Re: [newbie-it] Scanner parallelo in linux
Stefano Salari wrote: Ciao a tutti, Qualcuno mi sa dare indicazioni su come configurare e utilizzare uno scanner parallelo con una Mandrake 7.2? Dipende dallo scanner parallelo. Il 90% non fuzionano :-( Alcuni funzionano tramite wine. Alcuni sono finti paralleli e si riescono ad usare con i corrispondenti driver SANE per SCSI. Alcuni hanno un apposito driver SANE. Vedi sul sito SANE dove trovi una lista degli scanner supportati http://www.mostang.com/sane/sane-backends.html. http://www.buzzard.org.uk/jonathan/scanners.html ciao, andrea
Re: [newbie-it] Problemi con Netscape
luciano wrote: Ciao a tutti. Ho un problema di connessione con Netscape 4.73. Come utente pincopallino se mi connetto a internet con pppd e lancio Netscape, questo non riesce a connettersi a un qualsiasi sito e mi dà il seguente messaggio: Netscape is unable to locate the server www.linux-mandrake.com Please check the server name and try again. Da notare che la procedura di connessione con pppd si conclude con la connessione al provider e alla rete. Mentre se mi connetto come root riesco a connettermi al sito. Nescape gira su Mandrake 7.1. Che nè pensate. Grazie a tutti. Che e` una piccola variazione su una celeberrima FAQ. Non hai configuato correttamente i DNS. La variazione rispetto al solito e` che in qualche modo hai fatto le cose bene per root (che non dovrebbe mai navigare) e male per gli utenti normali. ciao, andrea
[newbie-it] Fare l'append su un file di testo
Salve a tutti sono alle prime armi con Linux. Vorrei sapere se c'è un modo per scrivere delle stringe in fondo ad un file di testo, da riga di comando, mantenendo inalterato il contenuto precedente al file. In pratica si tratta di fare un append di una stringa su un file di testo. Ho letto da qualche parte che si può fare.ma non ricordo più come. Grazie a tutti.
[newbie-it] Stampante Lexmark a getto inchiostro su Mandrake 7.1
Salveho una stampante a getto di inchiostro, una lexmark, vorrei sapere come fare per farla funzionare anche su linux Ciao e grazie
Re: [newbie-it] Scanner parallelo in linux
From: Andrea Celli [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie-it] Scanner parallelo in linux Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:43:43 +0100 Stefano Salari wrote: Ciao a tutti, Qualcuno mi sa dare indicazioni su come configurare e utilizzare uno scanner parallelo con una Mandrake 7.2? Dipende dallo scanner parallelo. Il 90% non fuzionano :-( Alcuni funzionano tramite wine. Alcuni sono finti paralleli e si riescono ad usare con i corrispondenti driver SANE per SCSI. Alcuni hanno un apposito driver SANE. Vedi sul sito SANE dove trovi una lista degli scanner supportati http://www.mostang.com/sane/sane-backends.html. http://www.buzzard.org.uk/jonathan/scanners.html ciao, andrea Aggiungo solo: Auguri e buona fortuna! :-) _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
Ri:[newbie-it] Aiuto non riesco ad Installare i file della mia G-Force 2 GTS
Ciao a tutti, io ho Linux Mandrake 7.1 con su una scheda video Matrox G400 32mb Ram e fin qui tutto bene Linux va che e una meraviglia solo che ho preso una G-Force 2 Gts perche? perche e piu potente perche se no. cmq ho scaricato i driver dal sito NVIDIA " http://www.nvidia.com il file scaricato è NVIDIA kernel 0.9-5 mdk71 smp i386,rpm solo come cavolo faccio ad installarlo soto Gnome aiuto!!! Io ho scaricato il file: NVIDIA kernel 0.9-5 mdk71 smp i386,rpm ho devo scaricare il laltro file con il nome: NVIDIA kernel 0.9-5 mdk71 i386.rpm !??!?!? Aiutatemi perfavore! Grazie in anticipo P.S. scusate per i tanti errori ma non sono un gran che nelle Lingue!!!:) Premetto che io sono nuovo di Linux. cmq credo basti dare questo comando dalla shell rpm -i NVIDIA kernel 0.9-5 mdk71 smp i386,rpm e poi dovrebbe funzionare! Ciao
Ri:Re: [newbie-it] Fare l'append su un file di testo
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: Salve a tutti sono alle prime armi con Linux. Vorrei sapere se c'è un modo per scrivere delle stringe in fondo ad un file di testo, da riga di comando, mantenendo inalterato il contenuto precedente al file. In pratica si tratta di fare un append di una stringa su un file di testo. Ho letto da qualche parte che si può fare.ma non ricordo più come. Grazie a tutti. $ cat file.esistente scrivi quello che vuoi aggiungere e chiudi con ^D In genere $ comando file accoda l'output di comando alla fine di file. Vedi il man di bash per ulteriori informazioni. ciao, Andrea Grazie.. non è che riesci a risolvermi anche l'altro quesito?
Re: [newbie-it] Aiuto non riesco ad Installare i file della mia G-Force 2 GTS
Ciao, Dunque, se ti sei scaricato "NVIDIA kernel 0.9-5 mdk71 smp i386,rpm" purtroppo non ti serve perche' i files che contengono "smp" nel nome sono i driver per sistemi multiprocessore. Hai bisogno di due files: 1) NVIDIA_kernel 0.9-5 mdk71 i386.rpm 2) NVIDIA_GLX 0.9-5.i386.rpm Il file "NVIDIA_kernel 0.9-5 mdk71 i386.rpm" contiene il kernel driver, cioe' un modulo che viene caricato all'avvio del sistema, mentre il file "NVIDIA_GLX 0.9-5.i386.rpm" contiene le librerie 2d e 3d per XFree (richiedono la versione 4.0.1 di XFree). Per installare i pacchetti devi digitare da una console come root: rpm -Uvh NVIDIA_kernel 0.9-5 mdk71 i386.rpm e rpm -i NVIDIA_GLX 0.9-5.i386.rpm Dopo di cio' controlla che nel file /etc/modules.conf (o in /etc/conf/modules - dipende dalla versione della distribuzione) sia presente la riga: alias char-major-195 NVdriver se manca aggiungila, questo e' il comando che avvia il kernel driver all'avvio del sistema. Se non vuoi riavviare per caricare il driver puoi digitare /sbin/insmod NVdriver oppure /sbin/modprobe NVdriver che ti permette di caricare il kernel driver in memoria come se avessi riavviato il sistema. A questo punto i files sono installati nel sistema; devi solamente indicare a XFree che deve utilizzare i nuovi driver modificando il file /etc/X11/XF86Config indicandogli: Driver "nvidia" nella sezione dedicata alla tua GeForce2. Spero di esserti stato d'aiuto. Se hai ancora dubbi prova a consultare le FAQ di NVidia che spiegano come effettuare l'installazione (http://www.nvidia.com/Products/Drivers.nsf/Linux.html) oppure scrivimi ancora. Ciao. Steo. --- Sandor Renz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Ciao a tutti, io ho Linux Mandrake 7.1 con su una scheda video Matrox G400 32mb Ram e fin qui tutto bene Linux va che e una meraviglia solo che ho preso una G-Force 2 Gts perche? perche e piu potente perche se no. cmq ho scaricato i driver dal sito NVIDIA " http://www.nvidia.com il file scaricato è NVIDIA kernel 0.9-5 mdk71 smp i386,rpm solo come cavolo faccio ad installarlo soto Gnome aiuto!!! Io ho scaricato il file: NVIDIA kernel 0.9-5 mdk71 smp i386,rpm ho devo scaricare il laltro file con il nome: NVIDIA kernel 0.9-5 mdk71 i386.rpm !??!?!? Aiutatemi perfavore! Grazie in anticipo P.S. scusate per i tanti errori ma non sono un gran che nelle Lingue!!!:) __ Do You Yahoo!? Il tuo indirizzo gratis e per sempre @yahoo.it su http://mail.yahoo.it
[newbie-it] Re:R: Problemi con Netscape
Andrea Celli wrote: luciano wrote: Ciao a tutti. Ho un problema di connessione con Netscape 4.73. Come utente pincopallino se mi connetto a internet con pppd e lancio Netscape, questo non riesce a connettersi a un qualsiasi sito e mi dà il seguente messaggio: Netscape is unable to locate the server www.linux-mandrake.com Please check the server name and try again. Da notare che la procedura di connessione con pppd si conclude con la connessione al provider e alla rete. Mentre se mi connetto come root riesco a connettermi al sito. Nescape gira su Mandrake 7.1. Che nè pensate. Grazie a tutti. Che e` una piccola variazione su una celeberrima FAQ. Non hai configuato correttamente i DNS. La variazione rispetto al solito e` che in qualche modo hai fatto le cose bene per root (che non dovrebbe mai navigare) e male per gli utenti normali. ciao, andrea Mi dispiace conttraddirti ma la configurazione DSN è la stessa sia per root che per l'utente normale. Anche gli altri parametri sono identici. Altri consigli, grazie. luciano.
