Re: [expert] Streaming MP3->wav conversion problem

2003-06-08 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Sunday 08 June 2003 09:20 pm, Rob Blomquist wrote: > I am trying to convert a streaming MP3 file to a wav file for editing in > Audacity. The mp3 stream was caught by XMMS with the MPEG Layer 1/2/3 > plugin. XMMS and Noatun play it prefectly, so I bet that I can convert it > to a wav file someho

[expert] vsound not working with mplayer

2003-06-08 Thread Miark
I'm trying to use vsound to record radio shows I play through mplayer. It fails, giving me the following crap: Missing file ./vsound7506.au. This means that the libvsound wrapper did not work correctlty. Here are some the possible reasons : - You are trying to record a stream (RTSP or PNM

Re: [expert] Saving monitor power

2003-06-08 Thread charlie
On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 02:31 pm, charlie sent this :- > And that is where? Look at man mount and there is another reference to UTF8 there also. It doesn't appear to be anything but a benign thing? -- Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am master of my fate and captain of my soul. Ashley Bri

Re: [expert] script help

2003-06-08 Thread Michael Noble
The man page for tar will give you several options that are available, one option is --exclude. You also might want to look at: --compress and --gzip to compress the data as it is being tared. Mike On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 21:51, Michael Holt wrote: > Hey, > I'm looking for some help on my little b

Re: [expert] script help

2003-06-08 Thread Jack Coates
why reinvent the wheel? Go to freshmeat.net and type cd backup into the search. cdbkup is the one I picked, it seems to work. I only use it for my MP3 repository though, everything else is just rsynced to multiple systems. On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 21:51, Michael Holt wrote: > Hey, > I'm looking for s

[expert] script help

2003-06-08 Thread Michael Holt
Hey, I'm looking for some help on my little backup script for my server. I'm not a real savvy scripter so please bare with me :) I googled around awhile back and put together a bu script that has served my purpose well until now. It's just a few lines as you will see and I use it with cron to mak

Re: [expert] emergency

2003-06-08 Thread Rob Blomquist
> (a) Ran fsck.ext2 on my / and it complained that the superblock is bad. > Ran it again with the alternate superblock (8193) and fixed a whole lot > of problems (incorrect ref counts, etc.). Still no booting, get the same > INIT messages I had the same problem over and over again with the defaul

Re: [expert] Streaming MP3->wav conversion problem

2003-06-08 Thread Michael Holt
This is a script I use for batch conversion; works on one or more mp3's. If this doesn't work, maybe there is a problem with the xmms plugin you mentioned? #!/bin/bash # allmp3wav for i in *.mp3; do echo "$i" tgt=$(echo "$i" | sed -e "s/mp3/wav/") mpg123 -b 1 -s

[expert] Streaming MP3->wav conversion problem

2003-06-08 Thread Rob Blomquist
I am trying to convert a streaming MP3 file to a wav file for editing in Audacity. The mp3 stream was caught by XMMS with the MPEG Layer 1/2/3 plugin. XMMS and Noatun play it prefectly, so I bet that I can convert it to a wav file somehow. I have tried lame, bladeenc, and mpg123 to try to eithe

Re: [expert] emergency

2003-06-08 Thread Rolf Pedersen
Aleksey Naumov wrote: Thanks to all (Rob, Rolf, Steven) for good suggestions! No "linux-nonfb" and "failsafe" do not for me giving the same INIT messages. I was able to make some progress by booting with MDK 9.1 CD into "rescue", then going to console: (a) Ran fsck.ext2 on my / and it complained

Re: [expert] emergency

2003-06-08 Thread Aleksey Naumov
Thanks to all (Rob, Rolf, Steven) for good suggestions! No "linux-nonfb" and "failsafe" do not for me giving the same INIT messages. I was able to make some progress by booting with MDK 9.1 CD into "rescue", then going to console: (a) Ran fsck.ext2 on my / and it complained that the superblock i

Re: [expert] Mail formats revisited

2003-06-08 Thread Mark
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 01:52, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Sunday 08 Jun 2003 3:52 pm, Mark wrote: > > Hi Anne, > > > Setting up like this give you quite a number of advantages, such as > > offline mail etc.. Being able to swap E-mail clients anytime you > > like,. > > > Thanks, Mark. Between what you

