Dear friends:
Just downloaded and installed LM 8.1 (clean, fresh install).
I have so far had only one problem that mystifies me: sound.
I had no problem whatsoever having LM 8.1 detect and configure my new SB16
ISA card. I was able to hear both Linus' voice and the midi sample just
like
Dear Jose and friends:
Decided to log out of KDE and log back in. Amazingly enough, the problem
disappeared and Mozilla launched properly and asked me to create a profile,
etc.
My thanks to everyone. Looks like my Mozilla is now back in operation.
Benjamin
--
Sher's Russian Web
Dear friends:
Can anyone suggest a screen capture program that uses the jpg or gif image
format? KDE's screen capture utility uses the .png format.
Could be a KDE or Gnome or X11 application.
Any suggestions?
Thanks so much.
Benjamin
--
Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net
Benjamin
Dear friends:
I recently tried to copy a directory from LM 8.0 to /mnt/windows.
Unfortunately, my Windows (on my dual-boot) uses the NTFS file system and,
worse, I forgot this fact when I decided to copy the directory. Konqueror
proceeded to copy them. But when I went to /mnt/windows, the
Dear friends:
This should be a pretty simple question. I think I know the answer but would
appreciate an expert's confirmation:
I have a dual-boot LM 8.0/Win2000Pro system. My Win2000Pro uses the NTFS File
System. That means, of course, that Linux can READ NTFS files on my Win2000
partition
Dear friends:
I had this problem before and somehow or other it solved itself.
sher@localhost sher]$ rpm -q galeon
galeon-0.11.3-1mdk
[sher@localhost sher]$ rpm -q mozilla
mozilla-0.9.2-7mdk
[sher@localhost sher]$
Galeon won't start either when I click on the Galeon desktop icon or when I
Dear friends:
I am having a javascript problem when using Galeon/Mozilla on the TVGuide
online page. Java and Javascript are enabled in the Settings menu and Java
works fine everywhere else.
For some reason, the pop-up window with program details that's supposed to
appear when clicking on a
Dear friends:
My thanks to everyone who wrote in concerning the question of NTFS vs.
VFAT in Win2000 for my dual-boot LM 8.0/Windows2000 system.
Since I do little sharing of files between Linux and Windows, I selected
NTFS as my file system for Win2000. Everyone seems to admit that it is
Dear friends:
Just found out today that you CAN run Galeon and Mozilla simultaneously! How?
Well, you can't run them both at the same time IF the Mozilla version is
identical, i.e. if, for example, Galeon uses Mozilla installed at
/usr/lib/mozilla, you can't run Mozilla, that is, the
Dear friends:
I am installing Win2000 as part of my dual-boot with LM 8.0. I use the Reiser FS
exclusively in LM 8.0 (except, of course, for the swap file).
Win2000 asks whether I want the NTFS file system or VFAT? I am just a newbie. Which
one, please?
Benjamin
--
Sher's Russian
Dear friends:
I've recently downloaded the IBM Websphere HomePage Builder v. 4 for Linux
(60-day trial version). I would very much appreciate your opinions on this
program.
First, you can get the program from:
http://www-4.ibm.com/software/webservers/hpbuilder/linux/download.html
Here are
Dear Civilme:
Just wanted to report a minor but critical bug in the Internet Connection
Configuration. It happens both during Install and when trying to configure
Internet Connection from scratch in the Mandrake Control Center. This little
bug caused me no end of confusion and agony when I
these fonts.
That's the best I could do, and, based on Civileme's report, it looks like
it's all we can do until this issue is resolved, hopefully in time for the
next Mozilla.
Benjamin
On Thursday 12 July 2001 10:28, you wrote:
On Thursday 12 July 2001 10:18, Benjamin Sher wrote:
Dear
Dear Civileme:
I tried sending you a personal copy of this message but for some reason
it was returned to me. So, I am taking the liberty of sending it to you
care of the Expert list.
Thanks.
