I'm not sure what I did along the way to wreck this but I am getting "command not
found" for both "setup" and "drakxconf". How do
you reinstall these?
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sunday, June 11, 2000
Original Message-
From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sunday, June 11, 2000 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?
SevatioI'll bet you haven't done an 'su -' (the space
followed by the dash are important) or ar
into task manager and kill it (it
will kill netscape too) and things will return to normal (till the next
time). The only permanent solution at the moment is to replace your
netscape with the 128 bit version.
Bill.
Sevatio Octavio wrote:
I have yet to figure out why my Mandrake 7.0-2 does
I have yet to figure out why my Mandrake 7.0-2 does this... Perhaps some of you will
have a solution.
This happens in both Gnome and KDE. When I'm using several apps at once (Staroffice,
Gimp, Toppage, Netscape - not necessarily all
of these at one time), some process would just take over
I'm trying to setup and better understand DNS Servers. This way I can get my IP to
point to my Domain name. What's involved here?
Would I have to register my DNS Server with Internic? Can the primary and secondary
DNS Servers run from one PC?
Seve
Alan,
umask=0 works!
I didn't know it was possible for regular users to access FAT till now. Thanks.
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Saturday, May 06, 2000 1:46 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Writing to Windows
Isn't the only way to get a virus is to get an attached executable file or macro and
you activating it?
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, May 04, 2000 11:31 AM
Subject: [newbie] Sorry to be asking on here
Im
I'm trying to run "./configure" for installing Gimp. It keeps stopping with an error
that says: "checking host system type...
configure: error: cannot guess host type: you must specify one".
Where would you specify such the host system type and what do you fix so this won't
happen again?
I just installed TopPage and it runs fine in regular user mode. DreamWeaver... is it
available for Linux?
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Fabrice SERVANT [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sunday, April 30, 2000 4:18 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] anyone using
I'm looking for a non-Microsoft equivalent of Frontpage. And of course, something
that does not require server-side extensions.
Suggestions?
Seve
Ok... I've found it. It's a command-line app that can record audio directly to mp3
using Lame as the encoder. I haven't tried it
yet and I'm not sure if it can utilize the much faster Gogo encoder.
http://www.netwaysglobal.com/mpegrec
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Sevatio Octavio
I'm currently using Netscape4.72 and was just considering an upgrade. Have any of you
tried out M15? How is it different from
Netscape 6? Is 4.72 worth upgrading to M15?
Seve
It seems that Gnome has it's own mousewheel driver. The problem is Netscape will not
scroll with the wheel unless you run imwheel.
But running imwheel interferes with mousewheel functions in gnome applications.
Is there a happy medium where I can get Netscape to scroll and also get full wheel
] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, April 20, 2000 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] X Crashed - Please Help
Sevatio Octavio wrote:
My X Server crashed and I'm without a solution.
It says:
_FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno =111
failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1'
Fatal
My X Server crashed and I'm without a solution.
It says:
_FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno =111
failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1'
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
Where would I start from here? Is this a known issue with Mandrake 7.0-2?
Seve
Hi,
I'm using Gnome with Enlightment and would like to know how to move the Enlightment
Applets.
Seve
Such is the nature of playing MPEGs with xanim/aKtion. They're great at AVIs but not
MPEGs. You will need to get Mpeg TV Player
from http://www.mpegtv.com . It will play MPEGs smoothly and the cost is only $10.
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Stephen F. Bosch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
I like TkSeti because you can set it to function during inactivity. That way, it
frees up 16Megs of RAM when you're using the
machine. It monitors both mouse and keyboard activity. It's worth a look.
http://www.kuug.ab.ca/~macdonal/tkseti/tkseti.html
Seve
-Original Message-
From:
I would like to be able to view .png images on netscape. Would any of you know where
I can get the plug-in?
Seve
I'm trying to put files and folders onto gnome's
desktop. But I can't find its location in my home folder. In KDE
it's simply /home/user/Desktop. I've tried /home/user/.gnome-desktop but
that doesn't seem to be it. Would any of you happen to know the real
location of gnome's desktop?
Seve
Here's a dilemma with the mousewheel... In Gnome, the
wheel works just fine but it doesn't work for Netscape. So I would run
imwheel and then the wheel would work for netscape. But then the wheel
does not work for Gnome. Is there a way to get the wheel to work for
both?
Mdk 7.0-2
Seve
while not in Gnome, to the directory
/home/andy/.gnome-desktop and when I started Gnome it was there, so
maybe you need to restart Gnome to activate changes, if you haven't
already tried that.
On 11 Apr, Sevatio Octavio wrote:
I'm trying to put files and folders onto gnome's desktop. But I can't
Bill Gates version of Doom. See the video clip.
http://www.atella.com/seveman/bill.avi
Seve
I'm asking to find out if others have had this same problem. Once in a while when I'm
using KDE, the mouse-pointer would freeze,
the keyboard stop responding, and the harddrive become very active. It would continue
that way for over an hour at times and then
result in jumping back to the
I just logged on to KDE and all of the desktop icons have disappeared and the taskbar
icons don't work. This problem only affects
one user. How would I restore these settings?
