[techtalk] ATI Rage LT Pro
Dear all, Does anyone know how to configure X for this card, ATI Rage LT Pro? I'm really messed up and I don't know next to nothing about linux. My screen can do 1024x768 with 16 bpp and 60hz under windows, it's a TFT screen of unknown brand (and no markings). I am using red hat 6.0 for now. Yours, Sunnanvind -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind "I went forth in armored frame, but of fear the arm was cast, and of shame." - Karin Boye [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] ATI Rage LT Pro
Yaaah! first time I'm able to actually help >on a Linux listserve and not just lurk. Thank you so very, very much! I've tried to get X work since the beginning of the summer. This (solution 1) worked, but the "-"'s had all been changed to "^M"'s in the new config file. That was easy to fix, though. Sunnanvind -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind "I went forth in armored frame, but of fear the arm was cast, and of shame." - Karin Boye [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] KDE and users and themes, oh?
Dear all, after struggling all summer with only one thing: getting X to work, it only took one day since I joined this list. After I got X working, I tried to get the modem to work. Actually, that was super-easy (my old noisy box. My pcmcia-modem doesn't even work under windows yet). So now I'm typing this from within X! Anyway, here's my new questions (it never ends :) 1) I seem to have too old a version of KDE (which is what I installed) to use the themes at http://kde.themes.org . How can I find out which version I'm using? Best wishes, Sunnanvind -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind Hjärtan och blomster etc etc [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] Users and everything?
I'm currently logging in as root, but I've been told 9 times that that's a bad idea. So how can I move all mail email settings, KDE desktop settings and so on to my recently added user (myself)? Thanks in advance, Sunnan. -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind Hjärtan och blomster etc etc [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Users and everything?
> That's actually a VERY large question. The quickest answer I can give >is that most if not all of your config files will be in the /root >directory and start with a dot ".", as in ".filename". Also there will >be directories that start with a dot. You're going to want to copy all >those files, and everything in the directories to your new user folder >"cp -R /root/.??* /home//" and then copy the "nsmail" folder >if you use Netscape for email. Thanks, but.. how can I connect to the internet when I'm not root? The modem starts dialing, and then I get a "the ppp deamon died unexpectedly". When I'm root, everythings fine. Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind "I went forth in armored frame, but of fear the arm was cast, and of shame." - Karin Boye [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] KFM weirdness.
I'm using KDE + RedHat (so sue me ;), and I have a KFM browser window that's trying to open a webpage ( http://www.svt.se/noje/robinson , not that it matters). Whenever I close that window, all my icons dissappear and I'm unable to start programs under KDE. All I can do is restart KDE, and there I get that browser window again. How can I rid myself of it? I'm sorry if this is in a faq or a FM. BTW, does the "K" stand for Kallisti? Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind Hjärtan och blomster etc etc [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] KDE or no way?
Hey all, I was just fiddling with the key settings in KDE, and I think I set "alt" to "iconify window" or something similarly stupid; and now I keep getting a "wrong charset" message and X crashes on me. Any ideas on which rc I should vi? The problems only when I log in as user; the root user can still startx and KDE shows up fine. So how can I fix this or how can I ditch KDE altogether? I'm using RH6.0. Sunnan (I'm sure I've not provided enough info for anyone to help. If so, don't hesitate to ask me for logs and so on.) -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind "I went forth in armored frame, but of fear the arm was cast, and of shame." - Karin Boye [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
RE: [techtalk] http://cristal.inria.fr/~harley/ecdl7//
At 10:49 1999-12-15 -, you wrote: >We should pick a preffered "community computing" project and ask people to join that. Either this, seti@home, the RSA/DES thingy or whatever. I can probably get a dozen or so machines working on whatever, but if we spread the workload around too thinly then we won't earn as wuch kudos for it ;-) Can't we have like, one team on distributed.net, one team on seti@home, one team on this, one team on whatever and so on, so people could be on whichever they preferred but still be on the linuxchix team? Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind "I went forth in armored frame, but of fear the arm was cast, and of shame." - Karin Boye [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] Foreign keyboards in X?
Hello everybody (this might be a resend, my email program is superweird). My swedish keyboard works super in the text mode, but less grand in X. Can anyone please tell me how to remedy this? Needless to say, it is quite annoying to have ? at _, / at - and so on. Yours, Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind Hjärtan och blomster etc etc [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] Software suggestions?
