Re: [newbie] cd into file
Hi Rosemary, Did you try doing a cd /home/rosemary/L then tab to finish it off. I know that spaces are treated differently. Whenever I forget exact directory names I just cd to the first letter and let the tab key finish it off. It will give you all possible matches from that point forward. HTH, Bill W. On Sunday 27 Mar 2005 21:42, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I am feeling particularly stupid and frustrated just now. I downloaded some files in preparation for installing gwenview. I saved them to /home/rosemary/Linux Stuff/rpms - now I can't cd into it, tells me no such file or directory. Thought I would rename it, but same problem. I don't want to have to do the downloads again. I've not had this problem before. I can see the rpms in konqueror and that is the path it gives. It seems simple but I am stumped. Wondered if it doesn't like the Linux Stuff name? Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] package manager for 10.1
Hi, Can anyone recommend a package manager for 10.1 that allows me to look inside the rpm file to view folders and files. I liked kpackage in the older versions but I can't find it's equivalent. tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] package manager for 10.1
Hi, Kpackage is exactly what I'm looking for. Is there a build for 10.1? I went looking and when I tried to install an older version I entered the 'dependency' loop. Thanks, Bill W. On Friday 25 Mar 2005 16:55, Ian wrote: On Friday 25 Mar 2005 08:42, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, Can anyone recommend a package manager for 10.1 that allows me to look inside the rpm file to view folders and files. I liked kpackage in the older versions but I can't find it's equivalent. Does Kpackage do this? I know it lists installed packages and gives summary details about the rpm, but may not be what you are looking for. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] package manager for 10.1
Hi, Thanks Rick et al. I tried to urpmi kdeadmin-kpackage and I got 'no package named kdeadmin-kpackage'. I haven't changed any urpmi settings (that I can recall). I also checked in mcc and it can't find it in the software install or remove utilities. hmm.anything else? Thanks, Bill W. On Friday 25 Mar 2005 17:15, Rick Kunath wrote: Bill Winegarden wrote: Is there a build for 10.1? I went looking and when I tried to install an older version I entered the 'dependency' loop. Yes, there is a version for 10.1 It's called kdeadmin-kpackage, and you can urpmi it or install it from MCC. Rick Kunath Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] pdfripimage_script
Hi, I have been trying to get this script working. Running the script on a small pdf file with three images results only in a copy.pdf that is optionally rm'd. However, there are no jpg's created. Has anyone used this script? It is about 30 or 40 lines. It can be found at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=130721package_id=143427 or I could include it in a posting. I read through the script but I can't 'extract' any command line options that I may be missing. Thanks for any help you may offer... Regards, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] davfs not in kernel
Hi Everyone, I'm back to trying webdav access. I noticed that during shutdown I get a couple of 'failed' messages. Both have to do with davfs not supported in kernel. Is there a way to implement this functionality without re-compiling the kernel? Running a service perhaps? Thanks, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] sweet superkaramba on Inspiron 9100
Hi all, I have found and configured that application that was pointed out to me. BTW, thanks for that input. It has the ability to display various temperatures and fan speeds. Has anyone on the list managed to change the karamba.theme file so that it will pick up the sensors on an Inspiron 9100? For those unfamiliar with superkaramb, it is a beautiful transparent computer monitor program. It has the ability to do much more. There are multiple themes available at kde-look. Thanks, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] desktop app at kde-look
Hi, I was checking out kde-look today and I saw a screenshot of a 'gkrellm like' computer monitoring application. However it is full size, transparent and very cool. Does anyone know the name. I'm sure it must be available for Mandrake and that someone on the list is already using it. The screenshot is at http://www.kde-look.org/content/preview.php?preview=1id=20260file1=20260-1.pngfile2=file3=name=Metal4kde-0.1f_beta+-+gentoo+ebuild Transparent and on the right hand side of the desktop. Thanks, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] adding new features to 10.2
Hi, What is the process for requesting new features to be included in the upcoming release? Is there a place to add suggestions? Thanks Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] mounting webdav
Hi everyone, I found that there is an opportunity to mount webdav directories locally in MCC. All the options that I need to set are there. However, once all is set and I click on 'mount' , the error message states 'mount: fs type davfs not supported by kernel' I think the issue is that the webdav server that I am trying to connect to is secure (ie: https) Does anyone on this list know how to enable this? tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] webdav
Hi, I have been asked by my family to set up a website. The domain is all set and a webdav account has been set up for me to upload files. This is new to me. I have gone into MCC and there is a webdav entry under the mount points tab. It says that davfs must be installed but when I click o.k. to install an error message comes back saying 'mandatory package davfs is missing'. Where can I find the package? Is there a basic tutorial anywhere with information on webdav? Thanks and regards, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] installing new versions - keeping settings etc
Hi, Merry Christmas or happy holidays to all on the list. A quick question that arose from my last installation. I would like to know the best way to save emails, desktop settings etc. when installing new versions. When I installed 10.1 Official I tried to copy my Mail directory and my .kdeshareappskmail directories thinking that they would restore all my emails. When I copied them over to /mnt/win_d (fat32 partition) there were some errors about some files not copied. There were no essential emails so I proceeded with the installation. My kmail directory structure was saved but the actual emails were not. What is the the recommended method of retaining emails? Also, is it advisable to retain desktop settings considering that KDE (my choice) is constantly being upgraded to new versioins? Thanks, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] gimp plugins and gimptool
Hi, I have been experimenting with gimp (2.0) and I want to install the bump map plugin. It is a file simply titled bumpmap.c From my reading, there should be a utility called gimptool that compiles and installs it automatically. My LM 10.1 Official installation doesn't seem to have any file with that name. Is there something I'm missing on this? Has anyone installed this particular plugin? I have subbed to the Gimp list but it isn't as active as this one. Thanks and regards, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] gimp plugins and gimptool
Hi All, I found the built in bumpmap function of Gimp but I'm still wondering about the gimptool application. Is it included in the 2.0 version? tia, Bill W. On Monday 27 Dec 2004 18:26, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, I have been experimenting with gimp (2.0) and I want to install the bump map plugin. It is a file simply titled bumpmap.c From my reading, there should be a utility called gimptool that compiles and installs it automatically. My LM 10.1 Official installation doesn't seem to have any file with that name. Is there something I'm missing on this? Has anyone installed this particular plugin? I have subbed to the Gimp list but it isn't as active as this one. Thanks and regards, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] application/octet-stream
