Re: [expert] missing kde features

2003-10-30 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Guy McArthur wrote: > Here's a couple KDE features I miss. > > a) Konqueror starting up with the sidebar by default (in > file manager mode). f-9, then save the profile. > b) the most-frequently used > applications at the top of the K menu. > > > If anyone knows how to enable those features, ple

Re: [expert] 9.2 pre-orders

2003-09-22 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Alan Shoemaker wrote: > Charlie M. wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > September 22, 2003 12:12 pm, Vincent Danen wrote: > > > On Mon Sep 22, 2003 at 10:11:37AM -0700, James > > > Sparenberg > > wrote: >

Re: [expert] 9.2 pre-orders

2003-09-22 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Charlie M. wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > September 22, 2003 12:12 pm, Vincent Danen wrote: > > On Mon Sep 22, 2003 at 10:11:37AM -0700, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > > > One side, > > > > > > > > > > This statement by RH was made before the > > > > > release of 9

Re: [expert] Linux webcam using camsteam

2003-07-10 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Bill Beauchemin wrote: > If you want to see how linux works with a webcam and > camsteam check out pupcam.beautiegoldens.com Im running > this off a laptop. it is the whelping of puppies from my > champion golden retriever.we are now working on number 4 of > 9 that are due wow! i read this, broug

Re: [expert] No sound in 9.1?

2003-03-27 Thread Alan Shoemaker
David Guntner wrote: > I've done a clean install of 9.1 on the machine which used > to run 9.0. In 9.0, I had sound. In 9.1, only silence. > No hardware has changed, so I'm kind-of hard pressed to > figure out why I can't get any sound out of 9.1. > > Anyone run into anything like this, and if s

Re: [expert] supermount

2003-02-05 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Wednesday 05 February 2003 12:32 pm, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > > you need to reboot the computer after doing a 'supermount > > -i enable' to get supermount to read the fstab file. > > I think you can do a "mount -a" and get awa

Re: [expert] supermount

2003-02-05 Thread Alan Shoemaker
SainTiss wrote: > hi, > > I've just installed the kernel update, and enabled > supermount, but when I insert a cdrom, it still doesn't > mount automatically did I miss something here? > > Thanks > > Hans you need to reboot the computer after doing a 'supermount -i enable' to get supermount to rea

Re: [expert] Damn !@##$! usb @@#!%@! atmel !

2003-01-27 Thread Alan Shoemaker
tarvid wrote: > Any idea of the output power and receive sensitivity? > > Jim Tarvid the specs are on that web page i included. > > On Monday 27 January 2003 01:43 pm, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > > Praedor Atrebates wrote: > > > What is wrong?! Why? Why!? WHY!? > &g

Re: [expert] Damn !@##$! usb @@#!%@! atmel !

2003-01-27 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Praedor Atrebates wrote: > What is wrong?! Why? Why!? WHY!? > > I REALLY need wireless to work for me to get work done. > Anyone have anything to offer? A sledgehammer for both my > computer and the WUSB11 perhaps? A pair of brass knuckles > to use in dotting Linus' eyes? > > praedor yep, a D-

Re: [expert] Changing certain icons in kde kicker?

2003-01-24 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Chuck Burns wrote: > I can change all the icons for programs. BUT! I can't > change the icon for the KDE Menu itself.. It must be in > some hidden configuration. If a theme can do it, there MUST > be a way for me to be able to do it too.. I can't change > the Show Desktop icon either, and I want

Re: [expert] second mouse ?

2002-12-12 Thread Alan Shoemaker
rodrigo wrote: > Dear Experts... >I have been trying to install a second mouse in my > laptop It comes with a touch-pad-mouse, and I like a > second one (usb-mouse...), but > tools like "mousedrake", Harddrake2, ... found just one of > them ... Can I have both mouses working at the same tim

Re: [expert] Two different log out sequences

2002-11-19 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Jack and Melissa McSwain wrote: > Hello, I am running on 9.0 and I let kdm automatically log > in the user "me" at boot time. When I log out from this > session I get a text box that says "End Session for user > me" with two buttons, Logout and cancel. > > If I log out, then log back in, I get a

Re: [expert] Mandrake update

2002-11-14 Thread Alan Shoemaker
hoyt wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Charlie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 1:41 PM > Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake update > > > On Thursday 14 November 2002 10:53 am, Marek wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > I would like to know to which

Re: [expert] where's pine?