Ri:Re: Ri:Re: [newbie-it] Fare l'append su un file di testo
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: ... Grazie.. non è che riesci a risolvermi anche l'altro quesito? Qual'era? ciao, andrea Quello con l'oggetto STAMPANTE LEXMARK A GETTO DI INCHIOSTRO SU LINUX .. ciao Diego
Re: [newbie] cdrecord
Is there any way to burn mp3s straight to CD in CD audio format on-the-fly? I hate converting mp3s to wav files and I don't like rebooting to Windows to use Nero. On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 07:19, Graham Kerr wrote: You'll need to convert them to .wav files first. mpg123 does it, and so does xmms ;-) try mpg123 --help or mpg123 --longhelp or man mpg123 On Sunday 17 December 2000 12:27 pm, you wrote: On Sunday 17 December 2000 02:53, regarding Re: [newbie] cdrecord, you said: try this for audio cd's what about mp3's onto cd's will this work? (make a temporary folder in your home directory and "cd" into it first) mkdir tempcd cd mkdir cdda2wav -D /dev/cdrom -B cdrecord -v dev=0,0 -dao -useinfo *.wav (dev=0,0 is the location of my cdwriter... to find out yours use cdrecord -scanbus) Happy burning ;-) Graham On Sunday 17 December 2000 1:10 am, you wrote: Having tons of problems burning CDs...the gui's just don't want to even mess with me, except gtoaster, and it gives me a bunch of output messages leading up to the countdown to burn, but it never actually burns anything...I'd like to give cdrecord a whirl from the command line, but I have to admit, the man page on it is beyond me. Could someone throw a sample command as you would actually do it if you were burning a wav file from your HD to a disc, so I could see the actual syntax as its supposed to be? I'm hoping that makes it click for me...thanks! peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Registered Linux user #190719 -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
Re: [newbie] cdrecord
Is the output the same (or almost the same) every time? If so, send us a copy so we can help troubleshoot your problem. On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 07:16, Roger Sherman wrote: On Sunday 17 December 2000 07:55, you wrote: Most GUI frontends for cdrecord have an option where you can actually see cdrecord output as it records. If you have a problem, it should be explained here. Yep, tons of it went flying by real fast in gtoaster...but it was all greek to me :-/ On Sun, 17 Dec 2000 12:10, Roger Sherman wrote: Having tons of problems burning CDs...the gui's just don't want to even mess with me, except gtoaster, and it gives me a bunch of output messages leading up to the countdown to burn, but it never actually burns anything...I'd like to give cdrecord a whirl from the command line, but I have to admit, the man page on it is beyond me. Could someone throw a sample command as you would actually do it if you were burning a wav file from your HD to a disc, so I could see the actual syntax as its supposed to be? I'm hoping that makes it click for me...thanks! peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Registered Linux user #190719 -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
Re: [Re: [newbie] More disk space for the Linux partition]
I don't think that discdrake can do non-destructive partitioning (yet). That is a very complex thing to do, and you will need something like PartitionMagic or System Commander to achieve it. Note that these two programmes don't support ReiserFS, only ext2 and swap partitions. On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 04:01, Johnny Kwan wrote: I got the GUI diskdrake running. However, I don't know how to use it to give the linux partition more diskspace and reduce the size of the windows partition. Of course, without loosing data. Thanks. s [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Linux has a utility that does the same thing. Diskdrake. Located at /usr/sbin/diskdrake But yeah, partition magic can do the same thing from inside windows (or actually dos). I think I trust disdrake more (I have partition magic on my other machine, it's okay, but slow!) On Sunday 17 December 2000 03:01, you wrote: I am running out of diskspace with my Linux partition. Is it ok for me to use partition magic to reduce the size of the windows partition, and allocate more disk space to the linux partition? I just want to make sure Linux is ok with that before I proceed. Thanks. ICQ# 1678616 Office # 972-506-3411 eFax # 419-818-7262 Homepage: johnnykwan.web-page.net -s -- Registered Linux user: #197855 -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GED/M/S d+ s:+: a C++ UL@ P+ L++ E--- W N++ o K w+ !O M- V-- PS+ PE Y++ PGP++ t+ 5-- X+ R* tv++ b- DI+ D G e++ h r+++ z+++ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- ICQ# 1678616 Office # 972-506-3411 eFax # 419-818-7262 Homepage: johnnykwan.web-page.net Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
Re: [newbie] CD From Mandrake???
Nope! Probably won't. Best thing is just to upgrade through 'updates' anyway. KDE 2.0.1 is out anyway and KDE 2.1 is soon to be released as is kernel 2.4. -s -- Registered Linux user: #197855 -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GED/M/S d+ s:+: a C++ UL@ P+ L++ E--- W N++ o K w+ !O M- V-- PS+ PE Y++ PGP++ t+ 5-- X+ R* tv++ b- DI+ D G e++ h r+++ z+++ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- On Sunday 17 December 2000 11:12 pm, you wrote: Hi, Gang: Was just wondering if any of the other fine folks that bought the retail box from Wal-Mart - who registered - had received their free upgrade CD to KDE 2.0 final? Riker
Re: [newbie] cdrecord doesn't work.
