Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
On Thursday 23 Oct 2003 11:16 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: The user_name:password is the log in. Naturally it must be a valid combination. Duh! Abject grovelling That comes of grabbing a quick read between other unrelated jobs. I didn't read the line, just used it - so, no username, no password. Silly b BTW: That link I gave was of course for 9.2. If you are using 9.1 then substitute 9.1 in the URL. If you are running 9.1, and have never performed any updates from the Mandrake update server, then your urpmi package has a bug which will stop downloads from Mandrake Club working. Again, I never looked. Sorry for the wasted bandwidth. Needless to say, it works perfectly once amended. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 21:14:40 +0100, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [newbie] total newbie questions: Isn't it necessary to do some sort of login for the club downloads? Only if you delete the cookies. It recognizes the club member by that. So if you login with your browser you`ll see you name on the front page (right hand near top). If you use another browser without the cookies it will see you as an `anonymous visitor` or sormething like that. Ciao, =Dick Gevers= . Mandrake visibility? See headers... . -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/mENWwC/zk+cxEdMRAmR4AJ9+lkE64F0gozyY368D1Y2uYmGQTQCffoBe q2oEEb4wGSin+U1EfUUJQ5M= =u4Z0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
On Thursday 23 Oct 2003 10:08 pm, Dick Gevers wrote: On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 21:14:40 +0100, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [newbie] total newbie questions: Isn't it necessary to do some sort of login for the club downloads? Only if you delete the cookies. It recognizes the club member by that. So if you login with your browser you`ll see you name on the front page (right hand near top). If you use another browser without the cookies it will see you as an `anonymous visitor` or sormething like that. Hmm - I wonder then why I couldn't add the club source, then? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Anne, On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:35:21 +0100, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [newbie] total newbie questions: Hmm - I wonder then why I couldn't add the club source, then? I suppose because it doesn`t directly give access to the files: if you search an rpm and click at the title page of the rpm you want, it creates a list of mirrors where you can obtain it. So it`s not a direct source by itself. Best regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/mExXwC/zk+cxEdMRAniIAKCwxKABO3+pkOfLggz68n318e3zTACg59ER 8TWKTWHIM8qHNRqnZYGJzxk= =AWpH -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
On Thursday 23 Oct 2003 9:14 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: SNIP Open a terminal window enter su enter followed by your root password. (This makes you root user) Now type urpmi.addmedia Club http://user_name:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/downloads2/comm/9.2 with ./hdlist.cz (that command is all one line) Substitite your Club username and password Derek, I never got round to doing this, so I just tried it - got problem reading synthesis file of medium Club unable to update medium Club Isn't it necessary to do some sort of login for the club downloads? Anne The user_name:password is the log in. Naturally it must be a valid combination. BTW: That link I gave was of course for 9.2. If you are using 9.1 then substitute 9.1 in the URL. If you are running 9.1, and have never performed any updates from the Mandrake update server, then your urpmi package has a bug which will stop downloads from Mandrake Club working. As a workaround use the command urpmi.addmedia Club --wget http://user_name:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/downloads2/comm/9.1 with ./hdlist.cz If you have an update mirror defined then :- urpmi urpmi will update urpmi itself, and the workaround is no longer needed. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 21:47:05 +, Dick Gevers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [newbie] total newbie questions: On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:35:21 +0100, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [newbie] total newbie questions: Hmm - I wonder then why I couldn't add the club source, then? I suppose because it doesn`t directly give access to the files: if you search an rpm and click at the title page of the rpm you want, it creates a list of mirrors where you can obtain it. So it`s not a direct source by itself. What`s more, I should`ve added: if you look up a package in Club you get all versions, older MD, current, Cooker, etcetera. So you could never use it as a source for your current version of Mandrake. Best regards, =Dick Gevers= . Mandrake visibility? See headers... . -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/mFXhwC/zk+cxEdMRAuSSAJ0ZfpyNt2Nr8q0Z3CxxQWBY5kO73ACgjZ0W PpW8fA5WqnWbaUcIRS+nAVE= =gXV0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 23:16:22 +0100, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [newbie] total newbie questions: As a workaround use the command urpmi.addmedia Club --wget http://user_name:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/downloads2/comm/9.1 with ./hdlist.cz If you have an update mirror defined then :- urpmi urpmi will update urpmi itself, and the workaround is no longer needed. Please disregard my ramblings on this topic. I didn`t pay enough attention: I must have been too long out in the cold today painting my house and should be asleep. Sorry. Best regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/mFiEwC/zk+cxEdMRAgaOAKCkKjGucwx1O4tgPRNOL1QqF4WruwCeI766 0AdTFJua+Pc19LwfuSkimwc= =lCH4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
