[newbie] Mandrake 8.0 announcement where?
When Mandrake 8.0 finally comes out, will it be announced on this newslist? Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] Tape backup
Todd Flinders wrote: I've read in reviews that Arkeia and Bru are supposed to be good. I use Arkeia - free verion, its nice and easy to use if you're into GUI's, just define your tape drive and media pools and off you go Only thing is this version doesn't support autoloaders, if this is an issue then there is a cool utility called SCU which allows you to send SCSI commands to devices via shell or script file. Are there any similar software apps for ATAPI tape drives? My drive is an ATAPI one not a SCSI. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] Tape backup
Really? I ask because the website for Arkeia says that the requirement is that you have a SCSI tapedrive. Does this mean it could work with my ATAPI drive? Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: David E. Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 1:31 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Tape backup Are there any similar software apps for ATAPI tape drives? My drive is an ATAPI one not a SCSI. As long as the software allows you to specify the device, there really shouldn't be a difference between IDE tape drives and scsi ones. IDE tape drives use a different device than SCSI ones. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. ---
Re: [newbie] hostname changed, some processes don't know yet
Sorry to intrude, but I am struggling with the same problem even though I am on a standalone PC. or if you want to add a different name not in DNS, 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 127.0.0.1 whateveryouwant.net whateveryouwant I fell in this conversation late: Do you mean you can have "both" 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost AND also 127.0.0.1 whateveryouwant.net whateveryouwant ? How is that possible and how do you do that? Where do you tell Mandrake 7.2 that your PC has 2 names? 127.0.0.1 whateveryouwant.net whateveryouwant Can it be just 127.0.0.1 whateveryouwant or do you need 2 names here? Also what do you mean by "loopback"? . Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Michael D. Viron [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 11:21 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] hostname changed, some processes don't know yet Jay, Regardless of what other names you might have for your machine, you must still have localhost.localdomain. For example, we have a machine called wsdo, which has, in addition to the IP / hostname in DNS, the localhost / 127.0.0.1 loopback. Your host file should therefore look like: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx actualdns.whatever.com actualdns or if you want to add a different name not in DNS, 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 127.0.0.1 whateveryouwant.net whateveryouwant This must occur because many processes, including ping and telnet reference localhost as the loopback interface (meaning that it points to the same machine you are on). (such as ftp localhost, telnet localhost, etc) If you have additional questions, don't hesitate to let me know, Michael Viron Chief Systems and Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida http://www.webspinners.uwf.org/ At 04:16 PM 04/13/2001 -0400, you wrote: I changed my system's hostname (finding "localhost" far too impersonal). I changed it using the "hostname" command and also manually in /etc/hosts, and in a "host" of other files as their related processes notified me that they were still looking for "localhost". However, ping and telnet keep sending me messages via the cron daemon which still refer to localhost - ping just mentions the name, telnet reports an error because it can't find localhost. Neither of these messages bother me too much, except that I get an awful lot of mail from those two processes. How are ping and telnet getting the name localhost? When I type "hostname" in a terminal, my correct host.domain name string is returned. Thanks! Jay DeKing -- There is a fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'.
[newbie] upgrading wine 386 rpm
The wine that came with my Mandrake distribution is version 0.6 something. The codeweaver site has a version of wine that is 1.0 but it's rpm is a 386. Does that matter much or can I install that rpm into my Mandrake 7.2 installation (which I understand is configured for 586)? Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] upgrading wine 386 rpm
Thank you Civileme Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] upgrading wine 386 rpm On Saturday 14 April 2001 12:17, you wrote: The wine that came with my Mandrake distribution is version 0.6 something. The codeweaver site has a version of wine that is 1.0 but it's rpm is a 386. Does that matter much or can I install that rpm into my Mandrake 7.2 installation (which I understand is configured for 586)? Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 Yes, you can always use 386 type rpms. Civileme
[newbie] Word attachments in emails
I sometimes get attachments of documents in MS Word format. What do I have to do to make such attachments open up in Linux in a form I can see them? I am using Mandrake 7.2 and also have WP for Linux free edition installed. Thank you. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
[newbie] xinetd failed on shutdown
Does mandrake's (7.2) "update" take days to complete or is it broken? I am running Mandrake 7.2 and because my cups was not working (no printing), I decided as a last resort to try Update from the original CDs. That upgraded some thing and since then cups is working fine. But, after asking for language and keyboard option, the "upgrade" runs forever and seems frozen. Is that normal? In fact I left it running for 6-8 hours while it was "searching for items to upgrade" and finally had to shutoff the PC because I had no other way to stop it and I thought it was frozen (even though the cursor moved with the mouse). When I rebooted into Linux, it checked the files and all seems fine and works fine, but now when I shutdown correctly, xinetd shows "Failed" in the scrolling lists of things it does on shutdown. What is xinetd and how do I correct this? What rpm from the original CDs should I re-install to restore things so xinetd would not fail on shutdown? Thank you. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] Resumable downloads
Hi Alan JeffI dunno, why don't you try it and let us know? Cause I am working in NT4 now:-(. My Mandrake 7.2 got screwed up and I will be re-installing to straighten things out. But only after I come back from a 2 day out of town trip. Just gathering data as I educate myself. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 6:24 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Resumable downloads Jeff Malka wrote: Would it allow you to drag several files over at a time or do you have to wait for each one or two to download before selecting the next one? Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 JeffI dunno, why don't you try it and and let us know? -- Alan
[newbie] Where to dl latest kde for Mandrake 7.2
I need to upgrade my kde (presently 2.0) which came with Mandrake 7.2 to the latest version. I have been told that my "DCOP server which depends on libICE" is apparently either hosed or not compatible with the latest cups. Where can I find, and what are the proper files to do so that would not mess up my mdk 7.2 installation? Thanks Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1
I too need to upgrade my LM 7.2 to kde 2.1 Where did you find the proper packages, and what are they. Do you have any tips of things to avoid, etc.? Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: msoltys [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 3:25 PM Subject: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1 Hello All, I am running LM 7.2 and recently upgraded from KDE 2.0 to KDE 2.1 . I really like it for the most part but have noticed that since the upgrade, kpackage seems to be broken. I haven't seen much about this in the list archives. Has anyone else encountered this problem and if so, how did you fix it? Thanks, Mickey Soltys
Re: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1
the ftp for download for Mandrake. Good Luck. Now you got me worried. Why did you have to add "good luck"? :-) Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Myers, Dennis R NWO [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 4:16 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1 http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/msg63432.html Jeff the above is pretty good instructions for download and install of KDE 2.1, the only thing I would add is put the qt packages first in your folder so that they install first. Also the www.kde.org website has a link to the ftp for download for Mandrake. Good Luck. Dennis M. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeff Malka Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 12:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1 I too need to upgrade my LM 7.2 to kde 2.1 Where did you find the proper packages, and what are they. Do you have any tips of things to avoid, etc.? Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: msoltys [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 3:25 PM Subject: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1 Hello All, I am running LM 7.2 and recently upgraded from KDE 2.0 to KDE 2.1 . I really like it for the most part but have noticed that since the upgrade, kpackage seems to be broken. I haven't seen much about this in the list archives. Has anyone else encountered this problem and if so, how did you fix it? Thanks, Mickey Soltys
Re: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1
Thank you. I went to the message and it starts off with the words: "Just remember that koffice will not be available. " Is that the case? Will the koffice I installed with the base mandrake 7.2 no be available if I upgrade to kde 2.1? Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Myers, Dennis R NWO [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 4:16 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1 http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/msg63432.html Jeff the above is pretty good instructions for download and install of KDE 2.1, the only thing I would add is put the qt packages first in your folder so that they install first. Also the www.kde.org website has a link to the ftp for download for Mandrake. Good Luck. Dennis M. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeff Malka Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 12:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1 I too need to upgrade my LM 7.2 to kde 2.1 Where did you find the proper packages, and what are they. Do you have any tips of things to avoid, etc.? Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: msoltys [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 3:25 PM Subject: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1 Hello All, I am running LM 7.2 and recently upgraded from KDE 2.0 to KDE 2.1 . I really like it for the most part but have noticed that since the upgrade, kpackage seems to be broken. I haven't seen much about this in the list archives. Has anyone else encountered this problem and if so, how did you fix it? Thanks, Mickey Soltys
[newbie] cups only sees installed printer if I am online!
