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Can you suggest Linux Graphics software?
by Karl at Plus.net 28 Jun '02

28 Jun '02

Hello, I'm a bit of a Linux beginner and would appreciate any helpful suggestions. I have a web page that produces GIF images with variable text on them (produced by PHP4). I need to find some software that I can use to produce a file of instructions that can be sent to a commercial print company to use in typesetting to produce a similar (but vastly higher quality) image for printing. Does anyone know of such a package? (I would also need to be able to programmatically control the software from one of PERL, PHP,or BASH). Thanks Karl Middleton

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Re: [Alug] Mandrake install problems Update
by Ricardo Campos 28 Jun '02

28 Jun '02

> Meanwhile, I mainly want to use the machine for C++ and possibly Perl, > ideally with some kind of user-friendly IDE. I'm sure plenty of people on ALUG have their personal favourite.... > A couple of things. During install I was asked about partitions. I chose > one at random, would that make a difference (there is no other OS on the > machine now)? Basically, probably not. If you were using it as your own mega-whizz computer, then there are things that you could do. e.g have a separate partition for /home, that way if you need to reinstall, or install a different distro, you could keep all your files in /home without having to back them up separately. > Secondly, I set it to go straight to X when I login, so Gnome > comes up straight awawy. How could I get out of that? (Ctrl-alt-bckspc?) Erk, this is where it gets a little tricky... If you have a graphical login screen, you probably have GDM installed, you could configure GDM as root using GDMconfigurator. You could then select Window Maker or whatever as the default window manager to start on login. What it sounds like, though, is that you have the Mandrake thing of logging you in immediately when you boot up. (I never liked that feature). To change that, I would have to hand that over to the rest of ALUG... Mandrake and Redhat use very custom scripts, that are a little tricky to figure out when you're not sitting at that computer. Ricardo Here's 2 screenshots of WindowMaker, btw. http://www.rscampos.net/web_snapshots/wm_tech_creat.jpg http://www.rscampos.net/web_snapshots/WM_blue_Mind.jpg -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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your 100 meg machine
by tom potts 28 Jun '02

28 Jun '02

16 meg of ram is a bit small for 'modern' linux/x86 as your machine will page a lot (save/get memory from disk) and this can slow it down enough for x86 to think things are broken. But for now try: a)Make sure you've got >64Meg of swap space so that x86 can 'fit' b)try and older version of x86 /linux - I've installed suse5.2 on a 386 with 4 meg of ram and got x86 working though its slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow c)put as much ram in your machine as you can fit - its quite cheap now! Have Fun Tom __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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Re: [Alug] Mandrake install problems Update
by Ricardo Campos 28 Jun '02

28 Jun '02

> you really want to set your runlevel to 3, edit /etc/inittab and edit > > id:5:initdefault > > to > > id:3:initdefault: I think Russell still wants to boot into X, just using a lighter window manager rather than Gnome (16MB RAM!). I guess it would be an .xinitrc file change. IIRC, switching to runlevel3 would mean he would have to issue a startx command. -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [Alug] Newbie installing Mandrake
by Ricardo Campos 28 Jun '02

28 Jun '02

> First off, does the Linux drive need to be partitioned in any way before the > install? No, Linux installs usually involve a partitioning program. Mandrakes certainly does, and it's quite user friendly. >And secondly, when I am going through the install for Mandrake > will it give me the choice to install on this (second) empty drive? Yes. it will refer to the first drive as "hda", second drive as "hdb". You'll know which one is which, cos one of them will be unpartitioned! > Thanks in advance for any advice you can give for my questions above, and > I'd appreciate any 'pointers' anyone could give that will help me prepare > and get through this install! Don't use the autopartition function in Mandrake. I say that as a 'just in case' scenario. Typically you will only need 2 partitions:- root (/) and swap. Make swap 2x the size of your RAM (as a typical value). If you lack diskspace, 2 partitions is probably safest. Personally, I prefer to partition like this for a home computer:- /usr =large /home =very large /swap = 2x amount of RAM / = large-ish, (about 1.5 gig is plenty) Reasons: most new applications you install are in /usr, most data is in /home. If the worst comes to the worst and you need to reinstall, you can just 'borrow' the /usr and /home partitions, so no data lost. Ricardo -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Laptop Mouse
by Ian Thompson-Bell 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

