[expert] How do you add new fonts to use with gimp?

2002-03-10 Thread mandrake
I've been playing with the gimp more and more lately and I've gotten to the point where I'd like to add more fonts. I really don't know how to do it, but ones that I've used previously have been tracked down to /usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives I've acquired some new .ttf files and stuck them in

Re: [expert] DMA problem

2002-03-10 Thread Damian Gatabria
El Sáb 09 Mar 2002 15:07, escribió: Hello everibody, I get a problem with DMA and Mandrake 8.1 dmesg show: /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0:hdc: timeout waiting for DMA hdc: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } I believe that is a commom error from serie 8.x.

Re: [expert] DMA problem

2002-03-10 Thread Oscar
El sáb, 09-03-2002 a las 19:07, Kicho escribió: Hello everibody, I get a problem with DMA and Mandrake 8.1 dmesg show: /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0:hdc: timeout waiting for DMA hdc: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } I believe that is a commom

[expert] d@#!$n aRtsdkde2.2.2 (comment)

2002-03-10 Thread jarmo kettunen
Hi Praedor described quite strongly situation,which I have also noticed... And I qot that mess AFTER I upgraded first into KDE 2.2.2,where all worked ok. Then after upgrading XFree86 into vers.4.2.0 all begunExactly same errors I have disabled artsd,so I don't get anymore so much

Re: [expert] Fast Mandrake Downloader

2002-03-10 Thread Ron Stodden
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: How about a Freshmeat and/or SourceForge page? These two sites have features to notify users of new versions. No need - it is all organised now. Notification will follow after changes in any one or more of the component files, which I would doubt that those

[expert] Printer not working after cofiguring

2002-03-10 Thread Hari Yellina
Hi, While I say print from the application the menu shows up and everything goes fine. It never prints. I dont know why. Is there any way I can make my printer working. I am printing a user. Have I to be a root user to print the pages. I want to print from Star office and Acrobat.

Re: [expert] How to enable authentication in Postfix?

2002-03-10 Thread Alexander Skwar
»Vincent Danen« sagte am 2002-03-08 um 12:57:59 -0700 : Now, for your case, you want to use pwcheck method. /usr/sbin/pwcheck is a daemon, run as root, that acts as a go-between between postfix Hm, isn't pwcheck the pre-1.5.27 daemon? I think I've read that now saslauthd should be used, no?

[expert] Continious Download

2002-03-10 Thread Hari Yellina
Hi, I am trying to find a application where, I can download even once I got diconnected and starts once I resume my internet connection. In windows I use download accelarator. Is there any application does the same thing in Linux. Thanks for the Help. Regards, Hari Yellina Want to

Re: [expert] DMA problem

2002-03-10 Thread James
Maybe by posting the wrong answer we can get the right one. I've found the following in my attempts to get drives driving. You can't mix DMA tyes on the same IDE cable. My burner was DMA 2 my hard drive could do DMA 5 and boy they didn't mix. Seperating them seemed to fix this. Some of

Re: [expert] Continious Download

2002-03-10 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 21:25 +1100, Hari Yellina wrote: Hi, I am trying to find a application where, I can download even once I got diconnected and starts once I resume my internet connection. In Linux most FTP apps do that. A well known for this is wget. It's part of most

Re: [expert] Continious Download

2002-03-10 Thread Joan Tur
Es Domingo 10 Marzo 2002 13:02, Wolfgang Bornath va escriure: On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 21:25 +1100, Hari Yellina wrote: Hi, I am trying to find a application where, I can download even once I got diconnected and starts once I resume my internet connection. In Linux most FTP apps do

Re: [expert] Continious Download

2002-03-10 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 13:02:00 +0100, Wolfgang Bornath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 21:25 +1100, Hari Yellina wrote: Hi, I am trying to find a application where, I can download even once I got diconnected and starts once I resume my internet connection. In Linux

Re: [expert] how to get an old SCSI tape running ? !

2002-03-10 Thread Klaus Peter Elsner
On Sat, 9 Mar 2002 19:10:18 -0500, Pierre Fortin wrote: - It's the same for taking the no or the rewind device: the Error msg is - always the same : tar : /dev/nst0: Cannot open: Read-only file system - -Is the tape write-protected...? - Hi Pierre I feel ashamed! Idid everything right you

Re: [expert] Why u guys are using mandrake rather than other linux flavours

2002-03-10 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Sunday 10 March 2002 05:33 am, Hari Yellina wrote: Hi. I am just wondering , why u guys are using mandrake over other linux flavour . Can u guys tell me the advantages, Thank you, Hari Yellina Hari: I started with Mandrake (7.0) because of its easy and comprehensive installation.