On Friday 24 Dec 2004 19:16, Kenneth wrote: Kenneth wrote: A Hundred Thousand Thanks, Rick! Although it hasn't helped me fix the problem (yet), I feel that the info you provided is a certain lead. Interestingly, though I am still getting the same error report when I run Kate and for that matter when I start KDE, I get the same results that you sent me when I execute the same command. I'll keep fiddling with it.. :) Thanks for your help, Ken Another request, although, at this point, I'm sure no one could help till after Christmas at least. If someone could go to KcontrolFile Associationsapplication... and hopefully locate there under known types octect-stream.. select octect-stream and then report to me the listing you have under filename patterns, Description, and application preference order. I'm hoping this will give me a pretty good idea of what the defaults are... and it appears that is what I have lost. Happy Hollidays to all, and thanks again, Ken Hi, I went to KControl as requested and listed under octect-stream is Description Unknown Application Preference Order none I then ran Kate to see if all is well and it opened just fine. I run KDE as my desktop and I have not encountered your problem yet. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Regards, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] winsite torrent
On Thursday 23 Dec 2004 03:44, Kenneth wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that would be more then helpful to have steps for this how to set that the text on the web looks like size 2 lol and the rest of the computer was fine just dont know where to go to fix it thank you so much for your help From the FirFox Menu select EditPreferencesGeneralFonts Colors for Web Pages play increase the settings till your satisfied. ;) Also there, is a setting for 'minimum font size' If you are using Konqueror, the setting is available in 'Setting'Configure KonquerorTT Fonts All font settings are there including 'Minimum' and 'Medium' sizes. Good luck, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] xdesktopwaves 1.3
On Sunday 19 Dec 2004 07:11, Len Lawrence wrote: libxfree86-devel Hi Len, Thanks for the suggestion. I d/l'd the libxfree86-devel from rpmfind.net and tried to install it with rpm -Uvh ... the following dependencies arose. [EMAIL PROTECTED] bill]# rpm -Uvh libxfree86-devel-4.3-32.3.100mdk.i586.rpm error: Failed dependencies: XFree86-libs = 4.3-32.3.100mdk is needed by libxfree86-devel-4.3-32.3.100mdk fontconfig-devel = 2.1-4mdk is needed by libxfree86-devel-4.3-32.3.100mdk devel(libexpat) is needed by libxfree86-devel-4.3-32.3.100mdk devel(libfontconfig) is needed by libxfree86-devel-4.3-32.3.100mdk devel(libfreetype) is needed by libxfree86-devel-4.3-32.3.100mdk devel(libXpm) is needed by libxfree86-devel-4.3-32.3.100mdk devel(libz) is needed by libxfree86-devel-4.3-32.3.100mdk It seems the whole XFree86 system is required. Question: if I install these xfree86 files what are the chances it will break my Xorg installation? Thanks and regards, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] xdesktopwaves 1.3
Hi, I am running 10.1 Official on a Dell Inspiron 9100. When I try to 'make' xdesktopwaves 1.3 I get a screen full of errors. The first dozen lines follow [EMAIL PROTECTED] xdesktopwaves-1.3]$ make gcc -I/usr/X11R6/include -O2 -DXDW_MAX_OPTIMIZATION=2 -c xdesktopwaves.c -o xdesktopwaves.o xdesktopwaves.c:31:22: X11/Xlib.h: No such file or directory xdesktopwaves.c:32:23: X11/Xutil.h: No such file or directory xdesktopwaves.c:33:23: X11/Xatom.h: No such file or directory xdesktopwaves.c:34:34: X11/extensions/shape.h: No such file or directory xdesktopwaves.c:64: error: syntax error before xdwOptEnd xdesktopwaves.c:64: warning: data definition has no type or storage class xdesktopwaves.c:76: error: syntax error before xdwOptDoubleBuffer xdesktopwaves.c:76: warning: data definition has no type or storage class xdesktopwaves.c:78: error: syntax error before xdwOptIdle xdesktopwaves.c:78: warning: data definition has no type or storage class xdesktopwaves.c:83: error: syntax error before xdwOptWavesByMouse xdesktopwaves.c:83: warning: data definition has no type or storage class xdesktopwaves.c:84: error: syntax error before xdwOptWavesByWindows xdesktopwaves.c:84: warning: data definition has no type or storage class There are a couple hundred more error lines. I kind of think the issue is in the first four lines. Has anyone managed to get it working on 10.1? Can anyone figure out what I'm missing? Thanks, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] xwd to mpg
Hi, I am trying to show off the new xdesktopwaves to my windows buddies. I d/l'd and compiled xvidcap (x video capture utility). I managed to capture 30 screens (all automatically) and the xvidcap utility will play them but I need to convert the 30 xwd files into a mpg. The faq isn't real clear. Does anyone have the correct syntax or is there another multimedia utility that will do this? BTW, the xdesktopwaves1.2 rocks. It has a new 'rain drops' option and the whole video experience is quite nice! tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] login sounds
Hi, Where can I adjust/change the login theme sound? I use KDE on LM10. tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] java vulnerability
Hi everyone, I'm sure many have already reacted to this news but for those that haven't heard; there is a cross platform (linux included) java vulnerability that could compromise your machine to the user level. It has been address in the latest java jre. Info is here http://www.linuxsecurity.com/articles/general_article-10295.html I have to relink my browsers now, doh! Regards, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] streaming wmv, ogg and amarok
Hi, Has anyone managed to get the amarok player to play the streaming wmv from cbc canada? It does do the streaming ogg but there are only 2 available streams and I would prefer listening to CBC Vancouver. Any other players out there that will decode their wmv streams? Thanks in advance, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] missing usb module?
Hi Everyone, I have been exploring my LM10 installation on my Dell Inspiron 9100 and when I went to check usb devices in KDE Control Centre, it returned the following message... The diagnostics is: Library files for libkcm_usb.la not found in paths Possible reasons: An error occurred during your last KDE upgrade leaving an orphaned control module You have old third party modules lying around. Check these points carefully and try to remove the module mentioned in the error message. If this fails, consider contacting your distributor or packager. Now, my installation won't recognize my Fuji Finepix 2400 no matter what I do. Also, a usb player that I have is not recognized. However, a 'Dell' 128 Mb USB key is! Could this be a reason for my usb incongruities? What action should be taken to resolve this? Thanks, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] konq won't start
Hi, It seems that Konqueror won't start from the Personal Files icon. It will start from the command line just fine. I can't remember what to delete in my home directory in order for it to start again from the desktop icon. Anyone remember? tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing default browser- help
Hi Geoff, Start System Configuration.KDE..Components..File Associations . Then just type in the file extension and the priority of application for opening it. Bill W. On Tuesday 02 November 2004 08:11 pm, geoff wrote: When I click on a URL link in an email, how can I make Mozilla open it instead of Konqueror? I can't find anywhere in preferences to change it. That way, I can bookmark the site if I want to keep it in my preferred Mozilla. Thanks Geoff Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] cdrom busy....not umounting
Hi, I'm running LM10 Community on an Inspiron 9100. A fresh install is working 98%. However, the cdrom does not seem to want to let go of any cdrom once I view it's contents in Konq. As root, I get the error umount: /mnt/cdrom: device is busy It seems that supermount may not be operating correctly. fstab follows /dev/hda5 / reiserfs notail,noatime 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec 0 0 /dev/hda2 /mnt/win_c ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-1,ro 0 0 /dev/hda7 /mnt/win_d vfat umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 Does anything seem out of place? tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OT gnutella finds loads of .exe files
Hi, If you check the size and they are around 20 to 75 kB, they are probably Windows viruses. I learned that the hard way. Ignoring them is the best option. Regards, Bill W. On Saturday 24 July 2004 11:47 pm, Brian Parish wrote: I am using gtk-gnutella and have noticed that in recent times, whatever I enter as search criteria, I get back heaps of whatever-I-typed-in.exe files found. I have always ignored them, but does anyone have a clear idea what these are about? cheers Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] best bittorrent client
Hi, I am considering a bittorrent client installation. I prefer a gui application so that others can use it. Can the list members make a recommendation? tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Finally - an ad we can enjoy.