I ran it and it still gives the error line cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page. Any other ideas? Abe Graham Kerr wrote: try cdrecord with dev=0,0 Graham On Monday 18 December 2000 7:11 am, you wrote: when I run cdrecord -scanbus it returns this: Cdrecord 1.9 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling Linux sg driver version: 2.1.39 Using libscg version 'schily-0.1' scsibus0: cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page. 0,0,0 0) 'LG ' 'CD-RW CED-8042B ' '1.02' Removable CD-ROM 0,1,0 1) * 0,2,0 2) * 0,3,0 3) * 0,4,0 4) * 0,5,0 5) * 0,6,0 6) * 0,7,0 7) * Any body have any idea how to fix this? Thanks! Abe -- Oh My God...Its Full of Penguins Reg Linux User 153258 Icq No 28205556
[newbie] Exporting X
hi all, i was wondering if it was possible to export the KDE desktop to an X-Client running on a windows machine i.e. using the MI/X or and equivalent product.. if it is possible would anyone knew of any documentation out there to do it thanks in advance
[newbie] Helix GNOME Mandrake 7.2
Has anyone tried Helix GNOME with Mandrake 7.2? The download page says it is compatible with Mandrake 7.0 and 7.1, but there is no mention of 7.2. Is it possible to keep the Mandrake application menus (editable through menudrake) with Helix GNOME? -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
Re: [newbie] breaking out of a gui
You should have six virtual text consoles. Access them by pressing any of the function keys, F1-F6, while holding down Ctrl and Alt. Once out of X, you don't need the Ctrl key -- you can switch among virtual consoles using just AltF1-F6. You can get back to the X console by pressing AltF7. Herman Christiani wrote: Hello All, Using Mandrake 7.1 only for a short time, used Caldera and Corel before, in either of them when xwindows hung Crtl, Alt and Backspace was all I needed to go to a textconsole, I can't find a keycombination that does the same in Mandrake, so a reboot is my only option here, am I missing something? TIA, Herman
[newbie] Adding an HDD?
Since I've installed Mandrake (all of a day ago) I've added an HDD. How do I get Mandrake to detect it? I'm using Supermount. Thank you. Society Design Mailing List http://www.egroups.com/group/Society_Design For any and all aspects of designing societies, from discussion of real- world utopian ideas to fantastic fictional or roleplaying worlds. ---Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] --
Re: [newbie] Differences between 7.1 7.2
So far from what I've seen it's mostly looks and there are a lot more widgets, gadgets and think-a-ma-bobs. One important thing though is there is much more of a variety of hardware support. For instance my printer, a Canon BJC6000, while it would run under Mdk 7.1 it wasn't directly supported. I had to print to a general queue, whereas in Mdk 7.2 using CUPS my BJC6000 is driectly supported and the apps communicate directly to the printer via the ldr command thru parallel port #1. (Netscape is the only app using the ldr command to print.) To setup the printer CUPS offers a web browser interface that is very much akin to the hardware applets that many have used before in Windows to setup their printers. It works very nicely and as I said, even though Canon doesn't support Linux at all, my Canon BJC6000 IS directly supported with CUPS. Way to guys! The video support is Much improved over 7.1 and I thought the video was great in that version. And it was/is. However, in 7.2 it has gotten even better. You may spend a little extra setup and configuration time with Mdk 7.2 simply if for no other reason there are a few changes that will require this. But the extra time spent to get it all set and running smoothly is well worth the effort. I started the install Thrusday evening, did a fresh install. That evening I spent only a few minutes after the initial install to make sure the most important thing were in and running. Next day, Friday spent 2 hours that evening surveying the lay of the land learning where everything was. Saturday and Sunday I put in about 16 hours al togther. Now that wasn't how long it took to get the basic user system up and going. Internet, printing, apps installed...thats a server/developer type of machine complete with dyndns.org client, firewall, portsentry, Sendmail system, Apache, and lots more that I'm very particular about. After this weekend I'm very, very happy with the machine I've got running on my desk. So, if you've got the CD's and all your data files backed up I'd say Go for it. You can always reinstall 7.1 if you don't like it. -- Mark ### ## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature ## Registered Linux User # 182496 ## !-- Pine 4.31 -- # On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 Kelly, Christopher spake passionately saying: So, what are the differences between MDK 7.1 and 7.2? Chris Kelly Registered Linux user 185775
[newbie] Diald, kppp and Mandrake 7.2 - installation issue
Hello I am trying to install diald with Mandrake 7.2 Kppp is running ok so I know that the modem and connections are fine. I read diald Howto many times but to no avail. Could someone out there help me out? I want to run diald (I got the latest mandrake rpm file .99.1) without wrecking kppp and, if possible, taking advantage of all scripts that I have already installed under kppp. Many thanks. Eduardo
Re: [newbie] Modem Question
would if anyone know how to configure the proxy setting. I have been using the dialup server but I can access the website using the proxy. hear from linux group buddy. thanks! __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] breaking out of a gui
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace works fine to kill X on my system. At 08:24 PM 12/15/00 +1300, you wrote: Hello All, Using Mandrake 7.1 only for a short time, used Caldera and Corel before, in either of them when xwindows hung Crtl, Alt and Backspace was all I needed to go to a textconsole, I can't find a keycombination that does the same in Mandrake, so a reboot is my only option here, am I missing something? TIA, Herman 0101 1010 0111 01101100 0110 01100111 01101001 01110011 01100100 01100101 0111 01100100 01001110 0110 01101110 01100111 01101100 01101001 01110110 01100101 01100100 01101001 01100111 01101001 01110100 0111 01101100 (Go figure it out.)