Hi all; Anyone know a good ppp-program? I use kppp now which I have to run in a su root terminal. Also, does anyone know a good webbrowser? Preferrably good css support. I love Opera for Windows and am longing for it to be ported to X. I'm currently using netscape, kfm and lynx. Third; how can I use a scanner in linux? Fourth: Is it at all possible to run dx-games like "Grim Fandango" and the new Indy game in linux, or do I have to wait for a port? Your Sunnan. -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind Hjärtan och blomster etc etc [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Software suggestions?
On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, T. E. Pickering wrote: > that'll make kppp run as root without you needing to type the stupid > password all the time. sure, it's not as secure, but fine for a home > dialup machine. Oddly enough, when I do run kppp from my user account (after setting u+s), kppp promts me for my user password? > netscape, unfortunately, is the best there is now. opera is supposed > to be out soon, but i've been hearing that for a while. They say that it'll be in beta before christmas. That'd be nice. > check out sane: http://www.mostang.com/sane/ it'll let you scan from > a standalone xscanimage or even with a gimp plug-in. Thanks, I'll check that out. > wait for the port or until something like vmware supports directx. > wine _might_ do the trick in some cases, but it's pretty hit and miss > from what i've seen. Dang. I have a shelfful of games that'll gather dust... maybe I can get the dos ones running if I'm lucky. Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind Hjärtan och blomster etc etc [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] X emulator for X?
I know that the topic sounds wierd, but here's what I really meant: Some programs will only run in for example 604x480x8bpp. My screen works best in 1024x768x16bpp (it's a tft-screen), so is there a way to trick programs and make them run in a window, while believing that they run in full screen in their preffered resolution/color depth? I got Grim Fandango running (with very good speed and sound) with wine; but it only used the top left 640x480 pixels, and left the unused pixels blinking wildly. I would rather have it in a window, like quake.x11 does. Any other workarounds/solutions, like having a virtual extra screen that I can switch to? Thanks for reading, oxo Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind Hjärtan och blomster etc etc [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] X emulator for X?
On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Nils Philippsen wrote: > You can start Xnest as an additional X server inside your X session, > unfortunately you can only specify its geometry but not the color depth > with XFree86 (I hope this changes with XF86-4.0): > > Xnest -geometry 640x480 :1 > export DISPLAY=:1 > program_you_want_to_run_in_640x480 & Nn... I get the following error: [root@localhost Sunnan]# Xnest -geometry 640x480 :1 failed to set default font path '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/' Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' I hope this is a really silly problem that'll take 2 mins to solve? > Hope this helps, Thanks, and I'll check out the Xwrapper thingee later. Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind Hjärtan och blomster etc etc [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] X emulator for X?
On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Sunnanvind wrote: > [root@localhost Sunnan]# Xnest -geometry 640x480 :1 > failed to set default font path >'/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/' > Fatal server error: > could not open default font 'fixed' > > I hope this is a really silly problem that'll take 2 mins to solve? Err... it was. The embarrassing thing is that I solved it myself. Xnest has a -fp argument that needs to be set with unix/:-1 on my setup, dunno why. Sunnan (just posting trivia, it might help people in the future) -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind Hjärtan och blomster etc etc [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] X emulator for X?
On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Nils Philippsen wrote: > Are you by chance using Red Hat Linux (if yes, which version? I ask > because it uses the xfs font server by default in recent versions)? Yep, 6.0. > It > should be configured to use the font server in /etc/X11/XF86Config, the > relevant snippets are: > > FontPath "unix/:-1" Yes, that's how I have it in my XF86Config - and that's how I figured what font path I should use for Xnest. > > All other font paths are commented out in mine. Xnest should use > /etc/X11/XF86Config as well. > > Maybe you use an Xnest from a different version or a differently packages > one (e.g. searching for XF86Config in /etc instead of /etc/X11 or vice > versa). Yes, probably... didn't have Xnest on my comp, but I installed it from the cd I installed RH from. Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind Hjärtan och blomster etc et [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] X emulator for X?
On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Kelly Lynn Martin wrote: > You can probably do this with Xnest. Would be terribly inefficient, > though. That's how I'm doing it right now (hi, Nils!). Inefficient, how come? Works fine, I get my fave game (the best game ever, in my opinion) in a window, next to mail programs etc etc... Although slower in Xnest than it was when it screwed up my screen so how is a more efficient way of doing it? Only way is to start an Xsession with right resolution? I ran a top and wine had most of the percentage - Xnest not so much. Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind Hjärtan och blomster etc etc [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re:[techtalk] Soundcard
On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Theresa Radke wrote: > Hi!! > > This is my soundcard, and while I don't have a solution for your issue, I am >wondering how you get mp3's to play at all?? You probably haven't even got wave working yet; which most mp3 players use. CD's use the CD-playing part of the soundtrack, and system sounds use the pc beeper part (I think). If your system sounds are like, wave-based, maybe you should disable them? Sunnan (knows nothing... still wants to help... dilemma.) -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind Hjärtan och blomster etc etc [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] Gnome applets in blackbox?
