Re: [[newbie] Blocking websites from displaying in Konqueror?]

Thanks for the tip on Junkbuster. I used to use it but it definitely doesn't work for some sites. I'm not sure why. Wouldn't this be an awesome feature for Konq? Have a menu where you can list domains that should never ever be visited? It seems like it would be a really easy feature to add.

[newbie] Blocking websites from displaying in Konqueror?

I have a question: There are some websites which I never want to browse or load from, ever. Is there a way to tell Konqueror to never fetch anything from a certain domain? Specificly, I never want Konq to fetch anything from doubleclick.net for any reason. I just have no interest in anything

[newbie] Can't 't ping localhost?

For some reason on my Mandrake 8 machine, I can't ping localhost. I had an ethernet interface which I disabled, and now I can't ping localhost which means lots of things (like printing) are broken. Any sugestions? Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Can't 't ping localhost?

Type /sbin/ifconfig. Is the lo interface up? Yeah, but it has no addr. I got it working by doing this: ifconfig lo addr 127.0.0.1 and then localhost works, printing works, etc. Let me point out that the Mandrake net config tool is very very broken. Most of the time I try to start it, it

[newbie] Devanagari fonts for Mandrake?

I need to be able to display, enter, and maybe even print Devanagari script with Linux Mandrake 8. I did some web searching and there are a bunch of Devanagari links and references, but I am quite confused. What do I need to install to get Konqueror to display it? Can I get my xterms to work

[newbie] Let's play a game!

Hi, I'm looking for some games that will run under Mandrake 8.0. I have a reasonably fast machine, with some kind of usable graphics card and a fairly good soundcard. I'm looking for a 3D first-person shooter game. Something like Counterstrike would be absolutely perfect. Any sugestions? I

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

Tom, other than gaming what uses do you see for Windows? I've been looking forward to scrubbing it from my hd's, but your comment gives me pause. As far as I know, for most users, there is no use aside from gaming, and even for gaming, there are native Linux games, and apparently quite a few

[newbie] Installing a printer permenantly

I have a question: I have Mandrake 8.0 with a Deskjet 882C. This is well-supported and comes with great drivers. However, if I want to use it, I have to go to the control center and install the printer every time I reboot. This is very inconvenient. Is there a way to get Mandrake to remember

[newbie] Any hope for Java on Linux?

It seems very difficult to get the Linux java stuff working. When I installed Mandrake, it came with a bunch of java stuff: /usr/bin/java /usr/bin/javac /usr/bin/javadoc /usr/bin/javakey /usr/bin/javap However, when I set my java interpreter to /usr/bin/java in Konqueror, it wouldn't run

[newbie] How to upgrade to KDE2.2?

I have seen that KDE2.2 is available on the mirrors now: http://download.sourceforge.net/mirrors/kde/stable/2.2/Mandrake/8.0/i586/ I think I would like to upgrade, but I'm not sure how. There are many rpms in that directory, and I don't know which ones I need to install. I assume that if I

Re: [newbie] Ugly solution to printing found, but I need something better

why you can print from StarOffice directly? do you have CUPS installed? do you configure a printer in StarOffice? I did had problems to print from StarOffice maybe I can help you. By the way, what printer do you have? I figured out the solution: Buy the Mandrake CDs, and reinstall the

[newbie] Printing from StartOffice?

I am currently using Mandrake with StarOffice. I can create and print documents easily from Kword, but StarOffice does a much better job importing MS documents, so I would like to be able to print from that. However, I can't print from it. Also, when I save the documents as Postgscript, the

[newbie] Ugly solution to printing found, but I need something better

I have figured out a way to print from StarOffice under Mandrake8.0: In StarOffice, print to a file, which generates a postscript file. Take that file and use gs -sDEVICE=pngmono to generate a png file. Use Imagemagick to resize the file to a smaller size. Open the file with Konqueror and

[newbie] Printing envelopes from Mandrake on a Deskjet

I have a Deskjet 882c printer. It works fine with kword (sucks with printing graphics though). It has a handy little slot on it for putting in envelopes. However, I don't see how to get Kword to make use of it by orienting text the right way and formating it in the correct position. Any

Re: [newbie] Printing envelopes from Mandrake on a Deskjet

Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately I have never been able to get Star Office to print! I need to look into that. In the future, Kword is going to be fantastic. MS may have some real competition from that corner. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] WAP browser for Linux?

I have found that Opera does support WAP site viewing. This is helpful, although what would be more helpful would be an actual phone emulator, so I could see the size and layout as it might appear on an actual phone. That's not citical though; I can do everything with Opera and just testit

[newbie] WAP browser for Linux?

Does anyone know if there is a WAP browser for Linux? I'm trying to develop a WAP site, and instead of running up huge charges on my mobile phone, I would like to be able to view the site directly from Linux. Also, I guess I need to figure out how to get Apache to serve WAP. I assume I do

[newbie] Font size in Kwrite?

Konqueror is a great web browser, but when I go to view source, it is so small that I can't read it. I have to save it to a file, open a terminal, and look at it with less. That is not a good way to do web development. I read the Kwrite instructions, and it talks about a menu to change font

[newbie] USB cameras for Linux: the D-Link DSB-C100 report

I initially bought the Logitech Pro, which has a high resolution and a CCD. It porbably gives great photos, but the guys at Logitech don't want me as a customer, so I returned it (Logitech doesn't publish any specs for their products so there are no Linux drivers). Instead, I got the D-Link

[newbie] Video conf linux - windows?

I have DSL, and I have a friend who has DSL, and he has a little USB camera (logitech?) attached to his Windows computer. I don't have one of those cameras but I could buy one. What I am wondering is, is there some kind of software we could use to stream video to eachother, and/or do audio

Re: [newbie] How to auto-mount USB digital camera

Thanks. I will try that when I get a card reader. In the meantime, based on some other postings I saw on this list about mounting floppy and zip disks, I put in a line in /etc/fstab to mount the camera, and a desktop icon to the mount point, and have been able to view and transfer the

[newbie] Linux-capable photo printer?

I have a new digital camera (Canon Powershot) and it's great. Now I want to print some of these photos out. I have found two photo printers (one from Canon and the other from Epson) which can print these photos out. These printers can interface directly to the camera, or take a CF card

[newbie] Icons in Konq? And other Konq questions

Konqueror is the coolest browser I've ever seen, and one of the neat features is that it seems to pick up icons from the websites it visits. How do I get it to do that with my website? Second question: How do I get Java to work with it? This is LM8.0 on i386. Java just doesn't seem to run

[newbie] USB digital cameras and Linux?

Ok, it's time for me to finally buy a new camera, and it's going to be digital this time. My top pick right now is the Cannon Elph Powershot 300. Like most digital cameras these days, it comes with a USB port instead of a serial port. Well, I've never used a USB port for anything under any