jimw

Sorry, I should perhaps have been more specific. I know about that process, _but_ someone else was talking about using Ctl-Shift hexcode to put special characters in Open Office on Ubuntu. It is possible, therefore, on at least some varieties of Linux. Is it not possible on Mandrake 10.0? JimW

Just a while back, someone on the OpenOffice users list was talking about inputting Unicode by doing Ctrl-Shift hexcode. It seemed to me that I'd been once told that was not possible. However, I gave it a try. It doesn't work. I can get the appropriate results in gedit, or in Thunderbird. I can't on Kwrite, Kword, or Open Office. I'm using Mandrake 10.0 I don't know enough about Linux in general to say what kind of problem I'm looking at, but I have a feeling the answer is buried in some part of the manual somewhere. Anybody give me a pointer? JimW [moved from Everything Linux by spinynorman]

In ordinary circumstances, English is my default. Occasionally, however, I want to write in another language. I have discovered the kde keyboard tool, but unfortunately I cannot get a working Mongolian keyboard through this, nor is the uzbek one even on the list of choices. However, through both keyboarddrake and drakkeyboard, I can find and install the Uzbek or Mongolian keyboards, and make them work. However, it does not seem possible to have more than two keyboards, the default and one other. Is this really the case? If so, what have I missed? And since I can switch to Uzbek through keyboarddrake, this means that the facility is one my machine somewhere. I have found uzbek file, in /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc. clearly, it has to be in some other file as well for the kde keyboard tool to find it, or at least there have to be pointers somewhere to point to it. Can anyone give me a nudge in the right direction on this? I have tried Google, but have yet to find a way to fine down the question to less than 63,000 hits. Thanks, JimW [moved from Tips & Tricks by spinynorman]

Okay, this is not my problem. what I need is a Kazakh layout to put in there. I may be forced to make one myself, modelling it on the various other ones I've found. Thanks, JimW

Just this morning I learned how to switch keyboard layouts through the KDE GUI. Unfortunately, the layout I really want at this stime is not there, that is, Kazakh, (language code kk). I've been through Google, and the few things I see on the specific topic are beyond my level of expertise. Does anyone here know anything about the subject? Thanks, JimW [moved from Everything Linux by spinynorman]

Because I've had good luck with Mandrake from version 8-10.0. My problem started when I went in and updated everything several weeks ago. After I did a lot of updates, I noted one allowing me to update to system base 10.1. Figuring, "Why not?" I went ahead. I discovered that several apps I'd been using (kaboodle and noatun, for instance) were no longer compatible with my system. There were one or two other problems happening, so I eventually had to format my drive and reinstall the old 10.0. As I said, after three tries, I still don't have it right, like it was before I got to monkeying around with the updates. Since I use the computer mostly for writing, and since I'm close to the end of a project right now, I figure best to wait until I've done the project until I reload the Mandrake.

I'm using 10.0. I had a problem recently where I had to reinstall my linux. I've done it three different times, and there are still problems with it, like not being able to update. I'm trying to put off another re-install until after I've finished the writing project I'm working on right now, because a re-install always involves a long stream of adjustments that need to be made. JimW

Okay, I've found the problem, but I don't know hatto do about it. I get this message at the end of the configure: checking for db_open in -ldb... no checking for db_open in -ldb2... no You need Berkeley DB 2 to compile xcin. Please use --with-dbinc and --with-dblib to configure. Now, I know I have db2; I just installed it. Anyone help at all? JimW

Further follow-up. After completely expunging everything related to xcin, I'm still getting the message "Everything already installed," when I attempt the rpm. I went back to the tarball, and untarred it successfully. Now I can't even get it to configure. I wonder if I should go way back and re-download the tarball? Jimw

Follow-up: Learned a bit more about urpmi, and set it to work on the xcin rpm I've got here. It tells me that everything is already installed. Which tells me that I ought to have removed the old version of xcin before trying the rpm. Also makes me wonder a bit just what the error message means. Probably one of those "closest approximation" things, which means that it found certain things out there already installed, and wouldn't go further. Next effort: remove previous xcin, then do the urpmi, and see how it works. JimW

Thanks. I've done the configure three times now. There were no error messages. I've just been attempting to make urpmi run It can't seem to find the xcin tarball. I'll have to work on this a bit. Thanks, JimW

I'm using Mandrake 10.0, and I've been trying to install xcin from a tarball. I have no problem with any of the steps up to and through configure. It configures very well, but when I try the make command, I get: make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. My knowledge of computers is still extremely spotty,and I have not been able to find an answer to this one. All the explanations make it sound easy, ./configure make su "root" make install. I have installed a few other programs, but xcin doesn't seem to work. Any advice? JimW Moved from Software to Terminal Shell Commands, Kernel and Programming - Artificial Intelligence

Never mind. Found an error message in my Terminal referring to a font directory in the /usr/java section. Copied some font files to it, and zaap! It works! Don't worry, I'll probably have some silly question later on to make up for it. Which reminds me, after all the fussing and fretting about trying to get java connected the other day, every time I turn on a terminal, I get the following message: bash: /etc/profile.d/java.sh: Permission denied. This is followed by the normal prompt. Anyone tell me what I did wrong, or at least how to fix it? JimW