I have an oldish laptop PII 286 with 96M RAM on which I have run Mandrake 7.2 for quite a long time. I recently tried to install MD 8.3 but it refused to recognise my PS2 mouse. I tried to install RH 7.3 and it could not find my mouse and invited me to install in text mode, which I did. On reboot kudzu finds a PS2 mouse, installs it but then it does not work. Today I installed RH 5.2 (yes I know it is old) and it found the mouse no problem. Then installed MD 7.2 again and it finds the mouse OK. What has happened in the later distributions that have stopped them detecting something prior versions found with ease? ian

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Mandrake install problems Update
by Russell Ward 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

I used this solution and it appears to have worked: >mount the cdrom >insert floppy disk, then do this command:- >dd if=/mnt/cdrom/images/cdrom.img of=/dev/fd0 > >when it is done copying files, issue "reboot" or >"shutdown -r now" with the floppy in the drive, and >hey presto, the install will begin. There are still some problems when I start Gnome. These may be unconnected, at least the install completed without crashing. I will try reconfiguring XFree86. Incidentally, it is an old machine, P100 and with only 16MB RAM. It ran Win98 well enough, which was what I used on my first attempt to install from the CD. Thanks for all your replies. Regards Russell _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

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Re: [Alug] Creative live5.1
by Ricardo Campos 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

> Hi Everybody, > > I'm trying to get my soundcard to work under Linux (SuSe 7.1) and at present > have no signal under Linux although the card works well in Win2k. I am trying > to take the digital output from the card and then feed into "whatever" when I > can eventually get a digital output. Does anyone know of a patch/driver if > such a thing exists? Yep, there definitely are. I think the ALSA drivers do this, as do the commercial OSS ones. I think the Creative ones also do. I read a few days ago about someone who did just this, and the website was quite old. I'll try and dig out the URL from my history. Your distro is probably using the emu10k1 kernel driver, which doesn't support it as far as I can tell. (I have an SB Live! too, but don't use the digi ins/outs at the mo) -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Creative live5.1
by Danny Thorp 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

Hi Everybody, I'm trying to get my soundcard to work under Linux (SuSe 7.1) and at present have no signal under Linux although the card works well in Win2k. I am trying to take the digital output from the card and then feed into "whatever" when I can eventually get a digital output. Does anyone know of a patch/driver if such a thing exists? Is it even possible to get this working? I'm not very optimistic about this but hopefully there will some technically inspired muso around somewhere. Danny

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Re: [Alug] ALUG early July @ King's Lynn
by uknutter＠graffiti.net 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

Ill try and be there :) And maybe at an ely one as well if it happens. How do i remove myself from the list? Just i am signed up with my collage email address as well as this one and im leaving collage in two days. :) If anyone wants to play my game go to http://home.graffiti.net/ddryden/ and download it. Source code is in there, It was my collage project. Dennis Dryden -- _______________________________________________ Get your free email from http://www.graffiti.net Powered by Outblaze

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Mandrake install problems
by Russell Ward 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

Thanks for these answers. I forgot to mention that the machine won't boot from the CD, only a or c drives. I have tried changing this in the bios setup but for some reason it only give those two options. It will boot from c drive into Linux, apparently with no problem, giving me access to the CD player (using mount/dev and so on). I would like to ask how to then reinstall the entire OS, from the CD, starting from Linux. Is there a simple command that will start the install? Cheers Russell _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

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(no subject)
by J 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

>> Beg borrow or steal a server and run our own. >That's effectively what tsw is. Then why not use tsw? J

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Re: [Alug] ALUG early July @ King's Lynn
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

