Re: [newbie] Strange samba problem
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 01:42 am, Dan Gordon wrote: Hello all, Well it has taken me about a year to get samba to the point where two boxes can see each others shares. The problem is on box a i can see the share on box b but cant mount it the error is bad password. on box b i can see the share locally but cant mount it error is bad password. On box b i can see the share on box a and can mount it. Also can mount the share locally. Both boxes have been set up exacly the same and am using samba 3.0.2a on both boxes. Have tried linneighbourhood, smb4k (which dont work at all) and gnome samba browser with the same results. The only diferences between these two boxes is one has mandrake 10 CE and the other has mandrake 10 official. The exact error message is SMB connection failed 11762: tree connect failed: ERRSRV - ERRbadpw -- Tue Aug 17 02:05:50 EDT 2004 02:05:50 up 2:59, 0 users, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.01 Operator, please trace this call and tell me where I am. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] .mov sound
On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:37:32 -0500 John Drouhard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: as root, modprobe snd_seq_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm_oss john # modprobe snd_seq_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm_oss FATAL: Error inserting snd-seq-oss (/lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/kernel/sound/core/seq/oss/snd-seq-oss.ko.g z): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) dmesg had nothing in it related to sound. cat dmesg returns cat: dmesg: No such file or directory Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with sound
Could you try this: add the line 'options snd-intel8x0 ac97_quirk=1' at the end of /etc/modprobe.conf if you run a 2.6 kernel (check with 'uname -r') and reboot. Then check mixer levels with alsamixer and try to aplay some sound. when I do /etc/moodprobe.conf (as root) I get permission denied Maryse Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Strange samba problem
On Tuesday 17 Aug 2004 06:42, Dan Gordon wrote: Hello all, Well it has taken me about a year to get samba to the point where two boxes can see each others shares. The problem is on box a i can see the share on box b but cant mount it the error is bad password. on box b i can see the share locally but cant mount it error is bad password. On box b i can see the share on box a and can mount it. Also can mount the share locally. Both boxes have been set up exacly the same and am using samba 3.0.2a on both boxes. Have tried linneighbourhood, smb4k (which dont work at all) and gnome samba browser with the same results. The only diferences between these two boxes is one has mandrake 10 CE and the other has mandrake 10 official. any ideas would be apreaciated. Oh and if you wondering why it took me a year to get this farwell i could not have cared less untill today LOL. Regards, Dan Gordon The password it is asking for is the NETBIOS password for that user. The NETBIOS password has to be defined in the server with the command (as root) smbpasswd -a user_name The Netbios password does not have to be the same as the Linux logon password although you may find it less confusing if you make them the same. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Downloads and Installs
On Tuesday 17 Aug 2004 03:56, BJ Tracy wrote: On Monday 16 August 2004 12:28 am, Charlie Mahan wrote: SNIP Thanks for your help..however, I installed clamav and sql from the Mandrake Control Center and checked and they are installed. I rebooted(habit) and still cannot find the programs..where would they be. The documentation says they are to be in '/var/lib/rpm' and I don't see them. In the root, I typed 'urpmi clamav' and it says it is installed and the same for sql. So I typed 'urpmi rute' and it has me put cd2 in the drive and then cd 5 and spits out ' The Following Packages Have Bad Signatures /var/cache/urpmi/gv-3.5.8.31mdk.i586.rmp.invalid key+d. Do you want to continue' (BEATS ME). I have gone to Mandrake Control Panel to install other programs and get the same thing, ' The Following Packages Have Bad Signature'. What's up with this??? I'm doing the install (new software) from Mandrake 10.0 PowerPack CD's. HELP me understandplease. bj and by the way, , , , , there's no way to get bored with this, , , ticked off yes (for not understanding), , but not bored. Thanks again for your help. Are ya bored yet? lol Charlie If you want to know where the files belonging to a package you have installed are, open the Mandrake Software Uninstall GUI and enter the package name in the search box. A list of files will appear in the right hand pane. For clamav the file you are most interested in is clamscan. which clamscan in a terminal will respond back with the location of the executable. To learn how to use clamscan enter #clamscan in the url line of konqueror. You will find that there are documentation files for clamav in /usr/share/doc What do you want to do with Clamav? It is most commonly used by mailservers who handle mail for Windows clients (I have a guide on my homepage on setting that up) There is no point checking for viruses on a standalone Linux computer since Linux is immune to viruses. (OK there are 19 known Linux viruses, but they have never actually been seen in the wild) As for the bad signature message, that means that the signature the packager used when they created the RPM does not match the signature on your systems 'keyring', so you cannot be sure that you know who the guy was who made the package. This could be either because the packager did not sign the package at all, or for some reason you have a key missing from your keyring. Packages produced by MandrakeSoft should be signed with Mandrake's signature, but that 'rute' package was not made by MandrakeSoft and is not signed. It is quite OK to say 'Install anyway'. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Scanning from GIMP2
In GIMP 1.2 one could invoke xsane from the menu : File -- Acquire That option is missing in my GIMP2. Solutions ? Regards Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.7* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Scanning from GIMP2
On Tuesday 17 Aug 2004 08:44, Kaj Haulrich wrote: In GIMP 1.2 one could invoke xsane from the menu : File -- Acquire That option is missing in my GIMP2. Solutions ? Regards Kaj Haulrich. urpmi xsane-gimp derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Spell-checking in Thunderbird (Solved)
On Monday 16 Aug 2004 22:37, Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 16 Aug 2004 21:01, Keith Powell wrote: On Monday 16 Aug 2004 15:07, Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 16 Aug 2004 14:46, Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 16 Aug 2004 14:06, Keith Powell wrote: I have been trying Thunderbird - a very nice program, and the spam filter works well. However, I can't get it to spell check in GB English, only American English. I have downloaded the correct dictionary from dictionaries.mozdev.org/installation.html but can't get Thunderbird to find it. The download site says to use Tools-Options-Attachments to install it. but there is no Attachments item in that menu. How do I install the new dictionary, please? I can't find the answer with Google :-( Many thanks for any help. Keith It works for me with Thunderbird 0.9.1 which is available as an RPM from MandrakeClub or from Chip Cuccio's site http://norlug.org/~chipster/index.pxml?rpms (You may need to install xorg-x11-Xvfb before it will work) Thunderbird 0.91 supports extensions Tools-Options-Extensions not Attachments. To install the British spell checker go here http://dictionaries.mozdev.org/installation.html If you are using Mozilla or mozilla-firefox clicking on the spell checker will install it in mozilla itself. To install it in Thunderbird right click on the link and save the file somewhere in your home. Then in Thunderbird - Tools-Options-Extensions Press the 'Install' button and select the previously saved spell checker. :-) derek Sorry I must engage brain before typing :-( The latest version of Thunderbird is of course 0.7.3 Also I had to run thunderbird as root when installing the extension or else it did not have permission to the correct folder for the spell checker. Finally when running a spell check you should be anle to select the appropriate language in the drop down menu. derek Thank you for your help, Derek. I am running 0.7.1, which is the latest I can find on Chip's site - not joined the Club yet. Sorry about the typing error, I meant Extensions and not Attachments. It must be the weather which is affecting the brain! I have run Thunderbird both as root and as a user, and there is definitely NOT an Attachments item in the Tools-Options menu. So I am at a loss how to install the British spell checker. The next thing I will do is to download and install xorg-x11-Xvfb and see if that brings me an Extension menu item, but I can't really see how it will. However, I am probably wrong. In the language menu item in the spell checker, there is still only the American language. Any further ideas will be *very* gratefully received. Keith Thunderbird 0.7.3 is here http://norlug.org/~chipster/rpm_handler/cat2/mozilla-thunderbird-0.7.3-2.no rlug.i586.rpm You should not be looking in Tools-Options Look in ToolsExtensions xorg-x11-Xvfb is a dependency for the MandrakeClub RPM. I am not sure if Chip's version requires it. derek Thanks Derek for your help - it is appreciated. It would have helped if I had looked for Extensions in the correct place. Dictionary installed as root, and it is now working. A thought. I wonder if it would help reading Stephen's messages if I installed the Australian Dictionary? ;-) Keith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Scanning from GIMP2
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 09:44, Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 17 Aug 2004 08:44, Kaj Haulrich wrote: In GIMP 1.2 one could invoke xsane from the menu : File -- Acquire That option is missing in my GIMP2. Solutions ? Regards Kaj Haulrich. urpmi xsane-gimp derek Thanks Derek, but I already have that installed. Nevertheless, the file menu in GIMP2 only has the option : File | Acquire | Screenshot There must be some way inside GIMP2 settings to give me that option ? - Of course I can fall back to GIMP1, but I really find GIMP2 a lot easier to use, so I miss that scanning option. Ideas ? Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.7* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Scanning from GIMP2