Many weeks into Mandrake 7.2 with cups and I still cannot print. In all my attempts to get cups to work on my system (standalone, not-networked, simple PC with one printer attached to the parallel port), on 2 recent fleeting occasions, kups did show that a local printer was correctly installed at lp0 I knew had indeed installed a printer when I installed Mandrake 7.2 but it just would not show up as present when I start up kups and I could not add a printer in kups because it would tell me that it could not find any parallel ports. At first I did not know what caused the installed printer to correctly show up during those 2 fleeting occasions. But, by dint of trying and trying (and numerous hours wasted), I suddently could reproduce it! If I am connected to the internet via dialup modem on my standalone not networked pc, the printer shows up as installed! However, as soon as I go off line, the installed printer dissappears. So, - my cups system only seems to find the printer if I am connected to the internet but not otherwise. Does this give anyone a hint where it can help me get cups to work? Maybe networking or something was not installed on my system? How do I check that? More important how do I get cups to see my printer without needing to be online all the time? This is extremely frustrating and numerous prior messages have not produced results that would get printing working for me in Mandrake 7.2. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
[newbie] New monitor setup on Linux
My old monitor just died. I bought a new one which I am using from NT. I remember reading scare stories about burning out you monitor if you use the wrong monitor settings from within Linux. I am therefore not booting into Linux until I find out what I am supposed to do to set the monitor display settings correctly. Could someone tell me the exact steps to go through? I am running Mandrake 7.1 and KDE Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] My gimp is stuck on print to file
How do I find out if my printer is installed? I would like to try that first grin (scared) Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 6:59 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] My gimp is stuck on print to file It sounds like to me that this would be a good time to reinstall Gimp. 1) uninstall the GIMP packages from your system rpm -qa|grep gimp ENTER # this will tell you exactly what packages are present # on your system. use this to remove exactly the packages # that are returned to the screen. 2) now you have a list of the GIMP packages that are on your system and you can remove them. rpm -e package-name-from-screen-output ENTER 3) find all the GIMP packages on the install CD's that you have and reinstall them. That should take care of that problem for you. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Jeff Malka wrote: Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 09:24:54 -0500 From: Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] My gimp is stuck on print to file I am using Mandrake 7.1 I cannot print to my printer from within gimp. When I try to print, the "Print setup" screen that opens shows Postscript 2 as being selected and the window below it is for a file designation (with browse) enabled. The next line for "command" has no window (field) in which to type anything. Before the setup screen, there is a toggle for print to file, but no matter which way I click on it, the "print setup" screen does not change. Could it be that in the setup gimp does not know I have a printer installed? or KDE does not know I have a real printer installed? How do I check these out. I also do not seem to have a printer icon on my KDE desktop. Any help appreciated. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
[newbie] My gimp is stuck on print to file
I am using Mandrake 7.1 I cannot print to my printer from within gimp. When I try to print, the "Print setup" screen that opens shows Postscript 2 as being selected and the window below it is for a file designation (with browse) enabled. The next line for "command" has no window (field) in which to type anything. Before the setup screen, there is a toggle for print to file, but no matter which way I click on it, the "print setup" screen does not change. Could it be that in the setup gimp does not know I have a printer installed? or KDE does not know I have a real printer installed? How do I check these out. I also do not seem to have a printer icon on my KDE desktop. Any help appreciated. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] Upgrading 7.1 to 7.2
That is the advice I followed including saving my /home partition, but that was not without it own pitfalls. The KDE menus were messed up and had to be fixed. Knotes did not work (blanked the screen) till I deleted the notes created under the predious Mandrake and rewrote them, KDE's autostart did not work because the folder was now expected in another location. The cursor pointer changes I made no longer work. The theme changes I made dissappeared. Etc. There may be other problems I have not yet found out about. I realize a lot of these (but not all) are due to the move to KDE2, but to the newbie that makes no difference. There really ought to be a list of changes and solutions so newbies like me do not have to spend weeks trying to figure them out one at a time. Incidentally, does Mandrake have an update to correct the KDE2 problems? I understand that KDE has now moved to at least kde2.0.1 or something like that. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Upgrading 7.1 to 7.2 The general opinion I have heard here is to do your back ups and go for a new install. Apparently the differences between 7.1 and 7.2 are simply too great for a simple upgrade to overcome. Barry :-) On Fri, 08 December 2000, Nemeth Lorant wrote: Hi! I tried to upgrade my Mandrake 7.0 to 7.1 when 7.1 was released. Well, the upgrade wasn't successfull, so I dicided to reinstall the whole system. Now I would like to upgrade 7.1 to 7.2 and I would like to know if it is possible somehow (I mean the system will be useable after the upgrade)? Bye! Loci Surfree.com - nationwide internet access http://www.surfree.com
Re: [newbie] Linux v Windows
The Point Linux will never win its way into peoples homes until manufacturers decide to start porting their code to linux, so us people at home can use our digicams, scanners etc... just as easy as ever! (without even so much as a chmod etc) why should they wish to do such a thing when they're getting paid by M$ not to do such a thing? I say screw the manufacturers that don't want to play ball and let pay those in the Linux community that "can" and want to write the software we need to run our toys and gadgits. At least that way we'll be sure that the drivers are written correctly and will work. Actually, it does not matter how it happens, - but it does matter that it happens. At present it is not happening "enough". Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] Linux v Windows
You are dead on correct. The situation is precisely as you describe even though enthousiasts insis on deluding themselves.. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: David Grubb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 11:23 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux v Windows I'd just like to add my $0.02 here, at the risk of heading OT and being inundated with flames. I whole-heartedly agree Linux is a far-better, quality system than certain other OSs, and I have enjoyed many months of learning and working with it, and I look forward to many more years of learning. But (there always has to be a 'but', doesn't there :) - I'm a computer enthusiast - I work with computers: fixing problems, deploying systems, supporting users etc. I go home and I play with my computer - the case is never bolted on coz I'm forever pulling out cards and trying different hardware. I have stacks of CDs spread across the room coz I'm forever trying new OSs, apps and games - and when something breaks I enjoy fixing it. Trouble is, not everyone out there is an enthusiast like those on this mailing list - I've seen this analogy elsewhere many times, but I think it is worth repeating: Most people buy a car simply so they can drive around - they don't care what is under the hood. A lot add ornaments or extra bits because thats what they like. Very few actually care what is under the hood, let alone have any idea how to tinker with it. Most computer users (note: users, not enthusiests) just want the computer to work - it needs to be easy for them to stick their ornaments or extra bits in - but they're not interested in "tricky" things like dependancies, command lines etc (personnally I would prefer if everyone in the office were forced to use a command line once in a while...) At present, Linux is still relatively complex to set up and use, however it is progressing at a rapid pace. But until it reaches the point that your average Joe Bloggs (sorry Joe, just picking a name out of the air :) who works in the bakery down the street, can go home, turn on his Linux box that he picked up from his local electrical store, stick in a new game and be up and running in 5 minutes - it just isn't going to be popular to the mainstream public. My apologies for the rant peoples, just been seeing red over this sort of thing for a while. --- David Grubb - Internet / Intranet Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] +61 2 9895-7913 Department of Land Water Conservation Sydney, Australia --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/04 2:53 pm it _has_ an "install-shield". It just doesn't happen to look like the one thats in windows. Nor should it. there are some things, I would agree, that need to change, but one of them isn't becoming windows, or even Windows-like. Since I became a Linux user two years ago I've watched first RedHat progress forward with their presentation and the installation methods employed by their developers and now Mandrake for the past 9 months. I'd say that they've come a long way in a short time. I for one am glad that they spend more time on making sure that the product that they're releasing to the public is coded and working correctly rather than making sure its a hands-off breeze to install and get working. Reading is fundamental. that used to be a famous little slogan that everyone was familiar with on Saturday mornings while watching cartoons and in the Linux world it is still very true. Linux may not jump out-a the box and onto your harddrive ready for you to cruise the internet with "no" effort, but then again it doesn't need rebooted 2-3 times a day and doesn't cost between $300 and $700 per copy per machine either. Lets remember that what you've got on your computer is one of the most stable operating systems that many of us have ever seen and most of us haven't paid a penny for, but "many" have spent Lng hours coding, debugging, checking and rechecking...I could go on and on, but I need to get down off this soap box before I get a nose bleed. I think these few reasons are more than enough to bring Linux to a place of world domination. All that is needed is that intelligent folks first need to stop fearing what they aren't able to readily understand in a few seconds, and be willing to put in a little time and effort to get completley configured. What you end up with in the end is a machine that is as solid as a rock provided the user did a little planning ahead of time and made sure all their "hardware" ducks are in a row thereby avoiding any unpleasant surprises. -- Mark / * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock the boat * in order to get the rats up from below decks * so they can be kicked over the side and drowned!
