[expert] 2 things: List Problems and Supermount
I replied to an earlier post, but the reply got bounced. What is going on? Will this get through? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Delivery Status Notification (Failure) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:55:47 -0700 This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification. Delivery to the following recipients failed. [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ ninemsn Premium transforms your e-mail with colours, photos and animated text. Click here http://ninemsn.com.au/premium/landing.asp Reporting-MTA: dns;hotmail.com Received-From-MTA: dns;mail.hotmail.com Arrival-Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:55:09 -0700 Final-Recipient: rfc822;[EMAIL PROTECTED] Action: failed Status: 5.0.0 Diagnostic-Code: smtp;554 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Relay access denied ---BeginMessage--- I have supermount disabled on my box, but leave it enabled on any other install I do. I am reasonably happy with this arrangement. But, supermount is there for a reason. So, Vincent, could you please explain your religious conviction. I would like to have some good reasons for doing what I do, or a good reason to change. Brian. From: Vincent Danen [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue Sep 30, 2003 at 06:54:13PM -0700, Michael Noble wrote: I have installed 9.0 on a machine with 1G of memory so of course it uses the enterprise kernel. When I go to get updates it tries to access the cdrom drive and hangs for a long time. If I put a cd in the drive the update goes without problems. Does anybody know why this is happening and other than leaving a cd in the drive, is there a solution? You could disable supermount. supermount -i disable. I believe it's because urpmi is trying to read the cdrom because you have sources defined (your install CDs) that use it. If you disable supermount, you shouldn't have this problem (I religiously disable supermount). _ Chat via SMS. Simply send 'CHAT' to 1889918. More info at http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/MoChat.asp?blipid=6800 ---End Message--- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Trish's further adventures with sound
Hi Trish, I have a sound card that played midis perfectly in mdk 7.2, but never since. It still does in Windows, on the rare times I use it. When I want to play midis in linux now, I use Timidity. This has both a command line interface, and gui interfaces available. TImidity translates the midi on the computer, so, so long as you also have the patches installed, you will more-than-likely get better sound than if the sound card had done it all. Brian. (from Adelaide) From: Patricia Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Trish's further adventures with sound Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 14:26:16 +1000 Hi all, Now that I've got alsa working with my CD, I've gone off to search ways to get MIDI working. I have a sneaking fondness for playmidi and have quite a collection of MIDI files; I'd hate to have to give 'em up! Alas! although I've progressed past utter silence and incomprehension from various apps, I've managed to lock the computer up *hard*, twice! /dev/sound has a couple of likely-looking devices: midi1 and dmmidi1, and sequencer and sequencer1. these are linked to by the standard devices. However, if I use either midi1 or sequencer as the output device, I get lockup. I haven't dared try the others yet! lsmod shows in the relevant part: snd-seq-midi5024 0 (autoclean) (unused) snd-seq-oss31104 0 (unused) snd-seq-midi-event 5640 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss] snd-seq42608 2 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event] snd-mpu401 1984 0 snd-pcm-oss43556 0 snd-mixer-oss 14488 0 [snd-pcm-oss] snd-via82xx14092 0 snd-ac97-codec 40160 0 [snd-via82xx] snd-pcm77536 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-via82xx] snd-timer 18376 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm] snd-mpu401-uart 4396 0 [snd-mpu401 snd-via82xx] snd-rawmidi17600 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-mpu401-uart] snd-seq-device 5832 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-rawmidi] snd-page-alloc 7732 0 [snd-via82xx snd-pcm] snd40868 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-mpu4ss snd-mixer-oss snd-via82xx snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device] soundcore 6276 0 [snd] and, based on stuff I found on the alsa wiki, /etc/modules.conf reads: probeall scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi probeall usb-interface usb-uhci ehci-hcd above snd-via82xx snd-pcm-oss alias eth0 8139too alias sound-slot-0 snd-via82xx alias snd-card-1 snd-mpu401 options snd-card-1 port=0x330 irq=7 alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1 alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-1-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-1-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss So: does anyone have any ideas of things I could try? Have I maybe loaded too many things? Other than this, alsa is working jest *fine*. 8-) -- Trish Fraser, Sunbury, Australia Linux user #283226 counter.li.org andromeda up 19 days and counting kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ E-mail just got a whole lot better. New ninemsn Premium. Click here http://ninemsn.com.au/premium/landing.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] net-snmp v. ucd-snmp ? Anyone knows the differences ?
Someone else could better answer your real question there, as I haven't really looked closely into it. But net-snmp is the new name for ucd-snmp, and is a newer version. So, therefore, it probably is a good idea to port your code to it. Brian. From: Joerg Mertin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] net-snmp v. ucd-snmp ? Anyone knows the differences ? Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 12:53:39 +0200 Hi Folks, Anyone could tell me what the main differences are between net-snmp and ucd-snmp ? I'm wondering why the php-package do require the net-snmp-mib package ? I had written quite some apps using the ucd-snmp package - which are all broken now. Seems the SNMP Extensions from net-snmp are different from the ucd-snmp which where in the php-4.0.x version. Anyway - would be nice to know what is different, advantages/disadvantages on all apps - so I can decide if I want to port the code to net-snmp or not. Thx Cheers Joerg -- Alas, I am dying beyond my means. -- Oscar Wilde [as he sipped champagne on his deathbed] | Joerg Mertin : [EMAIL PROTECTED](Home)| | in Neuchâtel/Schweiz : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alt1)| | Stardust's LiNUX System : [EMAIL PROTECTED](Alt2)| | Web: http://www.solsys.org: Voice Fax: +41(0)32 / 725 52 54 | PGP Fingerprint: AF0F FB75 997B 025F 4538 5AD6 9888 5D97 170B 8B7A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Hotmail is now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/signup.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] OT: Backing up Windows (Fat32 and NTFS) Partitions
I have Win2k, using both fat and ntfs partitions, on my system - of which the main OS is mdk9.1. It seems to me that I should be able to get a perfectly valid, complete and fully restorable backup of my windows environment simply by using dd or tar from linux. Has anyone had any experience doing this? Is the state of the NTFS driver up to it? Is there anything I am missing with this scenario? Brian. _ ninemsn Extra Storage is now available. Get larger attachments - send/receive up to 3MB attachments (up to three times more per e-mail). Click here http://join.msn.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] S3 Trio 3D and XFree86 4.3
Yep. That's done the trick. It works properly now. Thanks for your help. I have now run into another problem: full-screen graphics programs (in particular, games) only display the top half of the screen. It may be caused by something else, though. I haven't spent any time debugging it yet. Brian. From: Kelley Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a very old bug with XFree86 and S3 Trio3d cards. It was reported on the XFree86 mailing lists over a year ago. With the virtual framebuffer activated the left half or so of the screen looks normal but the right half is repeated vertical strips of some of the left part of the screen. I just got through fixing this problem with my 9.1 install. If this is your problem (It sounded like it from the original description of it), then the simplest work around that I've found is not to use the virtual framebuffer at all. When booting some lines with vga= in it the virtual framebuffer is activated. From then on your display will be unusable with the XFree86 driver until you reboot without the framebuffer. I just now (less than an hour ago) reinstalled lilo with the framebuffer and repeated this bug. I have now set the linux-nonfb mode as my default boot and it eliminates this bug. _ Hotmail is now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/signup.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OT: Determining Memory Speed
Thanks Tom and Olaf for your replies. I will have a play with Sandra and see what I come up with. Brian. At 01.24 27/06/2003, you wrote: Does anyone know of an easy way to work out the rating of SDram (ie. 66, 100, 133)? Obviously, in cases where it isn't actually written on the stick. _ Hot chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/share/redir/adTrack.asp?mode=clickclientID=174referral=Hotmail_taglines_plainURL=http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/default.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] OT: Determining Memory Speed
Does anyone know of an easy way to work out the rating of SDram (ie. 66, 100, 133)? Obviously, in cases where it isn't actually written on the stick. Brian. _ Hotmail is now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/signup.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Get your burners warmed up folks
It's only a couple of weeks since I upgraded my main system to 9.1. From: Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wednesday 25 June 2003 06:05 am, Anne Wilson wrote: I'm seriously considering staying with 9.1. The rate of change is too fast for me, as I'm spending so much time getting to know each new system and configuring it as I want that I can't spend enough time on learning bigger issues - security issues, for instance. Anne, I'm with you. It just seems like I don't have enough time between releases to get everything where I want it, and learn it, especially on all 3 comps here. I'm seriously thinking about only doing an every other purchase/install. (but still following all the lists so I can keep up). _ Hot chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/share/redir/adTrack.asp?mode=clickclientID=174referral=Hotmail_taglines_plainURL=http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/default.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Get your burners warmed up folks
I've been wondering about that. If Mandrakesoft don't make point releases, what is the meaning of their version numbers? Why have, for example, 9.2? From: Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9.2 is _not_ a point release in the common sense of the word because Mandrakesoft does not, in fact, make them. 9.2 will have the latest and greatest of everything available; point being you can expect as many bugs in this release as with any other release. Miark _ Hotmail is now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/signup.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] S3 Trio 3D and XFree86 4.3
Thanks, I'll give that a try. As a matter of interest, what exactly will I lose by not using the virtual framebuffer? Brian. From: Kelley Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sunday 22 June 2003 06:32 pm, Brian Schroeder wrote: Thanks Kelley, but my problem is with XFree86, not with lilo and booting. Brian. This is a very old bug with XFree86 andS3 Trio3d cards. It was reported on the XFree86 mailing lists over a year ago. With the virtual framebuffer activated the left half or so of the screen looks normal but the right half is repeated vertical strips of some of the left part of the screen. I just got through fixing this problem with my 9.1 install. If this is your problem (It sounded like it from the original description of it), then the simplest work around that I've found is not to use the virtual framebuffer at all. When booting some lines with vga= in it the virtual framebuffer is activated. From then on your display will be unusable with the XFree86 driver until you reboot without the framebuffer. I just now (less than an hour ago) reinstalled lilo with the framebuffer and repeated this bug. I have now set the linux-nonfb mode as my default boot and it eliminates this bug. On Thursday 12 June 2003 08:50 pm, Brian Schroeder wrote: There was a thread recently about running XFree 4.3 on the S3 Trio 3D, I'm hoping one of those people may be able to help me get it working. _ Hot chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/share/redir/adTrack.asp?mode=clickclientID=174referral=Hotmail_taglines_plainURL=http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/default.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] S3 Trio 3D and XFree86 4.3
Thanks Kelley, but my problem is with XFree86, not with lilo and booting. I have managed to get past the problem by selecting the vesa driver, but this isn't really a good solution. I've also found that a couple of other people reported the same problem on the XFree86 list with 4.2.1, so it looks like it isn't a Mandrake-specific issue. There was no solution there that I could see, though. Brian. From: Kelley Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thursday 12 June 2003 08:50 pm, Brian Schroeder wrote: There was a thread recently about running XFree 4.3 on the S3 Trio 3D, I'm hoping one of those people may be able to help me get it working. Sorry I took so long to get back to you. I just set up 9.1 a couple nights ago with a few problems. Anyway, the problem you have is the same one I've had each time I use the virtual framebuffer. I don't know if booting using the non framebuffer mode will work but I'd give that a try first. If that works then set that as your default boot. The way that I've always done it is to edit /etc/lilo.conf to remove every line with vga= in it, then run lilo again. Of course you'll need to su to root to edit lilo.conf and run lilo. Let me know what happens. LOL -- In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates? It said use windows 95 or better so I loaded Linux. Kelley Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Get mobile Hotmail. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/signup.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] crashing term windows.
