Re: [newbie-it] prova per compilare
Molto più facile di quello che pensi. Dovrebbe esserci un readme o un INSTALL o cose simili, l'estensione è secondaria. Leggilo e segui le istruzioni :) Molto facilmente sarà qualcosa tipo ./configure make e da root make install e il gioco è fatto. Un buon inizio è la documentazione di make, una buona continuazione è l'how-to su gcc e se vuoi fare le cose in grande gli onniscenti appunti di informatica libera di giacomini che trovi sul web :) Ciao, Nicholas -- Perhaps the most important achievement of Unix is to demonstrate that a powerful operating system for interactive use need not be expensive either in equipment or in human effort: it can run on hardware costing as little as $40,000, and less than two man-years were spent on the main system software. We hope, however, that users find that the most important characteristics of the system are its simplicity, elegance, and ease of use. The UNIX Time-sharing System* (1974) D.M. Ritchie and K. Thompson
Re: [newbie-it] prova per compilare
Alle 13:30, lunedì 13 maggio 2002, hai scritto: Credo che su sourceforge.net e su freshmeat.net potrai trovare diversi pacchetti compressi utili sia a scopo didattico che da usare. Scompattali nella tua $HOME, magari in una subdirectory ad hoc e parti Salve a tutti Per motivi di studio e altri impegni avevo abbandonato il tentativo di una prima compilazione. Ora ho scaricato un programmino abbastanza semplice (lettore mp3) e la mia intenzione è quella di ri provarci, ma il mio problema è che non so da dove cominciare!!! ho dato uno sguardo al makefile ma per me è come se fosse cirillico! ho riletto per l'ennesima volta il manuale utentee come prima,buio! C'è qualc'uno che abbia voglia e pazienza per spiegarmi passo passo quello che c'è da fare?(magari anche in privato visto che le mie domande saranno sicuramente tra le piu banali) O in alternativa qualcuno mi puo rimandare a documentazioni per principianti in italiano? Grazie gia da ora. Ciao , Tom
Re: [newbie-it] Convertire file in pdf
Subject: Re: [newbie-it] Convertire file in pdf Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 14:41:54 +0200 From: ku68 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ciao miKe alle 19:46, martedì 21 maggio 2002, hai scritto: cut Ringrazio tutti delle risposte. In effetti non capivo perché in openoffice non comparisse la stampante virtuale come invece avviene con kword ecc. Comunque con openoffice (penso anche con SO) ho trovato (grazie alle risposte ricevute) questo sistema: salva su file - premo il tasto accanto sfoglia - scrivo il nome del file con il .pdf finale e tipo di file pdf. Ecco che ho il mio bel pdf salvato. Ho notato che se nel nome del file non inserisco il .pdf finale e metto comunque il formato di salvataggio pdf il file viene salvato come ps. Magari può essere utile a qualcuno. Ciao ku68
Re: [newbie-it] HD che frulla!
Alle 18:49, mercoledì 22 maggio 2002, hai scritto: Ho 256M di RAM e una partizione di swap di 500M che praticamente non viene mai usata (come si vede anche dall'immagine allegata al precedente msg). Lo pensavo anch'io, poi ho dato un'occhiata a top e mi sono dovuto ricredere.. -- - -- Fabio Manunza -- ## n° macchina 140545 ## -
[newbie-it] Supporto ACPI
Ho installato usando come utente root Configurazione Kernel Linux il supporto ACPI (disattivando ovviamente APM). I moduli selezionati sono: Power Management Support ACPI Support ACPI Debug Statements ACPI Bus Manager System Processor Button AC Adapter Embedded Controller Control Method Battery Thermal Dopo aver premuto Applica ho eseguito da terminale (sempre come utente root) il comando make ... (mi sono dimenticato di appuntare il resto) ma, malgrado non ci sia stato alcun messaggio di errore o warning sembra non essere cambiato nulla. Devo attivare ACPI in qualche altro modo da riga di comando? Va fatto avviare automaticamente allo start-up o che altro? La mia distribuzione Mandrake è la 8.2 (Power Pack Edition) Grazie in anticipo Ivo
Re: [newbie-it] Supporto ACPI
Il 23.05.02 alle 08:09, il notabile IVO SPADONE proferi' codeste parole: Ho installato usando come utente root Configurazione Kernel Linux il supporto ACPI (disattivando ovviamente APM). [..] Dopo aver premuto Applica ho eseguito da terminale (sempre come utente root) il comando make ... (mi sono dimenticato di appuntare il resto) ma, malgrado non ci sia stato alcun messaggio di errore o warning sembra non essere cambiato nulla. Se hai modificato il file di configurazione giusto e il kernel l'hai compilato con gli appositi comandi e poi installato, e' corretto. Devo attivare ACPI in qualche altro modo da riga di comando? Va fatto avviare automaticamente allo start-up o che altro? Devi avviare il demone acpid (p.es. con drakxservices) e disattivare apmd. Installa il pacchetto relativo casomai non lo avessi gia'. -- LU #210970 LM #98222 - K 2.4.18-ac3 MDK semi-cooker in attesa di transito alla Slack-current
Re: [newbie-it] mandrake win9x
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Il 23:52, martedì 21 maggio 2002, in merito a [newbie-it] mandrake win9x, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Vorrei condividere la connessione... ..tra un portatile con Mandrake 8.2 e un desktop con win XP Pro... devi solo configurare il portatile affinchè usi il pc con ixxpì come gateway non attivare la condivisione sul portatile perchè non serve quindi supponiamo IP1 'server' IP2 client IP1 sarà il default GW per internet imposta il client per interrogare il dns del tuo provider, altrimenti non navighi bye miKe __ Slackware 8 GNU/Linux 2.4.18 @ hp Xe3 R.U.#219755 - S.R.U.#705 - R.M.#110932 - -- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE87RvEF/9fksDJ4y0RAnrsAKC1DDVGPOrPQ93NR87xAoHjrKTBdwCeIwTy atWQvvXyXBSaOazPp3loPLw= =1fY0 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [newbie-it] Supporto ACPI
Fatta come operazione, non da drakxservices perché sembra non esserci; ho usato LinuxConf, ho settato acpid in modo che si avvi automaticamente, spento il portatile e riavviato... non funge, in fase di start-up fra le tante graziose scritte OK in verde compare un not found relativo ad una misteriosa directori /acpi... eccetera. I messaggi, tanto per facilitare le cose, scorrono tanto velocemente da non permettermi di copiare per intero il messaggio di errore. Non credo di aver ricompilato il Kernel, è una delle nozioni che ancora mi manca (sono newbie). Ho solo eseguito il comando suggerito. Altri suggerimenti, a parte rivolgermi a qualche GURU disponibile a mettere le mani su Mandrake? Ciao Ivo On Thursday, May 23, 2002, at 04:11PM, LukenShiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Il 23.05.02 alle 08:09, il notabile IVO SPADONE proferi' codeste parole: Ho installato usando come utente root Configurazione Kernel Linux il supporto ACPI (disattivando ovviamente APM). [..] Dopo aver premuto Applica ho eseguito da terminale (sempre come utente root) il comando make ... (mi sono dimenticato di appuntare il resto) ma, malgrado non ci sia stato alcun messaggio di errore o warning sembra non essere cambiato nulla. Se hai modificato il file di configurazione giusto e il kernel l'hai compilato con gli appositi comandi e poi installato, e' corretto. Devo attivare ACPI in qualche altro modo da riga di comando? Va fatto avviare automaticamente allo start-up o che altro? Devi avviare il demone acpid (p.es. con drakxservices) e disattivare apmd. Installa il pacchetto relativo casomai non lo avessi gia'.
[newbie-it] Mandrake 8.2 e KDE 3
Ho alcuni problemi con KDE 3 installato su Mandrake 8.2 Applet- Con Mozilla vanno perfettamente, con Konqueror vanno poche volte e sono lentissime. Plugin- Con Mozilla funzionano con Konqueror no. Antialiasing- Con Mozilla non funziona Wizard di configurazione continua sempre ad apparire. Chi mi da una mano? Ciao Elio
Re: [newbie-it] Supporto ACPI
Il 23.05.02 alle 09:54, il notabile IVO SPADONE proferi' codeste parole: Fatta come operazione, non da drakxservices perché sembra non esserci; Perche' ci sia devi aver installato il pacchetto drakxtools-newt I messaggi, tanto per facilitare le cose, scorrono tanto velocemente da non permettermi di copiare per intero il messaggio di errore. Ritrovi i messaggi in /var/log/messages Non credo di aver ricompilato il Kernel, è una delle nozioni che ancora mi manca (sono newbie). Ho solo eseguito il comando suggerito. Urgh ... se non ri-compili il kernel stai tranquillo che non cambi nulla. Una domanda: ma quei 'make' che hai dato che cos'erano? :OO Altri suggerimenti, a parte rivolgermi a qualche GURU disponibile a mettere le mani su Mandrake? Non so che dirti, se vuoi acpi [e non so se ne valga poi la pena, dato che il supporto dello stesso e' ancora abbastanza sperimentale] _devi_ per forza darti alla compilazione :) In un messaggio precedente ho scritto quali sono i passaggi principali. Poi cmq basta tenere buono il .config originale per tutto il resto. -- LU #210970 LM #98222 - K 2.4.18-ac3 MDK semi-cooker in attesa di transito alla Slack-current
Re: [newbie-it] mandrake win9x
Il 21.05.02 alle 23:52, il notabile [EMAIL PROTECTED] proferi' codeste parole: Vorrei condividere la connessione(cioè navigare contemporaneamente su internet)tra un portatile con Mandrake 8.2 e un desktop con win XP Pro-il primo dovrebbe fare da client e il secondo da server. Dato che il pc che fungera' da gateway verso internet e' quello con winfindus, devi configurare da li' la condivisione, non da Mandrake. Per il come ti invito a rivolgerti in una lista/ng windows, o forse ancora meglio a guardare le faq del ng it.tlc.telefonia.adsl (a partire da http://iuslex.it/adsl/ e http://planynet.hypermart.net/adsl/faq/index.htm). Se hai fatto tutto il necessario, per la parte linux AFAIK dovrebbe ridursi ad impostare l'instradamento [routing] verso il gateway windows. Per chiarimenti fai riferimento al Net-HowTo. -- LU #210970 LM #98222 - K 2.4.18-ac3 MDK semi-cooker in attesa di transito alla Slack-current
Re: [newbie-it] 8.2 e xine e dvd del commercio
beh in effetti non c'e'un'entrata in fstab(attached) per /dev/dvd però se chiedo mount /dev/hdb e dopo lancio xine quando pigio il bottone dvd e poi play mi dice il solito there is no aval plugin to play //video_ts.vob la console da cui ho lanciato xine dice input_dvd: sorry, xine doesn't play encrypred dvd -legal staus of css etc ci vorrà il plugin css che ho disinstallato? p.s. perdona la polemica ma per cosa pensano che si usi un dvd player, per vedere 100 volte il filmino fatto in casa dell'ottantasimo compleanno della zia Cesira? ciao a tutti. LukenShiro wrote: On Sat, 18 May 2002, paolo brusasco wrote: messaggio unable to open dvd drive /dev/dvd: no medium found (provato avederlo in win e funziona) Mi sa tanto che il problema e' esterno a xine e riguarda il montaggio dei dispositivi: - prova a riportare il contenuto di /etc/fstab; - usi l'emulazione scsi per dvd (e per l'eventuale masterizzatore)? - mount _nome-device-a-cui-hai-collegato-/dev/dvd_ funziona? e in caso negativo, che cosa ti riporta?
