne Wilson wrote: > Ooops - is he saying that he has been reading for two years? Did he > get the virus and think it came from us? > > Anne Probably, he thinks Linux has no documentation... so it mst be true! and besides, who knows how many viruses does Lunix have?! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Why do you choose Linux ?
On Thursday 03 April 2003 18:36, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Sat, 2003-04-12 at 06:12, Lanman wrote: > > It would suck-start a Harley, from 2 miles away, on a windy day, in snow > > this deep! > > > > Are we done now?? Can we kill this thread and get back to the other cool > > stuff? > > > > Lanman > > Uh - what cool stuff? Linux R0><0RZ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT - PCLO offline because of SCO!
> > Haha! April fools!!! ;p Damn.. i should have known better! LOL Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OT - PCLO offline because of SCO!
www.pclinuxonline.com PCLinuxOffline Due to our active boycott of SCO, SCO has filed a temporary court injunction forcing our website offline. We apologize for any inconvenience. You can email us at pclinuxonline at eastwind.net. Details can be found here. - :o? Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Why do you choose Linux ?
On Sunday 30 March 2003 11:45, Zariyan Zephyr wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > As a Linux newbie, I don't really understand why people in Europe and > North America has chosen Linux for daily use. I think people in Europe > and North America can afford Microsoft Windows and application > softwares under Windows. It isn't about money, is it ?. > It's about Crystal Icons. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I terminate an ASDL connection?
> appears as "unknown device". I just want to test if I can dial my ISP. For > that, I need to terminate my ASDL connection, how do I do that? > > > Teilhard Knight > The Extraterrestrial Try, as root, adsl-stop or service adsl stop Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] just another cd burning question!
On Monday 24 de March 2003 04:03, Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas wrote: > In onother machine I have a cd-rom and a DVD! > I want to remove the cd-rom, place de dvd on it's place and add a > cd-burner! > > The question is: > > How about the upmi and alike? Do I have to rebuild the database ? > If so, how? AFAIK no. > The plain replacing of cd to a dvd could work? yeah. > There is no scsi emulation! you will have to add it manually. Editing /etc/lilo.conf and adding hdx=ide-scsi to the "append" line and running lilo is enough. (replace hdx with the real name for the cd-rw device) > > Ricardo Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] font's appearance , win vs linux
On Monday 17 de March 2003 22:44, indra wrote: > hi all.. > > i've install Windows & mandrake in my pc., > if i compare between windows & linux i saw that in linux environment, the > font appearance (ie. in html document) doesn't smooth so it's not > comfortable to see HTML document in my linux... > > any suggest please.. > > TIA > > > Indee. Well, for HTML, you can use texstar's Mozilla XFT package (XFT is similar to Windows XP's "ClearType" system), if you want to improve fonts system-wide you can also install texstar's freetype/qt packages, you can also upgrade your KDE to version 3.1 . Texstar's RPMs are hosted on ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/ OR you can hold your breath a few weeks and get Mandrake 9.1 when it goes out. :o) Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MPlayer woes
On Sunday 16 de March 2003 22:18, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 10:34, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > ...almost the same as you... only my packages seem older. > > > > How exactly are you trying to use MPlayer? have you > > tried CVS or are you just using RPMS? > > I did it the Mandrake way this time'round - the RPM way! OK.. So now you could try source. This way you will be able to tell if the problem is specific to the RPM package. > Why not post the script for those of us that are less lucky than you? OK. but... WARNING! This script is (obviously) made specially for my own preferences and system configuration. It takes no parameters, no arguments, it's really dumb (i.e. poor error-checking) and may overwrite some of your libs with the new versions it downloads. So, before you try to run it, read it well and change it to your liking as to make sure you will not lose something you care about. It contains 4 files. One is called config-command. It is simply the `./configure` call, with all the parameters i like to use. You will definitely want to