Re: Re: [newbie] Sun let's the cat out of the bag
Actually, SCO just wants to jack up it's stock price and/or get bought out. They've succeede (temporarally) on the first part, I don't think the second is going to happen anytime soon. I think I am going to file a suit against SCO for infringing my IP on a device called a 'Wheel' which is used by SCO in the distribution of their products, and a process called 'breathing' in which oxygen is introduced into the body and carbon dioxide is released. Hell, I bet that Mr. McBride breathes and even has a few wheels on his desk chair! I bet he's been breathing for his entire life but I have yet to receive a single royalty check! (This makes only slightly less sense than claiming Linux is infringing on SCOs IP for SMP, JFS, and NUMA...) -Original Message- From: Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 15:54:39 -0400 Subject: Re: [newbie] Sun let's the cat out of the bag On Saturday 21 June 2003 06:49 pm, JoeHill graced me with: http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-1018669.html It's official, Sun is right in there with MS and SCO. SCO and M$ want Linux to die. Sun just wants to take advantage of the FUD to steal some business from IBM. There's a significant difference. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] Told ya, don't trust IBM
(Disclaimer: IANAL) The GPL is significantly less complex than most other software licenses. The complexity is (supposedly) necessary from a legal standpoint. For some reason 'You are free to do whatever you want with this software, however if you distribute it you must distribute the source code with it and any changes to the code must be distributed under these terms.' doesn't cut it from a legal standpoint. My guess it is lawyers defending their jobs. If legal contracts were written this clearly, we wouldn't need so many lawyers... Sort of like programmers writing obfuscated code - Only worse than most Perl hackers could ever imagine. -Original Message- From: Richard Urwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 17:06:06 +0100 Subject: Re: [newbie] Told ya, don't trust IBM On Friday 20 Jun 2003 2:12 pm, JoeHill wrote: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2136285,00.html IMHO, the GPL is becoming difficult. It's so complex it would take a lawyer to work out what it really means. When you screw your brain around it enough you find it will probably allow what you want to do, but it takes some mental strain and it isn't a sure thing. That makes it a hard sell to management types, and an easy pot-shot for the entrenched pundits. BSD is a lot simpler. Maybe we need a license with the effective meaning of the GPL, but which isn't weighed down with the philosophical baggage. It would be nice to have a 100% service oriented income-model across the board, but is it necessary, achievable or desirable? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] Orrin Hatch: farging icehole!
Don't forget the fact that his web page also linked to a p0rn site! (I'm sure it was unintentional. Most likely the DNS registration expired and a porn site operator grabbed it up... Either way it's kind of funny having a 'conservative republican' linking to a porn site!) -Original Message- From: Carroll Grigsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 21:29:05 -0400 Subject: Re: [newbie] Orrin Hatch: farging icehole! On Thursday 19 June 2003 07:37 pm, Mark wrote: Seems Orrin Hatch also maybe a software pirate Orrin Hatch: Software Pirate? http://wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,59305,00.html Mark: Thanks for this excellent link. I'd seen another version of this story, but it didn't have all the juicy material about the other senators (and Continental Airlines as well) who are evidently doing the same damn thing. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] This is an outrage!
On the other hand, I have said for years that the world would be a much better place of only Steve Ballmer would switch to decaf. -Original Message- From: Lyvim Xaphir [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 19 Jun 2003 16:55:42 -0400 Subject: Re: [newbie] This is an outrage! On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 07:53, JoeHill wrote: Damn them to hell! http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/19/0459201 I AGREE! It is the blasphemy of blasphemies. May they all rot in lakes of what they have made. --LX -- Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk Linux Mandrake 9.1 Enlightenment-0.16.5-12mdk Evolution 1.2.4-1.1mdk Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] Creating archive
I have a windows version of bzip2. It is included with unxutils, a collection of native Win32 ports of various GNU utilities. You can download it at http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ -Original Message- From: _nasturtium [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 19:10:42 +1000 Subject: Re: [newbie] Creating archive On Wed, 28 May 2003 06:56 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 28 May 2003 9:33 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Stephen Kuhn wrote: You know, you can just open a Konqueror window, right-click on the directory you want to archive and choose tar from it - it will tar/gzip it for you...just FYI. Not in mine it would seem ? On my right-click menu it offers Bzip2, tar and zip. Can you define the difference, please, Stephen? Anne I think I'll usurp his job and add my 2 cents... Tar simply puts all the files/directories into a single archive. Zip actually compresses it. Used together you get a .tar.gz, where you get the benefit of archiving an entire directory tree (if you wish) with compression. Bzip2 was written by Julian Seward, it's a block sorting compressor, and on some files you can make them literally 10 times smaller than zips. But not all Windows computers can read them (WinZip can't). Regards, _nasturtium -- _nasturtium [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Please Reply All/cc to avoid mail being lost in filter problems. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] OT, Is Windows a Virus?
Well, The Fizzer virus consists of over 200K of convoluted speghetti code and had a built-in web server embedded into it. This my not help with the 'Is Windows a virus' discussion, but the viruses apparently are beginning to appear more like Windows ;-) -Original Message- From: Ian Trickett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 09:31:08 -0400 Subject: Re: [newbie] OT, Is Windows a Virus? - Original Message - From: FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 2:53 AM Subject: [newbie] OT, Is Windows a Virus? Sorry this had to be posted to THIS list not the OT one... yes i'll burn in hell for it but oh well.. Is Windows a Virus? No, Windows is not a virus. Here's what viruses do: * They replicate quickly - okay, Windows does that. * Viruses use up valuable system resources, slowing down the system as they do so - okay, Windows does that. * Viruses will, from time to time, trash your hard disk - okay, Windows does that too. * Viruses are usually carried, unknown to the user, along with valuable programs and systems. Sigh... Windows does that, too. * Viruses will occasionally make the user suspect their system is too slow (see 2) and the user will buy new hardware. Yup, that's with Windows, too. Until now it seems Windows is a virus but there are fundamental differences:Viruses are well supported by their authors, are running on most systems, their program code is fast, compact and efficient and they tend to become more sophisticated as they mature. So Windows is not a virus. It's a bug. - FemmeFatale Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert What a gem. P.S. Burn in hell? We'll probably all see you there! Ian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] Why do you choose Linux ?
Actually, the cost of development tools is not much of an issue. When you are paying a programmer $50-100K/yr, another $1100 or so for MS Visual Dev Stuido isn't that big of deal. -Original Message- From: Eko Budiharto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 08:09:35 +0700 Subject: Re: [newbie] Why do you choose Linux ? Well, for personal use, it is partial money issue. But for in the corporate environment, it is a big issue, because developing with Microsoft very expensive. Microsoft charges per head for development softwares. With Linux, you can develop for free with Java, Perl, etc. On Sunday 30 March 2003 01:47 pm, Marc Oestreicher wrote: I guess it is partially about money for me. A few years ago when I knew almost nothing about computers I was more or less forced to buy a computer with windoze 98 installed, to the best of my knowledge that was the only thing available on any name brand computer and I sure did not know enough at the time to build my own at that time. I latter found out about the way that microsoft strong arms computer manufactures into building and selling only machines with windoze products installed. I also found out a hell of a lot of other things about how microsoft does business and none were to my liking. Due to the fact that my first machine came with windoze 98 installed I have a windoze 98 disk that I could use on any of the machines that I own now. It would be a bit unstable, need to waste resources on virus protection and have a number of security holes ECT but it would be capable of doing anything that I wanted to do. However I would much rather spend a few dollars on a operating system done by a honest decent company than continue to use stuff done by a dishonest corrupt monolopy. I was involved in cooperate America long enough to understand microsoft style business practices and I prefer not to support that sort of company in any way shape or form!!! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] antivirus
What about running an antivirus program on a linux file server that is supporting Windows clients? While it might not ever find any Linux viruses, scanning the shared file system for (Windows) viruses is a good idea even if the workstations have antivirus software installed. -Original Message- From: civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 06:00:03 -0900 Subject: Re: [newbie] antivirus On Monday 17 February 2003 09:55 pm, mohammad soroushian wrote: Hi all, Will anybody please tell me how can I find a reliable antivirus for mandrake? Thanks __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com Well, there are like 19 viruses for linux, and none of them can propagate unless you are terminally stupid and run as root. Other exploits are handled by reading the security advisories and staying updated. Windows is the built-in security problem. Antiviruses for linux are usually just scanners which watch email traffic and intercept Windows specific viruses to keep the windows machines protected by a linux server. An antivirus for linux is 98% snake oil. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HELP
After reading the 'Which is better: KDE or GNOME?' thread, I feel the same way... -Original Message- From: Tomas Andersson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 08:55:41 +0100 Subject: [newbie] HELP HELP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Distro for a 486
1MB Cirrus Logic VESA Local Bus Video card - Are VLB cards problematic with Linux? Most VLB cards are problematic on any OS. However if you aren't going to run X (and on a 486 you probably don't want to) it won't make much of a difference. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: Re: [newbie] Converting VHS tapes to VCD or DVD?
Thanks, Hopefully I can find a supported card at a good price. -Original Message- From: Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 19:33:29 -0200 Subject: Re: Re: [newbie] Converting VHS tapes to VCD or DVD? On Ter 24 Dez 2002 15:34, Jim Dawson wrote: Can someone tell me where I may find a list of supported TV capture boards? TV capture cards seem to be missing from the Mandrake supported hardware web page. Prolink Pixelview Pro! (mine is a 878+w/FM) 848 and 878 family! Since they are Conexant! And Pilips! No problems so far! I've never tried to capture but just watch Ricardo -Original Message- From: John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], NEWBIE 1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 17:15:44 + Subject: Re: [newbie] Converting VHS tapes to VCD or DVD? Bryan Tyson wrote: On Monday 23 December 2002 18:07, Stephen Kuhn wrote: I use the TV card to capture the audio/video - to disk - then convert Would you mind describing how you do this? For some reason I can never get sound to record. All I get is silent video. I have a Haupauge WinTV by the way. The line-in is working properly and turned up. I can record plain audio from the line-in, just not audio as part of a video capture. May Iask whether your Haupauge Win tv card can handle digital tv ? Is it analogue only / HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY. I've promised my better half I will not be here tomorrow, but I suspect a certain gentleman form a faraway place may just bring me something that needs some of your help, so who knows. John -- == Linux user # 102240 = Machine # 96125 = Seti@home user == http://counter.li.org/ Get Counted! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: RE: [newbie] DVD+RW Support in Linux
The problem is that CDRecord apparently only supports the DVD-R/-RW formats. While the drive would work under Linux, until CD+R/RW is supported by CDRecord (or an equivalent program) it would work only as a very expensive DVD-ROM. -Original Message- From: Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 14:43:22 +0800 Subject: RE: [newbie] DVD+RW Support in Linux There is a really nice Sony out that supports both standards.. (and dvd-ram I think) Also a pioneer from memory.. don't know if they support linux though.. but I'd go and check sony's site. There isn't a huge amount of difference between the two.. it was mostly just two different consortiums that came up with different solutions and haven't settled on one yet. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Myers Sent: Tuesday, 24 December 2002 1:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] DVD+RW Support in Linux On Monday 23 December 2002 11:12 pm, James Dawson wrote: Does anyone know if DVD+RWs are supported under Linux? I've seen some reasonably priced DVD+RW drives recently but the only drives I see listed as being compatible with Linux are DVD-RW drives. Also, DVD-RW drives seem to becoming harder to find lately. And along with that what is the difference? I'm not finding any info to really tell what is different between the + and -. -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] Converting VHS tapes to VCD or DVD?