It looks to me that xterm isn't crashing, it's merely finishing the command it was given and exiting nicely. Try running something that stays around for a while instead of pwd - eg. xclock of vi a.tmp. Brian From: Pierre Fortin [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 22 Jun 2003 15:51:55 -0700 James Sparenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone else noticed this... In 9.1 no matter what wm you use if you do xterm -e pwd (or any other command) the term window opens and crashes immediately. With no error in messages or anywhere else. This is true with xterm rxvt konsole gnome-terminal... all of them. James You're right as user or root... even strace xterm -e pwd (or any other command) dies with a clue which I don't have time to research... _ Hotmail is now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/signup.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Apache redirects incorrectly
I didn't notice this under Mandrake 8 - but I did run into the problem when I upgraded to 9.1 - and, more specifically, apache 2. After a bit of chasing around, I was able to solve the problem by explicitly setting the ServerName variable in /etc/httpd/2.0/conf/httpd2.conf. Brian. From: Jesus Hernandez [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi everybody, i'm new in the list, and i've got a problem with Apache under Mandrake 8. I've got an Apache server running on a Windows XP, and everything works ok, but now i'm trying to configure it to run under Linux. The problem is that the page links do not redirect to the localhost but to the URL: Under XP: http://localhost/ all the links in the page refer to localhost. Under Linux: http://localhost/ then all the links in the page refer to http://www.elacuariodeaguadulce.com wich is the Internet URL. Really i don't know why the Apache server redirects it to the URL instead of the localhost. The server is Apache, running PHP and MySQL. Does anybody knows it? (I don't know if the question is clear enought) Thanks in advance, Chus Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Get mobile Hotmail. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/signup.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Acrobat Reader installation fails
Hi Per-Olof, I'm a bit late on this thread, and was expecting someone else to suggest this, but not seeing it: Have you tried installing the ed package? I ran into the same problem, and, after installing ed, it worked perfectly. My system shows that ed-0.2-29mdk is now installed. Brian. From: Per-Olof Litby (Reg'l Mgr - Java Web Services - Nordic/Baltic - Sun Microsystems) Greetings, I've attempted to install Acrobat Reader on my 9.1 system, and I get the following error - apparently the installer expects to use a command that isn't available. See below. Can anyone help out? Enter installation directory for Acrobat 5.0.5 [/usr/local/Acrobat5] Installing platform independent files ... Done Installing platform dependent files ... Done ./INSTALL: line 219: ed: command not found ERROR installing /usr/local/Acrobat5/bin/acroread _ Hotmail is now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/signup.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] S3 Trio 3D and XFree86 4.3
There was a thread recently about running XFree 4.3 on the S3 Trio 3D, so I'm hoping one of those people may be able to help me get it working. I've got 2 boxes I am trying to configure with this chip in, and 2 very different monitors - and both produce the same problems. I would really like to get this working because of the things that don't work with the XFree 3.3 driver - including the RENDER extenstion problem. This is Mandrake 9.1, although I have seen some of the same problems in 9.0. In XFdrake, I have selected the XFree 4 S3virge driver, since the XFree86 site says this is the appropriate one. I then select my monitor, resolution, etc. Then, when I start X it gives a rather strange result: The left 2 thirds of the screen is perfect. The right third is a repeat of part of the left section. The right third of that third does the same thing - and so on for a few more times. In other words, it isn't really usable. Using the left 2 thirds of the screen, however, I have demonstrated to my satisfaction that the problems I experienced with XFree 3 do NOT appear in XFree 4. So I would really like to get it working properly. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Brian. _ Hotmail is now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/signup.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] S3 Trio 3D and XFree86 4.3
Thanks Kelley. I will look forward to hearing. Do you have any hints for me to try out over the weekend - pointers in the, hopefully, right direction? Brina. From: kb [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thursday 12 June 2003 05:18 pm, Brian Schroeder wrote: There was a thread recently about running XFree 4.3 on the S3 Trio 3D, so I'm hoping one of those people may be able to help me get it working. I'm using 9.0 and had to set it up for it. I had the same problems with 8.0, 8.1 and 8.2. As I recall the /etc/X11/XF86Config file had to edited manually to include a different set of timings and then reset the /etc/X11/X link to point to XFree86. I/m going to set up 9.1 next week when I get time. Then I'll give you a rundown. Kelley Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Hotmail is now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/signup.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Voodoo 2
Thanks for the reply, Jack. This is in my son's computer (I am trying to indoctrinate him into linux while he is at school). The machine came with a 4M S3 Trio 3D on the motherboard, so I added a Voodoo 2 3D accellerator (bought on ebay). It works in Windows, but I haven't been able to get Linux (mdk 9.0 and 9.1) to use it. I don't know if the Voodoo3 is the same, but this card daisy-chains off of the main graphics output and only handles the 3D stuff. My problem may be related to the fact that I haven't been able to get XFree86 version 4 to properly handle the S3 Trio, and have to use 3.3. Brian. From: Jack Coates [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 23:41, Brian Schroeder wrote: Has anyone had any experience getting a Voodoo 2 3D accellerator board to work with Mandrake? I would be interested in a few tips. Brian. what's it doing wrong? Haven't tried a 2, but my Voodoo3 is auto-setup with no issues. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... http://www.monkeynoodle.org/resume.html _ Get mobile Hotmail. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/signup.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Voodoo 2
Has anyone had any experience getting a Voodoo 2 3D accellerator board to work with Mandrake? I would be interested in a few tips. Brian. _ Hotmail is now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/signup.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Linux Mail Servers for Win clients
If you try it out, I would be interested in hearing of your experiences. I've got it on my list of things to look into, but it is rather low priority at the moment. Brian. From: Dave Seff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Linux Mail Servers for Win clients Date: 23 Mar 2003 20:20:42 -0500 Also in my crusade, I have found Contact, a product by Samsung. They are actually using MAPI for their communication. Too bad it is closed source and not free and not fully functional. Hopefully it is not as buggy as other closed source products, like Ximian connector. _ MSN Instant Messenger now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/hotmail_messenger.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] printer abnormalities
We have a wierd printer problem also. Sometime overnight, every night, all our printers spit out a CUPS Printer Test Page. We have scoured all cron files, checked all print queues, and examined everything else we can think of - to no avail. Brian. From: Todd Lyons [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] printer abnormalities Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 12:05:12 -0800 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Matt Cahill wrote on Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 12:41:07PM -0500 : We're having a really weird situation at our office with our Mandrake 9.0 box printing three pages of ipp code every so often (ie hourly). We're printing to a Lexmark E320, via a DLink DP-101P+ print server, however I don't think either of those are the culprits. Obviously it's something in /etc/cron.hourly/ that's doing it. Run every one of the scripts you see there until you find one that spits stuff out of the printer. Also, look in /etc/cron.d/ as one of those may be configured to run hourly. Blue skies... Todd - -- | MandrakeSoft USA | Sometimes you get what you want. | | http://www.mandrakesoft.com | Sometimes you get experience.| | http://www.mandrakelinux.com |--unknown origin | Mandrake Cooker Devel Version, Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+cOR4lp7v05cW2woRApyFAKCnGsLNllDtR9hvD8bOCv/KQP+4SQCcDXb8 pxirjj8D4jF/zU7KR5PJpww= =Cf4M -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Hotmail now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/hotmail_mobile.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake RPM updates
This is probably a difficult ask. But what I would like to see
is a longer time between versions (eg. 12+ months) for the regular
desktop edition, and a simple, reliable method for updating
packages in the meantime for those who want to (for all those
things that don't qualify for Mandrake's Update facility).
I often grab things from cooker - generally source RPMs - to
install myself. But as time goes by, depencancy issues and library
incompatibilities increase until I give up and simply wait for the
next Mandrake upgrade. It would be nice if this was different.
I'm not really expecting all this to happen, but at least I have
got it off my chest.
Brian.
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Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake RPM updates
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 10:44:32 -0700
On Fri Feb 07, 2003 at 02:14:34PM +0800, Franki wrote:
I totally agree.. Vincent made a statement that mdk was a desktop OS..
and
that as such had no obligations to be a server..
Having said that, Corporate Server 2.1 is now available, and it is a
server OS. The support timeframe will likely be 3-4 years, possibly
more. I'm not 100% sure on this yet (not my call).
I understand doing updates yourself is a bore and PITA (oh boy do I
know!), and reinstalling a server every 18mos is also a nuisance.
Corporate Server will alleviate this. It will have 12-18mos between
versions, so will be a much slower pace than the main distrib (Mandrake
Linux), and should certainly meet your needs.
There is a PR on the mandrakesoft.com website about it; I don't have
the URL handy at the moment.
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Re: [expert] drakbackup
From: Luca Olivetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] You just scared me to death. I had no problem reding the tapes to restore some files from time to time (when a user deleted them by mistake), but I guess murphy's law applies here: in case of disaster the tape won't be readable :-( Absolutely! That's the one thing you can be sure of. The tape always works, until the disaster. But the one time you realy need it, no go. It has happened to me too. Brian _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Staroffice/openoffice problem
Out of interest, does anyone know if Staroffice patches can be applied to Openoffice installations? Could it be done? Would it break things? Brian From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tuesday 04 Feb 2003 5:39 am, James Sparenberg wrote: Anne .. whith me being blind in one eye and unable to see from the other do you happen to have the url. I do use Asian fonts on occasion and have had trouble. Thanks. http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/6.0/patch.html HTH Anne _ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] SSH
I use firestarter (http://firestarter.sourceforge.net/). It's not necessarily the best, but I haven't had too much trouble with it. It seems to work, although I haven't tried it with ssh. It's on the Mandrake CDs if you want to try it. Brian. From: Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] SSH Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 22:14:27 -0500 Pierre Fortin wrote: Stop or remove shorewall -- sure wish Mdk would have made it more obvious during install/upgrade that it was going to add a firewall without asking... :^Pierre problem is...what does one use on a Mandrake 9.0 box if not shorewall because I've had a terrible time in the past trying to get Bastille to work on an MDK 9 box, which led me swiftly back to an 8.2 installation for server use. and I did take a look at gShield. The little bugger liked to drove me nuts! Mark _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Corrupted RPM database (need help)
This, or something like it IS in the archives - somewhere. (I have had problems in the past finding things in the archives too.) I had exactly the same problem myself a while back, and have it fixed now. Unfortunately, I can't remember exactly what I did, or what the helpful messages were, but it may have been the following: 1) kill ALL processes that have anything to do with rpm 2) rm /var/lib/rpm/__* (that is _ twice - usually __db.001 and __db.002) 3) rpm --rebuilddb That may fix it for you. I did find out what was causing this, but I can't remember that one either. I hope I made a note somewhere! Brian. From: Dean S. Messing [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Corrupted RPM database (need help) Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 18:15:49 -0800 (PST) I know this has come up before, but I can't seem to find the solution in the archives (other than re-installing). My RPM database seems to have gotten corrupted. If I do: rpm -qa it hangs after listing most (but not all) of my installed packages. I tried to do: rpm --rebuilddb but this seems to go into an infinite loop. It will begin rebuilding in the /var/lib directory but after some time the load average jumps up one unit. After some more time it jumps up another unit (to three) and the files in the re-build directory just keep getting overwritten. Is there any way to reconstruct the database? This system has a great deal of out-of-distribution software (like win4lin, scilab, selected cooker stuff, nvidia drivers, sun java rpms, c.) which would take hours to re-install. All was well a couple of weeks ago. Since then I've done one or two updates from the Mandrake update site. I have no idea how the DB got corrupted. System: Mdk 9.0 will all applicable updates as of 27th Dec 2002. rpm -q rpm: rpm-4.0.4-19mdk Thanks in advance. I hope someone here can save my bacon! Dean S. Messing Display Algorithms Visual Optimization Lab Information Systems Technologies Dept. Sharp Laboratories of America E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmailxAPID=42PS=47575PI=7324DI=7474SU= http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsgHL=1216hotmailtaglines_smartspamprotection_3mf Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Stable video card
Does anyone have any experience with the Voodoo 2? I am trying to get one working with mdk9. Brian From: Ron Stodden [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Stable video card Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 20:38:38 +1100 Jack Coates wrote: Voodoos are good, but I've had overheating problems with mine -- there's also a lot of outdated documentation out there that can really help you screw it up :-) I run my AGP Voodoo3 3000 with a little 5 volt fan (any computer shop) attached to the heat sink with cable ties, blowing on to the heat sink. Sink and fan are the same length and width and all the holes line up for the ties. -- Ron. [Melbourne, Australia] troels... now updated to use ftp.sunet.se server. See: http://members.optusnet.com.au/ronst/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemailxAPID=42PS=47575PI=7324DI=7474SU= http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsgHL=1216hotmailtaglines_addphotos_3mf Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] S3 Trio, Voodoo2, and XFree86 4.2.1