Hi, I think that Linspire is just trying to open some doors. Bill On Friday 23 July 2004 06:28 pm, Jeff Reid wrote: I LOVE IT!! :-) Thanks for the laugh! Jeff - Original Message - From: Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 5:10 PM Subject: [newbie] Finally - an ad we can enjoy. Friends, although it is Linspire, it´s still Linux : http://www.linspire.com/RunLinspireFlash.php Turn your sound volume up and have a good laugh. Kaj Haulrich. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] knewsticker in LM10
Hi, I finally got my ethernet connection up and running! Thanks to all who offered suggestions. Now to get to the fine tuning. Has Mandrake removed knewsticker from the latest distro? If so, is it possible to implement the previous version? Thanks, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Assistance requested for a minor annoyance
Hi Glenn, That one I know! In MCC, under 'Options' , uncheck 'Display Logs'. Regards, Bill W. On Tuesday 20 July 2004 07:36 pm, Glenn wrote: I solved this one a few months ago on my own, but can't for the life of me remember how I did it. Whenever I do any function within MCC, I get a blank pop-up box with the title Mandrake Tools Logs. Can anybody tell me which package I installed to vex myself so?? Thanks in advance for any assistance. Glenn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] sigmatel mp3 player
Hi, I was wondering if there has been progress on mounting these usb mp3 players. In that other os mine is identified as sigmatel mscn usb device. A google on that term reveals another player using the same systema Transcend JetFlash. In their literature they suggest a simple mount command from /dev/sda1 is all that's needed. Of course, this is not functional in LM10, to my knowledge. I have tried both kernels on the LM10 CE distro. Has this been addressed in 'Official'? Has anyone been successful with this usb mass storage player? Thanks and regards, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] overnight freezing
Hi, I have searched the archives but I came up empty on this particular issue. I have LM10 CE installed on a Dell laptop dual booting win2k. Aside from a video resolution issue, LM10 is a nice release for me. One annoying issue, however, is that if I leave my machine on overnight, it is locked up tight by morning. Nothing but a hard reboot will get it back. Ctl - Alt - F1 etc. doesn't respond. I can't get to a command line at all to try and figure it out. Is there a log file somewhere that might be recording events leading up to the freeze? BTW, I have a simple 'clock' screensaver enabled but 'power management' is not enabled. Also, is there any pressing reasons to upgrade to official? thanks for your ideas, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] cleaning up old kernels
Hi, I followed the thread regarding the security update, so I decided to upgrade my kernel. Urpmi worked flawlessly. After rebooting I decided to try my digital camerastill no luck. So I installed the 2.4 upgraded kernel. Camera works like a charm. I now have linux, 2.6 and 2.4 as well as windows and failsafe in my lilo boot options. Do I have to 'uninstall' any of the old kernels, as well as 2.6 or can I just delete them from my lilo? tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] fuji finepix 2400
Hi, I was going to try getting the fuji finepix 2400 going again in LM10. A search through the archives indicated a few threads, all seeming to indicate that 9.2 was almost an automatic install whereas 10 somewhat broke it. An inexpensive mp3 (usb) player is also not recognized. Has this usb issue been resolved in LM10 official? Has any list member been successful mounting the finepix camera on LM10 with 2.6.3-4 kernel? tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wal-Mart music downloads
Hi, I have followed this thread and found that mplayer will play wma files. mplayer --novideo file.wma Now I don't know if it will play all .wma files but the free one on Walmart site plays nicely. I'm exploring the comment early on about Jetaudio being able to strip the drm protection. Problem is, it's a windows prog and I'm trying to stay out of that side of my computer. Regards, Bill W. On Saturday 10 April 2004 09:52, Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 10 April 2004 02:10, Rory wrote: The poor guy working at WalMart for next to no money simply is just mouthing was the sales pitch is and just doesn't know any better. He's not trying to mislead anyone, WalMart is. http://musicdownloads.walmart.com/catalog/servlet/TourServlet;jsessio nid=A3ICp8GCZkSFea38f5CTunzjBJApRROBLXzjevux938VeolMTMv4!-1915370110?p ageIndex=0 quote Note: Music downloads from Walmart.com will not play on the Apple Macintosh or Linux operating systems. /quote So what package was used to play the sample song? Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAd7W8kFAvMr/nNX8RAkzMAJ9Jixr5pkxGUdIqAnK1/JS3dDPt3gCdH2a+ Wn7H/ctYP7JxpjIc85WhMAw= =Yaby -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] MDK 10 -- Webmin won't start
Hi, Your message prompted me to install webmin and give it a try. I used mcc to install it. Then I ran 'webmin' in a cli. Then I tried to connect and voila...it worked. Did you run the program before trying to connect? Regards, Bill W. On Monday 29 March 2004 01:38, John Wilson wrote: Hi there! There is probably an issue at my end but...here we go anyway. Whenever I try to start Webmin I get this: An error occurred while loading https://localhost:1/: Could not connect to host localhost (port 1) What could this be? And yes, webmin is installed. :-) ttfn John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] digital camera / 2.4 kernel
Hi, A thread in the archives suggests that my Fuji camera is not fully supported in the 2.6 kernel. It also suggests that the 2.4 kernel supplied with LM10 does a better job. (LM9.1 supported it flawlessly) Is there absolutely no way to have the camera on 2.6? If not, what is the easiest way to downgrade to the 2.4? tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] kmail lock file
Hi, When I boot into LM10 I have been getting a 'KMail can't start because it's already on a process as shown in the lock file' type message. I initially tried to 'kill' the process but it isn't acutally running. So I just delete the lock file. I can't understand why this should be happening since I always manage a clean shut down. Has anyone else had this problem. Not major, just a nuisance. tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] test
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Re: [newbie] Gateway BURN IN HELL!! RANT Kind of long
Hi, I've been following this thread with interest. I just upped to LM10. It almost seemed too easy. I use it on a Dell laptop (inspiron). I don't remember if there was an option to write the bootloader to different locations like in 9.2, 9.1 etc but I was wondering if the bootloader has to be on the MBR for the bios to pick it up. Just a thought. Good luck with it. Regards, Bill W. On Sunday 21 March 2004 13:17, Marc wrote: On Saturday 20 March 2004 10:31 pm, Aron Smith wrote: On Saturday 20 March 2004 03:27 pm, bascule wrote: it would be interesting to know the results of putting the gateway hard drive in a 'normal' machine and putting a 'normal' hard drive in the gateway machine Two screwed-up Machines? The Gateway HDD works great in a normal machine. In fact to clear matters up a bit ether of the 2 hard drives suppled by gateway will work fine in the gateway machine. I can do a standard ML installation with NO problems at all what so ever. But after the installation when the machine starts to reboot it hangs at the Gateway splash screen where it says to hit F2 to enter setup. It does not even go to the LILO boot loader screen. At that point F2 will not work and the machine will not proceed with booting up. if I power down and attempt to reboot again I can access the BIOS by hitting F1 instead of F2. F1 will take me to an other screen where I can then get to the BIOS settings. When I do get to the BIOS settings and do some checking I find that the hard drive is undetected. It detects NO primary master NO primary slave, It does detect the CD drive as a secondary master. If I remove the HDD and put it in an other machine the other machine will boot into Linux with no problems at all. If I then Reformat the drive using Maxblast and a win 98 floppy then reinstall the HDD in the Gateway machine the gateway machine will be able to detect it correctly and load windoze back on it and run just fine, but if ML is loaded after the installation when I go to reboot it is the same old thing the Gateway machine is no longer able to detect the HDD. I would still assume that the BIOS in any machine would detect A drive from information stored on the PC board of the drive and not from information stored on the disk. Am I wrong about this? The behavior of this machine seems abnormal at best and possibly a deliberate attempt to prevent the installation of any non microshaft operating system. I am going to try to contact tech support at Intel, the folks that made this board for gateway and get some further details. Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] radeon m9 driver for dell laptop
