if there were any alternatives to knotify. in running xfce and i was hoping to get gnotify(thats what ubuntu uses right??) or any other alternative works.
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I like using kopete, but I want to use it in GNOME. When doing so, I have 2 problems:
1) When I login to my computer, kopete starts up, and kde wallet asks fro my password for the wallet, in order for kopete to login to my accounts. This is very annoying. I find it inefficient to have to enter my password twice when turning on my computer.
2) Everytime a buddy signs on/off, a notification (or sometimes numerous notifications) run down the center of my screen and cover all my active windows.I want to disable knotify and kdewallet to alleviate these problems.
I have a relatively stock OpenSuse 11.3 install with only the Packman and VLC additional repositories enabled. When I insert a DVD into the DVD drive, it shows up as TWO identical entries in the notifier applet and in Dolphin. I am unable to eject the DVD; as soon as it opens it immediately closes. Once the drive closes again,KNotify crashes with the following stack trace:Application: KNotify (knotify4), signal: Segmentation fault [Current thread is 1 (Thread 0x7f05cb8e1760 (LWP 4197))]
Thread 2 (Thread 0x7f05bc2ff710 (LWP 4198)):
#0 0x00007f05c8b686b3 in poll () from /lib64/libc.so.6
#1 0x00007f05c611ffd4 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0
#2 0x00007f05c6120510 in g_main_context_iteration () from /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0
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I've just recently installed Slackware64 release 13.1 in my HP6910p laptop for the first time. I've built several desktops and a few laptops using Fedora & UBUNTU. But, I really wanted to get to know the Slackware. I was told that if you really want to learn LINUX, Slackware is the way.
Anyway, I realize Slackware provides a PDF reader, but I wanted to learn how to install AdobeReader, which only runs in 32bit, to my Slackware64 platform. In that way, I would learn about dependancies, etc...
I have heard that SSH was originally for BSD. Is this correct? And what alternatives to SSH do GNU users use? Or do people just not use GNU for SSH or an SSH type application?
View 2 Replies View RelatedWhat's the best Remote Desktop Application? Citrix GoToAssist is a really nifty little web application for customer support that allows you to take control of someones OSX, or Windows machine. Essentially, it works likes this:
You log in to your management console You get a code You give them a code, and a website (fastsupport.com) They go there and enter in the code They accept the browser applet which installs a program on their computer You have control of their desktop
You can see their desktop, configure applications, etc. They can also see when you disconnect. It is really rather nifty, but it doesn't support Linux and it is rather expensive (660$ a year). Does anyone know of any alternatives to this? I'm looking for a solution as simple on the user as this one, that doesn't require firewall configuration or setting up ssh/vnc/rdesktop etc.
I want to call/run an .exe file from a perl file as so:
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my $cmd=`runner.exe`;
I want to limit the time I want it to run (say 20 seconds).
ulimit should do it as so:
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my $cmd=`ulimit -t 20; runner.exe`;
but I get this:
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sh: line 0: ulimit: cpu time: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted
any alternatives that can do the same thing as ulimit? even if it's just for this one process (runner.exe)
I've been a Java developer for some time now and I always wind up removing a bunch of stuff from /etc/alternatives in favor of one of several freshly downloaded official Sun JDKs I've installed myself. I don't like circumventing things unnecessarily, though and I also don't like "re-inventing the wheel", either. If I had a better idea of how that system worked, perhaps it would not be required. I mean I usually write a script to switch between jdk's for different projects but perhaps I would not need a script if I knew how this worked
View 4 Replies View RelatedAdobe Reader is the best, but it's so resource heavy. It takes almost 10% of my 8GB ram. Evince has trouble with highlighting text and does not support tabs. Foxit Reader for Linux does not support tabs. Any assistance in choosing an appropriate PDF viewer that supports these features on Linux and isn't too resource intensive?
View 2 Replies View RelatedIs any alternative for (deskshell(XC) -- syntax and control constructs of the Deskshell command language) in fedora.It was using in sco unix.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have the following in /usr/java :
[root@jonas java]# ls -l
total 40668
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 16 2010-11-26 15:45 default -> /usr/java/latest
drwxr-xr-x. 7 root root 4096 2010-11-26 15:44 jre1.6.0_22
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 20946625 2010-09-15 12:42 jre-6u22-linux-i586.rpm
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Enter to keep the current selection[+], or type selection number:
How can I run java jre-6u22 ?