read this one and alter it as you see fit. Especially if you want to enable DVD support which i explicitly disable, and also some drivers which i cannot use that you may like. --I made the ./configure in a separate file simply because this way i found it easier to tweak... instead of seeking to the right part in the main script. The second is getsdl. Simply checks out, compiles and installs the latest CVS snapshot for the SDL library, which i use a lot. (i made this because MDK packages for SDL are not recognized/found by MPlayer's ./configure. Broken package, maybe? i dunno.) If you do not care about sdl drivers in MPlayer, you do not need this. The main script does not call or need this file. I ran it separately once or twice. The third is the real script, getmplayer. It gets the MPlayer CVS, win32 codecs, QT codecs , DivX, XViD, libavcodec CVS, RealPlayer codecs, LIVE.com streaming library, Vivo codecs, and Xanim DLLS. Then it compiles all the source-based codecs and moves the files as i saw fit, then calls configure-command, and makes and installs MPlayer. Once it gets a successful build, it downloads and installs a set of fonts for OSD and subtitles. The fourth file is "limpio" (spanish for "clean"). Deletes files and subdirectories created by previous runs of getmplayer. Just put the files in an empty directory and run ./getmplayer (you will need to press the enter key as the script logs in for CVS versions of some things and you get the usual "Password:" CVS prompt) > (or less smart than you) Lots of those out there. :o) Damian getmplayer.tar.bz2 Description: application/tbz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MPlayer woes
On Sunday 16 de March 2003 20:12, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 09:53, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > urpmi -a mp3lame0 > > Output: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# urpmi -a mp3lame0 > no package named mp3lame0 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# urpmi -a mp3lame > no package named mp3lame > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# urpmi -a mp3lame* > no package named mp3lame* > > Wuzza!?!?! (sniff) hm.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# rpm -qa | grep mp3 libmp3lame0-3.93-0.20021107.1plf libgmp3-4.1-3mdk libmp3lame0-devel-3.93-0.20021107.1plf libgmp3-devel-4.1-3mdk ...almost the same as you... only my packages seem older. How exactly are you trying to use MPlayer? have you tried CVS or are you just using RPMS? (FWIW i always use the source. In fact i made a small script that updates MPlayer and most of it's codecs and run it every week or so...) Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MPlayer woes
On Sunday 16 de March 2003 19:28, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > Ok...being that I ain't go my 50,000 emails from the past few months, I > have had a brain fart and can't, for the life of me, figger out how to > get mp3lame to work with MPlayer - and I remember this being on the list > before - so, in essence, am I to recompile/configure MPlayer, or is > there something I ain't tried yet? I've sucked heaps of stuff offa the > PLF Cooker site - and have tried to do any type of update with urpmi - > but unless I'm missing a brain cell or two, I can't update cuz I'm > running 9.1rc2... > > Enlightenment from anyone? C'mon - help a RedHatter become more of a > Mandrakian? urpmi -a mp3lame0 will provide everything you need for a normal recompile of MPlayer to detect and use mp3lame. what does `rpm -qa | grep mp3` tell you? HTH Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] newbie's problems with qt
On Wednesday 12 de March 2003 07:44, p s wrote: > I tried to install the new lyx (1.3.0) and rpmdrake > said it requires qt version >=2.2. Few days before I > installed Kdevelop (just to see what it is) and it > also installed qt designer and some qt libraries(?), > but apparently not qt itself(?), as 'qmake' is still > an unknown command. Is not qt included on the 3 > mandrake CDs? Or what am I doing wrong? I'm using > mandrake 9.0 If trying to install lyx gives you a message saying you need file libwhatever, then just urpmi libwhatever. HTH Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] port monitor sought