On Wednesday 22 October 2003 02:16 pm, S. Wieland wrote: I first installed mandrake 9.1 on monday 10-20-03 and everything went smoothly. I figured out how to use irc and mozilla and konquer.And so yesterday after reading the mandrake starter pdf (on my win2k box) i got the bright idea to reinstall mandrake because i wanted to add a few more workstation programs, im sure there are easier ways to do that but i couldnt fgure them out. Well one of the last questions it asked me before i rebooted was if i wanted to install something at the begining of the boot sector, something else, etc, i didnt remember this the first time i installed amd i thought it would be best if i checked the install at the begining of the boot sector. Well obviously it wasnt right because after bios boot i recieve a L 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99.. for 10 lines then a strike f1 to retry boot, f2 for setup utility. Do I need to start over a new install or is there a way around this? You just need to install LILO on the MBR, and not on the first sector of boot. You can do this by booting from the first Mandrake CD, and then at the splash screen, hit F1 and then type rescuereturn. You will boot to a menu and one of the choices is to reinstall the bootloader. When it was running properly the first time I came up with a few how to questions I could not find in the How To guide @ mandrakes web site. How do I update mozilla from 1.3 to the current 1.5? If you stick with Mandrake packages, you cannot do it right now because they are currently being built and debugged. If you want to do it without Mandrake packages, you will have to install from the package available at mozilla.org. This will however cause your fonts to not be as nice I have heard. How do I make mozilla my default browser? In KDE or in GNOME? If KDE, open the KDE Control Center and in the Components = File Associations section, find the html extensions and move Mozilla up the list to the top. Why doesnt home remember my last settings ie list view and not large If you mean in the Konqueror File Manager, you have to save the profile again after changing it. Settings = Save View Profile icons? (what is this xp?!) When trying to install the flash and shockwave plugin for mozilla it said in the text document incompatible version of os and when trying to copy it to the mozilla plugin directory it would say that i did not have permission to do this. The rpms available on the Club are much better. But anyway, you have to be root (administrator) to copy the file. You can start konqueror in Super User mode from the K = Applications = File Tools menu. I very much enjoy wolfenstein:enemy territory and when i went to install the linux version the file was a *.run file and when i clicked on it it would open a new browser page with which i believe is the source code and it would load and load and load. What do I do with this file? You are about to be introduced to the command line interface of linux. It is very powerful and efficient, so don't be scared. Open a console and change to the directory you have the .run file saved to. Make sure the file has the executable bit set by typing 'chmod 755 nameoffile.run then try ./nameoffile.run and the installer should execute. Thanks for reading through all this and a great mucho thanks in advance for helping me answer any of these questions. -boardrider HTH -- /g Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book, inside a dog it's too dark to read -Groucho Marx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
Thanks a bunch. Everything worked out fine. Well except d/l from mandrake club (i signed up for silver) but how do i d/l stuff i searched for flash and such but theres no download link Secondly when i come across a .run file do i want to click on it and let it load in the browser then after it all loads do i want to file save as? or do i want to right click the run file and do a save link target (this comes up as .run.html)? Greg Meyer wrote: On Wednesday 22 October 2003 02:16 pm, S. Wieland wrote: I first installed mandrake 9.1 on monday 10-20-03 and everything went smoothly. I figured out how to use irc and mozilla and konquer.And so yesterday after reading the mandrake starter pdf (on my win2k box) i got the bright idea to reinstall mandrake because i wanted to add a few more workstation programs, im sure there are easier ways