Re: [newbie-it] beepfetch
* Arwan wrote: Ma come ca22o si toglie il beep qaundo scarico la posta con fetchmail? E' tutto ieri sera che provo senza risultati... e mettere unset beep_new o commentare set beep_new in .muttrc non e' sufficiente (funzia solo sul primo account). La faccio volutamente lunga cosi' da farti gironzolare in diversi file interessanti : Quando commenti in .muttrc non disabiliti ma semplicemente fai in modo che venga accettato il valore di default. Per il comando set beep_new il default e' _no_ mentre per set beep e' _yes_. Dovresti quindi scrivere set beep = no ma la cosa non ti risolve nulla visto che il beep di cui tu parli non ha nulla a che vedere con mutt. Il fatto e' che il beep di notifica di nuove mail non riguarda nemmeno fetchmail ma e' un'impostazione generale del sistema. Il servizio di notifica e' gestito da comsat la cui stringa si trova in /etc/inetd.conf $ grep comsat /etc/inetd.conf # The comsat daemon notifies the user of new mail when biff is set to y: comsatdgram udp waitroot/usr/sbin/tcpd in.comsat Ti dice quindi che la cosa funge quando biff e' su y e tu in /etc/profile avrai sicuramente $ grep biff /etc/profile if [ -x /usr/bin/biff ]; then biff y Quindi o intervieni su biff trasformando la y in n oppure intervieni su comsat commentando la relativa riga in /etc/inetd.conf. Io non ho il beep ma comsat e biff non li ho toccati e ho invece commentato la stringa degli avvisi di sistema in /etc/inputrc $ grep bell /etc/inputrc # Configure the system bell. Options are none, visible, and audible. #set bell-style none Ho preferito questa via perche' non volevo comunque perdere l'avvertimento a video delle nuove mail (you have mail) gestito sempre da biff che anche da te dovrebbe gia' funzionare se hai lasciato come MAIL_DIR di default quella canonica (/var/spool/mail) oppure se gestendo le mail da un'altra parte hai comunque avvertito il sistema. Se ho capito bene la tua MAIL_DIR non e' quella canonica quindi se vuoi la notifica a video devi editare /etc/login.defs trasformando la stringa MAIL_DIR /var/spool/mail in MAIL_DIR pathtuamaildir e naturalmente devi fare in modo che lo spoolfile (contenuto nella maildir) abbia il nome coincidente con quello dell'utente e che le mail vengano scaricate realmente in quel file (e non vengano subito smistate dalle regole di procmail). Quindi Arwan a te la scelta delle possibili soluzioni sperando che almeno una di quelle che ti ho indicato funzioni sul tuo sistema. Madonnina.. di prima mattina l'ho fatta decisamente troppo lunga.. vabbe'.. buona giornata! -- syd - LU 285930 * LM 167646 -
Re: [newbie-it] update
Alle 23:22, mercoledì 11 giugno 2003, piter ha scritto: Cosa ti dice se provi a dare $ rpm --checksig foomatic-db.quello-che-cè.rpm $ rpm --checksig foomatic-db-3.0-0.beta2.20030403.2.2mdk.i586.rpm foomatic-db-3.0-0.beta2.20030403.2.2mdk.i586.rpm: md5 GPG NOT OK ci sono due tipi di firme, Mandrake usa l'altro. Prova con $ rpm --checksig --nogpg ti dovrebbe rispondere MD5 OK ti dovrebbe dire che il pacchetto è firmato da Mandrake e che md5sum è corretto. Se md5sum non è OK, significa che il file è corrotto. prova a vedere cosa succede a rimuoverlo a mano, magari con l'opzione test # rpm -e --test foomatic-db se ti dice che non riesce a rimuovere un file, siamo a cavallo # rpm -e --test foomatic-db foomatic-db-3.0-0.beta2.20030403.2.2mdk.i586.rpm error: package foomatic-db-3.0-0.beta2.20030403.2.2mdk.i586.rpm is not installed questo è quello che ho ottenuto, spero tramite i vostri consigli di riuscire a risolvere. Però, seguili più attentamente :-) Quando installi o usi -qp devi usare il nome completo del FILE con rpm finale. Quando lavori su pacchetti già installati (per rimuoverli o chiedere informazioni) devi dare solo il nome del PACCHETTO, al massimo con la versione $ rpm -q opera-7.11-20030515.4 opera-7.11-20030515.4 $ rpm -q opera opera-7.11-20030515.4 $ rpm -q opera-7.11-20030515.4.rpm package opera-7.11-20030515.4.rpm is not installed ciao, Andrea
[newbie-it] 3 Schede di rete
Salve a tutti qualcuno mi sà dire come posso fare con la Mandrake 9.1 a fare questo? 1 Eth0 che va direttamente su Internet con indirizzo ip 213.26.xxx.xxx 2 Eth1 che controlla una rete in classe A ip: 10.10.xxx.xxx 3 Eth2 che controlla una rete in classe C ip: 192.168.xxx.xxx Logicamente Eth1 e Eth2 devono andare su internet con possibilità di scaricare la posta e navigare. Eth0 dovrebbe controllare tutto i che fanno la classe A, e C con la possibilità di nascondere la rete mia interna per sicurezza. Fare da Firewall e magari se possibile vedere dove và la gente e caso mai bloccare la macchina in quel momento che stà navigando per i fatti suoi. Haa... logicamente tutti i PC che sono in classe A e C sono Windows. Salutoni a tutti Luckylu
Re: [newbie-it] update
-- Messaggio originale -- From: Andrea Celli [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie-it] update Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 13:34:26 +0200 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ci sono due tipi di firme, Mandrake usa l'altro. Prova con $ rpm --checksig --nogpg ti dovrebbe rispondere MD5 OK $ rpm --checksig --nogpg foomatic-db-3.0-0.beta2.20030403.2.2mdk.i586.rpm foomatic-db-3.0-0.beta2.20030403.2.2mdk.i586.rpm: md5 OK qui ci siamo, infatti md5 è ok Però, seguili più attentamente :-) Quando installi o usi -qp devi usare il nome completo del FILE con rpm finale. Quando lavori su pacchetti già installati (per rimuoverli o chiedere informazioni) devi dare solo il nome del PACCHETTO, al massimo con la versione $ rpm -q opera-7.11-20030515.4 opera-7.11-20030515.4 $ rpm -q opera opera-7.11-20030515.4 $ rpm -q opera-7.11-20030515.4.rpm package opera-7.11-20030515.4.rpm is not installed $ rpm -q foomatic-db-3.0-0.beta2.20030403.2.2 package foomatic-db-3.0-0.beta2.20030403.2.2 is not installed $ rpm -q foomatic-db-3.0-0.beta2.20030403.2.2mdk.i586.rpm package foomatic-db-3.0-0.beta2.20030403.2.2mdk.i586.rpm is not installed qui no, come la metto la metto, sempre la stessa risposta ricevo. grazie comunque per le risposte. ciao. keph.
[newbie-it] Notizie sul Net MD della sony.
Vorrei sapere se è possibile in qualche maniera gestire il mio lettore registartore MD sony MZ-N710 usb/mp3 per non usare winzozz... Grazie
Re: [newbie-it] 3 Schede di rete
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alle 13:58, giovedì 12 giugno 2003, Luciano ha scritto: Salve a tutti qualcuno mi sà dire come posso fare con la Mandrake 9.1 a fare questo? 1 Eth0 che va direttamente su Internet con indirizzo ip 213.26.xxx.xxx 2 Eth1 che controlla una rete in classe A ip: 10.10.xxx.xxx 3 Eth2 che controlla una rete in classe C ip: 192.168.xxx.xxx Logicamente Eth1 e Eth2 devono andare su internet con possibilità di scaricare la posta e navigare Eth0 dovrebbe controllare tutto i che fanno la classe A, e C con la possibilità di nascondere la rete mia interna per sicurezza Fare da Firewall e magari se possibile vedere dove và la gente e caso mai bloccare la macchina in quel momento che stà navigando per i fatti suoi Haa... logicamente tutti i PC che sono in classe A e C sono Windows Salutoni a tutti Luckylu Hai provato a trasformare la macchina Linux in proxy server? Gli altri computer possono andare in rete usando la macchina linux come getaway e tu puoi proteggere la rete applicando firewall e masquering tutto su una macchina. Per configurare questi servizi io non ti posso aiutare ma ci sono degli howto (penso anche nella mandrake 9.1); se sei fortunato li trovi in italiano. Ciao Luigi - -- Micro Credo: Non fidarti mai di un computer piu' grande di quello che tu puoi sollevare. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+6IGpTvJtVxCNwP4RAgumAKCL9WutvT9UP/8orZ1vqAmu4xvGewCaA3F/ PiT9uio+5yf7MzIQzc+Tv3Y= =7bFi -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [newbie-it] update
nell'intento di installare questo benedetto aggiornamento di foomatic ho tentato di disinstallare quello vecchio, ma quando ci provo il portatile, un celeron a 700mhz, va letterelamente in tilt. ho provato più volte, ma ho sempre dovuto riavviare. un'altra cosa strana è che la mdk security mi segnala che cè un'aggiornamento sulla sicurezza riguardate la kernel della mdk 9.1, ma l'update continua a segnalarmi solo foomatic, che sia andato tutto a p...agnotte? ciao. keph.
Re: [newbie-it] update
No, è giusto così. Mandrake non controlla i pacchetti di aggiornamento del kernel a meno che non siano dati esplicitamente (infatti in un file di configurazione di urpmi c'è una lista nera di pacchetti che non devono essere controllati automaticamente per motivi di sicurezza). Se sai che devi aggiornare il kernel richiedilo esplicitamente e, per quanto di solito non vengano combinati pasticci, leggiti comunque le note di mandrake alla pagine www.mandrakesecure.net. Ciao, Germano il 16:43, giovedì 12 giugno 2003, si è scritto riguardo a Re: [newbie-it] update nell'intento di installare questo benedetto aggiornamento di foomatic ho tentato di disinstallare quello vecchio, ma quando ci provo il portatile, un celeron a 700mhz, va letterelamente in tilt. ho provato più volte, ma ho sempre dovuto riavviare. un'altra cosa strana è che la mdk security mi segnala che cè un'aggiornamento sulla sicurezza riguardate la kernel della mdk 9.1, ma l'update continua a segnalarmi solo foomatic, che sia andato tutto a p...agnotte? ciao. keph.