On Sunday 02 de March 2003 23:55, Robert Wideman wrote: > >> Have you tried firestarter? It's quite simpler than > >> ZoneAlarm --it only has two tabs, one which reports > >> connection attempts and blocked packets, and the other > >> inside of which you can create rules for your firewall > >> > >> http://firestarter.sf.net > > Ok, this is what initially got me into Linuxfirewalling and security. > I am not saying i am the shit. God knows that i am not. I am just saying > this is a HUGE field that you actually got to do the research yourself b/c > there are so many capabilities of apps out there. > > Also, i am not stating that Damien is incorrect in his information. > > Firestarter is not a port "monitor". It is a front end to IPTables. > IPTables is a firewall. If your wanting a port monitor look into Snort > or other IDS (intrusion detection system). Snort is the best IDS out > there, with options of a firewall. If your wanting a firewall then go > with IPtables. If you go with IPTables and you want a GUI configurator > then go with Firestarter. Well, i made my suggestion only because he was asking for a ZoneAlarm-like program. As you may already know, ZA is a software firewall for Win32, it notifies you of blocked connections as they happen, and can be set up with simple rules. To my eyes, iptables + firestarter are pretty much the same thing, with the only difference that ZA is application-based (i.e. whenever an app wants to access a network interface you are presented with the option to allow that process or not) and Iptables is purely rule-based. You are correct anyway, i was not talking about a port monitor at all. But i did not intend to. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] port monitor sought
> > > > Is there something similar to ZoneAlarm available for linux? Or can you > > reccomend another application? > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Andrei Have you tried firestarter? It's quite simpler than ZoneAlarm --it only has two tabs, one which reports connection attempts and blocked packets, and the other inside of which you can create rules for your firewall http://firestarter.sf.net Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kde rewrites .desktop files
> > i am always loggin as root when running rpmdrake-remove (the only > way..). the owner was the user (me) and the permission were r-- r-- ---. OK, change the owner:group of the files to root:root and set permissions to 775 .. ( chown root:root files; chmod +775 files) > > >>>have to make a script that will change the contents of .kde everytime > >>>kde is started? > >> > >>Better yet, it would be nice to find the script that does this in the > >>first place, and kill the bastard. > >> > >>Things like these are the ones people refer to when they say > >>"KDE is unpredictable". > >> > >> > >>Damian > > > > Of course if you have security set above "standard" it could be msec that > > is changing the file back. Where do you have security set? HTH > > sorry, i cannot remember.. where can i find out? ... mmm... dunno.. maybe mandrake control center -> security can give you a hint. If you use your PC as a workstation, then regular (medium) security is OK and recommended. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] worried
On Saturday 15 de February 2003 17:05, Andrew Scotchmer wrote: > Anyway the point is I've just upgraded my windows98 to XP and I must admit > in all fairness for the desktop, "I know nothing of computers," average > user, XP is better. It depends on what you use it for, and how. Please read my post on the thread "[newbie] Mandrake so slow in a pentium 200". Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kde rewrites .desktop files
On Friday 28 de February 2003 15:13, Jozef Riha wrote: > :( bad luck. permissions are back and file is rewritten again. will i Damn.. i'm pretty sure that's how i solved it.. are you logging in as root? If not, you could try changing the owner of the files, and making them read-only to "others". > have to make a script that will change the contents of .kde everytime > kde is started? Better yet, it would be nice to find the script that does this in the first place, and kill the bastard. Things like these are the ones people refer to when they say "KDE is unpredictable". Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kde rewrites .desktop files
On Friday 28 de February 2003 14:08, Jozef Riha wrote: > thanks for help, i'll try your advise. is this a bug or a feature? Sure looks like a bug in KDE. > i also noticed that kde (i guess) replaces my own menu structure > (defined in ~/.kde) with the system one (/usr/share/applnk-mdk) when i > remove package with rpmdrake-remove. i will check out whether > permissions-change solves this problem too. ..See if opening up menudrake and setting your menu style to "original style" instead of "mandrake style" or "follow the admin's settings". BTW, what is your msec level? (what level of security did you choose when you installed mandrake?) > thanks again. > > cheers, > joe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kde rewrites .desktop files