Re: [newbie-it] Ancora su xine
ho visitato il sito grazie questo potrebbe anche non essere il posto giusto per chiedere questo.. però quando clicco il link alle librerie da scaricare ne esce una valanga non ho capito se devo scaricare solo libdvdcssetc o qualche altra libreria poi quando installo libdvdcss mi dice libxalflvch.so.0=S è richiesto da libdvdcss forza od esci io esco... se me lo dici tu forzo... ciao a tutti i pazienti. Brunini Alessandro wrote: Salve alla lista, ho notato che ci sono stati dei problemi su xine. Non ho seguito un granchè il tutto. Volevo però informarvi che ho aperto un sito sul quale il mio primo articolo riguarda proprio come installare e configurare xine per vedere i DVD. Sarebbe bello leggere anche le esperienze altrui con Linux, così avremo un nostro database completo di esperienze sulla Mandrake. Il sito è: http://linuxmandrake.too.it Un saluto a tutti.
Re: [newbie-it] Map-Installer
LukenShiro wrote: [...] Ho bisogno di una conferma per una teoria che avrei: da root avvia fdisk /dev/hdb, poi dai p per visualizzare la tabella delle partizioni. Controlla in corrispondenza di /dev/hdb2: c'e' scritto (tra l'altro) 'nascosto' o 'hidden' ? Se e' cosi', e' uno scherzetto che purtroppo lilo combina in presenza di una seconda partizione windows [...] Bisogna quindi cambiare l'identificativo della partizione, da nascosta [sara' forse 1b o 1c] a non nascosta [b o c]... Eseguita la correzione dell' id della partizione, come tue istruzioni, e verificato al reboot di Linux l'avvenuta correzione, dopo numerose prove ho potuto verificare che XP ritorna a vedere la directory xptrans ossia hdb2 ma, solo se si effettua l'avvio senza usare Lilo. Appena avvio XP da Lilo (basta una sola volta) il problema della partizione ritorna e quando rileggo la tabella delle partizioni di hdb con fdisk ricompare l'identificativo 1c ossia sistema nascosto. Sembra che Lilo abbia preso gusto a modificare le cose per conto suo. Forse questo comportamento anomalo centra con il fatto che hdb1 è formattato con NTFS e che l'hard disk per la FAT32 è da 60GB ? Tra l'altro per verifica, la partizione hdb2 con FAT32 è stata anche ridotta a meno di 10GB nelle varie prove. Annaspando successivamente qua e là ho pensato anche che forse il file fdisk in dotazione a Linux non supportasse il DOS ver. 6.x. Ho riformattato quindi la partizione hdb2 con FAT32 con il gestore disco degli strumenti di amministrazione di XP che, prima di effettuare questa operazione, mi indicava che la partizione hdb2 era presente ma sconosciuta. Tuttavia anche questo non è servito a niente... All'avvio di XP con Lilo, hdb2 ritorna dinuovo nascosta. Ti ringrazio LukenShiro per le informazioni che mi hai passato, attendo le tue considerazioni finali dopodichè prenderò una decisione. Ciao da Giuseppe.
Re: [newbie-it] Map-Installer
Il 23.05.02 alle 23:32, il notabile Giuseppe Ferruzzi proferi' codeste parole: questo comportamento anomalo centra con il fatto che hdb1 è formattato con NTFS e che l'hard disk per la FAT32 è da 60GB ? Hmm, no, nel primo caso perche' non avrebbe senso, nel secondo perche' nell'ipotesi piu' disperata (problemi di riconoscimento da parte del BIOS) non sarebbe proprio visto l'intero disco ... Tuttavia anche questo non è servito a niente... All'avvio di XP con Lilo, hdb2 ritorna dinuovo nascosta. A questo punto ti consiglierei di installare e attivare grub. Non e' difficile, non da' questi problemi e non deve essere reinstallato nel MBR se cambi il file di configurazione relativo. Ha un consistente manualetto di istruzioni (con 'info grub') -- LU #210970 LM #98222 - K 2.4.18-ac3 MDK semi-cooker in attesa di transito alla Slack-current
[newbie-it] Problemi (grossi) con X
Salve a tutta la ML, sono un seguace della lista da parecchio tempo e la trovo utile per un bel po' di cosette ma stavolta proprio non so dove sbattere la testa. Ho una motherboard Abit Bp6 2 celeron 450Mhz con 512 Mb di RAM sulla quale ho montato una Radeon 7500 (lo ammetto non è una ATI ma un misero clone) che Mandrake 8.2 riconsoce in fase di installazione. Solo che al momento di provare la configurazione (le ho provate un po' tutte dagli 800x600 a 256 colori in su) si spegne il monitor e buonanotte, non posso fare altro che riavviare brutalmente, non c'è alt+F7 che tenga... in modalità testo funziona tutto benissimo ma se dò un incauto startx salta tutto. Purtroppo ho guardato anche le liste in inglese ma non ho trovato nulla. C'è qualcuno che abbia delle dritte? Grazie in anticipo Paolo P.S. Purtroppo sotto l'orribile vindos tutto marcia...
Re: [newbie] Modem Installation Help
On Wednesday 22 May 2002 09:58 pm, you wrote: I just got a copy of mandrake 8.2 and it says my modem is a winmodem (PCTel HSP56 Micromodem) and will not install it. I have the linux driver for my modem but I don't know how to install it. I'm very new to linux cans omeone please help me out? Derek Derek: Can you be more specific about your problem? Is it related to the specific driver that you have downloaded, or do you need help in the general area of installing programs in Linux? Don't be bashful about it -- at one time or another, every one of us has asked ourselves, OK, now what the hell am I supposed to do? It would also be useful to know (1) the exact model number of either your modem or the modem chipset -- PCTel makes a lot of chips that are used by a lot of modem manufacturers, and (2) details about the driver that you have. Here are some good starting points: (1) For general information about winmodems in general, a number of very useful links, and a very detailed list of various modems (winmodems, linmodems and real modems): www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html. (2) For a current how-to on PCTel-based winmodems: http://www.peacefulaction.org/sayamindu/pctel.html (3) For an excellent discussion on linmodems and some good links: www.linmodems.org -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Modem Installation Help
Go to www.linmodems.org Then go to Jan's PCTEL Resource link (www.medres.ch/~jstifter/pctel) From Jan's site, download the pctel-0.9.2.tar.gz (I actually am using the pctel-0.8.6.tar.gz and the directions I gave are for it, but the newer version should be similar). Since it is a tar.gz file, you will need to extract it by typing tar zxf pctel-0.9.2.tar.gz and it will create a directory called pctel-0.9.2 (if you use the 0.8.6 driver then the directory will be pctel-0.8.6). Joe On Wed, 22 May 2002 23:35:56 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe I am missing some of the files i gotit off a bobo(lol) site where did you get yours? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE loses sound...
On Wed, 22 May 2002 12:07:00 +0100 John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 21 May 2002 04:04, you wrote: Anyone else notice that from the Control Center - Look n Feel - System notifications, that if you preview an AU sound file that it not only doesn't play, but you lose sound until the next time KDE is restarted. Is this a known bug or just something about my setup? Thanks! ;-) I read with interest and have used myself many of the anachronisms mentioned, but quite honestly I do not understand what the relationships are with one another. For instance Alsa, OSS, aRts, etc etc. I wonder whether someone could write a short potted history/technical explanation of what they actually do and how they relate. John -- well i'm much f a newbie about this too, but i'll try to say that i *guess* they are, and then some willing soul with better understanding than me will correct me. ok. OSS ( Open Sound System ) and ALSA ( Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ) are, basically, sets of drivers. they are both what CUPS is to printing. packages that contain drivers for as much devices as possible. some cards are supported by OSS, some other by ALSA and a lot of them are supported by both. you should have noticed a recent post from civileme, stating that it's a very common issue that some people can't get their sound to work right because they have both alsa and oss enabled. this is, having two active drivers, trying to drive the same device. ( i had this problem in 8.1 too ) as for aRTs.. uhmm as far as i can tell, it's a sound server that provides realtime mixing to enable several sound-related programs to work at once ( kinda like having two instances of xmms playing songs simultaneously, compared to getting a 'soundcard busy' when you launch the second xmms ) my guess is that aRTs connects directly to the sound driver. and opens up a server port to let any program wanting to play sound to connect to that server and play it there. aRTs will receive sounds from all applications, mix them up and play them thru the soundcard, so you can hear the stuff simultaneously... DISCLAIMER: all of this stuff COULD and PROBABLY IS dead wrong ;o) anyway, i hope it helps to clear you out a bit .. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Flash plugin in Konq again
On Thu, 23 May 2002 13:09, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Wednesday 22 May 2002 06:47 pm, you wrote: On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 17:25, Carroll Grigsby wrote: Brian: According to my notes, it's nspluginscan, not nsplugin. Then you'll have to close and reopen KDE. If all has gone well, the Netscape Plugins option will show up in the Konqueror configuration menu. However, I've found that those damn popups still appear on some sites. I'm not sure why, but I'm inclined to blame it on the HTML at the other end. Of course, I could be wrong on that. AFAIK, it's bad javascript. I wrote to the webmaster of a site that filled my desktop with twelve macromedia popups, and he fixed it the same day. Sir Robin Sir Robin: Thanks. As I said, I wasn't too sure if it was me or them. In cases like that, I usually take the easy way out, and blame it on them. Your comment about writing to the webmaster is interesting. When I first started using the Net (six years ago), almost every site had a link to the webmaster; failing that, there would be something like Mail us, Comments, etc. Have you noticed that those links have pretty much vanished -- particularly on major commercial sites? Not a good trend. -- cmg Carroll, many of the e-mail systems now have a catch all basket. It doesn't matter if you write to [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] They get filtered to someones inbox. Of course d*[EMAIL PROTECTED] is likely to get biffed unopened. So if i find a broken link or whatever and there is no contact page i just fire the e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Usually somebody gets it and fixes it. 90% or more of the time they send back a thankyou. After all if there is no such e-mail address the mail bounces and you get to know it. -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Ogle Problems
Hey, I'm helping a friend with his Linux installation and he's trying to get Ogle set upand running into some issues. I'm not sure what his errors mean so I've includedthem below in case any of you has any insight. Thanks! [paul@st04_057 paul]$ ogle Note[ogle_ctrl]: ogle 0.8.2 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: Started /usr/lib/ogle/ogle_gui with pid 5445 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: Started /usr/lib/ogle/ogle_nav with pid 5446 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: Started /usr/lib/ogle/ogle_mpeg_ps with pid 5447 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: Started /usr/lib/ogle/ogle_vout with pid 5448 libdvdread: Can't stat /dev/dvd No such file or directory vm: faild to open/read the DVD Debug[ogle_ctrl]: child: 5446 exited with 1 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: pid: 5446 exited with status: 1 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: child: 5448 killed Debug[ogle_ctrl]: pid: 5448 terminated on signal: 2 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: child: 5447 killed Debug[ogle_ctrl]: pid: 5447 terminated on signal: 2 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: child: 5445 killed Debug[ogle_ctrl]: pid: 5445 terminated on signal: 2 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: removing shmid: 63635461 Note[ogle_ctrl]: exiting Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] java runtime environment
That is strange, I am using currently using mozilla 0.99 with JRE 1.4 without problems. Did you link the correct files (i.e. those under jdk1.x.x\jre\plugin, if memory serves)? From mozilla, if you click on help-about plugins, do the plugins appear correctly instaled? raffaele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Allright. After copying the file into the mozilla plugins directory, both mozilla and galeon completely crash and exit whenever I try opening a page with java. I've also tried symlinking to the files, and they don't crash but want me to install it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] att cable
I,m new to linux and have been trying to connect ATTBI without much luck internet shows UP the IP address isright got it off my MS windows system ,gateway not sure about the host we don,t have one in MS but do have service name but have tryed everthing and no connection,if you call ATT they just give you the non support thing and thats all.Can anyone HELP?
