[expert-it] WINE

2001-03-09 Thread a . marcedone
Sulla mia mandrake ho installato wine. Dove trovo la documentazione per farlo funzionare? Qualcuno mi puo' dare qualche informazione rapida per un quick start? Saluti. Alberto Marcedone

Re: [expert-it] WINE

2001-03-09 Thread Andrea Celli
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sulla mia mandrake ho installato wine. Dove trovo la documentazione per farlo funzionare? Nella mndk-7.1 era in /usr/doc/wine-990518/ adesso sara` cambiato il numero(data) finale e forse e` in /usr/share/doc poi c'e` sempre www.winehq.org Qualcuno mi puo' dare

Re: [expert-it] Risoluzione video

2001-03-09 Thread Omar Schiaratura
Il 12:42, gioved 08 marzo 2001, scrivesti: salve a Tutti da Stefano, volevo chiedervi se anche a voi capita di non riuscire a cambiare la risoluzione video in linux mandrake 7.2, mi spiego, la scheda video e' stata riconosciuta correttamente, ma quando tento di cambiare l' attuale

Re: [expert-it] WINE

2001-03-09 Thread Fabio Coatti
Il 12:03, venerd 09 marzo 2001, scrivesti: Sulla mia mandrake ho installato wine. Dove trovo la documentazione per farlo funzionare? Qualcuno mi puo' dare qualche informazione rapida per un quick start? Saluti. Hai provato a vedere cosa c' su http://www.winehq.org -- Fabio Coatti

Re: [expert-it] startx, xlock e xscreensaver

2001-03-09 Thread freefred
On Thursday 08 March 2001 23:36, Michele Armati wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Salve a tutti, ho appena installato la mandrake 7.2 e gli rpm di xlock e xscreensaver per poter cosi' bloccare il terminale grafico durante la mia assenza, ma non so se puo' servire ma con vlock blocchi pure i

[expert] Sendmail vs Postfix!!

2001-03-09 Thread Ing.Israel Garcia Alvarez
Hi: I've got two questions! Do you think sendmail is faster than postfix as MTA's? Why? Do you think sendmail is more secure than postfix as MTA's? Why? I have always use sendmail and now I have a Mandrake 7.2 with postfix and I would like to know your opinions. Thanks a lot. My best regards.

[expert] Blinking cursor

2001-03-09 Thread Elice Wu
KDE 2.0 un-updated install of Mandrake 7.2 (ie, straight off the install disks) My cursor constantly blinks. And I don't mean the "I" cursor that appears when you're typing somewhere. I mean the mouse cursor. And it's especially annoying when I've moved the mouse onto something that has a tool

[expert] Delete behaves as backspace

2001-03-09 Thread Gerry
Saw a post about one having a problem with backspace behaving like delete.. Well, i have the opposite problem. Delete behaves as backspace. Xmodmap settings are as they should, /etc/sysconfig/keyboard as well. Any clues ? Gerry

Re: [expert] RAID installation

2001-03-09 Thread sekko
On Friday 09 March 2001 01:08, you wrote: ** Reply to message from Claudio (sekko) [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thu, 08 Mar 2001 16:00:27 +0100 I used raid 1 with no problem but 2 days to build the raid with kernel-2.2.17. Installed 2.4.0-5mdk and all went fine: 20 minutes to build the same raid

RE: [expert] best video card for Linux?

2001-03-09 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
The problem was exactly as I stated in my diagnosis... Thanks. -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Boddhisatva Troutwaxer Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 4:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] best

Re: Re[2]: [expert]

2001-03-09 Thread John Wolford
Hi Rusty, No, that's not exactly what i was looking for. I already tried the dig -x ip.add.dre.ss What i was looking for was basically what i get if i submit a query for 216.18.11.* to the whois search engine on arin.net: http://www.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=216.18.11.*B1=Submit

RE: [expert] Hello,

2001-03-09 Thread John Wolford
Solaris no longer costs money, depending on the license that you need. I don't know the particulars but i think it's free for individuals using it in a non-commercial environment. It may be free for other uses too, but i don't know what they are. j --- "goldengull.net administrator" [EMAIL

[expert] How do I set up Kmail to follow links?

2001-03-09 Thread Gary Bond
When I click on a web link in Kmail I get Quanta. I would rather have Netscape or Konqueror. How do I configure this properly? __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

Re: [expert] How do I set up Kmail to follow links?