[newbie] KDE 2.1 Beta 1
Has anyone tried KDE 2.1 Beta 1? I have been using a CVS version made about a month ago (i.e. a month after the official KDE2 release) and I recently upgraded to KDE 2.1 Beta 1. I have found that when in Beta 1's Konqueror I cannot access the configuration settings (Settings - Configure...). When I click on it, nothing happens at all. Also, when I open Kcontrol, there nothing to select along the left side of the window where the menu should be, so I cannot change any settings. I didn't have these problems with the CVS version I had before, which I figured would be less developed. I guess it's because they changed something in Beta 1, and my old CVS version still had mostly 2.0 code. Does anyone have the same problem? -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
RE: [newbie] Exporting X
It is possible but for me it was a pain to setup and i wasnt very satisfied with it when i did manage to get it setup but this might have been caused by me not doing something correctly. To make a long story short, i found a program called VNC which basically does the same thing and was much easier to setup and work with. check it out at http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ It also allows you to export windoze desktops to a linux machine as well and they have their own mailing list in case you do have any problems with it. Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James Hallam Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 6:22 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [newbie] Exporting X hi all, i was wondering if it was possible to export the KDE desktop to an X-Client running on a windows machine i.e. using the MI/X or and equivalent product.. if it is possible would anyone knew of any documentation out there to do it thanks in advance
[newbie] Question
Anybody heard of this new CRN expansion slot on new Mobo's? Chris Kelly Registered Linux user 185775
[newbie] Internet Connection Sharing
My home network is running Win98 on my desktop and Win95 on my corporate laptop. I want to add my Linux Mandrake only machine to this network and be able to share my internet connection with Linux. The Win98 machine is running MS internet sharing software. How would I accomplish this? A.Rodriguez
RE: [newbie] KDE 2.1 Beta 1
After know the problems every users has with KDE21, I am using the 2.01 version (from sourceforge in a special rpms for Mandrake 7.2) that works well in Linux. I think it will be better wait, because the changes in KDE from 2.0 have been very few and the inestability seems to be very high. I had problems with the KDE 2.0 in the Mandrake 7.2, but the 2.01 is very stable, just few applications give problems. Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) -Mensaje original- De: Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fecha: lunes, 18 de diciembre de 2000 16:26 Asunto: [newbie] KDE 2.1 Beta 1 Has anyone tried KDE 2.1 Beta 1? I have been using a CVS version made about a month ago (i.e. a month after the official KDE2 release) and I recently upgraded to KDE 2.1 Beta 1. I have found that when in Beta 1's Konqueror I cannot access the configuration settings (Settings - Configure...). When I click on it, nothing happens at all. Also, when I open Kcontrol, there nothing to select along the left side of the window where the menu should be, so I cannot change any settings. I didn't have these problems with the CVS version I had before, which I figured would be less developed. I guess it's because they changed something in Beta 1, and my old CVS version still had mostly 2.0 code. Does anyone have the same problem? -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
RE: [newbie] Exporting X
thanks, i have heard of VNC but find it very slow . at least teh windows version is. i have never tried the linux version... i will give a go thanks again -Original Message- From: Fireman71 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 18 December 2000 16:36 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Exporting X It is possible but for me it was a pain to setup and i wasnt very satisfied with it when i did manage to get it setup but this might have been caused by me not doing something correctly. To make a long story short, i found a program called VNC which basically does the same thing and was much easier to setup and work with. check it out at http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ It also allows you to export windoze desktops to a linux machine as well and they have their own mailing list in case you do have any problems with it. Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James Hallam Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 6:22 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [newbie] Exporting X hi all, i was wondering if it was possible to export the KDE desktop to an X-Client running on a windows machine i.e. using the MI/X or and equivalent product.. if it is possible would anyone knew of any documentation out there to do it thanks in advance
[newbie] How may I use two mice?
I want to use two mice at once (one is a touchpad in my keyboard). Currently, DrakConf reports them as: Device: /dev/psaux Bus Type: PS/2 and Device: /dev/ttyS0 Bus Type: Serial My XF86Config-4 currently says: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol""IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection This results in the serial mouse working. How may I use both mice? Thanks, Phil R Lawrence
RE: [newbie] Exporting X
If you have some the money, check out Exceed. We use it a work. It is very, very nice. I don't know how much we paid for it, but I'm sure it is a bit pricey but it's very good. There is a free eval version available. http://www.hummingbird.com/products/nc/exceed/index.html However, I use VNC too, and it's really quite good for a free piece of software. -Original Message- From: James Hallam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 11:28 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] Exporting X thanks, i have heard of VNC but find it very slow . at least teh windows version is. i have never tried the linux version... i will give a go thanks again -Original Message- From: Fireman71 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 18 December 2000 16:36 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Exporting X It is possible but for me it was a pain to setup and i wasnt very satisfied with it when i did manage to get it setup but this might have been caused by me not doing something correctly. To make a long story short, i found a program called VNC which basically does the same thing and was much easier to setup and work with. check it out at http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ It also allows you to export windoze desktops to a linux machine as well and they have their own mailing list in case you do have any problems with it. Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James Hallam Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 6:22 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [newbie] Exporting X hi all, i was wondering if it was possible to export the KDE desktop to an X-Client running on a windows machine i.e. using the MI/X or and equivalent product.. if it is possible would anyone knew of any documentation out there to do it thanks in advance
[newbie] kernel Panic
Hello, my customer ID number is : LM71DH1-30868587 I have the following problem. I will appreciate it if you can help. I recently installed LM 7.1 on my PC which already had Win98. I was using Grub as the bootloader setup to load Linux as default. Since the Linux install I have re-installed Win98 on my PC. Now I cannot use Linux. The initial grub screen where it asks me to select which OS to boot (or load Linux in the next 4 secs) does not appear. Immediately on turning on the PC, Win98 starts to load. So I used the Linux startup disk created during install and restart the PC. Even that does not start Linux- I get a number of msgs leading to a "Kernel Panic" mesg. The msgs are shown below: Partition Check hda: hda1 hda2 hda5 hda6 hda7 attempt to access beyond end of device 03:03 rw=0, want=2, limit=0 dev03:03 blocksize=1024 blockno=1 sector=2 size=1024 count=1 EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock 03:03 rw=0, want=33, limit=0 dev03:03 blocksize=1024 blockno=32 sector=64 size=1024 count=1 isofs_read_super: bread_failed, dev=03:03, iso_blocknum=16, block=32 Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:03 Nothing happens after this. I have to reset the PC. Please help, thanks, Vikram. -- - Original Message - | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 1:30 AM | Subject: Your Macmillan support ID | | | | Dear Customer: | | | | You are receiving this message because you registered | | your Linux Mandrake product for technical support. | | Thank you for choosing the Linux Mandrake Operating System. | | Please note your included, unique customer identification number. | | Your number is | | LM71DH1-30868587 | | | | Keep this in a safe place as you will need to enter this | | number to obtain technical support. | | | | Please be reminded that technical support is limited to | | installation of the operating system only. | | | | All post installation, configuration questions can be found on | | one of the many free resources MandrakeSoft has set up for | | it's users. | | Some of there are: | | http://mandrakeuser.org/ | | http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/ | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | | For the latest news regarding MandrakeSoft please visit: | | http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en | | | | For Macmillan related news and issues, please visit: | | http://www.macmillansoftware.com | | | | We look forward to assisting you in your support needs. | | | | Regards, | | | | MandrakeSoft Support Department | | | | | | | |