(Sorry if you've seen this before. I asked about this a few days ago, but didn't see my message on the list, or any replies.) I am trying to configure a PII system that has an S3 Trio3D graphics chip, and an added Voodoo2 3dfx card. According to the documentation, these are both supported by Xfree 4.2.1, though not by earlier XFree 4 versions. Mandrake 9 only offers XFree 3.3.6, though, and doesn't even give me the option to choose version 4 (although 4.2.1 is the version that comes with MDK9.0). I have spent some time on google, but have not really found what I need. How can I force it to use XFree 4.2.1? And how can I configure it to use the graphics acceleration capabilities of the 3dfx card? Brian. _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Linux Backup
I did a lot of thinking on this one for my home system, and eventually decided that the most ecconomical way was to get one of those internal disk caddies and a couple of extra IDE disks to use in it. Given the use of compression on the backups (eg. tar -cjf), these backup disks don't have to be as big as the normal production disk(s). Depending on your circumstances, this may be worth considering. Brian. From: James Sparenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Expert List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Linux Backup Date: 05 Dec 2002 20:08:11 -0800 If you don't have a lot of megs to to backup the backup to cd feature in Webmin is a nice lightweight backup. It allows you to backup only those files/directories you need to backup. James On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 04:54, Belkie, Dan wrote: Hi Guys! I have a couple Mandrake boxes running on my network, and I would like to know peoples opinions on the best way (also cost effective) to do a backup. Now I know this depends on what the uptime that I require is but.. I have a firewall and another box that is a mail server (just relays to another mail server) Would you guys suggest getting into disk mirroring / RAID (does it work well?) if so what would the config have to be? 4 disks? 2 for boot (and to mirror it) and 2 for data (and to mirror it) What about just tar cvf backup.tar ./ Thoughts? Dan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mozilla 1.2.1
Does anyone know where I can find Mozilla 1.2.1 for mdk 9.0? Based on previous threads on this list, I believe it has to be compiled with gcc 2.9.6 for the java plugin to work with it. Brian. _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Multiple Samba Versions
After a few upgrades, I have found that samba hasn't been upgraded properly. I still have old versions lying around that I can't get rid of (see the output below). I have tried rpm --rebuilddb, but it made no difference. Is there any way to clean it up nicely? Brian. rpm -qa|grep samba samba-swat-2.2.6-1.0.pre2.2mdk samba-2.2.1a-15mdk samba-server-2.2.6-1.0.pre2.2mdk samba-2.2.3a-10mdk samba-doc-2.2.6-1.0.pre2.2mdk samba-client-2.2.6-1.0.pre2.2mdk samba-common-2.2.6-1.0.pre2.2mdk samba-2.0.9-1.3mdk rpm -e samba-2.0.9-1.3mdk error: execution of %trigger scriptlet from samba-2.0.9-1.3mdk failed, exit status 1 _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] wierd FS situation
Also - just for information: I saw something similar over the weekend. Due to problems with an install (another story!), I rebooted in rescue mode, and the root fs couldn't be found. I did fsck.ext2 on the actual partition (it is an ext3 partition), fixed some problems, and then mounted it. ls showed an empty partition, but df saw plenty there. df -T, however, listed it as fat32! I tried fsck.ext3 (which I assume should be exactly the same as fsck.ext2), and mount -t ext3, and everything was OK. Brian From: Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] wierd FS situation Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 17:20:23 -0500 This message is just information only. I was re-doing the VFAT32 hard drives for a server. I did the usual mke2fs -j device (ext3) and the formatting went fine. I was able to store files and read them just fine. Due to an act of stupidity (it was early o'clock), I was forced to reload LM. After getting the server going again, I went looking for the hard drives which I had previously re-formatted. They were unreadable. I knew the formats had been ok, however, no combination of fstab parameters would restore the drives to usability. Hummm. After careful troubleshooting, I found that the fdisk partition for the drives had remained VFAT32. However, the FS was EXT3 (verified by fsck.ext3). Gee, I did not know that Linux could force a VFAT drive into becoming an EXT3 drive. Interesting, no?! Anyhow, I fixed the situation by fdisking the drives properly and re-doing the format fstab entries. Just wanted to share that tidbit with everyone. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] printing multiple photos
As Pierre said, there are SO many ways in Linux So often, when I want to do something, the problem is deciding which tool to use! Since you like Word for this, I too would have suggested oowriter. But xfig is something else that could be well worth a try. It is on the Mandrake CDs, but not generally installed by default. It will also give you virtually unlimited positioning and scaling options. Brian. From: Pierre Fortin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake Expert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] printing multiple photos Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 12:19:46 -0500 On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 00:07:39 -0500 Jonathan Dlouhy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to use GIMP or another editing program that will allow me, for example, to put two different pictures, like 4x6 on the same page and print them that way? I hate to use the Windoze word, but there are numerous programs for 'doze that will do this easily. There must be a Linux equivalent. I'm starting to look at different ways to script this kind of stuff; but there are SO many ways in Linux... - have you tried using oowriter? - or writing a simple html page: Side-by-side: htmlbodya href=1.png/aa href=2.png/a/body/html One-above-the-other: htmlbodya href=1.png/abra href=2.png/a/body/html - or scripting; here's a sequence you could script: pngtopnm 1.png 1.pnm pngtopnm 2.png 2.pnm pnmcat -lr 1.pnm 2.pnm | pnmtops | gv - # for left-right pnmcat -tb 1.pnm 2.pnm | pnmtops | gv - # for top-bottom Of course, the script example would require a whitespace pnm file for each direction if you don't have whitespace around your images... gv - lets you view the results; replace with lpr to print... I'm sure there are many more ways that I haven't found yet; but it's fun exploring... for example, use command completion to find some possible utilities; at a command prompt, type the start of these commands and hit the TAB key: $ png $ pnm $ ps and whatever else you find interesting; for example, pnmtotiff might lead you to: $ tiff2ps The point is to explore... :^) HTH, Pierre Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] network goes dead
I have had this sort of problem in the past, with mdk7.2 up to 8.2. There was never anything I could find to explain what was going on. It didn't seem to be related to any firewall, although I have never used shorewall. For me, the conditions that caused it were: 33k modem connection; heavy local CPU load. With a faster modem connection, it never happened. And, since I changed ISP, I always get a faster connection, so it's not a problem any more. Brian. From: Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Expert List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] network goes dead Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 13:29:43 -0500 Hi List, has anyone else noticed the network connectivity in Mandrake 9.0 goes dead periodically? It's very annoying and it seems to be linked to Shorewall firewall system. Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] LM 9.0 - Install Fails - SCSI Disks
Thanks, I hadn't thought of that. Although I have already found that it refuses to boot off of CD1, and I have to start with CD2 to get anywhere at all. Brian. From: Albert E. Whale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] LM 9.0 - Install Fails - SCSI Disks Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 22:11:32 -0500 Brian, Boot off of Disk Two (I Purchased my Set from Mandrake direct), then load each of the customized Boot Kernels until one works. I'm not sure WHY we have to jump through hurdles to get the Install to work. I'm still picking up bits off of the Floor. Mozilla doesn't install directly. I have problems with rpmdrake recognizing the cdrom It really shouldn't be this difficult folks. _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] automount lmontel
I am getting numerous messages (in /var/log/messages) from automount, trying to mount /home/lmontel. How can I find where this is coming from and stop it? automount[1163]: attempting to mount entry /home/lmontel automount[1975]: mount: special device /local_home/lmontel does not exist (Note: the automount map has the entry * localhost:/local_home/ to catch anything not explicitly mentioned earlier) Brian. _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] automount lmontel
Does that mean it is merely a minor bug I have to put up with, or is there some way for me to fix it? From: Tommy Wareing [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] automount lmontel Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 00:13:10 - Given that Laurent Montel is one of the Mandrake development team, and his name is attached to many of the RPMs (particularly kdegraphics), I think it's actually a left-over configuration option. - Original Message - From: Bryan Whitehead [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 12:01 AM Subject: Re: [expert] automount lmontel Brian Schroeder wrote: I am getting numerous messages (in /var/log/messages) from automount, trying to mount /home/lmontel. How can I find where this is coming from and stop it? automount[1163]: attempting to mount entry /home/lmontel automount[1975]: mount: special device /local_home/lmontel does not exist (Note: the automount map has the entry * localhost:/local_home/ to catch anything not explicitly mentioned earlier) Brian. _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com If you running KDM with the little penguin faces it will look in every user home directory for what face it should use. That will cause automount to mount every user home directory on your machine. If user lmontel does not exist on your machine, then delete the account. You could also just make a directory in /local_home called lmontel :) -- Bryan Whitehead SysAdmin - JPL - Interferometry Systems and Technology Phone: 818 354 2903 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] LM 9.0 - Install Fails - SCSI Disks
I'm having all sorts of problems with a P233 with an Adaptec 1542. I also had problems when it had a 1522, and hoped the newer card would fix them. I haven't given up trying ideas yet, and am not totally convinced that the SCSI card is the cause of my problems (but removing it is not an option, since I am trying to load the system onto an attached disk). Brian. From: Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] LM 9.0 - Install Fails - SCSI Disks Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 03:33:54 -0500 On Monday 18 November 2002 09:56 am, you wrote: Hi Albert, I had a similar problem - the installation for MDK9 completely hangs in the beginning when the AHA2940 is even just inserted - with no disk/CDROM attached. At first I had a SCSI-CDROM, later changed to an IDE CDROM. I also moved the controller to other PCI slots. Not until I completely removed the 2940 the installation went on and completed. I was recomended to use some other boot img from the CD, but that one failed too. Sorry, no solution - just confirmed that the 2940 seems to break the 9.0 installer. /Chris Hi Chris. I've got an Adaptec 2930... Has anyone had problems with it as well? 9.0 should be here soon. -- /\ Dark Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] RPM database wierdness
I have noticed a wierd problem with RPM on both my home and work machines since upgrading to mdk9.0. After the machine has been up for a while, all rpm operations hang. This includes rpm -q and rpm --rebuilddb as well as rpm -U, rpm -e etc. rpm -qa and rpm --rebuilddb normally get part way through before hanging. In each case, I have been able to kill all other running rpm processes, and there has been no related error, so far as I can tell, in /var/log/messages. The only way I have found to fix it is to reboot (just as you would to fix a windows problem). Rpm then works for a while, and then stops again. It's rather frustrating. Brian. _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mdk 9.0, kppp, and default route
I use kppp at home to dial my ISP. After upgrading from Mandrake 8.2 to 9.0, I found my internet connection didn't work. I checked my firewall rules, resolv.conf, all messages files, etc. and couldn't see anything wrong. I eventually discovered that the default route was not being set to point to my ISP, and I had to set it manually. This is something that always worked in previous versions, but doesn't work in mdk9.0. Now that I know what the problem is, I can set it quite easily each time, although it is a nuisance. But other family members (who DON'T know the root password, and are not so computer literate) would not be able to do this. (Yes, I know I could create a suid script for them, or something similar, but I don't really want to do this kind of hack.) Is this a bug, or is it just a configuration issue? If the latter, what should I do? Brian Schroeder _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Creative SB Live 5.1 configuration on ML 9.0
When I bought my system a couple of years ago, I got it with a Creative Vibra 128 sound card, and disabled the onboard soundchip - as you have done. Mandrake 7.2 happily noticed all this and loaded the driver for card. Since then, with all subsequent upgrades, it has always ignored the card and loaded the driver for the onboard soundchip, as is happening for you. (Fortunately, this driver still works for the sound card, just not as well as the right one would.) I have not been able to fix it. So, if you do get an answer, please let me know too. Brian Schroeder From: Andreas Weiss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Creative SB Live 5.1 configuration on ML 9.0 Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 12:41:41 +0100 hi! i've killed my onboard soundchip, so i bought a new Creative SB Live PCI and pluged it in. i deactivated the onboard soundchip in BIOS (which doesn't change anything, the soundcard is still there). now i tried to configure my pc to use the new sound card in MCC - Hardware - Hardware List and ran the cofiguration tool where both soundcards are listed (onboard soundchip and SoundBlaster). the configuration tool tells me: Your card currently use the OSS cmpci driver (default driver for your card is snd-emu10k1) the problem is, that i can choose only one driver which is snd-cmipci (the driver for the broken soundchip), but i have not listed any driver for the new SoundBlaster. how can i tell the system to use the SoundBlaster with the driver snd-emu10k1? thanks, andreas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mdk 9.0, kppp, and default route
Thanks, I'll try that. But why did the default change in mdk9.0? From: Pierre Fortin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Mdk 9.0, kppp, and default route Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 19:03:49 -0500 On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 08:44:57 +1030 Brian Schroeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use kppp at home to dial my ISP. After upgrading from Mandrake 8.2 to 9.0, I found my internet connection didn't work. I checked my firewall rules, resolv.conf, all messages files, etc. and couldn't see anything wrong. I eventually discovered that the default route was not being set to point to my ISP, and I had to set it manually. This is something that always worked in previous versions, but doesn't work in mdk9.0. Sounds like you may not have defaultroute in your /etc/ppp/options -- see man pppd Now that I know what the problem is, I can set it quite easily each time, although it is a nuisance. But other family members (who DON'T know the root password, and are not so computer literate) would not be able to do this. (Yes, I know I could create a suid script for them, or something similar, but I don't really want to do this kind of hack.) Is this a bug, or is it just a configuration issue? If the latter, what should I do? Brian Schroeder Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] hard disk booting issue IBM PC.
