[newbie] Pine Crystal Sound Card on LM 8.0?
Dear friends: My SoundBlaster Awe64 card is apparently dead or dying. I happen to have a Pine Crystal Chipset PCI Sound Card (CS4281, 3D Spatialization, AC '97 Codec). It came with my new IBM 667 NetVista computer. Is this supported by LM 8.0? Please remember that I am still using LM 8.0. Thanks so much in advance. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] [Fwd: Re: Windows Media Player???]
Original Message Subject: Re: Windows Media Player??? Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 21:25:30 -0500 From: Jeremy White [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: CodeWeavers, Inc. To: Benjamin Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Benjamin, Forgive the quick and non public response (you're welcome to repost this yourself, I've just got to get packed for a plane trip to LinuxWorld). First, thanks for the kind words. Second, we're working on WMP, but we're concerned about licensing issues (read the EULA on WMP sometime - not good, I'm afraid). IANAL, so I'm taking some time with this one, and I'll try to put something more public up when I have a better story. Thanks, Jer Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear Jeremy: Congratulations on your new CodeWeavers plugin. Obvious question: Are you planning to include a plugin for Windows Media Player? Is that in the works? Now that would be a real coup, far more important, I think than Quicktime (though it's wonderful to have Quicktime). Please answer in the Reply to Linux Today. I am amazed that no one asked this question, and I am sure that everyone would like to know the answer to that one. Thank you. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Internet Connection -- Correction
Dear W.C. Baker: Correction below. My apologies. You are right. To connect to the Internet you need to click on the MANDRAKE CONTROL CENTER icon, Network and Internet, Connection. Don't touch the Internet Sharing button unless youa re connecting two computers. The Connection interface is quite confusing. Use the Configure wizard at the bottom right. I hope LM 8.1 will feature a more streamlined, accessible interface for all this. Benjamin On Wednesday 22 August 2001 18:50, you wrote: Hi! I very recently installed Mandrake 8.0. The internet desktop icon in KDE (and I think, in Gnome, too) does not give me a button to connect disconnect to Internet. . . I'm wondering how I can go about troubleshooting this problem. Thanks! -warren Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Internet Connection -- Correction
Dear Jamie: Yes, KPPP is fine for dial-up but to configure Cable/ADSL you need to use the Network and Internet tool. Benjamin On Thursday 23 August 2001 04:09, you wrote: Sorry, i might be missing a bit of this story, but couldnt you use KPPP? its pretty simple to configure and you should be good to go in a couple of minuites. -- Jamie -- From: Benjamin Sher[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Reply To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:22 August 2001 20:23 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Internet Connection -- Correction File: message.txt Dear W.C. Baker: Correction below. My apologies. You are right. To connect to the Internet you need to click on the MANDRAKE CONTROL CENTER icon, Network and Internet, Connection. Don't touch the Internet Sharing button unless youa re connecting two computers. The Connection interface is quite confusing. Use the Configure wizard at the bottom right. I hope LM 8.1 will feature a more streamlined, accessible interface for all this. Benjamin On Wednesday 22 August 2001 18:50, you wrote: Hi! I very recently installed Mandrake 8.0. The internet desktop icon in KDE (and I think, in Gnome, too) does not give me a button to connect disconnect to Internet. . . I'm wondering how I can go about troubleshooting this problem. Thanks! -warren Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. _ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Benjamin: Thanks! Mandrake 8.0 internet desktop iconproblem cleared up
Dear Sevega: Be glad to help, but please be more specific. Exactly what is it that you need help with. State it clearly and I'll try to help you. Benjamin On Thursday 23 August 2001 07:54, you wrote: Can you share your experience with us. How to resolve this problem? sevega -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Mandrake 8.0 internet desktop icon does not give me a button to connect disconnect to Internet. . .
Dear W.C. Baker: You are right. To connect to the Internet you need to click on the Mandrake Software Manager icon, Network and Internet, Connection. Don't touch the Internet Sharing button unless youa re connecting two computers. The Connection interface is quite confusing. Use the Configure wizard at the bottom right. I hope LM 8.1 will feature a more streamlined, accessible interface for all this. Benjamin On Wednesday 22 August 2001 18:50, you wrote: Hi! I very recently installed Mandrake 8.0. The internet desktop icon in KDE (and I think, in Gnome, too) does not give me a button to connect disconnect to Internet. . . I'm wondering how I can go about troubleshooting this problem. Thanks! -warren Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Writing from Linux to Win-NTFS
Dear friends: I recently tried to copy a directory from LM 8.0 to /mnt/windows. Unfortunately, my Windows (on my dual-boot) uses the NTFS file system and, worse, I forgot this fact when I decided to copy the directory. Konqueror proceeded to copy them. But when I went to /mnt/windows, the Linux directory that I copied was obviously not there since Linux cannot write to /mnt.windows. My question: What happened to this directory and files? Since they could not be written to the /mnt/windows partition, did they just vanish into cyberspace thin air? Or was the whole operation essentially cancelled by Konqueror? Just wondering. Thanks so much for your help. Benjamin Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Linux-Win -- Where have my backups gone?
Dear friends: This should be a pretty simple question. I think I know the answer but would appreciate an expert's confirmation: I have a dual-boot LM 8.0/Win2000Pro system. My Win2000Pro uses the NTFS File System. That means, of course, that Linux can READ NTFS files on my Win2000 partition but NOT write to them. Unfortunately, I forgot this fact when I decided to copy a bunch of files as a backup from Linux to Win2000. I used Konqueror, my File Manager, to copy these files from their Linux directories to the /mnt/windows partition. Konqueror proceeded to copy them. But when I went to /mnt/windows, the Linux directory that I copies and its files were, obviously, not there since Linux cannot write to /mnt.windows. My question: What happened to this directory and files? Since they could not be written to the /mnt/windows partition, did they just vanish into cyberspace thin air? Or was the whole operation essentially cancelled by Konqueror? Just wondering. Thanks so much for your help. Benjamin Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] set MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME?
Dear friends: I would appreciate your help (precise instructions, please) with the following message I just got when trying to install the tgz version of Galeon 0.11.3. When installing it in the home directory (home/sher), it creates a /home/sher/opt directory. It then tells me to set MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME to your mozilla directory (see below). My tgz mozilla 0.9.2+ directory is also in my home directory (/home/sher/mozilla), as is my mozilla-installer directory (/home/sher/installer. What precisely is Galeon asking me to do? [sher@localhost sher]$ cd opt [sher@localhost opt]$ ls gnome/ [sher@localhost opt]$ cd gnome [sher@localhost gnome]$ ls bin/ man/ share/ [sher@localhost gnome]$ cd bin [sher@localhost bin]$ ls galeon* galeon-bin* [sher@localhost bin]$ ./galeon Cannot find mozilla installation directory. Please set MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME to your mozilla directory [sher@localhost bin]$ My home directory: sher@localhost sher]$ ls CoffeeCup.Software/ CoffeeLinux.tar.gz* Desktop/ Documentation/ Ethiopa.html Mail/ XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-4.0.3-7mdk.i586.rpm anemon-6.html anna-sher.ldif anna-signature bakh.html ben-sher.ldif ben-signature bk2site-1.1.6-1.i386.rpm bookmarks.html bs/ bulgakov-r_island.html bulgakov-r_island.txt ch1.html dist/ etc/ eur.html galeon-0.11.3-i386-1.tgz gxanim-0.50-4mdk.i586.rpm hpbuilder-wine/ index.html install/ jre-1.3.1.i386.rpm linux-faq.pdf mimeinstall.results mozilla/ mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-installer.tar.gz mozilla-installer/ mysite/ nsmail/ office52/ opera-static-5.0-1.i386.rpm opt/ plugin130_02.trace plugin131.trace plugininstall.results projects/ public_html/ seej.html ter.html tmp/ usr/ [sher@localhost sher]$ Confused. Thank you all so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Printscreen -- How, please?
Dear friends: I can't figure out how to create a printscreen. I've been asked by Mozilla to send a printscreen of a certain page. I click on the printscreen /SysRq button above the Insert button on the keyboard. But nothing seems to happen. I don't see a printscreen file in my home directory. Just how do you do this and what kind of file are you supposed to see? Thank you so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] IBM Websphere HomePage Builder for Linux -- Opinions?
Dear friends: I've recently downloaded the IBM Websphere HomePage Builder v. 4 for Linux (60-day trial version). I would very much appreciate your opinions on this program. First, you can get the program from: http://www-4.ibm.com/software/webservers/hpbuilder/linux/download.html Here are the files: [sher@localhost IBM-HomePage]$ ls -la total 43052 drwxrwxrwx2 root root 4096 Jul 12 04:23 ./ drwxrwxrwx 20 root root 4096 Jul 12 02:39 ../ -rwxrwxrwx1 root root 8065661 Jul 9 08:31 hpb4pug.pdf* -rwxrwxrwx1 root root 19874235 Jul 9 07:39 hpbuilder-4.0-1.i386.rpm* -rwxrwxrwx1 root root 14483967 Jul 9 08:26 hpbuilder-tutorial-4.0-1.i386.rpm* -rwxrwxrwx1 root root 1638464 Jan 20 17:17 hpbuilder-wine-4.0-1.i386.rpm* [sher@localhost IBM-HomePage]$ The Websphere HomeBuilder runs a special IBM version of wine. Installation is absolutely automatic. You just rpm -Uvh the wine file, then the Websphere rpms and that's it. You then type hpbuilder as user with the appropriate argument, e.g. $hpbuilder -e brings up the Webpage editor. $hpbuilder -c starts the WebArt Designer interface. That's it. You don't have to mess with the wine file AT ALL except to install it. Once installed, the Websphere HomePage Builder automatically uses it to launch its various programs without any action on your part. Wine remains totally invisible after installation. [sher@localhost IBM-HomePage]$ hpbuilder Usage: hpbuilder [options] -a start the 'Web Animator' program -c start the 'WebArt Designer' program -e start the 'Web page editor' program -f start the 'File Transfer' program -g start online user's guide -t start the 'Multimedia Tutorial' program -u clean up temporary file -h produce this help message -v report hpbuilder version [sher@localhost IBM-HomePage]$ The program costs $69, so, if it's the right thing, it would certainly seem to me to be a reasonable price to pay and a great way to support those who support Linux, in this case, IBM. Now, this program is also available for Windows. MY QUESTION OF THE DAY: In looking over the program, which has extraordinarily extensive documentation (the User's Guide is over 250 pages long and in PDF format, to boot! -- you got to give IBM credit here), I was very impressed (as a newbie, of course) by all parts of the program. HOWEVER, the Linux version uses Netscape 4.x as its browser of choice. My question is: If you design pages using Websphere and Netscape 4.x in Linux, how will these pages look in Windows (and on the Mac)? Websphere does support the latest technologies and standards and protocols. However, and here are my two questions, will using the Linux version of Websphere with Netscape 4.x as the test browser guarantee a) that pages and sites generated with Websphere will look just like the pages generated with the Websphere for Windows version? and b) that pages and sites generated with Websphere, either for Linux or Windows, be compatible with both IE and Netscape and Mozilla in general, whatever the platform? I could ask IBM these questions and I will. However, I wanted to get the opinions of USERS. It's not just a question of $69. It's a question of an ounce of prevention... I would like to know in advance whether Websphere for Linux (and secondarily, Websphere for Windows) is the right tool for the job. I'd hate to create web sites and pages and then find out I have been using the wrong program. One thing I am sure about. I would like to avoid at all costs using any Microsoft web program like FrontPage. I have already seen what Word97 can do to a web site, and I want to stay away as far as possible from Microsoft's standards and tools. I would prefer to use a neutral tool that can handle all platforms. I think the IBM Websphere program may be just what I need. But I need confirmation from experts and users who have actually used it extensively. Thank you very much for listening and I hope to hear from you all. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Internet Configuration bug
Dear Civilme: Just wanted to report a minor but critical bug in the Internet Connection Configuration. It happens both during Install and when trying to configure Internet Connection from scratch in the Mandrake Control Center. This little bug caused me no end of confusion and agony when I first tried to configure my Internet Connection in LM 8.0. Here it is: I have two NIC cards on my system: eth0 (3c905b) and eth1 (Syslink tulip). I connect to the Internet through eth0 and my LAN then connects my computer 1 to computer 2 by means of eth1. The bug occurs if you choose to let LM 8.0 detect your NIC cards AUTOMATICALLY. In my case, it selects LAN for my configuration. That's wrong. I do not connect to the Internet on computer 1 through LAN but through DSL. When I accepted this official detection by LM 8.0 and tried (several times) to configure my LAN, I then found it impossible to install Internet Sharing. I was very confused and almost gave up on Internet Sharing. But then I decided to go against this official detection and chose DSL, which brought up BOTH eth0 and eth1, configured eth0 for my Internet Connection and completed my Install. Then, when I booted up, both eth0 and eth1 were recognized, logged into KDE and clicked on Internet (Network Monitoring), which connected me to the Internet using my ADSL eth0. Once I was online, I went into Mandrake Control Center, skipped Internet Connection altogether, went directly into Internet Sharing and used the Wizard to configure my LAN. The Wizard reported that it would set up my LAN using my eth1 (tulip). Right on the money. It then automatically downloaded and installed all the necessary files and, bingo, in seconds, my second computer was connected to the Internet using ADSL. The point is that the automatic detection thoroughly confused me. I just assumed that LM 8.0's Wizard knows better than me what ought to be configured at this staqe. And LM 8.0's Wizard in this case was DEAD WRONG. I wanted to let you know so that this bug can be fixed or else some text be added to the configuration of Internet Connection AT THIS CRITICAL JUNCTURE of the Install. That's it. All my thanks for a great job and a great distro. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Plugins for Linux -- Acrobat and ATT DjVu image plugin
