[expert] GS in LM 8 compiled with truetype support?

2001-06-08 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, I am trying to tell ghostcript to use truetype, I ran ttfontmap (a script to get the truetype font name and gsfont map file) and edit the alias in gs map file but it still refuse to work. DOnt know how, got stuck, if someone knows pls tell me, much appriciate your help Regards, Steve

Re: [expert] Java plugin in Mozilla

2001-06-08 Thread Avatar
Hi, The problem you described for the yahoo chat seems to be a problem with java. I have submitted a report to sun about it. You can check the logs when mozilla crashes... for me the file is hs_err_pid27769.log. In the log it descirbes it as a java bug The last couple of lines are -- # #

Re: [expert] 8.0 Power Pack shipping date?

2001-06-08 Thread rgc
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Well, that's nice, but I ordered mine direct from Mandrake's website almost two weeks ago ... did they send them all out to the retail outlets and keep an inadequate supply for their direct orders? There weren't any at CompUSA, just the 7.2 PowerPacks, that's why

[expert] Compiling LM8.0 kernel for SCSI system

2001-06-08 Thread Dennis Robertson
Hello List, I have a friend with a new scsi system with a 1.2g athlon and usb mouse and keyboard. During install of LM 8.0 it found Symbios 53c1010-33 ultra3 scsi adapter (Tekram). He tried to recompile the kernel for his Athlon cpu but when he gets to the scsi section of the kernel in make

[expert] rescue of scsi

2001-06-08 Thread Sheldon E. Newhouse
Hello, I seem to have a corrupted bootloader, so I booted up the installation cdrom with linux rescue The aic7xxx.o module gets loaded, but I don't know how to mount my root partition and re-run lilo. The partition is on /dev/sda5 I tried mount -t ext2 /dev/sda5 /tmp lsmod shows that

Re: Fw: [expert] cambio de fecha

2001-06-08 Thread Oscar Santacreu
Si puedes mánda a la lista la cabecera (código fuente) de uno de los mensajes que recibas con la fecha incorrecta. Así sabemos qué ordenador pone la fecha mal. Reenvío el problema a la lista por si pueden ayudar. Salu2, Óscar. --- To the rest of the list: He has a LM7 server. The problem is in

[expert] !automount and now !vfat

2001-06-08 Thread Turgut Kalfaoglu
On Wednesday 06 June 2001 18:03, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Wednesday 06 June 2001 08:17 am, Turgut Kalfaoglu wrote:  I cant figure this out; it seems I lost the ability to mount the CD's  automatically.  Was it part of the kernel? I upgraded my kernel..  How do we enable it again?

[expert] Trident TGUI9680

2001-06-08 Thread Eduardo Godoy Vega
HI, I have a little problem with Mandrake 7.2 and my trident TGUI9680 (2MBytes) graphic card... I can't setup X Windows ... (I read that my graphic card only works on 1024x728 and 8pp, but I tried it ... but ... It didn't work) I only see vertical lines... My Monitor is a Jean-Company

Re: [expert] Trident TGUI9680

2001-06-08 Thread george . jones
I have a laptop with 7.2 on it and a Trident 9385, I have to use the generic SVGA driver in order to get it to work. Try that. Eduardo Godoy Vega [EMAIL PROTECTED]@linux-mandrake.com on 06/08/2001 09:32:15 AM Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Expert Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:

[expert] cute RPM output..

2001-06-08 Thread Turgut Kalfaoglu
[root@tk-laptop RPMS2]# rpm -e kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk.i586.rpm error: package kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk.i586.rpm is not installed [root@tk-laptop RPMS2]# rpm -i kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk.i586.rpm package kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk is already installed now what :) -t -- EgeNet Internet

[expert] bizarre remote access/network problem

2001-06-08 Thread brian
I have a bizarre problem that I hope someone may be able to give me a clue in the right direction to solve. Setup: Work: I have 3 Linux-MDK8.0 PC's on my desk at work. All connected to same switch. A,B,C all have public static IP's can all ping each other and ssh into each other. Home:

Re: [expert] cute RPM output..