Hi, I would like to extend my congrats to Mandrake for a significant distro release. I have installed LM10 on my Inspiron (8000) laptop and it took about 20 minutes. I didn't think it would be successful since I didn't have to provide any input or make any decisions but it set up all of my devices and set up my broadband internet without a single keystroke from me. All this on a dual boot system while retaining my /home directory. My issue is with the Radeon driver. The system has been set up with the fglrx driver but this doesn't allow me to change the resolution on the lcd screen. So I changed to the fbdev driver. This allows me to change the resolution but the screen display doesn't change..for instance, if I go to 600x480 the task bar disappears off the bottom of the screen. Ctl - Alt - F1 to a cli to MCC to change back. I think I remember a posting on this recently but the archives are still out of date. (what's up with that?) My thanks, as well, to everyone who support by helping list members. Best regards, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] sigmatel usb mp3 player
Hi all, I recently bought a cheap, 'er inexpensive mp3 player. It is described as a Sigmatel MSCN USB device and it is mounted as a mass storage device in that other OS. I don't like the looks of 2 of those letters! My Fuji 2400 mounts beautifully as a mass storage device but this item is resisting all my efforts. Does anyone have this device? Do I have to create any dir's before it will work? I'm running LM9.1 on a laptop. tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] cds in software manager
Hi Everyone, I recently did another LM 9.1 install but when I went to MCC software installer, there was no cd1, cd2, cd3 in the sources. I'm embarassed to say I don't know how to add them. Ideas? Thanks, Bill W. longtime lurker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cds in software manager
Hi Greg, Many thanks. I had to add a little bit to the command...from the help file. The command that finally worked for me was... urpmi.addmedia --distrib removable://mnt/cdrom For some reason it demanded the 'removable://' but you definitely pointed the way. Thanks again, Bill W. On Wednesday 04 February 2004 08:04 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Wednesday 04 February 2004 10:06 pm, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi Everyone, I recently did another LM 9.1 install but when I went to MCC software installer, there was no cd1, cd2, cd3 in the sources. I'm embarassed to say I don't know how to add them. Ideas? As root at the command line, type 'urpmi.addmedia --distrib /mnt/cdrom' after placing cd1 in the drive. This will add all 3 cd's to your sources in one fell swoop. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla and my bank
Hi, Excellent response. I too, deal with a very MS - centric IT department at work and getting them to recognize any other options is a real battle. But it must have felt good to clue them in none the less. Well done. Regards, Bill W. On Tuesday 05 August 2003 08:31 pm, David wrote: On Monday 04 August 2003 11:58 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 13:41, David wrote: Not to belabor this point, but -- I sent a message to the BBT IT department and here is their reply --- what a hoot! Dear Mr. Williams: Thank you for writing to BBT OnLine Support regarding compatibility of WebConnect and Sun. Sun Microsystems contain features that are not compatible with WebConnect. Sun Microsystems uses their own Java, rather than Microsoft Java. WebConnect uses the Java scripting found only in Microsoft Internet Explorer and earlier versions of Netscape such as Netscape 4.75. WHACK Here's a question to ask them; do they only have white customers? It's literally the same thing. Prejudicial treatment. (Not intentionally, but because the IT department for that bank is stuck with a Microsoft solution - which tells you basically where a large amount of the profits they make go...) --SNIP What I actually responded to them was this -- Right or wrong. I use BBT for my business account (that I have very recently opened). You do realize that the official Java is the Sun Java and that Microsoft Java is a bastardized version. BBT should review their policy and be more standard with the real Java that is being used. I use America's Bank for my personal accounts and I can use any browser at any time to to connect to view my account information. BBT is apparently taking a myopic viewpoint and using only Microsoft compatible stuff. You are cutting yourself off from a growing segment of the market. Several browsers that are growing in popularity such as Mozilla and Opera are far superior to Microsoft Explorer. It is BBT's right to use whatever they deem as appropriate. And, I must use a bank that I deem as appropriate. David B. Williams Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] firestarter and open ports
Hi Anne, I think it's just another option for remote configuration. Some servers can be accessed and somewhat configured via ftp as well. Bill Thinking about this, configuration is done via a browser, so the router is serving pages for that purpose. Right? But why an ftp server. I can see an ftp client, since it needs to be able to download flash updates, but server? Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] firestarter and open ports
Hi, A google search on 'windweb' indicates that it is a web server for embedded systems with limited memory. http://www.roe.ac.uk/atc/projects/vista/background/phase_b/software/VxWorks/docs/windweb/guide/c-overview.html#84477 Note that the ftp server is VxWorkssame as the web server. Can you describe your linux installation? Did you install these programs? Can you find their directories using slocate? I am running out of answers on this but the information might be useful for others to help you solve your problem. Plus it is an interesting question. Regards, Bill W. On Wednesday 06 August 2003 05:18 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 06 Aug 2003 12:48 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 06 Aug 2003 11:37 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 06 Aug 2003 11:13 am, Derek Jennings wrote: Personally I find that http://scan.sygatetech.com/ is a better firewall test site. Sorry for hijacking - but need clarification of sygatetech's report. It saw my outwardfacing ip - fine. It saw Linux i686 and Netscape Navigator 5.0 - to be expected, I think. Then, in services found, it said Web Server Found = Server: WindWeb/1.0.2 FTP Server Open = 220 VxWorks (5.4.1) FTP server ready This is a complete surprise to me, as to the best of my knowledge I don't have either of these. What is it seeing? Anne Dunno. It reports my Web server and Mail server OK. Are you connecting through a proxy? I connect through a router/firewall. The web interface for this doesn't allow me many options for configuring the firewall, though, so it's difficult to know exactly how it is configured. It didn't report any more than I have told you, so I presume that it couldn't find anything else - it certainly couldn't get the computer name. I did wonder if it was my isp's web server and ftp server that it was seeing. Anne Going a bit Off Topic I was surprised to see in the Sygate Quick Scan that my ports 113 and 135 were reported as 'Closed' instead of 'Blocked' like the others. grc.com also agreed these ports were 'closed'. A quick look at the FAQ on the shorewall site at http://www.shorewall.net/FAQ.htm#faq4 tells me that shorewall will by default leave these ports 'closed' because it cuts down on 'chatter' in Windows/Samba networks. So thats another mystery solved :-) derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] realaudio player
Hi again, I am going to be needing a realaudio player for my LM9.1 installation. I have downloaded the rp8 file but I was wondering if there are any further developed clients available. Or is there an alternative client for .rm and .ram files? tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] firestarter and open ports
Hi, Using a trick that I learned on this list, (ip in mail headers) I tried to connect to your web server. I am presented with a username / password prompt. Also, your ftp server is accepting connections but it will not accept anonymous connections. Just an update. Regards, Bill W. On Wednesday 06 August 2003 06:59 am, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, A google search on 'windweb' indicates that it is a web server for embedded systems with limited memory. http://www.roe.ac.uk/atc/projects/vista/background/phase_b/software/VxWorks /docs/windweb/guide/c-overview.html#84477 Note that the ftp server is VxWorkssame as the web server. Can you describe your linux installation? Did you install these programs? Can you find their directories using slocate? I am running out of answers on this but the information might be useful for others to help you solve your problem. Plus it is an interesting question. Regards, Bill W. On Wednesday 06 August 2003 05:18 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 06 Aug 2003 12:48 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 06 Aug 2003 11:37 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 06 Aug 2003 11:13 am, Derek Jennings wrote: Personally I find that http://scan.sygatetech.com/ is a better firewall test site. Sorry for hijacking - but need clarification of sygatetech's report. It saw my outwardfacing ip - fine. It saw Linux i686 and Netscape Navigator 5.0 - to be expected, I think. Then, in services found, it said Web Server Found = Server: WindWeb/1.0.2 FTP Server Open = 220 VxWorks (5.4.1) FTP server ready This is a complete surprise to me, as to the best of my knowledge I don't have either of these. What is it seeing? Anne Dunno. It reports my Web server and Mail server OK. Are you connecting through a proxy? I connect through a router/firewall. The web interface for this doesn't allow me many options for configuring the firewall, though, so it's difficult to know exactly how it is configured. It didn't report any more than I have told you, so I presume that it couldn't find anything else - it certainly couldn't get the computer name. I did wonder if it was my isp's web server and ftp server that it was seeing. Anne Going a bit Off Topic I was surprised to see in the Sygate Quick Scan that my ports 113 and 135 were reported as 'Closed' instead of 'Blocked' like the others. grc.com also agreed these ports were 'closed'. A quick look at the FAQ on the shorewall site at http://www.shorewall.net/FAQ.htm#faq4 tells me that shorewall will by default leave these ports 'closed' because it cuts down on 'chatter' in Windows/Samba networks. So thats another mystery solved :-) derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] initial apache setup