Can someone tell me where I may find a list of supported TV capture boards? TV capture cards seem to be missing from the Mandrake supported hardware web page. -Original Message- From: John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], NEWBIE 1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 17:15:44 + Subject: Re: [newbie] Converting VHS tapes to VCD or DVD? Bryan Tyson wrote: On Monday 23 December 2002 18:07, Stephen Kuhn wrote: I use the TV card to capture the audio/video - to disk - then convert Would you mind describing how you do this? For some reason I can never get sound to record. All I get is silent video. I have a Haupauge WinTV by the way. The line-in is working properly and turned up. I can record plain audio from the line-in, just not audio as part of a video capture. May Iask whether your Haupauge Win tv card can handle digital tv ? Is it analogue only / HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY. I've promised my better half I will not be here tomorrow, but I suspect a certain gentleman form a faraway place may just bring me something that needs some of your help, so who knows. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Non-root access to mtink
Does anyone know how to configure Mtink to run as a non-root user? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: RE: [newbie] palm pilot
J-pilot was pretty easy to set up, I gave it the path to my serial port and I was able to sync. Evolution on the other hand was a b*tch to set up, in fact I still don't know what I did that made it work. In either case you may need to add yourself to the appropriate group for access to the serial port. -Original Message- From: Dan Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 19:43:45 -0500 Subject: RE: [newbie] palm pilot Did you have to do much additional configuring? I have tried with Mandrake 8 and gave up! Dan Butler Chancellor Virginia -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of James Dawson Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 4:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] palm pilot On Sunday 08 December 2002 08:46 am, walt wrote: Anyone manage to get a palm pilot to sync in mandrake 9.0? Walt I've manged to get my palm to sync using both j-pilot and evolution under Mandrake 9.0. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Best of both worlds
Let me know how the BeOS VM works out. I thought that BeOS was incompatible with VMWare. -Original Message- From: Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 04 Dec 2002 21:49:01 +1100 Subject: [newbie] Best of both worlds Just wanted y'all to have a look-see at the beauty and practicality of running linux - while running WinXP in a VMware window! Machine: Intel Celeron 1.2ghz / 512mb RAM / GeForce 4-MX 64mb RAM Screen res is 1600x1200 - the WinXP screen res is 1280x1024 The VM disk is 6gb, with 256mb RAM virtual for the XP VM. SB-Live! sound, printing directly through /dev/lp0 to a Canon BJC 265SP, using Samba to access the host file system, NAT on the virtual ethernet for outside internet access. The VMware XP is visible and accessible to the other workstations on the internal network here - as a regular workstation with no issues. Actually runs faster in a VM than on real hardware - go figure... And who says you need to dual boot? (I have VM's of Win95, Win98, MS-DOS 6.22 w/ QEMM 7.8 and Desqview/X - AND WFW 3.11, MDK v9, OS/2 Warp3 and currently working on a VM of BeOS 5.0.3 Personal Edition) -- Wed Dec 4 21:40:01 EST 2002 .o0 linux user:267497 0o. |____ | kühn media australia | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kühn | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | ;/ / | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU Coralament*Best Grötens*Liebe Grüße*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn Oh sure, this costume may look silly, but it lets me get in and out of dangerous situations -- I work for a federal task force doing a survey on urban crime. Look, here's my ID, and here's a number you can call, that will put you through to our central base in Atlanta. Go ahead, call -- they'll confirm who I am. Unless, of course, the Astro-Zombies have destroyed it. -- Captain Freedom Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] remote access to mail for m$ users???
Have you looked at Mozilla Mail? I admit earlier versions left something to be desired but in the latest versions it seems to work pretty good. On top of that Mozilla seems to have fewer security issues than IE (If your users seem reluctant to use Mozilla rather than IE just show them how to block pop-up windows and how to use tabs...) and when and if they ever switch to a non-Microsoft OS they will already be familliar with the browser and mail applications. -Original Message- From: Kenn Murrah [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 13:49:39 -0800 (PST) Subject: [newbie] remote access to mail for m$ users??? Okay, gang ... I've won most of the battles here ... Thanks in no small part to the help I've received from this list, I have a Postfix/IMAP mail server up and running and all is well with the world ... The rub comes in trying to set up my Windows computers to access their mail ... Outlook and Outlook Express are out (per an edict from The Head Boss), and no one really likes using Eudora ... and I'm having trouble finding much of anything else. So I was thinking ... Would it be possible (or even practical) for Windows users to access my server via cygwin/XFree86, so that they could use a linux mail client instead? (I'm rather partial toward Evolution, due to its simple interface that would hopefully keep the troops from screaming every 3 minutes for help.) And for security's sake, would it be possible to mirror my EngardeLinux email onto my Mandrake box, so that I wouldn't have to run X on my EngardeLinux but rather on a box with no exposure to the Internet? I've already set up cygwin/XFree86 on my test box and tested its connectivity to the box I hope to use as a mirror, so if you folks tell me i'm not entirely off my rocker --- I need you to point me in the right direction to learn about how to mirror (if that's the correct word here) my EngardeLinux mail to the intermediate box ... Of course, I'm a true newbie here, so feel free to tell me i'm nuts and suggest a better way to accomplish my goals. thanks, kenn __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Setting up network scanning under Mandrake?
Does anyone have a HOWTO or set of instructions on setting up network scanning? I am trying to set up a SCSI scanner on my 'server' computer to share with a Linux workstation (and later to a couple of Windows computers using SaneTwain) but so far I havn't got any further than being able to scan directly from the server. The documentation on the SANE web site isn't too helpful in setting up saned and sane-net. I'm running Mandrake 8.2 right now (I plan on upgrading to 9.0 as soon as I have the time...) I have saned set up on the server computer but as far as I can tell it isn't running (or running properly anyway), and I'm not sure if I have sane-net installed correctly on the Linux workstation. (xsane isn't detecting any scanners. I think I need to specify the scanner when I call xsane but I can't figure out how to do that, other than specifying the hostname of the saned server in the net.conf file.) Any assistance in setting this up would be greatly appreciated. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How to set up saned under Mandrake 8.2
Does anyone know how to set up saned under Mandrake 8.2? Thanks in advance. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] Which journalized filesystem should I use in MDK 9.0
If I remember correctly, ReiserFS was incompatible with NFS. Does anyone know if this issue has been resolved yet? Thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] Cool linux clothing?
Another source for Linux apperal (although I don't think they have anything Mandrake specific) would be thinkgeek.com -Original Message- From: et [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 18:19:31 -0400 Subject: Re: [newbie] Cool linux clothing? On Tuesday 24 September 2002 05:46 pm, you wrote: I've looked all over and I haven't found anything that really catches my eye or has a catchy slogan or phrase. With all of the activity creating themes and everything else to personalize linux the way we want, I thought it would be easy to find tshirts that show my love for linux when I'm out and about... but no such luck. Thus I ask for your assistance in helping me track down some snazzy t's. I'd like t's that have something to do with Mandrake, Linux in general, anti-MS, or something along those lines. I currently have a Debian swirl shirt that I bought way back when I played around with Debian but it's getting a little faded (and I haven't used Debian in quite some time). TIA for your help!! Gary you have, of course, checked the nice tee shirts and hats at the mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CDRW DVD Recommendation
I have a Sony CD-RW drive and a 'generic' DVD drive (I think it is a 'HI-VAL' or something like that.) and both work great. Most IDE CD/CDRW/DVD/etc drives are fully ATAPI compliant and should work find. The CDRECORD web site maintains a list of drives that are known not to work with cd record, but it's a pretty short list and most of the drives listed are old and out of production. The Cdrecord web site is: http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdrecord.html The unsupported drive list is: http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdr-unsup-1.10.html -Original Message- From: Andrewd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:36:50 +1000 Subject: [newbie] CDRW DVD Recommendation I am thinking of buying and installing a CDRW and DVD player, anyone want to recommend a brand, something which is easily recognised by Mandrake 8.2 and people have installed themselves Thanx Andrew D Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Duplexing on Brother HL-1850
I just bought a Brother HL-1850 laser printer, but I can't figure out how to turn on the duplexer. (I selected the driver for the HL-1650, which it is supposed to be compatible with.) Does anyone know how to turn on the duplexer option? Thanks in advance. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problem installing KDE 3.0.1