Even if the BIOS can only see 8G, Linux should see and use then
entire disk quite happily. It doesn't depend on the BIOS for
that info. If you want to use windows as well, you may need to
create an initial 8G (or less) partition for it. You could then
boot the disk with no problems.
But: If you want to use your new controller card, you will need
either of 2 things (so far as I know, these are the only ways) -
1. If the BIOS supports it, tell it to boot from the SCSI device.
I know it's not SCSI, but for booting purposes the BIOS will
treat it as such. Everything will look normal once it has
booted. (I have done this on my own machine.)
2. Failing that, you will have to configure a boot floppy and
boot off that.
Brian Schroeder.
From: Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] hard disk booting issue IBM PC.
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 06:00:33 +0800
Hi guys,
I've finially decided to fix an issue that has bothered me for ages,, I'm
just not sure its possible..
so I figured I'd ask you guys.
Anyway, I've got a 300PL IBM PC.
Its got a 40gig hard disk in it..
by itself the bios doesn't recognise the drive (see's it as an 8gig).. so I
bought a PCI controller card and plugged it in.
after hooking it all up, the card's bios see's the drive and reports its
stats perfectly..
but I still can't boot from it... I still need to use a boot floppy.
I've tried installing lilo in different places with different configs, but
I
am not sure what else I can do.
regards
Frank
Here is the drive stats:
hdparm -i /dev/hda
Model=IC35L040AVER07-0, FwRev=ER4OA46A, SerialNo=SXPTXK70835
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw15uSec Fixed DTR10Mbs }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=40
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=1916kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=80418240
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 1: 2 3 4 5
and the controller type: (from /var/log/dmesg)
CMD649: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 68
CMD649: chipset revision 2
CMD649: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
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[expert] Unformatting a vfat partition
I think I know the answer to this, but is it possible to un-format a fat partition (formatted from diskdrake)? To set the scene: My windows partition trashed itself. I had a complete backup of it on another partition. So I decided to format the bad partition and copy on everything from the backup. Unfortunately (stupidly!), I somehow managed to format the wrong one... I haven't touched the newly formated partition since. Brian Schroeder _ Surf the Web without missing calls! Get MSN Broadband. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Unformatting a vfat partition
Thanks James. It's my home machine, and I am at work at the moment. I'll try your suggestions when I can this week, and hopefully have some success. Brian. From: James Sparenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Expert List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Unformatting a vfat partition Date: 03 Nov 2002 19:35:14 -0800 YOUR MILAGE MAY VARY!!! What I have been able to do on other boxes. (We had a sales guy that transfered everything by sneaker net and kept formating his HDD instead of the floppy.) IF the format tool in Linux is fat16 (I think it is) then possibly either the DOS 6.22 unformat tool or Norton Utilities unformat will work. (I've used norton several times on the above guys box... hasn't failed me yet.*grin.) Another possiblity is this guys tool at http://dos.li5.org/downloads/rec.htm OSS Dos tools one is undelete and the other is an unformat tool. James On Sun, 2002-11-03 at 18:25, J. Grant wrote: well if you were using the commandline format tool you could have just pressed ctrl+c right up until 99% or so, as its just checking the drive. Other than that, put it in another MS PC and hope for the best, u might have to buy some software to recover it JG Brian Schroeder wrote: I think I know the answer to this, but is it possible to un-format a fat partition (formatted from diskdrake)? To set the scene: My windows partition trashed itself. I had a complete backup of it on another partition. So I decided to format the bad partition and copy on everything from the backup. Unfortunately (stupidly!), I somehow managed to format the wrong one... I haven't touched the newly formated partition since. Brian Schroeder Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Custom CD#3
Given that the International CD for mdk9.0 is about 450M, I thought I would try to create my own cd#3 by removing some packages I didn't want (eg. OpenOffice help for a number of languages), and adding extra top-level directories with other useful stuff from elswhere. I ended up with an almost full 700M CD to which I gave the same label as the original (so far as I could tell) with all packages files valid (ie. it was no coaster). The final structure was: CD- |-Mandrake- | |-RPMS |-OtherDir-1 |-OtherDir-2 etc. So, except for the extra top-level directories, and a few missing rpms from the Mandrake/RPMS directory, it should be identical to the original. However, during an upgrade (from 8.2), it was not recognized as a valid cd#3. I muddled through, by using rpm -Fvh on the CD later, so I eventually got it done. But: 1) What else should I have done originally? 2) Is there anything else I need to fix that the upgrade would have handled for me that rpm -Fvh wouldn't? Brian Schroeder. _ Surf the Web without missing calls! Get MSN Broadband. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Unsolicited remove request
Interestingly, I haven't seen my original message on the list yet, or Todd's reply... My full headeres are: From : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sympa mailing list) To : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject : auth 328bda21 signoff expert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date : Wed, 9 Oct 2002 11:50:34 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from smtp.mandrakesoft.com ([212.43.244.20]) by mc6-f2.law1.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.4905); Wed, 9 Oct 2002 12:01:18 -0700 Received: from yavin.mandrax.org (moseisley.mandrax.org [63.209.80.226])by smtp.mandrakesoft.com (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g99J4Qab016992for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 21:04:28 +0200 Received: by yavin.mandrax.org (Postfix, from userid 500)id CC13B880F8; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 11:50:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Oct 2002 19:01:19.0542 (UTC) FILETIME=[40751D60:01C26FC6] From: J.P. Pasnak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Unsolicited remove request Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 20:34:04 -0600 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On October 9, 2002 17:44 pm, Todd Lyons wrote: Brian Schroeder wrote on Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 08:47:36AM +0930 : I received a message from the Sympa list manager for this list saying that: Someone (hopefully you) asked for you e-mail address to be removed from list 'expert'. It WASN'T me. So who would/could it have been? Look in the headers and see if it has the IP address that it originated from. Then search through the headers of all the messages to see if any particular user or domain originates from that IP. Or just post it here so we can publicly flog him/her. :) Same thing happened to me, for both the expert and cooker lists. - -- X-Mail-Format-Warning: Bad RFC2822 header formatting in From pasnak Wed Oct 9 06:45:34 2002 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from smtp.mandrakesoft.com (smtp.mandrakesoft.com [212.43.244.20]) by warpedsystems.sk.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6E7120100F1 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 06:45:33 -0600 (CST) Received: from yavin.mandrax.org (moseisley.mandrax.org [63.209.80.226]) by smtp.mandrakesoft.com (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g99CmfbW030841 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 14:48:42 +0200 Received: by yavin.mandrax.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id 9D223882BF; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 05:24:41 -0700 (PDT) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: auth 2a72309e signoff expert [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 05:24:41 -0700 (PDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sympa mailing list) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=5.4 required=6.0 tests=EXCUSE_3,MAILTO_WITH_SUBJ,FREQ_SPAM_PHRASE version=2.31 X-Spam-Level: * Status: RO X-Status: U Someone (hopefully you) asked for you e-mail address to be removed from list 'expert'. If you want this action to be taken, please - --- - -- Live fast, die young, you're sucking up my bandwidth. - -- J.P. Pasnak, CD CCNA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.warpedsystems.sk.ca Kernel version: 2.4.19-16mdk Current Linux uptime: 18 days 23 hours 52 minutes. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9pOcdBMRgzmzdk08RArjuAKDb2WjGv8dhlCuvqL8Jr2fkAA1bvACghkHS ceIb/5eubO4MABM+xFG3buk= =wbIP -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Unsolicited remove request
I received a message from the Sympa list manager for this list saying that: Someone (hopefully you) asked for you e-mail address to be removed from list 'expert'. It WASN'T me. So who would/could it have been? Has this happened to anyone else? Brian. _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Thoughts/experiences on tmpfs
Since upgrading to mdk8.2, I have been using tmpfs for my /tmp filesystem. Having experienced that sort of thing before on Solaris, I was very please to have it in Linux as well. But, I have been having problems with /tmp being 100% full at times, and causing other things to not work. (I have 320M of memory.) What experiences have other people had with this? Would more memory fix my problems? Would I be best reverting to using a regular disk-based filesystem? Brian. _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Microsoft Project Equivalent
Does anyone know if there is anything like Microsoft Project for Linux? Brian. _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] New Disk and Lilo Peculiarities
I have recently bought a new 80G disk, and an ATA133 card to attach it to. Plus, I have bought a disk caddy to be able to use my old 20G disk as a removable disk, so I can use it for backups instead of CDs. As such, the new disk is hde, while the old one is still hda. I have carefully read up the various instructions for moving to a new disk, and have copied everything over, changed fstab and lilo.conf, etc. (I am having some problems with the BIOS, getting it to do what I want, but that is another matter...) I have had to go through all sorts of contortions to get things going - including multiple boots in rescue mode, and install and upgrade runs over the disks as well. I have almost got it all done, now, but noticed a few peculiarities along the way that I don't understand: 1. When trying to install the bootloader on hde, I would get the following error (in rescue mode, or in any other mode): Installation of bootloader failed. The following error occured: Fatal: stat /dev/hde: No such file or directory. When in rescue mode, I checked and /dev/hde WAS THERE, and I could stat it manually. What was going on? 2. At some point, the system modified my lilo.conf file and added disk=/dev/hde bios=0x80 OR: disk=/dev/hde bios=0x81 AND: other=/dev/hde1 label=windows table=/dev/hde map-drive=0x80 to=0x81 map-drive=0x81 to=0x80 What do these things mean? (I later had to remove the map-drive bits to make windows boot.) ALSO: On my new disk I want to use a /boot partition,while on the old disk /boot was just a part of the root partition. What do I need to change for this to work? Brian Schroeder _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OpenOffice and libstdc++.so.4
