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delboy711 Senior user Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 412 Location: Wokingham, UK Post Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2002 2:16 pm Post subject: Printing to Fax through CUPS _________________________________________________________________ Here is the way I send faxes through Open/Star Office or any other application. As described in my previous tip "Printing PDF files with Open/Star Office" a convenient way of printing in OpenOffice is to navigate to /usr/lib/openoffice/program and execute the script ./spadmin in a root terminal. A dialogue box opens which allows you to add a printer. If you define a new printer with the print command qtcups --stdin then Open/StarOffice will show a new printer which when selected allows you to print to any printer known to CUPS. (OR kprinter --stdin if you have KDE3) KDE conveniently supplies three ready defined 'pseudo' printers which when invoked will print to PDF files, to Kmail, or to kdeprintfax. Printing from qtcups to a fax is simply a matter of selecting the Fax pseudo printer. However before it will work you have to configure kdeprintfax KDEprintfax Configuration ----------------------------- kdeprintfax may be started from a console or from 'Kmenu>Applications>Communications>Send a Fax' (ignore K Fax and K Send a Fax) Select Settings>Configure KDEPrintFax Configure your personal details, and telephone number. Kdeprintfax works with two different fax backends efax or hylafax. efax is the easiest to configure, so select that and make sure the efax rpm is installed. The default command string is fine so leave that unaltered. You should also check that the correct serial port is selected The default is /dev/modem which should be a symlink to whichever port your modem is on. Alternatively you can declare the port /dev/ttyS0 etc by selecting 'serial port 0' etc You can test if your serial port is declared correctly by typing in a terminal window echo ath1 > /dev/modem (or /dev/ttyS0 etc )Your modem should click as it goes off Hook. It will go back on hook with the command echo ath0 > /dev/modem Next it is necessary to change the directory used by efax to create a lockfile because users do not have write permission to the default /var/lock directory. Edit the file /etc/fax.config as root ( a convenient root editor is Kmenu>Application>FileTools>FileManager(superuserMode) right click on the target file and select OpenWith>Kedit ) Find the line LOCK='-x /var/lock/LCK..$DEV' and replace it with LOCK='-x /tmp/LCK..$DEV' You are now ready to send faxes Smile You can either select the fax printer when printing from an application, or open kdeprintfax and then drag and drop files from konqueror into the 'File' box. Things to remember ---------------------- 1/ Do pay attention to the kdeprintfax log if a fax will not send. 2/ Do not use any font in a fax which ghostview is not aware of. This means that some Open/StarOffice fonts will cause problems. The symptom will be the print job apparently works, but the fax does not send. Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).

delboy711 Senior user Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 412 Location: Wokingham, UK Post Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2002 11:46 am Post subject: Printing PDF files in Open/Star Office _________________________________________________________________ Printing to PDF Files - Take 1 ---------------------------------- When you want to print a PDF file from Open/StarOffice the obvious way of doing it would appear to be to select 'Print', select the tick box to 'Print to File', and then select PDF as the file type. The file is then written and when you click on the file in konqueror, and your text appears in front of you no problem.. WRONG ======= By following that procedure you have just created a POSTSCRIPT file, not a PDF file. It is easy to be fooled because the default viewer will display both Postscript and PDF files. Printing to PDF Files - Take 2 ---------------------------------- OK. If that is not going to work how about this... You open a root terminal and navigate to the Open/StarOffice executable files. (For Open Office this is /usr/lib/openoffice/program) Then as root you start the configuration utility with ./spadmin A dialogue box appears which offers to let you add a printer. You select 'New Printer' and a dialogue box offers to let you add a 'PDF converter' You are offered the 'default driver' 'Adobe Distiller', or 'another driver' Well you do not have Adobe Distiller since it costs big bucks so you select the default. You are now invited to select the command to drive pdf files. Use this one :- /usr/bin/gs -q -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile="(OUTFILE)" - and give ~/ as the target directory. Now select a name for this new printer and you are finished. Now when you print from Star/Open Office you will have a new printer available, and so long as you have saved the document first you can print to PDF. Unfortunately the output will always be called (OUTFILE) Printing to PDF Files - Take 3 ---------------------------------- So this brings us to my preferred method of printing to PDF files. Run ./spadmin as before and create a new Printer, but declare it to be a normal Printer and in the command line to invoke the printer put qtcups --stdin (OR: If you have KDE3 you can use kprinter --stdin) Give the printer a name and you are done. Now when you print to this printer you are presented with the standard CUPS printer selection dialogue box which allows you to print to any CUPS printer in your network including the PDF pseudo printer supplied by KDE. Selecting the KDE PDF pseudo printer allows you to pick a file name for your pdf file, and then it prints. Very Happy The same qtcups printer will also allow you to print directly to fax. But setting that up will be the subject of another Tip. Last edited by delboy711 on Tue Aug 06, 2002 1:17 pm, edited 1 time in total tobyink Frequent user Joined: 08 May 2002 Posts: 185 Location: London, England Post Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2002 7:53 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ There's also a nice utility ps2pdf which is part of the GhostScript package. It's pretty easy to use: ps2pdf INPUT_FILE_NAME OUTPUT_FILE_NAME Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).

flare Frequent user Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 60 Location: Bournemouth, UK Post Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2002 10:34 pm Post subject: StarOffice 6.0 _________________________________________________________________ I was having problems. I had installed StarOffice 6, it would open up, but never save a document. If I opened up a MS Word doc it would crash. I then read that I had installed it incorrectly. I needed to install it using the workstation version, according to a discussion on MandrakeClub. So I removed the packages, and re-installed. It still came up in the same mode. The tip is to run the setup program /usr/lib/office60_en/setup, this then offers you the chance to remove all the files including the configuration ones. That is not the final bit though, under each user directory there is a file call .sversionrc, remove each one. Now you can run the StarOffice Setup from the Office-->Accessories menu. This time select workstation option. Hope it helps. Buzz_Killer Newbie Joined: 18 Sep 2002 Posts: 18 Location: 24N - 085W Post Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2002 11:21 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ I attempted to follow your adivce and all the setup command did was give me an option to "repair" not uninstall. I chose the repair option and still had the same problem. I cant open word files. Can you refer me to the actual location where you got your info? Thanks for your help. JeroenM Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 594 Location: Leuven, Belgium Post Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2002 10:28 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ I can't fully remember it but you might have to run it as root since you probably installed it as root. Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).

Dutch Frequent user Joined: 05 May 2002 Posts: 76 Location: UK Post Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2002 6:13 pm Post subject: Stealth firewall _________________________________________________________________ (Thanks to rolf for posting this info initially) If you want an easy to configure firewall that gives 'stealth' readings on www.grc.com, you can still use tinyfirewall. Pre-Mdk8.2 it formed part of Control Centre but no longer does, but it is still accessible as it is part of the drakxtools-newt package. Type tinyfirewall at the command line, answer a few Y or N questions, save and exit = stealth firewall in place. Ideal if you haven't got the time to learn/setup/test iptables etc - especially new converts from Windo$e........ Dutch Maciek Frequent user Joined: 04 Jul 2002 Posts: 86 Location: Perth Post Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2002 4:22 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ The scanning at GRC.com is extremely limited. I suggest you try the following sources: http://crypto.yashy.com/nmap.php http://scan.sygatetech.com/ http://www.securitymetrics.com/firewall_test.adp http://www.auditmypc.com/ Use all of them for maximum security, plus use Nessus and nmap from a remote machine. fearby Newbie Joined: 27 Sep 2002 Posts: 9 Post Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2002 9:29 pm Post subject: Type tinyfirewall? _________________________________________________________________ If I type that nothing happens! Using Mandrake 9 - do I need to install any other packages? Dutch Frequent user Joined: 05 May 2002 Posts: 76 Location: UK Post Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2002 9:14 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ AFAIK, Mandrake have removed tinyfirewall from 9.0 - but I'm waiting for the discs to have a look! From what I've read, their replacement firewall seems a bit more problematic..... Dutch LB06 Newbie Joined: 16 Aug 2002 Posts: 4 Location: Hooge Mierde NL Post Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2002 11:42 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Well, it's not Shorewall which is a problem, it's the mcc wizard that causes troubles (or at least in my case). When I first installed MDK9 and went through the connection sharing and firewall wizards properly, but after executing one of those wizards I didn't have internet access anymore (through cable). I configured the config files manually and everything worked properly. It's fully stealth now! tobyl Frequent user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 115 Location: UK Post Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2002 10:31 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ I agree with LB06 If you are worried about getting 'closed' rather than 'blocked' or 'stealth' when using shorewall, Go to /etc/shorewall/common.def, you will see some lines starting run iptables -A common ...... they have REJECT at the end. Change them to DROP I am still experimenting, as there is a REJECT in the policy file, but I don't think this matters as iptables takes up the first option it can, so it never gets there. one last thing, make the changes in the file, then in a terminal as root, type shorewall stop, then shorewall start. This will load yor new config without needing to reboot. Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).