Dear Joan: Dear friends: There are two plugins that you should have: You can get them (and other plugins) from Netscape by going to About Plugins under Netscape, then at the very top click on Installed plug-ins For more information on Netscape plug-ins, click here. Then select Linux as your platform. This will bring up all plugins for Linux: http://cgi.netscape.com/cgi-bin/pi_search.cgi 1) the Acrobat plugin: a MUST for libraries. You can get it from Netscape or preferably the Mandrake rpm from http://www.rpmfind.net along with the Mandrake rpm for Acrobat itself: acroread-4.0.5-4mdk.i586.rpm* acroread-nppdf-4.0.5-4mdk.i586.rpm* 2) a special, fascinating plugin for Linux that will interest your librarians: It's called the AT T Dejavu plugin (no relation to Usenet DejaNews). It allows you to view a phenomenal collection of documents at the At T Collection. Installation is a snap. It's called: ATT Labs DjVu Plug-In (Version 3.2.5) for displaying compressed DjVu images The file is: djvu_lin.tar.gz* tar -xzf djvu_lin.tar.gz* Then go into the new directory and as root or user: [sher@localhost npdjvu-3.2.5.3]$ ls README.txt* install* install.log* [sher@localhost npdjvu-3.2.5.3]# ./install (be sure your Netscape-Communicator or Navigator is OPEN. That's it. The At T DjVu library is located online at: http://www.att.com (note the URL) http://www.djvu.att.com/wid/index.html I would suggest again first taking care of all Netscape plugins, then copying them to Mozilla (remembering NOT to overwrite any plugins already in Mozilla (e.g. the Java plugins), then checking the Scan for Netscape plugins in Konqueror's Settings. OK, that's it for now. Best wishes. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Run-on lines, overlap of text -- footnote
Dear friends: I have a problem with Mozzila and Galeon that's driving me batty: run that run on from one column to the next or letters on a single lines that overlap each other (as if they were piled up on each other). I have just reinstalled LM 8.0 and I had used Mozilla 0.9.2/Galeon 0.11.1 (both are mdk files) in my earlier installation and everything was fine. This seems to have infected, to a lesser or greater degree, every site I view, either with Galeon 0.11.1 or Mozilla 0.9.2. For example, the home page of The New York Times, a Google search and even the Galeon home pagem, which looks horrid. This is essentially ruining my web experience. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. What is going on here or what am I doing wrong or how can I fix this? Thanks so very much. Benjamin
[newbie] Run-on lines, overlap of text -- II
Dear friends: For the record, I have tried to change and manipulate fonts in Mozilla and Galeon. Switched from Mozilla TT to Adobe for all fonts and nothing works. Exact same distortion occurs in all cases. Just can't figure this out. Thanks so much. Benjamin
[newbie] Mozilla/Galeon font mess report -- Need help
Dear friends: Using Mozilla 0.9.2/Galeon 0.11.1 on LM 8.0. I have spent the past several hours trying to troubleshoot the mangled text problem in Mozilla and Galeon and have come up with only one clue: Both Mozilla and Galeon have an option for using your own fonts EXLUSIVELY (just as Netscape does). First, I would appreciate it if you could confirm the situation at your end. Do any of you have the same problem. But please read below before you check. The point is (and I hope I am right on this) that your fonts should work perfectly with the option that allows Web documents to use ANY of your fonts, not just the ones you specify. If you specify your own fonts and you have chosen the appropriate fonts (proportional or fixed), all your pages will look perfect, but you Web will also look somewhat monotonous. One site will suffice for comparison purposes, namely: Galeon's home page: http://galeon.sourceforge.net/ In Netscape 4.x, the options (also under Edit, Preferences) are: 1) Use your own fonts, overriding document-specified fonts. 2) Use document-specified fonts -- disable Dynamic fonts. 3) Use document-specified fonts -- including Dynamic fonts. I have just checked carefully to make sure that option no. 3 is checked in Netscape. It is. That means the web pages in Netscape are accesssing, in addition to your selected fonts, any other fonts it needs. I checked Galeon's site (and a Google search and the N.Y. Times home page -- checking especially for properly aligned columns without run-on lines or overlapped characters), and everything looks perfect. In Mozilla the option is for: Allow documents to use other fonts. If you check this off, Mozilla (at least my current installation of Mozilla on my new reinstall of LM 8.0 --never happened before) displays the distortions I mentioned above. If you uncheck this option, then Mozilla will display everything perfectly (See Netscape option 1 -- Use your own fonts). In Galeon, the option under Settings, Fonts is: Always use these fonts. The results are exactly the same as for Mozilla. And it doesn't matter what fonts you choose or what sizes, whether Type 1 or True Type (so long as you choose proportional (variable) or fixed (mono) as required. The page(s) in question appear perfect in Netscape 4.x even with the option to allow for document-specified fonts. But they look distorted in Mozilla 0.9.2 and identically so in Galeon 0.11.1. By the way, everything looks fine in Mozilla for Windows (i.e. allow documents to use other fonts is checked.) I had been using Mozilla 0.9.2/Galeon 0.11.1 for weeks without any such distortions. For some reason, after this latest reinstall of LM 8.0, I noticed this problem in Mozilla and Galeon. Everything else seems to be working just fine in LM. Unfortunately, Mozilla/Galeon is my gateway to the Web, so this apparently minor issue becomes a major one. I have tried to uninstall mozilla and galeon, remove the configuration folders from my home directory, etc. However, other than the clue above, I have no idea what's going on. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] RealPlayer8 Mozilla ?
Dear Joan: You are right! There is a bug in Mozilla 0.9.2 that will not allow direct playing of RealPlayer even if you install the audio/x-pn-realaudio and audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin and all the other mime types correctly. You have one of two options: 1) You can access RealPlayer indirectly. That is, when it asks you whether you want to open it, go through the usual routine, i.e. go backwards in your file structure, up /usr, then to X11R6, then to bin, then to realplay. You would have to do this every time. However, once you have found your radio station, you can usually click on the listed station in RealPlayer, File, where there is a list of recently opened stations (you can have up to 10 such entries (see Preferences in RealPlayer). 2) You can and should try Galeon. Get it from Mandrake Cooker (0.11.1-1mdk). It runs with Mandrake Mozilla (Mozilla 0.9.2-4mdk, also from Cooker). It will allow you to set the mime types and play them automatically. Besides, Galeon is a fabulous browser. See http://galeon.sourceforge.net Benjamin On Thursday 12 July 2001 20:18, you wrote: Hi! I haven't been able to run RealPlayer8 from Mozilla 0.9-2... i've installed mime types as described by Romanator for Netscape and verified there were the same files in the plugins' directory as there were in Netscape's. Am i missing something or may be it's not possible under Mozilla? Thanks!! ;) -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: quinir Joan.Tur.pagina.de www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] How to install EVERYTHING on LM 8.0?
Dear friends: This may seem like a trivial question, but it's been driving me crazy. I have to reinstall LM 8.0, and, for the life of me, I can't find any option to INSTALL EVERYTHING. One click of the mouse and you just install everything on LM 8.0 (at least the 2 CD version, which totals 3.6 gig, I believe). Red Hat 5.2 used to have that option. You could just select Everything, relax, go for a walk, walk on your hands, whatever. You didn't have to THINK about what to download and what not. I switched to Mandrake after Red Hat 6.0 so i don't know whether that option is still available in Red Hat. However, I can't help but wonder whether a) such an option does exist buried somewhere deep within LM 8.0 or b) whether there is no such option at all, and if not, then, by God, why not? I don't mean selecting groups of programs or sets or parts of sets. I mean clicking on an option that says: INSTALL EVERYTHING, every file and byte on these CD's. After installation, you can aquaint yourself with all the goodies in LM 8.0, but why force the user to have to THINK about what's on those CD's before installation. Just get it on the hard drive first, get LM 8.0 fully installed and then you can enjoy leisurely exploring its riches. Does any of this make sense to you all? Has anyone ever wondered about this. I mean, even if you have a 20 Gig hardrive, you won't be able to, you can't install all of LM in one go. There is no option for it. Am I right? I certainly hope I am wrong. I sure could use such an option right now before I go really batty. Thanks so much for listening. Looking forward to your answers. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] koffice 1.1/KDE 2.1.1 must be rebuilt from src.rpm!
Dear Dennis and friends: I did a thorough search for this libkdeprint.so.0 file using Google. I am quite familiar with this process and have done this before. In this case, it turns out that the answer in on KDE's site: the file is part of libkdeprint, and this library is only available as part of KDE 2.2. Otherwise, if you are using KDE 2.1.1, KDE recommends that you rebuild it from source (i.e. src.rpm). The file is available on Mandrake's Cooker, but after downloading it, I found myself with another 5 or 6 failed dependencies that had to be satisfied before koffice 1.1 src.rpm could be rebuilt. I think I'll just wait for KDE 2.2 to come out in the fall. Thanks so much. Benjamin On Wednesday 04 July 2001 19:16, you wrote: On Wednesday 04 July 2001 08:23 pm, you wrote: Dear friends: [root@localhost sher]# rpm -Uvh koffice-1.1-0.beta3.3mdk.i586.rpm error: failed dependencies: libkdeprint.so.0 is needed by koffice-1.1-0.beta3.3mdk [root@localhost sher]# Please, what's this all about? How do I satisfy this dependency, please, so I can install Mandrake's own koffice beta 3 file? Thank you so much. Benjamin Benjamin, if you do a search on rpmfind.net using the libkdeprint.so.0 parameter above, it will locate the package that that file is in and you can either download it from the internet or find it on your cd set. Hope this helps. -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Linux Fragmentation -- Is the Unthinkable already here?
Dear friends: If Microsoft were to cook up a plan to cause Linux to disappear in a virtual Tower of Babel it could scarcely be more effective than that which has been adopted by distributions on their own, voluntarily. This is from an article by Dennis E. Powell in Linuxtoday (June 27, 2001) (www.linuxtoday.com) entitled Separated by a Common Operating System. What do our experts (and newbies) think? If this is true, then is Linux not in deep trouble? A longer quote from the article follows: This column started out in the hope of comparing Progeny with SuSE; that fell apart when I realized that Progeny's take on things, inherited from the Debian to which I understand it remains true, is just too different from the RPM-based-distributions' way of doing things for me to learn it in a short time. What I went on to discover, though, is that the lumping together of RPM-based distros really can't be done, either. They are beset by incompatibilities such that they might as well be different operating systems (with some exceptions for people who compile their own stuff, presuming that they remember to install the -devel version of everything, which is also ridiculous). Knowledge of one distribution has little to do with any other distribution. This sort of thing occasionally results in indignant howls, as when Red Hat shipped gcc-2.96. Usually, though, it goes largely unnoticed. But it has its effect, and that is confusion among prospective users. Not long ago, if you got a Linux distribution you got Debian, Slackware, or something else, and the something elses were largely interchangeable as to what they installed -- the differences were in installation and configuration tools, the newness of the stuff included, and what applications were provided. Upgrading was fairly simple, because an RPM for one would probably work for all. And Linux desktop use grew. Now incompatibilities are being introduced hand over fist, as distributions fight for a bigger and bigger piece of a diminishing pie, until oneday one will own all of nothing. Does this do anything useful for the distributions, users, Linux, anybody? Well, no. And while I've singled SuSE out because it's the one where I've most recently encountered this nonsense, no distribution is exempt. If Microsoft were to cook up a plan to cause Linux to disappear in a virtual Tower of Babel it could scarcely be more effective than that which has been adopted by distributions on their own, voluntarily. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Thanks for input on Kword
Dear friends: My deep thanks for participating in my informal survey of opinions on Kword. Looks like there is quite a diversity of opinion here. Either way, I do look forward to Koffice 1.1 with the new Kword. Then, we'll be in a better position to judge where Kword is going and how successful it is. Thanks so much again. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] TT fonts in Konqueror -- Failure?