On Thursday 27 de February 2003 11:45, Jozef Riha wrote: > i always manually edit the Icon item (add my path to my icons) in some > .desktop files (in ~/.kde/share..). the problem is that sometimes kde > just goes mad and rewrites all the .desktop files to their original > state.. this really sets me up. why should i always backup ~/.kde?? > > do you think that restart X (c+a+bs) might bother? > > thank you for your answer, > > kind regards, > jozef riha I've seen that happen a lot of times. Make your icon items the way you like them, and make them read-only. (Remove your write permission) HTH Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake so slow in a pentium 200
On Tuesday 25 de February 2003 23:02, Rodolfo Lima wrote: > Hey all, i'm trying to install Mandrake 9 in a Pentium 200Mhz, 32Mb of RAM > and a 4Gb HD connected to a lan The problem is that the whole installation > took 4h to complete. It seemed that everything as a whole was slow, even > the menu drawing (the installation was in text/expert mode). And > afterwards, KDE launching speed was unusable, as any other program launch. > What might be happening? Do the kernel have to be tweaked in some way? Any > incompatibilities? > > Thanks in advance, > Rodolfo Lima. I have installed Mandrake 9 on a Pentium 233 with 32 MB RAM with no problems. _BUT_ you'll have to choose light and small software for everything. -Fluxbox, IceWM, or other lightweight window manager. (Fluxbox loads in less than 3 seconds and works with no problems.) -Sylpheed for e-mail and news (Same. Loads in 2 seconds.) - Phoenix (or Opera) for the web. (About 5 seconds loading time for Opera, which is also more responsive than Phoenix) - Gaim for IM (Same as all. 2 to 3 secs.) -AbiWord and GNUmeric for text and spreadsheets. (about 5 to 10 seconds loading time, pretty responsive.) -Xmms for audio and MPlayer for video (as usual) (these two are just geat. MPlayer's loading time can be near-zero in certain circumstances.) With those, i had a really usable machine and it was actually a much better performer than Windows, as it culd have a lot of webpages open in Opera, Xmms playing some MP3s, Sylpheed open, and Gaim, all at the same time. On Windows 98, even trying to give it that much load would bring it to it's knees. Unfortunately the process which would take up the most RAM is the one you cannot replace -- the X server. (resident, taking up 12MB constantly) Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Graphics formats
On Monday 24 de February 2003 09:41, Anne Wilson wrote: > I thought that png was a lossless compression - am I wrong? > > If I start from a jpg file from my camera, 397 KB, why does saving it as a > png come out at 2.4MB? > > Anne Because JPG is lossy compression, based on some weird smoked algorithms that have something to do with fractals and the way the human eye perceives colours... PNG being a lossless compresion, like you said, takes up more space. Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT - Problem with threads
On Sunday 23 de February 2003 22:46, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 12:10, Adolfo Bello wrote: > > Why am I getting totally different subjects within a thread? > > > > Or is it that some people instead of launching a new thread just reply > > to a mail and change the subject? > > > > Is it my MUA? Or is it some people laziness? > > People are: > > 1.) Lazy > 2.) Lackadaisical > 3.) Unenergetic > 4.) Unethical > 5.) Immoral > 6.) Lazy ... i spent the last 10 minutes making up a post for this thread... man i laughed while i was making it.. but thinking it twice... i decided spare you guys. Don't mention it. You are welcome. :o) Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Rebuilding RPM Database
> > What's the problem here? Is there something else I should be doing? In > the past, after a power outage, once it reboots, the RPM db is fine. I > would rather not reboot my workstation, and figured there was another > means around this. > > Does anybody have any ideas/suggestions? > See if rebuilding the RPM database from scratch, like this, helps: rm /var/lib/rpm/_* (should ask you if you want to delete __db.001 and __db.002. Say yes.) rpm --rebuilddb HTH Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I kill a non responding Crtl+Alt+F1 Console
> So I went into a virtual console ( Ctrl+Alt+F1) and did a umount. But got > no response and the prompt line hasn't come back to me. I think it's not the console that is hanged, just the mount command. Try, as root, "killall -9 umount"... or maybe you can do a: ps -ax | grep mount and see the process ID of the umount command. Then you can kill -9 PID. HTH Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] licq getting old contact list ?