Re: OT: signatures WAS: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
On Thu, 23 May 2002 01:48:10 -0400 David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Damian G said onto me: -- snip | |this 'resistance' that a given material offers when you try to make an electric current |run thru it depends on the length of the path that the electrons should take | snip | |p.s. i had a little trouble with my english this time so forgive any inaccuracies | that you may find. ;o) -- Damian, I'd like to say that your explanation is one of the best explanations that I have heard. Right on the money, and very easy to understand. thanks very much.. ;o) But I wanna add something. The strength of the bond between the electrons and the atom (IIRC, proportional to the number of free electrons) is also a direct factor in determining resistance. e.g. 1 foot of rubber has exponentially more resistance than 1 foot of gold yep that's what i meant when y said and the place lacking electrons, and thus charged positively ) represents the 'medium' in which the current will travel. it can be air, wood, metal, water, or even void. but some materials are more resistent to this phenomena. that is, electrons need to be drawn by a greater force ( voltage ) to be able to run thru that medium. eventually, with enough voltage, electricity can run thru everything. i just didn't want to make it all too complex. ;o) also, i should add that resistance also depends on the width of that piece of material. for example, a wire with 0.2mm diameter and 1 inch long offers more resistance that a 1mm diameter, 1 inch long wire. this is because all the electrons, having the same negative charge, tend to be as far away from each others as possible. thus, an electric current traveling thru a wire only use the outer part of the conducting material. no electrons travel thru the center of it, and when the wire is thick, electrons don't repel themselves as much since the bigger section of the wire makes more space for electrons to get through. this is why a very thin wire causes electrons to 'crash' too often against the atoms of the wire, causing further resistance, increase in temperature and therefore sweat, meltdown, fire, explosions, fireworks, and eventually a new computer... you get the picture. better yet if you overclock your computer, this is what may be happening now inside your proc ;oP .. uhmm ok ok i'm drifting off, i better cut it off here. apologize to the people that may be thinking this is not the place to talk about this. Damian and remember: 2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] audio program.
Can anyone point me to an audio looping program like acid for windows? TIA -Chuck Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
On Monday 20 May 2002 21:42, you wrote: Sorry for all the e-mails guys, but I found the solution to the segfaults. remove the ~/.divxPlayer/DivXPlayer.dbf file restart divxPlayer right click on the screen, and go to options. click on the general tab and uncheck Check for new and Display splash screen... Close off divxPlayer .. and bob's your uncle, it should work now. At least it does here. I thin that the startup search for a new version is buggering up the whole program. Greetings Ralph I have my version on now. So what's the advantage then. Doesn't seem to play commercial DVD's. I guess you have to have these high compression mp3,sort of video files that the website speakes of. So where do you get them then. Is this a player for home camcorder type movies ? Someone fill me in please. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Modem Installation Help
I finally got it installed. Thanks so much for your guys help i appriciate it alot. Derek
Re: [newbie] Can't save StarOffice Files
On Thu, 2002-05-23 at 11:44, Dick Mazierski wrote: What I can't understand is, with all the complaints about Star Office 6.0, why Sun Microsystems or Mandrake have not stepped in and offered a solution to the problem. This attitude will be the downfall of Linux!!! I can only agree Dick. It's like the missing RPMs on the powerpack thing (dare I bring it up again?). Totally OK for the problem to exist, but the silence is unforgivable. Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] audio program.
On 22 May 2002 23:08:52 -0600 chuck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone point me to an audio looping program like acid for windows? TIA -Chuck Well, I can't :( But this link should be interesting: http://sound.condorow.net/ . The Linux Audio Users mailing list (link at the bottom of the first URL) would be the best forum for this kind of question. AFAIK they have a searchable archive. HTH, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Ogle Problems
On Thu, 2002-05-23 at 02:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, I'm helping a friend with his Linux installation and he's trying to get Ogle set upand running into some issues. I'm not sure what his errors mean so I've includedthem below in case any of you has any insight. Thanks! [paul@st04_057 paul]$ ogle Note[ogle_ctrl]: ogle 0.8.2 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: Started /usr/lib/ogle/ogle_gui with pid 5445 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: Started /usr/lib/ogle/ogle_nav with pid 5446 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: Started /usr/lib/ogle/ogle_mpeg_ps with pid 5447 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: Started /usr/lib/ogle/ogle_vout with pid 5448 libdvdread: Can't stat /dev/dvd No such file or directory vm: faild to open/read the DVD Debug[ogle_ctrl]: child: 5446 exited with 1 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: pid: 5446 exited with status: 1 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: child: 5448 killed Debug[ogle_ctrl]: pid: 5448 terminated on signal: 2 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: child: 5447 killed Debug[ogle_ctrl]: pid: 5447 terminated on signal: 2 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: child: 5445 killed Debug[ogle_ctrl]: pid: 5445 terminated on signal: 2 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: removing shmid: 63635461 Note[ogle_ctrl]: exiting When I started using Ogle I noticed that it was difficult to get it to play a device. On the other hand if you mount the dvd and tell it to play a file, it will do that with no problem. Mount the dvd and send Ogle to the video_ts directory on the dvd. Ogle should pick up and run from there. HTH, LX -- °°° Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Flash plugin in Konq again
Brian: Open Konqueror. Select Settings and then Configure Konqueror. There should be a Netscape Plugins icon in the left hand column. Open it; there will be a sheet with two tabs. On the Scan tab, click Scan for Nsplugins. Then, under the Plugin tab, there will be a list -- mine shows that the Shockwave Flash and FutureSplash Player have been installed. -- cmg On Thursday 23 May 2002 09:11 am, you wrote: Hmmm. OK I ran nspluginscan - tried it both as root and as me. Gave some warnings about unresolved symbols that may or may not be significant. Logout and restart X. Konq Settings Configure Konq Konq Browser Plugins All I see is a box saying Enable plugins globally (it's ticked). Methinks I was supposed to see something more? Brian On Thu, 2002-05-23 at 00:25, Carroll Grigsby wrote: Brian: According to my notes, it's nspluginscan, not nsplugin. Then you'll have to close and reopen KDE. If all has gone well, the Netscape Plugins option will show up in the Konqueror configuration menu. However, I've found that those damn popups still appear on some sites. I'm not sure why, but I'm inclined to blame it on the HTML at the other end. Of course, I could be wrong on that. The original thread was on this list as LM 8.2, Konqueror and Flash; there was a later thread Flash in Konqueror. -- cmg On Wednesday 22 May 2002 04:06 am, Jason wrote: Hi Brian, try nsplugin at the command line I think that is what i did but it was a while ago good luck cheers jason On Wednesday 22 May 2002 17:02, Brian wrote: Maybe it's because I have a lousy cold and a foggy brain (please insert sympathy here), but shouldn't installing kdebase-nsplugins result in Konqueror finding a flash player? There must be a really obvious step that I missed. I know there was a thread on the list (or was it expert?) recently, but I'm damned if I can find it in the archives. Probably the topic was It doesn't work or something equally useful for searching. Anyway, could one of you kind people save me from the Macromedia popup curse? I don't much want flash, but I want multiple download windows even less. TIA Brian Content-Type: text/plain; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] My mouse is pointing to the wrong place.