2001-03-09 Thread Dave Sherman
In the KDE Control Center, you need to change the file associations for html files, to point to your browser of choice. Dave On Friday 09 March 2001 04:13, Gary Bond wrote: When I click on a web link in Kmail I get Quanta. I would rather have Netscape or Konqueror. How do I configure this

Re: [expert] sylpheed mailer configure problem

2001-03-09 Thread Clovis Sena
hi, glib-config is part of glib-devel package. take a look at this link, and install it. http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=glib-config bye. *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 03/03/01 at 12:08 Collins Richey wrote: I'm trying to install sylpheed-0.4.61 on

[expert] PIM/Paper tiger replacement

2001-03-09 Thread Rusty Carruth
My wife found a nifty(*) (microDollar (#)) program for helping keep track of stuff, especially paper. But I've got 2 problems with it: 1 - it runs on the dark side 2 - it costs $80, and it seems to me that its really just a nice front end to a database 3 (%) - it forces you to decide,

RE[2]: [expert] Hello,

2001-03-09 Thread Rusty Carruth
John Wolford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Solaris no longer costs money, depending on the license that you need. ... WARNING pedantic mode Well, actually it costs $25 shipping, I think /pedantic mode Close enough to free for most of us, though ;-) rc

Re: [expert] KDE 2.1 help

2001-03-09 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 08 March 2001 07:26 pm, Alan Shoemaker wrote: Tom Brinkman wrote: That was last Saturday AM, and the system's been up since with no problems. Kmail has no fixed width fonts available (but Knode and other KDE apps do [?]), but I've seen others report the same for KDE2.1

Re: [expert] Hello,

2001-03-09 Thread Dave Peat
Thanks! that did it... Regards, Dave Registered Linux User #184784 Pipit [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/08/01 09:32PM DP I have done: ipconfig hme0 plumb DP I know I need to type something like: ipconfig hme0:1 servername Try to use ip address than servername. In linux it work. DP Can someone tell me

Re: [expert] message

2001-03-09 Thread Mark Weaver
Robert, Could you put that in english please? I'm not sure what you're talking about. Mark Robert Boggs wrote: For some reason, my messages are not getting to the list. I have a reverse ip problem. My localhost is comming up with my isp, and their give ip add of the day. Does anyone know

Re: [expert] How do I set up Kmail to follow links?

2001-03-09 Thread RedRat
Hi! When I click on a web link in Kmail I get Quanta. I would rather have Netscape or Konqueror. How do I configure this properly? Start the 'control center', go to 'FileBrowsing', select 'File Associations', then, under 'text' choose 'html' and replace 'quanta' with 'konqueror'. so long,

[expert] No xforms for mandrake?

2001-03-09 Thread Praedor Tempus
Downloading and trying out some of the (skimpy) statistics apps available for linux, I find that one package requires xforms. Turns out, Mandrake doesn't supply xforms - unless it is under a totally bizarre name. IS there an xforms package for mandrake? -- Against stupidity, the gods

[expert] root over telnet

2001-03-09 Thread faisal gillani
Hello there I have windows 2000 network in our office but me couple of my friend have built up a machine there to install mandrake in ..now cause we will use it for educational purpose dont have a monitor for it we would like to access it over telnet learn it ...it will be multiple

Re: [expert] Cron error

2001-03-09 Thread Dovydas Kulvinskas
Wolfgang Bornath wrote: -- Contents of mail DB2problem...:missing or empty key value specified Reading active file failed, exiting (see syslog for more information). Has fetchnews been run? -- Which file did you

Re: [expert] KDE 2.0.1 Lockscreen Password??

2001-03-09 Thread John Wolford
I can confirm that mine did work for user accounts at one earlier point in time. I remember it working. Now it's not, so i agree, it must have happened with an update. Hmm.which package.the hunt begins. j --- dany allard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John I reported the same problem

Re: [expert] RAID installation

2001-03-09 Thread John J. LeMay Jr.
** Reply to message from Claudio (sekko) [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Fri, 09 Mar 2001 10:48:17 +0100 I boot from RAID. I mean: partition "/boot" is not on raid device, while partition "/" is a raid 1 device. You just should create a small "/boot" partition (about 50 MB)... Thanks! I'm rather

RE: [expert] Web Mail System

2001-03-09 Thread goldengull.net administrator
i use IMP http://www.horde.org/imp works well. mattg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stephen Carville Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 11:48 AM To: Mandrake Expert Subject: [expert] Web Mail System Any recommendations for a

Re: [expert] konqueror in KDE 2.1 final misrendering

2001-03-09 Thread Ritesh Ahya
I have heard that, kde's Konqueror, does not support .asp pages ? is that true ? i have also heard that whole Linux does not support .asp well ? is that true ? Please, answers are wel come. thanx in advance. Ritesh. - Original Message - From: "Ron Stodden"

Re: [expert] Sendmail vs Postfix!!