Well, I have symlinked to an earlier version of libstdc++, and installed with --nodeps - and it appears to work at this stage. I'll see how it goes... Brian. From: William Kenworthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Forget rpm, use locate as I originally suggested: Did the symlink work? BillK On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 09:47, Brian Schroeder wrote: I have already checked on my system. There are version 2 and 3 editions. rpm -qf /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.3.0.4 gives: libstdc++3.0-3.0.4-2mdk I couldn't find a version 4 of libstdc++. From: William Kenworthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] do a locate libstdc++.so and see what shows up. The OO binaries (now?) come with a version of this in the program directory - but in the past I just symlinked the wanted version with latest I had installed (in /usr/lib I think) and solved the prob that way. Didnt notice any errors from doing it. BillK On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 08:06, Brian Schroeder wrote: I recently downloaded OpenOffice.org-1.0-3mdk.i586.rpm from cooker, but when trying to install it, it complains that it needs libstdc++.so.4. I have had a good look around, but haven't been able to find it. If the cooker version of OpenOffice was built with it, it must be around somewhere. Can anyone give me a pointer?Also, if I install this library, is it likely to break anything else? Brian. _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com This message has been 'sanitized'. This means that potentially dangerous content has been rewritten or removed. The following log describes which actions were taken. Sanitizer (start=1022026386): Part (pos=2472): SanitizeFile (filename=unnamed.txt, mimetype=text/plain): Match (rule=2): Enforced policy: accept Part (pos=3106): SanitizeFile (filename=message.footer, mimetype=text/plain): Match (rule=default): Enforced policy: defang Replaced mime type with: application/DEFANGED-3432 Replaced file name with: message_footer.DEFANGED-3432 Total modifications so far: 1 Anomy 0.0.0 : Sanitizer.pm $Id: Sanitizer.pm,v 1.54 2002/02/15 16:59:07 bre Exp $ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. This message has been 'sanitized'. This means that potentially dangerous content has been rewritten or removed. The following log describes which actions were taken. Sanitizer (start=1022032650): Part (pos=2481): SanitizeFile (filename=unnamed.txt, mimetype=text/plain): Match (rule=2): Enforced policy: accept Part (pos=4863): SanitizeFile (filename=message.footer, mimetype=text/plain): Match (rule=default): Enforced policy: defang Replaced mime type with: application/DEFANGED-139545 Replaced file name with: message_footer.DEFANGED-139545 Total modifications so far: 1 Anomy 0.0.0 : Sanitizer.pm $Id: Sanitizer.pm,v 1.54 2002/02/15 16:59:07 bre Exp $ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OpenOffice and libstdc++.so.4
Does this mean Mandrake are standardizing on GCC 3.1 now? From: Bjarne Thomsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] rpm -qf /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.4 libstdc++3.1-3.1-1mdk Actually you need the gcc-3.1: gcc-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm gcc-c++-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm gcc-colorgcc-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm gcc-cpp-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm gcc-doc-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm gcc-g77-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm gcc-java-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm gcc-objc-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm gcj-tools-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm libf2c3.1-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm libgcc3.1-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm libgcj3.1-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm libgcj3.1-devel-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm libobjc3.1-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm libstdc++3.1-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm libstdc++3.1-devel-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm -- Bjarne _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] OpenOffice and libstdc++.so.4
I recently downloaded OpenOffice.org-1.0-3mdk.i586.rpm from cooker, but when trying to install it, it complains that it needs libstdc++.so.4. I have had a good look around, but haven't been able to find it. If the cooker version of OpenOffice was built with it, it must be around somewhere. Can anyone give me a pointer?Also, if I install this library, is it likely to break anything else? Brian. _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OpenOffice and libstdc++.so.4
I have already checked on my system. There are version 2 and 3 editions. rpm -qf /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.3.0.4 gives: libstdc++3.0-3.0.4-2mdk I couldn't find a version 4 of libstdc++. From: William Kenworthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] do a locate libstdc++.so and see what shows up. The OO binaries (now?) come with a version of this in the program directory - but in the past I just symlinked the wanted version with latest I had installed (in /usr/lib I think) and solved the prob that way. Didnt notice any errors from doing it. BillK On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 08:06, Brian Schroeder wrote: I recently downloaded OpenOffice.org-1.0-3mdk.i586.rpm from cooker, but when trying to install it, it complains that it needs libstdc++.so.4. I have had a good look around, but haven't been able to find it. If the cooker version of OpenOffice was built with it, it must be around somewhere. Can anyone give me a pointer?Also, if I install this library, is it likely to break anything else? Brian. _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com This message has been 'sanitized'. This means that potentially dangerous content has been rewritten or removed. The following log describes which actions were taken. Sanitizer (start=1022026386): Part (pos=2472): SanitizeFile (filename=unnamed.txt, mimetype=text/plain): Match (rule=2): Enforced policy: accept Part (pos=3106): SanitizeFile (filename=message.footer, mimetype=text/plain): Match (rule=default): Enforced policy: defang Replaced mime type with: application/DEFANGED-3432 Replaced file name with: message_footer.DEFANGED-3432 Total modifications so far: 1 Anomy 0.0.0 : Sanitizer.pm $Id: Sanitizer.pm,v 1.54 2002/02/15 16:59:07 bre Exp $ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: FIXED! [expert] access to CD-RW
The HOWTO insists that any other OS partitions (ie. windows) must be handled by their own OS. Would dd successfully copy an unmounted windows partition to a new hd? Brian. From: David [EMAIL PROTECTED] Much thanks to nDiScReEt, Bascule, Steve Browne, Brian Parish, Larry Sword, and Pross(who got in at the last moment). We got it fixed. The problem was that I followed the howto at http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Hard-Disk-Upgrade/index.html to upgrade my HD. Following directions, I used a _temporary_ lilo config for the initial booting of the new HD. In the config, the line _append=hdb=ide-scsi_ was omitted. Thus, I had not re-corrected my lilo config. nDiScReEt's post below opened my eyes. The second I seen it, I knew what it was. I'm now kicking myself (HARD). Thanks to all Dave _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: FIXED! [expert] access to CD-RW
dd should be able to read the raw partition, I would have though. From: David [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian Schroeder said onto me: | Would dd successfully copy an unmounted windows partition to a new hd? Doesn't a partition need to be mounted for one to be able to access it at all? -- °°° David L. Steiner Registered Linux User #262493 Mandrake 8.2 Enlightenment 0.16.5 Sylpheed 0.7.5claws Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: www.davidlsteiner.com °°° _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Linux for Kids
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Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.2 and Wordperfect 8
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Brian Schroeder wrote: ...path.../xwp: file not found (or words to that effect). The actual executable xwp does exist where it always did, and is executable. Any hints would be appreciated. This often indicates that the program is linked against libraries that do not exist on your system. Try running ldd against the binary and see what it reports. Then you might try installing compatible libraries or even symlinking the current versions to names of the old. Not much help, I'm afraid: root ldd -v /usr/local/wordperfect/wpbin/xwp /usr/bin/ldd: /usr/local/wordperfect/wpbin/xwp: No such file or directory (or with any other switch on ldd - the same result) _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.2 and Wordperfect 8
I had a search through the newbie archives, but couldn't find it. Can you remember anything that might give me a hint of where to start? Brian. From: FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian Schroeder wrote: Has anyone got the free download version of WordPerfect to work with Mandrake 8.2? I have just upgraded my machine, and WP broke. The same thing happened when I upgraded to Mdk 8.1, but the error looks different this time to what I think it was then. I get: ...path.../xwp: file not found (or words to that effect). The actual executable xwp does exist where it always did, and is executable. Any hints would be appreciated. Brian. I believe there is a thread about this on newbie list in the last 2 weeks. I seem to recall they got it working? Try that and if I had the thread I'd email it to you. sorry! Femme _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mandrake 8.2 and Wordperfect 8
Has anyone got the free download version of WordPerfect to work with Mandrake 8.2? I have just upgraded my machine, and WP broke. The same thing happened when I upgraded to Mdk 8.1, but the error looks different this time to what I think it was then. I get: ...path.../xwp: file not found (or words to that effect). The actual executable xwp does exist where it always did, and is executable. Any hints would be appreciated. Brian. _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Postgres Upgrade
A little hand-holding is requested here. I don't really know what I am doing when it comes to dbaing. Postgresql was upgraded with mdk8.2, and doesn't start because there is an existing earlier-version database - fair enough. However, the instructions for fixing this are for upgrading from a 6.x version of postgres - my database is 7.0. Trying to extrapolate from these instructions points me to dump programs that don't seem to exist on my system. How can I upgrade my database to run with postgres 7.2? (I am sending this from work, the problem is on a home machine.) Brian. _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 8.2 and vectra vl600
This may help: When I did an upgrade from 7.2 to 8.1, my nic suddenly stopped working - for no apparent reason. The symptoms were similar to what you describe. I tried all sorts of things, including pulling my hair out, but nothing worked. Eventually I removed the card from the box, had a good look at it, and put it back again. It has worked perfectly ever since. From: ingmar frey [EMAIL PROTECTED] I know this should be a certified linux compatible computer. IT install fine, it detects the matrox card, the sound. But the nic is a diferent story. Drakconf just does cant see the ethernet card. lspci cant find it either. I know that it is a 3c905c, and that it worked with windows about 8 hours ago. any ideas about making the nic work on this machine. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Vi, emacs, and editors
Just to continue the war theme... I don't like vi or emacs! To me, they are both unpleasant and cryptic. I have come from a VMS background and had written my own editor in VAXTPU in which I could do EVERYTHING - much in the same way emacs gurus claim to. I still miss it. But I have learnt vi because I know it will always be available on *nix. I tend to use either vi or nedit, depending on my needs at the time. I suppose if I went to the effort to properly learn emacs... but it doesn't seem worth it. Brian. From: Deryk Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thus spake Michael Holt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): ... p.s. just to stay on topic, VI is the best!!! ;-p How can a falsehood be on topic? :-) -- |Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept. | Music does not have to be understood| |Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada| It has to be listened to. | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |phone: +1 250 370 4452 | Hermann Scherchen. | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Vi
For a long time I have used ZZ (ie. without the :). From: James [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maybe this is why my mentor in unix insisted I use :wq instead of :x to write and exit? James On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 13:31:32 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am so glad I am not the only one to do this. Except I did this to the hosts.allow file. I would like to know how to unencrypt as well. It really is annoying that they use the X to encrypt and the x to save and exit. I have caught myself more than once doing this and the first time I did not catch it. Hopefully someone has an answer. Hi i just made a major bummer i was editing httpd.conf - when saving i used :X insted of :x and i was asked for an encryption key - i then pressed enter (with an emty encryption key) and now the file is pure garbage - how do i unenrypt that file now. ___ Mvh./Yours sincerely Lars Lars Roland Kristiansen | Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Stu. Sci. Math/Computer science | TLF(home):39670663 Copenhagen University - | Home address: Emdrupvej 175 Institute for Mathematical Sciences | C/O Rune Bruhn 2400 Copenhagen NV Url: www.math.ku.dk | Politics is for the moment, equations are forever - Albert Einstein Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] adaptec ava 1502-a