2001-06-08 Thread Andrew George
On Sat, 9 Jun 2001 00:47, you wrote: [root@tk-laptop RPMS2]# rpm -e kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk.i586.rpm error: package kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk.i586.rpm is not installed [root@tk-laptop RPMS2]# rpm -i kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk.i586.rpm package kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk is already installed

Re: [expert] cute RPM output..

2001-06-08 Thread Darrell Scott
Try rpm -e kdebase-devel. I think rpm just wants you to provide the package name to search its database, not the filename. Good Luck, Darrell [root@tk-laptop RPMS2]# rpm -e kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk.i586.rpm error: package kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk.i586.rpm is not installed [root@tk-laptop

Re: [expert] cute RPM output..

2001-06-08 Thread Craig Sprout
Turgut Kalfaoglu wrote: [root@tk-laptop RPMS2]# rpm -e kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk.i586.rpm error: package kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk.i586.rpm is not installed [root@tk-laptop RPMS2]# rpm -i kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk.i586.rpm package kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk is already installed now what

Re: [expert] cute RPM output..

2001-06-08 Thread Mike Rambo
Turgut Kalfaoglu wrote: [root@tk-laptop RPMS2]# rpm -e kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk.i586.rpm error: package kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk.i586.rpm is not installed [root@tk-laptop RPMS2]# rpm -i kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk.i586.rpm package kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk is already installed now what

Re: [expert] cute RPM output..

2001-06-08 Thread Trey Harris
In a message dated Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Craig Sprout writes: Turgut Kalfaoglu wrote: [root@tk-laptop RPMS2]# rpm -e kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk.i586.rpm error: package kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk.i586.rpm is not installed [root@tk-laptop RPMS2]# rpm -i kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk.i586.rpm package

Re: [expert] bizarre remote access/network problem

2001-06-08 Thread Scott Taylor
At 07:56 AM 06/08/01, brian wrote: I have a bizarre problem that I hope someone may be able to give me a clue in the right direction to solve. Setup: Work: I have 3 Linux-MDK8.0 PC's on my desk at work. All connected to same switch. A,B,C all have public static IP's can all ping each other

Re: [expert] bizarre remote access/network problem

2001-06-08 Thread Pierre Fortin
brian wrote: I have a bizarre problem that I hope someone may be able to give me a clue in the right direction to solve. Setup: Work: I have 3 Linux-MDK8.0 PC's on my desk at work. All connected to same switch. A,B,C all have public static IP's can all ping each other and ssh

[expert] Most Popular Linux Broswers

2001-06-08 Thread OOzy Pal
Hello Guys I am working on a website and I want it to be Linux-compatible (.i.e. looks good on Linux); however, there are tons of browsers in LM8 and almost every one shows the web site a little different. I just want to know what are the most popular ones. I am using PHP to parse some HTTP

[expert] Create a link (shortcut) to my html dir

2001-06-08 Thread OOzy Pal
Hello My html directory which was created by apache is /var/www/html/ How can I link this directory to a directory in my home dir such as /home/oozy/html so every time I go to home/oozy/html it takes me to /var/www/html/ = Regards, OOzy What is the purpose of life?

Re: [expert] Most Popular Linux Broswers

2001-06-08 Thread Dave Sherman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Check out www.mozilla.org for info on mozilla. In a nutshell, it is the next generation of browser from Netscape, but completely rewritten -- nothing remains of Netscape Communicator 4.x. Lots of people (on both Linux and Windows) are using it,

Re: [expert] Most Popular Linux Broswers

2001-06-08 Thread Brian
On 08 Jun 2001 08:41:07 -0700, OOzy Pal wrote: Hello Guys I am working on a website and I want it to be Linux-compatible (.i.e. looks good on Linux); however, there are tons of browsers in LM8 and almost every one shows the web site a little different. I just want to know what are the