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 05:40, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Tuesday 17 August 2004 09:44, Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 17 Aug 2004 08:44, Kaj Haulrich wrote: In GIMP 1.2 one could invoke xsane from the menu : File -- Acquire That option is missing in my GIMP2. Solutions ? Regards Kaj Haulrich. urpmi xsane-gimp derek the program you need would be xscanimage Thanks Derek, but I already have that installed. Nevertheless, the file menu in GIMP2 only has the option : File | Acquire | Screenshot There must be some way inside GIMP2 settings to give me that option ? - Of course I can fall back to GIMP1, but I really find GIMP2 a lot easier to use, so I miss that scanning option. Ideas ? Kaj Haulrich. -- linux counter #167806 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Scanning from GIMP2
On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:40:15 +0200 Kaj Haulrich wrote: There must be some way inside GIMP2 settings to give me that option ? - Of course I can fall back to GIMP1, but I really find GIMP2 a lot easier to use, so I miss that scanning option. Ideas ? xsane-gimp will not support gimp2 until 10.1 For 10.0 it is built for usage with 1.2.x Charles -- How untasteful can you get? - Mandrake Linux 10.1 on PurpleDragon 2.6.8-0.rc2.2mdkenterprise http://www.eslrahc.com - pgpTHlQmAugH7.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club
Considering that there are two releases a year, and buying a box each time will cost about $60, the Silver gives you the best value for the year, IMO, and it is better for Mandrake because the profit margin is higher than on a box. I am not sure but I do not think so many people are willing to update their systems twice a year. For me, I have sticked to 9.1 for about two years and just I shifted to 10 recently. I believe people having similar ideas like me are not a small number. We only update our systems when major relseases are available. Of course we may update certain software before this kind main update. So, I suggest that, if possible, Mandrake can set up a kind of flexible membership other than the existing bronze, silver, gold ones. I mean people can contribute to Mandrake whatever number (surely of money) they want, what they get may be limited download numbers (e.g., 5 or 10 times a year) or nothing at all. I believe some people would like this one. To be honest after downloading 9.1 I planned to contribute some to Mandrake, but when I found the least is $60, I gave up. Man, I must trust me $60 is not a small number for a student. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Scanning from GIMP2
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 11:50, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:40:15 +0200 Kaj Haulrich wrote: There must be some way inside GIMP2 settings to give me that option ? - Of course I can fall back to GIMP1, but I really find GIMP2 a lot easier to use, so I miss that scanning option. Ideas ? xsane-gimp will not support gimp2 until 10.1 For 10.0 it is built for usage with 1.2.x Charles Thanks, folks. I can't find xscanimage anywhere, not even on rpmfind.net, so I guess i will have to wait until 10.1 comes out. Never mind, GIMP1 is fully capable, it's just me being lazy (and a tad impatient). Thanks again Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.7* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Scanning from GIMP2
Kaj Haulrich wrote: In GIMP 1.2 one could invoke xsane from the menu : File -- Acquire That option is missing in my GIMP2. Solutions ? Regards Kaj Haulrich. Kaj , I stick to standard Mandrake packages and haven't had the chance anyway to install the latest gimp/sane packages. The ones you need is, [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# rpm -qa | grep gimp gimp-1.2.5-10mdk xsane-gimp-0.92-1mdk --- this is the important one. libgimp1.2-1.2.5-10mdk gimp-data-extras-1.2.0-7mdk gimpprint-4.2.6-14mdk gimp-perl-1.2.5-10mdk xpcd-gimp-2.08-20mdk libgimp1.2_1-1.2.5-10mdk You already have sane backends , or it wouldn't work at all. If you already have gimp2 version of xsane-gimp installed,and it doen't work then my guess there is a bug. You can call xsane on it's own, of course, but then it's not part of gimp pluggings and you have to save the image file and open gimp and run the sane image file again, a bit of a bother really. Myself, I'm happy to continue with the above gimp/sane versions and that all works fine.Does everything I need of it so far. I suppose I'm lazy, but I just don't have enough time to do everything all at once all the time, but I can understang you wanting to get to grips with it all at this time. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Scanning from GIMP2
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 12:17, John Richard Smith wrote: Kaj Haulrich wrote: In GIMP 1.2 one could invoke xsane from the menu : File -- Acquire That option is missing in my GIMP2. Solutions ? Regards Kaj Haulrich. Kaj , I stick to standard Mandrake packages and haven't had the chance anyway to install the latest gimp/sane packages. The ones you need is, [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# rpm -qa | grep gimp gimp-1.2.5-10mdk xsane-gimp-0.92-1mdk --- this is the important one. libgimp1.2-1.2.5-10mdk gimp-data-extras-1.2.0-7mdk gimpprint-4.2.6-14mdk gimp-perl-1.2.5-10mdk xpcd-gimp-2.08-20mdk libgimp1.2_1-1.2.5-10mdk You already have sane backends , or it wouldn't work at all. If you already have gimp2 version of xsane-gimp installed,and it doen't work then my guess there is a bug. You can call xsane on it's own, of course, but then it's not part of gimp pluggings and you have to save the image file and open gimp and run the sane image file again, a bit of a bother really. Myself, I'm happy to continue with the above gimp/sane versions and that all works fine.Does everything I need of it so far. I suppose I'm lazy, but I just don't have enough time to do everything all at once all the time, but I can understang you wanting to get to grips with it all at this time. John Well John, now I'm learning to scan my old B/W negatives using GIMP's acquire function. Xsane seems to work perfectly so far. Of course I had to do a lot of experimenting first. One thing that bothers me though is that I have to scan at resolution 1200 in order to reasonably large pictures. But the quality is quite amazing. And it seems to work best scanning with full color range rather than standard negative. Wonder why. I tried Vuescan as well, but honestly, the sheer number of options and settings confuse me more than somewhat, so I guess I'll stick with xsane for now. Learning is fun. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.7* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Downloads and Installs
BJ Tracy wrote: Hello All, I have a number of books on Linux and find them to be a wealth of knowledge but they are really vague when it comes to downloads and installations. Can someone suggest a good book that will walk me thru a download and installation. I may be making this harder than it is, but I have been on MS all my life and just recently switched to Linux. It's been years since I last did a lot of work on the keyboard(in the terminal) but I really do like what I'm doing now in Linux. A couple of NEWBIE questions: 1) When you download a program such as clamav, where should you down load to? A temp file in the usr file? 2) After extracting the files form the tar, and you do a 'make' and a 'make install' , , , , , does Linux know where to put the program files? Just a little confused. Any good books on this, PLEASE ADVISE. bj Downloader programmes for linux, D4X, and NT, try, www.rpmfind.net and serch for any package you think suitable. D4X, and NT is Very gui but easy to use. You download the packages wherever you want to store them. If possible, to start with, download .rpm packages pertaining to your distribution as they will install easy, more or less like windblows, and they remove in just the same sort of way. Then start downloading src or source code verson .rpms these need compiling before installing and make better installations to your particular hardware and OS. After than you move on to tar balls, or .tar files. ./configure make make install but read the readme files to each package carefully. They do vary some. For documentatation try googling. If you get stuck ask here again. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club
Even for old dudes in our fifties and working full-time, $60 is not insignificant. What "commercial" software is available via these memberships? I am looking primarily for answering machine/voice mail/fax software, but am interested in what else is available to members, but not to me as a non-member. Thanks, Tom Ewald"Q.H. Wang" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Considering that there are two releases a year, and buying a box each time will cost about $60, the Silver gives you the best value for the year, IMO, and it is better for Mandrake because the profit margin is higher than on a box.I am not sure but I do not think so many people are willing to update their systems twice a year. For me, I have sticked to 9.1 for about two years and just I shifted to 10 recently. I believe people having similar ideas like me are not a small number. We only update our systems when major relseases are available. Of course we may update certain software before this kind main update. So, I suggest that, if possible, Mandrake can set up a kind of flexible membership other than the existing bronze, silver, gold ones. I mean people can contribute to Mandrake whatever number (surely of money) they want, what they get may be limited download numbers (e.g., 5 or 10 times a year) or nothing at all. I believe some people would like this one. To be honest after downloading 9.1 I planned to contribute some to Mandrake, but when I found the least is $60, I gave up. Man, I must trust me $60 is not a small number for a student.Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.comJoin the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone.