On Friday 21 de February 2003 13:47, fifner the dragon wrote: > That´s not the problem. It´s no problem getting the list with icq lite at > work and KOPETE had no problem at all. > > But I was sent a file from another icq user. I couldn´t get the file. And I > don´t seem to be able to send files. > > Is there another client that can get the old list, send and recieve files? > Or a way to get KOPETE to send/recieve files. Weird. Which version of Licq are you using? (1.2.4 was relesed a few days ago and it's working perfectly here. server-side list, file transfers, even in batches.) Damian -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] What is .mpga
> No typo. My wife sings in a choir. One of the members downloaded bunch of > music samples from the net and I promised to make a music cd out of them. > XMMS or Noatun play them allright but when I tried to convert them to wav > like usual mpg it failed. What is your usual way to convert mpg files to wav? Have you tried xmms-diskwriter? (I suggested MPlayer as a solution because i assumed you could not play these files in xmms or other players..) Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] What is .mpga
On Thursday 20 February 2003 11:23, Vahur Lokk wrote: > What files are .mpga files and how can I convert them into .wav or any > other burnable format? > > Wahur I don't know what "mpga" is (just a guess: an MPEG audio-only stream?) but you can probably convert it to WAV with MPlayer. It's simple. mplayer -ao pcm -aofile Outputfile.wav Inputfile.mpga If you do not have mplayer installed, i recommend it to you very much. www.mplayerhq.hu HTH Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.1's keyboard settings :o?
On Wednesday 19 February 2003 03:21, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > Did you install the i18n package for your language? > > Yes, yes, language is not a problem. everything is working > fine except for the damn keyboard. > > Damian Fixed itself after logging out and back in. Thanks Greg for trying to help. Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.1's keyboard settings :o?
> > Did you install the i18n package for your language? Yes, yes, language is not a problem. everything is working fine except for the damn keyboard. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] KDE 3.1's keyboard settings :o?
Ummm.. I'm having a bit of a problem with my recently installed KDE 3.1 from texstar. I can't print letters with accents with it! For example, i need to type an "a" with an accent (spanish chars) and after a rather long while experimenting with keyboard settings, language and "deadkeys - nodeadkeys" stuff, i still can't get KDE to help me type my e-mails correctly. I can type perfectly on a text terminal outside of X, i can do it also on Gnome, but KDE, all i get it to do is to print the accent like it's a character of it's own: ´´´ < i need letters under those! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Damian PS: yeah, i know "if it ain't broken, don't fix it". I should have kept that perfectly working KDE3.1 RC5 :o/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE3.1 totally messed up
On Sunday 16 February 2003 05:23, Dennis Myers wrote: > Looks like I managed to mess up the system good. With the texstar KDE rpms > I can shut down konqueror ok, but I can no longer access my cdrom devices. > The system freezes if I try to bring up /mnt. So looks like it's time to do > a california wipe out. I will look first and make sure that I don't have > the old kde files in conflict with the new. But that should not be the > case. Bummed. Umm.. before you do anything.. see if you can browse /mnt from another environment... fluxbox? Gnome? Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New OS new problems
> > Problems: > > 1. > How does one get the aRTs sound server and Realplayer to live together in > the same room? Realplayer won't play until I shut down the aRTs server. > Then, Realplayer coughs out the BBC and Radio Netherlands quite nicely. > Except ... Launch RealPlayer with the soundwrapper, with this command: soundwrapper realplay > > 2. > Everytime I click an audio link in a browser window (doesn't seem to matter > which one I use ... Konqueror, Galeon, Netscape, Mozilla, or Opera) the > browser opens a blank window with the audio URL (*.ram) in the location bar > and only then passes the URL to the Realaudio AP. Why this extra blank > window? ..? never happened to me. Which webpage are you visiting? > 3. > Why does KDE insist that Konqueror must be my default browser? I really > like Galeon browser better and would prefer that it was the default for > both web, and file browsing, and