Re: [expert] Most Popular Linux Broswers

2001-06-08 Thread Craig Sprout
Probably the most popular browsers are Opera, Netscape 4.x, Konqueror, Galeon (which is based on mozilla's gecko html rendering engine), and Mozilla -- not necessarily in that order. There are probably others, but I think these are the best-known. Don't forget lynx and links! :) -- Craig

Re: [expert] LM8 install hangs Trying to access a cdrom disc

2001-06-08 Thread Brian
On 08 Jun 2001 09:12:10 -0700, Rich Forman wrote: I am trying to install LM8 and the system hangs with the message Please wait: Trying to access a cdrom disc (FX4010) This message comes after the kernel has detected the devices and finds the cdrom without error. Viewing the log screen I can

RE: [expert] LM8 install hangs Trying to access a cdrom disc

2001-06-08 Thread Rich Forman
The only thing I can think of doing is trying to clean the CD. Is it possible that the CD is dirty and that's why Linux can't read it? Yes, I've even burned another cd to try just in case something went wrong with the first.

RE: [expert] LM8 install hangs Trying to access a cdrom disc

2001-06-08 Thread Darren Fuller
I had a similar problem with LM7.2 turned out that the problem was when I burnt the cd, switched it down to 6x and it wrote and installed without any problems, seems daft but it worked -Original Message- From: Rich Forman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 17:29 To:

Re: [expert] Create a link (shortcut) to my html dir

2001-06-08 Thread Scott Taylor
At 08:46 AM 06/08/01, OOzy Pal wrote: Hello My html directory which was created by apache is /var/www/html/ How can I link this directory to a directory in my home dir such as /home/oozy/html so every time I go to home/oozy/html it takes me to /var/www/html/ ln -s /var/www/html

RE: [expert] LM8 install hangs Trying to access a cdrom disc

2001-06-08 Thread Rich Forman
I had the same problem trying to install LM 7.2 and LM 8.0 on an Emachine computer. It would boot from the CD but failed then to find the CD for installation. LM 7.1 did install fine from CDrom. It appears to be a kernel problem. Go into the images dir on the installation CD and check the

[expert] trouble with gftp

2001-06-08 Thread Mike Rambo
I have gftp-2.0.8-1.2-mdk installed but it won't launch. If I try to run it from a terminal I get the following error. /usr/bin/gftp-gtk: error in loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/libgdk-1.2.so.0: undefined symbol: gdk_pixmap_colormap_creete_from_xpm I'm running mdk 7.1. I think this is

[expert] NS6 and Virus

2001-06-08 Thread OOzy Pal
I downloaded NS6 from Netscape ftp site using WinNT workstation, while downloading VShield poped up saying that this file has a virus. Is this true? or becaus the file is Linux type and VShield is Windows type program = Regards, OOzy What is the purpose of life?

Re: [expert] Mandrake and Mandrake Cooker

2001-06-08 Thread Craig Sprout
OOzy Pal wrote: Evert time I want to download something from the rpmfind.net I find files for Mandrake and Mandrake Cooker. What is this Mandrake Cooker? Here's one for the FAQ, I guess... http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/cookerdevel.php3 -- Craig Sprout Network Administrator Crown Parts

Re: [expert] font display problems

2001-06-08 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Check the archives on this one. It went around not too long ago. It's a matter of setting the language, but I don't remember off hand what the exact setting was (and I'm not near a Linux box at the moment). Ric Ken Hawkins wrote: I am having a font problem that reared it's ugly head a

[expert] security

2001-06-08 Thread aortiz
is there any security measure (script/device) that may prevent computers in my home network to communicate with each other? I used to have a working network, but something happen that terminated the communication betwwenthe 2. I think it happened after installing linx-bastille. i think i