Re: [newbie] Linux v Windows
I happen to agree with David 100%. I too am a computer enthusiast and have a few computers at home but only one runs linux, my wife's and daughter's run Win98 and I have them running trouble free and many times for weeks at a time without a problem. I see nothing evil about M$, free enterprise works and that's big proof. I happen to admire Bill Gates, hell if you can make that much money he's got my admiration. I do agree their software is not the best in the world but when was McDonald's a good hamburger? I love linux and I don't hate windows. It's a happy home, at least here in my house with all the different children playing together. Finally a person with common sense. I agree with you and you describe my own home situation, - except that my wife's W98 system (which she uses daily to write her Ph.D. dissertation, internet, etc), has not crashed in months.
Re: [newbie] Webmin.....
For webmin in 7.2 you need to enter: https://webmin:1. Note that it is https (s for secure) Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Fred Klaus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 12:51 PM Subject: [newbie] Webmin. I have been using RedHat 6.2 with Webmin for remote control in my home. I saw the new Mandraake 7.2 system and decided I had to have it. Everything is working perfect except: browser based utilities likne linuxconf, SWAT, Telnet, and Webmin. To access Webmin, I use http://webmin:1. I never had this problem on RedHat si I'm assuming my setup is incorrect. Any thoughts? Fred Klaus __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
[newbie] Anyone using Midnight Commander?
I am a longtime user of Norton Commander and was delighted to find Midnight Commander in linux. I do miss one feature of NC which I cannot seem to find in MC. Maybe someone can help. In NC pressing Alt and a letter would move the cursor to the first file that starts with that letter. Allows you to quickly get to the file you are searching for. I cannot seem to find this feature in mc. Does it exist? How? Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] No NUMBER lock? Solved
I discovered the problem is not the version of numlock but the file to invoke: In Mandrake 7.1, the command to enter was "numlock". In Mandrake 7.2 it is "/usr/X11R6/bin/enable_X11_numlock" (without the quotes). The 7.1 kde autostart folder is no longer functional. The new autostart folder in 7.2 is ~/.kde/autostart. The kde2 in Mandrake 7.2 overwrites the root window so that commands like xsetroot no longer take effect. etc., etc. Is there somewhere where one can read the changes made so as not to waste days trying to devine what Mandrake did here or there? Thanks. Tom Brinkman wrote: [snip] I gave my 7.1 CD's away, so I'm not sure, but I believe you'll find a 'numlockrpm' on 7.1 CD's or from a 7.1 mirror. The one I'm currently using is 'numlock-1.0-10mdk' -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] Knotes and Mandrake 7.2
Don't know. I assumed there was one. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: philomena [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Knotes and Mandrake 7.2 Sure, but how to you get to the help screen ? I don't see any reference to it anywhere. philomena On Wednesday 22 November 2000 06:44 pm, you wrote: Well when it starts on my Mandrake 7.2 system, it paints the desktop black except for the bottgom panel. I've tried all sorts of options with no difference. I would like to contact the author for help but since I cannot start knotes I cannot get to the help screen that will tell me his address. Could you give it to me? Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: philomena [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 2:55 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Knotes and Mandrake 7.2 Yup - runs fine for me philomena On Tuesday 21 November 2000 10:17 pm, you wrote: Has anyone succeeded in getting knotes to start in the new Mandrake 7.2 without the screen going black until one quits knotes? Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] No NUMBER lock?
I have 'numlock-1.0-10mdk' which came with my Mandrake 7.2. It does not work on my Mandrake 7.2 installation in kde. I also installed the numlock from the 7.2 set of CDs and it made no difference. Numlock did work in 7.1 Something in 7.2 seems to have broken it. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: KompuKit [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 6:10 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] No NUMBER lock? Could you email me the file below Charles wrote: Thanks to all ! I didn't have the option at install nor within DrakConf Startup Services , but I found it on disk 1 of 7.1 and that did the trick. I also found that after installing an RPM to uncheck Restore settings option for Root and User before rebooting. I had a messed up Taskbar when failing to do so. It restored after another boot following the unchecking stage. After things quieted down on the second boot I then choose the option to Restore settings. -Cmo Tom Brinkman wrote: [snip] I gave my 7.1 CD's away, so I'm not sure, but I believe you'll find a 'numlockrpm' on 7.1 CD's or from a 7.1 mirror. The one I'm currently using is 'numlock-1.0-10mdk' -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay -- Registered Linux User:167369 =KompuKit= Kit Goins ICQ# 7110071 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lowell, Mass. Web Designerhttp://kitdesigns.bizhosting.com WebServer: http://kompukit.dyndns.org (Server Runs between M - F 6pm-12am, S S 12pm-12am EST) =KompuKit=
[newbie] Knotes and Mandrake 7.2
Has anyone succeeded in getting knotes to start in the new Mandrake 7.2 without the screen going black until one quits knotes? Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] Aurora
Marcia You first :-) Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 7:42 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Aurora Alan Shoemaker wrote: [snip][snip] That's it. :-) Marcia/Jeffoops! Forgot to say to activate your changes in /etc/lilo.conf (as root) type: lilo -v or to activate your changes in /boot/grub/menu.lst navigate to the /boot/grub/ directory (as root) and type: sh install.sh Now that's really all there is. ;-) -- Alan
Re: [newbie] Aurora
Marcia, Alan is absolutely right. With great trepidation, I changed my "vga=normal" entry to "vga=791" (for me) and ran lilo -v and when I rebooted, aurora was in effect. So go ahead. I was afraid that I might get in a situation where I would not be able to reboot into linux, but that did not happen. Thanks Alan. That's it. :-) Marcia/Jeffoops! Forgot to say to activate your changes in /etc/lilo.conf (as root) type: lilo -v or to activate your changes in /boot/grub/menu.lst navigate to the /boot/grub/ directory (as root) and type: sh install.sh Now that's really all there is. ;-) -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] Aurora OOPS
OOPs. I changed it in the vga=normal. It seemed to work. But I will correct that by changing it in the location you indicate. Why the difference? Alan is absolutely right. With great trepidation, I changed my "vga=normal" entry to "vga=791" (for me) and ran lilo -v and when I rebooted, aurora was in effect. So go ahead. I was afraid that I might get in a situation where I would not be able to reboot into linux, but that did not happen. card to see if it supports FB. Also, in lilo.conf for example, the correct place to change/add 'vga=xxx' is under 'image=/boot/vmlinuz' boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=normal = don't change it here default=linux keytable=/boot/us.klt lba32 compact prompt timeout=80 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy unsafe image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hdb6 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=" hdd=ide-scsi" vga=788= change it here read-only -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] Aurora
Please answer to the list. I am in the identical position. Aurora installed but not in options list. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Marcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 1:36 PM Subject: [newbie] Aurora Dear All, I am still working on this Aurora enabling. Going to the THYSkys or whatever that spelling was did not help because the choice of Aurora was not there. Is there a way to add to those choices? Of course, since I have installed Aurora I would like to enable it and have read everything about it but no luck yet. If anyone can lead me through the steps of enabling Aurora I will appreciate it. I have LM7.2. Thank you, Marcia
[newbie] aurora
Aurora was automatically installed in my Mandrake 7.2 install. But I cannot figure out how to get it to take effect during boot up. What precisely shopuld I do? I read the readme file but still cannot figure out what to do. Thanks. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] aurora
