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Usually you can add an option to the launch command in the icon properties. You just have to find out which one. For example, the original launch command would be: /path/to/netscape/executable/netscape.executable And you would change it to: /path/to/netscape/executable/netscape.executable --maximized or whatever the command to launch maximized would be. To find that out you will probably have to Google around or read the Netscape documentation. Sorry I can't be more help, Nate

As far as I know, Linux has no DVD backup type programs. They have separate tools that together have all the functionality and somone has probably written a script, but nothing comprehensive. The closest you can come, I think, is running DVD Shrink under Wine and even that is sometimes buggy. Other than that, there's nothing. This is one area that the Linux scene lacks. Happy hunting, Nate

Check the forums and such at http://www.linuxprinting.org/. I had a CX4600 that's pretty much the same thing (printer, copier, scanner, etc...) and found out that the CX3200 drivers ran it just fine. So now printing and scanning work :) Good luck, Nate

This is a known bug. Happened to me too on the initial install. After running the Mandrake Linux Update Utility in the K-menu, all fixed. Did you try that yet? Good luck. Nate

Since Dell doesn't publish Linux drivers for their wireless ethernet cards, you're going to need NdisWrapper to get your wireless network going. Search this forum and Google for HOWTO's about this subject. It's not too difficult, especially with Mandrake. Here's a link to their website, they have more information there. I think they even have Mandrake-specific installation instructions. ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net Good luck, Nate

Yeah, just to be safe I would install the Windows hard drive as the Master Drive on its cable. That means that the drive itself will have the pins set to "Master," and that it would be on the end of the IDE cable (not in the middle). The second hard-drive, the one with Linux on it, would be jumpered as the "Slave" drive and be in the middle of the same cable. The other IDE drives on the system (cdroms, cdrws, dvdroms, dvdrws, etc) can go on the other cable however you please. Some people like to have their hard-drives on seperate cables to increase transfer speeds, but I have never noticed any increase in speed from doing this. Anyway, as Devries said above, it should then be easy to reconstruct LILO to take into account for this new configuration by booting from the Mandrake Install CD, hitting F1 at the first chance and typing "rescue." This will allow you to re-install LILO with the new configuration and thus be able to boot to either Windows or Linux. There are a thousand HOWTO's about this out there to look at if you get stuck (plug "Linux dual boot" or something similar into Google). Or you could just re-post here :) P.S. : sorry it took so long to get back, med school started again for the week and I have been busy :) Good Luck, Nate

Try this on the command line: find /home/colin/ -name arach* This will return the path to all the files called "arach"-whatever. You decide what the name for the executable is and then type: wine /home/colin/path/to/executable.exe and the program may or may not start and/or work. I would test it heavily to make sure that it works properly. I haven't had that much luck using Wine for any but the most popular Windows applications. Anyway, as for your original question. Booting from separate hard drives can be done, and it might even be easy. I would install Windows on the first partition on the Master hard disk. Windows gets really testy if you do it any other way. You can then install Mandrake on to the second hard disk using the partitioning options during the Mandrake boot-disk install procedure. It should configure LILO with all the right settings for you. Good luck, Nate