Re: [newbie-it] update
Alle 14:52, giovedì 12 giugno 2003, piter ha scritto: -- Messaggio originale -- Quando lavori su pacchetti già installati (per rimuoverli o chiedere informazioni) devi dare solo il nome del PACCHETTO, al massimo con la versione $ rpm -q opera-7.11-20030515.4 opera-7.11-20030515.4 $ rpm -q opera opera-7.11-20030515.4 ... $ rpm -q foomatic-db-3.0-0.beta2.20030403.2.2mdk.i586.rpm package foomatic-db-3.0-0.beta2.20030403.2.2mdk.i586.rpm is not installed qui no, come la metto la metto, sempre la stessa risposta ricevo. Allora, tu vuoi installare foomatic-db-3.0-0.beta2.20030403.2.2 e non ci riesci. È abbastanza logico che non sia installato. Quello che ti avevo suggerito era di controllare se c'era una versione precedente già installata. Quindi : rpm -q foomatic-db senza versione ne altro. Se c'è, allora puoi vedere se qualcuno dei file che compongono il pacchetto ha delle protezioni tali da impedirne la rimozione o la sostituzione da parte di cpio (il meccanismo di copia di rpm). Per far questo, si può provare a dare un brutale rpm -e foomatic-db (che rimuove il pacchetto) o un più prudente rpm -e --test foomatic-db che ti dice cosa succederebbe rimuovendolo ciao, andrea
[newbie-it] scheda audio trident
La mdk 9.0 mi riconosce perfettamente la scheda audio del portatile (Acer TravelMate 201T) e funziona...la 9.1 ha problemi con il modulo trident, necessario...Così non funziona. Mi dite, per favore, se sapete come posso fare per farla funzionare? Grazie mille. Giovanni Coan __ Yahoo! Mail: 6MB di spazio gratuito, 30MB per i tuoi allegati, l'antivirus, il filtro Anti-spam http://it.yahoo.com/mail_it/foot/?http://it.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie-it] mutt + mailcap e msg in HTML
* syd wrote: Se poi qualcuno e' riuscito a far scomparire quell'avvertimento.. faccia un fischio ;)) Aggiornamento: le informazioni che ti ho passato nel precedente post si riferivano ad una mia vecchia configurazione che usavo quando convertivo html in txt ma e' ormai un bel po' che non facevo piu' il giochetto (dalla slack8.1) Mi hai fatto venire lo schiribizzo e oggi mi sono installato l'ultima release di links (2.1pre11) che.. non supporta piu' il dump! Allora ho installato lynx (2.8.4) che invece gestisce il dump ma ho dovuto infilare questa stringa in ~/.mailcap $ grep html ~/.mailcap text/html; /usr/local/bin/lynx -dump %s; copiousoutput; nametemplate=%s.html #text/html; /usr/local/bin/links -dump -T text/html '%s'; copiousoutput; description=HTML Text; nametemplate=%s.html Funge tutto. ps Nota la stringa commentata: ho fatto a pugni per un intero pomeriggio con links. Magari prendila come spunto e se riesci nell'impresa ti sarei grato se me lo facessi sapere.Thanks. ps2 Comunque links e' uno spettacolo. -- syd - Slackware 9.0 * K 2.4.20 -
Re: [newbie-it] scheda audio trident
Alle 18:30, giovedì 12 giugno 2003, Giovanni Coan ha scritto: La mdk 9.0 mi riconosce perfettamente la scheda audio del portatile (Acer TravelMate 201T) e funziona...la 9.1 ha problemi con il modulo trident, necessario...Così non funziona. Mi dite, per favore, se sapete come posso fare per farla funzionare? Di nuovo l'audio con mdk 9.1!!! grrr... prova a dare # draksound e cambiare driver da ALSA a OSS ciao
Re: [newbie-it] beepfetch
Alle Thursday 12 June 2003 07:50, a proposito di Re: [newbie-it] beepfetch (e chissa' a cosa pensava veramente), syd ha scritto: Ti dice quindi che la cosa funge quando biff e' su y e tu in /etc/profile avrai sicuramente $ grep biff /etc/profile if [ -x /usr/bin/biff ]; then biff y OK, ho preso questa strada perche' il set bell non funziava... e ho comunque dovuto riavviare perche' andasse. (Ma6 mi aveva detto di ricaricare qualcosa dopo le modifiche, ma non avendo capito cosa... ho dato reboot, cosi' s'e' arrangiato da solo ;-) ) -- Burp! Arwan
[newbie-it] a proposito di gcc...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ciao a tutti oggi ho dei quesiti un tecnici (spero di essere fortunato ;-) ): Il primo si tratta nel trovare una funzione che mi converta un int in un char: il C implementa il contrario con la funzione atoi ma non da int a char. Il secondo è come leggere da una porta seriale: ho trovato un programma su un manuale che mi fa leggere ma usandolo mi trovo a generare tante porte aperte e non a leggere da esse! In pratica riesco a leggere il file descrittore che mi dice il numero di porta non i bit contenuti. Qualcuno di voi mi può aiutare??? Possibilmente che girino sul 2.95 Grazie e intanto incrocio le dita! Luigi - -- Le ragazze sono come l'aspirina: una ogni 4 ore e passa il mal di testa. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+6QWLTvJtVxCNwP4RAnbeAKDkKoma73MkRc8OikEDggfI6P4o0ACePalI 9/FjybW72yszFyER5+h7+Ek= =3oLk -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [newbie] NTP Server
On Thursday 12 Jun 2003 2:03 am, Cody Harris wrote: At 03:01 AM 6/12/2003 +0200, you wrote: On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 02:42, Cody Harris wrote: As a second comment, this is over my head and i'm going to drop it. How do you uninstall? That's not the way... You don't want to learn things ? Is it worth is though? If you're not doing version control (RCS, CVS) between your machines, and you don't have a time fixation, and you don't mind reseting the clock every week, then probably no. It's a good thing to learn though, and ISTR there is a good HOWTO on it. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 1st Linux Email!
On Thursday 12 Jun 2003 12:17 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 04:00, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 11 Jun 2003 5:43 pm, Keith wrote: WOW, Webmin is incredible! Stephen Anne, I tried both current suggestions, both worked, and found another old e-mail, and clicking on the SECOND one below worked. Thanks Much..Linux is a whole new world again. http://localhost:1 https://localhost:1 http://127.0.0.1:1 https://127.0.0.1:1 The second and fourth ones should both work - the other two definitely not. Anne Umy'all know what webmin actually places a binary in /usr/bin - so you can literally just open a terminal and type webmin and it will FIND it's proper URL, ya? Actually, I always do it that way. Linux is about choice g Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Start up
On Thursday 12 Jun 2003 4:47 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Wednesday 11 June 2003 02:05 am, Aron Smith wrote: To compound the felony, the second poster entered his message below his signature, the result being that his reply has disappeared. This is because KMail automatically deletes signatures and _everything_ below them. Which brings up another point. We often tell newbies about html, but rarely do I see any mention of how to handle sigs. If someone leaves a sig in place and replies below, it is impossible to reply correctly, as Carroll said, because everything below the '--' line disappears. Question is, if we are going to point newbies to some explanation of why we don't use html, how and where do we tell them about this one? Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] D4X Compile
Charles A Edwards wrote: On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 18:29:51 +0100 John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: can you help me once more and give me the precise url for d4x-2.4.1-2mdk.src.rpm ftp://sunsite.uio.no/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake/Mandrake-devel/contrib/SRPMS/ or you ca use another mirror of your choice. Charles OK done that , but, [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cd /pk [EMAIL PROTECTED] pk]# ls = d4x-2.4.0-1mdk.src.rpm nt-2.0-5.src.rpm d4x-2.03-1mdk.src.rpm d4x-2.4.1-2mdk.src.rpm d4x-2.4-0.1mdk.src.rpm d4x-2.4.1-fr1.src.rpm [EMAIL PROTECTED] pk]# rpm --rebuild d4x-2.4.1-2mdk.src.rpm Installing d4x-2.4.1-2mdk.src.rpm error: failed build dependencies: libesound-devel is needed by d4x-2.4.1-2mdk libatk-devel is needed by d4x-2.4.1-2mdk [EMAIL PROTECTED] pk]# == [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi libesound-devel To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed (0 MB): libaudiofile0-devel-0.2.3-3mdk.i586 libesound0-devel-0.2.29-2mdk.i586 Is this OK? (Y/n) y eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument Please insert the medium named Installation CD 2 (x86) (cdrom2) on device [/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/cd] Press Enter when ready... installing /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS2/libesound0-devel-0.2.29-2mdk.i586.rpm /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS2/libaudiofile0-devel-0.2.3-3mdk.i586.rpm Preparing... ## 1:libaudiofile0-devel ## 2:libesound0-devel ## [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi libatk-devel installing /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libatk1.0_0-devel-1.2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm Preparing... ## 1:libatk1.0_0-devel ## [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi libesound-devel Everything already installed [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi libatk-devel Everything already installed [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# == [EMAIL PROTECTED] pk]# rpm --rebuild d4x-2.4.1-2mdk.src.rpm Installing d4x-2.4.1-2mdk.src.rpm Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.8347 + umask 022 + cd /usr/src/RPM/BUILD + rm -rf /var/tmp/d4x-2.4.1-2mdk-buildroot + cd /usr/src/RPM/BUILD snip checking for rpm... /bin/rpm checking for dot... no checking whether ln -s works... yes checking for esd-config... /usr/bin/esd-config checking for ESD - version = 0.2.7... yes checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config checking for GLIB - version = 2.0.6... yes (version 2.2.1) checking for pkg-config... (cached) /usr/bin/pkg-config checking for GTK+ - version = 2.0.6... no *** Could not run GTK+ test program, checking why... *** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the *** exact error that occured. This usually means GTK+ is incorrectly installed. configure: error: *** GTK = 2.0.6 not installed! *** error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.71141 (%build) RPM build errors: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.71141 (%build) [EMAIL PROTECTED] pk]# So it looks to me as though my version of the gtk libraries is going to have to be updated somehow ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] great tool for dual-booters
We all know Mandrake is great in setting itself up for accessing existing windows partitions. Windows instaed, is not good at the reverse. While there exist a commercial windows driver for ext2fs/ext3fs, I found an excellent free ext2fs/ext3fs explorer (as long as a driver) at : http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm many congrats to its author, John Newbigin! Edo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Galeon Flash Plug-in
Greetings, With MDK 9 I installed a flash-player plug-in for Galeon, however, since moving to 9.1 (clean install) I cannot find the appropriate plug-in. I tried installing the plug-in I downloaded for when I was using MDK 9, but it don`t do anything. I`m trying to access http://www.epson.co.uk/selector2/selector.htm and there it has a link to download the flash plug-in, but Flash site responds by saying I don`t have a compatible browser... Any ideas ? -- Chris Blake Office : (011) 782-0840 Cell : 083 985 0379 Ad astra per aspera. [To the stars by aspiration.] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Galeon Flash Plug-in
I don't think that's flash, but a Java Applet. (www.sun.com) Didn't get that working in galeon yet... but didn't try much :-) Steven On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 12:52, Chris Blake wrote: Greetings, With MDK 9 I installed a flash-player plug-in for Galeon, however, since moving to 9.1 (clean install) I cannot find the appropriate plug-in. I tried installing the plug-in I downloaded for when I was using MDK 9, but it don`t do anything. I`m trying to access http://www.epson.co.uk/selector2/selector.htm and there it has a link to download the flash plug-in, but Flash site responds by saying I don`t have a compatible browser... Any ideas ? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Galeon Flash Plug-in
