Re: [newbie] Updating KDE 2 to KDE 2 Beta 2
Chris, Yes, I di use kdm, but I've not experienced any login problems of any sort. I couldn't be happier with the package performance or KDE for that matter. Mark On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Christopher Molnar wrote: > Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 08:11:22 -0500 > From: Christopher Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Updating KDE 2 to KDE 2 Beta 2 > > On Monday 29 January 2001 07:48, Mark Weaver wrote: > > Chris, > > > > I don't remember ever needing that package. At least it never asked for > > it. What is it and what does it do? should I install it even though I've > > upgraded without it? > > Do you use kdm? Some users had a problem with kdm configuration that caused a > problem logging in and a bunch of service ID users showing up. This fixed > that problem. > > -Chris >
Re: Re: [newbie] Pine has a problem...
Hi John, ~/tmp and /tmp are relatively light. I've only finished installing Mdk 7.2 and there isn't a lot to talk about in my home dir tmp folder. I thought of that too at first and checked there. Mark > >From: John Rye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 19:16:26 +1300 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] Pine has a problem... > >Mark Weaver wrote: >> >> Hi List, >> >> I have a little problem. I'm getting an error message from Pine that I >> don't understand. I'm hoping someone can help me understand what Pine is >> trying to tell me. >> >> When I attemtp to send a message I recieve an error message that goes >> like this: >> >> [Mail not sent: .0.0 Can't create transcript file ./xfeBG031203228: >> Permissi] >> >> then the error message ends and I have no clue what it's trying to tell >> me us wrong. could someone help me? >> >> Stumped. > >How 'full' is/are your tmp directories?? > >-- >ICQ#: 89345394 Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >"The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected" >(The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972.) > > >
Re: [newbie] Netscape 6 mail formatting.
Paul, To change the "format" that you compose with click on Edit-->Preferences-->Mail and Newsgroup-->Send Format then click on "convert the message to plain text" Under Edit-->Mail/News Account settings the first panel near the bottom is a check box. Left unchecked the composition window will open up by default to compose as plain text. If you check this box the message composition window defaults to compose in HTML format. This box must be unckecked as well as choosing the "send message as plain text" to send all messages as text and not HTML format. -- Mark ### ## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature ## Registered Linux User # 182496 ## # On Sat, 9 Dec 2000 Paul R spake passionately saying! > Does anybody know how to edit formatting in Netscape 6 email (to send > mail in plain text)? I don't like to send html formatted mail to the > list, but have been unable to find a way to switch formatting. Any ideas? > > -Paul R > > > _ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >
RE: [RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx]
Heck yea...Diskdrake will do a real nice job of resizing the DOS partition so you can make some Linux partitions. One thing you want to watch that you don't do and that is to make the new Linux partitions behind an extended DOS partition. This is a very bad thing to do and will result in partition table corruption eventually bringing one or both systems down. -- Mark ### ## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature ## Registered Linux User # 182496 ## # On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 Mark Lee spake passionately saying! > Johnny, > > I would run the Linux install using the supplied boot disk and select Expert > Mode when asked to configure the drive. Click on the Windows partition and, > all being well, you should see a dialog box that gives you the current size > of the partition and an option to resize. If this doesn't happen then you > will definitely need Partition Magic. > > Regards, > > Mark > > -Original Message- > From: Johnny Kwan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 3:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Win4Lnx] > > > I only have one partition that occupies the entire disk. If I can't find a > solution to this. Partition Magic may be the only way out for a smooth > installation. > >
Re: [newbie] V7.2 questions!
