Re: [newbie] Getting Xine to play .avi files
On Apr 11, 2005 3:38 PM, Lovell Mcilwain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just upgraded to 10.1 and I am still having trouble getting xine to play avi files. I have been having this problem since 9.0. Can anyone tell me what settings I need to verify or change to get this to work? Right now when I double click on the .avi file xine launces and then it gives me an unrecognizable fuzzy picture that is majority blue color and without sound. Lovell, Try urpmi xine-win32 and then use totem. Not 100% guaranteed, but worthy to give a try. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive
On Apr 9, 2005 11:51 PM, Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On my system, a stock 10.1, with the standard upgrades, but not with KDE upgraded to a newer version, plugging in a flash drive results in it being mounted on /mnt/removable, and I am able to access it without problem. But people that have upgraded KDE have run into problems because of the other packages that need to be upgraded to use the new KDE packages. It seams to break the 10.1 hotplug setup... When you upgrade to Thac's KDE, it also installs the HAL daemon which is responsible for changing the mount points, etc. I understand HAL is a good thing, but it's really annoying if you're not expecting its changes. The good news is that after installing Thac's KDE, you can uninstall HAL without uninstalling everything else KDE. Actually, it is not a big deal to mount manually the flash drive. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] cant unsubscribe
On Apr 10, 2005 10:06 PM, Positive Negative [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everytime i try i get an error no email from the mandrake site can you please un sub me You can unsubscribe to list by sending an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe newbie in the body of the message. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla
On Apr 9, 2005 3:38 AM, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.5/plugins/nppdf.so /home/chris/.mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so /root/.mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so It automatically installed in ~/.mozilla/plugins/ when I used the (2) option when I ran the script. You were luckier, Chris: your procedure did not succeeded here! I assume that help About Plugins shows this in Mozilla: Adobe Reader 7.0 File name: nppdf.so The Adobe Reader plugin is used to enable viewing of PDF and FDF files from within the browser. MIME Type Description SuffixesEnabled application/pdf Portable Document Formatpdf Yes application/vnd.fdf Acrobat Forms Data Format fdf Yes application/vnd.adobe.xfdf XML Version of Acrobat Forms Data Format xfdf Yes application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml Acrobat XML Data Packagexdp Yes application/vnd.adobe.xfd+xml Adobe FormFlow99 Data File xfd Yes You assume it correctly, Chris. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive
On Apr 9, 2005 5:02 AM, Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not know why, but now I cannot use my flash drive, getting the following error: Could not mount device. The reported error was: mount: only root can mount /dev/sda1 on /media/usbdisk Paul, I was having the same problem in 10.2 rc2 with cooker upgrade. So I set the append line in lilo to noapic nolapic and on boot with the device plugged in or plugging in after It is detected and accessable. HTH Oh man, if I would read and not jump.. any chance you went to console and typed in as su mount /dev/sda1 /media/usbdisk ? or look in MCC and see what harddrake calls the device. HTH Thanks, Dennis, but I do not understand quite well what you mean. Yes, if I run the command mount /media/usbdisk then, I can use my flash disk. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Email and Firefox
Op Sat, 09 Apr 2005 09:55:45 -0400 schreef john: How would I go about setting firefox so that the mail button on the toolbar opens thunderbird instead of evolution? I have tb set to default in kde control center.Both are 1.02 versions on a mandrake 10.1 desktop.Thanks in advance for help. I use 10.0, hopefully things have not changed too much: Open gnome-control-center, click Advanced and then doubleclick filetypes and programs. In the new window scroll down to INternet services, click the triangle and find E-mail at the bottom. Click that, click the 'Edit' button on the right, and there point the service to thunderbird. Good luck! Paul -- What part of 'no' don't you understand? Is it the 'N', or the 'Zero'? http://www.nlpagan.net/linux.php Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Email and Firefox
Op Sat, 09 Apr 2005 12:58:04 -0400 schreef john: Thanks for response. I changed the mailer to thunderbird but I need to know the correct command to fill in. Evolution was evolution %s (w/o quotation marks). Thanks again in addvance You'll then need to enter the entire path to thunderbird. I don't know where it is installed on your machine, so 'locate thunderbird' might give you a clue. Adding the %s will add the e-mail address of the person to whom you are sending e-mail that is in the link. Paul -- What part of 'no' don't you understand? Is it the 'N', or the 'Zero'? http://www.nlpagan.net/linux.php Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Using the rm command
On Saturday 09 April 2005 06:29 pm, SnapafunFrank wrote: Hi ~ the following is in reference to Acrobat Reader only. I have been reading about Acrobat5 and Acrobat7 and am looking at installing the later. I understand that I need to remove all of Acrobat5 and that is OK by me. The README advises: To uninstall Acrobat Reader 5.0.9, simply delete the directory where it was installed. However, in doing a search : # slocate acro I have found that it is spread through quite a number of directories. Though I am prepared to track them down and remove them all individually I was wondering if there is a way to use the rm command to search and remove them all at one time ? And even better ~ if there was a way to check everything rm wanted to remove first without having to say Y to every file one by one ? Still, this is only a thought and not essential but if you know then please share. TIA Wouldn't a pipe do the trick? As in: locate string | rm string I suspect I don't have the syntax correct so you might want to test it a little before you blame me for hosing your system. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive
On Apr 8, 2005 4:12 AM, Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This has me stumped. If you did not try to mount the drive as a user, then you should not have gotten the error message. The standard hotplug settings will mount a flash drive on /mnt/removable unless it things the drive is realy a camera, and then it mounts it on /mnt/camera. Now, if you had clicked on a desktop icon, and it generated this message, then I would want to start looking deeper at the window manager configuration. At this point, unless someone else has a better idea, I think we are going to need to know more of the secquence when you plug in the flash drive. Plug in the drive ... ... Get the user can not mount /dev/sda1 message We need to know what goes on between plugging in the drive, and you getting the message. Well, Mikkel, I just plug my flash drive and afterwards an icon appears on the desktop. Then, I click on the icon and soon that message shows up. To answer Greg: I am not running at all Mandrake 10.2; I am using Mandrake 10.1 and KDE 3.4. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive
On Apr 8, 2005 10:12 AM, Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This has me stumped. If you did not try to mount the drive as a user, then you should not have gotten the error message. The standard hotplug settings will mount a flash drive on /mnt/removable unless it things the drive is realy a camera, and then it mounts it on /mnt/camera. Now, if you had clicked on a desktop icon, and it generated this message, then I would want to start looking deeper at the window manager configuration. At this point, unless someone else has a better idea, I think we are going to need to know more of the secquence when you plug in the flash drive. Plug in the drive ... ... Get the user can not mount /dev/sda1 message We need to know what goes on between plugging in the drive, and you getting the message. Well, Mikkel, I just plug my flash drive and afterwards an icon appears on the desktop. Then, I click on the icon and soon that message shows up. To answer Greg: I am not running at all Mandrake 10.2; I am using Mandrake 10.1 and KDE 3.4. I would like to add that if run, as root, the command mount /media/usbdisk then, I can access to my flash drive by clicking on its desktop icon. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla
Dear All I am trying to use the Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla. However, I get the following error message, in spite of having Acrobat Reader 7.0 installed: Could not launch Adobe Reader 7.0. Please make sure it exists in PATH variable in the environment. If the problem persists, please reinstall the application. You can download Adobe Reader 7.0 for Unix from www.adobe.com Any ideas? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla
On Apr 8, 2005 11:27 AM, Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to use the Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla. However, I get the following error message, in spite of having Acrobat Reader 7.0 installed: Could not launch Adobe Reader 7.0. Please make sure it exists in PATH variable in the environment. If the problem persists, please reinstall the application. You can download Adobe Reader 7.0 for Unix from www.adobe.com Yes. If you dig down the directory Adobe 7/Browser/intellinux, you'll find you'll find a script : install_browser_plugin. Run it for every browser you have. Thanks, Kaj. I had already done that before asking for help. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla
On Apr 8, 2005 12:18 PM, Q.H. Wang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could the AR 7.0 itself be launched? If not you might need to reinstall it. Or I guess you didn't import it into your PATH. What will a which acroread in command line say? I remember I made a symbloic link ../AR7.0/bin/acroread to /usr/bin/acroread to insure it's in my PATH. Or check http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html, you may find something useful there. Thanks, Q.H.. AR 7.0 can be launched correctly from the command line and which acroread gives me /usr/bin/acroread. Any further ideas? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ark rar
Op Fri, 8 Apr 2005 20:06:25 +0100 schreef Q.H. Wang: Or is there some other good tool for rar? Many thanks for any help. http://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-3.5.b1.tar.gz :-) -- A weapon? Isn't that an extension of your fear? - Loesje http://www.nlpagan.net/linux.php Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader
On Apr 8, 2005 5:06 PM, Q.H. Wang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are some posts discussing exactly your problem at http://www.linuxforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=136543st=15#entry596612, But I don't know whether that's gonna solve your problem. Thanks, Q.H.. It did not help, unfortunately. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader
On Apr 9, 2005 12:26 AM, Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oooops, man, you got a very hard bone to tackle. Good luck. Him and I both. I've tried copying the file manually and using the install script, and although Firefox tries to open Reader, it gives me that same PATH complaint. Are you running KDE 3.4, Miark? Cannot it be caused by KDE 3.4? Well, it is just a suspicion, because I think I have tried everything to get the Acrobat Reader plugin working, but with no luck. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla
On Apr 9, 2005 3:03 AM, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to use the Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla. However, I get the following error message, in spite of having Acrobat Reader 7.0 installed: Could not launch Adobe Reader 7.0. Please make sure it exists in PATH variable in the environment. If the problem persists, please reinstall the application. You can download Adobe Reader 7.0 for Unix from www.adobe.com Paul, I remember I had a similiar problem after installing 7.0. I solved it by copying the nppdf.so file to the below after running the plug-in install script: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.5/plugins/nppdf.so /home/chris/.mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so /root/.mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so It automatically installed in ~/.mozilla/plugins/ when I used the (2) option when I ran the script. You were luckier, Chris: your procedure did not succeeded here! Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive
Dear All I do not know why, but now I cannot use my flash drive, getting the following error: Could not mount device. The reported error was: mount: only root can mount /dev/sda1 on /media/usbdisk Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Site for testing JVM
On Apr 6, 2005 3:44 AM, Alberto Omar Rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some site for testing whether one's installed Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is working fine? Try this http://java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml Thanks to all who answered my question. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Site for testing JVM
Dear All Is there some site for testing whether one's installed Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is working fine? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] source build problem
