[SLE] 3 problems: mime types; print weirdness; port 7101

3 Feb 2000

      {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?

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----

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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Michael Cleary
UNIX Qualification and Commands 
Data General, a Division of EMC2
62 T.W. Alexander Dr.
Research Triangle Park, NC
mdcleary@dg-rtp.dg.com <mailto:cleary@dg-rtp.dg.com>               (919)
248-6033
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