Re: [newbie] Getting Xine to play .avi files
On Apr 11, 2005 3:38 PM, Lovell Mcilwain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just upgraded to 10.1 and I am still having trouble getting xine to play avi files. I have been having this problem since 9.0. Can anyone tell me what settings I need to verify or change to get this to work? Right now when I double click on the .avi file xine launces and then it gives me an unrecognizable fuzzy picture that is majority blue color and without sound. Lovell, Try urpmi xine-win32 and then use totem. Not 100% guaranteed, but worthy to give a try. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive
On Apr 9, 2005 11:51 PM, Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On my system, a stock 10.1, with the standard upgrades, but not with KDE upgraded to a newer version, plugging in a flash drive results in it being mounted on /mnt/removable, and I am able to access it without problem. But people that have upgraded KDE have run into problems because of the other packages that need to be upgraded to use the new KDE packages. It seams to break the 10.1 hotplug setup... When you upgrade to Thac's KDE, it also installs the HAL daemon which is responsible for changing the mount points, etc. I understand HAL is a good thing, but it's really annoying if you're not expecting its changes. The good news is that after installing Thac's KDE, you can uninstall HAL without uninstalling everything else KDE. Actually, it is not a big deal to mount manually the flash drive. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] cant unsubscribe
On Apr 10, 2005 10:06 PM, Positive Negative [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everytime i try i get an error no email from the mandrake site can you please un sub me You can unsubscribe to list by sending an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe newbie in the body of the message. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla
On Apr 9, 2005 3:38 AM, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.5/plugins/nppdf.so /home/chris/.mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so /root/.mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so It automatically installed in ~/.mozilla/plugins/ when I used the (2) option when I ran the script. You were luckier, Chris: your procedure did not succeeded here! I assume that help About Plugins shows this in Mozilla: Adobe Reader 7.0 File name: nppdf.so The Adobe Reader plugin is used to enable viewing of PDF and FDF files from within the browser. MIME Type Description SuffixesEnabled application/pdf Portable Document Formatpdf Yes application/vnd.fdf Acrobat Forms Data Format fdf Yes application/vnd.adobe.xfdf XML Version of Acrobat Forms Data Format xfdf Yes application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml Acrobat XML Data Packagexdp Yes application/vnd.adobe.xfd+xml Adobe FormFlow99 Data File xfd Yes You assume it correctly, Chris. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive
On Apr 9, 2005 5:02 AM, Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not know why, but now I cannot use my flash drive, getting the following error: Could not mount device. The reported error was: mount: only root can mount /dev/sda1 on /media/usbdisk Paul, I was having the same problem in 10.2 rc2 with cooker upgrade. So I set the append line in lilo to noapic nolapic and on boot with the device plugged in or plugging in after It is detected and accessable. HTH Oh man, if I would read and not jump.. any chance you went to console and typed in as su mount /dev/sda1 /media/usbdisk ? or look in MCC and see what harddrake calls the device. HTH Thanks, Dennis, but I do not understand quite well what you mean. Yes, if I run the command mount /media/usbdisk then, I can use my flash disk. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive
On Apr 8, 2005 4:12 AM, Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This has me stumped. If you did not try to mount the drive as a user, then you should not have gotten the error message. The standard hotplug settings will mount a flash drive on /mnt/removable unless it things the drive is realy a camera, and then it mounts it on /mnt/camera. Now, if you had clicked on a desktop icon, and it generated this message, then I would want to start looking deeper at the window manager configuration. At this point, unless someone else has a better idea, I think we are going to need to know more of the secquence when you plug in the flash drive. Plug in the drive ... ... Get the user can not mount /dev/sda1 message We need to know what goes on between plugging in the drive, and you getting the message. Well, Mikkel, I just plug my flash drive and afterwards an icon appears on the desktop. Then, I click on the icon and soon that message shows up. To answer Greg: I am not running at all Mandrake 10.2; I am using Mandrake 10.1 and KDE 3.4. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive
On Apr 8, 2005 10:12 AM, Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This has me stumped. If you did not try to mount the drive as a user, then you should not have gotten the error message. The standard hotplug settings will mount a flash drive on /mnt/removable unless it things the drive is realy a camera, and then it mounts it on /mnt/camera. Now, if you had clicked on a desktop icon, and it generated this message, then I would want to start looking deeper at the window manager configuration. At this point, unless someone else has a better idea, I think we are going to need to know more of the secquence when you plug in the flash drive. Plug in the drive ... ... Get the user can not mount /dev/sda1 message We need to know what goes on between plugging in the drive, and you getting the message. Well, Mikkel, I just plug my flash drive and afterwards an icon appears on the desktop. Then, I click on the icon and soon that message shows up. To answer Greg: I am not running at all Mandrake 10.2; I am using Mandrake 10.1 and KDE 3.4. I would like to add that if run, as root, the command mount /media/usbdisk then, I can access to my flash drive by clicking on its desktop icon. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla
Dear All I am trying to use the Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla. However, I get the following error message, in spite of having Acrobat Reader 7.0 installed: Could not launch Adobe Reader 7.0. Please make sure it exists in PATH variable in the environment. If the problem persists, please reinstall the application. You can download Adobe Reader 7.0 for Unix from www.adobe.com Any ideas? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla
On Apr 8, 2005 11:27 AM, Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to use the Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla. However, I get the following error message, in spite of having Acrobat Reader 7.0 installed: Could not launch Adobe Reader 7.0. Please make sure it exists in PATH variable in the environment. If the problem persists, please reinstall the application. You can download Adobe Reader 7.0 for Unix from www.adobe.com Yes. If you dig down the directory Adobe 7/Browser/intellinux, you'll find you'll find a script : install_browser_plugin. Run it for every browser you have. Thanks, Kaj. I had already done that before asking for help. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla
On Apr 8, 2005 12:18 PM, Q.H. Wang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could the AR 7.0 itself be launched? If not you might need to reinstall it. Or I guess you didn't import it into your PATH. What will a which acroread in command line say? I remember I made a symbloic link ../AR7.0/bin/acroread to /usr/bin/acroread to insure it's in my PATH. Or check http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html, you may find something useful there. Thanks, Q.H.. AR 7.0 can be launched correctly from the command line and which acroread gives me /usr/bin/acroread. Any further ideas? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader
On Apr 8, 2005 5:06 PM, Q.H. Wang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are some posts discussing exactly your problem at http://www.linuxforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=136543st=15#entry596612, But I don't know whether that's gonna solve your problem. Thanks, Q.H.. It did not help, unfortunately. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader
On Apr 9, 2005 12:26 AM, Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oooops, man, you got a very hard bone to tackle. Good luck. Him and I both. I've tried copying the file manually and using the install script, and although Firefox tries to open Reader, it gives me that same PATH complaint. Are you running KDE 3.4, Miark? Cannot it be caused by KDE 3.4? Well, it is just a suspicion, because I think I have tried everything to get the Acrobat Reader plugin working, but with no luck. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla
On Apr 9, 2005 3:03 AM, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to use the Acrobat Plugin with Mozilla. However, I get the following error message, in spite of having Acrobat Reader 7.0 installed: Could not launch Adobe Reader 7.0. Please make sure it exists in PATH variable in the environment. If the problem persists, please reinstall the application. You can download Adobe Reader 7.0 for Unix from www.adobe.com Paul, I remember I had a similiar problem after installing 7.0. I solved it by copying the nppdf.so file to the below after running the plug-in install script: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.5/plugins/nppdf.so /home/chris/.mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so /root/.mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so It automatically installed in ~/.mozilla/plugins/ when I used the (2) option when I ran the script. You were luckier, Chris: your procedure did not succeeded here! Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Problem with mounting my flash drive
Dear All I do not know why, but now I cannot use my flash drive, getting the following error: Could not mount device. The reported error was: mount: only root can mount /dev/sda1 on /media/usbdisk Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Site for testing JVM
On Apr 6, 2005 3:44 AM, Alberto Omar Rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some site for testing whether one's installed Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is working fine? Try this http://java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml Thanks to all who answered my question. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Site for testing JVM
Dear All Is there some site for testing whether one's installed Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is working fine? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Looking for some site for free web-publishing
On Apr 3, 2005 6:03 PM, Philippe Landau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some site for free web-publishing? If you mean blogging http://www.blogger.com/start Sorry, I was not clear enough. I wanted to mean a free site for storing my own web-page. Oh you mean hosting there are lots of them http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=free+website+hostingbtnG=Google+Search Thanks, Aron. With so many choices, is there some recommendations? it depends on what you want to publish. you are a bit shy about your project :-) http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Hosting/Free/Personal/ Actually, what I am wanting it is a site for publishing a HOWTO pass/forward ports for my modem/router. Since my modem/router has not any manual and there is no available HOWTO, I thought that writing myself the HOWTO would help some people. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively
On Apr 3, 2005 9:02 PM, Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some firewall (working through iptables) able to open selectively a port for a specific program and not to all programs installed? (Shorewall is not suitable for that purpose.) ** Paul, shorewall can do what you desire. Go to; mcc security firewall, and click on the advanced radio button on the bottom. That will open up an area where you can specify special ports to open. Unfortunately, Angus, it is not true: http://shorewall.net/Shorewall_Doesnt.html Regards, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] amaroK does not see xine
Dear All I have just installed amaroK 1.2.3, but it does not list xine as an usable engine, contrarily to the previous version. Is this normal? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: amaroK does not see xine
On Apr 4, 2005 11:01 AM, Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just installed amaroK 1.2.3, but it does not list xine as an usable engine, contrarily to the previous version. Is this normal? Well, it does see xine if one installs amarok-xine Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Looking for some site for free web-publishing
On Apr 4, 2005 11:41 AM, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, what I am wanting it is a site for publishing a HOWTO pass/forward ports for my modem/router. Since my modem/router has not any manual and there is no available HOWTO, I thought that writing myself the HOWTO would help some people. Many ISPs offer a small amount of web space that would be adequate for that. Alternatively, why not write it up on our Community TWiki? All you have to do, then, is give the url, just as though it was your own website. What's more, because the TWiki is well used, google will probably pick it up for others that find it useful. Good idea to use TWiki! Thanks, Anne. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Excluding a certain package of begin installed
Dear All Is there some way of excluding a certain package of begin installed with urpmi --auto-select Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Excluding a certain package of begin installed