DOlson Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 2393 Location: Canada Post Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 1:51 am Post subject: Digital CD Audio _________________________________________________________________ I added a new tutorial to play digital CD audio in XMMS onto my site. Don't know if you all saw that I added it in the FAQ & HOWTO forum. Lemme know if it was helpful for you. DragonMage Senior user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 391 Location: Hayward, CA Post Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 6:40 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Just a bit of a comment. For your tutorial to work, you have to make sure that xmms-cdread rpm is installed. That rpm is not installed by default in mandrake 8.2 (being that it'is part of the optional packages in cd #3). Otherwise,you cannot see the option of Audiocd reader in the plugin. Other than that, your tip works, thanks DOlson for the tip. DOlson Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 2393 Location: Canada Post Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 8:43 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Thanks for that. I will add that to my tutorial later. Smile Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).

tobyink Frequent user Joined: 08 May 2002 Posts: 185 Location: London, England Post Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 6:13 pm Post subject: Add your system uptime to your MUB signature! _________________________________________________________________ First step is to put your system uptime into an image file. Due to patent issues, we'll be using PNG. Here is a Perl script to do this. It requires Perl and ImageMagick: Code: #!/usr/bin/perl ############################################################################## # uptime2png - Displays your kernel and uptime as a PNG file. # # Copyright (C) 2002 Toby A Inkster # # # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or # # (at your option) any later version. # # # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # # GNU General Public License for more details. # # # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA # ############################################################################## $numberOfArgs = $#ARGV + 1; if ($numberOfArgs < 2) { print STDERR <<EOF; uptime2png - Displays your kernel and uptime as a PNG file. Usage uptime2png [background image] [output image] [colour] ----------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (C) 2002 Toby A Inkster <tobyink@goddamn.co.uk> License: GPL (see source for details) ----------------------------------------------------------- Background image should be roughly 200x50 pixels. It is a required parameter. The output image is also required. To read from/print to STDIN/STDOUT, use "-" as the file name. Both images should be in PNG format. The colour paramenter specifies the colour for the text. It is optional. EOF } else { # Here be monsters... ($s,$d)=split(/load/,`uptime`);($d,$s)=split(/up/, $s);chop($s);chop($s);chop($s);$s=~s/^s//;$s=~ s/s+/ /g;($a,$b,$c)=split(/, /,$s);$s="$a, $b"; if($s=~m/user/){($s,$a)=split(/,/,$s);}$r=`uname -rs`; chomp($r); $UPTIME = $s; $OPERATINGSYSTEM = $r; $INIMG = shift @ARGV; $OUTIMG = shift @ARGV; $COLOUR = shift @ARGV; $COLOUR = 'black' if ($COLOUR eq ''); $cmd = "convert -fill $COLOUR -draw " . "'text 20,20 "$OPERATINGSYSTEM" text 20,38 "Uptime: $UPTIME"' " . "png:$INIMG png:$OUTIMG"; system($cmd); } Put this in a cron job to create a new PNG every few minutes. Also as part of your cron job, upload it to your webspace. ncftpput will be your friend. Then, in your MUB signature, embed that image. DOlson Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 2393 Location: Canada Post Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 7:30 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ I was wondering how to do that, really. But anyhow, I wouldn't be doing that on this system, as I shut it down at night now. Why? Because it's too bloody hot here! But my server... Hmm... Maybe I will do it for my server. delboy711 Senior user Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 412 Location: Wokingham, UK Post Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 9:44 pm Post subject: Nice _________________________________________________________________ Very nice. I had to make two changes to get it to run on my system. Quote: Both images should be in PNG format. The colour paramenter specifies the colour for the text. It is optional. EOF } else { I had to put a new line before the EOF or else it would not compile when no arguments are given. (I do not know why) Quote: $cmd = "convert -fill $COLOUR -draw " convert could not find the default font, so I had to change this to $cmd = "convert -font /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/n019043l.pfb -fill $COLOUR -draw " theYinYeti Senior user Joined: 13 May 2002 Posts: 452 Location: Cannes (France) Post Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 8:56 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ My system up-time is always less than 12 hours, because I shut it down on night. It's better for the planet. Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).

Dutch Frequent user Joined: 05 May 2002 Posts: 76 Location: UK Post Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2002 4:02 pm Post subject: Mandrake custom menu problem in KDE3 _________________________________________________________________ If you are using KDE3.XX, you may find that if you revert to the standard KDE menu, Menudrake may not get you back to the custom Mdk menus - this may be because Menudrake recognises KDE2 settings. If you have this problem, enter Menudrake and select the Mdk menu, - select 'all environments' in the environments menu - save and exit then go to your home directory - show hidden files - open .menu file and if you see an empty document called 'disable_mdk_customization', simply rename it 'enable_mdk_customization'. Boot back into KDE and hopefully the Mdk menus will be back. Dutch Germ Frequent user Joined: 18 May 2002 Posts: 25 Post Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2002 11:42 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Thanks for the info. Smile Germ Dutch Frequent user Joined: 05 May 2002 Posts: 76 Location: UK Post Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2002 6:37 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Glad it's helped Very Happy Dutch Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).

bil2 Newbie Joined: 18 May 2002 Posts: 24 Post Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2002 1:30 am Post subject: Linux books _________________________________________________________________ Can anyone recommend books for learning linux. I really need help in the basics: including the file system, rpms, tar, editors, shell, commands, kernal, and much more.[/code] Locke Frequent user Joined: 17 Jul 2002 Posts: 26 Post Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 2:33 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Use the Internet it will help you, here some links. http://www.mandrakecampus.com/ http://selflinux.sourceforge.net/ http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ and read the mandrake manuals (install and reference). When you know the basics it would be no problem to learn from the howtos and the manpages. CU JeroenM Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 594 Location: Leuven, Belgium Post Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 7:33 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ more links: www.mandrakeuser.org pretty obvious. Bluebeard Senior user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 386 Post Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 7:46 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ I have given up on Linux books because most are out of date by the time they hit the shelves. I have downloaded and printed out the material I wanted since paper, ring binders and ink refills are cheaper in the long run aside from being more up-to-date. Here is one of the most important sites not mentioned so far: http://www.tldp.org , home of the How-To's and mini How-To's, faqs, etc. Another userful site is http://linuxgazette.com . Bluebeard. static Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 313 Location: Canada Post Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 8:48 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ I found Hack-Proofing Linux to be excellent. It didn't just teach me how to make the most secure box around - it taught me how to hack!! (basically teaches how to hack so that you can protect yourself) but therefore (indirectly) taught me my way around linux and how to be an effective admin to my own (or a company's ;) network/linux box. Trust me - an AWESOME purchase. Found it cheap used on amazon. I'll send the ISBN# to anyone who PM's me for it... ramfree17 Moderator Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 1262 Location: Philippines Post Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 10:21 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ hey static, why not put the ISBN# here? Confused ciao! bil2 Newbie Joined: 18 May 2002 Posts: 24 Post Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2002 5:22 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Thanks for all the links folks! And, of course, I always learn alot reading posts and replies right here. Without this forum, I would have lost interest long ago. Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).