Re: [expert] Terminal screen unusable

2001-06-08 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Check your /etc/lilo.conf for a line vga=some_number. Remove that line, then run lilo, and reboot. It sounds like it's being set to the wrong video mode, and scrambling the screen. Good luck Ric M L Cates wrote: I am running LM8.0, XFree3.3.6, with an Alliance AT3D video card. My

Re: [expert] Most Popular Linux Broswers

2001-06-08 Thread Michael Leone
What is Mozilla? Mozilla is the open source/freeware version of Netscape 6. I use it sometimes, but I'm not sure how popular it is. It hasn't reached the full release yet. It's only on version 0.9. There are a number of other Linux browsers to think about. 1) Netscape (obviously)

Re: [expert] NS6 and Virus

2001-06-08 Thread Scott Taylor
At 10:40 AM 06/08/01, OOzy Pal wrote: I downloaded NS6 from Netscape ftp site using WinNT workstation, while downloading VShield poped up saying that this file has a virus. Is this true? or becaus the file is Linux type and VShield is Windows type program Save yourself the grief and don't

Re: [expert] Most Popular Linux Broswers

2001-06-08 Thread ninjaz
On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Michael Leone wrote: 6) Lynx (this is obviously a worst-case scenario, as Lynx is a text-based browser). Dunno about worst; I know some folks (very few, to be sure) who use it. Of course, they always complain when they go to some site with graphics, or Flash

Re: [expert] Mozilla

2001-06-08 Thread Felix Miata
OOzy Pal wrote: What is Mozilla? Mozilla is to Netscape much like Chevy is to Oldsmobile is to Buick is to Pontiac. For any given wheelbase, they all have the same chassis and engines and for the most part the same skin. The skin, dentition, tattoos and piercings vary a bit, but they're

Re: [expert] Most Popular Linux Broswers

2001-06-08 Thread Brian
On 08 Jun 2001 14:55:22 -0400, Michael Leone wrote: What is Mozilla? Mozilla is the open source/freeware version of Netscape 6. I use it sometimes, but I'm not sure how popular it is. It hasn't reached the full release yet. It's only on version 0.9. There are a number of

[expert] 32k stall solved, fix broke iptables

2001-06-08 Thread Chris Yeager
I have a problem earlier where all my downloads would stall at 32K. Thanks to whoever posted about the MTU settings tweaking them sort of fixed it. It stalled for a good long itme but would eventually resume. I managed to download the 2.4.5 kernel RPM for mandrake cooker and installed that

[expert] via-rhine network cards

2001-06-08 Thread Tom Badran
I have two dlink viarhine network cars in one of my machines (pci). The dlink website even tells you how to set them up in caldera open linux. However in both mdk 8 and 7.2 the hardware adresses for both cards are always 00 00 etc. The module loads fine, and ips etc are all assigned to the

Re: [expert] Most Popular Linux Broswers

2001-06-08 Thread Tom Badran
4) Konqueror Definately the way to go, unless you really dont like kde. Get the blackdown jvm and set up java using the howto on konqueror.org and you have one hell of a good browser there. Pretty fast too. Opera is adware, doesnt do java, so doesnt really have a lot going for it. I

[expert] 3C905B-Combo network card

2001-06-08 Thread Aleksey Naumov
Hi, is anyone able to use a 3Com EtherLink 10/100 PCI 3C905B-Combo NIC with LM8.0? Mine is connected via 10Base2 (thinnet) with BNC connectors, works perfect under windows, but not at all in LM8.0. I can't ping my gateway or anything else, I get Destination Host Unreachable all the time. I am

[expert] Fwd: [newbie] Linux compatible vid cards

2001-06-08 Thread John
Excuse the forward the mail got bonced! Does anyone have a recommendation for a video that will work in Linux that is not Nvidia based. I have a geforce 2 mx 32MB right now that likely will be going back to Best Buy as I cannot get it to work in LM8.0. I would like to get something that can

