[newbie] XFCE4 - how do i find my system tray icon / minimized apps ?
how do i find my system tray icon / minimized apps ? i see the launcher at the bottom that starts with a terminal. no apps though. i discovered ctrl-tab would work but i was hoping for something more functional than that. also while i am able to change themes i cannot change the window galaxy window border. also is the navigational menu supposed to be iconless ? would also like to change the default web browser to Epiphany. whatever is at the bottom if its iconbox or not does not hold my minimized apps. seems a curious thing. maybe i could switch to it. just need to find out how it works.. thank you Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] trying xfce4 - help
installed. Easiest way to install XFCE4 is through Charles' site: http://www.eslrahc.com/ would i switch from Gnome to xfce4 and from xfce4 back to Gnome by only using startx ? 'startxfce4', but you can also start it with 'startx' if you have an ~/.xinitrc like so: xfce-mcs-manager xfwm4 --daemon xftaskbar4 xfdesktop exec xfce4-panel #exec gnome-session ok i did that. it launched and i see the panel at the top. that was my only noticable difference than using startxfce4. also my wheel mouse causes things to move left to right instead of up and down. annoying :( when i said i wanted to change default browser to Epiphany that was for right click menu and the middle aligned dock at the bottom. gnome-terminal does work however i would not know how to make it the default terminal. i have not yet discovered the cool stuff yet. i've barely used it though. thanks Notice that the last line is commented out, that way if you want to go back to Gnome, you just reverse the comments. As always, there are even more ways to do this, like create scripts for each WM/DE you use in ~/bin, then have an ~/xinitrc like so: exec ~/bin/xfce4 #exec ~/bin/gnome #exec ~/bin/pekwm Then 'startx' will load whatever is *not* commented out. More about this on Todd Slater's site: http://clevername.homeip.net/xfce4/ i dont want to use a display manager to login. Good for you! The best way to go, IMNSHO. and i'm not entirely sure i will stay with xfce. I'm bettin' you will. It has all the 'cool shit' you want, much more customizable, and very light on resources. You will *not* regret it. 'Sides, any 'problems' you have, there are several XFCE users on here who would be more than happy to help out. also, can i run Gnome Terminal from xfce ? this might come off as odd but i happen to like that terminal alot. You can run anything you like from within XFCE, the right-click menu should be the same as your KDE or Gnome menus, and of course you can add launchers to the panel for whatever apps you use the most. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] community vs official
between 10.0 community and official what differences are there ? bug fixes i assume ? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] preparing a second hard drive for single user with security
how do i prepare a second hard drive for use with security permissions for the only account on this machine ? the account name may change from installation to installation but i would like this hard drive to be secure from anyone trying to hack into my computer no matter what user. in the past i used MCC and chmod 777 -R but thats not secure thats accessible. the thing is i tend to change default single user login names alot if i install again and just want to make sure that drive always belongs to that user and root. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] burning 4 gig iso to DVD-R using cdrecord (nautilus doesn't work) DAO and burnfree - how?
burning 4 gig iso to DVD-R using cdrecord (nautilus doesn't work) DAO and burnfree - how? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] please help with cdrecord / dvd-r there is output of dao iso burn attempt mdk 10.0
cdrecord -dao -v dev=ATAPI:0,0,0 /home/sandals/backup.iso Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a27-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original. Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this version. TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM scsidev: 'ATAPI:0,0,0' devname: 'ATAPI' scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0 Warning: Using ATA Packet interface. Warning: The related libscg interface code is in pre alpha. Warning: There may be fatal problems. Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'. SCSI buffer size: 64512 atapi: 1 cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page. Device type: Removable CD-ROM Version: 0 Response Format: 1 Vendor_info: 'OPTORITE' Identifikation : 'DVD RW DD0201 ' Revision : '2.50' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW. cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page. Current: 0x0011 Profile: 0x001B Profile: 0x001A Profile: 0x0014 Profile: 0x0013 Profile: 0x0011 (current) Profile: 0x0010 Profile: 0x000A Profile: 0x0009 Profile: 0x0008 Profile: 0x0082 Profile: 0x0081 Profile: 0x0080 cdrecord: Found DVD media: using cdr_mdvd. cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page. cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page. cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page. Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd). Driver flags : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: PACKET SAO Drive buf size : 6553600 = 6400 KB FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB cdrecord: Drive does not support TAO recording. cdrecord: Illegal write mode for this drive. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Calgary gets smart!
actually.. if i can install and run mdk -- anyone can. i'm *that* dumb. On Sun, 2004-04-18 at 18:24, John Wilson wrote: On April 18, 2004 03:17 pm, JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 08:26:03 -0600 Steve Turner disseminated the following: I use and see the advantage of Linux but it will never be a big player as it is too difficult for a layman or typical computer user to use. Okay, is there some kind of rule that we have to have at least one FUD'ster / Wintroll on this list? Or tis just a rookie who hasn't explored yet. :-) Let him use MDK for a while yet and he'll soon change his mind. ttfn John __ 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
[newbie] problems wtih dvd-r burning iso simple dao mode changed to scsi emulation mdk 10.0
my /etc/fstab is this and i added hda=ide-scsi hdb=ide-scsi to my lilo.conf and ran lilo. the cdrecord -v -dao dev=0,0,0 driveopts=burnfree /home/sandals/backup.iso resulted in the same error output -- wanting to write TAO when i tell it DAO. plus still getting these warnings: cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page. cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page. cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page. my new fstab: /dev/hdc1 / reiserfs notail 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hdc6 /home reiserfs notail 1 2 none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 /dev/scd1 /mnt/cdrom2 auto umask=0,user,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,noauto,ro,exec 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hdd5 /mnt/win_c2 ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-1,ro 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hdc5 swap swap defaults 0 0 On Sun, 2004-04-18 at 21:32, Marc Lijour wrote: Hi, I followed the first part of this tutorial and got my writer and reader recognized fine: http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/k3b.html What I mean is that you should not have ATAPI but have your CD drives look like scsi that works much better as it seems (no more hang up in xcdroast, better performance, etc) For the rest I am like you I tried to master an image indicating the size of the media, but the program complains that the image will not be iso9660 compliant (I thought dvd were udf?). btw have you looked at this page : http://www.xcdroast.org/manual/dvd.html Good luck! Marc Le 18 Avril 2004 19:08, mdk n00b a écrit : cdrecord -dao -v dev=ATAPI:0,0,0 /home/sandals/backup.iso Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a27-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original. Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this version. TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM scsidev: 'ATAPI:0,0,0' devname: 'ATAPI' scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0 Warning: Using ATA Packet interface. Warning: The related libscg interface code is in pre alpha. Warning: There may be fatal problems. Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'. SCSI buffer size: 64512 atapi: 1 cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page. Device type: Removable CD-ROM Version: 0 Response Format: 1 Vendor_info: 'OPTORITE' Identifikation : 'DVD RW DD0201 ' Revision : '2.50' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW. cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page. Current: 0x0011 Profile: 0x001B Profile: 0x001A Profile: 0x0014 Profile: 0x0013 Profile: 0x0011 (current) Profile: 0x0010 Profile: 0x000A Profile: 0x0009 Profile: 0x0008 Profile: 0x0082 Profile: 0x0081 Profile: 0x0080 cdrecord: Found DVD media: using cdr_mdvd. cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page. cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page. cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page. Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd). Driver flags : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: PACKET SAO Drive buf size : 6553600 = 6400 KB FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB cdrecord: Drive does not support TAO recording. cdrecord: Illegal write mode for this drive. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
