[expert] GDM doesn't remember default/last desktop

2002-06-22 Thread Dave Sherman
Here's the situation: I am running Mandrake 8.1, mostly kept up to date through the MandrakeUpdate program. I was using kdm for my login manager, but Gnome for my desktop. The default was KDE, but I always let it use my "last" session, which was Gnome every time. I recently installed Ximian deskto

Re: [expert] OpenOffice Peculiarity

2002-06-22 Thread Larry Sword
Problem solved. When loading a file from a cdrom within the Open Panel at the bottom there is a [] Read Only check box. You must check this indicating a Read Only File source. You can now bring in the file into Openoffice Writer and edit and ofcourse Save As to a writable disk. I previously t

Re: [expert] downloaded mandrake 8.2 (ftp), need directory struct. for disk 3

2002-06-22 Thread iggy
On Saturday 22 June 2002 05:13 pm, you wrote: > On Saturday 22 June 2002 01:37 pm, iggy wrote: > > hello to all the good people out there. > > > > i downloaded via ftp mandrake 8.2 download edition (over dialup! yes, it > > took weeks! dedication baby!). anyway, i have disks 1 and 2 already as >

Re: [expert] lots of freezes in LM 8.1

2002-06-22 Thread Jeferson Lopes Zacco
Well, as a final update, mem=nopentium did the trick for me. The system has been allright for a month. Which means that Civileme was right again... hehe lucky us he's on our side! :^D Jeferson/Wooky -- -- shinjiteiru shinjirareru, korekara aruku kono michi wo! kimi ga iru yo, boku ga iru

Re: [expert] pros and cons of mandrake

2002-06-22 Thread Jeferson Lopes Zacco
It seems clear to me that ext2 does not like cold HDDs... :^D Wooky James wrote: > On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 22:41:02 -0800 > civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said with temporary authority >>Quit joking around. Someone in Alaska has managed to achive MORE than >>50% frag on ext2. I am investigating...

Re: [expert] downloaded mandrake 8.2 (ftp), need directory struct. for disk 3

2002-06-22 Thread s
On Saturday 22 June 2002 01:37 pm, iggy wrote: > hello to all the good people out there. > > i downloaded via ftp mandrake 8.2 download edition (over dialup! yes, it > took weeks! dedication baby!). anyway, i have disks 1 and 2 already as > they came w/ a magazine i bought. the problem is that i

Re: [expert] Mandrake Timezone/Date Problems

2002-06-22 Thread James
On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 14:52:13 -0500 "J. Craig Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said with temporary authority > Ashley Reynolds wrote: > > > > On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, James wrote: > > > > > Where my brother is people aren't in abundance. His nearest > > > neighbor is about 1-2 kilometers away from

Re: [expert] Mandrake Timezone/Date Problems

2002-06-22 Thread J. Craig Woods
Ashley Reynolds wrote: > > On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, James wrote: > > > Where my brother is people aren't in abundance. His nearest > > neighbor is about 1-2 kilometers away from him. Heck He can even get > > one channel on the TV (They should have cable in a few months but don't > > hold you

[expert] downloaded mandrake 8.2 (ftp), need directory struct. for disk 3

2002-06-22 Thread iggy
hello to all the good people out there. i downloaded via ftp mandrake 8.2 download edition (over dialup! yes, it took weeks! dedication baby!). anyway, i have disks 1 and 2 already as they came w/ a magazine i bought. the problem is that i went to install kde 3.0 and it was asking to have di

Re: [expert] kdm remote login

2002-06-22 Thread bascule
On Saturday 22 June 2002 2:14 pm, you wrote: > On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 08:34, bascule wrote: > > is it possible to run kdm on two machines and have a local X console on > > one AND login remotely from the other machine and run X? i want to be able to login to an x session on a server from my workstat

Re: [expert] audacity install problem Mandrake 8.2

2002-06-22 Thread Tom Badran
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jun 2002 1:03 pm, marco wrote: > Hello, > > I have a question. > > I want to install audacity and I can't install it because depends > "libwx_gtk-2.2.so.6" > Who can say me where I can find the file libwx_gtk??? > You need to install t

Re: [expert] Error from apache update on 8.1

2002-06-22 Thread Brandon Long
that error occured because mod_perl wasn't installed until after the first sanity check. The second sanity check looks like it worked. On Saturday 22 June 2002 02:05 am, Bill Kenworthy wrote: > Just installed the apache updates on 8.1 and got the following 3 errors > occurred (the web server ju

Re: [expert] kdm remote login

2002-06-22 Thread pesarif
On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 08:34, bascule wrote: > is it possible to run kdm on two machines and have a local X console on one > AND login remotely from the other machine and run X? Yes, this took me a day to figure out! I have an even trickier setup where it brings up a chooser menu (on either machine)

Re: [expert] Mandrake Timezone/Date Problems

2002-06-22 Thread Ashley Reynolds
On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, James wrote: > Where my brother is people aren't in abundance. His nearest > neighbor is about 1-2 kilometers away from him. Heck He can even get > one channel on the TV (They should have cable in a few months but don't > hold your breath.) Yes in some places the wor

[expert] audacity install problem Mandrake 8.2

2002-06-22 Thread marco
Hello, I have a question. I want to install audacity and I can't install it because depends "libwx_gtk-2.2.so.6" Who can say me where I can find the file libwx_gtk??? Thanks for your hints. reg. Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

RE: [expert] Running scripts on network start

2002-06-22 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
If you are running 8.2 look in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory. You'll find what you need here. -JMS |-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Tom Badran |Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 3:46 AM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: [exp