Thanks Steven, I`ll try the link you`ve supplied Thanks for your time in responding... Regards On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 12:46, Steven Broos wrote: I don't think that's flash, but a Java Applet. (www.sun.com) Didn't get that working in galeon yet... but didn't try much :-) Steven On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 12:52, Chris Blake wrote: Greetings, With MDK 9 I installed a flash-player plug-in for Galeon, however, since moving to 9.1 (clean install) I cannot find the appropriate plug-in. I tried installing the plug-in I downloaded for when I was using MDK 9, but it don`t do anything. I`m trying to access http://www.epson.co.uk/selector2/selector.htm and there it has a link to download the flash plug-in, but Flash site responds by saying I don`t have a compatible browser... Any ideas ? __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Chris Blake Office : (011) 782-0840 Cell : 083 985 0379 After one week [visiting Austria] I couldn't wait to go back to the United States. Everything was much more pleasant in the United States, because of the mentality of being open-minded, always positive. Everything you want to do in Europe is just, 'No way. No one has ever done it.' They haven't any more the desire to go out to conquer and achieve -- I realized that I had much more the American spirit. -- Arnold Schwarzenegger Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xfishtank
Thanks! Is there anything else out there like xfish that will work with KDE? On Wednesday 11 June 2003 06:21 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 05:14, drake wrote: Does this program do anything? I'm using KDE with Mandrake 9.0. I opened up a terminal and typed in xfishtank -b 50 -f 15 -r .1 -d . Nothing happened. What else do I need to do? XFishtank paints the root window - KDE doesn't like programs painting the root window, so it's not going to work properly under KDE, but will work under something like WindowMaker, Enlightenment, AfterStep, XFCE - and similar window managers. I didn't mention PekWM because it sucks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xfishtank
Greetings, I tried on Gnome and that don`t work [EMAIL PROTECTED] logs]# xfishtank -b 50 -f 15 -r .1 -d [1] 3108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] logs]# xfishtank after the last command it just hangsno fish, no tank On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 14:15, drake wrote: Thanks! Is there anything else out there like xfish that will work with KDE? On Wednesday 11 June 2003 06:21 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 05:14, drake wrote: Does this program do anything? I'm using KDE with Mandrake 9.0. I opened up a terminal and typed in xfishtank -b 50 -f 15 -r .1 -d . Nothing happened. What else do I need to do? XFishtank paints the root window - KDE doesn't like programs painting the root window, so it's not going to work properly under KDE, but will work under something like WindowMaker, Enlightenment, AfterStep, XFCE - and similar window managers. I didn't mention PekWM because it sucks. __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Chris Blake Office : (011) 782-0840 Cell : 083 985 0379 It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. -- Jerome Klapka Jerome Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Savage drivers
Hello, I'm installing Mandrake for an association that I'm part of and I'm having trouble getting x configured on a dual boot pc with a newly installed Madrake 9.1. I got all the graphics card info from windows which tells me thatthe graphic card is; S3 Grphics ProSavage DDR with 32Mb memory and a "S3 P4M266" chip set. I didn't open the box to check it and the documentation doesn't say what the card actually is. >From the position of the video port it looks like the grafics card might be inetgrated into the motherboard. X just won't start. I've tried all the savage drivers but none of them pass the test during installation. I skipped the X set up during installation and then went and tried again with XFdrake but still no luck. I've tried both the versions of XFree86 offered to me during installation. Using XFdrake I checked that the monitor is set up ok and it has used values which exactly match the values in the manual so I'm pretty sure the autodetect has worked well for the monitor. Sorry if this is a tough one but I'm reallystuck. Many thanks in advance to anyone who can help. Ciao, Daniel Hutton P.S I love 9.1, it's first time I've tried Mandrake and I've already put it on 3 computers.
Re: [newbie] Start up
On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 08:56:03AM +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 12 Jun 2003 4:47 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Wednesday 11 June 2003 02:05 am, Aron Smith wrote: To compound the felony, the second poster entered his message below his signature, the result being that his reply has disappeared. This is because KMail automatically deletes signatures and _everything_ below them. Which brings up another point. We often tell newbies about html, but rarely do I see any mention of how to handle sigs. If someone leaves a sig in place and replies below, it is impossible to reply correctly, as Carroll said, because everything below the '--' line disappears. Hmm, this sounds like bad design in kmail rather than a breach of etiquette. It is not difficult to imagine times when you would want to reply and include the original writer's sig. If anything, kmail should offer the option of turning off automatic deletion of the sig, or allow the user to select the text from the original to be included in the reply (select text, click Reply). Sylpheed offers both options. How do other MUA's handle sigs in a reply? What else are people using--kmail, sylpheed, evolution . . .? Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Savage drivers
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 08:09, Hutton Daniel wrote: Hello, I'm installing Mandrake for an association that I'm part of and I'm having trouble getting x configured on a dual boot pc with a newly installed Madrake 9.1. I got all the graphics card info from windows which tells me that the graphic card is; S3 Grphics ProSavage DDR with 32Mb memory and a S3 P4M266 chip set. S3 video chipsets have become a sore subject for me with Mandrake Linux. I have a little less trouble in RedHat, so it's not just a Mandrake-related problem in my mind. If you do a search through the archives (I'm guessing...mmm...maybe April/May) for S3 Savage 2000, you'll find my previous posts on my own problem. I didn't open the box to check it and the documentation doesn't say what the card actually is. From the position of the video port it looks like the grafics card might be inetgrated into the motherboard. You are going to have to open the box and take a look. If it's integrated, you'll find that a search of the larger square chips on your motherboard will reveal the exact make and model. If you don't see anything specifically stenciled, it's probably that one with the heat-sink on it. Don't try to remove, that of course. Instead, boot into Windows and see what's listed in Display | Settings or Device Manager. In most cases, the description Windows gives is enough. X just won't start. I've tried all the savage drivers but none of them pass the test during installation. I skipped the X set up during installation and then went and tried again with XFdrake but still no luck. I've tried both the versions of XFree86 offered to me during installation. Using XFdrake I checked that the monitor is set up ok and it has used values which exactly match the values in the manual so I'm pretty sure the autodetect has worked well for the monitor. You never mentioned what Desktop environment you are booting into or start with 'startx' from the console's shell prompt. Would I be right in guessing KDE? You mentioned no relief in using either XFree86 server. That may not be totally correct. KDE 3.1.0 won't work with the S3 Savage series chipsets regardless of which of the two Xservers you choose. This is not necessarily true of the Gnome Desktop environment or other Windows Managers (WM). Try this: 1) Go into XFdrake and allow the applet to designate the driver. However, you must use the 3.3.6 Xserver. If you are already assigned to the the driver that was originally chosen, XFdrake will not give you a choice, defaulting to whatever you chose last. I found the only way I could change the Xserver was to purposely pick ANY other driver, right or wrong, save and then enter back into XFdrake to pick the correct one. At that point, choosing a new driver responds with a choice of Xservers. Make sure to pick 3.3.6 for this test. Save and exit. 2) Type in 'Xtart', without the single quotes, and press ENTER. See if a menu comes up. If not, use 'urpmi' to retrieve and install Civileme's applet from your 9.1 distro CD's (don't know off hand which one it's on, but doesn't matter...'urpmi' will tell you.) # urpmi Xtart 3) Assuming that you chose some or all of the available WM's when you installed 9.1, starting the app at the shell prompt should bring up other choices than just KDE and/or Gnome. Pick any of the WM's. I would suggest IceWM this first time around as that is pretty much like Windows and an easy try. If you find X starting up, your video card is supported. If you still can't... Consider buying a new video card that is better supported, but only after checking to see if the BIOS allows you to turn off/disable the on-board video. Sorry if this is a tough one but I'm really stuck. Many thanks in advance to anyone who can help. Tough one? sigh For those of us who have to deal with the problem...yeah. Unfixable? No. Depends on whether you want to run KDE and if your wallet is feeling generous. :0] Feel free to contact me off-list, as well. Don't know if I can be of any more help, but I wouldn't mind sharing my notes. HTH T Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Start up
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 08:31, Todd Slater wrote: Hmm, this sounds like bad design in kmail rather than a breach of etiquette. It is not difficult to imagine times when you would want to reply and include the original writer's sig. If anything, kmail should offer the option of turning off automatic deletion of the sig, or allow the user to select the text from the original to be included in the reply (select text, click Reply). Sylpheed offers both options. How do other MUA's handle sigs in a reply? What else are people using--kmail, sylpheed, evolution . . .? I usually snip away the sig when replying. Now, anyway. I can't remember if I have always done so or for how long this has been true. I never noticed this problem before. I switched from KMail to Evolution a few weeks ago, once I was able to covert most of my O.E. mail from my laptop. I wanted/needed a PIM as much as an email client, and Evolution does have some nifty features I wanted that were not found in KMail. Of the complaints I have with Evo, yours is not one on my list. FWIW, T Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] D4X Compile
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:03:13 +0100 John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So it looks to me as though my version of the gtk libraries is going to have to be updated somehow ? John I am running the same versions as you on my 9.1 system. It is more apt that 1 are all of your gtk+2 rpms did not get properly installed. Make a directory in /home and copy and to it the rpms for gtk+2.0, libgtk+2.0_0, and libgtk+2.0_0-devel. cd to that directory and do # rpm -ivh --force *rpm then try the d4x build again. Charles -- [...] Vimes's grin was as funny as the one that moves very fast towards drowning men. And has a fin on top. (Jingo) - Mandrake Linux 9.2 on PurpleDragon Kernel- 2.4.21-0.1mdk - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Start up
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:31:16 -0400 Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: How do other MUA's handle sigs in a reply? What else are people using--kmail, sylpheed, evolution . . .? Sylpheed seems to leave the sig intact by default, but one cool feature is that before I hit reply, it allows me to select the text to which I wish to reply, ie. it crops the original post automatically by me dragging the relevant text. -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net 08:52:46 up 9 days, 6:56, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Start up
On 11 Jun 2003 21:51:11 -0700 Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Point taken when you mentioned green text I realized that somehow I had lost part of the settings for Evolution and it had reverted to default behavior BTW is this in HTML (EVO says its plaintext) Plain ol' text, pardner! -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net 08:54:45 up 9 days, 6:58, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Galeon Flash Plug-in
On 12 Jun 2003 13:11:00 +0200 Chris Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Steven, I`ll try the link you`ve supplied Thanks for your time in responding... Regards On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 12:46, Steven Broos wrote: I don't think that's flash, but a Java Applet. (www.sun.com) Didn't get that working in galeon yet... but didn't try much :-) Steven Actually, that's not a java applet, it is flash - click on the jigsaw icon and see what it says it can't find the plugin for. I'm still on 9.0, but the rpm I have is just an i386 one - flash-plugin-6.0.69-6.i386.rpm Richard -- Registered Linux user 246658 at http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] D4X Compile