Benjamin
Dear friends:
I have a most unusual problem having to do with Internet Sharing in LM
8.0.
Dear friends:
Just realized I made a serious error in my English in my message
explaining the problem I had and I how I solved it.
I said that my mistake was that I checked off named on the list of
startup services. I should ahve said that I unchecked it. What you
need to do is to check it off,
Dear Civileme and friends:
Well, as luck would have it, a minor error in KDE led me to the solution
of my Internet Sharing problem. All symptoms have disappeared. I have
checked several times by rebooting. Internet Sharing is once again
working flawlessly.
A KDE init file error led me to do an
Dear friends:
I have a most unusual problem having to do with Internet Sharing in LM
8.0. This is the first such problem since I installed and configured
Internet Sharing in Lm 8.0. I would very much appreciate your
troubleshooting on this issue.
Here is what's going on:
NORMAL OPERATION:
Dear friends:
Due to human error on my part (a nice way to say that I goofed big
time), I will apparently have to reinstall LM 8.0. I set my Bios to
CDrom, inserted CD1 and started my reinstallation. I am an old hand at
this, so I should be able to do this blind-folded.
HOWEVER, suddenly, at
Dear friends:
This may seem like a trivial question, but it's been driving me crazy. I
have to reinstall LM 8.0, and, for the life of me, I can't find any
option to INSTALL EVERYTHING. One click of the mouse and you just
install everything on LM 8.0 (at least the 2 CD version, which totals
,
wouldn't it be better to wait for the final release?
Thanks so much.
Benjamin
On Thursday 05 July 2001 10:06, you wrote:
Benjamin Sher wrote:
Dear friends:
[root@localhost sher]# rpm -Uvh koffice-1.1-0.beta3.3mdk.i586.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
libkdeprint.so.0
Dear friends:
[root@localhost sher]# rpm -Uvh koffice-1.1-0.beta3.3mdk.i586.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
libkdeprint.so.0 is needed by koffice-1.1-0.beta3.3mdk
[root@localhost sher]#
Please, what's this all about? How do I satisfy this dependency,
please, so I can install
Dear friends:
If Microsoft were to cook up a plan to cause Linux to disappear in a virtual
Tower of Babel it could scarcely be more effective than that which has been
adopted by distributions on their own, voluntarily.
This is from an article by Dennis E. Powell in Linuxtoday (June 27, 2001)
Dear friends:
When will Mandrake fix their multiple address system: Every time I send a
message to both Expert and Newbie lists, both messages end up being sent to
one and only one address. That is very annoying. Please correct this bug
that's been around for months.
Thank you.
Benjamin
--
Dear friends:
My deep thanks for participating in my informal survey of opinions on
Kword. Looks like there is quite a diversity of opinion here. Either way, I
do look forward to Koffice 1.1 with the new Kword. Then, we'll be in a better
position to judge where Kword is going and how
Dear friends:
Just taking an informal survey as I consider switching from StarOffice to
Kword (the current Kword 1.0 version in LM 8.0, NOT the latest Koffice 1.1
beta). What's your verdict? Is Kword 1.0 reliable? Solid? feature-rich? Are
you happy with it? If so, did you switch from
Dear friends:
I am an old hand at configuring RealPlayer and Mozilla, but I am stumped this
time. I have looked through the Mandrake archives and don't seem to be able
to find the pertinent information. Perhaps this is because this issue affects
only Mozilla 0.9.1, which is very new. I am
Dear friends:
For whatever it's worth: A member of the KDE list has just pointed out to me
that the return address in Kmail, my default email program, for the past
several weeks has been wrong. I did a fresh install of LM 8.0 about three
weeks ago and during the process I had inadvertently
Dear Jose and friends:
[Using LM 8.0 on AMD K6-2 400 Mhz CPU)
Now that explains it!
If that there is one thing I cannot deal with it's uncertainty. So, out
of sheer curiosity, I overcame my dread of fooling with the memory
modules and decided to investigage. My Soyo motherboard has three
Dear friends:
First, my deep thanks once again to all of you who wrote in to help.
