liquidzoo

From what I can tell, it seems to save the file just fine. I opened a copy of my resume with SOT, resaved it and opened it with M$ Word on my laptop and aside from the font being a little smaller than the original, everything looked just fine.

Done and installed. First impressions: A lot like OOo. Setup seems almost identical. Anyone want a copy of the rpm? Here's a link click here for rpm or here for source If that doesn't work, right click the link and choose save as. They're big files, be prepared to be downloading for a while. You've heard what I think, tell us what you think.

I am accessing it through gFTP with no problem. Your luck may vary, however.

ftp.funet.fi It's in Finland, pretty fasy on my connection. If you're on dialup, I would probably suggest just going for the rpm. The full path for SOT Office at this particular server is: ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/www.sot.com/

I am connected to one of their mirror sites (I got the same error going to their main server) ftp.funet.fi and I am downloading the entire package right now. We'll see how it goes. I am getting the entire folder, but there is just a RPMs folder that might be faster. Oh well. Never hurts when you have broadband.

Has anyone tried SOT Office? http://www.sotlinux.org/en/products/office.php It looks like it does everything that OO and SO do, just something different. I was wondering if anyone had tried it and what their impressions were/are?

Browse: [About the FAQ Forum] [Table of Contents] [FAQs] [Contribute] [LT: Laptops] LT-01: PCMCIA wireless access for your Laptop Having Wireless access for your laptop is really easy to set up. Here's what you'll need: Wireless PCMCIA adapter Wireless access point or Router I went with the Siemens Speedstream PCMCIA 802.11b adapter. You can get any you would like, but I went with this particular adapter because it said on the box that it worked with Linux. I also picked up a Netgear ME102 Wireless Access Point. Thinking back on it, I should have bought a router, or a different access point. The only way to set up this particular access point is through a USB connection with Windows. This only has to be done once, though, so if you don't have Windows yourself; find another computer you can use to configure the access point. It only takes a few minutes and the only things you need to change are The ESSID (This is the "name" of your access point) The Key password and type (only if you want to encrypt your access point so you're not sharing it with your neighbors) Then we can set up the PCMCIA card. Open up a console and as root type /sbin/cardctl ident This will produce results like this: [ liquidzoo ]# /sbin/cardctl ident Socket 0: no product info available Socket 1: product info: "Siemens", "SpeedStream Wireless PCMCIA", "", "" manfid: 0x02ac, 0x3021 function: 6 (network) [ liquidzoo ]# What we're looking for is the product info and the manfid. Write them down, or leave the console window open so you have them. Next, we need to edit some config files, you can use whatever editor you want. Since I'm already in X when I'm doing this, I use kwrite. As root, in your console type # kwrite /etc/pcmcia/config Somewhere in this file, near the end where cards are defined, you will want to put in the following info: card (This is just so you know what card it is for) manfid (this is what came from the output of /sbin/cardctl ident) bind "orinoco_cs" (This tells the kernel which module and driver to use) Use the existing entries in this file as a guide for formatting. Save and exit that file. Next, you have to reboot (I know, but it has to be done). Once you have rebooted, it should recognize your card, but it might give you an error because it is not configured yet. Once you have brought up X, go into the MCC. Go into the Hardware section and choose HardDrake. After it detects your hardware, you should see an entry under Ethernetcard for eth1. Select that and click on run config tool. This will bring up drakconnect. Set this up just as you would normally set up your network, choosing autodetect and expert mode. You will get to the eth1 config tool, where you can set the mode of the wireless card. I choose Auto for WIRELESS_MODE and Any for WIRELESS_ESSID. This will let you connect to any available wireless network. If you encrypted your Wireless Access Point, you will need to enter the Key in WIRELESS_ENC_KEY. Once you have that set up, you are all set. Say yes when it asks to restart the network. Once that is done, check your internet connection by firing up your favorite browser and heading to this board! Additional Information http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=9865

Thank you paleo. That is exactly what I needed to get it to work.

I can address this part of your issues. At the end of the install, you are given a list of things that have been done with options to change them. If you go into the X config part, there is an option at the end of the config to start X at boot. I agree with you, though. IMHO the options in 8.1-9.0 for installing were much easier to understand. It does, however, seem that 9.1 is geared more towards people who may be brand new to Linux and might not know what to do for most of these configuration options.

Short answer to both of your questions: no. The only way I have found to play Half-Life on Linux is to use wine or WineX.

What I would do is use the Mandrake partitioning tools. They will do exactly what you want. Also, if you install grub (or lilo) as your boot manager and choose to have it install to the MBR, it will automatically set up dual booting for Windows for you and (I believe) overwrite any existing bootloader. You could, if you wanted to, use RedHat and uninstall Grub that way, then install Mandrake and install either Lilo or Grub, whichever you want.

