Re: [newbie] Weird sound problem
Bryan Phinney wrote --- napsal:: On Wednesday 05 November 2003 05:09 pm, Sebastien Plante wrote: The onboard sound card is normally off in my BIOS... Here is the ls /dev/sound result: $ ls /dev/sound -l total 0 crw---1 plante audio 14, 3 Dec 31 1969 dsp crw---1 plante audio 14, 19 Dec 31 1969 dsp1 crw---1 plante audio 14, 2 Dec 31 1969 midi crw---1 plante audio 14, 0 Dec 31 1969 mixer Okay, so you have a dsp device and also a dsp1 device. Possible that dsp1 is the SB16 and that dsp is the mainboard sound. So, do a ls -l /dev/dsp and if the link is pointing to dsp, then you might want to relink it to dsp1 and then see if you can hear sound. If you can, then we know that is what the problem is and we just have to make sure that harddrake is not overwriting the link to the device each time you are rebooting. note that cards like for instance SB Live! has two dsp devices (mine for example /dev/dsp and /dev/dsp1). -- joe Information from NOD32 This message was checked by NOD32 Antivirus System for Linux Mail Server. http://www.nod32.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Error loading .wav in Rezound
John Richard Smith wrote --- napísal:: By means of employing gramofile I have created a set of .wav files from an audio tape. When I come to load the .wav files into Rezound I get an error message, error reading audio data from /tmp/track01.wav -- file missing data -- read 13320192 frames, should be 26460 -- keeping what was read but the rezound blue slider bar gets stuck at 5% seems that resound doesn't like what gramofile has created. Since I haven't yet figured out how to get rezound to create .wav files from audio tape I need to know what I can do with the .wav files gramofile created so that I can manipulate them in rezound. The short bit of .wav that resound has accepted plays badly, very garbled, rough, as though half the audio stream has been clipped away. Is there anything I can do about it , does anyone have the experience to advise me. John ask the author of rezound for help. he is quite helpful. cheers, -- joe Information from NOD32 This message was checked by NOD32 Antivirus System for Linux Mail Server. http://www.nod32.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] cannot connect after winroute upgrade
please help me cause my ISP is not able to help me. distro: mandrake 9.2 i am connecting to the internet through wireless card (z-com xi 626). everything was working perfectly until the day my ISP did upgrade of his network sw - winroute. win32 clients can still connect to his server flawlessly, this does not apply to my linux station though :( i watched the net behaviour and here is what i got: - right after boot process is finished (i turned off starting of dhcp client on boot) ifconfig -a command displays the information about two network devices (eth0 and lo - eth0 has zero values at all RX/TX items) - i type ifup eth0 and using watch ifconfig -a command watch the changes: * TX:1 RX:4 * TX:4 RX:2 * TX:10 RX:2 .. * TX:40 RX:5 then errors and dropped packets appear * TX:42 RX:5 RX errors: 268 RX dropped packets and RX errors start to increase quickly (RX dropped = RX errors) the new network device is created: eth0:9 with the same HW address as eth0 and with the following parameters: inetadr: 127.255.255.255 vsesmer: 127.255.255.255 mask: 255.0.0.0 ifup eth0 command terminates with stdout: /sbin/ifup: line 433: 3012 Hangup /etc/init.d/tmdns reload /dev/null 21 i tried to connect with SuSE live CD (8.1) - unsuccessfully. ifconfig -a output: eth0: Zapouzden:Ethernet HWadr 00:60:B3:6B:AA:85 inet6-adr: fe80::260:b3ff:fe6b:aa85/10 Rozsah:Linka AKTIVOVNO VESMROV_VYSLN NOTRAILERS B MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metrika:1 RX packets:163 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:5 errors:25 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 koliz:0 dlka odchoz fronty:100 RX bytes:11667 (11.3 Kb) TX bytes: (8.6 Kb) Peruen:10 Pam:de00-de000fff loZapouzden:Mstn smyka inet adr:127.0.0.1 Maska:255.0.0.0 inet6-adr: ::1/128 Rozsah:Pota AKTIVOVNO SMYKA B MTU:16436 Metrika:1 RX packets:92 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:92 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 koliz:0 dlka odchoz fronty:0 RX bytes:6216 (6.0 Kb) TX bytes:6216 (6.0 Kb) sit0 Zapouzden:IPv6-in-IPv4 NEARP MTU:1480 Metrika:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 koliz:0 dlka odchoz fronty:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) please if you have any idea, let me know. i appreciate your help. thank you. cheers, -- jose Bojte se vir? http://ad2.seznam.cz/redir.cgi?instance=63340%26url=http://www.contactel.cz/bezpecnyinternet Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] quickstart rpm how-to
hello, i found openoffice quickstart rpm here http://at.rpmfind.net/opsys/linux/RPM/mandrake/9.1/contrib/i586/oooqs-1.0-0.rc3.2mdk.i586.html. what concerns me is the how-to for making it play nice with OpenOffice's session-management. does anyone know if this is still necessary (with OOo 1.1 final, mandrake 9.2)? thanks you. cheers, -- joe Information from NOD32 This message was checked by NOD32 Antivirus System for Linux Mail Server. http://www.nod32.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] how to load module for audigy first