2002-11-01 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Toshiro wrote: > Anybody knows why Mandrake is no longer providing this > package? the 'why' has been answered but nobody's mentioned that a pine rpm is available in the 9.0 contrib directory on the mirrors. -- Alan :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mand

Re: [expert] Scanner! Should be simple, but...

2002-10-28 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas wrote: > Hi! > > I've posted this msg on the newbie list as they were > talking abou UMAX, but no one could help me wih my Scanner: > > It's a Microtek Slim Scan C3 (paralell), the problem is > that I've use MCC and installed the necessary software but > signal!

Re: [expert] A computer that won't install Windows.

2002-09-30 Thread Alan Shoemaker
James Sparenberg wrote: > doing this (fdisk /mbr ) wipes lilo from the mbr but it > still doesn't get rid of the lilo on hda1 (or in winders > speak C drive). which is the real monster Nor > unfortunately does it allow windows to install *grin* dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1 count=1 bs=

Re: [expert] Supermount stopped working?

2002-09-27 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Todd Lyons wrote: > Aleksey Naumov wrote on Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 06:45:13PM -0400 : > > Todd, > > > > I recall now it started to go haywire after I installed a > > local printer with HardDrake. The printer also stopped > > working properly very soon after the installation (maybe > > when I access

Re: [expert] 9.2beta won't fit on cd-r

2002-08-12 Thread Alan Shoemaker
t am I missing and how can I burn good copies if some > parts are left off?? > > Thanks in advance for any replies. > Jerry White JerryI forwarded your incident #29035 from the mandrakeexpert, to the cooker list. below is a reply to you on that list from Daouda LO. -- Alan -

Re: [expert] VNC Server & Mandrake Control Center

2002-07-22 Thread Alan Shoemaker
msh wrote: > I'm running MDK 8.2 and I don't have a > /etc//etc/sysconfig/vncservers file > > Is there anyplace else I should look. that sure sounds like the vnc-server packages are not installed, type: urpmi vnc-server -- Alan :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [expert] (OT) Cases

2002-01-26 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Ric Tibbetts wrote: > I'm looking for a good, decent quality case for a new box. > I've seen a bunch of junk, but not what I'm looking for. > Does anyone know of a good supplier, that builds a decent > case? > > Thanks!! http://www.addtronics.com/ -- Alan Want to buy your Pack or Services fro

Re: [expert] U.S. Robotics PCI controler-based faxmdem

2001-10-03 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Michael McLay wrote: > On Wednesday 03 October 2001 02:28 am, you wrote: > > Michael McLay wrote: > > lspci -v -s xx:xx.x > > . > > Write down the io and IRQ being used. Then run setserial: > > . > > setserial /dev/ttyS4 port 0x irq ## > > . > > > This, combined with one of the other suggeste

Re: [expert] U.S. Robotics PCI controler-based faxmdem

2001-10-02 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Michael McLay wrote: > I bought a U.S. Robotics 56K FaxModem model 5610. It uses > the PCI bus, but it is not a WinModem. The modem works > fine with Redhat 7.1, but when I installed Mandrake 8.1 the > HardDrake software detected the modem at configuration time > and exited because it claimed th

Re: [expert] Help with email client

2001-09-30 Thread Alan Shoemaker
M. Khawar Zia wrote: > hey, > > I looking for a particular feature in an email client. I > would like the email client to download the messages of off > the server and then delete them when i delete them locally. > I can't find this feature in Kmail, balsa, and evolution. > Currently i am using m

Re: [expert] Installation 8.0 - command line option???

2001-09-14 Thread Alan Shoemaker
civileme wrote: > On Thursday 13 September 2001 04:08, Albert E. Whale wrote: > > I think that there is a problem in recognizing the > > Adaptec SCSI Controller. I have the aic7xxx driver > > installed on a server which ran 7.0, but now does not let > > 8.0 install on it. I get to re-partitionin

Re: [expert] IDE and Reiser FS question

2001-09-12 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Daniel Axtell wrote: > I've just installed LM 8.0 with a Reiser partition. I'm > trying to build a 2.4.9 kernel, but "make config" doesn't > seem to list RFS as one of the filesystems, and when I boot > with the new kernel it can't see the RFS partition. What > should I do? > > Also, thanks to t