Re: [newbie] Downloads and Installs
On Monday 16 August 2004 21:56, BJ Tracy wrote: On Monday 16 August 2004 12:28 am, Charlie Mahan wrote: SNIP snip SNIP Thanks for your help..however, I installed clamav and sql from the Mandrake Control Center and checked and they are installed. I rebooted(habit) and still cannot find the programs..where would they be. The documentation says they are to be in '/var/lib/rpm' and I don't see them. In the root, I typed 'urpmi clamav' and it says it is installed and the same for sql. So I typed 'urpmi rute' and it has me put cd2 in the drive and then cd 5 and spits out ' The Following Packages Have Bad Signatures /var/cache/urpmi/gv-3.5.8.31mdk.i586.rmp.invalid key+d. Do you want to continue' (BEATS ME). I have gone to Mandrake Control Panel to install other programs and get the same thing, ' The Following Packages Have Bad Signature'. What's up with this??? I'm doing the install (new software) from Mandrake 10.0 PowerPack CD's. HELP me understandplease. bj and by the way, , , , , there's no way to get bored with this, , , ticked off yes (for not understanding), , but not bored. Thanks again for your help. Are ya bored yet? lol Charlie I dont know why the packages sometimes have bad signatures maybe the packager did not sign the package. But I have always just said yes and proceed it seems to work OK. -- Regards; Hoyt Registered Linux User #363264 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Scanning from GIMP2
Kaj Haulrich wrote: Well John, now I'm learning to scan my old B/W negatives using GIMP's acquire function. Xsane seems to work perfectly so far. Of course I had to do a lot of experimenting first. One thing that bothers me though is that I have to scan at resolution 1200 in order to reasonably large pictures. But the quality is quite amazing. And it seems to work best scanning with full color range rather than standard negative. Wonder why. I found that too. I got better B+W pictures by scanning the original B+W source in colour and then using gimp to covert to greyscale. I sure don't know why that is unless the answer is that a colour scan, of necessity , grabs much more real data with which any programmes can work with and convert back to B+W. Just a guess. The choice of dpi seems to be a function of size of source area over degree of enlargement and therefore if for arguement's sake you want to extract an area in a picture the size of a postage stamp, but you want to enlarge it and use it again in another setting then it is necessary to choose a high dpi rate, naturally. That always supposes that the source of that postage size area has enough definition to allow for enlargement without undue degradation. I found I really did need a lot of CPU power to do all this. There is a hell of a lot of number crunching in image work, especially when you want to be getting on with scanning and sending print files to the printer as well. One reason why I'm contemplating AMD64 cpu's next. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Scanning from GIMP2
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 13:36, John Richard Smith wrote: Kaj Haulrich wrote: Well John, now I'm learning to scan my old B/W negatives using GIMP's acquire function. Xsane seems to work perfectly so far. Of course I had to do a lot of experimenting first. One thing that bothers me though is that I have to scan at resolution 1200 in order to reasonably large pictures. But the quality is quite amazing. And it seems to work best scanning with full color range rather than standard negative. Wonder why. I found that too. I got better B+W pictures by scanning the original B+W source in colour and then using gimp to covert to greyscale. I sure don't know why that is unless the answer is that a colour scan, of necessity , grabs much more real data with which any programmes can work with and convert back to B+W. Just a guess. The choice of dpi seems to be a function of size of source area over degree of enlargement and therefore if for arguement's sake you want to extract an area in a picture the size of a postage stamp, but you want to enlarge it and use it again in another setting then it is necessary to choose a high dpi rate, naturally. That always supposes that the source of that postage size area has enough definition to allow for enlargement without undue degradation. I found I really did need a lot of CPU power to do all this. There is a hell of a lot of number crunching in image work, especially when you want to be getting on with scanning and sending print files to the printer as well. One reason why I'm contemplating AMD64 cpu's next. John OK, my Athlon XP2100 works fairly well and 512 MB of RAM makes the processing quite fast. When scanning a 35 mm B/W negative at 2400 resolution it takes about 20 seconds to complete. In order to keep the resulting file size modest, I save the scans in jpeg with 90 % quality, thus getting files around 1 MB. (Of course, when doing multiple edits and saves I use .png to avoid picture degradation). Not knowing if jpeg is here to stay, I save the really important photos in raw format, but maybe that's overkill. Right now, I'm trying to scan some old negatives in strange formats, such as 6x6 cm roll film shot with my Rolleiflex and some glass plates around 9x13 cm. My scanner doesn't come with a mask for those weird things, so maybe I have to construct one myself. The fun goes on. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.7* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club
On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 04:19:44 -0700 (PDT) Thomas Ewald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even for old dudes in our fifties and working full-time, $60 is not insignificant. My personal rule-of-thumb is, When does the value of the gain exceed what I've paid? Problem is that I gain more every day than I've paid both mdk and this list. $60 is not insignificant but a very small price, indeed. The two Windows progs I still have to use require upgrades at the tune of at least $150 each per year. That won't get any better. I remember when maintaining the os and the progs was a 700.00 year easily (as a household user). We all accepted that as the way things are. In retrospect, $60.00 is insignificant. With that, I have to add that the commercial progs are usually available elsewhere. If you expect to be buying programs with Club membership, you're barking up the right tree for the wrong reason. $0.02 Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club
I am not sure but I do not think so many people are willing to update their systems twice a year. I agree with this. Mandrake Club is a good idae but if you have a very bad/slow modem connection, I shudder to think how long it would take to download the whole system. bad enough with the upgrades. Maryse Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club
On Tuesday 17 Aug 2004 12:19, Thomas Ewald wrote: Even for old dudes in our fifties and working full-time, $60 is not insignificant. What commercial software is available via these memberships? I am looking primarily for answering machine/voice mail/fax software, but am interested in what else is available to members, but not to me as a non-member. Thanks, Tom Ewald Q.H. Wang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Considering that there are two releases a year, and buying a box each time will cost about $60, the Silver gives you the best value for the year, IMO, and it is better for Mandrake because the profit margin is higher than on a box. I am not sure but I do not think so many people are willing to update their systems twice a year. For me, I have sticked to 9.1 for about two years and just I shifted to 10 recently. I believe people having similar ideas like me are not a small number. We only update our systems when major relseases are available. Of course we may update certain software before this kind main update. So, I suggest that, if possible, Mandrake can set up a kind of flexible membership other than the existing bronze, silver, gold ones. I mean people can contribute to Mandrake whatever number (surely of money) they want, what they get may be limited download numbers (e.g., 5 or 10 times a year) or nothing at all. I believe some people would like this one. To be honest after downloading 9.1 I planned to contribute some to Mandrake, but when I found the least is $60, I gave up. Man, I must trust me $60 is not a small number for a student. Do not be under any illusion. Mandrake Club membership does not give you many 'monetary' advantages. It is really just a way for people who would otherwise buy boxed sets to use the download edition and still contribute back. Yes it entitles you to discount on commercial packages available from Mandrake Store as described here http://www.mandrakeclub.com/article.php?sid=1294mode=nocomments and here http://store.mandrakesoft.com/index.php?cPath=25osCsid=1543ed2a2adb6f8ce3600fc98663150d and you can also download any of the commercial packages from the Powerpack CD, but these downloadable packages are all available from elsewhere, (such as Opera, Acrobat, Flash, or Sun Java), or are time limited or in some other way limited trial versions (such as Win4Lin) For your Fax software you could use Hylafax, or Efax from the download edition, or there is Fax2Send from MandrakeClub Commercial downloads. I have never used it but I think the Fax2Send package is fully functional, but limited in the number of users or something. http://www.fax2send.com/fax2send/page/home.html For many people $60 is a lot of money, but there is always the download edition. Mandrake are good members of the GPL community. The download edition is not limited in any way, and MandrakeSoft really do not mind if people use it. They would rather people downloaded Mandrake for free than some other distro. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Samba3
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 04:30 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: Hi all Can someone compare Samba and Samba3? Is there reason to switch to Samba3. I ask because I'm still having trouble sharing my 10.0 boxes with the network. I'm not ready to elaborate yet because I don't have the whole picture myself, but the problems are centered on the 3 10.0 boxes. I'm comparing smb.conf files now. Lee I think the main difference that you and I will understaqnd is that Samba3 is compatible with Win2k server's Active Directory, so it can serve as a domain controller in an Active Directory environment. For simple home file sharing without a domain controller, Samba2 probably still works very well. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] pctel 789
Dear All, I just download a driver for my pct789 chip from : ##http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pctel-linux/pctel-0.9.7-9.tar.gz Then I put at : $home/suket When I run : ./configure -auto resulted = checking for running kernel version ..2.4.22 checking for ptserial...ptserial-2.4.7.c checking for gcc...3.3.1 searching for kernel includes ... ** error could not find any kernel sources in /usr/src you have either not installed in another place then /usr/src/ please enter your correct kernel source tree, e.g. /usr/src/linux = /usr/include/linux ** eror could not find a version.h file at these kernel sources please read the fAQ about installation requirements. Why it gave error, what's wrong ? I have checked the file version.h which already there at = /usr/include/linux Please advise. Thanks. how tired with this softwr. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Scanning from GIMP2
Hoyt Bailey wrote: On Tuesday 17 August 2004 08:04, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Tuesday 17 August 2004 14:48, Hoyt Bailey wrote: snip Kaj; What kind of scanner are you using I'v been checking out the LS-2000 but might be interested in other's. /snip John Richard Smith has been extremely helpful to me. He knows more than somewhat about scanning and recommended an Epson Perfection 2400 Photo. My main interest in scanning is as a substitute for my old-fashioned darkroom ( I realise, that doing it the old way with enlargers, developers, fixers etc.. etc... is too time consuming for about 5000 old negatives). It was a little hard to get that particular scanner where I live, but it finally arrived. I've used it now for about a week, and I'm very happy with it. It set me back 200 ?. Well worth the money ! Kaj Haulrich. Thanks Kaj. If you have supply problems, I'm pretty sure I can get one in UK quite easily. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Strange samba problem
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 09:51 am, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 15:42, Dan Gordon wrote: Hello all, Well it has taken me about a year to get samba to the point where two boxes can see each others shares. The problem is on box a i can see the share on box b but cant mount it the error is bad password. on box b i can see the share locally but cant mount it error is bad password. On box b i can see the share on box a and can mount it. Also can mount the share locally. Both boxes have been set up exacly the same and am using samba 3.0.2a on both boxes. Have tried linneighbourhood, smb4k (which dont work at all) and gnome samba browser with the same results. The only diferences between these two boxes is one has mandrake 10 CE and the other has mandrake 10 official. any ideas would be apreaciated. Oh and if you wondering why it took me a year to get this farwell i could not have cared less untill today LOL. Regards, Dan Gordon Dunno why you're having such major probs with Samba; and sorry to say, have you RTFM? I can get Samba up and running in literally no time at all; either as a normal Windows sharing system or as a domain controller; using SWAT through Webmin and it's interface, or either by manually editing the /etc/samba/smb.conf - it truly isn't all that hard especially if you use SWAT. Why not post the /etc/samba/smb.conf and let someone looksee? (BTW, the Samba mailing list is a great place to bounce things around as well) Found the problem, it seems that I had to log into kde as root go into kcontrol and set the netbios name in the samba configuration section. Now even smb4k works. I will have a look at the samba mailing list though as I now have to get a XP box to connect. Thanks for the help guys. -- Tue Aug 17 10:27:14 EDT 2004 10:27:14 up 11:20, 0 users, load average: 0.06, 0.09, 0.04 A freelance is one who gets paid by the word -- per piece or perhaps. -- Robert Benchley Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Strange samba problem
On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 15:42, Dan Gordon wrote: Hello all, Well it has taken me about a year to get samba to the point where two boxes can see each others shares. The problem is on box a i can see the share on box b but cant mount it the error is bad password. on box b i can see the share locally but cant mount it error is bad password. On box b i can see the share on box a and can mount it. Also can mount the share locally. Both boxes have been set up exacly the same and am using samba 3.0.2a on both boxes. Have tried linneighbourhood, smb4k (which dont work at all) and gnome samba browser with the same results. The only diferences between these two boxes is one has mandrake 10 CE and the other has mandrake 10 official. any ideas would be apreaciated. Oh and if you wondering why it took me a year to get this farwell i could not have cared less untill today LOL. Regards, Dan Gordon Dunno why you're having such major probs with Samba; and sorry to say, have you RTFM? I can get Samba up and running in literally no time at all; either as a normal Windows sharing system or as a domain controller; using SWAT through Webmin and it's interface, or either by manually editing the /etc/samba/smb.conf - it truly isn't all that hard especially if you use SWAT. Why not post the /etc/samba/smb.conf and let someone looksee? (BTW, the Samba mailing list is a great place to bounce things around as well) -- stephen kuhn - proprietor __ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __ Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. MOCK APPLE PIE (No Apples Needed) Pastry to two crust 9-inch pie 36 RITZ Crackers 2 cups water 2 cups sugar 2 teaspoons cream of tartar 2 tablespoons lemon juice Grated rind of one lemon Butter or margarine Cinnamon Roll out bottom crust of pastry and fit into 9-inch pie plate. Break RITZ Crackers coarsely into pastry-lined plate. Combine water, sugar and cream of tartar in saucepan, boil gently for 15 minutes. Add lemon juice and rind. Cool. Pour this syrup over Crackers, dot generously with butter or margarine and sprinkle with cinnamon. Cover with top crust. Trim and flute edges together. Cut slits in top crust to let steam escape. Bake in a hot oven (425 F) 30 to 35 minutes, until crust is crisp and golden. Serve warm. Cut into 6 to 8 slices. -- Found lurking on a Ritz Crackers box Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Scanning from GIMP2