I am not an expert in rebuilding rpms from src.rpms, but I have done it from time to time. I am now trying to build rpms for firefox 1.0.2 using the src rpm from cooker. However the process aborts after about 20 minutes with the following message: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.77790: line 96: fg: no job control error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.77790 (%install) line 96 of the aforementioned file reads: chmod 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-1.0.2/chrome/rc.d/generate-chrome.sh The permissions on the file /var/tmp/mozilla-firefox-1.0.2-buildroot/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-1.0.2/chrome/rc.d/generate-chrome.sh are -rwxr-xr-x Can someone please explain what the problem is and how to solve? TIA Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Looking for some site for free web-publishing
On Apr 3, 2005 6:03 PM, Philippe Landau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some site for free web-publishing? If you mean blogging http://www.blogger.com/start Sorry, I was not clear enough. I wanted to mean a free site for storing my own web-page. Oh you mean hosting there are lots of them http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=free+website+hostingbtnG=Google+Search Thanks, Aron. With so many choices, is there some recommendations? it depends on what you want to publish. you are a bit shy about your project :-) http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Hosting/Free/Personal/ Actually, what I am wanting it is a site for publishing a HOWTO pass/forward ports for my modem/router. Since my modem/router has not any manual and there is no available HOWTO, I thought that writing myself the HOWTO would help some people. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively
On Apr 3, 2005 9:02 PM, Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some firewall (working through iptables) able to open selectively a port for a specific program and not to all programs installed? (Shorewall is not suitable for that purpose.) ** Paul, shorewall can do what you desire. Go to; mcc security firewall, and click on the advanced radio button on the bottom. That will open up an area where you can specify special ports to open. Unfortunately, Angus, it is not true: http://shorewall.net/Shorewall_Doesnt.html Regards, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] amaroK does not see xine
Dear All I have just installed amaroK 1.2.3, but it does not list xine as an usable engine, contrarily to the previous version. Is this normal? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: amaroK does not see xine
On Apr 4, 2005 11:01 AM, Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just installed amaroK 1.2.3, but it does not list xine as an usable engine, contrarily to the previous version. Is this normal? Well, it does see xine if one installs amarok-xine Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Looking for some site for free web-publishing
On Apr 4, 2005 11:41 AM, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, what I am wanting it is a site for publishing a HOWTO pass/forward ports for my modem/router. Since my modem/router has not any manual and there is no available HOWTO, I thought that writing myself the HOWTO would help some people. Many ISPs offer a small amount of web space that would be adequate for that. Alternatively, why not write it up on our Community TWiki? All you have to do, then, is give the url, just as though it was your own website. What's more, because the TWiki is well used, google will probably pick it up for others that find it useful. Good idea to use TWiki! Thanks, Anne. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Excluding a certain package of begin installed
Dear All Is there some way of excluding a certain package of begin installed with urpmi --auto-select Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Excluding a certain package of begin installed
On Apr 4, 2005 9:25 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some way of excluding a certain package of begin installed with urpmi --auto-select To always skip it, enter the package name in /etc/urpmi/skip.list. There doesn't apear to be a command line way to specify a single package to be excluded. (--excludepath excludes files, and not packages...) Thanks, Mikkel and Derek. For me, it does not work. # more /etc/urpmi/skip.list # Here you can specify the packages that won't be upgraded automatically abiword-2.2.5-1.norlug.i586 lyx-1.3.5-2.norlug.i586 amarok-1.2.3-1.101mcnl.i586 # Any ideas? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Excluding a certain package of begin installed
On Apr 4, 2005 10:21 PM, Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 4, 2005 9:25 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some way of excluding a certain package of begin installed with urpmi --auto-select To always skip it, enter the package name in /etc/urpmi/skip.list. There doesn't apear to be a command line way to specify a single package to be excluded. (--excludepath excludes files, and not packages...) Thanks, Mikkel and Derek. For me, it does not work. # more /etc/urpmi/skip.list # Here you can specify the packages that won't be upgraded automatically abiword-2.2.5-1.norlug.i586 lyx-1.3.5-2.norlug.i586 amarok-1.2.3-1.101mcnl.i586 # Any ideas? Maybe, I should add that I am using the command: urpmi --excludemedia thacs.rpms --auto-select Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Excluding a certain package of begin installed
On Apr 4, 2005 10:44 PM, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some way of excluding a certain package of begin installed with urpmi --auto-select To always skip it, enter the package name in /etc/urpmi/skip.list. There doesn't apear to be a command line way to specify a single package to be excluded. (--excludepath excludes files, and not packages...) Thanks, Mikkel and Derek. For me, it does not work. # more /etc/urpmi/skip.list # Here you can specify the packages that won't be upgraded automatically abiword-2.2.5-1.norlug.i586 lyx-1.3.5-2.norlug.i586 amarok-1.2.3-1.101mcnl.i586 # Yes. Take the version numbers off. /abiword/ /lyx/ /amarok/ Thanks, Derek. It works! Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively
On Apr 4, 2005 11:01 PM, Stephen Furlong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some firewall (working through iptables) able to open selectively a port for a specific program and not to all programs installed? (Shorewall is not suitable for that purpose.) ** Paul, shorewall can do what you desire. Go to; mcc security firewall, and click on the advanced radio button on the bottom. That will open up an area where you can specify special ports to open. * I'm sorry Paul, I didn't read your post carefully enough. Shorewall doesn't have the facility to do as you requirejust as you noted. :-) I do belive this is being discussed in some context in the expert list as well? Might be worth joining to follow the thread. Since nobody answered suggesting a firewall with that feature, it may be very complicated to achieve that, in case of being possible. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively
Dear All Is there some firewall (working through iptables) able to open selectively a port for a specific program and not to all programs installed? (Shorewall is not suitable for that purpose.) Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Looking for some site for free web-publishing
Dear All Is there some site for free web-publishing? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Looking for some site for free web-publishing
On Apr 3, 2005 4:28 PM, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some site for free web-publishing? If you mean blogging http://www.blogger.com/start Sorry, I was not clear enough. I wanted to mean a free site for storing my own web-page. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Looking for some site for free web-publishing
On Apr 3, 2005 4:44 PM, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some site for free web-publishing? If you mean blogging http://www.blogger.com/start Sorry, I was not clear enough. I wanted to mean a free site for storing my own web-page. Oh you mean hosting there are lots of them http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=free+website+hostingbtnG=Google+Search Thanks, Aron. With so many choices, is there some recommendations? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Installation on sata disks
Isak Lyberth wrote: Is it possible to install mandrake on a computer using sata disks? Regards Isak Yes. Well I have, had some trouble with the first release candidate of 10.0 (I think it was) - had to install sata_sil module at boot to install - but no problems since then. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Installation on sata disks
Isak Lyberth wrote: how do i go about getting to install a sata module during the installation? i have an intel 82801 SATA controler, its a raid thing. Regards Isak Paul wrote: Isak Lyberth wrote: Is it possible to install mandrake on a computer using sata disks? Regards Isak Yes. Well I have, had some trouble with the first release candidate of 10.0 (I think it was) - had to install sata_sil module at boot to install - but no problems since then. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 01-04-2005 If you are using Mandrake 10.0 or later, straightforward installation - put in CD 1 and boot from that. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] eMule for Mandrake
Dear All Where from can I get eMule for Mandrake. I have already tried urpmi emule but it gives nothing. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake
Op Sat, 2 Apr 2005 12:32:39 +0100 schreef Paul Smith: Dear All Where from can I get eMule for Mandrake. I have already tried urpmi emule Have a look at http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/sourceforge/a/am/amule/aMule-1.2.8-1mdk.i586.html. That is perhaps what you seek. Paul also Paul ;-) -- When you stop learning you start dying - M. Scott Adams http://www.nlpagan.net/linux.php Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake
On Apr 2, 2005 1:04 PM, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where from can I get eMule for Mandrake. I have already tried urpmi emule Have a look at http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/sourceforge/a/am/amule/aMule-1.2.8-1mdk.i586.html. That is perhaps what you seek. Thanks, Paul. I have already installed aMule. However, when I try to connect to a server, I get the following error: NG : Your 4662 port is not reachable. Please review your network config. I guess it is the firewall (I use the default Mandrake firewall) that is causing it. How can I open the port 4662? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake
Op Sat, 2 Apr 2005 13:51:41 +0100 schreef Paul Smith: Thanks, Paul. I have already installed aMule. However, when I try to connect to a server, I get the following error: NG : Your 4662 port is not reachable. Please review your network config. I guess it is the firewall (I use the default Mandrake firewall) that is causing it. How can I open the port 4662? I hope another shorewall user can help you on. I use IPtables. For that I could tell you. Good luck! Paul -- When you stop learning you start dying - M. Scott Adams http://www.nlpagan.net/linux.php Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake
On Apr 2, 2005 2:19 PM, Pablo Ortuzar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul. I have already installed aMule. However, when I try to connect to a server, I get the following error: NG : Your 4662 port is not reachable. Please review your network config. I guess it is the firewall (I use the default Mandrake firewall) that is causing it. How can I open the port 4662? Paul Configure your computer Security Firewall Advanced. Thanks, Pablo. It is not nothing related with the firewall, as if I deactivate the whole firewall, the problem remains. It seems to be a iptables problem. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake
Op Sat, 2 Apr 2005 14:29:55 +0100 schreef Paul Smith: Configure your computer Security Firewall Advanced. Thanks, Pablo. It is not nothing related with the firewall, as if I deactivate the whole firewall, the problem remains. It seems to be a iptables problem. Ah. In that case find your iptables-script and open the port there: iptables=/sbin/iptables $iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 4662 -j ACCEPT Paul -- When you stop learning you start dying - M. Scott Adams http://www.nlpagan.net/linux.php Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake
On Apr 2, 2005 2:40 PM, Philippe Landau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul. I have already installed aMule. However, when I try to connect to a server, I get the following error: NG : Your 4662 port is not reachable. Please review your network config. I guess it is the firewall (I use the default Mandrake firewall) that is causing it. How can I open the port 4662? Configure your computer Security Firewall Advanced. Thanks, Pablo. It is not nothing related with the firewall, as if I deactivate the whole firewall, the problem remains. It seems to be a iptables problem. not if you did not install it, i guess. but there are providers blocking port 4662. under amule: preferences:connection you can choose another port, choose a value between 10'000 and 65530. Thanks. The same problem if I choose port 1. Similar behaviour with xmule. Intriguing fact: amule connects correctly with other servers. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake
On Apr 2, 2005 10:04 PM, Philippe Landau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul. I have already installed aMule. However, when I try to connect to a server, I get the following error: NG : Your 4662 port is not reachable. Please review your network config. but there are providers blocking port 4662. under amule: preferences:connection you can choose another port, choose a value between 10'000 and 65530. Thanks. The same problem if I choose port 1. Similar behaviour with xmule. Intriguing fact: amule connects correctly with other servers. ah, but that's a progress then, right ? can you download popular stuff now too ? Thanks, Philippe. The point is that my Internet provider gives me only 2GB a month for international traffic and 20GB for national one! Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake
On Sat, 2005-04-02 at 14:29 +0100, Paul Smith wrote: On Apr 2, 2005 2:19 PM, Pablo Ortuzar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul. I have already installed aMule. However, when I try to connect to a server, I get the following error: NG : Your 4662 port is not reachable. Please review your network config. I guess it is the firewall (I use the default Mandrake firewall) that is causing it. How can I open the port 4662? Paul Configure your computer Security Firewall Advanced. Thanks, Pablo. It is not nothing related with the firewall, as if I deactivate the whole firewall, the problem remains. It seems to be a iptables problem. Paul Check the thread on this at the xMule site: http://www.xmule.ws/forums/index.php?showtopic=657 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake
On Apr 2, 2005 11:05 PM, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul. I have already installed aMule. However, when I try to connect to a server, I get the following error: NG : Your 4662 port is not reachable. Please review your network config. I guess it is the firewall (I use the default Mandrake firewall) that is causing it. How can I open the port 4662? Configure your computer Security Firewall Advanced. Thanks, Pablo. It is not nothing related with the firewall, as if I deactivate the whole firewall, the problem remains. It seems to be a iptables problem. Check the thread on this at the xMule site: http://www.xmule.ws/forums/index.php?showtopic=657 Thanks, Paul. The problem is not the firewall; the problem is on my modem - I have to allow pass/forward for 4662 port. I do not know how to do that, as my ethernet modem has not any manual. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake
On Apr 2, 2005 11:43 PM, andrewd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul. The problem is not the firewall; the problem is on my modem - I have to allow pass/forward for 4662 port. I do not know how to do that, as my ethernet modem has not any manual. What type of modem/router is it? Andrew: it is a modem Octal A460. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake
On Apr 3, 2005 12:44 AM, andrewd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry don't know your modem. One place to look is http://www.edonkey2000.com/documentation/u_genericrouter.html Here you will see (in the right hand nav menu - half way down) a list of popular modems and how to open up the ports with those modems. Now have a look at that, as the principle between all of them is the same and maybe you will see one that relates or looks similar to your modem. Thanks a lot, Andrew. The site suggested by you greatly helped me: by confronting its contents with what I saw at my modem's configuration menus, I was able to forward the 4662 port! Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Looking for Azureus 2.2.0.2_MOD for Linux
On Apr 1, 2005 12:14 AM, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 31 March 2005 11:23 am, Paul Smith wrote: Azureus http://rpms.mandrakeclub.com/search.php?query=Azureus Thanks, Aron. Non-members of MandrakeClub can get it from: http://mandrakeclub.nl/sources/official/10.1/i586/azureus-2.2.0.2-1.101mcnl.i586.rpm Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Playing dvd movies on a computer
Dear All I do not have a dvd player, but I have heard that it is possible to use the computer dvd recorder to play dvd movies. Could somebody here please give me some directions? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Playing dvd movies on a computer
On Apr 1, 2005 3:05 PM, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not have a dvd player, but I have heard that it is possible to use the computer dvd recorder to play dvd movies. Could somebody here please give me some directions? You can indeed. However, commercial dvds are encoded, and thanks to the legal implications Mandrake cannot give you the packages you need. PLF supply Mandrake packages to deal with this situation. So - 1) Go to easyurpmi.zarb.org and follow the instructions there to make sure you have a plf source - while you are there it would pay you to grab one source from each of the sections listed. A long chain of commands will be given to you to paste into a root console. It does take a while for that to complete, so be patient until it has finished. Using urpmi from the command line or Software Installer as a gui will now give you a whole raft of possibilities you didn't have before. 2) If you have xine installed, uninstall it. 3) Get the xine packages from the plf site - if you use Software Installer make sure you have enabled Maximum Information. You also need decss and any codecs you can find, to give you maximum flexibility. Install them in the usual way and you should be fine. Thanks, Anne and Ian. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Looking for Azureus 2.2.0.2_MOD for Linux
Dear All I am looking for Azureus 2.2.0.2_MOD for Linux. Could someone here please give me some directions? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] I'm confused about java
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:35:22 +0200, Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried to view a website today that needs java to display properly. I used the 'install software' part of mcc and searched for java - the (monsterous) list has left me very confused. Can anyone tell me what package I need to install to view a website with java - I'm using firefox if that has any bearing. Java isn't on the MDK CD's due to license problems. You can download a working java from Sun. However, if you're a member of Mandrake Club (you really should be) you can download the java executable. It's called j2re (Java2 Runtime Environment). If you have set up your sources for Mandrake Club, just as root : # urpmi j2re. The latest version is : j2re-1.4.2_07-1mdk (assuming you run 10.1). Beware, it's a 22 MB download. The latest version is not j2re-1.4.2_07-1mdk; a new version can be found at: http://mandrakeclub.nl/sources/official/10.1/i586/j2re-1.5.0-2.101mcnl.i586.rpm Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] way of deleting the history of bash commands