Hi Everyone, I am setting up a webserver using apache 1.3.8. It seems that I have the server functioning properly because I can see my simple web page when I type the IP address or localhost into the address bar of my browser. However, I have a second connection to the internet on a separate IP address in my home and I can't see anything when I address to my site. I went to grc.com and it seems that port 80 is open for business. Also, I tried to ping my web server machine (LM9.1) from the other (WinXP) and the was no responsetimed out. Is there some network config file that has to be set up in LM9.1 in order to accept connections? I can supply my IP addie if anyone want to try it. tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] apache setup and archives
Hi Everyone, I am trying to set up a simple apache (2.0) webserver so I would normally try to search the archives. I continue to get error messages whenever I try to access them. As an alternative, does anyone have a good newbie site for the steps involved? Also, on my 9.1 installation with default security settings, is the standard port open or closed? How can I tell. As you can see, I'm pretty new to webserving so all assistance is appreciated. Best regards from burning BC Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Intro
hi Larry, It seems that the camera is supported by gphoto2. If you did a multimedia install, it should be under Multimedia Graphics. Run the program and it should be fairly intuitive setting up the cam. The website is... http://www.gphoto.org Once the pics are retrieved you can manipulate them with a number of progs...all undet Multimedia Graphics My fave is the GIMP. It is a very powerful graphics editor ala Photoshop. Good luck, Bill W. On Sunday 27 July 2003 08:40 am, burns wrote: On July 27, 2003 07:07 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 27 Jul 2003 12:23 pm, burns wrote: Hi, just climbed aboard, wanted to try this out to see if I have the technic right.. thanks larry Welcome aboard, Larry. Looks OK to me g Anne I have a digital camera, (jamcam) which is listed and it seems I have activated this camera, but what programs have an *acquire* feature that I can download pic's from the camera... I have tried the image viewer programs that came with the o/s. So what do I do now? Larry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] kmail 9.0 to 9.1
Hi All, I saved my entire /home directory to my /mnt/windows directory before I installed 9.1. I would like to copy over all the kmail information, messages and directories from /mnt/windows to the new 9.1 insallation. However, when I copy the Mail directory it seems that there are many messages missing. For example Inbox has no messages when transfered over yet I know there were some when I copied the directory to windows. Am I missing other mail related files/folders that augment the main 'Mail' directory? tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] IEfavorites to Mozilla (or any browser) bookmarks
Hi, I've searched for this seemingly simple question and I have yet to find an answer. Is there a way to convert IE favorites to Mozilla bookmarks? It is not obvious in any of the browsers (Galeon, Mozilla, Firebird, Konq). Even Google didn't help me out on this one. tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] broadband screws up dial up
Hi all, Thanks for the thoughts. It sounds pretty reasonable. I am wondering, though, that there should be an easy 'back and forth' between DSL and dial up without having to re-write a config file every time I want one or the other. Anybody have a similar situation that is working? I am running this on a Dell laptop but I don't think that has any bearing. tia, Bill W. It would appear that the broadband is using DHCP and your system is still thinking it's on DHCP and not resolving to the DNS servers your ISP uses - and maybe not recognising that the gateway has changed... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] more supermount stuff
Hi, Thanks Anne and John. First offto answer John...there is no floppy drive at all in my laptop. I took it out of the drive bay and added the cdrw. Also, hard drive is hda, cdrom is hdb and cdrw is hdc. Next, Anne, it seems that there is another difference between your fstab lines and mine. Yours read iocharset=iso8859-15 while mine read iocharset=iso8859-1 I'm usually not worried about trying the different options but I'd like to see if, collectively, any of these differences make sense. Also, for John, my lilo.conf does have the scsi emulation turned on thus append=devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off quiet Any ideas? Thanks for everything so far. Regards, Bill W. On Saturday 19 July 2003 07:09 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, In Konq (or any app) whenever I try to access /mnt , it freezes and has to be killed. I checked my fstab and found that there are 2 entries for a single floppy drive. This is my laptop and I replaced the floppy with a cdrw. 9.1 picked that up nicely. So you don't have a Floppy at all ? Or you did have two floppy drives, and now you have one ? Checking the archives, there doesn't seem to be much on supermount or fstab since 9.1 was released. Here is my fstabperhaps some may have suggestions. none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/hdb,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 none /mnt/cdrom2 supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 I really like the supermount, so I would like to hang on to it if possible. Bill W. Supermount is very much a work in progress, not much is written up yet. I have never owned a laptop, so experiece with their ide layout is unfamiliar to me. So then, what is the ide layout ? Ide0 = Hardrive(s) Ide1 = cdrom and writer , master and slave in that order ? Or is it, Ide0 = harddrive and writer, configured mater and slave ? Assuming the first layout, Harddrive = /dev/hda cdrom = /dev/hdc writer = /dev/hdb but is it scsi-emulated in /etc/lilo.conf as hdd=ide-scsi ? so, under supermount , cdrom and writer fstab entries look to be correct.. The floppy entry looks correct, if you still have one. If it doesn't work then maybe it's a hardware related issue. first try, cdrecord -scanbus to make sure it's on the bus. Then there are further commands to issue to test the capability of the drives, but I cannot rememebr what they are. Maybe Tom Brinkman can jog our memories. John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] lost login settings
Hi, I had to do a hard power reset and now when I boot into LM9 I get the graphical login screen with my user and all other (installed) users...like ftp, gopher, cdrecord etc. Also, I cannot access any window manager like kde, gnome, icewm etc. All that is available is 'default' and 'failsafe'. These both boot to a cli. As root I can config my user to automatically boot into kde but I would like to config the login screen back to my single user with all options for window managers. Where are these configuration options available? tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] lost login configuration
Hi All, I had to do a hard reset and now when I boot into LM9 my login options are whacked. I used to have one user now there are many. ftp, udp, games etc. are all on the login screen. Also, my user can't login to any window managerall that is left is default and failsafe (both the same of course) I managed to login as root, start kde and setup my user to automatically login to kde so I know it is still functional but I can't find the configuration utility to clean up the login process. I don't like the auto login situation. Where in the config area can I find what I need? tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] new vid card
Hi Everyone, I just installed a new video card in my Dell laptopInspiron 8000. Formerly I had an ATI M4 Rage Mobility (8 Meg) and I installed an ATI M9 Radeon 9000 (64 Meg). Can anyone give me the basic upgrade procedure for getting a working XF86Config-4 file. Of course, when I booted into Mandrake 9 it put me to a command line and X would not start. I used to know how to get it to upgrade but LM9 is so darn stable, I haven't had to play with it since I installed it. IIRC, it's somewhere in the expert / installation routine. But I want to be sure so I don't hoop my installation. BTW, it is a dual boot Win2k / LM9 machine. If anyone has this combo, perhaps a copy of your file will suffice. Also, I have no problem working out of the cli. Thanks in advance, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] update slocate db