I recently upgraded to KDE 3.4 with THAC's rpms. THAC RULES! Anyway, everything is working just fine except for the menus. After the initial package installation, the menus were totally blank. I read on another post that I should remove the ~/.local folder and then run update-menus -v After removing the folder and running update-menus -v, I get the following output. (The same for running the script as root.) [nate@NATE nate]$ update-menus[8990]: Update-menus is run by user. update-menus[8990]: urpmi is not locking urpmi status area, good. update-menus[8990]: Reading installed packages list... update-menus[8990]: Reading translation rules in /etc/menu-methods/translate_menus. update-menus[8990]: Reading menu-entry files in /home/nate/.menu/. update-menus[8990]: 117 menu entries found (117 total). update-menus[8990]: Reading menu-entry files in /etc/menu/. update-menus[8990]: 0 menu entries found (117 total). update-menus[8990]: Reading menu-entry files in /usr/lib/menu/. update-menus[8990]: 761 menu entries found (878 total). update-menus[8990]: Reading menu-entry files in /usr/share/menu/. update-menus[8990]: 0 menu entries found (878 total). update-menus[8990]: Reading menu-entry files in /usr/share/menu/default/. update-menus[8990]: 0 menu entries found (878 total). update-menus[8990]: Running menu-methods in /home/nate/.menu-methods/. update-menus[8990]: Running menu-methods in /etc/menu-methods/. update-menus[8990]: Running method: /etc/menu-methods/menu update-menus[8990]: Running method: /etc/menu-methods/icewm update-menus[8990]: Running method: /etc/menu-methods/twm update-menus[8990]: Running method: /etc/menu-methods/gnome-mime-data-applications update-menus[8990]: Running method: /etc/menu-methods/gnome-mime-data-keys update-menus[8990]: Running method: /etc/menu-methods/xdg-menu-spec update-menus[8990]: Running method: /etc/menu-methods/xdg-desktop-entry-spec-apps Running 2 savekdemimetypes.pl/home/nate/.local/share/applications Running 2 restorekdemimetypes.pl/home/nate/.local/share/applications processing /home/nate/tmp/update-menu-501-kdemimetypes .... still working ** (process:9013): CRITICAL **: file eggdesktopentries.c: line 2223 (egg_desktop_entries_add_group): assertion `egg_desktop_entries_lookup_group (entries, group_name) == NULL' failed update-menus[8990]: Running method: /etc/menu-methods/xdg-desktop-entry-spec-dirs update-menus[8990]: Reading translation rules in /etc/menu-methods/simplified/translate_menus. update-menus[8990]: Reading menu-entry files in /home/nate/.menu-simplified/. update-menus[8990]: 0 menu entries found (0 total). update-menus[8990]: Reading menu-entry files in /etc/menu/simplified/. update-menus[8990]: 0 menu entries found (0 total). update-menus[8990]: Reading menu-entry files in /usr/lib/menu/simplified/. update-menus[8990]: 153 menu entries found (153 total). update-menus[8990]: Reading menu-entry files in /etc/menu/. update-menus[8990]: 0 menu entries found (153 total). update-menus[8990]: Reading menu-entry files in /usr/lib/menu/. update-menus[8990]: 884 menu entries found (1037 total). update-menus[8990]: Reading menu-entry files in /usr/share/menu/. update-menus[8990]: 0 menu entries found (1037 total). update-menus[8990]: Reading menu-entry files in /usr/share/menu/default/. update-menus[8990]: 0 menu entries found (1037 total). update-menus[8990]: Running menu-methods in /home/nate/.menu-simplified-methods/ . update-menus[8990]: Running menu-methods in /etc/menu-methods/simplified/. update-menus[8990]: Running method: /etc/menu-methods/simplified/simplified-xdg- menu-spec update-menus[8990]: Running method: /etc/menu-methods/simplified/simplified-xdg- desktop-entry-spec-apps Running 2 savekdemimetypes.pl/home/nate/.local/share/simplified/applications Running 2 restorekdemimetypes.pl/home/nate/.local/share/simplified/applications processing /home/nate/tmp/update-menu-501-kdemimetypes .... still working ** (process:9025): CRITICAL **: file eggdesktopentries.c: line 2223 (egg_desktop _entries_add_group): assertion `egg_desktop_entries_lookup_group (entries, group _name) == NULL' failed update-menus[8990]: Running method: /etc/menu-methods/simplified/simplified-xdg- desktop-entry-spec-dirs Note the eggdesktopentries.c errors. I tried googling that, but the only site I could find was on MCNL and I don't speak that language :( Now the menus are mostly fixed except that I don't have the "Configure Your Desktop" or "Configure Your Computer" or several others. These icons show up if I run menudrake, but I can't get them to show up on my user menu. I can add SOME icons manually, but nothing to the System folder. Anyone know about the script error or how to get the menus working again? ANY help would be appreciated. :) BTW, the new version of amaroK doesn't include that cool wolf icon anymore, anyone know why? Nate [moved from Software by spinynorman]

This means that urpmi isn't setup correctly (not all sources/repositories arre available) or the sources are not up to date (urpmi.update -a). If something loke this happens don't uninstall but run urpmi.update and try again. Your problem: could be config problems so rename the .kde folder and start kde again. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey, thanks for the reply. I ended up just reinstalling 3.2 back on to the system. But since all I would have had to do was update the urpmi database, maybe I'll try it again. As for the menudrake problem, I tried renaming my .kde folder and the menu started having 3 copies of every entry. Menudrake was still crashing. Maybe menudrake doesn't like KDE 3.4? Is there a way to dump menudrake and if so what does KDE have that'll do the same thing natively? Nate BTW: THAC, you are awesome. Compiling all that stuff must have taken forever. Not to mention the specialized know-how. I am extremely jealous.

after adding the THAC RPM source and typing urpmi kdebase, I get this error message: Installation failed: qt3-common = 3.3.3-27.1.101mdk is needed by (installed) libqt3-3.3.3-27.1.101mdk Anyone know how I can get around that? TIA Nate EDIT: Okay, nevermind, I went with the "nuclear option". I went init 3, urpme qt3 and then urpmi kdebase. Now EVERYTHING is FUBAR and kmenueditor is crashing. Oh well, what are ya gonna do?