You've all been great.
Recalling the sequence in which the memory modules were physically
installed in the Soyo motherboard, I decided to take the advice of
several of you and remove one of the modules. I chose
Dear friends:
Using LM 8.0 on my AMD k6-2 400 CPU with KDE 2.1.1.
Just had my friend Bill, the computer expert, install my new PNY memory
modules. The two new modules (128 meg each) together with the 128 module
already on my system (there are three sockets on my Soyo SY-5EMA + Super
7
Dear friends:
I thought it might wise, instead of fighting this memory problem, to
just reinstall LM 8.0, to do a fresh install.
Well, that turned out to be dumb decision. Also a mystiftying one.
Install started fine (Expert mode), got as afar as partitioning,
partitioned my Linux hard drives
Dear friends:
Using AMD K6-2 400 CPU, using Soyo SY-5EMA+ Super 7 Mainboard v. 2
Are the following memory modules compatible, please? TigerDirect assured
me that they were when I bought them. But are they?
New PNY module:
X644P WH3446397
128 MB SDR DIMM.E
PNY 64174ESEM4617T
and
New PNY
Dear friends:
Is there a memory test program in Windows that I could use to check my
new memory modules?
I no longer have LM 8.0. Will need to reinstall. So, no point in testing
memory in Linux.
Benjamin
--
Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net
Benjamin and Anna Sher
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear friends:
Well, I have some good news to report:
I removed the middle module from my Soyo motherboard. My friend Bill,
who originally installed the memory modules, suggested that either one
of the PNY modules was defective or the socket might have been corroded
(it is after all two and a
Dear friends:
WARNING: TRY ONLY AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!
The subject of using raw disks, that is, real disks, in VMware has been
raised on our list a number of times, including by myself. The detailed
information is readily available in detail from VMware's Help menu.
I clicked on Help in VMware.
Dear friends:
Looks like I was wrong. KDE's screensaver does work but only when set to 3 or
so minutes. I UNinstalled xscreensaver (rpm -e xscreensaver) and configured
KDE's screensaver (Control Panel, Look Feel). I set it for 3 minutes to
test it. The screensaver came up perfectly after
Dear Gary:
Thanks so much for telling me (and us) about the KDE Control Center,
PowerControl, Energy feature and its effect on KDE's screensaver. I unchecked
the Energy display feature and hope that this time KDE's screensaver works
the way it should and every time.
Thanks so much again.
Dear friends:
I've been trying to configure VMware for my Windows 98 /mnt/windows partition.
I have an AMD K6-2 400, 128 meg of RAM. Installation of the VMware rpm went
off perfectly. I am speaking of the interactive installation procedure (I
think it's called the file vmware-config.pl).
I
Dear friends:
Just wondering. Anyone have any problem launching what I think is a Java
applet at the following URL:
TVGUIDE ONLINE:
http://www.tvguide.com/Listings/index.asp?I=60922
I have NO problem with other Java sites (using IBM Java machine).
Using Mandrake 8.0
Benjamin
--
Sher's
Dear friends:
First, my thanks again to all of you who took out time from their busy
schedules to respond to my Word97/Wine query.
I added all of my Windows True Type fonts to Linux. You do that automatically
in LM 8.0 (available since LM 7.1 or 7.2) in K, Configuration, Other,
Drakfont.
simple, could
I ask you for help with this last stage. It would be very useful to have
Word97 in Linux. And, of course, I will publish my instructions on the
Mandrake lists so that others can benefit from your expertise and my
experience.
Thanks so very much.
Below is my wine.conf
Benjamin
long letter on this subject yesterday).
Thank you so very much.
Benjamin
Benjamin Sher
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ben,
You shouldn't waste a lot of time attempting to get office to install via
Wine. It simply doesn't work due to the installer that it uses. If you
want to get office to work under wine
Dear friends:
WARNING: Please consider these comments about Word97/Wine in Linux as
strictly tentative and experimental and, if you decide to try to install
Word97 via Wine in Linux, do so at your OWN risk.