Dear friends: Am I missing something or is it not the case that the same True Type fonts that look (and print) so beautifully in Netscape 4.x and Mozilla (I have a dual-boot LM 8.0/Win98) fail in Konqueror? I have tried every trick in the book (increasing the size of all the Konqueror browser fonts to Large and Huge) and still the results are very disappointing (using the N.Y. Times home page as a yardstick for comparison) compared to Netscape/Mozilla, where they are in every sense equal to the True Type fonts in Windows. By the way, the same goes for Kword's use of True Type fonts. If you increase the zoom size to 130%, Kword will render the True Type fonts with great beauty and elegance, and the printing will be just as fabulous. Why is it, may I ask, that some applications in Linux use the True Type fonts and some don't? And why is that Kword makes the TT fonts look so good, while Konqueror, from my experience, fails at this key function? I hope a Konqueror developer is listening. If I am wrong, I would like to be corrected. If I am right, I hope this problem is resolved soon. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Kword 1.0 survey -- Solid? Reliable? Feature-rich?
Dear friends: Just taking an informal survey as I consider switching from StarOffice to Kword (the current Kword 1.0 version in LM 8.0, NOT the latest Koffice 1.1 beta). What's your verdict? Is Kword 1.0 reliable? Solid? feature-rich? Are you happy with it? If so, did you switch from StarOffice or another word processing to Kword? I personally like it a great deal but have had little experience with it. So, before I make any commitment to it, it would be good to know what you folks think of it. Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] True Type Fonts in StarOffice5.2?
Dear friends: I have a dual-boot LM 8.0/Win98 SE. Thanks to Mandrake, I've been using True Type fonts in Netscape and Mozilla since LM 7.1. Question: Is there any way to use these True Type fonts in StarOffice 5.2? StarOffice's print fonts are fine. They look very good indeed. But its screen fonts are atrocious. Can anything be done about this? Thank you. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] OT: anybody using bellsouth and understand the....
Dear s: I used to be a Bellsouth ADSL customer -- for 2 years. They are extremely unreliable. Forget Bellsouth and switch to Earthlink/Mindspring's Covad ADSL. Covad is available through their affiliates (Mindspring/Covad, Juno/Covad, etc.). I highly, no, VERY HIGHLY recommend Covad, especially Mindspring/Covad (which is now a subsidiary of Earthlink). Extraordinarily reliable, solid, never or almost never goes down (with 25 free hours of dial-up in case it does. Only had to use it once in 4 months). Price: $40 per month. Speed: 1,250 or even 1,300 downstream (you heard it right: 1,250-1,300 downstream), 315 upstream. Twice as fast as Juno/Covad. Linux is supported unofficially. No problem. I also use Internet Sharing connect our two compturers using LM 8.0's new Internet Sharing (see my message on this posted earlier). Go Mindspring! Go Covad! And, oh, I forgot, FREE INSTALLATION (you pay up front, you get a full refund after it's installed). Hardware? Free modem, cables, free NIC card. You can't beat that. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Copy *.* to *.bak -- how?
Dear friends: Let's say I have the following files: File1 File2 File3 etc. Now, normally to make a backup copy of each, I would do the following: cp File1 File1.bk cp File2 File2.bk cp File3 file3.bk etc. My question: Is there a SINGLE command that would allow me to create backups for hundreds of files within a directory at one blow, that is, so as to create the series of backups above: File1 File1.bk File2 File2.bk File3 file3.bk etc. In other words, is there a command that would allow me to do this all at once from within a directory rather than manually copy each file one at a time? Thanks so very much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Waiting for Mozilla 0.9
Dear friends: Any news as yet of when Mandrake will release their version of the latest Mozilla 0.9? Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] LM 8.0 halt bug -- Fortin's Solution
Dear friens: Thanks to the great troubleshooting efforts of Pierre Fortin, we have a new halt file to replace the /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt file IN CASE YOU HAVE HAD A PROBLEM SHUTTING DOWN YOUR SYSTEM. If your shutdown works fine, i.e. without any error messages, with all OK check marks and ending properly with all filesystems unmounted (System halted), then skip this. This bug may or may not affect all LM 8.0 users. It was a serious problem for me. So, it may affect your system, too. My system consists of an AMD K6-2, 400 MHz, 128 megs of RAM and LM 8.0. On the other hand, if you have a problem with shutdown, try Fortin's modified version of halt. This new halt file also takes into consideration any supermount you might have in /etc/fstab (usually /mnt/cdrom, /mnt/floppy and /mnt/zip) The problem seems to have something to do with LM 8.0's /boot partition. This may involve a kernel bug, according to Fortin. Before you do anything, rename the halt file that's on your system (just in case) as follows: [init.d]#mv halt halt.old WHERE TO GET THE NEW HALT FILE: You can get the new halt file at: http://www.pfortin.com/ (bottom of page) First, cd to /etc/rc.d/init.d/ To save it, hold the SHIFT key while clicking on the halt link and choose Save as. The file name will appear in your browser. After saving it, open up a console or xterm and copy the file as follows: [home/user]#cp halt /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt Now, you MUST change the permissions on the file as follows: [init.d]#chmod 755 halt Or, from your home directory: [user/home]#chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt (Either way will work) NOW REBOOT to allow the new changes to take effect. Ignore any error messages at this point. After you reboot to the console (runlevel 3) or directly to your GUI (KDE, Gnome, etc), insert a zip cartridge into your zip drive, a floppy into your floppy drive and a CD into your cd drive (yes, all simultaneously). Now, test the new halt script by shutting down your system with: #shutdown -h now The shutdown should be perfect with all green OK and you should be able to see the new script unmount each partition INDIVIDUALLY: DEBUG: Unmounting /home OK DEBUG: Unmounting /zip OK DEBUG: Unmounting /floppy OK DEBUG: Unmounting /cdrom OK DEBUG: Unmounting /boot OK etc. The script should end with either just the last line above (Unmounting /boot OK) or else with System halted or with Power down. Now, be sure you remove your floppy (if your floppy is, as usual, the first drive indicated in your BIOS). Fortin's halt script should also work better with rebooting your system (Cnt+Alt+Del or shutdown -r now). Automatica rebooting on my system does not always work. The majority of times it does. But sometimes it doesn't. That is, on occasion, it hangs on Please stand by while Linux reboots... Fortin's halt script doesn't fully solve the reboot issue. However, when you manually power down and then power up and reboot, you should have a perfect reboot without any error messages (all green check marks, no cleanly unmounted, check forced messages which need to be fixed (with red check marks). Instead, you should see /hda1 clean (hda1 is my /boot partition). The same thing happens after a proper shutdown. When you power up, your bootup should be perfect with all green check marks and hda1 clean (or whatever your /boot partition is called). That's how you can tell that the new halt script is working properly. All the best. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Screensaver won't work -- Solution
Dear Klar: My thanks to a fellow list member for this. Someone wrote me to tell me how to do it. You have to activate xscreensaver by typing in the console: xscreensaver-demo This activates the screensaver demon. Now select your screensaver. Close console. Go to KDE Control Center, Look n Feel, screensaver, choose your screensaver and configure it. Try it by setting the time to 1 minute. It should work. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Software Manager -- How to update?
Dear friends: I've tried the new Software Manager in LM 8.0 with the intention of updating (the old MandrakeUpdate). My apologies if I am just blind, but repeated attempts at updating have failed. I do not see any FTP addresses or any instructions on how to perform the update. Could someone please provide simple step-by-step instructions on how to update LM 8.0 from the Internet? I wouldn't be surprise if others are having the same problem. I am sure we would all appreciate this help. Thank you so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Software Manager -- How to update?
Dear Charles and friends: Thanks a million, Charles!!! You've done a good deed in giving us the instructions for using the new LM 8.0 Sofware Manager (icon on desktop). I've been using Linux for three years now and have lots of experience running Linux, beginning with Red Hat 5.2 and then running Mandrake from version 6.1 on, including MandrakeUpdate in every version including LM 7.2. This new Sofware Manager is first-rate, no question about it. I just used Charles' instructions and they work beautifully. Congrats to Mandrake for a superior new Software Manager (MandrakeUpdate). It's too bad Mandrake did not see fit to include simple instructions for the user. There is no Help file. You are on your own. My thanks again to Charles for the instructions. What a shame that Mandrake couldn't see the obvious need to add Instructions on how to use the Software Manager. What does it take, folks? Is this any way to win over Windows users? Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] LM 8.0 -- MandrakeUpdate, Drakfont -- Where?
Dear friends: Where in the world is MandrakeUpdate in LM 8.0, please? And Drakfont? Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Urgent! Xserver broken -- Help!
Dear friends: I seem to have hit a minor snag, but I have no idea how to get out it. I would really appreciate your help. I am using LM 7.2 with KDE 2.1.1. I tried to download Ximiam Gnome 1.4 (which allows for installation on LM 7.2). After downloading and configuration, I encountered a host of installation errors (after the install process was finished). So, I decided to go back to Gnome 1.2. I reinstalled the six Gnome files that I had to UNinstall prior to trying to install Ximiam 1.4. When doing a rpm -qa | grep gnome I see that all my old Gnome 1.2 files are there. When doing rpm -qa | grep kde I see that all my KDE 2.1.1mkd files are there. After rebuilding my rpm database (#rpm --rebuilddb) and updating my menus (update-menus -v), both of which were successful and rebooting, I logged into KDE 2.1.1 without a hitch. But something has since gone wrong, and I can't figure it out. I tried to remove my .Xauthority file in my home directory and allow a new .Xauthority to be created. Well, a new .Xauthority file was created but I still cannot log into X (any X gui, I have tried startx, startx KDE, startx Gnome, startxfce, all to no avail. Nothing seems to work). I am stuck forever in the console. By the way, all of the files in my home directory (ls -la | more) show belong to me (sher) rather than root, including .Xauthority. Below is the error message I get in the console every time I try to log into KDE with startx (or any other command for any other gui): BEGIN The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: Error: Bad length in Symbols Output file /var/tmp/server-0.xkm removed. Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the Xserver Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap _Font TransSocket UNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 failed to set default font path 'Unix/:-1' Fatal server error: Could not open default font 'fixed' X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). END Would really appreciate your help. I just don't understand enough of what's going on to fix this. Thank you in advance. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Urgent! Xserver broken -- footnote
Dear friends: Just checked. I can't get startx to work either as root or user. Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Xserver broken -- Still broken
Dear friends: Unfortunately, when I type the command #service xfs restart I get FAILED. Similarly, when I type #/etc/rc.d/init.d/./xfs restart I also get FAILED. Same thing happens whether I type the command as user or root. And the same also for the command startx as user or root. When I type /etc/rc.d/init.d/./xfs status I get xfs is dead, but pid file exists. When I reboot, I get green OK check marks for everything, including Restarting X font Server. I feel trapped in the console and have no idea what the problem is or how to solve it. Thanks so very much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Replicated CD -- what is it?
Dear friends: Simple question: What is a replicated CD and what is it contrasted with or opposed to? Thank you. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Replicated CD -- what is it?
Dear friends: Simple question: What is a "replicated CD" and what is it contrasted with or opposed to? Thank you. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Looking for RealPlayer 7 (Seven)
Dear friends: I recently installed the RealPlayer 8 .bin version for Linux. I also installed all the plugins and mimetypes (sh mimetypes.sh and sh plugins.sh). Everything installed perfectly. However, I've noticed problems with RealPlayer 8. The broadband screen is half the size it should be (and no zoom option is available). Or else certain embedded files do not work or do not work properly. Obviously, the RealPlayer 8 rpm won't work on LM 7.2. This is ironic. I used to have RealPlayer 7. I foolishly deleted it from my web site storage place when I installed RealPlayer 8. Would someone happen to still have a copy of the RealPlayer 7 rpm? If so, may I ask if you could send me a copy by email attachment? I would really appreciate it. But, before you do it, PLEASE contact me FIRST by regular email. I'll let you know if I still need it. Thank you so very much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Moziilla 0.8.1 --NEW -- RH6 RPMS!