Seve
I have 64Megs of RAM and 128Megs of swap.
Seve
-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] KDE - Strange Problem
On Wed, 05 Apr 2000, you wrote:
I'm asking to find out if
Thanks John!
Deleting the ~/.kde/share folder did the trick. I'll go and turn off the panic-button
now.
Seve
-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] KDE - Icons Gone
Has anyone tried out Netscape 6 pr1 yet? If so, please share.
Seve
I must agree that Mdk7 is rather buggy. I've had to reinstall many times and it
seemed to act different each time. After two
machines, I told friends that they would have to wait or I would install Mdk6 instead.
Mdk6 was a successful install the first time
and the same everytime. Let's hope
Hi All,
I'm in search of software that will convert my Audio-input to MP3 in real-time. I
already have the faster-than-real-time encoders;
Gogo Lame.
The only program that I know of right now is Musicmatch for Windurs. An equivalent
linux program would be great!
Seve
similar to Lame because they were one at one time but have
forked since; Lame with a propensity towards
quality and Gogo towards speed.
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Sevatio Octavio [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Monday, March 27, 2000 1:58 AM
Subject: Re
The CD rippers CD Paranoia http://xiph.org/paranoia/index.html and CDDA2WAV
ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/cdda2wav/ should
already be installed if you're using MDK7.0-2. CDDA2WAV is much faster but if you
want some quality-control, use Paranoia.
As far as mp3 encoders... LAME
quelle barre vous
rfrez-vous?
Seve
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aide sur linux mandrake(professionnel) [EMAIL PROTECTED];
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aide de linux6 [EMAIL PROTECTED];
aide de linux5(anglais)
I'm trying to get Netscape to instruct Freeamp to play Shoutcast streams. Would you
happen to know the string needed to make
Freeamp work?
/usr/bin/freeamp %?
Or if you've had success with other software to play Shoutcast streams, please share!
Thanks,
Seve
Brian, thanks for the help though. I can only laugh at what happened and be glad that
I'm not experiencing those daily
windurz-crashes. Jeezzz, I've got to fix the segfaults with Taper.
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Brian T. Schellenberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm trying to get one of the Netscape users to have the same bookmarks as the root
user. Is there a way to make a link so that
they're always the same or would I just make a copy? Where would I find the files
necessary to make this possible?
Seve
Is there a general rule for killing an application from the command line? For
example, I'm using kvoicecontrol to activate programs
and I would like to tell it to shutdown the programs also.
Thanks
Seve
program when it does and store them in an array.
It could then run through the array shutting them down later.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sevatio Octavio
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 8:10 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] How
Well, I managed to get into trouble again...
What I just did was deleted a vfat partition and turned that space into an ext2
partition. Now I can't boot up without an error.
Here's what it's telling me...
"The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If
Go to DrakConf on your desktop and select Startup Services. Then you just uncheck the
stuff you don't need. When you're done, that
pc should boot up much quicker.
Seve
-Original Message-
From: vern [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Expert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Friday, March 17, 2000 9:45 AM
You should find the RPM here.
http://proforma.real.com/real/player/player.html?src=000308realhome_2,000303choice_2dc=315314313
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Gary Bunker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: [expert]
How would you create an button on the taskbar that would iconify all windows so that
you can see your desktop quickly?
Seve
How would run SETI@Home as a screensaver for KDE?
Seve
Thumbnails in KFM:
Perhaps I have too many files in one folder for KFM to make thumbnails. It tries and
then KDE crashes completely. Is this a known
bug? And, is there a fix?
Seve
Is it possible to merge partitions from separate disks so that they are view as one
partition?
Seve
I keep getting Segmentation Fault when Taper performs a Restore. It will get this
after restoring for a few minutes. Why does it
happen and how can it be fixed?
Seve
I'm having the exact same problem with my USRobotics. It was able to logon after
installing ppp 2.3.8-1.
Now my problem is even though I'm connected, I can't browse the internet. There is no
data transfer what so ever. Where should I
look to try and fix this?
Seve
-Original
I think what was meant by "no G2 plugin" is that you can't run an embedded G2 player
on the webpage. If this is possible, let me
know.
Seve
-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 12:29 AM
I went to a page the other day and saw moving webcam pictures using "Push" Technology.
Have any of you had experience in setting up
the "Push" Technology? Is this some thing that Apache can do?
Seve
I'm trying install the 2.2.14-15 kernel over the one that came with Mdk7.0-2 (which is
2.2.14-1mdklinus). I thought I followed the
instructions to the "t" in the HOWTO and the Readme that came with the Kernel. The
problem is I can't get rid of that piece-a-junk
2.2.14-1mdklinus kernel that
, February 14, 2000 2:01 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] Problems with 2.2.14-1mdklinus Kernel
On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote:
I'm trying install the 2.2.14-15 kernel over the one that came with Mdk7.0-2 (which
is 2.2.14-1mdklinus). I thought I followed
the
instructions to the "t" in
Thanks for all the help! It's still a bit hazy but hey, it works!
It turned out that I left out the step where you have to type in "lilo" after pointing
"vmlinuz" to the right kernel. But isn't
"make bzlilo" the same as reconfiguring and initiating the change in Lilo?
