Re: [newbie] RC2 and networking
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, stormjumper wrote:
i'd hate to dash your hopes,
but release candidates are there for people to try,
so that bugs and issues can be ironed out.
if you as facing such massive problems,
and yet bear such high hopes on mdk 9.1
you SHOULD report the issues,
Ah yes, that never occured to me. ;-)
Oh wait, no. Already done.
(if they haven't already been reported)
and try to find solutions for them.
Well, obviously, I've been trying to do that.
else whatever failed will probably continue with mdk 9.1.
luck
Thank you.
- Original Message -
From: Roger Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 07:11
Subject: Re: [newbie] RC2 and networking
On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Mark wrote:
Hmm...I just entered the IP to my router (gateway), which is exactly
what
I did to get this install (9.1 b3) online. Successfully, as you can
see...;-)
Hi Roger,
I just saw this thread, so, I'm a few days behind on it. when I saw the
original post I realized what I think it the problem. that would be
that
you've got your modem on the wrong side of your router.
the setup should look like this:
[PC][Router]-[CableModem]{ISP}---{Internet}
according to you post your setup appears like this:
[PC][CableModem][Router]{ISP}.{Internet}
With the modem between your PC and Router I don't think things are going
to work too well.
Thanks for the suggestion, but my setup is [PC] -- [Router] --
[Cablemodem] -- etc. As I had said, it worked fine with everything prior
to rc2; in fact, right now, I'm running beta 3...it seems to work better
for me than rc1 did.
Actually, I'm not touching rc2 again...someone told me to try installing
firestarter on it, so I put the rpm on a floppy, installed rc2, couldn't
access my floppy drive. Put the rpm on a cdrom, and then couldn't access
either my cd-rw, or my dvd player. rc2 was nothing short of a colossal
failure for me...really, really hoping that whatever problems will be
sorted out by the final release, so that my fear that there is a bug that
only manifests itself on my pc, or almost as bad, that I'm a total idiot,
will be assuaged.
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Re: [newbie] RC2 and networking
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Mark Weaver wrote: Are you still getting the spontaneous reboots with b3? I haven't in 2 days, 19 hours, and 40 minutes... 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] RC2 and networking
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Stephen Kitchener wrote: On Thursday 13 Mar 2003 23:14, Roger Sherman wrote: On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Mark Weaver wrote: Are you still getting the spontaneous reboots with b3? I haven't in 2 days, 19 hours, and 40 minutes... Excuse me for butting in - where is rc3 at, I can only find rc2 on my local servers rc3 isn't out, if in fact there is going to be one. I'm using beta 3, which was out right before rc1. 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] RC2 and networking
On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Mark wrote:
Hmm...I just entered the IP to my router (gateway), which is exactly what
I did to get this install (9.1 b3) online. Successfully, as you can
see...;-)
Hi Roger,
I just saw this thread, so, I'm a few days behind on it. when I saw the
original post I realized what I think it the problem. that would be that
you've got your modem on the wrong side of your router.
the setup should look like this:
[PC][Router]-[CableModem]{ISP}---{Internet}
according to you post your setup appears like this:
[PC][CableModem][Router]{ISP}.{Internet}
With the modem between your PC and Router I don't think things are going
to work too well.
Thanks for the suggestion, but my setup is [PC] -- [Router] --
[Cablemodem] -- etc. As I had said, it worked fine with everything prior
to rc2; in fact, right now, I'm running beta 3...it seems to work better
for me than rc1 did.
Actually, I'm not touching rc2 again...someone told me to try installing
firestarter on it, so I put the rpm on a floppy, installed rc2, couldn't
access my floppy drive. Put the rpm on a cdrom, and then couldn't access
either my cd-rw, or my dvd player. rc2 was nothing short of a colossal
failure for me...really, really hoping that whatever problems will be
sorted out by the final release, so that my fear that there is a bug that
only manifests itself on my pc, or almost as bad, that I'm a total idiot,
will be assuaged.
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
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Re: [newbie] System is rebooting on its own
On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Mark wrote: On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Roger Sherman wrote: On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Chris wrote: On Friday 07 March 2003 07:32 pm, Dennis Myers decided to hunt and peck on the keyboard and typed: On Friday 07 March 2003 05:24 pm, Chris wrote: Ok, let me try with a different subject, may just reboot didn't catch anyones eye. I came home from work at 5:15 and my system had apparently rebooted itself about 15 minutes ago. I can't find any reason for this at all. I've checked the logs. This also happened yesterday. Can anyone I have had this happen a couple of times and it turned out to be a momentary power hit on our home line. Squirrels committing suicide on the transformers interupt power for a couple of miliseconds and bingo the comp reboots. UPS solved the problem. Could be your right Dennis, hadn't thought about that, it is real close to spring here in Tx. Not enough of a 'hit' to mess up the clocks are anything else. I'll have to check into a ups. Thanks Heh...I have a UPS, and my PC still does that once in a while... Yeah, but ya'll live in New Jersey! :P Well, at the end of the day, there is some good fortune then...:-D -- peace, Rog Jersey to the bone, and proud of it! 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] DVD movies
On Sat, 8 Mar 2003 15:56:01 -0500, you wrote: On Saturday 08 March 2003 03:14 pm, Metamorphysical wrote: I've looked on some of the RPM sites for dvd patches and such but maybe I just can't do it. I'm trying to play dvd's and just won't do it. I know most of them are encrypted and that's why, but thought maybe there was something out there I could use with xine or maybe another completely different program. Did you look at plf.zarb.org I've been using a DVD player called Ogle...can't remember where I got it, but I'm sure a quick googling will take care of that. I like it better than mplayer for DVDs. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Blackbox-Konqueror wierdness
Having a strange problem with Konqueror in blackbox...when I first boot the PC up, or restart X, if I log into blackbox, Konqueror won't start from the blackbox menu, unless I start it from a terminal first. After that, it works fine...but in KDE, it works from the menu, icons, everything. Thoughts? -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] RC2 and networking
Is there a trick to getting RC2 online? I have a cable modem, and a Netgear router between the modem and my PC...I set up networking the way I have on every version of mandrake since 8.0 came out (RC1 excepted - didn't bother trying to set that up during install, since I heard it didn't work), but it didn't happen - so I then tried setting it up from Control Center. Nothing. Anyone else having any problems? -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Blackbox-Konqueror wierdness
On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Michael Scottaline wrote: On Thu, 06 Mar 2003 11:11:17 -0500 (EST) Roger Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled furiously: Having a strange problem with Konqueror in blackbox...when I first boot the PC up, or restart X, if I log into blackbox, Konqueror won't start from the blackbox menu, unless I start it from a terminal first. After that, it works fine...but in KDE, it works from the menu, icons, everything. Thoughts? = I would check the menu file to ascertain that the correct path is written there. Compare it to the path in your KDE icon or menu. HTH, Mike Sorry - I should have been more clear. After I call Konqueror once from a terminal, it will then work every other time when I call it from the menu. -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.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] RC2 and networking
On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Roger Sherman Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 10:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] RC2 and networking Is there a trick to getting RC2 online? I have a cable modem, and a Netgear router between the modem and my PC...I set up networking the way I have on every version of mandrake since 8.0 came out (RC1 excepted - didn't bother trying to set that up during install, since I heard it didn't work), but it didn't happen - so I then tried setting it up from Control Center. Nothing. Anyone else having any problems? -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Check and see if shorewall is installed. If so uninstall it and try the connection again. It doesn't set up the permissions correctly and I have not been able to find the problem in scripts. So no shorewall. Reported it on bugzilla. HTH Dennis M. Thanks, Dennis - I'll give it a try. -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RC2 and networking
On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Thu, 06 Mar 2003 11:09:12 -0500 (EST) Roger Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a trick to getting RC2 online? I have a cable modem, and a Netgear router between the modem and my PC...I set up networking the way I have on every version of mandrake since 8.0 came out Small rant first. I much prefer, and still use, dhcpcd rather than dhcp-common/dhcp-client which is now being used by the installation and drakconnect. No one has yet to give a reason as to why the change was made. Check your /etc/resolv.conf You will probably find that it is an empty file. Insert 'nameserver [whatever IP]' and you should be immediately able to connect to the net. Charles Thanks, Charles, I'll add that to the list. :-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RC2 and networking
On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Greg Meyer wrote:
On Friday 07 March 2003 01:22 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote:
On Thu, 06 Mar 2003 11:09:12 -0500 (EST)
Roger Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there a trick to getting RC2 online? I have a cable modem, and a
Netgear router between the modem and my PC...I set up networking the
way I have on every version of mandrake since 8.0 came out
Small rant first.
I much prefer, and still use, dhcpcd rather than dhcp-common/dhcp-client
which is now being used by the installation and drakconnect.
No one has yet to give a reason as to why the change was made.
Check your /etc/resolv.conf
You will probably find that it is an empty file.
Insert 'nameserver [whatever IP]' and you should be immediately able to
connect to the net.
A fix was just announced on the Cooker list. Here is Florin's post
snip
ok, this is fixed now ...
make sure that the /sbin/dhclient-script file is like this :
function make_resolv_conf() {
if [ -n $new_domain_name -o -n $new_domain_name_servers ]; then
[ -n $new_domain_name ] echo search $new_domain_name
/etc/resolv.conf
for nameserver in $new_domain_name_servers; do
or wait for the next dhcp-client package ...
/snip
OK, thanks...I actually use a static IP, since my PC is behind the router,
but thanks just the same!