[ Same for automatic configuration of Internet Sharing using the new Mandrake
Control
Dear friends:
After a week of trials and tribulations and several reinstalls of LM 8.0, I
finally figured out how LM 8.0's Internet Sharing works. I am not a hundred
per cent certain of this. But I think my conclusions are probably correct.
Right after first installing LM 8.0, I successfully
Dear friends:
The new MandrakeExpert service is a fabulous addition to Linux-Mandrake and
Linux in general (in fact, it will eventually support not only LM but other
distros as well).
Unfortunately, like anything new, there are bound to be bugs in the system.
In my case, I had asked for help
Dear friends:
Internet Sharing -- Almost there!
Thanks to a tip from someone on the Mandrake list, I realized that you can't
set up Internet Sharing graphically using BOTH Linxuconf AND the new Wizards
in the Mandrake Control Center. That's what was causing all the trouble these
past few
Dear friends:
May I ask those of you who have access to both Linux and Windows if you could
please compare the following URL in several browsers and hopefully suggest a
solution. The URL is:
http://www.websher.net/inx/link.html
The problem is a minor one but annoying and puzzling nonetheless
Dear friends:
I would deeply appreciate if someone could please troubleshoot this
troublesome issue. This concerns a non-profit, online Russian Index that has
been widely used for years by students and faculty of Russian around the
country and abroad.
The Index is located at:
Dear friends:
I have been trying to reach an expert via the new MandrakeExpert program
inaugurated with LM 8.0. It's a fabulous idea, and I have succeeded in
accessing it a number of times but failed to make the right contact.
I configured my ADSL and Internet Sharing when I first installed
Test -- Please ignore
Benjamin
--
Sher's Russian web
http://www.websher.net
Benjamin and Anna Sher
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear friends:
Occasionally when I boot up to the console (runlevel 3), I see the
following strange message on the screen:
sher07 login: Winbond Super-IO detection now testing ports 3F0, 370,
250, 4E, 2E, SMSC Super -IO detection now testing Ports 2F0, 370.
I then have to type CntRL-C to return
Dear friens:
Thanks to the great troubleshooting efforts of Pierre Fortin, we have a
new halt file to replace the /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt file IN CASE YOU
HAVE HAD A PROBLEM SHUTTING DOWN YOUR SYSTEM.
If your shutdown works fine, i.e. without any error messages, with all
OK check marks and
Dear friends:
I just rebuild a Red Hat source rpm on LM 8.0. What I find curious is
that a) I am not sure it was a success and b) if it was a success, where
is the new rebuilt Mandrake RPM file?
Here is the data:
1) RPM --REBUILD BK2SITE.XXX.SRC.RPM. Does the data show this rebuilding
to be a
Dear Todd and friends:
My thanks to Todd Flinders for figuring this out. He was right on
target.
My rebuilt rpm, that is, rebuilt from source rpm, is in
/usr/src/RPM/BUILD!
But it isn't an rpm, but rather requires the usual ./configure, make,
make install installation.
Fabulous!
Thanks
Dear friends:
Using Mandrake 8.0 with KDE 2.1.1
For some reason, my screensaver doesn't work. I have set it up for 30
minutes and selected the screensaver in KDE's Control Center, Look n
Feel (the hop screensaver), but instead of getting the screensaver, I
get a black screen. Every time. Never
Dear Klar and friends:
My thanks to a fellow list member for this.
Someone wrote me to tell me how to do it.
You have to activate xscreensaver by typing in the console:
xscreensaver-demo
This activates the screensaver demon. Now select your screensaver. Close
console. Go to KDE Control
Dear friends:
Using Mandrake 8.0 with KDE 2.1.1
For some reason, my screensaver doesn't work. I have set it up for 30
minutes and selected the screensaver in KDE's Control Center, Look n
Feel (the hop screensaver), but instead of getting the screensaver, I
get a black screen. Every time. Never
Dear friends:
Mozilla .9 recommended beta is finally, at long last, here. I am writing
to you from Mozilla .9's Mail. This new Mozilla .9 looks, to this
ordinary user, very impressive. I'll wait for the critical reviews.