Hi, I'm having a very strange problem. This problem is occurring in all my computers. I turn on my machine and after a while the focus of pointer is shifted to right. When I want to click in a button, I have to look for a position (move to right side) to click. Sometimes I have to click outside of button. It depends on of size of the button. It's occurring with tree different kinds of machines. They have different processors, motherboards, BIOS, video cards, etc. I'm working with Mandrake 8.2 and KDE. Thanks in advance for any help. Ricardo Marques Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com
Re: [newbie] Flash plugin in Konq again
On Thursday 23 May 2002 09:46 am, you wrote: On Thursday 23 May 2002 09:11 am, Brian Parish wrote: Hmmm. OK I ran nspluginscan - tried it both as root and as me. Excuse me, where did you find nspluginscan? Gerald: It's in /usr/bin. Or it will be after you install kdebase-nsplugins-2.2.2.93mdk.i586.rpm. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] java runtime environment
On Thursday 23 May 2002 08:51 am, Michael Kovary wrote: Would I have to pay to join mandrake club? If so, is there anywhere else I can get it? Or maybe you can upload it to server for downloading if that's possible. Well, it's not real possible. First there's good reason that Mandrake made it available to Club members, and I wouldn't want to infringe on them. Second it's proprietary, so Sun wouldn't likely appreciate it either. Third, I've only got a 33,6 connection and the rpm is 20 MB. Sorry, I just thought I'd make y'all aware that j2re's installation can be quick and simple. In any event I believe my Konqueror advice will work no matter where you get j2re. I'd encourage you to join the Club. ;) You can almost recoup the membership cost the first time you d/l Mandrake, or get it from Cheapbytes, and Mandrake benefits much more than when you buy the Power Pack. Plus you get the other benefits the Club offers. -- Tom BrinkmanCorpus Christi, Texas From: Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] java runtime environment Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 08:05:40 -0500 On Wednesday 22 May 2002 10:24 pm, Michael Kovary wrote: Allright. After copying the file into the mozilla plugins directory, both mozilla and galeon completely crash and exit whenever I try opening a page with java. I've also tried symlinking to the files, and they don't crash but want me to install it. Open mozilla and typeabout:plugins in the location bar you should see somethin like, Java(TM) Plug-in 1.4.0-b92 File name: /usr/lib/jre-1.4.0/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji140.so Java(TM) Plug-in1.4.0 Mime Type Description Suffixes Enabled application/x-java-vm Java(tm) Plug-in Yes snipped a bunch of other java plugins application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.4 Java(tm) Plug-in Yes IIRC, all I did was install j2re-1.4.0-1mdk.i586.rpm and did nothin to configure java for mozilla, other than to check 'about:plugins'. For Konqueror I went into the Netscape plugins configuration, clicked on 'New' and added $HOME/.mozilla/plugins (rather than $HOME/.netscape/plugins, since nutscrape isn't installed) and made sure it was at the top. Then clicking on 'Scan for new plugins' added jre-1.4 and any other stuff installed for mozilla (eg, flash) to Konqeror. No moving, copying, or linking files needed. Not sure but I believe I got j2re-1.4.0-1mdk.i586.rpm from the Mandrake Club downloads. -- Tom BrinkmanCorpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] java runtime environment
you can also download the JRE as a bin file, (self executable bzip file) from the java.sun.com site.. I just did it myself.. regards Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Brinkman Sent: Thursday, 23 May 2002 11:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] java runtime environment On Thursday 23 May 2002 08:51 am, Michael Kovary wrote: Would I have to pay to join mandrake club? If so, is there anywhere else I can get it? Or maybe you can upload it to server for downloading if that's possible. Well, it's not real possible. First there's good reason that Mandrake made it available to Club members, and I wouldn't want to infringe on them. Second it's proprietary, so Sun wouldn't likely appreciate it either. Third, I've only got a 33,6 connection and the rpm is 20 MB. Sorry, I just thought I'd make y'all aware that j2re's installation can be quick and simple. In any event I believe my Konqueror advice will work no matter where you get j2re. I'd encourage you to join the Club. ;) You can almost recoup the membership cost the first time you d/l Mandrake, or get it from Cheapbytes, and Mandrake benefits much more than when you buy the Power Pack. Plus you get the other benefits the Club offers. -- Tom BrinkmanCorpus Christi, Texas From: Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] java runtime environment Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 08:05:40 -0500 On Wednesday 22 May 2002 10:24 pm, Michael Kovary wrote: Allright. After copying the file into the mozilla plugins directory, both mozilla and galeon completely crash and exit whenever I try opening a page with java. I've also tried symlinking to the files, and they don't crash but want me to install it. Open mozilla and typeabout:plugins in the location bar you should see somethin like, Java(TM) Plug-in 1.4.0-b92 File name: /usr/lib/jre-1.4.0/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji140.so Java(TM) Plug-in1.4.0 Mime Type Description Suffixes Enabled application/x-java-vm Java(tm) Plug-in Yes snipped a bunch of other java plugins application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.4 Java(tm) Plug-in Yes IIRC, all I did was install j2re-1.4.0-1mdk.i586.rpm and did nothin to configure java for mozilla, other than to check 'about:plugins'. For Konqueror I went into the Netscape plugins configuration, clicked on 'New' and added $HOME/.mozilla/plugins (rather than $HOME/.netscape/plugins, since nutscrape isn't installed) and made sure it was at the top. Then clicking on 'Scan for new plugins' added jre-1.4 and any other stuff installed for mozilla (eg, flash) to Konqeror. No moving, copying, or linking files needed. Not sure but I believe I got j2re-1.4.0-1mdk.i586.rpm from the Mandrake Club downloads. -- Tom BrinkmanCorpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] java runtime environment
On Thu, 23 May 2002 07:51:42 -0600 Michael Kovary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would I have to pay to join mandrake club? If so, is there anywhere else I can get it? Or maybe you can upload it to server for downloading if that's possible. Go here: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/download.html Pick the Red Hat rpm shell script. When you download it, chmod u+x j2re...rpm.bin. Then run it: ./j2re...rpm.bin and agree to their licence. It will extract into an rpm file which you can then install. Bill Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Ogle Problems
Do you have a sym link for /dev/dvd ? Ogle normally looks for that. You can specify a different path if you don't, though. (I've never had to point ogle to any specific file.) Miark On Thu, 2002-05-23 at 02:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, I'm helping a friend with his Linux installation and he's trying to get Ogle set upand running into some issues. I'm not sure what his errors mean so I've includedthem below in case any of you has any insight. Thanks! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't save StarOffice Files
Tom, KOrganizer tells me that today is Corpus Christi day. You didn't sneak into my computer and put it there, did you?! ;-) Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] A Qestion of Memory
Randy Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: As an aside, a spreadsheet is not usually the best choice for dealing with really large amounts of data -- you may want to begin to think about a migration to a database, like MySQL, Postgres, Access, Microsoft SQL, or whatever. You seem to forget, Randy, that Access and Microsoft SQL themselves fall under the category of voice style=whiny teenager whatever voice. :-) Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] java runtime environment
May 23, 2002 07:53 am,Michael Kovary wrote: They appear installed when I have the files copied to the plugins folder, but not with links. ~~ You may want to read the last part of this link: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/languages/java/linux_java/JDK-1.3.1/i386/FCS-02a/INSTALL-j2re Mozilla/Netscape and probably Galeon as a nutscrape based browser will not work just by copying the plug-ins to the relevant directory. You have to use a symlink apparently. It worked for me any way. HTH -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org Mac Beer: At first, came only a 16-oz. can, but now comes in a 32-oz. can. Considered by many to be a light beer. All the cans look identical. When you take one from the fridge, it opens itself. The ingredients list is not on the can. If you call to ask about the ingredients, you are told that you don't need to know. A notice on the side reminds you to drag your empties to the trashcan. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Postfix POP
I'm trying to setup my own mail server by using Postfix and have few questions need to ask. 1. By using Postfix I can send and receive email via my mail server machine, isn't it? 2. I have setup a MX record (my_mailhost.mydomain.com) at the place which I choose to pack my domain name; do I need to write any line at main.cf file? 3. In able to send receive email via other client mail program (ie. Outlook) I must enable Xinet, POP3. isn't it? 4.I setup Postfix pop3 at my server computer and know they are running; Can I TELNET from other computer to check to make sure they work properly? 5.If I also turn on IMAP will it cause POP3 works incorrectlly? And I've heard that IMAP can be use to set up Web Mail, isn't it? Thank you __ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Kernel 2.4.0 help.
I'm having some trouble. Does mandrake 8.2 come with the 2.4.0 kernel? If so where should I look for it and how do I install it? Thanks
Re: [newbie] Kernel 2.4.0 help.
On Thursday 23 May 2002 10:50 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: I'm having some trouble. Does mandrake 8.2 come with the 2.4.0 kernel? If so where should I look for it and how do I install it? well mine came with 2.4.18-6mdk, but i know several others are on the second cd. you might look there. if installing i think you can even boot from it to install other kernels. they maybe 2.2 kernels though. what is the actual problem? -- How dare the government intervene to stifle innovation in the computer industry! That's Microsoft's job, dammit! shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel 2.4.0 help.
On Thursday 23 May 2002 01:50 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm having some trouble. Does mandrake 8.2 come with the 2.4.0 kernel? If so where should I look for it and how do I install it? In a shell enter $ uname -r this will print out the kernal version -- Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com :: Phone. [011] 203.785.0699 Front Street Networks LLC | SOHO Networks Web Site Hosting 229 Front Street, Ste. #C, New Haven, CT, 06513-3203 United States Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OT: News article, Washington Post...
Microsoft must be utterly terrified. At least it reads that way from their published reaction to this and other articles. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60050-2002May22.html Or are they just as dumb as they often appear? People are starting to learn what FUD means through mainstream media sources now. This can't bode well for the future of proprietary/closed source software; can it? Disclaimer: I actually do consider the Washington Post mainstream media. ;-) -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org Don't abandon hope: your Tom Mix decoder ring arrives tomorrow. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Postfix POP
Tuan tran [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: 1. By using Postfix I can send and receive email via my mail server machine, isn't it? Yes. 2. I have setup a MX record (my_mailhost.mydomain.com) at the place which I choose to pack my domain name; do I need to write any line at main.cf file? Yes. Go to the postfix site, and check the following variables: * myhostname (the name of your box, e.g. tuan.wacky.com) * mydomain (the name of your domain, e.g. wacky.com) * myorigin (which is normally set to $mydomain) * mydestination (which is a bunch of names to which Postfix will respond) 3. In able to send receive email via other client mail program (ie. Outlook) I must enable Xinet, POP3. isn't it? That's correct. Postfix does not include a POP daemon. 4.I setup Postfix pop3 at my server computer and know they are running; Can I TELNET from other computer to check to make sure they work properly? Yes. Telnet to port 110 to check the POP server, and to 25 for SMTP. 5.If I also turn on IMAP will it cause POP3 works incorrectlly? And I've heard that IMAP can be use to set up Web Mail, isn't it? I don't know squat about IMAP--sorry. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: News article, Washington Post...