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Re: [newbie] System is rebooting on its own
On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Chris wrote: On Friday 07 March 2003 07:32 pm, Dennis Myers decided to hunt and peck on the keyboard and typed: On Friday 07 March 2003 05:24 pm, Chris wrote: Ok, let me try with a different subject, may just reboot didn't catch anyones eye. I came home from work at 5:15 and my system had apparently rebooted itself about 15 minutes ago. I can't find any reason for this at all. I've checked the logs. This also happened yesterday. Can anyone I have had this happen a couple of times and it turned out to be a momentary power hit on our home line. Squirrels committing suicide on the transformers interupt power for a couple of miliseconds and bingo the comp reboots. UPS solved the problem. Could be your right Dennis, hadn't thought about that, it is real close to spring here in Tx. Not enough of a 'hit' to mess up the clocks are anything else. I'll have to check into a ups. Thanks Heh...I have a UPS, and my PC still does that once in a while... 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] RC2 and networking
On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Greg Meyer wrote: On Thursday 06 March 2003 07:16 pm, Roger Sherman wrote: OK, thanks...I actually use a static IP, since my PC is behind the router, but thanks just the same! Well that should mean that you did not enter your nameservers in drakconnect. If you did and they did not get entered in /etc/resolv.conf, that is a new bug. Hmm...I just entered the IP to my router (gateway), which is exactly what I did to get this install (9.1 b3) online. Successfully, as you can see...;-) 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] RC2 and networking
On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, mycal62 wrote: Roger , I have the same setup , and could not get rc2 to connect until I installed the latest firestarter 0.9.1 rpm and started it. after it's started everything worked and I could connect to the LAN too. try it it may work for you too! later Thanks, man...I'm gearing up to give rc2 another shot now, so I'll try that... Roger Sherman wrote: On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Roger Sherman Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 10:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] RC2 and networking Is there a trick to getting RC2 online? I have a cable modem, and a Netgear router between the modem and my PC...I set up networking the way I have on every version of mandrake since 8.0 came out (RC1 excepted - didn't bother trying to set that up during install, since I heard it didn't work), but it didn't happen - so I then tried setting it up from Control Center. Nothing. Anyone else having any problems? -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Check and see if shorewall is installed. If so uninstall it and try the connection again. It doesn't set up the permissions correctly and I have not been able to find the problem in scripts. So no shorewall. Reported it on bugzilla. HTH Dennis M. Thanks, Dennis - I'll give it a try. -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Sensor alarm was Re: [newbie] Possibly dumb USB question
On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Dennis Myers wrote: On Saturday 15 February 2003 03:14 pm, Roger Sherman wrote: On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Dennis Myers wrote: On Thursday 13 February 2003 02:10 am, Roger Sherman wrote: On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Dennis Myers wrote: On Wednesday 12 February 2003 07:59 pm, Roger Sherman wrote: OK, I installed gqcam, but when I try to run it (just typing gqcam in a term), it tells me /dev/video: No such file or directory There is no man gqcam, so what do I do? snip Oddly enough, you may have to do a restart as in reboot the comp. Once I had gqcam installed that is what it took. I rebooted and then in console typed gqcam again and voila the camera came up. Go figure! Sometimes you just have to do the windows thing I guess, at least until you learn how to start the darn thing in console. HTH Hmmm...nope, still getting the same thing - /dev/video No such file or directory. Guess its time to start searching the web. Thanks anyways, Dennis. Take a look in the Mandrake Control Centerhardware and look at unknown/other and see if the webcam is listed. Mine shows up as a Xirlink Inc. C-it WebCam. Thought it was using an ibm driver but can't find a reference for that so must have been my imagination. So if it shows up there at least you know the usb connection is functioning. HTH OK, in continuing troubleshooting this problem I've been having getting my webcam going, I ran in a console, as root, tail -f /var/log/messages. I then plugged my webcam into the USB port, and it told me that no driver claimed the device. OK, so probably not going to be able to get that cam going, no big deal. But, watching the messages scroll by I saw two things that got my attention: Feb 17 16:05:55 slammingrooves sensord: Sensor alarm: Chip via686a-isa-6000: CPU core: +1.73 V (min = +1.98 V, max = +2.49 V) [ALARM] followed by: Feb 17 16:05:55 slammingrooves sensord: Sensor alarm Chip via686a-isa-6000: CPU Fan: 2934 RPM (min = 3000 RPM, div = 2) [ALARM] Now, I have the sensor output showing in gkrellm, and the fan speed is virtually always at 2990 rpm. The temp will occasionally go as high as 42, but is usually around 39, where it is right now. Are either of these warnings something I should be concerned about? I've no experience with this kind of thing, and I understand the temp reading is usually ballpark, at best, but what about that CPU core voltage? Am I within acceptable guidelines (sensor alarms notwithstanding), or should I be worried about this? Thanks... Roger, I think the alarm is showing because your readout is below the minimums set in the sensor config. I use ksensors and have had to reduce the minimums to reset the alarm for lowvoltage and low rpms. HTH Right, I figured that part, but what I really want to know is, should I be worried about the amounts showing, especially with the voltage? I have no problem ignoring the message so long as I know that I'm not powering the CPU incorrectly. -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Sensor alarm was Re: [newbie] Possibly dumb USB question
On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 18 Feb 2003 1:11 am, Roger Sherman wrote: Roger, I think the alarm is showing because your readout is below the minimums set in the sensor config. I use ksensors and have had to reduce the minimums to reset the alarm for lowvoltage and low rpms. HTH Right, I figured that part, but what I really want to know is, should I be worried about the amounts showing, especially with the voltage? I have no problem ignoring the message so long as I know that I'm not powering the CPU incorrectly. FWIW I used to have a problem under w2k with the mobo sensors showing low voltages and setting off alarms all over. I talked to the mobo supplier, who said that if there really was a problem with voltages critically low I would have had endless trouble with my installed system. Since I hadn't it was most likely a problem with the sensor software. I downloaded the update, and all was well after thatl. HTH Anne Thanks, Anne! -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.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
[newbie] Possibly dumb USB question
I was digging around in my desk the other day, and found a cheesy little USB webcam that Earthlink sent me about 3 years ago. I figured I'd play with it a little, but then realized I've never used a USB device on my linux box (don't have a windows box anymore)...so I don't even know if they work, let alone how to make the webcam work. So, a couple questions: 1. How can I tell for sure if my USB ports work? I plugged the webcam in, and booted up, but didn't see the little green light on it flash (not that I expected to). 2. Assuming they work, what software should I use for this webcam? And of course, that's even assuming it will work ... it barely worked in windows, although I think that was more a software and OS problem than it was the webcam itself. I'm using 9.1b3 right now, on a PC with an Abit KG7 mobo, AMD XP1800+, 1 gig of RAM, and ATI Radeon 32 meg All in wonder. Thanks! -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Possibly dumb USB question
On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, g wrote: Roger Sherman wrote: I was digging around in my desk the other day, and found a cheesy little USB webcam that Earthlink sent me about 3 years ago. ok. now add a little intelligence to your post, such as system and which 'cheesy little usb webcam' earthlink sent you. Hey, add a little intelligence to your reading skills. I described my system later in the post, and would have been happy to tell what kind of webcam it was if it had any kind of identifying marks, other than just saying Earthlink on it. You know what? Don't even bother adding that much - just keep it to yourself next time, jerkoff. peace out. tc,hago. g . -- think green... save a tree, save a life, save time, save bandwidth, save storage. send email... text/plain - disable pgp/gpg/geek code attachments =+= if you are proud to be an american, then buy made in america. -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.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] Possibly dumb USB question
On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Dennis Myers wrote: On Wednesday 12 February 2003 07:59 pm, Roger Sherman wrote: OK, I installed gqcam, but when I try to run it (just typing gqcam in a term), it tells me /dev/video: No such file or directory There is no man gqcam, so what do I do? snip Oddly enough, you may have to do a restart as in reboot the comp. Once I had gqcam installed that is what it took. I rebooted and then in console typed gqcam again and voila the camera came up. Go figure! Sometimes you just have to do the windows thing I guess, at least until you learn how to start the darn thing in console. HTH Hmmm...nope, still getting the same thing - /dev/video No such file or directory. Guess its time to start searching the web. Thanks anyways, Dennis. -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.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] easy to use HTML editor?
On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Angus Auld wrote: Greetings, I would like to ask the list for recommendations on an easy to use HTML editor. One that is designed for beginners and is user friendly. I have Bluefish, and also Screem and Quanta Plus, but they don't appear to be oriented toward the inexperienced user. TIA for any feedback on this. Best regards to all. I'm sure this isn't what you're looking for, but I'd recommend Kwrite...the reason being is you'd have to learn HTML, which takes a couple hours, max, so long as you have a handy list which tells you what each tag does (and said lists are easily found on the web). Using this method, you will develop a much greater sense of how to design a website, even if in the end you ended up using a WYSIWYG editor. -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.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] How long to download 9.0
On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Robert wrote: How long will take approximately to download LM 9.0 using a DSL connection? I am well aware that each service and line could vary a bit, but just an approximate time, please. With a good connection, it takes me about an hour and a half to get all three isos. Every now and then I get a great connection and it takes under an hour... -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.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] OT(?) Mutt Pine email clients
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, FemmeFatale wrote: Hm... went to see both Pines Mutts web sites. Wondered ppl's opinions on both which is more newbie friendly. Basically I want to learn either one (whichever is easier for now) just so that again I can use an email client on any system anywhere to retrieve mail. Plus I'm curious to see how a text based client handles things. :) Ya theres a trend here... its called Learn things on the CLI bang your head against a wall for a while till you know this stuff cold. And you can do this anywhere/anytime on any system. :) Heh same question in the vein of the emacs/vi post. Sorry if ppl feel like i'm wasting bandwith but I have done some research on this I am not entirely clear on which one would suit better to learn on. Besides, learning is fun! Or so I'm told... :D pine, baby, pine - it's just cooler. ;- good luck with the command line thing - and while youre at it, you might want to pick up a book that was a tremendous help for me when i was doing the same thing - linux system commands, by volkerding and reichard. lists commands in three categorys - what they do, what their dos equivalent is, and what section of the book they're described in depth in. it's never out of arms reach for me when i'm on the pc. please pardon the lack of caps - i installed 9.1b3 today, and it apparently came without caps. ;-/ -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.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] Half OT Why Canada Rocks [was: Vi vs Emacs... Not aflamewar!!! Any flames will be ignored]
On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Anders Lind wrote: And of course, you'd be so, so wrong. ;-p Mouhahahahathat must be the Miller talking ;P, of course drinking horsepee will do that to you ;o) Heh...well, I imagine I'd have to drink it before it could have any judgement-inhibiting action, eh? ;-) Cheers and peace Anders -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.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
[newbie] Plextor problem
I've been building a PC for the better part of a year and a half now, and it's been a major ordeal. My first time doing something like this...amazingly, I bought not one, but two bad motherboards. But, just stuffed a new KG-7 in it yesterday, and now it's purring like a kitten. One problem. I tried to re-install 8.2, but every time it got to the point where it said Loading into memory, it would fail, and give me the message Second stage installation failed :-(, something or other (my words - can't quite remember what it said) is not a directory. So just for ha ha's, I yanked the CD-RW, which in this case is a PlexWriter 16/10/40A, which was reliable as a brick in another PC, and replaced it with the stock DVD-ROM from a three year old 500mhz Compaq, and it worked just fine. Can anyone offer any tips for getting the Plextor to work properly, or perhaps it will just not work with this machine...if so, is there any way to confirm that? Or, has that in fact already been confirmed by the second stage failure? -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] latest mandrake kernel??
