VNC server desktop environment?
Yo; Just installed Sarge for the first time. I got VNC server up and running, and accessed it from my near-by Mac (Good ol' Mac OS 8.1... haven't downloaded Sarge PPC yet ;-) ). The X server pops up with the "X" cursor... but no window manager. How do I get it to start KDE when I start up a VNC server? I had a similar problem under Mandrake Linux 9.1 once, and peeps just told me "It's a bug, upgrade to 9.2." Thanxoz, SigmaChi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: VNC server desktop environment?
On Sunday 21 November 2004 11:23 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 22:52 -0600, Eric Scott wrote: > [snip] > > > I had a similar problem under Mandrake Linux 9.1 once, and peeps just > > told me > > The sound that a baby chicken makes, told you to upgrade to Mdk 9.2 > That truly is amazing. Do you have video? > > > "It's a bug, upgrade to 9.2." > >Thanxoz, > > Youxoz're welcomxoz. *ahem,* I get the point, I'll cut down on the instant-message lingo ;-). Anyway, what do you mean "do I have video?" Cheers, SigmaChi -- Sarki Gwaggo/Little Dude/Little Bear/Shorty/Dory/Sigma Dude/SigmaChi/Scotchz/Doorhelp2/Pigme/Erikimo/Neilleo/Scotti A.K.A Eric Registered Linux user #: 366862 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie's question about hard disk partition
Technically all you need is a "/" partition. A SWAP partition is highly recommened; it's the equivelant of virtual memory on Macintosh or Windows. The others are all optional, so that if one partition gets wiped the others live, or sometimes it's just handy. For example, I have SuSE Linux dual-booted with Debian on this computer, but a seperate partition for /home/eric/documents from each OS. I also share it off with netatalk, so that weather I'm using Debian or SuSE, or my Mac box, I have the same "my documents" directory. I also have a server running Mandrake Linux with "/" "swap" and a seperate "/var/www" partition, so that if the OS fails or I have to reinstall/switch distros, I can reformat the system partition without losing my web server data. Cheers, SigmaChi On Monday 22 November 2004 7:55 am, Lian Liming wrote: > Hi all, >This is a question from a linux newbie. I am quite confused with > linux hard disk partition. >Someone tell me that i just need three partitions: /boot, swap and /. > Some others tell me to separate /home from /. There is some another > suggestion that i should separate /var form /. > >So is there a common rule to partition the hard disk? > >Thank you for any suggestions. -- Sarki Gwaggo/Little Dude/Little Bear/Shorty/Dory/Sigma Dude/SigmaChi/Scotchz/Doorhelp2/Pigme/Erikimo/Neilleo/Scotti A.K.A Eric Registered Linux user #: 366862 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: VNC server desktop environment?
On Monday 22 November 2004 10:18 am, Stephen Patterson wrote: > On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:00:18 +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: > > it might be reading ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession. Put the KDE window > > manager binary path into that. I can'tremember what it's called, but > > for another window manager (say, pwm) you'd have > > /usr/bin/pwm > > VNC reads ~/.vnc/xstartup IIRC When I start the VNC server it says it's "starting applications specified in /etc/X11/Xsession" I don't have a ~/.vnc/xstartup file or whatever... if I create one is VNC likely to still read from it? Thanx, ES -- Sarki Gwaggo/Little Dude/Little Bear/Shorty/Dory/Sigma Dude/SigmaChi/Scotchz/Doorhelp2/Pigme/Erikimo/Neilleo/Scotti A.K.A Eric Registered Linux user #: 366862 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: VNC server desktop environment?
On Monday 22 November 2004 10:30 am, Kent West wrote: > Eric Scott wrote: > >On Sunday 21 November 2004 11:23 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 22:52 -0600, Eric Scott wrote: > >>[snip] > >> > >>>I had a similar problem under Mandrake Linux 9.1 once, and peeps just > >>>told me > >> > >>The sound that a baby chicken makes, told you to upgrade to Mdk 9.2 > >>That truly is amazing. Do you have video? > > > >Anyway, what do you mean "do I have video?" > > He was trying to be funny. You said that "peeps" had told you ...; he > responded that he'd like to see a film clip (video) of baby chicks > telling you what to do. In his language, chicks peep (whereas full-grown > chickens cackle, and roosters crow. And I just ramble ). > > -- > Kent GUESS WHAT! chicks "peep" in my language too!!! Small world, ain't it? *ahem* --END OF STRING-- -- Sarki Gwaggo/Little Dude/Little Bear/Shorty/Dory/Sigma Dude/SigmaChi/Scotchz/Doorhelp2/Pigme/Erikimo/Neilleo/Scotti A.K.A Eric Registered Linux user #: 366862 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie's question about hard disk partition
On Monday 22 November 2004 8:54 am, Lian Liming wrote: > RRPotratz wrote: > > This CAN be confusing. Technically, the only partitions you NEED are > > / and swap. Even then you may not need swap if you've got a ton of > > RAM. That being said, still make a swap partition. > > > > When I try out a distro, I generally add a /home partition as well so > > that if I install another distro, or my current distro dies, at least > > my personal data files can be saved through a reinstall by not > > formating (initailizing) the /home partition during the reinstall. > > Your idea of adding a /home partition seems reasonable. > I wonder if this is suitable to /var partition. I add a /var partition, > when reinstall the system(the same distro), don't touch the /var partition. > > Is the /var patition still avaible in the newly installed system? anyone > tests on this? If you mount it as "/var" -- Registered Linux user #366862 This message was sent from a Microsoft-Free 750MHz Athlon system running SuSE Linux 9.1 (Kernel 2.6.5; KDE 3.2 configured to look alot like MacOS X). "Failure is not an option with Microsoft; it's bundled with the software!" "A Linux Only area Happy bug hunting M$ clan, The time is here to FORGET that M$ Corp ever existed the world does not NEED M$ Corp the world has NO USE for M$ Corp it is time to END M$ Corp" -snipped from the signature of Peter Nikolic
Re: Using xvncviewer to talk to Windows remote desktop?
