Dapper Dan
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Hi Wicked101, Ipv6 is the new protocol websites are supposed to be migrating over to from Ipv4, which is what most all use now. Do you see your card on this list? Which chipset does it show?
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gnumeric will open .xls files, and I'm fairly certain you can then save it as a text file.
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What is the file extension of the file you wish to convert? .xls?
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Hi iamroot, Did you try it yet with Winex/Cedega?
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You mean over on the recent thread you started about favorite DEs? I saw it and posted a screenshot on that thread as well. Yours isn't there anymore? Edit: Here it is... Once a thread gets past the 10 latest, it drops out of site. I enjoy this board, but I'll have to say, its search seems to turn up everything for me except what I'm looking for. I have better luck using Google to find old threads here.
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Crazykillerman, what you describe above is exactly what I did to compile the new kernel, and as I say, everything works great including the mouse scroll except I cannot get my NIC's module loaded. The directions at the Gentoo site for installing the 2.6 kernel that taeuler linked mentioned checking for several things when running menuconfig, but didn't mention about checking to see if modules were set to initiate at boot. Is there a way to check this before recompiling another kernel? Is there no way to fix it after compiling? I'm very happy with what I now have, and feel I can improve it if I can get my e100 module to load for my NIC. Otherwise, I have no Internet connection with the 2.6 kernel. I do however have Internet with the 2.4 kernel. I downloaded the Gentoo universal live cd in case I can't sort this out. Am I right in believing this is pretty much like the other live Linux CD's in that I can install to HD and have a Gentoo system I can configure? I know the optimal way is to do a stage 1 install from scratch, but I just don't feel comfortable enough with all this to go there right now. Once I have a stable working Gentoo, I can then get familiar enough to consider a stage 2 or stage 1 install later. Thanks for the help.
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I've got the 2.6 kernel booting and everything works ok except I suspect I've screwed up the part about loading modules. When I do lsmod there are no modules listed, consequently I cant modprobe e100 so my NIC will go on the Internet. Any suggestions on how I should go about trying to fix this?
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Thanks! emerging 2.6 kernel at this moment!
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Hi taeuler, Thanks for all the help. I'm still trying to figure all this out! The neat thing about the anaconda install is X is already included, and with anaconda, you can get your card and monitor setup during the install. What you wind up with is a bare Gentoo install with X and twm. I'm sure I'll have more questions. I've been working with it almost all day, time for bed... :x
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Did you install the packages from a CD two? http://gentoo.vidalinux.com/?q=node/view/35 If so, and you are connected to the Internet, do as root: emerge gnome [enter] I'd do it right before going to bed though... The next morning you should have a piping hot Gnome DE right from the oven!
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Figures...
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Originally posted by cardinal: Quote: I've not tried IceWM for years, it looked dated and was not very accessible when I used it last. Hi Card, IceWM does indeed look "dated" and frankly not very interesting when you first see it. However, IceWM is highly configurable with tools like Icepref and Icecc. Menu editing is so easy you can do it from gedit or VI. IceWM is a little more difficult to install of RH/FC, but I've done it plenty times and could guide you through it if interested. If you just want to "smoke it over" again, I'd download the latest RPM and install it. To run, exit out to GDM, choose "failsafe terminal." Once the terminal comes up go: icewm-session [enter] And it should come right up. Use Iccc to configure.. To give you an idea of configurability, here's my first attempt at configuring my own IceWM theme about a year ago. http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/352713/void1.jpg
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Are you using regular Wine or the latest Cedega?
