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illogic-al Senior user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 358 Location: Smack dab in the middle of it all. Post Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 5:09 pm Post subject: cOMPILING gNOME 2.0 Final (rc2 is evIL) _________________________________________________________________ I thought i'd write a guide to installing gnome 2 but these guys beat me to it. And they did a pretty good job too. http://www.karubik.de/gig/2.0/index.html Why is rc2 evil? READ 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).

Yes, that is true, and I didn't care when I downloaded my posts; but both 'wget' and 'lynx -source' have options to use the cookies of netscape and thus allowing autologin (I never tried that, but I know that the posibility exists). ... but who cares now, the anon told me that old board went down today :( I feel hapy for having saved yesterday all the posts from Tips&Tricks and FAQs&Howtos forums :bitter smile:

tobyink Frequent user Joined: 08 May 2002 Posts: 185 Location: London, England Post Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 4:20 pm Post subject: Fun with PPP. _________________________________________________________________ I'm not going to explain how to get PPP working -- that's a long topic. Instead, I shall assume that you have PPP working and further still, you are using wvdial as your dialer (if not, why not??? Very Happy ) As root, create a file called /root/dialer.sh. This should contain the following text. Code: #!/bin/bash while : do echo "Press enter to dial again..." read wvdial NAME_OF_YOUR_ISP clear done Fill in the name of your ISP appropriately. If you miss it out wvdial will just use your default connection. Still as root run this command to make it executable: chown root:pppusers /root/dialer.sh && chmod 754 /root/dialer.sh This script just waits for you to press Enter and then dials your ISP. Easy. The fun part comes next -- we're going to give this script a virtual console! If you've not tried it before, you can use Ctrl+Alt+Fx (where x is any number between 1 and 12) to switch between several "virtual consoles". Your graphical interface usually lives on virtual console 7. Usually virtual consoles 1 to 6 are used for text-based logins. The rest are usually not used at all, but double check -- maybe something interesting is there! We are going to run this script on virtual console 11. If you've already got something important there, maybe you might want to try some other console -- 8, 9 or 10 for example. As root, open up /etc/inittab and add this line (it's best to add it just below all the lines about "respawn" and "mingetty") 11:2345:respawn:/bin/open -c 11 -w -- /root/dialer.sh Save the file. Now, still as root, run this command: kill -HUP 1 Everything should be good now. You should be able to dial into your ISP by just switching to VC 11 (Ctrl+Alt+F11) and hitting Enter. Then you can switch back to your graphical interface with Ctrl+Alt+F7 and do all your fun browsing. To disconnect, just go back to VC11 and hit Ctrl+C. theYinYeti Senior user Joined: 13 May 2002 Posts: 452 Location: Cannes (France) Post Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2002 7:43 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Useless in my opinion because you can control internet connexion more easily with the "ppplights" (I think that's the name) gnome applet. Still, it is an interesting research and accomplishment, that you've done. Good. Yves. sisob Senior user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 207 Location: Ireland Post Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2002 10:06 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ I just have the modemlights gnome applet set up as desctibed here http://sisob.dyndns.org/index.php?section=...age=modemlights , except that when i click the button it runs 'sudo wvdial' and when I click it again it runs 'killall wvdial' The great thing is that if i logout of gnome i'm still connected when i log back in. theYinYeti Senior user Joined: 13 May 2002 Posts: 452 Location: Cannes (France) Post Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2002 12:19 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ When I click on modemlights, it executes Code: kppp -q -c "myConnexion" and when I click again, it executes Code: kppp -k where "myConnexion" is the name of my connexion as configured in kppp. Besides, kppp is parametered so that is iconifies when connexion is established. That way, kppp is near invisible. Yves. rolf Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 968 Location: Oakland, CA USA Post Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2002 5:13 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ I'd have to say the howto explicates a number of features of scripting, permissions, and the desktop. While not a project that fits my current usage, the insights are helpful. arusabal Moderator Joined: 17 Apr 2002 Posts: 836 Location: Spain Post Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2002 9:35 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ I was the first (*) who voted that the howto was useful, not for what is focused, I use a completely different way to do the same thing, but for how is focused, what provides, and which ideas are used ...**I subscribe what rolf has said above** I also have to confess that I've stolen part of your bash-script for a function in a copy-audioCDs bash script that I wrote yesterday . I hope that your howto is under the GPL lincense, isn't it? Rolling Eyes (*) Cool tobyink Frequent user Joined: 08 May 2002 Posts: 185 Location: London, England Post Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2002 2:26 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ theYinYeti wrote: Useless in my opinion because you can control internet connexion more easily with the "ppplights" (I think that's the name) gnome applet. I find that it's too easy to accidently disconnect when the dialer is up in X, so I like to have the dialer on a different VC. That's why I posted this. It's also handy because I have links (a text mode browser) on VC 10, so I can quickly dial up and browse without using X. My next tip/trick will be less weird Wink bquark Frequent user Joined: 23 Jul 2002 Posts: 53 Location: Maryland, USA Post Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2002 1:27 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ I spent sometime trying to get Mandrake 8.0 configured for a low memory 120 Mhz pentium. That means no KDE or GNOME. I ended up using wvdial in a VC, so this trick would have been very nice. Smile On a 256 MB machine I just use kppp because I like to watch the statistics graph. 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: Fri May 03, 2002 5:12 am Post subject: CD ROM & Floppy drives not allowing you access??? _________________________________________________________________ Hi there I thought I would take this helpful information from the old board and post it here for people since it helped out several people. From the other board: ""I have been unable to access my floppy and CDrom drives. I keep getting these error messages: Unable to enter file:/mnt/floppy You do not have access rights to this location and Unable to enter file:/mnt/cdrom You do not have access rights to this location. To fix this do this in a shell: First step: login as su Second: supermount i-disable Third: mount /mnt/floppy Fourth: mount /mnt/cdrom that fixed it! YAY! Very Happy "" The CD ROM and the floppy appear to be mounted before you do this, and they are, but access is denied. I don't know the exact reasoning, but I guess it's a way of tricking the system? static Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 313 Location: Canada Post Posted: Sun May 05, 2002 7:44 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Another better way (sorry CloakedPenguin) is to open a console, type su and give your root password and type "vi /etc/fstab" in there, press "i" to enter insert mode and add the word user to the cdrom line(s) options like this Code: /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount user,ro,defaults 0 0 (device) (mount point) (type) (options) (dunno) and never worry again - add user to any cdrom line! Press ESC (to exit insert mode) :wq (colon for command: write & quit) :wq CloakedPenguin Frequent user Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 119 Location: Tampa, FL Post Posted: Mon May 06, 2002 2:14 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Or I guess you can do it his way.... LOL.... what ever you feel like doing... Smile phillips83 Newbie Joined: 07 Oct 2002 Posts: 5 Post Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2002 6:54 pm Post subject: same problem, not working _________________________________________________________________ hey, i've been trying to get my cdrom (/dvd) going for a couple of days, which is frustrating because it was working before i reinstalled linux. i've tried changing the filesystem options in linuxconf, editing the /etc/fstab file in vi, and nothing seems to work. maybe i need to follow an exact sequence? ie: log on as root, unmount cd drive, edit fstab, log off, restart.... i must be doing something wrong..... here is the cd line of fstab:/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom supermount users,exec,dev,suid,ro,noauto,fs=iso9660 0 0 any help would be appreciated.. eric 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: Thu Jun 20, 2002 3:40 am Post subject: how to get 4.1 + to work for SBLive cards _________________________________________________________________ this is only for SBLive cards pls ignore this if you got your 4.1 or 5.1 to work. just found out that not all my speakers produce sound when playing mp3s. Duh me. Embarassed go make this edit in your /etc/emu10k1.conf file emu10k1.conf ## ## This file is used to configure emu10k1's emu-script ## CARD_IS_5_1=yes <--------------change that to yes if it was a no USE_DIGITAL_OUTPUT=no ENABLE_TONE_CONTROL=yes 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).

