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The main reason why I liked mldonkey was because of it's ability to use multiple protocalls and control the bandwith for all of them in one location (I have a very asymetical DSL line, so I like to try to save some upload capacity for web browsing, etc). But why would some clients ban others? Did I miss some politics? Also, are you saying that I can take a bittorrent file, and finish it with the edonkey network? That would be really cool :-) Thanks, Andrew

I have just set up Mldonkey to use Bittorrent, and I would like to take my partial downloads and finish them using the mldonkey engine. Does anyone know how to do it? mldonkey is putting the temp files in /var/cache/mldonkey, but it is using names like BT-HSP3WURLIRJV7CSOGVZDUCRZWBOJL73S for the files. Renaming the original to the mldonkey name doesn't seem to work. I would try the mldonkey forums, but they seem to be down now :-(. Thanks! --Andrew

It worked for me with the old 3.1.1 RPMs... I'm just hoping to determine if it's a bug with texstar's rpms, aspell, or kmail itself. Thanks! --Andrew

Is it legal and technically possible to import those templates into OO? Can the official project at openoffice.org use those templates in the official distribution? I can't find any licensing info on the SOT website... --Andrew

I've upgraded to texstar's KDE 3.1.2 (as of Saturday), and have since encountered this bug in Kmail: If I check spelling, and everything is correct, the spelling window shows, but all the controls are disabled. I have to close the window with the window manager. If there are errors, they are corrected, but when it's finished, all the controls become disabled. I close the window, but all the changes are reversed! Does anyone else have this problem? Do the newest RPMs fix the bug (it would take a while to download, lol)? I filed a bug report at bugs.kde.org http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59229. Thanks! --Andrew

Have they made any improvements to Impress? For me, it's the only app in OO that is beaten by PowerPoint. I'm looking at speed, ease of use/polish (there are many niggling bugs in the RPMs shipped with MDK), and good looking design templates (PowerPoint really beats OO in that category). --Andrew

22 4 * * 0 root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.weekly So does this mean that cron.weekly will run at 4:22 AM on Sundays? I'm still having problems with the other parts of my post, so any help is appreciated :-)

Here is what I want to do: I have my main computer running Mandrake 9.1. Each of my parents have a computer, one on 98SE and one on Win2k. I would like to use drakbackup as an automated way to backup all three systems. I've set up samba, and have mounted each system that I want to back up. (/mnt/dell233/jim, /andrew, etc). I also want to back up the Documents folder in my Home directory on my mandrake box. I've set it up so a .tar.gz file is created on the Win2k machine (it has a burner) with all of the right info. It seems to be working, but I still have a few questions, and the MDK docs suck :-( I have set it up as a weekly backup. When will this actually happen? Is there a specific time? What if one of the two Windows machines is off? Is there a way that I can tell drakbackup to wait until they are both on? Does anyone have any experience with the CD backup option? Can I have drakbackup create an ISO file on the Win2k machine ready to burn, along with the rescue capabilities outlined in the help file? I'm also confused about incremental backup. What are they and how are the different from regular backups? Thanks, --Andrew

Perhaps I'm just stupid :wink: , but why do you need 4 IP addresses for 1 server? Are you using 4 network cards? On my machine, using one Dynamic IP (using dyndns), I have ftp, ssh, webmin, all using one IP. I don't see why you would need different IP's for different services. --Andrew

On logout, the X usually restarts, causing the flicker. It's normal, don't worry about it :-) Is you modem a Winmodem? I'm pretty sure that MDK supports winmodems, just make sure to use the Network Connection Wizard (it's in the MDK Control Center, different than the KDE control center) Perhaps you should post your keyboard problem in the Laptop forum. I (unfortunately) don't have one to test on. Soundblaster should work automatically. You can look under hardware in the MDK control center, and it should list it. Try playing some mp3's in XMMS (winamp 2 like mp3 player). I've never had a problem with any creative cards under Mandrake. Zip: Is it parallel or USB? Makes a big difference, but I think they will both work. Scanner: I think MDK only supports USB scanners, but I'm not sure. Try ScannerDrake in the Control Center. Glad to know that your system now boots :-) Make sure to look at other posts on URPMI, texstar/plf, fonts, etc. There is a lot of great info on this board :-) --Andrew

The easiest thing to do is open up the .tar.bz2 in konqueror. Copy the folder inside the bz2 to a directory. Then, load up drakfont, and add the fonts. They will then be avalible to all applications. Note that they are called Bistream Vera, not Vera - I installed them and was wondering where they went at first :wink: The coolest thing is that you can install the fonts on windows as well. They look just as cool :-) --Andrew

If you have a Windows install, you can use Drakfont in the MCC to import your windows fonts. I would also recommend downloading and installing the Bitstream Vera fonts (free from the gnome website). My guess is that you have anti-aliasing on in KDE. Look under fonts, and play with the settings until you are happy. I have all the fonts set to use Vera, with anti-aliasing on. It looks better than my XP box @ work :-). There might be a KDE app. What I would do is set your connection to activate at boot, and run KDE Net Mon. It puts two icons in the systray, one for data in and one for out. They can each have different scales (good for ADSL). Check the MCC, it has a firewall config somewhere in there. I've never used it, but I would guess that it's pretty good. Here is an idea. Go to dyndns.org. You can get a domain for free that works with dynamic IP's. Use the ddclient program. It runs as a service and checks when your IP changes. You can then run really cool things, like an ssh server (urpmi sshd), vnc, apache, etc. Try Quanta as an HTML editor. I've never used it, but it's KDE native, so that has to be a good thing!

I'm looking at the powerpacks now that 9.1 is out. I have some quick questions: 1. Is there any good support included? I seem to hear lots of bad stories about their message boards and email/phone support. 2. I'm running from the downloaded iso's. How do I upgrade to the powerpack version? 3. Any stories about shipping times, etc? Is it relatively safe to buy off of the MDK store? --Andrew

This may sound stupid, but how fast is your computer? How long are you waiting before you force a reboot? My Celeron 433 takes ~30 seconds at that step. Looking at your output, it seems that it might not be a problem with fb0... perhaps some other module is causing problems. Are you hard-rebooting, or using CTRL-ALT-DEL? Look on this board for info on how to boot into runlevel 1. That is single-user, root only. If that works, then we have a place to start at. To reboot from the console, type reboot :-). Shutdown is shutdown -h now. --Andrew

I'm doing this from memory, so I hope it works :-) When you get to the lilo screen, press escape. That will take you to the text prompt. Press tab. That will show the options - windows, linux, etc. I'm guessing you want linux. Type: linux vga=ask and press enter. That should bring up another menu. I think you want mode 0 (0x80) or something like that. That should ensure that MDK isn't trying to switch to the FB console at boot. It may not make a difference, but it's worth a try. What kind of video card do you have? --Andrew

Can you try starting in failsafe, and see how far it gets? Also, I think fb0 is the frame buffer (video card). There is probably a command to disable it at boot, but I forget it, and I'm at work, so perhaps someone else can help you there. --Andrew

I've seen that error often, but it never seems to actually cause any problems. I would guess that something is trying to modprobe the frame buffer driver, and either you don't have that as a module or it's compiled into the kernel. Are you getting any boot messages, service starts, etc? Or just a blank screen? --Andrew

Try running XFdrake at the prompt. That should help you regenerate your config file. You have to use the su (switch user) command to become root. Type su (it defaults to root) and type your password, then run XFdrake. What text editor are you using? Some are more complex (vi, emacs) than others (joe, pico). Before you edit a file, make sure to back up a copy so if you mess up you can just replace it with a backup. Some editors may do this automatically. --Andrew

Open up a console and type xgamma --help. I'm just not sure if changing gamma that way works across reboots/logins. I have a package installed called Kgamma that adds an applet to the KDE Control Center. I *think* I got it from Synaptic/texstar... you'll want to set up Synaptic, etc. There are lot's of posts/HOWTO's on the forum all ready. What did you set your monitor profile to be? You check in the MDK control center -->Hardware. --Andrew