Blackbox can easily run windowmaker- and afterstep applets, but can it run gnomes applets? I dislike having a gnome-panel open just for a battery meter and a character picker. Sunnan (sending short questions today). -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind It's like meeting the man of your dreams, then meeting his beautiful wife. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] Netscape Appearance?
Anyone knows how to change the colours of netscape's widgets? (I've asked this before, but lost the answer if I got any.) Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind It's like meeting the man of your dreams, then meeting his beautiful wife. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Netscape Appearance?
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Robert Kiesling wrote: > Sunnanvind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Anyone knows how to change the colours of netscape's widgets? > > In the communicator directory, /opt/netscape/communicator on my > system, the Netscape.ad file lists all of the resources, which > you can cut 'n' paste into your ~/.Xresources. Okay, done it.. but what do I change? Where can I mess with the colours? I hate that eyepopping light grey. Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind It's like meeting the man of your dreams, then meeting his beautiful wife. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
RE: [techtalk] Gnome applets in blackbox?
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Jack wrote: > as far as i know, blackbox will run any x software, i use blackbox and i > run KDE and Enlightenment software, and i have accidently started the gnome > panel in blackbox before.. Yeah, but I mean like, run 'em in the black box slit instead of running 'em in a gnome-panel. Sunnan (poorly frased question, sorry) -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind It's like meeting the man of your dreams, then meeting his beautiful wife. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Netscape Appearance?
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Robert Kiesling wrote: > Whew! Let me know if this helps, Sunnan. Cheers! I changed it, saved it... didn't work. Changed the global file.. nothing happens. Then all of a sudden it works! Perhaps 'cause I rebooted? I didn't get that you'd have to restart X, if that indeed was the problem. That's silly. Thank you very much, it's working now. I set my netscape up to match the gtk theme I'm currently using, Elegance. I'm going to make my own one later. Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind Hearts and flowers etc etc [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] .rar
Hello, dears; how can I unrar a file? Got it from an Amiga user; but I know that it's possible in windows or dos. Would rather do it in linux natively, though.. Thanks in advance; Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] .rar
On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, aprilk wrote: > Actually you can look for a program called "unrar" that will do just > what you want. The "rar" program only makes *.rar's. Thank you. Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] Xfree86?
How can I upgrade my Xfree86? I'm looking at ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.3.6/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc21/ and I don't know wich files I need? Sunnan (I got a rtfm on this question from someone who didn't know.) -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] question
On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, K Kirby wrote: > What is RTFM? If it's not too much trouble? No trouble at all! It means "Read the fucking manual". It's the nineties version of the classic "Take your bed and walk". People say it and think that it solves all problems. NOTE - on the word "fucking": I hope noone here knows what it means, but I think you all do. It's a rude word. Respect that people don't want to hear it. Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Xfree86?
On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Laurel Fan wrote: > http://www.xfree86.org/FAQ/ says: I feel silly; being so stumblingly close. Thank you immensely. (Thanks to anyone else who replied; haven't read all yet). Sunnan. -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] question
On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Michelle wrote: > > NOTE - on the word "fucking": I hope noone here knows what it means, but I > >think you all do. It's a rude word. Respect that people don't want to hear > it. > >Sunnan > >-- > my apologies on that one - it's the only definition I've been told and I > could've at least used asterisks for subtlety when I posted. Thanks to > those who offered some less offensive alternatives. And I'll agree - the > word gets tossed around much more than it should these days... Hey! I was not refering to you; it was a suggestion for people who had never heard it before, and also a kind of apology for my own frankness in the definition. Many people used asterisks etc, but I feel that's kinda silly. Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
RE: [techtalk] question
On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Tarah Hofmann wrote: > april - > Does it? Hmm...this may be one of those acronyms that strays from the > original meaning, kind of urban-legendy. Maybe all of us are just too eager > to cuss! > > > Actually it isn't much trouble. > > RTFM means "Read The FAQ's & Manuals" Cussings fun since I never do it - and that's why so many people were lighting fast to reply, I guess. This abbv was new to me but makes much more sense than funny, fine or flying ever will. Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] question
On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, K Kirby wrote: http://faqfinder.cs.uchicago.edu > I'd love to have this link.. but, this > one didn't work.. Would you mind sending it again? I'm assuming it's due to the paranthesis; try it now. -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Monitor Size