On Apr 4, 2005 9:25 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some way of excluding a certain package of begin installed with urpmi --auto-select To always skip it, enter the package name in /etc/urpmi/skip.list. There doesn't apear to be a command line way to specify a single package to be excluded. (--excludepath excludes files, and not packages...) Thanks, Mikkel and Derek. For me, it does not work. # more /etc/urpmi/skip.list # Here you can specify the packages that won't be upgraded automatically abiword-2.2.5-1.norlug.i586 lyx-1.3.5-2.norlug.i586 amarok-1.2.3-1.101mcnl.i586 # Any ideas? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Excluding a certain package of begin installed
On Apr 4, 2005 10:21 PM, Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 4, 2005 9:25 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some way of excluding a certain package of begin installed with urpmi --auto-select To always skip it, enter the package name in /etc/urpmi/skip.list. There doesn't apear to be a command line way to specify a single package to be excluded. (--excludepath excludes files, and not packages...) Thanks, Mikkel and Derek. For me, it does not work. # more /etc/urpmi/skip.list # Here you can specify the packages that won't be upgraded automatically abiword-2.2.5-1.norlug.i586 lyx-1.3.5-2.norlug.i586 amarok-1.2.3-1.101mcnl.i586 # Any ideas? Maybe, I should add that I am using the command: urpmi --excludemedia thacs.rpms --auto-select Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Excluding a certain package of begin installed
On Apr 4, 2005 10:44 PM, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some way of excluding a certain package of begin installed with urpmi --auto-select To always skip it, enter the package name in /etc/urpmi/skip.list. There doesn't apear to be a command line way to specify a single package to be excluded. (--excludepath excludes files, and not packages...) Thanks, Mikkel and Derek. For me, it does not work. # more /etc/urpmi/skip.list # Here you can specify the packages that won't be upgraded automatically abiword-2.2.5-1.norlug.i586 lyx-1.3.5-2.norlug.i586 amarok-1.2.3-1.101mcnl.i586 # Yes. Take the version numbers off. /abiword/ /lyx/ /amarok/ Thanks, Derek. It works! Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively
On Apr 4, 2005 11:01 PM, Stephen Furlong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some firewall (working through iptables) able to open selectively a port for a specific program and not to all programs installed? (Shorewall is not suitable for that purpose.) ** Paul, shorewall can do what you desire. Go to; mcc security firewall, and click on the advanced radio button on the bottom. That will open up an area where you can specify special ports to open. * I'm sorry Paul, I didn't read your post carefully enough. Shorewall doesn't have the facility to do as you requirejust as you noted. :-) I do belive this is being discussed in some context in the expert list as well? Might be worth joining to follow the thread. Since nobody answered suggesting a firewall with that feature, it may be very complicated to achieve that, in case of being possible. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively
Dear All Is there some firewall (working through iptables) able to open selectively a port for a specific program and not to all programs installed? (Shorewall is not suitable for that purpose.) Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Looking for some site for free web-publishing
Dear All Is there some site for free web-publishing? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Looking for some site for free web-publishing
On Apr 3, 2005 4:28 PM, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some site for free web-publishing? If you mean blogging http://www.blogger.com/start Sorry, I was not clear enough. I wanted to mean a free site for storing my own web-page. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Looking for some site for free web-publishing
On Apr 3, 2005 4:44 PM, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some site for free web-publishing? If you mean blogging http://www.blogger.com/start Sorry, I was not clear enough. I wanted to mean a free site for storing my own web-page. Oh you mean hosting there are lots of them http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=free+website+hostingbtnG=Google+Search Thanks, Aron. With so many choices, is there some recommendations? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] eMule for Mandrake
Dear All Where from can I get eMule for Mandrake. I have already tried urpmi emule but it gives nothing. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake
On Apr 2, 2005 1:04 PM, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where from can I get eMule for Mandrake. I have already tried urpmi emule Have a look at http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/sourceforge/a/am/amule/aMule-1.2.8-1mdk.i586.html. That is perhaps what you seek. Thanks, Paul. I have already installed aMule. However, when I try to connect to a server, I get the following error: NG : Your 4662 port is not reachable. Please review your network config. I guess it is the firewall (I use the default Mandrake firewall) that is causing it. How can I open the port 4662? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake
On Apr 2, 2005 2:19 PM, Pablo Ortuzar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul. I have already installed aMule. However, when I try to connect to a server, I get the following error: NG : Your 4662 port is not reachable. Please review your network config. I guess it is the firewall (I use the default Mandrake firewall) that is causing it. How can I open the port 4662? Paul Configure your computer Security Firewall Advanced. Thanks, Pablo. It is not nothing related with the firewall, as if I deactivate the whole firewall, the problem remains. It seems to be a iptables problem. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake
On Apr 2, 2005 2:40 PM, Philippe Landau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul. I have already installed aMule. However, when I try to connect to a server, I get the following error: NG : Your 4662 port is not reachable. Please review your network config. I guess it is the firewall (I use the default Mandrake firewall) that is causing it. How can I open the port 4662? Configure your computer Security Firewall Advanced. Thanks, Pablo. It is not nothing related with the firewall, as if I deactivate the whole firewall, the problem remains. It seems to be a iptables problem. not if you did not install it, i guess. but there are providers blocking port 4662. under amule: preferences:connection you can choose another port, choose a value between 10'000 and 65530. Thanks. The same problem if I choose port 1. Similar behaviour with xmule. Intriguing fact: amule connects correctly with other servers. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake
On Apr 2, 2005 10:04 PM, Philippe Landau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul. I have already installed aMule. However, when I try to connect to a server, I get the following error: NG : Your 4662 port is not reachable. Please review your network config. but there are providers blocking port 4662. under amule: preferences:connection you can choose another port, choose a value between 10'000 and 65530. Thanks. The same problem if I choose port 1. Similar behaviour with xmule. Intriguing fact: amule connects correctly with other servers. ah, but that's a progress then, right ? can you download popular stuff now too ? Thanks, Philippe. The point is that my Internet provider gives me only 2GB a month for international traffic and 20GB for national one! Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake
On Apr 2, 2005 11:05 PM, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul. I have already installed aMule. However, when I try to connect to a server, I get the following error: NG : Your 4662 port is not reachable. Please review your network config. I guess it is the firewall (I use the default Mandrake firewall) that is causing it. How can I open the port 4662? Configure your computer Security Firewall Advanced. Thanks, Pablo. It is not nothing related with the firewall, as if I deactivate the whole firewall, the problem remains. It seems to be a iptables problem. Check the thread on this at the xMule site: http://www.xmule.ws/forums/index.php?showtopic=657 Thanks, Paul. The problem is not the firewall; the problem is on my modem - I have to allow pass/forward for 4662 port. I do not know how to do that, as my ethernet modem has not any manual. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake
On Apr 2, 2005 11:43 PM, andrewd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul. The problem is not the firewall; the problem is on my modem - I have to allow pass/forward for 4662 port. I do not know how to do that, as my ethernet modem has not any manual. What type of modem/router is it? Andrew: it is a modem Octal A460. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] eMule for Mandrake
On Apr 3, 2005 12:44 AM, andrewd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry don't know your modem. One place to look is http://www.edonkey2000.com/documentation/u_genericrouter.html Here you will see (in the right hand nav menu - half way down) a list of popular modems and how to open up the ports with those modems. Now have a look at that, as the principle between all of them is the same and maybe you will see one that relates or looks similar to your modem. Thanks a lot, Andrew. The site suggested by you greatly helped me: by confronting its contents with what I saw at my modem's configuration menus, I was able to forward the 4662 port! Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Looking for Azureus 2.2.0.2_MOD for Linux
On Apr 1, 2005 12:14 AM, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 31 March 2005 11:23 am, Paul Smith wrote: Azureus http://rpms.mandrakeclub.com/search.php?query=Azureus Thanks, Aron. Non-members of MandrakeClub can get it from: http://mandrakeclub.nl/sources/official/10.1/i586/azureus-2.2.0.2-1.101mcnl.i586.rpm Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Playing dvd movies on a computer
Dear All I do not have a dvd player, but I have heard that it is possible to use the computer dvd recorder to play dvd movies. Could somebody here please give me some directions? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Playing dvd movies on a computer
On Apr 1, 2005 3:05 PM, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not have a dvd player, but I have heard that it is possible to use the computer dvd recorder to play dvd movies. Could somebody here please give me some directions? You can indeed. However, commercial dvds are encoded, and thanks to the legal implications Mandrake cannot give you the packages you need. PLF supply Mandrake packages to deal with this situation. So - 1) Go to easyurpmi.zarb.org and follow the instructions there to make sure you have a plf source - while you are there it would pay you to grab one source from each of the sections listed. A long chain of commands will be given to you to paste into a root console. It does take a while for that to complete, so be patient until it has finished. Using urpmi from the command line or Software Installer as a gui will now give you a whole raft of possibilities you didn't have before. 2) If you have xine installed, uninstall it. 3) Get the xine packages from the plf site - if you use Software Installer make sure you have enabled Maximum Information. You also need decss and any codecs you can find, to give you maximum flexibility. Install them in the usual way and you should be fine. Thanks, Anne and Ian. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Looking for Azureus 2.2.0.2_MOD for Linux
Dear All I am looking for Azureus 2.2.0.2_MOD for Linux. Could someone here please give me some directions? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] I'm confused about java
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:35:22 +0200, Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried to view a website today that needs java to display properly. I used the 'install software' part of mcc and searched for java - the (monsterous) list has left me very confused. Can anyone tell me what package I need to install to view a website with java - I'm using firefox if that has any bearing. Java isn't on the MDK CD's due to license problems. You can download a working java from Sun. However, if you're a member of Mandrake Club (you really should be) you can download the java executable. It's called j2re (Java2 Runtime Environment). If you have set up your sources for Mandrake Club, just as root : # urpmi j2re. The latest version is : j2re-1.4.2_07-1mdk (assuming you run 10.1). Beware, it's a 22 MB download. The latest version is not j2re-1.4.2_07-1mdk; a new version can be found at: http://mandrakeclub.nl/sources/official/10.1/i586/j2re-1.5.0-2.101mcnl.i586.rpm Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] way of deleting the history of bash commands
Dear All Is there some way of deleting the history of bash commands? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] way of deleting the history of bash commands
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:48:55 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some way of deleting the history of bash commands? Yes, just look in /home and you will see file called .bash_history - note the . it's a hidden file, open it with the editor of your choice and well, edit it. If you are using Kde just left click on the file and it will open with Kwrite allowing you to edit it as you wish. Thanks to all. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Adobe Reader