On Thursday 23 May 2002 11:55 am, Charlie opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: Or are they just as dumb as they often appear? People are starting to learn what FUD means through mainstream media sources now. This can't bode well for the future of proprietary/closed source software; can it? i think we all look at recent events. in the last little while, MS has been found guilty of abuse of a monopoly, is in court again with taiwan, and the EU, and has been convicted of piracy. they lost their lindows suit, and their most secure OS ever has proven easy to hack. they threatened audits for schools in oregon and iowa, and not only did the oregon schools stand firm till MS backed down, but according to one report (haven't confirmed this) 16 of the school districts in iowa dumped windows for a linux network. peru, germany, china, and other countries are suddenly pushing _any_ OSS solution. now the pentegon? it has been a rough year for MS. i feel bad. i might remove my anti-MS sig files... and i might start using XP too. if they hold a gun to my head. -- ...so Mr. Gates, in short, the reason I am not using your software is that I have upped my standards. So up yours. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] My mouse is pointing to the wrong place.
On Thursday 23 May 2002 05:05 pm, Ricardo Marques wrote: Hi, I'm having a very strange problem. This problem is occurring in all my computers. I turn on my machine and after a while the focus of pointer is shifted to right. When I want to click in a button, I have to look for a position (move to right side) to click. Sometimes I have to click outside of button. It depends on of size of the button. It's occurring with tree different kinds of machines. They have different processors, motherboards, BIOS, video cards, etc. I'm working with Mandrake 8.2 and KDE. Thanks in advance for any help. Ricardo Marques Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com Ricardo, maybe you have different processors etc. etc., but I'll bet you have Trident graphics ! - This phenomenon is well known. The solution is simple : You'll have to edit the file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 as root. In this file, there is a section called Graphics device section. Find it and then remove the hash-mark (#) in front of Option sw_cursor. (Which means to uncomment this option, thus enabling the software-cursor). Save the file and restart X. That's all. For a more in-depth explanation, search the list-archive for something like Trident Cyberblade. If still in trouble, feel free to mail me privately, I'll work you through. But please have some patience, 'cause I'm only on-line a few minutes each evening, CET. BTW - I find that sig of yours (not your name, of course) disgusting - ;-) Kaj Haulrich Denmark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kde3 taskbar wont work
On Thursday 23 May 2002 14:45 pm, Joseph Braddock wrote: I don't know if this will help, I found a similar problem although I am using 8.2 and kooka works with my scanner. I found that if I opened konsole from the toolbar and then with that konsole still open I tried to access other icons nothing happened with those other icons. If I opened say konqueror and kmail and home all was o.k, but if at any point konsole was open from the taskbar all other icons were inactive. When I closed konsole I got the message KDEinit could not launch 'konsole--noxft' so I deleted the --noxft switch. Now with konsole open the taskbar icons behave properly. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com This is a known bug and is well documented on Mandrake's web page. The quick fix is to delete the konsole icon from the task bar. Next create a new one on the desktop. You can then drag and drop it onto the task bar and all will be well. Joe I wasn't aware that it is known bug (writes note: must check Mandrakes web page more often) Your solution is almost the same as mine but I dragged from the menu to the desktop edited the new desktop icon and then dragged it to the taskbar, I like to be different :-) However, (and again this might be known, I haven't checked) I have found that when I did an install without Kde 2.2.2 and then installed Kde 3.0 afterwards taskbar icons worked properly and no --noxft errror, so it appears to be an issue between 2.2.2 3.0 -- Poogle. Derby,England Linux MDK 8.2 with kernel 2.4.18-6 mdk using Kmail 1.4 6:56pm up 54 min, 1 user, load average: 0.04, 0.12, 0.15 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OT, was: My mouse is pointing to the wrong place.
http://boycott.internerds.ca/other/microfinger.jpg :) On Thursday 23 May 2002 12:38 pm, Kaj Haulrich opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: Ricardo Marques Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com BTW - I find that sig of yours (not your name, of course) disgusting - ;-) -- Microsoft, Windows, Windows 98, Bugs, Lacking Features, IRQ Conflicts, System Crashes, Non-Functional Multitasking, The Y2K Problem and The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Washington, USA. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Ogle Problems
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, I'm helping a friend with his Linux installation and he's trying to get Ogle set upand running into some issues. I'm not sure what his errors mean so I've includedthem below in case any of you has any insight. Thanks! [paul@st04_057 paul]$ ogle Note[ogle_ctrl]: ogle 0.8.2 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: Started /usr/lib/ogle/ogle_gui with pid 5445 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: Started /usr/lib/ogle/ogle_nav with pid 5446 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: Started /usr/lib/ogle/ogle_mpeg_ps with pid 5447 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: Started /usr/lib/ogle/ogle_vout with pid 5448 libdvdread: Can't stat /dev/dvd No such file or directory vm: faild to open/read the DVD Debug[ogle_ctrl]: child: 5446 exited with 1 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: pid: 5446 exited with status: 1 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: child: 5448 killed Debug[ogle_ctrl]: pid: 5448 terminated on signal: 2 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: child: 5447 killed Debug[ogle_ctrl]: pid: 5447 terminated on signal: 2 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: child: 5445 killed Debug[ogle_ctrl]: pid: 5445 terminated on signal: 2 Debug[ogle_ctrl]: removing shmid: 63635461 Note[ogle_ctrl]: exiting Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Sheesh you don't have /dev/dvd defined find out which one it is hda is primary master hdb is primary slave hdc is secondary master and so on watch the BIOS screen at boot-up or go to the BIOS to find where the DVD drive is. Then... (example given for hdc) OPen terminal window $ su password(give the root password) # ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/dvd Then it will work Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: News article, Washington Post...
May 23, 2002 01:35 pm,shane wrote: i think we all look at recent events. in the last little while, MS has been found guilty of abuse of a monopoly, is in court again with taiwan, and the EU, and has been convicted of piracy. they lost their lindows suit, and their most secure OS ever has proven easy to hack. they threatened audits for schools in oregon and iowa, and not only did the oregon schools stand firm till MS backed down, but according to one report (haven't confirmed this) 16 of the school districts in iowa dumped windows for a linux network. peru, germany, china, and other countries are suddenly pushing _any_ OSS solution. now the pentegon? it has been a rough year for MS. i feel bad. i might remove my anti-MS sig files... and i might start using XP too. if they hold a gun to my head. -- ...so Mr. Gates, in short, the reason I am not using your software is that I have upped my standards. So up yours. ~~~ That has to be one of the funniest signature tags yet Shane. You are a total bad influence, incorrigible, irrepressible and relentless with your cheap shots at poor innocent billyg/microsoft! You're also now officially one of my heroes. :-) BTW; don't read anything into the sig tag below, it's a proven fact that this machine is haunted (or at least Fortune must be) and the phantom it contains has an even more twisted sense of humor than mine. large evil grin -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org I'd love to go out with you, but I'm staying home to work on my cottage cheese sculpture. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: News article, Washington Post...
shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: it has been a rough year for MS. i feel bad. i might remove my anti-MS sig files... and i might start using XP too. if they hold a gun to my head. -- ...so Mr. Gates, in short, the reason I am not using your software is that I have upped my standards. So up yours. Shane--QUIT THAT--you got me laughing so hard I'm aching! Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel 2.4.0 help.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm having some trouble. Does mandrake 8.2 come with the 2.4.0 kernel? If so where should I look for it and how do I install it? Thanks No it comes with 2.4.18 which finally offers a good virtual memory manager unlike its predecessors. It installs by default though you can call in kernel22 in individual package installabtion. To see which kernel you are running, open a terminal window and uame -a Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] lan browsing /samba
Hi Ive set up Samba on here (MD8.2) on KDE to (2k) pc. Access from windo$e to Linux is fine, however getting lan browsing the other way is being a pain to get working, are there any good HowTo for the LISa ResLISa config. as all i seem to get is could not connect to host localhost cheerz David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Installing KDE 3.0.1 onto Mandrake 8.2
Hi, I have downloaded the new KDE3.0.1 and going on the instructions on Mankdrake's site for 8.2 written for KDE3.0.0 (as the instructions haven't been changed yet) I thought that I would upgrade by issuing the command urpmi * in the directory where I had all the downloade files. All looks ok and when the system askes for Disk 1 from the Pro package, I put it into the CD drive, press return, expecting for it to proceed, but all it does is to ask for the disk again and again and... well you get the idea. The CD isn't even being accessed, it just gets ejected straight away :-( Has anyone else seen this ? - is there a fix ? - is it a known problem ? Any help appriciated -- Stephen Kitchener Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing KDE 3.0.1 onto Mandrake 8.2
Did you do the urpmi.addmedia command? Also note that version of 3.01 will REPLACE your KDE2.2.2 If you do not want to lose your old KDE then wait a few days and a new version will be posted that installs into /opt instead of /usr See www.pclinuxonline.com for a discussion on this. derek On Thursday 23 May 2002 9:20 pm, Stephen Kitchener wrote: Hi, I have downloaded the new KDE3.0.1 and going on the instructions on Mankdrake's site for 8.2 written for KDE3.0.0 (as the instructions haven't been changed yet) I thought that I would upgrade by issuing the command urpmi * in the directory where I had all the downloade files. All looks ok and when the system askes for Disk 1 from the Pro package, I put it into the CD drive, press return, expecting for it to proceed, but all it does is to ask for the disk again and again and... well you get the idea. The CD isn't even being accessed, it just gets ejected straight away :-( Has anyone else seen this ? - is there a fix ? - is it a known problem ? Any help appriciated Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel 2.4.0 help.
civileme wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm having some trouble. Does mandrake 8.2 come with the 2.4.0 kernel? If so where should I look for it and how do I install it? Thanks No it comes with 2.4.18 which finally offers a good virtual memory manager unlike its predecessors. It installs by default though you can call in kernel22 in individual package installabtion. To see which kernel you are running, open a terminal window and uame -a You mean uname -a Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel 2.4.0 help.
The modem driver im installing says i need 2.4.0 and it wont install with any other kernels or at least not 2.4.18-6mdk =\
Re: [newbie] Kernel 2.4.0 help.