Continuation of this message (Damn Evolution!) I attempted to install KDE 3.0.1 by typing 'urpmi *' in the directory that I downloaded the Mandrake 8.2 files for KDE 3.0.1 into. Some of the unresolved dependencies seem to be files that don't exist, such as 'libarts3-1.0.1-3mdk.i586.rpm'. I've checked ftp.kde.org, rpmfind.net, google, and some Mandrake FTP sites and the particular RPMs just don't seem to exist. The offending RPMs are: libarts3-1.0.1-3mdk.i586.rpm kdebase3-3.0.1-2mdk.i586.rpm kdelibs3-3.0.1-2mdk.i586.rpm kdebase3-devel-3.0.1-5mdk.i586.rpm arts3-1.0.1-3mdk.i586.rpm kdelibs3-devel-3.0.1-2mdk.i586.rpm libarts3-devel-1.0.1-3mdk.i586.rpm kdebase3-nsplugins-3.0.1-5mdk.i586.rpm When I attempt to install using 'rpm -Uvh' I get: error: failed dependencies: libSDL1.2 is needed by kdeaddons3-3.0.1-1mdk libqt-mt.so.3 is needed by kdeaddons3-3.0.1-1mdk libSDL-1.2.so.0 is needed by kdeaddons3-3.0.1-1mdk libqt-mt.so.3 is needed by kdeadmin3-3.0.1-1mdk libqt-mt.so.3 is needed by kdeartwork3-3.0.1-1mdk libqt-mt.so.3 is needed by kdebase3-3.0.1-1mdk libqt-mt.so.3 is needed by kdebase3-nsplugins-3.0.1-1mdk libqt-mt.so.3 is needed by kdeedu3-3.0.1-1mdk libqt-mt.so.3 is needed by kdegames3-3.0.1-1mdk libqt-mt.so.3 is needed by kdegraphics3-3.0.1-1mdk libqt-mt.so.3 is needed by kdelibs3-3.0.1-1mdk libqt3-devel is needed by kdelibs3-devel-3.0.1-1mdk libqt-mt.so.3 is needed by kdemultimedia3-3.0.1-1mdk xanim is needed by kdemultimedia3-aktion-3.0.1-1mdk libqt-mt.so.3 is needed by kdemultimedia3-aktion-3.0.1-1mdk libqt-mt.so.3 is needed by kdenetwork3-3.0.1-1mdk libqt-mt.so.3 is needed by kdepim3-3.0.1-1mdk libqt3-devel is needed by kdepim3-devel-3.0.1-1mdk libqt-mt.so.3 is needed by kdesdk3-3.0.1-1mdk libqt-mt.so.3 is needed by kdetoys3-3.0.1-1mdk libqt-mt.so.3 is needed by kdeutils3-3.0.1-1mdk libqt-mt.so.3 is needed by libarts3-1.0.1-1mdk Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance. On Thu, 2002-06-06 at 17:25, Jim Dawson wrote: I finally got around to installing KDE 3.0.1 and here's what I get: To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed (230 MB): libarts3-1.0.1-3mdk.i586 libarts3-1.0.1-1mdk.i586 libarts3-devel-1.0.1-1mdk.i586 arts3-1.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdeaddons3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdenetwork3-devel-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdeadmin3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdepim3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdeartwork3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdepim3-devel-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdebase3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdesdk3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdebase3-devel-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdesdk3-devel-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdebase3-nsplugins-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdetoys3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdeedu3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdetoys3-devel-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdeutils3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdeutils3-devel-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdebase3-3.0.1-5mdk.i586 kdelibs3-3.0.1-2mdk.i586 kdebase3-devel-3.0.1-5mdk.i586 arts3-1.0.1-3mdk.i586 kdegames3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdegames3-devel-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdegraphics3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdegraphics3-devel-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdelibs3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdelibs3-devel-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdemultimedia3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdemultimedia3-aktion-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdemultimedia3-devel-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdenetwork3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586 kdelibs3-devel-3.0.1-2mdk.i586 libarts3-devel-1.0.1-3mdk.i586 kdebase3-nsplugins-3.0.1-5mdk.i586 Is it OK? (Y/n) y installing /home/jdawson/Download/kde301/Mandrake82/libarts3-1.0.1-3mdk.i586.rpm ./libarts3-1.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./libarts3-devel-1.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./arts3-1.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdeaddons3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdenetwork3-devel-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdeadmin3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdepim3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdeartwork3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdepim3-devel-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdebase3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdesdk3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdebase3-devel-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdesdk3-devel-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdebase3-nsplugins-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdetoys3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdeedu3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdetoys3-devel-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdeutils3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdeutils3-devel-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm /home/jdawson/Download/kde301/Mandrake82/kdebase3-3.0.1-5mdk.i586.rpm /home/jdawson/Download/kde301/Mandrake82/kdelibs3-3.0.1-2mdk.i586.rpm /home/jdawson/Download/kde301/Mandrake82/kdebase3-devel-3.0.1-5mdk.i586.rpm /home/jdawson/Download/kde301/Mandrake82/arts3-1.0.1-3mdk.i586.rpm ./kdegames3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdegames3-devel-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdegraphics3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdegraphics3-devel-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdelibs3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdelibs3-devel-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdemultimedia3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdemultimedia3-aktion-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdemultimedia3-devel-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm ./kdenetwork3-3.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm /home/jdawson/Download/kde301/Mandrake82/kdelibs3-devel-3.0.1-2mdk.i586.rpm /home/jdawson/Download/kde301/Mandrake82/libarts3-devel
Re: Re: [newbie]What to do with old CDs
Get out your camcorder, some tape and some string, and you can direct your own 'Ed Wood-esque' cinematic masterpiece, 'Invasion of the AOL 1000 Free Hour CDs'. -Original Message- From: Marc Oestreicher [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 08:39:44 -0500 Subject: Re: [newbie]What to do with old CDs From: Marc [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 08:15:38 -0500 Subject:Re: [newbie] What to do with old CDs Maybe they could be used for shingles on a dog house or bird house roof, if you have enough of them you could shingle your house or at least maybe the garage. If you are going to try that why not siding. Earings for the puter geek gal ? The law requires LOTS of reflectors and reflective tape on semi trailers and trucks. I wonder if CDs meet the DOT requirements. Bicycle reflectors. They are metal coated if you can solder to them they have a lot of potential for ham radio antennas. Any hams out there? A real die hard ham will try to turn almost anything into a antenna. I guess as long as we are on that subject you could bond enough of them togather to form the reflector for a satalite dish. Driveway reflectors. Cover the blades on your ceiling fan with them it would work kind of like one of those mirrored disco balls. Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't save StarOffice Files
I think I found the problem with StarOffice crashing on saves. It seems that the
default configuration specifies directories that either don't exist or I don't have
rights to. I changed all the directories (particularly the temp and backup
directories) to directories that I have rights to and it seems to work fine now.
-Original Message-
From: Dimitris Ioannou [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 10:07:13 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: [newbie] Can't save StarOffice Files
Brian hello my friend,
If you insist on keeping OpenOffice, that's OK, but if
you want to give SO 6 another try,I have and I can
send it to you, a small batch file that you put it one
level up from the dir where you have new fonts to be
installed in X and executes the mkfontdir and assign
commands automatically, also it creates a
fonts.dir.txt file that the Xfont server can use to
assign the fonts to itself. Using this and following
the method I pointed previously you can get SO6 to run
without no problems and with Winfonts installed and
working perfectly well. I can assure it's not buggy at
all. I have given it very hard times writing my wife's
documents(she's a journalist) and faced no problem at
all, {I had to transform them later in M$Word format,
put graphics in it, many pages,etc...}, so trust me
it's worth it. After getting it to work its rock solid
and stable as no other. If you want details on how to
I'm always available.
Cheers
Dimitris
--- Brian Parish [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε:
On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 17:45, Dimitris Ioannou wrote:
Brian and Jim
Please tell us if you have installed any
additional
fonts in Staroffice's directory. If not still, go
to
the fonts directory of the X-Server and copy
fonts.dir
and paste it to the Staroffice directory
ovewriting
its' own one. Then things should work OK
hopefully.
Also Jim check the permissions of the file where
you're are trying to save your staroffice files. I
mean do yoy have permission to do it there. If not
change the permissions and that should do it. I
had
the same problem with staroffice. In my case it
would
start at all giving me segmentation fault. But
when I
did what I'm advising you everything works fine. I
even managed to copy windows TTF fonts in the
staroffice's directory and I am able to write and
print with them.
Cheers
Dimitris
P.S. Let us know for any progress
Dimitris,
Too late on my system. SO6 is gone gone gone. I
figure, why use a
buggy commercial app when there's an open source
alternative that works
better. So far I can't fault OpenOffice 1.0, and
even the pre-release
that was on my distro CDs worked better than SO6.
The one time so far that I have managed to crash
OpenOffice (with some
pretty strange screwing around BTW), it restarted,
restored the document
to right where it was and continued. If that's as
bad as it gets, I
have no problem staying with the open version.
thanks for the response though. I posted when I
first had the SO6
problem and got nothing back. Maybe it would still
be on my system if
you'd been around then.
cheers
Brian
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[newbie] Can't Save StarOffice Files
Help! When I try to save StarOffice Writer 6 files, it crashes. First I get a dialog that states: Error saving document Untitled1: Wrong Parameter The operation was started under an invalid parameter Then I get an error that states: An unrecoverable error has occurred All modified files have been saved and can probably be recovered at program restart Does anyone know what I need to do to be able to save documents? Thanks in advance. -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DHCP Server
On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 10:19, Ricardo Marques wrote: Hi. This is my first time with Linux. I'm trying to install a DHCP Server in a Mandrake 8.2 without sucess. Please, could anyone help me? How can I install a DHCP Server. I've tryed the expert instalation without sucess. I'd like to add the botton DCHP Server in the configuration wizards (Mandrake Control Center). Thanks in advance for any help. Ricardo Marques Systems Administrator NT/2000. I don't think that DHCP Server is installable from the installation menu.You will need to install the RPM manually using Software Manager. Just do a search for DHCP and you'll find DHCP Server and DHCP Client packages. I believe that the DHCP Server packages are on disk 2. -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Can't save StarOffice Files
(This is a repost, the first copy apparently didn't get posted to the list.) Help! When I try to save StarOffice Writer 6 files, it crashes. First I get a dialog that states: Error saving document Untitled1: Wrong Parameter The operation was started under an invalid parameter Then I get an error that states: An unrecoverable error has occurred All modified files have been saved and can probably be recovered at program restart Does anyone know what I need to do to be able to save documents? Thanks in advance. -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] Glad i don't surf with Windows
How appropriate. I clicked on the link and a pop-up appears asking me to install Flash. Didn't I read about there being possible spyware in Flash the other day? -Original Message- From: FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 22:43:32 -0600 Subject: Re: [newbie] Glad i don't surf with Windows Michael Adams wrote: Check this out http://www.coolspyproducts.com/ispynow/?code=myo0510 Michael I hate those products with such a passion... they make me think 1984 was being optimistic. :( -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Upgrading memory
I just upgraded my computer from 256MB to 512MB. Is there anything I need to do to optimize the computer for the additional memory? My swap partition is currently 256MB. Thanks in advance. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sony 24x CDRW #CRX175A1 8.1 ?