2001-03-09 Thread Larry Blodgett
Dan is right about the question. Is it Qmail or Postfix? Qmail is just as secure (if not more) as Postfix and much easier to configure and manage. Mandrake now comes with sendmail and Postfix but I wish they would have included Qmail. I wonder why they left Qmail out? Just my two cents.

Re: [expert] Sendmail vs Postfix!!

2001-03-09 Thread Daniel Woods
Do you think sendmail is more secure than postfix as MTA's? Why? As Mike said... Sendmail: Wasn't written by Weitse Venema, who is God. Postfix: was. Weitse also wrote TCP wrappers. Postfix is definitely more secure and easier to administer than sendmail. Your choice should not be

Re: [expert] Java path in KDE 2.01 -- Please help

2001-03-09 Thread Sujeet Bhatt
On Thursday 08 March 2001 10:46, you unburdened yourself thus: Dear friends: I would really appreciate your help in solving this last part of the Konqueror java puzzle. In KDE 2.01 (NOT 2.1) Konqueror, under Settings, Configure, Browser, Java, I am asked at the bottom of the dialogue box

Re: [expert] Postfix vs Sendmail!

2001-03-09 Thread Ritesh Ahya
I hvae tried yet send mail with fetchmail and kamial or pine ? I have never get anything on postfix that how can i configure it ? would you please tell me ? i have heard Post Fix is better or the best mail server. Do you konw how to configure Post fix ? or do you know any tool that you can

[expert] Mandrake 8 - Where to get?

2001-03-09 Thread Dave Peat
Can someone tell me where to get Mandrake-Linux 8.0. I'm aware it's still BETA. Thanks, Dave Registered Linux User #184784

Re: [expert] Hello,

2001-03-09 Thread John C
On Friday 09 March 2001 00:46, you wrote: Solaris no longer costs money, depending on the license that you need. I don't know the particulars but i think it's free for individuals using it in a non-commercial environment. It may be free for other uses too, but i don't know what they are

Re: [expert] Cron error

2001-03-09 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Am Freitag, 9. März 2001 08:00 schrieben Sie: Wolfgang Bornath wrote: -- Contents of mail DB2problem...:missing or empty key value specified Reading active file failed, exiting (see syslog for more information). Has fetchnews been run?

Re: [expert] Web Mail System

2001-03-09 Thread Ritesh Ahya
You can use yahoo. you will be able to use it from browser, as well as from you Linux box too with the use of pop mail. - Original Message - From: "Stephen Carville" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Mandrake Expert" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 10:18 PM Subject: [expert] Web

Re: [expert] No xforms for mandrake?

2001-03-09 Thread Michael O'Henly
There are (generic) RPMs available here: http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=xforms M. On Friday 09 March 2001 10:06, you wrote: Downloading and trying out some of the (skimpy) statistics apps available for linux, I find that one package requires xforms. Turns out,

Re: [expert] How do I set up Kmail to follow links?

2001-03-09 Thread Praedor Tempus
This is an annoyance that has yet to be fixed in KDE. For some reason, konqueror is not, by default, at the top of the html applnk list. To fix this, simply open up Control Center, go to File Browsing, go to Text, then to html. In the large window you will see only Quanta listed. You now

Re: [expert] Matrox G450 and Mandrake 8

2001-03-09 Thread Anthony Moulen
There is a known issue with the Matrox G450 and Xfree86 4.0.2 (and 4.0.1 I believe) where it activates the second header when going into X. This means that it outputs your display on port 2 instead of port 1. The only fix for this I have heard so far is to install the binary files from the

Re: [expert] root over telnet

2001-03-09 Thread Dave Sherman
Never telnet as root!!! I wouldn't even telnet as a user and su to root. Your best bet is to use ssh or openssh. That said... man telnet man ssh These should tell you everything you need to know. Dave On Saturday 10 March 2001 01:23, faisal gillani wrote: Hello there I have windows 2000