Yours,
Benjamin
--
Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net
Benjamin
Dear friends:
Having spent a few hours experimenting, here is the latest report on the
Reboot/Shutdown problem. My thanks to everyone who has kindly shared his
expertise with me on this nuisance (I hope it's just a nuisance).
I have an AMD K6-2 400 mghrtz computer with 128 megs of RAM. It is a
Dear friends:
This is a simple question:
Are Red Hat 6 rpms compatible with LM 8.0?
Are Red Hat 7 rpms compatible with LM 8.0?
Thanks so much.
Benjamin
--
Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net
Benjamin and Anna Sher
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear friends:
Here is a lilo trick taught me by one of our premier gurus.
PROBLEM:
How do you configure lilo to handle a dual-boot Linux/Windows system,
where Windows is NOT on the first drive (hda) but on the second or third
(hdb or hdc). In my case, I have a system with Linux installed on
Dear friends:
[Using Lm 8.0]
Would appreciate your help with the following problem:
Sometimes LM 8.0 will reboot properly and sometimes it won't. And
sometimes it will shutdown properly and sometimes it won't. When it
doesn't, Linux freezes at Please wait while Linux reboots or at the
very end
Dear friends:
Looks like I've solved the Winbod Detection logon error message by
shutting down certain services in Startup Services (#ntsysv). When I
reboot now, LM 8.0 boots up correctly and properly to my logon screen in
the console with the prompt waiting for me.
The last serious problem has
Dear friends:
Well, I just installed LM 8.0. I have a number of problems. And I'll try
to deal with them one at a time.
Let me begin with probably the least important of them, a merely
cosmetic matter, namely Aurora. I am not happy with the graphical boot
that comes by default with LM 8.0. I
Dear friends:
Well, I tried every suggestion and still I could not log into X.
But, that' all right. I should be getting LM 8.0 in just a few days and
I will need to do a complete, fresh install anyway. So, I'll just wait
till I get it in the mail and that should solve my problem. And I am
very
Dear friends:
I seem to have hit a minor snag, but I have no idea how to get out it. I
would really appreciate your help.
I am using LM 7.2 with KDE 2.1.1.
I tried to download Ximiam Gnome 1.4 (which allows for installation on
LM 7.2).
After downloading and configuration, I encountered a host
Dear friends:
I can't get startx to work either as root or user.
Benjamin
--
Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net
Benjamin and Anna Sher
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear friends:
Unfortunately, when I type the command
#service xfs restart
I get FAILED.
Similarly, when I type
#/etc/rc.d/init.d/./xfs restart
I also get FAILED.
Same thing happens whether I type the command as user or root.
And the same also for the command startx as user or root.
When
Dear friends:
My thanks to Craig Sprout for this hint. I hope this leads to a
solution.
I checked my partitions (df) and, lo and behold, discovered that my main
partition (/) is absolutely full (0 bytes left and 100% of disk space
used).
This doesn't make any sense to me. This may have
Dear friends:
I thought you might wish to know that Ximian Gnome 1.4 is now available
for the first time (at long last, but really too late) for LM 7.2. I
hope they make it available for LM 8.0 soon.
Benjamin
--
Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net
Benjamin and Anna Sher
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear friends:
A hint:
I am now downloading Ximian 1.4 for lM 7.2.
During install you are asked to UNinstall a number of Gnome files. My
strong suggestion: write down the files on a piece of paper, CLOSE
Ximian 1.4, uninstall the files, then reopen xterm and start the Ximiam
1.4 install again.