JeroenM Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 594 Location: Leuven, Belgium Post Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2002 8:18 pm Post subject: how to get pretty icons for the login screen _________________________________________________________________ the icons for the login screen are located at /usr/share/mdk/faces so if you want some nice icons to click at (like a photograph of yourself or a cute penguin) you put it there. should work. (Mdk 8.2) (tip originates from Scapegoats/Dolson) Last edited by JeroenM on Tue Jul 02, 2002 8:43 am, edited 1 time in total rolf Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 968 Location: Oakland, CA USA Post Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2002 9:56 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Hi JM- As you might have noticed, I, too, have an interest in this issue, especially regarding the loss of choice of penguin-related or otherwise 'cute' icons for the user, as evidenced over in this Discussion thread about logos. In the meantime, I have been learning how to extract all the icons from the mandrake_desk rpm of 8.0, including penguins, wrap them up in a tarball, and upload them to a webspace my isp provides for me. BTW, I found the icons for userdrake are now in /usr/share/mdk/faces, whereas they were in /usr/share/faces in 8.0. You can get the tarball of face png's and see how I extracted them, if you are interested, in the readme, at my brand new website!: http://home.mindspring.com/~rolfpedersen/ mandrakewilson Frequent user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 49 Location: Oklahoma Post Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2002 10:50 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Excellent! Now I have my "Viking Penguin" back. courtrrb Newbie Joined: 22 Oct 2002 Posts: 6 Post Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2002 3:36 pm Post subject: Icons For login _________________________________________________________________ What I did was after long time beiing a M$ widows users and collecting and sorting a large amount of icons (>5000). I felt that I would be wasting lot of time and effort in collecting them. So I found & got ico2xpm a windows to linux icons converter. I converted all of my icons and placed them In my personel user library. When I set the faces for login I navagate to that library and chose a character Icon for each familly member that they get to chose. Cool 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).

daYz Frequent user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 73 Location: The Netherlands Post Posted: Thu May 02, 2002 6:54 pm Post subject: Realtime firewall alerts _________________________________________________________________ This command comes in handy if you want real time alerts if your firewall does not support them: Open a terminal (K->terminals) type su (This way you get superuser (root) status, so you can do al the things where you must be root for.(like file editing or so) Your password Then: tail -f /var/log/messages (Or another log file) This way you will be noticed about attacks on your computer in real time. If you see another ip behind SRC= its likely that your being attacked. 192.168.*.* is from your internal network. Enjoy. mwilliams15 Frequent user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 68 Location: central N.C., USA Post Posted: Fri May 03, 2002 9:05 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ You can download the root-tail app and have the messages displayed directly to your desktop, set your font, colors-makes for a pretty funky look. See it in action here. Upper left corner, please forgive the smeared colors. arusabal Moderator Joined: 17 Apr 2002 Posts: 836 Location: Spain Post Posted: Fri May 03, 2002 9:46 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ There is a tool called swatch which is very useful in this case. It's just a watcher to monitor system activity. It can be very useful if it's configured to search for patterns and to perform an action when such patterns are found. Example of usage: Code: "swatch --config-file=~/.swatchrc --tail-file=/var/log/messages" Where ~/.swatchrc is the config file, which could be like this: Code: watchfor /Relaying denied|expn/ echo=normal mail=root@localhost,subject=--- Sendmail Alert! --- throttle 5:00 0:16 In the example, "/Relaying denied|expn/", if swatch matches either pattern in the regular expression, it will send an alert. The first pattern "Relaying denied" is the result of someone attempting an unauthorized mail relay. The pattern "expn" is the result of someone attempting to use the expn command. The "echo=normal,mail=root@localhost" will email a warning to root and echo the matched log entry. The third and fourth field (which are optional), have "5:00 0:16". This states do not repeat any warning for identical patterns matched within 5 minutes. The last field states the location and length of the timestamp. You'll find more in man swatch michael Frequent user Joined: 14 Jul 2002 Posts: 92 Post Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 9:04 pm Post subject: Is it for...? _________________________________________________________________ Is it for all linux or is it only for openlinux...? Any Idea MArk Frequent user Joined: 11 Jul 2002 Posts: 80 Location: Dublin, Ireland Post Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 9:41 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ openlinux??? Question as in caldera? b Frequent user Joined: 22 Apr 2002 Posts: 82 Location: Québec Post Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2002 5:51 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ xtail: for me a very recently encoutered gem. It can watch every file in say /var/log (not it's directorys) like so: xtail /var/log It's ancient. It's tiny. It's at http://www.unicom.com/sw/xtail/ 2e4717c591a2cbbd4aeb63d00c87a0cb xtail-2.1.tar.gz filesize 26769 Very short manpage and readme included. Small is beautiful. bvc81 Eric Joined: 04 Jun 2002 Posts: 1014 Location: Houston, Texas Post Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2002 6:13 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ For anyone interested in tail -f /var/log/messages (Or another log file) and not interested in having to open a terminal and entering the command (and if you don't know how to) put something like this in you ~/.xinitrc to run at the startup of your WM. (sleep 1; Eterm --trans --shade 20 -g 85x15+00+00 -e tail -f /var/log/messages) & Use any terminal you want, and if it supports it, any size. 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).

anon Senior user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 558 Post Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 8:22 am Post subject: How to backup or restore your system _________________________________________________________________ Made by Phazeman. 10 June 2002 DOCS/HOWTO A nice introduction to using one great utility. Mondo rescue can backup and restore your entire system from multiple media formats it supports. In this mini HOW-TO I will show you the basics of this very powerfull tool. Mondo Rescue CDs creation Mini-HOWTO Installation Please install the needed packages (mondo and mindi must be installed) from here. http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/download.html Follow the installation instructions in here. http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/download/layout.html Backing up the system "On the Fly" The execution of mondoarchive must be done with root user. First of all, you should find out what is the CDR device name in your system. Run in console: #cdrecord --scanbus This will return you the list of all available drives in your system in next format: scsibus0: 0,0,0 0) 'SAF' 'CD-RW4424A' '1.18' Removable CD-ROM What you need are the first column data ('0,0,0' in current case). Here is an example how to run mondoarchive: #mondoarchive -Oc 4 -s 700m d 0,0,0 -5 -E /mnt/windows -l LILO -f /dev/hda where: -Oc 4 - Create backup on a regular CDR media with x4 speed. For CDR/W use '-Ow'. -s 700m - Use 700 MB media to write on. d 0,0,0 - The device ID of your CD recorder. -5 - The compression level the Mondo should compress the data with. The compression level can be between 1..9. 9 is the maximum compression -E /mnt/windows - Specifies which directories on the HardDisk You want to exclude from the backup. -l LILO - Specifies the Boot Manager of yours. LILO in this case -f /dev/hda- Specifies the location of the boot manager ? on which drive it's installed. /dev/hda in this case By default, the last 3 options are not needed. The Boot Manager and it's location should be found automatically. Remember to put an empty CDR or CDRW media in the drive before starting the mondoarchive process. When next media will be needed you'll be prompted for replace the CDR or RW in the drive and type OK. The archives will be created in the directory where is the current user (must be root) located right now, so better CD (change dir) to some big partition/drive of yours. If any errors occurred during the backup procedure, please investigate the /var/log/mondo-archive.log After the backup procedure finished, there are few directories left on your HD for further usage, but you can delete them if you are not planning to create the incremental backups. The /root folder contains the directory 'images'. The directory where the backup was executed contains another 2 directories named mondo* and mindi*. Full Restore of the system If you want to wipe everything and restore your whole system from CD, please boot from the first Mondo CD and press <enter>. Insert the subsequent CD's when asked. Watch the screen for errors. That's it. If any errors occurred during the backup procedure, please investigate the /var/log/mondo-archive.log If you want only partial restore of the system, you can follow the instruction in here for Interactive Restore, here for Expert Restore or here for Modified partitions - Restore to a different disk geometry. Disclaimer: This process worked for me, I take no responsibly if your computer explodes. Made by Phazeman. 10 June 2002 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).