Dear All Is there some way of deleting the history of bash commands? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] way of deleting the history of bash commands
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:48:55 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some way of deleting the history of bash commands? Yes, just look in /home and you will see file called .bash_history - note the . it's a hidden file, open it with the editor of your choice and well, edit it. If you are using Kde just left click on the file and it will open with Kwrite allowing you to edit it as you wish. Thanks to all. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] xmms and sound
Any ideas why I can't get any sound out of xmms but realplayer, totem, and the system sounds work fine? TIA Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:01:35 +0200, Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adobe Reader 7 rpms can be found here ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/7x/7.0/enu/ Yes, but installing with urpmi gives an error, something with curl being in the way. Instead, use this : # rpm -i --nodeps AdobeReader And everything works well. Thanks a lot, Pablo, for the link. In my case, urpmi was able to install Acrobat Reader 7, without any problem. Does somebody know whether Acrobat Reader 7 has the watch file feature? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture
On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 00:59:05 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a picture. Any suggestions? There's always the Gimp, but for something easier try KolourPaint. Gimp usage is not very inuitive, therefore some hints: Use the cut tool, either by selecting it in the main window (the knife icon) or by just typing Sift-C. Arrange the selected area as you need. Then click within the selected area to do the cut. Save the image, or better save as Thanks to all for your help. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Package with the Acrobat Reader fonts
Dear All Is there some package with the Acrobat Reader fonts? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] package manager for 10.1
Op Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:54:53 + schreef Bill Winegarden: Hi, Thanks Rick et al. I tried to urpmi kdeadmin-kpackage and I got 'no package named kdeadmin-kpackage'. I haven't changed any urpmi settings (that I can recall). I also checked in mcc and it can't find it in the software install or remove utilities. I think 'urpmi kdeadmin' is enough... Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture
Dear All I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a picture. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:59:14 -0800, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a picture. Any suggestions? Gimp or quick and dirty ksnapshot Thanks, Aron. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] extracting cd audio files
Can anyone recommend a program for copying individual tracks from an audio cd to a hard drive? What about file format for storing the files in? What about converting between audio file formats? TIA Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Firefox not playing nice with slashdot
Op Thu, 24 Mar 2005 16:35:23 -0800 schreef Aron Smith: Firefox will not open a link on slashdot has anyone else had this problem other sites seem to be ok Running 1.0.0. and I have no problems with it. ?? Paul -- At the end, it's not the words of our enemies that you will remember but the silence of your friends that you will remember. - Dr. Martin Ruther King http://www.nlpagan.net/linux.php Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE3.4 cannot shutdown
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:48:16 +0700, Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The KDE3.4 is wonderful. I love it very much. However, there are still some hiccups that need to sort out, one of them is: I cannot shutdown my notebook. When I click on the log out then shutdown the screen blanks, then the logon screen appears again. Is this a bug? How can I fix it? I remember you that you can shutdown your computer running the command halt in a console. Are you using kdm or mdkkdm, Fajar? Thanks for resposing. I guess I'm using mdkkdm, but how do I know this? You can check it out doing the following: MCC -- System -- Display Manager Thanks Paul, After I change it from mdkkdm to kdm, I can shutdown normally again. If you, Fajar, prefer mdkkdm, select it and use the command halt in a console. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE3.4 cannot shutdown
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:50:27 +0700, Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you, Fajar, prefer mdkkdm, select it and use the command halt in a console. Yes, actually i like mdkkdm better (the graphics is nicer), but using console to shutdown? I dont think it's nice. Because it won't save my KDE sessions, do you think so? I cannot tell you, Fajar, as I start always with an empty session. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE3.4 cannot shutdown
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:06:54 +0700, Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The KDE3.4 is wonderful. I love it very much. However, there are still some hiccups that need to sort out, one of them is: I cannot shutdown my notebook. When I click on the log out then shutdown the screen blanks, then the logon screen appears again. Is this a bug? How can I fix it? I remember you that you can shutdown your computer running the command halt in a console. Are you using kdm or mdkkdm, Fajar? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE3.4 cannot shutdown
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 22:21:14 +0700, Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The KDE3.4 is wonderful. I love it very much. However, there are still some hiccups that need to sort out, one of them is: I cannot shutdown my notebook. When I click on the log out then shutdown the screen blanks, then the logon screen appears again. Is this a bug? How can I fix it? I remember you that you can shutdown your computer running the command halt in a console. Are you using kdm or mdkkdm, Fajar? Thanks for resposing. I guess I'm using mdkkdm, but how do I know this? Fajar, You can check it out doing the following: MCC -- System -- Display Manager Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] configuring update source
I am trying to configure mandrake update so as to grab Thac's kde 3.4 rpms. The relevant files are in: ftp://mirror.aca.oakland.edu/pub/linux/rpm.nyvalls.se/10.1/RPMS/kde-3.4.0 But this directory does not contain a hdlist.cz file The parent directory contains hdlist.cz, but it points to evey thac rpm in the parent directory and all it's sub-directories. How can I configure update to look only in the kde-3.4.0 sub-directory? TIA Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] configuring update source