I had a Nero licence left over from my Windows days, so I downloaded the NeroLinux and installed it. It looks OK, it doesn't have anywhere near the features that the Windows Nero has, and I couldn't see anything it could do the K3B can't. Also it doesn't fit into the system window design. Its like StarOffice or aMSN or one of those that has the old X-Windows style. Very generic. Anyway I tried burning a DVD ISO that I had made as a backup for one of my movies. The burn went off without a hitch, but the DVD doesn't work in any player. Bummer. I then burned the SAME ISO with K3B and it burned perfectly and played perfectly (in fact my kid is watching it right now). So: Nero 0 K3B 1 Still its cool that Ahead Software is actually making an attempt to provide software for the Linux community. It shows how much we're growing! :) I am going to try a bootable CD burn next, will report the results.

The only thing I know is that there is no Linux software to handle Microsoft's .LIT format. You have to extract the file using CLit, a command line util that pulls out the covers, the text in html format and an XML file. Then you can read the book in any html reader you like. Nate

During the installation process, your Windows drives should have been detected and mounted automatically. When I was dual booting with XP, that's what happened anyway. So if you're using KDE, open up Konqueror and browse to /mnt and you should be able to see them there. Be warned, however that you probably won't be able to write to the ntfs formatted drives. You can read data offa them, but not write back. This is because the ntfs system is so complicated that stable linux code has yet to be developed that lets you write directly to the ntfs partition. Currently, any attempt to do so could result in a permanantly FUBARed partition. Bummer. Linux can read/write to a FAT32 partition just fine though. So when I needed to get info back and forth from Windows, I created a small FAT32 partition so that both could read/write to it. Anyway, on to your other question. This is one of the beauties of Linux, you almost NEVER have to reboot. Once the updates are downloaded and installed through the Mandrake updater in the menu (system->packaging->updates) they're GOOD TO GO. No more messing around needed. Awesome, no? Being a recent convert myself, I gotta tell ya that you're gonna love the MandrakeLinux thing! Have Fun Nate :lol: edit: I should add that the reason stable linux code has yet to be developed is that M$ won't release info about their proprietary filesystem.

Question: is there a wiki or a FAQ or something that I can read about the new kernel? i.e. what is the advantage of 2.6.11 over 2.6.8.1 and/or can I (or even should I) install the NITRO patch?

Your first question someone else will have to answer, cuz i donno. BUT, Mandrake is set up to automatically create an icon for some mounted devices on the desktop when they are mounted and then remove the icon when they are unmounted. (Kind of smells like Macintosh :( You can change this behavior my right-clicking on the desktop, selecting Configure Desktop ... , then the Device Icons tab and selecting which ones should show up and when. Hope that helps :) Nate

Welcome to Linux! Anyway, if you installed the firefox binaries off the website (i.e. downloaded it and ran the installer), then it mattereth not where you put the files, because it will run from there. If you want to move them somewhere else, no problem, just copy the entire directory to a new location, update any shortcuts you may have created to the binary and voila, all moved. For example: My firefox is installed to /home/nate/Programs/firefox-1.0 This is just by preference, however, and I could copy the "firefox-1.0" directory wherever I wanted and it would still run. I would just have to update the shortcut I created to the "firefox" executable file on my panel. Thus, if the original command line in the shortcut properties was "/home/nate/Programs/firefox-1.0/firefox" and I moved the directory up one level, I would change the command line to read "/home/nate/firefox-1.0/firefox". As for the file system, it is fundamentally different from the Windows system that you may be used to. In Windows, for example, each physical drive has a letter assigned to it and the directory tree is assembled logically around these devices. Linux, on the other hand, has a directory tree and each drive/partition in incorporated into the tree at whatever point you choose. Granted there are some standards, but you can get around that with sym-links and the like. Thus, if you choose to put all your installed programs in a directory called "Program Files" under the /home/user directory (where user is your login id, also where you're taken when double-clicking My Home on the desktop) and run everything from there, no prob. Otherwise, most things get installed to /usr/bin when (for example) building from source or installing via urpmi. To me (a recent Windows convert) the linux directory structure makes more sence and grants a great deal of freedom to its users. Hope that helps, if not we can do more. Nate :lol:

If running Mandrake, this is a piece of cake. su urpmi bootsplash-themes-2.0.0-10mdk Once installed, open up System --> Configuration --> Configure your computer, select Boot Theme and choose your favorite one. All done.