I have a Sony CD-RW (the Sony CD-RW was the only decent one I could find at a reasonable price at the time) and as far as I can tell the closest thing to an anti-copy measure it has is the crappy Windows CD burning software that it came with. Even that will copy audio CDs and allow you to burn your MP3s. On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 13:21, Sevatio wrote: Being that Sony is notorious for putting limits and/or leaving out key features so as to protect their investments in the music industry... How is that burner? Does it work as well as other burners? db wrote: Does anyone know if the Sony 24x CDRW #CRX175A1 cdburner will work for sure with Mandrake 8.1? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Video editing using Linux
I want to do some video editing, e.g. record the hour long home videos onto hard drive and cut the 58 or so minutes of boring footage out, then recording it back to videotape. I don't need anything too fancy, just basic edits and perhaps some simple character generator capability. I assume I can do this with the appropriate software if I add a video capture card to my Linux box. (I have a 1GHz Athlon, currently at 256MB but it will probabaly be upgraded to 512MB by the time I aquire the necessary hardware and software.) Does anyone have any experience doing this under Linux? If so, what software/hardware should I use? Or would I be better off dual-booting into (gasp!) Windows for video editing? Thanks in advance. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Permissions on directory changing themselves
I created a directory '/home/shared' to use for a shared nfs/samba mount point. (/home is the only partition I have large enough for the shared area, plus I can back up the shared directory along with home directories by simply backing up /home.) I changed the group ownership to 'shared' and assigned the appropriate members to the 'shared' group, and issued a 'chmod 770 /home/shared' to allow the 'shared' group full access to the folder. At first the members of the shared group could access the directory fine, however after a while the folder was no longer accessible and I noticed that the permissions had reverted back to '700'. The directory was accessible again but the permissions reverted back to '700' shortly thereafter. What could be causing the permissions to change on their own? I am running Mandrake 8.2 and I set the security level to 'high' during installation. Thanks in advance. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] VMWare 3
I answered 'yes' to continue with GCC 2.96 and it seems to have worked OK. I'm re-installing Win2K in my vmWare session as I type this message. On Tue, 2002-03-26 at 17:39, Wayne Petherick wrote: I just installed 8.2 and went to install VMware 3, but it tells me it was not built for this kernel version. It does allow you to try and rewrite the softare for vmware, but it then tells me that gcc v. 2.96 is not supported by the development team. Is anyone else out there using VMWare 3, and does it work OK? There are some windoze programs that I still need to use, but if I cannot get them to run here, it looks like it will be back to a windoze install. Thanks, Wayne __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Unisys, Microsoft to launch anti-Unix ads
UNISYS is getting desperate. It seems they aren't selling as many 16/32-way Windows servers as they thought they would. For some reason companies aren't over-eager to replace their well-established big-iron UNIX infrastructure that processes millions of dollars in transactions every day with with a product that hasn't yet been conclusively proven as being reliable from a company that has little experience at the 'enterprise' level. (e.g. Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter. UNISYS has lots of experience there, as well as being, oh, how shall we say it... 'An expensive trap that ties you to an inflexible system that requires you to pay for expensive experts and makes you struggle daily with a server environment that's more complex than ever.' Remember, this is the same company that quietly waited years while .GIF became the predominant graphics format in the web and then all of the sudden announced that they had a patent on the compression algorithm and demanded everyone pay royalties. UNISYS is a dinosaur whose day has long since passed. They have been unwilling or unable to evolve to meet the needs of the changing business climate. They will soon be extinct. I expect this 18 month add campaign to outlive them. On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 23:37, shane wrote: The campaign, called We have the way out, describes Unix as an expensive trap. No wonder Unix makes you feel boxed in. It ties you to an inflexible system. It requires you to pay for expensive experts. It makes you struggle daily with a server environment that's more complex than ever, one ad reads. sounds like my experience with microsoft. On Friday 29 March 2002 04:48 am, Sullivan, Nick opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: http://news.com.com/2100-1001-870805.html?legacy=cnettag=pt.msnbc.feed.. ne_9506331 -- Followers of tao are nonconformists. The conventional label our behavior erratic, antisocial, irresponsible, inexplicable, outrageous, even scandalous. We hear other voices than they do. -Deng Ming-Dao shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Specifying SMTP from command line
Could you send me a copy of this or post it to a ftp or web site? I've been looking (unsuccessfully) for such a utility for quite a while. Thanks. On Sat, 2002-03-23 at 16:54, Gerald Waugh wrote: On Friday 22 March 2002 03:32 pm, Miark wrote: It's a tad more involved that I had hoped, but if this is the way, then it's the way! OK, I drummed up a rough 'c' program that might help [gerald@gail gerald]$ ./clmail only 5 arguments are supported useage: smtpserver to from subject message Note: Subject and message must be enclosed in Example: clmail smtp.frontstreetnetworks.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] test this this is a test the first arg is the SMTP server, 2nd is TO third is FROM, 4th is SUBJECT, 5th is the MSG. SUBJECT and MSG must be enclosed int copy the executable clmail to /usr/local/bin or someplace so its in your $PATH -- Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com New Haven, CT, United States of America 5:48pm up 2 days, 2:12, 2 users, load average: 0.91, 1.05, 1.07 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Win4Lin ready for 8.2
WooHoo! Does anyone know if VMWare 3.0 works on '8.2 yet? -Original Message- From: Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie at MDK [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 14:01:13 -0700 Subject: [newbie] Win4Lin ready for 8.2 Win4lin users: The 8.2 kernel/patches are now available available via the installer. They'll also be posted to their web site by tomorrow morning. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: RE: [newbie] OTM$ to stop shipping windoze?
That's like Osama Bin Laden threatening to kill himself if the US millitary doesn't get out of Afghanastan... -Original Message- From: Tom Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 17:51:03 - Subject: RE: [newbie] OTM$ to stop shipping windoze? The funniest thing about all this is that they're threatening to stop shipping it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bill Davidson Sent: 15 March 2002 17:26 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] OTM$ to stop shipping windoze? On Friday 15 March 2002 11:47 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 19:07, Bill Davidson wrote: Anyone think they would do it? http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/24278.html Bill It is a smokescreen to scare everybody (snicker) and also an obscenely blatant posture posed to gain sympathy for their case. If the DOJ hadn't been bought off by Republican lobbying by M$, (they spent 24 million on the republicans, btw) it's entirely probable that they would have been broken up by now. There have been three judges on this case; and in every case, Microsoft (through its MSNBC news services and other means) have been able to push the view that these judges were biased. This trend is unparalleled as far as I know. Judge Colleen is probably going to be the last stop; the biased judge routine was old before it started. Actually, I believe that M$ might have tied in the code for IE with windoze so that they could say 'See, look what happens when you remove IE'. They think everyone is dumb and they can just paint their own picture of how things are and that's the way it will be. Of course that's their problem and they'll have to rework windoze if that's in fact true. I think it would be corporate suicide if they were to stop shipping windoze. Bill Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] OTM$ to stop shipping windoze?
Actually, it isn't that hard to remove IE from Windows. The problem is that many *applications* require IE to install, or run with reduced functionality if IE isn't installed. -Original Message- From: Carroll Grigsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 20:25:58 -0500 Subject: Re: [newbie] OTM$ to stop shipping windoze? On Wednesday 13 March 2002 07:07 pm, Bill Davidson wrote: Anyone think they would do it? http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/24278.html Bill Bill: Yeah. Right after pigs learn how to fly and the sun starts to rise in the west. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] Mandrake's financial situation
Actually, you are safer using a credit card online than a debit card (or a 'check card' type credit card that debits from your checking account) because the credit card company is liable for most of the chares in cases of fraud (assuming you inform them of the situation as soon as possible) however it does not cover overdrafts from your bank account. -Original Message- Maybe they do, Maybe they don't, but the internet is NOT a safe place to be entrusting that kind of information to foreign third parties. I hope debit card acceptance proliferates soon. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Can't get Leafnode to start on boot
I haven't been able to get Leafnode to start when Linux boots When I try to start it in Mandrake Control Center, I get a 'unrecognized service' message However if I start it from a shell prompt it works fine Does anyone have any ideas as to why it doesn't start on boot? Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://wwwmandrakestorecom
[newbie] Help! System won't boot!
I had to reboot my Linux box this morning and was greeted with a 'File not found' message in Grub (I didn't get the exact message text as I was on my way out the door but I think the 'file not found' was the kernel) I suspect that I may have inadvertantly updated the Kernel using MandrakeUpdate Is there a way I can repair this without rebuilding the box? (Mental note: Back up system as soon as I get it running again!) Thanks in advance Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://wwwmandrakestorecom
[newbie] email from command prompt
If this message seems familliar, forgive me. I sent out a similar message last week but I didn't see it or any replies to it on the list... I need to send an email message from the command line, either piping the output of a command into a mail program or redirectig the text into it, e.g.: mycommand | mailprog -user [EMAIL PROTECTED] -subject results of mycommand or: mailprog -user [EMAIL PROTECTED] -subject text textfile.txt I need to be able to email directly to the ISP as I am not running a mail server on my linux box at this time. Does anyone know of a mail program that I might use to do this? I think I once saw the 'mail' command used to send mail to a mail store on the same computer, but I don't know if mail supports sending SMTP messages to a remote mail server. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] email from command line
I need to send an email message to my ISP mail server via the command line. something like: mailcommand [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s message subject message.txt Can someone tell me how I might accomplish this? By the way, I don't have sendmail, postfix, etc. installed and don't really want to go to the effort of configuring them at this time. Thanks in advance. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Samba / Unix Compile
SAMBA is available for virtualy every operating system that has an IP stack (with the possible exception of MS Windows, of course... The only reason I could think of to run SAMBA on a Windows box would be to have Win9x or NT Workstaion computer be a domain controller.) -Original Message- From: Paul Kraus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 12:01:18 -0500 Subject: [newbie] Samba / Unix Compile I am downloading the samba binary right now. There was only one file to download. Can this file be complied on a Sco server? Or is it strictly Linux. Paul Kraus Network Administrator PEL Supply Company (216) 267-5775 Voice (216) 267-6176 Fax www.pelsupply.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CAN i be reached with ip :10.2.0.16
Short awnser: No. Long answer: NAT can be configured to map a real IP address to a NAT address, or to map a specific port on the Public side of the NAT device to a specific port on a specific NAT IP address, but the chances of getting your ISP to do so are slim to none. There is nothing you can do on your end to make your computer accessable outside the NAT address space. -Original Message- From: nagaraj.b [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 09:26:28 -0800 Subject: [newbie] CAN i be reached with ip :10.2.0.16 my ISP has assigned me ip: 10.2.0.16 in our LAN, since this ip adress is not routable in the internet, IS there any client by which i can make my system a web server , and can be reached from any where in the world. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] Ogle GUI
Yes, I linked /dev/cdrom to /dev/dvd. I never can remember which order to place the arguments in... I *Did* see the Animated version of Lord of the Rings on DVD recently, but I assume you were refering to the live action version. My guess is that they will release it next fall in order to (1) cash in in the Christmas buying season, and (2) so everyone can re-watch LOTR:FOTR before going to see LOTR:TTT. Then I expcet them to release a boxed set containing all three films plus aditional material so we'll all buy it again... -Original Message- From: Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 09:07:22 -0500 Subject: Re: [newbie] Ogle GUI Jim Dawson wrote: Thanks, Editing .oglerc did the trick, I'm composing this message with 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' playing in the background. I already had a symlink in place linking /dev/dvd to /dev/cdrom, but it didn't work for some reason.. Hi Jim. Glad you got it working... I know this is probably what you did but I'm going to mention it anyways. You didn't want to link /dev/dvd to /dev/cdrom but the other way around. You wanted to link /dev/cdrom to /dev/dvd... (like I said, I know thats problably what you did - just making sure!). In my case I had to relink my /dev/scd0 to /dev/cdrom to also get CD-Player working again. (my old CD-ROM was an IDE device not a SCSI and when I removed it, I'm assuming I broke the old link). Anyways, as the old saying goes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it so you might just want to let things be... (I would if its working!) grin Catch ya later, and happy DVD'ing! PS Now if they would hurry up and release Lord of the Rings on DVD! ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CAN i be reached with ip :10.2.0.16
Short awnser: No. Long answer: NAT can be configured to map a real IP address to a NAT address, or to map a specific port on the Public side of the NAT device to a specific port on a specific NAT IP address, but the chances of getting your ISP to do so are slim to none. There is nothing you can do on your end to make your computer accessable outside the NAT address space. -Original Message- From: nagaraj.b [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 09:26:28 -0800 Subject: [newbie] CAN i be reached with ip :10.2.0.16 my ISP has assigned me ip: 10.2.0.16 in our LAN, since this ip adress is not routable in the internet, IS there any client by which i can make my system a web server , and can be reached from any where in the world. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Ogle GUI
Thanks, Editing .oglerc did the trick, I'm composing this message with 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' playing in the background. I already had a symlink in place linking /dev/dvd to /dev/cdrom, but it didn't work for some reason.. On Wed, 2002-01-30 at 11:36, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Jim Dawson wrote: Make sure you copy /usr/share/ogle/oglerc to your home directory and rename it to .oglerc - edit this file, you will find a path statement pointing to /dev/dvd - change it to your setup (looks like /dev/cdrom). I had to do this with mine. I had to change the path to /dev/scd0. Another solution would be to symlink it: ln -s /dev/cdrom /dev/dvd I think...(somebody jump in here and please correct me if the syntax is wrong - thanks!) Hope this helps. ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Ogle GUI
Here's what I get when I run 'ogle' in a bash shell:
Note[ogle_ctrl]: ogle 0.8.2
Debug[ogle_ctrl]: Started /usr/lib/ogle/ogle_gui with pid 7817
Debug[ogle_ctrl]: Started /usr/lib/ogle/ogle_nav with pid 7818
Debug[ogle_ctrl]: Started /usr/lib/ogle/ogle_mpeg_ps with pid 7819
Debug[ogle_ctrl]: Started /usr/lib/ogle/ogle_vout with pid 7820
{Here's where I open the DVD in the GUI console...}
libdvdcss error: failed opening device
libdvdread: Can't open /dev/dvd for reading.
vm: faild to open/read the DVD
Debug[ogle_ctrl]: child: 7818 exited with 1
Debug[ogle_ctrl]: pid: 7818 exited with status: 1
Debug[ogle_ctrl]: child: 7820 killed
Debug[ogle_ctrl]: pid: 7820 terminated on signal: 2
Debug[ogle_ctrl]: child: 7819 killed
Debug[ogle_ctrl]: pid: 7819 terminated on signal: 2
Debug[ogle_ctrl]: child: 7817 killed
Debug[ogle_ctrl]: pid: 7817 terminated on signal: 2
Debug[ogle_ctrl]: removing shmid: 187072532
Note[ogle_ctrl]: exiting
Typing 'ogle -u cli /dev/cdrom' works just fine, but I don't get the GUI
console.