[expert] Fwd: Two internet conexions

2001-06-08 Thread Francisco Alcaraz Ariza
Dear folks, is the second time I put this message in the list; I am starting to think that it is impossible to do that but, hear is the question again. I have for my laptop two possible internet conexion, one in the University (a lan conexion), where I work, and other at home (a cable

Re: [expert] NS6 and Virus

2001-06-08 Thread Paul Cox
On Friday, Jun 08, 2001, Scott Taylor wrote: At 10:40 AM 06/08/01, OOzy Pal wrote: I downloaded NS6 from Netscape ftp site using WinNT workstation, while downloading VShield poped up saying that this file has a virus. Is this true? or becaus the file is Linux type and VShield is Windows

[expert] Harddrives slowness moving to MD 8.0 from previous MD 7.2

2001-06-08 Thread Guillermo
Hi, I've been happily using MD 7.2 in my box and now I'm trying moving to 8.0. Everything seems to work properly but my hard drives that run extremely slowly, 2 MB/s. For exemple, from the comand:/sbin/hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda I get: /dev/hda: setting using -dma to 1 (on)

Re: [expert] Fwd: Two internet conexions

2001-06-08 Thread Ian Cottrell
Francisco Take a look at something called schemes. I've never used them, but that are for doing exactly what you want. I have the same situation as you; one laptop that oscillates between work and home. Since the offices dhcp to assign IP numbers et al, I set up a small dhcp

[expert] Harddrives slowness moving from MD 7.2 to MD 8.0

2001-06-08 Thread Guillermo
Hi, I've been happily using MD 7.2 in my box and now I'm trying moving to 8.0. Everything seems to work properly but my hard drives that run extremely slowly, 2 MB/s. For exemple, from the comand:/sbin/hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda I get: /dev/hda: setting using -dma to 1 (on)

[expert] Re: Fwd: Two internet conexions

2001-06-08 Thread civileme
On Friday 08 June 2001 23:36, Francisco Alcaraz Ariza wrote: Dear folks, is the second time I put this message in the list; I am starting to think that it is impossible to do that but, hear is the question again. I have for my laptop two possible internet conexion, one in the

Re: [expert] Harddrives slowness moving to MD 8.0 from previous MD 7.2

2001-06-08 Thread civileme
OK your kernel is crippling itself because it is not able to confirm the flavor of VIA chipset you are using. I am pasting this from a post I made regarding this very item. Many folk have reported sluggish performance on their Mandrake 8.0 installations. Here are some reasons: 1. See

Re: [expert] 3C905B-Combo network card

2001-06-08 Thread Pierre Fortin
Aleksey Naumov wrote: Hi, is anyone able to use a 3Com EtherLink 10/100 PCI 3C905B-Combo NIC with LM8.0? Mine is connected via 10Base2 (thinnet) with BNC connectors, works perfect under windows, but not at all in LM8.0. I can't ping my gateway or anything else, I get Destination Host

Re: [expert] Fwd: [newbie] Linux compatible vid cards

2001-06-08 Thread Chris Spackman
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 02:16:24PM -0700, John wrote: Excuse the forward the mail got bonced! Does anyone have a recommendation for a video that will work in Linux that is not Nvidia based. I have a geforce 2 mx 32MB right now that likely will be going back to Best Buy as I cannot

Re: [expert] Create a link (shortcut) to my html dir

2001-06-08 Thread David Savolainen
Hello Instead of creating a link to another directory, you could edit your httpd.conf file to point to your html directory of choice directly. Simply change the DocumentRoot variable to /home/ozzy/html Alternatively, if you want to have several users (ie a web address of

Re: [expert] Most Popular Linux Broswers

2001-06-08 Thread Bill Kenworthy
Maybe only a few ... but an important few (who obviously includes me!). Seriously, text based browsers are in use in various forms for handicapped people as well, and with Lynx you can check alt tags, and other access features etc. Also lynx/links are great if you want something very fast and

[expert] SYM53c1010 Ultra 60

2001-06-08 Thread Jeanette Russo
Has anyone been able to get this to work in Linux? I don't see it on the HCL for Mandrake? TIA Jeanette

[expert] inetd ?