lbbros Frequent user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 48 Location: Milano, Italy Post Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2002 7:40 pm Post subject: KDE 3.0.1 : libGL.so.1.2 problem with NVIDIA solutions _________________________________________________________________ As some of you may know, if you have NVIDIA drivers installed in kde 3.0.1 you might notice that netscape plugins stop working in Konqueror. Partly is due to a bug that's been fixed in current CVS and a replacement rpm is available on ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distribut...ontrib/texstar/ in the Mandrake 8.2 directory. But in other cases, nspluginviewer and other programs don't work anyway, and if you launch them from console you get Unable to load required library /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2! Segmentation fault The fact is that the NVIDIA rpm renamed the library (present in the Mesa package) to avoid conflicts. But how do you make nspluginviewer and the other programs work? 1. In /usr/lib there's a file called libGL.so.1.0.xxx, where xxx is the NVIDIA driver version. It is the NVIDIA equivalent of the libGL.so.1.2 file. 2. as root, cd to /usr/X11R6/lib 3. symlink the file mentioned in step 1 to /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2 : ln -s /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.0.xxx libGL.so.1.2 4. Voila'! Now nspluginviewer and the other GL-requiring programs will work! I hope this helps other that were in the same situation as me! 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: Sun Jun 09, 2002 9:24 am Post subject: Cannot play audio CDs ? _________________________________________________________________ This page deals with two of the most common problems when trying to play Audio Cds under Linux with the KDE CD Player kscd. Access Error --------------- Kscd gives an error message "CDROM read or access error (or no audio disc in drive).Please make sure you have access permissions to /dev/cdrom" Kscd assumes the Cd device is /dev/cdrom, and in the majority of configurations this will be true. However some users will not have a device named /dev/cdrom, or if they do it is not the device they wish to use to play audio Cds. The playback device can be changed in Kscd options, but a bug in KDE2.2.2 causes kscd to segfault if you try to change it. Instead edit the file in your home directory ~/.kde/share/config/kscdrc in section [GENERAL] set the parameter CDDevice=/dev/hdx where x is a,b,c, or depending on the IDE channel used, or CDDevice=/dev/scdX where X is 0,1,2 etc depending on the SCSI channel used. (If you are using a CD writer to play your CDs it will defined as a SCSI device in Linux even if it is actually IDE) KSCD apparently plays but no sound ------------------------------------------ If you can hear system sounds and play MP3s etc, but hear no sound when playing audio Cds, and if the cdrom drawer opens when you press the eject button in the KDE CD player (kscd) then the problem is very likely due to your CD audio cable. Since Windows ME, Windows Media Player has been using the digital IDE interface to play audio CDs. Some PC manufacturers desperate to increase margin by 2 cents have taken advantage of this to start building PCs without an audio cable from the CD drive to the sound card of the PC. Linux however depends on that audio cable to play Cds. You can easily check if you are affected if you open your case. You should see a slim cable (usually grey) in addition to the wide flat IDE cable, leading from the corner of your CD drive to either your PCI sound card, or else the motherboard if you have onboard sound. What to do about it ---------------------- If you are affected, you can either :- 1/ Get on the telephone and give your PC supplier a roasting until they send you a cable. (Make sure you install it the correct way round or left/right channels will be reversed) or 2/ Install the rpm xmms-cdread from your Mandrake discs. Open the xmms media player. Right click in xmms and select Options>Preferences>Audio I/O Plugins Select 'CD Audio Player' and uncheck the 'Enable plugin' button. Select 'Audio CD Reader' and 'enable' it. Select 'Configure' for audio CD Reader and ensure the correct device is selected you want to play CDs from (/dev/hdx where x is a,b,c, or d, or /dev/scd0 etc if it is a SCI device) Now save the options and right click on xmms and select 'Play File' a dialogue box will open. Enter the device name in the selection box, for example /dev/hdc and click 'OK' The CD will now play, and if you are online and cddb was enabled in the plugin options you will see the CD track names appear in the xmms playlist. The next time you put in a CD you will not need to 'Select File' Just press the 'Play' button and it should start playing. Unfortunately I am not aware of any similar procedure to enable the KDE CD player to play audio CD's without a cable. delboy711 Senior user Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 412 Location: Wokingham, UK Post Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2002 10:17 am Post subject: Mounting audio CDs, Gnome CD player, and xmms _________________________________________________________________ Three more things about audio CDs for your reference. 1/ Audio CDs are *not* filesystems. That means they *cannot* be mounted, and if you try to browse an audio CD with konqueror or another file manager you will not be able to open the /mnt/cdrom (or whatever) directory. Supermount makes no difference with audio CDs there is no point enabling/disabling it. You *can* however browse audio CDs using konqueror if you use the Audio I/O slave. You can find this in the left hand pane of konqueror under 'Services' (for konq 2.2.2), or by clicking on the bottom icon on the vertical toolbar between the two panes in konq3. If you have configured it correctly in KDE Control Centre, and are online you will see the CD browsable by track name, by wav, file, by ogg file, and if you have installed Texstars KDE3 and lame from www.pclinuxonline.com for KDE3, by mp3 file. You can rip tracks directly from here by dragging and dropping them into konq windows. Note if you change CD you have to hit the konq 'refresh' button before the I/O slave will see it. 2/ The Gnome CD player gtcd also assumes the playback device is /dev/cdrom If you are using a CDwriter to play your CD's, or the device is not the first CD device linux finds you will need to change the playback device as described for kscd. 3/ The default CD player plugin for xmms Cd Audio Player needs to know both the physical device name (default /dev/cdrom) and the mount point defined in /etc/fstab (default /mnt/cdrom) If your configuration uses any other device or mount point you must edit it by opening xmms right clicking on xmms select 'Options>preferences' highlight the CD Audio plugin and select 'Configure' spiedra Senior user Joined: 30 May 2002 Posts: 686 Location: Orlando, FL Post Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2002 1:58 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Thanks for the tips. Now I no why XMMS can't play audio cd's. Razz xjlittle Frequent user Joined: 04 May 2002 Posts: 33 Post Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2002 8:22 pm Post subject: KDE and CDs _________________________________________________________________ One thing I've noticed about KDE...on all of my new installs... the sound is always muted for some reason. I've never figured out why that happens..if it is just some default for the install or something I do when I am installing. Anyway after unmuting the sound everything just works as it should. 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).

Czaxx Newbie Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 12 Location: Hobart, Australia Post Posted: Thu May 02, 2002 9:33 am Post subject: Animated backgrounds _________________________________________________________________ I stumbled across this cool tip over at http://www.linux.com to enable animated desktop backgrounds. I've added this Code: xlock -inroot -mode random & to my Code: /usr/X11R6/bin/startfluxbox I'm sure it can be applied to other WM's. It eats up cputime and memory but it looks cool Smile Unfortunately, I get an "X" shaped cursor - does anyone know how to fix this? It's not really bothering me all that much to be bothered searching for a solution but if anyone knows offhand how to fix it, I'd be grateful. Cheers, Czaxx bradenm Frequent user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 69 Location: Kelowna, BC, Canada Post Posted: Thu May 02, 2002 2:25 pm Post subject: How to do that with xscreensaver _________________________________________________________________ Here how to use any screensaver as the background: 1) If you use KDE, open K Control > Look n Feel > Desktop, and enable "Support Programs in Desktop Window" 2) Install the package(s) "xscreensaver(-gl)" 3) Run "/usr/X11R6/lib/xscreensaver/name -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).