Dear friends:
I recently installed the RealPlayer 8 .bin version for Linux. I also
installed all the plugins and mimetypes (sh mimetypes.sh and sh
plugins.sh). Everything installed perfectly. However, I've noticed
problems with RealPlayer 8. The broadband screen is half the size it
should be
Dear friends:
The RH6 RPMS for Mozilla 0.8.1 have just been released. I just installed
them. they are for the i386 build, NOT the i586 build, but they
installed PERFECTLY, without any error messages, and Mozilla 0.8.1 is so
far working very, very well. So, for us LM72 users, at least until LM
Dear Mark:
Rebuilding an src.rpm package is the easiest thing in the world. Download the
src.rpm package, then, as root , type in xterm:
#rpm --rebuild mozilla-0.8.1.src.rpm
(or whatever the name of the file). Make sure the file ends in "src.rpm", not
"rpm." You can also add the target build
Dear Mark:
Forgot to mention:
[After you have rebuilt your rpms from your src.rpm, just use them as you
would any RPMS. You might wish to uninstall any other rpms that are built for
a different category and then install your new, customized RPMS. -- Benjamin]
Rebuilding an src.rpm package is
Dear friends:
Just take a look! Linux is confused by the Mozilla version numbers. It thinks
that mozilla-0.8-2 (i.e. 0.8, the version released on Feb. 17) is newer than
mozilla-0.8.1 (the version recently issued on March 26). How is this
possible. A human being might slip but how could a
Dear friends:
I recently heard that Red Hat has produced a special RPM package that will
allow Red Hat 6 users (who use rpm version 3 to upgrade packages that are
built with rpm version 4). If so, does anyone know where I can find this
information, and, more importantly, what is the opinion
Dear Mark:
Thanks so much. Did just that.
Benjamin
Dear Mark:
I tend to agree with you. I thought I would raise the question, anyway. I
guess for those who stay with LM72, they can still always install RH 6.2
versions of programs that are not available in LM72 rpm form. RH6.2 is still
used everywhere, and for that reason Red Hat continues to
Dear Tom:
Thanks so much for your detailed comments on mozilla 0.8.1. I did in fact try
to rebuild the Cooker src.rpm for mozilla 0.8.1 but failed and got the same
error messages that I got from the Texstar rpm. And it showed in the
performance: constant crashes and freezes.
Please note my
Dear friends:
I figured out an ad hoc solution to the problem of small fonts in Kmail. I
discovered that when I tried to use my True Type fonts (added from Windows
via DrakConf/Fonts), the print fonts were really tiny, barely legible and
very hard on the eyes.
Thanks to a tip from Andrew, I
Dear friends:
Question:
If I build the Mozilla tarball from the source tarball at mozilla, can I then
uninstall it? Or if I want to upgrade later, can I do that?
How do you UNINSTALL a mozilla tarball that you built from the source
tarball, gunzip or bzip file?
Thank you so much.
Benjamin
Dear Todd:
Thanks so much for your two messages. Really appreciate it.
Benjamin
Dear friends:
If you would like to download the Red Hat 6 src.rpm file for the recent
Mozilla 0.8.1 of March 26 (compatible with LM72), go to:
http://people.redhat.com/blizzard/software/RH6/SRPMS/
The exact name of the file is:
mozilla-0.8.1-1.src.rpm 06-Apr-2001 02:10 29.9M
This will
Dear friends:
I must sadly report that my attempt to rebuild the RH6 src.rpm of mozilla
0.8.1 has failed. Lots of error messages have caused the rebuilding to abort.
My apologies. Perhaps you might have better luck on your systems. Maybe it
has something to do with my AMD K6-2 (really a i586,
very much.
Benjamin
On Sunday 08 April 2001 11:44, you wrote:
On Saturday 07 April 2001 08:08 pm, Benjamin Sher wrote:
As I reported earlier, you can get Mozilla 0.8.1 (the latest March 26,
2001) version for LM72 (not for Cooker or LM8.0 directly from Texstar at:
http://texstar.dyn.dhs.org
--
Dear Randy:
Thanks for your kind words. Wish I could help you with your specific
quesitons. But I am just a newbie. Hope someone on the list is qualified to
answer them.