Kaj Haulrich wrote: OK, my Athlon XP2100 works fairly well and 512 MB of RAM makes the processing quite fast. We have about the same then. When scanning a 35 mm B/W negative at 2400 resolution it takes about 20 seconds to complete. In order to keep the resulting file size modest, I save the scans in jpeg with 90 % quality, thus getting files around 1 MB. (Of course, when doing multiple edits and saves I use .png to avoid picture degradation). Not knowing if jpeg is here to stay, I save the really important photos in raw format, but maybe that's overkill. Right now, I'm trying to scan some old negatives in strange formats, such as 6x6 cm roll film shot with my Rolleiflex and some glass plates around 9x13 cm. My scanner doesn't come with a mask for those weird things, so maybe I have to construct one myself. Your gonna end up with a fair collection of cardboard cutout wierd and wonderfuls to make slipping negs straight in and out. Alternatively, Working from within gimp , just slap the negative or print flat down on the deck and make a large scan around the image, never minding if it's wonky, just use gimp to rotate the scanned image and crop the excess. It's quite easy once you've got used to it. The fun goes on. Kaj Haulrich. Don't forget you can add text to your images, not a bad idea to name photos for future generations, after all you may know that person is auntie Peggy but the next generation may not. The one really useful thing I haven't learnt to do in gimp yet is cut around an image and dump the background. I feel sure it's possible but I haven't found the correct bit in the gimp manual. That is another thing you need, get yourself a pdf gimp manual. Also take a look at kooka sometime, it's coming along quite well, I've started using it a bit, now and again. It has a lot to catch up on compared with xsane/gimp but it's slowly getting there. Some folk may well prefer the windblowsy layout to gimp/sane type of opperation. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Email, Calendar, Scheduling, Address Book, synchronization (without Outlook)
Hello All, I have a client with 5 machines/users on a peer to peer network. The only network resource they share is access to the Internet. About an hour ago, he asked me to help him set up email addresses for the 5 people in the office. He visited a friend that has an exchange server and all of the employees are using outlook. He asked me if I could set his office up the same way. After going over the potential security risks associated with using Exchange and Outlook, I think I finally have him convinced that Outlook/Exchange is a bad idea. He is now giving me the opportunity to come up with more secure alternatives. This is where I need the help. He wants to be able to open the program or website and schedule a meeting with the people that he needs to attend. Those people should in turn receive an email (or whatever notice possible) stating the meeting has been scheduled, who scheduled it and should be allowed to confirm that they will be there. There should be a universal address book that allows you to associate birthdays and anniversaries with contacts and those birthdays and anniversaries should show up on the calendar. They already have PCs or laptops which are either running Windows XP or Windows 2000. They have a spare machine that I could install Linux on if need be, but the users will still have to run Windows on their machines. If there is a web based solution for all of this, they can get the web space if needed. The main thing is, he wants to be able to sync all of this with his Handspring Treo. I am hoping for a 'lower cost' solution. Lower cost as in a lot closer to free. Something I could just install on a spare machine and let it run; or something I could install on a web server. Any ideas? Is there such an animal? .:Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] .mov sound
On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 08:07:05 -0500 John Drouhard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: # modprobe snd_seq_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm_oss FATAL: Error inserting snd-seq-oss (/lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/kernel/sound/core/seq/oss/snd-seq-oss. ko.g z): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) dmesg had nothing in it related to sound. cat dmesg returns cat: dmesg: No such file or directory don't cat dmesg, just run it as any other command: [EMAIL PROTECTED] $ dmesg Tell us what it says about that sound module when you try to modprobe it. You might have to reinstall the kernel (or upgrade it, they're up to 2.6.8.1 now). John Ok After running modprobe, dmesg shows Unknown parameter snd_pcm_oss -removing it from the command it then shows Unknown parameter snd_mixer_oss removing that, the command returns the command prompt only. This is telling me that those two modules are not installed, yes? I'm currently running 2.6.3-7mdk - urpmq kernel shows nothing more recent. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] cannot configure riva tnt with 2.6.3 kernel
hi! i have a problem with mandrake 10. when trying to run anything using 3d graphics the system freezes. i have installed kernel modules for nvidia and glx module from the distributive; also nvidia 1.0-5336 driver. on the other hand it works ok with the kernel 2.4.25. just in case - info about my computer video card - nvidia riva tnt motherboard - intel 815 cpu - pentium 3 733 mhz ram - 393 mb no sound card (integrated on motherboard) would be grateful for help. thanks! Yevgen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Samba3
On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 18:30, Lee Wiggers wrote: Hi all Can someone compare Samba and Samba3? Is there reason to switch to Samba3. I ask because I'm still having trouble sharing my 10.0 boxes with the network. I'm not ready to elaborate yet because I don't have the whole picture myself, but the problems are centered on the 3 10.0 boxes. I'm comparing smb.conf files now. Lee I actually prefer the speed of Samba3 over 2.2.8a; I did, however, have to recreate my smb.conf for the 10.0 installation; but after using SWAT through Webmin to re-setup the entire thing, it works like a champ; total time was less than five minutes to get it setup properly... -- stephen kuhn - proprietor __ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __ Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. Within a computer, natural language is unnatural. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Scanning from GIMP2
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 09:20, John Richard Smith wrote: Hoyt Bailey wrote: On Tuesday 17 August 2004 08:04, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Tuesday 17 August 2004 14:48, Hoyt Bailey wrote: snip Kaj; What kind of scanner are you using I'v been checking out the LS-2000 but might be interested in other's. /snip John Richard Smith has been extremely helpful to me. He knows more than somewhat about scanning and recommended an Epson Perfection 2400 Photo. My main interest in scanning is as a substitute for my old-fashioned darkroom ( I realise, that doing it the old way with enlargers, developers, fixers etc.. etc... is too time consuming for about 5000 old negatives). It was a little hard to get that particular scanner where I live, but it finally arrived. I've used it now for about a week, and I'm very happy with it. It set me back 200 ?. Well worth the money ! Kaj Haulrich. Thanks Kaj. If you have supply problems, I'm pretty sure I can get one in UK quite easily. John Thanks John I willl check it out and let you know its more of a dream right now. I have a lot of 35mm that I hope to switch to CD hopefully. -- Regards; Hoyt Registered Linux User #363264 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Strange samba problem
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 09:51 am, Stephen Kühn wrote: Dunno why you're having such major probs with Samba; and sorry to say, have you RTFM? I can get Samba up and running in literally no time at all; either as a normal Windows sharing system or as a domain controller; using SWAT through Webmin and it's interface, or either by manually editing the /etc/samba/smb.conf - it truly isn't all that hard especially if you use SWAT. Why not post the /etc/samba/smb.conf and let someone looksee? (BTW, the Samba mailing list is a great place to bounce things around as well) I guess my biggest problem with samba has been trying to forget the micromouse way of doing things. But Stephen, after a few beers last night the old way was not making any sence anymore and the more i RTFM the better sence samba made to me. And yes I could probly set it all up now in a few minutes. So when you cant make sence of things beer is the answer right *grin* Regards, Dan Gordon -- Tue Aug 17 11:35:38 EDT 2004 11:35:38 up 12:28, 0 users, load average: 0.06, 0.03, 0.00 The propriety of some persons seems to consist in having improper thoughts about their neighbours. -- F.H. Bradley Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Strange samba problem