Dear friends: The RH6 RPMS for Mozilla 0.8.1 have just been released. I just installed them. they are for the i386 build, NOT the i586 build, but they installed PERFECTLY, without any error messages, and Mozilla 0.8.1 is so far working very, very well. So, for us LM72 users, at least until LM 8.0 comes out, this version of Mozilla may be the best and safest. The Texstar i586 rpms (based on the Cooker i586 version) yield the infamous "runtime mismatch, so leaking context" error message, which, as it turned out, was no laughing matter. At least, from my experience, the Texstar i586 Mozilla kept crashing and freezing until I had to get rid of it. OK, here is the URL for the spanking new RH6 i386 rpms for Mozilla 0.8.1 http://people.redhat.com/blizzard/software/RH6/RPMS/i386/ mozilla-0.8.1-2.i386.. 09-Apr-2001 19:09 6.8M mozilla-chat-0.8.1-2.. 09-Apr-2001 19:0981k mozilla-devel-0.8.1-.. 09-Apr-2001 19:06 2.3M mozilla-mail-0.8.1-2.. 09-Apr-2001 19:09 1.3M mozilla-psm-0.8.1-2... 09-Apr-2001 19:09 599k Yours, Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Rebuilding an src.rpm file
Dear Mark and friends: Forgot to mention: [After you have rebuilt your rpms from your src.rpm, just use them as you would any RPMS. You might wish to uninstall any other rpms that are built for a different category and then install your new, customized RPMS. -- Benjamin] Rebuilding an src.rpm package is the easiest thing in the world. Download the src.rpm package, then, as root , type in xterm: #rpm --rebuild mozilla-0.8.1.src.rpm (or whatever the name of the file). Make sure the file ends in "src.rpm", not "rpm." You can also add the target build for your system: rpm --rebuild mozilla-0.8.1.src.rpm --target=i586 You should replace "i586" by whatever your system demands. Remember that AMD K6 systems are really i586, NOT i686 as they claim. You can try it first without the target setting and, if necessary, try it again with the target setting. There is NOTHING else to be done. Just wait. It could take an hour or two or three or many more depending on what you are rebuilding, on how big the files is. If all goes well, your rebuilding will end with a return to the prompt and with NO error messages. You then go to /usr/src/ to find your RPM file, that is, the rpm file you just built for your own system. All such rebuilt rpms are auotomatically stored in: [sher@sher07 sher]$ cd /usr/src/RPM/RPMS [sher@sher07 RPMS]$ ls i386/ i486/ i586/ i686/ k6/ noarch/ [sher@sher07 RPMS]$ Go into any of these builds and look for your files. It should be stored in whatever your system build category is. But, if not, try them all to be sure. They should be in one of these categories. Benjamin
[newbie] upgrade RPM 3 to 4 -- Where?
Dear friends: I recently heard that Red Hat has produced a special RPM package that will allow Red Hat 6 users (who use rpm version 3 to upgrade packages that are built with rpm version 4). If so, does anyone know where I can find this information, and, more importantly, what is the opinion of Mandrake experts on whether such an rpm "upgrade" would work in Mandrake 7.2? Thank you so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] RH 6 src.rpm for Mozilla 0.8.1 -- URL!
Dear friends: If you would like to download the Red Hat 6 src.rpm file for the recent Mozilla 0.8.1 of March 26 (compatible with LM72), go to: http://people.redhat.com/blizzard/software/RH6/SRPMS/ The exact name of the file is: mozilla-0.8.1-1.src.rpm 06-Apr-2001 02:10 29.9M This will allow you to rebuild the src.rpm as your own full suite of mozilla files (mozilla, mozilla-psm, mozilla-mail, mozilla-developer). If you have an AMD K6-2 as I do, you will be able to rebuild the RH file as i586 files. I have been told that performance should dramatically improve and you should (I hope) have no error messages. To rebuild the src.rpm file and produce the four or five mozilla rpms, type in xterm as root: #rpm --rebuild mozilla-0.8.1-1.src.rpm Be prepared to tak a LONG break. It will take a good two hours or more to rebuild the RH source file. I mention this partly because, in spite of assurance to the contrary, the Texstar rpm version of mozilla 0.8.1 (rebuilt from the Cooker directory, which uses rpm version 4) yielded the error messages: "runtime mismatch, so leaking context." I am not a programmer, just an ordinary user, but when I tried to use the Texstar mozilla 0.8.1, it repeatedly crashed or froze. I was very unhappy and went right back to mozilla 0.8 (also available on the Texstar site -- and the 0.8 version worked very well). You might wish to bookmark the Red Hat site for future versions of Mozilla, especially the long-awaited upcoming "recommended beta" version .9 and, then, of course, version 1.0. Yours, Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] RH6 Mozilla src.rpm fails
Dear David: Thanks so much for writing. Well, I tried to rebuild the RH6 mozilla 0.8.1 src.rpm again, this time with a --target=i586 and failed again at exactly the same point JSHTMLPreElement.pp nsJSHTMLPreElement.cpp make[3]: *** [nsJSHTMLPreElement.o] Error 1 make[2]: *** [install] Error 2 make[1]: *** [install] Error 2 make: *** [install] Error 2 Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.89735 (%build) [root@sher07 sher]# Question: If I build the tarball from the source tarball at mozilla, can I then uninstall it? Or if I want to upgrade later, can I do that? How do you UNINSTALL a mozilla tarball that you built from the tarball or gunzip or bzip source file? Thank you so much. Benjamin
[newbie] Kmail print fonts -- too small!!!
Dear friends: I like Kmail a lot, but, as is often the case, a simple feature or lack of it, can be an insurmountable obstacle. And, in this case, it may be that I am just missing something. I have been learning how to configure Kmail (and KDE 2.1.1 in general). Amazing what you can do. For example, I had no idea you can change the fonts in KDE, almost anywhere. No need to accept the font sizes or typefaces anywhere. You can change them in Control Center, Look Feel, Fonts, etc. I learned to change the SCREEN fonts in Kmail receive and send messages. Very pleased. However, no matter what I do, I find it impossible to change the PRINT fonts in Kmail. I have two "locally connected" printers listed under Kmail, Print (Okipage 10e, my printer) and lp printer. Using other one produces a printed page in tiny font sizes, absolutely unacceptably tiny. You can barely read them. On the other hand, the same printer produces wonderful print quality and font sizes in Netscape Messenger. Am I missing something? Surely, there must be an answer to this in Kmail. Thank you so kindly. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] KDE 2.1.1 + Mozilla 0.8.1 for LM72
Dear friends: Just wanted to pass on the good news that KDE 2.1.1 (the upgrade from KDE 2.1) is now available in i586 rpm format from: http://texstar.dyn.dhs.org All of these i586 rpms (just issued on April 7) have been built from the Cooker site and made available on LM72 (i.e. using our version 3.0 rpm instead of the version 4 rpm required for Cooker's i586 rpms. Another big news item: The new Mozilla 0.8.1 files have also just been made available as i586 rpms for LM72. But please remember: these are UNsupported rpms. They are NOT supported officially by Mandrake. Yours, Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] WARNING: Forget KDE 2.1.1 from Texstar!
Dear friends: My deep apologies. I assumed that the KDE 2.1.1 files (and the Mozilla 0.8.1 files) at Texstar (http://texstar.dyn.dhs.org), which claims be an exclusively LM72 rpm site, would have produced rpms that work with LM72's rpm version 3.0 and that they would also supply rpms for all dependencies. That's why I didn't even bother to test their KDE 2.1.1 before making my announcement. Furthermore, while their Mozilla 0.8 (based on the Feb. 17, 2001 version) installs and works perfectly (except for Mozilla's fonts bug in Preferences), their Mozilla 0.8.1 installs with two major error messages, neither of which I understand: 1) runtime mismatch 2) leaking context I've therefore aborted installation of both KDE 2.1.1 and Mozilla 0.8.1. Perhaps Texstar is not aware of the rpm incompatibility issue (LM72 uses rpm version 3, LM-8, i.e. Cooker, uses rpm version 4). My apologies again. Yours, Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] WARNING: Forget KDE 2.1.1 from Texstar!
Dear Stan: Could you please send us a copy of your TexStar KDE 2.1.1 directory of rpms and a second directory of DEP (any dependencies which you had to install prior to installing KDE 2.1.1? This would be a great help, indeed. Thank you so much. Benjamin On Sunday 08 April 2001 01:04, you wrote: I just installed the KDE 2.1.1 rpms from texstar without a hitch on 7.2. Works fine here. Stan - Original Message - From: "Benjamin Sher" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Newbie" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 3:28 PM Subject: [newbie] WARNING: Forget KDE 2.1.1 from Texstar! -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] KDE 2.1.1 for LM72 -- Success After All!
Dear friends: Well, looks like I was wrong again. But this time it's a pleasant surprise. Let's go back to the KDE 2.1.1 upgrade for LM72 site from Texstar at: http://texstar.dyn.dhs.org This site has i586 rpms for LM72 that will allow you to upgrade your current KDE to the final version 2.1.1 I just sucessfully upgraded my KDE 2.1 to KDE 2.1.1 using the instructions and files at Texstar. See my instructions and explanation below. All of these i586 rpms (just issued on April 7) have been built from the Cooker site and made available on LM72 (i.e. using our version 3.0 rpm instead of the version 4 rpm required for Cooker's i586 rpms. Another big news item: The new Mozilla 0.8.1 files have also just been made available as i586 rpms for LM72. But please remember: these are UNsupported rpms. They are NOT officially supported by Mandrake. INSTRUCTIONS: I'll take the blame for my share of the responsiblity for misleading everybody earlier (not once but twice) but the author of Texstar should take his share of the blame, too. When you arrive at Texstar, AVOID any links on the main screen (FTP or HTTP links, etc.). That was my mistake earlier. This is NOT the entrance to the KDE 2.1.1 files. Instead, look at the top left corner of the screen. You will see a penguin (that is NOT a link but should be one). Right below it you will find the link you want: Pclinuxonline. As you can see, it is underlined. Click on it. Now look for the section pertaining to KDE 2.1.1 for LM72. First, download the two freetype2 files freetype2-2.0.2-1mdk.i586.rpm freetype2-devel-2.0.2-1mdk.i586.rpm and install them first. Then create a KDE-2.1.1 directory and download all the files INDIVIDUALLY. I don't think there is any other way. Here is what my directory looks like. I call it KDE-FINAL: [sher@sher07 sher]$ cd KDE-FINAL [sher@sher07 KDE-FINAL]$ ls XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.0.3-1.1mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-4.0.3-1.1mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.0.3-1.1mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-Xnest-4.0.3-1.1mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-Xvfb-4.0.3-1.1mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-4.0.3-1.1mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-devel-4.0.3-1.1mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-doc-4.0.3-1.1mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-glide-module-4.0.3-1.1mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-libs-4.0.3-1.1mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-server-4.0.3-1.1mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-static-libs-4.0.3-1.1mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-xfs-4.0.3-1.1mdk.i586.rpm arts-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdeadmin-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdebase-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdebase-devel-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdebase-devel-static-libraries-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdebase-nsplugins-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdegames-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdegames-devel-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdegraphics-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdegraphics-devel-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdelibs-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdelibs-devel-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdelibs-devel-static-libraries-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdelibs-sound-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdelibs-sound-devel-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdemultimedia-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdemultimedia-devel-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdenetwork-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdenetwork-devel-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdepim-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdepim-devel-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdesdk-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdesdk-devel-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdesupport-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdesupport-devel-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdetoys-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdetoys-devel-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdeutils-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdeutils-devel-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdevelop-1.4.1-1mdk.i586.rpm kdoc-2.1.1-1mdk.noarch.rpm koffice-2.0.1-7mdk.i586.rpm koffice-devel-2.0.1-7mdk.i586.rpm libarts2-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm libarts2-devel-2.1.1-1mdk.i586.rpm libqt2-2.3.0-2mdk.i586.rpm libqt2-devel-2.3.0-2mdk.i586.rpm qt2-Xt-2.3.0-2mdk.i586.rpm qt2-designer-2.3.0-2mdk.i586.rpm qt2-static-libraries-2.3.0-2mdk.i586.rpm [sher@sher07 KDE-FINAL]$ Now, after installing the 2freetype2 files, install the KDE files (all 53 of them, 120.1 meg) as follows: #rpm -Uvh --nodeps --replacefiles *.rpm When I first did an rpm -Uvh *.rpm I got an error message telling me that there was one failed dependency, namely, that kdesu was not installed. That's not true because kdesu is included in kde-base (and is not available separately in LM72). So, there are NO failed dependencies. But some files in KDE2.1.1 must replace certain files in earlier versions of KDE 2 (you must first install KDE 2.0 or KDE 2.01 in order to upgrade to KDE 2.1.1. Installation was a success. All 53 files returned 50 hashes each. There was one error message about a certain font but it said: "skipping." so I am sure everything installed OK. After installation, exit KDE, then in the console do a: #rpm --rebuilddb (rebuilding the database) and #update-menus -v Then reboot and you've got KDE 2.1.1. You can check the Control Center to see the new version number. My thanks to everyone who helped. Hope I have been of help to others, especially to other newbies like myself. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Texttar LM72 rpm Goldmine
Dear friends: Thanks to Peter Schram, I discovered a real goldmine for LM72 rpms. Here is the address: http://texstar.dyn.dhs.org/ You will find here the latest Mozilla 0.8.1, the latest galeon (and all required dependencies -- one of which, the libdst++ .so.3 or something like that included in GConf), the latest Gnome 1.4 (including Nautilus), etc. etc. Be sure to bookmark the site. A real goldmine. Once again, my thanks to Peter Schram. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Mozilla 0.8 LM72 rpm (March 26) at Textar -- Correction
Dear friends: Just for the record: The Mozilla 0.8.1 LM72 rpm available at Texttar's LM72 site is still the old Feb 17, 2001 version. However, I expect soon to see the latest 0.8.1 LM72 rpm available on their site. URL: http://texstar.dyn.dhs.org/ I do not believe that you can use the Cooker version because of the incompatible versions of the rpm file (version 3 vs. version 4) in LM72 vs LM8. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Word attachments in emails
Dear Jeff: Best way to see Word documents in Linux is to download StarOffice, which is not only a great office suite in its own right, but is known for its superlative conversion of MSWord documents. To get StarOffice, go to www.sun.com, more specifically http://www.sun.com/staroffice/ and download for free the latest StarOffice 5.2 version Warning: It's a huge download (97 megs compressed, 250 megs uncompressed). However, you can also order it on CD for $10 from Sun (just the CD, no manual included). Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Installing RealPlayer8.bin file -- Instructions
Dera Altoine: I am NOT an expert or a programmer, just a user. However, I DID try to install RealPlayer8.rpm with the --ignorearch option after being reassured by many members and after being reassured by my expert friend that it was safe (I sent him the original correspondence on the issue). However, when I typed: #rpm -Uvh --ignorearch RealPlayer8.rpm I still got the same error message: "for a different architecture." That was enough for me. Fortunately, a little later I got the great instructions from Tom Brinkman by way of Wolfgang on how to install RealPlayer8.bin WITH all the plugins and mimetypes. And that worked perfectly. See my messge to the Newbie list with full step-by-step instructions on how to do this. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] RealPlayer, Help!
