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[JerryKreps@xxxxxxxxxx (Jerry Kreps)]

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On 2/3/00, 7:51:47 AM, "Cleary, Mike" <MDCleary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote regarding [SLE] 3 problems: mime types; print weirdness; port 
7101:

> {Running 6.3 (upgrade from 6.2); 2.2.13}
> Sorry for the length of this post - I guess I got a little carried
> away..........

> Problem 1:  I logged on as a user the other day and received a whole 
series
> of
> error message boxes like the following:

>       Could not find mime type
>       application/x-scalc
>       in /home/mdcleary/.kde/share/applink/StarOffice.kdelnk

> I get a total of seven of these messages.  Each one says the same 
thing
> except
> for the part following "application/".  The other applications are 
x-smf,
> x-sdraw,
> x-sds, x-swriter, x-sgl, x-sda.  After clicking on "OK" to all of 
these
> messages,
> everything seems normal.  I looked in the StarOffice.kdelnk file, 
under the
> "Application" tab, and there are two windows at the bottom of this 
tab.  In
> the
> left window I can see all of these applications listed along with some
> others.
> I don't see any reference to mime types.  This DOES NOT occur if I log 
in
> as root.  Does anyone have any idea what this means & what I can do to
> get rid of these messages?  After upgrading to 6.3, I ran the 
StarOffice
> setup both as root and user.  In both cases, it opened a window which 
said
> that it had detected that SO 5.1 was already installed, and gave me 
the
> option
> to either uninstall it, or repair the installation.  At first I just
> canceled out of this.
> After seeing the error messages as user, I tried the repair option.  
This
> did not
> seem to do anything.  Any ideas?

Uninstall and reinstall.

> Problem 2:  In /etc/rc.d there is a README file which explains the 
SuSE
> boot concept.  I decided to print it out last night.  I went to the
> directory,
> clicked on the file and it opens in the default editor (kwrite I 
guess).  I
> choose
> File/Print and the print dialogue opens, and I click OK.  At the 
bottom of
> the editor window I see a message that it is "printing .....etc.".  
All
> normal
> so far.  But then nothing happens - it doesn't print.  So I go to 
another
> document and go through the same process, but this time it prints 
fine.
> I compare the permissions on both files and they are the same.  I go
> through this routine both as root and as user with the same results.

> ----By the way, I have an HP 712c printer.  I have been through the
> pbmtoppa and apsfilter setup stuff before and have been successfully
> printing starting w/ 6.2----

Your printer port designation should be lp0.
JLK

> I printed a test page from StarOffice no prob.  I printed a page off a
> web site using Netscape no prob.  But I still can NOT print that
> README file.  The only thing I could think of is maybe it was the file
> size.  The README file is ~6300 bytes or so.  Some of the other stuff
> I printed was only 1 - 2 K.  I'm sure I've printed bigger files before
> though.
> Oh yeah, I have also tried selecting text in the README & printing 
just
> the selection.  Nope - does not print.  Can anyone tell me what I've
> missed here?  I'm completely stumped.

> Problem 3:  After I had been messing about w/ printing, I was using
> Netscape for a while.  I logged out and then logged in as a user.  I
> typed in "startx" as usual, but it would not start.  This is the same
> behavior
> you sometimes see if you are using xfstt (which I am) - you need to
> start xfstt first, or X won't start.  I set this up so this is done
> automatically
> and I was kinda surprised when this happened.  So I typed in "xfstt &"
> but was then informed by the console that it couldn't open port 7101 
and
> that I should try another port.  I then logged in as root and tried to
> startx
> w/ the same results.  Finally, I rebooted and it was back to normal - 
could
> startx w/ no probs.  Anyone know what was going on here, and how I can
> avoid this occurring again?

> Thanks,

> Mike
> 
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