On Tuesday 23 November 2004 3:41 pm, Bill Wohler wrote: > I can use the Remote Desktop under Windows XP to display the desktop of > a particular Windows machine. I thought that I could install xvncviewer > on my (much-preferred) Debian box and run "xvncviewer windows-host-name" > and it would be similar. But xvncviewer says "Connection refused." > > What am I missing? The man page was lacking and a > /usr/share/doc/xvnc4viewer/README.Debian was absent. I don't know anything about Remote Desktop sharing, how secure, stable, or anything it is, but I use tightVNC server on my Windows XP box, and it works flawlessly. http://www.tightvnc.com/download.html Cheers, SigmaChi -- Registered Linux user #366862 This message was sent from a Microsoft-Free 750MHz Athlon system running SuSE Linux 9.1 (Kernel 2.6.5; KDE 3.2 configured to look alot like MacOS X). "Failure is not an option with Microsoft; it's bundled with the software!" "A Linux Only area ÂHappy bug hunting M$ clan, The time is here to FORGET that M$ Corp ever existed the world does not NEED M$ Corp the world hasÂNO USE for M$ Corp Âit is time to END M$ Corp" -snipped from the signature of Peter Nikolic
Re: visual c++ equivalent
Micha Feigin wrote: At Wed, 08 Dec 2004 07:17:17 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Kevin Mark wrote: On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 04:51:19PM +0800, ms linux wrote: is there a free visual c++ equivalent in linux ? searching so far I only found IBM XLC, but of course, it's not free. thanks, --me-- Hi MS, well there are 3 things that make up vc++ from my perspective: a)c++ language b)gui toolkit c)debugging/ide tool point a is covered by the gcc collection (c,c++,fortran,...) point b is covered by any toolkit (gdk,tk,qt,...) point c can be covered by eclipse,gdb, and many others. -Kev Absolutely. Nothing beats plain gcc and Qt with gdb. I bought visual c++ in 1994. Was it a mess. It brought on the move to Linux. And if you are interested even Microsoft themselves don't use visual. The whole tool chain for windows is command line (I think it is proprietary though). Scary... when Microsoft shys away from using their own product... But I suppose the real power in M$'s development platform is in the .NET classes, which are all just as accessible from the command-line compiler as the "F5" button in Visual Studio ;-). Cheerio, SigmaChi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
.deb files arch independant?
Heya! As I write I'm installeing Woody (Link to Sarge wasn't working... wasn't dead... just stalled, so I did woody for now) on my ol' PowerMac 7300 next to me. A while back I downloaded all 14 disks of Sarge for x86. With my one-disk Debian 3.0r3 PPC disk I'm installing the base system on my Mac. What I want to know is if I can plug in the x86 disks and install software from them, so I don't have to spend all day downloading stuff for the Mac. So: Are .deb packages arch independant? I gather so, just want to make sure (Debian newbie here). And... would it really mess things up if I used the Sarge x86 disks as apt-get sources on my Woody PPC system? Thanx in advance, and please CC this to me, I'm more likely to see it that way, SigmaChi -- Registered Linux user #: 366,862 Registered Linux computer #: 261,856 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Xfree86 setup on old-world Mac HELP!
Yo; Just installed Woody on my ol' PowerMac 7300 with it's integrated video system. How on earth do I get Xfree up and chipper? dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 does it's "Please enter the video card's bux identifier," but lspci does me no good 'cuz it's not a PCI card. tips would be very helpful! ES -- Registered Linux user #: 366,862 Registered Linux computer #: 261,856 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Woody-->Sarge
Hey, sorry to ask this FAQ, I know I've done it before, but google is NO help to me here. What exactly do I do to upgrade from Woody to Sarge. I know i have to plop something in sources.list, the do apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade, but I can't find what. Just changing "stable" to "sarge" or "testing" makes no difference. Anyway, thanx for ur help. Oh! And while we're at it, what do I put in sources.list to access all the packages available for sarge once I've upgraded? I only downloaded the first woody CD to save time... I'd like to use apt-get from there. Thanx, SigmaChi -- Registered Linux user #: 366,862 Registered Linux computer #: 261,856 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X driver?