i have the following problem: since i connected my web-camera (usb, logitech quickcam zoom, system correctly recognized it) mandrake (9.2 - final) everytime loads modules for it first (it has integrated microphone input) and modules for my audigy card afterwards. the problem is that most programs thinks that /dev/dsp is the place they should send sound output and /dev/dsp is actually microphone in the webcam (audigy card is /dev/dsp1 and /dev/dsp2 - i don't now why it has double-entry) thanks for your help. cheers, -- joe Information from NOD32 This message was checked by NOD32 Antivirus System for Linux Mail Server. http://www.nod32.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.0 to 9.1
Brian V Bonini wrote: About to attempt an upgrade from 9.0 to 9.1 Any issues I should be aware of, any suggestions, experiences (good or bad) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com do a fresh install rather than upgrade.. it always causes problems.. do backup /etc and similar before you start. -- jose Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] logitech quickcam?
does any of you make Logitech QuickCam Zoom Pro make working under linux? this website http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/ says that there exist the drivers but i would like to know what is the truth.. thanks. cheers, -- joe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ldm_validate_partition_table() after installing mdk9.1
Guy Rouillier wrote: On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 12:57, Jozef Riha wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 once i installed 9.1 (over 9.0 installation) and rebooted i get this error message during the boot-up and on login/logout: ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed by booting with the old kernel: 2.4.19-24mdk this message disappears.. any suggestions please? thx, I also upgraded from 9.0 to 9.1 and am having this same problem. I see it two times during bootup: (1) Finding module dependencies (2) Starting CUPS printing system Do you have a flash card reader? I do, and I'm wondering if that is interfering. This message doesn't appear to be causing problems - printing still works. I researched this a little more, and here is what dmesg says. This further makes me think that the flash card reader is causing this: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Vendor: SanDisk Model: ImageMate CF-SM Rev: 0100 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Attached scsi removable disk sdd at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 sdd : READ CAPACITY failed. sdd : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08 Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready Additional sense indicates Medium not present sdd : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0: I/O error: dev 08:30, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:30, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:30, sector 2097144 I/O error: dev 08:30, sector 2097144 I/O error: dev 08:30, sector 0 I/O error: dev 08:30, sector 0 ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed. I/O error: dev 08:30, sector 0 unable to read partition table WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured i also have a flash card reader - there is a report on this bug and a patch proposed at https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=930. unfortunately i don't know how i can apply it. try it if you want and let me know then.. cheers, -- joe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Scanner Configuration Driving Me (In)Sane
Graham Watkins wrote: Morning All, Anybody ever managed to configure the HP4200 backend for Sane? If so, I'd appreciate having it explained to me in easy steps. The conf file for the HP4200 backend is blank. I've been to the Sane site but learned nothing useful. Although HardDrake detects my usb scanner, Sane Xsane cannot see it. I've never had any luck with Scanners under Linux - this is the third one I've tried. It's keeping me shackled to Windoze when I really don't want to be. I'm running Mandrake 9 with the Sane 1.0.9 rpm installed 1st, uninstall sane's rpm. then follow the instructions at http://hp4200-backend.sourceforge.net/. the sane sources can be found at http://www.mostang.com/sane/source.html. be sure to backup Makefile after compiling! hope this helps cheers, -- joe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Why do you choose Linux ?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Zariyan Zephyr wrote: | As a Linux newbie, I don't really understand why people in Europe and | North America has chosen Linux for daily use. I think people in Europe | and North America can afford Microsoft Windows and application | softwares under Windows. It isn't about money, is it ?. | | ZZ it is about security and independency. why should i be dependent on what microsoft thinks is best for me? if you don't like something in your system, you can change it.. the system is really flexible and you are not breaking laws when you are discovering how does it work. and the community is really great. cheers, - -- joe ps: to tell you the truth i would rather spend my money on something else -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+h2jz1Z/5e38F6fERAl40AJ4t+v/YDOZ0wJAipHwm+cTv2DBRtgCfUmoN kWStkT47q3sCjRzFnd5yA9E= =Bke/ -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] an error in konquerror