On Thu, 2002-05-23 at 23:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The modem driver im installing says i need 2.4.0 and it wont install with any other kernels or at least not 2.4.18-6mdk =\ This is probably related to the problem I had with X freezing whenever I did something online. Install an earlier kernel and you should be OK. You'll probably need to reconfigure lilo (use the Mandrake control Centre) so that you get a boot-up entry for the installed kernel. Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing KDE 3.0.1 onto Mandrake 8.2
On Thursday 23 May 2002 01:20 pm, Stephen Kitchener opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: I have downloaded the new KDE3.0.1 and going on the instructions on Mankdrake's site for 8.2 written for KDE3.0.0 (as the instructions haven't been changed yet) I thought that I would upgrade by issuing the command urpmi * in the directory where I had all the downloade files. All looks ok and when the system askes for Disk 1 from the Pro package, I put it into the CD drive, press return, expecting for it to proceed, but all it does is to ask for the disk again and again and... well you get the idea. the current 3.0.1 requires that you remove kde 2 first. this may break a few things compiled to run with 2. all it broke in my case was tux racer and another game (forget what) and 3.0.1 is very nice, however if you don't like the risk, wait a bit, they will likely compile a version to go in opt the way they did 3.0. -- Computers are like air conditioners they stop working properly if you open windows. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] lan browsing /samba
On Thursday 23 May 2002 01:22 pm, LtCdData opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: Ive set up Samba on here (MD8.2) on KDE to (2k) pc. Access from windo$e to Linux is fine, however getting lan browsing the other way is being a pain to get working, are there any good HowTo for the LISa ResLISa config. as all i seem to get is could not connect to host localhost personally i find lisa to be a pain. you might try komba2. it should be on your cd's if not installed already. -- At first they burn books, eventually they burn people. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] MDK8.2: compile hello.cpp: cannot exec 'cpp0': No such...
Hello everyone:
I seem to have a problem compiling a simple hello.cpp program:
#include iostream.h
int main()
{
cout Hello, world. endl;
return 0;
}
The error I get is:
[sboothe@poretz sboothe]$ gcc hello.cpp
gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cpp0': No such file or directory
[sboothe@poretz sboothe]
For the record here is the output of some hopefully meaningful commands:
[steven]$ rpm -qa | grep gcc rpm -qa | grep gcc rpm -qa | grep libstd
gcc3.0-cpp-3.0.4-2mdk
gcc-2.96-0.76mdk
gcc-c++-2.96-0.76mdk
libgcc3.0-3.0.4-2mdk
gcc3.0-cpp-3.0.4-2mdk
gcc-2.96-0.76mdk
gcc-c++-2.96-0.76mdk
libgcc3.0-3.0.4-2mdk
libstdc++3.0-devel-3.0.4-2mdk
libstdc++2.10-2.96-0.76mdk
libstdc++3.0-3.0.4-2mdk
libstdc++2.10-devel-2.96-0.76mdk
[steven]$
Thanks to anyone who read this message.
Peace,
Steven
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Re: [newbie] lan browsing /samba
On Thursday 23 May 2002 10:13 pm, you wrote: On Thursday 23 May 2002 01:22 pm, LtCdData opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: Ive set up Samba on here (MD8.2) on KDE to (2k) pc. Access from windo$e to Linux is fine, however getting lan browsing the other way is being a pain to get working, are there any good HowTo for the LISa ResLISa config. as all i seem to get is could not connect to host localhost personally i find lisa to be a pain. you might try komba2. it should be on your cd's if not installed already. cheerz komba2 works well..took 2 mins to get access set up :- -- magnet use above -- Lt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't save StarOffice Files
On Wednesday 22 May 2002 09:21 pm, shane wrote: On Wednesday 22 May 2002 06:44 pm, Dick Mazierski opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: What I can't understand is, with all the complaints about Star Office 6.0, why Sun Microsystems or Mandrake have not stepped in and offered a solution to the problem. This attitude will be the downfall of Linux!!! they did, it is called openoffice, and is on your 8.2 cds :) Or you can get a newer 8.2 version here http://ranger.dnsalias.com/mandrake/mandrake8.2/OpenOffice.org-1.0-3mdk.i586.rpm while you're there, get the freetype2-2.0.9-3plf rpm also. -- Tom BrinkmanCorpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing KDE 3.0.1 onto Mandrake 8.2
On Thursday 23 May 2002 21:38, Derek Jennings wrote: Hi Derek, Thanks for the info - I wasn't aware that it replaced 2.2.2. Did you do the urpmi.addmedia command? no I didn't, but then I didn't when I installed the first KDE3 packages onto this machine. Also note that version of 3.01 will REPLACE your KDE2.2.2 If you do not want to lose your old KDE then wait a few days and a new version will be posted that installs into /opt instead of /usr See www.pclinuxonline.com for a discussion on this. rr - will do derek On Thursday 23 May 2002 9:20 pm, Stephen Kitchener wrote: Hi, I have downloaded the new KDE3.0.1 and going on the instructions on Mankdrake's site for 8.2 written for KDE3.0.0 (as the instructions haven't been changed yet) I thought that I would upgrade by issuing the command urpmi * in the directory where I had all the downloade files. All looks ok and when the system askes for Disk 1 from the Pro package, I put it into the CD drive, press return, expecting for it to proceed, but all it does is to ask for the disk again and again and... well you get the idea. The CD isn't even being accessed, it just gets ejected straight away :-( Has anyone else seen this ? - is there a fix ? - is it a known problem ? Any help appriciated -- Stephen Kitchener Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing KDE 3.0.1 onto Mandrake 8.2
On Thursday 23 May 2002 22:12, shane wrote: On Thursday 23 May 2002 01:20 pm, Stephen Kitchener opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: I have downloaded the new KDE3.0.1 and going on the instructions on Mankdrake's site for 8.2 written for KDE3.0.0 (as the instructions haven't been changed yet) I thought that I would upgrade by issuing the command urpmi * in the directory where I had all the downloade files. All looks ok and when the system askes for Disk 1 from the Pro package, I put it into the CD drive, press return, expecting for it to proceed, but all it does is to ask for the disk again and again and... well you get the idea. the current 3.0.1 requires that you remove kde 2 first. this may break a few things compiled to run with 2. all it broke in my case was tux racer and another game (forget what) and 3.0.1 is very nice, however if you don't like the risk, wait a bit, they will likely compile a version to go in opt the way they did 3.0. Ok thanks for the info. I wasn't aware that 2.2.2 would be replaced. -- Stephen Kitchener Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't save StarOffice Files
On Thursday 23 May 2002 05:41 am, Tom Brinkman opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: Or you can get a newer 8.2 version here http://ranger.dnsalias.com/mandrake/mandrake8.2/OpenOffice.org-1.0-3mdk.i 586.rpm while you're there, get the freetype2-2.0.9-3plf rpm also. the full 1.0 for mandrake? as good as installed! thanks! -- It is increasingly obvious that our techknowledgy is outpacing our humanity. -Einstein shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: News article, Washington Post...
On Thursday 23 May 2002 01:15 pm, Charlie opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: That has to be one of the funniest signature tags yet Shane. You are a total bad influence, incorrigible, irrepressible and relentless with your cheap shots at poor innocent billyg/microsoft! lets see, bad influence, check, incorrigible, check, check, check... You're also now officially one of my heroes. :-) nope, not that one. and won't go out with me. well my wife agrees on five outta six. :) -- May the forces of evil (or Microsoft, whatever) become confused on their way to your house. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] assign alias ip
Hi, I can't seem to be able to add additional ip alias to my eth0. Would someone please give me the right command for it? I tried, ifconfig eth0 add x.x.x.x netmask y.y.y.y but after /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart nothing happens. Regards, Norman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Modem Installation Help
See the PCTel HSP howto at: http://www.medres.ch/~jstifter/linux/pctel.html The process is a little involved, but take it step by step and you'll be fine. -- Warren Post Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras http://www.srcopan.vze.com/ On Wed, 22 May 2002 21:58:07 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just got a copy of mandrake 8.2 and it says my modem is a winmodem (PCTel HSP56 Micromodem) and will not install it. I have the linux driver for my modem but I don't know how to install it. I'm very new to linux cans omeone please help me out? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Modem Installation Help
running ./configure will create/edit the makefile for you. You could use vi to edit the makefile, but you probably want to read up on it first, because it's not very intuitive (although very good once you get used to it). On Wed, 22 May 2002 23:33:28 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Its in .c format so i did a make and itsaidihave to edit the makefile and I have no idea what to edit in it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] DHCP, DNS, Dialing out
Hi All, Sorry for the somewhat long post. I have recently installed 8.1 on an AMD K6 2 450 w/256 MB RAM and an Eight GB HDD The BIOS actaully shows the CPU as a K6 3D 400. I believe that I have set the jumpers on the board correctly so I don't really understand this. Anyway, I want to set up the server to be both the DHCP and DNS servers. I am going about this the wrong way? Do I have to have each server on a different machine? At present I would like to connect a Windows 98 and a 200 Pro box to the LAN that I am trying to create and then maybe attach a Sun Solaris 8 box later. Also, I can dial out but I cannot browse the internet using Konq. I apreciate any comments, TIA Frank McKenna You don't have to like it you just have to do it but it is sure fun to win True Strength lies in Gentleness Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kde3 taskbar wont work
That would be correct, the problem is some conflict between KDE 2.2.2 and KDE 3.0. I don't recall the specifics, but deleting the konsole icon and recreating will fix it. If you don't have 2.2.2 installed, then you won't have the problem. Check Mandrake's web site for more info. Joe I wasn't aware that it is known bug (writes note: must check Mandrakes web page more often) Your solution is almost the same as mine but I dragged from the menu to the desktop edited the new desktop icon and then dragged it to the taskbar, I like to be different :-) However, (and again this might be known, I haven't checked) I have found that when I did an install without Kde 2.2.2 and then installed Kde 3.0 afterwards taskbar icons worked properly and no --noxft errror, so it appears to be an issue between 2.2.2 3.0 -- Poogle. Derby,England Linux MDK 8.2 with kernel 2.4.18-6 mdk using Kmail 1.4 6:56pm up 54 min, 1 user, load average: 0.04, 0.12, 0.15 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: News article, Washington Post...
shane wrote: On Thursday 23 May 2002 11:55 am, Charlie opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: Or are they just as dumb as they often appear? People are starting to learn what FUD means through mainstream media sources now. This can't bode well for the future of proprietary/closed source software; can it? i think we all look at recent events. in the last little while, MS has been found guilty of abuse of a monopoly, is in court again with taiwan, and the EU, and has been convicted of piracy. they lost their lindows suit, and their most secure OS ever has proven easy to hack. they threatened audits for schools in oregon and iowa, and not only did the oregon schools stand firm till MS backed down, but according to one report (haven't confirmed this) 16 of the school districts in iowa dumped windows for a linux network. peru, germany, china, and other countries are suddenly pushing _any_ OSS solution. now the pentegon? it has been a rough year for MS. i feel bad. i might remove my anti-MS sig files... and i might start using XP too. if they hold a gun to my head. -- ...so Mr. Gates, in short, the reason I am not using your software is that I have upped my standards. So up yours. shane Sweety, check /. *Slashdot*. Your ...16 of the school districts in iowa dumped windows for a linux network. Comment is absolutely confirmed -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Fussy Panel...
