[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? 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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On 2/3/00, 7:51:47 AM, "Cleary, Mike"
{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
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
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
thing these 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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