It is not one of the available options there. Not there to click on. On Thursday 16 November 2000 08:01 pm, you wrote: Click on the traffic light in DrakConf and make sure the box next to Aurora is clicked. - Original Message - Aurora was automatically installed in my Mandrake 7.2 install. But I cannot figure out how to get it to take effect during boot up. What precisely shopuld I do? I read the readme file but still cannot figure out what to do. Thanks. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854 -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver
I am a newbie and this confused me too. But I solved it. xscreensaver is included in the 2nd 7.2 CD BUT is not installed by default. Drag it's rpm from the 2nd CD into kpackage (started as root) and it will install. But then your troubles will not be over. You will discover that the xscreensaver that is installed in 7.2 lacks a lot of the "default and _included_" screensaver options (atlantis, moebius, pipes, etc., etc.). These options are not in the 7.2 xscreensaver rpm, but are in the 7.1 xscreensaver rpm. I extracted just them from the 7.1 rpm and added them to the 7.2 xscreensaver install and they work fine. One more messy thing in 7.2. I have been trying to get xscreensaver to start when Mandrake 7.2 starts. In Mandrake 7.1 Xscreensaver was part of the KDE screen saver, but It is not part of the KDE screen saver in Mandrake 7.2. The screensavers in Mandrake 7.2 KDE are lame. How do I get xscreensaver to load as my default screen saver? I have looked at the FAQ for XScreensaver and they don't seam to apply to Mandrake 7.2. Thank You, -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] SOLVED cut and paste with mouse
I solved it. In the re-install, 7.2 installed my mouse as "standard" instead of intellimouse. Now all is fine. Normally when you block a text area and then click with the middle button elsewhere that causes the text to be pasted. Since I re-installed Mandrake 7.2, the middle button no longer causes a paste action. Does anyone know where the controls for this are? Thanks. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] 7.2 again
The biggest problems is simply learning the differences (Where is that feature now?) between KDE2 vs KDE1. I agree. I wish there was a list somewhere that tells you what they changed from kde1 to kde2. The old autostart on my desktoip for instance, was non functi0onal, because they put a new autostart folder in a different location! -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver
On Saturday 11 November 2000 06:57 am, you wrote: Patrick XscreenSaver is still part of the 7.2 Package. It just doesn't show up iin the screen saver part of the control center, But it is not the complete package. It lacks many of the screensavers included with the 7.1 xscreensaver. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver
They did take it out of the kde- control setup-screensaver. You have to start it independantly by typing xscreensaver or xscreensaver -demo Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - are u seious they took xscreensaver out of their linux. oh oh did mandrake get some new help as of late. did mandrake hire some wrong people.
[newbie] Tape backup questions
I have several questions concerning tape backups. My tape drive is as /dev/ht0 1) How does one query a tape to see what tar archives, if any, exist on it? 2) Is there a gui interface for tar that works in kde 2 (Mandrake 7.2) 3) I read that it is advisable (error recovery) to use cpio rather than tar for tape backups. Is that true? 4) Is there a gui interface for using cpio under kde 2 (Mandrake 7.2) Thank you. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
[newbie] cut and paste with mouse
Normally when you block a text area and then click with the middle button elsewhere that causes the text to be pasted. Since I re-installed Mandrake 7.2, the middle button no longer causes a paste action. Does anyone know where the controls for this are? Thanks. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
[newbie] printing in 7.2 too light
Printing on my HP III in Mandrake 7.2 comes out very faint on the paper. How can I adjust this? Thanks. -- Jeff Malka ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Registered Linux user 183185
[newbie] XFCE not included in Mandrake 7.2?
After upgrading from Mandrake 7.1 to 7.2 I discovered that XFCE is no longer one of the default choices on graphic login. Anyone know if it has been dropped? If not, how does one add it to the option list? Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
[newbie] Open GL included in Mandrake 7.2?
Is Open GL or Mesa GL included in Mandrake 7.2? I have some apps that need it that worked in Mandrake 7.1 but not in 7.2 and someone suggested that GL may not be installed. How do I find out? Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
[newbie] 7.2 Power Pack
Is there a listing somewhere of the apps in the Mandrake 7.2 PowerPack additional CDs? Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] 7.2 Power Pack
What prompted the question is that the present Mandrake 7.2 seems very incomplete. I had a perfectly functional 7.1 system but decided to install 7.2. The install went smoothly but the resulting system is very buggy. The Kmenu has numerous duplicate entries and numerous entries that do not work including several that used to work in kde1 (from 7.1). Things such as xscreensaver, gkrellm, locate, etc. etc. Incidentally I did not do an "upgrade" having been warned that that had problems. I therefore formatted the main partition (keeping my /home/ user/local and /opt partitions) and did a "fresh" install. I am reverting to 7.1 till they figure out all the bugs. Incidentally both the "recommended" and the "custom" installs did not ask for the additional CDs like the 7.1 install did. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 12:46 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] 7.2 Power Pack Not that I know of. I'm curious to see it also. Is there a listing somewhere of the apps in the Mandrake 7.2 PowerPack additional CDs? Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] backup to tape
Welcome back Paul. Hope you enjoyed yourself. Sorry about your PC problems. Wish I could help. You advice worked. I am using tar to backup because I cannot get taper (taper -T z : menus appear but cannot find device) or kdat (cannot find device) to work for me! Just do this: tar cvf /dev/ht0 -X skipfile / In skipfile (which is a name you choose) you write the directories you don't want backed up. E.g., I put /home/paul/.netscape/cache in there, since I don't feel that is so important to back up. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] space requirements
also, is their anyway to save all the work I've done in installing this and that...already in 7.02? gigs. As with many other distro's, Mandrake is in the process of 'Big Move', ie, locations are being changed to comply with LSB (http://www.linuxbase.org/). Most of this occurs from 7.1 to 7.2, so you'll need to be real careful tryin to move saved portions of 7.0 to 7.2. If you're referring to customizations and tweaks, specially to KDE, they'd all be obsolete in 7.2/KDE2. I wouldn't even try it, do a clean install of 7.2. How about keeping you 7.1 /usr/local, /home and /opt partitions? -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
[newbie] Lost my panel config
I was working in linux as a user, when I hit Ctrl-Alt-Del (do not ask why!) and my kde panel reverted to its original (uncustomized) form losing all the icons etc I had added to it. Is there a way to recuperate from this and restore the old panel? Thanks. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] 7.2 Impressions
The other major problem I had when I finally booted it up, was that all the Kmail messages I'd been deleting for the past 3 months suddenly appeared. So I had over 10,000 emails sitting in the various folders in kmail. That is interesting because, still in 7.1, from within NT using explore2fs I looked at my kmail inbox folder and found numerous messages that I had also deleted but were still there even though they do not show as present within kmail. I suspect they will dissappear when I "pack" the folders which I have not done for a while. I like kde so when things calm down I will probably go to Mandrake 7.2 for the new kde features. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] IMwheel problems continue
I jumped the gun, I tried one last time to see if I could get it to work and it works again. Dang it, at least I figured it out. -- Eddie Torres Not sure you did figure it out :-). Do you know what went wrong? Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Eddie Torres [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 9:19 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] IMwheel problems continue On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, you wrote: I've done everything on MUO, on different websites and the mouse wheel that once worked now will not work at all. I don't get it. Oh well, I guess I can live without scrolling. -- Eddie Torres www.veloct.net I jumped the gun, I tried one last time to see if I could get it to work and it works again. Dang it, at least I figured it out. -- Eddie Torres www.veloct.net
[newbie] How to move a linux partition?