On Fri, 2002-01-25 at 22:18, Carlos Arigós wrote:
El Vie 25 Ene 2002 22:29, escribió:
I can use Ogle (0.8.2) to view DVDs in CLI mode, but when I open it in
GUI mode, it crashes when I open a DVD.
Does anyone know what might be wrong?
Hi, Jim. Are this 6 rpms installed?
a52dec-0.7.1b-2.i686.rpm
libdvdcss-0.0.3.ogle3-1.i686.rpm
libdvdread-0.9.2-1.i686.rpm
libxml2-2.4.11-1mdk.i586.rpm
ogle-0.8.2-ogle1.i586.rpm
ogle_gui-0.8.2-ogle1.i386.rpm
What return the console when you type: ogle?
Carlos
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[newbie] Ogle GUI
I can use Ogle (0.8.2) to view DVDs in CLI mode, but when I open it in GUI mode, it crashes when I open a DVD. Does anyone know what might be wrong? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Colorado Jumbo 350 on 8.1
The FTape HOWTO might be what you need. http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Ftape-HOWTO.html -Original Message- From: [ © ª N ª ® i º JØË ]¹ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 11:20:54 + Subject: [newbie] Re: Colorado Jumbo 350 on 8.1 Lee, Mandrake-group: I had one of those for a zillion ... no, wait, 2 zillion years ago :-) There ARE linux drivers for that beast. I didnt know they still existed. Have a look in the drivers data base ... where was it ... I dont remember ? [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Ø©Eªnº - þªT®iª - NØsT®ª] Wednesday, January 02, 2002, 11:15:44 [Islas Canarias, GMT]. Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió [2/01/2002, 9:21]: L I just bought a Colorado Jumbo 350 tape drive to recover some L old old files left over from another life. It came with the L old MS 95 drivers, but I want it on my ML8.1 box. Anyone have L experience with this dinosaur? end of file Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] clock on dual boot system
Or Linux was configured to 'Hardware clock set to GMT'. -Original Message- From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 23:27:38 + Subject: Re: [newbie] clock on dual boot system Well at a guess I'd say you had different time zones configured in the two systems. derek On Thursday 27 December 2001 21:08, you wrote: okay, i know this is a trivial issue but it's driving me nuts ... i've created a dual boot (windows ME and linux) in which the clock is 6 hours different between the two ... if i correct the clock in one operating system, when i reboot, it's wrong in the other ... what am i doing wrong here, gang ? thanks, kenn __ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] StarOffice FYI
On Sat, 2001-12-15 at 12:11, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: Just picked this link up and knew it would be of interest. Sun Considers Charging for StarOffice http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D1884%2526a%253D19928,00.asp Actually with OpenOffice released under GPL, this might not be a bad idea. Ironicaly it could actually increase the corporate adoption of StarOffice. Why? Because there are still a lot of people who think that anything that is free can't be any good and if it's more expensive it must be better. Consider Caldera OpenLinux. Despite what you might have read on Slashdot regarding 'per seat' licensing of Caldear Linux, you can still download a free .ISO image of Caldera Linux, install it on as many computers you want and still be legal. So why are they charging a whopping $800 bucks per server for their flavor of linux? Part of it has to do with proprietary software that it's bundled with (and not included on the downloadable .iso image) but mostly its to sell to the 'If it's more expensive it must be better' crowd. Believe it or not in some companies it is easer to get approval for a $100,000+ Windows or UNIX server than to get aproval for a sub-$10,000 Linux or FreeBSD system that works just as good or better, even if there isn't a 'Corporate Standard OS' issue to deal with. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] Samba question - making shares invisible
This probabally isn't what you want, but if you end a SMB share name with a '$' it will not show up in browse lists but will still be accessable (assuming you have rights to the share and the underlying files of course.) -Original Message- From: Julian Opificius [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 10:44:01 -0600 Subject: Re: [newbie] Samba question - making shares invisible Thanks for the response Dexter. No, what I'm looking for is to have shares simply not show up in the network directory listing if the current user is not authorized to access them. I thought of it as a duh, an obvious feature, and that I was overlooking the obvious, but apparently not. The more I think about it, it demonstrates the philosophical difference between Microsoft (the KISS principle) and Unix (the long rope - you either do rope tricks or hang yourself). The idea of iding unavailable shares for the sake of simplicity probably wouldn't occur to a Unix/Linux programmer. Not that it's wrong, just different. Thanks again. Julian. = At 09:11 AM 12/14/01 -0700, you wrote: Hello: Have you tried the veto files command? I have not used it, but the book I have has a description for it, which you might find helpful: veto files: Contains a list of file and directory names that are marked by Samba as not visible and cannot be accessed by users. Entires in the list are separated by the / character, and the ? and * wildcard characters can be used. For example, to veto access to Windows executables files on a file share use veto files = /*.exe/*.com/*.bat/. If the case-sensitive parameter is false, Samba will veto files regard to case. Hopefully, this command can help you solve your problem. Good luck... Dexter On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Julian Opificius wrote: I've pored over man on the Samba web-site, and yes, you remember correctly ;-) It's true that though browseable = no hides a share from everyone, you can still map to it, but then how does one know it's there? That's cryptic and unreasonably clumsy for non-expert users (which includes me), who have other things to remember, like where we've put the car keys. Seems like it's all or nothing, which is not really very clever at all. What we need is a hide unavailable shares = true/false switch for smb.conf or something like that. Thanks for the response, Dave. Any Samba programmers out there listening, or other wizards? Julian. At 07:56 AM 12/14/01 -0600, Dave Sherman replied: On Thu, 2001-12-13 at 22:14, Julian Opificius wrote: With dexterous use of chmod and the smbpasswd file I can control access to various shares, but how do I prevent shares from even appearing for logins who are not permitted to access them? I'd rather those shares not even appear, so as to provide a simplified interface to some users (i.e. my kids). If I remember correctly, under a share definition just add: browseable = no This will make it invisible, but you can still map a network drive to it. However, this makes it invisible to everyone, not just selected users. I would seggest 'man smb.conf' for further information. Dave = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com == Julian A. Opificius. 802 Fawn Road, Elk River, MN 55330. Home: 763.441.1291, Cell: 763.360.5919 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 3268206 == Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] Insane modem
If pea soup spews forth from the phone jack, you'd better call an exorcisst. -Original Message- From: Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 08:02:38 -0500 Subject: Re: [newbie] Insane modem On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 12:40:36 -0700 Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] frantically pecked out this message: Hi all, I have a real modem that's loosing its mind. Every once in a while it will go into a 20- minute fit where it it clicks continually as if someone were typing ath1 ath0 ath1 ath0 I think it's been doing it in Windows too. The modem isn't actually installed in Linux because I use a gateway machine for Net access. Anybody else experience gremlin? wow! i think at this point i would take that sucker out of the machine, dump some holy water on it, dig a trench, throw the thing in there and set fire to it just for good measure. i think your modem is fried! sounds like the firmware on the modem's chip set went south. -- Mark Registered Linux User 182496 Mandrake 8.1 - 7:05am up 2 days, 9:00, 2 users, load average: 0.02, 0.17, 0.28 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Tape Drive
I just installed a new SCSI tape drive, but HardDrake doesn't seem to detect it. (it does show up in the SCSI drvice scan) What do I need to do get LM8.1 to recognize the new drive? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Double-sided printing
Does anyone know of a way to do double-sided printing in Linux? (by flipping over the pages and printing on the reverse side) I have been using a Windows program called FinePrint to do this, but I would like to not have to revert to Windows every time I need to print out a long document. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Searching for Image Browser
I am looking for an image browser, i.e. a program to display a thumbnail image of every .jpg/.gif/.bmp/.png/etc file in a directory. Konqeror has a image preview mode, but it leaves a little to be desired. Ximian Gnome included one that was pretty good, but I don't remember what it is called. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: RE: [newbie] Internet Explorer
Why? If you emulate Solaris for Intel, what's the point. There isn't much software for Solaris on Intel that isn't available for Linux already. If you emulate Solaris for SPARC you have soo much overhead translating the CPU instructions that it would be too slow to be really useful. On the other hand, Solaris has (or will have in the next version, I can't remember) a Linux compatibility layer built in. -Original Message- From: Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 00:42:11 +0800 Subject: RE: [newbie] Internet Explorer I am surprised someone hasn't written a solaris emulator.. then we could run it and any other apps that we want.. and since solaris is alot more like linux then linux is like windows, the performance hit wouldn't be so bad... still, I am happy with Mozilla.. so who cares really? rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dave Sherman Sent: Wednesday, 28 November 2001 12:40 AM To: Mandrake-newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] Internet Explorer On Tue, 2001-11-27 at 13:25, E Estes wrote: I have seen screen shots of people running this on linux and was wondering where I could find it. Any and all help would be appreciated. You will need to use either Win4Lin or VMWare to run Windows under Linux, in order to use MSIE. MS will not release a Linux-native version of IE, because we are their greatest threat to Windows, and they refuse to compromise their OS monopoly. They have a Solaris-native version of IE, but AFAIK it does not run on Linux, and since there is no source available, you can't just recompile. Davee0D -- Base 8 is just like base 10, if you are missing two fingers. -- Tom Lehrer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] motherboard suggestion for stable system
Just from the 'specs', not much. On paper the only real diference between a low-end 'server' and a desktop would probabally be that the Server will generally have a higher-output power supply. The main difference is the quality of the components and construction. 'server grade' hardware is designed and warranted for 24x7 operation (even for a low-end server like the PowerEdge 500SC or Proliant ML330) Another benefit for 'server-grade' hardware, although it isn't quite as relevant for Linux as it is for NetWare/SCO UNIX/ect. (and for a lesser extent, Windows NT/2000 Server) is that they are generally certified for use with the various operating systems. The main benefit of this is that if you have a problem on your Dell/Compaq/IBM/etc 'Server' and call up the vendor for tech support you are likely to get an aswer like 'Yeah, there is a known problem with the BIOS revision on some units on that model, go to the vendor's web site and download file xx and everything should work fine once you apply the update' whereas if you had used a 'desktop' computer the response (probabally from both the OS and hardware vendor) would be 'The only operating systems supported on that model are Windows 98/ME/NT4.0 Workstation...'. -Original Message- From: Paul Rodríguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 16 Nov 2001 16:34:00 -0500 Subject: Re: [newbie] motherboard suggestion for stable system What exactly differentiates server grade hardware and desktop grade? I ask this because checking out some Dell servers (just above the price range for this project, but wrangleable) they seem to be pretty much the same hardware I would find in a desktop computer. IDE drives for example, and not even ATA/100/133 RAID. -Paul Rodríguez On Mon, 2001-11-12 at 13:55, Jim Dawson wrote: My only recomendation is to use 'server grade' hardware. 'Desktop' grade computers are not designed to run 24/7. Unfortunately I don't know of any server-grade computers that use AMD processors. If possible go with a SCSI disk subsystem rather than IDE. IDE drives are made for the desktop market and are generally not designed for 24x7 operation. If you can afford it get a RAID controller (even if you are just mirroring, a RAID controller can handle mirroring much better than the server itself.) and hot swappable drives. it is also a good idea to have redundant (and if possible hot swappable) power supplies and cooling fans. On Fri, 2001-11-16 at 12:24, Paul Schwebel wrote: Tell your doctor that Data reliability and cheap don't go together. He/she will have to choose. Mirrored drives, along with daily backups will give you some reliability. They don't necessarily have to be hot swappable, unless downtime is not an option. I have run both Compaq and Dell servers in a public school environment (Netware, not Linux). I prefer the Dells. My .02, -Paul Schwebel, Lab Facilitator San Dieguito Union High School District _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] motherboard suggestion for stable system