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 07:13:59 -0500, Paul Kaplan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to configure mandrake update so as to grab Thac's kde 3.4 rpms. The relevant files are in: ftp://mirror.aca.oakland.edu/pub/linux/rpm.nyvalls.se/10.1/RPMS/kde-3.4.0 But this directory does not contain a hdlist.cz file Just use: ftp://mirror.aca.oakland.edu/pub/linux/rpm.nyvalls.se/10.1/RPMS/ The sub-directory kde-3.4.0 is reached by urpmi. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] digikam update
On Sun, 2005-03-20 at 11:48, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: After mucking about most of the day, and thinking I had installed the newer package I get this after checking to see what version I have - digikam-0.6.2. What am I doing wrong? Rosemary Nothing, the latest stable version is 0.6.2-5. There is a later version (0.7.1) in cooker and club test packages, so likely to be in the next release. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.4
I do not know what is wrong, but after having added Thac as a media, when I run urpmi --auto-select nothing happens. Does the same happen with you? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.4
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 16:44:36 +0100, Pablo Ortuzar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not know what is wrong, but after having added Thac as a media, when I run urpmi --auto-select nothing happens. Does the same happen with you? No. 204 packages were going to be installed. Due to missed dependencies, none was. BTW, did you do a previous urpmi.update? Thanks, Pablo. Yes, I did a previous urpmi.update. Did it take a long while to complete your urpmi --auto-select ? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Checking the Internet activity
Dear All Is there some way of seeing the Internet activity, i.e., the number of the connections and the implied programs? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Checking the Internet activity
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 06:07:22 +1100, Stephen Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some way of seeing the Internet activity, i.e., the number of the connections and the implied programs? urpmi iptraf ...also trafshow, etherape, ethereal, nessus... Thanks, Stephen and Mikkel. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Getting a screen-shot of the current window
Dear All Could somebody please tell me how to get a screen-shot of the current window? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Getting a screen-shot of the current window
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 20:39:54 +, riccardo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how to get a screen-shot of the current window? Ksnapshot will do fine Thanks, Anne and Riccardo. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Turn off computer only ends the session
Dear All After having installed KDE 3.4 (which works fine), when I select turn off computer, it only ends the session. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Getting a screen-shot of the current window
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 18:03:50 -0500, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could somebody please tell me how to get a screen-shot of the current window? try ksnapshot Thanks to all who have answered. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Compatabiltiy - Printers, scanners
On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 11:35, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Friday 18 Mar 2005 22:24, Noel McG. wrote: Hello, I am running Mandrake 10.1 Can anyone tell me if the following might be compatible and run OK. Scanner. Cannon 4200F Printers. HP 7762, or HP1100D Thank you. I've been looking all around about Canon scanners, and it isn't good jsut now. Canon won't release their code (from lists), and no supporting drivers'. We need for Canaon to release code or someone to develope somehting I guess .. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Hardware-HOWTO.html says the Canon BJC 4200 'works perfectly', as does the HP 1100 photosmart. Check the SANE pages for Canon scanners' back ends. Or, go into MCC and 'hardware' on your computer, select 'scanner' 'add scanner manually', and see if the model is listed there as supported or unsupported, then just cancel when you've the information. You can do something similar for printers (uncheck the 'auto-detect' box) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Program to combine words
Dear All I am looking for a program to do the following: extract all the combinations of two words from a given set of many words. Is there such a software? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Program to combine words
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:14:56 +, Q.H. Wang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this link providing what you wanna, man? http://www.searchengineforums.com/apps/webmaster.forums/action::thread/thread::1090443783/forum::googleadwords/ Thanks, Wang. That is what I was looking for. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.4
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 17:55:49 -0500, Mr. Geek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Leaf wrote: On Friday 18 March 2005 16:13, frengoGorgia wrote: Il ven, 2005-03-18 alle 22:45, Pablo Ortuzar ha scritto: Hello, KDE 3.4 is out. There are SuSE, Fedora and Conectiva packages available, but no Mandrake rpms. Is there any way to urpmi them? Look like a flame-question for the mandrake-experts http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-expertm=00737215901w=2 http://archives.mandrakelinux.com/expert/2005-03/msg00840.php Check Thac's RPMs http://rpm.nyvalls.se/10.1/RPMS/ , you can add Thacs to your urpmi resources as well. Yeah, and KDE 3.4 not only looks good but runs great on my laptop. One suggestion folks. Make sure you have a different desktop system installed (ICE, BlackBox, etc.) and log into that desktop before updating KDE. In other words, either boot into runlevel 3 or a different Desktop Environment before installing KDE 3.4, since it will replace your existing KDE in the process. If you remain in KDE whilst updating it, you're asking for trouble. And which packages should one start installing? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.4
I have just installed KDE 3.4. The login panel has changed afterwards. How can I get the previous one? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.4
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 01:12:31 +, Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just installed KDE 3.4. The login panel has changed afterwards. How can I get the previous one? I found the solution meanwhile: urpmi mdkkdm Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] How to configure mdkkdm?