Hi, I use slocate regularly to locate various files. I have recently received warnings that the slocate database is more than 8 days old. I read through the documentation and the -u option appears to create a database but my question is can I just run an updatedb command of some sort? Thanks, Bill W. -- Are you sure you're not an encyclopedia salesman? No, Ma'am. Just a burglar, come to ransack the flat. -- Monty Python Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] authentication(?) via linux
Hi, Is there any way for me to login via a web page to a Win2k site that is serving files? I don't get a chance to enter the username / password. All I ever get is this error You are not authorized to view this page You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials you supplied. HTTP 401.3 - Access denied by ACL on resource Internet Information Services Of course using IE allows me to input the user/pass, no problem. Is there a linux solution? Regards, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] libsmbclient info
Hi, I am trying to access a windows authenticated site to retrieve some files. I have no problem when using IE but I get this error on any linux browser. HTTP 401.3 - Access denied by ACL on resource Internet Information Services I did a google search and found others with the same problem. A possible solution offered was the libsmbclient but I cannot find any documentation on it at all. Does anyone else need to access files via http? Is there another method? The network admin that is serving the files has no use for linux so he will not change anything on his end. I just hate booting to windows to retrieve this info, then back to linux for everything else. Thanks and regards, Bill W. -- The Beatles: Paul McCartney's old back-up band. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] gkrellm on top
Hi, I have gkrellm set to monitor my email. However, it has an annoying habit of automatically opening the kmail window even if it finds no new mail. I think it opens the kmail window every time it checks. Anyone else have this problem? Also, I like to have gkrellm running and I would like to know if there is setting to keep it on top. tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] gtk-gnutella
hI, When I run gtk-gnutella, there is an icon that shows that the prog thinks I'm firewalled. I run a stock LM9 installation and I did not set up any firewall when first installed. This prog runs on port 6346. Is there a way to check if the port is open/closed? tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Openoffice and .doc files
Hi, Quick question...LM 9.0 and OO were a fresh install. I received an email with a .doc extension but OO won't open it under any MS (or other) extension label. I get pages of codes but at the top is the statement'This file must be converted using Binhex 4.0' Any thoughts? There is nothing on this in the OO mailing list archive. tia, Bill W. "education was never meant to be efficient. It was meant to be difficult, interesting, pleasurable, errant, prodigal in every respect, transgressive, personal, lengthy, demanding and hospitable - but not efficient" - St. Augustine
[newbie] restarting crashed programs
Hi again, I have experienced occasional crashes (freezes) in KMail and OO from a new LM9 install. Everything went cleanly on install. Anyway my question is. Is there a way to restart the programs after a freeze? It seems that I have to logout then login again before I can restart the affected application. I have checked with the 'top' command and I don't see them running but perhaps something else is that prevents the restart. Anyone experience this one? tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Best Linux Laptop
Hi Flux, Alway willing to get involved in a slagfest. Count me as one vote for Mandrake! (or 2 if you allow vote fixing) regards, Bill W. - Original Message - From: Flux [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 1:02 PM Subject: [newbie] Best Linux Laptop I'm sure this has been asked a thousand times, but what's the best laptop for the average Linux distro? I had, at first, targeted Compaq's Presario 2800T, but I caught wind that Compaq's suck for Linux. (This could explain my current problems) I'm buying two new laptops for me and my boss, and I'm sorta going with the HP Pavilion ze5000 series, unless I hear really bad things about them. Anyway, I'd be happy to hear everyone's input. Thanks! -Law Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] /mnt problem
Hi, Just installed LM9 on a Dell Inspiron 8000. Nice and easy but a few little annoyances. I'll deal with them one at a time. In Konqueror, whenever I click on /mnt in the sidebar, Konq freezes and has to be 'killed'. Anyone with this problem? Any suggestions? Thanks, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] mozilla install
Hi, I'm running LM8.2 I have upgraded to Galeon 1.2.6 and I found out that I had to upgrade Mozilla to 1.1. I ran mozilla-installer as root and found that it would not overwrite the existing version 9.8. No big deal, I thoughtmake a new dir called mozilla-1.1 and install there. Then I renamed /usr/local/mozilla to /usr/local/mozilla_old. Also, renamed /usr/local/mozilla-1.1 to /usr/local/mozilla so plugins would be recognized. However, when I run mozilla from the command line or from K-Networking-WWW-Mozilla it continues to run the old 9.8 version. Surely, I don't have to re-boot. I'm leery of deleting the old version till I get this working. But maybe that's what is required. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] galeon search bar
Hi, I just updated to Galeon 1.2.6 on LM8.2. Somehow during the transition I managed to lose the toolbar that I had set up with google / freshmeat / rpmfind search tables. I just can't seem to find the setup location. Can someone direct me? Many thanks, Bill W. -- education was never meant to be efficient. It was meant to be difficult, interesting, pleasurable, errant, prodigal in every respect, transgressive, personal, lengthy, demanding and hospitable - but not efficient - St. Augustine Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to set Mozilla as the default browser in KDE (2.2.2 -- Mandrake 8.2)
Hi, How bout thisstart - configuration - kde - file browsing - file associations. Then type in html, you should see an 'application order' that can be set. hth, Bill W. On Monday 02 September 2002 06:06 am, you wrote: Randy Kramer wrote: Anybody know how to set Mozilla (or any other browser) as the default browser in KDE (2.2.2 -- Mandrake 8.2)? Thanks, Randy Kramer Hi Randy, Seriously, I'm fairly certain there isn't any such thing in Linux in as much as setting a default browser goes in the understood sense of the phrase. Rather you can tell the system which browser to use when certain conditions arise or events happen. e.i. In Pine when I want a webpage accessed via an embedded URL in the message I've set Links in the program prefs to handle all URL calls from Pine. If you're taling about setting things up in KDE to do the same thing I don't recall there being a way in which to do that other then that anoying little popup thing that comes out of the tool tray that I always turn off. you've got me curious now though so I'm going to start diggin around. Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] firestarter logs
Hi, I've noticed increasing hits coming from some site in Taiwan. Since firestarter is listing them (upper ports...around 32000 and up) I presume they are not getting in. How do members of this list handle repetitive port scans from a single site? Just wondering if there's any point in reverse lookup and email. Thanks, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] usb mass storage
Hi, I went the gphoto website and was directed to another page to set up my camera. Apparently, it has to be considered a mass storage device. (even in windows) There is no problem with that. In fact, I prefer that. After creating the directory /media/camera, I was told to add the following lines to the etc/fstab file. /dev/sdb1 /media/camera vfat ro,noauto,user 0 0. Now typing mount /media/camera reveals the files stored on the camera. Beauty! Here's my problem...during boot up I get 4 error messages regarding supermount and device 0/110/120/13and 0/14 Otherwise everything works great. Is this anything to worry about? Should the fstab line be changed somehow to include supermount? BTW, this is on a standard LM8.2 installation. If more info is needed, please ask. TIA, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] network usage script
Hi, This was a very good question. I didn't see any responses. I, too would like to be able to extract this type of info. Hope someone tackles this one. Regards, Bill W. On Thursday 01 August 2002 08:28 am, you wrote: Does anyone have a shell script example or a better idea on how to monitor network usage? I don't think I need anything as big as MRTG. I have a small network behind a Linux router (2 LAN cards) Can I pull this info with a shell script with ifconfig? and have it emailed daily? or monthly Really at the end of the day I would like a daily report, and a monthly report. Thoughts? Dan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [newbie] Problem with LM 9.0 - DON'T LEAVE US???