p s wrote: If I right-click on a postscript file in konquerror (in mdk9.1) it displays an error message, don't remember precisely, but something like incorrect menu entry /usr/../konqueror/../convertpstopdf.desktop (after I click OK, the popup menu appears) I don't understand the problem. If I right click on a pdf file, there is no error, though there is a very similar file convertpdftops.desktop. Here they are: the problem is that these files are too similar ;) compare Desktop Action in the both files and probably you will understand.. i also discovered one more bug in desktop entries (with Zip operation) under servicemenus and i am attaching the patch for both of them.. cheers, -- joe convertpstopdf.dektop: [Desktop Entry] ServiceTypes=application/postscript Actions=convertpstopdf TryExec=ps2pdf [Desktop Action convertpdftops] Name=Convert PS file to PDF Exec=ps2pdf %f.ps %f.pdf convertpdftops.desktop: [Desktop Entry] ServiceTypes=application/pdf Actions=convertpdftops TryExec=pdftops [Desktop Action convertpdftops] Name=Convert PDF file to PS Exec=pdftops %f %f.ps patch1.tar.gz Description: GNU Zip compressed data Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] ldm_validate_partition_table() after installing mdk 9.1
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 once i installed 9.1 (over 9.0 installation) and rebooted i get this error message during the boot-up and on login/logout: ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed by booting with the old kernel: 2.4.19-24mdk this message disappears.. any suggestions please? thx, - -- joe -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+hd5x1Z/5e38F6fERAtwhAJwKj2hJ4siD/VojyjX/TuPVmVKgcgCdG6DG h0EbGrmOvcQlLN6GbwRRb0Q= =DKY6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New cursors for 9.1
Tom Brinkman wrote: Name: cursor_themesRelocations: (not relocateable) Version : 0.0.1 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 1mdk Build Date: Sat Mar 29 16:08:15 2003 Install date: (not installed) Build Host: klama.mandrake.org Group : Graphical desktop/Other Source RPM: (none) Size: 3215704 License: GPL Packager: Buchan Milne [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL : http://kde-look.org Summary : A Collection of cursor themes for XFree86 4.3 or later Description : This package contains all the freely distributeable cursor themes for XFree86 4.3 or newer currently available from http://kde-look.org, along with a simple script (choose_cursor) which will allow you to easily choose a cursor theme. ...=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=... It's on the cooker contrib (RPMS2) mirrors. 'choose_cursor' runs a little GUI that lets you change the cursor for XFree 4.3 from among nearly 30 choices. It works well, try it you'll like it ;) could u please send me a direct link? i cannot find it anywhere.. thx -- joe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] not able to log on as root
walt wrote: I installed Mandrake 9.1..fresh install. I needed to log on as root so I logged out and I did not see root so I could click on it and do what I have to do. Anyone have any ideas as to what I am doing wrong Walt type root in the fillbox. anyhow logging as root into X system (kde, gnome..) is not recommended -- joe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Creating music discs
i tried eroaster and imho k3b (k3b.sourceforge.net) is much much more better.. -- joe Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SICN wrote: Eroaster I believe does it all in one operation. Brian D. Klar - CVE Multimax Network Engineer WPAFB (937) 904-2585 (937) 416-6378 (mobile) -Original Message- From: Tsur, Oren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 8:12 AM To: Newbie (E-mail) Subject: [newbie] Creating music discs Hi community Can anyone tell me where I can find a program which creates audio cd's. I am talking about the Nero type program which takes MP3's, converts them to cd tracks and burns them to the cd. Maybe I already have it but do not know about it. ;o() Oren ~~ Confusion shouldn't be nature's way of telling you that you are thick! Email Disclaimer This email has been sent from KPMG LLP, a UK limited liability partnership, or from one of the companies within its control (which include KPMG Audit Plc , KPMG United Kingdom Plc and KPMG UK Limited). The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing KPMG client engagement letter. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mustek 600 III plus
try removing sane rpm and compile it from sources. don't forget to backup the Makefile. i had to compile sane in order to get my benq 4300 w2s working under mdk 9. -- joe Ibly Piblo wrote: As the subject line says, this ios my brand of scanner. I cannot accept not supported by this version of Mandrake, I wish to install this scanner. Is there a way around this? I am using the new Mdk 9.1 It used to wlrk in version 9 Should I dump 9.1 and go back to 9? Or is there a way around it? Thank you Ibly __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mdk 9.1- how to upgrade??