On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Greg wrote: In red hat, the up2date feature updated me with the latest release kernels. Where do I get them from mandrake? Does mandrake have a website with them on, or what? thanks Greg Go to the cooker. You can find a link for it on the Mandrake site. -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Do we really need to waste money and resources killing the retarded when sending them into a hedge maze would be just as effective? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT - Spam at it's greatest
On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 24 Jan 2003 10:31 am, Franki wrote: I'd agree, except that some of them get killed from it.. they try to get you to come over to help get things moving and when you get there they put a gun to your head and make you withdraw every cent you have and hand it over.. OK - I haven't heard of that happening, but of course that's 'not acceptable'. Yah. It's in the category of comedy when they lose their cash, but definitly tragedy when they lose their lives. -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Do we really need to waste money and resources killing the retarded when sending them into a hedge maze would be just as effective? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT - Spam at it's greatest
On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Anne Wilson wrote: I finally got it - the great Nigerian money-laundering scam email. I haven't seen one of those since I got it by fax years ago, though I knew they were still around. :) Anne There was an article in the NY Post today about a Wisconsin businessman who got suckered to the tune of $200k by that. I say if he's that dumb, he doesn't deserve the money. ;-) -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Do we really need to waste money and resources killing the retarded when sending them into a hedge maze would be just as effective? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] A HowTo for Everything
On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Anne Wilson wrote: I seem to have lost Stephen's original post on this, so perhaps he'd post the link again. Anyway, I did read it, and interesting reading it made. For those who didn't see it, it concerns the reasons for the lack of women in computing in general and linux in particular, and what can be done about it. This group is unusual in not falling into just about every trap on the list. Two things that have really bugged me from time to time - My husband, being totally uninterested in computing but kind hearted, from time to time has taken me to computer shows - where I was usually looking from the point of view of our small business. I would ask a serious question, and the rep would immediately turn to David to answer. This is not an isolated example, it happened over and over again. The other thing is that, womanlike, when I have a problem I want to discuss it. By verbalising it I often see the way out of the problem, but if I don't, I want further discussion that will help me learn. I am sure it is with the best of intentions, but the truth is that if this is in front of a computer the man (and it is always a man - because there are so few women interested g) takes over the keyboard and just does it. I have learned nothing, because it happened quickly and without explanation. With no prior unix experience I tried to learn linux about three years ago, thinking my son-in-law could help me, but I soon gave up, largely because of this. I think I would probably have given up again, if it were not for this list - so thanks, folks, for your patient explanations, even when it has taken two or three goes to make me understand what's happening. Anne Heh...chicks. ;-) -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] linux terminal on windows?
On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Roger Sherman wrote: On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, - netmaniac - wrote: I'm currently using two machines: one with apache and the other with windows, because I still like the photoshop, dreamweaver and other web design tools. But don't like to switch between computers every time I want to make a change on the server. So, is there some way in windows I could emulate a linux terminal that would execute commands on the linux server? (pretty confusing isn't it?) netmaniac Heh..I'm typing this in Pine, on my linux box, from a windows box approx 20 miles away. I'm using a really cool little app called putty, which does exactly what you want. Should be an easy find; if not, let me know, and I'll email it to you. Oh, I forgot - you can telnet _or_ ssh with putty, which is why I like it so much. -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] M9.1 beta download
On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, John Richard Smith wrote: Besides, M9.1beta1 , is there a 2nd and 3rd disc yet, No, it's a one CD download. -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
lm_sensors was Re: [newbie] Way, way of topic
On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Tom Brinkman wrote: If it's from lm_sensors, it's comin from a probe (thermistor) that either reads one of the cpu's pins, or is in contact with the die. From a pin is slightly better, I know this has been covered here before, but I can't find it in the archives (I can never find anything in those damn archives!). How does one set up lm_sensors, once installed? -- peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.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
[newbie] Pan alerts
Does anyone know how to turn off the alerts in Pan? Specifically the ones that say this message is mostly quoted text and the even more annoying your signature is more than 4 lines long? -- peace, Rog 010100100111011011100110011101100101011100100111001100100110011001110110111001110011001001100100011100100110011001101110011001101110001001110100011011100101011010010111001000100111001101101110011001010111001100110010001110110010110100101001 56469198 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Java quirk in Konqueror
I finally figured out how to get java working in konqueror about a month ago, when I was still using 8.2. Worked like a charm, except it got going a little slow, but I can live with that. Now, I have 9.0 running, and it seems real nice. Problem is, when I go to a page that has java on it, the area in the browser says loading java applet,' and the actual java applet appears as a pop up, in a different window. No big deal on a site like nypost.com, but on a page like genelake.com, where the applets are the navigation links, it's a real drag. Does anyone know why this is happening, and how to get it back the way it should be? -- peace, Rog 010100100111011011100110011101100101011100100111001100100110011001110110111001110011001001100100011100100110011001101110011001101110001001110100011011100101011010010111001000100111001101101110011001010111001100110010001110110010110100101001 56469198 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Pine in 9.0
How can there be no Pine included in 9.0? There should be a law that states Pine has to be included with every single version of linux. This is more a rant, than a question - no real need to answer. Sorry if you consider this an abuse of bandwidth. ;-) -- peace, Rog 010100100111011011100110011101100101011100100111001100100110011001110110111001110011001001100100011100100110011001101110011001101110001001110100011011100101011010010111001000100111001101101110011001010111001100110010001110110010110100101001 56469198 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Pine in 9.0
On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SICN wrote: If I recall, Pine isn't included in 9 due to licensing issues. Pine was included in 8.1, and I installed that version with no problems. Hmmm...I wonder what changed. It was in 8.2 as well, and I was able to get a mandrake optimised RPM off rpmfind.net...I wonder why the pine guys changed things. Brian D. Klar - CVE OTS WPAFB Original Message- From: Roger Sherman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 10:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Pine in 9.0 How can there be no Pine included in 9.0? There should be a law that states Pine has to be included with every single version of linux. This is more a rant, than a question - no real need to answer. Sorry if you consider this an abuse of bandwidth. ;-) -- peace, Rog 010100100111011011100110011101100101011100100111001100100110011001110110111001110011001001100100011100100110011001101110011001101110001001110100011011100101011010010111001000100111001101101110011001010111001100110010001110110010110100101001 56469198 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] Can anyone recommend a good media player?
On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Rob Black wrote: Hi I've got a few MPG, AVI (VFW DivX) files from my windows drive that I'd like to be able to play in Linux, but I can't seem to find anything that will play them, the built in player (Xine is it?) won't play my files. I did try and download MPlayer for Linux (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/) but it was a lot of hassle, and didn't really want to work (complained that gcc was the wrong version, suggested I get an older one) Any suggestions? Which version of Mandrake are you using? In 9.0, Xine works fine for me for most avi and divx...xmms plays avi, as well. Thanks Rob. -- peace, Rog 010100100111011011100110011101100101011100100111001100100110011001110110111001110011001001100100011100100110011001101110011001101110001001110100011011100101011010010111001000100111001101101110011001010111001100110010001110110010110100101001 56469198 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] New install of Dolphin, can't config nic to cable modem.
On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Mark Berkwitt wrote: I know this should be so simple, but Mandrake just doesn't get it. eth0 using tulip is connected to my cable modem. I have it set to dhcp as it should. On installation I have 2 nics. eth1 is for a nic I plan to use in the future, but it's not connected for now. During install I specified to use eth0 with a 'cable' connection. I gave mandrake some bogus host name mypc.myserver.me.com just to move on. There is no reason this didn't config itself. I've had this same problem sincee 8.x. I finally had to buy a router, and put that between the cable modem and my PC. I was then able to set my PC up as a static IP, which worked like a charm. Actually, it also worked using dhcp...but for me, no router = no cable modem access. I've never been able to figure out why. -- peace, Rog 010100100111011011100110011101100101011100100111001100100110011001110110111001110011001001100100011100100110011001101110011001101110001001110100011011100101011010010111001000100111001101101110011001010111001100110010001110110010110100101001 56469198 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] Was Mandrake 9.0 ready for release?
On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Mark Berkwitt wrote: Too many problems. 1) I use a MS Intelli-mouse and just like in 8.2 if I select a wheel mouse the cursor goes nuts. This happens to me every time, but less in 9.0 than ever before. However, if I just keep rolling the wheel for a minute, it settles down, and I'm able to proceed. -- peace, Rog 010100100111011011100110011101100101011100100111001100100110011001110110111001110011001001100100011100100110011001101110011001101110001001110100011011100101011010010111001000100111001101101110011001010111001100110010001110110010110100101001 56469198 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] Autoinstalling all packages?