Re: [expert] MONITOR

2001-08-08 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Dariusz Bielecki wrote: > I am very nervous now. > In installation i choose wrong monitor type. > When i change now in xf86config doesn`t work > whereis somethong like setup with option to choose monitor > .?? > > Is someone can help me now? > Pleeaaasee Dariuszas root type: XFdrake --exper

Re: [expert] RE: Help

2001-08-08 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Ortmann, Chris (TIFPC) wrote: > I find myself unable to REM0VE myself from this list :-/ > > Tried logging in at the linux-mandrake website but it tells > me my email address isn't regstered, go figure. > > Anyhow, the list management via e-mail commands don't work > correctly, one of the addresse

Re: [expert] WEBMIN wont work

2001-08-07 Thread Alan Shoemaker
D McIntosh wrote: > Can somebody help me out and let me know why when I do a > http://localhost:1 I get a message back saying that my > localhost is broken? Whats going on D McIntoshbecause recent versions of webmin require, for security reasons, https:// rather than http:// to access

Re: [expert] Grub VGA Syntax

2001-08-04 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Felix Miata wrote: > I'm coming up empty looking for docs to explain vga= syntax > and a table of possible video modes. Can't find it in info > grub. Can't find it in mini howto. Nothing other than > vga=normal or vga=ask is working right on a Trident 9680. I > want to use the native Trident 132 X

Re: [expert] Rescue flop for Reiserfs ?

2001-07-05 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Maxim Heijndijk wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a rescue flop with wich you > can check your reiserfs partitions. Reiserfs is not without > flaws. I have lost libraries at several occasions. http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/ :) -- Alan

[expert] Re: Off-Board Controllers of the Promise, HPT and CMD varieties for IDE ATA 66 and 100

2001-06-21 Thread Alan Shoemaker
civileme wrote: > I had hoped to have better news, but here is the situation: > > MandrakeFreq has a boot image which sets up the Off-Board > IDE controllers the same way they will be used by the > installed kernel. This means no kernel panic on boot. > > That's the good news. The other news is

Re: [expert] samba/cups

2001-06-06 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Michael H. Collins wrote: > Ok. I give up. I want to remove cups and go to lpd. I > rpm -e cups and all that goes with it > and rpm -i lpd and its goodies. I start printtool and it > either installs cups or > fails. What is up with > that? > > Any help is greatly appreciated. I am on the v

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.0 and aic7xxx

2001-06-05 Thread Alan Shoemaker
John LeMay Jr wrote: > If I run the install with an IDE CDROM, I would like to > switch back to my SCSI cdrom at some point. Has a later > version of the kernel been Drake-packaged with a good fix > yet? > > Thanks for the input so far folks! > > >> Original Message <<<

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.0 and aic7xxx

2001-06-05 Thread Alan Shoemaker
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So far I have had no luck with Mandrake 8.0 - in fact, I > can't even get a good install. > > My machine is configured with a couple of Seagate U2W disks > and an Adaptec 2940U2W controller. I've been reading > everything I can find on the problems with 2.4.3 and > aic7x

Re: [expert] from XFree 4 to 3

2001-06-04 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Pupeno wrote: > How can I go backwards, from Xfree 4 to xfree 3 ? > is there any tool that do this like in SuSE, or should I do > it by hand ? In case of that, how do I know what packages > do I need to remove and which one to install ? Xconfigurator --expert -- Alan

Re: [expert] Touch

2001-06-04 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Red Hat Linux User wrote: > I guess I'm dense. I can set a date stamp with the > following syntax: > > touch -d 0326 filename > > which gets me 26 March 2001. This is OK if I want only to > set day and month. If I want a specific hour or year, no > matter what numerical value I supply, touch retur

Re: [expert] Aurora Vs LiLo

2001-05-27 Thread Alan Shoemaker
David Boles wrote: > - Original Message - > From: Alan Shoemaker > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sat, 26 May 2001 17:58:42 -0700 > Subject : Re: [expert] Aurora Vs LiLo > > > David Boles wrote: > > > I really don't want to hurt anyones feelings, b

Re: [expert] Aurora Vs LiLo

2001-05-26 Thread Alan Shoemaker
David Boles wrote: > I really don't want to hurt anyones feelings, but... > > I have had nothing but problems with L-M 8.0 and the new > Aurora. Or maybe it is the Mandrake Control Center and the > way it controls Aurora. > > Please . How do I remove Aurora and just configure L-M 8.0 > for "just p

Re: [expert] LM 8.0 Internet Sharing -- Brief report

2001-05-20 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Ron Stodden wrote: > I wonder what country nu is? Anybody know? NU Niue http://www.crayne.com/country.html -- Alan

Re: [expert] konquerer no long works...