I'm trying to produce a list of opensource alternatives to Blackboard and webct EDIT: please provide user experience and recommendation. I'm not looking for a google search on the products out there; rather, I was wondering about your personal input
View 3 Replies View RelatedI was wondering if there are alternatives to "Distrowatch" where the various linux distributions are responsibly and unbiasly discussed?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have a need to recompile mesa. The --enable-32-bit option falls over every header and basic 32 bit lib, and won't compile. But if I try to install 32 bit packages, I could slap a 32 bit binary straight on top of my 64 bit one. What's the accepted way of doing this? I can't seem to find a package in Slackware 13.0
View 9 Replies View RelatedI just installed mythtv 0.23.1 on my slack64 13.1 machine using a Hauppauge DVR-2250 TV tuner card. The install went fine (no errors) but I am facing a few glitches. I setup the program using mythtv-setup.
I added the tv tuner in the program's tuner list and scanned the channels using the scan feature. It found something like 38 channels (OTA). So far so good. When I start the application I go to watch TV and I see a white/black screen with a big "1" saying :Playback starting" and then it goes back to the application's menu. here's the output of mythbackend while I was playing around witht he front end
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2010-11-28 18:45:34.478 mythbackend version: tags/release-0-23-1 [0.23.1] www.mythtv.org
2010-11-28 18:45:34.479 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2010-11-28 18:45:34.479 Using configuration directory = /home/lpallard/.mythtv
2010-11-28 18:45:34.480 Empty LocalHostName.
2010-11-28 18:45:34.480 Using localhost value of htpc
2010-11-28 18:45:34.490 New DB connection, total: 1
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I am trying to install the latest version of skype available in SBo repository (2.1.81.1) and although it is marked as not tested and supported , it was built successfully and installed. When i try to start it via console, there is an error:
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skype
bash: /usr/bin/skype: No such file or directory
Here is a little bit more info:
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find / -name skype
/tmp/SBo/package-skype/usr/bin/skype
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at home I use a computer running OpenSuse 10.2 to serve as an NFS server. I can mount the relevant nfs shares from my laptop running Slackware64 13.1, but there is an issue related to suspending the laptop to RAM: If the laptop is suspended to RAM (or disk) while it is connected to the network everything works fine. But if the network connection is cut before the suspend, it seems that the suspend scripts from slackware or the kernel or whatever blocks the whole system, so that suspend "never" happens. (Ok, it will actually work, but only after several minutes, resume will work fine anyway).
Is there a way to "normally" suspend the laptop to RAM even with active NFS mounts and a cut network connection?
I am having a hard time compiling libmp4v2-1.5.0.2 in slackware64-current. It always fails with:
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make[2]: *** [rtphint.lo] Error 1make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/Downloads/libmp4v2-1.5.0.1'make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Downloads/libmp4v2-1.5.0.1make: *** [all] Error 2
Anyone knows a slackbuild for netbeans 6.8 for slackware64?
View 5 Replies View RelatedIs it just me or does the font rendering in Slackware64 13.37 look bad? It reminds me of the bad old days of having to recompile freetype with the then-patent-encumbered option to make the fonts look decent. When I print, everything looks normal. On screen it doesn't look right. I don't really know how to describe it other than it how things used to change after a freetype recompile. Is there anything major that changed between 13.1 and 13.37 WRT fonts in KDE, X, or freetype for that matter? FWIW, I did a clean install with a new .kde instead of using the old one.
View 14 Replies View Relatedafter this bug update, my laptop loose the sound, I have run alsaconf and nothing.If I run rc.alsa I get:Quote:Loading ALSA mixer settings: /usr/sbin/alsactl restore
/usr/sbin/alsactl: load_state:1608: No soundcards found...
I've tried reinstalling Slackware64 13.1 to my PC a number of times over the past couple of days and I still have not been able to get it to boot.
Once it's installed I reboot and it tells me it can't find the operating system.
I've tried fdisk, cfdisk and GParted to set up the disk by deleting partitions and recreating them.
When I install and get to the section about installing LILO it says I have an OS/2 or Partition Magic boot manager on the drive, but there isn't. It asks if I want to install LILO in a compatible way with the boot manager and I say no, and install to the MBR. When I reboot it says it can't find the OS.
When I try to boot from the install DVD and get to the boot: prompt, I'll enter /dev/sda1 and it says there is no kernel.
Is there something else I'm missing?
Regarding the latest update to -current, I decided to test installing it on a laptop from a usb stick (as I've done may times before). However this time the usb stick fails to boot as usual, hanging with the message "Could not find kernel image: linux". This isn't a problem with the usb stick, since if you mount the usbboot.img file as a loop device there is only 1 file on there, "ldlinux.sys", where you would usually find huge.s, initrd.img etc.