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:01:35 +0200, Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adobe Reader 7 rpms can be found here ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/7x/7.0/enu/ Yes, but installing with urpmi gives an error, something with curl being in the way. Instead, use this : # rpm -i --nodeps AdobeReader And everything works well. Thanks a lot, Pablo, for the link. In my case, urpmi was able to install Acrobat Reader 7, without any problem. Does somebody know whether Acrobat Reader 7 has the watch file feature? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture
On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 00:59:05 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a picture. Any suggestions? There's always the Gimp, but for something easier try KolourPaint. Gimp usage is not very inuitive, therefore some hints: Use the cut tool, either by selecting it in the main window (the knife icon) or by just typing Sift-C. Arrange the selected area as you need. Then click within the selected area to do the cut. Save the image, or better save as Thanks to all for your help. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Package with the Acrobat Reader fonts
Dear All Is there some package with the Acrobat Reader fonts? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture
Dear All I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a picture. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Program to save a selected part of a picture
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:59:14 -0800, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking for a (simple) program to save a selected part of a picture. Any suggestions? Gimp or quick and dirty ksnapshot Thanks, Aron. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE3.4 cannot shutdown
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:48:16 +0700, Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The KDE3.4 is wonderful. I love it very much. However, there are still some hiccups that need to sort out, one of them is: I cannot shutdown my notebook. When I click on the log out then shutdown the screen blanks, then the logon screen appears again. Is this a bug? How can I fix it? I remember you that you can shutdown your computer running the command halt in a console. Are you using kdm or mdkkdm, Fajar? Thanks for resposing. I guess I'm using mdkkdm, but how do I know this? You can check it out doing the following: MCC -- System -- Display Manager Thanks Paul, After I change it from mdkkdm to kdm, I can shutdown normally again. If you, Fajar, prefer mdkkdm, select it and use the command halt in a console. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE3.4 cannot shutdown
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:50:27 +0700, Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you, Fajar, prefer mdkkdm, select it and use the command halt in a console. Yes, actually i like mdkkdm better (the graphics is nicer), but using console to shutdown? I dont think it's nice. Because it won't save my KDE sessions, do you think so? I cannot tell you, Fajar, as I start always with an empty session. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE3.4 cannot shutdown
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:06:54 +0700, Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The KDE3.4 is wonderful. I love it very much. However, there are still some hiccups that need to sort out, one of them is: I cannot shutdown my notebook. When I click on the log out then shutdown the screen blanks, then the logon screen appears again. Is this a bug? How can I fix it? I remember you that you can shutdown your computer running the command halt in a console. Are you using kdm or mdkkdm, Fajar? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE3.4 cannot shutdown
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 22:21:14 +0700, Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The KDE3.4 is wonderful. I love it very much. However, there are still some hiccups that need to sort out, one of them is: I cannot shutdown my notebook. When I click on the log out then shutdown the screen blanks, then the logon screen appears again. Is this a bug? How can I fix it? I remember you that you can shutdown your computer running the command halt in a console. Are you using kdm or mdkkdm, Fajar? Thanks for resposing. I guess I'm using mdkkdm, but how do I know this? Fajar, You can check it out doing the following: MCC -- System -- Display Manager Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] configuring update source
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 07:13:59 -0500, Paul Kaplan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to configure mandrake update so as to grab Thac's kde 3.4 rpms. The relevant files are in: ftp://mirror.aca.oakland.edu/pub/linux/rpm.nyvalls.se/10.1/RPMS/kde-3.4.0 But this directory does not contain a hdlist.cz file Just use: ftp://mirror.aca.oakland.edu/pub/linux/rpm.nyvalls.se/10.1/RPMS/ The sub-directory kde-3.4.0 is reached by urpmi. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.4
I do not know what is wrong, but after having added Thac as a media, when I run urpmi --auto-select nothing happens. Does the same happen with you? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.4
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 16:44:36 +0100, Pablo Ortuzar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not know what is wrong, but after having added Thac as a media, when I run urpmi --auto-select nothing happens. Does the same happen with you? No. 204 packages were going to be installed. Due to missed dependencies, none was. BTW, did you do a previous urpmi.update? Thanks, Pablo. Yes, I did a previous urpmi.update. Did it take a long while to complete your urpmi --auto-select ? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Checking the Internet activity
Dear All Is there some way of seeing the Internet activity, i.e., the number of the connections and the implied programs? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Checking the Internet activity
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 06:07:22 +1100, Stephen Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some way of seeing the Internet activity, i.e., the number of the connections and the implied programs? urpmi iptraf ...also trafshow, etherape, ethereal, nessus... Thanks, Stephen and Mikkel. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Getting a screen-shot of the current window
Dear All Could somebody please tell me how to get a screen-shot of the current window? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Getting a screen-shot of the current window
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 20:39:54 +, riccardo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how to get a screen-shot of the current window? Ksnapshot will do fine Thanks, Anne and Riccardo. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Turn off computer only ends the session
Dear All After having installed KDE 3.4 (which works fine), when I select turn off computer, it only ends the session. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Getting a screen-shot of the current window