Yo, I just installed Debian 3.0. During the setup I set my graphics driver to VGA just 'cuz I didn't know what to use. After the install, X wouldn't start with a 'VGA can't support 24 bit" error or something like that. How do I change my video driver? I'm newbie to linux, so be easy on the descrip. Thanx, SigmaChi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X settings not applying?
Heya, I've got a new woody installation. My Panasonic E15 monitor diplays up to 1024x768. 800x600 works with the default settings on basically any operating system, but to get 1024x768 to purr I had to tweak the refresh rate(s). First I figured out on Windows that it only works right under 75Hz vertical. Then under Mandrake and Suse I found that the horizontal had to include something in the neighborhood of 65. Setting something like [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a horizontal rate of 30-60 has made this this work swell with everything else... then I decided to try woody. I dried dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86, and supposedly set it all right (VESA driver... same as I use in SuSE). I looked at the config file, and have tried messing with it... everything's fine. Restart X NO difference. It does the exact same thing as it usually does with [EMAIL PROTECTED] display fine, but with the image "leaning" off to the right side of the screen and, strangley enough, seemingly folding underneath itself. The part of the screen that is off to the right of the monitor displays in reverse... kinda like a transluscent folded-under burritto shell. The old-style knobs to center and size the display area don't turn far enough to center the image. Clear as mudd? Good. Basically, X doesn't seem to be displaying @75Hz like I tell it to, and insists on doing 60Hz. Any help? Thanx, ES -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sarge Base install not chipper
Yo; I just downloaded disc 1 of Sarge (Kernal 2.4.27) the other day and went through the base system installation. I went into the bootloader (GRUB from my dual-booted SuSE 9.1 installation), selected Debian (Set to boot from /vmlinuz on the debian partition), and hit enter... the screen goes black, the lights on the keyboard flash... a classic crash. Any tips? Thanx, SigmaChi -- Registered Linux user #366862 This message was sent from a Microsoft-Free 750MHz Athlon system running SuSE Linux 9.1 (Kernel 2.6.5). "Failure is not an option with Microsoft; it's bundled with the software!" "A Linux Only area Happy bug hunting M$ clan, The time is here to FORGET that M$ Corp ever existed the world does not NEED M$ Corp the world has NO USE for M$ Corp it is time to END M$ Corp" -snipped from the signature of Peter Nikolic
PostgreSQL on Etch...
Yo; Got a new server (testing) setup. While I was reinstalling my server I made the move from sarge to etch... not sure if that's what cause this or not. My PostgreSQL-7.4 is acting up. I'm pretty much a novice at all this, and don't know where to start to trouble shoot. The service is running, and webmin/pgsql, however they access it, administer it fine. However when I try to access it via a TCP connection (Yes, port 5432 is open in my firewall; I've tried accessing it with an ASP web service and pgaccess to no avail), I get "connection refused." It's pretty much the stock installation, from "apt-get install postgresql"; I've done nothing to it that I remember 'cept restore a database backup and edit user accounts. "netstat -a | grep tcp" doesn't seem to show it listening, though it may run under xinetd or something by default, I don't know. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheerio, SigmaX-- My home page: http://www.SigmaX.cjb.net"ttocs laeno cire oshkosh b'gosh fyedernoggersnodden nicht stein bon probiscus" "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school" -- Albert Einstein
Re: PostgreSQL on Etch... - *SOLVED*
Mmkay. Posting solution. I feel really stupid now (But that's okay, that's what problems are for: to humble you).I finally managed to type the right thing into google to tip me off onto what my poblem was. Apparently 7.4 defaults to not accept TCP socket connection. :-P. Just changed that little line at the top of my postgresql.conf file and I'm good to go. Took me all of 30 seconds. Tootles one and all, SigmaX On 1/15/06, Eric Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yo; Got a new server (testing) setup. While I was reinstalling my server I made the move from sarge to etch... not sure if that's what cause this or not. My PostgreSQL-7.4 is acting up. I'm pretty much a novice at all this, and don't know where to start to trouble shoot. The service is running, and webmin/pgsql, however they access it, administer it fine. However when I try to access it via a TCP connection (Yes, port 5432 is open in my firewall; I've tried accessing it with an ASP web service and pgaccess to no avail), I get "connection refused." It's pretty much the stock installation, from "apt-get install postgresql"; I've done nothing to it that I remember 'cept restore a database backup and edit user accounts. "netstat -a | grep tcp" doesn't seem to show it listening, though it may run under xinetd or something by default, I don't know. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheerio, SigmaX-- My home page: http://www.SigmaX.cjb.net"ttocs laeno cire oshkosh b'gosh fyedernoggersnodden nicht stein bon probiscus" "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school" -- Albert Einstein -- My home page: http://www.SigmaX.cjb.net"ttocs laeno cire oshkosh b'gosh fyedernoggersnodden nicht stein bon probiscus" "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school" -- Albert Einstein