Re: [expert] emergency

2003-06-08 Thread Steven Broos
I had a comparable problem a couple days ago. Same errors... Turned out to be my fault (ofcourse): I changed something in /etc/security/console.perms. Because of that reason, my harddrives weren't listed in /dev/, could not be load, etc... It gave a suggestion "maybe your MBR is bad, try this e2

Re: [expert] emergency

2003-06-08 Thread Rolf Pedersen
Aleksey Naumov wrote: Ok, I have a severe problem with MDK 9.1, can't even boot anymore. Can anyone help? [..] 6. Tried booting from MDK 9.1 install CD and going into "rescue", but that stuff is just way over my head... There are some good, basic instructions for using the rescue mode at MUO Docs:

Re: [expert] emergency

2003-06-08 Thread Rob Blomquist
> 4. Hard reboot. Even worse now, got these messages right away: > INIT: cannot execute "/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit" > INIT: entering runlevel: 5 > INIT: cannot execute "/etc/rc.d/rc" > INIT: Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes > (Same message repeated for Id "2" - "6") > INIT: no more pr

Re: [expert] Saving monitor power

2003-06-08 Thread charlie
On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 02:31 pm, charlie sent this :- > > > It can be done in the kernel certainly. In the language support > > > section. > > > > And that is where? > > You will have to go into your kernel:- Please note, never having used this, and unsure what might might happen. In Mandrake there i

Re: [expert] help with greek!!!

2003-06-08 Thread charlie
On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 10:07 am, manolis sent this :- > After my installation of mandrake 9.1 I have one little problem. > I use the greek keyboard but I cannot enter punctuation & notation marks on > vowels. Are you using the Greek keyboard layout? In big K, Configuration, Mandrake Control Centre, H

Re: [expert] mdk 9.1 lilo corrupt mbr with 80 gb hd

2003-06-08 Thread charlie
On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 07:19 am, Evaristo Ferrari sent this :- > just install mdk 9.1 download edition and I chose not hda lilo install. > First reboot got lilo prompt and login mdk 9.1 > Second rebot got lilo 999 error. You didn't make a boot floppy? You installed on the Mandrake partition? Is

[expert] emergency

2003-06-08 Thread Aleksey Naumov
Ok, I have a severe problem with MDK 9.1, can't even boot anymore. Can anyone help? Here is what happened: 1. In KDE I selected Removable Media/Zip to mount/open in Konq a zip disk 2. KDE panel lockup. This happened to me before, I guess because of problems with automount. Previously I 'fixed'

[expert] Avery business cards

2003-06-08 Thread George Czerw
** Reply to message from Jonathan Dlouhy on Sat, 07 Jun 2003 12:34:10 -0700 Jonathan, Both OpenOffice and StarOffice have templates for preparing and printing those business cards. George > Is there a program or a way to use a word processor to print business cards > using Avery cards? There

[expert] Change Subject!!! Saving monitor power -> kbd layout

2003-06-08 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi List! I installed MDK 9.1 in a computer with us intl keyboard layout and noted that, in console mode, when combining "´ + c" I don´t get "ç" (for portuguese and french words, for instance). However, under X, it´s ok. I never had this problem with MDK 8.0 and MDK 8.1. PS: Des

Re: [expert] how to add a custom feature to konqueror

2003-06-08 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Sunday 08 June 2003 11:40 am, Stephlub wrote: > > On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 09:21, Stephlub wrote: > > > I found a solution for java/javascript, but I'm still looking for stuff > > for > > > > adding features myself > > > > > > > Is it hard for add a button in toolbar of konqueror to swicht java or

Re: [expert] Syslog not logging in Madrake 9.1

2003-06-08 Thread Vox
On September 1993 plus 3567 days Graeme J. Hosking wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all, > > I just noticed that syslod is failing on startup, but klogd is > starting "[OK]". As klogd uses syslogd so the result is absolutely > no logging on my firewall machine.