Pardon my ignorance if I'm asking an unanswerable question here. I have this nice little java program called DimSum, which requires Chinese Fonts. I have all the appropriate fonts on my machine, but the program insists that it can't find them. Is there some kind of simple way of connecting these fonts to the program or is there none? It presents a warning saying "GB Characters are not available. Load font?" As I've said, I have the fonts available (I use them for editing texts in Open Office). Any help appreciated. Jim

Aha! Only trouble is that I have DimSum still stuck in my Home directory. But when I cd'd to the precise folder where it was, and set it running, it started very nicely. Thanks a lot. I have another question though. After all my work and fussing on java yesterday evening, every time I open a terminal, I get the following message: bash: /etc/profile.d/java.sh: Permission denied It would seem I have something set up to try for java every time I call a terminal. It's not really what I'd call a problem, but it is a nuisance. Any guesses what I did, and/or what to do about it? (BTW, did I mention that I'm mainly a writer, just occasionally fooling around with other things on the computer? :D Thanks again, JimW

OK, I'm running Mandrake 10.0. I've put Java Runtime Environment on it because Open Office requires it to do certain things. I used an rpm, from Sun's site, and opened it properly, then starting from the OpenOffice end, connected it to the java. However, I've got a neat program on my machine called DimSum.jar, which I'd like to run. I followed all the instructions on the tutorial at home.bredband.no/gaulyk/java/tutorial/javaredhat.html But every time I test by putting in java -version, I get "java: command not found". Anyone got any ideas as to what I might have missed? JimW [moved from Software by spinynorman]

Okay, I seem to be getting a little further forward. I opened the rpm, but it didn't seem to install properly. I went back and got in the tarball, untarred and unzipped it, then did the configure, which worked all right. The 'make"' left me with an error message: sysdeps/i386/elf/start.S:98: undefined reference to `main' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [.c] Error 1 Which I don't understand. (Sorry, I never claimed to be much beyond a newbie.) Any good advice for me now? Jim

Just last night found a Mandrake rpm for dict, installed it, and now kdict works. My next problem is, how to get it to see files on my system. I got some files, off the debian site, that are supposed to work with dict, if I understand correctly. Anyone have any suggestions about making them work? What format are they suopposed to be in, and how do I transfer them? Jim Wagner

Well, I've got stardict working, right off the bat. I'd like to see what Kdict has to offer, but in order to make a fair test, it appears I have to have a PERL Dict protcol. I have downloaded this, the Jiten protocol, (http://www.miranda.org/~jkominek/jiten/) and can't quite figure what to do with it, and there are no instructions such as someone like me desperately needs. My Machine (Mandrake 10), has perl installed, however, I know little about how perl scripts work. A quick helping hand would be appreciated. Jim Wagner

I would like to be able to print documents in Chinese from Kwrite. It can view the font I need (Chinese GB2312) very well, but when I try printing, all I get is squares. I can print very well from OpenOffice, but OO is so slow loading anything with many Chinese characters in it. I suspect that there is an easy answer to this, but I'm not quite computer-knowledgeable to know what it is. I'm using Mandrake 9.1 on an Athlon with 512K. Thanks, Jim

Thanks for all the info. I'll do the preliminaries right away. How you set up the network depends on how your connecting the computers together. Are you connecting them together directly with cross-over cable or do you have some kind of hub/switch? We're using a hub (Linksys router). Jim

Well, I'm pretty close to a beginner, and this may have been covered in another thread. However, I have a machine running mandrake 9.1, with KDE. My wife has Windows 95. We each have our own internet access, and printer cable. Back last year when I was using Windows, we had a network whereby we could share files back and forth. However, now that I've gone to linux, we have to start over again. (She will not switch, so don't suggest it.) What kind of procedure do I have to go through to set up a peer to peer network between us? Near as I can make out, the first thing to do is to get samba running. There are three samba files included with my Mandrake 9.1, one of which is documentation, the other is swat, and the third is windbind. Are these all necessary? (No problem with space, just wondering.) (And of course, are these all that are necessary?) Second, what is the procedure for setting up the network? In a step by step fashion, for someone who isn't terribly sophisticated, technology-wise? And I supose that'll be enough to go on with for a bit. Thanks, Jim Thanks

I don't know much (anything) about it but perhaps it doesn't use specfic greek fonts but uses the extended latin ISO character set and the extended greek letters ?? Yes, it uses various fonts, default being WinGreek. The problem is that when I call it up, I get one little bar up in the corner of my screen, with a Greek 'theta' and a stroke through it, signifying that the Greek is not enabled. Clicking on this with the mouse removes the stroke, but there is no toolbar, no menu, nothing to suggest what one does next. Jim

I've just downloaded, made,and installed a program called XWinGreek. Theoretically, it's supposed to allow me to input in Greek. However, all I've been able to do so far is to make it run and, supposedly, clear it for working. I'm very much of a beginner, and I suppose I've missed something important. The instruction site is: /www.geocities.com/autokratoria/xwingreek.html I've already got several Greek fonts loaded. I'm using Mandrake 9.1 with 256K memory, and I'm running in KDE. Any help would be appreciated. Jim