email calls. Is there anyway to set this > up? Nahhh... I don't wanna use Gnome on the desk top ... I like the rest of > KDE better ... Just the browser is sorta sucky. KDE insists that konq is the default, because konq is the integrated browser withing KDE. To set Galeon as default, go to KDE's control center (kcontrol) navigate to file associations, and link text/html files to galeon. Simple. Galeon for file browsing??! well.. umm. ok. > 4. > If I try to change my video settings using the Mandrake control panel, it > hangs the whole system. However, if I run "XFdrake" from a command line > (as root) everything goes hunky-dori. You need to be a little more specific. which video settings? what video card do you use? how do you reproduce the crash? > 5. Same sort of thing seems to happen with the "Printerdrake". ..same sort of info we need for this one, too. > Thanks a bunch HTH > Harv Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT Opera v. M$
On Saturday 15 February 2003 06:32, Robert Wideman wrote: > >> Don't you love it? No lawsuits, no bitching, this is what i call > >> "doing things gracefully". This is how the industry should work. > >> It's a petty that not a lot of companies can afford this kind of > >> luxury against MS. > > No lawsuits YET > You spoke too soon, wait till MS knows about this thread. > > Rob Well, yeah, there's the possibility that MS, being absolutely unable to make such quality moves, will fall back to their disgusting practices, but when i said "doing things gracefully" i was talking about Opera Software, not MS. I don't expect anything from those. :oP Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Lovin' KDE 3.1
On Friday 14 February 2003 15:05, Robert Wideman wrote: > >> > >> Try going to http://ftp.ibilio.org first, then just decend the > >> > >> tree. > > OK NOONE GO TO THIS SITE. Wasn't going to until i read this :oP Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] proble with Licq
On Friday 14 February 2003 14:43, Robert Wideman wrote: > The fix for this is the switch to Gaim. I have never had problems with it. > Rob Bah. Gaim's functionality is so basic you get tired from it in a short while. You could try building a new version of Licq (was out last week) from source. It's working great, it has implemented batch file transfers, and many bug fixes. Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Lovin' KDE 3.1
> > Why doesn't this address work? In fact, NOTHING > from ibiblio works from any machine that I use (about a dozen, including > Winsux IE). Hasn't for a lng time, and I've tried getting to TexStars > site many times. Only Google cache of ibiblio.org ever shows anything. > Is that site really so busy I can never connect? Anyone have any ideas? > > e What error message/s are you getting? for example, try to navigate to ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org in a web browser. What do you get? Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Texstar site ?
On Friday 14 February 2003 02:06, Terry Smith wrote: > Somebody mentioned getting kde-3.1 from the texstar site. Is the site up > and running? > > Terry Smith > Cape Cod USA ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.0/ Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFS support
On Thursday 13 February 2003 17:33, Brad Grissom wrote: > So far as I know, MDK has never had XFS support. I have always had to > patch the kernel with the official XFS patch from the SGI website and > rebuild the kernel. ...hm? The original poster is correct. MDK has had support for XFS for a long time now. I've been using it in nearly all my partitions, and i have never patched or recompiled a kernel in my life. (well, i have, actually, but never with acceptable level of success.) Damian -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Windowmaker is borked on 9.0????
> > Hey FF, try this. Add the following line to your ~/.bashrc file > > alias rpmq="rpm -qa | grep -i $1" > Nice idea... why don't i have that on my box!? Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Windowmaker is borked on 9.0????
> > That will do. Thx Damian. Not that I'll remember the command cause I > don't understand grep yet... :) > So I'll just save your mail as a txt file. > - > FemmeFatale But for this kind of usage, grep is as simple as can be! the -i switch is simpy for case-INsensitivity. (so that a grep for windowmaker will return results that include "Windowmaker, WINDOWMAKER", you get the idea) In this particular example, it's not even needed, you can usually just "grep searchterm" and it will work :o) Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Windowmaker is borked on 9.0????