sisob Senior user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 207 Location: Ireland Post Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2002 9:18 pm Post subject: Changing that horrendous mandrake boot-splash screen _________________________________________________________________ I've written a nice script to change the boot-splash screen to any jpeg image you want if this forum accepted attachments i'd post it but It'll be on my site soon anyone interested DOlson Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 2393 Location: Canada Post Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2002 10:49 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Hehe. I'll most likely try it. But can you tell me which boot screen? Mine is all text-based... Grub too... I'd love to get a pic for Grub like RH and other distros... spiedra Senior user Joined: 30 May 2002 Posts: 686 Location: Orlando, FL Post Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2002 12:35 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ I tried changing my splash screen for kde 3, but wasn't able to. Still had the same old screen. I was able to do it with v 2.2, but it doesn't matter, i've seemed to have settled on Fluxbox. sisob Senior user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 207 Location: Ireland Post Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2002 9:26 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ IT's the screen that is there during init and kerenl boot Enterprise kernel users might not have it Smile It only works if you can boot in vga=788 or vga=791 or vga=794 modes(pass those arguements to the the kernel at boot time to try it out) I've even made my own funky boot screen - there's nothing like using a console with a jpeg background - and booting could take as long as it wants - it looks soo pretty anyone know how to take console screenshots - i could show you what i mean Tristan Frequent user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 74 Location: Melbourne, Australia Post Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 2:03 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ sisob I got the same thing happening, with a script to write a random jpg out of a specified directory into the bootsdplash. SO much nicer than the amateurish MAndrake default. However I haven't been able to change the very first lilo OS chooser graphic, which still looks shit. Does anyone know how to do this? frew Senior user Joined: 01 Jun 2002 Posts: 214 Location: Mississippi Post Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 2:54 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ coooooool I wanna see the random script! i wanna see the random script! Tristan Frequent user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 74 Location: Melbourne, Australia Post Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 4:21 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ OK, here is my random script for MDK8.2. You'll have to run it as su root obviously. You'll need to change the location of your jpg directory, and the name of the temp png file too. Let me know how you go. ---- #!/bin/sh #Tristan's Random Bootsplash Script clear echo 'Script to Create a Random Bootsplash.' echo ' ' echo 'Creating main picture...' chbg -once -mode tile -randomize -R -pattern *.JPG -pattern *.jpg /home/tristan/Graphics/ -to_file -out_file_width 800 -out_file_height 600 -out_file /home/tristan/pic.png echo 'Converting to jpg...' convert -quality 100 /home/tristan/pic.png /home/tristan/pic.jpg echo 'Displaying picture...' ee /home/tristan/pic.jpg echo 'Continue with this pic? Y/N' read cont if [ "$cont" = "y" ]; then echo 'Copying temporary jpg to /usr/share/bootsplash/themes/Mandrake/images...' mv /home/tristan/pic.jpg /usr/share/bootsplash/themes/Mandrake/images/bootsplash-800x600.jpg echo 'Creating image...' cd /usr/share/bootsplash/scripts sh make-boot-splash Mandrake cd /boot echo 'Removing old initrd...' rm initrd.img echo 'Creating new initrd...' mkinitrd initrd.img 2.4.18-6mdk echo 'Updating lilo...' lilo echo 'Done, changes will take effect at next boot.' else echo 'Aborting...' rm -f /home/tristan/pic.jpg fi echo 'Cleaning up...' rm -f /usr/share/bootsplash/scripts/Mandrake rm -f /home/tristan/pic.png rm -f /home/tristan/pic2.png exit sisob Senior user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 207 Location: Ireland Post Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 6:32 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ here's my script: It assumes you have a script installed properly similarly to the bootsplash-themes rpm. It creates a new initrd so that you can try out different themes - and even have lilo options for each one i havent bothered with the lilo bground cus i use grub I also created my own REALLY cool splash - i'll post an rpm soon ------- #!/bin/bash # -------------------------------------------------------------- # Check for root # -------------------------------------------------------------- ROOT_UID=0 # Only users with $UID 0 have root privileges. if [ "$UID" -ne "$ROOT_UID" ] then echo "Must be root to run this script." exit $E_NOTROOT fi clear THEME=$1 # -------------------------------------------------------------- # Splash install function # -------------------------------------------------------------- main() { echo "" echo "---------------------------------------" # install splash if /sbin/mkinitrd /boot/initrd-$1.img $(uname -r) 2> /dev/null then cd /usr/share/bootsplash/scripts ./switch-themes $1 ./make-boot-splash /boot/initrd-$1.img echo "" echo "/boot/initrd-$1.img has been created using $1 as" echo "the splashscreen when you boot in the current console resolution." CONTINUE=0 else echo "" echo "I failed to create the initrd file!" echo "The file /boot/initrd-$1.img already exists." echo "Would you like me to delete it and continue installing the splash screen?(yes/no)" read DELETE if [ $DELETE = "yes" ] then rm -f /boot/initrd-$1.img CONTINUE=1 else echo "You will need to re-run the script after deleting or renaming /boot/initrd-$1.img" CONTINUE=0 fi fi } # -------------------------------------------------------------- # Starting program # -------------------------------------------------------------- echo "Welcome to sisob's installsplash" echo "Feedback to sisob@eircom.net" # -------------------------------------------------------------- # check for input # -------------------------------------------------------------- if [ "$1" == "" ] then echo "" echo "-----------------------------" echo "You must provide a theme name" echo "usage: $0 theme" echo "" exit fi # -------------------------------------------------------------- # start loop to allow for file deletion # -------------------------------------------------------------- CONTINUE=1 while [ "$CONTINUE" == "1" ] do main $1 done scaley187 Senior user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 206 Post Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 7:52 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Tristan, I've been sucessful at changing the lilo boot splash by following this tutorial at: http://www.13thfloor.at/Software/lilo-splash You just need to get this gimp plugin and then follow the directions... Oh and I made a little init splash screen as well. It would be nice if we could put them all somewhere so people could download or view them or whatever. Any ideas? scaley Tristan Frequent user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 74 Location: Melbourne, Australia Post Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 1:14 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ As usual Scaley comes to the rescue! I'll try the link out. I actually have a few free Mb on my server and can host init splash and boot splash images if I get enough interest. Tristan Frequent user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 74 Location: Melbourne, Australia Post Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 9:43 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Scaley I had a look at the gimp script and saved a nice pcx file ready to go as my initsplash. The only problem - there is no mklilomsg in MDK8.2 Shocked Which version did you use and where did you get it from? scaley187 Senior user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 206 Post Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 6:11 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Tristan, It's going to take me a bit to figure out just again where I got that (I'm at work now). So hopefully, I'll have it for you soon. scaley dahvaio Newbie Joined: 11 Jun 2002 Posts: 14 Post Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2002 7:08 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Just go to kde-look.org and and there are alot of splash screens available to use. I use the keramik theme and rotate my splash whenever I get bored with my current one... Languid Heap Newbie Joined: 10 Sep 2002 Posts: 2 Post Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2002 10:59 pm Post subject: LILO boot screen background image _________________________________________________________________ Hey all, was just playing around with making my own background image for boot selection in LILO. To set the stage, I'm using Mandrake 9.0 and LILO 22.3.2 -- if your specs are different you should check your docs, as i know that some of this differs with earlier versions of LILO. I found all of the documentation on this process in /usr/share/doc/lilo-22.3.2/README.bitmaps.bz2 (just issue a "man" or "vim" command on that file to read it). **NOTE** when making changes to LILO, it's a *very* good idea to save a backup of your lilo.conf file before you get started. Additionally, you should make sure that you have some way of booting into Linux (emergency boot disk, mandrake CD, etc.) in the event that something goes terribly wrong. That said, here's what i did to make a custom LILO boot selection background image... My version of LILO uses only Bitmaps for the background image (more on this in that README), so the image you use needs to be a 640x480 Bitmap in 16 colors. My best results were with exporting a vector graphic with fewer than 16 colors to bitmap. Be prepared for uglification if you're trying to use a photo for your LILO background image. Wink Now that you've got your bitmap, you need to put the LILO header information into that image so that LILO can use it. As root, issue this command "lilo -E yourbitmap.bmp" This command will walk you through setting up all the LILO boot options such as layout, colors, and position of the timer and your boot selections (linux, windows, floppy, linux-nonfb, etc.). Note that when specifying colors, you are drawing from the pallette of 16 colors present in your bitmap. When you're finished specifying those options, press W to write the header info to your bitmap. There's also an option to write that info to a separate .dat file which, in my case is basically a backup for those prefs we've just specified. Read more about the .dat file in the README.bitmaps file. The .dat file will be saved with the same name as your bitmap. Copy the .dat and .bmp to your /etc directory. Open up your lilo.conf file in your favorite editor and add the line "bitmap=yourbitmap.bmp" If you have "message=/boot/message" in your lilo.conf, you will get a conflict error. Just use a "#" to comment out the "message=/boot/message" line in the event that you get this error. Still as root, issue "/sbin/lilo" to write the changes to your lilo.conf file. Reboot, and delight in your own custom boot selection screen Very Happy I had to do a bit of tweaking in order to figure out corrresponding number for each color, and to get the layout/positioning just right. But it was SO worth it Smile As always, use at your own risk, YMMV, etc. -- Lang 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).

