illogic-al

get thee to CVS!

barring that try here

http://peoples.mandrakesoft.com/~lmontel/k...kde-3.2-alpha2/

it says alpha 2 but they look beta 1ish to me :D

hope this works.

I DID IT. was as simple as going to the reg expr part of tha manual. and now i give you, tha

if  (ereg("(tutorials)", $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]))

blardewaw afro

Make a logo for slicker and forever be immortalized in HTML.

check it out if you dare! do you dare? do you? do you really?!

http://slicker.sf.net/contest.php

well there really isn't any "improper" source so that's be a yes

Re: [Cooker] what's all this then?

 

On 26. October 2003 at 14:36, illogic-al wrote:

 

> ftp://mandrake.redbox.cz/Mandrake-iso/i586/ 

> 

> Mandrake92-updated-cd1.iso ISO 665,094 KB 2003.10.24 18:09:00 

>  Mandrake92-updated-cd2.iso ISO 664,858 KB 2003.10.24 18:22:00 

>  Mandrake92-updated-cd3.iso ISO 664,858 KB 2003.10.24 18:30:00 

>  Mandrake92-updated-cd4.iso ISO 658,006 KB 2003.10.24 18:39:00 

 

this is self made (unauthorized) iso images with recent mdk updates

which made by admin of this redbox site..

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GQ-08: How To Migrate from Windows to Linux

OK, this is it. I've been meaning to, and now I've finally gone and done it. The definitive guide, remember that as you rip this to shreds.

Prep Work

This guide was made under the assumption that the people reading this are solely Windows XP users who want to switch to or try out the Gnu/Linux operating system (OS). All this means is that the instructions are XP-cific. Heh, I made a funny. The users of other Windows OSes can still follow and generally be guided in the right direction.

The first thing to do is to get some info on your system's innards.

• Boot up into Windows. When you're finally logged in and on the desktop find the My Computer icon.
   
  
• Right-click the My Computer icon and from the menu that pops up select Properties (on the bottom).
   
  
• When the System Properties window pops up click on the Hardware tab and then the Device Manager button.
  You should now see a tree view of all the hardware that is recognized by the OS.
   
  
• Write down the name and model of the
  
  • Video Card
    Sound Card
    Modem/Ethernet Card
    Monitor - You should also have/get the horizontal and vertical frequencies of your monitor (available in user manual) although you may not need it.
    Any hardware you stuck in there. e.g. TV Card.
    

• Now I've heard that you should defrag your hard drive because unless you have a second, you'll have to partition your drive. I usually skip the defragger and just use Partition Magic. There are also other alternatives (more on this later).
  If you choose to defrag, depending on the size of your hard drive, you'll have a (long) while to wait.
   
  
• After you finish defragging do it again. This is just because the provided Windows app never does it totally properly the first time. Speaking of the defragger it can be found in the Start Menu at All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter
  

Obtaining Linux

If you have a dial-up connection I suggest you buy or borrow a copy from someone.

If you have high speed Internet access and a CD burner you may download ISO files which can then be burned as CDs. As always I recommend starting with Mandrake Linux because its easy to install and use (and looks good). Redhat and SuSE are other downloadable options.

If you like it after you try, then by all means buy a boxed copy when you see it in a store. Boxed versions have more software than is available for downloabable edition,come with support and for good documentation (in the case of Mandrake and SuSE). I've never bought a boxed Redhat product :-/ Let's recap.

• If you don't have a CD burner, buy or borrow the disks.
   
  
• If you do have a burner:
  Get to a download site and get the ISOs. ISO files are CD images, i.e. they are replicas of CDs which can produce new CDs when used with a CD burning utility.
   
  
• The FAQ section has how tos on CD burning IM-13: Copying & Burning CD's with K3b or CL-06: How to burn data CDs from the command line?
  

Space

• If you can afford it, get thee a new hard drive. A 20 gig 5400 rpm Hard Drive probably is around $40 now. It's pretty cheap.
   
  
• If you can't afford it then you'll have to repartition. If you use Mandrake (MDK), they have a partition app that works with NTFS and FAT32 formatted disks. Be careful however. Defrag then back up all essential data. Shit can still happen.
  There are also commercial and free partition resizing programs available. The best IMO is Partition Magic, but there is also the Ranish Partition Manager, which is free.
   
  
• Set aside at least 1 gig for Linux, 2 if possible, 5 at best.
   
  
• If you can get that 20 gig HD I'd recommend 9.x gigs for Linux and 10 for a FAT32 formatted disk (you actually only get 19.something gigs from a 20 GB HD).
  The FAT32 partition is for stuff like Documents, Movies and Music to share between Windows and Linux. You see, Linux can see Windows data but Windows can't see stuff in Linux, (it's just not that advanced, and 'cuz windows sucks!)
  

Installing Linux

• If your computer is old, you may need to go into the BIOS and enable the computer to boot from a CD-ROM first (as in before anything else). The motherboard/computer manual should tell you how to do this. In case you've lost it, the manuals are usually available online as well.
   
  
• Pop the burnt CD into the CD drive and wait for the magic to happen. On the MDK CD1 are webpages walking you through the install process. You can view these in Internet Exploder (IE), or a proper browser like Netscape, Mozilla or Opera.
   
  
• Once you've started the install just read carefully and follow the instructions. The installer will ask for confirmation before making any earth shattering changes to your PC.
   
  
• Don't bypass adding a normal user account and password for that account, even if you don't want to have to type it in everytime you log on. That would kind of defeat the whole security aspect of Linux. You can always select to automatically log in when booting up, thereby bypassing the log in screen, but those not physically on your computer will have a hard time getting in without that :)
  Also don't forget to add a root user password.
  

Migrating

This is the fun part! I guess I could've called it "Gettin' the hell outta Dogde!" but I thought that was a bit much. Now that you've used Linux and fell in love with it you'll eventually stop using Windows and want to get rid of it (after all it's taking up valuable mp3 space). Let the migration begin.

• Once in Linux you can set it up to migrate a lot of (or a little of, or all of, depending on what you have) your important data from Windows. You'll have to be able to read data from your Windows partition. MDK 9 and above will be able to set this up automatically.
   
  
• To learn how to do it manually drop by mandrakeusers.org and use the search button :P It's been asked a couple of times. Also it may be in the mandrakeusers.org faq section now.
  

.:.Bookmarks.:.

• Practically all major Linux browsers are capable of importing IE bookmarks (Opera, Konqueror, Mozilla).
  The IE bookmarks for XP, 2000 can be found in:
  C:Documents and Settings%username%Favorites
   
   
  
• If you were using Mozilla, Netscape or Opera in Windows the bookmark files can just be copied to your $HOME directory where $HOME=/home/name_of_user.
  Linux doesn't have Program Files directories instead it has hidden directories where these files are usually stored. These directories have a . before them. e.g. The mozilla directory is

  .mozilla

  
  

.:.Address Book.:.

It is possible to copy your address book info to Linux. Both Kmail and Evolution are able to do this. To my knowledge KMail (which is a part of KDE) does it better.

Kmail can import from Outlook Express 4 and 5 folders, Eudora's address book and MS Exchange PABs, while Evolution AFAIK can import Outlook Express 4 .mbx files.

.:.Documents.:.

Programs, Programs, Programs

Now that you've copied those .doc, .ppt and other files you'll probably need to need to open and edit or at least look at them sometime. Linux has multiple solutions to this problem.

I've found out that there's already a site that does this so I'll link it but give my list too anyways. I spent too much time makin' it look pretty to just let it go like that!

Anyhoo, I'll list the main ones that I use here. Feel free to e-mail to get a prog added to my list. Oh yeah, and just because something isn't on my list doesn't mean that there isn't a Linux analog. It just means I don't know about or use it.

And now, without further ado, THE LIST:

Office Software

Staroffice/OpenOffice (OO.o) Microsoft Office

OO.o Writer  Word

OO.o Presenter  PowerPoint

OO.o Adabas D  Access

OO.o Calc  Excel

Kmail/Sylpheed  Outlook Express/Eudora

Kontact/Evolution  Outlook

Kmail/Evolution  Exchange

Quanta 3.2  Frontpage

Dia  Visio

Audio Player

XMMS    Winamp 2.xx

juK  Windows Media Player (WMP)/RealOne

RealOne/Realplayer  RealOne

Amarok  Winamp

Zinf  WMP/RealOne

and much  much more

Instant Messaging

GAim/Kopete    All in one Messengers, eg. Trillian

Gaim/Kopete  Aim

aMSN/Kmerlin  MSN messenger

Gaim/Kopete/Licq  ICQ

Gaim  Yahoo Messenger

Multimedia

Webbrowser Plugins

Mozplugger  Active X plugins

Flash  Flash

Adobe Acrobat  Adobe Acrobat

Real  Real

Not yet  Shockwave

Video Players

Xine/Mplayer/Ogle  WinDVD

Xine/Mplayer  Quicktime

Xine/Mplayer, et al  DivX Player/WMP

Graphics, 3D Renderers

Blender    Bryce

Gimp/Gimp 1.3  Photoshop/Paintshop Pro

Web Browsers

Mozilla/Opera    Browsers w/ Integrated Mail

Mozilla  Internet Exploder (IE)

Konqueror  IE

Opera  IE

Mozilla  Netscape

Miscellaneous

IRC clients

XChat/KSirc/Konversation  Mirc

FTP clients

Gftp/Kbear  CuteFtp/WS_ftp/

FTP Servers

Pure-ftpd/Proftpd  War FTP

Web Servers

Apache/Apache2  Nuff Said

::References::

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/me looks at rcxau

Are there any good tutorials for apache2 on mandrake 9.2 and https

 

I'm having a horrid time getting  vhosts to work in https mode.

 

If the site works in https mode then normal http doesnt work and vicea versa.....

I'm trying something out w/ php but I'm kinda stuck now and the manuals kinda long.

k here goes. I have this one one of my pages

  if  (strstr($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"], "tutorials.html"))

 {

 }

which is basically supposed to show up tutorials in the menu if the current page is tutorials.html. I just realized that this is pretty useless since all the links on the tutorails page point to the same thing. I want to do something like match a regular expression (i think that what it's called) so i would have something like

  if  (strstr($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"], "tutorials*.html"))

 {

 }

where * would be the actual tutorial pages. So if you're on one of those pages, and want to get to another tutorial, just click on that link.

help

Well, that sucks, I guess I'll be waiting alitle longer to install 9.2....

you have one of those CDs?

 

No, I ordered the download edition on CD from www.cheapbytes.com but it should be here tommorrow or monday.

 

Does anybody know if it's the installer or the driver? If it's just he installer, I could just dissable that drive for the install and use my burner, then reconnect the LG once I'm done installing.

disconnect the LG then install.

Has anyone found out if it is the installer or the driver that causes this?

from GC cooker ML

[Cooker] [iMPORTANT] [uPDATED: origin of the problem found] 9.2 install potentially frying some LG cdrom drives

 

From: 

Guillaume Cottenceau <gc@mandrakesoft.com>

 

 

To: 

cooker@linux-mandrake.com

 

 

CC: 

expert@linux-mandrake.com

 

 

Date: 

Today 05:12:39 pm

 

 

Guillaume Cottenceau <gc@mandrakesoft.com> writes:

 

> For the moment, it seems it's related to LG CRD-84xx drives.

 

Ok, here's status: Nicolas Planel found the origin of the

problem. It's the "packet writing support" for cd/dvd burners

that was introduced on 15th of August, changelog reading:

 

- 2.4.22-rc2q5.

      [...]

  * add packet cdvd support (svetoslav).

 

What amazes me is that we've had it in the kernel of 9.2-RC1 and

9.2-RC2, and it still managed to be, erhm, "featured", in the

final version. All people who say we should do more beta and RC

versions see that such a big problem passed one month of

RC-testing... Real problem would perhaps be to enlarge our

testing community? Anyway, that's not the topic for this day :).

 

I've passed suggestions to our management as to what to do now -

I think we should act *fast* and be responsible, but I don't know

what will be decided exactly.

 

By the way, latest list:

 

fried:

COMPAQ CRD-8322B(CP1)

CRD-8400B (machine: Dell Optiplex gx1)

CRD-8400B (machine: IBM PC 300 PL)

CDR-8400B(mi)

CRD-8400C

COMPAQ CRD-8402B

LG CRD-8480C (machine: Old Dell XPS T650r)

GCR-8481B (machine: Dell Optiplex gx270; rom: 1.06; date: jun 2003)

CRD-8482B (machine: Dell Optiplex GX1)

GOLDSTAR CDR-8482B (machine: HP Vectra VL400; firmware: 1.01)

CRD-8482B (Dell Precision 220, rom: 1.05)

LG ???? (machine: HP Vectras VL4xx)

GCC 4480B DVD/CD-R/RW/CDROM (firmware 1.00 - upgrading firmware to 1.01 workarounds problem)

 

work:

LG GMA-4020B DVD-RW

LG GCC-4120B CDRW/DVD

LG CD-RW CED-8080B DVD/CD-R/RW/CDROM

LG CD-RW CED-8120B (motherboard: ASUS K7M)

HL-DT-ST GCC-4480B (machine: Shuttle SB 62 G2 - i865/ICH5; firmware 1.01 - WARNING, firmware 1.00 is reported to have the fry problem!)

HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4480B (motherboard: ASUS A7N8X-Deluxe)

HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR8161B (motherboard: Soyo)

HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8240B

HL-DT-ST GCE-8481B CD-CDRW (chipset: SIS 651/962)

HL-DT-ST CD-ROM GCR-8520B

HL-DT-ST GCE-8520B (motherboard: ASUS P4P800)

 

-- 

Guillaume Cottenceau -http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/

thanks for bringing that to my attention. we helped each other out there :D

Well, that sucks, I guess I'll be waiting alitle longer to install 9.2....

you have one of those CDs?

 

No, I ordered the download edition on CD from www.cheapbytes.com but it should be here tommorrow or monday.

 

Does anybody know if it's the installer or the driver? If it's just he installer, I could just dissable that drive for the install and use my burner, then reconnect the LG once I'm done installing.

i just realize that i made mistake should be

export SETUP_CDROM=/path/to/install/cd

Turns out that "fix" made no difference at all, still won't show the license agreement.  Also, I installed 9.2 fresh on another machine, and get the EXACT same problem.  I think it's something to do with the version of gcc/glibc that is breaking the install script.

 

Has ANYONE gotten UT2k3 to successfully install on 9.2...???

what install script you using? linux_installer.sh?

did you follow the faq instructions exactly or just added SETUP_CDROM=/path/to/install/cd

i have, that's when i made the modification to the FAQ insturctions

does konqueror work in kde or any other WM (blackbox , ICEwm)?

does /home/user1/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/bookmarks.xml exist?

I installed 9.2 using my LG GMA-4020B DVD-RW.....no probs.

Here it is, I have an entry from my fstab, and just need to know exactly how to edit it to make it user mountable and unmountable

 

//zaurus/home /mnt/Zaurus smbfs username=% 0 0

 

thanks

//zaurus/home /mnt/Zaurus smbfs user,username=% 0 0

that may work. it works for normal files systems

Well, that sucks, I guess I'll be waiting alitle longer to install 9.2....

from cooker ML. thought i'd drop a note here

From: Guillaume Cottenceau <gc@mandrakesoft.com>

Reply-To: cooker@linux-mandrake.com

To: cooker@linux-mandrake.com

Cc: kernel@mandrakesoft.com

Subject: [Cooker] [iMPORTANT] 9.2 install potentially frying some LG cdrom drives

Date: 22 Oct 2003 13:59:26 +0200

Hi,

 

Several people are reporting that installing the 9.2 totally

fried their LG cdrom drive. Luis Alves on cooker is reporting

that problem on an IBM PC 300 PL machine, with a LG CRD-8400B. On

MandrakeClub an article[1] reports that this happens on a Dell

Optiplex GX1 machine, with CRD-8482B and CRD-8400B models.

 

I've had confirmations that with another LG model, the HL-DT-ST

CD-ROM GCR-8520B, 9.2 worked nice (e.g. did NOT do any damage to

the cdrom drive). Also, with the HL-DT-ST CD-ROM GCR-8522B,

9.2rc2 worked nice (it's then -probable- 9.2 will work nice).

 

For the moment, it seems it's related to LG CRD-84xx drives.

 

Please, every people with an LG model who already installed 9.2

(download or powerpack), please report the model of your LG

drive, and whether it's still alive or not :). Please ask that

also to your friends who don't read cooker/expert lists. Also, in

the following days, one might consider not installing 9.2 with LG

drives, until we can provide a workaround to the problem.

 

 

You can have exact model name of your cdrom by looking at the

corresponding proc file. For example, if your CDROM is the first

IDE medium of your second IDE adapter, its name is "hdc" and you

can do the following to see the model:

 

cat /proc/ide/hdc/model

 

You can even do that at the very beginning of the graphical

install, by going to the second console (Ctrl Alt F2) and typing

the previous command. This should be safe as the "fry" always

occurs at the beginning of the package installation. Then, reboot

your computer.

 

 

Thanks!

 

 

Ref:

[1] http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?op...c=12568&forum=9

 

--

Guillaume Cottenceau -http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/

well then let's move on to the obvious. what vid card do you have and have you messed around with their settings lately (installed dri or firegl drivers, etc)?

wow. i got a massive temp drop (for me) from 61C to 54C on my overclocked 2000+ (to 2100+).  

you know what this means. time to go 2200  

 

You know the drop only happen when the cpu is idle don't you? Go to 2200 and play a bit of quake, and watch the smoke appears from your cpu but go ahead.. I always like a little bit of destruction (especially if the thing being destroyed is not mine)

 

Anyway, I did try that utitlity and watched my temp drop from high 30s -low 40s to around 33C. Quite a drop for an overclocked 1700+ :)