> > On a side note how can I tell which version of any window manager I'm > using? Whats teh CLI cmd or Gui place to look? > > - > FemmeFatale umm.. like this? [root@localhost user]# rpm -qa | grep -i Windowmaker WindowMaker-0.80.1-2.1mdk HTH Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] wine
On Monday 10 February 2003 13:06, Philip wrote: > I have incountered a problem trying to run wine with my Mandrake 9.0 > distro. > > When I try to run a .exe file by sat typing..."wine startup.exe" it > attempts to load then I am left with a black screen. That's it. I don't > seem to get any error messages. > > Has anyone any idea what might be causing this?? Yup. but only with programs that i knew wouldn't work correctly (i.e. QuickTime player) Please tell us what is it that you are trying to run, and which version on wine you are using. Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] File Management
On Monday 10 February 2003 05:28, Russ wrote: > I like to know where things are. Example, what files are on the / > partition, or the /usr, /var, /home. I just like to know what I am > playing with. > Surely you are not telling us you don't know how you laid out your own partitions, are you? :oP Now, seriously, did the konq thing do any good? Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] File Management
> Hi All, > > I have been trying to learn how Linux's file system works and what goes > where. I am gaining ground. Here is my pet peeve though. When navigating > the various files and folders, you do not know which actual partition it > is on. In windows explorer it separates the drives and shows you what is > on each. I hate to say it (especially here) but I like how windows > explorer works. The left column gives you a list of all drives, > floppies, CD's and what not. Makes it easy to navigate your file system. > Is there a file manager for Linux that does this as well? This would > help me keep all these things straight. > > Thanks > Russ If you open up a terminal (like konsole or xterm) and type " df " you will see each partition, with information about it's free space and where is it mounted on. I felt a bit lost too at first, but as you gain more experience, you'll notice that Linux's way of handling devices and partitions is much more logical and flexible than Windows'. The reason you cannot see each drive separately is because Linux does not build it's structure on drives or partitions. It has one tree. One structure. And you can add partitions to any branch of it, giving you a whole lot of control of where stuff goes. If you REALLY need to manage your files in a partition-oriented way, you can open up konqueror. You'll have the tree view of all the directories, and on the right side, the main pane with the view of the current dir. Now, between the tree view and the right pane (depending on you konqueror version, you can have it at the left of the treeview too) you will see a small column of buttons. click on the one at the bottom. The treeview will dissapear and a new one with device-oriented structure will appear, much like explorer's. But, i must say this: You will not regret it once you get familiar with Linux and the way it does things. On the other hand, you might regret it if you try to make Linux behave like Windows as you will find that "Linux is not a better Windows than Windows." It is different. HTH Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] eDonkey??????
On Sunday 09 February 2003 12:25, Philip wrote: > On Sunday 09 Feb 2003 12:03 pm, Ralph Slooten wrote: > Thanks for the advice. > > See the only problem I have with eDonkey is that I am having a problem > trying to get the GUI to be able to connect to the core. I can load load > both manually but can't seem to get both to talk. > > I am pulling my hair out. > Have you made sure you started the commandline client with the "-!" parameter? as in: ./donkey -! this tells the command line client that there is a GUI controller expected. If you miss out this parameter, it will not accept any connections. HTH Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT--the problem i have with email
On Wednesday 05 February 2003 19:16, Benjamin Jeeves wrote: > Sorry but I think then maybe you need to try and read and re-read that > person Q I did. > b/c there might be like me Dyslexic or like you say not good at > english. I'm aware of it. I'm not saying i'm any better, either. My native language is spanish and by no means i think of myself as an english expert. > I my not having a go but thing like that make me think 2 times > about wrtiing to groups like these Well, i don't know about other places. Maybe there are a lot of groups/lists where you can get flamed if you do not ellaborate semantically, grammatically correct messages with perfect speling, but i think we're quite open over here. There's no need to think twice before asking here. All i say is that there IS a need to think twice while actually typing. Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT--the problem i have with email