2001-05-07 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Neal Lippman wrote: > Any help appreciated. I am using konquerer under KDE 2.1 > (the MDK rpms). THe underlying system is MDK 7.2 with a > self-compiled 2.4.4 kernel. > > I am unable to get konquerer to run. At first, it would run > when I selected it from the panel or the "K" menu, but if I > rig

Re: [expert] Removing graphical screen upon boot

2001-05-02 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Laurent Duperval wrote: > On 1 May, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > > Laurent Duperval wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> It looks like Mandrake 8.0 uses a frame buffer to boot. > >> I don't want that. > > > > Laurentclick on the desktop icon labl

Re: [expert] Misdetected GeForce2 MX & XFree86 4.0.3

2001-05-02 Thread Alan Shoemaker
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > I've installed LM8.0, and most things seem to be working > well. The biggest problem (and maybe the cause of the > others) is the video card. > > I have a GeForce2 MX video card, but the installer is > detecting it as a GeForce DDR. I thought this might > simply

Re: [expert] Removing graphical screen upon boot

2001-05-01 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Laurent Duperval wrote: > Hi, > > It looks like Mandrake 8.0 uses a frame buffer to boot. I > don't want that. I want to go back to the good old text > screen we used to have in 7.2. The reason is that once I've > booted into X, I can no longer acces the console. I want to > remove the use of the

Re: [expert] 8.0: cannot boot into Linux after the install

2001-04-29 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Kevin Tambascio wrote: > I have tried three times to install 8.0 on a box that > previously ran 7.2. The only difference is that I am > installing to the second IDE harddrive instead of the > first, nothing else has changed. Here is what my system > looks like: > > Dell PII-450 > 20 GB Quantum H

Re: [expert] Problems with SCSI7896 in Mandrake 8

2001-04-26 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Miguel Gomez wrote: > Hi > > I am trying to install Mandrake 8 in our server, but when i > boot with the installation cd, this one hangs when it tries > to intall the drivers for the Adaptec SCSI 7896. The cd > works without any problem in other computers without SCSI > card. > > Have someone had

Re: [expert] Using .rpm files to upgrade from kde 2.0.1 to kde 2.1

2001-04-16 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Eric Krout wrote: > Myself and many others have had problems upgrading to kde > 2.1 from 2.0.1, even though we're all using .rpm files. I > have seen a few FAQs on the web on how to do this, but none > that I've seen remarked about getting any errors that > prevent such an upgrade. > > I run a ma

Re: [expert] Need Help going rc.3 to rc.5

2001-04-02 Thread Alan Shoemaker
David Rankin wrote: > This is going to sound really dumb, but "How do I get back > to my graphical login without having to reboot?" Scenario: > I have had an ongoing battle getting my machine to handle > time properly. I set CMOS time to GMT and time zone to > CST6CDT or "America/Chicago" and the

Re: [expert] Menu Bars in X

2001-04-02 Thread Alan Shoemaker
rob wrote: > Howdy all... > > This has caused me some pause tonight. All of a sudden, > all of my menu bars in any X window app, (it happens across > all window managers...KDE, Gnome, XFCE, etc.) have huge > dot-matrix-like fonts. Has anyone ever seen this? Right > now, for example, I'm using KM

Re: [expert] Civilme: inquiring minds want to know

2001-03-26 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Civileme wrote: > On Sunday 25 March 2001 16:40, you wrote: > > > it is Civileme. You'd need a Turkish phonetic > > > dictionary to get it right > > > and also a mailer capable of seeing (and I'd need a > > > font capable of showing) > > > what appears to be the bottom of a figure 5 attached to

Re: [expert] Urgent -- can't log into KDE! from console

2001-03-15 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Benjamin Sher wrote: > Dear friends: > > I decided to experiment today with XFCE. It's a great and > neat and beautifully designed and very intuitive desktop > environment that allows you to access all of KDE and Gnome > (and X and console) applications. I certainly recommend it. > > Alas, during