Re: [expert] Web Mail System

2001-03-09 Thread Craig Sprout
Stephen Carville wrote: Any recommendations for a good open source web mail systems for Linux? Desired characteristics are IMAP support. I want to set up a system for my wife to access her mail from work using a browser. IMP/Horde is a good one, from all that I have heard. A friend of

Re: [expert] Apache failed dependencies - jdk

2001-03-09 Thread Dan Jones
So is this a java or apache or mandrake issue? my guess is that it is more of an RPM issue. When you install files (e.g. the jdk files) using something other than rpm (e.g. executing .sh install) then the rpm database does not get modified to reflect the existence of the newly installed files.

Re: [expert] I don't like CUPS

2001-03-09 Thread Buchan Milne
Is cups working properly ? What do you get if you type lpq Sometimes (on slow machines), CUPS doesn't load the printers before samba starts. Try restarting samba. Have you got "printing=cups" in your smb.conf file ? Maybe you want to post you smb.conf file to the list. I have found that after

[expert] Kongueror and Xmms problem

2001-03-09 Thread Gary Bond
When I'm in Kongueror and I click on an MP3 I get two identical sessions of xmms running. I couldn't understand why doing anything would cause playback to pause and break up all the time. I ran the process monitor and it point out that there were two identical xmms processes runing, they were

Re: [expert] Hello,

2001-03-09 Thread Wayne Stout
Actually, if you have a good high speed connection and a cd burner, you can now download the iso's for the entire Solaris 8 10/00 release. Just check Sun's website and look for the Free Binary License Program. Wayne Rusty Carruth wrote: John Wolford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Solaris no

[expert] Switching from CUPS to lpd

2001-03-09 Thread Eric MC D
How can we get out every trace of Cups ?? -- Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances. -- Herodotus

Re: [expert] root over telnet

2001-03-09 Thread Daniel Woods
I have windows 2000 network in our office but me couple of my friend have built up a machine there to install mandrake in ..now cause we will use it for educational purpose dont have a monitor for it we would like to access it over telnet learn it ...it will be multiple accesed

Re: [expert] RAID installation

2001-03-09 Thread mdk
What are the commands for software raid? like status, array rebuilt etc. thank you - Original Message - From: "John J. LeMay Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 6:30 AM Subject: Re: [expert] RAID installation ** Reply to message from Claudio

[expert] Playing audio cds on cdrw

2001-03-09 Thread Gerry
I have a system with one dvd-drive and one cdrw-drive (both with audio-cables). Playing audio-cds from the dvd works fine, but from the cdrw it doesn't even find any tracks to play. Normal cd's work fine. What's wrong ?

[expert] SMTP problems

2001-03-09 Thread Phil Fraser
Hello, The day before I installed KDE 2.1 my ISP upgraded their server. I can still receive mail but I can't send any. Initially a message box told me that the host could not be contacted now the situation has worsened; the mail client now crashes after a short period of inactivity. I normally

RE: [expert] Network Card Problems

2001-03-09 Thread Carl Lafferty
That's true. Ill have to give it a shot this weekend if I can get my wife off of ebay long enough to boot the PC into linux and get connectiong sharing working there so I can use either OS I wanna with no interruption to the boss :) -- "'Tis some script kidd3z," I muttered, "tapping at my

Re: [expert] sound - playing music cds

2001-03-09 Thread Ritesh Ahya
Thinking the way, My linux shouls also work better then windows not worse. My sound card is configured, i can only play mp3, and wave files, i can hear the music of kde 2.0 when i log in, but midi file, i can not play. nor in my video games i can hear any music. I have sound card of In, kde, and

Re: [expert] kernel panic, can not mount root fs

2001-03-09 Thread Gerry
[Elice Wu] Sounds to me like Windows didnt recognise your partitions properly, and installed over the root partition of Linux. I've had this happen to me before. The only solution that I found was to re-install the whole lot, both OS's, making sure that windows recognised the partitions

[expert] Please Help with Problem Printing man Pages.