I'm trying to set my panel up with a background image, but for some reason the background doesn't show up and instead I can't get the color to go away. It is the same color setting I have for push buttons, but for some reason I can't get it to be the color for puch buttons and not the panel. Any ideas? Thanks Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] java runtime environment
Sure, I didn't mean to upload if it WAS something I'd have to pay for noramally. I'll consider joining if it's worth it. - Original Message - From: Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 9:32 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] java runtime environment On Thursday 23 May 2002 08:51 am, Michael Kovary wrote: Would I have to pay to join mandrake club? If so, is there anywhere else I can get it? Or maybe you can upload it to server for downloading if that's possible. Well, it's not real possible. First there's good reason that Mandrake made it available to Club members, and I wouldn't want to infringe on them. Second it's proprietary, so Sun wouldn't likely appreciate it either. Third, I've only got a 33,6 connection and the rpm is 20 MB. Sorry, I just thought I'd make y'all aware that j2re's installation can be quick and simple. In any event I believe my Konqueror advice will work no matter where you get j2re. I'd encourage you to join the Club. ;) You can almost recoup the membership cost the first time you d/l Mandrake, or get it from Cheapbytes, and Mandrake benefits much more than when you buy the Power Pack. Plus you get the other benefits the Club offers. -- Tom BrinkmanCorpus Christi, Texas From: Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] java runtime environment Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 08:05:40 -0500 On Wednesday 22 May 2002 10:24 pm, Michael Kovary wrote: Allright. After copying the file into the mozilla plugins directory, both mozilla and galeon completely crash and exit whenever I try opening a page with java. I've also tried symlinking to the files, and they don't crash but want me to install it. Open mozilla and typeabout:plugins in the location bar you should see somethin like, Java(TM) Plug-in 1.4.0-b92 File name: /usr/lib/jre-1.4.0/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji140.so Java(TM) Plug-in1.4.0 Mime Type Description Suffixes Enabled application/x-java-vm Java(tm) Plug-in Yes snipped a bunch of other java plugins application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.4 Java(tm) Plug-in Yes IIRC, all I did was install j2re-1.4.0-1mdk.i586.rpm and did nothin to configure java for mozilla, other than to check 'about:plugins'. For Konqueror I went into the Netscape plugins configuration, clicked on 'New' and added $HOME/.mozilla/plugins (rather than $HOME/.netscape/plugins, since nutscrape isn't installed) and made sure it was at the top. Then clicking on 'Scan for new plugins' added jre-1.4 and any other stuff installed for mozilla (eg, flash) to Konqeror. No moving, copying, or linking files needed. Not sure but I believe I got j2re-1.4.0-1mdk.i586.rpm from the Mandrake Club downloads. -- Tom BrinkmanCorpus Christi, Texas 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] Postfix POP
I have IMAP and Postfix running for my webmail. Works like a charm... There are many webmail clients out there. I recommend squirrelmail (squirrelmail.org)... it it full of functionality (filters, calendar, weather, etc) ...dozens of plugins, and is easy to install. Of course you will have to have Apache running with ssl support if you want secure login. (YOU want secure login... plugin for it on the squirrelmail website) With webmail you only need your SMTP port open (port 25) you don't need any extra ports open... less chance for an attack. You only need to open the IMAP port (port 143) or POP port (port 110) if you plan on using a mail client like (outlook, evolution, balsa, kmail, etc.) If I remember correctly, the only modifications I needed to make where in /etc/postfix/main.cf at the end I have mydestination = domain.com mynetworks = 127.0.0.1 myorigin = domain.com (Replace domain.com with your domain) -Jay P.S. I haven't gotten around to setting up SMTP authentication yet.. so I can't help ya there. Tuan tran said: I'm trying to setup my own mail server by using Postfix and have few questions need to ask. 1. By using Postfix I can send and receive email via my mail server machine, isn't it? 2. I have setup a MX record (my_mailhost.mydomain.com) at the place which I choose to pack my domain name; do I need to write any line at main.cf file? 3. In able to send receive email via other client mail program (ie. Outlook) I must enable Xinet, POP3. isn't it? 4.I setup Postfix pop3 at my server computer and know they are running; Can I TELNET from other computer to check to make sure they work properly? 5.If I also turn on IMAP will it cause POP3 works incorrectlly? And I've heard that IMAP can be use to set up Web Mail, isn't it? Thank you __ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com -- Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. - Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] A Qestion of Memory
I would refrain from Microsoft SQL (http://slashdot.org/articles/02/05/22/1312211.shtml?tid=109) or any Microsoft products for that matter (http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D701%2526a%253D26875,00.asp) A senior Microsoft Corp. executive told a federal court last week that sharing information with competitors could damage national security and even threaten the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan He later acknowledged that some Microsoft code was so flawed it could not be safely disclosed Randy Kramer said: John Richard Smith wrote: I use Kspread to calculate daily moving averages and when I load the relevant file it takes 21 seconds to load all the existing data, and there are ,in addition to the current days input, 5 moving averages to calculate for each index. Currently I have 280 days of data and building. I have 250Mb of SDRAM on this particular machine and ample swap partition. The processor is an Int3 500Mhz. I am beginning to get cursor lock. Is this likely due to lack of memory. It nearly always occurs during the calculation of a cell sum. I am no longer able to sweep down a whole line of cell blocks like I used to be able to do.It just refuses to. I suspect memory,and have an alternative much powerful machine ready to take over, but would appreciate the benefit of your vastly greater experience, before I do so. It is reasonable to suspect memory -- I guess the 21 seconds to load the existing data (and 280 days) gives us a hint that there is a large amount of data involved, but it's only a hint -- I think we need to know a little more: How big is your spreadsheet, in rows and columns, and or in daily data points and different subjects. (Are you calculating moving averages for stocks, for example? If so, how many stocks are on this spreadsheet? How far apart are the data points -- one every second, one every 15 minutes, ...? Is data collected 24 hours a day, 8 hours a day, or ...? Etc. Or, how much total data is stored for a day?) Until we hear back from you, I wonder if you ever tried another spread sheet, any of, for example Gnumeric for Linux, or Excel, Lotus, or whatever on Windows? Problems with those also? As an aside, a spreadsheet is not usually the best choice for dealing with really large amounts of data -- you may want to begin to think about a migration to a database, like MySQL, Postgres, Access, Microsoft SQL, or whatever. Randy Kramer -- Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. - Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Modem Installation Help
i got the modem driver pctel-0.9.2 and i followed the steps but after i type make it says to give a hal so i gave it i810 and then it goes on and stops at "linux kernel:too many arguments" and then says i must install kernel version 2.4.0 so i downloaded 2.4.0 and its like 23.3mb and i cant fit it on a floppy cause of the size and i cant burn cd's cause i cant find the driver for my cd writer and i dont know how else i can get it from windows2k to linux(I'm dual booting) and i also tried downloading the version of the pctel driver 0.8.6 and when i format a floppy to put it on the floppy only has 1.38mb space(odd cause its a 1.44mb floppy..go figure) and that wont work cause the floppy needs to be at least 1.42mb so im like going nuts here tryin to figure out ways to get the kernel or driver over to linux from win2k and nothing im doin is working =\ guess linux wasnt for me...
Re: [newbie] java runtime environment
On Thursday 23 May 2002 05:09 pm, Michael Kovary opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: Sure, I didn't mean to upload if it WAS something I'd have to pay for noramally. I'll consider joining if it's worth it. well it is worth it in my opinion, but in my opinion the worth is to help insure there is a mandrakesoft to make my prefered OS. there are some fair benifits though, like cheap help from mandrake expert, star office for the silver lvl, etc. but do it to support them, not to get benifits. -- Windows: Where do you want to go today? MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? Linux: Are you coming or what? shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Konqueror rolling up its windows?
On Wednesday 22 May 2002 12:59 pm, shane proclaimed: the title bar. Fiddling with their sizes did nothing but aggrevate the problem, and now the Toolbar has completely disappeared and the Address bar is only 3/5 visible so I can barely see what site I am at. I am told by a friend that this is a confirmed problem with Mandrake and KDE 3 but cannot find any verification of this online. wow, i have been using 8.2 and kde3 and browse only in konq and have never seen or heard of this one. your friend is very well informed. :) Yeah, he's not the most reliable source in the world, which is why I was getting a second opinion. i assume you have tried moving the variousbars about a bit with the small tab to the left of each bar. also try turning off/back on each bar with the settings section? That's the strange part. The tab on the left edge where you can usually move them about with was gone. No way to move them. Turning them off and on has had no effect, with the exception that toggling the 'Flat' property AND changing the Orientation on a whim brought them back into line. Now everything is working once more. Thanks for your help. I'll certainly be on the lookout for that eventual rollup of the entire desktop - it'll save me getting a new monitor! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Flash plugin in Konq again
Sorry to have appeared dim here, but after another careful look I think maybe it's not me - something is screwy. I have visited the path you describe before (also available from the KDE config menu). After clicking on the Scan for nsplugins button I see under the plugins tab: Mozilla's real audio plugin Mozilla's pdf plugin Netscape's real audio plugin Netscape's pdf plugin No flash or whatever. For the record, when I run nspluginscan, I get: kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.3: undefined symbol: NP_GetValue kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: library=/usr/lib/netscape/plugins/raclass.zip: file=/usr/lib/netscape/plugins/raclass.zip: /usr/lib/netscape/plugins/raclass.zip: invalid ELF header kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.3: undefined symbol: NP_GetValue kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: library=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so: file=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so: /usr/lib/lib1: shared object not open kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.3: undefined symbol: NP_GetValue kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: library=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/raclass.zip: file=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/raclass.zip: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/raclass.zip: invalid ELF header kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.3: undefined symbol: NP_GetValue A look at the rpm shows that the plugin files end up in /usr/lib. Presumably they are linked to other locations, but just for fun I added /usr/lib to the paths in the nsplugins window and clicked the scan button again. Took a long time, but eventually it finished and made no difference at all. Still the same four listed in the plugins windows. Still no flash. Any more ideas anyone? Can anyone shed some light on whether the warnings from nspluginscan are normal or fatal? TIA Brian On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 01:04, Carroll Grigsby wrote: Brian: Open Konqueror. Select Settings and then Configure Konqueror. There should be a Netscape Plugins icon in the left hand column. Open it; there will be a sheet with two tabs. On the Scan tab, click Scan for Nsplugins. Then, under the Plugin tab, there will be a list -- mine shows that the Shockwave Flash and FutureSplash Player have been installed. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Installing 7.2 (!) - X window system does not load
It took us a year to get around to it (partially due to not having a 2nd machine to put it on) but we installed Mandrake 7.2 today. We bought it last year and just sat on it until now ;o) We put it on a box that really has no other uses in life - a 100mhz Pentium with a recently upgraded 64MB SDRAM (MemTest runs fine), a Rage II+ video card, an old CTX monitor (1451ES), and a 3Com NIC card. No sound card (yet). That's about the sum of the components... a really dismal machine but without WinBloat loaded it should run fine, right? Maybe not. We have attempted installation a few different times, trying out a few different options, with the same result. The X Window System does not load. We just get the text screen and the login allows directory browsing and all that fun Unix stuff, but no GUI!!! We tried booting using the KDE and GNOME, neither worked. We tried using different monitors in the setup. Same result. Just as the text login prompt appears, the screen will go black for a second and then return to the text display. Although I have some Unix experience via Telnet/SSH, I am completely new to Linux on my own machine, and need some help here. The only obvious one I have thought of is the video card being on the fritz, but it displayed the installation GUI ok, and displays the bootup sequence in GUI format with no problems. Anyone got any ideas? .me. __ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: News article, Washington Post...