On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Jenn V. wrote: > Carry a tape measure. Measure them yourself - they did this at my husband's > work one day, and found a massive disparity in size-of-usable-screen > between two allegedly 21" monitors. Neither of which was 21" > corner-to-corner of usable screen. CRT screens are *never* 21" of usable screen. > Don't bother getting into fights with salesmen over it - just use it so > you're comparing apples to apples. Agreed - one might be 20" usable and one might be 19" usable, for example. > As for the original question: go to shops. Look at monitors. The only > person with your eyes is you, and what's perfectly acceptable to me can be > absolutely useless to someone else. Sorry, but that's the truth. Again agreed - personally, I'd prefer a TFT-screen to a CRT-screen, even if it means smaller, but my eyes are okay (and I want 'em to stay like that). Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Screen colours :-)
On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Wendt,Andrew wrote: > What do you people prefer as colours for extended viewing of text? :-) On my old monitor I preferred white text/black background - on this one I find that anything except white background is okay - even light yellow. Sunnan (mm, how can I change away the annoying white background in Kmails textfield?) -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] BitchX and the swedish character set
On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Tina Johnsson wrote: > Hi, > > I was hoping that someone could help me out with > BitchX:) The problem is the swedish characters ´å´, ´ä´ and ´ö´. > Everything works fine when I run BitchX in an xterm, but it > doesn't work in the console. I suppose the problem is the same > no matter what non-english language you're using... > I've read the BX faq and tried seached the net without luck... > Any ideas? > (BX 75p3-4 on RH60) > > /diff (mostly using X-Chat) Mm, do you get å ä ö in the console in other programs? Oddly enough, my keyboard works better in the console than with X. Sunnan äåöääåöäåöäåöåäöäöå <- some you can cut'n'paste :) -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] Permissions kppp?
What permissions should kppp have? Who should be the owner? I can dialup as root, but if I try to use kppp as a user, it dials, then the ppp deamon "dies unexpectedly". I know that this is in the help file, but I've lost that. Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Speaking of wierd computer problems
On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Brian Engle wrote: > my computer turned off, I can only assume my son (8 months old) had > inadvertently flipped the power switch, My computer was inadvertently off monday morning - the power cord wasn't in properly. You might've had a power failure - is the vcr clock blinking? (Some vcr's have battery clocks...) > text file. Oh, if it matters, the box is running RH 6.1, just wondering if > anyone else had seen this problem before or knew off the top of their head > how to fix it. It's about the repeat rate for the keyboard - I know that you can set it in windows, and I think in kde and gnome, but in the console...? Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] X emulator for X?
On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Nils Philippsen wrote: > You can easily run a second X server from a virtual console, but you can't > specify a resolution for it (you have to configure /etc/X11/XF86Config to > e.g. run 640x480 with 8bpp): Mm, so is it possible to have one Xserver running in 1024x768x16bpp and one in 640x480x8bpp and switch between them? Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] GTK-engines paths...
This question shows that I haven't really understood how unix works, but what the hey... When I use some of the GTK-themes, I get a "GTK-warning**: unable to locate module in module_path: libpixmap.so". I know I have libpixmap.so on my computer, where do I have to move/symlink it? Or rather, where do I change the path? Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] GTK-engines paths...
On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Laurel Fan wrote: > The gtk.themes.org "Common Problems" document contains a description of > exactly your problem at: > > http://gtk.themes.org/php/docs.phtml?docid=55&secid=2.1 Thanks. Unbelievably enough, the error was in the gtkrc file of all seven pixmap themes I tried! You'd think the folks at gtk.themes.org would try atleast some of the submitted themes :) Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Computer clock way slow
On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Judith Bush wrote: > I've had a similar problem in my Debian disto. Check > /etc/adjtime. It's safe to simply remove. That should quit the drift. For more information, see the clock mini-howto. On my system it's at /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/Clock "How to set and keep your computer clock on time". Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Computer clock way slow
On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Britta Koch wrote: > >For more information, see the clock mini-howto. > > > >On my system it's at /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/Clock > >"How to set and keep your computer clock on time". > > Ooops - sorry that I didn't RTFM before asking ;) I never do that, as people may have noticed at least five times... sorry. I will try to better myself. Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] Dosemu
Hello everybody! I got my dos partition to work with sound and cdrom (no mouse yet), so I figured that I finally would get dosemu working. Oddly enough, when I got xdos booting my dospartition in a box in X, the CD-drivers won't work. Neither will the sound, which gives me a: "Fatal Error!! PCI BIOS Services are not present". The mouse, however, does work, I don't know how. What can I do to get CD and sound? Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Kinda off topic, but...