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 18:03:50 -0500, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could somebody please tell me how to get a screen-shot of the current window? try ksnapshot Thanks to all who have answered. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Program to combine words
Dear All I am looking for a program to do the following: extract all the combinations of two words from a given set of many words. Is there such a software? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Program to combine words
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:14:56 +, Q.H. Wang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this link providing what you wanna, man? http://www.searchengineforums.com/apps/webmaster.forums/action::thread/thread::1090443783/forum::googleadwords/ Thanks, Wang. That is what I was looking for. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.4
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 17:55:49 -0500, Mr. Geek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Leaf wrote: On Friday 18 March 2005 16:13, frengoGorgia wrote: Il ven, 2005-03-18 alle 22:45, Pablo Ortuzar ha scritto: Hello, KDE 3.4 is out. There are SuSE, Fedora and Conectiva packages available, but no Mandrake rpms. Is there any way to urpmi them? Look like a flame-question for the mandrake-experts http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-expertm=00737215901w=2 http://archives.mandrakelinux.com/expert/2005-03/msg00840.php Check Thac's RPMs http://rpm.nyvalls.se/10.1/RPMS/ , you can add Thacs to your urpmi resources as well. Yeah, and KDE 3.4 not only looks good but runs great on my laptop. One suggestion folks. Make sure you have a different desktop system installed (ICE, BlackBox, etc.) and log into that desktop before updating KDE. In other words, either boot into runlevel 3 or a different Desktop Environment before installing KDE 3.4, since it will replace your existing KDE in the process. If you remain in KDE whilst updating it, you're asking for trouble. And which packages should one start installing? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.4
I have just installed KDE 3.4. The login panel has changed afterwards. How can I get the previous one? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.4
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 01:12:31 +, Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just installed KDE 3.4. The login panel has changed afterwards. How can I get the previous one? I found the solution meanwhile: urpmi mdkkdm Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] How to configure mdkkdm?
Dear All Does somebody here know how to configure mdkkdm? In particular, I am interested in configuring it to use anti-aliasing fonts. Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Enlarging / partition
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:01:31 +, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I enlarge the / partition? diskdrake in MandrakeControlCentreMountPointsPartitions can resize a Linux partition, but that assumes that you have contiguous free space available on your drive at the end of the current partition. A more likely scenario is that you have space on a different hard drive, or on a different part of your existing drive, in which case the simplest solution is to mount part of your current file system on a new partition. You could for example mount /usr on a new partition. When you use diskdrake to create a new partition and select a mount point which already contains files (such as /usr), then diskdrake will offer to copy the existing files to the new partition for you. The new partition can then be mounted without any interruption. Note: I am not sure if diskdrake will remove the files from the 'old' partition in which case they will still be there and consuming space, but will be hidden from view by the 'new' /usr partition sitting on top. In order to delete those files and free up the space you would have to boot with MandrakeMove, Knoppix or some other liveCd distro and delete them. Thanks, Derek. Probably, I was not clear enough: I have a 80GB hard disk with 5GB for /, 1GB for the Swap partition and the remaining for /home. What I am wanting is to have 10GB for /, stealing 5GB from /home. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Enlarging / partition
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 17:57:21 +, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Derek. Probably, I was not clear enough: I have a 80GB hard disk with 5GB for /, 1GB for the Swap partition and the remaining for /home. What I am wanting is to have 10GB for /, stealing 5GB from /home. The answer remains the same. diskdrake can shrink /home for you. It will probably have to be unmounted at the time which means you will have to be logged in as root or else you will not be able to unmount /home. (Or boot up with MandrakeMove) The space freed up by shrinking /home is not going to be contiguous with your current '/' partition, so the easiest way to make use of it is to mount part of the file system on it as I described. I suggested /usr because there is quite a lot of files in there, but you could just as easily use /var or something. PS: I suggest backing up /home first. I would hate to be accused of making you trash all your data. BTW: You only appear to be using 16GB out of an 80GB drive. I hope you are not wasting that space with another Operating System? Thanks, Derek and Mikkel. I shall wait for Mandrake 10.2 and then, during the installation process of it, I will choose a / partition of 10GB. No, no, my 80GB disk is only used for Mandrake. I have a second disk of 20GB for MS Windows. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Enlarging / partition
Dear All How can I enlarge the / partition? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Hard disk led light synchronized with dvd recorder activity
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 19:50:04 +0100, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul and Mikkel. Can I then be sure that there is no bad consequences for my computer? I think you should be fine. Thanks, again, Paul and Mikkel. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Can't find win32-codecs
Dear All Could someone please tell me where can I find win32-codecs? I have tried several plf mirrors but with no success. Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Can't find win32-codecs
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 16:07:04 +0100, Pablo Ortuzar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could someone please tell me where can I find win32-codecs? I have tried several plf mirrors but with no success. http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/ Thanks to all who have answered. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Changing the fonts of the menus of Abiword
Dear All Is there some way of changing the fonts of the menus of Abiword? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] How to use DVDs+RW?