Over the last few days I've been in a similar position, I needed to put together specifications on a new NetWare server for a very cost-conscious customer, so I learned quite a bit about ATA RAID and tape drives in a short amount of time. (Unfortunately I found that alghough ATA RAID is supported in NetWare 5.x but isn't quite mature enough to use on a production server yet, and although some people claim to have got IDE tape drives to work it doesn't seem to be officially supported.) You might want to take a look at the Dell PowerEdge 500C, the IBM x-Series 200 and Compaq Proliant ML330. All are 'Entry Level' servers which use IDE drives. The Compaq and IBM even have a 2-channel IDE RAID controller. As long as you are using Dell/Compaq/IBM's drives reliability shouldn't be a problem. Performance will not be at the level of SCSI drives however. Neither support hot swap IDE drives, but the Compaq can be adapted to support hot swap SCSI cards. (but it's a rather pricey option. You would probabally be better off buying a model that comes with a hot-swap cage.) If you build the server from components, Adaptec's ATA RAID 2400 controller does support hot swap IDE drives. I might be willing to try one of these in a Dell server, but as a rule you should never plug anything into a Compaq box that doesn't come from Compaq. However IMHO if the application is mission-critical enough to require hot-swap drives it's usually important enough to justify the expense of a good SCSI RAID controller, hot swap chassis and drives, redundant hot swap power supplies, redundant hot swap fans, etc. As far as the OS supporting hot-swapping in a (redundant) RAID configuration, if you are using hardware RAID the OS isn't even aware that it's a RAID configuration. As long as you have enough drives for the controller to reconstruct the data on the disks the OS may not even be aware that the drive has been removed or replaced. (NOTE: I have never actually used hardware RAID on a Linux box, my RAID experience has been with Windows and NetWare.) -Original Message- From: Paul RodrÃguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 15 Nov 2001 19:56:35 -0500 Subject: Re: [newbie] motherboard suggestion for stable system Thanks, Jim. Your reccomendations have been very helpful. I've been going over several options over the last few days. I'm afraid server grade components seem to be outside the price range of this environment. The doctor is looking for components in the $500 range. That being said, I'd like to know more about hot-swappable drives. Because of the importance of data reliability, I will definately be going for a RAID setup, probably just mirroring as you said. And because of price considerations I'm currently leaning towards integrated motherboard RAID controllers. Having never used removable hard drives, I need to ask whether or not this needs to be integrated into the case or can be added to later. My main concern about the RAID setup is many mixed reports regarding RAID and various controllers and Linux. Also, having a RAID 1 setup with removable drive cages on a Linux server/workstation, are the hard drives truley hot-swappable? Thanks for your help, Jim, Rog, and everybody on the list. -Paul RodrÃguez On Mon, 2001-11-12 at 13:55, Jim Dawson wrote: My only recomendation is to use 'server grade' hardware. 'Desktop' grade computers are not designed to run 24/7. Unfortunately I don't know of any server-grade computers that use AMD processors. If possible go with a SCSI disk subsystem rather than IDE. IDE drives are made for the desktop market and are generally not designed for 24x7 operation. If you can afford it get a RAID controller (even if you are just mirroring, a RAID controller can handle mirroring much better than the server itself.) and hot swappable drives. it is also a good idea to have redundant (and if possible hot swappable) power supplies and cooling fans. Compaq and IBM both sell very Linux-friendly server lines. Dell and (I think) HP also support Linux on their server products. I personally would recommend the Compaq Proliant line. -Original Message- From: Paul RodrÃguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 10 Nov 2001 17:02:19 -0500 Subject: [newbie] motherboard suggestion for stable system I am building a system for the doctor's private practice. Stabillity is the number one concern. We will have windows and linux running on separate hard drives untill we can tansition the database to Linux,dõ3E after which, I'd like to have a RAID system for increased data reliabillity. Do you have any suggestions on hardware I should be looking for or staying away from? I'd like to use an AMD chip. Are there any special considerations for having a mroe reliable system? -Paul RodrÃguez _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address
Re: [newbie] limit of cat5 cables? (length)
The maximum lenth of a 100baseT (CAT5) Ethernet run is 100 meters, or a little over 300 feet. About the only problem you are likely to run into with the distance you are covering is if you run the cable next to a source of RF interferance such as a flourscent light ballast. -Original Message- From: Paul Rodríguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 10 Nov 2001 17:37:56 -0500 Subject: [newbie] limit of cat5 cables? (length) Hi, everybody. I have a DSL connection coming in to the upstairs computer. I'd like to connect (withought having to get a new modem) a computer downstairs to the same connection. Can I send a cat5 cable down throught the wall from the router to the downstairs computer? (approx. 30-40 feet) Is there a limit to cat5 length in order to remain effective? Do I need a wireless solution? is that even safe? -Paul Rodríguez _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] motherboard suggestion for stable system
My only recomendation is to use 'server grade' hardware. 'Desktop' grade computers are not designed to run 24/7. Unfortunately I don't know of any server-grade computers that use AMD processors. If possible go with a SCSI disk subsystem rather than IDE. IDE drives are made for the desktop market and are generally not designed for 24x7 operation. If you can afford it get a RAID controller (even if you are just mirroring, a RAID controller can handle mirroring much better than the server itself.) and hot swappable drives. it is also a good idea to have redundant (and if possible hot swappable) power supplies and cooling fans. Compaq and IBM both sell very Linux-friendly server lines. Dell and (I think) HP also support Linux on their server products. I personally would recommend the Compaq Proliant line. -Original Message- From: Paul Rodríguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 10 Nov 2001 17:02:19 -0500 Subject: [newbie] motherboard suggestion for stable system I am building a system for the doctor's private practice. Stabillity is the number one concern. We will have windows and linux running on separate hard drives untill we can tansition the database to Linux, after which, I'd like to have a RAID system for increased data reliabillity. Do you have any suggestions on hardware I should be looking for or staying away from? I'd like to use an AMD chip. Are there any special considerations for having a mroe reliable system? -Paul Rodríguez _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] windows 2k terminal services
It is possible with additional software. Citirx Metaframe is an add-on to Windows Terminal Services (for NT4 Terminal Server or W2K with Terminal Services installed). It uses its own protocol (ICA) rather than Microsoft's RDP protocol for remote control of a Windows session. Citrix provides free (as in beer) ICA clients for most operating systems, including Linux. You can get more information at www.citrix.com. Metaframe is a rather expensive piece of software, but it adds so much functionality to Windows Terminal Services that it I wouldn't think of deploying Terminal Server without it except for small installations only to Windows clients. -Original Message- From: Richie [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Robert MacLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 10:11:17 -0500 Subject: Re: [newbie] windows 2k terminal services On November 2, 2001 04:35 am, Robert MacLean wrote: Hi does anyone know if it is possible to use terminal services from m8.1? either through wine, or another method? ___ Robert MacLean I've seen some TS clients for X but they were commercial. However, a new app launch scolled by on my news ticker that might get you closer and it's called xwinx. It runs on the Win32 desktop and sends screen updates straight to your X server. It's appeal seems to be that it's just an app that sends updates, no client or additional servers required. Richie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] deluxepaintish programs, AOCP, anyone?
BTW: Killustrator goes by the name of Kontour now. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 14:05:09 -0500 Subject: Re: [newbie] deluxepaintish programs, AOCP, anyone? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/killustrator I found this link to a group who discusses a program called killustrator. Maybe you can use that, or they can offer suggestions. mitch Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: cc: newbie-owner@linux-maSubject: Re: [newbie] deluxepaintish programs, AOCP, anyone? ndrake.com 10/18/01 07:46 PM Please respond to newbie In reply to Jose M. Sanchez's words, written Thu, 18 Oct 2001 14:56:03 -0400 Indeed. What would a winders program have that Gimp can't offer, in graphics? Well, Corel has their Corel suite ported to Linux too, if that's what you want... Paul Could you elaborate? How is it that it's not what you are looking for? What does it not do which programs such as DeluxePaint do? -JMS |-Original Message- |Thanks to all who replied. I looked at the Gimp first, but |it's not really what I'm looking for. It looks like those |types of programs died with 2D games and the demo scenes. Oh -- Imagination is the weapon in the war against reality http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.6.3 Open Source, Open Minds. Linux. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] linux for sony ps2?
I remember the Neo-Geo. The main reason it didn't catch on was because it was
hideously expensive. If I remember correctly it cost almost $1000 when it first came
out and games were around $150-200 each.
One very important thing to consider in speculation over the success or failure of the
X-Box is that it will be very easy to port PC (Windows) games to the X-box and
vice-versa. This will certianly be very appealing to game companies.
Personally, I hope Sony lowers the cost of the PS/2 to compete with the X-box. I need
to get a new DVD player soon and if I can get a PS/2 for a reasonable price I might
get one instead.
-Original Message-
From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Tim Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 01:26:25 +1000
Subject: Re: [newbie] linux for sony ps2?
M$ are trying to enter console the market with brute force -- by selling a
machine which they can flog as being more powerful than the PS2. In reality, it
isn't as powerful as MS say it is (since it isn't as optimised for gaming as the
PS2), but people will _believe_ it is much more powerful because it has a 833MHz
CPU in comparison to Sony's 300MHz chip. What really matters is the quality of
games that are released. The market has been littered over time with instances
of technically 'inferior' products winning-out over 'superior' ones. The console
market is a prime example of this. Anybody remember the Neo-Geo or the 3DO? They
were 32-bit machines which were released years before Sega, Nintendo and Sony
brought out their offerings, yet they never caught on. The Sega MegaDrive
('Genisis' in the USA) and the Sony PlayStation became more popular than their
Nintendo counterparts ('SuperNES'/'Super Famicon' and Nintendo 64,
respectively), despite being less powerful.