Dera Pato: See my full instructions on downloading, installing and using the RealPlayer 8.bin version, which will work perfectly in LM72. Learn to use the Mandrake archives: See Mandrake's home page (http://www.mandrake.com). Look on the left. You'll see Support, Mailing lists, Archives. I couldn't find it myself. I just checked. Unfortunately, I am in Windows, not in Linux (which is currently out of order). I sent a message to the list called: "installing RealPlayer8.bin -- Instructions" Ask someone on the list for the message. It gives full step-by-step instructions. Once you get the instructions, you'll be playing RealPlayer in minutes. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] RealPlayer, Help!
Dear Pato: Just found my instructions attached to someone else's message. Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: You can get RealPlayer 8 from RealPlayer home page at http://www.real.com by selecting the free RealPlayer 8 Basic and then choosing under OS "Unix". This will take you directly to the Unix Community Supported RealPlayer page at: http://huxley.real.com/real/player/unix/unix.html?src=rpbform You have a choice of downloading two files for Linux: a RealPlayer8.rpm and the other file, which is a RealPlayer8.bin file. Due to the problem with "a different architecture", the rpm file will NOT install. It has been strongly advised by our gurus NOT to try to install it either by forcing it (--force) or by using the --ignorearch option. INSTEAD, do what I just did, thanks to a message from Wolfgang and from Tom Brinkman: First uninstall RealPlayer 7 by typing the command as root: #rpm -e RealPlayer Now install the RealPlayer8.bin file (around 5.8 meg) as ROOT. Then, as root, continue your installation and install the plugins and mimetypes. This is part of the installation as root. Just follow instructions until you have installed it fully as root. Then, as USER, go to the directory it has installed itself in, namely, /usr/local/RealPlayer8 and type: $/usr/local/RealPlayer8sh mimetypes.sh and $/usr/local/RealPlayer8sh plugins.sh This will give you the plugins and mimetypes as user. Now, all that's left is to make it more convenient to launch RealPlayer8 as a desktop icon. Create the icon, then in Properties, Execute type: kstart /usr/local/RealPlayer8/./realplay If you don't add "kstart" you won't be able to launch RealPlayer automatically from the icon. So, add the "kstart ..." and it's done. That's it. I am going to send this to the Newbie list. Hopefully, this will help other newbies. My thanks again to everyone who helped. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Installing RealPlayer8.bin file -- Instructions
Dear friends: You can get RealPlayer 8 from RealPlayer home page at http://www.real.com by selecting the free RealPlayer 8 Basic and then choosing under OS "Unix". This will take you directly to the Unix Community Supported RealPlayer page at: http://huxley.real.com/real/player/unix/unix.html?src=rpbform You have a choice of downloading two files for Linux: a RealPlayer8.rpm and the other file, which is a RealPlayer8.bin file. Due to the problem with "a different architecture", the rpm file will NOT install. It has been strongly advised by our gurus NOT to try to install it either by forcing it (--force) or by using the --ignorearch option. INSTEAD, do what I just did, thanks to a message from Wolfgang and from Tom Brinkman: First uninstall RealPlayer 7 by typing the command as root: #rpm -e RealPlayer Now install the RealPlayer8.bin file (around 5.8 meg) as ROOT. Then, as root, continue your installation and install the plugins and mimetypes. This is part of the installation as root. Just follow instructions until you have installed it fully as root. Then, as USER, go to the directory it has installed itself in, namely, /usr/local/RealPlayer8 and type: $/usr/local/RealPlayer8sh mimetypes.sh and $/usr/local/RealPlayer8sh plugins.sh This will give you the plugins and mimetypes as user. Now, all that's left is to make it more convenient to launch RealPlayer8 as a desktop icon. Create the icon, then in Properties, Execute type: kstart /usr/local/RealPlayer8/./realplay If you don't add "kstart" you won't be able to launch RealPlayer automatically from the icon. So, add the "kstart ..." and it's done. That's it. I am going to send this to the Newbie list. Hopefully, this will help other newbies. My thanks again to everyone who helped. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Getting online
Dear Phil: I think the message means that you have been disconnected from the Internet. I imagine you are using broadband (ADSL or Cable). You need to first do a cold reboot (shut down, disconnect your power cord from the wall and disconnect the power cord to your modem), reconnect, wait 15 seconds, turn your system back on. This should reinitialize your modem and you should be online. If not, contact your Internet Provider. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie]RealPlayer
Dear Marcia: You need to install it as root: $su root password then install it as follows: #./nameoffile.bin Then go back as user and install it as user: $realplay This will bring up the RealPlay dialogue box for you as user. I think I am right. I may be wrong since I am still using Real Player 7. The RealPlayer 8 ./bin version will install and play standalone files but won't play embedded files. RealPlayer 7 does. But due to an "rpm" installation conflict you can't install the RealPlayer 8 rpm file in Mandrake, which would play all files. Just wait a few weeks and Mandrake 8.0 will be out. Then you can install RealPlayer 8 and have everything. Yours, Benjamin P. S. Unfortunately, there is no way to get your hands on RealPlayer 7. -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] XFCE -- How to close application?
Dear Stefaans: Thanks a million! Will do. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] XFCE -- How to overlap windows?
Dear friends: Someone on our list or on the Mandrake Newbie list asked a good question: How do you overlap windows so you can click on them and bring each one to the fore as you need it. I didn't at first understand the issue until my wife, who has also come to like XFCE, asked me precisely the same question. The problem seems to involve applications like Netscape but NOT applications that launch and function only at half-size, size as the terminal, Gnome-Telnet, GnomeICU, etc. In the latter case, you can have all windows open simultaneously and click on each in turn to bring it to the foreground. But if you open several instances of Netscape (from File, New, Navigator Window, you will have the windows available to you but you can only navigate between them by means of TAB-ALT. That's fine but is there a way to launch or reduce Netscape Navigator to half-size and to navigate by clicking on each window and bringing each one to the fore in turn? I think Netscape Messenger can be run half-size but not Netscape Navigator (4.76). Would appreciate your help. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] XFCE Color Scheme -- Revealed !
Dear friends: As the owner of the new xfce-new mailing-list (actually a Yahoo group) for us ordinary users, I have received a number of messages from newbies and even from experienced users asking for help with XFCE's Setup, Palette color scheme (the eight color rectangles). Each of these rectangles refers to a certain component in XFCE. While the User's Guide (the big I at the extreme right of the XFCE toolbar/panel) does provide the all-important hint that each rectangle refers to a component, it does not go beyond it. When I and at least one other person asked for a clarification and for specific instructions concerning these components on XFCE's official xfce mailing list, we were ridiculed and insulted by one senior member of the XFCE list. When no support was forthcoming from the list owner, I quit the list and formed xfce-new for the rest of us. Once again, if you wish to join, send me your email address and I'll add you to the xfce-new list on yahoogroups.com. The default XFCE desktop is pretty boring, as I am sure many of you will agree. So I tried to customize it. And it is remarkably customizable. Before asking for help on the color scheme issue in XFCE, I spent hours, and, I mean, literally hours trying out every option, every color component and rectange, each time opening up Netscape and other applications to test my guess (since that's all we have to go on). I finally designed an XFCE desktop that, I think, may serve as a template for many of you. Here is my precise color scheme along with the backdrop (which you may, of course, change as you please). First, for my background (left-click on desktop, choose backdrop, then Browse), I selected the first of the Toulouse pictures. Very lovely. Now, in XFCE's Setup, Palette, first check off "Apply colors to all applications". Then, click on each of the eight color rectangles and select the following number scheme for each of the three colors options, namely, red, green and blue. Ignore the top three options. Here goes: Now, click on Load and select your palette texture. You can add even more palette textures by downloading a file from http://www.xfce.org and installing the "Argon" textures. For my purposes, in order to harmonize everything, I selected SUNNY. Then, opening up each color rectange in turn, please set the color scheme as follows: 1) Red: 1.00 Green: 1.00 Blue: 1.00 Color: White 2) Red: .00 Green: .71 Blue: 1.00 Color: Light blue. 3) White. See no. 1 above. 4) Red: .00 Green: .62 Blue: 1.00 Color: Light blue. A little darker than no. 2 5) Color: White. See no. 1 above. 6) Red: .25 Green: .38 Blue: .80 Color: Dark blue. 7) Red: .73 Green:.16 Blue: .25 Color: Dark red. 8) Red: .14 Green: .60 Blue: .81 Color: Turquoise or green-blue. Try these out and see what you get. But please try them just as I presented them. That's the big problem with the color scheme in XFCE. It's like hunt peck in typing. In their infinite wisdom, the powers that be at XFCE have decided to keep the mysteries of the color scheme to themselves. So, let's do the best we can on our own. This is my desktop. Perhaps you might wish to share yours with others. By the way, one of the unusually and very pleasant effects of my backdrop/texture/color scheme is that you get white text on blue menu backgrounds everywhere, including in Netscape. A very lovely, professional, modenistic effect not even available, I believe, in KDE. One last thing: Make sure you turn off IN KDE the option under Style to allow KDE's style to apply to all applications, because in Mandrake this will override your XFCE settings. After unchecking this option in KDE, and before creating your desktop in XFCE, you might wish to delete the .gtkrc file in you home directory $/home/user/rm .gtkrc (Please note the period before .gtkrc). Exit XFCE and log back in. You can now start from scratch. Still, strictly KDE applications will still have the color background that you have chosen for it in KDE. To achieve some harmony, I chose the BlueSlate color scheme in KDE for KDE. That's pretty close to my color scheme for XFCE. I guess nothing is perfect. Once again, if you wish to join xfce-new, just send me your email address and I'll gladly add you. You can also do it directly from within http://www.yahoogroups.com by joining Yahoo and then selecting xfce-new, but it seems a bit complicated to me and it may be easier just to let me sign you up directly. Yours, Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] XFCE -- How to close application?
Dear friends: Using XFCE. How in the world do you close down an application in XFCE that is frozen? I have tried Cnt +F4. I have tried to click on the X in the right hand corner. Etc. Etc. Cn+Alt+ Esc does NOT work in XFCE. Only in KDE. Every time an application like Netscape freezes up, I have to quit with Cnt+Alt+Backspace. This lands me back in the console or, even worse, right in the middle of Mandrake's Aurora bootdown (usually at postfix). Thank you so very much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Xfce screensaver -- defective?
Dear friends: Just spent a little time exploring XFCE's xscreensaver. I looked through the online documentation, tried out many of the screensavers and tried out some of the options. Xscreensaver certainly works in the sense that if you set it for such and such a time, it will come on at that time (e.g. after 5 minutes of inactivity). The problem seems to be that some of the screensavers, as someone else noted, do not work. Since xscreensaver runs its many screensavers at random, sooner or later you will get to one of the defective or non-existing screensavers. When you try the demos out, you will come across one of these non-existent screensavers with an error message from Xscreensaver. The documentation says that you can set Xscreensaver to stick to just one demo if you set the Cycle Timeout to zero (Screensaver Options tab). I tried to select a screensaver, enable it (which was already checked) and then set the Saver Timeout to 1 minutes. Xscreensaver came on all right but not with my screensaver but with its own random selection. I also checked my ~/.xscreensaver file. I didn't see any option there to set a specific screensaver. Has anyone had success with this or is Xscreensaver really defective? Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] startx bug in LM72
Dear friends: I just noticed that on my LM72, typing any of the following login commands at the console: $startx kde $startx gnome $startx xfce will automatically take you ICEWM instead of to their respective desktops or window managers. This is obviously a bug of some sort. I hope somebody at Mandrake notices it. Note especially that to log into xfce you must type the SINGLE command: $startxfce Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] XFCE -- the little engine that could!