[expert] Syslog not logging in Madrake 9.1

2003-06-08 Thread Graeme J Hosking
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, I just noticed that syslod is failing on startup, but klogd is starting "[OK]". As klogd uses syslogd so the result is absolutely no logging on my firewall machine. Strangely, however, the syslogd process is actually running. I can

Re: [expert] 9.1 KDE problems

2003-06-08 Thread Rolf Pedersen
Jack Coates wrote: it depends :-) RPM's great weakness is that everything depends on the naming convention chosen by the RPM author. It is the _RedHat_ Package Manager after all, and when they wrote it I don't think it occurred that other distro companies would exist, much less adopt the package f

Re: [expert] 9.1 KDE problems

2003-06-08 Thread Jack Coates
it depends :-) RPM's great weakness is that everything depends on the naming convention chosen by the RPM author. It is the _RedHat_ Package Manager after all, and when they wrote it I don't think it occurred that other distro companies would exist, much less adopt the package format (IIRC Slackwa

Re: [expert] Mail formats revisited

2003-06-08 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 08 Jun 2003 3:52 pm, Mark wrote: > Hi Anne, > Setting up like this give you quite a number of advantages, such as > offline mail etc.. Being able to swap E-mail clients anytime you > like,. > Thanks, Mark. Between what you have told me and what Adolfo said it sounds quite manageable.

Re: [expert] 9.1 KDE problems

2003-06-08 Thread Trey Sizemore
If I have Cooker and Texstar both installed, how will running: urpmi --auto --auto-select handle duplicate packages (for example, Texstar's kdebase and the Cooker kdebase)? Thanks. On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 08:13, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 21:51, Trey Sizemore wrote: > > What

Re: [expert] how to add a custom feature to konqueror

2003-06-08 Thread Stephlub
> On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 09:21, Stephlub wrote: > > I found a solution for java/javascript, but I'm still looking for stuff for > > adding features myself > > > > > Is it hard for add a button in toolbar of konqueror to swicht java or > > > javascript on/off by just a click? > > > Is it needed to

Re: [expert] Modem dials wrong number

2003-06-08 Thread Jack Coates
Never seen anything like it, but isn't the sound from Winmodems produced through the regular sound infrastructure? It could be sounding funny because of artsd weirdness. Try to use minicom to dial and see if that works. (Open minicom, then set the serial port to /dev/modem, then do an ATZ, then ATD

Re: [expert] Alternatives to editing mp3/ogg files in Audacity?

2003-06-08 Thread Jack Coates
On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 22:06, Rob Blomquist wrote: > On Friday 06 June 2003 11:31 pm, Rob Blomquist wrote: > > I regualrily download streaming-mp3 files with XMMS. And I want to clean > > them up with Audacity, but above about 20Mb it crashes while loading the > > file. For the record my machine is

Re: [expert] Mail formats revisited

2003-06-08 Thread Mark
Hi Anne, On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 23:07, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Sunday 08 Jun 2003 1:45 pm, Mark wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Haven't been watching this thread too closely, actually I have > > deleted most of it.. O.K. It looks like someone swapping between > > different E-mailers.. I have a really

Re: [expert] how to add a custom feature to konqueror

2003-06-08 Thread Adolfo Bello
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 09:21, Stephlub wrote: > I found a solution for java/javascript, but I'm still looking for stuff for > adding features myself > > > Is it hard for add a button in toolbar of konqueror to swicht java or > > javascript on/off by just a click? > > Is it needed to recompile it fo

Re: [expert] Mail formats revisited

2003-06-08 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 08 Jun 2003 2:47 pm, Adolfo Bello wrote: > On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 09:07, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Sunday 08 Jun 2003 1:45 pm, Mark wrote: > > > > Mark, it may be easy, but it's a whole new ball game for me. I'm > > interested, though. So, can you give me a quick outline of > > > > a) wh

Re: [expert] Mail formats revisited

2003-06-08 Thread Adolfo Bello
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 09:07, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Sunday 08 Jun 2003 1:45 pm, Mark wrote: > Mark, it may be easy, but it's a whole new ball game for me. I'm > interested, though. So, can you give me a quick outline of > > a) what I'd need to install > b) what I'd need to read up > c) which