I'm confused as to how the directory layout for cursors should be. Should I have a separate folder for each cursor in the ~/.icons directory? --Andrew

For the future, when doing an install that requires changing partitions, sometimes it's better to back up your data to CD and wipe the drive clean. Especially if Windows is starting to get flakey... If you are familiar with DOS fdisk (*different than linux fdisk!*), use it to make a partition, and leave X gigs at the end of your drive empty for linux. When you install windows, it will only see what you partitioned for it, leaving the rest of your drive clean. Then, when you install Mandrake, simply tell it to use any unpartitioned space. Of course, this only applies to pure windows boxes - you shouldn't have to do this unless you want to change partition sizes after an install. As for speed? I started with MDK 8.2 on a P166 with 64 MB ram. I compiled a lot of my software to speed things up, and i used windowmaker or xfce to make things faster... kde did run, but it was really slow. At one point, I was running on only 2.7 Gb of space, but it worked :-) I'm now on a celeron 433, with 256 MB ram. KDE runs quite nicely, and is perfectly useable. When I want to play quake, I log into failsafe, which is a console only, so Quake gets all the resources it needs. Compared to Windows? Mandrake is infinately better at multitasking, but slower at single-tasking (if that makes any sense). Quake timedemos are virtually identical. To make things run faster? Go to the MDK control center, and look at Drake X Services. Disable what you don't need (think like msconfig in windows). Disable graphical goodies in the KDE control center, and choose a less intense theme. Compile programs from source and optimize for your cpu/architecture. With Linux, you have the power :D! --Andrew

I'm having trouble installing some themes from KDE-look. For example, I've downloaded the tarball fo the dotNET theme. I used: ./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr and then ran make install as root. It appeared to put everything in the right place (/usr/share/apps/kstyle/themes/), and all of the default themes are also in that folder. However, the new themes do not show up in the KDE Control Centre. I tried copying the themes to ~/.kde/share/apps/kstyle/themes, with no effect. How do I get KDE to recognize the new themes? I'm using KDE 3.1, and I'm having the problem with other themes as well. Also, I installed ksplashmanager. It placed a .desktop entry in /usr/share/applnk, but MenuDrake gets it's info from applnk-mdk. Can I just move the entry to the right folder, and run update-menus? Or will that mess things up? Thanks, Andrew

I have always previously installed the kernel source into /usr/src/linux-xxx, and gone through the process of make menuconfig, make dep, etc.... This allows me to remove modules, compile specific modules into the kernel, etc. This (obviously) take much more time, but will it produce a faster kernel than rebuilding the rpm? The other thing is that if I want to apply the swsusp patch, can I somehow apply that to the source rpm? Or am i forced to apply it to the source in /usr/src/linux-mm ? Will that even work? The links on the swsusp home page seemed to be very version specific... Aru: Thanks for the link. A great read :-)

I noticed that OO Impress doesn't seem to have any graphics or templates avalible. I haven't been able to find any on the web - how can I get some? Can I import PowerPoint templates? Also, I would like to take an OO Impress presentation and make it into a Windows executeable so I can use presentations on Windows boxes without OpenOffice. Is there a way to do this, or do I have to save as PowerPoint? Thanks, Andrew

As far as I know, the whole purpose of esd and alsa is to allow multiple sound sources to be mixed and sent to ALSA, which is in the kernel. I think ALSA can only handle one source at a time, so that's why you need esd or Arts. If I'm wrong, please feel free to correct me ;-) I tried using mpg123, but I had to pipe it with artsdsp, so it was even more intensive than xmms. Esd doesn't support nmap, so it doesn't work with quake :-( I'm confused - a Live allows more than one program to open it up for access? In other words, ALSA can run in multiple instances? I had a thought. Some cards allow you to create /dev/dsp, /dev/dsp1, etc which all go to the same card, and then the card does the mixing. How do I know if this is possible with my card? How do I set it up? Thanks, Andrew