Re: [expert] Floppy install???

2000-02-29 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Sean Armstrong wrote: Sorry if this message is off topic. I was wondering if it was possible to install the bare minimum onto a laptop with floppies, since this is the only drive I have to use on an install. If this is possible, what files do I need for this and if there

Re: [expert] Merging Partitions from Seperate Harddrives - Possible?

2000-02-25 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
On Fre, 25 Feb 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote: Is it possible to merge partitions from separate disks so that they are view as one partition? The kernel can do this. cd /usr/src/linux make menuconfig - block devices - multiple device driver support I never used this, read the docu ;-) -Cajus

Re: [expert] MP3 question

2000-02-23 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
On Mit, 23 Feb 2000, Joel West wrote: How can I convert mp3 files to wav files? Use "mpg123 -w filename.wav filename.mp3". Try "mpg123 --longhelp" for more information. -Cajus

Re: [expert] Problems with booting from HD

2000-02-20 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
On Son, 20 Feb 2000, Andreas Müller wrote: Hi all, I've installed Air, and I'm able to boot from a floppy disk. Then I tried to use LILO. It always worked for me the way I did it before, but with air something's going wrong. I did not chnge anything in /etc/lilo.conf, just started lilo. My

Re: [expert] ide-floppy.o

2000-02-19 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
On Fre, 18 Feb 2000, Bug Hunter wrote: Does anyone know what this module does for you? I loaded it and tried various things. It broke accessing the ls-120 drive as /dev/hdd, and it didn't work as /dev/fd0. I couldn't find any man pages on it. It just gives you access to ide devices like

Re: [expert] Re: FrameMaker on Mandrake 7.0

2000-02-16 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
On Mit, 16 Feb 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Follow up. Seems Adobe has recently put out another Linux beta for FrameMaker. Maybe that will not have the problem I'm experiencing. For those that still have the first beta release, the latest beta (beta2) may be worth a try. The last version I

Re: [expert] How to prevent a tulip driver switch to half duplex?

2000-02-16 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
On Mit, 16 Feb 2000, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Nikodemus Karlsson wrote: Hi, I have a problem with my network. When I shutdown the client machine, which mounts a nfs drive, the server switches my card to half duplex. Then I have to restart my network again, to get any

[expert] Installation time...

2000-02-13 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Hi! Yesterday I installed LM6.1 and LM7.00 on the same system with changable (same) hd's. The LM6.1 installation (full) lasts 7:21 minutes. Installing a full LM7.00 lasts over 50 minutes on this system. Why are there such big differences in copying the files to disk??? -Cajus

[expert] Source request

2000-02-04 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Hi! Can someone please point me to an RPM, containing the source of the LM6.1 installer? I need to make some small changes in order to install the system on a - very special - machine. Thanks, -Cajus

[expert] Sources of the installer

2000-01-31 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Hi! Can someone tell me where to find the sources of the install routines of LM? I need the ones of "install" in the bootnet.img initrd. Thanks, -Cajus

Re: [expert] Telnet into another Linux box.

2000-01-30 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
On Fre, 28 Jan 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote: In order to telnet into another box, what daemon is that box supposed to be running? For normal telnet (not ssh etc.) you can run the inetd super server. Remember to commet out the unwanted services in /etc/inetd.conf. For the access permissions look

[expert] Accelerated 3D graphics

2000-01-29 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Hi! I've a problem with the 3D support of my RIVA TNT2 in LM 6.1. Just installed the Xserver / glx.o /libGL* from nvidia's ftp server. Compiling the xscreensaver package works - the opengl stuff of these screenhacks like gears/sproingies etc. work fine and accelerated. But if I try to use some

Re: [expert] 7.0: How to download crypto SW outside install menus.

2000-01-25 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Svante Signell wrote: One of the menus of the upgrade from 6.1 to 7.0 concerns crypto code. Since for unknown reasons the network card did not work during the install (it works otherwise!!) I could not download crypto software. After the upgrade I tried to start drakxtools

[expert] Intel pre/100 pcmcia

2000-01-25 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
Hi! I've a "Intel PRO/100 CardBus II" pcmcia card. Tried a lot, but can't get it running (LM 6.1/7.0, played with the pcmcia tools). It is not recognized automatically. Has someone experiences with this card? Any chance to get it running in Linux? -Cajus

Re: [expert] bug in KDE ( 7.0 Air )

2000-01-23 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
On Sam, 22 Jan 2000, Marek Suwalski wrote: Hi all, I can't change fonts in KDE on new Mandrake 7.0. Also I can't change language settings logged as user. This is a bug in KDE ? No. I noticed this, too. The account is created with the wrong gid/uid for some files. Just do a: # chown

Re: [expert] bug in KDE ( 7.0 Air )

2000-01-23 Thread Cajus Pollmeier
On Son, 23 Jan 2000, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: On Sam, 22 Jan 2000, Marek Suwalski wrote: Hi all, I can't change fonts in KDE on new Mandrake 7.0. Also I can't change language settings logged as user. This is a bug in KDE ? No. I noticed this, too. The account is created with the wrong gid/uid