I disagree, if what the ReactOS and WINE people in the article say is true and the WGA program is SPECIFICALLY checking for interoperability software and generating a failure, then Microsoft is violating the Sherman Act and needs to be held accountable. On the other hand, if they've isolated the offending check, it shouldn't be too hard to write a patch for WINE that returns the proper values to the WGA software. On the other, other hand, what could you need from the Microsoft website besides security updates that aren't necessary using WINE anyways?

On my Mandrake 10.1, it came with a command line util called "md5sum" Its located at /usr/bin/md5sum I couldn't find what package it was contained in, but it seems pretty standard. Hope that helps.

If you're looking to setup the wireless ethernet connection, you'll probably end up using ndiswrapper. I have an HP Pavilion zd7188cl laptop and that's what I had to do. I'd like to point out that hp's website is as helpfull as a kick in the nuts when trying to find out what kind of wireless card you have. Anyway, I'll assume that since harddrake didn't find a driver for your card that you'll have to use ndiswrapper and we'll go from there. (NDISWRAPPER is a program that lets you use the windows wireless card drivers with your linux machine. It's a work-around for companies that don't see the profitability in providing open-source drivers for their hardware yet ;) ) Visit this website and read the section about installation/uninstallation. Pay specific attention to the distro-specific instructions and ignore the section about building a new kernel package: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/phpwiki...hp/Installation once that's installed and running, your wireless ethernet should run like a dream. :)

Make sure that you are using the same version of the printer dirver with both machines. What I mean is, if you have the Linux box setup to print with the 1300 driver, make sure that you have the Windows box set up to print with a windows version of the 1300 driver as well. If you don't some very interesting things start happening. (This is something I found out the hard way.)

Depending on how your DSL router is managing the connection, you could set up the printer as a samba share on the MDK machine. In order for the Samba thing to work, you would probably need to have both the Windows and the MDK machines assigned an IP on the same subnet. (I'm not sure how acurate that is, I'm still a'learnin'. :) ) Anyway, once you've got both machines talking to each other with Samba, you can set the printer as shared on the MDK machine and then set it up just like you would any other network printer under windows. So ... I guess this all depends on what the IP/Subnet mask is for your two machines. Once you find that out, then the rest is fairly easy.

I d/l'd and read the thing. For a total noob who's never done any programming in C++ with the Qt libraries or without, I thought that it was extremely informative and useful. It has TONS of example code and pretty much everything in the code is explained in depth. So I would recommend it to someone who wants to learn how to use the Qt libraries. If you're already a total C++ guru and just need to get the syntax from the help files, then you could probably just get by with the Qt documentation. so there you have it ... a letter opener.

Thanks, its good to know that I'm giving something back to the site. I have gotten SO much help from here, and not just from posting questions. I would probably have gone back to the Darkside on several occasions if not for you guys.

SUCCESS! After many days of hard work and a couple of chicken sacrifices to the Pantheon of Hardware Gods, I managed to get it to work. Here's my setup: 1 Laptop running Mandrake 10.1, Samba and CUPS 1 Desktop PC running Winblow$ XP 1 Epson CX4600 connected to the Desktop PC 1 D-Link Wireless Router for networking So, I got the Samba set up so that the Windows box saw the Laptop and vice-versa. I could transfer files, send messages, and all of that. I could not, however, print to my nice new printer. I researched around and found how to set up CUPS to print to a samba printer. That went OK, but CUPS didn't have a driver for the EPSON CX 4600. Bummer. Googling, I found that the EPSON CX3200 driver was supposed to work just fine, so I set CUPS to use that one. Every time I sent a test page from the laptop, though, it came out as a full page of solid balck. Not friendly to my pocketbook if you know what I mean. I tried setting CUPS to print with the RAW driver, but then all I got was a page full of postscript mumbo-jumbo, so that wasn't the way to go. Then I stumbled upon the solution. I figured that if the Linux CX3200 drivers worked for the CX4600, then the Windows CX3200 driver might be the way to go. I set up a new printer in XP using the CX3200 drivers and then set CUPS to print to the new printer share. Prints like a dream now. It's probably not impressive to all you Linux gurus, but for a noob like myself, it was a pretty big victory. :) Well, that's my story, I hope it can help someone else having a similar problem out. [moved from Hardware by spinynorman]