I was able to get an old Adaptec 1522 card and 2G SCSI disk a few years back, which I put into a pentium machine. I had all sorts of problems getting it to work properly. There seemed to be conflicts with the sound card and with the network card. None of the problems jumped out at me and said here I am, most were worked out by examining the /proc files and by trial-and-error. I was able to get some documentation from Adaptec's web site, and spent a lot of time moving jumpers on the card. Ultimately this did get me there! At install time, Mandrake didn't auto- sense the card straight away, but when I told it that it was there, it did see it and picked up all the settings properly (eg. IRQ) without me having to tell it explicitly. This route may be worth you trying. Brian. From: Robert Fargher [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday 25 February 2002 06:06, Daniel Anderson wrote: Hi, After adding the alias to modules.conf and running modprobe, I get the error ,can't locate module aha152x.The module does exist,so I guess the card is not being seen.You mentioned using a different card,is there a better one that will work with this scanner,same connectors and everything? modprobe aha152x alias aha152x io=0x140,irq=10,id=7 (or) aha152x=0x240,10,7 etc... or in lilo.conf append=aha152x=0x140,11,7 or ... I've just gone through a similar situation with an AVA-1505 card. It uses ioport 0x340 and irq 10 (or 11, can't remember just now). Try this at the command line, as root: modprobe aha152x io=0x340 irq=10 (try 11 if 10 doesn't work). On my AVA-1505 card, the above works and lsmod shows that the module is loaded. If I then do a modprobe sr_mod, I get to use my SCSI cdrom. I automate the loading of the kernel modules, by putting the two modprobe lines as the last two lines in /etc/rc.local. That is the only way I've managed to get them to work; specifically, they won't work from an initrd. But I'm going to try the append=aha152x=. route next and see what happens. This SCSI card was not picked up by the installer for Mandrake 8.2 beta 2, nor did the installer allow me to manually configure the card. A post-install manual configuration is the only way that works. -- Cheers, Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] no job control errors during compile src.rpm
Last time I tried to upgrade RPM etc., I got caught in an endless cycle of dependencies and eventually gave up. So, at the moment, I am waiting on 8.2 to solve the problem for me. Brian. From: Marc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] no job control errors during compile src.rpm Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 19:34:18 +0100 Do you think an upgrade of RPM and RPM-BUILD would solve the problem as well? Sometimes rpm changes some things, for whatever reason, including incompatibility with certain packages. Regards, marc Brian Schroeder wrote: I have found this by trial and error, so I don't know if my solution is valid or if it will break something else - however it appears to work. The cooker rpm stuff seems to have some new things that are not present in the default 8.1 distro. Look in the spec file for the string%makeinstall_std and change it to %makeinstall This will probably fix it (although there may be other problems in the spec file as well). Brian. From: Marc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] no job control errors during compile src.rpm Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 13:27:04 +0100 Sometimes during a compile of a mandrake (cooker) src.rpm package I get the error: no job control: fg Looks like a shell problem but cannot find what's wrong, Already upgraded latest fileutils and bash, but this does not solve the probl;em, also installed tsch , but still have errors. Any one seen this during compiling. BTW I am running MDK 8.1 with gcc-2.96-0.74 regards, marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] no job control errors during compile src.rpm
I have found this by trial and error, so I don't know if my solution is valid or if it will break something else - however it appears to work. The cooker rpm stuff seems to have some new things that are not present in the default 8.1 distro. Look in the spec file for the string%makeinstall_std and change it to %makeinstall This will probably fix it (although there may be other problems in the spec file as well). Brian. From: Marc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] no job control errors during compile src.rpm Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 13:27:04 +0100 Sometimes during a compile of a mandrake (cooker) src.rpm package I get the error: no job control: fg Looks like a shell problem but cannot find what's wrong, Already upgraded latest fileutils and bash, but this does not solve the probl;em, also installed tsch , but still have errors. Any one seen this during compiling. BTW I am running MDK 8.1 with gcc-2.96-0.74 regards, marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Cd burn
I totally lost my cdburner in 8.1, but managed to get it back and working again by changing the lilo.conf entry to use: devfs = nomount From: Geoff Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have just upgraded to LM 8.1. CD writer does not work. The cdrom can be mounted and used to read files from disk. Supermount didn't work so I got rid of it ( It worked with 8.0) Hardware setup IDE 1 - Hard drive hda IDE 2 - Master - CDROM RW detected both as hdc and scd0 Slave - CDROM detected as hdd dev/cdrom points to cdroms/cdrom0 points to ./ide/host0/bus1/...cd dev/cdrom0 points to the same dev/cdrom1 points to cdroms/cdrom1/cd dev/scd0 points to scsi/host0...cd lilo.conf has a line - append = devfs = mount hdc = ide - scsi When using cd burner software such as gtoaster, the cd burner is not detected. Hard drake detects the cd writer both as dev/hdc and dev/scd0 Has anybody had this problem? Any ideas? GT _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Automounter maps from a Sun NIS+ server
I hope someone can help me with this. I have scoured the net to no avail so far. We have a Sun running NIS+ in YP compatability mode. Our linux machines happily get passwd, group, host, etc. info from it. But I can't get it to read automount maps. I have the maps configured on the server as, for example: userA server:/export/home/ userB server:/export/home/ etc. but ypcat auto_home returns: server:/export/home/ server:/export/home/ ie., it loses the first field, making the map unusable. Installing the NIS+ client for linux is not really an option at this stage. So what do I need to do? Brian Schroeder. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] NTP -- driving me crazy!
I have had some problems with ntp not working as well, while xntp3 worked perfectly. One thing I found (from trawling through the docs) was that adding a 3 on the line after the server line can help. This is telling the ntp4 client that the server is ntp3. I am still having a few other issues, but this did fix it in a number of cases. Brian Schroeder From: Charlie Bebber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] NTP -- driving me crazy! Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 03:21:09 -0800 (PST) bascule said: the ntp stuff in lm now is the ntp4 release whereas xntpd uses ntp3 (4 should be backwards compatible with 3), in normal usage the only difference is that, as bill says, you need to have /etc/init.d./ntpd running and not as before, /xntpd, to all usual intents and purposes, a rename, clients running xntpd have no problem syncing with a server running ntpd and vice versa Interesting. I don't know what it is then, but xntp3 works and ntp doesn't. So running ntp will keep running ntpdate every so often to keep synced with the server listed in /etc/ntp.conf? From what I've read, with ntp, you have to now have to have ntpdate in a cronjob. IMHO, that should be the default behaviour. Cheers, -Charlie bascule On Sunday 02 Dec 2001 7:40 am, you wrote: I just went back and installed xntp3 on the server and life is good. I have no idea why xntp3 stopped being bundled and was replaced with, what IMHO, is an inferior ntp package. Can anyone shed some light on this? -- GPG Key fingerprint = 4F36 EC4F 2F2C 5F59 9690 09E5 4C0F 9DB0 8623 53CE Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] undefined function: mysql_connect()
Those are the versions on the 8.1 CD, so I would assume that they should work together. Plus, I noticed that cooker has php-mysql-4.0.6-4 - as compared to mod_php-4.0.6-5mdk. Brian. From: Alexander Skwar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] undefined function: mysql_connect() Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 07:34:19 +0100 So sprach »Brian Schroeder« am 2001-11-21 um 12:55:23 +1030 : php-mysql-4.0.6-3mdk mod_php-4.0.6-5mdk The php-mysql and php versions don't match. Try to install the same versions. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.iso-top.de | Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] iso-top.de - Die günstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen Uptime: 5 days 10 hours 24 minutes Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] undefined function: mysql_connect()
Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm afraid php-mysql is in my list. It's probably my fault for listing so many packages. Brian. From: Dave Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake-expert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] undefined function: mysql_connect() Date: 21 Nov 2001 08:50:46 -0600 On Tue, 2001-11-20 at 20:25, Brian Schroeder wrote: I asked for help on this problem once before, but, unforutunately, no one felt qualified to respond. So on behalf of my hair, which doesn't want to be torn out, if anyone can enlighten me on this I would appreciate it. Any PHP-based app which wants to access a MySQL database fails at the first hurdle with this error: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in ...php This is in both mdk 8.0 and 8.1. My config includes: apache-1.3.20-3mdk apache-common-1.3.20-3mdk apache-modules-1.3.20-3mdk apache-mod_perl-1.3.20_1.25_01-3mdk apache-conf-1.3.20-3mdk php-mysql-4.0.6-3mdk mod_php-4.0.6-5mdk php-common-4.0.6-5mdk php-devel-4.0.6-5mdk phpgroupware-0.9.12-2mdk php-readline-4.0.6-2mdk php-dba_gdbm_db3-4.0.6-4mdk php-4.0.6-5mdk php-pgsql-4.0.6-3mdk php-gd-4.0.6-2mdk MySQL-client-3.23.41-5mdk MySQL-3.23.41-5mdk MySQL-shared-3.23.41-5mdk kernel-2.4.13-8mdk It looks to me like you are missing the php-mysql package. php-pgsql is for PostgreSQL, I think. Dave -- My Aunt MAUREEN was a military advisor to IKE TINA TURNER!! attach3 _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] undefined function: mysql_connect()
I asked for help on this problem once before, but, unforutunately, no one felt qualified to respond. So on behalf of my hair, which doesn't want to be torn out, if anyone can enlighten me on this I would appreciate it. Any PHP-based app which wants to access a MySQL database fails at the first hurdle with this error: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in ...php This is in both mdk 8.0 and 8.1. My config includes: apache-1.3.20-3mdk apache-common-1.3.20-3mdk apache-modules-1.3.20-3mdk apache-mod_perl-1.3.20_1.25_01-3mdk apache-conf-1.3.20-3mdk php-mysql-4.0.6-3mdk mod_php-4.0.6-5mdk php-common-4.0.6-5mdk php-devel-4.0.6-5mdk phpgroupware-0.9.12-2mdk php-readline-4.0.6-2mdk php-dba_gdbm_db3-4.0.6-4mdk php-4.0.6-5mdk php-pgsql-4.0.6-3mdk php-gd-4.0.6-2mdk MySQL-client-3.23.41-5mdk MySQL-3.23.41-5mdk MySQL-shared-3.23.41-5mdk kernel-2.4.13-8mdk Brian. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] undefined function: mysql_connect()
If the presence of the line: extension = mysql.so means that it is being loaded, then it is there. Brian. From: Michael D. Viron [EMAIL PROTECTED] look in php.ini to verify that the mysql module for php is being loaded. Michael At 12:55 PM 11/21/2001 +1030, you wrote: I asked for help on this problem once before, but, unforutunately, no one felt qualified to respond. So on behalf of my hair, which doesn't want to be torn out, if anyone can enlighten me on this I would appreciate it. Any PHP-based app which wants to access a MySQL database fails at the first hurdle with this error: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in ...php This is in both mdk 8.0 and 8.1. My config includes: apache-1.3.20-3mdk apache-common-1.3.20-3mdk apache-modules-1.3.20-3mdk apache-mod_perl-1.3.20_1.25_01-3mdk apache-conf-1.3.20-3mdk php-mysql-4.0.6-3mdk mod_php-4.0.6-5mdk php-common-4.0.6-5mdk php-devel-4.0.6-5mdk phpgroupware-0.9.12-2mdk php-readline-4.0.6-2mdk php-dba_gdbm_db3-4.0.6-4mdk php-4.0.6-5mdk php-pgsql-4.0.6-3mdk php-gd-4.0.6-2mdk MySQL-client-3.23.41-5mdk MySQL-3.23.41-5mdk MySQL-shared-3.23.41-5mdk kernel-2.4.13-8mdk Brian. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] undefined function: mysql_connect()
Anything I have tried so far - including pccsmysqladmn, mrbs, phpgroupware, and more. Brian. From: William R. Nash [EMAIL PROTECTED] What are you trying to connect to mysql. is there a config file. I would need more information to answer your question. Thanks Bill Nash -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian Schroeder Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 9:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] undefined function: mysql_connect() I asked for help on this problem once before, but, unforutunately, no one felt qualified to respond. So on behalf of my hair, which doesn't want to be torn out, if anyone can enlighten me on this I would appreciate it. Any PHP-based app which wants to access a MySQL database fails at the first hurdle with this error: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in ...php This is in both mdk 8.0 and 8.1. My config includes: apache-1.3.20-3mdk apache-common-1.3.20-3mdk apache-modules-1.3.20-3mdk apache-mod_perl-1.3.20_1.25_01-3mdk apache-conf-1.3.20-3mdk php-mysql-4.0.6-3mdk mod_php-4.0.6-5mdk php-common-4.0.6-5mdk php-devel-4.0.6-5mdk phpgroupware-0.9.12-2mdk php-readline-4.0.6-2mdk php-dba_gdbm_db3-4.0.6-4mdk php-4.0.6-5mdk php-pgsql-4.0.6-3mdk php-gd-4.0.6-2mdk MySQL-client-3.23.41-5mdk MySQL-3.23.41-5mdk MySQL-shared-3.23.41-5mdk kernel-2.4.13-8mdk Brian. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] NIS Domain Name and 8.1