On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, Thomas Ward wrote: Hello, list. Is there a way to tell the drakx autoinstaller to install all of Mandrake's packages without having to list every single package in the auto_inst.cfg file? Thanks. Thomas, I didn't read your post, because I use a text only email client. In the future, when you post to this list, you may want to turn the html off, as it makes it difficult to read. -- peace, Rog Come, let me gnaw your fingernails that I may absorb and lose myself in the wise and gritty detritus that is you. http://www.madsci.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/~lynn/jardin/SCG 56469198 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Quark Express
On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, robin wrote: Heh...well, actually, all I want to do is change my business card around from time to time. No idea whatsoever about what programs are good for that; I just know that it was originally done on Quark Express. And that I'm tired of being a slave to the graphics people at Kinkos! Gah!!! For a business card, I imagine the GIMP would work fine - treat it as a graphic with added text rather than a text document with inserted graphics. Work in XCF (the GIMP native format) then convert to whatever format your printers will handle. Hmmm...OK. Now, can I open my existing .qxd file in GIMP, and after saving as XCF, can I use GIMP to convert it back to .qxd? I ask because I'm not really set up to print them up the way I like (raised lettering, on white linen paper - I know, very standard, but I like it, so...)... Sir Robin -- peace, Rog Come, let me gnaw your fingernails that I may absorb and lose myself in the wise and gritty detritus that is you. http://www.madsci.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/~lynn/jardin/SCG 56469198 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] MP3 conversion
On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Graham Watkins wrote: Is there a program or Xmms plugin that will convert mp3s to wavs? I'm sure I used to have such a thing but I can't, for the life of me, remember what it is. You can do this at the command line: mpg123 -w filename.wav filename.mp3 You can name the wav file whatever you want. -- peace, Rog Come, let me gnaw your fingernails that I may absorb and lose myself in the wise and gritty detritus that is you. http://www.madsci.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/~lynn/jardin/SCG 56469198 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] Quark Express
On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Lane P. Lester wrote: Roger Sherman wrote: Is there a linux equivalent of this program? No, nor is there one for Corel Ventura, the DTP program that I use for books and magazines. The only reason I can run Linux as my main OS is because I have VMware, which allows me to run Windows 2000 =inside= Linux. Unfortunately, VMware sells for #300, but fortunately I qualified for the educational price of $100. Drag. Thanks anyways, Lane... I'm also trying Win4Lin, but it currently runs only Win98, and I have not fully explored its capabilities. Lane Lane P. Lester / Madison County, Georgia -- peace, Rog Come, let me gnaw your fingernails that I may absorb and lose myself in the wise and gritty detritus that is you. http://www.madsci.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/~lynn/jardin/SCG 56469198 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] Quark Express
On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, robin wrote: Roger Sherman wrote: Is there a linux equivalent of this program? Not yet, though Scribus looks promising. A lot depends on why you use Quark (I'm guessing here, as I've never used it). If it's because you like frame-based layout, then KWrite is fairly functional in this area. OTOH, if your layout needs are not very complex and you just want to produce professional-looking PDF or PostScript files, then I'd give LyX a try. Sir Robin Heh...well, actually, all I want to do is change my business card around from time to time. No idea whatsoever about what programs are good for that; I just know that it was originally done on Quark Express. And that I'm tired of being a slave to the graphics people at Kinkos! Gah!!! -- peace, Rog Come, let me gnaw your fingernails that I may absorb and lose myself in the wise and gritty detritus that is you. http://www.madsci.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/~lynn/jardin/SCG 56469198 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] MP3 ripper
On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, L.V.Gandhi wrote: DivX files can be viewed in PC. But is there any commercial players that can be connected to TV Well, if you have an S video out from your vid card, you can hook that up to most TVs, I believe... On Tuesday 10 Sep 2002 10:20 am, Damian G wrote: On Mon, 9 Sep 2002 21:12:40 -0700 (PDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (dfox) wrote: Has anyone had any luck with compiling and using mencoder (MPlayer) with this lame-encoder RPM? It's not a question of whether you think it will or It appears people have :). I have never tried mencoder - I don't have any dvd hardware on the uhmm.. no DVD needed to test it, you can try recompressing regular movie files, too. i have used it in the past to recompress .MPG files into DivX 5, and it works beautifully. i can recompress/change format easier, faster than with any other program i have tried ( Adobe Premiere 6 and Ulead Media Studio just to name two of them) and the resulting quality ( especially when changing resolution/ scaling or converting framerates ) is unmatched. Damian -- peace, Rog Come, let me gnaw your fingernails that I may absorb and lose myself in the wise and gritty detritus that is you. http://www.madsci.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/~lynn/jardin/SCG 56469198 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] Quark Express
Is there a linux equivalent of this program? -- peace, Rog Come, let me gnaw your fingernails that I may absorb and lose myself in the wise and gritty detritus that is you. http://www.madsci.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/~lynn/jardin/SCG 56469198 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CD Burning issues
On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Isaac Curtis wrote: Isaac, just curious, did you try burning your cd as root or user? If as user, then try as root. Just for ha-has, type into a terminal (minux quotes) cdrecord -scanbus, just to make sure your system is seeing your cd-rw. 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] FYI - MS Passport FTC Settlement
On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, Bill Davidson wrote: How about just a url next time? Bill Screw that, put the relevant stuff in the post. I hate those Hey, go here *URL*, we all need to see this! posts. 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: Fwd: [newbie] Problem with LM 9.0
On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Michael Scottaline wrote: On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 15:43:50 -0800 civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled intuitively: snippage Well, the problem is bugs in the current revision and it is up to Mandrakesoft to fix them. My involvement with the fixing process is becoming distant as I struggle to complete a few more testing tools before my lay-off is effective. (two days hence). = WHAT Is this for certain, Civileme??? My deep regrets if it is for certain. Any chance of a person of your abilities being picked up by another distro? You are w/o a doubt one of the great assets of this list, and thus, Mandrake. Good Luck, Best, Mike Maybe we should start a write in campaign... 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] Hows this for an idea for Mandrake.
On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, frankie wrote: Hi guys, We know that its always better to install rather then upgrade, But I get really sick of reinstalling endlessly to get the latest stuff.. and I was thinking about that. Wouldn't it be a fantastic thing if Mandrake created an Export system user Settings drake tool.??? and a drake import settings. this tool would go and collect settings from running services, users and security, and you could save the config to a floppy, wipe the drive, reinstall and insert the floppy and run the import drake, which sets it all up for you again.. (that way you get to have the latest config files, rather then keeping files like smb.conf and putting it in the next version..) what do you guys thing? is that a good idea or what? I like it! Especially if you had some control over what it looked for, say like a gui panel where you could enter in the services that you use, etc. rgds Frank 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] file transfer utility?
On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, db wrote: I'm a newbie and wish to transfer files from my networked Mandrake 8.2 machine to my home account on the university server. I'm sure mandrake comes with such a command line or xwindows utilty. Can anyone tell me what it's name is? If I know I am sure I can look up the man pages for using it. Thanks I used to use a gui ftp program called gftp, and it's decent, if you want a gui. For some time now I've been using a command line program called NcFTP, which I like a lot. 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] Hey Paul...
By any chance, do you have a SAMBA question? ;-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DVD in 8.2
On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, civileme wrote: Roger Sherman wrote: Is Xine the preferred DVD viewing app? I just tried watching a DVD in 8.2 for the first time (actually, I've never viewed a DVD in any previous Mandrake, or linux, for that matter...), and watching it in Xine crashed X. Is there an updated Xine that I should be using, or a different program? Tnaks -- heh...that was supposed to be thanks...but my fingers slipped... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Are you using a k6 processor? mem=nopentium seems to help for those, XP1800...does the same still apply? otherwise it is an issue soecific to _some_ video cards. Trident POS built-ins, Voodoos, SiSes and NVidias all run well. ATI 32 meg AIW...DVD is now working under Ogle, now, so I'm assuming the vid card isn't the problem. Also, you might need to download a plugin for Xine called d4d. Yeah, Ogle has rendered that unnecessary...thanks for the help, though! Civileme 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] DVD in 8.2
On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SICN wrote: For DVD playback, I prefer Ogle instead of Xine. Xine can read a lot of different formats, but Ogle for me plays DVD's better. You may want to look at Mplayer even, though I find it a real pain. Ogle worked great! Thanks Brian and Miark! Brian D. Klar - CVE OTS WPAFB -Original Message- From: Roger Sherman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 2:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] DVD in 8.2 Is Xine the preferred DVD viewing app? I just tried watching a DVD in 8.2 for the first time (actually, I've never viewed a DVD in any previous Mandrake, or linux, for that matter...), and watching it in Xine crashed X. Is there an updated Xine that I should be using, or a different program? Tnaks -- heh...that was supposed to be thanks...but my fingers slipped... 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] No Sound. No Drivers. No Luck
On Sat, 13 Jul 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The sound card is a Creative Audigy platinum... (if anyone could give me ANY help in getting ANY sound out of this, i'd apreciate it. I don't think there's a driver for that card at this point. 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] DVD in 8.2
Is Xine the preferred DVD viewing app? I just tried watching a DVD in 8.2 for the first time (actually, I've never viewed a DVD in any previous Mandrake, or linux, for that matter...), and watching it in Xine crashed X. Is there an updated Xine that I should be using, or a different program? Tnaks -- heh...that was supposed to be thanks...but my fingers slipped... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] more BS from RIAA:Music Labels Plant Online Decoys, Mull Lawsuits
On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, Derek Jennings wrote: Here is the site to assuage guilt http://www.fairtunes.com/functions/mlmain.php derek Heh...thanks Derek... 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]test, ignore pls
On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, et wrote: only meant to be humorous, since I am sure that everyone that reads it can use a computer.. (my self being the obvious and oblivious exception) Heh...my apologies, then...you caught me at a bad time... On Sunday 30 June 2002 07:53 pm, you wrote: On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, et wrote: On Sunday 30 June 2002 05:34 pm, you wrote: On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, David Elliott wrote: user 'Roger Sherman' failed ignore test.:) I forgot to study...;-D you do know that if you had studied, you could have learned how to use a computer by the time you reached this age no kidding... Really? Hmmm...I can't tell if this is a joke or a flame...unfortunately, it wasn't funny, either way. So I guess thats ten seconds of my life I'll never have back. Too bad...could have spent it studying... 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] Re: WARNING Destructive Software on multiboots, Jetway
Whatever... On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, John Rigby wrote: Hello folks, You know, it *IS* fascinating to read the comments of those few tunnel-visioned people on this list who continually make it difficult for people outside of their tiny worlds. I would love to take the candy/money off the baby - but my mother won't let me do those sort of things any more :-) For those many others on this list who are not egobound to the degree that the anal pressure creates blindness, please ignore the Flame-babies and READ my post : As always, I supply the evidence. I even gave the Site address and the Forum where it is fully admitted by the Company and some of the victims - one of whom contacted me and said that he, as a professional psychologist was questioning his own grip on reality after the experience ... which was only matched by ferocity of rudeness he experienced when attempting to learn about Linux . I was able to assure him as a professional peer - my own background is thirty years of clinical and industrial psychology - that what he experienced was normal Internet behaviour. Sad, but true. The inescapable idiot percentage have great advantage out in the Cyberbog and all one can do is remember that they are a tiny, tiny percentage. The bulk of the good people out there are simply too afraid of them to say much. It is both my experience and opinion that the Open Source world is still dominated by anti-social people with zero social skills and it shows in their rage. A simple example would be to go and say that you don't believe in the rights of the Cyber-Nazis currently dominating the so-called anti-spam movement, to tell YOU what you may or may not LEGALLY receive, in one of the lists out there. Their intention is to somehow gain a little power. Simple. That is the motivation of all fanatics - to gain that power and then use it to inflict the pain on others that they feel. Well, there is my ever-increasing value $A 2 cents worth. Real people, ignore the Flamebabies -go investigate FOR YOURSELF. It will do two things: show you what sort of anti-social deviants ( meaning not like most) are out here in the Cyberbog and help you see the dangers. If you have a Jetway Board especially, or have a similar program investigate! See the other posted note about Nortons ( Long avoided by the real pros in the Doze world) Here is the address again. Go read the forums there! http://www.gotogs.com Cheers! John Rigby NB: Who had no trouble installing other versions of Linux - just feels that they are all still immature for real use in my own *commercial* world activities. BUT I can see it all coming together. Lycoris and Lindows are on the track that I have been espousing in Linux for the last 100 years. K.I.S.S. If Mandrake took my advice of years ago and split into two factions, fanatic and user, Mandrake would/could own the arena. All it takes is a simple Golden Rule: No Black Screen! The Command prompt is no place for the other 99.9993% actual Users in the real world. With Best Wishes To All Those Struggling To Make A Difference, --- At 10:32 PM 20/06/02, you wrote: On Thursday 20 June 2002 11:09 am, you wrote: Michael Adams wrote: On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 03:59, robin wrote: Grand Slammer wrote: Hello folks, Although having given up on M*+ for now, I had left a multiboot to a friendly version of Lux (Lycoris - it works, but) installed on my system. I had even changed Motherboards to try and get M8 to work and installed a Jetway - originally suggested by Civileme I think. ( Whose personal email address keeps bouncing - maybe I'm on his non-no list now) The destructive program (Trojan really!) comes bundled with Jetway Moboards and the product apparently self-installs with the Jetway and is called Crush Recovery would you believe - I thought it was a simple Chinglish blunder at the time(!) and although could not figure out how to remove an option it installed on the boot-up screen to install it, *I never activated it*. THEN two days ago, it suddenly announced that I was out of disk space ( wrong -25 gigs avail) and offered the following options: Save Restore or I think, delete. I took the safe road. Saving is always a good idea... It then deleted *irretrievably*, via trashing the MBR, everything on my system. My condolences. As I posted some time ago, Norton Utilities did a similar thing to my HD, though at least it kept the Windows partiton it had optimised (lucky, since I too use Windows as a backup, though not for anything crucial). Windows itself is too feeble to do much to your system other than write over the MBR if you reinstall (and you can always get back into Linux with a bootdisk or CD-ROM) but some third-party software is extremely dangerous.