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:03:13 +0100 John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: So it looks to me as though my version of the gtk libraries is going to have to be updated somehow ? Nah, could be that the D4X package is looking in the wrong place for your GTK libs. It shouldn't be doing this since it is an MDK src.rpm... now that you do have everything installed, if you haven't already, run ldconfig, which hopefully make sure all library paths are properly resolved. -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net 08:56:33 up 9 days, 7:00, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wireledd PCCard that works in 9.1
I use a Cisco Aironet 350 Series wireless card, and it works wonderfully right out of the box. No configuration needed. I just plugged it in and I was off and surfing. They definitely are expensive though (my work bought mine, so I don't mind so much .. *smile*). Terry Greg Meyer wrote: Can anybody give me a testimonial on a Wireless PC Card that works well in Mandrake 9.1. I'm gonna buy one, I just don't want to waste my money. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Available via instant messenger Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% M$-Free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Start up
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:54:14 -0400 JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sylpheed seems to leave the sig intact by default I am using claws, but for this I believe the settings are the same. Go into Configuration/Common Preferences/Quote At the bottom of the top window you should see %Q Change this to %q As long as the sender uses the dash dash space (-- ) separator the sigs will now be removed when you hit reply. Charles -- I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature. - Thomas Jefferson - Mandrake Linux 9.2 on PurpleDragon Kernel- 2.4.21-0.1mdk - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Savage drivers
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 22:09, Hutton Daniel wrote: Hello, I'm installing Mandrake for an association that I'm part of and I'm having trouble getting x configured on a dual boot pc with a newly installed Madrake 9.1. I got all the graphics card info from windows which tells me that the graphic card is; S3 Grphics ProSavage DDR with 32Mb memory and a S3 P4M266 chip set. I didn't open the box to check it and the documentation doesn't say what the card actually is. From the position of the video port it looks like the grafics card might be inetgrated into the motherboard. X just won't start. I've tried all the savage drivers but none of them pass the test during installation. I skipped the X set up during installation and then went and tried again with XFdrake but still no luck. I've tried both the versions of XFree86 offered to me during installation. Using XFdrake I checked that the monitor is set up ok and it has used values which exactly match the values in the manual so I'm pretty sure the autodetect has worked well for the monitor. Sorry if this is a tough one but I'm really stuck. Many thanks in advance to anyone who can help. Ciao, Daniel Hutton You might want to check the true specs on the motherboard so that you can get the real video card information prior to mucking around any further. You should be able to get the model number off the motherboard just from opening the case without actually having to remove anything. -- Thu Jun 12 23:10:00 EST 2003 23:10:00 up 23:08, 4 users, load average: 0.16, 0.14, 0.07 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * You know you have a small apartment when Rice Krispies echo. -- S. Rickly Christian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Galeon Flash Plug-in
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 09:00, RichardA wrote: On 12 Jun 2003 13:11:00 +0200 Chris Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Steven, I`ll try the link you`ve supplied Thanks for your time in responding... Regards On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 12:46, Steven Broos wrote: I don't think that's flash, but a Java Applet. (www.sun.com) Didn't get that working in galeon yet... but didn't try much :-) Steven Actually, that's not a java applet, it is flash - click on the jigsaw icon and see what it says it can't find the plugin for. I'm still on 9.0, but the rpm I have is just an i386 one - flash-plugin-6.0.69-6.i386.rpm Richard No help, I know, but I never could get Flash to work in Galeon under 9.0...even after installing the plug-in. My bad, or just the way it was? Don't know. Haven't bumped into a Flash-rich site to see how it is in Galeon under 9.1, either. I don't even see where to add a plug-in, or what plug-ins I have, under Galeon 1.3.3. Sorry I couldn't offer more. T Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Savage drivers
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:09:53 +0200 Hutton Daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry if this is a tough one but I'm really stuck. Many thanks in advance to anyone who can help. Regardless of what card you have you should always be able to use the vesa server. Run XFdrake and choose custom/vesa Check you lilo.conf and set 'vga=normal', the default is to run with fb and you do not want that. You can also achieve the same results at boot by pressing Esc and entering linux vga=normal Charles -- In Mexico we have a word for sushi: bait. -- Josi Simon - Mandrake Linux 9.2 on PurpleDragon Kernel- 2.4.21-0.1mdk - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Galeon Flash Plug-in
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 15:13, Technoslick wrote: On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 09:00, RichardA wrote: On 12 Jun 2003 13:11:00 +0200 Chris Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Steven, I`ll try the link you`ve supplied Thanks for your time in responding... Regards On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 12:46, Steven Broos wrote: I don't think that's flash, but a Java Applet. (www.sun.com) Didn't get that working in galeon yet... but didn't try much :-) Steven Actually, that's not a java applet, it is flash - click on the jigsaw icon and see what it says it can't find the plugin for. I'm still on 9.0, but the rpm I have is just an i386 one - flash-plugin-6.0.69-6.i386.rpm Richard No help, I know, but I never could get Flash to work in Galeon under 9.0...even after installing the plug-in. My bad, or just the way it was? Don't know. Haven't bumped into a Flash-rich site to see how it is in Galeon under 9.1, either. I don't even see where to add a plug-in, or what plug-ins I have, under Galeon 1.3.3. Sorry I couldn't offer more. T Heh, anything is better than nothing.thanks. I`m gonna keep trying at it, being a newb that could take a few months :)it`s just that I don`t like Mozilla -- Chris Blake Office : (011) 782-0840 Cell : 083 985 0379 In Oz, never say krizzle kroo to a Woozy. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Savage drivers
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 09:17, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:09:53 +0200 Hutton Daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry if this is a tough one but I'm really stuck. Many thanks in advance to anyone who can help. Regardless of what card you have you should always be able to use the vesa server. Run XFdrake and choose custom/vesa Check you lilo.conf and set 'vga=normal', the default is to run with fb and you do not want that. You can also achieve the same results at boot by pressing Esc and entering linux vga=normal Charles I tried that, worked to a point. I couldn't recover after leaving X. System locked up after receiving a black screen. Turning the computer off/hitting reset was my only recourse. T Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Galeon Flash Plug-in
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 15:00, RichardA wrote: Actually, that's not a java applet, it is flash - click on the jigsaw icon and see what it says it can't find the plugin for. embed src=selector.dcr pluginspage=http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/; width=650 height=650 sw1= Shockwave... Couldn't be flash, because flash in galeon is working for me. Anyway, I had to check it out before replying. Sorry for the wrong information. Steven Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT - M$ dumping XP to combat Lindows?
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 12:00, Miark wrote: On 10 Jun 2003 18:29:04 -0400 ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TigerDirect is such a bunch of liars to start with, I don't know which part to think is a lie Tiger Direct would be under investigation by the Better Business Bureau, if there was a Better Business Bureau for Miami-Dade County (where they are headquartered), but it was also so crooked the National Better Business Bureau Closed them down too. I would not believe tiger direct if they told me the sky was blue, without 2 or 3 more opinions. Just my opinion. I share that opinion. Like a dumb ass, I gave then a lot of business for about a year. I finally realized that despite decent prices, just dealing with them was an _excruciating_ experience. I stopped even looking at their site or catalogs about three years ago. Miark me too, and heck in those three years, they could have had a real turn around and have gotten honest,,, but I doubt it, and it will take someone else's money and opinion to change my mind, cause they ain't getting no more of mine __ 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] Start up
On Thursday June 12 2003 07:31 am, Todd Slater wrote: On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 08:56:03AM +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: Which brings up another point. We often tell newbies about html, but rarely do I see any mention of how to handle sigs. If someone leaves a sig in place and replies below, it is impossible to reply correctly, as Carroll said, because everything below the '--' line disappears. Hmm, this sounds like bad design in kmail rather than a breach of etiquette. It is not difficult to imagine times when you would want to reply and include the original writer's sig. If anything, kmail should offer the option of turning off automatic deletion of the sig, or allow the user to select the text from the original to be included in the reply (select text, click Reply). Sylpheed offers both options. How do other MUA's handle sigs in a reply? What else are people using--kmail, sylpheed, evolution . . .? Todd Notice before my sig the two hyphens. This is not bad design, it's a long time internet standard, that the sig is proceeded by the hyphens so that sig's are ignored by servers. If your mail reader includes sigs in replys, that are properly separated from the mesg body by the hyphens, then it's your email client that has a bad design. Kmail properly and automatically adds the hyphens before the sig. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Still No SCSI Emulation ??
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 16:39, John Drouhard wrote:
as root, try chmod a-rwx /etc/modules.conf, and then
chmod +rw /etc/modules.conf
That should allow you to modify it as root.
I typed- chmod a-rwx /etc/modules.conf and hit enter. That returned me
to my root login.
Then I typed- chmod +rw /etc/modules.conf and hit enter. once again it
simply took me back to where I started, back to my root login.
And to get scsi emulation,
find which cd you want to be emulated (ie hdb or hdc), then edit
lilo.conf to say something like this: ...
I'm using grub not lilo.
Then, edit /etc/fstab and make it look like this (only the cdrom
lines, there are many more lines):
I find no lines identified as cdrom lines. The device I'm trying to set
up is currently listed as hdb. would that be the line/s. Or will that
change if I once get my boot loader setup?
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 04:18, John Richard Smith wrote:
Two things,
add to the append line in/etc/lilo.conf like this
append= hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi
then run in terminal.
/sbin/lilo to check new lilo script is OK
this will scsi-em's both dvd and writer.
As I mentioned above I'm using grub not lilo. Can I accomplish a similar
result using grub?
change in /etc/fstab like this
/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto
user,iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0
/dev/scd1 /mnt/cdrom2 auto
user,iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0
this enables the new scsi-em'd devices to be mounted.