Under mdk8.0 this was not a problem. But with 8.1 - both an upgrade and a fresh install - I am finding that the NIS domain name is set to the DNS domain name whenever the network is (re)started. Since they are different, this causes ypbind to fail. I have set the NISDOMAIN variable in /etc/sysconfig/network, and I have tried putting the necessary information into the /etc/yp.conf file. But nothing works. I can put a hack into the /etc/rc.d/init.d/ypbind script to set the domain name, but I'm not really happy with that as a solution. Is something broken? Is there something I am doing wrong, or is there something new in the configuration that I am not aware of? (Note: I am using DHCP clients on these machines, in case that influences anything.) Brian Schroeder _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] FVWM Users
Just wondering how many people use FVWM these days. I started using it a number of years ago (version 2), and came to like it - having customized it considerably. I have since tried gnome and kde (both very nice), but have gone back to FVWM mostly. I am running FVWM 2.4, but am a little frustrated that Mandrake still only ship 2.2.4, and even that must be specially installed from the CD as it is no longer even a selectable option during the install. Brian Schroeder _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] OT: PHP - MySQL problem
I have searched the documentation, but not found the answer to this. If I have missed something, please let me know. I am running mdk 8.0 Freq 2 with the following modules: apache-manual-1.3.20-1.2mdk apache-conf-1.3.20-1.2mdk apache-common-1.3.20-1.2mdk apache-source-1.3.20-1.2mdk apache-mod_perl-1.3.20_1.25_01-2.2mdk apache-suexec-1.3.20-1.2mdk apache-modules-1.3.20-1.2mdk apache-1.3.20-1.2mdk apache-devel-1.3.20-1.2mdk php-manual_en-4.0.6-1mdk php-4.0.6-5mdk php-mysql-4.0.6-3mdk mod_php-4.0.6-3mdk php-pgsql-4.0.6-3mdk php-readline-4.0.6-2mdk phpgroupware-0.9.12-2mdk php-devel-4.0.6-5mdk php-gd-4.0.6-2mdk php-common-4.0.6-5mdk php-dba_gdbm_db3-4.0.6-4mdk php-ldap-4.0.6-3mdk MySQL-python-0.9.0-1 MySQL-bench-3.23.36-2mdk MySQL-devel-3.23.36-2mdk MySQL-3.23.36-2mdk perl-Mysql-1.22_15-5mdk MySQL-client-3.23.36-2mdk MySQL-shared-3.23.36-2mdk PHP pages seem to be handled correctly. But I have installed a couple of apps that use both php and MySQL, and get back errors of the form: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in ... or Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_pconnect() in ... What is missing? Brian. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Kernel Upgrading Advice Please
I have just tried to install kernel-source-2.4.12-3mdk.i586.rpm, which required kernel-headers-2.4.12-3mdk.i586.rpm, which then reported lots of conflicts with lots of files in /usr/include from kernel-headers-2.4.5-5mdk. Should I ignore these and use --nodeps? Or should I use -Uvh instead of -ivh? Brian. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Kernel Upgrading Advice Please
Thanks, I'll try than. From: Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 17:21:48 +0930 Brian Schroeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just tried to install kernel-source-2.4.12-3mdk.i586.rpm, which required kernel-headers-2.4.12-3mdk.i586.rpm, which then reported lots of conflicts with lots of files in /usr/include from kernel-headers-2.4.5-5mdk. Should I ignore these and use --nodeps? Or should I use -Uvh instead of -ivh? Brian. The best results are attained by using rpm -ivh the install the kernel pkg only. Then run lilo, check all your config files, and then reboot your system and boot to the New kernel. If everything loads and runs properly then install the kernel source and header using: rpm -Uvh kernel-source-2.4.12-3mdk.i586.rpm kernel-headers- 2.4.12-3mdk.i586.rpm (all one line) Charles _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Freq 2 Uninstallable RPMs on Compaq 233
I have been following the Corrupted files -RPM thread, and trying some of the suggestions there, with no success. I have the Freq 20010619 CDs, which I have successfully loaded on other machines, but am having trouble with a particular machine at home. Most of the install goes properly, but some RPMs simply fail. Some of these, I have eventually been able to install by repeatedly using rpm -Uvh, but some simply will not go. They fail with Segmentation fault (core dumped) messages. Two particular examples are gimp, and kdebase. I have tried installing from CD, via a network link, and from files directly on the local hard disk. I have tried newer files which I downloaded. Nothing works. I tried disabling dma (via both bios and hdparm), with no effect. Has anyone got any ideas? A little background: Compaq Pentium 233, 64M memory, 3G Maxtor IDE disk. I have also added an Adaptec AHA1520B SCSI card and a Seagate (I think) 2G disk. I have been very careful with IRQs and other parameters on this. The system is dual booting with Win95 - with both OSes using both disks. I previously ran mdk7.2 on this system - without the SCSI - but with another 1.5G IDE disk which later died. There were no problems. This is now a fresh install, not an upgrade. Is there any chance mdk 8.1 will fix the problems? I am hoping to get that soon. Brian. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade
Maybe: Could the folks at Mandrake modify the MandrakeUpdate program to print out some wise words of advise, instead of doing what is asked, whenever someone tries to upgrade the kernel? From: Sergio P.Korlowsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 11:35:01 -0500 On Sunday 09 September 2001 01:48, you wrote: I'm hoping that someone can help me here I'm running Mandrake 8.0, and when I ran MandrakeUpdate this morning, I noticed that there was a new kernel upgrade from my existing 2.4.3-20mdk to 2.4.7-12.3mdk. I selected the kernel, header, source, and doc .rpm files and let it do its thing. I now have a semi-crippled system. :-/ Modules don't seem to work anymore, so it can't find things like my sound card and ethernet card. When running depmod, I get an error message saying that /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/modules.dep can't be opened for writing - which makes sense considering it isn't there anymore :-) What I want to know is WHY does it want the old directory instead of the new one? For that matter, a uname -r command returns the old version number instead of the new one. Does anyone know what I'm missing, to get this thing back on its feet again? I did fix the broken symlinks in the /boot directory (which broke after running the upgrade), except for the initrd.img link, which is still pointing to a non-existant file. I can't run a mkinitrd command, because doing so gets me a message saying that the kernel doesn't know about the loop device (presumably since I can't load any modules until depmod knows where to look). Any assistance would be *greatly* appreciated. :-) --Dave Did you use mandrakeupdate to upgrade your kernel? I can't believe it! with all that talk about not doing it.. sk Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Official Kernel update for Mdk8
I am running the 2.4.5 kernel that came with Freq 2. Should I upgrade that to 2.4.7 as well? Brian Schroeder From: civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Digital Wokan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Official Kernel update for Mdk8 Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 10:38:21 +0200 On Tuesday 28 August 2001 10:22, Digital Wokan wrote: I can't believe my eyes. An actual update to the kernel from 2.4.3 to 2.4.7 in the officially supported updates. Does this mean there was a security problem with 2.4.3 or was some added functionality from 2.4.7 needed? There was a minor problem with netfilters and ftp in 2.4.3. Your updated kernel, 2.4.7, does _not_ do supermount. Be advised. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] ssh version mismatch
Thanks for your advice. Unfortunately, by the time I got it, I had already compiled the latest versin of openssh from cooker and installed it. It has done the trick for me, so I am happy anyway. Brian. From: Oscar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] ssh version mismatch Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 18:41:22 +0200 I had the same problem! When you install a new version of ssh, the new configuration file is saved as /etc/ssh/ssh_config.rpm instead of /etc/ssh/ssh_config. You don't need to compile the source code of ssh, you can install the binary rpm's, but be carefully with the config file, I believe it will not be changed to match the new version. And of course all computers must have the same version. Salu2, óscar. El Vie 10 Ago 2001 01:08, escribiste: Does that mean I should download the source RPM and compile that? From: Julia A. Case [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brian Schroeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] ssh version mismatch Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 05:45:25 -0700 Quoting Brian Schroeder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I recently upgraded my work machine from mdk 7.2 to 8.0 Freq. We have a number of machines that can only be accessed via ssh. This worked fine in 7.2, but now I get the following error: OpenSSL version mismatch. Built against 90581f, you have 90600f You get this when the OpenSSH was linked against a different version of the OpenSSL libraries than you are using, make sure they are the same consistent. Julia -- [ Julia Anne Case ] [Ships are safe inside the harbor, ] [Programmer at large] [ but is that what ships are really for. ] [ Admining Linux ] [ To thine own self be true. ] [ Windows/WindowsNT ] [ Fair is where you take your cows to be judged. ] attach3 _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
[expert] ssh version mismatch
I recently upgraded my work machine from mdk 7.2 to 8.0 Freq. We have a number of machines that can only be accessed via ssh. This worked fine in 7.2, but now I get the following error: OpenSSL version mismatch. Built against 90581f, you have 90600f Given that I can't upgrade the other machines, what is the best way of making this work (I am a bit of a newbie when it comes to this sort of thing)? Is there a backwards-compatible switch I can use? Can I simply downgrade to the version of OpenSSL provided with mdk7.2 without breaking anything? Or...? Thanks in anticipation. Brian Schroeder _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
Re: [expert] Lightweight window managers
I use FVWM2, and have for quite a few years now. I tried the more recent versions of KDE and Gnome, and have tried Afterstep, Icewm, XFCE, Qvwm, and a few others, but have gone back to fvwm. Fvwm2 is now on version 2.4, and I find it very configurable. I can do whatever I want with it, and can make it look any way I like. Unfortunately, Mandrake chose not to include it with 8.0. And the version they do have available is stuck at Fvwm 2.2. However, the 2.4 edition is available via the Fvwm web site. Brian Schroeder I'd like to get the recommendations of the experts for a ranking of lightweight window managers you've used, with any opinions you'd like to share - i.e., So-and-so wm is really light, but it's just too damn inconvenient, or hard or the eyes, or isn't really light, or doesn't release memory properly, etc. Thanks, Edmund _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 FREQ and VMware, Mozilla etc.
I had actually read that, but assumed it was specifically for an SMP kernel. I have since tried booting into 2.2.19 and 2.2.17 (my old 7.2 kernel) - with the same error! However, following your recommendation, I started looking back through the mailing list archives. I found a suggestion that removing the libsafe package enabled vmware to work. I tried it, and it did! It all works properly now, thankyou. But, can anyone tell me what libsafe is supposed to do. I don't want my system to break because I removed it. Brian Schroeder. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pete Jordan) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 FREQ and VMware, Mozilla etc. Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 22:49 +0100 (BST) Brian Schroeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This version of vmware is supposed to support Mandrake 8 and the 2.4 kernel. But is that 2.4.3 only? Is there a problem with the 2.4.5 that comes with FREQ? Your problem is with vmnet which is a kernel module - I would not be at all surprised if this were a problem with 2.4.5 after what I went through getting it going with SMP 2.4.3. You're probably stuffed with the RPM unless it comes with the module rebuild scripts and sources; if you're feeling brave, search the archives for HOWTO - VMware under Mandrake 8 - SMP 2.4.3 for how I got round the problem using the 2.0.4 distribution from the VMware website. Pete _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
[expert] Mandrake 8 FREQ and VMware, Mozilla etc.