Re: [newbie] What to do with old CDs
On Sat, 1 Jun 2002, Miark wrote: Over the course of two years, I've been tossing old CDs in a pile. I'm guessing there are about 100 now. Any interesting ideas as to what I could do with them? Miark Skeet shooting, anyone? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Possibly OT? MDK Partitioning
On Tue, 28 May 2002, FemmeFatale wrote: I've run 8.0, 8.1 now 8.2. Always I've accepted the default install partitions of root (/), swap home. the one time I tried on 8.0 to make a boot, root, swap, var other partitions, the boot partition was blank. As a result the root directory had a boot directory beneath it holding the boot files. I was stumped. Just curious, Femme...why would you have any need of a boot partition? Is this standard behaviour or did I screw something up? *not that that'd be the first time I manage to FUBAR a system.* TIA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Port 80 was Re: [newbie] Dynamic DNS
On 26 May 2002, Brian Parish wrote: Roger, Sorry - no answer to your problem, but your post raises another question for me. From my reading of the dyndns page, I thought that they could only redirect to an address within predefined domains. Hence my post and Civ's reply. From what you say above though, it sounds like dyndns could in fact associate my IP with my registered domain. So now I'm confused as to what whyI does that dyndns does not. I'm not concerned really about who I end up using, just about understanding the difference. Brian Hi Brian - yes, dyndns.org can associate your domain with your PC...just go to Custom DNS. It has a one time donation fee of $30. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: Port 80 was Re: [newbie] Dynamic DNS
On Mon, 27 May 2002, Franki wrote: yup :-) OK, I'm not sure I understand...you are saying I could have my domain name appended to include the new port #? How would one go about doing that? I tried to include it at dyndns.org once, but it didn't take... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark D. Weaver Sent: Monday, 27 May 2002 2:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Port 80 was Re: [newbie] Dynamic DNS Roger Sherman wrote: On Sun, 26 May 2002, Franki wrote: There might be some port redirection service you could use, but I don't know what it is.. you can set apache to use a different port.. then somewhere online.. use one of the free webhosting accounts with friendly URL's like http://go.to/franki (or get a real domain.) put a page up there and use meta tags or javascript to redirect it to your other port.. that way people only need to remember the go.to address and the other port still gets used.. other then that, another ISP??? Thanks Franki, but those answers aren't for me. I don't want to have to deal with a free hosting page, even as just a redirect...nor do I want to attatch my domain name to a free webpage, and then not have that domain name associated with my server. And with the one exception, my ISP offers really good service. Thanks anyways... Rog, I think what Frank is saying is that you can have the port number appended to your domain name that is registered. I could be wrong, but that's what it sounds like to me. If that is the case then this would be the cat's meow for you brudda. daRcmaTTeR Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: Port 80 was Re: [newbie] Dynamic DNS
On Mon, 27 May 2002, Franki wrote: I dont' think dyndns do it.. its a tough situation to be in.. a dns server doesn't supply any info on ports. its just supplies the IP address from a domain name.. (I don't know honestly if the returned IP can be in the format 123.123.123.123:8080 but I doubt it.. (and then any call to any port smtp or pop3 or whatever would end up on your web server.) you need an interim server that can do a port redirect for you... port 80 to whatever.. so your server gets called domain.com and your website is www.domain.com the later is attached to an IP on that interim server and any requests to it on port 80 are directed to to port whatever on your setup.. dyndns don't do it.. but I vaguely remember hearing about one of the online services that do it.. (had something to do with proxy redirects.. but I didnt' need it so I didn't pay alot of attention.) like I said, any web host can do it.. you can set it up in the web server itself, or use a page on a server to use meta tags or JS to change www.domain.com to domain.com:8080 or whatever port you want..(even a iptables firewall rule can do it..) its not a perfect answer, but it would work well enough. Actually, it seems as though all that may be unnecessary now...my ISP may not be blocking port 80 after all...it might just be my router. Do I feel silly? Yes. But thats fine, if I can run my website off my own server. Now if I could just figure out what I'm doing wrong with this bloody router...lol... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Port 80 was Re: [newbie] Dynamic DNS
I use dyndns.org to redirect people to my PC when they type in my domain name, so thats not a problem. What is the problem is, due to the nimda type stuff, my ISP (Optimum Online) has blocked port 80. Now, I know I can change the port that Apache runs on, but since browsers by default go to port 80, it seems I can't use my PC as a server for my website anymore...which sucks, since I definilty don't want to pay for virtual hosting, even as cheap as it's gotten. Hell, even if it was free, I'd still want to host it myself... Does anyone have a solution for this? Is there any way around the port 80 blockade, where someone could type http://www.rogersherman.com instead of having to type http://www.rogersherman.com:newport#? - peace, Rog Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: Port 80 was Re: [newbie] Dynamic DNS
On Sun, 26 May 2002, Franki wrote: There might be some port redirection service you could use, but I don't know what it is.. you can set apache to use a different port.. then somewhere online.. use one of the free webhosting accounts with friendly URL's like http://go.to/franki (or get a real domain.) put a page up there and use meta tags or javascript to redirect it to your other port.. that way people only need to remember the go.to address and the other port still gets used.. other then that, another ISP??? Thanks Franki, but those answers aren't for me. I don't want to have to deal with a free hosting page, even as just a redirect...nor do I want to attatch my domain name to a free webpage, and then not have that domain name associated with my server. And with the one exception, my ISP offers really good service. Thanks anyways... rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Roger Sherman Sent: Sunday, 26 May 2002 1:50 AM To: newbie Subject: Port 80 was Re: [newbie] Dynamic DNS I use dyndns.org to redirect people to my PC when they type in my domain name, so thats not a problem. What is the problem is, due to the nimda type stuff, my ISP (Optimum Online) has blocked port 80. Now, I know I can change the port that Apache runs on, but since browsers by default go to port 80, it seems I can't use my PC as a server for my website anymore...which sucks, since I definilty don't want to pay for virtual hosting, even as cheap as it's gotten. Hell, even if it was free, I'd still want to host it myself... Does anyone have a solution for this? Is there any way around the port 80 blockade, where someone could type http://www.rogersherman.com instead of having to type http://www.rogersherman.com:newport#? - peace, Rog Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake_Desk (Grrrr!)
On Sat, 25 May 2002, Dale Huckeby wrote: On Sat, 25 May 2002, Damian G wrote: On Sat, 25 May 2002 11:22:06 -0500 (CDT) Dale Huckeby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is my first post to the list. Can anyone tell me how to install Gnome and Kde, but especially Gnome, without having Mandrake_Desk shoved down my throat. I can't even install Midnight Commander without it, for Chrissakes! This is for 8.1. If I can't get my desktop to be MY desktop, I'm going back to 7.2, which unlike 8.1 is lean and mean, or to another distro. Thanks, Dale Huckeby mandrake desk? wth are you talking about? if you are having a lot of trouble installing KDE by yourself ( BTW there are howto's Everywhere! try any mandrake related site...), try booting the installation CD, make no changes to the filesystems, choose only KDE and GNOME related packages, and install... HTH I appreciate the thought, but no, it doesn't. I'm NOT having trouble installing KDE all by myself, or Gnome either, for that matter. I've installed 7.2 dozens of times and 8.1 four or five. The problem is the way Mandrake 8.1 tries to take over the desktop. With 7.2, in Gnome, I could drag and drop icons from the menus to the desktop, a very nice feature. With 8.1 I can't. When it loads I can see the blue background screen, then my wallpaper covers it, then another blue screen covers that, then my wallpaper again covers the whole mess, this time with the Mandrake icons rather than the ones I'm used to. And these icons can't be changed, at least not by the methods I'm used to, nor can I drag and drop from the menus. I'm assuming, perhaps erroneously, that the difference between this and the previous behavior is the Mandrake_Desk package, which didn't exist in 7.2. There are other aggravations, too, but I'll spare you. Regards, Dale Huckeby Have you thought about trying 8.2? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake_Desk (Grrrr!)