Charlie wrote: Microsoft must be utterly terrified. At least it reads that way from their published reaction to this and other articles. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60050-2002May22.html Or are they just as dumb as they often appear? People are starting to learn what FUD means through mainstream media sources now. This can't bode well for the future of proprietary/closed source software; can it? Disclaimer: I actually do consider the Washington Post mainstream media. ;-) -- Charlie *rofling* Ty Charlie... I loved it ;) Very good article I thought it was quite entertaining. -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] My mouse is pointing to the wrong place.
On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 05:38, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Thursday 23 May 2002 05:05 pm, Ricardo Marques wrote: Hi, I'm having a very strange problem. This problem is occurring in all my computers. I turn on my machine and after a while the focus of pointer is shifted to right. When I want to click in a button, I have to look for a position (move to right side) to click. Sometimes I have to click outside of button. It depends on of size of the button. It's occurring with tree different kinds of machines. They have different processors, motherboards, BIOS, video cards, etc. I'm working with Mandrake 8.2 and KDE. Thanks in advance for any help. Ricardo Marques Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com Ricardo, maybe you have different processors etc. etc., but I'll bet you have Trident graphics ! - This phenomenon is well known. The solution is simple : You'll have to edit the file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 as root. In this file, there is a section called Graphics device section. Find it and then remove the hash-mark (#) in front of Option sw_cursor. (Which means to uncomment this option, thus enabling the software-cursor). Save the file and restart X. That's all. For a more in-depth explanation, search the list-archive for something like Trident Cyberblade. If still in trouble, feel free to mail me privately, I'll work you through. But please have some patience, 'cause I'm only on-line a few minutes each evening, CET. BTW - I find that sig of yours (not your name, of course) disgusting - ;-) Kaj Haulrich Denmark I find this happens on my wife's laptop (running LM8.2), but only after the kids have grabbed it to access neopets. Once it starts, it seems the only way to get back is to shutdown and cold boot. This is a USB mouse, so maybe that complicates the situation. Am I right in thinking that if it works most of the time without any issues, then the sw_cursor thing is not a useful option? BTW, in case it's relevant, the mouse does get the wanders now and then. Mind of its own I guess. Branded Microsoft, so it probably thinks it knows where we want to go today ;-) Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT, for those using/wanting to use my ftp
with luck over the next few days I will be putting up a PPP/DSL/Internet guide on how to install configure internet access. I see a lot of posts on this, and hope I may be able to alleviate some problems...I know I found How-tos MAN pages difficult to understand. I hope the information I will put up will help. The file will be called internet how-to.zip for those who wish it in the future. Check back by weekends end for it, along with *possibly* some other goodies. And to those who've had a use for my ftp so far, my thanks. I wasn't sure if it would be well received or not. it is still up too. and anyone who wants to point me to a newb How-to on setting up a linux ftp, please email me offlist or on list for those who may also be interested. -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Postfix POP
Thanks all for the input. My next question is how can I test port 25. I can use Telnet from other computer to check port 110 but can't check port25. how can I check to make sure port25 on my computer server (linux) is working? Thanks Tuan --- Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tuan tran [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: 1. By using Postfix I can send and receive email via my mail server machine, isn't it? Yes. 2. I have setup a MX record (my_mailhost.mydomain.com) at the place which I choose to pack my domain name; do I need to write any line at main.cf file? Yes. Go to the postfix site, and check the following variables: * myhostname (the name of your box, e.g. tuan.wacky.com) * mydomain (the name of your domain, e.g. wacky.com) * myorigin (which is normally set to $mydomain) * mydestination (which is a bunch of names to which Postfix will respond) 3. In able to send receive email via other client mail program (ie. Outlook) I must enable Xinet, POP3. isn't it? That's correct. Postfix does not include a POP daemon. 4.I setup Postfix pop3 at my server computer and know they are running; Can I TELNET from other computer to check to make sure they work properly? Yes. Telnet to port 110 to check the POP server, and to 25 for SMTP. 5.If I also turn on IMAP will it cause POP3 works incorrectlly? And I've heard that IMAP can be use to set up Web Mail, isn't it? I don't know squat about IMAP--sorry. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing 7.2 (!) - X window system does not load
Thanks to everyone for the ideas so far. We're trying the 8.2 download now, not sure if IE6's FTP is downloading this thing in binary format, at 2hrs+ it had better be! Tried the XFdrake, messed with the settings a bit and that did not work. Was not aware of the 640x480 problem, I am going to try that now. We only have the one power cable for both machines at the moment so this is a long process of shutting down and starting up alternately... I remembered a key to using any Unix system if something goes wrong: Rule 1) Check the logs Rule 2) Always do rule 1 first I looked at install.log and it reported the following close to the end of the setup: The graphic card does not like X in framebuffer That does not look good. I don't want to have to buy another graphic card after forking out for some more RAM for this old crate! It was meant to be free! ;oP Thinking of the card, it did have some issues on Windows until I wiped both (!) installed drivers and loaded the latest from ATI, then it worked OK. Any idea how I would go about a similar procedure (if possible) in Mandrake? Thanks again for any input you can offer! .me. __ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing 7.2 (!) - X window system does not load
The only obvious one I have thought of is the video card being on the fritz, but it displayed the installation GUI ok, and displays the bootup sequence in GUI format with no problems. Anyone got any ideas? .me. how was the installation? was your installation process GUI? if so, did the XFree test work for you during install? did you see the test screen and click OK in it? we would appreciate a bit more info here, since X related problems may have very different causes. see ya. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Postfix POP
Tuan tran wrote: Thanks all for the input. My next question is how can I test port 25. I can use Telnet from other computer to check port 110 but can't check port25. how can I check to make sure port25 on my computer server (linux) is working? Thanks Tuan --- Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tuan tran [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: 1. By using Postfix I can send and receive email via my mail server machine, isn't it? Yes. 2. I have setup a MX record (my_mailhost.mydomain.com) at the place which I choose to pack my domain name; do I need to write any line at main.cf file? Yes. Go to the postfix site, and check the following variables: * myhostname (the name of your box, e.g. tuan.wacky.com) * mydomain (the name of your domain, e.g. wacky.com) * myorigin (which is normally set to $mydomain) * mydestination (which is a bunch of names to which Postfix will respond) 3. In able to send receive email via other client mail program (ie. Outlook) I must enable Xinet, POP3. isn't it? That's correct. Postfix does not include a POP daemon. 4.I setup Postfix pop3 at my server computer and know they are running; Can I TELNET from other computer to check to make sure they work properly? Yes. Telnet to port 110 to check the POP server, and to 25 for SMTP. 5.If I also turn on IMAP will it cause POP3 works incorrectlly? And I've heard that IMAP can be use to set up Web Mail, isn't it? I don't know squat about IMAP--sorry. Miark dunno why you want telnet, use SSH2 instead :) However you can from any other box: telnet ip.right.here.thx. port or... visit a site that tests your Firewall...it'll tell ya if its receiving acks/syns on telnet25 -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Console Emulators
Is there any way I can find gaming console emulators for Linux? I found a couple for Game Boy on Tucows.com but I don't have any ROMs for it. I have some for NES, SNES, and Genesis. If anyone can tell me where I can find a console emulator for Linux, I'd be more than happy to share the few ROMS that I have. Iceburgh69 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie]OT for ftp users on my machine
For those using the ftp, it will be down for a few days I think. :( Someone has been trying to rootkit me/hackme for the last 3 days now. *sigh* It knocks me offline if it continues I can't keep the ftp up. Sorry but for now, until this is resolved or I find its my ISP, i will have to leave it off. If you don't care about this issue, sorry for wasting your bandwidth. Oh and I know ppl hate crossposts but this came up on the Expert list first ergo I shall post there as well for those NOT on the newby list. My apologies to all for this however its only fair to all to post on both. Ty for your patience. Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: National security and M$
Lyvim Xaphir wrote: snip Ummm, Miark, in august 1999, cryptonym corporation was examining a Service pack release of NT4 from which microsoft had inadvertantly forgotten to strip the data tags. Civileme snip Since the NSA is able to spy on citizens by virtue of the NSA backdoor so thoughtfully provided by M$, would this not be an excellent reason for the government to maintain an ongoing business relationship with M$? snip LX Do either of you have sources to back this up? Thanks Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] Can't save StarOffice Files
As there seem to be a lot of people interested in this issue and there has been another thread running on expert which is relevant, here is the info posted there. I have tried it this way and it seems to work! Sorry for the duplication for those who lurk on both lists. HTH Brian 1. Uninstall SO6 2. Look for two files named .sversionrc and .user60.rdb (note the leading dots!) and delete them if you find them (I found them in my home path) 3. In an xterm window, log in as root (su) 4. Locate the setup file (in my 8.2 installation, this was located in /usr/lib/office60_en) 5. type ./setup to start the setup script 6. select the local (200MB) installation. Change the path for this installation to /usr/local/staroffice6.0 7. complete the installation (btw, if you don't have a Java runtime environment installed, you can do so by clicking the INSTALL button on the JRE screen) 8. exit su mode 9. execute the setup script again as a local user, and this time select network installation. 10. I noted in my installation that I had to browse to find the JRE that had just been installed; other than that there were no more problems. Good luck! raffaele Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