arriagga Newbie Joined: 07 May 2002 Posts: 5 Location: Dominican Republic Post Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2002 10:15 pm Post subject: Wab files _________________________________________________________________ can anyone tellme, how can i import my contact list (which is wab file) from outlook express 6 to kmail ?, i've being trying with kmail import but it doesn't recognise wab files. Crying or Very sad ramfree17 Moderator Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 1262 Location: Philippines Post Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2002 11:53 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ i thought outlook uses pst to store addresses and emails? my officemate only backsup pst files and can recover his addressbook during re-intalls (how predictable). or am i not paying much attention to his joys of reinstalling? Wink ciao! Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).

RMXO Frequent user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 90 Location: Silicon Valley, CA Post Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2002 8:10 am Post subject: Thinking of buying a laptop & want to run MDK? _________________________________________________________________ If you are thinking of buying a laptop & wondering if the hardware will work in Linux. Go to this site & download & burn it to CD: http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html. Bring this CD to the place u are planning to buy the laptop from & pop in the CD & boot up. It will detect the hardware on the laptop. Real neat tool. Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).

CloakedPenguin Frequent user Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 119 Location: Tampa, FL Post Posted: Sun May 05, 2002 3:59 am Post subject: NEWBIE WARNING! Don't mess with your runlevel _________________________________________________________________ Hi there fellow Newbies. Just wanted to warn you do not mess with you runlevel configuration! I thought by changing from runlevel 5 (which it should stay at until you become a seasoned professional unlike myself) to runlevel 4 that my system would run faster by lowere the graphics detail some. WELL! I was unable to log into anything, all I got was a non-graphical command promt for logging into linux, and couldn't get back into the graphical part of Linux (ie KDE or GNOME). To fix this I had to re-insert my cd-rom 1 and do an upgrade-install, luckily it worked and after going through all that I was able to go back to graphical mode. NOW! I'm sure there was an easier way to get back to a graphical based linux, but I didn't know the commands. If anyone knows the commands to do such when you have the prompt (i e to change the run level please post it below). Just wanted to share this story of stupidity with other Newbies out there... don't mess with it unless you are pretty darn sure you know what it's gonna do... LOL Moderators, please feel free to move this should you feel it should go somewhere else. DOlson Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 2393 Location: Canada Post Posted: Sun May 05, 2002 4:12 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ You should only use runlevel 3 or 5... Here is the table of runlevels: 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this) 1 - Single user mode 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking) 3 - Full multiuser mode 4 - unused 5 - X11 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this) As you can see, you set yours to an unused one... Bad move. illogic-al Senior user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 358 Location: Smack dab in the middle of it all. Post Posted: Sun May 05, 2002 4:49 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ and to change runlevel we can do init 3 for runlevel 3 or init 5 for runlevel 5 I never tried runlevel 4 before. It only gives you a command prompt eh? I feel prank coming. Very Happy phazeman Frequent user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 43 Post Posted: Sun May 05, 2002 10:57 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Actually you can avoid the change of the runlevel by choosing the 'failsafe' option in the LILO menu, and then starting the console + network . It does the same thing. cannonfodder Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 1056 Location: Rochester, NY, USA Post Posted: Mon May 06, 2002 12:50 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ CloakedPenguin, its ok to change your runlevel. You just didn't know what you were doing. But that's ok too Smile One idea behind linux is you can screw around with your system and possibly fudge things up, but its just a learning experience. So other users, go ahead and make your day! Change your runlevel! thayne Senior user Joined: 29 Apr 2002 Posts: 401 Location: Your dreams Post Posted: Mon May 06, 2002 9:16 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ I use runlevel 3 on my machines by default, mainly for security reasons, and use 'startx' whenever I want kde. Never heard of run level 4 phazeman Frequent user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 43 Post Posted: Mon May 06, 2002 9:20 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ i know that if you use KDE3, you should use Xtart. It's better. There is a update for it on the mandrake updates page. DOlson Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 2393 Location: Canada Post Posted: Mon May 06, 2002 6:17 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ If you want to run KDE3, why not just type in kde3 and hit enter? That *should* do it. And runlevel 3 r0X0rZ!!! cannonfodder Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 1056 Location: Rochester, NY, USA Post Posted: Mon May 06, 2002 6:29 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ *shuffle shuffle shuffle* Cannonfodder hunting for his dictionary of mangled Englsh CloakedPenguin Frequent user Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 119 Location: Tampa, FL Post Posted: Mon May 06, 2002 7:52 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ um I tried that.... but I now have taken KDE off my computer and only have GNOME... my computer runs much faster now!!!!! OMG unbelievable! I can't believe how fast it runs.... zoom zoom.... illogic-al Senior user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 358 Location: Smack dab in the middle of it all. Post Posted: Mon May 06, 2002 10:34 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Odd. I find gnome to be even more resource hungry than kde(3). Did you do anything special? DOlson Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 2393 Location: Canada Post Posted: Mon May 06, 2002 11:01 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Same here. I can't stand Gnome. Once, I forced myself to use it for a week straight. Couldn't do it. I switched back to KDE2.2.2 after about... oh, 40 minutes or so. I can't get KDE3 to work right. It loads really quickly though. But KDE2.2.2 is just fine for now. I have the extra 9 seconds to spare. CloakedPenguin Frequent user Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 119 Location: Tampa, FL Post Posted: Mon May 06, 2002 11:47 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Nope nothing special just removed KDE and everything is now zooming! It's like a whole new computer! I can't wait to see how it works when I'm through building my computer, and installing it on it. Should really run fast with 2.2 GHZ P4 and 3 Gig of ram.... Twisted Evil xjlittle Frequent user Joined: 04 May 2002 Posts: 33 Post Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2002 8:18 pm Post subject: it rocks! _________________________________________________________________ Yah GNOME Rocks! I switched from KDE a few months ago..and never looked back.. phunni Frequent user Joined: 25 May 2002 Posts: 84 Location: Bristol, U.K. Post Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2002 10:43 am Post subject: Hmmmm... _________________________________________________________________ Seems loads of people are removing KDE from their machines and seeing a speed increase. I use fluxbox, but have left both KDE and Gnome on my machine as I was under the impression that they might be required to run certain apps - was I wrong? What would happen if I remove either Gnome or KDE (or both?)? theYinYeti Senior user Joined: 13 May 2002 Posts: 452 Location: Cannes (France) Post Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2002 1:17 pm Post subject: Re: Hmmmm... _________________________________________________________________ phunni wrote: I use fluxbox, but have left both KDE and Gnome on my machine as I was under the impression that they might be required to run certain apps - was I wrong? What would happen if I remove either Gnome or KDE (or both?)? You were not wrong. IMHO, the way Mandrake's RPMs' packages' dependencies are done, removing either would probably cause about 99.9% of all installed packages to be removed "to satisfy packages dependencies". In theory, though, removing Gnome will just keep you from using applications that use the Gnome libraries, and the same for KDE. So you'd better keep both because a lot of applications use those libraries, regardless of the window manager you're using. But then, if you really want, you can still remove both (my opinion then: just don't use Mandrake, use a mini-distro instead), and: - either hunt for non-KDE non-Gnome alternatives for all your needs, - or get Gtk applications' sources and recompile them without gnome support (those that can). Yves. theYinYeti Senior user Joined: 13 May 2002 Posts: 452 Location: Cannes (France) Post Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2002 1:24 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ illogic-al wrote: I never tried runlevel 4 before I have Wink (I created it on my laptop so that at boot in lilo I can choose to boot in XDMCP mode (slave to the big PC)) Actually, there are more boot levels. I think there is "s" and "S", which are synonyms for "1". But I think I've read that you could create others ("7", "8"...) In fact, if you look at the content of rc0.d and rc6.d, you'll see that all is there (/sbin/halt and /sbin reboot) for runlevels 0 and 6 to behave as expected. There's nothing magic in 0, 1, 3, 5, and 6. It's all convention. If you were a weird person, you could decide that runlevel 0 is for reboot, and runlevel 9 for halting; that would be stupid but doable. Yves. phunni Frequent user Joined: 25 May 2002 Posts: 84 Location: Bristol, U.K. Post Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2002 2:23 pm Post subject: Re: Hmmmm... _________________________________________________________________ theYinYeti wrote: IMHO, the way Mandrake's RPMs' packages' dependencies are done, removing either would probably cause about 99.9% of all installed packages to be removed "to satisfy packages dependencies". In theory, though, removing Gnome will just keep you from using applications that use the Gnome libraries, and the same for KDE. So you'd better keep both because a lot of applications use those libraries, regardless of the window manager you're using. I can see this - so how come some people earlier in this thread have claimed to remove KDE? Do they not wreck their systems? I would love it if there was something to really speed up my system - it is horribly slow. static Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 313 Location: Canada Post Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2002 7:56 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ No - they sure didn't wreck their systems. However, if you're unsure about how to keep the right libraries, wait. There are ways to check for what to keep. But I feel it's the sort of task you have to learn your way to - not have someone just tell you. It's like you have to read all the stuff you find about it instead to understand it when you get it when hunting for it. Other distros don't use RPM's (as talked about in Mandrake vs. Red Hat) and can install required libraries on demand. I had just fluxbox and used everything from guarddog to cdbake oven. Linux is pretty much infinitely customizable. Enjoy the learning process, but even more - enjoy your PC when you're done learning! 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DOlson Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 2393 Location: Canada Post Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2002 11:21 pm Post subject: USB pen drive - GOOD brand to get _________________________________________________________________ I bought a Netac (www.netac.com) 64MB USB Pen Drive today, and let me tell you, it works fine! DiskDrake picked it up no problem. Smile You may want to get one by Netac if you are looking to get one. Here's the one I got: http://www.netac.com/products/View.asp?CodeNo=00000009 The only confusing thing is that it is called a "Bootable Pro" not what is listed on the site, but the specs are the same and it looks the same. Heh. Glitz Senior user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 507 Location: The Great White North Post Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2002 7:30 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ How much did that set you back? (CND $) Glitz? DOlson Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 2393 Location: Canada Post Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2002 8:30 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Sorry it took so long to reply. Heh. Post got lost somewhere.... It was like, $80 or so. Glitz Senior user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 507 Location: The Great White North Post Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2002 4:13 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Hmmmm..., something to think about. Thanks. Glitz. DOlson Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 2393 Location: Canada Post Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2002 4:33 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ No prob. That's Canadian, btw. And prices are constantly falling. mtweidmann Senior user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 468 Location: Loughborough (UK) Post Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2002 10:37 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ I've just bought a pen drive, and it worked first time in Linux. Manufacture is: www.pendrive.com (imagantive site name) Quite reasonable price too from scan.co.uk Now if I could just work out how to get my Mum's win98 laptop to see the stupid thing....... Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).