Dear All I have just bought a DVD recorder and I would like to know how to use DVDs+RW. Can I overwrite files on there? If so, how? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Hard disk led light synchronized with dvd recorder activity
Dear All Is this normal to have the hard disk led light synchronized with dvd recorder activity? I mean, is this normal to have the led light of the hard disk set on when I am ejecting, reading a dvd? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Hard disk led light synchronized with dvd recorder activity
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 18:58:28 +0100, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this normal to have the hard disk led light synchronized with dvd recorder activity? I mean, is this normal to have the led light of the hard disk set on when I am ejecting, reading a dvd? I think it has to do with the system. Ejecting the drive could let the system 'notice' that this happens, and on disk something (like /dev/dvd... or so) could get updated with the new status. Just a guess, but I can imagine that this happens. Thanks, Paul and Mikkel. Can I then be sure that there is no bad consequences for my computer? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] DVD recorder compatibility
Dear All How can I know whether the following DVD recorder is compatible with Mandrake 10.1: Nec - Recorder DVD ND-3520A Double Layer 16x bulk ? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] DVD recorder compatibility
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 21:32:59 +, Ian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I know whether the following DVD recorder is compatible with Mandrake 10.1: Nec - Recorder DVD ND-3520A Double Layer 16x bulk ? Works fine here. Thanks, Ian. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] DVD recorder compatibility
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:34:09 -0500, Mike Adolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I know whether the following DVD recorder is compatible with Mandrake 10.1: Nec - Recorder DVD ND-3520A Double Layer 16x bulk ? You can try looking in the hardware database http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fhard.php3. Also you can look at the Twiki at ttp://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/DVDDriVes. Thanks, Mike, but Nec - Recorder DVD ND-3520A Double Layer 16x bulk is not mentioned in both sites. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] vpn
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 09:22:20 +0200, Raymond Orchison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to setup a vpn on mnf. I will need to connect from a windows xp client to the mnf server via a 512k dedicated internet line. How do I go about getting this to work. I have tried to get pptpd working but with no success. Raymond, Try the following, which works very well for me: http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ (Pay attention to the Mandrake HOWTO at the site above.) Regards, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Looking for program to organize quotations
On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 22:07:42 +1100, John Layt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking for a program to organize the quotations I am getting from my readings. Is there such a software? Hmmm, not really my area of expertise, but would this be something a bibliographic or citation program would handle? You could try Bookcase or PyBliographer. Something like MySQL is way overkill for something like this, if you do want to go for a DIY database, try Rekall or Kexi. Thanks, John. I am going to have a look at Rekall and Kexi. I have never used a database; let us see whether it is easy or not... Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Looking for program to organize quotations
Dear All I am looking for a program to organize the quotations I am getting from my readings. Is there such a software? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Looking for program to organize quotations
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 21:35:06 +, riccardo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: looking for a program to organize the quotations I am getting from my readings ~ maybe, it is positive to elaborate 'how' 'what' you wish to organize? ~ do you seek a Database ~ a Spreadsheet ~ a word=processor with 'Sort'? ~ if it is Bible, then 'BibleTime' prolly has all the tools you need. Thanks, Riccardo. I understand your point of view, but let me elaborate a bit more about what I want: I am looking for a program to emulate on my computer (and with the quotations collected by my own) a site of quotations like the following: http://www.quoteworld.org/ i.e., with the possibility of browsing by topic, by author, etc. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Forum - OT - backups
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 21:25:53 +, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DJ As usual Mandrake has a nice newbie friendly tool to do backups DJ for you. DJ Make sure drakxtools is installed then, DJ Mandrake Control CentreSystemBackups DJ It will back up your /home and /etc folders to CD, ftp, rsync, DJ webdav or ssh automatically at regular intervals. You can DJ configure drakbackup to do a full backup, or an incremental backup DJ from the previous one. Is it possible to back up only certain (and previously specified) directories and NOT the whole /home? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Forum - OT - backups
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 13:17:24 +, Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to back up only certain (and previously specified) directories and NOT the whole /home? yes Thanks, Derek. But, how? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Forum - OT - backups
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 15:18:24 +0100, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to back up only certain (and previously specified) directories and NOT the whole /home? yes *grin* That almost looks like the answer of MS-tech support. ;-) Thanks, Derek. But, how? I had a quick look at drakbackup. You can click an 'advanced' button, and from there you can select exactly what you want backed up. Just run the program yourself (as root), it is very simple. And it won't start doing things on its own. If you don't trust what you do, just end it and try again. Mandrake is sooo nice... Found it. Thanks a lot, Paul. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Forum - OT - backups