Re: [expert] Easy fonts question

2001-03-10 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Marc Siegel wrote: > Hi all, > > I am using Mandrake 7.2, with KDE 2.1. > I wanted anti-aliased fonts, so I upgraded to XFree 4.02 > from unsupported (yes I have a Matrox G400), and to Qt 2.3. > I also installed freetype2. > > Now my fonts are nicely antialiased, but I only have like 6 > fonts. An

Re: [expert] KDE 2.1 help

2001-03-08 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Monday 05 March 2001 12:47 pm, Neal Lippman wrote: > > Two questions on installing KDE 2.1: > > > > Firstly, I STILL cannot find it in the download sites > > provided on KDE's website. Where are people getting it > > from? > >      Any cooker mirror in the .../unsupported/

Re: [expert] KDE 2.1 final

2001-03-03 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Ron Stodden wrote: > KDE 2.1 final in binary form for the various distributions > was promised on the KDE site by Monday February 26. > > It is now 3.5 hours into Tuesday GMT and there is no sign > of the KDE 2.1 final update to Mandrake 7.2. > > Where is it? What is happening? When and where

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1

2001-02-26 Thread Alan Shoemaker
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does anyone know were I can downloade Mandrake 7.1 for > i386? > > Joergen Traun Joergenthere are no versions of Linux Mandrake for the i386 as they are all compiled for the i586. However there is an i486 version of Linux Mandrake 7.0-2. Below is one of the loc

Re: [expert] modem on boot anyone,,, please??

2001-02-20 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Franki wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a little problem I really need help with.. > > When I was using RH6.2 it was really easy to set up ppp to > dial on boot.. > > now that I have mdk7.2 I am havin no luck at all, I can > dial in using kppp and gnoppp and they work fine. but not > on boot,, > > I tr

Re: [expert] Mandrake list problems again

2001-01-27 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Simon Cousins wrote: > Hi Listmaster, > > I have a colleague unable to subscribe. He is being told > by the listserv that the various Mandrake lists do not > exist. > > One hopes not too many other Mandrake advocates are being > turned away.. [snip] Simonhave you tried signing up from the we

Re: [expert] updating modules, initrd.img, module-info

2001-01-23 Thread Alan Shoemaker
David Dennis wrote: > Problem: > > initrd.img and module-info point at the original mandrake > install version files in /boot from a year ago (initrd.img > -> initrd-2.2.14-15mdk.img and module-info -> > module-info-2.2.14-15mdk even after a make bzImage in > /usr/src/linux, a make modules and mak

Re: [expert] How to set digest mode?

2001-01-17 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Michael Leone wrote: > I don't see anything on the web page that tells me how to > set the mail delivery to digest mode. And sending an "info > expert" tells me that it DOES digest, but not HOW. > > Is it "set digest expert", sent to > [EMAIL PROTECTED]? Michaelyou can find information like t

Re: [expert] Removing SCSI devices?

2001-01-16 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Kim TK wrote: > > Nothing important was left on that SCSI drive.  It > had a FAT32 partition and a EXT2 partition with an older > version of Mdk was installed.  So for the current > Mdk7.2 system, nothing that required for boot up is > residing on that drive... thanx > > >From: "D. Stark - eSN"

Re: [expert] Problem w. Corel Photo Paint

2000-12-24 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Joan Tur wrote: > Hallo! > > I've installed Corel Photo Paint and it has added a lot of > entries in the menu (i'm using MDK 7.2 & KDE 2). For > instance i've got 4 "Control Center" items. > > Running the menu editor as root i've saved and the > duplicates have dissapeared but i get an error mess

[expert] Re: What the...?