On Sat, 25 May 2002, Dale Huckeby wrote: Have you thought about trying 8.2? I bought the 7.2 powerpack several years ago. I turned my daughter and son-in-law on to Linux, they bought the 8.1 poerpack, and I burned copies and installed from that. But having just moved and not having a job yet, I don't have the wherewithall to buy 8.2, and I'm a little chary of the download time and possible difficulties in upgrading to 8.2. But yes, it's still an option that I should consider. Thanks for mentioning it. I hope it fixes some of 8.1's bugs, such as refusing to give me the console resolution I ask for during setup, or even by editing the relevant GRUB file in the /boot directory. If I want 80 by 23, I can only get it by using the nonfb image. Another option would be to buy it from Cheapbytes, or some other place like that...you just get the download disks, but it only costs about $5. Judging from another one of your posts, I really think you'll like 8.2 a lot better - I think it's the first Mandrake version to wrest the title of Best Ever Mandrake from 7.2. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: National security and M$
On Sat, 18 May 2002, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: Not that the Australian government is much better. Prime Minister John Howard bent over backwards to meet with Bill Gates the last time he was here, yet he totally ignored Scott McNealy and Larry Ellison when they visited. What part of Australia are you from, Sridhar? I'm going to be visiting a friend in Queensland sometime around Aug/Sept/Oct... - peace, Rog Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Interner connection speed
On 17 May 2002, Klemm wrote: Hi Very wondering about the speed I get I use ADSL internet connection and the downstream speed should be 256Kb/s I made some test and all monitors show that it gets no more than 63 kb/sek Could there be some settings somewhere that are restricting that as it was almost that max speed untill I changed to linux. connection type ; adsl_pppoe Any ideas ? Klemm This is a new connection for you? Right offhand, I can think of two things - one, you have tried downloading from slow or overloaded servers (I have a really good cable modem, but if the server I'm downloading from is sluggish, it doesn't matter), and two, you may live a distance from the nearest DSl relay. If your connection is that slow, you should call your ISP and find out about that. - peace, Rog Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Video again
On 15 May 2002, Nicolas VERITE wrote: Le mer 15/05/2002 à 10:59, Robin Turner a écrit : Has any one here had any success getting Mandrake to download from a camcorder via USB? Sir Robin With or without Mandrake, you can't up/download moving pictures (vidéo) from/to a camcorder via USB. You must use Firewire/iLink/IEEE1394. Is that the only way to get video onto your harddrive? Or could you connect the vid camera (I have a vid card with a whole mess of inputs, with a built in tv tuner card) and just play it, and simultaneosly record it onto the hard drive? I do that with audio, and was kind of hoping I could do it with video as well, since I don't have a camcorder with a firewire port. Nÿco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reiser FS file system - a good choice??
I remember Civilme suggesting that XFS is a good way to go on a PC, so that's what I'm using now. I have a somewhat faulty mobo, so every couple weeks, it freezes up to the point where I have to cold boot, and with XFS it boots up just as fast as it did when I was using ReiserFS. However, I lack the technical expertise to even detect if there's any performance difference between XFS and ReiserFS. Heh...I realize that probably isn't much help...sorry... On Sun, 12 May 2002, DAVEinDSM wrote: As you can probably tell. I'm using windows right now... the reason is that I reformatted everything and reinstalled MS so I could use this computer for email etc while I decided which file system I wanted to install on my linux partition. I had a bad experience with ext2 the default file system. 1. I had one of my kids push the power button to shut down my mandrake 8.1 box and I couldn't get the system to boot back up...serious lack of enough knowledge to try to recoup the data and save the file system on my part. 2. lost alot of data.(nothing major..but a PITA anyway) stuff like saved newbie emails that probably told how to recover from a bad ext2 shutdown...stuff like that!! 3. read that reiser fs was better .especially for newbies like me that have bad shutdowns.power outages...etc Any input on that? I want to re install mandrake..but want a file system that recovers fast.and is stable enough to withstand the occasional bad shutdown. I read all the older posts in the newbie archives.and seems like reiserfs is the way to go..but am open to suggestions before I re-install. Reiser FS also should have somewhat faster file access for my large directories of jpegs and html files if I'm not mistakenI went to www.reiserfs.org ...read alot there too, but wanted real life experiences. I trust those more :) THIA Dave Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ISO to data CD Writing
On Sun, 12 May 2002, John Richard Smith wrote: I now have a 668Mb ISO ( CD1) file downloaded. How do you take this ISO file in Linux and convert to a data file and write to disk, and can this be done simultaneously as one operation, like you can in windows / EZCD V5. John You can do it with cdrecord...this works for me: cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,0,0 filename.iso If your CD burner isn't listed as 0,0,0 you can find out what it is listed as by issuing the following command cdrecord -scanbus HTH - peace, Rog Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Rec question
OK, I was asking about line in recordings yesterday, and someone suggested I use rec...I was having a problem with it at first, until I realized that the channel I was going into the soundcard on, be it mic in or line in, needed to be set as the recording channel. So now I can record. But...when I use rec, it comes out very, very noisy and distorted. Does anyone have any experience with this, and have any troubleshooting tips for me? I'm using a Sharp Mt877 minidisc player into a SB Live 5.1 Platinum card, connected with a 1/8th inch male to male stereo cable (gold plated). Any hints/ideas? - peace, Rog Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Simple line in recording
What would be the simplest way to do a recording using the line in on my soundcard? I'm using 8.2 with a SBLive 5.1 Platinum (with Live!Drive, but I don't feel like tackling that today). Is there software (a simple wav editor would be great) that comes installed by default on the 8.2 download discs? If not, what would be a good one to go get? Thanks! - peace, Rog Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Simple line in recording
On Fri, 10 May 2002, Frans Ketelaars wrote: On Fri, 10 May 2002 13:13:30 -0400 (EDT) Roger Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What would be the simplest way to do a recording using the line in on my soundcard? I'm using 8.2 with a SBLive 5.1 Platinum (with Live!Drive, but I don't feel like tackling that today). Is there software (a simple wav editor would be great) that comes installed by default on the 8.2 download discs? If not, what would be a good one to go get? Thanks! - peace, Rog After some experimenting just now with ML8.2 to get recording working I found the sox-12.17.1-3mdk RPM (it's on the download edition) can do this (among many other things), see 'man rec'. Don't forget to adjust mixer settings ;) OK, that seems as though it'll work...the man page is not providing a whole lot of help, though. I tried just rec track1.wav, with a minidisc playing on the line in (set at about mid-level on kmix), but when I played it back, I just heard static...I looked the man page up and down, but really I wasn't sure what I was looking at...perhaps I wasn't giving enough information? Maybe I had to specify something that I wasn't...anyone know enough about this program to point me in the right direction? I'm sure there are GUI solutions but I don't know one now :( That's fine...I'm pretty happy on the command line :-) The audacity-0.98-6mdk RPM (also on the download edition) looks like a nice .wav editor. HTH and have fun, Thanks, man! - peace, Rog Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Flash in Konqueror
I know...it's been beaten to death, and was discussed just the other day. I just went and looked in the archives, and couldn't find that thread from the other day, which bites, cause it had exactly what I needed to know. So here I am. Anyhoo. I finally got around to installing 8.2 on this system (had been using 8.2b4)...I never got around to getting flash going before, because I knew I was going to be moving up to 8.2 soon. So, I installed the Flash plugin into the netscape/plugins dir, and went to Konqueror, hit the button to scan for Netscape plugins, and after I did so, checked the list, and they appeared to be there. I still don't get anything other than that download flash pop-up though... Now, I know there is an rpm that I need to make this all work...something like ns-plugins, or something like that? Can someone tell me the name of it? I'm assuming it must not be installed, since I'm getting no joy on pages with flash on it...or is there something else I could be overlooking? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Flash in Konqueror
On Thu, 9 May 2002, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Thursday 09 May 2002 06:17 pm, you wrote: I know...it's been beaten to death, and was discussed just the other day. I just went and looked in the archives, and couldn't find that thread from the other day, which bites, cause it had exactly what I needed to know. So here I am. Anyhoo. I finally got around to installing 8.2 on this system (had been using 8.2b4)...I never got around to getting flash going before, because I knew I was going to be moving up to 8.2 soon. So, I installed the Flash plugin into the netscape/plugins dir, and went to Konqueror, hit the button to scan for Netscape plugins, and after I did so, checked the list, and they appeared to be there. I still don't get anything other than that download flash pop-up though... Now, I know there is an rpm that I need to make this all work...something like ns-plugins, or something like that? Can someone tell me the name of it? I'm assuming it must not be installed, since I'm getting no joy on pages with flash on it...or is there something else I could be overlooking? Roger: Here's what I ended up doing: 1. Installed the Flash rpm from the Commercial Apps disk. 2. Downloaded kdebase-nsplugins-2.2.2-93mdk.i586.rpm from www.rpmfind.net, and installed it. (It seems that this file may be on one of the PowerPack CD's, but somehow Software Manager isn't aware of it. It's not a very big download (roughly 700K or so.) 3. Ran nspluginscan from the command line. 4. Rebooted KDE. Voila! The Netscape Plugins option showed up in the Konqueror configuration menu. 5. Called Will (two-year-old grandson, and the prime mover behind this project), and we watched Tebo slide down Clifford's back. Much joy. One thing: When I ran nspluginscan, a lot of messages flew by, and some of them didn't seem too friendly, but it worked. I suppose I should look in the logs. -- cmg OK! That seemed to work (fortunately, I have the 8.1 PP, so I was able to get the Flash rpm), and now most sites work for me. Some still don't - I tried going to www.jojomayer.com, and it didn't work there, but it's a lot better than it was! Thanks! :-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] bios setting
On Sun, 21 Apr 2002, Bill Spatz wrote: -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [newbie] bios setting Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 09:31:45 -0600 From: Bill Spatz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ron Grace [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sunday 21 April 2002 09:21 am, you wrote: on page 5 of the mandrake guide it tells me to set my bios for the pnp, it tell me to hold down the delete key at power up to change the setting. i am running a compaq 7470 windows 98se. when i do this nothing different happens windows still loads,i have tried both ways reboot,power off and then power it back up.help ty Ron On Compaq's, (most of the time), watch for a blinking block cursor on the upper right hand corner and then press the F10 key. Yes, and press it repeatedly! Just once probably will not do it. BTW, in my Compaqs bios, there is no pnp setting to turn off...a Presario 5834, IIRC, that had about the most rudimentary bios you'll ever see. -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE3.0
On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, James Thomas wrote: I actually just downloaded and installed KDE 3.0 and have been playing with it for a bit. Anyway, all I did was download all of the KDE 3.0 files for Mandrake 8.2 (there's a link from kde's main site). Then I (as root) cd'ed into the appropriate directory and just did: urpmi *.rpm and it fixed all the dependencies I didn't have installed for me - all I had to do was insert Disk 1 when it asked for it. James OK...that sounds easy enough, I'll go with that. Thanks, James! From: Roger Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE3.0 Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 19:53:23 -0500 (EST) On 4 Apr 2002, tester wrote: Now do these urpmi unixodbc (and from the reply install every match with urpmi Let me make sure I understand...I type the above, and it shows me this: The following packages contain unixodbc: libunixODBC2-devel unixODBC-gui-qu unixODBC unixODBC-gui-gtk libunixODBC2. So I install those packages before all the rest? Won't that create a ton of dependancy problems, installing just those few before everything else? Why is this method preferable to just doing rpm -ivh *? urpmi postgresql (same activity again, and include all the -devels) urpmi MYSQL (go at it again, installing everything) NOW rpm -ivh *rpm Take notes, you will get some instructions. The procedure will hang on a warning message, refusing to tell you it is completed. Hit the Enter key once for the system prompt. That's it... It will show up as KDE3 on the kdm login screen and it will show up as 11 KDE on the choices Xtart presents from a console. Unles you save the session, it will ask for styles EVERY time you login which can be a pain. The soundserver is, to say the least, flaky. Programs like xmms will continue to work but don't bother reporting known bugs about KDE sound. Some of the login messages and panels may crash with a crash message if your security is High or Higher. KDE3 is making too many assumptions about permissions and open sockets. About par for the course for a .0 type release from KDE. Some things will improve with 3.1, but the new KDE is for the most part, smooth and nice. Liquid is not ready or KDE3 is not ready for liquid at this time. Some beautiful theming from Mosfet will just have to wait a little longer. Civileme -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Removal from Mandrake Mail List
On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Skhumbuzo Mhlongo wrote: Hi All I need to be deleted from mandrake list please HELP John Have you tried throwing away your PC? ** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the originator of this message. ** -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] divx again ...