Thanks again.
Benjamin
On Sunday 08 April 2001 17:13, you wrote:
Benjamin,
Thanks for your efforts and persistence
unday 08 April 2001 22:58, you wrote:
Below, is a portion of what you had instructed...
for installing KDE2.1.1 final.
How exactly do you EXIT KDE to go into console mode...?
do you exit as if to logout of the system...then when it asks..
select console mode
is this how?
Ben
Dear friends:
I like Kmail a lot, but, as is often the case, a simple feature or lack of
it, can be an insurmountable obstacle. And, in this case, it may be that I am
just missing something.
I have been learning how to configure Kmail (and KDE 2.1.1 in general).
Amazing what you can do. For
Dear friends:
The following is a letter from Texstar concerning the "runtime mismatch, so
leaking context!" error message you get when installing Mozilla 0.8.1 on LM72
( i.e. installing the special Texstar version for LM72 available from Texstar
at:
http://texstar.dyn.dhs.org
First, let me
Dear friends:
The /chrome/user-skins.rdf file is located in the home directory if you
installed the tar.gz file but in the /usr/local/mozilla or /usr/lib/mozilla
directory if you installed the rpm version.
Yours,
Benjamin
Dear Ken:
Thanks so much for writing. I appreciate it.
I can't help but wonder if we are talking about the same thing.
There is no Look n Feel category in Kmail, Settings, Configuration.
That's in KDE Control Center, which controls display fonts.
I can and have changed the DISPLAY fonts in
Dear friends:
I have started using Mozilla 0.8 as my default browser (and am looking
forward to 0.8.1). I am especially pleased with the control over the size of
the fonts.
However, I have two questions:
1) The much vaunted Search function of Mozilla seems to have turned to ashes:
Clicking
Dear friends:
Just wanted to pass on the good news that KDE 2.1.1 (the upgrade from KDE
2.1) is now available in i586 rpm format from:
http://texstar.dyn.dhs.org
All of these i586 rpms (just issued on April 7) have been built from the
Cooker site and made available on LM72 (i.e. using our
Dear friends:
My deep apologies. I assumed that the KDE 2.1.1 files (and the Mozilla 0.8.1
files) at Texstar (http://texstar.dyn.dhs.org), which claims be an
exclusively LM72 rpm site, would have produced rpms that work with LM72's rpm
version 3.0 and that they would also supply rpms for all
Dear friends:
Well, looks like I was wrong again. But this time it's a pleasant surprise.
Let's go back to the KDE 2.1.1 upgrade for LM72 site from Texstar at:
http://texstar.dyn.dhs.org
This site has i586 rpms for LM72 that will allow you to upgrade your current
KDE to the final version
Dear friends:
As I reported earlier, you can get Mozilla 0.8.1 (the latest March 26, 2001)
version for LM72 (not for Cooker or LM8.0 directly from Texstar at:
http://texstar.dyn.dhs.org
I had no problem installing the Mozilla file itself. It installed with 50
perfect hashes. But I did get
Dear friends:
After experimenting with the failed dependencies of Galeon 10.2 and
Mozilla 0.8.1. for Mandrake, I have finally settled on
galeon-0.8.1-rh6_2, which is a) a i386 file, NOT a i586 file, b) is a
Red Hat i386 file and c) most strangely, is to be found in
Dear friends:
A quick question:
If you are installing a i586 file over an i386 file (all things being
otherwise identical, including distro, etc.) should you first uninstall
the i386 and then install the i586 or is this automatically taken care
of by the --Uhv option, just as it when installing
Dear Tom:
Thanks so very much for the clarification. And thanks a million for the
instructions on installing RealPlayer8 with plugins and mimetypes.
That's what I did -- thanks to you. The other option, that of adding the
plugins and mimetypes MANUALLY, did not please me at all. So, your
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