On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Nicole wrote: > Does anyone know of any good morphing software? I am supposed to be doing > some animations at work, i.e. getting a few pictures in a sequence and > then having a software program fill in the rest. I got my RH linux on a CD that came with a magazine, and among the packages on that CD was xmorph, it used some weird file formats so I never bothered. Try it out or search freshmeat. Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] MP3's and my laptop
On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Terri Oda wrote: > >THere's a good point... seeif you can find a sceleorn optimized decoded > > Good thought only... if winamp runs on a friend's celeron, why won't it run > on my laptop's celeron? Is there anything potentially different? > > I've tried all the usual buffer tricks in both operating systems, but > windows media player is *still* the only thing which plays without > skipping. :P Have you tried other mp3-players for windows? Like winamp or sonique? I mean, if they work, then the problem's with linux. If they don't work, then the problems.. er.. not with linux. Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Desperately Seeking the Clipboard
On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, C.E.Lestyna wrote: > Fun abounds... > Using KDE on RH 6.0 > Where exactly is my cutting and pasting being stored? We're talking the > systemwide cut-n-paste... Para exemplo: copy something I found on a > webpage using netscape and pasting it in vi. Where is it reading this > data from? KDE supposedly has a tool called "klipper" - check it out, not sure if that's what you're looking for (I'm not a big KDE-fan anymore), it should be installed already, it comes with KDE. Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] Su slow?
The "su" command on my system has become remarkably slow - is this a sign that security's been compromised? It used to be pretty fast, just type su and the password... now it takes like ages... Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Su slow?
On Wed, 02 Feb 2000, Kelly Kirby wrote: > On Wed, 02 February 2000, Sunnanvind wrote: > > > > > The "su" command on my system has become remarkably slow - is this a sign that > > security's been compromised? > > It used to be pretty fast, just type su and the password... now it takes like > > ages... > > Sunnan > > > Excuse, please, my newness.. but, have you checked > your system processes? No, I hadn't - I ran a top after I got this mail, and the processes looked fine, but it says "6 users"... it usually says 3 or 5 users... I don't know anything about this topic, really. Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Su slow?
On Wed, 02 Feb 2000, Bad Mojo wrote: > On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Sunnanvind wrote: > > No, I hadn't - I ran a top after I got this mail, and the processes looked > > fine, but it says "6 users"... it usually says 3 or 5 users... I don't know > > anything about this topic, really. > > Sunnan > > I would examine your passwd file by hand. I prefer the gut instinct method > of troubleshooting when looking for solutions to odd problems. Just out of > curiosity, what is the load average when you do a su? The load average that top shows was round 0,60 0,90 0,90 etc... the passwd file list a user that seems suspicious: "nobody". Dumb as I am this was my first look ever in the passwd file, so I don't know if that user should be there. I fear I've been subject to a trickery of oddyseus/cyclops fame. How to remove? Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Su slow?
On Thu, 03 Feb 2000, Bad Mojo wrote: > The user nobody is fine. Nobody is a system account and shouldn't be > deleted. The reason I suggested examining the file was because a corrupted > passwd file may cause su to respond very slowly or to give an error > message. Ah - okay. This is not the case here, I guess.. I can less it and vi it fine. Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Su slow?
On Thu, 03 Feb 2000, Harry Hoffman wrote: > Hey Sunnan, >Nobody is one of the default users in a Linux > install. I've only paritially followed this thread but > is it the actual su transition or the commmands that you > issue after the transition to the substitute user? Also > what does your meminfo look like 'promt#free' ? Are you > writing to swap alot? > Harry This is a cutn'paste: [Sunnan@localhost Sunnan]$ free total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem:128032 32 16900 44820 16756 47716 -/+ buffers/cache: 46660 81372 Swap:68004292 67712 [Sunnan@localhost Sunnan]$ su Password: [root@localhost Sunnan]# free total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem:128032 111540 16492 46236 16756 47716 -/+ buffers/cache: 47068 80964 Swap:68004292 67712 [root@localhost Sunnan]# When I hit the enter key after typing in the root password, it takes like a minute or so. That's much slower than before. Other than that, the only slow thing is typing "exit". Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Su slow?
On Thu, 03 Feb 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > When I hit the enter key after typing in the root password, it takes > > like a minute or so. That's much slower than before. > > Did you recently add any new stuff to root's .profile or anything? I didn't, some trojan might've - where can I find the .profile? You can tell I'm admignorant if I tried a find / -name .profile -print and didn't find it. I have no idea what the .profile is. > Does the same thing happen if you su as root? Only when I su *to* root, not when I su from root to Sunnan. -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Su slow?