Re: [expert] Why u guys are using mandrake rather than other linux flavours

2002-03-10 Thread Randy Kramer
Hari Yellina wrote: I am just wondering , why u guys are using mandrake over other linux flavour . Can u guys tell me the advantages, I'm sure the answer varies. For me, I started Linux with a succesful install of Caldera 2.2, then collected 10 or so distributions from my local LUG, and

Re: [expert] Why u guys are using mandrake rather than other linux flavours

2002-03-10 Thread Randy Kramer
Hari Yellina wrote: I am just wondering , why u guys are using mandrake over other linux flavour . Can u guys tell me the advantages, Sorry if this is a duplicate -- my mail client died while sending and it suggested I try again -- I have made a few minor changes compared to the original if

Re: [expert] Continious Download

2002-03-10 Thread Ron Stodden
Hari Yellina wrote: Hi, I am trying to find a application where, I can download even once I got diconnected and starts once I resume my internet connection. Have a look at troels.rsync6.2 from my web site. No charge. The restart is not automatic, you must simply run troels.rsync6.2

[expert] What firewall to use

2002-03-10 Thread Belkie, Dan
Hi guys! im looking for a firewall for my Mandrake 8.1 box. The box is set up right now as a gateway and DHCP server for my network. Im looking for somthing pretty simple to set up but need to have port forwarding ability I assume as I will have a mail server and a webserver behind it. Ideas?

[expert] Cannot print to cups 1.14 from Windows 2000 SP2

2002-03-10 Thread Alexander Skwar
Hi. I'm running cups 1.14 on a current Mandrake Linux cooker. Since I've updated to 1.14, I cannot print from my Windows 2000 machine anymore :( In /etc/cups/cupsd.conf, I've got: # LogLevel debug2 Location / Order Deny,Allow Deny From All Allow From

Re: [expert] Why u guys are using mandrake rather than other linux flavours

2002-03-10 Thread Hoyt
On Sunday 10 March 2002 05:33 am, you wrote: Hi. I am just wondering , why u guys are using mandrake over other linux flavour . Can u guys tell me the advantages, I started by installing RedHat 5.1 and the concurrent versions of Debian, Slackware and SuSE. I was most successful with Red

Re: [expert] OT -- gimp plugin?

2002-03-10 Thread Michael Holt
Yesterday... sda ran for the door shrieking: On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 07:54:52AM -0800, Michael Holt wrote: Hello experts! I've got a graphics question, though not really specific to any OS. A couple years ago, my wife and I went to the local mall, sat in a booth and paid $5 to have a

[expert] doing package selection over and over again

2002-03-10 Thread Laing A. K.
Hi, Is there a feature that allows me to save my package selections? I'm thinking of something that will allow me to do a very careful customization of which of the 1000 packages I want, and save it. Then I should be able to reinstall a second time, and in the second installation, I should

Re: [expert] How to enable authentication in Postfix?

2002-03-10 Thread David Guntner
Alexander Skwar grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Another thing that I find strange, was his /usr/lib/sasl/smtpd.conf file. It contained lines which should be in /etc/pam.d/smtpd. When I had postfix+SMTP AUTH somewhat working, I had nothing but pwcheck_method in there - and this file seemed

Re: [expert] doing package selection over and over again

2002-03-10 Thread Hoyt
On Sunday 10 March 2002 11:26 am, you wrote: Is there a feature that allows me to save my package selections? On the screen where you do the package selections is an icon of a floppy disk. Click on it. -- Hoyt http://www.maximumhoyt.com There are no dumb questions; only dumb bosses.

Re: [expert] How to enable authentication in Postfix?

2002-03-10 Thread David Guntner
Alexander Skwar grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Another thing that I find strange, was his /usr/lib/sasl/smtpd.conf file. It contained lines which should be in /etc/pam.d/smtpd. When I had postfix+SMTP AUTH somewhat working, I had nothing but pwcheck_method in there - and this file seemed

Re: [expert] OT -- gimp plugin?

2002-03-10 Thread kwan
On Sun, 10 Mar 2002, Michael Holt wrote: It doesn't sound like you've tried the different filters in GIMP. Check them out - specifically the Artist one which has various subsets. Have fun experimenting. Yeah, I've been playing with the different filters, and the gimp does a lot, I was

Re: [expert] What firewall to use

2002-03-10 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 09:55:30 -0700 Belkie, Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: Hi guys! im looking for a firewall for my Mandrake 8.1 box. The box is set up right now as a gateway and DHCP server for my network. Im looking for somthing pretty simple to set up

Re: [expert] Damn DCOP, damn ARTSD!!!--And a reply abot Open Office

2002-03-10 Thread civileme
Lorne Shantz wrote: Yup. same thing here. I'm concerned that since there is never any response from anyone that they aren't paying attention to some MAJOR issues. I'm growing discouraged. The same issues will make it into the final release and their credibility suffers. Quite a few major