2000-12-23 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Praedor Tempus wrote: > Yesterday, whilst building XFree86-4.0.2, my system went > nutso after it finished (not yet installed). It turned out > that my keyboard chose that time to give up the ghost. > > Anyway, before I realised what the problem was, I > reinstalled kde-2.1, deleted my .kde dire

Re: [expert] webmin wont work

2000-12-22 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Roger Sherman wrote: > Type shttp instead of http. > > > peace, > > Rog > > http://www.slammingrooves.com > Registered Linux user #190719 > > On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Praedor Tempus wrote: > > What am I missing/doing wrong here? > > > > I have webmin installed and it is running. Whenever I > > try to

Re: [expert] As a newbie :)

2000-12-18 Thread Alan Shoemaker
jdbuckles wrote: > I really hate to say this, but Mandrake is one of the > hardest-to-configure linux builds around. I have been thru > 6 video cvards and 2 monitors trying to get a stable > screen. I purchased the distro from MacMillan and cannot > get any customer support, not even an e-amil > r

Re: [expert] Bad version numbers on `KDE 2.1' RPMs

2000-12-11 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Mike MacCana wrote: > Chris Molnar's RPMs seem to be marked as 2.1 - AFAIK, there > is not KDE 2.1 yet, and it makes me very worried to install > them on my system, especially when thewre may be a real 2.1 > soemtime in the future, and the version numbers will screw > up dependencies. > > Mike Mi

Re: [expert] Second stage install hangs

2000-12-05 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Mark Weaver wrote: > well it is very accurate as far as my experience is > concerned, and frankly thats the only one that really > matters to me since I'm the one that has to put up with it. > Inferior hardware sucks! Celeron sucks! Intel sucks! > > seems pretty plain and simple to me. ;) ---

Re: [expert] linux equivalent of Partition Magic?

2000-12-02 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Jeff Malka wrote: > Is there a linux equivalent to Partition Magic. > > I own a copy of PM and I know that PM is compatible with > linux. But PM uses the BIOS to read the partitions. > > Linux will read a much larger hard drive than the bios can > read in dos. Therefore linux can read and use par

Re: [expert] Start X-Server

2000-12-02 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Ron Stodden wrote: > Mike Nguyen wrote: > > Hi > > On the command promt, what command would I type in order > > to start X Window? > > For display 0 use 'startx' from a terminal - C-A-F7 to > switch to it from another X. This is the default. > > For a second X, KDE, you must use display 1, 'start

Re: [expert] KDE Menu crippled!

2000-12-01 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Benjamin Sher wrote: > Dear friends: > > For some reason my KDE menu (as accessed directly from the > K launch pad) is missing half the entries. No Networking, > the Multimedia lacks Graphics, Sound, Video. And many > others. > > > Yet, the KDE Menu Editor (MenuDrake) has EVERYTHING in > order. Al

Re: [expert] What is preferred method for Zip 100 (paraport)

2000-11-26 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Ronald L. Chichester wrote: > Does anyone have a link or know where I could get some > documentation on how to get an Iomega Zip 100 (parallel > port version) working under Mandrake 7.2? > > Thanks in advance http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/hremov2.html -- Alan Keep in touch with http://

Re: [expert] soundcard problem...conflicting irq?

2000-11-25 Thread Alan Shoemaker
J . A . Magallon wrote: > On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 16:31:57 praedor wrote: > > I have an AudioPCI es1371 card and a PCI 3com 3C900B card > > presently sharing an irq. The soundcard has worked fine > > in the past, no cricket noises, no problems. I have now > > found that the same problem occurs under

Re: [expert] Wheelmouse Functions

2000-11-23 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Tom Berkley wrote: > > I have been noticing that indeed my wheelmouse functions > sometimes in netscape and sometimes not. However, when I > start Konqueror first and then go to netscape for my mail, > then the wheel works in netscape. If I start netscape mail > first, forget the wheel until I bo

Re: [expert] corporate server 1.0

2000-11-15 Thread Alan Shoemaker
SIR admin wrote: > > yum. thanks much alan. you've saved my network massive > bandwidth. > > matthew [snip] matthewno problem. -- Alan Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] corporate server 1.0

2000-11-15 Thread Alan Shoemaker
SIR admin wrote: > > how can i get my hands on it (short of waiting 2 days for > it to download)? i tried contacting [EMAIL PROTECTED], > but they aren't answering my e-mails. > > cheers! > > matthew gansert > adminATseaislerealtyDOTcom > sys/net admin [snip] Matthewthe GPL version is availa

Re: [expert] 7.2 is full of bugs!

2000-11-12 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Jeff Malka wrote: > > I think it has to do with the standard "custom" install. > xfce is also in the 2nd CD but was not installed when I > selected custom (all selections) install in Mandrake 7.2. [snip] > What is happening! [snip] Jeffthe install will tell you a percentage of the install

Re: [expert] kde 2 - Autostart non functional?