On Thu, 03 Feb 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > When I hit the enter key after typing in the root password, it takes > > like a minute or so. That's much slower than before. > > Did you recently add any new stuff to root's .profile or anything? > > Does the same thing happen if you su as root? If so, try this: > strace -r -o strace.out su > > Then look at the first column in strace.out, which is the time since the last > system call, and keep an eye out for a big number. The thing right before > that should be the culprit. The strace.out was a couple of pages, the biggest number by far was 0.000406 read(5, "", 256) = 0 20.108991 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) --- 20.108991 the big number... read(5, "", 256) doesn't sound like something comprehensible... should I paste more of the strace.out? Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Su slow?
On Fri, 04 Feb 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The strace.out was a couple of pages, the biggest number by far was > > 0.000406 read(5, "", 256) = 0 > > 20.108991 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) --- > > 20.108991 the big number... > > read(5, "", 256) doesn't sound like something comprehensible... should > > I paste more of the strace.out? > > Post the whole thing if it's only a couple of pages. If you don't want to > burden the list with it, send it to me personally... It's 26 pages gzipped ascii. It's attached to this mail unless the list shakes it off. Some lists remove all attachments - can be a good policy at times... Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind Kall jord på min skakande kropp. strace.out.gz
Re: [techtalk] Changing the Console Video Mode
On Sun, 06 Feb 2000, Rik Hemsley wrote: > People, if you work with a small monitor (and you work in an office), > and get eye strain/ headaches, complain. The boss would probably rather > fork out for a decent sized monitor with good refresh and fix the > overhead lights (strip lights are notoriously bad, they flicker at > 50Hz and create nice interference patterns with monitor output) than > fork out when you sue him/her :) I *hated* the ceiling lights at my school, and the monitors weren't good either. I wore shades and cranked down the contrast/brightness and used weird colours. Which is not a good thing to do. Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind Kall jord på min skakande kropp. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] KDE license?
Rik; you mentioned that you knew the KDE license. Could you or anyone else please explain why the KDE license is not bad? Including QT etc. Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind Kall jord på min skakande kropp. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] KDE license?
On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, Karl-Heinz Zimmer wrote: > You are as able to read the license as I am, it is published > on the well known qt and kde web pages so I (in my *humble* > opinion) consider it kind of unpolite to ask somebody for > an explanation why it is NOT BAD, eh? I was quite happy with the answers I got, which explained why the license wasn't bad. That was what I wondered, why phrase it differently? It had been ruder and more impolite if I had asked "why is it so damned bad?" or something similar. Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you, etc etc... [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] KDE & Big Brother
On Pungenday, Chaos 48, monashee wrote: > After I ripped out the aliases which Red Hat put in Bash, I > was supremely happy about a system which let me make up my > mind and suffer the consequences. Then when I started > exploring the world of KDE and Gnome, I find the same old > assumption that I am a reckless cretin. > > Is there any way to disable that annoying reminder? The best system is one that allows you to choose reminders off or on. After all, some people like me *are* reckless cretins :) Sunnan (windows trashcan saved my life dozens of times, though when you save over a file you're screwed) -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you, etc etc... [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] X Mail client recommendations
At 23:47 2000-02-17 -0500, you wrote: >Up till now, I've stayed with MS Outlook Express because of laziness (and >several hundred MB of stored messages). Some recent problems with it have >sent me looking for a decent X-based mail client. I'm looking for: > >* Something that isn't netscape mail. >* Supports multiple user accounts on multiple servers. >* Supports kill-files, or has a scripting interface that allows >spam-blocking. >* Allows channeling of incoming traffic into multiple folders. >* And, for bonus points, is threaded. Hmm, another Good Thing would be one that allows the user to write mail while checking; to check mail while reading, etc etc.. is that what threaded means or does threaded refer to that you can see which mails were in reply to which? Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind Hell is other robots. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] KDE & Big Brother (fwd)
On Prickle-Prickle, Chaos 49, Luke Woods wrote: > Hah. Assume nothing in Windows.. Anything you do know about it, you can > probably bet will be different with their next release. There continuity > never ceases to amaze me.. "Consistency" Hah!. Nn, and if you think the *english* windows versions are inconsistent.. oy.. Win 98 is very, very poorly translated, but win 95 actually has great translation. Sunnan -- http://home.swipnet.se/sunnanvind I am you, etc etc... [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] package conflicts
