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Whoosh! (the noise of that going straight over my head). Erm, surely, if my system has previously had a bootsplash screen running, then the facility is still there? (please feel free to correct me if incorrect). Isn't there just a way of "turning it on"? regards John p.s. I don't follow why this was moved to the "Terminal Shell Commands, Kernel and Programming" forum i.e. I don't understand what it might have to do with terminal shell commands etc etc Surely it's just a graphical software "thing" ?

My bootsplash/progress bar/frame buffer boot up (?) has disappeared again! Saga is : Notice update of kernel sources from 2.6.3-15 to 2.6.3-16 in the MCC>software manager>updates section. Do the update (as umpteen times previously). Zilch. Appear's at lilo offering as 2.6.3-16, but when checking uname -r post boot, still booting 2.6.3-15 (something like this happens everytime!). So, remove the new kernel version and kernel source version (both installed - nvidia graphics card!). Try to reinstall the updates - same as above, but this time, it just freezes my lilo screen. Remove kernel/sources (updates) again. Still no boot, except for "non-fb linux" in lilo, everything else freezes. So, after various other attempt's, revert to the old kernel version 2.6.3-7 (kernel and sources), check system - It boot's (boot option appearing as 2.6.3-7). Great. So now try the updates again. Yes, bingo, 2.6.3-16 now appears in lilo boot screen. uname -r yes it's booting into 2.6.3-16 OK. Change the label, and so my current install appear's second in list (windows first, due to domestic politic's/self preservation!:D). But now, it only boot's into what appears to be the "non-fb linux" mode with the "clunky" verbose text scrolling up the screen. How would I check to see whether it'd be just changing lilo options, or setting it to boot with framebuffer enabled and can see the nice pleasant graphic start up with the progress bar etc ? (sorry I'm just really sad, and prefer the eye candy stuff) Any advice much appreciated regards John p.s. Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, but I figured it's just a "software thing" rather than installing, or programming and whatever! [moved from Software by spinynorman B) ]

Does anyone know how to set a source viewer for opera 7.54? the default for operas tool's>preferences>paths and programs is xedit, but as that isnt' installed I tried to change it to /usr/share/bin/emacs which did nothing, as did /usr/bin/emacs or /usr/share/vi, or vim-enhanced etc etc So does anyone have any idea's about this please ? regards John

And yes, I do generally use KDE, but usually just install everything - sometimes to play with (and see if it work's unders both environments - there does seem to be a fair bit of interoperability) and sometimes because I'll boot into whichever environment takes my fancy at a particular moment. This might seem pointless to those of you who are more pragmatic in use of resources, but I just like meddling with eye candy and there does seem to be lot's more available for KDE, compared to what's available under gnome (though some of the gnome screenies that I've seen are amazing - I'd need to learn a hell of a lot more to achieve the same standard). regards John

well I installed webmin, but it still didn't make any difference in the MCC when I tried the remote or local administration. So I tried with "webmin" from a terminal and that started it up. It gave me an error/warning about the certificate (which I don't quite follow), so I continued anyway and it opened the app. But I don't follow what it's supposed to do or quite how it work's. regards John

Thanks for the replies both. I looked but couldn't find an rpm called "gnome theme extra's". So I tried it with the kde control centre (the configure my desktop thing) and just told it to install new theme from the icon's menu and navigated it to the tar.gz in my home directory and it seem's to have unpacked it etc etc and I just applied it and bingo! Thanks again for the assist regards John

In my MCC I have an icon for "Online Administration". Inside that section, it has local administration and remote administration. If I try local, it just tell's me that it can't connect localhost to port 10000. If I try remote, it just ask's me for a webmin address server. Could someone tell me what these are please and how I can use them as I'd like to findout what this "Online Administration" actually is. Thanks in advance. regards John

I seem to have the Amaranth icon's installed, but I can't seem to apply them as user, only root. I seem to have unpacked them in my /home as there's a "Amaranth" directory showing the various subdirectories with the various icon size sub sub directories (sub sub - does that make sense?) i.e. 16x16, 22x22, 32x32 etc etc How would I make sure that they're available to my user account so I can just apply them as an iconset? regards John [moved from Software by spinynorman]