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My wife has a Toshiba Satellite laptop that has happily connected to the Internet for over a year under Morphix-Gnome 4.1 and Mepis RC4 using an Orinoco Gold card. We use a Linksys Wireless "B" router. She powered down the Satellite yesterday after successfully checking her Email and surfing the Internet. This morning after firing it up, it will not connect. I've checked everything I know and can't figure out what the problem is. We also have another PC that uses a Netgear MA311 wireless pci which is working perfectly on the same network, so I don't think the problem is with the router. On the laptop, the Mepis Kwifi Manager shows a signal strength of 152, "ultimate," and all five bars are green. We are using 28 bit WEP encryption, but it won't work with or without WEP enabled on either end. When I pull the Gold card out, wait, and then push it back in, it seems to load. The Mepis wireless utility says the connection is through eth1 as it has always been, yet when I try starting eth1, is won't initiate. I booted the Ubuntu live CD, and Morphix 4.1 live CD, configured the card under both and tried the connection without success. In short, everything appears normal, but I cannot get a connection. Can a wireless cards pick up a signal and still not connect to the Intertnet? I'm out of ideas... Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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I've used most of them and always come back to IceWM.
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Wirelss breaks after a year of working perfectly
Dapper Dan replied to Dapper Dan's topic in Linux Networking
Well I'll be danged! I must have shut that router off, waited thirty seconds, and restarted it five times last night to see if that would straighten out the problem to no avail. I just did it again per your suggestion, and she came right up! I probably wouldn't have tried it again if you hadn't suggested it! Thanks! Now, I'm wondering why it worked this time and not the others... -
What is your favorite Linux distro and why?
Dapper Dan replied to pr-man's topic in Everything Linux
Both would be nice! -
I just read this from Patrick Volkerding, the creator and maintainer of Slackware concerning his mysterious illness. I thought y'all would want to know.
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Originally posted by zenarcher: Quote: Dan, I've found that one should not even sit down and attempt anything in Linux without a beer within easy reach. I did it all through Nautilus. I just went into the RealPlayer folders and I can't find anything called rpnp.so Maybe I'l looking for the wrong thing. There are a ton of files and folders there...but not that file. I downloaded and installed the latest RealPlayer...I think it's 10.5, if I remember correctly. Am I looking for the wrong file? zenarcher Yes, my mistake. I assumed you were using an earlier version. The new version should let you install the link through the install itself. It asks if you want to link /usr or some such thing...
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crazykillerman, if it weren't for the tab key, I'm not so sure I wouldn't be too lazy to continue using Linux! That's good direction on how to use the tab key! My efforts at giving directions on how to use it in the past have been unclear at best!
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Hi zenarcher, I can see you have the tenacity to be a Linux guy! Yes, it will work with the same operation. Did you use Nautilus or konqueror? Locate your Realplayer directory and find, rpnp.so. Pull up two instances of konqueror side by side as root, with one in the directory where rpnp.so is, and the other in ~/.mozilla/plugins. Then drag rpnp.so over into the plugins directory and release. It will then give you the choice of making a link. Then you're done!
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What is your favorite Linux distro and why?
Dapper Dan replied to pr-man's topic in Everything Linux
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When you install java plugins to ~/.mozilla/plugins, or any plugin for that matter, Firefox will look for those plugins and use them for itself. I always think it's a good idea to install to ~/.mozilla/plugins, so it will already be there in my home directory if I do a re-install or something. If for some reason it doesn't work doing it from the command line. there is another way. You could do it with Nautilus as root. Go into the directory where the plugin is located, right click on it and choose, "make link." After it creates the link, cut it and move backwards into your ~/.mozilla/plugins directory and paste it. Just to keep things on the up and up, rename it so it doesn't have, "link to" in it's name. Fire up Firefox and go here. If the coffee cup comes up followed by the clouds animation, you were successful!
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What is your favorite Linux distro and why?
Dapper Dan replied to pr-man's topic in Everything Linux
Originally posted by jimf43: Quote: Dapper Dan you should think about replacing your Red Hat Already have at home. I'm now using Suse 9.1 Professional! -
For PCI, the Netgear MA311 "b" works flawlessly for me. If you need a PCMCIA, this card is reported to work with the 2.6 kernel. That's all I know though...