When I first installed linux, for reasons I no longer remember I installed Mandrake 7.1 as follows on my 8 GB second HD: I have a windows extended partition of 5.3 GB. Within and at the end of this extended partition (don't ask why) I have a 5.3 GB linuxExt2 main linux partition (hdb11). Beyond this extended partition I have my /usr, swap, /opt, /home partitions (hdb2, hdb3, hdb4). I own a full copy of Partition Magic which I used during the install. I would like to move the main linux partition "out" of the windows extended partition into free space beyond it.. If I moved it using Partition Magic, from within NT, will I still be able to boot into linux and will the partition move mess up things in linux? Still learning. Thanks -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] Dupes
Everything I send to this newslist (using kmail on Mandrake 7.1-kde) appears twice. Could it be something onh my end? -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
[newbie] webmin usage
Webmin came installed on my Mandrake 7.1 installation. However I am having trouble finding out how to start or use it. The /usr/doc/webmin/ does not help and there is no man page. and no howto How does one start it? Thanks. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] Dupes
Do not do that. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Larry Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 12:46 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Dupes Everything I send to this newslist (using kmail on Mandrake 7.1-kde) appears twice. Could it be something onh my end? I believe if you do a "reply to all", two copies get sent to newbie. Cheers -- Larry
[newbie] hostname problems
I am running Mandrake 7.1 on a stand alone pc that I use to link up to the internet via modem but is not networked to any other pc. For costmetic reasons (the name appears in a variety of process and memory monitors) I decided to change my hostname to jeff_PC.home rather than hostname.localdomain. After several attempts to do so using the command "hostname", both as a user and as root I found the changes did not stick after a re-login. I then used DrakeConf/Linuxconf/Networking/Basic Host information and this did change it in a fashion that stuck after relogging in. Problem: Now on bootup, when I get to the screen of "OKs", I get an error message: "Starting httpd: cannot locate local server name. - Failed" And on shutdown: "failure on shutting down http" and leaves my external modem in a strange lights configuration. What have I done wrong and how do I fix this. Thanks. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
[newbie] printing from kedit
When I try printing something from kedit it always seems to print in the same standard font size (12) . This happens even if I change the fontsize of the document. How do I get it to print in a more compressed format? The print command used by my kedit is "enscript -2rG". What do I need to change it to print in say fontsize 8? Thanks. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
[newbie] xscreensaver stopped working in xfce
I am running Mandrake 7.1 and still a newbie at linux. Trying out xfce I entered the line xscreensaver in my home xfwmrc. The xscreensaver worked just fine. Now all of a sudden it no longer starts when re-loging into xfce. The line is still there, but the daemon has to be "restarted" from within xfce. (Trying to change something else, I had used "Drakeconfig" but I am sure I just looked around and did not change anything.) Any idea where I should start looking? Any log that might show what has changed? I do not think this has anything to do with the Drakeconfig incident mentioned above. Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: Re[2]: [newbie] What's everybody's favorite email package?
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, you wrote: m Does one have to disable Kmail in order to try exmh? I had the same problem initially, and the answer lies with your /home/user/Mail directory. Exmh looks to create the /Mail directory in your personal user directory. (notice the capital M). Since Kmail has already named it, and uses it, I had to rename the existing Mail directory to something else, i.e. Mail1. This will let Exmh make its Mail directory, and if you don't like it, you can delete it later, and rename Mail1 back to Mail for your Kmail. With this minor change, you will be off and running. Isn't there a way to configure either kmail or exmh to use a differenlt names mail directory? -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
[newbie] docs for blackbox?
Where can I find some doc about using blackbox? The man page is very brief and does not provide any usage info other than the location of the config file which is very brief. Blackbox opens with a very blank screen and a panel at the bottom. The menu does not have a help choice that I can find. Thank you. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
[newbie] Which xfce version to download?
I am running Mandrake 7.1 The xfce contained on it is ver 3.4. I found out that the latest version of xfce is 3.5.2 and there is an rmp for it at xfce.org. Preferring to use a "Mandrake" rpm to avoid problems I went to the Mandrake site but the lxfce listed there is version 3.3.2! Is there a xfce rpm version 3.5.2 that Mandrake puts out? Thanks. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] confusing logitech wheel mouse
On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, you wrote: hi about 2-3 months ago , thanks to this newletter , i managed to installed wheel on my LM 7.0 . now i have installed LM 7.1 . the confusing part is i have both XF86Config and XF86Config-4 in my /etc/X11 folder. so i edited both of them according the description on mandrakeuser.org and linuxbrit.co.uk and copied imwheelrc as .imwheelrc to home directory with right permissions. sad part begins when i login as non su user and run imwheel -k i get an error massage as following :file or folder does not exist.imwheel process could not be verified.imwheel file could not be removed. operation not permitted." the only way of getting the wheel to run is using su command. do u have any suggestion about what i should do to get imwheel running without using su ? what shall i do to make it autostart ? thanks in advance This is a newbie answering but I've been where you are. Yes you can put it in your autostart folder. First you must make a kdelink for it which you put in the autostart folder. To create a kdelink on your desktop, right mouse click/new/folder. Put in a name like imwheel.kdelink. Under execute put in imwheel -k. Close it and then drag it into your autostart folder. The anser to the su problem is that when su starts up it runs imwheel -k replacing it with a imwheel.pid that su created and owns. The normal user cannot overwrite it and thus imwheel is non functional in the user world. To correct this, you need to put imwheel -k in your root (the su) bash_logout file. That causes it to kill its own imwheel.pid when it exits and thus allows the user to create another one that the user owns and works for him. I hope this helps. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
[newbie] xfce question
This is a dumb question, but I have not found the answer yet. I am exploring the xfce window manager. Looks good so far. However I am having the following problems: 1. I have added an icon on the panel for kppp which I had previously configured in kde. It starts up fine and dials fine in xfce. Problem is I do not know how to hangup! The only I presently do it in xfce is by switching the modem off. Although the kppp window remains on screen there seems to be nowhere on it (in xfce) to hang it up. Trying to close it does not work either. Is there a different ppp to use in xfce? 2. In trying things out I clicked on a button labelled "Gnome Panel" and it started up the Gnome Panel at the bottom of the screen. Again no way to undo that! Re-clicking on the same button asks me if I want a second copy of the gnome panel. I am sure the answerrs are very obvious but not to me. Help! Thanks. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] MS optical mouse works better in Linux than in NT!