Hi everyone, I have just taken the plunge and upgraded my 7.2 system to Mandrake Freq 20010619. This has broken a few things, however. 1. Mozilla copied my Netscape config quite accurately. It will find anything on the local intranet. However, it fails to find anything on the internet. Konqeror is the same. Mozilla sits there Resolving host www, and eventually a pop-up appears: The operation timed out when attempting to contact www I have installed Netscape 4.78 from cooker, and that still works fine. I have triple checked the proxy, and other, settings in Mozilla. Is there anything else I should be chasing up? 2. I can't get VMware to work. It was very happy in 7.2. I have removed and re-installed the VMware installation: VMware-2.0.4-1142.i386.rpm The install gives me, at the end: Starting VMware services: Virtual machine monitor [ OK ] Virtual ethernet[ OK ] Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 [FAILED] Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background)[ OK ] The configuration of VMware 2.0.4 build-1142 for Linux for this running kernel completed successfully. When I then try to run vmware, i get Segmentation fault and that's it. What can I do here? Thanks in advance for your help. Brian Schroeder _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 FREQ and VMware, Mozilla etc.
From: Tzafrir Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brian Schroeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 FREQ and VMware, Mozilla etc. Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 07:56:45 +0300 (IDT) On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Brian Schroeder wrote: Hi everyone, I have just taken the plunge and upgraded my 7.2 system to Mandrake Freq 20010619. This has broken a few things, however. 1. Mozilla copied my Netscape config quite accurately. It will find anything on the local intranet. However, it fails to find anything on the internet. Konqeror is the same. Mozilla sits there Resolving host www, and eventually a pop-up appears: The operation timed out when attempting to contact www I have installed Netscape 4.78 from cooker, and that still works fine. I have triple checked the proxy, and other, settings in Mozilla. Is there anything else I should be chasing up? Do you use manual proxy settings or an automatic script (.pac URL)? I have had some problems with an automatic proxy script in the past, probably due to problems with the javascript interpeter (as that script is actually javascript). Yes, it does use a proxy.pac URL. I have tried putting in manual proxy settings, and it seems to work OK now. 2. I can't get VMware to work. It was very happy in 7.2. I have removed and re-installed the VMware installation: VMware-2.0.4-1142.i386.rpm I haven't used vmware for a long time, but one thing: Do you use kernel 2.4? If so: is this version of vmware good for kernel 2.4? I figure that the vmware site will have more details about that. This version of vmware is supposed to support Mandrake 8 and the 2.4 kernel. But is that 2.4.3 only? Is there a problem with the 2.4.5 that comes with FREQ? -- Tzafrir Cohen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
[expert] How to update a distro
If I have the MDK 8.0 CDs or ISOs, what is the best way of updating the contents with the latest updates? Can I merely copy everything to disk, and replace the older packages with the updated ones? And then write everything back to new CDs... Or are there gotchas involved that would mess everything up? Is there a better way? Brian Schroeder _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
Re: [expert] X uses LOTS of memory
I did wonder about that. Is there any easy way to tell? Even so, it's still a lot of memory! Brian. From: Alexander Skwar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brian Schroeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] X uses LOTS of memory Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 10:01:30 +0200 So sprach Brian Schroeder am Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 04:36:54PM +0930: I have since installed the nVidia drivers (which worked first time!), but now see X using 145% of the memory: 191M!. Hence, swap is very much in use. Is swap really in use? Here at home (same config as yours), it's not. It's rather that top reports the memory wrong, as it also counts the 32+ MB on your nVidia card that X uses and thus doesn't count correctly. IOW: Nothing to worry about. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de - Die günstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen Uptime: 20 hours 38 minutes _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
[expert] X uses LOTS of memory
I am using LM7.2 with an nVidia TNT Riva 32M graphics card. Using top, I noticed that the X process was using about 45% of the memory - 56M out of a total of 128M. Why should X use so much memory? I have since installed the nVidia drivers (which worked first time!), but now see X using 145% of the memory: 191M!. Hence, swap is very much in use. Can anyone tell me what is happening here and what I can do about it? Brian Schroeder _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
[expert] PPP - throughput dies
Running LM7.2, I use kppp. When connected, I keep the kppp Statistics window up all the time to watch what is happening. I have found that I rarely get a continuous flow of data, except for some times when I may have 6 or so wgets running at the same time. I realise that transient conditions do affect things considerably, but the up-and-down nature of the traffic graph - including periods of no throughput - seems a bit much. I have also noticed that when the local CPU is doing work of any significance, throughput dies. I wouldn't have thought it should have any major effect on PPP traffic. Sometimes, it gets to the point when no high-level protocol will move any data at all unless I reset my modem and re-dial - re-establishing the ppp link. Things like DNS lookups, and ntp work, but HTTP, NNTP, and FTP seize up completely. I have examined everything I can find, including all log files I can find, but cannot find anything to tell me what is happening. Is this normal? Or, what should I be looking for? Brian Schroeder _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
[expert] Problems Printing extra Type1 Fonts from Staroffice
I have installed some extra Type1 fonts on my M7.2 system for use in Staroffice 5.2. So far as I can tell, I have followed the supplied instructions properly. I used the spadmin program to add the fonts to Staroffice. I can now see the fonts correctly on the screen, but when I try to print they don't come out. I am printing to an HP Laserjet 4M with postscript. A related problem: I have also added these fonts to my ghostscript configuration. According to the instructions I read, this included setting the GS_LIB environment variable. This works well. I can now see these fonts on the screen through ghostscript. But how do I get CUPS to do so as well when I want to print via ghostscript? Brian Schroeder _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
Re: [expert] sound - playing music cds
If this problem is the same as mine, then I'm afraid the answer is nothing as simple as has been suggested so far. I have the same problem (midi files don't play either!) with LM 7.2 on my machine. Everything works fine in Windows, but not in Linux, and, like most people on this list, I want linux to work better than windows, not worse! Since presenting this problem to the list, I have received little response - so indicating that it is not an easy one! Any Mandrake people listening? got any ideas? Brian Schroeder From: Ken Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] sound - playing music cds Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 00:01:46 -0700 On Saturday 03 March 2001 09:17 pm, you wrote: Since sound worked for me (ESS-solo card) automagically on 7.2 installation and I get lots of system sounds from XFCE, KDE, etc., I never thought twice about it. When I put in a music CD and select one of the various players, the CD spins, but there is no sound. What's the trick? I would look a teo things first, a) make sure the connector cable from the CDROM to the sound card is installed and b) open aumix or compatible and make sure the CD input level is turned up and that it's not muted. -- Ken Thompson Electrocom Computer Services Payette, Idaho 83661 (208) 642-11701 Web: http://www.nwaa.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
Re: [expert] No Midi or CD playing on Creative Vibra128
Thankyou for your response, Daniel. Sorry I have taken so long to get back with my answer; I have had a few problems (I think with my ISP) in getting to my hotmail account. I have tried Gnome and FVWM2 as well as KDE, with the same results. General sounds work, but not midis or CDs. Brian. From: "Daniel B. Haun" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] No Midi or CD playing on Creative Vibra128 Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 22:31:06 -0500 Oh the woes of soundcards... I still can't do midi's under mine and the I think the joystick is non-functional as well. Are you trying to play Audio CD's under KDE and\or Gnome. I seem to have more success with sound under Gnome. Other GUI's do less or more well. YMMV. Try a a few of the other window managers and see how it does... :) Daniel in NJ... p.s. - I have a C-media chipset and apparently the only way to get midi and joystick is download a special "driver" module from C-Media and compile it into the Kernel. Since I do not relish the idea I may or may not give it a try. Good Luck! On Friday 16 February 2001 21:17, you wrote: System: 800MHz Duron MS-6340 Micro ATX VA Mainboard (with onboard Creative CT5880 audio - disabled in setup) Creative Vibra128 Sound Card 50x CD + 32x CDRW Dual-boot - Windows-ME + Mandrake 7.2 Under Windows, the sound card works exactly as expected. General sounds play, Midi files play, music CDs play. Under Linux, I have had all sorts of problems. After the original install, basic sounds played properly, although midi files and music CDs didn't. _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
Re: [expert] cups is a real pain
I am using CUPS for the first time with LM7.2. I am also having a number of problems with it. These include: (1) sometimes when booting up the machine I find that all the queue definitions have vanished; (2) My HP LJ4 often asks me to insert letter paper, when the application specifically said A4; (3) I have created 2 queues for the printer - 1 for PS mode and 1 for PCL. The PCL queue doesn't print anything; ... Can we expect an improvement or a change in LM 8 ? Brian. From: Steven Taetzsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] cups is a real pain Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 08:43:37 -0500 (EST) I'm thinking the same thing. I may go back to RedHat myself. How can they ship a product for home use with something as basic as printing so badly broken? _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
[expert] No Midi or CD playing on Creative Vibra128
System: 800MHz Duron MS-6340 Micro ATX VA Mainboard (with onboard Creative CT5880 audio - disabled in setup) Creative Vibra128 Sound Card 50x CD + 32x CDRW Dual-boot - Windows-ME + Mandrake 7.2 Under Windows, the sound card works exactly as expected. General sounds play, Midi files play, music CDs play. Under Linux, I have had all sorts of problems. After the original install, basic sounds played properly, although midi files and music CDs didn't. It seemed to have something to do with the install of PhotoPaint... I lost all sound. After quite a bit of playing around - including re-compiling my kernel - I have been able to get it back to it's original state. General sounds play, but midis and CDs still don't. playmidi, for example, crashes with the following error: open /dev/sequencer: No such device /dev/sequencer DOES exist. I have re-installed the dev-3.0.6-2mdk rpm from the Mandrake CD, to no avail. The computer seems to be playing the music CDs properly, but no sound comes out. Under Windows there is no problem, so clearly the internal wiring is correct. SoundDrake (and sndconfig) see and configure for the Creative CT5880 - which is the disabled on-board audio - and select the es1371 driver. I have included some exerpts from my messages file below. Can anyone tell me what is going on and how I can fix it please? es1371: version v0.22 time 14:55:20 Feb 15 2001 kernel: es1371: found chip, vendor id 0x1274 device id 0x5880 revision 0x02 kernel: es1371: found es1371 rev 2 at io 0xe000 irq 5 kernel: es1371: features: joystick 0x0 kernel: es1371: codec vendor v (0x838476) revision 9 (0x09) kernel: es1371: codec features 18bit DAC 18bit ADC kernel: es1371: stereo enhancement: SigmaTel SS3D sound: Loading sound module (snd-card-ens1371) succeeded sound: Loading mixer settings succeeded modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-4 last message repeated 67 times modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt- modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt- modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-1 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-1-0 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-1 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-1-0 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-0-1 Brian Schroeder. _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
[expert] Multiple KDE Menu Entries
I am using Mandrake 7.2 + a few updates on my system. Some time last year I downloaded Corel's Photopaint for Linux. I have just got around to installing it. I had a few problems, since the version I got was designed for Redhat, but was eventually able to get it in and going. So far as I can see, it appears that this install was responsible for a weird change to my menus. This is under KDE. I have checked Gnome, and there is no problem there. All of the program entries (ie. not sub-menus) now appear 4 times - rather than once. When I re-installed the menu package from the CD, the menus returned to normal - briefly. But then reverted to the problematic state. I have run the update-menus program a few times, and it doesn't seem to help. It does, though, give the following error: cp: /usr/share/gnome/apps/Apps/*: No such file or directory I have also updated to menu-2.1.5-42mdk. The file /etc/menu/menudrakeentry only has 1 entry for each. Can anyone give me any pointers please? Thankyou, Brian Schroeder. _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
[expert] Test
I haven't seen anything on this list for a few days. It's usually high volume. Am I getting through? Brian. -- -- Brian Schroeder | ,-_|\ Origin Energy Resources Ltd | Only 2 things are infinite, / \ Adelaide Australia | the universe and human stupidity, \_,-*_/ GPO Box 2576 Adelaide 5001 | and I'm not sure about the former. v PH +61 8 8217 5782 | ALBERT EINSTEIN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