[expert] GTK+

2002-03-10 Thread Harold Hartley
I was wondering if anyone can tell me if I can develop with GTK+ without having gnome installed on my linux box... Harold Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] DMA problem

2002-03-10 Thread civileme
Oscar wrote: El sáb, 09-03-2002 a las 19:07, Kicho escribió: Hello everibody, I get a problem with DMA and Mandrake 8.1 dmesg show: /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0:hdc: timeout waiting for DMA hdc: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } I believe that is a commom

Re: [expert] Why u guys are using mandrake rather than other linuxflavours

2002-03-10 Thread Ashley Reynolds
On Sun, 10 Mar 2002, Randy Kramer wrote: At this point, Mandrake is a habit. Randy, I couldn't agree more. Mandrake just feels good, after using it and then trying to use another distribution, for instance, Red Hat or Debian, I just don't feel as comfortable. Whilst Debian is what I run on

Re: [expert] Why u guys are using mandrake rather than other linux flavours

2002-03-10 Thread mike
I am not. I am ALSO using Mandrake (8.0). All of my production stuff is there and I haven't bothered to move it. I loaded SuSE 7.3 and found it to have many fewer rough edges. This was not always so. I have used Mandrake since 6.5 (at least) and 7.2 was da bomb. 8.0 seemed to be a step

[expert] mandrake 8.2 and GCC

2002-03-10 Thread Harold Hartley
I am wondering when Mandrake will be using as default for using the most recent GCC 3.x version.. Harold Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] PATH setting problem

2002-03-10 Thread Lee Roberts
When I execute echo $PATH as root, I get the following path listing: /sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin When I execute echo $PATH as a user, I get the following bogus path setting (notice the double slash and double colons):

Re: [expert] mandrake 8.2 and GCC

2002-03-10 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday 10 March 2002 03:26 pm, Harold Hartley wrote: I am wondering when Mandrake will be using as default for using the most recent GCC 3.x version.. Harold 'default' for 8.2 is and will be gcc 2.96. Search the recent cooker ML archive for the reasons that 2.96 is preferred over 3.x

Re: [expert] Why u guys are using mandrake rather than other linux flavours

2002-03-10 Thread Lorne Shantz
You may get as many answers as OS's out there, but for me the focus is more usability for the desktop. It also makes a hell of a server OS also. Easier to install... easier to administer. I started out with Red hat and started watching Mandrake about 3 years ago. They would take the Red Hat

Re: [expert] Damn DCOP, damn ARTSD!!!--And a reply abot Open Office

2002-03-10 Thread Praedor Tempus
--- civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] First, the linux kernel isn't really designed for sound. It does not use a very high bandwidth for sound events. Next, the sound drivers are fragmented and in disarray. I have helped numerous individuals who somehow managed to be running

[expert] Fw: RE: Apache 1.3.x allows passthrough

2002-03-10 Thread Pierre Fortin
FYI... I found a scumbag using my web server to hide behind while [s]he accessed other servers. Mandrake: your server is also configured to allow these passthrough requests! To test your server, issue these comamds: telnet server 80 GET http://some_other_server HTTP/1.0 If you get

Re: [expert] Fw: RE: Apache 1.3.x allows passthrough

2002-03-10 Thread Ken Thompson
Pierre, When I do that I get the html from this server then the connection is closed by forign host Before the GET command, nothing, just sits there waiting for input. But, it doesn't get any info from the server I tried, www.foo.com format.. On Sunday 10 March 2002 05:41 pm, you wrote: FYI...

Re: [expert] Why u guys are using mandrake rather than other linux flavours

2002-03-10 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 15:16:20 -0500 mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: I am not. I am ALSO using Mandrake (8.0). All of my production stuff is there and I haven't bothered to move it. I loaded SuSE 7.3 and found it to have many fewer rough edges. This was not

Re: [expert] Fw: RE: Apache 1.3.x allows passthrough

2002-03-10 Thread Pierre Fortin
Ooops... forgot to add that I needed to hit Return after sending the GET; so the full instructions are: telnet server 80 GET http://some_other_server HTTP/1.0 Return Without the extra return, the command just sits there as you discovered. Sorry for the oversight, Pierre On Sun, 10

Re: [expert] GTK+

2002-03-10 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 14:25:57 -0500, Harold Hartley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering if anyone can tell me if I can develop with GTK+ without having gnome installed on my linux box... The short answer: yes. The long answer: GNOME is based on GTK+, and GTK+ is based on X. GNOME is not

Re: [expert] Why u guys are using mandrake rather than other linux flavours

2002-03-10 Thread Ken Thompson
On Sunday 10 March 2002 06:14 pm, you wrote: On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 15:16:20 -0500 mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: I am not. I am ALSO using Mandrake (8.0). All of my production stuff is there and I haven't bothered to move it. I loaded SuSE 7.3 and found it