The scroll wheel works everywhere for me in linux. But I do use imwheel -k and it is attached as a PS/2. As for the 2 additional buttons it should be a matter of finding out what keypresses they send out and entering them in a keybinding somewhere (Netscape, Opera, etc.). Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Julio Gutierrez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 2:30 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] MS optical mouse works better in Linux than in NT! On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, you wrote: My MS Intellimouse gave up on me. Despite a lot cleaning, etc, the buttons were getting stuck and causing me to either have to click more than once to get a click or one click would act as a double click. So with trepidation I bought a MS optical Intellimouse, worried as to whether it would work in Linux. The 2 buttons and the scroll button worked perfectly in Linux with no changes in my configuration, BUT the scroll button did not work in NT untill I installed the "special software". I thought that was really funny. :-)) Does anyone know if the additional side buttons (forward and back on the web) also work in linux? I have not yet tried them as I hurried to share this with the group. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 I also have an optical mouse and linux usually detects it as a ps2 even tho' it is a usb mouse, anyways, the other two buttons do not work in linux, and the scrolling wheel only works in caldera EDesktop 2.4!
Re: [newbie] kde menus
I've done a lot of menu changes myself. I did it though through kmenuedit. Did you try kmenuedit? Rather than moving any of the default entries, try copying them to where you want them. The changes stick for me in Mandrake 7.1 On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, you wrote: I've been trying to alter the main KDE menu but it seems to be reset when I login again. The KDE entries have been placed in a "default" menu and GNOME programs in my "personal" menu. This is with Linux-Mandrake 7.0, all Window managers installed. I want the GNOME stuff in a separate submenu, and the programs I use and know what they do in my personal menu. I don't want to just delete items in the present personal menu, the gnome menus are useful for trying things out and finding out what they do. I tried putting the files and folders in ~/.kde/share/applnk into a special Gnome subdirectory but KDE didn't let me move certain files. I logged in as root and it worked then, but KDE switched everything back to the old situation when I logged in again as user. The second time I used the KDE menu editor and had the basic setup I wanted, but when I logged in again, everything was reset. There's still a GNOME submenu with everything in the "personal" menu so I'm not doing something silly like modifying things in root and finding no changes in user. Logging in is slow too, it takes a minute or so longer as KDE resets everything to the original installation. KDE is a bit too much like Windows 95, thinks it knows what you want better than you do. Any solutions? An alternative app-launcher might be good, something like on-cue or Apollo for the Macintosh, if anyone is familiar with those. Advance thanks for any help, John Hendrickx __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/ -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
[newbie] icon choices in kmenuedit
In kmenuedit, one can change the default icon for various items on the menu, but the choices have to be made (on my system at least) only from 2 directories: /usr/share/icons OR ~/.kde/usr/share/icons There does not seem to be any way that I can find to add another directoriy to chose from. Is there a way? Thanks. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
[newbie] daemontools, qmail-utils and mesa
In trying to install the rpm of qmail I get an error message that says the install needs "daemontools" and "qmail-utils". Similarly in installing ssystem I ghet an error message saying that it needs "mesa". What are these? -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
[newbie] MS optical mouse works better in Linux than in NT!
My MS Intellimouse gave up on me. Despite a lot cleaning, etc, the buttons were getting stuck and causing me to either have to click more than once to get a click or one click would act as a double click. So with trepidation I bought a MS optical Intellimouse, worried as to whether it would work in Linux. The 2 buttons and the scroll button worked perfectly in Linux with no changes in my configuration, BUT the scroll button did not work in NT untill I installed the "special software". I thought that was really funny. :-)) Does anyone know if the additional side buttons (forward and back on the web) also work in linux? I have not yet tried them as I hurried to share this with the group. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] Linux version of Arachnophilia?
Actually both Bluefish and glimmer seem fine for my purposes. What I miss from Arachnophilia is the ability it had of instantly seeing on its "built in browser" the effect of the code I write. That is an immediate update by clicking one button. If this exists in Bluefish or Glimmer I have not yet found it. Bluefish fires up Netscape which takes time to appear . Glimmer, I do not know. I'll look into AsWedit which I did not know of. Thanks. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854 On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, you wrote: If you want bells and whistles and an interface similar to HomeSite, CoffeeCup works pretty well, although it ultimately is not free. If you just want to write HTML with some basic support, including Weblint to check it for you, try Bluefish, which is free. Another is AsWedit, which I like less well. Don J. On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Jeff Malka wrote: There is a powerful free webpage editor called Arachnophilia which I use and like in the NT world. There does not seem to be a Linux version of it (even though it is freeware). Does anyone know of a similar html editor in Linux? Thanks -- Don W. Jenkins 8^) | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.jinxinker.com | www.maxfarce.com "It is the nature and disposition of almost all men, when they get a little power, as they suppose, that they immediately begin to exercise unrighteous dominion." --Joseph Smith--
Re: [newbie] writing to a vfat partition?
On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, you wrote: I have found this to be not dangerous. I had to change a little thing in my /etc/fstab in order to write to the dos partitions as user though: /dev/hda1 /mnt/c vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/d vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda8 /mnt/e vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda9 /mnt/f vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda10 /mnt/g vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda11 /mnt/h vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 This is how it looks. I had to add the "user,exec,umask=0 0 0" and things went fine. Turns out mine is setup that way so I am OK Thanks. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] Opera Beta
On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, you wrote: I understand that Opera has released the beta of version 4.0. If you're braver than I am, you may wish to give it a try. If so, keep us posted. -- Carroll (not a Netscape fan) Is there anyone who's a Netscape fan (grin)? It still holds the title as being the only application capable of crashing my Linux system and it kills itself on a regular basis. What are the smart people using? While I haven't gotten Opera's rpms to open up, finding out that it's not an open source product has cooled my thoughts of using it. Is there life without Nutscape? Cheers --- Larry I think most of the "true" linux experts use the text browsers which coming from the gui world I find inadequate. I tried linux opera. It is very fast and looks terrific but still has problems. So I will wait for later versions. Jeff -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] earth.jpg IGNORE
I found a copy of it. Please ignore my message. Jeff On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, you wrote: I accidentally deleted a file called "earth.jpg" which I think came from a linux screensaver or similar. Unfortunately I cannot remember where I got it from. Anyone come across it? Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] Mandrake support
I had pretty poor "support" from Mandrake. What replies I got were either cryptic or were obviously canned messages. One time they told me my problem with installing grub was a "bug". When I asked what the bug was I never got an answer. Obviously a brush-off because I solved the problem and it was no bug. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Bob Abbott [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 7:53 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake support - Original Message - From: "Rod Baxter" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 5:22 AM Subject: [newbie] Mandrake support I had a problem installing 7.1 and as I had bough a package which came with support I emailed mandrake about the problem. I have not had a response from them and its now been four days. Has anyone out there had any experience of their support? I think four days is much too long. Incidentally, I finally got around the problem, but I would still like to hear from Mandrake. Rod I also have been having problems with support form Mandrake. I have never really gotten a response from them. Even after several e-mails. Robert C. Abbott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Montana, The Big Sky Country
Re: [newbie] Mandrake supportI
As this spools up into a beat up Mandrake support thread, you might be interested to know that Mandrake has taken control over support from Macmillan as they realized there were problems. From what I got from the thread here only a month or so ago, they will take steps to fix these problems. That is great news. In the meanwhile thank God for this forum. BTW, have you ever tried to get "support" from Microsoft on a Windoze problem? Wait a minute. This is Linux. We are not trying to emulate MS! :-)) Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
[newbie] Kmail configuration
Is there a way to configure kmail in such a way that the "To" listing shows in addition to From, Subject, and date? Thanks Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
[newbie] writing to a vfat partition?
It was my understanding that even though Linux could be setup to read and copy files from fat (dos) partitions by mounting them, it was not wise to write back to these fat partitions from within linux. Yet I read messages about doing that, I believe through fat32? My fat partitions are not fat32. Can I or cn I not save files to these partitions from linux? As I live more and more in linus it becomes important not only to access my data files from the fat p;artitions but also to save changes made back to those fat partitions. Safe or no? Thanks. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] writing to a vfat partition?