Dear All Does somebody here know how to configure mdkkdm? In particular, I am interested in configuring it to use anti-aliasing fonts. Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] linux command tutorial
On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 00:53, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Thursday 17 March 2005 04:35 pm, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 04:23, Julie Sloan wrote: I found a new-newbie oriented tutorial at http://www.linuxcommand.org/ which everyone here probably already knows about. But just in case some lurker doesn't, there's the link. I may not be pestering y'all with questions for a while. I'm busy reading. Dang. Didn't know they taught reading in Kentucky. Julie, meet Stephen. Stephen rarely has anything good (read accurate as well) to say about Kentucky or Kentuckians, as a general rule. You'll get used to it. :-) I had to post pictures of my home and yard before he would believe that there weren't cars up on blocks in the front yard, refrigerators on the porch, blah, blah, blah... Go on Ronald, admit it. That wasn't really a photo of your house was it? 8-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] making USB connection permanent
On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 15:33, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Paul wrote: I have a Zaurus PDA, which I connect via usb to PC, running 10.1. Whenever I disconnect the connection is lost (of course) and have to reset IP whenever I re-attach. What I want is to make this connection permanent, so that whenever I re-attach Zaurus everything is ready. To do this I assume I'll have to reserve (e.g.) usb0 for this device, and force any other usb device to take usb1 (etc) even when the Zaurus is not attached. Any ideas how I can do this? BTW, if anybody out there has a Zaurus and hasn't re-flashed the ROM with one of the embeddedlinux ROMs you're missing out - after putting it off for months I tried this weekend and am very impressed. You might look at using udev to create a custom name for it. http://www.reactivated.net/udevrules.php Mikkel Many thanks, Mikkel - looks like what I'm after. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] kmail - delayed send
Is there any way to have kmail send a message at some defined time in the future? I often write a message that I don't want sent until a specified time. MS Exchange allows a message not to be sent before a specified time, but I haven't found a similar feature (yet) in kmail. TIA Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Enlarging / partition
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:01:31 +, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I enlarge the / partition? diskdrake in MandrakeControlCentreMountPointsPartitions can resize a Linux partition, but that assumes that you have contiguous free space available on your drive at the end of the current partition. A more likely scenario is that you have space on a different hard drive, or on a different part of your existing drive, in which case the simplest solution is to mount part of your current file system on a new partition. You could for example mount /usr on a new partition. When you use diskdrake to create a new partition and select a mount point which already contains files (such as /usr), then diskdrake will offer to copy the existing files to the new partition for you. The new partition can then be mounted without any interruption. Note: I am not sure if diskdrake will remove the files from the 'old' partition in which case they will still be there and consuming space, but will be hidden from view by the 'new' /usr partition sitting on top. In order to delete those files and free up the space you would have to boot with MandrakeMove, Knoppix or some other liveCd distro and delete them. Thanks, Derek. Probably, I was not clear enough: I have a 80GB hard disk with 5GB for /, 1GB for the Swap partition and the remaining for /home. What I am wanting is to have 10GB for /, stealing 5GB from /home. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Enlarging / partition
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 17:57:21 +, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Derek. Probably, I was not clear enough: I have a 80GB hard disk with 5GB for /, 1GB for the Swap partition and the remaining for /home. What I am wanting is to have 10GB for /, stealing 5GB from /home. The answer remains the same. diskdrake can shrink /home for you. It will probably have to be unmounted at the time which means you will have to be logged in as root or else you will not be able to unmount /home. (Or boot up with MandrakeMove) The space freed up by shrinking /home is not going to be contiguous with your current '/' partition, so the easiest way to make use of it is to mount part of the file system on it as I described. I suggested /usr because there is quite a lot of files in there, but you could just as easily use /var or something. PS: I suggest backing up /home first. I would hate to be accused of making you trash all your data. BTW: You only appear to be using 16GB out of an 80GB drive. I hope you are not wasting that space with another Operating System? Thanks, Derek and Mikkel. I shall wait for Mandrake 10.2 and then, during the installation process of it, I will choose a / partition of 10GB. No, no, my 80GB disk is only used for Mandrake. I have a second disk of 20GB for MS Windows. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] making USB connection permanent
I have a Zaurus PDA, which I connect via usb to PC, running 10.1. Whenever I disconnect the connection is lost (of course) and have to reset IP whenever I re-attach. What I want is to make this connection permanent, so that whenever I re-attach Zaurus everything is ready. To do this I assume I'll have to reserve (e.g.) usb0 for this device, and force any other usb device to take usb1 (etc) even when the Zaurus is not attached. Any ideas how I can do this? BTW, if anybody out there has a Zaurus and hasn't re-flashed the ROM with one of the embeddedlinux ROMs you're missing out - after putting it off for months I tried this weekend and am very impressed. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Enlarging / partition
Dear All How can I enlarge the / partition? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Which package contains GTK+ 1.2 or higher in 10.1
Hi all, I tried to compile gcvs availiable from wincvs.org. While configuring it is saying that checking for GTK - version = 1.2.0... no *** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found *** If GTK was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in *** your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the *** full path to gtk-config. configure: error: Cannot find GTK: Is gtk-config in path? I searched for gtk-config in Browse Avaliable Software from Packaging menu. I have GNOME installed. Which package contains this ?. -- rgds Antony Paul http://www.geocities.com/antonypaul24/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Hard disk led light synchronized with dvd recorder activity
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 19:50:04 +0100, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul and Mikkel. Can I then be sure that there is no bad consequences for my computer? I think you should be fine. Thanks, again, Paul and Mikkel. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Can't find win32-codecs
Dear All Could someone please tell me where can I find win32-codecs? I have tried several plf mirrors but with no success. Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Can't find win32-codecs
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 16:07:04 +0100, Pablo Ortuzar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could someone please tell me where can I find win32-codecs? I have tried several plf mirrors but with no success. http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/ Thanks to all who have answered. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Changing the fonts of the menus of Abiword
Dear All Is there some way of changing the fonts of the menus of Abiword? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] How to use DVDs+RW?
Dear All I have just bought a DVD recorder and I would like to know how to use DVDs+RW. Can I overwrite files on there? If so, how? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