tross04401 Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 175 Location: Maine (US) Post Posted: Sat May 04, 2002 7:24 pm Post subject: Internet connection tuning _________________________________________________________________ Here is a script I use on my computer that is modified from the QoS_ConnectionTuningHOWTO on the coverdisk of the February, 2002 Linux Format. QoS is quality of service. What the script is doing is enhancing connection speed and response time with QoS, iptables and iproute2. You will need the 2.4.16 kernel or above to use this. What it does is break your upstream connection into two classes. The first class is for interactive connections. It has less bandwidth, but a higher priority. This is for use with small packets ( tcp ack, irc, ssh, telnet, http requests, etc. ) The second class is for large packets ( for example, when someone is grabbing a file from my ftp server, http responses, email with large attachments, peer to peer transfers from my computer, etc. ) Since it's being done by the size of the packets, you don't need to modify things every time you add a different port, ip, or tcp type. This script works fine for me. You might want to adjust it to fit your connection speed. It should be obvious what you'll need to fiddle with - just look for the items with the Kbit suffix and the 0:500 & 500:1500 Just copy the script, modify it as you desire, make it executable and run it as root every time you bring up your network. Code: #!/bin/bash # # Script for my adsl connection. Modified from an article in the Feb 2002 Linux Format ROOT_UID=0 # Only users with $UID 0 have root privileges. E_NOTROOT=67 # Non-root exit error. if [ "$UID" -ne "$ROOT_UID" ] then echo "You must be root to run this script." exit $E_NOTROOT fi iptables -t mangle -A OUTPUT -m length --length 0:500 -j MARK --set-mark 3 iptables -t mangle -A OUTPUT -m length --length 500:1500 -j MARK --set-mark 4 tc qdisc add dev ppp0 root handle 10: cbq bandwidth 10Mbit avpkt 1000 mpu 64 tc class add dev ppp0 parent 10:0 classid 10:1 cbq bandwidth 10Mbit rate 51Kbit allot 1514 prio 1 maxburst 10 avpkt 100 isolated tc class add dev ppp0 parent 10:0 classid 10:2 cbq bandwidth 10Mbit rate 127Kbit allot 1514 prio 8 maxburst 2 avpkt 1500 bounded tc filter add dev ppp0 parent 10:0 protocol ip handle 3 fw flowid 10:1 tc filter add dev ppp0 parent 10:0 protocol ip handle 4 fw flowid 10:2 Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).