I have a stone-age SCSI 1X CD ROM drive in my system now. Would this
affect the ID as (scd0) The device I'm currently trying to get to work
under the emulation is a Samsung 48X CDRW-DVD ROM drive currently
identified as hdb, and mounted as CDRW.
Thanks for all the help. I'm determined to get this thing worked out.
LTR }}:{(
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Re: Re[5]: [newbie] Backdoor for crashes?
On Wednesday June 11 2003 01:41 pm, rikona wrote: SK Ain't it all the more easy to login via telnet or ssh from another SK machine and just kill the offending process(es)? Or is that too easy? That's exactly what I did, but it didn't kill it. I'd run top, get the PID, exit top, kill it, go back to top, and it's still there. Any idea why? Usually I start with a 'killall app-name' If that doesn't get it done I run 'wpid app-name' to get the pid(s) and then 'kill -9' all the relevant pid's. (alias wpid='ps aux | grep') -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Start up
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:41:15 -0500 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Notice before my sig the two hyphens Do not forget the space or it will not work if you manually enter the separator. -- hyphenhyphenspace Course I'm ornery and would prefer to call then dashes Charles -- On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog. -- Cartoon caption - Mandrake Linux 9.2 on PurpleDragon Kernel- 2.4.21-0.1mdk - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Start up
On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 12:41:15PM -0500, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Thursday June 12 2003 07:31 am, Todd Slater wrote: On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 08:56:03AM +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: Which brings up another point. We often tell newbies about html, but rarely do I see any mention of how to handle sigs. If someone leaves a sig in place and replies below, it is impossible to reply correctly, as Carroll said, because everything below the '--' line disappears. Hmm, this sounds like bad design in kmail rather than a breach of etiquette. It is not difficult to imagine times when you would want to reply and include the original writer's sig. If anything, kmail should offer the option of turning off automatic deletion of the sig, or allow the user to select the text from the original to be included in the reply (select text, click Reply). Sylpheed offers both options. How do other MUA's handle sigs in a reply? What else are people using--kmail, sylpheed, evolution . . .? Todd Notice before my sig the two hyphens. This is not bad design, it's a long time internet standard, that the sig is proceeded by the hyphens so that sig's are ignored by servers. If your mail reader includes sigs in replys, that are properly separated from the mesg body by the hyphens, then it's your email client that has a bad design. Kmail properly and automatically adds the hyphens before the sig. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas I'm not saying that the two hypens + space + carriage return standard for setting off a sig is bad design, I'm saying that not giving the user a choice of whether to include the OP's sig is bad design. I simply cannot accept that automatically stripping everything including and below two hypens + space + carriage return is desirable in a MUA. It is nice to have the option to do that, but the user should be able to turn it off or bypass it when needed. Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] D4X Compile
Charles A Edwards wrote: On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:03:13 +0100 John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So it looks to me as though my version of the gtk libraries is going to have to be updated somehow ? John I am running the same versions as you on my 9.1 system. It is more apt that 1 are all of your gtk+2 rpms did not get properly installed. Make a directory in /home and copy and to it the rpms for gtk+2.0, libgtk+2.0_0, and libgtk+2.0_0-devel. cd to that directory and do # rpm -ivh --force *rpm then try the d4x build again. Charles Charles, you right, my dear sir, so, copied of CD1+CD2 , :libgtk+2.0_0, gtk+2.0 , and libgtk+2.0_0-devel, [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cd /root/Desktop/test1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] test1]# rpm -ivh --force *rpm Preparing...### [100%] 1:libgtk+2.0_0 ### [ 33%] 2:gtk+2.0### [ 66%] 3:libgtk+2.0_0-devel ### [100%] So it looks like libgtk+2.0_0 and gtk+2.0 are knackered. what should I do then, a urpmi , or better still where can I download pucka version with my d4x on M9.0 John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] D4X Compile
JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:03:13 +0100 John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: So it looks to me as though my version of the gtk libraries is going to have to be updated somehow ? Nah, could be that the D4X package is looking in the wrong place for your GTK libs. It shouldn't be doing this since it is an MDK src.rpm... now that you do have everything installed, if you haven't already, run ldconfig, which hopefully make sure all library paths are properly resolved. so, [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# ldconfig ldconfig: /usr is not a known library type [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# Errr,. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Still No SCSI Emulation ??
Langsley T Russell wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 16:39, John Drouhard wrote: as root, try chmod a-rwx /etc/modules.conf, and then chmod +rw /etc/modules.conf That should allow you to modify it as root. I typed- chmod a-rwx /etc/modules.conf and hit enter. That returned me to my root login. Then I typed- chmod +rw /etc/modules.conf and hit enter. once again it simply took me back to where I started, back to my root login. And to get scsi emulation, find which cd you want to be emulated (ie hdb or hdc), then edit lilo.conf to say something like this: ... I'm using grub not lilo. Then, edit /etc/fstab and make it look like this (only the cdrom lines, there are many more lines): I find no lines identified as cdrom lines. The device I'm trying to set up is currently listed as hdb. would that be the line/s. Or will that change if I once get my boot loader setup? On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 04:18, John Richard Smith wrote: Two things, add to the append line in/etc/lilo.conf like this append= hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi then run in terminal. /sbin/lilo to check new lilo script is OK this will scsi-em's both dvd and writer. As I mentioned above I'm using grub not lilo. Can I accomplish a similar result using grub? I don't use grub, but suerly that must be so, I expect there will be a /etc/grub.conf or something when using grub instead of lilo. But I don't know since I've given up using grub years ago. If I were you I'd go to MCC and alter grub to lilo graphical and do as listed here(as root) change in /etc/fstab like this /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/scd1 /mnt/cdrom2 auto user,iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 this enables the new scsi-em'd devices to be mounted. I have a stone-age SCSI 1X CD ROM drive in my system now. Would this affect the ID as (scd0) The device I'm currently trying to get to work under the emulation is a Samsung 48X CDRW-DVD ROM drive currently identified as hdb, and mounted as CDRW. I wouldn't of though either of the drives would matter much. Thanks for all the help. I'm determined to get this thing worked out. -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re[5]: [newbie] Backdoor for crashes?
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:54:10 -0500 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: 'kill -9' all the relevant pid's. (alias wpid='ps aux | grep') or my favourite, kill `pidof appname`... you gotta do it as root, but it will kill all instances of the app without you having to do all the PIDs. the backticks are the non-shift ~. -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net 14:25:48 up 9 days, 12:29, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] after NVidia drivers install, how to edit xf86config file
Am a bit stuck on x86config file editing, i.e. don't have a clue. I successfully installed the Nvidia driver pack, but now need to edit the x86config to run it so that I can finally boot into X rather than just the console. Maxim. p.s. thanks ed tharp and stephen kuhnforlast advice. Will do you the honour of reading some manulas this summer so I can move forward a little more quickly.
[newbie] after Nvidia driver install, how do to edit X86config?
Am a bit stuck on x86config file editing, i.e. don't have a clue. I successfully installed the Nvidia driver pack, but now need to edit the x86config to run it so that I can finally boot into X rather than just the console. Maxim. p.s. thanks ed tharp and stephen kuhnforlast advice. Will do you the honour of reading some manulas this summer so I can move forward a little more quickly.
Re: [newbie] D4X Compile
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 19:07:25 +0100 John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what should I do then, a urpmi , or better still where can I download pucka version with my d4x on M9.0 Have you tried rebuilding d4x Since you did the --force install of gtk? Hell, if it comes to it I can send you the rpm I built. It's only 1MB. Charles -- Stay the curse. - Mandrake Linux 9.2 on PurpleDragon Kernel- 2.4.21-0.1mdk - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] NTP Server
At 07:51 AM 6/12/2003 +0100, you wrote: On Thursday 12 Jun 2003 2:03 am, Cody Harris wrote: At 03:01 AM 6/12/2003 +0200, you wrote: On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 02:42, Cody Harris wrote: As a second comment, this is over my head and i'm going to drop it. How do you uninstall? That's not the way... You don't want to learn things ? Is it worth is though? If you're not doing version control (RCS, CVS) between your machines, and you don't have a time fixation, and you don't mind reseting the clock every week, then probably no. What's RCS and CVS? It's a good thing to learn though, and ISTR there is a good HOWTO on it. ISTR? -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -Cody Harris ++ | This Signature is best in plain text! | ++--+ | Linux Rox My Sox! | | Check out HCHS!| | http://vectec.net | ++--+ | Proud to use Mandrake Linux 8.1 as a server. | | Not proud to use Windows as a primary server. | ++--+ | Registered Linux user #315598 | | Registered Linux Computer #200951 | | Wrote on a Windoze Computer :( | ++ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] great tool for dual-booters
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We all know Mandrake is great in setting itself up for accessing existing windows partitions. Windows instaed, is not good at the reverse. While there exist a commercial windows driver for ext2fs/ext3fs, I found an excellent free ext2fs/ext3fs explorer (as long as a driver) at : http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm many congrats to its author, John Newbigin! Edo Tried the trial version a while back. All it did was cause Windoze to crash - not that it takes much. Also it doesn't appear to read reiserfs filesystems and that's what my home partition is. -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm body curled up next to me is a cat. (Kinky Friedman - Frequent Flyer) Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] NTP Server
If you're not doing version control (RCS, CVS) between your machines, and you don't have a time fixation, and you don't mind resetting the clock every week, then probably no. What's RCS and CVS? If you don't know then you probably don't want to. When you have a (large number of) file(s), and you want to keep track of all the changes to it/them, version control systems keep track of things in a muli-user, auditable manner. So you can back-out changes and find out who was responsible for breaking things. sccs was the Unix original, RCS is the Linux rewrite, CVS is the new Internet-aware implementation. They use file modify times, so two machines with different clock times can break them. It's a good thing to learn though, and ISTR there is a good HOWTO on it. ISTR? I Seem To Remember. You may also see IIUC: If I Understand Correctly. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] after Nvidia driver install, how do to edit X86config?