2001-03-09 Thread Jack Gillis
Under Mandrake 7.2, I issued the following command to print a man page: (It has worked under Red Hat and SuSE.) man -t mkfs | lpr and got the following messages: /usr/bin/groff: can't find `DESC' file /usr/bin/groff:fatal error: invalid device `ps' Error executing formatting or display

[newbie] system sounds

2001-03-09 Thread KompuKit
I can't get any system sounds... I hear Licq sounds, MP3s, midi's, wavs...if clicked on separately... but not any systems sounds...why? do i need to install ALSA -- Registered Linux User: 167369 = http://www.kompukit.com = [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[expert] Apache error in 2.4 kernel

2001-03-09 Thread mdk
I've been using Apache on 2.2.x kernels for over a year and never had a problem with, now I built 2.4.1 and 2.4.2 kernels and Apache gives some mm error "failed to acquires shared memory segment " or something similar. I boot back into 2.217 and everything's smooth. What's the problem?

Re: [expert] I don't like CUPS

2001-03-09 Thread Eric MC D
Same for me ! I was an old cups user but since I upgrade it and also KDE2 couldn't print anything. Uninstalled cups and no printing any more. Reinstalled DrakConf, lpr, rhs- and reconfigured 'lp'. Nothing helps. So I'm searching what happen exactly. ILooked at /var/log/lpr.log : Mar 9

Re: [expert] Postfix vs Sendmail!

2001-03-09 Thread Ritesh Ahya
Well, in mandrake 7.2 postfix will be installed by default, but i have never ever found yet that, how to configure Post fix, nor from Gui nor from console mode. but my sir, said Post fix is working nicely by default in LMK 7.2, you can use K mail with that and working fine ? do you want to use

Re: [expert] Sendmail vs Postfix!!

2001-03-09 Thread Mike MacCana
Because qmail isn't Open Source, it just has source code available (much like Windows) Mike On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Larry Blodgett wrote: Dan is right about the question. Is it Qmail or Postfix? Qmail is just as secure (if not more) as Postfix and much easier to configure and manage.

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 - Where to get?

2001-03-09 Thread Roger Sherman
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/80beta.php3 On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Dave Peat wrote: Can someone tell me where to get Mandrake-Linux 8.0. I'm aware it's still BETA. Thanks, Dave Registered Linux User #184784 peace, Rog Registered Linux user #19071

[expert] solved SMTP problem

2001-03-09 Thread Phil
My resolve.conf had lots of repeating entries in it so I modified the file. That may have been the cure or my ISP may have fix the fault. Anyway, I can now send mail. -- Regards, Phil [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RE[2]: [expert] Hello,

2001-03-09 Thread John Wolford
You know i was going to download it but obviously i hadn't gotten around to trying! Thanks % j --- Rusty Carruth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Wolford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Solaris no longer costs money, depending on the license that you need. ... WARNING pedantic mode Well, actually

Re: [expert] Playing audio cds on cdrw

2001-03-09 Thread Don
On Thursday 08 March 2001 21:08, you wrote: I have a system with one dvd-drive and one cdrw-drive (both with audio-cables). Playing audio-cds from the dvd works fine, but from the cdrw it doesn't even find any tracks to play. Normal cd's work fine. What's wrong ? Usually Audio cards only

Re: [expert] kernel panic, can not mount root fs

2001-03-09 Thread mwinold
well i agree windows has screwed up your partitions, you may be able to use partition commander to repair the damage, but as for salvaging your data, most likely only windows data can be salvaged, im unsure how to salvage data from linux partitions, the cause seems to be that when windows was

[expert] Changing X resolutions fails in runlevel 5, but not 3

2001-03-09 Thread Mike MacCana
I have a 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000. In runlevel 5, whenever I attempt tp change to another configured reolution, X changes to that resolution and them promptly hangs. I can't even go to another virtual terminal to kill it. In runlevel 3, all is love (ie, its AOK) Any ideas? Mike

[expert] qt2.3 rpms for 7.2

2001-03-09 Thread Tobias Marx
I've compiled rpms of qt2.3 for Mandrake 7.2 from the cooker srpms. You can download them here: http://rpm.digitalprojects.com. They install fine, but the unsupported xfree4.02 rpms seem not to support antialiasing. I'm going to compile new xfree rpms from cooker tomorow. I hope this will help.

Re: [expert] konqueror in KDE 2.1 final misrendering

2001-03-09 Thread Me
ASP works fine on any browser if you're just looking at a site. All the browser ever gets is just the html with an .asp extension. Any problems with rendering are usually due to bad HTML support or (more likely) bad CSS (bad CSS engine, wrong fonts, etc) The only lack of complete support for

[expert] Where is J2RE directory, please?