Helena wrote: > /usr/share/mimelnk/audio/x-wav.kdelnk from install of RealPlayer-7.0-7 > conflicts with file from package kdebase-1.1.2-33 Caity wrote: .kdelnk is a KDE Link file, used by menus and KFM/Konqueror. It is not critical in any way. At worst, you'll lose a menu entry. Now, I haven't run KDE for ages, but iirc (which I probably don't), KDE's mime links are something similar to associations or filetypes under other systems. E.g., waves might be associated to RealPlayer from now on. It's no big deal, just force it. If you don't want that to happen, just do a copy before the rpm installation, and then restore it. Sunnanvind. ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
[techtalk] Mail configurations
Hello, everybody, I have been having trouble with my mail configuration since day one. Here is the situation; I have my mail with one isp (swipnet), and use another to dial up. My old isp doesn't allow me to use the SMTP server, so I want to use my own computer for sending. I configured exim with the defaults and told emacs that it should display my email adress as [EMAIL PROTECTED] which is the adress leading to the pop account at my old isp, the mail I check. The problem is that some of the mail won't get through; it complains that "reverie does not exist". reverie is the name I arbitrarily chose as my localhost name, and of course it doesn't exist as a locator. The question is, of course, how do I config exim properly for a situation like this? ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: Not using Netscape (was Re: [techtalk] Re: SMP on Linux (lockups))
Jason wrote: The new builds of Mozilla are getting very good. I've switched to it as my standard browser now. Check out a new nightly build. It also has a full featured IMAP mail client. I have it installed for pages that need it, but it really eats a lot of memory. I use lavaps and mozilla uses more memory than anything else. I can't even listen to .oggs in xmms while mozilla is running. I'm looking for a good browser (I wish that galeon would be available as a .deb now that mozilla is gpl [or is it yet?]. Alternatively, galeon could be released with exceptions to it's license. Though I haven't tried galeon yet, perhaps I won't like it at all, time will tell.) I use lynx for almost 90% of my surfing and I do use Amaya occasionally. I'll try konqueror in the future as well. Gah! Those "k"-names... blecch imho. (No offense to kde-coders, code is separate from style and design.) Some friends of a friend are working on gtkhtml2, an html widget designed from scratch to be compatible with the new standards (such as css). They are working on a for-pay basis so they will be finished in the near future. It seems like a really nice project. They haven't released any code since they work with the cathedral method of small, dedicated teams, but the code will be released under the GPL later. Sunnanvind (who's been away a while 'cause some libraries broke exim, and this morning I did an apt-get upgrade and a reboot, and exim started working but gdm stopped working, so I'm typing this from the console.) ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] RE: Not using Netscape
Curious wrote [about lynx] Comments: probably the most famous cli browser though it's quite heavy and less able to properly present webpages with tables/frames Now, I haven't tried links, but the reason I use lynx over w3m (I have both installed, use both, but lynx a *lot* more) is that w3m won't display the page until it has downloaded the entire page. I often view pages that are like 70-80 screenfuls so lynx appears much speedier. Sunnanvind. ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
[techtalk] Lilo (or is it mbr?) woes
I haven't had any problems with this on other distros, so this might or mightn't be debian specific. The problem is that updating lilo doesn't seem to work. The labels I currently have running, the ones I can choose between at boot, are pglfb and h. The former is my linuxpartition, and the latter is dos (currently that directory is removed from my fat partition, but I like to keep it bootable just in case I'll add freedos or something). I've compiled kernel v 2.2.17, and also changed the labels in /etc/lilo.conf to linux and h (still). I've run lilo as root (sbin is in roots path on my system), and it says "adding linux *; adding h" but when I reboot, it's still pglfb, and it boots kernel 2.2.15. I am using the debian mbr-program (that promts you to pick a partition to boot from) What am I doing wrong? Sunnanvind. ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] Lilo (or is it mbr?) woes
kent wrote: I don't know why the labels wouldn't change. Have your pointed lilo.conf to your new kernel as well? Why don't you post your lilo.conf so we can take a look. Yeah, I used the debian kernel-package to change my lilo.conf, but I checked it manually, and it seems pointed correctly. Here's my lilo.conf, minus comments: boot=/dev/hda5 root=/dev/hda5 compact install=/boot/boot.b delay=20 map=/boot/map vga=ask image=/vmlinuz label=linux read-only other=/dev/hda1 label=h #end of file. Now, hda1 is my old windows partition (with the windows directory deleted, I have my poetry and illegally copied music there). /vmlinuz is a symlink to /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.17 . As I said in the original message (for new viewers), even though I've run /sbin/lilo, I'm still presented with the old labels (and old kernel) at boot. I'm thinking it might have something to with the deb mbr-program. Sunnanvind. ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] Lilo (or is it mbr?) woes