Hi, This is sad news, indeed. Ever since I have been subscribed, Civileme has been one of the most prominent and most knowledgable contributers. Whatever the future holds, Civileme, thank you for all you have done on this list. Regards, Bill W. On Monday 29 July 2002 06:09 pm, you wrote: --- civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip My involvement with the fixing process is becoming distant as I struggle to complete a few more testing tools before my lay-off is effective. (two days hence). Civileme Bummer... :( So what happens next? Got greener pastures to head towards? (...in these troubled times - good luck!) Gonna keep your hand in this list - a least visit from time to time? All the best, Ron. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.2 Webcam - How Cool
Hi, This seems like an excellent time to let everyone know just what kind of webcam it was that set up so easily. I have been considering one myself and if it is that easy I will get one right away. So, what brand and model? Are you happy with the performance? Thanks, Bill W. On Monday 22 July 2002 11:50 am, you wrote: Just a little story of appreciation for Mandrake: I plugged in my usb webcam and started to research how to install the driver for the webcam. I almost wrote my question to this list and then I noticed an icon on the desktop XawTV /dev/v4l2/video1. I clicked it and there was my webcam. I'm not sure if the icon got there before or after I rebooted the machine. In any case... pretty cool! Thanks Mandrake! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] file transfer utility?
Hi, If I want to transfer files from my laptop to my home directory on the college server (win2k) I have to mount it as a drive. First create a directory in linux to 'show' your home directory in.something like 'school'.I created mine in the mnt directory where the rest of the mountables are. So, open a terminal, and as root type mkdir school. This will create the directory. Then type exit to get out of your root account. Now whenever you want to access your school files type mount -t smbfs -o username=whateveryourwindowsusernameis //winservername/youraccount /mnt/school I know it seems a little complicated but it's not really. The command is telling your computer to mount a smb filesystem (windows) and you have to state the windows server name followed by the path to your school account. Then there is a space and /mnt/school The windows server should then ask for your password. Supply it and now all your school files are visible and accessible in /mnt/school using any file manager ... Konqueror down on the button bar is easy to use and appears similar to Windows Explorer. I hope this helps...You can also automate this to automagically mount your windows shares but I just type the command when required. Regards, Bill W. At the command line On Wednesday 17 July 2002 03:32 pm, you wrote: even Konq (the default web browser and KDE file handler) can ftp and can connect to the folders on any other machine that allows you to. try it. the world is in your XFree86 file mangers, just like at your desktop On Wednesday 17 July 2002 06:13 pm, you wrote: I'm a newbie and wish to transfer files from my networked Mandrake 8.2 machine to my home account on the university server. I'm sure mandrake comes with such a command line or xwindows utilty. Can anyone tell me what it's name is? If I know I am sure I can look up the man pages for using it. Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] running terminal apps from menu
Hi, This one has been bugging me for quite a while. I run LM8.2 on my laptop and I have installed Wordperfect on it. It's from an old Maximum Linux cd. Anyway, I tried to add it to the menu under Office and under 'command' I use /home/bill/Wordperfect/wpbin/xwp These are the directories and the command that I use to start from the command line. However, when I try to select it from the menu, I get the hourglass working in the taskbar, then it just disappears. top and kpm show no process(es) for Wordperfect. What am I missing here? Is it possible to add a command line app to the start menu and get it to work? Thanks and regards, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] webmin cookies
Hi, I am trying to get webmin up and running. When I go to 127.0.0.1:1 I get the webmin login screen. However, when I try to login as root I get the message ... Your browser does not support cookies, which are required for this web server to work in session authentication mode... I checked the 'persistent data' in Galeon and it shows 'accept all cookies'. I have tried it with Apache running and with Apache stopped. What am I missing here? tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] can't login as root
Hi, I rarely ask questions for others but this one has me stumped. My colleague running LM8.2 has a default (for his hardware) configuration. He created one user. Then, he went to the security configuration utility and set it to "high". Now he can't get in the gui login as root. His user account still works and he can 'su' in a terminal. This behaviour seems to have started just after he changed the security setting to high. My research found a possible solution in the /etc/security/access.conf with a missing entry like... -:ALL EXCEPT list of accounts:LOCAL Am I on the right track here? Has anyone come across this one before? Newbie archives don't return anything on this. tia, Bill W.
[newbie] linux virus
Hi, I know the likelihood of a linux virus is very (extremely) small but at Symantec there is a write up about one http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/linux.simile.html Does anyone on the list have any info on this particular virus.the method of checking on a linux system; how to be rid of it, etc? Thanks and regards, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] linux virus
Hi, I checked the archives'virus', 'trojan', 'simile', etc.nothing is showing up.can you give me a message header to work with here... tia, Bill W. On Monday 03 June 2002 05:51 pm, you wrote: Hey, umm we've been discussing this for a while already. Just join in our conversation. On Monday 03 June 2002 08:34 pm, you wrote: Hi, I know the likelihood of a linux virus is very (extremely) small but at Symantec there is a write up about one http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/linux.simile.html Does anyone on the list have any info on this particular virus.the method of checking on a linux system; how to be rid of it, etc? Thanks and regards, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] dangerous computers
make sure you disinfect the wound.you wouldn't want to catch a 'virus' On Wednesday 29 May 2002 05:43 pm, you wrote: I have been in very dangerous places before, but I never expected to loose an apendage to a computer before,,, but last night, the big server just up and bit off one of my toes.. thats right, I had the cover off and spun around in my chair to pick up a tweezer, and that sharp edge got me (good thing I keep Duct tape around) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] data in logging
Hi, I would like to know how to set up a utility to log kbyte traffic into and out of my machine. I am using KBMon which is a graphical utility to display these statistics but it does not seem to have logging capabilties. At the end of the day all I am interested in is how many mbytes have transfered to and from my machine. tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] default browser
Hi, I have decided to use Galeon as my default browser. I had no problem changing preference in Control Centre. However, if I click on an embedded link in email, most times the page fails to open. Galeon starts up but in the url location box I see something like file:///home/bill/.kde/share/apps/kfmexec/tmp/17786.0.article.pl when the link I was trying to open was... http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/05/12/054254 Looks like kde is doing some translating. How can I get my default browser to open embedded links? tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] start apps on log in
Hi, I used to know this.I want to get 'sound mixer' to start whenever I log in. I'm pretty sure I have to put it in rc.d ...I think. Anyway, tell me the syntax and I promise I won't forget again. tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How To Determine Webserver?