> 1-you cant see the expressions on the persons face when they type. Before you start typing e-mails, you have to be completely aware that e-mail is a purely 'literal' form of communication. It sounds obvious, but the problems arrive when you make a joke or remark with a meaning that only makes sense/is understood correctly with a special tone of your voice, or with a particular look on your face. Most kinds of jokes do not work over e-mail. Hint: Re-read twice (or more) your message before you hit 'send', and try to pretend it is a message you received. > 2-everyone misunderstands you b/c you cant see how they express themselves If unsure, ask people what they meant. Sometimes you are on the other side of the situation and end up getting angry --or feeling insulted-- by something that was meant to be a joke. Anyway, if the message you received is not clear, always ask again. > 3-you cant see the exaggeration the person gives while saying anything I'm not sure what you mean by exaggeration, but if you are referring to emphasis, most people like to use asterisks like *this*, or underscores, like _this_ to give their sentences the needed meaning. It works pretty well. There's another big problem with e-mail in this kind of lists (by 'this kind' i mean lists populated by people from different countries whose native language may not be english): Their knowledge of the english language is not excellent, and they make mistakes. But this would happen too if you were talking face-to-face with them, so please be patient. > 4-your just not in front of them Nothing beats face-to-face, huh? :o) > 5-most ppl think your a dumbass after send an email and you cant really > justify a saying or sentence correctly Well, this sounds like a problem with the writer not being able to express him/herself correctly, more than a problem with e-mail itself. Generally, when typing e-mail, it is a bad idea to use the words you would use if you were talking. It takes some time to get used to it, but it's really important especially if you are going to be read by people that are not familiar with your way to express things (i.e. they don't know you). Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT Adobe
On Wednesday 05 February 2003 11:02, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 05 Feb 2003 10:46 am, robin wrote: > > Sorry about the typo - it should have been "pdftotext" not "pdftetext". > > > > Sir Robin > > A google on pdf2txt. pdf2html or pdf2rtf will bring up many links. > > Anne I heard somewhere that the next stable version of koffice will have pdf-import capabilities. I dunno about you guys, but i'm eager to see how good it works :o) Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ? Howto get files in winblowz
On Tuesday 04 February 2003 14:35, mbot wrote: > Hello, > > Not a long ago, don't know how, I could open my winblowz files in > LM9. But today, after reinstalling LM, I lost it. Could you tell me > how to get it back? > (kdiskfree is the progie name, isn't it? But I can't find it) > TIA ... and PEACE!!! :-) Look inside of /mnt. There should be a directory inside for your cdrom, other for your floppy, and one for your Windows partition. It's usually named Windows, or nt. Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ? Is it possible
On Tuesday 04 February 2003 14:35, mbot wrote: > Hello, > > My LM9 discs have scratch, so some progie can't be installed. Is it > possible to install those progie from my LM8.2 discs? How? > Or, is there a URL to d/l the progie as follows: Wine, Xine, Xmms and > Kword. TIA ... and PEACE!!! All the files that you might need from your 9.0 installation are here: ftp://mandrake.redbox.cz/Mandrake/current/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/ Just find the ones you need... -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Menudrake and kde 3.0.3
On Monday 03 February 2003 21:43, Adam Ritchie wrote: > Hi guys, i updated to kde 3.0.3 on my 8.1 system and took the advice in > kde 3 primer on the mandrakeforum site and renamed my ~/.kde folder to > oldkde and then after relogging back into kde 3 - it runs even better but > now I can't get Menudrake to update the menus - it shows the changes inside > of menudrake(even after exiting menudrake and reloading menudrake) but > clicking save no longer actually updates the menus. Using update-menus > didn't help either. I tried using kmenuedit, but the changes made with > that are lost after booting the system two or three times. Any thoughts? > > Regards, > Adam Ritchie Open menudrake, go to action -> modify menu style. Make sure you are using "Mandrake style menus" HTH Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] having problems with video players....?!?!
On Monday 03 February 2003 08:25, Robert Wideman wrote: > http://www.jwz.org/doc/linuxvideo.html > HAHAHA, so true. > > > Rob It's true that 90% of the video players available for Linux are crap, but he didn't give MPlayer a fair shot. That said, if he gets frustrated that fast, he should not be using the kind of OS that requires some actual learning. Maybe in 5 years, Linux will have improved enough for my father to use it, too. Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