theYinYeti Senior user Joined: 13 May 2002 Posts: 452 Location: Cannes (France) Post Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2002 3:16 pm Post subject: WE NEED THAT: Promote Linux while in Windows, seemlessly _________________________________________________________________ We all know how badly Linux need to be recognized as a valid alternative to Windows. The problem is that most surveys for evaluating the market part of each OS is based on the statistics provided by web sites. If that were not bad enough, many of us need to fake IE inside Linux (!) to have access to some web sites, thus making it appear we use Windows when in fact we use Linux. I've just had an idea. We'll use this "faking" possibility the other way around! How? Simple: On every Windows computer you use, be it at home, or at work (as I do right now), use Mozilla 1.0 as the main browser, then download the Useragent Toolbar for Mozilla, and set it permanently to "Mozilla 1.0.0+ Linux", which translates into "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.0+) Gecko/20020518". That way, all your surfing inside Windows will appear to be made from Linux. I've just tested it at http://www.cnil.fr/traces/demonst/config.htm and here's what I'm said: Quote: Nous pouvons voir que votre ordinateur utilise : Linux comme système d'exploitation. Votre navigateur a comme nom de code : Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.0+) Gecko/20020518 In fact, I use Windows 2000. Yves. sisob Senior user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 207 Location: Ireland Post Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2002 4:24 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ by devil, that's just crafty enought to work anon Senior user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 558 Post Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2002 4:35 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Clever stuff, Im doing it now...... Two minutes later..... Yes it works !! Maybe every month or two you should " bump " that tip ?? DragonMage Senior user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 391 Location: Hayward, CA Post Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2002 5:39 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ tricky tricky tricky, I like that. BTW, before I download mozilla for windows, does it support the middle button open a new tab feature? I have been using that feature so long in linux that I forgot that I cannot open a new tab (or windows) when pressing middle button in IE. Just like typing ls in dos instead of dir Smile theYinYeti Senior user Joined: 13 May 2002 Posts: 452 Location: Cannes (France) Post Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2002 7:19 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ anon wrote: Maybe every month or two you should " bump " that tip ?? What does "bump" a message mean? DragonMage wrote: does it support the middle button open a new tab feature? Yes. I do that all the time. The only thing I miss from Galeon is the "auto-create-new-tab on new window request". Thanks for the apreciation Embarassed Smile Yves. anon Senior user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 558 Post Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2002 8:11 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ theYinYeti wrote: anon wrote: Maybe every month or two you should " bump " that tip ?? What does "bump" a message mean? Find an old post that nobody has replied or added to in months, reply to that post with the word " bump " it will then appear in the " new posts ". ie : bump it up to the top of a list of new messages etc theYinYeti Senior user Joined: 13 May 2002 Posts: 452 Location: Cannes (France) Post Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2002 9:47 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ anon wrote: reply to that post with the word " bump " it will then appear in the " new posts " You mean I hit "Post Reply", then just enter "bump" in the text area, and then MUB will interpret it correctly as a request to renew the topic? Or will the "bump" word actually appear as a reply to that topic? After some time, The replies' list may look like: Code: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- theYinYeti MessagePosté le: Jeu 11 Juil 2002 8:19 Sujet du message: bump -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- theYinYeti MessagePosté le: Jeu 11 Sept 2002 8:19 Sujet du message: bump -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- theYinYeti MessagePosté le: Jeu 11 Dec 2002 8:19 Sujet du message: bump Yves. JLP Frequent user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 52 Location: Slovenia Post Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2002 9:53 am Post subject: Done _________________________________________________________________ I did it Smile anon Senior user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 558 Post Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2002 10:46 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ theYinYeti wrote: anon wrote: reply to that post with the word " bump " it will then appear in the " new posts " You mean I hit "Post Reply", then just enter "bump" in the text area, and then MUB will interpret it correctly as a request to renew the topic? Or will the "bump" word actually appear as a reply to that topic? After some time, The replies' list may look like: Code: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On every Windows computer you use, be it at home, or at work (as I do right now), use Mozilla 1.0 as the main browser, then download the Useragent Toolbar for Mozilla, and set it permanently to "Mozilla 1.0.0+ Linux", which translates into "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.0+) Gecko/20020518". That way, all your surfing inside Windows will appear to be made from Linux. theYinYeti MessagePosté le: Jeu 11 Juil 2002 8:19 Sujet du message: bump -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- theYinYeti MessagePosté le: Jeu 11 Sept 2002 8:19 Sujet du message: bump -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- theYinYeti MessagePosté le: Jeu 11 Dec 2002 8:19 Sujet du message: bump Yves. Yes it would look like the above, but people would only look at the top or first post. If you know how to acess the old MUO board you will see it was often done. ramfree17 Moderator Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 1262 Location: Philippines Post Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2002 6:40 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ but please delete the bump post when it has already done its job (or when somebody has overbumped your previous bump). the board's resources is finite so every byte saved will be appreciated. or just empty the post, bump is composed of 4 bytes. ciao! Lectraplayer Newbie Joined: 17 Jul 2002 Posts: 11 Location: Birmingham, AL Post Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 2:53 pm Post subject: Now, if only I could get Wine to work. _________________________________________________________________ I know with Linux Mandrake (as well as some other distrobutions) Wine is included. If not, it's easy to get-- wine.com if I remember right. It lets you run WINDOWS SOFTWARE under Linux. Unfortunately, it has never worked for me. Mad Then again, there's no fib to my "newbe" status. Help making Wine work with my software (including Windows Unreal & Unreal Tourney) would be appreciated. I'll even use my internet software under Linux then. static Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 313 Location: Canada Post Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 5:08 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ (not that this is the place to get wine working or UT - you should always ask new questions in the proper place as a new thread rather than halfway through another thread, but...) You don't need wine to play UT - it runs in linux. theYinYeti Senior user Joined: 13 May 2002 Posts: 452 Location: Cannes (France) Post Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 8:44 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ I'll appreciate if Wine stuff goes on its own thread / topic, because if I "bump" the topic as explained above, people will wonder what topic has actually been bumped: uabar or wine? Thanks. Yves. BTW: Wine really is excellent, and I test each new version. I'll delete this post in a short while anon Senior user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 558 Post Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2002 11:07 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Bump theYinYeti Senior user Joined: 13 May 2002 Posts: 452 Location: Cannes (France) Post Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2002 8:41 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ bump MRichards Frequent user Joined: 22 Jul 2002 Posts: 32 Post Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:15 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ ummm... what if you run IE in linux thru wine?> than what can yuo do to make it work properly? and show upo as LinuXXX?????????/ Ludootje Newbie Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 2 Post Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2003 4:15 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ MRichards wrote: ummm... what if you run IE in linux thru wine?> than what can yuo do to make it work properly? and show upo as LinuXXX?????????/ You can't make IE look like if it's another browser, like mozilla for example. This tip is only for mozilla under windows. Furthermore, there's no reason to use IE under GNU/Linux (or any other OS, not even windows) since there are much better browsers. Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).

illogic-al Senior user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 358 Location: Smack dab in the middle of it all. Post Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2002 8:30 pm Post subject: Enable DRI/3D hardware acceleration in XFree 4.2 _________________________________________________________________ It's been a while since I returned to these hallowed halls but here I am with a new possibly unneccessary tutorial. The mandrake tool XFdrake basically configured 3D properly on my machine so I'm guessing it works for everyone else. This tutorial is pretty much for those adventurous many who have in the search for greater knowlege fscked up X and don't know what else to do. Things to try before reading what going to be a long tutorial Code: XFdrake --expert I heard that typing this at a console shows the expert option which further shows the XFree 4.2.0 with 3D when you select a video card. I think this does the same thing while removing any attempts at automatic configuration. Code: XFdrake --expert --noauto If either of these don't do what they're supposed to you should be able to type Code: XFdrake --help at a console and get a list of available options or Code: XFdrake --help|less if some of the options scroll off screen. ***********ACTUAL TUTORIAL BEGINS HERE*********** The first thing you need to have are AGP and DRI support compiled as kernel modules for you're respective video card. The first thing you need to do is check to see if you have any files in your Code: /lib/modules/your kernel version/kernel/drivers/char/ you should have 2 directories there: agp and drm. In the agp there should be a file called agpgart.o and in the drm folder there should be a file whose name corresponds to your video card. I think you can compile these into the kernel but I won't be using these modules all the time so I haven't bothered to try. If those files aren't there then you'll need to recompile you're kernel to include these modules. They are both in the section under Character Devices. Once that's done you'll have to add a few lines to your Code: /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file. You'll have to add Code: Load glx Load dri under the Module Section and you'll have to add Code: Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection preferably under Section "Modules" after this you may to make some modifications for your specific video card. The info can be found here in the wonderful XFree DRI How-To. The Homepage for the DRI userguide is herehttp://www.xfree86.org/4.1.0/DRI.html[/code] Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).