2001-03-09 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I found out from the KDE web site that the best Java (J2RE) for KDE 2.0 (and, I assume, KDE 2.1) is NOT the SunJava 1.3.0 nor the IBM Java but the one from Blackdown. So, I downloaded the JRE 1.3.0 file from http://www.blackdown.org/ Specifically, the file

Re: [expert] qt2.3 rpms for 7.2

2001-03-09 Thread Michael O'Henly
This is wonderful! Thank you for doing this. M. On Friday 09 March 2001 18:03, Tobias Marx wrote: I've compiled rpms of qt2.3 for Mandrake 7.2 from the cooker srpms. You can download them here: http://rpm.digitalprojects.com. They install fine, but the unsupported xfree4.02 rpms seem not to

Re: [expert] Where is J2RE directory, please?

2001-03-09 Thread John J. LeMay Jr.
** Reply to message from Benjamin Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Fri, 09 Mar 2001 19:01:40 -0600 bunzip j2re-1.3.0-FCS-linux-i386.tar.bz2 The file uncompressed successfully. I would assume you need to untar the file as well. "tar xf j2re-1.3.0-FCS-linux-i386.tar" should do the trick. You should

Re: [expert] Web Mail System

2001-03-09 Thread Expert User
I have been using TWIG (http://twig.screwdriver.net/) for some time now. Though it has much more than just Web Based Email (with IMAP/POP3 group/Calendar/Notes/forums etc) you can configure it to select just what you want. It is pretty fast too! My server is a Celeron 433 machine with

[expert] Xine and artsd

2001-03-09 Thread Digital Wokan
I've finally got a decent enough way to watch DVDs under Linux (and the MPAA/CSS people know where they can kiss). This was about to be an e-mail asking about how to get sound out of Xine under KDE2, but instead I'll share what I did to get it working. "artsdsp xine" Now I just need to get it to

Re: [expert] Java path in KDE 2.01 -- Please help

2001-03-09 Thread Ken Thompson
It is however entirely possible that konqueror only works with jdk-sun1.2.2 - which means you would have to download and install the relevant rpm. Java in Star Office, for example, only works with jdk118_v3. Don't ask me why! Sujeet -- When you jump for joy, beware that no-one moves the

Re: [expert] PIM/Paper tiger replacement

2001-03-09 Thread Ken Thompson
On Friday 09 March 2001 07:37 am, you wrote: My wife found a nifty(*) (microDollar (#)) program for helping keep track of stuff, especially paper. But I've got 2 problems with it: 1 - it runs on the dark side 2 - it costs $80, and it seems to me that its really just a nice front end

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 - Where to get?

2001-03-09 Thread Digital Wokan
ftp://ftp.wtfo.com/pub/linux/mandrake-devel/cooker/ or one of the many other mirrors listed on Mandrake-Linux.com's site. Dave Peat wrote: Can someone tell me where to get Mandrake-Linux 8.0. I'm aware it's still BETA. Thanks, Dave Registered Linux User #184784 -- Digital Wokan, Tribal

RE: [expert] kernel panic, can not mount root fs

2001-03-09 Thread Charles A Edwards
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gerry Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 9:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] kernel panic, can not mount root fs The problem could also be that you have more than one primary

Re: [expert] root over telnet

2001-03-09 Thread Digital Wokan
{Comments regarding excessive use of Administrator on NT removed by author.} Telnet in as a normal use, then type "su" and enter the root password. If this box is going to be access from the Internet, you should seriously consider using ssh instead (which can be used for root logins without

Re: [expert] Where is J2RE directory, please?

2001-03-09 Thread Aries
On Friday 09 March 2001 20:01, you wrote: It used to get installed in the /usr/lib/java if I rember correctly, but it was in a place one would not normaly think to look. Hope that helps Aries Dear friends: I found out from the KDE web site that the best Java (J2RE) for KDE 2.0 (and, I

Re: [expert] Changing X resolutions fails in runlevel 5, but not 3

2001-03-09 Thread Mike MacCana
It ain't a hardware thing, and the 3dfx already has a heatsink. Various 16 bit resolutions and configured and I have Q3 UT SOF etc. all working fine in runlevel 3. Thnaks anyway, Mike On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Friday 09 March 2001 06:01 pm, Mike MacCana wrote: I have a