[newbie] Netscape 4.76
I just tried to update from 4.75 to 4.76, but the common file is giving me problems. The first error tells me it isn't signed, then it says it can't install the file. I have tried the tux and sourceforge update sites with the same results. Does anyone have an alternative site? Barry :-)
Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
Bad habits because of how destructive they are. I think I explained why the mouse support is horrible in linux. The reason it is horrible in windows was that BG wanted to keep the 3-button mouse off the market so he could be the one to profit from an additional feature rather than Logitech, etc.. He sold millions of suckers the "Microsoft Mouse", which had no improved functionality whatever except to tell the os "I am a MS Mouse." Catering to victimized people with a 2 button mouse has retarded functionality. A mouse costs $3. Throw away all 2-button mice. It's history. That's what happened. Not my fault. You are a great guy, and you have been very helpful to a lot of people on this list. If I could only get off of it :-) Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: In the open source world (less so in the commercial world), features are implemented in the way that developers like, or in the way that users pressure developers to do. As I said earlier, a GUI can be a very personal thing. Your idea of a "bad habit" probably isn't bad to the rest (or the majority) of us. If you feel so strongly about it, then why don't you let the developers know, or even get into developing these features yourself? You seem to prefer a world where everyone agrees with you, and so they implement everything just as you want without your interaction. This simply is not possible. On Sat, 16 Dec 2000 13:20, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: Doing half of these things is not good enough. I'm talking stuff that could and should have been done five years ago. To do half of those things, a 2 button mouse would do. That is the point. There are hardly any relevant settings except switch right and left. No settings for combinations of mb's except to help use a goddam 2 button mouse. Windows users have bad habits, and that has resulted in serious harm to linux software. I am not insulted, merely frustrated by your very negative attitude. :-) Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: Have you even *looked* at alternatives that *can* do these things? Before you start bitching, I can say that I'm sure that Sawfish can do at least half of these things, and its configurability is getting better all the time. Try looking at the settings instead of just complaining when all of what you want isn't there by default and served to you on a silver platter. My apologies if I sound rude, but there are many other window managers out there apart from Enlightenment. Sawfish, in fact, is the GNOME default, and can do (IMHO) everything that Enlightenment can do and more. On Fri, 15 Dec 2000 22:23, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: One more time: I want to be able to select a rectangle full of files and drag the lot to another directory using only the mouse. I want to be able to copy with the right mb, place with the left mb, and paste with the middle. I want to be able to call up a menu for gnome and Enlightenment complete by clicking buttons 12. I want to be able to start a program with a single click, and drag with the right mouse button instead of the left, which was a better way, because it made group select work. I want to call up the running items in a desktop by clicking 23. I want to delete by clicking 13. I want to be able to scroll faster or slower by using combinations of mb's. I want 123 to do something. KDE won't do it because W$ won't do it, and they intend to be able to port stuff to W$. Gnome won't do it because they listen mainly to W$ users, and W$ users *have* *bad* *habits*. I don't want to restrict anything. You do. Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 14 December 2000 05:09 pm, you wrote: I guess everybody's entitled to their opinion, but to put down the hard work of the KDE developers (never used Gnome but I bet they've put lots of blood, sweat and tears into it as well) is something that I for one bristle at. The configurability of the KDE interface is clearly deeper than you have cared to go; I am certain that one of the developers could enlighten you as to how to adjust your interface to your preference(way better than me) _if_they_weren't_so_busy_working_on_making_all_our_lives_better. David Raleigh Arnold wrote: I guess I failed to make my point. There should be no double clicking at all. There should be group select and drag. There should be no nono nonono alt or ctl + mousebutton clicks ever. Only one mouse button, never two, should bring up a menu. We don't have this because the people at kde and gnome keep trying to be like windows instead of better. -michael- wrote: I have a Logitec laser mouse with 2 buttons and a scroller. I am thrilled with mandrake's support of it in the kde environ. windows requires other drivers and so it's just another proof of linux'
Re: [Re: [newbie] More disk space for the Linux partition]
What about parted? Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: I don't think that discdrake can do non-destructive partitioning (yet). That is a very complex thing to do, and you will need something like PartitionMagic or System Commander to achieve it. Note that these two programmes don't support ReiserFS, only ext2 and swap partitions. On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 04:01, Johnny Kwan wrote: I got the GUI diskdrake running. However, I don't know how to use it to give the linux partition more diskspace and reduce the size of the windows partition. Of course, without loosing data. Thanks. s [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Linux has a utility that does the same thing. Diskdrake. Located at /usr/sbin/diskdrake But yeah, partition magic can do the same thing from inside windows (or actually dos). I think I trust disdrake more (I have partition magic on my other machine, it's okay, but slow!) On Sunday 17 December 2000 03:01, you wrote: I am running out of diskspace with my Linux partition. Is it ok for me to use partition magic to reduce the size of the windows partition, and allocate more disk space to the linux partition? I just want to make sure Linux is ok with that before I proceed. Thanks. ICQ# 1678616 Office # 972-506-3411 eFax # 419-818-7262 Homepage: johnnykwan.web-page.net -s -- Registered Linux user: #197855 -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GED/M/S d+ s:+: a C++ UL@ P+ L++ E--- W N++ o K w+ !O M- V-- PS+ PE Y++ PGP++ t+ 5-- X+ R* tv++ b- DI+ D G e++ h r+++ z+++ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- ICQ# 1678616 Office # 972-506-3411 eFax # 419-818-7262 Homepage: johnnykwan.web-page.net Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
[newbie] INICIACION
Hi: i very new in linux, and i install 7.0 mandrake, but only this, i will need install staroffice 5.1 and I have the soft in a CD but I can't install it. When i can study this and more of linux.(in spanish because my english it's poor) Thanks. Walter
[newbie] Re: unsubscribe
[newbie] ssh port forwarding as user?
Can I do port forwarding with ssh as user? I thought you werent supposed to connect to the internet as SU. Any help?
Re: [newbie] Question
do you mean CNR? communication/network riser or similar, basically as far as i know it aims to be to comms and ntework devices what the amr slot is to soundcards and modems, personally i've seen a few mobos with these slots on but never come across a card in them, come to that i've come across precious few cards in amrs but maybe they are mostly in oem machines which i don't tend to play with much bascule On Monday 18 December 2000 4:59 pm, you wrote: Anybody heard of this new CRN expansion slot on new Mobo's? Chris Kelly Registered Linux user 185775
Re: [newbie] Re: Learning curves
ah, only if the y axis is a measure of achievement or knowledge gained/attained at a particular time, if however it shows the cumulative effort expended then it makes sense, alternatively one can interpret the graph as having an unspoken but assumed z axix of expertise thus leading to a steeper effort versus time graph for any given level of guru'ness. my problem is that my curve appears to be exactly that - a curve- and not a slowly levelling out one either, in fact i'd be willing to bet it's asymptotic! i clearly have too much time on my hands, perhaps i should lie down ;-) bascule On Sunday 17 December 2000 1:09 am, you wrote: As a Civil Engineer every graph I ever saw involving time had time on the X axis. Therefor the steeper the curve the quicker things happened. How come everyone has ir backwards? Jim T.