Sony, it should be noted, isn't exactly an underdog here. They are also a
massive company, and they have made content deals with AOL Time Warner for the
PS2. They _specialise_ in the entertainment and home electronics industries, and
they already have a very strong development and consumer base (being a Japanese
company really helps here). They have had a huge head-start over M$, and they
are actively developing the PS3 for release in 2002 (so they have a backup in
the unlikely event that the XBox cleans up).
M$ will find _some_ success, but I seriously doubt whether they'll beat the PS2.
With their high manufacturing costs (I believe they're selling XBoxes at half
cost-price) and marketing costs (around $US500 million this year), I also doubt
whether they'll actually manage to make a profit out of this. However, I'm sure
that they've considered this factor (Bill's not stupid), and they have some
$US30 billion in the bank to fall back on should they need it (and they will).
IMHO, the _real_ competition will occur with the next generation of consoles.
Both the PS3 (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/16254.html) and the
XBox2 (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/21536.html) aim to be true home
entertainment devices, and not simply games machines with a few extras bolted
on.
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 10:20:10 -0400, Tim Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I agree, I'm very anti-Micro$HAFT, and I'm very particular about my gaming.
I've been a pretty hardcore console gamer for some years now. I have an
embarassing amount of video games, and video game equipment.
I used to a very loyal Nintendo fan, then they just pissed me off, and a lot
of other people too. SONY came out, and it took me a while to break down
and purchased a second hand PlayStation. And that right there changed the
facing of my gaming.
Since then I've learned to branch out into other platforms, and playing
different types of games. But there's nothing about the XBox that I feel
the need to even go after. The anti-Micro$HAFT issue being put aside, I
don't see it having a chance of any sort of longevity, and I'll be damned if
I'm going to spend $300 for a system that's going to last a year before it's
basically pushed out of the market.
It's not getting the support it needs to thrive, outside of the U.S.
Somebody already mentioned it, but the U.S. is much more inclined towards
computer games. If they change it to a computer in your living room, and
you can install computer games on it, it may do well here, but it's not
going to have a life outside of the U.S.
Now, going back to the anti-Micro$HAFT issue of mine, I refuse to give them
another dime of my $$$. Let alone $300, or up to $700 for a bundled system.
Rumor has it, the XBox actually crashed at a trade show somewhere.
tdh
--
Sridhar Dhanapalan
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[newbie] Has anyone got KOffice 1.1 to install?
When I try to install KOffice I get an error: libkdeprint.so.0 is needed by koffice-1.1-1mdk Does anyone know what RPM file that library is included in? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hotmail like platform for linux?
I use a free mail service called MyRealBox which is used as a beta site/demonstration site for Novell's NIMS (Novell Internet Mail Service) product. I have been using it with Evolution (via IMAP, it also supports SNMP) for quite some time. It can be reached at www.myrealbox.com. The web interface can be a little buggy at times (due to the fact that most of the time it is stress-testing beta code. They recently did a major upgrade which caused a few outages but it's been pretty reliable lately) but overall it works pretty good (I've never lost messages, but occasionally I have trouble connecting via the web interface. But then again, Hotmail is known for being down for days at a time!). And best of all it doesn't require a (explative deleted) HotMail account! On 01 Sep 2001 16:03:16 +1000, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Sat, 1 Sep 2001 04:50, Mark Johnson wrote: Just curious, would anyone out there be interested in a web based email system that can be used with say Evolution or KMail or something. For example, I have a hotmail account which makes things really convient when travelling because you can always check email where ever you are. But I actually don't prefere to read and write from a web based email system. However, hotmail is integrated with Outlook Express so I can use my hotmail account just like my other SMTP/POP3 email accounts and this makes things quite nice. It would be nice if mandrake or ximian or whoever could provide a web based email accounts that are integrated in KMail or Evolution, I would dump my hotmail account and go for a mandrake or ximian account instead and then I could be one step closer to running linux 100% of the time. Anybody think this would be a good idea? I think Netscape Webmail can be accessed via Netscape/Mozilla Mail. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson =_999325655-7607-558 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] OT open-source software is good enough for Microsoft
Also check out: OpenWindows http://www.owpcentral.com ReactOS http://www.reactos.com -Original Message- From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tim Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 18:40:59 +1000 Subject: Re: [newbie] OT open-source software is good enough for Microsoft On Mon, 27 Aug 2001 12:22, Tim Holmes wrote: I think it's been basic knowledge for some time, that the Windows kernel was an adapted BSD kernel. They've never really tried to prove they did or didn't. No, the Windows kernel is not based on UNIX at all. The Windows NT core was a fork from OS/2 2.x. Microsoft had been developing OS/2 for IBM, and when their partnership ended IBM continued OS/2's development with the Warp series. Now I guess somebody could reverse engineer Windows, but would be illegal, and with the help of DMCA, they'd be shot, hung, and all that good stuff as we've seen demonstrated here lately with the Sklyarov case. I don't know of any other way to prove that they are 100%. If it could be proven that the reverse-engineers had never seen or used any M$ code, then there is nothing illegal. This is why Samba and WINE aren't illegal. But also keep in mind, that FreeBSD, itself, doesn't use GPL, it's under the BSD licensing. And I could be wrong, as I've not done an whole lot of research on this, but just because you have OpenSource software incorporated in your software, you don't have to provide ALL the software to the public, only the OpenSource software needs to be open. But again, I may have this all wrong, maybe somebody else could clear this one up. (To lazy to do any real research on it now. Sorry! lol) The BSD license has few restrictions, the main one being that credit must be given to the authors of the original code. However, the code itself may be modified and used in any way. Derivative works can be closed-source. As far as sueing them? You can sue anybody for anything, but the problem here, is that Micro$HAFT has a small chunk of the Devil's arm in his Legal Department, and most of us have seen the figures of how much money is put into that department. You may end, but it will cost you a Bill Gates sized fortune to do so! William Gates II (Bill's father) is a partner in the most powerful law firm in Seattle, so Bill has had legal connections since Microsoft's beginning. No wonder why he often chooses litigation over innovation. tdh -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] OT open-source software is good enough for Microsoft
Actually, the NT kernel is closer to VMS. In fact, Microsoft hired some of the key VMS engineers from Digital to design NT. -Original Message- From: Tim Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 22:22:05 -0400 Subject: Re: [newbie] OT open-source software is good enough for Microsoft I think it's been basic knowledge for some time, that the Windows kernel was an adapted BSD kernel. They've never really tried to prove they did or didn't. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: RE: Re: [newbie] OT open-source software is good enough for Micro soft
Sort of like HAL is one letter off from IBM... I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that... DAVE! Put down that Windows NT install disk! DAVE! PLEASE! -Original Message- From: Mark Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 12:35:08 -0500 Subject: RE: Re: [newbie] OT open-source software is good enough for Micro soft FWIW: WNT is one letter away from VMS coincidence? -Original Message- From: Jim Dawson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 12:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: [newbie] OT open-source software is good enough for Microsoft Actually, the NT kernel is closer to VMS. In fact, Microsoft hired some of the key VMS engineers from Digital to design NT. -Original Message- From: Tim Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 22:22:05 -0400 Subject: Re: [newbie] OT open-source software is good enough for Microsoft I think it's been basic knowledge for some time, that the Windows kernel was an adapted BSD kernel. They've never really tried to prove they did or didn't. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID
That must be a popular title. I've seen more crappy prgorammers writing in VB than in any other language. ;-) Too many pepole seem to think that just because a language such as VB makes it easy to program, real programming skills are not actually required. -Original Message- From: Jay DeKing [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 19:56:52 -0400 Subject: Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID and today I bought a book on (cringe) VBscript, aka VB for crappy programmers, so I can customize (i.e. make functional) some new software my department at work just bought. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] A job using linux?
The idea that someone with a minimal amount of Linux knowledge can easily get a job in the IS industry is generally a myth, sort of like being able to go from a job working in a gas station to earning $70K a year just for attending an MCSE boot camp. (Perhaps before the .com bubble burst it was a possibility, if you didn't mind a 80+ hour a week job in a Silicon Valey startup with $2000/mo rent for a tiny 1 bedroom apartment over an hour commute from work. That is assuming the IPO went well and you cashed in your stock options before the crash...) There are jobs for people with Linux experience, but you will have to know your stuff and be able to prove it. Even so, I haven't seen too many jobs advertised specifically for Linux. However Linux experience can be useful when applying for a Solaris/HPUX/AIX/SCO/etc. position. Ok, so I know linux people (I usually refer to myself as a linux geek...) are supposed to be in incredible demand, and all I hear is that people are just throwing money at people who can install, configure, run etc on the OS. But every time I get into this discussion with someone, I don't have even anectdotal evidence with which to debate them. I mean, I know apache is the most widely used server on the net, but what else (as if that weren't enough)? So, what's the deal? I know more than a few people on the list are employed for use of their vast knowledge of the OS. what do ya say? how do the linux people work in the biz? what do they do? where do they do it? (and with all respect intended) how much do they make???
Re: Re: FW: [newbie] curious ....
snip for sanity's sake I have one thing to say if MS don't force ie on people. prove that to me by installeding ME without it. Pratt. M$ is beyond that. Even if (Mini)ME can be installed without IE, most Microsoft apps (e.g. Office 2000 and XP) require it at least for online help. No, your honor. We aren't leveraging our OS and office software monopolies to monopolize the browser market. Honest!.
Re: [newbie] Scanner
Is it a USB, Parallel, or SCSI model? There are SANE drivers for some UMAX Parallel and SCSI models. If it is a USB model, look for a new scanner. It is unlikely that there will ever be SANE drivers because UMAX refuses to release the specifications on its USB models. Even if the scanner is sharable over the network (I've only seen a few high-end scanners that are networkable) you still have the problem of the drivers only working under Windows. If it is a parallel scanner for which there are no Linux drivers, you might be able to use Win4Lin or vmware to access the scanner. I use Win4Lin to access my scanner and it works great. (although I wish I could scan directly into GIMP...) This method might also work with SCSI scanners under vmware but I've never tried it. Does anyone know if there's a driver for the UMAX 600P. Unfortunately it is not supported by SANE. Also once installed can I share the scanner of my network (SAMBA/Win98/W2K)?
Re: Re: [newbie] Scanner
Win4Lin and vmware allow you to run a 'virtual' windows computer on your Linux box. However it sounds like you want a way to share your scanner with the Windows machines rather than use the scanner on the Linux box, so I don't think either program will work for you. If you do want to give them a try, both have demo versions available. Win4Lin is available at www.netraverse.com, vmware at www.vmware.com. It's a parallel port scanner and the SANE website says that there it is unlikely ever to be supported. Win4Lin or vmware sound like they might do the trick though. I have no requirement to access the scanner from Linux only from the Windows machines. How do Win4Lin and vmware work and where do I get them? Mark - Original Message - From: Jim Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 7:28 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Scanner Is it a USB, Parallel, or SCSI model? There are SANE drivers for some UMAX Parallel and SCSI models. If it is a USB model, look for a new scanner. It is unlikely that there will ever be SANE drivers because UMAX refuses to release the specifications on its USB models. Even if the scanner is sharable over the network (I've only seen a few high-end scanners that are networkable) you still have the problem of the drivers only working under Windows. If it is a parallel scanner for which there are no Linux drivers, you might be able to use Win4Lin or vmware to access the scanner. I use Win4Lin to access my scanner and it works great. (although I wish I could scan directly into GIMP...) This method might also work with SCSI scanners under vmware but I've never tried it. Does anyone know if there's a driver for the UMAX 600P. Unfortunately it is not supported by SANE. Also once installed can I share the scanner of my network (SAMBA/Win98/W2K)?