frew Senior user Joined: 01 Jun 2002 Posts: 214 Location: Mississippi Post Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2002 8:12 am Post subject: cool background trick _________________________________________________________________ I'm not sure what all window managers this works in but i know it works in e16 and i think gnome. should work in others too. xlock -mode <some mode you like ie scooter> -inroot so like: xlock -mode scooter -inroot sweeeeeet. oh and its not very nice to low end video cards so you know....use with caution. Omar Serenity Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 358 Location: Michigan Post Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2002 12:24 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Could you give a newbie-ized description of what this does? Like what the different modes do and what they would be called? And what does this trick do and what file do you put the command in, or do you just type it in a console and it's a one-time thing? Sorry for the silly questions. Very Happy frew Senior user Joined: 01 Jun 2002 Posts: 214 Location: Mississippi Post Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2002 2:22 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ well ok, the -mode says what screensaver you are going to use, the -inroot makes it your background. type it in a console to test it out and you could prolly put it in your .xinit file to have it on every start of x. 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).

frew Senior user Joined: 01 Jun 2002 Posts: 214 Location: Mississippi Post Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2002 2:12 am Post subject: cool mozilla trick _________________________________________________________________ Well, I used tabbed browsing quite often and just now i was thinking how cool it would be if instead of right clicking and clicking open in new tab if you could just use the middle mouse button. But i got curious to see what happened when i did use the middle click. It does it! Sweeeeet. Dolby Frequent user Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 36 Location: Melbourne - Oz Post Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2002 11:39 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Cooool!!! Cool JLP Frequent user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 52 Location: Slovenia Post Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2002 2:10 pm Post subject: Setting _________________________________________________________________ There is a setting for middle button clicking (or Ctrl + left button clicking) on a link. So you can enable opening in new tab or in new window (Edit > Preferences > Navigator > Tabbed browsing) DOlson Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 2393 Location: Canada Post Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2002 8:46 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Yeah, thanks for that tip off frew. I read this a while back and was gonna post something, but I put it off until now... Don't know why... Guess I didn't figure it'd be THAT helpful, but it is. Smile Thanks again! JLP Frequent user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 52 Location: Slovenia Post Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2002 9:10 pm Post subject: Mozilla 1.0 _________________________________________________________________ Oh and by the way Mozilla 1.0 Final is now available. mandrakewilson Frequent user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 49 Location: Oklahoma Post Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2002 1:48 am Post subject: ______ Wow, I finally figured out what you were talking about. I LIKE tabs. frew Senior user Joined: 01 Jun 2002 Posts: 214 Location: Mississippi Post Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2002 3:39 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ hahahaha, yeah, they are nice. good for saving desktop space. DragonMage Senior user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 391 Location: Hayward, CA Post Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2002 6:22 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Yup, I think Tabbed browsing is the best feature in web browsing since hard disk cache Smile I actually tried making tabs in IE (yeah I know, I hate windows too.. but until they make illustrator clones for linux, I have to use windows still, sigh), needless to say, it doesn't work.. 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). ___________________________________________________________

kevmccor Newbie Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 9 Location: Tyler, TX Post Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2002 11:25 pm Post subject: fix mozilla RC-3 freeze-up _________________________________________________________________ I was really shocked whem mozilla 1.0-RC-3 froze on me just for visiting some java-ified websites. I found an answer at www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0 iin the release notes, under bug 84093. Edit the file /etc/profile, or $HOME/.bash_profile, and add the line: Code: export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 Apparently there is some esoteric bug in sun java 1.3.1_01 that doesn't understand the "floating stack feature of the i686 version of glibc", or something. Anyway, this fix seems to help. kevmccor Newbie Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 9 Location: Tyler, TX Post Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2002 7:12 pm Post subject: some more information _________________________________________________________________ Responding to my own post. After I posted, it seemed to me that I should try something else. I had used the sun jdk 1.3.1_01 version of java, downloaded from their website, to soft link to the plugin. However, I also had downloaded just the jre 1.3.1_01 earlier (on my system, the mozilla/plugins/ directory now has has this soft link: libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /opt/jre131/jre1.3.1_01//plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so* I have these recurring ideas of learning something about java) . I did an experiment and removed the LD_ASSUME_KERNEL environment variable and used the jre libjavaplugin_oji.so instead of the jdk plugin as the target of the soft link. It seems that cured the problem also. So, use the jre, not the jdk. Does that make any sense? 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).

compufig Frequent user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 50 Post Posted: Wed May 29, 2002 3:16 am Post subject: k3b burning software from texstar rules the free world _________________________________________________________________ this is one awesome program. the set up utility included didnt work perfect. just dont let it change your fstab(there will be box with a check) really really nice burning software especially if you come from using nero. it did my mp3 to wav perfectly and even was able to a direct copy from my dvd after putting the dvd on the scsi . flare Frequent user Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 60 Location: Bournemouth, UK Post Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 11:02 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ k3b - not impressed It failed to copy a data CD for me - Nero didn't have a problem. I'm trying to get it to make a VCD - not easy. With Nero it just says where is the file, and off it goes. compufig Frequent user Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 50 Post Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 10:34 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ you lack knowledge. go post your good news in a windows forum. how much was nero again?? $79?? flare Frequent user Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 60 Location: Bournemouth, UK Post Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 10:58 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Free with the device thanks. Arson can create SVCD so I've started to use that instead. Also available form Texstars site. DragonMage Senior user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 391 Location: Hayward, CA Post Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 6:25 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ I think the version given away by the cdrw is the crippled version of Nero called Nero express. I heard that the full blown version is much more powerful. How good is arson anyway in terms of cdburning? K3b seems ok as long as you don't do a cd copy (it crashes in the attempt). flare Frequent user Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 60 Location: Bournemouth, UK Post Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 10:27 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ You are correct it is crippled but I was just tryiing to point out that Nero works without trying to much but each of the CD burning utils I've tried all have little flaws. k3b can't handle SVCD files particularly well - or it is my lack of knowledge. Arson works OK with SVCD files but I've had problems doing a CD copy as well. XCDroast works OK with copying CD's but doesn't to my knowledge have support for burning SVCD's. So instead I use a windows utility to copy over my SVCD files from their ext3 partitions to a windows one and use Nero instead. This works reliably. Perhaps this is partly my fault as I haven't fed back my comments to the developers of any of the archiving programs. Apostata Newbie Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 19 Location: Toronto, Canada Post Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2002 3:05 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Linux really is lacking a bullet-proof, full-featured CD-burning utility. Depending upon what I need to do, I end up using several apps. Ripping: grip CD -> CD copying: XCDRoast Mixed music CD's: KreateCD (although eroaster has improved a lot lately) tymehacker Senior user Joined: 10 May 2002 Posts: 213 Location: USA Post Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2002 4:20 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Apostata wrote: Linux really is lacking a bullet-proof, full-featured CD-burning utility. Depending upon what I need to do, I end up using several apps. Ripping: grip CD -> CD copying: XCDRoast Mixed music CD's: KreateCD (although eroaster has improved a lot ately) what some people see as weaknesses others see as strengths..... Confused personally, i kind of like seperating out the steps to different programs. don't ask me why....i guess it's a control thing.........lol Wink 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).

bradenm Frequent user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 69 Location: Kelowna, BC, Canada Post Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 8:21 pm Post subject: Of messages,walls, and KDE _________________________________________________________________ Here is something that I learned/figured out today today: Message of the Day Linux has a feature called the "Message Of The Day" (motd). Whenever someone logs in, this message will be displayed on the screen. Examples are "The system will be down for maintenance today from 3:00-4:00. Thanks for your patience.", or "please remember to delete all of your old unwanted files today, before the backup at 10 PM." To set the message, edit /etc/motd as root. If the file is blank, no message will be displayed. motd and KDE However, the motd will only be displayed on consoles; logging into KDE will not show anything. Here's how to change that: 1) Open konqueror as root. (kdesu konqueror) 2) Browse to /usr/share/autostart 3) Right-click > Create New > Link to application. Name it "motd.desktop". Click on the "Execute" tab. Set the command to: bash -c "gmessage -center `cat /etc/motd`" . Click on the "Permissions" tab. Enable the "read" permission for "others". Click OK. 4) Now, if /etc/motd isn't blank, anyone logging into KDE will see the motd. How to send messages to other users To send a message to other users on the computer, type wall. Type your message (up to 20 lines), then press CTRL-D. Everyone on the computer at that moment will recieve the message. If you prefer not to recieve messages, run the command mesg n from the terminal you are currently logged in on. Doggy Frequent user Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 33 Location: Aberdeen UK Post Posted: Wed May 29, 2002 10:29 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Hi, I've followed your advice on this and all is well. However, to get the motd up it may be good to run gmessage from the startkde script in place of ksplash to avoid it's crash. In any case, would this not be the best place to kick off the motd. Hell, why not help kde to add the motd display functionality to ksplash itself - catch the attention of the user as they enter the environment. 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).