ltaljaard Newbie Joined: 08 Jul 2002 Posts: 1 Post Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2002 7:54 am Post subject: Hibernation (via software?) _________________________________________________________________ I have a Compaq Presario 2700 laptop and I want to be able to hibernate my system as is possible in Windows XP/2000, without making use of the "factory" hibernate features. Is there any software out there that will allow this? It doesn't need to hibernate from within X, but that would be nice. Thanks in advance for your help! sisob Senior user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 207 Location: Ireland Post Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2002 8:32 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ I like to use suspend to ram on my desktop as described here: http://sisob.dyndns.org/index.php?section=...ndrake&page=apm I've never got a full hibernate(suspend to disk) to work theYinYeti Senior user Joined: 13 May 2002 Posts: 452 Location: Cannes (France) Post Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2002 10:32 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ You may try the kernel patch named swsusp (Software Suspend). It does exactly what you want. According to its authors, it works but it is not perfectly stable. So you may have to try and see if it is OK with your machine. The URL is http://falcon.sch.bme.hu/~seasons/linux/swsusp.html but it may be easier to try an already patched kernel (or a patch-set based on the standard kernel), such as version 3.3 of WOLK (http://wolk.sf.net/). I never tried it, because I never had the courage to try any other kernel than the one shipped with Mandrake. Please report your experience, if you try. Yves. theYinYeti Senior user Joined: 13 May 2002 Posts: 452 Location: Cannes (France) Post Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2002 10:42 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ sisob wrote: I like to use suspend to ram on my desktop as described here: http://sisob.dyndns.org/index.php?section=...ke&page=apm I do something quite similar, but more complete, I think. I create a file suspend.sh which contains: Code: #!/bin/bash # wait 2 seconds because you often move the mouse # when you click an icon and release the mouse sleep 2s sudo xset force suspend & sudo apm -S Then I just have to relate this script to an icon (eg in a Gnome toolbar). I write this from memory so I'm not sure about some things: I don't know if 'xset ...' is the right syntax, and I don't know if I use 'force suspend' of 'force standby' for xset; I'm not sure as well if I use '-s' or '-S' as the option to apm. But the general idea is that I use 2 commands, the result being to make the screen sleep, and the computer power off some of its part (the USB buses are powered off, so the mouse is off). I wake up the computer with the down-arrow key (the safest one I think)(my keyboard is PS/2, not USB). BTW, what is the difference between all modes? (suspend, standby...) Yves. Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).

delboy711 Senior user Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 412 Location: Wokingham, UK Post Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2002 2:50 pm Post subject: Funky KDE splash screens with ksplashml _________________________________________________________________ If you go to www.kde-look.org you will notice there are lots of really nice KDE splash screens designed to work with ksplashml which is a kde application to replace the normal ksplash application. If you want to try out ksplashml Texstar keeps a copy for KDE3.0 on Mandrake 8.2 here ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distribut...exstar/Mandrake -8.2/RPMS However you still need to do more to get it working. As of KDE3.0.2 and below the /opt/kde3/bin/startkde script has a bug in it which will cause KDE to not find ksplashml. To fix it edit startkde so that the relevent stanza reads... # Laurent kdebase-2.2.2-7mdk fix conflict with ksplashml if [ -e /opt/kde3/bin/ksplashml ]; then ksplashml else ksplash fi You can then configure ksplashml from KDE Control Centre Additional splash screens can be downloaded from kde-look and imported into your KDE. flare Frequent user Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 60 Location: Bournemouth, UK Post Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 11:01 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ followed your advice - installed ksplashml downloaded a new set of splash screens. Tried t o import them into ksplashml but they didn't come with a theme.rc file. Tried to create one but can't find where to place the files. Any ideas ? delboy711 Senior user Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 412 Location: Wokingham, UK Post Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2002 12:57 pm Post subject: Quite easy to create a Theme.rc file _________________________________________________________________ The themes go in /opt/kde3/share/apps/ksplashml/Themes Make a New Directory with the name of your theme and in that directory put the files Preview.png splash_active_bar.png splash_bottom.png splash_inactive_bar.png splash_top.png Theme.rc If the theme you are importing does not have all these files, either borrow suitable files from other themes or create them. (e.g. Just copy splash_top.png to make a Preview.png) The Theme.rc file can be copied from another theme. Just edit the theme name to be the same as the name of the directory you have put it in. For example [KSplash/ML Theme: Asterix] Engine = Legacy That should be it. Just open KDE Control Centre and you should see your new theme available. Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).

delboy711 Senior user Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 412 Location: Wokingham, UK Post Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2002 2:34 pm Post subject: Slow KDE loading? Speed it up... _________________________________________________________________ This tip is aimed at users of KDE3.0, but the same point will apply for KDE2.2. Just replace the path /opt/kde3/bin with /usr/share/bin When KDE starts, one of the tasks it performs is to perform a scan for Netscape Plugins. In my system I have a lot of plugins due to the use of 'Crossover Plugins' and this takes more than 30seconds. However long your plugin scan takes you can very easily reduce the time. Instead of scanning for plugins every time you start KDE it is much quicker to not scan automatically, but instead to perform a manual scan using KDE Control Centre>WebBrowsing>NetscapePlugins whenever you install a new plugin. To disable automatic scanning edit the file /opt/kde3/bin/startkde Comment out the entire stanza starting with .. # Laurent kde2.2-30mdk scan-nsplugins #if [ -x /opt/kde3/bin/nspluginscan ]; then # /opt/kde3/bin/nspluginscan #fi Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).