Have tried the 64-bit usbboot.img file from a couple of different mirrors and the result is the same. Have also looked in the usbboot.img from the 32-bit -current... this shows the usual set of files so looks to be OK.
I'm trying to compile tolua++ so that i can use lua in conky 1.7.2, however I am running into a problem. tolua++ defaults to looking for lua 5.0 libraries and I have lua 5.1 installed since that is what conky requires. According to the README tolua++ can use lua-5.1 but I not sure how to configure tulua++ to use those libraries since it uses scons. Here is a what the README says...
Compiling for lua 5.1
Starting from version 1.0.8pre1, tolua++ can be compiled with both lua 5.0 and
5.1. Both versions will output the same code, and the C API (tolua++.h) is the
same.
The build system is not yet ready to detect/decide when to compile for 5.1,
the easiest way right now is to add a file called 'custom.py' on the root of
the package, with the following:
## BEGIN custom.py
CCFLAGS = ['-I/usr/local/include/lua5.1', '-O2', '-ansi']
LIBPATH = ['/usr/local/lib']
LIBS = ['lua5.1', 'dl', 'm']
tolua_bin = 'tolua++5.1'
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I tried to recompile php with support for oracle extensions oci8.so. Got the source and slackbuild script from slackware repo and just add the following line to the slackbuild script. "--with-oci8=shared,instantclient,/opt/instantclient_11_2". I use instant client from oracle Version 11.2.0.2.0 from this page
After I run the script I got this error message
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/bin/sh /tmp/php-5.3.6/libtool --silent --preserve-dup-deps --mode=compile gcc -I/tmp/php-5.3.6/ext/fileinfo/libmagic -Iext/fileinfo/ -I/tmp/php-5.3.6/ext/fileinfo/ -DPHP_ATOM_INC -I/tmp/php-5.3.6/include -I/tmp/php-5.3.6/main -I/tmp/php-5.3.6 -I/tmp/php-5.3.6/ext/date/lib -I/tmp/php-5.3.6/ext/ereg/regex -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/include/enchant -I/usr/include/freetype2 -
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I'm going to install Slackware 13.1 soon and I may also install the 32-bit compatibility libraries from Eric (Alien BoB).I'd like confirmation on the process of updating multilib Slackware when there's a security patch. I'm talking about running the -stable branch, by the way.Under the normal methods of updating (e.g. 'slackpkg upgrade-all' or using the script I developed to download a local mirror of the patches directory and install from there, or even doing it by hand), the regular 64-bit packages will get updated.However, the 32-bit compatibility versions of those files won't get updated. Right?So I'll need to download the new 32-bit patches, run the convertpkg-compat32 script on them, and then upgradepkg the new files.
View 8 Replies View RelatedWhile trying to compile itcl, one of the error messages caused me to look inside /usr/lib64/tclConfig.sh. I found many paths that were in /tmp, such as...
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# String to pass to linker to pick up the Tcl library from its
# build directory.
TCL_BUILD_LIB_SPEC='-L/tmp/tcl8.5.8/unix -ltcl8.5'
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after search and look at in vcar/log/pm-suspend.log I changed and quoted line to /usr/lib64/pm-utils/sleep.d/00logging who are reference to command free
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Just got a new toy!
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Compaq/HP CQ60-615DX Notebook @Best Buy $369.00
Intel Celeron 900 (2.2Ghz)
250GB(7200rpm) HDD
2GB DDR2 SDRAM
8x DVD +/- R/RW Double layer
Win7 Home Premium (for the time being)
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I will keep Win7 for clients as this will be another laptop for that usage plus wanting to have a decent laptop for the rec room to do that style of work. Cheap way to service M$ clients without buying more personal license(s). So far no big deal with M$ Win7 but I need to have that pathway available to me.
My reason to buy this notebook rather then a netbook should be obvious, big enough for me to do what is necessary. I've got test beds to do the real work, netbooks just won't meet the needs as describe above. I purchased a Netbook for my wife. That one will be used while she's away to aid with the new Grandchild, a lot easier to carry than her old HP Laptop. If the Netbook is lost then no worry since it's cheaper than her HP.
I am having a problem trying to compile rrdtool on slackware64-13. The problem is that the configure script keeps failing when it gets to the third party checks:
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configure:30114: WARNING: * I found a copy of pkgconfig, but there is no pangocairo.pc file around. You may want to set the PKG_CONFIG_PATH variable to point to its
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