Thanks for the links Steve. I found them very useful. By the way, you get your most recent PM?

Of course, it's not that hard to install it on there yourself. I understand not wanting to buy any M$ products at all; hell I bought mine with the absolute bare minimum that Dell would sell me. If they would have sold me the laptop with no OS installed, I would have scooped that up in a heartbeat. As far as the wireless goes, with a PCMCIA card, it's actually not all that hard to get it working. I'm in the process of writing a FAQ about it for this board. Since I recently hosed my FS and had to reinstall, I have it fresh in my mind so I figure now would be the best time to do it.

Either grub or lilo will do that for you. If you're used to grub, choose that. It's all up to personal preference. I use lilo, but that's just cause I want to; not because it's any better or worse (in my mind at least) than grub. To me, it just looks better.

looks like the file is looking at a pointer that doesn't exist. Strange. I'm not sure what that means, but something isn't where it should be. This is a job for someone who is more versed at the config files than I am. I will do some checking when I get home, though and see what I can find out for you. Here's something to try, though: Instead of opening Kpackage, go into Install Software (for graphical, Kmenu -> Configuration -> packaging) and, after putting in your root password, type in openssl and try to install it from there. See if that works for you. If you want to do the same thing in a console, type this: liquidzoo@localhost liquidzoo $su [enter root password] root@localhost liquidzoo #urpmi openssl either way should install all dependencies for you. Give it a try and tell me how it goes.

there actually is a file that generates that icon whenever you log in. I can't remember where it is, though. There is also a directory in /usr(/share?) that is a kde directory, it also has that icon in it. Doesn't go completely away if you delete it there, but it does go away for that login, so it will go away until you reboot. The icon is also in your home directory in ~/.kde somewhere. This is all, of course, assuming that you are running KDE.

I had that icon on my desktop back in 9.0, it was when I had my webcam plugged in. I found to delete the icon, all I had to do was remove the webcam and it went away. Not sure with it being a TV tuner card. You might want to check (for KDE) right click, go to configure desktop. On one of the tabs (apperance, I think, can't check right now since I'm at work) there is an option for icons to automatically appear on your desktop. Check through there and see if the XawTV icon is one of them. If so, uncheck the box and it should go away.

Ok, one more question. The full url for, say, cd 1 in the software sources manager is removable://mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/ Do I keep the removable:// part?

first thing, for your .src.rpm, you need to open a console and type liquidzoo@localhost liquidzoo $su (enter root password) root@localhost liquidzoo #rpm --rebuild openpkg-1.2.0-1.2.0.src.rpm If all goes well, and it builds without error, cd to where it was created (it will say, usually /usr/scr/RPM/RPMS/i586, that's for my system, yours may be different and type, still as root # rpm -ivh openpkg-1.2.0-1.2.0.i586.rpm replace the i586 with your architecture, alternatively, just put in the first couple of letters and hit the tab key and it will complete for you. After that, you should be alright and everything should install.

Sweet, thanks. I will give it a try and see how it goes.

Sorry, it's KDE

I did that once upon a time, I think it was when I was messing around with other window managers. I think that the way I fixed this particular problem was to delete the .ICEAuthority file and let KDE recreate it. I could be wrong on this, though; and I would wait for confirmation that this might actually fix your problem before you try it and really screw something up. I would hate for something to go wrong and it be my fault.

Somehow, I turned off the icon in the system tray that tells you battery status and whatnot. I can't seem to find it to turn the icon back on. Anyone have any ideas about this?

I'm getting a new hard drive for my laptop soon (at least 60 gig, maybe 80 if I can afford it) and I have a question. I will install Mandrake from the cd's, but for the updates that require the cd's, I would like to create a new partition that's like 2.5 Gigs and copy the RPM folders from each cd onto that partition, just so I don't have to carry the cd's with me in case I need something. Here's my question How do I update my sources to look on this new partition for the RPM's instead of looking for the cd's? I know I have to go to the software sources manager (to do it graphically) but I'm not sure what path I should put in instead of the default one. By the way, has anyone tried this before? How well does it work? Thanks again for everyone's help.

When you start Mandrake Update for the first time, it should ask you where you want to get your updates from and give you a whole list to choose from. I'm partial to the server located at the University of Utah (math.utah.edu) cause it's fast for me. That could have something to do with the fact that it's less than 100 miles south of here, though. Your results may vary, but you're pretty safe selecting a server near you, or far away; if you want. After you select a server, it should get a list of all of the available updates for your particular system and installation for you to choose from. Welcome to Mandrake.