[newbie] M9 Openoffice and Perl
Today on my standard M9 install for no good reason I can think openoffice suddenly stopped working with this error (it had been working OK for about a month) no element found at line 1, column 0, byte 0 at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/XML/Parser.pm line 185 This is NOT an isolated problem - a google search shows a few people have had similar problems but I could not find a solution (although one of the threads is in Italian). I really need openoffice and if I can't get it work I'll have to ditch Mandrake. Any ideas? Thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] PPPoE and Modem in tandem
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:50 am, Peter Spotts wrote: Anne, I share your pain. I was running MDK8.1 with ASDL as my default on a Compaq laptop. But I take my show on the road quite a bit and needed to use the dialer. Problem was, while the dialer would connect, the browser, email program or whatever wouldn't see the connection. I later ran into the same problem with Windows 98 and found that I had to shut down my ADSL software before I could get a dailup connection that the computer would recognize. So if I may rephrase your question: How can one deactivate pppoe once it's started so that ppp can have a clear shot at the connection in a way the software will recognize? Right now, because of my inability to figure that one out, I'm using WinXP on one partition and Linux on another on a new laptop... Best regards, Pete I don't know whether I am adding to the confusion or helping. I have been using a dialup modem and very easily acessing it via kppp. I am changing to dsl which involved pitting in a lan card. My dsl connection isn't even set up yet but I found that connecting the LAN card led to a similar problem where kppp would connect OK but email, browser etc would not work. I sort of got around it by using mandrake control centre to set up a separate profile configured for dial up access. The only problem now is that I have to use mandrake control centre to access the dial up. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Running kppp as root- is it a problem?
I used to run kppp as a user to access my dial-up modem without any problems. After installing a LAN card I found that I when I ran kppp as user the connection would be made but the browser and email would not work. Mandrake control centre insisted that I was not connected to the internet. I worked around the problem by creating a new profile and using Mandrake control centre to access the internet. The only problem now is that kppp runs as root. 1. Is this a security problem 2. How can I go back to using kppp as user? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] lm_sensors GUI
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 01:48 am, Pilagá wrote: Is there any app to monitor lm_sensors from inside KDE 3.0.3? Gracias. ksensors will do the job if you want a KDE app (it can pop up the values on the KDE panel system tray) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Fwd: kio_thumbnail
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: kio_thumbnail Date: 07 Nov 2002 14:27:52 -0600 From: John Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I saw a posting you made to a mailing list detailing a problem you had with kio_thumbnail hogging all system resources. Turns out I had the same problem and it was very hard to solve. In my case I believe the problem was related to a link I had on the desktop though I'm not really sure. I had a symbolic link on my desktop to a microsoft Excel file in my Documents directory. When I first created the link it did not seem to cause a problem but now, everytime I drag the file from my documents directory and say Link Here it send the machine into an endless memory eating loop untill I kill the kio_thumbnail process. It seems to only be with that Excel file as some others I tested did not cause this problem. I could not reply directly to the list you posted too because I am not subscribed but perhaps you could post this for me as a follow up in case someone else is having this problem and this might help them? John --- I am forwarding this to the mailiing list as required. I don't have any excel files so it doesn't apply to me but ut may help someone else. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] kio_thumbnail hogging system resources
Several times now while runnig KDE on M9 I have noticed that my computer becomes very unresponsive and the hard drive becomes very active. I think it mainly happens when I am on the net (I use mozilla). When (after a long time) I have been able to do a ps aux I find a process kio_thumbnail utilising most of the system resources. When (after another long time) I succeed in shutting down this process the system is OK. Does anyone know what is happening and what I can do about it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mplayer install
On Sunday 13 October 2002 3:43 am, Dennis Myers wrote: I tried this back in 8.0 and ran afoul of all the cotton picken dependencies, so thought I would try it again in 9.0 and guess what, dependency after dependecy. I tried the PLF rpms and I will spend all afternoon hunting down and satisfying dependencies. Xine works so why bother with mplayer? Is there something about it that makes it worth a days hunt and d/ling? Curious. I think that this has already been posted but http://www.trylinuxSD.com/dvd/ has a very good walk-through. I have mplayer, ogle and xine installed and I generally use the first two (for playing dvds). Mplayer has excellent video and sound quality and also plays a vast number of formats (including wmv). Make sure you specify a cache if you play dvds though. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] try again: Kernel problem in 8.2
Like others I have a problem with the 8.2 kernel. My problem is that whenever I access the internet the computer either crashes hard or spontaneously reboots. I access my ISP fine and the page starts loading and then crash. My system logs say nothing except restart. It must be a kernel problem because I have been running 8.1 with no problems. I have reinstalled 8.2 twice with exactly the same problem- I even downloaded the kernel separately from the net and it still had the same problem. What I am doing now is running 8.2 with the 8.1 kernel and there seem to be no problems (except that galeon keeps crashing). My system is an Athlon 1000 Tbird on an Epox KTA2 board. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Wine under 8.1...Anybody?
I never had any success with the stock mdk wine rpms. I did have success with the transgaming wine x packages. You have to pay for the rpms (source is free) but its pretty cheap. Most importantly for me it runs Champinship Manager 01/02 flawlessly :-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