Hi, I always use www.netcraft.co.uk/whats Just type in the url and it does some kind of magic that returns not only server type but in many cases the uptime for that server. It is a site that keeps track of the usage of various servers across the internet and is generally considered on of the most reliable. hth, Bill W. On Monday 29 April 2002 10:37 am, you wrote: How do you determine what server a particular website is using? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Thanks to all
Best of luck, Curt. Come back anytime. On Saturday 20 April 2002 01:10 pm, you wrote: Hi, A few weeks ago I got several responses on my LILO problem when suddenly the fertilizer hit the ventilator in other areas of life, preventing me from working on it. I have to unsub for a while, but wanted to offer my thanks for everyone who made suggestions and to everyone else for your posts as well - I've read them all and have picked up lots of info and even learned a thing or two. I hope to be back soon when things are right side up again and just wanted to express my gratitude. Best to all, Curt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] kmail transports
Hi, I use a laptop at home and at work with 2 separate mail transport servers. Is there a way to set up KMail to easily switch between the two? In the help file they mention an Add Transport... button under the identity tab. I can't seem to find it? What am I missing here? tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] master browser
Hi, My local sysadmin (linux hater) says that my LM8.2 installation is giving 'many' error messages on the NT intranet. He says that my linux laptop is configured as a master browser. What do I have to do to restore peace? Thanks and regards, Bill W.
[newbie] slow mnt in konqueror file manager
Hi, I'm running LM8.2 on a Dell laptop. An irritating problem is that whenever I click on mnt in Konqueror it takes minutes to list its sub-directories. It appears to freeze until it finally displays. Anyone else run into this? tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] copy all
Hi, A while back someone gave the command for a total, recursive copy of all files for a drive to drive exchange. I searched the archive but to no avail. I can't remember the subject line so I hope someone will have the info at hand. tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 8.2 on Dell laptop
Hi, I decided to do a full install on my Dell I8000 laptop. A few glitches. #1.I had to choose a Dell 1400 laptop display in the monitor selection screen..almost all others give this error/tmp/imm.o init_module no such device Even so, I use a 800x600 resolution during the install but it defaults to the 1400 resolution very tinyctrl/alt/+ or - have no effect #2.In Konqueror when I try to access /mnt , it freezes. I think this may be because I have 2 cdroms in the laptop and no floppy. When I go to shutdown I get several error messages like umount : /mnt/floppy : illegal seek..I have to do a hard power off.. I could reinstall the floppy drive (it was there when I installed 8.1) and then once installed, I could pull it and re-install the cdrw Those are my first couple of bugs to be resolved. Any Dell laptop users out there on 8.2? Thanks and regards, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] kmail attachments
Hi, I am unable to receive attachments from co-workers. I have three separate email accounts. I am able to receive attachments on two of the accounts but on the third, all I receive are the message headers. No attachment. Unfortunately, I must be able to use this account; it is my work account. I have not made any changes to the setup in KMail settings. I believe that the originating mails are sent from Groupwise. Any thoughts? TIA, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all
Hi Everyone, British Columbia Canada..just above 0 degrees C (32 degrees F) Home of hockey GOLD! Bill W. On Tuesday 12 March 2002 11:23 am, you wrote: - Original Message - From: Hanan Shargi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 10:48 AM Subject: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all Why dont we people post in what part of the world r we ?? starter: Name: Hanan Country: Fairfax, VA United States IP: .. nah ;-) - Hanan AL-Shargi Jim Gentry Charleston, SC, USA Where the Ashley and Cooper rivers converge to form the Atlantic Ocean. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ARRRRRGH Big stinky MESS!!!! (was : Xwindows and RPMdrake problems}
Hi, Been there, done that. I think that you might have been able to recover your installation with a little more info, tho. In any case, if you are about to do a fresh install, you might consider hanging tough for a little while longerLM 8.2 is almost done and I hear it is really sweet. If you think you might want to upgrade at a later date it might be wise to start with the latest now. Just my $.02 Bill W. On Tuesday 12 March 2002 07:37 pm, you wrote: Is it just *ME*!? I tried the suggestion for doing an update install of the Mandrake 8.1 and the whole thing went *HAYWIRE*! For some reason, it still wanted to mess around with *partitions*! I got mixed up and must've clicked the wrong button and it destroyed my partitions set up... Totally unrecoverable!... My regular windows boot couldn't even *see* the C:\ drive! I lost GIGABYTES and GIGABYTES of data!! For the past 4 hours I have been salvaging my machine. I am up and running again (thanks to a recent move to making backups of at least *some* of my stuff) Oh, but the *LOSS*! :o( I *really* want this to work... but I can't help feeling I'm just a dumb prick to be meddling in things beyond my ken! But... on the positive side, I have a fresh new machine, with 10 GIGABYTES of free space on it (where before I had around 200MB)... and I'm at the stage where I can do a 'from scratch' install of Mandrake 8.1 (hopefully with some guidance so as to avoid another mishap... or disaster mor like). I want to re-install... but I'm totally scared I blow it all to hell again At least now I've a *lot* less to loose. Oh Man. That really freaked me out. ...GIGABYTES... PV Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] hd swap
Hi, I am running LM8.1 on a laptop (with much help from this list) along with W2K. I am running out of room so I am considering installing a 30 gig hard drive. What is the best method of transferring my entire system from one hd to the other? Has anyone had any luck with this? Regards, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] libGLcore.so.1
Hi, I am trying to install KSetiwatch 2.2.5 on my laptop (ATI Rage Mobility vid card). I already have version 2.2.2 installed but it seems to be acting up.won't connect after finishing a unit etc.. In any case, the install fails with a 'failed dependency' on libGLcore.so.1my research through the archives indicates that this is part of the nvidia driver rpm. Can I safely force this or do I still need the file? Thanks and regards, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] unzip not in path
Hi, Thanks to all. Archiver needed 'zip' in order to work. Rest assured that I can use the CLI but I just wanted to be able to see inside an archive quickly. In any case, thanks to all once again, Regards, Bill W. On Saturday 16 February 2002 09:07 pm, you wrote: On Saturday 16 February 2002 09:29 pm, you wrote: Hi, I did the rpm -qa and it appears that unzip, gzip, bzip and libbzip are all installed. When I click on a zip file it opens archiver but archiver returns the 'not in your path' error. I do not know how to check if something is, or isn't 'in my path'. newbie thing.. Thanks, Bill W. oh man, just do it the easy way. open a terminal and type: unzip whatever.zip -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