Ok, thanks for the replies. It seems that apart from the learning thing, there's little to be gained as it's not as if I have load's of content to serve. I'd need to have an additional machine for it, though the connection wouldn't be a burden as it's an adsl one etc etc. But also I wouldn't expect hoard's of visitors either, though that doesn't mean I don't want to get my very small point's of view into that very large box that is the internet. I'll go down the ISP route probably as it'd be easier (and probably less stress) for me. regards John

Could someone please explain the pro's and con's of running my own webserver? I've had a look round but fail to see any benefit's doing this. Or am I missing something? for instance, as I dual boot and my partner need's access to window's does that mean that to run a webserver I'd have to have an additional pc? and just access it from my main machine to do mod's etc to my web pages/site? Sorry if this sound's stupid, but I'd like to get a website up and running, and the more I read about this, the more I get confused. Thanks in advance for any advice/suggestions you can offer regards John [moved from Software by spinynorman]

Well I've binned the drweb antivirus anyway now! Thanks for the input everyone, it's more to do with "STILL" having too much windows crap floating round in my head - and/or trying to run my system responsibly so that i wouldn't be in a position of forwarding anything "IF" I got it. As for firewall's, well I use a hardware firewall, because I tried shorewall when I first had mandy installed, as well as guarddog, etc etc, but I'm obviously too stupid to understand how to config them, as all they seemed to do was stop me accessing the net! Thanks again regards John

It look's like I'll end up taking Soulse's advice and see what else is available. regards John

Bump please ??? ta a lot John

If I was a regular windows user, I wouldn't hesitate to have an AV facility! Now I appreciate all the stuff about the additional security of being a linux user etc etc, but when I first installed version 10 official, I noticed that it had drweb on the disc (well ok, it may have shown up from plf or something as I've got the various available sources configured via the easy urpmi site). But in truth, I haven't got the faintest idea of what it's doing (if anything) or how it work's/config/etc etc the only thing I do know is that when it installed, it installed a "user" called drweb which being passworded meant that I had to change the password (which i did). So if I then log in as drweb, I can see the various files in it's home directory. I've had a go at reading them, but really don't understand what either I, or it is supposed to do. does anyone know anything about this app and how to make it work ?? regards John

Yup I got that as well. definitely good news regards John

Yup, pretty much. regards John

Hum, curious. "Guess the hidden agenda" isn't alway's the easiest of games to play! And by that, I mean possible Questar or Dell. MS doesn't have a hidden agenda - their's is blatantly obvious. I mean, could it be something as basic as Questar trying to improve sales of Dell equipment? or maybe Dell trying to hedge their bet's (given MS's previous tactic's when dealing with OEM's who try to offer "choice")??? Or maybe you have seen something I haven't and understand that there's more to it, than meet's the eye ?? regards John

Well as I mentioned, the "delicious" irony of being able to use a full blown MS app amuses the hell out of me. In truth, the only reason that I (well "we" really) have MS office is because my partner's a teacher and her school only has windows/MS. She refuses to learn anything else citing that she's got enough "on her plate" without trying to learn how to use different software (which IMO is a crap excuse, but.....!). But Abiword ? Last time I saw a write up on office suite's "they" weren't overly critical, but they also weren't full of praise. Hence until I got MSO installed, Id alway's used openoffice - the author's of the write up, reckoned that it was second only to MSO, but represented far, far better value for money (It tied Openoffice with star office, the only critical comment of star office being that while there's a database facility available (I believe, I'm trying to remember what the article said), and that it's only about the 50 quid mark, as Openoffice is a free download it was better VFM). Still, maybe if/when I next do an upgrade, I might give abiword a go. definitely sound's interesting. I also like the windows based "jellyfish backgammon", and intend to have a go at installing that. Then I doubt whether Id ever boot back into windows (which would be nice). regards John

Sometime ago, a copy of linuxformat magazine dropped onto my door mat. I had a "rave revue" of codeweavers crossover office amongst the pages. I read, and digested the article. It made it sound so good, I figured that I had to "give it a whirl". But having considered my "preponderance" for meddling, I decided to pay that little extra for a CD copy (you get to download it as well, while waiting for the CD to arrive). So anyhow, I installed it closely followed by MS office 2000. The only minor problem that arose was that it would install disc 1, but it didn't want to entertain the second disc (MSoffice 2000 premium is 4 cd in total). Since then, I've meddled lot's, trying other distro's (gentoo, debian, knoppix on hard drive, slackware), and messed about with my partition scheme etc etc (I'm sure you get the picture). Anyhow, after the last distro tryout (gentoo), I managed to screw it up gloriously, and decided to return to the fold and got myself a copy of mandy 10 official, a powerpack dvd. Which is what I'm currently using. But there's also been more about crossover in Linux format, so i've only just remembered that I had the CD of it. So I've just installed that, then dived off to codeweavers site and because I originally bought the CD version (presumably) I've just been able to upgrade it to the latest 3.0.1 version gratis. I've just had a quick go at producing my first MS word document and for good measure, printed it off. I can't help but laugh, at the irony of using a full blown Microsoft product under mandrake, with a pleasant kde background. :lol: So for no other reason than my own amusement, I thought I'd include a screenshot of mandrake 10, using KDE with MS word and Internet explorer open. regards John

You could have a look at the Linux format magazine site and search it for "smart boot manager". They use it to boot their DVD's/CD's when they put more than one distro on it. I seem to recall that it goes on a floppy and then you'd boot it from there. BUT, as to whether you'd be able to install mandrake move from the disc is a different matter. Either that, or check out the website of the magazine that you got and see what it say's. regards John

Not too sure but I seem to recall that you'd need to have a floppy bootable version of the kernel. Because if I look in my /boot the vmlinuz image, initrd and some other associated files come to a lot more than 1.4 meg's (the vmlinuz alone is 1.4 meg's). Bearing in mind that a floppy capacity is only 1.4 meg's. Have you tried making a boot floppy in the mandrake control centre (configure my computer) ? It should either make the floppy or tell you what's missing (if my memory serves me correctly). Hope this help's a little regards John

Sincerest condolensces :lol: Still, look on the bright side, you've also got (arguably) the loudest celebrity fan on the Radio 1 brekkie show regards John

Ha, as promised in the reply email I sent earlier, it's me that you've been "corresponding" with re: the DoS thing. Southend's nice, Basildon's a dump and my nearest "big" place has a cooler footie team sponsor than Southend could ever have! Check out "Skint record's" you'll know where I am. Actually I've been floating around since the old mandrake users board and the day's of "Omar Serendipity" ???? He helped me big time when I first got into the "linux racket" with a speedtouch usb adsl modem, which I decided was crap - eventually. Anyhow, re your post Norm, yes it's excellent to see that Dell are offering Linux system's (again - I say that, because about 6 month's to a year ago, one of the guy's at my LUG got a dual Xeon system from Dell, but he had to go through Dell (US) to get it. I seem to remember the system had Redhat installed. He was, at the time, a gentoo developer, then changed to Fedora for a little while, but obviously wasn't happy with that, as he dropped that quite quickly. I'm not sure whether it was connected with his getting a proper linux job with a company not too far from Gatwick). I suppose that what I'm trying to relate is that there's more stuff out there that we're led to believe that can have pre installed linux (of whatever flavour). I just wonder how long it will be before Dell drop the offering, when MS see fit to dump on them (again?) with License flavoured crap??? Keep up the good work's. You and the other mod's seem to be doing "a totally excellent job". rebards John P.S. Wasn't it because of "License flavoured crap" that Mesh (or was it Evesham) dropped the Mandrake installed system ??? (or was it just that was how I saw it at the time - let's face it, it wouldn't ever have been a big seller, because the "average Joe Public" hasn't got a clue that there's anything other than MS)

Oh right, thank's bvc, I'll check those out now. regards John

So if I want to find an iconset that should work within gnome, is it that they are specific for kde or gnome? if so, does anyone have a link to gnome iconset's? Also, if I look at the different iconsets that I've already got how do I tell what size to use ? (bearing in mind that I'm using noia icon's with kde, but when I look to see what's available in that directory, I have 32x32, 48x48, etc etc) regards John