Thanks. Good to know. I have obviously been hampering myself unnecessarily. On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, you wrote: Jeff, I have fat32 drives and i save onto them from linux. i have not had any problems other than one little thing when i run norton disk doctor on my fat drives, if i have written to that drive from linux i will get "invalid date or time" error on some of the files on that drive. i'm guessing this relates to the way in which dos linux write the date/time information. but it seems to do no harm. i assume then you have fat16, yes?? i'd say just make a directory in win/dos, then go in linux, write a bunch of files into that directory, then go back to win/dos see if they are ok. i'm 99% sure they will be fine. after all, don't floppys still format fat16 under dos/win?? i think they do, and i can write to a floppy just fine. Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5:46:45 PM 10/13/00 It was my understanding that even though Linux could be setup to read and copy files from fat (dos) partitions by mounting them, it was not wise to write back to these fat partitions from within linux. Yet I read messages about doing that, I believe through fat32? My fat partitions are not fat32. Can I or cn I not save files to these partitions from linux? As I live more and more in linus it becomes important not only to access my data files from the fat p;artitions but also to save changes made back to those fat partitions. Safe or no? Thanks. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854 -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
[newbie] rc file for windowmaker?
I cannot seem to find an "rc" (configuration) file for windowmaker (similar to .kderc) . Anyone know where it is and what it is called in Mandrake 7.1? The only file I can find that could be it is .wmrc which only contains one line "kde" which makes me think that is not it. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] wp8
I just started looking at it and it looks very good indeed. There is a free version available for download (or in the CDs of several books on it) which is very functional and only lacks a very few items available in the paid version. Jeff On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, you wrote: Hi. I'm using StarOffice (SO) in my LM 7.1. But my SO was running slow (but not too slow). So, I want to change SO to WP8. Anyone here using WP8 ? If yes, please share me about your experience, and then, is WP8 freeware program ? Thanks for your help. -Pungki -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
[newbie] slow internet connection
I am one of these poor slobs still using a modem to get onto the internet. I am running Mandrake 7.1 and KDE. I noticed that even though my modem connects at 115,000 and email is down and uploaded fairly fast, Netscape (I am not ready to use a text browser) seems to take forever to bring pages up. Are there tools to use that would allow me to see why that might be so? Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
[newbie] localhost.localdomain
This is a standalone PC. When I ask "uname -a" it tells me my hostname is "Linux localhost.localdomain". Now, it would make sense to change that to something else. However, I am concerned that if I did, it might mess up some apps (mail programs?) that might depend on it somehow. Is that concern realistic? Does the new name have to be something with 2 words separated by a dot or can it be just onw word? Thanks. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] Release date for 7.2
Thank you. Your comments are taken to heart and appreciated. . Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Larry Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Release date for 7.2 As a newbie to Linux and a happy user of Mandrake 7.1 I too am waiting eagerly for the new Mandrake. However as a newbie am already concerned about what I would need to do to upgrade to it. Why are you in such a hurry? Just something to think about. Most seasoned Unix users tend to move slowly when it comes to upgrades, not the push and shove to the head of the line that seems to be the case in the Linux world. Why is that? All the horror stories about what you need to do to upgrade a linux kernal strike fear in our newbie hearts. Well, if you do an upgrade to a new distribution of Mandrake you won't have to worry about that at all. If you're going to do a kernal upgrade manually then it helps to have some background in compiling programs. I hope there will be detailed newbie type instructions as what to do to upgrade. Even better news would be that all one needs to do is install the new version over the old one. Here are the instructions to go from 7.0 to 7.1. 1) Make system bootable from a CD. 2) Stick CD in and reboot. 3) Select "upgrade" 4) Read a good Linux book until the process is complete I suspect you can hang onto these instructions Jeff; they'll work from 7.1 to 7.2 as well I'm sure :-) Why don't we just wait for a few more days and . What is "a few days more"? When can we expect it? If they're just starting the process of burning CDs you can bet that it'll be a couple months before new distros are released. Cheers --- Larry ps - I'm as interested as you in 7.2 as I've looked at the beta and it's got some neat stuff in it. Just poking fun a bit, though my comments about constantly upgrading do have merit I think.
Re: [newbie] Release date for 7.2
Funny you mentioned Opera. I installed its rpm yesterday (the one that included all the necessary subfiles) on my Mandrake 7.1, but though it's screen looks great on opening up, it starts with "internal error 32868" and later with "internal error 32878", many features are non functional and essentially I find it non usable at present. A newbie's $0.02 Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Larry Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 4:41 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Release date for 7.2 I'm happily chugging along on MDK7.1. My computers have never run so well on any other OS... :) Shame on you Paul. You must be doing actual work on your computer :-) Like you, I'm pretty happy with 7.1 myself. My principal interest in 7.2 is to see KDE2.0 but I'll put it on a non-work machine for a while before upgrading my work machine. Cheers --- Larry ps - thanks for the mention of Opera as you've moved "check out Opera" higher on the "to do" list.
Re: [newbie] Release date for 7.2
Well I am running Mandrake 7.1 I downloaded the rpm version of the "statically linked" Opera version for Linux from their website. It installed without a wimper in Mandrake. BTW, the errors I got were apparently because I was not online when I first started it up and it was trying to get on line. When I went online, these errors dissappeared and I was then able to change the default homepage so I can start it up without being online. Still got some bugs though. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Larry Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 8:45 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Release date for 7.2 Funny you mentioned Opera. I installed its rpm yesterday (the one that included all the necessary subfiles) on my Mandrake 7.1, but though it's screen looks great on opening up, it starts with "internal error 32868" and later with "internal error 32878", many features are non functional and essentially I find it non usable at present. Well...you're one up on me Jeff. Where did you get your rpm file? I thought I had it (assumed it was in the "web browser" directory on the disk that came with the Linux Format. Guess it was something about the big logo telling me that the "roundup" was on the CD that misled me :-) Anyways, I went to opera.com and found it "odd." They point out that if I can't find a compiled version for "my distribution" that I can download the source. Then they proceed to give me download choices that don't indicate what they were compiled for :-) It's suggested that it's been tested for Red Hat but I downloaded both the dynamic and static rpms andall attempts to extract anything from them were met with "compiled for a different achitecture." Odd that. Cheers --- Larry
Re: [newbie] Release date for 7.2
Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Larry Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 8:45 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Release date for 7.2 Funny you mentioned Opera. I installed its rpm yesterday (the one that included all the necessary subfiles) on my Mandrake 7.1, but though it's screen looks great on opening up, it starts with "internal error 32868" and later with "internal error 32878", many features are non functional and essentially I find it non usable at present. Well...you're one up on me Jeff. Where did you get your rpm file? I thought I had it (assumed it was in the "web browser" directory on the disk that came with the Linux Format. Guess it was something about the big logo telling me that the "roundup" was on the CD that misled me :-) Anyways, I went to opera.com and found it "odd." They point out that if I can't find a compiled version for "my distribution" that I can download the source. Then they proceed to give me download choices that don't indicate what they were compiled for :-) It's suggested that it's been tested for Red Hat but I downloaded both the dynamic and static rpms andall attempts to extract anything from them were met with "compiled for a different achitecture." Odd that. Cheers --- Larry
Re: [newbie] Release date for 7.2
I'm happy too. I am just looking for an easy way to get KDE 2 and both the new browser and the new suite of apps. I want to be "happier still". :-)) Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 2:20 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Release date for 7.2 It was Oct 10, 2000, 08:30, when Jeff Malka keyboarded: Why don't we just wait for a few more days and . What is "a few days more"? When can we expect it? I have to grin about this all... Why is everyone so eager to get to the next generation of Mandrake? Are so many people so unsatisfied with the current version? I'm happily chugging along on MDK7.1. My computers have never run so well on any other OS... :) Paul -- You have triggered an idiot-alarm. Please step away from the computer. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21 on Linux Mandrake 7.1=-
Re: [newbie] How do I find which version of xfree86 do I have?