2000-11-08 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Jeff Malka wrote: > When upgrading from Mandrake 7.1 to 7.2, and therefore from > kde 1 to kde 2, my autostart folder was retained. Although > the apps within my autostart folder do in fact work > correctly when clicked on, they are not "autostarted" in > KDE 2 on boot up and login. > > Is the au

Re: [expert] KDE font problem w/7.2

2000-11-07 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Norman Carver wrote: [snip] > I went into the KDE Control Center. It opened using a > huge, weird font, which caused the windows to extend > outside the desktop. [snip] > Any ideas on how to fix?? KDE is not usable right now for > root. > > Thanks, > Norm Carver Normrename your ~/.kderc fi

Re: [expert] Linux Mandrake 7.1 and libstdc++

2000-10-26 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Larry Marshall wrote: > > > My two-cd set of 7.1, downloaded and home-burned, contains: > > > > CD1 (MDK 7.1 Install): libstdc++-2.95.2-7mdk.i586.rpm > > binarys to be capable of execute things compiled with > > C++. The only thing you need if you're not a developer. > > CD2 (MDK 7.1

Re: [expert] CD-RW drive

2000-10-05 Thread Alan Shoemaker
"Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: > > Is is possible to have both an IDE CD rom and a IDE CDRW working > together?? Several places I've looked seem to indicate that I need to > remove the regular CD rom. This doesn't seem to make any sense. > > I'm running Mandrake 7.1 [snip] JosephI run a scsi

Re: [expert] How do I get system to beep?

2000-10-03 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Sarang Lakare wrote: > > Hi, > > This is a very simple question.. I want to put a "beep" at the end of a > script so I know when its done.. any ideas how to get a beep or play a > simple sound thru a script? > > thanks > sarang > >

Re: [expert] new drive - moving directories

2000-10-01 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Patrick Erler wrote: > > hello MANDRAKE! > > i'd like to add a new harddrive to my system and move some of the > bigger directories to it. i have basically no problem with the > operation but one thing. > > beside moving uncritical directories like /home i'd like to move my > /var tree and /tmp

Re: [expert] making a Kmenu item ask for "su"

2000-09-30 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Phil Edwards wrote: > > On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Jeff Malka wrote: > > > > > > How can I make my new entry of diskdrake behave in the same manner when a user > > clicks on it so that it gives you the option to sign in as su? > > > > Change the command that your menu entry executes from: > > DiskDra

Re: [expert] scanner drivers for Acer Prism

2000-09-26 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Mark Weaver wrote: [snip] > I've got an Acer Prism (Acerscan 620P) sitting here on my desk that runs > in Windows, but I can't for the life of me get to work in Mandrake. I've > checked the Mandrake site and it's not even mentioned on the HCL > there. I've checked the Acrer site and of course, li

Re: [expert] will pci hardware modems work under kernel 2.4?

2000-09-26 Thread Alan Shoemaker
tom strickland wrote: > > My friend is about to buy a modem, and he'd like it to be compatible with > linux. Buying PCI would be more futureproof than isa or serial. I know that > winmodems don't work under linux - most software modems in other words. I > know that pci modems don't work on linux

Re: [expert] Switching from user A to user B without rebooting?

2000-09-15 Thread Alan Shoemaker
[snip] > The problem is that when I log out of KDE, I am faced with my $ user > prompt. My options are a) to su to root or to type startx. In other > words, how do I bring up the text "login" menu so I can type the user > name and password for user B. That's what I can't figure out. Would > appre

Re: [expert] Switching from user A to user B without rebooting?

2000-09-15 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Benjamin Sher wrote: [snip] > Is it possible to switch from user A to user B without rebooting? That > is, just by logging out of KDE (or Gnome) as user A and relogging as > user B and back to user A? Or do you have to reboot each time you change > user on a single Linux machine? [snip] Benjamin.

Re: [expert] How to keep X from blanking?

2000-09-14 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Sarang Lakare wrote: [snip] > When I leave a Mandrake m/c on, with the default logon screen, X blanks the > screen after a short time.. how do I disable it or increase teh blanking > timnig? [snip] Sarangthe below is a section from the /etc/X11/XF86Config file. at the bottom there is an opt

Re: [expert] How come I need imwheel in KDE?

2000-09-11 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Jeff Malka wrote: [snip] > Everything is working fine on my system now so I am loathe to change > anything BUT the question bugs me: why(!) is it that I read everywhere that > imwheel is for special apps and that KDE is automatically configured to use > it when that is just not the case on my set

Re: [expert] Netscape Corrupting the mailrules file?

2000-08-25 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Mark Weaver wrote: [snip] > > that is exactly what I was doing. In fact, strangely enough it started > happening when I was setting up a filter I affectionately call the > twit-list to filter Mallard and his cohort Bill. :) odd, huh? For what > ever reason Netscape is doing this what you said ma

Re: [expert] grub

2000-08-25 Thread Alan Shoemaker
BillK wrote: > > Hi, > when I installed the latest kernel rpm's, I ran lilo which works fine > but overwrote the grub bootloader - how do I get back to using grub to > boot? > > BillK Billyou'll need run the script /boot/grub/install.sh to reinstall GRUB. Before you can do this you

Re: [expert] Adobe acrobat plugin for netscape on LM 7.1

2000-08-23 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Byron Poland wrote: > > I was wondering if anyone successfully installed the acrobat plugin for > netscape on LM 7.1. I just downloaded the binarie tarball from Adobe, > and acrobat installs to /usr/local/Acrobat4, which is fine with me. > Next I try and run the netscape script in .../Acrobat4/B

Re: [expert] Netscape Corrupting the mailrules file?

2000-08-21 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Mark Weaver wrote: [snip] > that is exactly what I was doing. In fact, strangely enough it started > happening when I was setting up a filter I affectionately call the > twit-list to filter Mallard and his cohort Bill. :) odd, huh? For what > ever reason Netscape is doing this what you said makes

Re: [expert]

2000-08-21 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Don wrote: > > Not able to post to the Expert list anymore > -- > 73 de KK6WJ Doni believe you are able to post to the Expert list. Alan

Re: [expert] Netscape Corrupting the mailrules file?

2000-08-20 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Mark Weaver wrote: [snip] > Might someone on here have any idea what could be causing Netscape to corrupt > its mailrule file? [snip] MarkI'm using 4.74 and have not had any such problems with it. But I did have problems with the message filters (I guess this is what you mean by a mailrule

Re: [expert] X drake tools...

2000-08-17 Thread Alan Shoemaker
"Julia A . Case" wrote: > > Quoting Alan Shoemaker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Juliatry in Konsole as root 'drakxconf' for a menu of > > setup tools. > > > > Alan > > I tried that and got this output. > > Can't load '

Re: [expert] X drake tools...

2000-08-17 Thread Alan Shoemaker
"Julia A . Case" wrote: > > These tools worked GREAT during setup. But when I wanted to run them from > the command line none of them work, I get pages of error output. If any > one wants to see the output I'll send it to the list. > > Thanks, > Julie > > -- > [ Julia Anne Case ] [S

Re: [expert] configure X

2000-08-03 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Eugene Grimsdell wrote: [snip] > In the old versions of mandrake you can set X via entering setup at # how do > you set this on 7.1 ? [snip] Eugenethe new command that takes the place of setup is drakxconf. If you're in console mode it'll give you the familiar psuedo graphical choice menu i

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-08-01 Thread Alan Shoemaker
ruth about the product. So, don't get snippy with me when you are clearly in the wrong. That is a fact. You should broaden your ability to "tell it like you believe it is" without being so damn confrontational (READ THAT AS RUDE). No regards at all, Alan Shoemaker

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-08-01 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Ron Stodden wrote: > > Alan Shoemaker wrote: > > > Ronagain, not really so. The same shell script and .img > > files (the .img files contain Partition Magic 5.0 instead of > > 4.0 of course) are on the 5.0 Partition Magic CD as were on > > the 4.0 Partition

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-08-01 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Ron Stodden wrote: > > Alan Shoemaker wrote: > > > > Sevationot really so. The procedures that install > > Partition Magic on two floppies from a running Linux system > > install a bootable dos environment on the first floppy of the > > two floppy set.

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-07-31 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Sevationot really so. The procedures that install Partition Magic on two floppies from a running Linux system install a bootable dos environment on the first floppy of the two floppy set. The dos used is not Microsoft MS-DOS but instead is a version of Corel's DR DOS. Alan Sevatio Octavi

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