Brandon Vanderberg wrote: On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 19:05, Kou Shan Shan wrote: Hi To be frank, it took me a few months to set up some of the good stuff in my three-month old mdk 9.0, like Exceed XDMCP remote login, Samba, hardware, network... etc. Basically I just finished making it a handy workstation and started to enjoy it. Right now I am getting excited with the new features and upgraded performance from the latest Mdk 9.1. But I am really not sure - is there a way to upgrade without affecting all my previous configuration? I am not a guru in linux, and I know I am going to be mad if I have to go through the painstaking process again! :p I heard that by default mdk 9.1 installation does not change the original /home directory. But how about things I mentioned above? Shall I choose the option upgrade when installing? I really want to know - how you experts upgrade? ( I am sure you have done much more than me on your mdk 9.0!) Thanks, Shan Not an expert, but I have installed 9.1 over 9.0 twice as an upgrade (one yesterday, and one today) and twice as a fresh install (both today). I usually prefer to do a fresh install, leaving my /home partition intact, but upgrading didn't touch it during any of these installs. My settings were preserved for all applications. FWIW, the first install (work computer, upgrade 9.0 to 9.1) went well. The only issues were losing network settings, and having to run drakconf after the install to get X to start. (Screen resolution) Other than that, it's exactly like it was before, but with newer stuff. My home machine was another story. After one upgrade attempt and two fresh installs, I'm back to 9.0. do u have an idea where the problem with your home machine was?? i also intent to upgrade my desktop machine and you scaried me a bit.. thx -- joe Your /home should be safe, but I would (and did) back it up just in case. 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] broken fonts display
sometimes when i scroll with PgUp/Dn often fonts in OpenOffice get broken (see the attachment). is it known OOo bug or is there an error in configuration (matrox g550 with manufacturer's driver). thx. cheers, -- joe inline: brokenfonts.pngWant to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] kdeedu lost?
has kdeedu package disappeared from mandrake 9.1? i was not able to find it in 9.1rc2.. thx. cheers, -- jose Public key for [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) mQGiBDUuABARBADk08x5h0w5/t0OAnfEFJQmjZqvHpX7tRZ56Vc8UVDTlJU9NF2n kQImp25McvFHQtmCSMGwkSSxDiqfjWdvCvT8YaymthfSvXrvbcSt4GhPcmpLpWyP FN5AmTMU0nwrn9U2E5MFlPur1HvVV+f2Fv4EEn2nwahpdbe0h0lcdy/faQCg/35x 6R/X9Jtt6mUu8eo1yeOujZkD/0mQmiaqRg2VWREDqT9sz5Ptv4D3FaH2fDUmyWfh plUjIzMA/QOt8z48N0vOBOueM3MMW2AI9THgQMULT1TLpxRIqf3vxuG0qtZc4oSf 5g54lQILPenCzzh2ZDP1TpGvbesfD9gPAsScRh9tRmcR0cqJI2OvF3Y2hFZrsSWM 1gclA/9M4otB1aqK7XX5nctRGVaVA3c53OI1uDB9oTgF3IXz3Q+be6cps5dMeCR6 n5r3y2vtrMv76UZbL2mWODfvGcLjgl+pPSEzfjPENbBUVb1+aaisFL3j6ep4Xzwt U3uw8VP/WHTwBSaxpL9nMQ2XaTkMW0cKW0a2VE/E9AYFfSJwGrQbSm96ZWYg2O1o YSA8emVmb0BzZXpuYW0uY3o+iE4EEBECAA4FAjUuABAECwMCAQIZAQAKCRDVn/l7 fwXp8eG3AJ92kjkNHSvDiQpB2PHI4GkOfI52pQCfW6JgAxmJJKC1vysN0UIR3KEd r2m5BA0ENS4AERAQAPkYoH5aBmF6Q5CV3AVsh4bsYezNRR8O2OCjecbJ3HoLrOQ/ 40aUtjBKU9d8AhZIgLUV5SmZqZ8HdNP/46HFliBOmGW42A3uEF2rthccUdhQyiJX Qym+lehWKzh4XAvb+ExN1eOqRsz7zhfoKp0UYeOEqU/Rg4Soebbvj6dDRgjGzB13 VyQ4SuLE8OiOE2eXTpITYfbb6yUOF/32mPfIfHmwch04dfv2wXPEgxEmK0Ngw+Po 1gr9oSgmC66prrNlD6IAUwGgfNaroxIe+g8qzh90hE/K8xfzpEDp19J3tkItAjbB JstoXp18mAkKjX4t7eRdefXUkk+bGI78KqdLfDL2Qle3CH8IF3KiutapQvMF6PlT ETlPtvFuuUs4INoBp1ajFOmPQFXz0AfGy0OplK33TGSGSfgMg71l6RfUodNQ+PVZ X9x2Uk89PY3bzpnhV5JZzf24rnRPxfx2vIPFRzBhznzJZv8V+bv9kV7HAarTW56N oKVyOtQa8L9GAFgr5fSI/VhOSdvNILSd5JEHNmszbDgNRR0PfIizHHxbLY7288kj