*grin* even better! -- Mark ### ## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature ## Registered Linux User # 182496 ## # On Sun, 10 Dec 2000 Romanator spake passionately saying! > How about a crazed penguin with a balpine hammer? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > h...I prefer a balpine hammer for such a thing. > > > > -- > > Mark > > ### > > ## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature > > ## Registered Linux User # 182496 > > ## > > # > > > > On Sat, 2 Dec 2000 Romanator spake passionately saying! > > > > > I pulsed laser will work. > > > > > > Tom Brinkman wrote: > > > > > > > > On Saturday 02 December 2000 02:59 am, Goldenpi wrote: > > > > > I have an i810e and I can tell you that if its at all like the i810 > > > > > you have no problem. The 810 chipset really is slow. There so called > > > > > acceleretion on my windows box is actually slower than software > > > > > rendering! > > > > > > > > If you do a search on the cooker archive, there's a solution for > > > > i810 problems. IIRC, the developers suggest using a laser to cut the > > > > #$%!~ chip out of the motherboard ;>> > > > > -- > > > > Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On the plus side the 810 chipset has a built in video out. But you > > > > > cant use it without drivers and linus hasn't got them. > > > > > > > > > > - Original Message - > > > > > From: Ronald J. Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: Mandrake Newbie Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 7:15 PM > > > > > Subject: [newbie] V7.2 questions! > > > > > > > > > > > A friend of mine installed the download version of 7.2 on his > > > > > > Pentium > > > > > > > > > > machine > > > > > > > > > > > with 64 megs of RAM and a i810 video setup. (its a 667mhz machine). > > > > > > > > > > Anyways, he > > > > > > > > > > > has an external modem and no matter what we do, it does not show up > > > > > > under hardware configuration, even though its working fine. Also, I > > > > > > thought > > > > > > > > > > hardware > > > > > > > > > > > acceleration was automatic with certain card/chipsets under 7.2. > > > > > > > > > > (including the > > > > > > > > > > > i810). However, any games we play are dead slow... ;-( > > > > > > > > > > > > Any ideas? Thanks! > > > > > > >
Re: [newbie] V7.2 questions!
h...I prefer a balpine hammer for such a thing. -- Mark ### ## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature ## Registered Linux User # 182496 ## # On Sat, 2 Dec 2000 Romanator spake passionately saying! > I pulsed laser will work. > > Tom Brinkman wrote: > > > > On Saturday 02 December 2000 02:59 am, Goldenpi wrote: > > > I have an i810e and I can tell you that if its at all like the i810 > > > you have no problem. The 810 chipset really is slow. There so called > > > acceleretion on my windows box is actually slower than software > > > rendering! > > > > If you do a search on the cooker archive, there's a solution for > > i810 problems. IIRC, the developers suggest using a laser to cut the > > #$%!~ chip out of the motherboard ;>> > > -- > > Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay > > > > > > > > On the plus side the 810 chipset has a built in video out. But you > > > cant use it without drivers and linus hasn't got them. > > > > > > - Original Message - > > > From: Ronald J. Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: Mandrake Newbie Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 7:15 PM > > > Subject: [newbie] V7.2 questions! > > > > > > > A friend of mine installed the download version of 7.2 on his > > > > Pentium > > > > > > machine > > > > > > > with 64 megs of RAM and a i810 video setup. (its a 667mhz machine). > > > > > > Anyways, he > > > > > > > has an external modem and no matter what we do, it does not show up > > > > under hardware configuration, even though its working fine. Also, I > > > > thought > > > > > > hardware > > > > > > > acceleration was automatic with certain card/chipsets under 7.2. > > > > > > (including the > > > > > > > i810). However, any games we play are dead slow... ;-( > > > > > > > > Any ideas? Thanks! > >
Re: [newbie] Pine 4.30 bug "feature"
Hi Paul, Actually I installed the binaries that I downloaded from Washington.edu. I "think" I found the trouble this evening. The "imapd" binary that lives in /usr/sbin I had been chmod'ing to 755 and it's been crashing, so this evening I installed all the binaries fresh and this time chmod'ed the imapd binary 4755. So far it's been running ok. I thought at first that there was a bad config file somewhere because when I would trash the old .pinerc file and allow Pine to make a new one it would run ok for that session, but as soon as I would restart a new session it would immediately die. It seems to be back to it's old wonderful self now though. I'm hoping that I did get it right with the permissions thing. -- Mark ### ## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature ## Registered Linux User # 182496 ## # Fri, 8 Dec 2000 Paul spake passionately saying: > On Thu, 7 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi Mark, > What installation did you do? Did you install from an RPM or did you > compile the thing yourself? I compiled it myself, and had no problem with > Pine 4.30 whatsoever. > Good luck, > Paul > > >Something strange is going on with Pine 4.30. It has happened 3 timesw now > >and I was wondering if anyone else has seen this behavior exibited by > >their installation of Pine 4.30. > > > >What happens is this; it will be running just fine and then crash > >unexplainably. I get a message in the terminal that "something" has > >happened it received an abort signal and has terminated. Thats all I'm > >getting from it. I suspected maybe a config file to be the culprit so, I > >renamed my .pinerc file, restarted Pine, set everything up again. IT will > >run fine for a bit, but then when I start Pine again later get the same > >error and hve to go thru the same process over again. > > > >Any insight into this mysterious new behavior would be appreciated. If I > >can't get it fixed I will have to return to using 4.21. I would prefer to > >continue to use 4.30 for the threading. > >