[newbie] Sound card no longer supported?
When I run sndconfig I get a message stating that The Fortemedia, Inc Xwave QS3000A [FM801] is not currently supported. It does work under 7.2. What do I need to do to get working?
Re: [newbie] Two printing problems...
On 08 Jun 2001 13:08:36 -0700, David E. Fox wrote: First, when I try to print envelopes in StarOffice 5.2, nothing happens, not even an error message. Printing letter (8.5 x 11) sized documents works fine. Does printing envelopes work in the Windows version of Star Office? I'd check that, just to make sure that it's not a SO or Samba problem. I have also tried to print envelopes in SO a few times without much success. I have a Canon BJC 250 printer with a manual (envelope) feeder in the back of the unit. I tried printing an envelope just now and what results is a clean envelope going through the mechanism and one sheet being printed separately with my return address in the top part of the 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper. I tried setting the properties for the printer to both Portrait and Env10 (guessing that means a #10 envelope, not sure), with the same result both times. Printing envelopes works fine under Windows. (Either native or in a Win4Lin or vmWare session) I'm using 7.2 with CUPS, staroffice (5.2) is set to do generic postscript through lpr. No issues apart from not being able to print envelopes - and even that might be a mechanical problem rather than a software one. Incidentally, I played a bit with Wordperfect but that was on a different installation (Red Hat) and envelopes worked there OK, but not on StarOffice. BTW, I just upgraded to LM8.0. Neither problem has been affected by the upgrade.
[newbie] Two printing problems...
I have two printing problems: First, when I try to print envelopes in StarOffice 5.2, nothing happens, not even an error message. Printing letter (8.5 x 11) sized documents works fine. Second, I have a Win98 computer printing to my Linux box using SAMBA. Printing on the Linux box works fine (except for the above problem) but it takes about several minutes for documents printed from the Win98 box to start printing. I am running Mandrake 7.2 'Frequency' release, printing to an Epson Stylus Color 860 via USB. Samba is configured to print 'raw' rather than processing via GhostScript. Any ideas? Thanks in advance
Re: Re: [newbie] KVM switches
The Serial mouse versions work fine. The PS/2 mouse versions, on the other hand, might work in a all-Windows environment (I haven't tried it) but do not work in a Linux environment. BTW: I am talking about the mechanical KVM switches. Electronic switch KVMs (e.g. Cybex, etc.) work fine. Also with mechanical keyboard switches you may want to set your BIOS not to stop on keyboard failure, otherwise your computer will hang on 'Press F1 to continue' on reboot unless the keyboard switch is set to that computer. Have you (or anybody else) used the KVM with adapters to drive AT style computers (computers with serial mouse and AT keyboard inputs)? I (not the original questioner) need that capability, plus PS/2 for future upgrade capability. Thanks, Randy Kramer Tim Holmes wrote: I CAN! I have a BELKIN OmniCube 4-Port KVM, and I love it! I've been telling friends to get them, who don't even have multiple machines! That's how much I swear by it. I bought mine through www.pcconnection.com/. At the time I believe this model was $120, and then it was $12 for KVM cables. (One 6' video cable, one 6' PS/2 keyboard cable, and one 6' PS/2 mouse cable.) I've seen that same package at CompUSA for $19.99. I also believe the KVM was a good $160 at CompUSA as well. It comes with a version of TurboLinux, I personally don't like TurboLinux, but hey... it was Linux! It has Hot Keys. Hit Scroll Lock twice then the number for that machine. 1 through 4 in my case. The box also has a button on it to go from machine to machine. I have 3 machines on mine right now, and if a friend comes over, I can just plug them into the back of the box and go from there. So I highly recommend it! tdh T. Holmes Unixtechs.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Real Men use Vi. * Mark Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010523 18:12]: | Could anyone recommend a good 2/4 port KVM switch?
[newbie] Read from CD-RW Drive
Could someone tell me how to configure LM7.2 to read from a IDE CD-RW drive?
[newbie] A couple of minor problems with KDE
I have two minor problems with KDE on LM72: First, I can change themes, but the appearance of the title bar doesn't change. Second, Although there are dozens of fonts installed, I can only use a few of them. When I select them in KDE control panel I either get nothing or I get a 'standard' font. (one of the few that actually do work.) Does anyone know what to do about either problem? Thanks in advance.
[newbie] Mandrake 7.2 crashes
I have installed Mandrake 7.2 on my second PC several times over the past few weeks using various configurations and it always crashes hard within a few minutes of use. After a few minutes the vertical edges of windows become distorted (slightly 'wavy') shortly after that the whole machine hangs, requiring a hard reset. (No programs respond, CTRL- ALT-BACKSPACE doesn't kill X, Oddly I *can* move the mouse pointer but it doesn't do anything...) It makes *Windows* look like a paragon of stability! I have installed Mandrake 7.2 using the same CDs on another computer with similar hardware. It runs great on the other computer. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I might try to get this working? Thanks in advance. Here's a quick rundown of the hardware: * SOYO SY-5EH5 motherboard * AMD K6/2 350MHz processor * 1x128MB 100ns SDRAM DIMM * EIDE CD-ROM (Secondary Master) * Sony CD-R (Secondary Slave) * Maxtor 15GB EIDE (Primary Master) * Matrox Mystique PCI 4MB video * Sony 200sx monitor * Kingston (DEC 21041 based) 10Mbps Ethernet card * Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 Plug Play * Seagate/Connor QIC-3020 TR3 floppy-based tape drive * Connor 2MB tape drive controller (floppy-based) * 2x USB ports (VIA chipset, on motherboard) * Epson Color Stylus 860 printer (hooked up via USB) * Standard Serial/Parallel ports. * Supra 33.6 external modem (COM1) * 1.44MB floppy * generic 104 key Keyboard * MS Intelimouse (wheel) ps/2 bus
Re: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
Actually, 'Whistler' is based on Windows 2000 and (according to Microsoft) will contain no legacy 16-bit code. (I'll believe it when I see it.) On the plus side, it will probabally be the most stable desktop version of Windows ever. On the other hand a lot of older programs will break under Whistler. Given Microsoft's track record on OS releases, the 3Q 2001 release date will more likely be 2Q 2002 or later... On Thursday 28 December 2000 03:06, you wrote: There's an update to Millennium coming out later this year. I think it's name is Whistler. Yeah...that short for "Whistle friggin dixie while you wait for ever for your computer to stinkin work correctly cause this OS sucks!" I'm sorry. Win 95B is a good one and 98SE isn't too bad as long as you keep the registry squeeky clean; NT4.0 with "all" the service pack installed and kept clean will run well too, but WinME is a joke! What were they thinking? Sorry to the list cause this ain't a windows forum. Nowdie...thread DIE! :) -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds
Re: Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL
That's odd... I had that problem with the 7.2 CDs I bought from CheapBytes but not with the copy I burnned from the .ISO files. Note that I did buy 7.2 from CB right after it was released, so it was on a CD-R disk rather than a pressed CD as CB normally sells. This is also the only CD I've ever had a problem with from CB. Has anyone bought a 7.2 CD from CheapBytes lately? If so are they pressing the CDs yet or are they still using CD-R disks? At this point guys I would strongly suggest getting the 7.2 CD's from cheapbytes. I too had the same problems and as soon as I got the disks from Cheapbytes and tried them out everything went flawlessly. -- Mark ### ## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature ## Registered Linux User # 182496 ##!-- Pine 4.31 -- # On Fri, 22 Dec 2000 Michael Johnston spake passionately saying: I have the exact same problem...using the pocketbooks CD... My CDRom is a pioneer drive which works perfectly in win2000. This is not very reassuring. Michael - Original Message - From: "Paul Williamson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 3:34 PM Subject: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL When I install mandrake by booting from the cd, there is an error : "error loading second stage ramdisk" How do I fix it?? I downloaded the 'autoboot.bat file but where do I put it? Thanks Paul Williamson Contact: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN-Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 83724504 (http://wwp.icq.com/83724504) Websites: http://paulw9.darktech.org/ http://www.huntingtower.vic.edu.au/
Re: Re: Re: [newbie] RAMDISK ERROR ON MANDRAKE 7.2 INSTALL
On Tuesday 26 December 2000 08:59 am, Jim Dawson wrote:
Has anyone bought a 7.2 CD from CheapBytes lately? If so
are
they pressing the CDs yet or are they still using CD-R
disks?
I quit using Cheapbytes and started using lsl.com.
They're a
little cheaper, usually have new upgrades available sooner
and ship
quicker, and most of all, better quality CD's. FWIW, I've
always found
CDr's to be better than mass produced production CD's.
lsl.com has
always sent me high quality CDr's. 'Course my CDrom (BCD)
and CD-RW
(Plextor) are high quality and known to work very well
with most all
media. YMMV
Thanks, I'll check out LSL when 7.3 is released.
Ram disk errors on boot from CD are, IMO, most often
caused by
marginal CD drives, marginal CD media, and/or marginal
ram, in that
order. There's many other possible reasons, but most
involve marginal
and/or misconfigured (bios) hardware.
Although the RAMDISK errors can be caused by hardware
problems, One of the UNIX guys where I work and I tried the
CD I got from CheapBytes on several systems ranging from my
three home systems ('Franenstein' boxes made mostly from the
parts of other computers) and several systems at work
ranging from (2 year) old Dell Optiplex desktops to new
Compaq servers. All of the computers exhibited the same
ramdisk error.
Re: [newbie] Flashing BIOS under Linux?
All of the flash-BIOS utilities I know of require a DOS (or Windows 9x) boot disk. If you don't have a copy of DOS you can download DR-DOS for free (noncommercial use only) from ftp://ftp.lineo.com/pub/devsup/drdos/dr703.exe However you need to be able to run DOS to execute the self-extracting archive. You *may* (I haven't tried this) be able to extract this using a DOS emulator. I'm fairly sure one is included with Mandrake. Your best bet would probabally be to find someone to make a DOS or Win9x boot disk for you. (FORMAT A: /S) Can it be done or will I need to make a dos boot disc? I have only Linux on here, no dos or windows. Thanks again Vic
Re: Re: [newbie] Disable Auto-logon for 'default' user
Thanks a lot! That seems to have fixed the problem. Go into UserDrake, in 'preferences' and uncheck the box that that states something like 'autolog support' for that user. -s On Friday 22 December 2000 09:13 pm, you wrote: When re-installing Mandrake 7.2 I accidentally set a user account to auto-logon by setting it to 'default user'. How do I disable this?