Re: [newbie] Netscape 4.76
Why not use the 'update' feature. That's what I did, and it went flawlessly. Netscape 4.76 even seems a little faster than 4.75. I think I picked the sunsite site. -s On Monday 18 December 2000 08:49 pm, you wrote: I just tried to update from 4.75 to 4.76, but the common file is giving me problems. The first error tells me it isn't signed, then it says it can't install the file. I have tried the tux and sourceforge update sites with the same results. Does anyone have an alternative site? Barry :-) -- Registered Linux user: #197855
[newbie] Tmpwatch Error
Tmpwatch displayed the error below when refusing to remove a specified file. I later discovered, through trial and error, that tmpwatch doesn't allow a specified filename to be included in the syntax . . . only a directory name. What command allows tracking of a specific file's age? error: this indicates a possible intrusion attempt Note: When you reply to this message, please include the mailing list and my email address. * Signed, SoloCDM
[newbie] ALS-120 sound card won't config
The hardware support for linux-Mandrake says my ALS-120 is supported, in almost every config I try this is the error message I get, can anyone tell me what I need to fix? This card worked in 7.1 but now in 7.2 I can get nothing. TIA for any help. The following error occurred running the isapnp program: ? ? ? ? /etc/isapnp.conf:49 -- Fatal - IO range check attempted ? ? while device activated? ? /etc/isapnp.conf:49 -- Fatal - Error occurred executing ? ? request 'IORESCHECK ' --- further action aborted? ? ? ? -- Dennis Myers registered linux user #180842
[newbie] Install Hang on in second stage install
Greetings, I have a Dell Inspiron 3200 laptop, and I experimented some this summer with LM 7.0, with my 4 gig harddrive equally partioned between Windows 98 and LM 7.0. Finally I decided I was ready to make the move to a Microsoft free computer (plus I had no room left on my hard drive), so I figured i'd install 7.2. Only I'm having a devil of a time trying to get it to install. My computer boots from my Cd-Rom, and I get the opening mandrake screen. no matter what mode I choose for install (text, expert, etc.), the install always hangs in the same place. I get a window saying intializing Cd-rom, then Loading second stage ram disc. Then in the bottom left hand corner appears "in second stage install". Suddenly the Cd stops spinning and nothing happens, I've left it like that overnight before. I've tried everything I could think of, booting from a floppy, cleaning my cd drive. I even have a friend with the same laptop so i borrowed his drive and the same thing happened. The burn seems to be fine, I at least got past "second stage install" in testing it on my friends desktop. I've had no other problems with my cd drive. It's a Toshiba CD-ROM XM-1702BC that came with my laptop. I was just curious if anyone else had this problem, or could give some tips for a solution. Thanks, Brad
Re: [[newbie] ssh port forwarding as user?]
Jon, First, "ssh" works by encrypting your communication not by setting rights to it. Second, from your statement, I don't know what you are trying to ask other then that you had the concept of "ssh" all wrong. More info bud. Enjoy -- Al Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can I do port forwarding with ssh as user? I thought you werent supposed to connect to the internet as SU. Any help? Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/webmail
Re: [newbie] Helix GNOME Mandrake 7.2
Yes, you can install with 7.2. However there are a few problems with doing that. First your menus get screwed up a little bit in Gnome. You have multiple links to programs in the menus and they become pretty cluttered. Secondly MandrakeUpdate won't work right with updates concered with Gnome stuff. Right now MandrakeUpdate says I need to update some Gnome apps, even though they are already updated. The problem lies with that my Gnome apps are helix_gnome code, whereas the ones that Mandrake want's me to update with are mdk code. It's not too big a deal, just make sure you don't try to update something with MandrakeUpdate that is already updated via helix-update. Finally, your login screen will get all screwy. I'm assuming this happens on all Mandrake 7.2 systems (since it happened to me and some other guy on the internet), but what happens is that under the window manager selection screen the Gnome option disappears. Yes, it is pretty ironic that upgrading Gnome will cause you not to be able to select Gnome from the login options, but that's the way it is. The way to get around that is to put this into your ~/.Xclients-default file: exec gnome-session Then at the login screen, select "Default" for your Window manager. That should then get you into Gnome hopefully. Has anyone tried Helix GNOME with Mandrake 7.2? The download page says it is compatible with Mandrake 7.0 and 7.1, but there is no mention of 7.2. Is it possible to keep the Mandrake application menus (editable through menudrake) with Helix GNOME? -- Anthony http://binaryfusion.net Press any key to continue, or any other key to quit.
Re: [[newbie] ssh port forwarding as user?]
Altoine Barker wrote: Jon, First, "ssh" works by encrypting your communication not by setting rights to it. Second, from your statement, I don't know what you are trying to ask other then that you had the concept of "ssh" all wrong. More info bud. Enjoy -- Al Ok, I will explain in depth. I am trying to connect to a sever (anonymizer.com) via ssh, and with port forwarding, but when I do this as user I get an error from ssh that says privelaged ports (80) can only be forwarded by root. My question is, how can I do this in user mode or is it ok to su and do this?
Re: [newbie] KDE 2.1 Beta 1
2.01 would be much more stable than 2.1 simply because 2.1 is currently in beta and 2.01 is a 2.0 bugfix release. The main reason why I'm using 2.1 Beta 1 is that I was directed to use a CVS version by Mandrakesoft since 2.0 was too unstable for me. This was about a month ago, before 2.01 was released, but this is a CVS of 2.1, not 2.01. That means that I've gotten used to some of the newer features of 2.1 (like the new bookmark system), so I can't go to 2.01 (which would almost be a downgrade). Oh well, I guess I'll have to wait till next month for the 2.1 release, assuming all goes according to schedule. On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 04:57, Francisco Alcaraz Ariza wrote: After know the problems every users has with KDE21, I am using the 2.01 version (from sourceforge in a special rpms for Mandrake 7.2) that works well in Linux. I think it will be better wait, because the changes in KDE from 2.0 have been very few and the inestability seems to be very high. I had problems with the KDE 2.0 in the Mandrake 7.2, but the 2.01 is very stable, just few applications give problems. Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) -Mensaje original- De: Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fecha: lunes, 18 de diciembre de 2000 16:26 Asunto: [newbie] KDE 2.1 Beta 1 Has anyone tried KDE 2.1 Beta 1? I have been using a CVS version made about a month ago (i.e. a month after the official KDE2 release) and I recently upgraded to KDE 2.1 Beta 1. I have found that when in Beta 1's Konqueror I cannot access the configuration settings (Settings - Configure...). When I click on it, nothing happens at all. Also, when I open Kcontrol, there nothing to select along the left side of the window where the menu should be, so I cannot change any settings. I didn't have these problems with the CVS version I had before, which I figured would be less developed. I guess it's because they changed something in Beta 1, and my old CVS version still had mostly 2.0 code. Does anyone have the same problem? -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
Re: [newbie] Default Icons in Sawfish and Gnome
Hi Traci, I remember this happening to me quite some time ago. Okay. You'll have to do this while logged in as "root". I'm trying to do this from memory - so please bear with me. Click on the KDE icon. Navigate to Look 'n Feel. Check out the different settings for the mouse. There is one setting that decides which side of the mouse shows help for the right click while another menu is available for the left. As I mentioned this was quite some time ago. I'll get back to you after a few tests. Hopefully, I'll have a better answer for you. Regards, Roman Registered Linux Users #179293 Traci Collins wrote: Romanator wrote: Have you tried right clicking on the desktop and select "application". You will have the option of selecting the icons for your application by clicking on the dropdown arrow. Select Devices. Select the icon and OK. It's important to note that by default, it will check System first. If you are looking for icons for the hard drives, select "devices". That is a problem, perhaps part of the same one. When I tried right clicking on the desktop I didn't get any response at all - no context menu. If I right click on the panel I get the panel context menu so I suspect that my right mouse click is being received, but when I right click on the desktop nothing happens. Is there a setting, preferably simple, that would suppress the desktop icons as well as the right mouse button context menus for the desktop? Traci -- Traci Collins, MA, CCAI, CCNA Professor of Computer Education Colorado Mountain College http://www.rof.net/wp/tcollins/traci.html
Re: [Re: [[newbie] ssh port forwarding as user?]]