Have you tried Xine? On 4 Apr 2002, - addy [ISO-8859-1] däudsch - wrote: good eve to all of you a divx content question again i have mplayer , correctly installed . i can play mpeg 1/2 and normal avis w/o probs ... everything is working but i can't play divx ... i downloaded divx4linux50-20020304 from the divx.com site and installed it with root looked ok but if i play divx avi in mplayer onley the sound works :) help me ! ... -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE3.0
On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, FemmeFatale wrote: *laughs* Damian flaked on me, so Civilme to the Bat-Rescue! Into the KDE-Mobile my linux comrades! Now thats *got* to be a major blow to the ego, eh, Damian? ;-) -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] MP3-ripper
On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Jesper Nyholm Jensen wrote: Hi, What's a good MP3-ripper? One that just takes a cd as input and outputs the MP3s. -- Jesper Nyholm Jensen My personal favorite is a command line ripper that will rip the CD, query CDDB, do all the name change, etc, and convert it to either .mp3 or .ogg. It's called Rip, and you can get it from rip.sourceforge.net. -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KDE3.0
On 4 Apr 2002, tester wrote: Now do these urpmi unixodbc (and from the reply install every match with urpmi Let me make sure I understand...I type the above, and it shows me this: The following packages contain unixodbc: libunixODBC2-devel unixODBC-gui-qu unixODBC unixODBC-gui-gtk libunixODBC2. So I install those packages before all the rest? Won't that create a ton of dependancy problems, installing just those few before everything else? Why is this method preferable to just doing rpm -ivh *? urpmi postgresql (same activity again, and include all the -devels) urpmi MYSQL (go at it again, installing everything) NOW rpm -ivh *rpm Take notes, you will get some instructions. The procedure will hang on a warning message, refusing to tell you it is completed. Hit the Enter key once for the system prompt. That's it... It will show up as KDE3 on the kdm login screen and it will show up as 11 KDE on the choices Xtart presents from a console. Unles you save the session, it will ask for styles EVERY time you login which can be a pain. The soundserver is, to say the least, flaky. Programs like xmms will continue to work but don't bother reporting known bugs about KDE sound. Some of the login messages and panels may crash with a crash message if your security is High or Higher. KDE3 is making too many assumptions about permissions and open sockets. About par for the course for a .0 type release from KDE. Some things will improve with 3.1, but the new KDE is for the most part, smooth and nice. Liquid is not ready or KDE3 is not ready for liquid at this time. Some beautiful theming from Mosfet will just have to wait a little longer. Civileme -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Fwd: New Bill attempts to regulate hardware,software development]
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, James Thomas wrote: I know, the bloody thing puts it there automatically. But the email service is good, and well, it didn't used to be Microsoft! :) James And it's not totally out of place in this case...M$ is as against the bill as we are, or so I read... Did you know your post is carrying a MS advert? Thanks, I needed that. *chuckle* Lee On Wednesday 27 March 2002 05:09 am, you wrote: I don't really understand the furor over this bill. It is obviously grossly unconstitutional and, even if it passes, will not withstand the court cases and the Supreme Court. The only thing it's going to succeed in doing is getting Senator Hollings kicked out of Congress (and any of those that vote for this package). Let them kiss their own a**es good-bye, it'll be fun to watch their political careers go down in flames! James _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. -- Registered Linux abuser #223705 Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] For the brazilian fellow looking for comp parts.
On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, FemmeFatale wrote: I got an answer it was mostly for Asus motherboards Couldn't find out much else. Sorry Femme Hi Femme...you weren't referring to me with this, were you? If so, thanks! But I'm American, not Brasilian (though thanks to a 5 year relationship with a Portuguese girl, I do know when I'm being henpecked in portuguese ;-)). At this point, I'm looking at two motherboards - the Soyo Dragon Plus, and the Asus A7V266-E/AA. Both the same price, according to Pricewatch, about 120 clams...at this point, I'm leaning toward the Asus...they are both on AMDs XP recommended motherboards, but the Asus is listed as AMD Assured, which gives it a slight edge. Anyone with a yea or nay for either board? Annoyingly, both have integrated sound. I know, I know...I can turn it off in the BIOS...but I just can't help but feel that something physically attatched to the board could somehow make my life more difficult than it needs to be. -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] For the brazilian fellow looking for comp parts.
Oops, my bad...I thought Femme was referring to me with this thread...:-) On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas wrote: On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, FemmeFatale wrote: TKS, anyway! If I change my mind to Asus ;-) thanks again for the time and effort! Ricardo Castanho I got an answer it was mostly for Asus motherboards Couldn't find out much else. Sorry Femme -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: New info from cdrecord -scanbus.....
On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Derek Jennings wrote: cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page. Derek, I have exactly that message too, only from my HP 9100 Writer. Doesn't mean a thing, it burns happily away nevertheless. Some burner-frontends just display a message while burning, something like : Can't determine file-size. I guess it's a warning against overstuffing the CD (file-size 700 MB). Yah, I used to get that message as well, with my cheesy LG (I've since put in a plextor which doesn't get that). But it didn't seem to make a difference - it worked just fine, if a little slow... Regards Kaj Haulrich Denmark -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] get off the list
On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Ron Grace wrote: how can i get off this list Read the directions? I don't know...just a thought... -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] And their OFF!!!!! 8.2 is now out!!
On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Charlie wrote: Agreed. I'll be happy to buy a box set as soon as it's available at my local everything in software including the 'bugware' store. A pain to go all the way downtown but I refuse to do transactions of any kind online. Charlie I'm downloading it now, but will be buying it as well. I bought the 8.1 PowerPack, and except for being mildly annoyed at it's assertion that you get commercial software with it when you really just get trialware, I really thought I got much more than my moneys worth. __ On March 19, 2002 08:58 am, Steve spake thusly: NOT three x the people that used it - 3x the people that PAID for it last time...important distinction. Casual users is the last thing MandrakeSoft needs right now. Steve -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 2 Linux Computers
On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Lanman wrote: I hate it when that happens! Here's the link, dude! http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO/ By the way, for those of you who don't know, you can start simplifying your Linux-related searches by using Google's Linux search page; www.google.com/linux - for the rest of you, and,... Nice! Thanks, I never knew aboot that... www.google.ca/linux - for us Canucks. You'll find your Linux stuff much faster! Lanman - Original Message - From: Nelson Bartley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LM Newbie Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 6:36 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] 2 Linux Computers Dude... you forgot the link :) NB On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 06:05, Dan LaBine wrote: James; Do both machines have Internet access? Unless you've got something new, you should be running 2 network cards in one of the two machines - 1 to the cablemodem, and the second network card (using a crossover Cat5 cable) to a network card in the second machine. If that's a cable/CDL router, and not a hub then what you're saying makes sense. In either case, check out the following link and have a look at the sections marked - setting up an NFS server - and - setting up an NFS client. You'll have to do both (server and client) to each machine. Lanman On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 04:11, James Thomas wrote: Hey all, I have two linux computers both connected via a Netgear hub to my cable modem. They don't seem to be able to see each other. Anything I can do to accomplish this? Thanks! James _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] And their OFF!!!!! 8.2 is now out!!