wEPwpVsYjY67VYy4XTjTNP18F1dDox0YbN4zISy1Kv884bEpQBgRjXyEpwpy1obE AxnIByl6ypUM2Zafq9AKUJsCRtMIPWakXUGfnHy9iUsiGSa6q6Jew1XrPdYXAAIC D/4zbIWgQ9ddW3lEJ3D6TRcXtuoFXhAI17GtQKDI9keaN7oChn/24+XUWUzcGyzE 7vHcgcAYeyS0kguSn2VVR4EjD+xvdpb4fuulMvR9Jx2kLPS8YI+gR98lju9BfTbI ITVaw0phnxDnURP6zGKLN8S/hnyQwZdEpbspP/DjFELYhLCGATtuDs9mdjxpt9nA gmLE4H+DtPkAW0sVKY+aObwMqOkg7eUmHJtISpP2RF3KHnEz88tmHEDmkF9e3MbM lXLwb3b21BRCAetZ7c+8O76f68+XElq243N4XZ3r+Kub3mD/FmZm68Q8sg5ylRNm raFHuOwJtpiAkdGrNzRSOBTFNTuvX3ugN5+E7O7E1gLDUiElzltcqoujVMTW+zQU ny3RXNCUV+wBzCgMQPbBnWBUa+jqfsXFgon2btTKLo/A4ndl1YVvpt3qcccwBs9s 6BEMqaxvTHFr3SPwUeKyLX7Z6qb0jWiImIofXR6ZMjcXnRhkoqbw5NOBrNOxy2Dl m3BauxjSHKUJHa4gFS9zrCkMGaWc8coxx91SF7lseaG90mGLlISttnoU7aFmTi8r L5RBbKRkYXmxXNZCwUw6a8CeGta2/6DJOGuP2OreCNG/2BPCYkkniFUiHH+8lRiS mQa4cdEOLYSX3CRJW32onBfiViqOv7dRZTKGaey7LbYy34hGBBgRAgAGBQI1LgAR AAoJENWf+Xt/BenxzswAoIKenOa5Vl7l7c2Xqr2NM47mOsMGAKCSO+b5JgscFcdB mAEii8UqJ1JBaw== =MrGb -END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kde rewrites .desktop files
Damian Gatabria wrote: i am always loggin as root when running rpmdrake-remove (the only way..). the owner was the user (me) and the permission were r-- r-- ---. OK, change the owner:group of the files to root:root and set permissions to 775 .. ( chown root:root files; chmod +775 files) have to make a script that will change the contents of .kde everytime kde is started? Better yet, it would be nice to find the script that does this in the first place, and kill the bastard. changing the permissions helped but i won't give up that easily and still tryig to find out WHERE is that damned script.. i did the following steps: 1. deleted everything from ~/.kde/share/applnk-mdk 2. restarted kde 3. seems good. link to openoffice writer (with terrible windowmanager_section icon) is gone 4. so i ran rpmdrake-remove and removed some gnomegames 5. restarted kde 6. ooops. the ~/.kde/share/applnk-mdk structure is recreated (does not bother that much) but so is the ooo writer link (well, actually this really sucks) 7. find / -name Open*.desktop didn't help. i found nothing realated to this issue under /usr/share/applnk-mdk so please can anybody tell me how this link can be recreated?? ===the contents of OpenOffice\ Writer.desktop:=== [Desktop Entry] Name=OpenOffice Writer Comment=OpenOffice Writer Exec=oowriter Terminal=false Icon=windowmanager_section.png Type=Application Name[cs]=OpenOffice Writer Name[sk]=OpenOffice Writer cheers, -jozef riha- Things like these are the ones people refer to when they say KDE is unpredictable. Damian Of course if you have security set above standard it could be msec that is changing the file back. Where do you have security set? HTH sorry, i cannot remember.. where can i find out? ... mmm... dunno.. maybe mandrake control center - security can give you a hint. If you use your PC as a workstation, then regular (medium) security is OK and recommended. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] crashing konqueror (in kde 3.1 - texstar)
hello, i upgraded kde 3.0.5a to 3.1 from rpm by TexStart. everything is fine except the fact that konqueror is crashing with sigsev 11 more than often (sometimes right after executing, always after clicking on Home button). thanks for help. cheers, joe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No icons in KDE 3.1