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 10:43, Dan Gordon wrote: On Tuesday 17 August 2004 09:51 am, Stephen Kühn wrote: Dunno why you're having such major probs with Samba; and sorry to say, have you RTFM? I can get Samba up and running in literally no time at all; either as a normal Windows sharing system or as a domain controller; using SWAT through Webmin and it's interface, or either by manually editing the /etc/samba/smb.conf - it truly isn't all that hard especially if you use SWAT. Why not post the /etc/samba/smb.conf and let someone looksee? (BTW, the Samba mailing list is a great place to bounce things around as well) I guess my biggest problem with samba has been trying to forget the micromouse way of doing things. But Stephen, after a few beers last night the old way was not making any sence anymore and the more i RTFM the better sence samba made to me. And yes I could probly set it all up now in a few minutes. So when you cant make sence of things beer is the answer right *grin* Regards, Dan Gordon I prefer sour mash bourbon after 8 oz everything makes sense. -- Regards; Hoyt Registered Linux User #363264 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Strange samba problem
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 12:16 pm, Hoyt Bailey wrote: I prefer sour mash bourbon after 8 oz everything makes sense. Yes a little JD never hurt anyone. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Tue Aug 17 12:42:57 EDT 2004 12:42:57 up 13:36, 0 users, load average: 0.05, 0.03, 0.01 Have you seen the latest Japanese camera? Apparently it is so fast it can photograph an American with his mouth shut! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] .mov sound
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 15:49, C. Tresenriter wrote: On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 08:07:05 -0500 John Drouhard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: # modprobe snd_seq_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm_oss FATAL: Error inserting snd-seq-oss (/lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/kernel/sound/core/seq/oss/snd-seq-oss. ko.g z): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) dmesg had nothing in it related to sound. cat dmesg returns cat: dmesg: No such file or directory don't cat dmesg, just run it as any other command: [EMAIL PROTECTED] $ dmesg Tell us what it says about that sound module when you try to modprobe it. You might have to reinstall the kernel (or upgrade it, they're up to 2.6.8.1 now). John Ok After running modprobe, dmesg shows Unknown parameter snd_pcm_oss -removing it from the command it then shows Unknown parameter snd_mixer_oss removing that, the command returns the command prompt only. This is telling me that those two modules are not installed, yes? I'm currently running 2.6.3-7mdk - urpmq kernel shows nothing more recent. I think modprobe accepts only _one_ module name as parameter, so you would use: # modprobe snd_seq_oss # modprobe snd_pcm_oss # modprobe snd_mixer_oss # If you get back the command prompt everything went ok, but I think those modules are already loaded. You can always check with '/sbin/lsmod' which modules are loaded. HTH, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Scanning from GIMP2
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 15:53, John Richard Smith wrote: many snips Your gonna end up with a fair collection of cardboard cutout wierd and wonderfuls to make slipping negs straight in and out. Actually John, I found out that using a plain, clear plate of glass over my 6x6 and 3x4 negatives is sufficient and a lot easier. The only caveat is to remember to adjust the individual frame in the preview window prior to the actual scan. Don't forget you can add text to your images, not a bad idea to name photos for future generations, after all you may know that person is auntie Peggy but the next generation may not. That's exactly the reason I prefer GIMP2. Adding text in GIMP1 is awkward compared to 2. Furthermore I can't save the fonts, typeface etc. from session to session, but have to start over each time I fire up the GIMP. Aside from that, it's a pleasure. The one really useful thing I haven't learnt to do in gimp yet is cut around an image and dump the background. I feel sure it's possible but I haven't found the correct bit in the gimp manual. Can't help you there (g). My wish is to find a way to antiskew some photos : I live by the sea here in Denmark and a lot of photos has an oblique horizon (too many beers, perhaps). I'm no champion at image manipulation, but I remember a nice application called PhotoGraphics from my OS/2 days. It had an option to skew images into the correct, horizontal position. Maybe GIMP can do the same, but I can't find out how. /many snips Maybe I'll try kooka, but right now I have to explore GIMP/SANE. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.7* 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, Calendar, Scheduling, Address Book, synchronization (without Outlook)
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 10:18 am, Thinker wrote: Any ideas? Is there such an animal? http://opengroupware.org Open Source exchange replacement. Then, all you have to do is find a client. If they already use Outlook, they can continue to use it, or you can find any open source client that can access Exchange since opengroupware is essentially a replacement for exchange. Might Try Mozilla. On Linux Evolution works but I don't know if they make an Evolution client for Windows. Also, Treo sync should work with any synchronization client that supports outlook, whatever other client is used to access exchange. Note, I haven't set this up and probably wouldn't, there are much easier replacements that don't have to be totally exchange compatible that will do all the groupware stuff, but since you specified continuing in a windows environment and syncing with Palm, you are kind of limiting your choices. -- Bryan Phinney Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] .mov sound
On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 18:45:25 +0200 Frans Ketelaars [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think modprobe accepts only _one_ module name as parameter, so you would use: # modprobe snd_seq_oss # modprobe snd_pcm_oss # modprobe snd_mixer_oss # If you get back the command prompt everything went ok, but I think those modules are already loaded. You can always check with '/sbin/lsmod' which modules are loaded. HTH, -Frans Yes, it appears that all those modules are loaded. thanks Curt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Connecting to web server locally.
How would one go about connecting to a apache server on a local network? I can connect from the local computer using http://localhost but not from any other computer. I have tryed http://localhost http://localhost:80 this gives access to this port is disabled for security reasons http://localhost:8080 http://netbiosname the rest just say could not connect to remote server TIA Regards, Dan Gordon -- Tue Aug 17 13:41:10 EDT 2004 13:41:10 up 14:34, 0 users, load average: 0.05, 0.04, 0.02 Walk softly and carry a BFG-9000. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: Connecting to web server locally.
Dan Gordon wrote: How would one go about connecting to a apache server on a local network? I can connect from the local computer using http://localhost but not from any other computer. I have tryed http://localhost http://localhost:80 this gives access to this port is disabled for security reasons http://localhost:8080 http://netbiosname the rest just say could not connect to remote server TIA Regards, Dan Gordon localhost is the computer you are typing to. if you don't have DNS on the network nor an entry in /etc/hosts for the computer you wan't to reach, try the ip-address ie http://192.168.0.4 if that is the ip of the computer having the web-server /Björn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Connecting to web server locally.