Dear friends: We all know about KDE and Gnome. Some have even heard of Window Maker, Sawfish, Enlightenment, Icewm and Blackbox, all of which are listed on Mandrake's graphical login menu and all of which are installed by default. Realizing that the days of my AMD k6-2 400 mhrtz with 128 megs of RAM are numbered, I have been exploring the past week other desktops and window managers that can give me the full range of Linux, including all of KDE and Gnome, X and console. I tried all of the above and was not quite satisfied. And then I discovered, hidden deep in Linux-Mandrake 7.2's own CD's under Graphical Desktops (Other), a wonderful desktop environment called XFCE. It is a beautifully designed desktop, bold and original, featuring a toolbar concept (instead of a panel/taskbar) with pop-up menus for icons and with desktop menus for all of KDE and Gnome applications. It is very intuitive and allows full configuration and customization right down to the color of your menu background and menu text and a full theme manager. And you can get tech support from its mailing lists. Yet, the whole program is under 20 MB instead of the 127 megs of KDE or Gnome. It launches very fast from the console. A picture is worth a thousand words. Go to XFCE's home page at http://www.xfce.org and look at the following snapshots of actual xfce desktop themes: 1) Five user-contributed snapshots at http://www.xfce.org 2) Ten more user-contributed snapshots at: http://www.xfce.org/usersnaps.html 3) Twelve more user-contributed snapshots at http://www.xfce.org/usersnaps2.html I think you will be very impressed by what you see. TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS: If you are interested in trying out XFCE, please do NOT use the by now old version in LM7.2. Instead, download the latest RH xfce-3.7.2-1.i386.rpm. That's what I am using. After installing xfce by rpm or by tar or whatever, be sure to run the xfce_setup program as USER: $xfce_setup It only takes 3 seconds. You can also run the xfce_default script. But I would recommend not doing so until you are quite certain that you want xfce as your default desktop, If, for any reason you do end up with xfce as default and you want to switch, just type, again, as USER, $xfce_remove And then you can still keep your xfce settings but are free to use any other desktop or window manager of your choice. WARNING for Linux-Mandrake users (perhaps for other distros as well): Since XFCE is not listed on the graphical login menu, you will need to access it from the console. When you do, please remember to type the SINGLE word: $startxfce That is, NOT "startx xfce". There is an apparent and very mysterious bug in Mandrake which causes "startx xfce" to launch the ICEWM window manager INSTEAD of xfce. So, please remember the one word command as user: $startxfce Well, that's it. Hope you give XFCE a try. It's well worth it. And it's a damn shame that Linux Mandrake does not install it by default. If you like it, you might wish to let them know how you feel about it. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Real Player 8.0
Dear Roman: Thank you so very much for your instructions on configuring RealPlayer 8. I am sure I am speaking for many when I say that we really appreciate it. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Good word for Mozilla .8
Dear friends: For the record, the mozilla .8 rpms in Mandrake Cooker/unsupported are for i686. They will not install in LM7.2. When I tried to install them in LM7.2 I got the error message: "for a different architecture." That was that. I finally found a version of Mozilla .8 with a Preferences box that works. In all the other versions I tried (and I think I'd tried them all), when clicking on OK in the Preferences box (on any item), would cause Mozilla to crash. This problem did not exist in Mozilla .7 but it does exist in most Mozilla .8 versions. Well, I went back to Mozilla's home page (www.mozilla.org) and downloaded the latest nightly build (20011105) for Linux. This time, the bug seems to have been fixed. The Preferences configuration went off perfectly. Now, my own feelings as a USER about Mozilla are very mixed: I am very pleased with its feature richness, reliability, stability, etc. However, I find much of it aesthetically, i.e. (interface design) to be plain, unimaginative and, in the case of the mail client, downright ugly. If you compare the interface in Mozilla to that in KDE, Gnome or WindowMaker, you have the strange feeling that Mozilla belongs, aesthetically speaking, to some antediluvian, DOS or even pre-DOS (if that is possible) generation. Let's hope that after Mozilla is completed, the Mozilla folks will completely redesign the Mozilla interface. Now, for the good word I promised in my subject header: I tried a page that was mentioned earlier by someone else. The URL is: http://www.pcquest.com/june00/linux_spam.asp Netscape 4.76, the latest Konqueror (in KDE 2.1) and Opera all rendered it wrongly or as a real mess. But Mozilla .8 renders this .asp format SUPERBLY, at least on this page. Really astonished. What, by the way, is this .asp format that eludes Konqueror and Opera? Whatever it is, Mozilla does a great job at rendering it. Yours, Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Say NO to upgrading to KDE 2.1 -- correction
Dear Bill: Oh, how I wish I knew this before reinstalling Linux 7.2 two days ago! Thanks so much for reassuring me about this. Will upgrade to KDE 2.1 again. My apology to the list for "panicking," as you say. And I agree. It's much better to open another window than another instance of Netscape to save memory. Thanks again. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] KDE 2.1 Java: JESSE -- What's that, pleas
Dear friends: The IBM Java Virtual Machine is working flawlessly, so far, in KDE 2.1's Konqueror. As good and as fast as in Netscape 4.76. I have one question, for which I believe there is an answer. But, being a newbie, I think I bet let an expert comment on this and on whether any of us users really need it. With the Virtual console on, I get the following message when I launch a Java applet: Java VM version: 1.3.0 Java VM vendor: IBM Corporation Unable to load JSSE SSL stream handler, https support not available Now I know that Sun has a free JSSE SSL file that is very easy to install. Question 1: Can one install Sun's Java2 JSSE SSL into IBM's Java 2? question 2: What in the world is JSSE SSL. Do us ordinary users that do not use servers need it? Question 3: If JSSE SSL is worth getting, is there an IBM version of this (probably under a different name). I would obviously prefer installing the IBM version of JSSE since I am using IBM Java. I've looked at the IBM site at: http://www7b.boulder.ibm.com/wsdd/wspvtdevkit-info.html Unfortunately, I need a little (lots!) of help figuring this out. Hopefully, this will also be use of to other members of the list who are using IBM's Java. Thanks so very much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Java in KDE 2.1 -- SOLVED!
Dear friends: Well, the Java madness in Konqueror is finally over! I never could get KDE 2.0.1 to work with any of the Java Virtual Machines that I installed. This doesn't mean that it won't on other people's systems. It's just that they failed on mine. So... I upgraded to KDE 2.1 and tried out all four Java Virtual Machines on my system: Sun's 1.3.0, Blackdown's 1.3.0, IBM's 1.3.0 and Sun's JDK 1.2.2. And the winner is... IBM 1.3.-6 The exact file is: IBMJava2-JRE-1.3-6.0.i386.rpm The IBM rpm installs into /opt... as follows: You can get it from http://www.ibm.com/developer/java [sher@mindspring bin]$ pwd /opt/IBMJava2-13/jre/bin [sher@mindspring bin]$ ls JavaPluginControlPanel* libJdbcOdbc.so* libjava.so* libzip.so* awt_robot* libagent.so*libjavaplugin12.so* oldjava* classic/ libawt.so* libjdwp.so* oldjavaw* exe/ libcmm.so* libjitc.so* policytool* java*libdcpr.so* libjpeg.so* rmid* javaplugin.so* libdt_socket.so*libjsound.so* rmiregistry* javaw* libfontmanager.so* libnet.so* tnameserv* jvmtcf* libhpi.so* liborb.so* keytool* libhprof.so*libxhpi.so* [sher@mindspring bin]$ In Konqueror, Settings, Konqueror Browser, Java, type in the following path: /opt/IBMJava2-13/jre/bin/java I have not tested it everywhere, but I have a strong feeling that IBM's 1.3.6 Java might just be the right Java, in spite of KDE's preference for Blackdown. Obviously, each of these JVM will work for some, but not for others. I wish to thank Zeljko Vukman, whose message I read on one of the archives who specifically suggested IBM's Java. He said that he had tried Sun's 1.3.0 Java and that it failed (as also confirmed by KDE) and that he then downloaded IBM's Java and that it worked perfectly every time. Without that hint to go on, I would probably have gone bananas by now. My thanks to the KDE team for producing such a wonderful Konqueror browser (and, of course, file manager). I was so pleased with it that I wanted the Java to work, too. I hope my confirmation that it works with the IBM Java will help others who are as bewildered by the Java situation as I was. By the way, KDE's discussion of Java can be found at: http://www.konqueror.org/konq-java.html To test your Konqueror Java, may I suggest a fabulous site that features a java applet that unfolds (literally) ten images per applet. There are five such applets on this site. The site is called: Russian Painting. The URL is: http://www.rollins.edu/Foreign_Lang/Russian/ruspaint.html Try any of the five java applets in the left frame: Icons, 18th century, etc. And, last but not least, my deep thanks to everyone who went out of their way to respond to my requests for help with KDE's Java. I am very grateful, indeed. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] KDE 2.1 Java: JSSE -- critical footnote
Dear friends: The JSSE message that comes up in the Virtual console in NO way retards or obstructs or affects in any way the performance of the java applet. Thank God! If you UNCHECK the box for "Virtual console" under Settings, Konqueror, Browser, Java, you will be blissfully unaware of this issue. I just tested it. Works flawlessly. I do hope, though, that one of our experts explains to us newbies and ordinary users just what JSSE is about and who needs it and who doesn't. Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Upgrading to KDE 2.1 -- Full Installation Instructions
Dear Oder: The instructions for upgrading from KDE 2.0 to KDE 2.1 in Lm7.2 are as simple as can be because Mandrake went out of their way to make it so: 1) Go to any Mandrake ftp site using your ftp application (gftp, Igloo or whatever) and type in the exact name of the ftp host site, e.g. ftp.wtfo.com or rpmfind.net (exactly as it appears on Mandrake's downloads list. Look on Mandrake's home page (http://www.mandrake.com) under "Downloads". There you will find URL mirrors in your area and country. Select the one in North America if you live in the USA and Canada. Don't select metalab.unc.edu. They only carry the latest version of LM72 without all the bells and whistles. 2) Navigate till you get to Mandrake's "mandrake-devel" directory. Then, go to the "unsupported" directory. Then i586. At the very top, you will find a directory called KDE 2.1. Open it and you'll find EVERY file you will need to install KDE 2.1 EXCEPT for "apmd." You can get that file from Mandrake 7.2. It's part of the regular Mandrake 7.2 distro. Now create a KDE 2.1 directory in your home directory /home/user/KDE 2-1/ make sure to open the directory and now, using your broadband, download every file from the remote KDE 2.1 directory into your home KDE 2.1 directory. Warning: most of us don't need all those language files that follow "arts... (the very first file in the KDE 2.1 directory -- you do need this file). So, the best way to handle this is to select ALL files, then quickly unselect the language files from "Brazil" to "Ukrainian". Otherwise, every file should be highlighted. Now download them all at once, if your ftp client allows for it. If not, download them individually into your /home/user/KDE 2.1 directory. When you have completed your downloading, close your ftp client. Now, before you install anything, be sure to first install the apmd rpm. You will need it to install everything else. When that's done, go to /home/user/KDE2-1 and type: #rpm -Uvh --replacefiles *.* The "replacefiles" argument is needed to allow the new KDE files to replace certain files that conflict with the old rpms. Your installation should not go smoothly but have patience. The only apparent problem (a non-problem) has to do with the doc files. You will so a host of messages about them. Just ignore them. The installation will continue all the way to the last file: "qt-static-libraries 2.2.4-3." And, by the way, it's a good idea to check the files in the remote directory against the files in your home directory before proceeding, including the file sizes. Your new KDE 2.1 should now be ready. Just for the fun of it, reboot your system. You will now log into the new KDE 2.1. First thing you should do is to take care of the rpm data base and your menus: Thus: 1) #rpm --rebuilddb (i.e. rebuild your rpm data base (db). Have patience. This takes about 5 minutes. 2) Now, for the menus: #update-menus -v This command adjusts the menus for all your desktops and window managers. One little bug: When it ends with fvm, it doesn't return you to a regular prompt. Just wait a minute or two and when you are SURE that the process has ended, just type Cnt +C and you'll be back at your regular prompt. Now reboot one last time for the menu and rpm changes to take effect and your new KDE 2.1 is at your service. Notice especially the improvements in Konqueror and Kmail. One caveat: There is a little annoying but insignificant bug in Netscape in KDE 2.1 that I raised a hue and cry about because I thought it was a KDE bug that needed urgent attention: You can only launch one instance of Netscape (or Mozilla) at a time, that is, by clicking on the Netscape icon. As one kind member of the list explained to me, you can easily launch as many windows as you wish from Netscape's menu (File, New, Navigator window). This, I was told, is also much preferable because you save an enormous amount of wasted memory every time you launch the entire Netscape application by clicking on it. So, the bug is really a feature, after all. To make Java work, see my long message with a solution to the Java problem in KDE 2.1 (essentially using the IBM Java 1.3 JRE instead of the Sun version. At least it worked in my case. For full details, see my earlier message or check the Mandrake archives (see Mandrake's home page, mailing lists for details). Yours, Benjamin P. S. I am sending this message to both the Newbie list, that could definitely use it and the Expert list, that might find it superfluous. I hope, though, that the completeness of the instructions (along with my Java solution for KDE 2.1) might be of use to experts who are bombarded by requests from newbies. Just save these two messages and forward it to them. -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Where to find IB 's Java -- Instructions