well, i had the same problem few minutes ago and i did it!! i am sorry, but really cannot tell you how but suddenly it just worked. i played with Control Center a lot - that's all i can tell. try allow desktop menu, font menu settings.. do not give up cheers, joe robin wrote: I'm sorry if this was dealt with when KDE 3.1 came out, but after trawling through the archives for a while, I haven't found anything. (That reminds me to plead once again for people to start a new thread when the topic changes - it's a minor irritation when I'm reading my mail, but a major PITA when searching the archives.) I've just installed KDE 3.1 from Texstar's RPMs. Most everything works OK, except that I have no icons and my wallpapers don't show up. It looks almost like the background is appearing on top of the desktop. Even if I delete .kde and start from scratch, I can't get icons by dragging from the menu, and right-clicking the desktop does nothing. Is there something different about KDE 3.1 I should know about, or something else I should have installed (or alternately, uninstalled)? Sir Robin (who foolishly upgraded KDE just before noticing that Mdk 9.1 is due out soon) 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] Re: crashing konqueror (in kde 3.1 - texstar)
Jozef Riha wrote: hello, i upgraded kde 3.0.5a to 3.1 from rpm by TexStart. everything is fine except the fact that konqueror is crashing with sigsev 11 more than often (sometimes right after executing, always after clicking on Home button). thanks for help. cheers, joe addon: executing konq as: konqueror --profile webbrowsing fires it up at least. only konqueror command crashes konqi right after showing the main window. this is console output when running konqueror as a new user (username is hela): bash-2.05b$ konqueror Session management error: Could not open network socket _KDE_IceTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.ICE-unix should be set to root kdecore (KLocale): WARNING: found no definition of PluralForm for cs Session management error: Could not open network socket kdecore (KLocale): WARNING: found no definition of PluralForm for cs kbuildsycoca running... kdecore (KLocale): WARNING: found no definition of PluralForm for cs File kcookiejarrc, id kcookiescfg.upd:kde2.2/b1 File kcookiejarrc, id kcookiescfg.upd:kde3.1/cvs File kdeglobals, id kded.upd:kde3.0 File kdeprintrc, id kdeprintrc.upd:kde-3.1-toolbar File kcmdisplayrc, id kcmdisplayrc.upd:kde3 File dummy, id favicons.upd:kde3 File kdeglobals, id kaccel.upd:kde3.1/r3 File klipperrc, id klipperrc.upd:25082001 File klipperrc, id klipperrc.upd:kde3.1 File konsolerc, id konsole.upd:kde2.2/r1 File konsolerc, id konsole.upd:kde3.0/r1 File ksmserverrc, id ksmserver.upd:kde3 File kwinrc, id kwin.upd:kde3.0r1 File kio_httprc, id kioslave.upd:kde2.2/r1 File kioslaverc, id kioslave.upd:kde2.2/r1 File kio_httprc, id kioslave.upd:kde2.2/r2 File kioslaverc, id kioslave.upd:kde2.2/r3 File kdeglobals, id socks.upd:kde3.0/r1 File kmailrc, id kmail.upd:1 File kmailrc, id kmail.upd:4 File kmailrc, id kmail.upd:5 File kpgprc, id kmail.upd:5 File kmailrc, id kmail.upd:6 File kmailrc, id kmail.upd:7 File kmailrc, id kmail.upd:8 File kmailrc, id kmail.upd:9 File kmailrc, id kmail.upd:3.1-update-identities File kmailrc, id kmail.upd:3.1-use-identity-uoids File kmail.eventsrc, id kmail.upd:3.1-new-mail-notification File knewstickerappletrc, id knewsticker.upd:KNewsTicker-0.2 File knewsticker_appletrc, id knewsticker.upd:KNewsTicker-0.2-Rename-KDE3 File kpgprc, id kpgp.upd:preKDE3_a File kpgprc, id kpgp.upd:3.1-1 File noatunrc, id noatun.upd:noatun20 File kickerrc, id kickerrc.upd:kde_3_1_sizeChanges File kdeglobals, id klippershortcuts.upd:04112002 Id 'kde2.2/b1' was already in done-list! Id 'kde3.0' was already in done-list! Write ViewMenuBar - false Remove Key 'General'/'ViewToolBar' Id 'kde3' was already in done-list! Id 'kde3' was already in done-list! Running script 'convertShortcuts.pl' Script: Writing entries to /tmp/kde-hela/kconf_updateTV3X5a.tmp Script: Filtered entries written to /tmp/kde-hela/kconf_updateJxmpOa.tmp Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global Keys (FORCED) Removing group Global Shortcuts (FORCED) Removing group Global
Re: [newbie] kde rewrites .desktop files