Craigo said: >> The round table thing sounds intertesting. > >And we introduce women dressing up very nicely with tons of food in the >centre while discussing life in general ;) You can *talk* - the only women likely to be there will be most likely to be in full bike gear (including the baggy waterproofs) eating rapidly through the mountain of food. MJRay wrote: >> The round table thing sounds intertesting. > >What topic? Will Adam be able to come? He was going to do a talk on debian apt. Would anyone talk on security? I've always been hazy on this subject. Does anyone want me to see if I can bring an iPaq embedded with a modified version of debian, used to run a speech program? Was it Andrew that got the job doing graphics on none other than HP2 etc etc who was going to do a talk on how it works? Did I miss that? Jen

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Re: [Alug] ALUG early July @ King's Lynn
by Ricardo Campos 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

Adam Bower <abower(a)thebowery.co.uk> wrote: > Yeah i was going to talk about apt and dpkg, but then I am scared of all > the Debian people who will heckle... >ITYM *help* not heckle... ;-) At least when people heckle it shows they're listening! I promise not to throw any rotten fruit at you! -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [Alug] ALUG early July @ King's Lynn
by Ricardo Campos 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

>What topic? Well, I have worked as a (NT) network admin in some large companies, and I would be interested in discussing the problems Linux would face on the admin side within that kind of situation. I couldn't give answers... -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [Alug] Mandrake install problems
by Ricardo Campos 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

> It will boot from c drive into Linux, apparently with no problem, giving me > access to the CD player (using mount/dev and so on). I would like to ask how > to then reinstall the entire OS, from the CD, starting from Linux. Is there > a simple command that will start the install? If you root around on the first CD there should be a folder called "images", with .img files. You could then make a floppy boot disk for Mandrake and do it using that. If you are in Windows, you can use rawwrite.exe (in dosutils on the CD), if you are in Linux: su to root mount the cdrom insert floppy disk, then do this command:- dd if=/mnt/cdrom/images/cdrom.img of=/dev/fd0 when it is done copying files, issue "reboot" or "shutdown -r now" with the floppy in the drive, and hey presto, the install will begin. Ricardo -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [Alug] Debian Install
by Ricardo Campos 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

> I believe progeny also uses some > type of auto-installer, that could be another avenue for Paul to look at. ...You can d/l a Debian 3.0 (Woody) Progeny installer ISO at:- http://archive.progeny.com/progeny/pgi/ I haven't tried it personally, though. -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Mandrake install problem
by Russell Ward 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

Whilst installing Mandrake from a CDROM the machine crashed, at the config X Windows stage (the long list of video cards). One result is that 'startx' doesn't work , server error no. 2. I posted a couple of weeks ago on this topic. Thanks to those whose responded. I have since tried installing the various XFree86 packages, but with no success. My idea now is simply to reinstall the entire OS from the CD, but I no longer have Win 98, so could someone tell me what command to use to start the install again? Again, I am new to Linux, so please excuse my sounding clueless..... Russell _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

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Re: [Alug] .sit files
by Ricardo Campos 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

> Whats wrong with Mac Users? They have a strange look in their eyes. They smell funny. They spend all day on photoshop designing things. ;) It was a tongue-in-cheek gesture, this mac user is my beloved eldest sister, and most of my partners have been artists and therefore Mac users. But Mac users still smell funny, though. *giggle* >These I think are stuffit files see > http://www.stuffit.com they do Linux binaries (see the > download section) but these have a buy or evaluate option. Yeah, that was what I was trying to avoid. It seems macutils doesn't have it, and I dislike adding things that aren't .debs ... (unsit isn't in Woody) I think I'll ask her to zip it. I'm sure she can do that (famous last words)... -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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.sit files
by Ricardo Campos 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

Does anyone know a linux app that can uncompress Mac .sit archives? Darned Mac users... ;) -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [Alug] ALUG early July @ King's Lynn
by Ricardo Campos 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

>So, who else is coming >and what are we looking at this time? Well, I'm up for it. Anyone keen on presenting a round-the-table discussion or a talk? Ricardito -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [Alug] samba and win2k
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

Ricardo wrote: > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/custom-guide/samba-… > Thanks, Ricardito: Not encryption, no. I've always had the smb config file set to encrypted passwords. It has let me access the share again now...I unmapped the drive, typed in the IP address instead of the name, tried that, unmapped that and went back to the name in the path, and it worked this time. Fishy. I feel it may be something in the win2k end, it worked fine under ME and 98. Mmmm, never mind, someone has just brought me another coffee...... Jenny.