to do that but i couldnt fgure them out. Well one of the last questions it asked me before i rebooted was if i wanted to install something at the begining of the boot sector, something else, etc, i didnt remember this the first time i installed amd i thought it would be best if i checked the install at the begining of the boot sector. Well obviously it wasnt right because after bios boot i recieve a L 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99.. for 10 lines then a strike f1 to retry boot, f2 for setup utility. Do I need to start over a new install or is there a way around this? You just need to install LILO on the MBR, and not on the first sector of boot. You can do this by booting from the first Mandrake CD, and then at the splash screen, hit F1 and then type rescuereturn. You will boot to a menu and one of the choices is to reinstall the bootloader. When it was running properly the first time I came up with a few how to questions I could not find in the How To guide @ mandrakes web site. How do I update mozilla from 1.3 to the current 1.5? If you stick with Mandrake packages, you cannot do it right now because they are currently being built and debugged. If you want to do it without Mandrake packages, you will have to install from the package available at mozilla.org. This will however cause your fonts to not be as nice I have heard. How do I make mozilla my default browser? In KDE or in GNOME? If KDE, open the KDE Control Center and in the Components = File Associations section, find the html extensions and move Mozilla up the list to the top. Why doesnt home remember my last settings ie list view and not large If you mean in the Konqueror File Manager, you have to save the profile again after changing it. Settings = Save View Profile icons? (what is this xp?!) When trying to install the flash and shockwave plugin for mozilla it said in the text document incompatible version of os and when trying to copy it to the mozilla plugin directory it would say that i did not have permission to do this. The rpms available on the Club are much better. But anyway, you have to be root (administrator) to copy the file. You can start konqueror in Super User mode from the K = Applications = File Tools menu. I very much enjoy wolfenstein:enemy territory and when i went to install the linux version the file was a *.run file and when i clicked on it it would open a new browser page with which i believe is the source code and it would load and load and load. What do I do with this file? You are about to be introduced to the command line interface of linux. It is very powerful and efficient, so don't be scared. Open a console and change to the directory you have the .run file saved to. Make sure the file has the executable bit set by typing 'chmod 755 nameoffile.run then try ./nameoffile.run and the installer should execute. Thanks for reading through all this and a great mucho thanks in advance for helping me answer any of these questions. -boardrider HTH 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] total newbie questions
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:23:30 -0700, S. Wieland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks a bunch. Everything worked out fine. Well except d/l from mandrake club (i signed up for silver) but how do i d/l stuff i searched for flash and such but theres no download link Secondly when i come across a .run file do i want to click on it and let it load in the browser then after it all loads do i want to file save as? or do i want to right click the run file and do a save link target (this comes up as .run.html)? Open a terminal window enter su enter followed by your root password. (This makes you root user) Now type urpmi.addmedia Club http://user_name:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/downloads2/comm/9.2 with ./hdlist.cz (that command is all one line) Substitite your Club username and password It will download a list of available packages from Mandrake Club which you install by browsing your MandrakeControlCentreSoftwareSoftwareInstall (you can filter on All packages, by medium repository derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
On Wednesday 22 October 2003 05:23 pm, S. Wieland wrote: Thanks a bunch. Everything worked out fine. Well except d/l from mandrake club (i signed up for silver) but how do i d/l stuff i searched for flash and such but theres no download link You can either browse the commercial area of the rpm repository or run drakclub which will help you set up The Club Commercial area as a urpmi source so you can browse with the software installer. That is available in the Mandrake Control Center. Secondly when i come across a .run file do i want to click on it and let it load in the browser then after it all loads do i want to file save as? or do i want to right click the run file and do a save link target (this comes up as .run.html)? You want to save it and then execute it as you would an .exe file in windows. -- /g Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book, inside a dog it's too dark to read -Groucho Marx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