thanks for help, i'll try your advise. is this a bug or a feature? i also noticed that kde (i guess) replaces my own menu structure (defined in ~/.kde) with the system one (/usr/share/applnk-mdk) when i remove package with rpmdrake-remove. i will check out whether permissions-change solves this problem too. thanks again. cheers, joe Damian Gatabria wrote: On Thursday 27 de February 2003 11:45, Jozef Riha wrote: i always manually edit the Icon item (add my path to my icons) in some .desktop files (in ~/.kde/share..). the problem is that sometimes kde just goes mad and rewrites all the .desktop files to their original state.. this really sets me up. why should i always backup ~/.kde?? do you think that restart X (c+a+bs) might bother? thank you for your answer, kind regards, jozef riha I've seen that happen a lot of times. Make your icon items the way you like them, and make them read-only. (Remove your write permission) HTH Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kde rewrites .desktop files
:( bad luck. permissions are back and file is rewritten again. will i have to make a script that will change the contents of .kde everytime kde is started? cheers, Jozef Damian Gatabria wrote: On Thursday 27 de February 2003 11:45, Jozef Riha wrote: i always manually edit the Icon item (add my path to my icons) in some .desktop files (in ~/.kde/share..). the problem is that sometimes kde just goes mad and rewrites all the .desktop files to their original state.. this really sets me up. why should i always backup ~/.kde?? do you think that restart X (c+a+bs) might bother? thank you for your answer, kind regards, jozef riha I've seen that happen a lot of times. Make your icon items the way you like them, and make them read-only. (Remove your write permission) HTH Damian 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] kde rewrites .desktop files
i always manually edit the Icon item (add my path to my icons) in some .desktop files (in ~/.kde/share..). the problem is that sometimes kde just goes mad and rewrites all the .desktop files to their original state.. this really sets me up. why should i always backup ~/.kde?? do you think that restart X (c+a+bs) might bother? thank you for your answer, kind regards, jozef riha Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] suggestion to mdk developers
when i click on removable media icon selecting unmount or eject but the media is still in use and it cannot be unmounted/ejected the new window apears with information about Device in use. that's just fine but there should be like /sbin/fuser -v /dev/scd0 and it should list processes which are bothering cdrom or it could even give an option to kill these process(es). many times mdk-newbie doesn't have a clue about fuser program and would simply like to get the cd out of the drive. maybe this is more windows like approach, but what's bad about it?? please, write what you think about this and eventually how to let mdk developers know. thanks. cheers, joe riha (mdk 9 user) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] suggestion to mdk developers
when i click on removable media icon selecting unmount or eject but the media is still in use and it cannot be unmounted/ejected the new window apears with information about Device in use. that's just fine but there should be like /sbin/fuser -v /dev/scd0 and it should list processes which are bothering cdrom or it could even give an option to kill these process(es). many times mdk-newbie doesn't have a clue about fuser program and would simply like to get the cd out of the drive. maybe this is more windows like approach, but what's bad about it?? please, write what you think about this and eventually how to let mdk developers know. thanks. cheers, joe riha (mdk 9 user) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