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 20:52, maxim j NARBROUGH wrote: Am a bit stuck on x86config file editing, i.e. don't have a clue. I successfully installed the Nvidia driver pack, but now need to edit the x86config to run it so that I can finally boot into X rather than just the console. You need to become root (either log in as root or run the su command). Then you need to edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and make the changes prescribed by NVidia. Note that you need to edit /etc/inittab (or run MCC and go through the boot section) to make X load at boottime. Good luck Paul -- I am not a politician and my other habits are also good. -A. Ward http://nlpagan.net - Linux Mandrake - Ximian Evolution Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Savage drivers
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 13:23, Charles A Edwards wrote: On 12 Jun 2003 10:28:47 -0400 Technoslick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For me, this is a dead issue since the card has been relegated to Windows duty My 1 foray into the realm of the S3/Savage has made its appropriate home in my 'piece-of-shit' junkbox. It never even performed marginally even in windblows. Charles Yeah...well...you're right. :0[ When I bought it there wasn't any thought of using it in Linux, and no idea that it would perform marginally in Windows. The price was right at the time. I'm pack-rat, by genetics, so I feel obligated to still give it life. But, your right. It should be guillotined, instead! T Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] after NVidia drivers install, how to edit xf86config file
login as normal user: then write su - enter your root password vi cd /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 the path may be /etc/X11R6/XF86Config-4 this editor is kind of tricky (for a win user like me) go to the line Driver nv press insert on nv. correct it to nvidia press Escape. press : press wq press Enter now you are in prompt again you can test if the correction is saved with more /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 restart your machine. manolis (a newbie but still fanatic linux user) 12 2003 20:13, / Maxim : Am a bit stuck on x86config file editing, i.e. don't have a clue. I successfully installed the Nvidia driver pack, but now need to edit the x86config to run it so that I can finally boot into X rather than just the console. Maxim. p.s. thanks ed tharp and stephen kuhn for last advice. Will do you the honour of reading some manulas this summer so I can move forward a little more quickly. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Start up
On Thursday 12 Jun 2003 1:31 pm, Todd Slater wrote: On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 08:56:03AM +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: Which brings up another point. We often tell newbies about html, but rarely do I see any mention of how to handle sigs. If someone leaves a sig in place and replies below, it is impossible to reply correctly, as Carroll said, because everything below the '--' line disappears. Hmm, this sounds like bad design in kmail rather than a breach of etiquette. It is not difficult to imagine times when you would want to reply and include the original writer's sig. If anything, kmail should offer the option of turning off automatic deletion of the sig, or allow the user to select the text from the original to be included in the reply (select text, click Reply). Sylpheed offers both options. The 'select text and reply' does work in kmail. Perhaps that's the way round the problem. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Start up
On Thursday 12 Jun 2003 6:56 pm, Todd Slater wrote: On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 12:41:15PM -0500, Tom Brinkman wrote: I'm not saying that the two hypens + space + carriage return standard for setting off a sig is bad design, I'm saying that not giving the user a choice of whether to include the OP's sig is bad design. I simply cannot accept that automatically stripping everything including and below two hypens + space + carriage return is desirable in a MUA. It is nice to have the option to do that, but the user should be able to turn it off or bypass it when needed. Todd OTOH, Todd, it's not very often that it's a problem - no more than 3 or 4 out of all the replies I've ever made. Since there is probably a workaround, it's better, I think, for the default to be to crop the sig. I've never seen a setting to change it, but I simply hadn't thought of using the select-text to get round it. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How to create a symbolic link?
Hi, Does anybody know how to create a symbolic link? Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Galeon Flash Plug-in
On Thursday 12 Jun 2003 6:01 pm, RichardA wrote: On 12 Jun 2003 15:44:04 +0200 Steven Broos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 15:00, RichardA wrote: Aren't shockwave and flash almost the same thing? The about:plugins page on my Help menu (Galeon 1.2.5) says Shockwave Flash from libflashplayer.so Richard Not sure - is there Shockwave Flash and Macromedia Flash? I'm sure that I was reading a changelog recently that said something about removing one of these and replacing it with the other. Not much help, other than it suggests that there may be an incompatibility problem if a developer found the need to change. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Still No SCSI Emulation ??
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 13:18, John Richard Smith wrote:
If I were you I'd go to MCC and alter grub to lilo graphical and do as
listed here(as root)
Well I did as you recommended and switched to lilo graphical as my boot loader. I rebooted to make sure the changes I made took effect and that it works, which it does.
Now when I open a terminal as root, and type in /etc/lilo.conf permission is denied to /etc/lilo.conf. If root doesn't have permission how can I do anything with the file? What must I do to get permission to edit this file?
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RE: [newbie] How to create a symbolic link?
Hi Use ln -s path to the file or folder you want to link for example ln -s /mnt/win_d -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Marco Verheul Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 12:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] How to create a symbolic link? Hi, Does anybody know how to create a symbolic link? Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to create a symbolic link?
Marco Verheul wrote: Does anybody know how to create a symbolic link? marco, linux and unix have a program know as 'man', which is terse for 'manual'. definition for most all command line commands can be viewed by entering, in command line mode, either outside of x-windows, or in an x terminal window. so, any time you are wondering about a command, simply enter 'man progname'. in this case, 'man ln'. you can even enter 'man man' to get a description of how to use 'man'. peace out. tc,hago. g . -- =+= think green... save a tree, save a life, save time, save bandwidth, save storage. send email: text/plain - disable pgp/gpg/geek code attachments. =+= if you are proud to be an american, then buy made in america. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] cat of /proc/interrupts doesn't show video card use
I've had some issues with interrupt conflicts on one my workstations, but I believe I have resolved the problem. When I do a: # cat /proc/interrupts I get this: CPU0 0:2512461 XT-PIC timer 1: 36282 XT-PIC keyboard 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 5: 29033 XT-PIC eth0 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc 9: 3412 XT-PIC soundblaster 10: 0 XT-PIC usb-uhci 12: 550645 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse 14: 41990 XT-PIC ide0 15:103 XT-PIC ide1 NMI: 0 LOC: 0 ERR: 0 MIS: 0 I see no reference to my video card. I asked another list pal how theirs looked and it was the same situation. Is it normal for Mandrake 9.1 not to assign an IRQ to video, even if the motherboard's BIOS is set to do so? Do I any concerns with this, in anyone's opinion? And lastly, if Mandrake 9.1 is not using an IRQ for video, would it be safe to to tell the BIOS not to assign one? Thanks T Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Galeon Flash Plug-in
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 21:39:02 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 12 Jun 2003 6:01 pm, RichardA wrote: On 12 Jun 2003 15:44:04 +0200 Steven Broos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 15:00, RichardA wrote: Aren't shockwave and flash almost the same thing? The about:plugins page on my Help menu (Galeon 1.2.5) says Shockwave Flash from libflashplayer.so Richard Not sure - is there Shockwave Flash and Macromedia Flash? I'm sure that I was reading a changelog recently that said something about removing one of these and replacing it with the other. Not much help, other than it suggests that there may be an incompatibility problem if a developer found the need to change. Anne I don't know. I can do java, flash, shockwave, whatever, but the Epson URL mentioned earlier doesn't work for me. Richard -- Registered Linux user 246658 at http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to create a symbolic link?
On Thursday 12 Jun 2003 8:52 pm, g wrote: Marco Verheul wrote: Does anybody know how to create a symbolic link? marco, linux and unix have a program know as 'man', which is terse for 'manual'. definition for most all command line commands can be viewed by entering, in command line mode, either outside of x-windows, or in an x terminal window. so, any time you are wondering about a command, simply enter 'man progname'. in this case, 'man ln'. you can even enter 'man man' to get a description of how to use 'man'. Of course, the snag is that you have to know that 'ln' is the progname for making a symbolic link g Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] licq error
Oooh, an easy onmust be for me! If you R click on the right area of the taskbar you'll see a list that includes add from that choose application (I think) and find Licq and click it. On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 17:28:38 +0200, David Hlik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can i put Licq flower icon into KDE taskbar? Thanks -- If you resist reading what you disagree with, how will you ever acquire deeper insights into what you believe? The things most worth reading are precisely those that challenge our convictions. ~ author unknown Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Galeon Flash Plug-in
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 17:25, RichardA wrote: On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 21:39:02 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 12 Jun 2003 6:01 pm, RichardA wrote: On 12 Jun 2003 15:44:04 +0200 Steven Broos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 15:00, RichardA wrote: Aren't shockwave and flash almost the same thing? The about:plugins page on my Help menu (Galeon 1.2.5) says Shockwave Flash from libflashplayer.so Richard Not sure - is there Shockwave Flash and Macromedia Flash? I'm sure that I was reading a changelog recently that said something about removing one of these and replacing it with the other. Not much help, other than it suggests that there may be an incompatibility problem if a developer found the need to change. Anne I don't know. I can do java, flash, shockwave, whatever, but the Epson URL mentioned earlier doesn't work for me. Richard I have to wonder if the Epson site is using a newer version than your plugin supports. T Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] How to create a symbolic link?
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 22:44, Derick Schmidt wrote: Hi Use ln -s path to the file or folder you want to link for example ln -s /mnt/win_d Aren't you missing the name of the link in your syntax? T Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] D4X Compile
Charles A Edwards wrote: On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 19:07:25 +0100 John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what should I do then, a urpmi , or better still where can I download pucka version with my d4x on M9.0 Have you tried rebuilding d4x Since you did the --force install of gtk? Hell, if it comes to it I can send you the rpm I built. It's only 1MB. Charles Indeed I have Charles, same gtk error. but it's those gkt libraries libgtk+2.0_0and 2:gtk+2.0 that are the problem here ? I just need a good copy of these I think , that is what those low % figures were saying ? How big are they ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Galeon Flash Plug-in
On Thursday 12 Jun 2003 10:25 pm, RichardA wrote: On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 21:39:02 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 12 Jun 2003 6:01 pm, RichardA wrote: On 12 Jun 2003 15:44:04 +0200 Steven Broos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 15:00, RichardA wrote: Aren't shockwave and flash almost the same thing? The about:plugins page on my Help menu (Galeon 1.2.5) says Shockwave Flash from libflashplayer.so Richard Not sure - is there Shockwave Flash and Macromedia Flash? I'm sure that I was reading a changelog recently that said something about removing one of these and replacing it with the other. Not much help, other than it suggests that there may be an incompatibility problem if a developer found the need to change. Anne I don't know. I can do java, flash, shockwave, whatever, but the Epson URL mentioned earlier doesn't work for me. Richard I see it says x-director. I googled, and came up with this somewhat outdated quote After enabling plugins in opera and going to the test page http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/welcome/ I've found the only half of the Flash plugin works. Flash Player is ok (the bottom test), but Shockwave Flash is not ok (the top test). which suggests that there are in fact two versions. If you want to read the whole post and reply, it is at http://list.opera.com/pipermail/opera-linux/2001-October/001235.html Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] DNS with bind.