2001-06-08 Thread Sheldon E. Newhouse
Hello, I just installed 8.0 and can't telnet into the host. I am running both the telnet server and client. It gives me a connection refused. I looked for /etc/inetd.conf and there is none. What should I do? TIA, -sen

Re: [expert] inetd ?

2001-06-08 Thread John J. LeMay Jr.
** Reply to message from Sheldon E. Newhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Fri, 08 Jun 2001 22:35:47 -0400 Check out /etc/xinetd.conf and the included scripts in /etc/xinetd.d. You may need to create one for telnet. John LeMay Jr. Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC, LLC.

Re: [expert] inetd ?

2001-06-08 Thread Sheldon E. Newhouse
Well, I just had to start xinetd in /etc/rc.d/init.d Is this written in the documentation somewhere? If not, it should be. Also, I really miss an index in the manuals included with the distribution. -Cheers, -sen

Re: [expert] inetd ?

2001-06-08 Thread Dan Swartzendruber
On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Sheldon E. Newhouse wrote: Hello, I just installed 8.0 and can't telnet into the host. I am running both the telnet server and client. It gives me a connection refused. I looked for /etc/inetd.conf and there is none. What should I do? not installed by default.

[expert] Can't make nut-0.44.3 into RPM

2001-06-08 Thread root
I need help. (Sincerely) I downloaded nut-0.44.3.tar.gz and I read the information required to build an RPM from the tarball. rpm -ta nut-0.44.3.tar.gz I have an AMD k6-233 w/Mandrake 7.2 2.2.19-4 kernel. Something really strange happens. When I execute the rpm -ta command, it starts to build.

[expert] Name Mangling with Samba?

2001-06-08 Thread root
20010608.doc, or whatever? (without the statistical bs, lets just say there are over 5000 permutations for any one given file) So the question to be resolved is: (1) is there any way to stop the name mangling; (2) if not, is there any Linux application that will talk to this tape drive

[expert] theme-selector-capplet Segfault

2001-06-08 Thread John J. LeMay Jr.
Hi all, I seem to have encountered a problem with theme-selector-capplet segfaulting everytime I try to open it - either directly or via Gnome Control Center. This does not happen as any user other than my default id, therefore I figure it must be something in my ~/. Unfortunately, I can't

Re: [expert] ati radeon ve problems

2001-06-08 Thread David Savolainen
Hello everyone! I am a little closer to getting my radeon ve card working. I upgraded to XFree86 4.1.0. XFree86 no longer crashes on me, but nothing shows up on the screen. It is as if there is no signal of any kind being sent to the monitor. My XFree86.0.log log file does not indicate any

Re: [expert] SYM53c1010 Ultra 60

2001-06-08 Thread civileme
On Friday 08 June 2001 21:15, Jeanette Russo wrote: Has anyone been able to get this to work in Linux? I don't see it on the HCL for Mandrake? TIA Jeanette There is apparently a proprietary driver for it from ASUS. There are drivers being written for the 160 Ultras, and the newer

RE: [expert] inetd ?

2001-06-08 Thread Scott Pham
Most system services are started from /etc/rc.d/init.d. Well atleast for most linux distribution. xinetd is the lastest internet daemon. -Original Message- From: Sheldon E. Newhouse Sent: Fri 6/8/2001 11:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL

Re: [expert] LM8 install hangs Trying to access a cdrom disc

2001-06-08 Thread Juergen Helmers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 08 June 2001 12:12, Rich Forman wrote: I am trying to install LM8 and the system hangs with the message Please wait: Trying to access a cdrom disc (FX4010) This message comes after the kernel has detected the devices and finds the cdrom

[expert] Mandrake and Mandrake Cooker

2001-06-08 Thread OOzy Pal
Evert time I want to download something from the rpmfind.net I find files for Mandrake and Mandrake Cooker. What is this Mandrake Cooker? = Regards, OOzy What is the purpose of life? __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from

[expert] LM8 install hangs Trying to access a cdrom disc

2001-06-08 Thread Rich Forman
I am trying to install LM8 and the system hangs with the message Please wait: Trying to access a cdrom disc (FX4010) This message comes after the kernel has detected the devices and finds the cdrom without error. Viewing the log screen I can see no error messages. The ide-cd module is loaded

[expert] Icons on Desktop in Xfce

2001-06-08 Thread Brian
Hi, all. I was wondering if anyone knew about Xfce and how to add icons to the desktop. I like the clean interface (and it's a little more compatible with Gnome apps than KDE) but I'd like to add just a couple of icons to the desktop to make it perfect for me.

Re: [expert] /dev/rtc and VMware

2001-06-08 Thread Juergen Helmers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 08 June 2001 18:13, OOzy Pal wrote: Hi gurus I installed VMware and when I ran it it say that The high resolution time in not currently available. How can I install it. = Regards, OOzy That is the real time clock. Issue

[expert] /dev/rtc and VMware

2001-06-08 Thread OOzy Pal
Hi gurus I installed VMware and when I ran it it say that The high resolution time in not currently available. How can I install it. = Regards, OOzy What is the purpose of life? __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from

[expert] Perl problem: print $x; does not work, only print $x,\n;

2001-06-08 Thread immo-gert . birn
Hi, I recently upgraded to Mandrake 8.0 (using the perl distrbution which is part of Mandrake 8.0) and found a strange problem: perl -e '$x=1; print $x;' does NOT print anything. But perl -e '$x=1; print $x,\n;' and perl -e '$x=1, print $x; print \n;' do work. On any other system I use

Re: [expert] Terminal screen unusable

2001-06-08 Thread Felix Miata
Ric Tibbetts wrote: M L Cates wrote: I am running LM8.0, XFree3.3.6, with an Alliance AT3D video card. My problem is this: After starting X (KDE) if I do a CTRL-ALT-F1 or F2,etc. I cannot read the screen. Also even after I shutdown X the problem remains. The screen is out of sync

[expert] Evolution question

2001-06-08 Thread Brian
Hi, all. I've just switched from kmail to Evolution (because xfce seems to have issues with kmail). It's a fine little Outlook-like app, but I am having one problem: When I delete a message, I can't expunge it (and remove it from the message list). I get the following error: Error while

Re: [expert] cute RPM output..

2001-06-08 Thread Vincent Danen
On Fri Jun 08, 2001 at 05:47:56PM +0300, Turgut Kalfaoglu wrote: [root@tk-laptop RPMS2]# rpm -e kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk.i586.rpm error: package kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk.i586.rpm is not installed [root@tk-laptop RPMS2]# rpm -i kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk.i586.rpm package

[expert] Performance Issues

2001-06-08 Thread civileme
Many folk have reported sluggish performance on their Mandrake 8.0 installations. Here are some reasons: 1. See the article on MandrakeForum. If you have a K6 with a VIA chipset, there is your explanation. 2. If you want to change that behavior, first choose whether you want reiserfs and

Re: [expert] cute RPM output..

2001-06-08 Thread Leonardo T. de Carvalho
Turgut Kalfaoglu wrote: [root@tk-laptop RPMS2]# rpm -e kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk.i586.rpm error: package kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk.i586.rpm is not installed [root@tk-laptop RPMS2]# rpm -i kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk.i586.rpm package kdebase-devel-2.1.1-13mdk is already installed now what

Re: [expert] Trident TGUI9680

2001-06-08 Thread civileme
On Friday 08 June 2001 09:32, Eduardo Godoy Vega wrote: HI, I have a little problem with Mandrake 7.2 and my trident TGUI9680 (2MBytes) graphic card... I can't setup X Windows ... (I read that my graphic card only works on 1024x728 and 8pp, but I tried it ... but ... It didn't work) I