Dear friends: I had forgotten how difficult it was for me to find the IBM JRE. I knew it existed because KDE lists it on their www.konqueror.org page (even though they claim it doesn't work) and because of the note by Zeljko Vukman, who said that he had replaced Sun's Java with IBM's and that IBM's JVM worked perfectly in KDE 2.0 (or was it 2.1?). OK, here is the full info. I will post it to the list. 1) General page for IBM porting of its JDK to various platforms, including Linux: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/index.html 2) IBM Developer Kit for Linux: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/linux130/ 3) DOWNLOAD PAGE for IBM 1.3-6 JRE: http://www6.software.ibm.com/dl/dklx130/dklx130-p The file you download is an RPM file but with your registration user name attached to it. Simply change the name to drop off the last part: For example, my file arrived in the following form, more or less: IBMJava2-JRE-1.3-6.0.i386.rpmSher07 I then renamed it as follows: mv IBMJava2-JRE-1.3-6.0.i386.rpmSher07 IBMJava2-JRE-1.3-6.0.i386.rpm And then I just installed it: rpm -Uvh IBMJava2-JRE-1.3-6.0.i386.rpm It installs into /opt/IBM1.3-6 All that remains is to configure Konqueror, the Browser, in KDE 2.1 (Settings, Browser, Java, Path: /opt/IBMJava2-13/jre/bin/java [sher@mindspring sher]$ cd /opt [sher@mindspring /opt]$ ls IBMJava2-13/ [sher@mindspring /opt]$ cd IBMJava2-13/ [sher@mindspring IBMJava2-13]$ ls docs/ jre/ [sher@mindspring IBMJava2-13]$ cd jre [sher@mindspring jre]$ ls bin/ lib/ [sher@mindspring jre]$ cd bin [sher@mindspring bin]$ ls JavaPluginControlPanel* libJdbcOdbc.so* libjava.so* libzip.so* awt_robot* libagent.so*libjavaplugin12.so* oldjava* classic/ libawt.so* libjdwp.so* oldjavaw* exe/ libcmm.so* libjitc.so* policytool* java*libdcpr.so* libjpeg.so* rmid* javaplugin.so* libdt_socket.so*libjsound.so* rmiregistry* javaw* libfontmanager.so* libnet.so* tnameserv* jvmtcf* libhpi.so* liborb.so* keytool* libhprof.so*libxhpi.so* [sher@mindspring bin]$ 4) Please try your IBM Java on your favorite sites and let us know if it works for you. Yours, Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Real Player 8.0
Dear Roman and friends: Using LM72. I tried installing the .bin version of RealPlayer 8. Yes, it installed without a hitch. But, unless I am mistaken, it would not install the plugins and I could never view or listen to any embedded instances of RealPlayer on the Web. What's your experience? Try http://www.cbsnews.com or http://www.cnn.com and tell us if you can access them or any embedded Real files, streaming or archived. Thanks Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Minicom as root/user -- Solution!
Dear Pat: Just found the solution in one of my old messages: As user (or root) do the following: chmod 4755 /usr/bin/minicom That should do it. Assuming that minicom is at /usr/bin/minicom. All my best. Benjamin
Re: [newbie] minicom as root
Dear Pat: I am really sorry that I don't have the answer to the "can't create lock file" issue. However, using Minicom as root is not better and no worse than using your modem as root, i.e. it leaves you wide open to security breaches. If you have sensitive data or don't want others snooping on you or having access to your system (which they could screw up without your knowing it), then please don't use Minicom. I would suggest sending out another message or two on the lists in the hope that someone will solve this last remaining issue for you. Benjamin
Re: [newbie] aktion -- media player not working
David: I remember this error precisely. Just IGNORE it. Yes, ignore it and go ahead and open a file in Aktion. It will work, never mind the error message. Believe me. Play with it and you'll see. Benjamin
Re: [newbie] minicom as root
Dear Pat: I think I know a solution. I once played with Minicom just for the fun of it and ran into the same root/user problem. The solution is, if I recall, very simple: First in a console type: whereis minicom If I recall, the rpm usually installs into /usr/local Now, using Konqueror as File Manager (as root -- in the console su to root, then type "konqueror" without the quotes), go to /usr/local/minicom or wherever the minicom executable is and go into Permissions. Read, write and exec should be checked for the user. Now change the owner from "root" to "user". That's all there is to it. Now close down Konqueror and launch minicom from your prompt as user: $minicom -c The -c is for color. This should do it. Hope this works. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Linux-Compatible Player for Windows Streaming Media?
Dear Coy: Unfortunately not. Gates won't give us Windows Media Player and has patented its file associations, so Linux cannot create a player to play WMP files. Same for Quicktime, I think. At least we have RealPlayer Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] untar commands?
Dear Bill: To uncompress a tar.gz file, simply do the following: As user, type tar -xzf xxx.tar.gz For example, to untar (uncompress) the mozilla browser suite, do as follows: tar -xzf mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-0.8-MathML-SVG-XSLT.tar.gz It is sometimes preferable to put your tar.gz file into a special directory. For example, after downloading the mozilla file into your home directory, you can create a mozilla directory (you can call it whatever you want). For example, you can call it MOZ $ mkdir MOZ Then move the tar.gz file into this directory: $ mv mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-0.8-MathML-SVG-XSLT.tar.gz MOZ Now within /home/user/MOZ untar the file as above and you will find a new subdirectory, in this case, "mozilla" (/home/user/MOZ/mozilla). Now, either rebuild the tar.gz file (i.e "configure", "make" and "make install" -- this does NOT apply to Mozilla but to many other tar.gz binaries). In this case, all you need to do is to go into /home/user/MOZ/mozilla and type ./mozilla This will launch the Mozilla browser. Yours, Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Netscape 6 -- Segmentation Fault
Dear friends: 1) My system is an AMD K6-2 400 with 128 megs of real RAM (and a 256 swap file on LM72). 2) I am using the new Netscape 6.01, which just came out a few days ago. This 6.01 version is based on the stable Mozilla .7, which came out in January, while Netscape 6.0, which came out in November, was based on the unstable Mozilla Milestone 17 of mid-September. In other words, three milestones separate Netscape 6.0 and 6.1, namely, Mozilla Milestone 17, 18 and Mozilla .6 and now Mozilla .7. You might wish to check out the new Netscape 6.01. I used Mozilla .7 for quite a while, and it was very stable (for many hours at a time) and reliable. Please try it and let me know if you have this same segmentation fault. I have this segmentation fault even when I use Netscape 6.01 ONLY (i.e. without Netscape 4.76). My thanks to all of you for your kind help. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Netscape 6 -- Segmentation Fault
Dear friends:
1) Installation:
I reinstalled Netscape 6.01 as ROOT, instead of user. I finally found
the netscape directory. See below. I was able to activate Netscape 6 and
launch it. However, since the initial launch, all I've been getting are
segmentation faults. Besides, I would like to run Netscape 6 as user,
NOT as root. I did a chmod 755 netscape in the /usr/local/netscape
directory and changed the ownership under Permissions (using Konqueror)
to "sher". Still, I couldn't launch Netscape 6. Same segmentation error.
[sher@sher sher]$ cd /usr/local/netscape
[sher@sher netscape]$ ls
Cool/ libXptl.so* libnspr4.so* psm/
chrome/libXptl.so.1* libplc4.so* regExport*
component.reg libcmt.so* libplds4.so* registry
components/libgkgfx.so*libprotocol.so* regxpcom*
defaults/ libgtksuperwin.so* libxpcom.so* res/
icons/ libgtkxtbin.so* libxpistub.so* run-mozilla.sh*
install.loglibjpeg.so* libz.so* searchplugins/
libXpcs.so*libjsdom.so*mozilla-bin* splash.xpm
libXpcs.so.1* libjsj.so* netscape*systemSignature.jar
libXprt.so*libmozjs.so*netscape.cfg
libXprt.so.1* libmsgbaseutil.so* plugins/
[sher@sher netscape]$ ./netscape
./run-mozilla.sh ./mozilla-bin
MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=.
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./Cool:.:/home/sher/.kde/lib:/usr/lib
LIBPATH=.:./Cool
SHLIB_PATH=.:./Cool
XPCS_HOME=./Cool
MOZ_PROGRAM=./mozilla-bin
MOZ_TOOLKIT=
moz_debug=0
moz_debugger=
./run-mozilla.sh: line 29: 3886 Segmentation fault $prog ${1+"$@"}
[sher@sher netscape]$ Unexpected end of pipe
encountered
2) Plugins
However, I did manage briefly to see my plugins in Netscape 6 (by typing
about:plugins in the location bar). I saw ALL of my Netscape 4.76
plugins (which I had copied to /usr/local/netscape) EXCEPT for the
RealPlayer plugin.
Would appreciate any and all help.
Yours,
Benjamin
--
Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net
Benjamin and Anna Sher
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Flash in Netscape-6.01 -- How?
Dear friends: I installed the brand-new Netscape 6.01 in a separate directory so I now have both Netscape 4.76 and Netscape 6. My problem is with Flash. I downloaded the latest Macromedia Flash 5.0 when instructed to do so in Netscape 6. I installed it in /home/sher/.netscape/plugins as well as /usr/lib/netscape/plugins. 1) [sher@sher sher]$ cd .netscape/plugins [sher@sher plugins]$ ls ShockwaveFlash.class libflashplayer.so raclass.zip rpnp.so* [sher@sher plugins]$ 2) [sher@sher plugins]$ cd /usr/lib/netscape/plugins [sher@sher plugins]$ ls ShockwaveFlash.class* libflashplayer.so* nppdf.so* plugger.so* rpnp.so* cpPack1.jar* libnullplugin.so* nsdejavu.so@ raclass.zip [sher@sher plugins]$ The new Flash is recognized by Netscape 4.76 but NOT by Netscape 6. I tested Flash 5 at http://www.flash.com It works fine in Netscape 4.76 but not in Netscape 6. I checked in N6 by typing in the location bar: "about:plugins" (without the quotes, of course) as advised by the Readme file. The plugin list for Netscape 6 shows the java plugins and the Netscape default plugin but NOT the Flash plugin. Is this because I continue to use Netscape 4.76? If so, how can I get Netscape6 to recognize and use Flash 5? Thank you all so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Deleting Netscape lock file--how?
Dear Travis: Quite simple: Close all netscape instances. Open your xterm or konsole in KDE: cd to /home/user/.netscape Then, rm lock That's it. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Netscape 6
Dear Carlos: Yes, get the new Netscape 6.01, which has just come out (http://www.netscape.com). It is based on the very stable and far improved Mozilla .7 which came out in January. Netscape 6.00 came out in November and was based on the very unstable Mozilla Milestone 17, which came out in September. Netscape 6.0 was/is a disaster and should never have come out. Netscape 6.01 is the first real Netscape 6 browser that is genuinely usable. When you, try installing Flash. When you do that, please let me know how you did that. I am using both Netscape 4.76 and Netscape 6.01. I have Flash 5 in 4.76 but 6.0 refuses to recognize it. Yours, Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Flash in Netscape-6.01 -- How?