On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Robin Turner wrote: On Wednesday 20 March 2002 00:47, Roger Sherman wrote: On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Charlie wrote: Agreed. I'll be happy to buy a box set as soon as it's available at my local everything in software including the 'bugware' store. A pain to go all the way downtown but I refuse to do transactions of any kind online. Charlie I'm downloading it now, but will be buying it as well. I bought the 8.1 PowerPack, and except for being mildly annoyed at it's assertion that you get commercial software with it when you really just get trialware, I really thought I got much more than my moneys worth. Will there be a plain download version CD set (as with 8.1)? I really have no need for the stuff in the Powerpack. Robin You mean, for sale? If you have a dial up, and don't want to be downloading for the next week, you can go to cheapbytes.com and buy the download set for probably under $10. -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] anybody already on 8.2?
On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, mandrake linux wrote: HI: anybody already on 8.2? Just finished burning my CDs...gimme an hour! ;-) From: Ming Wu -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT - PC building help
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Roger Sherman wrote: Sorry to address this to the list, but I'm at my wits end, and it's either this, or find a service center or something to fix this problem for me, and after building this PC, I really don't have the money. I built a PC about two 1/2 months ago (my first attempt at building a PC), and I'm having a booting problem, and a problem with it freezing up, and I'm hoping someone could help point me in the right direction, troubleshooting wise. First of all, the system configuration: Abit KG-7 motherboard AMD 1800XP 512 Meg DDR RAM ATI Radeon All-In-Wonder 32mg vid card SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 Platinum w/Live Drive 60 gig Maxtor HD generic DVD/CDROM from my old PC, a Compaq presario (which is happily gurgling along as a dedicated FTP server now) Now, it's got a boot problem that is baffling to me - to turn this PC on, I have to press the start button, at which point it sounds like it's starting up, the HD and all the fans start spinning, but I don't get the beep that I get with a successful boot, and there's no video output. So, I then have to turn the PC off, unplug it, and plug it back in - at which point it will usually start up again. Now, I do mean it will start up again just from plugging it in - I don't have to press the start button. But, sometimes I'll plug it in, and it wont start, at which point I'll have to unplug it, then press start, and it seems to discharge a little power. Then I plug it in again, and it will start. Then I get the beep that it's booting correctly, and I get video output and away we go. Now, I'd live with this problem, if it weren't for the system freezes. The first time I turn the PC on each day, there is always a complete freeze of the system - and I totally can't get it unfrozen, either by Control-Alt-Backspace, or Alt-SysRq-r. My only recourse is to press and hold the start button til it shuts down (with this box, you have to hold the start button in for 5 seconds to shut it down, for some reason). Using the reset button doesn't seem to work. This system freeze can happen anywhere, too. Sometimes it'll happen when Mandrake is actually starting up, once it even happened at a command line login (it's set up to start at runlevel 3), but usually it happens about 2 - 3 minutes after the system is up and running...usually after I've started X, and am checking my email. And I can't let it run all day - the PC actually works great once it gets past the booting and system freeze problems (usually the system freeze problem happens one or two times, and then the PC will run properly), but if I get up and walk away for several hours, then come back, of course the monitor will have gone into power save mode, and I jiggle the mouse to wake it up, but at that point for some reason the PC will have stopped giving video output, and I have to start the whole process over again. My ideal situation would be to just leave this PC running 24/7, but that makes it impossible, obviously. Now, I've tried several things to fix the problem - a friend told me the symptoms are indicative of a hardware incompatability, so I changed the HD, the CD-ROM (which is why I have the DVD player in there - I originally had a Plextor CD-RW), the power supply, and I took out the SoundBlaster and nic card (a linksys nic), although I put those two back in, since it didn't seem to make a difference. I also tried disconnecting the floppy drive. Before I replaced the HD and CD-RW, they effectively stopped working with this PC, and I'm worried what's currently in there will stop working as well, as every time I make a change, things seem to get a little better, but never really work right, and then things degenerate. I don't have anything else I can swap into this box, so if it continues to degenerate with the current config, I'll have to stop using it until I can afford to take it to a PC doctor. Again, sorry for the OT post, but any help anyone can offer would be hugely appreciated. Ack...forgot to mention - I read somewhere that the KG-7 occasionally suffers from wierd voltage spikes caused by the CPU and case fan monitoring, so I tried hooking them up to fan connections that didn't use the monitoring, which made absolutely no difference. -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] OT - PC building help
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Bill Spatz wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Roger Sherman Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 6:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] OT - PC building help Sorry to address this to the list, but I'm at my wits end, and it's either this, or find a service center or something to fix this problem for me, and after building this PC, I really don't have the money. I built a PC about two 1/2 months ago (my first attempt at building a PC), and I'm having a booting problem, and a problem with it freezing up, and I'm hoping someone could help point me in the right direction, troubleshooting wise. -- I had a similar problem with my laptop after upgrading the RAM. Be sure that your RAM is fully and securely seated in their slots. Bill Thanks Bill...I actually had to take a great deal of care with the RAM...this board seems to be incredibly sensitive to how the RAM is seated. Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the problem. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.333 / Virus Database: 187 - Release Date: 03/08/2002 -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 8.2 Blackbox logout problem
I don't know if I should submit this as a bug report or not, but has anyone else noticed that on the menu on blackbox (where you right click to get a floating menu), it no longer has the Exit (logout) option at the bottom? Now to get out of it, I have to Cntl-Alt-Backspace. Is there a better way of doing this? -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT - PC building help
Hey Terry... Yep, just did that. Stripped it down to the bare motherboard, reseated the CPU, RAM, vid card...reconnected the power switch, reset switch, etc. Then I tried starting it up, with basically nothing but the vid card attatched, and it still exhibited the same boot problem, so I guess I'm in the market for a new motherboard. I saw a couple Asus boards on the AMD recommended list that might do the job. Anyone want to make some recommendations for boards that worked well for them? It needs to be a board recommended for an XP1800, that will accept DDR RAM, and no integrated sound or video... On 18 Mar 2002, Terry Smith wrote: Roger, Sorry to hear about your troubles. I had some 'shutdown' problems with my new box also. Turned out to be a bad mobo (which has been replaced - no problems since). One way of debugging these things is to 'simplify'. Disconnect all your peripherals - removable drives, keyboard, floppy, mouse, etc. - everything except the monitor and the boot drive. Does it boot and run? (Obviously you won't be able to do anything). Yes, start adding components and rebooting. No. Swap drives. Try again. No. Swap power supplies. Try again. Well I think you get the drift. Try to isolate the component that's causing the problem. Good luck. Terry Smith Cape Cod, USA On Mon, 2002-03-18 at 08:28, Roger Sherman wrote: Sorry to address this to the list, but I'm at my wits end, and it's either this, or find a service center or something to fix this problem for me, and after building this PC, I really don't have the money. I built a PC about two 1/2 months ago (my first attempt at building a PC), and I'm having a booting problem, and a problem with it freezing up, and I'm hoping someone could help point me in the right direction, troubleshooting wise. First of all, the system configuration: Abit KG-7 motherboard AMD 1800XP 512 Meg DDR RAM ATI Radeon All-In-Wonder 32mg vid card SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 Platinum w/Live Drive 60 gig Maxtor HD generic DVD/CDROM from my old PC, a Compaq presario (which is happily gurgling along as a dedicated FTP server now) Now, it's got a boot problem that is baffling to me - to turn this PC on, I have to press the start button, at which point it sounds like it's starting up, the HD and all the fans start spinning, but I don't get the beep that I get with a successful boot, and there's no video output. So, I then have to turn the PC off, unplug it, and plug it back in - at which point it will usually start up again. Now, I do mean it will start up again just from plugging it in - I don't have to press the start button. But, sometimes I'll plug it in, and it wont start, at which point I'll have to unplug it, then press start, and it seems to discharge a little power. Then I plug it in again, and it will start. Then I get the beep that it's booting correctly, and I get video output and away we go. Now, I'd live with this problem, if it weren't for the system freezes. The first time I turn the PC on each day, there is always a complete freeze of the system - and I totally can't get it unfrozen, either by Control-Alt-Backspace, or Alt-SysRq-r. My only recourse is to press and hold the start button til it shuts down (with this box, you have to hold the start button in for 5 seconds to shut it down, for some reason). Using the reset button doesn't seem to work. This system freeze can happen anywhere, too. Sometimes it'll happen when Mandrake is actually starting up, once it even happened at a command line login (it's set up to start at runlevel 3), but usually it happens about 2 - 3 minutes after the system is up and running...usually after I've started X, and am checking my email. And I can't let it run all day - the PC actually works great once it gets past the booting and system freeze problems (usually the system freeze problem happens one or two times, and then the PC will run properly), but if I get up and walk away for several hours, then come back, of course the monitor will have gone into power save mode, and I jiggle the mouse to wake it up, but at that point for some reason the PC will have stopped giving video output, and I have to start the whole process over again. My ideal situation would be to just leave this PC running 24/7, but that makes it impossible, obviously. Now, I've tried several things to fix the problem - a friend told me the symptoms are indicative of a hardware incompatability, so I changed the HD, the CD-ROM (which is why I have the DVD player in there - I originally had a Plextor CD-RW), the power supply, and I took out the SoundBlaster and nic card (a linksys nic), although I put those two back in, since it didn't seem to make a difference. I also tried disconnecting the floppy drive. Before I replaced the HD
Re: [newbie] 8.2 Blackbox logout problem
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Miark wrote: Session WindowManagers Exit Aha! Those slippery bastards...;-) Thanks, Miark. Miark On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 09:01:32 -0500 (EST), Roger Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED] spoke thusly: I don't know if I should submit this as a bug report or not, but has anyone else noticed that on the menu on blackbox (where you right click to get a floating menu), it no longer has the Exit (logout) option at the bottom? Now to get out of it, I have to Cntl-Alt-Backspace. Is there a better way of doing this? -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] best news reader and ftp client
On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, Donald E.Gulmire wrote: Thanks for the help with the jpeg viewer question. I ended up with Gqview. I am trying to replace my Windows based programs with Linux stuff. Could I get some feedback on what News Readers and FTP Clients are good. I use Forte Agent and CuteFTP with Windows. I am trying to learn to do all the things on Linux that I used to do with Windows. Installing source software has been throwing me, but learning Linux is giving me a much broader computer knowledge. I guess I learn best by trial and error. Thanks for all the help. TheBender For the newsreader, Pan is billed as an Agent clone - it's not quite, but it's gotten to a point where it's close enough that I'm using it instead of Agent under WINE. For FTP, I use NcFTP, a command line client that works really well! -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