Hi! I fought the last week with linux options to setup my network with samba. Now it is working fine. I managed to connect my linuxpc, my winXP and two vmware machines fine the network is setuped with dhcp. the linux pc has an internet connection that I want to share. It was working fine (the ICS) one week ago, but with my efforts to setup the local connectivity, the other systems cannot use the internet anymore. facts: -I know that I must setup bind correctly. -I don't know how. -I don't want to use Mandrake Control Center (it meshed up all the conf files when I used it the last days). -I don't want to use proxy server -I don't want to drop dhcp and return to static IPs. -In general : I don't want a non working windows network again. - I am pretty newbie in linux. Any help? Or step by step method? Or idiots guide? thanks in advance manolis Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to install Nvidia unified drivers
On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 09:05, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 22:26, JoeHill wrote: On 11 Jun 2003 06:56:25 -0400 ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: might help if he was into the directory that had the program you should be able to just open a terminal in the directory that contains the file ya, it would help wouldn't it? Hmmm...and here I thought that was rather clear in the first place...maybe I'm wrong... so call me Homer Simpson, Duh,, I was wondering,,,wheres the beer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cat of /proc/interrupts doesn't show video card use
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 17:19, Technoslick wrote: I've had some issues with interrupt conflicts on one my workstations, but I believe I have resolved the problem. When I do a: # cat /proc/interrupts I get this: CPU0 0:2512461 XT-PIC timer 1: 36282 XT-PIC keyboard 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 5: 29033 XT-PIC eth0 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc 9: 3412 XT-PIC soundblaster 10: 0 XT-PIC usb-uhci 12: 550645 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse 14: 41990 XT-PIC ide0 15:103 XT-PIC ide1 NMI: 0 LOC: 0 ERR: 0 MIS: 0 I see no reference to my video card. I asked another list pal how theirs looked and it was the same situation. Is it normal for Mandrake 9.1 not to assign an IRQ to video, even if the motherboard's BIOS is set to do so? Do I any concerns with this, in anyone's opinion? And lastly, if Mandrake 9.1 is not using an IRQ for video, would it be safe to to tell the BIOS not to assign one? Thanks T I got one for nvidia 0: 15541109 0IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 5099 0IO-APIC-edge keyboard 2: 0 0 XT-PIC cascade 5: 2 0 IO-APIC-level bttv 8: 1 0IO-APIC-edge rtc 9:7280104 0 IO-APIC-level Audigy 10: 13254293 0 IO-APIC-level nvidia 11: 103167 0 IO-APIC-level usb-uhci, usb-uhci, ohci1394, eth0 12: 170730 0IO-APIC-edge PS/2 Mouse 14: 196167 0IO-APIC-edge ide0 15: 96313 0IO-APIC-edge ide1 NMI: 0 0 LOC: 15541351 15541349 ERR: 0 MIS: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to install Nvidia unified drivers
On 12 Jun 2003 18:05:46 -0400 ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: so call me Homer Simpson, Duh,, I was wondering,,,wheres the beer sorry, taken, if anybody is a Homer around here it's me...ask my wife! -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net 18:07:35 up 9 days, 16:11, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.00 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Galeon Flash Plug-in
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 22:43:24 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 12 Jun 2003 10:25 pm, RichardA wrote: On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 21:39:02 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 12 Jun 2003 6:01 pm, RichardA wrote: On 12 Jun 2003 15:44:04 +0200 Steven Broos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 15:00, RichardA wrote: Aren't shockwave and flash almost the same thing? The about:plugins page on my Help menu (Galeon 1.2.5) says Shockwave Flash from libflashplayer.so Richard Not sure - is there Shockwave Flash and Macromedia Flash? I'm sure that I was reading a changelog recently that said something about removing one of these and replacing it with the other. Not much help, other than it suggests that there may be an incompatibility problem if a developer found the need to change. Anne I don't know. I can do java, flash, shockwave, whatever, but the Epson URL mentioned earlier doesn't work for me. Richard I see it says x-director. I googled, and came up with this somewhat outdated quote After enabling plugins in opera and going to the test page http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/welcome/ I've found the only half of the Flash plugin works. Flash Player is ok (the bottom test), but Shockwave Flash is not ok (the top test). which suggests that there are in fact two versions. If you want to read the whole post and reply, it is at http://list.opera.com/pipermail/opera-linux/2001-October/001235.html Anne Anne, thanks for putting me right. There must not be much Shockwave stuff around, since I hadn't noticed I couldn't see it. Richard -- Registered Linux user 246658 at http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Galeon Flash Plug-in
On 12 Jun 2003 17:38:12 -0400 Technoslick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 17:25, RichardA wrote: On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 21:39:02 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 12 Jun 2003 6:01 pm, RichardA wrote: On 12 Jun 2003 15:44:04 +0200 Steven Broos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 15:00, RichardA wrote: Aren't shockwave and flash almost the same thing? The about:plugins page on my Help menu (Galeon 1.2.5) says Shockwave Flash from libflashplayer.so Richard Not sure - is there Shockwave Flash and Macromedia Flash? I'm sure that I was reading a changelog recently that said something about removing one of these and replacing it with the other. Not much help, other than it suggests that there may be an incompatibility problem if a developer found the need to change. Anne I don't know. I can do java, flash, shockwave, whatever, but the Epson URL mentioned earlier doesn't work for me. Richard I have to wonder if the Epson site is using a newer version than your plugin supports. T It's worse than that, T. As Linux users, we're barred from experiencing the wonderful world of Shockwave. We'll just have to make do with the useful part of the web. And yes, my plugin is out of date. It goes with my computer, clothes, music... Richard -- Registered Linux user 246658 at http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] VPN client
Greetings, Does anyone know if the MDK 9.1 kernel contains FreeS/WAN? I read somewhere on the FreeS/WAN site that it did, but could not find any other information. I need my machine to be VPN client. mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to install Nvidia unified drivers
JoeHill wrote: sorry, taken, if anybody is a Homer around here it's me...ask my wife! great, now you two can go vote for yourselves: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/wtwta/2959462.stm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to install Nvidia unified drivers
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:25:54 -0500 Jason Guidry [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: great, now you two can go vote for yourselves: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/wtwta/2959462.stm Done sir, thank you! -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net 18:34:08 up 9 days, 16:37, 4 users, load average: 0.07, 0.03, 0.05 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Gonna pull a Stephen
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 23:57, JoeHill wrote: This is where I strongly believe is going to be one of the places/ways that Linux is going to be part of a revolution. Linux people are by far some of the most generous and helpful people I have ever encountered. This needs to be done more and more often, I am seriously considering hooking up with my local LUG and starting to gather up all those old Pentiums sitting in people's basements collecting dust. Course all the little kiddies will be forced to use Pekwm, but hey... :D http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/11/204 Hey, that's how Macintosh made inroads into schools - Apple gaves away heaps and heaps of stuff from the mid-80's and onward - so the way to ingrain linux into the hearts of the youngsters is to do exactly that - and Microsoft won't/don't DONATE anything - they've always got a catch or a stipulation about what they do and what can happen with it or around it... Meanwhile, it might be nicer to lay ROX Desktop on them or XFCE4 instead...kids aren't window manager savvy... -- Fri Jun 13 08:40:01 EST 2003 08:40:01 up 1 day, 8:38, 3 users, load average: 1.62, 1.23, 1.07 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * What nonsense people talk about happy marriages! A man can be happy with any woman so long as he doesn't love her. -- Oscar Wilde Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] licq error
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 01:28, David Hlik wrote: How can i put Licq flower icon into KDE taskbar? Thanks RIGHT-CLICK the taskbar, choose ADD, then LAUNCHER = you should be able to locate the LICQ program in the available programs and then voila! It's now added to your taskbar/kicker. -- Fri Jun 13 08:45:01 EST 2003 08:45:01 up 1 day, 8:43, 3 users, load average: 0.85, 0.97, 0.99 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Marge: You don't have to join a freak show just because the opportunity came along. Homer: You know, Marge, in some ways you and I are very different people. Homerpalooza Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] after NVidia drivers install, how to edit xf86configfile
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 03:13, Maxim wrote: Am a bit stuck on x86config file editing, i.e. don't have a clue. I successfully installed the Nvidia driver pack, but now need to edit the x86config to run it so that I can finally boot into X rather than just the console. Maxim. Edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file - locate the part where the driver is listed as nv and change it to nvidia - then try to fire up XWindows. p.s. thanks ed tharp and stephen kuhn for last advice. Will do you the honour of reading some manulas this summer so I can move forward a little more quickly. (I'll try - but reading is something I try to force on my kids, not on myself) -- Fri Jun 13 08:45:01 EST 2003 08:45:01 up 1 day, 8:43, 3 users, load average: 0.85, 0.97, 0.99 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Marge: You don't have to join a freak show just because the opportunity came along. Homer: You know, Marge, in some ways you and I are very different people. Homerpalooza Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to install Nvidia unified drivers
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 18:34, JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:25:54 -0500 Jason Guidry [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: great, now you two can go vote for yourselves: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/wtwta/2959462.stm Done sir, thank you! done and winning by a landslide Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to install Nvidia unified drivers
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 21:29:29 -0400 Carroll Grigsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Just voted. Homer has almost 32% of the votes, leading the next highest guy by 20%! Does this mean that Mt. Rushmore is in for a makeover? Let's keep this up! Subvert the normal! Undermine authority! Waste a whole bunch of time! -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net 21:33:29 up 9 days, 19:37, 4 users, load average: 0.06, 0.07, 0.04 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] and a hearty FSCK YOU!