Dear Mike and friends: OK, here is the lowdown on Netscape 6.01: I initially installed it in /usr/local/netscape. But after installation, when I tried to run it by typing in xterm "netscape", it would invariably bring up Netscape 4.76 (which is located in /usr/bin/netscape). So, I uninstalled it and reinstalled it in my home directory under NET6. Well, that has apparently caused other problems. So, I have uninstalled it once again and reinstalled by default in /usr/local/netscape. However, there is no Netscape 6 or any Netscape executable in /usr/local/netscape or /usr/local/bin. But I did copy the plugins from /usr/lib/netscape/plugins into /usr/local/netscape/plugins (without overwriting the ones that were already there -- thanks for the tip -- but I still don't know how to launch Netscape 6. Please remember that I have both Netscape 4.76 and Netscape 6 installed on my LM72. How do I now launch Netscape 6, please? Thanks so very much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Netscape 6
Dear Corrado and friends: I have removed Netscape 6.01 and reinstalled it, this time to the default /usr/local/netscape directory. OK, I still have Netscape 4.76 on my system. But how do I find and launch Netscape6. When I type "netscape" (without the quotes) in xterm, it launches Netscape 4.76, NOT Netscape 6. Would appreciate your help. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Where is Netscape 6.01 executable?
Dear friends: Just installed the new Netscape 6.01 into the default directory /usr/local/netscape. How do I launch Netscape 6. When I type "netscape" in xterm, it launches Netscape 4.76, which I also have on my system. Would very much appreciate your help. Thank you. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Where is Netscape 6.01 executable?
Dear Carlos and friends: There's the rub. Installed Netscape 6 in /usr/local/netscape but there is no netscape6 executable. Would really appreciate your help: [sher@sher sher]$ /usr/local/netscape/netscape bash: /usr/local/netscape/netscape: No such file or directory [sher@sher sher]$ [sher@sher sher]$ cd /usr/local/netscape [sher@sher netscape]$ ls plugins/ [sher@sher netscape]$ Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Printer recommendations
Dear Lanman and friends: I HIGHLY recommend Okidata's Okipage 10e LASER PRINTER. I got it from http://www.buy.com for nearly half price ($260 instead of $400). Brand-new. Toners are also only half-price, around $16 (sixteen dollars!) and last 2,000 pages (that's two thousand except the first toner which comes free with the printer, which lasts only 1,000 pages). Prints black on whitel ONLY. If you don't need color, I (let me repeat) VERY HIGHLY RECOMMEND this printer for its quality, reliability, etc. And, it is supported out of the box by LM72. Don't waste your money on deskjet printers when you can get a laserprinter that's superior and only a few dollars more. Actually, when you consider the toner, it's much cheaper. And you can use both standard xerox paper and laser quality paper. This GREAT printer was recommended to me by one of our gurus, Ramon Gandia, and that recommendation speaks for itself. I have had my Okipage for nearly two years now. Flawless! Benjamin P. S. Forgot to mention the 24/7 technical support! -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] hosts.allow/deny configuration
Dear Jason and friends: Here is my configuration of /etc/hosts.deny and /etc/hosts.allow. Please not that it's in all caps and make sure you configure the right file. And, of course, you have to be root to configure it. 1) [sher@sher sher]$ cat /etc/hosts.deny # # hosts.denyThis file describes the names of the hosts which are # *not* allowed to use the local INET services, as decided # by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server. # # The portmap line is redundant, but it is left to remind you that # the new secure portmap uses hosts.deny and hosts.allow. In particular # you should know that NFS uses portmap! # ALL : ALL [sher@sher sher]$ 2) [sher@sher sher]$ cat /etc/hosts.allow # # hosts.allow This file describes the names of the hosts which are # allowed to use the local INET services, as decided # by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server. # # ALL : LOCAL [sher@sher sher]$ What this means is obvious: In the first example, everybody is denied access to your system. In the second example, only local users (i.e. yourself) are allowed to use your system. This, I understand, is the most basic way to secure your system, and it will handle most security threats. I hope one of our gurus can elaborate on this. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
Re: [newbie] Saving Netscape settings for fresh install
Dear David: Thanks so much. Will do. Will back up my /home/sher/.netscape directory in its entirety Thanks again. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Saving Netscape settings
Dear Neville: 1) Thanks so much to you and everyone for responding. If everything is in my hidden .netscape directory, then I can just save the entire .netscape directory. Right? As for the mail (nsmail), I really don't need it since I usually save any and all important messages to a file and then copy the file to my zip drive and to my storage area online. So, please confirm that indeed this is all I need to do. That is, that after a new install I can automatically copy and OVERWRITE all files in /home/sher/.netscape directory with my saved /home/sher/.netscape directory (from my zip drive). If this is all I need to do, then hooray. Will do so and never have to rebuilt my address book and filters again. 2) Now, here is a kettle of a fish. I wonder if any of you have had this problem: The last two times that I reinstalled LM72, I discovered that when I clicked on my /home directory, LM72 would NOT install any files from the second CD. I had formatted only hda, NOT hdb (/home) nor did I resize it. My /home directory is on a separate Linux hard drive -- my Linux system consists of hda for /boot, /swap and /system + applications and hdb which has only one directory /home), It would stop at vlock, then ask me to insert my second CD, then start working but, just as suddenly, just barely out of the station, so to speak, it would suddenly say: "Post-Installation" and it would go on as if it had installed the remaining 8 minutes of applications. After seeing this happen twice, I caught on, did a new install in which I completely reformatted BOTH hda and hdb. This time, LM72 installed everything, including every file on the second CD right down to the last 10 seconds (I did a Custom, Install). Anyone have this problem? Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] /home and LM72 install enigma
Dear friends: Here is something for you to chew over. I wonder if any of you have had this problem: The last two times that I reinstalled LM72, I discovered that when I clicked on my /home directory, LM72 would NOT install any files from the second CD. I had formatted only hda, NOT hdb (/home) nor did I resize it. My /home directory is on a separate Linux hard drive -- my Linux system consists of hda for /boot, /swap and /system + applications and hdb which has only one directory /home), It would stop at vlock, then ask me to insert my second CD, then start working but, just as suddenly, just barely out of the station, so to speak, it would suddenly say: "Post-Installation" and it would go on as if it had installed the remaining 8 minutes of applications. After seeing this happen twice, I caught on, did a new install in which I completely reformatted BOTH hda and hdb. This time, LM72 installed everything, including every file on the second CD right down to the last 10 seconds (I did a Custom, Install). Anyone have this problem? Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Saving Netscape settings for reinstall
Dear Neville and friends: Thanks so much to you and everyone for responding. If everything is in my hidden .netscape directory, then I can just save the entire .netscape directory. Right? As for the mail (nsmail), I really don't need it since I usually save any and all important messages to a file and then copy the file to my zip drive and to my storage area online. So, please confirm that indeed this is all I need to do. That is, that after a new install I can automatically copy and OVERWRITE all files in /home/sher/.netscape directory with my saved /home/sher/.netscape directory (from my zip drive). If this is all I need to do, then hooray. Will do so and never have to rebuilt my address book and filters again. Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Saving Netscape settings for fresh install
Dear Dave: Thanks so much for the advice! I like your suggestion because even though I have a separate /home partition (and on a separate drive all unto itself), LM72 will not properly install unless I completely reformat everything, i.e both hard drives including /home (see my earlier message to the list on this subject) I just saved my Personal Directory as you instructed me by exporting it to a file under the name "her.ldif". Now I can copy it to my zip drive and later install it if and when I need to reinstall. One more question: What about my filters? How do I save them to a file? Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Downloadable Version...
Dear Chris: The KDE 2.0 that comes with the downloadable version of LM7.2 is the FINAL version. However, KDE 2.0 does NOT have a thememanager. That will come with KDE 2.1 now available in beta 1. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] RealPlayer 7 or 8 -- which is better?
Dear friends: This would seem to be a no-brainer: one should certainly prefer RealPlayer 8 to RealPlayer 7. However, what puzzles me is the size of the file. The Real 7 for Linux rpm is 6.5 megs in size, while the Real 8 Linux rpm is only 4.8 megs in size. Both are for Red Hat glibc 2.1 and both were downloaded from RealPlayer. Can someone explain this, please. Is there anything missing in Real 8 that would make one want to keep Real 7? Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
Re: [newbie] KDE2.0 Menu -- Konqueror as root -- Where?
Dear friends: Thanks to all of you who responded. Here is what I did: I created an icon on the desktop with the executable reading: "kdesu -c /usr/bin/konqueror" (no quotes) and then selected the konqueror icon from the system list. This automatically brings up a dialogue box that asks me for my root password and then I am right in Konqueror as root. You can do this to any application. I remembered doing this with Cooledit so I could edit files outside of my home directory. This is much neater and more convenient than going to File Tools/File Manager SuperUser. Thanks again. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Juno ISP in Linux?
Dear friends: I have a dual-boot Linux/Win98 system. In Windows use Juno as my ISP, that is, Juno Premium, the commercial version without the banner ads. I would very much like to use Juno as my dial-up in Linux. Is there any way to do this? Currently, I use Bellsouth dial-up, which doesn't support Linux any more than Juno. Yet, I have no problem connecting to the Internet via Bellsouth. Is that technically feasible in Linux? Would appreciate your expert knowledge on this question Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
Dear friends: I would like to add my two cents' worth to this matter of applications. [Preliminary Note: I love Linux and especially Mandrake and have been supporting it by purchasing its official versions since version LM 6.1 and continue to do so (in spite of Macmillain's recent LM 72/Wallmart fiasco, which I consider a serious setback to Mandrake's professional standards and especially reputation among newbies for whom it is meant. Let's hope Mandrake/Macmillain never pass off a Beta as an official version again.] Now to the subject at hand: Two years ago I abandoned Windows 95 for good and installed Linux Red Hat 5.2. That was followed by Linux-Mandrake, which I have been using ever since. I was originally hoping to never again so much as look at Windows, and for the first year I was happily and blissfully free of it. But then, for professional reasons (broadcasts on Windows Media Player and Quicktime), I had no choice but to reinstall Win98 SE as part of a dual-boot system. I added an extra hard drive for Windows and this makes it much easier to keep the two OS's separate (using Lilo to switch back and forth -- thank God for Lilo!). I thought that would pretty much do it. But then a funny thing happened: we decided to invest a little money in the stock market, and to help my wife with her research, I decided to look for stock market analysis and research software programs. Well, I found nothing on Linux, so I decided to to go ZDNET's software library and see what Windows had to offer. I was astounded to discovere HUNDREDS upon HUNDREDS of financial programs of every sort, dozens upon dozens specializing in one aspect of stock market trading or another. I was overwhelmed, tried out a dozen or so and settle on what I thought were the best: SpeedResearch Browser (SRBrowse), EZStock and StockAnalyzer. Two of the three are also free (as in beer) and the third costs only $35. So, now I am more attached to Windows than ever and I don't like it one bit. Win98 SE may be better and more stable than Win95 (which was a nightmare) but, still, it's the same old unreliable, unstable Windows that crashes at the most inopportune times, crashing the OS along with any "misbehaving" application. Furthermore, Windows's multitasking is a joke. It can barely handle two or three applications at a time before crashing. I use it only when I have to, but, as you can see, I need it more and more. Bottom line: Until Linux, which is rich in thousands of applications, has an equally vast and varied collection of CONSUMER applications of every sort, it won't quite be ready for prime time. And this won't happen till Linux is much more popular. The old chicken and egg problem: no consumer applications until there is a consumer market for Linux big enough to justify it, and no consumer market until there are applications. Meanwhile, Linux as an OS, with its great and beautiful and configurable new graphical KDE and Gnome desktops (and even xfce and other light-weight desktop for those with low-memory) and its thousands upon thousands of applications (some for consumers, mostly for professionals) and its reliablity, strength, superb multi-tasking, kernel 2.4 (around the corner), wealth of browsers (yes -- Netscape 4.75, Netscape 6 -- when it is fully operational, KDE's Konqueror and, most importantly, Mozilla (now at M18 and moving ahead fast), is catching up with (has already caught up with?) Windows and Apple. I would guess that the most important of all browsers is Mozilla because, when it is completed this spring, it will spawn dozens of branded versions, which, while building on Mozilla, will add special features of their own. In other words, Internet Explorer will find itself faced not with one derivated, namely, Netscape 6 but with dozens of equally powerful (and superior) browsers all built on the open-source Mozilla. This will be good for the consumers acorss all platforms and a last laugh at Microsoft with a vengeance. There is already one major spinoff of Mozilla called Beonex. It's still not quite ready, either. But by the end of the coming year, IE will find itself outgunned on every front by the Mozilla browsers (under a variety of brands) which they themselves caused by forcing Netscape to go open-source. It will be sweet revenge on Microsoft. Benjamin P. S. There are other critical problems as well such as winmodems (I use ADSL along with a USRobotics 56k as a backup, but, apparently, most PC's now come up with winmodems. Fortunately, many people are now switching to broadband (Cable, ADSL, Wireless) and this will eventually solve this problem. But, I imagine that the problems having to with winmodems (only minimally solved by Linmodems, according to my readings) will remain a major hurdle. Most ordinary people don't like to have to open up the innards of their PC, remove their winmodem and install a regular faxmodem, nor do they like paying someone to have it done (unless it comes with their system in the
