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Anyone used Mindi ?
by bsamuels＠beenthere-donethat.org.uk 01 Apr '02

01 Apr '02

Since upgrading my machine and operating system I have been trying to create a rescue disc set. My trusty old Tomsrtbt no longer works because it doesn't support my new SCSI adapter. I have just tried Mindi and after booting the first disc it stops with the following messages: inserting floppy driver for 2.2.20 unable to get major 2 for floppy inserting floppy driver for 2.2.20 unable to get major 2 for floppy inserting floppy driver for 2.2.20 unable to get major 2 for floppy inserting floppy driver for 2.2.20 unable to get major 2 for floppy mounting /tmp/tmpfs ... Fatal error! Failed. UPGRADE YOUR RAM! Please! Dude, your computer is dying of thirst over here .. I think that the second message is a consequence of the first and is not actually due to a lack of ram as this machine has 256MB. Could anyone please explain what the first four identical messages mean? I did, as required, build floppy support into the kernel together with ramdisc and initrd support. It would be reassuring to have a rescue disc of some sort once again. Barry Samuels

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 01 Apr '02

01 Apr '02

This is the automated ALUG IRC meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an IRC meeting tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm. The meeting takes place on the irc server irc.openprojects.net in the #alug channel, you can take a look at www.openprojects.net to get more info on the openprojects network. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server uk.openprojects.net" or "/server eu.openprojects.net" and "/join #alug". Popular IRC clients include tkirc, bitchx, xchat and EPIC on Unix, and Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc. Unix http://www.xchat.org/ http://freshmeat.net/ http://www.epicsol.org/ Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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9" B&W Monitors
by John Seago 31 Mar '02

31 Mar '02

Does anyone know of a source for 9" Black and White Monitors, (as used on Tills)? John Seago

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Can anyone help with a KDE2/Debian 'Testing' error ?
by bsamuels＠beenthere-donethat.org.uk 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

I have recently upgraded my Debian Potato system to 'Testing' and, as that includes KDE2, KDE1 has been upgraded to KDE2 (2.2.2-14). In trying to run some applications (only a few) I get the following message: relocation error: /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.3: undefined symbol: styleChange__8QTool It's always the same message with the same symbol. Does anyone know why this should happen? Barry Samuels

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New Member Info
by Leonard Chandler 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

I am a long retired person and began delving into computers in 1979 with a Tandy TSR1 - I then lived in Australia and wrote a programme in Basic to do the accounts for a garage I was running there. I used LDOS which was far superior to MSDOS 2.11 that I had to switch to when I bought an Apricot. I am not mad keen on either the ethics or practice of Mr Gates (nor that of Murdoch either) but I am aware that my efforts against them will make little difference. My first purchase of Linux was some 6 years ago (SuSE), the the second about 3 (Definite) and the third 2 months ago - SuSE again and, unlike those previous conversion efforts, I intend to make it this time. This email comes to you via the "auld enemy" because I have problems, but they will be overcome! I realize that for a while I might have to put up with using both systems, but I like the idea of choice, and not being dominated by the practices of one man. Kind Regards Leonard Chandler

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newbie question - getting the latest PHP 4 and MySQL for Suse 7.1
by David Eisenhart 29 Mar '02

29 Mar '02

I'm having problems figuring out how to get hold of suitable packages of the latest PHP and MySQL for Suse (7.1) Can't see anything obvious on the Suse site. If I simply go the PHP and MySQL sites for the downloads I figure this may mess up the Suse configurations for these applications, upset it's YAST package manager and generally blow up in my face (?) ...... On a different but related note I see a lot of stuff (such as RPMs, tutorials) that directly relates to Red Hat. Consequently, as a total novice I wondering whether I would be better off moving over to Red Hat ...ok, Suse was painless to install but I'm feeling somewhat paralysed now by not wanting to (at this stage at least) install from non-packaged sources. Regards, David

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Re: [Alug] new kernel install
by Ricardo Campos 29 Mar '02

29 Mar '02

You may find it useful to save a copy of the outputs of dmesg and lsmod before you install the new kernel- useful in choosing modules, etc. during the actual install, and useful for troubleshooting afterwards. Go ahead- it's not that scary! (hell, *I* managed it!) You can always switch back if things go awry! Ricardo -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Linux in the community
by Ricardo Campos 27 Mar '02

27 Mar '02

Just saw a site that uses Linux to provide network functionality to a community based web server/ desktops etc. they also use hardware from skips and donations... http://access.lowtech.org/ I found their candid tech support notes interesting, in the sense of the problems found in using linux as a desktop OS on a LAN:- http://access.lowtech.org/tech/update/index.html Ricardo -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [Alug] Xv
by Ricardo Campos 26 Mar '02

26 Mar '02

> Try mplayer (www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/) It allows you to pipe frames to a > file. I managed to get a set of screenshots out of a DivX movie with it. I tried it before- I didn't really like it all that much, I forget the reason why. It's no matter, I just wanted to include a DVD playing on a screenshot as a sort of "this is what Linux can do" propoganda exercise to some friends! ;) Ricardo -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [Alug] Xv
by Ricardo Campos 26 Mar '02

26 Mar '02

Old thread: I asked whether it was possible to take a screenshot of a DVD using Ogle, and Xv, as most screenshot grabbers come up with a blue screen where the dvd display is:- > Yup, use import: > > /usr/bin/import -silent -display :0.0 -window root file.jpg > Import is part of imagemagick, Just checked, and that comes up with a blue screen too. :( -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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