Jon, I see now. And to your answer, yes, you can su and do that. No one will be able to (in theory) listen in on your line and understand a word of what you are doing between your server and you. I do "su" all the time when I "ssh" into my machine. By the way, I have a question for you sheepish grin. What OS do you "ssh" to your machine with and with what software? I find myself "ssh" from Windows 98/NT and I use Telneat. Thanks Now we can both continue to... Enjoy -- Al Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Altoine Barker wrote: Jon, First, "ssh" works by encrypting your communication not by setting rights to it. Second, from your statement, I don't know what you are trying to ask other then that you had the concept of "ssh" all wrong. More info bud. Enjoy -- Al Ok, I will explain in depth. I am trying to connect to a sever (anonymizer.com) via ssh, and with port forwarding, but when I do this as user I get an error from ssh that says privelaged ports (80) can only be forwarded by root. My question is, how can I do this in user mode or is it ok to su and do this? Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/webmail
Re: [newbie] Default Icons in Sawfish and Gnome
Traci, Log in as root and click on the KDE Control Center. Try the following steps: 1. Select the KDE Control Center button 2. Navigate to LookNFeel-General 3. Choose the General tab 4a. Place checkmark next to "Align Icon Vertically on Desktop 4b. Place checkmark next to "Enable Desktop Menu" 5. Under clicks on the desktop, enable the following: Left button--No action Center button--Windows list menu Right button--Desktop menu 6. Click on the Apply and OK buttons 7. Close the Control Center and test your mouse clicks on your desktop. You should see your menus. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 High Energy Penguin Powered Email Traci Collins wrote: Romanator wrote: Have you tried right clicking on the desktop and select "application". You will have the option of selecting the icons for your application by clicking on the dropdown arrow. Select Devices. Select the icon and OK. It's important to note that by default, it will check System first. If you are looking for icons for the hard drives, select "devices". That is a problem, perhaps part of the same one. When I tried right clicking on the desktop I didn't get any response at all - no context menu. If I right click on the panel I get the panel context menu so I suspect that my right mouse click is being received, but when I right click on the desktop nothing happens. Is there a setting, preferably simple, that would suppress the desktop icons as well as the right mouse button context menus for the desktop? Traci -- Traci Collins, MA, CCAI, CCNA Professor of Computer Education Colorado Mountain College http://www.rof.net/wp/tcollins/traci.html
[newbie] Backpack CD-ROM boot.img soon?
Will you have a boot.img that works with Microsolutions Backpack CD-Roms anytime soon? Is there any other way to get Mandrake to recognize my CD-Rom during installation? Potential dev machine: Dell XPi 133 (laptop) Backpack Bantam CD-Rom 2GB HD 32MB memory Any help would be very appreciated. Thank you and happy holidays. -Rick Rick Fierro, II Software Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] ePropose, Inc. -- San Francisco, CA http://www.epropose.com/ Phone: 415.369.0360 x219 Fax: 415.369.0365
Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Sharing
DrakConf in Mandrake 7.2 has an "Internet Connection Sharing" feature. I haven't tried it, so I can't say how good it is. On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 04:06, Angel Rodriguez wrote: My home network is running Win98 on my desktop and Win95 on my corporate laptop. I want to add my Linux Mandrake only machine to this network and be able to share my internet connection with Linux. The Win98 machine is running MS internet sharing software. How would I accomplish this? A.Rodriguez -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
I agree with you - at least in part. I believe that Linux should have legacy hardware support, but only if those like us are not disadvantaged. As I've said before, Linux is all about choice. If someone wants to plug in a one-button i-mac USB mouse and use that, then they should be able to, no matter how stupid we think they are (and they would have to be). If, on the other hand, I wish to connect a ten-button beast that has buttons to make a cup of earl grey and to wash the dishes I should be able to as well. If in the future I wish to change the function of one of these buttons to paint the house, I should be able to. These are just examples. For Linux to be popular and beat M$, it should be inclusive, the OS for everyone. But only as long as it doesn't stop more advanced users such as ourselves from doing what we want. If we start dictating what is good and what is bad, we risk becoming another M$. On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 20:14, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: Bad habits because of how destructive they are. I think I explained why the mouse support is horrible in linux. The reason it is horrible in windows was that BG wanted to keep the 3-button mouse off the market so he could be the one to profit from an additional feature rather than Logitech, etc.. He sold millions of suckers the "Microsoft Mouse", which had no improved functionality whatever except to tell the os "I am a MS Mouse." Catering to victimized people with a 2 button mouse has retarded functionality. A mouse costs $3. Throw away all 2-button mice. It's history. That's what happened. Not my fault. You are a great guy, and you have been very helpful to a lot of people on this list. If I could only get off of it :-) Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: In the open source world (less so in the commercial world), features are implemented in the way that developers like, or in the way that users pressure developers to do. As I said earlier, a GUI can be a very personal thing. Your idea of a "bad habit" probably isn't bad to the rest (or the majority) of us. If you feel so strongly about it, then why don't you let the developers know, or even get into developing these features yourself? You seem to prefer a world where everyone agrees with you, and so they implement everything just as you want without your interaction. This simply is not possible. On Sat, 16 Dec 2000 13:20, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: Doing half of these things is not good enough. I'm talking stuff that could and should have been done five years ago. To do half of those things, a 2 button mouse would do. That is the point. There are hardly any relevant settings except switch right and left. No settings for combinations of mb's except to help use a goddam 2 button mouse. Windows users have bad habits, and that has resulted in serious harm to linux software. I am not insulted, merely frustrated by your very negative attitude. :-) Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: Have you even *looked* at alternatives that *can* do these things? Before you start bitching, I can say that I'm sure that Sawfish can do at least half of these things, and its configurability is getting better all the time. Try looking at the settings instead of just complaining when all of what you want isn't there by default and served to you on a silver platter. My apologies if I sound rude, but there are many other window managers out there apart from Enlightenment. Sawfish, in fact, is the GNOME default, and can do (IMHO) everything that Enlightenment can do and more. On Fri, 15 Dec 2000 22:23, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: One more time: I want to be able to select a rectangle full of files and drag the lot to another directory using only the mouse. I want to be able to copy with the right mb, place with the left mb, and paste with the middle. I want to be able to call up a menu for gnome and Enlightenment complete by clicking buttons 12. I want to be able to start a program with a single click, and drag with the right mouse button instead of the left, which was a better way, because it made group select work. I want to call up the running items in a desktop by clicking 23. I want to delete by clicking 13. I want to be able to scroll faster or slower by using combinations of mb's. I want 123 to do something. KDE won't do it because W$ won't do it, and they intend to be able to port stuff to W$. Gnome won't do it because they listen mainly to W$ users, and W$ users *have* *bad* *habits*. I don't want to restrict anything. You do. Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 14 December 2000 05:09 pm, you wrote: I guess everybody's entitled to their opinion, but to put down the hard work of the KDE developers (never used Gnome but I bet they've put lots of blood, sweat and tears into it as well) is
Re: [Re: [newbie] More disk space for the Linux partition]