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 01:57 pm, Björn Lundin wrote: localhost is the computer you are typing to. if you don't have DNS on the network nor an entry in /etc/hosts for the computer you wan't to reach, try the ip-address ie http://192.168.0.4 if that is the ip of the computer having the web-server So to add it to the hosts file i would add the netbios name for example computera 127.0.0.1 and the same for all computers on the network? TIA Regards, Dan Gordon -- Tue Aug 17 14:43:11 EDT 2004 14:43:11 up 15:36, 0 users, load average: 0.06, 0.06, 0.02 Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it. -- Russell Baker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Scanning from GIMP2
Kaj Haulrich wrote: Can't help you there (g). My wish is to find a way to antiskew some photos : I live by the sea here in Denmark and a lot of photos has an oblique horizon (too many beers, perhaps). I'm no champion at image manipulation, but I remember a nice application called PhotoGraphics from my OS/2 days. It had an option to skew images into the correct, horizontal position. Maybe GIMP can do the same, but I can't find out how. /many snips Maybe I'll try kooka, but right now I have to explore GIMP/SANE. Kaj Haulrich. Double LMClick tab in gimp window (snapshot210.jpg) choose corrective and rotation Double LMclick the image window, you get a grid. Single LMclick the grid to grip the grid and rotate it. single LMclick the rotate tab. crop in usual way. save John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] inline: snapshot210.jpg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Strange samba problem
On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:32:29 -0400 Dan Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 17 August 2004 09:51 am, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 15:42, Dan Gordon wrote: Hello all, Well it has taken me about a year to get samba to the point where two boxes can see each others shares. The problem is on box a i can see the share on box b but cant mount it the error is bad password. on box b i can see the share locally but cant mount it error is bad password. On box b i can see the share on box a and can mount it. Also can mount the share locally. Both boxes have been set up exacly the same and am using samba 3.0.2a on both boxes. Have tried linneighbourhood, smb4k (which dont work at all) and gnome samba browser with the same results. The only diferences between these two boxes is one has mandrake 10 CE and the other has mandrake 10 official. any ideas would be apreaciated. Oh and if you wondering why it took me a year to get this farwell i could not have cared less untill today LOL. Regards, Dan Gordon Dunno why you're having such major probs with Samba; and sorry to say, have you RTFM? I can get Samba up and running in literally no time at all; either as a normal Windows sharing system or as a domain controller; using SWAT through Webmin and it's interface, or either by manually editing the /etc/samba/smb.conf - it truly isn't all that hard especially if you use SWAT. Why not post the /etc/samba/smb.conf and let someone looksee? (BTW, the Samba mailing list is a great place to bounce things around as well) Found the problem, it seems that I had to log into kde as root go into kcontrol and set the netbios name in the samba configuration section. Now even smb4k works. I will have a look at the samba mailing list though as I now have to get a XP box to connect. Thanks for the help guys. -- Tue Aug 17 10:27:14 EDT 2004 10:27:14 up 11:20, 0 users, load average: 0.06, 0.09, 0.04 A freelance is one who gets paid by the word -- per piece or perhaps. -- Robert Benchley Okay people, what the h is logging into kde as root and setting netbios name? Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Strange samba problem
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 10:53 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: Okay people, what the h is logging into kde as root and setting netbios name? Lee Well thats what i did, i logged into kde as root went to kcontrolnetworksamba configuration and put the netbios name i wanted for the computer and boom it started working. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Tue Aug 17 14:55:23 EDT 2004 14:55:23 up 15:48, 0 users, load average: 0.00, 0.04, 0.00 71. Ooops. --Top 100 things you don't want the sysadmin to say Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with sound
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 09:16, M.Schild wrote: Could you try this: add the line 'options snd-intel8x0 ac97_quirk=1' at the end of /etc/modprobe.conf if you run a 2.6 kernel (check with 'uname -r') and reboot. Then check mixer levels with alsamixer and try to aplay some sound. when I do /etc/moodprobe.conf (as root) I get permission denied Maryse You have an 'o' too much in /etc/moodprobe.conf :-) You have to edit the file as root. I use vi for that but it is not newbie friendly. Anyone know a newbie friendly text editor for editing configuration files as root? Oh, 'kdesu kedit' asks for your root password and then starts a nice looking GUI editor. HTH, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Samba3
On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 23:55:03 +1000 Stephen Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 18:30, Lee Wiggers wrote: Hi all Can someone compare Samba and Samba3? Is there reason to switch to Samba3. I ask because I'm still having trouble sharing my 10.0 boxes with the network. I'm not ready to elaborate yet because I don't have the whole picture myself, but the problems are centered on the 3 10.0 boxes. I'm comparing smb.conf files now. Lee I actually prefer the speed of Samba3 over 2.2.8a; I did, however, have to recreate my smb.conf for the 10.0 installation; but after using SWAT through Webmin to re-setup the entire thing, it works like a champ; total time was less than five minutes to get it setup properly...-- stephen kuhn - proprietor __ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __ Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. Within a computer, natural language is unnatural. Well, 10 min for Stephen and three weeks for me is about right. I have a day or two before I start worrying. Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Scanning from GIMP2
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 20:24, John Richard Smith wrote: Double LMClick tab in gimp window (snapshot210.jpg) choose corrective and rotation Double LMclick the image window, you get a grid. Single LMclick the grid to grip the grid and rotate it. single LMclick the rotate tab. crop in usual way. save John Aaaahhh. Thanks a lot again, John. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.7* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: Re: Connecting to web server locally.
Dan Gordon wrote: On Tuesday 17 August 2004 01:57 pm, Björn Lundin wrote: localhost is the computer you are typing to. if you don't have DNS on the network nor an entry in /etc/hosts for the computer you wan't to reach, try the ip-address ie http://192.168.0.4 if that is the ip of the computer having the web-server So to add it to the hosts file i would add the netbios name for example computera 127.0.0.1 and the same for all computers on the network? I take it, the ip-addressing worked? if so then yes ,but the other way around, like this (ip first then name) [EMAIL PROTECTED] bnl]$ cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost della 192.168.0.13della2 192.168.0.10debora 192.168.0.12doris /Björn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Connecting to web server locally.
Dan Gordon wrote: How would one go about connecting to a apache server on a local network? I can connect from the local computer using http://localhost but not from any other computer. I have tryed http://localhost http://localhost:80 this gives access to this port is disabled for security reasons http://localhost:8080 http://netbiosname the rest just say could not connect to remote server TIA Regards, Dan Gordon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Hi mate You can try http://127.0.0.1 or http://your -ip-address that should work. If your running the https module then it would be https://127.0.0.1 or https://your-ip-address. Also check that your firewall is not blocking port 80 locally I had this problem and enabled in my firewall it work fine. kevin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] My last attempt at pixieplus...
W licie z wto, 17-08-2004, godz. 01:25, Marv Boyes pisze: Digikam looks promising-- but your RPMs are for 10. Still, I have the 0.5.1 RPM on my installation discs, so I may just give the older version a try. I'm afraid there's no digikam rpms for other versions than 0.5.1... (at least I haven't seen any) -- Cezary 'Thereidos' Morga [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User No. 362185 GG# 169903 ICQ# 328-700-565 Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Tripwire Config file editing
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, I am trying to open my etc/tripwire/tw.cfg file using VIM. All I get is a lot of garbage in the terminal. I am in root. Is the file encrypted or is it just that I am an absolute newbie on everything, including Vim. Tripwire is running OK but is showing a lot of missing files, I want to delete these from the config file so they don't come up in the report anymore. Thanks, Simon. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBIm2lYreSoOlOIpIRAlDqAKDOlTZa9oSTAkqv6SqK0I10ZRQtXgCfa+X5 1OFCoHkoCWinULdsFR+Ed8k= =EWoH -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re-starting from Linux to MS Windows
Dear All Is there some way of re-starting from Linux to MS Windows (dual computer)? I am aware that I can achieve that with end of session plus reboot, but is there a more direct way? 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] Boot disk
How can I create a boot disk? Followed the manual for Mandrake10. but cannot create one. Any Help appreciated. ThankRoy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] pctel 789
On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 00:09, Suket wrote: Dear All, I just download a driver for my pct789 chip from : ##http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pctel-linux/pctel-0.9.7-9.tar.gz Then I put at : $home/suket When I run : ./configure -auto resulted = checking for running kernel version ..2.4.22 checking for ptserial...ptserial-2.4.7.c checking for gcc...3.3.1 searching for kernel includes ... ** error could not find any kernel sources in /usr/src you have either not installed in another place then /usr/src/ please enter your correct kernel source tree, e.g. /usr/src/linux = /usr/include/linux ** eror could not find a version.h file at these kernel sources please read the fAQ about installation requirements. Why it gave error, what's wrong ? I have checked the file version.h which already there at = /usr/include/linux Please advise. Thanks. how tired with this softwr. In a terninal do: urpmi kernel-sources -- stephen kuhn - proprietor __ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __ Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. Have an adequate day. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Strange samba problem
On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 00:53, Lee Wiggers wrote: On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:32:29 -0400 Dan Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 17 August 2004 09:51 am, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 15:42, Dan Gordon wrote: Hello all, Well it has taken me about a year to get samba to the point where two boxes can see each others shares. The problem is on box a i can see the share on box b but cant mount it the error is bad password. on box b i can see the share locally but cant mount it error is bad password. On box b i can see the share on box a and can mount it. Also can mount the share locally. Both boxes have been set up exacly the same and am using samba 3.0.2a on both boxes. Have tried linneighbourhood, smb4k (which dont work at all) and gnome samba browser with the same results. The only diferences between these two boxes is one has mandrake 10 CE and the other has mandrake 10 official. any ideas would be apreaciated. Oh and if you wondering why it took me a year to get this farwell i could not have cared less untill today LOL. Regards, Dan Gordon Dunno why you're having such major probs with Samba; and sorry to say, have you RTFM? I can get Samba up and running in literally no time at all; either as a normal Windows sharing system or as a domain controller; using SWAT through Webmin and it's interface, or either by manually editing the /etc/samba/smb.conf - it truly isn't all that hard especially if you use SWAT. Why not post the /etc/samba/smb.conf and let someone looksee? (BTW, the Samba mailing list is a great place to bounce things around as well) Found the problem, it seems that I had to log into kde as root go into kcontrol and set the netbios name in the samba configuration section. Now even smb4k works. I will have a look at the samba mailing list though as I now have to get a XP box to connect. Thanks for the help guys. -- Tue Aug 17 10:27:14 EDT 2004 10:27:14 up 11:20, 0 users, load average: 0.06, 0.09, 0.04 A freelance is one who gets paid by the word -- per piece or perhaps. -- Robert Benchley Okay people, what the h is logging into kde as root and setting netbios name? Lee Dunno - I either set the name manually by editing the /etc/samba/smb.conf file or use webmin - either which is faster. -- stephen kuhn - proprietor __ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __ Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. Nothing ever becomes real until it is experienced. - John Keats Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Strange samba problem
On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 01:43, Dan Gordon wrote: I guess my biggest problem with samba has been trying to forget the micromouse way of doing things. But Stephen, after a few beers last night the old way was not making any sence anymore and the more i RTFM the better sence samba made to me. And yes I could probly set it all up now in a few minutes. So when you cant make sence of things beer is the answer right *grin* Regards, Dan Gordon Beer is ALWAYS the answer... -- stephen kuhn - proprietor __ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __ Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. interest, n.: What borrowers pay, lenders receive, stockholders own, and burned out employees must feign. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Connecting to web server locally.
