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I haven't tried this myself so I can't say for sure, but is it something as simple as right-clicking the icon and changing it in Properties? I know that works for desktop icons, and I seem to remember having used it for kicker icons at some stage too...

Sorry this is a little late, null. Just a suggestion: have you tried using urpmi to install k3b? That should take care of all your dependency problem, I think :unsure: There's an excellent FAQ on it in the FAQ section. I'm no expert on these things, but I thought apt-get was for Debian? Or is it available fo Mandrake too?

If you're meaning when you view them, I don't think you can change them at all. I've had problems with viewing Flash devices in Japanese, and I couldn't change the font to one of the few Japanese capable ones I have, so I couldn't read it. However, I don't have much experience with Flash, so there might be a way you can change it that I haven't found.

**WARNING: I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT NETWORKS. THIS IS JUST A WILD-ASS GUESS** Could you set up the computer that has the updates on it as a urpmi source, and then update the other computers from the local source, rather than the usual ftp mirrors? If it's any help, there's an FAQ on urpmi and also a man page (type 'man urpmi' and 'man urpmi.addmedia' into the console). Like I said above, I have no idea about networks, but I can't see any reason that you couldn't set up your local source in the same way as an FTP source, as long as you have a stable address for it. Hope this helps, or draws the attention of someone who knows more about these things than me :woops:

Hi Drez, I am certainly no expert on these things, but I guess there's no reason you couldn't use rpmdrake to do that. You might have trouble when you get to packages like the kernel and glibc, though. Is there some particular reason that you want to do it that way rather than just by popping the CD in the drive and booting up?

Actually, I'd agree with Ix too, but I must admit I do just go the point-and-click when I'm feeling slack :woops: (which is fairly frequent) If you're in the CLI mood, you could also use the rpm command. Check out 'man rpm' for details on the various options and so on. But urpmi is a better option, as it very kindly sorts out dependencies and stuff :) Have a look at the urpmi and rpm FAQ. (Jeez, how's that for number of acronyms in one phrase? The smart money's on someone else having something much much better, though ;))

This depends a bit on whether you're using KDE or Gnome. Well, actually, it doesn't _really_ matter, but I think KDE handles its own program (KPackage) better, and Gnome seems to prefer gurpmi (I think that's what it's called). HTH

Thanks for the tip, ac! Now does anyone have any recommendations for firewalls for Mdk 9.0? Preferably something easy to setup and use (A-grade newbie material here, sir!)

Do you mean US$ or A$ or something else? From memory, the Disco pack was US$49, the Powerpack was US$89 (or US$59 without the manual), and the Powerpack+ was.... a little more than that :woops: Funny thing is, this doesn't seem to differ whether I chose Oz or US. Maybe that jsut changes the shipping rates? In any case, it's a helluva lot cheaper than Windoze, isn't it???

Wow, I didn't know that. I check it out last night in Konsole, and it seems that it doesn't do nothin' for scrolling in that, but if you have it on, it will hide all of your typing until you release it. What the...?

Straight Dope Staff Report I'm curious about that part about Linux... I might have to "personally verify" that when i get home... alex @ you can never have enough random bits of info...

Hmm, I think Print screen might still work in Windoze. I've never tried it there, cos I rarely need a screenshot for anything. Didn't know about Pause/Break, though. I always just used Ctrl-C if anything got out of hand :) Maybe scroll lock's just there because it looks nice...

This is just something that I have occasionally wondered about ever since I first started doing stuff with computers, but never thought to ask... What does the scroll lock key actually do? I've tried turning it on and off, and nothing seems change. Like I said in the topic description, it's nothing that I'm going to lose sleep over, I was just curious. While I'm about it, what do Pause/Break and Print screen/Sys Rq do? Again, I've never found them to do much (at least, not the Pause and Sys rq bits). If anyone's bored enough to help me out with this, I'd be eternally grateful. Well, for the next five minutes, at least

You can also check out this post if you need things like international fonts. BTW, maybe you would have got results if you'd tried searching for 'windows fonts'? (if that doesn't work, try winblows, windoze, windex... :P)

I thought you had to edit ~/.i18n, but I'm not 100% sure. As far as those environment variables are concerned, check out this page for a pretty good explanation of most of them. It is about Japanese in SuSE, but it'll be the same for French in Mandrake. BTW, I found that changing some of those settings to ja_JP stuffed up some programs (they just wouldn't load at all), but it might be different with a language that at least uses the Roman alphabet... :P HTH

I knew my experiences working in a supermarket would (kind of) come in useful! What you often find with multipacks where you can't get the individual item is that the barcodes on the individual items won't be ranged in, or they don't have barcodes at all, and there is a (different) barcode on the multipack. If you can get them individually or in a multipack, then they usually just have a barcode for the multipack and another one for the individual items. From memory, ones like 6-packs of beer will often have barcodes on the cans for individual ones, and there'll be a sheet with barcodes for the 6-pack at the register... not that i know much about buying beer... :unsure:

Oh well, if that's all it means, then I'll save my money. I still haven't decided which I'm going to go for -- I'll have to do a detailed comparison of what in the Powerpack that isn't in Discovery, etc., but it makes it easier knowing that I can probably (if I'm lucky) fudge it without the manual ;) And you can bet your bottom dollar that I'll be back here to ask you guys about something or other before long :woops:

Hmm, you could be right. I was looking at the Mandrake 10 Comparison page, which goes through what's in the Discovery, Powerpack and Powerpack+ editions, and a couple of packages which sorta swung me in favour of the Powerpack were GNOME 2.4 and emacs (I need it for some Japanese stuff I'm doing). There were also a couple of the commercial apps that would be nice, but not essential. How big would the Gnome and emacs packages be? That's the thing that concerns me... I mean, a few MBs is no trouble, but given that I can only download about 10-12 MBs an hour, anything above maybe 20 MBs is looking pretty doubtful. Maybe it's worth the extra $10 to get the various extra packages without having to spend hours on the internet. BTW, the price on that comparison page is for the whole thing, with the manual and all, whereas just the disks is around $60 (for Oz, anyway). I couldnt find a price for just the disks of the Disco edition (maybe cos they don't make it that way...). Umm, what sort of stuff is in that manual? If it's semi-useful to you, Ix, it might be mega-useful to me :o

I've been looking longingly at the Mandrakestore site lately, drooling over the sleek lines and daring couture of the various MDK10's, and I've decided that I'm going to get me one, probably the Powerpack. Has anyone here actually bought a copy? From the various discussions, it seems like a lot of people have downloaded it, but on a dial-up connection, this just isn't an option. Anyway, what I was wanting to know is, what's in the full, $85 job that you don't get when you just get the CDs, and is it worth getting? I mean, $35 dollars is a big difference, especially when you're just a lowly student... :unsure:

Oh, sorry Jalos. I didn't think about that bit :woops: I saw that guide you mentioned too, but I haven't tried it out yet, cos I prefer Gnome ;) I hope someone makes a version of it for Gnome!! BTW, if you're looking for Japanese links and software and stuff, check out the Monash Nihongo archive -- that's the uni I'm at ;) I've found it really useful for stuff to help me with Japanese, you might find something there too.

Hi jalos, First of all, welcome to the board! I don't know if I can help you out with your problem, but I'll give it a go. By Mandrake 10 RC1, do you mean Mandrake 10 Official Edition or something else? AFAIK FreeWnn and kinput2 should be on one of the CDs you got, or in the ISOs you downloaded. But if they don't come up in the software installer in MCC, they might not be. First thing to do would be to check whether they are on the CDs you have. In mine, I think they're in /mnt/cdrom/Boot/Mandrake/RPMs (I could be wrong, but it's something like that). I am using version 9, so it might be different. Anyway, check to see if FreeWnn and kinput2 are in there and if they are, double-click them to install :D Problem solved. If they aren't on the disk, you'll have to use urpmi. Check out this FAQ about urpmi for info about how to use it. I think kinput2 will look for FreeWnn when you run it, so you might have to reboot before you can use it. There is another way of starting FreeWnn, but I don't know what it is :unsure: Just a side note: I tried doing this, and I haven't got it working yet. I think this might be more due to a lack of time and incorrect settings in other places than a poor installation. That's what I tell myself, anyway. If you install those packages and it works fine, congratulations. You're luckier than I was. If not, have a look at this post -- it's actually to do with a different problem, but it might help. Note: I haven't tried this yet, so I don't know whether it helps or not. I only found it today!! :woops: Hopefully this will help you out a bit. Good luck! Oh, and another thing that you might find useful is this link. It's actually about SuSE, but a lot of what it says is the same for Mandrake too. I found the section about locales helps explain what all that stuff in your ~/.i18n file actually means!! Hope this helps

I must admit too that I have had problems with Mdk -- it is MDK9.0, but that shouldn't matter so much -- that I never had with Windows. Sure, this could be something to do with the way that my system is set up and the fact that I'm still new to Linux and probably haven't done a lot of things I should have, but this doesn't explain everything. Yes, I have had a better experience with MDK as far as tinkering goes (I just about killed the other computer running WinME through little more than installing stuff, updating it when a new version came out and uninstalling it when I didn't use it any more), but Windows isn't as black as it is painted. I'm sure that if you're just the average schmo who doesn't ever install any new programs, or update anything, or use the internet, or need to connect to a network, you'd be just fine. :P Linux still kicks Windows' butt. I'm just saying that Windows isn't a complete basket case ;) BTW, I still think Microsoft's business practices stink, though.

You can check dependencies from the command line by typing in rpm -q --whatprovides <name of package> From memory, you don't need to put in the full name of the package (the version number and all that), but you will probably get a list of possible completions if there are more than one. So, if you wanted to see what needs glibc, try rpm -q --whatprovides glibc and that should tell you what you need to know. HTH Alex

By the way, I'm assuming that you aren't having any other troubles with your internet connection or anything like that? Alex

Hi red, You might want to try urpmi, from the command line (you'll have to su to root to use it). I'm still only a humble newbie myself, but try going to Easy urpmi (http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php). Fill in your vital statistics, and it will give you a list of commands to link you to sources of updates, add-ons, and other miscellaneous packages. These sources are then also available in rpmdrake, so you can just use urpmi to update your sources and then go back to that, or you could do it all from the command line. Type 'man urpmi' into the command line to get more info. Hope this helps. Alex EDIT - If I remember rightly, 'man urpmi.update' will give you info about how to update using urpmi (surprisingly enough).