[newbie] converting icon to xpm

Hi, Is there a command line utility to convert an icon (win 32 .ico file) to an xpm format? Thanks. Jeff Chapman Software Engineer Registered Linux User #218160 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] listening on udp 500

Hi, I'm trying to figure out why I cannot get my vpn client to work. One of the entries from netstat is: udp0 0 24.208.239.56:500 0.0.0.0:* Is there something in Linux or Mandrake's distribution to automatically listen on UDP 500? The IP address is the one for my box

[newbie] Nortel VPN Client

Hi, Has anyone successfully used Nortel's VPN Client for Linux? I'm trying to use it with Mandrake 8.1 without much success. Did you have to do anything special or apply any patches to make it work? Thanks. Jeff Chapman Software Engineer Registered Linux User #218160 Want to buy your Pack

[newbie] snice on X server

Hi, I've found that my Java GUIs are a bit snappier if I give the X server a priority boost. I've been using the su command to execute the snice command on the X server process as root. This is annoying and I would like to have the snice command run automatically for all users. Where in the

[newbie] usb cable modem

Hi, Has anyone been able to set up a usb cable modem on Mandrake 8.1? My system is correctly recognizing the modem on the usb port and says that it uses the driver CDCEther. Does anyone know what CDCEther is? The internet connection wizard autodetects an ethernet connection but I don't have an

[newbie] abiword and locale

Hi, I'm using Mandrake 7.2. I installed the latest version of AbiWord (9.2 static) from a tar file. The installation succeeded but when I try to run it I get the following GDK error: locale not supported by C library Nothing happens after that. Has anyone else experienced this problem?

[newbie] rpmdrake problem

I was trying to set up rpmdrake to pull the rpms from another directory. I followed the instructions in the manual but there seemed to be a problem since it was taking so long. Apparently I just didn't wait long enough. I killed the process and now rpmdrake doesn't work at all. As soon as I

[newbie] Adventure--Linux version

Does anyone know where to find a Linux version (preferably binaries) of the classic text-based game Adventure? I've found sites with DOS binaries and C or Fortran code but no Linux binaries. Thanks. Jeff

[newbie] login/logout/shutdown question

I recently installed Mandrake 7.2. When I boot the system I don't see the login window with the Penguin icons that the manual says I'm supposed to see. Instead I get a plain box with login and password text fields and an OK button. There are no options for shutdown or session type. In the lower

[newbie] 7.2 install question

I've created a partition and swap file space on my secondary harddrive. I used Partition Magic to create the partitions. The harddisk now looks like this: |--- windows ---||--- linux part ---||--- linux swap ---| | /dev/hdb1 || /dev/hdb2|| /dev/hdb3| Questions: 1) Am I

[newbie] bootloader install question

Hi, I plan to install version 7.2 on a 3 gig partition on my secondary harddrive. I think the partition will be /dev/hdb2. Anyway, my question is whether it's possible to avoid installing GRUB if I do a custom installation? I want to use BootMagic instead of GRUB. The installation manual