Re: [expert] qt2.3 rpms for 7.2

2001-03-09 Thread Praedor Tempus
Nice! I was going to build it myself but yours do fine. It looks REAL nice to have antialiased fonts (finally). Fortunately, I already had XFree86-4.0.2 built and installed...and it works just fine with qt-2.3.0 antialiasing. On Friday 09 March 2001 19:03, you wrote: I've compiled rpms

Re: [expert] Changing X resolutions fails in runlevel 5, but not 3

2001-03-09 Thread David Rankin
Mike your right, it aint a hardware thing and your not alone! There is something FUBAR in the the way LM 7.2 default configures the Xfree86 config. I have a server with a ATI expert2000 (Rage 128) chipset that has the exact same problem. I am stuck at 800x600. If I try to change it, the systems

Re: [expert] Changing X resolutions fails in runlevel 5, but not 3

2001-03-09 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 09 March 2001 06:01 pm, Mike MacCana wrote: I have a 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000. In runlevel 5, whenever I attempt tp change to another configured reolution, X changes to that resolution and them promptly hangs. I can't even go to another virtual terminal to kill it. In runlevel 3, all is

Re: [expert] Java path in KDE 2.01 -- Please help

2001-03-09 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Aries and friends: Thanks so very much for your kind advice. Unfortunately, this may be a KDE problem. I have now installed Blackdown's j2re 1.1.3, Sun's j2re 1.1.3, IBM's j2 re1.1.3 plus Sun's JDK 1.2.2. In fact, I have them all on my system simultaneously. I recall that Axalon from

[expert] Say NO to upgrading from KDE2.01 to 2.1

2001-03-09 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: A warning from someone who did not listen: If you are planning to upgrade from KDE 2.0 or 2.01 to KDE 2.1, do NOT do so at this time. WAIT till March 26, when the final official KDE 2.1.1 with all the bug fixes is released. I had the misfortune to find out that one bug alone

Re: [expert] qt2.3 rpms for 7.2

2001-03-09 Thread Expert User
can you post instructions/pointers about how to compile XF86 4.0.2 with AA support for mandrake? that would be great! Do I have to compile WHOLE KDE again to get AA enabled?? -nak Praedor Tempus wrote: Nice! I was going to build it myself but yours do fine. It looks REAL nice to have

Re: [expert] Playing audio cds on cdrw

2001-03-09 Thread Gerry
Nope. I have an audio-cable for both (i built the machine myself), and, it works in windows. Anyway, the problem isn't that there's no sound, the problem is that no programs find anything to play in the first place. Other operations work fine, even digital audio extraction and burning.. I'm

[expert] Java path in KDE 2.01 -- Please help

2001-03-09 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Sujeet: Thank you so kindly for your help. I am downloading right now the jdk-sun file you mentioned. Here is the name of the file: jdk-sun-1.2.2-3mdk RPM for i586 I am downloading it from www.rpmfind.net. Is this the right file? Please check the name carefully and let me know if I am

Re: [expert] kernel panic, can not mount root fs

2001-03-09 Thread Gerry
Of course # of primary partitions is not os-dependent. What i'm talking about is that windows screw up 2nd, 3rd and 4th primary partitions if it finds any. What are you talking about. Windows has nothing to do with the # of primary partitions which can be used. Any drive can contain up to 4

Re: [expert] kernel panic, can not mount root fs

2001-03-09 Thread Elice Wu
(I'm not saying that you necessarily have to re-install, but I have no further suggestions as to how to recover your linux data) There's no need to add any extra partitions between Windows and Linux partitions. You just need to make sure that when you do your install, that you install Windows

[expert] Java in KDE 2.01 -- JDK1.2.2

2001-03-09 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Sujeet and friends: Well, I downloaded the jdk-sun java file, hoping to make it work with Konqueror in KDE 2.01. The file is: jdk-sun-1.2.2-3mdk.i586.rpm To install jdk-sun, I had to first install the file unixODBC: unixODBC-1.8.12-1mdk.i586.rpm Alas, after selecting "user-defined"

Re: [expert] Playing audio cds on cdrw

2001-03-09 Thread Rial Juan
This might be trivial, but have you considered this yet? Most CD player apps default to /dev/cdrom. Try finding the settings for the CD device, and change it to /dev/cdrom2 if you want to play CD's from the CDRW. On 2001.03.10 06:51 Gerry wrote: Nope. I have an audio-cable for both (i built