JeroenM Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 594 Location: Leuven, Belgium Post Posted: Sun May 26, 2002 8:11 pm Post subject: Replacing the KDE K with another icon _________________________________________________________________ That icon is located at: /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/go.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/go.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/go.png replace those and you'll get another icon. well, should. Twox Newbie Joined: 08 Jun 2002 Posts: 1 Post Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 12:09 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ If go.png isn't the correct icon, try kmenu.png in the same directory - That's how it worked for me. 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).

JeroenM Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 594 Location: Leuven, Belgium Post Posted: Sat May 25, 2002 10:13 pm Post subject: Problems writing CDs? Consider this: _________________________________________________________________ According to JollyRogers at http://www.club-nihil.net/mub/viewtopic.php?t=760 XCDRoast has new rpms for the whole bunch of cdwriting apps. I've been struggling with cdwriting all day and after I updated all the packages at http://xcdroast.sourceforge.net/RPMS/a10/mandrake-8.2/ my writing immediately worked perfectly. the XCDRoast site also states: Quote: # Note: ALL known problems with X-CD-Roast 0.98alpha9 or older are fixed with the new release. If you have ANY problem and do not use alpha10 yet, don't bother to write me a mail. Install the alpha10 and chances are very high that your problem is fixed. [/color] 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).

anon Senior user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 558 Post Posted: Fri May 24, 2002 2:33 pm Post subject: How to fix USB mouse problems _________________________________________________________________ From the Mandrake Linux 8.2 Errata pages: Error scenario: During installation, the USB mouse is recognized and works fine on the console, but dies when a GUI is started, leaving a cursor in the middle of the screen. Why: The XF86Config file is properly setup but the input devices do not include the necessary translation from mouse to usbmouse. This has been verified on the BP810 Chipset FLEX ATX motherboard, but happen on other hardware sets. Solution: Edit /etc/modules.conf as root and add the following line: alias mouse usbmouse Save the file and reboot the system using the "reboot" command as root. ahughes Newbie Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 13 Location: Hampshire, UK Post Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 8:10 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ However there are indications that the USB mouse support is broken for dual-processor machines. These instructions work for the standard kernel, but not for the SMP kernel. anon Senior user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 558 Post Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 8:24 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ OK then ahuges, here is a fix for you, install the kernel from cooker 2.4.18-16. Its stable and fixes the usb problem gfunk0076 Frequent user Joined: 16 Aug 2002 Posts: 25 Location: Wesyde!!! Post Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2002 8:00 am Post subject: LOST ME _________________________________________________________________ OK, you guys lost me. What the heck does : Solution: Edit /etc/modules.conf as root and add the following line: alias mouse usbmouse Save the file and reboot the system using the "reboot" command as root.Solution: Edit /etc/modules.conf as root and add the following line: " Mean? anon Senior user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 558 Post Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2002 8:34 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ It means this : open up a terminal and type su then your root password then type: vi /etc/modules.conf this will allow you to edit that file. vi is the editor, you can also use: kate etc/modules.conf gedit etc/modules.conf or any other editor you have, vi takes time to learn so i sugest you try kate gfunk0076 Frequent user Joined: 16 Aug 2002 Posts: 25 Location: Wesyde!!! Post Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2002 8:44 am Post subject: Terminal _________________________________________________________________ Is a terminal Alt+F2? bvc81 Eric Joined: 04 Jun 2002 Posts: 1014 Location: Houston, Texas Post Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2002 8:57 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ No, a terminal is like (I don't use KDE ) kterm rxvt xterm gnome terminal aterm and my fav Eterm look through your menus for them. anon Senior user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 558 Post Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2002 8:57 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ On the taskbar at the bottom of your screen on the far left there is a row of icons, third icon from the left is the terminal icon . Or click on the K icon and choose a terminal from there ( if your using KDE ) gfunk0076 Frequent user Joined: 16 Aug 2002 Posts: 25 Location: Wesyde!!! Post Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2002 9:02 am Post subject: Mouse isn't working _________________________________________________________________ Mouse isn't working, how do I get to that from keyboard? bvc81 Eric Joined: 04 Jun 2002 Posts: 1014 Location: Houston, Texas Post Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2002 9:27 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ You'll have to do it at runlevel 3, without a mouse. Do you have and old ps2 mouse laying around? shutdown, put it in and boot, and you'll have a mouse to fix things with. Also, I understand you want a working mouse. But could you stick with your post http://www.club-nihil.net/mub/viewtopic.php?t=3991 to fix your problem, cause posting in 3 or 4 is just going to confuse things more for everyone an is not necessary. At one thread everyone who can help together on one thread. This will get your mouse working Smile Thanks anon Senior user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 558 Post Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2002 9:34 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ You never said your mouse was not working at all !! Reboot and at the lilo screen press the ESC key then type linux 3 This will bring you to a terminal, log in as root then type mousedrake to configure your mouse. then edit the above mention file , save and reboot g2nd Newbie Joined: 19 Jun 2002 Posts: 8 Location: Japan Post Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2002 4:12 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ >Is a terminal Alt+F2? <ctrl><alt><F1 ~ F6> is called a virtual terminal. thus is also a terminal. ahughes Newbie Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 13 Location: Hampshire, UK Post Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2002 3:12 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Follow up to my message on the 27th May. The latest kernel (at that time) did not fix my USB problem. I eventually found out that the root of the problem is the on-board APIC for my mobo (for those who don't know what an APIC is, it is responsible for distributing interrupts more-or-less evenly between processors on an SMP system). I enabled USB by appending the "noapic" parameter to the kernel boot arguments. This directs all interrupts to the first CPU, but also gets the USB working. Apparently some mobos (including mine) have faulty APIC implementations that disable USB. Moral of this story - read around a who lot more, sometimes the truth is actually out there Very Happy 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).

hey, thanks :D

Ive ended removing the sentence in sed that deleted urls and changing the lynx command to this one, to at least show that there was an url: lynx -dump -nolist -dont_wrap_pre ${interm} > ${file/html/txt} That applies only to the tips&tricks that I'm going to upload here tonight (too late for the Faqs/Howtos), sorry :(

Cloudane2k2 Newbie Joined: 20 May 2002 Posts: 5 Posted: Mon May 20, 2002 2:43 pm Post subject: Howto Remove Ximian from Mandrake 8.2 _________________________________________________________________ Ximian is pretty stubborn, and once it's installed it's very difficult to remove as it installs special "ximian" versions of a great many packages and libraries that depend on each other. This should hopefully help anyone who wants to remove Ximian and replace it with the original GNOME 1.4 that came with Mandrake 8.2 (there are a few reasons why you might want to do this. Personally, I wanted rid of it the moment I installed it for various reasons) It wasn't easy but with the help of some other lists and Google I managed it... so I thought it might be useful to write a little guide. Disclaimer: This is NOT a good way to remove software normally, it just happens to be the only technique I could find for removing the very stubborn Ximian. Although it worked for me, I make no guarantees... being a naturally abrupt method of software removal, it *could* seriously mess up your system. Therefore, you follow these steps at your own risk! You have been warned! Here's how I did it: (Pre-requisites: Your original Mandrake CDs and an hour or two to spare) 1) rpm -qa | grep ximian | lpr (This should print out a hard copy list of all the packages that Ximian insisted on its own versions for) 2) rpm -qa | grep ximian | xargs rpm -e --nodeps (This, again very messily, rips out everything that Ximian installed. Obviously, it will break GNOME temporarily) 3) Find your Mandrake CD and re-install libgtk+1.2 as the software manager needs it and you just zapped it in step 2 (rpm -Uvh /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/libgtk+1.2-1* with the correct CD in should do it) 4) run Software Manager by typing 'rpmdrake' as root from an xterm (Ximian doesn't do the automatic "enter your root password for privelidges" thing you get in Mandrake normally, so you have to run it manually as root from the console) 5) Go down your printed list and reinstall the normal Mandrake versions of each package... eg. audiofile, bonobo, bug-buddy, eel, esound etc... ticking them off as you go along. It's easiest if you start with large packages such as nautilus and gnome-utils as they have lots of dependencies... that way it will automatically install large chunks of your list at the same time. (Make sure you've only got the Mandrake CDs ticked as the source locations, as you presumably wouldn't want it downloading all the cooker versions) 6) move or remove ~/.gnome*, log out and log back in. Set up your preferences again. 7) AFTER this, do the control-center stuff to get sound working if necessary. That should do it if anyone else wants rid of Ximian. 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).

