[Cooker] After upgrading OO loses it and starts crashing.

2002-09-07 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
First has anyone else had this problem? This seems to be inherit to OO because I had it happen before while using RH. Crashes happens when saving or reading but editing seems to be fine. Previously (months ago) it was Do you want to recover file and each time I saved it I would get a crash, and

[Cooker] When configuring Grub from Control Center there is no option todelete an entry

2002-08-27 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
First this option is buried a tad too deep. It should be a separate entry under boot, instead of being part of boot configure. Autoloader Configure perhaps? When selected this option two things happen, previous duplicate entries have the prefix Old_ added to them automatically. The user should

[Cooker] drakbackup not listed in control center

2002-08-27 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
I only discovered its existence when I look at a description of drakxtools rpm. It is a decent program but people have to know it exist. Gabriel

Re: [Cooker] When configuring Grub from Control Center there is nooption to delete an entry

2002-08-27 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
On Tue, 2002-08-27 at 23:34, Pixel wrote: Gabriel Phoenix [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When selected this option two things happen, previous duplicate entries have the prefix Old_ added to them automatically. The user should be prompted instead. please give the /etc/lilo.conf prior

Re: [Cooker] tinyfirewall disable dns on simple DSL setup

2002-08-28 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 08:57, Florin wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gabriel Phoenix) writes: On Tue, 2002-08-27 at 23:31, Pixel wrote: Gabriel Phoenix [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Shouldn't tinyfirewall allow or have an option for DNS? it's there (Domain Name Server). ? I

Re: [Cooker] tinyfirewall disable dns on simple DSL setup

2002-08-28 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
The grep command cleared up how everything worked together, thanks. The idea is that one should configure tinyfirewall when connected to the net in order to have a ppp interface ... wich is a bit stupid. We'll have indeed to check for a ipppx or pppx interface. I'll have a look at it. I

[Cooker] Mount dvd drives to /mnt/dvd not /mnt/cdromX

2002-08-28 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
I have two drives on my system. hdc is a burner which was correctly identified and setup, no problem hdd is a DVD which was correctly identified in the Control Center as a DVD but mounted as cdrom2 trivial yes but I think it just adds a touch of class that Mandrake mounts a DVD as /mnt/dvd

[Cooker] AWE64 isapnp card should be detected automatically during initialsetup.

2002-08-28 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
instead of being told to use sndconfig I was using KNOPPIX, a CD based distro, an it was literally put CD in drive, turn machine on, hit enter, and five minutes later I was using KDE. In the process it detected the all the hardware, mouse, sound card, NIC, PnP monitor without any intervention

Re: [Cooker] drakbackup not listed in control center

2002-08-28 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 17:12, Daouda LO wrote: Gabriel Phoenix [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I only discovered its existence when I look at a description of drakxtools rpm. It is a decent program but people have to know it exist. Look in control-center - system. I have Menus, Services

Re: [Cooker] Mount dvd drives to /mnt/dvd not /mnt/cdromX

2002-08-28 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 19:52, andre wrote: On Wednesday 28 August 2002 12:47, Pixel wrote: Gabriel Phoenix [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: hdd is a DVD which was correctly identified in the Control Center as a DVD but mounted as cdrom2 trivial yes but I think it just adds a touch of class

Re: [Cooker] drakbackup not listed in control center

2002-08-28 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 18:59, Daouda LO wrote: Gabriel Phoenix [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 17:12, Daouda LO wrote: Gabriel Phoenix [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I only discovered its existence when I look at a description of drakxtools rpm

Re: [Cooker] drakbackup not listed in control center

2002-08-28 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 14:13, Dennis Myers wrote: On Wednesday 28 August 2002 09:57 am, Gabriel Phoenix wrote: On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 18:59, Daouda LO wrote: Gabriel Phoenix [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 17:12, Daouda LO wrote: Gabriel Phoenix [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Cooker] drakconnect connection slow cranky with pppoe DSL

2002-08-28 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
What I did.. Using the network wizard I ONLY selected a ADSL using pppoe. No NIC configuration. I entered the DNS servers, password, user name. Tested the connection. I was using a stopwatch so give or take a second. After 17 seconds is says it cannot connect, check MCC. After 27 seconds

[Cooker] drakconnect will not accept correct info on delayed pppoeconnection (see other message)

2002-08-28 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
Continuing for other message. I spoke a little too soon. I tried to reconnect to the Internet from MCC and since it reported a fail connection it requested the same info again. That is to be expected. But the connection was eventually established and working just took a longer. Once again,

[Cooker] rpmdrake - no obvious way to cancel/skip once a download starts

2002-08-29 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
intuitively I look for the cancel button and skip button instead of closing the dialog which is not *that* obvious Gabriel

[Cooker] rpmdrake - no option to locally cache downloads

2002-08-29 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
I download x package and it has a fail dependency. I press cancel. If I come back and select the same package the download process starts all over. It should be sitting in a cache instead. Ideally in source configuration would list a default location for a local cache base on source and the user

[Cooker] rpmdrake - during install/removal there is no easy way to clear allselections

2002-08-29 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
In the process of selecting packages occasionally something is missed or one changes their mind, the problem is you have to go through the list to clear what you don't want. Sometimes it would be easier to clear all the selections and start over. Gabriel

[Cooker] rpmdrake - feature to add - color coding of package version status

2002-08-29 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
This feature is from gnorpm. It specifies three colors for old, new, and current. When I look at a list I know instantly if something can be updated, if a package is old or if I already have it. Gabriel

[Cooker] drakbackup - 'Select...' prompt is added to configure file makingbackup impossible

2002-09-04 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
Under Advanced Configuation - What - Other Example: when /home/user is entered it becomes /home/user/Select the files or directories and click on 'Add' in the configuration file making a backup impossible. Gabriel

[Cooker] drakrpm - if only skip is selected during download errors'...installed successfully' dialog pops up

2002-09-04 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
I was having times out during an install and pressed skip each time. When it was finished. All requested packages were installed successfully. dialog show up. Shouldn't that be... Requested packages were NOT installed successfully? Gabriel

Re: [Cooker] grmpi is doing (did?) around 30 core dumps

2002-09-05 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
On Wed, 2002-09-04 at 18:37, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: Gabriel Phoenix [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have about 30 core dumps and when I check with gdb I get all the same error, I have one or two dumps from other programs but most report this error. Could I get an ssh access to your

[Cooker] The status on 'not supported' scanners.

2002-09-05 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
Eagerly waiting for a module for my old OpticPro 4381P scanner to be added to Mandrake I dusted off the scanner and after connecting it I get the 'not supported' prompt. :) Just curious, why is it being listed then? Gabriel

[Cooker] Let who ever designed the MCC icons let them design the menu iconsand...

2002-09-05 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
Mandrake will look more polish. Looks do matter and MS Windows/OS X has set a standard for fancy icons. Sorry the blue and orange don't quite convey professionalism. Yea, I know, eye candy but you know what they say about first impressions? Making Mandrake look polished will get the average

Re: [Cooker] Default services . .

2002-09-06 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 18:06, Robert Fox wrote: On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 13:53, Pixel wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Fox) writes: Could someone please explain why an average user would need the following services running as default: rwhod saslauthd ipvsadm Could