Any info as to when 7.2 (not the beta) may become available? Or is 7.2 by definition a beta and we neet to wait for 7.3 for a stable version? Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 5:29 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] How do I find which version of xfree86 do I have? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll wait until the final version of MDK7.2 comes out and see what happens then. :-) I have heard about many nice nice options that are incorporated in it. Even a hardcore windows magazine over here has done a (for their doing) raving review of Xfree 4!! Paul Thats what I'm thinking, Paul. Man...a Geforce2, supported by XFree 4.01, included in the default installation of Mandrake v7.2, along with the full version of KDE 2.0... It makes me drool just thinking about it! ;-) PS Only thing better is if kernel 2.4 (final) could be included as well! PSS Methinks I know where part of my Christmas bonus money is going! See ya... -- /\ DarkLord \/
Re: [newbie] kwintv
This is a stupid question on my part, but do you also need a special card to get TV in Linux or is the software enough? Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 6:15 AM Subject: [newbie] kwintv Hello again, After reach to run cabletv in my computer, I am trying whitout succes to install kwintv. I have installed all the necessary libs (well, at least I think); ./configure works fine but when I type make.., the compiler could not find the files: iostream.h, fstream.h and strstream.h and, of course, it fall down. Could you help me? Thanks a lott Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain)
[newbie] How do I find which version of xfree86 do I have?
I am running Mandrake 7.1 and would like to install something (True Type Font support) that requires "xfree86 4". How do I find out if I have xfree86 4 ? Thanks. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
[newbie] installing a tar.gz app?
I downloaded an app (solar system) in the form of .tar.gz What do I have to do to install such an app? I only have installed rpm apps so far :-( -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] installing a tar.gz app?
Thank you Paul and Philomena Jeff On Sat, 07 Oct 2000, you wrote: It was Oct 7, 2000, 13:38, when Jeff Malka keyboarded: I downloaded an app (solar system) in the form of .tar.gz What do I have to do to install such an app? I only have installed rpm apps so far :-( Hi Jeff, Move the tar.gz to a temporary file, like /tmp. cd to /tmp and then type tar xvzf name of tar.gz and press enter. That will unpack the file into a directory with the same name as the tar.gz. cd into that directory and find the README and INSTALL files and READ them!! The usual way to go is: su to root ./configure mmake make install That should do it. Good luck! Paul -- The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret. -Henny Youngman http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 -=PINE 4.21 on Linux Mandrake 7.1=- -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] installing a tar.gz app?
Thank you very much Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Anthony [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 3:49 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] installing a "tar.gz" app? If at all possible, get an RPM version. They're just plain easier to install and update. However it looks like for you a .tar.gz is your only option, so here's how you go about installing it: First untar it. "tar -xvzf the_program.tar.gz". Then cd to the new directory it creates, "cd the_program_directory" Then read the readme that it should come with "more README". It'll contain more detailed instructions on how to install. However 99% of the time, it'll say to do this: "./configure" then, "make" Then "su" to root and type "make install". And now it's installed and ready to use! You might get errors during the ./configure step. If this is the case, it's usually because you don't have the neccasary libraries installed. You can try to go to rpmfind.net and search for whatever file you're missing, and try installing that. Most of the time doing that will fix the problem. The easiest way to get around all that hassle is to go the developer route during the Mandrake Installation. So if you ever have to reinstall for whatever reason, choose the developer version next time. I downloaded an app (solar system) in the form of .tar.gz What do I have to do to install such an app? I only have installed rpm apps so far :-( -- Anthony http://binaryfusion.net Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
[newbie] booting screen display to printer?
When one boots into Linux, the screen display tells you what is happening during the booting process. However it goes by so fast there is no way to read it intelligently. Is there a way to make those lines of text go either to the printer or to a file so that they can be read liesurely? It would help understand all that is happening as Linux boots up, and what is included and what is not. Thanks. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] How do I find which version of xfree86 do I have?
Thank you. On Sat, 07 Oct 2000, you wrote: In a message dated 07-Oct-00 13:00:40 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If you downloaded and installed xfree86 4.0, you'd know it. It is LARGE. I don't believe it came with the 7.1 distro, but I am not certain (handed the cd's to someone to copy mdk, so I can't check). the 4.0 install is on the 7.1 cd but you would know if you installed it because it is only available for the expert mode of install. however not all graphics cards are currently supported by 4.0, atleast the version on the 7.1cd -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
[newbie] Table of window managers
It would really be great if there existed somewhere, in table form (like PC World magazine usually displays them), a listing of all the X window managers (on top)giving for each (down the table) their memory loads, checkmarks for various capabilities present or not. etc. I know the managers are described in many places but such a summary table would be of great help to newbies if it existed somewhere. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] Linux knowledge base
The mandrake sites are great, but there is a lot more information than what they cover and most of it is not even in books. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux knowledge base Michael wrote: There have been several stabs at such a project. The hard part is getting people to contribute. It might work fairly well to copy the PHP manual approach where people write/correct the real manual in CVS but each page of the manual can have comments attached by anyone. So have each HOW-TO owned by someone in charge of maintaining it (possibly via CVS?) and let people add link, examples, and comments as desired. Then have the whole thing searchable. How 'bout just using the Mandrake sites existing digests...don't they already have tons of info in text format, easy to search by keyword? Just a thought. -- /\ DarkLord \/
[newbie] Anyone using windowmaker environment?
I am exploring windowmaker and find the docs to be extremely poor and no book mentions it for more than one paragraph. Basic concepts such as the "purpose" of dock and clip are not discussed anywhere I can find. Is clip a clipboard? Is dock similar to the panel in KDE?valent to the .kdelnk files in windowmaker? Would love to get a helping hand here. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
[newbie] Use of ampersand in .rc files
In using a command like xsetroot in a .xinitrc or .bash_profile, etc, does one need to end the command line with a or not? Actual command is xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr -fg cyan -bg black Confused. Thanks. (Do not answer "Dear confused"):-)) Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
[newbie] positioning an app in KDE desktop
I discovered a cute clock called asclock which looks good on KDE desktop. I therefore created a kdelnk for it which I put into my autostart folder. Unfortunately asclock comes in my distribution with no docs, no man, info or readme. It opens on login nicely BUT it always opens at the left upper corner of the desktop. I would like to a) position it somewhere else (top right or bottom right) on the desktop but do not know how to tell the kdelnk to put it there. Is there a way? b) make it appear without the surrounding xterm (I guess it is) frame on top of it. The one that shows the miniutarize/maximize/close buttons. Can that be done? Also is there a more effective way to start it (rc file somewhere) rather than in the autostart folder and is it advantageous to do so? Great clock/calendar by the way. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
[newbie] boot and rescue diskettes
What is the difference between the boot diskette and the rescue diskettes. Are they similar? How do you create the rescue one? Thanks. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
[newbie] Re: changing cursor shapes in X
After much searching I discovered that if in a console I type: xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr -fg cyan -bg white I will get a cyan colored left pointing arrow. BUT, this setting dissappears after I logout and then back in when the X cursor returns. If I enter that command in my home xinitrc nothing happens and the cursor is not changed into a cyan arrow. Any one know how to make it permanent other than adding it to the autostart folder? Thanks Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux Newbie Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 9:18 AM Subject: changing cursor shapes in X In /usr/include/X11/cursorfont.h there are a whole group of alternate cursor shapes to the standard X cursor. I would like to ask 2 questions relative to that. 1 How does one change the shape of the default X cursor to one of these others? 2 Is there a way to "see" these others cursors "before" actually selecting one by changing the default cursor shape? Thank you. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