GNU Parted is getting there, but it'll be a little while before I'd trust it with my data. If you want to use it, do a backup first. For more info, look at http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/. On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 20:18, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: What about parted? Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: I don't think that discdrake can do non-destructive partitioning (yet). That is a very complex thing to do, and you will need something like PartitionMagic or System Commander to achieve it. Note that these two programmes don't support ReiserFS, only ext2 and swap partitions. On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 04:01, Johnny Kwan wrote: I got the GUI diskdrake running. However, I don't know how to use it to give the linux partition more diskspace and reduce the size of the windows partition. Of course, without loosing data. Thanks. s [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Linux has a utility that does the same thing. Diskdrake. Located at /usr/sbin/diskdrake But yeah, partition magic can do the same thing from inside windows (or actually dos). I think I trust disdrake more (I have partition magic on my other machine, it's okay, but slow!) On Sunday 17 December 2000 03:01, you wrote: I am running out of diskspace with my Linux partition. Is it ok for me to use partition magic to reduce the size of the windows partition, and allocate more disk space to the linux partition? I just want to make sure Linux is ok with that before I proceed. Thanks. ICQ# 1678616 Office # 972-506-3411 eFax # 419-818-7262 Homepage: johnnykwan.web-page.net -s -- Registered Linux user: #197855 -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GED/M/S d+ s:+: a C++ UL@ P+ L++ E--- W N++ o K w+ !O M- V-- PS+ PE Y++ PGP++ t+ 5-- X+ R* tv++ b- DI+ D G e++ h r+++ z+++ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- ICQ# 1678616 Office # 972-506-3411 eFax # 419-818-7262 Homepage: johnnykwan.web-page.net Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
Re: [newbie] Question
I've only read bad things about CNR and AMR in recent motherboard reviews. It costs extra to put these functions in a mobo, and there is little hardware support for them anyway. Some newer mobos, like the Abit KT7, don't have them at all. On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 10:21, bascule wrote: do you mean CNR? communication/network riser or similar, basically as far as i know it aims to be to comms and ntework devices what the amr slot is to soundcards and modems, personally i've seen a few mobos with these slots on but never come across a card in them, come to that i've come across precious few cards in amrs but maybe they are mostly in oem machines which i don't tend to play with much bascule On Monday 18 December 2000 4:59 pm, you wrote: Anybody heard of this new CRN expansion slot on new Mobo's? Chris Kelly Registered Linux user 185775 -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
Re: [newbie] Netscape 4.76
I've found Netscape 4.76 to be much more stable and a bit faster than previous versions. On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 04:17, s wrote: Why not use the 'update' feature. That's what I did, and it went flawlessly. Netscape 4.76 even seems a little faster than 4.75. I think I picked the sunsite site. -s On Monday 18 December 2000 08:49 pm, you wrote: I just tried to update from 4.75 to 4.76, but the common file is giving me problems. The first error tells me it isn't signed, then it says it can't install the file. I have tried the tux and sourceforge update sites with the same results. Does anyone have an alternative site? Barry :-) -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. Your mouse has moved. Windows must be rebooted to acknowledge this change.
Re: [newbie] Internet Connection Sharing
I've used that to share my cable connection with a couple of Macs and it was absolutely effortless. I just set the Macs to use DHCP, then ran the "Internet Connection Sharing" command, and they were on. No rebooting needed. It shouldn't be that much harder for your Windows boxes, assuming you've set them up to use DHCP. M. On Monday 18 December 2000 15:26, you wrote: DrakConf in Mandrake 7.2 has an "Internet Connection Sharing" feature. I haven't tried it, so I can't say how good it is. On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 04:06, Angel Rodriguez wrote: My home network is running Win98 on my desktop and Win95 on my corporate laptop. I want to add my Linux Mandrake only machine to this network and be able to share my internet connection with Linux. The Win98 machine is running MS internet sharing software. How would I accomplish this? A.Rodriguez -- Michael O'Henly TENZO Design
[newbie] error with icepref
Hi, Folks, I met trouble with icepref as below, [lxj@fsbbs lxj]$ icepref Tracebak (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/icepref", line 22, in ? from gtk import * ImportError: No module named gtk I guess it's caused by some gtk package, but don't know which one. Any clues? Thanks lxj
Re: [newbie] Netscape 4.76
That's the method I chose. I have been successfully updating my apps that way for some time now. Changing server sources didn't help. Netscape 4.76's common gives me an error saying that it isn't signed. If I tell it to install anyway, it then comes back with an error saying it was unable to install and asks if I want to skip this file. Although 4.75 isn't giving any problems now, I was hoping to move up to 4.76. Which site did you use? Barry :-) s wrote: Why not use the 'update' feature. That's what I did, and it went flawlessly. Netscape 4.76 even seems a little faster than 4.75. I think I picked the sunsite site. -s On Monday 18 December 2000 08:49 pm, you wrote: I just tried to update from 4.75 to 4.76, but the common file is giving me problems. The first error tells me it isn't signed, then it says it can't install the file. I have tried the tux and sourceforge update sites with the same results. Does anyone have an alternative site? Barry :-) -- Registered Linux user: #197855
[newbie] 7.2 stability , mouse issues .
i am this |--| close to reformatting the drive and installing a better distro than mandrake . the mouse is hyperactive , in ( not only movement ) but in clicking , activating all sorts of menus , sliding in and out the taskbar , tehn crashing the whole thing . nothing left to do but hard boot . i dropped red hat 6 for this ? win98se is more stable than mandrake 7.2 i originally used an ms intellieye mouse ( usb with a ps2 adapter on it ) though in the latest incarnation ive got a kensington 3 button ps2 mouse , and not much more stability than before . even logged in as root . the config wont take the mouse specification after using harddrake only says " vendor unknown " , " model unknown " device : /dev/psaux bus type ps2 is that normal ? red hat picked up my intellieye with no problem . the rest : abit k a 7 athlon 700 sb live 64 mb only linux is on this drive . any help is greatly appreciated . any insight gets you a great big hug . mishaco . What are you N2? Choose from 150 free e-mail addresses. http://www.n2mail.com
RE: [newbie] ALS-120 sound card won't config
SOME but not all of the sound modules are already loaded while you are attempting to configure the card. This doesn't work. Follow these directions... 1) Remove all references to your sound modules in modules.conf 2) Rename your existing isapnp.conf file to something else. 3) Remove all memory resident sound modules in their proper order. I.E. lsmod . . awe_wave 159040 2 sb 34752 2 uart401 6384 2 [sb] sound 58368 0 [awe_wave sb uart401] soundlow 464 0 [sound] soundcore 2800 7 [sb sound] . rmmod awe_wave rmmod sb rmmod uart401 rmmod sound rmmod soundlow rmmod soundcore If you get a device busy error, you have to unload another module or program using the module first! Finally run sndconfig from the console. When you get towards the end and are asked if you hear the sound ok, tell it -NO- You can then manually configure the settings for the sound card, assuming no conflicts... -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Myers Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 7:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] ALS-120 sound card won't config The hardware support for linux-Mandrake says my ALS-120 is supported, in almost every config I try this is the error message I get, can anyone tell me what I need to fix? This card worked in 7.1 but now in 7.2 I can get nothing. TIA for any help. The following error occurred running the isapnp program: ? ? ? ? /etc/isapnp.conf:49 -- Fatal - IO range check attempted ? ? while device activated? ? /etc/isapnp.conf:49 -- Fatal - Error occurred executing ? ? request 'IORESCHECK ' --- further action aborted? ? ? ? -- Dennis Myers registered linux user #180842