JeroenM Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 594 Location: Leuven, Belgium Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2002 3:27 pm Post subject: Installing KDE 3.0 on Mandrake 8.2 (my procedure) _________________________________________________________________ This was written by mosaddique at It was written for installing KDE 3.0.0 when it originally arrived. So it might be completely outdated. I put this procedure together following a frustrating time of getting KDE 3.0 to correctly install and work on my Mandrake 8.2 install. This procedure was completed with quite a bit of trawling through the internet for other peoples experiences. One particular web page which I would advise visiting is given below. Read in particular the submission by one Francisco Alcaraz I hope this will help other people install KDE3 or fix their installs. ================================================================================ KDE3 Updates Last Updated : Sat Apr 20 12:25:18 BST 2002 ================================================================================ ==================================================== My Procedure to apply KDE 3.0 update to Mandrake 8.2 (Use at your own risk - Do your own research) ==================================================== ---------------------------- 1. Download the KDE 3.0 RPMs ---------------------------- After having downloaded the stable release of KDE 3.0, I tried to update to KDE3 but it failed for various dependancies. I Used urpmi to determine missing RPMs and copied them from the Mandrake 8.2 CDs. They can also be downloaded from the internet if you do not have all three CDs. List of additional RPMs required and CD in which they reside ------------------------------------------------------------ cd1 - libmysql10-3.23.47-5mdk.i586.rpm* cd1 - libpgsql2-7.2-12mdk.i586.rpm* cd1 - libunixODBC2-2.2.0-1mdk.i586.rpm* cd1 - MySQL-3.23.47-5mdk.i586.rpm* cd1 - MySQL-client-3.23.47-5mdk.i586.rpm* cd1 - postgresql-7.2-12mdk.i586.rpm* cd1 - sfio-1999-5mdk.i586.rpm* cd2 - libecpg3-7.2-12mdk.i586.rpm* cd2 - libpgperl-7.2-12mdk.i586.rpm* cd2 - libpgsqlodbc0-7.2-12mdk.i586.rpm* cd2 - libpgtcl2-7.2-12mdk.i586.rpm* cd2 - postgresql-devel-7.2-12mdk.i586.rpm* cd3 - libmysql10-devel-3.23.47-5mdk.i586.rpm* cd3 - libunixODBC2-devel-2.2.0-1mdk.i586.rpm* note: you do not need all of these if you don't install the devel packages ================= 2. Pre KDE3 Changes ================= I also found when my first attempt went wrong that KDE 3.0 install results in corruption of some files. They somehow end up with double entries in them. See the POST KDE 3.0 section for more detail. For now I suggest taking a backup of the /usr/share/applnk-mdk directory as you will need it for later correction. mkdir $HOME/backups cp -r /usr/share/applnk-mdk $HOME/backups/. --------------------------- 3. Install the KDE 3.0 RPMs --------------------------- su as root rpm -ivh *.rpm exit as root ---------------------------------------------------- 4. Re-Boot and login using KDE3 NOT (repeat NOT) KDE ---------------------------------------------------- If you are using X then it should be in the drop down list of options where you select your window manager to use. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Before doing anything else KDE2.2 and KDE3.0 need to be separated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Login - Select KDE3 from the dropdown list of managers kpersonalizer will start answer the appropriate questions and you wilu eventually be logged in into kde3. KSplash crashes after startup ----------------------------- On logging on get a window pop up titled "The KDE Splash Screen" with additional information. It does not happen subsequently. This seems to be harmless but annoying error. I understand that this maybe due to a package error in the libqt3. Only happens first time you start KDE3. KPersonalizer will launch everytime you start KDE3 (and may cause a crash). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To prevent this Create or edit the file '~/.kde3/share/config/kpersonalizerrc'. vi $HOME/.kde3/share/config/kpersonalizerrc Put these 2 lines into it and save it: [General] FirstLogin=false Copy your Desktop folder to a new Desktop_KDE3 folder ---------------------------------------------------- cp -r Desktop Desktop_KDE3 Logout and restart KDE3 and change paths to point to new directory ------------------------------------------------------------------ Logout and Login using KDE3 and Change paths in: KDEcontrolcenter--> LookNFeel--> Desktop--> Paths Change Desktop path to /home/<user-id>/Desktop_KDE3/ Change Trash path to: /home/<user-id>/Desktop_KDE3/Trash/ Finally most importantly edit /etc/profile.d/kde3.sh as follows: ---------------------------------------------------------------- su as root vi /etc/profile.d/kde3.sh Change first line from: export PATH="/opt/kde3/bin:$PATH" to: export PATH="$PATH:/opt/kde3/bin" and save it exit as root Restart the PC and Separation of KDE2.2 and KDE3 will be complete -------------------- 6. POST KDE3 Changes -------------------- I needed to edit the following files to revert back to original values. I suggest you use the backups created before installing KDE3. Alternatively you can edit them and remove the extra info. /usr/share/applnk-mdk/Home.desktop /usr/share/applnk-mdk/Terminals/konsole.desktop /usr/share/applnk-mdk/Terminals/konsolesu.desktop /usr/share/applnk-mdk/Networking/Remote access/Kppp.desktop /usr/share/applnk-mdk/Networking/Remote access/kppplogview.desktop /opt/kde3/share/applnk-mdk/Terminals/konsole.desktop /opt/kde3/share/applnk-mdk/Terminals/konsolesu.desktop There may be others. I have not checked all of them yet. I also need to set and unset the execute permissions on the following desktop icons by right clicking the icons and going into the appropriate tabs. The icons do not work otherwise. Internet Mandrake Control Centre XKill ############################################################# After succesfully installing KDE3, logged out and relogged in using KDE and encountered following problems and issues: ############################################################# --------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Further corrections required to get it all working correctly --------------------------------------------------------------- Problem with Konsole ==================== Also when firing up shell window an error window pops up which may read as follows: (NOTE - This seems to happen only when you log in using KDE NOT KDE3) ################################################################################ # Error # ################################################################################ # # # Font `-misc-console-medium-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-160-iso10646-1' not # # found. # # # # Check README.linux.console for help. # # # # # # ------ # # # OK # # # ------ # ################################################################################ To correct this change Font in the settings option on the shell window from Linux to Unicode then save settings. ================================================================================ End of Document ================================================================================ Last edited by JeroenM on Sun Jun 16, 2002 8:21 pm, edited 1 time in total mosaddique Newbie Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 2 Location: Coventry, United Kingdom Posted: Thu May 02, 2002 7:56 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Thanks for the recognition JeroenM, I hope this procedure is usefull to all who view it. I would also urge anyone with any additional relevant information to add on to this thread so that we may all benefit. DOlson Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 2393 Location: Canada Posted: Wed May 15, 2002 11:00 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Gee... I have a better method... 1) Download Red Hat 7.3 ISO images. 2) Burn them to CDs. 3) Install the new distro onto your computer. 4) Start KDE. Voila! Much simpler. the robot within Newbie Joined: 08 May 2002 Posts: 3 Posted: Thu May 16, 2002 7:39 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ I just downloaded and installed all the rpm's. I didnt have to choose anything different at the logon screen, nothing crashed, no kpersonalizer. And its working fine. bcurry Newbie Joined: 15 May 2002 Posts: 4 Location: Huntley, IL USA Posted: Wed May 29, 2002 3:32 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ the robot within wrote: I just downloaded and installed all the rpm's. I didnt have to choose anything different at the logon screen, nothing crashed, no kpersonalizer. And its working fine. Did you use KDE3 3.0 or 3.0.1? lorenzo111 Frequent user Joined: 25 Aug 2002 Posts: 39 Location: louisville,ky Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2002 11:23 pm Post subject: installing kde 3 on mandrake 8.2 _________________________________________________________________ i guess it just me but i downloaded all the rpms adn su to root tried installing but i recieved the following errors saying i needed this file or i could force it but i didnt do that but if anyone can provide this newbie some help it would be much appreciated LinuxNewbie Newbie Joined: 25 Aug 2002 Posts: 9 Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2002 11:58 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Does this procedure work for KDE 3.0.3 too? I downloaded all rpm (3.0.3) but I got some many errors. 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).

static Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 313 Location: Canada Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2002 1:29 pm Post subject: LAN Party HowTo _________________________________________________________________ Quote: Switches? SWITCHES? We don't need no stinkeen switches!!! There comes a time, in every computer geek's life, when you just hafta party! Here's how: * Make sure firewalls are disabledturned off, except the one between your LAN and the internet. * Choose to use static IP's if you ever want to be able to go directly to a PC - DHCP is a lot easier, but it's harder to figure out which IP is for which machine. I like DHCP, 'cause everyone just obtains their IPs automatically - no config required. Just "plug and play". * Get people to have their OS running before hand - and e-mail them any help they might need to know how to get what hardware isn't yet working for them to work (or how to disable their firewall or whatever). The more ready they are when they arrive, The quicker and more fun your day will be. * Have games preinstalled - this isn't always possible - sometimes you need them to arrive to get a game - but otherwise have your copy installed already. The best LAN games are: * Grand Theft Auto 2 * Star Tek: Armada II * Quake 3Unreal Tournament * Starcraft * Baldur's Gate I&II & Icewind Dale * Shogun: Total War * Jedi Knight 2 * Return to Castle Wolfenstein only if there's small maps available to your group (download some) and you have at least 6 people Know who's bringing hubs or switches andor network cables (if more than 2 players) - don't wait 'til the last minute to know where this stuff is coming from! Have everyone bring headphones instead of PC speakers (for a couple of reasons) Think of a setup before hand of where to seat everyone - table spac is for monitors and k/b mouse - towers should go on the floor. Have groups clustered to fascilitate using hubs and shorter network cables Have at least one female-to-female RJ-45 connector lying around; it's saved me so many times! Add the length of any cable to any cable! Have fun 2 player Use an RJ-45 crossover networking cable directly between the two NICs (network interface cards). Enjoy. More than 2 Players Use straight-thru cables for everything. It's always great if someone owns a broadband router - it can automatically assign IP's, usually have a built in 4 port switch, etc, etc... if you need more ports, a switch is a lot faster and smarter than a hub - less collisions of data = less lag in games. But hubs will do! And hubsswitchesrouters all can be strung together to provide enough room... Have each person bring a little something (bag of chips, for munchies) and all split on beer and pizza AND GO NUTS! clown Frequent user Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 33 Location: Kentucky Posted: Fri May 03, 2002 4:04 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ static, Great ingredients for a successful LAN party. A group of us here in the western part of KY have a LAN party every couple of months and it is a blast. The next LAN, I be using linux, hopefully. later, clown JollyRogers Frequent user Joined: 07 May 2002 Posts: 51 Posted: Sun May 19, 2002 7:48 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ We have a LAN party in Dahlgren, Virginia the first Friday of every month. Wohoo! We call ourselves CRUD (dont aks me what it stands for?). But what is cool is my son and I show up running our LINUX boxes (exclusively) and those windows guys look on...what is that??? Well I got a couple to "try", but I don't wanna talk about that. What was really interesting is watching people reboot machines and seeing blue screens of death! This kills my son (who is 14 BTW!). He counts them each time we go. It is funny. But what was really funny was watching the network go down and peoples machines freaking out with the exception of ours. " Hey buddy you wanna plug that link back in so I can ping those boxes???" The response. Don't bother our machines are locked! I don't think I rebooted one time at those LAN parties. Oh wait a sec...when we blew the breaker I had to reboot! static Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 313 Location: Canada Posted: Thu May 23, 2002 8:27 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ We had one about 2 months ago and the power did the freakiest thing (not to mention the worst imaginable thing if you're a PC user...) It went ONOFFONOFFONFFOOFONFONFONFONFFONFNOFONFONOFF really really fast over about 5 seconds. DAMN! I dove for the power bar just as it stopped - and stayed out for 3 hours! By that time only the 2 guys from the neighbouring province had stuck around! Oh well - nothing seemed to fry... Afrosheen Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 197 Location: Dallas, TX Posted: Tue May 28, 2002 6:23 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Power power power. This is probably the single highest concern of any lan party and is always overlooked. Make sure everyone has a surge protector and their own power strip. Don't let them show up with two black cords in their hand and grope for somewhere to plug them in. Evil or Very Mad If you're doing this at your home/large apartment, make sure you know where all the power outlets are. The biggest cause of blowing breakers or overloading fuses is plugging too much stuff in one socket. If you need to, unplug your tv/vcr/stereo/whatever and use that plug instead. I've been to lan parties at colleges and have tried to game (after tripping the breaker every 15 minutes) more times than I can count. Unless you're in an office building or a well-designed, modern home, keep the head count low. Most pc's draw more wattage than you think and when you add a room full of Athlons it gets bad quick. One more thing to consider is cooling. Your pc doesn't generate much heat at idle, but as you game your cpu and video card will get warm and raise the ambient temperature a little. If you get 5 or 6 other people there's a good chance you'll all be sweating shortly. Get a fan or two ready just in case. You'll be glad you did. Nothing worse than 6 sweaty geeks cursing at power failures. Oldguy Newbie Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 5 Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2002 5:29 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ My kids and I are hopeless Unrealtournment addicts. So naturally we have had several LAN parties. My wife prepares a feast of snack type foods for the players. Anyway at the last party, Xmas 2001, we had a party setup for 20 players. Only 16 actually showed up. We setup tables in 3 rows of 3 tables each, 2 players per table. And an odd ball table with 2 more positions. I dearly wanted to use Linux for the game server but was still very green Linux wise and I hadn't gotten UT to play well with Linux as the server. (MDK8.0) So I reverted to my Win98SE box for the actual game server. I booted my linux box into Win98 to be used as a map redirect server and statistics server. I used static IPs as it was just easier to do since I hadn't figured out DHCP with Linux yet. As the players started to arrive and get hooked up I realized that some of them were proud owners of WinXP. Something started nagging at me but I couldn't figure out what it was. The gaming got started and everything was going well for about an hour when the network started getting flakey. The game server couldn't get the map requests to the map server. A quick check of the good 'ole network neighborhood showed it to be empty. Hmmmm....I also noted that the XP machines were crashing at increasing intervals. The net would come back then disappear. After a few of these cycles I realized that the net was going down when one of the XP machines went down. It was then that realized what I had done. During my learning experience of Linux and SAMBA I had turned off all the master browsing functions in my Win98 machines so that SAMBA could run my home LAN. When I booted the Linux box back into Win I lost my only master browser. The XP machines being from the NT background were winning the master browser elections and then crashing. Aaaaackkkkkkk!!! Wait......Linux and SAMBA! OMG.....That's it!!!!! Shocked The Linux box already had SAMBA setup for my home LAN. All I had to do was reboot that box back into Linux and let SAMBA take over the network. Prefered master= yes, OS level= 33. It worked like a charm. Because I had wanted to use Linux anyway, I had already set up the map and statistics server on it. The LAN party proceeded for the rest of the weekend with no more network troubles. NONE. By the way, the XP machines continued to crash. Smile static Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 313 Location: Canada Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2002 9:46 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Yeah, I should clarify that DHCP thing a bit. For it to work, you need a DHCP SERVER!! Smile Forgot to mention - my Linksys router is a dhcp server, so it's really easy that way. Without it, the network would need a box to be configured as a DHCP server, in which case it might be easier to those who lean toward newbiedom to just stick with static ip's. Afrosheen - You very right about the power issue - but in my anecdote I don't think it was us because it came back on by itself... Confused frew Senior user Joined: 01 Jun 2002 Posts: 214 Location: Mississippi Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2002 10:37 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ yeah DHCP is a good thing to have..It eases things a lot. I am actually having a fairly large (10 people) and long (3 days) lLAN party in a couple of weeks...I always get people to bring like 15 bucks for pizza and stuff, games (especially ones with a spawn option), and one of the biggest things...a fan. since I host the entire thing in my room it gets pretty hot. but if you have a fan per person its pretty good. Thats our biggest deal...heat. plus everyone but me uses winblows. btw one of my friends got sof 1 and 2 and apparently it works with both linux and 'dows out of the box. (Rune is good too, its ut with swords.) 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).