reverend_d Frequent user Joined: 03 Jul 2002 Posts: 36 Location: Dallas,Texas Post Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2002 2:40 am Post subject: Which HD are your programs on????? (partitioning tip) _________________________________________________________________ Here is a little something I learned today after installing Mandrake. Be carefull where your HD's and partitions are. Allow me to explain. I have 2 HD's in my system, an 8G and a 40G. The 40G has 5 partitions. Drive letters and names as follows: C: Windows E: Swap F: Documents G: Programs H: Work I believe you can tell from the anmes what each partition holds. A vast majority of you will notice something odd..... Where is drive D? Drive D: is my other HD, the 8G. So heres what happens...... I installed Linux on drive D:, that way it wont interfere with the Windows Drive. I think it is a good move. Problem.... After Linux is installed on drive D:, windows no longer recognizes drive D: as drive D:. So guess what happens, Windblows Smile automatically readjusts all drive letters, meaning.... C: Windows (hasn't changed) D: Swap (swap file no longer present here) E: Documents (look, a swap file, but no documents) F: Programs (look, all my documents, what happened to all my installed software?) G: Work (um... my software.. where is all my work????) H: hmm..... 0 bytes free, 0 bytes used.... *must be linux* Very Happy Now... all my links are looking to G: for my programs.... Windows is looking to E: for my swap (which now I have 2 of them, one just not being used) and so on and so forth... So what is the moral?? Before you install linux on a partition or an a second HD in your system... changes the drive letters so it is the last one on the line. Don't do like I did and have to uninstall half a dozen programs and fix all the links to the other ones. I hope this helps someone out there just getting ready to switch to linux like I did. (Linux Newbie 38Hrs Smile ) Let all your newbies know. Your good Reverend here blessing all RPM's and praying to root. May all your sessions be productive sessions. ShavenYak Newbie Joined: 15 May 2002 Posts: 13 Post Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2002 2:56 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ It's been a long time since I've used it, but there's a program that comes with Partition Magic for Windows that will scan the Windows registry and .ini files, replacing all occurences of one drive letter with another. I think it was called Drive Mover or something similar. It worked great for situations like this. Of course, now that I use an OS that handles disk drives in a sensible manner, I'll never need it again. Very Happy Glitz Senior user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 507 Location: The Great White North Post Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2002 3:47 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ You could also have shrunk the D: drive to minimum size (<1MB?) and then put a second partition on it for linux. Glitz. reverend_d Frequent user Joined: 03 Jul 2002 Posts: 36 Location: Dallas,Texas Post Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2002 1:58 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ That was my plan. Its an 8G drive, so I used all of it except 250Megs, but I used linux to partition it and left the fat partition on the end. I think that is what screwed it up for me. Smile I will know better enxt time. compufig Frequent user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 50 Post Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2002 8:42 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ if you want to load linux on that 8 gig harddrive you should never let windows get is hooks in it. i think you dont really understand partitioning and that is your problem. if you want some help tell us more details about your patitions, like which ones are primary and which ones are logical in an extended partition. the version of windows you are using would be helpful to. also what software are you partitioning with. i load duel boot on the the computers i do with no problems at all. i know i sound like a dick but so be it i guess im a dick, but i can help. Evil or Very Mad Glitz Senior user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 507 Location: The Great White North Post Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2002 11:37 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ reverend_d wrote: That was my plan. Its an 8G drive, so I used all of it except 250Megs, but I used linux to partition it and left the fat partition on the end. I think that is what screwed it up for me. Smile I will know better enxt time. If the fat partition is now a logical partition (not a primary partition) then the fat partition will appear only after all your primary partitions in windows. Windows first assigns drive letters to primary partitions and then to logical partitions. You should have shrunk the partition and kept it as the first primary partition on the drive. Ah well... Glitz. reverend_d Frequent user Joined: 03 Jul 2002 Posts: 36 Location: Dallas,Texas Post Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2002 11:18 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ compufig Quote: if you want to load linux on that 8 gig harddrive you should never let windows get is hooks in it. Lesson Learned. Smile Quote: i think you dont really understand partitioning and that is your problem. I thought I did, Linux has taught me a few things about it though. Embarassed Quote: i know i sound like a dick but so be it i guess im a dick, but i can help. No worries. I get what your saying. Glitz Quote: If the fat partition is now a logical partition (not a primary partition) then the fat partition will appear only after all your primary partitions in windows. Windows first assigns drive letters to primary partitions and then to logical partitions. That would explain why the 8G drive is now lettered D: and H: with two partitions. Well, here is what I have done. Just so ya know. I removed the 40G drive, Set the 8G as master and FDisked with 2 partitions. Installed windows on the first partition and installed a data recovery prog. Reconnected the 40G as a slave and recovered all neccessary data (4Gigs - didn't know it was that much) to the second partition. Set 8G as slave, set up 40G as master, boot to floppy, Fdisk to 4 partitions and format. Set primary for C: on 40G and formated first partition on 8G to prevent windows install from insatalling on D: (which is now the 8G). With windows now on the 40G I can transfer the recovered data to the 40G drive and I now have the 8G with 2 partitions, one 500M and one 7.5G. A lot of (prob) useless work, but the outcome has been what I needed. Now, I did not realize about windows setting drive letters to primary partitions first, which is why my 8G drive is listed as D: and H:, which is not what I want. So I am now guessing that with FDisk I should make the first partition on the 8G not a primary drive, thus causing windows to move the drive letter to the end (since I can't reconfigure the drive letters throug windows)? If that is so, then it will prob take caree of any probs I had. I don't think I will be installing linux back on the win box, since most of my work is there in win progs and I really don't want to take the chance with it again untill that isnt my primary work computer. I will however install Linux on my laptop and let it have the full HD. That way if I screw up the laptop, nothing else is lost. Smile But for you compufig, here is my info in case you have more info I may put to ready use. HD1: 40G w/4 Partitions (15G, 5G,5G,15G) C:(primary), E:, F:, G: (E-H logical) HD2: 8G w/2 Partitions (500M, 7.5G) D:(primary), H: (1Meg in Bad sectors Smile ) DVD-Rom and CD-RW (I: and J Smile Running Win98SE (looking for 2K or XP Corp) FDisk for partitioning I usually run GoBack but I wont install it again with a linux duel boot until windows no longers recognizes the Linux Drive. After linux has taken over and win no longer displays that drive in the explorer, then I will. Comp Info: (if desired) 400 PII w/319M Ram ATI Rage Pro 8M coupled through an STB VooDoo2 Accelarator 16M. Ensoniq Sound Basic WinModem (no problems in Linux with it, have Cable, wont mess with modem Smile ) (shitty) HP DVD (which is about to go bye-bye if it crashed windows again) 32x10x40 CD-RW (and a 4x2x24 CD-RW currently not connected) LinkSys 10/100 Ethernet LAN Card I think that is about it. I have had more stuff in and out of this computer............ If I know I can put linux back on this comp w/o worry of data loss, then I will do it again, but I either need to find a way to make cheaper back-ups or have a safe guard against my malfunctions (and I mean me, not the computer). I know windows well enough to tweak just about every registry string blindfolded, but I don't like windows and the ever present BSOD's. If I had a nickle for every blue screen of..... wait, I think Bill Gates gets a nickle for every blue screen of death. That would explain it. Smile Anyways, thank you all for the info you have provided, and hopefully soon I will be back on the road to Linux. Glitz Senior user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 507 Location: The Great White North Post Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2002 7:17 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ reverend_d wrote: Well, here is what I have done. Just so ya know. I removed the 40G drive, Set the 8G as master and FDisked with 2 partitions. Installed windows on the first partition and installed a data recovery prog. Reconnected the 40G as a slave and recovered all neccessary data (4Gigs - didn't know it was that much) to the second partition. Set 8G as slave, set up 40G as master, boot to floppy, Fdisk to 4 partitions and format. Set primary for C: on 40G and formated first partition on 8G to prevent windows install from insatalling on D: (which is now the 8G). With windows now on the 40G I can transfer the recovered data to the 40G drive and I now have the 8G with 2 partitions, one 500M and one 7.5G. A lot of (prob) useless work, but the outcome has been what I needed. Well, it builds character Laughing I think partition magic could have saved you a lot of grief. Quote: If I know I can put linux back on this comp w/o worry of data loss, then I will do it again, but I either need to find a way to make cheaper back-ups or have a safe guard against my malfunctions (and I mean me, not the computer). I know windows well enough to tweak just about every registry string blindfolded, but I don't like windows and the ever present BSOD's. If I had a nickle for every blue screen of..... wait, I think Bill Gates gets a nickle for every blue screen of death. That would explain it. Smile Anyways, thank you all for the info you have provided, and hopefully soon I will be back on the road to Linux. Well, let's see. If win98 cost you $200 (assuming you didn't upgrade) then at $0.05 a BSOD that would allow you 4000 BSODs. And if we further assume that you have on average one BSOD every day then you paid for just under 11 years worth of BSODs. Hmmmm, and since win98 is now officially unsupported by microsoft, (just shy of 4 years) that means in fact that you actually paid for 4 years worth of BSODs ($73) and the actual operating system only cost you $127. How do you like that! Laughing I think we've figured out microsoft's master plan! Laughing But seriously, if your data is very important, I would advise either backing it up (twice) or else don't mess around with your partitions until you do. Glitz. bil2 Newbie Joined: 18 May 2002 Posts: 24 Post Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2002 1:45 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Yep. Partition Magic has Drive Mapper as well. Unfortunately P M does not recognize Rieserfs but will recognize ext2 &3. You have to really watch the drive letter thing or you will not boot an OS and the P M rescue floppy is no help either. compufig Frequent user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 50 Post Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2002 3:42 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ I know this thread is old but im going to finishing adding to it. You wrote: "HD1: 40G w/4 Partitions (15G, 5G,5G,15G) C:(primary), E:, F:, G: (E-H logical) HD2: 8G w/2 Partitions (500M, 7.5G) D:(primary), H: (1Meg in Bad sectors " First you have to stop thinking of your partitiions as letters. You get 4 primary patitions and thats it. One of those partitons can be a extended. So you can have 3 primary partitions and 1 extended partition. Inside of that extended partition can be as many logical drives as you like. Ok now linux see's your drives like this. First Primary partition=hda1 Second Primary partition=hda2 Third Primary partition=hda3 Fourth Primary partition=hda4 First logical drive in extended partiton=hda5 all logical drives are labeled 5 and above. Then of course for the sencond drive would be hdb1...2...4...... and so on. The way i load my system is like this. hda1=windows partiton(what will become you c drive in windows) then i use a extended partition to house my logical drives for linux. hda5=root hda6=swap hda7= home the rest of the space on the drive is partitioned fat32 into one or two more primary partitons. These drives are for data and backup that both windows and linux use. For me i need those partitions to be primary so that i can write ghost files to them to back up windows. I also write my partimage files for my linux backup to one of those primary drives. To start my installs i start with no partitions. I use the windows installer to make one partition for my windows install whatever size i want. Once windows is installed i use the disk manager in windows to make the rest of my partions leaving the extended with no logical drives. If you are using windows 98 you really need a couple of partition magic boot disks to partition. Then i boot to mandrake and make my root, swap and home partitions(i like home in its own partition) where i left that empty extended partition. I load the boot loader in the mbr. I then use ghost to backup windows and partimage to do linux. Then i can just clone a partion back into place in about 10 minutes. The boot record stays in place and i can just replace windows and linux as a please from my image files. Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).