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 10:24:35 -0500, Bryan Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had a quick look at drakbackup. You can click an 'advanced' button, and from there you can select exactly what you want backed up. Just run the program yourself (as root), it is very simple. And it won't start doing things on its own. If you don't trust what you do, just end it and try again. Mandrake is sooo nice... Also, just in case anyone is interested in doing things the other way, you can create a file in your /home directory called .backupignore and add all files, directories that you want to NOT be included in the backup. Drakbackup will ignore all files and directories so listed. Thanks, Bryan. I am planning to make my backups to my hard disk and, from time to time, I will save them to CDs. However, I fear that a backup file may be bigger than the storage capacity of a CD. So, I would like to ask whether there exists a way of circumvent this difficulty. Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Forum - OT - backups
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 12:50:56 -0500, Bryan Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Bryan. I am planning to make my backups to my hard disk and, from time to time, I will save them to CDs. However, I fear that a backup file may be bigger than the storage capacity of a CD. So, I would like to ask whether there exists a way of circumvent this difficulty. That is fairly easy, make backups the normal way you would to a hard drive. Then, use an archive program like zip to create an archive of the backup but tell it to keep the file sizes at 600MB or so and span the archive. That will create multiple files small enough to fit on CD. Then, you simpy burn each file to a CD. Of course, this takes space on a hd to do and with DVD burners hitting about $60-80 for dual mode models, I can't see any reason to accept that limitation when you can spend $100, get a DVD burner with a couple of +RW media and burn 4.6 gb of files to a single disk. And, if you have more than 4.6 gb of data in your home directory, let me be the first to suggest that you might consider figuring out how much you do or don't need regularly and archiving some of it to permanent storage. Good ideas, Bryan. Thanks. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] VMware on a old computer
Dear All A computer with 512MB of RAM, 80GB of free space in the hard disk, and a CPU Pentium III at the frequency of 600 MHz, can reasonably run VMware? If so, is VMware easy of installing? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] VMware on a old computer
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 20:59:27 +0100, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A computer with 512MB of RAM, 80GB of free space in the hard disk, and a CPU Pentium III at the frequency of 600 MHz, can reasonably run VMware? If so, is VMware easy of installing? I ran it on a P-II 450Mhz with 10Gb, several years ago. So your old machine should be up to the task. Installing is rather straightforward, if I remember correctly. Install the package, install the kernel-headers for your kernel, run some script to build the proper video-support and that should be it. When you fire it up, you see an actual pc booting in a window. So make sure you have a bootfloppy or boot-cd handy. Thanks, Paul. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] VMware: location of the directory of C header files
Dear All I am trying to install VMware 4.5.2, but I am getting this problem: «What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] The path /usr/src/linux/include is not an existing directory.» Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] VMware: location of the directory of C header files
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 22:37:45 +0100, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to install VMware 4.5.2, but I am getting this problem: «What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] The path /usr/src/linux/include is not an existing directory.» That is where usually your kernel-headers should be located. Did you install those? Thanks, Paul. Got it: # urpmi kernel-headers Everything already installed # Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] VMware: location of the directory of C header files
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 21:50:28 +, riccardo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The path /usr/src/linux/include is not an existing directory _ ~ maybe, you need to install the kernel source + headers? Thanks, Riccardo. VMware is now installed on my computer. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 21:59:54 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, unplug the ide ribbon cable. I'm not sure if just unplugging the power is enough. Just unplugging the power can cause interesting problems sometimes. It all depends on what the drive's electronics do with the connections when they don't have power. I have seen it where you could not access the other drive on the cable because the unpowered drive was still plugged in. Thanks. I have now the following question: how can I commute the master with the slave, I mean, how can I promote the slave to master and downgrade the master to slave? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Setting up an extra hard disk
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 10:20:08 +0200, Duncan Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have done this many times, and I would say that the safest method of all is to disable/disconnect the old drive Thanks, Duncan and Eric. How can I disable/disconnect the old drive? Have I to unplug it? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Hard disk compatibility
Dear All I would like to know whether my IDE controller: Vendor: VIA Technologies Description: VT82C586 IDE [Apollo] Media class: STORAGE_IDE is compatible with the following Seagate hard disk: Model Number:ST380011A Capacity:80 GB Speed:7200 rpm Seek time:8.5 ms avg Interface:Ultra ATA/100 Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Hard disk compatibility
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:47:43 +, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to know whether my IDE controller: Vendor: VIA Technologies Description: VT82C586 IDE [Apollo] Media class: STORAGE_IDE is compatible with the following Seagate hard disk: Model Number:ST380011A Capacity:80 GB Speed:7200 rpm Seek time:8.5 ms avg Interface:Ultra ATA/100 I can't see why not. Is there anything unusual about it? Seagate have had some bad press in the past, but I understand they are OK now. Thanks, Anne. I have just bought the disk and it is recognized by my computer. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