And secondly, why did
How do you get 'Super'-mount to work after installing MDK 7.0-2?
Seve
How do you get Supermount to work after installing MDK 7.0-2?
Seve
Is it me or did the Newbie List just dropped out of sight?
Seve
In order to telnet into another box, what daemon is that box supposed to be running?
Seve
I've never had the experience of "Upgrading". It seems that a complete reinstall is
recommended to eliminate the reported
anomalies. When you do a complete reinstall over a previous version, would you have
to reinstall all of the non-distro software?
Or is there a trick that would reinstate
Hi,
I read that Mdk supports the 3Com 900 series NICs. But it is not in one of the
selections when using Linuxconf in Mdk 6.1. Where
and how would I get Mdk 6.1 to see my NIC?
Seve
, 2000 6:19 AM
Subject: [expert] Video Card Setup Help Needed
What video card are you trying to use? The only one I have had
trouble with is the ATI All in Wonder 128.
-sen
Matrox, Diamond, n Sevatio Octavio writes:
Okay, this is getting ridiculous. Perhaps one of you can give me some insights
Okay, this is getting ridiculous. Perhaps one of you can give me some insights for
this problem.
I have a 400PII with an ASUS motherboard trying to run Mdk 6.1. I've taken videocards
that work in other systems and tried it in
this 400PII/ASUS box and I can't get XFree86 to work with any
What a joke! Anybody that's gone as far as installing linux would know what to do if
they're in the mood to be closed-in and throw
some $ around.
-Original Message-
From: Geoff Croxson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 6:32 PM
I've only used Mandrake. How is Red Hat different from Mandrake?
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Henrik Edlund [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Saturday, November 27, 1999 7:08 AM
Subject: [expert] Back to Red Hat
Looks like I am heading back to Red Hat
So many more questions...
Hi, I just got on this thread because I get tons of collisions using 2 Realtek NICs, a
Linksys 5 port hub and factory-sealed cables
less than 10' (3.1m) in length. NICs and Hubs are autosensing 10/100. My throughput
is no more than 0.6Mbps. What could be wrong
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Date: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 5:42 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] Switch Hub
I would guess one of the adapters is incorrectly negotiating it's speed
and or duplexity. Try hard coding both cards to 10/hdx or 100/fdx and
see if that fixes the problem.
Sevatio Octavio
Why does http://www.redhat.org resolve to 127.0.0.1? I'm using Windurs 98 with IE.
Seve
I know this is not really a Linux issue but...
I'm transferring data between my linbox and winbox. Both are equipped with 10/100
NICs through a 10/100 hub. My max transfer rate
stops around 600k/s and my hub's collision light stays on for the majority of the time
during transfer. Is there
Hi, I'm trying to figure out why the G2 Player can only play for a few seconds then
goes silent and completely shut down any sound.
Playing MP3 files does not cause this to happen.
Compaq Presario Desktop with ESS1888 Soundcard using the $20 version of OSS. Mandrake
6.1.
Any suggestions or
Is there an FTP Client that comes with Mandrake6.1? Also, are there recommendations
for a graphical FTP Client?
Seve
How do you fix this sound problem: MP3 files play at slow speed and then makes noise
after 10 seconds? CDs sound good and MIDI
seems to work. This is on a Compaq Presario Desktop with an ESS1888 soundcard.
Thanks,
Seve
to fix if MP3 files play at slow speed and then
makes noise after 10 seconds? CD sounds fine.
On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 12:17:35AM -0700, Sevatio Octavio wrote:
How do you fix this sound problem: MP3 files play at slow speed and then makes
noise after 10 seconds? CDs sound good and MIDI
seems
Yes, Partition Magic will resize it without losing data.
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Sridhar G [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Expert Mandrake List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 12:20 AM
Subject: [expert] root partition full
Hi,
I created a 80 Mb root partition. It has
Yes, Partition Magic will resize Fat32 and EXT2 without losing data. Just make a
bootable Dos diskette with Partition Magic on it.
Then boot from it and start P/M. The graphical interface is quick to grasp. It would
be hard to accidentally erase your data with
this program.
It's nice to
Yes, Partition Magic will resize Fat32 and EXT2 without losing data. Just make a
bootable Dos diskette with Partition Magic on it.
Then boot from it and start P/M. The graphical interface is quick to grasp. It would
be hard to accidentally erase your data with
this program.
It's nice to
Thanks for the translation. For those that are mono-lingual, there's a free
translator on line. Just go to:
http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate? There is a lot of
knowledge that we can gain from our European
counterparts and vice-versa.
Sevatio
P.S.- Gael Duval
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Date: Thursday, September 09, 1999 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] Petit souci de System.map
On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Sevatio Octavio wrote:
Thanks for the translation. For those that are mono-lingual, there's a free
translator on line. Just go to:
http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi
Tech support @ $50/hr is a little high. Maybe $25/hr would be alright. But you're
right, this mailing list takes care of most
problems so we shouldn't ever have to whipout our visa/mc. Well, they gotta make a
living somehow. Remember windows? M$ would not
provide free help as long as your
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