DOlson Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 2393 Location: Canada Post Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2002 12:58 am Post subject: Good console tips _________________________________________________________________ * [ABCabc]* selects A*, B*, C*, a*, b* and c*. Did you know that Linux is case sensitive in file- and directory names? * Too lazy to type in long filenames? Type the first characters and press the TAB key. That activates file completion (great for RPM's!) If there are more files that fit the description, they are shown so you can add more letters and TAB again: [paul@internet paul]$ ls wol<TAB> wolflatest.htm wolfpage.htm wolfpics.htm wolfvisit.htm wolfpage2.htm wolfpics wolfsponsor.htm [paul@internet paul]$ ls wolf * cp somefile00[135] /temp will copy somefile001, somefile003 and somefile005 to /temp, but it won't touch somefile002 and somefile004 if they exist. * To remove text from the cursor to the end of the line, press CTRL-K To remove text from the cursor to the beginning of the line, press CTRL-U. * Linux has hidden files. But you can't see them. (That's why they're hidden.) Curious for them? Then use ls -a Suddenly you see all kinds of files with a "." in front of them, and directories too. Those are your hidden files. Don't mess with them unless you know what you're doing: they're hidden for a reason... * Unpacking, untarring, unbz2-ing: For .tar.gz files: tar -zxvf somefile.tar.gz For .tar.bz2 files: tar -Ixvf somefile.tar.bz2 * Copy a Data CD from the cdrom drive to the CDwriter with dd if=/dev/cdrom | cdrecord -v -eject speed=4 dev=0,0 - * Copy an Audio-CD with cdparanoia -vB 1- ~/tmp/name && cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=0,0,0 -pad -audio ~/tmp/track* Stolen from: http://nlpagan.net/linux.htm#software sminons Newbie Joined: 13 May 2002 Posts: 20 Post Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2002 12:01 pm Post subject: Another tip _________________________________________________________________ Use Ctrl+D to logout of a console from superuser status as well as a user status Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).

DOlson Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 2393 Location: Canada Post Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2002 1:44 am Post subject: Wine configuration made easy _________________________________________________________________ ...with this: http://www.genie.it/utenti/nonsolomicrosof...winesetuptk.rpm I don't know if anyone posted it before, but I am planning on adding a reference to it to my WineX tutorial at the end of it... Maybe I will reword a section or so. Oh well, there's the link, and it works well. I used it with NWWine. Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).

stuhawkes Newbie Joined: 04 Jul 2002 Posts: 7 Location: London Post Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2002 9:50 pm Post subject: KDE3 tip _________________________________________________________________ Hello all, If you were having problems after installing kde3 then this url my help you.. http://www.desktop-linux.net/kde3-tips.htm You may know of it already, but it helped me.. Stu anon Senior user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 558 Post Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2002 11:11 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ thanks, tips are always welcome. Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).

Maciek Frequent user Joined: 04 Jul 2002 Posts: 86 Location: Perth Post Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2002 3:39 pm Post subject: Accessing Linux partitions from Windows _________________________________________________________________ It is possible to access certain types of Linux partitions on Windows. While access is usually read only, it's better than none Smile Explore2FS is a graphical (Explorer-like) utility for accessing ext2 and ext3 partitions. http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm LTools is a command line utility for accessing ext2 http://www.it.fht-esslingen.de/~zimmerma/s...toolsDWLD.shtml RFSTool is possibly the only utility (command line) to access ReiserFS system from Windows http://p-nand-q.com/reiser4win.htm There a probably other tools, if you know any, please post the information here. DuoICE Newbie Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 11 Location: Mannheim, Germany Post Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2002 11:36 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ That one is called R-Linux http://www.r-tt.com/RLinux.shtml What they write: R-Linux is a free file recovery utility for the Ext2FS file system used in the Linux OS and several Unixes. R-Linux uses InteligentScan technology and flexible parameter settings that give you real control over the fastest data recovery ever seen. It recovers files from existing logical disks even when file records are lost. However, there is no any network capabilities or ability to reconstruct damaged RAIDs or stripe sets in R-Linux. Exclamation Be careful Exclamation On my LM8.2/Win98SE box, R-Linux only shows the first of 2 home directories in the logical ext2-partition /dev/hdb6 mounted as /home. Instead of the second directory it shows a lot of lost/invalid clusters. Linux' fschk reports that partition as clean, and Explore2fs (see above posting) also correctly shows it. However, the primary /dev/hdb1 mounted as / is shown correctly. Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).

James_H_Covington Frequent user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 40 Location: Connecticut Post Posted: Fri May 03, 2002 2:55 pm Post subject: Samba,Networking, and Norton Internet Security _________________________________________________________________ Just sharing some hard-learned lessons here: I had a home LAN for my two Win98 computers, and got an old P166 box to experiment with Linux. One of the first things I wanted to do was configure Samba to allow file and printer sharing between the Linux box and the two Windows machines. After slugging through the How-to's (the best one to start with was the Samba NHF on www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/network/samba/samba1.html ) I had the following situation: 1. Windows computer A could access the Linux shares and Windows computer B. 2. Windows computer B could access the Linux shares and Windows computer A. 3. The Linux machine could only mount the shares from Windows A 4. Linux could only ping Windows A and itself. 5. Windows A could only ping Linux and itself. 6. Windows B could ping all machines. The problem? I had Norton Internet Security (NIS) installed on Windows B, and the firewall was blocking the incoming packets. For some reason, the Network Neighborhood was OK between the two Windows machines (I suspect via the NETBEUI protocol). By disabling some of the port blocking in NIS, I was able to solve the problem! Now, it's on to User level security in Samba, to allow my teens to protect their files from each other!! Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).

James_H_Covington Frequent user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 40 Location: Connecticut Post Posted: Fri May 03, 2002 1:45 pm Post subject: Using MSN Internet Access in KPPP _________________________________________________________________ A couple of years ago, I signed up for MSN Internet Access to get the Staples $300 rebate (got a Palm Vx out of the deal!). Then I discovered Linux Mandrake 7.2 and wanted to use my MSN account to access the internet. Here's how: In KPPP (labeled "Connect to the Internet" on the KDE desktop) 1. I named my connection "MSN" (I know, no imagination whatsover) 2. I entered the phone number for local access (you can find this in the Dial-up networking properties, if you are still using a Windows9x machine or have a dual-boot system). 3. I entered my user name. Here's the poorly documented part of the whole process, so pay attention! For user name "Bob", enter "MSN/Bob". 4. I entered my password, and left everything else blank. Simple! Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible).