Re: [expert] netscape & fonts.

2000-06-25 Thread Sebastian Dransfeld
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Jean-Louis Debert wrote: > XF4 does NOT use xfs, the font renderer is now loaded as a module, > and I'd guess the config options are different (probably in XF86Config > like everything else ...) FontPath "unix/:-1" (From XFree86Config-4) So XF4 uses a fontserver

Re: [expert] netscape & fonts.

2000-06-25 Thread Sebastian Dransfeld
On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Anton Graham wrote: > Since you don't give much in the way of details, I have to guess that > you're use XF4 which does display the fonts larger. You simply need > to select smaller sizes now :) Yes I use XF4. But it seems like the some fonts in netscape aren't affected by

[expert] netscape & fonts.

2000-06-25 Thread Sebastian Dransfeld
Why are the fonts so f***ing large? The used to be to small, but then I could make them larger in the preferences. Now they're just to big. And I don't have the 100dpi fonts installed. seb, Mandrake 7.1

Re: [expert] Quake III doesn't work with XFree 3.3.6 OR 4.0??

2000-06-25 Thread Sebastian Dransfeld
On Sat, 24 Jun 2000, Mike & Tracy Holt wrote: > I hope you don't mind if I chime in here; what kind of hardware were you > running when you had Q3 running with MDK7.0? I'm considering pulling 7.1 > off and replacing with 7.0 just so I can play this new Q3 that I bought - > I'd hate to do that if

[expert] gdm login

2000-06-24 Thread Sebastian Dransfeld
How does gdm remember what login I used last time? (Gnome, KDE) seb

Re: [expert] missing SSH ?

2000-06-21 Thread Sebastian Dransfeld
On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Daniel Woods wrote: > In LM7.1, I can't seem to find SSH installed or as an RPM. > I checked "rpm -qa | grep -i ssh" to see i it was installed > but none found. In the RPMS directory of the CD, I tried > "ls -al *ssh* *SSH*" but nothing. > > I am very surprised that SSH is n

RE: [expert] SAMBA and Win 2000

2000-06-11 Thread Sebastian Dransfeld
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Charles Boening wrote: > I believe this has something to do with Windows 2k and 98 using encrypted > passwords by default. There should be a REG file in the Samba tar.gz file > that will make Windows 2k and 98 passwords plain text. Or the better solution, make samba use enc

RE: [expert] Upgrade to 7.1 breaks my PCI modem.

2000-06-11 Thread Sebastian Dransfeld
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Jonathan Cromwell wrote: > I have not tried that, but am skeptical. Mandrake 7.1 > (or any other distribution I have used) has never been > able to autodetect it. I don't believe that Mandrake > 7.1 has any PCI/PNP capabilities; I think it is > PNP/ISA only. Am I incorrect he

Re: [expert] xman and bz2 compressed man pages in Mandrake 7.1

2000-06-11 Thread Sebastian Dransfeld
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Christian Wahlgren wrote: > P.S. I had trouble with XFree86 4.0 / Matrox G400 Marvel: I never got a visible > cursor so I changed back to 3.3.6 (this has nothing to do with Mandrake i > guess) D.S. If you find the line about video memory in XF86Config-4, uncomment it, and ch

RE: [expert] XFree 4 vs 3.3.6 in 7.1

2000-06-09 Thread Sebastian Dransfeld
On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, Brash, Matthew wrote: > Now, where are the XF3 and XF4 binaries located? Furthermore, what's the > EASIEST way to search for a file (recursively)? They are in /usr/X11R6/bin. To find a file use "find /directory -name " or "find /directory -depth|grep ". -- seb

Re: [expert] XFree 4 vs 3.3.6 in 7.1

2000-06-09 Thread Sebastian Dransfeld
On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Stephen Boulet wrote: > I selected the option of trying out xfree 4 in my upgrade to 7.1. > > Does anyone know how to choose between the two from the console? X is started witd /etc/X11/X, which is a symlink. So it can point to the XF4 binary (XFree86), or the XF3 (XF86_*).

Re: [expert] gcc compile error

2000-06-09 Thread Sebastian Dransfeld
On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, John Hawk wrote: > On Thu, 08 Jun 2000, you wrote: > > Instaling gcc make and automake on a instalation afther the normanl install > > I get the following error on ./configure > > > > - > > checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... no > > configure: error: installa

Re: [expert] dock apps

2000-06-09 Thread Sebastian Dransfeld
On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Ralph wrote: > Hi, > Can some please explain to me how to install dock apps in window maker. > I cxant figure where they go or wher to install them. > But the binary in a suitable directory, f.eks. ~/bin, run it, and voila, it pops up in the dock. -- seb

Re: [expert] Help!

2000-06-06 Thread Sebastian Dransfeld
On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > Have you tried console commands, such as "rm -rf '-B'"? > Sometimes enclosing non-standard file names in quotes will > let you delete files that are otherwise undeleteable. And escapeing: rm \-B seb

Re: [expert] gAIM 0.9.17 rpm or binary

2000-06-04 Thread Sebastian Dransfeld
On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, John Kofinas wrote: > Dunno, I am running 0.9.17 gaim and get no config still... > There was a bug in 0.9.17, 0.9.18 is out. seb

Re: [expert] cron question

2000-06-04 Thread Sebastian Dransfeld
On Sun, 4 Jun 2000, Alex V Flinsch wrote: > idea 2 -- > > do you really need to waste all that memory running netscape to get > the url? From the above, you just need to hit some website every few minutes to > have your dynamic ip assignment working. And I assume that news.com is not the > real

Re: [expert] Acrobat segmentation faults

2000-06-03 Thread Sebastian Dransfeld
On Sat, 3 Jun 2000, root wrote: > I bought Mandrake 7.0 instead of downloading so I could read the linux > EBooks that came with the distribution. I can read the EBooks fine when > I boot to Windows 98 but I can get Acrobat to work in Linux. I have > tried acroread 4 which comes on the CD and 4.0

Re: [expert] kmail-1.0.29.1 configure can not find pgcc-c++

2000-05-31 Thread Sebastian Dransfeld
On Wed, 31 May 2000, Lars Nordin wrote: > configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler cannot create >executables. > You need libstdc++ seb

Re: [expert] ld.so problems

2000-05-31 Thread Sebastian Dransfeld
On Wed, 31 May 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > On Wed, 31 May 2000, you wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > On 31 May, Charles Curley wrote: > > > > ->Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System > > > > -> /dev/hda1 1 277 2094088+ 6 FAT16 > > > > -> /d

Re: [expert] Terminal window for programs

2000-05-31 Thread Sebastian Dransfeld
On Wed, 31 May 2000, Wayne Petherick wrote: > pine -terminal or > terminal -pine "terminal -e program" should work. seb