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Re: [Alug] samba and win2k
by Ricardo Campos 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/custom-guide/samba-… Ignore the fact it's Redhat... this may help? -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [Alug] Suggestions: newsletter, IRC and name changes?
by Ricardo Campos 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

>If you want to be European, you could try Anglian Linux Und Gnu... ;-) Some of us use *BSD's, some of us may even use GNU/Hurd,some of us even use Megadoohickey 9's, but pretty much all of us use Linux. However, I think most people were attracted to the list because it was a *Linux* user group. I think a name change would be confuzing and detrimental. Of course, that doesn't mean we can't talk about GNU/Hurd, *BSD's, Slowarse, Megadoohickey 10 AND Linux! ;) -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [Alug] Debian Install
by Paul Tansom 25 Jun '02

25 Jun '02

Seem to have done a reply instead of a group reply, so for those interested... ----- Forwarded message from Paul Tansom <paul(a)whaletales.co.uk> ----- Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 17:53:33 +0100 From: Paul Tansom <paul(a)whaletales.co.uk> To: Ashley <ashley(a)ashleyhowes.com> Subject: Re: [Alug] Debian Install User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <BB868511-8688-11D6-AD7A-000A27B68E6C(a)ashleyhowes.com>; from ashley(a)ashleyhowes.com on Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 10:08:07AM +0100 Yup, Storm went under, but you may well still be able to get a copy (I have one that I may make available when I get my Linux shop on line). There was also Progeny from Ian Murdoch himself, but that has ceased production now - or to be more accurate, it has been merged back into the main Debian development. I think I may have a copy of that too somewhere. As for doing it the hard way, well I'm one of those odd bods that doesn't consider the Debain way hard. I always do a minimal install - never choosing any packages during the install process - and then apt-get whatever I need. Apart from not being a funky graphical installer it lacks nothing IMHO. Most configuration options are easily handled. Of course the hardware config is the tricky bit as you mention, but when you run modconf (or when it is run for you on install) there is little to fear it trying a module. If it doesn't detect a compatible device then in won't be loaded in. Having said that pretty much all my installs are for servers, so they tend not to have complex graphics/sound setups, although my first proper Debian install was onto my Dell laptop which involved switching sources to testing to get XFree 4 to support my graphics card - but then my first proper Linux install involved an immediate kernel recompile to get token ring support for my network card, so I'm used to be awkward!!! On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 10:08:07AM +0100, Ashley typed the following... > On Sunday, June 23, 2002, at 04:58 AM, Syd Hancock wrote: > > > Paul > > > >> Does Debian come with a pretty graphical installer that automatically > >> probes > >> and configures most of the hardware ?? > >> Or does Debian have to be installed the hard way.... > > > > Storm Linux may help. AFAIK it was a debian-based distro and should at > > least get a system up and running even if not everything is working > > first time round e.g. sound card. If not still available I have a copy. > > I think Storm Linux went belly-up, if I remember correctly. The > newgroup has only a handful of postings this year: > http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=alt.os.linux.storm > > and http://www.stormix.com/ is unavailable. The only reference I can > find online is Storm Linux 2000, which is 2 years out of date. > > -- > > Ashley T. Howes Ph.D. > http://www.ashleyhowes.com > > "When all the animals of this world are gone, man will die of loneliness" > > > _______________________________________________ > main(a)lists.alug.org.uk > http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/ > http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main > Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site above! > ...and that's all Ashley wrote I'm afraid -- Paul Tansom: - contact paul(a)aptanet.com for more information Internet and Intranet Solutions -- http://www.aptanet.com/ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Paul Tansom: - contact paul(a)aptanet.com for more information Internet and Intranet Solutions -- http://www.aptanet.com/

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