Re: [expert] how to add a custom feature to konqueror

2003-06-08 Thread Stephlub
I found a solution for java/javascript, but I'm still looking for stuff for adding features myself > Is it hard for add a button in toolbar of konqueror to swicht java or > javascript on/off by just a click? > Is it needed to recompile it for that? > Do you know where I can find some stuff for thi

[expert] Make applications be silent

2003-06-08 Thread Stephlub
I'm looking for the way having konqueror not to tell HTTP_REFERER and Kmail and Knode not to tell their name and above all version, on each message they send. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] how to add a custom feature to konqueror

2003-06-08 Thread Stephlub
Is it hard for add a button in toolbar of konqueror to swicht java or javascript on/off by just a click? Is it needed to recompile it for that? Do you know where I can find some stuff for this? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] Mail formats revisited... and xml?

2003-06-08 Thread Stephlub
...and about an xml converter mbox2xml maildir2xml anyproprietary2xml (mailxml2mbox mailxml2maildir mailxml2sql...) 1 I think it very useful: convert and archive mail with xml for cataloging reasons, from kmail 2 less important: make kmail (and others) able to read this xml this could be wery int

Re: [expert] Mail formats revisited

2003-06-08 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 08 Jun 2003 1:45 pm, Mark wrote: > Hi All, > > Haven't been watching this thread too closely, actually I have > deleted most of it.. O.K. It looks like someone swapping between > different E-mailers.. I have a really easy suggestion here, and > that is to set yourself up a local Imap s

Re: [expert] Mail formats revisited

2003-06-08 Thread Mark
Hi All, Haven't been watching this thread too closely, actually I have deleted most of it.. O.K. It looks like someone swapping between different E-mailers.. I have a really easy suggestion here, and that is to set yourself up a local Imap server, and just get your mailer to connect to the loca

[expert] Visor Edge and HotSyncing under MDK9.1

2003-06-08 Thread Rob Lindsay
If I reboot for any reason I find that my Visor Edge stops HotSyncing under KPilot. The trial and error work around I have come up with this is to SU in a terminal, cd to /dev and rm -r pilot. Everything then starts working again. Can anyone explain what is going on? TIA, Rob Want to buy

Re: [expert] Saving monitor power

2003-06-08 Thread charlie
On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 08:01 am, Russell W. Behne sent this :- > When asked during the install what keyboard to use I selected > U.S./international as I always do. (I do this so that I can easily type > European characters like the German umlaut and esset characters.) I have installed the US Internati

[expert] help with greek!!!

2003-06-08 Thread manolis
Hi guys! After my installation of mandrake 9.1 I have one little problem. I use the greek keyboard but I cannot enter punctuation & notation marks on vowels. for example I can write "Γεια σου" but if Itry to put a tone in the "ι" with the : key and then the i key, I get no character. The proble

Re: [expert] 9.1 KDE problems

2003-06-08 Thread Robert Crawford
You could look in MCC under remove packages (alphabetical list button) and see what kde related packages you currently have installed. You'll need the qt and arts libs for sure, and probably find a few more. Then get those from Texstar's ibiblio. If you only get the ones you currently have insta

[expert] mdk 9.1 lilo corrupt mbr with 80 gb hd

2003-06-08 Thread Evaristo Ferrari
Hi, just install mdk 9.1 download edition and I chose not hda lilo install. First reboot got lilo prompt and login mdk 9.1 Second rebot got lilo 999 error. I make a clear installation with no particolar modules, a part from lilo, in a ext3 partition at very end of a maxtor 80gb hd. Where I wa

[expert] 'Hoary old' Q: /dev/sequencer

2003-06-08 Thread R.J.Peach
Hello. This lot is to do with finding a way to introduce a valid /dev/sequencer socket on MDK 8.2 The sound/audio subsystem is as per original installation. Under W2K SP3 , one needs to introduce a special driver to get the (on board) sound working, which (

Re: [expert] SD Card Reader in Mandrake 9.1?

2003-06-08 Thread Trevor Rhodes
Olof, Open KdiskFree and see if it is listed. If so right click and select open in Filemanager. Let us know how you go. > My Toshiba Tecra 9000 running Mandrake 9.1 has a built in SD card reader > (reports itself as "SD Type A Controller") on the PCI bus. > > Does anyone know if it will be po