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 11:19, JoeHill wrote: On 12 Jun 2003 17:27:14 -0700 Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: O.K. gonna put on my tinfoil hat now. You might wanna double up the layers: http://www.itworld.com/Man/2681/030612scoultimatum/ It's rather obvious that IBM is treating this as though it's nothing more than a fleabite. As I stated before, whatever COMPANIES that want to start changing laws to make what I and you do illegal, then I'll happily be a criminal. Everyone that's been involved with any form of *nix all the way through to linux has added/changed/modified the code in some way or another. UNIX contains linux code. LINUX contains (very little) unix code. Same goes for all of 'em. It's going to be a tough prove - and with the SCO version of an NDA that's even more impossible as the NDA itself doesn't allow for truth in the matter. -- Fri Jun 13 12:05:00 EST 2003 12:05:00 up 1 day, 12:03, 3 users, load average: 0.89, 0.96, 0.94 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Officer: We've analyzed their attack, sir, and there is a danger. Should I have your ship standing by? Governor Tarkin: Evacuate? In our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Galeon Flash Plug-in
On Thursday 12 June 2003 08:43 pm, Aron Smith wrote: On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 16:35, Technoslick wrote: On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 18:20, RichardA wrote: On 12 Jun 2003 17:38:12 -0400 Technoslick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 17:25, RichardA wrote: On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 21:39:02 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 12 Jun 2003 6:01 pm, RichardA wrote: big snip T It's worse than that, T. As Linux users, we're barred from experiencing the wonderful world of Shockwave. We'll just have to make do with the useful part of the web. And yes, my plugin is out of date. It goes with my computer, clothes, music... Right awn, Brother! who needs ads in Shockwave? usually I find sites that insist on Shockwave are not worth watching. T It is a minor problem here. I do some surfing with 3 year old grandson at various kiddie sites that intermingle Flash and Shockwave stuff (mostly www.nickjr.com). Will doesn't want to hear about OSS vs proprietary, nor the evilness of all things Microsoft; he just wants to play the game. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Galeon Flash Plug-in
Carroll Grigsby wrote: It is a minor problem here. I do some surfing with 3 year old grandson at various kiddie sites that intermingle Flash and Shockwave stuff (mostly www.nickjr.com). Will doesn't want to hear about OSS vs proprietary, nor the evilness of all things Microsoft; he just wants to play the game. Where? my kid visits that site all the time, and all I have installed is java and flash. and shockwave can be had with the crossover plugin. or maybe I'm way too far behind on this thread. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Start up
On Thursday 12 June 2003 09:00 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 12 June 2003 12:41 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Thursday June 12 2003 07:31 am, Todd Slater wrote: On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 08:56:03AM +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: Which brings up another point. We often tell newbies about html, but rarely do I see any mention of how to handle sigs. If someone leaves a sig in place and replies below, it is impossible to reply correctly, as Carroll said, because everything below the '--' line disappears. Hmm, this sounds like bad design in kmail rather than a breach of etiquette. It is not difficult to imagine times when you would want to reply and include the original writer's sig. If anything, kmail should offer the option of turning off automatic deletion of the sig, or allow the user to select the text from thehttps://localhost:1/ original to be included in the reply (select text, click Reply). Sylpheed offers both options. How do other MUA's handle sigs in a reply? What else are people using--kmail, sylpheed, evolution . . .? Todd Notice before my sig the two hyphens. This is not bad design, it's a long time internet standard, that the sig is proceeded by the hyphens so that sig's are ignored by servers. If your mail reader includes sigs in replys, that are properly separated from the mesg body by the hyphens, then it's your email client that has a bad design. Kmail properly and automatically adds the hyphens before the sig. Right, this is the first I've seen or heard of a problem with sig lines. My kmail seems to read it all without a problem. Am I missing something? Nothing appears to be amiss. Dennis: They show up fine when I'm reading my mail, but KMail chops them off when I enter a reply. I don't see that as a problem -- in fact, I like it, as it saves me the chore of deleting any stuff that may get appended to the message. (After all, how many times do we need to read about the services of the Mandrake Store -- in one message?) -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] and a hearty FSCK YOU!
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 19:10, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 11:19, JoeHill wrote: On 12 Jun 2003 17:27:14 -0700 Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: O.K. gonna put on my tinfoil hat now. You might wanna double up the layers: http://www.itworld.com/Man/2681/030612scoultimatum/ It's rather obvious that IBM is treating this as though it's nothing more than a fleabite. As I stated before, whatever COMPANIES that want to start changing laws to make what I and you do illegal, then I'll happily be a criminal. Everyone that's been involved with any form of *nix all the way through to linux has added/changed/modified the code in some way or another. UNIX contains linux code. LINUX contains (very little) unix code. Same goes for all of 'em. It's going to be a tough prove - and with the SCO version of an NDA that's even more impossible as the NDA itself doesn't allow for truth in the matter. True but to the Lawyers if it has 1's and 0's in it then they are gonna claim it. and can the jury selected for technical incompatence know the difference bet you a buck that if it comes to a jury trial there will be a winnowing out of any one who even knows what 'nix is -- Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Galeon Flash Plug-in
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 19:10, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Thursday 12 June 2003 08:43 pm, Aron Smith wrote: On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 16:35, Technoslick wrote: On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 18:20, RichardA wrote: On 12 Jun 2003 17:38:12 -0400 Technoslick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 17:25, RichardA wrote: On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 21:39:02 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 12 Jun 2003 6:01 pm, RichardA wrote: big snip another big snip T It's worse than that, T. As Linux users, we're barred from experiencing the wonderful world of Shockwave. We'll just have to make do with the useful part of the web. And yes, my plugin is out of date. It goes with my computer, clothes, music... Right awn, Brother! who needs ads in Shockwave? usually I find sites that insist on Shockwave are not worth watching. T It is a minor problem here. I do some surfing with 3 year old grandson at various kiddie sites that intermingle Flash and Shockwave stuff (mostly www.nickjr.com). Will doesn't want to hear about OSS vs proprietary, nor the evilness of all things Microsoft; he just wants to play the game. -- cmg I see your problem luckily mine aka rotten kid is now 25 and is mostly into appropriating my cameras BTW I Love/hate evolution hate it because it's always losing settings ,love it because of the spell checker. __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to create a symbolic link?
- Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 05:36 Subject: Re: [newbie] How to create a symbolic link? On Thursday 12 Jun 2003 8:52 pm, g wrote: Marco Verheul wrote: Does anybody know how to create a symbolic link? marco, linux and unix have a program know as 'man', which is terse for 'manual'. definition for most all command line commands can be viewed by entering, in command line mode, either outside of x-windows, or in an x terminal window. so, any time you are wondering about a command, simply enter 'man progname'. in this case, 'man ln'. you can even enter 'man man' to get a description of how to use 'man'. Of course, the snag is that you have to know that 'ln' is the progname for making a symbolic link g Anne and that's probably where apropos comes in (see last line of included output) [EMAIL PROTECTED] sj]# apropos link cleanlinks (1x) - remove dangling symbolic links and empty directories ifplugd (8) - A link detection daemon for ethernet devices ifstatus (8) - A link beat detection tool ld (1) - Using LD, the GNU linker ld.so/ld [ld](8) - linux.so - dynamic linker/loader ldconfig (8) - determine run-time link bindings link (1) - call the link function to create a link to a file ln (1) - make links between files *remainder of apropos output snipped* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Start up
On Thursday 12 June 2003 09:32 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Thursday 12 June 2003 09:00 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 12 June 2003 12:41 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Thursday June 12 2003 07:31 am, Todd Slater wrote: On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 08:56:03AM +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: Which brings up another point. We often tell newbies about html, but rarely do I see any mention of how to handle sigs. If someone leaves a sig in place and replies below, it is impossible to reply correctly, as Carroll said, because everything below the '--' line disappears. snip How do other MUA's handle sigs in a reply? What else are people using--kmail, sylpheed, evolution . . .? Todd Notice before my sig the two hyphens. This is not bad design, it's a long time internet standard, that the sig is proceeded by the hyphens so that sig's are ignored by servers. If your mail reader includes sigs in replys, that are properly separated from the mesg body by the hyphens, then it's your email client that has a bad design. Kmail properly and automatically adds the hyphens before the sig. Right, this is the first I've seen or heard of a problem with sig lines. My kmail seems to read it all without a problem. Am I missing something? Nothing appears to be amiss. Dennis: They show up fine when I'm reading my mail, but KMail chops them off when I enter a reply. I don't see that as a problem -- in fact, I like it, as it saves me the chore of deleting any stuff that may get appended to the message. (After all, how many times do we need to read about the services of the Mandrake Store -- in one message?) -- cmg Yes, I see now, and I still don't see it as a problem. But then that's just my feel for the way things work. I'm ok with the way this works. : ) -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] alphabetizing / sorting seems screwy
Is there any way to set the default linux alphanumeric order? I can't remember from my unix days anymore, but the last several years i have happily placed _ at the beginning of filenames and directories i wanted to show up first. But that doesn't work. I have noticed it even ignores _'s in the middle of a word. And didn't files that started with . show up first, too? I have this problem with lots of apps (galeon, rox, xterms, etc). Is there any way around it? Thanks, eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] DNS with bind.
well, you have done pretty well. If I were in your boat, I'd get on google and search for gShield download it untar it and put the files in a directory called 'firewall' in /etc go in there, open the .conf file and say 'YES' to all the relevant questions (like NAT (ICS)) save the file.. and run it.. bingo.. ICS up and running... so tell me, why do you need Bind? rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of manolis Sent: Friday, 13 June 2003 5:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] DNS with bind. Hi! I fought the last week with linux options to setup my network with samba. Now it is working fine. I managed to connect my linuxpc, my winXP and two vmware machines fine the network is setuped with dhcp. the linux pc has an internet connection that I want to share. It was working fine (the ICS) one week ago, but with my efforts to setup the local connectivity, the other systems cannot use the internet anymore. facts: -I know that I must setup bind correctly. -I don't know how. -I don't want to use Mandrake Control Center (it meshed up all the conf files when I used it the last days). -I don't want to use proxy server -I don't want to drop dhcp and return to static IPs. -In general : I don't want a non working windows network again. - I am pretty newbie in linux. Any help? Or step by step method? Or idiots guide? thanks in advance manolis Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Tip of the Day
Thought I would pass this on from my Lockergnome Penguin Shell subscription: Background Commands As you probably know, running commands in the console is my preferred method. I love the flexibility the console provides in executing these commands, allowing exactly the options I need to get the job done - nothing more, nothing less. I keep very few icons on the desktop for that reason; most of the programs I run, I run from the terminal. Which all raises an issue in my daily Linux use. When I'm running several applications, all launched from the command line, I'm often left with several open terminal windows. I can minimize them while the program is running, but it's still more clutter than I like. I can jump off to another desktop, but I know the windows are still open and still there. It just disrupts my sense of order. We've talked before about one quick way to solve this problem. Using the sign at the end of a command: gkrellm will free up the window to use for another program. When you execute the command with this operator, you'll see [1] 3000 This designates the first [1] program, running in process ID 3000. With this tweak, it's likely that you can run more programs from a single window than you CPU or system can handle. I've never run that many but, theoretically, it's possible. Even this method has its drawbacks. When you log out of the console window, the program goes with it. In other words, closing the terminal also closes the program. That's probably not what you want when you've pushed a command to the background. There is, however, a way to truly push a program into the background from the terminal. Using this method, you can close the window while keeping the program running: nohup gkrellm This simple addition of six keystrokes (space included) signals the system that you'd like to run the program without a hangup option - [no][h]ang[up]. In effect, it frees the command from the terminal, allowing you to close the console without killing the program. If you love the power of the console and happen to be a desktop neat-freak like myself, you'll soon learn to love the nohup command. enjoy! -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net 00:06:28 up 9 days, 22:10, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.05, 0.03 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