kent wrote: > I think "boot=" should be pointed to /dev/hda. > Try adding - > boot=/dev/hda > to /etc/lilo.conf > and run /sbin/lilo again. Laurel wrote: It doesn't have to be. (I have mine as boot and root both /dev/hda3) I think it's something to do with the debian mbr, which I also use, and putting lilo in the partition boot sector. Only thing that I can think of is that the old lilo may have gotten into the mbr (overwriting the debian one, which might cause the old lilo to be used instead of the new one, which you installed on the partition). Maybe try running install-mbr to put debian-mbr there again (you probably know this, but if you're changing the mbr, you should have a non-hard-drive way of booting, like a floppy, which you already have since you've been changing lilo, right? (Oh, and remember to take out the floppy :) Once I was confused for hours because after recompiling my kernel, it was still using the old one. Turned out I had forgotten to take out the floppy I'd made in case the new kernel didn't work.))? Me, Sunnan: I did change it to just /dev/hda, wich resulted in the new lilo overwriting the mbr (it hadn't before). While this works, I'd like the Debian mbr back, like it used to be. Is it just "install-mbr" as root? (I don't know anything about this, I tried looking in the man page.) I do have a couple of rescue CDs (and a way to get a rescue floppy, should all of the CDs fail [though they haven't before]). Sunnanvind. ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
[techtalk] apt-got xfree 4.0.1
Well, I heard that Xfree 4.0.1 was coming in to debian-unstable, and that it was foolish to upgrade. I am that fool. :) Now, X doesn't start, what are the steps to get it running? Sunnan (I have a notebook screen and I read somewhere that Xfree 4 would not flicker as the old one does when combined with a framebuffer console.) ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] Lilo (or is it mbr?) woes
Laurel wrote: Yeah, the mbr manpage is sort of confusing, since it has about 50 options that you probably don't care about. Try install-mbr /dev/hda which should just install the debian mbr on /dev/hda, and then run lilo with the boot and root as the partition. I did this, but now I have the old labels/old kernel again. Sunnanvind (totally confused.) ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] apt-got xfree 4.0.1
Aaron wrote: Well, it'd be nice to have some more information -- what exactly were the steps you took in upgrading, what does X say when it refuses to start, etc. I was already running unstable, I was just doing my regular: apt-get update apt-get upgrade But anyway, here's my experience upgrading woody from X 3.3.6 to 4.0.1. I got out of X, and did an 'apt-get install xserver-xfree86'. This actually worked like a charm. Thanks a lot! Sunnanvind. ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] Testing (Was: Re: Technical issues)
Laurel wrote: Scenario: You are designing a test plan for a small to medium sized (say, 5 core developers, 20,000 lines of code) open source/free software project. All of your fellow developers recognize the wisdom of testing, but some have no experience in more formal (meaning 'organized', not necessarily proofs of correctness) testing. The project is written in C++, and makes extensive use of external libraries (in C and C++). The application has a gui, and has a network component talking a well documented, standard protocol. You are roughly in the beta stage, and your project is used by a few hundred people. What factors would you take into consideration, and what would your plan look like? I would number it as 0.99 and release it upon the unsuspecting public. Or do like the linux (that's kernel) gals and guys do: release it as 1.00-test1 or something. Sunnanvind (I hope someone answers this better, I just realized my answer sucked.) ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
[techtalk] PPPd, pcmcia network, debian, clueless
I don't know if this'll get through, probably not, since I'm sending from a webmail adress (an evil one, even - OT: anyone have a good suggestion for good email? My regular popmail is expiring next month). Anyway, I was at a LAN the other day and used my network card for the first time. Some local wizard helped me (I didn't know anything at all about networking) configuring pcnetconfig, or running it or something (I didn't pay enough attention to what he did). Bottom line is, anyway, that using my notebook to connect to the LAN with my PCMCIA network card worked like a charm. When I got home, I connected the modem (USR external) to the com port in the back of the computer as usual, run pon (the debian ppp-on script) but it didn't work. Is there something I need to do to tell my computer that I am no longer on the lan, and if so, what? Thankful for your attention, Sunnanvind (haven't been able to read the rest of my mail yet). _ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] PPPd, pcmcia network, debian, clueless
>You could try the following: > >In your /etc/ppp/options file try > >ipcp-accept-remote >ipcp-accept-local >defaultroute > >This should allow your host to accept what your isp is giving you for >defaults and allow the isp to temporarily override your default route. I added the above three lines to my /etc/ppp/options (was I supposed to remove all the other stuff in the file?) >You >may also may want to manually take out your default route as well. How do I do that? Thanks for your attention, Sunnanvind (totally clueless) _ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