Re: Re: [newbie] InstallShield
Hi Adrian, I found a pleasant surprise when I started loading Linux back onto my workstation today. I had 7.2 running briefly, but because the hardware on that computer is SO incompatible with Mandrake 7.2 a LOT of things were either broken or would not work at all no matter what. As I was looking around a hard drive that I was sure was wiped out, Lo and behold ALL my data files and EVERYTHING that was on the /home partition was still there. I lost literally everything on the windows side of the hard drive, but all my data on the linux side survived. :) that was a VERY pleasant sight for my very sore eyes indeed! At present I am busily re-installing Mandrake 7.1 back onto this workstation. Had that one on there before running very well, except for Star Office, but all in all Mdk 7.1 works well on this machine. It appears that most of the troubles I've had at least not withstanding the mess that the installer caused yesterday, are hardware related due to the fact that the now defunct Quantex company used very low standard quality hardware in their PC's, that is almost so bad that I barely got Windows installed and running this morning. > >From: "Adrian Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 11:05:23 -0700 >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [newbie] InstallShield > >hey Mark -- >sorry to hear you had such a nasty turn of events. i rather wonder about this also. >when i installed 7.0 everything worked great. > >when i installed 7.1 i had no printer and a persistent "failed" message on shut down. > >installed 7.2 yesterday -- >3 fail messages on start up >4 fail messages on shut down >LILO no work over 1024 cylinder >number lock goes off when X starts >i told the install program where to mount each partiton -- some of them it did >exactly what i asked it to do, some others it put where it wanted them ? >i told X a resolution of 1024x768 (or whatever it is like i remember) but i got a >resolution of 800x600 when i actually started up X >i created a user account when installing yet when i booted the system first time, >there were no user accounts, only root. >had to boot into the console only mode - when i tried to use 'shutdown' to shutdown >(duh) the system locked up & i had to power off. >finally, all the files on my /home had a different owner once i got my user account >created, so i gotta run around 3 partitions (/home /backup /home/skippi/work) and do >a chown. >the 7.2 install does seem to be a very bad animal. >of course, my problems are not near the level of yours. > >i agree with the "don't fix what ain't broken thing" and i learned that yet again >when i upgraded windows direct x 7 to direct x 8. now half my games don't work. oh >well, i wanted to spend all weekend fixing my computer anyhow. =) > >i don't mind your venting. who knows, 7.0 may find it's way back to my computer if i >can't fix all this stuff. > >Adrian Smith >'de telepone dude >Telecom Dept. >x 7042 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 6:35:54 PM 12/6/00 >>> >Geez! I wish I would-a had one of those fancy install thing-a-ma-bobs this >afternoon when an install attempt of Mandrake 7.2 wiped out my entire >friggin workstation! Who's the nit wit responsible for so drastically >changing the install program and process? > >When, during the first install, a few too many errors cause major problems >with running the system after a rebooted, I restarted the install process. >Sadly I didn't recognize what was happening till it was too late. The >installation program, on it's own started an auto-install and in under 5 >seconds wiped my entire workstations hard drive. 10 friggin GB's of >data...GONE! > >Never before in my life have a ever seen a program behave in such a >severely BAD manner. It didn't ask me what I wanted; I, of course wanted >to do an expert install where I have total control of everything that goes >on. There's a certain way I want the OS installed for certain reasons. > >In a nut shell when I booted the system with the floppy that I used to >boot the system the first time which went off without a hitch, the rotten >bastard went straight into an auto-install. > >Mandrake, when you can make a mess of an experienced users machine like >this I think it's time to take a look at a lesson that I again learned the >hardway. If it isn't friggin broken...DON'T FRIGGIN TRY AND FIX IT. LEAVE >things as they were when they WORKED! > >I'm refering to the installation process. A few KEY things were changed >and just enough to cause a moments confusion which cost this user 10GB of >data. Most is backed up on the servers, but there were still some things >that I hadn't gotten to. Now I'm going to have to go back and RE-do the >things that didn't get sent up to the server...not to mention I've got one >HELL of a fight on my hands getting that beast backup. > >Thank you to the list for allowing me this chance to vent. It's pretty >much final that 7.2 will NOT make
[newbie] Pine 4.30 bug "feature"
Hi list, Something strange is going on with Pine 4.30. It has happened 3 timesw now and I was wondering if anyone else has seen this behavior exibited by their installation of Pine 4.30. What happens is this; it will be running just fine and then crash unexplainably. I get a message in the terminal that "something" has happened it received an abort signal and has terminated. Thats all I'm getting from it. I suspected maybe a config file to be the culprit so, I renamed my .pinerc file, restarted Pine, set everything up again. IT will run fine for a bit, but then when I start Pine again later get the same error and hve to go thru the same process over again. Any insight into this mysterious new behavior would be appreciated. If I can't get it fixed I will have to return to using 4.21. I would prefer to continue to use 4.30 for the threading. thanks, -- Mark ### ## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature ## Registered Linux User # 182496 ## #
Re: Re: [newbie] CRC error attempting to install Mdk 7.2
Thank you Civileme...although I didn't understand everything you said I did get the jist of your response. I'm burning another disk this morning of the "inst" ISO and I'm hoping that "what you described" isn't repeated on the second disk. Mark > >From: civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 14:00:07 +0100 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] CRC error attempting to install Mdk 7.2 > >On Wednesday 06 December 2000 01:11, you wrote: >> This evening I finally broke down cause my curiosity has gotten the better >> of me. I Burned the Mandrake 7.2 Cd's and got read to install it so I >> could see if I like it any better than 7.1. >> >> Whether I'm booting from the CD, or from a floppy I get the same error >> when the kernel start uncompressing. >> >> CRC error >> >> -- System Halted >> >> Has anyone else seen this error when attempting to install 7.2. This, my >> home machine is an AMD K6 233, and the one at work, which gave me the >> error is a Celeron 500. I've got Mandrake 7.1 running on both machines >> with no troubles. I know...if it ain't broke don't fix it...but I just >> wanna see what it looks like. I've got full backups on both machine in >> case the whole thing goes south I can be back up in 30 minutes. >> >> thanks in advance, > > >It isn't quite clear from your description where the CRC error comes in. > >CRC check characters are generated by shifting the data through a hardware >shift register with feedback loops that essentialy divide or multiply it by a >polynomial, a special one that can generate all the elements in a field of 4 >billion unique elements, and by appending this to the data stream. >Supposedly, the receiving hardware duplicates the action. It is not very >likely that two 512 bit data streams differing by one or two bits will >generate the same CRC (what is left in the register after the >multiplication). > >If this is happening when you are trying to boot the install kernel, then I >would ask if you used MD5sum on the isos downloaded. And, was the floppy >written from the CD you burned or taken from a downloaded image? It is >possible that there is enouigh eccentricity between the burner and the CD >reader that a CRC error could occur, and if the floppy was prepared from a >read of the CD, then the error could propagate unchecked because floppies are >a little too inexpensive to have CRC circuitry and just store what they get. > > >If this is happening after the install, it is likely the death knell of a WD >disk (which blows off the CRC). If it is happening at the install, I would >say you have a coaster. > >Civileme > >
Re: Re: [newbie] group psychologist
Patrick, I still have latent hostility towards anything Micrsoft. What can I do about this? I promised I would only do it until I needed glasses, but I fear that it's too late now. I feel so...well, dirty. Mark > >From: "Dale Kosan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 15:15:38 -0500 >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [newbie] group psychologist > >OKAY,I WILL FIT IN, PROMISElmao... > > > >- Original Message - >From: "patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 3:21 PM >Subject: Re: [newbie] group psychologist > > >> Dale Kosan wrote: >> >> > Was I abused as a child,lmao >> >> >> >> u must realize that parents have done >> many wrong things to their chidlren. >> take no responsibily and have not guilt. >> we all love u. come to us >> >>:) >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > - Original Message - >> > From: "patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 2:59 PM >> > Subject: [newbie] group psychologist >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > i have elected myself as group psychologist >> > > >> > > :) >> > > >> > > >> > > any questions ? >> > > >> > > >
Re: [newbie] group psychologist
Yes...why is it that some want to pollute the list with messages that are illegitimately concieved on nepheriass software such as Outhook Compress? this situation really causes me a lot of anxiety. I feel as though I'm harboring a great deal of hostility towards these people. dazed and confused... > >From: patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 14:59:12 -0500 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [newbie] group psychologist > > > >i have elected myself as group psychologist > >:) > > >any questions ? > > >
[newbie] Support for Canon Printers...
Hello, I'm a newbie to Linux Mandrake, although a seasoned intermediate user of Redhat Linux. I was wondering if there is support in Linux Mandrake for a Canon BJC 6000. I noticed that Mandrake supports the BJC 4000 and was hoping that it would also support the BJC 6000. I'm really looking to cut the ties that bind me to Windows Completley. I've got better things to do than be ever more watchful for bad viruses that Windows is alergic to. Thanks in advance, Mark