On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 03:51, Dan Gordon wrote: How would one go about connecting to a apache server on a local network? I can connect from the local computer using http://localhost but not from any other computer. I have tryed http://localhost http://localhost:80 this gives access to this port is disabled for security reasons http://localhost:8080 http://netbiosname the rest just say could not connect to remote server TIA Regards, Dan Gordon Generally you can use the host machine's IP address; else, if you have internal DNS it should just be the host name - else you can edit the hosts files on all the machines and add the hostname and IP address there... -- stephen kuhn - proprietor __ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __ Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. CHUBBY CHECKER just had a CHICKEN SANDWICH in downtown DULUTH! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Tripwire Config file editing
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 04:42 pm, simon wrote: Hi all, I am trying to open my etc/tripwire/tw.cfg file using VIM. All I get is a lot of garbage in the terminal. I am in root. Is the file encrypted or is it just that I am an absolute newbie on everything, including Vim. Tripwire is running OK but is showing a lot of missing files, I want to delete these from the config file so they don't come up in the report anymore. You don't directly edit the .cfg file, it is encrypted. To change the configuration, edit the twcfg.txt file and the re-initialize tripwire. If you are trying to change the name and location of the files that it checks, then update the twpol.txt file and then update or re-initialize the database. Check the man page to see the commands. -- Bryan Phinney Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] newbie archive
Can anyone provide a link to an up to date archive of the newbie mailing list. 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] newbie archive
Can anyone provide a link to an up to date archive of the newbie mailing list. http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie%40linux-mandrake.com/index.html#162206 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] newbie archive
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 23:57, Paul Kaplan wrote: Can anyone provide a link to an up to date archive of the newbie mailing list. TIA Paul http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie%40linux-mandrake.com/ Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.7* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Scanning from GIMP2
On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 03:16 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: snip Can't help you there (g). My wish is to find a way to antiskew some photos : I live by the sea here in Denmark and a lot of photos has an oblique horizon (too many beers, perhaps). I'm no champion at image manipulation, but I remember a nice application called PhotoGraphics from my OS/2 days. It had an option to skew images into the correct, horizontal position. Maybe GIMP can do the same, but I can't find out how. snip I recall a post where someone wanted to change a shape from /_\ to straight | _| sided and the reply was to:- Double click on the rotation icon etc. select perspective and then you can change things. I have never taken the time to look at the options allowed by double clicking on the icons. But maybe it will help you. Charlie. -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 --- However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are the richest. .Henry David Thoreau ___ This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 10, KMail 1.6.1 and of course OpenOffice.org1.1.0 If you want to know Mandrake more intimately - look here:-) http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Tripwire Config file editing
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 15:42, simon wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, I am trying to open my etc/tripwire/tw.cfg file using VIM. All I get is a lot of garbage in the terminal. I am in root. Is the file encrypted or is it just that I am an absolute newbie on everything, including Vim. Tripwire is running OK but is showing a lot of missing files, I want to delete these from the config file so they don't come up in the report anymore. Thanks, Simon. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBIm2lYreSoOlOIpIRAlDqAKDOlTZa9oSTAkqv6SqK0I10ZRQtXgCfa+X5 1OFCoHkoCWinULdsFR+Ed8k= =EWoH -END PGP SIGNATURE- You are likely opening a binary file in an ascii editor. -- Regards; Hoyt Registered Linux User #363264 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Scanning from GIMP2
On Wednesday 18 August 2004 00:10, charlie wrote: On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 03:16 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: snip Can't help you there (g). My wish is to find a way to antiskew some photos : I live by the sea here in Denmark and a lot of photos has an oblique horizon (too many beers, perhaps). I'm no champion at image manipulation, but I remember a nice application called PhotoGraphics from my OS/2 days. It had an option to skew images into the correct, horizontal position. Maybe GIMP can do the same, but I can't find out how. snip I recall a post where someone wanted to change a shape from /_\ to straight | _| sided and the reply was to:- Double click on the rotation icon etc. select perspective and then you can change things. I have never taken the time to look at the options allowed by double clicking on the icons. But maybe it will help you. Charlie. Thanks Charlie. I didn't know about double-clicks either. Playing with the perspective makes me reconsider having another beer. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.7* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] newbie archive
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 04:57 pm, Paul Kaplan wrote: Can anyone provide a link to an up to date archive of the newbie mailing list. TIA Paul http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-newbier=1b=200408w=2 -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 5:52pm up 8 days, 19:56, 2 users, load average: 0.79, 0.59, 0.47 Law stands mute in the midst of arms. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero Live - From Virgin Radio UK The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the devil Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] newbie archive
On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 05:57:51PM -0400, Paul Kaplan wrote: Can anyone provide a link to an up to date archive of the newbie mailing list. TIA Paul I have the best luck with http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-newbier=1w=2 Thanks for asking. Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] install mandrake 10 - missing mouse/keyboard with logitech cordless
Title: Message Hi, I have a logitech cordless keyboard/mouse set: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=486,CONTENTID=5061 If i boot into dos from a boot disk etc, i do seem to have keyboard and mouse support... (can't test it right now since my floppy seems to be not working - another story!)...however, the kb atleast works if i go into the bios.. however, upon trying to install mandrake, on the 1st screen (where it asks to hit enter or f1 for more info) i have keyboard working...then it boots up some more and starts the gui to select language and go thru all the steps...at this point i have no keyboard or mouse.i was thinking of trying to tell it not to auto scan, but i assume that will be dangerous or at least a lot more tricky getting everything right during the install... any ideas/help/similar experiences/work arounds, greatly appreciated. thanks, Brett.
